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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-28
CortandO arboIeS con I'm aIambrc

En- sustitucion del hacha y
de la sierra, sc esta empleando
en- los bosques de Arkansas lo
que ALI llaman "hilo cortama-
|deras. Este hilo es lin alambre
de platino; Sc hace llegar una
|corriente electrical al pie del ar
Dol por medic de IN cable flexi-
bic que viene de una generatriz
transportable, y esta corriente
Icaliente al rojo el hilo de plati-
no. que va cortando rapidamer-
te el tronco.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-28
Ponce, Julio 1908.
Prussia, Ia cscue|a ' d cuarte|

Lo que hace casi I'm siglo conside-
rabase como una verdad, es hoy un
axioma. FL mismo espiritu de seve
ra discipline domina aquf la escuela
y ell cuartel. Pero por muchas que
sean las venta jas de este regimen, |,
las superan los inconvenentes GUAM
do no Ell peligro evidente que hay
para Ell desarrollo franco v libre de
la juventud y la formation de su
espfritu.
La discipline militar en- Prussia
tiende hacer del so1dado un auto
mata, I'm ser sin voluntad propia, in
|capaz de la menor inic iativa.
Para da1se cuenta de clio basta
asistir la instruction de los reclu
tas; hay que yer como Sc les obliga
hacer centena1es de veces el mismo
gesto durante horas enteras, no para
que llegue a conseguirse la exactitud
ldeseada-que no sc necesitar1a tanta
mortlficacion-sino con Ell obieto de
fatigarles de cuerpo y de esplritu, de
Imatar en- el'os todo expont5neo co i'm
pulse adn la mas leve propensi6n 4
la protesta, por muda que sea. iAy
de ellos 81 deJasen entrever la menor
lmpaciencia, siquiera no fuese mas
que en- la mirada...!
Tai vez esa discipline sea admira.
bic porque ella deba Prussia su en-.
grandeclmiento, su supremacfa entire
los pueblos germanos y el puesto que
ocupa en- el mundo Y Ell Historic
Acaso sin tai discipline, que salv6 al
EJerclto prusiano en- Hoehkirchen,
cuando en- medic de Ia noche fue sor
prend1do por los austriacos va habrfa
desaparecido Prusia del mapa.
Y de no. .existir Prussia -!
Pero, en- fin. al hablar de discipline
militar me rehero ngularmente la
lmpuesta en- las escuelas.
A este proposito no esta de mas re-
cordar que Herbart y Froebel recha-
zan como contraproducente las me.
didas de IN rigor excessive Y reco
miendan la educion racionafmente
severa; pero, ante todo, individual,
como hoy la practican en- EspafIa, sin
ir mas le1os, Ell ilustre pedagogo v
flosofo don Francisco Giner de los
Rios y sus discipulos.
Estudiar la indole. Ell caracter, las
disposciones y aptitudes del alnmno,
fomentarlas, desarrollarlas y dirigir
sus esfuerzos hacia aquellos estudios
para los cuales demuestre tener mas
talento, ha de ser la tarea del peda-
gogo.
Las escnelas populares de Prussia
son las primeras del mundo en- cuan
to la ensefanza. pero adolecen de
grandes defectos, inherentes al regi-
men que sobre elias pesa.
La discipline es llevada tai ex
tremo en- elias, que, como ell so.dado
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-28
POr eSOS mundOS
barcos con fOndO de CristaI

Hace va tempo que Sc viene
diciendo que Ell pescar con cana
es pasatiempo aburridisimo; los
americanos sin embargo, han
encontrado la manera de anne
nizar tan monotona diversion
En- la bahia de Avalon (Califor-
MAJ, hay unos botes de ala uiler
que tienen Ell fondo de cristal.
FL pescador alquila una de es-
las barquillas. Sc sienta como
danente, empuna la cana Y
mientras espera q que pi-
que el. peg Sc dislrae con
ten1plando al traves del cristal
todas las marayillas del fondo
de la bahia, que no son pocas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-28
San Juan, PueroRico Mares IS de Julio de

de los tratados, Sc le suavice Y
sc le vaya transfor mando.
La contienda es de personals
mas que de ideas. Y hasta en-
este de las personas, en- que to
das las ventajas estan de parte
del candidate republicano Mr..
Taft, ocurre que los partidarios
de este-exceptuanio los que
tienen empleos publicos 8 aspi-
ran q ellos-no Sc af1igirian mu-
cho por ell triunfo de Mr.. Bryan,
que sera casi seguramente, Ell
candidate democratico. En- el
Senado tienen mayor1a los re
publicanos y seguiran tenien-
dola durante los cuatro amos del
proximo periodic presidential.
Aunque Mr.. Bryan fuese elegi-
do y, luego, su partido conquis.
tase la mayoria en- la Camara de
Repre- sentante, el nuevo Presi-
dente nada podria hacer. Con
dos ruedas anda un CAIRO; pero
aqui Ell caro- del Estado tiene
tres, y sin Ia del Senado no Sc
mu eve. Con TN Senado hostil,
ell partida democratico no po-
dria impIantar ninguna reforma
anti capitalista; y de aqu1 que
la victoria de Mr.. Bryan fuese
para la gente de orden in Incl
dente desagradable y no una
calamidad.
A falta de un tema principal
"a no ser que aparezca mas
tarde-es possible que la situa-
ci6n economical sea Ia que de
termine Ell resultado de. Ia cleo
Ci0n. Esa situacion, sin ser de-
sesperada, sigue siendo desfa
vorable. ST no mejora de aqu1
a Noviembre tai vez sc convier-
ia en- IN factor contrafio al par
lido republican,, que es ell que
hoy gobierna, como amos atras,
echo del poder al partido demo-
cratico.
El bajo precio del trigo, el que
haya much0s obreros sin traba-
10 en- Chicago y en- Pittsburg,
eel que salga POGO mineral de
hierro de los Grandes Lagos,
puede darle muchos votos a Ia
0posici0n.
De la mala situacion econo-
mica alguna culpa tiene ell par
lido gObernante. Pues los cleo
torres Sc la echaran toda. Es
disparatado, pero es asi Y no Sc
dlterencian en- esto, los a merlca-
nos de los espanoles. En- aque-
llos tiempos de la revoluci0n de
Septiembre, cuando Ia Hacien-
da andaba NAL, conoc1 TN capi.
tan retirado, que. borrando toda
distinction entire mOnarquicos Y
republicanos, sagatinos Y zorri-
lllstas. decia que no ha bia mas
que g0biernos buenos Y gobier-
nos lnal0s Y que los buenos eran
los que pagaban a las clases pa
sivas
\. J. Z.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-28
Numero TIT

tro no merece nj es digno, en- Intere
mismo de sus compafieros, de ser ms
truido su lado.
En el expediente ofcial que sobre
este caso tristfsimo Sc ha tornado Sc
| halla esta Erase sangrienta:
"Walter sc ha suicidado frfvola-
mente, por vengarse de su maestro.
tHacen falta c0mentari 81
Otro ejemplo:
Hace dias Sc suicide Ell alumnc
Gunther Slender, de diez y nueve
afios de edad
LIE habfa prestado 4 TN condiscfpu-
10 un trabajo suyo para que Sc ente-
rase.
Ell maestro puso el horrendo delito
en- conocimiento del director, este
|dirigio al padre del delincuen una
carta en- que Sc leen frases de este
jaez:
"Esta falta de "sentido moral" @
en- su hijo de usted no dejara de in
FUR en- Ell resultado del examen de
bachiller que prepara.
Era decir clarito que le reproba rfan
Asf 10 comprendi6 ell padre, que
humildemente, dom minando su indig-
nacion, fu6 suplicar al director todo-
poderoso que suspendiera dicho exa-
men para que su hijo pudiera presen-
tarse de nuevo en- Ia proxima promo
clon. al cabo de seis meses.
El director lie recibi6 descortes-
mente, tratandole como ST fuera un
chiquillo, y contestandole clteg6rica-
mente: "En tai case. lie expulso del
colegio.
Y el dia siguiente le dice Gunther,
delante de toda clase: listed es IN
asno. digaselo q su sefior padre"
I'll muchacho, que habfa hecho ex-
celentes estudios, y Sc preparaba
para lngresar en- la escuela de ofcis-
es de- Marina, no pulo soportar Ia
Y para terminar, unas cuantas pa
abras sobre Ell castigo orparal los
alumnos, permitido en- Prussia, que
ha causado va tantas y tantas vfcti-
mas
FL doctor Wullenweber, maestro
en- un 2olegio de Berlin, encuentra
en- un corredor al alumno julius Beez,
que iba su clase, y lie manda audar
mas aprisa, Y como lie pareciera que
no apresuraba bastante el paso lie da
unas cuantos empujones.
Al entrar Beez en- la clase, ell macs
tro le administra hallandose 81 de es.
| pa das, dos solemnes bofetadas, al
volverse Ell muchacho asustddo. mi
randOle con extraf1ezs, lie vuelve 4
go'pear fuertemente On la cara, sin
que Ia sangre que ell infeliz arrojaba
por boca Y nariceS lie contuvera
LuegO, cogi6ndolc de I'm braz0, le
arrastra al deSpacho del director .....
| Y alG le hacen esperar mas de una
bora, en- Ell deplorabe estado en- que
Sc hallaba, mientras que el maestro
lba tranquilamente dar su clase.
Beez, que pesar de su coastitu-
ci0n d60il habfa gozado siempre de
cabal salud, sufre desde entonces de
idesmayos. fuertes neuralgias, insom
| Inlos alucna clones; tiene horribles
peSadillas, en- medic de la noche da
grttos aterradores, creyendo yer 4 su
mo eStro con el brazo levantado para
ipegarle.
DespuGs de haber visto rechaz ia
dos veces su denuncia ha logrado ell
padre que Sc lie siga causa al singular
Ipedagogo.
Este dice en- su defensa "iSoy Off
cial dc Reserva y estoy acosumhrado
| 4 proeeder en6rgicamente"
Ante estos hechoS hay que contes-
tar que Psusia es el pals del absolu-
tisno pedagogical y militar.
Berlin, Julio de 1908
EdHuYd0 Ham
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-28
VicOfds kir0S.

en- ell cuartel, no es mas que I'm MI
nero Ell alumno
Prop6nese aquf la escuela educar
patrlotas, buenos y feles snbditos de
5. NJ, ciudadanos enthusiasts solda-
dos disciplinados para Ell dfa de ma
mana, 4 costa de la individaalidad
Un circulo de hierro que aprisiona ell
cerebro, una camisa de fuerza que
oprime ell cuerpo. impide que e
alumno prusiano tenga la menor Ii
bertad de pensamiento n de movl
mientos.
Ell que ha visto uno los ha visto to-
dos. Salem del colegio moralmente
uniformados.
En- Prussia todo va parar al uni
forne.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-28
LAS 0FICINAS
DEL.
Sc RoleTfn MerCantil"

La Direction y Administra-
Ci6n del BoLETIN MERcANTIL
DE PUERTO RICO, han sido
trasladadas 4 la calle de SAN
JOSE, MUM. 8, primer pi o, 10
que participamos a nuestro
relacionados y al p1blico en-
general.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-28
mi querida mama:

mi querida mama:
mo te atormentes demasiado. Yo
no podia vivir mas. Tus present.
mientos esta maflana no tie habian
engafiado. -
Por haberle hablado I'm compa-
nero en- la clase, el maestro Faubel
me impuso una hora de retenci6n, me
peg6 y fu6 quejarse al director por
haberle preguntado yo porque me
castigaba de ese modo.
FL director me ordeno que le pi.
dlcra perdon al maestro, amenazan-
dome con echarme del Colegio 81 no
10 hacfa.
He reaexionado mucho sobre es-
to, mi querida madre, siento que me
serla de todo punto impossible humi.
llarme. Ademas, sc perfectamente
que violencias seme jantes, que no
puedo soportar, Sc volverfan a re-
petir.
Como me espanta Ia idea de VOL
yer a comenzar la clase segunda de
|servir dos amos en- el Ei6rclto, he de-
|cidido MORN, y te ruego que me per-
dones, buena madre mia,
"Al sentir la amargura de esta pc
na tan grande que voy causarte,
piensa en- 10 que ha debido sufrir vo
mismo antes de tomar resolution tan
horrible.
"Valor, madre mia; tienes dos hiios
mas que tie consolaran =.
"Te abraza con toda su alma tn
hijo,
Waktev".
Escrito que hubo esta carta, Walter
Matthews, de diez y seis amos de
edad, uno de los meiores alumnos de
su clase. universalment querido por
sus condiscfpulos. Sc disparo nn tiro
en- Ell corazon.
dCual habfa sido su crimea?
iHabla pedido su compafiero que
lie prestara TN libro que olvidol
A otro dla. el hermano del desgra
ciado joven anunciaba al director del
gimnasio que su hermano Sc habia
suicidado, y el director le contesto:
I'm alumno que tiene Ia insolen
cia de insubordinarse contra su macs
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-28
NIEBLAS DEL PASADO

lPor que esta tempestad por que estas horas
De tragicas vigilias2
lPor que vents recuerdos del pasado
Para amargar y entrlstecer mi vida -?
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-28

Yo muerta la crei Su du1ce imagen
Bajo del cielo de mi fe bendita,
Del grande amor los cirios Sc apagaron,
Como expire la lampara abotiva.
Nj en- mi memor1a su recuerdo estaba,
Nj en- mis- insomnios su vision veia,
Cuando vuelvo del campo de mis- suefos,
La bella imagen de la dulce nina,
Y tiemblo su presencia
Como el alma amorosa Sc arrodilla
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-28

Que triste deb condici6n tenemos!...
No hay voluntad que la mujer resista;
Las blancas aves plumajes mancban,
De las cumbres Sc baa hasta las simas
Y ST 10 excelso Sc inclino al pantano
81 no hay vrtud que sosteuga altiva,
Poetas: Que Sc salten las cuerdas de las arpas,
Que Sc rompan las cuerdas de las liras!
.VtcOfds Rir
nee IuliO roO8
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-07
God
Left Out
Ignorance
Comes In
By Rev. Thomas Edward Barr,
Peoples Pulpit. Milwaukee.

The battle-ground of social is always the human
which intelligence the
cruelty Until that
civilization the which has overthrow the
the past For that the soul life must furnish and
meho
Three falace mark the faulty thinking which a1cts
Will Is Religion has
will that
improved conditions lasting benefit If
conditions along culture of
love and shown honor justice
and kindness, then progress
the logic This is the Because, when
nation become rich and powerful they become waste
full
rich and powerful they would fall into these
Again that religion especially Christianity,
great evils
Endorsed by When reply
struggle the life mastery,
that religion has thus failed complete
succe t be overheard
Thus off blind It's and deafen its
the appeals of its higher and then the
pitt in which the glorious civilizations
of long ago were plunged when they
forgot God. C/L01A1~A |oL~t1Ut% /0a/1/e
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-07

NEW YORK.-Mrs. Russell Sage has
N new velvet carpets in her home,
632 Fifth avenue, soft, rich and beau
tiful, with deep, thick pile into which
the foot sinks
L am glad" said a woman who has
known Mrs. Sage for years, that she
could have these velvet carpets before
she died. In all the years of her mar
rled life down at the house at sos
Fifth avenue, she had nothing except
an ancient Brussels carpet on her par
Tor floor. 1t was one she had when she
first went to keeping house and had
those great, set medallions in it that
they used to use for carpet patterns
40 years ago. The nap was worn off
all over it, so that the brown warp
showed through.
When it finally got so bad that it
was impossible to use it longer, mat
ting was put down in the parlor, as
1t long had been in the rest of the
house. She always used the old horse
hair furniture she had when she was
married, such as one saw in country
parlors 40 years ago, and there were
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-07
Millionaire Sportsman to Wed Actress

been reported engaged before, or that
there was anything new in his ardent
interest in affairs histrionic. In fact,
there was a period when he was very
devoted to Miss Russell, and was seen
much in her company along the classic
walks of Bay Ridge.
But then, it seems, he was only
slightly bruised by the shafts CS Eros,
whereas now the dart has ripped right
through his waistcoat, a twin dart in
f1icting a similar wound in the bosom
of Miss Edna McCauley.
Mr. Lewisohn recently gave an ex
elusive little banquet Miss McCauley
was present and SO were several of her
intimate friends and several intimate
friends of the millionaire. The occa-
sion, it is said, was to serve as a fare
we'll to single blessedness and during
the height of the jolly little dinner
the couple confessed their happiness
and fixed the marriage day. The wed.
ding, according to friends of Mr.. Lew
isohn, will be very quiet and after the
ceremony the bride and bridegroom
will sail to Europe for their honey,
moon, visiting on the OTHER side Oscar
Lewisohn, Jesse's brother and Oscars
attractive wife, who was Miss Edna
May.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-07
Good Society Not Silly, Says Mrs. Fish

ordinary social functions Mrs. West
speaks Of They certainly must be
funny. 1 wonder what they would be
like? 1 really never heard of any Of
these things before
Newport society is perfectly sane
and normal. 1t is high time the silly
stories about il were stopped. They
are absolutely false, every one of
them, and no loyal, patriotic man
would publish stories which belittle
abroad the dignity of his own coun-
trywomen and men.
Good society is the same every
where, and a lady is a lady in any
country. Being an American, consid-
er myself just as good as any of the
foreign blood, superior probably to
some.
New York society, if anything, is
more dignified than that abroad. be-
lieve it is really more exclusive in
some respects. King Edward is very
democratic and goes about socially a
great deal more than President Roose-
welt does.
Il agree with Mrs. West that if New
York society were to open its doors
a little wider its influence might be
felt"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-07
The Poor Rich.
KANSAS.

During the past eight months the
riGl have had a hard time railroad
director said recently that lit is .
great deal harder for a man who has
been living at the rate of two hundred
thousand year to get down to a fifty.
thousand-a-year standard than ii is
for man who has been living on SIS
a week TO get along on $40" This must
be so because the fifteen-dollar man
has got along on ten so often that il
Is easy. like any habitual privation
The multi-millionaire is a green hand
at economiZing, and should be pitied
by the expert poor. But he gets no
sympathy, and in one respect deserves
none. Only this summer a Newport
tradesman announced publicly that he
would not give his rich customers
more than 80 days time in which TO
pay for the corned beef, prunes, salt
Goldfish and other delicacies that bend
their tables The curse of the rich is
their poverty, and it is a pity to see
them ground down by tradesmen. Of
course it is hard that in summer, when
the rich are taken from the slums and
sent for fresh air TO Newport and
other resorts, they have to be troubled
with bills. But holidays have their
responsibilities as we'll as their relax
atoms. A story comes to the Youths
Companion of a wealthy man to whom
a bin was brought on Christmas morn
ing. This seemed TO him an outrage,
but when he went to the door, Tuning
with protest, he found a boy, who
said: Sorry to trouble you, boss. but
jest have to have that seven-flfty for
our Christmas dinner"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-07
new DISTRICTS AND
NEW RAIL WAYS
WESTERN CANADA AFFORDS BET
TER CONDITIONS THAN EVER
FOR SETTLEMENT.

To the Editor = Sir:-Doubtless
many of your readers will be pleased
to have some word from the grain
fields Of Western Canada, where such
a large number of Americans have
made their home during the past few
years. 1t is pleasing to be able to re-
port that generally the wheat yield
has been good; it will average about
20 bushels to the acre. There will
be many cases where the yield will go
35 bushels to the acre, and others
where so bushels to the acre has
been recorded. The oat and barley
crop has been splendid. The prices
OF all grains will bring to the farmers
a magnificent return for their labors.
An instance has been brought to my
notice of a farmer in the Pincher
Creek (Southern Alberta) district
where winter wheat is grown-who
made net profit of $19.55 per acre, or
little less than the selling price OF his
land. 80, 40, and so bushel yields are
recorded there. The beauty about the
lands in Western Canada is that they
are so well adapted to grain-raising,
while the luxuriant grasses that grow
everywhere in abundance make the
best possible feed for fattening cattle
or for those used for dairying pur-
poses.
The new homestead regulations
which went into force September, 1908,
attracted thousands of new settlers 1t
is now possible to secure 100 acres in
addition to the $50 acres as a free
grant, by paying $500 an acre for it.
Particulars as to how to do this and
as to the railway rates can be Sc
cured from the Canadian Government
Agents.
THE development throughout West
ern Canada during the next ten years
will probably exceed that of any other
country in the worlds history" is not
the statement of an optimistic Cana
dian from the banks of the Saskatche-
wan, but of Mr.. Leslie M. Shaw of
New York, eX-Secretary of the United
States Treasury under the late Presi-
dent Mckinley and President Roose-
welt, and considered one of the ablest
financiers of the United States. Our
railway companies sold a good deal
of their land at from three to five dol
lars an acre, and now the owners are
seventy-fve dollars, and buying more
up in Canada at from ten to fifteen"
The editor of the Monticello Qowa)
Express made a trip through Western
Canada last August, and was greatly
impressed. He says: "One cannot
cross Western Canada to the noun
tains without being impressed with its
immensely of territory and it's future
prospects. Where / expected to find
frontier villages there were substan-
TALLY built cities and towns with every
modern convenience. It was former
ly supposed that the climate was too
severe for it to be thought of as an
agricultural country, but it's wheat
raising possibilities have been amply
! tested. We drew from Ontario many
of our best farmers and most progress
sive citizens. Now the Americans are
emigrating in greater numbers to
! Western Canada. Seventy-five per
cent. of the settlers in that good coun-
try located southeast of Moose Jaw
and Regina are Americans. Canada
is well pleased with them and is ready
to welcome thousands more"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-07
GATHERING DEAR GEORGE in.

You look very much excited, dear, :"
he said, when she entered the parlor
where he was waiting for her.
We'll, should think ] ought to look
excited" she answered; I've just had
the most awful argument with ma"
And she began to weep Historically.
Why, what is the matter, my d; T.
ling?" he inquired, as he slid an aim
around her waist and endeavored to
soothe her; what was the argument"
obi how can L tell you? She said
you were only triffing with me, anti
that you would never pop the OUTS
ton; and / told her she did you a
great injustice, for 1 believed that you
would pop the question tonight. She
said you wouldn't, and l said you
would, and we had it hot and heavy
Dear George, you will not let ma
triumph over me, will you?"
"Wwhy, certainly not" answered
George.
Il knew it. my darling" the dear
girl exclaimed; come. let us go to
ma and tell her how much mistaken
she was"
And they did, and ma didn't seem 10
be very much broken down over the
affair after ALL
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-07
New Velvet Carpets for Mrs. Sage

great cracks in the parlor walls of the
home at Forty-second street which
went for years without fixing
Mrs. Sage suffered from mortifica-
ton at such things, just as much as
any other woman would, and I'm glad
she is able to have the velvet carpets
for few years before she dies. But
they came too late to give her much
pleasure. After they had all been put
down and the furniture was in place,
she walked through the house obsery-
ing and admiring and then sat down
and cried. She said not a word in eX-
PLANTATION, but it was easy to under
stand. She was thinking of all the
stinted years when she might have en-
joyed such things, and now she mas
them when she is too old to care very
much.
There scarcely is a day that Mrs.
Sage does not weep" continued this
cid friend of hers. she simply sits
and cries at the intolerable burden of
having $65, 900, 900 on her shoulders, at
the burden of distributing that huge
fortune in the way that will do the
most good She is so years old and
has a New England conscience. She
wants to do just the right thing with
it all, and it requires an amount of
thought and study and imposes a feel
ing of responsibility that is hard on
an old woman who only wants a quiet
corner to spend her few remaining
years in"