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Friend of Insurance.

"THAr remark was suspicious"
said Senator Root, in a brilliant
analysis Of a recent scandal. That
remark opened up backgrounds of
suspicion as vast and forbidding as
those which were opened up by the
remark of rich c1othier.
"'What are you buying a new safe
for? the clothier's wife asked.
We'll was the reply, the old safes
been through so many fires that the
safe manufacturers want 1t for an ad-
vertisement'
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by those

about by those "maneuverS' on the from
tier Of Mexico IT'S long distance from
these Absecon sands to Mexico. But you
shall see
A week ago last Monday the bell Of the
phone on the table right back of where
/ am now machining these few lines rang
resonantly and with an insistence some
what unusual. The dulcet-voiced youth
full creature informed me from the phone
Office at this end that I was about to be
spoken to by somebody in Washington.
Then came a basso voice from Wash
ington which, for a fleeing instant
two, I couldn't recognize, though its tim
bre had a sort of vague. remote famil-
iarity i hadn't heard that voice for Six
teen years, so it wasn't extraordinary
that didn't identify it right off the reel.
When 1 did recognize it. however.
was excessively glad. The man talking
al and to me from the New Ebbitt House
in Washington was one OF the finest bud
dies ever had. He was. at the time OF
talking, a first lieutenant (recently eX-
amined for his captaincy). attached to an
infantry regiment stationed at a big gar
rison in the northwest.
He had called me up from Washington
10 nOuIy me tflat lie Was ABOUT 10 step
aboard a train there and swoop upon me
here in Atlantic City. and he informed me
In terms that I'd better be pretty spry
about getting the commissary department
fixed up "a steak the size of a hall rug
preferred), for by the time he got here
In the evening, said he, he'd be there with
a sagebrush appetite that. if it We're not
gratifed. might easily incite him to burn
my home to the ground and fire two or
three voIleys over the ruins.
/ was mighty glad to hear from this
fellow: Unfortunately glad that he was
hiking along 20 see me.
We had been thicker'n thieves out on
the west coast, when he was a newspa-
per man. We had, back in the dimming
time, made San Francisco a sort of play
ground had faced buStedness and occa-
sional spurts OF prosperity together, and
had been bound by q pact which draws
together young men of enthusiasm and
things who haven't learned to allow them
selves to become middle-agedly sardonic
and skeptica1.
He was a classy young fellow Of parts:
westerner, a collegfan, brother Of a gov
ernor of the state from which he hailed.
fearless and fine.
The newspaper business had palled upon
him pretty early; the sea and the adven-
turous life beckoned to him, and so he
had ont doing night police and city hall
and the hotels and such stuff for the San
francisco papers, and. loving the work
that q man does With his hands, had
shfpvsd IN the navy as n coal HEAVIER. 1t
seemed '-axy thing to DO. Of course. but
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DR. years I have
gardened: it is a
passion of mine;
but nothing ever
comes of it. Like
those OF most anna
teurs,, my gardens
have been what I
may call pronis-
c u o u s gardens.
Tempted by the
beautiful pictures
in the vegetable
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days and no chance whatever Tor cf1tl.
cism or upstage remarks on the part OF
the family. who has ideas of her own as
to the industriousness which male per-
sons should exhibit
~
was just in the act of telling him OF
a lot of kinkified little eating shacks IN
N'Yawk that he must and would visit
places that would remind him Of old San
Francisco before the earthquake made
that town just like any other town OF
steel-when the front doorbell rang.
Exit the author hereof to answer the
BELL for somehow, I don't know why
the author hereof had a premonition that
the bell wasn't ringing at that hour in
the morning for any good purpose.
A snooper Of a Western Union kid stood
at the door. He had telegram for my
friend. I carried it up to him. He split
it open calmly enough. Then he made
two or three observations that this fam
lily newspaper never. never shall hear
The telegram was his recall to his post
signed by his commanding officer. There
was nothing about the Mexican thing.
you; your furlough is off," minute
later the wuxtry kids raced through the
streets in front of the house. we
grabbed a wuXtry. 1t told about the
massfng Of the American army az IN the
Mexican frontier. My friends eyes spar
killed.. He liked it. the ruffian! The
N'Yawk trip was nothing to him! Serv-
ice, boots and saddles-his eyes dilated.
the breath came fast from his nostrils!
And our whizz was queered, and l was
condemned to 20 right on working. He
left that noon, and is fizgigging around
in San Antoine at this present moment
of time.
We consider it a hard luck story. even
hon No
had to 20 right back to work right away
after he left, and we've been working un-
remittingly and sedately ever since. Just
after the fine bolt out Of the blue. as 1t
were, had framed it that we were to
suspend activities for nine ineffable days,
and--
But, as we often say. Oh. well!
CLARENCE l.. CULLEN. :
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HIP Is SOlnS 10 NC
a sort of hard luck
story, not poignant.
but disquieting. I
do not think 1t will
disturb any read
er's Sunday calm.
1t disturbed me on
a week day because
it sneared up a
prospective 6 90 d
time. The smear
ing-up was brought
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he only heaved coal for very little
while before he was made a chief petty
officer. He made q full cruise in the
navy, then "steamboated" on the San
Joaquin river in California for couple
of years. When the Spanish war broke
out he lost no time whatever IN saying
This means me-" and he took on with
a cavalry outfit that was among the first
to go to Cuba.
Within a year he had his commission as
first lieutenant of cavalry. He figured in
the Boxer rebellion in China, and he has
been to the Philippines whole lot Of
times. I'd been seeing some of his stories
in the magazines for several years pre-
vious to the time when he dug me up by
correspondence couple of years ago.
They were good writing.
When we got into mail communication
after many years Of not knowing much
about each other he had transferred to
the infantry. He demanded that I can
Gel all bets forthwith and proceed out to
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
ATLANTIC CITY, March IS, 1911.
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reaches just above the surface, but before
doing so they should be thinned to four
inches apart. This thinning process
should be applied to all Towering plants
grown from seed. A single plant Of
mignonette, for instance, WILL il allowed,
cover square foot of ground and in this
way will produce more and better flowers
than If, as Is usually the case, a dozen
or more plants are allowed to remain on
the same space. Watering Of seeds is
rarely advisable in the open ground, but
IL 1t should be thought too dry the
ground should be watered previously TO
sowing and the seeds covered by hand
with fine earth At this season. however,
there is always moisture enough in prop
erly prepared soil to cause seeds to ger.
inmate. ARTHUR SMITH,
Garden Manager of the Peoples GardepA
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deep regret. "But the cabbage! The
cabbage is not gomez"
Now. sah.'' said Moses. "Ah been
mighty sorry bout dat cabbage"
"Whatv' l cried, did the bug eat the
cabbage, too?'
mo, sah"' said Moses, emphatically.
"Ah amt let dat bug trouble dat cab
hage! No. sab! But-Ah. done suspicion
dat cabbage right at de fIist time All see
him! He look so strong an healthy All
Amt had. no faith in dat cabbage. But
dat bug. amt eat dat cabbage All
: MAN allvem s1.tried. cant you tell me
what~is the matter with my cabbage"
Dat cabbage he turn out to be a bur
dock weed said Moses. but All amt let
dat bug come near dat
For the next week or two Moses had
little I'd do. Several seeds. sprouted, but
while be WAS sneakfng up on the bug
with an insect powder gun in one hand
the bug ate the sprouts and was off. Not
oie of my vegetables lasted long enough
to permit Moses to get the bug. And the
bug would not look at the burdock weed.
One day.. a. month or SO later, l went
out to look over MY selective garden.
Everything we had planted had sprout-
ed-except the grain. of sweet corn, and
we had not much to hope for from that
and the bug had outwitted Moses in each
instance. ] think, perhaps. Moses was too
careful in his movements. 1t was & nasty
bug. l asked Moses about the corn, but
he seemed rather downhearted about 1t.
He had watched 1t closely. digging it up
every few days to see how it was pro-
crossing, but he said 1t had nodded on
the north side. and something subterrane-
an had eaten the entire south side. and
general prospects of that grain of corn
amounting to much were unfavorable
There was nothing in my vegetable gar
den but the burdock weed. But that was
doing well.
j turned away sadly and was walking
to the house when 1 heard Moses about.
He was on his knees in the rich black
loan of my garden, staring wildly at the
luxuriant velvet leaves of the burdock
weed AS 1 approached he held out
warning hand and l paused. Carefully
he raised his hand, shaping it into
point with the thumb and finger tips to-
gether, like the head of a snake. aimed
it at the burdock weed, and threw himself
forward. His yell of triumph frightened
the sparrows on the next block.
''Ah got de bug! All got de bug" he
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said Wilmington, triumphantly. land that
is a great family
That's right said Farley, with enthu-
siasm equal to Millington's. And they
nave numerous arms Of involucrul bracts,
hooked at the tip. The dictionary saws
so, doesn't it, Wilmington? l bet you
don't often see arms that way. No stree.
bob!'
And 1t isn't native at ALL said Mil
nngton, still more excited. 1T is an ex-
otic-an exotic vegetable-think of that,
1t is cultivated as a food vegetable in
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mess, so you can take Ii home and d1na
on it."
Watt said Farley, uneasily. wait!
I'll have to see, first, whether our cook
knows how to cook burdock. Just wait"
But he did not come out of his house
again.
When our burdock was ripe IT was over
ten feet tall, and man could not walk
within six feet of IT without carrying
away a bushel or more of awns OF in
volucral bracts-stuck to his clothing.
But the burdock did not interest me. lt
did not interest Mary. Burdocks are not
illustrated in the seed catalogues.
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mistake in identity. This could have been
no beneficent germ; it must have been a
bug. / told him so.
Oats so! dat's SOL he said frank
~. Dat JUS whut All thought whilst
All seen da bug eat up dat little young
vegetable! All watch him chew up dat
lima bean sprout an All say: 'Mebby yo'
is one of dem. germs. but:yo' eats like a
whilst he proceed over to dat little young
pea sprout whut come UP dis morning
He chew and he chew, an he chew dat
little young pea sprout all up, but All
amt say nuthin.' No. sab! But ut Al. Al
1 s'picious bout him."
X
Ibid he eat the pea sprout?' asked.
"Yassaal,"- said Moses frankly. HE
eat dat little young pea sprout all up, an
1 amt fool wifi him no mo- When he
start over to chew UP dat little young
cabbage plant wlut sprout up bout noon
All herd dat bug g. way. from It. mo.
sahr All say; 'Mehby yo' Is one Of dem
good germs, but yo' don't eat no mo-
little young vegetables till de boss say
SOL"
I told Moses he had acted wisely. but I
almost wept when 1 saw the ruins Of my
lima bean and my pea, but my cabbage
plant gave me joy. 1t was a healthy.
sturdy sprout.
When Moses met me at my gate the
next day he was wild with happiness.
DE squash come up! De squash come
rpv' he shouted. "Yassah, de squash
poke he head right plumb outen de
ground-'
"Good!" said. with satisfaction.
"Yassahv' said Moses; IAN dat bug
he walk right over an bite dat little
young squash, but All amt been fooled
no mo-. No, sab! All watch him, an
All watch him, an All sneak up. an All
sneak up. an All reich out my hand an
if dat squash been JUS leetle bit bigger
All cotch dat bug sure! Yassah! If dat
squash JUS big enough to hold de atten-
ton of dat bug one second longer All
sure got dat bug. But JUS when An
reich out my hand de bug get done eatin'
dat SQUASH all up, an fly off! But All
get dat bug tomorrow, sure!'
$50 the squash is gone" said. with
The evening world., 1911-03-30
Failed
Medicine Cured.

II has bern abundsntly shown that rAt. freAh
air and sood food do help many persons suffering
from tubcr :ulosis. But. TO be really honest. 1t
must be admitted that the disease is seldom more
than arrested" Something more IL noeded.
Echmsn's Alternative is a medicine made fos the
cure Of tuberculosis. 1t has cured this disease
again aud again. Often these cures have been e.
;te,~d where the surroundings were not ideal.
where no intelligent cars wa, takrn Of the patient,
where money was scarce. god food and good cook.
ing unusual-yrt cur~ resulted. Now We argue
and urge that Eckman's Alternative should I've used
in every case of Tuberculosis in addition 10 good,
nourishing food and fresh air. which we all need.
The fscts-the Evidence Of cusss that have been
nnde-Are interesting reading. A ramArkabe cure
'oilows Ill.
Gentlemsn: Through Eckman's Alternative I
have been sa,sd from . premature grave. and. feel
Ing that ! might benefit suffering humsnity. ]
take pleasure in writing YOU 4 brief history Of my
sickness which you are at liberty TO uss.
"on Dec. II. 1904. ! wns taken with typhoid
pneumonia. Ny lungs became very much affected
my srrtum was examined and tuberculosis bacild
20 Fort Worth, TeraA While there m sbscos IA
my night lung broke and dischasysd. I Gsv
worse and became very much smaciated. My ply
Ncian informed me that ! must 60 to Colorado q
quickly as possible. left renA June !
and arrived in Canon Cty June Q. yer,
feeble. After being theS two weeks my phy,ictsr
informed me that nothing could be done. ~ NJ
case was hopeless. Thrs wceAs later I returned
home. Weighing 1903 pounds. tho doctor bsvinl
given me no assurance Of reaching there alive.
ION the iath Of July l bHAn taking Eckman's
wonderful remedy for Consumption. 1t bans very
highly recommended. To-day l weigh l6s pounds
! am stout and well and can do any kind Of WORK
about my grain elevator. l have not On ache MOI
rain in ny iunS,, cat we'll. sleep well And nsv1
tclt helt'-. would Ia glad u every person AZ
tlicted with Tuberculosis took Eckman's cure"
signed Affidavit ARTHUR WEEP.
Eckmans Alternative cura Bronchitis. Asthma
Hay Fever, Throat and lang Affections. FoI
&nlc bv all HesemAn and Riker stores and othe,
leading druggists. Ask for booklet Of cured casa
and write to Ecnnsn Laboratory. Philadelphia
Pa. fer additional evidence.
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Asks Aid Of Police.
CLARENCE WhITEHILL
HEARD IN "EllJAH."

Clarence Whitehlli. the w~ell-krown
American operate baritone. sang the
title part IN Mendelssohn's Elijah"
with the Oratorio Society under DR..
Frank Damrosch az Carnegie Had last
night ard acquitted himself well. The
other soioists were Alma Gluck OF the
Metropolitan Opera Company. Ami
NJ. Roth, Christine Miller. Katherine
Bushnell and Frederick Gun.ter. Frank
l.. Hesly at the organ and the SYM
phony Orchestra assisted. The perform
ance, the last OF the season, was a gen.
orally good one that an audience OF
fairly good size much appreciated.
Edna Sands Durham. soprano, ac-
c~ofrpanied by Richard Haseman at the
piano. rave a recital at Mendelssohn
Hail yesterday afternoon that attracted
a host OF her friends. There were
eighteen numbers on her programme and
she was compelled to add several more.
Her slngins showed good taste and
her voice Ia of pleasing quality.
Minne Kaufman OF Pittsburg, a So
prano who has been "A pupil OF I'm
Iehmann's. gave a recital at Mendei-
ssohn Hall last night. Her programme
included songs by Schumann and Schu-
bert and by several modern composers
II which she showed variety OF express
The evening world., 1911-03-30
SEEKS
MISSING GIRL Who
TRIED TO WE'D
Fears i6-Year-O Old Milliner Has
Eloped With Picture
I Show Usher.

Joseph Softer, a ieweler a. No. I5s
suffolk street, notified the police to-day
that his daughter Minnie, sixteen years
cid, tho acknowledged, belle OF the
netfhoorhood, disappeared last night
after leaving her work as a millincr at
No. 10 Broome street. He fears she
has eloped with an usher In a moving
picture theatre. who met her at the door
OF the millinery shop.
Until six months. ago Minnie Softer
was a quiet. home-loving girl. As she
developed she attracted tho attention Of
young men In the neighborhood. Min
ME is a dainty. petite maiden who used
extraordinary taste In dress and, be-
came better looking daily.
Lure OF the Picture Show.
A Few months ago ths lure OF the
moving pictures attracted Minnie. and
she began staying out at night to sea
the motion pictures. At last her EN-
ploNers complained that her hours we're
irregular, that her mind did not seem
to be on her work aud that she was
getting many letters daily at the store.
Her father demonstrated with her.
hut seemingly without avail. for yes
terday morning she was discharged
from the millinery store. Later sne
met an usher from one OF the moving
picture theatres she frequentel, and
with whom she had been seen oftn.
TIL pair cam downtown and consulted
n LAWYER about getting married. but
apparently got little legal aid.
The girls absence from the millinery
store made such a gap that yesterday
afternoon a message was sent skiing her
20 return to work. She sent back TO the
store and worked through the after
noon. leaving about $50 o'clock. but at
the door tho usher from the moving
picture theatre was waiting FOR her. The
pair went away togeser and Minnie
has not been seen since.
Asks Aid Of Police.
Mr.. Softer. the father. went TO the
police early tails morning and asked
their aid In locating his daughter. lie
was loud IN his denunciation OF the NOV
ing picture usher. whom he accuses OF
cosxlrg Minnie to leave home. Mr..
Softer said his daughter was a clever
S,illiner and often made extra money
trimming hats for women IN the vicinity
Of her home. This money she spent on
clothes and was always we'll dressed.
The evening world., 1911-03-30

smart style, fine quality, materials aud
workmanship in these suits at $40. 80
why not save about s. on your suit?
They are made of all wool French serge. fine
hsir-iine worsteds and other fashionable ma
tcrials. in $ pretty distinctive models Some
models are strictly man tailored wit notch
collars; others prettily trimmed. and have
effective collars Of satin. SIN other models
deliberately embroidered.
Lined throughout with guaranteed satin. skirt,
made in the newest Spring models. Some have the
new girdlc effect in tan. gray. rcscda. navy. Copcn.
hagen and black. Sizcs - 10 ~. We have only
800. They cannot possibly last for more than A
days selling therefore tomorrow is oppurtuni, .
day. Come. We promise you u surprise.
The evening world., 1911-03-30

The boiy OF a woman about sixty
years old lies unclaimed in the Morgue.
1t was found in the areaway Of the
house -. 26a West Twenty-second
street to-day BY Miss Mary Love when
she opened her basement door,. Bsidc
the body was a h~alf-enfptied pint whis-
key bottle. Dr. Armstrong Of the City
Hospital decided the woman had died
from exposure and alcoholism.
The evening world., 1911-03-30
SIS to 81 $3.50
Dress Shapes q

Imported sample dress
shapes in the finest
grades Of Milan and
other wanted braids.
The evening world., 1911-03-30

sion and good taste as we'll as a voice
OF much natural beauty.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-07-31
Sin n~mbefanntes 0eSid)t 8il6elm
8nldl'.

SSm 6amilienblott g2eie~ miro ein
lebr Dmbi6es, bisber unbefanntes
@eoidt @ilbelm 8uid' peroffent-
libt, ons Ser 0idter elmer tim be-
freunoeten Dame bel ibrer 8erbei-
rotung in's Stammbu1 ifrieb. 9os
8eoid)t lalttet:
Gs fpir6 6ebauptet, unb nit GRUB,
Gin niibli6 @ert5eue lei Der Munol
Bum erffen ldBt oas Sing iid bebnen
Wie @uttaper6a, Inn an gdbnenl
M6 Crete, tpenn bu Die5es muRt,
Su es i'm ftiuen uno nit Quitl
Gum aipeiten: Benn es grab poun6s
ten,
&ain mau i'm ipiben, Tim 8u fl0tem,
Sibt bann Der Shae al1 NAL aIein,
Sizes tpirb linn llnterbaltung ieinl
Gum oritten ldBt Der @unb Iid
brauden,
Wenn irgen0 puilen6, I'M 8u ralld1en.
9ies fannit bu beirem guten @atten,
Ser barum bittet, tppI geitatten.
Gum bierten lit es feilt Berbrehen,
Sen Mlino 5u 0ffnen, Inn gu lpreher.
@ermeibe II @enitserregung,
Sprid lieber farft nit l1eberleauua,
Germ mmlder bot iiG idon befIaaf:
.G6 BAIT i6 bas bod nidt geSagtl"
Bum fiinften: @ie mir ole tpiHen,
60 eignet iid Der Milnb gum &iii5en.
Sei's often ooer 5ei's ber6oblen.
@ege6en ODER mir geftobIen,
IusbriidIi6 ODER nebenIer,
Sci Gdei6en ODER Bieberfehr,
Sn Srieoens< ODER &riegsseiten:
Gin Stub bat feline guten SeitenI
Sum Sdlub iebo9 nidt gu pereeGer:
Smiptid6fi6 bieit Der Munb gum
gi5enl
@ar lieblid Sriusen aus Der Slide
@is in bas 9era Die @oIgerii6e.
5ier fam Die OUNCE fein un6 idarf
Gid niibli9 MAIDEN, unS iie oarfl
6ier bnrd @ebr6teI un6 @ebriheI
Bereitet man bic 3aibermitteI
Sn S6pfen. Tfannen ODER @eHeln,
lin efpig ben @ema1I gu fefeIn.
gon bier aug berriht nit f6laue,n
Sinn
9ie Saise nnb Seraersf6nigiu.
2ieb's @retdenl Salt bid fpolgemut.
Megiere mild nnb = lode gull
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grpoiition . Start Elm iunges Gadr
aetraut. Die 8raut bieB War8d.
ret Wapo uno Der 8rautigom g.
9. garnes. geioe iino 8~anoep!ile-
S6auipieler. &i6ter umldeio boG-
5og Die Srauung.
Sountag morgelt tunroe Der
35iabrige S. &. @ation eth fri5e=
rer Soloat, Der mdbreno Der Iet-
ten Monate auf Der Wit6eu Safe
Sarm arbeitete, i'm Sauie zines a:t-
oeren Mrbeiters Name,rs 2eoniers
Mbino eritoden. Abina uno feline
5rou itno peridmunben. @ation's
2eide muroe Sollttag morgen ee-
gen adt ubr BON SO. Senrp, Der
ebenfaas auf Der Mitdea Safe
5arm angeiteut i'll, gefanoen. Sic
befonb iid in fibenoer SteGung
auf Dem 9ett uno NOR holie att-
gefleioet. @uf Der @roe lag @at-
ion's SUIT. Die 5tidminoe mar
in ser linfen grult unb unge-
fabr ieds 3on lang. @ation uno
abi1la fparen am @bello porber 5u.
lotnlnen in einem Saloon eeieIen
moroen. geioe maren betrunfen,
Spdter bate man iie beibe in Nbi-
mos @oufe eeieben. Sic idienell
oonals Die better Sreunoe gu lem.
@os gu Der Stederei gefiibrt bot,
meiB man nidt. Sffenbar lit Der
cat fem &f poraufgegongen.
Ser Seuipetd)er bon 81.
Maurer, an Der Commerce 5traBe
go. 1901, geriet 5oinitag morgcn
3nii6en A unb 5 ubr in 8ral5,
bod muroe oas Seuer idnen o.
l0i6t uno nur geringer sbaoen
angeridtet.