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THE WASHINGTON HESA1D THURSDAY OCTOBER 28 19596J
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THE WASHINGTON HERALD
PttbHibed Every Mornint in the Year by
TilE WASHINGTON HERALD COMPANY
784 FIFTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST
EateKd u McmdcltM tatt r Uctokw 5 IMC atUM at Y al to teD D C uad r set oiCOBC H ot March 1 U79
SCOTT C BONE Editor
Teleohonj Main 3800 Private Brands Eichanje
Suburiptlon Rita by Carrier or Mill
Daft and BwMkf 59 ct ta per swathUaijy and Snaday Jt perDsJly without U coMa p r rooathDaily trJtlMCt Sunday JIJOLkiiKk without cklly 200 per year
No attention wtil be paid to anonymouscontributions and no communications tothe editor will 60 printed except ovor thonoms of writer
aruMMcHBt offered for publication will-e refvmed wnauaWabJa but stamps
should 00 with lisa manuscript forthat purpose
AH oom m cfiHon3 intended for thisnewspaper whether for the dotty or theSunday ieeue should Ie addressed toTHE WASHINGTON HERALD
Nw York RepmwUUTC J C V1LU13KDINOEPECIAL AGKNCY Bntw kk B U ae
ChJafO HepreMBldUN BARNARD BRANHAM Boyo BaOdtas
THURSDAY OCTOBER 23 1S09
44 THE PLUNDERERS OF WASHINGTON
A magazine articlo bearing thocaption quoted above a frenzied
dissertation on Washington affairs withmuckracking ombeUtohment gatorfr hascaused more or leM comment the pastfew days
Pearsoas Uie pttblkatten In question
has undoubtedly suoeosdod in stttlnff it-
self talked about but has not added toits presttf or done itself any permanentgood by disseminating such an artIcle
There ie truth in itpalpable truth insections but it is as overdrawn and far-
fetched as a whole as it is Iniquitousand unwarranted in detail And it is
the cue but mildly to that grossJihel is at least trenched upon ia the usethat made of certain honored names ia-
coinuctkM With such a caption The
rirderrs of Washington
Washington is not betas plundered hasnot been plundered The muckrakingarticle Itaett repudiates the assertion Itbrings fttlte clearly enough Unit tJw
one greet offender ol the a weukl-
b i now on Its hotter behavioivthe ges monopoly has met resistance bothin and out of Congress and successfulresistance too Ia the and it voluntarilymakes concession In rates to the con-
sumer abandons its legal stops to waterits stock and betrays a tardy and yet re-
luctant but nevertheless aotnmendabtedesire aad disposition to get upon goodterms with the paWic a policy whosowisdom should have impreeeed itself upoathe company long years ago
A story of how the Washington Gas-
light Compejjy has perststeatly attemptedto plunder Washington along with itsoppressive extortions as to rates andhow it has just as persistently encountered obstacles Impossible to overcome wouldhave beea equally graphic and none theless truthful
Doubtless the government ha paid toomuch in many laetaaoes for ground it
la its it is toldthat high fflcleis theaiseivos have nothesitated to turn a thrifty penny in suchtransactions but there is another side tothis story sine Take the recent condemnatkm of the squares south of theAvenue for example So fair a doal didUncle Sam receive in those proceedingsby way of appraisements that businessmen affected see In the outcome orhonestly think they see a situation thatmeans Plunder of Property for Governmont And it is pertinent to remarkthat one of the appraisers is a gentlemanwhose name figures in the sensationalmagazine category above sot out
Now a word touching a complimentaryand at the same time uncomplimentarymention of The Washington Herald Inthe said arUcle to wit
The HosU a wr BMTB j p r rromcHUy-c amploM a good cum aid radd sy boo al-
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This newspaper is never ominouslysilent baa never suddenly become omlnously sliest It dares and always hasdared to stand for the right and speakthe truth and proposes over to keep Itselfin position so to do It has won somenotable fights and oxpocta to win moreBut The Washington Herald Is not amuckrackor not a pessimist and not acommon nor doom It intend to be-
come any of those things Its hand Isnot raised for Instance against ovaryother corporation because tho gas mo-
nopoly happens to have an odious recordncr dose it jump to the conclusion whangrasping and greed develop In certainquarters that grasping and greed existin nil quarters Not being a muckrakingnewspaper but a fairdealing newspaperit able to see things aright and thusprevent false reasoning from enteringInto Its philosophy
Moreover The Washington Heraldimows does not merely think that WashIriRton Is well governed almost whollyfree from graft and corruption and byall odds tho most wholesome city In theland Knowing thIs us all Washingtonlans know It In spite of things womay not like thla newspaper challengesthe statement that Washington Is beingplundered or ever will be plundered
It is not truePearsons in tolling some ugly truths
has simultaneously peVpotratsd a libelupon the Capital a wholesale libel
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A Chromatic Question
A wife in Milwaukee seeks dlvorco bo
of a lack of harmony with her husband upon a question of color Thelateue is not of race but of ties not oftho tie that binds but of the necktieThe lady wishes the husband to goshopping with her That would seem initself a reason why ho might seek legalseparation on the ground of crueltyBut she goes ovon further in requiringthat upon those harassing excursions hoshall don a cravat of chromatic aooordwith the shade of her gown Her com-
plaint recites that ho has committed theartistic atrocities or donning a fourinhand of green when escorting her attiredin plum silk and of marching with a tlfc
sky blue next to her dross of vornalgreen
It would appear that this lady Is some-
what unreasonable If her husband Is soselfsacrificing as to endure the ordealof her career through tho emporiums ofdry goods that hayo not made their
city famous she ought to concedeto him the privilege of encircling hisnook wltih such gear as be fancies solong as it does not shock the public senseof propriety Surely she would not goso far as to require that he should makehis afternoon plug hat conform to tinrectfnt amazing variations in tho mlll-lners adornment of her crowning gloryNot would she require his stockings but
were better not to become more spa
elk As to neckties masculine patiencehat proverbially Its annual trials in thegentle surprises of Christmas tide Thisquestion of cravats may be aknot If so the husband may cut Itgoing on strike that Is by refusing
shopping or to supply the wherewithal therefor But the issue may wellrequire a Daniel for its judgment
Evading the Customs
False declarations by tourists and larg-
er swindling by underweighing haveloins oil at the New York customhouseIn the opinion oC Collector Loeb forabout fifty years There has been muchcriticism more or toss irritated of theseal of this reviews official in the examlnation of the luggage and other belong-ings of passengers but it Ss to hiacredit that he does not hesitate to at-
tack the greeter frauds It Is true ofthat the cheating of the customs
by underwetghtog could not have MeApursued without the connivance of reve-nue employee The scandal Is not lightoned by the long and inferentially willfulblindness of officiate in the past In tact
seems to hive become almost an es-
tablished rule that these public employshould assist in defrauding the TreasuryWhat been lacking hitherto has beeneither the ability or the desire to dotb disagreeable duty of probing thoevil
Yet the methods employed seem ia theretrospect to have beeR flsraatly openad ea y of detection Had the subordl
or the customs service been actingfor their own protection instead of fora public employer they could not havefailed to run against the impudent fraudsNo one may know the amount of thosefrauds in the put It would be Idleto goes at the possibilities of their repe-tition when vigilance shall be relaxedIn themselves the personal aspect ofthese evasions reflects individual greedrather than any sincere protest againstthe customs laws whether they be oemstdered as protective of domestic industries or only for purposes of revenueThey are offensive not merely because oflosses to the National Treasury hut becaus of their oridonce of dulled reBpect for the law and of blunted eonscience
Parent and Child
Mrs Ellen Spencer Museey In NoGood Housekeeping calls attea-
tlon to many curious lid seemingly un-just phases of the legal relations
parent and child In this countryThe contribution is not argumentativeso much as It ie a series of statementsof fOOt from which conclusions may
be drawn The writer concerns herself only to the extent of pointing outsome of the inequalities and injusticesexisting these including numerous spacine statutory disadvantages and disa-bilities Imposed upon woman and herchild in favor of the husband and fatherThe purpose of the writer however Isplainly Indicated hi a subhead to thetitle of tho article reading LAWS whichimpel people to work for equal suffrage
Taking a broad view of the question ofequal suffrage It will be acknowledgedthat tho women come to tho bar of
opinion powerfully equipped and quitelikely to attract attention when theymake the child tho basis of theirIng Tho ancient fallacy that the fatheralone or oven to any preponderating ex-
tent 1 responsible for the child and ontitled solely to the direction of its dostin and tho fruits of its labor Is nolonger accepted without question
primarily is righteously chargedwith the support of tho child but themothers responsibility for Its trainingand moral and Intellectual developmentis so unmietakably Indicated thatdenial her positive right to participateIn tho framing of laws affecting her off-
spring Is ono that It will be extremelydifficult lightly to brush asld4
The subject manifestly opens a widearea of discussion It Invites onalyBlsat the hands of thinkers open to convic-tion and reasonably attentive to any pleaapparently worthy cf grave conslderaUon And when woman comes forwardholding her child in her arms or leadingit by the hand and by that token asksof man a hoaxing on her legal rights andstatus sho Is moro than apt to get Itpromptly and ungrudgingly
Although Air Taft professea to thinkmighty well of the Roosevelt policieshe has a few of his own sharply differ-entiated therefrom ana in no wiso to be
therewith H10 theory thatthc President Is tmoroly a figureheadknows no place In thephilosophy
Presidential visits to Grand Old Texasaro few and far between Hence thegovernor or that Interesting Commonwealth felt able to appear In frock coat
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If as has been broadly Intimatedthe Interesting Mr BanIll did got5000 for Issuing that famous antiCook
It must be evident even nowthe persons who put up the coin that
he was grossly overpaid
If those statesmen who are chantingDig her deep through Dixie can frame
a plan to dig her deep via Newtho may have some chance
materialize
Republicans room to be learning todisagree among themselves almost as en-thusiastically ag If they were Democrats
Of course Mr Poary may consider hisfailure to nail Dr Cook due entirely totho toughness of that gentlemans hldoOthers will incline to think howeverthat it Is duo to tho poor quality of nailsthe commander hag thus far employed
We fear the South Carolina papersdo not believe unreservedly that SenatorTlllmans absence from the Columbiabanquet to Mr Taft will produce any-thing like an aching void somewhereabout the table
A Chicago school maam claims to havediscovered a simple and quick methodof teaching children all about Chi-cago Wise parents will see that theirchildren carefully avoid that teacher
Why should Mr AldrIch bother withMr Fowler Mr Fowler has not
any Taft indorsements yet has
A physician says that no woman whowishes te remain beautiful will overspeak crossly to her husband Is the doetor married And what does she looklUte
If H is too much to pay for aa banquet in honor of the President
what would be a fIr price to pay fora CbautaoaMa ticket to hens a pitchforkUnited States Senator talk through W
Ten minutes Is not long to bo sureBut oven in that time Columbus Gamight manage to give the President apleasant look If It tried real hard
Lleut Shacklotons south polo experi-ences make most entertaining readingEspecially is it pleasant not to have hisevery other assertion disputed
There Is nothing sure in this lifesays the Milwaukee Sentinel Truetrue Even Washington may yet win thepennant
And the next thing we know tho pollwill e toiling the truth soys
the Deltas News Evidently you do notto know anything more until
after the millennium has arrived
Jeffries soys he will fight in April Itnot April 1 he in mind it is to be
hoped
The recent meeting between FirstTermar Taft and SixthTermer Diaz wasInteresting from more political pointsof view than one
Why should a few revolting truthsabout Twnmaay shock or surprise NewYork New York has beard them be-fore atony time The question is WillNew York over heed them
An Alabama college professor was ar-rested in Anaiston for calling apoliceman aa encyclopedia It seemsthat one may be arrested for almostany old thing in Alabama nowadays
Horrors The Brownsville COM hasbroken out again How can we overhope to get to the end ef the north polerow
CHAT OF THE FORUM
Mr Altlrlcli Is CautionsPnm UM Mea Herald
M b M weir taMcBl ia iwniiWasad Semtor Akhfck win toe wile tothe MATB of UM Fowler
Mr Recent RationsFTM the New York Saa
crates said stoke iuads ta a spirit of true autyr4 a and eateR unknown qotntnfcs of timek
TILe PrcBhlcnt and BondtFrom the PMtwWpbk Public Ix gsr
Talk isuKOfeaMnt bond cut mstlei but tie MOM wasteful sad rinini iMihi strag-gW a lMt whIch PraUMt will vntett ta-
Mr Cannons PartyProa Uw Lnahrflte Co ti vJoBf U
Mr CAMMII t that U Mr IA PtOtU k a R-
IMMican thin W ia MMUiteg else la the epMecof the bidotoiMd droctt of tartar MBsmpMUKrthere caD be but one kIM ef Rpublfea-
Mr Gaynor DlsqnnliflcdFrom tko New York Evening
If jttrr of Itatatcrwied aDd ooeawtcntaens were to hoDcetlr upon the MkyorHr-oindldctei their rcnUci would bo that Mr Gtyaor-b d UKVousMr dbqwlWed bMueU for the tICks
Pot Henson IdentifiedFrom tho SprfagaeW UwJoa
Prof Bensoa fat bdkoMaws la Prof-Ilefuoe taqniras a Southern aev paptr T-
doot you know Prof Heiam is the aUtnA RUe n wh neetmfurML that naa 1eary to tillnorth pole
Gen Grccly on PoleFrom UM Chicago ReconMIarrid
Gun Oreoir has written a uwsailn artlelo inwkkh h praisw Dr Cook aad expreesM the bthat the doctor reached the north pole It Is to behoped that this trill not came a war botvresn thaarmy and the nary
Mr Tillnmns EconomyFrcm the S I Aeld nepnbMcaa
Furious with Indignation booaae tho boniest In
cost 10 a plate Senator TiUman hat reftued to attend His mind works strangely Somebody matpay for the dinner
Mr Pcnroac and PhiladelphiaTr Copcfca Capital
fin ia k to proro its gratitude for tarifflaTot r oontlanlng oonapt goTtnaaeat of Itself IffwhteL fraochfawi worth miUiom are freelycut aDd gang poitUdans are zina all the COIl
tracts for public work It wouW payto be a lap lBC stock even though ittost exoMfhe tariff bounties from Senator
FALIE LEAVES
Red oer the forest peon the setting sauThe line of yellow light dies Seat away
That crowned the eastern copec and chill and dunPails on tho moor the brief Korember day
Now tho tired hunter winds a partlagAnd echo bida goodnight from every glade
Yet wait awhilff and see the calm hews floatEach to his TeSt beneath their pareat
Soon oer their heads blithe April hours shall sinA thousand wild Sewers round them sball untold
TIc green buds glisten in tho dews ot springAbd all bo vernal rapture as of old
DncoMcionfl they in waste obllrionIn nil tho world of Vasy life around
No thought of them in nil the bounteous tkyNo drop for thorn of kindly found
Alans portion is to die and rise againYet ho complain while thwo part
With their sweet Una as pure from sin andAs his when Eden held his virgin heart
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A LITTLE NONSENSERETUIIMXG TUB COMPLIMENT
This Peerage is the finest guideA girl could get
We find a list or dukes InsideWith prices netstatement of their debts is found
Which make it handy all around
heiresses wo might in turnCompile a list
State age amount of coin to burnThat la the gist
Our foreign friends use printers InkWe might do likewise dont you think
WhyThou explorers are handicappedAs to howCant be in but ono place at a timeCouldnt they sand around grapho
phones to lecture in the smaller towns
Way It GoesPoliteness paysWhilst thrift explains that it left Its
money at home
Slow FireReparteeHully
Tie myTo exudeSdylngs shrowd
Bout an hour too late
Naught But AbuseThey all said I would make a splendid
eandldateWoJir
I became a candidateAgain weiltAnd now look what they say about
Tho ProportionI see you have the regulation five feel
or booksYes I believe in having the aluMsHave you road any of emWelt about two inches
Itcoiioiiingr With lienPapa I want a dukeNow sugar plum Wont you be
if I buy you an aoreplane and achimpanzee and a hawser of
A FEW WORDS ON VANITY
Pw Ateua4 r Swttks Dnua IlarpEach man is the most important thing
la the world to himself but why is he tohimself so Important Simply because lieie a personality with capacities of
of pain who can be hurt who can bepleased who can be disappointed wholabors and expects his hire in whose consctoueness in fact for the time beingthe whole universe lives He is andeverything else Ie relative Confined tohis own personality making it his towerof outlook from which only he cafrsMrveythe outer world naturally enougha rather high estimate of its value of itsdignity of its Intrinsic worth TIll highestimate is useful in so far as it A aXehis condition pleasant and ratheroar pronenees to form are accus-tomed to call vanity
Vanity which really to keep therace alive has been treated harshly bythe monUtats and satirists It does ROtquite deserve the bard names it hoe beencalled It Interpenetratee everything aman says or does but it Interpenetratesfor a useful purpose If it la always analloy in the pure gold of virtue It at leastdoes the service of an alloy makms theprecious workable Nature gaveman hIS appetiiea aapiradoasand along with these pea of taeanatwhich fumes from tho built of consciousaes to i decease makU the best partof life rapture and the worst part sudan
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But for vanity the race would haveted out are There are some menwhose lives seem to us as undesirableas the lives of toads or serpents yetthese met breathe in tolerable contentand satisfaction A man receives theshocks of life on the buffer of his vanityVanity acts as his second and bottleholder In the worlds priae ring and Itfights him well bringing him smilinglyup to time after the fiercest knockdownblows Vanity is to a man what the oilysecretion is to a bird with which itsleeks and adjusts the plumage ruffled bywhatever causes Vanity is not only instrumontal in keeping a man alive and inheart but in its lighter manifestationsit hi the great sweetener of social ex
It is the creator of dreesand fashion it is the inventor ofand ceremonies to it we are indebted forall our traditions of civility For vanityin its idler moments is benevolent Is aswilling to give pleasure as to take it andaccepts as sufficient reward for Its servicesa kind word or an approving smile Itdelights to bask in the sunshine of appro-batlon
As each man is to himself tho mostthing in the world each man is
an egotist in his thinking in his desiresin his fears It does not however followthat each man must be an egotist as theword is popularly understood in hisspeech But even although this wore the
the world would be divided Intoegotists likable and unlikable There aretwo kinds of egotism a trifling vain-glorious kind a mere burning of personalincense in which the man is at oncealtar priest censer and divinity a kindwhich deals with the accidents and wrappages of tho speaker his equipages hisriches his family his servants his furniturc and array The other kind has notaint of selfaggrandlzoment but is root-ed in the faculties of love and humorand this latter kind Is never offensivebecause It Includes others and knows noscorn of exclusiveness The one is theoffspring of a narrow and unimaginativepersonality tho other of a large andgenial one
AdvertisingFrom the Buffalo Keau
Without exceptions or Qualifications wewish to go on record as favoring adver-tising under any and all circumstancesThere Is nothing in the world like It forpulling business whether thatis In tho Lords vineyard or In the martsof trade Hence It is with special pleas
that wo notice the decision of thochurches to advertise and bring theirwares before the people Wo aro preparedfor the shook we will doubtless receivein the downcar some morning at seeingthis
MUi Phoebe SnowiDdwoi
co to church a spellAnd there the LightPut them arijktUpoo tho Reed of Pure DelIght
Or for the sako of economy why notcollaborate with some or our leadingbusiness houses and spread this
on tho car roofs church and manu-facturer to share alike on expense
Here you slay absorb the creedOn rich upholstered pews
Then go bane and richly reedOn Campbeil4 Condensed Stews
Gross jliKBtatementFrom tho Chicago Tribune
Irate Caller your paper accused mo thismorning of running over a man with mymotorcycle It Isnt true It was anautomobile
whats the differenceIrate Caller Tho difference About
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Not MuchFrom the Baltimore American
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PEOPLE AND THINGSTho Debt of Zealand
The not public debt of New Zealandper head of population is JU against 91
Great Britain But much of this debtrepresents productive investments AnInvestigation observes that governmentalownership of railway anti other enter
rises has created a now and wastefulof corruption It refers to the loca-
tion of roads bridges and otheras a result of looal or personal
This country knows slraethlng ofthat kind of favor in its river and harhot bills in New Zealand such favorsare described as the current coin ofpolitical corruption
upoleou on SoldiersOne of Ferrers utterances was The
soldiers uniform conceals crimes againsthUmanity and the misery of his own ex
That Is severe and should beuntrue Yet It Ie recalled that Napoleonat St Helena praised the profession of
and added The soldier inis a cutthroat and a robber He
not only produces nothing himself butconsumes the products of others and
nlays the producers Which was the political economist speaking not one of theTeat captains of military history
The Trees of New HampshireNew Hampshire has reorganized Its
forestry commission and amendedsome of Its laws relating to trees ThereIs a society for protection of its for-est The State forester has deliveredmany public addresses and material foressays on forestry and allied subjectshag been supplied to all the subordinategranges in the State and to the pupils oftwentytwo high schools In all respects
i is an excellent showing that is madeby this report which is not inaptly named
Year Book of Forestry and it shouldappeal to all who value the White Mountains and their woodlands as a part ofoar national heritage and desire thatsuch shall be preserved inYiolaAe The society includes in its membership many residents of other StatesA Poor Inscription
Fort Mercer at Red Bank N J andFort Xlffiln both on the Delaware heldthe British fleet below Philadelphia toetwo mouths after Gen Howe occupiedthe city Fort Militia survives in a fortflcation erected about the time of the sec-ond war with England Fort Mercer hasdisappeared but Its site was recentlymarked by a monument on which wasplaced a tablet with this inscription
MttOMMBt ta OMNOCBMcmto the tattle otMCMW or Bak fought B this gnxnid Oo-toter 3 ITTT Kmt d ky wrthorttf of M f-UM ItieteUtar ot UM State ef X r J BMT pMd
MMton of 1MB tatradaotd ia UM UOOM of Ast t rd kgr
It will be observed that an the im-portant facts are given there and onlythe trivial details omitted It is not re-corded between what troops the battlewas fought or how It resulted The nameof Cot Christopher Greens of RhodeIsland who held the fort with splendidcourage and skill is omitted but thatIs immaterial so long as the name ofJohn Boyd Avis is there The name ofCount von Donop who was killed leadinghis Hessians to the assault does not
on the monument but the name ofGoY Stokes hi there for posterity to reedwith emotion The 4M Rhode Island sol-diers who held that fort against theattack of 2000 Hessians are not men-tioned but the New Jersey legists ture ofUK Is there
A Button and a NameThe Lone Star name of Texas has an
interesting origin A half century agomens overcoats were ornamented withlarge brass buttons It happened that thebuttons on the overcoat of Gov Smith ofTexas had the impress of astar For wont of a seat one of thesebuttons was cut off and used The own-er of this overcoat and of the buttonHenry Smith was chief executive of theprovisional government of Texas whichin MS preceded the declaration of in-dependence by Texas against Mexico aadthe winning of that independence in thebattle of San Jadnto on April H IMS
A Postman of LeisureA lazy postmen is fortunately a rarity
One has been found in a little town aear-I4lle in France and many strange de-lays and disappearances of letters havebeen explained A chance visit to thehouse of a carrier revealed in his par-lor a quantity of correspondence whichwhen weighed turned the scales at LINpounds When asked what this mass ofundelivered mall was he said Just ryears He had long oome to the con-clusion that his dully round was toolong and for years he had eat themshort These may as well wait till to-morrow said the procastinatlng post-man hence the great weight of corre-spondence had accumulated during flveyears or so in his parlor His explana-tion was perfectly genuine He had nottampered with a single letter Nevorthelese he has been permitted to make theacquaintance of hard labor during tenmonths in prison
A Truly Model HusbandA coterie of women in Chicago hold
overy yoar a Husband Show at thehome of ono of their number There areprizes for the competition The captor ofthe first prize this year has wonderfulqualities He is described as goodtured before breakfast intrusts hiswith the family pockotbook says hercooking is better than his mothers wasis prompt at meals an adept with the
n good judge of femininebeauty generous and kindhearted enjeys home more than the club and Ishappiest when among friends The
who is credited with all thesevirtues and accomplishments Isflvo years old and has been married nineyears Bearing his blushing honors thickupon him he won a second prize aftergaining the bluo ribbon at tho show bydemonstrating his ability to sew on abutton and then to cap the climax hiswife came forward with one more dis-tinction that she had Inadvertently ovorlooked and proved that he is a goodentertainer A gentleman of rare qualWes indeed Perhaps it is not strangethat he Is happiest away from the club
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TWO YEARS AFTER
Tile Financial Upheaval of 1007 andthe Good Outloolc of Today
From tile Hartford TheseJust two years ago tho country was
experiencing a financial whirlwind Thepanic was in full blast On October H1-
KK7 the Knickerbocker Trust Companyof New York went Into the hands of areceiver and public confidence wasshaken On October S3 Secretary of theTreasury Cortelyou aeoklnsr to allay thetonalon announced that 2Sffi0flet ofgovernment money would be deposited inNew York banks and on that date theWeetinghoute concerns railed and the runon the Trust Company of America as-
sumed prodigious proportions On Octo-ber 34 call money rose to 100 per centbut J Pierpont Morgan organized a bank-ers pool to loon J25WOOOO at 10 per cent
events of the following days gratedon the nerves It was a time that triedmens souls Values crumbled financialand Industrial concerns went into handsof receivers mill wheels stopped turning
was strained anxiety and distrustand uncertainty prevailed Thenmonths of industrial paralysis produc-tion was reduced to Its lowest terms
The change which has been wroughtsince the upheaval of two years ago Isremarkable The from the dis-aster has been striking On the bedrockbared by the crisis and depression hasbeen erected steadily and not spasmodi-cally a great structure of prosperityActivity has taken the place of dullnessTwo Jobs now grow where only ODe grewbefore A general spirit of confidenceobtains The financial outlook ie notwholly satisfactory but conditions gen-
erally are altogether encouragingThe revolution which has been accom-
plished in two years is characteristic ofthe American people No country hassuch a capacity for recuperation as theUnited States
ME FAIRBANKS IN CHINA
Viilt Looked on am JSmplianlzlnif-PxionilllneMM of America
Fra the flbrasbai ThwsThe pretence in Shanghai of the Hon
C W Fairbanks exYtee President ofthe United states serves a a reminderof the Increasing Interest being token mthe affairs of China by Ajnerice Tindistinguished career of JCr Vatrteaks inthe Senate and lain later election to thehigh office of vice president furnishedthe best poevtble guaranty of his betasable to properly represent the opinionsand aims of his countrymen hisvisit is in no way official he htaaeif notb tng an officer at the present ofhis government yet be ha been ac-corded by Japan end China the highesthonors In Pekin be was received bythe prince rent and all the leadingministers of state called to preeent thatrespects to him
The time of his visit to the capital hadbeen planned long before the arrangemeats for the Americas participation tothe railway loans hind been mooted butcoming as it did immediately after thefinal negotiations it did much to emphaabe the fact that Americas action mthis matter had only been taken inmost friendly spirit The influence exerted has been indirect but none the leasbeneficial aa evidencing in an unofficialway the real bond of sympathy betweenthe two notions The large body ofChinese students studying in Americabaa for more than a quarter of a cen-tury turned the attention of Americanpeople toward China and that interestwas greatly deepened by the nit ofhis highness Prince Pu Im to fc StLouis exposition and the later vteit ofthe traveling of whichViceroy Tnan Fang was a member
The visit of Mr Fairbanks to China atthe present time has ellcted more toterM in Chinese offld 4 circles thaa thatof any other American since the visjUmore than thirty years ago of exPreeldent Grant to Canton Mr Fairbanks1 leaving China will carry wtth himthe regard and appreciation ofcans in China for his dignified and appropriate representation of their country
The Broadway KnockerFWBI the NMT Yock Tgnjk
Women wottkhtt be halt as laterestfogIf they were men
A chaperon is merely a fender for Reping a girl from colliding with the wrongmanWhen
some people get busy it is al-ways in connection with something thatis nODe of their business
Many man imagines he Is wieldingbig stck when in reality he ic only ustaga small hammer
As a matter of fact your neighborsthink just as disagreeable things aboutyou as you think about them
Lots of people delight in doing acharitable stunt after concluding rrangements with the limelight man
Its well to have song in your heartIf you havent the right kind of a voiceits also well to keep it there
One idea of a paddedcell candidate isa woman who fondles a dog for the pur-pose of trying to arose a mans Jealousy
The average man is a willing workerwhen he meets another rain who is willing to be worked
If you had to live your life over againthe chances aro you would make a diffarent kind of a tool of yourself
An Unlucky Manthe KJJWW Cky Star
Thomas Patton of Lwray RussellCounty Kans Is the owner of the realprlzc hardluck story of Kansas Hereare some of the things that have
to him in tho last five or sixmonths
Wife died house burned to groundfurniture three ribs and nose
broken In fight with neighbor throwninto jail for fighting compelled to payhis own and other fellows fines throwninto jail for letting hogs runs at largeafter paying neighbor for taking up andkeeping hogs thrown into jail for notsending children three and onehalf mlleto school when his own district schoolhad been discontinued While in jail theProbate Court took five of his childrenaway and scattered them over the State
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The winds of autumn now are sighing and wailing throughthe dusty town the garden sass and flowers are dying the worldis turning gray and brown It is a time of death and sorrow theplants that used to bloom and blow will all be broken down tomorrow and buried under mounds of snow The elms look sadtheir leaves are falling and drifting on the windswept lawn anaicy blasts will soon be calling their triumph that the summersgone But let us at the fireside gather nor heed the tempest wildand chill and harken to his words while father explains again thetariff bill In olden times it was the custom to tell the childrenfairy tales but now the tariff bust em what theyget when daylight fails The Giant Killers awful vigor no longerfills the night with gore and Ridinghood will never figure aboutthe fireside any more and Robin Hood wont dodge the sheriffor answer him with taunt and scoff for dad is talking of tiretariff and theres no way to head him off 1 WAX T MAsoN
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he period in which American and foreignmanufacturers may apply for apace inthe exposition to be held
Buenos Ayres next year It Is evidentthe exhibitions from America and
Europe will surpass expectations saidEnrique Roorignec of Buenos Ayres atthe New Winrd lost night
America wilt be well represented soldMr Rodriguez but the manufacturersof Great Britain Germany and Franceare more appreciative of the opportunityand win have more msposteg displaysthan the United States Not many busi-ness men of the great North Americanrepublic are familiar with conditions inArgentine and many consider the peopleas swaieavage and ttaprogresefre To
it will come as a shock to learnBuenos Ayres ie the fourth largest
city in the new world and by all oddsthe most beautiful and the best governedand that Argentine is rapidly coming tothe front m live stick and agriculturalproducts European countries especiallyGreat Britain and Germany are spend-ing millions of dollars to develop theArgentine trade
Next years exposition win commem-orate the centennial of Argentine Inde-pendence added Senor Rodriguez whois visiting the United States to connec-tion with the fair and will be devotedargely to Illustrating the progress madein railways apicUlture and industryAs a matter of fact there will be sepa-rate fairs Including the InternationalRailway and Transportation Exposition
International Agriculture and Live-Stock Exposition and smaller exhibitionsof other Industries and the arts
The death of Gov Johnson is deeplyfelt ta Minnesota said John M Pratt ofDulttth MlniL at the Arlington whereeverybody entertained the highest esteemfor him Republicans as well as Demo-crats always hoped that Johnson some
would occupy the Presidents chairthe White House and if Johnson had
been candidate for the Presidency theloot time Instead of Bryan I honestlybelieve the Democrats would today be incharge of tie national administration
New Tort potttlos being Ms favoritestfhjeet Michael G Donovanot New city Who fc at the Raleighsaid last night that Tosanaay wouldelect its tndUates BO mutter whatclaims Heat and Bonnord may makeat this time
At every election in New Yorkmean local tights of course there havealways beset a haunch of soreheads whobacked the tegular ticket Why do youa k Thats easy because they want
it They wont just the wholepie see that game workEverybody toold New Teat Is e to theircurm and ym cant foot eat muck overthere
Hearst PU tIeD you sonnyHearst is at right in his newspaperoffice thats vbere he belongs and wherehe can do a tat of damage or good if bewants to But for mayor of New Yorknot on roar sCe What No sir notthis evening Say what do you thinkabout Tammesjr You bet Ifs a fineorganization S4d It helps the poor tooand thats a lot more than theother guys Is dsst Murphy is a shrewdpotttldan and bows the game and theycant beat him 5 6 he dont do anyshooting oft his mouth like the otherfellows does When be gets good anlready be win tip the whole world byhow many will win andyou can Just becjronr last doUr on itthat dayaor wteoy Murphy aft
Dick zones cf Brogue has thedistinction of ealfcing the whitefooted feec hi Ofchftoma ssld prank JYoung of Tulsa UtUu at the Kaleigtilast night WUtaput recentlybe jumped a red in the MId Hefired a shot out of e shotgun sadFox went hood
Joaes walked ove and pieced up hissame continued Mc voung need to hisgreat surprise round It to be a whitefooted red fox The sttmal is very rareand there have probafy not Mea morethan half a dosen IA It killed hi thiseouotry The whlte oted fox Is asscarce as white quail oa white sojdrreJa specimen of each of ftfah harmg
front feet are marked white Theright foot has a white stocking to theknee while the l ft whft nearlyto the shoulder The has beenmountedBusiness fe good our y added MrYoung but it didnt coat that way onaccount of Mr Taft beta to the WhiteHouse It come because iiwaa the natural sequence If Rooeeveltbad been reelected and were ht the Howe today busiaesfi would be PolWoo has little to oo with b foow oond-
ltast nightBeejamm M Newman o Pittsbury
who was seen at Coediscussing female labor
Jewish and American girJftra ia thegarment factories of Pittsfirg whileIrish and German women tb iiitdwelljag wives of the miners hold svbordinate place in the trade In in
the Polish women themmarried and others immigrant iris havethe Inferior and uapleaeoat wc Theleast desirable occupation forstogy faotories k tobacco trippingpulling the stems out of the leavesand weighing and tying themfor the rollers In tenementmay find the strippers in a eelbacks against a damp wohg brthe light of a flaring gas jetfactory oae will see then alltheir low stolte row behind
and weighing and throwing the JUtto one side They would work allforeman said if I would
the chance We never have any treblewith them we cant give them emighwork to do They were married win this case but the rule holds good dthere Is seldom trouble with thehands in a stogy factory They aretoo much on sufferance for grievances
worth their while
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and bureau drawers the abeTspindleshanked glided furniturelook at and net to sit en and tekeol-ltion of the rule that we must 1 theparlor nlco to those of our i iescallers for whom we cherish a rtsiantipathy May we add
The right to throw newspapers thefloor
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