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FROM A PHOTOCiKAPJ
K A Resemblance
That is Startling
3|0|?&<6l9fc$A.SES of mistaken ideutity
. <f* -T** would be less likely to take
2 place if more c?rc were
] taken in observing individual
peculiarities of physiogUuixi^,
uuanycnrriage.poise of the head
tlnd other physical personal traits and
fcnannerisms. If, however, Nicholas II.,
the Czar of all the Russias, and his
English cousin, the heir apparent to
the British throne, occupied Jess conipicuous
positions in contemporary history
and mingled more freely with
k their fellow men it would take at least
W" * Sherlock Holmes to tell which was
Which. The resemblance is startling,
whether the two princes are seen at
different times or when they are side
by side, as in the accompanying cut.
the two men seem to conspire to make
themselves mutually indistinguishable,
the forehead of each is low at the
centre, but more prominent about the
^ temples; the hair is arranged in practically
the same way. Each wears a
(full grown beard and generously flowing
mustache. The differences ia
height, weight, and bearing are hardly
perceptible.
The leading members of royal houses,
even when closely related, do not have
frequent opportunity of mealing, a circumstances
which fortunately preserves
the individuality of Nicholas
and his English cousin. The resemblance
was, however, a matter of constant
comment when, about nine years
*hA fV.nrpwitoh Nicholas Alex
androwitch crossed the English Channel.
The close friendship between the
Czar and the future head of the BritI
Ish empire can best be shown in the
. words of an English political writer
a few years ago. He said:
J "There are only two men in this
country who can speak at first hand
ef the views, aspirations, and desires
of the Emperor of Russia. The Duke
of York, his cousin, is one. They met
at the funeral of the Queen of Denmark
aud talked long and earnestly
concerning the question of peace. It
Is an event of hopeful augury that the
future King of England should have
cemented at the bier of their common
relative the ties of friendship
based on peace which unite him to his
Imperial cousin, the Czar. It is significant
of much that r.t the gravest
crisis in his life N.'tholas II. should
have found great sympathy and support
from the English royal family.
.This year, when the Emperor stood
almost alone before Europe committed
to the most chivalrous and also the
most necessary of crusades again war,
the young sovereign found a sympathiser
and friend In the Duke of York."
r London's Many Tailors.
" In 18GI the number of persons engaged
in the tailoring trade in London
was 37,000; in 1S71 these had increased
to 38.000; in 1S81, to 40.300;
i In 1801, to 52,300. and in 1901. to 80,074.
Ir "-It is rather difficult to account for
this increase, says the London Free
Lance, as it is far in excess of any increase
in the population. It may. of
.course, be due to the fact, that men
pay more attsntion nowadays to their
appearance than formerly, and oonse-qaently
that, more clothes being worn.
mere is a wiaer area or employment; i
but I hardly think this can be the'
case. 1
GENERAL LUKE E. WRIGHT.
(Recently appointed Governor Taft's
successor in tb? Philippines.)
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tl OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AN
The Wonderful
City That
Russia Covets
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Wliea the "Eastern problem" becomes
acute, as it does periodically,
attention is attracted anew to Constantinople.
tbe wonderful city upon
which Russia has so long looked with
envious eyes, and which seems destined
in the eu;l to fall under the doBIRD'S-EYE
VIEWS OF THE
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utlNKKAL l'ANOKAJUlO
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minion of the Czar's empire. But the
"Sick Man of Europe" although he
may be. the Sultan of Turkey is past
master in the art of playing the great
powers against each other anil of inducing
one of them a: least to champion
his cause, secretly if not openly.
England. Russia, France, each
has played the role of protector, and
now it is (Jermauy. which will not permit
the drastic action which the Sultan's
course richly merits. Time lifter
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CO X ST A XT IX OFLE AX I
time, when the crimes permitted, if not
instigated by the Sultan have shocked
the civilized world, and when he
cuDMiml i t\ Iim vn fk'ic<Di1 tlia limit nf
endurance, ho has escaped punishment
by the same old trick of playing one
power against the others. Whether or
not he will be able to apply the same
methods with success to the United
States in the latest complication will
be an interesting problem.
A Phynicnl Culture Kentaurant.
In a Hanover Square luncheon room
patronized by physical culturists, particularly
young clerks who belong to
rowing and athletic clubs uptown, one
of the popular features on the bill of
fare is whole wheat. In a large bowl
of it one seldom finds a broken grain.
It is boiled very much as Chinamer.
boil lice, with every kernel sound and
intact. Ordinary wheat, such as bakers
use in what is sold as whole wheat
bread, will not do for this purpose.
Whole wheat is supposed to be fattening,
as well as highly nutritive,
but it is a fact that some men dieting
for obesity go to the restaurant every
day for luncheon and eat whole wheat,
and nothing else. They do not take
cream or molasses with it, as young
men trying to build up muscle do, but
eat is dry, with a little salt. Another
favorite dish with the athletes is cake
made of unsweetened prunes.
Wnmon a u Ti'nl 1 9? mPTi ri.qfrnnizp
this physical culture restaurant On
Saturday half holidays, when they en|
ter the restaurant, they check their
golf sticks and tennis racquets at the
cashier's desk, and, getting them agair
as soon as the meal is over, go direcl
from the restaurant to the playground
?New York Press.
?
D THE CZAR OF RUSSIA.
The Samcan Outrigger.
Made the Sqbject of a Patent* by a
German Inventor.
Wilhelm Michael von Malein, a sub ionj
nf tho Rmnprnr if Russia, residing
at Hamburg, has ta<cen the trouble to
patent fa 1his country the outrigger
attachment that is so familiar in some
of the islands of the Pacific, particularly
the Samoan group. In many
museums may be seen models of these
frail canoes, in which the natives
breast the ocean's waves. The esscnCITY
OF CGfiSTANTiNOfLE.
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VIEW OF THE CITY.
tial feature is an outrigger, or arm,
at the end of which is attached a wooden
tloat. The effect is to give a larger
base and hence to lower the centre of
gravity to such a point that it is practically
impossible for the boat to capsize.
no matter how rough the waves. J
In the patent above referred to the
float is modi tied, being made in the
form of hollow drums, the inventor's
idea being that these being mounted
on rollers would thereby minimize the
l"v'v ' ' V ' 1 1 '
) TUB GOLDEN HORN.
I resistance to the boat's headway. In
| the Samoan Islands these outriggers
j are usually placed at the boat's side,
but in the invention above they are
placed just aft the stern, the supports
neing or sueii snape. and so disposed
as not to interfere with the comfort
and convenience of the boat's occupants.
As a lifeboat equipment such
I.OAT CANNOT UPSET.
an attachment might !:ave some value,
as its use would prevent capsizing in
lowering or hoisting in rough seas.
A Plague of ElephAiitg.
Concerning the large increase in the
numoer 01 man-eating tigers iu India,
which is said to bo due to the
wholesale slaughter of deer and the
consequent difficulty on the part of
"Stripes" iu linding his usual food, it
may be pointed out that there is a
plague of elephants in Madras, owing
to overproduction. The damage done
' to crops and to young forests is becoming
quite serious, ant] it is even
. hinted that many human lives are sacrificed
iu the endeavor to combat the
. nuisance. It is estimated that in the
last twenty to twenty-live years the
> number of wild elephants in Madra3
i has, owing to protective legislation,
t been quadrupled, and some drastic
measures seem to have now become
absolutely necessary.?King.
| NEW EXPERIMENTS
IN GRAFTING
HENRY COUPIN, iti La Nature,
Describes Lhe Wcrk of M. L.
Haniel rtf t.hn Rpnnes FacultyV
of Science. j
M. L. Daniel, of the faculty of
sciences of Rcnnes, lias tor some years
investigated the question of vegetable
grafting, and his researches have mod- j
ified to a considerable extent our con- !
ception of thin matter and the consequences
of the operation. It was formerly
believed that it was not possible,
if one wished to obtain good results,
to graft two closely allied plants, as,
for example, two varieties of the same
species. Daniel shows, however, that
in point of fact it is possible to graft
together two plants chosen nearly at
hazard, the result depending more on
the skill of the operator than on the
nature of the plants, It being possible
to unite by a graft two species of th?
same family, and even plants belonging
to families which are widely dif
ference from each ether. It is net
nccessary in this case'to deal with ligneous
plants, for the herbaceous species
are as easily grafted as trees even
at the time of their germination.
The principal conclusions of M.Daniel
have reference to the action which the
subject,, the rooted plant, and the
graft, the plant inserted into the former,
have upon each other. It has '
been previously considered an article
of faith that the graft only drew from
the subject the superabundance of |
strength possessed by the former, and J
that the modification it underwent was
but slight, without any change taking
place in structure or posterity. Daniel
has shown in a convincing manner that
the graft is often?uot always?profoundly
modified, that the subject is
modjfied1 in its turn, and that by tbe
graft it is possible *o obt .in new types
Graft of Egg Plant on Tomato. At the left
normal truit of the long. violet aubergine. In
the middle,-modified, rounded, ribbed fruit
At the righ$'modiflcd fruit in the form of an
egg- ^
which, being' y.-oduced by the influence
of two distinct plants, are partially
comparable to those obtained by
crossed fecundatiou. Daniel considers
these new types as hybrids, which
have no distinct sex.. Wo will give a
few examples.
The round, yellow tomato, the large,
red early tomato, and the early, red
dwarf tomato constitute three types
quite distinct from each other. Grafted
on the round yellow tomato, the
large red tomato takes th? slender
aspect, the color, and the disposition
of the leaves of the subject, and in
this case we have a very dear trans- j
mission of the characters ot the subject
race to the graft race. In the
case of the round yellow tomato, graft- J
ed on the red dwart early tomato,
there is as remarkable a transmission
In the characteristics of the fruit. On
the same graft it is possible to observe
at one time three different sort a
of fruit; some are round, shining, and
yellow, others are flat, shining, and
yellow, and still others are flat ribbed
and yellow, thus combining the color
of the fruits of the grafted" race with
the form of the fruits of the subject
race. All of these fruits, with refer- )
once to size, are Between the size of
the fruits of the yellow round tomato
not grafted and those Of the red
dwarf early normal tomato.
Daniel has also "been uble to graft :
the large red tomato on different au !
t.or.rinnc Onp nf the irrafts placed on !
the loner violet aubergine <egg plant*
obtained a much greater development
than the others, and whereas tne veg
etable apparatus, outside of extraordi
nary vigor, kept its ordinary character, !
the fruit changed its form completely j
and acquired the lengthened and shining
form of the aubergine subject, although
it was much less long and
large.. The reverse graft of the aubegine
on the tomato gave an equally
original case. A loog Violent aubergine
grafted on a large red tomato
furnished at one time three kinds cf
fruit, some normal, shining, lengthened,
and slightly pear-shaped, others
ovoid and shining, and a fruit flattened
at the top and ribbed as the
fruit of '..3 tomato.
The following case is still more curious.
Thera is at Brouvaux, near
Metz, a medlar tree more than one
hundred years old, which is grafted on
a bawthorne, and a little above the
graft the subject, that is, the tuw- j
thorn, has given birth to a branch of j
medlar, this branch differing from the j
grafted part of the tree iu the sense
that it has thorns and that in place of
producing single tlowers iue latter are
united in an inflorescence having as
many aS twelve white flowers similar
to those of the medlar. The fruits are
those of the medlar, but they are very j
small and flat.
These examples, taken from hundreds
of similar ones, show in a .conclusive
fashion that the subject often I
modifies irregularly the specific character
of the graft. A last question
arises naturally in this connection,
Axe the modific tions thus produced !
hereditary? From the experiments of
Daniel one may conclude that the hybrids
of the graft mi.y be grouped in
three categories: (1) Those which integrally
preserve their characteristic-!
through grafting, slips, or tubers; (2) .
those wilicii only conserve a portion of
the acquired characters aftGr this same
vegetable multiplication; and (3) those
with which the impression is fugitive
and disappears totally when one at
tempts to multiply it oy vegetative
means. All of these facts, although irregular
iu their nature, are interesting
from a practical point of view, but
they are, above all, interesting from
the standpoint of general biology.
How to Treat r Sty.
A sty is best treated with an application
of hot cloths and a bnth of warm
water containing spirits of ammonia,
five drops to a half cup of water.
The farms of the United States cover
841,000,000 acres and employ n^urly
I 10.500.000 people. j
1
aagam? wt^f i n um i
I Oup- Budget |
j of Humor.. 1
Oat of It.
With these facilities at hand,
, We'd cwtainly have liad
The time of his life, were it not (.hat
His time of life forbade.
?Puck..
The < l*ea?on.
Smith?"Wby is it that intellectual
women do not make good mothers?'
Brown?"They don't usually get a
1 chance, my boy."?Town Topics.
Newly Defined.
Tommy Figgjam ? "Paw, wbat is
meant by 'begging the question?'"
Figgjam?"When a girl is doing all
in her power to get a fellow iuto the
! notion of proposing.*'?Baltimore American.
The Food anil the Han.
Church?"Tell me what you cat and
1*41 tell you what you are."'
Gotham?"Well, I cat hash at Mixum's
restaurant."
Church?"Then you're a fool."?Yoi?
kers Statesman.
Couldn't Kill Iliin.
"How is Dobbs? I bear be has been
' very sick."
! "That's what! Nine doctors failed to
1 relieve him." ,
"Great Scott, he must be tough!"-'
Chicago Record-Herif.d.
A Flat Kefnsal.
Willie?"Let's play we are married."
Little Bessie?"Have you ever phiyed
it with any other girl?"
Willie?"No."
Little Bessie?"Then you can't prac
tice on me."?Smart Set.
The Yeunjj Things Query.
"I went to California," said the distinguished
Western man. "as a fortyniner."
"Dear me!" replied the very annoy'
ing girl; "were you marked down from
fifty?"?Wa-shtngton Star.
Scrrpriaed at Her.
Mrs. Jollyboy?"But during our courtI
ship you told me that you had never
loved any girl but me."
I Jollyboy?"I thought you were too
wise to pay any attention lo campaign
canards."?Chicago News.
It U Still Fashionable.
"Pa, what's poetic justice?"
"The former president of a bachelor
club being married to a womau who
mnkAfl him fp#>i that hp would rather
, lose hia job than be late for dinner
I furnishes a pretty fair 6amp?c or it."
?Chicago Record-Herald.
Her Preference In Game#.
"Does your daughter play Moz-.tri?"'
Inquired the young man with gold
glasses.
| "I think she does." answered Mrs.
Cumrox affably, "but I think slie prefers
bridge whist."?Washington Star.
Jfot Wastioe Time.
"What's the matter with old Fred?"
asks one workman.
<i ir'n trr\f a inMnfor in liic 'atlH " aflva
| JJ O gv/b U O^iuivi ?
' another.
"Why don't 'e pall it out?"
! "Wot! In his dinner hour? Nat likely
r'-Tlt-Bits.
At tfhe Sixth Plate.
>g ICt
CRCAM
3 d** ftrlUe
I <J)
'Angeline?"Oh, Percival! 1 believe
I could eat ice cream forever!"
Percival (aside)?"Blamed if I ain't
beginning to believe it, too!"?New
York Journal.
! The Unhappy Aceusetl.
j' "Prisoner, have you anything to sny
in your own behalf."
1 "Well, Jedge, it's like dis. Dat lawyer
o' mine he got me so mis'bly confusticated
dat I really dunno what I
done nor what I done it for."?'Jlevc
land Plain-Dealer.
Opportunity.
"Well," said the boarder who was
fond of quoting things, "opportunity
knocks once at every man's door."
"HuhT'snorted Slopay, "an; opportunity
to pay my board bill knocked at
my door four times to-day."?Phlladel'
phia Public Ledger.
Divergent Wayi.
Borem?"Hello, old man; what you
goin' to do?"
Glumm?"Nothing."
Borem?"How about a walk? I ihink
it would do us both good."
Glumm?"So do I. Good-bye."?Phi'
adelphia Public Ledger.
Georgia's Swift Poet.
"There goes the Byron or Billville!"
"Poet?js he?"
"I should say so! Dashed off an ode
on the supper for the benefit of the
church steeple in ten minutes and still
had three minutes left in which to
catch a train!"?Atlanta Constitution.
Ceneroslly.
Johnny?"I asked Tom for the core
of his apple, and he gave me the whole
appl?."
Mnmmn?"And whflt did YOU S3J' tO
Tommy ?"
Johnny?"I didn't say nothing, but I
did the right thing. I gave him the
core."?Boston Transcript.
Those Boston Girls.
Kitty (to Bertha in her new frock)
?"Why, darling, how becoming your
gown is! Absolutely any one would
think it quite new!''
Bertha?"So kind of you to say so!
And yours, de*r, looks every bit as
well as it did years ago." ? Bostou
Transcript.
REMOFTHEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
T)AMUt A dUii.r? AH Attn 1 Po vtm lion r% r\
i u;nuiuaivi*v^icnd?u *. "j **v. uu.o #ivrepted
the resignation of William H.
Laiulvoigt. Chief of the Division of
Classification of Mails of the Postoffice
Department.
Gunner Wilson Joyce has passed the
examination entitling him to promotion
to ensign.
Rear AdmiralBradford has been succeeded
as head of the Naval Bureau
of Equipment and Repair by Captain
George A. Converse.
In the official United States Consular
report it is stated that radium can be
manufactured iu a liquid state from
solium at a cost of $5 a quart.
The report of the International Monetary
Exchange Commission was made
public in Washington.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock
estimated that 5156,000.000 would be
required for his department next year,
$3,000,000 less than for this year.
itear-Aumirai israaiora, in a report
on 13,000 ton battleships, said turret
guns and broadside batteries were
often rendered useless in heavy
weather.
Harrison ,T. Barrett, formerly law
clerK in the Postofflce Department was
disbarred from practice before the department
by order of Postmaster-General
Payne.
The War Department is investigating
charges of extensive frauds in the
Quartermaster's Department on Governor's
Island.
The Colombian Minister at Washington
reports that his Government wishes
to reopen Panama Canal treaty negotiations.
A. G. C. Quay, son of Senator M. S.
Quay, of Pennsylvania, has been appointed
deputy naval officer at the Port
of Philadelphia.
our. ADOPTED ISLANDS.
The Board of Philippine Commissioners
has just issued, a proclamation announcing
the demonetization of the
Mexican dollar on and after January 1,
1904.
After being cold and lifeless for fGur 1
years the gigantic volcano of Mauna 1
Loa. on the Island of Hawaii, has sud- '
denly become active. According to
last reports it was throwing forth lava
that was running down the slopes of
the high mountain.
For defensive works in Porto Rico,
Hawaii, Guam and in the Philippine
Islands Congress will be asked to ap- ,
propriate for ttie1' current fiscal year
$2,545,000. I
There are 1709 prisoners in the Porto
Rican jails" undergoing sentence. Of
these eighty-two are females. Eleven
hnndred and eighty-four of these can
neither read nor write. Three hundred
and thirty-two of the men are guilty
of manslaughter. I
The man who stole $11,000 worth of
jewels from Mrs. Samuel Parker, at
Honolulu, Hawaii, proves to be her
coachman, Benjamin Gallagher. All
the jewels have been recovered except
a blue diamond valued at ?4500. As
Gallagher was an old employe of the
family the Parkers will not prosecute
him. ,<i;
DOMESTIC.
Mr3. Mary Stein, in Chicago, 111.,
convictcd of shoplifting, was by imnlicatioii
sentenced to exile to Germany
for life. * i
For the murder of his father, Nels
P. Erickson was sentenced, at Irou
Mountain, Mich., to from twenty-live
to thirty years in prison. i
Dr, Grace E. Skelton, of South Boston,
Mass., arrested on complaint of
M. I. N. King, a Harvard tutor, for
sending scurrilous letters, alleged that
King had deserted and persecuted her.
The offer of Andrew Carnegie to do- j
nate $1,500,000 to the, city of Philadel- '
phia, Pa., for the establishment of j
thirty free libraries was favorably act- !
od upon by a sub-committee of the
Committee of Couucils on Public Li- j
brcries.
An elcctric mechanism for towing
boats on the Erie Canal bis bean used
with success near Troy, N. Y.
A simple shaft of gray granite to the 1
memory of Shabbona, the famous chief
of the Pottowatomies, was unveiled at
Eloomington, 111.
A fleet of United States tugs descended
on the Crescent Shipyards at Elizabethport,
N. J., and carried off the
United States cruiser Chattanooga and
two Mexican gunboats which were held
for debt.
A trolley road between North East,
on Lake Erie, and Corry, will be built
next spring by a company just organized.
The line will be thirty miles
long and touch many hamlets having
no railroad service.
FOREIGN.
The British Navy has beon officially
informed that hereafter "The Star
Spangled Banner'' will be regarded as
the American national anthem.
J. H. Ralston, umpire of the Italian
Commission at Caracas, Las decided
against the Government's collection .of
local taxes already paid to insurgents.
Negotiations are going on at Paris
to modify the treaty between Franco
and the United States so as to permit
extradition for bribery.
The Russians prevented the Japanese
Secretary of Legation at Seoul
from landing at Yongampho, Korea.
It has been decided to dedicate a
new American church at Berlin, Germany,
on Thanksgiving Day.
A sensation was caused in official
circles at Madrid, Spain, by the iJiscovery
of a plot to blow up the Cortes
(Parliament) building with dynamite.
The freedom of the city of Cork, Ireland,
was given to Andrew Carnegie.
Opinion in England generally favors
the award of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal.
It is reported th."t the Chilean Govommpnt
is treating with Japan for the
sale of two warships.
Mr. Chamberlain, in a speech at Plymouth,
England, s&id that he had no
desire to Interfere with the commercial
freedom of the colonies^
The Conservative > newspapers in
Eastern Canada say that the Alaska
boundary award will become a live
issue in the general elections throughout
the country.
Russia has conveyed assurances to
Germany that Japan may act as she
pleases toward Korea without incurring
Russia's enmity, but that no move
would be permitted across the Yalu |
River.
It is announced that President Plaza,
of Ecuador, intends to visit the United i
Slates shortly. He will remain long
enough to atteod the St. Louis Exhibition.
it is rcporteu tuat tue luiicivutcs uc- |
tween Colombia and Nicaragua grow- i
ing oat of the aid th? revolutionists i
of both countries receded during the
recent rebellions will be arbitrated by
President Diaz of Mexico. '
I
nat.KL. ; , .
THE GREAT DESTROYEB
SOME STARTL1NC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
rite Side Door of the Syloon Ha* Opene#
the Way to tli? Downward Path F?
AVomen-Lose All Self Kespect an#Then
the Descent is ????. ? . r
Magistrate Charles A. Fiammer ba?
given the","side door" question much study
As yet his attitude is still that of the stt?
dent, and ne has come to few conclusion*
But on one point at least his miad is tbor
oughly made up. He savs: _
'"I am convinced of the evil of the sidt.
door of the saloon and the opportunities if
offers women who otherwise might stat
away. I hare seen many pitiful cases of
women degraded, sunk to the lowesl
depths; of children worse than orphaned,
of husbands discouraged to the point of
deserting their families. I lay the blame
largely at the side door of the saloon. 1
do not know how many saloons hare
apartmeunts for women patrons, but 1
think nearly every one in the. tenement
districts is thus eauipned. In the day
time, when the husbands are at work or
away from home, one woman will go out ,
with a neighbor or two. and the money
that should hive gone toward supplying
the household table is spent in carousing
in the rooms at the rear of the saloons.
"It makes dissipation so easy. I don't
believe they really want to get drunlc.
Even men seldom start out with that infpnfi/m
Tttif if. i<a .1 f.pmnf-afririn fnr tvp?\t
women. They go with their friends, an<t
there is no suggestion of infidelity to their ? \ ^
husbands. Their companions are women
who visit their homes daily. When thep
go out to do the day's marketing what is
easier than to slip iato the side entrance?
If thev come out before their money is all
gone it is because they have spent enough
to get intoxicated. As a rule, the woman
who goes into a" saloon loses her self-respect
to such an extent tl.r.t she does not '
care about the results that arc sure to follow.
That is one reason why so many ar?
brought into court.
?>'It would not be so bad, perhaps, if tha '
habit were not spreading among that class
of women who take- life so seriously. They
fio all things seriously, even their drinking.
It becomes a part of their lives. We hear
much about drinking by society women.
It may be true, but I am of the opinion
that it w irt most cases mere incident to other
things?a relish for luncheon or din*
_ I * L L.M !tL ? * 2
ner or a mgn oa.i wun some irieuu. nicy
may get intoxicated at times. But the fact
does not get spread broadcast throughout
the circle in which they move. They do
not have to answer to a charge of intoxication
in court. Their children do not hear
of it. and if possible the husband is kept
ignorant of it. There is no degrading ex- '. . W
ample. Then the household does not suffer.
'ihe wealthy woman does not have
:lothes to make and mend. She does not
prepare the meals. The small amount she
?pends. if she does not drink1 liquor already
in the house, would not be missed
from her nin money.
"But when the poor woman who patronizes
the'sicte door spends fiftr cents or $1
somebody has to suffer. There is that ?
much less toward the rent. As likely as
not she is unable to attend to her housework,
and the children are neglected, and
the husband, who mav be a drinking man
himself, cannot stand such a fault in his
wife. There is neither happiness nor peace
in that family.
"There is a new phase of the linuor question
that interests me. It is the family
liquor store, with its neat arrav of bottle*
in the window. The 'family' liquor store
has no bar and caters only to family trade.
I am not prepared to say what part it
plays in the drama of drunkenness. Sndi
?stablishments pay a much lower license
than the saloon and they sell their wares
more cheaply. I do not see how thsy and
the saloons ean exist side by side. It is
my belief that a third condition will be the . .
result, but what that will be I do not
know. I can remember the time when
there were no saloons in New York?just ->y
jrocery stores, with a b3.er numn or two
in the reat.' Finally the ba^k of the establishment
proved more profitable than the - JA
front and the grocery end was droped.
"If there are any "more changes in the
saloons I would like to see the side door
abandoned. If women insist on drinking
let them g? where there will be no concealment.
Men in the laboring classes find
it hard enough to make a living without
having wives whom they suddenlv discover
to be hopeless drunkards. If there were
not so much secrecy about the side door
the husband might be warned in time te
prevent the utter degradation of the woman
who bears his name."?New Yorl: Press.
% M
"A Cocktail or Two."
The New York World, under the hccJinr.
"A Cocktail or Two." says:
"Writing to the World last week tp
deny certain stories in circulation to the
effect that she was addicted to the use
of drugs. Mabel'-Singley said:
'** 'I may have been guilty of a cock- jp
I tail or two b?fore dinner, but to say that '
[ took morphine or opium is an unfair
accusation.' ^
" 'A cocktail or two before dinner!,
Pleasantly stimulative, an incentive to conversation.
making the dinner 'go,' an excusable
relaxation, in the view of many; ,
| women, of the old ri?id nuritanic abstinence
from the wine ouo. So many women
I do so who are 'good form:' it is a sight >"?
not rare in public restaurants; why should
moralists complain? /
"Their reason fc* complaint may be read
in the Evening World story yesterday
nliont 52ft women in the workhouse on
Blaokwell's Island, most of them sent up for
intoxication. Amone these unfortunate*
are women once of high social position,
rich, courted, netted, who are now on
an even level of degradation with women
recited from the gutter. The duality of
alcohol is not sprained in ifs effects; champazne
from a ballroom slinper may send . /<?!
the imbiber to the 'Island' as speedily aa
co'kiai's or kirschwasser.
"And the nainfnl thing is that for the
woman drunkard, by the testimony of the
TV.ackwe'.l's nurses, there is no reform?
'not for one in a hundred.' All reformatory
effects fail when drink rets hold on
the weaker sex. Th* flushed face rrver
regains its norma' color- in the end blear
eyes and gin soddcncd bloat replace the
fair features.
"With each relaps* the anpetite <$ains a
stronger hold on the victim and every
fall carries her down a step lower. Th-?
ma'e drunkard may emerge ft^m the a!'
cobol ward at Bellevue. don a black coat,
and reappear in society sure of a welcome.
For th? woman there is no such rec'atiation.
She is not given another chance."
Women or London Drink Hoie.
The drinkine habit amon? the women o?
Condon is said to be growing at an alarming
rate with the increase in the number of
women's clubs. A London World report**
says that one sees more whisky-and-sodiu?
on the tab'es at these clubs than are s"e:?
in the men's club*, where there is a mirksd
decrease in drinking
Real Cnnae or P*aperi<im.
According to recent investigation* rtpardins;
the real cause of pauperism in Sweden,
it is stated that fifty-two per cent, of
the naupers in that country are habitual
drunkards: that in the case of thirtv-nine
per cent, of the children cared for in the
almshouses and asylums the father is or
was a drunkard, and that in a less number
rf cases both parents were victims of strong
drink. .
Never of Any Use.
A cireu'ar has been issued by P*r': V- si'-iais
taking the radical grouse1. I ' ,, .
rohol is never and never can be c,2 any j;s<j
whatever to the organism.
" In t!ie ftouth.
There sre more sal.ions in the Stat* ot
New York than in ail the States south o|
the Ohio River and Pennsylvania, incfud*
in;; Arkansas and Louisiana, the figures respectively
being 34,000 an-1 27.000. This sur- flky
nri*i>i? statement is made by Alonzo B
Wilson. Chairman of the Prohibition State
Committee of Illinois, and there is reason
to believe it is true. an nrohihition. under
local ontion iaws, has been gaining rapidly
in ths South.
Owaha saloonkeepers wore rot.lied nol
lAnj; since by the fire an! police rommis*
sioiers to remove immediately aM siot nui?
chinea and musical instruments from theit
saloons, and not hereafter to allow women
to frequent or patronise the grog shops, j