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Memories of PLAYERS
~ kLbert Crau

. Co. THE New York Evening worad.)
Patti stormed and threatened TO "a
turn to Europe. But wiser counsels pre-
vailed. and. while sho would not out the
price for seats. rather than confess q
failure she accepted an offer from Henry
E. Abbey OF $4,000 a night for sixty CON.
certs Abbey cut the price Of seats from
$40 to S.
The effect was magical. steinway Han
was sold out at every concert and the
entire tour was one series af artistic ana
hnanc'2l tr!umphs. The diva took homo
win her nearly a quarter OF a million
dollars and Abbey made about half as
much more.
This vita, period In PATHS career
brings to my mind an anecdots worthy
OF recital here. When PATHS own man.
agement was accounted a failure there
was rush OF impresarios ana neas.
impresarios who sought to capture the
queen of song. Among these was the old.
time minstrel masnats. j. H. Havsrly.
who had been persuaded by Mrs Hav-
erly to try to secure the great singer
and thus raise himself to the dignity of
being an impresario.
Haverly obtained an interview with
Patti, who was then stopping at the
Everett House On reaching the hotel
he sent In his card and was graciously
received.
Madame" said Haverly. IT am do
, slrous of engaging you for a tour"
Very WE'LL" answered Patti. For
concerts or for opera7"
For concerts" responded the show
man.
How many?" querted Adelna.
sixty" was the answer.
1.-TWO hundred and forty thousand dol
lars. Mr., Haverly." said Patti: "and
one-half the amount deposited at Roth
schild's on signing tho contract"
Haveriy was always regarded a. man
not easily rufrled. but now he looked
about him nervously and then replied:
why. madame. that Is almost ave
times as much as We pay our Presiden,
In this country"
Well" quickly observed Patti. "why
do you not engage the President to kns
Tor You're
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Highland Strategy.

Q ANDY M'DoUGAL w1 . brsw Id q twslvs
y Ono day he fell off the roof and broks BIZ
leg. His parents carried him bon III hnoss
and stretciit him on the bed, where he grained
and graf while the doctor was sent for. When
the Doctor came Sandy didrs want him 10
tonch his leg for fear It would hurt. H,n he
doctor explained that II mAuu 30 done.
"Whlk leg b It. sandy. iAdf" sptersd shs
doctor. -
This ane." whined Sandy.
Tho doctor seized the anlJe, pit ID tut IN
sandys orter, and sled the leg &c q jerh that
the lad was nigh pu'ed in twa. He y.zu.e,t
like bosde. Then the doctor pit ON Q ~ of
bandase and went ava.
Did IT hurt. ladder" asked tho aud ssytAsr
So nufk" u mic,," snsw~rrd The
LAD g,tnnins. ~ wasna sic a f,,s A. "A ~
him ma sair leg'-Cleyeland Plain D..,sr
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WY the sAip IL ssAe,w

Wnv tne Uhtp 10 S0he."
To she Editor Of The Evening World:
Replying TO query az TO why ship ID
called she we must 30 back TO tho
orIgla Of gender for inanimato things.
The Latins had what has come to be
known as natural gender. Thus: They
believed anything massive, towering,
powerful Gigantic in any way) WAS
masculine. To them mountains wsre the
bones Of Gaants. end were masculine,
while little h1is were feminine. Fierce
winds. ~ the suroolydon and simeon.
were masculine: gentle sephyrs were
feminine. Broad, deep rivsrs were mas
culine tas Fathsr rbsr). while brook.
]ets we're fsmtnane. The city (urbs), BE-
cause II ives deemed the mother Of It's
progeny. was feminine. The sun, BE-
cause OF its fierce Hight and heat, was
lnasculine. while its paler attendant. the
moon, was feminine. Anything dlminu-
tive. pretty. soft. gentle (avis. q bird.
for inStance). was feminine: hence,
ship fnavts). because of Ne graceful,
gliding motion. was feminine. and the
gender Is preserved In English.
W. c. BARNES.
That Drive 20 California.
To tho Editor Of The Evening World:
A reader asks advice about driving a
young horse from Albany TO California.
Here Is my advice: 1t Is utterly impos-
rible. i think. for you to drive "a younS
horse that distance and expect Il to be
In good condition. The best you can
get out OF a young horse for week or
90 II nifty miles day. And continuous
driving day after day OF nifty miles will
hn any horse In less than seventy days.
tthe length OF time It would take at
nifty miles day to travel the 1900 miiss)
~ for stopping At night ~ some farm
- rsnch house in oklshoms, Texas
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Diva Several years later. as a matured
operate star. she created . Juror
abroad.
American music lovers were kept in
formed of her triumphs, but all efforts
on the part Of impresarios to bring the
new queen OF song hither were fruitless.
despite the fact that as early as ls75
Patti was offered 5000 a night.
But Adelina. with that shrewdncss
which has characterized her extraor-
binary career. was insistent that her
be under her own management. And
this decision on her part came very near
resulting In a colossal hasco.
Patti would not even engage an Amer
lean entrepreneur to direct her tour. So
certain was she that the public here
were lying awake nights to hear her
sing that she merely wrote to friend
a Mr.. Paul Juisnet. a French actor who
could hardly speak word Of English
and who was wholly unconversant with
business procedure.
To him Patti left all the details.
Scarcely any publicity preceded the
diva's advent here. And Juignet, on
PATHS demand. placed the price OF seats
at $40 each for her first concerts. which
were given at Stelnway Hall. In East
Fourteenth street. Just thirty five years
ago.
The excitement which should have pre-
vailed and which always prevailed on
! PATHS tours In later years was en-
[ rely lacking. The opening concert
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often CNJUSTLY.
Copyright 1912.
BY Tho Pros Itibliahing %.
THE New York Ev>ing World.

often UNJUsTLY.
II the Evening Worlds recommends.
ton for law-abiding relation between
driver and passenger were to be made
active. there would be little or no OPP
portunlty for chauffeurs tn be dis
honest; an equal distribution OF PAT
RONAGE would result and such con-
dltions as the foregoing letter implies
would be a rarity.
1t is true, as the wife states. that
''many times does chauffeur take some
fare around and then is refused his
pay or else the party asks to be taken
to a hotel or cafe and leaves by q side
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Wife Worth Paving =.

7 ERR BLUMENTHAL, . director Of the
n Lessins Theatre in Berlin. once had great
misG,vinss regarding the suocss Of his
new piece, "Zum We4sen Rose"
III ] had only twenty marks for svay thoWand
II will bring you should b quite content" said
bis wife.
IAN right. you shall have them" replied Herr
Bumenthh.
"Zum weissen Rosss'' t'whits Home Inn'D met
With an immediate success. EVER night the Frau
Director went TO the cashier and isvied her
twenty mafks per thousand.
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A Pocket
Encyclopedia


I66-wAy DOES oIottt~o pepsr OBJ
soro Ink better than does .crtttmo DO
peri
467-Undcr uhot oiycurps stances
soould the Leaning To,cer of Pisa
fair
46s-Why docs person carrying q
heovy poH Of sO0ter IN one hand
throU out the opposite drrs
469-Whv does q steamooot oon-
tinSs to wsope otter tho screso has
stoppsdi
47o-Whot u sheet Hohtninof
-HEsn questions will bs answered
Wednesday. Here are replies to
1 Fridays:
%S1-CWhy 10 copper used for lightning
rodsD-Copper Is an excellent conductor,
and II 10 not easily fused nor melted, nor
harmed by weather.
@-tWhat 10 lines value as Q fertili-
xerf)--It helps TO decomposs the soils
vegetable matter. II also oorrects any
acidity in the earth and thus tends II
destroy weeds.
$s-(Why 10 . block-and-faii used for
lifting heavy loadsO-Ths weight 70 dis
tributed equally on the cords that hold
It. Thus . compound weight. sustained
by six cords on the block-and-fali. will
need only force OF 100 pounds to lift It,
+Si-CWhy does carbonstsd water spout
from the syphon bottle when the lever Is
pressed O-The pressure OF the outside
air upon the opening of the bottle is les
than the pressure on the liquid In the
bottle. Thus. the pressing OF tho lever
forces out the water.
+6-(what 10 meant by "amorphous''
substances f)-substances that will No,
lcyystalli1s-sueh - chalk. Glue, -
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iISo tho udiNbl'iP
q chauffeur en-
dures. for his 10
one Of the most
thankloss positions
In the city. Every
body imagines ne
must necessarily
be a robber. a MUIR
derer or some
other dangerous
character: he Is
neither. But they
are honest and up-
right and among
the most law abid-
The evening world., 1912-11-11
The May Manton Fashions

THE coat that Is
finished with en-
4 broidery 10 al
ways q dainty
one for little children
and this season en-
broidery is m UGH used.
Here Is a model That
can be treated In that,
way or made With
plain collar and Gun.
bound or treated ~
any similar name
In the illustration. m
material 10 whit
hroadcloth. but ~
model is as we'll SUI
to velvet. Dark II
or black velvet VI
collar and cuffs Of
same ged W.,
white fur or beaver
would make q charm
Ing OBJECT. BenRaiine
Is pretty for coats ut
this kind. II soma
thing adapted to hara
usage 10 wanted, orc
OF the rosgh dnishai
cloths. such a. CHR !
emilia aHd boucisA
would be ! retty. Thd
coat 10 simple. with
front and back por,
lions only. The pock .
cts are inserted ana
FINISHED with wide
laps. The sleeves
show just a little full
ness. There Is q ssv.
arate shield that can
be used or pot m
required.
For the 2-ysA- slxs
the coat win REQUIRE
. yards of materiaS
"a. 2 yards SO, or IL
yards ~ inches wide.
The'DRttcrn 1901 Is
cut In sizes for chill
years.
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When Passengers Don't Paw

/ CHAUFFEUR's wife writes to The
Y Evening World as follows:
= Il hardly think tho public real.
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FIND THE REAL OBSTACLES"

"Abolsh the private hack stands of hotels
and Uavious places and conUert them all into
public stands"
vHs suggestion Mayor Gaynor The Evening World
first step Kidding the city Of outrageous taxcab extor-
ton and confusion is this newspaper heartily ndoscs
and will continue to fight for in the future has fought for in
the past. As the Mayor says:
long a baockded think this
city designate these hotels and present prve stands public
hack stands as muh IS any other parts Of the streets
and badly resuled tha the service cannot be given It's
fullest efficiency.
The people this city convinced that taxcsb fares and
irregularities prevailing New York scandal. The
system oerhaued and reconstructed SAFE sensible lines
ngy obvious First steps toward improvement
simple and clearly indicated What the public asks
WHO BLOCKS THE WAY2
expressing his wish that the Aldermen might tackle the tax
iab question the Mayor hints at obstacles"
What are these "obstacles"3 WHO they7
November Since the beginning the year the Alder
have proed b be considering how 10 remedy dangerous
irregularities and excessive charges in the taxicab sscm Can
they find only ~obstsces"i
Whist obstacles" stand in the way Of rigid regulation
Of the safety comfort and convenience Of public xict?
What "ohstacee" prevent the exclusion of criminals
and incompetent driveu from the chaufeur's seat Of
licensed a1icsb?
What obstacles" rise in the path Of any one who
tries to abolish the yearly s3e9 900 graft the taxcab
panies hotels for street privileges that really belong
to the city?
Whist "obstacles" bar tho way to any reduction Of
the sTtorouate axicab fares which drag $362OOo
every year straight from the pockets Of the public?
What "obstada" make impossible to require fair
and aocurae meters instead Of the tricky contrvancs
in ~ that It bsse charge ninety cents for . nominal
eighty-oent mlef
What obstacles" exclude the cheaper axicabs from
accessible stands whore people thema
What ~ohstaclss" keep taxcs6s in New York beyond
the resoh Of people with small incomes who use them
freely elsewhere?
What obstacles" surround taxcab service to pre-
in cloth and bsckw1rdness-a hoeridden system
Of monopoly grsft and extortions
People beginning 10 ak about these "obsaoes" They
want know how far extends the power axica compnie
and the hotel graft which they base raise in
high places obsaces any that will disturb the present
comfortable division Of the money wrung from the public in pre-
posterous cab charges
CAN AN ALDERMAN BE AN "OBSTACLW?
CAN WHISPER FROM A HOTEL MAN OR A TAXICAn|
MAGNATE MAKE HIM ONEp
The Aldermen have had ample time report on the condition
OF Se public cab service For months their policy has been one
evasion sheha and delay Patience exhausted The peope
Of New York demand to know where their Aldermen stand on Tho
question OF improving public service now shame and
disgrace. ~
SHOW Us THE REAL OBSTACLES"
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No. I2-Patti's
NarrOW Escape
From Failure.

Copyright. 1912. By Tho Pres Publish
THOUGH Adelina Patti spent
her childhood days In this
country and made her debut
at Tripler Hall In this city In
l&J9 she was NOT halled "a La
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I Call At THE EVENING WORLD MANTON TAsH1sSy
Building
site CLIMBED Bosh Sixth
Of
- s.mps Att wan v
IAPoRTANT-wTt addrss
Patterns postage burr,
The evening world., 1912-11-11

10 the Editor os Ths Evening World
Who was the last President before
Cleveland was President In his nrst
term1 GEORGE s.
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The grimm mtoIefdnt 0Ed Furltan bp1r1t was Jusslf.
its existence with . vengeance.
Again. the first murmurs of the approaching civa
came from Massachusetts,. There the Abolition "a
slavery party hrst sprang into fierce hfe And me-
10000 Massachusetts, and than SIS 900, 900
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-23
The Salem Tragedy.

" - NAohh JOulndi.J
NO tragedy in real life is more pa,
tnetic than that Of Mrs. Jellison anf
her children at Salem. The struggle
with poverty, the four children and
the mother sleeping on beds of straw
in tent, the meals of mush and milk
without sugar in the morning. and
bread and milk in the evening, touch
one OF the most melancholy chords
in the gamut of penury.
Woe is me" wrote the woman in
her final letter, scrawled from the
depths of her misery just before taxi
ing the fatal poison with which she
hurried herself and her four children
of twelve, ten, seven and two, out of
the world; and "Woe was She" is
involuntarily echoed back by all who
read the terrible details of want, MUIR
der and suicide.
Good comes out Of most things Few
things in life are without some kind
of compensation. It was awful for
these children and this mother to be
sacrificed, but in the terrible story of
how they lived and died. many mind
will be made more thoughtful of how
fares it with those in the tents and
novels.
A tent without fire, beds of straw
on improvised dry goods boxes, and
two scant meals a day are a melan-
choly narrative of human existence.
But 1t never would have been so, had
the people Of Salem only known.
A mother destroying her four chill
dren, one by one, then closing their
eyes and folding their tiny hands over
their breasts for the sleep of death,
and finally taking her place between
two of them and swallowing the fatal
draught, are the last word in human
wretchedness. But, as we all remem-
ber the facts, we shall be more mind
full of "the cots where poor men lie
and the chores that poor men do"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-23
A DISTINGUISHED
BOSTON ORATOR COMING

Rev. William !. Lawrence, d. D., Of
Boston, president of the Unitarian
Sunday School society, is making a
tour Of the Pacific Coast, visiting all
of the Unitarian churches in the in
terest Of work among the children
and young people. He will spend
Sunday In Eugene, and arrive in Sa-
lem on Tuesday afternoon of next
week, March 20. A reception will be
rendered him Tuesday night at the
residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton,
200 North Front street. Arrangements
will be made for DR.. Lawrence TO meet
the children and Sunday school work
ers on Wednesday afternoon, and he
will deliver a lecture Wednesday ev
ening in the Unitarian church. DR..
Lawrence has made a special study Of
work among the young. and has been
a very successful leader in such Of
fort. A general invitation is extend
ed to all who are interested TO meet
and hear this distinguished worker
and orator.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-23

pie that after all, they had best trade
with the mail order houses. They
seem to have forgotten that the mail
order houses in this country have been
built up without the aid of a parcel
post; while in countries with real
parcel post there are practically no
mail order houses.
And what short memories! Not
many years ago when the farmers,
led by the National Grange and other
agricultural organizations, were push
ing for rural free delivery there was
just such blind, foolish opposition
thereto as there now is to the parcel
post, and in large measure by the
same class, especially the country
merchant Protests poured in on our
congressman at Washington, carrying
the doleful tale of how once the rural
mail service was in operation the
farmer would rarely come to town,
and so the country merchant would
sell no goods. Have our friends who
are opposing parcel post really for
gotten all this?
1t is eternally right that a govern
ment should provide for the freest
possible interchange among its peo-
pie, of all mental and material things
that contribute to their comfort and
happiness.
The local merchant naturally occu-
pies and almost impregnable position
of kinship and usefulness in his par
ticular community, and he cannot be
driven therefrom, If he will but rec
ognize the changing require
ments of modern business, and use
his energies wisely in real service to
the people about him instead Of block
ing the path Of progress.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-23
Corvallis Times-Gazette.)

oFiction in Relation to Real Life,
.s presented by Col. Il. Hofer at o. A
e convocation today at noon proved
real treat. It was clearly evident
,bat Col. Hofer had taken himself seri-
onsIy and given his subject thorough
Investigation and deep thought. His
address was not all tinkling cymbals
sweet music to the ear, but food for
tbe intellect. He dwelt upon the ori-
ain of fiction and traced 1t from the
ooetrv Of the savage to the drama, the
highest expression of art. The ele-
meDts entering into the making of fic-
tion. novels, were touched upon, and
he cited his own difficulty in writing
as an inability to get away from him
self He also tried to include his
friends in his books, but found them
either not bad enoguh or good enough
70 make real characters. incidentally
he mentioned Prof. Horner and DR..
Bell in this connection. Col. Hofer
presented ten models of fiction, and
cited "Black Beauty" as having done
more to insure kindness to animals
than all the preaching in the world
Col. Hofer's address was heard by
many city people and gym full Of
students.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-23

Of apparent hostility to the primary
Jaw IL the democratic party, or what
Is lett OF the democratic party. can
stand 1t, so ought the repuhlican
party, or what is left of the repub-
lican party.
IL Is just as serious matter for a
democrat to be deprived of his vote
as II is for a republican, even though
the democrat may be Indifferent about
voting at a democratic primary and
prefers to go into the republican
primary.
Inc oregonian notes a published
statement that the republican COM
mittee will not go ahead with its pur-
pose to test certain minor features
OF the presidential primary law, un-
less 1t shall be joined by the demo-
cratic committee. That doubtless ends
the inquiry for the present, for your
oregon democrat never takes unnec-
essary chances He prefers to let the
republican party take them: and vour
republican usually does.
Now that the question of the va
lldlty OF the presidential primary law
is entirely academic, and everybody
Will get along the best he can with
1t, 1t may be we'll to ask your demo-
cratic friends, who have been bowling
themselves hoarse over an imaginary
assault on the Oregon system through
the proposal to test the presidential
primary law, how they like the limit
alton upon the opportunities and priv
ileges of every democratic voter? He
may vote for one delegate out of ten
delegates to the Baltimore convention
and therefore he has tenth of a
yoice-a tenth of a unit-in naming
the next democratic candidate for
president. He may also vote for one
candidate for presidential elector out
of five. The democratic party of Ore
gon is already a meager and impov-
erished thing. Now it is to be divided
into tenths and fifths. 1t is all very
sad.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-23
PARCELS POST WILL HELP
MANY AND WILL HURT NONE

per cent of all goods sold were sent
by freight, .5S per cent by express
and but O4 per cent by mail Some
catalogues were carried by express,
but most went as third-class mail
matter at eight cents per pound. The
lowest carrying charge named in any
parcel post bill now before congress
is eight cents per pound, or $S per
cwt., which is twice the average ex-
press rate and more than six times
the average freight rate, paid by this
company.
Concerning mail shipments Mr.
Thorne said that in certain parts of
the west were people having a post
office nearby, while the nearest ex-
press office was far away. He gave
a long list Of such cases. Montana
for example, has fifty postofflces To-
Gated from thirty-three to 121 miles
from the nearest express office. Ore
gon has one postoflice that is 1877
miles from the nearest express office
The pioneers, prospectors, sheep
herders, cattle men, land settlers
etc, endeavoring to earn a livelihood
and beginning the development Of a
new country were shut off from the
world in every way save through
their postoffices. Mr.. Thorne stated
that when goods were ordered from
such places, they naturally sent them
by mail If possible There had been
cases where an overcoat or a woman's
cloak was sent with the sleeves In
one package and the halves Of the
garment in two other packages, be-
cause the postoffice departments al
lows but four pounds in a package
And yet this great government ad-
vertises in all its pOstofiices that 1t
will carry packages weighing up to
eleven pounds to more than 10000
postofflces in far-off countries on the
other side of the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, for twelve cents a pound, or
four cents a pound less than II
charges It's own people!
Mr.. Tborne was before the senate
committee for several hours. No one
can read his lucid, frank statements
without being fully convinced that
whether we have a parcel post or not
the mail order houses are going right
on doing business, practically by
freight and express, as In the past
/ What are we to say to the trade
Journals, jobbers and retail mer-
chants associations and country mer-
chants, that are vociferating 80 loudly
against the mail order houses and
flooding congress with petition op-
posing parcel post? These people
predlct that with a real parcel post
aystem. the vast retail business ol
! thls great country. almost to the last
package, will be turned over to the
mail order houses, and that ruin VIII
thereby be brought on country mer-
chants. Talk about the farmer being
steeped In prejudice and not knowing
his business: never has he shown such
folly as this.
Who can measure the value OF the
advertising that Is now being 80
freely given to the mail order houses
by these trade journals, jobbers ana
retail merchants associations ana
country merchants, through all this
tain and excitement II they keep
ON they may convince the whole peo-