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took day To decide. during which time
each logged my footsteps. / could rot
ask for any thing, but both jumped to
get it. and when ! attempted Ia slip out
10 inquire about Thin ! found both on
guard, ready to follow me. If | asked
the hours OF meals the two answered i'll
concert, and If ] wanted hot water they
started on the dead To get il. In
deed. have been much in the same po-
sit ion as the man who was adopted by
Il dog. except tha- / was adopted by two
dogs. and both stuck to me. | have
settled the matter by paying Nund l.al "A
dollar and by appointing Wall Moham-
mcd my valet.
X
came here from Rangoon on "A Brit
fsh India steamer. The ship was one of
5000 tons, Wit. English Offices and Hin
doc sailors and walters. The cabin stew
ards We're dark-faced. heavy-bearded men
of forty, who wore black velvet caps,
white gowns which reached to their
knees and tight white cotton drawers be-
low which their black bare feet showed.
The dinner walters wore white Rengalese
hats with bands Of blu ribbon, and
their gowns We're belted i'll at the waist
with blue ropes as thick as my wrist. 1t
was hot all the way up the Bay OF Ben
gal. and the air of the salon was kept
cool by a punkah. long screen SO hung
from the ceiling that il could he drawn
back and forth. \ black Malay did the
work jerking the rope twelve pulls with
one hand and then changing and making
twelve pulls with the other. The dishes
were washed in d bucket on deck. the
plates being swabbed off with brush on
the end of a stick. and wiped by Malay
as dirty as the Indian, who did the cook
ing.
We were several days on the Bay of
Bengal. The water was indigo until we
reac hed the mouths Of the Gauges. These
extend for hundred miles up and down
the coast and they Vomit forth so mucn
silt that il turns the ocean to Cruel. l
took a bath when reached the pilot
brig, about hundred miles from Cal
cutta and upon draining the tub my
footprints were plain in the mud as
those which frightened Robinson Crusoe
on his desert island.
The silt of the Gauges is as great
that of the Nile. II is said to be five
times as much as that of the mississippi
Missouri, amounting TO hundreds of mil
lions OF tons every year. 1t builds up
great bars along the shore. and makes the
work OF plotting the ships dangerous TO
an extreme.
The pilots of Calcutta are a close cor
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large; dark eyes The little girl is charm
ing. bat looks very delicate. In fact. none
OF them have more fresh air than the
garden affords. The boys, small as they
arc. are dressed like croWU-up men. which
gives them an odd look Th" Younger
boy and the little ;;iri speak RUSSIAN, as
they have Russian nurse.
Two Russians, officer and a civilian,
are in almost constant attendance upon
the shah, who speaks their language.
Both these gentlemen have PASSED many
years in Persia and the officer helped the
cN-shah to leave his country un,uolestcd
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AH OF PERSIA LEADS LONELY LIFE AS PRISONER IN EXILE

danrer than that OF Persia he suffers
continually from malaria. but the Persian
doctor. who is attached to his suite has
hrcn recommended TO him by the new
Persian government ard although he
has. so far. failed to apply any remedies
the ex-shah doesn't dare to dismiss him
This doctor Is Il thorn in the flesh of his
royal patient. He has learned some of
the least desirable ways of European life,
and brings cafe chantant singers of both
sexes into the house. They disturb and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
The Peerless One.

LARRY IElIR. at the wedding Of
Marjorie Gould ANA \. J. DreNel
ir. praised the Young brides beauty
and elegance.
But what pleascs me most of all. said
Mr.. Lehr, is that this charming girl,
with all her millions. has married q plain
and simple American instead of some
doddcring peer.
Yes" Mr. Jehr ended. smiling. yes;
Marjorie Gould is our one peerless heir
ess, isn't She"
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drcn are with their parents They arc
Mahmud Mira tmirza simply means
PRINCE, who is five years old: Sultan
Abdul Mediid Mira three years old,
and JIadidjeh Hanem 'hanem means
princesSb, who is seven.
All three are small for their age. COM
pared with American children The elder
boy speaks only Persian and has {; rcpu-
tation for being naughty The second is
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his wives. Abdul Hamid made one OF
his brothers divorce a favorite wife be
cause he had allowed her to have her
photograph taken in a studio in Con
Stantinople.
Copyright in the United States and Great Britain
10y Curtis Brown. All right strictly reserved
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him. Mahmud Ali obeyed. When it was
over he asked what had happened and
grew very indignant.
"lt is great insult to take shah s
likeness one Of the suite said and the
eX-shah nodded approval.
Since then his majesty has given di
rections that when any of the suite sees
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C.AL.CL TIA.

Nm in Calcutta,
the eastern gate
way Of the empire
Of India. and the
front doorstep of
the home of one
fifth of mankind.
1t is a turbulent
fifth and is likely
TO stir up the
world. The British
have kept this
country dead quiet
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AS we coasted the shores of The loogh-
~ we passed jungles infested with tigers.
The land is low and ma!aliols and wiid
beasts roam IN il at Will \ little farther
up the houses begin. and palm trees a.
frequent The populat 90 grows mos.
and more dense, and then comes 4 re-
gion of mighty jute mills On eaca side
OF the stream tall smokestacks yom
black volumes into the Sky and nea.
them are enormous brick structures
where the rough bagging for all man
kind is made. Calcutta ships vast qua
titles of jute 10 the United States. and
much of our cotton crop is baled in cloth
made here on the banks of the Hooghly
\ few years ago we We're taking more
DAY the thousands of Hindoos working
this fiber are dependent upon us for
their wages. There are now two score
jutc mills in India and the jute annually
produced is worth about S9000N,0D There
are cotton factories here and there be
tween the jute weaving establishments
and mills of this kind line the Hooghly
all the way To Calcutta.
The stream is filed with shipping.
Ocean steamers heavily loaded are
going in and out with the tide. The
trade of Calcutta is worth hundreds OF
millions and a large part of the COM
merce of the empire passes this way.
Its total foreign trade is the greatest
of any country of Asia, the imports and
exports now amounting to more than
81 go 0C0,poo and growing more every
Year.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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a man with a camera he is to tell him
to go away. AS a matter of fact, it is
against the teaching of Mahomet to
take the likeness of a shah or sultan.
Turks more in touch with European
ideas. do not mind but even a Turk
would be much insuIted if anybody pro
posed taking the photograph of one of
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ROPE. mas a fair
" large colony o.
kings in exile, but
most Of them pre-
Ter France or Eng
land as places of
residence. 7 h e
latest monarch 10
find his country
an unhealthy place
to live in has
taken UP his
abode in Rus STA.
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vas talking with the vicerov about the
sights of Calcutta when his eNceIlency
asked him if he had seen the famous
Black Hole. Indeed. | have" replied the
visitor. Il living III it. 1t was room
1cJ at the Grand Hotel
can SEmpathize With that visitor, Cor
| live in the same hotel 1t j. ssi1
TO he the best in town, but it has nu-
merouS black holes. Jus: now it Is
crowded, and it is almost impossible to
get rooms An American admiral who
came here last week failed to do SO, and
had TO go to a cheap boarding house
where he is now living. I got in only by
cabling in advance from Burma. There
are several big hotels in Calcutta. They
are rambling three-story buildings, which
cover acres and have all sorts OF in
cOnveliences. My room, for instance, is
locked with paddock which snaps with
n spring. There Is only one KEY to the
paddock, and when I left this afternoon
the key remained inside the room.
could not get it until / reported to the
manager, and the servants then had to
climb up the walls and through the win
dow to open the door. / have an electric
bell, supposedly to call the hotel serv-
ants. have rung it again and again.
one day | propped my umbrella
against the button and left it there for
an hour. ] could hear the bell ringing,
but there was no response. So in self
defense l have had to hire a personal
servant of my own to lie on the floor
outside the door at night. and to wait
upon me during the daytime am
paying him just :;3 cents a day, and he
feeds himself.
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l hired this servant two days after
landed In Calcutta. Indeed. / was forced
to do SO, not only on account of my need
of him. but rather Of his need for me-
The moment ship came TO anchor in
the harbor a score of Wouid-be servants
rushed aboard and attached themselves
to the passengers. OF these two settled
upon ME their prey. and each de-
termined to Guido the other. I supposed
them servants of the Grand Hotel. and
handed over my bag. Az soon as | was
settled each claimed that he had brought
my baggage and that this was an implied
agreement to take him my boy. Both
had sheaves of letters of introduction.
and each seemed equally good. One was
straight. dark-faced Hindoo of thirty.
and the other turbanned Mohammedan
of forty or SO. The Hindoos name was
-!und .Lal. and the follower Of the
prophet called himself Wall Mohammed.
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poratiou. There are only fiftS-two Of
them, and they monopoliz" the t;auC"S, o.
rather. the IiooshlN. tor ii is the
Houghiy branch OF the delta that In.
ships go up IL the city. The trade ~ the
river amounts Ia more than a hundrcc
million dollars a year. and there H. a pro
ceSSion of boats always going mp arG
coming down. The men receive va:iou.
wages. the best getting much S,ir
per month. To belong To this association
one must have a first mates certifcat,
and must have passed through his ap-
prenticeship. He spends five years at low
wages learning the river. and then grad
yates in the full rank of pilot. The
Hoognly cannot be nayigated al night
and the ships so in with the 4 'es. As
the latter rise there is often "A bore wnic
reaches as much seven feet. So that the
risks are greet.
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At The, jUrE MUGS floRF 011E TfF PRoDvcT
GOES To TIE UNITED STATES

HTHE Black Hole of
i 1910 and Other Hotel
Features-Gay Scenes on the
Maidan-Governnent Build
ings-Pilots Who Make $500
Month-Fortunes in lutte
How the Country Crows
Fifty Millions in Thirty
Years = Some Reasons for
the Unrest.
Copyright. 1910. by Frank e. Carpenter
special Correspondence OF The Star.
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Ard still how closely the sun
lime tramples upon the heels OF the
ridiculous, Only last week traveller
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:" Tar. his protests have been in vain.
" hen they are there he is afraid to leave
the woman's quarters for fear OF meeting
them.
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Special correspondent Of The STAR
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Calcutta is one OF the chief seats OF
ne Unrest do not wonder at it. There
Is no place where the difference of CON
'ltions IS more pronounced. These Hin
zoos are among the poorest peoples on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
RAID ON RODBER
LAIR IN MOLINE
Two Suit Cases Filled With
Stolen Swag Found in
Rooms of Suspects.
TWO ARE. UNDER ARREST
Another Pair Held at West Lib
erty for Burglary Committed
Sunday-One Escapes.

Paul Warnock, IS; William Warnock
81; Clifford Lowdick, II; Sert Daniels,
p, and j. S. Morrow, 10, are believed
by the Moline police department to
have committed several robberies that
have occurred in that city and in Silvis
the past few months.
Rooms occupied by the young men
at the residence of John Hammers,
1921 Sixth avenue, Moline, were raided
last night, and two suit cases filed
with jewelry, revolvers, pipes, ETC.,
Sunday night. William Warnock and
Morrow were placed under arrest.
Daniels, who was in the house with
his companions, escaped.
Two Held at West Liberty.
Paul Warnock and Lowdick are un-
der arrest at West Liberty for the al
legged robbery of a store there last
Sunday night. William Warnoc kand
Daniels were arrested at West Liberty
in connection with the burglary there,
but while they were in the waiting
room Of the city prison both jumped
through window and made their get.
away. They came directly to Moline.
William Warnock admitted to the po-
lice in Moline today that he had been
implicated in a few of the recent bur-
glaries there. He said that all of the
work done by the gang was laid out by
Daniels. The Warnock boys are mem
bers of a well-known family residing
on a farm near Geneseo. The Nor
row boy is neighbor. The homes of
the other young fellows are not known
to the police. The gang has been
making its headquarters in Moline
several months.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
INFANT PARALYSIS
IN SCOTT COUNTY
Four Cases of the Disease Reported
to Davenport Authorities
Today.

Today four cases Of infantile paraly-
sis were reported at the health COM
missioner's Office in Davenport. Two
are in Bettendorf and the other two
just outside the Davenport city limits.
The disease has become epidemic
throughout central Iowa and states
west of Iowa, and the course seems to
be in an easterly direction. The foot
hold gained by the disease has become
so alarming that the national govern
ment authorities have started an in
vestigation and have assigned one of
the surgeons of the department to
carry on the investigation, stationing
him at Des MoineS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24

part lot 3. ]. NJ. Gallagher's subdivision
part southeast quarter, section 1917.
wv, $3.50.
Alloweis Studer to Paula Brotman
part lot 6. block SO, Lower addition
Rock Island, $500.
Gertrude l.. Hanoe to Louis w
Rain, lot IL, block 1, ]. B. Winters
Ninth Street addition, Rock Island,
i$1,235.
T. E. Lundell to Samuel H. and Rob
ert J. Montgomery, west one-half
southwest one-Quarter section 20, II,
3w, S4OO
Eells & Smaliey to Elmer E. Lind
! ley, lot s, block 2, Smaller's Second
subdivision, lot 5, southwest section 2,
II, 2w. $3.50.
| ]. w. Simonson to Flora Mikesell,
east 100 feet outlot 3S, Section %, IS,
lie, 5000.
David w. Hunt to Harry F. Lambert
son. lot 4, Candee's subdivision outlot
| ,, Sandee Grove, Moline, 81.
Plane S. Cable to Otto Anderson, lot
10, block 8, Buford & Guper's addition,
Rock Island, s2S5.
I Harry IL. DdCk 10 LOWE OUluSHZOpl,
lot IS, block 2, Diolson & Young's adj
dition, Milan $1,000.
! Alexius Helta to Tilson & Hamme-
rich. part lot 10, block 4, Pitts, Gilbert
& Pitts First additiin, Moline, $1,000.
! G.. Elmer Blakesley to Helen r. and
! Andrew Voss. lot IS, block /, G.. Elmer
Blakesley's Twelfth Street addition,
Rock Island, $500.
Charles E. Radden to Sherman A.
Cartwright, lots Is, IA, block 2. Rad
den's First addition, East Moline. S625.
Leona Wharton to Augusta Bein, lot
II, block F. Edgewood Park addi-
ton, Rock Island, 5000.
John Abel to Hurbis c. Walkup. lot
IA, block 2, Stewards addition, Moline.
$1.525.
ROLAND S. Bowman to Jules Lee
Bruyne. lots 1, ;. 5, Island View
Heights addition, Rock Island, 81.
E. H. Guyer to Grover w Rowton,
part lot Z, assessors lot section 80, %,
Nv, S275.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
HAVE DIAGNOSIS
FOR CANDIDATES
Legislative Aspirants Are Ex-
amined at Meeting of Doc
tors and Druggists.
GET POSITIONS ON LAWS
Information is Sought by Members
of County Organizations in Adj
vance of Primaries.

At a meeting held in the parlors OF
the New Harper last night at the call
of the druggist and medical societies
Of Rock Island county to ascertain the
position of the legislative candidates
in regard to medical and pharmaceuti
cal laws, there were so members OF
the associations present, as well as
Candidates Henry L. Wheelan, F. A
Landee, Thomas Campbell and Charles
A. Clarke.
Communications were read by the
secretary of the medical society from
5. A. LaVanway, Frank Abbey and ].
S. Sloan. Mr. LaVanway and Mr..
Sloan stated in their communications
that they favored any legislation pro-
posed by the medical men. Mr.. Clarke
IN his talk took the same stand, but
the other speakers, although in favor
of such legislation as proposed, did
not say that they would be for it in the
legislature
To Be Questioned Further.
A large majority of those present
took part in the discussion of the ques-
lion. 1t was finally decided that the
committees of the two organizations
compile list of questions bearing upon
the subject under discussion to be pre-
sented at another meeting in 10 days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
ELECTRIC SERVICE
STARTS In A MONTH
j. w. Walsh Points to Progress in
Work on Rock Island Southern
Interurban.

J. w. Walsh of Davenport, at Mon
mouth yesterday, said he expected
that electric service on the Rock Is
land Southern between this city and
Monmouth will be started in a
month. The wires are strung all
along the road, and in a few days
everything can be made ready to
turn the Juice on. At Edward s
river the power house is being placed
under roof, while the Westinghouse
people promise to complete the in
stalling of the machinery in two
weeks. Three cars have been COM
pleted at the factory at Niles, Ohio,
and will be shipped this week. They
are 62 feet long and are heavier,
higher powered. and more speedy
than those in use on the line between
Monmouth and Galesburg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
COURT HOUSE RECORD
Real Estate Transfers.

T. S. O'Hara to Mary W. Carter lot
5. block 1, Highland Park addition
Rock Island, SLIPS.
Carrie NJ. Newton to H H. Findley
tract in southeast, west section 6, IL
Nv, ST.
Clyde w. Findlay to A. E. Bleuer. lot
4, block one, Island View Heights ad-
dition, Rock Island, ST.
Matthias Simmons to William Bent
ley, lots l, ,, 8, 4, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and TO-
block al, Village of Andalusia, 1925.
Marshall, Hartz & Smith to Clyde w
Findlay, lot s, block 1, Inland View
Heights addition, Rock Island, $3.50.
Josiah Hamilton to Lizzie Murray
lots 2, Is, block 1, Ryder & Reeds ad-
dition, Moline. $3.50.
Marshall, Hartz & Smith TO Clyde
". Ffndlay, lot 4, block 1, Island View
Heights addition, Rock Island, $3.50.
E. H. Stafford to Grin d. Becker. LOT
y. block 10, First addition, Silvis,
$500.
Dorothy Breede to Charles H. Lang
man, lot 4, W. E Bailey's Third addi-
ton. Rock Island. $1,000.
Rufus Walker to Charles and Solo
mon Langman, lots 1, 2, 8. 4, 5. 6, block
Z, Acme addition, Moline, $500.
Charles H. Pope to Joseph Rank, lot
81, block 1863. East Moline, $500.
Henry j. Gripp to Abraham c. Stout
fer. lot l, Valley View place, Coal Vail
ley, $3.50.
Frederick Schatterman to Charles F.
Dugen, lot II, block l, S. H. NeIle'
addition, Rock Island, $3.50.
John E. Mitchell to Guy E Adams,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
Warships Sell for Junk.

England l.,,vy - 50 biz and i'm
provements in warshipS are so rapid
shat periodically the navy department
sells its obsolete lighting ships by
auction. For month the billbOards OF
London have contained posters adver-
Using sale by auction of IL job lot of
warShipS. They cost millions to con
struct, but the auction mt the Ports
mouth navy yard realized only $500 600
The mos; interesting vessel sold WAC
che second class cruiser Melampus II
was on this cruiser that King George
few his first commanders flag. The
MeIampus cealized $4,000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
NATIONAL MEET
HERE next WEEK
Order of Knights of Joseph to
Have 500 Delegates in
Rock Island.
is JEWISH ORGANIZATION
Majority of Membership is in the
East-COnventiOn is to Continue
for Three Days.

The national convention Of the order
of Knights of Joseph will be held in
Rock Island three days of next week,
beginning Sunday. 1t is expected 300
delegates will be in attendance, most
Of them coming from east of Rock
Island.
The Order of Knights OF Joseph is
a Jewish society and is just becoming
known throughout the west. Rock Is
land lodge No. ), is the only one of
the order in this vicinity. The major
ity of the national membership is in
the east. This is one Of the early an
nual conventions of the order
Begins with n banquet.
The sessions during the convention
will be at the New Harper. The con-
vention will be opened Sunday even
ing with a banquet there. Mayor G.
w. McCaskrin is 10 deliver an address
of welcome Sunday evening. The To-
cal membership has arranged for many
things for the entertainment of the
guests, the program including a street
car sightseeing trip around the three
cities in special cars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
". o. w. and W. G. Meet.

Camp So, Woodmen of the World,
and Grove 81. Woodmen circle, met
last evening at Maths hall. One can
didate was given the degree by the
Woodmen of the World and one appli-
cation for membership was received.
Two applications for membership were
received by the Woodmen circle. The
Woodmen of the World decided to bal
lot on the adoption of the new bylaws
and sick benefit fund at the first meet
ing in October. The dance committee
reported that all arrangements have
been made and invitations issued for
the dancing party to be given at the
Watch Tower inn Wednesday, Sept. Z,
Mrs Anna Downs was elected clerk to
fill the vacancy caused by the resiSna-
ton of Mrs Wulfs. Mrs. Matilda Kut-
tier was elected sentinel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
Have New DAUGHTER.

w. S. Hill, circulation manager for
The Argus, is the father of 10-pound
daughter arriving last evening at the
Hill home in South Rock Island. Mr..
and Mrs. Hill now have an interesting
family of nine children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
Tr.CitY Cinch Club.

The Tri-City Cinch club was enter
tanned yesterday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. James Shortridge Oh
Forty-second street. Cinch at two Ia
bles was played and the prize win
ners were Mrs Verhale. Rock Island ;
Mrs. Beck. Moline, and >Irs. ]. r.
Nelson, Rock Island. The games were
followed by the serving of nice
lunch by the hostess. Mrs. j. r. Mel
son. 1888 Twelfth avenue, will be the
hostess in two weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
What Every Woman
OUGHT 10 Know

Every woman knows that nothing is moro an
nOytug or reflects more upon her reputation as
careful houSekeCper than rats. mice, cock
reaches, water bugs, etc. in the house.
Every woman should know of the reliable ex-
terminGtor FOR all vernin Of this nature
StearnS' Electric Rat and Roach Paste. This
paste is ready for aud drives rats and mice
out of the house to die. Put I'm sinks and on
shelves at night, cockroacheS and water bugs
are dead in the morning.
Money refunded If IL fails. . ounce box a5c-Ie
ounce boz, @l.00. Sold by druggists everywhere,
or sent express prepaid on receipt of price.
Stearns' Electric Paste Co.. Chicago, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
NEW DREssMAKING PARLoR
Misses SielI & Kaiser Open Estab-
Iishment at 3O1 Safety Building.

The Misses Siehl and Kaiser, both
expert cutters and dressmakers, have
opened suite of rooms in the Safe
ty building, where they will do all
kinds of plain and fancy dressmak-
ing promptly and at reasonable
prices. Tailored work a speciality.