Show I f AN IMPRESSION FROM A GREAT CITY l nv f I J I Thorough the tu doiy look an of or m my y room I down which J had ail upon five a nil streets open square lust Just Inn g potatoes from n a great at ba bag thus thus' a gray lI tCo Ie 01 crow crowd r d comes rUIh hod ing from flom all sides s The ho men 11 run this way vay anti anU other So Tin 5 Ue tun lip up against aIS each other i tear and m Ilis ill p In the tho of tho city I Dirty Dirt and nn disgusting is Ig this square t It looks Wee lute ul old frying pan which has hul b beep 1 us u d L fo for fOI years and Ind nl never nevern cleaned It n ii Pour FoUl Vr t t car li lines es run i in Into eo to It Ilk Heavily loaded wagons ons crosS it In Incessantly In- In th their lr wheels s. s squeaking nl The air Is heavy y sultry und 11 i r sill full till of oC Inde I noises s A confused sound of or man many voices irises from rom the s se streets l Lei Le- Le c- c i low Unpleasant apt inharmonious sounds S struggle to drewn rown only one another 1 ht- ht Ing in ht uncanny call n diabolical music 1 hC hear Dr the clanking If Iron tron 1 hear the tho grinding of t teeth eth cries of pain and howling as of boasts beasts I hear laar the IrO groaning of or the despairing and the fu fu- fu rious of hi hungry 1 I h a the murmurs of the tho f feeble overpowered o hv In the strong 1 hear the wanli wailing S- S of of those thos who hn have been left by by- Uc roadside sirle who have hap not the courage to tali take part In ht this terrible orgy Anil An this is the music of the tho square Is h Is no one rille works today and therefore many people are arc inn it bad humor and confused For yesterday when II It was wad a d day clay of oC work every vCr one I knew Know Just enc just what he had hail to do work tu-work work work worl work wok work from on morning till night Yesterday th they y woke up at tile the usual I hour and WI went vent to the factory offices n and streets ret to occupy their usual l seats Heats or oi places tact's s to sell Soo goods to count COlin t money C to ru shop alJ aid to crush crusk rock to handle drill or to hn miner to l to perform the hard du dude les or of th the day When th their lr work worl was vas r tr th hoar home hom c elIa e- e hausted lIa ant and tI tired to rest But u t how to 10 spend the day of oC tOlla today appears rs to them an enigma which 1 must be soh-i-d soh quickly ly There ts us a vacuum which must t be he filled son som somehow l holy ho Q ov other These II It on beings ISs were wc brough t up to work nobody ev over r taught Laught them how to U 1 therl fo th they they do o not know to do rho with on their day clay of or rest thc they are only sr tools In the Patois hands s of If others others only implements im Im- men s lU used d in 11 the IP UTaN u rc or of churches machinery ships and gold golden ornaments y art are not able ahle able to to enjoy their Ilo day or of rest I rest nl y fhi-y Y are aVe used d to 0 work worl i 4 11 When n l IP they y are arc at their usual laces of or work they feel INI like o ot an an i Im IW- IW menso WI whole not like 1110 separate I nals During the six working da days fI Ufo life wears its usual aspect which b reflected In their own faces acs ac's lint c on n the Sabbath on n the till da day or 01 I rust rest H the their own awn races faces took look strange even rn to them n 9 selves 1 08 Look at th the crowds walking I ly Iy through the streets The They Irate have been bet betIn In the parks In the churches In tl the public buildings Here stud the there crowds satin saunter ter about Ince Incessantly ai and still the m moros merest Iest trifle trIne trifle Is 18 enough to 0 sto stop them Something S is la lacking In t their lu lives ll 1 VPS 8 Some new struggle to break through and to find expression i io in words but the flie h result Is only confused confuse sounds and every fr o one e of or thrill then feels feel v it a something disturbing and nut out o or of I place r The fie usual Aver tIr dp diy of oC life has lIus suddenly disappeared like loose loos 11 J v I I teeth leeth If h fa fall II all out t of oC the mou I h of Ie mi un oh rill man J The rho people wander hander up UI and down do fill the tho street Iut curs cars and tall talk together In th their lr U ual calm Dimmer r vV ur are f two fifty s In a vho may on l i oh L. L ry and nd on one S N think a 1 bate 1 found some way 11 of or pi t lug then them It nut Hut it every I f fn one nf far la In Irm his hie hi y e. e J t 1 C t mr 1 I Iii not quite etling is Y InK aug Anti And l uth r gives KI t Il to In uIn li li I nr l c oven even wor words s r. er very one fools Cc that the soli- soli solution rr tion t o of the problem ot of searching for t.- t. hl unknown oln something is III at al hand bit bat L it t Instinctively el rr e every ono one true tries to LI It Without knowing It It over ono C feels l attracted toward the theother other S here ut r and anu hero ero groups are ev every vr ry group attracts new in individual e wandering aimlessly ab about ut l The rhe groups join and thus thim a moll mol 1 is 15 t born t More tor and more two two-le two legged coa lures 19 r come running from the most ills distant tan parts of the tile Immense metropolis One On might think that deep in the tho heart o of t the tho ct city an enormous organism had hat been scattered 81 In Into to n atoms toms and t that these atoms had rapidly been boon transformed trans trans- transformed formed Into human u beings and the theall they ther nil all look alike there is no individuality Individual in any In of or them them- Their calm walk Is unnatural The They gl give the tho impression that a an are 11 nCI afra afraid I II to disturb somebody olT bod or or fear eal to be c x caught at al something Illegal Th There Thero r are le shadows hf if unrest around their fg r. r eyes which evidently V Id are aie waiting to lo discover dis ls cover er sOm something terrible something Immense but all this is the r result of the separation of the th sin single singh le parts 1 g gr ory JiA-ory r part purt knows Itself to In to be he feeble feeble every 11 one maws that he hl has ban lost his grip on the old life every cry one fears that his lo lof In life may be he made worse worlie bY changes new words People arc are alwa always S 'S afraid of nC 1 te ns a as everyone knows who has tried t tri Introduce ucc reform One has faith only In what one has lIec become used to when the tho sharp corners have worn 0 off r and antI when it has 8 lJ- lJ como soft and ani mob moho up 1 Il Its ears tar What hat reason IB lit there to laugh The Tho laughter atthe ot at the young roun people arouses anuses the bud hut banter temper tem ban per ter of the time croWd Some ome o of tilt the heads turn toward the two who seem to bo be bol l enjoying life and a soft ort murmur Is I heard from everywhere c But nut when a u anon non goes KOS In among 3 a a- number of or wagons and tries to 10 ma make e his wa way out that he ht mo may not he ho crushed r under the wheels ls tho mob Is VI very much amused It is amused because bec It Il knows the feelings feelings feelings feel feel- ings of or u a human being e seeing itself I threatened with destruction and antI It H laughs at nl everything that It understands understands under under- stands In tilt tile mst mysterious confusion of t I 11 life r 0 An automobile speeds s b by In which is I seated ted a 1 powerful man a groat capital 1st INt and Immediately the great beast Is ls Interested In ht him The file thousands of or cy eyes CYR s tJ become one big hig eye eyo and this stares calmly ct Into the slon stony pitiless sallow face of oC the time man Thus an nn old boar may look at it Its Ill muster master who has hns lamed tamed it when it was young ounG and anal the Mob knows that thal tho great l man Is a power that lie he Is IR a powerful individual and that thousands of oC individuals must work to saUl satisfy his orders The Mob floh knows what to think of oC him he Is 18 s an employer One after aCter the th oth other r human beings pass h by Where are arc they going and anti what are they doing There are mn nn P PARTIES A TIES TO DRUCE U CE MYSTERY S NOW EXCITING ALL ENGLAND 1 0 J jit w- w v vy 1 L v m v. v y 4 l Y x Wi y t J lk t N d f k t la IP r D C S GJ F c 4 4 r j w Ci r tI r F S r 1 J l j r L' L r oth sn So o that H it mn may lie Me safely alon alongside along along- side ship the old 11 nut lint at al the moment whoa when reform is born Jorn It Il goes an UK with the tho first rays ray o of the sun sun we we usually turn tn awa away from It and und want to enjoy the r rest a n little longer l' l In darkness Ince Incessantly new now Individuals Increase the crowd vel ill drawn wn by some mysterious power lUte like steel filIngs b by a magnet Now they stand shoulder against ng shou shoulder 1 rhey They have fo formed met a n d dense firm muss mass a monster a black Clack la lt monster with many thousand heads a n quite Im Immovable movable monster with thousands oCey of oC ey eyes s 's with a dissatisfied d expression n In its ls stolid face and blind Jea jealousy OUM In its Instinctively It l seems eft s to feel r something su suspicious In tho air all We e e have la here that terrible creature consisting con con- of oC bodies and anti souls which we know under the significant name f Mob b. b J if It anybody crosses the tho street looking in dress rl S or appearance differ differ- different different ent from froan the cro crowd time th Mob blob discovers hint him Immediately It t turns It m many m-iny ln thousand hUts heads toward him and devours devours de do- vours yours him bun with jealous glances Why Isn't t T lie dressed led like the time rest of us That is Js' nut not rl rihl hL VII Why tides tl cs he walk so o quickly when we seem to lo have ha plenty of or Pt time That is PI very sus sus- Now No two R hutt young people pa pass by hy hut chat chattering t till il laughing and the tile beast Least the so many of or then them anti and tho they are so dlf- dlf that It Il Is loj fur far more difficult to distinguish lIsting thorn than rhan to distinguish the pieces of wood Iron Ion and stone with which their mall many hands hand hero hu busy the day before The crowd 10 feels that there is another life a life different from their own o a 11 life under tinder conditions a IL lire life full of charm and anti this r fooling feeling pierces the dull heart of ur the Mob Mat like lIJe pin pinpricks pinpricks pricks and slowly loWly creates the confuted feeling of u a threatening danger Its eye and Its shapeless hod body trembles In wild excitement Men women and automobiles pass pass up up and down dawn the tho streets In the shop 1101 window windows win win- dow dons beautiful beautiful- bt things ar are exhibited i 1 things timings which attract the tho e eye e and antI arouse tho the desIre to 0 pOS possess M them I though nobody knows to what use usa to I put them An And a feeling of or loneliness s I comes upon the tho Mob fob the fooling feeling that it Is not taken into consideration by all these well dressed and well fed people people- It must look Jook and s see e how well nour noir they all aU ore are how tender and pure j Is their flesh how satisfied they thoy all seem Mem to lobe he What kind of food do they thoy live livo on Surel Surely very good and very plentiful food and the Mob feels something something something some some- thing thing growl rowl growl In n us its soul In the magnificent carriages beautiful beautiful ful slender women are resting com con I their faces are and their beaming eyes R attract tin the attention atton- atton tion of the tho people In the street Look oh men lien how loVely lov I wo Wf ore are they tey seem to say and the tho Mob scans over every face faco Their own women are arc either too loo thin or too fat rat th they are suffering from In Indigestion Indigestion In- In dl digestion sickness caused by hy lack of nourishment or 01 su suffering Cf ing fro from n toothache tooth tooth- ache And when n h n their husbands are arC not at homo they are quarreling among them themselves I es flue Tho Mob blab grows rows excited at atthe atthe atthe the sight of oC those these beautiful women It looks at ut their beauty and antI It feels In its thoughts their tempting bodi bodies s then Own thena I Iu u a murmur arises from Cram all aU sides ap applause applause ap- ap and threats and every ery word I ap-I is keen Ien and sharp harp and hits like the blow blo of an unel unclean an hand for the Mob Is I tempted by these beautiful bodies hollIes an and feels like e crushing them In its arms RE Red cheeked cheel ed I 1 pretty children are ore sitting sit sit- t ting ng in the tho carriages They rhey laugh au h and I wended chat chat cha t well fed clean Ican ch children with little lit lit- lit tle Uti hands little feet and antI straight limbs hy then theil are arc their own children so 10 I often orten knock kneed and crippled Is that perhaps the fault of oC the mothers All these comparisons arouse arO joel jeal jealousy I OtiS and in Its fertile soil hatred grows quickly and the big hiS black monster monn monster mon mon- ster n moves o es UK Its Innumerable hubs and pierces with pierces with Its stare c everything It does docs oes not nol und understand It feels that ali ail enemy Is there thure strong omnipresent an 1 JI In the fr great nl which no holds l enthralled tad amul humus excited tile the Interest or of the world flor lor oI the mystery 1 is troll known no n to date Mrs Dru Dru o who 11 to lohe f. of the fifth Juk of amid has hils HII sued I for tor her hr rights In the estates or of time present nt Portland all gon Ao that the eccentric old nobleman led Jed n a I dual life anti l I a 1 right for tOI claim c as his V On the left lpH is III the present pIMont Duke or of Por who J is compelled to tight for tor what ho believes t Is his hla Inheritance In cen tr Is 14 the pre enl t or of Portland nil On t the ho 11 right h t Is t the h old nu Dulce Ie P. P of Portland who is II said Maid to have t led a dual life lite 01 amid HI disappeared after n remorse t O over r n a tra fratricide lie J tad ted tN fastened on n his ll heart On the lower left is the late latt Queen Victoria whose daughter th the Louise tho present Duke or of Portland wanted to marry marlY lie He was the lilt host watt tl in time kingdom but lh the hand or of the princess was wa refused hint its Queen Victoria said Hold some ome day his hilt title to his hili estate might d On the Jo lower r right Is LouIse now the I of oC rife is IN the t under Ih the witness says teays Iles not nOl the remains of time old or of Portland but a 1 casket lg the weight w of oC a roan mall In ht brass and rod lend lie Ile lie hp placed p them there No loo CX excavation H will hI bt and the lIw m mystery tI Is us UM dark durle as aN P Pr err r enemy which cannot bo be wounded It I 1 is s this enemy who has haR taken token possession lon lonor n of or all time the blessings of oC life lire and who distributes distributes dis dis- tributes these blessings according Recording to its own will rill among the few Cew select ones ons The fIll Mob can have at nt alt all can ron have lIa no sufficient nourishment and no costly dresses none non of or those beautiful women can belong to It Tho The Mob Iob is overlooked and Its Itol enemies do 10 not mot oven cn believe e In ht Its exl existence c and the monster sniffs tho the air h and attentively watches everything ver And nd still life tre goes on op In Its usual way while the heart of or 01 t the Mob Iob Is fill filled tl with hatred All that is III necessary sary lr is a trillo ruth then the lime Mob Iob will move anti and will 1111 crush everything underneath It It In tho time middle of oC the square a n policeman policeman police police- man Is standing Ills His smooth shaven haven faco face Is calm cairn and hard lIke stool steel This great t man possesses |