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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
WIPED OUT HER TINY FI6.

Ard behold 1t was my barrister, come
to make my fb the TRUTH
He was mildly astonished TO fnd me
there. Only mildly though. for he is pre-
pared for any eccentricity from AN Amer
lean, but he was interested to hear that l
intended interviewing the Law Courts and
volunteered to show me anything there
was to see. and to answer all questions.
ANY sufragettes to be tried to-dayE
queried blithely. as we mounted the wide
staircase
"Oh, no: they are never tried here. no
crImirnl cases are. you know. except
when special appeals are made after judy
ment has been pronounced. All that sort
Of thing IS at the Old Bailey"
| was disappointed and climbed up sew
eral steps in silence: then / demanded as
a barrster brushed past us:
''Nvhy the wigs and gowns?"
I'm sure ! don't know" answered the
Man Of Law. They've always been worn
and always will be-sort OF relic of the
time when there were uniforms for all
professions. probably"
Too bad the solicitors can't wear
them" remarked. They do seem to be
out Of the game. somehow"
"Oh. we'll really. they're just solicitors
YOU see-haven't been called to the bar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
HOPED FOR REAL WARDS"

And ! also hoped that there might be
Wards In Chancery. sitting about waiting
to get out OF the hands Of the Law, for.
mind you. though criminal cases In Eng
land are settled with the greatest expo
ditlon. civil suits and chancery cases still
drag along through the mists OF years.
An rich;. here we are"
Up three steps we climbed and into
a square. vaulted chamber with wooden
benches facing sort OF dais on which
was Judge. most beautiful judge. in
n chaste and spotless wig poised on the
right part Of his Uranium. and volu-
minous black robe.
Below him were rows OF wiggy bar
risters aud unwiggy solicitors. and fur
Their back just plain people.
Hush" said court usher, sternly.
as we entered, tough we didn't make a
sound. He was Uriah Heep sort Of
person In bla,.: bath robe. and l no
ticed he continued to say Hush" me-
chanically overv five or ten minutes
Just TO earn his money. suppose. for
certainly no one uttered single peep.
am not sure what the case waa- T"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
skRRISTEa is THE CLASS"

Note the seniority and dignity OF that,
my dcsrs. Solicitors grow sleek and pros
uerous over cases which drag along and
are handed down from father to son.
and barristers get emaciated sitting IN
Chambers, waiting for briefs that never
come. but. mark you. the barrister is the
aristocrat of the law and the solicitor
the mere scavenger.
Then there passed barrister who had
nut on his wig in such hurry and quite
without a mirror. poor dear! IL rested
iauntiIy over the left eye, and two OF the
ta,erine. stringy curls were caught up in
a sort OF topknot.
nearly giggled. but you can't In the
Law Courts.
Nv barrister guardian didn't seem 10
see anything funny in the expression OF
that wig which blew by. lie merely re-
marked informatively:
..Jolly expensive these wigs-ten gulneas
10 buy and half n guinea every ume you
have them cleaned.
.Well I never!" / exclaimed, apprais-
Ing another. near us. what are they
made Of anyhow
Real human hair" replied the man Of
law.
looked at him. but he meant II. lie
really believed II; but assure you those
wigs haven't got a human hair In their
midst. They're horsehair, or goats hair
or camel's hair, but that Is all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
HAD HIS LITTLE JOKE.

HAD HIS LITTLE JOKE.
'Ho. how he calculated. you've
broken the record for ladies in the Law
Courts. You're ahead of time. It's only
thirteen minutes past ten!'
''Ha. hal" / echoed. fervently. hoping
my barrister friend wouldn't come along
and express his great surprise at seeing
me. 1 felt couldn't bear the whitening
contempt of Law and order.
But the giant seemed more kindly dis
posed toward me. He even bent down
and said quite affably to the top of my
head:
why don't you go into the Central
Hall and waltz and can tell you 1 lost
no time acting on his suggestion.
And then and there. once safely inside
the building, / got my Dickens thrill for
the great Court OF Justice is much as 1t
was IN the novelist's day. When you en-
ter there you may not leave all hope be
hind. but you certainly leave modernity.
1t isn't altogether the building which
gives this effect either, for that Is fairly
recent. some thirty years OF age only. |
believe. Yet, II is already antique IN APP
pearance. It's good initiation OF the
Gothic in its interior and might have eN-
listed centuries While 'ts exterior looks
early Norman. with its tumble OF turrcts
and spires. and stone ages early In Lon
don. the SCOT and fog attend to that. 50
the Law Court is black and gray as II
with years. and there are heavy shadows
where more than the usual amount OF
CRIME has settled.
No, II wasn't so much the building as
the general atmosphere.
The Central Hall is very long and dim
and spacious. with a great domed ceiling
and Gothic arches. The feeble light OF a
London day filters down through stained
glass windows. placed so high that I
have a terrible fear that they are never
cleaned.
The fog seems to have secreted itself
in every shajowy corner OF that hall. 50
that the whole place is wrapped In a
dangerous yellow mist, which, after all,
is eminently fitting FOL the Home of the
Law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
THE PRICE OF DIGNITY.

Imagine paying So 50 for one in its pris-
tine state. and 81 30 every time 1t Is
cleaned, which. in grimy London, must
be at least once a month.
Outrageous. / call 1t. but It's the PEN
altv for being the aristocrat of the pro-
fession.
The broad stairs led up to a gallery
which runs around the Central Hall. and
all along this are rooms where the differ
emf courts are hed-those courts which
used TO be scattered all over London.
until. after about n century or Discus
sion they were united under one hos
pitable roof.
"There's the Kings Bench Division.
the Court of Chancery. the Probate, Di-
vorce and Admiralty Court, and the Court
of Appeal" said my guide. glibly What
do you want to see?
The Court of Chancery is just about
mine" i answered. hippantly. for 1 had
a sort of idea the Lord Chancellor would
he there with his golden mace and the
Great Seal, which stamps all documents.
and the Privy Purse. and the Petty Bags
and all the other official what-nots that
are mentioned with bated breath.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

civil suit Of sorts. I believe. and a poor
wretch was being examined.
/ don't know whether II was the fog
creeping about or the 'im light or just
the Law. but every one seemed sup
pressed or asleep.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

Kings Counsel, who gets about $500 for
lending his name to the case. Perhaps
important engagements may prevent his
coming into court when your SUIT Is
booked. but II he doesn't you can't say
anything, you just pay him for being
alive that's all.
Well. while / was standing there revei-
ling in all things visible within my radius.
through the yellow mist. / espied IA
miliar figure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

Law knew. barrister. and asked for
him. Did Cog and Magog know whether
he was there?
Il know all the barristers by sight and
all the solicitors and all the Press Rep
resentatives." he replied portentousy.
but don't always know their names.
What time were you to meet him?'
Quarter past ten." fibbed fiuently.
The giant chuckled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

I when you come TO London. go and see
! Justice administered in that massive.
stately building on the Strand. known as
| the Law Courts.
| THE Laws an asst said Bundle.
Well 1 wouldn't go as far as to agree
with him, but the Law certainly has Its
humorous aspects to a mere outsider.
| / never dreamed 1 was going to find
| my Dickens in the Court, in fact,
| just strolled down there for my morning
walk.
The building looked very imposing and
| numbers Of men and a very few women
were going in the great central door, so
l impulsively followed the throng UP the
broad steps.
In the middle of the doorway stood the
very tallest. broadest and all-round I'M
| posing Myrmidon Of the Law I've ever
seen. / wouldn't dream of calling him
| a mere policeman. He was much more
| He was the Impersonation of Law and
Order He was the Guardian of Lon
don. He was Cog and Magog In one.
! He looked upon me with suspicion as
l thought to slip by him. and though he
let dozens Of other people pass un-
molested, he questioned me.
What's your case?" he asked sternly
| from the heights.
| l threw my head way back TO get a
! birds view of him, which was all
| | could hope TO obtain, considering where
/ he was in elevation and importance, and
timdly ! produced my card and in my
confusion stammered:
-)Press(-)American.
/ He bent an eagle glance on my paste
/ board guarantee.
you're a Press Representatives" he as
serted testify.
Sounds rather grand. doesn't 1t?
TIE DIGNITY OF THE POSITION.
But ] wasn't a bit surprised. over here
/ we're all that, when we aren't Journalists
| \ reporter is an unknown quantity Sos
! 4 newspaper man or woman. Journalist.
/ If YOU please. even for the penny-a-liner
/ We have our dignity and we call our
| selves by the most sonorous titles.
The good old yarn OF the American
I actress who spoke Of her father as
: man of letters when he was just plain
| postman wouldn't so down here little
| bit for every ilial daughter of an English
! postman would consider her father
! man of letters and speak of him as such
| on any and all occasions,
| Well. I felt the rebuke Cog and Magog
had administered and echoed his Press
Representative" at once.
| Then / bethought myself OF Man OK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

London, January 4.
T last I've had the Dickens thrill!
n You know what I mean, don't you!
4 n Ever since I've been here I've
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-04
SAYS SUB=HUDSON ROAD
WOULD COST $6,75O,OO0
This Is About Halt of Bridge
Commissions Estimate.

NEW YORK, April 4.-Duncan D.
Mclean, the contractor and tunnel
builder, has announced that he
would build a roadway tunnel under
the North River at cost of $3.50. =
00O This offer was made by Mclean
following the announcement this
week by Engineer Davies. of the New
Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel
Commission, that a roadway tunnel
from New York to New Jersey would
cost from $1o,0Oo.o0O to s11 ,O0O,o 900
Mclean is the contractor who con-
structed the Harlem River tunnel,
which he built in sections on land,
then floated it to its proposed posi-
ton and sunk. BY using this method
of tunnel construction, Mr. Mclean
says, the lives of men which are lost
by working in a heavy air pressure
while boring under the river are
saved.
mot only do | offer to build a road
way tunnel between New York and
New Jersey at the price l have
stated" said Mclean today, "but I
offer to build a passageway that is
almost fourteen feet wider than that
used as a basis by the commissions
engineers. My tunnel will be wide
enough to accommodate trolleys." He
also declared that his plans called for
stronger and safer tube.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-04

These days no man can deliver. The
more a Man tries to deliver the sooner
he viii find himself on his back. This
is a serious time for the Democratic
party, and men who claim they be-
lieve III the principles Of the league
and have the interests of the party
at heart should be careful in all Of
their actions"
will you be present at the meet
ing on Saturday night, Mr.. Mayor"
he was asked.
IF I receive anything like an in
vitatlon I will accept it," was the
reply.
"As a member of the league are
you not entitled to attend any meet
ing?o was another question.
"As yet | do not know that there is
to be a meeting, officially, or should
there be a meeting / do not know
whether it will be of the executive
committee or the league at large,
he answered.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-04

Of the executive committee of the
league just prior to the dinner which
was given the Jersey City chief
executive in this city Mr.. Armitage
tried to induce the committee to in
dorse Mayor Wittpenn. This caused
considerable discussion. the members
feeling at the time that it was too
early to indorse any candidate. Mr..
Armitage insisted, and when the mat
ter was put to vote the resolution
to indorse was lost by vote of Ia to
q James f. McGrath, of South Or
ange, being Mr.. Armitage's sole sup
porter.
Indignation is being expressed on
all sides at Mr.. Armitage's action in
calling the special meeting for the
purpose of trying to put his favorite
candidate across on the members of
the league, as most of them regard it.
Criticism is also being expressed at
Mr.. Armitage's attitude in the whole
matter, and several members declared
today that they would show Mr..
Armitage that the league was not a
one-man affair.
When asked what he thought of
Mr. Armitage's proposition, Mayor
Julian A. Gregory, of East Orange
said
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-04
THINKS ENEMY BURNED
ROPE HOLDING SCAFFOLD

ELIZABETH, N. J., April 4.-Holes
burned in the supporting ropes of a
scaffold, with apparent criminal in
tent, almost resulted in death or
serious injury to Dominic Bruins,
of 12l Race street, and Morris Gallo
WITT, of 534 East Jersey street, paint
ers employed at Proctor's East Jersey
Street Theatre. Both men were about
to step on the seaffo1d at the same
time. Galowitz had one foot on ii
when the rope snapped and 1t fell
sixty feet to the ground. Galowitz
is of the opinion that holes We're
burned in the ropes with red hot irons
by some one who has 1t in for him ;"
The police are making an investiga-
ton.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-04

WASH SUITS-Russian and sale
in galateas, percales, chambray, etS
2H to 10 years, SIPS up.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-04
HURT BY BURSTING TIRE

JERSEY CITY, n. j., April A.
Charles Spaellens, Sc years old, of $50
West Side avenue, is in the City Hos
pital as the result of a peculiar acct
dent. He was assisting Judge William
Burke. special messenger to Mayor
Wittpenn. in initiating one of the tires
of Burkes automobile at Boulevard
and Communipaw avenue, when the
heavy wheel in some manner flew off,
hitting Spaellens In the face and
knocking him down on the pavement.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-04
EHOF TINE
x5R WITTPENN|TES
1Row Expected if Wilson League
Is Asked TO In
dorse.

There will be a warm session at the
special meeting of the Woodrow Will
son League tomorrow night and sew
eral of the members declare that they
will make it particularly lively if
President John L. Armitage persists
in his determination to have the
members indorse the candidacy of
Mayor II. Otto Wittpenn, of Jersey
City, for governor. The special meet
ing was called by Mr.. Armitage, and
it is said that his purpose is to have
the league go on record as favoring
Mayor Wittpenn's candidacy.
About two weeks ago at a meeting
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-04
WHITE HOUSE BABY SAILS

NEW YORK, April 4.-Miss Jose
phine Wilson Cothran, the White
House baby, grandniece Of President
Wilson, sailed for Cherbourg today
on the American liner st. Paul
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-04

WASH PANTS-All materials and
sizes, soc, Csc and 81.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-04
Blue Serge Suits

For dress and Confirmation. All
wool, fast color indigo dye) serge.
Norfolk and double style.
Trousers full lined, seams tapped,
belt loops, watch pockets, etc. Sizes
Z to 1S-years. ~
PRICE RANGE, IS, $3.50, Sc, 81,
IS TO SIS.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-06-05
HOUSEKEEPING HINTS.

A few minced nasturtium leaves
sprinkled over an omelet gives it a
nice flavor for variety.
Bleach linen or lace in a bowl or
dish covered with glass to keep out
dust, and let it stand in the bright
sunshine. An ideal place for bleach
ing is the hot bed after the plants
are removed, Put the linen in wash,
bowls and keep covered with the win
DAVIS.
Leather chair seats or any leather
covers may be restored to their orig.
inal color by using oil paints and gas
oline. Get the color desired, dilute
with gasoline and paint over the
leather. Laces of all colors may be
dyed in this way, dipping them until
the desired shade is reached.
A little alcohol on a damp cloth will
clean mirrors beautifully. Follow
with a polish from chamois skin.
Pepper Loaf.-Take pound of beet
and half pound of pork, grind fine
bIiu anu OuS OhIOh anu OlI6 6ISSu pep
per chopped, one egg, salt and pepper
to season; make in the form of loaf
lay on strips Of bacon and bake one
hour. The last half Of the baking
pour over a cup of tomato.
If one has a scrap of an old India
shawl or a paisley or broche, save the
bits mount them, have a pretty frame
and some brass handles put on it, and
you will have tray that will be an
heirloom worth handing down. Rare
bits of lace or embroidery, cross-stitch
or other antique treasures may be
used In the same way.
Clean chamois gloves with flour anc
gasoline. Put on the gloves and wast
as If washing the hands. then hang il
the air and dust out all the flour.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-06-05
SOLDIERS WHO CHEW C0RDITE
Explosive Has a Pleasant Taste and
a Slightly ExhlIarating Effect
on the System.

One Of the troubles of most Euro
pean armies is that those soldiers who
can get hold Of 1t insist on using that
terrible explosive, cordite, as II 1t
were sort of chewing gum.
Its popularity is due to the fact that
when chewed in small quantities 1t
has a stimulating and exhilarating
effect, like small doses Of alcohol.
It's taste, too, is sweet, cordite being
three-fifths nitro-glycerine, an explo'
sive which is sugary to the taste.
When chewed in large quantities
cordite becomes more powerful in Its
effects, bringing on a blissful state OF
ecstasy, and sometimes making the
victim of the habit see visions. But
the real danger of the habit lies in
the fact that, though nitro-glycerine
will only explode when given a very
hard blow or touched by an electric
spark, there is always possibility
that the grinding of exceptionally
hard teeth might provide the neces
sary hard blow. Within the last few
years, at least three soldiers-two
Germans and one Austrian-have been
blown to bits, the use Of cordite as
chewing gum being the suspected
cause.
The habit was not unknown in our
own army some years ago, till the mil
itary authorities took steps to stop it
-Pearson's Weekly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-06-05
Famous Echoes.

There are many places where re-
markable echoes occur. On the banks
of the Rhine at Lurley, if the weather
be favorable, the report Of rifle or
the sound Of a trumpet will be re-
peated at different periods and with
various degrees of strength from crag
to crag on opposite sides of the river
alternately.
A similar effect is heard near a
loch in Scotland. There is a place in
Gloucestershire, England, which is
said to echo sound fifty times. Near
Glasgow there is spot where, il a
person plays bar of music upon a
bugle the notes will be repeated by
an echo, but a third lower. Three
echoes will be heard in all, each lower
than the preceding one.
The whispering galleries of st.
Pauls, of the Cathedral church OF
Gloucester and the Observatory of
Paris owe their curious effects to the
same laws Of reflection of sound.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-06-05
DAYTON Raises So, ,oOo, 900.

Dayton. After a weeks cam.
paign to raise $2,0O0,0OO to make
the city safe against future floods the
successful elimination of the work was
greeted last night with unrestrained
rejoicing. In all churches of the city
Sunday the ministers urged their con.
gregations to contribute literally
Bands paraded the streets and great
cash register erected in the court
house yard was watched by thousands
who cheered as each new contribution
was rung up.
Many working men mortgaged their
homes to contribute to the fund. The
climax came at mass meeting last
night when it was announced that the
National Cash Register Co., which had
previously contributed $250,000, would
double it's gift and make the $2,O00,0OO
fund certain. An engineer and a
corps of assistants have been hired
to develop plans for flood prevention
and active work will be begun at
once
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-06-05
SET EXAMPLE TO SUBJECTS
Ceremony Of Spring Flowing by
Chinese Emperor and His Court
Had a Deep Meaning.

Now that China has become a re-
public, and the old order of things is
changing SO rapidly. will any one
make II his business to attend to the
important ceremony Of the early
spring plowing. which from time i'm
memorial has been performed by the
Chinese emperors in the sacred field
near Peking?
This curious ceremony was obserV-
ed for the purpose OF impressing upon
the Chinese people the Importance Of
tilllng the earth and sticking TO the
farm. The emperor. accompanied by
his retinue, was accustomed to pro-
ceed in great state to the sacred field.
At each OF the four corners OF the field
stood a pavilion, where the seeds Of
wheat and other cereals were kept. In
the middle Of the field numbers OF
magnificently attired courtiers held
aloft many-colored fags, while thou
sands of farmers looked on each hold
ing some agricultural implement in his
hand.
fldClllB NIB lolI manu- Ou luo PAO"'
and holding a whip in his right hand.
the emperor began the ceremony. By
prearrangement, the officers did their
allotted share, some welding hoes,
and others scattering seeds out of bas-
kets. as il sowing them, while the en-
peror was busy with the plow, which
was hitched to a richly caparisoned
bullock, draped in yellow, and led by
two Of the emperor's bodyguard.
When the emperor finished his stint
at the plow, the royal princes went
through a similar performance, and
after them nine OF the highest court
iers took a turn. Thus the ceremony
was completed, and the royal plow-
man and his train returned to the pal
ace.
Now that 30 many other ceremonies
have been done away with, the world
mildly wonders whether there will be
another spring plowing.-Youth's
| Companion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-06-05
Hogan Rules on Funds.

Attorney General Hogan in ruling
Just given out, holds that the $4,000
appropriation to send survivors of the
battle of Gettysburg to the reunion
of veterans to Ge held there, Is not
subject to referendum and therefore
is ready for immediate use.
The same opinion was given con-
cerning the appropriation of $115,O00
for the Perry's Victory Centennial.
Both appropriations had been held
up pending the attorney generals rul-
ing.
Appropriations, totalling more than
$130,000 in the sundry bill, were de-
clared by Mr. Hogan to be subject to
referendum and therefore must be
filed with the secretary of state for
so days before the money can be ex-
pended. Most of these are for repair
ing embankments Of state reservoirs.
Appropriations of $28,5OO for paving
in front of state institutions in Co
iumbus are among those to be de-
layed. Appropriations for $4,000 in
the deficiency bill also win be de-
layed. They are mostly for paying
damage claims to farmers by reasons
Of overflow Of state reservoirs.