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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-01
Domingo Orozco

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FL proceso de colocar ell r6tulo So
bre la masa cruda antes de ir Ell pan al
horno es srmamente facil rapido va
que no es necesario que Ell r6tulo con
tenga mnguna materia adhesiva en- Wis
ia de que la masa Ell 81 10 eS. FL costo
Gle estos r6tul0s es sumamente baratO.
Algunos establecimientos de imprenta
de la cludad los ofrecen al precio de 15
cents. por millar. incluyendo ell fran
queo Tenemos, pues, que un rotulo
que cuesta Is milesimas de un centavo.
90 ell Valor de cuatro centesimas de una
onza de pan al precio de venta corrien-
te) 'puede deficilmente tomarse como
eXcusa para aumentar ell preci0 del pan
o para dlsminuir SUI peso Sc dice que
debldo la alta temperature del homo
la mayor parte de las etiquetas Sc que
maran y las que no Sc quemen queda-
ras muy tostadas por 10 tanto Sc des.
prenderan facilmente al ser trasegado
ell pan En- contestaci6n 4 esta declara-
cion debo informar que este Negociado
ha levado cabo numerosos experiment
toS sobre ell terren0 ha encontrado
que tai argumento carece de fundamen-
TO, puesto que en- todos los casos ha per.
manecido la etiqueta perfectamente adj
merida y sin quemarse
Vamos a contestar otro argumento
Ell contra Gle esta disposition que aun-
que no ha sido presentado Ell dicha so
licitud, ha llegado nuestros oidos Sc
dice que Ell r6tulo exigido es antisani.
tario. Es un hecho bien sabido que la
mayor parte del pan que Sc expende en-
los Estados J'nidos lleva una etidueta
como la que aqui sc prescribe, Y. sin
embargo, nadie sc le ha ocnrrido alli
que ese procedimiento es antisanitario.
nj puede afirmarse ESQ, desde ell momen~
to en- que las etiquetas no han de lle~
var ninguna masa cruda, sin necesidad
de humedecerlas con ninguna substan-
Ella nociva. Y ademas, adn cuando la
etiqueta tuviese alg1n elemento 3 ger.
men perjudicial este seria completa.
mente destruido por la alta ternperat,t.
ra del horno.
Sc declara que las tolerancias Dor de.
fecto son demasiado pequenas y que las
(Continda en- la ga. plana.) !
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way while she waited for the old toy
maker to come out into the store,
Finally he showed up.
: Did a red-faced man buy this here"
was her opening question.
The old toymaker. as you know is
the most innocent man III the world
Yes he replied. He had d rather loud
voice. He said he was going to give it to
his wife
lie did said the little woman in
sepulchral tones.
THE old toymaher was silent.
- Not you" he gasped at last.
Yes, replied the little woman i'll a
voice like an Iceberg.
The old toymaker never waited to
hear any more. He just bounded across
the counter and into the backrooin, slam
ming the door behind him as he went.
And the funny part of it is that the
little woman gave him a kindly look as
he disappeared When the door was
between them the little woman slammed
on the floor and broke into a torrent
of weeping
Then the star-shaped valentine spoke:
II hate low people.
The comics laughed loudly
only the very best people look al me,
continued til. star-shaped valentine.
Nov take the occasion last year Most
people who didn't have money passed
me by. But t4ere Were Two men, one
young and one old. and a Young lady
VINO picked mo up and appreciated ME
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The men both carried sticks and the
lady was beautifully gowned.
What can you be doing in this old
outof-the-way store said the young
lady. I'm certainly going to buy you
for Jack
The young man who came in the day
after the young woman had looked at
me exclaimed:
Well. by all that's holy. this is
funny. 4 Wonderfully beautiful valen-
tine like you going to waste in this old
curiosity shop. I'll buy you for Alicia
next week
And two days later the old man came
in. He was a silver-headed old man with
a big silver headed cane and big sill
very voice.
The next day the young man entered
the shop and began to talk with the old
toymake-. While he was talking the
young woman came in with the old
silver-voiced silver-headed man Her
hand was on his arm.
The young man saw them and utter
ed a whoop.
Alicia. he baWled.
Jack. she cried
Bless YOU. my children, said tie sill
very headed old man, aud laughed.
Il was just about to-they both said
and stopped. They both looked at me
THAT one" She said.
That very one replied Jack.
i was going to buy it for YOU. she
protested.
And I FOR you he responded
The old man broke in.
Don't quarrel. he urged i dare say
lou'H get enough OF that after you re
married
so they all went out of the store
leaving me alone
The star-shapcd valentine stopped and
sighed.
That's the trouble with humans. it
said. When they have each other they
forget about us Northumberland some
times they forget what we mean"
The asSemblage bowed respectfully
But" concluded th. star-shaped val
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he is worthy OF a Wife demanded the
seventy pasSionately
Gee, Bernard Shaw SAYS that women
do the chasing retorted a comic i'm
pudently. Il demand To know Who thiS
person Shaw is. quavered o,h,r,ly
looking litt" valentine whose front was
embroidered with flowers In my ti,no
girls knew their position.
'Littl. the1 got fe~ knowing it.
snapped a long, thin valentine
Let us lave
Put him out
Il demand
IN throw you off Of this counter II
Truly the meeting Showins, symp-
toms of breaking up in riot
Like a gentle breeze coming after the
thunderstorm of a summer after dawn
came the voices Of the little cards. the
quiet little cards that cost penny
apiece and had been ignored d,Irin:, thtt
deoate.
We have the children said the little
cards
The general argument stopped suddenly
Evidently the Valentines Were aStonishtd
at the interruption
What in thunder have children got to
do with political argunent?'' groale,i 4
very fat valentine. heavily.
What nave valentines To do with poll
tics anything but human sentiment"
asked one of the little cards rneckiy
Il was only thinking. ii continued of
the boys and girls who come in to buy
US. You don't see them because they
pass you by. They re afraid of you They
feel, somehow. that behind your tnsel
and bright pictures and frostins and
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entine haughtly. they We're our very
best people.
i don't like the hiah-brow kind"
snapped d pert little valentine that was
scalloped around the edges and more
lurid than tasteful on the front.
Il should think not" came a chorus
of scornful voices. When you've got a
verse like that one of yours fastened
on to YOU.
A tender looking. lacy little valentine.
about which clung faint odor of Law
ender. spoke shyly:
There was girl who came to see me
last year and | believe she would have
bought me-
Twice. now. there had been reference
to the sending of valentines TO men by
women.
What does all this meane'' asked an
inexperienced Valentine Il thought wom-
en- neeer sent valentines to men,
Three Or four of the valentines shouted
in chorus:
That's merely an old superstition.
Votes for Women
\ loud cheer went up and the lacy lit
tie valentine led the cheer
III that girl had only been progress
sive." said the lacy valentine. she would
have sent me to her Young man and
they'd have been married by now.
The patriarch valentine stiffened lntil
YOU could hear its paper crackle.
This said the aged valentine. lis
unpardonable,"
Let women have their rights came
back the chorus of the other valentines,
excepting two or three who looked and
smelled. musty and seemed hurt
The Observer realized that history was
being made.
What of the beautiful little sentiment
the sweet modesty of girlhood. the shy
reluctance that yields only after man by
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A Strange Survival.

From ttr. Saa Iftnet~ea sta
dietle Marie naS sitting - h"r gtanl-
fathers kre. oHe da> and. after looking
AZ him intently for ! time. shr sad
Grandpa. was you ii the ark
Certainly not, my dear" answered
th" astonished old gentleman
Then, continued the little informa-
tion seeker why wasn't you drowned -
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beautiful frils lnd furhclo~s there nav
~ an inner lining u deceit
But Tres can rs lirN know Is.
Ana -well sometint- rlini< that -
repr, sent the spirit nf 81. d.,, better thait
aaN 81 sou hrcausr fht rhilar' 6an
count iAe cost III sentiment. Seu kueR
There Wa 4 hpN nt protest a tl.iS.
III. elderly ,.it Nhich l4ad been sl'spnsl,
'.ap.d - its feet and ran fraii'irailN
along tif,. cnanr.r TIN lsitniines att-
tered haah ana forth anul N. sls ~,cr'l.d
;i!l,l with Countless nlute hIttn~'li.s.
rhpy fell this Ma ANA thai. HnreS re
back to their shelves ANA tlathius over
e,er. fhins in confusion. until
The Observer rubbed his eyes
The store Was inst as ~ had latt Il md
every valentine was ii il place.
The old cat had gotten over rs II and
gone to sleer agaia.
7'h. Old cia.k TIL. aarh-huca grand
fathers sloek, soltnniy annoGnred tn.
honr of midnight m.rh .s an ~ uaf
SAYS grace before dinner.
Was ir"aninS isked ife observer.
beNiId.rtd
Md for III, iife - INN IL. dldnt know.
BDEBlE HILL.
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Mysteries of Eel Life
Sought By Exp@diti@m

little fellow, hailine from DIR. Schmidts
coHntrl. E@ was quite Il catch.
MI eels di" after spawning once. Just
what becomes of them after this is not
really known" continued the scientist.
That is the principal thing about this
particular fish which makes it 50 absorb
ing a study-it is impossible to md out
much about 1t, and this has been true
since the time OF Aristotle. one of whose
students wrote about the mythical eel
which came out Of the water in the
night time and paraded over the fields,
poaching upon the farmers garden
''Pliny. Rondelet. Gessner aud others
among the ancients solved the mystery of
the eel then IS prevalent as today. by
stating solemnly that they originated
spontaneously in d combination of mud.
slime. dew and the skins of their for
bears. And still We lean on the ancients
for wisdom.
AT this time much study is being given
the eel. and when we shall know every
thing there is to know about it, there is
no doubt In my mind but that the eel will
be seen to possess a more remarka BILE his
tory than any other fish. Such study is
not purelr scientific, but has d practical
bearing coinmo rcialll
"Eeis inhabtins fresh waters undergo
quite startling changes in their appear-
ance in the fall Of the year The males
eyes become twice thei, normal size and
the rather repeliant green coat Of both
sexes is transformed into one of soft sill
ver. They begin travelling down stream
then and usually ut night. When they
reach the ocean they are. like the ships
that drift to the open sea. lost i'll its
vaStneSs. The depths to which theH swim
and whether i'll schools or individuality
arg facts still disputed and numbered
among the ohscurities envelopug this
Sphinx of the sea
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and turned toward the assemblage.
Certainly if anybody wanted to insult
somebody else's cooking no more ef-
fective vehicle could have been desired
than this comic.
On the front was horrible looking
woman with a complexion of green
and red-the deduction was that ii
came from eating what she cooked
chopping loaf of bread with an AN.
A large saw stood handy. And this
pleasant little repartee was under
Meath
Oh, woman. youre awful fool
To think that you co0k.
Ynur bread is like chunk Of rorh
And has sickly look.
II | thought ii would get IN" food
That would not make lne croak
I'd TAX" YOU y the necE. my dear.
And you I'd surely choke.
Pleasant little Insult, Wasif't IT, The
lacy valentines turned up their little
noses in disgust but the comic valen-
tine continued its monologue.
Well. sir, he saw me and he thought
] was the greatest liz insulter that he
had ever seen. Away he rushed with
me.
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How ridiculous they are" said one
Of the comic valentines which stepped to
the center, acy seem TO think that
We can't understand what they say just
because We don't talk their language
Why I'd be ashamed To let myself
20 around III the way these humans
d". They don't hide anything. Take
the man, for instance. who bought me
last year. Did YOU hear about him?
Well we'll,
He came into the store one day. He
ltad rather red face and bullying
manner and | imagined that he was
looking for comics. He was. He
walked over to the old toyinaker and
III that loud way of his said:
Il want something insulting. Some
'fins about woman being a bum
c"dIS. want to make my wife i'm
prove.
''fhe TOY maker brought him over to
me. ] seemed TO be what he wanted"
Here the comic grinned tatuously
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HEW men are without hobbies. rela-
lively important to their occupa-
tons or otherwise. but on ones
fingers can be counted the names of men
who find either occupation or hobby i'll
seeking all there is to learn about eels.
Dr. Hugh NJ Smith. commissioner of
here in Washington recently was am
other. Dr. johannes Schmidt, who was
on his way back TO Denmark from an ex-
1919. mainly for the purpose of studying
the mysterious habits of this fabl. i.
World-old fish.
The United States fisheries commits
sion frequently received reports from the
work beng done, and We were yer. much
interested in the RESULTS, said Commits
sioncr Smith the other day as lie sat in
his Office in the bureau of fisheries The
shin was not VERY far from its tinal des-
tination. tho Danish West Indies, when
i vas wrecked and became a total loss
AS d vessel though. strangely. savins
most of the material gathered.
The United States has never manned
expedition for the Intention of delving
into the mysteries OF eel life in deep wa
tiers. because We have many other in
dustres more important to commerce and
home consumption. but Denmark, Ger
many and sweden use the eel as a sta
pie food The eel fisheries are no small
part Of these countries business. notwitl-
standing Denmark having III" smallest
coast of Europe.
Never until this Danish expedition set
out have so many varieties been known.
The shortest specimen recorded previous
To this was all inch and half in length.
but the vessel with the Danish scientist
directing ii in u zis-zag course across
the Atlantic. held specimens half that
length by tn. time it reached the Ber-
rnid.,s. Br Schmidt is The foremost stu
dent q. eels today. and his statement to
me, upon his recent visit here. that thef"
are nov loo varirti"; of GELS Is un-
qusSticnably a fact
Those who nave lived along littlc fresh
water streams ordinarily think of an
ell a. that queer thing which figured
in a laugh nn the village angler when he
fought so hard one summer day to lana
black bass and finally drew IN "nat
looked to he a snak" liabitHes of cafes
have seen t.ls listed with frog legs and
turtles
Dr. smith makes tn" listener feel. as
he talks. that there never has been such
fetching research as cells. He says that
onr OF th" most interesting facts to sci
eIIce iS In" existence of enormous quantI-
ties OF eel eggs necessarily in the sea, but
never discovered. Apparatus mad" eS-
pecially for the purpose of securing them
and capable of reaching any depth. has
never been able to bring amy tu the sur
face. They -rc evidently laid at a great
depth. there hatched and carried to the
surface by their natural buoyancy. What
has been supposed to be eel eggs have
been collected and examined. but proof
was uncertain. for the mass fell to pieces
the moment of contact with the air.
The females are much larger than the
males. and they may he AmaZonian in
their manner for only one mature male
has ever been caught, and he was d
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loves 10 believe that tie customs of other
dals h"ti sway, The old toy1naker-for
h. iuakes as well as sells his toys-is a
lIgodcrnist ia his own fashion. lie puts
German patented toys and weird new
French candies in his front windows
But behind the veneer of trade is the
solid mahogany Of time-tried tradition.
Aui So 1t is that each year, though there
is Ho great demand for them in his neigh
borhood %, puts in his store a quantity
u pai'er paint lacy fragile. soft-versed
valentines. And 50 it is that he offers
the comic which looks like an upset
pant pot and reads like an indictment in
{. ~t.it for Iihel
~ spite of ali this he aourishes Re
Gently he received his annual consign-
u.ent Of valentines and arranged them in
tire front window and along the counters
OF his store.
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For iau- uuc thu 0bztfysr 20, la a
state >f "r"tessed and oppressive silence.
NaiS"ff"r~ usl" smoking. ta~ TO- maker
had t"sl rsu th.t scssr- and y-arS Aso
wncu tine oi'se ser used To ealI y, the
sitag f9 ST tia soldiers - the Observer
ebev ved ht= r.i' and waited
TAe stove aI'len; wood -'i,.tnire aft.tr-
er.sek'.i .'ad s;owed sIowerinsly ard The
old -rsndttth"r'S clock solemniy licked
out the Se-~ouds- Vn sid counter the
toy maker .at srarej S"ftiN-
Ewo minutes of j." ono niHFto nf ln
JiIv great GNuE striking like tHr toll Of
y f.ner.b ucII and
--Wa~. Wa. cried - tIiu ,itti.4 voice.
T,ie Observer sisuced arousd. hat not
a valentine had t1oved
Wake M, cricd ti', thin I:trie voice
ssstiu, and. with = Seut!e iiuttf ring sound
such a. many birds might make when
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settling in their tree branches at sunset.
the valentines from the back part of the
room. the middle of the room and the
front of the roorn-all those except the
valentines bought that year-sailed over
to the plg front counter and stood in
negligent attitudes upon the Worn wood.
Where's Old Thunder" demanded a
at1cc3ls voice.
Here I ana. replied a weak one. ''as
GOOD ever.
And the old valentine of 1879 stood M
leud hohbled toward the opposite end of
th" counter There it paused and gazed
around at the valentines at the other end
Even in the weak light of the night
lamp YOU could see that there is as
great 4 social distinction in valentines
ther" is among human beings For in
stance. those elaborate symbols who wore
across their centers classic verses from
BYRON, Keats and Shelley looked coidy
upon the valentines who could muster no
slch literary distinction. but whose verses
had been worked out by some poor slave
who received quarter word for them
and wrote accordingly.
And IN their flight from their shelves
and counters to the big. worn center
counter tkere was noticeable differentia-
ton. For instance, the big, bookisil-look-
ing valentines slided like swans or aero
planes from their high. conspicuous
perches to the meeting place. The frag-
lie. lacy creations fastened through the
air like siddy schoolgirls going across
the dancing floor at their first party.
The little cards-you know them we'll
went shyly like children. And the comic
valentines fitted across the space like
hoydens, making much noise as they
could and very much resembling circus
posters or one-sheet theater programs.
Chief among them all was a great val
entne, made in the shape of star and
containing a sonnet by rising young
modern poet who, as the star-shaped val
entine proudly asserted, was paid $50
to write those lines just for me-
The star-shaped valentine, irs five points
gilded and its center blue, with innumer-
able little fligrees and ornamental tions,
was plainly the social leader. Next came
the elaborate. cord-bound. Illuminated
books. Then the double-sheet valentines.
the social grade depending on the amount
of laciness or the quality of the poetry:
and this caused considerable confusion.
After these came the plain cards. and
finally the comics who showed no lack OF
rough amiabiity because they We're held
to be low humorists and outside the pale
of respectability.
When the valentines had all gathered
in their positions two or three OF the
new valentines. the ones which had just
been bought. futtered tentatively as
if they would Join the throng. I'M
mediateiy the aged valentine became
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Going 70 put it under my wifes plate
tomorrow at breakfast he explained.
Yes, sir. and he did it. too, That
afternoon she came into the store carry
ing me in her hand Her eyes were red
with weeping. She sobbed in suppressed
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'honc most unfortunate fact is their de-
structive habits. They do not prey upon
their fellows of the deep Il, ordinary
methods, hut derour their spawn Shad
and Gerrng are the main sufferers in this
business. and hay. known fishermen to
find large shad which must have been in
fun roe shortly before heinc caught con
tanning q big pert eel, which had de-
Noured the egg soon To te deposited and
had taken their natural place
DIR. Schmidt SAYS that the sole spawn
ING district is in the Atlantic. The Young
progeny ther" is big surprise to the
new student. nnstructcd, he would
never dream that that small headed
creature would develop int" a plump.
elusive eel. The l.sryel eel uudergoes an
eNfrttordinarN metaniorphoSiS, remaining
there III lnidocedn for tw rlN.. months. and
IN that time growing only three inches.
Then It becomes smaller. there is n slow
transformation from thu. wafer shane to
the circular, and. after short additional
period. the infant becomes an adult Dur
ing this entire time it has taken no food
and has drifted from the middle Of the
Atlantic LOCO mile, 50 To tie. head of
some fresit-Water stream. Currents and
winds watt il in from the coast inland
M the rivers or their tributaries. ami
here in its real dw Cling place il :tcutl,,es
firm. brown skin and l. considered
grown up
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The Observer came upon him one night
alter diuner. II was while he was ar
Ranging /" his satisfaction the variety of
valentines wuich had come his way. He
wou,d stop from time to time, adjust his
sptc;i.cles and read with obvious pleas
urc the lathery poetry with which the
paper symbols We're adorned. And again,
iot he IS very blind. when ne came TO the
smaller type he would elect the Observer
10 read aloud To him. And such a serv-
Ice demands a reward
fnent the old toymaaer paused and
sighed.
4 reeson I'm gfttin' old fashioned,
liz complained.
What makes you think that inter-
rosayed Tie Observer.
Well said the toymaker sadly. Il
amt seIlin these little trinkets like l
used To. People these days don't run so
Ia;,el IL valentines as they do to favors.
They buy these favors-boXes with candy
in an. funny statues and all manner of
ttiHgS- instead of the plain old valentine
of other days And if they do buy valen-
tines they want 10 get something with
lots at show.
s"it-s Il cussed commercial age" con-
ti11ued the tuynAker. Everything fer
TN show and nothing fer the sentiment
y man that can afford 25-cent valen-
tine wants 10 buy a dollar one. And
Kid that can spend "A nickel always keeps
worry in because he can't get a ten-cent
one Trades bum cause people hev lost
sentiment
Facts do not sustain that. protested
Tie Observer. 1t is known that the
valentines OF today are sold more fre-
quently tiIan they used TO be