The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-27

negie, Mrs. Richard watson Glider,
Mrs. Gilbert e. Jones, Mrs. Julian
Heath, Miss Eleanor c. Hewett, Mrs
Rossiter Johnson, Mrs. Hiram Sibley
Mrs. David III. Greer, wife OF the
bishop Of New York; Miss Jeanette
L. Glider and Mrs. Schuyler Van
Rensselaer, among It's officers, and
are conducting an active campaign
through the medium Of lectures and
pamphlets to show that the great ma
jority OF women do not desire to vote
and that they can accomplish reforms
equally well without the ballot This
flank movement seems to have some
what dismayed the militant cham
pions OF ballot box privileges and is
rapidly enIisting the support OF prom
inent women who feel that their sex
is being discredtted by the perform
ance OF the suffragette agitators.
Probing OF the loan shark evil has
not stopped with the recent report of
the Russell Sage foundation, which
showed that in New York as high as
l,7Ss per cent per annum was charg-
ed by the salary loan tribe In every
part Of the country the agitation
against this evil is being taken up.
Information secured by nj. B. well
lington of the Legal Aid society OF
Chicago in preparation for national
organization equipped to pull part If
not all OF the teeth OF the loan sharks,
shows that one institution Of semi
philanthropic kind in cincinnati,
called the Citizens Mortgage Loan
Co., has successfully coped by compe-
tition with the loan sharks The
method adopted by Massachusetts,
provides that an assignment of wages
under 5000 to be valid must have the
consent OF the wife, but the loan
shark has devised an ingenious plan
to evade the law. A man comes in
TO the loan company to borrow $40.
He executes a note for $21225, the
s2.25 being 50 for making the loan,
authorized by statute, and 25c for In
terest. also legal rate by statute.
The borrower also assigns his wages
for $210, and the amount being over
5000, does not need the consent Of his
wife. A check is then drawn on a
bank, payable to the order of the bor-
rover, for 1910. The borrower. not
being able conveniently to identify
himself at the bank on which the
check IL drawn, Is advised TO cash It
through the Joan company. Upon the
cashing OF the check by the loan COM
pany, $500 is Immediately demanded
OF the borrower, who only gets $40 in
hand. After just what state New
York will pattern it's anti-loan shark
law remains to be seen, but II seems
certain that some action will be taken.
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1t is a long time since any foreign
visitor to America has endeared him
self so quickly to New Yorkers as has
Guglielmo Ferrero, the eminent Ital-
Ian historian, who is delivering a
series OF historical lectures at Colun-
bia university. Mr.. Ferrero. who has
taken up his residence at the Hotel
Astor, in the heart Of the city's
pleasure-seeking life, declares that
there Is beauty In New York's giant
skyscrapers, although they outrage
preconceived European ideas OF archi-
tectural taste and that Broadway is
the most brilliant and interesting
street In the world. After WITNESSING
the New Years Eve festivities In and
about Longacre Square, he also gave
1t as his opinion that the famous
feasts OF the ancient Romans were
mere hand-out compared TO the Ror-
geous surroundings and exquisite vi
ands enjoyed by the citixens OF the
American metropolis In their hotel
palaces. In fact, the man who is
recognized as the leading authority
OF the world in the life ana history
of ancient Rome intimateg that that
imperial city was no more than a
country village compared TO twentieth
century New York, and the inhabi-
tants or the city long accustomed 10
hearing their city abused by visiting
foreigners are naturally pleased over
the appreciation expressed by the
famous italian scholar.
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What IL claimed to be the greatest
gathering OF aged persons since the
days OF the Jewish elders and the
times OF MethuseIah took place this
week In New Yorks east side district.
The event was the celebration OF q
sixtieth wedding anniversary on the
part OF wife aged IS and husband
/ aged 30. Around the table were gath
cred 1877 guests, whose total ages
amounted to 14,960 years. or more
than seven times the length OF the
Christian era. Compared TO the ages
Of large number OF the guests those
Of the husband and wife seemed In
significant The average number OF
years to the credit Of each person
present was 80. or just the four score
Allotted by the Bible as the extreme
aSe OF man. Five OF those present,