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Eugene V Debs Labor Leader and
Socialist Mrs William T Stead
Daniel C Gilman Sir Chentung
Liang Cheng Miss Clara Clemens
Adolphus Busch and lhe Earthquake
EUGENE V DEHS
fifteen years ago
E
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UGENB V
DEBS who was
classed by Pres
ident Roosevelt in
the now historic
Sherman letter as
an undesirable cit
izen along with
Moycr and nay wood
and E H DTarri
rhnan Is labor lead
er lecturer and
bearer of the stand
ard of socialism
He is fifty two years
of ago and came into
prominence about
as president of the
then powerful American Railway un
ion He lias twice been candidate for
president on the Socialist ticket ne
was once asked what would bo done
with such captains of industry as
Rockefeller Carnegie Ilavemeyer and
the Goulds and Vanderbilts under a
socialistic regime
Their wealth will be gradually ab
sorbed into the common ownership of
products he replied We offer them
a glorious field for their energy and
genius A man like Mr Rockefeller
could organize and direct the oil indus
tries of the country for the benefit of
the people He would live comfortably
and I believe happily and would not
have to lie awake at night racked with
the responsibilities of too great wealth
Mr Ilavemeyer could preside over
the sugar making industries and see
that they were managed prudently
Mr Carnegie would be a great power
in the building up of a co operative
commonwealth We have no word of
abuse for rich men A man who has
many millions is the unhappy slave of
his money Our co operative common
wealth Avill relieve the millionaire as
well as the involuntary tramp The
wealth of the country and the machin
ery for turning it into useful forms
must be owned by the people in com
mon
When Andrew Carnegie invited the
noted English editor and reformer
William T Stead to visit America at
his expense to attend the dedication of
the Carnegie institute and the sessions
of the national arbitration and peace
congress he tola
him to bring his
wife along The ed
itor decided to ac
cept the steel mag
nates invitation for
his wife as well as
for himself and Mrs
Stead has expressed
herself as greatly
enjoying her stay
among Americans
Shewuj Miss Emma
L Wilson and mar
ried Mr Stead in
1873 Mr and Mrs
Stead have had four sons and two
daughters Two of their sons married
American women William Miss Royce
of Chicago and Alfred Miss Hussy of
Indianapolis Mrs Stead has stood
loyally by her eminent husband in all
the strenuous episodes of his distin
guished and useful career
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DANIEL C GILMAN
MRS W T STEAD
Dr Austin Flint the famous alienist
who testified in the Thaw case said at
the Century club in New York apropos
of a will contest that had been tried
last year
The plaintiff lost and no wonder
His case was as difficult a one as that
of the young man who appeared un
duly depressed after the death of hi
rich aunt
Why are you so sad an acquaint
ance said to the young man You
never appeared to care much for your
aunt
I didnt said the youth dolefully
but I was the means of keeping her
In an insane asylum the last five years
of her life and now that she has left
me all her money Ive got to go to
court and prove that she was of sound
mind
When the noted actress Mabelle Gil
man arrived in New York from Eu
rope to become the bride of William E
Corey head of the steel trust newspa
per men were on Mie lookout for her
relatives in order to interview them
about the approaching nuptials It so
happened that on the register of the
hotel where the popular actress went
on leaving the steamer they found the
signature D C Gilman Baltimore
One of the newspaper writers
promptly looked up the owner of the
signature who proved to be a digni
fied looking man of
middle age with
impressive side
whiskers
Have you seen
Mabelle today
asked the reporter
The stranger looked
at his questioner in
some wonderment
No I have not
seen Mabelle he replied tartly
Do you approve of Mabelles mar
riage another reporter asked
Who is Mabelle asked the inter
viewed guest evidently puzzled
Why Mabelle Gilman the actress
and fiancee of William Ellis Corey
Isnt sha your daughter
The scholarly man walked away In
dignantly
Thats Dr Gilman former president
of Johns Hopkins and head of the Car-
negle Institute an attache of the ho
tel said
The reporters hurried after Dr Gil
man to apologize but failed to find
him
There has been a good deal to dis
turb pleasant relations between Amer
icans and Chinese since Sir Chentung
Liang Cheng who is about to retire
from the post of Chinese minister to
the United States took up his resi
dence at Washington The boycott of
American goods resulting from resent
ment at the way the Chinese exclusion
law was enforced In
this country created
a situation full of
difficulty and em
barrassment for the
diplomats of the two
countries concerned
but no serious quar
rel came of it a fact
considered much to
the credit of the
Chinese minister
Illlli v
SIU CIIENTUNO
LIANG CUENG
who Is quite American in his ideas
owing in part to his having been
educated as a young man at Amer
ican institutions of learning He has
been recalled in order that he may
receive promotion from his govern
ment for his valuable services as a
diplomat Sir Chentung is to be ap
pointed a member of the Chinese board
of foreign affairs a body created after
the suppression of the Boxer uprising
His successor in tills country will be
Liang Tun Yeng at present Chinese
customs taotal at Tientsin
Sir Chentung approves of many of
the improvements in vogue in Amer
ica but he has an aversion to automo
biles For this he is indebted to an
experience he had in California when
he was on his way to make an ad
dress at the state university In relat
ing his adventure Sir Chentung said
I noticed In front of me a long wet
stretch of muddy street and without
any warning the machine headed for
the nearest lamp post I told the
chauffeur to straighten his course and
he just stuck his nose further over the
wheel and I decided he was Intoxicat
ed But do you know he was just as
sober as he could be and he said the
automobile skidded At any rate we
smashed into the sidewalk The whole
right side of my head was bruised and
I had to get out and walk to the uni
versity I never was very fond of
automobiles and now that their little
peculiarity of skidding nearly cost
me my right eye I shall leave them
strictly alone
Adolphus Busch the multimillion
aire St Louis brewer who with sev
eral members of his family has started
on a European trip hopes to benefit his
health by the visit to the old world
Mr Busch was In San Francisco at the
time of the earthquake about a year
ago and was thrown out of bed by the
shaking the hotel in which he was stop
ping received It was a shock to the
rich brewer In more
than one sense of
the word and his
health has suffered
from it since
Mr Busch was
born In Mainz Ger
many and came to
this country at
eighteen engaging
in the brewing of
beer and in time be
coming connected
with other lines of
business also He is
a generous patron of
ADOLPHUS BUSCH anj Qf charita
ble Institutions and was active In the
work of interesting the business men
of his native Germany in the Louisiana
Purchase exposition at St Louis in
1904 Mr Busch is quite democratic
and the saloon keepers of St Louis
hold him in great affection A well
known writer tells of going into a small
saloon in the suburbs of St Louis and
falling into a friendly chat with the
proprietor a native of Germany As
the writer was about to leave the beer
dispenser walked from behind the bar
took him by the arm walked him to
the end of the counter and stopped
him Stan right dair he said as he
stepped off a few feet still facing his
visitor Adolf Busch he stan right
vair you is las night free hours
The popularity of Samuel L Clemens
Mark Twain causes the public to take
especial interest in the efforts of his
daughter Miss Clara Clemens to at
tain fame on her own account But
Miss Clemens has chosen music rather
than literature as
her field and she Is
ambitious to win a
name for herself as
a singer without re
gard to her fathers
eminence in litera
ture She has many
of his characteris
tics and her resem
blance to him is
considered striking
by many Miss
Clemens studied
music in Europe
and has achieved
popularity there as
a singer Since
MISS CLARA
CLEMENS
making her professional debut In this
country she has been making steady
progress toward popular favor She
possesses a rich contralto voice and
her singing gives evidence of the care
ful training she has received
Enrique Creel the new Mexican am
bassador said at a dinner in Wash
ington apropos of unpleasant truths
Why should we ever tell them They
are always unnecessary and how they
wound I have heard of an American
countess or duchess I forget which
who said to her noble husband fondly
Tou were embarrassed when you pro
posed to me Pescivol were you not
Yes the man answered 1 owxl
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BOOKS AND BINDINGS
A Critics Comparison of the Modern
With tho Ancient
One of the strangest things about
the early printing is the fact that the
paper and binding Avere so much bet
ter than we have nowadays said a St
Louis collector
I have books on my shelves printed
and bound by presumably reputable
firms and yet after six or eight years
of careful use the paper is coming to
pieces and the bindings are gone while
side by side with them are books 300
years old with paper intact and the
bindings as good as new The differ
ence is of course in honesty of ma
terial and work In the old days a
hide was allowed to lie in the tan
ners vats for a year before it was
thought fit for use Paper was hand
made of real linen rags Now book
cathcr is ready two or three weeks
after the calf has been skinned Pa
per is machine made of heaven knows
what Of course there may be honest
ly made paper and strong binding now
as there were then but a couple of
hundred years ago good binding and pa
per were the rule Now they are the
rare also the costly exceptions It Is
true that the high temperatures of the
houses the gases and coal fumes may
have something to do with impairing
leather bindings for as everybody
knows a stout cloth or canvas binding
is better than the leather now used
The same influences may also damage
the paper but still the fact remains
that neither the temperature nor the
gases affect the work of the old print
ers so the difference after all is one
of quality St Louis Globe Democrat
A COINCIDENCE
Peculiar Combination of Events Re
lated by Andrew Lang
As to the long arm of coincidence
it may be as long as is necessary
Nothing is impossible to coincidence
An instance of my own experience
said Andrew Lang convinces me of
this fact I had been reading a foolish
book Out of the Hurly Burly and
some of the rhymes ran in my head
They began
Bury Bartholomew out in the woods
In a beautiful hole in the ground
Ill the afternoon I drove with a par
ty of friends and we took the refresh
ment of tea at a house where there
were several other guests all unknown
to me even by name As two of these
lived at a place on our homeward
route they accompanied us in our ve
hicle As we passed a wood on a hill
side one of these anonymous strangers
said to me This Is the burial place of
the Murrays of Glendhubreac I ab
sently and automatically replied
Bury Bartholomew out in the woods
In a beautiful hole in the ground
A kind of chill blight settled on the
party though one of them tactfully
asked me what poet I was quoting
When we had set down our two
strangers at their own home I was
asked whether I knew the name of the
gentleman on whom I had expended
my poetical quotation Of course I did
not know and of course his surname
was Bartholomew while as he seemed
in bad health my citation had an air
of brutal appropriateness Thus does
fortune banter us for Bartholomew
is a most unusual name in Scotland
Superstitious
A well known New Yorker while
dining at his club one evening ob
served that his order of oysters on the
shell was not complete there being
only eleven bivalves instead of the
dozen it was his custom to order On
reflecting that his waiter an Irishman
was a newcomer he decided to let the
matter pass but when on the next
evening the same thing occurred he
became a trifle impatient
See here exclaimed he to the wait
er what do you mean by bringing me
eleven oysters when I order twelve
This is the second time that this thing
has happened
Sure sir quietly responded the
Celt I didnt think you would want to
risk being thirteen at table sir
When Life Is Wasted
Life is wasted every time one gives
away to gloomy selfish angry or re
vengeful thoughts when resentment
or a grudge against man or fate is al
lowed to find root in the heart when
the temper is let fly loose over a trifle
when one goes to pieces nervously
when obliged to repeat a remark and
the voice is allowed to rise in anger
when one forgets that a loose temper
is a sign of vulgarity and lack of cul
turePhiladelphia Press
Julius Caesar
The consensus of learned opinion is
to the effect that historys all around
greatest man was Julius Caesar the
originator of Roman imperialism Cae
sar was great as a general and great
as a writer and speaker but greater
as a statesman Could he have been
spared the assassins dagger and been
permitted to live ten years longer he
might have set civilization ahead a
full thousand years New York Ameri
can
Misled
Mrs Gadsby Ill get even with Mrs
Gabble Mrs Gibby What has she
done to you Mrs Gadsby She told
me that Mrs Guffy wasnt at home so
I hurried over to make a call on her
and she was at home after all Cin
cinnati Leader
Friends Now
Tom Have you had any spats with
your girl lately Dick No Were
great friends now Tom Hows that
Dick Weve broken off our engage
mentPhiladelphia Press
It Is less to suffer punishment than
to deserve it Ovid
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BASKET FISH
When Dried the Queer Arms Cloacly
Iteaemblc Planter of PiiriM
At Its marine residence away down
In deep water the name on the door
plate would be Astrophyton and It
belongs to a species called onhiurans
It has a well marked control disk not
unlike a clam but has no shell From
this central body radiate arms five In
number like those of the familiar star
fish and these arms are divided into
minute branches like the twigs on a
tree until they number in some cases a
thousand separately defined hairlike
tendrils While the body is not large
the brandies when extended measure
about eighteen inches in diameter Tho
creature has the power of iucurling
these branches until it closely resem
bles a shallow dish This it does when
caught and about to die remaining in
that shape when dried
It has been given the name of basket
I fish It frequently when caught by a
dredge for that is the only way it can
be taken throws off these arms or
parts of them so that a perfect speci
men is hard to be procured in its natu
ral condition
These arms and their subdivisions
are almost white when dried and close
ly resoinble plaster of parls They are
very brittle easily broken and cannot
i be repaired The fish live among the
roots of seaweeds and are supposed to
food upon these moving about by
wriggling and clambering with their
arms or fastening upon the roots and
pulling themselves along
Most of the knowledge regarding
their habits is conjecture for none
have been taken alive and kept for suf
ficient time to give them proper ex
amination and study St Nicholas
HOW TO KEEP YOUNG
Be Hopeful Avoid AVorry nnd See
the Amusiiif Side of Life
Women more than men are possess
ed with a dread of growing old not
realizing that maturity has Its charms
and compensations We wish young
people oftener had it impressed upon
them that they may provide for a hap
py old age by laying up a reserve of
sound health and a store of happy
memories as well as by cultivating
tastes and resources which will out
last youth As for those who are al
ready approaching middle age there
is no surer way to grow old premature
ly than to dread the future It is es
sential if we wish to keep young to
cultivate that hopeful habit of mind so
characteristic of youth the hope which
makes one able to say with Browning
The best is yet to come and with
Lucy Larcum Every year life Is lar
ger and deeper and more beautiful in
its possibilities Allied with this at
titude of expectancy must be the abil
ity to see the amusing side of life
Worry and vexation over what would
better be laughed at result In disfigur
ing wrinkles Above all if the years
bring usas they shouldabetter un-
A fe 11
dersTandlng oTourservesraliroaffenliig
of active human sympathies u firmer
faith In Providence we shall find life
abundantly worth the living no mat
ter Avhat may bo the number of our
birthdays Western Review
The Heart of u Child
That which disparages us and quick
ens revolt is no less a factor In a
childs emotional life But there Is thin
difference we have the better oppor
tunity to defend ourselves and to ob
tain reparation So there Is a certain
pathetic pleasure In standing Avlth hu
manity where Its joys Its longings its
embarrassments and Its disappoint
ments are simplest and newest and
perforce where impotency is absolute
Give me this most uncommercial this
divinest of enterprises for my own
Give me a child to be at home with to
be in absolute confidence with If 1
cannot refashion my warped wrin
kled and discolored old soul into the
unbiased graces and the ethereal puri
ty of the spirit of the child let me now
and again open that little door and
shut myself in that little heart just for
the sheer delight of it Patterson Du
Bols in Success Magazine
Ilml Tor Til 11 Hats
New Years eve which is sacred to
St Sylvester Is celebrated In Berlin
by the blowing of tin bonis the ring
ing of bells and all other devices for
maklqg a noise The only horse play
indulged in is at the expense of the
wearer of the silk tile Any one on
the street Is privileged to bring his
cane down on the crown of the of
fending headgear as hard and as often
as he can When the man with the
dilapidated hat complains to the po
lice the only consolation he gets is It
serves you right for wearing it on
Liiir Down
You are anaemic says the phy
sician after thumping and prodding
You should practice deep breathing
Deep breathing retorts the pa
tient Why doctor that is just what
I do all the time I work in a subway
cellar sixty feet below the street lev
el Judge
Where the Relief Would Be
Dr Story the late principal of Glas
gow university taking a holiday in the
country once was met by the minister
of the district who remarked Hello
principal You here Why you must
coine and relieve me for a day The
principal replied I dont promise to
relieve you but I might relieve your
congregation
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