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New-York tribune., 1911-11-26

But all eyes, including POwhatanS We're rNct on
Granny, awaiting her pronounccment. one .- '''yi'
and stood tall straight, and commanding, CuN1u-E us
plaving in her attitude her tincure Of Indian blood
I'm goin' to the kitchen to make sure thercI be
dinner. If they stop, Pappy you invite em Z" .ght
and turn plates with us. There wuSs thiis' a Dem
embarrassed.
Amid a breathless hush old Petey slowly aut as
surely as the sands OF time, drew nearer came breast
the wagon gate chuned his great hoofs purpoey Tor
a moment-so il seemed TO the watcherS,-dui then
swung his Roman nose about like the prov oi 81 boat.
Powhatan rose buttoncd his long tailed coat and
calmly advanced to meet his visitors, pcturcsqac tg-
ure in his slouch hat and flowing hair He eX,rr. H ms
lcan sinewy hand first to one and then 70 the other Of
his old friends.
Light Folks, and tarry fer dinner. One II. loys
will bait your beast. Plenty OF EN- Sp lin t".E Ter
somethin' to DO"
80 see answered Calic her mild gray eyes ...rng
through her steel rimmcd spectacleS. Blu. 49, just
druv over to bory Angcinc apple butter Ntt,s ont
know as we'd better stop, If YOU uns have % au..-
"Taint proper doinS, Gallo, answer: Pow
hatan bravely; "othcrwse, you and Emmett been
invited. Truth IS, Stcptoc'S expected home toby, ana
hcs-mcbbc you've hcerd dt-hes bringn d W dong:
Now if YOU and Emmett kccr to stay, Nav a't ned
love to have YOU But if YOU don't kecr @. say
reckon | know the reason why, and Their, e no
offcnSc.'
81 pose we'd better stay, Mother" answered En-
NETT after pause. "Bygoncs air bygoncs. ..', win
me and Calc. Sides, were too old to cher- .eelns
agin' boy
As the trio approached, general stir took re On
the vcranda, while wlowy girl divcd into .r1nt
door and few to the kitchen with the cNei'r- r."5
AXom bestowed a sardonc grin on his brother.
"This'll damp Step mite, ch;'
"If he's dampabc, observed Alto doub-u..
A MOTHER hour passed. The men, mos. . om
"a had brcakfasted at daylight, getting ..gss
under the appetizing vaporS that OCCASIONAL. .tb
their nostris from the rear Of the house. Then ing
happened that banishcd hunger. PoythrCss the lent,
who had sat in the shade Of a tulip tree for three s'
with no other companion than the spyglass w',. H.A
he had been scanning distant bit OF the road So .ny
lowered the instrument.
"Thcv're comm" he shouted. They're just In
the Saddcbacll In a two-soated carriage A". .3e
Shimp is a drivn cm"
That Poythress should shout was a startling ng
Continued Psgs i6
New-York tribune., 1911-11-26

APPS Walt Monahan would have got
on better outside Of New York. Ger
tainly his fifteen years in Harlem
streets had made rothing out OF him
that his father could point to with
pride. Lombroso would have shrugged
cynically at Waits ears. They looked
very like two egg crackers If YOU
know what they are. But old Lom
didn't know it all, and we don't be-
lievc Walt was all to the bad. We
will positively state, nevertheless,
that he was not the rcmotcst con-
nection Of Little Lord Fauntlcroys.
At the tender though tough age Of
seven he and his twin brother Willie,
who was subsequently snuficd out of
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Harlem and life such as know it by tougher
mobile, were captured by the Trenton, New Jersey,
police They armed to the gums one might almost
say, they then at the age when the first set Of
teeth giving up their seats to more mature array.
Their provisions when they were captured had been
reduced three sutana biscuits between them. Their
bowie knives taken from them, they shipped back
to their parents saddcr and not much wiser ddS. Per-
haps it would have been better to have allowed them
to go out West and say Comanchcs never knows.
Walt could never be kept at school-thc school
couldn't stand it, So he had roamed the streets and
sporadicay accepted employment for q week at
time; but the lure of the streets stronger than the
predgcsted environment advised by his iathcr-by al
fathers, in fact 10 all SONS
Walt and his pal Bert pronounced BoiU Scgcr had
been strong along l2jth-st. with two young girls OF
about their own age. The four were laughing and chat
ting gaily and informally if the acquaintance was
OF long standing.
Walt threw away the stub Of a cigarette. Come on
Girls, let 30 the movin pitchers The old man has
one Of them joints along here
The two ggglng girls looked at each other in doubt
and the fluffy haired one said
ave dasscnt. We gottcr be home 10y hall past five
"Ah, Gce II amt five yet Come on laughed Bert,
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nothing is as it was little while before
begin to make supplication to this big,
horrible green and yellow god. and lie
keeps on swelling bigger and bigger, and
growing more important with every min
ute as 1t passes by. And at last, looking
at him the way they are doing. these TWO
people come to the conclusion that there
isn't anything of any importance left but
him. and that the other one doesn't exist
any more and probably never did In the
hrSt place and isn't ever coming to life
any more at all.
So to them. as to thousands and hun
dreds of thousands of people this
queer, cloudy-eyed earth of ours. il comes
TO pass that this big. yellow green. mean
old money-god is all there IS left for
them to bow themselves before: they
just get themselves all worked up 10 it
and bow down to him like other folks
And when that happens, poor. droopy
sad-eyed Love begins to climb right out
Of the smallest and most inconspicuoils
window he can find. because there ism
any room for him in that happy home
any more forever.
Why. ! have seen that miserable. mean
green-and-yellow near-god sit at break
fast table and smirk and make faces and
smile and get bigger and more impor-
broken up and disrupted and made of no
avail more happy homes than all the
Jealous harpies and all the brutal hub
bies that ever hurled the torch of their
own 1diocy through the plate glass parlor
windows in a thousand. thousand years
The man folks even get to saying to
one another that We women marry them
for this money of theirs.
And when person comes TO see how
plainly these same man folks of ours show
that they think their money is the smart
est, cuteSt, most adorable and desirable
thing about them 1t isn't any wonder if a
few OF us-young and foolish and likely
10 take mans advice anyway-should
go and do that very thing-and be sorry
for II almost all our lives afterward.
The actual truth of the matter is. that
little greenland yellow near-god is a good
servant so far as a person needs TO have
a servant about the place. but the worst
master you could possibly sell your soul
TO and not get even the mess of cabbage
and turnips and things that Esau dragged
away from his brother on a similar occa-
sion.
When YOU take two people who think
enough of each other to want, each one,
to build up and arrange and keep in
apple pie order a happy home for the
other, it seems to me they ought to
think enough OF each other to take this
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KATAHDIN'
AT WHARF

bay. and the first experiment was made
with 300 pounds of the gelatin hung
alongside the turret When this exploded
no noticeable damage was done. Then
the' same quantity was hung just above
the water line of the ship. After the
last explosion the Puritan remained above
the water, but inside of twenty -four hours
the ship had sunk The cause of the
sinking was attributed to the fact that
the explosion opened up one of the seams
between two armor plates, allowing the
water to get into one of the compart-
ments This would not have been suffi-
cient to sink the ship. but 1t is believed
that one of the bulkheads must have
given away or become injured in some
such way s to cause the flooding of
several compartments; under such con-
ditions sinking would be proba BILE.
Both times the explosive geletin was
used 1t was discharged by electrical
means. and Capt. knight himself touch
ed the button discharging 1t. after hav-
ing sent all .other persons off the ship
In the case of the last experiment. that
against the side Of the ship. he was
forced to make a hole in the can with a
pencil. although such an act was con-
sidered extremely hazardous.
It is at this point that the tragedy
which followed began. Capt. knight
claimed that two hours after the expert
ment was completed he sent word to the
admiral in charge of the navy yard at
Norfolk, turning the ship over to him or
his representatives and asking for tug
to tow the Puritan to the dry dock. And
to this statement several newspaper men
who were present adhere. On the other
hand, the admiral claimed that he re-
ceived no word until the ship had sunk
and that had he done SO he could have
had her towed to dry dock and thus
avoided the catastrophe A board Of in
duiry was appointed and recommen ded
that Capt. knight be court mar tia led,
which recommendation was approved by
the Secretary OF the Navy. Rear Admiral
Evans was the head OF the board.
The court but recently reached decis
ion which acquitted Capt. knight. Secre-
tary Meyer, however. did not approve of
the decision. and 1t was therefore not final
The return of the case for reconsidera
ton by the court-martial was ascribed TO
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THE MoN1ToR PURITAN

raised. Thus. by trial and error, the
exact range is found.
1t was found that one twelve-inch shell.
presumably high-explosive, had pierced
the coming tower of the vessel fired upon
and blown to the deck below one side OF
the tower weighing from fifteen to TWEEN
~ tons The same shot also wrecked the
bridge, the charthouSe and navigating
bridge, and consequently the wheel, COM
pass. voice tubes. telegraph system and
every means Of navigating the ship. In
other words, that one shot practically
disabled the vessel completely. Several
OF the projectiles fired had blown great
holes through both sides Of the ship.
Some of these holes are six feet in dame
ter and go right through from side to
side. cutting away decks. beams. bulk
heads. stanchions and armor as If they
had been made of paper. The upper
decks. too. were completely riddled. Not
a single halyard or means OF communi-
cation remained. and the decks were cut
shears had done the work.
The San Marcos or rather the old
Texas. was built at the Norfolk navy
yard. Va, and attached 10 the north At
iantic squadron after completion. During
the Spanish war she was engaged fire.
quently with the batteries of Santiago
and participated in the fight of July g.
1898, in which Cervera's squadron was
destroyed She was later put out of
commission and laid up a the navy yard
at Norfolk. and subsequently transferred
to the navy yard at Charleston, s. c.
and used as receiving ship until the
government put her in shape as a target
And SO when the old Texas finally falls
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ter upon the observation Of the glrls-
You get that plural?-they have been in
love with, maybe the income could be per-
suaded 10 bear some suitable relation to
the outgo.
II is as much the wife's income as Il is
the husbands. anyway. Because YOU
take the work a wife does i'm the world
and compare II with the twelye-a- week
clerks and the husbands who are not ca
pahle OF keeping up the union wage sea =
and il seems 10 ne this earth is filed
clear zap to the edge with women who are
performing the most important service
the world demands Of any body
These women are engaged I'm their voca-
ton of building up d home. bringing UP a
family and otherwise making themselves
actually Indispensable ia the scheme OF
things.
And when II comes to a husband hang
ing on 10 every nickel as II II were the
red blood OF his hearts core being wrunR
from him when his wife really needs A
little OF IL TO buy the Sunday dinner that
husband really ought not To be encour-
aged.
copyright. 1911 by Charlotte c. RowettD
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make rude faces at the unconscious hus-
band approaching, in q happy morning
frame OF mind. his matutinal meal.
Having made the sauciest sort Of face
at the husband. this mean. green little
thing will Whirl on his toes. firt about
till his back Is turned to that uncon-
Scious victim of his malicious tricks and
stick out his tongue at the WIFE sitting
helpless on the opposite side OF the table
till she shivers her shoulders all up
frowns her brows all down, feels the
goose flesh rising along her spinal col
umn, the crimp coming out of her hair
and at last mutterS to herself oh
goodness gracious me. I've got to ask
him for seventyfive cents as sure as m
alive, and Ia about as soon be dead
and done with it,
She sees him. although her husband
doesn't? Gracious goodness l should say
she does see him, She simply can't help
herself because she needs that money
hush-to buy groceries with for Sunday.
So then this mean. green little thing
climbs carefully down off the slice OF
bacon. goes stopping along to the edge
of the platter and climbs over. Then
he skirts along and around on the clean
tablecloth. STOPPING his wicked green
back, and gets right opposite where the
wife sits on the other side of the table
shuddering. and there he plants himself.
his legs crossed just like an on a big,
big bill, and smirks and smiles, and
makes himself disgustingly familiar till
the very instant that poor thing makes
up Her HlIlu tldl Sucn a tribe that
isn't of any more Importance in her hap
ply home and between her and her hus-
band than mosquito. and she's simply
going to get right up and slap him.
So she says. James, | need some
money'-and by the time that poor WON
an has got that far along In her innocent
remark that miserable, mean, green little
thing swells and swells and gets bigger
and bigger. and more and more threat
ening in his frowning countenance, till
he simply fills up every available atom
of that home atmosphere
And the bulk Of him and his Appalling
frown separate that husband from his
wife and that wife from her husband
till neither one of them can catch the
slightest smallest. most pitifully faint
and far-on glimpse of the other any
more. But that great miserable money
thing divides and separates them and
keeps Them forever apart.
And she screams suddenly at James.
more scared than anything else to see
him vanish so, and he shouts back at
her. and the thunder of his own voice
excites and maddenS him.
And then both OF them, finding that
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ORA FRANCISCO PAULA

struggles and sacrifices in those formative
DAYS.
Life in Washington and in Bogota
differs in almost every essential. but |
have become accustomed TO pitching my
tent and getting benefit and enjoyment
everywhere. Certainly both are to be
found here, though / am beginning TO find
your sun somewhat too ardent. We live
near Bogota On the vast plateau which
surrounds our capital and which Is more
than 5000 feet above level. We have
one long season. no summer winter,
just a combination OF spring and autumn.
Our flowers bloom all through the year
and our crops are SUGGESTIONS. Just as the
farmer plans. Hacienda life prevails to
a large extent. We have a big estate
within twenty miles Of the capital, and
though we maintain a home there as do
all Colombians Of certain social rank
We find the villa life so attractive that
we are rare residents OF the city 4 ha-
cienda IS almost world In itself and We
conduct every kind of farm industry,
from small fruit and vegetables 70 cat
tie for the butchers and milk for the
diaries and blooded horses for the race
track. We raise everything which grows
in our latitude. but do not export at
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some irregularity in its procedures. A re-
hearing resulted in another acquittaI and
the closing OF the case But the saddest
part of the entire affair is that during
the trial Of her husband Mrs knight,
who had been Ill for some time,
died The contract for raising the Puri-
tan was given out to wrecking COM
nany. which has just complete ed the work
of bringing her to the surface. AS far as
is known, the damage done to the Puri-
tan is estimated at $500, 600. and 1t is
uncertain whether or not she will be re-
paired.
The Puritan is an old coast-defense
monitor. whose construction was author
lied by Congress in 1888, and is
absolutely obsolete for any offensive
or defensive purpose at the present time,
her guns and armor being Of poor quail
ity. although when built she was con-
sidered a very wonderful ship. Her last
service was in the Spanish war. and the
reason for selecting her for the expert
ment was that she possessed no particu-
lar value as an adjunct to the fighting
navy. She was built at Chester, Pa and
the New York navy yard, and was at
tached to the North Atlantic squadron
during the war with Spain. assisting in
the blockade Of the northern coast Of
Cuba and the attack on San Juan, Porto
Rico Following her service in the war
she was placed out of commission and
subsequently assigned for the use of the
Naval Militia OF the District Of Columbia.
Previous to the firing at the San Mar
cos, experiments were conducted on an
improvised target placed on the Katah-
din. This ship is. and was, the idea of
Admiral Ammen of the navy. She has
no guns. but very thick armor with her
hull shaped like a cigar. 1t was ex-
pected that she would be invulnerable to
shell fire and could charge for an enemy's
ship and ram her. Soon after she was
built, however IT became evident that
she could not be utilized for the service
designated. She has not been used for
any purpose until the bureau of ordnance
and construction and repair of the Navy
Department used her for improvising a
turret and barbette structure of a modern
battleship. erecting them upon her decks
and firing at battle range to determine
what the penetratiye effects would be.
The results of this experiment verified
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which have developed in his mature years
He was therefore sent to accompany the
minister from our country and he was in
Washington during the memorable days
which preceded the surrender of Gen Lee
and the downfall of the southern cause
He became very friendly with Mr.. Sew
President Lincoln very well indeed Sec
rotary Seward took deep interest in all
that related to South America and he
foresaW the importa nee of a close polit-
teal bond between the hemispheres. The
evening before the tragedy he invited the
minister and his young secretary. my
husband to accompany them to the White
House. and they sat for several hours
converSing with Mr.. Lincoln.
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The Mercenary 0utIok.

THE late Henry Guy Carleton author.
was a severe critic OF mediocre
work. To a New York magazine edi-
tor he once said at the Authors Club:
1T Is no wonder a man OF your cali
her dislikes the works OF Ibsen and
Toistoi and stephen Crane, for you only
like writer's who will make money for
your magazine. You, in fact IN your
outlook on literature. remind me OF the
farmer at the Paderewslxi concert
A farmer after hearing Paderewslt
play the famous 'Minuet was SO i'm
pressed with the artists lingering that
he jogged his wife in the side and said
BY crfnus. I'd give So TO have that
man pick peas for me this summerrs
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to pieces and becomes nothing more than
remnants she will have served faithfully
and Well the country she was built for,
and will have met a true warriors death.
The San Marcos is not the only ship in
the United States Navy used for expert
mental purposes, although none other has
been used precisely as she was. The
monitor Puritan was recently experiment
ed with, and not only met an untimely
navy officer and, incidentally. a series Of
incidents unusually pathetic and dra-
matte. The logical starting point of this
tragic episode was the invention of an
explosive gelatin which the inventor
claimed would destroy vessel without
being incased in a shell, but simply hung
terest of Representative Hobson clause
was inserted in the annual naval appro-
priation bill for 1910. In which a certain
sum of money was set aside for expert
ments to be carried on by the bureau Of
ordnance of the Navy Department. and
including experiments with this inven-
ton. Following the passage of the bill
board was appointed, with Capt Austin
NJ. knight the head: the monitor Puri-
tan was turned over for the purpose of
making the experiment. Because Of pre-
vious experiments made at Sandy Hook
the Navy Department felt satisfied that
It would be impossible to sink a ship by
the device invented. and no such fate
was anticipated for the Puritan.
The ship was anchored in Chesapeake
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educated in the highest sense Of the word
and feels its responsible position among
the races OF men.
One feature which impressed me and
which has appealed 20 my wife and
daughter strongly Is the universal sense
of chivalry toward women. 1t is a splen-
did omen If the future, the respect in
which the American man holds woman.
Then the observance of the law appeals
TO me and the sense of security We can
send our smallest little granddaughter
through the streets without nurse or
other qua rdian, and we know she is safe,
that every man and woman and child on
the street looks after her safety, and IL
gives one strong feeling OF content
meut %
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"On Good Friday some business called
the minister and my husband to New
York. and they left In the early even
Ing, say about s or 8 o'clock. and when
they got to New York and crossed the
ferry they went to a hotel and imme-
diately retired. Shortly after dawn, my
husband thinks 1t was. he was aroused
from his slumber by what seemed to him
a mighty roar Of thunder rising from the
city in every direction. He dressed and
went into the street and heard the news
of the assassination. He says that never
did he see such sorrow or such anger
All day the roar OF voices drowned the
usual noises Of the city. but by evening
this died out and pail rested on ALL
FlagS and emblens of mourning hung
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its effect upon the personnel OF the fleet.
Actual conditions that would arise in
battle We're more nearly appropriated
than is possible when the target is moth
ing but a piece of canvas stretched on a
float The effect on the men of firing at
real vessel was also quite apparent
The Texas was the first battleship con-
structed. and was completed in 1894. Her
armor was of simple nickel steel not
face-ha rdened as is sefe case in our mod
ern ships: consequently the penetrative
effect of projectiles could not be taken
as conclusive evidence of what would
actually happen with one Of the latest
models. The Texas was equipped with
two twelve-inCh guns. six stx-inch ones.
and several OF a smaller caliber. This
armament. when the ship was designed.
was considered very powerful But in
view of the great improvements in guns
and war material generally 1t is now
absolutely out of date.
On the other hand, the New Hampshire
is a frst-class battleship. The fire con-
troll on board her was directed from the
top of the military masts, or about one
hundred and twenty feet above the sea.
The target itself was found by a new
system OF trial shots and sporting"
trial shot is fired at the estimated range.
The officers on the lofty fire-control plat
form observe through their powerful
glasses the splash as the projectile strikes
the water. If the splash is beyond the
vessel. the elevation of the gun Is low
cred; If 1t falls short. the elevation is