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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-01

aged 10 years months and days
RUGGLES-In this city, March 90 1909, Char
lotte, beloved wife of the late F. Z. Rug
gles and beloved mother of E. r. Rugges.
native of Sweden, aged 55 years 10 months
and days.
sHEEHAN-In this city, March 30. 1909, Eliza
beth j.. widow Of the late. Dennis ]. Shee-
han, beloved mother OF Nellie James F. Dem
mis- j. and George A. Sheehan. Mrs. 7. P.
Martin and Mrs. Theo. z. Martin. dearly be-
loved grandmother OF Lorraine and Tevis Mar
tin and aunt Of John s. Currsn. native
of Ireland.
Friends and acquaintances are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral today (Thurs
day., at O'Clock a. m. from her late resi-
dence, 1878 Eleventh avenue Sunset, thence
to st. Anns church. corner OF Thirteenth ave
nue. and | street. where requiem mass will
be celebrated for the repoSe OF her SOUL COM
mencing at ESQ a. M Interment Holy Cross
cemetery.
ToUHEY-In Oakland Cal, March 81, 1909.
Martin J. Touhey. a native Of Ahaereagh.
County Galway. Ireland. aged 81 years.
Notice of funeral hereafter. Remains at the
parlors Of Beaudry & McAvoy, $50 Tenth
street, Oakland.
wARwIcK-In this city. March 80. 1909,
James Warwick. father OF Charles Warwick
and Mrs +. c. Gafney, aged 80 years.
Friends and acquaintances are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral teday (Thurs-
day., at l o'clock p. m., from King Solo
mons hall. Fillmore street near Sutter. under
the auspices of King Solomon's lodge No.
260. F. & A. NJ Cremation I. o. o. r Gene
Co., 924 Fillmore street.
WEBER-In this city, March So 1902 Bridget
dearly beloved wife OF the late Louis Weber,
and loving mother OF Louis and Maggie
Weber. native OF County Galway, ireland
aged so years.
The funeral will take place tomorrow CFri
day.. at S:l5 a. m, from the parlors Of the
United Undertakers, 260S Howard street near
Twenty-second, thence TO st. Paul's church,
where requiem high mass will be cele-
brated for the repose OF her soul. commenciua
at 9 a. m. Interment Holy Cross cemetery
wEsT-In this city. March 80 1909 Augusts
NJ. beloved wife Of Albert A West and
mother of William B. and A. Eugene West
and Mrs. Charles T. Stanley.
The funeral services will take place to
day Thursday. at o'clock D. m. from
her late residence, 1877 Webster street. oak
land Interment Mountain View cemetery.
WINNER-In this city, March 80 1909 Anna
:. Margaret, dearly beloved wife OF the late H n =.
Winner, and devoted mother OF II. H. win
ner, a native OF HannoFer, Germany, aged
65 years months and 15 days. A member Of
st. Johannes Frauen verein.
Friends and acquaintances are respectenslv
invited to attend the funeral today (Thurs-
day.. at / D. from the pariors of n r
Suhr & Co., 29i9 Mission street between
Twenty fifth and Twenty sixth Interment
Mount Olivet cemetery. by carriage
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-01
AID FOR HIGHWAY
PROJECT URGED
Improvement Clubs Point Out
Benefits to City From Bay
Shore Thoroughfare

That the projected Bay Shore high
way will have many an enthusiastic
advocate when the proposal TO issue
$500. coo in bonds to construct the road
comes before the hoard of supervisors
was made evident yesterday at the
luncheon Of the Permanent Downtown
association in the St Francis hotel.
The real benefits of such roadway
were made apparent TO the businessmen
present by two members OF the i'm
provement clubs that fathered the idea.
G. W. owen. secretary of the Bay Shore
district improvement club, and George
H. Roundy, president of the Charter
Oak avenue Improvement club. were
the men who demonstrated TO the
diners the financial advantage TO the
downtown merchants that the road
would be.
ROUTE OF HIGHWAY
The speakers showed that the great
highway, running in from the shops
and yards of the Southern Pacific at
Vfsitacion, along Charter Oak avenue
which is 100 feet wide-for j blocks,
thence on parts of Railroad and San
Bruno avenues. which viii be made
100 feet in width at these sections,
and ending at Twenty-fourth and Po-
trero avenue. will provide a natural and
easy entry into san Francisco's down.
town district. They also proved, by
statistics, that the merchants of San
Nateo county, and also even OF Santa
Clara, though farther away from the
busy section, are getting its trade, be-
cause the well paved road the South
ern Pacific has built along the bay
shore to Baden is now by far the best
outlet TO the region. The streets
leading toward San Francisco are mis-
erable in summer and impossible in
winter
LACK OF ROAD MEANS LOSS
The two clubmen also showed that
the lack OF q great highway into San
Francisco from this section will mean
the Ios . - at least $1,000, 900 each year
70 dow ntown merchants and a CORE
spending gain TO merchants in San
Nateo county and elsewhere. When
the railroad shops, now building, are
finished thousands of men viii be en-
plOyed there.
A further point made by the men
was that the building of an inviting
highway through the district would
mean the influx Of many home seekers.
and so a gain TO merchants and in
crease in the city's annual revenue OF
more than 100000.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following marriage licenses were issued in
San Francisco Wednesday, March 81, 1905
BAUER-FINK-Georg Bauer 80. 500 Hayes
St, and Johanna Fink. 20. 1923 Lake St
EXPERIMENTATION W. Gun
ningham, IS, 3460 Washington ST, and Ruby
II. Feetum, 23 1865 o'Farrel st.
ENCINAS- SPRINGER Encinas Jr.
q, Oakland, and Anita Springes. San Fran
cisco.
GOLDBERG -GoLDSTEIN-David Goldberg, 81
1882 Buchanan St, and Annie Goldstein, 10,
SG9 Grove ST.
McLEoD-CLARK-Ma E. Mcleod. o. All
Oak St. and Azella b. Clark, 20, 1920 Nine
teenth st.
YOUNG-KEENE-Joh " Young. %, and
Caroline NJ. keene, 21. both Of 572A Sixth ave.
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TRIBESMEN'S LEADER TO
SPEND LIFE IN PRISON
Philippine Governor commutes
Death Sentence of Papa Isio

MANILA, March s1.-Governor Cen
eral Smith has commuted the death SEN
tence Of Papa Isio. the leader of the
tribesmen inhabiting the island of Ne
gros.
The government believed that if Isio
were executed one of his fanatical fol-
lowers would claim TO be Isio reincar-
mated and thus renew the troubles that
TO pay the extreme penalty for his
crimes.
Governor Smith acted upon the ad-
vice OF the consta bulary who declared
the prisoners followers could be con-
trOlled only by keeping him in confine-
ment for life in a place where the tribes
would be certain that he was living
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CaIifOrnians on Travels

NEW YORK., March 31.-Californians
are registered here as follows From
San Francisco-Mr. and Mrs. r. r. Mil
Ter, St. Regis: Mrs. Carolyn Sedley
Latham: ]. A. Benson, Mrs. J. A Benson
Park Avenue hotel; Miss NJ. w. Britt
Mrs ". Britt. Hotel Bartholdi; w Mac
Donald Hotel Martinique; Miss Bloom
Hermitage: Mrs. G. /. Underhill. Cum
beriand: E d. Connolly. Mrs. f. d. Con-
molly. Navarro: Mrs. Hazen, Broadway
Central; Miss z Engel Martha Wash
fngton: e Radcliff. Belmont
Los Angeles-Mrs. A. G. Heron
Park Avenue: B. p. Keith, J. Platt. Ho-
tel Belmont; J. 4. Riley, Continental
c. H Thompson, Hotel Wolcott; Mrs ]
Brown, Hotel Albany; a. g. Herron
Park Avenue: w B. Fleming, Union
Square, E. B. Hixson. st. George.
Pasadena-John B. Miller. ST. Regis
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WOMAN KIDNAPER
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Willie WhitIa's Abductress Held
in SIS, 900 Bail

MERCER, Pa, March sL-Mrs. Helen
Boyle, wife Of James H. Boyle. kid
naper Of Willie whitla, was arraigned
before Justice OF the Peace Thomas
McClain at this place today. charged
with kidnapping, and pleaded not guilty.
She was held for the action of the
grand jury in the sum of S25, 600 bail.
Mrs. Boyle has recovered the viva
cious spirit that has characterized her
since her arrest.
It is believed that the kidnapping
charge against the woman will fall
fat and that eventually the Ohio au-
thorities will get possession of her on a
charge, OF blackman. Her defense will
probably be ''irresponsibility.
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Notable Deaths

HENRY CLAY LUKENs, Editor Philadelphia
March 31.-Henry Clay Iukens. for the last
40 years an editor and journalist died here
today from heart disease aged 61 He was
the originator of the .'Pith and Point
column. feature in some newspapers.
MRS. JOHN F. VINCENT, wife of Bishop Vim
cent-Indianapolis March 31.-Mrs. John f.
Vincent wife OF Bishop Vincent of the NJ.
f. church, died today, aged II years.
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Birth, marriage and death notices sent by mail
will not be inserted. They must be handed in at
either of the publication Offices and be indorsed
with the name and residence of persons author
lied to have the published. Notices re
stricted simply to the announcement of the event
are published once in this column free Of charge
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phnfns and Facfn

Page after page of photographs in
color to prove that San Francisco has
come back again finer than before
From the glistening white buildings
OF the new retail shopping district 10
the new Cliff house and the residences
on the edge OF Bakers beach, these
pictures in the April number Of Sunset
iaagazine tell the wonderful story Of
San Francisco's reha bilitation S fore
tbly as the authentic real estate sta
tistics that accompany them.
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DEATHS

BACK-In this city, March 80 1909. Clarence
J. Back. dearly beloved son Of Annie NJ. and
the late Frank ]. Back, and loving brother of
Julius E. Back, native OF Cincinnati, o.,
aged % years IL months and IS days. (Cin
cinnati papers please copy
The funeral services will take place tomor-
friday, April 2, at Redwood City, CAL.
on arrival Of the 1040 q. train from San
Francisco. lnterment at Redwood City on his
twenty sixth birthday. Remains at the par
lors OF Gantnef Brothers. 3460 Sixteenth
street between Church and Sanchez. until o
a. m tomorrow friday, April 2, 1909.
BARToE-1n Woodland, Cal. March 80, 1909,
Ralph Clark Barton. beloved son OF Louisa
r. and the late Thomas Barton. a native
of California. aged "a years.
Friends and acQuaintances respectfully
invited to attend the funeral services today
Thursday. April j. 1903. at o'clock p m.
at the funeral parlors OF Smiley & Gallagher,
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RECOVER II BoDIEs-Havana. March 81.
Fourteen bodies, all the missing dead from the
Hamburg American steamer Altenburg, which
was destroyed by fire Monday were found In the
harbor today. The bodies were those of the
second officer, the cook. the steward, cabin boy,
Thomas negroes.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-01
MARRIAGES

MANs-KINGSLAND-I this city, March
80. 1909. by the Rev. Richard X. Ham, pas
tor OF Mission Congregational church, J. Hn-
bert Bergmans and Fannie de C. Kingsland.
both Of San Francisco.
YOUNG-KEENE-ln this city, March 81, 1909.
and Caroline NJ. Keene, both of San Francisco.
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BIRTHS

FRANKIE this city, March 80. 1903, to the
wife of John r. Frank daughter.
wARREN-In this city, March %, 1909, to the
wife Of George 1. Warren, a daughter
woLTERs-In this city, March 1s. 1909, TO
the wife of F. W. Wolters, a daughter.
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FAST EXPRESS IS
WRECKED, z DEAD
Train Rnshes Into Slide of Rock
and Coaches Take Fire
From Engine

OGDEN. Utah. March s1-Two train
men were killed and fve cars were
burned, but not passenger on the
westbound California express was in
jured in wreck of that train at Castle
Rock at 1855 o'clock this morning.
Dead:
$. G. Lowham, fireman.
c. J.. Gordon, baggageman.
The train was running about 80
miles an hour when the fireman sight
ed slide of rock across the rails. En-
gineer Frank Gunnen set the brakes
and reversed his engine and both men
stuck to their posts as the momentum
of the heavy train carried the Eocomo-
tive into the obstruction. The engine
was thrown upon its side. Goals from
the firebox were hurled in every di-
rection and some Of them, falling upon
the mail car, ignited the train. In a
few minutes the gloomy canyon was
aglare with conf1agration which re-
duced the mail and baggage cars and
three passenger coaches to ashes.
Fireman Lowham was buried under
his engine. Two. charred ribs in the
ruins of the baggage car told the fate
of Gordon. Engineer Gunnell fell free
of the locomotive and sent for relief.
BY the work of the passengers and
the survivors of the train crew seven
coaches were saved. Relief trains made
quick time from Ogden, 56 miles, and
Evanston. Wyo., and within two hours
of their arrival the track was cleared
and the passengers re-embarked. The
financial loss to the Union PACIFIC will
be large.
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MORAL: DON'T BLEACH Birmingham
Ala March 31.-PyorrhOea OF the gums and
the germs OF kissing were discussed at the thfr-
teenth annual convention OF the National den
lists association here today Some members
declared pyorrhoea was most prevalent among
bleached blondes Denver awarded the next
convention.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-01

WINS 20 YEAR OLD sUIT-Spokane March
31.-After litigation extending over % years
Joseph H. Boyd. president Of the National iron
works in this city, has been awarded judg
ment of 500. 600 against the Northern Pacific
railroad. Boyd sued to recover money advanced
by him to the contractor who built the roadbed
OF the Occur d'Alene railway and navigation
company. Later the company became bankrupt
and the property with the lawsuit acquired
by the Northern Pacific.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-01

RULERS LUNCH TOGETHER Sebastian
Spain March 31.-king Edward today returned
the call made upon him by King Alfonso yes
terday at Barritz. The rulers lunched together
at the Miramer chateau.
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MAYORS LIFE Observation-Disclosures
phia, March 31.--While Mayor Reyburn was in
conference here this afternoon with several citi-
zens. man attempted to break in the door
leading to the mayors private office He was
arrested.
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Ten Injured i'm Wreck

SPRINGFIELD. Mo-. March s1.-Ten
persons were injured when the St.
louis and San Francisco Meteor No. 8,
fast express from St. Louis to Okla
homa, left the track at Ritchie. Mo-.
last night at midnight. No one was
fatally hurt. All the injured live in
Missouri or are from the east.
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Hartman Gains Flesh

CLINTON, Iowa. March BE. h
Hartman stepped from his special train
here this afternoon and spent l cent on
a weighing machine, where it regis
tered 14l pounds. Hartman expressed
satisfaction about his gain in flesh
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HARTMAN ADVISES
NATIONAL ECONOMY
Railroad Magnate Would Have
People Insist on Business
Methods in Government
Continued from, Page ]

The point I wish 10 make is that every
new administration eagerly and imme-
diately begins TO devise new means of
flching money from the people with
out knowing the first rudiments of
economics as applied to the expenditure
of money"
How would you effect a reduction in
the expenses of the government"
by applying the cost per ton per
mile rule, so to speak by which the
railroads effect their economics
Railroad Methods Urged
Il mean that the railroad manage
ments know what it costs them to
transport a ton of freight one mile and
are governed accordingly, and are con-
stantly striving to reduce that unit of
cost. If this principle were to be ap-
piled to the financial problems of the
government you would see a marvellous
change within a few years"
DO you think the present admins
tration viii be inclined to make a
change in this direction
Il do not. but this administration and
all administrations should be forced by
the people to make economy its first
aim or suffer political oblivion"
Policy of Hartman Lines
Railroad tonnage in the west had
picked up perceptibly, he said, but he
was not informed with respect to the
situation in the east With respect to
the policy of the Hartman lines, he
said:
We are going right along and spend
ing all the money necessary to keep all
of our roads in the best physical con-
dition and to build whatever extensions
we deem necessary"
Hartman characterized as silly the
story of his appointing a board to take
some of the work off his shoulders. He
admitted that he had been seriusIy
i'll and declared the original trouble
was ptomaine poisoning, which brought
on an old rheumatic trouble. He said
he never felt better.
Speaking of his trip he said western
Old Mexico was destined to be one of
the most wonderful regions in the west
ern hemisphere.
Hartman Gains Flesh
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
TroubIe-M akinq.

Trouble-making is an older industry
than the manufacture of steel. Cain.
the trouble maker. got into action be-
fore Tubal Cain the iron worker; and
Eve got Adam into hot water long be-
for the boilermakers' union began
business.
There are three brands Of trouble,
imaginary, borrowed and real.
Imaginary trouble consists Of rail-
road accidents. earthquakes, fires, sui
cides. diseases like the patentmedi-
cine man makes, the poorhouse, death,
and the grave, carefully mixed and
taken after a late dinner, or a drop In
the stock market.
Borrowed trouble is the kind we get
from our relatives. Its principal In
gradients are visits. borrowed money
birthday presents, advice and expec
tations. But the real article is pro
duced as follows: Put the sandals o.
endurance on your feet, take your life
in your hands and follow by turns
the how-to-be-happy philosopher. the
preacher OF physical culture, and the
apostle Of diet.-Puck.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
AsTohIsHED BY THE GIRAFFE
Frenchmen Were Slow to Admit Ex-
istence Of the Animal.

DR.. Johnson. as Is we'll known, re-
fused for many months to believe In
the Lisbon earthquake. and Parisians
formerly were just as skeptical as to
the existence of the giraffe, a new
specimen Of which had just been
added to the Jardin des Plantes The
earliest specimen Of these gentle crea.
lures was seen in Paris in the reign
Of Louis XVI. We learn from French
contemporary that the giraffe was
first heard Of in 1857, when 1t was de-
scribed by Frenchman named Levail-
liant. who had journeyed in the lands
OF the Hottentots and Kaffirs When
the explorer referred to the animals
with the long necks he was looked
upon as Munchausen and told that
he was such In not the politest Ian
guage. II was only when some living
specimens arrived in the French cap
ital that Levaillant's reputation for
veracity was re-esta tablished. and then
the animals for long time formed
the sensation of Paris, not only among
the multitude. but in all scientific cir
cles.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
Chinese Taxes.

The Chinese government. while II
collects q part OF its revenue from
customs. relies largely upon the prov
inces to supply revenue, and arbi-
trarily names each year the sum
which each province must supply,
leaving to the officers of that province
the methods by which this 10 OBJ.
tained. The consequence Is that each
province Is permitted to collect q tar
on goods entering it from adjacent
provinces and this custom has been
extended to the subdivision Of the
provinces. so that goods in transit are
frequently compelled to pay taxes
every few miles. AS a consequence
the interior taxes, known As 'likin''
become not only the terror of i'm
porters. but sometimes almost pro
hibitory.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
SouabbIino the Cause Of II.

A magistrate who has taken upon
himself the difficult task of adjusting
domestic troubles says that petty
squabbles break up more homes than
afinities ever could do. He has no
mercy for wifebeaters and is skepti-
cal concerning the influence Of So
called soulmates on the average mid
die class household. which he stoutly
maintains is moral In the strongest
terms he condemns nagging and
squabbling and sounds a warning
against the effects of overwork. He is
not the only person who believes that
in ordinary cases OF faithlessness the
cause can be found in a cloudy home
atmosphere. Bickering Is shamefully
common and the causes too trivial to
give an excuse for wasting breath.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
Queer Fijian Plant.

There is nothing under the sun quite
40 quaint, Sc weird and witchlike as
the pandanus prairies of Fiji. The
pandanus, or screw plant, as 1t Is
called, is a most grotesque specimen
of the vegetable kingdom even at the
best and in the early stages of its
growth. In its very young days 1t is
of an extraordinary screwIike shape.
and looks as though some kind Of
hand had taken hold OF its long.
swordlike leaves and twisted them
round and round. Later it straight
ems out bit and from 1t grow a
number of tall wooden stilts. Its TO-
Iiage Is simple. a number of droopinc,
ragged tufts for all the world like
mops. and very mournful looking.
Among these mors hang the frui,,
in shape like pineapple. made up Of
hard red and yellow kernels. woody
and fibrous. and quite unea,able from
a Europeans point OF view.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
HaH. 10 CUSTOMERS.
Somcss a. No"ei System IN Vogue In
Sores Of Salem.

F-'5elce OF that thrift which cor
t-ihu-ed its share in making ~alcm the
prosperous little city IL is to-Gay smote
me una'yarcs the first day l yentured
into one OF the numerous antique
stores.
The shops exterior was tempting
and l entered. to find some Indifferent
mahogany Uttered about severe
maiden lady who stood framed in an
extremely interesting interior.
noted the disposition Of things and
was preparing to leave, having just
replaced something on the shelf where
It belonged. when the lady said That
will be ten cents"
Thank you; I really couldn't use
H. | replied. edging away for the
door.
But the charge is ten cents" she
added. coldly, moving nearer.
so l understand" said |. skillfully
maneuvering for a hurried but digni-
ned exit.
THE admission to the store is ten
cents" she put in here. with chilly
distinctness. outflanking me.
For anything savoring OF novelty in
this f1n de steele business world let us
be truly thankful! The shopkeeper
who charges you a fee for the privil-
ege Of entering her store does not
lose In dignity by the proceeding
She insists upon the disbursement
with such an air of divine right that
for the moment you feel strangely
like the recipient OF favor, and
wander down the street a prey to
vague fears that possibly you may
owe her money-Harper's Magazine.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
The Kitchen God,

The kitchen god of China Is per
,aps not rightly so called He has
place over the cooking range. but he
Is the recording angel of the Chi
nese rouse. and 1t is his duty to note
thu actions OF each member OF the
fairly and report them to the gods at
the end Of every month. Once a year.
too. he goes to heaven in person and
makes his annual report. So once .
year the family PROSTATE themselves
before him, carry him in procession.
and finally burn him. while crackers
are 6rpd.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
Identifying Chris.

In the afternoon in all the schools
a part OF the time was devoted to the
study Of the life and deeds of Colum-
bus.
An amusing reply was given by one
of the pupils. A teacher had told the
class OF the wonderful voyage Of
Columbus and how he insisted on con-
tinuing the voyage after the other
men were clamoring to return. Then
she asked: who was Columbus?"
with the view OF hearing how well
they had followed her talk.
One little hand went up.
well. Johnny, who was he?" asked
the teacher.
Columbus was the gem OF the
ocean" was the answer.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
Better Odds.

A farm laborer was taken i'll on q
visit 10 London. and a friend gave
hi,n the address of a doctor to whom
TO go. The fellow soon came back
and reported progress.
I've taken some medicine" said
he; but I'm hanged If went to that
doctor of yours"
Why" asked his friend.
Well" he replied. II was just about
to go in. when / saw on his doorplate
his name, DR.. X. and below it 10 to l.
When l saw that | said to myself:
I'll be hanged if take such a risk as
that So l went a few doors farther
up the street and saw another plate
with DR. Y and below it 1 to s. The
odds were better. so l went in.'-Ex-
change.