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1 1VTHE WASHINGTON PX3XSIIiroAYAGtIOTrTti JAP WOMEN GAIt SHOOT Some Run Shooting Galleries in San Francisco HANDLE BD7LE LIKE EXPERTS One Laughing Ligbt Heaited Japanese woman Makes Sixteen Straight Bulls Eyes With Amazing Sapidity en a Swinging Target Galleries Fitted Up in a Fine Manner Dr LycHi PERFECT Tooth Powder rriflnAfl mm hecntlfied Ihe teeth and purines the breath Used by people of refinement for ovea a quarter of a century Convenient for tourists PREPARED BY Pom the 8aa Fniictco Call A stray fleck of local color that was eubmerged In the general grayness of things in San Francisco two years ago appears to pave re erted to Its former awe or wiiuancy Detached It may be said however It has not returned but lias lent Itself to an Oriental blend In a place not far distant in fact Just over In Oakland It emanates from that moi Japano Chinese quarter of the city that drapes itself along the course of the local steam rail ays It emits the redolence of gun powder how be 1L Deaceablv You will find It In the shooting galleries of the Japanese You will come upon them at ever recurring Intervals along the way as you saunter through ii quarter a recent feature of the city out a dlstinctiie one As a herald of their propinquity as you approach are gy target signs protruding from the entrances These bear the legend Shooting Gallery Originally the colors of the concentric circles on these siens re red white and blue for reasons patent alone to the mind of an Orintal now a dingy urause wnite ana black have taken their place The smoke Of a steam railwav ha precisely the same amount of respect for ieu wnue ana due paint as for all the other paints suggested by a rainbow jlf a night lamp as well ornaments the faiade it also displays the heraldry of the target world In Elmilar colorings All of which provides a sort of Columbia 01 ever arrangement of words to the tu 1 of Nippon However although it is Nippon that takes in the receipts it Is generally the red white and blue man that hands them cer Never Open in the Morning One neer goes shooting in tt morning A Japanese shooting gallery is rarely pen then and If optn a man attends Jiot the smiling lady who beims upon ou of afternoons and evenings In the mornirg the little one sleeps else how could she keep her bright ejes open for jou in the evening Najure would storm at that So In tne morring the fairy bleeps she dreams One day not long ago when the midday wl inles were blowing and the shoot irg gdlJerv doors were being folded back agdlnit the walls in anticipation of trade on gallerj remained closed At 1 oclock it was Btili closed Surprise came tirst llitn consternation What is the matter With Mme Toku Suzukita You could hear the question being asked by all the loiterers In English dstingulshably In Japanese less so but unminakablj iMdently there was less pleasure in I tenng If one touid not chat a while with I oku Suzukita last sotre on knocked at the small cu or that is cut low in the large doo 0 the place entered and issued forth after a while with the news that the IkJy was ill Then there was sorrow None neM dispute the popularity of Toku buukna in the quarter where sne lhcs It if bait to say that he who in add on to the wish to train himself In the an or manipulating a rittt has also an appreciation of female loveliness wi 1 tin I himself straying with unerring ii i cness toward the gal erv where loku vU2uk ta hands out the ammunition Has a Fascinating Way 1 his little lady has a most faclnat mk wa with htr Sht is neither shy I I bold but most gay most laughing Ahd htrr laugh Is like the tinkle of ilttle Jt Instinctively jou stop talking to If en to the music of it It ripples on Unklingli and jou are led to say things th will keep it tinkling It stays with Ju for dajs and then ou feel like woing back for more Suppose one he gun ready to shoot and she laughed 1 wonder if he wou drown the happy sound with a loud report Not If he had a bufficient appreciation ctrtainy not Bui when Toku Suzukita is herself 1 ooting having been persuaded ou fo display her skill she does not laugh i until after she has laid down the feiin Once the rille in her hand her atures take on the Inscrutability or ir nation Whtn Toku Suzukita shoots fc it ail se lousness She must let no bration sway the arms and shoulder hat support her weapon She must in i way risk her reputation as a shot hen she aims and shoots six times at le target as it swings she must make i bull eyes It must not be permitted ii people say she shoots not as well formerly gain she alms at a group of clai pes that swinging form a circ In I uaiii corner ose to the ceiling In tee shots at most she will bring one abhing to the floor If she takes six hots at the 1 ttle white tin sticks im ii diatelj six little white tin sticks are i In vibration If she shoots ducks i bena back lifeless in a twinkling These shooting galknes arc almost ex tlj similar in gertral appearand and uipment Iney are holes sunk into tne street wall 2j or 30 feet deep with counter across me iront wnre the 9 more strongly telllngher that you have been Informed that she of an Japanese women Is the most noted for her skill This should be said in each instance You shoot she says again By thU time you remember that coin is a er suasive medum and glancing up at Jhe sign that reads Three shots for 6 cents six for 10 you lay down a few pieces of silver By this time she has probably made up her mind and may very likely refuse the money but grant your request still protesting against being considered in any wise efficient You reach your conclusions when she takes the gun in her hands Sometimes you discover that she has been telling the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth You have had your trouble for your pains She does not even kno how to hold a gun But generally th arms are lifted without hesitation the nrooer Dosltfon and it is not an un usual thing to behold sixteen Etralghtl nun cyes made witn amazing rapiaity upon a swinging target Helped Japan to Win Victory It is a matter for little wonder that Japan came out victor In the recent war when even the women of Japan a0 so apt In the handling of guns Also considering the remarkable patriotism and determination of the race it Is not hard to believe the stories that one has heard with regard to the women participating in battlefield events Doubtless the success of these shooting galleries is largely dependent upon tha attendant In charge The women are encouraging sympathetic and admiring as the case requires They are interested hoping that you will succeed Dhoo high Good Dhoo bad will fall on your ears from time to time It would be a different storv did men oe cupy their places You would not iurea to returning And moreover pretty form and face and a musical votes are items not to be scorned In any CANADIAN EASE BLANKETS yigsa li I pbif yX afp as Mm k4 gun are ariayed pnd ar the farther end a mis 01 targets averse nouh to jjiiit an teste jou may shoot at ducks at bie biids and Hfle nirds at tinv shitp 4 ts at circular targets with bull eyes in the center at squirrels flvin irDiind ii a circle at rabbits chadng eah othe a hite clay pipes that are stat onary ii fact theie must be mui Ado to hcosc what shall be the test of one 1 skill Sets Imagination Rioting fter the hoo1ng the proprietress puts targets to rirts straightening up he members of the menagane that have succumbed to the fusliade or brushing iwav with a dab of whita paint the evi aenct of shots gone wild Ore galery has a device that i3 artistic Inasmuch as it sets the i nagiratlon rioting Immediately in frortt of th bpaca arrarged for the targets is a frame of ge scenery representng the bluest oT kies the greenest of tree tops and he brownest of tree trunks Enter then thr imagination All the dead white Ilttt animals take on activitv The squrrels to scooting up the brown tree crunk laxtlner swift glances backward at you she ducks wheel around encirclirur the tree tops In geometrical figures the birds light on the branches moving the fo iage blghtlj and twitter happily and unwittinglyunwittingly Imastnat on has taVen yoa way out into the fields and you have forgotten that the gallery Is ery black with the smoke of the locomotlvas that a vtl lairous music box built in Germany makes noisy sounds when a certain bull eve Is made that creaking pulleys iper ate the butts at one side in an unlovely echanical way and that all Japanese women are not as fascinating as SfacUme Toku Suzukita Most of the women who conduct the shooting galleries are either expert or ery fair shots but It Is not easy to persuade them to an acknowledgment of their skill and less easy still to be allowed to witness a display of It Natural Wonder With a Eifle For Instance upon Inquiry It develops that a certain small brown lady witb dark eyes Just around the corner ds a natural wonder with a rifle Ycyi approach the lady in question with a polite request to show you what she can do framing the request In the most politic terms that occur to you Either laughingly or with sullepness she disavows the possession ol any skill whatever You shoot she says that being her one Idea of conducting the business But you faai na desire to shoot Yon toge Warm Soft Blankets Made by Indiana Out of Rabbit Skins From the fur of the Canadian hare which comes south Into the United States and in winter turns snow white the Indian 1 make one of the wannest and softest of blankets After the skin has been cured and made supple it is cut with a sharp knife into a single narrow strip many feet in length The strip Is carefully curled into a tube ven feet long with an inner diameterdiameter of rather more than i quarter of an inch and an outer diameter of about half an inch The kin is thin but tough so that the tube is light but strong The edges are sewed together with great care and firmness Enough qf these tubes are made to form a blanket seven feet square When all are made they are sewed together with anmal sinews so that the blanket Is almost as Etrongly made as If it were woven All this Is done by the Indian women the men merely trapping the hares which are so numerous in the far north of Canada that the trapper may catch dozens in a single night When flnshed the blanket Is a beautiful thin of dazzling whiteness extremely light and very warm Its warmth is ecured ndt only by the fur but also bv the air in the many slender tubes In time the Markets lose their beautiful whiteness but they retain their essential qualities and last for years They are highly prized by the Indians and they fetch good prices AS a matter of fact they are seldom seen outside of Canada and like an eiderdown quilt they are overwarm for heated houses In this latitude It i probable that fully 200 rabbits go to the making of such a blanket since one skin makes but a single narrow strip of the whole seven feet An old Indian cnlef was asked one night as he sat before his campfire In the north how many tkins were required for a blanket He looked at the questioner and said wth a smile 1 11 tell you how many skins make a rabbit blanket You go out Into a clear spot in the woods when the snow is very deen In early winter and give a whole day to felling trees and gathering light dry wood for a fl Then at night you make your Hre a very big fire of all the wood you have gathered It will light up all the clearing and will melt the surface snow for many yards all around The hares will come out of the woods in whole families attracted by the light of your fire and wilj crouch on the surface of the melting now to watch It There they will sit lor hours until the fire has gradually cMed down Meanwhile the cold night will have again frozen the surface of the snow and the rabbits which have covered It thick so that you cannot see anything ssasaresssjspns 13 ULULIUIXIUL Bamboo Stools This Exict iftPafeo Deal WfcreSatifaden isirMrahteed ti i ffWl iQcJjyr ya iVii mm WJtM fi IF Bamboo Stool ir 4 Strongly maaeBamooo bcoi Just tike this illustration i 10 1 1 inche square 7 1 mm WW 1 WW 1 Inches high aiBiMw rl 11 ana top is coverea wun rovna WW Ww i straw Japanese matting Not more than one sold to a cus togier at this price 1 fAVMt mm Tild4mv I ml if I Wm 1 1 mmw iiiissssa 1 vs i siisiW iiissss irrm 1 miri rtiiitrfiBiiiriifTiTii irUTii Bamboo Cor ner Chairs 4054U 413 15 WSEVNTHST This Exact Bamboo OA 8 Cornet Chair UJf Very pretty Bamboo Corner Chairs lV thl inntlnn frnrtit Wm of figured bamboo strongly braced and seats Are covered with Une Japanese mattings Not more than on sold to customer at this special price IVfore Exceptional Bargains in the Newest and Best Furniture Designs During This ANNUAL CUT PHiCE SALE Every artide of furniture in the store is included in this cut price sale Throughout the store large cut price tags plainly marked tell of the bargains offerings The new fall stocks havcairived and are included in this sale at recced prices You can savo mpney making your selections for present or future needs at this time we will store them free until Purchases For Later Delivery Stored Free Sale of Stearns Foster Guaranteed Felt Mattresses As Advertised in the September Ladies Home Journal The wonderful Web process employed by teems Foster produces a mattress that nana jaoor couia never mage at any price desired and you can have the added advantage of paying foe them in small weekly or monthly amounts No Extra Charges For Credit Conveniences Don confuse the ordinary Isold by unscrupulous dealers as cottoh mattress felt with the cenuinn Stearns Faster The Steams Fpster special machinery crosses and recrosses the filmy cotton flbrs into a continuous web FORTY of these buoyant webs laid one upon another1 make a layer of felt and NINE of these layers make a Stearns Foster Mattress When the ticking has heen put on afid tufted these mattresses are compressed to ONE brXTH the original height of the fleecy layers I I llllJllr lIB Iron Cribs This Exact tf a Iron Crib JtD Strongly made white enameled Iron Crib Just like this llustra tion has continuous posts drop Sides heavy fillers good wOven wire sprjng and hard baked enamel but their fur and their eyes will freeze tignt to tne ircezmg snow You can go out with a stick then and knock them all on the head but it will be a big Job When it is done however you 11 have enough rabbit skins to make a blanket like mjne A QUAINT SWISS CUSTOM Picturesque Ceremonies Accompanying the Passing of Winter From the Springfield Republican The land of the Switzers Is rich in deed in folklore Who has not heard at the ringing deeds of William Tell And so thoroughly do these hardy mountailj folk enter into the spirit of theie old stories and quaint Customs that the traveler finds monuments erected to the memory of this traditional hero whlls even In such up to date cities as Zurich that so Impresses the American tourists on account of Its imposing buildings and busy stir the entire population abandon their Industry in order to take part In a symbolic festival The passing winter or to use th ilcturesQue native expression sechse lauten 6 oclock ringing feast the beginning of which is announced by the cathedral chiming the hour of 6 The real celebrations begin at 8 oclock when the lational and cantonal flags are hoisted on the staff of the cathedral A pretty sight is that of the procession of more than 1000 children in appropriate costumes escorting the triumphal car bearing the goddess of spring attended by her maidens while behind her is drawn amid dancing clowns the captive Boegg representing winter being a hugs figure made bf wood and covered with cotton wool stuffed with crackers and gunpowder Winding through the streets on either side of the River Limmat the procession makea its way to the lakes Here the Boegg Is raised on high poles and a bonfire built up around it During the afternoon the city guilds parade in quaint costumes and many merry Jokes are played until at the first stroke of 6 the torch is applied to our friend Boeire and winters reign is a thing of the pastJ Tne names leap jip and are reflected in the lake while from surrounding boats fireworks ada to the liveliness of the scene The ulldhouies of which Zurich has many handsome examples are thrown open to visitors and the evening is devoted entirely to pleasure and en tertainment See For Yourself Ihe laced opening in the end of every Stearns Foster Mattress shows exactly of what that particular mattress is made Isnt that better than buying from a sample section and hoping that your purchase wiH be the same Sixty Nights Tree Trial Sleep on a Stearns Foster Mattress 60 nights put it to any test you will and at the end of 60 nights we will return your money immediately If your satisfaction Is not complete Every mattress Is delivered In its original factory wrapping and not subject to being soiled in any way Prices 998 Up We Are Exclusive Washington Agents Dining Tables M3E3HsBBsp BJP iij H8LV am IS sJE 398 This 6 foot Oak Extension Table Constructed of solid cabinet oak Just like this illustration The top is 42 inches square extends to six feet in length has three leaves five fluted legs and gloss finish 14 00 Dining Table S998 Handsome solid golden oak dining tables extend to six feet in length tops are 42 inches square have three leaves five heavy turned legs large fluted feet and are highly polished China Closets 2500 Quartered Oak if ftQ China Closets lUyO Constructed Of genuine quartered oak have French olate mirror on back nicely carved full bent ttass doors and ends three adjustable shelves French legs claw feet and are highly polished Massive 4800 tfr rg China Closets WOv Constructed of solid quartered white oak have massive carved tops round colonial pillar supports mirror in back four adjustable shelves claw feet and are highly polished More Baby Walkers Like Cut is ii if 4c ROMAN CHAIRS This Exact Mahogany Finish Roman Chair 198 Very attractively mad Roman Chairs like cut here shown Neat mahogany finish have fancy sawed arms French sawed legs and are upholstered choice ofFreneh cut veioOr or fancy damask IRON BEDS This Heavy Iron Bed 8798 Heavy continuous post iron bedV ust like this illustration Has Ich head and foot 6 brass fillers large chills and fine baked white enamel AX5S Every Reed Go Cart at 25 Discount at 98c These Baby Walkers are just like this illustration Constructed of hardwood hav large tray good springs roller castors and are nicely trimmed in red Worth 200 Special 98c each Everj large reed Go cart and every large leather Go cart In th store Is reduced one fourth in price Our display of these Qo carts Js most complete Including the Heywood and Block makes and embrace every desired price Some of the reduced prices are as follows Bedroom Suites 875 Go Carts SI250 Go Carts 3s 14 00 Go Carts Eg 1650 Go Carts 2100 Go Carts 657 937 1050 1237 1375 And Every Other Pattern Reduced 1 tatri s9 tzSii Ii Dressers This Fine Quartered Oak Dresser 1789 Genuine quartered oak Dresser Just like this illustration has large oval shaped French plate glass mirror full swell front four drawers brass trimmings French legs claw feet and highly polished 11050 Golden Oak Dressers S775 Constructed of solid golden oasvTl have oval shaped beveled French 1 plate glass mirrors carved standardo inreo arawers crass inmmmgs anqrl Kloss finish Large JI800 Dressers Si3 48 a ge golden oak Dresser with heavy oval shaped French plata mirrors carved standards full swell quartered oak fronts tour drawers brass trimmings and nice polish Refrigerators at 35 to 50 Reductions Mattings at About Half Price 2600 Three Piece Bedroom Suites 1698 Every pattern of China Matting in the store is included Jn this sale Its not a sale of remnants or odd lots but Includes about 500 full rolls of heavy seamless goods Prices are reduced almost A half as follows Selected golden oak bedroom suites consisting of bed dresser and wash stard The bed has high carved head and foot the dresser has beveled French plate glass mirror four drawers and brass trimmings and the wash front with two drawers and two cupboards 37 00 Bedroom Suites 20c Mattings 25c Mattings 30c Mattings 35c Mattings 40c Mattings 45c Mattings 50c Mattings 2750 10c yd I6c yd 20c yd 21c yd 23c yd 27c yd 30c yd Fine American quartered oak bedroom suites the beds have heavy roll on head and foot boards the dressers have oval shaped French plate mirrors ranjed standards swell front four drawers and the1 washstand Is swell front with two drawers and two cupboards S58 Bedroom Suites S4350 Massive Bedroom Suites of American quartered oak bed has roll oh head and foot board and is finely carved the dresser has massive 30 by 36 inch French plate mirror carved standards full swell front four drawers and brass trimmings and the wash Stand is swell front with two drawers and two cupboards Every refrigerator In the store Is reduced to nearly half Its original price These compulse our famous Bowen New Progress and Lenox makes and each one is absolutely guaranteed Buy your refrigerator now you are certain of good one and the price saving Is considerable Some of the prices are as follows S600 Ice Boxes 295 39 00 Refrigerators 14 50 1050 Refrigerators 5 50 11375 Refrigerators I698 1650 Refrigerators I998 1975 Refrigerators SI 150 12375 Refrigerators 114 50 Drip Pans Free With All Refrigerators I jasWg iitBM iililKr TWO CORNISH SAINTS The Legend Attached to the Three Stones of Keverne From the Pall Mall GaiUte At St Germoe about midway between Helston and Marazloi in Cornwall there is a field that stll bears the name or did very lately of Tremen Keverne This in the old Cornish tongue meant the three stone3 of Keverne and there were foi merly three large stones lying here that had every appearance of having been brought from the Crowza Downs near St Keverne They consisted of the same iron gritstone that abounds on these downs but is unknown to St Germoe It is difficult to account scientifically or historically fer these stones which un happily were long ago broken up for road metal but tradition nnds no such trouble and the story of how they came here is a very curious and cfaracteristlc piece of Cornish saintlore The Cornish saints as wholly saintly the term merely slgnl fled that they lived the reiglous life as distinct from the purely seoular There is a difficulty in identifying St Keverne he was an Irishman he occupied a re llglous cell in a desolate corner of the Lizard district On one occasion he received a friendly visit from St Just of the Lands End It Is not easy to say who St Just was but some points in his character are forcibly brought home to us In the tale of this visit The story tells us that the two saints had a fine time together drinking much rich wine of out a chalice nhicb St Just not only admired but coveted Perhaps the wine had something to do with it it Is certain that after St Just had eft St Keverne missed his cup He searched high and low but it was not to be found There was only one solution SCjIust musthave lifted it Indignation boiled in the veins ot St Keverne to think that his friendwhom he had entertained so royally should have served him so and ha at once started off in pursuit His course took htm across the Crowza stones that lay about with a view lo future ise As these pebbles each weighed several hundredweight it is clear that Keverne was a giant according to the standard of our decadent days In Corn wall tales of giants and saints are often woven together Presently Keverne came in sight of St Just tolling on ahead of I these marchands or agents find no dlf him with speed yet with an air of being absorbed In devotional exercises Theljng the law For example the Mont de pursuing saint called on the other to stop but St Just either did not or would not hear and Keverne thought well to use stronger Inducements He threw one of his stones with such good aim that St Just thought It wle to use discretion made the best of his way to his own parish without waiting to discuss matters with his angry pursuer But St Keverne was not satisfied till he had discharged Ms remaining stones after which gathering up his cup with angry feelings still unquenohed he returned sadder if not wiser For many centuries the stones lay where were men ana women 01 ordinary nesnjthey ftid fallen a permanent witness to and blood They were never represented fhe truth of the storv There was a superstition that they could not be re placed during the night When wanted for road mending however the super but whoever he was and most probably jstitlon had to be broken with the stones It is clear that St Just had given the other saint a good run but tradition does not say wnat further dealings tney naa together i Naturally our sympathies go with St Keverne and though the humor of the position may not fail to strike us it seems that his friend got off rather too lightly AUNTS TO BE EEP0EMED Abuses of the French Government Pawn i Shops to Be Corrected Paris Correspondence Jondon Chronica A measure of reform is to he applied to the venerable Institution the Mont de as JAunf Since lis reestabllshment under the first Napoleon many abuses have grown udI 1 Downs and he picked up a few ot the around It What the Jn3or borrowers And most exasperating is the way in which they are delivered Into the merciless hands ofthe gentry who traffic in Mont de Piete tickets Strictly speakng no one besides the Mont de Piete has a right to carry on the bus ness of pawnbroklng in France but flculty in technically at all events evad Piete will lend only one fifth of the es tabllshed value of the article offered as a pledge As the assessors are responsible should there he any loss when the goods are sold they put upon them only the lowest possible value If you have a watch valued at 10 the Mont de Piete will lend you but JE2 upon It Should you need a further advance you must have recourse to the many agents whose offices are in proximity to the Mont de Piete and its branches The agent will perhaps advance 10a for which he charges at the rate of Thrilling Scenes Built to Order by Five Dollar a Day Actors From BraaAwar Mafatln Four thousand personpacked the space in front of Borough Hall Brooklyn the while tKy gazed at a baseball bulletin board The police moved here and there 1 clearing the car tracks Up came a boy He didnt look much like a boy because he was an actor Behind hlnutoddled an old woman and behind her came a stage manager a camera man and a helper Scarcely had the old woman establisheJ herself on the curbstone before a trolley ear came clanging down the avenue The boy spat professionally on his hands The old lady gathered herself together The car was 30 feet away and bowling along in lively fashion iTm wAff Aflful tia atAo a rainavBti per cent per annum while the Interest 0ut wt0 th tracks 8Be went lt ft chargeable by the Mbntde Piete is but business of seconds and split seconds 7 3 4 per cent Here is another example of the way in which these people do business Not long moved but If taken away by day were re a weU inQyn actress wished to raise 2000 on her Jewelry As the Mont de Piete would advance only 600 Jshe went paid 7 3 4 per ceht Irterest Then the syndicate behind him advanced the remainder of the money and charged the actress 60 per cent forthe 20C0 Inquir have been earned out by the police go to show that many of these people are simply the representatives of nsurerswho in open defiance of the law amass large fortunes In this way Many complaints from the poorer classes of by the police Wherr It is considered that nine tenths of those who deal with the Mont de Piete eventually find themselves In the hands of the rapacious agents the extent or the trrlt ran Imaelned Now the author Pletemore familiarly known to Parisian Ues fntend tt cut Jhelr claws In order UU lUlO WTCjr ll UUUUfi auuUL 1UI some means of enlarging the powers and widening the sphere ot Influence2 of the Mont de Piete MAKING MOVING PICTURES Subtly some where a camera began click ing off its little stamp pictures the phot tographer turning away at a crank like a housewife grinding coffee5 Now you was the second command This time the boy leaped out The car to an agent He pledged the Jewelry with came Jarring to a standstill The motor tne Mont ae neie xorM ror wmen net man Jumped down to the rescue Keep back The stage manager again Let the boy save her Then the crowd took its eyes off the baseball results long enough ta stare at ies which have been carried out byl the the picture of a young man carrying an old woman In his arms to safety out from under the very wheels of the terrible trolley car Who got hit WAs the oU lady hurtt What Is it An accident I No it was the American Vltagraph Mont de Piete clients have been recieyed Companys crew of 5a day actors bound on their days workvof telflng pictures the heroic Life of a New York Lad feet of It and 20 pictures ta the foot Sometimes It Isnt a noble lad 4ut a clever thief escaping Sing Sing Sing Slag being a eet of canvas scenery down in a peaceful Long Island studio or lt Is a band of actor desperadoes holding up a chartered train thist at least Is real and robbing actor passengers cf much actor money and actor Jewels Sometimes it Js a company of clowns all rolling themselves Into one and then disintegrating again a mere trick of film patching or a man sliding up a rope by simply reversing the run of the film and sometimes It Is the Russo Japanes war actually taken upon the spot by a Russian war photographer or a whaling expedition ending with the capture of a big whale and that you may count upon It the real thing with the camera operator making pictures against time from the uncertain perch of a deck rail MANY IUCSYMISHAPS Sometimes a Fortunate Thing to Acquire Careless Habits From Uj Chics to Xtws In reading a Colorado newspaper the other day I came Upon the Xollowfngt HAit accidental explosion of giant powder flue tO carelessness which occurred In the Kclat tunnel a few days ago may prove a profitable mishap even though Mr Hentze the lessee will lose two of his fingers The shot uncovered ore body which was not known to traverse the Eclat property though a similar vein was worked in the Atlas adjoining before the mine closedjdown The Eclat lessees had1 missed the vein in development work by a few Inches Assays show values np in the pictures1 In view pf what we continually heart lt seems a most fortunate thing to be born unlucky and acquire th habit of carelessness The unthinking child at falls and skins his nose As picks up a diamond scarfpln would not have seen but for the cldent Later In life he goes motoring with his rich uncle he becomes careless and loses control ot the car making a sad wreck of It When he recovers consciousness seven days later he Is told that his uncle a crabbed fellow of nd social gifts whatever has Just died and left him a millionaire or perhaps a famousSathlete or a plumber Anything can happen In an accident story A few months ago a prospector was caught In a snow storm on Mount Evans in Nevada in a locality where there is great danger 6t snow slides He managed to reach a sort of dike where he was comparatively safe while his food lasted without starting a slide As he had no blankets with him he proceeded to excavate a hole to shelter himself and his dog At the end of two hours labor he had uncovered a promising vein ot ore His larder was soon exhausted however and as the snow was yet soft he determined to shoot his dog to prevent the animal from perishing in greater agony from starvation and for culinary purposes He shot at the dog but missed lt and killed snqwshoe rabbit which chanced to pass that way at the psychologic moment The rabbit sustained man and dog during a day or two of waiting and in the meantime the snow froze to hard as to enable them to escape without starting an avalanche Anything can happen in but I said that before A Cruel Insinuation From the Baltimore American So Jorklns has gone into the hot sir engine business Tes I wonder why he didnt choose something that wasnt quite so much like1 his former occupation What was his former occupation ThcftrlcaL press agent mKimfMmAi Vt 5V MT.