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IIU THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. FEBRITARY 24. 1906. L71) LETTER OF MARQUISE BE FONTENOY IN A LINE-0'-TYPE OR TWO. Copyright: 1006: By the Marquise de Fontenoy sell them.

The bigger the claims that are made for a nostrum the more likely it is to prove worthless If not injurious. Unfortunately the race of dupes shows no sign of running out, and the next mountebank who comes along pretending to work miracles may reap as large profits as did the discoverer of Force of Life." THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHER. CAN MAN NOVELIST PAINT A HEROINE? ONE WOMAN CRITIC DECLARES Nat, Mrs. Humphry Points Out the Vagaries and Inconsistencies in the Character. as Drawn by James.

Lytton, Hardy. Barrie. 611 Kipling. and Hall Caine. 1 softens in the least degree the asperity of the Ding ley law has its influential opponents who do not mind a tariff war because it will not affect the petty interests they represent.

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of the male novelist Is a bundle of contradictions. She is most exquisitely sensitive yet invariably plucks a flower usually a rose to pieces in moments of embarrassment. Let me assure the male novelist that no really nice girl would ever do eruch a thing. Let him in future reserve this pastime for his villainess. The heroine is always glowing with the hues of health, but never obtrusively robust.

That is as it should be. But how could any girl of the kind lean her bare arms on a marble balustrade in the moonlight and forbear from shrieking with the shock of cold contact? Before our novelist lets her do this again he would do well to turn up his sleeves and try that marble balustrade business for himself. If, after having done so he should continue to submit his unfortunate heroines to the ordeal, he must be a hard hearted or else a very thick skinned man. Even through a sleeve that marble will feel cold to ordinary skins. William Waldorf Aztor's second non Iris been gazetted to lieutenancy In the Firet Life being lifted from civil life without any military training.

He has Nat left Eton, where he did well at cricket.London 'E never did no bloomire stunt at drill. 'Is shoulders sore. 'is throat with thirst a-parchin'; 'E never 'ad to 'ark for Rest at will." Wen ad worn 'Is feet off of 'im marehin' 'E never stood no blasted sentry-go. 'E never 'ad to take 'Is turn as picket-- But 'e will be a terror to the foe If they should learn that 'e Mt well at cricket. 0.

ri 'OUNT GUY DE LA ROCHEFOU- CAULD, who has just been con: demned by the French tribunals to .10 a term of three months imprisonment for his extremely active participation in the church riots at Paris. is half an American, and his relatives and friends are accustomed to ascribe not only his good looks but also his combative dispositionhis readiness to fight on all and every occasion to the presence of the strain of American blood in his veins. His mother was a Miss Etrphrasine Montgomery of New Orleans. member of a family as well known in Washington and New York as in the Crescent city, and he belongs to the senior branch of the ducal house of the De la Rochefoucauld and not to the Estissac line. as asserted in London Truth and in many of the European papers.

His grandfather was Duke Francois de la Rochefoucauld, chief of the entire family. Duke Francois, who emigrated along with the royal princes at the time of the great revolution at the close of the eighteenth century. married at The Hague a Levantine woman. a native of Constantinople, and by her had three sons. The eldest.

Oliver, married Miss Montgomery of New Orleans, the father of Count Gur de la Rochefoucauld. The second, Frederick, married Annie Perron. the daughter and heiress of a French soldier of fortune, who, having taken service under some of the native rulers of India, led their troops there against the English under Sir Arthur Wellesley, afterward first duke of Wellington. When his employers finally surrendered to the English Gen. Perron returned to France.

and having shaken the pagoda tree," as the saying goes, to good purpose, found himself in the possession of a colossal fortune which was inherited by his daughter born of his union to the daughter of an Indian rajah. All this wealth of Indian origin is now in the possession of the grandchildren of old Countess Frederica de la Rochefoucauld. Perron. They are the Austrian Counters Reverters, and the Duchess Salviati, the Princess Lancellotti and the Princess Child, all three of Italy. Count Frederic ks frther brother, Hypolyte.

also married an heiress. the daughter of a rich lawyer named Roux, and his son, Gaston de la Rochefoucauld, is the husband of Miss Emily Rumbold. sister of Sir Horace Rumbold, formerly British ambassador at Venice. and adopted daughter of Baron Delmar, banker of King Frederick William III. and the first Jew to be ennobled by the PRIM-Wan crown.

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Kipling realizes the influence of sot. a tremendously powerful factor in of men, and women fare but poorly a bands because be is much more InttreKei'y his male characters. Ile is fond of sta I bow a man is dragged out of shape purposes of life by some fecirja a woman. With careful touches trays his men, but his women are 11.0 ornot are real tig. blood he sketches poittar canvas only as they affect tbe them readers see but one side of them.

tat Inhabitants of the earth see but OEt t4 the moon. Take up his In Error and seehoart, more he is interested in Moriarity than it i Hauksbee. Yet she is the mainsperte, story. His Vampire is typical cy ha; viction that woman is a hindran p. ce su on a mans life.

-4 At the same time he admits sometimes be charmingly and a uneonsialzi, them that is his alone; at an angle, reflected from the lives of the menthe fluence. They are moonlight as a t4 tb light." to quote from half forgotten 1,001, ley Hall." To change the metaphor, ling's men are sculptureone tan lat round them. His women are clever, paintings, portraits in profile. Then 'ip, 'ip, "Ipt Send hup a rousin' cheer for 'imi And 'ip, 'Ip, 'ip I 'la future's bright an' clear for Itn. will land 'is K.

C. B. 1 AN INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL. THE TRIBUNE recently published a news item relating that a case of hydrophobia had been turned away from two local hospitals. The action of these institutions probably seemed to many persons exceptional and cruel.

An a matter of fact, it was necessary, because the hospitals were both full at the time. But even if they had had plenty of room they would have been reluctant to take the patient in, because hydrophobia cases are extremely unwelcome at most hospitals. The men in charge have to consider the good of the patients they already have as well as of those who apply for For many sick people quiet is indispensable to recovery, and when a hospital has such persons its management is naturally and excusably loath to receive any one who is likely to disturb their repose. The incident serves, like many previous ones, to illustrate Chicago's need of a special institution for the treatment of diseases which, because of their infectious, contagious, or otherwise dangerous or objectionable character, are not wanted and ought not to be received at the regular hospitals. The funds for the erection of such an institution are already available.

The need for it is questioned by nobody. That it has not already been built is solely owing to the fact that, while all concede it would be a great blessing to the city, the people of no neighborhood can be got to consent to its location among them. Everybody wants it, but nobody wants it net door. It is time that the matter was finally disposed of. Infectious diseases hospitals can be, and are, so built and managed as to be no more dangerous to those living immediately around them than to those living at a Surely there is somewhere in the city a neighborhood whose intelligence and public spirit will rise superior to its groundless fears and selfishness and permit the building of so much needed and so beneficent a hospital.

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In the 'ores or hIntantree It 'et keeps hup to the mark le made at Eton, DANCES UNDER POLICE PROTECTION. There is a conflict between statements of the mayor and the chief of police printed in the same column of THE TRIBUNE. The mayor says in an interview: We have not enough policemen. We have to do the best we can. I am making every effort to suppress, crime in all places and the chief a is doing all he can." When Chief Collins was asked, Do you call Prima hall and the 'United States hall, boys and girls are found drinking every Saturday night, good places?" he answered, "They never have a dance with" out a policeman there." The mayor says, We have not enough policemen." The chief of police says he has enough to enable him to assign many Saturday night for the surveillance of disorderly dances.

Generally speaking, a dance that requires tbe presence of a policeman should be regarded with suspicion. It is not deserving of any special police favor. A dance that can be carried on only under police supervision or protection is not one that should be granted a special permit authorizing the sale of liquor after the lawful closing hour. There might be conceivably a case in which a 'respectable gathering t)f people for the purpose of dancing might ask favors from the police authorities, but surely a dance which cannot go on without the constant presence of a policeman to keep order is not such a gathering. The poor man's dance, which the chief of police seems to be so solicitous about, might well be made to close at I a.

so far as the sale of liquor is concerned. The poor man's drinking privileges are rather comprehensive in Chicago. He is now permitted to drink from 5 a. tn. to I a.

or twenty hours out of the twenty-four. The poor man who wants to drink between 1 and 5 would much better be in bed. The poor man who drinks customarily at these hours is usually not an industrious or useful member of society. He is the kind of poor man who needs watching by the police, and often means, if possible, to be less poor by appropriating to his own use the goods of other people, peaceably, if he can, but forcibly, if he must. If the chief of police would waste less sympathy on poor men of this description and look more sharply after the protection of the poor men and women who are obliged to be abroad in the early hours of the evening, and who feel that they are carrying their lives in their hands when they are outdoors, he would be showing a zeal in the discharge of his duties he does not manifest at present.

LARGEST 2 CENT MORNING CIRCULATION IN THE WORLD. 'E doesn't know the border for a wheel, 'E never 'eard a crashin' sixteen-tonner, never felt 'Is 'Ide begin to peel From powder marks an sun through ben gunner: 'E never yet as been by twos deployed To dror the fire wile creepin' through a thicket But w'y with such rot should he be annoyed? At Eton 's did bloomin well at cricket. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1900. Not Girls in Real Life. The novelist Is fond of donating sleepless nights to the girls in his stories.

The villainess, be It noted, always sleeps like a child and awakes with a rosy flush after even the basest of her crimes. but the heroine lies awake all night, and, oddly enough, comes down to breakfast nest morning more beautiful than ever. This result of a white night Is quite peculiar to heroines. Girls In real life are not at all improved In appearance by lying awake and hearing every hour strike. Their lids are red.

and there is sometimes a touch of sallowness about their complexion. They know perfectly well that they are not looking their best, and when they take up a novel and read that in similar circumstances Ethel or Mary looked lovelier than ever, with a dreamy languor lurking in her eyes." they Interrogate the looking glass and possibly remark. Rubbish! The cheerful. sensible heroine has gone out of fashion. The late G.

P. R. James depicted her to the life. She always had a good figure and an equally good temper In his novels. Mise Jane Austerfs heroines were all good, tempered.

Sir Bulwer Lytton's were not flesh and bloodt--in The Caxtons the men were all delightful.the women next door to idiots. We all know what shadows Thackeray's women are. Dickens made Agnes a prig and Dora a Modern novelists show more acumen in depicting their ideal woman. And how various she is! Bernard Shaw paints her as a hunter of men, sighting her prey from afar. stalking It through three acts.

and ultimately seizing it. The number of men who. without sufficient data of their own on the subject, accept Bernard Shaw's views of women as correct would surprise the stat Le your bier( Bob binc wss lest' suet mar daub by skle foul wes' alum Al will gV Mr5 boa ere bon, lers Id ft" eve' Id ue. Soo: 3, wbc terd 31 will F. W-h at I We In rot.

Id thro Gra met ried Id Fur for 31 pia, Flo 4 Fri Clii Ide En Dr. WI' hot Gr her IL wit do' rut era Eu tut tyic Ito, Cal brl et tt be be to Mr 2'01 Then 'Ip. 'tp. 'Ipl there! The flag should ddp for 'Im. And 'ip, 'ip, 'Ipl A regiment or ship for 'Imt And a Garter for 'Is beg 'E will never 'ave to beg If 'e keeps hup to the mark 'e made at Eton.

The republicans of the nenomtnate Fifteenth ward should send Alderman, Aid. Beilfuss back to the Beifuss- city council. They should accordingly renominate him today at the republican primaries. He has a public record, and it is highly creditable. lie has for many years proved, himself to be ore of the most reliable and faithful members of the council.

He was appropriately merle chairman of the special parks which has done much to increase the playgrounds of the city as well as to promote the movement for small parks. He ls strongly for the $1.000 license. He has more than once shown conspicuous independence and courage in voting. His opponent for the nomination is making a saloon canvass. His sole plea for the nomination appears to be that Beilfuss has held the job long enough.

This plea looks like a. confesslen by the man who makes it. It looks like an admission that he regards a seat In the council as a "'job." Aid. Beilfuss has treated public office in a. high spirit.

He should be renominated not only because public lidelizy deserves recognition, but because he is, on the score of merits. the best man In the field to represent his ward. ANn his name, it seems, was not even Johann Hoch. 'Ell likely go to Hinjia's correrl strand, Or appen 'e may go an' bash the Zulus But any one wot feels 'is 'eavy 'and will know he's met the looloo of the looloos. may not know the way to dig a trench, But 'e will 'old a fortress like a wicket 'E's fit for army, navy, or the bench; At Eton 'e did toppin' work at cricket THE presumption is that Mr.

Fish must have been entirely too honest for Mr. Harriman's use. Hall Caine's Are Stsgey Mr. Hall Caine's chief lady is adapted for for a stage heroine. lierpeoper.

tions are heroic, her sentiments uniepetet able. Her author delights in, dechlt ht. with every charm. But they are notiaten to her. Like little flags.

they are mak over her. They draw attention to her age. her gentleness, her devotion. tinity. Suddenly.

as with Glory la -Christian," all the little flags are eueetb scourges. urging her along the tarrove-1 that leads her from her sins to ery, and a deathbed marriage. A Ircu does not know what to make of Glory q-ct When she puts her arms round John reek in a tragic scene she stops to way in which the lace faEs away own white arms. Some may call thi sight. Others are more likely to dub George Meredith's heroines are sketched.

Der Chloe! How bully pa worked at tying those knots in berme bany month, constructing a noose wherewith hang herself. And the naughty little of Dewlaps. I want to be in bed, audi can't kiss you because you keep mango madam, and freeze me to icicles." Bot was befell her before morning, as we all hit We can admire Lady Camper, who make herself intensely disagreeable Telex ceasing to be a gentlewoman. Georger, dith's heroines are all well bred. Ernes rI subsidiary girls glide through the pages graceful, shadowy way.

We wanttehe them better as they pass beyond -e A popular American novelist lit Dare Graham Phillips. gives us quite a gallery graces in Golden Fleece." What eu said against the modernity of the lady ra appears in the following episode? ayorq married woman called on me this attenyys and told me she was engaged to a you4 man in New York. But you are bet mar. said Were going to rt our (Lc vorces in the she said. 'We Went announced our engagement yet.

jet re told my husband that I'm goirg te gee divorce, and my fiance hasn't toldhit How full of varied interest such a life tes bet 41. SOMEWHERE in his collection Mr. Tom Lawson has a tine large picture of himself in the act of accepting another invitation to make a speech in Peoria. Then '113, 'ip, '10 (Ad lib.) D. N.

MAYOR DrbrNE is making. almost superhuman efforts to suppress crime in Chicago by traveling from city to city and talking about municipal ownership. INEWS Or THE THEATERS. I WHAT has become the old fashioned editor who never used to fill a gap in one of his columns by asking "what has become of the old fashioned" something or other? Women Know Better. Mr.

Thomas Hardy's "women are adapted for men's appreciation. Men think. How marvelous are his intuitions about women." Women know better. They can admire his skill in workmanship, but deny his insight Into feminine character. The minuteness of his work conveys to the shallow the impression that it must be correct a fallacy.

After a course with Thomas Hardy a man is convinced that with all womenor most womenprimitive instincts Lie near the surface. Women know that this L. fortunately, exceptional-As to J. M. Barrie.

every mother in the land should thank him for his Margaret Ogilvy." She had one fault She peeped" at the end of the novels she read to see if she gets him." There must have been an affinity between her andBernard Shaw. Barrie's heroines lack humor. One wonders that they should until one realizes that the novelist surrounds them with it- pelts them with the petals of his own inimitable humor, and leaves them, grave, and sweet, THERE are several other congressmen of long standing who may profit by noting what has happened to Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio. THE democratic editors of Missouri will meet next month for the purpose of taking their political bearings and ascertaining whether they are any nearer the promised land than they were a year ago.

-e-- The De la Rochefoucauld family was founded In the tenth century by a younger son of the Sire de Lusignan. His Christian. name was Foucauld, and having the castle of La Roche In the Charente he styled it La RocheFoucauld, from which his descendants have taken their name. His heir sixteen generations later in the male line direct was a noble of sufficient importance to be Invited to act as godfather to King Francis I. on the occasion of his christening, and when Francis came to the throne he created his sponsor a count Lcruis XIII.

promoted the count de la Rochefoucauld of his day to a dukedom and today the family possesses no less than els French dukedoms antedating the great revolutionnamely: those of De la Rochefoucauld, of D'Anville, of Lioncourt, of D'Estissac, of Doudeauville, and Rodheguyon, the title of Prince de Marrillac. the Spanish dukedom of crEstrees, and the Italian dukedom of Bisaccia. The bead of the entire house is Duke Francis de la Rochefoucauld, married to Blattle, daughter of the late Senator Mitchell. Baron Sidney Sonnino, one of the greatest authorities in Europe on all economic questions and to whom more than to any other statesman is indebted for the revival of her prosperity and for the restoration of her cred.t, is a Jew by race and a Protestant by creed. His recent accession to the premiership of Italy is due to his merits rather than to his popularity.

In fact he is quite the reverse of popurar in Italy and while he has many admirers he has but few friends. Indeed, it is no secret that he was formerly much disliked by the king, who has now however, learned torespect him for his independence and ability. Public sentiment toward Sonnino is dire to his cold and reserved manner, devoid of geniality, and quite the reverse of simpatico," and, moreover, he is lamentably deficient In all the arts of oratory. Although a conservative he la In favor of universal suffrage, thanks to Which he enjoys the support of the socialists, and It is quite possible that he may, introduce universal suffrage. which would have the effect of bringing to the polls more than 40 per cent of the adult male population now disenfranchised owing to Inability to reader write.

Lord Belper, who has just come out so flatfooted in denunciation of Mr. Chamberlain's protectionist policy, declaring that it would ruin the country, and who demands his expulsion from the unionist party. may be raid to have a hereditary interest in trade. For he owes his immense wealth to the famous Derwent cotton mills, though the foundations of the family fortune were laid by his great-grandfather. The latter commenced life as a blacksmith.

To him Arkwright, the poor Bolton barber, brought his invention of the spinnin jenny, or frame, when he found to his chagrin that the threads twisted, asking him if he could advise him how to remedy the defect Strutt, for that was the name of the blacksmith, remarked that he would undertake to remedy the defect, but that he would only do so on condition of receiving half of the profits of the new Invention. After a long discussion Arkwright consented to this and an agreement was drawn up. As soon as it had been signed Strutt took his hand out of 'his pocket rubbed it over one of the cylinders of the machine, and coolly said. That's all it wants." He had simply chalked his hand and created a rough surface, where Arkwright had too smooth a one. His share in the profits of Arkwright's Invention proved the foundation of the fortune of his great-grandson.

Lord Belper. THB railway companies hope to get even with the Ohio legislature by punishing the whole state of Ohio. teznperament, careful attention to shacTirg and nuance, and with musical intelligence and taste. The audience was liberal in Its er proval and justly Eo. The program will be played again tonight, commencing at 8:15 o'clock.

W. L. HUBBARD. THE top of the Singer building in New York city is to be 593 feet high. National pride should move congress to add about fifty feet to the height of the Washington monument.

Tms, if we mistake not, is the first time Mr. Lawson ever went half way across the country for the purpose of getting a square meal. THE POLICE AND THE ROBINS CASE. The action of the police thus far in relation to the assault upon Raymond Robins has been fruitless. Worse than that, it has lacked nay evidence of detective capacity.

Worse even than that it has, if reports are to be credited, abounded in evidence of crass ineompetence. Finally, it has raised and warranted the suspicion that the show of police activity in this matter has been little more than a bluff. The puts Chief Collins and his staff on trial before the community on a new issuethe issue as to whether brass knuckles are to become political forces in Chicago, and a man who dares to speak out in political campaigns is to be silenced by the slugger. This is the new question which is up to the policeand the police have thus far given no answer. They have sent a week In windy promises and predictions, but they have produced no results.

And this, despite the fact that there were obvious clews to be worked in the case, and despite die fact that one of the assailants has been described by conspicuous marks of Identification. The plain clothes men under Chief Collins have long been a discredited body, nd there seems to be no quarrel between them and their superior officers. The faces of some of these men would betray them to any ordinary citizen as incompetents, yet they draw salaries as confidential protectors of the publicand criminals thrive. Such palsied "guardians of order" should not be continued in the police force to exploit and balk the course of justice. The attack upon Mr.

Robins is generally believed to have been inspired by a determination to punish him for showing up an unworthy aldermanic candidate. It was apparently an attack upon the principle of free and courageous political action. One at least of the assailants has been closely described. But the police do not arrest him. One on Him.

Redd" I understand It takes more to keep that automobile of yours than it originally cost. Greene" That's right." Well, I don't want anything that takes more money to keep than It does to get" Why? You've got a wife. haven't you?" Yonkers Statesman. THE fact that Mr. Wu upholds the Chtnese boycott makes it at least a debatable 1 41 --ettiwtt PERSONAL Prince Edward of Wales has a collectioct seabirds' eggs from St.

Kilda which but to be the finest In the British empire Congressman Sullivan of Boston has a nounccd his Intention not to run again fr congress, his reason being that be could uct stand the expense. Cardinal Gibbons, since his arrival in WI, more, has ordained 1.236 priests and ts conferred the beretta on Cardinal Bata and Cardinal Martinelli. The earl of Harrington. who recently srived at the age of 62, has at Ida on estate, Elvaston castle, one of eosins emblems of English hospitality extant-s black jack capable of containing eight Pi Ions. Mrs.

Julia Ward Howe was recently ittre laced in a most tattering way by the VI. siding officer. In response she said: "Do me, it Is lucky that my name was mentionet for I never should have recognised rayed from that description." The sword of Gen. Robert E. Lee has hes recovered from the ruins of home of Joseph Bryan.

of Richmond, Ta. which was recently burned. The sword WO the one used by Lee when a captec oralt United States engineers in the eV Ina Mexico. hid rd has a again tr could re In Belts and Me Mal Beol recettly his cod ttose rus extart-e tight nntly ItTe by tts aid: Dta mentiotelt tised rePelf 'se has best tumors, dis sseesd, sword WO Veil of tbs et wiz THERE may be reasons why Secretary Tait is not merely talking shop when he advocates a larger and more efficient army. "CHEMICAL MEALS." The chemical lunch with which Prof.

Thomas B. Stillman, a New York chemist, regaled a couple of his friends the other night, sho-ws what kind of meals many of the people of the United States might expect in a few years to be sitting down to three times a day in the absence of legislation for their protection. All the dishes in Prof. Stillman's collation affected the five senses of his guests just like the similar foods and drinks which they were used to. His biscuits were crisp and palatable.

His butter was as yellow as if It had been made of cream from the milk of cows that had been grazing on a field of green wheat. His raspberry jelly and his pineapple sherbet had the right flavors. His cocktails were exhilarating. Yet none of these articles was the real thing." His biscuits contained no flour, his butter contained no butter fat, and his jelly and sherbet were complete strangers to raspberries and pineapples. They were all artificial chemical compounds.

The host was his own cook, his kitchen a laboratory, and his culinary utensils chemical retorts. Prof. Stillman has perhaps come the nearest to serving a meal composed entirely of artificial foods, but at the present rate of Increase in the number of such foods on the market it would soon be possible for anybody to equal his feat. Some of the foods" on the New York chemist's bill of fare contained exactly the same chemical ingredients as the articles of which they were imitations and therefore were harmless. If this were true of all bogus commodities their sale would be obje6tionable only upon the ground that the purchaser was deceived as to what he was getting, Consumers would be defrauded but the public health would not suffer.

But most imitation foodstuffs are not constituted chemically the same as their originals. The profits made upon them if they were so constituted would not be large enough to gratify the greed of their manufacturers. As analyses show, the substituted ingredients are seldom so nourishing as those whose place they take and often are deadly poisons. Generally speaking, bogus foods are as deleterious as they are fraudulent. The consumer who Is not a chemist Is helpless to protect himself against these artful concoctions.

Chemical meals can be kept from becoming the rule in the United States only by legislation prohibiting the sale of chemically compounded foods which are injurious to health and compelling the truthful branding of those which are The Weather. How does the weather gauge lie?" asked the lazy fellow who was still in bed. Nowhere near as badly as the weather man," replied his roommate, disgustedly. He said it would be fair and warmer Standard and Times. A GREAT deal is expected of William Waldorf Astor's son who has chosen an army career.

lie has had all the training that a thorough course in cricket can confer upon a young man. Thomas Orchestra. It was a popular program Mr. Stock offered the patrons of the Thomas orchestra concerts yesterday afternoon. And over two hours of thorough enjoyment it afforded.

Clambering up to musical heights and dwelling there as best we may, doubtless is musically strengthening and healthful for us, but it is none the less pleasant to come down once and again Into the valleys and roam for awhile; The horizon may not be so wide, but the air is gentler and the sunshine warmer, and in music as in life oftentimes the simplest things are best. Mr. Stock placed before us nothing emotionally overpowering, notbing vastly significant, and only a little that was actually new, but he proffered much that was pleasantly enjoyable, nothing that was dull, and some things that were piquant and taking. Of the familiar selections he gave us the Overture Solennelle of Glazounow, a brilliant number Which always is reheard with increasing pleasure; the Minuet and Finale from the Beethoven major Quartet, op. 59.

arranged for the string orchestra, and played yesterday with a tonal beauty, a full blooded warmth, and a technical crispness that made them delightful; the Wedding March and Variations from Goldmark's Country Wedding," given with an attention to tonal and mood contrasts which made them as charming as of yore; the Waltz from Tschaikowsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet, and the Chabrier Spanish Rhapsody. Or novelties novelties absolute or comparative there was offered the Lancelot and Elaine symphonic poem of MacDowell, the Prelude to Saint-Sans' The Deluge," the Dance of Nymphs and Satyrs" from Georg Schumann's Amor and Psyche," and the Chinoiserie from Godard's Oriental Symphony." The MacDowell poem had been heard once before, but so long ago that it came yesterday as a work entirely unfamiliar. It is program music of the better class and with the explanatory description which Mr. Harris has furnished in his notes the meaning of the music is easily grasped. It is a work of distinct beauty, its themes like the majority which MacDowell employs lacking in striking individuality of outline, but proving themselves remarkably adaptable, and gradually taking on a distinctiveness and clarity which enables them to impress themselves on the listener's consciousness.

There is an elusive quality in MacDowell's writings, and it makes itself felt in this earlier work of his. There are moments of great beauty both musical and orchestral, and the performance yesterday was such that the audience was roused and impressed. The applause which followed was among the heartiest of the entire afternoon. The Georg Schumann excerpt is delightful. This young German is giving us some of the best made and most spontaneous music that is coming out of the fatherland at the present time.

He has a number of the same creative qualities which made his greater namesake eminent. He has a similar fine gift of natural, beautiful melody, and it always is sane and healthy, which was not the case with the greater Robert, and. his sense of humor and his whimsical fantasy are closely akin to those found in the works cf his predecessor. He is past master of the art of orchestration and his scores not calls glow with color, but have about them a clarity and finish which suggest ease and Inspiration in their creation. The Dance." heard yesterday, Is a veritable gem, full of woodland freshness and fairly teeming With playful, roguish epirit.

It was exquisitely played by Mr. Stock and the orchestra and should be given place again on the program 1st's. ASIDE from the possible loss of a few more pounds of flesh, Secretary Taft appears to have suffered no inconvenience from the heat and smoke at that banquet. Self-Contented. Polly" How does it seem to be an actress? Isn't it awful to have so many people looking at you when you are on the stage?" Dolly" No.

I rather like Somerville Journal. No SENATE committee can make the Hon. John T. Morgan of Alabama believe there hasn't been a terrible waste of money on that isthmian canal. DEFINED AT LAST.

THAT stalwart; champion of the people, Senator Tillman, will never vote for any measure that threatens to make the eating of pure food compulsory. THE Armstrong committee speaks of some of the ablest financiers of the country in terms that are little short of disrespectful. IF a common oyster can be trained to propel an automobile, what couldn't an oyster In an advanced stage of cold storage develop In the way of power? AT this stage of events it might be a good Idea to send another dry dock to the relief of the Dewey. Is it not about timeto exercise the Power of Recall on his honor, the mayor? He is neglecting the regular functions of his office. IN A MINOR KEY.

Had the Last Word. Mrs. Yaps ley, who was spending the winter in the south, had written a loneletter to ner husband', reproaching him for his parsimony in not sending her enough money. To which he responded by telegram: win answer your letter soon." Her rejoinder, also by telegram: You can't answer it." 'I a 41 I Lift )t! if ilopiik141 "A4 .0 1 A 66pinif.e171, 1 c. :iciVf.1.1.1i1:11,iiii,N Nk a JP 11 1 1(1- 11 11 1 11 LI .) 1 1' Art i it I ''''f-fi Si 4 (..

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The Force of Life Chemical company, wbich is being prosecute4 in New York for using tie mails to defraud, seems to have been an even more complete humbug than tt has heretofore been represented to have been. It has set au example of bold impudence which those who in future seek to profit ty human credulity will find hard to equal. The company advertised that its great discovery, Force of Life," was a sovereign specific for all human ills. It had even raised the dead. When people forwarded money for this remarkable remedy they were not, as usually happens in such cases, sent eome nasty decoction which would certainly do them no good and quite likely would do them harm.

In a corner of the tompany's flee there were a barrel of water and a boy. Orders were filled by the boy from the barrel. Water is commonly supposed to be a familiar substance to most people. It does net seem to have become familiar until lately to Mr. Hollister, a Bronx real estate agent This gentleman need Force of Life seven months.

He did not observe that hi l4 health got any better in consequence of the treatment, but he kept on taking it anyway and never suspected the real identity of Force of Life or doubted that It would ultimately benefit him until the post-office department rudely cut off his supplies with a fraud order. All the company's more than a million were not so easy." It was therefore necessary to hire a young woman whose duty, as she defined it on the witness stand, was to teach patients how to be patient" Diagnoses were made by three other young women who knew as little about medicine as their dupes. Dr. Hadley, who discovered Force of Life," the four young women, the boy, and the barrel appear to have been almost the entire laboratory force, medical staff, and equipment of the concern. The exposure of this rank fraud ought to teach foolish people not to believe everything regarding purported remedies that they may be told by those who are trying to MUNICIPAL SOCIALISM IN ENGLAND.

From the London Mail. Our municipal authorities evidently have determined to act the part of universal providers. The new edition of the Municipal Year Book gives an amazing record of thetr activities. In many instances the local authorities are now the largest employers of labor. Thus, the London county council, in one department alone, employs not far short of 4,000 men.

The scope of the activity of the boroughs is amazing. Merthyr Tydfil not only manages a municipal farm, but reports that a good profit is earned each year." Brighton and Chester both own racecourses, to the benefit of the rates. One borough does a good trade In municipal fish manure. Lincoln proudly boasts that it Is part owner of a lunatic asylum. Colchester disposes of over 1.500.000 oysters a year from Its municipal fishing beds.

kingston-on-Thames. the ancient borough, is willing to instruct school children in swimming at a penny a lesson. Hull owns a large share of a railway. Several boroughs boast of their municipal Turkish baths. The up to date workman today lives in a municipal house, lit by the penny in the slot municipal electric supply.

His wife cooks her meals on municipal gas, and makes her tea with municipal water. The baby is reared on municipal sterilized intik and nursed in a municipal creche. The children go to a municipal school. The father rides to his municipal employment in a municipal electric car. He spends his Saturdays on a municipal racecourse, and has his weekly swim in a municipal bath, the wife at the same time doing her weekly laundry in the municipal washhouse.

When i-ley die they are buried In a municipal cemetery. Does all this municipal activity pay? An analysis of the figures shows a remarkable variation of cost for the same work in different boroughs. London loses heavily by its council lodging houses; Glasgow, with lower rates, makes them yield a reasonable return. Manchester pays over Co.000 a year from its tramway profits for relief of rates, and places a still larger amount for depreciation. Oldham, despite the fact that it allows nothing for depreciation.

shows a loss of over 4,000. London comes out badly In comparison with the great northern and midland boroughs. The estimated municipal trading balance sheet of the county council for the coming year reveals a loss of about L63.000. The Thames steamboats are largely accountable for this. Much of the housing policy of the county council has been, to say the least, unfortunate.

The total loss for the last year on the building schemes of the council Is given as (14,566. Juvenile Shrewdness. Kitty called up her father by telephone. Hello, papal" What is it, dear?" he asked. I wish you'd bring me some c-a-n-d-y when you come home this evening." All right, Kitty; but why do you spell It out?" I don't want anybody else to know what I'm saying." NO TARIFF WAR YET.

The German government has given the United States fifteen months in which to think over the question of trade relations. By continuing the provisional agreement and abandoninKtemporarily so far as this country is concerned a tariff policy which it has much at heart, that government has shown its reasonablenessits readiness to deal with conditions as it finds them, and its commercial wisdom. It recognizes the fact that a tariff war would hurt Germany more than it would the United States, and that the only beneficiary of such a war would be some third nation. There are many American producers to whom this stay of proceedings will be most welcome. While they understand that a tariff war would Inflict more injury on Germany than on this country they know that such a war, while benefiting no American interest, would injure them.

It would deprive them of a good market, and in this age of competition new good markets are not easily found. Doubtless they will do what they can during the truce which has been granted to persuade the American government to enter into a permanent agreement with Germany. There is room for an agreement which will be satisfactory to Germany and which will sacrifice no American interest. The executive department of the government is able and willing to negotiate such an agreement. The difficulty is to get the legislativedepartment to concur.

Any measure which Ulm Only Concern. John." whispered his wife, shaking him, I hear somebody in the basement." John groped his way, half awake, to the wall. and bawled down the register. You Infernal scoundrel." he said. after you have satisfied yourself that there's nothing worth stealing down there will you please push In the upper' damper rod of the furnace? I forgot to do it." Then he crawled back Into bed again.

The Godard Chinoiserie is a companion piece for the Schumann 6' Dance." It is a quaint conceit, fascfnatingiy drme with all the grace. finesse, and taste that belongs to the French school. It was playved with true virtuosi(' skill by the orchestra. The Saint-Sans Deluge Prelude has been made familiar by previous performances, by the orchestra, although not at the regular concerts. It is an effective num beraltho-ugh what it has to do with the Deluge is not clearand yesterday with the obligato admirably played by Mr.

ICramer aroused the customary enthusiasm. The soloist of the afternoon was Robert Ambrosius, one of the 'cellists of the orchestra. He was heard in a Concerto by August Klughardt. and as encore an arrangement of Nina of Pergolesi. The concerto is a grateful work for the soloist, written with full appreciation of the fact that the 'cello never sounds so well or so effectively an when playing sustained melody.

The solo part is generously supplied with work of this kind and while a want of contrast in this respect makes itself felt. the composition is sufficiently compact and short to make avoidance of monotony possible. Mr. Ambrostus commands a tone of tine virility. yet smooth, rich, and velvety, and his technical mastery of his instrument isauch that listening to him is pleasure.

He played with good command at hia every resourcewith The Answer. How can a man possibly be worth $100,000 a year to any corporation?" By persistently declining to answer." Thrift. Suspicious Wife--" What did you want to bur such eggs as these for? I don't like the look of them." Mr. Pneer" I got the best bargain in those eggs I've had this winter. They cost the firm 20 cents a dozen, and I boughl 'em for less than halt that." C.

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