The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-09-08
Millions: Of Dollars: .'.''
Spent on Vacations
SPECIAL TO THE MAIL.

lions Of dollars have been spent
solely on vacations by New Workers.
during the summer Just closing, &C
cord1ng to the calculations Of hotel
and transportation men in this city
who are today summing up the re-
suits Of the season. More than one
million dollars has been left in Eu-
ropean resorts by the Weather voy-
ayers from this island, it is estima-
ted, while hundreds Of thousands in
money have been scattered about the
summering places of almost every
neighbOring state that boasts cool
woods or\shore. In vacation trans
portaticn alone, it is shown that the
people OF this town have together
spent vast fortune. from the Fourth
or July up to the present week. In
board bills, rent and special summer
living expenses several million dol
lars more are calculated to have
been expended by the returning yaca-
tlonists. Though slim seasons are
reported from some summer resorts,
1t is known that Gotham never took
more vacation or paid better for it.
-.'-. Social Smugglers. ~.
Plotting to expose vast smuggling
frauds, which they believe are per-
petrated each fall by returning men,
bers Of the highest social set, the
Custom House authorities of this
port are today preparing to use he
roic measures in stripping and
searching everyone whom they have
reason to suspect. For months be-
fore the recent seizure of Jewels
among the Adriance party, secret ser
vice men are now known to have
been securing foreign fields Of pur-
chase, striving to unearth clues to the
widespread smuggling schemes which
they assert are entered into by ma
ny Of the most prominent people. Be-
fore the army Of foreign tourists is
finally disembarked on home soil, it
Is strongly intimated by Uncle Sans
sleuths that several society lights
may be turned low as the result Of
their activities.'
Stations Spread.
With the opening Of the second
mammoth terminal depot to connect
the heart of Manhattan Island with
the tracks of all the continent, New
Workers are today for the first time
in history seeing real railroad trains
enter the island by burrowing be-
meath the Hudson and East rivers
Close to both punches of tracks thus
tied together from every end Of the
continent, the whole web Of street
car lines Of Greater New York Is al.
ready prepared to focus and bring the
traveller from the most distant point
direct to his very doorstep. For the
same far that the railroads collect
for the last few miles of his train
journey, the arriving passenger can
soon ride over this town from end
to end from the great mouths Of the
new railroad postals to the country
PASTORS Day.
That scores of ministers in this
metropolis are paid over $1,000 a
year is an announcement OF the gov.
eminent statisticians that has to-
day surprised everyone here While
$4,000 year is paid in some cases
to spiritual shepherds Of Fifth ave
nue. flocks, the records show, salar-
les Of several thousands are not at
all uncommon, while the country s
average ministerial stipend Of $663
is here the. exception rather than the
rule. Offers Of $4,000 and even
$4,000 year have been made fof
preachers by the weather. congrega-
tons from time to time, while inves-
tigation shows that houses, horses
pensions and even automobiles are
often added to such inducements
According to this startling report
Gotham pays her spiritual advisers
better than any city in the world.
Still Striking.
No more persistent strike has ever
paralyZed any line of business here
for a longer time than that Of the
$4,000 cloakmakers who are today
threatening to drag out their fight
for some time to come. For two full
months this labor struggle has kept
the East Side in turmoil, and even
the efforts Of a dozen Of the most
accomplished arbitrators in the coun.
try have apparently failed to push il
toward settlement. AS bloodshet
and violence are breaking out con.
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