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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1907.
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THINGS THAT ARE
WINNING NOTICE
IN NEW YORK
Club Has Defenders of "Affinity"
Proposition aod a Citizen Dis-
cusses "Crime Blindness".
NOTES ON SOCIAL AND
AMUSEMENT MATTERS
(By H. Chapman Williams.)
Spec ial Telegram to The Express.
MOW YORK, Oct. 19.—The radical
views of members of a certain club,
an organization composed uf men and
w<>men of pronounced individualities on
the marriage question and their outspok-
en sympathy for Ferdinand Pinney Earle,
who has put away hla wife in order to
be free to marry his "affinity," have at-
tracted widespread attention. It is de-
clared by thnm that the proportion of
l,eojile in this city who hold the same
idea of matrimony as does the Monroe
nrttet is really larger than is generally
supposed.
But this serious, fur-reaching and most
interesting "affinity" proposition which
superseded "brainstorm" must now move
back a notch and give first place to the
latest word creation. "Crime-blindness."
"Crime-blindness is a disease of the
eye and brain, says Prof. (Jidor Haupt-
man, a distinguished alienist and ooculist
to the Berlin police department. He first
discovered symptoms of the new affec-
tion while examining tho eyes of certain
detectives who have been dismissed from
thf» service. After months of close study
and of correspondence with savants and
other honest men all over the world, Pro-
fessor Hauptman asserts confidently that
the disease is very widespread and is
most prevalent in New York at the
present time.
In "crime-blindness" the patient re-
tains a most acute power of distin-
guishing. When the criminal is poor
"crime-blindness" never occurs, but the
wealthier the malefactor the more severe
Its Attack.
In fact. Professor Hauptman makes a
statement, the truth of which. 1 believe,
justifies one in considering his claims
with a certain amount of seriousness. He
says some New York officials who should
pursue certain immensely wealthy per-
sons have not only become totally "crime-
blind." but their hearing and speech are
greatly impaired.
Another of the learned professor's
statements which has a. positive ring of
truth in It Is that many men. or women,
who are much in love have mild attacks
of' "crime-blindness," so that they cannot
pee the faults, and they excuse the pec-
cadillos of those they love.
Foreign built automobiles are to be
brought into price competition with high
grade American cars. Just when almost
everybody was beginning to predict the
doom of European motor vehicles in the
United States andt heir supercession by
Improved American machines along comes
the most remarkable contract ever en-
tered into for the importation into and
sale of foreign cars throughout this coun-
try. resulting in the cutting of prices in
half.
Careful compilation of the daily base-
ball attendance figures made since the
American League expanded to the East
ahows that the season just closed leads
all previous ones by more than 300.000.
The figures show that the American and
National T^eagues drew a grand total of
6.136.557 persons. The nearest approach
to these figures was in 1004, when 5.K60.-
260 persons witnessed the combined
games of the National and American
Leagues. These figures are an increase
over last year of 417,268.
The members of the Royal Swedish
Yacht Club have decided that at their
next meeting, to be held on Monday, they
will send a formal challenge to the New
York Yacht Club to race a 70-footer for
the America's Cup.
They hope the American Club will
build a yacht of that size. Tf not. the
Royal Swedish Yacht Club will again
meet to consider the question whether
the money can be obtained to build a
larger boat. Meanwhile a month must
elapse before an answer can be expected
from the New York Yacht Club, and this
answer it is thought here will not be a
favorable one.
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A furor has been created in Staten
Island by the attempt of the Board of
Health to banish for all time the historic
hencoop, of the forefathers, and its citi-
zens are now in a state of rebellion
against the mighty arm of the law.
Staten Island has more chicken fanciers
than poultry raisers, more "gentlemen
agriculturists" than farmers,and a still
larger number of plain citizens who keep
a few chickens in their back yards. All
of them are finding that the visits of
sanitary inspectors are as certain as
taxes, and quite as expensive.
The latest innovation on ocean liners
is an aquiarium. in which a thousand
fish are kept alive and fat. ready to be
fished out. and served in the restaurant
daily. The Hamburg-American Liner
Amerika is the first of the big boats to
offer this inducement to those crossing
the Atlantic.
The tanks, big zinc afafirs. filled with
fresh water, are housed away on the top
of the ship, near the base of the smoke-
stacks. The water is supplied with fresh
oxygen by pumping it into the tops of
little towers, where through punctures
the fresh air comes in touch with it, and
thus the trout are kept alive and jump-
ing.
♦ ♦ ♦
As has been the case for a month back
matters matrimonial are the most en-
grossing fipic of conversation in society.
Each day brings forth the report of some
new eng'agement of the program of final
arrangements for one of the October or
November weddings.
A very interesting wedding took place
Monday in St. George's Church, in Han-
over Square. London, and was another
instance of the popularity of London for
American weddings.
The bride was Miss Ethel Clyde, daugh-
ter of William Clyde, of New York, one
of the Wail Street magnates. The bride-
groom, Capt. Ernest Godfreed Haimar,
of the Prussian Royal Artillery, is a ris-
ing officer in the German Army.
There was a" interesting wedding
Tuesday at Sherry's. The bridegroom
was James Thayer McMillan, a son of
the late Senator McMillan, and the bride,
Miss Anne Davenport Russell, the daugh-
ter of Hfnry Russell. Mr. McMillan is a
brother of Miss Amy McMillan, who last
Saturday, at Manchester by-the-sea. be-
came the bride of Lieut. Col. Sir John
Harrington. The entire bridal party of
Saturday was present at the wedding in
this city on Tuesday. The bride's family
Is from Detroit.
At a nuptial mass, at the Church of
Our Lady of, Grace. Hoboken, on Tues-
day morning. Justice William J. Kelly of
Brooklyn was married to Miss Irene G.
Foley of Hudson Street, Hoboken.
♦ ♦ ♦
The first entertainment of any note'
will be the annual bell at Tuxedo, which
will take place In the last week of Oc-
tober. There will be some dances In the
Meadowbrook country, and especially dur-
Ing the racing and hunting season.
At Hot 8prin*a then ta a fair run-
AT PEACE WITH MOTHER-IN-LAW.
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MRS. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.
]V|KS. VANDERBILT has effected a
1 * reconciliation with her mother-in-
law after a feud of eight years. This
estrangement between the two women
when the elder Cornelius Vanderbllt,
after the marriage of Cornelius Jr. to
Miss Grace Wilson, became embittered
and practically disinherited his eldest
son. At his death Alfred, the younger
son, became the residuary legatee of the
estate, with $50,000,000 as his share, and
Cornelius was dismissed with a gift of
$1,500,000. Last week Mrs. Vanderbilt
gave a dinner at her Newport home.
Mrs. Vanderbilt's name was announced
among the guests invited to meet Count
Szechenyi, the fiance of Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt. Young Mrs. Vanderbilt did
not attend the dinner. On the following
night her husband gave a dinner at
"Beaulieu" and Mrs. Vanderbilt Sr. at-
tended. A reconeillation followed.
PROXIES STILL
BLOCK ILLINOIS
CENTRAL MEN
Stockholders Adjourn Meeting Un-
til Tuesday Without Tak*
ing a Vote.
HARR5MAN SAID TO
BE BUYING SHARES
sentation of the Newport set. and at
Newport itself some of the fashionables
are lingering, notably the Vanderbilts.
The resort has been very much Inter-
ested in recent visits of Mrs. Hetty
Green. And by the way, Mrs. C. M. role-
man, who is rapidly becoming a second
Mrs. Hetty in the financial world, has
clqsed her apartments at the Waldorf-
Astoria and gone to Bridgcwater, Nova
Scotia, to enjoy the ideal fall climate of
the Province and to look after her ex-
tensive gold mining interests there.
Hotels in the Perkshires are filled, and
numerous house parties are being enter-
tained at the villas, for this is the glori-
ous week of the year in the hills.
American vocalists have been making
great headway in Germany recently.
Several new debuts have taken place. At
Elberfeld there have been obtained the
services of Miss Maud Roosevelt, a rela-
tive of the President. She made her first
appearance at the opera House as Eliza-
beth in "Tannhauser" on Oct. 13.
Miss Elsa Thornsvard of San Francisco
made her debut at the same opera house
in Mozart's opera. "The Magic Flute."
A young American soprano who will
return to the American grand opera
stage this season, after captivating the
Paris opera patrons, is Miss Jane Noria,
a daughter of the late Dr. C. V. J. Lud-
wig. of St. Louis.
Madame Nordica, it begins to appear,
is really serious about that "American
Bayreuth." At least the following, which
I have just read in the Herald, would
seein to indicate that: "That Madame
Nordica's whole heart is in her plan to
establish an 'American Bayreuth' on the
Hudson was further shown yesterday
when she visited the site of the . Lillian
Nordica Festival House, in Harmon, and
arranged to dedicate the place to music
even before the foundations for the
opera house are fairly laid.
"Accompanied by Henry Russell, man-
ager of the San Carlo Grand Opera Com-
pany. with which she appeared last sea-
son on tour. Mme. Nordica went to Har-
mon in her automobile and arranged
to give an open air performance of
"Lohengrin" at the place where she will
build the opera house. With Mr. Russell
she arranged that the San Carlo Com-
pany should not be booked for the second
week in next May. During that week,
with Mme. Nordica as Elsa. the com-
pany will sing the beautiful Wogner
opera in German.
"Going over the ground. Mme. Nor-
dica selected a slope that forms a natural
amphitheater, and there among the trees
seats will be placed and a stage erected,
using the natural scenery as much as
possible. Florencio Constantino, prin-
cipal tenor of the San Carlo Company,
will be the Lohengrin."
The making of musical comedy goes
merrily on, and the making of many
dollars through the presentation of these
shows continues quite as merrily no
doubt. For where one fails to scove
heavily with the public another is soon
ready to take its place. The musical
comedy when all is said and done is the
staple article in the managerial shop.
The new Stuyvesant Theater, David
Belasco's new playhouse on Forty-ninth
Street, completed at a cost of $760,000,
was thrown open to the public on Wed-
nesday evening, when David Warfield
presented "The Grand Army Man" for
the first time in this city. Apparently,
the Stuyvesant was built for all time, as
a perpetual monument to its projector.
Dr. George C. Wurzbach, Dentist.
W Alamo Plaza. New phone 1070.
Fall In TwoCitlee.
Reds and yellows all about
Supersede the greenery,
Nature has her artists out
r Fixing up the scenery.
—Louisville Courier-Journa.l
* Soot and cinders all about
Fall—well, not like b^nisons.
Mammon's colorists are out
Smudging up the denizens.
—Chicago Tribune.
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Dr. Rose T. Stern, Osteopath.
428 Moore Building. Old phone lOSl-Sr.
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Home-Cooked Dinner, 12 to 2.
▲t Carter's, 220fe K. Commerce
CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 19.—1The meeting of
thf? Illinois Central stockholders was to-
day adjourned until 11 o'clock next Tues-
day morning. The proxy counting com-
mittee is still unable to report, but it is
believed that it may he able to submit
its findings to the stockholders' meet-
ing when It next convenes.
The committee has been at work almost
night a nd day, but the volume of proxies
Is so large that the task is very long
and, with the scrutiny which is bestowed
on each, In behalf of both Mr. Fish and
Mr. Harriman, the work makes slow
progress. Last night the committee was
handling the proxies in alphabetical or-
der, and it was at the letter "H." Early
today it was at "M." From "M" it
jumped to "W" and when the meeting
was called to order today it was working
in "P."
E. H. Harriman, who has been very im-
patient of the delay in receiving the'vote,
left for New York today at 2:30, just at
the time the meeting was called to order.
He declared that Important matters de-
manded his presence in New York on
Mondav morning, and under no circum-
stances would he remain longer. Mr.
Nelson Cromwell will remain in Chicago
in charge of Mr. Harriman's interests
and it is not believed that Mr. Harriman
will return in time for a vote on Tues-
day. He may come, however, if he
learns that tlie matter is delayed much
later than that date.
The general situation in practically the
same. Both sides are seeking proxies
with much energy, and it was reported
today, although the story could not be
confirmed, that Mr. Harriman had re-
cently purchased in Chicago one block
of 700 shares, paying for them $20 above
the market price.
WINE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
Rutherford B. Hayes Only President
Who Barred Intoxicants.
All Presidents of the United States '
have set wine hefnre their guests. Presl- 1
dent Hayes and his family ware total j
| abstainers, and as a rule there was noth- i
j Ing alcoholic on the White House table
while they were there. But he made one
exoeptlbn to his rule. Ttiat wan while
the Russian firand Duke Alexis was the
guest of the Government.
President Hayes was not the only total
abstainer who has lived in the White
House. President I.lnooln neither smoked,
drank, nor chewed. But at ell hlg for-
mal dinners the customary amount and
varieties of wine were set before the
guests. Presidents Harrison and MeKln-
ley were exceedingly abstemious men.
Garfield whs not long enough In the
White House to establish any sort of
reputation as an entertainer.
Except when Hayes and McKlnlcy
! came into office there never was any !
question as to whether wine should be ]
Ufed at the formal dinners. McKlnley,
although a member of the Methodist i
Church, decided that the custom of serv- I
lng wines and liquors to the guests was 1
not to he disregarded. Although he never !
made a public announcement of his ..posl- !
tlon. he took the ground that Methodist
discipline rules affected him merely as >
an Individual, not as President of the |
Knited Stales, who, as such, would have
to entertain persons who would regard I
it as a slight. If not an affront, to depart
from the rule of good society that drink
shall be offered to guests. McKlnley held
that the offense against hospitality
would be. In not permitting the guest to
decido whether he should or should not
drink.
As the question of Indulgence or absti-
nence was not discussed in the South
until long after the Civil War, the ques-
tion of liquor in the White House had
no place among topics for discussion un-
til after the er.d of the South's control
of the Federal Government. In the
"good old days" every President had a
supply of liquor at his elbow wherewith
to pledse the health of a guest, and in
many cases of even tho casual caller.
Joflv old "Jimmy" Buchanan, although
always arrayed like a preacher, had a
wink which was ar. invitation to have a
drink from his black bottle. Old-timers
say he had a barrel of whiskey wlilch
wus made during the times of the whis-
key rebellion. The guest, after being told
about the age of the liquor, was invited
to help himself, and Buchanan always
turned his hack whenever he hadi as a
drinking companion a man he knew as a
lover of four or five fingers.
Andrew Johnson also had his black bot-
tle. and there is no question that, at
times, he drank freely. There is nothing
that shows that Jolmson got as drunk
as his enemies said he dla. Men who
worked around the White House whila
he was In office sav the report is abso-
lutely false that when pleas In behalf of
Mrs. Surratt were made he was too
drunk to hear the petitioners.
Chester A. Arthur Is the only man ever
In the Whit*' House who turned night
into dnv and. knew when things pertahi-
ine to dress and dining were well done
or otherwise. Of I he Presidents within
the memory of living men. he is the only
one that knew good wine from that
which passes es all right with the aver-
age mnn. In his time the art of eating
and drinking received much attention at
the White House, and the regular staff
of cooks there frequently found Itself set
aside for a chef froir Chamberlin's or
some other restaurant w"here good cook-
ing was the rule, not the exception.
He. indeed, was an outsider who want
to the White House with a matter of
business and did not receive an invlta-
tlor: to drink. That was the least Presi-
dent Arthur would do for a man whom
he liked or the man whose good opinion
the President thought it necessary to cul-
tivate. Arthur was the polished man of
the world. „ . „
Andrew Jackson, according to Mrs.
Throckmorton, whose son was in the reg-
ular armv during the Civil War. and as
such fought against his father In the
Confederate army In the battle of the
Wilderness. Invariably drank at table
and alwavs proposed a toast to the
women.-Washington Dispatch to New
York World.
FOR RENT
Store room 117 Ave D. J. H. Savage,
Agent, Moore Building.
L. T. Waters Undertaking Co.
Embalmors, funeral directors. Euwp-
tlonal shipping facilities. Private chapel.
431 K. Commerce St. Both phono* 202$.
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All novelty .hade, of browns coming
In. Pancoast * Rohler. Moore Bid*.
The 8t. Jamee Billiard Parlor.
Finest tables In city. Good treatment.
ys Fiing-in Values
You may need one or more of these articles. You
will find that they are cheaper | in price, not in qual-
ity | here than at other stores in 5an Antonio. Why?
Because we are the largest dealers in the State—
heavy and conservative buyers — getting all the
cream from the largest and best factories at very
close prices. It will pay you to visit us first and last.
THIS GOOD TABLE
FOR S6.90
A six-leg, crossed-brace, solid oak table,
heavy inch oak, top highly polished, a table
worth $10.00.
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BlYfjJjJ[|FV/V V* ,~r
FLOOR-
SHINE
Pints &
Quarts
60c&$l°°
This Pretty Clock
SPECIAL SALE
MONDAY
For 35c Each
We have only a few left and they go
at cost. A nice ornament and a good
timekeeper.
CHILD'S FOLDING BED
Only $5.75
A well constructed maple framed bed,
just like cut. High head, bolted high
sides, strong woven-wire springs. This
bed Is serviceable and saves room.
Every Little
This pan will roast your meats and save
terial. We only have a few of these fine
You may have them while they last at
SAVE the
DRIP
all the flavor. Made of very best ma-
pans and will close them out at once.
Combination
Book Case & Desk
$18.00
Solid quartered, golden oak, five
shelves for books, nice writing
compartment.
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DRESNER—mahocany
. $17.75
A handsome Princess dresser, solid
cak and imitation mahogany, large
French plate mirror, two drawers.
IRON AND BRASS BED
$17.50
This handsome metal bed has V/2 in.
posts and heavy scroll cross connec-
tions, fancy brass filling In head and
foot pieces.
PEERLESS MATTRESS
The Best by Test
We guarantee everyone we put out. You can try this mattress for 100
nights, and if it does not prove satisfactory we will refund your
money. They are made of long staple white cotton, covered with best
fancy art and Hamilton stripe tick. Weigh 50 pounds.
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FULL-SIZE IRON BED
For $5.40
This bed is a winner. High head and
foot, very ornamental, with brass tube
crosspiece on top and foot, medium
weight.
SOLID
COMFORTROCKER
This rocker is made of the best
oak, dull finish, with car.o se?<
and back, wide arms and long
well balanced rockerj.
Conter Table 95c
SPECIAL PRICE
Monday only we will sell one to
a customer. This table la worth
50 per c.nt more than the price
a.ked Monday.
STOWERS Frerglit on $I0 Orders
Tabourette and Pedestal
SALE MONDAY
AND TUESDAY
See Show Window Values!
Carpel and Drapery Dep't
ON THIRD FLOOR
All the new creations from the best
factories ready for your approval.
ideas and estimates furnished by
experienced and courteous men.
kitcheh CABINETS
Our line of kitchen cabinets I. the
largest and best in the city. All
sizes from three different fac-
tories. Base with or without tops.
All prices from $4.75 to $35.00.
CUSPIDORS
SOLID BRA8S
THREE STYLER
$2.50 $3.25 $3.75
A NOVEL THAT SUCCEEDED.
With a Plot So Startingly Original,
the Hit It Made Was a Certainty.
The society novelist was writing liia
masterpiece. It wag to be a triumph of
its kind. More husbands were to he in
love with the wrong wi\'es and more
wives planning to elope with the wrong
husbands than In any previous effort.
He laid the opening scene at a house
party, because the opportunities were so
good for that sort of thing. There was
Mrs. Bradish-Radshaw. who was madly
in love with young Templeton Tinker.
Brndish-Rarlshaw himself was infatuated
with Mrs. Tommy Tucker, who was hav-
ing trouble deciding between lilm and
Meredith Mintsauce, a situation which
was spiced somewhat by the fact that
Mr. Tommy Tinker and Mrs. Mintsauce,
who had once been - married to each
other, showed signs of wanting to try it
again.
In addition, there was the affair be-
tween Captain Kershaw and Mrs. Middle-
ton-Bangs. and that of Mtddlston-Bangs
and the governess, while in the midst
of It the Middleton-Bangs chauffeur was
to run ofT with Mrs. Hoboy Brayton, leav-
ing her husband, a charming man. when
sober, to the tender mercies of Miss
Evelyn Iloblck, who, as a matter of
fact, was simply craiy about him.
It started well, but at the end of the
third chapter the talented author threw
up both hand, and was carried howling
to the hospital. When he emerged, sev-
eral weeks later, he constructed a plot
In which all the husbands were in love
with their own wive, and all the wives
With their own husbands and In which
the unmarried people fell In love wlt|
each other instead of with some on« al«
ready married.
This was so absolutely new and a.
startling!)1 original that It mad* tb«
greatest lilt imaginable, especially as th<
book had a handsome binding and goo4
illustrations of people In evening clothes.
It became one of the St* Best Boiler*
and, the author la now rich beyond tM
dreams of avarice.—Life.
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Finest Siiita for Lsast Money.
M. J. Lobert, Tailor, M ft. AIMS*
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