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The Chinese Revolution Was Born and Nourished in the United StatesPresident Sun Began YearsAgo in San Francisco'sChinatown to Effect theOrganization of theNew Republic.

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AGAIN has the I'liitecl State«« givenbirth to .1 i.-volutionary move-

in. nt K-'rni.l t<> HÎTect a frien-lly«".nly ;« short time «.go. In [/«»ver

«'alifornla and in Um bOVdef luvst.s OfTexas, then arose, like arjectf* from the;:ra\e. the powerful enemlei «-f President

«s/ho, pui i «-i b) year»if oppression in Um land ui ihelr birth. In¬stilled in the hearts of their cjoantrymenths.arce spirit of r« i> nton thai ««toread lilt«-srudflre, until srtth a mighty swoop it end-<.«! in thS «apitulatlon of the administration,'orres ami placed the Mad<riMs in the .>ea*.«d «*o\t.mment.The latoal revolutksll to roni" fr«»tn theink and 1.1« Of the gnat Ameritan masses

ii- that alf«*»cting 111<~- Orient, and Ban Fran-isi¦«> will p.. down in the history of nations

the mother of the im**" Chinese republichnni Hwa Kok Min. as the Chinese

evolutionists characterise it «>f which Dr.Sim Tat-aen baa been erected president.Innvn m little, dark and narrow 8

Uley, where the gunmen of the fig tinshlfbbindcrs' long! 'ii«i their deadliest workm Hi'- blood] ton^ wars; down where thei»<->«ATrfi'l klngi "f th'» opium ring held out

des; down when th< Chine**«* traf¬fickers in slant-eye.l slave glrla conducted

;r nefiirious w.uk year in and year outrsjound pai

where, bul a short lime ago, th» disco«.«»f many litiir white slave r.irlr startle«]

narro« historicmd mysterious little alloy the real or>

ganisatton of the party behind theeffacted

eighteen years ago, it. Sen Yat-.. small. r.Tg-'ta. Intelligent blgtsk«

.-;.. physician, twenty-sevenold, lando«! m San Francisco, pursued bybe murderous spies of the Manchu gov-cnunent The little physician stepped from

iho gangplank of a transpacific steamerla a Saab was whisked away by th<»

la of the CJhec Kung Tong and "hurled"il weeks In that organisation's

qtflart« n rd Alky.

HOT PURSUIT OF DR. SUN.The Mancbu splea wer« bol "ii hli trail.

it wa> not a queatloi ¦¦! making hlra pris¬oner, however. They had tried that once in

on, an.l he bad made his es« ape throughwith English «Mhctalt-, The

Mancbu goverment, however, has a ptiof oiU I50.I >¦! on his h< ad.

.:.,! M tChet. Theyad traced him to Japan, an.) h< ..

ugh the vlgllanc «if the Cblnesev ne th. re. He had ju I left Hono-

tbe i unruenii at last he n Fran« Is« o

.,f und« i" th« prote lb n ofow rful gunflgbting

v,oik at an end -hopeles. hiding In San Kran-

kne*s that hi> own.¦

sir Hv« 1«** themselves.Dur thai Dr. Sun Vat-.-cn r**-

with vn-

rd the Manchu govenuneni '.«oof his two

. Inmparutg the op-

Chines« rulersextend«

Dr Sur. Tat-sen ia th« Thomas Palne <i\ ment Durmg hli

ta . Kung To- :kffet > s o ».

¦i these ttlrrln**wer«" printed In Chi«

. New York and f-an Franand from «hose points thev were

1) *r.!>'.t. d among 1 i- Nor'1' a-

I¦ - 1 the 8t a Um« i.'.s the pam hi Is were re

i. to igli .'¦

being Bcattered broadcastirroughoui Hie kingdom, ll.s wi in.'.- at-

i a acore of en huslasti '*'.-

it, s,. from among lh«?K -¦ Tons 'ii Ylck

Kong TongPoi T n then the

ow« rful tons of the\i.-ti nee Kspi tally so

is »g Ton) " 'I n« w l'r«

thro of Ur

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DR. SUN'S ACTIVITIES.ui.com-

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(ration of thai»

s i..| |1 v. a^ Hli-a:al

H»-o In the

Hi - i ui- ¦) bnHwol .n BiJohann« si,um, s .¡.t!

u hile.

Ban Frau«.. u !¦ a bj -;:i lead« n ».t thn

im tin work -i thelud -, ...

preadlns the lib-North ind

I Id sl th« oldBpofto ') All« j

.. up the v.. i,. ,,:

> newsthe ooi iall ver.-cil". si ' hen ih»»

..,,, «. .t \ v. here soi u -*

«. "hu n otand

tvork of th« u.-

iproaohad the |dera < >n many oecaaion

the verg« oi wai1 ..f the Touni Chin«

hat Iill of ih<» I« 14i. th« outbri al

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LEE SEE-NAM.Better known as Lee Gnone Hap. treas¬

urer of the "Chung Hwa Republic" inSan Francistio.

HISTORIC SPOFFORD ALLEY. CHINATOWN, SAN FRANCISCO.Hatchet marks "Government House" of the revolutionary junta.

and the bighblnder tongs served the rebel¡ llous Chinese to great purpoye and aide«! It

I the smuggling into America of numerouOlestlals who Inter became prominent lith. campaign of education.Among the most interesting feature«, o

the early movement* of the revolutionist!was the work of educating Chinese children. Soon after the establishment of tin

'Young China Daily*'.a morning news¬

paper (The Fin Nim Bo).a Young Chinaschool was opened In the newspaper's offl-

A young Chinese woman, a teacherand tlumna of the University of California,

proved to be the leading spirit in this de¬

partmental work, and Bbe finally pucceed«»dto complete charge. At one time the mini-

i ershlp of a .«ingle clase reached 'tifty. andthis- included the offspring of some of the

most prominent Chinese <>f the quarter.Sine year- ac,.>. Boos after the establish«

I ment of the constitutional government ofJapan, work n»_.s begin In Ban Prandscoon the constitution of the republic of.': ing Hwa- From ever*/ quarter of the

git v»e camp men who had studied the -*ov«

SBt principles of the nations of theworld and three years were consumed be»fore the new conatltutlon was drafted. !

.me of Iti principies:lora oí speech. I

No taxation without representation._cjual suffrage for all classes.Suffrage to women, restricted only by ed«

ucdtii.nuJ provision.Limitation of wealth.Government control of « ommodiücs.Absolute religious trcedom.Open ports to the world.Freo trade in reciprocity.Compulsory «ducation.Tin foundation of the new go\eiT.ir.«-nt

the revolutionists art- now fighting for islaid upon that of Japan in many respecta.it is planned that a military government¦hall replace the Manchu dynasty, and this,according to the revolutionists, erill con¬

tinue until the la*t of the tartar t

power holders Is exterminated. Then thepeople of the country thai! eleel their rep¬resentatives to a parliament an«i provln«elal government shall l»e placed In thehands of the masses. With signa ->t sue-ceas in this policy und with the people edu«¡it-ii .ir.d made familiar with the new

governni«»nt system, the military rule is to

-.is .-nid by general election a presidentla to be chosen. As snnti ;i^ !l¡. constltu«tion was drawn Up th>- old «piar«. n

Sporford alley a*« .«¦ abandoned and theagitators bai d«Fd lh©n ^" ¦ g

i,ii:.> part:. .. kw In a 1 niid-

GENERAL WONG HING.Military director of the revolutionists

in China.

DR. SUN YAT-SEN.Father of the Young China party and the real organizer of the revolution in

China.

wing in Stockton street, just ou the edge ofChinatown.

Then, for the flrst time, the revolution¬ists' proceedings began to be conductedwithout the manifest sign of dlsordeilinessthat always marke«! the e.nller meetingsand soon began to follow out the rules amiregulations of the propoaed Chinese parlia¬ment. When the work of the Young China

party was at it> height in America a new

organisation aras start«-.' in San Franciscoto overthrow the party. This was the BowWong Woi (Chinese Empire Reformelation), and its s«-ntiments. publiclyvoiced, were for a constitutional monarchyin rhina, with the Mancbus on the im¬

perial throne. This caused the utmost ex-

dtement m Chinatown. The headquartersfifth« i:<.v Wong trVi -'il In Wav«et'ly Plací Ions knoarn as the "Gambling

Hell" of Um Oriental district, and a strongcomplement of gunmen was hired by th«:Bow Wong Wol. For several months con¬

ditions bordered on the tragic. An out¬break was imminent. The Chinatown po¬lice.all plainclothes men.prepared fortrouble, reserves were obtained, but forsome unfathomable reason the two factionsnever met, perhaps because of their fear ofa clash with the Americans.Charges of the infest nature are still

being hurled back and forth between DieFiow Wong Woi and the Chee Kung Torn;,and up to the present relations ar.

strained that the reserve polio«.: ha\.y«t been «ailed off the scene.

Dr. Sun Vat-sen returned to San Fran¬cisco five years ago, and the Chung HwaKok Min bureau aras Immediately organ-UH l. its Intention was tu handle the

With a Heavy Price on His'Head This Tireless Lead¬er Planned with Infinite

Pains a SuccessfulSecession.

sctual affairs nf the revolution! r Se_Mneeflon with tiV activltlei In «"hin» a rat

he« «i the financing ofbelllon. Quart«-- v.'o - '. m

the oi«l haunts of :h<- parly in hpoffoH;iii--.., rebUill ift«'l 'he fire and I-

nf IBOti exactly »s it had in.n Ix-foraThen the work on the mil itionaof the rebellious «Cl .in in a!grand masa meeting <.t .«n ra heldsecretly In Tokio In ativc*ha«) In ti appoints*«! i». <-.'iiir<i¡

etloni "f ! he irolui Ion ¦..-. l*"or th-It:es of V «iiv i .' '-,r

. | .¦' ir^. lov.:. «H v

pecially thou« tilverallMr»-'-i«.r were nam«.-d M« -t Import!

.¦..i \\ -.i.; illng, -in «.**!'and ""'

i ampeWhile the no", ry lea -. m

«'hin.« and the |, ..- ... rn t ent tnAmarice burned Lin ntkli I í-'hm

luco ti... revolution wai fought over

and o'.-i m Imagination In the email toon»

of th<» anti-government forci in BpaaVfo:-l alley, Th« Tfl Plag r» ln-lhon hadt.m;*i t I the only p.-ob-

i. organized«well planned, carefully i...>'ipht. out inlli-

lign They wanted no more rnohiprlslngs Week ;ift«»r woek, month aftermonth, ih' |c;t«loi tool.»nael on varonamoves, and Anally plana were, ¡aid i«nJ thepowder trains set AtxUmts instructionswert Imparted t'. their representatives Inthe Vang-tse Klang Valles pravtoosfl. Allwas in readinees for the application of thamatch. Tl ittow watefasi for an

opportunity, and presently their patieneawas rewarded R illroad troubles had brok¬en o'it in tfo-Peb Province ar.d the people

; rovfncJal officers*ent down ander the executioner's axe an«lupon this pretext the revolutionists ra«Mil- rd !.. li.n«A »ti^fr »Kolllnn

SIGNAL FOR THE REVOLUTION.On October G.a memorable day for all.

Dr. Sun Yat-sen wrote a short cable tnea-

Hage In cabalistic figures of cipher, andthis wan dispatched with all expc^luncy.Twenty-four hours later th«- world read ofan outbreak of a t.« w r. volution at Wu-Chang, capital of t!.. IliP.h Pr.jvlne<.Little Dr. Sim Fat-sea that night was

speeding to New York on the Ov««rUn«lL.lmlU'1. At Batl Lake be picked up a

MWspap«-r With the tnJt cal'l«- UjSSJI fromChuta concerning the outbreak, one of th.*

fera atnlled as he r«aa4 tl.e eiory,and, u.'-1. Dr. Sun Vat-fen in the ob¬servation car, he n marked;"Killing mot. people Id your country. T,

see, do« t'ji though, they're, get«ting usod to that ,-».rt oi thing o\.r th-- "

"They're killing mm-tl.-.n? moro ti¦ »r»

people this time, I physl«.*lan.Chins will not mod to

to. but« 'a i v of ¡!:¡ people."in Chleago Dr. Bun «l.-» ur" -it »J TaMfl

looked for him In sain In Now York i

the train on Which h IS*, arnve-1pulled Into .......

months wa of bis 11francisco a'it to * I srtth cartajtetj where»he leader wa." Ha had turned or. t!-*»light, quhstl) tteppeé .«.»id«- and siresults, iiKok Min m becaiactive again

and agid to Chin t half th«value, redeemable F the tpublic's estábil! niaee«* flags of t

law republic appeared WsthJn fvJt daafter October .". They were

every building top in the quarter.A financial committee 'rom th.

Kung Tone!- r ai

editor of tii. Chin . «-TTi n.- Vat )'..'.. of t!on Yick Tong, and four other lead rs, ¦*-;

named to h indi« the mon I i N'ai¦.. r known as i- e Oi one Hap, a

ador of p in. ¦. n a I [ r pri-tor of a

Washington, was anaMtreasurer of t¡

! mi th.- Chi Ile notes t

Within ... wm '¦¦. moca thahad i. n raised on

Then the How Wong >»'.¦¦ imatn bobbeup. Leaders In this antagonistic tong t*

kiin circulating stories that the Bsmen oi the Kok Min bureau wen -

and gamblera None of the m

ni the) said, w« be sent to ChlntAmong th« ata af the Quarter.<ht¡. h< *t « ': |e| in lb« world oijt

,.; the 'Min « Etna rnatl »

¦!. Theti i was aoeantnn*a*<bj the refueal of the Kok Kin bureau t

fed 0

at: accounting In at.v way. The .

became sreat Tin revolutionists of SaiI'rat.i is... adopted a Bag of k r--d Beat, »it

blue corner pieeea, containing ¦ whit* amand with twelve white points, r^pr.

the tvv. Ive '.lues.» day. Th.tiag. they painted out, meant the light o

M all liotiri

oi the .ia>. while the ««.lors mannt Ubartjequallt) and (rateniity. The«-« dans »«n

set flying from all th.- stores >.t Ufa nuurtetand nearly ail tin at .»me i

atartling crash,

ARTICLE CAUSED CONCERNsu «i..: Vat l'o" ("Chineas World'*)

representln 1 ¦<

Wong Woi. came out artth a, exnsatlon*article, reprod u Ini .. cut of the flag of itu

revolutionists (rom ..

tad tiiat this ti.ig ama net IChinese revolutionists In China, mut tag»!the Mai- displayed hj tha Amer.can «hiñes«was unreal, and La reality eras the standardof a new pouts «i party, enttarnt] I n__c|i .un Tlu Ca ate. The Bag reprinted !.> th.i"¿al «¡ai Tat po' was .t red Sag; win» «

yellow sim entre. SUrKMintWd b) BIB i

ton pointa In circles Tin-« deolga repea-s.m.,i fraternity m ¡t.-- red Beld, with thapresídante of nine provln« es Éiirroandknthe piistd.ni «.t t.n republic, repreeeataSby the yellon sun. The senaatlonal artldsexcited the gravent concern sntong th*Chlneee, especially following the si.

graft and mis: ¦¦ .m., .mi.,

members ol th< Kok Mm buree i...«An i.- still in th.» t. ret i

!. si as a n BUlt. J'.lst l.i.H It Will a

«>ut. just afhal explanation me Koiici!..m Will make, is Indefinite ar.il uno r-

tain.iti ii..- in, in time Dr.'I

rated himself from othiofficials with whom he B |«-.«.si- touch aiui went Intoleadera of the moventeui >

denied ill knowledge of

and whan Questioned as toonly r«-pi> us this"Dr. .-*!! |t He Will .;.> ti'

soon. His | :. at WO II He la an

«organiser, i "t « fight« t n

th.. revolution, ami when the Maneta, 1*wii>ed out Dr. Sun v\.li be BatleSed that bis

:.. u.i. i. i con '¦¦'.-.! lie La "it his >

China, und wui i¦. son soon

m.'!., of us know, it BMj be « week teejh.at. Otherw.sc"..

Ti.e\ lifted thatar hands In dlaaaay«But this uncertainty was asan banisbad.

i>r. so-i raune i.«t i cretl] i>- way »tChicago, Washington, Philadelphia an«lKen York, it aras acal reporte«! thai anua in London, and from th« i< I \.. at by

:,, sh.iiigii. it a ihortl) attei bl <

arrival Her. thai the conference «' Nan

king elected hli I Raaanans.,i « bin.i and pnu sd .. ksad ot themilitan .'¿"Ni msaetiii

No More "Picture Chumming" with the Nations PresidentProfitable Business ofWho Faked Handshaki

Portraits Is NowTabooed.

AS A SOUVENIR thr Prer-idthe United States is slwseller."

His fac< has yielded a fortune to

an mitist of ma« odd genua which a*

thr souvenir Renda, ol whom Wash

;.-. the Ant« ricai ir *»x< i Hem-

waya thei i is magi hia

his H,. ilion, His autogra* hi

trait i . Ighl ii. gold, am

that <-r otner highly eatcemed artlclvalue Many the

visitor?« to th. i 'upltol it-, hav« beei

graphs stampe«l wll'n faesim

"folk' -!

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Hi hard a:i«J Henr*. ..«> I'll

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offlc»l'ion,

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iph«;r "-'i '.i

itt »»in...

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iioh mut« :,.,.'.:

ihesft Willie

tie viil. Well, w

I ;. .in "l/ool hor« And,and "i" .'¦

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...., -.'. aw« and admiral"Here I -mi at a public r<

rjrpulm term« .'." expl

the chesty i oa 'r,v

An«! lh< :¦ it« ¦ vld«. . Is undoul ted,i«, i sure, th« i- ..'« photogrtak. a with bin nlm grasptnf* I

unmlstakahl« kei

.,- i: \,.«i In t' I«

f|n v

; t¡v< palm,thai

pilgr ' the ..!.

per ¦¦' m "< if < <>ui « an> one ca

''iar>.,! ,i public '.'

'«'.. but «. -. ludieit-«i me tin d .rWhi

¦. '

Ing banda In i n. %\ .-. .,

appo , i

backgroi d.)'"" '""i» ni« ti ru igh .i,, n ni

«¦ and toi.i mi the hi itoi y «,t

painting and br ,,,. \it,,. «,

the Orand Corridoi .,,.i

graph shown o- battli ,- in ih«- »lue R.where onlj tba musí ülstliare received,"Aftei i." hi iu>w< ,i me .« rj tl Iii. the bouse i... «., ,,k ,.,.. ,,,. , Jlk ;i|

showed me ihe d«rpartment buildings Hei»u see tin Whit

Ho .-.- back oi¦'.».¦' ol fsct. t] Who»

presantatenl thus ahows Inbobiiol t 0£ ,h.. r,,,..Hoi «" has glwi tha President an sbsenitreatment Ai least ih« fun M-t ,,r photo

Itboul iba i hi«.".'""»¦' H< m. ,...,, m,

to ih" r« licltaUona apj.ur.-nti »

changed and so artfuli) r.,.,. K.llt.-,i

| At tiv> tints th- ni.ot,,,...;,,,,,^ aii.

-,. ,..,,.,...¦ h.HMo'1. we,, .,

'". '", ." "»I.II .....

1.1 '.m» hall dosen',.. a »vav.

«h.m in. ..,,,,

[by a ,

him t" .« wall covered with sample photo.¦rapris and )'¦. is the srcbl«

ment or <

Clot y with Whlclin the finished photograph.

Thi«= done, he awaits hir> turn, lb usheredbeneath an arms, through « ; past

r hanging rurtaln.,i t s m-

dowa or akyllght. The« It a dim lis,tlv pervading atiIstlc seance room. Whll« h« Ii won«how n photogra] n auchdarkne-.' .. I. ng flame of.,!,,i .: .-. mercury

ii.-rA male vol I

.,: u de« ;. and narro« ... In thev all, from which comes, ftlini-', 8 hoo of i ¦

f üie ghost of the President Is to partici¬pât« if it be a handshaking -cene. he.

feels thr (»old touch of an Iron bar which¦ haï been thrust out irom somewhere. It

has bi*?n carefully ptdsed, t'1

with the i-

] tlal palm"Hold your hand In a grasping attitude,

so! And smile! You musn't look boredWhile greeting tl Pti Ident of the l.'nitedStat.

r ,. now get» behind his hood:

. > about two Inches difference be¬

tween your height and the President's." be

comnu nts."Hoa n name ño \<>u know

I nee you both. .-'¦ nop ;l Stei 'i rid smile!"

a right t'j hunt the usf of U photographFor the modes« sum of 15 ccnt& th<

tourist al*«« purchases in the capftal'a curie?hopr a small portrait bust of the PrsSt«der.t done in a papier mach«' thai la mad«from redeemed and macerated bank uotesWhen our paper money arm es at that

stage of «sear ind tear where it truly do-

»he name of filthy lucre it is taken

..'own into the basement of the Treasury

building, where s bip machine chews, boils

and masbea it into pulr». And this gray pulpIs purchased bv one of these artisticgeniuses who supply the souvenir venders,fnto a mould which has been ma le from a

clay bust of the Chief Magiatn te h<th»» wet pulp with such force that IIo it dry. hard si d so Id »ne of these

of Mr. Taft, which I now have be¬

fore me, c«»nta,ns upon tin bottom of the! a label stating that five thousand

rollara' worth of banknotes huv« been used)n Its manufacture.A caricature of Mr. Taft'a smiling visage

."M.»*. rICTURE OF PUBLIC RECEP¬TION AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

REPRESENTING A PRIVATE AUDIENCE.

"Hü TOOK Mfc OUT FOR A WALK."

HE SHOWED ME THROUGH THE W HITE HOUSE."

llaga human an.«thai supplied with!.aster»."iyt me seo tb<« i.m.'kKroiiml; before you

th«. put run .,» liiunds. "I want to

i,. i s I'l»- .- m en 11 ". Bfhleh thePresldsnfs figura la mosi natural""Tbeif i»; no Boeaery except this," laughs

id., «jiioioxrapii.-r, pointing to some framsaeoverod srltk plain whit« cloth.

»um how «i««- n, ru- ai' m gel mío

Hi»-""Ah. Il thai i.r.'i "

Von cut i»»» pi- tun o paste il on an

btber ' "iii .' andiroe ear« loi - hall

dolléi » oui im f." avili beprint«*«! and «ii I« .i ,,( ., auartoi houiTh« ¦ ;,i i»e .! ¦.¦ ordlm I" lbs

altitud-* need«*d

There «s u hurst of sickly green llgblabove and before jrou« »ban darkneaa anda hurst of flame behind yon, Iban darkneaaagain

A|| ,,., the artist "Please a illlu th.. receptionAnd in a quart« r ¦¦"".¦ >"" -»." bear«

.llh yov ni vi.-iiii. and tangible svi«dot. '"' M!- T',r' '" x,ry

till..ci,.-,, ri. it« prudenl m trtct Attor«

,,. ,,,. up the entcri rise; sndi, ,,,.. i, .. ni «h« islon of in. t ni''-i

Court Hi.«' ir » "it has

appeared ni*"»'' » pbatsbr of Psrbi ststuett*with whii.'h the curio shops were stockedm the «lavs when ttaa "hiiiik.-n" a

.i tag« ..i the Prealdent ws lafact, poaid bUllken fashion and had b bl|

,i, suions Republicans who looked upuaMr. Ta 11 SB the SOd of thlngl a- IhSJ..ni, i., i, Bat of .« sodden all of theee

little i«i.>i wern withdrawn from «..lie, andit..i i|m i) Inquiring <h.- cauae, » ea

li!t<«im« i ¦>' nui th it n pelonagi ..! it lnflueiK*e «i th»» Vi hue

.hm |. t the Pr< sldeni,. ,... ted th i ii" more et thesi aft 'bim«

Many a Tourist Has LWashington with "Photo'

of Taft and HimselfHobnobbing.

k^n? be sold. At another curio shopproprietor announced that a law bad 1

passed forbidding the ?ale of thes»; 1:images, which, of course, was not the cj

At any rat.-, they cannot now be purchafor love or money at th« hi« stores diin-; in souvenirs. Tho buyer bavin« chalof this department In or.« big sh >p at«thai he knew where there Was a full Itiof them, laid away in New York, but i

he would not dan» order on«.-.

Tourlsta carry home each Mar fiWashington tons of plates, cupasaucers, ash tray.-;, plaques and all so

of «hina and metallic war.- used for:.ameutai purposes, bearing the Ex« rut]

mom] vial for s quarter you mtake home t<> the children a bon.- pa-cutter through a tiny eyepiece In the hadie of which they may vi.w an illuminai'. 'i .Ul of Mi. '!The maul.- of the Presidei tlal tow h

association la everywhere seen. A u'a«..¡/ion restaurateur who conducta s ms. um in his establishment exhibits z« haTsylor'a old bat, for s hl« h he would n

take its weigh) In gold. The pens wlWhich Chief Magistrates sign this or thdocument are Immediately snatched u

duly labelled and packed away In son

tblnet Gvery band man) a small town contains n<

mor,- hostleriea boasting of the Prestdentiithe l.lii.oli. room, McKinley room «.

R« ose .1 II i." m -.\ hi -h. ai

the guest may gase upon th. nunwhich once hedged about a Presidei

.a the i nit'-.l States.'I'll.« Presidential autogi brim

a high pri.e ami vastly enhances th« val i

ol anything to which attached Volumes «.

Ah. Itoosev« It's work ea h

b) him, broughl llfiO apleOe and sold r«>

13,200 a sei .f twenty-two voluaaNow am! then newspapers announc» tha

m a certain fair or basaar held tot Charit!some .sample Of Mrs. Tali's handiwork Wllh«, raffled off, ami the device never fails i

draw .¦! tbroni ami vastly Increase the rove

nuea from the enterprise. The announc«ment that Mis Roosevell hid contributed ;

handkerchief lor auch a purpotse was im

mediately followed by no fewer than tl\«

hundred requests from bazaar and fallcommltte« ah owi th.- country that-.ml them, for the same purpose, aprons

neckties, dressed «lolls, autographs, etc

One request was for one of her f.

lions, copied by bei own hand an«

sealed in .»" envelope. Early in PresidenRoosevelt's Brat administration there wai

circulated a canard thai he would presenhis autographed photograph t<> even ehlk

named Theodore Roosevelt Smith. Brownetc, and thereafter poured into the Whit«Ho hundreds of announoementa thai

babies named tor him were ready for the

promised souvenir.The President, <»t course, bul to

tins.- requests, but be ma I.- on.- notable

exception in favor ol on« Theodors Roose¬velt Poster, the fifteenth child of a lálchl*gan farmer, wiu>s<> views upon the trexed

,,.. luhMdc question coincided with bJaown

The pui He's seal for Be*uvonlrs <>t Preel«dentlal families was impress. <i up«m the

authorities during these .lay«, when tin

Whit..« House was b«lng rcmodelU-d to suli

Mi Roost ..it tastoa Day after ay welli people poked shout in the piles ";

Riling ba^s and SUltcasOS with

pieces or brick, null», bits of planter und

aven »pllnters «.f wood. one suoh ssarohorretired in high gioa with a pair ofbrackets, which bad fomed pan .«i th,.

fittings <»f the old Blue EtootnIndeed, itots II not for the Executive

bodyguard >>i srgus-eyed lecroi s.im.-,-

sleuths, the e«/ei huagn souvenir hunting\ ,111-1.(1 would stil|.% I'lesldelH ,,t D|S, intiir. m,i ««i the ven hah ««i i,i> i,, i.i

urn u. h ai.- tie- perquisites <»r tin

trad« I »eh ara th.; penalti« i«->i ridingthe bubbb

«.C^yrlgtèt, 101.', b* Juhn ¦Ifreth WgAatJas.)