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you, striking you. Then-let me think
was II the russell one or the de1seIy black
one that
''Oh, hurry up"' cried Marie, jumping UP
and down (which beat? Did you trim
the coons, Mr.. O'FarreI?"
"One of them, at any rate I continued
was rendered unconscious by Mr.. O'Far-
reI, and the remainder withdrew We left
the damaged one in the care of a crowd
which came up
You whaIed 'em, boss" cried the second
sized Morgan. Bully for your
LAS we walked on I said, warming W
to my subject. Il borrowed Mr.. O'F'arreI S
cuff on which to jot down the strong re-
marks he was making aboSt the impudence
and inferiority OF the negro race. AS we
neared a corner a few blocks further up
town, we saw n crowd suddenly rush cut
from a side street and seize middle
aged negro. While three men held him a
fourth prepared a moose in the end Of a
rope ard another beat him heavily with
the loose end. I was glad TO see that so
many persons agreed with O'Farrells views
Of the negro. He pressed his other cuff
into nv hand in order, as I supposed, that
might be able to note down the whole of
the speech which he was about to-
''Cut it, said the second-sized Morgan.
What happened?"
.+O'FarrelI ran into the middle of the
crowd He seized the rope, but, instead OF
putting il around the negros head. he
doubled it several times and struck the
leaders of the crowd with it. They re-
treated in some discontinue, satisfied that
he had the strength to chastise the negro
without their help. He then helped the
negro into drug store and we walked on
An didn't yer lick him?" asked the sec
ond-sized Morgan. Oats a fat young
warn. l don't want no more O. your stories,
Mr. OFarrell Do you, Mree?"
No It's wicked to fight, anyway" said
Marie
.Ye can be tellin' US the rest another
time. Misther O'Farrell, said Mrs Nor
gan. who had evidently been Interested in
the narrative.
II shall be pleased to do SO, madam. -
he replied, bowling as he went out the door.
Behind US I heard the second-sized Nor
gan saying: Say, ma; Bill an Mick an
me. we everlastinIy tanned de hide O dat
dingy kid down de block Tied him up ter
a hydrant, an 49, me rest OF ms words
were lost TO US
DO YOU think. seriously" I said, when
we had gained the SidS"diA' e-4@A' l44c As' l
pictures viii be prohibited"
Il can't think seriously about it at all,
Badly" he replied. IT'S a joke. Contem-
plate a nation of ninety million free and
educated people enduring riot and murder
in the streets Of their great towns not be-
cause OF political oppression or religious
Intolerance or the resistance OF an en-
pioyer to the demands OF a union but be
cause one negro could knock down one
white man in a fair fight Every human
motive that has made Tor war and dis
cord from the times OF Jacob until to
day is tangled up in the skein OF influences
thar win determine whether the pictures
are shown
There is one of the deepest of all hu-
man passions. mans essential love of fight
irp and watching others tight. That is at
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Thinks He Could WfT1eSS
Them E1ifbouf Doing
Murder.

Punch, Also Pictures Of Jefries and John
son in Training
7 hear no sounds Of bloodshed." said
O'Fsrreu. Lets go in and see Can you
stand a nickel treat-It viii De my turn
, next time"
am always proud to throw open my
purse for ny famous friend. and as the
sum in question was not great 1 bought
two tickets The place was pitch dark
After a picture OF an Indian and a white
man fighting duel with carving knives.
picture of Jeffries, which looked as II Il
had been taken from a cOlOred postcard.
was thrown on the screen. It was q stere-
opticon picture. and did not move. a thin
girl who sat near the piano claDped her
haads very loud. but there was no riot
Then there was a picture Of negro
man and woman with a very white dog in
a Yellow automobile The same girl elapped
her hands again. and again nobody else
stirred. The training pictures showed
JefTries moving alfalfa and feeding his
chickens
Then the words The Winning Punch"
were thrown upon lhe screen / Felt a little
nervous TO TANK that the terrible pictures
which might cause so much bloodshed were
about TO be preselted-in imitation. TO be
sure. but recalling TO those crude minds
about me the tragedy Of the Reno ring
side. Slowly some blotches OF bright color
shaped themselves on the screen. and the
picture took shape The Winning PJInch"
showed a dark room. With many gentle
men in high boots and broad skirted coats
all lying drunk on the floor, while on the
mahogany table there was a cUtslass
punch bowl The audience broke out
Laughing. and we al fled OUT into ire
street
He Is 4 wonda-f1l animal, thar JoA1-
SON said O'FarrsII. enthusiastically. =4e
was laughing al through the GZE-- He al
ways fights that way. as II Il were play %
him. That. Baldy, Is whas makes htm
great He aas energy enough TO 60 whar
he sets out 70 Go. and he has more tAzn
enough. He Is SO fun Of vitality thar ne
cannot help regarding his greatest feats as
play. That is the git OF the superman. cf
the supreme genius When man has more
than enough brains TO treat the subjects
that he deals with SO that be has play
fUl tone even toward the most terrible
themes. then We call him q poet Johnson
physically IS what Shakespeare was
mentally His physical superiority 70 ths
nervous white man is TOO plain To be mis-
taken. Can you lend me che carfars
hoInec
WAY said l. Il thought YOU had just
been paid for the 'Etherealist Fncycio-
peedia-'
II bet on JeTries." he replied. sadly
J. B.. IT.
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Westhone-Edwin Haynes, Miss Lillian
Corrigan. Miss Margaret Corrigan. OF New
Lendon. Conn: Miss a A Donohue and
Mss Mary w Edwards OF New York
Kendall PIace-8Irs- Hazeiton, Mrs Mar
garet Miller, Mr. and Mrs J. l. Durham.
Miss Abbie Cochran, Mr. and Mrs McClsi-
Ian, IIrs. II II Davidson, Mr.. and Mrs Il
Cronemeyer, Mr.. and Mrs. c. \ Theiler'
Mrs Martin and J. Martin, OF New York
The Safford-8Irs- J. Mott. Mrs Francis
Mott Mrs. William Mott. Mrs Brown. Mrs
Richard Mccormick. Mrs. Archibold Bouton,
of New York Miss Emma Clark. OF Brook
Ign Miss T. K Ctamberlayre, OF Mount
Clair n Y: Mrs James Reed and daugh-
ter, Mr. and MIS-. NJ y Divine. OF Atlantic
City.
Canfeld House-8Irs. \. Mencia, son and
daughter; Mrs 2. Primellas, Mrs L Diaz
and daughter, Mrs. Barata, OF New York
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| the bottom of it all When Johnson wa:
allowed to claim an undefendedsch champion
| ship racial prejudices began to work
| Then
wait a minute I said eagerly. lend
me your cuff. want to take this down.
He gave me the cuff, <and continued:
Then there were two motives that made
men itch to see Johnson and Jeffries get
+ together The fight promoters satisfied
these two longings in order to satisfy an
! itch of their own-that for making money
| These three motives are what caused prac-
ticalIy all the wars that ravaged the world
! up to the time of the Crusades, and good
share of those since; and religion. tie one
remaining maker OF wars, drove the fight
out of California
| Then the promoters began to play with
a force that is strong enough to bring on
wars on its own account, the newspapers
They chose the Fourth of July for the fight
! partly because they knew that there was
comparatively little news to be printed on
that and preceding days. Because of the
summer slackening of the courts, the legis-
Iatures and the business of the country,
the papers would have very little else to
print besides fight news for days before
hand
There has been no great election nor
great disaster in recent years for which the
news bulletins We're watched so eagerly
Enormous crowds swayed and stopped the
streets wherever the fight returns were
being posted. When Jeffriess defeat was
finally announced the people were moved
as if there had been public calamity and
it were a day of mourning. They had in q
kind of subconscious way delegated Jeffries
to prove that all white men were better
than all negroes. and the negro had shown
that he was the better man; indeed, by
their own standards he was the best man
in the world
You can hardly blame the negroes for
believing after the proof the white men
had thrust upon them. that all negroes
were better than all whites. Many of them
were noisy about it and had their heads
broken Twelve of them were killed by
men who wished TO demonstrate that ct any
rate ten white men were better than one
negro.
And then came this remarkable protest
against the pictures. Friends of the negro
rose up from the most unexpected sources
and called upon the states to prevent the
massacres which would fall upon them If
the pictures were shown Men whose virtu-
Gus horror of pugilism had never been
heard of before protested against the
vicious influence of the films as soon as
they heard that the negro had won. I'm
Thirsty
II had been long speech even for OFar-
rel. and in my gratitude | invited him 10
quench his thirst at my expense. He passed
the drug store which 1 had Indicated and
drew me rapidly into a saloon In reply
to my shocked look he said
Never mind Badly you can drink but
termilk"
He boldly called for beer himself and
when a corpalent gentleman in a white
apron had handed him a glassful with
great deal of foam on the top he waited
until the foam had disappeared and then
asked the gentleman to I'LL II 10 the top,
which he did.
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sized Morgan broke out again I'VE know
all about dat Dey fit in Reno De sports
fought de smoke had a yaller streak an
couldn't use his left, but he unbuttoned ar
awful bunch O. left hooks an rocked JEFF
to rest wit one in de ffteent'. Amt dat
so, Mree?"
Marie nodded her curls and said that il
was
We'll. If you know all about the fight,
said O'Farrell, do you want me to tell you
what happened afterwards what Badly
bere"-as he waved his hand toward me
he stopped and kindly withdrew the ia
rniliar expression-''what Mr.. Crouch and
saw that night?''
Sure" piped Marie. Did you SCRAP
V7iv a dinge. Mr.. O'Farrell?'
That's IN the story said the great man
AS Mr.. Crouch here was looking out OF
his window I came in with the news OF
Johnson's victory. I rushed to my OWL
window-and there We were"
Let me explain his words, and why ne
looked so scathingiy at Mrs. Morgan when
he smoke. The board partition which d.
,-ides my apartment from O'FarrelIs also
divides the dormer in which our window Is
located. It is possible for one Of US to
Iook o,lt Of the window by pushing aside
the partition which has become looseneo
at that point When. however, on the
night in question O'Farrell rushed 10 MS
side Of the window without noticing that
was at mine he wedged us both Sohcly
INFO the corner We extricated ourselves
with the greatest difficulty 1t was this
situation which he described so well by
those whitening words, And there we
were"
But Mrs. Morgan did not wither. Her
rental dignity flowed through her ana
gtfrened her, like an electric current.
.sY' only pay me 50 cints fer tn room
she said. coldIy, AN ye don't pay IL
Then" O'Farrell continued, sereneiy'
then BaIdy surprised me He was so glad
the negro had won that his first WORDS
were. Holy smoke"
allowed the words TO go uncontradicted-
The exclama ton. however. referred TO the
feelings Of my imprisoned abdomen, and
not 10 the complexion OF MI Johnson.
s.T asked him If he didn't want 10 go out
and see the fireworks" ne went on and
~ said he did. So we started. We were
I'D in West 9th street when we saw three
,,egroes coming down the sideyalk with
their arms around one anothers neck
-, ,,,ara singing a sort Of chant. Git out
de road, git OUT dc fodu' &c
,,t.zoe,r vginst There was little white
man On the corner, no talier IMAM Ioaioy
here, and one Of EN- gave nm Siio W :
Then ne turned around ana saiiea INTO =,
right and left II was SNORT in4A-Ip an an,
then one Of EN- pasted MN an q LUZ JIM
ia the eye and knocked hlnn Gown
Down an outT' piped me Seeoii1-S'1
Morgan. >,,,ooi, ra,o;pea
..Baldy, you'll have TO tel "iiaA Aaf'i'''i'1
then" sa,d .syo,l
WHY. then you INTERVIEWED. ! Sa- -, 10
struck one of the negroes very 80
50 that he fell. and then '''
OF hers eo,,r more 7
-Four. Badly. There were -FOUR i'o' 9
ana positive" .,,ares around
The other four then sa''iei .
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THAT must have been a bum fight out ii
Reno" he said to the coTpUIent gentleman
do you think we'll see the pictures?'
Il hore So" answered the other. az
dropped a ten spot on Jim just FIR luck
But ut wuz fair fight an tn Niger
treated Jim like a gentleman. I bet on
him cause he Iukked good TO me TO win
But all this howl about III fight picters
gifts my goat I guess there's as much as
fifteen men in this town that en- watch
| them fllums without goin' out an KILN a
niger I amt got no hankerin' fer that
an I lost my money
ut must be a blame iuterestin' mix-up &c
watch, an I wanter see it, an why in
Mabel Blazes can't I? Here even the
Mayor says he never said he was goin' to
let the fIIums be showed. This is a guy
vermont of law, he, says. not of men,
Here's hopin the laws on the right side"
Power TO YER exclaimed O'Farrell, and
we strolIed out.
THAT. Badly" said O'Farren as we
strolled out is the natural or impulsive
point of view. He voices the love of fair
play and equal opportunity for all, which
once elevated prizeighting into low form
of real sport. and which. by declining in
face of race prejudice, has sunk it below
that level again"
But do you think" I said at length,
that they will really prohibit the pictures
Because, since I have heard so much about
them, I really think I should like to see
them myself"
But think. Badly. Would you encourage
such a brutal and vicious pursuit as prize
fighting by paying your money TO the men
who arranged and took part in the con-
test?'
II am seriously beginning to question
whether the spectacle is actually such a
shocking one" 7 replied Il should like
TO see for myself
But would you be willing to have ne
groes beaten by people who We're enraged
at the exhibition which you SAVE
Perhaps" said I, Il would find upon
seeing it that they deserved 1t. My opinion
on this race question is still somewhat
cloudy"
''Nobly spoken. Badly. Your opinion is
as clear as mineral water advertisement
when compared with those of most of the
persons who are talking about these films.
Witness the list OF Southern Governors
who have telegraphed TO the Young Peo-
pies Society of Christian EudeaEar that
such an un-Christian spectacle as a white
man being mauled by negro shall not be
exhibited in their states. Witness the ne
gro politician who predicted that Jack
johnson was such an argument and proof
OF the uplift Of the negro race that in 1912
we would elect a black PRESIDENT. and let
eminent negroes get breakfast apd dinner
in the White House as well as luncheon.
II may as well tell you. Badly. that 1
have interviewed number OF persons
about this question partly 10 satisfy my
own curiosity and partly because hope 10
find the opportunity OF making an article
for a magazine out OF 1t"
HAS anybody bought it?'r / asked
Don't be so practical Anyhow, / re-
oeived pay last week for my article on
Cosmos for the Etherialist Encyclopedia
AS 1 said there is a remarkable confusion
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Or CrreH Explains Brief
~ JuSf WhdT II De
bends Upor.


WI they be Iettin' Us see tn fight pict-
rre=1' asked Mrs Morgan. her savage
n2t--e getting TIE better OF the dignity
7-l vt lch she always discussed the rent
O.Farr=I paused al the door Of his cham
be- I have seldom seen that great man
show more tolerance toward ignorance and
bar5a-iIy He smiled al her coarse ques-
Uan as Il 1t mad struck a sympathetic chord
L MS oVFn being
That he replied, depends"
"AT~ said Mrs. Morgan. indicating her
-espect for his wisdom by leaving her
20--1 open.
IT depends" continued OFarren, upon
he opinions Of shocked 'schoolmarrns,
es-e6 negro coaIheavers, princes Of the
Church iu1passioned sporting gentlemen,
eCnzcie-r5ous Southern governors, tolerant
Aorraerr mayors, GIrnrnakers On the scent
q fortune ne Espapers raTenous with the
su1ume7 news famine and other voices OF
1hs people each Of which is yelling in a
different key
and what be vou thinI,in' about il yer
SCI 3Iisther O'Farrell2' asked the woman,
usllE ~ gag the smallest Of her deceitful
children. which had broken cut with a
tl-ce like UhCnograPh
a-s. Morgan" said O'Farrel. under
Eoi-s enc Of those sudden changes Of mood
Wa-cl is the surest sign Of great intellect
sc me tel the kid a bit Of story, and
asy5e III re- answering your question
he picked the creature Up 1r1nleoiately
tn1 ST down IN q chair II cid not squlrrl'
'rt SET in his lap quite contentedly- us
'o8r brothers and sisters gathered around
In : took rhe other chair, hrst seIl4I1s
--rs 2organs shoes upon the floor
DE-e upon q time Logan y aIIe--'
-1ere waz man who was so strong lhzl
e .-zr couldn't help fighting Il ne NAG
t.e- III q man as hard as ne cou4d ne
VIVID have killed him
he hit hi-a WY his hst?" the second
sec Morgan inquired
Yes replied OFarreL
Az. dats Jeffries-' exclaimed the sec
N--5-zed Nor1n-
igat yo1 -. son said the great me 4.
That was JerrIes. At~4sst be thTashed
Ne nan that everybody had thought was
--e strongest man in the world -
Dsis Firzzimmons! exploded the sec
haa-s-zsd Morgan
an1 then everybody knew that JEFF
'-'sS was IKE strongest
say bass y01 mean he was de cham
3sea'
sure, Then for years snd years there
apaody tsaI wanted to fgEt him. ana
0g-sht farm md started raising chick
Ine1 tls=ee 81 Is = colorec man -
80 mean
ARIEL Tesa H=c5nd-slzed nor
*ah with iutera-s
salneclug lie resumed
-s ca-0r6d 1.sr is-1 everybody else
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kAATERSKuL.

Kaaterskill, n. Y, July 9.-The Fourth of
July saw one of the largest crowds here
that has been registered within the las
five years. so that the house was extremely
lively over the holiday. Since Monday ar
rivals have been numerous. and entries in
the golf. tennis and baseball contests have
been large.
nu2per Of automobile parties have reg
istered Here within the last week, one party
coming from Texas
Late arrivals at the Kaaterskin House
include Mr.. and Mrs. B. Lipuan, Master
Lipman and governess, Mr.. and Mrs. Fink
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Seiferheld Mas
ter Seiferheld and maid Mr. and Mrs
Steinhardt and family, Mr.. and Mrs b
Rosenzweig, Miss Helen Rosenzweig and
Miss Beatrice Rosenzweig
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STAMFORD.

Stamford n. Y, July 9.-PeopIe who en-
JOY being quiet. even en- the Fourth OF July.
certainly had it their own way this year
No one made any noise save the small boy
and his frecracker The Stamford ball
team went to Hobart on the Fourth and
captured the game with Hobart by a score
Of 10 TO L The orchestras - Churchill
Hall and the Rexmere are here, and viii
give concerts in their respective hotels this
evening. The Churchill Hail orchestra will
be assisted by the tenor singer, W. II Law
ton. of New York. The first band concert
OF the season will be given this week The
new searchlight on Mount Utsayantha Is
conspicuous, and can be seen for miles
around
Churchill Hall has about eighty guests
including Congressman c. ". Fairchids, Of
Oneonta Mrs. Andrew Bates, of Webster
Mass James Southgate and Mrs. Jones, OF
Durham. s. c.; Mr. and Mrs Richard
Goodwin, of Brooklyn Mr.. and Mrs Silver
and Mr. and Mrs. s. c. Carey, of New York;
Robert 3. Lamb, of 4Iatteawan; Mr.. and
Mrs. P Miller. of Newark, n. J. Mrs o
Howard, of New York City, and Alberto
Sanchez and family. OF Havana, Cuba
The Rexmere has about fifty guests. IN
Guiding Mrs. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. HUI
Der, Miss Victoria Huber, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Henry Watson and daughter, Mrs. L +
Schuyler, Mrs H A. Dewey aud daughter
Aneta, Mrs BurgoId and family, Mrs. P
Ward and family, Mrs. B. de Varona and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. A. ". Ruffie. Mr. and
Mrs. Bryant and family, Mrs f. T Dora
mus and sister. all of New York; T. T. Ha-
german and family, Of Brooklyn.
Madison-Mr and Mrs J 6. Lowden,
Miss Thomson, Of New York City; Mr. and
Mrs Leroy NJ. Young, Of Brooklyn
Mountain View-Dorothy z. Godfrey,
Dorothy Mclaughlin. Jennie Brown, Helen
c. Dewshaw, Emma Foster, Miss NoodIey,
Ida May LaidIey, Ursula I-aidley, Mrs. John
H Laidley, Mrs. S. I StiIson, F. II. Giuf,
J. R. Mccormick. Mrs. Isaacs and Miss Cora
N. Braynard, all Of New York
Ingleside-Mrs. Mcconnell, Mrs. Milford
and R J. Hicks, of New York; Mr.. and
Mrs. c. W BuIIen and family, of Jersey
City: Mrs. S. W. Kelley and daughter and
Mrs. Brinkler, of Norfolk, Va.
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EAUGERTLES.

Sauzarties. y 7. July 9.-Monday's cele-
trauor here was the most successful affair
1at has ever been arranged in this pleas
an and beautiful village The vast throng
q sumner guests who spent Sunday and
Monday with rs entered into the spirit Of
he Celebration and did as much toward
making i a success as the people Of the
Village While il was expected that the
greater parr Of Saturdays and Sunday 5
arrivals would consist Of excursionists here
1o- a single day, more than half of the
eroW3 consisted Of people here for their
sumner vacation
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OTIS SUMMIT.

Otis Summit, n. Y, July 9.-CIeaT, cloud
less days have enhanced the beauty OF the
scenery in this section, and the world
famous view of the Hudson River Valley
mas never been clearer or prettier than
during the last week. This attracted thou
sands of tourists from all over the Cat
skius during the week. that the Cat
skill Mountain House has been one Of the
busiest hotels on the range.
Mondays sight seeing parties were the
largest ever entertained here. and the view
on Monday of the valley was an impress
sfve sight
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CAIRO.

Cairo, y. Y, July e.-The Fourth Of July
excursions here brought out the largest
crowd that has ever been cared for in this
pleasant village. All of the hotels and
boarding houses have done an excellent
business this week. so that the season is on
in earnest and Cairo will be busy from now
until after Labor Day.
The Hine House has been extremely busy
for the last week. Among the prominent
persons who are. registered here are Mr.
and Mrs. F. E Campbell. J. O'Hara, George
H Riddle. Thomas Haley, C. J. Schenck
and ] Campbell Of New York
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LEEDS

Leeds, n. 7, July 9.-The pretty little
village Of Leeds has been doing a rushing
business for the last week The excursion
lists over the Fourth dIled the houses here
to overlooking. and as soon as they had de-
parted on Monday night the tide of summer
travel began in earnest, so that tonight
Leeds has one of the largest crowds it has
ever had during the first week in July.
MI and Mrs c Dietrich, who are among
the best known summer visitors TO Leeds
and Miss NJ Hoffman, arrived last Saturday
and viii spend The season at the Green Val
ley farm.
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PINE HILL.

Pine Hill, n Y. July 9.-The summer
residents, the boarders and the hotel men
here have settled down for the busy season.
which began last Monday, and from now on
until September l every one will be busy,
The boarders and cottagers will be kept
busy with the numerous social affairs that
are being planned. and the summer hotel
men will be kept busy caring for the vast
throng of people who are here and who are
coming here.
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PALENVILLE.

Palenville. y. Y, July 9.-This weeks
crowd of arrivals made PalenviIe hveIier
than 1t has been during the present season
and brought Joy to the hearts Of the genial
hotel men in this pleasant village. Auto
mobile parties are increasing daily. There
have been several machines here during the
week making a trial Of the ascent of the
Palenville Glove, with q view of entering
the hill climbing contest TO be held a week
from Monday