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New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MAY 9. lsoS

And what about the house? You've been out
there, fancy" ~,
Basement entrance and one in the rear It's on the
corner ~
What about the other houses in the block
4 have the names of the owners from the SOCIAL
Register all except which IS vacant ana 1or SAFE
Real estate agents?
Swan & Dowel1 3,421 Broadway.
Very good. Telephone right out there tor an aP-
pontment; then hire that house Tor one 1nonIl-
Use anv excuse YOU need. uSt where IS It
AT the other end of the block, on the corner OF
the next street.
Strnger-he's Farralon's best man,-and see where
he goes tonight Find him, and don't lose sight OF
him, I'll have work quickly if I'm going to keep
nv word to Miss Wister ,
You think Stringer knows something OF it
He hasn't been to Miss Wister, and that
suspicious | telephoned to her and to his oflce-
That means he doesn't want to be found; but you
must try to find him. Miss Wister VIII give YOU
description Now I'm off!
LIE ran down stairs and jumped into the waiting
IL cab In less than twenty minutes he was at
Frank Brigham's Wall-st. office. lnqulrlng OF the
office bow he discovered that Brigham was IN; but
instead of waiting, Astro took the elevator down 70
the street There was an automobile waiting by the
curb and he looked at the number 1t was mis-!
He went back to his taXacab.
pointing to Brighams machine and handing the
chauffeur d five-dOllar bill
The man touched his cap and gr1nned - Il do II
or get pinched for speeding he answered
Astro got into the cab and waited watching
tbro,,qb a slit side of the curtain window Within
five minutes Brigham appeared with tall thin man
in eyeglasses wearing a small black, close cropped
mustache. They entered the tonneau OF the auto
mobile and the moved off followed by the taxa
cab Winding in and out OF the uptown trattc, the
car was easily followed until 1t stopped at the Hotel
St Memo where the two men allghted Astro toll
lowed them the grill room, waited TIL they had
seated themselves and took table not too tar away
% watch them.
Cocktails for three were brought. AStros eyes
narrowed as ne awaited the third COnsprator- In
few minutes he appeared and the Seer OF Secrets had
time to make up his mind that ne was the missing
best man before his suspicious was corroborated by
Valeska's unobtrusive appearance IN the doorway
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
By Ida Little Pifer

her But was her toes a-stiCkIn out the
Cawner Of her shoe. an my. oh my, but she did
hOer CLASSY was a-hoppIn round lax she lost her
had. an sOmeWav that chile switched piece Ot
paper inteh the fireplace an again VIII her skirt.
an seCh blaze as II did make-res lax the whole
house was a-buruln up,
| reckon them gvlrls Uncle Frank an Emue-
line start IN the 1uawn1n they thought they
sneak in the house an fN thes>evt~ up for them For
bows. whah nobody cOuldn make no Sturbance.
an they was irwin To gIt the kuk they haIr VII
them irons an that grease They knowed Nav
WELL Uncle Frank an EruTneIine was les comm
w back home. an they heard the >creeChIu an
seen the FIRE an | reckon they sIuelt jimmy har
a-sCOrChIu an they that Skyart, They
sett II up in the CXCart irwin TO git them oxen
an Emmeline leanin over IN front gIvin' EN-
some right good cuts wIt a stick But. laws them
CANT much. They stiff IN they Ir-~
Them gyirls could have got away but they was
tearIn round lax they dIdn' have sense when
that cart come up, hckity-bang, a-makIn q lot of
when Uncle Frank got after eu he cracked they
haidS tOgedder lax they bust. tOle EN- the next
time he ketched anybody what didn't long IN that
cabin when they was away fum home. he give EN-
SOnethin that would make EN- kInk all over. an
II the Lawd wanted EN- To- have straight hair he Il
give 1t to EN- thout them irwin 10 change the way
thev'S bawn.
Nasm, Uncle Frank made them gvirls tote water
fun the spring for bout an hour put that tre
an clean up that house. an they shOrelv sight.
all messy an drIppln wet when them Forest bows
come drlvln by. IN they Sunday clio es They jes'
took one look AT EN-, an went night over to
Gus Claytons gyirls. l couldn't sca'cely keep FUN
laughin'.
Thah comes that Classy now, Ill jes' sneak out
the back way
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

worshiper. He fumbled in his pocket and drew out
bit OF newspaper. On 1t was scraWled the NUMBER
Oats de mark, all right he explained Say,
I'm goin to be teck myself when l grow up. VII
vouse give me a job:
4stro laughed If you'd had sense enough to
wait and see what those two men did, Id give you
lob right now" he said w
- Nirlev groaned Gee he exclaimed. Wy
4i5n'+ link O. dat? | was tinllin' at d do wit
de money | was crazy to see show.
We'll, what did the men look like, then, If YOU re
such good detective!
got dat all right Look a-herei One was a tall guy
Wit specs and a little mustache and, gee! W at
reCkl De other was built like Jim Jettr1es,-stOcky
an heavy. Looked like he could punch all night
Mout' full O gold teeth, he had De other chaP
called him Frank ,,
"Dev was a ch'uffer dere all bungled up 50 |
couldn't reckernize him, wit goggles and one dem
hairy coats.
think" And Astro passed over the bill and started
down stairs
Mckee leaned over the rail and shouted, Say
boss de tall guy had leather bag!
A STRO nodded and regained his taNaca5- Drive
to the nearest big utOmOblle dealer, he ordered
The car stopped before the AerOmObIe wareroOms
Astro got out and asked to the automobile list
In two minutes he had found that the car registered
No II1I5 was owned by Frank Brigham OF No
I2I2 Chares-st-, in Greenwich village, New ork
\ look at the telephone book showed Brigham buS1-
ness to be brokerage and his Office to be 1000 Wall
St Astro reentered the cab and returned TO the
studio
Valeska was not in the place A boy in buttons
informed him that she had left hafhour ago after
having answered the telephone.
\ package had come from Lieutenant McOraW
Astro opened II, and took out burglar Jn1ny and
q note 1t read:
Be careful. but if YOU get bad let me know Belg
Rub. Synd O X as far as can md out M'"FA"'
IT was quarter of an hour before he heard Valeska
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

But when | peeked inteh that windeh, thah was
that Classy, an a-settin round the table Susan
al Maria an Jimmy an Mary Ann Nicholson Their
hair all a-StandIn' out ev ~ which way an they
had dish Of grease an some hot irons in they hands
VIII jimmy lawn down the table Wit her haid
stretchin' out on the ironin board.
Well never in my bawn days seen no sech carryin'
on as that
In the name Of Gawd, what IS YOU dom D" says
right out loud
They jumped jes' lax they seen a snake all a
screechn togedder. an Maria upset the grease over
her. an Susan broke her comb, an Jimmy hair was
ascorchin' SOS YOU could smell a mile count of
eel out that Ironin board an that Classv,-she
amt got sense,-drapped anudder hot IRON right
smack on Mary Ann NIcholson's toes. It was 4
good thing she had her shoes on, might a hurt
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

saws. an Lucy has TO cab Y
that passel Of chillun ev rywhah
she goes. SO | knows they ain I
nobody to home
amt been over to Uncle
Frank $ right lately. count OF
Slappin' that Theodore Roos -
velt onct; so / jes' thinks III
peek inteh the windeh. an see
how things look
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

in to one anudder | knowed nobody was TO home
at Uncle Franks. ca sc | seen him and Emmehne
gwine down the lane in that ole ONcart early this
mawnin' an them twins. Mary an Martha. is over
to Mis- Grifiths, an Lucy is wukkn at DR. Fair
faxs She had to take Theodore Roosevelt an iii
Fanny wifi her ca Sc Emmene saws She ain gwine
to bother wifi no mo chllun. She's done had four
teen chillun an she SAYS il Lucys gwine to raise a
family, she's got to take the 'sponsibility herself
Lucy she right young raise fam ", an She don't
lax to have EN- hangin to her skirts all the time.
That Theodore Roos' velt is cert'ny badl Nom
deed m that amt no Bible name It's jes somethin'
them New Yawkers what comes down yere done
conjured up, an nothin' would do but Lucy must
name that chile Theodore Roos welt. an he's been
bad ever sence Mis- Fairfax says Lucy tritlin nuf
thoutn him rippin' an tearn an pesterin' round
wifi her; but Emmeline certny means Jes what She
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

NAS'M. thanky ma am, |
! reckoned mebbe vo'd
lax to have some of them
simmons. Thev's diff rent
kinds of simmons, but them
IS the bestest ones that grows
IN this we're Neck.
Yas'm. they 5 right squshy,
but simmons ain I no count
less n they's squshy. Them
srowed on tree over by
Uncle Frank S cabin Eo' Ies
90 long by the smokehouse,
an past that ole oven Whah
they ulster bake the bread an
down by the hawg lot, an
over that lii creek. an yo'
comes to a big 'simmon tree
standin' by itself The onli-
est way 10 eat simmons IS Jes'
oil n the ground VIII the frost
sprinkled over EN-
Well. | was a-walkin long,
catin' them simmons. an
| see | was up by Uncle
Frank 5. 1t was right still
over in them pine woods |
couldn't hear nothin' but the
crows over by Frog Hall talk
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

WTELL, this mawnin' | seen
w Classy an some mo gyIrls
a-sneakin' thoo the woods. an
| knows they's up TO mischief
They was 'spectin some of them
good for nothin' BOYS fun up
in the Forest 10 come down yere
in the Neck to see EN- this
evenin' but | didn't jes' know
what's they's gwine to do
They $ allus fixin' thesselves up
for them Forest bows. but |
wasn't countin' on them bein'
in Uncle Franks cabin VIII no
body 10 home.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

Confined on DcFs T.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
The Free Trade Ghost.

Like a voice from the tombs comes
the call for free traders to awake and
take an aggressive part in politics.
The doctrine of free trade at n time
had a powerful following In the United
States, it's advocates almost c%ontroll-
ing the democratic party when It was
a more potential minority than now.
The logic OF events has dissipated its
illusions so thoroughly that not a sin-
gle free trade advocate has appeared
In the tariff debate in congress, the
only differences there being over par
ticular schedules and the degree Of
protection. Every great commercial
nation in the world except Great Brit
ain has abandoned free trade and even
there careful observers predict its
downfall in the ear future.
In the face OF such conditions, the
appeal Of free trade theorists Is not
likely to strike a responsive chord.
Great Britain could not maintain its
Industries ON q free trade basis ven
now were II not for consuming colo
nies which have protective tariffs and
grant the mother country preferential
duties. No other country has such a
consuming population outside its
home boundaries and the colonies are
simply doing for Great Britain what
other nations do for themselves. The
history OF the United States, with its
wonderful growth in wealth and pop
ulation lie the ever present object les
SON that the protective tariff works
we'll in practice in a country in process
Of developing its resources and the
free trade is attractive only in theory.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
The Fourth Abroad.

Every year the Fourth Of July IL
celebrated In all large European cap
itals By Americans soiournlng abroad,
but this year there was an observance
Of more than ordinary interest IN
Denmark, where native Danes, now
citizens Of the United States, observed
the day. The crown prince Of Den
mark and other high Danish officials
attended and the Danish-Americans
sounded the praises Of their new home.
Not many years ago such a celebra-
ton would have beer. Impossible, but
today II could occur in any country
except, perhaps. Russia. The influence
Of American ideas has become world
wide and has touched every civilized
land. ACCIDENTALLY they reach the stu
dent, and more potent still has been
the correspondence and intercourse
between immigrants and relatives and
friends left behind. A century ago
American ideas Of liberty would have
been held reasonable II taught abroad.
Today they are the basic principle Of
nearly every government in Europe,
and the foreigner who sought liberty
and opportunity in the United States
has not been the only beneficiary Of
his move.
The emigrant who comes to Amer
lea and writes hfs old home or returns
either as a visitor or to live there is
bringing the old world and the new
closer together commercially, socially
and governmentally. The doctrine that
all men we're created equal in oppor-
tunity was not meant for America
alone and all civilized nations are
drawing toward that ideal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
One Part of Liberal Education.

Discussing the 1ve-foot book shelf
as the foundation Of a liberal educs-
ton, the New York Independent comes
back with the assertion that just what
constitutes a liberal education cannot
be defined, and that 1t depends upon
the community and the Age. The In
dependent even denies that merely
going through college will give q lib
eral education, because a liberal edu-
cation rests upon many constituent
elements. In enumerating these ele-
ments the first place is given, not to
books at all, but to the daily newspa-
per. Quoting from the Independent:
For a moderately liberal education a man
must be able fairly to apprehend the cur
rent history of the world. He should first
read a good daily paper. He can skip all
that does not make history. the accidents,
the crimes, the society events, the games
and races, the Actresses and divorces; but
he cannot omit the major events, the
process and progress OF iegislation. the
movements of democracy, the conflicts OF
privilege, the discoveries in science, the in
ventione IN the arts, the diplomacy OF ma
lions and the general advance Of c~lviliEa-
ton. For these are the things that a man
OF liberal education should be able intelli-
gently to understand. These things are Of
Importance TO humanity, and to have them
foreign from ones education leaves 1t ut
terly iniberal. Therefore the first thing
necessary lie not q book for the shelf, but
a broad Intelligent journal for the table.
Whether we put the newspaper hrst
or last, few people will contend that
in this day and age 1t could be omit
ted from the prerequisites Of 4 liberal
education. 1t only goes to show the
RELATIVELY Of what constitutes q liberal
education, because the daily newspa-
per dates back hardly a century. and
printed books only a few centuries be-
fore that, although some people in all
eras must have possessed liberal edu-
cations. In putting the emphasis on
the books, as in the five-foot shelf
idea, the danger is that the newspa-
pers, and other factors also important,
may be ignored. and that 1t itself
would indicate a lack Of liberal educa-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
Demand for Harvest Hands.

The perennial cry of & scarcity of
harvest hands is again going UP all
over the grain belt and IS usual there
is NO relief in sight. Small grain farm
ing, like every other industry which
demands many laborers for a short
time, must always suffer with little
possibility Of relief when labor Is gem
orally employed except by better dis
tribution and greater mobility OF the
available workmen. Efforts to induce
the city laborer to seek the harvest
field have always failed because the
city laborer will not so to the farms
and would be Of little use there II he
went.
The tramp harvest hand who is
mobile OF his wi volition affords the
only solution ever offered the farmer,
but the tramp follows the trunk rail-
way lines as a rule and the more re-
mote districts get no help, No serious
effort has been made to bring this
only available source Of supply and
the need in touch with zach other.
The railways. through their indus
trial departments, could do a great
service to agricultural sections II they
would undertake the intelligent and
equitable distribution Of this it~inerant
labor. and at the same time increase
their ultimate traffic by saving har-
vest losses TO farmers. No other or
ganiEation possesses SO well equipped
machinery for a~scsrtaining the needs
and source Of supply. The prosperity
OF the farmer is the railroads prosper.
ity and the railroads have Il in their
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
PERSONAL NOTES.

A San Francisco millionaire must go to
the pSnitsntiary for a year for perjury. The
privileges OF the rich out on the Pacific
are narrowing.
Messina as a place OF residence has been
put on the black list by nature. When eVen
the ruins OF houses are not permitted to re-
main intact Il is time TO move.
Ephemeresl Is the fame Of White House
babies. Baby Mckee Of the Harrison ad-
ministration, who graduates from Yale
this year, may be heard from later.
Governor Joe Brown OF Georgia, who was
~inaugurated June 90, has attached an old
fashioned gourd dipper to the water cooler
In the reception room at the state house.
Formerly candidates for office in coun-
try towns In Kansas says the Topeka
Capitol, announced It by printing a card
by Joining the Antl-Horsethief association"
Grin S. Wood, a pioneer constructor Of
telegraph lines, who died recently at his
home in Turner, N. Y, aged 81, entered
the telegraph service In Washington in
1894, was An operator on the original wire
between Baltimore and Washington and
studied tslegraphy under s. F. B. Morse.
Joshua zsitlein Of Brooklyn, a native Of
Russia, VIII was born July 4, 1907, tells a
reporter that he considers himself a
"steppe-nephew" Of Uncle Sam. He at
tributes his longevity to a moderate use
OF liquor and tobacco and gives notice that
on Sunday next he Ia going to nave that
day the best smoke OF his life.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
Something About Cheese.

There Is cheese and cheese and then
more cheese, and this applies to vari-
cites as well as quantities. If you do
not believe It o should read a bull
letin issued by the Department Of Ag-
riculture at Washington, in which 242
varieties of cheese are listed and short
descriptions given as to processes Of
manufacture. There are cheeses made
Of cows milk, goats milk, sleeps
milk and milk Of several other ami
mails. There are cheeses which are
hard and some that are soft, there are
some which smell to heaven and some
with the odor Of sage and various
other herbs, and there are cheeses
again which have no odor. In addition
to the 242 varieties officially listed
there are at least two more, good and
bad. and II any others escaped, the
census taker should catch them when
he makes his rounds next year.
Nearly every part Of the civilized
world has a cheese which Is peculiar
to itself and the customs returns indi-
cate that each and every one OF the
makers insists the people Of the
United States eat some Of their prod
uct.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
power TO perform a great public SER
vice while benefiting themselves.
Cheer Up, Edgar.

The order Of the federal court re-
quiring the Nebraska deposit guaranty
law to prove It's constitutionality be-
fore setting up In business seems to
have hit our old friend, Edgar How
ard, in the tear valves. We are really
sorrow for the grief-stricken Edgar,
who, apparently, feels worse owe this
sad calamity than he did last al
when his congressional ambition was
slain by the keen edge Of the check
book. In his sorrow Edgar has writ
ten a pathetic obituary over the cor
pus delictu, embellished with deep
mourning bands at top and bottom,
from which we reprint Just one para
graph:
1 am standing at another open grave this
mornings grave In the judicial cemetery
In Lincoln-a grave in which IL to be con-
signed one dear to all Nsbrasksns who
love the right. Popular Government is the
name Of the dead.
Alas! Poor Yorickl That Popular
Government should be slain and the
people not realize It! That Popular
Government who sprang direct
from the fathers Of the Republic"
should lie there, cold and l~ifeless,
while the people, in spite Of Edgar's
lamentations, go right On celebrating
the Glorious Fourth, in commemora-
ton of priceless liberty which they
received from their ancestors and are
handing down to pOsterity enriched
with additional blessings.
But Edgar should remember that
one of the political heroes he blindly
worships declared nearly ten years
ago that unless he was elected presi7
dent the Fourth Of July would no
longer grace our calendars, and still
this same matchless orator continues
TO deliver Fourth Of July addresses
for the usual division Of the gate re-
ceipts.
So we say, cheer up, Edgar. popu-
lar Government in Nebraska has sur
vived many rude shocks and we may
still pin faith to its resurrection.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
Results of Insurance Law Reform.
P%hlladelphia Record.

The report OF a saving OF $1,000 900 In the
yearly expenses Of the New York life In
surance companies will carry 10Y to the
hearts Of policy holders and dlsmay to
the harpies, political, potential and prag-
NAUTICAL, that have been sucking the life
blood OF these monster corporations. Gov
ernor Hughes OF New York, however he
may be baked or baffled by unfaithful
and intriguing party associates. has not
lived in vain. The widows and orphans
have abundant reason to bless him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
THE DULL THUD.

TITS sweet to sit and dream
While strenuous duties crowd
OF vale and hill and stream
And idly drifting cloud:
It's sweet to close ones eyes
To the worries Of today
And feast the inward vision
With dreams of far away.
What clear pools ripping lie,
What bird notes lure thee far
Beyond accustomed scenes,
Where beauteous landscapes are;
Where slips the golden day
Adown some distant crest;
She beckons you to come
To the luxurtant west.
Yes, II Is Joy to roam
In fancy, but in fact,
Vacation hours their toll,
Are careful to exact;
'Tis sweet to wander far,
Where dance these western riils;
! love vacation time
But. oh, you BILLS
-BAYoLL NE TRELE
Spokane, Wash, July 1909.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
swINDLING THE LAND HUNGRY.
Immigrants Taken In by of
Sterile Land.
st. Paul Pioneer Press.

immigrant Taken In by of
Sterile Land.
ST. Paul Pioneer Press.
Outside the list of penitentiary offenses
there are few acts more a~bominable than
that Of the land Spectator who, by spe-
cious Misrepresentation, induces some con-
fldinK immigrant TO invest his little means
In Jack pine or other land, on which, In
most cases, IL Ia impossible for him to
make a living. The Rocky Mountain News
has therefore adopted a commendable
course In publishing the real facts In re-
gard to certain lands which were being
thus folsted upon uniformed purchasers.
II claims to a recently saved seventeen
Oklahoma families from the lonR-drawn
misery OF attempting 20 make a farm where
the basis of a sufficient soil was wanting.
The land dealer who is instrumental In
locating newcomers on the good lands with
which Minnesota and other states abound
is doing 4 public service, But he who fools
immigrants into Improbable Investments
lie a public enemy For every settler who
is thus Sooied-and who finds, after a short
experiment. that the money he has paid
and the labor he has expended on land and
improvements w been practically thrown
away--at once sounds his pitlful story
abroad. So far as HE Influence can reach,
he gives the region where he has settled
"a black eye" And when, finally. his
home 70 abandoned and he goes elsewhere,
DsnnIlsss. TO earn q living as q railroad
hand or otherwise. as best he can, the de-
serted building and futile Improvements"
remain q standing Advertisement to dis
credit the country.
It 10 true that modern scientific agricul-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06

Should the German ambassador to
Washington become the successor to
Won Buelow. and II he has improved
his opportunities while here. HI should
know how to manage the Reichstag.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
rREAsURE OF THE SOIL.
Greatest and Most Enduring dust
of the West.

Greatest and Most I'
of the West.
Golfers Weekly.
Farstretching fields OF waving grain VIII
soon cover the infinite pFairies. The hsT-
vest DAYS will come. when, despite the
problems OF the unemployed, the raneher
viii call in vain for the hands with which
10 gather the spoil Of the reaper and the
winnowed wealth OF the threshsr. II is q
great industry, this tickling OF the vast
nlsin TO feed the craving appstits OF q
nation. More enduring It Is than that other
great industry OF the west which explores
he fissures OF the earth for treasure. The
men who swea and MOL under the hot
blasts OF the prairie sun earn their wage,
nation whose blood is renewed by the
yisld Of their labor is their debtor.