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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-07
HIGHER PRICES
 BEAR HEAVILY
 ON GOLD MINES

Newspaper men and other business houses are not the only ones who are suffering on account of the in' creased cost of doing business be- cause of constantly advancing prIc' es. The lode gold miners are also being called upon to bear m enor- nous increase in the cost of mining land treating gold ores, and the gold miner gets no compensation for this increased cost. for his product does not increase in price. In fact, as the prices of al manner of things so upward the purchasing power or exchange value of his product be- comes less.
 All mines other than gold, such as Head. copper, zlnc, silver, antimony, tungsten, etc. do not feel the In. creasing prices as does the gold mine operator. All their metals have in- creased in value away beyond their normal figure. while the purchas- ing power of gold has greatly de- creased. As a result, during these days Of wartime prices. the gold miner is the one who really suffers and he has no possible relief.
 The producers of most metals oth- CT than gold are sharing their pros. perlty with their employees. which Is only fair and proper. but the gold miner suffers doubly because he must pay his laborers as much as ever and only has available those who are left after the better class have left the gold mines for the copper and other camps where high wages prevail
 There is a certain delusion, how ever, in the belief possessed by a miner when he goes to these camps for the sake Of the high wages; he is attracted, of course. by the fact that he may earn SS75 or S4.00 or S4.5O per day. without appreciating the fact that thousands Of other miners are also going to the same camp for similar reasons The re- suit is an oversupply of labor, and In those camps where the labor or. ganizations are perfected, the men are only permitted to work cer. tain length of time and then are compelled to stand aside and give their fellow working men an oppor- tunity. The result is that a man only works a part of the time. and at the end of the year or at the end of the season he is no better off than he would be had he remain. ed at a camp where he was receiv- ing lower wages and steady work.
 It is not an easy matter for la boring man to save money in those camps where wages are high for the reason that everything else is high In proportion
 The following table shows the in- crease in the cost of commodities used by gold lode miners during the last two years. The prices are those obtaining last month
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-07

Thanking my friends and the dele gates to the Territorial Convention who elected me to attend the St. Louis convention. sincerely state that would have attended that convention had 1t been possible for me to do so.
 Respectfully
 JOHN k. WYNN. Juneau. June 6, 1916.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-07
Fortune Knocks Once

at every mans door, knocking strongly
 as knocked at that your neishbOr fifteen years The
 man who has enough the call today will be among the welOdo h small investor opportunity lies with us the Casey sha..ek Addition There are 2s Others-Ive uonu to make money investments in this tact Be of them Do not opportunity slip by as have done in the past and then regret it. Call at .b office and look unsod lots There
 vet left as desirable any those sOld We will count the time we'll spent in showing you either the plat the itself for your acquaintance though we do not you a lot
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-07

the Hoonah cannery, is in the city and is at the GastIneau for a few days. Mrs. Alexander accompanies him.
 Potter J. Knight, accompanied by Mrs. Knight, is at the New Cain. Mr. Knight is the divisional super intendent for the salmon canning department of Libby. McNeil & Lib. by Company He expects to remain here for several days.
 Miss Merrel Languille is expected to arrive from Eugene. oregon. on one of the next Canadian boats to spend her vacation with her father. A. E. LanguilIe, of the Alaska bind cry
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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-07
Real Estate Investments

are the basis Of the majority large the country s is impossible mistake by investing in we'll selected real estate growing community You do not have to outside to find your opportunity LOOK around anOno your eltOdo neiuhbOrs how find who have made good Of their In iodeoua real investments.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-07
The Opportunities Are Better

in Juneau today than they the that the city is for the first history foundation solid as rock and her growth is assured by the min ing and other development taking place
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-07
They Were Little Fellows Once

and bouchs stray To, for dollars Most Of them will tell you that beginning Of their permanent savings dase from their first real estate do shey have done and must do h you independent Of daily wage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-07
Do You Realize arsssins fortune depend much on your individual capacity to earn money upon your ability osDze opportunity nVestment2 None ct the wOrds rich men their remuneration for personal services they have made through the medium we'll selected Investments
The Power to Make

your money you while you at work wh your haods and brain of financial success anyone can do s and every one wishes to succeed must do it.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Rebuilding Johns Hopkins.
rom the Boston Transcript.

rum 'He postou transcript.
What the Johns Hoph ms of the past
has been is an old story. As small
university it has ever stood for the
best in higher learning. Intensive
work has always been its aim. That
the expansion sure to follow the re-
moval to Homewood will work no
change in the ideals vigorously ad-
hered to in the past is made plain by
the present plans of the authorities.
Hopkins will never be a large uni
versity. provision being made for not
more than 1000 students. The class
rooms are to be small, accommodating
not more than thirty students EACH
with the understanding that the size
of the classes is to remain constant,
even if the university reaches the max
imum enrolment. The line of demarca-
tion between undergraduate and gradu-
ate work is to be sharply drawn
in all departments. and the dormitories.
which will follow the quad" system,
will. not provide room for more than
200 students each Five years ago
Homewood was virtually a wilderness:
today it has been laid out according 10
the best landscape architectural ideas
of the day. In another five years. il
the money is forthcoming. the new uni.
versity will probably be completed.
Evening star., 1916-01-02

we have in Washington. No matter
what she paints her work invariably
has distinction. and her pictures are
of a kind which wear well. growing
become fully familiar.
In the recent exhibition held by the
Pennsylvania Society of Miniature
Painters in the academy in Philadel-
phia Miss Perrie was represented and
ranked with the best. In this exhibit
bition she shows two little portraits.
one of little girl Beatrice and the
other of a Spanish Man. both vigor-
There is a sober seriousness about the
way these are painted. which is char
acteristic of all Miss Ferries work.
but there is no suggestion. of effort
work is free and the result eminently
painterlike: the tone of the ivory
shows through the transparent paint
and lends charm to the effect.
There is almost as much variety in
the way a miniature can be painted
as in much larger size portraits in
oils, Some use stipple. others broad
strokes and wash. yet others combine
the two Heavy color is not always
avoided. though it is not SO common
as the more delicate tints. A minia
ture is by nature intimate refined
closely studied and to be inspected
at close range. and thus it's character
is in a measure determined
A beautiful miniature in this exhibit
ton has been contributed by Helen
Toerring-a portrait of Miss E. c."
Primarily. it is lovely in color, but in
addition to this it is charming as a
characterization. very intimate and
very expressive. This same artist
also shows very attractive portrait of
a young girl with exceedingly hand
some red hair.
Miss Marian ]. Stream. secretary of
the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature
Painters has contributed an interest
ing miniature of a little girl and doll.
the color scheme of which is very
dainty, but the treatment is experience
ed and strong.
Jean Arnot Reid also shows an excel
lent miniature of little girl. beauti-
fully painted and study of an old
mana well known model
Agnes Schmidt sends miniature of
Or. Hugh SteVenson--a three quarter
length. finely painted and convincing.
From Miss Eva Springer have come
two miniatures. one especially interest
ing of an old man.
Martha Wheeler Baxter. we'll known
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Curing the Drug Habit.
From the Columbus Dispatch.

From the Columbus Dispatch.
The drug habit can be cured. At
least. SO say the authorities of the
Philadelphia General Hospital. after
four months of experimentation with
the drug victims who sought its aid,
after the enactment of The new anti
drug law. Since March l the hospital
has dealt with $50 of these unfortunates.
and. in every case the craving for the
drug-whether opium. cocaine. NOR
phine, heroin or laudanum-was check
ed and broken. The victims came from
dives and from homes: they were of
all ages. and eighty of them were wom-
Ell. But they were all successfully
treated
The habit" said the chief resident
physician, "can be cured. The process
is one of giving the victim a backbone.
But right here is the cruX of the whole
matter If man doesn't want to be
cured, he can't be cured
1t is a great and important message,
full of hope to drug victims every
where and to those who love them and
grieve to see them in the bonds Of q
destructive slavery.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
70oRRoRs have multiplied since the

n n ORRORS have multiplied since the
III Titanic. newest. largest of ocean
palaces, plying westward in all
the gay ma jesty of her maiden voyage.
struck pan ice" off the Grand Banks of
Newfoundland and sank in four hours.
The Lusitania, the Arabic. the Ancona
and other ships by the score have paid
the toll of hate and war until now
there are added to the fifteen hundred
lives lost upon the Titanic thousands
more, including hundreds of Americans.
who have perished recently in the
north Atlantic.
The Titanie disaster, however. re-
mains the most costly in loss of life.
and, even in additional respects, the
most terrible of sea tragedies. 1t came
when the victims believed they were as
safe upon the new ship as upon the
pasements of city. Sacrifices Of life
on the scale exa.cted by the European
war were then undeeamed of, hence the
Titantics fate stood singly and was
impressed indelibly upon the memory
and sympathies of the civilized world.
The Titanic carried down 1,500 souls;
the Lusitania, LOO In death cost ice
holds the record over war, over nres
over collision and over hurricane.
Mans ingenuity in contriving en-
gines of destruction which, guided by
human intelligence and inhuman ma
levolence, hide beneath the waves and
strike by stealth, has not yet outdone
the glaciers of Greenland. Northern
ice rivers glide down an inch a day
into the Arctic ocean and break on IN
huge masses that drift south two OF
three miles a day until, months after
ward. they reach the north Atlantic
steamship lanes. Even now, in time
of war, it is questionable whether the
men who go upon the sea fear ice or
torpedoes most.
1t is probably safe to say that such
a disaster due to this cause, cannot
be repeated. Just as the war in a
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Weird RAWLINGS.
rom the Rochester Post EXPRESS


The greater part of the American
press. according to one Dr. Berkemeier
in the New York Staats-Zeitung. is
servile and venal and is Subsidized. in
spired, edited from London"
1t seems curious that such ram
corous and ridiculous aspersion should
at this crisis be accorded space in any
paper published in this country. The
American press is unique in the world
because it insists on thinking for itself
and speaking out plainly what ii
thinks. Our own government cannot
under existing laws gag it. coerce it or
control in the slightest degree. as long
at least S it keeps from dangerously
reasonable utterances; and the idea
that it could be subsidized into sub
servience to a foreign government
could never have found lodgment in an
American brain. 1t is such wild, weird,
frantic and fantastic rawlings as this
w hich make Holts out of poor creatures
with un balanced minds.
Evening star., 1916-01-02

, towers are significant features of civic
life. and where the carlton has reached
its greatest perfection. He defines the
difference between the chime and the
carlton. giving something OF the con-
struction and technic of the latter. and
setting out in good detail its meaning
to the community of which 1t is the
center With this. by way of explana-
ton of a feature little known to the
average reader. the writer shows to
, what an extent the carillon has fur
nished the theme in literature. Poet
and historian and essayist - Rossetu.
Longfellow. Hugo. Thackeray. steven
son, Thomas Hardy and many others
testify here in prose and verse to the
spell of the low country carlton. The
book gives an interesting outlook upon
still another aspect of the region that.
for the present at least, stands as the
center of the world
Evening star., 1916-01-02

different must be the viewpoint toward
art of a people stepped in such tradi-
tions and those with no such heritage.
All three Of these etchers. but most
particularly Mr.. Webster and Mr. Roth,
have interpreted these old buildings
well and synpathetically, seeing their
beauty and making it seen. They un-
derstand and hold fast TO the preroga
tiveS of the etcher. and the results they
obtain are in almost every instance
telicitous.
Antonio Barone. whose present resi-
dence is Rochester, is more of an eX-
much snrightliness and dash. His sur
faces are broadly treated and some of
his effects are very pleasing. His is
certainly not a usual talent.
Four or five color etchings by George
S.nseney.' formerly of this city. are
shown. all of which are pleasingly ef-
fective. Mr.. Senseney began his ex-
perimentation along this line while
studying under Mr.. Helmck and con-
tinued it in his own studio in the Oc-
tagon. He is now probably the fore
most of color !etchers. both in this coun-
try and abroad. For years he resided
in Paris and since his return to this
country he has made his home in Chi
cago.
The etchings are for the most part
shown in a little gallery adjacent to
the semi-circuIar exhibition room. And
with them are shown certain rather ex-
traordinary works in color of deco
rative character. One group has been
contributed by Ada Gilmore of Prov
incetown. Mass. 1t would be interest
ing to know how one could learn to
see real things in SO fantastic fashion.
EiVE recent paintings by E. C. Mes
ser. principal of the Corcoran
School OF Art, are on view a present ct
the Shelby Clarke galleries on G street.
All are landscapes painted in oils and
their chief charm lies not in subjective
matter. but manner OF Interpretation.
The country which Mr.. Messer has pic
tured is open and not especially pic
turesque. but he has comprehended ma
ture's moods and he is a sympathetic
interpreter. II is just here that the
painter, the artist. transcends the pho
togra pher. the copyist. for he is able
at such times to make A feeling OBJ
yious, to take his public by the hand
and say. Come see the loneliness
Evening star., 1916-01-02

which I have both seen and felt This
is art of the highest and most precious
order.
1t was this real understanding OF ma
ture which gave the picture Mr.. Messer
showed in the Corcoran Gallerys Co
temporary exhibition such profound
signif1cance-t is the same which
gives these little pictures now on view
their size or price. One is a view Of
open country bounded by range of
hills
The sky is clouded. but through sin
gle rift the blue shows through. II is a
big theme. and one feels the silence as
in the presence of such surroundings.
Another is a, sunset. or aftergloW, seen
across open country. A little path wan
ders from foreground to background
a figure is seen in the middle distance
aking his way toward the west, just
over the turn of the gentle hill are
clumps of trees. possibly rooffops sus
sestinG habitation-but the theme rs
the sky. atmospheric, pac.ous, gently
tinged with color. superb. The effect
is almost of an instant, and so it ap-
pears-it is as subtle and transitory as
the thing itself, and scarcely less
lovely.
TH HE; January art talk at the Cor
coran School will be given on the
afternoon of the 10th, instead of the Sd,
and is to be by Z. G. Messer 1t will
be given, as was the last. in the new
auditorium. and will be open not merely
to the students, but to others specially
Interested.
~ HE Meade memorial, which is to be
u erected in this city, is to be de-
signed by Charles Crafty. sculptor. and
Messrs. Simon and Bassett. architects.
The memorial is in the charge,of spe-
cial commission in Philadelphia. and is
a gift to Washington. The desire was
10 have il the work of Pennsylvanians
A site in the vicinity of the Grant me
mortal has been selected and secured.
Charles Crafty is one of our foremost
sculptors. His portraits i'll marble and
bronze are extremely notable. and, be-
sides this, he has a very strong and
trustworthy decorative sense. What
ever he does will doubtless be we'll
done and thoroughly artistic.
LEILA MECHLIN.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
6T7HE Washington Water Color Clubs

6F7Ht. Washington Water Color Club
twentieth annual exhibition. which
opened in the Corcoran Gallery of
Ar, december 50 with q private view
and reception. contains many meritor'-
Gus aud interesting works IL 's' m
docd as engaging little exhibition
as one will often see. offering variety
both in subjects aud their treatment.
and abundant material for consldera :
tion and discussion
To he both worthy and pleasurable a
picture need not he of large proportions
nor great money value. 1t must Simply
possess some real beauty and be rem
dered with real art Many of the pic
lures in this exhibition possess these
requisites In fact. the majority seem
to have been painted because 1t was d
10Y to the artists to pant. oecaus
there was something worth painting.
and not because picture-mak1ng IS q
business The note of this exhibition
is ioyous it is more than this. 1t is
vital. There is evidenced healthy at
titude both toward art and toward
life. and than this nothing could be
better or more encouraging.
There is plenty of bright color, but
there is also enough good tone, and
though the modern spirit here and
there finds expression. the old con-
element is by no means los
ing ground. Collectively the exhioilon
makes a good showing and separately
the exhibits invite attention.
A GROCP of miniatures forms very
~ interesting section of this eXhibl-
ton. These have come from out-of-
town as we'll as local studios. and
though the representation is not large
il is good.
Bertha f. PerrIe is represented in
this section By two excellent WORKS
That she does not show any pictoriai
water coIors this year will be as
annointment to many, and is TO pe
counted as loss to the eAnlnition;
Miss Perrie is the secretary OF tne
washington Water Color Club and is
one of the soundest and best painters
Evening star., 1916-01-02

life Of the man: it to be used by them,
its glory.
Even az his eyes watched. the full
splendor of the sun rose, and its reign
Of light was upon all the world. 1t
was like an immortalized King Midas.
giving to all things golden meaning.
The man felt that his heart. like the
once dark earth, answered to the morn
ing, and with 1t all his griefs were
clothed in light.
why is the horror of them melting?
Why can | think of. them with sweet
ness" he cried. They are the same,
yet not the same. like spiritual bodies
lifted from corruption. When ] go
down. though. when walk out. it will be
broad day: and after that the old dark
ness will return. Burdens. sorrows, all
events will resume their dark formi
dableness. Nothing can make day
shine through the nighttime. nothing
lifting my heart into perpetual day.
There is no denying night. This new
sense of the dawn within me will make
night more bitter.
Yet even as he spoke he was uncon-
vinced by his own reasoning. The dawn
had risen, the light had shone, and it
was day. He walked out under the
familiar conditions of his life expect
ing the heaviness of his load to be re-
sumed.
But the light stayed in his heart. the
broad. fair light of purpose and vision.
1t would not leave him the same. even
when night again fell. Thought had
been born anew. life had triumphed
His past sorrows were part of him.
With him they would be dark in the
darkness; together with him they would
take on light and thought at the dawn.
A. w.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
York: Hearsts International
brary Company.

This book is a series of lessons de-
signed to teach the average reader the
principles that underlie nutrition. In
as simple way as possible the author
discusses here the various classes of
foods in their nature and their gen.
eral effects upon the sustenance and
growth of the human being. He de-
scribes also the processes of digestion.
showing how the fuel and building
materials are transformed from food
to energy and growth of the body. In
addition to useful discussion of the
economy of nutrition the writer deals
also with some of the fads that have
grown UP around this process. He does
away with the sour-milk theory of
long life, the notion of eating uncooked
Evening star., 1916-01-02

foods alone. the ''one-die plan and
the rest. of the unscientific food fads.
In the main. however. the book is con-
structtve in character. Much is given
in relation 10 the feeding of children
at different periods in its development
and the study throughout is adnira bly,
calculated to give the non-scientific
but interested reader the general prin-
ciples and a few practical directions on
the subject of nutrition.
THE CARLTON IN LITER ATTIRE,
BY William Gorham Rice. author
of ''CarillonS Of Belgium and Hol-
land" New York: John Lane Com
pany
text the writer gives a description of
the carlton as il is exempltied in
Belgium and Holland, where the bell
Evening star., 1916-01-02
~ h kI6eRealnl literature anaArt@ w1fffA ISL

TO groundwork. one is not allowed to
linger over the depressing side of hos
p1tal life. Rather does he look with
something like envy to the cheerful
and well kept people over whom Aunt
Jane tyrannzes SO happily. But Mrs.
Lee. luckily, does not conflne her
readers to a contemplation of the rou-
pitals. Instead she develops two pleas
ing love stories along with the more
regular functioninE OF the institution.
One of these is between delightful
young pair. and the other is Aunt
James own story. A belated story this
of Aunt James. but none the less in
teresting for all that. The whole is a
fresh and entertaining narrative that
runs along the uninvolved currents of
life.
MICHEUNAGEIO. Ey Romain Rol-