Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1896, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER “3, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 19 aE DIFFERENT IN PARIS { Some Puzzling Instances in the Ex- perience of American Girls. ¢ ‘HOW THEY SHOULD BEHAVE THERE Can They Go Out in the Evenings, and How? —__>—_—. SOME GIRLS ee WHAT DO Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. PARIS, September 21, 1896. ow MUST AN merican girl _be- ve in Paris? It is a question which arises every autumn and perplexes many hearts. Each au- tumn sees an in- crease in the number £ our girls who some abroad for something more than a mere tourist trip. ‘They find themselves in Paris for a sea- 5 How to most mome! 3 question is the & out with men, and this divides itself into chapters, day and night. I know a niece girl from a town in Wlinois who obliged to sit and think and think upon it, till it almost saddens her young life. Her case is a typical one. She came abroad with her aunt and cousin, and they had a good e being tourists all the summer At the lively tables switzerland there 3, all in par- uestion of propriety ar- ‘There was always some- It was a happy-go-lucky ponsibilities. It @hote of was no la ties, and rarged i If. body to go with. rempage and without was only in Paris, where they settled later for 2 month, that the kind aunt began to put her foot down. One evening two ycung men, Ameri- cans, whom they had met in Switzerland, ealled and invited them to come out some- where for the evening. No joubtng, Mademstisctie Jones Est Sortie. y accepted and told aunt But this felt responsible and said that she must ask @ married couple. both Ameri- cans, who happened to be calling on her moment. They were young people, both had lived in Paris fore t happy union, experience and judg- and said: at the impudence of th How dare they ask your gir! them in P: the same, and too careful in people are one of th am aston- two men. ® go alone © to Escort Her. men were nothing that amenting. It ne advice-giving young tron had herself, before her marriage, lived for j unchaper- oned, 7 own, accom- panied on another bachelor girl, also Her views are changed inds it easy to advise. The Girls’ Standpoina. This nice young girl from Illinois now finds herself in a Parisian boarding house out her aunt and cousin. She is chap- eroned by an American married lady of thirty years of age, whose friendly office ts also to chaperon another American girl of thirty-four. The girl from Tilinois is nine- teen and quite pretty. She walks alone in to her musfc lessons. Her So are her evenings. v exactly what to do with Not Afraid to Welk Alone. there are several—that he must buy a ticket also for her chaperon? The chap- eron says yes. But then the girl of thirty- four—what will become of her? The only plan that would svit all around would for the young man to bring two others like himself. Somehow this does not seem to be as practicable as it should, and there is strife now in the little household. The girl from Illinois has made her program. te et ) She will go out of afternoons alone or in such company as she sees fit. The even- ings she has sadly given up to the two others. And this is how she spends those famous evenings: What One Record Shows. Sunday—Evening service at the church of the English embassy, which may be va- ried by a visit to the Latin Quarter annex of the Rev. Dr. Morgan's American Church of the Holy Trinity, which does good work among the young’ men who have come to study art. Monday—The three girls—for the chaper- on is only thirty—sit writing letters for the Tuesday mail. Tuesday—A caller, who is shown to their private parior. The three girls have a private parlor in the boarding house. They spend a pleasant evening chatting over the delights of Paris. The caller seems to feel that it would be too much to take them all three out. Wednesday—All three are invited to an “evening tea.” These evening teas, 80 famous in the colony, comprise card games, refreshments, conversation on the delignts of Paris, and, perhaps, a carpet dance. The three young ladies have gone in a cab together. They go home in the same way. the girls !s asked to the Two nice maiden Thursday—One of thea) oS femptation. ladies, fellow poarders, make a call, and the evening is pleasantly spent conversing on the delights of Paris. Friday—Invited out to dinner. Two young men ask permission to call. It may be said that when they call next week they will quite naturally ask the ladies to ap- point some evening for the theater. When this comes off they will go in two cabs, and one of the cabs must contain three persons. All these trifling inconveniences are unfavorable to frequent theater parties. An Evening Tea. Saturday—It 1s their “evening,” the best evening in the week. They ask a certain number of their fellow boarders. Friends and acquaintances drop in. There are card games, refreshments, conversation on ine delights of Paris and, perhaps, a tiny arpet dance. It is an “evening tea." To e frank, these girls can go to evening ceas four nights a week, if they desire. Phere are alw: some young men who come alone and go alone. Now, the present iter, being a man and knowing perfectly well what he is talking about, is willing to lay his hand upon his heart and aftirm that the lonely, unattached Americans who find themselves in Paris for season have ro desire to selfishly ch: girls simi- larly situated out of their just rights to be esecrted round and round. In Parts everybody is always going some- where. It is painful to stay in. And it is centrary to the habits of tt Noth- pl or o our nice, Insulted. straightforward, home girls out into the brilliance of the Paris night, which every one talks of so much. There are a hundred things to do besides a visiting of theaters. And yet, unhappily, there is a spell, a bight, hese fine aspira- fons. This is one of the stock sentences. ‘People will talk.” That is another. Better for the Tourist Girls. Tourist girls are much happler in getting rourd to see the sights, and the wisest thing a girl can do is to keep up the tour- ist fiction. But mothers and aunts are not agreed, even as to these. It seems ridicu- icus to bind down an American girl to French conventions white she is on a mere pleasure trip. French girls and American girls brought up in France have their own home life, and, besides, they do not know the difference. But our tourist girl lives in a boarding house. The boarding house parlor is anything but a happy place, the hunting ground of expatri American and English old maids whose effort is to meke all things uncomfortable for the new- comers. The young men of the boarding house de- sire to take the young girls out. It cer- tainly is a good thing for the young men. 1 know one mother who has made this rule. In the afternoon her daughter may ge out with any one she pleases. In the evening she may go out, now and then, with certain men, who happen to be liv- ing in the house, men whose positions are secure, who cannot well be talked about, because their mothers, aunts and sisters are upon the spect to stop it. They have fcmed a coalition strong enough to influ- erce bearéing house opinion, which in turn acts on the outside world. Another mother lets her daughter use r judgment. It is another boarding use, and the poor lady has her time well cecupied in fighting for her child. An- ether still—in the same house—is shocked. She carnot permit her daughter to be “so discreet.” Her method is to go out with her daughter, afternoons and evenings; and as she cannot well invite herself,’ she ‘Ives the difficulty by inviting the young en—and pays the bilis. STERLING HEILIG. > Didn't Believe in Tew Suits. From the Detroit Free Press. A Detroit man recently bought himself ene of the suits of tow which have gained 2 great deal of popularity for summer ar. The colored man who does o&@ chores around his home looked at ft, turn- ed his head away and heaved a tremen- dous sigh. “What's the matter, Augustus? Don’t you approve of this outfit?” “Tain’ foh me ter ’spress no ‘pinion; but I wants ter say dat ef de wus comes ter de wus, I'se ready ter stick by de fam'ly — ef I has eon wages.” “You seem to think this suit is co1 = hard — 9 ‘ oe “Yassir. didn’t ‘magine dey wus as hahd ez all dis. Hit oan’ mck ‘so much diffrence ter cullud folks. W’en I wah, livin’ down souf I's raised whole tam'Hes ob pickaninnies dat ud take er coffee sack an’ cut holes foh dah arms an’ mek it pass foh coat, vest and breeches. But much ex I've hyurd "bout dese hahd times, { nebber didn’t speck ter see er sho’ nuff white gen’leman have ter go ‘roun’ in jute clothes.” legislature and t MORMON POLITICS Views of Utah’s Governor, Also’ a Member of That Church, DENIES ECCLESIASTICAL CONTROL Declares That Polygamy is Now a Thing of the Past. FARMERS ARE RICH (Copyrighted, 1896, by Ffmnk G. Carpenter.) SALT LAKE CITY, September 26, 1896. HAVE JUST HAD A talk with the baby governor of the Unit- ed States. Utah ts the newest state of the Union, and its chief executive may be called the baby among the governors. His name ts Heber M. Wells. He is a man ef about thirty-five, although he does not look so old, He has a clear biue eye, a fair complexion, a high forehead and an honest, open expression. He 1s a good talker, but is rather modest in his ways. Still, he has shown himself to be a man of much as- rtive force, and he has more power than the average governor of the United States. He evidently belleves that a governor should do something more than sign justice of the peace commissions, and he makes it his business to watch the interests of Utah and to help the state along in every possi- ble manner. He now and then takes the state legislature to task and gives them a lecture, and he forms a part of every board of state managers. Utah's Capitol Bullding. Utah has not yet built a state capitol. Fifty acres on the edge of Salt Lake City have been set apart for the purpose. This land fs at the foot of one of the mountains. It is high and it will make one of the most teautiful capitol grounds of the Union. Just now the executive offices are in what 3h AL a) ea») a0) SALT LAKE CITY AND litical positions. ‘This part I regard as re- ferring entirely t6 the officers of the church, who are paid by the church and whose time belongs tu the church. It is rather a mat- ter of church discipline than of political management. Fe, whole.thing grew out of some complica’ 8 that arose during the last campaign, en certain high church- men, uncer. sal@uy, accepted political can- didacy withcut permission. The manifesto is, I believe, given out to prevent such com- plications in the future.” , A Pont{ble Revolution. “Suppose the church attempted to as- sume political control over its ‘members, sald I. “Suppgse it attempted to force them to vote décording to the interests of the church, regardless of other considera- tions, what wodlld be the effect?” “It would create a revolution here in Utah,” replied Gov. Wells. “The people of our state are honest in their allegiance to the two great national parties, and, in my opinion, they will not brook any dictation or interference by any church, Mormon or Gentile. As for myself, I am a Mormon, and as such I am willing to render obe- dience to my church leaders ‘in spiritual matters. If, however, they should attempt to exact obedience to their will in matters political I should rise &p and say ‘Hands off,’ and I am quite sure that the majority of the people of Utah would do the same. “But I do not anticipate any such condi- tion,” continued Goy. Wells. “Our church leaders have repeatedly asserted their in- nocence of any such intention. Utah pro- cured its statehood upon the positive un- derstanding that there should be no union of church and state. We have this pro- vision incorporated in our constitution, reads: state, nor shall any church dominate the state or interfere with its functions.’ ” Polygamy Not Possible. “How about polygamy, governor? It 1s also prohibited by the constituti6n, is it not?” “Yes, the constitution states that no in- habitant of Utah shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his re- ligion, but that polygamy or plural mar- riages shall be forever prohibited. “Suppose it should be practiced “It will be punished just as it was before Utah became a state. There 1s a part of the constitution which makes the acts of the legislature punishing polygamy which were m force before statehood still valid. 1 don't like to discuss such matters, how- concluded Governor Wells. “Polyg- amy is a thing of the past. It is now a cead question, and !t ought not to be asso- ciated with Utah in the future. Since state- hood dawned upon us we have almed to put the pat behind us and to look forward with eyes of hope to the futur “What are Utah's prospects?” I asked. “I think it 1s one of the best states of the Union,” replied Governor Wells. “It is a perfect paradise of mountain and plain. Kate Field once said that God had done COUNTY BUILDING. is known as the city and county building. ‘This is a magnificent structure of stone and marble situated not far from the center Salt Lake City. It Is surrounded by ten of beautiful lawn and it is one of the y buildings of the United States. t entirely of Colorado stone, and cost was more than $1,000,000. The gov- ernor’s office is on the first floor at a corner of the building, which looks out upon U snow-clad mountains. The governor sits in big arm chair behind a mosaic table made ef woods gathered from all parts of the | world. There is no red tape about his offices and you enter without the use of a card. A Chat With the Governor. After meeting Governor Wells I asked him a number of leading questions about himself and his state. He was, you know, 2 bank cashier at the time he was elected to the governorship, and my first query was 2s to how it felt to be governor. Governor Ms laughed as he replied: Well, so far as the routine of the work concerned it doesn’t seem to be very different from the bank. My life ttle busier, that is all. The noto- ‘iety connected with the position here is what troubles me. I did not seek the gov- ernorship. I was taken from the bank and boosted upon this pedestal and held up to the blazing gaze of the multitude. 1 have to make speeches and this is the trial of my official life. Oratory does not run in my blood and I fear I shall never master it.” “But, governor, you generally have some- thing to say. I see that your message to the legislature is full of suggestions. This is not conmon to the average governor. ‘The executives of the east are more figure heads than anything else.” “I don’t know about that,” replied Gov. Wells. ‘We are anxious here to see Utah become one of the greatest and best states of the Union and I only recommended to the legislature what it seemed to me we most wanted. Many of my ideas have been adopted and they are now the law.” “How about vetoes, I understand that you vetoed a number of the laws?” “That is a mistake,” replied Gov. Wells. “I vetoed no important measures, and in all I only vetoed twenty. One bill was passed over my veto, but I cherish no re- sentment on that account. I don't pretend to be right more than half the time.” Do the Mormons Run the Governor? “You were a Mormon, Mr. Wells. 1 have heard it said that the Mormon church is running politics out here, and that its elders had appointed a committee to supervise your acts and those of the tell you what to do. How about that “That charge, so far as I am concerned,” said Gov. Wells, “is the rankest nonsense. If a committee has been appointed to sup- ervise me I do not know it, and I have certainly received no communication to that effect. There was a man who was said to belong to such a committee who came to me during the session and urged me to disapprove certain bills. I had a number of other men, both Gentiles and Mormons, who did likewise, but I acted entirely on my own judgment and this man’s importunities had no more effect upon me than those of any other lobby- ist. The men who are loudest in claiming that such a committee exists admit that it has had no effect upon the legislature. The truth of it seems to be that certain of the legislators came to the leaders of the church and asked their advice as to the wisdom of certain pending measures. The leaders of the church did not at the time feel able to give proper consideration to them and they referred the legislators to other members of the church (laymen), who had had more experience in legislative matters. It was from this that the story of an alleged committee of supervision arosa I regard the whole thing as a tem- pest in a teapot and don’t believe that any such charge would have been made had it not been for the so-called new manifesto of the church.” ‘The New Mormon Manifesto. “By the way, governor, some people think that that manifesto means that the Mor- mon Church intends to control the politics of its members. Is that so?” s to that,” replied Gov. Wells, “I am rot here to defend the Mormon Church. and I would rather you should ask that question of the authors of the manifesto. While I am a Mormon, i am not answer- abie for the pronunciamentos of any church and I cannot be expected to construe their meaning. I will say this muck, however, I don't see any- thing in the document to lead to the be- Hef that it is the purpose of the church to | assume cor:trol of politics in Utah. A part of tt directs certain persons to seek the counsel of the church before accepting po- everything for Utah, but that man had done very little. In one sense that was perfectly true, though not in the sense that Kate Field intended it. It is true that God has filled our mountains with precious met- als, but it remains for men to develop them It is trse God gave us.a rich s but it was left for ub to irrigate {t and make it as productive as the Valley of the N It is true that God placed great streams of water in our canons, but it is left for us to harness them to machines and to furnish the power which shall set in motion the wheels of a permanent prosperity. We are working along all of these lines and we are doing much, but we cannot do so if the contentions of the p are to be continually paraded before us. What we want here in Utah is to let the dead past bury its dead and to hustle for the live riches of the future.” Utah a Rich State. “But Utah is not a poor state, is it?” “No, not in proportion to its population,” replied Gov. Wells. “It has the natural re- sources and is one of the richest states of the Union. Today our population is just about 250,000, and the assessed value of Its property is $10,000,000. This is an average of $4) to every man, woman and child in the state, or, at five to the family, of $2,000 per family. I doubt whether you will find as high an average of wealth in any other state in the Union. This is what we have already accumulated today. As to our prospects and natural resources they are almost incalculable. Last year our mineral products alone amounted to more than $8,000,000, and our undeveloped mineral wealth is great enough, I believe, to almost Pay the national debt. Utah Mines Which Pay Dividends. “The state has already produced some- thing lke $200,000,000 svorth of gold, sil- ver, copper and lead, and we stand among the first of the states in our output of precious metals. Gold and silver are found all over the state. I don't believe there is a district in the world which will surpass the Mercur district in its possibilities, and we have not begun to touch its riches. The mines of Utah alone will make the state rich. I have a lst before me of some which have paid big dividends. Take the Anchor silver and lead mine of Parke City. It has produced about a million and a half dollars and is accumulating a big surplus. The Bullion Beck has paid $2,000,000 in divi- dends. It is a gold and silver mine located at Tintic. Another Tintic mine is the Cen- tennial Eureka, which yields gold, silver, copper and lead. That mine is now paying $2 per share a month, and its stock is said to be the highest-priced mining stock in the United States. It pays almost three-quar- ters of a million dollars a year in dividends, and the profits from it have already been most $2,000,000. You have visited the On- tario mine at Parke City, which you know has paid more than thirteen millions in dividends, and the Daly silver mine of the same place will soon reach the sum of $8,000,000 in the dividends patd out. In the Daly-West there is millions of dollars’ worth of silver in sight, and there are a number of other Tigtic mines which have already paid a.million dollars and upward. The same may be said of other parts of the state. Down at,Frisco, 250 miles southwest of here, there is a rich silver district, in which one mine, the Horn Silver, has paid upward of five millions, and at Bingham, about fifteen miles’ from Salt Lake, there are silver and lead mines which are pro- ducing heavily. There is one there known as the Old Jordan, which ts owned entirely by one family. It makes no public report, but it has produced vast amounts of silver and lead. “In the Cottonwood district there are val- uable mines and another big district is known as the Deep Creek country, nearly two hundred miles from here, from which the cre has to be hauled ninety miles in wagons before Jt gets to the railroad. This will give you some idea of what we know we have in Utah, a8 far as precious metals are concerned. We,have in addition a vast territory which is practically unprospected, | and we will be producing gold and silver for generations to come.” Utah Farms. “How about your farms here? Are the farmers making money?” “I believe they are doing better than in any other part of the United States,” re- plied Governor Wells. “The farms are, you know, mostly in the valleys, and the most of them are irrigated.. The farm- ers in many parts of the state live in vil- lages and not on the farms. The farms are arocnd the villages and the men go ont to work them. Nearly every man in Utah owns his own water, and you get your deed to the water with your deed to the Jand. Fertility. of the land is won- derfi Near Salt Lake City it fs so val- uable that land is worth $75 and. upward an acre. I heard of one man near here who raised a single crop of $400 worth of strawterries on half an acre, and there are gardeners near here who are getting rich off of their crops. The most of our farms are small and the great majority of our farmers are free from debt. We have altogether 19,000 farms in Utah, and of these 17,000 are absolutely free of in- cumbrance. Our cultivated area ig some- thing like 467,000 acres, of which more than 400,000 are irrigated. Money im Sheep. “How about your sheep industry,” I ask- ed? “It is, I think, in good condition, plied Governor Wells. “We are one of the Sreatest sheep raising states of the Union. We have now abvut 3,000,000 sheep graz- ing on our mountains. The herders keep them there in the summer from May until October. In the fall they are taken to the desert and pastured upon It. The sheep are taken care of in herds, some of which run ss high as three thousand and up- ward, and we have men here who do noth- ing else but herd sheep. There are usually two men to each herd. They receive from $30 to $40 a month, and they live in wag- Heber M. Welln. (Utah's First Governor.) ens out on the plains with the sheep. The most of the sheep are owned by farmers, who put their flocks together and send them off to the grazing grounds under a couple of herders.” Utah’s New Industries. ‘What else do your people do? some new points on Utah,” said L. “We do everything,” replied Governor Wells. “We are doing a great deal of manufacturing, and our factories pay two Give me million dollars a year in wages. Our mer- chants sell thirty-three million dollars’ worth of goods every year. We have thirty-nine banks and during the panic we had only one bank failure. We are ready to build new railroads, and we expect to have one within a short time from Salt Lake to i.os Angeles. ‘This road will go through some of the most extensive iron deposits of the world. ‘The iron 1s of the finest quality. ‘There are hundreds of millions of tons of it, which Me exposed above the surface of the ground. Then we do a big business in copper. Last year we produced about 2,000,000) pounds. We have down in the southern part of the state seme of the finest sulphur of the world. The new railroad to Los Angeles will tap the sulphur mines. It will bring Salt Lake City within eight hundred miles of the ocean, and it will develop a great manu- facturing industry in southern Utah. There is a quantity of the finest coal right near the iron, and we have lme- stone there and all the other facilities for manufacturing. There are other dietricts in Utah which promise quite as well, and I believe that this state will be one of the greatest of the Union.” Salt Lake City. “How about Salt Lake City? Will it continue to be the chief city of Utah?” “I think so,” replied Governor Wells. “We have now about sixty thousand peo- ple here, and we will soon double this. We have, you see, these great raining re- gions about us. We have the finest cli- mate of the world. We have enterprising citizens, and this !s the natural location for th ef city of the Rockies.” FRANK G. CARPENTER. — 2D THE POLICcE. mr oHar A Horse That Was a Terror to the Force and Made Trouble for Them. From the San Francteco Call. Cornelius Shine, a dairyman on the San Bruno road, rear the Golden City House, owns a valuable horse that is a terror to the neighborhood. The horse is tractable enough when in harness, but as soon as it is placed in the corral it gets restless and breaks out. Then it roams around in searca trouble. It amused itself by irivers of wagons pas: trying to bite th ng along tye roa nd showed its playfulness by kicking the wagons with its i heels. Sometimes it varied the monotony by chasing a pedes- trian, who nid seek refuge in some place which the horse could not reach. For sonie reason the horse took a sp. dislike to Mounted Police- man McKenna. Whether in harness or out of harness whenever it saw McKenna it made for him with open mouth. MeKenna used to fill his saddle bags with rocks and when the hcrse made a rush at him he would throw the rocks at it to drive it off. This made the horse more bitter in its dis- ike to the mounted policeman ard finally McKenna rode up to Shine’s datry and let loose his feelings. See here, Shine,” he said, “I am getting tired of this sort of business. I don’t intend to let that horse of yours monkey with me any longer. You have got to get rifi of it or I will do something desperate. I will bring suit against you or kill the horse in self-defens The horse was in the corral and while McKenna was talking it jumped over the fence and open-mouthed made a rush’ at McKenna. Shine tried to stop the animal, but it paid no attention to him. McKenna had forgotten to arm himself with rocks. He grasped his revolver and for an instant was undecided what to do. The horse was within a few yards of him and looked so formidable that McKenna dug the spurs into his horse and fied at full gallop, hotly pursued by Shine’s horse. The chase was kept up for about a mile and McKenna succeeded in making his es- cape. Things had come to a crisis and last Friday McKenna went to Shine’s with blood in his eye. He demanded that his enemy be instantly sent to some other part of the country or there would be trou- ble. Shine pacified him by telling him that the hcrse would annoy him no more, as he had sent him away forever. McKenna rode around the ranch to sat- isfy himself that his enemy was not in sight. He was relieved to find that Shine was not deceiving him. WRNING THE LAD. He Would Be Welcome as a Vinitor to the Old Home, but to No Fatted Calf From the Rocky Mountain Husbandman. ‘The boy was starting out in the world to make a living, and probably a name, for himself. His father had given Him some money and a great deal of advice. He had a sitvation in prospect, and as he gad never taken kindly to farm work, it looked like a good opportunity for him. “But ihur’s one thing I wanter say ter ye,” the old_man said, as he handed the yourgster his luggage out of the spring- wagon at the station, “an’ I want yer to understan’ that I say it in all kindness. Ye're goin’ away from home with purty good prospeets.”” “Yes, dad. “An’ at the same time ye’re goin’ ter raove inter the neighborhood o’ the wicked, whur yer foot’s liable to slip any minute.” “Yes, dad. “Wal, what I wanter say ts Jes’ this: Home's going ter Stay right here whur ye can allus turn to tt. But times hez been mighty hard latcly, an’ this farm never wan't no great shakes nohow.” “T krow it, dad. “So ye might ez well understan’ thet ef ye come back ‘cause ye wanter see the folks agin, ye'll git yer wish; but ef ye come back lookin’ fur fatted calf, ye’rs powerful likely ter get disapp’inted. aes Two Ways of Working. From Truth. 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If Li Hung Chang would submit to an interview on the subject it would be inter- esting to know what his feelings were as he sat upon the grandstand at Union Square on Tuesday afternoon and watched the exhibition of one of the most efficient fire departments in the world. The dif- ference between the workings of that de- partment and the one which he has known in Peking must have aroused forcibly his remarkable powers of comparison. ‘A slight inkling of his impressions, how- ever, may be gained by a brief outline of the workings of the fire departments to which he is accustomed in China. These departments are considered very effective even by foreigners to that land, and it may be they are when the construction of Chi- nese dwellings and buildings ts taken Into account. There is scarcely a house there over two stories high. But even for nouses of that diminutive height the Chinese methed of fighting fires must appear very crude compared to the system here. In the larger cities of China there are staticned throughout their leng:h and breadth fire watchmen. Upon bam}oo poles is built a sentry box with a narrow balcony circling. These sentry boxes are stationed at regular intervals, say, the 4 nee of five cr ten of our city blocks apart, and in each one a watchman is on duty day and night. The instant signs of a fire ap- pear in his district he sounds the alarm sther by voice or by @ gong, and the dread ry is hastened along to the nearest fre- engine bouse. In these houses, which are nche tco numerous, are kept hand engines somewhat like the most antique types known here. They are dragged by running Chiremen, and at the alarm the engine | is rushed off to the scene of the fire with really creditable rapidity, and the engine “pi are put in co the nearest canal. These canals are so numer- cus throughout the large citles that one is nearly always within reasonable distance of a fire. If there be not one near, a well or cistern tg utilized as the source of wa- ter supply. There is little organization in a Chinese fire department, but the crowd that gathers lends a willing hand, and can usually extinguish a fire in the building in which it originated. As the buildings are only ef two stories, as already explained, the difficulties presented to the Chinese firemen are not great. Should the fire get beyond control, however, there is a pre- caution which the Chinese alone of all na- ticns have adopted to prevent its extensive spread. At frequent intervals the crowded parts of the cities fire walls of brick have been built. These walls include xed areas, beyond which no flames can travel. Besides these engine houses and fire walls are maintained, in the city of Can- ton at least, one or two Stationary engines near central points upon the banks of canals for use in case of fire. The en- gines are in buildings designed for them, much after the manner of reservoir pump- ing stations here, but, of course, of a much less elaborate design. From these engines iron pipes rum over the roofs of neighbor- ing houses Zor some distance, and from fre- quent outlets along the line of pipes wa- ter can be distributed in time of fire upon threatened points. This comprises @ brief outline cf the en- tire fire department which the larger cit- ies of China maintain for their protec- tion. When the august ambassador of the Chinese emperor beheld New York's splen- did machines in full operation, the primi- tive method of fire protection in his own country must have seemed crude indeed. ————-+e+ SHE DIDN'T LIKE SMOKE, fut the Young Muon Did, and He Won His Point. From the New York Mail and Express. On a 3d avenue car this morning an in- offersive young man sat on the back seat and puffed at a cigar of the El Cabbage brand. At Grand street a little, wiry, nervous woman bcarded the car. She paid her fare in pennies and then turned upon the young man. “You 2re no gentleman, “I ain’t a lady, cither,’ men cheerfully. “I only wish your father was here,” ejac- ulated the weman. “Lucky for him he ain't,” man, “‘seein’ It’s leap year.” The passengers laughed and the con- ductor snickered. The woman was angry. She began to abuse the conductor and threatened to report him. “What have I done?” ductor plaintively. “Why don’t you put that man wrathfully demanded the woman. smoking.” “He has the right to smoke,” conductor. “Read that sign.” woman read, and then, with a very red face, said: 5 “Well, you have been insolent, anyway, and 1 shall report you and have you dis- charged. “You may make your complaint, mad- am,” said a fine-looking old gentleman, who had listened to the foregoing, “but it will receive no attention.” “Who are you?” snapped the woman. “Merely one of the directors of this reod,” said the old gentleman. ‘The woman blushed and left the car. “Are you really a director of this road?” asked a reporter for the Mail and Express. “Nit,” chuckled the old man. ++ POSTAGE CAME HI And All Becnuse She Had Slipped a Little Note Into the Package. From the Chicago Times-Herald. “Do tell me all about Nell’s weddin said the girl in the crash suit. “Did it go off well? And how—" “Oh, beautifully,” cried the girl in the white frock. “My dress was perfectly love- ly, my gloves were an ideal fit and my hair kept its curl as well as if I was ony attending an old maid's tea party.” “How nice. But tell me all about Nell. Was she—” “She was horrid. Actually wanted me to help her dress for the ceremony—as if I hadn't my bridesmaid’s toilet to think of. I am afraid that dear Nell is too selfish to make a really good wife.” “Then she will naturally have an unself- ish husband, dear.” “Perhaps so. Oh, it was delightful to she said. said the young said the young asked the con- oft?" “He's THE tbat todd tatated det. | walk up the aisle feelin 2 Tex.nxea on ws that every eye “Yes, I know. But tell me h Ni get through the ceremony?” oes “I really don't know. My mind was full of the one awful thought that I was standirg with my back to all those peo- pie, while there was no telling but that gown was crumpled ave hoo “Oh, probably it we right Nell's gown weiss is <: Magee] — t a4 too bad that Harold was own and unable settee dl to see me in mp ‘Oh, well, you can send him a phote graph. Not unless he apologizes.”” ‘For what—going ? But then eves an engaged man must attend to business.” “It wasn't only that; it was his subser quent behavior. You see, I wanted him te Share some of the festivities, so I sent him & box of wedding cake. You should have seen the letter I got in return. “But perhaps it disagreed with him.” “It waen’t that. You should have seem the letter I got in return.” “But perhaps it disagreed with him.” “It wasn’t that. You know, I thought it would be nice to write him a sweet lit- tle note and siip it in the bottom of the cake box so that when he had eaten i all he would have a pleasant surprise.” “Good gracious, do you mean to say that you gave the box away and never knew—" “No, I don’t. The—well, the truth is that those horrid, mean posi office employes ao- tually opened the box and found the notel Oh! how I do despise such prying ingu tiveness! Not satisfied with that, they- “Goodness, can—can they send you te jail fer violating the postal laws?” “No, they can’t. But they actually made Harold pay letter postage on the box be fore they would give it to him! Four square inches of wedding cake cost him just $1.50, and now he—he says that he ts afraid that I am n-not economical enough | to make a g-good wife for a poor manl After I had put the note in the box to save extra pcstage, too!” A doctor can tell you exactly what he thinks is the matter with you. 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