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Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17
MAKING TIE GARDEN READY
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spFihg Scenes at the Busy New York
Seed "Emporiums.
ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS IN IT
auburbanites Fau victims 90 Annuat
LonEing 60 Grow somethinE-
Helpful Salesman Admits He
Never HAD Garden.

NEW YORK, April lG-lf you see man
IN one Of the local trains coming from
Mount Vernon, New Rochelle Westchester.
Rye or from any one Of the hundred other
nearby towns with his head buried In
pamphlet decorated with red and yellow
posies you may know at once that you
are watching a suburban garden maker.
All winter he has cursed beneath or above
his breath, accordiDe to temperament. at
the rising bell. the necessity OF eating his
breakfast in haste and speeding through
snow and slush TO catch a certain train
and he has wondered bitterly II after all il
has paid TO give Up his cosy flat in One
Hundred and Forty-sixth street within
three blocks OF the subway to eke out
a miserable existence In a three-story villa
bought BY monthly instaIlments.
But just now ne Is not remorsing over
much. The first green thing that has
sprouted in the earth at the corner has
brought 20 him the annual message from
nature. Little by little he is forgetting
his artiflclality and becoming the primitive
being. The struggle with the soil, resulting
IN the sprouting Of one radish plant is to
him a greater victory than a successful
&oup in Wan street. lie walks about and
considers where he can best put tomato
plants and where beets, and the fact that
neighhor has purchased a new motor no
longer causes envy.
Beginning with Barclay street in New
York and extending as far south as Court
landt there are many plant and seed "em-
poriums," some OF which are largely aliur-
ing with heaps OF papier-mache fruit ana
flowers negligently placed in the big plate
glass windows. Little dishes Of seeds
usually form outlying borders and from the
sidewalk to the Interior baskets Of grains
and grasses rubber plants and Boston
ferns' pots Of flowers and perhaps tiny
globe of goldfish are the traditional adorn-
ments. Through the alleys promenades the
procession OF suburbanites with their slips
OF paper their decorated ANNALS and their
set expressions.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

Knight who was a well spring OF vitality
and high spirits. ordered a strange concoo-
tion, made OF nearly everything in the bar,
and sent it over to the detective but john
son refused it,
Il hate that kind Of person" Mcknight
said pettishy. Kind Of a fellow that
thinks you're going to poison his dog II
you offer him bone"
When We got back to the car line. with
johnson a draggled and dropping tail TO
the kite, / was in better spirits. had told
Mcknight the story OF the three hours
just after the wreck; l had not named the
girl, OF course; she had my promise Of
secrecy. But / told him everything else.
II was a relief 10 have a fresh mind on a.:
I had puzzled 50 much over the incident at
the farm house ana the necklace in the
gold bag that had lost perspective.
He had been Interested but inclined to
be amused. until I came 10 the broken
chain. Then he had whistled softly.
But there are tors of fine gold chains
made every year" he said why in the
world do you think that the-er-smeary
piece came from that necklacee''
4 had looked around. johnson was far
behind, scraping the mud Off his feet with
piece OF stick
seslskin bag" ] reminded MIN. When !
couldn't sleep that morning I thought ]
would settle Il. one way or the other. II
was hell to go along the way had been
doing. And-theres no doubt about IT,
Rich It's the same chain"
We walked along in silence until We
caught the car back TO town.
J We'll he said finally you know the
girl of course. and don't But II YOU like
lher-and ] think myself you're rather hard
hit old mani wouldn't give a whoop
about the chain ga the gold purse Its
just one Of the little condolences Uaat
hang people nov and then. And as for last
niEht--if she's the kind Of glrl YOU say
she is, and you think she had anything tc
do with that, you-you're added, that's all
You can depend on H. the lady Of the
empty house last week is the lady OF last
night. And yet your train aoquaintane'
was in Altoona at that time"
Just before We got OF the car re-
verted TO the subject again. II was never
Tar back In my mind
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17
CHAPTER XVI.
THE SHADOW OF A GIRL.

Certain things about the dinner at the
Dallas house will always be obscure to
me. Dallas was something in the Fish
commission, and I remember his reeling
off fish eggs in billions while we ate our
caviar. He had some particular stunt he
had been urging the government TO for
years-something about forbidding the es-
tablishment OF mills and factories on river
banks-it seems they kill the fish, either
the smoke. or the noise. or something they
pour into the water
Mrs, Dallas was there, I think. OF
course. ! suppose she must have been; and
there wss a woman in yellow: I took her
in to dinner and 1 remember she loosened
my clans for me so ! could get them. But
the only real person at the table was a giFl
across in white, sublimated young woman
who was as brilliant az I was stupid who
never by any chance looked directly at me-
and who appeared and disappeared across
the candles and orchids in a sort OF halo
Of radiance.
When the dinner had progressed from
salmon TO roast, and the conversation had
done the same thing-from fish 70 scandal
the yellow gown turned to me.
I'VE have been awfully good, haven't
we. Mr. Blakeley7" she asked "Althodgh
/ am crazy TO hear, / have not said wreck
once. I'm sure you must feel like a sur
vivor Of Waterloo, or something OF the
sort"
If you want me to tell you about the
wreck" said, glancing across the table.
I'm sorry to be disappointing, but don't
remember anything"
You are fortunate 70 be able TO forget
IT," It was the first word Miss West had
spoken directly to me. and it went to my
head.
There are some things have not for
gotten" said, over the candles. Il recall
coming 10 myself some time after and that
a girl. beautiful girl"
"AhF' said the lady in yellow. leaning
forward breathlessly. Miss West was star
ing at me cOldly, but once started. ! had
70 stumble on.
That a girl was trying TO rouse me, and
that she told ne I had been on fire twice
already" A shuddsr went around the
table
But surely that isn't the end Of the
story" Mrs. Dallas put IN sggrievedly.
Why that's the most tantalising thing
ever heard"
Tn afraid that's ALL" I said. she
went her way and / went mine. II she
recalls me At all she probably thinks OF
me az a weak-kneed Individual who faints
like woman when everything is over"
What did / tell your" Mrs Dallas as
serted trlumphsntly. He tainted. did you
hear2 when everything was over, He
hasn't begun 10 tell e."
] would have given 9 lot by that time II
1 had not mentioned the girl hut Nc
knight took Il up there and carried IL On.
CTo Be continusd)
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17
Copyright. 1910. by Bobbs-Merrill Co.
CHATTER xV-COntinued.

1t had rained in the early morning. ana
AIRS Klopton predicted more showers In
'xaet so firm was her belief and so de-
termined her eye that / took the umbrella
she proffered me,
Never mind said. we can leave II
next door; have a story 70 tell you,
Richey. and it requires proper setting"
Mcknight was puzzled. but he followed
9ne obediently around 10 the kitchen en-
trance OF the empty house IL was un-
locked, as I had expected. While we
climbed 10 the upper floor retailed the
events OF the previous night
'Its the finest thing 7 ever heard Of
Mcknight said, staring a. the ladder and
She trap. what vaudeville sklt n would
make. Only you ought not to have put
your foot on her hand. They dont do Il In
the best circles"
] wheeled on him impatiently.
You don't understand the situation at
ALL Rieheyl" ! exclaimed. what would
you say II tell you It was the hand OF a
isdy2 It was covered with rings"
a LADY," he repeated Why. ia say
It was darned compromising situation.
and that the less you say Of Il the better.
Look here. Lawrence I think you dreamed
e. You've been IN the house too much. I
she escaped through this door. l sup
pose ! said as patiently as ] could "Evi-
cenuy down the back staircase. We might
a. well so down that way"
According 10 the best precedents in
these affairs, We should find a glove about
here" he said as We started down. hut he
was more Impressed than ne cared to own
He examined the dusty steps carefully
and once, when biz OF loose plaster ZEN
Just behind him. he started like a nervous
woman
what ] don't understand is why YOU
lei her so he said Stopping once. puz-
Eled. You're not usually quixotie."
when We set out into the country
Richey." ! replied gravely II am going q
tell you another story, and II you dom
tell me I'm a fool and a craven on th'
strength Of IT, you are no friend Of mine
We stumbled thfeggh the twilight Gf th'
staircase into the biackness or the shut
tered kitchen. The house had the moldl
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

out card that said eight. wild shouts
Of glee by the audience. The fools" !
muttered.
After a little l glanced over Mrs. Dali
las was talking to Mcknight but she was
looking straight at me. She was flushed,
but more calm than I, and she did not
bow. ] fumbled for my hat, but the next
moment I saw that they were going, and 1
sat still When Mcknight came back he
was triumphant
"rve made an engagement for you" he
said. Mrs. Dallas asked me 20 bring you
TO dinner tonight. and 1 said I knew you
would fall all over yourself to go. You
are requested TO bring along the broken
arm, and any other souvenirs Of the wreck
that you possess"
"rll DO nothing OF the sort" 1 declared,
struggling against my inclination. Il can't
even tie my necktie, and I have to have
my food cut for me"
''oh, that's all right" he said easily.
TN send stogie over to fix you up and
Mrs. Dal knows ali about the arm. I told
her"
(stogie is his japanese faototum. so
called because he is lean, yellowish brown
In color. and because he claims TO have
been shipped into this country in a box)
The einnematograph was finishing the
program The house was dark and the
music had stopped, as II does in the cir
Gus just before somebody risks his neck
at so much a neck in the dip Of death, Or
the hundred-foOt dive. Then, with a sort
Of shock. saw on the white curtain the
announcement:
THE NEXT PICTURE
is the doomed Washington Filler.
taken a short distance from tho
scene OF the wreck on the fatal
morning OF September 10 Two miles
farther on Il met with almost com
| plete annihilation.
! confess to a return OF some OF the sick
ening sensations Of the wreck people
around me were leaning forward with tense
faces. Then the letters we're gone. and
saw q long level stretch OF track, even the
broken stone between the ties standing
out distinctly. Ear off under a cloud Of
smoke a small object was rushing toward
US and growing larger as It came.
Now Il was on us a mammoth IN size.
with huge drivers and colossal tender,
The engine leRped aside as n just In time
to save as from destruction with a glimpse
Of STOPPING fireman and grimy engi-
neer. The long train OF sleepers followed.
From a forward vestibule a porter in a
NAAAAF Neek MgNpu AAH MANU- AhN AEoA VI
the cars seemed still wrapped In slumbsr.
With mixed sensations ] saw my own car,
Ontario, ny past and then I rose TO my
feet and gripped McKhights shoulder
On the lowest step Of the last car one
foot hanging free. Was a man. His black
derby hat was pulled well down 10 keep Il
from blowing away and his coat was fly
ing open 10 the wind He was swung we'll
out from the car, his free hand gripping a
small valise. every muscle tense for a
jump
Good God, that's my mani ] said
hoarsely, a. the audience broke into ap-
plause Mcknight half rose: IN his seat
ahead Johnson stifled a yawn and turned
TO eye me
1 dropped into my chair Imply. and tried
20 control my excitement The man on
the last platform Of tie train" said
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

Johnson. In the meantime, even IL It was
for the last time 1 would see her that
night. / gave Stogie a note for Mrs. Klop-
ton. and with my dinner clothes there
came back the gold bag. wrapped in tissue
paper,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-21

to the great mass of the people through
whom eventually Russian progress Is 10
be scored. But it is to be recalled tnat
these writings founded a literature OF re-
form which may ultimately have their
influence at both ends of the social line.
The chief need of Russia today is educa-
ton. The already educated CLASSES are
mainly advocates Of progress. The pohti-
caiIy and financially powerful classes
need to be enlightened as to their duty
and responsibility. The people at large
must be brought out Of their darkness.
A more active element than Tolstoi was
during his years of passive protest is re-
quired to accomplish these results. Be
yond Russia Tolstoi's fame is established.
He is recognized as a man of great in
tellectual ability. an eccentric whose
career was always interesting and in
structive. Yet, after all is reckoned, 1t
seems misfortune that he chose to
isolate himself and to adopt a medium of
Intellectual activity that was of the least
value in field of such wide possibilities
for useful endeavor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-21
Tolstoi.

It will require a perspective of years
to determine the full measure of Toll
stois influence in his own land and upon
his own people in the course Of his long
continued protest against existing so~iaI
conditions. He was not, strictly speak
ing, an exponent of advancement in the
Russia Of his day. His Reputation OF
his own class and his adoption of the
simpler life OF the peasants was dramatic
and unquestiona0ly nad some eject in
arresting the attention of the more seri-
Gus members OF the nobility. But it can
not be said that 1t changed conditions
for the better II stamped him as an
exceptional man. as a sincere idealist. but
not as a practical reformer Had To.stoi
thrown himself vigorously into the move
ment for Russian regeneration. whether
no lived simply or not. he would have
accomplished more for his people tan
by his hermitlike career Of literary ac-
tivity. He exercised q duai influence. ap-
pealing to the intellectual world through
his writings and to the peasant world
through his Remuneration Of rank and
privileges. His writings were of but
slight value In Russia. inasmuch as they
were rejected by the class whose refor-
nation is chiefly essential to Russian ad-
vancement. the intrenched nobility: al
ready Endorsed before publication by the
Intellectual ref6rmers, and uniutelligible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-21
The Supreme Court.

MIR. Justice Moody's resignation having
become operative, there are now two
vacancies on the Supreme bench. While
much interest attaches to the subject,
wide confidence exists that the President
will fill the places TO the general adj
vantage. The two appointments he has
already made to the court show how
profoundly he appreciates his responsible
lty in the premises, and also how excel
lent his Judgment is in appraising men,
Ders of the profession to which he him.
self belongs. The two names when an
nounced will divide public attention with
the annual message to Congress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-21
French Temperament" Again.

The assault committed on Premier
BRAND in Paris yesterday was charac-
tsristic of the antagonisms against the
government of that country. young
fanatic, an adherent of the royalist ele-
rnent In France, rushed upon NJ. BRAND
as he was waking with the president OF
the republic aud struck lin with both
fists in the face. His assault was not
serious. II was a demonstration rather
than an attack. There wa No suggestion
of an intent TO kill. The assaiiant after
ward declared that he had desired to
strike at the republic in tue person of
BRAND, choosing the premier instead of
the president. wnom he might as easily
have hit. A furlher note OF interest lies
In the fact that he is a member Of the
executive committee Of the 'Camelots du
Roi" an organization Of young royalists.
This society met a few hours after the
assault and unanimously elected their
valiant representative vice president of
the association In token OF sympathy and
admiration for his act. II is left to the
Imagination TO comprehend how this silly
performance can possibly advance the
royaliSt interest in France. Were IL in
any other country 1t would he calculated
to bring q movement into disrepute and
contempt. In France. however. nothing
is to be judged according to usual stand
ards. II would seem as though every
thing worked by reversal The people
are aroused to pitches of frenzy over
comparatively insignificant matters, while
the most serious conditions are accepted
by them virtually without protest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-21
Metropolitan Memories.
from the New York Herald.

There was period in the city's history.
between the panic Of 1873 and the build
ing of the noisy elevated railroads, that
still lives in the aflectionate regard OF
old New Workers.. The panic had not only
put stop to the riOtings Of the dissolute
nash age, but had completely paralyzed
every form of business activity. including
the favorite New York industry Of tear
ing down old houses and erecting new
ones on their ruins. 1t was during these
days that large part of the public went
down on it's knees before Moody and San
key in the dust and ashes OF repentance,
leaving the rest of the town to the enjoy
ment of peace and quiet. Hornblowing.
confetti throwing and feather tickling
were not practiced by adults then. The
Four Hundred had not been invented,
ard apartment houses were just comtns
into existence. The stately reserve OF
lower Fifth avenue was still unbroken,
the atmosphere of Washington square
was literary and artistic, and Union and
Madison squares had not yet been given
over to tramps and trade. AS for the
region now known as the upper West
Side, it was still pleasant. breezy coun-
try place But with the building of the
elevated roads the noise began.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-21

Massachusetts,. Michigan, Missouri, Dis
trict of Columbia, New Mexico, Okla
homa, Rhode Island, Vermont, Alabama.
Florida, New Hampshire, Maine, In
diana. They show total population of
%. 1885, 4. as against a population ten
years ago of 10. 1911 800, a gain Of 5, iO2, 279.
or 17.0S per cent. If this rate of gain Is
continued for the remainder of the states
and continental territories the total popu-
lation will he So. 1885, COS. In the decade
from 1890 to 1900 the continental gam
was 13,6Sl,137 or at the rate of 2l.Si per
cent. IF this rate should be maintained
In the present counting the 1910 popu-
lation will be shown to be % ,96S,2G0. In
order to reach this rate of gain it will
be necessary for the remaining states
and territories to score a gain of 13,273,-
$50. or at the rate of 25.2S per cent. The
unannounced totals are those of Alaska,
Arkansas, California, Colorado. North
Dakota. South Dakota, Georgia, Idaho.
Illinois, Kansas. Kentucky. Louisiana,
Maryland. Minnesota, Mississippi, Mon
tana. Nebraska, Nevada. New Jersey,
New York. North Carolina, Ohio. Oregon.
Pennsylvania, South Carolina. Tennessee.
Texas, Utah. Virginia, Washington. West
Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. These
states had a population in 1900 of 56.5O6.-
088. and in order to bring UP the ratio
Of gain to the 1890 1000 mark they must
show a population of 80. 7T9,976. They
include some of the most populous COM
monwealths in the country, and judging
from the city gains that have been scored
in them during the past decade, there is
little doubt of a much larger rate of gain
than that shown by the states already
completed and announced. The average
population In 1900 Of the states already
announced was 1,184,664, while the aver
age population in 1900 in those yet to be
announced was 1,712,305.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-21
Greatest Truths.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.

.
The great things cannot be proved. God
cannot be proved, nor can the immortal.
ity Of the soul. Argument is finite, and
the great truths are infinite. What one
believes of the infinite things one mus,
feel. This is the privilege of the soul
whose existence is the corollary OF this
feeling. The great truths of God. of i'm
mortality and of the soul are the objec.
tiyes of the intuition. or the longing. OF
the aspiration, which are above logic
reason and science, and the more they are
cultivated and strengthened, the closer
one gets to the great facts of God and
Immortality. These thoughts come to US
in noting the observation Of Mr.. Edison
who doubts if we have souls, If he could
prove the souls existence in his labora'
tory, We would have doubts. too. The
hope, the yearning of the heart, the love
of virtue, and the sacrifice are things tna'
do not get into Mr. Edison's crucib.e, and
yet they belong to the formula of truth
We don't argue with a skeptic one mln'
ute. He cannot convince US, nor We him
We love him and go our way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-21
Foss and Lodge.

Gov.-elect Foss' extraordinary success
seems to have gone to his head. How
else may be explained his pronouncement
respecting Mr.. Lodge and the senator
ship? There must be another canvass of
the state, he declares, before he will ad-
NIT Mr.. Lodges claims to consideration.
and he will inaugurate II In opposition to
the senator. He challenges the recent re-
turns affecting that office, and serves no
tice that as governor he will not sign
senatorial credentials based upon them
Mr.. Foss assumes that because tariff
revision, which he favored, was an impor-
tant issue in the campaign, and he was
elected governor by a large majority,
there could have been no proper indorse-
ment of Mr.. Lodge. who stood upon the
adequacy of the Payne law. For that
reason he wants the senatorial question
resubmitted to the people before the legis-
Iature meets, and some sort of popular
expression obtained.
And yet this matter must have been un-
derstood in the recent contest. The vot-
ers were as familiar with Mr.. Lodges
tariff record as with Mr.. Foss' change of
parties on the tariff question. Still, while
Mr.. Foss was elected governor, repub-
lican majority of the legislature was
chosen. That sort of thing has happened
before, and may happen again. The tariff
may not wholly explain the figures in
Mr.. Foss' case.
If there was crookedness in any of the
legislative contests, whereby the repub-
licans profited. the fact should be exposed.
Mr. Foss could not better employ his time
IL he has any limitations Of that kind
than by probing them to the bottom.
Likewise. If there is any reason to be-
lieve that undue pressure is meditated to
force a particular, expression as to the
senatorship when the legislature meets.
that matter should be needed and a watch
set.
But the attitude Of the governor-elect is
of q different character, and entirely new.
He challenges. not upon details, and allie
cations of fraud committed, or intended
future fraud. but upon a proposition that
the returns show inconsistency and con-
tradictiou on the part of the electorate.
He insists that the votes which decreed
necessarily democrat, but not Mr..
Lodge for senator again.
Mr.. Lodge. it is understood, is travelling
hard road. While the republicans con-
troll the legislature, not all Of them favor
the senator for reelection. A combina-
tion for his defeat has been suggested
between the democrats and these anti
Lodge republicans. viii Mr.. Foss' stand
help or hurt the senator?