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The Washington herald., 1911-06-11
RAIL WAY MAIL CLERK is :
WORLD'SRECORD TRAVELLER

than the average man ror rest and recre-
alton. On the most important runs the
clerks work six days and then have SIX
days on. Next in order come the runs
on which the clerks work during two
weeks and then have a week on. 1t Is
only on the shortest and least important
runs that the clerks work every day, or
rather part of every day. On the other
hand, however, II q clerk Is incapacitatsd
for work he must hire a substitute at his
own expense and after thirty days alb
lowance is made for his necessary ex-
penses when away from home, Of which.
however, he makes good use. In many OF
the larger cities there are branches Of
the z. N. c. A. for railroad men where
the appointments and equipment are up
to the standard Of many clubs more gen.
orally known. Here at minimum cost
the mail clerk may enjoy almost any
form Of recreation. The New York
branch, for example. contains bowling al
leys, q gymnasium, lounging rooms,
sleeping apartments, restaurant, and, in
deed all the appointments which are ex-
pected by club members
OF course the mail clerk is only human
with tastes very similar to those of the
rest OF the world so far as he can AFFORD
them. But as a matter Of public interest
1t is his record as the worlds greatest
traveller together with his wonderful store
Of detailed knowledge which stand out
most prominently. Piling up travel at the
rate of a trip around the earth in twenty
five minutes, carrying in his head per-
haps 10000 names. and yet working prac-
tically unseen and unknown-these are
the points which go to make the railway
mail clerk the uniquely interesting char
acter that he is. -
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Bernhardt at Baltimore.

Nine. Bernhard will be seen at the
Academy of Music In Baltimore next
Saturday in two plays. AS her farewell
to Baltimore, she will present Sister
Beatrice by Maeterlinck, and Jean
Marie" a one-act drama by Andre
Tkeuriet, on Saturday right
Sister Beatrice was perhaps the
most unqualified success of the New
the rofe n MI, tffg, TBq6duati6th Its sl
various encon1iums from the press. Nine
Rernhardt first essayed the part on -hel
present rriumphal tour in San Francisco
where II met with an overwhelnint
triumph
sister Beatrice" is a modern miracle
play" IN which beautiful nun leaves
her duties in the convent to follow th'
call of love The plying Virgin. assumes
her robes and performs her duties 10
twenty-five years. When the nun re
turns, sin-herdened and sorrow-oroken
the virgin once more ascends her pedes
tai. ana the nuns gather around Beat
rtce's deathbed, hailing her as saint
| ''Sister beatrice will be preceded b.
| "Jeane Marie" a one-act drama OF pur
| tragedy, by Andre Theuriet. The sea
sale for the engagement will open o.
| Wednesday at a. m, but mail orders
accompanied by check or money orde
payable - the Academy Of Music, ar
being nled In order OF receipt
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Their Combined Yearly Journeys Would
Make Seven Round Trips to the Moon,
and Their Fares, if They Paid Any,
Would Total About $10,000,0OO.

unpopular. The railroads cite It as one
OF the chief factors Of their complaints
to Congress against the present system
Of mail pay under which they claim they
are losing about s2o,000,o00 a year, since
while the government pays for space in
full railway mail cars, 1t allows nothine
for similar space in apartment cars, OF
which there are now some $500 in use.
Further Promotions.
From the apartment mail car the clerk
advances as he acquires knowledge OF
additional territory. He may finally be-
come the clerk in charge Of a through
mail train at the maximum salary Of
sl,60o. The whole country is divided into
nine divisions, although no clerk. Of
course. knows every station on q division.
He may either work in q comparative
concentrated area, such as New England.
which constitutes the first division. or he
may master the geography or two widely
separated districts, perhaps several East
ern and several Middle Western States.
Under such a plan he will be able TO
handle mall in both directions. Just what
he may be able to accomplish is shown by
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ABE MARTINI" WHO MAKES
HERALD READERS LAUGH
Tn Real Life He Is Known as Frank Mckinney Hub
bard Home-lOving Hoosier

One Of the most popular features ofE
The Washington Herald is the daily con-
tr,bution of ABE Martin" Every one
eniovs his sketches and his comical re-
marks.
At the dinner OF the Indiana Society IN
Chicago a few nights ago, Frank NC
nSfnnev Hubbard, the ABE Martin OF
The washington Herald, and known
evsrvwhere as a caricaturist and humor-
} ,st received an ovation. 1t was said OF
him that when a boy from Bellefontaine,
Ohio he wandered into Indianapolis and
ueobtained lob on a newspaper. He had
some sort o. an idea that he could draw
nIotures and the newspapers. being good
natured, humored him. He produced nt-
tie sketches, in the making OF wnlch ne
took q consuming interest, ana then' 10
carry the pictures along, he wrote TWO
and sometimes three disconnected sen
fences. the composition for which ne
cared not penny.
Newspaper Blood in His Veins.
His father was one Of the veteran
editors of the Middle West and possessed
much Of the same strain Of humor tnat
KIN displays. The humorist does not
trace his ancestry back to OLD Mother
Hubbard, as George Ade jealousy as
nfsrted of him in a speech on recent
V6ecasion. When he was baby, he was
so ''cute" that every masculine member
of his family insisted that he be named
for him, but compromise was reached
nv calling him KIN" for the bunch.
Everybody was pleased and satisfied. BY
the time he was in the public school
.'LSin" was drawing cartoons Of his rela-
tiyes, teachers. and schoolmates, Some
Of these efforts did not give satisfaction
to the people portrayed.
before he left his native Bellefontaine
: to srapple with the RED brick pavements
Of Indianaolis, he had made careful
studies of the country farmers that came
TO town on Saturdays and sat on stors
hoxss IN front OF the shops, discussing
national affairs with sincere and impair.
tIoI Ignorance KIN Hubbard wal
tventy-.hree when he secured job OF
the indianapolis News. He had been {
printer's boy in his brothers once, hi
father having died. For six years h
worked as a reporter before ne oegai
Z the ABE Martin sketches. For thes
hriaf screeds, he drew his own cartoons
IJis knowledge of the dialect OF the sol
iS Perfection Its spelling is unlike any
ming ever known to English orthography
persons who have tried all know
ratent medicines without relief, wrot
Meredith Nicholson, wll 90 wen TO U
Abe Martins dandelion ana sassafra 2
cocktails before turning their faces I
the wall Abe is now an established u
stitution. ana no breakfast table is com
plete without him The clods are softs
under the weary hoof and the plo
handles easier 70 manager after ms
ment's communion with Abe ne
Flato On a cracker barrel OF rAoiel
soerates after ~xantipps's departure
visit her own folks in Tecurnseh tow
49,
some Delightful Characters.
"A cartoon and two sentences are sun
cient for Mr.. Huhbard's purposes. 81
ne cnae since "A ward has shown q
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same genius for nlirth-provoking epi-
gram. .Abe's friends are as classic as
Abe's whiskers. and those Of US VINO
have stayed all night at the Grand
Hotel Of some budding town that hopes
Il have a street fair and a ten-wagon
circus next year-delecteble and perma-
nent hopa.-know that Constable Newt
Plum, Upton Bud, Niles Turner, Pinky
Kerr, Tiitord Moots. and the Misses
Fawn Lippincut and Tawney Apple are
veritable figures snatched bodily from
the rural landscape.
Tn fifteen years acquaintance I have
never known Mr. Hubbard to be serious
but once, and that was when he de-
scribed Bellefontaine as a place that
the expectant pilgrim could always
identify by the two srarrows' on the
south end Of the water tank near the
Big -Four station. I have passed that
tank twsnty-seven times since, and have
found Mr.. 1Iubbard's statement accurate
IN every particular
In that curious way realities have IN
life. Hubbards sketches gained fans
only because they were stepfathers tc
the sentences. The ABE Martin" sit.
ting on a barb-wire fence = perhaps MOI
without conicality. but Abe Martin
speaking is the deep philosopher. thl
keen observer Of things as they are. tn,
humorist and the satlrist. Time vii
maybe Gin the memory OF the impos
sibie portrait Of that citizen. but som
Of his comments win glue themseive
said Abe, didn't know nothln bou
benzoate Of so6y. she hid her jelly {
make it keep Never take anythin
to-day you can't put back tmorrow.
Ard Men sit ole before they know !
but women dent
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LITTLE KNOWN FACTS.

A bee can carry twice its own weight in
honey.
Forests cover one-duarter OF the area
Of the kingdom Of saxony. 49,.
For every ton of gold In elreuiauon
there are fifteen tons Of silver.
A building made OF compressed paper
houses a large restaurant in Hamburg.
A dilute solution Of caustie potash win
quickly polish soiled aluminium utensils.
Four languages are in general use IN
Switzerland - German, French, ltanan'
and Romansch.
some OF the newest automatic pistols
are powerful enough to Kill a man l'VeO
| yards away.
yienna's new aqueduct will cost $1,000
| ono and will supply about 100000 persons
with water.
| Soap or black lead rubbed into the hinge
of a door that squeaks often viii remedy
! the trouble.
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PEASANT TRADES
WIFE FOR FIELD
ALL Parties Concerned Thor
oughly Satisfied.

St Petersburg, June 1o.-From the-vil:
laze of Ljabowbow, in the government
Of Podolien, comes a story OF a curious
transaction between two peasants named 1s.-
Wachrin and Ischivik, by which; wife
was given in exchange for field
For a long time Wachr!m had coveted
a piece of land in his neighbors possess
sion, while Ischivik had become enanof.
"a of WachrIm's wife and cast en'loua
ewes on the good woman. ,..-a
Negotiations were entered into oetween 2
the two peasants with the result tnai
Wachrim sold his wife for the land VINCE
he had longed to acquire
The woman. when consulted as to ths
deal gave her consent without demurrinS,
and she passed into the possession Of
Ischivik, while Wachrim became ownel
OF the field, which he is now tiilins.
The bargain seems to have been sooa
one for all concerned for both parties are
! thoroughly satisfied.
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By EMORY 3. CALVERT.

New York, June 10.-Even though the
winds Of winter have seen At to pay US
a visit during the past week, turning
mid-June into senlblance of unpleasant
February, it may now safely be said that
New Yerk's summer season theatrique
is in full swing, for no less a summer
visitor than the Victoria Roof has braved
seasonal inclemency and the dramatic
critics of the metropolis, and is even
now making its bid for patrons and ap-
plause on the roof of the vaudeville
house owned and operated by Mr.. Oscar
Hammerstein.
Aside from Hammerstein's hardy roof
garden, a real play has sprung into be-
ing. "Jugend" C''Youth'O, at the Bijou.
which, though 1t has survived over a
hundred performances in the German
Language. falls an easy victim to the
critical chill OF the New York atmos-
phere. -.---~
Those plays that still remain With ia
are: The revival OF '-Pinafore, at the
casino; "A Country Girl" ct the Her
aid Square; "Everywoman," at the
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AIRSHIP SERVICE
FOR DAILY PRESS
Monoplane and Biplane to
Distribute News.

Special Gable to Ths wsshinstou Herald
Paris, June 1o.-The recent disaster At
ssy-le-Moulineaux, which cost the MIN
lister Of war mis- life, has given rise TO
much discussion among aerial experts all
of whom agree, however, that the tatal
accident was entirely due to the author
tiles disregard Of the Aero Clubs ADVICE
in regard to keeping the CROWDS away
from the danger spot, and that at every
future race considerable more room must
be given the starting aeroplanes.
BIeriot expresses the opinion, that the
hving competitions Of the present DAY
are ear too severe. He does not oeieVe
that ayiators should give exhibitions oe.
FORE crowds. and expresses the view tna'
a,,oe machines that are not properly bal
1900 sbo,,ld be prohibited. Nor shoulc
.tio,s r,ho are not sufficiently experienced
he pArritted to make long journeys.
Rier,ot considers that II Is folly to oas'
| ssroplane competitions on speed.
| arsssnt'' he adds, 'the aeroplane Is prin
cipally a military engine, ana hnou'u .
reearded as such In future.
on the other hand. enoFts are osin,
made TO make nst d uIe .S. .,s,
ts,,s,s slis.s here are convinced that II ma
now reached such state OF psrise,sio p,,,a :.
tSa, 1, shonld be used as an auxiiiar
newspaper distriouter - ,oo
no this end, project is now on tGC
"a estabIish an airship service for the ae
iiiyerv of newspapers to incoming a. ~
llantic liners, and to receive IN return an
mailed copies Of foreign con'sn,p ,ap,,,S
In this way several ussryss,s nouss mT IN n
gained in dealing with
6oubtiess the monoplane and her ies
.,srsnt lister. the biplane, are destins
hsfore very long to be harnessed TO u
regular task Of distributing news.
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the fact that at the February examtna-
ton among the clerks working IN the
first division more than leo men maze
perfect marks in the sorting of $40 or
more cards. One clerk, for example, sort
ed 443l cards in four hours and four MIN
utes, or at the rate of eighteen a minute,
while another man separated 1883 pieces
into us different lots in one hour ana sew
teen minutes, or at the rate Of thtrty-four
a minute. Scores Of similar marks were
set in every case, the worker relying sole
Iy on the knowledge tucked away IN MS
wonderfully retentive brain.
Perhaps the most remarkable exposl-
ton Of the encyclopedia knowledge OF the
mail clerk, is contained in the feoru-
ary figures for the examination OF per
manent mail clerks on the ninth dlVi-
! sion, known among railroad men as tne
shoe string division because OF the
fact that It stretches very nearly as
straight as a string between New York
and Chicago. The total number OF clerks
examined was 252, and the total number
| of nieces handled by them 255,So3 OF
this enormous number there were just
seventeen Of which were not known and
I,2s0 which were wrongly sorted, tht
clerks from memory alone correctly dls'
| tributing 254506 pieces and making
correct percentage OF 99.49 per cent. 1T
figures there was not a single piec'
ella ssed as not known, striking Illus
tration of the effectiveness OF the men
tai index of the human encyclopeola
containing 10000 or more separate naIne
ana locations. On the second division
durins A recent month twenty clerks ha'
nerfect marks, $50 had per cent or oet
ter ana AS had sS per cent or better. A
students of geography the mail clerk ma
/, the school-teacher entirely outciasse1. +. = =
for the average man it is doubtful II h
could even name a thousand Cities le
lone locating them exactly.
Life Not So Hard.
The mail clerk has more to do tina
! the rnemorizing OF names and the Tx
! Twice a week orders are issud shown
: evary chance which has been mad
: | These too. the clerk must know, and
: q result he constantly is required
I clear his mind of old material and
{ install new in its place. But wnile th
: encyclopedie traveller is busy at
: dinary times. he has a regular spas
= ~ additional activity once every 70,
: wears when the weight Of the malls
taken to determines the basis OF pay whit
: the ro ilroo ds shall receive during the e
Z suing four years, for then additional
. ties devolve upon him. Various sugge
e ti6ns have been made, however, with Z
!, view OF doing away with this curnbe
sorne system as a result OF its inhere
a. faults Just whyNa more up-to-date pi
n should not be adopted is something OF
Il mystery and the carriers are urgent
r. their pleas for some new and more ou
In nessllke Arrangement which will "a
\ into account the large annual lncrea
ce for the transportation o. which they M
is receive nothing.
ae The life OF the humanl travenns ehS
~ eionedia-that IL, the mail clerk--is
~ one OF unending toll. however. In spite
ly lis not large salary he has more II
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or even pleasure seekers, which can
come anywhere near this record. ngures
are vet to be compiled concerning tnenn.
Annarently the railroad mail clerks nave
a strongly established claim to their tltle
Of being the worlds greatest traveiers.
OF course, they pay nothing Tor tnis
TRANSPORTATION, nor does Uncle Sam, tneir
employer. although at 2 cents mile their
fares would foot up to the tidy sum Oh
more than $4,000 900, while this free serV-s
Ice which the railroads have to renoer
axnressed in terms of weight is equai
10 the haul involved in moving 5O,OOo,0OO
tons of freight one mile. Moreover the
clerks get free transportation whlle not
on duty, which the carriers estlmale &c
cn.tins them about S3.oOO,0O0 annually
The mail clerks thus can claim distlnc-
tIon on two points-that is, Of doing the
greatest amount of travelling and dong II
for nothing.
Human Encyclopedia.
i Thsrs is stil a third point on which
these little seen and less known "orAeis
can claim distinction. They are unooup'-
edly the greatest living encyclopedias on
| earth Where the average man cannot
| nar,e norder twenty stations on the line
over which he travels, II Is notning un-
CANNON for the railway mail clerk 70
he theroughly familiar with a list OF
ID 900 or more stations, points OF rsnsier'
While his travel record alone is enough
to lend interest to the work OF tne ma maj
clerk, ii is the aequirement anI appiIIS pp.,se,
tie,, cf his encyclopedic knowledge whicr
maLes him peculiarly interesting TO I'M
ar,srs ss T,ersor, What It means to be Ia
ro,iisr with 10000 stations and post-omce'
NAV he better appreciated If one attempu
"a remember $50 telephone call numbers.
. Sof course, this great store OF detane'
. knovledge Is not acquired all Al once
hut Is built up by degrees as the cieri
sorts In the mail ear running at slxt
, ,o;,Ss an hour mail for an increasingly
, , large number of States. The appiiean
. far the civil service examination, whie
~ must pass to become railway ma
|, cisrk begins by familiarizing himsei
from the manual with the stations Q
one State or even part Of State, an
examination is not written, but an ac.us M
demonstration Of what the woulo-oe elea
= lean do. Hejs supplied with larse nun .lI
: | her OF cards addressed to various Polh'
: In .he territory which he has studied an
: these he must sort Just as does the reg!
lar clerk N the course Of his daily wori
!. In the first examination the applicant
: mass must achieve marx OF az least
: = ,,er cent. while ss per cent is the passin
y mark In the subsequent examinatloi
which clerks are required to take ITO
time to time.
Having passed the FIRST examinauo
the clerk is generally given short II
y IN an apartment post.ofice mail car
n the minimum salary Of $500 yea
A. These apartment cars are ntted up
Sxactly the same maIler as the full ra
r way post-efiee cars. the enly dineren
being that only q part OF the car
=. ssvota6 10 postal business. Naturally Z
snarfnaent car with its minimum wage
az not desirable from the viewpoint OF I
clerk. In fact. It seems to be genera
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Ginger Girls

Lyric; Excuse Me-" at the Gayety;
John Mason in "As a Man Thinks" at
the Thirty-Einth Street, and Get Rich
Quick wallingford," at cohan's.
The Victoria Roof.
This year marks the twelfth anniver-
sars-->f-tha Ir-of the Victoria Roof
Garden, that haven Of refuge oFStHA4zfe.-
whose summer narzs-~s..---1----'sr'f 70 Pte
ty women, brass blade breezes, ana Cooi-
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some Delightful Characters.
"A cartoon and two sentences are sum
cicnt for Mr.. Hubbard's purposes. and
ne cnae since "A. ward has shown the
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when woman Fabricates.

From tho Atchison GIoes
It is said that no matter how good OF
religious or conscientious a woman Is
there are two different times in her NE
when she simply can't tell the truth. Ont
Is when she is telling her age ane snt
ether is IN recc snting the number OF pro
posais Of marriage she received wnen ana
was young.
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a,obe.trotters Plus.

FSom Hppincctt'A - ..1.,,,v
,,ae,rr down the crater Of vesuvius An
,v Is,s-,e.n gentleman said to his compsn-
ion: -, u,. ,,A ,,s.r.
nal regions. ~. -.
An English lady. oyeEnearlhs .he
mark. said to another; ...
dc tfareil'
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-24
LONG BASEBALL FIGHT
BELIEVED TO Be AT ENI

San Antonio, Tex. Nov 1S.-After
seven years of fighting it looks as
though the Pacific Coast league, the
Eastern league and the American as
sociation will attain their ambition and
be placed in special a A." classifica-
tion Cal Ewing of San Francisco by
skillful parliamentary manueyering at
Friday afternoons session of the Ma
tional Association Of Professional lea
CUES convention rescued the PROPOSE
tion fro mthe grave. The resolution
had been lost by a vote of II to 8, but
Mr. Ewing, before the chair could an
|nounce the vote. asked the privilege
of changing his vote from aye to nay,
moved a reconsideration of the vote
and succeeded in making the classi-
Ifcation matter special order for 10: 80
O'Clock today
In case the special classification is
not accorded the Pacific Coast league
there is every indication fight may
be precipitated which will result in the
formation Of a new league Independent
of organized baseball
Milwaukee yesterday WAS chosen for
the 1912 convention of the association.
Upon motion of All Baum of the Pa
cifc Coast league, a motion was unan-
imously adopted yesterday that the at
torney- general Of the United States
should be petitioned to prohibit lot
teries, pool-selling and other gambling
devices which are corporated on a
baseball game
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-24
OWEN ADVOCATES
JUDICIAL RECALL
Senator Declares Rule Of Reason
Nullifes Criminal Features az Sher-
man Antitrust Statute

Tulsa. Okla. Nov 20.-In opening
mis- campaign Saturday for reelection
to the United States senate Robert /.
owen. among other statements, declar-
ed in favor Of making The recall apply
TO judges Of the United States supreme
court
Understand me, am not attacking
the integrity Of the supreme court he
said The court in recent decisions
OF great Importance nd doubt inter
preted the law from its own view
point The viewpoint should be chang
ed. Why? If I were a firm believer
in the doctrine Of immersion and would
put this question TO a court composed
.of Hardshel Baptists. what kind Of a
decision do you think would get?
"The recall Of judges is but a great
safeguard to representative govern
ment"
Senator owen declared the rule of
reason laid down by the supreme court
in the tobacco trust and Standard Oil
dissolution suits annuIled the criminal
features Of the Sherman antitrust
statute, and as a civil statute made it
ridiculous.
At a banquet rendered him by the
Tulsa Press Club Saturday night Sen
.ator owen made a strong plea in favor
of his proposed department of health.
Among other reasons he advanced for
such a department was that it would
be the greatest agency possible to wipe
out the white slave traffic which, he
said. like a cancer is eating into the
very vitals Of our government.
Senator Owen spoke to a crowd that
taxed the capacity OF the greatest as.
sembly hall in the city Prior to his
meeting. the Tulsa county democratic
committee met and took an indirect
thrust at Governor Cruce for refusing
to call special session of the legisla,
ture by approving the actio nof the
state committee in requesting a special
session of the governor.