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was British Minister there. His en-
cellcncy's wife found much that was
disagreeabe sbou; life in Santiago. be
ginning with the houses Of adobe the
mixture Of mud and straw, which. being
elastic. generally survived the many
earthquakes But how those roofs and
walls let In the weather. ON the au-
,hors arrival al tho hotel she had per
force 10 sleep under an umbrella lin
n swamp OF wet blankets" Later. in
her own house. when the rainy season
came. she was only able To preserve
her drawing room carpet by putting
pans about 10 catch the leaks from the
roof The open patios round which
most az the Santiago houses were built
insured in winter breezes OF Arctic
cold and few Of these dwellings were
heated. The Chilean OF that day he
lieved that warming the house meant
opening the door To the doctor. The
capacity Of the Chilenos for the con-
sumption OF solid food is amazing as
described by Mrs Fraser. \ pound OF
beefsteak apiece is. she says, the in
variable accompaniment OF every meal
from breakfast onward" The women
return from mass daily to a 1870
breakfast. This begins with Casuela.
a soup covered with a special and
IA Their repulsive yellow grease. and fun
iaI .hfrEsn u.hfCh alive
and hearty when the women left the
house | know very few things quite
so unappetizins as that same Casuela.
Afteruard two or three dishes. and the
pound OF steak TO each person, child or
adult. The lunch or las onces' I'll
o'clock is at > as n rule, and this Is
a succession OF cold meats and sweets,
and then beefsteak again" Another
tremendous meal is at 5:30. when the
gamut is run from soup 10 sweets and
beefsteak. Altogether, declares the
shocked observer, they consume three
huge meat meals in seven hours, to say
nothing Of tea, which is meal In itself.
OF course, rheumatism is endemic. |
have known children Of five years old
10 be completely bedridden."
The thieves Of Santiago are persons
OF extraordinary powers. They have a
curious way OF dragging valuable OBJ
jects out Of open windows with long
fish lines ending in cluster of enor-
nous hooks. They are as clever with
them" says our author, "as good
fisherman with a ny, and they can
empty a room in an incredibly short
time. as a woman who had incautiously
left her baby asleep with the window
open in the twilight found out. She was
not away for more than quarter Of an
hour but when she returned she found
the baby bowling with the cold, its very
blankets taken, and the room as bare
as hand"
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in his garden; but, if there be any truth
in this legend at all, it is more likely
that IL refers to the princely jewels
and plate. OF the size Of the fortune
thus handed over To the Rothschilds.
without bond or guarantee. some idea
may he formed from the fact that one
of the fathers consignments to the
son amounted to S3,O00,0o0 i'm gold.
The rest Of the story is well known:
how, after Napoleon's fall, these riches
were returned to the Prince of Hesse
with accumulated interest, and how.
through this transaction, the Roch-
schilds won the confidence Of all the
rulers Of Europe and their financial
ministers.
OF the five sons of Maier Amschel
Rothschild, Nathan, the third. who
founded the London house. was the
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IN DIPLOMATIC LIFE
Mary Crawford Fraser's "Fur'
Their "reminiscences

"REMINISCENCES OF \ DILL IfL.O-
MATIST'S WIFE. Further Rem,nls
cences of a Diploma lists Wife in NAM
Lands Bv Mrs. Hugh Fraser. Illus
trated $40, PIP. 3!5. Dodd, Mead x o.
Mrs. Fraser in her just publisher
volume sets forth recollections oil her
life as q girl and as a young matroh'
writing with all the easy ANIMATION
which in her previous books ronscu 'he
readers interest and liking. This ne"
record he may find less attractive LOT
It holds much of personal and domestic
detail calculated to appeal chiefly 10
her own family and to family friends
as only TO peraons of her own particular
way Of thinking will appeal her opin-
ions and her statements concerned WITH
the struggle for Italian independence.
The most amusing part OF these
"reminiscences deals with the writers
experiences in Chill, when Mr.. Fraser
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DIR. JOHNSON'S FUN.

Johnson addressed TO Mrs. Thrale and
which has just been brought to the
auction room. "Lichfield." he says, lis
full Of Box clubs The ladies' have one
for their own set. They have incorpo-
rated themselves under the appelation
of the Amicable Society. The sub
scribers are always quarrelling, and
every now and then lady in fume
withdraws her name. Boswell Is
a favorite. but he has lost ground since
l told them that he IL married, and all
hope is over"
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LITERARY NEWS
Ay no d
d. CRITICISM 70

sibly they listen to Il cosmic poetry not
entirely useless in the business OF lie.
Mr.. Widon Cars handbook makes
an ideal guide for the beginner IN Inc
study Of Bergson The distinctive
TEACHINGS as to The complementary
functions of instinct and intelligence
the apprehending of reality by intuition
and the creative" rs against the me
chanistic" view of evolution are out
lined with fidelity. If clarity were OF
itself sufficient TO produce conviction
Mr.. Carr might make converts OF us
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and profting by the panic on eX-
change caused by rumurs of their de-
feat. Later. with their enormous re-
sources. the Eothschiids. according
the words ascrihcd 10 one Of mem
could never DO bad business. Some
Of the e,orics Of this business and the
methods 10y which it was made 10
Weld enormous profits do not MAKE
plcasant reading as the author tells
them.
Tho portraits he draws Of the three
chief founders. the first Hothschilds OF
London and Paris and the second ot
Frankfurt and fhe anecdotes he tells
Of them. arc not altogether 10 tho
benefit Of their memory either. Nathan
Rothschild was a born money maker:
nothing else in life really Interested
him. In feet. he seems 10 have had no
priyatc existence at all He was pu"-
sued all his life by demands FOR money
ACCOMPANIED by threats Of death.
James. in Paris. was socially agrees
sive. a mixture OF generosity and mig
gardIiness patron Of art and artists
i'm q haphazard way. and the friend OF
Ueine. upon whom by the way Mr..
RalIa draws at length for his material.
Twenty years ago Paris was full Of
anecdotes of the ways Of Baron James
de Rothschild. most Of them malicious
they are gradually being forgotten. and
many Of them arc not preserved here.
One can never believe all the gossip
of Paris. The episode Of his haggling
with Vcrnet over the price of his por-
trait and the painters ultimate prom
Use 10 do IL for nothing is put down
here. however. Nernet did paint the
portrait for nothing. indeed, but he
painted IL in the person Of the man in
the foreground Of his historic picture.
ION the Way 10 Smala,' who is run
ming away with ca:ket of jewels
in his arms. a look Of terror on his face.
Vienna. too. has its stock OF pOfiHs OF
it's own first Rothschild to be taken,
like those about his brothers, with
grains OF salt. The brother left IN
charge at Frankfurt was, according 10
orr historian. a man Of almost inds-
eliminate charity with strong faith
I'm the superstition that anonymous Civ
ing alone brings blessings to the giver.
He was also a profoundly unhappy
man. Deeply in love with another
woman. he was forced early in life 10
marry one Of his cousins. according 10
rule of the family that is still large
ly observed.
Mr.. Balla does not fail 10 point cut
the resemblance between the mother
Of the five Rothschids and the mother
of the Bonapartes. Both looked upon
the phenomenal rise of their children
with constant misgiving; both chung to
the simplicity Of their obscure days to
the end but whereas Letitia Bonaparte
saw her premonitions Of disaster come
true. Gudula Rothschild died in peace
Judengasse in Frankfurt, where her
children had been born. and which she
refused to leave. Her declaration that
there would be no war because she
kings any money has become famous.
Less well known is her answer, i'm her
old age. TO the physician who told her
that he could not make her any
younger. But | don't want you to
make me younger" she said, II want
YOU to help me grow older still"
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MILLIARDAlRES
Fact and Story of the Rise of
the Eothschilds.

THE RISE OF THE. ROTHSCHlLb5'
BY IgnatiUs Palla. Illustrated. $40, PIP.
29G. G.. i. Putnam's Sons
The story Of the rise Of the house Of
Rothschild has been told over and over
again \ body of anecdote, not ALWAYS
complimentary. has grown up around
its earlier members. especially around
the two sons of the founder who estah-
lished themselves in London and PARIS.
But of late The great firm has been l"ss
prominently in the eyes OF the world
owing to the d;mnutiou of its more alb
soIute supremacy i'm finance. which in
its turn has been caused 10y the rise
of other fortunes that, while not over
shadowing it's own. yet have dlnmed
its glamour. II is TO America that TN"
world now looks for its romances of
wealth. as, for a little while. it looked
to South Africa. But the story oi inc
house is a part of history, with new
chapters probably Yet TO he writer
greater part OF history than any earlier
story OF the accumulation of wealth..
As II is. the Rothschilds as family
to-day control the stupendous fortune
Of So ,00OOGo.O0o. according to the au-
thor Of this book.
Maier Amschel. the founder Of the
family, was the son Of Amschcl Moses
n hawker. who came 10 Frankfort late
i'm the eighteenth century. and settled
~ rs,l
shield. from which the family name is
commonly held TO have been derived.
BEYOND this the family cannot he
traced. The hawkcr did fairly well IN
his new home and developed ambitions
for his son: lie should he rabbi, but
the hoy did not fall in with this plan,
and started life as n clerk in the bank
ing house Of Oppenheimer, AT Hanover.
Soon. however. he tried his own wings
in the city Of his birth. gained n repu-
tation for ability and probity. and
found his opportunity when the Land
grave Of Hanau. later Prince William
TX Of Eesse, consulted him about some
ancient coins, both the Young jew
and the young princeling being numiS-
ismatists. This was late in the eigh-
teenth century. Prince William IA
Their had laid the foundations OF an
enormous fortune by the sale Of mer-
cenaries 10 the British government; the
worthy son continued the traffic during
our War of Independence, and Maier
Amschel negotiated the bills. The mo-
! BILE landCrave, indeed, was one OF the
, great flnanciers Of his time In lSo6
he was forced to fee before the ad-
vance Of Napoleon's armies, entrusting
a large part of his wealth TO his jewish
court banker who managed To send
II TO England. where his Oldest son.
Nathan. had already established him
self. Rumor has it that Maier Amschel
hid the gold for a time in the casks in
his wine cellar and buried more Of 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-08
THE ZENDA TRICK.

THE LITTLE GREY SHOE. Ror
nance. by Percy iSrebner. With Illus
trations by F. NauX Wilson. 12mo, PIP.
3i9 Boston: Little. Brown & Co.
Mr.. Brebner is. of course, beholden 10
Stevenson and Anthony Hope for his
point Of departure. The tradition which
started with Prince Otto" and was
made even more popular by THE Pris-
oner Of Zenda" is the tradition followed
in THE Little Grey Shoe" But Mr..
Brebner need not feel too heavily in
debted to his celebrated predecessors.
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THE BROAD WAY.

PANSY MEARES. The Story OF a Lon
don Shopgrl BY Horace ". c. Newte
limo, PIP. 9s3. John Lane Company.
It's wildly and unnecessarily senss-
tional ending fortunately cannot undo
the value OF this story as study OF
the economic and social conditions that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-08
FICTION
Recent Stories by Joseph Con.
rad and Others.
THE EXOTIC MOTIVE.

'TWINT LAND AND SEA. BY Joseph
Conrad Emo. pp. ?sI The George II.
Dorar Company.
The evening world., 1913-09-16
POLICEMEN CARRY
PARALYT|C AND0LD
WOMAN FROM FIRE
Fnndbes Routed by Flames
Heroic Work Prevents Panic
at East Side Blaze.

rks In . six-story loft building. Nos.
H. y AM II Crosby street. early to-day
rssnscsd four crowded tenements ad-
3siniAg on the south. Forty-four fam!.
lSoo IN the buildings on the rear were
fensei by the prompt action OF the po-
lbnA All escaped amidst much noise and
settlement and two particularly thrill
~ rescuss aroused the loudest plaudats
d the crowds that filled the street
ratrolman Carl Fischer OF the Muiber-
~ street station. discovered the IRE Just
After midnight. His rapps for aid
brought Patroimen Benner, Mccormick,
Custer and O'Connor and the Ave went
through the tenements rousing the
tenants.
Aest OF the latter were able to get out
without help. but OConnor and Benner.
nghting their way through the smoky
halis. came upon an old paralytic.
Joseph Spencer. sixty eight. lying on the
noee OF the kitchen. partly overcome
~ smoke. The policeman carried him
- the street by tn. hre-escapes and
Wers loudly cheered oy the crowds.
TAe same policemen found Mrs. An.
selma Roberta on the roof OF the front
tenement. She was helpless from fright
and IN a delicate condition besides
Her they carried to the street by the
Sane route and placed her In the hands
- her friends.
The first alarm brought Chief kenion
aAd Deputy Chief Lansford. BY the
time they got there the fire had eaten
it way to the third floor. The CHER
cent In second and third alarms In
Qoiok succession. summoning nine en-
s1nes. water tower and four hook
sao ladder trucks.
The firemen fought the flames from
IL rear Of the buildings In Crosby and
lafayette streets. Eight men were
caught In a back draught at the back OF
The second floor. but managed to get
oOAy uninJured.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
A BLOW TO STANDpA1TERS
ters as a farce.

THE sale of the Denver Republican and merger with
the Rocky Mountain News great change has occurred in
Colorado journalism The Republican has been uncompron
andpat sheet fighting the element of the party
every opportunity and those who left the ranks organize
Progressive party will shed the disappearance Of
the Republican, The standpatters Of Colorado without
influential newspaper throughout the and this may prove
big handicap in their efforts regain the ground lost by the
detection OF more than half their the Progressive
Whatever little hope the Republican leaders may have held
of reunion with the Progessves be abandoned The Pro
gresves have spuned all offers of and will their
way Colorado will witness the campaign the same
alignment that existed the last one-Dmocratc Progressive
and Republican Although the Progressive party has fallen off
contests other parts the country, there dmnuon
ardor of Colorado Progressve and they sufficiently strong
to keep the Republicans in third place in the
The passing Of the Denver Republican is not surprising 1t
of sympathy with the great reform that have
swept the country bndy adhered the old policies
there hardly any Colorado another like it. Its new
did wise thing when he decided suspend t-Puebo
Star Journal.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
Signed,

attached is notary certficate)
M Copeland candidate for signed and took solemn
oath the above. So did A. Humphrey candidate for
commissioner
Yet he and his friends have had printed and circulating
circulars reading follows Read the record of socialist Off
cas other the October issue of the Appeal Reason
THEN for NJ Copeland for mayor and A. j. Humphrey
for commissioner, THE SOCIALIST CANDIDATES."
We have further make. We aren't going to
any controversy with these gentlemen We simply
matters of record
These took oath that they the candidates of
any political party and yet advertising themselves openly
the SOCIALIST CANDIDATES.
Just plain violations of an oath.
Furthermore, least TWENTY-FIVE and
signed Copeands petition of and the number
signed Humphreys petition and each of these citizens TOOK
SOLEMN OATH the effect that he she believed that either
Copeland Humphrey had not become candidate the nom
representative of because of promised support from
political party committee convention representing
acting for any political party"
Apparently lot of people look upon oath such
a
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
The Daily Sentinel
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20, 1918.
BUCKlIN OR PROS PERITY, WHICH?

T HAS gotten down to the cold fact of whether James
W. Buckn or Prosperity shall reign in Grand juno
ton.
The people of this city at the election next Tuesday
will decide this question.
This Buccaneer Reformer, whose prime purpose at
all times is advance his selfish interests adver-
tise his own mighty y accomplishments is ALONE
responsible for the hurtfu agitation that has prevented
this city from having interurban extensions and many
other Improvements.
Are the people going to stand for it any longer?
We do not believe they
This who holds big roll in one hand and
Torch of Agitation in the other hand, seeking bur
den the city with big debt take the light and gas
plants and and throttle desirable and legitimate
private industry and private capital He doesn't give
rap how hard the city hurt just he has his way and
get whack at the corporations. He is busy these
days writing anonymous circulars and venting his spleen
the telephone. Agitation that stagnates the cy's
prosperity won't hurt him very much He is rich man.
He lets the other fellow the middle man, suffer and
thinks he should suffer if by doing James w. Buck
Inns reform ideas can be carried through.
It's question of Bucklnism Prosperity in
Grand Junction and Mr. Voter it is simply up YOU
decide which you want
For us we believe that it is about time Grand Juno
tion getting rid of the Deaths Head the banquet
board of Prosperity
Plans to arbitrate, plans to compromise, plans to
safeguard the cys best interests and protect the eg
mate investments of private capital, have acceptance
in the eyes of this gentleman With James w Buckn it
is rule rum and this policy of his has already acted
like killing blight on many things that would have
tended make Grand Junction bigger and better city.
We contend that James W. Buckln is reformer
for self-glorificaton only. His record proves this
James w. Buckin's attitude in the old townsite
fight and his attitude many other public and private
matters of which we know and concerning which
aren't all loathe write prove that any contention
that this Moses of Reform simply laborng for the best
interests of the city is as false as it can be-
First and foremost early and late, in the past and
now, James W. Bucklin is aborng for James W. Buck
lin and don't you forget it.
If you tired of Bucklinism, if you are weary of
this continual agitation wrought and stirred and pronot
ed by this selfish grandsand playing individual then vote
AGAINST the two first charter amendments that will
appear on the ballot next Tuesday. They Buckln's
pet schemes. They Prosperity assassns.
Let's let the people instead of James w. Buckln
hold sway awhile.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
FAMOUS SAYINGS OF NAPOLEON

Imagination rules the world.
Force without intelligence is nothing
No mans loss is irreparabe for is indispensable.
They should have knowledge who seek govern others.
Men are led by trifes
1t is but step from the sublime the ridiculous
There twom means of moving mel-interest and fear
When is bent public office he has already sold
himself
conquer provinces, but Josephine wins hearts
The only victory over love is found in flight
faithful friend is the true image of Deity itself
Death overtakes the coward but the brave until
his hour has
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
HENRY R. RHONE

q NE of the first take the freight fight Grand
~ Junction years ago Henry r. Rhone He persistenty
continued the effort when Others grew morou and the
behind the final effort that succeeded due large measure
Mr. Rhone earlier and later work. Now would be befitt
ting thing for this section of the if Ammon would
Mr. Rhone for the Railroad Commissionersh Mr. Rhone
versed the rates. he has study the prob
lens that before the commission for solution and he would
render the splendid this great field work
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
Advertisement
Oh! NE; Oh! MY; SEE WHAT MY ENEMIES SAY

am wet, am dry am and dry BOTH seven of my two
boys are gong to vote the wrong socialist
socialist am an arlstocrat of the people am
an eSunday school teacher exsaoonkeepe and every
day expect to hear that horse thief cx-convict and
member OF the Black Hand Dear DEAR fear my enemies will
not vote for If will down the stories
against will find that started by enthusiastic sup
porter OF one OF opponents These don't me
any and hope they don't bother any of my friends
c. p BLISS
o-a9-l Candidate for Commissioner of Public Affairs
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
WHY

w HAT is that makes marine dsaster-a Titanic Pol
w tragedmore dramatic than ANYTHING that happens
dry land? The number of lives involved has little nothing
do with it. What it, th unless the fact that
brings and nature face face empty stage? Man
alone with the great enemy and Death most terrifying
mask Man aone the rolls and all sides Of
HIM In such circumstances, realizes that
nature sentimcnast.-Collier's.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
SAYS new BILL WILL MEAN
PROSPERITY TO INVESTORS
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Chicago. Oct. 29-Increased wealth
and new opportunities are predicted
for investment bankers under the
proposed currency law by Edmund
D. Fisher, deputy comptroller of the
City of New York. in addressing the
Investment Bankers Association of
America, today
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
and DON'T FORGET IT

n THE demand of nearly 1000 men and women who do
~ not pay of taxes in Grand Junction. Grand Junction
had to engage in another wet and dry campaign.
The UNREPRESENTATIVE large petition ever
compiled in this city the petition.
Over 4oo of the 1900 taxpayers this city refused sign
the petition.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
IN ALL FAIRNESS

ALL fairness the salaries of the five city commissioners should
l be the same, $I25.oo each per month.
here any good why commissioners
should this and three others receive only
Vote tor the all these salaries the
amount, ST each, per month.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
BURNS WON'T STAND TRIAL

Associated Press.
Calgary. Oct. 29.-Tommy Burns.
promoter of the fight last May in
which Luther MeCarty was killed,
will not have to face trial was an
nounced today by Prosecutor Short
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29

The plank ordinance is THE
FOURTH ORDINANCE on the ballot.
1t means 10 years of peace for Grand
Junction. VOTE FOR IT. 10-29-5t
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
MINERS CELEBRATE 1900
STRIKE VICTORY TODAY
Associated Press.

Associdteu fress.
Hazelton, Pa, Oct. 29.-Hardly a
wheel turned today in the anthracite
coal fields of Pennsylvania, miners
celebrating Mitchell day in honor of
the anniversary of the successful ter
mination of the strike of 1900.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
DON'T VOTE FOR THEM

MO MATTER for whom you vote do not give ANY CHOICE
vote to either Wendal p Ella NJ Copeland for mayor
Ignore these completely when YOU go the polling place
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
HE MIGHT TELL

ANES w. BUCKN, that latter-day Sar-Eyed Goddess of
Reform might write little circular telling of the
fat fine fee he took upon time from private capital for
drawing up the first franchise under which the old electric
operated in this city.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29

The plank" ordinance is THE
FOURTH ORDINANCE on the ballot
II means 10 years of peace for Grand
Junction. VOTE FOR 1T. 10-29-5t
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29

The Plank ordinance is THE
FOURTH ORDINANCE on the ballot
1t means 10 years of peace for Grand
Junction. VOTE FOR IT. 1O-29-5t
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29
SENTIMENT OLD AND new

GIhngs Alopg the Way Some From Pens
Long Ago Of These Later Days
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29

Hot Lunches at all Hours at Saw
yer's. 1O-27-St
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-29

Let us make you saddle. Fred
Mantey.