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The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

n TEXT Thursday is Thanksgiving day!
M l kept saying that over and over
= on the way home today and trying
somehow to find some new meaning in it
for me. 1t is my birthday, too. this
year. Perhaps that is why it seems to
strike me more cruelty than ever
Thanksgiving day! What on earth
have l to be thankful for? Health?
This is my second anniversary of the
day, recorded on your first page, my
only diary and confidant, when the doc
tors at the hospital gave me four years
TO live. For two years now l have fel.
this double pain-the one that is killing
my body and the other that Is killing
my soul. No. decidedly I'm not grateful
for health.
Wealth. then? Do you suppose, my
poor diary. that ! should be going
around in my wheelchair selling my en-
broidery, going from hospital to Gus
toner and from customer to hospital, IL
had money enough to keep alive other
wise? Oh. no, my dear; am very poor
and not so awfully proud. You would
never think my great grandfather was
thoroughly at home in the court of
France and called the king OF England
by his first name, would you, to look at
me?
And love? Oh. diary. If I could only
be thankful for love! You never knew
my father. OF course; neither did l much.
for he died before could talk or walk.
But am sure he loved me. [ often
think of it and imagine that it must be
true. Mother brought me up after that,
and was a great disappointment to
mother. You see, was the only child.
and mother was a brilliant woman, and
beautiful. and terribly ambitious and
was none of those things and did not
even try to be. l was very obstinate
when 1 was young. diary. Then after
while she died, too, and l just got along
somehow. None of the uncles and
aunts l was foisted on wanted me very
much. They would talk about their duty
to poor EmIna's child" and pass me on
I was glad when 1 got old enough to go
TO work and to get rid Of all of them.
You see. my dear, since your acquairit
ance with me begins only on THAT day,
you don't realize that | was once like
other people; my back was perfectly
good and / walked and went to places
and was generally quite competent.
You'd think I'd have had some real
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H1o GENTLE Art q
(ONST STFNCY

In interest. for was receiving side
lights on a type OF womanhood which
was a little alien 20 my general IDEAS
They fingered for a moment co sur
vey the handsome gowns in the VIM
dow. While thus engaged a pale
little child with a basket OF sweet
violets stepped up 20 the lady with
the "ultra" manner
Please. na'am. won't you buy a
bunch of sweet vioiets: brother Is
sick and" She got 10 further, NO.
never buy flowers on the street;
they wilt with ten minutes wearing
I saw the corners OF the little child
ish mouth droop piteOusIy with the
rebuff. and. touched to ths quick.
stepped up and slipped into the small
white hand the quarter I had been
expecting TO invest in a dainty piece
of neckwear. for which impulsive act
1 was rewarded BY fash OF Joy
from the blue eyes I shall never for
get. I was not through with my
friends" however: I wanted 70 pur-
sue the experience further, I entered
the store and soon discovered them
at distant counter lingering some
expensive silks. I stepped up and
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rily we plan and how ruthieSS'S
fate Danish our well-ordered IDEAS!
had scarcely become comfortably
seated when 4 rather harsh female
voice sounded not too pleasantly IN my
ears, and looking up I saw that the
jarring sound emanated from hgure
most strikingly arrayed as regarded ap-
parel. and most inartistically decorated
as regarded the many cunning devices
or so-called enhancements OF feminine
beauty
My thoughts forgot their pleasant
trend in listening TO the following:
Yes. told her 1 could get just as
good girls as she for the same money.
who would not expect me to turn my
house into private orphan asylum
for destitute youngsters-you know she
has a child of g. who was with its
grandmother until last winter. and
after she died. Mary asked me If she
might bring the child to live with US
for a whue-imaginel There would
probably be nothing left of Fido by the
end of three weeks.
Her friend was a good listener.
Just here the conversation took a
turn, for the car was making a rather
lengthy stop to permit blind gentle
man to board. He found his way slowly
to seat on the opposite side a little
distance down, carefully attended by a
woman, whose face told plainly the
beautiful story of self-sacriice in the
loving cause
The short silence was broken by a
murmur OF disapproval from my recent
ly discovered entertainer
Just think of being tied to a care
like that all ones hfe-the narrowing
tendency it must have-we have such
good homes now for that purpose, and
they are really better off there" / do
not know what might have been the
reply to this heartless comment, for
just here the car reached fashionable
store. and my interesting fellow-pas-
sengers prepared TO alight. 1 decided
to follow-the occurrence was growing
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dead one. for cooking, / mean. If she
does I'll throw it in her face: swear I
will q guess l must be prouder than
thought ! was.)
I've been looking over the first part Of
this, and it certainly does sound mourn
full. suppose it was because had just
come from the hospital. and they hurt
more than usual today. 1 don't see the
use of mussing up insides that are go
ing to stop work soon anyway. But
I'm rested now. and I'm ashamed OF be-
ing so disgustingly blue.
Let me tell you. diary. of the very
incest thing that ever happened to me-
Once I had a ROMANCEi 1t happened
about seven years ago, when I was II.
Tlwasn't- soNbad-l ookng- when got my
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And glow Ike Il.
Lord, I confess. too. when I dine
The pulse is thine.
And all other bits that be
There placed by thee;
The worts. the purslain and the mess
OF watercress,
Which Of thy kindness thou hast sent;
And my content
Makes these, and my beloved beet,
To be more sweet.
Tis thou that crown st my glitterinl
hearth
With guntless mirth,
And civ ST me wassail bowls to drink,
Spiced to the brink.
Lord. It's thy plenty dropping hand
Thai soils my land,
And giv'st me, for my bushel sown,
Twice ten for one;
Thou mak'st my teem!ng hen 70 lay
Her egg each day;
Besides my faithful ewes to bear
Ne twins each year;
The while the conduits Of my kline
Run cream, for wine
All these and better thou dost send
Me. 10 this end.
That I should render, for my part,
A thankful heart. Robert Herrick
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Her voice was the
crisp businesslike
one of the success
full working wom-
an. Her strictly
tailored suit con-
trasted eloquently
W / t b the velvet
and furs of her
married frie n d.
Her chin settled
| 81 e If resolutely
over the linen col
lar and she smiled
in a satisfied way
at the dark beauty
beside her. Evil
IDENTIFY a battle was
on, and 1 forgot
that I was caves
dropping. I felt
that I W a s wit
Messing some ones
Waterloo.
Sincerely sorry
for 20 u. B o b"
smiled b a c K the
9th er.
wv ell, I am
glad for myself.
and just as thank
full as you. l am
grateful to my fat
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TTATE YOU ever thought OF the in
finite JOY Of detail2 There Is
IL nothing on earth, * seems 10 me,
which affords more genuine delight than
the planning Of something which shall
match all over" and be complete even
10 the smallest pin in the pincuShion on
the dressing table in The guest room.
When I was q girl there was a very
popular book, which IS not read so much
now-"The Wide. Wide World" il is a
most pious and diJactic tale. as those OF
sou know who have read it. but ii had
one chapter that has never yet failed 10
thrill me Z Is the scene where the
heroine Ellen. IS going away. and her
mother purchases for her a writing desk,
which she Cts out completely. even 10
the wax candles for the sealing wax. If
you can pore over such a description as
] can, noting with endless delight the
addition OF each new accessory. you Will
know what mean BY the JOY of detail
How many houses have L furnished IN
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Just a Word, Please !

7 EST you
Are you glad that you living in the when
brutal sailed forth and by the might of his right
hand chat usually Hourished club chose maeE =,
sufficiently thankful medieval ladye with
opportunity be than decorative fgurhead at her lord and
masters table2
Do grateful that in this and in this
blessed country being with with its chance
live after dathl Do realize that the right to live
broadly deeply and ong the opportunity do noble things and to
the world better than found It!
Is there, feeling of gratitude the gifts OF
and thinking. thresh
old Of another day look life from all points of view
And be thankful
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= ORD. thou hast given me a cell,
Wherein 10 dwell;
- A little house. whose humble roof
Is v-earherproofi
Under the spars Of which I lie
Both soft and dry;
Where thou my chamber for TO ward
Hast set a guard
OF harmless thoughts 10 watch and keep
Ne while I sleep.
Low is my porch. as is my fate;
Both void OF state:
And yet the threshold OF my door
"A worn by the poor,
Who thither come and freely get
Good words or meat
Like as nv parior, 50 my hal
And Kitchens small;
A little buttery and therein
A little bin.
Which keeps my little loaf Of bread
Unchipt. unhead:
Some little sticks az thorn or briar
Make me FIRE.
Close BY whose living coal I SIT,
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everything suddenly become, Tor TINS
was the reply:
"Oh. no. I cannot possibly do II,
Dora" (This from the charming
actress In the previously cited episodes)
"I have an important committee
meeting at 1.SO O'Clock Of the Society
for the Prevention OF Cruelty to
Minors, and you know I am one OF
their right hands" and she gave a
bland, self-satished smile. and together
they passed out Of my hearing
Ocly one sentence crowded into my
mind Z amid the jarrlng sensations
that pervaded il, and this kept recur-
ring to me all day: 'Inasmuch as ys
have done 1t to the least of one OF these,
ye have also done II unto me-"
FLORA DELL
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she laughed. Because dear YOU will never know what
t ~ MSS Then you pocket your salary
stand what it is the who is the
' IA tne world sum to for fluffy rufdes. The 10y
~ iais IS something that fear will understand
he WORKING together at ones reside better
tnah the pulling alone. Every thankful.
Every year my heart offers its gratitude"
AND SO does mine. Listen just o
the station destined marriage longer
is disputed the fact that all home makers
tfome are home breakers. but that's story)
one of the minority. admit
refuses to be taken under protecting
husband 1t is better Some watch and
must play, There must be this world
who viii contribute the happiness
offices am thankful that Of these"
So they stepped from the and walked down
stairs of the station. / followed.
A little street roWdy about as big hve-cent piece
was loungtng the His beadlike eyes grown
keen from much looking ms and for easy
marks. spotted the Carr he
asked as he turned himself around the handbag the
smaller
Then he the tailor-maid.
IDENTIFY kept ready in inside pocket
free.
Gee and he took contented draw at the butt his
hand. "an't / glad I'm mani! BARBARA LEE.
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well-dressed good-lookng women They were seated
behind train, and they were interested IN the
absorbing gratitudewhch proves that now ana
then relevant.
Why Bob are still work
ing down in that horrd city? Haven't you and George
O golden understanding yet? My, but are a
foolish thankful that not are just
never could stand the daily grind Of work and
although you may long the ndepend
of bachelor girl give life the clinging
It's nice o have that's willing to nave
cling, don't of anything more comforting
which latest acquisition
thankful that I went out Eds
yachting party last summer-I might not have met my
husband sighed long and gratefully, Il am
thankful-al over"
But ~ said her friend
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L lefls IL YOU W
conversation, I thot
budding promises
in her nature had
b e e n allowed to
m a [ u r e - and ]
w e p {. No, little
0 n e, do not be
sorry for me. l
prefer to go alone
on the great road
of life. l could not
possibly lead the
dependent, suppl
eating. 'lean-on-me'
life that most of
you S e e m to be
thankful for. 1
draw a breath OF
gladness ev er v
time the Eagles on
my well earned
dollars shout t h e
battle cry of free
doml"
"W h e W." ex-
claimed the other.
Bob, you should
have been a man.
I'm afraid of you
when you put on
the oratorical cap
and bells" and
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An excess of one quality is always
bought at the expense of another. II
a man be absolutely just he will be
absolutely merciless. / would not trust
absolute justice to any but god
Arthur Sherburne Hardy.
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Thoughts

r NEVER could believe that provi-
dence had sent a few men into the
4 world ready booted and spurred to
ride, and millions ready saddled and
brid1ed to be rldden.-R Richard Rumbold.
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asked to see a line
OF foulards. The
lady in attendance
had scarcely laid
several bolts OF
shimmering silks
before me. when
I heard the re-
mark:
why, Nell. you
Will surely go with
me to AIarion's for
lunch; she viii be
s o disappointed.
she expects US
both " And then
I received a shock
that sent me out
OF the store won-
dering whe Z h 9 =
my universe was
still working in an
orderly manner so
topsy turvy did
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IE day was propi-
tious for a shop
ping expedition. I
d o n n e d a short
skirt and shirt
waist. shouldered.
or. to be more ex-
plicit. armed my
handy leather bag
and boarded a car
b nd for the
busi mess section
with a feeling OF
elevation. / had
the entire morn
ing a h e a d and
only a few pur-
chases to make
so decided to get
all the pleasure 1
could out of the
trip. How mer-
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Exactness in little things Is a Won
derful source of cheerfulness--F. w.
Faber.
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Two excesses: exclude reason, admit
only reason.-Pascal.
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1 like not only to be loved, but to be
told that I am loved: the realm of
silence is large enough beyond the
grave.-George Eliot,
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ITO be angry with a weak man IS
proof that you are not very strong
yourself
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that didn't marry when I silly Is.
too Of the repentant sorry od-young wives
VINO jumped into the matrimonial ring tired the
daily dependence on husbands who
love respect.
do ycu remember Bess, who the eptome of irre
sponsble joy? sunshine called her in the
we discussed the betterization the heathen
east Can recall the wedding, with its flowers and
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riage of her head.
/ am not one.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-02
CHARGE STRIKE
TOCONSPIRACY.
Pittsburg Coal Operators
Accused by Rivals Suits
Are Being Prepared.
THE ESTIMATED COST

Pittsburg, Sept. 2.-Alleging that they
the result of a conspiracy entered into
by their Ptttsburg competitors and Of
hcials Of the local union Of the United
Mine Workers Of America, coal opera
tors of Irwin, Pa, through their attor-
neys, announce that they are prepar-
ing suits against the alleged conspira-
tors to be fled In the federal court,
The Irwin operators have already
commenced action against numerous
officials of the miners union and lead
ers among the miners.
Attorney scarrett, who is In charge
of preparing the suits, said be would
begin fling them within a very few
days. This move has been expected
for many months, since certain men
who worked as union organizers in the
pay of detectives made affidavit some
time ago that certain large Pittsburg
operators had promised to defray all
their expenses and their salary while
getting the Irwin field organized and
the miners out on a strike.
At that time is was openly charged
that the Irwin field operators were
taking some Of the rich contracts Of
the Pittsburg operators while the lat
ter were having trouble with their
men, and the inference was drawn
that the Pittsburg operators were will
Ing to pay for having the Irwin fields,
long nonunion, closed.
The names of officials of the miners
union were also used, and it is on this
information the Irwin operators say
they will make their fight.
President Francis Feehan Of Pitts
burg district, United Mine Workers,
gave himself up to the county sheriff
and was placed under $500 bail on the
conspiracy charge preferred by the Ir-
win operators. All other officials and
many organizers Of the union were
also arrested and gave bail.
President Feehan gave out a signed
statement In which he set forth the
miners side Of the controversy, say
ing that the Irwin miners had been
u~norganized for twenty years and that
the operators were forcing them to
work at 10 cents per ton less than
union miners were getting,
1t is estimated that 1900 mJners are
yet out of work, and 1t Is alleged by
the miners that 5000 women are
homeless. An estimate of the total
cost to all pa~ties of the strike places
it at $7,300,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-02
The Iona Spoon,

"Tomkyns" recently heard the ex-
preston "If you sup with the devil
you will need a long spoon" Though
| never heard it BEFORE" he says, at
is evidently fairly well known, and
what / should like to know is, What
does 1t mean, and where does it come
from?'
1t means that If you are going to sit
down to a meal with his Satanic
majesty you will need a long spoon
to avoid the necessity of getting too
near the old gentleman and, In its
general sense, of course, it implies
that If you have dealings with a dam
gerous or notorious person it behooyes
you to use great caution. 1t comes
from n of the "Ingoldsby Legends"
and the quotation reads:
Who suppes with the Deville sholde have
a LONG spoone,
London Answers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-02
WILL" AS A PAGEANT.
Beerbohm Trees Presentation a Four
Hour Riot of Splendor.

Beerbohm Trees Presentation a -Four
Hour Riot of Splendor.
London, Sept. g Realizing that
Shakespeare's king Henry VIII."ei
more of a pageant than a drama, Sir
Beerbohm Tree produced it OIL those
lines at His Majesty's theater last
night and scored one of his greatest
scenic triumphs. A combination of mi
mute historic research and artistic skill
resulted In a series Of wonderful pic
lures, the harmony of which was not
destroyed when broken up by the ka-
leidoscopic movements of the actors.
From first to last 1t was a riot Of
gorgeous splendor, and the spectators
-Were so delighted with it that ever in
ferior acting would have passed al
most unnotlced. As 1t was, the his
trionie side Of the performance, If not
equal to Its stagecraft, was on the
whole satisfying.
Mr.. Boucher played King Henry,
Violet Vanbrugh played Katherine and
Sir Beerbohm Cardinal Wolsey. The
play occupied four hours, although the
original five acts were compressed into
three.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-02
The Hearts and the Spade.

Once upon a time a man who was
playing a game Of draw poker found
four hearts and a club In his hand.
After a little thought he discarded the
club and drew a spade.
II viii call this a hand of hearts,
he said to himself. and bet on my
flush"
Then he looked very wise and laid
down 81 of his hard earned money,
Another player saw the 81 instantly,
called In a loud voice, and the money
at once changed owners.
Moral.-A wise man calls a spade Q
snade.-New York Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-02
A Queer Diannosix.

A celebrated Dublin physician was
Sir Dominic Corrigan, who was as
much famed for his brusQueness to-
ward patients as for his skill. In the
course of some "reminiscences William
Charles Scully told a story of the doc
tor which is quite well worth quoting.
* was taken to see him." says the
writer, Several times, but he always
treated me with the utmost kindness.
However, a highly respectable maiden
aunt of mine had a different expert
ence. She went to consult him. After
sounding her-none too gently-and
asking a few questions he gave a
grunt and relapsed into silence. Then
after a short pause of meditation he
said, We'll, ma'am, it's one of two
t~hings-e1ther you drink or else you
sit with your back to the fire."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-02
About Fishes.

Fish are nearly the same weight as
the water In which they live, SO that
they can o in 1t with great ease.
The majority of them also have an air
bladder inside of the body, which en-
ables them to go up or down in the
water at will. When a fish desires to
go down deep 1t ian press the air out
Of this bladder by means of certain
muscles and thus increase the weight
of it's body, and when 1t wishes to rise
again 1t takes off the pressure, the
bladder fills with air again, and Its
body becomes light enough to rise.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-02
STILL HUNT FOR
MRS. RUDOLPH
Clairyoyant Predicts That
the Missing Woman VIII
Be Found Today.


suffern, N. z, Sept, PA deputy
sheriff Of Hackensack, N. J., has ar
rived, and with the assistance Of a
posse of ten men began another search
for Mrs. Margaret Rudolph Of Nah
wah, n. j., the missing woman who
mysterious disappeared from the home
of her daughter, Mrs. John Van Horn,
whose home is at the foot of the Ram
apo mountains near the Havemeyer es.
tate. The deputy sheriff, with the men,
searched the woods In the Ramapo
mountains for two miles, thinking the
woman may be held for a ransom.
The Ramapo river was dragged for
q mile, but no signs Of the woman
were found.
Today thirty men with dogs will
again make q search back of the Hou-
venkamp mountain. If this search
proves unsuccessful ~bloodhounds will
be used and searchers added.
H~ackensack, N. j., Sept. 2.-Prosecu-
tor Wendell j. Wright Of Hackensack
has sent County Detectives Blauvelt
and Cook to Mahwah to aid In the
search for aged Mrs. Margaret Ru-
dolph, who on last Monday mysteri-
ously disappeared from the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. John Van Horn, af-
ter having started out to visit the home
of a nearby neighbor. 1t was the gen.
eral belief that the aged woman Is
being detained in one. of the several
huts In the Ramapo mountains occu-
pied by Italians for reward or ransom,
and 1t was for the purpose of search
ing these huts that request was made
for the detectives.
No trace has yet been secured Of Mrs.
Rudolph, who is seventy years old.
Her only son, who came here and
searched the woods on Tuesday and
Wednesday until well nigh exhausted,
has returned to New York.
A clairvoyant of Suffern, who visited
Mrs. Van Horns home, INDUCED In a
trance and said Mrs. Rudolph would
be found under a tree In the woods and
would return to her home today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-02
a Rare Luxury.

Every man has ideas In his MIND
One Of them, held almost universally
is to own two pairs Of suspenaers al
once. SO that he will not be obliged to
change these valuable supporters con
tinually from pants to trousers. Few
achieve 1t, however. 1t Is not a mat
ter of money, for many well to do and
even rich men are tied to one pair OF
~suspenders through early habits OF
thought and training, inertia, absent
mindedness and the like errors. When
we see a MAJ who owns two sets oil
suspenders we say to ourselves, There
goes a kingp-Minneapolis Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-02
TESTING Her Love.

what" she asked, with fervor,
"can l do, Horace, to prove that l love
you with all my hearth"
Their honeymoon was waning, and
he replied without emotion to her ap-
peal:
You might give me back all the
foolish letters I have written you, so
that l might have the satisfaction of
destroying them"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-02
Conscience Money.

conscience money" In Great Britain
now amounts to thousands Of pounds
annually. The first sun noticed was
ON March 30, 1889, when 1850 was car
ried to the psblic account in conse-
quence of 9 note received by the chan
cellor. The writer with troubled soul
implored him, "as an honest man, to
consider the money the property of the
nation and to be SO just as to apply
1t to the use Of the state In such a
manner that the nation may not suffer
by its having been detained and thus
to ease the conscience of an honest
man."
An anchor to winoward-an &C. IN
the EVENING NEWS.