NE morning not long ago
a well-dressed foreigner,
evidently an American
tourist, was found dead
on the pavement in a side
street of Paris. Twisted
about his neck was a
dirty handkerchief with
which he had been stran
gled; he had been brutal
ly kicked and beaten,
and in his chest were
several knife wounds, any
in of which would have killed him. The unfortu
nate man had been stripped of all money, jewel
ry and other valuables.
"Les Apaches.” said the police, stolidly. “He
she uld have known better than to go prowling
p.l out alone at night.” And in the police records
another murder v.as put on the score of the
thugs of the “gay capital.”
Paris is not proud of her Apaches, and the rest
of the world has known little of these criminal
bands, though theater-goers in many American
cities during the last season were given a glimpse
of one phase of their life in the skillful but re
volting ‘Apache dance” imported from the French
music halls. Yet the story of the origin, de
velopment and deeds of these outlaw gangs is
fascinating, if not edifying.
Nearly ten years ago there appeared suddenly
in the underworld of Paris a young woman so
beautiful and animated that she r‘ once attract
ed gtneral attention and admiral,on among its
other denizens. Her head was crowned with a
great mass of lovely reddish-gold hair, on ac
count of which she was promptly nicknamed
“Casque d’Or,” or “Golden Helmet.” Suitors
quickly flocked about the girl and in time she
selected from among them as her protector one
I.ecat, known among his comrades as a clever
thief and a bold fighter whom the police would
be glad to have behind the bars.
All went well for a time, until there came on
the scene a more attractive scoundrel, named
Manda. Pretty, fickle Golden Helmet promptly
transferred her affections to the newcomer, and
then the trouble began. Lecat, the forsaken,
vowed vengeance on his successful rival and
summoned his followers to his aid. Manda also
had no lack of friends, and soon all the thugs in
the district of the Halles or markets had ranged
themselves on one side or the other. Many a
bloody battle was fought in the streets between
the two bands, cheered on by their female friends,
j,nd not a few men were slain in these conflicts.
Finally in one of the fiercest of the encounters
I.ecat himself was killed, and Golden Helmet
shouted aloud in joy. But her triumph was
short-lived. Another leader for Lecat's band,
known as “Le Manchot," sprang up and the
feud was continued with increased fury. One
night Le Manchot caught Manda ofT his guard
and plunged a knife deep into his back, and
for weeks the stricken leader lay in hospital near
to death. He recovered at last and was being
taken in an ambulance to a cell when the blood
thirsty Le Manchot. seeing his victim escaping
from his vengeance, broke through the police
guard, leaped into the vehicle and stabbed Man
da to death. For this murder Le Manchot is now
serving a life sentence.
Golden Helmet, made notorious by the succes
sion of battles and crimes which her attractions
had instigated, now sought other conquests, and
decided that the drama was her forte. Only the
intervention of the police prevented her exploita
tion by an unscrupulous variety hall manager.
Golden Helmet then speedily sank out of sight,
but the rivalry for her favor had lasting results.
Always the Apaches have one “queen" whose
rule over them is absolute if temporary. One
of the most notoriousof these was “Chiffonnette,”
v-’no reigned last year. She was 23 years old.
(all ar.d graceful, and would have been a beauty
savefor the loss of one
eye and the presence
of many scars, the re
sults of her numerous
boulevard battles. Sue
was elaborately tat
tooed and was mighty
proud of that adorn
ment. Chiffonnette'sca
reer came to an un
timely end last New
Year's day. when she
engaged in a desperate
fight with another
woman whom she hat
ed. Cheered on by a
crowd of her male and
female subjects, the
queen finally stabbed
herautagonist to death
with a stiletto, and
now she is a prisoner
in St. Lazare.
This year's queen of
the Apaches is Pepe.
She is only 18 years
old and a^ pretty as a
picture, but as fierce
as a tigress and a fit
leader for the wretch
es by whom she is
adored.
The comparative im
munity from arrest
and punishment en
jo\e j the Apaches is due to their really won
er u organization. They form a community by
themselves, apart from all the rest of Paris,
''1 . eir ORn laws, courts and executioners;
leir secret passwords, and almost their own
anguage, for the argot they use is practically
unintelligible to others. Merciless toward their
victims, they are no less merciless in punishing
those of their own number who are convicted of
treachery.
A few years ago one Painblanc was accused
of being in league with the police. He was for
mally brought to trial, the judge being a leader
know n as 1 Espagnol.” The charge against
Painblanc was not fully proved, but his loyalty
was so doubtful that he was sentenced to exile.
Rising from his chair in the obscure dive where
the trial was being held, he hurled his knife at
l'Espagnol with unerring accuracy, and the judge
fell dead with the blade in his heart. The police
rushed in and carried Painblanc to prison, the
Apaches making no effort to save him.
Another alleged traitor was Albert Durin. He
was condemned to death and two Apaches tied
him to the rails of a tunnel of the Belt Line
railway of Paris. He was found before a train
passed and rescued How many traitors have
been executed by their comrades it is impossible
to know, for only in such cases as the foregoing
do the police learn about the operations of the
“tribunals.”
The Apache highwayman operates swiftly and
skillfully, and lone strangers in the streets of
Paris are never safe from his attacks. His favo
rite method, known as “le coup du Pere Fran
cois. is to strangle his victim by twisting a
handkerchief about his neck. After robbing the
senseless man. the thug frequently will kill him
with the knife, for the Apaches seem to delight
in wanton murder done in what they choose
to consider an “artistic” way. If the criminal
is arrested, a score of his companions spring up
apparently from the very pavement, and unless
the police are in force they are speedily routed
and the prisoner is rescued.
An observant visitor in Paris may see Apaches,
male and female, on almost any street, but it is
in the Place de la lloquette that they are to be
found in crowds on ocasion. There is set ud
the recently restored guillotine, and
whenever there is to be an execution
the Apaches tlock from all districts of
the city to witness the ghastly sight.
Silently they stand, gazing at the1
grim instrument of death, until the
condemned individual is brought forth.
Then jeers and howls break forth
from the crowd, and as the knife falls
the Apaches rush forward to dip their
handkerchiefs in the blood. These
they preserve as souvenirs, or sell
them to the degenerates of the upper
classes.
Strangely enough, the male Apa
ches nearly all look alike. They are
hollow-cheeked, dark-haired, furtive
eyed. shambling of gait and sallow of
complexion-always easily recognized
among the throngs on the streets.
The women on the other hand, as a
rule, are handsome, spirited and in
telligent. They dress well and give
especial attention to the care of their
hair, which they never cover with a
hat. All of them, men and women,
profess to follow some trade as a
safeguard against the occasional
raids of the police on their haunts.
Official Paris is somewhat dis
mayed by the rapidly growing men
ace of these Apaches bands. The
number of robberies and murders at
tributable to them is increasing
monthly, and as the victims very
often are travelers from foreign lands,
the crimes are having an appreciable
effect on tourist business.
_
‘FLAG DAY.”
My Mrs. Edward Dunroy-Reed.
The general observance of June 14
as ' Flag Day” suggests the thought
that “Old Cllory" was mature at its birth. But
its infancy dates back to the earliest recorded
American history.
At the time of the birth of “The Star Spangled
Banner' tradition and verified history had marked
some S00 years since the advent of the first
European upon American soil. The Norseman and
the Danes landed upon the northeastern shores of
this continent several times between the years
986 and K>00. as is proven by their own records.
In 1492 Columbus planted the flag of Spain on
First Flag to Float Over North American Soil.
‘‘Ited Cross of St. George” the banner of Richard
* mjcr dr I,ion in 119;, and planted at labrador by Se
bastian Cabot in 1497 as the royal ensign of Henry VII.
the Island of Sau Salvador, one of the Bahamas,
and again in 149S at the month of the Orinoco in
South America; but the first flag to float over the
soil of the North American continent of which his
tory tells was planted on the shore of I^abrador in
1497 by Sebastian Cabot.
The first stage of evolution was marked two
years before the settlement of Jamestown, when
James I. of Kugland, in honor of the union, placed
the diagonal white cross of St. Andrew with the
red cross of St. George, both upon a blue field.
This is the first blending of the American national
colors known to history. The red. white and blue
is therefore as old as the country, as it appeared
in the flags which floated over the Virginia settle
ment and was the flag of the Mayflower and of
Plymouth.
A Use for Liquid Air.
Liquid air made from carbon diox
ide. according to Dr. David Hubbard.
,'iquifies at a pressure of 2,000 pounds
to the square inch. When liberated at
a low temperature it becomes car
bonic acid snow, crystallizing into a
substance resembling common white
• halk, though of greater brilliance.
This snow has been applied with great
effect tc many skin diseases, such as
'tioies, warts, birthmarks, etc., a ten
second application ending the growth
knd causing it to disappear.
Nothing Unexpected
A young New York broker of con
vivial habits fell in with an old school
friend who had gone on the road
“Whenever you're in town come up
and bunk with me," he urged his
friend as they separated “No matter
what old time it is. If I'm not there
just go ahead and make yourself at
home. I'll be sure to turn up before
daybreak.”
Soon after this the salesman aridved
in town about midnight, and, remem
bering hia friend’s invitation, sought
out his boarding house. There was
only a dim light flickering in the hall, i
but he gave the bell a manful pull.
Presently he found himself face to
face with a landlady of grim and ter
rible aspect.
"Does Mr. Smith live here?" he fal
tered.
“Ke does,” snapped the landlady.
'You ran tiring him right in.”—Every
body's Magazine.
Just Possible.
‘‘Truth is stranger than fiction.”
quoted the moralizer.
"And I suppose a good many men
avoid it,” rejoined the demoralizer,
'because they are averse to associat
iag with strangers.”
Convenience in Germany.
A purchase in a German tobacco
shop entitles you to one telephone
call.
GIRLS LEARMNG HOW TO PROWOE A
^DINNER " •
WARMHG TO PREPARE AH
IHFAHTd FOOD
Tears ago Solomon set the value I
of a good housewife above that of ru
bies. To-day. being scarcer than at
the time when he expressed his his
toric opinion, she is even more pre
cious. There is a human touch about
the old joke wherein the newly-mar
ried husband finds trouble in masti
cating his wife's cake, and. being told
that she made it out of the cookery
book. suggests that his piece con
tains some of the cover of the vol
ume.
Especially among the working-class
es is a knowledge of cookery and the
housewifely arts a luxury rather than
a matter of course at the present day,
and because of this the London coun
ty council has inaugurated a special
school of housewifery at Brixon, and
classes in kindred subjects at over
200 of its ordinary schools.
This being the case, when Mary
Smith arrives in one of the highest
standards of her particular school she
is now initiated into the dark myster
ies of cookery, bed-making, the care
and feeding of her baby brother or
sister, the making and mending of
her own clothes, washing, mangling,
ironing, and other things which her
mother ought to have taught her, but
was unable to enligh*en her upon, for
the best of all reasons—that she was
ignorant of them herself.
Mary, if she is lucky enough to at- j
tend the special school at Brixton, I
iearns how to be a scientific modern j
housekeeper. She is sent into the i
splendid laundry and shown how to \
wash special articles of apparel. For j
instance she is taught not to put her ;
brother's flannel shirt into boiling
water with soda in it. because it?
unhappy owner would never be able i
to get into it again after such treat- j
ment.
To Mary's astonishment there is a
wrong and a right way even in such j
an apparently simple business as
washing clothes, while, when she
takes her turn in the mangling and
ironing department, and learns how
linen should be ironed and finished,
she begins to look on a competent
washerwoman as a being worthy of
the deepest respect.
Of course, dressing and undressing j
and washing “baby” is the best fun
in Mary Smith's estimation. What
Mary does not know about the proper
treatment of an infant would, as a
rule, fill a large volume, and what she
does know is hardly worth mention
ing. For this reason she is rot en
couraged to bring a small relation for
practice work ; "baby” is an inanimate
infant and takes the form of a large
doll.
Thus, without any danger to any- j
one, Mary Smith learns from actually
doing how to dress and undress a
, young child, wash it, put it to bed,
and generally provide for its well be
ing. Everything is done on strictly
economical lines; a superannuated
banana crate makes an excellent cra
dle when money is a consideration,
and baby will sleep just as happily
in it as in the most elaborate resting
place modern skill can provide.
They also tell Mary that beer and
sardines, and similar delicacies, are
bad for a little thing, although grown
ups may enjoy them with more or
less impunity, and so she is instructed
in the art of preparing the proper I
food for babies, and how to make a I
limited outlay of money go as far as ;
possible in feeding them.
Although healthy people can sleep
on almost anything, if you have a bed
in tbe house it is as well to undet
stand it. There is more in making a
bed than meets the eye, and at the
London county council they show
Mary how the best wives do it.. Beds
ought to be aired properly, too; and
although Mary was taught how to
wash the blankets and sheets in the
laundry, she is told that proper venti
lation is almost as necessary as prop
er washing. She also discovers that
a bolster need not really be lumpy,
and many other little details lhat the
good housewife ought to knovr.
In the course of time Mary becomes
an excellent cook. The instruction is
practical. The cookery is based on
moderate incomes and Mary is taught
within her means. The great aim of
her instructress is to teach her how
to make whatever income sae may
have at her disposal in the future go
as far as possible, and to spend it in
the most profitable manner so as to
secure the utmost value for every
penny.
Also, the L. C. C. have another ec.d
in view almost as important as teach
ing London girls to make the most
of what they have to spend.
They argue that if a girl takes an
interest and a pride in household mat
ters. whether in a home of her own
or in her mother’s house, she has the
best possible occupation, and if she
can be induced to make a hobby of
housework it keeps her away from
too many amusements, some of which
may not be altogether desirable, and
saves her from the feverish desire for
change and excitement at ail times,
which is such an unfortunate trait in
the characters of the working-classes,
as of others, to-day.
They consider that if Mary is cook
ing the supper or putting the baby to
bed she will not be at a music-hall,
and that domestic pursuits are far
more interesting than song ar.d dance
turns if she only knew it.
Finally, Mary Smith is taught to
make and mend her own clothes. She
is encouraged to make sewing a rec
reation after the sterner occupations
of cooking and washing, and it is
pointed out to her that while you are
sitting down to rest you might as
well do a little needlework as read a
novelette. Moreover, the instructress
draws her attention to the fact that if
you will buy your own material and
make it up yourself, you get a great
deal better value for your money than
if you buy ready-made clothes.
“You can’t make your own boots.
Mary, my dear,” pursues the instruct
ress. “but you can make your own
clothes, and they'll look better and
last longer than any you can buy
at the shops. And. by the way, this
is the one and only way to make a
respectable darn.” etc., etc.
By the means described in this ar
ticle it is hoped to train up & genera
tion of women who know all there is
to know about managing their homes
and looking after their families.
Left Child Tied Outside Barroom.
A cable message from London to
the Mail and Express of Toronto tells
of theoperation of the new children's
act in London. The law. the report
says, proved a great boon on Sunday
to the tea places at the popular holi
day resorts. Parents being unable
legally to take their children into the
barroom had tea with them instead.
Inquiries at many tea shops did not
reveal a single instance of the children
being left alone there while their par
ents visited the bars. Dover, however,
had the sight the other day of a little
child tied to a lamp-post outside a
barroom. It caused a crowd to gather,
and the police made inquiries. They
found the child’s father drinking with
in the bar. As he was unable to take
his child with him he had adopted
this method of preventing the young
ster from straying.
Strictly Thoughtful.
Actor—My new part is one which
requires a great deal of thought.
Cruel Friend—Yes. I heard you bad
another thinking part.
NEW IDEA IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Woman Has Discovered Method of
Transferring Negative Directly
to Tile.
It has remained for Miss Marion
Peters of Middletown, Pa., to photo
graph directly upon ceramics. About j
ten specimens of her work were in
cluded in the exhibition of photo
graphs that was held a short time at
the Franklin institute.
It was the first exhibit of this kind
to be made anywhere, for while me
chanically printed photographs on
ceramics are quite common, this is
the first time where the work, trans
ferred directly from the i«-gative to
the tile, has been seen. The superior
ity of the work by Miss Peters’ pro
cess is unquestionable, as it retains
all the fine lines and sharpness and
clearness of the negative, but also has
a softness of its own that makes the
pictures extremely attractive.
The most remarkable feature of her
method is th- t the pictures are mnde
permanent l y res .rr.of their b- ing
covered by the enamel that is insep
arable from the tile. The subjects ex
hibited are varied and include an ex
ceptionally fine medallion of Martin
Luther, German market scenes and
numerous interior and exterior views.
One of the latter, a view of the fore
castle of a steamship, is wonderful for
detail. The forecastle is shown, and
beneath that a portion of the main
deck. So sharp is the work that ropes
and small objects are clearly depicted,
although the picture is a miniature.
During the year of 1908, it is safely
presumed from the nearest figures ob
tainable, there was enough coffee
drunk in the United States alone to
fill a cistern 20 miles long, one mile
wide and two miles deep. Of the 78.
000,000 people of the United States, 84
per cent, are coffee drinkers. There
were more than 11,000- carloads of
coffee grain brought into this country
last year, or G7 shiploads, to say noth
ing of smaller shipments that are not
recorded.
To Enjoy
the full confidence of the Well-Informed
of the World and the Commendation of
the most eminent physicians it was essen
tial that the component parts of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of Senna should be
known to and approved by them: there
fore, the California Fig Syrup Co. pub
lishes a full statement with every package.
Tlie perfect purity and uniformity of pro
duct, which they demand in a laxative
remedy of an ethical character, are assured
by the Company's original method of man
ufacture known to the Company only.
The figs of California are used in the
production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
Senna to promote the pleasant taste, but
the medicinal principles are obtained from
plants known to act most beneficially.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine—manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
HOW CARELESS!
He—There was nearly a bad fire at
the theater.
She—How was that?
He—The villain lit a cigarette and
tossed the match into the snow!
TORE HIS SKIN OFF
In Shreds—Itching Was Intense
Sleep Was Often Impossible.
Cured by Cuticura in Three Week*.
“At first an eruption of small pus
tules commenced on my hands. These
spread later to other parts of my body,
and the itching at times was intense,
so much so that I literally tore the
skin off in shreds in seeking relief.
The awful itching interfered with my
work considerably, and also kept me
awake nights. I tried several doc
tors and used a number of different
ointments and lotions but received
practically no benefit. Finally I set
tled down to the use of Cuticura Soap,
Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pill*,
with the result that in a few days al!
itching had ceased and in about three
weeks’ time all traces of my eruption
had disappeared. I have had no trou
ble of this kind since. H. A. Kruta
koff, 5714 Wabash Ave., Chicago. Ill,
November 18 and 28, 1907.”
Potter Dreg a Cbeai. Corp., Sole Props., Boston.
Home-Made Names.
“That little girl,” remarked the
druggist to the doctor, “was just In
for ten cents worth of tincture of ben
zine. But I've had it before and gave
her benzoin.”
"That was easy.” answered the doc
tor. “This morning on a diphtheria
case the woman wanted to know if I
administered antitoxin with an epi
demic syringe.”
Good to Remember.
Physical defects can be turned into
incentives to success instead of draw
backs, what we look upon as handi
caps in the end may prove spurs to en
able us to reach the goal of desire, if
we know but how to use them. We
make our own bappines, we carve our
own success.—Exchange.
Red. Weak. Weary. Watery Eyea
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. Com
pounded by Experienced Physicians. Con
forms to Pure Food and Drug Laws. Mu
rine Doesn't Smart: Soothes Eye Pain.
Try Murine in Your Eyes. At Druggists.
A girl never likes to admit she was
kissed unless she wasn't.
Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar.
You pay 10c tor cigars not »o good.
It’s a safe rule to pass up two-thirds
of human philosophy.
OPERATION
HER ONLY
CHANCE
WasCured by Lydia E.Pink
ham’sVegetable Compound
Adrian, Ga. —“I suffered untold
misery from a female weakness and
disease, and I could not staud more
than a minute at a
time. My doctor
said an operation
was the only
chance I had, ana
I dreaded it almost
as much as death.
One day I was
reading how other
women had been
cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound,
and decided to try
it Before I had taken one bottle I
was better, and now I am completely
cured,”—Lena V. Henhy, Route No.
3, Adrian, Ga.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the joy of living, when they
can iind health in Lydia E. Pinkham’s
i Vegetable Comi>ound ?
For tliirty years it ha3 been the
standard remedy for female ills, ami
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such ail
ments as displacements, inflammation,
ulceration, fibroid tumors, irregulari
ties, periodic pains, backache, indiges
tion, and nervous prostration.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia XL Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound will help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,,
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and the advice free.