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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
ALASKA RAIL ROAD WORK IS NOW AT
 ITS LOWEST Ebb
Work on Railroad Only Lit tie More Than Half What It Was One Year Ago
 at This Time.

ANCHORAGE, April 15.-Not more than two-thirds of the force on the Anchorage division of the Govern ment railroad year ago is now employed on the enterprise. Twelve months ago, when the force was re- garded as unusually small, it num- bered about 1000; at present it to- tals 692 Before the entrance of the United States into the world war, the Anchorage division employed as many as $500 workers
 The present small force is due to the lack of an appropriation for the railroad by tho last Congress. No new construction work can be under taken Activities are limited to fin ishing construction work under way. principally bridges. and to the main teance and curtailed operation of that part of the system that is in a state of completion.
 Information was recently received at the Anchorage offices of the Al askan Engineering Commission to the effect that many honorably dis charged soldiers in the States con templated coming to Anchorage to work on the Government railroal So they might entertain no false ideas relative to opportunities for em-
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
VOTE OF THANKS

DOUGLAS, April 21.-The officers and members of the American Red Cross are extremely gratified to the employees of the Tradwcll Mining Company who have been contributing fifty cents per man per month dur ing the past year. Now since there will not be such need for money to carry on the work, there is not the need for them to continue their monthly contribution, and the March contribution was thc last
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
ON VACATION BUSINESS TRIP

DOUGLAS, April 21-Miss Ethel Heacock, who has charge of the dry goods and ladies' furnishings depart ment of the Treadwell Store left for San Francisco on the Princess Mary yesterday morning, to select goods for the department and to enjoy a well-earned vacation. While South Miss Heacock will visit with rela tives in California.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21

ployment on the railroad, an official statement setting forth there are not enough jobs on the ground was sent to the purchasing and employment office of the Commission in Seattle, and this statement has been given wide publicity.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
FOR SALE

1 HOO meat beam scale. | platform scale. 1 Toledo electric counter scale. 1 hanging butcher scale. 1 grindstone. l sausage suffer. Cleveland electric meat grinder,
 fitted with F h.p. motor. i 5hp. electric motor. 1 20-gallon boiler and caldron. sectional blocks. s@ 2-drawer National Cash Register,
 electrically equipped. ? counter cases with cold storage
 fittings. 10 galvanized steel bar hooks 10 galvanized steel screw hooks. dog. beef track rollers. 1-ton York refrigerating plant
 complete with compressor, con
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
 LEAVES FOR SiTkA

DOUGLAS, April 21-Mrs lone Cook, who has been visiting at the home of Mrs. L. A. Bowen for the past ten days, will return on the Admiral Evans to Sitka where she will store her furniture preparatory to leaving for Bremerton, Washing ton, where her husband, who was se- verely burned last week, will be sent for, treatment
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
BRYANT WASHBURN
 UPHOLDS REPUTATION

DOUGLAS, April 21.-Remember- ing their fun seeking him in Skin ner's Baby" some time ago, account ed for the large crowd present last night to witness Bryant Washburn in his latest feature, and they were not Harold Lloyd in Two Scrambled" will close this show for the last time tonight
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
RECOVERED VOICE

DOUGLAS, April 21-E. A. Me Hamilton, formerly blacksmith at the Treadwell mine for many years, was severance mine where he is now employed Friends of Mac will be glad to know he has again recovered his voice, after a lapse of about eight months.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
LAST CHANGE TO SEE
 "HIT-TH-TRAiL HOLIDAY

DOUGLAS, April 21-The large audience witnessing the inimitabla comedian in his own play last night was unanimous in it's verdict, as great" which was evidenced by the appreciation shown in applause. Besides this is the side-splitting com edy, "The Vanquished Flirt," and 2 Travelogue
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
RED CROSS DRAWING HELD

DOUGLAS, April 21.-The three piece hand-worked set of a pillow, table runner, and centerpiece was won by Mrs J. G. Zimmerman of Douglas. This entire beautiful set of handwork was doAe by Mrs. L. s. Ferris of Treadwell, who donated it to all to the Red Cross.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
SIGNS OF BUSINESS PROSPERITY

DOUGLAS, April 21.-A crew of men were engaged last week to fin ish off the interior of the structure formerly occupied by the Sheldon Undertaking Parlors and carpenter shop, and get it in shape for occu- pancy. The building is now owned by the First Territorial Bank of Douglas
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
denser, piping, runways ana hangers, gauges and two re- frigerator doors. Address 20. Box ', Dougl.s Alaska.
MAIL NOTICE

All mail for steamers arriv ing between am. and pm. will close one hour before boat is due. fU
 All mail for boats arriving between pm. and g am. will close at 4 pm.
 No mail will be despatched on Sunday, save for Canadian boats.
 All mail for Canadian steam CTS will close when steamer arrives at dock.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21

FOR SALE-Six-room house. with bath, partly furnished. J. F. Peters, Phone Treadwell 292.
 The Alaska Grill, the largest and best known restaurant in Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
--|-777777'777-<<k-> - WOMAE'S CLUB

DOUGLAS, April 21.-There will be meeting of the Douglas Island at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. Charles Sey. 4 good attendance is request ed, as some important business mat ters are to be discussed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
BECOME DOUGLAS RESIDENTS

DOUGLAS, April 21-Mr. and Mrs J. II. Long of Juneau have taken the Liljestrand home on the corner of Third and l. streets, where they will reside for the summer. MT. Long
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
FINE PROGRAM GIVEN IN DOUGLAS ON THE
 OCCASION OF EASTER

DOUGLAS, April 21-A very ell tertaining program was rendered by the. young folks at the Congregation al Church last evening, and a good crowd was in attendance. Particular credit should be given to Mrs. Egg bert Loomis for her efforts in get ting up the program of music and to, Misses Gallwas and Robinson, who drilled the children in their rec itations. Following is the program in addition to which Rev Condit of Juneau gave very interesting talk. . Song "Hymnar" ............(J. Braise) Congregation
 frayer .-...-...--.---------- Dr. Condlt hecltatl0n ...-.--.-.-...--..-..--.--- welcome
 Josephine Christoe and Egbert Song ....................... God Is Love" Primary Class
 Recitation ........ Little Brown Blub'' Mary Frazier and Elizabeth Sey. Song ......................... "Cherily Ring Recitation ....... Rangnor Kronquist Solo ........-......-...-..... Elsie Edminson Song ............ Rise Up, An, Hearts Recitation ...-......,... Alberta Gallwas Song ............... Smiles and tTears' Recitation .................... Johnny Martin Offertory.
 Minister. Scripture or Text. Song "Hymnal" ........................ Praise
 Congregation
 Service.
 Song ........-......-.-........ Mrs Cahiil Centurian's Daughter ,... (Gists) Dialogue-Harriet Sey, Selma Aalto,
 and Mynia Bland. Song "Hymnal" ................... (Praise)
 Congregation
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
FOR SUMMER BASEBALL

DOUGLAS, April 21-Weather per people are asked to turn out tonight and fix up the baseball grounds in Douglas
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21

is rapidly getting his cannery equip ment in order, and will soon be ready for business.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-21
COUNCIL MEETING

DOUGLAS, April 21-There will be a regular meeting of the Douglas City Council this evening"
The sun., 1919-07-20

The "Charlemagne" of THE Nudge"
was in all likelihood the old restaur-
ant OF the Grand Vatel which in the
late '70s was on Houston street. II
Was the prize exhibit of the bohemia
of the. French Quarter ~ the south
OF the square. There not only the
strusglers of the quarter, some of
them oommunards who had fed from
France to escape the penalty Of their
crimes of 1871, but also American art
lists and authors in embryo used to
dine substantially and with amazing
economy. Why not when the bill of
fare provided soup for five cents,
beef with vegetables for ten cents,
veal Marengo for twelve cents, NUT
ton stew with potatoes for eight cents,
praised beef with onions for ten cents,
macaroni au gratin for six cents, celery
salad for six cents, and either Gruevere
or Neufchatel cheese for three cents,
and for three cents the small cup of
coffee needed properly to finish the
repast?
A block or so rrom the Square, at
the southeast corner of Fifth avenue
and Ninth street Ia the structure
where Mark Twain made his home
during certain years of his New York
life. No Il Fifth avenue, the dwell
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appeared entirely. Bunner, who in
the days when he was editing Puck
from its Mulberry street office, was
In the habit of lunching frequently
in Maodougal street and South Fifth
avenue restaurants in company with
such men as Brander Matthews and
James L. Ford drew in The Nudge"
a picture of typical old time cab
aret of the section, calling 1t "A la
Vile de Rouen." which specialized in
Fine Wines, Brandies and Liqueurs,"
and OF which the patron was j. Pr
guilt. A curious conceit of the tale
presented the window sign backward,
from the point of view from which
the clients of the establishment liked
best to read It, and thoughts of that
sign and OF the warmth and cleanli-
ness within, and OF Mime. Pigault'
neat and comely knitting, and of the
saWdust covered floor and the little
noises of a gentle sort inspired Bun
rer to that fine prohibition ser
mon in which he showed with truth
end keen humor the "estimable gen.
tlemen who go about this broad land
denouncing the Demon Drink that
there were wine shops not wholly IN
iquitous and that bred not crime but
gentleness and good cheer.
The sun., 1919-07-20

When the son went to study medi-
cine in Paris the father went along TO
install him in the rue de lEstrapade
near the Pantheon. Every year he
made a pilgrimage to see him, going
with the young man to the museums,
the theatres, the libraries and losing
no chance to Undue the son with his
own burning spirit of patriotism and
hatred OF social injusticeS
In the old gentleman's later days he
was q witty and charming companion
to those who could gain access to his
fine old home in rAubraie. HE re-
counted as we'll as a BalZac or Maui
PEASANT the manners and customs OF
the peasants" says NJ. Geffroy. "for
while he had retired from practice in
Nantes he was still a country doctor
and he knew the country folk pro-
foundry we'll"
The old home was surrounded by q
foss, and the proprietor used TO re-
count that he was standing on the
little bridge that crossed 1t when news
came OF the battle of Waterloo and It's
outcome. He was years old then.
He loved his lands. loved tho coun-
try. And he was a kindly landlord
Sometimes 1t was suggested TO him
that II might be we'll TO scrutinize a
little more closely some Of the ac-
counts submitted to him by the farm
ers. He would listen with a heavy
ear" and reply, Well, what would
you? They've kept us alive for eighty
years now"
There is another story Of the ole
man:
A peasant sought him out seeking
TO buy young tree set out in the
middle OF a field.
"Well, look It over" said the squire
The peasant did 90. carefully an(
infinitely.
-Ill leave 1t to you" went on the ole
gentleman. You set the price. What
ever you say it's worth you may have
It for. Let's hear your estimate"
The peasant looked the tree owe
again.
at isn't worth anything" said tn,
peasant.
"Im a man of my word. That which
is worth nothing, take for nothing"
And he forced the shamefaced peas
ant to take the tree on those terms,
NJ. Geffroy went to see him one day
II want TO invite you TO my funeral,
said the old man suddenly. He wa
right. He died soon afterward, Jul,
! "a. 1871. sstthsageokSA
The sun., 1919-07-20
Clemenceau Guided by His Fathers Precepts

young Clemenceau made two trips to
France to endeavor to overcome the
parental opposition-and he won, as
his father had won the same battle be-
fore him.
1t Is wonderful thing that the six
children born of that marriage eighty
years ago are alive. They are Emma,
now Nine. Jacquet; the Premier; Mile.
Adrienne; Sophie. now Nine. Bryndza
then Paul. an engineer, ana Albert
a lawyer.
All of them were exceptionally we'll
educated. under a rigorous regime
A new Clemenceau anecdote comes
to light In this connection. 1t APP
pears that when he was about ID, he
spent a lazy year in school. At the
end Of the term there were prizes for
nearly everyone except for him
prizes consisting for tho most part OF
beautifully bound. gilt edged books
To watch the other boys strutting the
streets OF Nantes with their arms full
of these treasures, and to walk empty
handed himself was more than he
could stand. So he rified his fathers
bookcases for a good armful and made
promenade himself. He was disci-
plined for It by the head of the lycee-
or as We would say high school.
II will spoil the story for Juvenile
readers TO relate that young Georges
made up his deficiencies that summer
From his father Clemenceau inherits
also his we'll khown love for the arts
His father was an amateur draughts'
man, painter, photographer and sculp'
tor. Also he played the violin wei
enough 10 be heard at the soirees OF
the period In Nantes
One of his paintings in time may ht
preserved by the French Government
as carefully as any OF the treasures o.
the Louvre. for II Is a portrait of hi
| distinguished son at the age OF II
years. n IL we'll painted, TOO, anC
shows an Intelligent, mischievous laC
with eyes set wide apart under rathel
straight and heavy brows; a gooc
nose, a short upper lip with rather
marked indentation, and a chin tina
is, In irreverent language, some chin
The likeness to the Clemenceau o
to-day is easy enough to see, particu
larly In the high, Monaghan cheel
bones, but there Is one striking dis
similarity. The boy OF 10 had
beautiful shock of fluffy hair that hi
the odd configuration OF the Clemen
ceau skull that later was to tempt tn
earicatuytstA OF two continents
The sun., 1919-07-20
TIN GHOUT' his long and
crowded life the influence of his


crowded life the influence Of his
fathers precepts and example
has influenced strongly the thought and
the career of Georges Benjamin Gle
menceau, the Premier who led France
to victory and then made peace for her
mot the least of The Big Three"
statesmen of the world.
Georg Brandes, famous Danish man
of letters and long an intimate OF the
Premier, relates that long after Gle
menceau had reached middle age,
when he had become one of the most
noted figures In French Journalism
and public life, he used often to say:
"If should do (this or that what
would my father say9"
What sort of father was this who
thus could set his indellible Impress
upon one of the worlds great minds
and greater heart? Must he, not have
been a remarkable man himself
He was.
Gustave Geffroy. who knew him
and all his children. at last has written
for ILLUSTRATION the frat study of
the elder Clemenceau that has reached
type. IT is Illuminating because 1t
shows how many of the Premier's
splendid qualities-his lifelong enmity
to autocracy in all its forms, his ear
nestness and steadfastness, even his
wit-were and are his by right of in
heritance.
1t is hard for US nowadays-Ws of
the younger generation to realize
that France not long ago was under
the rule of a monarch. We have read
1t in histories, certainly, but ii is not
vivid to us. 1t is vivid enough to Gle
menceau.
Benjamin Clemenceau, his father. a
physician, as is his son and as four
generations of Clemenceaus have been
was married in 1889, and after their
| first child. daughter, and their sec
ond, the Premier, were born, went tC
live at Nantes. BENJAMIN Clemenceau
sympathized with the revolution and
| his father had played part In
It, He was an ardent democrat, q
Republican. Under Louis Philippe
| and under Louis Napoleon. he fire.
quented a secret meeting place of the
| Republicans In Nantes, In the home OF
one Plancon, where admission was by
password. There were some famou,
Republicans in the group, statue;
stand IN Nantes now TO two Of them
Gen. Cambronna mad DR.. queptn
The sun., 1919-07-20

ing in question, is house of red
brick, a house with a high basement
and three stories above, and incident
ally built by the architect who de-
signed Grace Church. Samuel Glenn
ems went to live there in the autumn
of 1904, remaining for a time in the
nearby Grosvenor Apartment, in order
that the new habitation might be put
in order and the home furniture
that had been brought from Hartford
Installed. When No. 81 was ready for
occupation only Mr.. Clemens and his
daughter Jean went to live there, for
Clara Clemens had not yet recovered
from the strain of her mothers long
illness and the shock of her death,
and was in retirement under the care
OF trained nurse. Mark Twain, ac-
cording to his biographer, Albert Big
The sun., 1919-07-20

There were twelve leaders benjamin
Clemenceau was one.
When in December, 1851, Louis Ma
poleon decided to cast aside his pre-
tence of republican rule and assume
the title OF Emperor Napoleon Ill.,
his ever active police did not overlook
the Nantes physician. He was ordered
informed. Seven years later, he felt
the imperial wrath more strongly. He
was seized and ordered deported into
exile In Algiers.
Tho incident made a permanent I'M
preston ON the mind Of his seventeen
year old son. When the prison var
ar rived to carry his father away he
pressed close TO him and whispered.
II will avange you."
III you would avenge me, work" re-
piled his father.
In 1905, when Clemenceau had be-
come Minister of the Interior, in peace
time the most influential post In the
French Cabinet. he paid visit to hi
native La Vendee and reoounted the
story IN a speech delivered at one OF
the great celebrations in his honor.
And have worked" he added
and to-day. when I see all the Re'
publicans doing me the honor 20 ac'
claim me far above my deserts. can
not restrain myself from turning Il
Kim to whom I owe everything ant
saying to you: 1T Is he who should b
honored.'"
! 1t Is almost anti-climax to RECORD
that the father never reached Algiers
The imperial ediet OF Punishment wa
revoked by the time he reached Mar
Eeilles.
Like father like son! Benjamin
Glemenceau fell in love as a youth will
Mile. Sophie Emma Eucharis eau
treau. daughter Of q neighboring lan'
owner in Mouillsron-en-P areds, Ven
dee. HIS father. Paul Jules Benjamin
Clemenceau, opposed tho match. Their
was q violent clash between them, bu
the son won ana the marriage tool
place.
That is not the French way. I,
France the parents arrange the mar
riages. with a careful eye on the dot
Everyone remembers the story q
the Premier. how he came to Americ
upon graduating in medicine, was un
able TO make a living practising Il
New York, went to teach French In
girls school In Stamford. Conn.-an
fell In love with ono Of his pupils.
Then history repeated itself. HI
father ehjsetsds It " Esiatsd thh
The sun., 1919-07-20
on WEST HOUSTON STREET.

looked down upon the Square, study
ing it with his wise. kindly philosophy.
When he was tired of looking out at
the Square he sought another view,
that afforded by the windows TO the
south. for in the rear OF No. so were
two vacant lots, stretching through to
West Third street, or Amity street as
1t was probably then called, ''These
yards in summer were green and
bright, and in the centre of one there
was a tree"
Formerly the streets TO the imme-
date south of Washington Square
were the French Quarter, which later
migrated to the Twenties west OF
Sixth. avenue, and then somehow dis
The sun., 1919-07-20

Glow Paine, was very lonely in No. 81
and sought to liven matters by in
stalling a great Aeollan orehestrelle.
In January, 1906, Paine paid his first
visit to the house and found Mr. Glenn
ems propped up in bed with his head
at the foot, turning over the pages of
"Huckleberry Finn" in search of a
paragraph about which some random
correspondent had asked calculation.
Eighth street is an outlying posses
sion of Washington Square, and when
1t was more Familiarity known as Gin
ton place the thoroughfare was rich
In literary traditions and associations
The Centtp,'u was there when 1t enter
tanned Thackeray so well. Evert
Augustus Duyckinck, author OF "The
War for the Union" and ce-author
with his brother George OF the ICY
clopedia of American Literature"
lived there. Mrs. Botta, who as Anne
Lynch, had entertained or tried to
entertain Poe in her Washington
Square salon, made her home for a
time in Clinton place. In e, third
story back room of No, 33 Thomas
Bailey Aldrich, then young clerk
with aspirations to authorship, wrote
his "Ballsd of Babie Bell" At No.
81, which was the home Of Judge
DAILY, Paul du Chaillu wrote some OF
the chapters dealing with his African
explorations and brought down upon
his head the incredulous laughter of
two continents. In Clinton place, un-
I'll ten or fifteen years ago. was the
home OF Richard Watson Glider, poet,
If q
city of New York.
scene of Van Bibber Adventure.
At the northwest corner Of Ninth
street and Fifth avenue is the house
where Richard Harding Davis's Van
Bibber ran into the adventure that
was related in Van Bibher's Bur-
glar." It is known as the De Rham
house. But fiction was not needed TO
invest the structure with a romantic
story. It ceased TO be commonplace
it II ever were commonplaoe-soon
after It was erected in the early half
OF the last century by one of the Bro
WORT family. There, In February.
1S40, was held the first masquerade
ball in tho history OF New York, the
most splendid social affair OF the first
half of the nineteenth century. But
It ended in a manner that placed a
ban on masked balls for many years
to come.
The British Consul 10 New York
was Anthony Barclay and he had a
daughter Matilda, a belle of great
charm and beauty, surrounded by q
group of persistent suitors. or course.
among them the one she preferred
was the one of whom her parents most
| disapproved, a young South Caro-
linian named Burgwyne. Opposition
served only to fan the flame Of attach
ment, and they met by stealth. and IN
the good old fashioned way he wooed
! her by quotations from Tom Moores
"Lalla Rookh," which was their favorite
poem To the bali they went In the guise
OF their romantic favorites. she as
Lana and he as Feramorz, the young
prince. Till in the morning they
| danced. and then, still wearing the
costumes OF the poem, they slipped
away from the ball and were mar
ried before breakfast. Natural and
harmless enough as 1t seems after all
the years, It caused a great uproaI
aaa.scaAdsi Fna brought nasissdAbsil'