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that the real gamblers who mind their
own business and never squeal have to
suffer because of the highway robbery
tactics OF the blood suckers"
Il hope they'll get all the murderers
Of Rosenthal and put them in the chair,
said another gambler Of the older type.
"When it becomes necessary to ehoot
a man down in cold blood to prevent him
the business.
Meanwhile every gambling house and
poolroom In the city is closed tight. Only
the poker rooms are running and the
police never bother with them.
Louis (Bridgie) Webber is said to owe
his rise to an East Side politician. now
dead. This politician took him up several
years ago and put. him in tho way OF
making money. Web6er. like others
time. He was bolder than the rest and
when he opened u stuss game over on
Second avenue he WAS never fearful OF
arrest When his friend and benefactor
died Webber had made SiO0.0oo.
have been few Richard Garfield pleaded
guilty several years ago and was hned
! 81 600. So was David Rucklin. Hut Tan
| field never paid u penalty for condnctnE
his famous club at Saratoga. where DIE
men of tho turf and other men promineht
in ali walks OF life buck"d the tiger on
large scale. Gambling at Saratoga, Tor
thai matter, always had class. 1t was the
best to be found and all of 1t was on IN.
laval The cluhhouses were patronized
.',, ".r, ,,.r and women who In many cases
" Vent there to dine rather than to spec'i-
late. .I.. ..,.. -, Ma.
York's biggest gambling houses have
been conduG,sd % IN q s'r,sS'G S oontrsss Sn.ss 20
backed by politicians sRd eoppsrs have
sornSd q pecoa1iou0 1vo,1Aop4.
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Eldredge Reeve johnson Took Squeak
Out Of Talking Machine and
Created a Great Industry

When Johnson and his partner began
doing business in Camden as machinists
johnson was the expert and his friend
the tinancier. Ten dollars a week was
the average wage of the expert. and
IL there was anything left the fnancier
took il. As will be seen financially the
firm was not strong one. but the part
ners believed in each other and their
motto was sink or swim together"
johnson invented wheat cleaning
machine as first effort and his partner
attempted to sell it. He was only fairly
successful. but IL tho firm had any idea
Of how very good the machine was they
might have stuck to it until they won
out.
Oil burners came next on the list Of
Johnson's inventions. and the partners
came near making a fortune out Of them.
Customers seemed to think the burners
the greatest invention of the age for econ
omy. For three months the firms
troubles seemed over. Then complaints
began TO come in from customers. They
said the burner got out OF repair. The
promoters discovered that it was the
truth. II was not good as permanency.
For short time it worked we'll, then
went out Of business. Finally a customer
met with an accident with ono of the
burners and the trouble he made for the
Arm in consequence discouraged them
from further sales Of oil burners.
Back in Johnson's head all this time
was simmering the talking machine idea
When they gave up tho oil burners he
talked the matter over with his partner.
and as usual his partner agreed with
him. He was at least Of the opinion that
Johnson's machine would he better than
any ON the market. But when johnson
began to describe the possibilities Of the
machine. to explain that it would bring
tho voices OF great singers within the
hearing of the poorest listeners and that
it would enable every great voice to he
heard hundred years hence Johnson s
partner shook his head and told the young
inventor he was at least trifle visionary.
! NO. Eldredge." he remarked. Il know
you will make good machine. but you will
never in the world get the squeak out of it.
As curious toys people may buy them be-
cause they are curious. If We can make
and sell 900 or so think it would be good
scheme to do it,"
Thereafter for nearly twenty -four hours
Of the day the inventor worked on his pho
noRraph. One day he went to his partner
excitedly and said:
This time I've got it sure"
when you say you have got thing
you are usually right" remarked. the
partner.
So together they turned to the machine
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Of Rosenthal's house and he moved out
In terror. But few days later he moved
into the same building occupied by
'Beansey" Then there was war.
Somebody complained to Headquar-
ters and Rosenthal was raided. He
moved all his stun back the next day and
10th places were allowed to run un-
moest-d for some time. The owner of
u" building. a brewer. was asked why he
allowed gamblers to occupy his prem
isas
-lhoy pay more rent than tailors and
haird'"ss"rs." was his reply, -and they
paw % advance. I'm not afraid of the
hat.0y law which makes property own
1rs "ImInally responsible. 1t isn't worth
aui"a.l"
S"'A" tin horn sports kept on with their
game until some OF them moved into
i9efh street. The gangsters went with
Them All on the payrolls- either because
oI Intimidation or for the reason that poll
uc'an- ar police had 30 decrecd. Clip the
BLOOD ON" Of the alleged slayers OF Rosen
nal found himself out of job. He
"a'o"i into poolroom kept by a trainer
i'Uf"N., N.,hters and said
l"u guys Ias got to put me on de
payroll -"", Tree dollars a day.
lh"r. II" named an East Side politician
Who. h" -a!d, would set the cops on tho
p'a"" y ms demand wasn't needed. Clip
''' h'N" his gun with him and the reply
Il" -. "i "d was a first class heating
''4i4'"i "l'h the promise of another if he
''"' 7'' ""n"d the doors again. lie never
came us.k.
ihs Harlem game want much for ths
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same reasons that the East Side game
failed. So the crowd set up the battle cry:
ITO Forty second street and Broadway
That was the first move that finally re-
suited in the killing OF Rosenthal The
cheap gamblers deiied the police and the
big gamblers. They said they'd get pro-
lection anyway. Their appearance
caused a smashing OF existing conditions
Influential bluecoats discovered that they
couldn't deliver the goods, for Becker and
his strong arm squad began prying into
things and raiding unexpectedly.
An old politician, once friend OF .
Tammany leader, appealed to . certain in
spector. He said he could get bank roll
if he could receive permission to open.
"Go ahead, said the inspector, 30 the
widely circulated story goes.
Waiting with money to invest was Q
slick young fellow known as repeater at
elections and handy man for politicians
to have at their beck and call. This in
dividual. il seems. had picked up $25,O 900
in easy money by exercising quick judg-
ment. He had guaranteed protection for
certain gambling house. receiving a
third interest from two well known opera
''fH' ms noh VI i'e" s'o" 5poSu"'o' ;
who became noted on the racetracks for
his plunging methods, lost the above sum
playing the wheel one night and as he was
leaving the house he said to the "pro-
tector":
40 whom shall make out a ch"ck?'
"1'o me, was the reply. the protector
giving his name.
The check was cashed early tho ne xt
day before tn" other partners in the game
were awake, and to them was sent the
word that the .protector" was through,
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ating in the big betting ring were sepa-
rated by high fence just as the line was
drawn through Forty-second street be-
tween the high class gamblers and the
East Side crowd, But when the Fast
Siders went over the line they killed the
gambling business. Some Of the big fell
lows closed up.
There's nothing in the game any more. '
said veteran wheel spinner to the writer
recently. -rhose cheap screws with
their so cent methods have put us all out
of it,
"Five dollars used to be the lowest
price for a stack OF roulette chips. but
these guys will take dollar There is no
much fussing and confusion that the
big houses can't get n play. The men
with money are afraid of squealers and
consequent arrests. Cops who guarantee
protection can't make good. Yet they
collect Just the same il you try to open up.
you'll find it's true that the wealthy
fellows who used to drop in after u show
and play the wheel or the hank 20 to
their clubs for a game OF auction bridge.
The poker rooms are starving to death.
The poolrooms are no good because the
sharks are the only players II they
cant beat the races run in Canada or
Maryland on the level they tap the wires
or get the information in advance some
other way.
| a good sized room ought to win $500
on busy days, but when there's a loss tho
room has got to l'ay the cops ana the
bunch OF hangers on just the same. II
! il becomes known that "A room ia we'll
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. ACK in 1893 fate took him to q
I phonograph shop.
u'k.~ ;u,nox;o,, xvo. .>- kk~o 4

II phonograph shop.
The invention was new then and
it was the joy Of visitors at Coney
Island and similar resorts to listen in the
monograph rooms to the squeaking out
NJ Hail, Columbia" or when the Roses
Bloom Again. Sweet Genevieve." IL
seemed wonderful to have the music even
;npertcctly reproduced and it was scream
incv funny to hear the wheeling and
scratching that accompanied it.
Everybody said II was an amusing and
Astonishing toy. To young Eldredge
Reeve johnson. who had chanced to secure
the Job in phonograph shop. it was not
n toy. He realized its possibilities and
made motors for his employers and i'm
proved on them. The firm said casually
that his idea was good and they would
have taken 1t up had the business not
come to an untimely end just then.
For period there was no more expert
menting with the talking machine for
Johnson. but the idea stuck in his head.
Perhaps it was more like dream than an
idea. tor the young mechanic seemed
allie to picture a good deal more than
financial success in it.
When the firm failed johnson emf
grated to the West. where he had all
kinds Of adventures. but failed to make
money. Finally when he was about
down and ont he came to the conclusion
that he would rather starve among his
own folk than OF in new country. So
he sent his tools back by freight and
bought his own ticket. When he reached
Philadelphia the freight bill was unpaid
and he had half dollar In his pocket.
Without money and tools he turned to
a friend. one of the kind fortunately that
a man can trust in such an emergency
The friend gazed upon johnson and then
remarked.
We'll, johnson. you are sure up against
il What do you say to our going into
bus!ness?'
"We're 10th broke. 80 it seems just the
thing We can't lose and think We are
sure 10 make" was the reply.
With difficulty the young men scraped
efficient money together to take little
shop seventeen feet square In Camden
y J.. being too poor to aspire to business
in the Quaker City.
from this little shop to an establish
meut covering fifteen acres Of floor space
from an income Of $40 a week-wher
there happened to be SO available fol
!, ina firm-to the control of company
t.lat does a business Of $40 600, 900 veal
: something Of a record for fourteen
wears on a start Of a shoestring. Anc
the man who made it is johnson. invento
and owner OF the Victor talking machine
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ing heights. Some are near the ground
and others aloft on little platforms. This
arrangement 10 followed because tho
carrying power Of the instruments differs
When the orchestra Ia ready for work
the singer takes his position at q horn.
singing directly into it. He stands NO
close that the voice sounds very faint to
those who are seated at the back OF the
room.
For time when record 10 beingmade
oil goes we'll. Then tap. tap goes tho
baton OF the leader against his music
rack and the music stops. None OF tho
listeners has heard anything wrong
and they wonder the cause OF the in
terruption. The conductor explains that
one OF the violins has attacked q note
too soon. The fault was 90 slight that
scarcely any one would have noticed II.
but this little mistake would be magnifled
many times In the record. Consequently
record must be much more perfect
than any concert or operatic performance
II demands absolute perfection. and
the best singers occasionally fail, some
frequently. Fortunately errors are not
expensive II caught at once. n the
record has been passed before the mis-
take ia found IL becomes an expensive
matter. So no chances arc taken by the
orchestra leader.
The music is recorded on a disk that
catches every tiny sound vibration.
| This disk is made OF some soft substance,
one OF the secrets OF the laboratory.
The record made the disk is carried to the
electrotyping department and has various
things done to it. A natrix is made from
l ~ 4
The original matrix is much too precious
! to be used for printing disks. It is stored
away In a fireproof vault Mr.. Johnson's
dream that a great voice need never die
is realized. There are over 10000 such
records in the vaults OF the factory
good for centuries to come.
A feature OF the talking machine which
has always excited curiosity is the part
which gives out the sound. the melody.
1t is a small disk of mfca about two inches
in diameter. The world has been searched
for mica Of a sufficiently high grade to be
used for this purpose. II there IL rough
ness. brittleness or any defect in tho mica
it may go to pieces. Every vibration
marked by the voice on the disk is con-
veyed to the mica and this in turn pro-
duces sound waves exactly like those
that made the marks on the disk. These
vibrations are 40 slight that they cannot
even be seen with a microscope.
} The business done by the company IL
enormous. and has jumped year by year.
In 1901 the sales were 81, ,OOO, 900, in 1908
} they had doubled. in 1905 they had again
doubled. in 1907 they were S27 200. 900.
During the panic times they dropped 25
! per cent. but by 1909 they were back again
at s27 100000 and;this'year it is predicted
: they will surpass that mark. as the fac
tory is working full blast every day.
} In a peculiar way the whole business
is Mr.. Johnson's. There rs not mechanic
! in the factory who does not know that his
J chief understands the work on which he
he is engaged better than he does himself.
This is not remarkable when it is recalled
that every part of the talking machine
was created and originally made by Mr..
johnson with his own hands.
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sSnce the tracks closed there's been
more poolroom betting than ever before.
but it's all done by the small bettors-
the clerks who can't afford 1t; the BARRIERS.
bartenders. walters. street Car conductors
and others. The big bettors who used
to be seen at the tracks are gone. It's
just cutthroat game in which the graft
ers get the sure money. Any poolrooms
open to-day are run to draw business for
klondyke. stuss and craps.
.You can say that the best class OF
gamblers do not approve Of the methods
OF the shoestring crowd. The latter
talk shop in the open and boast OF the
political influence behind them. They
are too ready to tell what they know about
the coppers.
THAT isn't the way the big fellows
have conducted themselves. They have
kept their lips sealed and have protected
those who have protected them. All this
hue and cry is caused by a lot Of men who
have no right in the gambling business.
1rhese East Siders. for that matter
are not gamblers at all. They are sure
thing men. They don't want to lose q
dollar IL they can help II. Their games
are fixed and their followers are cowardly
gun fighters. There isn't one OF them
! who would stand up and fight with natures
weapons. They'll break a mans leg or
head for a ten dollar note and It seems
that they'll kill II they are properly sp-
preached.
"n Pill Devcry's day this element
would have been driven out of town in
week. He wouldn't have spared the
night stick In chasing them away. You
never heard OF gunmen. burglars and
cheap crooks In DevWy's time. T0e ~
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afternoon newspaper and there unfolded
an alleg ged plot to ruin him. He said that
Arverne already had a big gambling z place
controlled by influential politicians, and
among the names he mentioned was that
OF prominent borough official. Rosen-
thai said the police were in with the play
and naturally wanted to l:eep him out
Of il.
written by the man now acting III Com
missioner Waldo's secretary 1t was Wig
orously denied and soon the matter was
dropped. But that was Rosenthal's game
all the way through. II he couldn't run he
squealed, and was ready to implicate al
most anybody.
You coppers are a lot of petty lar
ceny grafters, he exclaimed at Sleeps
head BAY racetrack one afternoon Just
after tho Agnew-Hart laws went into
| effect. He had been warned to confine
his operations to friends. but he boldly
refused.
These coppers want to take your eye.
balls. he continued loudly. ~They viii
bet their heads off with ydd and il the
hors" wins they'll be the first to collect
But II they lose they just laugh and bel
som" more, They don't dare to arrest
me because III have them broke. The,
know who Is behind mo all right"
Rosenthal, Bald Jack Rose and Webbel
were all field bookmakers ut one time
They laid prices in the cheap enclosure
wh"r" dollar bets were plentiful. Th.,
were constantly under surveillance be
cause their records indicated "A ten.
dency to welsh il they overplayed
themselves.
The teld bookmakers and those oper
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trade mark. the little dog listening to his
masters voice with his head to one side
and wondering why under the sun the he
loved presence delays TO come out of
the horn. The world over everybody
knows the dog. There is an interesting
story back Of the way in which the dog
came into tho Victor family
Originally the drawing was offered by
n young artist to a great firm in London.
The manager looked at it and remarked
The evening world., 1912-10-10
What Our Parents
Paid to Be Amused
e4nd the Prices Their Ente, ainers Received
Is Their Enter. ainers Received.
By Robert Crau.

~ the period from 1850 to 1885 the pub
lie OF all large cities. such as New
L York. Boston. Philadelphia and Chi
cago. paid approximately the Same
prices for Its theatricals and other
amusements as that which now prevail
In the strictly higher-priced theatres
$3.50 was the outside figure for seats.
hut the great majority OF the seating
capacity was held at this price. while
for the family circle or gallery 60 cents
was the standard admission scale.
In vaudeville houses Cor variety the
atres') the few then in existence often
charged higher prices than the highest
to-day prevailing. For grand opera and
hlgh-class musical events. g for the best
seats was not regarded as exorbitant.
although more than one star OF the first
MAGNITUDE was rarely heard In . single
performance.
who heard Nilsson. Lucca. Wachtel or
Parepa Rosa at their best obtained
more for their money than do the pat
rons of our opera houses Of to-day.
1t Is true that Anton Rubinstein and
Henri wieniawski. combined with Theo-
dore Thomass Orchestra. provided mu-
steal treats In the season OF 1s7l-72 at
the seemingly low price OF 80 cents to
g. but II must be remembered that. c.
lossal as this amalgamation OF artists
was, their names and prestige were not
greater than those of Paderewski or
Ysaye. to-day. when appearing in con-
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junction with the Boston Symphony Or.
chestra at practically tho same seat
scale.
Clara Louise Kellogg. throughout the
70s. was at the head OF . grand opera
organization singing In English; and th,s
glorious attraction packed the theatrss
and halls from floor to roof. Yet KELLOGG
received as her salary the sum of ss51
week-about one-third Of what vns
later allotted to a Sembrich or q oersl.
dine Farrar for one performance; while
such stars as Media and Tetrazzini have
received for one performance to-day al
much as kellogg sometimes did, forty
years ago. for six weeks.
Adelina Patti. Il is true, at all period,
In her long and unexampled career. re-
ceived by far the largest honorarium Of
any singer In the world. At no time did
she obtain less than 1900 a night. whils
OH her last tour. when her wonderful
voice was waning. she was paid 5000 a
night for singing two songs and two en-
cores.
Patti also received a percentage Of the
gross receipts when these were in ex-
cess OF 5000 a night. And on the night
OF November 8, 1904. at the Academy of
Music, Philadelphia, she achieved the
'ecord OF singing TO not only the largest
audience ever recorded for a concert
In America, but her fee on that COCA
sion was ss.9oo-by far the largest sum
ever paid TO any singer or player for
one performance In the worlds history.
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An Impertinent Question.

THIS story Is tod 81 he late popular Con.
i gresham from Ohio. Butterworth was
seriously III for a long Time, but rcoo,.
erei' Wisn b" was oonyalesocnt his psr.onal
and political friends called on HIN and ten.
oe"i hearty congratulations Rig lien Butter.
worth hankrd HI, callers AMI sah:
Yes. boys, was near the other shor. thu,
could hear tic bells ringing a welcome %
me" ~
Were they trc bss. pop' inquired It'll.
Frank -Sezrchlisht
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What Wonderful Sight the
Warships Are-If You See Theml


and as he hasn't gotten tattooed. why.
let US take him to see the warships'
well. you always interfere. 90 how
can you expect me to control him?'
asked Mrs. Jarr resignedly. And she
got her wraps and hat
"Ah. tattle tale. tattle tale! You can't
go!" cried Master Jarr TO his little sis
ter.
II don't wanna Co." was the reply.
I'm going to stay home VIII Gertrude.
we are going to have a party In tn"
kitchen. and you don't know about ~"
There's Mrs. Stryver reckoning for
mer' cried Mrs. Jarr. as they passed
tho residence Of her wealthy friend.
II want to see a new gown she has
had imported from Paris. Willie. you
70 with papa and see the ships"
And Mrs. Jarr deserted them.
Just the person I want to see'"
said Berry. the undertaken and local
political leader. rushing out Of his NOR
tuary parlor and hating Mr.. Barr.
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Fashions
in Paris.

A the recent dressrnakers' onsp-
~ inSs IN Paris It was made an
parent that narrow skirt. wi,
prevail another season, and MANY .,
hem were extremely narrow AZ thu,
DeohoH-DaVid' however. have launched
new skirt that retains its Mario "
hnes unth about knee depth, below
which II Is bell shaped ana tr,mme A
with hounces. The models have re.
celved such favorable recognition thar
these prominent couturieres are conf
dent Of its SUCCESS
Much plaid Is being seen in comb,-
nation with plain materials. scotch
plaids. especially. are prominent. AMI
now color effects in browns and greens
are shown. The green and yellow
plaids are much in evidence.
The newest SUITS show very short
Jackets. some being only % inches In
length. At most OF the prominent OPEN
ings this was the case and the 2s-inch
coat was considered quite long. but
Paquin's Jackets measure anywhere
from arm length TO SO inches, and so
the coat length this season will proba-
bly, be q matter OF Individual taste.
- my Oh tHo new jackets snow very
br, I'd shoulders ana a decided droop-
Ing effect at that point.
The combination Of broadcloth ana
velvet u prominent feature of the
displays. Some striking models are be-
ing exhibited. among which is a gown
of blue broadcloth with sleeves OF
black velvet. Sleeves OF velvet were
also noticed In gowns Of satin. serge
and brocaded materials.
In the tailored costumes SERGE ratine,
broadcloth and matelasse appear to be
the favorite materials. Velvets are
strongly featured in the displays, ana
as the season advances Will be In gree
demand. Moire Is popular and bro
caded effects IN silk. velvet and chiffon
are seen to large extent. There Is
also large showing OF plush that will
be a favorite fabric during the WIN
ter.
The free use OF tiny fur landings on
the sheerest fabrics during the sum-
mer presaged the extensive vogue OF
fur trimmings that Is now apparent.
An attractive gown OF white chiffon
had an open tunic drapery OF blue
lowered chiffon edged with a band Of
white srminA