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not dull the susceptibility Of his
v system with alcohol.
Rather not drink yours, eh?" said
Murphy.
whats that?" flashed Shuttle.
"What d'y' mean?"
"Oh. well. never mind. Don't get
excited
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19

Of the people have Il cuIor'd skin, Int
there need he no fear tu-dny, tor There
II n smile ON every face and III. lllt If
n song On many n liz. TobHgo loo,
has sent It's contingent to dcicnd' the
empires cause in the battl"iields of
Europe.
Out there and back again will take
q day. and include a picnic among
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19

Shuttle Conner was tagging behind
the others and was wearing an express
sion of face that bctokened anything
but enthusiasm.
"Nothin's the matter" rejolncd
Conner.
"All right then, don't look as If you
were walking backward"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19

The four mon stood plastered up
against the wall with Snuife Conner
in the middle. Long Murphy was on
the end nearest the entrance. From
where he stood he could glance
through the glass doors and see all
that was going on in the shallow roe
tunda.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19

TO the beach. the sands Of which are
beaten hard and smooth by the waves,
tempting the rider To a gallon which
the horse also enjoys, Then come a
grove OF Coculnut palms or a thick
forest of cypress and cedar. clcar.n-s
where grow the sugar zane and tn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19

The question of the location of Robinson Crusoe's island was dis
cussed recently in a series Of letters printed in THE SUN. One OF
the correspondents taking part in the discussion. the Rev. Gilbert Earle
of FairviIe, N. B. Canada. now contributes the following entertaining
description of Tobago the vertable scene of Defoes story. he believes,
and of Robinson Crusoes cave there.
Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-23
Ladies Should See the
| Fine Millinery Display

which will be for the greatest ever shown at this store
and embracing all that is new and correct Only the latest
creations will be on display and If will be worth your while
| to spend half an hour in this one department.
goods department embraces very choicest
seasons latest styles and able show such
owing the fact that purchased before dye
shortage became great Therefore you get
prices lower than you would expect pay for the
quality elsewhere.
Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-23
Men, You Have Not Been
Forgotten! Come Monday

You want to be dressed properly and for your INSPECTION
we will display all the new thnes from mems shoes to the
hat. There mighty pretty thing for the Those style hats
look real classy and there uns Shirts es underwear when comes
there many fine begin 60 into detail but we want
you here Young who discriminating essers should not fail
attend Come WHAT right and correct you are ready makea pur
chase You will be as welcome locker, as if purchaser
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Interesting

assuming man I ever met. He used
to come in to have hts beard trimmed.
He was always so quiet and modest
like that 1t was w years after he
had been coming in there nearly every
week before / realized that he really
was the great soldier.
II had the honor OF attending Ches-
ter a. Arthur personally in the
Fourth avenue shop, near which he
lived. What a splendid figure Of n
man! His hair was heavy and he
wore side whiskers. He was always
dressed in the latest fashion, and he
had such dignity and such elegance
OF manner. and was SO c~ons!derate at
the same time. that II is n great
pleasure always to think Of him.
when I &ent to the newly opened
Windsor Hotel in 1873 | had Sc much
to do in taking in cash and looking
after other details that ! id not do
any more barber work myself. That
IS the reason why in later years ] did
not have tho opportunity t. give my
personal services to customers. 1t hap
pened IN this way that, 90 the pros.-
dents who We're at my shops. | had
myself looked only after Mr.. Arthur.
And right here ct me say that the
proudest ONE OF my life came to
me one day at the Manhattan. when
Mr.. Hawk. the proprietor then. told me
that the President wished to see me.
| went up 10 the apartments and there
stood. face to face, with Major Will
am Mckinley. lie had sent for me
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Mr.. Iysler drifted into tho domain OF
journalism.
ITO the newspapers I was always
very grateful" said he, for news
paper men have always been a great
help to me. ] am especially proud
OF having had in my chairs some Of
the ablcst journalists this country has
ever seen. Charles A.. Dana OF TIE
NEW YORK SvS was often coming in.
The late William Cullen Bryant. the
editor Of the New York ErcHing Post.
used TO have his beard trimmed. His
beard was very white and silky and
his hair was snowy. Ills profile was
noble ard his face appeared all tie
more striking on account OF the Won
derful Wilderness Of his hair. Henry !.
Raymond OF the New York Times was
a strong character. His hair was
thick and glossy. James Gordon Ben
nett the younger ! often shaved Wien
he was a student. Joseph Pulitzer,
founder Of the New York World-he
had a rich brown beard and a very
strong face-often patronized me. lie
bought neckties OF me also, often
three at a time. IT was due to Man
ton Marble. the editor Of tho World
many years ago, that | got my shop IN
the Windsor. He wrote a letter OF
recommendation which was OF great
value"
Mr.. Hysler has IN his mental pic
ture gallery the likenesscs OF many
OF those VINO took so active a part in
the political dcstinies OF the city.
Mayor Mitchell he sa vs.. often visited
the Manhattan Hotel shop.
Years ago, when Richard Croker was
n young contractor" he observed. "ard
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through there right across the city
to the west were the winthrops, the
ke%rnochans and the Taylors, for all
Of whom l was doing work. There
was Mr.. Lydig. a business man and a
great scholar too. who was often a
customer of mine. All Of them treated
me with much kindness and encour-
aged me In getting a start
Mr.. Hysler remained in the Ninth
street shop until 1867. making n ten
years tenure. and then followed the
trend Of business and social life to the
north. He was al 400 Fourth avenue
until 1879.
1T was in tho new place in Fourth
avenue" continued the dean. that I
saw much Of the Roosevelt family.
which lived in that neighborhood. al
though the Colonel did not come to my
shop until I moved further up town.
What n wonderful talker! When he
begins to speak every barber near him
keeps still and stops work.. He al
ways has something new or his mind.
and the earnest way he says It makes
everybody listen. He Is certainly full
Of life and information"
Mr.. Hysler rested his head on his
hand and fell to musing over the no.
tables who had been In his shop or
had sat under the ministration Of his
deft fingers.
give Presidents OF the United
States" said he. were customers
OF mine. Gen. Grant. Chester A.
Arthur, William Mckinley. Theodore
Roosevelt. William Howard Taft. I
have been told that President Will
son once came for a shave to the
Manhattan shop, but OF that I am not
sure.
. Gen. Grant was the most I'M
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man. There are times in the life Of
everybody which come back to him al
ways with a thrill, and those few min
utes with n OF the great men Of his
day meant more TO me than / can eX-
press.
mir. TAFT Is a ine man, 30 good ma
tured. so full OF humor and always
with a smile on his face-a great big,
warm hearted person he Is. and every
body Is glad to see him.
'Of the Governors OF this state four
often came. Governors Cornell. Flower,
Odell and Whitman. Often In the sum-
mer. when business was light. as so
many OF my customers would he away
from the city. ! had a shop at the
United States Hotel in Saratoga and
there ! often had the pleasure Of a
talk with Gov, Flower"
Mr.. liysler has many recollect!ons
OF the brokers and the financial lead
srs who years ago foregathered at the
Windsor and started there n night edi-
ton OF Wall Street in busy seasons.
The late Jay Gould often got shaved
~ the Windsor and years later al! hts
sons. Edwin Gould WAS one of my
customers until | turned over the shop
al the Manhattan 20 my successor.
Then there were William II.
Vanderbilt and his sons and his
grandsons. The Mcssrs. Rockefeller
often came. especially William Rookie
fcller. and sometimes John d. would
drop In for a shave. When | was
coming back TO this country on the
steamship Deutschland and was walk
ing the deck n morning. | heard n
voice calling Come, and sit with us.
liys,er," and n few minutes later
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yacht-Rockefeller's money-no, none
OF those things sound half as good.
But lawsy me, I don't know when |
shall ever drap down your way.
1--WE about decided to go up along
the Maine coast fishing with an editor
man. l live in a room or two as big
as a barn on Waverly place. I'm so
lazy and cool and contented there all
by myself with my books and things
that ! haven't been away from town
in " summers.
Now. I'm not going to talk about
myself any more. I've been In New
fork about four years and I guess
I've made good for everything ! write
Is engaged long before II Is written.
1--WE been puzzl!ng over your sigma
ture. It's the same old name you had
when you wore your hair in a plat;
and ] have two very good reasons for
thinking it ought to be different. One
IL that somebody wrote me several
! years ago that you had married and
the other is that It isn't ~possible-it
isn't possiblc-that the young men Of
our old State could be 80 unapprecia-
tive as TO have let you escape. But II
YOU are married, please. on, please get
a divorce at once SO you can be Miss
Carrie again.
II am trusting to your good nature
TO accept a little book OF mine that
came out last winter. You don't have
to read It. you know. It's Just the
thing to prop the kitchen door when
the wine IL In the east.
And, Miss Carrie. some day when
you amt real busy won't YOU sit at
your desk whore you keep those anti
quated stories and write to me? I'd
be so pleased to hear something about
what tho years have done for you
and what YOU think about when the
tree frogs begin to holler in the even
ings. Got any tree frogs up there"
' And here Is another letter In which
o. Henry expressed that he believed It
good for writer's to live In New York:
my DEAR Miss CARRIE: Never
thought you were going to stir
up 20 much trouble when you did
mo that big favor of writing a hello
to me across the mountains, did you?
Well. please let me write this time
and II It's too much give me the
teeny weenyest bit OF q hint and III
turn my pen into . sword and cut It
all out.
WAS It cheeky of you to write TO
me? My dear Miss Carrie, I don't
know exactly what the objectionable
sin 10. but II you hadn't written Id
feel awfully anxious about your flu
ture.
Right here let me assure you that
I'm not a Of these confirmed corre-
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%spondents. Hand on my heart, vow
haven written W pages at a time
10 anybody in years and years. My
closest friends complain that | don't
even answer letters. But when | hear
from-oh. you forbade that, didn't you?
Don't chain up you impulses. dear
friend; let 'erl s~kallyhoot around. W.
don't live more than nine times, and
bottles and chains weren't made for
people 10 coniine tic up their good
impulses with.
Think I'm foolish oh. no. I'm not.
One car have an ideal IL one wants
TO. I've had one for-ycars. All I've
had since have busted and gone M the
flume. Please. Miss Carrie. lcmmc
keep that one. I amt going To bother
you about II. You say those old days
are laid away between lavender scented
sheets, | can understand that for you.
Win are not. They are fresh and
fragrant. dcwy and everlasting. I'm
not going TO insist upon your believing
it-shakc your head II YOU want to-
ana give the sun a chance to brighten
his rays. I'm superior to luck. fate.
history n time. II l choose to stand
under a certain window yet In Rose
o and sigh for the u~nattaiuahlc. no
.,,u N''N me ~ uoh you 'r| 10
M .n,ri, .ao'e 'io""r"' u
,or ~, :, orono "'"''' '"'''' p''aSe
'
30 YOU kho" 'hat over there in the
riuse OF pihc ana Old You are the
most s%plendidly endowed OF all the
daughters OF the gods? Whvo Be
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his razor and to sample the new
unguents and pomata and bears
grease which he had especially pre-
pared for a growing clientele.
In the archives OF many families
may be found faded photographs and
daguerreotypes showing the name Of
dressing the hair OF the male Of the
species at this period.
Young men liked those parts at
either side Of the head which gave a
roll like effect on the top OF the skull.
The hair was worn long and down
into the neck. One Of the first Gus
toners to enter the shop under the
new management a a tall youth
with locks In the fashion then APP
proved.
II shall never forget said Mr..
Hysler when a Sun reporter saw him
the other day at his city home. 202
West Seventy-fourth street. the first
time ] ever saw Joseph II. Choate.
He was then living somewhere in
Lafayette street and n very young
lawyer he was. who hal come here TO
make his way. He had remarkable
hair then. a kind az reddish gold that
stood up all over his head. He was
certainly n bright man. and how he
could talk! 1t was easy to see that he
was going TO make his mark. Years
after that. when he had been abroad
and had been an Ambassador. he came
into my shop up town. And afterward
I saw his on. tall and straight and
with much the same look his father
used to have.
Hamilton Fish. who was then living
over at Gramercy Park, often came to
the shop. He was later Secretary OF
State. and a fine looking man he GER
tain!y was. In Second avenue and all
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written to me as n woman, blu rather
to the little girl Of his memory who
lived next door to him in the street Of
Yesterday.
THE background for the letters Is
pure fiction. Maybe I have let more
Of myself creep into this tale than
had planned. If this be true. the rea-
son is hat my whole thought centred
upon revealing sydney Porter to the
lovers Of o. Henry"
Mrs. Porter has only changed the
proper names: but 1t doesn't make
much difference hat Sydney Porter Is
printed Robert HARRISON" nor that
Miss Sallie" is printed Miss Carrie"
nor that the little North Carolina town
Of Greensboro Is printed "Roseboro."
Here is one Of the first letters. writ.
ter from Wavcrly place:
my DEAR Miss CARRIE:
II was gladder to get your little note
than the biggest editors check ! ever
saw. Seems to me (after trying very
hard) l do remember a small sassy
girl that used to live next door.
when you ask II I remember you.
It reminds me Of n story told Of Con-
gresham John Allen OF Mississippi
(never could spell M!sslssip)-is that
right? A lady approached him in
Washington one day and held out her
hand. Now. confess. Mr.. Allen she
said. that you've forgotten all about
me-
"He had; no knew her face. but
his memory wouldn't serve him any
further. But. with a low bow. he re-
piled: Madam, I've made II tho busi-
ness OF my life to try to forget YOU
"See?--as we New Workers. say.
SWELL, well, how time does fiyi a.
the little boy said when his teacher
told him Rome was founded In ga
b. c. l never expected anything SO
nice and jolly as &c hear from you.
It's like finding a Ave dollar bill In an
old vest pocket.
Isn't 1t funny that I was thinking
Of you a little while last week? I had
a map, looking all about on II trying
to decide on somewhere to 90 for a
few weeks to get away from the city.
Mountains for me always! So my eye
naturally ran down tho Blue Ridge
chain. Here's the latest picture of the
distinguished Mr.. Haralson. Does II
look anything like tho moonstruck
little shrimp that used to hang around
and bother o 80 much? l can re-
member what an awkward, bashful.
sentimental. ugly. uninteresting null
sancs I was then. No wonder I
couldn't make any impression on you!
I've improved . good deal since. In
fact, II sssms ~ M that the aldse I
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was in a chair between John d. Rookie
Teller and Whitelaw Reid. then Ambas-
sador tn Great Britain. both customers
OF mine
Now let mo see. what other we'll
Andrew Carnegie. What n merry,
twinkly. little gentleman. what a fine,
ringing laugh. lie IL a very happy
man. I should say. He used to have
his beard trimmed often In my shop.
And another cheerful man Is Chauncey
NJ. Depew. who often called in at the
Windsor. lie wears side whiskers
which are always arranged with the
greatest care.
The late William c. Whitney. one
OF my best customers. was OF the
most generous men I ever knew. |
sent him a barber every day. for which
service the charge was SIS a month.
lie gave the journeyman $40 n month
extra n always on June ! presented
him with a check for 500. telling him
to take his wife and children TO go for
a vacation OF a couple OF weeks
Among the fnanc!ers who were
shaved in the shop OF Mr.. TIysler were
T.. II. Hartman Inc Charles NJ.
Schwab."
You probably received some very
valuable Information from your friends
Of Wall Street" | suggested.
I never took any OF it," was the re-
ply. "OnCe ! did take a little flyer in
the Street. Put up $4,000 and lost al
that and $500 besides. Everything
| looked nll rirht and I thnucht opce
that ! was $1,000 ahead OF the game"
Turning from the tale OF his shear
ing with the lambs TO reminiscence
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r HIS has been a year rich IN the
nuhlloatiou 10 (acts about fhA

n Ills mas Deen a year r1ch NJ the
publication Of facts about the
life Of o. Henry. At the time
Of his death six years ago II was amaz-
Ing how little was known to tho pub
lic about q popular Q writer. After his
death . sort Of myth grew up. But
now at last come books which do much
to explain his personality. his ret!cence
and his work. o. Henry was once
asked why ne did not read more fiction.
1T Is all tame" he replied, "as COM
pared with the n OF my own
life"
So we discover when we read c. Al
phonso Smiths 30. Henry Biography
Doubleday, Page & Coz. There is
pictured the little frcckle faced boy who
in q North Carolina village loved to
play Ku Klux and to invent hair rails
Ing adventures to live amidst; there Is
pictured the quiet, sensitive youth who
worked for Ave years in his Uncle
Clark's drug store and sketched the
drug store constituency with his PEN
Gil; the young man. driven by delicate
lungs TO Texas, reacting TO ranch life;
the first breaking into print, journals
tic experiences, the bank clerk, the
young husband and father. the charge
Of embezzlement and the catastrophe;
the wanderings through the South and
Central America, the return and three
years In prison: the prisoners false
sensitiveness and his resolution to sign
an assumed name: his coming to New
York, his understanding OF the -four
million," his rise to fame-all this re-
veals why o. Henry considered most
| fiction tame, and 1t also reveals why
his fiction is not tame.
There is q chapter In this biography
| called 1.-THE Swallowed Years" which Is
| going TO be read and quoted much and
| which Is going to make O. Henry more
admired and beloved than ever. Then
| there Is another illuminating book
which has Just been published. 1t Is
| called "Wind OF Destiny" Doubleday,
| Page), and Is written by Sara Lindsay
| Coleman, O. Henry's second wife. Mrs.
| Porter's story Is fiction. but there are
| several letters In It which are not nc
ton. She herself says:
1.-THE letters In this story are real
letters. know this because they were
written to me by the man the world
knows az o. Henry. author. and only
as the author. Not half a dozen people
knew the real Sydney Porter. and the
man was greater than the author.
There ere other letters which are mine
own. and NO other eyes shall sec them.
But tn pttsrs N this book were not
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i's' beginning 20 do well, I became
well acquainted with him and no has
always remembered me most kindly.
often he would offer me tho use OF his
carriage FOR a sunday. and although I
never accepted the courtesy g made .
deep impression on mo-"
Among the Republican parry leaders
the late Thomas G. Tlatt css often
shaved at tie Mlnaatttn.
Mr.. Ilysler WIS asked what he
thought was tn" main characteristic
of the mon OF affairs with Uhom no
had come in ontac in his business
l.fc.
1T may he." answered ~. Hysler,
that a barber learns to .uuw men
better than do those IN some other
calling. From NV s'..ly uc men at
close range ! shoI'l S'y that the big
ger "a man is n character and ability
,hc 'css frills b" put on.
1T has happened that mos. Of my
customers had wrl.'A and high stand
ing. ana yet ] never know men who
were more democratic. more consider
ate, NOR" Unlikely to stand on their dig
My. than were they. There were 400
customers n day In the shop. and Il
was impossible for mo To remember so
many Of tho new faces. ! shall never
forget the many pleasant hours
though I have spent through meeting
men who were so kindly in thought
ana in deed"
Nj. Hysler was asked Row he had
mad" such a success of his barber
shop.
That Is simnl" enough" lie said,
Il realized that 90 get n high cla0
trade and hold i tho barber must have
tact ON" hears Il great deal about the
gossip OF BARRIERS and their talkative.
ness. | made II n rule when I started
business that TO barber working for
me wa to speak TO n customer unless
he was spoken 10 and even then ho
was To answer questions c!villy ana
FULLY but not air his opinions. Most
men don't hk" 10 .alk when they are
In n barber shop.
Another of my rules was tina nd
barber should ever urge on a gentlos
man to have shampoos and tonics q
anything else, Men who 20 to inst
class shops are able TO make up their
" minds as to what they want. Let
them do IL.
also, 7 don't permit II barber Il
40 natr ras,.a W. '"iuc
c,rro, lo hrorrh. h,,r 49, eHes
d~ress,r, and u,.s,rno ~. -,
f, ho,n e,vo u.ba, - 80 30. .p W." ~
G An mot ~, ,o oyn,, 49,
dry scolr uc,ra L,lIross u 49,
I unr,d 90, To-, 49, ,.n -
! Dyo.ur Iro t,'r na'on - "nov.
ono. and l,rh,rs sborld ro, urna 80"
hod,. -, ,ry a.. 49,
"Tno uly ~ .roooo, l., ~. ~
shon i. IN ma, ..rIct o,,or,.,n ~ h,,.,
ness aud IN 500 ~, o,.o,y man 80.
avnv sui,or With ,bo ..r,tco rhor~
cannon he f., n,,1 ,,ra ciyar ~
~cl,onrposs era ,.,,,,ss =, ~.
shop i,sclf and ,p ,bc uo,son,, an
pcarlur. nf tho h,,h,rs iho mnnic,r-
lists and tho ,s ona
tho r.ouccrs OF rho mn ~ a,to s.,i
| t,rv shnr hov, ,,o,,. Loo, craa,i,,
| Interested IN onytninr ,b,, mntos ~
shop cleaner, brighter and more NJ
,ractivc.
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grow the better looking and more fas-
cinatlng ! become. OF course Il doesn't
seem just right for me to say so. but
IL ! didn't tell you you mightn't eve
find 1t out.
in those days I took life mighty
seriously and sent!mentally: that's
why l always went about looking like
a monkey with the toothachc, but in
after years | learned that life Is only
n jolly good comedy for the most part.
and I began 10 enjoy Il. | believe I'm
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about five years younger than I was
the las, time you saw me-when you
left the depot in Roseboro for Mars
willie. Ernest Cold rode up with you
on the train; and ! haven't forgiven
him for II yet.
Its mighty nice o. you 10 say you
would be able to stand seeing ME again
II I should come to M~arsville. l shore
would love to ride up and holler
Hello over The fence. Lemme see.
Trip to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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Continued on Tenth Pags.)
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Many Famous Men Called This Barber Their Friend and Jacob Hyser,
Who Is to Rest After Sixty Working Years, Has Interesting
Stories of Old DAYS to Tell

Ne trades are altogether like q necklace.
and this barber u the chief pearl Of
the string.
II szcelieth all that are ssdowed with
skill. and under his hands are the
heads Of kings.
-le.AL~s gl.Ats