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4 LOS ANGELES HERALD issrrcn kver* morning by .-. ; ..-;-; TUB HERALD COMPANY r! B. , m880N.'..................J >i > iF. >B. WOLFB. ... Managing Editor ' J. iW. ■ ALLAN Bralnes* Manager hi Entered ias second-class matter at the postofflce In Los Angeles, Vt OLDEST MOKNINO PAPER IN LOU VC-lfM* ,"...■•-■ ANOELES. rounded Oct. 2, 1813. Thlrty-«!xth rear. v-■?■<.^!>-: Chamber of Commerce Building^ ',' pr. n«»: Bunset Main 8000: Home 10311. M The only Democratic newspaper In South -3 cru California receiving full Associated Freas reports. ■-, _____ - ■;. NEWS SERVICE—Member of th» Asso ■ elated Press, receiving Its full report, aver ! aging 25.000 ■word» a day. ■ ' V EASTERN AGENT—J. P. McKlnney. 604 Cambridge building. New York; 811 Boyce I building, Chicago. — RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION WITH SUN ', , DAY MAGAZINE: Dally, by mall or carrier, a month. .«° Dally, by mall or carrier, three months. 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GRAND —"The Fortune Teller." ORPHECM —VaudeTille. I-O8 ANGEI/ES—VandeTllle. FISCHER'S—"Her Husband." EMPlßE—VaudeYlllr. UNIQUE —"Sixty Minute* In Panama." WALKER—Vaudeville. LAWLESSNESS FROM the time its mysterious meth ods of operation attracted the attention of Robert Louis Steven son, and caused him to produce one of his most fascinating" stories, to the present day the Black Hand society has baffled all efforts of civilization to suppress it. or even to protect or warn its Intended victims. In the greater cities of the United States the society's branches set the police at. defiance. Nothing better illustrates the audacity of this most powerful international agency for lawbreaking than does the assassination at Palermo of Lieut. Jo seph Petrosino of the New York police department. For months New York officials have been trying to make life safer on the east side of the city. One bomb outrage followed another in quick succession, and the inhabitants of the district affected lived for months In a state of terror. In order that the method of the Black Hand might be investigated at the headquarters of the conspiracy, Lieutenant Petrosino was sent to Sicily. A few days after he landed at Naples he was killed, show ing he had been followed by repre sentatives of the Black Hand Bang. In spite of all the efforts of society to protect itself from secretly organized lawlessness, it is at the mercy of secret associations. In thin republic respect for the law should be taught mid up held as patriotic duty—as a duty Indeed without which patriotism is only a word. Reverential regard for law and order should be inculcated in school, end foreigners who obviously cannot understand the meaning of the ■word "law" and cannot intelligently promise obedience to it should be rig- Idly excluded from the country. CIVIC PROGRESS AGGRESSIVKNK.-^- a ; »Blvi ty should be the c eristic of civic life. There is a world of truth in the saying, "He that is not With me is against me." \ citizen who sits down and says, "Conditions are no worse here than in other cities," and takes no action whatevi r in jiromoUnEr civic decency, no part white er in giv>d government, in reality i.^ aiding and abetting, countenancing and si;. ing, the evil doer. If every citizen would take sn ligent part in the affairs of his oiiy, if ho would consider his city as hi 3 home and make up his mind to have something' lo say about the mai ment of his homo, there wou fewer disturbances, upheavals and scandals like those which have n the history ,of many American munici palities of late years. And if there is a world of truth in the saying, "He that is not with me i?< against me," there is a universe oi truth in the saying, "Eternal vigilance la the price of liberty." The word liberty includes and implies good citizenship, t;ood con duct, decency, morality, honesty and obedience to law. The most complete liberty is honesty, and fuundi actualities and on reason is the third saying; we would cite to comple Irllogy, "Honesty is the best policy." This is the policy to which Loh An seles is committc.i and liai always been Mtnmltted. MR. HARRIMAN MR. HARRIMAN'S announcement he will curtail his activities will cause more comment than could be caused by almost anything else short of an international episode. His master-mind systematized railroading, producing .order out of what threat ened to become chaos; and he put the vast transportation business of the United States into such perfect work- Ing condition that for a long time it has been run without any of the dis turbances which in the past interfered with its usefulness. The most severe criticism of Harrl man and his methods that has been made is that he systematized too much, and reduced railroading to a huge automatism ratlior than a business sci ence. But the same criticism has been leveled against every organizer, espe cially when he has displayed the Na poleonic quality of dealing with ob stacles which has characterized Hani man. Whatever objection may be made to this or that individual action in Harriman's career, whatever quar rel on general principles the liberty loving American citizen may have with Harrimanism, lie cannot withhold from this wonderful human being with the dynamic brain the same kind of admiration which he would bestow on any other "Napoleon" or "Caesar." Should Mr. Harriman follow a nota ble example and publish what may be taken, if not as an "apology for his life," at least as an explanation of it, it Is certain he will convince many and perhaps most of his readers that the end justified the means; and the changing conditions of American com merce and transportation rendered ab solutely necessary a predominating personality. And since there had to be a predominating personality, why, it was as well it was that of Mr. Harri man rather than Of some less intel lectual but equally strong-willed cam paigner and manager. Mr. Harriman dealt with many discords in railroad ing and reduced them to harmony. To be sure, it was Harrima.n'3 harmony; but that is the worst that can be said of it. DR. BRYCE Li iS ANGELES welcomes heartily Dr. James Bryce, ambassador from the United Kingdom to the United States. Every well-read and well-informed citizen recognizes in Dr. Bryce not only a statesman, a diplo mat, a student, an authority on gov ernment, but the man who in his country has played the noble part An drew Carnegie has in ours, and has worked, early and late, for the recon ciliation of all the peoples that use as an instrument of communication .the language of Shakespeare, Scott, Moore and Lowell. Dr. Bryce devoted a. large part of his life to a close, analytical study of Americanism; and when he wrote the word "finis" after his im mortal book he had in effect reached the conclusion at which every sane, unprejudiced, thinking, reasoning man must arrive, that for the sake of hu manity and of the peace and progress of the world nil the countries which enjoy In common a great language and a great literature must act in perfect harmony, with a thorough understand ing, without jealousies, recognizing that what is for the real benefit of one must be and is for the benefit of all, and that we, the people, no matter un der which of the flags of the free we may dwell, in homely Scottish phrase, "are a' Jock Tamson's bairns," and if we should quarrel would hurt our selves and each other and greatly ben efit all the rest of the world. It Is perhaps too early in history to talk about federation; but when we try to estimate the course of the fu ture by the history of the past we tire forced to believe "it's comin' yet, for a' that." PEE-WEE PETTIFOGGER ONE of tho most amusing develop ments of the-anti-vice campaign is the effort of the pro-vice Record to claim some credit for ridding the city of a.; unde»l*mble mayor after It hab used all Its small power to retrun him in of.icr: ur.tii the facts developed by newspapers and individuals who were enilsted In the cause of deont governmort forced the guilty officials 10 retire. This littls pro-\ice journalistic petti fc&ger say.-, "When the Record decided on iis own investigation that Mayor liarper was unfit for office, this paper notified Walter Parker that it purposed retiring from the fight." The truth of the business is that all the Record ever knew concerning the matters which led to the mayor's resignation was given to one of its staff by E, T. Ear! of the Express, who, through agencies at his command, had collected these facts. Nothing the Record ever told the late mayor led to his resignation, but the fact that certain information was In the possession of Mr. Earl was luse of his resignation. Aft. r -the Record had discovered Mayor Harper was going to resign, the little pro-vice pettifogger, in an effort to got under cover, claimed credit ome thing with which it had no to <li> than it has with the diurnal rising and Betting of the sun. D. H. N. STRIKINGLY good was Rev. Dr. Robert .1. Burdette's sermon on the eubj i"I n lie.' We think the ; :■ ,<! mi i prai li'-ai pulpit ;■ | is that which reaches human naturo the man who makes it under is human nature. Dr. Burdette is what evory minister of thi ■■■ . and every now. i writer should I" 1, b "Doctor of Human Nature," who Jj.-is taken his degree tn the great university of Experience. Only a man who knew hia 8U thoroughly could have said: "Dou't try to pick «i thunderstorm with a smiling man, my son, .just to see him ilon, He's apt to change hla attitude and the position oi hla hands bo nearly at t"« sannn that halt the time you won't think to notlc* his expression. A 1 I. Ast not until v is i o enjoy it." The phrase, ' Picking v thunder storm," should bei ome proverbial. LOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1909. "To the Rubbish Heap With It" Yes? NICK: A BY-PRODUCT NICK OSWALD represents a social product that seems to be utterly illogical in a place like Los An geles. Tourists and others who heard of the lurid leadership of Nick, of his organzation, of his revenues and their sources, of his supposed relations with the authorities, stood aghast. New comers to the city thought the older residents were joking when they de scribed a "tenjjerloin" arranged as systematically with a view to spoils as was the savory region of New York in the days of Al Williams. It seemed to bo wildly improbable that a para dise like Los Angeles should have an inferno adroitly concealed in the midst of it. Some highly improbable things in this world are not only pos sible, but in existence. This is in line with the old saying, "It is the unex pected that always happens." Los Angeles is to be congratulated If the constructor of the social paradox de termined, at last, to make it aa un pleasant as possible for the higher ups. As to the truth or falsehood of the charge that Nick squealed, we know positively and absolutely nothing at all. Wo do Know his connection with" the ccnr.'.tions exposed by The Herald could easily be traced, and that this fact nlone was convincing proof that vice was protected In Los Angeles. Oswnld was notoriously a business beneficiary by the existing conditions. This was a matter of common rumor iong tefrre any newspaper printed a line concerning the protection of the underworld. Day by day the public will become more and more tnoroughly convinced The Herald was doing Us duty in exposing the disgrace which imperiled the future prosperity of Los Angeles. In the bright white light of truth, denunciations by misguided organiza tions look small and trivial. To all those who were disposed to put them selves on record as condemning the course arid policy of The Herald we extend, in all sincerity, without a trace of malice —nay, with the utmost good feeling—the old advioe, "Always be sure you are RIGHT before you go ahead." CONSOLIDATION ;f^ UEATER LOS ANGELES will be It able to look forward to oppor '-" tunity and back to achievement. The completion of the plans for con solidation may in Itself be considered a feat. Since first the conioHdatlon idea was talked of, since first it be came obvious that Los Angeles was in complete without her own seaport to take care of her own commerce and the transcontinental freight shipments that passed through her gates, there has been a constant endeavor on the part of unscrupulous exploiting interests to divert to their own uses and purposes the natural growth an* prosperity of the great metropolitan city of the southwest. From day to day readers have learned of ichemei and plans to thwart the consolidation movement, or to make it come short of the intention of those who believe Los Angeles, with the isea port of San Pedro, will bring more op portunities of prosperity to the deserv ing and the legitimately enter- I rising than any other city on the Pacific coast. Perpetual vigilance was the price of every sain made by the advocates of I illation. Perpetual vigilance must be exercised until the last step toward consolidation has been taken and a new municipal flag floats over Greater T,o.s Angeles, For this as well as for oilier reaaona it was all important that l.iit Angeles should have a clean, pure, upright and honorable city government. Our magnificent metropolis has been through a. period of stress and storm, Of trial and tribulation. Hut when the Interest! ;it stake are considered, when the ends In view are taken Into ac count, when il is remembered the very destiny of Los Angeles was involved, it vvai all well worth the while. BIG GAME WHY go to Africa to hunt big same? Here in California there is enough of it to- try the met tle of any hunter. Moreover, the un trodden ways of this state are hardly less numerous than those of Africa, a country which in recent years has been fairly overrun With tourists, hunters and curiosity seekers. Africa soon will be gridironed with railroads. The main lines are being constructed, and the "choo choo of the locomotive" (American style) mingles with the bray of the African lion. We know it Is the fashion to call it "roar," but all citizens of Los Angeles who hava studied the vocal exercises of the lions at the Chutes know the alleged roar is nothing more nor less than an exag gerated but very pronounced "he© haw." For real roarers in their native habitats we need wander no farther aflold than to the wilds of our own state. The vaprom Voices of snarling monsters curdle the blood as they shiver the tall timbers on the dark tipped peaks of California's inaccess ible mountain fastnesses. Once in a while a California rancher or farmer "pots" his lion with as little fuss or ceremony as the street boy hits the circulating duck in a Main street gal lery. On a ranch near Petaluma an immense lion, ponderous, ferocious and as heavily maned as any African jun gle prowler, was shot by a farmer from whom the gigantic brute had been levying tribute of calves, sheep and other stock. Lion hunting in Africa is a tame and trivial pastime w.hen compared with lion hunting in Califor nia. ♦ Frank G. Flnlayson says the mu nicipal issue u;ay be narrowed d->wn to lijc following statement: ''Shall the Southern Pacific and Its allies that are seeking special privilegt-s hold tha reins of government in this city, or shall the people rule?" The people will rule, and the people's choice, Gccrge Alexander, will be mayor. The United Kingdom dreads Ger many's Dreadnaughts and will build more Dreadnaughts. Then Germany will dread Britain's Dreadnaughts, and will build more Dreadnaughts. There won't be any end to this fright fully foolish business until the people get thoir backs up in order to prevent them from being broken. London, it is said, has a real "de partment store" at lapt. Glasgow has had department stores since the year one, when MacAdam made a kilt of fig leaves. That's a fair example of the difference between England and Scotland. Thomas J. Spencer, who seek! to en join the sale of $720,000 public school bonds, is a real patriot. Up to date he has paid out $12 for his "fun." We would ask him, respectfully but firm ly, Quo vadis? Taking one consideration with an other, can any one object seriously to reciprocal free trade with the Philip pines? What is the national flag of the Philippine islands? Road building here is making great progress. And the eastern roads are buried deep in snow. What a waste of time it Is to live in the east! 'Tls the shamrock of Ireland, and long may It wave in the land of the free and the home of the brave. "The Wearin' o' the Green" was pop ular In Los Angeles yesterday. All together—for the good of Los Angeles. Theodore Roosevelt Is grinding out "copy." Extras To work for ma, the "»hof>r" he , ■ Declines. » Unless I pay ho much per day And tines. —Kansas City Journal. The State Press Savage Blow "Senator Savage struck a newspaper man on the floor of the senate yester day," says a San Francisco paper. Sen ator Savage is evidently living up to the name he bears, but why hit a man on the floor of the senate when he could have struck him in the face just as well?—Marysville Appeal. Dramatic Suggestion A girl at Sunnyvale who ran half a mile In her nightie to turn in an alarm of fire is now the heroine of that town. A melodrama with this scene in the third act ought tb give Salome a sprint for popular favor.—Palo Alto Tribune. -4— We Don't Care Asked if he had an opinion regard ing Roosevelt, E. H. Harriman Bald he had, but that he didn't care to ex press It in public. There are others in the same fix. And nobobdy cares.— Kingsbury Recorder. Tafts in California A whole lot of relatives of President Tnft are being found in California, Of course. Taft belongs to a bright fam ily and that's the kind of people who come here. —Colton Chronicle. —♦— Imitate, Don't Envy If your neighbor has a pretty yar.l don't be enviousi but Just go to work and put yours In the tame class. It will add to the beauty of both homes. —Corona Independent. Still Needed There Is a glorious opportunity tor some millionaire to distinguish him self by buying: the big stick for the national museum. — Riverside Enter prise. Sorrowful Elk If It is possible for an Elk to be a sorry fellow he will be the one who can't come to Los Angeles and Pasa dena in July.—Pasadena Star. Why Certainly And still Los Angeles insists that she is in fact as well as In name, the City of the Angels, as well as a thriving seaport.—Pasadena News. Far and Wide Origin of Woman Man still carries the original number of ribs, but he is short of a lung lobe. Where did he lose it? Eve got It. Man's right lung today consists of three lobes; man's left lung today con sists of two lobes. Let us consider tho missing lobe on the left. The lungs, mind you, are the life. Eve was made out of Adam's lung lobe, on the left, the lobe nearest the heart. She was constructed out of wind, mostly.— York Press. -*- Liberia There is said to be anxiety among Germans trading to Liberia lest the disorganized little republic be annexed by the United States. The dispatch of an investigating commission from Washington is responsible for their suspicion, though perhaps they regard Mr. Roosevelt's forthcoming visit to Africa as another inauspicious omen. —Providence Journal. Immigration Scandal The immigration inspection system has reeked of scandal for years, yet instead of the heads of that depart ment being upon the carpet to answer charges they were allowed to go on drawing their pay while a commission investigated at Its leisure.— City Journal. —*fc — Thieving Trust Press reports of the trial of the Sugar trust ended yesterday by a Jury ver dict of guilty, hardly have brought out the shocking nature of the charge, and of the evidence to support it. It was a case of plain stealing of the most con temptible kind.—New York Post. Result of Pension It was declared In Parliament that one of the women in Ireland to whom an old-age pension had been allowed has since that time given birth to a child. —Boston Traveler. Penalty of Greatness The wireless heroes are having poetry in bulk written about them. But that is among the penalties of all greatness. —Baltimore American. i Echoes of the Recall Power of Press What the public press has been able o do has been recently exemplified In he city of Los Angeles, when two lewspapers, namely the Express and flic Herald, began to Investigate tho lolngs of Mayor Harper, who was ■lected mayor over two years ago, ami is time developed, the investigations ihowed enough ground for those two lallles to Inaugurate a movement to •ecall the mayor, according to the new ■harter, and call for another election. At the beginning Mayor Harper and ila friends sneered at the Idea, and nade sport of the thought that such .V :hing could be done; but the deter nlnatlon of the said papers multiplied is time went by, until a great public neoUng was called, committees were luly appointed and petitions circulat ed to obtain the required number of ilgners, something like 7000 being the •eriuirement, and in a surprisingly ihort time over 10,000 names were se ;ured. The mayor then ttiought It was really serious, and the battle went on In >arnest until yesterday, when Mayor Harper submitted to the Inevitable and endrred his resignation, evidently be cause ho could sco his overwhelming iefea.t. —El Paso (Texas) News, Harper's Officers Two years ago, when Harper took Hie mayor's chair, lie hnd as fine a reputation as a business man as any nan In town. His character was irra proachable. He was known partlcu nrly as a family man, and his homo life was referred to as a model of purity. He himself says that he was worth $200,000 when he went Into office, md that he lays down his authority today a broken man, financially as well »s In spirit, in name, in character and in reputation. Very few persons hay© my definite idea of what Harper's of fenses against decency and the laws may have been.—Pasadena News. -♦- Friends Disappointed There la a depressing after effect to tho friends of Harper; those who stood by him heroically and loyally and who refused to abandon him or his cause, because they believed him an honor- Able man, a man of high purpose and lofty Impulse. The delusion has been great; the disappointment keen and poignant, and the disgrace, acquired through association and stalwart de fense of his course and principles, which the expose shows In all their vicious falseness, is degradingly trying and humiliating.—Ocean Park Journal. Record Tarnished The facts of the case, save some of those relating to the causes of Mr. Harper's sudden resignation, are gen erally known. Briefly stated, he was charged with allowing the town to run "wide open"—with being in collusion with the classes which make money out of vice. Without dwelling upon this branch of the subject, It can b« said that many of the former mayor' 3 friends, while not conceding him to be as black as painted, will hardly claim that his record is untarnished.—San Diego Union. Something Wrong There must be something radically wrong 1 with an administratoln the head of which will resign under circum stances which Indicate a fear to face the attacks incident to a recall cam paign. There must be something worse than wrong with an administra tion where a recall petition euch as was presented in Los Angeles recently can receive the support and sanction of so many of the voters.—Long Beach Telegram. Small Punishment If one-half—yea, one tenth part of the disreputable accusations made against Mayor Harper by some of the Los Angeles papers are true, if he hns protected and abetted crime and X'lce as is claimed, then recall from office Is smnll punishment for the vicious be trayal of public trust. Too bad that so fair a city should have her munici pal reputation so besmirched. —Uplands News. Recall Suggested The people of Los Angeles should now invoke a recall for tho Los An geles Times, for certain If ever a paper had become a false alarm that Journal has. It is as impossible for the Times to be sincere on anything as It would be for the most flagrant member of the Roosevelt Ananias club. —Ventura Free Press. Enough Said Mayor Arthur C. Harper of Los An geles is a "down and outer." His political standing Is nil. No man ever went out of office more disgracefully. No man more fully disappointed and humiliated his supporters while In power. Perhaps enough has already been said. —San Bernardino Index. Cause of Confusion For tho confusion and much of tho corruption In American politics toduy is the result of the criminal neglect of those who have most to lose because of such neglect. This seems very strange, indeed, but It is as true as it is strange.—San Francisco Commercial News. Not Good Enough The Los Angeles Times "good enough for me" man Is not on good enough terms with himself to stay in the fight. Mayor Harper's last act in con nection with his torm (in the light of recent events) is the wisest of his ad ministration. —Inglewood Times. Lawyers Surprised News that Mayor A. C. Harper hai resigned as chief executive of Los An geles came as a. bolt from the blue to his two confidential legal advisers, H. H. Appol and Isidore B. Pockweiler, according to the statement made by the two lawyers.—Redlands Facts. -*- it Is Sounded Los Angeles Is about as sadly out of tune without its Harper as mayor as with him. Some strong ' character should come to the front In this dis cordant crisis and ; sound the tuning fork of harmony and practical reform in Los Angeles.— Pasadena Star. - .fr Harper's Fall Three years ago an upright citizen, a prominent banker and business man, today a discredited politician witn honor and decency lost. It shown what transfiguration politics may work in such a short time.—Highland Mes senger. -Hfr Preferred Resignation A. C. Harper has resigned as mayor of Los Angeles. Probably he would rather resign than be recalled, and that was almost as certain as. that the recall election is coming.—Corona In dependent. . *-—■ Triumphal Progress It 1" an extended and comprehensive tour of the country that President Kllot Marts out upon, covering as It will seclluns of the west f-rii and southern portions of the country. Con sidering the circumstances under which It Is made and the fact that It is the last Journey he will make during his presidency of Harvard, It Is safe to anticipate that it will i>artuk« of the nature of a triumphal progress from start to finish. —Boston Herald. Public Letter Box ' ■ TO COBBESrONUEMT*—Letters tateaded for publication -iiist lie accumiMaled by Urn name and kU<lit«~ of the writer. The i >ler uld gives tbe widest latitude to correspond ents, bat aniimel no responsibility (or their view*.' Letter* matt . nut , exceed SOO words. DISCUSSES EFFICACY OF THE IRON RING AID BUCKEYE LOS ANGELES, March 17.—[Editor Heruld.l: R. N. usserts: "That "those who do not believe in' the material hypothesis are more successful thun those who do." That Is to say, those who deny tna existence of mutter heal bodily IHh better than those who accept the evi dence of their senses. The only way to decide this question is to count noses. It Is not denied that the no-matter school heal. So do others, including the much detested drug doctors. K. N. says: "These things (.buckeyes and iron rings) do not cure, neither does faith In them cure, though it may create another belief in the mind of the subjt-ct. that he is cured and manifest itself in temporary belief." A belief In the healing power of a buckeye will, then, effect a temporary cure. It is the belief or mental action or thought power alone, however aroused or exercised, which does th» work. Here we stand upon common ground. Still there i» the buckeye. It exists. It was useful to excite a heal ing thought which performed a tem porary cure. No buckeye, no thought, no cure. Why deny the buckeye? Power of thought comes not by denying the existence of matter but the rather is weakened thereby. Who effects permanent cures? Even no-matter scholars sicken and die. Th« sunny aides of India are darkened with the smoke from the funeral pyres of those who firmly believed in the non existence of matter. The green lawns of Southern California cemeteries are white lined with the monuments of those of the same school of thought. A permanent cure, carried (o Its ulti mate conclusion, includes the healing, of mortal ills. This has never been done. ASBURT CECIL. SAYS LIBERAL CLUB KEEPS OPEN DISCUSSION PLATFORM LOS ANGELES, March 17.—[Editor Herald]: As secretary of the Los An gelea Liberal club, I wish to state the club's attitude, and to correct an er roneous impression left by the com munication of R. A. Hood In The Her ald of March 17, as to the tolerance of the club. The aim of the Liberal club Is to gain and dessemlnate knowledge. The means employed is In lectures and dis cussions, on all subjects affecting tho welfare of humanity. Its specific object Is to keep church and state separate. It maintains a platform open to the public, "from which the opinions and sentiments of all who will conform to decent usages can be freely expressed." It does not stand for the opinions of any Individual, but tolerates, yet criticises, all. It sometime* happens that freaks, fakers and fanatics, and others who wish to use us for advertising pur poses), accept the privileges of an open platform, and then the club Is Justly Intolerant in not permitting the audl onri> to be imposed on. Printed copies of the aim. object ami rules of the club are handed all who attend, and toleration to the limit Is granted. The Bible Is treated ns any other book, Is freely quoted and criticised. We accept tho good and reject what is not good. Can any fair-minded per son do more—or less? BERTHA S. SHIE, Sec. INCREASING CIRCULATION OF HERALD ENCOURAGING SIGN LO9 ANGELES, March 17.—[Editor Herald]: The rapidly increasing circu lation of The Herald proves that fam ilies are beginning to see the necessity of encouraging a paper that is on the decent side of every question. It has always been a puzzle to the writer how any working people, or anyone sympathizing with working people, could contribute to the support of tho Los Angeloa Times. And again, how can a family Interested in the welfare of the rising generation encourage a paper like the Times, which has always been opposed to any movement for public decency? The Herald editorials arc gems, having the highest moral tone, as well as being valuable In an educational way. The Letter Box is an attractive feat ure of The Herald, and has drawn many subscribers to the paper. It is encouraging to note that the thoughts of the writers seem to be running on ethical and sociological questions. It is a very happy sign of the times ta read the forceful and beautifully ex pressed views of "A Young Man" and other young people, for the hope of tho nation is centered In the young who look forward Instead of backward. May we often hear from them. E. M. F. Too Busy Tho two eostermongers had met at a street corner and one of them eyed what the other called his "moke" —a beautiful specimen of a skeleton —with anything but admiration. "Don't you feed 'im. Bill?" ho ex claimed nt last. 'Teed 'lm? 1 like that!" wna the re^ ply. "Why, 'c's got a bushel and a 'alt of hoats at 'omc now, but he ain't got no time to eat 'em!" —Home. THE ROUND TRIP All the worry an.l fret that you have downtown Do you carry It home at night? Do you thake to your dinnor the heavy frown Over things that bavo not gone rlKht? Do you save up tho hour when you feel moit lilue, And your grudge at your fellow-men?— If you rarry yuur troubled home with you You must carry them back again. There are bothers and jars all through Ihi- day, There are griefs that will seem K.ulesquo If for only a night they are locked away In a cubbyhole of your desk. There are worries that drive you and drag you, too, And you have your full share—but then If you carry your troubles homo with you rou must carry them back again. Tou must carry them back after all th« night They have harried you through your dreams, And the morning may be full of cheer und bright, But that Isn't the way it seems When you've brooded on al that you ever knew Till your mind is a trouble den— If you carry your troubles home with you You must carry them back again. You have doubled them all, and it's not worth while, For the worries that makes tin sad And thai drive from our lip* every song and Hmtle ' Are the ones that we never had, The bitterst herb that we find to 1 chew Is the one in the gloonmden— If you carry your trouble* horn* with you Tou must carry them baak again. Better leave them behind when your work Is done, Shut them In when you turn the key- In tho morning the chance Is that not a one Will remain for your eyes to see. It's a weary old world, and you're feeling blue, . And the day has gone wrong-but then If you carry your troubles home with you You must carry them back again. —Chicago Evening Post.