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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-07-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
tFrom the Chicago News)

A bird in the hand doesn't cause the
early worm any worry.
There's no fun in loafing if you
can't bother some person who is busy
Occasionally offceholder loses
out because ne dares to do his duty.
An expert Is a man who can get his
own price for guessing a things.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-07-21

Careful Estimates Made on All Con-
tract Work. Gives more and better
work for the money than any other
contractor in town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30
v. THE REPORTER OF THE ITEM (Contnued

bibtons Of paintings and books and classes and clubs
and political economy and sometimes w ana / IN
Bessie dreamed a dream. ,,
She didn't tell me; but from what saw OF her Kie"
that her will was stronger than the old man San eI
mother merely tainted away when Bessie packed hei
suitcase Was il the socialist millionaire story udI
reconciled them finally? All know is that Bessie Baker
moved down to RivingtOnst. and got JOB sewing
buttons in little swcashop al SIX dollars week one
roomed with two girls dellcateSSen Snop anu
spent every night making hay with the Socai aaVan-
,agcs presented by the Delaney Street Social Settle
mont Nobody knew that she WASH a poorglr ana 50
She was allowed to mix with miionalrcs and phioso-
pliers and high society ladies and visiting who's Nho'
TO her hearts content. :,r lrd
describe one week of her existence you'd see now
much fussier her life was on the East 9iHe man III
Philstia There automobile rides 10 inc ''S'CI0'9
Of wealthy patrons Long Island There were boxes
q, the opera for the sWcatshop girls they were even
taken TO the Horse Show. That hrSt week BESSIE me-
Padcrcwski; she held the basin when ne dppeH ms
hands into warm wafer De
fore doing his stunt and her eyes within tour icct
of his facic fingers when he played his own minuet
Henry lanes? When he called and gave tax on me
NetaDhvsics Of Rhetoric she almost ate HIM alive one
,v.s one Of thirteen women wagcWorkcrs who dlncd
,r;,b the Prince Of Bulgaria then studying American
Sociology: and she got to know the Swami Gccchact-
wanda 50 well he told her his real name. Say you ought
10 have seen Bessie dancing with President Roosevelt at
shirtWaist BALL And meanwhile She was learning 10
sneak in double negatives and rubbing burnt matches
into her hngcrnails for local color, building out her
pompadour, and wearing brass rings so as not 10 be
caught as a middle class impos'or IN that incae NIX
tire Of extremes Nobody ever suspected that she
worked because she liked it. By means Of a few choice
solccsrns she had butcd into the most exclusive circles
Of brains and fashion and wealth She was clever all
right I'm for Bessie, strong.
'"Ncanwhilc she was working, and working plenty.
She scwcd on buttons so much faster than the lddlsh
girls in the shop that She got into trouble and he fore
man had to rescue her For the first time IN her c she
saw man knocked down, the foreman DID It a. c."p
who called her a scab-and then She realized that her
blood was MS rcd as "a squaws The foreman took
fancy to her aftcrtha the step. the
,cncncn, where she lived and talk TO her til midnight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30


corner of Broadway and 9Oth-st. That where
Mr. Middle Class lives. Call him a bromide a Phllistine
or a man in the street he's bound TO have his room
apartment and bath somewhere thcreabouts MI. aver
ace Man is a broker He owns eighteen hundred
dollar motorcar and hunts in the AdrondackS or up III
Maine two weeks every fall HIS wife is good LOOKING
middle aged woman in black satin, with the gray spots
in her hair modestly touched up She plays bridge ana
has 4 manicure nasseuse come in every Friday or So
There's one son who seldom leaves broadway at niSt
wh is putting up margins during his unch hour' ana
always getting stung Such was the Baker menage'
business and theaterS and bridge and an occasional dCe
But Miss Baker-Besse Baker-was the lovely duckling
in this family OF male and female hens.
AT thirteen Bessie changed her name TO Elizabeth,
did up her hair heightened her skirts and began 10 open
her ewes to the fact that she hopccsSy middle class
and doomed to marry an insurance agent II she ddn
look sharp-thence to a small fiat on ll6th-St baby,
and qossipng life the dumb waiter OF the next
apartment. Elizabeth had aspirations, ana DtS.n %
make plans for Bryn Mawr. She went through the high
school a was strong for the public schools and no non
sense about swell seminary life, and was just about to
try for the entrance examinations, Whcn a hurry III
p ID. & Q. or something put Father Baker IN Il noe
and-zipl-thc university education was out OF the
game for poor Elizabeth
Did the old man care? Not So he never took much
TO the idea of making highbrow Of Bessie lie thought
it would spoil her chances Tor natrimony- you KNOW
the old idea But the girl was really terribly cut up
Middle class society beginning TO get on her nerves
All she heard talked bridge and business, thcaters
and teas from morning till night In her world romance
was unknown. Nobody ever cloped nobody ever dd
anything great or criminal Girls grew up had chlldrcn
and died without ever knowing an adventure Men had
mysterious vices; but to her vision gents were always
well dressed, gloved and caned, paying silly compi-
ments, talking bosh, and sending violets What was
over the other side of the wall that surrounded her that
was what she wanted to know. She knew no milonueS
and no paupers not even suragcttc no irl'hd Oh
hers ever got into the papers. No girl had secret she
could not and did not babblc to all her friends. In her
world the faryand OF science was unknown, the charm
of philosophy unhcard Of Literature was confined to
the iftecn-ccnt magazines and art to the thirty-hye
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30

And there was a great big
world outside her door, a world
brilliant with blood. brutality,
crime, poverty, suffering, private
yachts, divorces, and luxury. She
had never been south of 23d-st.
She had never seen the water
except from Riverside Drive. Oh
for a man who could explain
Nietzsche to herr Oh for a man
who knew the difference between
De MaupasSant and Balzac. Can
YOU tell why Mcndel has super
seeded Darwin? No more could
Bessie. Who were these new
post-impressionistS she read OF in
skinny paragraphs? How could
intelligent men and women per
ccive charm in Debussy's dis
cords? Yes, she had been abroad
with her mother and Bacdckcr;
but they had 70 stay indoors every
night in Paris. They had never
seen an anarchist or a slum, or a
tea faster or a live poet.
NOV, a girl who had some
~ thing to DO with the De
lanccv-st. settlement house hap
pcnci TO meet Bessie at toy tea
one day, and when the two got
together for four minutes BeSSlc'S
horizon moved north, south, east,
and west ten degrees. The little
middle class girl discovered that
while she and her ilk wandered
through the desert Of culture far
from both the upper and the
lower strata OF society, the prince
and the pauper forgathcred at
wonderful houses in the purlleuS
and communed with each other
at close range. She heard Of
university extension courses, Of
celebrated men who lectured to
shopgirls, of socialist millionalreS
who married working girls, eX-
Cp.,r...,. lpIf ... t,.','' De- .....
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30
BY GELETT BURGESS

He was a Russian, and
had been in the fight,
ing organization OF #
the Revolutlonists all
through the campaign
Of 'O5. He explained
the theory Of the Ter
ror, he told Of shoot
ing behind barrlcades,
OF the manufacture OF
bombs, Of plots, con,
spiracics, heroes, and
martyrs of fifteen,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30

;oe and aSsaSsnatiOnS and stun, TIL She grpycd his
Trist and gasped for breath He bad killed men, he
had seen men hanged he had worked IN Siberian mines
and had had five escapes from prison. Llic was opening
nm bio for poor little Elizabeth Of West 9Oth-s'.
"Nicanwhilc, she scwcd on buttons by day. and By
night she put on a handwashcd shirtwas' and I'd high
eoSct,, At the settlement Celebrities and vent
Lectures and musicalcs cxempicd 20 hor an That was
finest and best in modern culture. Just watch Eliza
beth the president Of a club Of eighty women H.p did
things They fought for public playground and got
il they shut up thirteen saloons they established SET
s,,pporting day nursery they gave a fan, and Mrs.
Whitney Van Rensallcar on the same comm tee
Elizabeth Baker Didn't this beat life as lived 40 the
corner Of Goth and Broadway! Elizabeth drank the
intellectual life 10 the drcgs-and listened spcu
tie foreman prophecies Of the great Social Revolution
THEN. lust like in the yellow papers, came the MI.
onare Socialist. He lccturcd; he spent boz money
on Braun photographs, Baryc lions, and 'np- 20 the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art; he started Equality
Leagues and Cooperative Consumers Fcdcra'i'ns he
contributed 10 the Settlement Magazine ifa'crnzd
with the Working Cass-and at last he met Bessie
Baker Fate rang the bcll-hcr time had conc When
Mrs Baker up at 9Oth-St.. anxiousy waiting r news
from the front heard Of it she was measured tr new
fortv-doar tailornadc corset and acreage bar. and
began 10 make study OF how the mother m lass Of q
millionaire ought to eat asparagus. She cut ,oT Old
oworn friends and began 20 study Restaurant French
She at last realized that Bessie had made good.
"Thc socialist millionaire q rather o1.winate
youth who wore soft collars and black Windsor ~ glib
spoken and 50 rightiuly anxious 10 be a woraugman
that he laid bricks in OvcrallS on his country place The
wall had 70 be pulled down and rebuilt; bat lo.s'ois
prcccpts had been obcycd. From the moment ice set
eyes on Elizabeth Baker, any woman could have seen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30

what was coming. he haunted
her, discussed propaganda, the
matcrialistic conception ', his
tory, the enid labor las, ana me
adultcration Of mix. II" made
love, stcrilized WIN p.i. p"y,
and for a month or So '.ey en-
ginccrcd a prccanous o.ar'salp,
in the committee room. ~, the
Settlement House, on 81. sub
way, and IN chilly art =. .eries.
And then he proposed. 10 Ike
10 nave he''a IT, ne man was
dead IN earnest. lie wa, quite
fond Of Bessie Dul man. Se was
manly an opportunity ,oT CO.
operatiVcly managing @ "'s-er lie
tor the welfare oil The race. lie
believed IN eugenlcS.
w ell beSSie L"a 5''u. 10Y
,'IIS 'lI'lC' PM, NO. a. -. IN. ~,
o 10 a''Il%G DaIN - ~. . ... -. :.
"oDI'-9y'' ouI .'e. '"S..''.... .'S .''5
III d S"ya''IoP ia" d.. .'5 ... ..l-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30

THE reporter rose, yawnci. and
L pulled out his watch. Ten
fifteen. Yes. Fate moves IN
mysterious way her wonder 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30
THE GIRL OF THE MIDDLE CLASS

T0AKE it from me, Old Top said the reporter, the
bromide center OF New York city IS situated at the
- Of RroadNvaV and Nnth-St That's where
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19

time To now he has beaten hts way
from town to Town. working some
times at odd ts'hs. Sometimes. he
said. he gambleS and made a little
''stake"--but always lost H.
Then he read In the dime novels
about the West. He bought a gun
the paper backs said he would
need one-and came 10 los An.
geles. He had s cents when he mr..
rived here. had no friends and
didn't speak English good.
Joe hadn't had anything 10 eat
for day and for another day he
walked the streets trying TO find
work so he could satisfy hts crav.
Ing for food. He didn't find work.
so on the third day he asked a
man to feed him.
Meantime he had met Ted Nc.
Grath, boy OF about bis own axe.
McGrath. Joe says. talked much Of
the .gIories OF crime. lie wouldn't
work. he said. when he could make
money some other way.
The "other way" was to rob a
Wholesale liquor dealer. Joe went
into the rear Of the store with Nc
Grath behind him. When Press.
man went 10 the rear Joe says he
was so frightened and his fingers
shook 40 that he pulled the triE.
ger. There was flash and a re-
port and he had killed a man.
He was a murderer HE ran. was
caught aud was sentenced.
Amy kind Of Job is better than
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19
H|LLMAN IS
STILL FREE

G. ID. Hillman will remain a free
man until the circuit court OF APP
peals passes upon his appeal from
the lower courts decision. The re-
quest Of District Attorney Todd.
made at Portland yesterday, that
Hillman be returned TO the custody
OF the y. s. marshal was denied.
A counter request by Frederick
Burch. Hlllman's attorney. that the
amount OF the bail, 100000. be re-
duced, was also denied.
Todd made his request to have
Hillman placed In jail because he
feared that he might seek refuge
In Canada and forfeit his bail rath-
er than spend two years and six
months In the federal penitentiary.
The courts attention was called to
the fact that Hillman has accumu-
lated fortune OF S2,000.000 In his
real estate deals and that he might
prefer losing 5000. 900 OF this rather
than serve term in the pen.
Hillman would not be subject to
extradition In Canada.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19

loaflng." he NayH 1T doesn't pay
to be anything but straight.
I'm Glad ! got life. | was aw.
fully afraid they'd hang me. I'm
soing 20 behave At the prison and
maybe some time ! may get par.
doned.
But the worst part OF my pun.
ishment isn't what the judge gave
me. It's the murder itself. |
can't shake II off Day and night
It's with me. II haunts me-. In
my sleep | so over the whole hor.
rible thing again and again. can
see tho face Of the poor man
killed. can see him. as. pale and
frightened. he faced me when |
fired. can see him sway and fall.
The worst nightmares | have are
where the cops are after me and !
try 10 run and cant
Sometimes | wake up with my
fingers gripping the betclothes 40
tight my nails leave marks on the
palms OF my hands.
There's only on. thing II seems
| can't bear That ID that can't
ever see my mother again. she's
old and away off In Russia. and. of
course. she cant come over here.
And ! cant ever 10 TO her.
Il tried to write 10 her. but !
couldn't tore the letter up. |
couldn't tell her was a murderer.
! knew " would break her heart
She'll think I'm mighty negicctfui,
bu, It's better she never linda out. =
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19

Los ANGELES. Cal. Sept. 10
Toe siegel murdered man and he
must pass all his life in San QUEEN
I'm prison. Only rs years old. just
when he should be at school or
learning trade. this unfortunate
boy begins the most miserable ex-
lstence that falls to the lot Of man.
And WHY Because he had the
wrong views OF life.
Life to him centered about the
lime novel. the poolroom and the
-acetrack. He was not Inclined to
,rlme. but. alone and friendless In
strange city. without money or
lob. hardened associates painted
.rirne 10 him as an avenue OF es-
ape from the miserable hand-to-
mouth existence he led. he was
weak and fell.
These pals told him that 10
stick up" a man was easy; he
,ould make "A piece OF money
without working
They did not tell him Of the
iarker side Of crime the side
hat all criminals must some time
meet. They did not tell him OF
he pursuit. the arrest. the sure aud
icavy punishment. Above all. they
lid not tell him OF the bitter re-
morse. the never fading memories.
he slespless nights behind steel
ars.
Joe Siegel came from Russia TO
Sew York in 1905 and from that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19

WANTS A
j. s. ROAD

10y wireless TO me start
CoRDOvA, Alaska, Sept. fs.---At
the Pinchot mass meeting held al
Seward last night II was estimated
that 90 per cent OF the audience de
elared for a government railway for
that section.
clifford Pinchot arrived here to-
day. Mesnbers OF his party are
wearing the insignia OF the Arctic
Brotherhood as an evidence OF the
hearty welcome accorded them In
Seward. They left later In the day
on the launch Pansy for Katalla
and Controller bay, in driving rain
storm.
Pinchot will return 10 Cordova al
the end Of the week. when he will
address a meeting here. He expects
TO 10 over the Copper River and
Northwestern railroad to Kenne.
colt upon hts return from Katalla.
The former chief forester reports
that he has collected lot OF infor.
nation on the coal situation and II
preparing an exhaustive report to
be finished by the time congress
convenes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19
VICTOR MURDOCH SPEAKS TONIGHT

Victor Murdoch, insnrgent con
gressman from Kansas. viii open
the aeasons lecture course at the
University OF Washington tonight.
lie will speak AZ the university
auditorium on Progression In
Government"
Murdock's visit In Washington az
this time " just about year after
HIS memorable tour OF the state In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19
Makes Shampooing
A Real Pleasure

The dread Of washing ones hair
Is done away with, and shampooing
greatly simplified. by the use of
plain canthrox.
BY using for your shampoo tea,
spoonful of canthrox dissolved In a
cup OF hot water, you have sham
poo that cleanses perfectly. remov.
ing all dirt and dandruff, rinses cas-
lily. dries quickly and consumes only
a few minutes for the entire pro.
cess. This shampoo makes the hair
soft, lustrous and fluffy. II does
not bleach, deaden and cause the
hair to split and become brittle, as
soap shampoos do. l consider this
Inexpensive shampoo the only DER.
feet shampoo. Advt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19
Ask Damages
From the City

Maintaining that the condition OF
the guard rail on the Spokane ay.
trcstle offered insufficient protec.
ton. and that this was the direct
cause OF the automobile accident tn
which one woman was fatally in,
iured aud three other passengers
badly bruised. claims axgregnting
tsi. 900 were entered against the
city yesterday.
The heirs Of Linda Hodgson. tho
zo-year-old girl who was killed.
want $1,000 G. r. sorensen and
Mrs. Gladys sorensen are asking
t2o.3sb. NJ. Fisher. the young man
Miss Hodgson. wants
tio.ii5. This owner OF the automo.
mbiie. y. r. Fisher. Is asking - 600
for damages to the machine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19
CITED
FOR CONTEMPT

LOS ANGELES. Sept ie.-Cited
for contempt Of court ON the
strength OF an affidavit filed by
Chas. Weir. foreman OF the grand
Jury. for refusing 10 answer ques'
lions bearing on the Times case.
John |. Harrington, an attorney as
ISOLATED with the Mcnamara de
tense. Is under 81 900 bail today for
a hearing before Superior Judge
Bordwell.
Weirs affidavit states that Har'
rington refused 10 answer questions
bearing ON charges made BY Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks that Wit
nesses for the prosecution are be
Ing tempered with.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19
How to Danish
Wrinkles QuielIy

II the average woman only kn>v
H. II il not 80 difficult to pres<r,.
the youthful contour and ye,yefy
smoofhness Of complexion. Esev
woman hates 10 see her face VI.
killed. or baggy. and prActicaiv y.
cry one has Experimental N
some sort OF patent remedy u u
effort either TO remove such ocnH
tion or ward II off.
As matter OF fact. The mnuf 3
fectiye remedy In the world l. =
that any woman can easily n6to
up herself at home. 10 momesl'o
time. Let her take one ounoe 7
pure powdered saxollse. whItA ~
can purchase at any drug store. ~
dissolve Il in a half pint Of via
hazel. Apply this refreshing "a,
ton 10 the face every day. n
results are surprising and lne16s
taneous. Even after the very M
application marked improrene1l
IN apparent. The wrinkles are -
In evidence and the face H. q
comfortable. Snug feeling Of I'm
ness that Is most Delighted. An
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19

NEW WESTMINSTER. II. C..
Sept. is.-According 10 y. X
Ahsrn. superintendent of the PAX
srson detective agency nj Seattle.
and Chief OF Police bradshaw of
this city, there IL nothing new 10
report In the bank robbery case
hero. The officers are running
down every clue that they can find.
and they are furnished with lot Of
false clues that bother them con-
slderabiy. They are carrying on a
thorough and systematic search for
the robbers and sooner or later they
expect 10 land the men who made
the greatest cash haul ever taken
from n safe In the western hemIs.
pherc.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19
GERMANY MAY
BE BANKRUPT


PARIS. Sept. 10. - Unless Ger
many settles her French differ
snces before 6 O'Clock next Tues
FAY she will be forced into virtual
bankruptcy.
This decision was reached after
an all-night session by a group OF
French f.nanciers. presided over by
Baron Rothscbild at Frankfort. act
Ing in behalf Of German bankers
who rushed him here to try 10
avert bankruptcy.
The Baron was unable 10 secure
concessions except on the under
standing that German financiers
force the government TO settle the
Moroccan troubles. thus re-assur-
Ing the business interests.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19
DECIDE ON MERCER
NEXT THURSDAY

Whether the Seattle Commercial
club and the Merchants Exchange
viii join with the old Chamber OF
Commerce IN the newiy.projected
Chamber of Commerce IL q question
that will be decided by the mem.
berkhip OF the two firstnamed
bodies.
Directors OF the Commercial club
decided yesterday 20 call meeting
OF the members for Thursday even
Ing. when the question will be Dc
clded by vote. The Merchants Ia
change members are also TO have
an opportunity to vote on the ques-
ton.
On Friday night the temporary
organization committee Of the new
Chamber OF Commerce will meet.
and steps 10 make the organization
permanent Will then be taken.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19
MAKES 4 PROTEST
AGAINST REGnAOE

VIII Sixth and Seventh avs. be-
tween yesler way aad James st.. bs
rcgradcd7
The city's answer TO this anes
ton IN being ansioualy awaited by
many people Early last summer
the city council decided 10 defer
thiB project but somehow the Of.
fees Of the corporation counsel and
city engineer are proceeding with
COMBINATIONS and plans.
George H. King. who prevailed on
the council a few months ago. again
re'itioncd that body yesterday TO
do something 20 stop this work
from going ahead. His letter was
referred to the streets committee.
No one would benefit except the
lucky contractor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19

the interests 81 PoIndexter's candi-
daey for the senate. In Seattle. Muir
dock spoke TO one Of the largest
campaign audiences ia the state at
the Aibambra theater. Murdoch has
IN the last two weeks visited many
of the cities he had spoken 10 last
year. and everywhere he has been
greeted enthusiastically by mem
beers OF the recently organized Pro.
greseiye league.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19
rhe antistraphansing bill.

Haas attempted TO kill the adop-
ton Of resolution authorizing the
Seattle Bureau OF Public Efficiency
to examine the records OF the city
with a view TO make recommended
lions toward better efficiency. He
voted against IT. but before the vote
was announced Councilman Grit.
fiths changed his vote and moved
to reconsider the question al the
next meeting Of the council.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-19
MAINE WET BY
rs VOTES

AUGUSTA. Maine. Sept. is--fiy
n majority OF 2s votes Maine decld.
cd to repeal the prohibition amend
ment 10 the state constitution.
Complete official returns give this
result. City and town clerks. how
ever. Will be- given 20 days 10 check
ballots over again. as some mis-.
takes may have been made which
would again change the result.