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Tho law
COAY?tfr3Y PfilSof PJS. CO.
0 rido Into Now York on
train 1b a heinous offense.
says so. Railroad companies sug
gested tho law ahd necured Its enact
ment. They prefer to handle their
pnsaenger traffic In tho regular way.
Fares cannot so easily bo collected
(Vntr nnaannirni-n wlin are flecfCtcd
ilii around tho trucks. ' Besides, freight
!OtJ train travelers have gained tho repu
tation of being uncertain persons.
Thnv nomntlmPfl sto.il small things
that rich persons would not think tf stealing. Yet,
against them bb tho law Is, patrons of tho box
cars pour Into Now York at all seasons of the
yoar.
An Ohio boy, one morning last winter, wob In
court for beating his way Into tho metropolis. Ho
was only sixteen years old, and rather small for
his age. His coat fitted him a little too soon and
anxlo-greaso was on It. Hadn't had tlmo to slick
up Blnco ho was pulled from tho trucks. Still, he
was cheorful. Answered tho court's questions as
If It were a pleasure Told all about tho folks at
homo, and why ho loft homo.
Ho nnd another boy craved
tho big life. They wanted to
bo In tho midst of somothlng
and bo somothlng. Only, the
other boy had a llttlo hitch to
his ambitions. Ho wanted to
go to Chicago, whoro ho had
an aunt who, In an emer
gency, might bo Induced to
provldo food.
Tho boy who stood before
His Honor waved hla com
rado away.
"I told my chum," ho said,
"that I would rather bo In
Now York, broke and hungry,
than bo In Chicago with a
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meal tlckot at overy restaurant.
right there. I paid my fnro as far as I could and
beat It tho rest of tho way."
The court, some years back, having broken Into
town In substantially the same way, did not hear
tho boy's story without feeling; During tho re
cital, tho judicial mind had gono back to that
other day, now lpng gono, whon he, a penniless
lad, had said good-by to his native town. So ho
said to tho boy:
"My son, let mo commend your Judgment Any
boy who jWlll ride tho trucks to Now York, In
preference to going to Chicago and living with
his' chum's aunt, has tho right spirit. I think this
town needs boys like you, and I am going to lot
you stay, Discharged."
Nothing can UluBtrato bettor than this lncldont
tho luro of Now York. Perhaps no other city over
had so largo a percentage of tho world's popula
tion bluffed. A bigger word than "bluffed" Is
needed hero, but It docs not come. The point Is
that tho city has tho power to cast a great spell,
and casts It. She 'makop no comparisons. To
mako comparisons would bo to admit that there
aro others in her class. Sho says only: "I am tho
wonderful city come."
Tho call goes north to thj edge of tho frozen
world; cast to tho point wbjiro tho cast Is west;
Bouth as far as a whlto man lives, and wost till
tho west Is east Not overybody comeB, but every
body hears. Millions would like to come, but
can't Everybody would like at least to seo tho
siren city. And, untold thousands do como. Ono
railroad thinks nothing of dumping 100,000 stran
gers into Now York in a day.
Tho reason for so much coming is plain. Ev
erybody likes to bo mixed up with a success. Tho
bigger tho success, tho bottor. Now York Is uni
versally regarded as a big success. It has tho
tallest buildings, tho richest men, tho whitest
"Whlto Way" that over cut a streak through tho
night and some of the most prodigal dlsbursers
cf tho circulating medium that evor dazzled any
community.
In a varloty of ways comes tho messago to
mix with tills great success to bocomo a part
of this wonderful bigness. Perhaps tho newspa
pers and the stago do tho most to spread tho luro,
New York dato-llnes appear ovor tho most Impor
tant items of news. Thoro seeraB to bo only ono
placo In which anything worth wbllo can happen.
Has Mr, Morgan bought an old master or formed
a now trust? Where did ho do It? Now York.
Has Mr. Rockefeller paid his annual visit to the
offlco of Standard Oil? Yes a Now York dispatch
says so. Has Mr. Carneglo slipped In tho Icy
park and sprained his ankle? What park Why,
Central Park, In Now York, of course And, -whenever
an Italian opora singer, a Russian revolu
tionist, or an Irish patriot comes to this country,
whoro does ho land? At Now York. What city
sends out the nows? New York.
As an ndvortlsor of tho glories and splendor of
this great town, tho stage Is socond only to tho
press.
Twenty yoars ago, a Nevada youth wont to boo
a Bhow In Carson City. Tho show was that old
I left my chum classic, "Tho Two Orphans." In tho cast vero
extremely few persons besides the orphans thorn
selves, as railway transportation and board wero
both high. But tho show mado up In scenery what
It lacked In cast Ono sceno, In particular, ap
pealed to tho chucklo-faccd youth. It-was a sceno
In which the two orphans wero sitting on tho
steps of Trinity church. Tho snow was drifting
down over tholr thin shoulders. Broadway was
thronged with pedestrians. Horse-cars flow along
at eight mllos nn hour. Nobody looked at tho or
phans. Dut tho orphans, silent as llttlo sphynxes,
looked straight ahead straight up tho street
Thoro AvaB Broadway! Tho lnflnlto skill of tho
scone painter scorned to have carrlod tho street
clear to tho horizon. Nothing but buildings and
pcoplo and peoplo and buildings till thoy blendod,
at the finish, Into an indistinguishable hazo of
paint
Tho Nevada youth could hardly keep his seat
Tho painted sceno had fired his mind with an
lntonso desire. Ho must bo off to Now York.
AH during tho show, which ho saw not, though ho
looked straight at tho stago, ho kopt his oyes
riveted to tho splendid vista of Broadway. Tho
wholo thoroughfaro seomud to him to bo a treas-uro-houso
of opportunity. And, at dusk, whon tho
lights begin to blazo up along the "Groat White
Way" ah, It Is all Just as ho had dreamed it to
bel All grand 1 All surpassingly great!
But, kind friends, ho dines at no lobster palaco
that evening. Nor do his magnificent Jewels glis
ter in tho "horseshoo crescent" at tho opera. With
tho monoy that ho can sparo for his ovenlng meal,
he couldn't buy a lobster's tall, and a drygoods
box In an alloy would fit him bottor than a box at
tho opera. So, ho dines poorly for Blxty cents at a
side-street restaurant, gets a glassy eye from tho
waiter for not giving a tip, finds a room In which
there is no-light by day, rior puro air night or day
and gooB to sloop to dream of home and mother,
Tho next morning, ho Is awakened by a mis
cellaneous assortment of jiolses, ranging from
olovnted car wheels to horses' hoofs. As he puts
on tho shirt that mother laundered for him, his
heart takes a sudden lurch back to tho old roof.
Ho calls his heart back. Ho is In Now York to
make good. It is up to him to do It. And, by tho
tlmo ho Is ready to go out to hunt for breakfast,
his nerve Is all back.
With nothing to do but got a Job or starve, ho
looks for work. He hears that motormon aro
wanted on tho subway. Half afraid to offer his
services, ho nevertheless dccldos to do so. On tho
way to tho company's offices, ho considers all of
tho situation's glorious possibilities. Never In
tho country did ho daro dream that sorao day ho
might mako a battory of motors blto off 2,000
horsepower of electricity and snatch eight loaded
cars through the subtorranoan night
Tho good nows goes homo to tho old folks that
their boy is going to run a train In tho Now York
subway. Oh, if tho boy could only seo the min
gled sorrow and prldo that light up his mothor's
oyes when sho roads tho lotter. It breaks her
heart to havo her boy away, but It mends It to
know how emphatically ho has made good In tho
fiv roar wats?
mO7; fXOM JV?3Y
cjry rzp
big town. Going to run a
train driven by olcctrlcltyl
Going to run a train bearing
flfteon hundred human be
ings, each of whom haB put
his Hfo, for a tlmo, In her
son's keoplng! Such confi
dence aB tho company must
havo had in her boy to In
trust him with so grnvo a
responsibility. Oh, It is such
a comfort to her to , know
thnt hor son, whom sho has
loved since She folt his first
heart-boat; for whom sho has
tolled nnd suffered and de
nied horsolf It Is such a
comfort to her to know that
ho hns been recognized nt
what she knows to be his
tr.uo worth, by the most won
derful city In tho world.
A yenr later, what rejoicing
thero was In tho llttlo homo
whon tho boy wrote Uiat ho
was coming back on a vaca
tion. Mothor could hardly
read tho letter, sho was so
excited. Ran to tho fields to
toll father. Ran back to got
dinner. Could hardly cook
burned tho eggs, to a crisp,
something sho had not dono
In thirty years, and had to fry somo more. In such
a hurry to put on hor "other dress" and run over to
Mrs. Pratt's to toll hor: "My boy Is coming homo."
Tho boy came home. When ho took mother In
his arms and held hor for a full minute, she couldn't
speak. All chokod up. So glad to seo him, she
couldn't say a word. And, whon sho did speak, tho
first thing sho Bnld, aa sho looked up into his brown
eyos, was: "Oh, my boy, how palo you aro I"
Ho was pale. Ho knew It. Subway air makes no
red blood-corpuscles. Kills somo of tho red ones
that oxlst. Nor doos tho oloctrtc light oD tho sub
way brown tho chook ns tho sunlight browns tho
check of tho fnrmer. All tho year that ho had
beo'n away, mother had carrlod In hor mind the pic
turo of, her f armor boy. Never had dreamed that
hor farmer boy would como homo with a grayish
white face,. Didn't need to say sho was shocked.
Looked It Tho boy caught tho message and laugh
ingly replied:
"Oh, mother, nil city folks aro pale."
During tho weok that ho remained at homo, tho
boy was kopt talking, Fathor and mothor con
stantly asking questions. Seemed to mother as If
she couldn't ask questions enough. Wanted to got
first-hand Information about everything of which
sho had read.
Six months after ho roturned f.o work, his mothor
had an opportunity to seo for horsolf, Just how big
was Now York. A telegram told her that her boy
had been hurt, Sho and father found him In a hos
pital, with his head bandaged until thoy could bare
ly seo his oyes. At tho end of his run, ho had
tried to cross tho tracks to catch another train back
and get to dinner more quickly. Didn't boo n train
running In tho opposlto direction, Car struck him.
Plckod up for dead. Scorned to havo a fractured
skull. Fortunately, did not Revived In tho hos
pital and would get well.
Oh, but tho mother's heart wns glad whon sho
hoard tho best Instead of tho worst Glad until sho
and father went lo tho boy's room. Not his room
In tho hospital, but his room in a lodglng-houso.
Glad until sho saw how mlsorably ho had lived. A
dirty street. A dirty house. A dirty hall. A cheer
loss room. Llttlo light. Bad air. A skimpy bed. A
frayed counterpane. Not n decoration, Bavo hor
own picture, stuck In tho edge of a mirror.
Her boy could afford no bottor placo to live. His
pay was only J2.2G a day. That Is, his pay from
tho company wns only $2.26 a day. Tho luro of
Now York mado up tho rest that was needed to in
duco him to stay.
Such is Hfo for millions In Now York. Not Hfo
as tho nowspapor dispatches descrlbo It Not Hfo
as tho stago plcturos It Llfo as It Is.
A few draw colossal prlzos. A few moro draw
good prizes. But If only thoso should como to Now
York who can oarn a bottor living hero than thoy
can elsowhero, a handcar, running onco""a day, would
almost bring them In. Ninety-two per cent of the
population havo not drawn enough prlzos to enable
them to own their own homos. Yet peoplo como.
Como from ovory stato in tho Union. Como from
ovory town In overy stato ovory hamlot Come
from Italy, Norway, Swedon, Turkoy corao from
overywhere.
HEADS IVIOTHERS, CONGRESS
Mrs. Frederic Schoff, now complot-.
Ing her ninth year of -loadorshlp aa
president of tho National Congress ot
Mothers. Is a philanthropist who gives,
freely, not , only of her means vbu'
herself to the cause ot child welfare.
Having compiled tho laws ot ovory
stato In tho union concerning dopond
ent and delinquent children, nnd hav
lng led tho Bovornl movomonta to .es
tablish courts for children In Ponnsyl
vanla, Alabamh, Idaho and Connecti
cut, sho Ib n recognized nuthorlty the
world ovor. Sho rocolvod tho unlquo
honor of nn Invitation to nddross tho
Canadian parliament on this subjoct,
and Is tlio only woman who has ovor
boon thus honored. Tho amount ol
hor dally work Is tremendous, and
sho could not havo porsovorcd through
thoso years ot servlco T.ro li not tot
her superb physique and n cortaln
sustaining spiritual forco. Mrs. Scoff's
versatility Is as astonishing as her ac
cumulation ot facts. Neither pessim
ist ,or "optimist, sho looks upon exist
Ing conditions with unbiased eyos, and her vision Is-ovor clear as to formative,
preventive and corrective policies. As ft lmprosslvo public spoakor Mrs,
Scholt Is unexcelled, having an exhnustlvo knowlodgo ot hor subject and
tho powor to clotho her thought In clear, forcible and felicitous phrasing. She
nlso has a delightful voice which Is easily umlorBtood In tho largest assembly.
Among tho elements which mako up Mrs. Schoffs intrlnslo groatnoss aro hor
oarnostnoss, hor sincerity and hor doop-rootod conviction that tho most
Important work In tho world Is tho conservation of childhood. Though mas
terful and a born leader, sho is wholly effomlnato, independent nnd full ol
Initiative yet conservative to a dogroo In all matters ot social usage. Sho la
uncompromising whoro principle Is nt stake, yot tolerant nnd yielding In non
essentials. Thus it IS that sho wins tho dovotlon ot hor co-worltors.
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"ASSISTANT" RULER TO RETIRE
Forty years In ono position Is not
a bad record, but this Is what has
boon accomplished ' by Lord Knollys,
tho king's prlvnto secretary, whoso ro
ttroment Is now linmlnont. Ho orig
inally lutondod to glvo up. his arduous
dutlos at tho death of tho lato king,
and It was well understood that ho
merely stayed on In ordor to "train
In" Sir Arthur Blggo, upon whoso
shoulders tho responsibilities ot tho
royal secretaryship will now fall.
Such a post requires not only hard,
work, but a keen knowlodgo ot tho
world, combined with tact, Judgmont,
decision' and memory. It has boon
said of Lord Knoliys that no ono could
hopo to undortako his task with a
tltho of tho duccoss which now at
taches to It
Tho royal correspondouco ulono
would frighten tho averago man.
About GOO lottors a day aro addressod
to tho king, and tho majority of thoso
aro attondod to by Lord Knollys, asBlstod by tho undor socrotarlos.
, No corrospondenco Is moro vnrlod than that rocolvod by tho king. Thoro
aro letters from his relatives, a dally letter from tho prlmo minister whon
parliament Is Bitting, lottors from cranks, faddists, inventors; bogging lot
ters and a nover-endlng utroam from madmen. As a rulo tho only letters
thnt tho king answers hlmsolf nro thoBo from his rolntlvca and porsonal
friends; and therefore the bulk of tho replies falls on his socrctary.
HETTY GREEN TO OWN BANK
Mrs. Hetty Oroon, with tho assist
nnco of her son, Colonol E. II. It
Green, has decided to havo hor for
tuno managed through a (10,000,000
prlvnto bank with branches In othor
states, and will rotlro from all actlvo
participation In her financial affairs,
Her realty Bnd financial Intorests are
now In tho hands ot tho son she scut
Into Texas as a youth and educated
along tho linos of sound, business
common sense
Colonol Groon pictures his mothoi
aB grossly misrepresented In tho past
Although Sho conducts hor buslno3j
on careful and consorvatlvo linos, ha
Bays sho has made it an invariable
rulo to re-Invest her profits In the ten
rltory from which thoy wore drawn
for tho upbuilding of that territory,
"Hor argumbnt has boon," ho ox
plained, ''that ovop community Is en
titled to tho bonofltn of Its own prosperity.
"Since, my mothor bogan hor busi
ness caroor sho has novor asked moro than 0 per cent, for her money. Tho
bulk of hor loans havo been mndo at considerably lower rates. You may
set It down that tho ratio of lncomo dlmlnlshos as tho slzo ot tho estate grows.
Bccauso ot this attltudo and wldoly known liberality to hor customers In pan
ic times my mothor has boon ablo to sklm tho cronm ot tho borrowers."
TRUST BUSTER" IN SENATE
W. S. Konyon, known as a "trust
buster" whon ho was assistant to tho
.attorney gonornl of tho United Statos,
was elected United Statos senator to
Jill tho vacancy caused by tho death
of tho lato J. P, Dolllver.
Mr. Konyon will bo ono of tho
youngoBt mombors of the sonato. Ho
was born In Elyrln, O., Juno 10, 18C9.
His father was a Congregational min
ister. Ho was educated at Grlnnoll,
and later was graduated from tho
law dopartmont ot tho Unlvorslty of
Iowa.
His public career started almost
immediately with his election, soon
after graduation, ns public prosecutor
ot Webster county, a position ho hold
for two terms, Ho was elected cir
cuit Judgo whon ho was Uaroly 30
yenrB old, but loft tho bench after ono
year, declaring that It was too qulot
and sodato. Ho becamo tho gonornl
counsel for tho Illinois Central rail
road, and though his official duties required his prcsenco in Chicago ho kept
his ostabllshod residence Jn Fort Dodgo, whoro ho practiced law with Sena
tor Dolllvor.
Konyon was tho original "trust-buster" undor tho Taft administration.
He haB had much tho saino position undor this administration that was oc
cupied by Wado Ellis when Roosevolt was president Ho was appointed as
sistant to Attorney Genoral Wlckershom in March, 1910.