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FORI THE IRIDAE.
ttht and Scenes of a Morning at
a New York Police Court.
Into the courts come a world of
What for a bettor term may bo spoken
f an the miBerablo and afflicted of
Now York. They constitute, cn masse,
tho degraded and tho afflicted fallen
women, drunken and besotted men,
thlovcs, robbers, liars, cowards. A
large number of them aro seeking for
anything but Justice They havo spites
and vengeance to gratify. A large
number want only to pull tho wool
over Justice's oyeB and eBcapo with un
unearned increment. Thousands, of
course, require only plain Justice, and
seek it with extended Tinnds and tcur
blindcd eyes. It is for these that the
varloua pollco magistrates of New York
are required to sit in Judgment.
A visitor to these courts sees prac
tically nothing of thoJr operation, lie
will find two rows of benches In un
ill-ventilated and darkened room, with
an aisle down the middle, tho men on
one side and tho women on tho other.
Three-fourths of tho distance to the
back wall thoro Is a railing with a
gate at which n uniformed policeman
stands. Inside tho railing there is n
space of about ten feet. This is
crowded with prisoners, brought In
from a side door, with policomen,
with lawyers, with probation officers
reporters and hnngcrs-on.
Back of this space there Is Vbench
that runs clear across tho center, be
hind the middle of which tho magis
trate sits. In front of tho magistrate
is a platform six or eight feet long,
nbout four feet wide, called "the
bridge" In front of this, on the Jloor
lovel, prisoners are arraigned. On
either side of tho magistrate are tho
clerks, usually half a dozen of thorn.
It Is tho duty of theso clerks to listen
to tho complaints and put tho papers
In legal form for the consideration of
the magistrate. Here in manipulating
these popers, there is plenty of chance
for grafting.
Then tho mill starts. A hum of con
veroatlon that sometimes amounts to a
roar calls for loud thumping for order
by the magistrate. Prisoners are
pushed and shoved up to tho bridge,
and the policomen and complaining
witnesses tell their stories In a voice
that cannot be heard six reot away.
Often the magistrate cannot even see
the prisoner for the crowd in front.
Nine-tenths of the time tho prisoner
cannot hear what is said against him,
and frequently, when the policeman on
the bridge calls out, "What-yer-got-ter-say?"
no one pays the slightest at
tention to his mumbles, and he finds
himself hustled out of tho way and
thrust back into the court prison with
out knowing what has been done In his
case. Ho finds out later when the
prison van comes around. Broadway
Magazine.
Professional Bondsmen.
In the trail of the pollco court law
yer as a matter of necessity comes
the professional bondsman. One of
these with two lawyers and a magis
trate composed the famous Pickle
Trust. A large batch or women would
be gathered in by the police solely for
the sake of plunder. These women
fcate detention for even an hour. By
the payment of $5 eacn to the station
bouse bondsman, who divided his fees
with the police, they would be re
leased at once to appear in court the
next day.
There the Pickle Trust got hold of
.them. The magistrate would hold up
"Ma hands in horror over the spectacle
before him. He would declare that he
weuld clean the streets and make them
respectable. He would put the women
ander bonds for good behavior.
The law gives him the right to de
tain them until he is satisfied with a
bondsman. He would lock them up
and then their satellites would scurry
around for a bondsman. One after an
other would be produced, and all re
jected. Finally the mysterious tip
would be passed around that a certain
man must be hired. His fee was ten
wer cent of the bond f 20 for a $200
load, and so on.
If oat ofthe women would Te put un
er$600 bonds. If there wre twenty
f them the Trust would have $1,000
to divide a pretty good ploking for a
morning's work. One of thp magis
trates was a member of that trust, and
although exposure has checked its
Wark, it is still in existence in a cov
rt form. Broadway Magazine.
The country in which the large
towns are most nearly equidistant is.
flolland. They are at an average dis
tance of twenty mile from one another.
fcrjJjSatBs atesto," aw
f bhl a Si aJm sbjsMiscba'9s
His Version.
Pete Say, Sam, It wore nil Adam's
dnt trouble In do garden.
Sam How's dat?
Pete Why, he done naked Evo to
"Fluff," An Autobiography.
I hnve heard the Btory of my Hfo re
lated so often to wondering and admir
ing visitors that I feci capablo of tell
ing it myself.
My mistress is a dear little girl,
whoso soft, dnrk eyes first saw the
light on "Sunny Georgia's sandy
plains," and, outslrfo of her school
hours, I am hor playmate, her Joy and
delight.
A year ago Amanda and hor mam
ma went Into tho country, and when
they returned home the little girl was
tho proud possessor of a big white
goose egg, given her by a good wo
man who kept geoso. And the day
Amanda's mamma found mc, a very an
imated ball of yellow down, creeping In
tho coal house by the biddy, under
whose wnrm feathers Amanda had
Ellpped mo with a hopeful and expect
ant heart, there was no happier little
girl In Dixie thnn my owner.
Tho hen was put back in the chick
en yard and I was taken into tho
house, where, for three weeks, I slept
in a basket by Amanda's cot, knowing
my gentle little 1
no mother but her
mistress.
I am a grown gander now and sleep
In my own little house, though Aman
da still puts me to bed. I am told I am
not of a fine breed of goose, but my
feuthers aro nice and white and look
rather well, I think. My name is
"Fluff," but my mlstresB calls me
"Baby."
When Amanda and her mamma go
out driving, I go with them and enjoy
the drlvo as much as they. My mistress
puts me In a basket In tho carriage
whllo sho and her mamma aro dressing
and thoro I sit without moving or mur
muring until they are ready, which I
am told is very much better than hu
man beings of my age behave.
Amanda's mamma often steps by a
stream on which geese and duoks play
to permit me to enjoy a river bath,
and people wonder that on theso oc
casions I do not Join the fowls In a
friendly swim, for I do no more than
stop in the water, thon return to the
sandB, where I squat quickly beside
my mistress, ready to go. But Amanda
and her mamma do not swim, so why
should I? And their society suits me
better than that of the fowl kind.
I like to play "horse" with my mis
tress, and frequently draw a tiny cart
for her. The harness is a cotton band
that, placed around my neck as a
horse's collar, rests on my breast and
has straps attached to the ends of the
shafts. I can not permit a bit to be
placed in my mouth as the horses do,
but my mistress has reins fastened to
the shafts and I obey her word Of com
mand. When she brings out my wagon
I am always ready to go and stand
quietly as I can while she adjusts my
harness. I feel no embarrasment in
the presence of the crowds of children
who collect to watch us when we go
out on the pavement, hut my little
mistress frequently turns homeward
When too many strangers gathor to see
a little girl driving a goose to a cart.
Amanda's grandmother lives in the
Bluegrass state, and after Amanda and
her mamma had gone on their usual
summer visit to her, the little maid be
came, troubled about me. She felt that
sho could not do without me six long
weeks, so papa, at home, and lonely,
sent me to her.
I took my long train ride very com
fortably In a crate. Tho train men
were kind to me, but I thought I
should go wild with happiness when
saw my little lady again and felt her
soft lovo pats.
Whilo in Kentucky, 1 went with
Amanda to the photographer, where
we both had our pictures taken. Tho
artist was so much pleased! with our
behavior under tho trying ordeal that
fault dat he done got mixed up wld
savo him do core.
he requested permission of Amanda's
mamma to put a large picture of us in
his show window. Sarah Bcllo Hack
ley, In Pets and Animals.
Beauties of Platonic Friendship.
Having gone thus Tar, I shall sur
prise no one by affirming that I con
sider a real friendship between man
and woman a very beautiful and in
spiring thing, says a Spinster in M. A.
P, I will go farther, and declare that
no man and no woman should bo with
out one. After a perfect marriage (In
which husband and wifo are ono soul
as well as ono flesh) this relation is the
most desirable of all human relation
ships. I will tell you why.
In the first place, it Is free rrom the
dross of sordid self-interest. The man
in it has no material claim on the
woman, nor has she any sucn claim
upon him. The bond between them Is
quite Implacable; it can be dissolved
merely by a spiritual tie, composed of
mutual Interests, tastes and desires.
Also, as platonlc friendship does not
Involve Intimate contactt, the famlllar-
lty that breods contempt, It Is not
prone 10 aegencrate rrom a condition
of mutual kindness, courtesy and re
spect Into the take-all-for-granted
grumbling and grudging attitude of the
ordinary marriage. Being amenable to
no laws but those of reciprocity and
good faith, to keep these Intact is the
first object of friends.
Distrust or any harshness may not
creep In nothing demanded, nothing
accepted, as a matter of course; taot
and sympathy are absolute necessities.
Such friendship is, in Tact, a debt of
honor in which both are at once, debt
or and creditor, the medium being lov
ing kindness and comprehension. In
this lies its superiority to the married
state, where the relation between hus
band and wife is so often terribly
strained.
Living under the same roof, observ
ing continually all the petty faults and
fallings which are so much harder to
forgive than larger sins, poor frail nu-
man men and women are apt to be
come critical and snappish, to forget
the good manners they so carefully ob
serve outside the home. Thus, I repeat,
in friendship it is easier to presnrve
the Ideal than in the wedded state, be
ing less subject to disillusion, the eat
ing canker of love. One can manage
to keep on a higher plane with a mas
culine friend than with a husband or
lover, breathe a purer air, and revel
more fully in thoso artistic and Intel
lectual pleasures which are likely to
be marred by the Interference of
household cares. Philadelphia Tele
graph. James Brlce.
Hon. James Bryce, the new English
ambassador to the United States from
England, was born at Belfast, Ireland,
in 1838, and was educated at the high
school and University of Glasgow,
Scotland. He took his degree of B. A.
at Trinity College, Oxford University,
in 1S62. He was also elected a fellow
of Oriel College in 1862. Ho was made
a barrister in Lincoln's Inn in 1867
and practiced law until 1882. He was
appointed professor ot crvil law at Ox
ford University in 1870 and stayed
there until 1893. He first went to Par
liament from Tower Hamlets In 1880.
He was made under secretary for for
eign affairs in 1886. He was given a
seat in the cabinet in 1892. He was
made a member of the senate of Lon
don University in 1893 and a fellow
of the British Royal Society in 1894.
He Is most famous as a writer on his
torical subjects.
A
been
sea captain named Wenlock
elected mayor of Brightlincsea.
Essex, England, the ceremony taking
place in, the church belfry, according
to immemorial custom.
Twilight Chat
Any woman who did not save a lit
tle money with which to buy herself
Bomo much-desired article was not
sensible. No matter hcrv generously
wo may be remembered on Christmas
there Is always some longing tingrntl
fled unless wo have a gift of money or
had the forethought to savo a bit ot
our appropriation for the inevitable
bargains.
Every merchant of pretensions
knows that there will bo a slump in
business after the holiday trade, and
whatever money he takes in must be
wheedled out of women. Men rarely
seek bargains, or are tempted by them,
but a sale 1b irresistible to the average
woman. That there are real bargains
to be had at certain seasons nobody
denies; the trouble is in picking them
out of the useless things which arc
dear at any price.
It is well to keep a list of needed ar
ticles, adding to it as desired. Then
when tho real bargain seasons come
they can be purchased at a consider
able saving of money. There are ui ti
des, of course, without which life is
not comfortable, and those have to be
supplied when the noed arlse3, without
regard to price. Bit think of the
things which can bo delayed until we
are ready to purchase! They are the
articles which wo are likely to find on
tho bargain counter.
Getting one's wardrobe Into condi
tion is a hard task after it has been
allowed to run down. There aro so
many articles to roplaco that the
chance of adding the dainty little
trifles which mean much and cost lit
tle is remote. But keep the supply of
clothing up to the standard, and the
additions will bo comparatively trivial.
"It is easy to do that when you havo
an abundance of ready money," you
say? Yes, and also wiien your income
is limited, in fact it is an economical
fashion of getting along.
A well-made and well-kept costume
will do honorable service a season or
two longer when fitted up with fresh
trimmings and up-to-date collar and
cuff set or a smart belt and stock. A
clever dresser, feminine, told a secret
to her inquiring and admiring friends;
she spends two-thirds of her dress al
lowance on accessories and always
looks modish and better dressed than
her rich friends. She can't afford new
gowns frequently because she consid
ers quality and fit and finish the dis
tinguishing marks of good clothing,
but Bhe keeps what, she has In the
best of condition and hides deficiencies
by clever touches.
This is one of her tricks she hires
good dressmakers in dull seasons, and
declares that she secures better atten
tion with no aggravating delay. She
buys hats after the stock has been
weeded out and finds choice models
within her reach. Invariably she se
lects models In both gowns and hats
that will wear more than a season and
show no sign of a departed fashion.
We are not all clever in that direction,
I grant, but improvement is possible,
you know, particularly when you have
the good fortune to find an adviser.
Buying articles merely because they
are cheap is extravagant. I have seen
trunk loads of beautiful odds and ends
that footed up to a sum larger than
the ordinary woman can afford, and
there was scarcely one of tho lot that
could be turned to use by the owners.
Think of money tied up In trumpery,
even to the richest, when everyday
wearing apparel is what is needed! It
is like the principle on which some
homes are furnished skimping on
comfortable furniture to spend on or
naments. I do not llKo Buch homes
I prefer plain ones with comfort
stamped all over them, and so do you,
if you have the true home instinct.
Betty Bradeen.
An Arab Vendetta.
A determined Arab vendetta has just
run its murderous course at Fermana,
in Algeria. A man named Fared-ben-Alssa
had determined to kill a fellow
resident of ono of tho mountain vil
lages, named Hussein-allba-Ahmed, and
never went abroad without his gun.
The other day tho two men, both car
rying loaded guns, mqt face to face In
a quiet spot In the mountains. Instant
ly Fared drew his weapon to his
shoulder and fired. HtiBseln fell but ris
ing, rapidly got Ills own shot In, Fared
in turn falling with a shattered thigh.
Ho managed, however, to nerve him
self for a second shot, and Hussein fell
dead with his chest shattered. Fared
will have to undergo amputation of the
leg.
A IOWHY THEATIR. 4
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What Happened en "Amateur
Night" at a Popuar Vaude-
vllle 8how.
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"Gl' mo a good seat, old man," you
exhort, in a lireman-save-my-chlld
tone of voice.
"Bos' in do house," returns the box
office man as he shoves out to you a
bit of yellow pasteboard and grabs
your money as If he feared you would
repent your purchase; and you enter
the abode of Terplschore and her
friend Thcspls.
The first number, now on, is the
famous Italian trainer, Slgnor Maw
ma's Troop of Trained Dogs, Cats and
MonkeyB. On careful inspection you
assume that the part of Italy that
boasts of the SIgnor's hlrth is the
County Sligo. However, this Is by the
way, and you forget all about It In
watching a cantatrice. She has a
gown of blue Jet, silk stockings, an In
growing voice and a blonde wig, and
she sings things that Melba might
have sung if her musical education had
been received in a penny amusement
parlor.
After her, you have two acrobats
who peel off their velvet dinner coats
that they may perform in their shirt
sleeves, "like swell guys should;" and
then a tramp juggler, whose appear
ance would cause a red blush of shame
to suffuse the swart cheek of the worst
human derelict that ever warmed a
bench; then a "lady and a gent" in
silk shirts and plush pants, who play
tunes on gas-pipes and things that
look like radiators and cornets and
banjos and xylophones and end up with
their feet in the footlights, discours
ing sweet melodies on overgrown slide
trombones and doubling up their left
knees on every second and fourth
beat; and then a trick bicycle rider;
and then a sketch In winch a startling
svelte lady comes in reading a letter
and says, at a rate of speed that would
surely get the Traffic Squad after her
if she tried it on the street, "I-have-Just
- hold - from - my - music- teac-er-
he - will - be r here - at - ten -f
tholty - it - is - now - ten - fifteen -while
- I - ar - waiting - I - guess - 111
slng - a - little - song."
She makes good her threat and dem
onstrates her need of a teacher; and'
when that Individual does come, he
proves to be her long-lost sweetheart
who went out to the Klondike in the
year of the general exodus, and has
come back with so much money that1
it clutters up the house and trips him
whenever he tries to go downstairs;
and then two sidewalk comedians who
refresh you with such classics as
"Who was dat lady 1 seen you com-
in' down de street wit' de odder day?"
"That wa'n't no lady. That was
your wife;" the obvious retort for this
being a slap on the pneumogastrlc
nerve with a final pink sporting edi
tion, and then but what's the use?
For the purpose of all this is but t
introduce the query that you have
often asked yourself:
"Where do they all come from?"
And the generic answer is:
"Amateur night"
Amateur night Is noe evening that
the cheaper burlesque Louses set apart
out of each week, or fortnight, for the
purpose of allowing the young idea to
demonstrate its shooting capabilities,
competitively, the prize being, usu
ally, a watch or a certalh sum of mon
ey, awarded by popular acclaim; and
sometimes, If one demonstrate a truly
marvelous capacity, a Job In the olio
of that or some other show. Broad
way Magazine.
The Pace that Kills.
In a word, greatness in womanhood
is like greatness In nature. The
mightiest forces in the realm in which
men and women are called to do their
work are the quietest and serenert
forces! And Just as we turn from the
fierce gust of the hot sirocco that te.irs
and roars and beclouds Its way across
the desert to the silent and sovereign
sua that kisses the wide harvests into
life, just so we turn from that fevered
and overhurrylng step which is too
widely the gait of our modern life to
a pace that Is more deliberate, to
speech that Is less vehement in one
word, to a service that Is quiet and
unhurried and thorough.
"But the ago," I hear some one say.
"Do you know that its whole spirit
and habit are hostile to the Ideal
which you have painted?" Alas! I
know the wreckB of women the vie-'
tlms, so often, we are told, of "nervous
prostration" who are Its victims. All
the more, fair sister, friend, wife,
daughter, mother, whosoever you may
be, does It belong to you to resist the .
drift and to chasten the pace! Bishop
Potter, In Harper's Bazar.