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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-17
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FSTAN HACIENDA

Ia comisi6n de la Feria Insular. ha-
see alg1n tempo que public6 una cir
4ular anunciand0 la formation de la
Asociaci0n de la Feria lnsular, y allen
tando la creaci0n de Sucursales locales
compuestas de socIos anuales y vltall-
cios. pagando los primeros una Quota
de 200 dollars al ano y los segundos
la suma de 2000 dollars. FL pago de
.1ichas Quotas daba derecho a los soclos
4 ser admitidos en- la Feria lnsular Ell
nombramiento de vice-presidentes Sc
cretarios en- muchos pueblos ma tent
do una cordial acogida y Sc han orga-
nizado fOrecientes SucursaleS Locales
para ayudar en la preparation de una
exposition que podua compararse faVo-
rablemente con la de cualquler otra 10
<.alidad.
Sc han recibldo instancias d. socios
sue Green que elIos deberian reclblr
Jos tickets d. entrada a Ia feria tan
pronto como hayan efectuado q pago
de la quota como socios. La comision
de la Feria no ha creido prudente dis
tribnir los tikets a tan tcmprana fecha,
tcmiendo que pudiesen ser duplicates
por personas no autorizadas para clio,
pero los recibos d&dos por funclonarlos
locales de Ia F'aria serdn redimidoS opor
tunamente 4 81 presentation. Sc espera
ana concurrencia de mas de $4,000 p r
sonas durante la semana de la Feria,
atraidas por los uumerosos atractiVos
Y los tickets se~an impresos y estaran
listos con bastante anticipation la
fecha sanalada, i fin de que puedan ser
tdistribuid0s entire los miembros de la
Asociaci6n Qoa hayan pagado sus cuo-
las.
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AROUND TIE WORLD

except ice cream. When the South Da-
kota is here or at Mare island or at
Bremerton Dick takes out boatload
of cream puffs every day and returns
at night with clean decks and a
pocketful of money. If it happens to
be within reasonable distance on the
lee side of a payday his cargo includes
a big freezer filed with ice cream, and
this also comes home empty.
Dick made heroic efforts TO find a
pastry cook at Magdalena bay who
could make the right kind of cream
puffs when the South Dakota made her
first visit there for target practice,
but was obliged to compromise on
enchiladas and other Mexican dainties.
Ice is scarcer at Magjalena than even
cream puffs, but Dick kept his busi-
ness going while there by stocking up
on Mexican drawnwork, which the
sailors bought for their sweethearts
and wives, and panoche, which they
bought for its own sake.
When the South Dakota went to
Panama Dick was there with a boat
load of postal cards representing the
progress being made with the Panama
canal. He also arranged to supply the
ship with bay rum and the venture
would have proved exceedingly profit
abble if the captain had not looked
over the side half an hour after the
first assignment had been delivered.
From every part of the ship empty bay
rum bottles were splashing into the
water. The captains first thought
was, why don't the men leave it in
the bottles?"
As he pondered the problem in his
mind he found himself wondering what
kind of receptacles they were storing
it in. OF all Jacks possessions his
diddy box was about the only article
that would Hold a liquid for any
length of time. He was still perplexed
when a bluejacket reeled across the
quarter deck and addressed him as:
Your hic-royal-h -nibs"
Then for the first time he realized
that the men had been emptying the
bay rum down their throats. The next
consignment of bay rum was sent back
to the beach and Dick was notified
that his deal in skin tonic would have
to be called off.
At Honolulu Dick has received the
South Dakota a number of times. The
last time he and the South Dakota
were there the fleet surgeon placed a
ban upon ice cream on account of sick
ness ashore and Dick was reduced to
trading in tropical fruits and picture
postals.
In Manila the fleet surgeon also
barred ice cream and Dick has a poor
opinion of Filipino cream puffs. The
fleets schedule was changed at Manila
and Dicks business suffered. He met
the South Dakota at Yokohama and
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was doing a fOurishing business sellsz
ing silks and curiOs when the Japanese
authorities told him he could do no
bumbOatinS in a japanese port without
a license. He offered to buy one. but
was told that he would have to live
six months in Japan before il could
be issued. Anybody else would have
been up against it. but Dick hired him
self to a Japanese bumbOatman on
commission basis and would have done
very well if the Jap had played fair
with him. When the South Dakota
got to Honolulu on her hOmeward run
Dick was there and later he was wait
ing for "his ship" when 1t arrived at
this port.
When the fleet went south for target
practice Dick established himself at
Santa Barbara, and his friends on the
South Dakota enjoyed all the cream
puffs and ice cream they cared to pay
for. Then came a bolt out of a clear
sky. The South Dakota was ordered
to Buenos Aires in place Of the Wash
ington.
THAT settles Dick He'll have to get
new ship said somebody along the
water front.
A week or so ago met Dick at the
ferry depot. He was fixed up for trav-
cling. He had on a boiled collar. a
stiff hat and a new overcOat- He car
ried bulging suitcase.
Hello. Dick"' I said, whittier
away?"
I'm goiu' to Buenos Aires" he said
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And with good reason, 1 should
think"
Yes, perhaps; but have had so
much that is good in my one little span
of life / ought to be willing to forget
all the sad things
Sadness was so far removed from the
buoyant, light hearted girl that she
seemed just then that l was startled
by her allusion.
And your. third wish?" I asked, for
she seemed to have forgotten.
That is the last wish," she said.
Three is the charm, you know
shall not dare to wish any more, for
even fairies were never known to grant
any mortal more than three wishes"
so your last wish has also come
true?'
1T has come true here. 1 told it on
my first night in San Francisco. This
is the city in all the world that 1
wanted to please the most, and l think
l have pleased San Francisco"
You have more than pleased-you
have captured it,"
1T is home, you know" she said
simply, and yet came back a stranger.
But I do not feel strange any more.
AT times it seems as If I had never
been away; it is so easy to step back
into the old familiar grooves And
San Francisco is a. city with the big
gest heart of them all. I used to saw
that in Russia 1 had found the most
enthusiastic audiences, but henceforth
shall say in San Francisco. And I
snail be so proud to say it."
Her eyes looked an appeal that her
lips could not express.
Il wish | could make San Francisco
understand what my wonderful recep-
tion here meant to me-"
But 1T was only the fairies whisper
ing to the people to grant your last
wish, l said in sntrit OF mischief
She smiled back at me.
Il am afraid that I have talked so
much about the fairies and my wishes
that you will scarcely realize how
much in earnest 1 am"
Yes, do, but 1 want to beg that
you will not stop talking just because
three is the charm"
And then l laughed because the an
swer seemed so obvious.
Why. the charm is in yourself. of
course; so what is the next wfsh?"
But she shook her head at me very
prettily.
"No, three is the charm | like to
leave it that way. All of my three
wishes have been granted. and that is
quite enough. l am very happy"
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"a DON'T know just wnen the con-
viction came TO me that I was to
be allowed three wishes" said
Maud Allan from the recess of a big
arm chair I suppose you'll say now
that I might as well have made four or
FIRE, or even six, but three is the magic
number. you know"
We had talked for an hour, and the
conversation had reached that conhden-
tial stage that brings out the stories,
not Of fame and success, but Of heart
ache and discouragemen
Ny friends like 10 say that my sue
cess was always a foregone conclusion
with me-" she had said, because they
know how hard I worked, how eagerly
I strove for it; but, oh, there were so
many times when I doubted. Europe
is such a big place, and so many girls
go there just bursting with ambition.
IT doesn't seem as if there could be
success enough TO go around. Besides.
was awfully homesick-my mother
was in San Francisco you know-and
] had a whole series of disappoint-
ments."
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Dick was born in New York At least
he thinks so. He knows that he found
himself there when quite a little chap.
That he had parents once he has reason
to believe. He never saw them. He and
two sisters were brought up by some
body they called Auntie. By the exer
else of much ingenuity Dick managed
to avoid anything like regular attend
ance at the public schools, and started
life for himself unhampered by any eX-
cessive weight of book learning. He
soon learned, however that some of
the things he didn't learn at school
would have proved useful both in So
eial intercourse and in business way.
He saw that he could make money and
decided that his sisters must have the
education he had evaded. Dick is still
on the sunny side of so, but he has
managed to put one of his sisters
through college and the other is in her
Junior year al an eastern coeducational
university. Dick is proud of his sis
ters, but will not tell you where they
are.
I'm goin' to see dem tru," says Dick,
"and / amt goin' to have their feelin's
hurted by havin' 'em bawled out as my
sisters. Der name amt Connell, neider,
so it won't do no good to go nosin'
round.
"Dey want me to come and see 'em,
but 1 amt goin', yet. All I'm good fer
is to hustle dc dough. Bimeby, when
dey're tru college and able to take care
of demselves, I'm goin' to hit up de
night school er sometin' like dat and
get education of my own. A few
weeks of school and my experience in
running a bluff ought to fix me up
plenty. Meanwhile it's me fer de
dough-"
1t must not be thought that Dick
tells the story of his sisters as a plea
for business. AS matter of fact, there
is no subject that he will discuss with
more reluctance. l knew him five years
before / even heard that he had a sis
ter, and when 1 questioned him about
his paying their way through college
he confirmed what l had learned with
the same enthusiasm that John d.
Rockefeller might display if asked to
tell how the Standard oil company had
put certain rival out of business.
Dick started in "bumboating" at the
Brooklyn navy yard and knows enough
about the business now to teach little
Buttercup herself a few wrinkles. He
came to this coast more than five years
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a fairy gift. It is, indeed. no wonder
that ] believe in wishing. 1t hap
pened one night after my usual appear
ance at the theater-at a dinner given
in honor of their majesties by the earl
and countess of Dudley | danced in
the big ballroom at Dudley house. In
place of the green veIvet my curtains
were woven of La France roses and
smilax and the carpet was stone col
ored. It seenedsas If had been trans
ported to fairyland. So many people
have asked me whether / was nervous.
/ was until after my first dance; then
the queen led the applause and l danced
as / had never danced before"
She paused and sighed, but it was
sigh OF exquisite pleasure.
THE queen looked perfectly beautiful,
l remember, She was exactly what /
had always dreamed a queen should be.
After the performance she spoke to me
and complimented my work.
She looked up abruptly.
In America you can scarcely con-
ceive of what it meant to me- 1t seemed
to me then that had reached the real
ization of all my dreams. And yet
right away | made my third wish"
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They say that like Byron. you
awoke one morning to find yourself
famous?"
oh. 1t was one evening" she
laughed. You are speaking of that
first night in Vienna. How did 1 feel
about it? Oh, can't tell you. 1 was
dazed. You know that was my very
first wish come true. Ny first wish
was very vague. 1 just wished eagerly
and necessarily for success. 1t was an
ordinary wish. We all wish for sue
cess, of course"
And you think the wishing helped
quite as much as the work2"
She lowered her eyes and looked at
the fire. Then she laughed frankly.
YES" she answered, II think it did
You know I really half believe in
fairies"
With a leap my mind flew back TO
another Maud. who had stood before
the footlights in a queer little costume,
and, with an art so skillful that it
seemed no art at all, had spoken di-
rectly to you and me with. DO you be-
lieve in fairies?" And then to a time
more recent when 1 had seen an elhn
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form slip from behind a velvet curtain,
as from behind a cool, green cabbage
leaf. TO the witching strains of the
Spring Song And the question was
the same.
"As a child they were my best
friends the gentle voice went on,
though I could never seem to catch a
glimpse of them. / pretended, though,
that they were all around me-field
fairies, house fairies and mischievous
brownies. oh, how 1 hated to give up
my real belief in them Even now
like fairy tales better than any other
tales. 1t is such a workaday world, if
we-take 1t literally. l am afraid 1 am
overfond of dreaming. But, really, isn't
imagination the most divine gift of
ALP
Yours, perhaps" smiled. but tell
me. what was your second wish?"
'Oh, yes; my second wish. Haven't
you guessed it already? At the time
made 1t ] was amused at my own au-
dacity. 1t seemed too presumptuous to
ever come true. l wanted to dance be-
fore the king and queen"
And you did?"
Yes, l did. And it came to me like
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of folds and slowed away in canvas
bags identical in size, color and shape,
and tied at the end with regulation
cord fashioned into a regulation knot.
The bluejacket who can fix his tie
tie in an unconventional lace or wear
a collar an inch or so wider or mar
rover than regulation and escape the
eye of his division officer for even one
inspection is happy for weeks after. If
he could wear blue when the rest of
his shipmates are IN white it would
throw him into a delirium of joy that
even a visit to "the stick" could not mar.
Order and discipline are necessary to
the efficient handling of men in large
numbers, but they make life mighty
monotonous for all concerned just the
same.
The wise bumboatman knows this and
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@ @lyIL me trea tment to CARNEY COMMON
[ELROSE, MASS. '
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By Lindsay Campbell

n
M character of ButtercuD in the
Wv comic opera story of Her
Majestys Ship Pinafore." he
recognized in the bumboat woman one
Of the picturesque traditions of the
British navy. Buttercup had:
Ribbons and laces, to set off the
graces
OF pretty young sweethearts and
wives"
Buttercup, under many names, is still
peddling her wares TO the bIuejackets
of old England and ''bumboating' as a
regular business IS recognized, unofTi-
cially, by the navies Of the world. In
the United States navy. where the pay
is the highest in the world, bumboat-
ing is business that in skiIlful hands
may be made to yield rich returns. But
tercup, in her translation to this side
Of the Atlantic. changed her sex, and
the American bumboat is usually a
masculine enterprise. Every ship of
any size in the United States navy has
its regular bumboatmen and no mer-
chant ever enjoyed such loyalty among
his patrons as is accorded to their own
bumboatman by the crew of an Amer
ican warship.
In the navy Jacks great aim in life is
TO get away from the deadly monotony
Of the regulations by which are gov
erned the width of his collar, the cut
Of his hair, the length of time he may
spend in his hammock, his hours of
work and hours Of play, the angle at
which he stands and the length of his
stride, his manner Of speech, his meal
hours and even his bill of fare His
rewards and punishments are all ac-
cording to regulation, his every move is
regulated by the blast of a bugle and
even his shore liberty is bounded on
both sides by rules and regulations that
are enforced with the unerring pre-
cision Of a well regulated machine.
All men in the same rating are ar
rayed as exactly alike as the natural
differences in height and thickness viii
permit Each man keeps the same as
sortment Of odds and ends in the same
kind of diddy box and clothes not in
use are all creased into the same kind
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MAUD ALLAN GEHERaL- DANCES END WITH
The DAftCER f7a04E Ue7r4 TIE 57A9E
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ago and peddled his wares on any ship
that happened to be in port. Then the
big ifour"-the West Virginia, Colo
rado, Pennsylvania and Maryland-slr-
rived on this coast, followed by the
Washington and Tennessee and later
joined by the new South Dakota and
California.
With all these big ships on the coast
the business of bumboating changed.
Each ship was a business by itself for
one man, and Dick put his brand on
the South Dakota. This has been his
ship ever since.
Wherever the South Dakota has
gone Dick has followed, or rather Dick
has gone ahead and the South Dakota
followed. for at every port the cruiser
has visited except the Admiralty ISL
ands, where the fleet stopped to coal on
the last long cruise, Dick has been
there to receive her. Dick says that
sailors, be they bluejaekets or ma
rines, warrant officers or commits
stoned officers, like good cream puffs
better than anything else in the world
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MORPHINE

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where the ship is lying. He deals in
things to wear and things to eat He
sells curios, photographs, picture postals
and even lottery tickets and drugs If
his name happens to be Dick Connell
he can be depended upon in any port of
the world for supply of cream puffs
and ice cream
Dick Connell is probably the most in
teresting member of the "Buttercup"
family that ever graced San Francisco
with his presence. He adopted the
armored cruiser South Dakota the day
it went into commission, and wherever
the cruiser has touched port since Dick
has been there to meet his customers
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noted minstrel was most appreciated.
The two comedy companies are
planning in every way to make the
game a success. 1t is the intention of
Kolb and Dill to appear on the field
in their regular makeup, and Mcintyre
and Heath hope to add zest to the oc-
casion with their minstrel costumes
Chorus girls of the two companies
will be on hand selling score books
and candy.
In addition to many stunts to be
introduced throughout the game, there
will be running and jumping contests
between the chorus girls of the organ
izations.
The afternoons festivities will begin
with an automobile parade through
the city, and music will be provided at
the game by 3S pieces donated by the
musicians union.
There is great rivalry between the
two teams. Practice has been held for
some time, and both factions are con-
fident.
Tickets will be ON sale at the Prin-
cess, Van Ness and Columbia theaters.
at Kohler & Chase's store and the
Emporium, and may also be bought
from members of the companies.
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woman, was somewhat of an innova-
tion for the club and the occasion was
marked by the presence of several
other women. The success was so pro-
nounced that 1T aroused a sentiment in
favor of allowing the women to attend
all future luncheons.
The spoken word" said Doctor Ro-
senberg. has not lost its potency in
this day of printed matter. and the
eager manner in which the public has
responded TO evening lectures delivered
in public schools of New York and
other cities indicates their popular ap-
proval.
In these evening lectures politics
can be treated as a matter of educa-
tion. Questions OF moment the tariff,
for instance, can be explained and in
asmuch as such questions have to be
settled by the majority it is necessary
that this majority should be intelli-
gent.
These lectures are universities for
the people and tend TO libsralize men
In New York they are attended an
nually by 100000 persons and fill
what is evidently a long felt want. AT
these lectures reference books are
named for the various topics and there
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COLD WEATHER CAUSE
OF SEVERAL DEATHS

PORTLAND, Me. Feb 26.-The ex-
treme cold weather of the last few
days has caused several deaths. Frank
A. Burnham. milk dealer at Scar
boro, became exhausted while walking
home and. stopping to rest. was frozen
10 death beside the road John McDer-
mott of Lewiston. released from the
county jail at Auburn yesterday, was
found dead today from exposure on the
road between the jail and the town of
West oxford.
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CLOSING TIMES OF CROSS
SEA MAILS ANNOUNCED

The following closing times for the
trans-Pacifc mails. subject TO change
on notice, are announced by the San
Francisco postofice:
For Tahiti Australia and New Zealand
steamer MaripoSa. M. March f0
For China and Japan--Steamer Seattle via
Tacoma 9:s;0 a. M. March =: steamer I'm
press OF China via seattle. go NJ. March
q, steamer Mongolia. 1880 a. m. March s.
For Hawaii-Steamer furline 10 a. M March
?; steamer Alameda. $50 n. M, March s.
steamer Mongolia. 1f:S0 4. M. March s; Daper
mails closing hour earlier.
For the Philippines s-Vnited states army trans
port logan a. m. Marrh 5; steamer Empress
of China, via Seattle, $50 a NJ, March T.