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H LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, Sept. 5.-American securi-
ties were quiet, owing to the holiday In
New York, but after marking up quo
tations to parity some fair buying or
ders caused a further Improvement and
made the close steady.
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William Boan, of Kearny, will leave
tonight for Bevans, where he will spend
the next two weeks.
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Bid. Asked.
Con Traction Co of n J..... So 6S1a
Essex & Hudson Gas Co... 1913 124
Gas & Elec Co of Bergen Co 81 60
Hudson County Gas Co... 40 112
Newark Con Gas Conc. SO 30
N Brunswick L, n & P Co.. go So
Paterson & Passaic Gas Co. so So
Public Service Corp ctfs.... 10 II
Public Service Corporation. SO So
Rapid Transit st Ry Co... $40 245
S j Gas. Elec & Trac Co.. 100 1913
United Electric Co Of n j.. so 60
Con Traction Co 5s, 1893 ...t104 los
G & r Co of Berg Co IS, 1919 100 102
G & r. Co of Berg Co 5s. 1854 IS 80
Hud Co Gas Co LIST 5s, 1919. 103 1031k
] c. H e. p LIST SIS, 1949. 80. 6sAs 10
Newark Con Gas 5s, 194s.. 104 JOS
Newark Pass Ry 5s, $780,. 1os los
N Bruins, L, H & P As. 1888. so 50
N.Jersey st Ry As, 194S..... 70h II
Orange & Pas Val LIST SIS. 1888 IS 80
Pat & Pas G & f con IS, 1919 101 102
Pub Ser col gold notes, 1909. SO 9sAs
s ] G. E & T Co lst IS, 1853. s41A IS
United E of N ] LIST As. 1919. 81 671h
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visit Montreal, Lake George and Lake
Champlain.
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H C. STRoBELL & BRO.
FLORISTS.
Floral designs and emblems tastefuily 81
ranged at short notice. Telephone $50.
1888 BROAD ST. NEAR MARKET ST.
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LOCAL SECURITIES.

GAS, ELECTRIC AND TRACTION
STOCKS. }
The bid and asked prices appended
are furnished through Eisele & King:
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Requiem Mass.

On Sunday. September 6, there will
se a Mass of Requiem offered for the
iepose of the soul of Pierre V. Dunphy
At st. Antoninus's Church, at 10 q. m.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend.
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nrerestImnte Advantage.

one Of the pathetic things about this
most pathetic throng Of Job seekers Is
the way in which they everest mate
the advantages Of what they ask To
almost all OF them, $1,000 year looks
like a dne salary. They have come
from the farms and villages where
q O00 is big money" But they do not
take into account the increased cost OF
living in washington. They DO not
consider the rigorous rules as 70 hours
and work by which they mus abide so
long as they keep their positions
All they know IS that there are
tobs 10 be had in washington. jobs
provided by the Government with sal
aries aid by your Uncle Sam
r7-lncelv salaries They read in their
local papers that Representative So
and-So has secured Il promotion for
Mrs. Such-and- such. and they figure
II ont that the same can be done for
them. They see a telegraphic disnatch
MS q Senator has torn Off big chunk
o., federal patronage fo- his S'ate.
ard his sounds "a them as If he might
tcer II a small chunk for them.
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Among the Male Gender.

There are middle-aged men who
we're born to failure and have come to
realize that any Job Is good enough
for them. There are bright young men
who have figured out how they can
work for the Government by day and
graduate in a profession by studying
at the universities at night. Then. too.
on the list are young men who have
become convinced that. because
George B. Cortelyou rose from being
a stenographer to occupying the chair
OF the Secretary Of the Treasury. they
can carve their way to similar places
across the ror-s Of typewriters that
adorn the executive departments.
Nearly all OF them have their
dreams. their visions Of the benefits to
be derived from working for the Gov
eminent
An exaspeTsted Representative said
the other day.
They're walking IN sweet; de
iUd:ng sieen- II would be a Kindness
for somebody 70 wake them M = no
had 70 throw carbolic acid ON their
eyelids"
Not only 40 they want Government
lbs, but there are many young men
who want 10 get into The armv-ao,
IL the good old style or enIisting as
private. not by any means, They
want to be second Heutenan.s right
on. Then. there follows a hard time
for the Representative. He makes
many trips 10 the Secretary Of War.
member Of one Of the Committees
on Military Affairs. After all the
chances are that the youth with the
military ambition finds that ne has
10 enlist as private and address him.
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self 70 the more or less prob1ematical
work OF rising from the ranks"
The probabilities are that there are
more place-hunters in Washington
nov than there have been ~ any
lime in the psst decade. Members a.
congress account Tor this by the re-
cent panic ard the resultant closing
down OF many industries. They say
'hey hear many stories these DAYS OF
the hard times that have come 70 the
masses of the people
i is great army great because il
fvpihes one Of the American charge
ter'stics. the search for much money
and comparatively easy work Rlt il
is The saddest army imaginable. In
peeled toward Washington by failure
or misfortune or discomfort at home.
IL finds itself flung, helpless md is-
rorant. against the bIlwarks q civil
service. which Il the modern exem-
plification Of the old principle that 4
man should be allowed to retain a
position that he fills well
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Absorbed Almost to Rudeness.

when I am out walking, or in
public places, or street cars, I
sometimes become so absorbed
watching a good type as TO attract
attention. More than once a wOm-
an has glared at me because 1
scrutinized her too closely. try
not TO be rude, but my gaze,
suppose, Is sometimes more intent
than I think"
How are Jour drawings made
"Entire.- In pen and ink, on
large scale. The publishers reduce
them TO whatever size they require.
and color them 20 suit their taste.
They also prepare verses for each
drawing, from a catch-line supplied
by me. I nave nothing 70 do with
the preparation Of the verses
They are not OF a very high order,
out are written in the accepted
comic valentine style, which takes
better shen zeal verse. Here's an
example Of the rhymes" said Mr.
Howard, holding out a Long
Joker" representing toy soldier,
with these lines under It:
soldier. soldier, made OF wood,
Soma folks say you're no good;
say you're nothing bat a stick
Whom any zoe with ease could lLaE-
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Post Gard CraEe Helps.

Molly in the kitchen might send
such a valentine to her friend Pat
rick. 3 high private IN the rear
rank, and think It a great joke. It
also takes wei with friends Of
volunteers IN tine militia. Another
quatrain OF doggereI accompanied
a Long joker" on the auto enthu-
last, as follows:
OF guys vha re idiots through and
through
The auto fad'5 developed not a few:
And OF all the horde WHO blthsr about
You're the rarkest example beyond a
doubt.
The coloring on these valentines
is red, green, blue, and yellow.
In the old days Of valentine
making" said Mr.. Howard, "the
printing was done with stencils. In
two colors, or sometimes three.
Girls were employed for the work.
applying the color with a broad
brush, one color at a time.
Now the printing is done on
rapid presses from zinc blocks"
"Will the post card craze cut out
the sale of comic Valentines %
apparently no.. In fact, the
post card idea has added to our
business, If anything, as we repro
duce many Of the valentine draw
ings in post card form"
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Not art, But Carlcature.

Valentines. Of course. are not
very high art, but they represent
caricature, which has always been
my forte When | was a boz nav
father, thinking that ] should fol
low a commercial career, put me in
a mercantile house i'm New York.
There I amused myself drawing
caricatures on wrapping paper.
This interested our customers, and
attracted the attention Of the pro-
PrietOr, who advised my father 10
make an artist of me.
AT the Academy of Design I
developed my bent for cariciture,
and on completing my course there
sent some drawings to the New
York house that has since en-
ployed me. Their acceptance Of
those drawings was the start OF
career as the valentine man."
When asked why he didn't make
his valentines better, Mr.. Howard
said:
The public doesn't want them
any better than we make them.
They wouldn't be comic valentines
if we departed widely from the old
fashioned methods Of jabbing at
people that we have always fol-
lowed. will say. however. that
the public taste is somewhat more
refined than it used 70 be. We
have eliminated many things from
the valentines that once were ac-
cepted with delight, but would not
now pass muster. As for example
drawing women in very low gowns.
We have also cut out. for reasons
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There are a number Of trade
names for valentines. said Mr..
Howard. "such as Hit EN- hards'
for those aimed st specific faults;
Long Johuers. which are less di-
rect in their application. and
'D0n'ts' and Elites which are in
tended to convey good advice, be-
ing more refined.
NV orders are generally for so
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OPENING OF ENGLISH SOCIAL SEASON

ed. and who wish TO be summoned
10 one of these courts. are request
ed 70 make a written application
20 the lord chamberlain, ST. James
Palace. >. w, on or as soon as
possible after January 1 next. but
n,5S before that date.
1t is not according TO rule, IN
less under exceptional circum-
stances. for ladies to attend court
more than once in every three
years.
WheE making applications Ia
dies are requested 70 state approx
imately the time Of year that VIII
be most convenient for them 10
attend a court.
a lady attending a court may
present one lady, for whom she
must be responsible, In addition to
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BesIegIng Army at Capitol

Civil Service Commission are swollen
with names and addresses.
OF those who want work, there are
many varieties. Among the women
are aspirants for clerksnips who never
did stroke OF clerical work in their
lives and whose handwriting had TO
be deciphered with a magnitying glass.
There are young widows whose hus-
bands left them tramping behind the
hearse puZz.ing out how 20 pay the
funeral expenses. There are estI-
nCble old ladies who want extra money
20 pay for having their sons cured Of
the drink habit And there are charm
ing young girls VhO think 1T would be
fun" 20 live IN Washington and make
their own money to spend on their
clothes.
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{ n the thirty years he has been
making valentines Mr.. Howard
has produced thousands Of
drawings, the reproductions OF
which he estimates have passed
the enormous total Of 5OO,OOO,OOO
copies.
When he began drawing valen-
tine the yearly output was about
100000 copies. It soon passed
$4,000, 900 copies a year, and is now
rapidly climbing from 100000 to-
ward 25.OOO.OOO a year.
One house in New York controls
the majority Of the comic valen-
tine output Of the world.
Although a comic valentine may
be bought for a cent, and the best
do not cost more than cents. the
profits of this valentine house are
above six figures every year, 1t is
said. Mr.. Howard draws all the
valentines for this house. He
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OF policy, all caricatUres Of certain
races. You see there are many
classes Of dealers, and they won't
handle valentines that make their
race ridiculous. We also 90 light
" on the stage Irishman. Several
subjects are also tabooed. religion
and politics being the chief ones"
How do YOU get your subjects
for drawings" he was asked.
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her daughter or daughter-in-lav.
The names of ladies 10 be present
ed should he forwarded by the
lady who wishes TO make the
presentation when she sends i'm her
own name.
Ladies may be accompanied 10
court by their husbands if the LAT
ter have been presented. b1Jt gen
tlemen do not pass before the
King and Queen Ladies are re-
quested 10 forward the names #
their husbands at the same time
as their own in order that thev
may be submitted together.
The dress regulation arr:
Ladies, fun court dress. with
feathers and trains; gentlemen,
full court dress.
ALTHORP. Lord Chamberlain.
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many Of each kind, half fer the
masculine portion of society, and
half for the feminine. The Hit
EN- hards' are the most important,
as the business was built up on
them. They strike without mercy,
and are in as great favor now as
they were thirty years ago, when
I began business.
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Tho people OF washington have been
blinded TO the sight by being accuS-
toned TO IT, But it strikes strangers
Immediately. One OF the army. "a
woman exclaimed tne other day. when
sh. was in the capitol.
WHY. the whole country wants
Job"
In her cXaEgera ton, there was much
force. Every State in the Union con
tributes 10 the army of job-seekers
They come from everywhere They
want anything they can set. Most Of
them get nothing
lands automatic Utterance about
.'all s0rts Of work for all al sorts or
men would sound like mockery 20
this tErong
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CONTINUED from sixth Psge)

he almost invariably goes TO any
enort possible to meet the requests he
hears with such regularity.
There are some members Of the
House who come out boldly and ad-
wise the men to stay out Of Govern
nent service. Champ Clark OF Ms
souri, tells a story OF how. when
woman came TO him to ask his assist
anee IN getting a Government place
FOR her son. ne refused Point-blank.
on the theory that the Government
service is no place for an ambitious
young fellow. He also tells how, later,
the young fellow thanked him for the
refusal.
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The Usual Procedure.

The next step is 10 write TO the Sen
or or Eepresertattve- Then the fever
re- patience comes on. the trunk IS
81 -ed. the trip 20 Washington is
rEcu. and one fine day the Senator or
representative hears a new voice in
a., ~o1erll chorus Of:
.-Ctvc me a job!''
r. US the recruits come into the
crowd that sets too great store by
Government work. Thus the work OF
the members OF Congress Is kept up.
And thus the waiting lists OF the
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Eouunued from First Page
command OF the Earl of Beau-
champ.
The second court Of their majes-
lies viii be held some two weeks
later, just prior to the departure
Of King Edward on his months
leave from England. During his
absence the Empress Marie Of Rus
STA viii be with her sister, the
Queen.
The following order was issued
by the lord chamberlain for the
Americans sho wished 10 attend
the court:
Ladies who have been present
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makes from 800 to 500 valentine
drawings a year for it. He also
a great many Of their
children's books.
Mr.. Howard was asked by an in
terviewer for The Times how he
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II can recall the senior member
Of our house instrueting me at the
start of my work TO hit 'em hi4rh'
with so much esrnestness that I
never failed to attach importance
70 this branch Of the work.
While the Hit 'em hards' may
anger In many cases, they doubt
less do good by dispelling the van
ity of persons who receive them
and starting a train Of serious
thought and introspeetion."
Where do you get your moi
els?" continued the interviewer.
7 work without q model" said
Mr.. Howard, for my studio is IN
der my hat. I study types wher-
ever I go, and that IS one reason
why ] like to travel; it gives me
new types. 7 have a very retentive
memory for faces, figures, and cos
tunes, and can make a sketch
from memory Of any person who
attracts my attention.
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me Tc3CIlOn tIlat IOl-
lowed the burst of anger that
seized you, when on opening that
interesting looking envelope the
postman, Cupid'S messengers pro
tenn, brought to you on ST. Nalen-
tines Day, you found one Of those
dreadful penny comics" that show
you yourself as your enemies see
you; whose brain conceived and
whose hand executed, with cum,
ming skill, the foibles and frailties
Of human nature2
Well, that interesting person,
the original and only valentine
man" is now in Washington, where
he IS spending the winter.
He is Charles Jay Howard, art
ist, traveller, writer, and a more
genial, kind-hearted man would be
difficult to find.
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A LITTLE DOUGHNUT VERSE.
''TwixJ OptiInist and pessimist
The difference Is droll:
The optimist the doughnut sees.
The pessimist the hole"
Exchange
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CHANGED 10 devote. his art to comic
valentines. He smiled and said:
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The WASHINGTON TINES MAGAZINE
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P&Re Seven
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-06-10

sibilities put upon him he yet finds
time to attend to the thousand and
one details of the business of the war
department. OF course he has able
assistants. But it is a fact that no
important paper issues from the war
department which has not received
the careful personal attention of the
secretary of war No matter how yo-
luminous the records in the case, Taft
insists upon going through them until
satisfied that he has thorough I'M
derstanding. With a marvellous fac
ulty for the quick assimilation of facts
he reaches a decision rapidly and it
is seldom indeed that he has to re-
wise judgment. In the consideration
of court martial cases he is especial
ly careful and not infrequently tenn
pers justice with mercy.
OF one thing, however, he is intol-
Grant, and that is deceit Reviewing
one day the case of an officer con-
demned to dismissal from the army,
and disposed to be lenient with him
for the sake of his family, Taft went
through the records. Suddenly,
throwing them aside, he remarked:
"Ah, but he lied about it, and pro
coded TO approve the court martial
decree.
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err He gets up early and does a lot
of work at his home before going to
the department at $50 or 10 o'clock.
He usually finds his desk there piled
up with papers awaiting his atten-
ton, and he keeps three stenogra-
piers busy all day disposing of them.
He seldom leaves until 6 o'clock, and
frequently works late into the night.
Yet in the midst of all this he finds
time to receive many callers. He has
the happy faculty of putting visitors
Immediately at their ease, and when
Taft says that he is glad to see you
he makes you. feel that he really
means it and that it is something
more than the perfunctory greeting
usually handed out by public men.
Nothing in the line of work seems
to Tease him. He is just as ready to
pack his grip on few hours notice
to start for Rome, Havana, Panama
or Manila as he is to take up the ques-
ton whether the middle span of a
bridge over a certain navigable
stream should be as or G2 feet high.
An extraordinary variety of work
has fallen to his lot since he left the
position of T. S. circuit judge in
Ohio, upon the earnest solicitation Of
President Mckinley, to cross the
seas and become governor of the
Philippines.
1t was a sense of patriotic duty that
led him to accept that office, and it
was the same impelling power that
caused him TO throw himself heart
and soul into the work. So interest
ed did he become in his Filipino
charges that when Root resigned as
head of the war department and Taft
was drafted to succeed him, he in
sisted upon keeping supervisory
charge over the people whose affec-
ton he had won and whose aspira-
tions and limitations he SO well knew.
After being engaged in the pacifica
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-06-10

Washington, D. c., June 10.-Presi
dent Roosevelt has said that if il
would help matters at all, he would
cheerfully walk on his hands and
knees from the White House to the
capitol to see William Howard Taft
inaugurated president of the United
States.
Senator Foraker, who would like to
prevent the consummation of that
event, has declared that no one could
meet Taft and not love him as man.
There must be something wonder
fully pleasing in mans personality
to evoke such expressions from two
such diverse sources.
And there is Genial, whole-souled,
happy, hearty big Bill" Taft, as he
is known to his intimates, attracts
men to him as irresistibly as the
magnet does the steel.
One of the biggest men in the coun-
try, physically, Taft is six feet tall
and weighs $50 pounds His Shout
ders are so broad, and his frame SO
big, that he carries his weight with
out giving the appearance of a fat
man in the ordinary sense.
Bubbling over with good nature,
with laughter ever ready to his lips,
Taft is, nevertheless, the personifica-
ton of dignity and firmness. Con-
WINGED of the wisdom and justice of
a certain line of action, no one, not
even President Roosevelt himself, is
more aggressive and courageous in
pursuit of his object.
Taft is his own master. No greater
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ion of savages he was now confront.

ton of savages he was now confront
ed with the problems of warfare and
schemes of attack and defense; then
congress loaded onto the war depart
ment the task of building the Panama
Canal. Taft assumed this, with his
other burdens, with entire equanimity.
When the Panamas became FESTIVE
and fancied grievances arose between
! the United States government of the
Canal Zone and the newly establish
ed republic, Taft went himself and,
with infinite tact, and with an appar-
entity intuitive realization of South
American character, adjusted the diff
ferences and won the confidence and
regard of the new allies of the United
States.
1t would seem that the Philippines
and the Panama Canal with their
many intricate details were of them
selves enough to fully occupy the time
VI OIlt IHeiIl Ct WuCH lcSlueHI
Palma's government in Cuba fell to
pieces it was Taft who was called up
on to perform the work of reorganiza-
ton. 1t was Taft who went to Rome
on the delicate diplomatic mission Of
adjusting the large claims of the
Roman Catholic church for the prop
erty taken from it in the Philippines,
and he succeeded so admirably that
the authorities of Rome and the Unit
ed States, and the Filipinos them
selves, applauded his accomplishment.
When a controversy arose between
Bowen, the American Minister Ito
Venezuela, and Loomis, the Assistant
Secretary of State, it was Taft-act-
ing at the time as secretary of both
state and war as we'll as Sitting on
the lid" for the absent president
who conducted the Investigation and
rendered Judgment. The financial
of Santo Domingo was
also worked out under his supervision
With all these multifarious respon-