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Booster With Ready wit.

Billy stecher. a well known horseman and
politician, who lives at Riverside, n. j., told
a little story at the Turngemeinde hall at
that place the other evening which demon
strates that you can't back real estate
boomer into corner and. keep him there.
Some time ago. Billy said, friend Of his
went to California on JOY jaunt and
hardly had his hoofs landed on the station
platform of one OF the towns in the south
ern section OF the state before a real estate
boomer began to chirp to him about the
beauty of the earth, the glory of the clouds
and the health-givlng ingredients OF the
ozone. On the latter he was particularly
strong and told how doctors who had gone
out there had starved to death. while the
undertakers were compelled 10 grow oranges
TO supply their daily bread.
For two hours the California man pumped
it into the easterner, and in the meantime
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The People swarm.

1t is also a world from the standpoint of
humanity. 1t is one of the most crowded
parts Of the globe. 1t has three times as
many people as the United States and
farming localities where there are more
than one man to the acre.
Altogether India has more towns and
villages than there are people in Boston,
Baltimore or ST. Louis, and 1t has cities
of large size the names of which we hardly
know. The greater Calcutta, including the
suburbs and nearby towns, is as large as
greater Chicago. Bombay Is bigger than
Boston, and Madras equals Cleveland in
size The population is rapidly growing.
1t has increased 600OO.OOO within the i--st
thirty years, and Is now S0OooO.Oo0 all told.
India is not like China, In that It is made
up OF one race OF the same color and fea-
lures, with the same language, religion
and customs. 1t is composed of a score OF
nationalities and OF so many religions and
castles that they can hardly be numbered
There are tribes here which look like our
American Indians, others which resemble
Chinese, scattering places where the people
have blue eyes and brown hair, and many
localities where their skins are as black
as a negro's. There are more races in
Hindustan than on the continent of Europe
and as to tongues there are something like
100 different dialects. and languages are
spoken by millions which are not under
stood by the others.
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[E8'

lent firth and is likely to stir up the
world. The British have kept this country
dead quiet for the last fifty years. They
have inclosed 1t in network of railroads,
watered its deserts with irrigating canals,
lowered its taxes and made two blades of
grass grow where one grew before. They
have brought order out of chaos and peace
out of discord. They have begun to make
men out of those who when they took
hold of the country few generations ago,
were but little better than beasts. They
have given them schools and stirred them
up to think and plan for themselves, and
now the Indians are ready to bite the hands
that have helped them. This is one phase
of the great unrest which 1 have come to
describe.
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Hiring n servant.

I hired this servant two days after
landed in Calcutta. Indeed, I was forced
to do 80, not only on account of my need
of him, but rather Of his need for me-
The moment our ship came to anchor in
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A Land OF MANY Gods.


AS to religions. India has more strange
gods than any continent upon earth. There
is no place where the faith Of the people
so varies and none where mans belief
means more to himself and his family.
The religions are so strange that a book as
big as a 81 Bible might be written about
them and not tell II all. India has 200, 600 900
Hlndoos divided up into castles, many Of
which number millions. 1t has more Mo-
hammedans than the sultan OF Turkey has
subjects. and about 100000 Buddhists.
In addition to this there are several mill
lion Sikhs, more than 100000 jams and in
the neighborhood OF 100000 Parsees who be-
lieve In the faith OF Zoroaster worshiping
fire. There are among the aborlgines OF
as Anfnists. TO the number of 100000 and
more They believe in spirits and witch
craft and offer bloody sacrifices to their
devil-like gods. There are also 1900 Jews
and 100000 Christians OF various sects. II
surprises me to find so many Christians in
India, They are mostly Roman Catholics
and HISTORIANS. although there are Metho-
dists. Baptists. Presbyterians and other
branches OF the Protestant faith. see that
Bishop Thoburn says that there are now
about 100000 native Protestant Christians
and that the Christian population has in
creased $4,000 In the space OF ten years.
Our missionaries are alive and they are
doing great good.
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Dali PoCrI OF GOVERNMENT House CALCUTTA

ALCUTTA.-(Spsclal Correspond
ence Of The Bee.)-I am In Cal
crtta, the eastern gateway OF
the empire OF India. the front
doorstep Of THE, home of one
\ fifth of mankind. II is a turhu-
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where the buttons Were Found.

The wife OF a clergyman Of certain sub
urban parish was mending clothes the other
day when a visitor was announced. The
hostess went on with her sewing for the
caller was a well-known parishoner. After
awhile The visitor glanced toward the sew
ing table and exclaimed;
why, there are some buttons exactly
like some my husband had on his last
winter suit. They are an odd kind of but
ton. too. Where did you get then?'
The elergyman's wife smiled roguishly.
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From Burma to India.
1 came here from Rangoon on a Brit
ish India steamer. The ship was one OF
1000 tons, with English officers and Hin
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The Touch Effective.

1.-The young wife of Philadelphia man,
who is not especially sweet-tempered, one
day approached her lord, touching the mat
ter Of 500 or So" said George +. Bender OF
Philadelphia.
I'D like to let you have it, my dear,
began the husband, but the fact is, l
haven't that amount TO spare, inasmuch
as / must take up a note for $500 this after
noon.
''''oh, very well. James, said the wife
with calmness. If you think the man who
holds the note can make things any hotter
for you than 1 can, why do as you say
She got the money. "-PhiladelDhia Times.
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II lunched with Winston Churchill in
London" said journalist. during his re-
markable campaign. This brilliant young
cabinet minister with his American blood
through his mother and his ducal blood
through his father, praised American jour
.nalsts
He gave me an example Of our perse-
Verance. Not less than forty-seven Ameri-
can correspondents called on him at the
Board of Trade offices for an interview
one week on the American tariff, and as
none of them had sufficiently good ere
dentials he refused to see them.
FINALLY a correspondent came with a
letter from Mr.. Lloyd-George, and him
Mr.. Churchill saw gladly.
=" DO YOU know he said to the young
man, that l have refused TO see forty
seven of your compatriots on this very
subjectg
~ ought to know it, the correspondent
answered, for I'm the whole forty
seven "-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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A City OF Palaces.
Calcutta Is one OF the ehief seats OF the
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In Mourning.

Robert Goelet, during the Easter parade
in Fifth avenue, stood in conversation with
a group of friends when lady in a beau
tiful gown passed.
why, there goes Mrs. X" said young
matron. she was gray last year, and
now her hair is as black as jet!'
Mr. Goelet buttoning his smart morn
ing coat, answered with a smile:
Well you know, she has recently be-
come a widow"
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A Confession.


Lord Kitchener had determined to avoid
all public functions during his trip across
the country He yielded, however, to the in
sstent demand that he attend banquet in
honor of Rear Admiral Sebree in San Fran
cisco. In modest after-dinner speech he
praised the career OF the admiral
Because 1t was a naval banquet the talk
naturally. turned to the sea and sailors.
sailors as a class" said Lord kitch-
ener, have very keen sense of humor.
remember a story of sailor, Just back
from SIX months cruise. The young man
had been celebrating his return to land all
evening in various public houses. Emerg-
ing from the last bar, little unsteady but
very jovial he danced along the street
waving bottle OF stout.
For a sailor he said to his companions,
It is disgraceful what am going to say,
but Il is the TRUTH have horror OF
water San Francisco Call.
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'In the collection basket" she answered,
quietly II found a good many of the same
kind. l am saving them up for possible
use" Baltimore American.
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Quiry: What would you do II the kaiser
commanded you to shoot tina burgomaster"
II would shoot him." said the soldier.
"So".exclaimed DIR. Lusger and what Is
your relgion?"
II am a Protestant"
DR.. Lueger spoke to the second soldier.
What would you do if the kaiser COM
handed you to shoot the burgomaster?'
Then l would shoot him." said the SOL
der.
And what is your religion?"
II am Catholic"
The burgomaster turned to the third SOL
der.
Would you have shot me If the kaiser
commanded you to do so?"
NO." said the soldier,
And what is your religion?'
II am a jew" he answered.
'Whatr exclaimed the burgomaster. do
you not know that l am the greatest anti
Semitic in Austria? Tell me, why would
you not have shot me?''
Because l have no rifle; am the drum
mer OF the regiment. Chronicle.
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"UncIe Joe'' Praises a Doctor.

"UncIt JOt'' FfHAHtb n UUNIUE'
Speaker Cannon at dinner in Washing
ton, praised a Washington physician.
THE doctor has a neat way" he said of
hitting off case.
There was Kentucklan-from the blue
grass region, you know-who called to be
treated for red nose.
.Doctuh. the Kentuckian said, what
shall / take. sub, to remove the redness OF
NAH nose?'
Take nothing especially between
meals" the doctor answered."-St Louis
Globe-Democrat
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Worse Than Pessimism

Worse Than Pesstmism.
Andrew Carnegie, at a dinner in Wash
ington, deplored the worlds excessive
ornaments
IAN these billions wasted on battleships,"
he said, ARE declared TO do good in pro-
viding work, in creating prosperity. That is
a shallow and false optimism.
That. in fact. reminds me of the man
who said, when his wages were cut down:
well there's one comfort. When Pm
laid up sick l won't lose as much money
as l used to- detroit Free Press.
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which grew denser at the far end
of the room. was a squat. globu-
lar object. a massive, smooth-sid-
ed. black. threatening thing Of
iron.
One OF the men glanced at his
watch-it was just two o'clock
then rose and took position be-
side the table, facing the semi
circle. He placed the timepiece
on the table in front of him.
Gentlemen" he said. and there
was the faintest trace of a foreign
accent, II shall speak English
because I know that whatever
your nationality all of you are IA
miliar with that tongue. And now
an apology for the thetric aspect
of all this--the masks. the time
and place of meeting. and the rest
of it." He paused a moment.
There is only one person living
who knows the name and position
of all OF you," and by a sweep of
his hand he indicated the motion
less figure of the woman. st was
by her decision that masks are
worn, for. while we all know the
details of the Latin compact,
there is a bare chance that some
one will not sign, and 1t is not de-
sirable that the identity OF that
person be known to all of us. The
reason for the selection of this
time and place is obvious, for an
inkling of the proposed signing
has reached the Secret Service. /
will add the United States was
chosen as the birthplace of this
new epoch in history for several
reasons, one being the proximity
to Central and South America;
and another the inadequate police
system which enables greater free
dom of action"
He stopped and drew from his
pocket folded parchment. He
tapped the tips of his fingers
with 1t from time to time as he
talked.
CONTINUED Monday
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CLOSE
UNTIL TUESDAY

Better get a pretty good supply
of foodstuffs on hand today, for
the grocery stores will not be open
again until next Tuesday. The
grocers have decided to close up
Decoration day.
The public market on De street
will. be open until noon. but
will close In the afternoon.
The postoffice will make one
delivery and the general delivery
and stamp windows will be open
only from Q until 10 o'clock.
All city and county offices and
banks will be closed and most OF
the business houses will lock their
doors.
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I'm fHE SPOTLIGHT
g LTEEkI17
ACTRESSES ARE MAKING BIG
FAMILIES FASHIONABLE AGAIN
--sAYS JULIE OPP FAvERsHAM

what I owed my superb figure.
replied, To my three boys. And
that is literally true. l have grown
ever so much more 1.-THE and
graceful since they were born. All
actresses realize what say Is true
and to see this all one has to dc
is to look around and see how our
actresses are setting the fashion OF
raising families"
What Miss Opp says seems to be
true. For instance, Ethel Barry
more, that perennially youthful
actress, is the mother of a six
month-old baby, named Russell
Colt for his father. And Lillian
Albertson, the actress who created
the leading part in Paid In Full, -
is also the mother of a half year
old child.
Nine. Louise Homer, the famous
grand opera singer, is the mother
of twins that are just two years
old. Besides she has daughter
Louise, who is fourteen, aud a
seven-year-old son, Sidney, nared
after his father, the comp se-.
Then there is Mrs. Geo. Cohan
who is the omther of a young heir
to the Cohan millions. Also there
is Nine. Summarizing, who is
the mother of 10 children, and
who says she would be just twice
as happy If she had 10 more!
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concluding that further inaction
was useless, when his straining
ears caught the faint grating OF
metal against metal--perhaps the
insertion of a key in the lock. His
hands grew still; his eyes closed.
IAnd after moment a door creak-
ed slightly on its hinges and a
breath OF cool air informed Mr..
Grimm that that open door. wher-
ever it was. led to the outside,
and freedom.
There was another faint creak-
ing as the door was shut Mr..
lGrimm's nerveless hands closed
involuntarily, and his lips were
set together tightly. Was it to be
a knife thrust in the dark? If not
then what? He expected the
flare of a match; instead there
was a soft tread and the rustic
of skirts. A woman! Mr..
lGrimm's caution was all but for
gotten in his surprise. AS the
lnbVpo uiSW hCdiCt LIS NiChthSu
fingers loosened; he waited.
Two hands stretched forward
In the dark, touched him stimuli
taneously--one on the face. one
on the breast. A singular thrill
shot through him, but there was
not the flicker of an eye or the
twitching of finger. The wom-
an-it was commissioned now
to be bending over him. then lie
heard her drop on her knees be-
side him. and she pressed an in
quiring ear to his left side. 1t
was the heart test.
Thank God!" she breathed
softly.
1t was only by a masterful eff.
fort that Mr.. Grimm held himself
limp and inert, for a strange fra
GRANGE was enveloping him--a
fragrance he we'll knew.
The hands were fumbling al
his breast again, and there was
the sharp crackle of paper. Al
first he didn't understand, then
he knew that the woman had
pinned a paper to the lapel of his
coat. Finally she Strengthened
up, and took two steps away from
him, after which came a pause
His keenly attuned ears caught
her faint breathing, then the rus
tie of her skirts as she turned
back. She was leaning over him
again-her lips touched his fore,
head, barely; again there was 6
quick rustling of skirts, the dool
Icreaked, and-silence, deep. OPP
Ipressive, overwhelming silence.
Isabel! Was he dreaming? And
then he ceased wondering and fel
to remembering her kiss-light az
air-and the softly Spoken
Thank God!" She did care
then! She had understood, tina
day!
The kiss of a woman beloved !.
Ia splendid heart tonic. Mr.. Grimm
lSLl diSutcucu up ouuuSuIy Oh lut
couch, himself again. He touched
the slip of paper which she had
Ipinned to his coat to make sure
lit was not all a dream, after which
he recalled the fact that while he
had heard the door creak before
she went out he had not heard
lit creak afterward. Therefore
the door was open. She had left
it open. Purposely? That was
beside the question at the moment
And why-how--was she in
washington? Pondering that
Question, Mr.. Grimm's excellent
teeth clicked sharply together and
he rose. He knew the answer
The compact was to be signed
the alliance which would array
the civilized world in arms. He
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81 predict that large families
will be fashionable within ten
years throughout the United
States, and that all talk o. race
suicide will have subsidized. And
all this will be accomplished MT
by Roosevelt and tho LECTURERS,
but by the actresses of the stage.
So speaks Julie Opp, famous
actress and wife of VIM. Faver-
sham, her actor-husband. And
here Is what Miss Opp has to say
ION the subject:
"There is absolutely no doubt
that actresses set the styles for
almost everything in America.
Clothes, manners and amusements
are all determined by how they
dress, how they talk and what
they do for recreation. A wom-
an star is abjectly followed by her
admirers. Consider the Billy
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SCHOOLS WILL
HAVE PROGRAMS

Memorial day will be celebrated
in the Tacoma schools with special
programs BETTING the occasion.
Sherman school has arranged pro-
grams for each grade with the
singing Of patriotic songs and flag
drills and declamations and read
ings.
Other schools win also take
part in the general observance OF
the day.
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XXI
A Slip of Paper.

| hOh thG ISL Va tSt1A .e~@6
consciousness finally pierced the
black .lethargy that enshrouded
him, Mr.. Grimm's mind was q
chaos of yagrant, absurd fan
tastes; then slowly. slowly, reali-
zation struggled back to its own,
and he came to know things. First
was the knowledge that he was
lying flat on his back, on a couch,
it seemed; then, that he was in
the dark-an utter, abject dark
ness. And finally came an over.
whelming sense of silence.
For a while he lay motionless,
with not even the movement of an
eye-lash to indicate conscious
ness, wrapped in a delicious
languor. Gradually this passed
and the feeble flutter of his heart
grew into a steady, rhythmic beat.
The keen brain was awakening
he was beginning to remember,
What had happened? He knew
only that in some manner a drug
had been administered to him, a
bitter dose tasting of opium; that
speechlessly, he had fought
against 1t, that he had risen from
the table in the restaurant, and
hat he had fallen. All the rest
was blank.
With eyes still closed. and
Inerveless hands inert at his sides
he listened, the while he turned
the situation over in speculative
mood. The waiter had admins
tered the drug, of course. unless
unless it had been the courte-
GUS stranger who had replaced
the newspaper on the table! That
thought opened new fields OF
conjecture. Mr.. Grimm had nc
recollection Of ever having seen
him before; and he had paid only
the enforced attention of polite
ness to him. And why had the
drug been administered? Vague
.ly, incoherently, Mr.. Grimm mag
ined that in some way 1t had to dc
with the great international plot
of war in which Miss Thorne was
so delicate and vital an instru.
ment.
Where was he? Conjecture
stopped there. Evidently he was
where the courteous gentleman
in the restaurant wanted him tc
be. A prisoner? Probably. In
danger? Long, careful attention
to detail work in the Secret Ser.
vice had convinced Mr.. Grimm
that he was always in danger
That was one erason-and the
best-why he had lain motion
less, without so much as lifting
finger, since that first glimmel
of consciousness had entered 'hfs
brain. He was probably under
scrutiny, even in the darkness
and for the present 1t was. desir'
able to accommodate any chance
watcher by remaining apparently
Unconscious.
| And so for a long time he lay
listening. Was there another per
son in the room? Mr.. Grimm's
ears were keenly alive for the in.
advertent shuffling of a foot; OF
the sound of breathing. Nothing
Even the night roar of the city
was missing; the silence was op.
pressive. At last he opened his
eyes. A pail of gloom encom.
passed him--a pail without one
rift of light. His fingers slowly
explored the limits of the couch
wherein he lay.
Confident, at last, that wher-
ever he was, he was unmatched,
Mr.. Grimm was on the point OF
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AT THE PANTAGEs.

The Pantages next week will
have the big bill that made a hit
in Seattle two weeks ago, headed
by the famous European acrobats
June McCree's slang classic,
THE Man From Denver" will be
another feature, while Charles
Harris will make laughs for any
body. He was here last in '"The
Top of the World" and made a
big hit.
Leye and Benjamin will do bas-
ket jumping and acrobatic feats
and Lewis and Lloyd will show
in song and dance numbers. The
Dumond trio will furnish good
music In the musical feature of
the bill.
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Budke ours, the Elsie Janis coed
dress, not to mention countless
similar fads.
"And now actresses are begin
ming to be mothers again. They
have given up the idea of not
having families as the actresses
of the past generation did. They
are doing this because they realize
that it is natures decree that
women should bear children and
unless nature is obeyed nothing
| ia right.
"There is nothing that will
keep a woman beautiful if she de-
| flies natural laws. To be beauti-
full, a woman must be healthy
and to be healthy she must live
sane, moral life. And the
sane, moral life for a woman is
ito be the mother of a big family.
Someone recently asked me to
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AT THE TACOMA.
Big Attractions Coming.


During June and July number
OF big attractions will appear at
the Tacoma theater, among them
being Maud Adams in What
Every Woman Knows" Henrietta
Crossman in "Anti-Matrimony,"
William Collier in "A Lucky
STAR" Margaret Anglfn In '"rhe
Awakening OF Helene Richie, "
Mrs. Fiske, Sam Bernard in "old
Dutch" Elsie Ferguson In "Such
Little Queen" Joe Weber. Max
Inc Elliott. 1.-THE Chocolate Sol
der" 1.-THE Dollar Princess and
several others.
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mands OF the public has come up
to position of prominence in the
stock world.
"Bohemian Girl"

The National Opera company
which recently appeared at the
new ALEXANDRIA theater in Seattle
will appear for one night Friday
night at the Tacoma theater In
1.-The Bohemian Girl" This is
one OF the most tuneful of the
light operas and in the cast are
ONE splendid singers.
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AT THE GRAND.

The Grand win this week pre-
sent the famous equestrian queen,
MN. Redini. with her two horses,
Don and Bealmo. They were the
sensation of the London hippo
drome. The Strength brothers in
wonderful physical feats OF mus
Gle. the Varsity Due In a college
|slat, "a pleasant Mistake" the
|Holdsworths in singing. dancing
Iaud bano features and Tome nav
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The Mack Swain Stock company
opens at the Tacoma theater to-
morrow evening for a summer en-
gagement In stock at popular
prices. est. Elmo" will be the
first weeks bill.
Swain started as barn storm
er with half dozen people a few
years ago but by diligent effort
--sa careful attention 10 tiAa DO