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immoral en- 81 mismo, y da1arse Ell or
den legalidad de las carreras. Els
una bestia mala; patea a los mismos
que juegan con Ell. GNo. esta viendo
todo Ell publico que asiste las carre-
ras que Ell ambiente ALI no tiene NADIA
de sano v que todas las aspiraciones
en- aquel temple del deporte son Ell
amor al pool, y pocos. Sc dan cuenta del
verdadero espfritu del deporte, y que
toda la habilidad es enfocada hacia Ell
montante de ounce Q diez y seis mil
d6lares del pool, y. por 10 tanto ten
dente hacer las carreras torcidas,
por medic de fraudes, y que este re-
dunda en- perjuicio del mismo publi-
co? Esto es bastante visible y sola-
mente subsiste debido a la mansedum-
bre proverbial del corderito portorri-
quefo.
Ofrecer quinientos d6lares al que
aporte alguna evidencia luz sobre
estos fraudes al deporte, es un rasgo
de seriedad, y demuestra ell cello v hon
radez que caracteriza los senores de
la Comision Hipica, pero este es casi
irrealizable. Yo major lie ofreceria
.heno Y .avena al caballo que despues
de la Tcarrera lie dijera al Jurado que
su jockey 10 habia sofrenado. Els casi
10 que falta, cue los caballos hablen,
para tener pruebas de estas inmorali-
dades del deporte. 5No puso atencion
Ell plblico, pongamos por ejemplo, a Sa-
tanas,, en- carreras anteriores las del
dia IL, en- iguales condolences. con los
mismos contrincantes v casi con los
mismos jinetes, y ell mismo p1blico CO.
tizarlo ponerlo pagar $50 o $50 por
81, con su misma opinion, Y en- las
carreras del dfa IL casi con los mismos
contrincantes en- identicas condicio-
nes, Y casi con los mismos jockeys,
solo pag6 una insignifcancia, aparte
de los pregoneros en- Ell ring de las
apuestas que estaban en- el ajo del
misterio jugando descaradamente por
trasmano a satanas, dando de venta-
ia los deplas caballos2 Esto es bastan-
te evidencia para yer que algo fuera
de 10 legal estaba pasando. Ademas,
6no vic, el publico en- esta carrera los
caballos corriendo fuera de la Inca
que marca Ell reglamento, casi rozan-
do el zinc que rodea la pista, mientras
Satanas tenia casi que lamar al Dia-
bio mismo en- su ayuda para llegar a
la meta Ell primero? ST este no es bas-
tante prueba de que la Influenza del
pool estaba siendo puesta en- practica
en- este trance, 70 quiero que Sc me
salten los ojos para no contemplar mas
este deporte que es Ell mejor de todos
y por Ell que siento gran entusiasmo
Una gran parte del pIblico que fre-
cuenta las carreras ha visto carreras
en- los hip6dromos del Canada. de New
York y de Maryland, y tambi6n sabe
que cuando Sc cometen irregularidades
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CAMPEONATO

HIGH SCHOOL CLASS A
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Refreshing Novel Of Youth and Mystery Written By One
Of Americas FOrenlst Story Tellers and
- Keenest ANALYSTS.

81 - tFss s rs Il Z +
''Yon seem to be talking quite
clearly here" said Clancy. She
knew. that her cheeks were white
and that her voice trembled, but
her eyes never left the eyes Of
Grannis.
The tail. thin moving-picture
magnate shrugged his narrow
shoulders. But his shrug was
not like Clancy'a. It was neither
despairing, nor pathetic. nor de-
faint. It was careless.
Just as you say, Of course,
Miss Deane. Only-there are.
pleasanter places than police
station. Don't you think so7''
Clancy gasped. She seemed to
grow cold All over. then hot.
Then; she felt as IL about to
faint. she gripped herself with
an effort that would have done
credit TO i woman ten years
older. s.
An right. she said. :'Where
shall we go?'
5rannis turned abruptly To-
the east. 1t would have been
quite easy, Clancy thought. to
slip away and loss herself in the
crowd that swarmed upon Fifth
]. ayenue. But she had common
sense she knew that ahead Of
every flight waits the moment
of pause, ana that when she
paused. Grannis Of zenda Or the
police would catch up with her.
And she had no money. Unless
she chose to starve. she must
return tomorrow. or the next dav
to Miss sally Henderson's office.
There, Grannis would be waiting
Tor her. Besides. he had already
threatened. ''Pleasanter places
than police station!''
"A police station!
What courage she had mustered
to meet Grannis' first words had
evaporated as she followed him
sineekly up three steps and
through the revolving door Of 8
restaurant,
Within was y narrow han. the
further side ofswhich was framed
by glass windows that ran TO the
! eiling, ana through which was
visible a dining-room whose most
conspicuous decorations were
tubs Of plants. At one end Of the:
hail was q grin. and at the other
end was another restaurant.
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HECAUSES OF
| CATARACT
by Brice BeIden, M. D.

~ATARACT is loss Of trans
parency of the crystalline
~ lens. The lens is a per-
fectly transparent body, suspended
in the eyeball just back Of the
pupil It refracts or bends the
rays Of light which enter the eye.
It's function is to converge the
rays Of light 80 that they come
to q focus on the retina, which is
the part of the eye with which
we see. This is done by the lens
changing its form as conditions
require. In cataract the lens
becomes apaque.
Cataract Is always the. result
of some interference with the
nutrition Of the lens. It may be
present at birth, or may appear
shortly after birth as a result OF
some nutrttive disturbance. It
may appear at any time during
life, but is most common in peo-
pie over fifty years Of age.
Cataract causes loss Of vision,
without pain. Other diseases OF
the eye may have the same symp.
toms. It Is only by making an
examination Of the interior of the
eye that the cause Of a defect OF
vision which appears gradually
and without pain can be detected.
Whenever there is such a loss Of
vision careful examination
should be made in order to tell
what disease is present.
The symptoms of cataract are:
First, gradual loss Of vision;
second, spots before the eyes;
third, double vision. The patient
may see numerous lights instead
of one when looking with one eye
only.
oped there is only one form Of
treatment that is effective, namely.
operation and removal Of the
thickened. Opaque lens.
The extraction of cataract is an
operation usually accompanied by
excellent results. The cataract is
simply an Opaque lens. To re-
move the cataract the lens must
be removed. This Is done by
making an opening in the eyeball
and pushing out the hardened
lens through 1t.
After the, removal OF the lens
In this fashion it is necessary for
the patient to, wear strong arti.
fetal lenses to refract the rays Of
light on the retina.
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THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis

.E<XY Es, I've heard" said
queer Timothy Tut,
''people claim I'm the
neighborhood nut. All my kin.
folks declare I'm dead one for
fair, and I'll never get out Of my
rut. Now, it may be my critics
are right, for / don't do much
jazzing at night and ! do not COM
plain that no man with a plane
has yet taken me up for flight.
Friends insist land their words
may be true) I belong to an era
that's through; / am all out Of
date and my views have no
weight, for don't take up any
thing new. And yet, when study
their ways and the topics con-
Stunning their days, how they
fidget and stew over cooks and
home brew, I consider their COM
ment is praise. For some folks
who keep right on, the dot and
must have ell their fads piping
hot are the pollywog kind with
the single-track mind, and don't
care about them a lot. Some
thing New is their slogan each
day: every hour that's slipping
away they want new hats or
shoes, or new mixtures for booze.
while their thinking machine may
decay. They treat life as show
with three rings; between cab.
bages, cabarets, kings, they have
everything new save an idea or
two, and they've really scant use
for such things. They insist on
the latest In hats and they want
strictly up-to-date flats, while d.
vorce records prove they keep
right on-the move in the matter
Of new.fangled spats. They Gre
ate such amazing ado that they
think they are putting things
through, butt" sad Timothy Tutt'
from his place in a rut. Il can't
see that they've anything new"
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! leave her, For. walking measured.
ly,snp and down, as though pre-.
pared ITO wait forever for her
eappSaranees was Grannis. the
man whom she had been so GER
tain had.not recognized her earlier
today.
She -hesitated o moment upon
the stoop Of the building 4 that
had once been q private residence,
then 4 boarding. house and was now
renodeled into intimate shops and
tiny apartments. But Grannis had
seen her: flight would merely
..p3stpone the inevitable. Bravely
she seehded the short flight Of
steps, and as Grannis ap.
|, preached, she forced smile to
sher white lips.
Il He stopped q yard away from
her, studying her carefully with
aeyes that she suddenly sersed
were near-sighted. His salIow,
lean countenance was wrinkled
with ptizzlement.
Miss Deane,' be said slowly.
'syou told me this afternoon that.
We had not met before &.
Clancy had MT said anything
5of the sort. she had simply
evaded question with "a nod
of the head. But now she mere
" shrugged her shOuIdsfs. It
was an almost despairin little
shrug. pathetic. yet with de-
nance in1it. too. It expressed
Ahegy mental attitude. She was
despairing: also she was defiant.
Grannis studied her a moment
longer. Then. abruptly. he said:
IL haven't the best memory
!. in the world, Miss Deane, but
from the moment r heard your
voice today. I'VE been sure that
we've met befores / know where.
now In fact, I'd hardly left you
when. ! remembered. s. And I wait
ed outside Miss Henderson's Of.
flee and followed you. Isn't
there some place Whefe We can.
go and afaak?'
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, Magic and Intrigue, Temptation and
feature nLis Tale Of Manhattan's
Exotic Whirlpool.

!. chauffeur. The car moved toward
Park avenue, turned north, and
stopped a dozen blocks above
Forty-seventh street,
One hour, and a half later.
Grannis left Miss Sally Hender-
sons offices. Behind him. Miss
Henderson fingered a lease, signed
by Grannis. and a check for
eight hundred and fifty dollars.
also signed by the moving-picture
man.
''My DEAR" she said. you're
wonderful You have passed the
test"
"Test?'p echoed Clancy In
nocently.
II have only. one" said Miss
Henderson. "Results. You got
them. How did you do it?"
Clancy shrugged carelessly.
II don't know. showed him.
the apartment. He liked 1t.
That's all 5
You're engagedg' cried Miss
Henderson.
'Engaged?'
'sYes-to work for me-"
''But you engaged me before 1.
went out with Mr.. Grannis." said
Clancy.
Miss Henderson smiled. Clancy
discovered that those fun lips
could be as aciduIous as they
were sensuots.
"But not permanently, my dear.
Oh, / may have talked about
salaries and employing you and
all that sort Of thing, but-that
was to give you confidence. II
you'd failed In letting an apart
ment to Mr.. Grannis-but YOU
didn't. my dear. She turned to
Guernsey. "If you had, the pep
of Miss DeaAe, Frank, you'd be
running this business instead OF
working for me. Why don't you
show some jazz
Guernsey shrugged.
I'm not . pretty GIRL" he
replied.
He left the office. and Miss
Henderson looked Clancy over
if. - : So No. 49, s it.s-
Better CAN # . day my dear,
and run over to Forty-fifth street
and see my dressmakeT, IN
phone herr while you're on the
way. Put yourself entirely in her
hands, and I'm attend to the bill
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Keenest Anal visits. !

Grannis turned To 3 ck-boy
ana surrendered bis hat and coat.
He threw q question at Clancy.
Powder your nose?a He took
It for granted that she would.
and said: TN be upstairs. Tea
room. "
He saiintered toward an eleva-
tor without glance at her. Al
maid showed Clancy To q dress
ing-room. she learned what she
had not happened to discover ct
the Chateau de Ia Refine three
nights ago that every well
appointed New York restaurant
has = complete supply Of powder
and puffs and rouge and what
ever other cosmetics may be
required.
she looked at herself lii the
mirror. She had never rouged
in her life. considering it one Of
those acts the commission Of
which definitely establishes
woman as not being good . So,
even though her usually brilliant
skin was pale with apprehension,
she refused the maids offer Of
artificial coloring. But she did
use the powder.
Upstairs she hesitated tiu1idly
on the Threshold Of the tea-room
An orchestra was playing and
scores Of couples we're dancing.
This was Fifth avenue, ana q
word overheard III the dressing
room had informed her that this.
restaurant, was Ferr0ni's, one Of
the most famous, she believed,
in the world. In her unsophisti-
catiOn-fo Clancy was sophisti-
Gated only within certain definite
limits; she could take care of her
self III any conflict with d man,
but would be, just now. helpless
In the hands Of q worldly woman
she supposed that Ferroni's pat
ronage was drawn from the most
exclusive Of New York's society.
Yet the people here seemed 10.
be OF about the same class as
those whosshad been at the Cha
teau de Ia RENE on Monday night.
They were just as noisy. just as
quiet. The women were just
as much painted. just as daring
in the display Of their limbs.
They smoked when they weren't
dancing.
Clancy would soon learn that
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GOOD NIGHT STORIES
BE SURE TO READ THEM TO FOUR CHILDREN

away. But I suppose some Of the V
younger ants must have told IL t0 /
some OF the neighbors. and befcra
/ knew 1t they were upon me alld 4
stole every one that we had
"The very dear Diclxy excIain-
ed. "If Happy Giggles knew that
he'd '' -
IT certainly would" laughed III
merry voice. and Happy Giggles
the little elfin from MakebeIieveR
Land, hoped up beside DiclEy aad !
Mama Ant. What II that you are i
saying about me. little bOy7'
Diclky jumped up and almost /
shook the little elfin's arm off, he 4
was so glad to see him.
why, Happy Gigglea!" he cried. i
hreathlessly. ''You must help
Mama Ant. Those terrible neigh.s5
bors Of hers have stolen all Of her
cows, and now she hasn't any cows Z
at all. just told her ! knew e 4
you heard abeut it you'd so and
get every one Of those cows hack !
for her."
Just q second" laughed the )
elfin. you'll do no hunting nor. h
fighting for cows. Your COWS viii i
come back to you before morning,
or TIL miss my guess" Without !,
q word, he flew over to the army
of victors and waved his magic
wand. Every COW they had taken
from Mama Ant fell down on the
grass in q dead faint. sss
OF course. the big ants became
alarmed, and one by one dragged
the cows back and laid them near 7
Mama Ants doorway.
I'm sorry" the leader of to-
big ants laughed sheepishly. ~
didn't know they were ill.'' And I
away he and his followers scamp
cred.
Dichy, Happy Giggles and Mama
Ant and her children started 10
carry the cows into the anthili.
when they all jumped up and scoot-
ed In by themselves.
Mama Ant cried, she was so
happy. She couldn't thank Happy
Glggles and Dicky enough.
Always remember, little Mama
Ant" laughed Happy Giggles. as
he started away. hidden Jewels
are Outlines more sought after
than those kept In plain sight,
Drive your cows UP for the sun.
shine once In while. and I'm sure
they'll never be bothered again.
Copyright, 1898. by Newspaper Feature.
Service, Inc.1
Another Goodnight Story To
morrow.
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LAND .O' DREAMS
A FINE SERIES By. A PSYCHE ANALYST
By Hereward Darlington, I taslish r

}. tablish reality.
That being the case, the qucs-
ton arises: How do we know
that this life IL not ALI dream?
You viii remember that, in
"Alice in Wonderland" Alice en-
countered Tweedledee and Twee-
dledum In the forest. Together
they saw the king asleep there.
Tweedledun said. what do you
suppose i, he is dreaming about?"
Alice replied, "How could I know
that?"
why" replied Tweedledee, che
Is dreaming about you. Of course"
Alice said, How do you know
Tweedledum replied, "Well, you
are here; that shows that you are
being dreamed about. You are
just thing in his dream. If he
stopped dreaming about you, you
would go out just like q candle
flame!'
Alice had no reply to this, and
all she could say was. IT know
they're talking nonsense" -.
So, to the practical man., the
idea that life il all a dream is
Just as much nonsense as, that
idea was Ito Alice. but he would
have as great difficulty In dis.
proving 1t as she. did, because
every test that he would apply
to show that life was a reality
could also be applied to show that
the dreamer really existed while
he was dreaming! So you see
there is something to be said in
favor Of this view after all! 49,.
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she had been concerned with her
danger. That danger had revived
momentarily this afternoon: 1t
had died away almost immediate
: ~. But the only way to remove
the cause Of the danger was to.
discover the identity OF the person
who had killed Morris Beiner.
She drew q deep breath. She
couldn't do any investigating.
even IL she knew how. without.
subjecting herself to great risk.
Still She refused to think about
the matter. Which is exactly
what youth always does: it VIII.
not face the diaagreeable. the
threatening. And who shall say
that 1t is not more sensible in
this than age. which. knowing
LIES ineyitability Of act and con.
sequence. is without hope?
She entered the establishment
Of Jennie Conover with that thrill
which comes to every woman at
her modiste's or furrier's' or
jewelers.. Clothes may not make
the man. but they may. mar the
woman. Clancy knew. that her
clothes marred her Miss Sally
Henderson, whose own garb was
nothing wonderful. but whoa APP.
parently knew the things that
were deemed fashionable, had said
for Clancy to trust entirely to the,
judgment or Miss Con0yer.
Clancy would do. So.
Care. that had lowered about
/. her. now resting on her siim
shoulders. now apparently flying
far Off. suddenly seemed to have.
left for good and all. 1t was
discarded even as she discarded
her coat suit, petticoat, and waist
before the appraising eyes Of
Miss Co1oyer,-tha plump. good
hnmoreh FdfessnialleE to whom
Miss Henderson had sent her.
But she donied these undis-
tingnished. garments an hour
later, Also. she donned Care, the
lying. Jade who had seemed To-
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ACTS OF KINDNESS
: .ANDE THE BIG PART THEY Play IN LIFE

the boy spoke to the man next
to him who looked sort Of grouchy.
Kin hold your hand, Mister,
pleaseT A good natured grin took
the place of the frown. and with
out a word the man helped the
kiddie on his lap until the latter
got off.
"on the subway q woman and
a teeny little girl got on the car.
The mother sat beside the child
reading and the little girl was
trying her best to put on q pair
OF gloves. Without a word a
flashy looking girl turned and
helped the child with the gloves.
did I tell you about the man
who had so much trouble select
ing decorations? He wanted them
for a Halloween party and pick
ed out yellow instead OF orange.
Finally the salesgirl, who had
given him a lot Of time and had
just got him all settled, asked
just what he wanted the decora-
tions for, and when he told her,
she put the yellow things away
and started all over helping him,
select the proper articles"
All little things these. Yet the
girl who observed them found
great Joy in seeing the fine side
Of things. And each Of us can
look about and interpret the little
incidents Of every day to prove
the basic kindness Of human ma
ture. ~
Why not try? Each time you
see an incident which ren4ws
your faith in life. you will find
your attitude becoming clearer
and your day brighter because
you forfeited your faith in the
eternal goodness Of things.
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the difference between Broadway
ana Fifth avenue ~ ola
thing that puzzles students 81
new York. and that nncss
5 students arrive at the concIusicn
that the only difference e that
the Avenue has more money and
has had 1t longer Arriving a.
that truth, e II simple of com.
prehension that money makes ~
ciety. There b pleasant fiction.
to which Clancy ii her Maine
rearing had given credence, that .
it takes generations to make that
queer thing known Sc 8 'societys
man or woman she aid not rea.
Ike that all the breeding u the
world win not make cad any
thing but \ cad, d q loose woman
anything but a loose woman.
she had expected that persons j
who danced on Fifth avenue
would have round them some vin-
fble, easily discernIble anra %
gentiIity. For. of course. slle
thought that society man &
must necessarily be i gentleman
But. % FAR 40 she could see ne
only difference between this gatl q
ering ana the gathering a.
zenda's Broadway party was thai
the latter contained more beauti
fui women. and thai the men had
been better dancers
The music suddenly stopped
ana at that instant she saw Gran
mis- sitting at table across the
room. Timidly she advanced to
ward him. but her timidity was
ii no wise due to her association
with him. 1t was shyness born
Of lack of confidence She was
certain that her shoes clattered
upon the waxed floor ana that
every woman who noticed her
smiled with amused contempt q
her froclr. Thees things, because
Clancy was young, were Of more
Importance than the irnpendinG
interview with Grannis
.sThat rouge becomes you, said
Grannis brusQueIy, - she sat
down IN the chair beside him.
Clancy stared It him she dld
not know thar embarra asnnent had
restored color t0 her cheeks.
II never rouge. she replied
CURLY,
(Fo BE Continued Tomorrow.
tCopyrigha. 1881 CoanaOp0Iitam 8oOR8
Corporations
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BY Beatrice Fairfax.
An Acknowledged Authority. ON
the Problems Of Romance
49,. and Everyday Life.

An Acknowledged Authority. ON
the Problems OF Romance
and Everyday Life.
q ONE ofeus have a tragic and
A. unhappy way Of summing
ND the. day in terms of the
cruel and unhappy things we have
The other day q sensitive and
imaginative friend Of mine came
to nseswftf' the tale Of something
she had come across in her read
ing. tt appears that woman
observingwhat appeared to be an
airplafie stationary against the
skies, got out a pair Of binoculars
and observed a great eagle with
q little dog in its talons. The
eagle was tearing at the dogs
head with its powerful beak, and
destroying its. helpless prey with
none TO come to- the rescue Of
what may have been some ones
carefully guarded. pet.
That's; life. - said my friend
cynicaIIy. I'VE protect those wc
loveaaand we never know what
ruthless power IL going to swoop
down on our cherished loved ones
and carry them off and beat out
their lives tn~the cruelest manner
imaginable.
For answer I>gave her a little
which had just come to me from
ny1 friend. "Kid'-the girl who
goes up and down the days look.
ing sfor little kindnesses which
areseNerywhrre for !, those who
have eyes and see and minds to
search-x And to offset the, story
ofsthe eagle, I am going to give
you few excerpts from Kids
letter-a few illustrations Of the
kind deeds which are going on all
>Seut Is, and which cannot fail
70 give us new faith. in life.
%Grassing Broadway at Forty.
thipd street last Saturday after
nooR" writes kid" 'I saw a
policeman. and two rather dirty
looking youngsters. He had, his
arm around them SO protectingly
that several people. Just had to
stand and watch. AS the signal
was. given, for the traffic to stop
he gently lead the kiddies
through. the maze Of autos to the
other side Of the street.
sAnother. day. I was riding on
. car, and small boy was try
ing t0, bold. On to. his mother who
was talking to another woman
Failing to attract attention there,