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Evening star., 1911-05-28

Radroulboudour and Cleopatra's mummy
At the street corner STANDS the unsnaF en 81,
sandwich man, a clay cutty inserted IN a,
his eminently British countenance' his
figure enveloped in the garb OF Mohanlet.
His board proclaims the infallbilty Oh
crystal gazer whose name might naee
created a stir in Babylon itsell. M ENeL
the temporary picture-postcard stan must
needs be decorated in arabesque. AS
with imperial Rome, the magic Oh the
east laps about
Yet. besides the gold and scarlet ana
Tyrian purple, it is almost equally re-
markable how shallow this flourish or
western splendor is. Ransack the ases
and the climes though she may Tor ner
attire, the British matron Is the BRUSH
matron still. AS one glanced al seseei-
day's suburban bevies of modest women
dressed out In all their finery' one saw
through the fantasies of ribbon ana Oh
silken flowers the health, the air OF s,e[
ling common sense and cheery tnriit
that makes our English world go. Even
the lady in aouava and turban. who steps
into a Piccadilly teashop after her Visit 10
this years Academy. considers that Bur
lington House is "ceasing to be proper
place for young people
One does not hear very much OF the
yellow peril in London any more since
we have become allied with the most as-
gressiye nation of the yellow race, but
Lieut. Etherton, the Indian army officer
who became famous through his wonder
full journey across Asia to Siberia. ac-
companied only by a native Indian or
derby. is decidedly convinced Of its exist
ence.
"I have talked with many Russians
from the Pamirs up to Siberia ne said
to me the other day. when l asked him
what he thought of China's future. land
l didn't find one Of these who did not
firmly believe that the yellow peril Is
very real one. Every one of them feels
that, though the time may still be years
off the day will come when yellow hordes
will sweep through Asiatic Russia into
Europe They all have great respect for
the potential value of the Chinese as sol
lieve them to be Of the same standard as
the japanese.
This feeling" said Lieut.. Etherton,
"has nothing. however, to do with the
present dispute. The trouble-and ii is
quite a serious question-has been pre-
cipitated by the non-fulfllment on the
part of the Chinese of their treaty obliga-
tions. and by the latter shifting the trade
center of the Altai district from kobdom
Sumo a new town, which has been estab-
lihed on the southern slopes OF the AL
tai mountains, with a view to consolidat-
ing the Chinese hold upon western Mon
golia.
Russia Immediately requested pernis-
sion to appoint consul at Shara-SGne.
but met with a definite refusal. 1t would
seem," Lieut.. Etherton thought, from
an examination OF the treaty that Rus
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n O1SNGu1SEs
Calchas posing AZ a priest In one Of
his chases after criminals.
out as a promotion for intelligent and
faithful service. for, instead Of being
filled from the ranks, it is given to one Of
the secretaries at the prefecture who has
never been policeman. but who is ap-
pointed to this position of responsibility
after passing certain examinations. This
undoubtedly. has a demoralizing effect on
the men in the ranks.
~
What Is needed in Paris to protect
the public from the growing army OF
criminals Is simply the adoption or ac-
climatization OF the London police sys-
tenn, the best in the world. In London be-
fore man becomes policeman he must
go through thorough training for from
six weeks to six months-until he knows
his business down even to giving first
aid to the injured and ambulance work,
Here in Paris there Is absolutely no
school whatever. The recruit is turned
loose on the street the first day and has
to learn for himself how to make an ar
rest. In London policeman makes the
rounds testing at night each window or
door. and If he finds anything irregular
he Immediately notifies the occupants of
the house. When one forgets to lock a
window the policeman wakes up the
household In Paris on the contrary, the
police simply stroll around.
I'm LONDON the detectives are recruited
from among the particularly intelligent
policemen. It Is an advancement from
the police ranks. and. having been a po-
liceman, the detective has certain quail
fications at the beginning OF his task.
He and the police know each other, al
though they do not recognize each other
publicly. In Paris they not only do not
know each other. but work against each
other. A detective working some time
ago near the Palais Royal arrested
thief and, turning him over to a con-
stable, rushed after an accomplice. Sur
prised that the policeman did not turn UP
at the police station with the thief, he
went to investigate. Seeing the policeman
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entire force is constantly in touch by
means of police telephone system. In
Paris there is no such system
To strengthen his argument NJ. Debis-
schop might have called attention to the
unrest at present among the force and
the desire of many policemen to form a
union of some sort. which IL permitted
would lead almost inevitably to a strike
for higher pay. Imagine general police
strike,
NJ. Lepine, the prefect, and nj. Ham
ard, chief of the detectives, are excep-
tionaI men and the fault is not with
them. but with the system, with its
bureaucracy and red tape.
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MRS. 49,
{ eST0NEWML JACKSON

eng she shared with him the hardships
of the camp and march, and after the war.
when the general awaited, in Canada, the
privileges of the Grant-Lee cartel, she
supported him and their infant son by
teaching belles-lettres In a college. After
their return to America the general OBJ
tanned a position with an insurance COM
pany in Norfolk But the peace that now
to last only ten years, when the grim
reaper left her a widow and her child an
orphan.
Her courage, however, came again to
her rescue. Refusing financial aid prof
fered by her husbands comrades. she OBJ
tained a government clerkship in Wash
ington. which she still holds. Although
once seriously threatened with blindness
she attended faithfully to the rearing and
education Of the son and only child, whom
she has just lost
No widow Of a civil war general has Sc
cured more popular sympathy or suffered
a deeper grief than Mrs. Garfield, who
now divides her time between Cleveland,
Ohio. and Pasadena, Cal. 1t has now
been over fifty-two years since she we'd
ded the future President. who had been
her fellow-student at Hiram College. and
bellite preacher, then soldier, congressman
and President. This summer will bear
the thirtieth anniversary Of the sad July day
when this faithful wife and mother, over
wrought by her first social season In the
White House. received in her sickroom,
at Long Branch, the news that her hus-
band, while setting out to join her. had
been felled by the assassin's bullet. But
since that terrible summer, with Its
weeks of anguish which she spent at his
bedside. she has secured some compen-
sation in the joy of seeing her sons grow
up to be distinguished men-the one
gaining a place in the cabinet and the
other the presidency of a well known col
lege. And besides giving such men to
her country. she has devoted her time to
philanthropic works. conspicuous among
which have been the donation of a large
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS, May Is, 1911.
Are the French police incapable OF deal
Ing effectually with the growing army ot
criminals? This question interests not
only Parisians, many of whom have
armed themselves to ward off the re-
peated attacks of apaches, but also the
great travelling public. who are beginning
To share the growing sense of insecurity.
it is no secret that both the American
embassy and the consulate have been
inundated recently with the complaints
of victims of robbers and swindlers: at
the office of an American express COM
lany the list of victims is even larger.
aad while not every Englishman who ar
rives in Paris is robbed, nevertheless 1t
is difficult to discover a newcomer who
has not received bad money. Paris at
the present moment is alive with thieves.
Moreover. the writer is informed from an
excellent source that recently no less
than eight large gangs of confidence men
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sum to the Kansas university which
bears her martyred husbands name.
Mrs. Custer is another of the surviving
widows who have not been idle in their
sorrow. Like Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Pick
EFT, she accompanied her husband to the
seat of war; and after the close of that
conflict shared with him the discomforts
and perils of the frontier fighters life.
during his Indian campaigns. Since his
death at the hands of the red men she
has written books and delivered lectures
She still lives in New York city.
Last Monday was the fifty-first anni-
versary of the marriage of George B. Nc
Clellan and Ellen Mary Marcy. which good
lady still lives in retirement In Norris
town, n. ]. Like Mrs. Sheridan and Mrs
Logan. Mrs. Mcclellan is the daughter
as well as the widow of an army officer
Her father, Brig. Gen. Randolph B.
Marcy, was a West Pointer, a veteran of
the Black Hawk. Mexican and civil wars:
a famous sportsman, big game hunter
and explorer. While he was exploring the
Red River country, during the early fif-
ties, he had with him a plucky lieutenant
of engineers, who had lately won q brevet
for distinguished services in the Mexican
war.
X X
This stocky young hero-later to be
known the country over as Little Mac
fell in love with his commanders pretty
uduSnteT Alter HdNiaS seiHSu lio al my
as official observer OF the Crimean war.
Mcclellan, now a cavalry captain, re-
signed his commission to become chief
engineer and soon afterward vice presi-
dent of the Illinois Central railroad. and II
was soon after this that he married Ellen
Marcy. They settled down in Cincinnati
and had happy home. maintained on his
generous salary, but before the first ami
versary Of their wedding had come around
Sumter had been fired on and the young
bridegroom could not be dissuaded from
disregarding his business prospects and
re-entering the army. He was made
major general at once and 1t was a great
comfort to the young bride that her
father and husband were to fight shoul-
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FAMOUS Paris project or pOi1ces VINO
accOmplishes wonders, although bad
ly handicapped by the system.
having escaped to another country. and
operation among the police. the victim Is
helpless. His only resource is to wait
until the thief returns to France and then
effect the capture himself.
II the police do make an arrest and the
victim is not on the spot to identify the
thief 1t is practically certain that he will
be turned loose again. The professional
crook is always able to engage a clever
lawyer. who demands that his client be
given the benefit of the doubt or at least
that the complainant be present in per-
son. The victim. however. having re-
turned to America, or having disappeared.
the case is quashed. That is why when
thieves take an Americans pocketbook
they almost always make il special
point to return to the victim his steamer
ticket, so that he can get out OF the coun-
try. thus leaving the field open for fur
ther exploits.
The writer encountered recently an
American who had spent most OF his
life In the lawless section OF British Co
lumba and Alaska.
Where I was there were no police"
said he, "and naturally I. like others.
was robbed occasionally. There. how
ever, a man was armed to defend himself.
Here in Paris. because l forgot my gun
/ Was robbed in broad daylight in a cafe
near the Opera Comique and was laughed
at when l looked for redress"
This Alaskan. however. was rich. and
when his anger had cooled down he was
able to relate his adventure with some
enjoyment. 1t was not the same with a
preacher from Maine, sent abroad by his
congregation to rest, who was robbed of
every cent he had; or with Virginian
who had saved for years to come abroad
to study medicine and was forced to get
the American consul to cable friends in
America. that he might pay his hotel bill.
Internatiohal thieves no longer fear the
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Mrs
JOHN A,LOGAN

at Gettysburg, she had her trousseau
smuggled through the Union lines in bales
of hay.
this plucky girl, despite the fact that only
fifteen years had made their imprint upon
her pretty face. successfully disguised
herself as an old woman who sold vese-
tables to the Union soldiers, and in this
role successfully smuggled her own per
son through the lines. Gen. Pickett
eagerly awaited his bride-to-be on the
Confederate side, and as soon as she
reached him they were welded.
From the day Of this picturesque we'd
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Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, May 27.-That this will be
very brilliant season no one doubts, and
probably those who will rejoice the most.
after the first sting Of pain has subsided.
will be those who have gently but firmly
been excluded from the court. The courts
Of good King George" as he is snob-
bishly called-heaven only knows for what
reason-promise to be even more dull
than the drawings rooms of Queen Vic
toria's time. The king is undoubtedly
very well-meaning person, but he has in
herited none of the jovial bonhomie OF his
late father, which always came to the
surface whenever royal dignity allowed
him to show his true self. nor OF the
artistic temperament of his mother: and
Queen Mary is too typically English and
up to exert a frightening influence upon
her surroundings. The courts, judged
from the one held about three weeks ago,
will be eminently respectable but the pre-
vafling note will be one of boredom
But luckily the courts are not the only
attractions of the London season. There
are plenty Of young society people mere
who, now that the last gloom OF omclai
mourning has disappeared. Will make up
for their long lenten season. Nearly all
the fashionable hotels have their recep-
tion rooms booked for the whole season,
and a dance or a dinner party every
night.
x
Claridges seems to be more popular
than ever, and among the most brilliant
functions due here will be the dance that
Lord and Lady Devonport are giving
Wednesday, June ii. to celebrate the COM
ing of age Of their eldest son.
The approaching coronation Is lending
its brilliance to the whole appearance OF
London. Every jewelers. shop has its
coronation gifts, every hosier's Its cor
onation tie or particolored sock. At every
turn, too, are already stands or rumors
of stands, and staid old family mansions
of our revered nobility. docked out IN
new paint, are announced as Ito be let
for the coronation season, with view OF
procession"
But, above all. one finds. even in these
early day of what is to be SO memorable
a year, the oriental note. The harem
skirt-if 1t had been popularized-woul
only have put a finishing touch to
London which has been doing its best
all along to revive the spirit of old Bag
dad. Perhaps II Is with a view to the
coronation itself that London seems to
have determined to assert itself as the
capital OF what Is, after all, great ori-
entail empire.
with turbaned head and hobble skirt.
At being sort Of composite Of Rr.ncess
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leading thieves, who. however operate
elsewhere and use London only as a city
Of refuge.
Thieves know l am no longer with the
Surete." said NJ. Debisschop the other
day Not long ago l was accosted near
the opera by a man 1 arrested three
years ago. l asked him IL he were not
afraid 1 would run him in and he said,
smiling:
I'VE all know you are no longer with
the Surete."
When pressed. NJ. Debisschop gave rea-
sons why crooks operate almost with
out Interference in Paris.
1.-The Paris police organization, which
has not been modified for fifty years. Is
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VISITORS Robbed Right
v and Left and the Police
Are Powerless to Prevent 1t
or to Catch the Thieves
Underpaid Detectives With
out Expense Allowances Ex-
pected to Keep Track of Inter
national Criminals Who Live
at the Best Hotels and Ride
in Automobiles-Former De-
tective Compares the Paris
Force With That of London,
and Declares That the French
Police System Is Years Be-
hind the Times.
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H:K|

WHAT They Are Doing
w and What Fate Has in
Store for Them-Mrs. Sheri-
dan Is Travelling Abroad
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson's
Courage-Mrs. Logan and
Mrs. Custer Believe in the
Gospel of Constant Occupa-
tion-Mrs. Pickett's Brave
Struggle and Recent Grief
Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Nc
Clellan Find Solace in the
Rise of Their Sons to Fame
Mrs. Longstreet a Post
mistress.
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not blunder and earn dismissal here Is
what he may expect
Policeman detective $500 a year. After 25
years service this is gradually raised to $500.
Sous brigadier $500 year.
Brgadier, 5000.
Inspector principal (there is only one for each
l 500 mem, $500.
This latter office. however. is not held
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strolling about unconcernedly. he saio'
sharply:
where is that thief turned over to
your
why, the fellow said he did not know
what it was all about said the ponce
man, struggling his shoulders, so turn
ed him loose
"The vital difference between LONDON
and Paris methods is that while In Paris
the detectives are centralized at the pre-
lecture and at the DUAL des Orfevres. In
London the work is decentralized Plain
clothes men are stationed all over London
in the various police precincts. They
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biles To learn what is going on often
requires money to pay for information
and quick action Should q detective use
an automobile he is not reimbursed. II
he follows up clues and captures at the
risk of his life. a dangerous assassin, do
you know what he gets in Paris? Four
dollars bounty. And.if he captures num-
When a detective succeeds in arresting
band Of dangerous thieves he Is pre-
sented, after ceremonial speech prais-
ing his zeal. intelligence. initiative and
activity. with a five-franc piece SD"
For capturing a wolf in France, NJ.
Debisschop might have added, one Is
paid twenty times as much
~ Paris detective" continued the ex-
inspector. begins work at 81 day. His
payment is the same as that of the uni
formed policeman. and between the two
there is continual Jealousy. II he does
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and will all be back in Paris for the
Grand Prix.
Thieves robbing strangers in France
are practically immune. After a big
haul the crooks take the first train for
Brussels or London. On the other hand
there is SO much red tape in making a
complaint to the authorities that many
hours, or even days, elapse before the
police show any activity. The thieves
Evening star., 1911-05-28
BY JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.

HILE you are weav-
ing your May bios
SONS into Memo
rial day garlands
you will be inter-
ested to learn how
the fates are deal
ing with the wild
ows left behind by
the great generals
of the blue and
gray armies.
With the aid of
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several government bureaus / have been
making a census Of these good women
left behind by the heroes that have gone
TO answer the last roll call. They are
scattered all over the land. and great
have been the contrasts in their fortunes.
as you shall presently observe. Some
have remarked and few have been lost
TO the sight of government officials, sur
viving war heroes and sister war-widows
whom have been questioning within re-
cent days.
Mrs. Sheridan is now travelling in
Europe. and time wears well with her, for
longevity is part OF her heritage from
her father. Gen. Daniel H. Rucker. who
died last year. shortly before his ninety
eighth birthday. and after having been
continually an officer of the any for
seventy two years. And then, Mrs. Sher1-
dan Is one of the younger widows of our
heroes, as she did not marry the great
general until fourteen years after the
close of the civil war, and when he was
bachelor of forty-eight. Her mother, for
merly Miss Jane Curtis. was Gen. Ruck-
ers second wife, the first having been q
half-breed Cherokee Indian girl. the
daughter of a wealthy raachman or the
frontier.
Little Phil was lieutenant general
when he married comely Irene Rucker in
20. and four years after their wedding he
became general-in- chief, the full emolu-
ments of which rank he enjoyed until
his death in 1888. During five Of the nine
years of her married life Mrs. Sheridan's
social reign was supreme in army circles.
Her early widowhood was devoted to the
rearing and education of her children, OF
whom a son. Philip H.. jr., was appointed
To West Point by President Mckinley,
and is now a lieutenant Of cavalry. and
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completely out of date" he said. while
the thieves quickly accommodate them
selves to every modern invention, using
the telephone, metropolitan railroads, the
large hotels and automobiles, the police
still ride on top of horse omnibuses and
live and work in the fashionable hotels
or on the underground railroads. while
the police look for them elsewhere. Even
the apaches are undermining their tao
tics; instead Of going about In a SLOUGH
ing manner they wear evening dress and
mingle with fashionable people. The
work Of a modern detective, therefore, is
the expensive restaurants patronized by
the men he Is after. For this, however,
there Is no financial allowance and on
the detectives meager salary 1t Is i'm
possible for him to bear this expense
alone.
ITO find out what the International
bands are plotting requires the spending
Of SO much money that work around the
principal bars in the Opera quarter is
considered by agents Of the Surete as a
task to be avoided. How can the public
expect a detective with family to live
on $500 a year and spend three or four
dollars a day in the leading international
bars. hotels and restaurants? The re-
suit is that these thieves are not shad
owed. At the present time the Surete
has not two agents in the Opera quar-
ter who know the International thieves
when they pass.
Thieves, when they are planning some
big coup. move about quickly in automo-
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A similar sorrow now bows in grief
the widow Of the noted Confederate Gen.
Pickett. whose only son. Maj. George E.
Pickett of the army, has died only this
month, while sailing home to her across
the Pacific. after term Of service in the
Philippines.
This brave widow. like Mrs. Logan, has
dedicated her life to unceasing industry
No wartime wedding contracted during
the struggle between north and south
equaled hers in romance.
When q beautiful Virginia girl of only
fifteen she became betrothed to her
soldier lover. already a major general Of
the Confederacy, and in order to marry
him, a short time after his famous charge
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Ms,
PuL L,c0HER1DAN

made him the vice presidential nominee
in 'S4
After the generals death. although well
fortified against want, she still spurned
idleness and devoted her energies to edit
ing a magazine, giving lectures for char
table purposes and writing industriously
for the magazines and newspapers. At
the same time she served nearly a decade
as president of the board that built the
great hospital dedicated to President Gar
field and later was one Of the commits
sioners who insured the success OF the
Columbian exposition in Chicago. While
throat an ivory miniature OF the general,
whose features are carved upon the
cameo which she wears in the accom-
panying photographer latest portrait.
taken only q few months ago. With
similar loyalty she cherishes the memory
of her son whose death. in the Philip
pines, in 1899, added to the sorrows Of her
wfdowhood.