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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
VEAL TIL AND GLORY FOR WEST INDIES

in the West Indies the feeling seems 10 De
.hat they get along very well under the
twisting arrangement with the empire anu
among themselves. but there are enthuSI-
asts who insist that they should De leu
Grated.
Arotbor pbase Of this movement is
oronoeed Canadian West India federation
That IS why steamship SUBSIDIES WHICH
would make communication closer Gnu
more frequent are urged. IL is assume
nv the PROPONENTS of this plan that WIN
Canada on the north and the British west
Tndies on the south United in feuerd
,ior the United States would be circuih-
scr,bed and would be compelled 10 curO i'o
supposed imperialistic tendency
peonle I'm the United States, after fres'
dart Taft's administration negotiated the
canadian reciprocity agreement got O.
oii,,,sa or the unbridled British imperiai-
ist as he exists in the Dominion' out IL"
of them know him as a cave owen.
the Antilles. Usually he manl1ests All e"o
svmptoms Of anti-anneXatlon raDieS' ~
exaggerated apprehensions OF some Oh Jul
r.atin- American neighbors in regard "
our supposed policy of territorial aCquiS'-
ton are trifing compared TO the ieaI9 VI
the British imperialst in the west lhuieS'
To tell him that most people IN inc
United States do not even know what tne
British West Indies are, and nave DareiS
heard of them, with the exception Oh
Jamaica. only adds TO the hydrophooia
svnnptoms. The majority of these ultra
royaiists are quiescent at present. but our
ing the last few months have met fe"
of them at large.
IL IS this class who are so concerned
about the relations of Jamaica and the
United States. They even hint at the pos
siole necessity OF the home government
taking Jamaica in hand il she continues
her independent ways and is controlled IN
her policies by the economic relation she
hears 10 the United States rather than uy
sentimental considerations concerning the
fragments Of the British Empire scat
tered through the WestIndia waters.
Another year will be required TO deter
mine whether the preferential treaty VIII
Canada is of any real benefit TO the COLO
MOS which entered into IL. or whether they
got the worst Of the barl ain. In the near
time. trade through the cur ports ah'
through the Atlantic ports with All Yves
trdia can be- watched for the effect on TINS
market for American goods.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
BEWARE

Beware Of the 6ver-cheap.' said VIII
lam Wood. the head Of the cioth man
featuring business. at a dinner IN bos'o,.
''rhe over-cheap too often has ca''"
in it-lilxe the Paint Rock case
"A man went through the village %
Paint Rock. selling cloth for men SUMO
II was fine cloth, and yet the price was
only . cents a yard-the making VI ."
complete suit for 81 %. Only one sun was
sold TO each customer, ana the 'enuei
said a travelling tailor would come atoms
tho next week to make up the suits al an
equally low rate.
THE tailor duly came alons, and mar
vol of marvels. his charge was only o.
cents. The suit, complete, stylish SUI,
~ good cloth. for 81 70!
",rhe tailor took away with him. 10
make up. all the cloth that his foreruhhei
had sold IN Paint Rock-and the heN'
week this same cloth was sold over again
in Nola Chucky or Quogue. At any rate
,he Plymouth Rockians saw no more
OF IT,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08

sent to me, and l note the distinguishing
mark
Her associates assert that while doing
this the camera Of Mrs. Browns brain
has made a mental picture of the note
50 clear and minute that she could tell
YOU every character upon it,
When the remnants in the box or pack
age are spread out on her desk or WIN
dowsin (she uses the latter on foggy
days. the first thing to detect IS the
mark: but the piece containing It may
be missing. so Mrs. Brown must study
the style of the lettering II there is any
thing left of the inscription.
Perhaps a figure or so may be stu
Iegible, or merely the shape or size may
tell the value of the bill, for she knows
the quality of material used I'm every de-
nomination
The letters which come with the pack
ages Of money scraps show how the rural
folk hoard their savings. Any old place
where you can't see it will do to hide the
money with which the farmer has come
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
CANADIAN PREFERENTIAL TRADE
AGREEMENT.

A wear ago. as the outcome Of pressure
from the British Foreign ONCE and from
steamship and other interests IN Cardu l.
a preferential trade agreement was en-
tered into between Canada and the ma
iority OF the British West India posses
sions The purpose was TO give canaan
the -four market OF the West Indies anu
:, secure colonial contributions for SUD
sidizod steamship lines. Few OF inc COZ
cnies cared for the agreement. but an
ada wanted it very badly.
Under this agreement the colonies give
q preference OF Is cents barrel to ca
madam -four and general preferential al
yar,oges 10 other Canadian products. The
United Kingdom also gets the dement, VI
the preferentals. The West ihqia coio"'e'
ON their part secure some concessions q"
,ho ANAL ouantty Of sugar which CANADA
consumes. and on their other producu
which were not already free
Jamaica declined 10 negotiate INC ""'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08

treaty. but as n means of persuasion the
conventions which were negotiated pro-
vded that all the colonies should ENJOY
the benefit for period of three years.
Jamaica is, therefore. getting as much
out Of the treaty as if she were party
to it,
The present United States tarih proVlueS
no means of retaliation if IL should De
found that American trade is badly MT,
and II is assumed that if at the end OF
.bree wears Jamaica still has free mar
lot in the United States she will be ready
TO become party 10 the conNehcioh' an
will show more friendly spirit '''"',
heretofore has been manifested toWaru
steamship subsidies for the Cahaui''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08

was over 100000 and their value about
$500 oo0,0O0
You are now. says Mr.. Pitchlynn. in the
cashiers office. il is q sort OF holy OF
holes, or as the guide book terms it,
the Marble Room" II you are Sena-
tor or a Congressman, you can get IN on
the ground floor without much trouble,
but even then you will be looking at the
money through iron bars.
Major Q. r. Quaile is the vault clerk.
He is eating a sandwich in the vault be-
cause he has been too busy this morning
to so out for luncheon A negro pushes
truck into the vault, asks for sJ0cW IN
tens and twenties and gets it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
MRS. NJ. a. BROWN, REDEMPTION
CLERK

In a private room in this division sits
one Of the greatest money savers III
this country-for other people. She does
not ride in her limousine, but affects
the pay-as- you-enter streetcar TO and
from her work. All day she sits and
looks at what has been money. She has
been doing this since she walked into
the United States Treasury office with
sealed and red-taped paper bearing the
autograph Of ~. s. Grant, President,
thirty-nine years ago last month, that
paper made Mrs. NJ. 4. Brown re
demption clerk"
There are two small windows in her
office. which is furnished with an old
fashioned swinging arm chair and a
leather-covered fat desk, the cover
ing frayed and stained. Into this little
room come heaps OF what was once
money.
When the tissue paper cover OF a
heap is opened, not Whit OF air must
enter, so fragile are the contents. Care
fully and slowly the covering Is re-
moved Inside the wrapping may be a
pasteboard or corrugated paper box, hold
ing what was once. perhaps, the poor
mans all-perhaps a rich mans fortune
In currency from the bis steel vault OF a
bank ruined by fire.
The little piles Of charred black and
yellow cinders contain bits so small
that the finger tip would cover them ano
so brittle that a slip Of the opening KNIFE
blade would crumble them TO dust. This
is burned currency. TO be redeemed II
the sum each bill stands for Is recoe-
nh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
a DARK YOUNG MAN. UNExCiTEO
AND ACCURATE.

You swallow once or twice more ana
the darl-haired young man, who Is so I'M
excitedlv accurate about everything that
Won feel YOU yourself win never really
know anything about anything as long as
YOU live. with the rhythmic smoothness
OF the Congressional Limited says: we
have here about s6SO00,00 IN bonds held
TO secure government deposits placed IN
the government repositories against any
loss in their deposits through the failure
.. of any bank. About six hundred oanka
at present arc regular government depos
( tories for government funds. About SIX
thousand banks in the country are postal
| savings repositories. Those banks are
! authorized to receive postal savings de-
posits from the postmasters'
, You watch the electric fan go rouno
and fry TO look intelligent. The YOUNG
| man continues:
I'm this vault are about S9oooo'@p IN
bonds in coupon form, the coupon peihs
detached by the employees Of the once
and returned TO the bank for whose ac-
count the bonds are held at the time ina
such coupons mature
He lets you fondle small batch "
bonds. which are surrounded by an orol-
nary frame. one hundred pieces Of paper
in all. each piece possessing value OF
go 90. making a small package worth 20
| OO0Ooo. At per cent this means that i
one were compelled to live on the inter
est alone he could depend on 10000
wear. II is a pretty thing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
THE COIN ROOM GENERALLY IN
ACCESSIBLE.

Another place the public does not get
inside OF is the coin room. All we GUN
that reaches the Treasury Building comes
70 this little room. IL comes from tn'
hanks. the streetcar companies from W.
,,i,ts and by exIress every day from tne
states Of Virginia, North and South 'aro-
lima. Georgia, Florida ana rom ~ ''
west as Pittsburgh.
Tons OF pennies, nickels' dimes quai
,ers half dollars and dollars are handled
nv John ID. Reynolds, a negro, VINO mas
been in the department for twenty years
and for the last three years mas peen IN
charge Of the coin room.
Mr.. Reynolds shows how when the coin
arrives the various denominations, except
the dollars, are first counted by machine,
then put in sacks and weighed on scale
that is more sensitive than prima
donna After the coins arc bagged the
sack is sealed vita lead seal and steel
hin is run through the lead. Mr.. Reynolds
and his four women assistants count, seal,
weigh and deliver each afternoon TO tho
cash vault between $4,000 and 1000 OF
this sort OF aid TO the happiness and well
being of the human race.
After the United States paper currency
has received it's final count at the de
partment It is turned over to a commit
tee for destruction. This is one OF the
most narrowing sights ever witnessed.
The committee consists of five persons.one
| especially appointed by the Secretary
of the Treasury as special witness on
behalf of the public.
! The banknotes are destroyed at the
rate Of 10000 day. They are placed
| i'm a large, ugly, turtle-shaped machine
called a macerator--one Of the most
competent instruments in this OF any
! other country.
Before placing the money in the mace
rator a quantity OF water is pat In, TO
which is added soda ash and lime 10
the amount Of per cent Of the gross
weight OF the money. for the purpose o.
completely extracting the coloring mat
ter. The macerators are then locked
and set in motion. About ten hours run
ming time is required to produce per
feet maceration.
There are four macorators, each having
a capacity of chewing up 100 pounds
of money at one time.
The money goes through a double wire
wall basket. a drainage sieve. and be
comes dough. Then 1t goes into pit and
is pumped into a wooden box, where Il
is drained-always under lock and key
Next day the pulp IS taken in stee
carts to the Bureau OF Engraving an'
Printing. where II Is put through 4
u
chemical process, bleached a grayisi
white. pressed into boards and sold 4
contractor for about $40 ton, am
ultimately what was 100000 rs mad
into such things rs wrapping paper
pasteboard and blottins pads.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
sHpsRT EXAMINERS IN REDEmP-
TON DIVISION.

hfft eaDsrts Examine them 10 determine
.'e'" tho are genuine or counterfeit.
y nterfeit they are branded "bad
- 1ssiroyed The government pays
~ FOR them but tries % detect anu
- Derfon who made them.
auldred and thirteen persons. Dost-
sppion. arc employed IN the Keccmp-
= 1'Ytion. As you walk down the room
I" hsar the tick-tick tick Of the se' onty-
@onfn counters. who handle an aver
- oi b1Do ln bills day. One thou
80 9ollar bills are IN circulation pretty
~ yoi are Informed BY the head Of the
''s'yh. he says that these expert women
\ day.
"'s cay lat week ws had seven" he
- lbui Then. again, we may go n week
y's''''' hneing any. The old counter
- DsNfYtd 10 The large bill. Nothing
..+' ~ seemed ~ appeal 10 him. The
p'."' generation le more cautious. We
80, ga ''s'pytring that somebody h making
= @"o W cpvnteffelts, but bills of under
=" ~ me mon, popular"
'"'"s y counterfeit bill on his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08

The time occupied in redeeming the cur
rencv damaged in the san Francisco me
was a year. Much of it was turned down
bv the examining clerks That meant that
Mrs. Brown was the last hope. she re-
deemed nearly 10000 of what was sent
TO her.
Tho redemption division receives over
too 900 packages a year containing mutt
lated currency one year the NUMBER OF
notes and certificates in these packages
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08

out ahead of the game. The savings bank
may have been in grandfather's CLOCK
the featherbed or the stove. Empty
tomato cans are used as safety vaults ana
buried under the woodpile.
After a big fire Mrs Brown Is crowded
for a time From Chicago. Baltimore san
Francisco came wagon loads OF paper
money in all sorts of conditions. Thanks
to the protection Of the modern vault
much of it could be easily identified.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
THE TRIBUNE MAN BECOMES
LIGHT HEADED.

Speaking specidcally-getting, as 1t
were. down to reis. pfennigs, yens ana
centavos-there was paid out in actual
cash last year from vault No. by TINS
quiet civil War veteran, $l,02i, 65S So
With a light head and a heavy heart
YOU listen while the major explains that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
PROPOSED BRITISH WEST iNp'A
FEDERATION.

II is also hoped by the trade imperiai''',
that Jamaica will enter into the propoSeu
British West India Federation movement
This movement is so shadowy ana Vac
that no one seems able TO put MS ms
ON il. In most of the British POSSESSIONS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
DISTINGUISHING MARKS OF
PAPER CURRENCY.

every issuo Of paper currency has al
tcast one mark which differs from those
on AFT other issues" says Mrs. Brown.
III may be merely vertical or hoi'~o"'"'
line Of a certain size. II may be merely
tiny circle or cross. As fast ~ e"oh
tssue comes from the press sample IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
TREMULoUs REcoLLECTIONs OF
VAULT NO. II.

II was In vault No. II. through the
courtesy OF George Fort. acting assistant
Treasurer OF the United states. who stood
by at the time, that the Tribune man
was permitted to hold package contain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
LETTER WRITER'S VINO CALL
FOR PSYCHIC EXPERTS.

The business of the chief clerks Office
= Ii. Treasury Division has more than
ioubled in a year. -Four thousand letters
'cntaining money 10 be redeemed are re-
'sTsd In a day A strangely large pro-
portion OF persons sending money forget
% sign the letters. thus placing on Mr..
"srne- and his staff the extra RESPONSE
'ii'y Of detecting by some subtle means
ne nentity Of the owners. Stories of how
usss numerous cases are run down and
3ceessfully har I'd would make an abb
tbng volume
Mr Pttchlyf sckons and the party
Rims In sing
Mr.. Pitchly as been in the Treasury
department Iwenty-seven years, and
en- look . sck OF greenbacks big
noogh TO a 4 debts, public and pri-
ave VII United States without
motion. i is voice is steady; his hand
not haks 4 million tons Of gold,
1--WE, co.. ~, bronze and nickel coins
'SS'yshim catn.
" . is verYhuman. lie has his enthusi-
4 ~-t bNN a - fdA BUM VI tAADAAN-
orgs 70 some one else is not one OF them.
AK hin about blue ribbon chickens and
oli that brings us 20 Madison Square
Garden and We must make another story
OUT OF that
IN the meantime, We are in the Redemp-
ton Division The four kinds of paper
currency issued by the government now In
circulation are United States notes, Treas
lry notes, god certificates and silver GER
Hle@ies. Treasury notes are no longer
5, ed but those in circulation must be re
'oafieep. when a holder OF any OF these
ioies or certificates wishes TO have them
is' ssH.ed In coin. Or. # old and soiled' eH-
''snsso for new paper currency, they are
st't % the Redemption Division.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
TelLERS, REDEMPTION DIVISION
SHOWING s MONEY STACKED
lN.THEkCACE

TRIP through the money vaults OF
\ the Treasury Building in WASH
n inrton. where as much as 100000
3. contained i'm one small package about
no sze OF two boxes Of cigars, IS no
aunt for a light-headed man. How clerks
,arpips $50 year can handle money
which thew stack up like cordwood, day
after 6ay until they are surrounded by
millions of dollars. and not show the
strain. is one Of the mysteries of life at
the capital
few DAYS ago. through the courtesy
Il Byron R. Newton. Assistant Secretary
q the Treasury. the Tribune man was
AIKEN TO subterranean places in the Treas
NY Building The public ordinarily does
nOt see such places
Large doors. constructed on fthe plan OF
The gates al the Panama Canal. changed
to when the reporter passed from one
snug room TO another. containing $780,
Meo or more For a few brief soul
sckening seconds he held in his hands
and was then forced to restore so 100000 i'm
currency, enough 10 build three or louT
super Dreadnoughts or keep the Broadway
chorus girls in champagne for week.
The Tribune man held this money one
minute. while at per cent per annum 1t
earned little more than g.
The man in charge Of the expedition
vas Lee Pitchlynn, whose father was
Peter p. PitchIynn, for years chief Of the
ChOctaw Nation, and who, Dickens said.
vas the most remarkable man he met in
|ns United States M Pitchlynn vas
sssgnated for the thankless task by VII !
ard F. Warner. chief clerk Of the Tr.sT
mrs Office, because Of the formers wgn-
:srtul knowledge Of the habits and lurking
saces Of all varieties of money -froph the
Iy and elusive $1,000 gold certificate to
TIE three-cent piece that has eeH better
says
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08

oesk. just brought TO him for inspection.
FROM the point of view Of the govern
meIn. it is. he says the most dangerous
counterfeit that has been encountered IN
Yany years because the work Of printing
the best the expert has ever observed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08

cirl. like your shadow. fees when YOU
follow. and follows when you hee.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22

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the figure the comfort it gives, the style it pro-
duces, the stylish "set' it gives the gown the way
it wears, the ease of adjusting.
Be fitted properly in a new Spring Rengo Belt
Model before buying your new spring Suit, frock
or gown Doing this will assure you of obtaining
the new Straight Line Effect" after which the
new spring styles are designed. Don't buy your
spring suit first and then your corset If this is
done alteration will be necessary.
The Corset is the foundation upon which is
based the art of Dress" The new stylish figure
is obtained more correcty-for the medium and
stout fgure-in the Rengo Belt Corset models
which are shown in large assortment of correct
styles in our complete Corset Department Be
fitted in the model suited to your type of figure
These demonstrations are being held purpose
ly to show the bringing of the medium and stout
figures into the straight lines, as demanded by
fashion
Evening star., 1914-07-19

Give the public the spectacle of poor stepdaughter
Tor ward something of the sort cruelty treated by
her foster parents and give the subsequent spectacle of
the stepdaughters winning Of the handsome young
lover the naughty sepsister then show the way in
which the little stepdaughter Tor ward what not),
with great and kindness of heart orgves her
foster parents and the naughty stepsster Tor whatever
this character is changed nto)-and the line at the
boxofce window will be pretty extend round the
block.
Keep the fundamentals of this plot, and change the
externalsand it is ten to you will ride in mousnes
the of your life! To cite the great number of
cessfu plays that have been derived either directly
indirectly out of cinderella would constitute much
too bulky catalogue include in the necessarily small
territory of this article But sufficient suggestion of
the het of the catalogue to be recalled through the
casual mention of such recent pieces "Kitty
MacKay," Daddy Longlegs," "Peg O My Heart" "a
Good Little Devil, @The Lady and the Slipper Qi-
bretto), "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 3Merely
Mary Ann," "A Stubborn Cinderella" 1bretto), ct
cetera.
The cinderella" idea, from cinderella" itself to
Tom Robertsons "Schoo, and from School" to @No-
bcdys Daughter grows old in the theater-so
far the public is concerned. For this the
financially inclined playmaker is sufficiently astute,
when he does not make of the plot in its basic
entirety at least to utilize of the familiar,
and therefore beloved, elements of the tale Thus
observe the recurrence of familiar details from the
venerable fable in such money makers "The Fortune
Hunter" ~The Poor Little Rich Girl @Prunella the
@Sara Crewe" 3Lttle Princess" of Frances Hodgson
Burnett, "Poly of the Circus" and the like.
TT has been said that most modern playwnghts may
sooner or later be divided into five classes l. Those
who write @Cinderella' 2 Those who write Sardous
@Divorcons" and @La Tosca" 3. Those who write
Sudermanns @Magda.' 4. Those who write @Monna
Wanna" And 5. Those who write ISIS Hopkins"
Practically speaking, why not? 1t is like the familiar
of the fellow after his friend finished telling him
moss-eared comic story. why don't you laugh?"
asked the friend, bit disappointed @Dont you think
it's funny story?"-@Sure!' responded the other.
@Ive always thought so' And it is with the plots
of these plays: with difference. Despite the pub
lies perfect familiarity with these stories seems be
and taken with them upon their successive
dramatic reterations
Take typical case,-@sis Hopkins" Here, patiently
story old the theatrical hls-the celebrated
fable of the dowdy young girl gradually transformed
into fashionable baggage, and concdentally, into
woman after the heros heart. Though Heaven alone
knows how far back in the years this tale started it
will yet suffice for current purposes to suggest
merely the recent way in which the public has
taken the story to its bosom.
Let begin as close to present theatrical time