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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-16
LA CONFESSION
Y despues de una lijera sonrisa :

Y despues de una lijera sOnrisa:
''No es que yo quisiera decir ciertas
acosas! Pero debe ser tan bueno ESQ de
confarse, de expandirse. -. No lie pa
rece usted?.. Uno Sc confia a los
amigos. -. pero siempre Sc les oculta
algo. Siempre hay un 'cabo" que Sc
a1isimula. Un sacerdote no es un ami
go. Els la t,lmba. Sc lie dice todo, to-
do. Cuanto alivio debe sentirse IT,.
''Vais a decir que soy una candida.
''Es que soy una neotita fresquecita...
Y por momentOs tengo miedO de hacerme
demasiado ferviente. Que quiere us
ted; hay tan pocas cosas interesantes
en la vida cue no debe uno temer apa-
.sionarse por aquellas que nos cautivan.
Y yo me sientQ apasionada por el catoli-
,cismo. Me parece que sera hermosa mi
vida.
y mas tarde cuando va hayan pasa-
do los primeros impulses de fervor, mo
tendra la seiorita Mary Garden algunas
decepciones?
'-Nunca, nunca. ESQ me .apaslOnarla
muchO mas tOdavia -
En- la antecamara de la senorita Gar
den hay incienso que arde en- el fondo
de una cacerolita. -.
''-Si; amo tanto la Iglesia dijo la
cantatriz. Las ceremonies, la profusi6n
de luces en- los altares, ell perfume que
nos arroba. . :. Todo ESQ me trae. ). Un
dia hablaba yo de estas emociones con
algunas amigas, y una de elias me pre-
gunto a quema ropa:
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es-Por que no abraza usted entonces
La religion cat6lica?
"-Pienso hacerlo, respond. Des-
pues que tuve ell valor de hacer esta de-
claraci6n, es cuando me he sentido mas
fuerte y me he decidido definitivamen-
teo.
NO ABANDONARA Ell TEATRO
Il iPero no abandonara usted ell tea
tro? la pregunta el reporter.
-Por NADIA de este mundO, amo dema-
siado mi teatro, y creo que Sc puede ser
a la vez una c6mica buena Y una buena
cat6lica.
-Ha habido casos....
Los ha habido, ciertamente; pero ESQ
NADIA me importa. Obedezco a mi pro-
pia conviction, y es todo.
i Y cuandO piensa usted realizar ese
proposito y darnos ell placer de felicita-
ros?
-Cuando?. =. A mi regreso de Anne
RIGA, pues parto en- la pr6xima quincena
........ .Entonces, reinstalada en- Paris,
aprendere mi catecismo como 81 tuviese
ounce ailos, sere una completa ne6fita
va vera usted.
Pienso que sere completamente feliz
cuando pueda decir que soy cat6lica. Y
despues que cante en- la Opera la "Salo-
me" de Richard Straus, no soiiare sino
con un papel en- que 20 pueda expresar
los sentimientos que me han hecho abra-
Ear mis- nuevas creencias
PARIS Y AMERICA
Y mis- Mary Garden continue hablan-
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los dias retardar para maiana este yiaje.
Me entristece tantO. -.
Y Mary Garden aiiade, con una EXPIRE
sion de disgusto:
y luegO, mire usted: no es vivir ESQ
de sufrir el marco cuatro veces por aiio
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-16
Arte y religion
LA CELEBRE CANTATRIZ MARY
GARDEN, CoNvERTIDA AL
CATOLICISMO

CATOL1CISMO
Recientemente Sc ha venido anunclan-
do que la sefiorita Mary Garden, La trlun
fadora en- "Thais' en- Hamlet y ha-
,ce POGO en- "Monna Wanna, estaba dis
puesta q convertirse al catolicismo. Ma
cida en- Escocia, la senorita Garden es,
en- efecto, protestante. Sc anadia que La
brillante cantatriz Sc prepararla para
este gran acto en- un piadoso retro de va
rios meses en- un convento.
sOuien mejor que ella misma podla
confrmar 6 desmentir estas notlclas!
Asf. pues. un redactor del "Gaulois" Sc
ha presentado en- Ell domicilio de La Sc
iiorita Mary Garden, en- un lnmueble
ssuntuoso de la avenida Malakoff.
Regresaba ella, precisamente, de un
largo paseo, despues de un ensayo en- la
Opera.
-Adivino 10 que trae a usted aqul,,
diio ella, acompahando sus palabras con
una risa regocijadamente sonora.
No me admira, lie contesta nuestro
colega parisien, pues en- este momento
se habla mucho de su conversion al cato
7icismo.
-Tienen raz6n, replico ella.
-Entonces. .es cierta la noticia?
-Perfectamente cierta.
Y con una gran volubilidad de pala-
bras, Mary Garden explica ell case de La
manera mas encantadora, con un tono
de franca sinceridad, con acentO de en-
tusiasmo que sorprenden e interesan al
mismo tempo.
-sEVea usted, anade, yo he sido STEM
pre- creyente. .Naci en- la religion pro-
testante pero las ceremonies de este quito
no me proporcionaban las satisfacclones
que yo esperaba. Ell temple protestante
no hablaba a mi alma. Lo encontraba
frio; mientras que cuando salla de la
Magdalena, donde veces entraba, o
bien, cuando .asistia alguna ceremonial
zen NOtre Dame, me sentla presa de una
sespecie de fervor que Sc apoderaba de
todo mi ser. Por ejemplo, 20 estable-
vscia una gran diferencia entire I'm matrl-
monio en- ell temple protestante y un ma
trimonio en- la iglesia. Ell ailo pasado
tuve que hacer I'm viaje a Italia. Visi-
te las iglesias mas celebres de ese pals,
Y mi entusiasmo creci6 ante las manifes-
taciones p1blicas del culto catolico en-
formas que exaltan la imagination ele-
vando ell coraz6n.
''Recuerdo, cerca de Venecia, en- una
pequena isla. oh I! que maravillosa ca
pilla!. Me lego a ell alma. Y lue-
go hay en- ell catolicismo cosas tan encan-
tadoras: ell rosario, la confession. -. La
confession! Yo quisiera estar va en- ella.
LA CONFESSION
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word without subtracting from the sum
tofal Of human knowledge" While Speak
er. Reed employed his epigramS with sin
Sular effect. Soon after having made the
innovation Of counting q quorum from all
Tie members present, whether voting or
not. member most cmphatically objected
10 being thus enumerated. Does the gen.
tlcindn continue to stand there and per-
sistently claim that he Is not present ?"
SAID the Speaker in his weary but cut
ing ton" Mr.. Springer of Illinois once
became greatly exercised in contending
the right man has to change his cp.n-
ioS. Abiding u certain persons who
had executed this mental maneuYer
Springer said: II honor them for it. An
honest man is the noblest work of God.
AS for me, Mr. Chairman, in the words of
an eminent American statesman, L would
rather be right than be President! THE
gentleman from Illinois need not alarm
himself drawled Reed: The will never be
either" The popularity of Reeds satire
was never perhaps. better eXempliiied
than on one occasion when he, Nh!
Choate. afterward ambassador to Eng
land. and another gentleman were in COM
pany. Choate remarked, not witiloul some
manifest pride. that he had never INDUCED
in profane language. never gambled, nor
had he used Intoxicating liquor in his life.
Il wish I could say that. eh, Reed?' eX-
claimed the third member in the party
did,"
Perhaps the speech Of John Aliens
which had most effect was his valedictory.
in which he asked the republicans. his
political opponents. 10 build fish hatch
cry in his native town OF Tupelo. Miss.
why. sir. fish will travel overland. he
exclaimed. for miles 10 get in the water
We have AT Tupelo. Thousands Of mil
lions of unborn fish are ciamorins To this
Congress today fer an opportunity To he
Matched al Tupelo, Miss The repub-
leans of the House voted for the appVo-
priation thus won by tie assurance of the
popular member. Nj. Allen rcnd red his
thanks thus:
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Wien an intcrrupting member endeaNorcd
10 confuse him in his remarks regarding
him-the intcrrupting member. Reed
continued in the same even, cold. untTn-
FASHIONED strain that formed a character
istic of his elnqUence. and concluded ms
expressions concerning the member with:
And now, having cmbalmed that fly IN
the liquid amber of my remarks. ] VIII
proceed with the serious matter under
discussion"
The other occasion upon which Reed
employed this metaphor which las been
LANDED down TO postcrity was bpon his
remarking in regard TO an enemy in the
House: THE gentleman possesses a GER
tain interest. like that of Il fly in amber
there 10 nothing remarkable in the insect
save the speculation as TO how he got
there"
Once when Breckenridge of Kentucky
had concluded a speech Of ponderous and
luSubrious periods. in which, as the say
ing is. tears might have been heard in
his voice. Reed distinctly spoiled the eff
feet by pretending to weep, holding a
handkerchief to his eyes and exclaimins
To Cannon of Illinois, the present Speake.'
of the House. Joe. were you acquainted
wiki the deceased?' in that very audible
but suppressed tone OF voice technically
known as a stage whisper
The latter ruse for spelling the effect
OF what might otherwise have been an
effective oratorical effort recalls Ben But
ler's audible commentary on one of S. S.
tSunseD Coxs oratorical efforts. Cox
had really impressed his hearers. and
general admiration hung breathless upon
his concluding words. when Butler turn
ed To one of his confreres and said: Il
always did like that speech The i'm
pending applause was nipped in the bud.
During the time he was minority leader
Reed remarked: THE present House has
avoided its opportunities and shirked its
duties and led a geatinouS life to the
scorn of all vertebrate animals" Discuss
ing certain of tine leaders of the opposi-
lion Ny. Reed once laid. mentioning ihe.u
by name. Neither Of them ever SAYS a
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have been. for the greater part. lost III
oblivion But i, transpires that adroit
scribes have caught on the fly. as it were.
some of the bright things that have flash
ed forth in debate when one honorable
senator or member has had something 10
say to the other honorable senator ar
member and has said il in such manner
as t. call fC!th recognition.
Ii may appeal IL many lovers % tumor
as unfortunate that the three most bill
liant iatie.-day wits of the House Of
Representatives. namely. Tom Reed oil
Maine. John Alien of Mississippi ana
Peter j. Otey OF TirSinia, are no longer
heard upon the floor These three
members had each his individual style.
Reed with his high-keyed drawl. SEEM
ing To utter his most telling epigrams Il!
sort OF weary impromptu: Otey, like
trained actor. making each information OF
the voice and every gesture count In the
desired effect. and Allen. with a voca ou-
larry and delivery all his own. Reed was
nothing If not episraLlmatic. and some
Of these cpigrams were as effective as
bullets. Even the pompouS and pictur-
csaue Conkling made "a distinct mistake
when he alluded to Reed as that cheer
full young idiot from Maine
4 fly ia amber presented metaphor TO
Reed. of which lac made upon Two
occasions al least. One Of tuese WAS
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like that exported to the United States
The most common carpet here is made an
or white straw woven into mats an inch
thick. a yard wide and two yards long.
These mats are the unit Of surface
measurement for almost everything. Tie
rooms Of the houses are rectangular and
their sizes are estimated at the number
of mats it takes TO cover them. When
a man orders a house built he directs
that 1t be one OF so many mats, and tie
cost OF construction is ha sed Upon that
estimate. These mats are bound with
hlack-cloth, and they Mt closely the foo
Is covered with a number Of these white
rectangles surrounded by black. japan
uses over fourteen million such mats
every year. and also three or four million
pieces of ordinary mating of the same
shape. The value OF the whole is several
million dollars
AS to mating for export, the manu-
facture OF that began less than twenty
years ago. and it now brings In some
thing like five million dollars a year
Almost the whole OF this export is TO
the United States. our purchases OF jap
anese mating annually amounting tn
something like twenty million yards Tie
other varieties are as fine as a Panama
hat They are now making new patterns
with raised figures. ] have just ordered
roll sent home which looks like brocad-
ed silk woven OF straw.
X
This mating is made ont OF reed
which grows about here. 1t has no knots
and IL much like rice. although its seed
has no value. II is planted and cultivated
In the same way. ard IS Well dried and
bleached before it is sold. The mating
is dyed with analine colors. II is woven
like cloth. but all the pieces have 10 he
put in by hand. The work is tedious
and of the finer varieties two men and
an assistant can make not more than
three rolls per month.
The japanese are now weaving beast,-
ful straw rugs in flowers and other pat
terms and these are exceedingly clean.
I have bought some about six by ten feet
in size at 80 Or GO cents each and tie
highest price have paid for any mating
is less than 20 cents gold per yard
The most beautiful cottons made here
are intended for native consumption.
They are not much more than a foot
wide and artistically printed in de-
signs far different from the loud figures
used on the goods intended for the United
States markets. The cotton crepe f..
a big sale in the United States for curtains
if il were sent there. The Japanese Use
it for their everyday summer kimonos.
Another interesting manufacture of COT
ton is that which the native people employ
here for toweling. These have gay f.C-
IIrcs printed in white and blue Ever
firm has its own design and not few
az the native hotels give away towels -
this kind to their guests. Within the
past few years quite A craze has s'gruns
up among the foreign ladies visiting
Japan 20 make collections of these toue.s
and know many who buy pieces Of t en-
for use as fancy tablecloths and napli ns.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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are misnamed; YOU are y tov muskct."
During = debate Whcra Bourllc Cochran
of New York had been pcrsistently an
moving Boutell of Illinois with queries
Bnuteil retaliltcd with: The gentleman
reminds me Of the following epitaph:
Herr. iics the body "f Roir.t Gordon
Mout. almighty AMI voice a,.~r,iin'.
Stranger. tread lightly this wonder:
II I" "opens his mouth soi are etil. 10y thunder
Gibson Of Tennessee once brought the
House down ty beginning Il retort To Sui
ger of New York: Look here. Mr. Seid-
litz Powder During bitter fgilt
against Reed rules Gen. Sp'nola pointed
to the painting of tie siege az York
town hanging in the hall and accused
Reed of counting the Hessians in Tie
back ground in order TO make up q quo
rum. The general always wore very high
collars. so Representative Tim Campbell
tapped this appeEdage one day with the
feIrule OF his cane and inquired if Gen
Spinola We're within
In debate over the civil service bill
Champ Clark of Missouri addressed this
inquiry 10 Hepburn OF Iowa: Il would
like to know how you come To the con-
clusion that everybody on this side is in
favor of the repeal of the whole bust
ness" Simply because that would be
wrong" shouted Hepburn, thereby elicit
ing considerable mirth.
A member from Colorado once made a
motion that Congress adjourn sine die"
This motion to adjourn the whole Con-
gress. and not the House only caused
general outbirst, which surprised the man
from Color ado. Not seeing his mistake.
and thinking sine die wrong. he sad: II
move this House do now adjourn bona
iide : At this there was an uproar. and
he bobbed Up for the third time, shoulin::
Mr.. Speaker. l move that we just purely
and simply adjourn" AT another time
the same member addressing colleague.
remarked: And there he sits. Mr.. Speak
er. mute. silent. dumb. And he i mt
saving Il wo'd,' added Tom Reed, Who
sat near by.
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employees of more than $1o0Hn and
sanitary fund of Sc5,NU. The Workmen
have also societies organized unde.- Il
company for mutual relief and for the
promotion Of the general interest Of the
members. One of these societies has a
large income from its members fees. in
Guiding subsidy from the company,
and another has capital Of Slon,tr1
am told that all the cotton mills OF
Japan are doing well. In addition 10 the
establishment which have described there
ale many others which work day and
night ana which propose to increase
their capacity and 10 extend their trade
Throughout the far east. They look
upon China as their especial market and
say that they have the advantage of
all other peoples in understanding the
written characters used in the languages
of the two countries. and also i'll their
general knowledge of the Chinese people
and their customs. There are now japanese
going over China investigating the
markets for cotton: and there are steam
ship lines which connect kobe With the
big cities on almost all the Chinese
rivers. The demand for cotton goods
at home Is s+n211ii....; S.~.4....s,, -. e
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Mr.. Chairman, will sit upon tha
banks Of this fish hatcher. ~ Tup.o
and have before M practical dcmcu-
stration OF the truth OF tile old aia.c
that IL sucker is Matched every minute. i.
Referring to the civil war. and ms part
therein Confederate private. Alien
said. in speech in the House: Gen.
Albert Sidney Johnston and myself mot
Grant at Shiloh, and if Gen. johnston
hadn't been killed and hadn't got seat
tered on the evening Of that day there
is no knowing what would huy" hap
peaed. Describing his advent To Tup@io.
he said: Mr.. Chairman. some thirty-one
years ago one Of he most promising
and brilliant young men of my state,
having completed his Studies and appr-ci-
atng the Importance OF the Town. settled
there and afterward became a member
of this body. What he has contributed
to it | leave for others to say. My mod
esty prevents me-" Praising Tupeo. lie
said: .Oh, if you could only stand upon
College Hill i'll Tupe'o ana see one of
orr sunsets. 1t is very near tire center Of
the earth. You can stand there and lock
around you. and you will see the hor Zon
just about the same distance from you in
every direction. Such moons as We have
down there! 1t is the only place in the
south today where We have the same sill
very, southern moon that we used TO
have before the war
One OF the best hits made by Speaker
Cannon was an appeal to the House TO
settle down to work upon a bill under
consideration. "We had better transact
little public business just to fool the
people he remarked. On the other hand.
one of the most telling oratoricai blows
ever landed upon the present Speaker of
the House was delivered by the late
Amos Cummings of New York. when Mr..
Cannon WAS chairman OF the committee
on appropriations. Why, didn't you
stand by the proposition wiic:l the
House made III your ns+ 1nce?" asked
Cummings. with bitterness. Why are
you backing Down at the first fire: You
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waiter comes along calling out chicken
stew POTATOES. corn and tomatoes, Your
waitress replies NO. p, and in an IN
credibIy short time AFT having ordered
YOU are disposing OF the chicken stow,
the mashed potatoes, etc. The lnCeSSiat
calling of orders is the one weak point
in the system. 1t is distracting and con
fusing, even il it is sometimes rather
amusing. One soon discovers that the
employees have IL vernacular distinctly
their own. and that dear familiar dishes
arr. called for in strange and sometimes
startling phrases. One also discovers that
Ill mattresses are not endowed with what
Shakespeare calls the most excellent
thing in woman all slide boys haven't
David Wartield voices keyed 10 tender
AMI persuasive tones.
The stately Young creature who acts As
waitress transmits the order to the Side
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IN going to the cotton mill. our iinriilislas
take us through several miles Of Jap
ansse stores over the bridge which
crosses the river and almost into the
country. We can see the great smoke
SACK Of the works long before we come
to il. II rises high above the low ware
houses and spinning mills. and its dense
volume OF black smoke poisons the air.
The smOkeStack is made OF iron. instead
II brick as in the United States This
is that it may the better withstand the
earthquakes which occur here every
few days. and which a times are 50
great that they might send tall brick
STACK 10 the ground. For tn" same
reason the large mills are almos- all o.
ono story. They are built Of brick ard
are 50 walled with glass that they are
speHdidly lighted
! 10 not know the acreage. but I went
through wilderness of moving pulleys.
whirling spindles, cotton opening ma
chimes and other works of various kinds.
which took more time than Sabbath
days journey. Single buildings seemed
see the end. and in all was the busy hum
of machinery and OF Japanese men. wom-
en- and children working away.
have seen many of cur great mills in
the United States. but none in which
the cotton is more rapidly and efficiently
handled than here. | doubt if have
any in which the work is done with less
labor. The finest OF up-to-date maclin-
ii goes to the scrap heap. In some rooms.
covering an acre. no more than two
score men were at work. and one little
girl was tending TO every machine. In
the spinning and Keeling rooms there
were more. and in some I saw hundreds
CT girls and women al work.
| asked whence the machinery came
ard was told that some was from the
United states. but that more came from
England. Japan has not yet begun TO
manufacture cotton machinery. although
it is experimenting with work OF all kinds.
For instance. the engines which run
these big works were constructed at
TrIlio Ore OF them is OF fifteen hundred
horsepower. and /, is as fine as any
engine of the kind anywhere.
Connected with the establishment is an
experimental weaving mill. which will
soon he increased to 100 looms. As
il is now. the cotton comes into the
mill in bales. being imported from China.
India and the United States. and it goes
out in smaller bales of cotton yarr. ready
Of il will go ont in Tire ape OF cotton
cloth Tor tie markets o. japan Korea.
Marchuria and CHINA.
During my visit I went through twelve
great cotton warehouses which are packed
full of bales. from tie ground to the
roof and the manager tells me that al
certain times in the year lie has as much
as three million dollars worth of raw
cotton on hand The greater part OF The
cotton used comes from India. although
much is from the United States. Kobe
which is one of The chief ports of the
empire, lands about forty million dollars
wortii Of cotton every year: and Of this.
twenty million dollars worth comes from
India. six million dollars from China and
over ten million dollars from the United
States. Our cotton is the best; but the
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ers Or these lunch rooms hava th~ig en-
ployes instructed 70 give their orders il
the deaf and dumb alphabet or failing
that. that they install system of wire
less. for judge of the shock TO som
person of aniable intentions but weak
nerves who had ordered iunorupuS
break. ast Of scrambled eggs ami milk
toast. were he to hear that order repeated
down the length of the room transposcd
az soft shipwreck and graveyard
slew
Like all forms Of slang the lulchroom
''pattel" is descriptive and sometimes
witty
\ beef stew is called an ''old John
Two poached eggs on toast, Adam AMI
Eve on a raft.
4 cup of tea served with slices Of lemon
is IAN old maid with a cap on.
When they want to hurry up IN order.
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thcy say. Let il work. and when they
want TO cancel III order they say TO
.'cut it..
The customers themselves arc an inter
esting study II is a fas mating sight 20
watch Il lag, man If benevolent aspc";
stow away rood. lie first orders two
plates Of fried oysters. then d sirioin
steak with creole sauce. several TeScta-
bles and pate OF chicken salad IL
tons off this eNtraordnary rPpast with
a piece Of huckleberry pie with ! cone 81
vanilla ice cream on top. Pie served IL
this way is called pie la mode.
Another man ordars corn cakes and crisp
bacon The corn cakes come ana TIL
!, riSp bacon iI.t it isn't crisp enough. and
il i sent hack 10 he crisocd. While he
waits he sulks like big naughty hoy.
and Wien finally the bacon comes. proper
~ done and looking very appetizing. the