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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-24

Dear Miss Grey read the letter written by Bessie Bob
bet and wish that she doesn't know much the
subject which she writes She calls them
Inmates in breath defective beasts the She
almost broad in her views hair she thinks that serz
ing these feebemnded people will solve the problem when
matter Of fact defective in the country not
only serzed but killed. the rotten system that caused
these people mot beass become they would
duce detectives just has produced those have with
today.
Miss Bessie puts n mind a certain prosecuting
torney who going to stop prostitution by having hotel keep
refuse for that when remains
starvation exposure, ignorance and environment which
by few greedy capitalists owning the EARTH and max
impossible for the the people to live like human
beings.
Bessie sings figures, she could
these hundreds of girls being attacked
socaed mentally defective degeneraes have
read for the eight and must
haven't noticed hundreds of such cases. She would also
like to this thing faster and be far-reachng
Look out, Miss Bessie, might get before die
dare of these detectives at time had brains in
minutes collected in all your life
wonder how you feel towards the defective ebleminded
TOM SMITH.
Dear Miss Grey: Being a working naturally in
terested in what the working class.
AS to the girl who is trying to live dollars week.
and all that silly wadde keep married from working
for living would to F. E. F. Mrs. NJ b. ct AL
prohibiting married from working
In the breath tell of the freedom
that: Married the working class
oe than do those of the classes plan
little home for themselves and family but proud take
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-24

Mr.. ana Mrs. John G. uenry 81
South Warner st.. are receiving
congratulations on the birth OF .
son On Tho z2nd. Mr. Henry -
asIsf !; VIZ. = 81 e s''a''' 'as
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-24

Mr.. and MRS. ,. W. Brokazv
will entertain ct . family dinner
tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-24

MFR. and Mrs. Henry Wilson win
entertain 22 guests at Christmas
dinner Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-24

Miss Laura Taylor, dean of
women at the state normal school
at Monmouth, Ore, is at home in
Tacoma for the Christmas holi-
days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-24

Tacomans who are friendly to
the interests of Theo. Karl john
ston. the Seattle boy tenor, who is
making his eastern debut, will be
interested to learn he is decided
success. Critics say he has the
best youthful tenor voice they
have ever heard.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-24

o. about to ask for your opinion something
that troubles
lives the lots. but a mother
died not three months Yet
shows and colorhe please while all
mourning VEIL Travelled 1000 miles mother
she died. but got there too late feel the greatly which
sister to think nothing nothing
of her actions thinking
place to interfere
Please give your opinion this. MRS M. M.
A-The longer live 1
grief purely seishness especially when
public of
do that the soul immortal and that when
who they wing their everlasting ETHEREAL
pnes Then why should geve for them? but natural
should Them
donnng gloomy robes and wearing doul
wearing Of mourning and the abstenOn from social
activities certain period
ing than custom which modern thinkers casting
simply to custom which rapidly becoming
threadbare?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-24

DIR. and Mrs. Charles Taylor
will entertain several friends
Saturday at dinner at their home
at Steilacoom.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. G. ID. Danaher will
entertain at a large family dinner
Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-24

Miss Virginia Caesar has gone
to Spokane to visit the family of
her fiance, Frederick Insinger,
where she will remain until New
Years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-24
Personal
q nd


Trinity Sunday school will give
its annual Christmas party Tues
day night in the Trinity parish
house. The pageant, which was
produced a while back by the Col
legiate. Alumnae, will repeated
under the direction of Miss Farms
worth.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-20
UNDER SUSPICION

Several members of a women's
club were chatting with a little
daughter Of their hostess.
Il suppose you are a great helpto
your mamma" said one.
ooh, yes, replied the little miss,
and so is Ethel; but it is my turn to
count the spoons today after the COM
pany is gone. Judge,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-20
BACK TO EARTH

RankinLHave you never been to
Niagara Falls?
Phyle-Yes; but 1 want to go again
some day and see the scenery. The
first time I went I was on my honey
mOon.-Judge, .a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-20
Qohmyz
GaF8ssSa

n. y~-eVen a poit can have lucid
intervals
like a poor slave of the muse that
wandered into the offs of a maya
Zeen editer which know
after the editer had kept him Set
ting out with the switchboard gerl
for n hour while he got mani
cure and a shine, he FINELY let the
poor nut bring in some Of his samples
the pOit laid them down on the ed
tiers table, and the editer picked up
one Of the poims and scOwled 1t it
sumthing terrable ~
the potm was all written out withya
pen and ink, and after the editor had
glaired at it for a while, he hOllers
at the pOit
you have got a nerve, yung man,
bringing this to me, don't you know
that you ought to typewrite your
stuff
CRATE scott, says the poit, don'tSou
spose if had a typewriter and kaeW
how to run it would be making a
honest living doing typewriting, in
sted Of starving to deth writing POETRY
well, says the editer, there might
be sumthing in that. cut me Of a
cuppel Of yards of this dope and twill
give you an order on the cashier
moral-hOnesty is the best policy,
for poor potts
O-O- III
ulHI1Eo c11rcbINIAM =
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-20
THE GOAT

do you know his wife wen?"
mot at all"
would you like to be introduced
to herr"
4 81 don't think it would be safe. Pm
the friend he always blames for keep
ing him out late. Detroit Free
Press.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03
UNITED HEBREW UNIONS
PLAN AID FOR 100000
Cooperative Kitchens to Be
Opened Where Relief Is
Most Needed.

An appeal for assistance in carrying
nliated with tho United Hebrew Trades to
open cooperative kitchens FOR the relief
of distress among those out Of Jobs In
this city by reason OF the war In Europe
was issued yesterday by Jacob y. Salut-
sky. chairman of the conference COM
mittee on the unemployed.
The movement of tho Hebrew unions,
embracing about 100000 workers, Is in
tended to he one of the greatest steps
yet taken toward the solution OF tho prob
lem and the cooperation of the GENTLE
unions, which include about 100000 per-
sons, has been asked. Several Of the lat
ter have responded tavorably and tho re-
suit will probably be concerted action
on the psrV of all the labor orEaniza-
tons OF the city.
According to the plans outlined yester-
day by Mr.. SalutslSy the unions hope to
care for an army OF 800. O0O each week.
lie said
THE conference committee will COOP.
crate with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid
Society and with all the labor unions OF
the city. Checks will he given to the
unemployed emitting them to seven or
tive kitchens and each union viii sub
scribe for from one TO two thousand meals
each week. All OF the meals served viii
bc prepared AT the cooperative rrstau-
rants and tho families of the uucmploy cd
viii hc supplied with enough groceries
to last them "A week
Subscriptions for the relief oC tho
unemployed will be solicited from all per
SONS outside Of the labor unions who are
willing to assist us The extent OF the
relief work, ~ course, win no governed
by these subscriptions.
The cooperative klhhens and restau-
rants will be established IN tho districts
| IN which there are the largest number
Of persons out OF work. such IS tho lower
| East Side and parts Of The Bronx and
! brooklyn. The special conference com
mlttce win have charge Of the entire
food distributions and all classes Of citi-
zens are appealed to for donations tC
! tho general relief fund"
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ANDERSON'S TO HOLD
NOTABLE ART SALE
Collection Of Mrs. II. Il. Iollins
and Others Attracts
Attention.
PAINTINGS THE FEATUR RE

notable collection of paintings, art
objects, tine books and furniture be-
longing to Mrs. Henry r. Hollns OF New
York and other owners completely fills
the Anderson Galleries at Fortieth stree;
and Madison avenue. Tho galleries ut
the top OF tho building are given over
to the paintings the second and third
floors to The tine mez1otints and the
first floor ROOMS to tho furniture and
books. The sale will take place Janu-
AIRY t2 and ~.
During the two days that tho exhibit
ton has been open to the public the
visitors 10 the galleries have been numeg-
Gus and the busy hum of conversation at
tcsts that the paintings provide interesting
topics for discussion. Thorc are only
thirty-scvcn pictures, bu; the English Sec
ton In particular includes a number OF
portraits OF interesting individuals who
are associated more or loss closely with
great names and great doiugs iu English
history.
To hx upon the most important pie
lures In 30 evenly balanced collection
IL q difficult task. hut there can he no
doubt that the public finds IN" most in
tcrest In Sir Henry Eaeburn's portrait
Of James Hlig, the portrait ~ Drouais
~ the MurauiSe dc Breteml and Pierre
Mgnard's portrait Of his own daughter.
Tho Raeburn was painted nv this
master when hc vas president OF the
scottish Society Of Artists, at tmc
when he was ~ years old and at tho
height ot His powers. The James Haig
Of the picture II q handsome youth. with
q dark blue coat. bur waistCoht and
white stock. He has the simplicity OF
character and tn" outdoors good health
that II still typical Of the young Eng
lShman He ia said TO have been Is
years old when this portrait was painted
and later he became First Judge Of the
| Madras Civil Service.
The Drousis portrait o. the Marquis ~
Rrcteul Is an agreeable delineation u
tho French great lady. II Is half length
! and ono secs the hands thrust into = nun
! ~ IN" lrlsc Of the picture. The shor
| sleeves are deliberately ruffed with La
| and there are coquottieh bows OF rihhor
[ upon the ,orsagc. but here IL = nes'ncS'
! and 4 precision to these ornaments tha
3 oNempts them from the laws Of FASH ~
2 and makes the costume seem almost
/ n'cmporsry ono. II H. only the sever,
/ and augmented cnlffure that places th'
! lady IN The Louis puinzc period
| \ portrait Of the Duchess Of GlouCes
! ter Is by Sir Joshua Reynolds Tho sub
| jet was q natural daughter oC Sir I'd
Ward Wa'pol" who married Lord Wald"
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grave when she was 20 and afterward
at the age Of &c. married Prince william
Henry, Duke OF Gloucester. brother OF
George III. Her uncle was the cele-
brated Horace Walpole. and, az he
sketched pen portraits Of almost all Of his
contemporaries. the Duchess did not IS
cape /. satlrlcal touch from him He said
OF her.
"She Is very pious. charitable, sincere.
frank and friendly, but warm and resent
full. Her sense strong, her wit ready
and very pointed
sir Joshua was evidently OF Horace
Walpole's opinion. for he Incorporated all
the traits mentioned into the picture.
The Duchess, who WAS rather handsome.
is shown with her head uptiltcd. her
eyes gazing heavenward. Neither Horace
Walpole ror Sir Joshua said so, but
there is something In the trim Of her
Grace's nose and the cut of her lips
that suggests that she was most danger
Gus when most pious.
Beechey's portrait OF Col. Allen por-
trays a full blooded robust personality
that We can easily believe honestly woi
the large medal that is fastened upon his
expansive bosom. The Knellsr II OF the
Lady Francis Hamilton. who "'e
famous Sarah Jennings's sister. Through
the influence of Sarah Jennings. after shs
became Duchess OF Marlborough. Lady
HtmltOnS HUSBAND WAS apllOlnNeu NM
hsssador to France, hut he was KILLED
i'm a duel before reaching his post
Other paintings are ny John lIoppncr
Richard Wilson. STR Thomas Lawrence
Canalctto. Opie. Romncy. Henry Wyatt
Guard, Pourbus, ia Cartvaggio and St'
Martin Shee. The Sir Thomas Lawrence
picture OF the Misses Newdigate posint
as Charity" was shown in the exhibition
of Fair Women" in Lophon. 1894. ant
IN the New York loan exhibition Cor th'
benefit OF the Orthopedlc Hospital. New
York. in 1903
The miniatures uf this exhibition wer
painted 10y some of the best artists OF tn
eighteenth century. Among them ar
examples 10y Cosway. Oliver. phmer. Hone
1sabcy and Vestier. The prints humble
more than lao items. Among them Ar
rare Impressions Of the work OF the crca
English mezzotinters. Valentine Greer
John Raphael Smith. Thomas watson
William Dickinson. James McArdell am
Richard Houston.
Among the prints that d"Serv" espccia
study are RartolozzGs stipple ouGraVin
Of Miss Farren. printed before the til
Mas added first states Of Nalentin
( Green's Duchess Of Devoushire and Coun
, tess Of Salisbury and Dickinsons mezzo
tint Of Airs Elizabeth Taylor. The book
| include many that are In rare bindings
/ aud AMONG tho furniture are some notabi
! Chippcnlalc pieces.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

Durham II described as Of the thin.
Yankee type" rudy faced, about i45
pounds feet inches and OF "A nervous
temperament.
T King, head Of the collection de-
n'rtneut Of Cowperthwaits, said Dun
flm had been employed there for eight
~ OFFS, and was very steady and well
.."3. Each day Durham went to "A
o.N rent part OF the city 10 make coli
Lotions Of nstalmcnt payments usually
small amounts.
'H Mondays nc vent to the Red Hook
s'''on Of South Brooklyn and worked IN
congress sullivan. Coffey. Conovor and
N.,run streets and the streets near Ivy. lie
BAD Hfty-'hrec collections to make on
l. rombcr 81
After Mrs Durham had reported his
= appearance to the police a list OF the
addresses where he called was given to
-" detectives. They found that he had
collected not more than $40 from four
'''sons. and others on the list said he had
l' called on them. This, with 81 OF his
own which his wife says he carried, Is
o. 'nc money he Is known TO have had
o. hts person
TIE ldst call he seems to have made
's ON Angelo Patti, 1928 Dcgraw street
iI' dld not get any money there, and left
'A'hg b" WAS going 10 Columbia street,
" ere he had several calls to make. Angel
N'I'oddl, q years old, said that Durham,
,W1om he knew az an instalmont collector,
dumped into him on the street after ieav-
ing lattrS Patti and the boy ".5 that
''.' vas about II so in the morning
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

the frozen marshes a chauffeur stood
near tho hood short man wearing a fur
coat and a cap stood n"ar the door and
thirty feet away, walking from the limou-
sine, wa.s a tall man who appeared to bo
an Italian.
His arms did not swing freely, IA !
these men now think he may have had
one OF the packages under each arm. lie
was walking toward the spot where rne
packages were found. Tho trolley car
bearing MCGEE and O'Hara whiskei
around a curve and that was all they
saw they said. -,
Dunham had no children. He was a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

A. City Hall II has been known for
tome time that neither the Mayor nor the
Commits sioner has consulted Mr.. Ellison
about proposed police legislation, although
In hia position of counsel he thought that
his advice should at leas, be heard En-
Cept In matters related to their benevolent
purposes the police ass Citations have
been ignored Lieut.. Enright, head of tho
lentenants' association, Of whom Com
missioner Bingham once said. Tibet man
IL too smart Was transferred not long
ago from hia job ~ head of the bureau
Of supplies at Headquarters T. desk duty
In BROOKLYN This was ono Of the
changes calculated to show the associs-
lions that what the administration looked
upon a. "pcrnCiOus" activities would not
be tolerated The heads of the associa-
tiuns are indcfatigablo, however, and they
recently ct the New York police into tho
State Association OF Civil Service EN-
ployess.
Concerning this phase Of the situation
Mayor Mitchell said:
The Police Department is not going
to he run by any police organization or
any lawyer. Mr.. Ellison must know that
the police have not been under orders not
to use their clubs or guns on Eangstcrs
or gunner. II he does not know Il they
do. His complaint seems To refer to an
order OF 1910 The police are not under
the impression that they will NOT be
backed up in the lawful discharge of their
duty. on the contrary, they know that
they will be, There has been come diff
Guilty in the police courts. but since Judge
McAdoo became chief Magistrate that Is
| being rcmedied."
The Mayor was asked ~ hc thought
| that politics had anything 10 do with
| the Ellison brOadside.
II don't want TO say anything about
| that" nc replied. Mr. Ellison Ia fricnc
OF mine"
| And Mr.. Ellison's last word was
| Nothing that John Mitchell says or does
| will interfere with our friendship
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

member OF the Royal Arcanum. He came
to New York from StockbridGe. Mass
Mrs. Durham came from Connecticut
Late last night the police arrested three
Italians in wine shop at i6S Hicks
street which Is in the neighborhood whore
Durham was last seen. They wen, charged
with carrying concealed weapons. and the
police worked most of the night trying
10 get them to say something about
Durham.
The men said they were Salvatore Di
Beilo. SO, % III Union street Pietro III
Mari, ~, of ilS% Columbia street and
Gregorio nj Luca, 80. Of 1873 Columbia
street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

Tho following statement was issued
yesterday by the Lefstein Uosenfeld
Company: The petition En- bankruptcy
tlcd by Morris Iefstein and Sarah
Roseutcld does not iu the least affect tho
solvcncy Of the corporation known as the
Lcruteu & Roscnfeld Company, furn'-
turn concern organized under tho laws Of
the state Of New York and doing bust
ness at tiNO-liS6 Broadway. owing 10
tho similarity In names wrongful Inn
preston is likely 10 arise, and this state
mont is issued 10 dissipate that impress
sion"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

AN tho statements | made" Mr.. Eli
son said last night. were my own.
was speaking only for myself | believe
tho city Is infested with gangs as never
before My views are the result OF thirty
years experience, I gave publicity TO the
statemen; feeling that - public did not
know what the conditions really were.
and in the hope that they would be rene
died. As | say, my statement was not
inspired by any organization, but | do
believe that my criticisms OF the police
rules meets with the approval OF the
vast majority Of the police force with
out regard to their associations.
What the force needs most OF all is
something to give the rank and file con-
fidence that they are being backed UP by
their Commissioner. There was no
stricter disclplinarian than Gen Greene.
and yet TO a man the force gave him
their affection and confidence"
II was suggested to Mr.. Ellison that
although he partly blamed the many
changes In the Commissionership for
what no cafled "misrule' no now appeared
| to be trying to set IN motion machinery
which would end Commissioner Woods $
| term also.
Well" he replied, II better conditions
arc attained through such result
| shall be satisfied
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03
subway Explosion scare- Crowd.

An "impropcrly balanced blast IN the
subway excavation az broadway and
Thirty-eiEhth street gave homeward
bound crowd a realistic imitation of the
effect OF an exploding subterranean
m'nc yesterday afternoon. No ono was
Injured. although broadway was show
cred with nvc tons of rock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03
Doctor Informs Mrs. Durham.

pr Gerard KaSper OF ~ Macon street,
'nil| physician of the Dunhams for sew
~ o. wears, went 10 the morgue, but failed
.lcatiy Oh, parts of the body positively
I'' hasp'r later told Mrs. Durham 0f the
N.d' and sno insisted on going TO the
W"'gut. She became so hysterical. how
,''r lat the physician would not permit
~ 10 leave the house
The police OF the Sheepshead Bay sta
TO- found two men who told a story that
$50 nelp solve the mystery, The men are
e. N'a McCiec, S5 Bay sixteenth street
'''1 B"trn, and Patrick J. OHara, $50
N..'u tE-s'Nth StVot, brooklyn. motormol
'.' '31dIrtor of "A sea Gate trolley car.
lu"f stid that on December 30 thov
wee rldiug on a Thirty-nnth street troll
'H which runs over the tracks
q, '0' West End line At tho point neal
N'..' 'h" parts Of the body were found,
''N saw Il black limousine Standing in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

kinda simple one, which will
One OF the modes is shown in
the accompanying illustration.
The vamps are of GUN METAL
CALF AND PATENT feathers.
All heel heights and shapes, short,
medium and long vamp effects.
The uppers are Of cloth, made on
the new overgaiter pattern, leather
lace stay up front, blind eyelet
effect in the most desirable shades
Of fawn, the new sand color. taupe,
light gray and the newest tete de
Negro. Al! sizes and widths in
each style and color.
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Police Leaders Repudiate
EMson's Attack on Woods
Heads of Benevolent Associations Deny Their $4,000
Counsel Voiced Sentiments of 900 of the Force
Views His Own, He Admits.


many, in lis passion to discredt the
Mitchell administration, had something to
do with tho situation.
90 tell that story to Mr.. Murphy"
Mr. Ellison retorted. Hell laugh out
loud, "A thing he never did but once, and
that was when Little Tim Sullivan told
him a story. I haven't been In Tarumany
Hall In twenty-five years"
After getting a disclaimer from Capt
Dominick Henry, Lieut.. Richard Enrght
Sergeant John 7. Conway and PATROL
man Joseph p Moran, presidents of the
four benevolent associations" Commits
sioner Woods remarked that he didn't
see why these alliances needed such cN-
pensive or distinguished counsel" as Mr..
Ellison. or. indeed, any counsel at all. ex-
cept the Commissioner and the city law
department
Always Have woods's Ear.
lie SAID further that ghe policemen
knew he was always ready TO talk with
them about anything from the better
ment of the department down to family
matters. They had assured him. he said,
that public complaints made by Mr.. Eli
son had nevor been brought w in meet
ings of the associations. Mr. Woods
went on:
1T is "A pity that the men should be
misrcpresented in this way. II is unfair
and insulting to them to make II appear
that thoy are rehelling and disloyal. The
work of the force il steadily improving
The men want to y" let alone by politi-
clans and given a chance to d. straight
police work. without the feeling Of un'
certainty that things may change at any
moment.
"It Ia very short sighted to assert that
change is necessary to give the police
men more freedom In entering suspicious
places That has been tried out and II
has been proved that II you open TIN
! doors to increased intimacy Of policemen
and proprietors of suspicious places, rs
Mr. Ellison urges. You are simply open
| ing the door 70 the good old times Of in
discriminate clubbing and indiscrlminat'
graft Tic police are going to Use all The
| force necessary to maintain law and or
der. and they are going 20 use all th'
diligence necessary to keep the vice con
ditlous OF the town IN proper restraint
| They will not go about this in any sucl
| uncontrolled way ~ Mr.. Ellison advo
Gates, which would simply mean tina
| things would degenerate into the licens
! Of brutality and graft"
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lie also said thai no lsyman could prop
crly understand and direct the uniformed
force. He believes in having a chief OF
police from tho ranks, as in the old days.
Put John McCullseh in AS chief and
all the gangs will be driven out In thirty
days" he said.