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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 1, 1907. i 1 PEARL DIVING OF TODAY Industry Lacki Many Danger of Former Timet. LAST FOB MAN IN PEOPEE SUIT EtM'tl pead Hears aa Bottom of ea Aastrallaa Waters Scee f thief Fish lag for Freeloae tomes. The 8ervilla pearl given br Jullu Caesar to Brutus mother was said to have been worth $178,000. For a pearl an Inch , In diameter a Persian ahah of the seven teenth centry Is said to havs paid 1380.000. Ths pearl market Is somewhat lower now adays, but prices are still high enough to males pearl diving profitable. Ths era of naked divers exposed to peril from sharks has pasted away. Modern progress equips the pearler with a suit of India rubber, copper breastplate, with leaden weights back and front; helmet, glass panelled and with telephonic at tachments; air pipe, life lines and a sub marine searchlight. Thus equipped the pearl diver may spend six or eight hours at ths bottom of ths sea, whereas in olden times three minutes msde a record. Although pearls are found In nearly all molluscs and even In univalves, like ths Auetralian hallotls. a kind of barnacle, true pearls are produced only by ths pearl oyster or mother of pearl shell. Ths lat ter Is really the diver's bread and butter. Ths shells are as big as dinner plates and weigh two pounds when cleaned. They fetch from $600 to (760 a ton. Ths ancient fisheries wars chiefly In the Tertian Ocean and Perlslan Oulf, but now adays the best pearls come from Ceylon ' and from Australian waters, especially Torres Btrslts. Pearl fishing In Ceylon Is a government monoply. In March the fleet starts for the pearling grounds, each ves sel with twenty or thirty divers and their assistants. But you will find the head quarters of pearling In the desolate country ' extending from Exmouth gulf to King sound. In western Australia. Indnatry Old as A(ri, A glistening white coast line Is this, whose monotony Is broken only by mango fringed salt water creeks and scorching deserts of splnlfex and sand. Long before Inland gold was dreamed of roving natives fished these seas for pearls, and they paid many visits to rtoebuck bay and what Is now the pearl town of Broome. Chinese and Malays as well as tribes of native black fellows are there today, but the old nude divers, the reign of terror and piracy when a large haul was made these and similar conditions have passed away, giving place to fleets and luggers carrying modern diving outfits and repre sentatives of the inevitable capitalist In the person of the master pearlers. Here Is 600 odd miles of coast line, with perhaps 6,000 hardy adventuiers engaged in the pearl trade. There are some thousands of Japanese, Manilamrn, Malaya and men of other races acting chiefly as crewa for the vessels. Ths vessels art schooner-rigged, and from seven to fourteen tons burden. Each carries a master diver and a crew of four, one of whom is the diver's assistant, and works the air pumps. Another holds the life line and pays at tention to signals; another is catching fish or peeling potatoes for dinner, and It may be a third has gone off In the dingy for fresh water and firewood. The shells are found on ledge about ninety feet down In the sea, but they are far more plertlful at greater depth. For tune awaits the Inventor of a diving ap paratus which will enable the pearler to work in comfort 100 fathoms down. How I.ngger la Garbed. The lugger has a low freeboard to allow the diver with his heavy dress and gear to be easily hauled on board. He carries a net with him, holding the ahella, and when this Is full he has It hauled up so that he himself may run no risk of en tangling life line or air pipe. When the pearler works at, say, twenty fathoms, he rroves easily, notwithstanding his forty-pourd boots, amid groves of coral trees. Interlaced with fluttering fernlike plants, among whose branchea swim gor geous tropical nsh and ainlster water snakes, which seem to resent the Intrusion of so strange a monster. A good day s work is anything over tOO palre of shells The business is abaolutely peculatlve. One diver may gather ton after ton of shells without securing any. thing of greater value than a few seed pearla. while another may take a fortune out of a day' gathering. ' The must famous pearl discovered in Australia of late years Is known as the Southern Cross. It consists of a cluster of nine pearla In the shape of a cross. This freak of nature waa picked up at low water on the Laclpede island by a beaoh comber named Clark, who. after burying it for some time for superstitious reasona. oU It for 50; later It brought $00,000. The pearl diver of today, protected as he la by every device known to modern, submarine engineering, la exposed to many rerlls. He may ,0.e ht, Mt by t(iar, of his dress upon the sharp coral rocks through which he picka his way. Then ahould an accident happen In the lugger above, his air supply may stop, in which case he Is suffocated. Far from llama Aid. He finds himself far from human ia, out of the world, where every form and creature If different from those on earth. Nor la his occupation healthful. It pre disposes to deafness and rheumatism and may affect the lungs and heart. The worst enemy the Australian pearl divers have are atornis that annually Visit the coast. As to sharks, they rarely attack a diver In modern dress, and he can always frighten them off when they per sist In following him by letting a few air hubbies out of his dress. Other enemies are the black and yellow sea snakes, the mailer octopua. the stingray and the blow fish. After a day'a take of shell has been con veyed ashore the shell opener gets at work at once. The pay of the men la $30 a month, plua 10 per cent on the value of the pearls found.' Borne Idea of the magnitude of the Industry may be obtained on learning that last year BIO luggers paid an annual H license to enrage in the trade and they took many thousands of tons of pearl hell; while as to the pearls themselves, the customs duties In the pearl town of Broome exceeded $5,000 a month. The treasury authorities of western Aus tralia estimate they receive at least $100,000 a year In dues from the pearlers. Hardly a anonth passes without the discovery of "teardrops of the ocean" having a market value of from $o.OOO to $,000 each. A beautiful pink pearshaped specimen weigh ing 10$ grains waa found last season and old for $80,000. Before setting pearls are classified ao eordtng to sise on a setting board, and the delicate work of drilling a valuable speci men la invariably done by an old-fashioned band apparatus. Moreover, no matter bow valuable a set of pearls may be, they are Invariably strung on fine silk thread. Dtalllaaloa. The American contractor stood at the base of (he great pyramid and looked at the venerable monument in disgust. H'a a big pile, all tight." he said; "aad It may do well enough for Fsrrpt, but if a man in the United states shpuld turn out a job of stone work like that the paper" would roast him from Hoboken to Hege wlsch." Turning away dlssppolnted. he consoled himself by taking a rt.le on a camel, which animal he found fully up to all the de erlptlone he bad read of !t.-Chlcago Tribune. CHANGES NOTED IN SAHARA More Rainfall Taaa Formerly . Parnlsg Makes Roma Progress. Several French explorers specially trained in route surveying and the natural science re now at work In the Sahara or have completed atudlea that have taken them across the desert or required long Journeys In various part of It. They are writing re ports of their work which are full of novel Interest because they are finding many things that are changing our preconcep tions of the desert. The latest of these reports Is by ft. Chudeau and Is printed In the May and June numbers of La Geographic and It throws new light upon the occupations and condition of the groups of Inhabitants acattered over the southern psrt of the desert south of Algeria and Tunis. One of the most intsrestlng of Chudeau's deductions Is that alow cllmatlo changes are gradually Increasing the water supply In the southern part of the desert, and he finds that the auppreaslon by the French of the slave trade across the desert has turned the Inhabitants, who were formerly middlemen between the slave catchers of the south and the Slavs buyers of the northern oases and of Moroooo and Tripoli, to the better utilisation of their water supply, ths raising of more camels and other domestic animals and the growing of larger crops. The mountain country of Air, covered with extinct volcanoes, Is far out In the desert about 300 miles north of the Sudan. But It rains there every year between June and October, and In 1905 there were seventeen rainstorms. On an average there are five or six of them a year, but In some years there are only two. The regime of the Sudan practically pre vails In Air. The rain drains from the mountain slopes Into the valleys, where vegetation flourishes finely, Including sev eral varieties of palms and other trees, and, the date Is grown, though its quality is inferior. There are Hons, monkeys and other tropi cal animals here and, by way of contrast. Held of millet and wheat and gardens of tomatoes, onions, cucumbers and other vegetables. Some of the village groups do not till the soil and most of the cereals are Imported from Damergu, much further Houtn, but still In the desert 100 miles north of the Sudan. In the depressions of Damergu are marshes and little lakes, and sn abundance of millet is grown. This is one of the most animated parts of the Sahara. The security which the French now give to life and property has enabled many of the people to leave the large villages and to build little hamlets at points favorable for tilling the soil. Weekly fairs are held, and the principal articles for sale are millet, cattle, potter) and soap. The giraffe, which ff?ds wholly on vege tation. Is found in this part of the desert, about 150 miles r.orth of the Sudan. Another great gT up of mountains Is in the Ahaggar, In the middle Sahara, about 900 miles south of the Mediterranean' and 000 miles north of the Sudan. From Au gust 1 to September 11, 1006, Chudeau noted eleven days of rain, and there were storms In July; but there are years of dryness also, as In Wfl6-4. though as the imperme able subsoil keeps the water within reach of the roots the country does not suffer much unless the drouth covers a series of years. Sometimes .the water is deep enough In the wadya for swimming. There are cattle, aheep. goats and horses as well as camels In this heart of the Sa hara, a region which only one white man ever saw until three or four years ago. Nearly all the European vegetables are now there and are thriving. With the French extending agriculture and fruit raising southward from the northern edge of the desert, by means of tanning the underground water supply, and the discovery of many new places far south where much food may be pro duced, the economic prospects of the Sa hara now appear in a little more favorable light than ever before. pointed Paragraphs. It is better to point with pride than view r.I'.e rtm'talk and no one can prove how little you know. Don't expect a lawyer iu n..u .. business. He would soon starve if he did. . . HmnnHtratlnn to srpt ll laufi iv.oi.i . - - a small boy out of bed in the early morn. Marriage Is an eye-opener; at least it en ablea a man toaee his wife as others see her. ... . . "'.I Borne girls cultivate m n you...... because they imagine It makes them look cute. . . . Fortunate is tne woman wno uia w mend both her husband a clothea and hla WThe happiest period In a girl s life Is when she gets her first skirt that swishes when she walks. . The bonds of matrimony are frequently broken by a clubof which the husband Is a member. ' A girl thinks It wrong for a man to at tempt to kiBS her and a young widow thinks It wrong u na uurao i ... w,...A nnllnafl that t Vl M f H.n (1 IOU niajr - - who are willing to lend you money are those wno nave nu mini-? . ... II., hcincna that th lvriff man has about aa much love for his land lord aa he haa for hla wife's folks. Chicago RELIGIONS NOTES. Hev. J. O. Vaughan, D. D., field secre tary of the China missionary centennial, has Just secured a gift In New York of $2!. BOO. Monslgnor Dlomede Filconlo, the apoe tolto delegate, will attend the aeventh biennial convention of the St. Boniface league of Iowa, which will meet In Du buque from September $ to 1$. Prof Francis Brown of Union Theo logical aemlnary. New Tork, has become a member of the general committee of the Palestine exploration fund, which now haa ten American members. The consecration of Right Rev. D. F. Feehan as bishop Of the diocese of Fall River will take place In St. Mary's cathe dral. Fall River, on Thursday, oeptem tr 10 A larre number of priests and prelates from various parts of the United States will lie present. Prof. Merkle. who some time ago issusd an annral to south German Catholics for funds to erect a monument to the late Prof. Schell. whose theological views have bet-n i omlemned by the holy father, His restKiird his position as uean or tne isc ulty of Catholic theology in the Uni versity of Wursbur-. The union of two denominations is to be effected at a meeting In Chicago in October, the bodies to be united being the Church of the Nasarene and the Asso ciation of Pentecostal Churches of Amer ica. These are both small bodlea and each Is about a dossn years old. The Church of the Nasarene was started in lilfS at I.os Angeles, Cal., and at the out set the movement looked for the organisa tion of but a alngle church. Tha especial belief of the church waa In the doctrine and experience of entire eant'tlncetion, and the idea spread along the paclflo coast un til the Church of the Nasarvoe now has over forty oongregstlons, with about 169 preachers and evangelists. The Pente costal churches were established in - the east, the first being In Brooklyn, N. T.. early in li. This movement also started aa a single congregation, but ty 1897 there hsd arisen seventeen churches and these than united and formed the Association of Pentecostal Churches. VISIT 10 LAMAS OF RUMBU1I Light on the Mysterioni Devotees of Tfcibet FACTS ABOUT LAMAISM IN THIBET Germaa Discoveries la a Fassoas M oaaat err K nan bans Really a malt City Datles aad la etraetloas of Priests. More than 4.000 men make their home In the Thibetan monastery of Kumbum. From early life till middle age they are In a re ligious prison, walled in from the rest of the world. Thev mav be sent far away on missions, thsy may climb the bills out side when religious fetes are csisoraiea, but still they are tied to the great cloister. Lieutenant W. Fllchner of the German army went to Kumbum" some time ago, nnlnnut aHth a naaa from the Chinese resident minister In Thibet which enabled his wife and himself to remain there long enough to make a careful atudy of one of the most celebrated of Thibetan lamaseries and Its Inmates. The book he has written about Kumbum Is said to throw new lignt upon the life of these mysterious devotees. Most of these lamas do not like foreign ers and they gave Fllchner thli ourloui specimen of their logic They iald that the Japanese, aftsr thrashing the Chinese, had given the Russians a etui worse thrashing. This waa sufficient proof, they said, that foreian devils are no match for the Chinese and undoubtedly the Chinese will some dsy wipe them out. Kumbum la a comrjound of two Thibetan words msanlng "The thousand pictures." The name was first applied to tne noiy tree on whose leaves Buddhists of greatest sanctity can see the likeness ot Buaana. Finally the name was transferred to the cloiBter amid whose hundreds of buildings the famous tree stands. Horses for tba World. Ammif the numerous ceremonies which nnrnnv much of the time of the lamas perhaps the most childish Is that ooourrlng on the i6th of each month ana aeaicatea to "travellers of the whole world." Hun dreds of the prlesu go to the top of a mountain three hours want irom a-iunou.", where they offer prayers and strew' to the m.nv itttla Dackaa-ea containing the figures of galloping horses cut out of paper. The supposition is that tnrougn in pun.r of Buddha these paper horses wlU be trans formed into living animals that will be sent to the succor of suffering pilgrims wherever they may be. Of tha thousands of priests three-fourths are Thlbetana, and nearly all the others are Mongols, with Just a sprinkling of Chi nese. Most ot the lamas axe between 15 and w v.ra of ass. The oldest among tnem often have snow white hair and are held In much respect. Nearly all of them shave their heads, preserving only the scalplock, and wear no beards. Their coarse yellow undershirts are cov ered by a red robe coming down to their fr.t Kn imvIm one arm and shoulder bare, ao that they have a little of the effect of the Roman toga, tnougn mey .r h.it. around the waist. No hose are per mitted, furs are etlctly forbidden a"i the priests have to Inure themielvea to the ri.An nt winter with clothing that Is really Inadequate. But they are permitted to wear tocklngs when ent on winter jour neys across the plains of Mongolia. Dirty Prlesta sua White Walls. Th. ior nriests are always bareheaded. K,.t th. hia-her lamas have a head cover ing. One would think there was no water In Kumbum for washing purpose., iw h. -i.t. without exception, are en crusted with dirt and their dingy visages contrast strongly with the prevailing wnue- ness of the wass ana nouses. Kumbum Is really a small city, covering a large area, with many temples, private chapels, halls of Instruction, depositories ..r.,t literature and dwellings. The poorest lamas are herded together in liv ing rooms provided ty tne monMur,, uui they must pay a small fee for their ac commodations. Their more fortunate brethren live in a ,,,,!,- hv themselves, where the dwell ings they erect are surrounded by a wall that completely hides them. The one-story houses, very badly lighted and ventilated. hold from five to twenty priests, wno are Joint owners. Not a few of them are as sisted by the families from which they sprang to pay for the roofs that shelter them and to buy conveniences and com forts that are mean enough at best. Th. kmii in hleher station have better dwellings with little gardens, and lamas of the first rank live In beautirul houses with windows and many other comforts, decorated walls and not a few of the luxu- rlea of life, and the highest of all, the mior f the monastery, who Is one of the many lncarnatlona of Buddha, lives In a small palace and has his reception room, his seoretarlea and Is really so great a personage that most of the priests nevsr see him except at some of the supreme functions. Education for Poorer Priests. The lower Driest s. who compose the great mass of the Inmates, are called lamas only by courtesy. The monastery contributes nothing whatever to their material needs. They must provide their own shelter, food and clothlna'. ' What the Institution does for them Is to teach them to read and write, so that they may read and copy the sacred books. It grounds them in the rlnolples and phil osophy of the Buddhist faith, trains them In one or another of the four departments ef education which are maintained within the walla and familiarises them with all the ritual and formulas that attend pri vate and publlo worship so thst they may act well their part In the ceremonies of their faith. Under all circumstances they, must give rigid adherence to the cast Iron rulea of conduct and religious observance. Whether they nave aumciem rooo or clothing doss not concern the powers that be. Theoretically all the priests are on terms of perfect equsllty. but actually their ma terial condition marks them off Into sharply defined classes. The poor priest Is the servsnt of his brethren who were born to better fortune. He wears thstr caatoff clothing and ac cepts their gratuities. He may beg out side the walls if ha desires. Fllohner men tions a number of their mental pursuits. among wmua ia m ouuaciian ana Orylng of horse manore to sell as fuel In a neigh boring town. Unless thsy rise by unusual gifts of In tellect or character they are always the underlings. They sit in the classes with the more fortunate ones, the shadow of the holy tree or of the golden-roofed tem ple falls on them and they use the prayer wheels and the other maohlnery of the Buddhist ceremonial; but their Images of Buddha and their prayer wheels are fash lored of wood or bonee or mussed shells, while the rich have these objects in gold! sliver or coral, and some of thsm are adorned with pearls and other perclous stones. In their residence quarter are manv small temples and private chapels, in which the altars and Images or pictures of Bud dha are the center of interest. These ars only small edition of the many temples. 1 When Doctors Dine Together Is it coffee? Is it tea? No! Seldom indeed do they use these evil drags. They know that they destroy digestion weaken the nerves encourage insomnia. The vast majority of physicians prefer pure malt and hop beer at meals, such aa This superb beer has been Imported Bohemian Hops by its commanding superiority over but heartily recommend it to World's greatest physicians prove that beer is undoubtedly healthy Da. Willis P. Kino, of Society, speaks of beer as "Beer to persons of moderate health, where used in moderate quantities, does not only Increase weight and strength of body, but has the influence of aiding the digestive apparatus to digest other things taken as food. For nearly 40 years I have prescribed our best beers, ordering three to four glasses a day, in a great variety of ailments and the RESULTS have been wonderfully beneficial. GUND'S PEERLESS Bottled Deer is procurable at all first-class public re sorts and found in the homes of those most discriminating. Telephone at once and have a case delivered today. John Gund Brewing Co. LA CROSSE, WIS. W. 0. HEYDEN, Manager, 1320-22-24 Leavenworth Omaha, Neb., Telephone Douglas 2344. the study halls aad other buildings that help to make the monastery famous, some of which are costly and beautiful also. from an oriental point of view. Appearance aad Baaploynseat. Fllchner says that the general air of the priest is that of indolence, that not a few of them look like oultaws and criminals and that others have the bearing of dudes. But after all, an enormous amount of labor must be performed by theae 4,000 priests. ' They are dirty in their persons, but It is their charge that the streets and the tern plea and other publlo buildings are kept Immaculate. The altar service reaulres the attendance of hundreds of men. The butter lamps must glisten and the melted butter In which the floating wicks are ever biasing must never run short. Thon there are the elaborate ceremonials In the temples, the privets devotions, the prayer wheels always turning at every corner and In every living room, the police service manned by priests, who lay their cudgels well on the backs of loitering crowds; the great fete days, when every body must be In the procession; the manu facture of prayer wheels and the other In struments, ornaments and trappings of worship, to say nothing of the constant struggle of the majority to keep soul and body together and the time spent in the study halls there would seem to be plenty of work for all, from the presiding lama to the humblest priest. . The chief articles of food are the root of the plant polentllla anserlna L., butter, scalded sour milk, tea, rice, barley and wheat flour and sugar. The eating of fl(sh is strictly forbidden, but some of the higher lamas east flesh, drink ' Intoxicating liquors and marry, though these practices come within the ban. Rales for Conduct. There Is scarcely no end of the rules of religion and conduct that are enjoined upon alL A prleat la not ordained until he Is 15, but he enters the monastery when a mere child, and the chief rules Imposed upon him In the monastery stage are that he must not He or steal, drink anything In toxicating or kill anything that has life. There are many minor rules that forbid him, for example, to eat after mid-day, to alng or dance, to make music on any In strument, to use perfumery or adorn him self with ribbons or flowers. Pllchner'a "Das Kloster Kumbum In Thlbert Is almost unique in tls contents and a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the remarkable Institution of lamalsm among the Thibetan Buddhist. American and European Roads (Continued From Page One.) that named In your ticket. Sometimes this is troublesome, and sometimes not. In case you reach a station and learn from the doorman who examines your ticket that the train goea by another route go at once to the station mastsr and ask him whether the fare la not the same by both routes. If it is he will almost invariably tell you to board the train. The conductor will act on the same principle. So long aa the state has received the cor rect sum for the ride no petty quibble will be made about the reading of the ticket It there's a difference of fare In the stats's favor you can exchange your ticket by paying the supplement. Remember, too, that you can always psy cash on a continental train. If you wish to ride first class on a second claaa ticket go into a first class compartment and when the conductor eomes along telt him you wish to pay the supplement. If you have a way train ticket and you wish to take an express do precisely the same thing. If you have no ticket at all and arrive at the station at tha last moment ten the doorman that you wish to pay on the train. In some parts of Europe this practice Is not allowed, but In others It Is. Travelers in Italy will And no trouble about It. Honey la never refused there. Remember that if you wish a seat near the window In a European train you must board the car at least fifteen minutes be fore starting time. All Europeans are on board early. The slow luggage system makes this the custom. Indeed, If you brewed for over half a century from the celebrated MGund Natural Process. Physicians knowini all other American beers not only poorly nourished and convalescing; Kansas City, formerly President of follows: reach a station five minutes before your ! train starts you will be In luck if you get any seat at all unleaa you are traveling first class, when there is seldom any trouble. If you can travel without a trunk it la advisable to do ao. Tou can carry very large satchels into European cars, and when you reach your destination you have no delay, suoh a la caused by waiting to get a trunk from the luggage van. But if you desire to take so much clothing that a trunk is necessary, do not let yourself be deterred from doing so. Many persons will tell you that 'It costs too much to carry a trunk everywhere and will adviae you to ship it to certain princi pal points at which you Intend to make long stops. This Is not the best advice. Take your trunk with you and pay cheer fully. Otherwise you are likely to see your trunk only at long Intervals and never when you need It most. There Is no express service In Europe. Tou ship either by "grand Vitesse" or "petit Vitesse. It takes by the first, which is' the speedier, about 'ten days to accomplish what an American express company does in three. If that "grand Vitesse" were to come over here and try to get a trunk through from New York to Chicago It probably could not do It at all, but If It did it would take about eight weeks. Baedeker says In his guide to Bwttier land: "Luggage must be booked and paid for, but small portmanteaus and traveling bags may generally be taken Into the car riage without objection. Indeed, the for bearance of the Swiss railway officials In this respect Is shamefully abused by incon siderate travelers." It certainly la. The natlvea of the coun try carry anything short of a corn crib Into tha cars with them, and they usually have two or three pieces. If one ot them gets Into a compartment before you do you will be fortunate If you find any place at all In which to put your small portman teau. Do as the Swiss do. Carry a double barrelled extension suit case, a small trunk with a valise handle and a handbag or two. Boldly usurp all the racks In the csr, spread yourself and your belongings and bid all the travelers to go ad Oreum. And when people tell you that no one can travel through Switzerland with a trunk don't pay any attention to them. Take your trunk along with you, especially If you are a woman and you wish to stun folks at Interlaken and liucerne with your gor geousness. Tou will And thst It will nnt cost you much more to take the trunk with you than it will to ship It by grand wickedness or even petit wickedness from France Into Germany,' and you'll be able to wear your clothes. When you are In Germany (of all places) look out for the ticket taker at the gate who expostulates with you about your valise and vows It is too large to be taken Into the compartment. A mark gently dropped hi to his pslm will reduce the size ot the bag so that It will go In easily. Don't be bis easy mark. Smile upon him and wag your head and take the bag In Just the same. Watch the Germans passing the gate at the same time as you do and you will see them carrying bags bigger than yours without a word from the gatemsn. The system of registering baggage is so familiar to travelers that It need not be described here. The only caution that may be offered In pasalng la, give yourself plenty of time, for it takes four men at a European ststlon to check a trunk, and it takes them four times aa long aa It does one man here. This, of course. Is because of the weighing and clerical recording. There is probably no traveler who does not know thst luggage Is taken to and from railway stations on the rsbs In which the psssengers ride. But as nssrly every place haa a system differing In some de tail from others you must keep your eyes and ears open. In fact the wisest wsy is to ask plenty of questions. When you ar rive at a place you naturally can a porter to take your luggage from the car to a cab. Now, in some statlona ths porter Is permitted to pass out by ths ssme gate aa you do. In others he is not end in these you msy lose track of him. The traveler should always ask the porter about this. Secondly, always tell your por- tha best malting Barley an approve of it for their own tab patients. The testimony of for example we print the follow: the Missouri State Medical St., ter to what hotel you are going and k him whether It la near the station. , In some cities the porters carry the luggVe directly to the hotel and up to your r)n, usually in sucn cities iney do not go by the passenger gate, and hence you find yourself wandering about the statlri for half an hour trying to And out wHt has become of the porter anf your gaga i In such a city the hotel will be so ni that you can walk to It. Tou wliv tura prefer to do so rather than to duViv block or so in a cab and be landed at hotel amid the unconcealed grin of cabby and the porters. Tt is much the same in departing. 1 m may not go out from the station at wh eh you came In. The system of deliver (i baggage to the train may not be the sai i. For instance. In some towns the hr W porter carries your luggsge to the statibn and delivers tt over a counter In the 1Ji gage room to a station porter, 'who carrWi it to your car. Tou must see that you mcejit connections with that station porter. has been known to lay a traveler's life gaire down In a corner of the luggage ron and forget Pll about It, while the trave was distractedly searching for It all or the platform. Before starting for a ststlon ask yon hotel porter what the luggage system He probably does not know that there any other In the world and will therefore be astonished by your inquiry, but nev theless make htm tell you. It will sat you anxiety and confusion at the last n ment. Make It your business when about pass from one country Into another ascertain at what station ths custom hoi examination takes place. If you hsve trunk you must look after It yourse The local porters will carry It from t luggage van to the custom house wltho your presence, but It will never get baJk unless you sre thore to see to It. No one will tell you when you arrive a customs station. No one ever voluntee any Information on a Buropean rallwa Tou have, to find out everything for you self. But the thrice blessed tip will smoot all roads. In England tip the guard. Hi will do his best to see that you have tha compartment all to yourself. He will se that you are warned about changing cars! If that is necessary, and will secure a placi for you in the diner. He costs a shilling! but on a long ride he Is worth it. In France also tin the guard. But H the Teutonic countries and In Italy tip th conductor. He will take care of you. H will watch over you like a father leat yoi may have other tlpa which might get awayl from him. Tou can make a groveling slave of him by aplttting the tip In two and giving him half when you first ques tlon him and half when half way to your destination. If you give him 50 pfennig altogether he will think you a relative of the kaiser. If you give hlra a mark he'll know you're an American. About Plays and Players (Continued From Page Two.) surprise comes as the confession of an un- sebuds, suspected party. The Brooklyn Rosebudi chorus girls of exceptional youthful beauty and form, and the Garden City Trio, late of the Majestic theater, Chicago, assist in rounding out a pleasureable entertainment. The attraction, under the management of the Rowland A Clifford Amusement com pany, comes to the Krug theater on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, with ths usual Saturday matinee. Monday evening the Burwood theater will reopen It doors with an excellent pro gram of twentieth century vaudeville. For the last two weeks the Burwood theater l has been a busy place. A large force of acenlc artists, painters and decorators has completely renovated the Interior of thla popular theater, and it will be one of the most beautiful theatera In the west devoted to vaudeville and will form another link in the chain of vaudeville houses, extending from coast to coast, owned and operated by Messrs. Sullivan and Consldlne. At the top of the opening bill comes the Baker troupe of expert bicyclists. The Parisian Duo will render operatlo selections (rem " " " o lj 0 0 4 " fi) ft l 1 f I I V ii i .ho r i grand opera. Harry Richards A Co. have a comic operetta, "Love a la Mode." Hugh J. Emmett will appear In his musical, mim ical and ventrlloqull entertainment. Miller nd McCaulley, eccentric , commedlana, singers and dancers, round out the bill, and Walter Spencer will render the pictured melody of which the accompanying Illus trations are beautiful. The projectocope will conclude the performance with a story picture. The policy of the Burwood Is . three shows a day, one matinee every , afternoon and two performances . every f evening. The Orpheum season starts today, when matinee and evening performances will be given. It Is safe to assert that this event will attract as many people as any event on the theatrical calendar. The opening bill should elicit that keen interest that at taches to newness. Only two of the per formers on the program have been here before. An excellent variety Is promised, embracing among other features of Inter est an Omaha girl. The first of the many European features brought over here by the Orpheum Circuit company to distin guish a headline place will be I.cs Aubln Leonel. They are of the petite type of 'dainty Parisian vaudevlllians. Aa duet- tsts and terpslchoreans they are declared excellent, having the dash and finish char acteristic of the Paris atage. A romance of aouthern California entitled "June" will be presented by Mayme Gehene and com pany. Miss Gahene is a comely actress, possessing a beautiful face. Another play ette will be contributed by Miss Violet Black and company. In "A West Point Regulation" MIhs Black promises an Inter esting and entertaining piece, enacted In a pleasing wsy. Messrs. McDonald, Ellis, McKenna and Orr, members of "The" Quartet, a straight vocal turn, are each said to have a good voice and to be fine looking young fellows. William 3. Sulli van and Clarice Pasquolena have been here before and. It will he remembered, under pleasing auspices. They will render their comedy singing skit called A Newsboy' Appeal." Irma Arbasceny will offer some thing of a variety. She hss a flock of trained cockatoos that are declared as won derful as they are beautiful. Helen Adair is the Omaha girl. Her name off the stage was Florence Alexander. She made her flrat professional appearanoe In the Orpheum theater at Salt Lake City two weeks ago. She Is said to have made good and the consensus of opinion Is, suooess la well within her reach. Miss Adair render operatlo selections and Imitates birds. A matinee will be given Monday, Labor day, and every day In the week thla coming sea son. The telegraphers benefit at the LyrtO theater September S, 4 and 6 will form an Interesting feature of the week theater engagements. The affair Is in charge ot the entertainment committee of the Com mercial Telegraphera union, and a high class bill has been arranged for all three nights. Several of the members of the mpBny have been head-liner In vaude ville for several years and moat of them have been seen In various roles at the local h' 'Jri ay houses. The program carries eight imbers, several sketches being full of jprlglnallty, Including Edwards and Nevada In "Talkologue" and "Too Much Honey feioon." The progTam follows: t bicycle whirl. i 1 rii-ertnre C'rosbv's orchestra. v I Millard Clarke Cannon, contralto. 4. Max Nichols, concert pianist. 5. Kdwards and Nevada In "Talkologue. I Cannon and F-delina, musical aketch. 7. Fo-pt and Olson, chamdon ralWr abaters t the west. U. "Too Much Honeymoon" Edward and ljvada. j NOTSCE i Blemwood Conservatory Maal j Dramatie Art, Buffalo, jT. T. i Offers 60 free and partial scholar t ahlpa. X fine catulogues Issued. i Exceptional advantages. Students prepared for teaching, society, platform, stags. '11