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' "There's no fool," observed the
seek of the Jane Gliadys, "like a
eld fool I•"
Ile stared offensively at an able-
bodied esiamart, Horace Payne, who
was shaking his grizzled beard af-
fection.ately over the photograph
of a young lady.
• Mr. Payne slid the photo into his
pocket, and turned to the cook.
"I've thought a good bit lately
about matrimony," confessed Mr.
Payne. "I'd like to 'ave a little
'ome of my owe," he mentioned
pathetically.
The cook was silent awhile, for he
was thinxing of his own little
home, -where his wife's aunt had
tome to live. She contributed no-
thing towards the household ex-
penditure, and, on occasian, could
tross-examine very effectively as
lel the way an evening had been
eHieent—two things which caused the
MA to look. on her without affec-
tion. Suddenly, to the cook there
same an idea of dazzling brilliance,
lead ho turned tremulously to Mr.
Payne.
"Really thinking of getting mar-
ried, was you?" he said genially.
"I suppose you must be close on
sixty, 'Orace?"
"Fifty-four !" said Mr. Payne.
"Folks tell me I look less."
"You mustn't believe everything
tau 'ear, 'Orace," replied the cook.
• "And so yon'rethinking of getting
married? 'Ave yon thought of any
• particular lady ?' he inquired anx-
iously.
"I've been looking round a bit,"
said Mr. Payne guardedly. "1 'ave
not come across the lucky female
know one, 'Orace," mention-
ed the cook. "just cut out for
, you. A aunt of my wife's. 'You'd
be nay uncle!" he laughed hurried-
ly, conscious of Mr. Payne's sus-
picious gaze.
"I wouldn't mind that so very
much," said Mr. Payne frankly.
"There'd be no need to tell folks.
'Ow old is she?"
"About forty, more or less,"
said the cook. "Less, I should say.
Werry genteel in her ways."
"Good-looking 1" catechised Mr.
Payne.
• "Depends," said the cook with
• caution. "People 'ave different
kleas about good looks. Some folks
•'saw -mild think 'er all right."
"Good at 'ousework?" continu-
ed Mr. Payne.
"'Er cooking—oh, 'er cooking 1"
exclaimed the cook, enthusiastical-
ly. Give 'er a red 'erring, and
• she'll make it taste like boiled sal-
mon !"
Mr. Payne sat assimilating this
' tribute to the lady's skill.
"Does all the work she can," said
the cook. "Never 'appy except
when she's working. And econom-
ical ! And she's got a nice quiet
taste in dress. One frock a year is
about all she wants."
"Pit come and 'ave a, look at
,"er," promised Mr Payne, "soon as
ever we hackle port.
Three days later the Jane Gladys
was berthed, and that evening the
nook took Mr, Payne's arm, and led
him ashore to call on his wife's
"A friend of mine—Mr. • 'Orace
Payne!" introduced the cook, exceeding cordiality, he met kr.
• "'Orace, this is MSS Frupp, rny Payne that evening as that gentle -
wife's aunt, what I believe I men- man left the Jane Gladys,
tioned to you once or twice." Despite a certain air of restraint,
Mr. Payne sat down, and, ignor- which sneaked Mr. Payno's attitude
Mg the blandishments of his host to towards Miss Frupp, the evening
draw him into conversation, re- opened pleasantly enough, so was
when they were all seated round
the cook sententiously. She's got
a loving 'eart, And she's took to
you. I could see it by the way she
looked down when she said good-
night to you!"
"Of course, she's got a bit of
money?" asked Mr. Payne.
"What's money?" demanded the
cook loftily. "Just stuff to apend,
What's money .compared to love—
the love of a good wornael" he ad-
ded, with happy memories of a visit
to the theater. "Meney ain't to be
considered."
"I suppose that means that she
hasn't got any?" said Mr. Payne
coldly.
"Not as I knows of," admitted
the cook.
Mr. Payne paused, and with-
drew his arm from his companion's
"Well, good -night, cookie I" he
said, off -handedly. "Thanks for
the good supper!".
He strode off, whistling, leaving
the cook to stare blankly after hire.
At an early hour next morning
Mr. Payne woke to find the cook
sitting on his bunk. The cook low-
ered his voice to a confidential
whisper.
"I was only teasing you last
Mgt, 'Orace, about 'er money,"
he said. "She's got lots."
"That's a lie 1" commented Mr.
Payne impa,ssively.
"She's got some," asseverated
the cook untruthfully. "She's
told me so dozens of times."
"Cookie, it's no good!' said Mr.
Payne. "You've 'ad the night to
think things over, and now you've
come down 'ere to stuff me up.
Mind you, if she'd got a little mon-
ey, I'd !aye been willing to over-
look 'er dppearance, But she
'asn't, so I can't."
He turned over with an air of
finality, and the cook walked brok-
enly away to enter on the labors of
the morning.
Very thoughtful was the cook all
that day, and his attitude towards
Mr. Payne was one of dignified re-
served. Still thoughtful was the
cook when he reached home that
night. It was only at the approach
of bedtime that he showed anima-
tion.
"Got it!" he cried, smacking his
knee.
Next morning he greeted Mr.
Payne with cheerfulness.
"Bygones is bygones, 'Oraee,"
he declared. "I don't bear you no
ill -will, and you don't me."
Mr. Payne extended the hand of
friendship.
"I won't 'ide from you the truth,
'Orace," the cook said hansisomelY.
"Miss Frupp 'as not got any mon-
ey. I only said that to try you,
to see if you was thinking of mar-
rying 'er for 'er money. Now
know, it snakes things easier. She
ain't got no money, and therefore,
you needn't trouble your 'ead
about 'er."
"I ain't going to," said Mr.
Payne, manfully.
"But just to show there's no ill -
feeling;" went on the cook, "I
want you to come round and 'ave
supper with us again to -night."
"I'll come," promised Mr.
Payn e.
The cook'went off at midday with
something of elation visible in his
step. On the way home, he called
at a post -efface, and, by a stubborn
cross-examination, learnt the exact
hour at which to post a letter so
thee it would be received at his
house by the last delivery. An
hour later he posted a letter. With
garded Mies Frupp apeculistavely.
•Signior was served soon, sold Mr,
Payne woke from his lethargy to
• sniff approval at the savory con-
tents of a dish.
"Who cooked these?" demanded
the cook.
• '•Auntio," said his wife.
"She's a, treasure!" said the
‘---seek fondly.
Zee Erupt) glanced Kharply at
him and seemed on the point of
speech,. but refrained, tinder the
• genial influents° of food Mr. Payne
thawed, and Montioneci twice that
the possession of rt little home of
• one's own was an enviable thing,
"Well, whet do you think of
V' questioned the cook eagerly,
'at 800n as be had got ear. Payne
ne beide,
"She .11n't h•ennty," was Mr,
Tonne's rimuls comment,
the supper -table that the post-
man's knock was heard. The took
-concentrated his attention on the
plate before him, and his wife rose
to go to the letter -box,
"For you, auntie!" she said, re-
turning,
• Miss Frupp took the letter and
glanced at it.
"Excuse!" she murmured,. and
opened the letter with a hairpin,
Sho'read the letter twice, a fact
which did not 'escape the cook,
though hia gaze seemed glued •to
the piste before him. Then Miss
Emma opened her mouth as though
to speak, remained like that ler a
moment, and read the letter again.
"Good news, 'opt, ma'am!"
said Mr. Payne.
"Reed it—read it for your- soon as it comes Amin the oven.
elves 1" she Fetid wildly. "It's raise n moderate temperature
and tell sae whether I ans awake or
asleep."
"You'renevelsel" said Mr, Paynb
politely.
The coeles'wile took the letter
and glanced a it, Then she, too,
assumed lea expression of blank
surprise, and speechlessly heeded
it to her husband. He gazed at it
in a casual noenner, and then or-
dered Mr. Payno to pinch him.
"I ain't awake," declared the
000k, "Ole I can't bel Read
that 1"
The inquisitive Mr. Payne took
the sheet, and read it. Letter and
address were both written in a
hand which imagined it was imitat-,
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TESTED ItE0IPES.
Giegerette.—Bail one pound of
lief sugar with three plaits of water
to a syrup. When esild and' two
cents worth of essence of ginger
and the same a essence of cayenne,
fwoirthufiteartatrio acid to testa. Bottle
German Toast.—Beat two eggs
in a teacup, All es up with milk,
ing PeTtenlatnlyng3'.est A.aagnel you did 244 Pepper and salt. Place some
'hoes of bread without crust on a
good act for ease I heve not foi-
dish, pour the mixture over and let
them steep for haif an hour. Dram
the 'slices and fry them lightly in
butter. Serve with sweet lemon
got. I cannot tell you nay name,
but you will find it out in good
time. I expect you have forgot
what you did, but I have not. I
have left you five hundred pounds
in my will, so you are sure to get
ounces of clarified dripping into
it one day. I thought you would
one pound and a hall of dried flour.
like to know.—Yours respectful,
es Then add two teaspoonfuls a bak-
A FRIEND
ing-powder, half a pound of sugar,
recIti'mve.ed„misaeidnimanisysaFig,uopopd, trilergnainin- and one ounce of carraway seeds.
Mix well and make into a dough
ing her 'thoughts.
with one egg and half a pint of
lide Payne sat scratching his ear
milk. Bake in a moderate oven for
thoughtfully. At last he leant ov-
er,. and sand, "I congratulate two hours.
Baked Sultana linddieg: -- Into
feu!"
emit suppose it's a joke?" she hall a pound of flour' work half a
Dried, in sudden alarm.
Mr. Payne sat staring at • Mise
Frupp. " •
"No one would 'ave the ',cart to
play a joke like teat on you," • 10.
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sauce,
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In baking bread or re Is put a
saucepan of boiling water into the
oven. The steam will keep the
crust smooth and tender,
• Nuts are excellent as a substitute
for meat, but should be eaten at
meal time. They are more diges-
tible with a little salt.
When wiping silver, take care to
use a towel free Isom lint. Silver
like' glassware, shows, every par-
ticle of lint that touches it. -
teaspoonful of eaeingspoeder u4nd 'When making pastry add the
a quarter of a poiinl ef chopped juice of 'a• lemon. to the water for
suet. Add a quanter of a. pound mixing., It will make the paste
Of sultanas and a thbletpoonful of lighter and disPel the eaver--of
chopped peel. Beet up an egg with„ lard. • - '
It is a wise -plan to, add cornmeal.
half a pint of milk and add to the--
indreclients. Pour into a 't° gasoline used for cleaning any -
Miss Frupp thrilled with secret dry
greasecl piedish, and bake for one thing badly spotted. The meal
pleasure. So did the cook, . .
Thereafter Mr. Payne bore a
hour. and a quarter. 'helps' in rubbing out the. spots.
Pork Rissoles.—Take a quarter After peeling vegetables, to re -
stains from the hands
of a pound a cold pork, free from move -the
ounces' of breadcrumbs, and the ° s us
P?ece of tlae peeling.and rub
e w s ing e
skin, and chop it rinely ; and two I take a
conk at the door. "Good of you to
large share in the talk. At last he
rose reluctantly to go.
"Good -night, 'Ora.ce 1” said the
same of mashed potato • season with hands.
come. I don't suppose you'll ever
see her again, and I'm glad • to half a teaspoonful o'f powdered
well to turn the article inside
When repairing a rent in a
think you parted friendly." sage, one teaspoonful of minced on- it ie
Bind . out and 'then sew over and over
"I shall be up 'ere again • to- ion) pepper and salt to taste.'
said Mr. Payne. • with an egg, form ihee bane, dip with cotton, not with silk, thread.
morrow night,"
'Orace go in flour, and fry in boiling lard. I Milk andeggs are great fat pro -
"To -morrow night, educers. Drink milk with your
said the 000k, in affected surprise. Italian macaroni is an excellent
meals instead of water, and, • if
",Yes, to -morrow night, and the dish for supper or lunch. Boil four I 2
night after that, and the night al-
ter that, and the night after that."
Mr. Payne carried out his threat,
and at the end of a week Miss
Frupp was his promised bride.
The Jane Gladys departed at the
end of ten days. When she return-
ed six weeks later, there took
place quietly the weddingenf Miss
Jane Frupp to Mr. Eforace Payne.
The cook and his wife were the
only guests at the subsequent fes-
tivities. "n -n
"To think that I shall be,- snug'
ashore," mentioned Mr. Payne,
"while you are sailing the sea."
"When did you give it up?" ask-
ed the cook.
"I've give it up,"said Mr. Payne.
"For the time, being I am a retired
gentleman. I'm opening a little
shop."
"Never knew you 'ad money,"
said the cook,
"1 'aven't 1" replied Mr, Payne., ter. Directly the milk boils seat -
"It's my dear wife 'ere what's ter in one ounce and a half of se -
raising the capital." muting, stirring with a wooden
"You don't mean to say," asked sppon. When all has boiled for a
the cook, "you've raised a loan on minute or two, set at the side of
that, letter 1" the stove to simmer for eight min -
00 lh said Mrs. Payne. "All utes. Pour into a wetted mouM,
the time I was in service as house- after taking out the lemon -rind.
keeper I used to put a little bit by. When set, turn out and garnish
A hundred and forty pounds it with preserve, or pour custard
came to, I was going to leave it to round.
you and your wife for all your Cinnamon Biscuits.—Mix quer-
kindness in letting me live with ter of a pound of butter with a
you. But Ine took it out of the quarter of a pound of caster sugar,
bank now to use for the shop." add half a beaten eig, and three -
"But—" began the cook brok- quarters of an ounce of ground
enly. cinnamon. Lastly stir in the flour
"You won't lose by it,". said and knead into a nice dough. Roll
Mrs. Payne. "That five hundred oat thinly, and cut into rounds.
what's coming to ma one day—I've Pe half an almond on each atid
left that to you in my will. It's bake in a moderate oven for ten
there in black and white, so you're or fifteen minutes. When cold and
sure to get it." very crispoput into a, closely fitting
The cook's baleful eyes sought tin till needed.
Mr. Payne. • Knuckle of veal and rice makes
"But—" he began again, and an economical dinner treated in
then pleading dizziness, went' swift- this way, and it is a joint which can
ly outdoors.—London Answers. be bought very cheaply, Place the
veal in a pan with half t pound of
A FLYING FROG. lean bacon, one pound of washed
riee. four er five onions, three car -
In Sava and some other places is
ounces of macaroni till tender, leered for, eggs can be added with
strain and put into a stewpan with advantage.
a little butter, and enough toma-1 Buy from your baker a dozen
to pulp to make it a nice color, but empty flour bags, which will cost
not moist. Season to taste with very little., Cut them apart and
pepper and salt. Serve, on a hot hem them and you will have strong
dish, and strew liberally with Par- useful towels.
mesan cheese. - If you And it difficult to boil eggs
Milk Calces.—Take one pound of when the shells have become slight -
flour, half a teaspoonful of salt, ly cracked) throw a small quantity
two ounces of butter, one egg, and of salt into the water before put -
half an ounce of yeast. Mix all ting in the egg.
together with enough warm milk to • .
make a nice light dough. Let it
stand for two hours in a svarm place ON AN EASTER VACATION
to rise; make it into cakes of the
size you prefer. Just glaze on the
top by brushing over with milk, -
ganudickbaokveenf.orotuwrernatnytsmoirniestaersraiwnaya YOUTH DITSuCrLEITDEyED. A BEAU
seeds may be added.
Semolina, Mould.—To one pint of —
milk add a little aigar, a strip of flew with= Perkins naused a
lemon -peel, and one mime of but -
Revolution Among Color-
' !Walsers.
ryes seraprel and quartered, a few
a remarkable flying tree frog, with
peppers -urns, and a little salt. Pour
a green back, a white betty and a
bright orange colored membrane over three quarts of water, arid let
between its toes, which are tipped all stew very gently for three
by circular discs. Like the chum_ hours. Before serving add a little
ParsleY to the aim. A
Mon, it can change its color to suit chopped
scrag end of mutton can be 000ked
its surroundings. It feeds at night
on insects, and when disturbed in the same way.
leaps out of the tree and sails away
to safety. Some observers call it
a frog, while others say it is a tree Traces may be removed from
toad. The membrane between the black dresses by rubbing the
toes probably acts as a parachute, stains with raw potato,
and not as a flying apparatus. The Never allow rubbish, such as
toe discs, like similar enlargements paper, rags, old clothing or boxes
on our common tree toad, must act to accumulate in closets or unused
like suckers to hold the; animal rooms.
firmly in place against the trunk or Apples cad be kept a long' time
the limb. by coating them with a solution of
three parts sugar and one part gly-
After an umbrella has been in cerine.
MO for a short time put a drop of It is well to know that sweet
oil in the centre of the top about milk makes cake that tuts like
once a month. This prevents the pound cake ancl that sour milk
ribs from rusting. makes light, spongy cake.
For starching utuslins, ginghams shells roughly teethed in the
and calicoes disssive a l'ne(c of Muni hands are good for cleansing en
-
the size of a Makers' nut for evs ry ameled pans conjunction with
pint of staree. This will keep the seep and water.
USEFTJL HINTS,
colors hriget for a, long time. Thumb tacks instead of the or -
A swig's', should never be ut it.te dinary Mae Will be found meth
a very hot oven, It crusts over on better for keeping the ironing -board
top before it has time to belts> pro- cover It place.
porly inside end is likely to fall as A paste made of emery powder
and olive oil eecellent pci'
steel articles of Any kind,
"nstiastY Is only nitri"C'cott. Had there in black and white, need a„.;iwutio fagb Follow with a clean rag.
Mr. William H. Perkins, disaev-
erer of coal tar mauves. opened the
way to an industry that is worth
millions of dollars annually to the
World, and also ]aid the foundation
of modern industrial thenrstry.
His discovery clothed the arnres
where. The Vrench and Germane
especially took up the work and
carried it forward with such sue -
cess that the manufacture of coal
tar dyes is one of their largest in-
dustries.
The little planes of dyes that
can be purthased for ten cents and
used by anyone, the gorgeously
tinted raiment of big theatrical
productions, the. .wondrous new
shadesin dregs' fabrics,' and the
Marvelous cheapening of colosing
matter are all direct results of the
experiments Perkins made during
THATEASTER 'VACATION
• His countrymen at that time did
not ,recognize the valne of what he
had done, and, while the chemiAs
of other nations were eagerly con-
ducting new experiments, Perkins,
in Englancfrwas left to work prac-
tically alone. The loss to England
has been trenaendous, for English
manufacturers have been forced to
import vast quantities of dyestuffs,
and all of them are the results of
the discoveries which Perkins made
half a century ago,
It has been pointed out that Brit-
ish neglect of what Perkins gave
has resulted in a. direct loss of sev-
eral million dollars every year, and
that in the beginning he was great
ly hampered in his work both by
the ignorance of manufacthrers
who should have used his product
aud by the opposition of those who
controlled the importation of med-
der and indigo. • .
Opposition and indifference did
not disc-Mu:age him or, led •him to
drop his work. In 1868, Grathe
and Liebermann found a method
for producing madder red. or 'aliz-
arin. Their method was defective,
because they could not produce at
with
a sufficiently low cost to compete
THE. NATURAL ARTICLE.
It took Perkins a year to reduce
the Cost of manufacture far below
rho cost of producing natural mad-
der. Then he encountered the
stone wall of obstinacy that had
mei, him when he discovered mauve,
German chemists in the meantime
worked untiringly; hit upon. a
cheap method of producing, and
finally gained practical possession
of the entire field.•
• The five largest firms in the coun-
try producing artificial dyes have a
combined capital of over twenty-
four million dollars, and one of
them, the largest in the world, em-
ploys forty-five hundred men, and
the world in blue,. revolutionized always has one hundred and 'fifty
the ranking of perfumery, and dee- skilled chemists at work.
troyed the madder trade of Spain Perkins can also claim credit for
by bringing starvation to hundreeis instituting' the artificial perfumery
business. To -day, by far the larger
and the indigo trade of Asia, there-
of people. portion of the perfumes used are
ly in the lines marked out by Per- synthetically, and his discov-
Adolph Baeyer, following direct- made
ery of "a laboratory method of mak-
kins, discovered in 1880, after elev-
method of flavoring tobacco, was the foreruns
ing cournarin, used in coloring and
en years of work, the
Manufacturing indigo from coal ner of all of them.
tar. At one time English imports After French and German menu -
of indigo amounted to over fifty lecturers had demonstrated the
thousand tons a year, After Bae- possibilities of the new industry,
yer's discovery, in spite of all ark- the English awoke to the fact that
ficial attempts to bolster up the A BIG OPPORTUgITY
trade in vegetable iudigo, the im-
had been lost, Perkins had still
ports fell away to almost nothing.
continued in this field, and, his lac -
The -discovery made by Perkins be -
tory had gradually grown in size,
gam ono of the most romantic and
The cotton, woollen and sills manse
useful eras in themistry, and
facturers were clamoring for cheap -
though results to the, present time
er dyes, and he was practically the
have been startling, the work in
only producer in the country who
coal tar investigations has practic-
ally only begun.. could give them.
Foreign methods of making were
In 1856, when Perkins was 18
years old, he spent his Easter ease. Patented in all countries, but his
resoureefulness enabled him to
tion in trying chemical experi-
strike out on new lines and. com-
ments. He was at that time a stu-
dent in the 11,03,0 college of Chen pots with the others, The super-
intendence of the factory, as well
istry, London. The work he had
mapped out for himself was the die- as tim research work eonnectod
with it, devolved on him, and up
tovery of artificial quinine, and to
We end he reade manY •
to twenty years ago be was able to
do no work not directly connected
• FRUITLESS EXPERIMEN, with his OWI, plant. His discover -
Finally, alter oxidizing mania, ies had brought hiin a comfortable
he obtained in his test tube a few fortune, and it was getting bigger
bronze colored particles. He Vats daily, 'So he, withdrew free, active
abeut to them them out, when'the I supervision, and devoted.- himself
wholly to research work. ,
There is scarcely a branch of the
mechanical arts or of manufacture
that has not been benefited by Per-
kins. He set in motion the ievesti.'
gallons that have brosiget to light
new discoveries in inedkine, for the
will ter derivatives used by doctors
are almost numberless, Photogra-
phy received a big lift. Saccharin,
three hundred times sweeter than
sugar, was discovered. Explosives
of tremendous power are inanufac-
tuind from coal tar. Scores of dif-
ferent artificial perfumee that are
both lasting end beautiful =nee
from coal tar. AIM front. the memo
uninviting looking etibetsseces is
slesseeniVery eoloe of the *casein,
glint of light on than caught his
attention. He investigated fur-
ther and found that. had lit up.
on a' beautiful mauve dye.
Although he was only a boy at
the time, he underetood the possi-
bilities of hie find, and, on August
26, 1856, he get out a patent,
Tho following year, with his
father' and brother, he began manu-
facturing the new dyestuff in a fae-
tory at .ctreenford Green, asel bes
fore the end of the year Ise had his
dye on the market.
The first year of acheal operation
built 11.11 a business of less than 'a
thousand dollars, Its great effect
was felt, however, to the activity
to whisk It stirred elientints every -
GERMANYS MODEL CITY
IT IS RUN FOR TIM GOOD Oil
AIL TUE l'EOPIsil.
Dusseldorf hsdns "Whitt IlitniclPal
Ownerahni can iist ler Cheap
"Of allthe G urman cities, I think
Dusseldorf its easily the first,"
writes Frederik 0, Howe in Hamp-
ton's Magazine. "It is not an old
residence city like Dresden or, "
Msseich. It is a comparatively new
city like Cleveland, Milwaukee, In-
diaopsoteloiosiyor000ri
Dowu,Karmee City. Its pop-
ulation was bub 69,000 in 1671, It
is
al city of mills, too,faci
factories an in
esanddilst
worki:
shope, It soigne be as unalluriug
as Pittsburg. It might be ruled by
business men in their own interest
as are most American cities; it
might be built without beauty and
suffer from the corruption that has
brought shame to Pittsburg, Phila-
delphia, San Francisco,Denver,
Cinoinatti and a score more. But
none of these things is true of Dus-
seldorf. '
FIRST AIM IS PEOPLE'S GOOD.
"This indistrial city is o. e of the
besa!govirned cities in -the world.,
It has dreamed dreamt and dared
to carry then -elute execution. It
is almost as beautiful as Washing-
ton, as full of the joy of living dia.
Paris and is managed with more
sorupulous honesty, more scientific
efficiency aiad more devoted pride
than almost any American business. • „.
corporation. The city is built for
the comfort and convenience of its.
people. It is designed as master
architects, might design a world's.
fair to which all mankind was in-
vited for education, recreation and
art. .
"But the first thing that most.
distinguishes Dusseldorf is this—
her pe,ople. and her' officials seem.
to appreciate that Congestion of
population has made it necessary
for the city to own many things and
do many things. And these Ger-
man citizens understaud, too, that.
the things the city does not own
must be regulated and controlled
to preeent them harming city or
BIGGEST MUNICIPAL OWNER.
"Dusseldorf does more thing % for
its people than any city I know It.
owns the street railroads and Sks
controlling interest in a system of
interurban railroads ; it owns its.
harbors and its decks and its; ...
slaughter -houses, its gas, electric:
light and water plants; it operates
three separate banking and loan
enterprises, a large wine business,
several restaurants and milk de-
pots.; it owns and rents euburban.
villas and large apartment houses,
it is a great land speculator and
city land owner; it possesses art
-
galleries, an opera house, museum
and exposition hall, and indirectly
owns the loading hotel in the city.
It has public baths and cemeteries.
and pawnshops.
"Duaseklorf has made a begin- •
ning ab housing its people., It is
the owner of suburban villas and
modelstotchotiedneerrniennat slcihouemseandisa
es aeo_oper:
ative apartment houses' in -which
the workmen were joint owners.
CHEAP HOUSING SOLVED.
"The country villas rent for from
$6 to $7 a month. A three of four
room apartment in the City rentt
for about the same sum. The rooms
ha the latter are twice the size of
those of the tenement houbE6l"
America, and all of them have out-
side air.
"These apartments are as clear
and sanitary ap can be. The co,'
operative apartments are built
about courtyards which -serve at
playgrounds, and are surrounded b1
flower gardens, There is free wa,
ter and s soullery with every flat ol
three rooms or more.
"In order to secure an apartment
in one of theists desirable buildings
the tenant must become a share.
holder in the company, buying ti
worth of stock. The tenants are
not the recipients of charity. 00
the contrary they are part owners
an,a,Tchoe-yopseeriaeteet ta hhoeumseanmernmageenit.:
who collects the rents and repre-
sents them befoin the company.
The tenants stockholders reneive
si per cent, a year On this invest.
ment and the company agrees tc
redeem their atools at any time oe
six months' notice. There are five
hundred such apartinentOeueee in
process of building, "aes
'If the Dusseldorf ivoiltmen
wants a house of his own' it is mad
easy for him to acquire one. He
can borrow money from the City
Mortgage Bank, the annual bush
flees of which amounts to above $6,.
000,000, He can also plitc,s his mon-
h° YaSi dtel eo 0813v oi Iasi get 13;11101:0 Owe ?Olioceb,
and if he is in OintreSs he can go t6
the city pawnshop end make a loam
on hie chnthels at a moderato rate
of ieteicst. The loans of the pawn-
shop amount, to $800,000.
Don't try to sealse both crisis meet
he leaving "so iniddlo empty.
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