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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-02-20
La ariSta mas
bella del nuldO
cAMPEoNATo FoTooRAFlA
DIEZ DOLLARS POR PALABRA

Gabriela Robinne, ademas de ser Ia
actriz mas bella de Paris, es ell cham
pion de la fotograffa. Desde hace
cuatro amos ha sido fotogra6ada GER
ca de ochocientas veces. Gabriela
Robinne es considerable por los foto-
grafos, como susceptible de simboli-
zar la Venus moderna, uno de elloS
que la monopoliza, ha hecho verda-
deras maravillas de todos generos y
que interesan todo Ell mundo.
| \, sin embargo, su belleza tan pu-
ra, tan real, de verdadera rubia de
oJos negros, lie pesa mucho. Cada
vez que ha obtenido algdn exito. sus
amigas dicen: lbs tan bonitav' Y
algunas afladen desd defio samente: :"iEs
demasiado hermosa!' LIE reprochan
su hermosura, casi como 81 fuera I'M
inSulto.
Esta linda joven es la mujer mas
modesto y sencilla, viviendo con sus
padres y no yendo a ning1n sitio en-
ell que es de gran chic asistir. Stem
pre- sale acompafiada de su madre y
no conoce ninguna de las tradiciones
de mujer artista. No posee automo-
vii n ha pensado en- cam biar de NOM
bre.
IIene veinti1n aflos, pues nacio en-
en- 1886 y tiene I'm caracter alegre
Jugueton, tanto, que Ell director de
escena de la Comedia Francesa sc
desespera cuando la We jugar q las
cuatro esquinas entire bastidores: "Se-
1orita, lie dice, voy q tener Ell honor
de aplicarle una multa."
Una vez le aplicaron una fuerte
multa porque, en- plena representa-
c1on, ten1endo que recorrer I'm campo
de batalla cubierto de cadaveres,
tratando de encontrar su padre
muerto, cada indiv1duo lie arroiaba
en- la nariz TN POGO de pimienta para
hacerlo eStOrnudar.
Cuando representa- "A sangre q
fuego", en- Ell Teatra Sarah Bernhardt
lleno de aqua TN vase que tenfa que
tomar ell actor Huguetes al llevarlo
este sus labios, lie dio un golpecillo
que lie hlzo que Sc 10 derramara So
bre ell pecho.
Una tarde, al salir del teatro, tomo
Ell Omnibus de las Burtes Chaumon Y
Sc sento al lado de TN fematico anne
ricano que habfa asistido a la repre-
sentacion, y que no la reconocio.
IOyo que su vecino decfa: "Habfa en-
este teatro una hermosa mujer, una
sefiorita Robinne. iOh lie darfa Glen
dollars por cada pala que 1ne di-
jese. Entonces ella lie dijo: "Caba
Hero, 1me hace usted el favor de
levantarme este vidrio?" Lo que Sc
apresuro a hacer ell americana, al
darle las gracias lie dijo: "Me debe
listed cinco mil frances, porque soy
Gabriela Robinne' va pueden figu-
rarse los lectores la cara del am e.
ricano.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-02-20
N relar!o De! Congo.
LAS TRES TAJADAS.

El periodico LIE Soir'', atribuye
M. Van der Velde, uno de los jefes
del partido socialista, una declara-
cion, diciendo que, para poner fin
la administrator defectuosa del Es-
tado Libre del Congo, Alemania ha
propuesto q Inglaterra y a Francia
que el territorio en- question sea divi.
dido entire las tres uaciones. Dfcese
que Francia ha rehusado, causa de
su derecho de preferencia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-02-20
DeVoCionarl0S

Elegantemente cncuaderna-
dos en- piel y adornos de pla-
ia Sc acaban de recibir en- esta
imprenta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
What We Owe

The public debt of the United States reached its maximum on August 31, 1865, when it stood at $2,756, 431 ,571. The minimum since the days of the civil war came just before the opening of the war with Spain, when 1t stood at $S41 1,526,46 The war with Spain carried the debt up to $1 ,155, 1920 ,235, and from that time to these days of canal construction it has been gradu- ally falling. On February 29 it stood at $9OO,421,746.
 None of these figures represent the actual amount of interest-bearing bonds outstanding. They represent the out standing bonds less the free cash in the treasury. The debt has been in- creased over s2O.OOO,oOO in the present fiscal year. This is partly owing to the issuance of Panama canal bonds and partly to the deficits that occur from month to month. The expendi- lures in Tebsuary. for example, ex- ceeded the receipts by the sum of sS,4O5,11S. The fiscal year will show
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
Visitors impressed.

One of the most prominent and cultured members of the tourist party made up of Knights of Columbus, belonging to Chi cago councils, is N. l.. Piotrowski law yer of large practice in the Windy City. He is native of Poland and was reared and educated there, but came to the Uni ted States 25 years ago, and he has long since been thoroughly Americanized The tourists spent yesterday in Birmingham.
 "I am much pleased with Birmingham and all the members of our party seem to be favorably impressed with the city," said MT. Piotrowski last night. This is not my first trip south, but Is my first visit to the Birmingham district. It is a wonderful city. Birmingham is a well advertised town, and in a general way everybody knows about 1t as the iron cen- ter of the south, but what few strangers keep in mind is the fact that the city IS less than 40 years old When we arc told that the town was laid out In 1S71 and that 1t did not get good start until 1878, we naturally marvel. Birmingham Is not only substantial and progressive from a commercial point of view, but it is beautiful as well. After looking at the industrial possibilities of the district one can readily predict a great future for Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06

are renewed and cultivated. Little
 Italys," in other words, spring up.
 The old conflict between the black
 or clerical party and the white" or
 anti-clerical party is in that way trans planted. Tn Chicago a Giordana Bruno club, an avowedly anti-clerical organi- zation, has long existed among the Italian population. It publishes paper called La Tribuna Italia" There is also in Chicago an anti-clerical dramatic society called La Campagnia Filo- drammatica" It is known that the Den yer tragedy created intense feeling among the anti-clerical Italians of Chi cago, and this may have indirectly led to the assault on Shippy. The assail- ant in the latter case was not an Ital- ian.
 Miss Jane Addams of Hull house knows the Italians of Chicago we'll, and she recently discussed the situation in the Chicago Record-Herald. She says in substance that the old war between the blacks" and whites" was rem dered deep and bitter over the proposal to name the Polk-street school after Garabaldi. The clergy opposed the name proposal and the controversy ragged two whole years. In the end the clergy were triumphant. ''The New World" and the La Tribuna Italia" fought over the matter Another incl dent related to the barring out of the Italian flag from the church from which the burial of the Italian consul was conducted. The antagonisms between the blacks" and the whites" may be dying out in Italy, but in this country they seem to be increasing, and to them must be attributed in the ab- sence of contradictory evidence the recent acts of violence in Denver and Chicago. The quarrels of Italy cannot. however, be fought out here, and ex- amples in the way of deportations will awaken the violent to a due sense of the new and peaceful environment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
Washinqtsn's Co.Operative Store

Anybody working for Uncle Sam and such persons number in Washing ton 3S,000-can have returned to him 90 per cent of the net profits of his and other purchases at the government clerks cooperative store provided he pays an admission fee of 25 cents and buys $10 worth of stock. Anybody can buy at the cooperative store opposite the patent office, but only the govern ment employe who is shareholder can share the net earnings. His mem- bership card too, entities him to coal at certain yards at reduced rates, and pretty soon, no doubt, he will have his teeth pulled and his other ills attended to at bargain-counter rates. But at the cooperative store itself there is no cutting.
 At the Washington store, located on Ninth, at the corner of G street, gro- | ceries provisions, cigars and confec- tionery are sold, and at the next door is the cooperative meat market, as clean as whistle. This placard hangs in the stores: "To sell by honest weight and measure the various grades of goods and at reasonable prices for a fair profit"
 A government employe can hold stock up to s1O0, and all he holds above $10 will give him monthly credit at the store. The new establishment was opened on Thanksgiving day, and it's growth since that time has been so rapid the management has been em- barrassed by it. The original space has already been doubled, and it is soon to be quadrupled Six upper rooms have been taken, and in them are to be placed shoes and mems fur nishings. A complete modern depart ment store is aimed at, and depart ] ments will be added as fast as stock subscriptions justify them. The mem- bership at present is 1900.
 Similar stores in London for govern ment employees have become vast es- tablishments, owning not only depart ment stores, but also factories in which needful goods are made. The sales of the Civil Service Supply association aggregate s1OOOO ,O0O a year, and the Army and Navy Guild does an equal business.
 The manager of the Washington store is an Englishman, who has had 19 years experience in some of the largest cooperative enterprises in the mother country. A study of the Wash ington enterprise would no doubt point the way that similar enterprises would have to go in order to succeed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
Leanfac'd envy in her loathsome caVe'
 -2 King Henry VI.
coIIlrwood School At Cleveland

The Collinwood school building Tn the progressive city of Cleveland which was in flames Tuesday was not an tiouated, nor was it a large structure. It was but two stories high, and its nine rooms held 300 pupils. All per ished in the fire except perhaps 100. The building was put up about five years ago.
 But this building, erected in the city of Cleveland doubtless with the ap- proyal of its school board, had narrow halls and the two exits, one to the front and one to the rear, each had doors opening inward. The rear door was locked, and thus in a panic ere ated by the spreading flames the chil- dren were penned up in narrow halls with one inward-opening door locked, and the other choked with frightened children. Those who escaped jumped from the windows.
 Fire drills are often successful as preventives of stampedes, but it is idle to talk of fire drills after panic has been fully inaugurated. The chief de- pendence then must be upon wide halls and numerous exits. It is believed the schools of this city are well provided with these requisites. If they are not they speedily should be. Exits can be readily increased in number at small expense, and the inward-opening doors should be abolished. Numerous exits are better than fire escapes. Wide stairways and halls are more to be trusted in a panic than fire drills, al- though the latter should not be neg lected
 The Collinwood disaster would have shocked the world if the building had been huge one holding thousands in- stead of hundreds of pupils The fact that it was a small school was all that prevented an unparalleled disaster. Some of the city schools accommodate 5000 or 1000 pupils. At Collinwood there were present when the fire broke out about 300. Thus far it is not known how many escaped, but it is believed that nearly two-thirds of those present at the school lost their lives in a build ing that was a disgrace to modern con- struction-a trap to the little children who were utterly helpless in it when the flames rushed towards them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
All, SWEET TIPPERANY.

By Dennis A. McCarty. An, sweet Is Tipperary in the spring
 time of the year, When the hawthorn's winter than the
 snow, When the feathered folk assemble and the
 air is all a-tremble With their singing and their winging to
 and fro. When queenly Slievenamon puts her yer.
 dant vesture on And smiles to hear the news the breezes
 bring; When the sun begins to glance on the
 rivulets that dance An, sweet is Tipperary in the spring! An, sweet is Tipperary in the spring time
 of the year,
 When the mists are rising from the
 lea, When the golden vale is smiling with
 beauty all beguiling. And the Sair goes crooning to the sea; When the shadows and the showers only multiply the flowers That the lavish hand of May will
 fling; When in unfrequented ways fairy music
 softly plays
 An, sweet is Tipperary in the spring! An, sweet is Tipperary in the spring time
 of the year,
 When life like the years is young: When the soul is just awaking, like .
 lily blossom breaking, And love words finger on the tongue; When the blue of Irish skies Is the hue
 of Irish eyes And love dreams cluster and cling Round the heart and round the brain.
 half of pleasure, half of pain. An, sweet is Tipperary in the springl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
The City Beautiful.

"If owners of property in the central part of the city, or tenents of such prop erty, would cultivate grass in the broad space between the sidewalk and the curbing, the appearance of the street would be greatly improved" remarked the Rev. Dr. J. w. Stagg, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, as he stood in front of the Masonic temple yesterday.
 T have fine blue grass sowed around my church at the corner of Fourth ave- nue and Twenty street. I started to cultivate 1t four years ago, and it is now strong and luxuriant. Blue grass thrives on Birmingham soil when it is shaded by trees. Many of the sidewalks down. town are thus shaded. Where trees are absent, as is the case here in front of the Masonic temple, alfalfa could be sub stituted for blue grass. The former thrives in the sun.
 'If our people would only give atten- tion to this matter of grass they would aid in making what is called the city beautiful. The cost would be almost noth- ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
NEW OFFICERS
 FOR MOTOR CLUB

The Birmingham Motor club held meeting last night in the office of R. S. Munger and elected officers for the en- suing year. R. s. Munger was reelected president, pr. J. E. Dedman, vice presi- dent; Charles Denegre, secretary aud treasurer. John L. Raul and Haskins Williams were elected to the board of governors for two years.
 The club has taken on new life, ap- pointed good roads committee. which will endeavor to secure good roads in both city and county. new membership com mittee was appointed, and an effort will be made to enroll every auto owner The spirit of the club is to, increase the use of the automobile for business purposes instead of pleasure, and to assist in the enforcement of laws The clubhouse prop osition will be taken up again and pushed to a rapid conclusion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
Children's Chorus,

"The choral music will be a great fea- ture of the reunion in June" said the son of veteran, "and l am glad to see that childrens chorus will have a place on the programme.
 NO music is quite so delightful as that which comes from the fresh voices of lit tie girls and boys singing together. The children in the public schools are taught to read music and it should be easy to organize chorus of 25O or 300. When MT. Guckenberger gave his festivals several years ago he used a chorus of POO chill dren. The field from which to select now is much larger and if it was possible for Guckenberger to assemble the number he aid, whoever trains the chorus for the reunion should be able to select 300 chill dren who can sing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
From the Gateway.


 M GERMAN scientist Prof Albert pV Helm, who fell over a precipice in the Alps but lived to tell the tale, makes that story very encouraging account to those with an inclination to high jumps and the like.
 His fall was only 70 feet, yet that would be more than enough to satisfy temper ate person. He has narrated his full of interesting detail.
 At first he seemed to himself to be flying through the air. His fall really could have occupied only few seconds, but his train of thought was long and full of interesting details.
 'I clearly saw" he says, "the possi- bility of my fate. I said to myself, ''The rocky wall from which I am now being hurled prevents my seeing what is at it's base. The snow may be melted there, or there may be none; if there is any my inevitable.
 "'If I am conscious on reaching the earth, have by me bottle of aromatics and my alpenstock. I will grasp 1t, for it may serve me in good stead I thought, too, of removing my eyeglasses, lest their splintering might cause injury.
 'fOther and gentler thoughts for those I was to leave behind came upon me. For myself I felt indifferent, caring really little whether I should be much injured or not; but from motives of consideration for others I felt impelled. as 1t were, to make light of the matter. I seemed to call aloud. I am not much hurt
 'I recollected that in five days more was to have delivered an inaugural dis course, and thought of the grief my death would cause to those near and dear to me. Anon, lying, as it were, on the limit of a far distant horizon appeared dis tinct and divers images and episodes of my past life The whole mental picture stood out clear cut and illumined by divine and mysterious light.
 'All things seemed lovely and of good report There were no misgivings, no anxietes. no sorrow, pain, or terror.
 '"There were no sensations of contest or strife. All was merged in feelings of genial good will and kindly feeling. Such feelings predomnated over all and formed what was truly unique and lovely picture.
 Gradually; heaven of glorious blue, fecked with crimson clouds of gossamer lightness, surrounded me. In them l was waited to and fro, borne up from below, but painlessly and pleasantly, while a vast and moving snowfield seemed to accompany me. Anon the perception of objects, subjective thoughts, medley of various feelings seemed to circle in con- centric mazes around as common center
 '"rhen came dull thud, which I heard very distinctly, but did not iceland my fall was ended. At that instant a dark veil passed before me.
 'I called aloud three or four times, I am not much hurt grasped my glasses which lay near me- and touched my limbs to make sure they were not broken.
 ''Then I saw my companions slowly approaching. They told me good halt hour had elapsed after my fall before l spoke.
 II had lost consciousness, and that ex- plains the dark veil. Later the power of thinking returned. I was conscious only so long as was falling of the perception of beautiful images. At the moment of contact with earth they disappeared. On another occasion Dr. Helm was in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
Change In Naval Schools.

Washington, March 5.-Orders issued at the war department today provide that at the close of the present school year, Au- gust 1 next, the school of submarine de- fense at Fort Totten N. r., shall be discontinued, and that instructions in the subjects now taught at that school shall be given at the coast artillery school at Fort Monroe. Va It Is provided also that the instruction now given the enlisted mems division at the school of subma- rine defense shall be given in the depart ment for enlisted specialists, at the coast artillery school. The torpedo board or ganized in September, 1905, will be dis solved at the close of the present school year, August 1 next.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
IN HOTEL LOBBEIS
Work at Boys, Industrial School.

'I had the privilege today of witness ing a lesson in barbering given to two boys at the Boys Industrial school at East Lake, said a philosophical man.
 "One of the fundamentals at this great school is to teach the boys some trade by which they can make living in fu- ture years. S J. Erekert makes regular trips out to the school to teach the boys how to shave and cut hair and it was the lesson given this afternoon that l witnessed. And those boys while they are mere youngsters, are good barbers, considering their years and the handi- caps under which they work. One 1t- tie fellow was so small that he had to reach up to get at his customers hair, but he went at in a way that showed he was fast learning his business. An other boy said that he would finish at the school next month. Still another I understand is at one of the big schools of the state and is paying his way large ly by the returns from his barbering which he learned at the Boys Industrial school. If the people of Birmingham would visit this school oftener and learn something of the work that Is being done there, I am sure that the institution would not have such difficulty in rais- ing enough money to keep 1t going.
 "The superintendent. MT. Wealley told me today that their condition was really more critical this year than it had ever been before. The state appropriation used to be small, but there were numerous contributions from various counties of the state and from philanthropic so cieties and individuals. The last legsla- ture allowed s1OO year for each inmate of the school up to 200 and people over the state have gotten the idea that the school needs no further private assist ance. MT. Weakley says that it is a great mistake and that it will be next to impossible to maintain each boy properly for s100 a year. He tells me that he has 100 on his waiting list above the number which the state allows an appropriation for, which it is absolutely impossible to take in,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
SUGGESTIONS FOR
 SCHOOL SAFETY

The Collinwood school disaster has taught a lesson that has set people thinking, and suggestions for the pro- lection of schools from fire are being made on all sides. One which is con sidered to be practical is the station ing of a fireman at each school house during the hours that the schools are in session.
 This Is an arrangement that 1t is be- lieved could be handled without any ad- ditional expense to the city, as one fire man could be designated to each of the schools during these hours with out handicapping the work of the depart. ment to any great extent.
 Another suggestion Is thu the school drill be practiced at least once a day. It appears that the Collinwood school had practiced the fire drill regularly but 1t had not been instilled deeply enough into the pupils to make the falling in line and. marching out n regular order second nature with them By practicing 1t daily and having the alarm given in many different ways anl at no set time during the day, it Is believed the habit of systematically lining up and marching out would be- come so strong that the pupils couldn't do otherwise.
 The suggestions for giving the alarm in different ways is to accustom the children to excited yelling and scream ing. The rule in force is the tapping Of the bell three times, the drill being held once a week. In a number of the Atlanta sch hools, the alarm is given by a tap of the bell, shouts of "flre!" or any other excited shouting. So well trained were the pupils in one of At lanta's largest schools that when thre9 terrified women ran through the build ing screaming hysterically, icy fell in line without the least excitement and marched out in the utmost order, not withstanding the fact that the entire roof was in a blaze and the building black with smoke. No bell was rung for this alarm, the pupils lining up the moment the heard the women scream ing.
 With the stationing of fireman at each school, it Is also suggested that stand pipes with hose be placed in the buildings An investigation will also probably be made by the Board of Ed uca ation to see if all doors open out ward, and that each side of the dou- ble doors is left swinging free during school hours. At the Collinwood school the doors of one entrance were locked and at the other entrance only one side of the door could be opened, the other being held by latch The doors from the school rooms into the corridors. it is suggested. sh ould also open outward into the corridors.