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DAILY COMMENT ON PEOPLE A,bill pending in the Kansas legis lature says: 'When two trains ap proach a -crossing, both shall "stop, and neither shall go ahead until the ' other has passed by." . Evidently Kansas is determined to put an end to railroad wrecks, no matter what the cost. . Let Journalism beware. Virginia Brooks,has captured one of -its' out posts. t. When it comes to a minimum wage for women, that esteemed Progres ' sive organ of progress, The Post, progresses as fiercely as a sea-gomg night hack bound for the South Side. Advertisements . "Reading The Sun is an. .inherited trait with most New Yorkers." Thanks. We have often wondered -why. . . Now the Democracy has swept the town, we'd be yeryv thankful if she's sweep the streets some. "Even just a little would help. Making . the east end of the 18th ward vote in a. police -station was spidery-politics for anti-administration fls. Some of 'em. didn't want to go in for fear they might not. get out again: .Teddy's Progressive program in cludes a "deflnite.minimum.wage.fQr women:" Trib.and.Post please, copy. The Inter-Ocean asks if direct elec tion of senators will give us any more Spooners, Aldriches or Roots. Let's hope not. . . Little Elihu Root, by the way, wept as he eulogized Morgan yesterday: One can understand his grief. CTov.' Foss of Massachusetts rushes' to the .front -to warn everyone .and anyone of thedangers of revising the tariff downward. Seeing Foss is a regular .millionaire himaelf. nothing else, could be ex pected. ' But you didn't hear Foss -yelping about the dangers of a lower'-jtariff when he had a chance for the presi dential nomination, last summer. Butcher Hueria. has decided' that AND THINGS he does-not want to stay president of Mexico until some 'enthusiast as sassinates hini. Nellie Wilson, daughter of the pres ident, sawa navy prize fight and liked' it Others in that family besides the two heads seem to be Teal human ' beings. . Have you noticed that not one of the Oust newspapers is making a figtit for a minimum wage for women? What'sthe answer? Ad vertising: Evidently Big Business is busy at -Springfield trying to smother any further investigation of low wages. They're making a big fuss in Eu rope over Morgan's remains. But he doesn't know it 1 Wonder' if Vic Lawson will get off witlr$:tf:32 taxes on that $1,500,000 palace "this year? "Evldently-The Tnb and Post are only for such planks in their Progres-. sive platform as are O. K.'d by their big advertisers. 'And one of 'em isn't .a minimum wage for women. " . John M. 'Glenn, lobbyist for Illinois manufacturers, is passing the. hat. again and "hollering for lielp; Swat1 Glenn.' '. The' Marshall "Field estate- has grabbed off another bunch of land. In the loop. How long will it be before those Field kids will own the town? Well, here's to Virginia, Brooks Washburne a real woman who found joy" in 'serving others! Thou sands of friends, and admirers who never met lier will hope that her vie- ' tones in peace and matrimony will be as renowned as:those she won in war for the public, goodi A Sunday-school teacher had just told the story of Dives and Lazarus to his .class, and at the close of the lesson he asked: "Now boys: which would jrou prefer to be?" One smart lad replied quickly: "I'd like to be. the., rich man while I lived and Lazarus when. I, 'am dead."