Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 24, 1889, Page 3

e e e £ AT e e e THE RELICION OF ACTORS. Autograph Letters from Somo Lead- ing Theatrical Stars. A POPULAR IDEA OVERTURNED. The Gemeral Impression (8 That Ac- tors and Actresses Are Very Much Like Other People and Some- times Go to Church. The Actor's Religion. (Copyright 1889 and Al Rights Reserved.) 1t is a popular impression that nctors, as o rule, are ate variance with the church and its doctrines. While many of the public profess a disbelief in the religious instincts of the actor, the pulpit has gone farther and declaved him an atheist. That those who sue- cessfully tread the boards of the theater can as devoutly bend the knee in re- ligious devotion is to the minds of many difficult to conceive. Except in notable instances tho actor’s voice has been but Jdittle heard in the discussion. Of es- {m jal interest, therefore, will prove he testimoniuls of prominent actors subjoined. In almost every case pub- licity is now for the first time given to the opinions expressed. WHAT THE ACTOR'S RELIGION IS, Actors and actresses are neither bet- ter nor worse than other people. They are liable to the same emotions, have tho same sensibility, and are moved by the same ‘‘touch of nature that makes tho world akin.” Their great knowl- edge of human nature, their rare intel- ligence—and they are as intelligent as any class—fit them for noble purpose Among the members of the dramatic profussion 1 have never met any who did not believe the existence of a Su- preme Power. I have found among them loving sisters and brothers, de- voted mothers and fathers, loyal hus- bands and wives, and fond and faithful sons and daughters, n God-fearing and and law-abiding people, who would blush to stoop to many practices in- dulged in some stage-condemning matw- maw-worms,who periodically attack the honorable ancient calling of the actor. To do good, to battle for the glorious light of truth and renson, to show vice in its shuded and debasing sense, to warn mankind of the peril -incarred in outraging law and nature, to love God and be merry, is the player’s religion and mine. WILLIAMJ. FLORENCE. FANNY DAVENPORT'S CONVICTION. There are but few who know how much religious feeling there is in the actress’s heart. And gladly would she show it more and demonstrate it to a larger extent, if it were, not that she feared to be stared at and her actious construed into ‘‘an advertisement.” For myself: Aschildren, we were al- ways allowed to follow our individual feclinge, und accompany our old nurse and friend on Sunday mornings to church, or remain at home, when wo would read prayers. Our praye were given us as rewards of merit, and 'Ainny T possess mine, with the inscrip- tion: “To our dear daughtor FANNY, on her eighth birthday,” with the quotation underneath, “‘Honor thy father and thy mother.” My constant companion on all my journeying is ** Che Imitation of Chrast,” and from 1ts verses I glean my most eatlisfying comfort. My mother is a true, consistent Chris- tian woman of the Episcopalian faith, My father was a Swedenborgian, and died in that faith. As for my personal convictions: I do not believe in the existence of u hell, or in future punishment. My conviction is strong that our sufferings for the sins of our lives are ou this earth. and that every seed sown bears it fruit. I believe that charity is a religion in itself, and that God is the best judge of our inmost mind and heart. I believe that God does not always punish the wicked nor reward the good, but that we ourselves do this within our own hearts and minds. FANNY DAVENPORT. MRS, LANGTRY'S BELIEF. ‘When approached on the subject of her religious views,Mrs. Langtry dicta- tea the following for publication “‘I accept in full vhe Christian faith as explained in the aposties’ creed. I cannot imagine anything more dreadful than to be in a state of doubt or un- beiief. To feel when some great joy or bhappiness comes that there is nothing more powerful or greater than a human being to turn to to give thanks or to ask help. For my own part my belief in rayer 18 thoroughly a partof my life. vau. church? Of course I was born iu the Church of England—my father, randfather and great-grandiather all aving been deans of Jersey. But I must confess to a decided leaning toward the Catholic church. It has always scemed to me to so thoroughly understand poor humanity—to so perfectly grasp the truth that special temptations surround each individual, and that where there is no special grace in one with- standing them, there is great victory for another in conquering. Then, too, I have always felt & grent tenderness toward a belief that made the mother of God the chief among women, and I cannot but accept a8 o truth thut she watches and prays for all living women. 1liketo give the VPest of the beautiful things in this world to the service of God—I want the flowers to send forth their perfume in Jtis bonor, the sweetest music to sing His praises, and the loyeliest colors in ictures and in fine cloths to decorate is house. Religious authors? I only ecnre for one, and that is dear old Thomas n Kempis. You know now what I believe, and T sy, God help the womau who has no faithl” FROM ITALY'S GREAT TRAGEDIAN. My experience of forty-five years on the stage convinces me that the stage is not calculated to make a man or woman forget his religious obligations, It1s absurd to suppose that actors are not rehfiou- because from my long observation I have found that thoy aro &pt to be very religious. By the word religious Iv mean people who aro reall, gentlemen or la- dies by action and honest by heart, without which 1 do not attach importance to a Yuraun'l christianity, At the samo time | have found that ac- tors, a8 a rule, are very religious. While I am a member of ‘the Catholic church 1 respect all people, regardless of their religious denomination, whether they are attached to the Greek, Jewish or Christian church, Regard- ing the widespread belief that actors, as o rule, are without religious convie- tious, 1 think that public prejudice in this direction arises from the fact that some actors do not please the public, ::d that some. of lhrkcllmn':wu wl:;ch 0] o are likely creal a wmynamimu‘r{ulon. On the stage the actions all actors are, ocourse, given publicity, while off the stage the wotor'’s 'ront oings are given a greater degree of publicity thaa those of other people in private life; aud this is the case with all public personages. I can only add that in my opinion the artist that expresses and focls human passions cannot but be convinced that theroe is a suptome being that shapes and guides His religious sentiments, OMMASO SALVINI. COMEDIAN CRAN E4SAY. Actors are more likely to hold in reverenco veligious and sacred things than the members of the learned pro- fessions, saving, of conrse, the doctors of divinity themselves, Wa are ae- customed in our nightly work, many of us at least, to enunvinle sentiments of lofty mol ty an i high and noble pur- port. T potional part of our nature (and roligion, I fancy, derives its being from the emotional rather than the in- tellectual side of a man's character) is constantly oxercised, and becomes, therefore, more respousive and more easily stirred than in the case of other men. The very narrowness of intel- lectual vision, which is often and per- haps rightly charged against us, gives to our views of life a simplicity which is not affected by those diverse currents of thought which affect the opinions of those brought more directly into con- tact with the outside world. Tnus, at tho start, the actor vuture of vh much more hold good men and divine thingsin revercnce ghan in contempt; and my own obs ion has led me to concluae that this is practically as ‘well as theo- retically the case. Because an actor who leaves the theater at midnight on y, after a hard webk’s work and , fails to attend ice at strange cliurch in a strange city on Sun- duy morning there is in my apinion no evidence to support a charge against him of infidelity or contempt for re- ligion, Many rensons deter him from attend- ing divive service, He is ever liable to be charged with ostentation, and ac- cused of going to church merely to gain cheap advertisement and notoriety. It i3 possible he may hear the revernod gentleman doscant upon the actor’s profession as the straight \1:\Lh\\'uy to perdition. Ho is aceustomod naturally ce correct elocution ubove which other men hold inhigh and the time he spends 1n lis a service read in the sing-song, halting fashion, which, [ fear,is the rule vather than the exception, is a period of actual mental torture. [inally, as I have hinted above, he is u wanderer for eight or nine months in the year, and stuys in no oue pluce long enough to enable him to attach himself to any particular church organization. “That the actor’s profession 1s necessa- vily incompstible with religious fuith of any variety, save, perhaps, with some forms of uncompromising Puritanism, I emphatically deny. I have known mauy actors and many actresses who wero good christians, just as I have known many in all other professions who delighted to insist in season and out of it on their hostility to all forms of revealed religion. ) the likely to W. H. ‘CILASE. RIIEA’S PERSONAL EXPERIEN What is the sign of a_good Christ To follow the laws of Christ. What does He teach above all things? Char- ity. And where will you find move charitable Eeoulc. who are less osten tious in their charity, than acto They cannot, unfortunately, attend di vine service with the same regularity as those in other professions—yet, how often, after a week of hard work and constant traveling, have I seen the young men and women of my company rise early on Sunday morning and at- tend church! I have now been seven years in this country, and 1 have yet to hear the first word spoken against religion, or the first oath uttered by any member of my company. On the contrary, I have seen several of them at their devotions —oarnest and sincere believers and fol- lowers of the church and its teachings. The nctors, I believe, are better r ligiously, than those who seek to criti- cise them. That is my opinion. RHEA, HELEN DAUNRAY NEARY VEIL, Why is it that such a great portion of the public seem to take iv for granted that all actors are irreligious, if not al- together aiheists? Some ministers of the gospel,who teach Christian charity, look upon us as foreverlost to salvation, becuause we are unbelievers. If those who deride us would only investigate with one-half the energy they display in condemning actors and the stage, they would find such an opinion with- out foundatiol In my association with my fellow- actors I have yet to meet one who ever has anything but the greatest respect and belief in the Almighty Being. We are not church-goers, it is true, but that is not because we are unbelievers, but because Sunday i3 our only duy of rest, and it is most welcome. Sunday1s the minister’s day of business; therefore he is punctual in his devotions. But if he had to act every night in the week and vwics on Saturday, retive on Satur- day night physically exhausted, he would perhaps also, when he heard the early church bells on Sunday morning, think twice before he would leave the tempting bed of rest. hen an actor does'visita place of worship he is most reverential and deeply impressed with what he sees and hears. If any one doubt this, let him visit “The Little Church Around the Corner”’ in New York some day when there 18 a special gathering of dramatic people. I have done so,and was foreibly struck with the unusual serious- ness of this usunlly happy bund of light-hearted Bohemians. ~Not being church-goers they are all the more im- pressed, and I firmly believe, while in the house of worship, think only of the gospel and its teachings, while regular church-goers, being accustomed to their surroundings, are apt to let their minds wander to more worldly affuirs, Porhl\)}s periodical devotions that are deeply felt will weigh as heavily on high as indiffecent regularity. True religion toaches many noble things, but “‘the greatest of these is charity,’ Where 1o the world, and in what profession, can one find more of the “‘milk of human kindness” than in this self-same band of Bohemians? They are ever ready to stretch forth a helping hand to those in need, regard- less of creed, nationality or profession, Idonot think: there isa prominent actor or actress before the public today who is an unbeliever. There may be agnostics among us, but I have never met an atheist. Personally, I cannotsay [ amachurch- goer. Iattend service asoften as I can; when I do there is no one present who communes more fervently with God, or with greater belief, than I. Three of my childhood years were passed in a convent, and at the age of thirteen I had serious intentionsof becoming a re- ligieuse; and though I did not follow out my intentions I have not lost one jot of my reverence for, or my faith in God. HELEN DAUVRAY WARD, —————— TOOK THE Youtiers Slatesman. It _cats would only sleep at night, How ghankful we shonld be! 1f mouney would not get so tight, How thankful we should be! If women would not talk, forsooth, 11 ladies' hats were lcas uncoutn, 1t weather clerks would tell the trutn, How thaokful we should be! THE STANDARD OIL TRUST. Its Birth, Growth and Grip on Ter- restial Affairs. STARTED IN A VERY SMALL WAY. From Forty-F.ve Barrels to Fifteen Ahousand Rarrcls Per Day— The Catch-as-Catch-Can Policy in Oils. Origin of a Monster Trust, The profits of the Standard trust last year were $26,000,000, and they will be greater this year. This statement is said to be absolntely true by those who hold stock and share the profits of the great octopus that used to wallow only in petroleum, but now has its tentacles in gas, white lead, cotton-seed oil and other articles of broad use. There is also no doubt that the Stand- ard chief, John D, Rockefeller, is worth $150,000,000 and is in the class above the Vanderbilts, Gould and Leland Stan- ford. William Rockefeller, his hrothe is classed at $40,000,000; H. M. Flagler, another Standard oil man, at the samo figure. The estate of S. V. Harkuoss, & Standard man to the day of his death, is worth $30,000,000. Col. O. H. Payne, treasurer of the Standard trust, cuts a $22,000,000 tigure. H. A. Hutchens is a §20,000,000. All this vast wealth has come out of n mere shanty and a picuy- une commission business on River street, Cleveland, O., which was 1n op- peration twenty-five years ago. Surely the men who built up these colossal for- tunoes are of public interest? Andsure- ly the means by which they were built aro of no less? The means has been the variously named concern, now known as the Standard Oil trust, of which John D. Rockefellor is the presiding geniu s and wh has been the sword with which he has opened the worldly oyster racted the therein. The pessimistic and enviou in alarm at the corporation, the manipulators are in politi dity produce and marketing, and suy: R L R A conservative citizen, rich himself, looks with alarm on the development of such a trust, a concern which elects legisla- tors and senators, manipulates prices, and asks anxiously: “When will its appetite te satistied None but John D. Rockefeller can tell. He has been a floxible man on his financial side. His goul has been the goal of the genius receding but ever-present one, never reached, always distinct and ex- tinguished only by an heirless end. The present Standard trust has been the depository of John D. Rockefeller's energy. It has been and isan enor- mous engine of warfare, at times eruel and remorseless, und never more than sleepily non-intorfering. It sprung trom a few thousand dollars and a mighty brain. and will go on acquiring until its wings are clipped by legislative sheavs or its rank and file is devoured in side forays by more voracious indi- vidual wolves after the head has gone. HOW THE GIANT WAS BORN, on River street, Cleveland, 0., James and Morris 8, Ciark, two Englishmen, hewn from ordinary ma-~ terial, but filled with the energy of a rather barren past and the promise of a brighter future, were operating a com- mission business. John D. Rockefeller, ashrewd but not particularly bright young fellow of twenty-three yoars, was the firm’s clerk and bookkoeper at $25 Per month. He had $3,000 left him for or a start in 1ife by his father. Clove- land was nibbling at the oil business in those days, and among others the Clarksgot intoitin asmall way, refining afew barrels each day. What oil the firm bhandled yielded good returns, and one day in youug Rockefeller’s hear- ing the brothers discussed a plan for going into refining a littlo more heav- ily. This was in 1867. *‘I've got a lit- tle money,” said young Rockefeller, ““take me in as a_partner, and we will do all the oil business we can, There ure great possibilities in it.,”” The Clarks agreed, and oil relining occupied the almost exclusive attention of the firm until 1868. TIts first production was about forty-five barrels per day. Among the other men also in Clevelund oil ve- fining and who have since become financially famous through Standard connections were: S, V. Harkness, who died lust winter at St. Augustine, Fla., ledving an estate of $30,000,000; H. M. Elaglor, of Ponce de I.con hotel fame; Sum Andrews of Cleveland, who cut a peculiar figure in the Roc! oller-Van- derbilt deal; Colonel Oliver Payne of political notoriety, and John Huuting- ton of the Stand , now at the Car Lad baths seeking to fight, off death. All tho refineries were on’ Walworth run, a narrow, dirty stream running through the town from the Cuyahogu south. The oil men have long since deserted aund the hide and slaughter house people taken up the dirty stream. The small refiners stumbled along in a cramped wnPr for some time. Young Rockeleller cut an impres- sive figure among the refiners as a shrowd maun. His pore was always a financial one, and some of the old Cleveland bankers tell amusing stories of his impression bluffs in the line of heavy bond deals when he really had not enough ready money to move than pay his firm’s due obligations. John Rockefeller, dull on some sides and far from companionable with the young men of his set, was far-seeing enough to discern the nearest cdge of what the oil refining industry would be. The production of crude oil was in- creasing wonderfully. By 1865 the Clarks produced 150" barrels par day. Today in Cleveland alone the Standard producos 15,000 barrels per day, But the Cleveland refiners were frittering away timo and chances because they lacked capital and organization. On Rockefeller’s organizing side was his genius, and the field ho was in was a fertile one. To the men of his choice he explained that capital and combina- tion were all that was necessary 4o grasp the opportunity offered by the great production of oil. That combin- ation was the real foundation of the Standard Oil company., The firm was organized in 1870, and called Clark, Payne & Company. Its members were: James B, Clark, Oliver Payne, John Huutington, John D, Rockefeller, and a few others, Before join- ing the firm of Rockefeller had made some money operating in oil outside the firm of Clark & Rockefeller. Sam An- drews and Henry M. Flagler were also in the firm. Andrews had made some money, but Flagler had none of hisown, being backed by S. V. Harkness who wus a relative of Flagier’s wile. The flrm prospered, Rockefeller’s genius for combination showed brightly. The others looked towards him and were willing to follow him to the limit. In 1870 the Standard Oil company was or- ganized with a capitalot $2,500,000, It, 100, was the creature of John D, Rocke- feller’s brain, All the Clark, Payne & Compauy crowd were in it, with Harlk- ness, some other producers, and a few capitalists, The actual capital of the concern was farless than 82,600,000, but the plaots of the various producers were all thrown in at fancV 'figures, and it represented most of the capital. Rock- etelier's eye was on thtfGture still, and his sight was not defeltive. The Standard went out‘into the world to do business on the dateh-ss-catch-can plan. A wider raid was' to be made. John D. Rockefeller wanted more ac- tion. The new company’s policy wusan aggressive ono. It was to buy, crush, steal, or do anything to acquire andeget control of the oil busineéss of America. This policy was admirably successful, and lasted from the date of the Stand- ard’s inception untils 1883, when it changed to one more steady without market manipulation and forced changes of prices. The plunder-laden robber is even prone to Kmvnml‘ a conservative and anarchy’s cure is along the route of acquisition. 1In 1883 there were some changes in_the Standard’s personnel. Morris B. Clark thought he had had enough, The future was full of danger to his eye. His goal did not rocede,and he was not able to see the winding way of the Rockefeller policy for a decade hence. His stock was bought and he re- tired with 8100,000. That sum has since been increased to half a million through the tirm of M. B. Clark & Sons and that out of which it grew. Pretty good work that for the son of a Malmesbury, Wiltshire, agricultural laborer, ot he looks upon his wealth and thinks how much greater it would have been had he stood the Rockefeller pace and let his $100,000 breed in greasy avenues into half as many millions. To daring financial minds only are colossal fortunes possi- hle, and the regrets that come with half success are natural. The entire Stand- ard crowd is a queer one in this line of business association. Their policy has always been onoe of giving toand takiug from dissatisfied partners. Morris Clark a few years ago parted with his partner, George W. Gardner, now wmayor of Cleveland, as he himsell had parted with the Standard some years before. Gardner was asked his seiling price, named and got it, and has since disliked himself for not asking more, A more pointed case turned up in 1883, Sam Aundrews and John D. Rockefeller van_against each other. The Stand- ard’s genius tolerates no intarference. Continued success has killed the na- tural opposition_of eleven men to one, for the Standard’s governing board is made up of twelve men, and Andrews was coolly asked what he would sell for, “What is the market price of my stock?’” he asked. John D.Rockefeller’s answer was: Nine hundred thousand dollars!? “T’ll take it!" said Andrews, and the deal was closed. The following day Rockefeller sold the stock to W. H. Vanderhilt for 81,500,000. Since finding out the facts of the deal Sam Andrews has been sore and has not re- frained from publicly declaving that John D. Rockefeller **confidenced”” him out of $600,000, As has boen said, the Standard polic from 1870 to 1883 was to force the m ket up and down and play both ends for the personal profit of its men. Out of such tactics came that vast personal fortune. Since . either because of satiation or a fear of public opinion, a couservative policy has been followed. Prices have boen “held, sometimes at a sacrifice. Ouly the old game of buying venously wiping out ali opposi- tion hus been followed. Width it came oad results in the line of pensioned and removed experts, who have created a tax on the Standard which is ultimately likely to more than balance its advan- 1 cheaper producing and carry- ing lines. But the Standard has never halted. In 1880 its capital was increased to $10,- 000,000; in 1885 to $72,000,000. Now it is 90,000,000, and last year its enrnings were 826,000,000, or nearly 80 per cent. Such a percentage on a moderate 10- vestment is not rave. Many merchants do as well on $100,000 or so, but on $90,- 000,000 such a profit is dangevously pro- digious. In 1887 it had a surplus of 20 por cent of 1ts stock of $72,000,000, or nearly $15,000,000 on hand. The Stand- 3 per cent quarterly or 12 per cent per year on its stock and piles up the balance for use. 'The §99,000,000 worth of stock is issued in Standard tru ificates. The last sale of them was at 170, making them worth $153,- 000,000. The certificates seldom como into the market, their sales being private. The trust operates hun- dreds of rofineries under the Stund- ard and individual names—the latter for the purpose of retaining public pat- ronage in spito of the general anti- Standard feeling and the Transit com- pany. The side trusts, such as those in white lead, cotton-seed oil, ete., are said to be Standard begause individual Standard men are into them and using Standard methods in their manipul tion., The business of the S andard trust istransacted through an execzutive board of twelve with John D. Rockefel- ler as the controlling spil Only tried and true Stundard men are on that board. Among its mombers e some men who begun_their life of work as boys in Standard offices. A stern civil service policy is pursued in all branches, and merit and zeal are sure keys 1o suc- Cess. uch a policy 1s John D. Rocke- fellev’s own, and lits in with his owu be. ginning and work. Al COST OF FEEDING A BOY. The Process Not Mach More siva than Raisin Pig. It is worth something to know whatit costs to feed a boy fairly well. During the investigations made by the Phila- delphia Record of the operations of the Squeers syndicate orphan schools it was shown that, taking their own somewhat doubtful figures, the cost was about 4 cents & meal, But the syndicate or- phans were not well fed. Dr. McKinnon, the superintendent of the Mimico industrial school in Canada, has furnished the Toronto Mail with an intevesting statement on the subject There are 108 boys ifi the school, who are kept in good badily health, and whose subsistence is bought in a whole- sale way that would somewhat cheapen the cost, as compared,with ordinary household expenditdre. The boys have ull they wish to eat, and the superin- tendent’s accounts, not, being compli- cated by expenses for, sustenance for other persons, furnish-valuable data not otherwise readily obtainable, The foi- lowing stutement shows the average weekly expenditure per boy: Cents, FlOUr. . oo veae sasies 18 Oatmeal and other meal Harley and bean Rice, sago, eto Coffee, cocon and teu, Sugar and sirups. .., Salt, pepper and other condimeats. . Fresh fruits.............0 Fruits, preserved and dried. Fresn meat and fish Meatand fish cured Butter and fish., . Other provisions, - aee 5 x —zittn tzmeDo Rem = = 5| 3 The cost of food, as aboye given, does not inclde the expense of proparing it, or incidental expenditure for superin- tendence, ete, mt the average dis bursement is astonishingly small. So far as subsistence goes, to raise a boy is not much more costly than to raise a rns. If a healthy boy can be properly ed for $50 & year there is less discour- agment in the task of increasing the male population of the country than pessimist observers are wout to insist upon, ~SIXTEEN A NIGHT IN THE CITY JAIL, How thg Oriminal Olasscs of the Town Are Handled. THE PATROL WAGON'S WORK. The Variety of Sinners Corealled by the Police—The Several Roll Oall Reports £ad the Operator's Room—Etc.. Ete. The Criminal's Rest. A few weeks ago a clergyman of this city preached a very able and eloguent sermon entitled “#10 and costs,” The ma‘erial for his discourse was obtained by actuai observation in the police court during one of its sessions. But there is a feature in connection with the theme handled by the reverend gentloman which was not touched by him, 1t is the manner in which the parties whoare assessed the fine imposed are arrested and by whom they are in- carcerated. To fully understand this matter one must spend an entire night at the station. It is useless to remark that, in nearly all cases. policemen make the arrests. As a matter of facy, there have been ex- ceptions to this rule us in other cases, but thoy are fow. The police force is divided in two parts, the night watch aud day watch, ench under command of a captain and two sergeants. ‘he hours of duty are twelve sut of twenty-four, the night watch coming on duty at 7 p. m. Shorily after 6 they uppent at police station and a few moments before 7 the captain commands **roll call.” In the old police court chambor, the officers arrango themselves in the order of their beats, those nearest the station holding the right of the line and the “Here,” ‘“‘Here,” ‘‘Here” volls down the column, ‘‘Forward, column left,” commands the sergeant’ who is vo place them them on their beats and the tramp, teamp, trampof the ollicers is leard ou the pavement growing more and more indistinet as the men recede. 1t is perhaps an hour now since the men have been out,when ‘whew whew” comes from the speaking tube connect- ing the oflicers’ quurters with the operator’s room up stairs. ““Penth and Muson,” says the jailor, who has answered the call, and in a moment the patrol wagon, conductor and driver have rolled out of their cots and are on their way to the box indi- cated. They return in a very short time and bring in a “box ear vag,” one of those poor_ unfortunstes who, being out of money and with no place to sleep, is foreed to seek shelter us best he can. “What's your name?” demands Mr. Bebout, the jailor. “John Haren,” is the responge. “Well, John, come here until I search you,” and John ‘‘comes.” A’ piece of tobucco of ubout two chews in dimensions, a pipe and a red handkor- chief constitute John’s worldly pos- sessions. These he is allowed to keep, and in less than o moment he is behind the bars. *Wnew, Whew” goes the whistle again. This time it is Twentieth and Luke streets. It’s a long drive, but 1t hus to be made and after an absence of three-quarters of an hour officers and men return. What have they now? A fellow who has so far forgotten his manhood as to beat his wife, the being who above all others ne should protect. They have brought the poor woman along to receive medical atten because she is, indeed, in a pitiable condition, her face resembling a piece of raw beef rather than a humau coun- tenance. The brute who is responsible for her misery is chucked into the cage in a no very gentle manner, because in matters of this kind policemen resemble ordi- nary human beings, and wife beaters are not handled like chinawave by any means. The culprit is sulky and stubborn, but he makes vory little resistance and after being relieved of what little money and property he hasis locked up. The wife, in the meantime, is en fully cared for until the city physician arrives, after which she has her wounds dressed and is sent home. The husband next morning will receive more than “$10 and costs.” You can depend upon that, Tenth and Farnam,” sings out the jailor. And, in ten minutes, the wagon is buck. This time it is a drunk. He has u system full of tanglefoot and o bottle of it'in his pocket. He is very jovial and says “sh’all right ole fel, have anozzer one on me.” When his cash is taken away from hun he smiles and remarks: *Take er'long ole man, don’t need myshelf; s’hay, won’t go home till mor- nin, won't go’ome till mornin, won't go—" but here his custodian runs him off up the alley way to his cell, where he contents himself by sa; + Don’t care anyhow, old womansh off in Wish- consin,” after which he goes to sleep. “Ninth and Dodge” is the next call. What, a lady and gentleman? No, a man and a cyprian, He is a married man 100, and looks very much ashamed as he glances beseechingly at the reporters, who know him quite well, Ho gives his name as **Joha Doe.” He has been apprehended in flagrante delictu and doesn’t want his wife to get on to the fact. He asks for a messcnger boy ana gets ona, In o short time a friend appears in a cab, He is going to drive out to the residence of the police judgo and go on his friend’s bond, Before h starts, however, he gets the reportersin a corner and implores them in the name of all that is merciful not to say any- thing about the matter in the papers as it would ruin the young man’s prospects, his family, in fact everything. He italicizes his remarks with cigars. Sometimes he gets what he asks for and sometimes he doesu’t. 1t depends upon the young man’s char- acter, Jfitls hisfirstoffcnse, heislikel, to be let down easy. If he is an old- timer he is likely to read something next day that will” make his ears burn, Another call comes in and another trip is made. This time the passenger ie 8 woman, She has been arrested be- cause she cannot show her fine receipt. She is drunk and the foul imprecations that fall from the lips a fond mother once kissed when the object wae an in- fant, are enough to make a man shud- der and forget that the prisoner is a woman, She is locked up in the wom- en’s cell and makes the uight hideous with her vile -hrieklng. Perchance, she will have company before morning and, with her associate, will debase the sex beyond description. *Please, mister, can I stay here all night, I'm sick?” pipes a fifteen-year- old lad who floats around town doing odd jobs during the day. “All rl.;m‘” is the response, and the applicant’ me and age are taken after which he is given a bunk. But the arvests ure nearly all in, Let us go up stairs to the operator’s room, He sits at his telephone reading per- baps, One, two, three strikes the clock. Whizz goes the.wmachine, *All right, Benson!” ne shouts in the tele- PAGES, e e e 237~ St e ———— phone. Ttis the hour for reporting. “Whizz, whizz, whizz,” they « com- ing thick and fust: ““All right, Cullen, all right, Dempsey. all right, Godola,” and thus it goes until one-halfthe night force which reports on the even hours, while the othe report on the hall hours, have made |‘n-ir reports. A record of each is kept nnd trouble befalls him who fails to explain why he was not on time, But it is 5 a. m. and tho officers agnin assemble for roll call. Again wo hear the “Here,” “Here,” “Here.” Roll call is finished and the captain exclaims “Benson, Fields, Brady, Shields, Godola, Ellis,” This means thut these oflicers are to do the “dog teh™ this morning, to wateh the prin- cipal beats until the dav forco comes on, while the others go home. Thus ends a night in the police sta- tion. ——ine. 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