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N" ,1l "' '.' ", m my m ' TT TJT ' THE PUBLIC FORUM THE SALOON. About the saloon. Where else shall I go when I want to quench my thirst? I have to go out of my way to a railroad station or a hotel or else buy a lunch at a res taurant if I want to get a drink of water. When the saloon is nearer I go to the saloon to quench thirst, to wash dirt from my hands, to get warm in winter or keep cool in sum mer while waiting for street cars. I hate booze. But I like saloons. They the the friendliest human places in town. In a saloon you can say hello to anybody you meet there and it's all right. In a restaurant you've got to have an introduction to anybody you talk to. And in a railroad station the cops nab you if you ask a strang er for a match. C. S. MATRIMONY. Why don't more young people wed and live decent married lives to their hearts' con tent? ' There are two answers. In the first place, most of them expect too much from each other, and when they marry with such feeling they always reap discontent. In the second place, very few men find employment that is steady and high-salaried enough to support even a common and most useful wife satisfactorily. Why don't some of these cultivated aristocrats with their high ideals or thoughts of religion and civilization do something to uplift the ill-used youth who might go right if he re ceived the proper care and necessary attention? It is unfair to slam the young fel lows too hard when most of them are led astray by some girl they love or some other inducements they would never heed had society the system that would better opportunities. No fair-minded man, woman or girl will dispute that. Most girls have brothers, most fa thers and mothers have a son, who should cause them to think well. A man who condemns all women and a woman who condemns all men are both extremely unreasonable. A great many people have no just cause to complain, while many others have. Most always the ones who are having it good are the first and worst to complain. If people were fair and simply dealt fair, what wonderful bliss weld attain. But what can we expect when we always select the same dose over again. (Root hog or die.) Me, too. Frank Smith. P. S. True friendship is better than love without friendship. Get ting and earning have two different meanings, for some get more than they honestly earn, while others earn more than they honestly get That's .what they call human nature, but it's unfair. Gosh darn it all! F. S. VAN DORSTON. Being a regular reader of The Day Book allow me to make a suggestion for the relief of Fred W. Higgins in regard to the present political phase of Chicago. I would ask what's the matter with Van Dorston as a go-between candi date for labor and capital. There isn't money enough in Chicago to buy his vote or the principles he advo cates. He is an able and construc tive man, impartial and unbiased to ward all, a man who would command the respect of rich and poor alike. He is a man of problems, a man of strength of character and foresight, a man in the labor world and yet stands without a peer in law, or in the mechanical world, a man whose favorite motto is "Live and let live." The writer doesn't think it would be possible to select a better subject from the entire list of the people of Chicago. What think you? A Friend of Labor. TO MR. LIPSITZ'S QUESTION. Why not have the presidents of the unions call a convention to select the best union man for mayor? As a union man I would n,ot like to trust Gatfj&saE&smmtimlmimfimmmmtm