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The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

ingly recall IT, 7 tell you any man that 5
not seen service doesn't know what con-
troll means" Again the nst came down.
Quite so" my friend assented-
When Sherman said. War Is hell he
knew what he was talking about.' de-
clared the other
You were at Santiago?' inquired Sey-
mour
no" Mix returned. I'VE didn't get
that far; We"
"Oh. we'll" the Englishman put IN hur-
riedly. ''one engagement is very Ike an
other after all. i"
The fact is said Mix. looking the
least bit sheepish. we didn't get in any
battles"
Never you mind" Seymour interjected
thinking he understood. the fellows VINO
skirmish about in the bash have quite as
much hardship as
But we interrupted Mix. I'VE
were IN camp at Chickamauga." It was
evident to me that the line the question
Ing had taken had disconnected him
But want 10 tell you il wasn't any
fun he exclaimed. IN a hurried effort
10 retrieve himself. 1T was work.
work, work! Marching-maneuver
day and night, Lord, how sore my feet
gotr' He regarded those extremities in
mOurnful recollection. and shook his
head sadly, as though recalling the
brave comrades who had been 10 war
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THE ENGLISHMAN.
By JULIAN STREET
By JULIAN STREET.

him the whole argument without his
lookin up When I got through I just
said: Good day, Mr.. Riley. Thank you
for your kind attention. Think il over.
and walked out"
Seymour had been listening intently
Played. indeed ne remarked. with
precisely the calm appreciation he might
have shown Of a pretty stroke at cricket.
That's the way to handle EN-" said
Mix. with evident qualification. Next
time come in Riley grinned kind of
sClSy and listened while I talked After
q while ne warmed up. Look a-here.
Mix he says. I'd like to give YOU some
business-honest-bUt our advertising ap-
prOpriatiOns limited If we spend any
more money. I got TO get il approved by
our board of directors, and that's no snap
job. OF course, I'd heard that kind OF
talk before. Riley says T. you just let
me get at that board. Wei. sir. he did
The beard meeting was yesterday morn
ing. Riley took me IN and introduced
me. They were a lot OF old frcsty-faced
guys. but Il didn't bother yours truly I
told 'em just where they got of -Gen1-
men, l says. the time has come when
YOU must recognize. sooner or later, that
all advertising mediums but the street
car are shines, Every housewife IN every
town uses the cars every day II your
ads there. she's got 10 see It. And every
day. genlmen, she is seeing the ads Of
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CIGARS WEST OF WINNIPEG.
Crying Need Ont There OF Men Who
Can Make Good Smokes


! want TO place myself on record as
saying that a good cigar cannot be pur-
chased west OF Winnipeg for less than
fifteen cents says a writer in the Book
keeper, and then. 10 be entirely candid
IN the matter. they're so rank that our
ordinary hve-cent brands smoke Ike
choice Havanas In comparison.
There Is room for 500 good cigarmaE-
ers IN the three provinces. and there is
room for as many more in other parts
OF the Dominion; but recommend only
me west where any man who can make
a good cigar 20 sell for ten cents viii be
Independent within a few years.
Medicine Hat was the only Western
town In which 7 found frst-class cigars
An American from Chicago made the
cigars He sold them for five cents each
and thousands were smoked ever. week
The man was making a fortune
Cigars are a good illustration y or
dinary business methods now IN vogue
You pay five cents for a certain cigar In
Toronto At Moose Jaw YOU pay ten
cents for the same CiEar. and ar Calgary
IL costs you fifteen. II you object the
prairie business man erins and saws.
Well, this isn't Toronto one Of them
't--'A tfAAANalA.-h Nt Allf- b -.Ns sure.
make eleven cents profit on that cigar.
They get quarter for IL in Alaska.
Western Canada isn't Alaska. II IS
q network Of railroads It's freight rates.
while hiCh. are getting steadily cheaper.
The business methods in the majority
OF towns might well be representative OF
those 1000 miles nearer 10 the dome of
the earth
II an army Of Iao0) American husi-
ness men. manufacturers and promoters
should invade The Dominion west to-nnor-
row they would do more toward It's de-
velcpment than 100000 immigrants No
three regions IN the world are more
prosperous than Saskatchewan Alberta
and Manitoba Banner crops have made
the farmers Independent. and each sue
ceeding crop adds 70 the honey which the
American business bee has not seen nj 10
touch"
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Slow 20 Regin Defense.

This council OF March = apparently
settled all the preuminaries. but IL Mon
tojo's dates are correct ii was March
% before work was begun on the mount
ing Of guns on Correeidor, El Fraue. and
CabauO Islands. There were fourteen
torpedoes in all in stose at Cavite. and
these were to be taken 10 Subig. and
probably were there al the time that the
squadrca went there. bur whether they
were ever planted anywhere" the admiral
does not state He does mention. how
yer. that the war-hesds were attached
TO several torpedOes belonging 10 the yes
sells. and they were planted near Pulo
Caballo. From this statement IL appears
probable that these were Whitehead
tOrpedces that had been neglected so long
that they were no longer serviceabIe. and
so did duty as mines.
Among other Of the war prepar tons
made the admiral specifies sending 600
tons Of coal 10 Subie. and one is led 10
wonder If tEt- eaal was intended for use
in the proposed night sortie. for IL surely
would not have lasted any longer Primo
de Rivera was relieved OF his command
on April II. by Gen. AgOstin. and sailed
on the 18th. With a new governor gen
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mother father. sister. brother. or Aunty
Jane is invariably present for what is
called "respectahility' sake" with great
emphasis on the last two words. This
Is carrying respectabiliry 10 a ludicrous
extreme. am not altogether against
the marriage for money. In the case Of
middle-aged people Il more often sue
ceeds than fails. But in the case Of the
boy and giri-Ugh,
Again. have nothing 20 say against
mothers being match-makers. but I am
dead against parents allowing their
daughters little OF no freedom IN the
matter Of choosing a husband. and urg-
ing them to marry for money in prefer
ence 70 love.
These two faiIings OF the modern
parent are al the root Of every other
divorce suit. I also hold the opinion
that once a young couple have become
engaged they should not be spied
upon. out should be left more or less
to their own devices. What do YOU
say2 They will find out sooner than
relatives can find out for them
whether they are suited 10 one an
other or not
If they are compelled. however. to
carry on the COuTIship before the ewes
OF others. and they do happen 10 be
an Unmatched pair, the ugly truth nav
not dawn upon them before the mar
riase has taken place. and they md
themselves on the high road 10 the di-
VOTce court.
Besides. the days OF a young couples
gagement should be one OF the hap
piest periods of their lives But how.
l ask. can this be the case if every
kiss has 10 be given in the presence
or hearing Of a third party. and every
other word Of affection has 10 be
spoken with the eyes, This public
cOurtng-can IL be called ANYTHING
elSe2-is a horrible sacrliege Of love.
which, when 7 was a girl. was taught
10 look upon as something very sacred
and secret.
do not look upon the fact as anything
strange. though you may. that the most
Tive" and successful men and affection
ate husbands that I know all contracted
secret marriages. But please do not infer
from this that favor the secret mar
riage. On the contrary. ] hold that the
miss who marries without consulting at
least her mother Is not only acting very
fOOlshly. but also very unduufully
I say let parents allow a little romance
10 creep into the love affairs Of their Of
spring. and look less at the commercial
side Of marriage, and not bring up their
daughters 10 worship money. dress. and
pleasure and the duS lover viii vanish
as though by magic
There is an old saying that ali work
and no play makes Jack a duh boy.
Here we have the secret Of the dull
lover in a nutshell
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comes along, and you get your shetland
there yu are, y'know. He seemed 10
think that he had finished. for he drew
a long breath and lighted a cigarette.
But II you miss?e
Better not miss" advised Seymour
If you do. the beast may give you the
slip, y'know."
But you can't always be sure to"
quite right" admitted Seymour. The
moonlights observation-disclosures and that
sort OF rot. II is difficult TO get clean
shot at him.
s pose you wound him?'
If he's bleeding it's simple 10 track
him. the other elucidated.
DO you mean 70 tell me- cried Nix.
emphasizing each work with a jerk OF
the head that you'd get out of the
tree and 90 after him-after a wounded
tiger?"
Certainly" replied Seymour. with a
puzzled look. -One wouldn't lose him, IL
one could avoid Il, would one, nOwZ"
We'll, / would" asseverated Nix. I'd
lose him just as far as I could. tool I'm
not looking for a speedy and dismal fin-
ish, I'd rather 80 70 sleep on a railroad
track"
"Oh. there's really no danger" Sey-
mour assured him. You see, one knows
what a tiger win do"
What viii he dO2"
Hen wait for you" Seymour declared.
You say that's not dangerous de-
manded Mix with emphasis Amusement
was combined with the puzzled expression
OF his face.
IF there is any danger" my friend re-
turned. 'its so slight as to amount 10
practically nothing. You see, one can al
ways count on tiger
Well, said Mix eagerly, he waits for
yOu-What next"
There's really nothing more 20 It." said
Seymour. You come up and he crouches
and springs-rOars. yknOw-
''Yes?"
Then you merely pot him"
As we str0lled up Broadway a few
moments later Seymour turned 10 me.
"Dem'd remarkable chap. Mix" he said
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
CARRYING NEWSPAPERS.
Old Ways and New COntrasted by
an OIdtIme Route boy.

an OIdtime Route Boy
From the Boston Herald.
who would have thought fifty years
ago. said a man who dates back TO a
still more ancient period, that the manu-
facture Of handcarts could in any meas
ure ever depend on the selling and
delivering Of newspapers?
Every grocer has a handcart as do
many butchers and fruit dealers and men
in other trades-smaH dealers, maybe.
or dealers who use handcarts. as well
as horses and wagons; but who would
ever have thought Of a newsdealer using
a handcart IN his business And yet
there are lots OF neWsdealeTS who now
adays include a handcart as a regular
part OF their business equipment
I carried papers when I was a boy
a route Of a daily wspaper-delivering
papers 10 regular customers or subscih-
ers; and my papers carried in a bag
made Of ticking. with broad strap rum
ming over the shoulder. That was the
common way IN those DAYS. and then
when the papers 10 be delivered on my
route had so increased IN number that
the bag got 20 be pretty bulky and heavy.
/ got another bag and divided them.
carrying these two bags. one on each
side, with the strap over the opposite
shoulder
And that seemed TO me then about
the limit Of possibilities in the way Of
the personal delivery Of newspapers
But that only shows how blind and
limited and narrow in our ways OF doing
things We we're in those days. We do
everything on a broader scale NOWADAYS.
Now IL Is the cOunmonest thing ia the
world 20 meet IN the streets boys. OF as
likely as not men. delivering papers. the
Sunday papers. from a handcart: for the
Sunday papers for a route OF any extent
would now make bundle Of such size
and weight that no carrier could carry
H. So now in the residence districts
early of a Sunday morning you might
meet IN almost any block a newspaper
carrier with handcart delivering papers.
end this 20 he sure has been so for some
little time; but IL stil makes me smile
every time I meet one, / have a pro-
fessional interest.
I used 20 carry papers IN a ticking
bag siung over my shoulder and when
came 20 a house where I left a paper
j would pull il out Of the bag ard sling
il into the doorway and keep steadily
on, never stopping The news carrier
that ] meet on Sunday mornings now
comes with a handcart which he hslrS
on the sidewalk. say. in front OF some
apartment house and then he gets out
OF the cart for this one house a bunch
OF papers as big and as heavy as / once
carried IN my whole load. and he doesn't
toss. but he carries that bundle I'm. and
then he comes out and starts on again
with his handcart"
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FRENCH WOMAN'S GOSPEL OF LOVE

Why should we relegate into dark cor
ners. as though II were something 10 be
ashamed Of, that best, most glorious
thing Of life-lovemaking2
When I say Eve" 1 except those OF my
own country. France. We French men
and women show our love hardly less
freely and exultantly than do the birds.
II is the Americans. the English. and the
Germans-in the order named-who deny
themselves most OF that delightful privi-
Iege. expressing and demonstrating open
" their love and devotion for the special
object thereof. writes Nine. de Perrot in
the New York American.
But the Englishman was not always
dull lover. When I was q girl he was
generally looked upon-at least by the
maidens OF frivolous Francois being
particularly bright and witty. In those
days however, there was less talk about
respectabuity-I do not quite know what
IS meant by this woodland romance pre-
dominated. The reverse is now the case.
Responsibility comes first. and romance
is nowhere. To is precisely this that has
brought about the change.
But the Englishman is not the only dull
lover. The German and the American are
just as dull All three nave, 50 10 speak,
slipped down the ladder together
The modern miss. with her craze for
gayety and fnery, and her Unsuitable
longing 10 be a Gertie Aullar, does not
court romance. When she has arrived at
the age at which marriages are con-
tracted. her first thought and desire is
10 Gnd q husband with money.
Brains. romance. and wit count no more.
Let a man have an income Of from $3.50
year up and. within reason, he may
marry whomsoever he chooses at a mo-
mcnts notice In other words. the mod
ern marriage is a dull commercial trag-
edy. in which. alas parents play a lead-
ing part
The present-day lover has no encOuT-
agenent but TO be duh and uninterest-
ing. Chosen merely 10 provide hons
and so much money for one who. with
the usual exceptions that prove the rule
has little respect and less love for him.
it would be something 10 be amazed at
we're We 10 find a spark Of brightness
within his soul
Indeed. I will go farther. and say his
enga cement can only be looked upon as
a severe schooling in the art Of how 20
be dun. II is rare that he finds himself
alone with his fiancee. Whether the pair
are at the theater. in the suburban lane
at the seaside, or courting the seclusion
OF some lovers nook, the young Iadys
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with him-comrades who had marched
beside him-with sore feet.
Il understand your feeling precisely"
said Seymour. real sympathy in his
voice. 4 shall never forget how I
ragged, y'know, when I saw our chaps of
for Kartoum while I was laid up with
a beastly bad knee"
Mix sat up suddenly. For whereT
he demanded.
"Kartoum' repeated Seymour.
Mr.. Seymour was in the British
army / explained.
You were2" said Mix. The express
sion in his face made me think in some
way OF a Eaudy show window when a
porter comes quite suddenly and closes
IL for the night
Couldn't afford TO keep up my COM
mission said Seymour. looking about
the room Got out y'knOw." I felt his
reticence returning as he became the
subject OF the conversation.
Mix was eyeing him in the meantime
as though 10 take fresh measure Of him.
What rank?" he demanded.
Major. -teenth Lancers," Seymour
answered But won't YOU have some
think 10 drink. Mr. Mix?"
NO. thanks. replied Mix. I suppose
you saw service?''
Some
"Where?"
"Oh." said Seymour in Iifeless voice
Egypt. Tibet India--such places"
india" exclaimed Nix. It must be
great out there He leaned toward
Seymour. with elbows on the tables.
What's IL like?"
Ny friend looked taken back at this
large order. oh" ne began vaguely.
'Dem'd big place, yknow. Natives
caste-hunting-all that sort of thing
I been reading Kipling," said Nix.
/ Would you say he gave a good idea Of
the Hfe?''
splendid said Seymour. jumping eag-
erly AT this lOophOie- You read Kiplinp
that's the way. he knows about il"
Good hunting" suggested Mix He
was picking my pecan with that vigor ne
had Just been boasting.
A"Quail 10 elephants said Seymour.
Elephants Have you ever"
NO. no." interrupted the Briton hast
ily Never got an elephant" Gle did
not mention that an elephant had almost
gotten him.
Tigers" Mix suggested
Full Of them"
Ever hunted emE
oh. yes; all the chaps 90. y'knOw'
Get any?''
a few"
Nix regarded Seymour for a moment.
II struck me that he was trying 10 under
stand a man who'd done these things
and failed to advertise them in the
street cars.
How do you hunt tigers2'' he asked at
last.
I should recommend a dOuble-barreled
four-ffty express rifle"
Il mean how do they do it?'' said Mix.
From elephants. don't they2"
That is in the big tiger hunts" said
Seymour. Rather dull sport. y'knOw."
Dull? echoed Mix IN asJOnishluent.
1t doesn't look so darn dull in pictures
tigers climbing right up the side Of the
elephants
''one couldn't miss EN- at that range,
could one, now?'
oh" said Nix, blsnkIy. Then; How
else do they hunt 'em2"
First or, said Seymour. your shi-
kari-native hunter chap. yknOw-he tells
where there is one"
How does he get the tip2'
a goat or man disappears from the
village" said Seymour sThe shikari
looks for tracks and finds where the
tiger takes water Then you go out In
the jungle-moonlight and that sort Of
thing. y'know-and get up a tree, where
the tiger may pass, and there you roost.
II makes one quite stiff
Nix was gazing al my friend. fasci-
mated. Now he nodded eagerly.
Then, Seymour continued, in his mat
ter-of-faet voice, IF luck's with you, he
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
GeOrEian's Catch OF 500 Fish.

Roberta cl-cslondenoe Atlanta Conztit-tiau-
The largest catch OF fish yet recorded
is that which is reported here 70 have
been made by SID Phelan. jr., q Atlanta,
On his fathers plantation near here on
Saturday. when $50 fish were caught a.
one time
The Phelan plantation IS located on the
Flint River. and there are a number OF
pools near by. caused from the recent
heavy rains and rapid rise OF the river.
on Saturday Nr. Phelan saw what ap-
peared 10 be a school Of fish in one OF
these ponds. he examined and found
that This was true and that the fish were
being herded. as IL were. by large
snake. which was swimming around
them lie got a bucket and let II down
into the pond where they were the thick
est, and when he pulled Il I'd the bucket
was fun OF FISH. There were over so.
each about an inch OF so long.
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odd Recovery of rape Measure.

odd Recovery OF n Tape Measure.
From the Pan Mau Gazette.
The explorers We're sitting. one on each
side Of the president. when Dr.. stein
produced from his waistcoat pocket
small spring tape measure IN tiny
aluminium drum. 1T IS a very curious
thing" said Dr. Stein. but in 1905 when
1 was in Eastern Tibet. I picked up this
measure at the foot of an old ruin. I
have carried il ever since and use It con-
stanuy"
DR.. Sven Hedin took the measure in
his hard. This is mine" he said at
once. Z lost il n Tibet in 1901. and he
named the spot where he believed he
had dropped it. with the number Of miles
II was distant from a certain great lake.
This proved 10 be the spot where IL was
found.
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New Kind OF Belt.

trnz1 tha Philadelphia Tl1lca
The "disappearing" belt which IS a fes-
ture OF spring costumes may appear only
across the back or the front. or il may
disappear many times. being woven n
and out Of ira material all the way
around
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- - - Rutton..

Fr1E tie Philscelrlia TINES
In ironing the plait o. the hack OF
shirt waist, on which the tiny buttons
are sewed, try laying Il on flannel or
Turkish towel as you do embroidery
The buttons sink in and the material
IS ironed.
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Why. d'y know. il would absolutely
terrify me 10 90 before a board Of direc-
tors like that.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
sri OASTED CHIVALRY or THE AMERICAN MA
|IN AND THE COLD FACTS %

at night There is nothing very ehivalrc about
that but there are many women who can give testi-
mony that it is all true.
There are some men who think they should go N
the class with philanthroPsts because they send
their wives and children in the country during the
summer months They remain in the city, go to the
roof gardens and seashore and while attending to
business have good time
When they write to their wives does any one be-
lieve they write the same kind Of letters they did
before they were married? Those the letters
in which he used write the very spirit Of chivary
but now he dictates them to the stenographer and
he does not go very far with them, he hopes the
stenographer will accept his invitation to to din
ner He sends the check regularly enough, and he
wants his wife to dress as we'll any woman at
the place where she is but that is far he ever
goes on the chivary business.
You can trust an American to be the most
considerate person earth toward women II there
is good gallery watch him 1t makes no dit-
ference how much it costs if there are enough per
sons around to cheer for him. Before he is married
and his friends and her friends watching, he is
the personihcation of consideration, not alone
toward the one woman but toward all; after he IS
married he is somewhat different
After all is said and done, perhaps the American
man is the best just he is, and the woman would
have him other way. He treats her as his equal
in most everything and if it for the terrible
toasts the women in fulsome words would do little
harm.
1t at all likely the fiction that he is the last
word in chivalrous thoughts and deeds harms any
one not even himself 1t is certain that the Ameri
can woman, compared with those of any other cOun-
try gets all that is coming to her in every way. 1t
is lust as certain that she gets it because she de-
mands and insists having it rather than because
there is any Unborn consideration for her by men.
1t has been going on this way for a long time, and
will probably continue. The American man will con-
nue to issue handbills and do his press agent stunt
on what considerate person he Is, and the Amer
lean woman will in her heart of hearts know that IN
that one respect, at least, he is four Ausher and
dissembler but inasmuch she is getting what she
wants. or most everything she wants, she VIII let
him continue in his hgurative exercise OF going into
the handbal court and throwing bouquets in the air
and letting them fall back his manly chest.
1t does not do the any harm and it does
. him lot OF good.