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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-10
Fatal Letter Drops Out.

Realizing that his chance with the Lee
high Valley was gone, Hodapp went home
Sunday and laid the matter before his
near-wife. She didn't fall on his neck and
kiss him. Instead she opened the stop
on her vocabulary. Enraged, he left her.
And. after he had left the house Mrs
CHI, the Homework completed. decided
10 clean her helpmeets clothing. Some
thing dropped on the floor. II was let
ter. She wavered a minute between love,
duty and suspicion So she opened the
letter and found II was from another
woman Crash
The surety company was called up. Is.
j. McGinn, superintendent of the claim
department notified the police. and De
tective August Meyer was assigned to as
sist in the arrest. a decoy letter was
sent TO Arthur Charles Rogers care OF
general delivery here. and McGinn and
Meyer waited for Hodapp TO claim IL.
They waited from 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning until late yesterday afternoon.
Hodapp got the letter and was walking
through City Hall Park when he was
nabbed. He was taken 10 the Tombs
court on a charge OF embezZlement and
diversion of funds. Magistrate Schulz
sent him to the Tombs, Hodapp waving
examination. Extradition papers will now
be asked that he may be taken back 10
st. Louis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-10

Our I outhS Clothlng d.
serves a pat on the back"
Frankly, we never turne
out better fitting models.
Young men whose chest
measure 80 to 80 inches find /
a cinch to get fitted.
The suit that needs even
slight alteration is the excev
ton.
Six distinctly differep
models to choose from.
Soft rolls, soft fronts, SON.
four button, some close fl
ting-all with smart high Gu
vests.
Every pattern exclusive,
ours.
Prices fair and moderate
two or three dollars less tia,
the identical quality in GU
mems suits.
SIC to $32.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY,
Three Broadway Stores
Warren St. 18th St. S4th 4
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A THANKSGIVING DAY PASTTME.

with a barrel stave. The chase con-
tinues until nearly breakfast time.
Immediately after breakfast comes an
inspection of the cabins by the own
ers Of the plantation. This is not
the inspection of the days Of slavery.
1t is made to determine that the hands
have enough with which to be COM
Portable, that their cabins are pre-
pared for the winter, and that they
are living under the proper sanitary
conditions. 1t is a part of the crusade.
in fact, which has driven from the
southern country all traces OF those
fever epidemics which caused 80 much
havoc in previous years. After that
comes the morning church service.
There is no work done on cotton
plantation on Thanksgiving day except
that which is necessary to serve the
dinner; and there are always score
or more Of the younger element among
the hands who are more than willing to
do this AT o'clock all the hands be-
gin to assemble near the big building
used as the dining hall. They come
from all directions, anywhere from $50
to 500 or 400 souls, from great-grand-
fathers to great-grandsons. When the
doors are thrown open they are led in
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completed, there is no means OF telling
how much money will be required More
over. any appropriation for this purpose
would not be included in the budget for
the current year. but il Peru gets the loan
and applies il as wisely as the executive
outlines, the country will be in a much
better position to obtain the financial
resources which will be required for the
Callao Improvement
In urging retrenchment in the national
expenses the president points out the
various things which must be done in
order that Peru's part in the dynamics
or the American world may be properly
fulfilled. From this il is understood that
he does not intend that the country shall
remain stationary. BY some il is also
inferred that he has in mind the existing
political relations of Peru with other
South American countries, and in par
ticular with Chile. This means the effort
TO settle the long-standing Tacna-Arica
dispute That subject will be treated in
separate letter.
CHARLES NJ. PEPPER.
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and cultivate the rest Of the hacienda"
And what would / do then7'
why. you could lie back and take
things easy
But. Senior John Bull, I lie back and
take things easy now"
And the native landowner lit his ciga-
rette and returned to his hammock.
The story is typical of certain pro-
ma down, who are content to take things
easy without regard to other considera-
tons
There is a different class, however,
some of whom are natives and some of
whom are foreigners They have I'M
limited faith in the possibilities Of these
countries. A big American corporation
engaged in manufacturing agricultural
machinery was looking all over the world
for hemp. so that 1t would not be Deepen
dent on the existing sources of supply
for binder Irvine. One of the officials
asked an American promoter who hap
pened to be in Chicago whether he knew
anything about a certain kind OF grass
that grew down in the region where the
promoter was building railway. The lat
ter replied that he did, that it was in the
district where his company had a big
land concession, and that he would be
willing to give the manufacturing COM
pany an option on as many thousand
acres on certain conditions.
The manufacturing company snapped
up the option. Afterward it sent down
its experts to go over the land and re-
port on the quantity of sisal grass which
1t might expect to have a reserve
source of supply. The experts located
a region in which there was grass. and
started in to take the control of 1t. Then
they discovered that the American pro-
moter had sold them an option on some
thing he did not possess.
The promoter justified himself. He saw
boundless possibilities in the production
of sisal grass, and thought 1t a good
stroke of business to discount the pros
pect, and sell the option, taking the
chance that If the grass were thSTe, he
could acquire the title. My recollection
is that there was litigation, and that
finally, when the litigation had been go
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The Appreciative Florist
Causes a Family Row

LIE was good customer and the florist
appreciated his trade. At least once
week. apd additionally whenever the
slightest occasion called for it, he had
for these twenty years sent flowers ITO
the wife of my youth. who still abides
with me" One Of these special occa-
sions, naturally, was her birthday There
were but twenty pearly buds in the clus-
ter he sent on that first birthday ami
versary after their marriage, but each
succeeding month of May had added
blossom to the tally until the score was
double one. In appearance, however
she was far from the period when the
sisterhood deplore
The coming Of the crows feet
Ana the backward turn OF beaus feet.
The good customer, mindful of the day.
dropped In early at the florists in order
that she should not by any chance fail
to receive her cumulative annual re-
memhrance.
Send out forty of these-exactly
forty" he said to the florists bright
young man. and the good customer
went on his way to business. glowing
with pleasure IN anticipation of the
tender gratitude which would reward
ms though;fulness when he reached
nome In the evening.
Who are these for?' said the florist
as he casually observed his assistant
scrupulously counting out forty white
rosebuds.
Mr.. Blank of the Skylands, sir"
Mr.. Blank, Ell? Well, Just put these
in for good measure" And the ap-
preciative florist lightly tossed an ex-
ira half dozen blossoms on top of the
forty-tosssd them as lightly, as care
lessly rs q each and every one OF those
six additional buds were not loaded
with wounded pride and tears and
threats Of going home to mother. But
in very truth they were loaded with
all that and then some.
There WAS gloom In the hallway when
the good customer and thoughtful hus-
band returned home. There was gloom
in the living room and a sound OF
sobbing in the boudoir. Astonishment,
and Indignation chased
each other along the gamut OF his emo
tions in rapid succession as he en-
deavored to soothe the weeping wife
and learn what had happened He
vaguely gathered something about in
sulting her with yelled hints that she
looked six years older than she was,
that he was growing tired of her, that
the blond mink at the Office was prob
ably at the bottom OF il all, and she
wished she could die.
BY the time dinner was spoiled and
il was too late to go TO the theater
he managed to learn that the appre-
ciative florist had been overzealous-
nent Then and there he vowed that
aver after he would celebrate her
with just one bride rose and
ldd an electric runabout or some such
.rinkef to make up for any de-
iciency.
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tunity for re-exportation to Australia and
China and Japan was also in mind.
Back of the measures for improving
the port of Callao and encouraging for
broader policy of providing the country
with the financial resources necessary
to carry out any measures of national
policy on a large scale. President Bill
inghurst's administration is at present
giving its attention TO the proposed for
eign loan 1t is hoped to obtain this
to the amount of $33.OO0O00 at @ per
cent.
In a recent message to congress the
president, who is a business man, gave
an illuminating review of Peruvian n
nances during the last forty years. 1t
is a wonderfully interesting chapter of
national wealth dissipated and of ma
tional disaster, and the measures which
were not always effective to rescue the
country from the results of a ruinous
war in which Peru lost valuable terri
tory.
In his message the president says that
during the exploitation of the guano
beds, from 1871 to 1879, 100000 tons
were exported. the profit which
Peru received from them being
$500 OOO, 900, but that substantially all
this enormous sum was wasted. The
constructed by Henry Meiggs
were built with borrowed money. the
country having added TO it's national
debt for that purpose. Everybody does
not agree with the president that the
guano receipts were wasted, yet Ii is
true that Peru received little permanent
good from the guano beds.
The president, in his message, sets forth
in detail the purposes to which the pro-
ceeds Of the proposed foreign loan are to
be applied. He does not include he i'm
provement OF the port of Callao, because.
until the surveys of the engineers are
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exports is the minerals. mostly copper.
i.
The influence of the canal In diverting
traffic is a subject of some uncertainty.
1t is necessary to subtract the coastwise
trade with other countries from Van
couver to Valparaiso, and also the trans
pacific traffic with the countries of the
orient In 1912, out of a total foreign
commerce of 331 900 tons. fraction
under 2eGoG tons was by way of Panama.
2 fraction above 10000 tons via the
Straits of Magellan. and 1877 900 tons was
the commerce of the Pacific. Tonnage
however, Is not q measure of the value
since the mere handise TRANSPORTED across
the isthmus forms more than half the
total value. Heavy machinery and s1ni-
lar merchandise naturally found their way
through the straits, while the lighter arti-
cles came by the isthmus. The Pacific
traffic proper includes wheat lumber
coal. refined petroleum and various agri-
cultural products. How far the traffic via
the straits will be diverted through the
canal must remain a matter of specula-
ton. until the waterway has been In
operation for year or two.
Some Of the Peruvian statisticians see
great possibilities for Callao as a dis
tributing center and are advocating MAX
ing 1t a free port. The prospects of
South American customs union, which
would safeguard South American COM
merce from the competition with Europe
and the United States. is also discussed,
but more as an abstract suggestion than
as a concrete proposition.
The possibility that the Peruvian ports,
and CailaO in particular. may become dis
centers for markets on the Pa
cifc coast has been taken into account
by the Peruvian government A decree
Issued some months ago provided that
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merchandise declared for Paita, Callao or
Mollendo and reshipment to other coun-
tries should be legalized without charge
by Peruvian consular officers. 1t was also
provided that on merchandise deposited
in custom houses of the ports named, re-
exported to foreign countries, but not orig
inally declared for re-export. owners shall
have the right to a refund of the amount
paid consular officers as fees for legali-
zation of invoices. A further provision
was for a small charge for the storage
of goods Fe-exported to foreign countries,
the rate being fixed at one-half of l per
cent.
This was a practical measure for uti-
LIKING the advantageous geographical po-
sition of Peru in relation to neighboring
South American countries. The oppor-
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at all, the prospects are less encourag-
ing Considerably money has been spent
in the construction of breakwater, but
the breakwater has not been a striking
success. Some day the port may be
moved.
The bulk of the tonnage of the Peruvian
ports passes in and out of Callao; for
example, the importations through this
port in an ordinary year will amount to
100 600 tons, as against 10000 to $4,000
tons through the other ports. This pro-
portion is likely to be increased rather
than diminished when adequate port
facilities are provided and the canal
traffic is under full Roadway.
Peru's foreign commerce, in spite of
temporary depression, seems to be pro-
crossing satisfactorily. 1t now approx
mates So, 100000 annually, with the ex-
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brought by the contemplation of a day
of enjoyment and feast as well as of
rest.
But as hard as Is the work Of the
cotton plantation hands they do some
extra work willingly for Thanksgiving
day for several weeks beforehand. 1t
is a sure sign of the approach of Thanks
giving day when one sights here and
there through the woods the bobbing,
smoking pine torches that light the way
for a dozen black, shining, grinning faces
1t is the usual hunt for Mr.. Postum that
keeps them from their beds and makes
them scramble through thickets. jump
bitches and wallow through marshes.
For weeks ahead of Thanksgiving day
there are whisperings among the hands.
Then each evening you will see cliques
of from a half dozen to dozen cutting
pine strips and bundling them up into
torches. They usually make a dozen
torches and stack them up in the house
Of their leader. The leader is the man
who is fortunate enough to own couple
OF hounds.
For several nights after that the woods
for miles around the plantation are the
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are caught In a night and some of them
show fight. Once in the pen they are
fed for couple Of weeks with food that
takes away all trace of their natural
food and rounds out their sides with good,
sweet meat.
Several days before Thanksgiving day
some of the hands are taken from
the cotton fields and put to work around
the plantation buildings. This is. with
the exception of Christmas perhaps the
most enjoyable task of the year, for 1t
means the preparation for the feast which
the plantation Is to give It's hands on the
day when thank offerings are made.
Usually this Is spread in some one OF
the big buildings on the plantation. per-
haps barn or a cotton shed. The hands
are set to work at first to clear out the
place and make II clean. Then they put
together dozen or more long improvised
tables and benches and lastly they deco
rate the building with all kinds OF nags
and bunting. On the side near the center
they also put up the fiddler's stand, for
later in the day there comes the usual
dance Several days before. also. some
of the hands make barrels OF ginger
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ried out, will be adequate. 1t is pro-
posed to unite the Punta, or tongue OF
land which extends out into the harbor,
with the Island of San Lorenzo by means
of a breakwater. If this proves feasible
it will give ample facilities for wharves
and railway trackage and will enable
Callao to take care Of all the commerce
it will have for at least a third OF
century after the canal is opened.
:: x
The first step in the project has been
taken by employing competent engineers
to make the necessary technical studies.
Jacob Kraus of Holland, who planned
the Valparaiso harbor works. which the
Chilean government after many years de-
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beer and sweet cider and stow them away
to ripen for the feast.
Just the day before Thanksgiving day
there are two edibles prepared without
which a Thanksgiving or Christmas feast
would seem incomplete on cotton plan
tation. And there are always a few
hands among the army Of pickers who are
expert In the selection and preparation of
these particular bits. They are the pos
sum and yams.
1t seems that there are vans and other
yams; but to select the yam which will
best take brown sugar in the roasting
seems to be a native gift. So those few
who have been called upon before are
again taken from the fields and pressed
ment. and their work for that day con-
sists of skinning and cleaning the
possums and overhauling the yam bin
until they produce collection of possum
meat and vans that would make the
most fastidious mouths water.
Two or three days before Thanksgiv-
ing day the great game of the season
Is Matched up. This is called COLLINS.
COLLINS on cotton plantation are
likely to appear not only on Halloween,
but throughout the entire season; their
particular appearance, however comes
on Thanksgiving day eve. Out in the
fields one might notice certain OF the
younger bucks exchanging short. whis-
pered sentences. This means that the
COLLINS are organizing and out in
some secluded spot during the rev
nights before Thanksgiving day they
will gather together the parapher-
MALTA with which to construct the COB
Inns and the material to make the big
horse fiddle. The goblins are fashioned
in the form OF big and hideous jack-o-
lanterns, while the horse fiddle con-
sists Of big packing box with one
string stretched across the opening.
Some time during Thanksgiving eve
they start on their rounds among the
cabins. When a visitation is made the
horse fiddle Ia placed In a hidden spot
near the house and made to give out
the most weird and uncanny groans.
while the COLLINS surround the house
with contortions that make the older
inmates creep to corners and spread
terror to the younger ones.
Early in the morning Thank sgiving
day there is a brisk ride across coun-
try for the owners and guests before
breakfast. While this Is going on
there is another and different cross
country run by the blacks. 1t is the
second part of the goblin game and
is called chasing the COLLINS" During
the night before, and unknown to the
COLLINS, there have been spies at work
and the next morning each young COB
lin is routed out Of his cabin by day.
light. In most cases the young man
makes a bolt for the woods and it is
not an uncommon sight to see fleeing
negro boys pursued by a yelling band
bent on giving him a sound spanking
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Mayonnaise Dressing.
Hot Mince Pie. Pumpkin Pie
Fruit Cake. Small Cakes.

Hot Mince Pie. Pumpkin Pie
Crackers. Cheese.
Ice Cream.
Apples. Oranges Grapes. Bananas.
Assorted Nuts.
Coffee.
Out in the big hall the hands have COM
pleted their short service and they start
I'm to dinner, which although style is lack
ing and the tempting viands are all placed
on the long table in big dishes and plat
tiers. equals any Thanksgiving dinner put
before hungry gathering.
Their dinner usually consists of:
Oyster Stew. Crackers.
Roast Turkey. Gravy.
Celery. Mixed Pickles
Ginger Beer.
Hot Corn Bread.
Mashed Potatoes. Corn.
Asparagus.
shrimp Potato Salad
GRAINED Onions.
''aee Sweet cI aeF' "
Cheese. Crackers.
Conee.
A few hours after the dinner has been
eaten the owners and guests gather in one
OF the open fields for what Is called a
used. only clay plates, but some fine
craftsmanship is required to make any
kind of a showing with the gun
While this is in progress the younger
colored element are off I'm their field
where a lively game of base ball occupies
their attention for a couple of hours. and
on the lawns the children are taken
through outdoor games with some OF the
older folks as guides
Toward evening and while the owners
and guests are at supper the hands at
tack their second feast. which is more in
the nature Of a barbecue. This time. how
ever, IL is mutton and young pig with
roasted sweet potatoes and corn bread
1t is served right from the splits and the
hands sit around the FIRE with a chunk or
mutton or pig in one hand and a roasted
potato and a piece OF corn bread In the
other. But II goes good" and there is
nothing left except the bones when the
feast Is over.
There are two dances which occur I'm
the evening, one in the big drawing rooms
of the main house of the owners and the
other in the big dining hall for the hands
The latter is the most picturesque Meth
er the turkey trots. bunny hugs nor the
tangoes have Yet affected these people
and taken the place of the old-fashoned
square" dances. and the one fiddler still
works his foot as hard as his bow arm.
as he calls out the numbers the same as
was done years ago
The wind-up of the day comes as a
serenade by the hands in front OF the
main house while the family and guests
stop their dances and gather on the We
randa to listen. When il is over there f.
a goodnight and a rounding cheer given
and then the hands trail of TO their cab
ins.
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Matrim0ny.

= GORGE AIDE. discussing matrimony
" in an after-dinner speech at the
Chicago Athletic Club. said:
Marriage has the effect of giving q
man a swelled head.
MANY time. looking at this husband
or that, / say to myself:
"'Ah, IL that man were only as wise
as he thinks bis wife thinks he is!'"