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The evening world., 1917-05-05

His father had a
II living wife
William Shakespeare the third of
sent TO- schoowhh his father had
promise of future that family fortune
But young Shakespeare ndusriouy away early
chances He stuck nine
teen he proceeded to nure his m marrying Anne
Hathaway He
to have been bulied and coerced into this unlucky
He had almost of livelihood support his aging
wife and his fast increasing brood Of children gooy of his
tiny income went swell tavern
Indeed the only thing that brought fame TN.
beerdrnkng renowned ton
..oo>oonoonoo>nooA ers of the neighbohood,
An Unsavorv lOfer a we'll he next
: p....I proceeded add unsavory bv
~' local magistrate. the law the bef
Shakespeare left saod hubare time to dodx.
He fled prospects he Dc.a
few pygocrs at the entens 81
theatres ' u
He home justice dead bon. .ne
stranded in strange city As thorough aaOund Failure
could nowadays found park bench There
horse-boy presently promo a h
promP'er attendant" position corresponding pressntday SOB
Thence itself playing small
For tod theatre slowly ednE his vy
upward until he became character actor OF ehos.
days st legally classified vagabond" they chanced
be under the nobeman they were subject
to arrest and to the penalties
Little by little during his apprenticeship shakDs.r.
the plays plot original with him. All the up stories he
At instant hit vb.r
to>~~oo-~4 other London attractions could
. whore shakespeares plays acted were jammsd
S~~1 piing up rapidly at the feet O, N.
her patronage gee rsSs @
beWdeng For received from sac 10
'SS each Hut as his fame Increased his prices
In 1909 when he ONLY reght he
until his death, fourteen n'or
Nj. ' % ss9.1 @ If :s Sf ,s.a % s more " traditional
The evening world., 1917-05-05

Three cheers for Miukon! But hope by this time no
body under the impression Russian democracy IN ar
ranging itself mainly with the help quiet readings from
Aristotle and Thomas jefferson
The evening world., 1917-05-05
By NJ artin Green

tax will be loaded on the people. But
the people are not deserving of any
sympathy. They will not interest
themselves in the subject OF taxa
ton. As long as they allow Albany
to give them a proper smuggling an
nually they get only what Is coming
to them"
CGI SEE" said the head polisher,
that Lord Northcliffe says the
difficulty about Home Rule is
not between Ireland and England but
between the Ulster Protestant Irish
and the southern Catholic Irish"
Maybe his lordship thinks So"
said the laundry man, but the unani-
nous impression on this side is that
the Ulster Protestant Irish have
bluffed the English Government, and
the English statesmen are afraid OF
ashamed TO admit It,"
The evening world., 1917-05-05
SATURDAY, May s. 1917
A S on G f or
@ ur A | / e S

An attempt to ally aoiM the Star Spdng'ed
banner the national hymns of Great Britain and
France. The metre of "God Saue the King Gp-
pears in the second verse and tour lines OF La
MarseiHaiSe appear IN the third.
The evening world., 1917-05-05
The w eek S w a sh

Is actually due to the war or Is
fostered by an idea of economy which
would throw out OF work thousands
OF helpless clerks who wouldn't have
a chance OF getting another job at
any pay whatever. You will notice
that the railroad announcements touch
lightly on the likelihood OF the em-
ployment of women in grades of
labor that are now filled by union
men,"
GCT THOUGHT New York City
wouldn't have to pay any
more direct taxes to the State"
said the head pohsher.
Very few New Yorkers have
thought about the matter at all,
said the laundry man. Tie people
OF this city we're warned time and
again, day in and day out, that the
whitman Administration Rad un-
The evening world., 1917-05-05


Nh you see by the dawn's early light
Three banners far-lung DER the rampars OF Glory
Three standards that battle for Freedom and Right
And that hold in each fold all Of Liberty's story.
See the tricolor true with the Neutrality-suspicious.
One in spirit in purpose, In heart and in hue;
Welcome back, Union Jack, and in amity
With flag Of the free from the homes of the brave
~ the field dimly through the crouchinG advance.
What Is that by the breeze TO the battle unfured3
Mid the free men Of Britain, the heroes Of France
The star spanged flag scatters light DER the wordi
Symbol Of Liberty lead vicory Conquer nusti
And this be motto, "In God Is Our Trusti"
When the star spanged banner in triumph shall
With the flags Of the free the field Of the brave
Nh where is that band who vauntingy
TINT riches found In souls desoation,
That the faith Of the fathers IN
And the Power that had made had KEPT Nation.
To drnSi Ye Of France, t0dke oIoryI
Hdrk, hdrk! Our myriad free rtsel
Your children, Wves aud 0rGndsires hodry,
We heed their tears, zoe hear their criesi
And the star spanged banner in triumph shall
In YOUR land Of the free in YOUR ranks Of the
The evening world., 1917-05-05
came Immortal.

was the OF ierate shopkeeper
His father had been farmer tried 10 earn
living petty merchant in order support and hi
eight children n of
The evening world., 1917-05-05
Fifty Failures
w h O G. a m e Back
By Albert Payson Terhune

CO0yrSAt 1911. PblEhins w-l
No N.-RILLLAM SHAKESPEARE The "Ennrre,, Hhn
The evening world., 1917-05-05

N HRS. JARR was In state OF
MI pleasurabls excitement, when
she met Mr., Jarr at the door.
The herald., 1917-02-15
BURNED PAPER BAG BANK
New Hampshire Man Used Wad OF
5000 to Kind;e Fire in
Stove.

Concord, \. 1.-THE sitting room OF
n New Hampshire home recently be-
came cool as n result Of the fire in the
stove going out. The head of the
house picked up a paper bag and some
newspapers to rekindle the flame. The
room soon was quite warm again ana
the husband and wife resumed reading
their papers.
Some time after. the wife looked FOR
a paper bag which had contained $500
in 81 bills, which she had placed ON
q table In the room. It was gone. IL
Is presumed that in the husbands Ell
forts to get warmth he had placed the
bag containing the money In the stove
and II was consumed.
A few days ago a box arrived at the
redemption division Of the treasury de-
partment at Washington, containing
nuantity Of ashes. with a note explain
ing that the money was believed to be
I'm the same. No trace Of the money
had been found, the senders stated,
and treasury experts were asked to
submit the ashes to thorough exami-
nation and report results.
The herald., 1917-02-15
WORK CALLS FOR MILLIONS
Vast Sum Needed for the Improve
ment OF the Railroad Lines
Throughout Japan.

Probably the largest domestic ques-
ton awaiting settlement in Japan, says
the London Times, is that concerning
the alteration of the railroad gauge
from the present narrow g feet o
inch) to standard gauge a feet So
inch) the advocates of which have been
active for years pass. As the result
of q resolution of the upper house 4
commission was appointed in April
last to go into the matter thoroughly
and render q final report and recon-
mendationS.
According to the vice president OF
the commission Or. Juichi Soyeda,
who Is president of the Imperial rail-
roads, the estimates Of the expendi-
ture required have been very carefully
considered, and it is now calculated
that the outside cost Of converting the
| whole Of the railroads of the main is
land of Japan from Shimonoseki tc
| Aomori to the standard gauge would
be esq. OOO,0 900, and that of converting
the trunk line from Tokyo to Shimo
noseki (Which in any case would Dt
done first) would be f20,OO0,0OO.
The herald., 1917-02-15
MADE RECORD AS ENGINEER
One of Those Who Have Spread the
Fame of American Skill in
All Countries.

Virgil Gay BOgue, one OF the most
distinguished civil engineers in Amer
lea. died on board the ESperanZa of the
Ward line while returning from Mex
leo. The end came after Il short i'll
ness.
Mr.. BOgue achieved fame as
builder of railroads in the United
States. in South America and in other
parts of the world. His first great
triumph came in 1877. when at the age
of thirty-one he completed building the
most difficult part of the OrOya rail
road in Peru, the famous tranS-Andean
system. The road crosses the Andes at
Galera tunnel, the grade elevation be-
ing 1865 feet above the level of the
sea. Spider web bridges and curves
along the steep slopes and tunnels form
| the feature of the difficult work. Mr..
! BOgue was occupied in this work for
| eight years and then became manager
of the Trajille railroad, also in Peru.
Resigning his post in 1879, Mr.. Bogue
returned to the United States, and the
| following year was made an assistant
engineer of the Northern Pacific rail
road. His first work with the Northern
Pacific was the exploration of the Cas-
cade range for the purpose of finding {
way through the mountains for thu
line across the state of Washington L
Tacoma and Puget sound. In 1881 h
discovered Stampede pass, which, III
declared, would solve the railrOa'
problem. Later he supervised the con
struction of a two-mile tunnel at tn
pass and completed the building o
various other sections of the railroad
In 1856 Mr.. Bogue became chief er
gineer of the Union Pacific and serve
until 1891.
The herald., 1917-02-15
Memory's Fragile Link.

Memory depends on continuity of as
ISOLATION. When the thread of that
continuity is broken, the knowledge OF
the past is gone. If, in state of I'M
consciousness, one were taken entireiy
out of his present surroundings; H.
falling asleep in one set of circum-
stances, like Christopher Sly in the
play, he were to wake in another, were
to wake to entirely new conditions; es-
pecially, If during that sleep his body
were to undergo a change-he would
lose on waking all knowledge of his
former life for want of a connecting
link between 1t and the new. Ana
this, according to one supposition, is
precisely what has happened to the
soul ut birth.-Frederic Henry Hedge
The herald., 1917-02-15
wh.n Firino Meant Real Work.

sld an old fireman: Firing in the
~, DAYS meant working "a hours.
rt5d come around and call you, and
m lad TO 20, no matter if you hadn't
a burs rest. One time they came
"A oiled me for another run before
lmin, even. When I got home there
NJ ny father; he was a carpenter
4 he shops and a railroad man, too.
whss in - you beenT he asked
sesoon as got in.
sgust finished my rum said l.
sThe caller was here after you an
hour ago. think you've been loa1ng
mmewhere.'
we had to stick to firing sometimes
,To or three days on a stretch. one
right I pulled into Albany" said Bud,
Who was holding the floor just then,
md hadn't had a wink Of sleep for
2 hours straight, and l started for my
boarding house In Albany; but the boss
ulled me over. You've got to take
cut this train says he to me. L won't,
an live had no sleep for y hours J!
Ont help IT, says he, got to GO, and
he took me into the Office and showed
ne bulletin that promised to lay on
a nan who disobeyed orders. By the
tine got home l was too tired t.
deep"
The herald., 1917-02-15

Tessie Mcnamara, telephone switch
hoard Girl ut the big munition plant OF
the Canadian Car and Foundry coln-
many on the Jersey meadows near
Kinrsland. who happened to glance out
of . window which overlooked long
ovonue of concrete and iron one-story
buildings and saw wisp OF smoke
curling from the caves of building o.
a shed stored with 200 gallons OF gaso-
limo and used for cleaning and POLISH
inc high explosive shells. with one
hound Tessie was back at the SWITCH
hoard. her headgear adjusted nghtins
IN conouer her rising panic. she peat
do,vn ber fears (she knew what smoke
u,iSns nortended in q vast plant packed
with tremendous explosives) and rapid
10 connected with shed after shed
iust q word or two: Fire in shed 3o-
Srro n reach shell cars on side track
do,+ wait q second-get oil men
ONT" AS Tessie sent in her final calls,
red-bot fragments Of steel ripped
fron the bursting shells and flung high
,r tho mir descended upon the roof OF
tho headquarters building within five
foot NJ her head. Some of the pieces
| tore through, one just grazing her.
She tainted. With building after build.
ING exploding, Macarthur, the fire chief
and a few of his aids dragged the un'
conscious girl from the switchboard
The herald., 1917-02-15
Workers Under Eiaht-Hour Law.

According to the latest figures OF
the interstate commerce commission,
there are 1.71O296 persons employed
by the railroads of the country. VI
this number, only 81, 800 can be con-
sidered. strictly speaking, as coming
under the eight-hOur law.
They are the enginemen, tiremen'
conductors and other traiImen. The
figures of the commission show that
of the 1,71O,296 railroad employees,
only 62.021 are engineers, 64,9j9 fire
men. 49,O21 conductors, and 13G.0O9
other trainmen. such as brakemen and
flagmen. Should the law be considered
as applying to telegraphers, it would
bring in 4O,464 more employees.
The herald., 1917-02-15
She STOLE FOR
The FUN OF II
Chicago Woman Is Half House
wife, Half Burglar for Many
Years.
LITTLE USE FOR LOOT
Became Burglar for Pleasure Dan.
gerous Occupation Afforded Her
SO Crafty Her Husband
Never Suspected Her.

Ihicago.-SIrS. Nellie HantZ, wife Of /
friends and ncighbors as simple !
houSeEncper, devoted To her home and
her round of domestic duties, is under
arrest, charged with being one of the
most expert houSchrcakcrS and rob
hcrS in the city, and 50 crafty III her
operations aud the disposition of her
loot that not even her husband suS-
pcctcd her. The woman engaged In
her dangerous business purely for the
love of adventure. She pruiitcd little
by her operations and on several oc-
caSionS, according to her own story.
after lOoting the home of some friend
or neighbOr, she would carry her spoils
to the river and throw the articles
away, one by one.
Following her arrest It was shown
that for nine years she had been max
ing the beds, washing the dishes,
sweeping the rugs and tidying her
home, sending her husband off to work
| in the morning with full dinner pail
and kiss. only to turn to burglary
at every convenient time of the day.
Showed Fight When Arrested.
The woman might have gone on many
years longer undetected had 1t not
been for the alert eyes of women who
told the police that in nearly every in
stance of n daylight robbery in their
| neighhOrhoOd Il woman whose appear
ance tailed with that of Mrs. Hant2
| had been seen either near or on the
premises. a few mornings ago nVt
detectives entered the modest home
of the suspect. She greeted them Will
smile and guessed their mission
Whipping a revolver from her skirts
she raised it and would have fired hat
not an officer seized her from behin'
and OverpOwered her.
Then they searched the home. BE
meath mattresses, in closets and draw
The herald., 1917-02-15
educational Advertising,

iae newspaper reader who overlooks
'ae advertisements misses one of the
put educational features of the mod
y newspaper. In recent years there
.. been an extraordinary revolution
me conception Of the value of pub
'y and In the methods of employing
y Is significant of more than n
sa6 appreciation of the use of news
s 4. pace on the part of the adver-
'.. u means that a growing public
ence demands more considerate
s.nent and that cleaner ideals in
$40 ,ness and politics have made frank
publicity profitable.
The herald., 1917-02-15
CUTS DOWN WEEDS
.,rDcAa CONVERTED TIED INTO a
mowINe-MAcHlNE'
c,.w of Three Men 1t Can
s s.nsv. obnoxious Growth o"
S'I Both sides of the Track at
Rapid Rate.

,o,,road handcar has been con-
In y, info a railroad mowing-machlne'
ri'' ,h-ee men required 10 operate 1t
DE ~. ,Isv 70 do the work of 30 men with
= .,t he's and when the car is MOVING ,1sr.g
fIs . r| 70 four miles of weeds and
nUI s an hour. When the moving
y y, are not in operation the car
nv J. ,r,sel from IS to 20 miles an hour.
o .. u motive power is a siH-hOrsepOwer
nsolne engine. ~ G n
. i =. inventor of the machine. he
> ~ node the moving blades vertically
,,....ble. so that they may be moved
=. sIferent positions and to differ,
Nv ,.rlIuotions for moving upon level
o. ,..llnod surfaces. Furthermore
-Ovipp mechanism at each side OF
~ ar IS controlled independently
Ast One mower may be thrown ou'
,a0sration while the other continues
put H,m,
n. accompanying illustration shows
A, DOwing-machine car with cutting
ADDS raised to pass through center
-,,ds When the blades are operated
=, cut swath five feet wide OF
.,h ode of the car. After the weed
"a brush have been removed anothe
D,chlne-the railroad disking machin
-sbrOught into operation in its wake
nj, machine has series of disk
vsIeb smooth down the gravel just be
usd the ends of the ties.-Popuia
ssence Monthly.
The herald., 1917-02-15
COUPLE ARRESTED
FOR SOULFUL KISS
Pretty Cuiprit'S inquiry Floors
Magistrate Who Promptly
RENTS Fine.

Philadclphia.-So Soulful kisses. eX-
changed 10y Il Philadelphia couple ut
the front door of the young ladys
home. when the street wJS dark and
conditions opporlunc. might have end
ed right there, had it not been for
Frank NrcSc. who wears the badge of
the vice squad. Vice was not ramp
ant. He saw the kiss and stopped. lie
watched and drew ont his watch. The
second hand passed round and round
again. Still they fingered, lips cling
ing. like pair of figures on a maya
zine cover.
Il was too much for mere vice
squad. That's why "hrcach of the
pence" and kiss" became Synonymous.
The herald., 1917-02-15

and Vice officer NeeSe promptly ar
rested Miss Catherine Haines ana
Thomas Winning, the culprits. They
were hailed into court.
Magistrate BeatOn presided. Inc
pretty young woman, with scorntui
toss of the head, looked him squarely
in the eye:
"Whcn did kissing become crimeE
demanded the young lady.
"We didn't think we were lowering
the morals of the neighborhOod,' WIN
ming added.
Magistrate Beaton choked, gaSped,
then rOared:
Five dollars apiece fine, which the
court will remit"
Miss Haines, whose suddenly smil-
Ing lips even the magistrate admitted
looked very kissable, and Winning.
who looked as though he knew IT,
| locked arms and walked out OF the
room. Vice officer Neese picked VI
his cap and fled through rear door
The herald., 1917-02-15
IS SLAIN DEFENDING WOMAN
Oscar HeIbig Tries TO Save Girl From
Man in Her Room,
Police Say.

Chicago-Oscar Helblg, sixty years
old. former owner Of rooming house
at 759 Milwaukee avenue, was shot and
killed while struggling with John Bud
ziak. nineteen years old, in an effort,
the police say, to prevent him from mis-
treating woman roomer. After kill
ing Helbig. Budziak fired shot into
his own head and will probably die.
Miss Pauline Seldus, nineteen years
old, the woman, told the police Budziak
attacked her and Helblg came to the
rescue.
The herald., 1917-02-15
Germany Adopts Air Brake.

A Uniform airbrake for freight
tnins has been adopted in Germany.
What this means Is apparent to any
American who has seen the German
railroads., with nearly every freight
szr surmounted by a small pavilion, in
snch man sits to operate the
Brakes Henceforth the railways will
be able to dispense with an army of
nrakemen, and all freight trains will
v operated exclusively by the en-
pneer. Representatives of the AustrO-
Hungarian railways, as well e t,,0se
q the German states outside of Prus-
"a have been In Berlin recently wit.
Messing the final tests of the new sys-
ten.
The herald., 1917-02-15
GATHERED FACTS

The cork oak Of Spain Is said 70
grow best In poorest soil.
Dacember is the wheat harvest
ontb In New South Wales.
Flaked potatoes are used for human
food and cattle fodder.
Nellie Powell. who died In Ceve-
S.nd left $1,000 for the support OF
four pet cats.
A new sink strainer has a revolving
center plate that can be closed oves
its holes to retain water In SINK.
The herald., 1917-02-15
Pulls Spikes to See Fun.

Edwardsville. Ili.-"We just wanted
TO see some fun" said Curtis NORGE,
farehand, aged fifty, confessing to the
police that he and Charles Craig,
cronie, pulled spikes from the rails OF
the Illinois Traction System and
caused the wreck which resulted In the
death of one and the injury of score
Of passengers.
The herald., 1917-02-15
controlling Ones Actions.

-. whole scheme Of our voluntary
4 s al that We do from morning
,.,. sa' o. every day, is beyond doubt
49, eu 70 our control. Andfrom our
z. ~ consciousness we do know that,
49, ef We will, we can make our
~ =. execute whatever we approve,
49, .asie In Its birth whatever we
The herald., 1917-02-15
Win Can Answer This?

Donald was holding his new cat
ond his mother told him to let 1t go
whenever it wagged its tail so hard.
os that showed it was unhappy. Don
old said: "Well, mother, why Is II
that n cat wags its tail because 1t Is
unhappy and dog wags its tail be-
cause Ii is happyF
The herald., 1917-02-15
PEG SPOILED ROMANCE

Pittsburgh. That she had
lived with her husband three
weeks before discovering that
he had a wooden leg, was testi-
fled to by Mrs. Anna Bell, be-
fore a master appointed to take
evidence in the divorce pro-
ceedings instituted by the wom-
an against George 7. Bell.
The couple were married In
Cumberland. Nd, on July IL.
1914, having eloped to that
place from Pittsburgh. After
keeping the marriage a secret
for several weeks, they went to
live with the wife's mother In
! one of the suburbs Of the city.
! The discovery that her hus-
/ band had only one leg. the wife
testified, was followed by abuse
4 and ill-treatment from him. The
4 master recommended that q d.
4 vorce be granted.
The herald., 1917-02-15

Electric burglar alarms surround
the treasury in Washington and are
tested every Is minutes, day and night.
Concrete is being used almost exclu-
siyely for the gate structures OF irri-
cation canals In this country. displac-
ing wood for the purpose, despite the
greater cost of the concrete.
Gas nantes made Of ramie fiber are
said to be In every way superior 70
those made of cotton. and nantes OF
silk and artificial silk fiber are better
still. The silk fiber Is longer and re-
mains unbroken during use.
The herald., 1917-02-15
Hll Resilienex

:, fe-f, as you claim, your
hrr- eoeng at a very slow rate,
a. noslng In fact. how was 1t that
~ 49, = you struck was Knocked
q. s'-The only way I can ex-
{ s0ur honor, is that the man is
The herald., 1917-02-15
Stripped by Robbers.

st. Louis.-Stripped by highwaymen
of his watch. $3.50 and every stitch of
clothing except his trousers, Herbert
Ewing, aged sixteen. was forced to
walk home in that condition with the
thermometer below freezing. We'll
leave you Just enough to look respecta-
BILE on the Streets" the holdup men
said.
The herald., 1917-02-15
sneef,euIar Establishment.

"why do you let your hair grow
longT
"For the benefit of my audience
replied the eminent pianist. ut gives
the people who don't really care for
music something to amuse them till 1
get through playing"
The herald., 1917-02-15
The Ten Commandments.

Ouestion-What effect did the ten
commandments have upon the children
of Israeli
Answer-The ten commandments
made the children of Israel very miser-
able.-Living Church.
The herald., 1917-02-15
TAKING No Chances.

Horace-There's your friend Simp-
kins. / am afraid he's going to get
soaked to the skin. Why don't you
ask him under your umbrella?
Ely-Tm afraid he would recognize
it-Judge.
The herald., 1917-02-15
Ealsehood.

If is more from carelessness about
the truth, than from Intentional lying,
that there Is so much falsehood In
the world.-Johnson.
The herald., 1917-02-15
Near One

4 = the Comeups have a
z @eir boosted pedigree"
49, ~ registered bull pup has