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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-06

The growth Of the temperance senti-
| ment throughout the country has given
rise to a class Of artful dodgers whose
business in life is to furnish the means
| for thirsty folk to dodge the law. Some
| men are naturally bound to have q
drink stronger than water, no matter
what the statutes to the contrary may
! be. Just as naturally there are others
with perverse minds who will serve
them at any cost. They become COM
ponent parts Of system to prevent
prohibition, and the resultant schemes
are often amusing as we'll as refreshing
to the thirsty.
perfectly moral but very dry
! northern drummer was in prohfbi-
tion city in the south not long since
when great craving came over him
for strong drink. 1t was wicked i'm
pulse and it was Sunday, but he re-
garded neither Of these details. He
was having his shoes shined and limited
to the colored friend and brother that
he would like stinulant. How much
you all goin' to give. BOSE" aueried the
sinner. "Oh, about a dollar replied
the drummer. wait here til comes
back. and II l don't come back, you
The moral northerner waited half an
hour, saw no signs Of his messenger,
picked up the shoe-box and inside
found a pint OF very bad whisky.
~:
Some Oklahoma officers had an old
but useful trick sprung on them when
they tried to
Old Trick Works locate blind
Well in Oklahoma. town they
caught frequent whiffs of alcoholic
breath, but could find no trace of the dis
pensers. One day they took a chance and
raided a room from which emerged nu-
merous genial persons who had no spe-
cial reason for going there. The officers
found nothing but q bare apartment with
the gas turned low. The raiders tried to
raise the light, turned the gas cock the
wrong way and stream of liquor
poured onto the floor. The key which
furnished the stream was crafty con-
cealed between the ceiling and the
room above.
Even penitentiaries have not been proof
against the activities Of the Illicit d1stil-
Ter. 4 prisoner in northern, peniten-
tiary some years ago was making a poor
but effective whisky in his cell when ne
received in a careless moment a spurious
half dollar in return for some of his out
put. He complained to the keepers that
he had been getting bad money. the coun-
terfeiter was traced. and he in return be-
trayed the striped bootlegger. Both re-
ceived additional sentences. The liquor
was carried in pipe around the waist of
the dispenser, and he drew drinks as re-
CURED
The hollow collar for horse is an an
cient method of getting liquor through
European towns which have gates and
collect octroi duties, as in Paris. This
same trick was successfully worked in
southern city for long time. Many of
the best citizens were unduly merry at
unseemly hours, and the town marshal
was quite distraught. He watched care
fully. and found that the leading enthus-
ers, were prone to talk DER much with al
negro drayman, who had no packages In
his wagon. Frying around the cart. he
found the horse collar was a hollow
mockery of prohibition, but source of
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TO LIMIT SKYSCRAPERS.
Proposed That Height Shall Not Elk
coed 200 Feet in Chicago.

CHICAGO, January Cat the last Of
long series of meetings and public hear
ings the members of the city council COM
mfttee on buildings yesterday voted to
limit all buildings begun after September
/ to a height Of 200 feet.
They agreed to permit the go foot lin
itation twenty stories) which has pre-
vailed for several years, and which was
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"Violets or Supper" a dramatic picture
Of metropolitan life The question. to eat
or not to eat. in the presence of tempt
ing display of flowers that may be bought
instead, fills the mind of the charming
girl depicted by James Montgomery
Flagg. A double-page drawing by this
master delineator Of American life will DO
a part Of the next Sunday Magazine o.
The Sunday Star.
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DEADHEADs MUST STAND UP.
Cannot Have Seats to Exclusion o.
Those Who Paw Fare.

I NEW YORK, January Ga line Of de-
marcation between a revenue passenger"
and 'deadhead passenger" travelling on
its lines has been established by the Long
Island railroad. An order just issued will
compel persons travelling on passes to
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make known their identity II the train is
crowded and give up their seats to the
fare-paying passengers.
Passes issued for free transportation
now bear this paragraph: This pass Ia
issued with the distinct understanding
that its holder is not permitted to &C.
cupy q seat in a crowded train to the ex-
clusion of a revenue passenger. Failure
to observe this rule will result in recall
of the pass
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RINGS FOUND IN STOCKINGS.
Jewels Missed After Fire Where Girl
Was EMPLOYED.

PITTSBURG. January 6.-While Sadie
Buggasich was asleep in her cell in the
North Side police station Wednesday Ma
tron Josephine McCready carefully search
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dry 1t was customary for q man wanting
a drink to go to the local merchandising
place when the town was dry and ask
for a@load of locust posts. II he was
served with whisky and made no pro-
test. AL we'll and good. If he did not
happen to be q drinker, the clerk pre-
tended to have made a mistake and as
sured him the locust posts would be for
warded the next day. This became such
a farce eventually that the locust post
communities nearly all went dry at the
next election.
The excuse for buying a drink legally Is
often as hard to find as the drink itself.
One of the favorite pleas for liquor in
arid spots has been snake bite. In this
connection an actor tells a story of man
who went to a drug store In a dry town
in kansas and asked how he might get a
drink of prohibition whisky. He had no
collie or other complaints. and the highly
moral druggist was at loss how to get
the money and at the same time escape
arrest. Finally he remarked: IF you
were bitten by snake it would be all
right. for liquor is the only cure for such
afnictlons. If you want to take a chance
there is snake in the barber shop next
door, The visitor went to the barber
shop and found fOrty-seven men in line
ahead Of him. He waited until forty-six
OF them had been bitten and was prepar-
ing to take his turn. when the owner
OF the snake announced: "Ali off for to-
day The snake is tired out and has no
more poison"
The undignified hilarity of the residents
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James Baker. one of the oldest residents
OF Allegany county, Va, died at the home
OF his daughter, Mrs. May Baker, ae
Cumberland, In his ninety-first year. He
was a native of England.
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Tomorrow-DODGING THE LAW.
yI-SwindIing the Banks.
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The story is told of we'll known boot
logger in Kansas who ran fake drug
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drayman is now serving eighteen months
in the WorkhOuSe.
* x
States rights and United States rights
are big help to bootleggers. The strata
gem of hav-
Bars on Wheels ing a bar
Good on State Lines. line between
two states. and having the bar on wheels
to be pushed from one state into the other
at the call of danger or arrival OF dep
uty sheriffs is old but still effective. II
is used nowadays on boats more than on
wheels. A posse of Arkansas ofnciats
attempted to raid a floating saloon doinS
large business in dry town last year
and met a full-fledged battle. The aquatic
bootleggers won the day and escaped IN
their gasoline saloon. 1t is said that the
first shantyboat built on the Mississippi
was made for the purpose of dispensing
liquor contrary to law, and there are still
shantyboats engaged in the same BUSH
ness.
A party of actors on Their way to New
York got off the train at a dry town in
North Carolina this fall. Fifteen minutes
was the stop at this station and eleven
had been spent by an acrid actor in try
ing to find a "speakeasy." Seeing a negro
on the platform who was stomping around
with wooden leg, he called: Boy, go
get us two pints of liquOr! 'Yessir.' re-
piled the obliging colored person, as he
hobbled around the corner of the station.
The actor. fearful the train would leave,
followed and saw the willing servitor ad-
Justing pint bottles to a concealed faucet
in his wooden leg and drawing the re-
quired amount
The genuine bootleSger is the man who
carries his supplies concealed about MS
clothes The customer approaches, brushes
against him casually, takes a bottle out
of the pocket of the dealer anc drops
the price into the same pocket. \
stranger in a Maine city i'm the midst of
reform wave brushed against man
who had been recommended as a boot
logger and tried to get Il drink in the
usual way. The dealer did not know him,
and in fact, had gone out of the bust
ness. He raised an cutlery and had the
stranger arrested. The investigation that
followed resulted in the reformed and re-
tired illicit dealer being convicted and
sentenced.
The story is told of a we'll known boot
logger in Kansas who ran fake drug
Druggists Mother just enough
Made a Mistake. and some ss filled
with -four, to give the place the proper
legal appearance. He happened to be in the
store one day when his mother called up.
rs that you Dick?'' she asked. Yes,
ma" Dick, tell your clerk to send me
quart Of carbolic acid for spring cleane
ing I'm sorry, ma. but l don't think
we have drop in the house, was the
answer. "Oh, forgot replied the old
lady, I'll send to a regular drug store
for it, Comment on the kind of drug
store operated by Dick is unnecessary
Whisky has been called all sorts of
names, both by its users and opposers.
So has beer. which is known in sorle
places as nectar, in others as pear cider
and others as ambrosia. In one state
which had some counties wet and some
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D0DGNG. The LAW.
V-BOOTLEGGNG.
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

great comfort to the unregenerate. The
drayman is now serving eighteen months
in the WorkhouSe.
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of i home for old soldiers attracted the
attention Of the Of
A Pint of Whisky ficials some time
in Each Bundle. sro,na MI ,na n,s oa.
could be suspected, but the festivities
continued. At last a careful watch re-
vealed that the veterans were most cheer
full after Wednesday, when the washing
was returned by the women who had the
contract for the laundry. Further inves-
tigation revealed that every bundle OF
returned laundry, when the signal had
been given, contained pint of whisky.
steam laundry now does the work.
The ruling Of the government that any
beverage containing less than one-half
of per cent of alcohol was non alcoholic,
and therefore not subject to a govern
ment stamp, caused the brewers to flood
the market with large quantities of weak
beer. Usually this was labeled "hops."
"near-beer." ETC.. and was kept in stock
at soda fountains and other places sup
posed TO deal only in soft drinks. How
ever, the chance for deception proved SO
easy that the keepers of these soft drink
establishments soon began to work OF
reserve stocks of real bottled beer. When
stranger entered the place he was given
near beer" but when John or Bill or any
one known to the dealer came in and
called for q soft drink he was given the
real thing.
One enterprising hotel man in a south
ern town gave all guests at his hostelry
a card of introduction to soft drink
dealer up the street. and the bearers of
these credentials were invariably given
the genuine article instead of an imitation.
Finally a government agent was passed.
along from the hotel to the soft drink
emporium. and now the landlord and the
foxy soda jerker have gone out of busi-
ness for themselves and are working for
the state.
THE LAW.
yI-Swindling the Banks.
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
The Language of Clothes,

A pompous colored woman wheeled
into the cloak department of a down
town store.
Can | direct You, MADAME" inquired
one OF the managers
Yes sab All wants the gown de
pahtment"
What kind Of gowns. madam" fur
rher inquired The official
Why. womens gowns. of co'se,' ,''
replied the customer. dfsgustedly.
"N'all think All wants a gown ro' a
man" r
But madam" explained the man
ager You see We have different kinds
of gowns. There are tailor made
gowns, evening gowns and night
gowns"
No. sab" put in the woman.
promptly. All don want no railah-
made gowns, or night gowns. or early
in the evenin gowns. VIA. All wants
is jes' plain gown 10 do washin' in.
All wants a calico wrapper. That's
what All wants. s.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
FOR FAIR PLAY,

In an interview recently held ut
Grand Junction, Col. D. C. Dodge, at
one time General Manager of the D.
& r. G., stated that Colorado had suf
fered for thirty years from unjust, dis
criminatory freight charges.
Col. Dodge advocates well regi.
lated State Railroad Commission. well
versed in freight rates, which shai
fix rates for all the railroads of the
state.
1t is the expressed opinion of this
veteran railroad builder, that every
section of the country, north, east
rado. simply because we are and have
been held back by the severe exactions
of the roads entering Colorado and by
the Colorado roads themselves.
The Colonel quoted instances and
went on to show that Grand Junction
and Western Sope rates We're the most
preposterous and unwarranted in th5
history of railroading. He states that
it is his belief that the state woull i
easily have one hundred thousand mora
population. could settlers be given
proper rates.
1t would seem that united effort or
the part of the counties of the Western
Slope should be made toward having
common rate point established mid
way on the Western Slope
To think that we should pay higher
freight rate from the east than people
do who live in Salt Lake or farther
west, is certainly unwarrented and calls
for prompt and concerted action on
the part of the people of the Western
slope
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
COLORADO AND THE ANGLERS

. ANY state that has six thousand miles
of trout streams has the best reasons
for - goingafter' the anglers of the
nation and telling them why they
should spend their vacations in such
paradise. The retail merchants of
Denver. who are going to send ont 4
quarter of a million cards next month.
telling of the delights OF fishing in
Colorado, are doing the proper thing.
though of course it IS gong to he i'm
possible to tell all the fishing wonders
of Colorado on post card.
Colorado has the greatest trout fish
ing in the world, beyond all question,
One does not offer himself as sacri-
fee to the mosquito. as in the north
woods of Canada. Most of Colorado :
streams are in the open, affording every
opportunity for skilled fiy-casting. All
the "'worth while varieties of trout
are found in them. and the fish range
in size from the big fellows of the Gun
nison to the gamy little natives that
were here when the red man was the
only Waltonian in sight.
confirmed angler could spend a
Lifetime whipping Colorado's trout
streams and then not fish the same
water twice. Rod experts from all the
world are found at Colorado s fishing
resorts each season. They have tried
the rest and they return to the best.
They will tell YOU that not only is the
actual fishing the finest TO be obtained.
but back of the mere catch is the en-
ioyment of Colorado's matchless skies,
its beautiful mountain streams. and the
ideal scenic background which is open
ed by every bend in those six thousand
miles of trout water. 1t is the com
bination of all these things that makes
IDEAL fishing. and that Colorado offers
such a combination is fact which
every angler should know-Denver Re.
publican.
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
JOKE WAS ALSO ON BUTLER.
Bit Of April FooIing That Doubtless
Meant Disgrace of Dienifeo
Functionary.

Charles Frohman, in the smoking.
room of the Lusitania, told an April
fool story.
"A Fifth avenue millionaire" he
said, had butler of humorous bent
The butler was English. He had
worked seven years in dukes house
hold. Therefore his word was law
on questions of etiquette.
TO oblige his friends the million
aire would let them send their own
Young buffers TO his palace to serve a
day or two under the English veteran
The youngsters learned lot in this
way. The Englishman was made a
regular free school Of But he didn't
mind.
1t happened, one spring day, that
the millionaire was giving dinner to
German prince. friends butler
as usual. was helping the veteran to
get the table and wines ready and al
the same time was taking a lesson in
butlership.
Since this here mans prince
Mr.. Potts, is there anything special in
the way We are 10 serve him - the
pupil inquired.
The humorous butler Potts. re
membering that it chanced to be the
lst of April. said calmly:
There's only one specially. as
I'll leave that TO YOU, my boy WhcI
his highness sits down YOU must take
up his napkin. unfold it and knot il
round his neck. continental fashion
Hadn't YOU better do it, Mr.
Potts? 2? said the youth, timidIy.
No, no; it amt my place was
the reply.
Potts forgot all about his Joke in
the press of work that followed
Therefore his surprise and horror al
most equaled his masters when. the
guests having seated themselves thai
evening at the magnificently laid Ia
BILE. the young butler leaned over the
prince, took his napkin, shook it ou
with nervous flourish and then knot
led it like a bib about the dumb
founded pOtentate's neck"
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
WILL HE DO IT?
S. ]. DeLan Notary Public. addres-
sing Mayor Drach

S. J. DeLan. Notary Public. address
sing Mayor Drach.
Do you soemnly swear that you will
support the constitution ana laws Cf
the United States. the constitution and
laws of the state of Colorado and the
ordinances of the town of Glenwood
Springs and faithfully perform your du
tv as mayor of said town, so help you
Godf
f. f. Drach, with right hand up
liftedl ! DO.
The above is little dialogue which
took place at the council chambers last
Tuesday night and we believe is worthy
of notice at this time. You will OBJ
serve that Mr.. Drach did not say 81
will support any such laws as / think
ought to be supported nor did he say
Il viii support and enforce such laws
ms I think the people who gave me that
majority of ONE vote would like tn
have me enforce and wink at the vio-
lation of the others nor did he re
hash that OLD chestnut Some laws are
made to be broken but with his hand
raised 10 heaven he answered boldly
~ DO. - 'nuff sed.
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
An Authors Initials

Initials are sometimes the resort of
the writer who is anxious to concea,
his identity, and a glance through any
one of the 700 volumes that comprise
the catalogue of the British museum
reading-room will discover some
strange instances. A theological
book entitled Inquiry Into the Mean.
ing of Demoniacks in the New Testa.
ment" is attributed to T p. A. p. G..
A. B. l. c. o. S. It's real author was a
certain Arthur Sykes. and the initials
reveal his position as the precentor
and prebendary of Alton Borealis in
the church Of Salisbury"
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15

THE POST DOES not hesitate to
compliment the school board on the
many improvements and conveniences
arranged in the school building. Nei-
ther are we unmindful of the fact, for
we certainly believe it is a fact, that
they have this year given us a better
school than the people of Glenwool
have ever before enjoyed, but after
Thursdays fire, which ended so fortu
nately we believe the board should feel
justified in providing a modern fire es
cape which will minimize the danger
to the children in case of another fire.
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
NOW FOR FIRE

NOW FOR FIRE escapes to the
school house. That little affair Thurs
day, which was devoid of any serious
result beyond the frightening of several
of our good citizens, has served to call
to mind the danger of longer neglect
ng fire escapes. 1t is fortunately true
that the school building is provided
with two stairways leading from the
second story but in case of fire break
ing out in the building in such a way
as to shut off one of these from use
it is not pleasant to contemplate the
safety of the children.
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
Forty as the Voting AGE fer Women

one of the objections to Woman's
suffrage has been that it DESTROYS the
home. The woman who goes to the
polls neglects her Young brood am
now referring TO those who are mar.
ried. The unmarried woman loses
her maidenly charm and reserve and
young girls will be too apt to he
swayed here and there by emotions
or some consideration Very well
Let all women vote at 40 wears Of
age, and not before. Here is solu
ton. The matron of 10 would have
children quite well started toward ado
lescence. The unmarried lady of 40
would find meter. in case she had
not one, and at that age there would
be less chance OF her marrying than
at 90 and she should certainly at this
time of life know her own mind
Vogue.
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
Miss Ada Harwood
TEACHER OF MUSIC
DOUGAN BLOCK
Office Hours-Monday and Thursday,
to
a1ENwooD SPRINGS, COLORADO
IN ADDITION TO the appropriation

IN ADDITION TO the appropriation
bill to pay their own salaries the pre-
sent legislators have passed one bill for
which the people certainly ought to
to license prize fighting and betting on
horse racing. When we consider some
of the freak legislation passed by
freak politicians We are almost con.
strained to admit that the world does
moye-bac kwards.
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
Agricultural Resources of Chile.

Chile is one of the richest couu
tries in South America remarked
II. A. NinGut mining engineer. who
has spent the last ten years in thai
country. Not only is it rich in mines
but lis agricultural resources are I'm
limited. In the southern part of Chile
are immense stretches of cattle and
sheep lands and as good grazing
grounds as those of Texas. In the cen
jral part of Chile are hundreds of thou
sands of acres of fertile lands that will
grow almost every known crop OF
course. Argentina is the premier
wheat producing country of South
America, but it cannot surpass Chile
in the quality of grain grown.
There are fewer Americans in
Chile than in any other South Amer
lean country. | believe. ! don't know
the reason for this. unless it is that
The Chilean people are not overfond
of Americans Germans and English
men seem to be in favor with he peo
pie of Chile, and the people of hose
TWO countries are capturing large
part OF the trade"
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
Grand Junction. Colo
THE CALL OF THE BLOOD

for publication, finds voice in pimples,
boils, sallow complexion, a iaundcei
look. moth patches and blotches on the
skin-all signs of liver trouble. But
DR.. Kings New Life Pills make rich
red blood; give clear skin, rosy cheeks,
fine complexion health. Try them. 25c
at all druggists
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
s.WHITFORD ACQUITTED

w III ITohD A'NS 1 / Ell Is ii
heading seen frequently these days in
the papers. Well. there's nothing
strange about that. Why shouldn t he
be acquitted? There never was any
sort of evidence to warrant any other
verdict. A few labor agitators put up
a job with a disreputable woman to
bring against him an accusation that is
laughed at by political friend and foe
alike. It's the old old anarchistic
story. Trying to scare man of au-
thority into adopting the tactics of the
plunderband or, failing in this, to work
his ruin. It's too bad that the fellows
behind this simple and treacherous wo-
man cannot be brought to time and
made to suffer the penalty for their in.
excusable conspiracy.
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
Mistaken Zeal.

There is wholly mistaken zeal in
politics as we'll as religion. BY per
suading others We convince ourselves.
-Junius.
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-15
Fresh Younq People.

AS some of us understand it. a fresh
young girl is one who has lust
bloomed out and a fresh young man is
one who has butted in.-Danas News,