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ing for human companionship; city wherein the great throngs but serve to accentuate the loneliness of him or her wealth Is sought madly enough, but largely through ignorance of the fact that it will bring with it an isolation not taken into the consideration of those who strive for it.
 One of the happiest countenances I have gazed upon in g long time be- longed to a working girl. I learned the details of the story afterward, but when was attracted to her by her very joy in life, she was seated at & table in A medium priced restaurant in the white light district, eating modest meal Afterward she danced with her escort, and her dress was all that it should have been.
 Afterward I found out that she was with q paid escort; that she was girl who made a very good salary, had nice clothes and was often, as they say here "all dressed up and no place to go'' With her paid escort, one of her prettiest dresses, and joy in her heart she was having the time of her young life She wasn't exclusive, and she didn't seem to be worrying over the evenings expendi- lures. but she was happy, apparently in a superlative degree.
 The happy financial medium, as we'll as the happy medium in a general sense, is, l believe, the key to the storeroom where the greatest quantity and best quality of joy Is kept in New York city.
 To the observant, the favors and serv- ice given to great wealth lack sheer ity and often respect-in New York city. There is always obsequiousness, but tho servitor, or the favor seeker Is just as obsequious to the witless young dandy who has inherited a million in spite of his lack of brains, as to him who has amassed that amount by his own capable and tire1ess efforts.
 A man of wealth in this city recently told me that he found more genuinely lonely people among the Manhattan rich than among the Manhattan poor. He de- clared that there are many wealthy peo- pie here who would gladly part with a great deal of money if they could buy real human companioship and friend ship with it. but they say they do not know how to go about it for the reason that wealth must ever suspect the mo- lives of those who hover about it, and like any man who has favors to be- stow, must doubt the sincerity of those who come a-seeldng them.
 But people who succeed on their own merits, such people. for instance, as IT, win Cobb and Elizabeth Jordan, show clearly that they would consider that which took them out of touch with real humanity as anything but success and indicate that great wealth would do just that. Miss Jordan likes to study the
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dividends to their stockholders With only $11.o00 invested within the past three years they have paid dividends of $S000. Last year the directors declared a dividend of 50 per cent, and the company has so increased its stock that 1t will under take a fish-canning and saw-milling busi- ness.
 AS 1t is now, nearly every family in Eydaburg has stock in this trading com- pany, and the people are rapidly grow ing well-to-do. Nearly every one has his gasoline launch and all have comfortable homes. The town elects it's own officers It has mayor and councilmen and the business of the place is transacted in English. One of the first cooperative works was the building of sidewalk There was no money in the village treas ury, but the young men brought in the proceeds of their seasons fishing and the Indian girls had basket social, at which the food was charged for, the pro- ceeds to go to the sidewalk. At that social $290 was realized. This bought the lumber and the men gave their labor without charge. That sidewalk Is the hest in southeastern Alaska. It is 10 feet wide and more than half mile long.
 Since then the citizens have erected a municipal dock, which is 40 feet long, with a front of 55 feet. The cooperative store has created hunger for business training and business methods are taught in the school. The village has town meetings, at which all matters of public interest are discussed and the popular vote determines what shall be done.
 
 The Haidas are not Thlingits They belong to a different Indian family and for a long time their only home seams to have been on Queen Charlotte Island. in British Columbia. Later some of them moved to the west coast and about 200 years ago, according to their traditions, they drove the Thlingits out of part of Prince of Wales Island and settled there. They have always been considered superior Indian, and have had the repu- tation of being the best painters, carvers and canoe builders of southeastern Alas ka. In the past they hollowed their ca- noes out of single logs of cedar. and they built houses with cedar beams and blanks which were worked out with adzes of stone. At one time there were some thing like 5000 of them, but during our possession of Alaska the number in the United States territory has never been more than 600 or 800.
 The Thlingits are scattered everywhere throughout the Alexander archipelago and there are tribes that live on the mainland Klukwan is village of the Chilkats, on the Chilkat river not far from Skagway. The town is said to be 300 years old and Go have once had population of 1000 souls. Its people were traders, exchanging dried fish and oil for furs with the Athapascans of the in- terior. The Chilkats are great trappers. They have divided their hunting grounds among the various families and these
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THE INDIANS OF THE YUKOH1-By Frank G. Carpenter

The Indians of Alaska are rapidly decreasing in number. They are much fewer than when we took possession of the territory; and in 1910, according to the census, they numbered less than 12,00o. At that time there were about 25.000 natives, and of these SO per cent were Eskimos. That 25,000 was scattered over territory one-sixth as large as the whole United States and three times the size of either Germany or France. The Eskimos inhabited the region along the coast of the Arctic ocean and Boring sea, taking in the deltas of the Yukon, the Kuskokwim and other rivers, and extending down into the Alaskan peninsula. The In- dians are found here and there on the mainland and especially in the great plateu of the Yukon. There are some in the Aleutian islands and about Prince William sound, and there are 8 great many along the coast and on the islands of southeastern Alaska.
 The Alaskan Indians arc of half dozen different stocks The Athapas- cans number just about 4000. They are divided into 12 tribes, and may be seen all along the Yukon and Panama rivers The Aleuts are closely allied 10 the Eskimos. They number perhaps 15oo. They live in the long island chain which extends from southwestern Alaska almost to Asia. They are fishers and hunters. They have some artistic ability. and the finely woven baskets fvNx ..Iro l,xy their Women. The Thlingit is an In- dian family that is found scattered through southeastern Alaska. It num- bers 1000 or 5000 divided among a dozen or more tribes. including the Aux, the Cnilkat, the Rake, the Sitxa, Stlkine, Iongas, Yakutat and others. The The klukwans are Thlingits and so are the Hunas. These people are semi civilized, and nearly every tribe has US own church and school. And then there are the Haidas, numbering 500 or oo0o. and the Tsimseans, who were brought from Canada by Father Dun can. Both of the latter tribes live on the islands of southeastern Alaska.
 On my way down the Yukon I saw many of the Athapascans. They have camps near the white settlements, and one sees their salmon wheels along the parks of the rivers, with the fish drying racks nearby. The Indians use fish wheels to catch the winter supply of sal mon for themselves and their dogs The wheels are so made that they are turned by the current. They have great nets attached to them, into which the fish swim and are carried up into the air and dropped into a box, while the Indians sit on the bank and smoke at their leisure. Every few hours the fish are taken out of the boxes. They are cleaned by the squaws and hung on the racks in the sun to dry They are then taken home and laid away in the cache, or high shed.
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of them have had gardens about them In the past the buildings were made of rude slabs and bark thrown to- gether over pole rafters. None of the houses had a chimney or window and the smoke passed out through a hole in the roof. Now, the most of them are frame. with windows and chim- neys. Some of them are ceiled and some are papered and painted. They have shingle roofs and are comfort able homes. The Indians have become good carpenters. They have modern tools, and some of their towns have hardware stores and sawmills
 The new buildings are planned with regard to sanitary conditions. Some of the towns have plank sidew alks, and in one or two there are electric lights. In Klukwan the Indians have piped the water from the mountains and established a municipal water sys- tenn. The same Is true to some extent in Metlakahtla. where the water Is brought from a lake in the mountains.
 The Metlakahtla Indians have already described The proper name for them is Tsimseans They were converted from savages to civilization by Father Duncan and their village on Annette Island has cottage homes that would be considered comfortable in almost any town of the states. Metlakahtla has plank sidewalks and it's streets are laid out in regular order. Each house has its garden. There is a large general store, sawmlll and a fish-canning factory. The people have %f~1 1t, f, A To. .l- ol-- town hall and library. Many of them speak English. The government school building recently erected is 8 large two- story building, fitted with all of the mod ern school appliances. The natives dress just like the whites, and, were 1t not for their complexion and features, you would hardly know they were Indians.
 Outside Annette Island the work of civ ilization among the Indians has been pro noted by the missionaries and school teachers The missionaries came first. They had their schools. industrial and otherwise, and they converted the h. dans to Christianity.
 After the missionaries came the bureau of education It has taken charge Of the natives of Alaska. It began with the establishment of schools in all of ths villages, and 1t has added many kinds ,f uplifting activities. The teachers are now instructing the adult Indians In sanita- ton and civil government. They are in- ducing them to establish stores, and to engage in all possible self-sustainipg in- dustries.
 So far the most remarkable progress has been among the Haidas, a tribe of 800 or GOO Indians on Prince of Wales Island The government has given them a reservation, and they have town there called Hydaburg. which is perhaps the most advanced Indian town of the world. The natives have organized co-opera-. tIve trading company and are paying big
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Battery types; MT. Cobb likes to see the and the extremely rich, and he also in- dicates that he looks longest into tho faces that come from the shops, and finds more fin them that appeals to him.
 The dancing man is in greater de- mand in New York today than he has ever been before. It seems as if all men would have learned to dance by this time, and many have, but there are many dancing women to whom dancing men are not available The result is they are resorting to almost any means in order to get in touch with them. Women of Manhattan are often willing to pay all expenses and even to go after the man himself, If they can get a really good dancer for an evening.
 This does not mean that they will accept any kind of a dancer. It is quite the other way around They want man who knows all the dance steps they know, and in addition is able to teach them a few new ones They want man who has 6 certain amount of personality a man who ts not under four feet in height and a man who is able to entertain them with his conversation between dances.
 IT you are such man, como on up to the big town without delay or hesi- tation. You are assured a warm well come, nor will you have any worry about where your next meal-or your next dance--iS coming from
 Did you ever go to New York city? And did you ever notice how many
 ups you encountered en route and after getting here? The surrounding country Is marred almost in all direc- tions with great sign boards that tell you you can get room at a certain ideal hotel for so much and "up." Of course, that means that you also have to put the money down" but that lit- tie up" is often the most leading word in the hotel language.
 There are signs galore telling the new arrival of room which he can procure for $5 up" for instance. The arrival referred to goes to the hotel asks the clerk about the $ room, and the clerk looks as if it were a terri ble annoyance to hacve to tell yet an- other person that there are no $5 rooms vacant. But he does it, anyhow with an air which makes the visitor feel as if he had committed some awful gaucherie, or something,
 Then he takes an sS room and grum- bles to himself only. Later on, look ing over the attractive invitations to dine at the hotel, he discovers that a splendid meal can be had for B up" and not cured by his one experience enters the dining room and eats one of
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upon poles that stand beside each Indian home. This is to keep them away from the dogs and wild animals. The cache is reached by ladder and the fish are brought down as needed
 have been interested in the homes of the Athapascans. They live in substan- tial log cabins and many of their houses have frame doors and glass windows. Some of these Indians are now planting gardens, and not a few use cook stoves and other furniture like that of the whites The most of them have become Christians. although they retain many of their old superstitions and customs. The government has established public schools in all of the large villages and the younger generation is learning to speak English.
 The Indians admire the whites and try to initiate them. They are now dressing much the same, except that they delight in bright colors. During my trip we have had number of Indian men and women with us on the tourist steamers The Indians watch the whites and try t, do as they do. The other day a young squaw sat down at the table opposite two travelling statesmen from Seattle As the meal went on they noticed that the girls orders were the same as their own She was pretending to study the menu buc they concluded that. she could not read and that this was her first expe- rience with the white mans victuals Thereupon one of them ordered for des- cart eli nf pr,of ft,, at his friend to do the same. The souaw in her turn gave similar order. When the pie came one of the travelling men seized the catsup bottle and sprinkled a liberal allowance of hot tomato sauce over his pie. His friend followed suit and then showed the catsup across the table to the copper skinned girl. She did the same, only more so The men then delayed their eating to watch the agony of the Indian. The fair squaw, however heroically finished her pie without wink ing, and, as far as anyone could see, the joke was on them..
 During my travels in southeastern Alaska I saw many of the Thlingits These Indians are found on the coast and in the islands of the panhandle and their settlements extend as far north as Prince William sound. They are the InulaIS most hHoWn 10 the tourists, and their totem poles or tribal emblems and coats-of arms are still to be seen in many of the vil- lages, although they are gradually dis appearing with the march of civiliza- tion. The Thlingit villages are always built near the shore. Nine-tenths of their support comes from fishing and they like to live right on the beach Nearly every family has it's boats. and some own gasoline launches. The houses are usually scattered through out the town. without regard to any
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the meals. When the bill is presented he sees the truth in the "up" part of it. It may have been 8 once, but it has certainly gone "up" since the invi- tation was printed.
 Don't let tho "upE' of New York city impress you too deeply. If you arc prepared to spend s1o for a room or meal, go to . hotel which advertises rooms and meals for about g down." You may then get by for about $6 or s7.
 Those who stroll along Broadway In future years may find themselves in d veritable electric fairyland Indeed, Broadway is that even now to many of us, and certainly its electric dis plays are one of It's strongest appeals for popularity and fame. But the men who do business on Broadway, claim, in concert. that the famous old street is not doing what it should do in a business way, and they add that this Is the result of the fact that 1t Is eter- naily torn up.
 These merchants and others are now working to put Broadway on it's feet, as 1t were, repave it, relight 1t, arrange a sort of system of electric display which will be thoroughly artistic. and with which all electric advertisements will have to conform.
 When all this shall have been done, Broadway will be the most wonderful thoroughfare on earth after nightfall It is probably already that, but the artis- tic arrangement of all electric advertise ments and displays of all kinds will. 1t Is said, make it marvel of beauty.
 The popular song that has New York city in its grip just now ts Its Not Your Nationality, It's Simply You" The press Is editoriallzing about 1t: preach CTS are sermonizing on it, and the vau- devi1le orchestraS and cabaret restau- rants are playing it regularly. It takes the position that man can succeed no matter what nation he may claim and no matter what his race or color may be- that his success is up to him individ- ually. It is called "the song with an in- spiration," and at any rate it's song with a revenue.
 Albany has recently been agitating the advisability of suppressing Sunday mov- ing pictures, but the idea met with scant approval along Alba Via There Is a law here to the effect that Sunday vaudeville shows must not be given in costumes other than street attire and there Is also 8 feature about the use of scenery. but the Sunday shows are generally so much like the shows on week days that after you are inside the theatre, you really can't tell whether it is Sunday or Friday on the outside.
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.N R ISTUR sEDDITUR: One of the large and lMI most extensive gobs of territory of the .OVll grate west Is Montana Montana taken on
 the hole occupies quite large and inflew- ential lot of space along the Cannadien border and spreads herself out quite bunch of scenery ln the United States. Exsept Texas Montana looms up With moor square miles of the virgin soil and uther assets than enny uther state. Montana is not as oensey populated of her sister states. Theere air menny citizens of Montana whose neerest naybor out of range of local scandal and the exchange of commodities when the larder runs low. But with all that Montana is progressive When 1t rite down to reguler died in the wool progressivism Montana rings 12, and lands at the goal with both feet and sum to The campan orratur has been dilligen
 and as busy switch engine in Montana, and whilo on menny occasions his audiense has been small, it has been attntive and theere with the think works
 Montana was amung the furst of the western states to adopt sufferage for wmmin and they went into the mattur without enny resservasion to speek of Mon
 tana with it's hole sold western hospitality gave the vote to it's wimmin, they did it freely and with no string tied to it. eff we endow the wfmmn with all the rites of sufferage," seys Montana why not go the hole hog and include everything else in the deed?" And they did So lady in Montana has as much rite to blossom forth and be justise of the
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Standing at the counter in a United ci- gar store yesterday I saw a nicely dressed girl of about 20 years enter and purchase a couple of packages of Pal Malr' cigarettes.
 Buying her Christmas presents early" I remarked to the clerk.
 What do you mean-Christmas pres ents," he replied that girl is regular customer. She smokes Pail Mall" ciga- rettes at the rate of two packages daily
 And even if could get accustomed to seeing young girls buy cigarettes l am sure I'll never get accustomed to seeing them buy such expensive brands.
 The clerk assured me. however, that he had other women customers who bought monogrammed cigarettes. and perfumed cigarettes every day. And it's strange to me why they don't get bold enough to smoke on the street-they do everywhere else.
 How do you know where to get off subway trains" asks an Alabama woman. or girl, who signs herself B. M That is comparatively easy-either stay here and ride the sub until you are fa- niliar with all stations, or else go to one of the' schools of languages and learn about six different ones, then you may be able to understand enough of what the guards announce at each station to enable you to get within long range of where you want to go.
 About the only difference between mar ried life in Salt Lake City and Manhat- tan, according to local authority, is that in Salt Lake husband can keep here the apartment of each should be at least one block removed from the other
 The housewives" of New York city are trying to refrain from purchasing eggs in the endeavor to lower the prices of that commodity. If only the cabaret wives the restaurant wives the near wives and the New York wives in general would aid in the movement the thing might have some strength behind 1t.
 There is movement on foot to illumine the Statue of Liberty. Poor girl, she has quietly maintained her dignity so long. it seems that New York wants to force her to get "all lit up."
 The Ten Allies Ball" at Madison Square garden this week took in nearly s500oo and yet some of us are kicking about the price of eggs.
 Many a proud family head enjoyed tur- key Thursday which he thought he had procured at bargain, just because he won 1t in raffle. after having bought about $20 worth of chances