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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

OPERATOR RUNNING TABULATING MACHINE.
former president insisted should be
altered IL the census were to be placed
on a proper basis. The bill which
recently passed both houses of con-
gress provides a special test for those
seeking admission TO the service and
makes the places open to all appll-
cants.
The taking of the census Is a work
Of great magnitude, and 1t will engage
the efforts of between 5000 and 1000
clerks and some G0,OO0 enumerators. 1t
has been estimated that about 100000
persons have already been trying to
secure jobs under the director of the
census of 1910, S. ID. N. North. The
number of those employed in all ca
pacities by the bureau may reach, IL Is
said, as high as 10000 when the work
is in full swing. The work of tabula-
tion will be much facilitated by ma
chinery which has been devised since
the taking of the last census and which
will operate TO make the methods more
accurate and less expensive.
Altogether the task of making the
enumeration Of the 90000,000 people
In the United States, Alaska, Hawaii
and Porto Rico and in Guam, Samoa
and the Panama canal zone will be
one of enormous proportions. 1t will
be the most gigantic work of enumera-
ton that has ever been attempted IN
this or any other country, and II is In
tended to reach the acme of correct
ness ana thoroughness. Not merely a
count and compilation concerning the
population alone 1t will include CEN
sus OF agriculture, manufactures, mines
and quarrles.
A census of the Philippines will not
be included In the coming decennlal
census for the reason that one was
taken In 1908, and It Is doubtful wheth-
er the Philippine government would
care TO bear the cost of another emu
meration so soon.
Important changes In the taking ana
compilation Of the census and In the
method of publication of the returns
will be made. For one thing, the re-
turns will be greatly condensed. The
twelfth census required ten volumes.
1t is the expectation OF Director North
that the thirteenth census will be pub
lished in SIX volumes or seven at the
outside.
The cost Of taking the census OF
1910 has been estimated at $12,930, 900,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

The discovery that air may be made
as impenetrable to shots as plate Of
armor would seem to suggest interest
ing possibilities. In his curious ex-
pertinent at Buc, near Versailles, Rob
ert Esnault-Pelterie stood at consld-
erable distance behind his aeroplane,
the propeller Of which was going at
full speed, aud fred a number OF
shots at the center. The whlrling col
umn OF afr successfully warded on
every bullet. When the propeller was
stopped 1t was found that not only
had the center escaped, but even the
blades had not been touched. Though
spectators suggested that the bullets
had been hattened against the spiral
air projectile shot backward, being
thus stepped short, It was concluded
that they had been simply turned out
OF their course.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15
JAcKIEs AND Y. M. C. A.
Hiss Helen Gould and Naval Branch
Building She Helped Erect.

Hiss Helen Gould and Naval Branch
Building She Helped Erect.
It is remarked TINT the popularity Of
the. navy has been much Increased by
the cruise of the battleshlps around
the world and that this applies as well
to enlisted men as TO officers. 1t is the
expectation that a higher grade Of
men will henceforth be found In all
branches OF the service in consequence
Of the greater honor attaching 20 mem
bership in the navy. 1t was to further
such results that Miss Helen Gould
gave the funds chiefly used In the
erection of the new and handsome
building of the naval branch Of the
Y. NJ. G. A. near the Brooklyn navy
yard, New York, the scene of several
gatherings of sailor lads since the
return of the feet One was a recep-
ton rendered the men OF the feet to
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15
Remembering LEXINGTON.
Revolutionary Scenes and Events Now
Reverently commemorated.

Revolutionary Scenes and Events Now
Reverently commemorated.
New England takes pride in keeping
in remembrance the characters and
events connected with the Revolution.
SO much of the ground OF the com
monwealth Of Massachusetts is sacred
to some event Of Importance in that
struggle or to some hero of that era
whose name Is now household word
that It Is somewhat difficult TO move
around without stepping where the
sod has been dedicated to liberty and
progress by blood. Theapbservance of
the 10th Of April, when the battle of
Lexington occurred, is quite general in
the section made historic by this and
other related events. Lexington was
the scene of the first conflict between
the British and colonial troops in the
Revolutionary war and contains a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

OLD BUCKNAM TAVERN, LEXINGTON.
monument marking the spot where the
first actual fighting took place. 1t was
on the night Of April is that the
Americans discovered the intention Of
General Gage TO send detachment Of
British troops to Concord for the pur-
pose Of destroying some military
stores which had been collected there
and also to seize the persous of John
Hancock and Samuel Adams, who
were living temporarily in Lexington.
II was to spread information Of this
design that Paul Revere rode from
Charlestown to Lexington to warn the
farmers along the route. On the even
ing Of the 18th General Gage, who had
commanded the royal troops in Bos-
ton. had plcketed the roads in the VI
clnlty and dispatched Lieutenant Colo
mel Smith, with 500 men, on the expe-
dltlon TO Concord. When the advance
Of the British column reached Lexing-
ton In the early morning Of the 10th
It was opposed by a small but brave
and determined company Of about sew
enty militiamen, who had formed on
the town common under command Of
the gallant Captain John Parker.
When the British commander, Ma
jor Pitcairn, ordered the Americans TO
lay down their arms and retire and
saw that they held their ground he
fred his pistol at them and ordered
his men to discharge their muskets.
The milltlamen replied, but were over
come by numbers and dispersed. The
British then moved on to Concord,
which became the second battle-ground
of the day. The news of the encoun-
ters thrilled the country and awoke
the dormant spirit Of independence.
The rendezvous Of the militia at Lex
lngton was the old Bucknam tavern,
built in 1000.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

TRAvERs ON THE LINKS - AT THE TOP OF
THE SWING FOR FULL MIDIRoN SHOT.
field now is much stronger even than
when Walter j. Travis won the cham
pionship at Sandwich in 1901. There
are many new and young players of
the first class. If they expect Travers
game to be like that OF Travis the
golfers at MuirGeld win be either
ngreeably disappointed or agreeably
pleased, for there is nothing stereo-
typed about the game of Travers.
Since Walter ]. Travis won the title
In 1901 no Amerlcah golfer has sue
ceeded In making prominent showing
In this big event, which Is par excel
lence the star golf tournament Of the
year abroad.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

AND MISS HELEN GOULD.
which Rear Admlrals Caspar II. Good.
rich and Joseph B. Murdoch, Miss
Gould and Mrs. Russell Sage were es-
pecially invited, and another was a
Sunday afternoon service at which
Miss Gould spoke. She is immensely
popular with the jackies and in the
few informal remarks she made at this
time said:
II wish TO welcome all the boys
home. With great interest l have
watched your trip around the world.
While am speaking l want TO tell
YOU about another friend Of yours,
Mrs. Russell Sage. regret TO say|
that she injured her arm several weeks
ago. visit her frequently, and when
/ do she always brings out the postalgI
which she has received from the mer|
Of the fleet. She shows me the pie
t,ires OF the places the men have YisI
tied and what they have written I'd
her. She also sends a welcome I'd
you"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

happens that he does feel so is only to
be explained by the theory that he has
discovered some hitherto untried and
effective method Of stimulating the
honesty Of those who regard the tax
collector as n man to be thwarted IL
possible. 1t really isn't that New
Workers are too poor to raise the mon
ey required to run this big town, but
there is urgent need of some radical
moral upheaval to renovate their con-
sciences.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

Keeper Richard Richards, who with
Keeper Truman has charge OF the ele-
phant house in the Bronx ZOO, came to
the conclusion recently that hippo
potamus may and sometimes does have
a sardonic sense of humor. Before
that he thought that hlppopotamuses
simply had stubbornness and liked
hay.
Pete, the Bronx zoo hippopotamus,
has a fine, well lighted, steam heated,
up to date room IN the new elephant
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

derson, wife Of the artist. This splen-
did charity will be open during the
entire year and IS already sufficiently
well along to be ready for business in
June Of the present year A fine site
OF seventy acres, formerly the Chap
paqua Mountain Institute of the So
ciety Of Friends, has been purchased,
and the school buildings are being re.
built.
The Chappaqua Mountain sanitarl-
nm OF the Children's Aid society will
be the FIRST institution Of its kind in the
world Summer homes for I'll and Grip
Piled children are very numerous, but
as most of these are light frame build
ings situated on the seashore It would
be impracticable to operate them in
winter because OF the hardship and
risk to the children. The new home
will remedy these shortcomings and
will afford an opportunity for strong
and healthy growth for children.
Mrs. Anderson wished to practice
her charity in private, and for some
time she succeeded. She is the daugh-
ter OF a former Front street grocer
who, when. he died, left his daughter
Sj,OO0,000. With n magnitude OF noble
impulse which is rare in these days
she proceeded to distribute It where
II was most needed. Altogether she
has already given away more than
three millions, and the impulse is still
strong. Mrs. Anderson has been a
veritable fairy godmother to Barnard
college, her gifts to that institution
amounting to $1,500,OO0.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

Of the statehouse politicians. 1t was
stubbs who was kept Off all the com
mittees and sent home to his consutu-
ents with a short appropriation. 1t
was Stubbs who engineered the move
ment which led to the overthrow OF
the old regime at the capital and the
election Of Governor Hoch, stubbs
became governor himself after the
man he had helped 10 put into office
had served two terms He is six feet
IA his stockings, broad, sandy haired
and has a very fetching smile.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

America, presided and led in the smil-
ing. Just above his head at the table
was large electric sign the illuminat-
ed legend Of which was "Smile."
When midnight arrived the optimists
proceeded to Danish All Fools day
from the calendar and to rechristen It
Optlmists' day. Wine and song were
leading features IN the christening rit-
ual, and there were many brief speech
es, of which the keynote was, "Smile
and have kind things on tap for every
body and IN all places, and be sure to
do something to bring happiness to
your fellow men," There was strong
Wall street contingent in evidence, and
one of the things 1t did was to sing
this optimistic ditty to the tune Of
"Some People Say a Niger Won't
Steal;'
Some folks say that you hadn't ought 20
smile,
Cause there amt much smllln' down In
Wall street,
But there's miles and miles OF country
and there's miles and miles of smiles
And the sun don't rise and set again in
Wall street.
II you smile, you're bull; ~ you're
grouchy, you're bear.
Zoology's the science down in Wall
street.
The lambs and the donkeys and the timid
little hares
Have all lost their quarters down in
Wall street.
oh, let us see the doughnut and never
mind the hole.
And stop a-blamin everything on Wall
street,
just get 10 work a-hustlln' and get busy
as a mole.
You may come day be leadin' light on
Wall street.
But you can't climb up the ladder of a
well assured success
BY simply blamin' all hard luck on Wall
street.
You may now have little money, but It
might have been much less
II II hadn't been for level heads on Wall
street.
Later the Rev. Thomas II. Sllcer,
who is to be the editor of the new
Optlmist Magazine, made n speech In
which he declared that the sole object
of the movement "is to, restore a tone
of confidence throughout our dear
America. Nearly all our troubles have
come from not believing in our des-
tiny"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

Time passes fast enough In this
town for those who come from afar tc
visit US, but you might imagine that it
hung heavy on the hands of some OF
the natives, to judge from the aston
ishing notion OF age which is to be
found in many quarters.
Thus a high class daily journal Of
this city referred recently TO 1.-THE his
toric Madison Square Garden" And
now another newspaper, describing
the approaching removal of a well
known restaurant from one part OF
Broadway to another, says that 1t "wlll
take away one of the Oldest landmarks
in the district"
A stranger TO New York might be
surprised TO learn that this venerable
establishment has been doing business
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

There is much agitation in Gotham
over the prospective large Increase IN
the local tax rate this year. The ten
tutlve total Of tho entire personal as
sessment OF the city is at present ST.
.250,2S5,1S7, comfortable lump sum.
but somewhat reduced from last year
by the process known as swearing
Off" Last year the tax rate was 1.61,
and everybody found that sufficiently
burdcnsome. This year it may run up
to 1.75, and swearing off is likely TO be
more of a fine art than usual. It is
understood, however, that the presi-
dent of the tax board feels that the
proportion Of collections this year viii
be much larger than usual. How 1t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

LIN OHNlhiiol SluD
Of America, OF
W h ich Andrew
Carnegie is the
n c W ly elected
president, cele-
brated the vigil
Of All Fools day
W ith a NAM
moth blowout at
the Waldorf AS
toria, II h e + G
were 700 "smil-
ers" prese n t
when din ner
was announced,
and they kept on
s m milin g right
through all the
various courses.
William j. Rob
inson, optlnlist
at large, origina-
tor and sole pro-
prietor Of the
nANaA.I.N rt,,A -
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

which Is only $410,-
900 more than IN
1900. Although the
population has In
creased greatly since
then, the improved
system and installa-
tion of labor saving
machinery win op-
crate TO make the
work but little more
costly than when
the population was
smaller. The tabu-
lation Of the popu-
lation statistics, the
mogt extensive nor
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

s. N. d. NORTH. too much opportuni-
ty for pcrpetuation Of the spoils sys-
tenn and vetoed it on that ground. AL
though the special session of the Sixty
first congress is supposed to be confined
TO matters connected with revision of
the tariff, the census was deemed q
subject entitled TO consideration ut
once because of the necessity of hay
ing the work upon 1t under way as
soon MS possible. SO bill was intro
duced which met the objections raised
to the former bin by Mr.. Roosevelt
and which went through both houses of
congress during the intervals OF talk
on the tariff schedules.
The bill TO which Mr.. Roosevelt OBJ
jected put employees of the census in
the noncompetitlve class, although sub
jecting them TO a certain test as to
fitness. It made senators and repre-
sentatives the Influential factors in
their appointment to the work, and II
was this feature of the bill which the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

ter well and became
n scraper holder.
From that he went
by easy grades un-
til, twenty or thirty
years later. he was
worth a million as
a railroad contractor
and making more
all the time.
II was Stubbs, the
contractor, who was
elected 10 tho legls-
laNttro IN fI,o konNh
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15
TRAvERs IN ENGLAND.

Amateur American Golf Champ pIon and
His Coming Contest.
Great interest has been aroused in
golnng circles in this country and
abroad over the visit of Jerome d.
Travers, the national amateur cham
'pion Of the United States, to England
and the announcement that Americas
crack amateur would compete in the
championships to start at Muirfield on
May "a OF course Travers will be a
20 to / shot at Mulrfeld even if he
reaches his best form there, FOR the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

change is associated in the mind of
everybody with development in this
town. And so what would be consid-
cred new or comparatively new else
where is looked on as old In New York.
But, as the young lady from Boston
said, It win be a fine city when it is
finished.
sTUYVESANT BROWN.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15
ROUGH AND READY.
Governor Stubs Of Kansas Is Johnny
on the Sport.

on the Sport.
Governor Walter Roscoe Stubbs Of
Kansas is very much interested in the
question of government guarantee of
national bank deposits. He and the
attorney general of the state, r. s.
Jackson, recently visited Washington
to lay the matter before the depart
ment Of justice of the federal govern
ment He is anxious that some law
like that Of the state OF Oklahoma
should be adopted In Kansas.
When the Santa Fe was building
through Kansas many years ago one
particular construction gang was given
water by long, Iank, big headed, fat
footed youth known on the grade as
"Santa Fe Red" The boy carried wa
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

at that place for
only some four
teen years and
that its founders
are still young
men.
Stlll, there is an
expla nation. At
the present mo-
ment I b ere is
hardly a block Of
old houses in GER
TAIN parts OF lne
city that is sure
Of surviving for
two years in its
existing condi-
tion. w hol Q
streets have al
tered In charac-
ter In a decade,
The result is that
the idea of
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

tion Of the work, VIII be under the di-
rection Of William O. Hunt, chief
statistisian on population and Director
North's right hand man.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

house, with no
e n d of refined
surroundings and
all conveniences.
One Of these last
is a six foot tank.
Pete was in his
roo m chewing
hay. X epe r
Richards thought
1t was a good
tim e to clean
Pete's tank. IN the
doing of which he
fell into the wa
ter.
The water was
not quite over his
head, but lie had
to walk around II
on his tallest tip
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15
ThePassingShOw
1 In Gotham.
The OptImlsts RechrISten All Fools Day.
A Modest Gker Of PrlnCeB Gifts.
A ATlCkNSh PredlCsment-The
Swearing Off Process.

IFrom Our Now York Correspondents
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15
Taking
!: The Next
! Census


A MOTHER VIC
"A tory has been
won by tho
principle of civil
service reform In
the passage by con-
gress Of the bill pro-
vldlng for the TAX
ing Of the next cen
sus. The Sixtieth
congress passed a
bill on the subject
which did not salts
fy KIP re sid e n t
II DOSE welt. He
fhottuht n nrOviflpfl
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

HE BEGAN TO YELL. toes 10 keen his
mouth and nose above water. The
walls OF the tank are slippery, so that
the only way out for Richards was up
the stairs that Pete uses. He tiptoed
over to them and was about to start
up
Just then Pete appeared at the top.
He didn't come down the steps, but
stood there, barring Richards exit,
chewing hay. with one eye closed.
Richards tiptoed around in the tank,
hoping that Pete would go away, but
ne didn't. After five or six minutes
Richards began to yell for help. his
pride having kept him silent up TO
that time. Keeper Thuman came to
his rescue and drove Pete away from
the exit.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

Which Constitutions
what is the matter with your"
Il need constitutional treatment"
"Going TO see a lawyer or a doctor?"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15

1t has been discovered that the
would be anonymous glver OF half a
million to the Children's Aid society.
Tor the purpose OF establishing a free
hanftariutn for sick and crippled chill
dren, Is Mrs. Elizabeth Mllbank An.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15
SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS

The School Examiners OF Marion county
Ohio will meet for the exa minRtion Of
teachers 1t Central school building, Sat-
urday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-15
Air a. Armor PIata.

sTUYvEsANT BROWN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17
MldWinter at the Playhouses

day, the thing happened on the third night.
Ihen amazing it seems, after that and until the
end of the Of the piece he had no further trouble
with the recalcitrant steps. His memory never again
played him false and his legs did all that was re-
quired of them that he is fully justified in regard
favoritism to either of them as he declared humor-
ously
M M E. A L B A NJ, grand opera singer, recently
- accepted vaudeville engagement for London
This has led to numberless interviews regarding her
past experiences the operate stage II sang God
Save the Queen once" she says gin Zulu compound
(viLage), and l never received a more enthusiastic
Eulus were unique Of course my husband and a
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17

TITLE RULE OF MR.. HAMLET OF BROADWAY
he was playing III of his greatest successes.
After he had been performing his dance rather more
than year, he found that he had not the slightest
he was just finishing. Of course he is too expert a
dancer not TO be able to gag steps the spur of the
moment, that the audience was unaware that any
thing unusual had happened. The next night before
he went On the stage he carefully rehearsed the Dance
bit during the performance his memory again PLAYED
him false Although he rehearsed carefully the next
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17

THAT actors occasionally forget their lines is
4 well-known fact, for the prompter is an insti-
tuition in every theatre. For one to forget
dance and to "dry up in 1.-THE theatrical phrase for
being unable to continue parts something which
will strike the theatregoer novelty. It. however,
happened to Mr.. Huntley Wright of all people in
the world, at Days theatre, London recently where
The Jewish herald. (Houston, Tex.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-25

Milaskey of Taylor were guests at
the Progress Ball. = Miss Edith Lee
vinski complimented Mrs. Roy Lis
SO of Alexandria, La, with box
party for "The Top of the World"
ON Thursday evening. The party
included Mrs. Roy Lisso, Mr.. Isen-
berg of st. Louis, Mrs. Levin
ski and Miss Levinski.
Mesdames S. J. Davidson, G. T. Ep-
stein, L. Daiches and Miss Liza Tai
ley from Marlin formed an auto par
ty visiting Waco yesterday.
Mrs. Waman has received the sad
news of the death of her sister in
New York city. -