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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-26

PLAYS AND PLAYERS.


Thomas Wise has gone into vaude-
willie.
"Brewstcr's Millions" is being
PLAYED in South Africa.
jefferson De Angels and Violet
bale win be IN the east OF "The Pearl
Maiden
\ tabloid version of The 9ache.
lor's Honeymoon" is to be offered In
vaudeville.
Valerie Dergcre. well known IN
vaudeville. has sixteen sketches in
her repertoire.
Il is said that Harry Ladders pro-
fits on his last tour amounted TO
more than 100000.
Gertrude Elliott NAV appear In 4
play by the late Graham Phillips
called The White Magic"
Frank Mcintyre, In George Bron-
son Towards PLAY, "Snobs." Il TO 90
10 Chicago for an indefinite stay
The Federation OF Women's Clubs
in Philadelphia has established i
branch OF the National Drama
League.
Marshall p. Wilder is writing p
comedy entitled Behind the Scenes,
which will be produced the comins
year
Phillip n Bartholomas. the auth
or OF over Night" has written an
other comedy entitled Little Miss
Brown
George Barnard Shaw has been In.
vlted 10 write a play 10 be brolrh:
ont by 'he New York Authors Pro.
duclnr Society
Jesse Lackv has successfully PRO.
duccd his one-act operetta, entitled
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The tabloid opera has

california The tabloid opera has
fifteen soloists
The Shuberts are 10 revive several
wcll-known musical PIECES. includ-
inE Gilbert and Sulliyans Patience"
and Strauss "The Bat"
Charming Pollock Is now writing
n comedy of modern New York So
clety life, to be produced hy wagon
hale a Kemper early next fall.
Nictorion Sardou left play which
has never been performed. The first
production will be- an English version
OF the play under the title "Who Did
It."
Johr Cort has recently acquired
the rights OF The Gypsy" new
comic opera by Messrs. Pixley and
Lucrdcrs. which he Will produce aeliy
next season
Mabel Eeihtlv author of The
Supreme Test" and other plays. has
secured the dramatic rights to
Sweet Alyssum" Charles Maidr's
story Of the Indiana oil fields
Mildred Elaine. who had the pri-
ma donna role in The Man Who
Owns Broadway" has been engaged
for a leading part in The Opera
Rail- IN which Marie Cahill is to
star.
Nine Bernhardt, following Miss
rerry's example. is preparing a SER
les OF lectures or the heroines OF
French drama frcm Corneille and
Racine down 10 Victor Hugo. and
even including the contemporary
French dramatlsts
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Proving an Old Sayino

Il sure believes dat deres truth IN
dat old proy<rb what says. 'Aeaye,.
helps dose what help dems~ts" an.
nounced WANDERING Walter. the
Weary Wop.
"Wot mikes yer t'ink lat kinder
dope?" inquired Ragwecd Reggie the
Rowing Reprobate
"Becuz II We had.nter went an
helped ourselfs Ia dat cold ham In dat
summer kitchen we'd never have seen
dem winter clothes hangln' therel"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Melancholy Days.

There are no melancholy DAYS II
We Keep In tune with the bright and IN
gtcsting things OF life The secret
YES tn being alive to what is go'rs
on about us Don't miss the things
that are worth while This bit OF
philosophy applies TO our advertise
mcnts Don't let them SO by an
needed They may be the means OF
adding to the sum total OF your hap
plnesa
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WITH THE TONERS.

Marcel Moreau, one of the best
middleweight boxers Of France, has
arrived in New York.
Mike Irwin sullivan announces
that he is willing to meet Mike Glib
hons in lj-round bout, at any
weight
Harry Lewis saws he got a raw
deal when he lost the decision in
Paris recently to Carpenter. the
French boxer.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-26

We have car''s snow'hc diagram
u boundaries oftsll the five wards h.
amarillo and Giving numuer Of fire
whistle blasts for each ward Y vor
will write us we will mail Won one.
or call at our office and get one
TAYLOR n Taylor
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Practical Suggestion.

A new association proposes to have
oil American railroads lined with How
ers and hedges. but what our railroad
rights OF way really need Is to be
lined with leather beds What gooa
would II do anybody to TAN on a pansy
when trains collide
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A Natural Question.

Hubby. I'm going in for tho simple
ne a while" IAN right. my dear.
said Hubby. as he reached tor MS
check book How many gowns viii
nat rcluiree'
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Noticc-Fatrons @! y. a T. Tailor.
ing Co. DO not pay Il. A. Trone any
accounts. Lady solicitor will collect
the first as usual. Pay only her
4g-G
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-26

u you want real meat satisfaction
let our market supply YOU Griffin
Grocery Co. 3l-tfe
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Try the y. u. .. Messenger Service
for quick calls, We are the candy
Ring llS. i9-tfc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
Census Bureau to Compile List Of Unusual Occupations

butter manufacturers and distillers are
evading the law against adulteration.
At the Washington navy yard naval
constructor has a huge model tank in
which he plays with toy battleships.
exactly playing: he is making scientific
demonstrations Of the effect on vessel s
speed, coal consumption etc, of changes
In the outward formation of the hull.
There are expert tea and coffee tasters
in the Treasury Department who tell the
value and grades Of these commodities
by placing a few grains on the tongue
And in the Department Of Agriculture
there is squad of young men who eat
drugged foods to determine just how
poisonous they are.
Secretary MacVeagh of the Treasury
employs man to sign his signature to
various routine papers that must be sign
ed each day. And Mrs. Mabel P. LEROY
of the Interior Department does the
same thing for President Taft, receiving
1890 year. for doing So 1t is esti-
mated that she signs his name to patents
issued by the land Office 5000 times in
a single month.
A man with a deft hand and a. aeon
rate eye receives the same annual salary
In the Treasury apartment for cut ing no
paper money. All day long he places nm
der mutilating knife large stacks of
worn and soiled paper money that comes
to the Treasury for redemption He de-
stroys on an average of $500, coo 'day
and over four-hundred million in a year.
Every September a Newton. n. j.. man
ships fifty pounds Of rattlesnakes to the
New York Geological Garden. After
catching them on their native heath he
packs them In box with small screen
wire netting nailed on tightly all around
and then turns the Kissing. buzzing load
over to the express company.
Another man-from Seattle, Wash
finds it a profitable business to secure
the mustaches from walrus killed in
Boring straits and sell them to the Chi
nese for tOothpicks. These stout bristles
are plucked from the nose of the walrus
sold by him on the Pacific coast to agents
who ship them to China, where they are
in great demand. In an aged bull walrus
the bristles are about a foot long and as
thick as the lead In a p6ncil B sides be-
ing extremely tough they can be pushed
between tie teeth without injuring the
enamel. Last year the man in question
sold twenty bushels of them at profit
Of nearly $780,
New York boasts the only repairer Of
cigar store Indians in the country; an ar
fist who spends the entire year in draw
ing car.catures used IN the so-cailed
comic valentines: man who, day in and
day out takes several dime novels and
pieces them together so as to form one
continuous story for publication as
book; two woman wireless operators, one
on the top OF 9Th avenue hotel and the
other on an ocean liner sailing from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

At this excited junction Of affairs a
Mexican policeman on motorcycle
come boiling by and say with shout
ing lung. Gen. Caruso with a carload
Of troops from City Of Mex is approach
ing on Aztec Central Railroad! ="
Cheers by patriots. Several faints.
Prettily soonly we could hear toots by
distant engine. Steam heard in the far
off. Hon. 1nsurgent army deploy II
miles in rearward direction. With earn
est spy-glasses we observe Hon. Train
arriving with all wheels intending to
give some relief to City Of Santo Mos
quito. Mexican flags observed on this
heroic cowcatcher. Closer and more
close it elope when-O SCRASH! Hon.
Train lep up to air and cease doing so.
Wrecks observed everywheres. Pieces
of militia and horses shattered on
tracks.
* x
"That was clever of Hon. Insurgents
to make such brutal train-wreck be-
fore troops could relieve Santo Mos
quito" acknowledge.
Hon. Insurgents didn't do that"
snuggest one Texas resident eating pea
nuts close up. 1.-THE local trains always
jump the track at that place"
The sunset now begin sitting down in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

Mexico we behelt several miles Of grand
stands nicely draped with American e
Mexican flags which showed reciprocity.
Enormalous throngs of population was
arriving up in automobiles and pedestrian
vehicles. Happy lunch baskets carried
by families which walked together with
Coney Island expression. When We
drew nearbye 10 ticket-scalp gentlemen
make run-up to us and decry,
''Tickets-good seats down in front,
only So"
I ask out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

OUT THE ENEMY"
the West. Army in Santo Mosquito
start raising white flag, but Hon. In
surgent Army got theirs up first.
Hon. International Amusement Man.
ager arrive befront Of grandstand and
say with megaphone voice,
Both gallant foes will now enjoy a
vacation, as 1t are impossible to con-
tinue this battle some longer War will
resume to morrow as usual, at 2
O'Clock"
why are it impossible to continue
battle?" require with teeth.
1.-THE cigarettes have gave out" report
Hon. Mgr.
It was midnight in the evening. With
quiet kitten toes I make sneek-past and
arrive to 1nsurgical camp in a wilder
ness Of mescal. All was asleep with
the excepting Of Gen. Gorilla, who sat
under a pleasant cacti tree reading
popular magazine by the light Of a
post Office he was burning down.
"Who goes there?" he require pleas
antly while shooting me through my
derby.
"a Japanese spy" I enthuse.
PLEASED to meet spies Of all nations"
he otter shaking his hand to me. "They
advertise my revolution"
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I oqo Observes the War IN Mexico.

For the battle, to be surely!' holla
Hon. Scalp. Purchase hastily, please.
as the performance might begin any
moments"
Are it proper to purchase tickets to
see warfare?" require nervely. This
were not did in Japan-Russia war;"
"Japan-Russia war were brutal ex-
hibition,'' snuggest Hon. Scalp. This
Mexican revolution are different. All
rights reserved by International Amuse-
ment Syndicate. You wish buy? Good
seats down in front, only So"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

dividual and his occupation. AS with
most of the other work in the census bu-
reau, the record is made by electric and
hand punching machines.
Not every one is aware that there are
such persons as judgers, takers. blowers.
sluggers, busters. beaters out, cripple
chasers and pancake makers. Yet they
are one and all engaged in legitimate oc-
equations connected with the very neces-
sary industry Of manufacturing shoes.
Nor would the unini,iated expect to find
profit in raising bullfrOgs for their legs OF
skunks for their Oil Two New Jersey
women. however. are making a good live
lihood by SO doing. and a certain Cali
fornia woman obtains over 500 an ounce
wholesale for the seeds Of petunias.
~
In some OF the reports of the census
enumerators in the field are found tabu
lations SO unusual that they require no
end of labor in properly classifying them
a the bureau. One man frankly asserted
that he was q booze fighter" and an
other, who works i'm a saloon, styled him.
self destroyer of men, Fat men, is
applied to certain individuals in the
printing business who always try to Sc
cure the easiest part of the work con-
nected with their trade. Breaking hind
legs" is given as the occupation of an
lnuiSlOual VINO DTtdhS the leSS VI
animals killed in packing houses.
Such occupations as "pouncer," in a
hat factory; "tobes." maker of stogies;
whittier" in a straw works: dock wal
loper,' a longshoreman: vibrator in a
clock factory; longer in connection
with oysters; ''teaser," in a glass fac
tory; "scabbler.' I'm quarrying; ''fosser."
in corset factory, and "dubber," in
ship building, are all unusual occupations
that must be listed.
In the National Capital especially are
there large number OF people who earn
their living by performing unusual tasks
The majority Of them are employed by
Uncle Sam in his various departments
of government. There is a young man
In the National Museum-Henry Hendiey-
who Is known as the official portrait-bust
maker of Indian features for unique
portrait gallery OF the North American
redskin.
l. b. Millner is an expert modeler in
papier mache Of things past, present and
future for the National Museum In
moving the exhibits of curios and speci-
mems from the old to the new building
the authorities Of the museum are hard
pressed for space. They are solving the
problem by combining the exhibits wher-
ever feasible. Instead of a separate
or papoose board, for example, all are
being combined into one model Of an In
dian village. 1t Is In such work that Mr.
Millner Is engaged.
Along similar lines is the work of Ed
win Howell. a maker Of maps extraor-
binary to the world in general and the
United States government I'm particular.
In his workshop he evolves relief maps
OF certain sections OF the country which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
A Cheap Cynic.

CHAMP CLARK, at a banquet In
- Washington. defended the honesty
Of American politics.
It's a cheap cynicism," he said.
nothing but cheap cynicism. TO talk
like Binks.
"'Do you think it follows a friend
said to Binks, that because a man is
a politician he is a liarT
.'Oh no. Binks retorted. but, unless
a man was an expert liar don't think
he could be called much OF a poll
tician.'"
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not only indicate rivers and mountains
and towns, but all the minerals. rocks.
flowers. trees and varying soils to De
found there. He makes maps that en-
able the weather bureau to more easily
ascertain climatic changes and atmos-
pheric conditions in different portions OF
the land; maps for the exploitation OF
real estate and mining schemes: maps
for residents of certain sections OF the
country who wish to make a fine show
ing at some state or national fair, ana
maps for biologists and scientific exca-
vators of ancient cities.
Upon Mrs Villa A. Leonard Of the
Treasury Department falls the bulk OF
AS the original Sherlock Holmes of the
queer" she has brought destruction TO
clever counterfeiters to the extent OF
thousands of dollars. For over forty
years she has been considered an expert
in her unusual occupation. While spe-
clalizing on the detection of counterfefts
she has counted more money than would
pay off several national debts. In a
single day she has counted over $4,000.
900: 1900 notes is regarded as a good
days work. but Mrs. Leonard has han
died as high as 22.OOO. The imitation is
detected from the real by its 'feel.' its
coloring, size, engraving work and es-
pecally the vignette portrait. Mrs. Leon
ard believes that perfectly engraved
counterfeit note has never been produced
X x
Another remarkable woman doing an
unusual work for Uncle Sam is Mrs.
Patti Lyle Collins OF the dead letter divi-
sion of the Post Office Department For
many years she has deciphered almost
illegible addresses on mail matter that
had deted the postmasters. Though not
blind herself, she is known as the blind
reader" because of her remarkable abil-
ity in deciphering illegib:e addresses In
English and other languages.
In the Agricultural Department is a
woman, Mrs. Mica Zesta Heidemann, who
makes models of the various bugs that
prey upon grain, trees and farm produce
in order that students of agriculture may
receive practical demonstration in fighting
them. The models. greatly enlarged OF
course. are Of insects with exduis' tely
pillars. moths. the cotton boil weevil the
common house fy, spiders. etc.
In the same department are three scien-
lists engaged in the interesting occupa-
ton of examining the contents of the
stomachs of birds. They have done MOTH
ing else for the past two years, and are
trying to find out whether certain birds
Special agents in the field STAY the birds
by the hundreds and ship their stomachs
to Washington in alcohol. Then they are
microscopically examined by the three
scientists. who tabulate their findings.
In the Treasury Department is q
chemist who tolls all day long amid
samples of near-butter and fake WHISTLES
The samples are sent him by suspicious
government agents who think certain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

battle. I am sorry shall be disabled
to be present during this exercises. But
can't. Great military leaders has more
important work than dying frivolously
amidst shoot and SHE'LL
So Hon. Madero whoosh away In red
ottomobile to hide behind the State Of
Texas.
Hon Battle then begin.
Hon. Mex Army shoot careless bull
let's to Insurgents who deploy IA miles
in rearwards direction. Gen. Armadillo
setting on wall Of Santo Mosquito. order
all troop to Forward March. Mutiny at
this words. While Gen. Armadillo was
suppressing this patriotism, Hon. Insur-
gents deploy forwards II miles and
shoot mule. Great hope expressed by
all who love liberty.
This slaughter make Hon. Mex Army
so depressed that brass band on walls
OF Santo Mosquito must play viva
Terra Firma!" to make bravery feel
more intoxicated. Gen. Gorilla Of rebel
patriots move forwards to commit as
sault on Santo Mosquito, but he was
observed by Gen. Hobo, rival patriot,
who insurge against the Insurrectos and
shoot Hon. Gorilla in knee-cap. Cheers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

NE hun0red ana Sixty Ieet N the
air scores Of men are daily risk
ing their lives in the construc-
ton Of the addition to the Ra-
leigh Hotel. Not a minute OF
the time that they are perched on the
steel beams are they free from the most
imminent peril. Only the other week one
of their number lost his balance for only
a second and came hurtling down to the
story below. Yet there was only little
pause while his fellow workers lowered
his lifeless form to the ground door.
Then they resumed their duties. each
knowing that like as not, he would be
the next. They are the heroes Of the
great, modern Industrial army OF peace,
and their risks are as frequent and far
more constant than those of the soldier
on the battlefield.
OF the 375 men working on the addition
to the Raleigh fifty of them are engaged
in the construction of the steel frame, or
skeleton, now nearly completed. They
are among the most expert in their cali
ing. being connected with the great con-
struction company that built New York.
noted Flatiron building. Some of them
have helped build the countrys most IA
NOUS skyscrapers.~ while others are
bridge builders. To see them up there
against the sky in overalls one would
not suspect that few at least OF them
are Beau Brummels in evening clothes
soon after they cease work for the day.
For these men are of the new school OF
industrial workers, and have raised the
dignity of labor until some branches of
it-especially their own-cloSely approach
the professions. It takes the very high
est order of intelligence to build the
modern thing of brick, stone and steel
called a skyscraper.
X
This. then, is the type of men which
the crowds on the street below con-
stantly watch. but who do not re-
turn the curious gaze. for life itself de-
nends upon their close attention to
duty. A misstep, a wrong calculation.
a turn of hairs breadth to right or
left, backward or forward. may mean
and often has meant. horrible death
So. with the constant rattle of the
riveting hammers ringing in their ears
and shouting and receiving orders, they
are oblivious to everything but their
work The rapidity with which they
swing the great steel beams into place
thew shiny up to dizzy heights and
skip over yawning holes makes those
more used to terra firma shudder. NO
cat could climb tree quicker. no
squirrel could run out on limb with
surer feet than these men who, with
no apparent thought of their lives.
scamper along the narrow girders
many stories above the ground.
Maybe he spent sleepless night be-
fore, maybe his head throbs and aches
mers and the babel of noise that drums
into his ears for hours without cessa-
ton; maybe his head reels from ex.
cessive heat. or his hands and feet are
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New York, and two coopers who have
monopoly on packing money into casks
for shipment by New York b,-nks to Ior-
e.gn countries.
Sod for a lawn, of a vivid green color
and with a tuft as thick and close as
velvet, will yield profit of from $500 to
500 per acre, according to woman
near large middle west city. who has
twelve acres of land under cultivation
for that purpose Each acre can be har-
vested but once every three years. so she
is not making a fortune at her unique
task. She is, however, making a comfor-
table living out of it
Another woman. residing near Pittsburg
Pa, earns her daily bread by raising
Persian cats and selling them for from
$25 to $500 apiece. She has become an
expert in breeding animals Of class, and
frequently makes large sales to wealthy
cat fanciers Still another woman, the
wife of a Pennsylvania farmer. clears on
the. average $500 year by raising
pigeons.
Woman policemen are becoming really
boasts a fair deputy sheriff. who is a
graduate of a we'll known southern col
lege for women. Los Angeles. Cal. is
said to have had the first policewoman
ever appointed in this country. and Long
Beach. a seashore town In the same state.
has a Wellesley graduate, the daughter
of a millionaire, on its force.
4
In the business world in Gotham there
are two wonderland maybe more-who
occupy unique positions. One of them ia
employed by a number of wholesale mil
linery and dress goods houses to enter
tain woman buyers from different parts OF
the country. She entertains them at din
ner and then takes them to the theater
charging every item up on her expense
account. of course. to the house employ.
ing her in each instance. Her individual
the total expense.
The other woman makes a business of
being discharged from the department
store in which she is ''employed' once
or dozen times day il occasion de-
mands. When a naughty. pompous Gus
toner complains of negligence, or i'm
pertinence, or what-nOt on the part of a
clerk. the woman in question is sum-
moned to the front Office as the one In
given q good dressing down before the
angry customer and peremptoriy dis
charged. For the men. there is a youth
who acts in the same capacity. Not in
frequently both of them are DISCHARGED
over dozen times in single day.
Another unique profession is that of
flower DOCTOR In these days "milady''
must have her floral decorations just so
and her corsase highly scented: there
fore. it is up to human ingenuity to make
perfect where nature has failed. Sc
there are men who remove imperfect por-
lions of delicate flowers. paste together
fragile blooms and scent violets and
roses that are not as fragrant - they
should be.