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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOHSNAt-SATUED AY: EVENING, .'NOVEMBER 16, 1907.
TOPKKA STAtfi JOURNAL
By FRANK P. MAO HENNAS'. -
Entered July 1. 1875. second-class
matter at the poatoffice at Topeaa, . au
under the act of congress. ,
VOLtJME XXXIV N- 276
Official State Paper.- s
Official Paper City of Topelca.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Dally edition, delivered by "T'
cents a week to any part ' 5 Kn-
aburbs, or at tne same " . V-on-tel
slated that the price be only a dollar
a plate, so as to be within the reach
of all. .If Mr. Bryan wants a popular
priced dinner in New York this time
he will have to put the price down to
about fifteen cents. New York can
not afford any dollar dinners this
year.
A SATURDAY SERMON. I
SCHOOLS OF CRIME.
Train up a child in the way he should
wnen ne is old. He will not de
li vi irom . froverba
... own where the paper has a cm".
system. . m
By mail, one year """"" to
"ySSnVrone-Vear.... 1-00 enough to annihilate Hay. In which
uuuiLa ana aesperaaoes are made to
I think it is time for the neODle of
-nicagt to exhibit moral stamina
mm mmAVM
Business office ............Svm
rnislness office tj7i sn
Reporters room iii c.
Reoorters office .
Frank P. McLennan
PERMANENT HOME.
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pose as heroes, and I am rolnr to start-
ln bail rolling now."
with this statement Chicago
judge a few days ago, instituted
trouble for a certain class of cheap
theaters. Before him were several
small boys, against eaoh of whom
..lad. 7uo
and Broadway.
Chicago office:
Block, manager.
Paul Block, manager.
Hartford building,
I flWAAtn
Topeka State Journal bo"?-'? UQ
e Kantat twiut, wnwr m mtl vjr-. vuiw uon or wnom
xr. Tn.tfron building. I .... . . .
tJ.k', .trcit. copier Fifth a vena-I or ourgiary. wnen
- -- . " ' w nasa1 I arrr1 thaw nr...
secured in a thlevln- raid.
Keys ana revolvers were
PULL leased WTBE HKPORT I found In their possession, and they
OP THE ASSOClA'inaJ riw. i confessed to robbing houses of prop
i . . . I ftrtV tO fTl tTfl 111 Atta -......,
The State Journal is imoiJWJW ... - itou uUl
Associated Press and receives .wxouw i
xne judge instituted an Investiga
tion to nnd the motlva which
telerrach report of that area news
a-anlzation 'or the exclusive
afternoon
. i ai.. . IWAftlra
The news la received to The State J
ttal building over wires for this sole pr-
"We really can not say that Mr. Bry--autfs
atmcuncam ent Is any great sur
prise. .
Intsaldo says Taft la all right.
Vtow what does Mr.
About ltt
prompted the boys to commit the
crimes. He discovered that they were
in the habit of attending a small thea
ter where they had witnessed plays
depicting burglaries and thefts, and
this had Inspired them to try it them
selves. As a result of his discoveries,
the judge ordered the police - to ex-
Bryan .'' think I dude boys and girls from that theater
in the future. "
"Am he Is s. good Presbyterian, there I it ia such nlavs a thi- nrinhr anjt
tn too no cocktails at Mr. Bryan's the kindred sort In which vice is nor-
dinner perhaps. I trayed sometimes by dramatic art of
. . .i. "t..,... a bl"h Qaty that brings condem
m .ntin. that tK attendants;!
the football game does not denote floubt that there are great possibilities
V. Snartdal stringency,
i i ""
Perhaps Anna Gould thinks she can
ifem a better husband next tune, nav-
tfwaj the benefit of experience.
awTES eat 7rpont . '-hat it is a waste
Morgan had retired from active busi
ness.
for good in the stage. There are some
plays their number is lamentably
too few that not only innocently
amuse but are really uplifting. They
' wiuers mat, wnne trashy, are
harmless, and the worst that can be
them .and fewer of the other kind,
Let's discourage these schools of vice
and crime. As sure as the young and
the susceptible attend them, just so
certain will ideals and thoughts be
contaminated, and vice will be the na
tural result. . :
This la Miss Oklahoma's birthday.
mmhtv ' n vounester. that Okla
homa.
u Tmf Mr. Bryan has said a
nrda the fireworks will com-
tnenoa. ,
Nobody believed ' that story about
General Grant once applying for a i
Confederate commission, anyway.
Agulnaldo approves the course of
Secretary Taft. but thus far Senator
Foraker has not joined with Aggie.
of time and money to attend them.
But there is another large class that is
not only demoralizing but positively
vicious in their Influence, particularly
on tne young and also on older suscep
UDie persons whose natural bent Is
toward such things and who are at
tracted by such plays rather than by
tne decent kind.
In this class should be 'placed not
only the cheap melodrama in which
crime is made to appear half-heroic,
but also and especially the so-
called problem play, in which vice is
flaunted In the faces of decent peo
ple, portrayed as living perhaps in lux
ury; plays in which the courtesan is
endowed with virtues - of fidelity
and truth; in which vice is made to
It is feared that Mr. Harriman will appear 8mart." and modesty, truth
not approve the appointment of -Jo- and viPtua are a by-word and a joke
seph L. Bristow to investigate the Pa- jt auch plays as theso thfit dj
ciflc Mall Steamship company. told damage to morals. Pope said-
The president has - his message "Vice Is a monster of such frightful meln,
Ai,t wrrtv- to Send to congress.- but
it 'is feared he wBt Ho send for Mr.
Harriman to talk, it over witn mm.
That to be hated, needs but to be seen;
But seen too oft. familiar with hla face.
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.''
Persons of smalf moral stamina who
would never become familiar with
Chamn Clark's . declaration that
nearly all the one-gallus men are for I vice did they not see it thus portrayed
Roosevelt does not keep a lot or two-i on me stage, are by such plays first
gallus men from being-for him, too.
, King Menellk,- it Is stated. Is . pre
narine to give his people a constitu
tion. Yet even now King Menelik's
fceoDla are able to endure a great
deal. - :
made vicious in thought and then In
deed.
And it is ris-ht along this line that
one objection to Sunday' theaters is
made. Candid theatrical people In the
large cities admit that the mass of
hunday theater-goers are persons who
are attracted by plays with a vicious
tendency rather than by the decent
sort, unererore the lower rtnj r.r
BRYAJfT- i
' It Is not impossible that; Mr. Bryan's
announcement that he .wilt-accept the
Democratic presidential ''nomination if
it is tendered him although he will not
ask for It settles the action of the
next Democratic national convention
so far as the head of the ticket Is con
cerned. Mr. Bryan la the idol of the
rank and file of partisan Democracy.
just as Mr. Roosevelt Is of Republicans,
though not In as great a degree.
Mr. Bryan's announcement will oc
casion comparatively little surprise, al
though there was some doubt whether
he would make the race if Roosevelt or
Taft were the Republican nominee.
That doubt la settled, however, by his
assertion that he will accept the nomi
nation If his party - desires, no matter
whom the Republicans may name.
Incidentally Mr. Bryan takes occasion
to say that he will accept his nomina
tion as an indication that his party
wishes to make an agressive fight for
what he believes to be right, and he
also Intimates that the party organiza
tion must- be acceptable to him.. Be
tween the lines one may read that
Roger Sullivan, for instance, must not
have a part in it.
Incidentally, also, Mr. Bryan issues a
rebuke to that old style of bourbonlsm
that was always "viewing with alarm.'
The Democratic party," he says, "must
make its fight for what It believes.
While it may . take advantage of Re
publican mistakes, it must depend on
its merits for success, and notion the
error of Ub opponents." One reason
why the Democratic party of bygone
years has not been stronger is' that
while it was free with its criticism of
its opponents, it could not always sug
gest something better. Mr. Bryan pro
poses to make It a constructive party.
While some enthusiastic Democrats
may not agree with this statement, the
country as a -whole believes that if
Roosevelt would ' run ' again, ' neither
Bryan nor any otherDemocrat would
have a ghost of a show of election. If
Taft ia named by the Republicans, he
would not make as great Inroads into
the Democratic ranks as would Roose
velt, but it is not likely that he could
be defeated. If, however, a reactionary
is named by the Republicans, domina
ted by financial interests, the feeling
prevails in much of the country that
Mr. Bryan will be the next president..
RjtNSjtS COMMENT
JOVRNAL ENTRIES
Although the gas pressure may be'
low. tne meters appear to be slow Jn
neanng about it, judging from the. way
they race merrily around.
..,---'
- We know a . woman who will fuss
when she gets to heaven because she
can't get a halo trimmed to suit her.
See If she doesn't.
- " " .-
The east, it is .said, is going crazy
over diabolo. You may think this Is
a new swear word, invented for use
during the panic, but it isn't.
Count Boni is now a French "jour
nalist." It is doubtful, however, if- he
will be assigned, to cover Anna Could'a
second wedding, although he is. well
acquainted with the bride. , .. .
Secretary Cortelvou aavs lomrhv i.
"holding out" on the cash hoarding
it. What did he go and tell for? Just
because this department has been
carefully hanging on to SI. S 7 ia no ma
son why he should go and blab It. ;
When Coffeyville finds out -how
rilcely the commission form of gov
ernment woras eiw.i. 3 " play, succeed better on Sunday nights
sorry that It acted so ruaeiy towaras
i w uyiii-iuig io.yo, it S asserted
the stranger. hn some niarM that ii-i
-- i - vjucj iuca"
- i Lr:i n w j i ii.fi ri 1 1 nnr n n yn i r J
nt t. -rnu nt r v fTAnter. nan I uo
" ... - . . . . - I moralizing dramas. An net nar .v,
a severe attack or neart raiiure a rew i - -
rri. 1 tVia nmn man who wm,j.
davs ago.
used to giva Congressman Calderhead
heart failure back in the nineties.
Very likely Mr. Morgan and Mr.
Rockefeller will hereafter take pleas-1 source of danger has sprung up, and
But it is not the stage alone that ta
open to this chafge jf demoralizing
the young. In these latter years a new
ore In arguing that great wealth In
the hands of - a f ewv men la. very use
ful In helping out In time of trouble.
-President Roosevelt's messages have
always called forth great interest, but
none more so than his forthcoming
recommendations to congress will
cause. It will probably be a historical gested
document,
mat is tne moving picture show. To
the susceptible boy or girl the scenes
which flash on the screen are real, and
they make a vivid Impression on the
youthful mind. When crv or in
nocent action Is shown they are enter
taining and perhaps instructive, but
when crime is depicted or vice is sug-
such , pictures become de-
' A seat on the New York stock ex-
moralizing.
The statement was made some time
ago that one of the cheap theaters of
change sold recently for S60.000,' Topeka was preparing a series of local
whereas they used to bring nearly
$100,000. . But then. New York can't
eat seats on the stock exchange, so
what good does this drop In prices
?? '
The Lawrence Journal contains a
column -"piece" ' under the heading,
"Poor Time for- Demagoguery." : In
which Governor Hoch is severely call-
ed down for his remarks about banks.
W. R. Stubbs ought to sign his com
munications.
It is reported that Vice President
Fairbanks is studying Esperanto, al
though he can already -talk, more
without letting anybody know what he
Is saying than any other vice presi
dent in captivity.
moving pictures, among them one
showing a boy committing a theft on'
Kansas avenue, and his escape or
capture we do not recall which. It
makes no difference which happens,
many a boy studies out a plan by
which he could do the same thing and
escape. It looks heroic, and some of
them try it. The sympathies of the
boy in the audience are with the cul
prit. The writer does not know in what
theater it was proposed to show
this scene, or whether it has
ever been shown, but such
things ought not to be . thus por
trayed. In some cities they are rigidly
prohibited by the authorities, for it
has been discovered that they lead to
just such things as happened In Chi
cago in the Instance cited above.
There is certainly wide opportunity
for instruction and innocent amuse
ment In the moving ' picture hnw.
Still, Wall street might as well take
the blame, even on its own theory
that Roosevelt did it. Did not "the
interests" insist on his becoming vice
president in spite of his -.screams, I Why not portray deeds of heroism in
just because they, dld'not'want him J stead of deeds of crime? The average
In the governor's chair , np- at" Albany, j boy, before his mind has been given a
criminal bent, would be Just as much
'Senator Foraker threatens to re- I drawn by a scene showing a heroic res-
open the Brownsville question," says I cue of a child from drowning or from
an exchange. He will have to use a J In front of a runaway team, as he is by
crowbar, a jimmy, some dynamite and I tne acts or a sneak thief or of street
a lot of other things if he succeeds. I brawlers. Why not have more of the
The Brownsville question- la ' closed j uplifting sort of plays on the stage and
toleraDiy tigm am ui pwpn aave iera t mo aegraaingr mere are
forgotten about it. -' - I stage people like Ezra Kendall, for
Instance who refuse to have anv-
Xt former Bryan dinners in new I thing to do with suggestive or de
Xork, the Great Commoner has 1 In- moralizing plays. Let' have mora of
JAYliAWKER JOTS
SOME REMARKS.
The government Of the ' United
States, through its Secretary of the
treasury, Geo. B. Cortelyou, last week
loaned to the bank- of New York sev
eral millions of dollars, to help them
stem . the tide of tanic which swept
Wall' street. This is a real neghporly
act on the part of -Uncle Sam, but do
you suppose he would lend money to
a- bank in a small city, to a farmer, or
to a merchant, in order to save tne
mall man from disaster? You and
might offer the best security in the
world, but the government would not
tpnH ii a lnll. T. ilnnan't 1 nn if Hire
7A. flniura H.o TVi a f rangtiAn finan
ciers down east have nobody to blame
for the "hard times" but themselves.
ana do not deserve sympathy, dux
thev have got ao used to falling .back
on the United States treasury that
they are willing to take long chances.
Here's the wav it works:
, The national banker in New York
Invests, say half a million in govern
ment bends, ubon which the govern
ment pays interest. : Then the banker
la allowed " to issue "money" to the
amount of the ' bonds, and lends that
for interest, thus getting double In
terest on his original sum. Money
thus being Dlenti-ful. business men and
speculators take risks. Seeing that
people are heavily in debt, the banker
"retires" nis circulation Dy aepouiuns
the proper amount of funds with the
United States treasury, and calls in
his loans, . Money then Is hard to get,
and ' interest rate go soaring to the
sky (as high as 125 per cent in the re
cent panic) and Mr Banker reaps an
other harvest from his victims, as do
the 'experienced manipulators of the
stock markets. Since the banker has
"retired" his -circulation, he himself
runs short of funds at last, and then a
MAradnnlfl.n err ffoes ud ana tne sec
retary . of the treasury grabs Uncle
Sam's" strong box, throws off the lid,
and lets the bankers have all tne
funds they want, at merely nominal
rate. -or no rate at all. Whereupon
the panic is stayed, the fleece of the
lambs Is carefully stored away, the
banker Increases his circulation by
nutting up more bonds, and "good
times" beeln acraln. -
It rnntr ha "lese malestle or some
other heinous crime for us to ask, but
we'd like to know why a good fari is
not lust as much -entKlea to De usieu
as security for a government loan, as
a buncn or stocks ana minus
. AnA M it ira in know why the
small banker, merchant or business
man is not entitled to just as mucu
consideration from the government
as the rich man? He fights just as
kor- win there Is a war, anu ne
hm ni nr. nftr than the rich man.
anrl he Is generally a Diamea signi
more hones and charuaDle, added to
i).ini. ho raises the biggest families.
and adds mora to the real wealth of
tho- rvMintrv because ne is a producer
of wealth. Jamestown jpumisi-
. . -. -onnaTTOO HIGH.
Tti 'pititnr of the Scranton Gazette
A-aniriv confesses that he Is going to
take -to the woods; in the coming con
gressional, fight, and view" the struggle
from the top of a tree. After reading
our Fourth district -exchanges carefully
upon us to warn i the Gazette to get
pretty wen up w ouiam -i..iM
hatnv 5 Crowded out. There
seems 6 be 6tha-o.thex same mind.
Burjlngame . Gftf cgiej; ; -
FROM OTHER PENS
Pratt boasts tht it has big prayer
iiiveiuiss.
Sterling is figuring on putting in a
sewer system, just like a real city.
Congressman Madison has appointed
Emmett Hopkins, of Garden City, as
a cadst at West Point.
There Is an epidemic of mumps at
Nickerson, and even the school teach
ers have been having fat cheeks.
A Chanute man doctored some
horses with sore mouths. His own
hands were cracked, and as a result
he contracted blood poisoning from
the horses.. . ...
A beaver was recently captured in
Lecompton, the first for. many years,
although beavers were once numerous
In Kansas. Its skin wag said to be
worth $25.
It takes 5.000 tons of hay to run
Fort Riley during a season. This year
2.000 tons were cut on the reservation,
and the balance will be shipped in
from tha south.
A subscriber "fixed himself" with
the Medicine -Lodge Index by bringing
in a half bushel of turnips and it
took only nine . of them to make a
half bushel, too.
A Leavenworth woman has brought
suit for divorce against her husband
because he has give her only $15 in
twenty months. For goodness' sake,
what did one expect?
Pratt Republican: - A deaf -mute by
the name of E. Long, from Ingereoll,
Okla., arrived in Pratt, last Saturday
looking for his wife, who is also a deaf
mute. Mrs. Long.- had become in
fatuated -with -a young man and fled
from home to meet him at Pratt but
ner husband was ao close on her trail
that the young fellow never got here
in time to meet. her. Mr. Long found
his wayward spouse at the Cottage ho
tel and used the sign language with
such eloquence that Mrs. Long agreed
to go with him again and promised
never to listen to the finger talk of the
young man. ... Mr. - Long . said he
wouldn't take her back to Ingersoll
but he would go somewhere else and
endeavor to get his wife where her
young friend couldn't find her soon.
Paola Spirit: J'Got any roaches?"
asked a brakeman of Charley Rawson
at the depot lunch--counter one day
last week. - "Plenty, of them." replied
the proprietor, wbola kept busy seven
days in a week, ridding 5 his kitchen
pantry of the varmints. I keep In
sect paste and other poisons scattered
around to kill the pesky things, but it
is a hard Job to oust them.- Why do
you ask'' A'Well." continued the rail
road man, "roaches- are the finest
thing on earth to kill bed bugs. We
put them in the caboose and they're
the best bed bug exterminator go
ing." Mr.. Rawson said he never
knew before that cock -roaches were
good for anything, and he gladly gave
the brakeman a number of his biggest
one, -. - - v ,
CRUISE OF GREAT FLEET.
"ii-.- studio nf 'the battleship - fleet
will be a unique event In history. The
aggregation will be more powerful
than any ever assembled for practice
of any sort. There have been greater
fleets jonce or twice in English wat
ers to mark some royal occasion, but
no British fleet as strong as ours has
ever set forth to perform routine
work. The commnea neei 01
nA phuIb rlurlne the war between
those powers were not equal to the
aggregation which sets sail for the
Pacific next month. In the size of
ships and guns and the number of
thm It. will De supreme in
nals. Baltimore , American.
KEEP TT MOVING.
People who desire to prolong finan
cial and industrial distress, blocking
thff wheels Of trade and throwln
worklngmen out of employment, can
take no better way to accomplish their
end than by hoarding their money and
neglecting to pay their bills Money
is the common drudge of trade. It is
nf no use when it lies idle. Keep it
moving. Philadelphia Record.
NOT MOVING.
iistra nt (leoree Washington
have begun proceedings to recover the
town site of Cincinnati, on a claim
100 years old. The inhabitants of the
city have not yet begun to move outj
however. rmiaaeipnui 1.
THE STEPMOTHER.:
uiven the nresldent is imposed upon
at times. Recently the stepmother of
five children exhibited tne nttie group
before him. creating the impression in
the presidential mind that they were
her own aears.---i-oieao xjia.ae.
A POLITICAL FAKER.
Congressman Burton is looking for
the man wno toia mm mm no
popular in Cleveland. Louisville Courier-Journal.
, WHAT CAN IT BE?
Prof. Campbell of the Lick ob
servatory reports that Saturn has de
vairmed two bumDS on one of its rings,
and that it doesn't seem to be either
football or prickly heat.-Detrolt
Journal.". ,
WHO WILL SAW IT UP?
Timber famine is predicted for twen
ty years hence. May have to cut the
Mar sMck into lumber yet. Philadel
phia Ledger.
PURELY BUSINESS QUESTION.
A munlclal election should never be
made an issue of national politics. No
one -outside the municipality haa any
business to interfere with it in any
way. It is a purely business and not
a political question. Watertown
Times. :
BILLY'S LUCK.
Biay was m lucky guy; ' '
- - That's 00 He. '
Seems to me I'm alius struck
Out by any bricks they chuck.
Have the meanest kind of luck.
-Wonder why! - .'
Billy he would always duck. " "
r Lucky guy! .
Doesn't matter how I try;
- I am shy. i .
J Set conned on every deal: ' .T
Know Jeet what it is to feel
Hungry and run down at heeL
Broke and dry.
Billy never lacked a meat'
Lucky guy!
Life insurance, that comes high
Hits the sky
SrV'Jf bought some. - Went to bed.
Mighty sick, the doctor said.
Sure enough he Waa. He'a dead:
Hatter die
Bund aome way' to get ahead.
N Lucky guy! .
Chicago News.
7 HE E VEN1L G STORY
NOT A LAUGHING MATTER.
Editor Watteraon saya you are not
to laugh at the peace conference. We
do not. It cost over a million dollars.
Atlanta Constitution. ..
'- WISE MAN. '
'It Is easy to see now-that the man
who moved on a farm ten years ago
had rare foresight.-Chicago News.
., ' NEW FISH STORY.
' ;fMr. Harrlmapv can now add Stuy-r
vesant to his list of big ones that got
away. Washington Post.
THE OPEN MOUTH.
If more months could . be closed
fewer r banks would , be closed.
Charleston . News and Courier.
Mary and Matrimony.
(By Cecilia A. LoiZeaux.i
"1 know just how you feel, Dick,
put 1 don t see how it can be helDed.
wnen I became enrared tn vn
agreed that it would have to be a long
It s been three vein nnw
and I call that a long time. And you
Beem to have no idea of ending the
" "- xou you aren't forget-
ing to care, are von mt"
Mary's IIds tremhlM . .h. ii,
I care as much mnm than .m.
she said. "You don't understand. You
see I have been papa's housekeeper
since I was fifteen and I simply can't
in.c; 41111 ttlUHI, -
118 is nerfectlv nHiiim
sometimes I think he is anxious for
jou 10 marry. He doesn't want ti
" " were in tne way of your hap
inat l JUSt It." crlnrt tJta-rT "rao-
uiu uau. tte a sacrifice his own intnr.
est for me any day. I won't have it."
Mary, now- old is you father?"
Fifty."
"And healthy?" '
"Perfectly. We'r all nrnnA f .'i.
iiemin.
"He's likely to live out hla three
score and ten then"
I hope so and If you mean that
you wish he would die, Dick Lane"
"Easy, Mary easy. Personally, I'm
very fond of your father. That's one
reason why I am so anxious .to get
into his immediate family. But let's
see. Unless some unforeseen accident
occurs, I shall be obliged to wait for
you at least twenty-five years." He
held up a warning hand as Mary start
ed to speak. "Don't you see that we're
no nearer the goal than we were three
years ago ? Don't wait to find a solu
tion of the problem, dear. Marry me
now and we'll solve it together."
mary rose impatiently.
"What's the use of talking that
way? You know I can't. I've thought
and thought but there doesn't seem
to De any other way out. Father flatlv
refuses to live with us says it's better
not, and I can't leave him. That's why
sent ror you. I've made up my mind
that it Isn't fair to keeD vou waitine-
so am going to Dreak our engage-
....an. . DUG iuuiwcu ai mm uxaveiy,
though her eyes swam with tears and
ner chin quivered.
Dick stared a moment and then be-
gan to laugi wwen, under the eircum
stances, was the. worst thing h .could
fidVe done. Mary's eyes began to blaze
ana xne-tears disappeared.
"It's a Joke, is it?" she blazed. "Well
it's time' it wasf broken. Here is your
ring. I'm sorry for your wasted time.
:nd slr.ee you are so anxious to be mar
ried, I hope you will find some one who
will have you right away.
She sllpped from the room, and not
until he heard the door of her room
slam did Dick recover from his amaze
ment. ' Then he laughed again, and,
putting the ring In his pocket, left the
house.
"Poor little Mary," he mused. "Well,
see that I'll have to get her father
to helD."
Mary, watching him stride up the
street whistling, "Mary, llapr. Long
Before the Fashions Came," sank Into
her biz chair and wept.
"He wanted it broken, he wanted it
broken.", she waned.
Once admitted to the inner office Dick
took the leather chair which Mary's
father indicated with hip foot, accepted
a cigar and lit It.
"Is this a business call or just a
visit?"
"Both.- Pve been un to see Mary.'
"Strange. Anything doing? Will
Mary marry?"
"She says she won't. In fact, she, has
just given me back my ring. I say she
must, and I want you to help me.
"Of course I can't force my daughter
to marry you if she does not want to,"
grinned Mr. Arnold.
"Yes you can if you go about It right.
You see " and he briefly outlined his
talk" with Mary. Mr. Arnold smoked
fiercely while the young man talked,
and then they went over a detailed plan
together. 1
When the young man finally left, the
elder shook his hand heartily.
'I'll do my best. Dick.- Mary's a good
daughter, but she'll make just as good
a wif. and I'll divide."
That evening Mary came to the din
ner table red-eyed and white-faced-
Little by little her father drew the story
from her. When he had finished ne
said: "I'm glad of it, Mary. I never
would have asked you to give him up,
but I am thankful that you can see for
yourself." He did not say what she
could see. "And now that It's all over.
I don't mind telling you that there aro
as good fish in the sea as have been
caught so far. Now Dickwell, he's so
slow! Ard then but that'. over now,
so cheer up, daughter, and fall In love
with someone else. -.
"Oh, I can't ever do . ' that," wept
Mary. "I shall take care of you all
my life."
"Tut! Tut! Just put your mind to
it and you can do it. I am anxious to
see you marry and be happily settled,
Marv- Of course I didn't say so, be
cause I. could see that you didn't real
ly care for Dick. If you had cared
you'd have married him two years
ago. But now mat ne s gone
of It for then 1 could have married
Dick and would not have needed to1
worry about papa at all. Oh, It Is
cruel. And now it la too late; no;
wonder Dick stopped caring if I act
ed like that like they seem to think
I have." She sobbed miserably. -
"I like Marian Howard. I nave al
ways wished 1 could have her with me
I'd like to live witn them but they
don't want me, either. Papa has said
time and again that such combina
tion are always unhappy, and so I
must go away somewhere."
She sobbed -herself to sleep that
(light, after hours of wretched reflec
tion and almost desperate thinking.
She did not go down to breakfast, but
when tne heard her father leave the
house she went down town and drew
all of the money which she had 'in
the bank. Then she bought a ticket
for New York.
At noon her father, seeing how
wretched she looked at dinner, felt
like a brute and came very near to
spoiling the whole thing. But she
slipped away too quickly to give him
time tc commit himself. ' and when
he was sure she was in her room he
tailed Dick cautiously up over the
pnone.
"I guess you'd better come over. I've
made a beastly mess of the thing." he
said. Then he called ud to Mary that
he had to go back to the office, and
told her not to sit up for him, and
cleared our. feeling like a coward.
This was the chance for which Mary
was waiting. Hurriedly she finished
0
1?
1 a .v -n.t.nl An, mon IK T 1 1 II 1
aferache colored voman iss nod so slate
grey es she iss painted. .
- A young laty vlch chust returned from
Pannymaw, sayss any vomans can gedt
married dere. CAudging from der feet
dot dis laty came beck single ve may
presumption dot id iss der kvantlty und
nod der kvalidy to vich she had refer
nee, yet. -
Ve opserfed dot Mister Soosy alvays
yumped oop on hlaa perch ven der soo
prano approached der feet-lights. Uf
you figger long enuff, you vill opsairf
der anser, vlch iss, id vas der only vay
he could see ofer her.
Und I am adlll vonderlng vot Chef
Eating vill do ven der boos gifs oudt.
Von should nod condemn ' feet-fcall
player on der efldence shown py a nooa
baper pictoor. Der feet-balllst alvaya
tries to look hiss meanest yen he has
hiss pictoor took, id scares der enemy.
Der young dub in Nort Caryllny vlch
packing her suitcase, wrote an aron- I j v. - - . Jl,, ...
.11x1 iauir( a.iiu niiei i
dressing herself in the long coat and
aara veil which fleeing heroines al
ways wore in the Dlavs she had seen.
she let herself quietly out at the front
aoor and reached the car. A young
man Jumped off the outa-oins- car.
looked at her sharply and then swung
up the steps of the ingoing car after
ner out she did not notice.
Was this what her father had meant
In his telephone message, thought the
young man. Well, he had made a
mess of lr ' j
It was raining by this time a
dreary little drizzle and when Mary
alighted - at the . union sattion, she
would have fallen on the slippery
steps had not some one seized the suit
case and caught her arm firmly. When
she had regained her balance, the man
did not let go, but slid his grasp down
to the cold, wet hand.
"Let me go what do ' you ' mean'
she gasped, and then she knew. She
began to cry.
Mary. Mary, so contrary, come on
home again." said Dick, gently. "We
didn't mean to go so far as this, dear.
in our little plot."
a intention to tie ribbons on his trunk.
Dere iss alvavs a extenuation uf you
look far enough. .
Misder Trickett, formerly uf K. C.
Kansas, gafe der Chicago breachers
some pointers on how to close aeloonsa.
"We our Blot! What do you mean? I Now uf somevon else vill eafe dem a
Did you and father fix all this up for car load uf padlocks und a liddle brief
a trick 7 and and " . To Dick's autnority, aey may gedt results.
arreat sumrise and relief, she beo-an to
laugh. He had expected tears, anger I Dumont Smith, In hiss tour
ven raee. And then he began to I arouna aer voria, wlsslted der chustly
feel foolish. , I celebrated Applan Way. I am going
"I guess I got Just what I deserve. 1 ! laKe a day our some time und ask
I was blind as a bat," she said. "When Tea -veaaer id iss anytlng like der
do you want me to marry you, Dick
If you can forgive me enough to want
me at all. Dick, you didn't think that
I had really stopped caring, did you?"
Mary s father was in the drawing
Monkian Way uf a Kansas Lechlslacher.
1
A dispatch from Omaha savss a car
load uf powder to kill der Utes passed
trough dere recendtly, vDey f ergot to
room when they came home, and 5tate Yedde,r er no,d ,d va Insekt pow-
Marv aaSDed and stooped for her
napkin, sitting-up again with a red
face. Not care for Dick! . Perhaps
Dick thought that too.
"And aside from that." went on her
father. "I have been engaged to Ma
rian Howard for a year, and I know
how you will feel about keeping me
waiting too long. Of course I should
not think of marrying again while you
are with me." .
Mary thought ana must faint. .The
room went round ana rouna ana
then she heard a voice, which must
have been her own, stiffly congratu-latlne-
her father, heard him say
, something ' the words of which she
couia not aiermguiBn mh lucu m
was up in her own room.
"Oh," she moaned. "What shall I
do? No one wants me. Papa is goirig
to marry again snd even he thinks
I do not care for Dick.- I must have
acted terribly for - papa to think that.
And wiy didn't he tell me that hj
wanted to marry I'd hav been glad
came out into the hall to meet then.
We've been out walking," said Dick,
blandly.
"Yes, I see," said Mr. Arnold, ignor
ing the suitcase and Mary's unusual
apparel. "Fine night, isn t it?"
(Copyrighted. 1907, by C. H. Sutcliffe.)
' Uncle Rooster's Philosophy.
Compromise An amicable agreement
whereby both parties get what, they
don't want. . .. . ...
He who raises a long lock . jthat ' he
arranges so as to hide his bald spot 4s
a liar at heart.
"What a mean, stale little chunk you
are!"- said the rat bitterly to the cheese.
as he cowered, caught by' the paw. In
the trap.
Man is Just like a street car.. When
he is loaded up with drinks to the
very nozzle, he still Insists that there
is room for one more. Los Angeles
Times. -,- -
. GLOBE SIGHTS. -
From the Atchison Globe.
Sometimes good grammar is - poor
English.
People talk longer about a good din
ner than they talk about a good piano
solo.
Reform Is becoming so energetic that
mistakes are being discovered - In ' the
school books.
Everything else In heaven suiting us,
we have an idea that those plain round
halos will not be very becoming.
When a farmer sees a crowd on a
street, or road, down in his heart he
hopes it is a broken down auto that is
drawing tne attention.
It doesn't take the average woman
one-third as long to mix up a cake and
bake it, as it took her to run next door
and borrow tne eggs.
The finest thing in the world la a com
fortable home. Why not devote more
attention to a comfortable home and
less to billiards, and beep, and clubs? .
When a man is called to the tele-
nhnne bv a woman, the conversation
from his end of the line indicates that
he is trying to bring It to a goodbye
and break-away.
A woman who enjoys men's - society
is in this position: If she shows a pre
ference for single men they say she Is
chasing them; if she enjoys the society
of married men their wives will ahoot
If there is a good hoarding house in
the neighborhood, a
der, vich. from all ve can hear, vould
be uf consideraple use. Ve haf id
straight dot der Utes iss bug-house.
I candt hellup vishing I ' could haf
heard vot passed pedween der shade uf
Baron Maunchaussen und der shade uf
figures at . her fingers' ends to prove
that it is cheaper to board than to
keeD house, and her - husband hears
them three times a day.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS. ' -A
From the Chicago News.
And one-half of the flattery Is flat.
Hungry men are seldom troubled with
Indigestion.
In the onion-raisers .union there
should be strength.
Our national bird Is the eagle with
the stork a close second.
It Is better to trust to your faults
than to be false to your trusts.
der late Misder Jonah ven dey read 'dot
sdory aboudt a ship cutting a whale in
twice-pieces, yet. t
In der biography uf Missus Pal-Ann.
vich vill be shortly printed py my oldt
colleche chump Murrat Halstead, id iss
remarked dot she vas really a Tartar.
Derefore I shall suggest es a feet-note
dot she haf been getting der besd uf
der Tartars all her life, In Oder vords,
skimming der cream uf Tartar. Dere
iss no anser to dis foollshmendt.
Down ad Vuchita some burglars took
oop der carpet und "beat It." Und dey
dltndt charche a cendt. Lasd veek I
had to gif a colored chendleman swel
dollar to dake oop my carpet und beat
It. I hope pefore negst house cleaning
time dem burglars vill saddle In our
midst.
. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. -
From the Philadelphia Record.
Failure demands no encore.
A telegram goes on tick when It is
sent collect.
Of course a man may be perfectly
square and be cornered.
No. Maude, dear, watered stock
woman has the shouldn't affect the price of milk. .
Beauty Is as beauty does. The derrick
Isn't handsome, but it has an uplifting
influence.
When ' a fellow has money to burn
some other fellow Is always willing to
match him for it- .
It wouldn't be so bad to be absent-
minded if it would only enable us to
forget bur troubles.
Guzzler "Did you ever know Close-
flat to treat V De Tanque "No, he al
ways retreats before it comas his turn
to treat."
Tommy 'Pop,' what Is a genius V
Tommy's Pop "A genius, my son. Is
merely a man who understands the art
of advertising his egotism."
Nell "They say arsenic will whiten
the complexion. Do you suppose It
Be at peace with your neighbor even
f It means war witn yourseu.
Any man can get married If he Isn't I would- be permanent?" Belle "Yea. if
too slow to em Draco uio uiyuriuaujr. rou uun targe enougn uoaa.
-Raid-headed men are apt to sneer at I Mrs. Muggins "They say your hua-
the chap who parts his hair in the mid-I band is a bull In the stock market."
die. I Mrs. Buggtns "I don't know anything
Tt isn't advisable for a young man to I aooui mat, dui ao snow ne s per
make haste slowly it tne gin has an
feet bear at home."
other string to her bow.
The mills of the gods grind slowly
when a frenzied financier is employed
to adjust the machinery.
There is something wrong with thai
REFLECTIONS - OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.
It Improves a girl's looks Immensely
bride who doesn't select a homelier girl I to be rich,
than herself for her bridesmaid. I Marrying for money Isn't nearly so
It is easier for a father to keep hla I profitable as inheriting it.
coin and his boy apart Mian it is to I a girl wants to get married so she
teach them to suck togetner. .1 can begin to try to get other girls mar-
It is the natural economy of woman I ried. ..... .
that causes her to cut orr 10 cents' I When a woman has a long fcot she is
worth of sleeve so that she may wear I sure it wouldn't be if it
S5 worth of glove. I der.
A woman may not be able to propel I "There's hardly anything , more in-
a stone witn accuracy, out wnen 11 1 terestlna than how dafti-v .1.1 .1.1.
comes to throwing hints she rings the j veil on gets Us off the right spot when
gong nine times out of a possible ten. f you kiss her after she won't tot you.