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New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
IT'S F'OM ST. klTIS
NEGRO RECRUITS FOR
NEW YORK lifts.
West Indians Work Upto0cn
While Whites Man Business
Building EleUators.

r,bo literally speaking, uplift anu
r.-v,er the crowds of workers IN the o'"'
80, office buildings are little resalu0u
T,,e,, seem as purely automatic as ihucH
aar, of the business machinery as the
~.nro.d rnotorman who takes the worHsI
.o-,,-+ourn the woman who scrubs MS OF
a.. eoor or the bank clerk who counts MS
n,onrv Only once in a wnile ooeS oI'
,t,,td1v realize that the lift operator -
man, not dummy .,o...+,-
The other day in Brooklyn an ie'dtot
.n,nJove gave up his life 70 save INC
tenants. Fire had started on the SecOiiu
eoo- NJ q crowded factory, and the WorK1rS
on the upper floors were trapped 1hEousii
.,ooke and fame the elevator man ran
+he machine for many trips, bringing 40" Il
scores of passengers 10 safety uiiIii 'ii0
bo,stinS apparatus itself caught fire. ana II
the car, jammed tightly between Iiie SET
ond and third stories, he perlshed-
Many blue cap and uniform III ths oi
fee district clothes hero VINO "ouIU dC1
thus in the face of danger. Men OF Irisii'
C..rr,an or Italian descent are usually en-
ployed In elevator service and there ave-
age wage is about s2 day The immediate
hoss &C. the starter. who gets from SO TO
.ao week. and above him is the superin-
tendent Of the building. who, as a rule
does not hire the help through an employ
nent bureau. Instead. he applies 10 the
elevator mems own benefit association
which keeps lists Of idle operators and MS
vacancies It's membership figures rarely
In the labor news. for strikes are unknown
In most of the skyscrapers. and gooo
many superintendents raised the weekly
wage two years ago from sl2 70 SI4 IN re-
Spouse TO the wishes Of the men Duroeileu
bv the increased cost Of living
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06

swing before each stroke finds considerable
tTto TEaoi IN the land OF the Stars and Stripes
Ihe performance OF the two Scots va IN
any case a marvellous one. because scarce
y hoie was given up by either PLAYER
uuriAS the entire match, and no time was
saved through holes not being played out
anu anu II Is to be hoped that IL will have an
Suect on our own links. as we'll as in the
one great player in the last amateur
cnIafInpionship. an eX-lrish champion him
SSeA, made himself conspicuous by the time
~ ~ wasted in addressing the ball. Indeed
ms ttLs opponent IN one round remarked TO A
Llehd that he thought that the PLAYER IN
IJeSuoh was never going 10 make IN his
mind 10 play his stroke in a certain bunker
SuCh tactics are at all times Irritating
ssoIn 10 the culprit'S partner and 10 th,
neIu coming on behind; in important
competition. when every nerve is at ten
ION thsy become a positive nuisance. The
naplt OF smart play is one which can and
ought 10 be cultivated,
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
NOT 10 BE SEEN.

Old Lady-what Is the title of the pict-
ure dear?
Daughter-'Dogs." after Sir Edwin Land
seer.
oid LADY, can see the dogs. but where
OH earth 10 Iandseer?-M. y. L.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
cH1LD SUICIDES IN K0' -.

II may not be generally SIR CC,ssrrlsny. J,
suicides. So numerous ,a "a pvrii:s1 :1. 3
nr4rlv as common in Il !; RisS,S i;,sS undet : s
some four hundred chull,, Vflken ", y
wears old are said % IAN = ,Ssse. as S-gsis .,sis
in Russia. nearly az g. ,re.d. bsins sgsi
manyS yearly siN ~ as these SSssrssI
ssSsa sSS@fa5S are 'fasS f@sdss5 Ho + 89 I2'ss sfs
nTtbing ''liT iiiC overstraiu must rss state a.
@rsbie -S part in Produci9s taSs taSss II ss
some cases the aonogIli,Ir5a esr'tiinsr'
1ht, children was
Advertiser.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
THE TWO DIssENTERs.

eAv, look at 'em!" exclaimed the skeptic
4isgustedlv Its all in their minds, any
way. l tell you the man who thinks he
can see is blind as a bat; he can hardly
dodge the corners. The fellow who's
cured of rheumatism did II by uvin' on
a vegetable diet, and for that bunch OF
women yonder, they've simply quit gor-
mandizing''-
What they all need" interrupted the
Theosophist carpenter. lis the teaching OF
a Mahatma They used TO be animals,
every one of 'en, and they've got II master
the sevenfold Way Of Wisdom. Buddha
could help EN- some, but Mrs. Eddy never!
Regardless of the truth or falsity OF
Eddyisrn. It's psychology Is close kin 70 the
psychology of the actor. There's nothing
in heaven or earth, but thinking makes II
sou When one who is the .reature Of his
thought is told that thought controls all,
he merely assents 10 what hc has privately
believed Daily the actor remakes mis- lit
tie world, both on the stage and off The
doctrine Of the thinker as onlnipotent
might have been borrowed from his own
mind stuff as easily as from Emerson.
Plenty Of worldly cares and vocations,
also. confront the homecoming actor. For
one thing his wardrobe must be replen-
ished. According to the law Of stageland.
the manager provides the clothes IN cos
tune plays and the freak habilirnents. but
the suit or gown Of the period must be
bought by the player Actresses skilled
with the needle will sew all summer long.
getting ready for the next season; If they
are employed in stock companies, wherein
the plays and rhe clothes change weekly,
they nave as big a job ahead Of them as
hard-working dressmaker-
Players whose season has been disastrous
will bestir themselves for something profit
able 10 do. There are Jobs st the beaches
for those not afraid of summer work and
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
THE ACTORS LARES
HOW HE UHILES
4T4T HIS SUMNER.
Thrifty Haze Apartment or
Country Home - Others
Keep. on Toiling.

Out in the tall timber and the mid
winter alfalfa of the South and West the
actors are thinking OF home AS one OF
them wrote New York friend recently;
We aren't going TO Europe this sum-
raer. and we've dropped the idea or hVlhs
at FlTnhurst or St James-the vaudeville
fellows out on the island are such NOISY
lot, II looks like the Bis City this time
Can't YOU find US an elevator apartment
r.ear Central Park West. south and east
exposure, eight or ten stories up, ana
handy TO the Y Science church" That COM
tination. IL you can get it, beats the best
summer resort 1 know Of and the rent
Say. $50 or so morth-vouid he the easi-
est part Dolly and can make that pos
ing fer the picture machines"
This actor and his wife are the big frogs
in the small puddle II they wintered IN
New York they would Job around the
broadway theatres IN minor parts, for
which they would hardly receive more than
The wage of an electrician or property
man On the road the couple get $50
week as the principals OF comedy 1he
cast OF which was headed by $0)-a-Week
actor here. They live well on the out-ot-
town circuit for one-third OF their .olft
SALARY. The other two-thirds they send OF
every week TO enc Of those mal-oToer
banks. which saves Il for them
These and thousands OF other road actors
MANY c< them less well circumstance, VIII
descend upon New York in March ana
April. prepared to set UP dolls houses
until the opening Of the migrating season
IN August and September Contrary 70 the
general belief. most actors-those who have
outlived their green and salad days. any
way-are enthusiastic homernakers
For them the proprietor Of 'furnlsheo
fats is even now making things ship
shane Walls are being repapeTed. the
dtngy furniture is being Varnlshed, the
gas stove cleaned and polished and the
floor oiled. BY and by an expressnan VIII
bring 20 the door the heavy trunks labeled
with the name Of frowning C-agedlan or
trimming soubrette. and the itinerant fat
cwelIers will move into their fve-nonths'
home" for which they Will pay rental
OF SIS 10 50 weekly.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06

4 review of the 1st Battery by Brigader
General John G. Eddy, Second Brigade, will
probably be held the latter part OF this
month. The court martial for the trial of
Private ". II. Doche, Of the battery, will
commence at the armory on the night of
February 16.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06

poral sergeant, first sergeant, second Heu-
tenant and first lieutenant was elected
captain irf October, 1904. Before joining
the 23d Regiment he served in the 4th
Regiment of the Virginia National Guard.
First Lieutenant John r. Sawyer will sue
ceed Major Blanton as captain of Com
pany g, and Second Lieutenant E. Green
will be elected first lieutenant. The latter
will be succeeded as second lieutenant by
First Sergeant W. C. Penton.
At the annual inspection of the 18th Regi-
ment for the state and the War Depart
ment there were only twelve absentees out
of an aggregate membership of 762 Seven
hundred and forty officers and men were
present This is slightly behind the muster
of last year, when the regiment had 765
present and only five men absent. AT the
inspection and muster this year Companies
A, B, E, F, G, H and l. each had 100 per
cent present.
A review and reception Will be held by
the 22d Engineers in the armory on Febru-
ary q, and Colonel Hotchkin will shortly
decide on the reviewing officer. Second
Lieutenant Raymond B. Small has been as
signed to Company c. The shooting men,
bers of Company H have been covering
themselves with glory. In the Class A
match in the arnory range three members
of the company won first, second and third
prizes. and in the shoot for the Rifle Club
trophy, for teams OF twelve men, the COM
pany was q winner.
During the annual inspection Of the 18th
Regiment the other evening the army in
spectors were surprised TO note that the
enlisted band OF the regiment, organized
several months ago, had no Instruments
1t was explained that the necessary equip
ment had not Yet been supplied by the
state
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
GUARD NEWS.

So great Is the demand for tickets for
the review of the 7th Regiment tomorrow
night by Mayor Gaynor that Colonel Ap-
pleton cannot begin to supply even nail
the requests Owing to the torn-up con-
dition of the armory, incident to altera-
tions. there is even less space for spec
tators than usual. The detail for guard
tomorrow night Is Captain George Z.
Baldwin, as officer of the day. and Lieu
tenants C V n. Radcliffe and Gerald
Stratton, as officers of the guard. They
will be assisted by two sergeants, four
corporaIs and thirty-four privates.
During the ceremonies of the evening
fifty members OF the regiment, who have
received the state decoration for long and
faithful service, viii march to the front.
Of these fifty, six have served more than
twenty-five years. eleven more than TWEEN
" years, fifteen more than fifteen years
and eighteen more than ten years.
Colonel Appleton has detailed Lieutenant
w. s. Covell, of Company F, TO take
charge Of provisional company NJ until
further orders. He will be helped by Lieu
tenant A. B. Wade, OF Company *: First
Sergeant Charles G. Alleyn, Of Company
B, and Sergeant l. H. Cutter, Of Com
pany D.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06

The election for a junior major IN the
23d Regiment was anything but a walk
over for the victorious candidate, Captain
David B. Banton Of Company G. When
the ballots were counted last Monday he
received nineteen votes, while Captain Ed
win Codet OF Company X received four
teen The former was the candidate ia
vored by Colonel Norton. The new major
ioined the regiment as a private on No
yenber Il. 1880, and after serving as cor
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
BECOMES CLIFF DWELLER.

The Furnished fat is an intermediate
stage IN development from the despised
actors boarding house to the elevator
ersrtnent.'' II he can possibly afford it
and often when he cannot-he seeks
home within the imposing uptown clifIs,
resoiendent with marble and onyx, MOD
p-nly equipped. and having black boys as
hall servants The prospect Of being
Obliged 10 sign a lease for 4 year or two
does not terrify this bird Of passage,
II ALWAYS 60 TO the newest apartment
houses" said an actor. explaining how ne
old il. Usually a speculative builder has
nut I'D the house In order to sell II he
must exhibit q houseful OF tenants. He
viii get these undoubtedly during the reg
mar renting season in September and Oc-
torer. but meantime he's glad of my money
and OF the cheerful occupied look one Of
his best apartments takes on during my
temporary tenancy"
Another actor has gone into the business
of Furnished apartments" himself He got
tired Of signing leases in April which he
had 10 break In September, and. moreover,
he vas paying s1o0 year for the priv
Siege Of hdvins, his goods stored in the Win
ter and carted back and forth in the au-
tur7r and spring. He says:
I've stuck 10 my last lease; it's bringing
me in 81 a month profit How! by SUD-
letting the apartment, of course My wife
and talked il over and found that besides
The 800 paid TO the storage warehouse we
we're losers on the furniture, too. which had
cost US &. 900. and which the frequent cart
ing and handling were sure to ruin So last
fail We signed a two-year lease on our
apartment having selected a new house
near Columbia University We moved our
furniture into Il, paid $50 month, and
within a fortnight found q winter tenant
willing to sublet for So month So there's
IS g month with scarcely turning hand.
snd IN ths summer a beautiful home, d.
rectIy overlooking The Hudson River"
Only one who has lived much among
actors can appreciate their queer mixture
Of thrift AMI extravaganza. company
OF players that went 10 the Pacific Coast
last year almost bankrupted itself oD
souvenirs. In Vancouver they acquired
srausgied mandarin coats in San Fran
cisco they bought idols. in Los Angeles ORR
entail Jewels. in Arizona and New Mexico
Navajo rugs, Indian trinkets. pottery and
tasketwa-e. A few weeks afterward the
company encountered poor business and
the actors received their two weeks no
.tce In January they found themselves
hack IN Kew York with iittle cash, but
with trinkets valued at several thousand
dollars
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
WHERE THEY SHOW THRIFT.

ProdigaI with the shopkeepers, the same
players were inveterate bargain hunters or
cheap food and lodging. The head actor
thought II Que 70 the dignity OF his posi-
ton to register at the best hotel IN each
city and inquire for ,le most expensive
rooms. The others urblushingly tramped
from inr TO inn. hags'ed with the clerks,
so6 chose their inexpensive quarters after
s,-ueti1ues severe days labor OF iDspec-
ton and pricing.
Few are the road actors-men or women
srexpert in the mysteries Of the alcohol
stove and the chafing dish Where hotel
fare is poor or where the price Of cooked
vtctuals soars-as il often does in towns
indulging in the luxury OF international
.xpositions''-the bed chamber ia turned
into an irnprouiptu kitchen, and the actor
chef prepares savory dishes for himself and
mis- ne!ghbors. often the cooking outfit is
carried ia the suitcase to be used on the
long train journeys OF the crew" as the
mechanical staff OF a production IS styled,
sess & primitive table d'hote IN the baggage
car. The players referred TO often laugh
about a certain skinflint manager who took
board" OF his stage carpenter amid the
cIuttered scenery Of the car and ADJOINING
the stalls OF the horses used in the prodUc-
dinner and supper. Even that manager.
however, had rot solved the food problem
SO closely es thrifty couple. making
fair salary between them, who Joined the
raw food cult and carried q months pro-
xissons-cracked grain and nuts-in the top
tray Of their trunk
But when the travelling actor wants
thing badly-though his wants may ap-
near childish to ordinary foIk-the price OF
81 is no hindrance- II his economies on
,he road are petty, they are sometimes
dictated By the need OF providing for fam
.Iv and relatives: oftener. by the wish 10
live surnptueusly ia summer. The seller
n, country property finds him easy 20 inter
.sY tn flush times, and the vicinity of New
vork for fifty miles around is dotted with
sctors' summer coloni IS.
straytng into one OF these settlements
last summer stranger encountered the
,ornu,odore OF the local yacht club. The
latter was q stout person, red face. white
haired. smoking a large black cigar. and
.,,tred In ytsored cap. chevroned blue coat
and white trousers that recalled the famous
Admiral in Gilbert's ''Pinafoce."
.er5on't YOU know me?' he said toTially,
r.oj5tns out a hand. I'm Parton. Of
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
MANY TIPS FOR ODD JOBS

A smart boy. quick 10 note the apar-s
house dweIlers' tastes and needs, usIz
makes UP in tips the difference beET=
his wage and the better wage paid drzs1
town.
rs that you, George" asks a fsn.=
voice over the telephone. We'll hz
come right up here and fasten ny Tvs
ny husband has gone downtown and
The servants day out Hurry. Dleasss
So George. schooIed 20 strange zS
answers the call and buttons the lssI Z
the back. Next day the bibulous ma1 4
the fourth floor front happens 70 5e "1i
and OUT and requires the elevator Il
services. y woman tenant hires hin 7
off hours 10 give her POmeranian an az
For a fee he wards of bothersome cre--
from another tenant or he IS specialI
taincd TO battle with process servers, y,
tricks in getting into apartment nornss
serving papers are legion
The elevator bow keeps q Cheerful =
tenance through it all. and II hs
cup:ed moments he reads or chats .,
his fellows. He knows a elf dEes
who will give him a fairly presen1zos
of clothes II which 70 make an appea'-
at Harlem's black Sunday parade
on the good side Of others who keep l.
cigars. Moreover. there are eis1i g
well-stOcked kitchens on each aoo'
he negro maun!es employed II A--'
the households have been kn0Wn "
out a hot dish or two 70 their lawn
Rarely is the West Indian one q
who seek a quick road 70 riches Oy ~
the apartments Of wealthy te-1al'-S
often is he found IN the police Co-l-
the alIuremsnts o. drink and VICE =
dras him down. On the whole 'A5S'
est settlers in New York show u'
effects Of the orderly adHllnlslla'--
British justice for two hundred y7A.s
the cultural intUsnCe or the racS
enty-fve years Of freedom
The Enslishnan admits thal
failed 10 make the West Indian l,s
thoroughly capable industrial Unit =
rate. he has trained him 20 oe Ia
abiding. fairly sober and seif-reilA--
has given him an education far 0e'',,
most OF the black peoples possess
likely that Uncle sam viii shut - -
in the face Of the West Indian -ii--'
for many years TO come
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06

" painted cottage Bought 1t for $500
year ago. and I've been offered s9oo. wen
this does beat trouping, doesn't itI Coiho
down and take sail in my boat the laS'-
est skinner 'twixt Oyster Bay and FotI
Jefferson
BOSS OF THE WORKS.
..1,r, . sort of boss of the works around
here. YOU see. The rich folk up the NH
who contributed 500 TO building our new
clubhouse. insisted positively ! should be
the first commodore and 1 couldn't refuse
EN- By the way. if you write 1or any
of the uapers, just say that Price ana
Parton's new piece is a knockout I'm
millionaire hobo and Price is Dutchnan
lust landed from Germany and down on
his l1ck Oh no. it isn't all comedy;
there's lots of fun. but Price and l have
some strong serious stuff, too. Just watch
rs. l,iddo. Wen be on Broadway in sea-
son or two!"
Among the other dwellers in this colony
was = family OF ecrobats who had been
twice around the world and were using six
weeks .'open time for q country loaf; two
retired press agents with their wives,
burlesaue divinity and her husband. the
manager: several vaudeville sketch
teams ard half a dozen near-actors, who
were capable OF performing eccentric
parts in regular plays, but who usually
'.jobbed' in the circus. vaudeville or bur
lesQue. Altogether it was noisy, efferves-
cent. but good natured crowd, and neither
the villa folk on the hills nor the Long
Island natives peopling the back country
found its presence Objectionable
The so-caIed Legitimate actors avoid
these colonies of popular priced per-
of nile
is social life in the company of business
and n-professionaT' folk. The agents
OF the more exclusive resorts are on the
alert against them. but they often manage
70 slip past the bars. OF course, certain
actors are social accession to any colony.
but the average actor must content himself
in the company Of persons Of his own
status.
When the summers Iares and Penates
are set up either for atield or in New
York apartment house comes the surprise
that among his chief household gods is
Mrs. Mary Baker C. Eddy. OF all faiths,
Christian Science has made the most rapid
strides in stageland. even though unfur-
thered by any such organization as the
Actors Church Alliance.
A travelling company some years ago
started out with a single devotee OF the
Higher Thought" Soon another was
added and then a third to the Eddyttes.
Wives influenced their husbands, and hus-
bands gave argument to their wives until,
visiting the company six months later. the
writer found them all lined up as stout
advocates Of Christian Science except one
actor who was q skeptic, and a stage car
penter. who happened TO be a Theosoplist
The converts included a man who threw
away his glasses and rejoiced il perfect
eyesight, another who was cured of rheu-
matisrn, two or three women rid of nervous
indigestion. and several other cheerful folk
who hadn't been out of sorts particularly
but who fairly beamed as they told the
virtues Of their new mental panacea.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
GET A QUARTER A DAY

These coolies work for a much -
wage than the natives-about 25 cent.
day-are under perfect discipline. szvs =
better part Of their earnings. and a.
numbers OF them settle in their new In.
after the five years term of service has
pired. That IS why the island negroes =
Fastening to Panama % help dig :
ditch and why many OF the fairly =
Gated ones seek New York.
About a thousand West Indians eusy-,
to the United States annually n =.
boom year. OF 1901 two thousand cs-.
They pay SIS apiece for their passazs ..
Quebec Steamship Company bringing r.
eraI hundred OF them yearly, and -
are also subject 10 the 81 immigration bssH
tax. On arrival here negro ernplov--l
bureaus or West Indian friends take u
In hand, and most OF them get io5s y
apartment house elevator men, por-s- J
office buildings, hall boys in walk up 4.
and domestic servants
Negro elevator men command about ~
the wages OF the white operators as-l
town. A good lad can be hired to z
hall for $40 a month He has sis.,,
quarters in the building, but must an1
own food y negro hired 70 run the 4
vator solely receives $25 70 $40 nu-i
and one who runs the elevator and a.
charge Of the telephone switchboard, =
gets $50 70 So a month, sOmetimes ssA
$40. However, he must feed and o.
himself
The tenants OF buildings where SGu-.-s
or West Indian negroes are employed
sure to learn. quicker than anybody 4
that Christmas is coming The halls Of
Broadway apartment houses this year "
a riot of evergreen and red ribbons. ~Chh-s
mas and New Year" were fsstO0z
everywhere. and inside the elevator =
a box for the reception OF coins, az
headed by a written OF printed appeal