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visitors than the little chain Of events
beginning last winter. which has now lee
to the official pronouncement that the
roller chair ride. henceforth and forever
shall cost no more than 80 cents pei
hour
The chain of events had it's beginning
in the plan of one of the main bosses OF
the roller chair business down here. Last
midwinter he considered that the time
was about ripe for him to drive a large
bunch. if not all. of the other roller chair
people out of business.
In pursuance of this clever little idea.
lie reduced, all of a sudden and without
conference with the other roller chair
people. the price of rides in his roller
chairs to 70 cents per hour. whereas. as
everybody who has ever visited Atlantic
City knows. the price per hour always
had been 81.
prietor of roller chairs here, however,
who had no idea of being thus driven to
the wall. This woman is in possession
of more money than she ever will have
man with the roller chair trust in mind,
anyhow. Therefore. instantly followjn
his cut of the price per hour for roller
rides to % cents. she chopped the price
squarely in two, and made it 30 cents an
hour for rides in her chairs
y
there was something immejit Hordes
Of folks who couldn't stand for the
higher price, but who liked the idea
of being wheeled up and down the
Appian Way for SO cents an hour, stood
around her chair repositories on the
Walk. waiting for chairs. while the
other roller chair folks did no business
whatever.
The man with the roller chair trust
idea made overtures to the woman who
had undercut him to have the price
put back to a dollar an hour. Nothing
doing. The woman in the roller chair
business told him, in essence, that she
liked the philanthropic idea; that she
wasn't out for the money any more, and
would be content to run her roller chair
business on break-even basis, just
fur the fun of seeing sleWS of folks
enjoy rides in the chairs for four bits
per hour, and that she intended to keep
the price at four bits permanently. She
ordered dozens of additional chairs. and
went right on doing business: not at
loss. either, for there's plentiful in
terest on the investment in roller chairs
at half a dollar an hour.
At once, then, to meet her lnVlnclpie
determination, all of the roiler-chalr
folks here had to bring their prices
down to half dollar an hour. X was
a hit from the beginning. A dollar an
hour always was too much money Ioi
this service. couple of hours riding IN
a chair, and a tip to the pusher, orought
the figure up to about $3.50 But there
were thousands Of people who mad never
before ridden in the chairs who were
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ernor of Bengal. Sir Edward has spent
his whole life in India and has held all
sorts OF positions. gradually rising until
he is now near the top. He was finan-
cial secretary of the vicerOy during the
last administration, and as Governor OF
Bengal he now rules many millions Of
the most turbulent element among the
HindoOS. as well as of other races.
I met him in the lieutenant governor 5
mansion at the end of the Madam, oppo-
site the viceroy's palace. My question
was direct. Said l.
Does your excellency think the day
will ever come when the British will give
up this country"
NO" was the emphatic reply. and
we could not If we would, Our present
policy is to so govern the people that
they will be more and more loyal to us
We are trying to do that We appreciate
the rights of the natives and respect
them You see, we have learned some
lessons from our troubles over certain of
our colonies in the past. We might have
kept the United States as part of the
British empire had we handled you prop
erly. We all know that we made mis-
take then. We regret it and we will not
make another. Personally. 1 think the
United States would be far better off
We should then have a great Anclo-Saxon
continuation which could dictate the pol
lev of the world
To this did not reply. But a Japanese
expression creut into my mind. 1t was:
ut is to laugh
My conversation with the Lieutenant
Governor of Bengal here drifted toward
finance upon which he is an authority in
the far east. Said l:
Suppose you were the absolute ruler
of India, your excellency. Suppose you
were not controlled by Great Britain. but
that you had the same armies and the
same administrative machinery that YOU
have today. what would you do to bet
ter the condition of these people,
Il would give them a protective tariff
l would encourage the establishment OF
factories and favor them in every way
as to the making of goods for India in
competition with those of Europe, Japan
and other parts IF the world. What In
dia needs is industrial development, and
protective tariff would bring that about
AS it is we are tied up by the manu-
featuring industries of Great Britain.
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"You have been in India over thirty
years. Has the condition of the natives
improved"
Yes, they are far better off than they
were when 1 came They get higher
wages. They have more to eat and
more comforts. Their houses are better.
When 1 first came most of them were
rooted with thatch. Many now have
roofs of tiles. Altogether the people
are much better off"
About how many are there in the
provinces you govern" | asked.
something like $1,000, COO
What is their condition to the un-
rest? Bengal is supposed to be the place
in which the most trouble lies.
I'VE have had considerable discomfort
and some attempts at assassination They
tried to blow up a train about two years
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This awakening is not confined to any
one religion" Col Smith continued. lit
is supposed to he fomented by the Hin
docs. but it is prevalent among the Mo-
hammedans as well. One of the leading
MohamTedans of the north came TO my
office in the midst OF the war between the
Japanese and the Russians. He referred
to Japan's victories and significantly said
that they meant much for India. when
that war was over we received .eputa-
tons of Moha ninedans who claimed GER
tain rights and privileges. They did not
get down on their knees with their hands
folded in the attitude of prayer, as some
other classes of our population might
have done, but they asked as though they
had the right to ask and with the expec-
tation that their claims would be granted.
Since that time this feeling has grown.
II has spread, and we are now having de-
rnands of various kinds from the repre-
sentative natives of all parts of India.
The situation is serious. and We are try
ing to handle it seriously"
But can the Hindoos and the Mo-
hammedans work together? And will they
do sou
Il think not" was the reply. Neither
trusts the other. We have three times
as many Hindoos Mohammedans. There
are G6,OOOOO0 Mohammedans and about
200 900 900 HindoOs. The MOhammedanS
are afraid that they would lose in any
such combination. One reason Is the
Hindoos are so much in the majority,
and another is that their better educa-
ton and fitness of mind would give
them the advantage In any governing
body where an educational qualification
might be required
l asked this same question latr in the
day of one of the viceroy's cabinet. He
replied:
The most of our troubles come from
the educated Hindoos. although many OF
them are still loyal to the government.
AS TO the Mohammedans they are COM
paratively quiet. but they want greater
share in the administration of affairs.
They are not in favor of any changes
which might put the Hindoo on horse
back, and they fear that if representa-
tive government should be instituted the
enormous numbers of the Hindoos would
give them the majority of the offices.
You have, of course, read of Lajpat Raj,
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IAmT RAJ, Tie v1-G GOVERNMENTAL rmToR

We can levy no duties to speak of upon
imports of cottons. We once had a
tariff of per cent. but the Manchester
mill men objected, saying that it ruined
their trade. They demanded that an eX-
else duty be added to equalize our COM
petition, and the result was that the
duty was reduced by 3ls per cent. that
amount being levied on all goods made
in India Do you wonder that the natives
object? protective tariff would foster
our industries and we could in time build
up mighty industrial empire"
Gould you do this along other lines
than the textiles?"
Yes. There is no reason why India
should not make everything in iron and
steel. This country has mineral resources
which have never been exploited. No
one knows what we have. Take our coal.
Only few years ago the people sneered
at the coal of Bengal and said it was Of
no value. We exported more than 1000
600 tons Of that coal last year, and dur
ing that time our output was almost
1oG0O.oOO tons. We have a coal field at
BokarO which covers over 200 square
miles and is supposed to contain fifteen
hundred million tons Of available coal
In the karanpura fields there are some
thing like nine billion tons. and we have
other deposits Of considerable value We
have iron not far from the COAL and steel
works are now being put up with native
capital to manufa cture with native iron
and native ore. Within short time we
Indian roads. There is no reason why
we should not make our own hardware
and develop industries along other lines
Does Great Britain get much out of In
dia. Sir Edward?" / asked. The most of
the money you collect in taxes is spent
here, is 1t not?'
Yes, the most of the taxes go back
TO the country and are used for its i'm
provement and development. Neverthe-
less. the indirect advantages which accrue
from our connection with India are enor-
nous. Our trade with India amounts to
hundreds of millions of pounds every year
and is profitable. Another thing we have
through this connection is the support of
a large standing army. We have over
100000 troops, of whom more than
two-thirds are natives. All this is sup
ported by the taxes, and it gives the
mother country fighting force which is
always kept in good training and which
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For BOreS.

9 ENATOR Beverage as an orator is
~ noted for his brevity no less than
for his briliance.
Senator Beyeridge once attended n
Fourth of July celebration i'm Indianapo-
lis whereat the orator of the day talked
for three hours and half
How did you like the Grafton, sena-
tori" a committeeman inquired, as tho
fireworks began.
Well" Senator Beveridge replied
they have a saying in Adams county
that I'd like to call to this orators at
tention. The saying runs:
When you've struck lie, stop bor-
ing"
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willing and eager to do roller chair riding
at 10 cents hour.
The Atlantic City council took due
notice of all of these proceedings, and
now they've passed an ordinance, pro-
claiming that for all time henceforth the
roller chair people shall be allowed to
charge no more than 30 cents per hour,
even on the big holidays.
THE aviation business on the beach
= here next week is going to be some
party, according to all Of the plans. True
the Secretary of the Navy wouldn't lend
the resort battleship upon which the
aviators could practice in dropping imita-
ton bombs, but that drawback is to be
remedied by the anchoring of a fine,
large. young steam yacht out in front of
the piers Tor the aviators 10 shoot the
bombs at from their machines. 1t is eX-
pected that such birdy wizards as Curtiss
Hamilton, baldwin and Others OF their
nrst-rate sort Will engage In the flying
business.
The aviators will make their starts on
the ocean front at low tide between the
TWO main piers, and they Will not oniy
ny out over the Doilful sea, but make
nights around the beach-front hotels. 1t
should make an odd and beautiful and
imagination clutchng sight. Inc aero
planes Will be provided with buoying ap-
paratus for the over-the-sea flights, so
that In case of their involuntarily coming
down In the big drink they will only have
to hold tight till the tugs race out and
gather them aboard.
When the undersigned watches these
HylnS-doinSS over the sea off Atlantic
City he will have a fine opportunity to
compare the enormous progress that has
been made in that art since he last wit
messed bit of oversee flying.
That last occasion was about sixteen
years ago, in Honolulu, and it resulted in
loon ascension from a park in Honolulu
on Fourth of July. The aeronaut was
young San Franciscan, and he had made
many successful balloon sails and para
chute leaps in California
On this day he figured, as he had a
right to figure, that the wind would
carry him somewhere inland in the neigh
borhOOd of the Punchbowl or the Nuuanu
Gorge. The wind was set in that direc-
ton when all was ready for his start into
the air.
But he had no sooner got 200 feet in
the air than he caught current of the
changing breeze that carried him smack
out to sea in the general direction of
Pearl Harbor.
There was considerable velocity to the
breeze, too, and the young chap lost his
nerve, apparently. He pulled the rip
valve to cause the balloon to make
gradual descent In Pearl Harbor, figuring
that by the time he reached the water
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1E StrOlllng bath-
ing suit is here.
1t has been threat
ened, and close
ly Appropriated,
for a long time.
Now it is in our
midst. "Strollins
bathing suit" is
the official name
for II, too. They're
selling EN- at the
lawnjer-ee shops
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to her. say. In about two and a quarter
feet Of Atlantic City's ocean water.
And SO the "strolling bathing suit
girls" If they lose the tonic and invig-
Grating effect of the sea splashing. at
least conform to their idea of the mean
ing of life-to please and to win. They
are pretty: they see to 1t that they main
tain tho standard Of prettiness. And then.
too, You must remember that they have
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- ~ In ! 4 u ~ L. w
ILL India break
away from Great
Britain?
Can the 200 mil
lion Hindoos, Mo-
hammedanS a n d
others who inhabit
her unite in a re-
beilion?
What would hap
pen if the British
should leave and
I i @ government
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They have IL all over the really-and-
truly bathing women in the matter OF
appearance. as simple matter OF course
Their noses don't get red nor their lips
blue, for one thing and they don't lose
the ameliorating powder from their noses.
either. Most of them carry sun shades
to match their bathing suits, and so they
don't get sunburnt or tanned.
The prettiest woman in the world loses
about 80 per cent of her prettiness after
she's been doused in water. close
view of her is disillusioning. That por-
ton of her hair which protrudes from
beneath her cap is in strings and mostly
unpleasant wisps. and whatever little
compleXional defects she may possess are
all too manifest to the close observer.
Nearly always she looks wan about the
mouth. The greeny waterish effect about
her eyes isn't winning. Her browning
glory being nearly all beneath her cap, she
loses the benehr of this marvellous miti-
cation for women. and on the beauty of
her rumpled features she must stand or
fall Therefore comes the disillusion-
ment
L don't believe Aspasia would ever have
got a second look from Pericles had he
met her first in the water; probably An
tony would have attended to his business
Of empire building and let Cleopatra doze
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from the basket thirty feet from the
water and he jumped right in the mid
Ole OF the school of maneaters When
the racing tug got to where the balloon
was they saw the sea water tinctured
with hideouS splotches of red and thar
was all CLARENCE l.. CULLEN.
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lots of tubs with running salt water in
their hotel rooms.
The "strolling bathing suit girl may
be calculating. but also she is appeal
ingly audacious. She has the nerve of
Ter convictions. and she has by sheer
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there'd be a tug under him to take him
on board But he pulled too hard MAX
ing huge rent in the balloon, and So
instead of dropping gradually the bal
loon simply plunged into the water
The sharks were waiting, a whole girls
ly school of them. The young man leaped
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THE Moharnmedans Want
Z to Have a Share in the
Government - How They
Fear the Hindoos-Suppose
the British Should Leave?-
Sir Edward Baker Suggests a
Protective Tarif-How India
Pays John Bull-Anarchists
and Bombs The Native
Clerks-A Literary Awaken
ing-One Thousand News
papers in Twenty-Five Lam
guages
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her life away had he come upon her
first when she was sea bathing; even
Petrarch might have found Laura a mere
authenticated young person with free
kles. and devoid Of appealing tempera-
ment had he had his first introduction
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call it unrest. But call il what YOU
please, there is undoubtedly n change GO
ing on in the intellectual conditions of
this part of the world. You can see it in
Japan. Persia. China and Turkey. 1t is
so here, and that with almost every class
Of our people. India. as you know. is a
world. 1t is a land of many countries
and many languages. There is as much
difference between the native of the Pun
lab and the Bengali as there is between
the Swede and the Italian, the American
and the Turk.
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temerity beaten down ridicule and made
ridicule ridiculous.
Wherefore long may she stroll.
NOTHING that has happened down
y here in a long while has been q
source Of greater satisfaction to the mass
Of Atlantic City's habitual and indurated
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on the Boardwalk with that placard at
tached 70 DEMONSTRATING Bathing Suits"
Just as cool and collected as that. Not
only that. but the girls are wearing them
exclusively for beach strolling, and with
never an idea in the world Of taking them
into the whiting and dishevelinS water.
So the jokists have been fatty taken at
their jokes worth. For years the conf
cal ones haze been thrusting forth their
jeers At the girls who don the kapoo
bathing suits not for the purpose of
bathing in them, but for the purpose
of stalking the strand loungers 10 a treat.
Now the girls. Drawing the jest, have
asked why not?'
Thus the 'strOlling bathing suit has
come into existence and use, and the
Atlantic City sand front is Uttered with
sIews OF perfect cuties bediked in bath
ing suits that would crumble away ike
wedding corrections II even breathed
upon by a Scotch mist, much less taken
into the sobtSl and slapful sea water.
~
OF course the "strolling bathing suits"
are exceedingly nifty. They are made
with Il dash and a finish equal to the
work put into evening toilets. The skirts
of EN- must hang just SO, and so they do
hang; and skirts designed to hang just
that way can't, OF course, have their
hangfulness and contour spoiled by con-
tact with the wet.
Black taffeta OF the richest sort IS the
usual material for the 'strolling bathing
suit, but the somber effect OF the black,
of course, is palliated by the trimmings.
The most winning idea seems to be TO
tack two-inch strips OF vari-hued Persian
ribbon around the edges OF the skirt.
and in front OF the yoke OF the waist. and
DO on-if I've got this part of il right.
j know the Persian stuff is clapped on
somewhere, because I've seen a lot OF it,
and DO prayerfully hope that I'm hay
ing IL tackled on in the right place in this
attempted description. The contrast be-
!, tween the black and the Persian trim
sning is exceedingly effective.
You see at the-merest glance that that
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eclal Correspondence Of The Star.
ATLANTIC CITY, July .. 19l
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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-05-20
SCUDDER

Ray Wilson left last week for West
Virginia, where he will spend the
summer.
Stevie Siebert and wife spent Sun
day with t. G. Brandon and family.
Geo. Painter and wife were Durbin
visitors Sunday.
Mrs. p. Canary and son Lloyd, Har-
ry Lehman and wife, of Wabash, Ora
Now and wife, of Pleasant View, and
John Davis and family spent Sunday
with COe Wilson and wife.
Chas. Wilson and family spent Sun
day with B. b. Wilson and family.
Geo. Cokely and wife were called to
the State line Saturday on account of a
serious accident that befell their little
grandson, Derstil Harmon. The little
fellow had been viciously kicked by a
horse. He is getting along nicely.
NJ. Harner and wife, of Durbin, spent
Sunday evening with John Davis and
family.
John Davis was called to Neptune
Wednesday on account of the death of
his mother, Mrs. Elihu Davis. She
had been a sufferer from paralysis for
over eight months.
VIM. Canary and wife spent Tuesday
with Mrs. P. Canary.
Ora Brock and family spent Sunday
with Samuel Hahn and family.
John Bitter and family spent Sun
day with Ben Bitter.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-05-20
Notice TO Bridge Builders.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
| ~ the Commissioners of Mercer County,
| Ohio, Will receive sealed proposals on
TUESDAY, June 7, 1910, at 10 O'Clock am,
| for furnishing all material and pG Grforming
all the work or such parts thereof as bid
ders may see proper for the construction Of
substructures, superstructures, abutments
or retaining walls for the following bridges,
to-wit:
No. I-Leininper abutment, north side,
Section Is, In Washington Township, on
Wabash River.
No. 2-Leininger steel superstructure, ITO
foot span north side, Section 10, in Wash
ington Township over Wabash River.
No. G-Sheeley steel superstructure, 30
foot span, Section %, in Franklin Township.
No. 4.-Sheeley substructure, Section %,
in Franklin Township.
No. 5-Sheeley retaining wall, Section 2S,
in Franklin Township.
No. 8-Bettinger concrete bridge, l0-foot
span, one. quarter mile north OF Coldwater.
No q-Dayis concrete bridge, l6 foot span
ter "a, Section 20, Backcreek Township.
No. 10 -Narwig concrete bridge. l0-foot
span, east side of northeast quarter "a,
Section Z, Jefferson Township.
No. ll-Windker concrete bridge, lO-foot
span, southeast quarter "a of southwest
quarter %, Section 81, Butler Township.
No. 12-FOrtkamp concrete bridge, l0-foot
span, east side Of northeast quarter "a,
Section O. Butler Township.
No. l3-Rutschilling, superstructure, "a
foot span, northwest corner of Section 32,
No. 14-Rutschlling substructure, north
west corner of Section 32, Marion Township.
No. 5-Koontz superstructure' 40 foot
span, center OF southeast quarter 20, Sec
tion Z, Blackcreek Township.
No. l6-Koontz substructure, center of
southeast quarter ca, Section 7. Black
creek Township.
Also, the Niekamp bridge.
To be built according to plans and speci-
fications on file in the auditors office OF
said county.
All bids must be on file in the office OF the
County Auditor, in the village of Oelina,
Ohio, by 10 O'Clock am. standard time),
June Z, 1910, at which time said bids will be
opened and read by said Board of County
Every bid must be signed by full name OF
every person interested in such bid, and
must be accompanied by Sl500 in money for
each bridge as a guarantee that contract
will be entered into and proper bond
given If bid is accepted.
The Board of Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any or all bids.
BY order of the Board of County Commits
sioners. l.. l.. MARSH, Engineer.
III. MORROW, Auditor of Mercer 90.