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Evening star., 1909-01-24
A Good Citizen.

CECRETARY STRAUS of the Depart
- ment of Commerce and Labor, spoke
at a recent meeting on Democracy"
He said that the democratic form of
government was the most difficult of all
forms because it demanded from every
citizen a great deal of unselfish work.
In monarchy men were paid lavishly to
rule But in democracy, if it was to
succeed, every citizen, without any
thought Of pay. must shoulder his share
of the laborious work of the state
1.-The good citizen of a democracy" said
Mr. Straus, must be from first to last
unselfish. To the very end he must con-
slider his fellows good
There was humble slave in the pal
ace of the Caliph Haroun al Raschid
who deserved to live in a democracy.
The caliph had in his audience chamber
twenty rare vases. and it was written
in the laws of Bagdad that he who should
have the misfortune to break one of these
would pay the penalty with his life.
This slave one day broke a vase. He
was instantly seized. tried and condemned
to death. But the caliph had no sooner
pronounced sentence on him than he
Evening star., 1909-01-24

the mustache cup, and the vinegar cruet
in the middle of the dining room table.
"And where are all those things now?
l recall when no careful dresser who had
dropping or semi-drooping style of
whisker would dare to think of fitting
he had a mustache cup. but now 1 doubt
if there's one in general use unless it's
by the Bearded Lady with Barnum and
Bailey's, who from what 1 can hear. is
a tidy creature and very careful about
her appearance. Then there was the
Belgian hare, a distant relative of the
more modern Welsh rabbit. Don't
you remember. Larry. when everybody
was going to buy a pair Of Belgian hares
and make a million dollars by the next
spring? But this interesting animal
lost his following when it dawned upon
us that about all you could get out of a
Belgian hare was more Belgian hares at
the rate Of % the first year, 2,2oo the
second year, $4,000 the third year and
22.0O0,0O0 the fourth year. Nobody ever
tried to figure beyond the fourth year;
they'd have run out of arithmetic. So
he went into the discard, too, and the
place he'd held in the popular estima-
tion was taken by the pneumonia
microbe, which breeds almost as fast as
he does. doesn't take up as much room
and is neater in his personal habits And
of the reception hall ard the crazy quilt
is PRACTICAL. an extinct species; and the
burnt wood plaque isn't as numerous
and deadly as 1t was a few seasons
back: and ping pong is lost science, and
serve it right; and the once universally
admired vinegar cruet is now found only
with several picked flies floating about
In the vinegar bottle to invite the travel
er's appetite, and a dried yellowish de-
posit like top-soil, around the nozzle
Of the mustard jar, the whole. being
upon turkey red table
cloth with designs of conventionalized
coffee stains on It,
"And so, in due time presume Larry,
the airship or something will be crowd
ing the automobile out of the picture.
But it's stayed with us a good WHILE
especially the earlier Domestic variety
which usually stayed until a team came 4
and hauled it back to the repair shop.
And so, no matter what happens. the
IMPRESS it has left upon our history can
Evening star., 1909-01-24

but taking it all around I'm Of the opin-
ion that an automobile holds more peo-
pie by the bond of true and deep affec-
tion than anything else on earth. A
simple runabout that didn't cost over
$1.S00 is held in general esteem by those
who come III contact with her, while the
feeling that is entertained for large
touring car with all the modern conven-
fences and an obiging chauffeur that
don't mind how late he's kept up at
night very often approaches sheer idola-
try.
'The automobile will have it's day,
Larry. suppose most everything does
that gets too common. I can remember
when persons who were otherwise sane
in all respects actually thought Queen
Ann cottage was a proper habitat ton for
human beings and went and built 'em
by the thousand and even lived in 'em,
surrounded on all sides by demoniac
porticos with jig-saw jiggers around the
edges. and foolish, dippy little towers
clinging to the outer wall like a wen
on your eyebrow. and just about as
pretty. And about that time or shortly
before. or soon after we had the worsted
motto, which is now happily no more. oh,
joy. And then the old-fashioned high
wheel bicycle, and the Belgian hare. and
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he emerged. He smelled like a petroleum
warehouse next door to the place where
they clean hats with gasoline. II he'd
caught fire then he'd a-burned with a
bright, clear fame for at least two days
and probably smoldered another. AS We
started afoot down the road toward the
nearest trolley station he remarked that
he knew almost enough about q machine
now to take out a chauffeurs license. But
I told him II he was calculating to keep
the car he had that what he ought to
take out was a card in the Stationary
Engineers Union and a membership In
the Bide- Wee Club.
But he didn't keep her. He sold her,
to a scrap dealer probably. and bought
a newer and more expensive kind that
had just come on the market. And as
more kinds came on after that. each one
a little more expensive and little bit
newer. he bought that one, too. the same
being the unfailing symptoms of the dis
the double jointed expense account as long
as he could, he finally filed his bankruptcy
petition. His list Of assets was made up
of thirteen automobiles, a private garage
mortgagedD and a suit of Sunday clothes
but slightly worn. He's earning con-
genial living now driving racing cars that
looks like winged washboiler and travels
like scandal about the preachers family
in small town"
II know them cars" said the House
Detective THE name of 'em sounds
like Mercy Deeds"
Mercy Deeds Is a good name" said
the Hotel Clerk "The victim is usually
slain instantly and without pain"
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never be entirely obliterated As 1 was
just pointing out to you. it's won mil
lions of friends for itself among those
who don't have to pay its gasoline and
repair bills. 1t has made some men rich
and great many poor. 1t has added
several new names to cur language and
many to our cemeterieS 1t has richened
our public roads with the full satisfying
smells Of crude oil and fresh spilled gore.
1t has brought to us a number of pic
turesque words and phrases such as
tonneau, and git a horse, and death
at the hands of an unknown red auto
mobile And finally it has been respon-
sible for the popular and growing form
of lunacy known as the automobile bug"
Wot's that like?" asked the House
Detective.
i can illustrate what it's like by tell
Evening star., 1909-01-24
UnjoshabIe.

r IECT FRANK LAHM the noted
l. aeronaut, was discussing the paper
on military aeronautics that he had just
read before the Pennsylvania National
Guard Association at Harrisburg.
This science" said Lieut.. Lahm, "is
only just beginning to receive from the
army the attention 1t deserves. All
wars, ere long, will be fought in the air.
but the mass of our fighters still remain.
in the matter of aeronautics. as ignorant
as-well, as the young grocer from the
country
"A young country chap once got a job
in a city grocery. He was very eau
tious in his new berth-they had told him
at home that the city people would try to
josh him because he was green. He kept
a sharp lookout accordingly for joshers
"A sober old maid entered the grocery
one morning.
~ want some birdseed, please she
said
The new clerk sneered and answered
scornfully:
No, YOU don't. lady. Ye can't josh
me. Birds grows from eggs. not seedsr"
Copyright. 1909. by Estele Klauder)
Evening star., 1909-01-24

they can obtain a bowl of hot soup before
starting out on their rounds Some years
ago it was customary to give the sand
wichmen a small advance for food before
they began their days work: but this had
to be abandoned owing to the fact that
many would take the money and then. as
soon as they were outside the yard. desert
the work and abandon the boards In
consequence rule had to be made that no
money was to be advanced. Sandwich
men who know the ropes always bring d
little food with them or else save a few
cents out OF the previous days takings.
There are two distinct grades Of sand
wichmen-those who carry the ordinary
boards and those who belong to what is
termed the "Gentlemen's Brigade" These
latter are the pick Of the men who follow
sandWiching as a means of regular liveli-
hood. They must be tall, and OF dis
tingue" appearance, as 1t were, for they
are required to dress up as "swells" and
go about the streets giving out handbills.
They are usually fitted out with frock
coat. top hat and the usual paraphernaIia
beftting such attire. Public sympathy
seems to go out to these supposed gen
tlemen in Distress" and, conseuuently
the sandwich contractor does not hesi-
tate to play up this impression for all it
is worth. 1t is rather an advantage to
get into the 'Gentlemen's Brigade" for
occasionally persons of wealth become in
terested in these men and try to give
them an opportunity of improving their
The "Gentlemen's Brigade" has helped
10 elevate the sandwichmen's "profes-
Evening star., 1909-01-24
Top-hat Brigade of Sandwichmen

cents for every missing set of boards
returned to their lawful owner. Owing to
the propensity of sandwichmen to make
the best of their luck, taking II out in
various forms of conviviality. many sand
wich boards come to grief. AS soon as a
man makes a find Of any considerao Ole
amount he Immediately divests himsef
of his boards. leans them UP against the
nearest railing. and bids farewell TO his
pertpatetic calling for the time being.
Occasionally these boards are quite value
able. those with illumina ed devices hav.
ing gas generators insfde them some
times costing about SIS each. 1t IL seldom
that boards OF this description are lost.
however. only the most respectable
men are allowed to carry them.
Tine pay of sandwichmen 10 not on a
luxurious scale. For carrying illuminated
boards at night for four hours the re-
muneration is only sixty cents. This 10
the highest pay in the service. The aver.
age for a full days work Is thirty-six
cents: those who do night tramping with
illuminated boards getting four cents
sixty cents per day. but they have 10
start work at Z am and work up to
late hour. They are usually sent to ths
outlying districts Those who march
about the streets in central parts Of Lon
don seldom make more than forty cents
a day.
Sandwichmen are not allowed in all
parts of London. and are forbidden in tho
Strand, Piccadilly and Bond street, which
are termed "congested districts"
Altogether the life of a sandwicher is
not a waltz dream: to some II Is more like
a species of nightmare.
Copyright, 1909, Curtis Brown
Evening star., 1909-01-24

lobby Of the st. Reckless. Quite a num-
ber Of men who were sitting down got
right UP to speak to him. and at least
two of them shook hands with him
warmly.
THAT young Wopleigh pears to have
plenty Of friends remarked the House
Detective of the st. Reckless.
Not him. said the Hotel Clerk. "He
hasn't friend to his name, so far as l
know. He's so frugal with what brains
he has that he rarely uses any of them
and his remarks have all the sprightly
flavor of the stammering man who
learned, in twenty easy lessons by mail.
to say Peter Piper picked a peck OF
Evening star., 1909-01-24

ing you about the sad case of my friend
Skiddington," said the Hotel Clerk.
There was time when Skiddington
had a devoted family and a growing
business and happy home. That was
before he became an automobile bug of
the more violent and dangerous type.
remember distinctly when the dread dis
ease first began to claim him for it's
automobile industry when a car looked
like a cross between switch engine
and bath cabinet. and had the bad
habits of both parents. But Skiddington
bought one. He did most of his riding
standing still, but he stuck to it. He got
to be a pretty fair amateur blacksmith,
only he couldn't work we'll at the trade
unless he was lying down on his back in
the middle Of dusty road in warm
baiky junk pile with a monkey wrench.
With the training he got he'd a made
a good hand to mend the bottoms of
bureaus and bath tubs Once he took
me with him for a pleasant days outing
over hill and dale. But We never got
as far as the hill. We stopped in the
dale where there were no trees and the
summer sun shone down on the back Of
my neck And while l sat up on the
seat and stood guard, prepared to shoe
away any cows that might come along
from beneath the works in an unprotect-
ed manner. he spent the best part of
the afternoon squirting up into the vital
organs of his pet and toning them up
with an oil can and a crowbar The
shadows of evening were gathering when
Evening star., 1909-01-24
The Strange New Creed.

DROF. PERCIVAL LOWELL. the IA
nous astronomer and author, said
the other day of the amazing public ig-
norance where astronomical matters are
concerned:
Il can't discuss my Martian theories
with the average man. He is as ignor-
ant of astronomical terms as one of our
Flagstaff policemen is of long Latin
words.
This policeman arrested the other
night an elderly gentleman who was
paradng the street in a white nightgown.
Good gracious officer said the old
gentleman, giving a great start, it's all
right. Let me go. I'm a somnam-
buist,'
But the policeman frightened his grip
on the old fellows arm.
1T don't make no odds what your re-
iigion is he said you come along with
me-"
Evening star., 1909-01-24
Ready for All-day Tramp.

watch the moving platform of the ground.
Occasionally something glstens. There is
a sudden swoop on the part of the sand
Wichman. In his hand he holds coin.
If 1t be small coin. the nearest saloon
will receive it. If the amount found
prove fairly large. the sandwichman dis
appears from his ordinary haunts until
the money is entirely spent.
Considerable sums have been found by
sandwichmen. One man not long ago
picked up a purse containing G2JO $3.50
In bank notes. He was not conscious
stricken over his find. and did not prompt
ly report his good luck to the police. With
a generosity worthy of better cause he
treated" most of his felloWsufferers, and
for nearly a week Mr. Smith found some
difficulty in filling his advertising con-
tracts with sober sandwichers. Another
lucky fellow found jewaed cigar case.
1t was lying in the gutter in front of the
Criterion Theater. and had evidently been
dropped as it's possessor stepped into a
cab The find" was not turned in at the
lost property office at Scotland Yard
whittier all finds are supposed to go-but
was promptly hypothecated at the nearest
pawnshop. When the tatterdemalion
sandwicher makes find like this. he does
not himself attempt to pawn the object,
but engages one Of the more respectfully
dressed gentlemen" board carriers whose
appearance does not lay him open to sus-
picion.
Among other notable finds among sand
wichmen are: portion of a pearl neck
lace, value, $500; gold watch. with a
seal and a piece of chain worth $50; a
pocketbook containing $3.50 in gold pieces.
While few fortunate sandwichmen who
discover things make a point of sharing
with their less lucky brethren most of
them go off somewhere and enjoy them
selves alone. The one who makes haul
does not like 1t talked about for fear Of
the police AS these lucky discoveries
mean days. sometimes weeks, of freedom
from trampfng the streets. the finders fail
a period of rest and liberty, combined
sometimes with enjoyment and oblivion
purchased at so much the pint.
=
Once in while even better strokes of
fortune befall sandwichmen than merely
finding valuables In the public streets
Several of them have come into inherit
ances One man a few years ago Inherit
ed a valuable estate. With the boards
on his back. he was about to march out
Of the yard one morning when he was
called into the Office and informed of his
good fortune. Gravely divesting himself
of his advertising matter. he shook hands
all around and disappeared for ever from
the scene of his sufferings
Some of those who have experienced
these strokes of family fortune have oc-
casionally revisited Ham Yard and helped
along deserving cases whose misery they
have shared. The soup kitchen which
supplies penny t2-cenD meals to the men
in the yard was largely assisted by an ex-
sandwichman who had partaken of it's
hospitality Upward of 500 men are daily
fed at the Ham Yard Hospice," where
Evening star., 1909-01-24
STRANGE STORIES TOLD OF LONDONS HUMAN POSTERS

CLERGYMAN, RUINED BY HIS SONS FORGERY
~ EVENTUALLY DRIVEN TO ASKING FOR JOB
AS SANDW1CHMAN, AND FINDS HIS SON IN THE
SAME BRIGADE; BUT EVEN MOST WRETCHED
POSITION WAS AGAIN LOST BY THE SONS
TREACHERY-CORPS OF BOARD CARRIERS AL
SO INCLUDES BANKERS, ARTISTS, ACTORS AND
SOCIETY MEN-TRAG1c LEAVES FROM RUINED
LIVES
Evening star., 1909-01-24

sonally popular, regardless of who she
belongs to. and country house, where
mer and save on your own board bill in
town. is never at loss for true friends.
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from the human tide which pours through
the great thoroughfares of this district,
there assemblies every morning about
o'clock motley throng of persons,
many of whom once called themselves
seif-respecting citizens. Clad in tatters
and rags, broken down morally, physic-
ally and mentally, these human derelicts
seek employment either as ordinary
"sandwichmen,' or. attired in borrowed
togs consisting of frock coat, we'll creased
trousers, top hat, gloves and closely rolled
umbrella, saunter forth into the hurly-
burly of life as members of the Gentle
mems Brigade
Ex-policemen. ex-actors business men,
clergymen, representatives of every pro-
fession, all "ex-something in life, find
their way daily to Ham Yard. The lives
of these ghosts OF the gutter are often
full of tragic surprises. relieved OCCASION
ally by strokes of fortune when they find
money or articles of value during their
weary wanderings.
1t is not easy to obtain from the sand
wichmen any information about them
selves Hiding under assumed names-as
most of them do-they have deliberately
TO resurrect its memory. To Smith of
Ham Yard, however-W. r. Smith, to be
exact-the secret of many an interesting
career has been revealed. Smith has had
more experience with sandwichmen than
perhaps any one else in the world. For
more than forty years he has made liv-
ing for himself by keeping alive such
unfortunates. Occasionally. of course.
the human fiotsam and jetsam cast upon
the shores of Ham Yard leave messages
that tell their stories, just as other
wrecks along the ocean sands.
The Star correspondent recently spent a
day with the sandwichmen in order to
learn some of their lurid life stories. Until
recently one old man long figured as a
London sandwichman under :he name of
The Parson." II was not a mere f1gura-
tive nickname, for the elderly carrier OF
1.-The banner had been an eminently re-
Spected vicar in a wealthy English village
His story is full of pathetic human in
terest.
Though the parson himself led a life of
perfect rectitude. his son. like the off,
spring of good many other prelates. did
not come up to the standard of the
cloth" He went in for drinking, gam
bling and the usual diversions that the
good books tell US lead TO ruin, and finally
left his home and went up to London
For long time the father managed to
keep him out of "scrapes," but ulti-
mately. through indorsing some notes. the
elder man was brought to penury and had
10 sever his connection with the church.
Leaving his home, THE Parson' finally
came up to London to seek employment
But fortune did not favor him. He couId
find nothing to do. and, as a last resort.
applied to Mr.. Smith for an engagement
as 'sandwicher." On hearing the name,
Mr.. Smith referred to his books and re-
marked casually that there was another
man in the brigade" bearing the same
title. 1t turned out to be the Parsons"
own son. 1t was arranged that they
should be put into the same corps. and for
many months they paraded the London
streets together, father and son tramping
along in all sorts of weather bearing the
yoke about their necks.
Mr.. Smith became interested in the
Evening star., 1909-01-24
BY IRWIN s. COBB.

YOUTH who was
gotten up elaborate
ly and regardless in
an automobile cap
and a fur automo-
bile coat, with the
fur all standing
out the wrong way
on 1t like the hide
Of a shot rabbit,
strobe through the
Evening star., 1909-01-24

turned, and. walking calmly to the other
nineteen vases, with one sweep of the
arm destroyed them all.
Wretch the caliph Numbered. why
have you done that barbarous deed?
To save the lives of nineteen of my
fellow countrymen," the doomed slave re-
piled
Evening star., 1909-01-24

LOSE to the Troc-
adero restaurant,
just back OF Pic
cadilly Circus-the
haunt of the gay
world of London
Is an obscure little
court which bears
I h e suggestive
name of Ham
Yard In this
little bypass, re-
moved but a step
Evening star., 1909-01-24

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, January IA, 1909.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-11-12
Stock Market Report.
HERBERT HAIGHT,

Prices were little lower during
the week, but the market is stronger
today, astring of Utah lambs weighing
81 lbs at So IS today, which is rs good
rs u week sgo. Fat ewes ont OF this
shipment sold at $500, and yearlings
weighing 100 lbs sold at $500. Me.
1ium class lambs sell At s0,4O TO 50 rs,
and Arizona feeding lrmbs at Sd 20. a
feature OF the market on feeding lambs
In the last week was the sale Thursday
Of nearly 1000 Nevada feeding lamb,
CT lbs. ut $3.50. Feeding wethers sell
at 81 % to 81 90, breeding ewes 81 so to
$5 90. Receipts here for October wer
practically the same a. dVring same
month last year, 10000 head.
J. A, RICKART,
H. y. Correspondent.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-11-12
Notice to Water Users.

State Engineers Office. salt Lake
Ctr, Utah, Oct l6, 1909
Notice lie hereby given that Joseph
e. Joues. ct al. whose pcst-ofiice ad
dress 10 Enterprise, Warrington Ccrn-
t., Utah, have made application In
accordance 9th the requirements Of
Chapter 10S, Session Laws of Utsh.
1905, as amended by TIE Session
Lave Of Utah. 1907, TO appropriate
eight (S) cutie feet ner second ~ wa
ter from Cottonwood Greek, Wssl irp-
ton County, Utah. Said water Wilt
be diverted by Teaus CT capsl VI
poirt which lies 2,6i0 feet esst ard
5, 1850 feet sonth OF the southeast ecr-
ner Of Section -, TOWNSHIP 81
south. Range IL vest, SAT- Lake tsse
aud meridian, from sbore 10 will To
conveyed for dtturce oi G COO iett
and there used fiom March TO Sem
TENDER 80, Inclusive. Of each yer, to
irtieats $50 acres OF lard en- tFFc,d
10 Section 13, Township 81 fcuth,
Range q vest Section IS, Tow nship
81 south, Range 10 west. Sslt Lake
base aud meridian. As much OF said
water as may be eceesRry will he
used during tho period from Cctohtr
! Of each year until February %, iu-
clusive. of the year following, fer
domestic purposes. This application
is designated In the Ststo Engineers
Office as No. 231G.
All protests against the granting CT
said application, stating The reasons
therefor. must he made hy ffi6svit In
durllcqte aud flled In this clilce v it'll.
In Thirty t30) days sf.er the cen pIe-
tion OF the publiosticn OF this uctiCs.
CAL Els TANNER,
State Fueiucer.
Dato OF 6rst publication Ortctsr
%, 1909, dste OF completion CT Ttb-
LEGATION November 90, 1909