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The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
A FIRE IN JAPAN.
The Victim Has Other Troubles Be-
sides Loss of Goods, Says
American Missionary.

An American missionary living IN Ja-
pan recently lost bis dwelling by fire.
BE described in an amusing way the
polite condolences which his neighbors
showered upon him. I'VE were del
uged with visiting cards." be says.
"They were forced into our hands by
sympathetic ihquirers, friends Offering
aid and tradespeopie soliciting orders.
The conversation with each conner was
somewhat as follows: You have In
deed had an honorable disaster says
the friend. I have humbly caused
great disturbance / reply. Please
honora Nly excuse me- Indeed. it is
honorably sad for you the friend an
swers. 4 have done an unheard OF
thing say. I am overcome that you
should have come to call on me on
purpose. Thank you very much
please honorably excuse me for being
30 late In coming says the friend.
The energy required for such a conver-
sation can be imagined by accompany
Ing each sentence with a low bow
and repeating the process about fifty
times.
About 10 O'Clock we two foreigners
escaped to face our next duty, which
consisted in apologizing to all the
houses in our section-about fifty. It
was nearly II o'clock at night when
our apology tour was completed. but
our last visitor called at 2 o'clock In
the morning. Callers began coming
again at o'clock and kept on coming
steadily. During the day we received
many visitors and paid twenty-eight or
more calls. The strain OF all this, TO-
Eethsr with our other tasks. including
the receiving Of the stream of visitors,
which lasted a whole week, Is better
imagined than described.
"An day after the fire and for three
days more people from all over Gifu
and from Out-stations kept bringing
sympathy from their families and pres
ents Of cakes and fruit and other arti-
cles. We can never repay all the kind
ness We received. d."-Chicago News.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
Fsis DInnsr ouesss,

In 4 volume published in LOado1,
SPiee&dilly TO Pail Nall" there is this
queer sRscdOts Of the vagaris& Of 20
eial life In the capital: some years ago
an eminent pe<Soaa9s accepted Or sus-
gsStsd q dinner with = certain miiIio0-
airs. at that tina comparatively -
mSwa The arSt gHest b arrive. hav-
tns explained % the butler that, being
HaAeQualztsd wSGA Ass hoSG. ~ w0asa
wait s1li soms eas els came VINO s0NIa
mEro4Bss hin. kass9sA - thS kAR.
Tbs sss0@d was iz ths same prsd1s@
Hszt, a. were tAs sAtSA- hSaxtA AesA
aza S<Asc gDsSts - - EAs aznsA, whs
sAAnesd 70 bs '~eAs sm1z@1G peRSO0AgT
hEmSSsk Upoa sAs dnsmma bs4Ag e.
pssinsd - kim ~ elasticity al: 'Ck
ssDs aSo1g VIA wsl - SA1ses
. Al I n0w 49,
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
AN UHWASHED PRINCE

TAs Lessen That kRdsS Fsts Co.,
Absst MeFnlng A&tha.
whsa Empszog Wuiiam Il was 9
snail bog be had a stEOag obaset1Oa -
being washed in ths EsoEning, and he
gSvsEnssz, havsng bad so<ns Unpssaa-
sAk sxpSxss8ess wftA hln ana bs4Aa -
eSras doubt as - what sAs he'd hstAa<
90. appealed % hta fsSAGz. tzs EAsa
Grown Princs Exsdsssck. Eredsxsgk a.
swe<e6, "~Ths next tims ks gives any
EEozbiS q thss seess lsAvs him alsaA
- kss 0wa pssaSwxs ed FspeES - ~"
NeksxaEly 8 was HOk soza bsesEa -
yo@g pssHee Fsessed 10 80 t1<OAgA
tAs pzz1nesESea psOes@. ssd tAs en-
&8sss 1Cslewss ths OE6szs resolved
New, "a bog had 3 nteSs carriage
aa6 IVES vs<y food OF dr4vS2g cut tn
ths Es0snfng. end be gs0sEaiiy ordered
TIE eCaehmaH - % by way Of the
BT&A6subuxg s&Ss. - & amused zAd
GatssSsd htn 60 see ths soldiers tn the
baETRek, 3ust inside the gass, turn cut
and present arms -Ss ne beg - TIE
empire passed eAstr QuaFtszA Accord
ingfy On ths morning eS his dSsobe-
dienes the order was. as usual, ~To
de BraEdenbuSg gaoG," and the car
Rage rolled rapidly thitheE But what
was the amazemsnt and the rags Of
Ehs prfneafing on arriving ghere % see
no soldiers except those on guard, a1d
they took not the slightest n0t3es of
htsn In q kow5axiDx naaRsnz IA ovS4aF.
Cd the coechman b return % the pal
ace, where, rushing into his 1atheTs
room. he complained Of the indecent
bshavtoe Of the guard and demanded
their condign punishment
But bis father only smiled and said
IA the gentiest voice: ~FUsT Unge-
wasehensr petnz wird niemsls pRHssen-
tirt" can unwasbed prince is nsver
azzks:9A==HaU<x's Xseksy.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
The Enniiah Three RIs.

We are constantly being misundeT-
stood by the foreigners. says Clarence
Rook, and the Erenchman Of whom
the following story is told contrived b
DO us something less than justice.
He had been on q visit to this cOuB-
try in order to study at first hand the
social manners Of the English people
On returning to his native land he
was asked by q friend whether he had
discovered the meaning Of the mysts-
rious "three Rs"
''Oh, found out what they were -
the nrst day Of my visitP' said ke
"And what are they, then?'
'Rippin', rotten and riEht-oE' replied
the triumphant Frenchm2n.-L0a4oA
Nail
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
Swn D. b psznal.

xSssS sRs dosz sz4 SneE. kE4 nsa -
d. are 0ets6 fu< esowa weg& - -
e9Esss g dog an6 pay show. 0Sw1
dogs are source e sssas szs@Ss1ss4
via ths shfldrua. and whsa . pup =
found witch has Q ks@z ssnes sE shs
E4dIeuIous he - shs one fox SAs sawN
dust ring. Sometimes pups o< no paz-
tzculaT breed are found which "a thS
bEu ecw harlequin rOssE. and ths circus
msn b g4aA b So them Whsa q hu-
mcEo1s dog Is suAn and agfIs - = -
1aaa 6smand. -Csaaa@o News.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
Had Them Tsktsd.

The ssss and recovery Of q S056s
pearl necklace recall the story sf =
similar experience which . New YsFk
woman haa after the last Ola CsaFd
ban. She alss missed her necklace
when she arrived at her home. snS
the next day it was brought to kE by
g womaa whs had shared her ear
rage en- her way home. Handing the
zsckises to her friend, the finder saiA:
''Se glad / found It. We always
thought they were real"-New xszk
Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
THE QUEEN BEE.
Her touseheId Service the Most Psr-
feet In the World.

Her tiouseheId Service the Most Per-
feet In the World.
1--WE must go to the bee for the real
solution OF the servant question" said
a housewife. THE queen bees serV-
fee is the most perfect in the world
Why, she even has servants who di-
gest her food for her.
The queen bee is so entirely occu-
pied in egg laying-she lays 2.5OO
eggs, twice her own weight, daily
that all other things must be done for
her.
"And so a corps OF servants makes
her toilet This corps all day long
cleans and brushes and polishes her
person. 1t is as though her life were
passed divinely in beautiful parloT.
Another corps of servants has
charge of the air she breathes. The
air must be the purest, that her eggs
may be the finest So, standing IN .
circle about her, tanning with their
wings, these bees make a living ven
tilating system.
"Her most important servants are
perhaps her feeders. Their training
may be said to begin before birth,
since they must be born, from special
ly nodded eggs, with glands in their
heads for the reception OF bee milk.
the chosen predigested food OF the
queen. The feeders stand always at
attention, presenting, like a brimming
cup. their head glands, swollen with
predigested food, to the queen bee.
busy at her task OF laying a dozen
eggs a minute"-New Orleans Timss-
Democrat
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
AnsssA RrNA.

Syss, ny 500. want you % uzGks
yourself ambsdsxtso1s. want yOu to
Be able % ESs ona hand Just ss sk1xb-
fu1Iy ss yOu Do Ghs other"
Thatas ne. daA can Hek any ocY
En my class WITH s4khsz ban6"-gSw
xo<k World.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
IEWELRY REMADE


BRING YOUR OLD RINGS, BROOCHES, p S.
WATCHES AND OTHER JELRY HERE FOR REPAIRS
WE MAKE OTHER JEWELRY. DO ALL KINDS OF RE-
PAIR WORK AND CHARGE THE LOWEST PRICES FOR
FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP.
YOUR EYES NEED GLASSES
IF YOU HAVE HEADACHES, PAIN IN THE EYES
OR IF YOU CAN'T SEE TO READ WELL.
OUR OPTICIAN WILL EXAMINE YOUR EYES FREE
AND TELL YOU WHAT'S THE TROUBLE.
SPECTACLES AND EYEGLASSES FROM 81 UP.
JEWELRY Y-DIAMONDS-SILVERWARE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIBERAL CREDIT TO ALL
IN ORDER TO ASSIST OUR CUSTOMERS IN EVERY
WAY SCHWARTZ, THE POPULAR JEWELER" WILL
BE PLEASED TO SELL YOU ANY ARTICLES YOU MAY
SELECT ON CREDIT TERMS THAT WILL MEET YOUR
APPROVAL.
WE WANT YOU TO FEEL FREE TO COME TO OUR
STORE AND BUY WHAT YOU WANT LWITH THE AS
SURANCE THAT YOU WILL GET THE BEST VALUES AT
THE SMALLEST PRICES ONLA LIBERAL BASIS.
EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING, 80 YEARS EXPERT
ENCE. OUR WATCHINSURANCE IS A GREAT FEA-
TURE, SET-INS EXPLAIN THE PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE
AN OPTICAL DEPARTMENT THAT GUARANTEES SAT-
ESFACTION EYES EXAMINED FREE
S24 9TH st. Northwest
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
THAR Gaad Tima.

Little Elsie was very disobedis1t
and mother was cross and scOlding
Suddenly the little one looked up and
said very sweetly, "Oh, mamma, ainT
we having q good timer
"How?' asked the mother Grossly.
%Oh, just abusing. g."-DellnestoE.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
AIIaXinn Hia Eaara.

The New Convict-S&y. old man, IN
likely to &c stomping around my bes-
doir at all hours OF the night I'm q
aleepwalker. It worries me terribly
too. Guard-It needn't In this hotel.
for there isn't the slightest danger of
your walking out OF window.-Paek-
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
The Dear PrssnSa.

veDdSvfIls DaDce<whsn Do yUu
- OnS Vaudeville singer-Right aftsF
tns trained eatz. Vaudeville DancSr-
Goodness ms! why don't ths manager
AZ % vary Ehs moaetSny 0< bis artsi
Cleveland Isaadsr,
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
A Mechanical Ana.

Swhat has become OF the old fash
toned mother who sat up 10 see st
what hour her hoys got iny'
II presume she has been superseded
By q time clock Kansas City Josr-
nal.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19

4 common danger produces uuaDim-
su-Latin PrOveFb
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19

III cotton goods never pTospss~0sE-
nan Proverb.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-02
.BRAWNY ATHLETES
To MARK Front TIER
Surveying Party, Made up of 20
Six-footerS, Starts for
Alaska

SEATTLE, May 1.-Fprty-two men,
members of the United States survey
party that is marking the Alaskan
Canadian frontier, sailed for Alaska
today. Thomas Riggs commands the
party, all the men of which are ath-
letes, twenty being more than six feet
tall.
The tallest is H. o. c. Clark, feet
6h inches, and the most famous is
Johnson Poe, once a star football
player at Princeton and afterward
a captain in a Honduran insurgent
army.
The survey of the southern part of
the Yukon has been completed and
work to the northward will be begun
this summer. The party will go to
White Horse, take a stage to the
Yukon crossing, where. the steamboat
Cascade, which has been chartered for
their use, will be waiting.
The Canadian party will begin work
at the same time as the American
party, and a joint party will decide
upon where the line shall be. One
party will goI up the Porcupine river
in the first steamboat that was ever
in the stream.
The party will be in the north until
October. Next year they will remain
through the winter.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-02
WELLS IN SECTION 10,
COALINGA, NEAR SAND

COALINGA, May 1.-The wells on
Is, 2115, are all getting along toward
the oil sand, and it is expected that
in a short time one of them will strike
an oil sand which will prove that oil
in abundance can be reached in that
territory. The Consolidated, in the
northwest corner, is down about 1880
feet with water shut off in the six-inch
casing.
The 41s-inch is being put in today and
the result of operations there will be
known soon.
The Best Yet is 1850 feet deep in
the ten-inch and is in a light shale.
They will have to go deeper than is
expected on the Consolidated The
South Pole has lost two bits in the
hole, but recovered one. 1t is now fish
ing for the other with a hook on a
string of tubing and expects to have
no difficulty in recovering it. The well
is 1900 feet deep in 121s-inch casing.
The DORCHESTER is down 2230 feet in
ten-inch, and the formation is a white
shale.
The Muriel, on g. Bills, is rigging up
for No. we'll.
The De Luxe is pumping a nice
stream of oil from No. well, probably
better than 900 barrels.
The Pacific States well is still on
the beam and flows strong in heads.
The Associated we'll on 6. 21-15, on
the Shreeves place, is having casing
trouble.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-02
ONE ELECTION SHY,
COUNCIL To BLAME
City Is EternalIy DisgraCed by a
x Curious and Unusual Over
sight of Officials
TWO NEXT MONTH, THOUGH
Election Judges and Clerks viii
Be Short of Small Change
Until June
TWO NEXT MONTH, THOUGH

Help! Los Angeles faces eternal dis
grace! Never again can she lift her
head as the brightest star in the con-
stellation of the sisterhood of cities.
Some one has slipped cog somewhere.
No election has been set for this month
of May. There is not even a little
annexation election or trifling refer
endum matter to be voted on.
1t is hard to know just whom to
blame for this difficulty. The city at
torney has done the best he could.
He intended to have an election In
May. In fact, he had one framed up
for the last of the month, but the
council, probably without noticing that
this month would be totally devoid
of elections. set the date forward
couple of days and made 1t June 2.
That is the date of the nominating
election.
The general election for two coun-
cimen will be June 80, and in meas
ure the two elections in June help
along with the average. but they can
not quite compensate for leaving this
month without a single, solitary cleo
tion of any kind.
IS SAD CASE OF CRUELTY
1t is cruelty to election officers,
that's what 1t is. How are professional
eleCIlOn OlilCldlS W pay lhSil 6iOSCAS
bills and their rent and their wives
millinery bills If they don't draw down
their regular 81 this month? That
they will get IS in June won't help
much, for IL they get all that money
in one month they are likely to throw
it away on automobiles and diamonds
for chorus girls and leave the house
hold bills unpaid.
1t is not likely any more months
will be deprived of their just election
rights, for June is well provided for,
and there is an election In sight for
July on the referendum of the license
ordinance. The referendum petition
filed last week asks q special election
and the charter says that the council
must call an election within a ''rea-
sonable time" The reasonable time
will probably be July.
1t would be much better II the cleo
ton could be called for May. 1t would
make one bright oasis in that cleo
tionless month, but it may not be, for
the law requires at least forty days of
red tape and there are only thirty-one
days in May.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-02
WE'D ON FIGHT WAGER;
HUSBAND SLINKS OFF
Game Chorus Girl Is TriCked by
DeSertion of Man in
the Case

Too i'll to leave her bed and lamenting
the fate which impelled her to keep her
word and pay a prize fight bet, pretty
Edna Elliot, formerly chorus girl at
the Olympic theater, lies in her apart
ment at the Leonide hotel, the wreck
of a 24-hour courtship and marriage.
On the outside the girls friends are
doing all in their power to secure a
divorce for her from the second party
to the romance, Allen Webster, who
Just at present is in parts unkonwn.
The girl was married on a prize fight
wager. She is now doubling the wis
dom of paying debts of honor.
The affair occurred before the Lang
ford-Flynn prize fight on March IL.
Miss Elliot was a Jealous supporter OF
Jim Flynn, and on meeting webster
the night before the fight offered to bet
him the white man would win. He ac-
cepted her bet, and 1t was arranged
that should Flynn come out of the mill
a victor he was to pay her $25. On the
other hand, should Langford win she
was to marry Webster.
They shook hands on the proposition
and awaited results. When the black
man knocked his opponent out Miss
Elliots troubles began.
She was game enough to carry out
her part of the bet to the letter. The
couple ran away to Santa Ana and
were married. The pleadings and pro-
tests of the girls friends did no good.
Blossom Seeley, one of the girls best
friends, begged her on bended knees
not to take the foolish step, but to no
avail The girl had given her word,
and she was determined to keep 1t.
In a few days married life began to
pail on young Webster, and suddenly,
without even taking the trouble to tell
his wife, he hiked for other parts of
the world. She was left alone, without
money or means of gaining money.
She still had number OF friends,
however, and her gameness attracted
more Gail Henry, another chorus girl
of the Olympic, generously offered to
share her room with the deserted wife.
Others OF the company aided her in
different ways, and Blossom Seeley, the
soubrette of the Alphin-Fargo forces,
was especially kind to her.
A few days, after being deserted Mrs.
Webster became i'll. Worry and grief
over the way her husband was treating
her was too much for her to bear, and
she was confined to her bed, unable to
do anything for herself. The chorus
girls from the Olympic redoubled their
efforts to aid the girl, and pending di-
vorce proceedings are the result.
I'm through with married life for
good" said Mrs. Webster last evening.
Blossom warned me about it, but 1
didn't have sense enough to heed her
warning. If I had I would have been
much better off,"
AS soon as she is able Mrs. Webster
will again take her place in the chorus
and continue her stage career. That
alone has cost her enough, she says, as
she was disowned by her parents for
appearing on the stage. 1t is not
thought her husband will contest the
divorce proceedings. She will cite de-
sertion and non-support as grounds for
having the decree granted.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-02
BOOKS PROVE DAN
CUPID IS LOAFER
The Little Mischief Maker Works
Only Two Days Out of
the Week
TAKES DAY OFF EACH FRIDAY
Monday and Saturday the Big
Days for Tying Lovers
Knots
TAKES DAY OFF EACH FRIDAY

According to the marriage license
records of the past month, little Dan
Cupid is finicky and tickle. Either
Dan has been loafng on the job or
else he has taken a LAY Off" Either
way he hasn't completed his work on
time. This is shown by peep into
the county clerks office at the daily
list of Cupid's victims.
Cupid has two intrepid assistants in
the persons of License Clerks Londs-
lager and Watson, who pose as mind
readers and mediums between Cupid
and couples desiring license. When
a man comes in to file papers for a
million dollar Gil company they spet
him in advance and hold out a mar
riage license to him to save him the
agony of asking for it.
But to explain why Cupid is tickle
and irregular it is necessary to state
that the big days for the issuing of
Saturdays. Friday, tabooed as unlucky
by the superstitious and others, is
the lightest day of the week.
Londslager claims that the heavy
rush for licenses on Monday is because
on Sunday couples who don't get
chance through the week spoon so
much that Cupid gets 'em. Watson
says that the reason there is such a
rush Saturday morning is because OF
the bargain counter spirit. Ine once
closes sharp at IL o'clock Saturdays,
and he says because there is not much
time it arouses the interest of people
who never before thought of getting
married. They want to get into the
rush.
Another reason advanced for the Sar-
utday morning rush is that the licenses
are taken out then mostly by work.
ing people or people from the country.
They want Sunday for the honeymoon
because they have to go back to work
on Monday. Besides, some SWANS,
when they get dressed up in their
Sunday best, look so handsome that
they Just know they can win home
Thus many of them secure the license
on Saturday morning and propose on
Sunday.
Throughout the rest of the week mar
riage licenses are taken out frregu-
larly. Sometimes quite number are
issued and sometimes but few. II
all depends on how fit the little god
with the arrows is feeling.
But when 1t comes to helping back
ward swains to get hitched Londslager
and Watson are there like ducks
Sometimes the door opens before them
and a timid young man and blushing
girl stand on the threshold. They
don't need to say a thing to these clerks.
The latter grab application blanks and
hold them out.
I'VE reckon this is what you want"
they say, handing them the paper to fill
out.
'"Tee-hee," replies the girl.
The near Benedict does not say much.
He grabs the paper and puts on a
manly air to impress his prospective
bride. He winks at the clerks to show
his courage. They leave him to fill out
the blank, and between giggles and
girgles the thing is done. All of which
goes to show how Londslager and
Watson try to help out lazy Dan
Cupid
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-02
RAIN PREVENTS MAY DAY
DEMONSTRATIONS IN ITALY

ROME, May MAY day disorders
were feared here today, where 5000
masons are on strike; at Milan,
where the strikers number 1000, and
at Bologne, where 10000 are on a
strike. Torrential rains fell dispers-
ing the crowds and driving them to
shelter.
PARIS, May 1.-May day in Paris
passed off quietly as the government
had taken the strongest precautions
and troops patrolled the Bois de Bou-
logne and boulevards.
LONDON, May MAY day was cell
ebrated here by a demonstration of
10000 workingmen in Hyde park. One
hundred trades unions and socialist
societies were represented. The pro-
ceedings were orderly.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-02
ROUGH NECK PROVES
TOO MUCH FOR KNIFE
He Couldn't Carve Through 1t and
So Fiddler Still Plays
Ragtime

Because ragtime music is unpopular
and his vocation as a violin soloist is
no longer remunerative, Henry j.
Wright attempted to commit suicide at
his home, 931 West Twelfth street, last
night.
Henry obtained bread knife from
the pantry and started to chop his
head off, but began in the wrong di-
rection. Instead of cutting his throat
he started to slash the back of his
neck. After he had made a few
scratches his wife telephoned to CEN
trail police headquarters.
At the receiving hospital Wright
was in a highly nervous state and said
he had become desperate because his
wife and two children nagged him
when he did not earn money to sup
port the, family.
Although he insisted he wanted to
die the police surgeons did not deem
his case worthy of attention and he
was sent to his home.
Later his wife and daughter went to
central police station and said they
were afraid of the man. Their fears
were assuaged, however, and family
reunion was held at the home last
night.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-02
MISS A BALL GAME? NO
CHANCE, IS TAFT'S IDEA
President Will Attend Ceremonies
in Pittsburg and Then
to the Feast

PITTSBURG, May president Taft,
who arrived here early today from Buff
falo, spent the day with Mrs. Thomas
K. Laughlin, his sister-in-law.
Mayor Magee, heading a committee
of the American club, met the presi-
dents train at East Liberty, an outly-
ing suburb station.
Later in the morning President Taft
attended the Unitarian church, and
during the afternoon he went for long
automobile ride.
For two hours and half the presl-
dent sped through the park system of
the city, crossed and recrossed the
Allegheny river, climbed hills and
plunged into valleys, all the while at
a rate of speed that the conveying ma
chimes of the police and secret service
were unable to maintain.
Tomorrow the president will attend
the annual Founders day ceremonies
of the Carnegie Institute, which cele-
brates the dedication of the $6,0000OO
benefaction of Mr. Carnegie. These
ceremonies are at 10:30 a. m. Previous
to that hour he will formally open the
fourteenth annual international art eX-
hibit in the institute. In the afternoon
the president will attend the ball game
between Pittsburg and Chicago.