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LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

will you please point out to me the
hotel where Rosenthal was inurdered:'
asked an end seat Passenger on Broad
way car at Forty third street yester-
day
The conductor on the runboard help
lessly cast uncertain glances at all points
of the compass and replied:
-My car has passed this corner dozen
times u day and scores Of folks have
asked mo that same quest ion since the
gambler was done up. I've had good
lea, of curiosity about the whereabouts
of that hotel myself. but every time !
strike this reighborhood | start to GIT
busy and ] haven't had good chance
to look around yet. But, believe me, the
first time get day of I'm going to find
out where that blamed Mctropolc is or
I'll break leg
ain tho old days." said he who had
spent whole week on sloop this sum-
mer. sailing was my favorite outdoor
pastime. At Shcepshead Bay. Bay Ridge
and Bath Beach theie were scores OF
places wherr saiiboats of any doscrip-
ton could be hired by the day or week.
LAS, week I tried to hire a sailboat
nj Shecm,head BAY. There were two in
tho bay, and both were privately owned.
| was offered plenty Of motor boats but
there was not a single sailboat that ]
could get. And so the day Of the occa-
sional sailor is passing"
One of the large typewriter concerns
got all order to send several machines to
the Federal building TO be used by the
stenographers reporting the argument
on the Kansas election case. The name OF
the man who ordered the machines was
not familiar to the management of the
typewriter company. 20 telephone call
was sent to an official III the Federal build
ing asking II the order was from re-
sponsible source.
well. it's from the Supreme Court oi
the United States. 80 | guess II = reliable
enough" said the Official
One of the best known voice teachers
in the city. who was discussing the summer
influx of music students. told of young
man from one of the small towns Of the
middle West who had made an appoint
ment with the teacher. His voice was
to be tested because he wished to study
in New York and become IA grand opera
singer. This la-t he admitted in "a most
oihand manner.
Now what" said the teacher. do yo,l
think this young man was gong 10 rise
to hase height ON, Two hundred doila y
TO turn tn" whole amount over 10 me-
All had to do in return for it vas TO get
him engaged &C the Metropolitan this
fall.
Il tried out his voice. II was n very
| fair tenor and had possibilities. If |
Could put that voice into a man with
a little more sense OF the fitness of things
could put him in grand opera in The
course OF Sin OF seven years.
| I'VE are going to have a heavy frost
on .Aiieu 81 rs. and you had better cover
! up YOUR tomato vines Tor it," visitor
to the Central Park meraGeri" said to
Chief keeper Snyder yesterday.
/ "How do YOU figure that out?' the
! keeper asked.
saving that six weeks after katydids
! first appear there comes heavy frost
". heard katydids out in EnGlewood
on July Il.
The sun., 1912-08-05

Fyom Mr .Sa,annnh Mnl N.r,.

|, ia n strange distinction than tails To
little town of Winthrop IN Missouri The
inhabitants there, counting Hom"n and
children. number exactly eight y-thlca.
lu"s- th" stork or th" reaper has ppid u
visit in IA" last twentr-iout hours Vet ,h,r
town ha. ten saloons and SIS Wholesale
huuor houses
Al nrat glance " would seem that tho
men Of W,nthrop must he posses,"d al Won
,rrfui stomach riirr,t'. ru' tho iU|Iir Is
..,,cd " 81. aay lhygr ~. hrh!., ,n,,i
must h" considered lu' hrldg" lrdd-
sas l. rupposc'ilv dry. Nnthrop- geo.
graphical p".iiion gives ,t the distinction
Of being the "Nrttcst town IA th"wor,d
The sun., 1912-08-05
MECHANICS LIENS.

MADISON AN, 4;i av. e6th and eth a;s.
hlock mc--F " ScaEris, .Ir Go agt + 4
J. "a, owner, Eudolph iandaucf. lessee;
Joseph ID Mannldt;, contra ,... s.,a.5l
ligTH ST - W--%t'hln ElImtu ast Clara
y um' nthal and samuel kcltz "Wnera;
samuel Naii. owner aEd contractor o. $40
2IrIl ST. ii3 - lfl E--Huw"l, rielI x cod
Ga"o, lu.. urt '"p'dur Aity 90, owner,
John ! 'ook"rih, Inc, contractor: s30b2j
RtEbl.ING Az, W :, 100 " MayNovrr aV,
,iNloo- Wcstchcster WuOdN JrlIins Go aet
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... THE BUSINESS ZEE,
The honeybee is very small
And doesn't make much showing.
But leave it to him, one and all,
To keep his end a-going.
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Defending the Canal.
HARD ON CLOTHES.
a. ball playeri"

~ HE big man with the two watch
chains looked all around the car,
~ and then selected as his victim
the man who was carrying home a box
of late huckleberries. Crossing over
to him the big man began in loud
and bullying voice:
. "Sir, have you seen by the papers
that England objects to our fortify-
ing the Panama Canal?"
yves, sir" was the answer.
and that we have virtually told her
t. object and be hanged to her?"
"Y-yes.'
And that she is mad about it,"
'Is she?"
There will be war, sir-w-a-r!
Good gracious!"
"And we shall defend the Canal to
the last-to the last, sir!" ..'
"Y-e-s."
"And America will expect every
patriot to do his duty" aa.# ..
"You may be the first one killed,
but you must be prepared to shed
Here, where you going?"
"I--I-"
You won't fight, sir 2"
mo, sir"
I'm fact, sir"
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the territory OF the Five Points gang
but he never got sunstroke from
walking 1t too assiduously.
1.-THE newspapers" said Omcer
Blank earnestly, "are dead wrong IN
knocking these gangsters -- dead
wrong! I know a bunch Of 'em-nice
fellows every one.
"Why, here Last week. was pound
ing my beat and ono of 'em-MICkEI
THE MINK 1t was-comes up.
well, Billy sings out The Mink
-Billy's my first name. Well. Billy.
we're goin' to shoot q guy on WORTH
STREET tonight
What timer asked, interested.
Eight o'clock-sharp,' says The
Mink.
Now, Mink says. have q heart!
That's my beat and don't leave 1t
till eight fifteen
"The Mink thinks awhile. then he
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A Real Sherlock Holmes.
~ HEY got of the car together.
Then they stood and hooked at
- zach Ether.

~ HEY got of the car together.
Then they stood and hooked at
each 6ther.
Thu"
HUI" .-
"You were up in the Catskills!"
"And 20 were you!"
II came home ahead Of you. sir,
and rye been told that after left
there you spread the report that I
was criminal"
eyes, did mention something OF
the kind
'.Oh, you did! BY what right dr?''
''Well, you said that the courts
opened the first Of September and you
nnust be back. That made me sus-
pect you were criminal out on ball..
why, hang you. sir, I'm Judges!
.'Oh. / see. But had another rea-
SON" ...
well. Sri"
while the rest Of us were stand
inx OF the hotelkeeper you were pay
ing cash on the nail. and couldn't
figure how you could do 1t and not be
burglar!''
.Well. you be moro careful next
time"
II shall, cir! shall take you for a
gYafter!" IS.
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~ ENKS, ST., had just finished the
administration Of certain wood
- shed rites to his c-ring son and
heir. The instrument had been
cedar single. ....zs
Now, jerks, the elder, was carpet
beaten by trade. Hence the sons
tribute to the aforementioned shingle
was loud and eloquent.
"'T burns-'t burns!" he hoWled at
the top Of his lungs.
1t 80 happened that the clubhouse
Of the Soak-it-to-'em Political Asso-
citation was Immediately to the rear
of the jerks woodshed. At the first
sound of young jerks voice the club
house showed signs Of violent agita-
ton. '-
Then it began to rain politicians.
They rushed from the doors. They
jumped out Of windows, not taking
time to raise sashes.
One red faced ward-heeler with
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Mathematics.

I have to do such silly sums
Like this: If you had two
Nice pears and gave your sister one,
How many'd be left your"
Now, teacher knows as we'll as me,
I'd have the same pears still,
Cause I haven't any sister
And hope I never will.
But every time I answer Two"
She says: mo, no. Just one!"
So that's the way my trouble with
Arithmetic begun.
will not make believe I have
A sister just for school,
But teacher says until do
I'm on the ounces stool!
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Questions of Value.

~ e knew that she was a clever
business woman, and therefore
- he thought his scheme q good
one. But he did not realize that she
was such a good Judge Of values.
II have made a bet that I will
marry you." he said.
Money up?" she asked.
yes" he answered, pleased at the
businesslike way she took hold Of the
proposition.
How much?"
Five hundred dollars"
She looked him over critically.
"Too low" she said at last. You'll
have to raise to $1,000 or you'll lose
And at that, as she afterward ex-
planned, she was giving him a bar
gain day price.
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I'm fact, I'm a traitor, and have got
a backache. and I've got to get off
here, and darn your old Canal and
you, too!' E.
And he was so Hurried and flustra :.
ted that he left his huckleberries be-
hind to be carried off by cross-eyed
woman. .E
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slaps me on the back.
you're friend Of mine says he,
and I'll see what can do
'And they didn't kill that guy till
nearly nine o'clock-when the other
man was on the beat.
"Whitest bunch of guy. I ever saw
In my life!"
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- Ew YORK gangsters vile and
evil7 Not bit OF I'll
- Here IL a tribute to their honor
that copper" gave before the
Rosenthal murder.
We will call him Patrolman Blank.
He had a beat near Mulberry Bend IN
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THE PROUD PRIVILEGE.
Why Is that eminent financier so
proud and elated? o.
He has found candidate who Will
condescend to allow him to contribute
to his campaign fund. l.
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Not That Burns.

lifeless cigar in his pale lips, stopped
beside the astonished young jerks.
Where? Where?" he cried.
Where what?" asked the lad. for
getting to howl.
"Burns!' cried the politician.
Right here" said young jerks, in
dicating the area affected. Then he
explained.
The politicians face took on its nat
ural purple once more.
us that it," he said in a tone OF
vast relief. why we all thought you
meant William j. Burns, the detective.
Come on back fellows, it's false
alarm!"
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PUBLIC SERVANTS OR JANlZARIES :?

u MAIL delivered Sunday hereafter from any first
or second class pooce in the land Even you your
self to the you will find the delivery window tight shut
Not letter will placed lock boxes. Not postage stamp will
be cold Only mail bearing special delivery stamp will stir from the
post-office Sunday. So Congress DEGREES.
Postmaster Hitchcock, in commenting the order
which will be put in operation next Sunday, said:
0The law | imagine, will inconvenience"
It will. No great Imagination needed to that Already
travelling hotels and business firms all the country
registering amazed and vigorous protests
The himself particular need for the
order thinks Congress been egged pass "for
the benefit OF mail who do not like to work Sunday o.
Common should have prevented the of such
II than ridiculous It outrageous abuse Of public pG-
tence and indulgence
day requirement many wheels Of
days year Men who work newspapers only six
days Yet the newspapers published days each
And with railways telegraph Offices hotels
surants stores slide schedule the trick easily
appropriation for the PostOe Department increased
to $27 100000 The department not need
Of funds.
Will somebody please explain why employees ad
med the public and to the enjoyment its benefits and
protection should be encouraged develop attitude Of dcon
tented sinking nsoence toward the public that employs them and
gives them their privileges?
As branch of the public becomes thoroughly
established what happens9
members Of that branch proceed to "ge together" and
for their mutual benefit" Their mutual benefit"
is everybody elss's disadvantage and discomfort.
It high time to make clear that public service public
Public have right inconvenience the public
Our ca service not designed to develop corps Janas
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MORAL gambling is spreading the world
In single anecdote French writer recently preached
- on the ravages Of the gaming habit in Paris.
Two brickaye bewang raise Of rent and the difficulty
Of meeting the increasing Of living generally What the
Republic coming TOT" cried hey hardly leave the working
man the sight Of his wages"
Just then the two passed slot machine Of sort commonly al
lowed in Paris that gives fveen cash prize for lucky numbers
The player puts in the equivalent Of cent.
lets pull out the price Of drink" said bckayer
other The first got his fvcent pzeater putting in
cents The second showed his friend show work t-and lost
fourteen cents Then they for drink The thing hap
pens Thousands Of times every day in the French capital
Meanwhile the French Senate considering law governing
benefits from the higher forms gambling present
cent levied by the Government the gambling profits
and watering places throughout France The proceeds the
applied to public works. charities, The Government
thinks time increase the casinos gambling
receipts into the millions to ffyhve per the evil
grows bigger, good out Of it.
Which the wiser plan? The French defer fralty
collect heavy tribute from the gambling Of the rich the
working exposed the lure of slot machines
put ban all gambling in the fond hope that stamping
out II there evies such gaming goes is pretty
evident at the present moment who gets them Certainly neither
eminent charity We probably don't accomplish all we think
do by attitude toward gambling hut least don't allow it
openly and y to jugge the workngman ont of his
pocket.
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lie seemed to be the personlfcation Of
her ideal. First he looked the part
How handsome he is" she thought.
Just the right color OF eyes and hair!
lie wore the right kind of clothes, and
he had his finger nails manlcured often.
He loved music ana "adored" books,
and when he smiled-weil she Just had to
pinch herself to know that she vas not
dreaming. He was paragon OF all
the virtues And there was none could
MEASURE UP to him.
So the woman proceeded to place him
IN high pedesta and WORSHIP him
accordingly. For, did not he tell her
the most wonderful things that he had
been part OF In the times BEFORE
she knew him?
How he harped on her being his
REAL affinity (whatever that Isl, And
didn't he Impress upon her the fact tha'
she was the only-only. and that never
before and never again would he feel
toward any ono as he did toward herr
You are so different" he would say
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Age pr b,cu .-r',,

HEr U'PN EE''Vs
70 the FAl'or - IN r.i'r Wc''
In reference to u. Hauni'en's ave
problem Niss to submit We follow ng
simple u acc rte AMI co Get sollt N :
Let represent thu sun's .rsent ago,
represent the fathers present age.
Then 8 * - 81 SX 60 -
$40 y. . * 81 y s 2 x
r 10 - : s tx IS sx go 80 '
ga X 10 years 6 months. In
the same way = YEAR, 4 months.
y. BuRRILL EIcHNER.
Hunter, y
Pr'i~rs EDITORIAL.
To the Editor ~ II c'.nr Wu A.
Your rece-t editorial entitled
"Apaches." was one OF the hest ever
read. II hit the nail right on the
head. Keep up the good work
s. MODELI..
n - Editor Of The Eveuing World
10 Q person obliged TO be OF any
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By Sophie IrenenLoeb

soui.Ne man. who was truly ideaiistic
and had no attributes Of . comman
variety! o..
About this time some rumors noated
to her ears of this. that and the other
so-called vice that he had. of which
she had known NOTHING. Yet she
did not BELIEVE them.
One day. quite Unexpectedly. however.
she saw him do some things very much
as might some other man, which are
not OF tho category of the IDEAL
He was off guard and not doing the
''idealistlc" game. In truth. he had
very much the habits OF any other
man. although he had not enumerated
them to her. because he was EXPECT
ED to At the IDEAL She even heard
him tell girls the SAME THINGS he
had told her. also In that lofty "orig-
lnal'' way.
Her goldman fell from his pedestal
and broke. She was disappointed. Her
IDEAL was shattered. She had expected
TOO MUCH.
Had she been content to grant him
the shortcomings OF man and take the
blessings with them she might have
been happy. But she INSISTED on his
living up to her ideal. which he did
| when w!th-her.
MORAL:
WOMAN MAY IDOLIZE AND IDEAL
IZE, BUT A MANS A MAN FOR A
THAT AND A THAT AND A. THAT
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Letters From the People

ospH'.'l RELIGIOUS f1lth or drnom'na 'lon
- he cN"ihle 10 the o@cc OF Pres'dcr' 81
q Na,ted states W. c H.
Workers Y y
Monday. Monday.
To the Editor G; The er'rg Norli,
VIII YOU please tell me on what days
C. the week Aug. 81. 1871. and Trlv 4.
1870, fell? l.. r.. w
The "Inside" Wheels.
To the Editor Of The E,cnins World.
When an automobile 10 going at high
sreed around sharp curve do the
outside or tho inside wheels, ~ any
leave the ground? A. II,
The Latter Il Correct.
To The Editor Of The E5tnng World:
Which OF the following Is correct; He
Is man who knew" or He IS a mar
whom ! knew" c. L. u.
No.
10 tic Editor Of Tho Erening World,
Arc black ara white colors7
Eimhurst. y, Y. q. J.
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she believed all. for she beiie,o. ~.
the ideal idea and somebody HAD to
ut her belief.
Every day he doomed up bigger and
more golden. and everything about him
rc"ec,eu the SHINING lustre. NO one
ever lived that was just like him.
He had the deepest thoughts" For
hadn't he told her some of them? In
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fiil 10 "
she thought and
dreamed a b o u {
just the kind of a
man that would ut
the ideal. He was
30 GODLIk Il.
So sho went
forth into the
world with the
ambition OF hnd-
Ing the REALl-
ZATlON of her
hopes. Now. the
SEEN Err usually
pnIa
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,...n, sne ntu ieiu OF s.....dr ',n'.ies
in books; but then he had such . way
of putting things that made him 80
original" SO UNUSUAL. SO wonderful!
She saw many men in the world. All
had their faults. EXCEPT her beautiful
ideal. He was FAULTIIESS.
All life stretched out GLOW1NGLY
before her. To be forever with this
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Copyright by The Co N
YEARKEN Daughter hy Father Solo,
7 Tobacco Women
For his ashes
verily rrry
ceedin0ly pedccful-dnd preceding duHN
Then hear the Which is MR. sOLOMONS:
MY there be brands tobacco kinds Of
And by has smokes his shan knop man!
"Bchod good erredble but
seldom beautiful subtle
Bm the Turkish Feminineght delicate
unsaisfvin0, unstable quickly kindledand quickly finished
And the more"
"Y Uhich seemeth light
but Of he pded
dun and thou what she w do ner that she
wH not FORE thee
the perfume oherdeicate elusive s~eet-
phch
wth them but they satisfy
Fau'ess lighted phout ancpa
ton, and pared uith Uthout regret
yet the Ndr9hle Pipe which Is
beautiful perfect smoke hidden In mysterious haze tn
hold the MINDFUL Oh,
the head the morning
the Ldfakd phtch
otm gripping the heart and
spelhn9 the pith glorious things
Beore WhO the one and smoke the
other spoiled milder things foreperi
And which resemble Porto Rcans
Whch different!
ME- the Cigar Of the Horuno
like unto the lope OF an
stinO but burning clear and ooh
unto the
my THoRoUGHBREDs Of 1ore and Of tobacco
sciah.
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THE RICH NABOBS of Engcwood they cant sleep mornings
because of bakers The poor Englewood
say they must have hot rolls before prnng the carly train
Hot rolls are bad. Sleep good. The rich win.
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1 mas mileage or LII.
The library OF the British museum
contains one million volumes.
The popularity OF the automatic light
ters has greatly affected the sale OF
matches IN Europe.
1t Is expected that Japanese Arm
Will soon have large supply Of Japan
ese coal al Honolulu.
A nonspillable flower vase. 10 keep
a corsage bouquet fresh while It Is being
worn. has been invented by a French
woman.
The cross was form erly a part OF all
signatures, made as an evidence OF the
subscribers faith and not OF inability to
write. as 1t Is now.
German banks have begun to intro
/ duce the finger print as mark VI
Z Identification on checks. The method Is
already in use In the United States.
! The International Polar Commits sion
will convene In Rome during the meet
ing OF the Tenth International Geo.
graphical Congress on April 2, 1913
Chinese tailors are working overtime
The cause Is the revolution. which has
changed not only the Government. but 10
altering the customs and even the cloth
Ing.
Bacon seems to b even better liked
IN England than beef, The imports OF
bacon last year were <,s6s, 7sa hundrod-
weight against a,sss.ss9 In 1910; whereas
mo Imports OF frozen bee: were smaller
In 1911 (a.4?o.o,D than In 1910 (s,7es,s
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~ nee upon a time there vas
I woman who had an IDEAL. The
- ideal took the form of q man.
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Odd Facts.

Y"ELAND'S largest railroad system
has a mileage OF l.12l.
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fables for Everyday Folks
HER GOLD.PLATED IDOL.

1912. by Tho Press Publishing 90.
THE New York World,
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The library OF the British museum
! contains one million volumes
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A Secret
Wedding.

The English
a
with INJECTING Suffolk
Jewels
Suffolk and Mary
death 1888 One Of their children
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The popularity OF the automatic light
ters has greatly affected the sale Of
matches IN Europe.
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1t Is expected that a Japanese nrn
will soon have large supply Of Japan
ese coal at Honolulu.
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A Woman's
VIII.


he
she might Iouss
full making
Mary should
Accordingly Mary
attendants
duly married old King
the
m
The
to
wed would
ternatonal politics.
She threw herself the
Suffolk
by promising
Of
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a marriage between Mary and a doddering old mi
Louis XII. OF France. Mary rebelled furously: a
were terrible auarrels between her and her k!ngly
AT length, seeing resistance was van and that
any case would not let her marry suffolk. the cir