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WILL GUIDE ROOSEVELT PARTY %ea StaaSkaaa itelia-Aa att. assataiasessiseasaaataaaavetsaaaasaa TM HUM\ RIBUNE {1 HARLAN, PAONTA4A — ----- Good beet root yields an are,•age ot 13 per ceut of augur. Goosebose prophets who fateteld a long, cold winter are getting nusiouser and anxiouser about their reputations. As a health restorative a French medical expert recommends a ten to fifteen days' diet of fruit alone, twice a year. _ Ahrugzi may still be a great man in his own country, but over here he has dropped entirely out of the prominent citizen class. It is reported that a German pro - teaser has concussion of the brain. Probably caused by a colligion be- tween two trains of thought. ' It is noticeable that the German papers have made no outcry over the fact that King 'Edward has person- ally written to Andrew Carnegie. There is a bank clerk in Elyria, 0., who never has any difficulty in strik- ing a balance. His father was a slack -rope walker, and his mother was a trick bicycle rider. Were the Mrs. Gilman brand of so- ciology to come into vogue there would soon be no society for sociology to operate upon and the exuders of guff would be among the unemployed., Miss Ross Beckerita - s been appoint- ed a claim agent and United States pension attorney at Missouri. She has been known for years as one of the most successful women in St. Louis, being a notary public and an Insurance agent. Massachusetts has a law to prevent recalessness and speeding in automo- biles, which law may be rendered ridiculous by its wrong punctuation, as it forbids driving over roads \laid out under the authority of the law reck- lessly or while under the influence of liquor.\ Boston, in consequence, is in rhetorical spasms. The secretary of the Colorado state bureau of child protection believes that a bad child gets its start from an Ill -ordered home or from parents who possess evil traits of character, and wants a law passed making parents responsible for the misdoings of their minor children. But as bad traits of character are often inherited, what would the secretary do in case of an adopted child? In a fire panic in a New York cheap theater, a so-called exit was found to be a veritable trap, barring in the flee - lug crowd instead of letting them find a way to safety. One would naturally suppose that the holocaust in Chicago would have prevented this dangerous practice for all time; but the lessons of catastrophes are quickly lost, espe- cially when they are followed by no retributory measures. There will naturally be . much fem- inine sympathy for the New Jersey woman who has appeared in court to complain about her husband's cruel treatment, relates the Washington Star, and who says: \I am a grad- uate of a cooking school. I make biscuits, pies, cake and all sorts of dainties to .please him, and he calls It all 'indigestion fodder!'\ The judge adivsed the woman to cook corned beef and cabbage occasionally, and she said she would. A Minneapolis woman is suing the Western Union Telegraph Company for damages because when she tele- graphed to her brother that \Pat her husband, was drinking, and \to come at once,\ the message was made to read \Pat is dying,\ and a horde of relatives, notified by her brother, came from far and near to attend the wake, and she had the expenses to pay. OH Pat had had anything to say In the matter he would probably have permitted them to pay their own ex- penses. Said an anxious mother to the fam- ily doctor: \What shall I do with Tr daughter Mary? She is simply candy crazy and, of course, eating nothing substantial makes her pale, if not a downright yellow.\ Said the wise phy- sician to the anxious mother: \Put Mary into a sweet shop, and 8011 soon abhor the stuff! It is heroic treatment, but it will Cure her appe- tite ror candy.\ Poor maw says the Indianapolis Star, how much pleasure she itegoing fb lose fbr lack of a little self-denial. • An extraordinary - aemand has arisen in the eastern counties of England for second-hand Bibles—the older and dirtier the better. Copies which for- merly ‘ realized four pence are now readily bought for half a crown. They are being used to manufacture evi- dence of age in the case of old -age pensions. A woman who produced a Bible to prove her age as 76 from an entry on the flyleaf had, unfortunately, omitted to tear out the title page, which showed that the Itible alas printed in 1895. American musicians have com- plained to the president that im- ported musicians get the jobs. As the anestion turns on whether these lat- ter are artists or contract laixtrers, and the Americans are determined to protect their jobs, anyway, there is plainly going toots , some music in the air. \Desth scotty.\ who gave away money when h.. could not get rid of U. fast enough by spending it, wants now to become a marine. He woulkl niake a good one. for the wise ones to Jell their troubles to Value of Unionism Makes 1,)1 Increased Efficiency By JAMES DUNCAN. First Vtire.Presidetut American reeleratioa al Loamy. 11E rightful possession of a trade union card is not in'everv instance evidence of an expert or superior workman, but in nearly every case, in a fairly well organized occupation, it is evidence of greater skill than is found among nonunion wed - men. That inexorable law --the survival of the fittest --attests this deduction. Trade unions provide . better eonditions for labor; consequently skill, in drifting to its level, will find its place there. , No incentive exists for the clever workman to remain nonunion, nor is there in the nonunion idealism, boast- ed of by Dr. Eliot of Yale, and other theorists, an invitation for workers of ability to profitably accept. This logically proves that wherever workers are organized the greater ability is found in the union. As netkssily is he cause of invention, so incentive governs the affairs of men. The survival of the fittest—not a very humane idea, but, never- theless, an ever present condition of all life—is again in evident. Good workmen in a union must 'compete against one another with more than ordinary zeal and productivity in order to hold their jobs, and thus the beneficent effect of unions on the efficiency of labor is doubly visible. The claim of some employers, that . the union wage rate reduces incen- tive to greater productivity, is as hollow as dead sea fruit, for when pressed for reasons, they unwittingly or unwillingly tibstify . that the employer too often makes the minimum wage rate in an agreement the maximum wage and where scarcity of work compels them to accept it, he then gu i l i t m wage rate of his - establishment, and by paying that rate to extra com- plains about 'hiving to pay the poorer Niorkman a co -equal rate. Workers are to -day more efficient than ever before in the world's history, but the subdivision of employment has caused them to become specialists in eett tain lines, instead af all-around mechanics, and the wonder is that, with their decreased opportunities to acquire the knowledge of highly skilled general workmen, they are so increasingly proficient. In the building trades the union workman is now producing as much in eight hours as he than the ten-hour non-union man in did 15 years ago in ten hours, and the the same industry. eight -hour minis doiug better work Giving Alms to Bee,gars BY WILLIAM H. VENN. cwx..te AAA/04 , 644d It is almost unbelievable the amount of money that is daily placed in the hands of mendicants. While the Spirit which prompts most givers is commendable, yet the judgment used by many. good people in their almsgiving is far from praisewor- thT. yo'r years charity organizations hate sought - to wisely direct. the benevolently disposed in the matter of their gifts, but without avail in many cases. The press is constantly publishing the incidents of \fake\ and \graft\ games, but, as in the days of the great showman, the people ten to \like to be humbugged.\ New YOrk - ay . is the beggars' mecca. There .beggary is an art. The graduate from the metropolis needs no diploma—he bears the \marks.\ Of 1,863 pi sons arrested._ for begging by the mendicancy squad during a period of 15 months, 1,162 or 62 per cent., were normally _able-bodied, Equipped physically to earn their own living. For the 38 per cent, there were hospitals, almshouses, homes, etc., for their care, but they preferred the untrammeled life of the street. When arrested the 1,863 people had $4,- 099.34 on their fbersons, an average of $?.20 each. Could these sentimentalists who freely hand out their small change, or larger, to all who apply, attend the early session of the police court next morning, they might be Cured of their maudlin charity by noting the maud- lin condition to which the recipients had been reducedby their use of their 'gifts. While it iavery difficult to give the percentage of impostors and drinkers in the begging fraternity, it would not be too high to state. that over one-half are either unworthy of the alms they receive, or else use them for drink.. Fools and Geniuses Happiest By CESAIL LOMBIOS tuLsa Asibragelogist. Although real happinegs is a minus qhality in the world, there is no doubt that it is felt by two classes of beings, namely. fools and geniuses. Among ordinary men genuine happiness'is rare and is invariably followed by .ennui, if not by satiety, earlyle declared that genius consisted in an \in- finite capaCity -for taking pains,\ and on this definition bombroso constrnets his theory that complete happiness' consistin the complete exercise of one.11,' intellectual faculties and. in. their development, an in- variable ease among those endowed by na- ture with supereminent mental gifts. The genius, in whom melancholy is almost. always an intermittent trait, is always conscious of hirown value, and consequently feels no fcai. in so far as his own theories or teachings are coneermid. in regard ty these he is invariable happy, no matter what be his other tribulations, and in the throes of his inspired _work he has moments of ecstasy the like of' which is not known to csminion mortals. These are the kriods when his \demon\—the Socratic daimon—asserts itself, and during which his . human personality is wholly superseded by the transcendent being that prompts the expres:ions of 11 , 11s soul. As a reaction there comes melan- choly, and this is a salient characteristic of all geniuses sad great thinkers. Goethe &dared that his life was passed either in extreme joy -or in ex- treme melancholy. Every increase of knowledge. declared the Omit:tn. brought an increase of tattiness. Perhaps happier than the genius is the.ftkil in the last stage of de- mentia. For, continues the Italian, with this fool his happiness . is permtv ment , ; with the genius it is Meteoric. This kind of fool is to he distin- gukhed, however. lie is the'harmtesa; dreamful fool, the poor creature whoac mind is so wEiak as to be unable to provide itself even with an ob- session, and which cannot concentrate upon any particular idea forairty meagnrable length of time. Such a mind esomot hold impressions, a nA t onse \ /it t y hais memorirs--:-the real source of nnhappineas. The paranoiac. is a wholk different kind of fool, and is not always happy. lIe imagines hiltliovlf Iii I a' .!! 11 at, aml isvoines unhappy When people renia indifferent to his eroiantss. Nlegele.noniacs, too, invariably imagine that they are the victims of persecution, soil tsc who suffer from eyelie, or circular, folly are happy only during the time in which their folly lasts. R. J. Cunningham. Knows Wei in- terior of Africa. 1.011(1011.—H. J. Cunniughame, the English professional hunter, who will :be the guide, manager, counsellor and friend of Theodore Roosevelt and his party on their African hunting tour. probably knows more about equatorial Africa than any other white man. Having spent most of his life there, he kilt ‘N Africa before the Uganda rail- way made traveling easy and safe. \h. Cunninghame is now organizing -atentGa .R..el - CULVNINGVILYZ the Roosevelt caravan amid gathering materials and supplies. Besides being a hunter and guide Mr. Cunninghame is an expert col- lector of natural history specimens, having made important collections for the British museum both in Norway and Africa. He has guided numerous hunting parties in Africa and for a time was chief huntarr for the Field Columbian museum : NEW GETTYSBURG MONUMENT. Will Be Erected on Battlefield at Cost of $150,000. Philadelphia.—This is a model of the magnificent Pennsylvania state mon- ument tit be erected at Gettysburg at a cost of $150,000. Around the para- pet will be bronze panels, on which will be inscribed about 22,000tnames of officers and privates who took part in the battle of Gettysburg. The com- mission wishes to mention every Penn- sylvania soldier who participated in the battle. Figures of Abraham Lin- coln and Andrew C. Curtin in bronze will flank one of the arches. The pedi- ment of the monument will contain four large bas reliefs, emblematic of the artillery, cavalry, infantry and Algae! corps, the whole granite monu- ment being crowned by a bronze sta- New Pennsylvania Gettysburg Monu- ment. tue of victory. The monument will be erected on the battlefield of Gettys- burg in July. 1910. Girl's Daily Walk of Ten Miles. Miss prances Champion of San Diego, who Inhere visiting her brother, F. R. Champion of Locust avenue, walks ten nilles.every day for exercise. 'She has continued this daily walk for nearly ten months, and says she would not give it up for anything. Rain or shine Miss Champion starts out every morning at eight o'clock and walks until 11 o'clotk, in which time She walks about seven miles. This consti- tutes her morning exercise. In the afternoon she starts at two o'clock and finishes at 3:30. Miss Champion is the picture of health. She is flve feet tall and weighs about 130 pounds. She says that about a year ago her nerves be- came shattered. Willing to do any- thing to regain her health, she decided to try the walking cure. She began gradually. walking at first not more than half a mile. She experimented for two months. increasing the distance es her health would permit, until she finally decided to walk ten miles s dally. --IA), Angeles Times. Francis tieett Key Memorial. By an net of congiess, Raltintore is to hav ! at lust a memorial to Francis Scot'. Key. a Marylander and the au- the - of the \Star-Spangled Banner.\ a ,brndpome tablet having been ordered to be put on the flagstaff at Port Mc- 'tenry. The tablet will be in the shape of a shield and made of bronst, it will be soltably inscribed and will constitute the only themorial of Key that has ever iteen pin imp in Balti- more. Gleanings of Gotham Interesting Bits of News from the Great Metropolis. ssassa‘aaatia,a saasia saassasSs. se -etas -Sea 41.411,111.4.'\ New Marital Tangle in Vanderbilt Family NEW YORK.—\Another Vanderbilt ,divorce?\ is the question society is asking as a result of the news that Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., had separated from her husband and that legal steps were in prospect. Unhappy marriages have been the rule, rather than the exception, in the Vanderbilt family, and the di- vorce record of this clan is a long and startling one. William Kissant Vanderbilt, Sr., the lather of the young man mentioned in the latest report, is the most notable divorced man of the whole Vanderbilt family, and the famous suit in which his wife won her freedom ,was recalled by the recent death of 0.H. P. Belmont, who married the divorcee. Mrs. Vanderbilt was Miss Alma Smith of Mpbile, Ala., a woman of restless, ambitious. pleasure -loving na- ture. They did not agree tempera- mentally, and a suit, in which the wife named the notorious dancer and pro- fessional beauty of Paris, Nellie Neus. tretter, soon followed. Mrs. Vander , butt then was married to Mr. Bel - wont, and her ex-bustiand ii tied Mrs. Ann Harriman Rutherword In 190$. The legacy of marital unhappiness was passed along to their daughter, Consuelo, who was married to the duke of Marlborough, and recently was separated from him. There also is a diverts in the fam- ily of Frederick Vanderbilt, a brother of William K Vanderbilt, Sr., and the most retiring and least known of the family. His wife, who was Mrs. Alfred Torrance, was freed by the di- vorce mill from a marriage contract- ed in 'haste and repented at leisure. Of all the Vanderbilt clan, however, the one whose name was oftenest on the tongue of scandal was Col. Van- derbilt Allen, who died a little more than ten years ego. He had three wives. The first died, after a separa- tion of years; the second obtained a divorce and the third separated from him. The recent divorce of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt by his beautiful wife, who was Miss Elsie French, is too recent to call for more than pass- ing mention. When W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., mar- ried Miss Smith of Alabama, there were three other sisters in the same family. 'Soon after Alma, the eldest sister, married and divorced Vander- bilt, Virginia, another sister, was mar- ried to Fernando Yznaga—and di- vorced him: She then was married to George Tiffany, and divorced him. Slave Market Still Active in New York T HAT human be l tgs are still a salable commodity in.this country is evinced by the way in which of- fers have been coming in to E. T. O'Loughlin_for the privilege of buy- ing the man who is for sale. Over a score of offers have been received. The man, as advertised in a newspa- per, is sober, industrious and an ex- pert mechanic. - - Unable to obtain work, he came to Mr. O'Loughlin and offered to sell himself for board, cloth- ing and a small.amount of tobacco. If bin services proved satisfactory, the man also desired to bring his wife's child to live with him, although that was not a necessary stipulation. Offers to buy the man came to Mr. O'Loughlin in man y@ different ways. Telephone calls, personal visits and letters brought in the offers. All ex- press a willingness on the part of the Plan bidder to give the man shelter, toed, clothing, tobacco, and even in a num- ber of Gases a slight remuneration. A remarkable fact, according te a. statement made by Mr. O'Loughlin, is that none of the offers are from fac- tories or corporations. Private in- dividuals are the inquirers in every case, and for the great part, they are persons with no great wealth. In- deed, many of those willing to give the man a home are earning barely more than their own living. One of the offers is from a man on the Hudson, who owns a motor boat which he wishes cared for. For the services he will board, feed and clothe the man. Another offer was received from a prominent military school. Here the tuanatement is willing to buy the man for a period of ten months. He will be treated with all the consideration of a high-class labor- er if he takes this position. On the point of his kreatment Mr. O'Loughlin has made up his mind there shall be no question. The con- tract of the purchasers will be cast Iron. Ample -food, $70 worth of cloth- ing, good quarters 'and smoking to- bacco will all be stipulated. to Teach Prospective Brides F ASHIONABLE young women who are members of St. George's Pro- „testant Episcopal church have opened ia model fiat in one of the most crowd- ed districts of the East side, the object ;being the instruction of the young girls of the neighborhood in the cor- rect- methods of furnishing and caring for a home. The model flat, of three rooms, is located on the top floor of a building on Stanton street occupied by the New YorkTrotestant Episcopal City Mission society. Attractive in every way is the little domicile, from the' window box at the front window to the shining kitchen stove and tinware. The entire cost of furnishing was $150. Most attractive of all is the kitchen, where the greatest care and ingennity were expended in making the best use of the small space. The refrigerator is a window box, which does away with the unsightly array of bottles and bags which disfigure most tenement window sills. A patent clothes holder, which turns up against the wail, is another useful device. A — shining ar- ray of china, tinware and copper is systematically arranged in a wall clos- et, and there is every convenience in the tiny apartment for doing the fam- ily laundry work, as well as for get - 'Mg the meals. The instruction afforded by the mod- el flat is not merely in the form of an object lesson. children and young girls of the neighborhood are instruct- ed in all kinds of household labor, and are taught the way to do household tasks economically as well as correct- ly. The children are taught in morn- ing classes, while at night there are _classes for girls who are about to be married. When the students of house- hold labor enter the model flat every- thing is in slatorder. It is their task to rearrange everything, make the beds, air the rooms, sweep ,and - dust, under direction of a teacher. After everything is in order the chil- dren are then taught how to cook a workingman's dinner. They then sit down and eat what they have cooked. after which they wash the dishes and put everything away in orderly fash- ion. This consitutes tile lesson for the day. Besides time usual cooking, there is instruction in cooking for children and invalids. Laundry work is also taught in detail The older girls go through the Barna course of instruction. The lessons are systematically given, and a girl may graduate in domestic labor after receiving a certain number of credits. Car Graveyard in Gotham a Busy Place W HEN box or fiat freight cars of the New York Central and New Ha- ve- railroads In ails city are con - fie sited as no longer fit for service they are sent tc the graveyard, which is the swampy land that adjoins the Oak Point fre:ght yards. Lately they have been burning the cars there, which has caused the fire- men a gor.1 deal of trouble, as people have turbed in alarms on seeing the burning cars. The roads up there are not verl good aud more than one piece of art apparatus has been bogged. This ?revoked the firemen. who made a cenplaint to Chief C:oker about theist unnedeseary alarms. The chic1 upon ihiormed the railroad people that If they wished to barn 'Cars they must first notify him and also len?, permit front the bureau of eombuistibles, which would detail two men to superintend the - work and also watch the fire alarm boxes. Now after a car is condemned it is vNit to the repair shops and Cs - mat -led of all movable fittings. It is thee put aboard a fiat car and run out to the graveyard by the wrecking tralo. When it -arrives there it Is lifted off the flat car by the wrecker's del - rick and then set afire. There was a time intro when the railroad gave people living in the neighborhood permission to chop up the cars and use the wood as fuel, hut more of the iron went than the wood am' the permission was revoked. The xt morning after the cars are I.,irtmed railroad employes sift • the ashes for the iron, whieb the railroad disposes of. •
