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Hallmeyer nodded his head.
"And the cost is impossible, continued
Alberg. "There is waste when eggs are
scrambled. All your resources would not
begin to Suffice Let us say you are worth
five millions. One hundred millions
would not be enough to do what you sug-
gest. If you alone had received the
omelet, your wealth would not be suf-
ficient, and hundreds of others have re-
ceived their bits. No, it cannot be
DONE"
Hallmeyer gazed al his hands.
"And there is no need to do it," said
Alberg. at is sick mans fancy. Who
has suffered by your operations? No one,
Henry. If you had been cut-throat
fnancier, | should not say that. You
have wrecked no corporations. You have
robbed no stockholders. You have not
cheated the public. If in building up the
International you absorbed a hundred
small concerns, you gave full value. You
gave stock in the new and bigger corpora
ton each time"
"Yes," said Hallmeyer.
"And the stock is worth more now than
when you gave it. Your concerns have
been we'll managed. They pay good divi-
dends. No one wants your eggs unscram-
bled, Henry. For every hundred-thou-
sand-dollar egg you scrambled you gave
that stock is worth what now? One hun
dred and eighty thousand. You have
been fair and honest. can't understand
you. 1t is sick mans fancy"
HALLMEYER folded and unfolded his
hands.
Joseph he said, "you are older than
! am. You are ten years older. We
have worked together many years. We
both began at the bottom of the lad
der"
"Yes; at the very bottom" Alberg ad-
mitted
"You have never told me how you be-
gan" said Hallmeyer. at does not
matter"
"As an immigrant, said Alberg; "from
Hanover, in the steerage. Landed at
Castle Garden with hardly dollar in my
pocket"
"And / from Frankfort, boy with
my parents" said Hallmeyer; $50 poor
we were all in rags. You know how l
began"
with shoestring,' said Alberg
Actually with shoestring, or little
more. With bundle Of shoestrings, ped
ding them on the street"
"I Also said Alberg. IL peddled. l
peddled needles and pins and shoestrings
all such things. Then had cart. l
am not ashamed of it, Henry. studied
at night. Then studied law And here
| am! There are many of us. This is the
land of small beginnings"
"And you are proud of what you have
accomplished"
"Yes."
"And l am ashamed" exclaimed Hall
meyer Il am ashamed of what l have
done. am like builder who hates his
house because he knows his cornerstone
is rotten. If the cornerstone is rotten, the
whole house is rotten, Joseph. 1t is all
rotten; all have is false and filthy. l
have been sick, Joseph, very sick. have
been nearer death than they would tell
me-
@For weeks have been there on my
back-thinking! thinking! thinking! And
this is what thoupht. 7 am n n i'm nortant
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uOutSty! ut eAcldlIIleu.
"Come, comet said Alberg "You are
sick man, Hallmeyer. You must not
think such things. You are overweight.
and you are run down. Come now, let
me take you to your car. You will be
yourself in few days.
"All built on dishonesty!' said Hail.
meyer, ignoring the lawyers words. "The
whole pyramid of my wealth built up on
the foundation stone of dishonesty. My
first dollar, the first dollar earned, was
dishonest dollar, and it has bred dollars
five million of them, and all smeared with
the dishonesty of the one from which
they were bred. 1t is all unworthy,
my pyramid. The point on which the
whole pile rests is dishonest. The whole
structure has sprung from-from "a
theft!"
He let his head fall again. For while
he did not speak. Alberg watched him
closely, twirling his watch chain in his
fingers.
$50 you see, said Hallmeyer at length.
but as YEARLY as before, al want to tear
down the whole pile before die. l want
to unscramble the eggs, Joseph. The
whole thing is unsound and dishonest.
My omelet is tainted. have no more joy
in it. 1t haunts me at night l want to
tear down all the stones until l come to
that last stone that was theft, and
l want to destroy that stone. I want
to take that dollar and give it to the
poor; for l can never find the man from
whom l stole it, l want to die honest,
Joseph"
Henry" said the lawyer, "you are not
well. You would not think these things
if you were well. 1t is morbid. And it
is nonsense! You speak of the scram-
bled eggs. The eggs cannot be unscram-
bled."
"I thought you would say that" said
Hallmeyer listlessy. al was afraid you
would say it. l was afraid of it myself
WANTED to be sure, and knew you would
know if any man knew. So that is why
l have not let Cornelia give an answer to
Roger yet. If cannot unscrambe the
eggs, must give everything away-every
cent-every dollar! Men do that. Men
say that purifies the wealth. For me and
for mine the wealth is dishonest; for the
church, for hospitals, for charities, it is
only so much money to be used in doing
good.
"If / cannot unscramble the eggs,
can give the whole cursed mess away
And that is what l am going to do. And
that is why Cornelia has not given Roger
an answer. will give all away-every-
thing! l will begin again in the street.
without cent, as l began before
THE lawyer let his hand stray to the
row Of push buttons, and hesitated
with his finger on one of them. His i'm
pulse was to call Roger and let the youth
tell for himself how little he cared for
Cornelia's wealth; but Hallmeyer was
speaking again.
"Yes, he said slowly, "that is what l
will do,-go into the street and begin
again at the bottom-begin again hon.
estly; get rid of the vile load l have
grown from the foul seed and begin again.
Do you know what did? Do you know
how began in this country, how got
my first dollar?"
"As l began,-peddling, said Alberg.
"Shoestrings," said Hallmeyer, sped
ding shoestrings. And do you know how
I got my first stock? My father, when we
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was cHdsiHS tHc Doy Stoie iouI uuHuieS
of shoestrings from his box and stuffed
them into my pocket. That was how |
began business. went to another corner
and sold shoestrings. l sold the stolen
shoestrings. On that is all my wealth
founded. 1t is all tainted. 1t is all rot
ten, all of it, all the way through"
A LBERG rose and went to the window
that looked out over the East River.
He put his thin hands into his pockets
and jingled his keys and his change as he
looked unseeingly out of the window.
When he turned he looked sorrowingly at
the broken man bumped down in the
chair.
what corner of the Bowery was it?"
he asked "What corner where the young
fellow had his tray?"
Hester" said Hallmeyer. "On the
west, to the north"
Alberg seated himself. He fixed his
clear, gray eyes on Hallmeyer's face. IL
remember it perfectly, he said. -Four
bundles of shoestrings, dozen pairs in
each bundle. missed them when
packed my box that night. l knew who
took them, because the young German
HVNVi SoAiC ouCh, duu ut always
haunted my corner. So that was you,
Henry!"
Hallmeyer raised his head suddenly.
He looked Alberg full in the eyes. "You?
Your he stammered.
Alberg laughed.
"Oh, you were welcome enough
he said al was already getting well
started then. 1t was only little
later bought my pushcart. never suf-
fered for the loss of few shoestrings,
Henry"
He turned and pushed one of the bell
buttons.
"Send Roger in, he said to the clerk
who appeared in answer, and then he
turned to Hallmeyer again. $50 that's
all right" he said cheerfully. "If you in
sist, of course I'll take your check for
dollar, Henry. And if you insist enough,
you can add interest And if you feel
badly about it, you can compound the
interest. Anything to ease your con-
science. l know just how you worked
yourself into this state-lying there on
your back, feeling like the Old Harry,
and nothing to do but think.
"And it was you! And it was you,
Joseph!" Hallmeyer repeated again and
again.
"Yes, indeed" said Alberg. an let
you make restitution if you wish. But it
does seem to me, Henry, that as Roger is
going to get all am worth when my time
comes, and Cornelia will get all you have,
it would be rather waste of good paper
to spoil check. They'll get it all some
day anyway
$50 they will! So they will!' said Hall
meyer, and he half rose as Roger entered
the office.
"Young man. he said, "you are going
to marry my Cornelia. wish you every
happiness. She is good girl
"And she has a good father" said AL
berg, placing his hand on Hallmeyer's
shoulder affectionately. "Come, now,
Roger, help Mr.. Hallmeyer down to his
car
"And it is all right, Joseph-all right
about those shoestrings?' asked Hall
meyer. with the first twinkle of his old self
in his eyes.
Forgotten and forgiven!" said AL
berg.
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for July IL, 1918

mans fortune is like a pyramid, if he
works up from nothing, like you and me.
1t is like a pyramid inverted, standing
on its point. We build these inverted
pyramids, steadying them with our
hands and our brains, adding stone to
stone, and if they stand,-if we are able
to build them large with so many trying
to push them Over,-we have a right to
be proud
"And no one has more right than you,
Henry" said Alberg.
"If they are stanch and firm and honest,
we have a right to be proud said Hall
meyer unheedingly. "If they are all that,
then when we are old and sick and on
our backs, we can look at what we have
done and be proud. We do not have time
while we are building. We are too busy
time, if we are sick and have nothing
else to think of. was very near death,
Joseph"
"Yes."
IVES, very near death. The dollars did
not matter when l was so near death.
That had piled up so many dollars did
not matter. lay there on my back, and
thought about how l had builded my
pyramid. thought back from what 1
had done the day had the stroke. l
went over deal after deal, going back
ward. l wanted to assure myself that
each stone was an honest stone, honestly
got, and honestly cemented into it's place.
If any stone was dishonest, wanted to
go back and wrench it out and put an
honest stone in its place. When a man
is near death the dollars do not matter.
So l thought backward, Joseph, and it
was all good-all honest-all was good
and honest from the time began to be
counted fnancier.
"You have never done tricky thing"
said Alberg.
at was all good and all honest from the
time l began to be counted financier,'
repeated Hallmeyer in the same monoto-
nous voice. "The upper layers of my
pyramid were good. So thought about
the next layer below those. l thought
about the years when was the business
man, the years when was making the
leather and buying and selling it, and be-
ginning to buy out some of the little,
struggling fellows. And all that layer was
honest and good. l was satisfied with
that. There was nothing to be ashamed
of. Had there been, should have been
ashamed. | should have wanted to tear
out that layer and the layers resting upon
it. But it was good"
"Go on, said Alberg gently.
$50 thought back to the next layers,
said Hallmeyer, "each narrower than the
one above it. l thought back to the time
when had the little jobbing store on the
Bowery, and could not remember that l
ever did dishonest thing there Not a
dollar l made there was dishonest. 1t was
all clean money l made there, and the
money made it possible for me to build
the pyramid wide in the years that came
after. If it had not been, l should have
wanted to tear down everything l had
built on the dishonest dollars. But it
was good
"And then?'
Back, still back, said Hallmeyer wear
lily. Back to my pushcart and the days
when l peddled repaired shoes there on
Baxter Street, and over by Mulberry
Rand and IN and COu,p tho Rouor1, 7
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
INVESTIGATE Plan TO
TEACH TEMPERANCE
Committees Of Board Of Trade
Look Into Proposal to Es.
tabIish Course In Schools.

subcommittee Of the public schools
committee Of the Board of Trade are in
vestigating. with a view to determining
the practicability Of adding a scientific
course in temperance to the curriculum
Of the public schools, and the establish
ment Of q dental clinic in the schools.
Reports will be made to the general
committee within q few weeks. and its
recommendation later will be put before
the board as a whole for final action.
On the petition Of Mrs. b. s. Shelton.
Mrs. w. H. Howard, Mrs. E. H. Henry.
Mrs. Don Blaine, and Mrs James w.
DOGGY. the public schools committee at
a meeting yesterday authorised Chair
man Frederick A. Fenning to appoint
DR.. A. c. Ramsay, and Edwin Robin q
committee to cali upon Superintendent
Of Schools Thurston. and make a gen.
era1 investigation Of the feasibility of
the suggestion Of the proposed temper
anco course.
The women's committee called the at
tentiOn Of Mr.. Fenning and his asso-
ciates to = law enacted in 1885. which
provides that scientific courses on tenn
perance In the use OF alcoholic stin2aA.
lants be established In tho schools Of the
District Of Columbia and the territories.
being carried out In Washington. They
said that the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union had placed an INSTRUCTOR
in the schools for one month prior to
the Christmas holidays. and declared
that her efforts had met with much sue
cess.
Tho question Of a dental clinic hes
been frequently suggested. and the
board has decided to pass upon It In
tho near future.
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
DISORDER[Y Chicks
HAD BEEN DRINKING

All the phases Of tho morning after
are in evidence in a certain coop at tho
third annual exhibit Of the national
Capital Poultry and Pigeon Association
at the Arcade today. II there were
such a thing al a Jones-Works law in
chickendom there would have been more
than one chick arraigned on a charge
Of drunkenness today.
OF course the birds would have been
acquitted, because they didn't know
some. nichievous boys had put a
"stick'' in their drinking. for thy were
''involuntarily" intoxicated. that's all:
Aseries Of Observation-Disclosures. slightly
more vociferous than those usually ac-
credited to roosters. brought a crowd
IN front Of one Of the coops at the
show about 10 o'clock last night.
When tho crowd gathered. tho chick
ems were discovered acting very disor-
Derby. They we're staggering. co;:inR.
and cock-a-doodling in hilarious fash ON.
The young men who poured whisky in
the chickens drinking water were eject
ed from the hall and threatened with
arrest.
Today is Children's Day at the show.
Several hundred. accompanied by their
parents and other relatives. are expect
ed to visit tho coops this afternoon and
evening.
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
MRS. ROSA CANS IS
CALLED BY DEATH

Mrs. Rosa (Nswham) Cans, widow Of
Simon w. Cans. and mother Of Isaac
Cans. manager for Saks q Co.. died sud-
denly this morning in her apartment at
the ElberonA ll10 Columbia road north
west, where she resided with her dansh-
ter, Miss Ricka Cans.
ThouEh ninety-one years old Mrs.
Cans had never had q moments sick
ness up to within ten minutes Of the
time Of her death, thus verifying the as
sertion Of former President Roosevelt
that she was one Of the most remarkable
women he ever met
Up to the last moment she retained the
full possession Of her faculties.
Mrs. Cans was born in Caffil. Ger
many, and came to this country sixty
fve years ago. For thlrty-flve years
she had been a resident of this city.
where she has man friends. In cddi-
ton to her daughter and son Of this city.
she is survived by q second son. Jacob
J. Cans, Of Richmond, Va, and by sew
eral grand children.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock from her
home,
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
ATTORNEY AMBROSE
WILL APPEAL CASE
Declares Court Erred in Not Al.
lowing Defense to Show Dis.
position Of Money to Liner.
ick Children.

Attorney william q. Ambrose, found
guilty by q jury before Chief Justice
Covington. in Criminal Court No. 1, on
two Indictments charging the embeIsle-
ment OF notes valued at N.6S0, belonging
to the estate of Charles Limerick. is
preparing today to carry his case to the
Court Of Appeal:.
that ne converted the notes in question
to bis own use. he denied any. fraudu-
lent intent to embessle. But the court
refused to permit the Introduction Of
proof that he had made full account Of
the funds fund: at ths proper time; Il was
Smith. counsel for the accused lawyer,
that the court erred in not allowing the
defense to show that the Limerick chill
dren sustained no loss whatever A a
result Of Mr.. Ambrose's method OF
handling the notes.
cutor. called the attention Of the Jury
to the fact that Mr.. Ambrose WA re.
ceiver Of the defunct First Cooperative
Building Associatton OF Georgetown, the
wrecking Of which resulted in J. Bar
S. Mss soI and 70 Ss
embezzling funds II was argued by Mr..
Hswken that 1t was the irony Of fate
that Mr.. Ambrose should make misuse
Of What the ,s eS. called Al the rem
poration." including 5000 which Z bond.
ing company had forfeited because OF
the alleged defalcation Of Miller.
Another coincidence Of the trial wa
the fact that John e, Laskey. United
sree t: .houd "pps.r ~ TIM
prosecutor Of Ambrose, who succeeded
him In handling tho funds Of tho build.
Ing association.
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
FOOD DOEA[ERS plan
SHOW NEXT MONTH

Advantages Of buying food products
at Center Market will be emphasized
at the annual food exhibition during
the week Of February IL to 20 In
elusive. the contention Of the dealers
being that the, market 10 not only
the largest Of its kind in the United
States. ,but also affords greater IN
ducements to the thrifty housewife.
Two hundred and nifty dealers. VINO
occupy 666 stalls or stands at the
market. will conduct the exhibit IN
cooperation with the Washington
Market Company. A committee OF
dealers Is working with the officers
Of the company to make the AFFAIR
. real benefit to the consumers.
The market will remain open Mon
day. Wednesday. Friday. and Satur-
day all day and all night Of the week
Of the exhibition. but will close At
8 p. m. on Tuesday and Thursday.
The Marine Band will furnish ten
concerts during the week. Among the
exhibitors besides the dealers them
selves will be some Of the largest
food manufacturers in the United
States. who will give away numer-
Gus samples" ani souvenirs.
The market will he elaborately dec
GRATED for the food show both on
the interior and outside. A contract
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
EXCISE BOARD IS
REFUSED COUNSEL

The Commissioners today denied a re-
quest from the Excise Board that an
assistant corporation counsel Of the
District be assigned to assist In con-
Quoting its defense before the Senate
committee which is to investigate tho
1amin!stration OF cdsd the Law BY the Soara tSc
opinion Of the corporation counsel. the
letter. signed by Commissioner New:
man. states that they agree with and
approve the opinion as to the duty and
obligation Of the Commissioners In the
case.
In that opinion Corporation Counsel
Conrad H. Syme says: mo provision
Of the general law defining the duties
Of the corporation counsel nor Of tho
law creating the Excise Board i'm
poses upon the Commissioners or the
corporation counsel the duty Of de-:
Tending tho Excise Board in any Of
its actions" 1t has not been the
practice Of tho corporation counsers
office to represent boards or officials
before investigating committees, and
precedent seems to be to the contrary.
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
LOCAL MENTION.

Mn. D. r. Wheeler Mechano. Thera-
pist, 1ll7 I st. N. w. Phone M. 336S.
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
BRYAN HEARS CHARGE
/. OF DOMINICAN GRAFT
State Department Defers Action
Pending Inquiry Into the
Sullivan Matter.

The State Department has had before
It for nearly q week. 1t was learned to-
day, charges Of peculation In the de-
partment of public works Of santo Do
mingo. the expenditures Of which are
supervised by American abpointees.
Action has been deferred pending the
Investigation of Dominican affair. In
connection with the case OF Minister
Sullivan.
Officiais declined to discuss today or
to give the slightest intimation Of the
Identity Of the American officials In
1t was said the alleged irregularities
were not Of a recent date. but took
place some years. ago. Secretary OF
State Bryan said he would have moth
ing to say "at present" on the sub
ject, Indicating that he might make q
statement later.
serious aspect today that the Navy
Department ordered Rear Admiral
Atlantic cruiser squadron. to proceed to
his flagship, the cruiser Washington, of
port au Prince, Haiti. to take charge OF
the situation.
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
To
Mimic Motor Race
Y. m. c. A. Workers for Bigger
Membership Adopt Names
Of Cars.

The 7. N. c. A. membership cam
paigp 10 going to be an automobile
race.
. Each Of the thirty teams will be
known by the name Of well-known
make Of automobile. Cars from the
garage handling the make assigned
the team will be furnished for the
work Of the team getting members.
From day to day the bulletins from
campaign headquarters Will read
Buick ahead" Ford overtakee over.
land" Cadillac passes Maxwell" and
similarly. -''--
Assignments Of these cars now are
being made at the headquarters Of
the campaign at the 7. N; c: A; III. In
business OF the campaign long coun-
ters have been installed In the 7. M.
pert brought here to direct the cam
paign work. and Clifford johnson.
ization, are working day and night to
complete the make up Of the teams
and to round up cars for the various
teams.
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
Sells Three Apartment
Houses for $50, 600

Harry Wardman today sold two
three-story apartment houses, located
respectively at 1896 r street and 1882 3
street northwest. for $4,000. The name
Of the purchaser has not been disclosed.
his interests being represented in the
transaction by Alexander Britton
Browne & Co.
Each house contains six housekeeping
apartments fitted with all modern con-
veniences The lots on which the apartS
ments are located have a frontage OF
forty-hve feet and a depth Of ninety
Ave feet. They are said to have been
bought az an Investment
The Washington times., 1915-01-23

clude extensive electrical displays.
has already been let to q Phiiadeiphia
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
Southern Women to Hear
Talks on Equal Suffrage

John Temple Graves and Congress-
mon Perl D. Decker Of Missouri are to
be the speakers at q meeting Of the
states Woman Suffrage Conference. in
tho Jardin de Danse. tomorrow after
noon at $3.50 o'clock.
Mr.. Graves has long been a favorite
man Decker IL no less popular. his re-
cent suffrage speech In the House hav-
ing made a decided hit with the women.
Mrs Wesley Martin Stoner, president
Of the chapter, will preside at tomor-
rows meeting.
The Washington times., 1915-01-23

Poultry Show, Arcade, Jan. 1928.
The Washington times., 1915-01-23

r. +. v. Luneh, 1908 Pa. Az. IL giving
patrons tickets Virginia Thea That's all
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
DR.. J. KIP. Gleeson Better,
Now at His Residence

DR.. J. X. P. Gleeson, commander Of
the Department Of the Potomac. q. A.
r.. who suffered a stroke Of paralysis
about a week ago. is reported improved
today.
DR.. Gleeson. who was taken to the
Garfield Hospital Immediately following
the attack has returned to is home.
1851 Harvard street northwest.
The Washington times., 1915-01-23

Poultry Show, Arcade, Jan. 1928
The Washington times., 1915-01-23
Typhoid Conquered
In England's Army
Sir Frederick Treves Says Results
OF incubation Are Most
Astounding.

LONDON, Jan. :.-Sir Frederick
Ireves. the well-xnown surgeon, in
Arts. said the results sehieved by inoc-
ylation against typhoid fever in the
Britieh expeditionafy force have been
positively astounding"
He said that since tho war began
173 were among persons who had not
heen inoculated. There had been only
e deaths. and mono of those who died
had been inoculated.
There never has been . time In the
history of any campaign where tho
wounded soldier has Ueen better looked
after" said Sir Frederick.