THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 1, 1907.
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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.
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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.
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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
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to the station mastsr and ask him whether
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So long aa the state has received the cor
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favor you can exchange your ticket by
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go into a first class compartment and when
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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