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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15. 190*
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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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."
Why?”
Well, ehe’e never been able to catch
hlui doing anything wrong."—Loutai llle
Courier-Journal.
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