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tired sigh and sends him back again to
Mr. Zinkhan.
Study this homeless chap for couple
Of years, the judges do, and you will
find that he has no ambition at al. 1t
is safe to assert that out of a thousand
warrants who appear in the Police Court
dock more times than one there are not
more than one or two who will ever he
able to pun themselves together They
have been given chances time and time
asan. Their chance consists in going
free under personal bonds.'' and the
ritual of this personal bond matter is
almost a joke.
Weary William. for want of a better
name. looks the judge in the eye and
swears he will never s,eep in the street
again, that he will leave all manner of
drink alone and that he will forthwith
find real job. The judge knows by past
experience that he will not keep his
world, but there is a human heart in
nearly every judge, and, to vary the
monotony. the defendant steps down and
faces the clerk of the court.
That gentleman in all probability -
attending to some clerical wo~k, and MS
attention has to be called to the ragged
weather-beaten gray rat OF man III
front of him.
Personal bonds,'' whispers the bailiif
Then the clerk recites in monotone,
stringing the words together so fast tiat
one can hardly distinguish them, that
Wea~y William is under sentence or 'he
court but that he is obliged to BEHAVE
himself and if he does not he VIII nave
to forfeit 500 Ito be levied on his goods
and chattels lands and tenements
w eye is Weary going to get nuhureu
dollars worth of lands and tenements
He d, esn't know and doesn't care. Wiat
does he know of goods and chatteis
one of the homeless class begged SO hard
once in Judge Mullowny's court that ne
was let off. even though he would lavs
been better off i'm the workhouse, and
stood there like a lump of rum-sogged
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Weary says he has his fingers crossed
and does net elicye them.
He can seep in empty wagons around
the markets. lie does, too, at the imIni-
nent risk of a long sentence, for some
how or other the judges seem 10 take 1t
for granted thai this form of prodi "aitv
is almost the worst in the city. He sleeps
in the passa 9eways between the older
houses of the city, which have a small
alley running from the pavement to the
bacS yard And he eeps in the parks
but not unless he is a total stranger here
in Washin" ton. The park pc icemen make
so few arrests and covet glory 50 much
that a man who takes as much as forty
winks i'll their jur sdction is more than
liable TO be dragged to the police station.
They sleep in various bunking places
for dime. and most of them are able
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tractive to the amateur, and, indeed. some
of the results fitted for room decoration
are such as to almost rival fine painting.
The idea seems to be generally to mount
half the bird, fattened, but carefully pre-
serving all the perfect uniformity of pro-
portion and using both legs. snow
white bird. such as the snowy heron.
which is found in some numbers in the
vicinity of Washington, mounted In re-
lief. genuine medallion against a back
ground of black velvet. the beautiful
feathers of the head, breast and back
contrasting sharply with the rich black
cloth, forms one of the most striking
pictorial effects possible But still more
varied and exquisite results are to be
seen in mounting against suitable back
grounds the most gorgeous oriental birds,
the hues of the feathers of which are
rs magical as gems or the tints OF a
rich sky.
Dead game panels, although more no.
sale, are being made in the same man
ner and two, three or four birds Of DIFF
ferent sorts treated in this way together
give endless opportunities for the exer.
else OF artistic taste and ingenuity. Su-h
panels are calculated to make dainty
dining room or hall ornaments, more
unique and exacting more admiration than
ordinary framed pictures.
1T is to be reerett ID" said an official
Of the Department of Agriculture, who is
an ardent exponent of the new tax denny,
that our appropriations do not enable US
to aim at such effects as have b, en-
achieved in the great natural history
museums of New York, where may be
seen, in conjunction with mounted birds
of all sorts, the perfection OF natural
landscape backgrounds-birds arranged IT
a natural state, with natural surround
ings. some feeding or flying to their
young, some sitting on their eggs build
ing their nests, pruning their feathers.
etc. In one of these marvellous scenes Is
depicted the mighty walls of the Pa l.
sades as a background, and the prospect
notable work Of art. All this Is a liberal
and attractive education in ornithology.
1.-The need of skilled collectors. how
ever" continued the scientist, sis 10
creasing daily, and there are many poT-
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He looks pretty bad. He Is repulslVe
sort of creature, and does not bear any
of the humorous attributes that garcia
turists are inclined TO give him. he
comes up before the judge, tells a huge
lie nine times out of ten. and then passes
out of the homeless class for short sea-
SON. He gets home down at the Wash
ington asylum for terms varying from
ten days 10 364 days.
When he gets out again very frequently
lie has borrowed 30 cents from work
house official. With it he manages TO
get a lot of cheap whisky into his sys-
tenn before he has progressed very lar
westward in his course through the CITY,
The record of vaSs who have but one
days liberty year is not theory but
an actual fact. This hopeless class can't
keep away from the cheap whisky ana
the ten-cent- pint gin compound" and
the result is that Judge Mullowny or
Judge Kimball halls his presence with
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ward The workhouse, and / have given
these five a year apiece, to see what
effect L will have. They are all men
who have had parole sentences OF zen
days. fifteen day, month. tlree months
and nothing will lift them up. am
wondering now whether the fear OF
years sentence each time will have any
effect
Sometimes. in the case of men VINO
are not far down the ladder, a So'd scare
III court is all that is needed. apeheNe
that to paro tn m and make Item -
to a minister and then report to me once
"A week : to win two battles - -
the moral courage 1t takes Tor one "a
these fellows TO go to MINI Yer y mo
great step, and then the visits to me
keen them away from the lure OF iluuor
But it is an awful problem. LII e
thousand cases Nasraacy iast S'''
will prove what I say
And Judse kimball says: punishment
is not always reforma ton. I believe that
AN inebriate hospital would help soiNe
this great problem. and l have beeil rec
ommendiug one for many years pc
lieve that to sentence man to nos
pital or workhouSe for Il stated perlod
is sometimes folly. l believe TO send a
man to a hospital where he could he
observed by experts until he was cured
OF the craving for liquor would 90 q
great deal toward solving the homeless
man problem.
\..It takes many wears experience ana
knowledge Of conditions to deal suuarely
with the problem. | have seen many or
these fellows time and time again Whlie
| have sat on the bench. | have seen
some III them from boyhood. can re-
member some who came to me the flrSt
time on a yagraucy charge, and / have
had 10 sentence them time and time
AGAIN or course Washington gets d
r,at MANY homeless me1 from other
q, ~ as il is on the direct line To the
SpTIuN and To the north IN
summer.
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GIT is an awful problem.
j Three thousand cases OF
vagrancy last year will prove
what l say. 1t sometimes
requires the judgment OF a
Solomon to determine what
is best to do with these
homeless wanderers" Judge
Alexander Mullowny.
punishment is not always
reformation. l believe that
an inebriate asylum would
help to solve this great prob
lem, and I have been recon-
mending it for many years.
Judge Ivory G. Kimball.
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Paris, where nothing remains of Paris the
old. with its kings and revolutions. Every
thing here is nineteenth century beg IL
ming with Napoleon l, of whom one is re-
minded as the Esplanade heaves in sight.
and the gilt cupola of the Invalides HON
and the bridge of Jena. and ending with
the third republic, the building enterprise
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wood, listening to the ancient phrase
ology of the law form. >,
You know what will happen TO you IL
YOU get caught cumming again! asked
the judge.
yes. your HONOR said the man In
husky voice.
We'll take your chattels" threatened
the judge. do you know what tial
means?'
Eyes, SIR" said the man, 1T means
my brains, don't IT..
Now this man, who may be called
Bowers for lack of a better name.
was let go free. much to the disgust OF
Policeman Kelly. who knew well that
within the week he would have him
in the tolls again.
Bowers loafed about the Central
Union Mission, sleeping by night in the
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Du1vlicts 0ftho GtN5 Streets
The Police Judges Greatest Problem

SO does the Gospel Army and the tive
or three organizations OF similar char
acter. They ask no questions. And that
is what the tramp likes. Tramps ana
hoboes ard vags ask ont dn,t uurs
tions. Take two OF them who become ac-
qua inted ~ s. epin5 d.oasSG S'Cil
other in the Salvation Army quarters, or
the Home of the Good Samaritan, and
the chances are that they Will speak OIL
each other as dal 81 OFT ~. ga the
scar. or .tSlSinny-dat's what calls
him." They want to know nothing or
names-want you TO ask nothing about
them. 1t worries their exhausted brains
to have to think of truth or extended
fiction Just feed them and pass them
on, that's all they ask you.
During the blizzard of 10 William F.
powney opened his front door and be-
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strongholds Of the Germans in their al
tack upon Paris in 1870. Here one alights
at the doubled ecker bridge used for rail
way tracks above and for teams and foot
travel below. II IS called the Pont dI
Jour. Here the Parisians who have es-
capped their big prison for few hours
make merry-or, rather, made merry be-
for the fiood-just as excursionists arr
apt to do every.where.
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of which Is manifested by the Alexander
bridge the two art palaces remnants or
the last exposition and the Eiffel tower
Leaving that tower and the Trocadero
one passes the limits of the city, and
reaches the Grenelle bridge, carrying the
Statue of Liberty. known to all Americans
from its sister statue in the harbor of
New York. But the Paris monument is
not as large After the French had pre-
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HE judges of the
Police Court a gree
that the deral'"tS
of the city's streets
present the great
est human problem
that comes before
them each DAY.
They ar. men W no
n = y er had any
maiusprin.S or any
place to put one
the kind W no have
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ming an elevator, lost that in a spree,
and has never had another. That was
five years ago. Since then he h been
one of Washngton's leading Migrants.
ming" nickels, dimes, food. dr. nks and
bunking places is scare ly worth know
ing The life hs-has been leading for
five years haS chang him SO that
scarcely anyone would recognize him as
the man whose photograph hangs In the
office of the firm for which he once did
good work. When he faced the judge
last time this conversation took place:
We'll, here again? How much did you
get last timer
Thirty days"
What do you want this timer"
Three months"
"Al right. That will carry you over
the winter. 1 suppose that's what you
are after"
Down on Missouri avenue at the Haven
of Rest (Which every bum" invariably
calls "Havenner's Rest'o a good woman
and her husband have tried the soup and
gospel method on these derelcts. They
force neither soup gospel down the
throats of the men but manage to get
them to accept both. The soup is an
easier matter than the gospel, however.
The folks who run the place are not look
ing for the flaws. they are looking for
the sore and hurt places and they try to
heal them and, incidenta ly. if they can
help a fellow up they do. These home
less men have plenty of sore places.
plenty of hours of hunger. and plenty Of
misery. Though they are thoroughly I'M
worthy, many Good Samaritan gives up
q lifetime to be imposed upon by them
in the hopes that some of them who pass
along the soup counter will remember a
bit Of the gospel and climb out OF the
rut
The Salvation Army does all 1t can;
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lost their balanc wheels ana TUuI'1F-
q colorIess. rat-lke crew who DIRT IN
circles on the SarSasso Sea of the ndef-
world Devoid OF all the romano ana
"aIlurement'' Of the open road and fet-
terless life the existence of the hum
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scented to America that masterpiece in
the New York harbor. the Americans re-
ciprocated with this smaller copy. Below
the Grenelle bridge the country becomes
visible. Here begin the lovely hills Of
Meudon, Sevres and st. Cloud. from which
trim little villas in towering gardens look
down upon the sun-mirrored wat RS Of
the Seine, while in the background looms
the unsighty Mont Valerian, one of the
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III. terrible flood at
Pa is and nearby
towns by the wa
tiers of the usually
peaceful and idyllic
Seine: the distress
and sufferings Of
TIL gu s a II d s; the
damage. which Is
estimated at five
milliard francs, or
$1,000, 100000, with
in the last few
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city hall and the two theaters on Place
Chatelet; in the left the Hotel Dieu. the
Oldest hospital in the city, and the palace
of Justice, with its medieval steeples.
Soon the lower part of the Isle de Cite
is left behind and the voyager is carried
beneath the Pont Neuf. This end of the
island has been transformed into park.
and above the high branches of Its trees
towers the bridge with its monument Of
Henri Quatre. During the first revou-
ton this statue was demolished, the cop
per being melted and made into cannon
balls, but Louis Philippe restored the
royal rider Not far from this monu-
ment is II house which also reminds one
of the revolution. There dwelt Philipon.
the goldsmith, and there his daus liter was
born, famed later as Nine. Roland, the
ayenger.
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work even is a pleasure to him. Thus
the Seine was exactly like the neat. trim
Partisan working girls whom one can see
noon and night hurryinG homeward by
the hundreds. True. they spend ten
hours a day in shops or stores. but they
enjoy life, they joke and laugh and are
glad TO have the privilege to i've III TINS
best OF worlds.
In Paris there was no more entlcing
pleasure than to take a seat on one or
the neat, trim little boats which ran up
and down the river every three minutes
And il was q cheap pleasure. too. Ihey
piled between the Louvre and the suburbs
on either side of the city up the river TO
the mouth of the Marine or down the
river to Suresnes below st. Cloud, ana
in summer time even as far as ST.
Germain
Between Suresnes and Charenton speedy
lit steamers uninterruptedly fastened
hither and thither, and only on extraor-
dinarily beautiful days or on Sundays or
holidays was Ii necessary to wait more
than two or three minutes for boat
on account OF the great crowds In sum-
luer the trip was so attractive that the
steamers were always overcrowdcd. The
crush on holidays at the Louvre wharf
was rather Il drawback, but the thou
sands who journeyed out to Sevres, st.
Cloud and SuresneS- did not seem to mind
it, For the tourist who came to enjoy
the lovely scenery Ii was more comfort
able TO make the trip on weekdays and
TO board the little craft at the brid e
of Austerlitz and go as far as the city
limits To the so-called Point du Jour at
Auteuil.
The reader knows why this magnificent
br' dye is called after the battle of Aus
terltZ, also why the one under which
the little steamer shall pass later bears
the name of the GeI city of Je@a.
All that is his Org. The Auster'itz bridge
is in the eastern part o" the city, close
by the Botanical Garden. IN u section
never frequenled by your Boulevardiers.
The Botanical Garden is at the left.
Pretty soon the boat passes the Isle
de st Louis, in bygone days the most
aristocratic part of the city, ard to tn s
day studded with palat al residences of
the seventeenth century.
Below the Island of st. Louis Che
twelfth of his name) the voyager APP
proaches the Isle de Cite, OF course
there is the monumental structure OF
Notre Dame Church. surrounded by trees
and luxurious foliage. but this is offset
by the building that next looms up the
ugly, squatty, low morgue, visited daily
by thousands DESTROYS of satisfying their
morbid curiosity by looking at the rows
of bodies Of unfortunate dead through
suicide, murder or accident
The left channel of the Seine Is not
used for traffic here. II serves as a har-
Dor The little boat sails down the
right channel, passing on the right the
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The Judges of the Police Court are con-
fronted each day with the que ton:
''What can be done with the homeless
man2''
Judge Mullowny answers:
sometimes it requires the judgment OF
a Solomon to determine what is best to
do with these homeless wanderers. The
worst they do in each specific instance
is that they beg for money. and generally
buy cheap liquor with it. 1t is one or
the biggest problems before the COM
munity to know what to do with these
Door fellows. / have tried all kinds or
experiments. | know the chronic cases,
and ! have five of them under observa-
ton now They are always floating TO-
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DAYS have drawn the eyes OF the Wnoie
world TO the beautiful capital or France
and have Gated pity and sincere de-
sire to aid the stricken people Many or
the magnificent structures which with
stood the ravages OF centuries, and WHICH,
owing to their historic value and th@Ir
archite tural beauty, have been the mecca
for tou lists the world over, have suffered
SO severely that at the present writing
it is feared they cannot be saved
The food was one OF the greatest calam-
titles that ever befel Paris, and only when
the angry waters shall have subsidized al
together will it be possible 10 know the
magnitude OF the catastrophe. In the
face OF these dreadful happenings II is of
especial interest TO contrast what the
Seine in her peaceful mood eally was,
and will be again. to Paris with her
numerous majestic bridges. bordered by
palatiaI residences and public buildings.
In 10 other city, containing millions of
people. is there a river that enjoys the
impo lance of the Seine at Paris. 1t is a
frohcking lovely mad, teasing and beau
tifuI like a picture of Vatican o. Will
lette.
ing stream in the city there were rows of
shaae trees on both sides of the river,
4 eating restful promenades for miles and
ma 5 Not alone within the city iimi,s
were these shaded walks TO be found. but
they also followed the Seine beyond the
CITY proper into the lovely suburbs on
either sid OF the city walls, studded with
beautiful residences.
The Parista4s not only did not destroy
the beauties OF their river. but added to
II Alrnou- n tn, Seine also abored car
ryine thousands of freight boats and
bart es and even steamers. some of which
came direct from London. she was not
alto ether absorbed by practical pur-
poses The Seine was the true repre-
sentative of Paris and its inhabitants.
There must be work done. but humanity
Is not made for work alone. Man wants
his amusements, and, IL he is shrewd,
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y man whose family is fairly well
known in Southwest Washington has
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The homeless man at the Police Court
is a very pathetic and hopeless figure
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room there called the bull pen" carry
ing baskets in the Center Market for 10
cents apiece until he had liquor money,
and then went off on whit lime ag."
This brand of dissipation is evidently
about as refreshing swallowing Il
gasoline stove while it is lighted. but
Bowers and three pals of his love it.
The makers of white lime" mix up
white lime and raw alcohol and water in
beautifully blended proportions, and the
result for the drinker is one of the most
fearful forms OF intoNication known to
the hospitals.
Kelly found the four of them sensele IS
one night They were lying in heap
in an alley. and the rain was pouring on
them. None of them was a small man.
and Kelly was exhausted when he had
loaded them into the wagon. Next day
Bowers came to. His eyes wee most
unhuman eyes, and he was shaking vita
the first stages of tremens. But he
swore again that if he could only he
given a chance he would reform. After
he had been sent down for nine months.
the judge sighed, leaned over to IA re
porter standing near, and said:
This is a terrible job-this judge bust
nesS.'
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Now the voyagef has reached the new
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VAxIDERMY. reduced as it is in
these days to fine art. Is be-
coming very fashionable. and
the amateur as we'll as the pro-
faSSinnal is making his achieve
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AMERICAN CONDEMNED TO
WEEK IN RUSSIAN JAIL,

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. ~5.-Joseph
X. Meads, an American. and two local
engineers We're condemned by the su-
perior court today to one weeks ar
rest for n~egligencesin connection with
the explosion on the submarine Dragon
in the Neya river last August. This
reverses the decision of the admiralty
investigating committee, which found
that the accident was due to unayoid-
able causes.
Meads. whose home is at Baltimore,
was the engineer of the Dragon, and
in the employ of the builder, Simon
Lake, of Bridgeport, Conn. He and
sixteen others We're injured in the ex-
piosion, which was said to be due prob
ably to the ignition Of benzine. The
submarine. built for the Russian Gov
eminent, had not been formally ac-
oepted at the time.
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NEGRO CAUGHT AT POINT
OF GUN ADMITS THEFT.

When arraigned today before Re
corder Mott IN the East Orange Police
Court on a charge of robbing the home
of h Rev. Thomas Nickerson, of 124
Walnut street north. East Orange, New
Years Day John Adams, the negro
captured at the point of a gun after a
chase by Policeman James Flannery,
admitted his guilt, and was committed
without bail to the county Jail.
Adams will not admit any other rob
berries in the city, and denies he has n
police record. His rooms in New York
We're searched by the police, but moth
ing of value was found, Several police
officials ave called to look him over,
but failedsto identify him.