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KING PLAIN CHEN Spanish Monarch Acts Like Or dinary Man Occasionally. WHe* os Vtuuent »t His Summer Revae-c* A it cum Ta'«s, Walks, r ee* ir.j Mingles Generally W-ts» tne Pecy^. nos ti< '-t- B. 1'iua—At tius t- io is! i roast resort cl Jipats King Vtlcneo jail, enjoys We is ta> v, :re* 2»*iU»n laigiM a great n nd la. so locked la that its Bu<fi are a -ad li.gb around Sts rgi-t < ::r*r "hat rtlias at Ike rick, ebu eg jr *aady start tke Koytl Vstbt risk _cd istb bouses adjoin pm*** tarort. seat to it* great taiHs ita tke ;.ubUr promenade. kV*jg > c i-asc* tke public beta ko«sr< and gay testa flank all colors. ! tarty snUw as sua'igkt. ereo la late sstsui. Tfc - stoat- promenade. bor Owed by shade lire* and forged iron Wiirrwi. cuotuinM round Ike bay. \ tbf vk gorge* „s jsrtis a-d gardens io tie pstu- g* voting kail*. ultk tbs taarbi* ullkr. and flowers, mtau rast* Mi. rales of cm ot tke most hiurvnu c»m -s « Kurope. Mack at ail tkis Is tke modern tar it town ol side, shady streets, parks sr.d moeu saests ik far- trie aad marble, non •flops. c-i?r ti rra. -s aad Haunting awn ings. I reef *, r Tx. gui-nmg tout talas and tkat mixed perfume ot or an*- peel. vfc*i-:» cad tub-rcres tkat Starks tke santtk oS Kurope Ckw( of »ae rtuas perck«-l Blgk aitcal tke bay is tke king s Miramar palace, ka-.l kMtdsa met its iorests At aickt sey tra refer can lose kitn self is it* winding alley', ttgb’ed l»y *•* eiee ra- lamps Anyone wbo bks ta-ea 'bare mast bare though: bow •«sf It *VBd be for armed conspira tors to enter tbe park aad take tke palace by surprise. Tke guard at tke Cite is cuaupcsed ot farce o.-o of to* jetanrets corps. At tke aide door at Karp Alfonso. the paiae* the only sentry u an old veteran, v - .ring many d< orations But vmsriued. The Idea Rene rally held that the kiig of Spain liven surround ed by an army to protect his lilt It atm nr* The ~AUharden>r"—mounted naan—end the large raUlrary stair j* regularly lart.iU* so It* barracks be kund the palace and exists merely tc anUWy court protocol W hen the royai tamtiy et j ys tta bathe llle in the after audlenre hours art oeer. tt la Bo more protected than any Kief a ell to-do family of Satt Setias CUB l.very da; a bile In residence at tteo SehnatiaB. the king, uaaccom- : patitad by sox tors, on toot, on horse her*, or In ante er carriage, can t* »eeo route aU»-t We met him cnee in a lone j«t of he Corniche. writes a traveler, attempting to clean tnree ela*» that had k« rbi trd by soot My i"leech trteeda s'o|>ped and askeo •he cseanttf. "A: »thins we ran doT’ | These pits- are choked with soot." replied Ailonao His chauffeur wat , r -»rtc<-tt!|t: ffering tew ones, when *tir French friend—a pore automobile cr»*h tike 'be king—captained that he enuid ciena theme Hugs by list king rapidly up the slope. That la whmt 1 said." cried Alfonso "*»•**• tumble inf” and. with a very trichy *u1tg he got his aeight on the j ' rgr.k aau started (U feenry motoi ' lad or. his ehauSeur knew what be I a a -.J. to jumped In beside his only' ewatpnnlon. a silent military man. and *■►**» barking «p the slope at secoao j ~Xoa that it Just the type ot auto j mob*!*- crank who wtli net let Bis ehanffenr do a thing, expetued the French m.u FVom this time At] oner i nodded to us with a sm'le, content : that here were three men and n lady who had seen him. Ailonao. acting as a men Pool hail in Hs Uovth. Philadelphia — Kolert Wilson, a tooth ..tin* at 13* Xorth Eighth •two*, wade a bat with several corn lashst that he had the largest mouth la the crowd atd to prove hi* asser- j • os thrust a poo! hall between hla law* He mow the wratsor. but lost several I teeth, for the Ivory boil lit tat! bis (oocth ao well that It took two hours' work -it t! e part o' physician* at tbw Chfldiea's lie..,, ^ipethl- be stibai to re rt.'-ve the hill, sod that was sccota- { fe rled r’y after the forceps had tee* waed h«*eo aikej to the horpttal with his trieod* The ;-Vj*!->ans first told b.re to for re the ttr.U out with his •ear » Hi* •-Sorts were unavailing I a ad the pate from his distended jaws ao area: :. t It was dc.e nm.«d to sa'TlC.e five front teeth. Teamster Rede On the Wind. U’ttkntarts. Pa.—Jeuwe Hiach. a teamster, sat on a load cf hey while •tUMlag the open bridge across the UsHwiaat rise' at Xaattaoke the other day. The wind was blowing strongly and to h:s surprise he found Moo ( mov ing la the air. He re leered Ms gr:. rp at the rain* and with He u .d of bay n* lifted clear of the Hrjfse and c »er it* side The wind hi- and the hay gently upon • 1* *v«e *'b Hi was frozen over, 60 »Lo bridge. SPEEDY OUTFIELDER GOES TO PHILLIES Cravath, Formerly of Minneapolis Team. The National ilascball commission. "n a decision promulgated recently, awarded Player Cravath of the Min neapolis tlth cf the American asso iatlon 10 the Philadelphia National league club. The commission in its binding declared that the evidence showed that the Philadelphia club last -ne secured an option from the Min neapolis club to purchase the release of Cravath for J4.GG0. and that it is en titled to the services of the former White Sox player. As Cravath was drafted by the Pitts burg club pending on investigation of his status, that draft is set aside, and the Chicago American league club se i lection of Player Peters from the Min neapolis club contingent on the Phila I delphla National league club's title to Cravath by purchase being declared I valid also is allowed. Ty Cobb denies there was friction between him and George Mcriarity last season. When friends offer Hugh Jennings an automobile after this he will view it with suspicion. liughie Jennings favors after season championship series, but is dead set against post season joy rides. Ty Cobb will quit baseball before Father Time comes along with his *< ythe or Clark Griffith becomes man ager of the club. It is a poorly constructed baseball team that cannot capture next year’s championship by tbe end of the pre ceding January. John Ward, in assuming command of tbe ill fated Boston Nationals, says he s'ands pat.” whatever that means in this particular instance. That reoprt that Mack would trade Mclnnis has been squelched. Mack would as soon give away the world's flag or talk for publication. Kid Elberfeid denies he will quit baseball. The "Kid" was “waived'' out Of the big pond, but will try to be a big total In a class A puddle. Connie Mack diplomatically refused to pick the "greatest twenty.” Mack -as less trouble than any other mana ger in the world, ar.d doesn't pur pose borrowing any. Ted Sullivan, father of many base ball leagues, has been invited to lec ture on the nal’oual pastime March 27 at St. Louis university under tbe au spice* of the faculty. Turks will be represented at the [Olympian games in 1912. That Italy ill have its runners in the big games {accounts for the latest move on the 'part of tbe Ottoman empire. Fie’tler Jones, after being groomed for several seasons for the Northwest ern league, was at last caught in the dragnet to pilot the circuit from which the White Sox gathered in Jess Baker. It has been decided to have the baseball season closed a week earlier next season than has been the cus tom in the past. The fans will, there fore, have something to fret about all winter. Tha cities left in the Mir.nesota .Wtoeonsin league after the erfusal of Superior and Duluth to remain in the '(-ague may find an opportunity to •ound out their circuit with clubs in Waterloo. Cedar Eapids or Clinton. Ia. ( CANNOT PLAY SUMMER BALL Students of Wisconsin University in Games Where Admission Charged Called Professionals. Summer baseball playing has had •he effect of disqualifying a large ma jority cf members of the University of \\ isconsia baseball team. It is un derstood that participation of the stu dent players In summer games has been general, rot necessarily cn •cams of professional clubs, but in •cctests where admission has been charged. Under the conference rules, his latter fact is evidence in itself o! professional playing. The athletic department now re quires each athlete to sign an affidavit that he is an amateur in the strict sense of the word, and it is said that few if any of the players are willing to sign such a statement when their amateurism is challenged only by the fict that gate receipts were collected. Now World's Record. After trying for two years Matt Mc Grath. the big hammer thrower of the New York police force, succeeded in smashing the world's 1C-pound ham mer record, which was held by John J. Flanagan, now in Ireland, at the Gal way Men's athletic games, at Celtic park. The bluecoat hurled the iron weight 187 feet 4 inches, three feet let ter th~n the previous mark. JOHN THOMPSON IS A LOSER “Cyclone" Figured as Sure Winner by Many, Is Defeated in 20-Round Fight in Australia. “Cyclone Johnny” Thompson, the American middleweight, was easily defeated at Sydney, Australia, in a twenty-round tight on points by Jack Rice, an Australian. It was Thompson's first tight on this, his second, visit to that country, and the result was a big surprise, as “Cyclone" was figured a sure winner by those who saw him beat Papke. Thompson failed to show* the speed “Cyclone" Thompson. and stamina be bad on his last trip and Kice gave him a good pummellng all the way. “SHORTY” M’MILLAN RETIRES Brilliant Little Quarter May Be Miss ing From Team Next Year Owing to Election of Thomson. The election of “Bottles" Thomson, star full back for the last two seasons, to the captaincy of the 1912 Wolver ine eleven makes It probable that the Maize and Blue will be minus the services of "Shorty" McMillan, the brilliant quarter, next season. McMillan did not want to return to school this year, preferring to go Into business, and it was felt that a spe cial inducement would be necessary to secure his return next year. The news that Boyle and Cornwell are to return to school next spring, make up their scholastic deficiencies, and be ready for work next fall more than made up Tor the possibility of Mc Millan’s defection. Boyle, after star ring for a season at Dartmouth, came to Michigan last spring, where he played quarter on the all-fresh in spectacular fashion. "Red” Cornwell won his M at center in 1910. Sculler Arnst Raises His Price. Richard Arnst. of Australia, the world's champion p“ofessional scul ler. who offered to go to London to give Arnest Parry, the English cham pion whom he beat last summer in South Africa, a return race, now wants $5,000 .and expenses to make ! the trip. He originally asked $3,750. Arnst says that since he defeated Pearce in Anstralia he has been en gaged in a fairly remunerative occu pation in Sydney, and he doesn’t feel disposed to throw it up to go to Eng land to please Parry. One-Armed Bowler Makes Big Scores. To Ned Nelson, the one-armed member of the O’Leary team of Chi cago belongs the chief honors in the eighth annual tournament of the Chi cago Bowling association. With the termination of the contests Nelson quit victor with a total of 711 pins to his credit in the singles and in ad dition won the all events contest In the latter he made 1.870 pins. New Record for Dirigibles. A new altitude record for dirigible balloons was established recently by the French military dirigible. Adju sant Reau, which rose to the height of 7,053 feet. The former record was held by the French dirigible, Cle ment Bayard, which on August 2J, 1900, atained a height of 5,085 feet GOOD ARBITRATORS ARE RARE Combination of Keen Eye, Nimble Brain and Nerve Not Common— Not More Than First Class. Good umpires are rare. In the whole country there are not more than ten first-rate ones. The combination of the keen eye, nimble brain and cool nerve is not a common one. The umpire is the chain lightning of baseball. His decisions are rendered in the fifth part of a second; he ren ders them knowing that he must stand by them afterwards, no matter what happens. Every man Inside the fence, whether blinded by prejudice or loy alty to the home team, sees the same things and, therefore, feels that he has a right to his own opinion; but the umpire is the one man who is paid to know what he sees. The prise fight referee sometimes has to decide which boxer won a hard tattle. He has had time in which to review the situation; the moving picture of the fight stretches backward in his memory. Should the choice prove a difficult one there is always the comfortable middle ground —the draw decision. In which neither man wins nor loses. The baseball um pire can render no draw decisions. The man is safe or he Is out. When two race horses cctne rod ding down to the wire and two noses flash by the post so close together that a finger breadth means thousands of dollars to the backers, the race track judge may fall back on the dead heat. The baseball umpire has no dead heats. Watching foot ?.nd ba.l. he must know which one was first. He can confer with no one. Right or wrong, the judgment must he made In the twinkling of an eye. PlfK PHILLIES TO WIN FLAG Many Unprejudiced Critics Select Man ager Dooin’s Aggregation to Land Championship Pennant. Many close critics—outside of Phila delphia. too. and hence unprejudiced— are picking the Philadelphia Nationals for the pennant honors in 1912. Clark Grifith and Frank Bancroft think highly of their chances and declare that only hard luck and injuries knock ed the Phils out of the glory this season. A great deal, of course, depends on Dooin himself. If he Is laid up again, the catching staff is through, for none of the relief men who were tried during Charlie’s ab sence seemer to fill the bill fully. The pitching will be excellent—ranking right up with the best in the league. Alexander. Moore and Chalmers are a foundation good enough for any body's hurling forces, and these three will pitch 105 games among them. Luders. Knabe. Doclan and Lobert make up an Infield which has few rivals in either league—one whale of an infield, fast and hustling, full of fire and ginger. The outfield, Magee. Paskert and Titus, with Beck and Cravath as flll insg, is also choice. Net hitting strength, plenty for all practical pur poses; fielding strength. Al, and team play sure to improve steadily. It is the sort of a team which must have a good start to win. Should the Phils get away badly, they will crumple up: should they start as well as they diu last spring and escape the troubles of 1911, it will be aimost impossible to head them off. TERROR WITH HIS BIG STICK Cleveland Club Made Excellent Bar gain in Trading Briscoe Lord for Great Southern Slugger. Joe Jackson, the Cleveland slugger. Is a terror with the big stick. The Nap outfielder was^developed in the Sunny South. He was pounding the cover off the ball for the New Or Joe Jackson. leans team In 1910 when Jack O'Con nor touted the gect to Bob Hedges ol the Browns. Hedges tried to purcbase Jackson's release, but the youngster belonged to the Philadelphia Athlet ics. Charlie Sommers of Cleveland traded Briscoe Lord for Jackson. Squash Tournament Dates Set. Championship squash dates have been anounced by the National Squash Tennis association. The na tional championship tournament 1s scheduled to be played in March and probably on the Harvard club courts, in New York City. The annual metropolitan interplub championship series will begin on January 9 and continue to February i4. In the se ries, four clubs will be represented, namely, the Harvard and Columbia university clubs. Heights Casino, of Brooklyn and the Princeton club. Trap Shooting in Pinehurst, Trap shooting events scheduled by the Pinehurst (N. C.) club for this winter include the fifth annual mid winter handicap tournament, sched uled for January 24 to 27, In which marksmen from many states will com pete. and weekly 100 target trophy handicaps, to continue from January 29 to March 2S> pp-rzr-—- .- t | New News of Yesterday | J-—By E. J. EDWARDS i -1 -- -l * Was Persuaded By Thackeray Janies W. Wallack Not Only Attended a Dinner Given by the Author, But Even Recited for the Guests. “A Rood many years ago George Wil liam Curtis wrote in one of bis little essays something about a dinner that Thackeray gave at Delmonico's in New York, shortly before his return to his home In England in 1855, after the completion of his second lecture tour in this country." said the late Parke Godwin, son-in-law of William I Cullen Bryant, and oce of Thackeray’s intimates when the novelist was in i this country. “Curtis did not tell the story exactly as the incident occurred, according to my recollection." Mr. Godwin con tinued. “I was present at the dinner and I sat very near Thackeray, who pf course, occupied the chair of tho host. He gave the dinner in acknowl ! edgement of many courtesies of a similar kind which he had received and he therefore had at the table near i ly all of the men prominent in pro fessional or literary life in New York. “1 saw a great deal of Thackeray when he was in the United States up ; on his second lecturing tour. He made the editorial rooms of the old Put nam's Magazine, of which Curtis and j 1 were the editors, his headquarters. : He was almost always in high spirits, j I sometime thought of him as a great. ; overgrown boy. But I never saw him j in quite the exbuberance of spirit : which he showed at this dinner. “As we sat down to dinner, 1 re member Thackeray saying to us that j there would be no speeches. He de 1 tested formal speechmaking, he said: that always threw a cloud over a feast. But what he did like, he hinted with a whimsical, all-including smile, was a song, a story .a recitation—any thing that a guest could do Informal i iy “A moment or two later, as I glanced about me. I saw that Thack eray had secured as a guest James W. Wallack. the great actor and play wright. who had left Scotland for this country three years before. Thack eray had told me previously that he was going to invite Mr. Wallack to the dinner, and in reply I had said that he would be very lucky if Wal lack accepted the Invitation. Thack eray wanted to know why 1 felt that ; way. and I said that off the stage Wal lack was known in New York as one of the quietest of men. was very shy. wnd almost always declined invitations to large dinners. "As we were disposing of the good cheer that Thackeray had provided for r- 1 — - . .. — us, I found myself wondering what Thackeray would persuade Wallack to do when the time for coffee and cigars was come What he did do was to ask allack. with whom he had become most friendly when Wallack was on the English stage, to tell a story. Wal lack shyly shook his head. Then, asked Thackeray, would he not relate some anecdote? Again Wallack shook his head. “Thackeray sat as if pondering for a second Then, of a sudden, he turn ed to his friend. “‘Mr. Wallack.' he cried with boy ish enthusiasm "I'll tell you what you can do that”! make every man's heart throb with excitement and pleasure You can recite that great scene in the play "The Rent Day” which, as I have seen and heard you in the play upon the stage tn I-ondon. I have thought was acting unsurpassed.' “Everybody clinked the glasses at the suggestion. I was afraid for a moment that Mr. Wallack would again •shake his head—he was. of course, in evening dress, so that the illusion which the dress of the part that Wal lack took in the play produced, was lacking. But he arose, stepped from behind his chair a little nearer to Thackeray, and in a low but very clear voice began the lines of that scene. Almost instantly we forgot that Wallack was a private gentle man in evening dress, unsupported by any of the accessories of the theater— the wonderful spell which he was able to exert upon his audience in the the ater was with him then. We were all enthralled, especially Thackeray. He sat half turned around in his chair, listening intently. He did not move once during the entire recitation But when WTallack was done and had sat down, and while the entire room re sounded with applause after the diners had got their breath. Thackeray rose and bowed to Wallack. and 1 think it was the most graceful acknowledge ment that I ever saw one man pay an other. "I said to Thackeray after the din ner that I felt sure he was the one man in the world who could have per suaded James W. WTaIlack to enact his part in ‘The Rent Day’ while in, evening dress and at a great dinner,. 1 think Thackeray liked to hear me: say that, for he seized my hand and gave it a warm grasp." (Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. AIP Rights Reserved.) When Jay Gould Stood Pat - His Credit Having Been Attacked, He Displayed to a Group of Eminent Financiers Securities to the Amount of $52,OCO.COO, The late Jay Gould was one of the most reticent of men. Boasting was entirely foreign to his nature. He was satisfied to let his achievements speak for themselves, and even when he was misrepresented, he maintain ed his reserve, scorning to make ex planations. He took great pride in his business successes, but he was a man without a trace of vanity. He was the last man in the world to make a vaunt of his power and re sources. But there was one occasion when he showed his hand. It was on the 13th of March. 1SS2. He had then achieved many of his most brilliant successes — successes from which he was known to have gained a colossal fortune; but. he had recently, also, embarked on new ven tures of vast scope, and. as many professed to believe, of very doubt ful issue He was working on the railroad deals in the West, from which be was to build up the Missouri Pacific system, and he was becoming interested in New York city elevated railroads and telegraph lines, among other things. His enemies for some time had been circulating stories to the effect that he was “spread out very thin.” and had been insinuating that if the truth were known it would be found that he owed more than he l owned. Mr. Gould was entirely indifferent. | in a merely personal and sentimental sense, to these stories But they be gan to affect his credit and hamper him in the conduct of hfs enterprises. I That is the only explanation of the extraordinary proceeding he resortrl to on that 13th of March. 1SS2. Mr. Gould Invited the late Russell Sage and several other eminent financiers to meet him in his office on that day. When the gentlemen were disposed about the room. Mr. Gould gave a signal, at which several of his employes appeared carrying trunks. By his direction the men set the trunks down in the middle of the room and retired. “I have asked you gentlemen to come here.” Mr. Gould said, address ing his guests, "because I want you to inspect the contents of these trunks. I hope you can spare time to look at all of them, and see just -"bat I have here.” Then he opened the trunks. They were full of securities—bond3 and certificates of stock. Kneeling on the floor before the trunks. Mr. Gould removed the bundles of secur ities and handed them to his guests who examined them in turn. They found that they were made out in Mr. Gould's name, and were all good, and they verified an inventory of the whole lot. “You see,” said Mr. Gould, when they had examined all the contents of the trunks, “that there are secur ities here to the value of fifty-two million dollars. There are some more trunks in the other room. They con tain twenty millions more In secur ities. If you would like to examine them. I will have them brought in.” “I think we have seen enough.” said Mr. Sage drily. “We have been great ly interested In looking at these se curities, but I don’t think you ought to put yourself to any further trou ble.” Mr. Sage and his companions si lently and expressively withdrew. They did not publish from the house tops what they had seen in Mr. Gould’s office. Nevertheless, it be came known within twenty-four hours ! that Jay Gould had shown his hand to a group of responsible financiers, and that when they saw it they realized that it was a full hand, for they had counted fifty-two millions of secur ities and been invited to count twenty millions more, which Mr. Gould owned. Mr. Gould's credit was never attack ed after that. (Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) Pride. “Say. Weary, I see that «ome gov ernment feller in congress Is goln' to ask th’ government to give work to everybody." “Say. what do you think of that! Well, you can tell th’ feller if you see him that I’ve got a little too much pride to depend f'r me livin' on th’ bounty of anybody’s government.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Odd Result Of An Election _ - Hon. William S. Grosbeck. Famous Cincinnati Lawyer, Received One Electoral College Vote for Vice President. The late William S. Grosbeck of Cincinnati, who died about ten years ago, was esteemed at one time one of the ablest of the very brilliant mem bers of the bar who practiced in the states west of the Allegheny moun tains. He probably ranks with the half-dozen greatest lawyers the west has ever provided. Abraham Lincoln had the highest regard lor Grosbeck's abilities as a lawyer. Edwin M. Stan ton was sometimes associated with him in important legal cases. He was one of the counsel associated with William M. Evarts in the defense of Andrew Johnson in the Impeachment proceedings and he was later a mem ber of the international monetary com mission. At the height of his fame as was regarded as perhaps the finest example of the classic school of ora tory the west could furnish. He also bad the almost unique experience of having received one vote in the elec toral college from an Ohio elector for vice-president of the United States. The late Samuel S. Cox of Ohio, bet ter known as "Sunset.” was a close personal friend of Mr. Grosbeck. “I ventured to say to Mr. Grosbeck when he returned to Cincinnati with national fame after the impeachment proceedings against President John son were ended that I felt sure he would become some day a candidate for the presidency and that I hoped to live long enough to see him nomi nated and elected. Mr. Grosbeck smiled, not being displeased by my remark, and said that no longer did 'political parties nominate orators for the presidency and. furthermore, that if he had any capacity as a speaker, it was not of the kind which would ap peal to the masses. “ ‘In spite of what you say,' I re plied, 'I have a prophetic intuition that you will be nominated for the presidency some time.' “In reply he told me that he had always been convinced that there was a profound truth in the statement made by Senator Leigh of Virginia in the early days of the republic that the presidency was neither to be sought nor to be found. ‘"Well, the incident passed out of my mind until in the summer of 1873 There arose then a great deal of dis satisfaction among certain liberal Re publicans over the nomination of Hor ace Greeley for president by their party. The dissatisfaction finally caused a convention of bolting liberals to be held. 1 thick at Cincinnati. I remember taking up the newspaper one evening and reading that this bolting liberal Republican national convention had nominated William S. Grosbeck of Cincinnati for president. I immediately wrote a line to him to this effect: ‘Congratulations; you see my prophetic intuitions were cor rect.’ “Mr. Grosbeck did ont take the nomination very seriously, but I think he was amazed and perhaps a little gratified at one curious result of the election, which 1 presume is now al most entirely forgotten. When the result of the balloting in the electoral colleges was announced, it was dis covered that William S. Grosbeck of Ohio had received one vote, not for president, but for vice-president, from Ohio. I met him shortly afterward and told him that he had gone into history as the recipient of one vote for the vice-presidency. His reply was: ‘That is nearer to the presidency than 1 ever thought I should get.’ ” (Copyright. !911. by E. J. Edwards. All I , Rights Reserved.) Turkey’s Sultans as Poets. Among the authors must be includ ed the sultans of Turkey Of thirty five monarchs who have sat upon the throne of Osman, twenty-one. Mr Stanley Lane-Poole records, have '.eft verses, the greatest poet being the ter rible Selim the Grim Abdul Hamid was passionately addicted to Journal ism or rather to •’djournalism." Only the "djournals” which he fostered and the djournali who wrote them would not be recognized by an insti tute of Journalism. The djournals were the daily reports he, received from his host of spies, as Mr. Fran cis McCnllagh explains They aver ager hundreds daily, and the sultan accumulated a collection of several million. Curious Credentials. Clerk (to patent medicine man)— Here is a curious credential from one of our customers. Medicine Man—Read It Clerk—Before I took your elixir my face was a sight You ought to see it now. Send me another bottle for my mother-in-law.—Harlem Life. * Kind Words For America Danish Woman, in This Country Many Years, Secs Advantages Enjoyed _ in the United States. The American woman watched tne other, who was very clever w;tn her needle. "Did you learn to sew in Denmark?" asked the American. “Yes, i did." "I suppose they do things better over there than we do." "Don't think It. 1 thought so. too. until 1 went back to Denmark for a visit last summer. When 1 first came to America fifteen years ago 1 was olten much disturbed and dissatisfied be cause 1 could not find In the sh ps such good materials or such well made articles as 1 had been accus tomed to have In Denmark, but on my return to my native land last year 1 found the case reversed. America has made such wonderful progress in the past few years that we bare everything better here than they nave in Europe. At least 1 found it so. We have better style, better cutung and fitting, better making in America than they have in Europe, except per haps in the establishments where they cater to the very rich. Persons of ordinary means have much freer access in America to good articles than they have in Europe. The Amer ican department stores are blessings to all such persons, and we cannot be too thankful for them. Besides, it is easier to get the means over here to buy with than It is there. We have so many opportunities in An#rica to work at good prices. No doors are closed against us if we are willing to do good, conscientious work. Wo have a much broader, freer sense of our ability to attain all good things in America than the ordinary people hav- in Europe. Besides’—with a lit tle laugh—“we don't have to take oil our hats when a king goes by." Canaries Popular In Paris. The Parisian has an amiable weah nes for the canary.
