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HERE a toy shop down in
Grand street where the laughs
Of 100 Years echo. Not Of
the yellow bricks in that ZEN
tur! old building but knows the secrets
OF Jack in IN Hox: not ON" Of the
dusty windows but has borne the I'M
print OF countless noses: not one of
the planks of the interior floors, not
ON" Of the creaky old deal tables trem-
bling beneath its load of dolls but
could tell more OF tf& thrills and cries
~ childhood than any mother living.
\ man named JofYe owns the place.
III" Is a rather small, black eyed man,
is Joffe. Generally. and this is Ct
ting, there's a smile ON his face. But
sometimes there isn't, aud when there
isn't any n who knows .Ioffc knows
that somewhere in the doll house
there's IA toy that does not work.
Joffe has made toys, mended toys,
bought toys. sold toys and lived among
them for SO many years that by some
process of association Jone him.
self has come to resemble a toy. At
times, and pretty frequently too, his
voice IL like the voice of the -four foot
doll with fiaXen rurls that says
Mamma when its tummy il punched
His eyes are the eyes Of the TyrO-
lean mountnineer on the high shelf
above the barrel stove Even the
clothes of .Ioffe have the III Of the
clothes on the American doll who l.
always trying to embrace the Swiss
mllkmaid and is W succeeding.
I'ut take ii from Jofye, there's nc
business like the toy business. Nc
matter what the slump in finances
may hc there ia a constant demand
for toys.
And Just as long says .Iofrc. "as
the good people Of New York con.
iinu" to have" children. and | take Il
thai that will De forever, there vii
be a demand for toys,
BLESS you. no. The toys Of to-
day are III" toys of 100 years ago
The dress changes. but the doll IL IN,
same, The blocks are the same. tn,
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u Is r they move about a little. hut
somehow they do not get out of the
confines ~ the district. And know
what ! avn talking about. for I keep
"A cabinet in ~hich the political COM
plcAion Of the residents NJ my district
can lie found at "A glance.
soon as a new man moves into
the district Of my election district
captains reports to me. lie IL visited
and II a Democrat h. is asked to join
our club. keep a list Of first voters.
Every man eligible to register Is
asked To do 40. ! do not wait for the
published list of registrations. I know
AT first hand. for my men keep an
Independent list. I go Yer this list
and then T. 20 after the voter. We dc
not drop him as soon as he has voted
We keep him interested in the affairs
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Of tbs district and We are all the time
devisinH meal To keep up his interest"
Mr.. Curry said that he has given all
Of his spare time to the welfare Of his
followers. lie said too that he believed
a real leader among men must 'be on
the job every minute" and he must
also have a heart. Ills district has q
great many poor people who naturally
need financial assistance. which is
freely given TO them. lie does not feel
that this necessarily strengthens the
political position Of the leader. be-
cause a mans politics IL never asked
when he IL applying for aid.
we represent the people q the dis
trict. be they friends or foes politically.
We aim To do good and benefit tho
citizens Of the community" said Mr..
Curry.
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A NDTHtI; Tammany Han leader
n who has had to fight at the
1 \ polls /" hold his place * John
t. curry. Commissioner of
1.ccord~. who is TN" exc u',ve member
from the Thirteenth Assembly district.
After d~lsiudging former Police JUS
tice Daniel +. Mcmahon AS the leader
OF the district Curry had five separate
battles with Francis i. Coughlin, an
undertaken. who at the outset had
allied himself with Mayor Mcclellan
in the attempt to ust Charles +. Muir
ply as leader of Tammany Hall. On
no occasion did Curry lose.
Mcmahon was an old time power in
the district. NJ ono period he was
u member of the triumviratr that tool
over the reins Of management Of the
Tammany organization. His Assoc
ciates were Louis Iiaffen and &. r.
Murphy. When Big Bill Dcvery was
in the limelight and was looking for
recognition al a politician he referred
to Mcmahon as Two Spot, Haffen as
Joke and Murphy as Sport. After
Mcmahon was ousted from power he
A''h uP Nv ! p'is4lltFS anu
aid most of the work in suhstit uting
electric power for the old cable system
On the Third avenue surface road.
lie died "a few years ago.
Curry had the impression that he
was the battle SCARED hero II po-
litlcal warfare at primary elections in
New York. but after reading in The
Ga, ~. I;gtap, 80 I.,.,l. T.lt,'.
battles in the seventh district he said
he would have to take second place,
Blu never did "A leader have more
excitement than Curry met with in
one Of his fights nine years ago. 1T
was at the September primary and
about ] O'Clock in the afternoon he
vas having a final meeting with his
Election district captains.
Whjie the consultation was going
on a crowd OF 100 or more men swung
into the street and massed in front
Of the Curry Association clubhouse
ltevolvers were drawn and u fusil-
lade poured into the front Of the build
ing. The members inside the club
house retreated 10 the rear and called
by telephone for the police reserves
who came up on the run. The res,
Of the day the police kept "a sharI
ookou to prevent more gun play
No one WAS hurt IN the Slo"ting IA
OF the club, but several bullets wcr,
U out OF the woodwork of the from
OF the building and one of - calibr,
was found in the dooriamb OF til,
front entrance, 1t hangs nowaday,
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rnile1 away. But there i. l"Ncs -
and inside It il, tn All .utcut> -. r.'-
poses, the same.
Take - WALL down thai wa, ~'u'
day. It's lust off the lower .' t,rh
street. open the door and s,r'i O.
There won't be anybody nr1uH" -"
pr,tty soon Joifc. looking very 'nue
like a perambulatinG doll. Wi "inNrSe
from IA dark c.oset 10 greet 50. VIZ
smiles.
That's jones'. The Oldest ~ sop
in town.
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and hewildermcut. Name any old New
York family you like and Joffe will lay
you a bet AZ very attractive odds that
at some time some mesnher IL that
fami,y has visited his shop and been
properly thrilled. chilled and spell
bound.
In those days there wac fresh paiGt
on ,Joffe's. To-day the walls are worn
and the last coat of paint " faded. In
those days the elite Of the city dwelt
within walking distance OF Joffe's. To-
day the elite of the city dwell many
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he must know how to keep hi. ap.
poin'ments and he must chow loy al,v
to hts followers. lie must le Il ,n,n
with "A heart. II good mixer and . man
~ sound Judgment"
both Blsney and C"cscy have tH,,-
share in attending 10 tho woe aud
tribulations Of their poor rcic ora
II Is no uncommon thing for or. r.
both to ~ called on to aid som. ,.
serving family. II vas on,l .lH
Christmas eve tina, toesey Was ,ot ID
in his club when "a child Of 10 ',intlig
walked in aud asked for the j. .des
She had little control Of her ninu,,o-y
as che said her two little brothers and
her mother were starving IN a maj.
down by the river" Tier rev.
had not been paid and they did no.
have money To buy fuel.
cogcey and IN % his election d..
trict captaiAs did not wait to n.A
moro. They made a personal vis!' an
that family went 70 bed with 'ul
s%toinachs. and the following day AM
for several days to come they had a
they needed of this worlds comforts.
Then the mother. who had pleaisi
for work, was given "A place as ian
tress in ono OF tho tenement house,
near by. She IL earning a living for
her family and is happy. Coggey IS
to-day acting as guardian OF the
family.
This is not the only case OF the So
Many a district captain il acting the
part Of Big Brother 10 some unfor.
tunatc who has gone wrong and uho
by a series OF heart to heart tails has
been SGT on the right path again.
While Rlancy war not born IN IL.
district which he represents, he has
spent many years there. lie II. mar,
ried and lives at 1I77 Third avenue.
He was formerly secretary 20 !. Scr.
geant Cram when the latter va. Pub
lie Service Commissioner and 'csorc
that secretary to Allen G.. Spponc.
who was Dock Commissioner fpr tVu
years. lie has also been All ass.~'.''
tan commissioned and IL now The ch''
process server In tho District A;tor
ney's office.
In the confines Of the district are
located the Rockefeller institute al Gle
foot OF East SiNty-sixth street and %
free trade school Is az lfrst ayerr.
and Sixty-eighth street. one % o..
old landmarks was Jone-'S Woop,
which to-day l. occupied az "a ir-W,r.
site. Tie Schermerhorn es'a,. 81.
seventy houses in the Iis'rlc' nl'
John II. CrimIn,ns is a large y,,.''
holder there. Assemblym Nj.
Goldberg, who has held down -
for Ten years and IL looked upon -
veteran In Albany, was the fa,h'- d.,
tile hill nat established a puhl'r p'a'-
ground st Sixty-eighth street 4G'
First avenue,
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Next week THE ~ will print an
article on city politics b.. surveyor - ,hr
Port thomas .. Rush. who l. the Tam.
many leader ~ the 1wpnty.ninth Assem-
bly, District. There viii ais" br AN ne
count ri the rise ~ Alderman jaime. T..
Hines from u hlscksmith'> forge tu lead
ership In the Nineteenth district.
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Wyandot Club, Eighteenth Assembly District (South Side.
Seated. left to rieht-Thomas J. .Tarpy. Lawrence D. Curtin. Leader
John v. Coggey Alderman Thomas M. Foley. James G. Dyer. Standing
left to right-Leon Gottheif. Bernard Mcintyre, James ": cares.
Michael +. OBrien. Thomas McKernsn, Alfred Hart, Edward J.
Lonergan. James ]. Duffy. James OHare.
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John F. Curry Association. Thirteenth Assembly District.
Seated. left to rieht-Danie Mesnsn. board director; Alderman John
Mccain, Leader John r. Curly, John Dunphy and Frank ]. Carroll
directors. Standing. left to isht-Walter Kelly. corresponding secre.
tary; Elwood Rabenold. president; Frederick Straus, recording secre.
tary; Thomas Lsughlin. board director: Charles Dooley. treasurer.
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A NDTTEI; Tammany Han leader
~ who has had To- fight at the
1 polls Ia hold his place i. John
L. ,'irr, ',p,n,iSsi,hpr pf
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-05-15
FRANCE IMPORTS
CHINESE LABOR

Paris. May 15.-The experiment
made in France with Chinese labor to
replace men withdrawn from factory
and farm work by the war has been
so helpful from an economic point of
view as to incite an extension of the
experiment The senate army commit
tee has reported faVorably upon a
proposition to emplay labor from
Frances Chinese colonies of AMMAN.
Cochin China and Tonkin, in all in
dustries working for the government
and in the fields wherever farm help
is needed. Fifty thousand Annamites
altogether are either at work in France
or waiting in French ports to be sent
to destination, or on the way.
The senate committee proposes to
bring 100000 more Chinese. The North
African colony of Algeria and the pro-
tectorates of Tunis and Morocco, as it
is pointed out by Henry Berenger, a
leading member of the army commit
tee. are able to furnish 100000 Ber-
beres and Kabylie workmen. while
1000 at least could be drawn from
Madagascar. With the 100000 colonial
soldiers incorporated in the French
army since August, 1914, these 2SOO00
workmen would bring up to 100000
the number of Chinese. Arabs, Ber-
beres and Kabylies brought to France
by the war.
The social consequences of this
heavy importation of Chinese labor
have not apparently preoccupied either
the members of the committee of the
army that has been studying the ques-
ton or the general public. The $4,000
Chinese. whose utilization is already
provided for. come to France under q
contract for three years, which stipu-
lates that after the war Is over these
oriental workmen may be employed On
any other colonial possession outside
of France. This is the only feature of
4 the experiment suggesting appTehen-
sion that, after the war is over, and
| the necessity for the substitution for
| imported labor has passed. a social
question may arise requiring the de-
portal ton of the colonial labor.
In order to facilitate the execution
of their work by the Annamite labor
a special Franco Chinese school is be-
ing founded under the direction of
M. Aualard, professor on the faculty of
| letters at the Sorbonne, on plans fur
nished by Messrs. Tasi Yum Pei. former
minister Of public instruction in An
nam, and Ii Yu Ying. an engineer
from AMMAN, who have chosen a score
of Annamites from the contingent al
ready arrived here to serve as inter-
prefers and instructors.
| The school has been established in
the Rue Bonaparte in Paris, and since
the beginning of the month of April
the Chinese have been workig hard at
the learning of French. particularly
sufficient mathematics to keep the
simplest accounts. Their progress is
said to be prodigious. and 1t is thought
that two months will suffice for the
quickest pupils to acquire a sufficient
knowledge Of elementary French to
teach their compatriots all they need
to know.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-05-15
MISS LINWELL TO STUDY
IN EAST This SUMNER

Miss Della Linwell, of the depart
ment of expression faculty at the A. c.,
who has done such good work this
season just closing, in coaching vari-
Gus casts for plays, expects to spend
this coming summer in New York
city, taking further, private instruc-
tion in work along dramatic lines. Her
plans for this coming fall are as yet
uncertain. Miss Unveils home is at
Northwood, N. D.
Among the plays in which Miss Lin
we'll has done exceptionally notable
work as coach, are the Shakespearean
production. Much Ado About Nothing,
put on by the Edwin Booth Dramatic
club this past week with such signal
success, and the one known as Leo
nardo, given at the college recently.
In Much Ado About Nothing, Miss
LinWell was assisted by Miss SIM
mons, who had charge of the singing
features. and Mrs. Juliet deLendrecie,
who put on as a special dancing feat
ure the pink minuet by eight little
girls, that was given as a feature OF
the Shakespearean pageant festivities
at Island park. Mrs. deLendrecie was
presented with beautiful bouquet OF
Shasta daisies, as token of apprecia'
tion for her contribution to the sue
cess of Much Ado About Nothing.
| Miss Linwell is q, graduate Of the
State University of Wisconsin, and has
taken special work in dramatics botf
in California and Boston. The quality
of her work has been much appre-
ciated by all who have come to know
it during the time she has been teach
ling at the A. G.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-05-15
JAPANESE WOMEN
TO REMODEL KIMONO

Women generally will be interested
in the movement started by nuhper
of Japanese women TO femouei INC
present form of the kimono: 1t Is LED py
Mrs. Irisawa, the wife of DIR. Tsuneko
Irisawa. a prominent physician. She
thinks that the kimono in its present
form is not suited for practical pur-
poses. "It Is very inconvenient Wnen
at work" she said, and IT Is ratner
unnecessarily expensive. The people or
the middle classes and below have TO
spend one-third of their income Tor
clothes, and the lowest class OF people
spend nearly all of their money for
clothes. The number OF rolls OF ciotn IN
a woman in winter is on the average
about eight; the length of thread need
ed to sew them about $50 feet, and the
number of stitches about 10000. Inc
an of the family by hand, not by ma
chimes. and it requires days to do the
work The women folk have to devote
much of their time to 1t all the year
around. For educated women to devote
their time to such service is uneconom-
inaI from the point of view of the cop:-
Starvation of human energy.
1--WE propose to find some way by
which all these unnecessary expenses
may be eliminated"
models of kimonos, and all sorts OF
kimonos for men, boys and children at
home, for visiting and for school use
are to be included. An exhibition Will
be held and committee will judge the
designs and award prizes. ...--..-..
NSone reason why many Japanese men
wear western clothes today Is that they
| find them less expensive than the Jap
anese dress. Different kinds OF kimo-
and other sna are the
bill of a well dressed Japanese gentle
man is very high.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-05-15
DISTRICT ". {. 7. j.
MEETING TO BEGIN
HERE ON TUESDAY

The thirty or forty delegates from
elsewhere to the meeting Of the Fif-
teenth district of the w. G, T. u, of
this state, are expected to begin ar
irving in this city on early morning
trains tomorrow, and will be enter
ta1ned at the homes of various w. c.
7, u, members here,
Among those present at the two
days meeting, will be Mrs. Abbie w.
III. III. Best, of this city, who has been
spending the winter with one Of her
daughters at Mr.. Pleasant. Mich. and
who is coming home earlier than she
had planned, especially to attend this
meeting, Mrs. Best is vice president
at-large of the state organization. She
Is expected to arrive home either to-
night or tomorrow morning.
Aside from Mrs. F. H. Wilder of
this city, president of the district
there will be several state officers
present at the convention, including
Mrs. Walter Reid, of Armenia, state
musical director. and district treas
urer; and Mrs, Barbara H. Wylie, Of
Bowesmont, who Is at present in
charge of the state headquarters office
here, in Mrs. Andersons absence.
Emphasis Is laid upon the fact that
all of the two days very interesting
sessions will be open to the general
public, to which a cordial invitation
to attend is extended. Mrs. l.. O..
Middleton, the speaker Tuesday night,
is expected to draw a large number
out Tuesday evening, as she is a
speaker of note, and has been heard
here previously, The meetings will
be held in the First Baptist church.
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They come into the parlor car
And take their seats beside me.
How very commonplace they are!
/ know my wife would chide me, .
And call ii rude of me to stare
At this old man and woman,
But since they do not seem to care,
Why shouldn't 1 be human.
I've read my paper through ana
through
There's mighty little in it.
And so I've nothing else to do %,
But watch them for a minute. n
They offer little promise, though,
Or charm to the beholder; ...... ..
/ can judge her sixty-five or so.
And he a trife older.
I've watched them for hundred miles!
I'd watch another hundred,
To share the paradise that smiles
Around them! How l blundered,
To call this couple commonplace.
Youths glory and Romance's
Play sunnily about each face s.
And glimmer in their glances,
His heart, bee above the flower.
Around her form is fitting,
And she--how we'll she knows her
power!-
She snares it in her knitting,
Here's love that is forever new.
That feasts and still doth hunger
All! he's eternal twenty-five
And she a trif1e younger.
Let my love, Lord, for my mate grow
Thus god-like, to enfold her,
When she is three-Score-ten or so,
And trihe older. .s...
Tom DAILY in Philadelphia Evening
Ledger.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-05-15

Continued from page one.)
body in the snow and notified the Lake
Forest authorities.
Josephine Davis. a chum of the
victim at the Deerfield Township
high school, told Of having met her
at the Lake Forest station of the Chi
cago & Milwaukee Electric railway the
morning she disappeared. They usual
ly went to school together but that
morning the Lambert girl said she
had some business to attend TO and
was not going to school. Miss Davis
said the last she saw Of Miss Lambert
was when she waved goodbye to her
and started alone through the woods
toward the Sacred Heart academy,
The first clew which led to the
knowledge that the girl had a COM
panion in the woods and might have
been murdered was the discovery Of
footprints of a man in the snow. In
quiry showed that Will III. Orpet, a
University Of Wisconsin student, who
lived in Lake Forest, had been keeping
company for many months with Miss
Lambert and that the girl had been
despondent because of a lovers quar-
rel. The romance was known to
Josephine Davis and other of the girls
friends.
Orpet, whose father was gardener
for Cyrus H. Mccormick, in Lake
Forest, appeared at his parents home
two days after the girls body had been
found and after being questioned by
the police admitted having met her in
the woods the morning of her disap-
pearance. He denied all knowledge OF
the manner in which she met death.
He said he met her by appointment
| to tell her he could not keep company
with her any longer because he was
engaged to marry another girl. He
talked with her for a while he said
and then left her standing in the
woods. That was the last time he saw
her alive, according to his story.
He said he first read Of her death
in a Madison, Wis, newspaper.
The bottle which contained thu
poison which caused the girls deatt
was never found although detectives
searched for 1t for weeks.
A circumstantial case against Orpe
was built up bit by bit by the police
and he formally was charged will
murder, Feb. IL. Later he was helc
without bail as a result Of the coron.
er's inquest and then indicted by the
Lake county grand jury.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-05-15
SOCIAL NOTES

and elsewhere, will be interested in the
announcement by e. M. Holmboe, of
New Salem, N. D., of the engagement
and approaching marriage of his
daughter. Miss Marie Leonharda Holm
Doe, OF this city, to Alvis Jesse Haus-
kins, formerly of Alton, I'LL, now of
Minneapolis. The wedding will prob
ably take place in minneapolis. MI at the
will be an event of the very near flu
ture. Miss Holmboe is a sister Of Mrs.
H. j. Void. of Thirteenth street north,
this city, and has been in Fargo since
the spring of 1914 with the exception
OF three months spent at Wahpeton, in
the employ of Judge Lauder, last sum-
mer, she having returned to this city
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-05-15
RAIN IS GENERAL
OVER WIDE ZONE
REPORTS INDICATE THAT MOlS-
TuRE FALL COVERS VAST DIS
TRICT-NoNE IN NORTH HALF
OF STATE TILL SUNDAY AFTER
NOON.

The rain that has held sway over
this immediate territory during the
past two days, and which still con-
tinues this afternoon. has become gen.
eral over practically the entire north
west.
While rain fell in this section Sat
urday and Sunday morning, no rain
fell in the central or northern portions
of the state until about 8 o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
1t rained heavily in the twin cities
Saturday and Sunday. and other
points throughout the northwest re-
sort rain.
For farmers who have their grain
seeded the rain Is most welcome. while
for those who still have much work to
do, it is not so satisfactory.