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going to try pretty hard not to go back
to the business: but it's pretty stiff
proposition to resist. Why? Well be-
cause the begging-letter thing has been
pretty soft for me for a good many
years. I've been following 1T for nearly
twenty years. and have made hne
and dandy living out of 1t. not only In
this country. but in England. OF course,
it's pretty hard work. too. and scien-
tific at that; and 1 had it systematized
down to a regular bookkeeping system.
whereby I could ascertain at glance
Just how many letters I'd sent to each
man and woman, the kind of letters,
when mailed, what replies had been re-
ceived from each. and all that sort OF
thing. But it's getting to be pretty
are on the trail of begging-letter writ
ers right along now, and SO / suppose
/ shall have to pass it up. 1 hate to
think of getting down to regular
workaday basis of earning a. living, at
that; but I shall give that end Of 1t
trial anyhow. I have averaged pretty
high at my begging-letter writing
business. l should say that the grand
average for the entire period during
which ] engaged in the business was
about seven or eight thousand dollars
a year. Not so bad, eh? OF course 1t
required patience and persistence to
keep the average up; but | always had
vacation Of at least three months
every year, during WHICH OiuH 81
much as touch a hand to pen. Trouble
was that I spent the money as 1T came
along, 1t was So easy; / always felt
in fact. knew-that ! could get more
when I'd spent what l had. There are
some rich men who never by any chance
respond to the appeal of a begging-let-
ter writer; but these are more than
balanced by those who do. / am going
into the insurance business now. That
requires nerve, and I've got the nerve
oil riU R11f won't he ANYTHING like
so soft as just opening the mail in the
morning and seeing the checks pop
out and the begging-letter writer
heaved a sigh of such heavy grief that.
really, l felt tremendously like kicking
him. CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
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dock, the fair-haired boy insurrectionist
of the Sunfiower state, decided some
months ago that some time during the
present session Speaker Cannon would
utter low moan and resign his job. He
doesn't know just when this interesting
event is scheduled to come of. but he Is
certain 1t will happen before adjournment.
and every day or SO he issues a supple
mental statement to this effect Mean
while the insurgents are extremely active.
meeting and planning and perfecting a
program for the session
one of the most enthusiastic and
largely attended insurgent meetings of
the session was held last Saturday even
ing in Mr. Murdock's room in the House
ONCE building. Promptly at o'clock
chairman Murdoch called the meeting TO
order and requested Representative Vic
tor Murdoch of Kansas to explain the
aims and purposes of the gatheriny
Mr.. Murdoch complied and concluded his
statement amid great applause. Chair
man Murdtc OK then appoint A 20 ! ut
tee on program made up of Representa-
tive Victor Murdoch kansle sitor
lions to report at the next meeting
After Mr.. Murdoch had thanked those
present for their patriotic and unselhsh
labors against the cause of Cannonisnl,
Chairman Murdoch adjourned the meet
ing.
While the gathering was in session
MT Murdoch, with the permission OF
Chairman Murdoch, circulated a petition
urging the resignation of Mr. Cannon
those who signed the paper follow:
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So to see presidential message is.
sue forth from its confidential cOnfine-
ment without any accompanying acrobatic
tendencies on the part of the stock
market 1t must have been strange and
unusual experience for the market itself
to be soothed and kindly considered. in
stead of banged on its unarmored top
knot with a coupling pin. The only thing
that seems to make some folks nervous
is the possibility that the President has
saved all of his dynamite for the several
special messages he has promised to
write. 1t would seem that the conserva
tive and unexcited tone of the annual
document would be a sufficient answer to
groundless fears like these.
- REPRESENTATIVE HARRY LOU
n DENSLAGER of New Jersey. chair
man of the House committee on pensions,
is a collector of fancy neckties. He is
reported to have the most complete and
varied assortment of any man in Con-
gress or out of it, and is generally sup
posed to never wear the same one twice.
n REPRESENTATIVE JAMES a. TAW-
N NEY of Minnesota, chairman of the
House committee on appropriations, works
as hard as any man in Congress, and
then some. Sometimes he thinks so long
and intently that his feet ache.
n EPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM Nc
N KINLEY of Illinois, the traction mil
lionaire, who is called by his friends the
Human Christmas Tree, went to Panama
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lew. Say, do you
keep it as hot
as this around
here all the time
when I'm not at
home ?" grouched
Mr.. Grump. diff
fusing an air Of
s a b b a ( h calm
around the Grump
household on Sum.
day morning last.
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DN, why have poets
so little resem-
b ! a n c g to = err
poets? Physically
and pulchritudi-
nously speaking. 1
mean. Oh, yes, of
course, there were
Byron and Shelley
and Alfred de Mus
set and Tennyson
and a few others of
the rhymesters who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-11

about it cannot be questioned. that Miss
Marjorie Gould. not yet out already
has picked out. with the savoir-faire of
some of the Goulds, the husband that
she intends to marry. and that this
young man is quite a poor and obscure
person, at that.
His name, 1 hear, will be popping in
the public prints within a few months.
He must be the seventh son Of a sew
enth son, for the young woman whom it
is said he is to marry is as beautiful
as an orchid and with personality and
mentality to match.
MOT long ago l met begging letter
~ writer, who had just done six
months in Jail. He got this sentence for
persstently firing in his begging letters
to a New York millionaire, who, weary
of the appeals, finally turned the letters
over to the police
II don't think I shall go back to the
begging-letter business" this chap.
who is under forty, we'll educated and
well groomed, told me. AT least, I'm
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(No man, whether he be Juggling with
the flagon or not, ever entirely loses the
consciousness or at least the subcon-
seriousness of the fact that he has a
spouse waiting for him at home. 1t isn't
meant, it isn't in the cards that he should
SO forget)
And SO this man, even during the
CHEEKY moments WREN he was shooting
the bones for the booze at Ch:mmie's
place had it entirely in mind during vir-
tually every moment of the time that it
was going to be up to him, sooner or
later to repair to his home and face
the home gag.
1t was about L. o'clock at night, or a
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die of the equator? And yet when l lift
one or two windows up quarter of an
inch you go through all of that foolish
pantomime trying TO make me believe that
you're being frozen solid! Say, t.y and
cut out these transparent little lodges,
won't you? You're more than seven
years old now. you know, and you ought
TO know by this time that / can see
through all that kind of diaphonous work.
You're not cold, not even chilly. You're
just trying 10 make believe because
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ES, this citizen and
taxpayer had inn
bibed several drinks.
He had libated, In
fact, considerably
more than was
either necessary or
good for him.
He knew 1t.
every body knows
when he has libated
excessively. 1t Is
impossible not to
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his internal mechanism for the purpose Of
causing little glow and glamour to IRA
date the perspective
This, then, is what he had done on
the particular night to which we have
already adverted.
All during the period of his libatious-
ness-that is to say, during the time that
he was leaning against the nosepaint-he
was distinctly and even acutely con-
scious of the fact that he had a wife at
home.
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recently with the House appropriations
committee. and returned on a fruit steam
er. He thinks the prospects are good for
fine banana crop.
~ REPRESENTATIVE ELLIS of Oregon
~ has shaved off his whiskers. and his
friends pass him by on the street and at
the Capitol without recognition. The loss
changes the entire expression of his face,
unique.
X
~ REPRESENTATIVE "FIGHTING
n FITZ" FITZGERALD of Brooklyn
who, as a member Of the House appro-
priations committee just returned from
the Isthmus of Panama the other day.
brought back with him as a present for
his wife four fine hand-embro o dered linen
dresses AS soon as he got home he
opened his trunks and turned over the
presents, standing by for the outburst Of
gratitude that was sure to come
Thank you, Fitz,'' said Mrs. Fitz; lit
was very thoughtful of you And the
dresses are fine, except that you paid too
much for them and that they are three
years out of style
And he bought the clothes from the
canal commissary department, too
X
THE insurgent movement in the House
! of Representatives is getting stronger
every minute. Representative Victor Muir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-11

NE of the men on
this paper. an
analytical chemist
of passing emo
tons by inclina-
ton. although a
copy reader by
profession. a sort
of unsung Henry
James, as it were,
approached me
from the northeast
the other morning
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''Shucks, though, what's the use of my
talking? This problem as to the tenn
perature at which living place ought to
be kept is something with which YOU
have never concerned yourself. Now, the
only possible way to keep up an even
heat in living place In the winter time
is to live in detached house; a sure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-11
had rushed into ink IN Az II

had rushed into ink to fix il.
He told his funny story. Miss l.. let
him say his few words, too well bred to
break in. but probably with deaf ears,
done so she could tell him how unhappy
she was at her faux pas.
THE girl was SO dainty! and you were
so thoughtful and attentive! and you
helped her into the elevator SO carefully,
l was sure it must be Mrs. D.
So Miss l.. elaborated her reasons for an
error. unfortunate, but not unjustifiable.
And d. says he never saw the girl. in
all his life, before. Perhaps not. / be-
lieve / believe him.
/ wonder, nevertheless. If Miss l., ex-
cept as favor to D.. would admit she is
near-sighted.
X
VICTIMS of clamormania, chronic af-
lection of the temperament, which
is not now SO prevalent in the National
Capital as it was not very long ago.
arc disappointed in the annual message of
President Taft. He does not thunder in
the index, throb In the first canto nor
shrek in the footnotes. Consequently
they consider the message tame and
wishy-washy and too pacific There are
many of these clamormania victims at
the Capitol--most Of them democrats, of
course-and they have been wailing ever
since the document was made public.
Also a number of them have made ap-
plication for active membership in the
Back From Elba" Club
But there are some compensatlons, 1t
seems 1t must have been quite comfort
ing and reassuring to those aff1uent per-
sons all over the land who have man
aged, by frugal living and the practice Of
rigid self-denial,, to save up as much as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-11

"Oh, that's it, throw a lot of shawls and
things around you and huddle over there
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Special Correspondence of The star.
NEW YORK. December 10, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-11

don't try to delude yourself with the
agreeable belief that I'm as blind as all
that, please.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-11

THE insurgent movement in the House
! of Representatives is getting stronger
every minute. Representative Victor Muir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-11

NOl ow, why have poets
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-01
ACT
PROVES FlZzLE

LONDON, Jan | ny u. T.. Az
ter : montha almost uniformly un
satisfactory returns from their bus
tntaa under the workmeuA compcn
Ralion act, English underwriters In
eFeased the rate of premiums heay
llY today On this class OF risks The
law which President Roosevelt la as,
sumed herv 60 have taken az Mis-
lnedel Ia sugEestlns extension of
American employers liability legla
latlon dates back GO the middle Of
lse' u covers every imaginable
class OF labor, including even do
nestle servants. aud ls so sweeping
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-01
EXHIBITION OF ART
AT PUBLIC LIBRARY

a free exhibition 0f collection
of So paintings drawings and water
cOlofH by John Ia Farse ~ A
wiil De- on view at the ara gallery
of the pabllc library from Moada
January g 10 Saturday. January
b. Tho exhibition ls under the
auspices of the Seattle Fine Arts
association. and the collection So
loaned at the request " the ARTISTS
son. O "a n Ia Fargo. a member
90 thc association
The paintings are tn oli, wax and
water colof 0nr 90 the principal
paintings S. that 90 she Tnhlflan
hrl drinking from mouutaiu
stream after 4 bath. Among the
drawings are studies for stained
glass windows for William q. Wait
ncy and n G. Prick
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-01
FRISCO GIVES A BIG
WELCOME TO Nc MIX

BAN FRANCISCO. Jan l. Ry u.
p Mr. MeMlx met an uproafiona
weicems herc this morning from me
snthesiaatlc bat sadly bedrsssiea
eroMt, MeMiN himself arrived
rather damn and cold after his lanr
tfir acrvss the country. nut after
he had been taken into the glcam
ms cafes and his health had been
uftcrcd once or twice. he got into
the spirit of the occasion Qulekly.
AZ 70 o'olock last nlght the crowds
wefc atepched and the floats and
aeeorated automobiles soon were
bedressied The crowds were 81
srcat few could nnd shelter. rho
rretanrsnta rceped the benefit. and
sosiNy the prepsietorr report the
sreAsest business on record The
reeeiine continued until dnvbreak
The { o'clock fefN boats 20 Ala.
media Berkeley ana Oakland took
home thronNe 90 cvlehrafnre ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-01
MINING PROMOTER
HELD FOR TRIAL

Peter ihckner. au alleged mining
promoter WAS Yesterday held for
trial ia the superior court charged
with obtaining money Under false
protenaes after a hearing Ia Judge
Gordops court
10 ia claimed by Rudolph Schmidt
that he paid $500 for certificates
OF stock M the Butte a Buxton
Copper Mlniug company of which
iAckner claimed Ia be agent ho
testified that IL Was represented go
him that the company owned a mum
Der Of good claims near BUTTE AZ
q matter of fact he says the com
pany only had opuona on the
nlnlma
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EMANCIPATION TO
BE CELEBRATED

Exercises Ia honor 81 the amt
ycraary OF the Issuance ot the
emancipation proclamation Of
Abraham llucuin viii he held hy
Tho SUNDAY Forum at the n n q.
A this evening Mayor Miller wili
make an address The program iH
Ra follows
America. chorus, Invocation
Rev Robert ~ Thomas Enamel
patton Proclamation. Helen
Adams ladies trio ia plantation
melodies. brother in Black
Mayor Miller. address The
Negro. John Edward Hawkins
address. "Nod. Nirsef aud 0rn-
ucman. Horace Roscoe Cayton
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hodmgglcd tired bat with the sat.
ietection Of having glycn McMiN "a
ripping reception.
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LOST AND FOUND.

warehouse receipt No ko7BA ishned "
W, ~ GAMES q 90, ~ FpANKFOHlf
KEEINqkf fa. fspfeagbtiae fiyl
ietttA lhclualYs. han beau loet OF atolenI
III The ahgYg named Whfthnaaa fef
oqipf "a pow bald vi any one ahld posi-
a8abipn without right HN1 al pefbon4
are herfby warned hsainsl trading TOT
n phfuhnnlna tho Same nH delivery 81
tha .hlakeV has hfth stopped
TOURIST HOTEL go
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS.


nuTTHRwoRTn a SON. pfofessgdnal
Difeetoff ana Licensed Ehhaimefs teff
is' OPP Moore Theatre ppth phones ~
johnson 4 Hamilton. andsrtahers htt
Flfst az Phones Nah $780, ind. altts
HELP WANTED FEMALE.
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Oh sl'f .n' tSgE ~ 'SsS 8.ySll s''fi"'
go.als
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Uncle Sam

lIas started work en- BIS usw a. eee. Gee
aryancka at nrcmerton watch clcnes
~ property boom Tn prices rev. Naf9
YARD city has enc mile - ths erft
riose.in water lots that are Cor aait II
Az price Navy Yard City l. alnnNeI1a
the navy gaFd. and are aeiiinm II
az tho low opening prices a sc ~
20 and up Terms s. dnsu SaH
hemet start every day See us FOR ffta
WAhspoftaunn. hEetnort1n ueVeluprttal
Co. ownsrs 1858 American Hank BidR
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cnEAr-ss AchEs-Alss hsAltzg
riacs eies. % eeana CAY flie, .
,ssR. 2, +. $3.50, e.ss 80 81, sssa,
Sister. free wood and water rakA
steamer Fairhavsn naitraFh tocA 4
ecless sharp, marniusa Gene quick q
ssfsiess sne ses iAs postsasstsr.
orsnd rec ssrursson ~ Rrsmsrtsa
fnudayi Nsf free urkeff az p HIN
msns eftiss n Tsnss tieak 70 sss "a
nfN actitiunsl ws aFs the eniY ora
fNnainF ffsa sacuFsfnus SEE iats -
sHtsr freas. tts -. tsrms 81 Per meatA
cosns teaaY -8
an ga man, carr see eewn. tis psx
Eenth buys NJ fias hewe large pfeef
sf acreage. fee iayiag hens 2 cows fuf<
sitsrss eie price ohir tits. risht ,
trait ssors IN Brsinsrtoa essh Come Il
snee I'll
wa .''S' Bi .s ~. Il -. ss's s,r -''
CITY REAL ESTATE.
s--@-- --~--.a
nF1TN THE NEW YEAR RiqHT.
IT'S 0QiSg 10 BIZ A Good oSn.
We have gnsi q few fine lots lefs In
GREENWOOD PARK NHCoNn Rrpts
TloN. - f4st on terms ~ sac cash ia
81 e month Tbs e pesiiigeiy year Isft
rTfre This addition is the last Vices e.
property m the citY ismNs ftag cos -
Sold at these prices tfat ie uNftn fnefh
then 10 eeA fcr a. Ntat year yre can
nisnt There are ataat % hnaset ttlA
nnw aul neW ones geiux w every tsfs
f#a rant helt maklUE wanfa NheFa
people are huldins ali srcara you. Id
n + PAY c6MpANY. fSc.
tet Mthihufu NIa4
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FOR sALE-wooD AND coal

FOR sALE-wooo AND COAL.
cosi ans WEE Dry rsTirrs- 0-Ts-.
taken fof caai south Aaftis sfhtiss Mala
~. > - I. lohrsen -aN a
W. s.s ~. 81. q 10 nyEg wHRS
sEATTLs COAL FuKL co BSsA
Get 81 sisas esiiysrsa n All rarss
heLsod inc fhousn f1th III
SEATTLE FUuLIc FUEL MARKET
s = sssi A w ~'isA' sae 'sF'''"
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
sn.iis a Kslr ,chas wssisy ems,S
Srsasriss " hsliFl' iist AnsrisAs
G Piper. LAvyssl hasbaHa sns
% sec - vniea uioek, rs Firss ~
ARcHIrEcrs.
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ite.Fars eoeh. nossa esgtags snd tys.
faiow plans Eftfn4 tiEs etc atn "
vseresss ATehisect ala Eiisi hlds
BANRe
TITS CANA DIAN BANK or CON.
NERCE
nfad effics ToEeuto, Canada ava
p.ssiss ts.lsss. Iu,sr... .iiss sss', -
sEATTi.E hnkNcM
cLAiRvoYANTs.
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s,t iifs rsasins nssa Il fts,si r rSis ,o
fifsi and Pike
Alkaline Lloyd Mako 80 niisfaha phsn
neFhinE the advice % eielfFnrmHf ff
Pays V ccntuit the beat CQlsnlai Hotel.
Mrs. shafsr sivss readings daily "a.
sss, Monday evening" taf fte a. ist
DETECTIVE SERVICE.
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Compare cur prices with other stsrss
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HAT MAKERS.
ace Hats KavanaEh. 1919 First --tf
LUMBER
s->---s--s~-s-,-~~-s-.ssa-s---
Cedar ana spruce lumber complete ssecE
lohnHon. opp Moran's Aain sbo. A ass
MONEY TO LOAN.
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Fremont oulee--seg0 fremont av.
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Leans on househsld furniture. ptsnoa
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Monday and saturday sFeninsA all
Money advapeed sniaried people and
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mOnta save yourself money ~ getting
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Loans on furniture horses. etc WIN
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Members National. stats aud County
Aseucin lions
s-~------=-s-- -----ss.-------=-=~~-,--
g. V. McNool, graduate kiFkAviiia school
suite bV4 Butler AnnoN Both phonaa
e. NJ Maxcy Huntsville graduate sDa
Nprthorn hk BLDG tth and PIKE. phonoa
oCuLi6Ts AND AuRlsT9.
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CONSULT Hanlaei coinar fls nausP
naiidiuE about farms. fIaii ianls. saFa.
aEr ~.
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SEWING MAcIINfta :. All kinda
AGENT singer. II kuth. taif First AZ
AAin 1875 Ina. aeIe
For Sale--sovcn fresh COWS farm for
rent Phone after y. m, Queen Anne
Fef Halo-Ftosh COW and calf cheap II
fhFen az once. Phone ballard sac. Sci
fih bnAs keoq sewing machine az eia
Fike RtN KUN" see =H6-isx
blcVCLEo.
snhdFiea q
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Ftss-arfs Tracts f-se reae seiii ell
iaeatsf IS down. 81 urek Hsfhsff
Lprsr arhererman Biack. lis ChsrkF
Hsa NJ. fohnean