davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1912-11-10
A vauIting Ambition.

UTHE malefactor of great wealth, an
election day approaches, keeps
getting it harder and harder all along the
line. In a Pullman the other day 1 adj
ministered a regular solar plexus to q
malefactor Of great wealth myself"
The speaker was Jerome 8. McWade OF
Duluth. With a loud laugh he continued:
with the old fellow on the way to Chi
cago. He told me who he was-a world.
famous name. Then. for all his black
record, he began to boast with real affec-
tion. the same you or 1 might do,
about his little grandson.
'. And the young rascal, he ended
twisting his white mustache complacent-
ly-'the young rascal says he wants to
grow up to be just like me-
oh, don't let that worry you,' said
!, with cold sneer. why, when was
a younsster my one ambition was to b0
e. safe cracker,'.s
Evening star., 1912-11-10

Blanc appears magnificent f, ON Chamo-
nix, but from here one may get much
better idea of the immensity of the ice
fields and seracs through which one must
pass to reach the top
At this station one changes cars and
the system of transportation changes
also. 1t is just as well, too, for the as
cent has been so rapid and the change IN
the density of the air SO great as to be
uncomfortable to people with weak
hearts, At station three, therefore, one
may rest and get his breath. for the most
sensational is yet to come. From now
on one swings through the air.
The cars used on this last section are
smaller accommodating only sixteen
persons. They are more like a basket
When the signal is given the car i'm
mediately runs out on single span of
Evening star., 1912-11-10

tricaI industry. and really. benefits the
common citizens of twenty American
states-only he has oppressed breatnlns'
nhysical apprehension and anxiety, nerv-
Gus misery and lump in the throat
i. e., the neurasthenic 'boule.'
Here is one of the American railroad
magnates, only he has headaches ana
continual fatigue. Here is the creator OF
a millionaire advertising speciality, only
he gets confused. feels his heart beat IN
his head, complains of being sWeiieo
up though thin as rail-, and mas
secret fear to be alone.
Here is-but why continue without the
names? They would be interesting-fore-
Evening star., 1912-11-10

most Americans. the richest and most
famous-yet to give their names would
give an unkind false impression. Prac-
ticaIly every one of them will sail back
to America as springy and rejuvenated
as the magazine proprietor, incorrigible
Divonne habitue, who says, laughing:
America is the place to work and Eu-
rope the place to rest"
Such men will not enter a sanatorium.
They ''go to Europe
1t is in their heads that when things
get too bad "trip TO Europe will patch
up their tagged nerves, tired brains and
poisoned bodies.
Regularly it does.
And for those whom it don't here is
the cinch of Divonne Its American
votaries are lost in the European tourist
shuttle.
Who has not dreamed of resting in an
eighteenth century French village, far
from tourists far from canned goods:
the antique chateau on the height. the
Evening star., 1912-11-10

he millionaire! They told him to chew
it, rest and digest it.
Later he was made to do a quickstep
walk of fifteen minutes; then they took
him to the douche house. for dressing
played the hose on me, Janet" he COM
planned to his wife. 1T nearly knocked
me down.
Dress, walk brskly half on hour. and
you can have your lunch, they said; and
he was almost hungry.
Here's where l get the tasty cuisine"
he felicitated himself, I've simply got
to eat.''
i. X
Tiny grilled steak, very juicy elegant
and tasty by itself, because there was no
sauce, no bernaise bordelase. bercy or
Evening star., 1912-11-10

slice of roast beef for dinner and sent him
to bed at 8 pm. sharp lights out!
The next days were repeats.
but DOCTOR he said IF | continue
this diet I shall get thin and lose my
strength
Tut" said the doctor. you must get
rid of the toXines in your insides. Eacf
day lengthen your walks. When you get
stronger you'll make long excursions
Nice vacation for millionaire
But by the time they put him on asses
milk he was inwardly hopeful, II out
wardly grouchy. All the other million
thing high-toned in the noble isolation of
the life.
You see the milionaires do not go to
the music. Some rent romantic little
chalets, rose powered, and bring their
servants The rest stick to their suites
jim Chicago" softening graciousy to
each other Sprawling on his great siesta
porch, Henry looks across at the Monarch
of Mountains.
ME and Mont Blanc.'
He even begins to say, II have a splen-
did constitution" He has heard the 9TH
ers say It,
A grand old American lady of eighty
eight seems to have the record constitu-
ton at this moment. Half a century ago
she was a power in New York society.
Now she accumulates life eight months
in the year to spend it during the re-
naming four in Paris and Rome. When
she bursts on society it gasps. Does time
stand still for her?
/ had room adjoining hers when she
arrived at Chicago this summer. Those
three nights, 1 think, she never slept.
could hear her puttering about. opening
and shutting drawers and trunks, turning
on hot water, rolling, turning, signing
YEARLY In the morning, doing on her
porch, she looked a CHASTITY wreck. Muir
murs Of the doctors consultations fiut-
tered on the breeze: My arm asleep"
short BREATH" pains here" so tired"
Passing again in October l saw her
transformed The enameled face was
still severe, poor, kind old heart-she
dare not smile and crack it: but the poise
and carriage Of the woman was a marvel.
She. who had puffed like a sea lion to
walk nine steps. now swept past like a
real old queen. in a dinner toilet that had
kept her maid busy an hour. She lunched
in hat and tailored gown, automobiled to
Geneva, and returned with a wagon load
Of packages that would represent a
strong afternoons shopping for a young
to the farm in the twilight to see the
cows, asses and merino goats put to bed.
All, the twilight hour of the farm,
The millionaires soften, and mention
Cincinnatus, as the great mild-eyed kline
lumber down from the hill pastures.
Cling! Clang, The air is perfumed
there is red glow on the heights Of the
Jura. They drink solemnly at the stone
trough.
Slender. graceful asses watch their
skittish colts suspiciously, as they dance
up to millionaires for sugar, lift a lip,
pirouette, whirl round and dash Off
mere pretense Of fright to gain FIVE min
utes from the stalls, like children at
bedtime.
Three pretty girls milk the merino
goats in turn, the last to be locked up, as
busy browsing in the twilight as at
6 o'clock in the morning.
More pretty milkmaids in their gaudy
peasant costumes pass, with foaming
white amphoras
Milk for millionaires!
: Warm milk.
Each has his brew. Goats milk 10
Evening star., 1912-11-10

HIN n OF SIloOtlnS
the chutes on a
real scenic railway
over two miles
high, A few years
ago any one who
talked of building
such a line would
have run the dan
ger of being lock-
ed up in a mad
house. Today some
Swiss engineers
Evening star., 1912-11-10

Humph, He stared across at the
view of Mont Blanc and the pink and
white chain of the Needles far away, be-
yorI the blue foothills of Lake Leman.
You know what you said. Henry"
murmured the American woman. She
had her novel. her embroidery frame. box
of caramels, a ravishing lingerie gown
AMI was not worn to a frazzle with six
years of crushing work.
With a gruni, he rose, strolled listlessly
through the forest into the pear or
chards. TO the rising meadows and the
farm. He remembers perfectly what he
said. and what the doctors said the night
they brought him home from the Cffice
4 successful man, Other American mil
lionaires are truds1ng that way. but they
Keep apart They hate to march in a
procession TO the asses. They are simple
tourists resting in an old world village.
Strong drink, There is more potential
energy. latent vigor and hair-trigger WIS.,
viva To the square inch of a thoroughbred
French-Swiss ass than the comic sup
Diernents dream of in their philosophy.
Not woolly donkey. but the big, short
haired, beautifully lined. wild-eyed Jack
vino costs up to $1,000. And when his
sisters give milk to millionaires, it is u
cup to wake the weak.
Make me a bath of it, one millionaire
said, like Faustine, the Roman en-
PRESS. ] have the means"
You may have" replied the Divonne
s1r,uef, but we haven't" When any of
the Potent drink is left over from the
m!lionaires, ii is sold to the thankful
merely rich ard weIl-to-do.
As Henry watched the gambols of q
gay, little colt. sententious wisdom fitted
past his regretful consciousness:
All disease comes in the shade and
Is cured in the sum-"
"A body heavy with meat is heavy with
sickness"
Eat slow and gay. and you need only
half"
Two activities cannot exercise their
best simultaneously"
Solitude is tc the mind what diet is
- tire body
hey are some of the sayings of Di-
yonac peasant hygiene mixed with ultra
modern science and-I will whisper you
a secret-Divonne is chosen by our rich
very much because its subtle rest-cure
acknowledgements investigators OF
Paris and Lyon-settled in the romantic
and exclusive yiuase-enace themselves
Evening star., 1912-11-10

CWISS and Italian Engi-
- neers Are Building an
Amazing Aerial Railway Up
the Aiguille du Midi, Pre-
cipitous Alpine Peak-Will
Land Travellers on a Platform
1851 Feet Above Sea Level,
Where They Can Look Out
Over Mont Blanc and Miles
Upon Miles of Eternal Snow
and Ice and Soaring Granite
Peaks-Passengers Will Be-
Drawn Up Suspended From
Great Gables in a Basket
like Carat One Section
There Will Be an Unbroken
Ride of Half Mile From
Peak to Peak Far Above the
Glaciers, the Crevices and the
Avalanches That Have Ex-
acted Such a Heavy Toll
From Climbers.
Evening star., 1912-11-10

they are in place the material and work.
men will be hauled up by cable, as pas
sengers will be later
Imagine being in the passenger car run
ming on swinging cables between two
peaks when the sharp crack of start
ing avalanche is heard. Think of the
thrill of seeing hundreds of tons of
snow, ice and debris dash past under the
car and plunge into the valley below with
a tremendous roar. This alone, for per-
sons looking for new sensations and ex-
citernent, should be worth the price OF
the ticket. :.
The starting station of the line is sit
uated down in the valley of ChamoniX
To reach the power station above. "here
thev traction cables are set in motion by
seyenty-five horsepower electric motors,
passengers ride in suspended cars WIN
Evening star., 1912-11-10

oNNNeSA -t
\ American mill
lionaire sat mood
lily in the marble
veranda of Chi
cago," in splendid
isolation above the
thatched roof of
the comic opera
French village.
Its time for
your asses milk"
said his fair young
wife.
Evening star., 1912-11-10

heady, like old wine. Asses milk is
like a generous cordial. Cows milk is
the mild sustainer
There are millionaires who mix them
STERLING HEILIG
Evening star., 1912-11-10

and tia ian constructors not only nave
declared such railroad to be feasible
and raised 81 900, 900 to bui,d the line
but part of il is already working. That
is material is being hauled up thou
sands of feet over pylones and daring
workmen use the line to mount to and
descend from their work.
This extraordinary railroad is to run
from Chamonix, in France, up the AL
guile du Midi, precipitious needle ris-
ing 12,GuS feet. Its object is to show
tourists the unmatched glories of Mont
Blanc and its chain of peaks and gla-
ciers Instead of running on terra firma,
however. like most of the Swiss mountain
railroads. it is to go through the air on
pyIones and cables. swinging from peak
to peak, or from jag to jag ike the after
dinner orato. Chauncey Depew used to
talk about far above the eternal SHOWS
and glaciers. The idea of constructing
this remarkable railroad originated In
the brain of Mr. Fidele Eugster. a Swiss
living al Dijon. France. who Is supply
ing the necessary funds for its construc-
ton He applied to firm of engineers
in Zurich and Berne, who declared it fea-
sib e.
ON arrival in the valley of Chamonix to
see this aerial line the writer was more
II ar o ho16naSG of the
Evening star., 1912-11-10

from the tension pylone to the summit
another shoot of 1887 feet. The angle
4S degrees.
The original idea was to take the line
to the summit of the Aiguille du Midi.
1905 feet, but while feasible, it is not
considered worth while, for the summit
is very pointed and there is no room for
platform. while on the Col du Midi one
has much the same view, and there is
room.
The company is to build hotel to ac-
commodate about thirty persons who may
wish to spend the night aloft, but par
ticularly for alpinists, for on the south
side one is Immediately on the Valley
Blanche, vast extent Of snow, easily
traversed, and across which one may
Evening star., 1912-11-10

HARDEST Working Men
i i in the World, Say
Divonne Doctors Plctur-
esoue French Village Where
Our Tired Rich Men Isolate
Themselves to Rest and
Come Back.
Evening star., 1912-11-10

speciai Correspondence of The Star
DIVONNE, France, above Lake Geneva
Evening star., 1912-11-10

Special Correspondence of The Star.
CHAMONIX October - 1872
Evening star., 1912-11-10

on arrival in the valley of Chamonix to
see this aerial line the writer was more
amazed than ever at the boldness of the
Evening star., 1912-11-10
MILK

f.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1912-11-07
Wielki budynek upada

gdy fundament Jest podmipo~ any,
j gdy fundament zdrow.a dobre
trawienie = jest n%aruszone, szybkl
upadek nastaje. "a pie' wszym zna~
klein n,estrawnoscl ORA kiDgsa
New Life pigu}ki powinny bye
wzlete ola odrestaurowania zo}adka
j uregulowania watroby, merck j
wDetrznoscj. kagodne, 4atwe, pew
ne i tylko koa7tuja Is ceDt6w "
apiece M. J. X owalewskiego.
(ADv.)
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1912-11-07

p6r, raniao nawet usi}ujacych wy]ac
I'M z kleszeni pienix DE buteleczke
2 klejem. Ostatecznie odstawiono
ich ma policye: Zeznali, re m,e|i jc-.
szcze trzeciego towarzysza. Policya
go teraz poszukuje. Ubrani byll
~przyzwoicie i ,robia wrazcnie, Re
kradziez ME by,a ola Mich nowo-
6cia'
MIEDZYRzECZ. Pred sadem
przysieg}ych " M,edzyrzeczu to-
czv} sig process p~rzeciwko Is letnie-
mt pomocn.kowi ma]arskiemu J6ze-
fowl Dewaldowi z B6jca, kt6ry W
nocy ma 1 lipoa b, r. swoja spiaca
matke zamordo~a 10 uderzeniami
slekiera l zabra} 1900 marek. Mor-
derca skazanY zosta{ ma smlert.
W~AGR0WIEC. Smier6 podczas
zabawy W pike poni6s} 5 letni
ch}opiec posiedzlc;ela Wellmanna W
Coli Poniewaz pa}ka upad&a pod
szafe, usi}owat on wydoby6 ja
stamt4d PREY pomocy drugiego
ch}opca. Wtem sza}a wYwr6c'}a sic
l zabl}a nieszczesliwego cbfopczyka.
KORONONO (Okropny wypa..
:iek). N~ieszcze6cie spotka}o 4letnie-
go synka mistr>a kominlarskicgo
BeuliDga. 2 lnnemi dz,ecmi skrabal
sic on ma zelszny plot pred ssko}q.
Przytem ~poslizgneta mt sig noga
ch}opak pad} twarz2 ma ostsy pal,
kt6ry utkwi} mu " twar~y pray u
sta.h, a wyszc''f pod okjem. Ciszko
rannego ch}opca musiano oddaG
pod opieke lekarska.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1912-11-07
z POZNANSKIEGO.

~lNOWROCkAW. w znanym
procesie o zasypan,e otwo.u kt6ry
powsta} PREY ulicy Or}ovsklej, pa
rata zwyclezy}a. Sad obal;{ zada~
ME policyi, ably parafia ponosi}a
koszta, gdybY by{a process przegra~
Ia, zap{acl}aby IA l3 do IA tYsie.
cy marek-
ZkODZIEJE W koscle]e iaowro-
c{awskim. w srode pred po}ud,
mem, iak czytamg W ID. XIII"
spostr1egf emerytcwany urzednik
Platklewlcz W KOS ;iele Najslodsze~
90 Serca Jezusa mezczYzne j kobie-
te, podejrzauio manewrujacych
PREY skrzynkach, Postawiwssy PREY
drzwiach przJpadkowo przech u
dzacych dwoch me.czyzu, uwiado-
mil ksiedza pra}ata Laubitza. Ten
ze naszedf ich przy wyciqgan,u
picn,edzy re skrzynex. Ujeci PREY
pomocy bedacych przypadkowo W
poblizu koscro1a doz6rcy nocnego ,
.policyanta, staw,ali gwaitowny O.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1912-11-07
z GALICYl

LANCUT. Cd kilku m%ieslecy
grasowa}o " }ahcuckim powiecis
trzech braci Welc6w, kt6rxy doko~
nall ca}ego szeregu kradzlezy "
spos6b zuchwa}y i niepokoi)i Gala
okolice. Pred trzema tygodniarni
zandarmerya urzadzi}a ma Mich OBJ
}aws i udalo sic jej uja6 przy pc"
mooY okol1cznYch w~}o6ciap, dw6ch
oprysczk6w; trzeci jednak najstar-
sly wiekiem 2O-letnl herszt handy
lmkna} d"piero pred kilku
dulami, gdy przybyl do kahcuta,
rozpozuany zosta& la p~odstawie
listdw gohczych przez poc.atku:q~
cego dopiero. policyant' Pelca.
Prey aresztowaniu 60, rzucil SIG
Welc ma policyanta, cho9c SIG RAJ
to vac ~ucieczka, ubezw}adniono go
jednak j odstawiono do areszt6w
sadowych. Dxlelnemu policyanto-
WI, starosta {ancucki p. Bal, wre'.
cyl nagrode pleniezna.
NlEPOkOMICE. lynn duiami
rAno zg}osif sic do kosolelnego
PREY starozytuym ko6ciele W Me.
pofomicach nieznajomy pan, przy-
zwolcle ubrany i poprosi} o pozwo-
lenie ogladniecia koscio}a. Kos
clelny oprowadzi{ przybysza p"
ko6ciele. poczem pokaza} mu " "a
krystyi stare, kosztowne sprzety
ko6cielne, miedzy innyml szczero-
z}ota, artYstycznie wykonana mon
strancye, dar kr6la Kazlmlerza
Wielkieyo. N:eznajomy pozosta}
potem j~eszcze przez jakl czas W
kosciele, klec.ac pred o}tarzem,
. ko5cielny oddalil rig. Gdy poi
nlej wr6ci} do zakrystyi. zauwa1yS
brak monstrancyi i dw6ch kieli-
Rozpocze}y sig ssybkie POI
zaudarm schwyci}
MIN ten jeszcze zdq!af
przedmioty z}ozy6 "
walizce. Nazwlsko zlodzisja nie-
znane.
LWOW. Przesadne pog{oskl o
vojnie daja s,a odczuwac pc Two p
.kich bankach, towarzystwach
oszczednosci i v galicyjskiej ka~
sic oszczedno6oi. Mn6stvo ludzi 2
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1912-11-07
WIEsCI z OJCZYZNY
Z PRUS POLSKICH.

a lEON
KARTUZY. w nledziele %
rzystapi}o tn 60 dziecl, rs chop
COW s5 dziewczat pc a plerw-
sxv do Sto}u P:hsk,ego. By}y to
dzieci przygotoH ane 20 polsku,
dz,eci nlemieckie W liczble 100
pszyjete zostana W przyszfa ME-
dazzle 8 go BIN.
SUBKOWY. uachmistrz tam
darmeryi Noffk. z Pelplina, ktory
t~ymczasowo i W okregu subko~~
skim u%rzeduje, a~resztowaE pomoc-
Mia kupleckiego, ktorv kupcowl
P. znaczniejsze sunny skradt. Zpa~
lezienc u s}odzieja j~esssze oko}o
$50 mr.. got6wkl.
SZTUM. Czternastoletnia uczcn-
MICA szk6lna Anna Dumalska opus
Soda dom ro1zicielski W Czerwo~
nYm divorce i nda4a sig do babki W
Boretach pod Tczewem Pc kilku
dniach znlk4a W taje.nniczy sposob
j tutaj odtad "a dzlcwczyna zsgina}
wszelkl slad.
MIKOkAJKI, pow. lu bawski.
iona zagrodnika Zaremby spad}a
z drablny ma klepisko i z{amala
sobie prawa noge. Ciezko ranna
przewieziono do domu chorych W
Nowemmiescie, gdzie nieszczesli>
wei musiano poge odj2c.
WEJHEROWO. Dawniejszy pi-
sarz a obocnie wfasciciel kinetogra-
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1912-11-07

wydia'wain'iiottwaiI x atolika" IL
czac lat Zmar{a pracowa'a
przez rs. latsw zyciu spokesman J
hojn4 reka wspierafa iDstytucys !
poolskie. Zgon jej op}aknje <. Win
Gently Radzie]ewski, obecnie pro-
w Po2nanskiem.
KATOWICE. Landrat wYda}
rozporzadzenla: do powiatowych u
rzed5w policyjnych, by ME pozwa
LAZY ma zatrudn,anie " kopalniach
ayd6w z Kr6lest vs. Pol"
skiego. Probe sprowadzenia gcrni-
k6w tych ma Gdrny 6l2sk uwazad
DalezY "a chybiona.
WROCkAW. w pewnym domu
PREY ul. Alsenstr. zak}adali mon
terry rurY gazowe. Jcden z robot
nlk6w, poczuwszy gaz, zapali} "a
pa}ke i zrobi} przeglad rur. prey
czem nastapila silna eksplozya, cd
kt6rej robe tnik odni6si okalecze-
MA. Wszelkle p~om;eszkania az do
czwartego pietrA zosto}y usziodzo-
ne, a wszystkie szyhy W oknach
roztrzaskaty SIC.
o R (Dolny Slask). W. teran
z ostatnlch wojen prusko-niemlec-
kich 70-letni Vogt, p~o~ieslf sic ma
krzyzu, posta wionym ma grobie
swej zony. Uczynit to powodu
biedY, kt6ra mu dokucza4a.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1912-11-07
z 0 MOSKALA.

KALISZ. Ma przedstawleniu
goszczacego tutaj cy'ku zdarzyfa
sic straszna katastrofa. Dwaj ate
oi popisywali sic W ten ep's6b' re
jeden drugiemu rozbijaf ceg}y ma
e}o VIC. w trakc,e popisu cegfa
spad4a z g}owy i alicia, ugodzony
m}ctem " glove, pad} u1ezy~y.
CZESTOCHOWA. M,mo n;epo"
godv. ma ulcczvstos6 Narodzenia
Nai6w. Nary Psncy przybyto ma
Jasna Gore okoio 80 tvs. pie'grzy-
NOV. Kompanii przysz}o z CORA
900.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1912-11-07

flu W Berlinie Leon Jankowski wy
}udzif cd pewne] g~ospodyn', IS lat
s~tarszej cd niego, 2i4o. mi. PREY;
r1ekaja, jej ma}zehstwc. lzba karr
ma " Gdansku skazata go "a to ma
mlesi2c w~iezieniu.
SOPOT. 81 letn,a L.. Preuss W
Smirowie pchnaf zlec tax, ze be-
daczka upad}a i ciezk1e odnios}a
okaleczenia. Przenieslono j. do do,
c%horycb.
OLIVIA, Kupiec .Assmanu ku~
pll "a &C tysiecy marek cd katolic-
kiej gminy kok;lelnej znaczuy plac
do budowy.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-08-22

During its more than twenty
three years OF existence, the Hyde
Park Savings Bank never lost q
dollar by poor note. poor stock
or poor bond.
This can only mean that its
managers possess great conserva-
tIsm, excellent judgment and pains.
taking care.
1t means close adherence to the
motto Of the bank from it's start.
namely. Safety first. last and al
ways" high rates of interest
neyor"
Deposits in this bank receive 4
per cent interest, compounded semi
annually, with hll the taxes paid by
the Bank.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-08-22
WEAR vEARts'CIIl:uD egssEas s''! s!s'.!


Save your pennies and send them
TO tho Hyde Park Savings Bank.
That Bank receives either pen
mics. dimes or dollars
Why2
Because Il wishes 20 encourage
the children 70 be frugal and 70
have little bank account Of thear
own. even though the initial deposit
is the smallest possible sum.
Children who commence an account
on q penny, a nickel. or dime, Of
ten grow into capitalists later on.
The way 70 become capitalist Ia
te commeuee now 70 cave the pen
mics