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4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15. 190* THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ■cun rttJtni OMHS. Hill' r. i. smr, n*hi6«. Published Every Afterneon (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At S West Alabama St., Atlanta. On. Subscription Ratos. one Tear It* Six Months MJ By Carrier. Per Wee It 1° Smith * Thompson, advertising rep- reeentntlres for all territory outaldo of Georgia. Chicago OITIn* Tribune Bldg. New York Office Potter Bldg. If roil have nnr trouble gut tine TUB GEORGIAN. telephone the Cl— Department nnd have It proini Telephone*: Bell mildly i 4977 11 tlon* Intended for publication In TIIK GEORGIAN be limited to 409 word* In lenffth. It Is Imperatlre that they ha signed, as an evidence of good faith, though the names will lie withheld If requested, ((elected maunacrlpts will not hr returned unless stamps urs seut for the purpose. THU GEORGIAN print* no unclean or objectionable advertising. Neither does It print wblskjr or any liquor ads. i for Atlanta's owning Its own gas “■ l* It BOW • cities do reason why (bay cannot he so operated hers. But we do not bsllere this can be dons now, and It may be some year* before w* are ready for ao big an an* dertaklng. Still Atlanta ahonld set Its face In Unt direction NOW. FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN. Widely separated In the new* of the day aa It appeared in The Geor elan Friday afternoon are two paragraphs that may well be considered together. They furnish Just about the flneat clincher to the argument The Georgian has been making that could be turned up In a month of Sundays. Here they are: , The hoard of education decided to ask the city council for 1130.- 0)0 for tiro new school build ing* next year. such good condition that the trustees hare called In the $90,090 bonds. They were dtte June 15, 1911. —v Itr tren ndition “Lamar Hall!" In another column in today's Geor gian appear two protesta against the •tatement, which recently appeared In this paper, that Governor Terrell had been “banded a lemon" by the ac tion of the board of directors of the Georgia Normal and Industrial college In naming the new building "Lamar Hall” Instead of "Terrell Hall." Hon. Ed. A., Tlgner, In hla card, states that the report probably left the Impression that Governor Terrell had been defeated in the nmbltlon to have the building named for him If such an inference may be drawn from that report, It was certainly not the Intention of The Georgian or the reporter In question to give It. The Georgian handled the Incident solely as a matter of news aa It tie veloped at the meeting, and Is still of the opinion that when It was proposed at the meeting to name the building for the governor and when this prop osition was defeated, the governor was "handed a lemon" as the slanguage has It. But It la not a matter of great Im portance. We are sure that Joseph M. Terrell Is too broadminded and too liberal a gentleman to have any feel log In the matter, and that he Joins In praising the honor given to the Hon R. N. Lamar. And yet children of Atlanta when they go to school are being put In cellars and coal rooms. Will the city council allow this to continue, with the municipal treas ury In such good condition that the Piedmont Park bonds may be re deemed five years before they are due? This Is not purposed as a criticism of the action of those able public servants In whose hands the city's finances He. They are men who are doing their duty well. By redeeming these bonds before maturity they are saving some little money for the city. The exact amount Is the dif ference between 5 per cent on 160,000 and the Interest at the current rate on the same amount. Not much, but the action was doubtless well ad vised. Yet, children of Atlanta when they go to school are being put In cel lars and coal rooms. With the city treasury In such gribd condition, can this state of af fairs be allowed to continue? The board of education, at Its meeting Thursday afternoon. Indorsed the move The Georgian haa made In asking that better facilities be afforded the school children of this city. It asked for two new buildings to obviate the present crowded conditions, and to provide for the normal Increase In attendance. ft Is an able, conservative board of education we have. This board knows what la needed. Its request-of council for $130,000 for the new buildings should be heed ed by the city council. It la better to cut the corners and to skimp In any other depart ment; the school children should be the first thought of council. The Georgian la making this fight because It believes that In the children of Atlanta reats the city's future. And on their education de- l>ends much of the usefulness of these children when they become men nnd women. , Let the council realize the Importance of the claim. > The Oauie of the Wreck? The corporation commission of the state of Virginia haa been Investigat ing tts wreck that caused the death of President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern railway, on last Thanks giving Day. It haa not yet announced Its llndlng,. hut It, Is stated in the newq dispatches that It has been es tablished by the evidence submitted that the operators' methods have been lax In managing the block system; that It Is In charge of mere youths; and that all aorta of Irregularities have been occurring In the operating system. It was also shown that one of the two operators at Ragoon and Law yers, between which point! the dis astrous wreck occurred, was employed by the Southern Railway Company before he was twenty years old; the other Is only seventeen. Neither had sent a message, commercial or other wise, on hla own responsibility, before being placed Hi a tower with the fate of a hundred lives dependent upon hls,vlgilance and ability. Those facts. In themselves, consti tute an Indictment against the South ern railway—the railway system with tha bloodiest record among sanguinary American lines. But—here's the rub. There Is only one thing that will prevent railway collisions. It Is the "abeolute block system.” In this sys tem telegraph operators are placed In the towers separating tlie blocks. Their duty la to keep Informed as to the movement of trains, and never to allow a train to enter a block until the man at the next tower signals that the preceding train baa iiasseil out. ViSs operator baa no other duties to ptVform. The operator employed for this purpose by the Southern rallway has many. The Southern employs for the block system its telegraph operators at sta tions, busied as they are in many cases with selling tickets, handling height and sending and receiving commercial messages — frequently mere boys, working for small sala ries and often working over hours. On some American railroads the liernlctous system Is tolerated of al lowing an engineer to enter a block ■Heady occupied by a train, the as- ptlon being that he will proceed *|v. feeling bis way. aa It were. THE WEEK IN COTTON. The cotton market during the week baa suffered a severe decline In face of the most active and strong market for dry goods ever expe rienced. The farmer, until the middle of the week, was confldent that the "bread and meat" mark would not be touched again this season, be lieving that the onormoua demand for goods would keep hla product well above 10 cents, that the spinners could well afford, and were apparently willing, to pay nearer 11c thaV 10c for their supplies. In fact the mar ket for futures gavo promise of better prices, the favorable Influence being a bullish glnnera' report Issued on Monday, the figures at 10,025,- 000 bales ginned up to December I. which, It was believed, Indicated an estimate of some 12,250,000 bales by the government, due on Tuesday. On Tuesday the tone was steady at the opening, though It was ap parent that the trade was decidedly nervous with a disposition noticea ble to await the government's estimate to be Issued at 2 o'clock before making now ventures. There was little doing prior to Its Issuance, though It was reported the Walt street clique were selling with perfect confidence. Promptly at 2 o'clock the estimate was flashed, the figure* being giv en at 12,546,000. A semi-panic followed the announcement, traders on the floor fell over each other in their effort* to sell cotton at any price offered, and na n result of the day's trading, a decline of 63 to 64 points was recorded. That the docllno was not greater was due to the fact that the public has become wise and was not In the market. The tendency since the Issuance of the government's guess has been steadily downward, the close on Friday showing losses of $4.70 to $5.25 per bale for contract cotton. Tho decline In futures haa had an adverse Influence on spot cotton, and from the highest point of the week the decline haa been 5-8c. The slump In cotton the past two weeks can be attributed to two estimates of the crop—the Drat by The New Orloans Tlmes-Democrat, and tho second by the government. , That theso estimates are a* accurate as It la possible for them to be under the circumstances, and that there are a number of honest people engaged In gathering data for their com pilation la not doubted, but when It Is known generally that at least a million hales must be added to got a correct total It Is difficult to see how tho estimate of 12,546,000 bales can bo of benefit to the producer. It Is said new methods have been employed by the government this season In compiling and deducing the figures, and there ta a possibility that for the first time the government baa over-estimated the crop. This has been a frequent cause of wrecks. Can It he that Operator Mattox, who admits that he allowed two trains on the same block, yet main tains that be was following the rule of the railroad, Is referring to this as the cause rtf the wreck that ended the life of the president of his road, and of live passengers? GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. ..New York, Dee. 14,-Here are some of llle visitor* In New York toilsv: ATLANTA—A. Dlss, Jr„ J. K. Nuttlnf, F. Death of “Uncle Bob. AN UNJUSI IMPRESSION CONCERNING GOV. TERRELL CORRECTED B1 MR. TIGNER Where the Georgia Delegation Live In Washington. SENATORS. Augustus O. Bacon. 1757 Oregon avenue. A. 8. Clay, the Normandie. . CONGRESSMEN. W. C. Adamson, the Oxford. C. L. Bartlett, the Hhoreharn. Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois. \V. Q. Brantley, the Chapin. T. \V. Hardwick, the Hhoreharn W. M. Howard, the Bancroft. (Jordon I*ee, the Hhoreharn. K. B. Lewis, the Metropolitan. J. \V, Overstreet, the Mftrnpoll* tan. L. F, Livingston, 1916 Bfftmure street. J. M Griggs. the Mm r.i»>litnn. The Associated Press found n “hunutn Interest" story In the funeral of "Uncle Boh," ltd old negqn hostler who died In Nashville tha other day. The palllienrera were prominent white men who bnd day* before, nn old negro womau died In o Georgia city nud the best white people of the city followed her remains to the grave and covered It with flowers. It has not been two years since the .. mains of an old Galveston negro were borne to the grave by lending white cltl- sens of the town. As a matter of fact, there are many similar "humnn Interest’’ stories In the South. The faithful obi ,h " £"•***' 1 ttttd affec. tlon of good white people, lays down his bnnlen nnd goes to the tomb mourned of all who knew him. W# do not know that there la | n stick manifest*ttnna of esteem nnd respect a lesson for the negroes of the present gen- eratlou nnd shall not attempt to point one. These occasional demonstrations of sor- row st the death of some aged negro nre worth noting, however. The news agencies correctly appraise their uewt value by telegraphing accounts of such occurrences to all parts of the country. People like to know of tho Urn sail .loath, of iIiom hiimhli- mot fslthfnl ol.l tnou .nr) womon whom tho white people of the Smith low and respect. The youthful negro might learn from ■ul-U fnctilotit. however, tbnt . life of Imtttitrr. a.lellty an.I rlgliroousnm will never fall to comma uil from white two. pie the re.pwt whirl! I. II. due; and that no umount of Imlaterou. In.l.trnre tip.iu r.H-offoltlnn, no amount of education or wealth, no amount of clamor or Imaatful aeacrllon will ever evoke It In the ahaettfe of tlmae liner .inalltlea of rhara.-t.-r which exact the tribute of popular affection ami esteem. Mar he. (he respect ami regard of shite people are not worth having. In the view «>f some negroes of the present genera tion. Whether true or not. It Is rertnln flint only character nml true worth exact Caitcnslaii respect for negroes, sml only ami true wo—*- — ,, *• to nnr nfti tuny boast. It Is true, however, that the tributes of respect ami affection paid by white |$ro- i»le to the memory of such men as "t’ni-le Rob.” «»f Nashville, ami the amiable old ••Secretarj of Mate” of I»r. Ply. of Gal veston. an* never m-eonfe*! f.» fM-groe* of The reswhi why may The Visit of the Children. The Georgian Is very glad that the board of education haa seen proper to . — — allow the xehool children to accept invitation of this paper to vlalt Its plant and to Bee a newspaper In the making. The visit of the children to this of fice will be a matter of pleasure to every member of the staff from the highest potentate herein down to the ■mudglext and slangiest galley boy. The coming of the children and their going through tho plant will doubtless lie a benefit to them, aa It will give them a pretty good Idea of the practical workings of one of the most highly organised businesses In operation. It should alto be a mat ter of considerable interest to them to watch the proeesB of the turning out of a modern dally. Knew Nothing of Vote to Name New Build ing at Milledgeville After Himself—Had Suggested F. G. DuBignon be Honored. To the Editor of The Georgian: In Thursday's Georgian your reporter does Governor Terrell an Injustice. Governor Terrell did not know any thing about the proceeding* of the board of directors of the Georgia Nor mal and Industrial College. At the meeting In Atlanta Thursday three of the members of the board. Including Mr. R. N. Lamar himself, voted to name the building "Lamar Hall." The two other members 'present voluntarily voted to name tha building "Terrell Hall." This vote was really a com pliment to Oovernor Terrell and was not "handlnr him a lemon." Your re porter, In glvlrtg an account of the pro ceedings. probably left tho Impression on the minds of some that Governor Terrell had been defeated In an ambi tion to have the building named after himself. This is not true. 1. Governor Terrell did not know that the hoard expected to meet In Atlanta. 2. He did not know that the bnnrd xvaa voting on the matter of naming the building. 3. I made the motion to name the building "Terrell Hall." I made this motion entirely of tny own accord. I have never at any time spoken of this matter to Oovernor Terrell, nor has ho ever mentioned the matter to me. 1 do not think that this subject has ever been mentioned to him by any one of the board. 4. In Milledgeville there has been a popular demand that the building be named "Terrell Hall." Tho suggestion was first made last June by Max Mey- erhart. Governor Terrell. In response to this, stated to President M. M. Parks that he did not desire the building named for himself. He suggested that a good person to give this honor to would be Hon. F. G. duBIgnon, who has been the president of the board of directors of thl college for ■ number of yaara. In view of these facts. It Is unjust and ridiculous to put Governor Terrell In a false light. Governor Terrell Is very popular In Milledgeville. He has worked unselfishly and effectively f>r the cause of education. No-governor of Georgia has ever done more to up build the college! of the state. He has certainly been a true friend to the Georgia Normal and Industrial Col lege. Aa a matter of fair play. Mr. Editor, I request that you give tbeae facts the same prominence that you gave the article In Thursday's paper. Knowing the fairness of The Georgian and the high character of Its president and editor, I believe you will do this. ED A. TIGNER. Director of G. N. A I. College. Milledgeville, Go., Dec. 14. Card From James M. DuPrte. To tha Editor of The Georgian: In a recent Issue of The Georgian, headed "Not Terrell, but Lamar; Trus tees of Bchool Hand Governor a Ripe Lemon," you are. In error In ao much of said piece wherein you state that It was upon my motion that the new dormitory be named In honor of Hon. R. N. Lamar, and that Hon. R. E. Green was In the chair. Now, the re verse Is true. 1 was In the chair, hav ing Just Immediately preceding been unanimously chosen vice president of the board, and the motion to name the new building In honor of Hon. R. N. Lamar was made by Hon. R. E. Green. It Is true, as stated In said piece, I voted to name the building Lamar, to decide the matter, the vote standing two for Governor Terrell and two for Hon. R. N. Lamar. You will please make the correction and thereby great ly-oblige and do me justice. JAMES M. DuPREE. Montezuma, Ox, Dec. 14. The Great Liquid Crystal. By GARRETT P. SERVISS. K VRHY ImprovementV In astronomical photography render* more evident the marvelous tendency of the atari to arrange theinselve* In large, winding and sometimes curiously loopeil am! Involved row*. In photograph* of ‘ L ‘ richer port* of the Milky Way those streams nre nlwnys to Ik* found, and the bettor the photograph* tho more dearly J “ led Is thl* extraordinary phenomenon, ther singular and most significant r In these photographs I* tho existence lark lanes. In which alnmat no stars ■een. but which are associated In a striking manner with adjacent streams of stars. The appear*nee rccnlhi thnt of nI paths meandering serosa a sandy , tlio |»o!»ltlos Itelng heaped up on either side. But what k«m!s have walked through these fields of stars, leaving such traces behind them? These appearances recur ton frequently to |>ernilt the supposition that they are cldontul. It la plain thnt some raust*. at great law of arrangement, hna been at work producing them. They show In tha most convincing manner thnt the millions of suns constituting the Milky Way art Intimately related to one another na star i They a recent generation, lie cnsllv dlw-overcd lu knowing.—| |o*ist«*n by those iuirrvsivtl |N»*t. constitution of the stellar universe have not fallen by pure neobleiit Into the places where we see them. In short, the universe la Itself like an Immense cry* tul, whoso molecules oliey the luw of ita formation, nnd nrrnugo themselves with ref. rence only to thnt law, nud strictly with the other stars, fall* Into Its place In this fraud system, nud Is no more Independent with regard to Ita situation or Its move* ment In space than one of the atoms of a diamond. Hecent Investigations show thnt the sun Is a member of a star system, or a •tar strenni. nml If wo could look at It from n sufficiently great distance It Is prolmble that the existence of this stream would become evident nt n glance, ami the sun with Its Immediate associates Would present nil appearance resembling what photographs show In the more distant parts of the universe. Seen from n still greater distance. It Is possible that the law of structure of the cutlre universe would ap- pear graphically delineated In Its form. But w$* an* accustomed to think of s crystal ns something Axed nnd rigid, where- Ail crystals, nowover. me mi rigiu. Y'" of the latest discoveries of physics Is that "a existence of liquid crystals, whoso tilt hough they obey a law of crystal* lixntlon by assuming definite positions with reference to one u not her. nevertheless re tain n certain freedom of movement among themselves. It Is to n crystal of this de scription thnt the starry universe may host lie likened. Its solar ntoms are all lu mo- tlon. .vet at the same time their places at any chosen period nre prcscrllicd l»y sn absolute law of association The great star crystal that wo cull the universe thus presents Itself ns something at once fixed and yet alterable. It "flows from form to form." never losing Its hlenttty or Its Individuality. "changing and yet un changed." It Is for tho Imagination, lu structcd by science, to picture the ever shifting iHMtuty of this gigantic kaleido scope cosmic crystal viewed by the eye of Omnipotence. LITERARY BRIDEGROOM. while there Is an insatiable public raging outside tha door for Its literary pabulum. Mr. Calue, In his long and honorable career, has never, thnt we remember, be- trayed Ignorance of anything, and he muet therefore have known all these things be fore he laid hie heart and fortune nt the feet of the future Mrs. Caine. And that Is why we pwJolce In the compliment paid to nil her aex In her. At$d may we not con gratulate literature likewise? For there can 1m* no doubt that Mr. end Mrs. (.'nine's contributions to the imputation of the world will also be contributions to literature, and that the tribe of Caine* and Shakespeare* will not be suffered to become extinct. NOTES FROM THE LABOR WORLD. Nine new unions have recently been organised by the national organization of Hotel Employees. Ths International convention of the Seamen's Union was held this week in Boston. Strike beneflts were paid to the amount of >143,066.66 and death bene flts of 129,376 by the International As sociation of Machinists In the past fis cal year. The United Mine Workers last month elected fifteen members of the next Pennsylvania legislature. All district attorneys In the United States hare been Instructed by Attor ney General Moody In a circular let ter to enforce strictly the provisions of I GOSSIP! The Wpod. Wire and Metal Lathers' International Union has changed its rules to enable wood lathers to accept a lower rate of wages while learning metal lathing. A aum equivalent to $S00fi0(f waa ex pended for strike benefit* and aid to boycotted union men during the past three years by the labor unions of Swe den. machine that will hurl coal Into the firebox of a locomotive at the rate of 200 shovelful* a minute. If necessa- ry. will lighten the labor of the Bre men on many of the engines of the Northwestern railroad. An order has been placed for 700 of these mechanical stokers at a cost of $350,000. A reduction In the hours of labor in the rubber factories-of Providence, B. has recently been granted. The employees now work nine hours a day Instead of ten hours, without reduction In pay. The concession beneBted about 10,000 persons. The Amalgamated Leathers Workers' Union of America ha* reaffirmed the bleu of high dues nnd adopted a resolution In favor of the nine-hour dny. Report* of the stats tabor bureau* *how thnt capital nnd Inlior In many Important Industrie* are working In closer harmony nnd that trade agreements have In iiumer- dented the strike and settllugjndustrlal dls- The United Brotherhood of Leather Work ers on Horse Ootids la particularly strong lu the Mouth nud West. y disnnt Norths THE MAGAZINE POETESS By WILLIAM P. KIRK. Out in the Uttered kitchen, acoldtjiff a peevish child. Feeding another a pretzel, Mrs. Ma loney smiled; Mrs. Michael Maloney, the wife of a teamster man, Held by a lifelong contract to wrestle with pot and pan. Swift o'er the wrapping paper her atub of a pencil flew— This Is the magazine message she aimed at the heart of you: To My King. When Brat you came Into my barren life. With golden glory shining from your eyee, I straight divined that Aldenn was my prize. Or Arcady, where souls with bliss are rife; O heavenly pain, that cuttsst like a knife! How floated my young heart to Para- dlse On that great wave no woman may know twice! A noble prince had claimed me for hla wife. The Joys and sorrowa of my childhood hours— The girlish groplngs for Love's Inner soul. What time I wandered plucking dew- drenched flowers— Have vanished, now that I am at my goal. 0 sweeter than the sweetest Hamnian wins, 1 st ruin thee to my bosom, king of mine! —ELSA DR VERE. By HALL CAINE. „ . A higher compliment has seldom been paid He gave the handle another twist. man tbnu Is Implied In the choosing of a wife by Mr. Ilnll (’nine. It la true that Mbnkrapcure was married, but the blogra phera tall ua that the Incident occurred lu bis early youth, wheu he wo* still In the Venus and Adonis atnge of sentiment, nnd that his marital career was not altogether satisfactory to the nee Ml** Hathaway. Hut no such erltfetaui can Im? put forward In the ense of him whom many love to thluk of a* our nineteenth nnd twentieth century ihnkespenre. Mr. ('nine’s brain Is ao targe, and the products of It have liecn ao numerno*. tbnt It Is a matter of some aurprtse that hi* heart, except on the Imaginative aide, should hnve remained active enough It* per mlt of hi* personally engaging lu a ro mance. The ouly ptanstnls explanation (teem* to In* t.»At. like other great tueu. he for the ONLY AS CHILDREN CAN. Two little children were playing one day, Only aa children can. One wag a lady rich and gay, Used to having her own sweet way; The other a chauffeur man; And they were going and going far For a long trip in their auto car. She waa bidding the babies goodby. Only as mothers can; He was standing haughtily nigh; 'Twas nothing to him, so let them cry (Just like a chauffeur man); And so while she and tbs babies klst, The babies were dollies of every hue, Headless and dirty were they; The "auto" a trunk that once was new, And It was a splendid touring car, too. Forty horse power that day. But those babies were real, the auto could go; For such Is the kingdom of children, you know. Could we but create like the children, forsooth, Out of thq rough things which are ' ours, And call to our aid the genius of youth. With all of his mystical powers. We would paint the dark days with the paint brush of truth, And borrow our tints from the flow era. —Chicago Recard-Herald. Clara—Nbe puts lots of feeling Into her tbnt 1 $M*cnt» In his new play. h«* baa ntt«*ud<*d t*» hi* corn»«i>ot*deiic*. lias submitted to the day’* Interviews, nml has kept hta day’s appointment with bl* pho tographer, and with tin* fortunate drui en trusted with thi* di**tgnlng of hla Mark vel vet small clot tun. how (a he to coutrive t«j talk over ilomestli* ynueertis with Mrs. Caine, to play with the children, nml to em bark upon a series of aortal call*? More over, It Is conceivable, if not protiahle, that Mi*. Caine might wish to listen to hta read ing of hta novel* and plays before they go forth to the publisher* nnd theater mana ger*. Mhe might even—for we might a* well confront *11 eoatiugendes-gi-t a no tion ihai $wmethlng ought Vo Ih> modified or omitted. 6»r nbe might, misled by the vivid character of his genius f»»r portrait ure. undertake to t|i!i'»IIon him about the models for his dramatis personal*; M this to pay ths pastor'* wife a salary. That’s »r that bendne inaile «Hit of pure fancy, one «f the Inlghtcst blear '**— * w waa there, at some time, aotue one who originated.—Houston 1'oaL The Carpenters' union In Spokaue an nounce* that there Is not sn unfair em ploying carpenter on Ita Hat; adding also that there *are few uon-untou carpenters In the city. In the year 1816, the Tobacco Workers' International Union used 4,982,930 union la bels. In 1906 the numlier used was 406,- 100,000. Nall makers la England get 83 a week, and In the United States $30; hut the him* llsli worker produces only 200 pouuds of nails n week, while the American, with Improved machinery, turns out 6,600. The Citizens' Industrial Association of America, In sesslou nt Chicago, adopted resolutions denouncing child labor aud call ing for the establishment of trade schools throngbout the United States. Smokers nr# agitated by th# announce ment .4»f a strike among ths plpstnakers of St. Cloud In the Jura, France. > The mayor nnd city council of Stratford, Kan*.. w#r* recently threatened with Im prisonment by the state labor commission Ths strike among ths Chinese coolies at Singapore rontliiaos and Is delaying ship' ping operations nt that port. The annual report of the New Zealand I* I tor department shows that that country absorbed thousands of new arrivals during the past year. One of the best known clothing deal era of Boston has lx*<n brought Into the courts by the United Garment Workers Seventeen new local unions have 1>een added to the ranter of the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' Alllifice during the Inst quarter. A metal trades’ conf4*derntlon has lieen eeently formed In Kngtaud of the men rho work In the metal trades, from Iron ,.talc work to silversmiths. It lioglus Its career with n memtiorstilp of nearly Soo.W). In 183). one Kngllsh weaver ran twenty- re spindles, and lu 1890 lie ran sixty-flve. Sheet metal workers In I>e* Moines. In., hnve obtained a raise In their minimum wage scale from 30 to 37ty cents nn hour. The Richmond. Fredericksburg nnd l*otn- moc railway has granted the request «»f the ItrntherluuMi of Conductors for nn eight-hour dny. It Is sail I to Ih> one of the first roads lu the country to make this concessbni. day off lu peveu for patrol- Findlay. Fostorla and Tiffin, three euter- *’ Itles of the Buckeye r tri-city lalior congress. iinhmfsta a ...s tlrst am new child tabor 1a* By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York. Dee. 15.—Charles M. Schwab has gone to Mexico tor a few weeks. Here are come Washington society notes: Miss Cannon will open the home nt the speaker for a tee in compliment to the Misses Shonts, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts, Mon day. , Mrs. I.. Letter la again at her home In Dupont Circle and will remain there for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walsh will have aa house guests Miss Lillian Hurd, of Denver, for whom they will give a large dinner Tueaday. . When the wise woman wants to spend >500 or more on a gown she se lects for her color either black of white. Mrs. Roosevelt clung to this rule for so long that several persona constant ly hinted all her gowns were either dyed or made over affairs. To prove she occasionally got a brand-new frock, she was compelled, against her judg ment, to Indulge In blue, pink and yel lows. The wife of the vice president, how ever, Is proof against criticism, and she Invariably wears either black or while on state occasions. Mrs. Fairbanks has Just received from her home dress maker, for she still patronizes Indlun- ioIIs talent, a gorgeous gown of black lffon cloth, radiant in gold and silver embroidery. They’re twins, aren’t they? Is a ques. tlon (almost universal) made by many persons on first beholding the two daughters of Mr. Shonts, boss of the Panama canal. Of course, the girls are not twins, for Miss Theodors was born thirteen months before bliss Mar garet, but they do resemble each other with remarkable closeness. They will make their bows to official society In Washington this winter. They wear clothes somewhat alike, too. If one has selected blue the other Is In corn color; they also show well- thought-out color scheme. When Ml.-s Theodora Is bewitching in yellow her hat Is green, the exact shade of her sister's gown. The pair always appear together In society. Mrs. Depew, In violet velvet, black plumed hat. Is one of the women point ed out frequently by guides In the United States senate. Few afternoons find the hnndeome wife of the New Yorker absent from the senate gallery, and great Is the display of atfectlon with which she escorts her aged spouse home, stopping often on the way to sip tea In the home of .some of their friends. Mrs. Depew has sent out cards for a series of entertainments and she In tends that Washington's fashionable folk shall know she has had her sncln! renaissance. She Is a favorite among the diplomats and has found It easy to get ambassadors and ministers to grace her board. Her Thursdays at home nre likewise well attended. Dispatches from Rome still continue to comment on the transfer of Am bassador White from the Italian cap ital to Paris. It Is said that the op position of the Italian government and of Italian society to the American am bassador dates from the first rocep- klon held by Mr. White after arriving In Rome. According to rumor, the trouble started when the court marshal sub mitted a list of guests the government wished to have Invited to the recep tion. Among these was a princess who seems to be an Italian Princess Chl- may. Mr. White promptly told the of ficials that he did not wish his wife to meet persona of this class, a proceed ing unknown In Italian court circles, and the Incident caused wldo comment and a practical boycott of the Ameri can embassy by Roman society. The action of President Roosevelt In appointing Mr. White to the Important French post Is looked upon as an In dorsement of Mr. White's course In up holding the purity of American wom anhood. The strange case of Hon. Peler A. Porter, rcprcsentattve-elect from the Thirty-fourth New York district. I- attracting no end of attention about the national house of representative*. Hon. Porter Is the man who rode an old milk cow to Ills several meetings with his opponent, who was Hon. Jim Wolcott Wadsworth, who fought the administration's meat Inspection bill. All his life long Mr. Porter has been a Republican, as was his father before him. Now, however, he Is threatened with being barred out of the Repub lican caucus when he lakes his seat as a member of the house of the sixtieth congress. He Is much averse to being charac terised as a Democrat. He Is endeav oring to have his name transferred on the offlclal roll to the Republican aid*- As yet he has not succeeded. THIS DATE IN HISTORY DECEMBER 15. 1814-Th# Hartford convention was open--!. 1871—“Boss" Tweed arrested on a ehark* of felony slid confined In the Metro* iHilltati hotel, New York. 1893—Mloux chief Milting Bull kill"! , in skirmish with Indians In South I'* 1 * kotn * . - I . 1898— Calvin M. Brice. American financier, died. Born Heptember 7. 1845. 1899- Boers defeated the British at the Tngel*. . 1909—Queen Wllhelmlnn. of the Nethcr- ln mis. gave a dinner to Mr. Kroger. 19)2—Vo newel no government aPP'’ 1 "' through United State* f'*r arhltniw''“ of Kuropcnii claim*. * •She thinks her husband te e deep-dyed villain." 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