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New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

about conditioning himself in a fashion
that is characteristic of the man. Without
yelling 1t about he went TO work quietly
and steadily TO train. He found that he
could get rid of a lot of his surplus flesh,
that he still had that crushing punch and
so, after months and months, he announced
that he believed he could get into condition
and would sign articles for the fight
When the articles were signed and the
date agreed upon, Jeffries began training
in earnest He picked out Rowardennan,
Cal, for his training camp and started
| in. He had his manager and a corps of
boxers and trainers 10 help him, but he
had and still has something else-a strong
and determined will of his own. Jeffries
has his own ideas about how to get into
trim, and no matter what his trainers or
the whole world may say. he is going TO
follow them out. ..;
why, I have got to fight the negro,
haven't I?' he asked one day when some
one advised him to cut out one of his fish
ing expeditions and do some boxing instead.
Il guess 1 am more interested in winning
this fight myself" he continued than any
body else That being so, I'm going to do
what I know is best, and l don't care what
you or anybody else thinks. It's my busi-
ness
Jeffries has trained conscientiousy and
systematically. He has varied the monotony
of daily runs shadow boxing and real box
ing with fishing and hunting trips. He Is
very fond of both of the last named sports
and believes that in indulging in them while
training he is safeguarding himself from
becoming stale in the best possible manner.
AT Jenries's camp everything is pretty
harmonious. There is quarrelling, no
fussing. When the DAYS work is over the
pugilists gather together, tell stories or in
dulge in some rough housing: In fact,
almost everything 10 keep the big fellow
amused and keep his mind off the coming
battle is done. Jeffries enjoys the fun and
often joins in it himself
The result of this system has been that
the undefeated champion is rounding into
grand condition unless the opinion of the
experts go for nothing. The fighters work
ing with him, those who visit him and the
newspaper correspondents all agree that
''Jeffries has come back and is as good as
ever" or course, only the fight Itself can
prove the last assertion true, but his re-
cent photographs show that In looks, AT
least, he is practically physical perfection.
At the negro's camp everything is diff
ferent Johnson has had squabbles with
his managers, trouble with his trainers,
trouble with everybody around him. There
has been all sorts of talk of "gun play
one manager whom he discharged threat
ened to shoot him on sight. but after cool
ing down put his case in the hands OF a
lawyer. ard now threatens to enjoin the
fight unless Johnson lives up to the agree
ment which he says he has with him
Tho wives Of the men at JohnEon's camp
have added 10 tho general confusion and
turmoil by quarreling among themselves
AMI getting their husbands 10 take sides
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and siashed in a vicious blow that put Cor
bett to sleep for several minutes.
Before Jeffries retired from the ring he
could stand the worst hammering imagin-
able without going down. Therefore. the
question is. Can Johnson knock him out?
Has he the punch? 1t is certain that If the
negro landed squarely on any ordinary man
1t would be knockout but Jeffries is. or
was. out of the ordinary.
Again. 1t is conceded that Jeff still
has his Oldtime punch. and 1t is not prob
able that Johnson will take any risk of
stopping it If he help it-at least not
until he thinks Jeffries is tired out. Cor
bett says that Jeffries is faster than he
ever was. II that be true. will II be possi-
Bile for Johnson to keep away from him
for any length of time. even if he tries?
These are only few of the dozens of
questions which fight fans" are keeping
awake nights puzzling over. 1t will take
the fight itself to answer them.
There have been rumors that the fight Is
fixed" is not Ion the level" So far moth
ing has occurred that the public knows of
to substantiate such stories. Jeffr1es has
never been mixed up in any fake fight, nor
does it seem likely that he would lend
himself to such a scheme now To the
man on the outside 1t seems as if the fight
must be straight" and he will have to
believe so until something to the contrary
is proved.
Meanwhile, the Fourth draws on apace
and interest in the battle is fast approach
ing the boiling point. Special trains will
be run TO carry the fans from the prin-
cipal Eastern cities, and a number of fight
lovers from England and the Continent
nave signihed their intention of crossing
an ocean and a continent TO see the mix
up Such is the resurgence OF the primitive
in mankind in this twentieth century A. d.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
THE CUSTOMS RULES.

Another phase of travel that changes
every summer. and one deeply interesting
TO the average American Europe trotter, is
the passing of the customs on the home
shores when returning in the fall. There
is no use in going down now to the Gus
tom House In this city to inquire what the
regulations are to be when you return,
simply because they will tell you that they
do not know what changes will be made
from day to day. Only a few weeks ago
a prominent Virginia woman found her
self in the courts after her Ieturn home
because sShe had stated IN her formal dec
laration that she was a nonresident, and
so she was, according to the regulations
in force up to about month ago The
law used to read that any citizen OF the
United States who had lived abroad as
much as two years could come in as
nonresident, and would then be allowed
to bring in personal effects without the
500 value limit. According to the new
ruling, however, the two-year clause is
omitted. and the following substituted:
Citizens of the United States may have
this privilege (of coming in under the con-
ditiOns applicable to foreigners) provided
II is shown to the satisfaction of the Col
lector's representative on the pier, sub
ject to the Collectors approval, that they
are bona fide residents of a foreign coun-
try"
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

; two pugiliStS?' is a question often asked.
And another as frequently heard is, How
DO they compare with former champiOns?'
The latter is not an easy ore to answer
Jeffries IS not so pretty or scientific a
boxer as James J. Corbett was in his
prime. is Johnson. so far as that goes.
Corbett was probably the cleverest boxer
that ever lived, barring none. But Jeffries
has steadily improved in skill and science.
/ and Corbett Is authority for the statement
that to-day he is not only a fighter, but a
rattllng good boxer No one denies that
! johnson is clever boxer. He is a good
gauger Of distance. quick and elusive. His
/ defence is considered by pugiIsdc experts
about the best among the heavyweights
now in the ring.
But as an ali-round fighting machine
Jeffries. before his retirement. probably
never had his equal He had terrific
punch IN either hand, one that fairly
1 landed would and did knock out any man
he ever faced, and which Sharkey and
Fftzsimmons agree was powerful enough
TO make a mule take the count. Blows that
would have foored an ordinary pugilist
never even worried Big Jim" When
JeTries was fighting men like Corbett,
Bob Fitzsimmons, Gus Rubin and Tom
CndfKEy lie ItDk SDfte lSIIllit DloN7.
Sharkey and 'Lanky Bob" Fitzsimmons
we're considered the hardest hitters Of
their time, and they steamed some blows
into various parts of the big fellows
anatomy that would have crumpled up any
other man. But they never even feazed
Jeff He took them as If they were hand
ing him bouquets, and came in asking
for more.
- . '-TallODed
him good and plerty' but their blows had
hardly more effect than dolls. and after
d time Jelfries would land q crushing blow
and his opponent would know nothing more
until some time later after the awakening
BIZ his trainer, when he would be told how
II happened.
After Jeffries had won the und:sputed
championship Of the world and had
whipped all aspirants who We're worthy of
his consideration. he got tired of the ring,
married. bought ranch out in sunny Cali
fornia and took 10 the simple life. He
found II just to his taste, too, and was
happy as the day was long. When the
money bags began 10 get light all he had
to do was to go on the stage for few
weeks and repienish them. Naturally the
fighter grew fat and lazy" Then Johnson
began 10 loom big and dark on the hori-
zon. Johnson went over 20 Australia,
whipped Burns and claimed the worlds
heavyweight championship.
Now. Jeffries was sincere in his retirement
from the ring. He did not want TO fight
again. But the sports" kept pestering
him so and insisting that he should get
out and beat the negro and establish the
supremacy of the white" that finally the
big fellow consented 70 fight Just one more
time. If he could get into condition.
Jefrles, having yielded to pressure, went
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
FOR THE TRAVEL HATERs.

Among the vast army OF Americans trav-
ening In Europe each season II Is not un-
usual to find persons who heartily dsliks
travelling and have no talent for finding
out how to save themselves trouble. Fer
these the path that TO the easygoing trsv-
eIIer seems strewn with flowers is studded
with nails Perhaps three or four ylggss-
tions 20 those who find the details Of travel
a horror would De gladly received
For example. as a train draws into ths
station at which you ahght you poke your
head out the window, as other people are
doing, to call a porter 10 come in and take
charge of your bags. What do you cal
him in the various countries? In Germany
Austria and German Switzerland ne g
..Trager." In Italy he is 'facchino" In
Franco and Belgium he is 'facteur." !,
Holland ne Is "besteller.
Another suggestion: You are stopping tof
a very short time. maybe only few hours
in some place you know nothing OF. ic1
do know that there are interesting signs
for a tourist in the town, but you do 10.
know exactly what nor where they ar
The quickest and easiest way and one ina.
does aUay with the complications OF
euidebook and maps is to 90 into the frs
picture postcard shop you see-tnere IS a.
ways one by your shoulder-and giancs
over the cards conspicuousLy dlsplaye-
The most interesting and most picturesq-'
things that you could find IN q weeks
proving through the town are pnou-
graphed on the cards and described II !V-
buy what pleases you most you can a1lA'
Iy find the original by showing the card
any native and asking 70 be drecteo
The picture postcard business IS ce'e'
oped to such a high point IN Europe 'ha.
practically nothing worth while ron any
point of view is omitted from tne coli'c'
tions. even in minor shops IN very ren0S
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
A HARVEST FOR EUROPE.

What this influx of travelling Americans
means TO Europe few realize. But figures
are suggestive. One hundred thousand
tourists travelling for an average length of
three months and spending, say, $500 apiece
for that time, which Is as an average very
low. would pring the total amount spent by
Americans on pleasure travel in Europe
each summer UP TO $4,000, 600. And the
actual amount is in all Likelihood much
greater than that
Every season new phases Of travel across
tho ocean and IN Europe come to light New
ships with added comforts and luXuries are
leaving this port each summer. providing
more space and speed TO take over the al
nays increas sing hordes.
The Olympic, a new White Star giant
now building viii be received in the harbor
next June with an almost Rooseveltian
blaze OF glory. while her sister ship. the
Titanic, will follow IN August. These ships
arc to be the largest and most completely
equipped vessels af1oat. They will be about
seventy-f1ve feet longer than the Lustania.
Some Of tie features that will be included
CT these new vessels will be new 70 ocean
travel and will rival the best that can be
accomplished in the most extravagant ho-
tels on land.
There will be a sports deck, on which
VIII be arrangements for golf and roller
Skating, IN addition 10 the games already
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

Aviation week. Bournemouth. :. July II an
Pageant. Chester. ........... July ~ "a \
Cowes regatta week. ......-..... .Auyus, a.
THE CONTINENT
international exhibition az Brussels
April 70 Cc,,s~
Passion Play at Oberammergau
Nav 16 70 September y
Wagner and Mozart music festivals
Munich. july 2S 20 Septsrs.-,
CONTINENTAL RACE FIXTUREs
Grand Prix De Haies. Jun. ;,
Grand Prix de Paris. .--- 1890. Jun, =
AVIATION MEETINGS IN FRANCE
ftIletiIis uiy 3 % ~
Caen- e. %. -. -lulN % Augusf
lie Havre TrouviIie August - ~ Septsnbs-
Bordeaux. ...... September Q 70 September "a
Biarritz. tz......-...-S September 25 70 October
MarseIIIes s.......-....- Deceulber to Z,
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
GROWING GINSENG.

Eight years ago. when an EN- en- IN .
citizen started "ginsens farm :, esats
worcester County town. he psla 1O,cs nlsss
apiece for his ginseng seeds; ss,Sht Ha' IN SD
!Fs TsIs yssF ysF'G IN: s9ST6 m iss %as I f e .
holds them at g a thonsal' n takes frc,. f,ss
be ginseng TO sep ais0' ,raw perfect ~ 5
OF % the @ Kind for which the g;rSs Sn'ph the Nassa,
or more a pound; ana ,SsssasIrsd sss.sd Z ~ an
feet az the start now eSriIy e9Lfs' faag. g.,;s: sst
acre II does not neesssSppeeyy essopey BY cssassso css =
5 iSs iss Fssdsr saS SSaa ANY %ass sssS & &
int into the woods sasnsDtsS and @f 10 s0s :sas :Ss
r4oss ~"ym ,es one serious III TsSA Ths ar. fst
e. Ss';@ s@yssq y al 1sPss.s sA1: & ss
sun % and persons in New NsS,,,,r sIitsrsd- ussad
elsewhere who had nSgd nltTgsd 81 Nerss, TrAa-
waiting and discontAue' "
script,
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
AWAY FROM SHOW PLACES.

Persons with an inquiring n1ind "ho AA'
change from travellers fare and uaN
eIIer's surroundings should Try 10 diseo'@
restaurants, cafes. etc, where tns
tives." as we call them, 60 Even WON
travelling alone can safely go 70 most SUI
DIac.s and see a side of the place an
naonIa that as tourists" they Woun ~
have witnessed. Travellers are toieralTD :
almost every place. particularly AiiericanS
and. although persons OF theH 60,
vouId not go 10 these keHers anu
II thev lived in the place and hao - -,
nize1 social standing there, as u4'7H.
+bs,, ars sxpected 20 want TO see e''i'
thing. - ,s-sru
And one more suggestion 10 'hs w.
unfamiliar with European hotel ne
NOT forget 10 have recourse 10 tne ser
of the head waiter He is the ma1o' -
in extraordinary. AS rule there = -,
ticauv nothing in the sum OF -, -,
knowledge that he does not KnoN -
his own city. its history. people, Da---,, Z,
r,,apnsrs and customs. and about 'i.s' =.
most other places, too He SteN'N5 SteN~5-i--.,lis
languages there are. and IS --,-.
anxious 70 tell you everything w ..r,,
IN knou OF course. he expects -,
or * cents or more. whatever ~ Vei -,
OF YOUR bill comes 10. but as io"s -, a.
rnust give him that anyway you -
well draw from the mine OF i'iS
and eosDerience in return.
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A VALUABLE INFORMANT

He can tell you where 70 10 -, vos
IN see: he can recommend the - -
would like TO go to in the next W. - ,-y
vour route: he will inform S'L az
special festivals or public and Pc, ss~-,a,y
fairs which you could attend IN eslT p Was.
he will discuss the relative merits a,y-
ner and Mozart. Verdi. Massenel. -,,r-
bodv else. and will tell you IN We .,d
ner the operas are given in his soN. your
he will. no doubt. ask you VIZ"
favorite opera is. a vel
The reason that these men are ,-s,r
informed is that they travel Widey = rs
70 learn the various languages eae ,.,rs q
native ground. They meet ever s,.,s.s %
person. and as il Is their - thcy
talk learnedly and answer Gues'i'-,s .,eE 10
must be always on the alert % -,ssv ars
facts and stories of all kinds anpesr-
diplomats in manner and 'neH -a,spdia
ance Is usually quite rernarAa'01y = ~ the
Indeed. the head waiter Is one snroueaa
UNIQUE and interesting features Ol rIp
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
UTILITY OF HAND BAGGAGE.

The traveller OF modest resources who
goes across merely for tour, and does not
expect to have many social requirements,
would do well to limit himself or herself
to hand baggage. Dress suit cases and
bags, which we consider tremendous bur-
den in American travel, where trunk check
Ing Is comparatively easy. are an indc
scribable comfort in Europe 1t Is taken
for granted everywhere that one travels
with considerable hand luggage. and every
railroad station and steamship landing no
matter how small or remote is crowded
with official porters. who swarm aboard
train and boat to carry ii all off. The tip
ping for this service Is moderate. The
equivalent of five six cents is sufficient
for transferring many as three big bags
from one train to another when one has TO
change cars, Ten cents is enough for car
rying the same amount from train TO car
riage, and 20 or 25 cents is accepted grate-
FULLY by porters who Stagser under your
belongings from the train to hotel five or
six blocks away, IL you wish to save the
expense Of riding there in carriage or
omnibus.
Does the prospective traveller fear that
he. or perhaps especially she, will not be
able to take sufficient changes of clothing
If limited to hand baggage? OF course. one
who lives in two suit cases, for instance.
cannot compete with the voyager who
starts out by appearing In at least three
different costumes on each succeeding day
the steamer going over, or with the one
who wishes to dress elaborately for dinner
at the Continental hotel
But il Is possible for a woman with two
bags to carry an extra travelling suit. a
thin silk evening dress and all necessary
changes and personal articles. The women
who go abroad for the summer season
laden with wash suits and waists will find
themselves wishing they had one thorough
ly good looking cloth suit and a couple OF
thin silk waists, instead. Travelling in
railroad trains and stopping for only two
or three days at a time make wash suits a
burden. and. besides. the European climate
very seldom requires the thin clothing that
American heat makes necessary Our thin
cloths and linens look decidedly poor and
inadequate beside the richer and thicker
goods of England and the Continent
Another encumbrance that one can do
away with from now on Is steamer rugs,
as these may be hired In connection with
deck chairs just for the passage. The idea
that II Is we'll to have rugs along TO re-
inforce hotel bed coverings is wrong. Lit
tie that is necessary for comfort is omitted
from the average European hotel room.
some OF the special attractions that are
drawing crowds To Europe this summer
are given in list form below:
GREAT BRITAIN.
CAT LondonD
Japan british Exhibition. Nav u October
$50 II az OF empire s........ May. June July
i'o'"i ACADEMY. ......,.,.,.... May TO August
GREAT CRICKET MATCHES.
Al London>
.turu vs. cambridge ............ July 4
N'0' "" narrow -.... ..,..- July
OTHER IMPORTANT FIXTURES
i'NA4eS 'esa'A' A','..,.,.,-.,..,July j, 9 and
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own merits. Any one who wishes to claim
foreign residence is referred to us here, in
this office. In a broad way I might say
that a person who has lived abroad, earn
ing his living there, having a permanent
home in some one place. and with the in
tent of remaining there for purposes of
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

Asked by a Tribune reporter who would
be considered a bona fde resident of
foreign country, the Collectors representa-
tive at the Custom House explained that
it would be impossible to define In general
terms
Each case" he said. 'fs decided on Its
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

Is~ ooDBV! GoOdbyr' she cries,
waving q little perfumed hand
~ kerchief. Write me lots and
lots Of letters, Address them anywhere !!
In going every place there is" And with
The deep whistle roaring, crowds cheering
wildly, the brass band crashing above all
the excitement, the big liner slowly begins
10 move, and she" together with thou
sands in equally high spirits. some of them
sriIling tears. Of excitement, not of grief,
are off on their laughing, wondering, admir-
ing. gold scattering tour of Europe.
And this year, just to prove that panic
times are over. the record of the banner
year 1907. with its 100,906 cabin passen-
gers. seems about TO be broken. as indicated
by tie number Of persons that have al
ready gone this season and are booked TO
SO before the middle of July.
IN fact, the steamship Iines- that Were
started some seventy years ago for the
purpose OF bringing emigrants TO this coun-
try have now been obliged to face right
around the other way TO meet the streams
Of traffic that originate on this side of the
SCoar
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
A WORD OF ADVICE.

The traveller who is sailing now is par
ticularly warned to make declaration OF
every article purchased abroad. and If the
original receipted bills for all such articles
are saved and presented with the declara-
ton great deal OF trouble and vexing
disputes as to the value will be avoided
Apropos of the difficulty that many re-
turning American citizens have had to
avoid paying duty on jewelry and other
valuable personal effects which they had
taken over with them. a scheme evolved by
the ingenuity of some Chicago society
women came TO light short time ago.
Their plan simply is to make an affidavit
before leaving here OF the articles they are
taking with them, and to have a photo
graph made OF large and detailed enough
character to show such articles. The sue
cess of this plan was made manifest few
days ago, when Mrs. Watson Blair, of
Chicago, was able for the first time in
years to march by the customs inspectors.
jewels and ALL without being challenged.
And. by the way, the question of what
baggage to take for three months tour
Is a very serious one TO many travellers.
especially to the ones going over on their
first trip. 1t is usually a noticea bic fact
that the one who has been over before Is
the one who has the least baggage this
time. Trunks. particularly, are left at
home by the European traveller who has
once been through the process In different
unfamiliar languages of weighing, check
ing and paying extra for his trunk and
tipping half dozen people for handling 1t
every time he moves from one stopping
place to another. A baby would be almost
less trouble than a trunk.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

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business or permanent residence, and VINO
then Unexpectedly returns to this country
to resume permanent residence here, is ao-
n1itted as nonresident There are not
many cases of bona fde foreign residence
according to the new rule. People who go
abroad for a year or two TO travel or study
are usually considered American citizens In
every sense of the word
But If trouble has arisen from ignorance
of.customs rules, much greater distress and
confusion are the result of wilfully over
looking or refusing to comply with even
the smallest regulation. Failure 70 declare
any article bought the other side may
result not as in former days. in merely
being humiliated and forced to pay duty.
but in forfeiture of the article. together
with the payment of a heavy fine or i'm
prisonment. The case Of Ex-Governor Frank
w. Rollins of New Hampshire is still fresh
in mind. His plea OF ignorance of the law
did not save him from forfeiting his prop
erty and paying s2.Oo0. besides. because he
had not made full declaration of his per-
sonal effects and those OF his wife. Fines
In smaller amounts are continually being
Maid
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N~ OODBYt Goodbyi" she cries,
waving little perfumed hand
~ kerchief Write me lots and