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Twas great idea all right. Society
demanded a new diversion. Grand opera
was over The divorce season wouldn't
open up good for . couple of months YET,
and anyhow SO great was the desire for
change that merely changing wives AMI
husbands wouldn't satisfy. as it had fire.
ouently done in the past for months or
even years at time. A momentary furry
OF interest, yet when all's said and done,
only a furry, had been created by young
MI B.ddle of the reigning house Of Phila
dc 'phia. a great clubman among the puSi-
lists and q great pugilist among the CLUB
men, who, desiring that most priceless
ornament of the devotees of the manly
art Of self-pretensc. a caulifower ear, in
duced Mr.. Philadelphia Jack OBrien, also
of his native city. as the name would i'm
Fly, - don the gloves with him, thereby
securing in a few hurried but paint III
rounds not only a cauliflower ear. but
peach of an eye and a boiled dinner nose,
with tomato sauce: the whole constitut-
ing what might be called a four-course
face.
ut was at this juncture that the Lady
Constance Richardson took OFT
her shoes and stockings and came to .he
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aroused 1t happened that on that day
/ had client from San Antonio. and. as
the case was unimportant, / had simply
drawn up the papers in the case and told
him to file them with the court, but In
view of my proposed trip to Key West to
arrange for the expedition for Maxine
Gomez. decided to make it appear to the
Spanish authorities that ! was going or
business connected with some tobacco en-
terprises in which San Antonio firm was
Interested. For that reason / hunted up
my client and told him that / would
accompany him to San Antonio de los
Banos. and would appear in court for
him.
after the hearing in court of my
clients case l started out to find a man
named Herrera, whose first name I had
forgotten, but who was known to me as
a Cuban patriot, and who had charge of
a lot OF cartridges which were sent from
the junta in New York for Maceo' s
troops The man who undertook to show
me where Herrera's house was took me
to the house of the mayor, who, of course.
was Spaniard and with whom. natural
~. / had no business. l also met several
tobacco men, and explained to them that
/ was going TO Key West and would like
to make some contracts with the Key
ment of Cuban tobacco. Having thus
established my basis of defense. in case
of trouble with Weyler l returned 10
Havana that night and found that my
passport had been arranged for. and that
/ could take the steamer on the following
day. which 1 did, and arrived at Key
West at 9 O'Clock that night Some
friends of mine were at the wharf
when we arrived. and, seeing me, they
thought that I was fugitive from
Weylers government and had come to
Key West TO remain. When l had
acquainted them with my mission they
advised me to wait until the next morn
ing. We sent a cipher cablegram to
Estrada Palma. who was in New York.
and received a satisfactory answer. say
ing that we should await the arrival of
DIR. Joaquin Castillo Duany. who had
started Immediately for Key West. l..
however, had accomplished the object of
my trip, as we arranged, for an eXpedi-
ton which had been organized to be sent
to Maceo to be divided and a part of it
sent to Maxine Gomez in the Cardenas
jurisdiction, and it seemed risky for
me to stay any longer in Key West, de-
cided to return to Havana. leaving long
letter of Instructions to DIR. Duany- My
Instructions were to send Il caOiegram
addressed TO Senior Luis Somellian, Ha-
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i The Hotel Clerk Soceys SeG]nAicted Amusements


king hither and yon, and occasionally
twinkling up against each other with a
quaint knocking sound, were either Ionic
treeboX in design or else Doric nosebag.
he wouldn't care to state which until he'd
consulted some standard work tie
earlier forms of Greek architecture.
But these were merely the hypercriticdl
remarks of interlopers. In the charmed
inner circles Of society Lady Constance
tewart- Richardson's dancing was ger
orally accepted as charming in the cx-
trcme. and besides after paying the neces-
sary expenses a sum amounting to nearly
$S.Jc was realized for charitable purposes.
So they put it down as a success, and now
barefoot dancing has a vogue that hasn't
been equaled since Father Kneipp an
nounced his discovery Of curing cold III
the head by walking in the wet grass of
a morning with nothing on the feet eN-
cept generous natures chilblains.
I'm glad the Lady Constance happened
along when she did, dressed like fire..
man coming down the brass pole, with MIG
boots and things over his arm, to answer
a midnight alarm. and that she gave the
jaded soul of society such an inspiring
filiup. Only I'm afraid it won't last. It's
y
society. leaning wcarily up against some
thing all Lent with nothing on his hands
bat cuffs. and nothing important pressing
on his mind except the part in his hair.
yawnng from sheer onwe until a full
face view of him Is like looking down a
mcSaphone.
X
I'm loyal American, Larry, but I'll
admit they manage things better abroad.
Over there, where the upper classes have
been cultivating repose of manner FIR
1000 years or SO, an aristocrat can be idle
for months at time and feel rested
enough at the end Of 1t to continue right
along the same line indefinitely. But with
us, even in our most exclusive society, the
effort to the contrary has not yet sue
ceeded In entirely graduating, drives our
society people on and on, until after
awhile they fall down on their foolish
maps.
Its that same craving for sensation
tina. makes our society women old be-
fore their time. I don't know exactly
what their time is, but I know they are
old before it. I've seen 'em. Think how
of womans suffrage this past winter.
Why. II the wardens of the state pen,-
Tertiary would only be considerable enough
to have Paquin devise a becoming costume
for lady convicts done in the empire mode,
and provide bridge prizes of golden hand
cuffs with turquoises set in the links, I'll
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who make catches as means Of SIM
porting their families. although many of
them are given to boatmen. who sell them
Usually tourist will keep only what
he wants served to his family and a.
few friends. giving the surplus catch to
the man who has piloted him over the
Drlny deep and brought him safely ashore
These surplus catches are usually sold
by the boatmen to shippers or to ia miles
living about Miami.
Miami where SO many of the king
mackerel are landed and packed for shin
ment. is one of the beautiful coast cities
of Florida. 1t is there that thousands Of
people go every winter, some in quest of
health and others to enjoy the sport.
No matter what the inclinations of tour
list may be, it is said. he soon gets the
fishing fever after reaching Miami and
seeing others come ashore with big
catches. 1t is not only in the vicinity
of Miami that the king mackerel is
caught. fishermen all along the coast
the season. The fish is found almost
everywhere in the waters of the gulf
stream off the Florida coast In winter.
1t Is a migratory fish. coming into those
waters along about the second week in
November and remaining until about the
last week In March-a sojourn of about
five months in that sunny CLINE. They
are, in a sense. marine tourists, for they
go south about the time of the earliest
tourist travel and return northward at
the end of the tourist season. Even more
like the tourists, they come down by
water, while many of them return by
rail.
The best known fishing ground for the
king mackerel Is a spot in the ocean
about two miles square situated on the
edge of the gulf stream about three miles
from shore and almost directly opposite
the beautiful city Of Miami. which city
Is situated on Biscayne bay. The bay.
lying Us it does between the city Of Miami
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the case may be, no matter now great Tue
temptation
.Have YOU gone plum dippy:" asked the
House Detective.
II have not" said the Hotel Clerk. why
don't YOU read the papers? Don't YOU
know barefoot dancing is the latest Lent
en- diversion OF our best society. So Tar
lis been confined to the ladies. but any
minute I'm prepared to hear that Edlsha
I.yer. jr., had been leading a Dare1oot
cotillon with one-night corn plasters Tor
lie favors, the ladies wearing interfering
boots and the gentlemen thunbstalls on
heir toes.
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ARLOADS OF KING MACKEREL IN SOUTH WAS

sight presented by carload OF the fish
here in the middle Of winter or early
spring never fails to attract the attention
Of the older fishermen and others who
are Interested in the finny tribe, as we'll
- 10 make some of the hangers-on feel
that life would be worth living if they
could only get one of the fish from the
big oven of some hosiery.
In the first place" said the dealer,
II IS certain that somebody has en-
JoSed the sport of catching the fish. all
of them having been taken from the water
with hook and line. and it is also certain
that trouble was experienced in packing
them in the car. Ir is no easy matter
10 pack a carload of fish, nor is 1t done
without expense.
Before the fish are put In the car the
car floor is given IL coating of cakes of
Thick ice. The fish are then put in the
car in layers. crushed ice being used be-
tween each layer of fish. They come
here attached to fast trains, so that there
is still plenty of ice in the car when
they arrive. Even after making the long
journey there is ice and fish enough to
almost reach from the floor to the roof
Of the car. and when the upper section
OF the door is opened fish and ice slide
out into wagons
All the king mackerel that are re-
ceived here from the Florida coast do
not find sale in the local market this
city being used partly as clearing
house for them Were it not for the
King mackerel that are received here
during the winter it is more than prob
able that other fish would command
prices that would put them far beyond the
reach of the average buyer. but the mack
efel are received in such large quantities
that the demand for other fish is lessened
ana the prices must necessarily show
much smaller than they would otherwise
nc. III Is said that the receipts of this
fish are SO large at times that dealers
are glad 10 retail them at low as 10
cents pound. thereby greatly reducing
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rescue. In England, where she comes
from, / suppose the name is pronounced
Constantly Stewed-Rxyn, or something OF
that sort, but in this country We sounded
it like it was spelled and let 1t go at
that which was wrong. of course, but the
best we could do with our own inferi or
knowledge of the mother tongue. The
Lady Constance who is a noted sports
woman and very daring, as she proved,
was over here on a visit TO some Of our
leading dynas sites, and in the name of char
ity, which. as the poet says. covers a
multitude of shins. but hadn't uncovered
any up TO that time. she consented to
oblige at scmi-private feet recital, tickets
$40 each, and no rain checks.
Just the mere announcement created a
sensation the like Of which had not been
known since the memorable year when
Mr.. Harry Lehr robbed a zoo to strength
en- the intellectual pitch of 4 Newport din
ncr function. And. you can take it from
me, there was a notable assemblage of
notables present on the suspicious day
when the Lady Constance came forth
dressed in the costume worn by the Al
cient Greeks during an Ancient Greek hot
spell. and tripped the light fantastic toe.
some say tripped it and some say stubbed
it; but, anyhow, she was there with the
light fantastic toes ten in number. The
performance started after several out
siders, including newspaper photographers
and chiropodist, had been elected.
Il read the accounts of 1t very care
fully myself. Wearing draperies of a
diaphonous but economical nature, this
gifted young noblewOman, who had gone
TO such ends, such ends, indeed. for sweet
charitys sake, appeared before simple
chaste draperies of long, dark green, and
with her locks bound fiat to the brow
with fillet, the ancient Greek substitute
for the modern headache bandage, she
Iavc a program which ranged from Os-
tie loor's Spring Song to something from
Bach. who, in my opinion, was all right
as long as he stuck to beer. but fell down
hard when he closed up the brewery and
began to write music Opinions of the per-
Torrance seemed to vary. There was APP
parently a disposition in some quarters 20
intimate. that If they had not been the
property of person of rank the limbs
in question might have belonged to d
hired girl without subiecting her to the
opportunities of theatrical managers look
ing for members of a beauty chorus, white
some surprise was caused By the feet
seeming to fit on at right angles, just
as in the case of common person. One
carping critic. belonging to the metro
politan school of carp. went so far as -
say that the ankles which he saw twin
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DRAMATIC and Ro-
II mantle Incidents in
His Life-Was a Trusted
Lieutenant of Gen. Co
mez - At the Spanish
Penal Settlement in AT
rica-Matching Cunning
With Cunning in Dealing
With the Spanish Spies
A Member of the Cuban
Junta.
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used his country correspondents as mes
sengers.
In the month Of June; 1896 my brother
anXiOusly urged me to send him at least
5000 cartridges, as Maceo was very short
of supplies and in difficult position. He
asked me to secrete the cartridges in a
place known to ourselves in the Havana
suburb of Jesus del Monte. l answered
him. telling him of the expected arrival
OF an expedition, which was landed on the
coast few days afterward and which
brought the much-needed ammunition. In
the early part of July, 1896. my brother
Informed me of a proposed descent upon
the station of the Crbano railroad for
the purpose of capturing lot of horses
which We're kept there. and I sent him a
plan, showing by lines, crosses, etc, the
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ton of the Spanish troops in that
vicinity and the blockhouses commanding
the roads. This was on the same day
that my supposed letter" was dated.
The expedition was postponed in order to
take advantage of the dark of the moon.
BY the same messenger l sent hand
dressing case, with combs. SCISSORS. etc,
which three days afterward was shown
me by the Spanish soldiers who accom-
panied me to claim the dead body Of my
brother
1.-THE trip to Key West. OF which men,
ton Is made in the letter, was far from
being connected with tobacco. On the
first day OF June. 1896. Senior Jose Saez
Medina. the present head of the bureau
of the department of government. came
to my office about 4 o'clock in the after
noon and told me that Senior Samuel
Tolon had come from Cardenas and had
an important communication for me and
desired an interview Immediately. We
arranged to meet on the Prado at the cor.
ner OF Dragones street, and. at the ap-
pointed hour. We met and seated our
selves on a bench in front of the cafe
under the Gallego clubroom. Senior
Tolon explained to ME that he had just
received an urgent message from Gen.
with the least possible delay. for an ex-
petition to be sent with munitions of war
to be landed near the city of Cardenas.
The general considered 1t so urgent that
he sent orders that il any other expedi-
ton was being planned for another part
OF the island to change its sailing orders
and have it sent to the place he indicated.
Senior Tolon regarded the choice of a mes
senger so important. who could be de-
pended upon to go to the United States
and deliver Gen. Gomez's instructions,
that he had come to consult with us as
to whom we desired to propose for the
service. I proposed to go myself We
arranged a secret code for communication
with Senior Tolon and settled upon three
landing places, one of which would be
selected at the last moment. Tolon re-
turned to Cardenas. leaving a sum of
money to cover the expenses of the trip.
SaeZ Medina agreed to make the ar
engagements for my passport on the fol-
lowing DAY. while l went to San Antonio
de los Banos. / went to San Antonio for
the purpose Of esta blishng a basis for the
defense in case l should be arrested when
/ returned from Key West, because I
while living In Havana. was at close
range with Weyler and had to be ready
with plausible story and the proofs To
back it up in case his suspicious were
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CARLOAD of king
M a C k rel side
tracked in South
Washington is a
sight Well worth
seeing. and such a
sight has been pre-
scented several times
during the past win
ter. This fish comes
u ere from the
waters off the Flor
Ida coast at a sea-
son when Il is diff
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"a r L 0 A D S Reach
~ Washington Every
Day During the Winter
Months - All G au e HI
With Rod and Line OFF
the Florida Coast-King
Mackerel Helps to Keep
Down the Price of Other
Varieties of Fish Dur
ing the Closed Season
Often Served AS Substi-
tute in Northern Hotels
for Spanish Mackerel.
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ICE PRESIDENT

ICE PRESIDENT
ALFREDO ZAYAS
of the new Cuban
republic. who ar
rived in Washing
ton this week and
paid his respects to
President Taft, is
prob a b Y [ h e
strongest character
in Cuban politics.
lie was a candi-
date for the NOM
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they are packed. some in barrels, and the
balance in cars-solid carloads OF from
twenty to thirty thousand pounds OF fish
for shipment to other markets
The mackerel is caught entirely By hook
and line fishing. the market fisherman
going out carly In the morning. and
catching from twenty-five to a hundred
and seventy-flve and two hundred fish by
. or 10 o'clock. when he is through, and
the tourist fisherman begins.
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bet you that there's plenty of our society
suffra gettes would stand willing to martyr
themselves for the cause and go to Jail III
defense of a great principle. the same as
their courageous English sisters have
done.
"And before Lady Constance came along
with her talented feet some had even been
driven into settlement. work among the
poor. although that really ceased to be tie
correct thing as far back as three sea-
sens But 1 wouldn't like to speak dis
paragingly of settlement work. 1t was
treat for both sides, giving the rich
chance to see the poor and the poor
chance to see the rich, and nobody the
worse off for it. Picture yourself. Larry,
living in restricted residential slum
district. 1t is a neighborhood typical Of
your class. There are four saloons on the
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ing the hair. the chin. the protruding
under lip and expression of sadness are
present in both faces. President Lincoln.
however. was a man of towering stature,
While DR.. Zayas is of medium height.
DR.. Zayas recently gave an interview
in which he related one of the most
dramatic of all the thrilling stories of
conspiracies, plots and counter-plots
which formed the warp and wool of the
long and desperate web, colored by the
blood of Cuban martyrs and woven into
Il tapestry of horror, agony and death.
which eliminated in condition of at
fairs that aroused the American people
to fighting indignation and resulted in
our armed intervention in the affairs of
the Pearl of the Antilles, and SUBJ
sequent supervision over the government
of the people.
One of the brightest of the military
leaders fighting with Maxine Gomez
under the flag Of the insurgents was
Maj. Gen. Bruno Zayas. brother OF DR..
Alfredo Zayas. Gen. Zayas was man
of heroic soul and fearless heart. At the
head of his band of patriots he kept the
Spaniards constantly harassed and on
the move. He was one of the most
trusted of the great leaders under Gomez,
and there existed between the two broth
ers the most tender affection. While the
soldier was in the field the lawyer was
directing the movements of the hidden
machinery of conspiracy under the noses
of the governor general and his army of
spies in the heart of the capital. DR..
Zayas was in constant communication
with the Cuban junta in New York and
he was Immediately advised of the date
of probable sailing of every expedition
that was to land men and arms in Cuba
for the insurgents. An elaborate system
of cypher codes and innocent looking
cablegrams and letters was in use and,
although the Spanish authorities frequent
~ opened the mail directed to DIR. Zayas.
they were never able to find anything
that could incriminate him. He was
known as a dangerous antagonist, and
was. at one time. sent to the Spanish
penal settlements IN Africa, but was
afterward released, during a former
period of unrest in the island.
Once. when The Star correspondent
called on DIR. Zayas, he opened a private
drawer in his desk and took out a letter
II was written in Spanish and read as
follows:
HAVANA. July II. 1895
Dear Brother-As l see by the papers
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hcult To get fish enough To supply the
market, ana a local dealer is responsible
for the statement that about enough OF
them have been handled here this season
Ia furnish one pound of them 10 each
person in the District of Columbia. The
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OF the famous Spanish fish.
About Miami. Fla, there are hundreds
of men who depend almost wholly upon
the catching of king mackerel for a live
lihood. while thousands of tourists enjoy
the sport and take from the waters of
the gulf stream carloads OF them during
each season. Those caught by tourists
do not always find their way TO the
markets of the north. south and west,
10 the case with these caught by those
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that YOU are in the province of Hanava.
L have decided to send you these few
lines, the first since you had the I'M
fortunate idea of throwing yourself into
n revolution which is running us and
carrying us toward a fathomless abyss, as
l have an opportunity to get this letter to
you.
My intention now is. as at the be-
ginning, when I vainly tried to see you.
to beg. pray and entreat you to leave
that hazardous life and not aid In
movement which can never do more than
bring poverty. Internal fights and barbar-
isms. Pardon this strong language. but.
my dear boy, 1 am saying what l feel.
in an enterprise SO little worthy of the
applause of persons Of common sense and
so contrary to our family traditions.
Because, as you know, We have always
been evolutionists and adversaries of
revolution. Decide. then. il not for these
reasons: for pity for mother. whom I see
every day more grief-stricken.
Authorize me to do it, and / will take
steps to secure a pardon for you, and IL
/ cannot secure it and If you cannot
look fer some means for YOU to live
abroad.
There is nothing new at home. If
you hear OF me having been to Key
West it was on some tobacco business.
Not much good
Your affeet'onate b. bsGt 'hs tno.
THAT letter was never sent to my
brother" remarked Dr. Zayas. with
twinkle in his eye. as he folded it up
and placed 1t again in the drawer 'It
was seized when my house was searched
taken from my desk. 1 may add said
the vice president. with smile. that it
was written with Just such an idea in
view"
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RE YOU keep!n'
Ient?' inquired the
House Detective of
the ST. Reckless.
II am said the
Hotel Clerk. Il Ve
given up barefoot
dancing. Until after
Easter s IL n d'a J
you'll not see ME
doing a single step
of the barefoot
waltz or polka, as
I,nu 0raaf the