Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-29

New York on June @ and will not retur
until July H. The circular. which is o
Itself most pretentious affair calls 10
stops OF anywhere from three hours to 4
day at indianapolis, Kansas City, Gram
canyon, Redlands. Los Angeles, Santa Bar
bara and Del Monte, on the way to Sal
Francisco. on the return trip NOR
northern route will be taken and stops will
be made at ogden. salt Lake City, Buent
Vista, Colorado Springs, Denver. Omaha
Chicago and Buffalo.
Luxurious Trains.
All these trains will be solid vestlbulet
Pullman equipment, including parlor, sleep
ing, observation and buffet cars specia
drawing room and stateroom compartments
Will cost from $40 to $50 each in addition
to the regular fare OF $3.50. Perhaps the
most remarkable special is one prepared
for those admirers Of pugilistic contests
who, for business reasons, cannot afford tc
have their names appear as patrons of the
art of self-defense' as the promoters OF
bouts delight to term such affairs This
will be a special train which will be char
tered exclusively for a large number Of
gentlemen who viii register as Mr. Brown,
Jones or Smith, as their fancy may die
tate 1t is proposed TO visit Mexico in
order TO ascertain just wha. business OPP
portunitles exist In our sister republic.
Down New Orleans way the party is
likely to be lost and no one will regret II
Frisco is sighted as a port in this dis
tressing emergency.
The newspapers are preparing to take
care OF the stay-at-homes. 1t will be one
OF the biggest newspaper stories that has
occurred In years. There will be assem-
bled in San Francisco for this purpose not
less than 800 reporters from all parts of
the country, besides a few from Europe.
Many Will be ION the story" by June |.
The regular telegraph toll between New
YORK and Frisco Is cents a word An
average for the whole continent will be at
least l cent a word. One thousand words
equal column In the average newspa-
per. Many Of the daiies will be served
by the press associations. Others will send
special writer's and artists some weeks in
advance Photographers who are snap
Shooting the principals in training find a
ready sale for their prints at 81 and 50
each. No estimate can be made OF the
expense that will be entailed by the news
papers OF the world in reporting and
the event and the prelimnarics
The cost Of telegraph and cable tolls, pa
per FOR the special extras, overtime pay
Tor typesetters, pressmen, stereotypers and
others will cross the million mark. on the
night of July 100000 persons will each
spend penny for paper to learn what
happened in Fris 20 today" There's an
other $250,OOO for your tally slip.
Owing to the vast following of the two |
Goliaths who are causing all of this hub |
oub, there is certain to be a widespread |
difference of opinion relative to their |
prowess In their chosen line Of life work !
Where there is such wide divergence of |
IDEAS there is certain to be some wager
ng In fact, 1t is already begun Amounts |
Of more than $4,000 are at present in the
hands of Chicago, New York and San
Stockholders. This, however, is
out the sprinkle that precedes the real
iownpour. When the masculine gender of
he United States really begins to seeth,
| month hence, the safe deposit companies
Will have to enlarge their vault capacities
The village barber shop and the big city
aravansary will see thousands upon thou
ands Of dollars tucked into envelopes as
n earnest of their owners beliefs and
opinions on this subject alone. These
vagers in the aggregate will run into
ut what's the use? Our pencils are worn
0 a stub. The tally sheets look like the
york of public accountant gone crazy.
here was never anything like 1t before:
here may never be again. In the words
f the late lamented Colonel Sellers,
There's millions in It," But not for JUS.
We pay the freight.-Edward b. Moss in
[arper's Weakly