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Population of Los Angeles 327,685
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
AT THE THEATERS
AUDITORIUM—FIorenoe Robert* In "Glo
ria."
BKr,A6CO~"Th« Garden of IJo*"
BI'RBANK— "The IJon and th» Mou».'
ORAXP— 1.(.v» Tales of Hoffman."
I>OS AXOaUsl—Vaudeville.
MA,II>TIC —"The Prince of Tonl«ht."
HABO>— Merry Widow."
yiELfiEJf—"Carmen," (drama).
OLYMPIC — farce.
OKPHKI'M —
PRINCESS—MunIcaI farce.
jarFlßK——Vaudwllle.
"PERSONAL"
JUB<;k LOVTCTT, Greatsr T.ns An
geles need* a union depot. The
development of this city In the
n"ar future will be Immenoely greater
than it lias been fn the past. Plenty
of power nn<l a 1 >i«- safe harbor will
make it the manufacturing and mari
time rapltal of the, far west. Kallroad
facilitlei must be adequate to the
y increased and constantly in
creasing needs of Los Anßeles.
Good government will be assured to.
Greater Los Ansele?? for many years
to come. The people have had a taste
of it, and they want more, Now, more
good government mean:; more prosper*
lty; more prosperity means morel
growth; certainty of more growth em- j
phasizes the need of a station equal to
metropolitan requirements.
Greater Los Angeles believes your
common sense, sagacity, railroad ex
perience and square-deal nature will
give you a unanimous verdii t In favor
of Greater I.os Angles and a metro
politan union depot; and that you will
realize and appreciate the situation.
acci pi ths verdict and act upon n with
out delay, if you give Los Angeli s
in,, fine, md lem, ■ I quati station It
; , the depot its Importance war
rants and it.-, futurj prospect
tate your name will be n mci I
that i the builders of «treater
Los Angeles, the metropolis ol th
VOTE THE BONDS
■
TWO weeks from today the people
will be asked tc vote bonds ior
i. arbor Improvement and develop
ment of aqueduct power. Every reason
within the broad range of patriotism
as ell as the narrower range of self
interest would make the success of the
bond Issue imperative.
All of our readers should be enlisted
In the Bond Boosters' club. There is
no admission fee 'ji.- i is no register
to sign. All you have to do Is to boost
the bonds—to talk about them to your
friends— to bring them up as subjects
of conversation whenever you can; to
make all your friends understand as
thoroughly as you can understand that
the formality of voting MUST be gone
through before the great progressive
measures that will make Greater I.os
Angeles the maritime and manufactur-
Ing metropolis of the west can be cur
ried into effect.
Boost the bonds. When the harbor
and power bonds arc voted, Greater
Los Angeles will be able to loon ahead
•with thai definite, absolute certainty
which produces the confidence that
commands success and prosperity.
RESPONSIBILITY
IAIRD CARNEGIE pays: "I give 01
--, guns to churches or hi Ip churchi a
•* get organs because I urn willing
to be responsible (or everything they
say, but 1 could not be responsible for
all that is said from tho pulpit."
People who know tin amiable and
ingenuous Carnegie best are frequently
taken aback or surprised by his seem
Ing Inconsistencies.
Ui'fut scott! Are we to infer from
the foregoing statement the steel mas
ter is willing to assume responsibility
for everything printed in the books cir
culated by the libraries for which he
isSuipijnq 6jp|Aoaa
THE GOOD GOVERNMENT
FUND
IN giving the practical application of I
the initiative, the referendum and
the recall to municipal government I
the city of Los Angeles has done a
groat public service.
In teaching the citizens of muni
cipalities the value, of such organiza
tions as the Municipal league and the
City club It has also done a great work
In the cause of good municipal govern
ment. It is doubtful, however, if any
thing that haa b«en initiated in our
city Is of so much value, and certainly
nothing has been of more value to our
local government and will bo oC more
value to the, cities of the country as
an example than that organization pe
culiar to the city of Ijos Angeles known
as the "good government fund."
The Idea of this fund originated j
largely with Mr. Meyer LUin«r. It j
took the form of an agreement on the j
part of a number of public-spirited cltl- |
zons to pay so much per month for |
twelve months Into a fund to I" 1 con-'
trolled by a board of directors and used j
to promote good government in the
city. The directors In charge of th« ;
fund for the current year are S. C i
Graham, C. J. Kubach, M. Llssner,
Parley M. Johnson, Stoddn.nl Jess, "Wil- i
11am i^icy, J. o. Koepfli, Gilbert S.
Wright and John R. Haynes—men
whose names furnish abundant secur
ity to the subscribers to the fund that |
every dollar thoy place in It will be
used to the best Interests of the city.
Some of the Important uses to which
the fund has been placed already wore,
first, financing the recall campaign
which resulted In the unseating of the
graft administration and tln> election
of Mayor Alexander. Next, a portion
of the fund was applied to the elec
tion of the Good Government tlcltet.
Au.l if the fund had not been available
for defraying the nccMtary expenses
of the Good Government ticket In the
recent campaign it is quite mire that
no such complete result In behalf of
Good Government would have been ob
tained. As the directors represent
about all shades of recognized political
opinion, that of Itself 1h a guarantee
that the uso of the fund will be abso
lutely non-parttean. And the high
character of the directors is a ffuaran
tee that every dollar will he used in
the most effective way.
It is understood that the public
spirited citizens of Loi AngttlM will
shortly be asked to Increase this fund,
In view of the necessities for its use
thnt will arise during the year. Every
Cltisen nnd every taxpayer of the city
who believes in Rood government, and
by Rood government we mean the sort
of povernment which protects the in-
terests of the taxpayer and promote!
decency a.id order In the community In
■which he lives, should subscribe Rome
thing to this fund—the man of small
means nerordlnß to hl« ability, and the
man of wealth according to the finan
cial stake which he has in the horn it
and efficient government of the com
munity.
THE AMERICAN WOMAN
AT the Young Women's Christian
association yesterday Mrs. C. l.
Grout spoke on the question, "Is
the American Woman Democratic?"
As far as she is able to express her
peif, the American woman Is demo
cratic. It Is sometimes said a woman
is a natural born aristocrat, but that
is because her tastes are refined and
■he likes the best of everything and
everything of the best.
Men growl more Of less at present
j social conditions, some clalni'.n^ they
i cannot get a square deal, that they
are deprived sometimes of capital,
sometimes of opportunity, sometimes
of both. But women have greater
causa for complaint. We are not as
tonished they are showing signs of
revolting against the treatment that
has been accorded them ever since
Betsy Ross sewed the stars on the first
American flap:.* By the way, arc there
any statues of Betsy Ross anywhere?
Is there one iii California?
A very foreign (say oriental) Htudcrr,
who did not know our whimsical racial
method of treating women, would be
almost certain to derive from our gen
eral literature, etc., an Impression
woman had little or nothing to do with
tha foundation of the republic. Al
though the Declaration of Indepen
dence states as a self-evident truth
"All men are created equal," it does
not mention women, and In earlier
American documents nothing is said
about women's rights in the republic.
It is not astonishing the twentieth
century American woman is showing
signs of rebellion, which may become
a .sex revolution. A man is not allowed
to work at his occupation. His WIFE
suffers. The head of a family is de
prived of opportunity of wage earning.!
His WIFE ami FAMILY suffer.
Women are punished for the poverty
of their husbands. Children are
kicked from pillar to post because
their father is sick or out of work.
We wish wo could see an end of this
kind of cowardice and we believe when
women are allowed to help manage so
ciety and social affairs in the broad
K en c of the terms (and not in the
pink tea sense to which they are fre
quently restricted) the democracy of
the American woman may have a
chalice of asserting itself and she may
help restore Americanism in the daily
life of the public,
11. iii; Lesidauor of France says there
li no i in architectural school.
it Who Introduced sky icrap
e would like to know? OurAmer
dlHtinetlve and charac
tic. ii believes In working on a
very I at the same time a vary
■ ' .
must be painted
white. Washington .-ays bo, and Wash
-1 Ih ihe bosf of the mail service,
Including tis.u exceedingly useful de
partment called "R. !•'. J>." So buy
your white paint and k< t busy, all ye
ti-aly runl.s.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: TUESDAY MORNING. APRTL 5, 1010.
How It Will Probably Work Out
(1883) • C e °^l s
State Board of Health Declares Eggs Must Bear Age Labels
OVICHRONOLOGY
EGGS muit be marked for Itfentlftea
tion. Eggi, made, »old and vied
in California must be labeled.
This will frivo the ins industry added
dignity, and ovlchronology will be one
if the most interesting featurei of a
bill of fare.
Probably the price of egg* in hotels
;mii nv-iaiianis will be graded ac
cording to age. This will add to the
ycni 'ai Joy or the consumer, and will
remove nil mystery from the pur 'hate
of an i-gg. Tli.ri-e will be a reasonable
guarantee with every egKi and cus
turiiera who ara f nj of food that is
rather ! Igh will be able to gratify
their tastes, while thoae who objei I
fgt unless they are brand new
will have an opportunity of protecting
themselves from the ihock that come*
with realisation of the (ad i tg~a are
not always what they seem. The i
board'! "i I" order will give a
ire deal to egg eaters.
During March the number of dally
visitors at the general delivery window
of LOS .\'e toffice was V7:i3. An
I 1 $14,759.09, "r 18.87 per cent,
is shown in the month • from
ompared
with the corresponding period a month
„v'" Postoffici activity answers con
vincingly the question, "VII! me or
i . ( nir metropolis continues to
grow and prosp r. That's the Nog An
y. ay.
Mad Mullah Is on the warpath again.
If It had not been for Tl dore Room
velt's diplomatic speech, the Mullah's
Influence might have been extended to
the Egyptian region. Blessed are the
makers. Theodore Roosevelt is
one of them, even though be have t.
shake ■ big stick in order to pi
the desired peaceful effect.
Los Angeles City Teachers' club will
elect officers today. The teachers Of
Los Ai vii s keep thi community per
illy indebted to them. And we
don't mean they are underpaid, al
though we are Mire the salaries might
'■ser. What we mean is. services
such as theirs cannot be measured In
dollars or cents.
Greater Los Angeles Is the ftnent city
on earth. Its opportunities for artistic
as well a.s mercantile and manufactur
ing development are unlimited. |n a
city of such glorious achievements ami
possibilities it is a pity thi re ire any
people narrow-minded enough to p-sen;
tin abolition of the billboard nuisance.
if YiiCH name is not on the new
meat register, opened January 1, 19X0,
vc M ■ are not a qualified elector, if you
have not registered, do It now. Re
member, only those who register this
year are qualified to vote at the pri
mary and general elections, "r to sign
nominating petitions for candidate!,
Many I.os Angeles business men are
now members of the Young Men's
Christian association. At a big recep
tion tonight they will meet their fellow
members, The membership campaign
was a success. Now the boys will en
deavor to show the new members they
1 really belong."
Be on youi guard against nomination
petition frauds. Forewarned is fsre«
armed. The. latest exhibition of trick
ery suggests the ingenuity of machine
workers Is both unpatriotic and dia
bolical.
.Marie Corel ll ijl at Stratford-upon-
Avon. Even In her regrettable lick
ness .\rai-i(! has an eye for literary and
artistic appoelteneaa and effect.
Militarism is Inimical to tho best in
tl of mankind. Why continue to
look with favor on an Inimical force?
Why feed a deadly snakeV
Storleß about Japanese spies are like
most war-alarm stories—founded on
mendacity and. circulated by malice..
I
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but a«sumes no responsibility for their views.
Letters must Hot exceed 300 words.
SOUTH PARK STRIP SITUATION
DISCUSSED BY TAXPAYER
LOS ANGELES, April 2. [Editor
Herald]: The people are Inquiring
"What has been done with the park
strip?" Some time ago the city coun
cil took this matter up. defined the
assessment district, got engineer's esti
mated cost, etc., anil the next heard is
that the rasa Is in the hands of Ihs
good and welfare committee. Engineer*
estimated cost was not more than $50,
--000, and the assessment district so large
that not over 10 cents a front fool
would be necessary. There is a state
law providing this assessment dlatr.cl
for parks. Also the law says that 50
per cent of the frontage must be rep
resented by property owners' names In
protest petitions, The "heap long" pro
test petitions will dwindle down con
siderably if this law Is enforced, as it
can be proved that very many names
were obtained under misrepresenta
tion and are not property owners. As
a truth, the people do want the p;irk
squared with the world and are willing
to pay a reasonable tax, as officially
stated. As to facts, the property on
the north side of Forty-ninth street
put In the street, even to the opposite
curb and one foot besides. Thin was
duly accepted by the city, with the
understanding that it ever be. main
tained an a street and not, as now, as
an alley, with chicken coops, bains,
etc., facing Forty-nlnlh street. There
was a tine tennis court nearly com
pleted on park grounds, and on com
plaints of the strip lents it was
abandoned, and even the telephone
poles had to be moved from off this
select ground to Forty-ninth "alley."
Has the city no rights even on park
grounds?
It is clearly in the province of the
city or Greater Los Angeles to look
well into the welfare and illfare of the
parks, for the benefit of future popula
tion There are only eight houses on
the snip now, but in the near future
there may be twenty-eight to purchase,
MS there are twenty-eight lots. '['lie
time to act is now, and the beat judg
ment of the city council, park commis-
oners ami welfare committee will no
doubt be maintained and a legal checK
ing up of protest names be demanded.
This is but sinmple justice to all con
cerned. A TAXPAYEH.
SAYS "PATRIOTISM" IS USED
TO CLOAK USURPATIONS
CORONA, April {.—[Editor Herald]:
In the report of the spring graduation
exercises at the State Normal school
as published In The Herald a few days
ago Dr. Jesse F. Millspaugh, president
of the Institution, in his address urged
that "school teachers must be satur
ated with genuine patriotism." and
that "at no time in our national his
tory has there been a more urgent need j
of practical training in true patriot- !
ism than at present."
This is no doubt too true, but if our j
professors, presidents and teachers of
all of our educational Institutions, from j
the kindergarten to the university, '
would exert a little more zeal than
they are now doing in behalf of the
Golden Rule and constant keep be- j
fore their students its precepts we need
have no anxiety about the decadence
of patriotism. At this moment I be
lieve this to be the greatest requisite
in the education of our children and
the lack of it is bringing upon us a
flood of disastrous consequences, patri
otism has become such an ambiguous
term that we have almost forgotten j
Its true Import, and nowadays It is
commonly used as a cloak to cover all
kinds of graft and a defense for all
kinds of usurpation. What Is patriot
ism any way? In The Herald of yes
terday 1 read that 70 per cent of our
federal appropriations are annually ex
hausted on militarism, 1 and the only
excuse for such folly is our present
popular brand of patriotism. We all
know it is radically wrong. i believe
that our teachers should be saturated
with the principles of the Golden Rule
and I know that if they will only exert
their endeavor to the promotion of its
truths it will not be very long before
our national conscience will be entirely
regenerated and a better citizen, a
kinder neighbor and a much better
brand of patriotism evolved than at
present obtains.
„'-..' •' S. E. S.
State Press Echoes
STK\(MiK.\rill( 1K AT
Th« Searchlight has received what purports
to be a typewritten ropy of the proceeding of
the board of supervisors at the session held
March 11. The copy Is bo old that It Is of
! no service whatever to the Searchlight or an]
other paper In Shasta county to which It may
bo sent. L'eMdes, the typewriting Is readable
■ only In spots. However, the copyist 1h to be
complimented on the rapidity with which she
has done her worn To .1 1 it all In a little
more than two weeks Is cxtraordlnury.—JteJ
: dlng Searchlight.
DANISH row i:ks
As we have before stated, the Journal makes
no charge aKuln 1 the btrcpt loafer* further
i than to brand them as such, but we call at
| tention to the fat t that since the Journal has
I taken up arms awitnM them there has not
been the petty thievery that was beginning to
make peace a byword. Now let the people
back the officer! and let the officers make
Kome definite move to send thene fellows scur
rying.—Santa Clara Journal,
4*
MAKE HOMES BEAUTIFUL
t OJtroy has done quite well this year In keel*
i ing rhe borders of its siil walk-* free fron
I weeds, but there Is still much room for Im
provement In many places. C'lt-anllness is ex-
I cellent, as commendable in ■ city as It Is in
an Individual; therefore the good work should
b<> continued until the last vestlßn of rubbish
is out of sight. That work should be com
pleted before the rains arc over.—(Jilroy CJa
xette.
a p
TEMPERANCE PKO-rKUITV
Vnjer our present policy l.os Oatos has ad
vanced to the front ranks I, California cities
of her class, and durlnsr the last four yearn
has proaporod abundantly and grown rapidly,
I and much of thin prosperity and growth has
! been the result if our clean. no-*aloon policy,
t and the prospects ahead for a far greater
prosperity and growth are brighter than nt
any time in the city's history.— I.'- (HI ■ Mail.
HANasO.HE PAT.O AI.TAX9
Palo Alto will receive valuable advertising
when Its military company goes down to Ban
.1 -•■ at ill" time ol the Kosb carnival, to
march In the big parade as the queen's escort.
The company was >-■!(■! by I'resldont Dalley
if the state' normal school to be a collection
of the best looking men— th" finest looking
military organization— he had ever seen.—
Alto Citizen.
FEMIMNK LOOIO
I Pan Francisco Call "ays the young ladles at-
I tending high schools in that city have deter-
I mined to give up school rather than their
sororities. Evidently they have mistaken the
purpose of these institutions.—Mudera Tribune.
POLITKAL FORKC AST
11 • n with th« in: Iff la not confined
to ltaaeacnuaetta. The spirit c.r discontent l«
ahrnjt.l all over the 1 Dion, and preaages the
looratlc housa of represcnta
tlVM tlsia fall. San BmltO Advance,
• »»
Far and Wide
\r.( i>saicii;s
The now president of Nicaragua will
shortly assemble a cahinet and a bullet-
I proof nhirt. both being essential to the wel
fare of his administration. — New York
i Mall. •'.■.■* *?-•*■■.'
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TAKT'S BUXDKR
IY.-sident Tart mr-ri'.y appointed Si. n
tary Balliiiger I" the wrong job, Mr. Mal
llng«r would hay« mad* an ideal unbw-
Bndur to Arabia.—Kansas City Hlai*.
IX) IT NOW
On the othrr band, It isn't necessary
lo wait until you have as much money
as Rockefeller before you start to do any
giving—Detroit Kree I'iesF.
WKVUSWB t'UM KSSION
Osn*raJ W«yler"i worti on "My rtuie in
Cuba" "ill conallt of four largn volumes.
Manifestly It Is Intended to be a detailed con-
New Yurk Mail.
MOB'S MONKY
Mrs. Kussell Sago continues to give
money away Just as If her husband had
b(«n a butcher or a coal dealer In hl» lif«
tlme. —Portland Telegram.
PHIfK STAYS HOT
The Ice harvest Is plentiful and the laborers
are many, but the price, beloved, will remain
about the same.—Chicago Tribune.
VERY CRAZY
A crazy man at Traverse City posed as Dr.
Cook. He must have been crazy.—Grand
Km[ilds Preaa.
FLIGHT OF FANCY
Fancy a butcher running for office nowa
days.—'pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
IMI'AKTIAI.. TRUST
When It comes to a auneptitloiis iakenff.l
government and consumer look alike to the I
■ ugar trust.—rortland Telegram. t
Corruption Must Be Ended
or it Will Destroy Our Republic
THK disclosure of corruption in the
select and common councils of
Pittsbung is one of the most
shameful that ever disgraced a city.
Upwards of forty councllmen, In or
out of office, have been Indicted for
taking bribes, and a large number 01
them have confessed In order to escape
prosecution by giving testimony
against the bribers.
These wretches sold themselves like
cattle, They were a cheap lot. In most
Instances the price of each, it is said,
was not over $100. .
Here Is a tale of Infamy like that of
San Francisco In the days of Schmltz
and Huef. The guilty councllmon are
of varied occupations, representing all
sorts and conditions of men, but all
alike steeped. in iniquity. They confess
to keep out of Jail, but from no change
of heart. A vile, sordid, pitiful, de
graded set of scoundrels they —be-
trayers of trust, deaf to public spirit,
lost to honor and decency.
But worse end more degraded and
execrable than these bargain counter,
marked down knaves are .the rich
bankers and other "big business" men
who bribed them. Such bribe givers
• and eorruntionlsts are public enemies,
1 traitors to the republic, more danger
ous and despicable than anarchists
with torch and bomb. They are baser
slaves of greed than the contemptible
tools they buy. '
Lacking the poor excuse of poverty
or temptation, some of these l'iitsburg
millionaires deliberately committed
the felony of bribery to obtain from
the councilmen the profitable privilege
of handling the. public money in their
banks. Other rich corrupt I.mists paid
to have a public street vacated for
their use. Probably skulking in the
background are still . other "big busi
ness" men who have likewise black
ened themselves with the soot of brib
ery.
Such money passers are criminals of
the most hateful and evil stripe known
to the law. They deserve long terms
of years In the penitentiary, the
striped suit of the convict, his hard la-
Eastern Judges Are Sending
Convicted Gamblers to Jail
A JUDOS in New York has hit upon
a scheme for suppressing gam<
bllng that deserves to he imitated
from one end of the country to tin
other. It had formerly been the habit
of the bench In New York to fine the
gamblers brought before It, and that of
course meant nothing, Finis never do,
except when a man lit tun pour to pay
them. To mi'- a man like Richard I'an-
Ileld—who can hold up a Vanderbllt
any night for a hundred thousand,
more or Inn n thousand dollan Is ab
surd. It was looked upon as simply a
license to go ahead and sin again, and
Canfleld, whose <i<n was the moit no
toriout and famous In New York, slm
ply .started up within a few hours after
he uas raided, without materially in
terrupting the playing at all.
Hut Judge Foster tried a new scheme
in general sessions last week, and the
gambling fraternity of New York Is
terrorised as a result, and so far haa
been unable, even with the aid of the
i.. it attorney*, to find a method of get
ting around the new plan.
Judge Foster said that as fines
amounted to nothing but a license, h«
would sentence all of the gamblers be
fore him—six in number and all having
pleaded guilty—to the longest terms In
prison that the law allowed, and then
he suspended the sentences so long ns
the men were not again arrested for
the same offense. The moment they
are arrest.• I again they are at once to
i t,i stale's prison, and that is a
proposition that none of them tares to
(ace.
It tnig-ht be a wise plan for the local
judiciary, when gamblers are brought
hi fore it, i" imitate the New York
judge. Here In this city, as the Union
Minister Finds That Newspaper
Work is the Most Strenuous
(Pan Jos<
A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA cler
gyman has enjoyed a brief and
enlightening day's work In tho
editorial chair, having \fndertuken to
publish one Issue of the Pasadena Star.
The Rev. .Mr. McLeod came through
the ordeal a much wiser man, with
some of his idols shattered and with
the confirmed belief that "a shoemaker
should stick to his last." As he goes
to his ministerial duties in a large and
wealthy New York congregation ho will
any with him a broadening Influence
and more liberal views as a result of
the awakening which came through his
newspaper experience. The conviction
Is common thai almost any man of In
telligence can run a newspaper, and
many carping critics think they can
run it much better than the man who
is on the. Job, and who may be more or
less familiar with the details of execu
tion acquired through some years of
training and experience.
Making due allowance for the results
of the labor of the. novice, it Is ac
knowledged that Mr, MoLeod did his
day's work well, but in his last edito
rial hour he gives, vent to his revised
convictions In language which will bear
literal quotation here:
My time Is now about up as I pen
this last line; . my hand is almost
paralyzed; my brain Is befuddled,
Scientific Authorities Say
Women Are Outgrowing Men
ArjK women outgrowing men? Ac
mnling to some scientific authori
ties they are. One Knglish an
thropometrist states ho haw recently
noticed many of the young school-iris
of that country are taller than their
mothers—and often taller than their
fathers—that in any mixed crowd of
men and women the latter of the com
ing- generation are beginning to over
tup the men in point of stature,
Recently Karl Pearson, an Knglish
■clentlßt, investigated the matter, and
by a measured comparison of daugh
ters of 18 to '12 with their mothers of
38 and upward to f.O or 65 years found
that in height and span and length of
arms the younger generation Is dis
tinctly larger than the older.
This, too, in spite of the fact that
when woman Is in her fashionable
habit she can work miracles with ele
vated heels, arrangement of tho hair
and headdress; and because of this
average the woman of fashion may be
an Inch or two shorter than she ap
pears to be. Besides, the elderly women
do not wear such high heels as the
younger ones, or dress their hair with
a view to Impressing with their height.
I At lea*t the following table ia stg-
(Sacramento B««.)
bor nnd rigorous regimen, nightly
viewed, they are the lowest of the low,
however high their heads bo held.
If to obtain evidence to projecuta
and convict wealthy givers of bribes
tho district ntorncy at Plttsburg has
found It needful to promise immunity
to bribe taken, (is was done In San
Francisco, lie has done well. On San
Francisco no evidence for the indict
ment of the "higher ups" and also of
Mayor Schmitz and Bob* Ruef could
have been had without a pledge not to
prosecute tho bribe taking supervisors
who would confess and agree to go on
thi' witness stand and give truthful
incriminating testimony when required
so to do. Possibly a like state of af
fairs exists in Pittsburgh
Perhaps I" rlitHlmrg the results of
prosecution of millionaires who have
oO!TUpted public, servants at public
cost may not be more successful than
in San Francisco. But Indictment and
trial, disgrace nnd public shame are
themselves punishment, even to tho
most hardened and sordid men of
money. The mere fear of tho felon's
cell and his badge of Infamy makes
the guilty millonaire tremble in his
Shoes, however bold a face he may put
upon ills crimes. Public trials on fel
ony charges, with prison doors yawn
ing hungrily to his fancy and the clank
of convicts' chains Jangling in his ears
are torture to pride and vanity in all
their forms, even though conscience
and patriotism bo dead.
Calhouns may assume a brazen front
In a tribunal of Justice, but In their
hearts are fear and dread. Not the
ciinies against patriotism and liberty
and rood government such men com
mit Rive them pain and sense of shame,
but public exposure of their guilt. So
they should ho tried again and again,
if need be, no matter If jurors be ca
joled or purchased. When- the offense
of bribery is certain and may bo
proved, the briber should be hounded
through the courts until convicted or
broken down. No mercy should be
shown such men.
Corruption must be destroyed or it
will destroy this republic.
(Sacramento Unlnn).
has several times noted, gambling Is
carried on so openly that there la no
secret about where any fool and his
money may easily part company, anil
where the fleeced youth—for It is al
most always a, youth— will be thrown
Into 'the gutter to commit Buicide and
die there.
In the New York cases the six con
victed and paroled gamblers have to
report like any other paroled criminals
to the parole ollicer weekly, and are
subjected at all times to his orders.
lii administering; sentence Judge Foster
said, and his remarks would apply to
similar cases In Sacramento:
"You nil remember the case of a cer
tain well known man who kept a Ram
bling house In this city and another In
Saratoga. He was fined in this court
for gambling, and after paying the fine
immediately left the court and went to
Saratoga and opened his gambling
place there. If ho had been paroled
pending good conduct and staying away
from the gambling business he could
not have opened that place in Sarato
ga. I have heard an orator say In a
joking sort of way, referring to this
gambling house keeper, that all he had
to do to pay his fine was to take out a
white chip."
Hut no amount of white or blue or
yellow chips will compensate the aver
age man for going to state's prison,
and it is the prison threat and danger
that bring gamblers, Just as well M
the trust magnate, to time. Judgo
Foster has been heartily congratulated
and warmly commended for his course
by the best element of New York and
the press, and It is to bo hoped that it
will not be, long before similar praise
can be bestowed on a judge nearer
home.
Mercury.)
and I am free to confess that 1 nm
right glad to vacate the, holy spot.
Buch rush and riot and disarray.
Such a jumble and potpourri. It
strikes mo iu< the dally effort to
bring order out of chaos, and to do
It lightninKly quick. I am reminded
of the memorable words, •'The
earth was without form and void,
and darkness was upon the face of
the deep. And the spirit moved
upon the fare of the waters." Never
shall I criticise newspapermen more.
I shall pray for them. They will
have my heart's forbearance hence
forth and forever, the hardest
worked, shortest lived, poorest paid
brain workers on this weary old
world of ours.
If Mr. McLeod hnd undertaken his
task on a metropolitan dally paper of
magnitude, it is to be doubted if he
would ever have reached a point jvhere
ho could have made this graceful ad
mission. It is pleasant to know that
he did not fail In his attempt, for ha
will he able to make known to many
who have dreamed tin- same dream
that the newspaper business requires
the same tact, hard work, executlvo
ability and hard-headed business mmiso.
as any business undertaking under tho
sun. Running a newspaper is certainly
no Joke.
(Chicago Tribune)
nlflcant in showing that the women
of the future are coming to the front
so, far as size and height are con
cerned :
No. of No. "f
mothera. daughter!*.
Small (under 5 feet) 198 i 87
Mdlum (5 fet to 5 feet 4 Inches). 830 647
Well grown (5 feet i Inches to 5
fret 6 Inches) 248 ■ 366
Tall (5 feet 6 Inches to 5 feet 8
Inches) 83 221
Very tall (5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet IS - 63
Totals 1370 ■. 1379
An interesting question for men is
whether they will not some day be
the smaller sex. The average difference
in Europe, which transplants many of
its finest specimens, both men and
women, to our shores, of the height
of the male and the female Is about
four inches, and this height is said
to be lessening in favor of the girls.
•—• /
DIFFERENT
Visitor—l saw your husband in the
crowd downtown today. In fact, he
whs ho close that I could have touched
him.
Hostess —That's strange. At home he
Is so close that nobody can touch himi
—Puck.