St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 19, 1908

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Judges Rule That Conditions Were Brought About by Bad Conduct. A decision of the Sf.‘ Louis Court of Appeals holding that a divorced wife may sieze her former husband's wages and property to enforce the payment of alimony, is regarded by lawyers as one of extraordinary importance. Under the decision every waman who has a claim for alimony upon her former husband may strip ,the very clothes from his back unless he pays. He is not exempt, even ;though “he has married | again, and has another family to supports. It is said by bawyets thiat the de- cision will enable divorced. women 1t» collect every month many, thousands of dollars of alimony, which their former husbands, for various, reasons, refv'» to pay. It will force many men to support two families. The first wife’s claim must be paid, regardless of wheth- er he has enough left to support the seco: d family. Must Support Two Families. shig is exactly the predicament in which Miles M. Andersom, a $75 a month clerk for the Norvell-Shapleigh Hard- ware Company, finds himself. Hulda ™M. Anderson, his first wife, got a di- vorce June 21, 1906, and was allowed $% a month alimony for the support cf herself and child.” Andersen remarried,.and then refused to pay. ithe. alimdpy. /; * Mrs. Anderson brought par ioult Court, and Judge Withrow, decided that Anderson was not exempt from payment. His sal- ary was also garnisheed. An appeal was taken, by Anderson, to the St. Louis Court of Appeals. His contention was that as a miarried man and the head of a family he was exempt , against a judgment for alimony in favor of his former wife. He declared would be a hardship upon him to sup- port two families. © . On the subject, Judge Blana, who wrote the decision of the court, said: “The argument of hardship that section 4327A imposes upon the defendanf, andi others similarly situated, might be of some force if addressed to the togipian tive department. f “It fs of no persuasive pea ee ad- dressed to a Court called ‘upon to con- strue the statute of whieh he complains. _ Hardship Due to Baa Condvct. “The hardship, if any, was not created by the law, but was brought upon the defendant by his own voluntary acts and conduct, and the conduct which ‘Bbout the decree of divorce and © my against tim was reason he is in no 2 to. the law denies him the exemption accorded to ordinary - debtors. “Nor ought he to be heard to com- plain of the burden he has braught upon himseif by his misconduct~a vio- lation of his marriage vow. His mari- tal pledge to his wife was that he would support and maintain her so long as they both should live. Why should he be relieved of that burden when his wife ‘has been guilty of no misconduct? “His answer is because he has mar- vied another woman and. ought not to be requ “why me the burden of supporting two. families, if he was not able, or un- willing to discharge it? ive use & homely phrase, ‘He. made his-own bed, and in it he en All the judges concurred in Judge Biand'’s opinion. Attorney Charles Fensky, who represented Mrs. Ander- : son in the suit, says the decision will “Any divorced woman whose former - husband refuses to pay the alimony al- _ Jowed her by the courts may recover by bringing suit,” said Attorney Fensky. “There are thousands of just such cases in Bt. Louis. “Men tiring of their wives. have di- voreed them and remarried and then refused to pay alimony. The decision of the court makes it clear and em- _ phatic that they cannot escape their on to their first wives. __ “fT apprehend’ that when the full ef- | fect of this decision is felt there wii! be fewer men willing to discard their » first wives merely for the sake of tak- ae Srnemconal

SPEEDING IN OLIVE STREET HE inemgad treet ¢ _eurving around “missing pedes- i ‘Fergu- an auto BN seek ad Huttig, sped “him, Friday wan: fined $25 and k Avenue eee a ate iF is & guarantee of the New American} its to support two families. | more suits pending of the same nature.

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President-elect Taft; who weighs close to 300 pounds, hag selected for the most important post in his Cabinet Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, who is about five and a half feet tall and less than half of Mr. Taft’s bulk.

SENATOR KNOX 10 BE HEAD TAFT CINE a. wr

Lively Scramble in Perinsyl- vania for the Toga He Will Lay Aside.

CAREER OF NEW PREMIER TOLD INA NUTSHELL ORN BROWNSVILLE, Pa., KK May 6, 1853. Graduated from Mount Union College, Alliance, O., 1872. Admitted to the bar 15875. Appointed Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania 1876, resigned 1877 and engaged in general practice. Married 1880, Miss Lillie Smith of Pittsburg. Made Attorney-General by Presi- dent McKinley April 9, 1901, and retained by President Roosevelt. Resigned June 30, 1904, to accept appointment as Senator from Penn- ¥ Sylvania to succeed M. °S. Quay, deceased, and took his seat Dec. 6, 1904. * Elected Senator January, for term ending March 38, 1911. 1905,

-_—_---— WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Senator Knox’s retirement from the "Senate is «xpected to create the greatest scram- ble for a senatorial toga Pennsylvania has ever known. George T. Oliver, mil- HMonaire iron man -and newspaper pub- lisher, who is here to atiend a dinner to be given by Vice-President Fair- banks tonight, is an avowed candidate. Other ,candidates are Henry C. Frick, George F, Huff, now a member of the House; Jolin Dalzell, one of the ruling ceterle of ‘the. House; Josiah V. Thomp- son of Uniontown, who has a feud with rick on account of Frick’s undertak ing to forb'd him building a railroad through Greene County, Pennsylvania, one of the richest undeveloped coal fields in the world; William Flinn, the leader of the old anti-Quay faction in Pittsburg; James Francis Burke, the Cungressman who, while not the pos- Sessor of miliions in his own namie, is the husband of a rich woman; John P. Elkin, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and writer of letters to John D, Archbold, and Marlin _E. Olmstead of Harrisburg, attcrney for the Pullman company at the Keystone Capitol and Corgressman from that district. Zhe only man mentioned for the place who has not a great ‘deal of money or represents much is Representative EF. F. Acheson. who was defeated for the nora- ination for Congress last spring.

Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days. PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure cny case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud- ing Piles in 6 to 24 days or money refunded, 50c. ST. LOUISAN OBTAINS VERDICT AGAINST PATENT FOOD MAN Court Orders Return mot $9000 Wil- liam ‘Steel Invested With W. K. Kellogg. BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Dec. 19,— William Steel of St. Louis got a verdict today against W. K. Kellogg for $9000, which Steel claimed he invested in a patent preparation on the recommenda- tion of Kellogg and which did not suc- ceed. It was. asserted by the plaintiff that Kellogg gave a written statement that the concern was paying a 15-per-cent dividend. Kellogg denied this, but his stenogra- pher swore against his employer. This is the second yerdict, and there are four

W. K. Kellogg is head of the Toasted Corn Flake Co. and reported to be worth more ee a million, . Our it Rough Dry We Work especial hobby. It js done in a HIGBEE, Mo., Dec. 19.—Threatening a. lynching, 50 citizens, heavily armed, ure scattered over three counties today looking for a man who escaped from the City Hall Prison last night after killing Deputy Marshal Gilbert Ma- gruder and fatally wounding Marshal Frank Cain. Earl Magruder, brother of the slain officer, is leading the posses. While this search is on 40 special deputies are guarding the Jail here to prevent the lynchng of two “pals’’ of the escaped prisoner. » Cain and Magruder were shot down in the Jail. The man who escaped is. be- lieved to be wounded and-his cap ture seems assured. Were Suspected of Robbery. The three men, who gave the names of Fred Anderson, James and ‘3ud’’ Drener, were rounded up by Cain and Magruder in a restaurant on suspicion of being implicated in a recent robbery. Two revolvers were taken from them before they were locked up. Later the officers went to the Jail to search the prisoners, fearing other weapons had teen concealed, As the first cell was opened the in- mate fired. Magruder fell dead and Cain dropped with a mortal wound. Cain emptied his revolver at the fugi- tive “as he jumped throu... a rear window and escaped, and is confident he hit the man. The search was continued all night without success, but with the alarm that has been raised the pursuers are confident of finding their man today. WOMAN SAYS: HUSBAND BEAT “HER; SHOWS BLACK EYES Mrs, Burdett Too Nervous to De- scribe Attack and Judge Continues Case. The case of rs. Emma Burdett of 1270 Hamilton avenue, who accuses her husband of beating her insensible, was continued in the Dayton Street Police Court Saturday, when Judge Pollard found that she was so nervous that she could not properly describe the assault. Burdett is manager of the Merchants’ Hotel, Twelfth and Olive streets. He has been separated from his wife a month. Mrs. Burdett lifted her veils in court and exhibited her discolored eyes. She testified that she went automobile rid- ing with friends Dec. 17, and that when she returned her husband knocked her down, dragged her into the housé and beat her into unconsciousness. She said she first called her husband up and asked him if he objected to her taking the automobile ride. “TI don’t give a damn,” she said he answered. She told the court that three men and three other women were in the automobile with her. Mrs. Burdett could not proceed with her testimony, and Judge Pollard ordered the case continued. TELLS POLICE HE WAS BEATEN BY FOUR MEN WITHOUT CAUSE Newspaper Man Declares He Was Attacked at West End Physical Culture Club. Harry Norman, a& newspaper man, of $140 Pine street, was attacked and beat- en at the West End Physical Culture Ciub, Twenty-second street and Wash- ington avenue, early Saturday, accord- ing to a statement he made to the po- lice of the Manchester Avenue District. Patrolman George saw Norman at Compton avenue and Olive street at 4a.m. There were several scalp wounds on the back of his head and he seemed

dazed. He said that he was drink'!ng at the club with four men whom he did not know and that whihovt provocation they set upon him and: ‘beat him, .

. o and Bes ) : jill and Marcum REVEAL SECRETS OF BLOODY FEUDS} Ready to Lay Bare Every Assassination. in Breathitt County to Save Son. o—e— BOY TAUGHT TO DRINK

Mother Will Tell Jury Father Reared Lad in Atmosphere “of Murder.

By a Stacf Correspondent of the Post- Disvatch, IRVINE, Ky., Dec. 19.—Secrets of the big Hargis mansion at Jackson, in which the feud murders of bloody Breathitt were planned are to be laid bare during the trial of Beach Hargis for the murder of his father, James ‘Hargis. An attempt is to be made to show that James Hargis brought his son up in an atmosphere of conspiracy, violence and blootished, and laid the foundation for the fate which overtook him. " It is said that when Mrs. Louellen Hargis takes the stand she will spare neither living nor the dead, but will re- veal all she knows of the well-kept secrets of the feudists, and those who know her best say she can tell as much on that subject as James Hargis him- self could if he were alive. She will tell, it is said, of hired as- sassins who were harbored for days and weeks in her home in constant associa- tion with the boy, and that they were tacitly held up before him as models for him to emulate. She will tell of plottings against the lives of enemies of the Hargis clan, of which the grow- ing boy was cognizant, and which served to acquaint him familiarly with sudden death.. : Taught Son to Drink. She will charge her husband with having taught the boy to drink and shoot, and will _ fell how he strapped a big revolver on the boy and of having given him to understand that human life was cheap and to be taken lightly. She will then tell how Hargis, on such a foundation as this, abused and Leat the boy, and aroused in him a passion of resentment which culmi- nated in the killing of the father in the act of beating the boy. She is en- tirely willing to tell all that she knows of the secrets of the feudists and if she does not do so it will be because gb- jections limit the scope of her revela- tions. It is known that she can tell more than ever has been told about the mur- ders of Dr. B. D. Cox, James Cockerill and James B. Marcum. Curt Jett confessed to killing Cocker- ill and Marcum for James Hargis and was sentenced to the Penitentiary for life. Hargis was indicted for all the murders. He was tried on the Cocker- indictments and uac- quitted after two mistrials. Widow Got $8000 Damages. He obtained a change of venue on the Cox indictment to one of his strong- holds at Sandy Hook, in Elliott Coun- ty, and the Commonwealth gave up the fight and dismissed the case. However, Marcum’s widow collected $8000 damages from him for the death of her husband. The assassination of these three were only a few of the deaths in connection with the Hargis-Cockerill feud. It start- ed with the killing of Ben Hargis by Tom Cockerill in a fight. Dr. Cox wes Killed because as Cockerili’s guardian he sided with him. Jim Cockerill was a brother of Tom. Marcum, was assassi- nated because he had fearlessly fought Hargis in the court. All the secret history of these many murders in the City of Sudden Death Mrs. Hargis will tell, if not hindered. Delay in completing the jury yester- day is due to difficulty in procuring the presence of veniremen living in re- mote parts of the county. For four hours in the afternoon the case was at a standstill for lack of jury material, Comment Was vaused by the fact that the mother of one of the accepted ju- rors came into court during the after- noon ‘and was greeted cordially by Mrs. Hargis and sat a long time with Mrs. Hargis and her son in plain wiew of the nine accepted jurors. The attorneys for the Comrnonwealth, Byrd, Kash and Friend, objected to Judge Adams, but he said he could do nothing. Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Hogg arrived to- day from Jacksonn. Mrs. Hogg is the sister of Beach Hargis. James Hargis is suid to have lavished affection and material things on her while despising his son and denying him substantial as- sistance in Iffe. GIRLS WHIP EDITOR WHO ESPOUSED PROHIBITION CAUSE Crowd, Including Girls’ Brothers, Looks On, but Makes No At- tempt to Interfere. NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Editor H. T. Hagaman of Lakewood, N. J., who has been espousing the cause of local prohi- bition in his newspaper, is today nursing the wounds resulting from a horsewhip- ping yesterday by Mazie and Marguerite Birmingham, pretty daughters of a woman engaged in the sale and delivery of beer from wagous. Hagaman had opposed the renewal of Mrs. 's license, which ex-

are students in St. Mary's Academy, and before a crowd which made no ef- fort. to interfere capes! the anti-saloon iaiger with whipk untfl he pe oages by

zac espe were dressed at the City | ene gris} 2 ; wes Tey: : 3 a Bate PN BOE 2 ge mg shop for refuge. The giris’ brothers Ca Js a he 7 .e * 3 ns eet 'U. S. Consul the Hero in Hon- | Special From Our Revolution Expert. pires within a few days. The girls, who} waylaid the editor in the public square | fed to af

VOLUTION ENDS BY HOT SPEECH Threat to uy Army’s Bull Fight Passes Quiets “Dem- onstration.” -

ONLY A* VASE HURT

_duras; He Stopped the Conflict.

PUERTO CORTEZ, Honduras, Dec. 19.—The army got drunk on aguardi- ente here while the commandante was downtown doing the nickelodeons. A revolution was started, but A. W. Brick- wood Jr., United States Consul, nipped it in the bud, spanked the army and put it to bed. When the commandante left the qua-:- tel he took the key to the cellar- ette with him, but the army forced, it open with a jimmy. The en- tire fighting force consisting of 47 generals, ore ser- geant., one corpo- ral and one pri- vate, was soon in ‘a condition to es tablish a new gov- ernment.

They marched up the main street armed with cat rifles and air guns, and made a demonstration in force in front of the office of the Excise, shouting “Down with the Blue Laws,” and “Give us Home Rule!” a Bullet Breaks a Vase. A bullet was fired into the home of the American agent of the Central Steamship Company, demolishing a Sat- suma vase which he purchased only a few days ago at a Japanese auction. This at once caused international com- plications. The steamship-.agent rang for a district messenger boy, who was dispatched to the United States gun- boat Dubuque, which was off on an outing out in the offing. The town was at the mercy of the rev- olutionists until Consul Brickwood came to the rescue. Arming himself with a pair of box- ing gloves and a catcher’s mask, he fearlessly went forth to meet the dis- turbers. ‘Here, you fellows,” he said, ‘‘where do you think you are—in Brownsville? First thing you know, you'll make so much noise your club will be raid- ed. What do you minor leaguers know about 4 revolution, any- way? Here you've been shouting for an hour and there’s not one of you with an average of .200. Where's your pinch hit- ter? Where's your Dode Criss” You look like e bunch of Cardi- nals to me. If you don't be good I'll come down there and take your bull- fight passes away from you.”’ This threat fil- led the army with consterna- tion. The 47 generals helG a council. Army Hastens to Retire. One of them stepped: forward and said: ‘Senor Americano, please do not devastate us by separating us from our passes to the bull-fight. You do us injury. This is not a revolution, but a@ peace conference. We hasten to re- tire.”’ The army withdrew in good order. A message was sent to tell the Dubuque not to hurry. “Good,” wigwagged the commander of the gunboat. “We couldn't have pl much, anyway, Our, gunner's ili from eating too many bananas.’’- FIRE CHIEF SWINGLEY BRAVES SMOKE AND FIRE, SAVES JEWELS Forbids Woman to Enter Burning House, Then Goes for Jew- elry Himself. Ordering his mén to prevent Mrs. Mary McGrath from ascending the stairway during a fire at the boarding house of Mrs. M. L.~ Harrigan, 9635 West Pine boulevard, Fire Chief Swing- ley hastened up the smoke-filled pass- age-way and recovered for Mrs. Mce- Grath one valuable diamond ring and several other jewels which she had left in her room when the alarm’of fire was sounded. After she reached the street Mrs. Mce- Grath remembered she had left her jewels in her.room. The stairway was dense with smoke, but she started to ~ ~ WE ARMY Gor! Sovsen

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Missing-Grain Man Says He Was Actually Blown Into River at Night, PROSPERED’ IN TEXAS Was About to Take.Charge of a New Bank When Identity Was Discovered.

Special to the Post-Dispatcn. PRINCETON, Ind,, Dec. 19.—Accord- ing to special dispatches received here today from Brownsville, Tex., Henry E. Agar, alleged forger, held for the au- thorities of Princeton who expect to start for this place with him Monday, has ‘told the story of his escape from Indiana. To Col. Alba Heywood, of] king of Jennings, La., and chief officer in an extensive enterprise near Brownsville, by whom Agar has been employed dur- ig the last two years, a confession was made of the whole affair. “Having become involved in debt by over speculation, I used the money of the bank in which I was interested at I’rinceton,” said Agar. ‘A turn in the. grain market left ‘me without means to replace the money and I knew that I would be accused as a defaulter. While ‘the crash was still pending, but which I expected to come at any time, I was aboard one of my grain boats on the Wabash River. Blown Into River. “The river was running bank full and ithe wind was blowing a gale. I started to go from one end of ‘the boat to the other when in some way which I am unable to explain I was either knocked or blown into the water. It was dark at the time and I was quickly carried away by the strong current. I uttered one cry for help as I fell, but believing rescue was impossible, I had about given myself up for lost when I was carried in near the shore, which I ‘managed to reach after floating some distance down stream. “IT made my way to a houseboat, where I remained over night, and it was there I evolved the plan to go away. I knew the report would be circulated that I had been drowned and to leave for parts unknown seemed to be the easiest way out of my difficulty. I re- sclved to go to seme distant place and begin life anew. “The people on the houseboat were not aware of my identity, and permitted me to leave,.the boat without question. I made my way to Louisiana. Under the name of Ralph A. Connor I obtained employment with the Heywoods, and others in the oil fields at Jennings. I soon gained the confidence of my em- ployers, and when Col. Heywood came to Brownsville he brought me as his secretary.”’ Interested in a Bank. Agar enjoyed the complete confidence of his employer, and the respect of all who have known him. At the time of his arrest he’ was on the point of tak- ing active charge of a bank at San Benito, just established by Heywood. Agar was taken to San Benito yester- day under custody of the Texas Rang- ers, to permit him to arrange his busi- ness matters, Mr. Agar asked as to his persona} business affairs in Texas, but on this point he was reticent. It is. said that Agar brought a large sum of money with him, made heavy investments in land and was interested in other busi- ness enterprises. He has prospered and some of his investments are said to have more thah quadrupled ‘in value during the last 18 months. He is understood to be a partner in a real estate firm that transacted a big business. A few days ago a party of homeseekers and prospective investors from Indiana arrived at San Benito, among them a former State Senator who knew Agar when the latter was a member of the Legislature. He spoke to Agar, calling him by his right name. Agar assured the Indiana man that he was mistaken; that his name was Con- nor. The visitor was s0 certain of Agar’s identity that he notifled the offi- cers and the fugitive’s arrest was or- dered. Today Mrs. Agar reCeived a personal @ iegram from her husband, saying: “Am anxiously expecting to see my loved ones. Expect to leave here Monday.” DR. WILEY RECOMMENDS THAT BAN BE PLACED ON ABSINTHE He Says French Drug Is Injurious to Health and Should Be Barred, WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—There is a strong probability that the further tm- portation of absinthe “ag the United States will be prohibited. A reeommen-

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. Are Well Treated and Are Not Prisoners, Employers Say the Reason for It Is to Keep Out Unde- sirable Persons. * The Pattee-Truitt Commissary Co. of St. Louis, through its attorneys, John- son, Houts, Marlatt & Hawes, denied Saturday charges made by persons who complained to the Federal prosecuting authorities in Chicago alleging — of peonage. The Pattee-Truitt company has fur- nished workmen to the Corn and Refining Co., which is building its new plant at Argo, ae CG FO, plant is to cost $10,000,000. Officers of both concerns declare that the men are well treated and are in no way restrained of their liberty. The charges made to them for board, lodging and various service are in all cases rea- bonable, they declare. The complaint is due, the officers of the company say, to dissatisfaction of labor-union leaders with the “open shop” policy of the Corn Products com- pany. The Corn Products company and the Pattee-Truitt company have asked the Chicago prosecuting authorities to make 6 full investigation of the charges. aed particularly declare that there truth in the stories related to the Dis- trict Attorney’s office, to the effect that the men-are restrained within a stock- ade and are systematically kept in debt for the purpose of preventing them from departing. They say the high stockade whith sur- rounds the place is to keep undesirable persons out, not to keep in anyone who wants to go out. The guards at the gate, and the bosses at different places on the grounds, it is stated, are not armed. Many of the men board out- side, - The sanitary arrangements of the camp have been approved by the IIlinois | Board of Health.

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guardianship of a person of religious faith different from that of their parents, In support of the legality of the ante. nuptial agreement, Brewer argues in the petition: ‘‘There is an ineradicable feel- ing of evil in the human life and man- ners and there is in the moral con- sciousness of man a sense of violated order, of t of the divine law, or what is called sin, which is evil in its essential form. This fact of evil is everywhere appealed to by the Christian religion, which is the religion of the Roman Catholic church, and it is ( aim and purpose of this religion to eiver children and men. from its power and misery in this world and after death. ? “Our laws and every ethical and ju- dicial code is based upon the recognition of existing evil, and is designed to pro- tect human society, as well as individ- uals, from its injurious consequences. Therefore the agreement set forth is in accord with the purpose of our laws, and is ear and brutes 4 ‘Adpaninaiiae eee claims Cary is estopped from precluding the children from ghe benefits of the agreement. By 80 doing “he is & fraud upon their most sacred and inherent rights,” his father-in-law avers. With regard to Eva Cary the court is asked to declare that the child is a Catholic,,apd that she be considered a ward of the court, and entitied to en- joy the religious fae and privileges of a Catholic child. father keeps her from | pelled her to give up by her mother, and will see Catholic relatives. © declares in the pe i" of fraud and falsehood 3 law and against the of morality. he asks that the to have this done under Catholic au- Brewer sets forth t Neha expres- sion of his dat ter the children. He quote ing: “I want my eniieren Catholics and brought ; . : . EXPLAIN THE STOCKADE| spices. Besides the anternuptia agreement}

ecuting Attorney of thie 6 is @ son of Francs M. C member of the Interstate C Commission. | The w charged with violating make it ah offense to icine or surgery, or to for pay without a received $54, In the a proceded. for 15 neara, 4 attorney attacked the ¢ ne ity. of the law; so. SG "ga The arguments on be defendants were made by ¥ ten of Kansas City, recen for Congressman Missouri District; and } man and Franklin Ewing Cockrell and: and Kemprill .of ndings sented the State. ; Jt Th decision this that. the Christian | practice medicine of the law.

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ss iene. | ee . Wii Seis oe Se te. PE LE ae ht a a ri2 BS aY CAO aN: hat yes = Pose ha eee ee, Be ow ft aif: ae ave b ; bes nd , thie As & e ah FAMILY. FRIEND} _ Miss Caroline hiatal Gives Half of $500,000 Estate to | Relatives. RESIDUE TO ADVISOR Two Churches Get | $5000 Each and Cemetery Receives $8000 Endowment.

The will of Miss Caroline Morfoot, whvu Gied at her home in Cafroliton Dec. U, has been filed for probate in thc Greene County Court at Carrollton, Ill. Ornan Pierson of Carrollton is ‘made executor without bond. After providing for payment of fu- neral expenses and just debts, she de- vises and’ bequeaths her real estate and personal property as follows: Adam Alli- gon, $3000; William Allison, $3000; Sophia ~ Allison Dean, $3000; Carrie Allison Walk- er, $3000; John Allison Dixon, $3000; John Cc. Goltra, $2000; Ella Goltra Russell, $2000; Mary Goltra Beaty, $2000; William Allison, $1000; Louis Allison, $1000; Mary Allison Banta, $1000; Ernest Allison, : Herbert Allison, $1000; Eva Allison, Ray Allison, $1000; Orville Allison, May Allison, $1000; Ora Allison, ; Ida Allison Childs, $1000; Zella Al- lison, $1000; George Woods, $3000; John J. Woods, $3000; Mary J. Woods Williams, $3000; May J. Woods Horton, $3000; Rich- ard Rattan, $25,000; Sarah E. Jeffries, $25,000; Charlotte H. Haight, $25,000 George Chinn, $5000 and 240 acres of land; Emma and Georgeanna Dodgson, $30,000 each and 240 acres of land; Charles L. Colby, $6000; Herbert D. Colby, $5000; Mary O. Colby Denison, $5000. T’'wo Churches Remembered, To the Trinity Episco -1 Church at Carroliton $5000, as an endownient, to be kept intact to support a minister. She also leaves $5000 to the trustees of the First Methodist Church at Carrollton to support a minister; $8000 to the Hope- well Cemetery, named by her as “the |} Hopéwell Cemetery fund,”’ the income to be used for the care of this ceme- tery. The last bequest reads as follgws: “To my friend Ornan Pierson, whé for s0 many years Was a near friend of our family, and for a’ number of years as- sisted wmy Jate brother, Danie! Morfoot, in “many of his business transactions _#nd since my brother's death has as- - sisted me in my business affairs, and r which he has never asked or received : ton ‘compensation whatever, I give and devise and bequeath the entire residue and remainder of my estate, real and 4 —s es . = a : Rated POO AEN Do ernie: , j . ¥ = ad a c hPa eek zi : j ’ 8 ‘e Ss ee gi Pee a ‘ 3, ; 7 esi a. ark e + te te x mY? vier jhe : - : és a ye Tee, zr Wee oF 4 eX2 5 iy aay? oN bod - “ss CaS & e aN ie Tuatha :'2 > ts . \ J ms body x ‘ - rf Ns x % . = ees a ; > a re 5 es . F hen x 2 re ‘% pbs . : . 4 x Ce et tele a GBS 6455 Sy ae Sie § 4 : . ~ ee an wmneeens . 2 : 7 HANGIN BALANCE OVER CHRIST MAS State Blocks aes of De- fense to Give Jury Case on Eve of Holiday. CONSPIRACY ALLEGED

Counsel for Defendant Say Bayside Clubmen Combined Against Client.

FLUSHING, Lu. IL, Dec. 19.—Thornton Jenkins Hains will not hear his fate by Christmas day, and the present plan of the defense to sum up the case on the eve of that day will go for naught. This was definitely foreshad- owed today when District Attorney Darrin informed those interested that he saw no chance of completing the peo- ple’s case before the middle or latter part of next week. Darrin has been severely § criticised for his management of the case, but in this instance he has outgeneraled the defense’s clever lawyers. Mcintyre, who had one experience with a criminal case getting before a jury on Christmas eve—when Fayne Moore,*New York’s alleged badger, was acquitted in the face of what McIntyre, who was prosecuting, considered star evidence—started to string the Hains case out by lengthy cross-examination of the people’s witnesses, in order that he might complete it Thursday night. Darrin said @othing, but ‘he, too, fell into languid methods. Now there is no chance of the case beirg completed wéxt week, and Dar- rin has scored a decided advantage. Firearms Expert Wanted, Both “sides were very active today, rounding up the witnesses remaining to be called and interrogating them as to the evidence they can be relied on to give. The defense’s attorneys are looking- for a firearms expert to give some evi- dence as to the length of time required to fire the shots from the automatic re- volver with which Annis was. slain. They cannot qualify Maj. John Hains for this. He is an attache of the Paymaster’s department of the regu- lar army and has had no experience with weapons. So the defense today sent to Hartford, Conn., where the re- volver was manufactured, for an ex- pert whom they hope to use. District Attorney Darrin said today that he did not expect Mrs. Annis. catty of the murdered man, would be placed on the stand before Tuesday. He has three more eye witnesses of the killing that he wants to get on the stand before he calls the widow. | ES [AMERICAN DUCHESS WHO SHOCKED MOTHER-IN-LAW VUCHES S Je SHAVINES

a. ‘fl YANKEE WIDOW De CHAULNES SHOCKS FRENCH She Is Actually Nursing Her Baby to the Scandal of Her Titled Kin.

PARIS, Dec. 19.—Paris society, partic- ularly’-the American colony, is smiling over a little story going the rounds about the Duchess de Chaulnes, former- ly Miss Theodora Shonts. According to intimate friends of ‘the Duchess she has brought into. the life of the French aristocracy American ideas regarding a mother’s duty to her children, thereby causing vast astonishment. It is the custom here in high society for hired nyrses to take charge of a baby immediately after its birth and But the in- 4ye staunch Marshal -Conway. 5 Mie . 2 Sek oe , . Y P26 O52 west) ” $ 0 ee ,s . er nt =) +3 ie A 1 Sa * i oe ig: ’ S Ene ~ ‘a yoo * x sates y r! wii y A - j ae RS ee ‘ ot ore st ae ; * . 13 - 3 ia ; _ > FP " 2 4 ” ‘ ee « a2 7 ‘ yy : $8 , as vt . t : : * : Jones’ brother-in-law, Jeptha _D. Howe, chairman of the Republican City Committee. “T had a list of 32 applicants to choose from,’’ said Jones. “I took the cream of the flock, the very best men. Some of the applications were made to me di- rect and some came through the City Committee.: - “As to the statement that Mr. Howe is pleased with the appointments, a can only say that any fair-minded man would know that I would select the best men to work for me. I did not con- sult one man, but many. Says He Canvassed City. “I canvassed the city tnoroughly to learn the qualifications of the appli- cants. I consulted Circuit Judges and former judges, lawyers and business men of the highest standing. I talked with members of the City Committee, with Former Judge Klein, Charles Na- gel, Election Commissioner Schnur- macher and Wallace D. Simmons. I picked the men in the belief that they were the very best. It was in reply to a question as to why he appointed one out-of-town man that he said he was not gov- erned by custom or politics, That the .committee organization was faithfully recognized by Mr. Jones is apparent from the appointment of L. C. Dyer, Republican committeeman from the Twenty-third Ward; Edward E. Ku, dolph, son of William Rudolph, for- mer First Ward Republican leader, and Forrest G. Ferriss, who has recently been attached to the Attorney-General’s office at Jefferson City. Four Not Reappointed. The other assistants chosemw by Jones are Harry Rosskopf and Cleveland &. Newton, member of Circuit Attorney Sager’s staff; Charles B. Davis, Walter J. G. Neun and Paul E. Griffin. Avoid Possible Death Sentence. John Keiser, 33 years old, of West ‘Alton, was sentenced to 40 years In the Penitentiary when he pleaded guilty, Friday, in the Circuit Court at St Charies to attacking his 12-year-old daughter, Zelma, at their home on July 2%, last. Keiser at first pleaded not guilty, but when the trial began he changed that plea. It is said that ‘the attack on the daughter was committed in the presence of her mother and other mem- bers of the family, and that Keiser threatened to kill them if they ever said anything about it. Had he been found guilty he might have been sen- tenced to death.

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Broadway, Washington Av. and St. Charles Ste bring it up for the mother. dependent American Duchess has ~ in- formed the titled relatives of her late husband that she is in no need of a nurse to give the young Duke de Chaulnes nourishment; that she will at- tend to that herself. It is said that the old Duchess d’Uzez, the head of the family, is greatly shocked at such a procedure, which, in Franee, is confined to the peasantry or the. bourgeoise. The young mother met all objections, and she now nurses the child, whom she barely permits to be out. of her sight. American society here is proud of the Duchess for her stand. Te Duchess has not been very strong since her child's birth. She occupies apartments with her family, taken for her by her father, at 38 Avenue Hoche, in the city, while the De Chaulnes family are still at the chateau in the country. It is probable that she, with the rest of the Shonts fqgmily, will take a_ trip to America soon, as the Duchess believes thet the bracing climate of New York and Washington will complete:y restore her health. TAFT EATS MANY-TIMES A DAY AND LOSES FLESH 3 Pounds 214 Ounces Gone From President-Elect During a Feast Week. NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—President-elect Taft is a living refutation of the axiom that men grow fat by eating and thin by letting food alone. Mr. Taft arrived in this city last Sun- day and left for Georgia on Thursday. During that time he wds wined, dined, tupped, breakfasted, teaed and_snacked at a rate that would have Yendered most men incapable of moving from place to. place and, lo—Mr. Taft lost * eight. Mr. Taft's invitations ran _ all the way from 11 to 36 a day. Practically every invitation had a meal coupon at- tached. After it was all over he weighed three pounds, two and one-half ounces less than when he begn. Jones failed to reappoint Col. “‘Dick’’ Johnson, Don C. Summers, Loomis C. Johnson and Grant C. Gillespie. Col. Johnson says he was not a can- didate for reappointment. Loomis John- son opposed Jones for the circuit attor- neyship nomination at the primary elec- tion. Grant Gillespie. in the preliminary. stage of the recent campaign, formed with the Niedringhaus forces in opposi- tion to Howe’s organization. The selection of Forrest G. Ferris of Moberly is a concegsion to the State organization. Heretofore the Circuit Attorney has given this body two or three appoint- ments, but Jones cut Dickey’s repre- sentation to one. Ferris was known to have had the personal support of Over Tne -cteat Had- ley. That Hadley may ieeclpreéati by giv- ing the Republican City Committee something in the shape of political ple for the Ferris appointment is the confi- dent belief of politicians. Six Get 83000 a Year. Six of the assistants will get a salary of $3000 a year and one $2400. The Cir- cult Attorney also has the appointment of a clerk at $1800 a year. This position is now filled: by John B. Owen. Charles B. Davis, one of the new as- sistants, is an intimate friend of Circuit Attorney Jones, being a graduate of the State University, of which Jones is an alumnus. Paul E. Griffin is a political protege of Hiram Lloyd, who is a candidate for Speaker of the House of Representa- tives. He is ‘in the law office of John A. Gilliam. He has had several years’ lega! experience. Walter J. G. Neun ts identified with the legal department of the Simmons Hardware Co. He is about 30 years old. Messrs. Roskopf and Newton have been connected with the Circuit Attor- ney’s office about three years, during which time both have made sp!endid rec- ords as prosecuting officers. L. C. Dyer says that his appoint- ment as Assistant Circuit Attorney | will not cause him to resign as Re- ubiican City Committeeman for the aie Ward. | personal, to be his absolute estate for- : | ever.” Miss Morfoot will recetve about $200,000 Miss Norfoot was 81 years old and was the last of five children, who came from England >» America over half a ‘century ago. She was the weaithiest / woman in Greene County, her estate ‘being worth $500,000. ST, LOUIS GIRL STUDENTS VOUCH FOR ROOSEVELT STORY Home for Holidays, Miss Bessie Phillips Verifies Horseback Riding Episode. Miss Bessie Phillips, daughter of ‘Hiram Phillips of 5161 Kensington ave- nue, came home for the Christmas holl- days Saturday from the National Park ‘Seminary at Washington, three girl pu, pe of which are reported to have been - @buked by President Rooseveit for pass. ing him on the open road while out horseback riding. At the Phillips home it was said that ' Miss Phillips aid not care to make a de- tailed statement, but that she had told of the family that the account It cannot be denied that the State has already made a strong case against Thornton Hains. Both McIntyre and his assistant, Shay, say they will be able to disprove the statements of the members of the Bay Side Yacht Club that Thornton Hains drew his revolver with the firing of the first shot. Couspiracy Is Alleged. They declared today that they believe the yacht club members have combined against their client and say they will try to prove this when their ‘turn comes. McIntyre declares that when Mrs. An- nis takes the stand he wili not cross- examine her to any great extent if he can avoid it. He believes he can induce the jury to look at her evidence as biased, no matter what she may say. Asked if Capt. Peter C. Hains would take the stand in his brother's defense, McIntyre said he hoped so, but that this would not be fully determined unts} later. Gen. Hains, possibly Mrs. Gen. Hains, Maj. Hains and Thornton are sure to be called as witnesses for the defense, al- though the reason for calling the mother of the accused is a closely guerded se- cret. Justice Crane said today that here- after he will hold three sessions a day, with one long one on Saturdays, unless the lawyers positively declare they can- not stand sucha strain. PATROLMAN SEWING DISMISSED He Was Found Drinking in Club and Neglecting Duty. Probationary Patrolman’ Henry Sew- ing, Carr Street District, ‘was dropped : : from the force Friday for drinking beer in a.club. He was not given a hearing. Sewing was assigned to guard the home of a woman who had been threatened It was charged that he visited a club and got into an argument with the president. When asked to make a re- port Sewing said he had been trying to make a case against the club. - The board announced that its former decision in the case of Patrolman Pat- rick Duffy, dismissed for intoxication, was sustained. Duffy had asked for a _rehearing ard at the second trial offered the testimony of witnesses that he had drunk Weiss beer. NEW YORKER MADE $250,000 SELLING GIANT SANDWICHES Familiar Figure Around Madison Square Garden for the Last Within two rounds of ye clock after ye nightfall of Friday Mayor Ashlock, surrounded by a picked company of his yoeman guard, made entry into Benbow City and marched even unto the tavern of ye licensed victualer, Mike Brady. There in state at ye table of ye pe- nuchle sat ye Mayor of Benbow. Ranged around in brave array were bowls of wassail, flagons of stout, beak- ers of lager, and eke the trenchers of weiss bier. “Drink hearty, all,” quoth ye gude ban Benbow, “for ye drowning of trou- bies and ye ending of strife. Burghers, I give you toast to ye health of ye Mayor of Wood River.” Even so, it was pledged and drunk in ye purlieus of Benbow and Wood River and rust betime is forming on ye hafts of ye bowguns. And ye drawbridge will be lead for ye gude $60,000 electric lighting com- pany. Bet” poe

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Resists Suit for Children’s Sake. For the sake of their seven chil- dren, Emil Kleissle says he has de- termined to resist the divorce suit of his wife, Josephine, and obtained an order in Judge Taylor’s court Friday setting aside the default granted to the plaintiff... Kleissle says his wife returned to him last August, after a separation of* nearly three years, then deserted him a month later, Two daughters live with the mother. * SE ttt te ts oes meident as published in Friday's a. ugusta Blanke, daughter of Cy. ~~ | pus F. Blanke of 2837 Lafayette avenue, ' fs on her way home from the school and

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NOVEMBER CIRCULATION AVERAGE PER DAY 4 “S Daily, 5s I 148, 911 233,627 1906, *154,008 240,264 1907, 158,940 250,243 1908, 159, 104 266,969 Cisovlation tor , 1908, greatest in the history of od a meatht for e a Be gee, the 8 preced ae "ah vearet as “I ‘the afisstes pri. Circulation. a ey EVERYTHING.” ieenreetenennsceetenerscsscnenens MR, STONE AND THE PEOPLE’S WILL. While we do not find much that is new or {m- portant in Senator Stone’s proclamation on the subject of the Missouri senatorship, one remark in his statement invites the most decided objections. There has not been in this State any expression of “the will of the people” favorable to his re- It is true that on a@ small vote he appears to have carried the Demo- cratic primaries, but the people themselves voted for the Republican party and if it were not for

the holdover senators there would be no question | about the election of a Republican to succeed Mr. Party discipline and the fact that the people did not have an opportunity this year to elect all of _ the members of the Legislature may give the of- . fice to Mr. Stone. If so, the result cannot be due to the preference of the voters as expressed at the time when the question was under consid- eration. It must be attributed to elections held two years ago when the senatorship was not particularly in mind. For this reason it may be a _ dangerous for Missouri Democrats to say much at the omen time about the will of the people. a Ai he — eS __. TOO MANY DRIVERS IN MISSOURI. _* Mr, Nagel felicitates the people of Missouri on the fact that no political party is in such undis-

i puted ascendancy that another party cannot for —- take. the, reing of government out of its ote. are in full accord with the principle here indicated. There should be a strong minority in every State in the nation. No majority should ever be so large as to be invincible. On the other hand, it may be said that the Missouri situation fs hardly ideal.. The parties here are so evenly divided that we have a State administration di- vided between the two. When it comes to handling the reins, it is usual- ly a good plan to commit the responsibility to one party or person at a time. Too many drivers make trouble. —o—— COL. WETMORE’S BOARD. _ Col. Wetmore can be called any time as a wit- fess that parties, like republics, are ungrateful. So much has been said about the payment of his _ expenses at Chicago from the campaign fund that he has been forced to write a letter explaining that - he put in his entire time for three months at __ headquarters and in addition contributed $1550. _ Holy writ says that we must not muzzle the vox | treads the corn, and so the Colonel’s hotel ll was paid out of the party exchequer. Some of these Missouri Democrats evidently ex- pect ‘heir servants to work for nothing and board _ themselves.

. TAFT IN THE TARIFF TRAP. Excellent evidence that the tariff gun is always loaded is found in the fact that Mr. Taft has been @peech on the subject. Certain interests rushed hurriedly into his presence, it appears, and insist- @d on feeling his pulse and taking his temperature. To show that he is in geod mental, physical and = = = eee, itn cil ‘ A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE. Re When Dorando fell just as he won the Mara- ——— a

, Fiera, defeated under such dramatic cir- a eoale achieved fame and advertising that _ plucky Italian is now one of the greatest gas cards in athletic sporté in the world. = = = i Randi ise | AN OLD BOY.’ 4s pathetic interest in the case of James | 60 years old, who lost his place as carry- in boy at the Alton Glass Works because le # no longer a boy, and killed himself in despa‘r. he bop to despair for what he had he would har refed for what he had ened | hessed ees page a man, and talks big about

he acguires that happy waited 60 years to be-| the fact was 6 picnene| oe we fe bf ,| the negative. | | ST. LOUIS’ MOST IMPORTANT TASE. Councilman Crunden’s remarks at the dinner of the Civic League on the inefficiency, the contra- dictions and the wrongs of municipal goyernment, in St Louis were well based. It is probable that an improvement in the character of the men who hold city offices would ameliorate conditions materially, but nothing less than a new charter can possibly cure some of the evils complained of. Under the existing system the city government is one of the rudest and crudest and clumsiest con- trivances on earth. There is too much of it. There is too minute a division of responsibility. Some men have too much power. Others do not have enough. Popular fear of officialism is expressed in many places, and yet in others we find bump- tious placeholders who do practically as they please. We have an incapable Municipal Assem- bly and yet if it were made up of scholars and statesmen it would still be incapable on account of its lack of power. A man in the Mayor’s office may do much by way of obstruction, but the greatest administrator in the land would ac- complish little there in the matter of constructive work. The present charter was long ago outgrown. It never was well adapted even to a small town. Ina great and growing city it is woe- fully out of keeping with the times and the conditions. To provide this city with a new and workable charter is the most pressing need of the day. It should be monumental in its simplicity. It should concentrate pow- er and responsibility in a few hands. There can be no real popular rule where responsi- bility cannot be fixed. La. di Li» rr THE INHIBITORY CENTERS. Prof. Muensterberg tells us that there are in the human brain certhin ganglia which he calls in- hibitory centers. The function of these minute bundles of nerves is to check a man and make him count a few when he is about to make a fool of himself. The learned man tells us further that the spry vigor of these inhibitory centers is always, impaired by alcohol, and, if enough of the stuff is swallowed they are completely paralyzed. The cause of temperance has thus scientific as well as moral support, and while common men may perhaps neglect the caution, because it is no great matter if they make fools of themselves, the case is quite otherwise with exalted persons and personages. The eyes of the city, of the State or province, of the nation, of the whole world, are upon such persons because they represent the vir- tue, wisdom and dignity of their several con- stituencies. Therefore they should not make fools of themselves, and they can save themselves from folly only by taking good care of their inhibitory centers. President-elect Fart and Emperor William have “sworn off” and thus furnished a fine example for all kaisers, czars, kings, presidents, governors-— in fact, for all men who are personages. Alcohol paralyzes the inhibitory centers; therefore all per- sonages should be abstainers.

a Le Ap rere HATTIE WILLIAMS’ ASPIRATIONS. Miss Hattie Williams properly feels that dis- content with her,achievement which should pos- sess the soul of every worker in the arts. “I aspire to serious work rather than to musical comedy,” she told the Post-Dispatch the other day. “I want to do something more human and intelligent.” It is of promise for her future that Miss Wil- liams thus refuses to be satisfied with what she has already accomplished. But she must not fall into the error of scorning the task for which, perhaps, nature has best equipped her. Much that is human and intelligent can be put into musical comedy—and the more human and intel- ligent it is the better musical comedy it is. This truth is earnestly commended to Miss Williams’ attention. .

+, 4 A» i i THE WAY OF A LAWYER. During the Hains trial now in progress in New York the attorney for the defendant has adopted a method of cross-examination which consists in asking the witness such questions as these: “Did you hear Thornton Hains say, ‘Il am as sorry for this as anyone. I have tried to keep him from doing this for a year?’”’ “Did you hear the de- fendant say, ‘Look out; he’s erazy and may shvot you too?’” “Is it not a fact that Peter Hains, before he began shooting, said, ‘You have stolen. my wife and my children?’” To all of these questions the witnesses, who had previously told all they remembered of the con- versation accompanying the tragedy, replied in Yet it is probable that the sug- gestion, made repeatedly, will ultimately have an effect on the jurors. Of course, the attorney should not be blamed for trying to earn his fee, but this form of cross- examination is not calculated to further justice. hi in he — Ss NO DOUBT OF THIS MAN’S “GUILT.” Judge Foster of the New York Court of General Sessions is guilty of lese majeste, treason or the shorter and uglier word—it may be of all three. Asked to compel a man to support his wife this audacious Judge says: “I am not going to encour- age this crime of matrimony by making a hus- band whose earnings are $6 a week go out and steal to support a wife, because he can barely live himself on.the $6. I will not. allow her even $2 a week,” and he adds this outrageous libel. “This rushing into matrimony may appeal to the President of the United States, but it does not to one who weighs the evidence.” What is to be done with this man who refuses to accept without reserve the abstract doctrine that marriage is a good institution and every- body ought to marry? He actually mixes com- mon sense with it even after the President of the United States has consecrated it with his author- ity. Judge Foster ought to be prosecuted by the] Govertiment for trying to undermine the institu-| tion without which government itself would bef impossible. The woman in New York who ened for $25,090 damages because she became entangled in a rope and was taken on an involuntary balloon ascen- sion at a county fair, may have trouble‘In proving her claim. Millionaires all over the country are

jers be compensated extra? |] but its grade as a moral being.

ton, Congressman from Cleveland, but there will be no wearing of crape now that Mr. Baft has withdrawn. his offer to make him Secretary of the-Treasury. ith Burton on guard at the mon~ ey drawer we be able to cash an appropri- ation, mn i A ae a bn “authorities have deciaea to

“The Russian nava institute oriminal correspondent of the Novoe Vremya for his con- tinued articles attacking:the naval: NCA tion.—Telegram from St. Petersburs. This may be the precedent on which the great American prosecution for “libeling the Govern-. ment” is to be based. hi hee i as The man who was lectured for 30 minutes by Judge Pollard and was then fined $500 said the lecture was worse than the fine. That sounds rcasonable.

La, A Lr a Sometimes a cure seems to be radical and per- manent. The Kaiser is on the. water wagon, where men never talk much. ia, Le a Mi cant 2 “The fender failed to work” is a phrase almost always used in describing how children are killed by street cars in St. Louis. Lh Lr. di i i It will be interesting, will it not, if William H. Taft becomes a member of the Ananias Club? = LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. “Phillips Park.” To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. In naming the new Fair Ground; park and play- grounds, would dt not be fitting and very appropri- ate to cali it after the man who originated and pro- moted the plan as far as it lay in his power, name- ly Capt. E. J. Phillips? It seems to me he should re- ceive. some recognition for all ne has done toward the’ establishment of playgrounds, and “Phillips Park’’ would be appropriate, and I am sure he could not help but appreciate the honor. AN INTERESTED ONE.

Presents for Teachers. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. I would like to know the opinion of other parents | in regard to the custom school children have adopt- ed, which is now becoming a nuisance, namely, sup- plying their teacher with all sorts of presents on holidays, and some go so far as to take things al- most daily. It is readily seen what a hardship this practice imposes on those unable to do Iftkewise, as partiality is bound to’ prevail. This same practice is no longer tolerated with our police force; and as both are paid by the city, why should school teach- It is a harmful practice which should be stopped by the School Board, A PARENT. Young Folks Need Fun. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. I think that the younger element would stay home more often if the parents would make it more pleasant for them and their company. If the piano is played, they say it makes too much noise; if games are induiged in, it is not right; so there is no place to go except the poolrooms. In olden times crewds would congregate at their friends’ homes and spend the evening in dancing and singing, but now they call them silly, for fear it might disturb “dad,”’ who is reading the paper. Give the child more freedom of his or her home and there will be less running around, AN OLD-TIMER. Home Rule for St. Louis. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. Why should Mr. Hadley grant home rule for §8t. Louis? Have the business men or better element of our citizens demonstrated to Mr. Hadley that they are sufficiently organized to control the affairs of the city and that they are willing to take an active part in politics? Dollars to doughnuts that he will not- encourage home rule until this fact is demon- strated to him. Do the class that want Mr. Hadley to take the lid off ask this favor for putting Mr. Cowherd out of business by forcing his nomination on the country Democrats and causing them to vote for Mr. Hadley? This seems to be the only claim they have on him. Don’t wait for a drink till Had- ley takes the lid off. A REPUBLICAN. Weight of a Soul. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. Your editorial last Sunday under this head shows that there is a misapprehension on the part of those who are talking about the soul and its supposed weight. D’Albee, whom you mention, ‘does not say in his book on Immortality that the soul itself prob- ably has weight, but that what he calls the ‘“‘soul- body,’’ composed of the vital essence of the cellular tissue, may weigh something appreciable. The word soul should be defined before we talk about it. If we mean by it the sum of the intelligence and af- fections of a man, of course it has no weight. The new psychology, however, teaches that the soul 80 defined has a sort of ethereal clothing after death. Paul called this the spiritual body. In doing a good act you do not manifest the “‘weight’’ of your soul, STUDENT. Be Kind to to Animals. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. I reported a sick and disabled horse in Kinloch Park, Mo., which has been thrown out, this is tne second .winter for it, to lie out, covered with snow and ice. It being in the county I did not know who to report it to, so I tried the Humane Society in the Commercial Building, and asked them if it did not come under their jurisdiction.: ‘They asked me to please put it in the hands of the county society. I did so and inclosed a stamp, but the poor horse’ is still lying out. Our horses all over the city are worked, starved and beaten—while they are the breadwinner for their owners. Our cats are raised and while young and cute mothers give them to their children for ““‘Teddy bears’ until their cuteness is gone; then they are thrown out to starve. I! picked up five that were poor and homeless and they made nice, useful cats. Also puppies are loved and caressed by young and old only while small] and eute. Then they are thrown out to starve and fall in the hands of dog catchers. Now, good people that go to church every Sunday, just stop and think if you are doing any good for humanity. If you have no humanity, do not go to church. ANIMALS’ FRIEND. To Prevent Consumption, To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. The anti-spitting law is a good one, but “this is locking the stable after the horse is stolen.’’ Corse worn at any time, and low-cut shoes worn in winter are directly, more often, the cause of consumption, probably, than the sputum. The lungs, not only of the woman or mother, but also of the child, are weakened and their air capacity much lowered by the pressure due to the corset, thus lowering the vita! resisting capacity to prevent the germ getting a good start. As corsets have been worn for several gen- erations, the restricted tung capacity has been trens- | mitted down from generation to generation, so each set of children thereby become more and more sus- ceptible, thus accounting for the increase in this dis- ease. This exposure of low shoes and lace stocking® also lowers the resisting Capacity. Next comes &

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Ballad of Conciliation. By Clark McAdams.

WONDER now Hes gas Is going to conciliate The people while the days are short With cookies, as the papers state, If others whom we oft’ berate Have also planned to try their luck At conquering our prejudice By setting out some kind of chuck? S it the House of Delegates Has thought of serving us with hot And luscious wienerwursts in which Our ancient grudge shall be forgot The while we dance around the pot, Repenting of our long abuse, And spread horse-radish freely on The sandwich of out smoking truce?

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: ND who would care to say there is” No thought of softening our hearts Toward the pay-and-enter cars By dint of culinary arts, If that’s the way it can be done, And Jong ago the ways and means Were not devised for serving us | A Christmas iuncbeon of sardinent hope you have enjoyed your honeymoon | with us?” “Sir? But he merely turned the register back and ated to the entry: “John Doe and He had been as “rattled” as any boy. ~Philadelphia Ledger. . R even that the Bottoms Gang tiem v gilance so long would cease As not to seize upon the chance To win respect from the police, And else and otherwise increase Its socig] standing hereabout By setting up a small lunchstand And handing lady fingers out? pene anaemia wt see ron A Rattled Bridegroom. ) Some few years since a man of ma- ture age found himself playing First Fiddle’ to Marriage Bells. Then they hied themselves away, as others have done, to Niagara Fatis. He chuckled to himself as he took the pen to en- ter on a hotel register for the isin time “John Doe’ and wife.”

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* r j HY ata “Real Kelly forsake her perfectly fascinating East Side New York ‘childfen, who she understands so thoroughly, for the much less interest- ing Jrish and English people of the upper set, who appear in her new _*Remah?” Lady Rosnah, a very daring Irish lass, is persuaded by the Shella Fitzgerald to palm herself off for the of couple of weeks as hella Fitegerald on Gen. Fitzgerald, Lady Mary and’ four attractive brothers. This deception is made possible by the fact that for a great number of years ‘the General had been in the service in India, and as the children were born they were sent to realtives in England and Ireland. The real Sheila was brouglt up by an aunt on the estate next Lady Rosnah, so that much of the ‘famil history is known to the fair deceiver. At the opening of the story the }Genem! has returned home, taken a house and ordered the several children to -appeir and become united, Lady Rosnah is enthusiastically admired by all the | family, especially by the eldest brother. There are times when the disclosure jot fhe secret seems imminent, but fate is kind and Rosnah stays with the fam- { ily, long enough to win all their hearts, and be forgiven at the finish. | / Other romances wind through the book, with many a glimpse of the warm Iysh hearts, both the poor and the rich. (Appleton.)

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RS. HUGH FRASER’S oraity little tale, “The Heart of a Geisha,” decorated by R. Wier Crouch, frontispiece by Ludwig Holberg, is one of the dainty gift books this season, It is an idealized geisha, Mrs. Fra- | ner presente, a virtuous artist who saves her princely lover in the last days of | “eseon's rule and when the Emperor comes into his own marries the Prince.— —_" ~~

OSTON in Massachusetts gained it name from Boston in Lincolnshire, England, whence came promoters of the settlement tin the new world. The name is contracted from Saint Botolph’s Town, and is undergoing further contraction. Ultimately the inhabitants of the Massachusetts ¢gity who now name it B-st-tn, a vowelless spit, will probably conclude they use too many consonants and let a T impinge upon N suffice to name their town. _ Mary Caroline Crawford has written the story of “St. Botolph's Town” in the new world, with a little harking back to the quaint Lincolnshire city for origins. It is good, if somewhat too refined, history abundantly illustrated and decorated. The tale runs from the Cambrifge agreement to found a state in ‘he new world (1629) which sent John Winthrop te be Governor of the new olony to the dawn of active resistance against England’s rule.—(L. C. Page ¢ Co.)

NY book bearing the name of Katherine Cecil Thurston would recom- mend itself to the reading public. “The Fly on the Wheel” is a very fascinating, though not pleasant story. It is the fight of a strong man, husband and father, against a love which dominates him, a love for a rest- sees, high-strung Irish girl who is willing to face outter darkness by a Catholic priest; she has no help, and with no hope, takes the life that looks so utterly void without the love of the man she could not have. —(Dodd, Mead & Co.)

irH her “Bow of Orange Ribbon,”’ Amelia E. Barr made many friends and these will welcome her new book, “The Strawberry Handkercnief,” at- tractive in name, appearance and subject. It tells the story of which we never tire, of the early New York days when the Dutch lived in their com- fortable possessions. It weaves romance through the stirring times when men were resenting Taxation without Representation, and the atory ends happily. —(Dodd, Mead & Co.) -

G. WELLS, who has given us the greatest romances with aspect produced in our time, has written an unique book—‘First and © Last Things.” It is his confession of faith uninfluenced by family or friendly considerations, and is presented in lucid fasnion. The book, he says, grow from a rsper which he was asked to read before an organization that be- came curious concerning the beliefs of its members. His fundamental is that the individual—by whatever name you designate it—person, unit or atom—is unique, is different from all other individuals and when we gather masses and attempt to work out a law for them we only attain a pescentage, not an in- alienable unalterable tendency. ; “We are all biased to ignore our mental imperfections and to talk and act as though jn our minds we had exact instruments, something wherewith to scale the heavens, and to believe as if, except for perversity, all our minds work exactly alike. Man, thinking man, suffers from intellectual overconfi- dence and an universal belief in the validity of reasoning. Of everything we say: this is true; but it is not quite true. Of everything we need to say: this is true ft relation to things in or near its plane, but not true of other things. wf everything we have to remember: this may be truer for us than for other persons. All the great and important beliefs by which life is guarded and determined are less of the nature of fact than of artistic expregsion.”’ It is a natural following from such metaphysic that refusing to believe in a future life, Mr. AVells should believe that he was placed in this world to do some definite work; that he should finda “scheme” in the universe and get boggle at a Schemer; that he should deny the probability of God and yet say: “At times In the silence of the night and in rare lonely moments come upon a sort of communion of myself and something great that is not myself. It is _ perhaps poverty of mind and language that obliges me to say then this uni- versal scheme takes on the effect of a sympathetic person and my communion | » quality of fearless worship. These moments happen and they are the’ su- preme fact in my religious life to me, they are the crown of my religious experiences. te Therefore he makes nothing of logical consistency anywhere in the laying bare of his soul.’ In fact, he flouts logic continually, as when expressing his startling theory of individualism in everything, the complete’ separation through unlikeness of all units in the universe, he advocates socialism as the eure for all our ills. Every thinker will find in Mr. Wells’ confession some tags that justify his far standpoints; but few will be courageous enough to lay bare his inner- thoughts, as Mr. Wells has done, fearless and not contemptuous of the s opinion about them. (Putnam.)

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THE FIRST TREE From Jacob A. Riis’ “Yule-Tide in the Old Town,’’ in the Century. EN Ansgarius preached. the WA wie Christ to the vikings of the North, so runs the legend of the Christmas tree, the Lord sent his three messengers, Faith, Hope and Love, to help light the first tree. Seek- ing one that should be high as hope, wide as love, and that bore the sign of the cross on every bough, they chose the balsam: fir, which best of all the trees in the forest met the requirements. Perhaps that is a gogd reason why there clings about the Christmas tree in my old home that which has preserved it from being swept along in the flood of senseless luxury that has swamped so many things in our money-mad day. At least so it was then. Every time I see a tree studded with electric light, gar- lands of tinsel gold festooning every branch, and hung with the hundred cost- ly knickknacks the storekeepers invent year by year ‘“‘to make trade,” until its burden, I have a feeling that a fraud has been practiced on the kindly spirit of Yule. Wax candles are the only real thing for a Christmas tree, candles ‘of wax that mingle their perfume with that of the burning fir,‘ not the by-product of some coal oil. or other abomination. What if the boughs do catch fire? They can be watched, and too many candles are tawdry, anyhow. Also, red apples, oranges and old-fashioned cornucopfas made of colored paper, and made at home, look a hundred times better and fitter in the green; and so do drums and toy trumpets and wald horns, and a focking horse reined up in front: that feed not have cost $40, or anythinglike it. 4

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shows that the cause of X-ray injuries is the fact that the rays Were applied constantly for a given period. By applying them intermittent- ly, or by flashes, as can now be done, the harmful effects can be done away with and protection for normal parts dispensed with. The rays have four effects: sedative, stimulant, irritant, and escharotic, according to the manner of application. By making and breaking the current it is possible to shorten the distance of the tube and increase the amperage. Regenerative action by the X-ray is possible by using flashes, and injuries received from too strong applications of the constant rays may be caused to regenerate by the use of flashes. In all caseg of useful action of X-rays this has been due to their general and local effect, improving gen- eral metabolism and favoring local re- generation. Sedation is obtained by mild continuous bombardment. Tension ts lowered and sleep indyced. Burning re- sults from continu ‘action, with max-

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into dollars! [ 7) ‘into dotiare: can be coined Without it failure is foreor- dained. The young man who wins is the one who starts out with a set purpose. “Théy conquer who believe they can,” says the old proverb. The shears With which Andrew Car- negie clips his coupons were bought with hard toil and business aptitude. “IT am going to win,’ was Marshall Field’s motto. Too many of our young men nowadays want to start at the to Those who, through mistaken favorit- ism, get a start near the top generally siide downs Those who werk up from the bottom stick. The Duke of Argyle had every one of his sons learn a trade. “Make yourself necessary, young man, and your success is certain,’’ was .one of Josh Billings’ philosophies. There have been a great many things that couldn’t be done thai have been done. It was believed in England and feared in America that the colonists couldn’t win, But they did! There was a belief, less than 50 years ago, that a railroad couldn’t cross the Rockies. f But it did! 5 Pleadings, warnings, prophecies and threats failed to change the course of the caravels. Columbus was determined! That determination finally wrote hie name in large letters on the scroll of fame. Determination discovered America! ° The Cabots, Balboa, Magellan. Raleigh were all men of determined purpose. nee

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LE BARON Hudson and Marquette knew “no such word as fail.’’ Determination explored America! The Pilgrims had the courage of their convictions. Only unflinching character would have braved such dangers for opinion’s sake. The Walloons were men of dogged tenacity. They came to stay—and they stayed. The Puritans were inflexible. They stained our history with witch- craft, but they laid a grand foundation. From that foundation sprang a civ- ilization much finer than that of its founders. Determination settled America! The Bradfords, the Winthrops, Brewsters, Standish, Eliot sowed the seeds of peace. The Revolution made that peace possi- ble. All peace has been won either by a war of arms or opinions. ‘After the Revolution followed age of industry. The threshing machine superseded the flail. The cotton gin gave a new value to the tields of the South. — SD A COMPLETE FOOD BAKER’S COCOA 50) Highest Awards in Europe and America the and Penn the

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The reaper relegated the laborious scythe to the rear. The song Of the sewing machine light- ened the monotony of the needle. A'l were the triumphs of inventive per- sistency. “The undiscovered country’’—the great Middle West—came out of its obscurity. Barren tracts were made to blossom. Pioneers multiplied. Lewis and Clark made their intrepid journey to the Pacific. Men of steel were on hand for every emergency. The Jand of promise became a great feality. The forty-niners, men of great hardi- hood, divulged a new source of national wealth. Every artery ofgthe resis beat with new life. There was nothing too difficult to undertake. Hardships surrendered to energy. Determination developed America.

Santa Claus for 5,000,000 Dolls. From Bohemian Magazine. It has been estimated that 5,000,000 dolls are manufactured each year and by far the greater part of this number is distributed about Christmas time. It would be difficult to form any estimate as to what number of these dolls are broken and cast aside before they have been played with two weeks. But the output still continues, from the factories of Germany and France, where the gold- en-haired darlings are created; to the far northern huts of the Lapland Eski- mos, who carve their dolls from walrus tusks. And each cHild to whom a doll is given is filled, if only for a brief period, with such joy of possession as no other gift can bring.

Next Year. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. “Hello, old man! Back from China. eh? When did you come?’ ‘‘Yesterday—in my new aeroplane.” ‘“‘How were the roads? Good?’ “Rather cloudy.” ~~

Christmas Counsel, “My wife and I,” remarked the young “have agreed not to give each other anything for Christmas.” “liow's that?’ “So that we may save money.” ‘Better save picnty of it,”’ advised the old married man, kindly. “For if you ec.rry out that program, my boy, it will take something handsome to pacify her the day after.”—Washington Herald.

-« Coulda’t Use His Knuneowledge. A man who stuttered badly went to a specialist and after 1 difficult lessons learned to say quite distinctly, “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." His friends congratulated him upon this splendid achievement. “Yes,” said the man doul‘fully, “but it’s s-s-s-such a d-d-deucedly d-d-d-dif- cult rem-mark to w-w-work into an or- di-n-n-nary c-c-conversation, y'know.” ~-Everybody’s Magasine.

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~ MCALEER wice. — . * * iy COCHEMS’ TEAM. STARS START PRECTICE TODAY Eddie Cochems, coach of the 8t. Lbuis University football eleven, expects to start practice with the all-star St. Louis football eleven this afternoon for the

game with the All-Star Chicago team to, be played in the Coliseum New Year's afternoon. All of the men who wish to try for the local eleven are requested to report at St. Louis U. this afternoon. Francis Cayou, coach of the Washington U. eleven expects to play in the back fleld with Cochems. Jack Schneider, fullback on 8t. Louis U. last season, will play fullback. Cochems declares that as far as possible he will use former stars in- stead of the men who played this season. Brad Robinson and Clarence ixenney are expécted to play on the ends, while Eddie Murphy may act as quarterback. Eckersall, the former Chicago Uni- versity star quarterback, who is cap- tain and’ manager of the Chicago eleven, has named his probable line-up for the game as follows: Turner of Dartmouth, left end, McDer- mott of Notre Dame, left tackle, Jack Henry of Beloit left guard, Harris of Chicago center, Meyers of Beloit right xuard, Ernst of Lafayette right tackley Steffens of Chicago U. right end, Ecker- sall quarterback, Kling of the Army right half, Iddings of Chicago left half, and Henry of Swarthmore fullback. A _ Conlon to Bex in K,. C. CHIOAGO, Dec. 19.—Johnny Coulon 1s to have a workout in Kansas City. New Year’s day, when he meets Mike Orrison at 108 pounds. The boys are scheduled

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BY JOHN POLLOCK. NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The fighting worst slump this year that it has had since the sport was first inaugurated there, will in all probability be conduct- ed by new men the coming year. Jack Gleason, Sam Berger and Eugene Le- cardi, who were at the head of the three clubs that have practically an- nounced that they will not continue mn he game again, as they have lost money. Jim Buckley, who is conducting box- ing stags again at the Sharkey A. C., last night matched Johnny Dwyer of Elizabeth, N. J., to meet Battling Hur- ley, the Passaic fighter, in the main bout of 10 rounds at the next show of the club a week from Wednesday night. Jim Coffroth is another fight pro- moter of California who is after the bout between Billy Papke and Hugo Kelley, which will be arranged in a few days. Coffroth has offered the fighters 60 per cent of the gross receipts to bat-

tle at his arena at Colma on New SCHOLASTIC BASKET BALL SEASON TO OPEN TODAY Two Interscholastic League basket ball games are scheduled, one this aft- ernoon and the other tonight. The Manual Training School five will oppose the Western M. A. team in a game at Louisiana Hall, starting at 3 o'clock. The McKinley and Yeatman High School games will clash in a con- test at Louisiana Hall at 8 o'clock. Francis Cayou of Washington Univer- sity, will referee the afternoon and in the evening Spencer Thomas, also a former Washington University man, will officiate. It is generally expected that the Manual and McKinley teams will be the winners. ee rr Saturday’s Soccer Games, The C. B. C. Triple A. teams .of the Saturday Afternoon Soccer League will méet in a game on the C. B. C. campus this afternoon. The Fountain A. C. and Keen Kutterg will furnish the contest on the Triple A grounds in Forest Park. Beth games will be started at 3 o'clock. Paul McSweeney will officiate at C. B.

Year’s afternoon. It is not likely that they will accept this date, as it will not give them time enough to train. After much dickering the match be- tween Marvin Hart of Louisville and Mike Schreck of Cincinnati has finally been arranged. They were signed up last night to battle for 20 rounds before the Fayette A._C. of Lexington, Ky., on the night of Dec. 31. An effort is be- ing made by the club officials to get John L. Sullivan to referee the contest. Both men are in training for the con- test. Two good fights are carded for to- night. At the National A. C; of Phila- delphia Al Kubiak, the Michigan heavy- weight, and John Wille, the Chicago light heavyweight, will battle for six rounds at catch weights, while at New Orleans “Young Donahue,"’ the clever welterweight of Boston, and Dave Deshler will come together in a 1i6- round bout before the Southern Athletic Club. Both bouts ought to be good ones. mm rm ne me eee ee ee AMATEUR BOXER EXPIRES AFTER KNOCKOUT BLOW PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19.—In one of the try-out boxing bouts for the ama- teur championship of Pennsylvania Fri. day afternoon, Mike Haney, whose right name is believed to be James Currant, 19 years old, of this city, sank to’ the floor when Fred Stewart struck him on the point ef the jaw. Referee Bailey stopped the bout and Haney staggered ty» hig corner and collapsed. He died later in the hospital without regaining consciousness, Stewart surrendered to the police. He and Referee Bailey claim that Haney died from a fit and that his mouth was frothing when he was carried from tha ring. The physicians who examined Haney before entering the ring say he was in perfect condition.

; oy Griffiths Beats Morgzn. SPRINGFIELD, 0O., Dec. 19.—Billy Griffiths of Cincinnati, last night knocked out Jack Morgan of Indianapo- lis in the thirteenth round of a sched- uled 20-round bout before the Champion

C. while O'Neil will rereree the game at the Triple A. ‘ Athletic Club.

CITY BOWLING TOURNEY WILL CLOSE TOMORROW Thirteen five-men teams will wind up the last night’s bowling of the annual tourney of the City Tenpin Association on the De Soto Olive alleys this even- ing. A number of two-men teams and individuals will bow! tomorrow after- noon, the finai squad of the tournament being scheduled to go on the runs at 4:30 p. m. All of the tears that will bowl this evening have big handicap®. Shaid and Frohardt of the Phos Fer- rones hung up a new high mark for two-men teams last night when they got a total of 1261 pins, including 150 pins’ handicap. Their scratch mark did not equal the 1178 total of Ruhe and Dermitt. Sixteen two-men teams bowled ‘ast night, but Schaid and Frohardt were the only men to get a big seore. Fro- hardt shot an exceptionally good. game. considering that he was in as & long handicap man. His games were 223, 195 and 179, for a total of 598. It seems that a man wWill have to have sore consilerably aver 000 to Ret tntv i ho Stas

night got over 6) pins, including handi- cap. Goette was high with a total of 640, including an allowance of a 12-pin handicap. H. Grimm got 639 and Kamp, E. Frohardt, J. Schiele and BE. Fremer ail got 630 or over. . It is hardly probable that the list of prize winners for tne tournament will be announced until about next Wednes- cay. The prize money and medals will In all probability be awarded a week from tonight. Al Jellison, as the result of bis 300 game in a City Tenpin League match, will get a chance to shoot at Pittsburg in @ special prize event for all the men who shot perfect games on regis- tered alleys in a regular mateh this sea- son, Arthur Rothwell of the Schneldts’ team is another local man who will get a chance to shoot in this event. The man making the best score at Pittsburg will be awarded a considerable amount ‘of money and a gold medal, —_ The ' of Grabite Cl in the lead in the Inters : Bows Wy wy te t «4 AE = Sar See toe a Cree ree Oye ae emery = ms > age of 9%. The De Soto Stars, which team is third, with 22 games won and 17 lost, has the best average for the sea- son. 949. All of the eight teams of the league are well bunched, the De Soto- Olives, who are seventh, having yon 17 games and logt 22. Two matches between teams of the Palace Handicap League and one te. tween Palace Jugior Learve fives vere bowled on the Palace alleys ia: night, In the Handicap !-eigte Gie Newlyweds won two out of (irce ames from the Grafemans. The ! ranklins took three games from the Cwls In the other In the Junlor League Pitts’

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dertaken by the celebrated Greek. Diogenes. Di was a reformer, in his ‘ime. He wanted to show up communi- ties after a truly modern style. Only Di was smarter. He figured out the mathematics of the proposition and de- sided it was quicker to find the few than the many, so he took down his trusty electric flashlight and went look- ing for an honest man. So Mr. Bresnahan, instead of itooking for poor players on his team, can take a short cut by finding the good one— we say one after due reflection. Aside from Bresnahan himself, Ko- netchy is the only player left the Car- dinala who can really be considered first-class timber. Mr. Robison promises to assess his stockholders $100,000, if necessary, in order to build up the team. But as prices go now he might buy only a few substitutes and sour players even with | this seemingly formidable sum, espe- clally at this late time. M Ri HEDGES stripped his bank roll of a few $10,000 bills and went East to buy out baseball celebrities not long since. They showed him a nice line of goods, shopworn, damaged, what knights of the dry goods counter call P. Ms. A P. M. is a quan- tity whose room is more desirable than its presence and, therefore, a P. M. (premium) is given the clerk who can McAleer holds the record for disposing of PF. Ms. Other man- agers have been so often dazzled by his art of making his P. M. (it may also stand for post-mortem) look almost human, when on the baseball field, that they. refuse to take his word any more, but examine the teeth for age marks. The preliminary examination this year Was unfavorable and so Hedges had to take his subtreasury to the firing line . But, although he turned his cornuco- pia upside down in an endeavor to buy, after his trades failed, only one player was forthcoming/ The Johnsons, Burnses, Smiths, Dygerts and others were beyond price. So Robison will find that his $100,000 will not bridge the chasm left by the blast that tore four stars from the club and gave but one filler in return. Men are not for sale in baseball clubs to- day. Owners realize the number of truly first-class performers is insuffi- cient to make 16 first-class major league clubs. They also consider a win- ning team is a gold mine not to be ligthly tampered with, even for $10,000 bonuses per individual. N two. or three years the Card may develop a team that will m sa a strong factor in the baseball world, but then we've been saying that annually since the World’s Fair. First-baseman Koney’s life promises to be filled with golden opportunities for display, since Mr. Bresnahan has come-to manage him. It will be inter- esting to note him pitch the ball, then chase over to first base to take the MAY REINSTATE. “BOXER M. EATON a ied Efforts wilil be made by the friends of Marshall Eaton, one of the amateur boxers suspended Thursday night by the W. A. A. U. to have Florence Cur- ran, chairman of the Boxing Commit- tee, reinstate Eaton, so that he can appear in what was booked to be the feature bout of the amateur boxing tournament at the M. A. C., this even- ing. Baton was to have boxed George Kirkwood. He was suspended for insisting that Bob Dougiass guarantee him his prize at a tournament sanctioned by the W. A. A. U. That body has now decided that in the future the elubs must have their medals ready to present to ‘the boxers on the night of the tournament. Paton did not receive @my money for boxing. He was at an Bast Side jew- eler’s the day after the boute to get his prize, He still has an or- der on this jeweler for @ prize to the

pa boxing instructor of the Missouri A. C., will put Harry Rodgers on agains Kirkwood. Kirkwood ie cousidered one of the best boxers developed at the South Broadway A. C. im quite a while. He is an ex man, and a botr between Eaton and Kirkwood would prove a big drawing card. Five other bouts will be put on this evening. Harry MoCarthy, one of men who was to or wernt oh tournament, fell ball at the club and Was rendered conscious. He The other bouts on William Staengel st 100 pounds; vs. E.

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; ‘ Rte 3 * ie = Ee ee tay ~ rt * e > os 4 ee + xe? oe be H oe ih offerings in an- ticipation ‘ bank statement Caused a setbac finished dull and easy, © Weekly « of the asscciated banks issued toda Shows the

600; legal tend- ts, decrease ast surplus two years

"80 Of $3,280,900. The market closed weak. ce advances, but these w great influence to the ton The ae reaction followed

int or more. Investment preferred ne of 7, Union Pacific sold off » Rock Islang preferreq 2%, Southern Pa- Cifle 1% and Reading and Great Northern Ore certificates 4 point. St. Louls Stock Exchange.

About 500 shares of Stock changed hands at Saturday's Short session of the St. Louis Stock Exchange, The bond market was completely neglected. The feature of the session was Nationa! Candy common; Which was rather ac. tive, at % Point higher than Friday. After opening at 16%, it sold down gradually to 16%, and at the close Was offered at 16%. Other issues traded in were firm. Stock books of United Railways pre- ferred will] close Dec. 23, and reopen Jan. 11, on account of the regular diy- idend. First Session, Simmons Hardware 2q pfd. Union Sand road 6s,

©n the part stocks on ma niade this w sand natur- State of affairs « were concerned, he were car. E. St. I,. & Sub. Ry 5s.... Kinloch Tel. 6s. Laclede Gas ist 6s Toledo Home Tel Tri-City Ry. & Lt. United Rys, 4s\ Natl. Bank of Commerce. Commonwealth Trust 6 Mercantile

heir faci}. ¥8 preferred at 62%. 16 United Railways Preferred at 63. 20 United Railways preferred at 63.

er firms 5 United Railways Preferred at 63. 10 Union Sand at 121,

he was on sufficiently for such in. instance he correspond. Own firm. that this tes an intrinsic. Position so far as large its concerned. “There ig also a srowing Conviction

the great rise in th

Stock mar. & Series of down- . culminated in the of that Year. country's trade. in the stock market witn H | , PEP Gsvsseze 10 Union Sand at 121. 1 Third National Bank at 318X. 100 National Candy common at 164. 100 National Candy common at 16%. 2% National Candy common at 16%. 100 National Canday common at 16%. 10 National Canday common at. 16%. 25 National Canday common at 164, 2% National Canday common at 164, 1§ National Candy Common at 16y, 15 National Bank of Commerce at 248%. 3 National Bank of Commerce at 248%. 2 National Bank of Commerce at 248%, New — ony Conte ly b - N. Coler > pee ee New York City: Co, 4 COUPONS sie ioe BPE 19. D and int 92% and int foie 308 S%s Nov., 1950-40 anol Ss May, 1954 ’ D. sina 82 NB ‘On ‘REGIE? srr a Nev 1, 1900 ise ] and In ov. 1, 1910 14% a in’ we _—o——___. j Telegraph and Telephones,

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was at no time any reason to doubt his Cco preferred 0060s rcccecs ibe ht tT TTT Ty OPO ee ee eroreecceetecccng ied ttt tt tte Tr comnion $6 bbstesesdbeccee ukee & St. Pay! common red Chicago & “Asi comma Colo. F. @ to ek II Sete Colo. Sou. coOmmon.... do Ist Dreferred do 2d pfa. (new high record) Riess Consdlidated Gas Corn P. Ref. common do preferred . Chicago & Alton xdo preferreq YER SNS CURL Sb pd ececdesésé Chesapeuke & Ohio Delaware @ Hudson Dis. Sec. Cor. ,

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cag nee OPED ER ob eeusShecebedee do Ist preferreg 000906 006bbcscedecondaden do 24 Preferred . General Electric wt °ONP S400 bees sebeeddvibine Great Northern Preferred Great Northern Ore. 090000600 se ecccscdiccce Illinois Centra! bP ORF ORE Oe bbe cnibhes dos Interboro Met, common $00 0D s veseescccccoce do preferrea xInternational Paper COMMUNION... 0cccccec Internationa) Steam Pump...... Iowa. Central xK.C. Fg. & M. preferred........... K. C. Southern common xdo preferred Louisville & OUTIL 5500s shi cecdics. Manhattan OO PO eee eer eseesevceecs OOo ee eesseessces @eeen ed nr # P9890 Ss os econenener ces © Peer estes Missouri, Kansas @ Texas, common.,.... do preferred dentdieesés Missouri Pacific We kedheOdesewesebvessedce 0 M., 8. T. P. & g. Mei sesecsesesednedeesessce, xNorth American Fer eae xNational Biscuit common .... xNational Enamel. common CON Ose cbeccced xdo preferred ee National Lead viernes CTE TOT EE do preferred Northern PRONG. 6. .acicecccscsyecseccens,.., New York Air Brake...... New York Centra} xNew York, Chicago & st. Louis N. Y. 0. &@ W Norfolk & Western Pacific Maii sovde Pennsylvania People’s Gas +9 COGS TORE N60 be ctééuensececes Pitts, C., GC. & St. Louis HOD cebbeeedeces Pullman Co. .. heotha P. S. Car common OC ere esecssececns do preferred xReading ist preferred xdo 2d preferred avéeinebsevce xRepublic Iron & Steel commo: do preferred », Reading common Rock Island common hae LL ee ere do preferred Railway Stee] Springs common bPebvecees xdo preferred Sloss-Sheffield S0OCD 0c Uneubbocccdca Southern Pacific OOO COO es ee ereeeccescccs ence Scuthern Ry. common xdo preferred ..........,. te eeeeecceccccs xSteel Foundry (new @tock) ........ x8t.L. & S. F 1 Pe eee eeeees ee POP eee eeeeeses ereeeeve . POCO Core asescces rn we OOSSUS COON Seeéeccen eet esbec . vc OPO L9C8O9 0606 6606 0eedecce OCC OSes wedveccceccss we ARMOS OC OO 00 90b00 040 beds ea ee v» ) wWO866 COUR ROR Stkdeccen OOO OOO SS See oe e des eeece Peeeee Cee eeeeeesee., COOP OOP COs eeeesis do preferred wn, eww ESTOS SSS OCEDS dc icces Texas Pacific ‘Third Avenue 0000000 08OS 090s 6 ost occcccecs do preferred ... xTwin City COPS croacvesrecesesoboecce Union Pacific COTRMON. ..sscssccesssscconce do preferréd ..... United States Rubber ..... CUCTC SS esbeicicce r.8 CLP & Co nes xU. 8S. Red. & Ref. Co. TORO Oe Peeereeseeces, U. 8. Steel common OC ee? oe do preferred ........... beetbceoccs xVirginia C. & Weceddcens Virginia-c. ¢. CO. svscrcccsvcccrcosssctsccece Wabash common seer do preferred xdo Pitts. Ter. 2ds..... SCUMPUOESOEb Oeste Sn. xW. &L. K. common. ce, St aie ae Westinghouse .......... scdhenikBeseteecen Wisconsin Central common do preferred ............. dit veeseesd Western Union xMackay common . xdo preferred 4 ; Tennessee oe gad ee Neescoees R 44% diniintiteiidmenne xUnopened. *Advanced. -Declinea -+»» Unchanged Total Sales, 560,600 shares. thet deh batt i tT yy ett TT

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SPs Bi Steet veeeuneseese Cie 3 te 7. oe oa dare &, we >? oy ‘ > So ae ee cies 2 ‘ 2 7 ci ae $ ho 3 ae al aes ox z ee SS ae : ps ; _ : ; 2 “y ee ae ¥, t * eh - it fre ee fe | kein By é | ie Of steadier —_ ets in the e the undertone 4 al e a Gosed ta bin om, ces n oO nts Niw YoRv? TT On Yetlrinn i Toda esterday, Today, y. 8.53 8.57 8.58 Hf | NATIVE CATTLE—mM of the 600 natives A few wecaay were throuch, gone yo © sold at a ut st ces an Some carried over ” Oat g 8.63 8.70 8.69 8.76 S2Se=

icy 18Y'8, sales inctuded steers at §3@5, ae at, $3-9064.10, “cows “ar go ose P Ss GO OP On On ae GP ae an -7 te

S=s2 to prime steers close the week on basis, low- riced steers se}! er and cows and heif- - Btock cattle have ad- ae F § 05 8.90 ew York ‘spo market closed Quiet, ents higher, Quote middling, 9.20c, 8. ~ i N ose: Spot in light demand:

cl ; ints higher: American middiing ld; good , 005d; middling, es A 4.670: good ordinary” . of . les of the day were 4000 export Receipts, 40a

2....1010.... 2 BO Oren. ME is s AND YEARLINGS.

market dul): Sales, 12 ; &0od ordinary, 7c; low . Bc; good middling, ; pinmes and Stains, te. to “~ c of Interior movement aise Sept. ; 234,216 SsaIsz Cues ~} S Worl

d’s vi, last Week, ‘ f ib] po hi k, 512.600 8 6 su y: 8 Wee a 2 bales 4.983.000 bales; week 2 70@ { b 4, bales

eek 1907, 3 4 . 413, ; week endi 8. This week, 534,000 week, ,000 bales: week ending RECH ity Al PRINGIPAL Por SSune = a4 ao Médium stock Fancy Milkers tk choice milkers m

Pp NTS. : Voston—21,925 bales, against 18,956 bales ear. Orleans—.6346 bales, against 15,915 ear. : bales, against 3467 bales last ianevannah—sasg bales, against 8908 bales ear. Charleston—499 bales, against 629 bales last “ t 11,840 b les ‘ a lant Satara . ouston— ales, : . M ORE ELE. Memphi les. Net receipts at all United States Ports for STEE 0 Price, 9

cay Were 44,000 bales, against 55,82 n . ast Naw ‘ 1907 » against 566,

Totg) 907, to date, 5,740,757 bales for the corresponding Period the year prior. LOCAL WAREHOUSE STATEMENT,

mS Bm “tors on hand Bept ecel y --1175,... 00 CALVES AND YE « 108.... 4 50 2 ARLINGS. +++ 185... homey ay ay ; ves (fay Py >. 320.... 62:43 ~¢+:1070.... 3 O69 : 59° 288 UTHERN CATTLE QUOTATIONS. 150, 415 table shows the range of or Bo rn cattle: OG steers .....,... -.85.75@6. fed steers 4. c Medium to pena ee NEW YORK BOND SALES. NEW YORK, Dec, 19. | Good 25,000 Int boro 4s at 80%, 20,000 B. ay R PH at 62 38000 gen. pilec. Cv. 58 at Bulls Gn. vy, 1" TOY. . Fair to Choice vealers I ; : ote Fair to choice heavy Yearlings

1.75@2. 7: ay supply there was also a , sg rc market nas were 2000 esti ; 94. 80 a supp 22,000 (on ulte good White Several loads o included Reading 4g é. h mong th 12,000 R. I. 4 74%. ’ eight. B, . Poe With a few 2000 W tin 2000 Amn. fe: , he to “Ket was $5.90 50,000 Colo. § , ‘ $5.35 5.60, 1000 nab, 4s s 78%. be : ; ‘ae 325. ; 000 Read ‘ o r 8 a _" 4 5. 40. jigs and lights / e

7... at 73 MR ath 3... Say." entral 4s at 94%. +++» 266.... 5 80 OFis., Sa, ® 19158 at 94%. ITCHERS AND SHIPPERS. 6s at 108. eee 218 5 75 1... es 5 65 68.... 214°." — e+ ft & e*eee 60 WO icck New York Curb Close, ~~: $0... te oe. Bee. 1 (Francis, Bro. & Co.. 214 N. Fourth “) 80... NEW YORK. Dec 1 FTOCKS. "ee « * 1 Meey en a3 une 2000 P avin, 3% 2000 Amn. Tob. senesee RaRSS Ps : ie Chor crce oO

American To any State « Chicago Subway cbs Havana Tobacco © preferre Internationa! Oo 5 per cent RSISS BSSSe

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RISES i ‘s % -— & eyes . ‘AS | ie = Fr ee eo , ee 5 " - . el, BO stenietee at. a ee mer 8 ee ey ‘ Oo Lees — . . 2 | f + Soe % ny ‘S: —" Ps v2 he. nett =. ¥..¥ nae * - a if « ise Bay 34 , ; 2 > 5 ‘ c : sp Re... ¢s a = = & ; ee ees Scien daa Oe ee tke = — = Seyi ita = lee ; gS ERIK ces: ee Ee Axes aw are te ale) Lee Me Sa ae . 4 S £ r All Cereals Sag to Fractionall y Low- |

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rd Ss 2 inley-Darragh ‘ I as quiet, ng ie and then there w 11 ; S purchased he abo ee Fe mn ney ) of the a ve Quotation © close of ape * are neces- f about The to $4 nominal, o sarily , Bre 25@40c lowe The st tra little or week RNROAD NEWS AND GOssip | fsasw'ee tanta oe wa

horse and Mule -ba The following frenpilations re from officia) | little business at the ’ few transactions ~ were made at Selah pe — = Wall Street oeten ts tine With yesterday, but the trade t first week of ber th j cartings “of 31 railroads aggregated $8. a HORSE BUOTATIONS, 825. against $8,118,188 in ¢ © corresponding mo 8 19% period last year, a decrease of $55,858, or .69 per cent. b sek ves Py ae e gross an urns o railroad for the month of Coteder were as follows: ‘ : anges, Gross earnings. .$195,561,733 Dec, $17,593 501 Oper. expenses... 128,357,787 Dec. 19,390,062 Net earnings. .. $67,203,968 The gross earnings decreased operating expenses decreased 13 1 é and net earnings increased 2.78 per cent. 15 July 1 to Oct. 31: is vee o—f i oe Dec, son rate 121.995, - $04, ne rain, Oper Sxpenoes Sone Dee, Bi, HY on ten A wed eine fo. 2 CHICAGO. % , No. vet earnings. .$289.708.510 Dec. $9 254,246 | red, $1.03%@1.04; No B red, $1.02i, @ 1 oa. The srose earnings decreased 11.52" per No, 2 hard, Agra dant No. $n re | ; Operating expenses decreased 14.95 per $}.02; No. 1 Northern,: 81. yt +o 0. on” aon earnings decreased 3.69 per gy pthern, $1.06@1.07; No, 3 nS, 8cq@ oi, i ig Bes choice to extra . 145 a mon

hands ands

cent.

KMA%ec: No. 8 white, ns D6 DAL, hogs. 57% he e- liow. 55@ Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg. .* w'white. 56%; No. ¢ white.

Foreign Public Securities, vofecses an Baa: 900 a Re a ae wan. Nati Bank South western. pes. r eA Nb bohe dy. a7 | ue. Be Louie Ma ttesseeeresccccees BS MOTOS fm URITY ~—— a eet Dec y

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session ana ont at almost " lowest Relat. rth May Lower. " was and Weak, he hat a ae a oS

While trading in local wh volume Sat y and 5 ey) A al throuanene th we pee ou e les = ~~ low points af -— showed 4 ines Minneapo! Ww t to aj

tion ort session was almost prices also ate In decifts Pri tte A were almost s on- ctlonal oo ines. ‘ ayy 1.08 iol. ae, ralif ° spares 10, , 000 bu Be, bi eate ocks of wheat in store hard, 45, 24p

a . bu, be a ae rs pc In bu grades, 13,401, F bu; ncrease for + year ago, increase for

*** #86 eteeee é **eeeeees The late trading continued dul} and there was tial change in conditions in the »* na 1916-1906. sesZecnn sy. Seaboard clearances of flour for the — were 247.000 bu. Primary pts o Tae were 654,722 bu, with shipments of 178,64 bu, and loca! ast were 40,000 bu, with shipments of 87.! u. vement In the Weather and the rge receipts of corn caused 4 &. te

Corn clearances Primary receipts of do with shipments of 404, " reps were 75,900 bu, with Pments of j u, ‘ tures were inactive a - to %c lower. Cash a can. rances bu. ipts ‘of oats were 851 bu, ey bu, re- with shipments of acct ME ee Frio Con: ae copebsetecal oF ops s “299 0¢e8eeceegeen 8 hte rece of 410,504 aT ral R Te erage uy) eee a ee +2 wh r ale Re 3a, coupon, 1908. a tt ORS e ebne:» 1 bonds, 1908 tr eeeeeeee me 9 5 oe v : y OR eee “ ’ ' , .’* . a ‘ ee tate i ¥ "ie? 7 le a uy | Soe Bay % 60 : o he x Sh Bees, a = ri + mS = i; (i >i: 1: ° * _— vay _‘Vieor ae Pe a P A ee on if Be Fis W me of hh cael see ous eo Pe *ts SHIR ai vb Berg? 4d <P . : eae : eh eeee diladaale dete te kes $4 ‘in ~ ee o. BOND (QUOT. : be : be sf. LOUIS, D ACU R) i ee ‘se CORO eretoes ule } . E + ; ; f oe, ’ 4 . ta 2 : ¢ é do ee. Ll. Fag Ean — a "2S eee eees ew. st ; 91) a A ways onial : = <¥

76,800 bu, ee ; Short Time Bonds and Notes, spe-

Securities, 600-601 Third ng, St. Louls, Mo. NEW YORK, Dec. 19, Sah | SSPAe Aone en »-_ «- aie bate LS 10100 i6bi “G'S0 ere ‘+++:1010 100% 100% 5.25] Som e above ll are with in fect fo ail market’ changes’ yi applicat See Domesti¢ Exchange, (Whitaker & Co., 300 N. Fourth street, ST. We quote exchange toda New York Ct onal ; ne Louisville WwW Orie The Three-Year Five Gold Notes of this

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MONEY IN ANY SUM VERY LOWEST RATES AIPLE & HEMMELMANN R. EB. C@O., Safe Investors of Money, 622 pane. ~ c March of the Knights of the Holy Grail, from Wagner's “Parsif al,” the popular concert Sunday aft “William Tell’ is the next This was his iast opera and al- most his last composition. Iils “Sta- bat Mater’ was the only important work to follow. Rossini lived 30 years afterward, “enjoying life,” as he often expressed it. Mrs. Benjamin Chase, the soloist,

ACL et Es ee se ase ~ movant ab te Gk Gini Wiisinie This clan the direction of Alexander Henneman, at Neighborhood Settlement House, at 4p. m. Sunday: wand Gertrade " Henweman, Miltair Rc ted 'B the Lass Love Te, Kind. a Air— eae, “WANTED HOHSES wta. —To buy horses, mares and ame bent cash wrices paid. Oall at ti HORSES Tso rae Toma wagon or uity $ brick house: terms oaay. Sha (T HORSES Wtd.—Horses and mules 7 ee = ter; pasture, water, shelter and feed ia pice reasonable Phone Victor B41. reeds no introduction to the St. Loul? musical public, as she made a remark- ably suceessful debut in St. Louis with the Choral Symphony Society in the presentation of their last oratorio, “Mary Magdalene,”” at the Odeon, March, 1907. For Sunday her numbers will be: “Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion,” ffom the “Messiah,” by Han-

ed; you by 1 oP aint sa eoecial rep- resentative o Re oo SS Hurd: Y ke Ce OO at arpert . C ny eee 7 (8) | $15 PRIZE waltz given at Coliseum Dancing iW ABSOCTAT correspondence echool of poateny. lith and Pine, Saturday evening. ~ Westminster = #1000. t 00 to i000 "needed: 1 @ im ‘responsible | ACADEMY 0 DANCING. the pt qd Hall, Siive st. ; Clark’s party | oor ann tee Suoisie: pt open for Raat ge and Baturday ase teac os: both te baer tory Lark . mg sta Liitian ‘Kuehner. Eee iB ets ‘ is Roehik ‘and Vocal When ont ns Mr Roehik. at } ee oe The Christmas recitals of the Kroe- DANCING

or Sale—Wanted _{ MISCELLANEOUS ror SALE sale, ichardson’s” novels, evel . ardson 1icat vols ney 1 tun. Jaener st. Money to Loan GON 8ST. LOUIS CITY REAL ESTATE. Lowest rate of interest and commission. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT MERCANTILE TRUST o0,, . ent.

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uteau nkel. hou evening.

ters, Mfg. Co.. or monthly pay- bought at liberal Bi tt ae Pine; Central 2196, live 2770. (26xc several P. er icinds silgntty 1109 Olive -karat, on in ar bed pacrifice for $300. oat-Dis (7)

he latent 2h om : “Be on ‘the do}- take eleva- 8c)

50 St. Geacens 20 . BIT N. 4th sw (3) saie, 200 wr ot Manceeren shellbark niceory : larRe hickory nuts, §1 0c bushel; pure : choles sun-dried ap-

enberger, Cina |

nN and sol th st.; Cen- ' (8c) — sale . ion fess MISCELLANEOUS WANTS - RA ge veal ta for ats es, Car best prices for ee ce ~ at store Market Central o74L. —e way ute. Fash. Lafayette av. (7)

' old Shenae, Bomont 1910. ght top w and harness for laundry” re, Y.a. $° B. Campbel

_FOR SALE

COLTS—Come quick; ares HORSE—For sale. ha dsom way. Central PONY—For sale WAGON-- For sale, . 1840 N., : th st. bar ms for sale, 8 wo John aten ote ll outeau av. horpes ; double

TARNESS—Chonpoer piage 2. LAG new and toned ~ second- hand harness, Broadw = sale;

cheap; Sunday. O Taylor av. (7)

ORSE—For sale, cheap, yo heavy oar Inquire at ethbie. i061 on horse. ORSES—-For sale, team bands, 5 and 6 plenty y-" aty}e, plac well "ore. full

es and ta the $350, “victor Toes. $2 so eat hers HORSES—For sale orses, two ETE storm bugey or deliv very, 2 2 combi tien or Sriving, nice brown horse 1200 beunds, or stor station wagon, 7 ‘years. 0221.. 6112 Virginia av. =O ddleby Oy. ee St. Lou Sarin G agencies erry 4 for Holla J. Duyvene de Wit, Bloemendaal,

olland, THERE are circumstances offering jt ago investments sometimes which are remark ably attractive, offering absurdly lat sae will siness is vouch that reasons timate. Box M-59. P.-D.

BOTTLES—All kinds. bought.

man’ s livery and Broadw Centra ThEe hee sale, workers; sell cheap; no use for same.

of mares,

MA Procaen anes large, “300-16 blind — worker and fat; N., tails 1 at Heidmann’s Liv ery, 1407 2140. S Gvearolad gor. | CONTRACTOR will sold and ex- changed. E. B. Hill & Bro., 2700 8. oe reason- __))

build to suit, able. J. Hartman, 4622 Baston.

t = | Menard. ee MOVING PICTURD SHOW Wid. —Talking machine pr. Rerred: state price, etc. Post- -

BUSINESS FOR SALE

tionery, 1301 FE ey ve ge 3300, ) CIGAR STORE—For

children can or drive; ‘inches, soun oad habits; tra well arene: has no b tor 1022L, nicest pony in the city — ' | GONFECTIONERY—For sale; and havhand. Vie- r sale, confec- “ N. Vandeventer. ET—For sale; trans- fer corner, in West End: owner has other pasiness: will or or sell in lump. toc)

G-21, Pos t-Dispatch GROCER Y—For eile, grocery doing nice business; all cash; counter trade worth FeO: will 7

sacrifice to quick buyer. a HAIRDRESSING PARLOR—For saie; estab- lished business. 10918 N. Grand. (8c)

LUNCH ROOM—For sale, neat lunchroom, cheap; can’t er S account of othe ee aS 1908 W , between 5 ane m.

Sir ROUTE—For sale, established retail = route and outfit; a parwein: for ll par- ticulars address Box F-181, Post-Dis. (7)

PLUMBING BUSINESS—For sale. in ge near city limits; several good Box E-2. Post-Dis. (7) income 1501 8. 9th. (7) nice place; g Sone good business; price rea- 817 Park. (2 an town, contracts on hand.

location; sonable.

ROOMING “HOU SE—Por sale; bargain; 6 rooms and bath; forced to sell: $95. 80g N. 9th st. (

SALOON—For sale SALOO You can | SALOON—For sale saloon: TIAL CREDIT . good saloon, doing first- clase busines Inquire 8200 8 aoe N—For sale, saloon and, loaves, _& will take stock. Box M- 24 ost-Dis. (6) wih ood West End End ox M.84, Port: )

sevnars reason, aickness. Di tch.

Tay “ol best a l M 5 ; n nners’ class Mon Dec. 21; one course, $3; best school; __instructions. "TEND Prof. Frankel’s continuous dancing Sunday afternoon and evening; admission, ladies 10c, gentlemen 25c; elegant hall. (7) Academy, 1441 Chouteau av. best (1)

STOSKS AND BONDS ay Mae sale, $2000 T. E, North sao ber per cent bonds; bargain price. Box ‘p: 109, Post-Dispatch. (7)

COLISEUM Dancing Academy, lith and Pine; select parties Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday afternoon and evenings; classes Tuesday, Friday evenings; private lessons srery afternoon; hall for rent. Prof, and oth.

receptions Schwenk’s Dancing Easton, Wednesday, Satur- annnaay evening; classes Monday gg venings: special rates to be- face rd r term; single lessons, 25c; all for —~y C. Schwenk, prop. (6) CAVE HALL Olive and 29th; parties every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday even- ing, Sunday afternoon and evening; classes Tuesday and Friday evenings: st floor — orchestra in the city. Ahern &

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two. essons

a Sistans told free mous fortune teller at Cave Hall. * 20th and Olive sts, Sund day afternoon, 20. Ahern & Albers * Be) PUPILS now careited for Clendenen’s new beginners’ classes, opening Jan. 1. Sub- urban car to Arcade av. (6) NEWaUM'S HALL, 1412 N. Grand, former- Trimp’ g °o d Satur- : gentie- . ladies 15c; elvate lessons every afternoon; hell for rent. . Newsum,

PERSE A DETECTIVES ECTIVE— Private: does sha dowing i ane ET strictly con aan "te BO26A one eon atric a % live; phone deft 1222 (8) wing, ais sean co soe by "onndentials A Olive; st. Phone “Dell Lindell 2952. DETEOT VE ee coures confident work, anywhere; 2 Beqerate Ad. os uis O, Bos 10, St. ‘THEATRICAL THEATRICAL—For sale Rree-cings. date moving picture theater. a THEA and dnesanan pld man; week; leave toni ght; goon work. Weber Theatrical sale, bis ae Lee _——

5 AL—Wanted, quick, juvenile ae show here this salary; season’s Agency. {c) moving picture od corner; fine

irs. In- Louis Film (8c)

AMATEURS Wtd.—Tonight; rehearsal 6:50; cash prizes. Eclipse, 15th. and Allen. AMATEURS Wtd.—Every Tuesday and Sat- oa night; cash prizes. Eureka Theater, 20th nd Obear (6) SORT Uae and wiles

toupes for theater and street. A. Fue "21 Walnut st., opposite Havlin’s Theater, (48¢c) EDISON old-style machines rebuilt into lat- est on-pin model; Susrancees. Wagner Film Co,, 208 N. 4th (7c) FILMS—For “gale, 100 ine duplicate copies, g00d condition: 500 new opera chairs;

4th. (Te) = rates secure TURY FINAN

LOANS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY MONEY advanced salaried nate without se- curity; a ments n _— Co., _410 Holland Bidg.. gpl N. 7th (Bc) MONEY LOANED £4 Setpie without ecurity, St. Louis Finance s _ Benoist Bidg.. 9th and Pine. (8c) MONEY to loan on life insurance, salaries and other collateral. Room 1420 Syndicate Trust Bidg., 10th and Olive sts. (&c) MONEY for eae to salaried employes with- out securit National Credit he _ Chemical MONEY for salaried aoe opppned aes a bea on their own with courteous Seatinens “ane confidential. rs ‘Seg “oe yours for business, E Mars 406 Mechanics-American Bank Bldg.. “Broadway and Locust. (Se) SALARIED people furnished money without security; loans on furniture without re- mova). Centra] Finance Co., 910 Missouri Trust Bldg. (8) SALARIED persons and others furnished heir own names without se- : payments; offices in 66 sadey ha pal cities;’ Toate yourself Sol fh by getting my terms first. olman, 501 Houser a: __ 509 Chestnut st SALARIED ople wanting money can it from me On most favorable terms; fe knowing ones who have been dealing ‘else- where especially invited: ee. “a O88 Frisco ciate m ro er 1g ELWOOD Bidg., Olive s MONEY TO SALARIED =F saat lowest 6 Centu Bld onions CE CQ. (8c) SALARIED PEOPLE

‘Supplied money quickly on their own names without publicity oF objectionable ineuiries: terms first; cour- ours for ,vuginess. H BAIL D M 7=. Ml Beethoven ¢ ley idman. A recital will be given by pupils of the John Holmes School of Music Tues- day evening, Dec. 22. Those on the pro- gram Streit, John Loeddeke, Geneva Whitley, are: Bertram Willis, Florence Katherine Jekel, Russel Willis, Anna} Mattie Brockett, Adelaide Esther Spindier, Ethel Isbel, Albert, Beat- Leah Schaller, Elsie Garfinkle, Miss Ida Humpert of Davidson ave- nue gave a recital at Partridge Hall, Walnut Park, Saturday afternoon, Dec. 13. Among those who performed were: Misses Clara Seags, Grace Knapp, Lulu Brayden, Mabel Sommers, Cudy Laston, Mandie Nefl, Doris Shelborne, Hazel Booth, Myrtle Stemler, Loulsa Fischer, May Young, Viola Schatzmeler, Nellie Hopkins, Emily Graw, Irene Fornuff, Mabel Steinler, Eva Burns, Nellie Scoot, Kathryne Ruth Knapp, Leona Sommers, Rebecca Davenport, Selma Keibel, Lillie Graw, Vina Young, »+/in- Dunn,

cheap. Wagner Film Co., N. FILMS RENTHD—First-class s service; reas prices; all makes machines; chairs sold, me, same ae cash. Wagner Film Co.. 208 _N. aes PR (7c) ASQUERADE COSTUMES. orders 628

FARM-—For sale, small farm, monthly pay- ments, without interest; ae me we day, includin Biel av, before 5 p. m., at resi- __ dence, | 6402 Etzel Etze “ N. D. Robertson. (8e) LAND—For sale. acres good land. in Ay bn halt | in pood board Seater: ae Eo | of Dickson, t County: » "8 years’ me; for address 6306 Bartmer. Oy eee. An a Grove Your Best Instrance! — You n $250 cash and $125 yntil you have $750 Invested. You accept

rn se as a gift while paying for it. NO ONE KNOWS YOU BUY ON CREDIT het Wigs P 5 for all occasions; country (80) UNLESS YOU TELL —o YOURSELF, Our : Business Cards |v. romptly attended to. Wellman, a aH equipped. well-pay- pac ae gerd offerings for this week k sbould in- > roaaqwa - BUSINESS A? NOUNCEMENTS ODEON —I — os ig Ge. §, Seot TURN “your stock into cash; cal) on auction- from 1502 M S--For sale, 75 new-style dressers, Biumenkranz & Co.. tar: oe chiffoniers, ardrobes ; complete housekeep- ing outfits; cheap; time given if desir household s of value taken in exchange. MeClay 7 feioth: i © ae E-—I wend sell age oh mae clo 0 goods, eaper an anybody. oasene Chouteau av. 8 or ow) two self heaters, Fe arte oF as eee Cen, ’ nie Schriver, Cecelia Yalsmuth, Lillian Berg and Tillie Shaw; Messrs. Charlies Young, Dewey Notaxer, Bmmet Beck- man, Josepn Grason, Carl Boaddins, George Toms, Jesse Young. MONEY FOR YOU Cheap, Quick, Strictly Private. We loan money on furniture and pianos at lower rates and on easier terms other office. We are the oldest st’ establishes loan. office in St. Louis; 18 years of honest

now she, too, hes a complaint him,

location. Bert V ts Re Zilpah Clartea 02... shhh * ot as la oe 4 em eee ere awe ‘ Hattie Hofman, ,.277c7este Anne’ ioe Picket’ "7/2007 But Ive Bradshaw [oc00cccc177/Dewmaine, Gear sith henandos Cove | Orvison Ameen oes +a Bea *tereee tssveesss BRERA ee ee The third tn the series of Christmas services, with special music, will be given this afternoon at the Lindell Ave- nue M. E. Church upon the theme “The Eternal Christ.’”” The special theme on this oocasion is “The Annunciation and Magnificat.’” The remaining services of this series are: Dec. 27, “The Birthday of the King’ (with chorus); Jan. 3, “The Epiphany, or the World's Messiah.” The choir is composed of Mrs. George A. Dobyne, soprano; Mrs. Gertrude D. Quaries, contralto; Mr. J. Glenn Lee, tenor; Mr. R. P. Strine, baritone; Mr. James T. Quarles, organist and director. The program this atvernoon is as fol- lows:

i one. FOR THE CONVENIBNCE OF recur CUSTOMERS WE ARE OPEN EVERY ND ALL 10ce¢ odeon; reasonable or HAIR, CUT, 10c; shave, dy rie aa 106: exchange; investigate. "001 Baston. rte sine pat py Seen pee _ ge - . OPER Wwrd. eae a-pleture operator. | write or yer. us ond connate agent will O81 eee irrigated Orange Grov

= with agg os — BVENING UNTIL CHRISTMAS A seek ave. ie all soe wonk; bath Call at 7 p. m. call. Central 8 ECO. 208 ODD FEL- Texas; that’s all you year ‘“ontract, renewable DAY SUNDAY. Call or write for our handsome 1900 catalog, Numa House Barber Shop, J ic slisg “Man ahiat in moving picture show. . a1 OLIVE 8T. (8c) perp i an containing 1500 illustrations. — ate *y take orders for the St. ie av. between Orar ses. and . 1909, $50 pe

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ot-water F i baters (Vulcan). oar cheap. 15 LO IS BROS. & CO., 2 Loule DIAMOND CUTTERS, bine?” “kcCiny, WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELERS, | 14 klin av. ; bearing merry-go-round; write | _* Sis a Prat ‘ 2D FLOOR CARLETON BLDG., the Logos ) Re improvements made; | Anthem— agnifica _* EES eS Loved th ostl Kea Organ Postlude—Sortie year; | Choir Hymn—God Christmas servicés, Dec. Mark’s Lutherang Church; Rhodes, pastor.

MAN DOLINS— For and guitar;

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rent rice Cote’ Brilliante. RESIDENCE—For sale: colo _ Diepetah. "auntie terms. Box i $5 rea Past ispatc OWNER LEAVING CITY 8183 Minnesota av., 5-ro brick. : class condition; .bath, stadie, ete.; } aoe Exccisi 0 Hol to quick bu rice THO MAS Pi nC HAM. 1902 8. 12th st. (@e) be of Spethy eavens Are T il JUST FINISHED Miss Laura Anderson, ° soprano: Mises N lie Tate. alto; H. D arr; mers c. B. EXCELLENT ARRANGEMENT. perman, eligh, organist. sin FINEST IN THE cp 4866 Maffitt av., a fine 5-room tion hall. brick soltage: mahogany, din oo! rooms in golden oak; fine cabinet mamtele in parlor a dinin : porcelain tub an et: medicine chost; walk and laundry; and Anansars are ular $45; ; Wash- ae

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we (6c qvatcod Aet Us a Grand re’ Laclede; bath EHO Hien “Wiehe vas Storage. oe Terese money sired. Teisicch C430. Ss Pe STORAGE AND MOVING Co.. "1901-1908 aoe = py a) at. telephone Sidney 335, American Storage and Moving Co. BOMONT 261. : one Ol entral a BROS. CEN- A CERIN PatrisialsesPART A BEY | any and RETRO PUBS ; a mi nes, nave = complete an ; aes ce rate in iw’ he city” cn" serene me NO A gale. fine giPright piano — a we achines. “WS te for 10 bargain; used 8 months Pes a3 fnoving. packing or > caeraen wate Fou prion hy re et _ Fireproof Sanitary Storage. "7 ~ranklin ay reproo arehouse is now ready = 2 ge: / a —_ the - Hy move. = prea re. fal our ed advanced; or moving. Central key downstairs ANDERSON-STOCKE BUBRMANN, Wales, rae aoe Pras, ae , ic S1i_ Chestnut st. EDW. A. LANGAN ., Wanted to buy. an upright vis REDUCED RENTALS. J gs -hand dealers need anewer. ox F- Cnchange for whet wa - “INDESTRUCTIBLE” molded srecorda, in errr good Xmas presents: pe upright plane; must be 7 ein adg mg MOVING CO. 1410 Academy av... Post-Dispatch. on) elegant mahog- me FIREPROOF STORAGE co |" AMOS SP ae “com : Te. Kn

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= oy ry ange? Call bet 'S and 6, 953 entury (3) re oe sale, fine $400 plano for $150; A REAL SWELL FLAT. Sr great rmount ay. (6) (Re) NO sale, nice sw ht fano, in | oonaition only $75 27 bson. (8) O-—For sale, Chickering upright piano ; formerly cost $400; mu . Academy on st se el at a Vose uprigh e. condition BR cr!

8670 Shaw ay. ath, floors; tn axtures: pee water ante er; gas range and grates: instantaneous wa- ter heater; unary ove; Dutch dining room, with dome ights over table; in per- fect condition; f flat open. OONAN, 704 Chestnut, (66c) 5210 McPHERSON AVENUE. Choice 6-room fiat; steam heat, service, etc.; hardwood floors and = | Baten dining room 718 Chestnut st. (6c)

splendid ou what have dry 8H slightly eee Lee ages

and ai a zee * ANIMALS iy sale, two good rabbit dogs. ¢113 ( j two ersey OD wi coke 4018 Manchester, ree aa sf olive a8

IAN low; in fine ears, 1161 Aubert ay 'lLANO—Leaving Jan. piano very cheap. mar bl. very warranted 6c}

1, will sell m Call quick. clos closet furnace & eat; front. porch made; al! that we w~ : dewalk is an inspection of same: house DOUGHER + BUSH, 1105 Chestnut. (4c) TWO NEW HOUSES BE BOUGHT CAN P. | POL as y CASH. 5251-6253 SPALDING AV. Just Pz of Union; mi ees completed: i; modern rn ara Te PAE Sbnscx. 111 W. Ten at SUBURBAN PROPERTY FOR SAL eine ‘Tikwena Call 4582 open CHOLLS-RITTER. 4623 MARYLAND AVENUE. Handsome, modern, 8-room fiat: Bowt elegantly decorated; rooms Dp ever) convenience; low ren giaree and ad ient; NICHOLLS-RITTER, 718 Chestnut st. (6c) ONE MONTH'S RENT FREE. 26204 Virginia ayv.; rooms and cove; bath, gas fixtures, rent §

chines ae ra ody oo be Parlors. riMos- 1b ean sree rnin, ar TYPEWRITERS TYPRWRITE Underwoods, os 1, ge repair; night's 211 N. 1 st. re Afar Oliver Undorwosd typen ne ec ee pe | ~ puye Ee oshows . aa ald a fs oP He sie, altos, : + ‘ . urt elsker; — eintz, U ‘| Offertory, Adeate I Fi aes munion, “The N

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6 large room , shades, etc.; 5.

ven at ; ot the breh. Sunday, peaghyedeeio! LOT--$1200 eve 96x400 ‘te Woodlawn Station; termes. Brillieate. Bid TYPEWRITERS For Xmas Presents Help educate your son or daughter. A most useful gift. No. ¢ Rem. ingtons and No. 2 Smith: Premiers, $25.00 ‘All others at corresponding prices, | MACHINES RENTED CHEAP, aa we oh st. . vitae) | Die sap lili is the only evening _Puos— certca i = Mate 1S | You een oan ee nee PR spaper in St, Louis that receives or! WALL PAPER CLEANING ETC. bay. we. buy for sot casa: ae weet ed sh S ag Aano- ROOMS papered, , 2 oe to suit;

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__APARTM MENTS LN ie PPP LP THE CLEMENS. Ss. W. COR. CLEMENS AND GOOD 7- steam-i latest Ae very cheap; Ahi ong eochaane: buy 65c records 50c, double at's. 211 N. 22th st.

390 «» jot. or Only a few dol minutes city . n rfect ae Bm ‘either of t makes Kna ieverees, Chickering, ones. poy PIANO---For sale, i e: a first-class piano toniee” and IE Soy om min bot th ington av , n- 15 Washing Central 1501. ots. raon; me be @ bargain: no ents or tema i : ; standard ke; for cash. “27 ibson ALKING MACHINES... so, beolutely records Se-TGc; slightly rt aided wes feed tot ‘a

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MUST BE INBY DEC. 21 || % & | election of witttam D. Hemenway to a The baskets provided with Christ- . ++ ‘ an 7 mas dinners by the - Post-Dispatch Christmas Festival Assotiation are intended only for the sick and fee- ble who cannot attend the dinner in the Coliseum. Cards requesting baskets for such may be obtained at the Post-Dis- patch and are te be filled out by charity organizations, churches, Sunday schools and missions. The . persens signing them must know : that the applicants are worthy and world there are not ideal fis! * fulfill the conditions. ‘The cards i | | = ES, SER ee ee more than.a half dozen — ) te «Florida Kere te chairman, on or before noon Dec. os pianos which can be called FRR |B utc ticesn = tre, Ceo SUERNNETS Ee ws VEN NNS ES I NESS SRNR 23

D> W>t Sy SPOS SAP AR 9" a "2 nas bet Ga SD + > s 235% Biase i

Spree QO 9 5 Hermsen, “Burgomas- ter” Comedian, Feels Per- 8 Sot pus | ie ; ae : VF i i, a Doe Nap mee i404 7, Couahit sonal Interest in Dinner. i hs by Dh te bash é Bi im i? ip pH Qo ei Ly ie ea oe bs i asin ini i wn Qvyous sf

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SS me > aa be made happy. ‘“4ne@ Burgomaster’’ will be the at- traction at the Garrick during holiday week.

ies 5 Lip is Bi ; Fg RR ot oe , r . j Pere ie aa Bae i leas pm ae fis | ash “mann be a ae ee ee” is / B 2403.N. 238 Ste — ; Bee ee cf “a ih ; | nishoff ; soe . ce Special Effort at Sunday Sas oe ae he a % Maud “Root ce f F ‘ 5m . Monahan .. e a . OR DOES yer pee pate ps —— y PR SOR oy Ree nh Ts y WOE ba. aeea % i Benefit Matinee. ! ie ks si Be Rae ; x ve Bs hehe | The Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co.—List No. > Deering ae ro 0 ia . inte a Fgh eG bas ec gs 2441. rea Bix Sh Ua ad os a ene. Bee ey, ' ° e List 1587. Deeg AS i eta Be sd. 50 J. C. Doyle ... 25 , Engine Co., No 8. \ Be 4 ts Bi Rae . C, ... 60 D. I. Meier....100 | Geo, Aliens: Be FaeR OE ses , ‘ Mound City Roofing Tile Co., List 6671 yee Gust Shafler .. Benth Muir ... Engine wining , ° forward from among its fellows. Lattin .... gis go | cen 2 : signal approval. Masters of the piano- Thos, sg Be ERPS EMVe Rose A. ’ 2m A. Siimsticks ’. How’s Your Credit? . . ~ | 13 finally the greatest tribunal of all—the ance than the benefit matinee will not nd 5 ——— Schrimp Total .. ....$8 45 | a8 you like. Open every evening until other members of the company regret| G. st se a, Oe: ss .:. Se StS SY vent their being present at the big -* \ForGhristmasGirts” ih SSS aS “arere avo sr oman of 10 Jacob Cass Sut , ' 4 * dade § cre, ? aus A 7 re wee i? J r ‘ie Mladen , dinate Ss ; * : Ae e i Crai , y y | ai oe G. E. Sweitzer pounin BUTIONS TO THE ly i i? cB MeHuan. 25 Tota Seige wae 2 ee | ; by eb o ie ae “4 % os es, 1 reported .....-- . 82,075 oH Fo ge Mr eaee Be $s ys ie 5 ae — eas ! c . Engel .. . contlipansiities we ORAL = . y po 25 # b: # e) : W.W.Sheward $1 00 Her. Wever ... 25 . Hammel ... $3 , notable figure in this limited class, the Berker .. ee te aR. F a oe T , Ellerburk .. +. 50 : a he H. Krueger 25 otal Distinguished honors such as have not been ., 904 Olive street. : , wastes tt et eee One great artist after another has be- Total . List No. 206. 50 forte like Paderewski and Rosenthal use it = 10 a = at... +4 It’s good with us. Buy your Christmas R be given during the season. | Christmas.’ Loftis Bros. & Co., 2d floor premacy can be conferred, has shown un- that their Christmas matinee will pre- yf daa ae e : Weber as the leader of the 4 reat Ptands. Christmas dinner for the poor, but they 10M. Bt | ‘ : : | J. Smith .’"": ) cas | te ~ OCEAN STEAMERS. OCEAN STEAMERS, eee RS $8 Ssssssassaebsexrnaa RSSURERSSSSSSTS & SF SF FE SRE Toen- CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL FUND Lee Couvion : | Engine Co., No. 19, List 1588. : Recognized for over half a century as a . 1,00 Gibbons + . Hennicke .. ; a Fes No. 5, List 1585, Weber Piano has in the past decade moved. Haliman .. «+. coon A : Siegmund .. — ose eh Diamonds and Artistic Jewelry _ bestowed upon any other piano in recent until Christmas. stowed upon the Weber the mark of his ' 5 , ‘ , . °@ 5 nemrme c ee, AEE TE Pe Y Eoule Knolle":* $0 Thos. Berry... 5 in public and prefer it to any other. While | Be GE PA We Loc --+» 183 | presents or the easiest credit terms. Pay public—by whom alone the title of su- Miss White, Mr. Hermsen and the |. Henderson . % | s ; ; o 8 n a Mats : Engine Comper oes Sa Carleton Building, Sixth and Olive. mistakably its growing appreciation of the wn , ; peas j Paul .., ths AEOLIAN HALL, ——_—— . ——____-_—- jy Susie Smith si | : will have the satisfaction of knowing 10 Pat D a - —— gina en THE AEOLIAN C0) PIERS. Sar ! aia m, Gunn’? AS o9 1094 Olive St., St. Louis NEW COLU yy AL Smith wots 2 by

t No. ifinsh ips vio > le. Thesieres’ Euchre P & _. Oe Seis Beas H. Bemas eeneneeeeeneene eeeeee ce £0 eeeeeseses that through their efforts at the Sun- day mati many a little child wil] | The banner money contribution to tha 10 Wm. Cunnin rit » g- Post-Dispatch Christmas Festival Fund | 4. he 10 Jack | comes from the Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co. + a ke ..* 10 A. Jage \ rice ...) : . ‘ Their check for $108 has been received. | s. Flanagan . ;- f Of this amount $50 is contributed by the se Wishmeyer .“ 0 B. Hogg 7 O is : by ee ay we pot ped bet BD GO OR teh Clark Whitseit _': °°: fall, Knights of the Macca: lall, e Macca- bees ere ee © C8 se eeabers me w., 0 rire ee ee ee ee oy si ye Mueller, 3620 Hum- ‘Dorothy Hewitt, East st.

fm and the generous sum of $58 by the ima N a is ot EGYPT North German Lloyd employee. KA Oo Re ORIENT * S.S.“GROSSER __ Five children in Webster Groves re- Ba cently gave a musical entertainment for | 4 C#m? -::- 0 ” —— Se my, fF £ KURFUERST . 50-750 ts pa the benefit of the Christmas Festival | & re i ota A i Fee, ek PO EY ee BEM, ae Shean Se pea conte te. Y can ‘ Fath, 7 my 7g d . So Mg eee oe several little children a Christmas din-| Jimmie Rhodes = 10 — > | Ls TER Fo LHDSS BEN ar Ey From New York, Feb. 11, 1909 D. Plock ee tg ——— Re : ner and toys and candy and a happy] Jack Hawkins. 0 y ‘ RTT Hg 7 A et ST Se jnnuneorTe afternoon with Santa Claus. The little} Jim Thrie .... 10 4) Hensic.... : Bf it: fay ike Nes ech tn SO HOLY LAND . entertained free of chacge at euch port u TUURUERIS : | yr a rhb ie ' ieee ENG? $7 4, | :

. SEA SS Ae College Girl *e®eee ee Geeeeeanse ite Holdsworth |... eu Woman's Relief os lar WO Na SoG clas ccd > a= Later ee ; j and eee Ce.... . ” entertainers for the fund are Wilbur Geo. Huth». 1D 5 ae Melion _ entertained free of charge at each port a: eae pe Marsh, Eugenia Marsh, Wilbur Held, | 2™p§ Keigher = 1) Wm, Wilson... | aera of call. Write fer Boobies AT ODEON aoe: Olive Boone and Frank Simmons. fim Schmidt .. 10 $. Smith. we aes aie OKLRICHS @ CO, Gen Agte. THE Cucina ase Tomorrow, Dec, 20, 3:15 Sharp ens é ie ne | blige f/f : ) ) 7 te: e

Employes of St, Louis Car Wheel Co,| F. Withman List No, 857, A. Whittman. Murphy... - Za pew | Vee 10 J see 7 Bey eS A, THE CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK, St. Louis Agents. MAX ZA 10 Aug. Nester . A ; F ; * Tbh ) we, a : i90 A. De Hority. arts Ue BUY YOUR PRESENTS NOW, Don't Thar == i Scleations by Wagner, F ossini, Fi del, ceother delaneeene loee )

0 ost Robert Weber. pre ' fee Sh: 1) WwW. Bumbach...& Bimae wait until the last moment when crowds of We / S p FE E, D form another 10 Fred Ackerman, | A : ° a ° s ’ 10 Christ, Poelking Oras Christmas shoppers are selecting their purchases ve Findin Somethin | Mrs. Benjamin Chase, 8 Gnas, Reanler.. au §=6from the picked-over stocks-that are left. There \@giage A ' SPECIAL SAILING BY THE 4 4 | J a ist 10 Chas, Renniler.. SP ots) } ve . Conrad 1 TAS Sue . ; ie y, Si C. Wood 1 Mees is no doubt but the lack of ;funds keeps people S. S. DEUTSCHLAND : | ‘ aes cal, Ee Feb. 6— Direct to the “average per- eae ee oo Nick Drozie”™:* 25 McM ee vn! ales Maen from doing their Christmas ‘shopping until the a F , fA last minute. LET US ASSIST YOU by giving 2 E IT ALY IN 8 p AY § son’’ looks to the oe ig BAA HL Post-Dispatch Lost Elgin or Waltham Watch;.in fact we have era i Affording a convenient and ‘en- and Found ‘Ads to

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you credit for a Diamond or a High-Grade 10 Stella. ss 10 A. Wechmueller 1 esd Jewelry and Silverware of all descriptions. joyable means of reaching the. . nes Bmas ... Siem Call and investigate the Loftis Credit ne. winter resorts of Southern Eu- trace the owner. ClBIGCr «ses ‘ ~~ £ fas Suess MMe System—the system that makes im rope. Mewes $0 or $10 do the work of $50 in —— Hamburg-American Line ‘Try Three - Time Ads. cash stores. : re fH ih 901 Olive Street. St. Louin. - al Open every Evening Unt! patrons, ilu Bis ATi gg LAIST ERED Sa hristmas yr

ee ooc ae Spee % a oma > K Rose Barson . Lizzie Will os A. Simpson .. S. Geist .... J. Weckmueller A. Deitz ...» Cc. Gemsler ...

fr. Hermsen enters inte the benefit | with more than usual feeling, seenes is anxious to use his best efforts| White ...... .. aif of the big Christmas dinner Total........816 75 | Agnes Haley .. 10% oe } % Rae ae RE OEE Nid Per, ory D y S th pgon. a2 s. ee ae San PANSRY AS ST We Oo our hopping Nugent Bros.—Lists N ' itz. _— wes ein def = core ament fer the poor children hnson 10 yf gy Ee ne odio 1940, M , ; . ) + 10M Puckett... 40 | % SHB Agnes Newton. ) DIAMOND CUTTERS Early in the Season, H. Nieheus .- 15 jim ‘Hund! Watch welers 2) Wee oa P. Chanplain:; = 15 7m unens : makers, =

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One Present | i ( B : Peters (:: 15 Nellie Roman.. — Wf Deeeterthe WHOLE FAMILY ; teed: 8 THE NEW [MERE To | om : , ¥'if you buy an : Wm. Burgard: 15 SYSTEM STAY m. Bu R. Bolsinger.. Ex and High-c Try a sirloin steak with baked pota- a “CRACKER toes and hot biscuit. Saddle Lunch Established : Friday! Room, 24 N. Sixth street. 15 Years : Nextt—“BON TONS.”’ ALL :* c

The Ferguson-McKinney D, G. Co.—Lists STANDARD oo Ed Rowan asc u re e ° Girl in mented attrection. 6—Big V Nect Weck—Xmas Week. The

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