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IN ME RING FOR A MILLION
Enormoni Sum Inrolved in Coming
World's Championship Tight.
TITE OMAITA' SUNDAY BEE:
Necessaries vs. Luxuries
7 . J. Kaafatoa, Manarer lomi tdf. In.nraao. Compaay.
ALL SPELLS MONEY, MONEY lj
Both Clant. More Vast Following,
Which . Caoae. All Thla Hnhnab
Bl Difference of
Opinion.
PF1
Not to long ago a famous railroad mag-naf.
remarked: "America thinks in thousands
now, but fifty years hence it will be In
millions." Apparently ha was correct, as'de
irom the ract that he was long on the
date. Evidently It Is not necessary to wait
miy years, since the mere question of
puglllstlo supremacy between James J. Jef
fries and Jack Johnson Is to Involve mil
lions of dollars as a result of Its many
ramifications. Time was. and not so many
years ago, either, when pugilists were will
ing to contest for purses the nmounl of
which could be expreyed In four figures
Not sa today, however, for to the lncrcns!
kubi 01 iivmir must ho added the Item of
expense incidental to the settlement of
ring chomplonNhlps.
mis additional financial burden offers
one oddity. Inasmuch as no one has come
forward and charged that the lateat tariff
tinkering Is responsible. Not even the In
surgents at Washington have mentioned It
In their propaganda. It la evident, never
theless, that a new era is at hand In
Pugilism. The cry, "Back to the Farm!"
promises to be lost In the roar, "Ponvnrd
to the Ring!" No longer are rlns heroes
dressed as "Human Thunderbolt" nnd thn
"Fighting Cyclone." Instead we rend of
Jeffries as the "Hope of the White Race."
nd Johnson ns tho "Negroes' Deliverer."
When pugilists, no matter what their kIzo
or ability may be, are thus Introduced to
the public, It in but .a step to "Billionaire
Battlers." Judging from the efforts of
the ciatlstlrinua who are at work on the
case, it would appear ns though he latter
title Is as well deserved as any of the
vim a niuui nave oecn evolved ly vpoi ting
writers.
These wine men of figures have already
haken loose a bagful of ciphers which
when they stood up in rows with a single
numeral In front of them makes a most
Imposing array. Tha addition of a dollar
Ign furnishes a perfect climax. Theso
horny flstrd survivals of the stone age
are, after all, tho real money makers.
irimmvw nature seems to reward Its fol
lowers handsomely, despite civilisation
Doasieo triumphs. Just stop and think,
gentle reader, of dividing a purse of $101,
wo aa the result of assimilating
ROM east to west, and from
north to south, the people of
this great and glorious coun
try are working Just now, aa
they probably have not done
before, upon one great nrnh-
problem of living and especially
tho cost of living. The high cost of the
necessaries or life Is at the present time
the dominant theme In the minds of the
people. And the question suso-exts innih.r
one very closely Identified with It, whether
mis is not a most opportune time to serf
ously consider the relative difference be
tween actual necessaries and luxuries
There Is a difference, and a very great dif-
leretice. What la the difference between
actual necessaries and luxuries? The wor.i
"luxury" la defiled in the dictionaries as
any article that ministers to pleasure."
And "necessaries" as essential requi
sites." The etymological meaning of these
two words ;'necessarlea" and "luxuries"
leave no doubt as to the great difference
existing between them. How common a
raying it la that we hear: "It costs so
much how to live.'" And yet. In spite of
the present high cost of living, how few
people really discriminate between what
they actually need and what thev actn.iiu
do not needl The avera.e man with h-
average Income, even If he dues occasion.
ally think of the future of his family, how
can he make any satisfactory provision
for them-for does it not take about n
that he earns to live from day to day? Is
11 noi ms aauy problem-how to meet his
present obligations? It Is all and more
than he can do. Still, this lo the man who
ought to very carefully consider the rela
tive difference between necessaries and
luxurics-botweert the thlniti that hB
have and those things ho need not have It
is in the light of this great differ.
that life insurance becomes not a aubjuct
iu regain njjnt.y or to postpone, but an
actual and every day necessity. In
thousands of cas-s upon it depend the pro
tection and preservation of the home, when
the hard-working bread winner has ceased
10 wont-ana passed on. In tho inventory
of essential requisites, every man, whether
rich or poor, should Include life insurance.
If he Is poor he needs it all tho more, be
cause It Is the only way by which ha can
make future provision for the actual needs
of his family. If he Is rich he never can
tell whfn his riches will leave him with
nothing except his life Insurance to pro
tect the ones nearest and dearest to him.
To make provision for his family to the
best of his ability Is the sacred duty of
every man. "He that provldeth not for
his own household," declares the "Good
Book," is "worse than an Infidel and hath
denied the faith." Life Insurance, because
It covers contingencies which cannot be
otherwise provided against, is without
doubt the very best and wisest provision
a man can make against the "rainy day,"
and gives the cloud In the distance a most
beautiful "silver lining." In the light of
our discussion. Necessaries vs. Luxuries,
sure.y me insurance must be eeen to be
an actual necessity for every man
and for the protection of every home.
It becomes the only means by which the
majority of men will ever be able to make
any provision for the future of their
families and yet how many men scarcely
give It a thought until It Is too late.
A writer In "Tho World Today" re
cently stated that among l.luO persons In
Philadelphia almshouse, only three were
found to have been beneficiaries of life In
surance and thoso only to the extent of
Itf.OOO. In the Montgomery county Pennsyl
vania Almshouse none of the 13 Inmates
had ever been beneficiaries of life Insur
ance. Of 6,000 children passing under the
observation of father Lynch of Chicago,
at one of tho large church asylums, the
parenti carried life Insurance In not more
than twelve cases, of twenty-four work.
Ing men recently drowned, for whose fam
ilies the newspapers took up popular ub-
, ... turi,eu ,lle insurance
for as much as H.OiiO. This Is the comment
of "The World Todav" n ti...
Thus do tho orphans of the uninsured ba-
oome the dependents of tho state."
We might continue to give such fact. nri
figures as these, If tho valuable space of
Tho Uee would only permit, but enough
surely has already been written to convince
the averago man with tho avcrago Income
-working hard each day over the problem
of llvlng-that there la a great difference
between necessaries and luxuries-bctween
tho things ha actually needs and the
thlrga he actually does not need, and that
among the most pressing and vital of his
needs is the great and constant need of
life Insurance.
JNew ork on Tune Xi and will not return
until July 11. The circular, which Is of
Itself a most pretentious affair, calls for
stops of anywhere from three hours to
day at Indianapolis, Kansas City, Grand
Canyon, Redlands, Los Angeles, Santa Bar
bara and lel Monte, on the way to San
1'ranclsco. On the return trip a more
northern route will be taken and stops will
be made at Ogden, Salt Lake City, Huena
Vista, Colorado Springs, Lenver, Omaha,
Chicago and Buffalo.
Laturloua Trains.
All these trains will be solid vestlbuled
Pullman equipment. Including parlor, sleep
ing, observation and buffet cars. Special !
drawing room and stateroom compartments
win cost rrom MO to lX each In addition
to the regular fare of $250. Perhaps the
most remarkable special Is one prepared
for those admirers of puglllstlo contests,
who, for business reasons, cannot afford to
havo their names appear as patrons of the
"art of self-defente" as the promoters of
bouts delight to term such affairs. This
will be a special train which will be char
tered exclusively for a large number of
gentlemen who will register as Mr. Iirown,
Jones or Smith, as their fancy may dic
tate. It is proposed lo visit Mexico In
29, 1910.
FORTY GIRLS TO THE RESCUE
That ember of Mnraea tilrei IMecea
f Their SVIn to Aid Victim
of Flame. '
Forty trained nursis are .Imping hs th.'y
go sbout their work In sl. k rooms In varl
oua parts of Brooklyn, every one of them
having played the part In yielding patches
of flesh equal In site to a plavlng card,
so that one of their profession. Miss Elisa
beth Henry, a fire victim, might live.
Cheerfully they submitted their limbs
to the knife of Ir. J. Sherman Wight.
visiting surgeon of the Long Island Colleee
noKpnai, m m-ooklyn, who grafted on the
living cuticle to the burned lower portion
or miss Henry' body.
Miss Henry, while nursing Mrs. Charles
Hooper of Madison. N. J., saved the life
or Mr. Hooper and her Infant In a fire,
caused by the explosion of an alcohol stove.
The explosion had spread alcohol over
the clothing of the nurse, and the flamea
ran to Mrs. Hooper's bed clothing. Mls
Hnry edited the burning bed coverings,
and tried to threw ihem from a window.
Her own clothing took fire, and before aid
cider to ascertain Just wha'. business op-1 reached her she was terribly burned from
nrr waist oown. Mrs. Hooper and hr In
fant escaped unhurt.
Miss Henry was hurried to Long Island
Col oge hospital, from which institution
she was graduated as a nurse In no?. Ir.
Wight considered her case hopeless at first!
becar.se one-third of the younr wnman-i
t II
icenngs. one-quarter of rh
purse, or Uo.ao, will be hla iin.m. i
ji.i . .... . "v
-uu.imu io one-imrd or the moving plcturo
profits. This will be either 83.l0.ono ti.u -
n. iew ueuimins: on wiiAthur- l ,rr..i- ...
"scientifically" delivered punches of two Uon develoD the nr. .bin .i.u
ana a hair horsepower. Kasy way to make ounce glove. So you see that If the atatt.
cnicgen nave not been too careless with
farming h,.uiH h i, ... ,, I ihni. -i... ... . "" "lln
Hv . v 1 . ill iii iiipri W lllDfl inf. n(rtv 1 .. .. i . .....
J.,J I , - . ...... xuu.u lu.o ,1,1,
. I mm iiriii n I h. - - . .
yiiTiii ol some ims.zso.
A Uolden Feast. Should he. on th nh. ,... a .
T.. . ..- i, .v.-. .,..- . . . ' . ""-onBiraie
nci ii, mi tiui.uiu erne. 1 Dut superior endurance n kiii...
th. v.i-w . .... ... . . . ur me
.... muiKjuces me goiaen Angcics rarmer, then the California
feast. In fact. It I. hardly worthy of pas.- will have to be content with some IUSS.001)
VhL , """,u,1" Purs ana oi wnicn go to show the remarkable
the vaudevllla tour are the real coin col- opportunities that w.i th.
lectors. It h. w .w a .., .1 " " " '"' young
.imuiu -...ciiwmi wno is prepared to strut, wmi
jerrries aucoeed In placing Johnson hors do Interest in pugilism is at concert Ditch The
combat by a clever glove manoeuver at end is not
?XZrJl?Jn lnn the r.? dCalt on,y w,th tn'e Principals and
. "'""" iiiur turns "iK.r proceeas. we are Just bealnnlntr tn
will be worth at leaat 1,000,000. The next scratch pay gravel Beginning to
step develop more frenWod finance. Call- Rickard asd Oleaaon
fornla natlva on ha signed a tontatlv The comlnir ronfiiet i. '
contraot for a round-the-world tour, condl- championship and will attract world-wide
ZT. , V ll L w,re,l,,n Irom the attention. Tho agreement was drawn up
present holder the premier pugilist title, only after month, of negotiations An af
By the term of the contract ha 1 to re- fair of such nmnnmU. ."; .An. f
TtJ:L " h! .? on-th.rd nd promoter.. Enter Me... Rickard and
wounded
yu,!,. "cni miner ana man of standing ni
1st. and wrestler and visit every part of experience in a virile country "rs .m
the clvl.i,ed . world ,n a trip which will that noveJlsta of the strenuous .tlmde'
exttnd over a period of two year., it Is light to typify him a the hire o? th.te
ikely that Mr. Jeffrie, will accept the lat- dath-dofylng romnoe. III. partner Tl,
ter proposition. A Utile trifle of ,om. a different .ohool T dlDlomat mZll
200.000 1. what th. .how expert, flgmr. a. burlnes. detail, he ttmt,uL'
Ms share under those condition balance to Rlck.rd Tl ete .
Just see the dollar, roll Into llttl. haaps. who are offering th. Iwi ooo l,lr.!.
Away with th. old axiom that "Money building an arenf SlSlT?1
ZltTTl?" lt ',brwn nd b"" that 30,000 spectators, and have secured fare con
rnak. tha big money1 nowaday.. Lef. face cessions from every railroad In the coun
Itral-bT TT Md faCU try The have planned h. Blganc under
tralglvt. Put It down on paper so that taking with an eye to the tLunH
there can be o disputing in age. to come, one details necessary to success Mnn
Assuming that Jeffrie. I. returned victor has been .pent at every turn and
in the great battl. of Ju.y Fourth-we re v.r.tur. mus" needs Tromlso exceUent re
not prophesying. Just .eeklng a basl. be- turn, to Interest these men It do"
am , t n,v," 'nt. m,1"0n Vn" Th "eno, which will be octagon shaped
All right, then, we're ready. A. a .tarter will seat no fewer than 30 om II, '
w. put down 75 per cent of that IlOl.OOO 1- to be built of lumber refnced bv siee.
purs. a. the winner', .hare. That'. ,75.750. More than 900.000 fet of board ll b
Then there I. one-third of the moving pic- quired in its erection When comp eted it
ture receipt., which come, to .omethlng will be 2fl0 feet from .Ida to .Me JnH .J
'.. w,,;be,d.,x"t he:
'- iiiuvu, io ui eeais win range from 15 tn tvi n i
.t'hTwuh in tT ta kep our,e,ve" ,n to ,cttt,on' fi;rz.
tralght with posterity we mu,t be pain.- mated that the average price of admi!
king and accurate. Before Jeffrie, began will be about $20 and that evcrv seT win
-am. ev-.7h. .UuVman." Tn w J Mn ? ,e" Against
around th. circle" th. Tv,, u..mu "rged th. purse, the
naiier explain the benefit of th. new aeore. " lk . ' '"n nire ana
regulation.. It wasn't much- ju,t aboul ?f f lher necMiry U'sbursoments.
a. convincing a. thl ? poWlcLVxp W pTcVn't Tr'Vo """k t,,at " lea"
Won, but It netted Jeffrie, is ,.? "nt'.or .OOO. can be .pared for
ngureo. bo you see that brings the grand
total up to OT,750. provided the white man
I. .landing up when th referee cast, his
oanot
Johnson Versatile.
While Johnson la apparently mom v.r..
til than hi. opponent, numbering among
dividends. In nddltlon tho promoter, are
iu snare equally with the principal. In th.
moving picture profits, and again w. find
ourselves adding thousands and thousands
of dollar, together before th final division
Is made.
Dl Flwore rit Katarally. ,
his other accomplishment, th ability to Ln of .7!, ,ncr51bI. Piling
drlv an automobll. at a mll-a-mlnute . ,.JZl?U W"ole 'ftalr ia
handed adieus to .-".-"."...a.jr ,ut oig ngure. nt nat
n.a nacllr !hlt "Sy J"m .T.
peed while waving one-
.... F""uy, ns is not the flnanoler that
Jetfrlea Is. Ho lias not a. yet corrtraoted
or a vaudeville tour conditional on his re
tentlon of th title of Most Exalted Pn.
tentata of Puglllam. Should ha succeed In
o doing. hU .hare of the promotor.' purse
will be tho same $75,750. Since there Is ob
jection to johnon'. color In the south
aday world Is only beginning to grasp the
pvnreiuuuie or me proposition. With con-
gres. on a vacation. Oyster Bay' wander
ing boy home again and th base ball sea
son well under way. tiling, will be dif
ferent Then the newspaper will teem
wun in ooings of the rival pugilists, pho
making a total of $100. Of the 10,000 travel
ers all but 500 will come from points in the
United States and Canada. This gives a
transportation expense of $;60,000 as a
starter. The visitors from foreign shore
will spend at least $500 each in order to be
present at the contest, which means an
other $250,000. Thus we find ourselves trlp-
puiB iigniiy past the million mark again.
All Oter the World.
It Is startling when you ston to ennairi'i
It .oberly, but there are plenty of facts to
near out the figures. Books In the offices
or tne promoter, in the Flannery building,
on rrancisco, tell strange tales. They
show reservations of more than 100 tickets
tor English boxing enthusiasts. evniv
five for Australians, fifty for a party from
nonoiuiu and delegations coming from
i-uina, japan, France and other ports of
ine woria. eastern and middle western
cltie will contribute large section, to the
gathering. New Yoik'. quota has been
piaceu at l.ooo. with a like number from
cntcago. Philadelphia and Cleveland ar
preparing to rorward 200 representatives
each. New Orleans evneetn in rnrni.h inn
ana tne .mailer cities are following suit
opeciai excursion trains are being or.
Bmuzea in an part, or the country. The
railroads are preparing to handle long lines
oi mrougn Pullman tourists from everv
section or tne east. New York, Washing
ion ana iwiadelphia will send forth a
least ten such train. The average cos
per passenger will be about $250. Many of
the trips will require from twenty to thirty
uy. since stops will be made at nolnt
oi interest ana big cities, both going and
returning. Many political, fraternal, the
atrical ana athletic organizations are to be
represented in these transcontinental tours.
Three hundred Canadians will Journey
down the Pacific coast from Vancouver,
B. C, In order to answer "Present" when
the roll Is called. The gathering will be
me most cosmopolitan that ever attended
such an affair. The name, of English and
French nobility are to be seen In the books
aiongsiae those of millionaire planters
ranch owner, and head, of areat cornora
tlons. The prize to date goes to a Macon,
Ga., man, who wrote for seats for hlmaeir
and wife. Despite the fact that th strug
gle 1. still nearly two months hence, San
rrancisco is beginning to throb with In
creased pressure. The Golden Gate clti
sen. are wondering If they hav not re
leosed a Frankenstein which will sweep
them off their feet by Independence day. A
vunvass or me hotels made several weeks
ago showed that th leading hoatelrle
alone had booked a total of 1,500 rooms for
uate. between July 1 and 7. The predic
tion Is made that by July 1 u will not be
pobslble to secure a room In any hotel or
Doaratng house in 'Frisco. It 1. estimated
that there are some 10,000 room, available
for the Invading hosts, and thes will not
be sufficient to accommodate the thousands
who will flock to that city around July t.
Many of the promoter, of excursion train,
from far dlttant points, realizing this, plan
to quarter their patron, on board the car.
during Uie stay.
however, tho moving plcturo receipt, will t0mraph' "d Pred'otln: and th public
noi o so large, ir the word of th Ken- . uiinenion or tne sensa-
tucky Colonels' association la to be ac- , th'm' Llkt H"ey' comet, it
cepted no offense Intended, suh the films n' featur" t0 be found on every cen
wlll not be shown .outh of Baltimore In tUry'" acheJule- Already th. preliminary
fact, the secretary of tho organisation' has J"umblln"8 of the crushing commotion can
tated that they will not be worth more detectea- Correspontend. from all part,
than $500,000. at th mot. This Is a erlou th world ar atherlng at San Fran
handicap to Johnon. but his breth- CiB0X rhoto'Pher trail th principals
rn believ that he will rise u- dar and nlght' an1 th cIlck of camera
-lor to mer monetary Influence. heard ,n nsver-endlng choru.. Parties
nd. to us a Virginia colloquial- r0m aU pa,, of th world ar Preparing
lm. "bring horn th bacon." Allowing toT ,h Jurn4ev t0 California, and th
viibv ma uuinem estimate or the value of vompamea nave harvest, of
th film., under these conditions. Is cor- thelr own'
rot, the present champion', share will be A11 thl" P'"S rnoney, more money. Thu
tout $166,000. Th negro also Indulged In ,ee tn Question of physical supremacy
a llttl preliminary flirting with the foot- b,ten Jeffrie and Johnson causing the
light previous to ettling down to hard 0UtI"r of nny thousand of dollars, de
training. Th receipt from thl. excursion ,plt th" constant clamor relative to hard
mounted to $1,000, and ft I af to say tlm na "low eollectlona It has been
that a th conqueror of Jeffrie he would lmted that at at least ore-third of the
be worth $100,000 to vaudeville Immediately 'tendance will com from oulsld of Cal
followlng th affair. Thl bring hi possl- "ornla. Special parties ar expected from
bl earning, a result of th engagement, England. France, China. Australia. South
up to $300,760. Quit a tidy aura, but It I. America and other far dlatant polnta. To
baaed entirely on th auppoaltlon that he accommodat th excursionist special
I tho winner on July i. railroad rate hav been .ecured. a fol
Both principal ar business men a well low: Round trip from New York. WW
as pugilist, however, ami lno ther Is Chicago. $7$ 50; St. Loul. $2.50. Thl give
likely to be a defeated hero late In th average rtt of llttl mor than $7.
Afternoon of Independence day. provision. T th' must be added at leaat $21 for
weia mad In th way of a balna for hi eal and" sleeping brth wall enrouta,
Ban Frajiclsco Benefit.
The total amount of money that will be
spint by oullamler whll In San Fran
cisco can only be guessed at. It Is possi
ble to do aom stlmating, based on rea
sonable figures, which give some Idea of
th golden harvest that awaits mdno host
of the far coast, however. Take the 10,000
ouiiis available ror visitors. The most
conservative rental figure would be not
les than $1 a day, and the average etay
about five day. Thl give, a total of
$50,000 for thl. Item alone. Probably 15 000
"... inquire luoie .ervic In San Francisco
v.. .evemi oaya The restaurant keep
r are making elaborate preparation, to
hardl the throngs, and It Is not possible
to flgur on les than $5 per person for
wu icaiuie. rresto! Another $76 000
ii . i .
u mourana. gather In a city like San
Fratcisco for such a purpose a. will
on ur national birthday, much
money I. .pent for Incidental.. Car fare
laundry, .mall Item, of per.onal
a hundred and on necessities ar required
on short notice. Those who cater h.
uuic. B. wen as the "inner" man
profit thereby. The round trip from the
heart of San Francisco tn E-m..iii.
alon amount to 60 cent. For these rea
son. It 1. .af to estimate on the dlstrlbu
tlon of close to $100,000 for trifling expenses
by visitors. These have to do almost en
tlrely with those who will be about th.
rlngsid on July 4. But what about th
vast mass of North American alone who
will be interested In the result of th com
bat and will spend money to satisfy their
curiosity T
Several of thes excursion will be con
ducted on a most elaborate .cale, the
charge, running from $0 to $i,oui per
man for th trip. On, to be known a. the
"Special e Luxe." will be limited to 100
passengers, and the promoter, .ay that the
majority of th reservation, hav been ub
crlb4 for already. Another will Wav
portunlile. exist In our .Ister republic
Lown New Orleans way the party Is
likely to be lost and no one will regret If
'Frisco is sighted as a port In thl. dis
tressing emergency.
The newspapers are preporlng to take
care of the stay-at-homes. It will be one
of th biggest newspaper torle. that has
occurred In years. Ther will be assem
bled In San Francisco for thl. purpose not
leas than S00 reporters from all parts of
the country, beside, a few from Europe.
Many will be "on the story" by June 1.
The regular telegraph toll between New
lork and 'Frisco Is 2 cents a word. An
average for tho whole continent will be at
least 1 cent a word. One thousand words
equal a column In the average newspa
per. Muny of the dallies will be served
by the pre.ss associations. Others will rend
special writers and artists some weeks In
advance. liiotqgraphcrs who are snap
shotting the principals in trulnlng find a
ready s.Uo for their prints at $2 and $3
each. .No estimate can be made of tho
expenie that' will be entailed by tho news
papers of the world In reporting and
Illustrating the event and the preliminaries.
Tho cost of telegraph and cable tolls, pa
per for the special extras, overtlmo pay
for typesetters, pressmen, Btereotypers and
others will cross the million mark. On tho
night of July 4 25,000,000 persons will each
spena a penny for a paper to learn "what
happened In 'Frisjo today." There's an
other $200,000 for your tally slip.
Owing to the vast following of the two
Gollaths who are causing all of this hub
bub, there is certain to be a wide-spread
(inference of opinion relative to their
prowess tn their chosen line of life work
Where there 1. uch a wide divergence o
loeas mere is certain to be some wager
ing. In fact, It Is already begun. Amounts
of more than $25,000 are at present In th
hands of Chicago, New York and San
Francisco stakeholders.' This, however, Is I
but the sprinkle that precedes the real
downpour. When the masculine gender of
the United States really begins to seeth,
a month hence, the safe deposit companies
will hav to enlarge their vault capacities.
The village barber shop and the big city
caravansary will see thousands upon thou
sands of dollar, tucked Into envelope a.
an earnest of their owners' beliefs and
opinion, on thl subject alone. These
wager In the aggregate will run into
but what's the use?- Our pencil, are worn
to a stub. The tally sheets look like the
work ef a publla accountant gone craay.
There wa. never anything like It before;
there may never be again. In the word.
of the late lamented Colonel Seller.,
'There', million. In It." But not for
W pay the freight. Edward B. Moss In
Harper's Weekly.
a working egreement between the manu
facturing companle., the releasing of films
is limited so that only two pictures of
1.000 feet each are ent out weekly by ,ach
factory. This mean that thirty reels are
released weekly by American froducei:.
and about the same number by buropctin
makers. The rental price of thee pict
ure depends upon their Importance and
their newness. The first film of the
Wright brothers during aviation week at
Khelms brought $1,000 for th week. The
next week 100 duplicate were released at
greatly reduced rentals, and two months
later any manager couM secure the film
for $50.
How can they afford to pay such colon
sal sum? The answer Is easy. Where It
costs $2,600 a week to operate the average
first-class theater while a dramatic or
musical piece Is the attraction, the same
house can be run nicely for $500 with plct
ures as the offering. Excepting at holl
day sessions, right performances weekly
Is the limit In a theater where entertain
ments other than vaudeville prevail. In
iwij niouon-picture houso twenty-eight
"hows "four a day can be given. In
many of tnem hourly exhibitions from
11 In ire morning untl, ll o'clock at night
are th rule. Suppose ihc manager tloos
throw In a few variety "turn" as extra
attractions. If he has a good location and
un adequate know.edge of th tastes of
ni puDiic, he can not lose.
SIMPLIFYING THE CALENDAR
Proposed han.es Designed to
penae with .Movable) Annl-vrrsirle.
Dl
Fact
SEVERAL BIG RANCHES LEFT
Texas Has a Few Trart Bl Enooarh.
to Lose a Good-SUed
Herd.
The biggest land owner In the Cattle
Raisers' association Is Don Luis Terraza.
of Chihuahau, Mexico. His holdings are
estimated at 7,000,000 acres, but then In
that aectlon of the country a man is merely
stock farmer until he has a range of
1,000,000 acre, or so.
Kight in Texas, however, there ar some
ranges big enough for a first class base
ball diamond or a game of croquet.
Tom Waggoner Is not yet out of land
remembrance. A 300,000 acre tract, valued
at $6,000,000 with the cattle on It, was
given to his three children as a Christmas
remembrance. The 600,000-acre tract which
he split with hi. children to give them a
.tart In life did not comprise all the land
he owned then and now. In fact, million
1 the term necessary In getting It all In.
but this 300,000-acre tract was one ranch.
all In one bunch, in Baylor, Knox and
Wilbarger counties. In the land retained
by Mr. Waggoner Is the Gardo Blanco
ranch, of 800,000 acre.. Th Zacawelsta
ranch, which was the center for th com
bined ranches, wa given to Mrs. A, B
Wharton of thla city. Ills daughter.
By the gift she becomes owner of ground
enough for a tennis court, at least. It.
Ixe being 100,000 acre. It I hard to rea
lise how much $00,000 acres comprise. It
1 about 1,100 square miles, or as much as
the state of Rhode Island.
But there era other ranches with room
to get a full breath on even in thl age
of congestion. There I Mr. H. M. King'
ranch of 1,000,000 acres In outh Texas, and
the Matador, In the lower Panhandle, with
60,000 acres. And even central west
Texas, which now claims to be no longer
ranch, but a farming country, has sev
eral good sized patches of range property.
George and W. V. Reynolds hav about
half a million acre of ranch In that aec
tlon of the state, and the Swensons hav
about 660.000 acre for cattle feeding still
In Dlckln county, whll the "M. S." ranch
give, them about 200,000 mor if the other
should be overstocked.
Th "Pitchfork," In the Panhandle. Is
another good sized plec of dirt, with it
200,000 acre or more a few acre either
way doesn't count in computing Texas
ranches. And there', the Ed C. Lasater
ranch of about 250,000 acres, for those seek
ing good sized piece of cattle range.
The Morris ranch ha. about 300,000 acrea
or Midland and Morton county ground to
It. C. C. Slaughter .till baa 250,000 acre.
or o, after selling a big tract, and th
Kennedy ranch of 250,000 acre only seems
mall because It adjoin Mr. King' million-acre
tract. I ,,i,ir'rw
rrooaoiy me mot raraoua Texas ranch
Is th Syndicate, owned by th Capitol
c reenoia L.ana and levelopment company
Th tory of th grant of thl. lmmen..
tract of land for th building of the atata
capltol I wll known. Despite extensive
ale mad to homeaeekers, the Syndicate
till ha about $,000,000 acre left for us
when th rest of th. world get over
crowded.
Burke Burnett I another caitl raiser
with considerable land. The $" ranch
1 practically King county, and th Car-
on county ranch, with it "Four Six"
cattle, 1 another good sized breathing
pac. UtUefleld Yellow House ranch
th Swift ranch, th Black Mountain ranch
and th now famous Taft ranch ar other
tract of cattle grazing country that ar
famou not only In Texas but all over th
world. Kw York Herald.
flrli had been burned away, and he do- Money Is t
. vitamins; enougu skiti to renew
the tissues. The seriousness of the case
w.s further Increased, too, by the fact that
It wa necessary to rernov her from Madl
on to New York In a beggn,. car, nnd the
noise and pain had weakened her.
After being taken from the trnm lo
the hospital In an automobile, Miss Hrnry
collapsed. News of her Illness had preceded
her, however, and when she arrive, I n h
hospital ten mrmbrr of hrr graduating
clftM were already waiting M receive her
ami to volunteer their skin.
. Work of rebuilding tliu dead cuticle com
menced at once. Two nurses were , laced
at Miss Henry's tide; a 1 were given anes
thetics by Dr. ilrdman, and Dr. VIht
quiiKiy transferred thin ratchca of skin
to the patient.
For the last week this program hus been
followed out and will continue for another
week. The transferred flesh has taken hold
and Is growing and spreading. Dr. Wight
says Miss Henry Is out of dangrr and will
recover, and, with all tne hospital iWf
declares that it was heroism of the voting
women of the class of 1907 that gave' their
popular fellow-worker a new hase of lire.
Miss Henry was able to sen and talk to
her mother yesterday afternoon. To her
mother she Jocularly remarked, "Even if
I am not a suffragette, I am almost a
new woman."
Miss Henry Is 23 years old. wbb the
prettiest member of her graduating class,
ana uvea at Hudson Falls, N. Y
York American.
he
A boat Money.
onlv thlnir In th n-ni4,l
uii me cour.ige to rac an overdue bill.
Pure god is twon.,-our carats fine.
Heart or pure gold run aixiui seventy
two beat to the minute.
The lust money minted In the American
colonies was co.ucd in Massachusetts In
li. toln previous to tins date a all
importeu Horn Europe. We have been
exporting American coin ever since.
in 1.0 ounces of gold there nie :mi ounces
imie koio, irn ounces or mivcr, ninety of
copper and about three tons of Jov, a large
fm tv.o automobiles, six fashionable lioi..
nets and plHns fir n country hum-.
Money la the i oute of all evil. -Harper's
Weekly.
Ilislllaaloii.
"When I was a kid." said fnde .levrv
leebles. "I used to hear of a turible ani
mal they called the glastlcutas. Then ther'
v.a another one, 'most as big as ru ele
phant with long horns and an uaiv disposi
tion, that went by the name of the bovala
pus. I never seen either of ,'eni, and the
fact that Rticevelt Is cumin' back rrom
Africa without havln' shot anv glasticuta"
or any oovaiapus satisfies me, b gosh, that
The plan of reforming the Oeorg
calendar which Is sail to have gained
advocacy of the pope has the merit Of
simplicity. It is proposed to make every
.vrar exactly fifty-two weeks by regard
ing Nfw Year's as a day apart from th
numbered days of any month, and al.o
leap year day when It occurs.
I.i a calendar so ammdrd the year would
always begin with Monday. July 4 would
alvuys be Wednesday. Christmas Tues
day, Washington's Birthday Thursday.
Lincoln's Birthday Sunday. It Is even
proposed to abandon the elaborate calcu
lations by which the date of Kaster Bi.W-
day Is now determin d and make It always
April ., though th church would hardly
sanction so extreme an Innovation
There would be practical advantages In
such a change, but It Is not likely to b
mane. inire lit nothing or which the
people are more Jealous than of their ac
customed methods of reckoning time. The
adoption of the Gngorlan calendar was
followed by dangerous riots of people
shouting, "Give us back our eleven days!"
The Russian nation still clings to Its cal
endar, which Is now thirteen days behind
the rest of Europe. The whole. Moham
medan world uses not only a short year,
which causes extreme suffering for a
whole month when the Ramadan fast from
food and water falls In midsummer, but
a shifting noon which makes It necessary
to reset the clocks dally. But in both
cases litnt of change la not popular.
The adoption of standard time I. the on
exception! example of such a change,
railroads, many towns resisting for years;
This wan forced upon tho world bv th
and it Is imperfect ItHly Is still the only
important country In which one can le
Kally go to bid at 13 o'clock. New York
World.
lanf
the'
.'iiir' Sljri.
"See here. .Mr. Ulnks. the young man
win sent to Lo that plumbing work at
my house waa. a new and Inexperienced
llMllll."
"Why, sir, Ike is a very good and careful
worker, what was wrong about his work?'"
"I haven't examined his work at all."
"Then how rit you know he was Inex
perienced?" "Because he had all bis tool with kin.
when he came, and never left th inn
and neVer1 was. bMrlZ I K " ,,n'8hed ""-"""'mor.
-New
MOVING PICTURE INDUSTRY
Remrkable Growth of the nnslnes
and Its Money. Mnklna
Possibilities.
To appreciate What hag hftrmpnatri !
happening, and 1. likely to happen, you
muat understand something of th plctur
Industry ltseif, according to Glenmore
Davis in an article in "Success Marine
There are at present between 11,000 and
12,000 motion-picture house in the United
States auditoriums big and little, where
moving film photograph thrown on a
creen are th main or only ource of
amusement. In New York alone there ar
approximately 700. Chicago, Philadelphia
and Boston each
"t " v vi vuv.
In eveny llttl and iblg city, in everv
country, In every state in the Union, the
picture-machine has settled and is literally
coining money. The beauty of the bu.l.
ness is its simplicity. An empty .tore,
soma chairs, a whit curtain. mo.,t,i..
half a do.en films and a ticket taker .ri
all that the impresario really needs. As
hi. bank-roll and his ambition Increase he
mvy find other means of spending money
on hla property, but even then he Is lim
ited. If he has anything like a good loca
tion and is not an Idiot, he la bound to
make more than he .ponds. To begin
with, It is not necessary for him to hv
fining save nis machine, and he may
.c.n even mat. The films, which are to
uu. ousiness what the works of Messrs
Knprla nr.. i
urau ino uernsteln nr
v-nane. trohman, are never .old. Thv
are rented by the week from a Jobber who
iiiaaes ni. livelihood by supplying aclr
m nouses, tie, In turn, obtain, hi.
tock In trade from the manufacturer, of
""" lnere are thirteen In this country
and considerable more abroad, all operat
ing mrougnout tn United States.
The stag director of motlon-Dictiu-e
companies ar th highest salaried stage
directors in existence. There are four in
thl. country who receive salaries of from
$10,000 to $15,000 a year and commission, on
every foot of exposed film turned out
These men direct th work of the actor
through magaphonea. They do not .ug
gest words or line, to their people, but
uggest th "business" which I. Just about
to com, always keeping in mind that a
photographic result Is the only thing to be
gained. Th actors do not "make up" a
they would to withstand the alar. r n,.
footlighU. but. Instead, accentuate the
eye. to an alarming degree, becaua so
much depends on their expression. Whit.
Is never used In costuming save In the
men' evening dress. It does not photo.
ipn properiy, uiorefor ome mor de
cisive color, uch a. gray or cream m...t
b worn. Every picture I. made twice,
ii u. aur oi a satisractory product, and
never more than seven or eight rehearsal,
ar held before the film 1. exposed. By
The Bankers Reserve
Life Company
Financial Statement March 31st, 1910
RESOURCES
Registered County, Municipal and
School Bonds $1,226 327.28
Refil Estate and First Mortgages , 484,900.00
Loans to Policy Holders 259,958.98
Renewal Premium Notes G3 081.35
Cash in Office ' 54 45
Cash in Banks , 92,605.97
Accrued Interest on Securities 19 773 78
. 16,379.67
1
Premiums in Process of Collection
Total
2,163,081.48
LIABILITIES
Net Present Value of All Policies
in Force
Premiums Paid in Advance
Policies Surrendered for Cash Value. .
Death Claims Reported, not due
Excess Security to Policy Holders
Total
$1,667,820.00
9,464.54
2,739.64
11,000.00
472,057.30
2,163,081.48
Business in Force Over $26,000,009.00
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It is herebr certified that th. Queen In.uranciWoa'no'r' im'.Vi?'.
New York. In th. et.i. of New York. ha. complied F with A? 7n?uVn Uw It
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.T enalnS'fc.r WM?? TOrD", !. .tat. for th. current
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(Seal.) Auditor of f'uhlln irni'ml.
tt E. PlfcRCE. leputy.
LOtTDOir AXH X.AITCASHIBI1
, , 94,377,488.00.
nrplus to Policy Bolder., $1,304,301 CM
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I ublio Accounts. 1
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It Is hereby certified that the Londnn
and Lancashire Klre insurance compfny of
IJverpool, Kngland, has compUe",th
the Insurance law of this state. 'applicable
to such companies, and is thi.--
authorized to continue the business of i?:
Insurance in this state for the current vear
ending- January ji, mi. "-"rreni year,
Witness my han,d and the aral rr .v..
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Auditor of Publlo Account..
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