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deliver a package addressed 10 YOU Al i7es
West s0oth street Please advise ~ on ths
attached card where such package should
be delivered and ObliEe. InteF-CHy Frpresa
Company. per John Smith. Agent.
II the debtor formerly lived in New
Jersey Il was the Newark Office that
could not locate him; IL Illinois was his
former place OF residence Il was always
the Chicago Office that held the package
The reply card bore a printed address
for John Smith. Agent at tho po.t
olhee box and on the message side was
a printed blank 10 be filed out. reading
'Please deliver tho naokags referred 20
in your advice and now on hand 20 me
at --- and oblige'
These cards we're particularly pro-
ductive Of results when sent out around
the Christmas holidays. for tho deIin-
luent. believing that some one had cent
him present. fastened 20 forward his
reply. On receipt Of a reply sOmething
was always sent the debtor by mail pur-
porting 70 come from the Inter- City E1-
press Company. Il might bs a penny
.aler or O cheap calendar or snme adver-
tising matter. but Il was sufficient 20
disarm suspicion.
IN order TO guard against the possibility
of the delinquent's failing 70 sign his
name both cards bore a number. -On
hand LOT ~ ~. which was really the
Indry number of the debtors account
with the figures reversed or a figure
added
THIS scheme was Immediately copied
Dy every collector that heard Of it. and
IN tho five years that il was in uae it
brought many a delinquent 10 terms
Then the Post Office Department stepped
IN and put a stop 20 the plan on the ground
that no actual cypress business was ever
transacted
The physician who IN called from his
bed at midnight ur later is one Of the
worst sufferers from delinquent debtors.
One physician reused az ? A. NJ. 20 visit
an utter stranger. woman. cut his usual
charges in half when she told him that
she Wac absolutely alone Va the world
aud was supporting herself by giving
music iessous His blindness vas re-
ceived with manv expressions Of grati-
tyda aud the fair patient promised tc
settle the following week
The professional collector received the
arcount after Il had stsod a year. and
when he called she regretted THAT she
was absolutely penniless' bat promised
N nay later. IN The afternoon of that
same -penniless- day she Was seen
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EAOggL sEg %e % . o. Ighs
ma u ~ mart glAnqnyB q nls
Tn1aAuFnnAs. ThgY mngDd y pEisS bon
% 0aAfD 10 q apiAoa, bus a th0 pulDmt
hs.sT kaAd wnltsiB hide ths tgW thSy kaVS
oVon from Unknown lolk WING % png
- or oS Rpiooo for q ht9le hnEd buhna
- not naoannAEily over fru1A
fhaY have 20 keep th0 p.uyyEP en-
RuF thona well known lmN1nfinl AuiRs
whose bOyoOeeing 81 an ogonhllghmDt
SnsiIs ruin, lnas of dhio. AnA do Bloh
vioVgIIf aQ1Bt Tos. thngo AES ths bowen
kO whioh tSSy bEing thoR bose giKS, end
ths PaFiian oount1 no oxponlS Hhsn
faa4ting beauty.
AmaSiGnns come ofimaga IN BmmuF
c,Ie al tho mam0 naanon, Whan In H1u'lod
piRp1n has - mOmaninFy triumph. ahO
ths tundnr guinea hen and yonrilng
nbtfe hHs tka trlle Hprng diah = tAs
Oounrin, 1pring chicken out up nav and
slOWly dona, with tiny nsW pOeatoea.
psnS. tundsFOat and youngest Erean Htrihg
beans and miOroscopo lrroee IN an IN
diVidunl saFthagnuAre pot tightly covered.
You NAV smile at this as fairy cookery,
but poussin ooOotts u q great dish
OF course it = . general complaint
Of the English that you gst 20 little
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soul be ever clean. Neglect Of the blade
brings rust; neglect of the soul an impure
character
Then the sharp edge was held not only
~ a constant guardian Of personal safety
and honor but as = sacred discipline rian
TO punish whenever Ice posaeasOT stepped
from the narrow path Of the lamato
spirit of chivalry. Again. the sword
vas smblematic OF true gentihty, which
ID never Overbearing or vulgar in deport-
ment but sternly self-Tepreasive
All this poetioal side Of right living and
all this ceremonial of sword department
arise from the love and reverence for one
Of the few original japanese arts The
pOtters took their art from the COreans
20 experts have decided; photographers
drew upon the Chinese az their models
the silk weavera and brOcade makers
poets and artists an borrowed from an
older civilization: but the sword makers
Of primitive Japan owed no iot Of their
art to foreigners. They themselves
fashioned the curved blade. gave Il ito
double temper and marked its steel with
the tracings which spell each its own
lesson.
No man knows when first the forge
FOR lighting weapons was set up in the
dawn Of japanese history nor who Was
the man who first replaced the rude
bronze blades 81 a primitive folk by the
tempered steel % tho YamntO blade
There IL in thu imperial collection Of
swords at the castle Of Nara the weapon
worn by the Crown Prince ShOtolu. who
compiled the Constitution VI Seventeen
Articles in A. d. 699 ths oldest sword
known In japan. From that weapon
which was straight and not curved a. ali
other swords Of Nippon are. down %
the fall oG the TOkuEaWa ShOgunats I'M
the middle Of the last century there Il
an unbrn&en history og the aFt Of the
swOrdsmith. Twelve centuries Of recorded
art In sword making and the names III
over tO.OOO makers constitute the history
Of the sword In Japan.
The japanese blade. placed almost
on q par with tho Damascus produ,.t in
art and utility, diners from the Arabian
weapon IN one material detail of manu-
iaoture. Instead Of having a uniform
high temper. which gives the remark
able hexibilIty Possessed by the Daunscus
blade. the Japanese sword has two tenn
perN. hard and a mild steel
The edge Of the blade n hard with ths
finest temper the body and back ~ !
milder temper sufficient 20 give sona
elasticity, A japanese sword cnnnot Il.
bent half double with the pressure Of a
hand; Il u very nearly rigid
The early SwOrdsmith who first evolved
this ooiii5i1stsG7 q tES degrees q stasi
hardness used the same method vhiCb
The smiths % the last century employees
He nrut built up the blade by WeIdinG
small pieces Of steel end on eud and
SIDE by bide by sheer effort Of his pound
ing arm. Ihe traces of this first riap hi
manufacturing remain on the hlnde anj
are Known In the JapunssB a. The h-d.
Or grain % ths bada
WIN ths blado ahapod thna he smith
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While there may be some excuse for the
contracting Of debts FOR actual necessarics
you would suppose that q person would
be- prepared TO pay cash Tor such things
A. photographs. Vet the photographers
especially those Of high reputation, lose
money regularly In bad debts. One
woman, living in the suburbs, came 10
New York and had her ohildren's portraits
taken at a cost Of tS1. The photographs
were expressed 20 her and she wrote the
photographer that they were charming .
That is all he ever received, and six months
afterNard she sold her house and went
20 Canada.
Another woman. whose husband belongs
10 hunt club ran up a bill for photo
graphs Of over $50. and then went 10
Europe. The matter was taken up on
her return, but Il was impossible 10 get
past the Ackey az ths door Of tho house,
ana the husband, when seen at his Office.
hatly refused 10 pay for my wHe's fool
ishness
As for the auto repair men they have
troubles in abundance One instance
will suffice % exemplfy the tricks played
on them. An actor drove his own car
into a repair shop and ordered that ID be
gone over. He mentioned that he had
another car. which he would send in later
The chauffeur called for The first car when
'nished and promised 20 bring down the
second car the fOllowing day, but he
never Appeared again and six months
afterNard the mechanic realized that hs
never would.
Then it was discovered that one car
stood in the name og the actors sister
in-law and the other in the name Of friend
Of his Ths actor himself has nothing
that can be attached and he draws hs
salary regularly one month in advance
of when il is due.
There il one section Of New York eH-
tending about twelve blocks north and
south aud three blocks wide that II known
20 tradeamen and collectors a. -ths dead
beat section ID IL built up entirely
with elevator apartment h0lHes and dis
honest debtor il a. safe from creditors
in one Of th~se houses AZ he would be- in a
castle with ruOat and pOrtoullis.
The invurIable rule b. that no one shall
be taken up In the elevator nor allowed
90 walk up without frst telling whom he
wishes % see and the name being sent 10
the apartment by the telephone operator.
and u the name is unknown 20 The tenant
be- .s always nut The writer asked the
collector how he ever reached these
people and found that it was only accom-
plished through bribing the elevator boy
D. make a mistake or by locating some
one elsr ~ thr same building vino could
De called on, the collector walking down
the sJiars a few minutes afterwRrd 70 the
apartment of the party In hiding
The amount % these personal debts runs
up into large figures. One concern that
handles nothing else not even touching
mercantile and business accounts. re-
Coives an average Of 5000 worth q day.
n which only about ona-half can -
collocted.
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his own meal out of q single tsrribls dish
Of sheep's head9
Il il the Grand Duke Boris. nov married.
settled down and letting himself gst fat.
His gAstron0mio motto is; 'ons person.
one sleeps head STUFFED with a bar
barous stufing. in which foros meat II
mixed with sunhOWsr sosds and dried
raspberries from the Coasaok pampAs,
tho sleeps head IL baked slowly for
hours
The NEXT worst thing TO eating Il is
70 see sOme one eating II, a sight Boris
does not spare his intimates. particularly
ladies' and dependents. King Milan.
who had something OF the same Tatar
ancestry. taught Paris chefs 70 make the
dish. and Il is In constant enough demand
by Russian princes and Turkish. Bul-
saran and even Hungarian MOBILES So
ing Paris.
/ Il is atavism. Seven hundred years
ago their TataT ancestors in the shade
Of their tents thrust their hands into the
hakepot and brought up the same morssls.
here an ear tip. there an eye. all good.
Note. they do not call IL sleeps head
ROrs: nor are you or likely 10 get Il at
Maxim's or Paillard's. where the chefs
are ashamed when they oOncOCt il for
its votaries.
b The dishes they name after customers
are dishes 10 be proud Of. Certain res
taurants 60 very far in this direction.
and none more 10 than Fred eros. called
the Tour d'ArEent.
Frederic is still the impressionist chef
Of Paris. Sky blue SAUCES. pearl gray
purees flushing into crimson. Nile green
soups and pale purple stukinRs arB things
/ that he makes every day.
. Personally no looks enormously like
lbsen, and he 10 the only Paris cook who
dares wear hair ON his face. Proud
/ stOmached ladies' shudder. wondering
fearfully II his whiskers are in tight when
he bends over their duck 60 concOCt the
hell fire sauce; but Frederic IL not only
. proprietor Of his whiskens but Of the
Tour a Argent also. and does az he pleases
Asto the naming Of his dishes, Fraderio's
customers are u two kinds those who
know and thOae Who don't. The first are
rich wine growers from all parts OF France
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h,,oh.r,s mat. Who but an Englilhman
would require rcd meat In a bower q
This Il cookery that goes with pink
champaRno. Years agO, when l hTsi
oams 10 Pranoa, had 70 laaFn painfully
Ia daspisa champagne a. tho DRINK OF
IvSrirana. English and Russians. Tha
tr,,o paria taste was for The grand Old
vintage OF Burgundy and Bonde&nH.
An how 10 tho tasto Ohangcdi Ameri-
cans. once indulgently smiled at Tor their
enthusiasm for hEz at their lunch. have
turned the scale. The rich frenuh haVs
abandoned tho old still wines Tor cham
Bopl znz-zzzi Much Of the popping
"A done by aparklinR mineral waters; but
the ohamnaEne drunk In sOmsthing fab0'
lOus.
Flowers fruit. fairy cookery and hlz-
The eve Of beAuty moiseens. Cheem
Aush. When the head waiter brinp
those trays Of great stFawberries AZ
rs cents a berry. those boxes of amhroatal
new grapes from Algeria. thoea hothouss
nectarines and peaches a. big AZ your
two fsts and 30 JUICY that they squirt
a. beauty puts her white toeth into them,
We all forget the price.
POM Popl There IL balmy perfume
In the air. Why doth baauty HmileP
What new delight 10 hcreG Behold, dear
friend, these simple h0Werei They were
not on the table. Now they are. The
waiter slipped them on when We we're
looking into beauty's eyes,
TheSs aOwers 20 with tho fruits, the
salnon trout, the primeur Vegetables
and the spring chickens. Massive triple
pinka and superb rosea like theao are
grown only by the great Pariglan florists
Carried oH-includsd In the bill-they are
excessively expensive.
And beauty has been drinking pink
/ champagnel
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covered the entire body Of Il with olay.
/ Then with a delicate moulding ineiru-
ment he carefully removed the clay lrom
the cutting edge, the trncery Of the clay's
edge 10 designed a. 70 leave q pegmaneni
and characteristic mark in the finished
blade.
With the cutting sdgs thus exposed ha
/ fired the blade and upon itR attaining the
necessary degree Of heat he plunged the
whole into q tank Of tepid water In this
manner the exposed edge took on q hneT
back and sides Of the blade and the brittle
neas OF a blade OF uniform high tempeS
was avoided
The early sword makers who permitted
art 20 mingls with the utility Of thar
aim and who scratched away the pro-
tecting clay from the sword edEe IN
tanciful designs thereby set a pTecedent
for all succeeding craftsmen Old 80
thusiasts who have recorded tho history
OF the sword gave 20 each type Of design
q name indicative Of its aymboliam. and
through this delicate traosry on ancient
blades they succeeded in establishing
critics Of the Western world identify thm
and that old master by certain tricks IN
execution and style.
Honnami kOtOku. a ConnOiseur Who
lived IN the sixteenth century. compiled
q picture roll Of seventy-tWO masier-
pieces Of the swOrdamith'a art showing
the characteristic grain Of each. and IN
TIE eighteenth century a whole book vas
written ON the subject Of the individual
artistry Of old sword masters Emper0n
themselves did not hesitate 10 sii by he
iorges Of their favorits smiths In The
olden time and learn the craft 70 the tuns
OF We ringing hammers and the pufing
bellows.
Emperor Gotolla. Who was a forelathsr
ot TIE present ruler % Japan. alle' on
the throne IN A, d. iis6. hsd twelve I'M
penal smiths appointed and tveniy-iow
subsidiary artisans. all drawn from the
various provinces 0f the empire Tie
EmperOr sat AZ the forge Of two Of thssr
NObufusa % bizen province and Hisakmi
o. Awataguom. and be made SWORDS
which are still preserved in the imperial
collection.
such a patron Of the art was this ruler
/ oi ieudll Nippon that he even estahlsfed
n schedule which should dictate In which
= month each % the twelve great sword
smiths should work That schedule e1-
isis to-day, and i tells how In tho tenth
month ukinari of hizen toiled az The
imperial fOrEes and In the seventh month
AuneyOshi Of Bzsn forged.
Though sword manufacture has ceased
/ - be in JaE&a to-day outside % 'he
tOverument ansonals which turn OUT only
the accepted military blade og the modern
army. the country 10 filed with przed
relica ol TIE past art. and these are
/ feiic1 which the japanese will not seN
\ poHleaaor Of one of the old swords ken
and blue white in ltuire as ths day u sa-
forged. would sell hia house. even himsel
lnay6ei heiore - would part VIA ~
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he has wished to bear the name Of GensraA

The quails are -poohed' in saucepan
completely cooked az slow ebulhtion) o.
gether with a good quantity of not quite
ripe musoatel grapes When nearly done
pour in a little madeira wine. An. mel
What fascination
You have heard that they eat snailsP
OF course they are purged by enforced
fasting and become much cleaner than
oysters. The snail they give you in great
Paris restaurants is the snail Of the
French wine districts, and the Marquis
De Dion has the reputation Of being its
most consummate Oonnoisseur.
lie prefers by far the little gray Bor-
deauX variety. Though tho big Bur
gIndians are larger and more highly
favored, tenderness in snails is more
than flavor The Marquis has also thor.
oughly investigated the Champagne snail.
delicate and clean feeding beast. ton
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(. TUTUNpHS OF PARIS COOKS
Dishes WHICH TIE GOURNETS
PRONOUNCE PERFECT.

nouhafoFt's ChAieaubrIand. ne DlOns
s naails and ths Hyds Peach Sleeps
Head fer = Grand Duke-Costly
Accompaniment Of PINK ChampagRe.
PARlA May lin these high Paris
restaurants when dish Ia perfect they
with tall you Il IL worthy Of this or that
PersonAga. Perfect snails are worthy Of
Do Dion. q perfect Chateaubriand is
worthy of RoChefori. perfect pate de
fois gras in its crisp pieculst is worthy
of Maasa. q perfect bouillabaisse is worthy
of the Baron de Zuylcn de Nieyelt, a
perfect Rouen duck is worthy oi CASTOR
Manier. and 80 on. There is a race -
gourmsts still alive la Paris
ROchefOrt is one Of those old style
Paris editors whose whole days work
d done when they have written their
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ing. Then the hole is closed. the potato
is put hack into the oven and they serve
Il a. a surprise
The Marquis de MAsSa says he ate Il
- the pOmme Georgetts ih the days Of
the Second Empire, and whom such a
gastronomic expert speaks up beginners
like the Duo de Morny. Boni de CAstellane.
James Hyde and santos -Dumont listen
with humility. The Marquis de Massa
really invents dishes. Recently he gave
the world the piquanf dish Of quails that
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WHERE SWORDS Arb SACRED
JAPANESE BOW TO SPIRITS
OF THEIR Manners.
ChlValFy Taught by the Blade Of the
samurai-IapAnese sword Nakins
an original Art-The DOuble Temper
Old Emperors seen At the Forge.

NNA@N"M NHNN
samurai-Iapanese sword Makins
an original Art-The DOuble Temper
Old Emperors seen At the Forge.
II you were in friend's house in Japan
and should ask 10 examine one OF the old
Samurai swords that rest in the laoquered
sword rack in a place Of honor there q
curious formula Of etiquette would be
followed by the host.
He would 90 20 . closet and return with
a little square OF silk in his hand. This he
would wrap about the shark skin handle
OF the sheathed sword before touching
his bare hand TO the sheath. Then with
his night hand grasping the silk covered
handle and the fingers Of his left gingeriy
raising the lacquered hilt from the rack
the japanese host would ift the sword
20 the level Of his forehead and bow 70 Il.
All this In reverentIal spirit and with
utmost gravity. The square Of silk, pre-
served Tor no purpose but this and
having its own name in the Japanese
vocabulary. ~ TO prevent the defilement
u the handle by a hand which grasps Il In
peace. The bow IL meant for the spirit
VI ie swordsmith who forged this weapon.
The reverence IA for the sword Itself
soul Of the Samurai' In the Japanese
pOetical conception and aptly called by
foreigners the steel Bible Of Bushido-
This n only the beginning Of the for
malfy. When tho Japansse host un-
sheatls the blade he does Il with tho sdre
toward his own body and the point di-
reCted away from his guest When the
guest receives the sword in his Own hands
be- must bs careful 10 keep the cutting edge
always away from the direction % his
friend the host II he wishes 70 examine
both sides Of the blade he must even turn
his back 80 that never will the menace Of
the sharpened edge be directed toward
his friend.
After the examination is coInpleted the
sword n returned 10 its scabhard aud the
owner receiye8 it with another bow and
places 10 unco more on its rack.
~ a writer Ia the Japan MGgdFins aayn.
the stiquette Of the sword II no empty
thing With the high spirited Jananaus
who have not forgotten tho many oan-
turies Oi Chivalry and OF hand hRhtinR
behind them the deiioatsly curved and
curiously welded sword Oh TIE Samurai
has q significance almost sacred. There
Il a philosophy of the sword net lees stern
than tho use Of the weapon.
Ia the old days when the Jnnanaas
fighters wore the war rnaska and the
pniteu steel armOr seen nowadays In The
curiosity shops the hoy was taught that
"a the shining blade nlu1t b. kept freg
from SPOT and cOrrus lion. 80 must his
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MAKING DEBTORS PAY UP
WORK FOR THE COLLECTOR FROM
AL WALKS ~ LIFE.
Ways of I.Ocaiing Pesple Who Hide FrOm
Creditors An ENpFess one Bait
DoctsrS. Dentists and PhotoEr pliers
AmORE the victims Of the Dishonest

AmORE the victims Of the Dishonest.
From All classes n business there comes
~ tho professional collector ~ rad debts
a staady stream ~ claims against people
in every walk In life. The grocer and tho
butcher who have furnished the food
upon which family has subsirted often
find themselves left with an unpaid account
which eats up all the profits they had
previously made out ~ the family and
nors besides.
One case mentioned hy a collector
vas that Of former New YORK Alderman
Who paid his butcher bin regularly for
siE months and then moved. leaving The
tradesman 90 contemplate an unpaid
bin for about seven weeks supplies and
leaving no address. The politician vas
finally located. living we'll wearing good
clothes. but protesting tJ be without a
cent % hiz name. lu TIE meantime be-
had established credit with a new butcher
and run up fresh bills Ia his new locality
That man demanded the choicest cuts and
the most expensive delicar.e-
Inquiry as % how the collector located
people who purp0srly hii fhalr addrr-sr.
resulted in an Interesting disclosure
such folks leave notice 0f their change ui
address az the post Office -g that their mail
may b. forwarded, but only the District
Attorney can have access % such records
sOmetimss they are discovered through
friends OF through the truCkman who
moved them. hut o'trntimes these an.
warned to keep silent aud then the cot
iectOr is put 90 hig wits
Aletter puTportinE to"pue from Yers Iu
searching for missing heir and inqurnf
whether the recipient ran trace relation
ship 70 John Smith. who disi about I,UO
sometimes brings a Response and % uev
address. especially f On. lrrlsrhrad
10 sufficiently imposing and the letter
deity worded. One professional c1Ilec
tor in New York hired a lottorbov under
a clerks name ~ agent Then h. had
printed reply postal cards that apparently
came from the 'lnter-tifv Express Com.
pany' The -"rdi1g rurd world rad as
follows.
1. Our once a. Nev York. y 5 . 10 auabls -o
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and rich Partisan vine merchants. both
doing business In the curious vine town
Of BercY Close by, q walled town within
Paris. Being perfect oOnnoln4Pur9 they
are tho true StimulatoFs Of the house.
Such men aro the backbone Of Francs
and they would laugh 70 have a dlsh
named after them.
The other category Il the fns hsur Of
foreiRn residents Of Paris for whom
FrSd6ric nAmes his dishes. There h the
lobster Alexander, the John Oay IegIoart
veal. tho Or PondorgaHt pulist, the stan
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der bat lacking body. To get all tho
elusive perfume from red Burgundy wine.
which does not go with oysters. you must
eat the Bordeaux snail Cfor tsnderness),
fFaudulently introduced into the big
Burgundy shell Cfor the illusiOn). When
neatly polished the shells look like yellow
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-06-15
What a Great Man Said to the
Great American People.

Partisan Sage is a discovery of a
best years of his life perfecting this
great hair tonic.
In giving his recipe to the American
people he said: Partisan Sage is
the most delightful hairdressing in the
world. 1t cures dandruff by killing
the germs that infest the roots of the
hair; it stops falling hair; it gives
vigor and strength to the hair roots.
F. D. Pierce sells Partisan Sage at so
cents large bottle and guarantees it
to do all that is claimed for it, or your
money is refunded. 1t stops falling
hair, dandruff and itching scalp in two
weeks.
Sold and guaranteed in Orleans by
FL Kinney.