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CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
H. retrorsum, M
Present political outlook in New Jer
sey: Wilson; that's aH.
Once again it is seen that there is
always a woman in the case.
Hartwell has been a very efficient
and faithful coroner—for the big cor
porr.'.lons.
There stands the record. Theodore
Bell has been fighting the S. P. ma
chine for sixteen years.
Don't overlook the names of the
Good Government judges in the inde
pendent column of the ballot.
The partnership of the district attor
ney's office with the world of vice is
positively established by the Eddie ex
pose.
Everybody—Republicans, Democrats,
Socialists, Independents—should vote
against Gov. Gillett's highways
amendment.
The reason bacon has gone up to
forty cents a pound is that a decent
respect for tradition impelled it to
keep step with the eggs.
Tomorrow voters must say whether
they approve a campaign of slander
against a man whose work aroused
the conscience of California.
The saloon element of the city and
tho Anti-Saloon league 1 have both In
dorsed Fredericks. Which in the
shrewder Judge of the man?
"An honest man, loyal to California
and highly capable, he would make the
best governor in years," says the Los
Angeles Express of Theodore Bell.
The New York gas trust fought an
eighty-cent gas rate in the court's for
years as "confiscation." It is declar
ing 6 per cent dividens since the row
blew over.
When Oov. Stubbs of Kansas wants
to acid another thousand or so to his
majority he roils up some railroad
president and gets himself denounced
by the magnate.
The Chinese, promised a parlta
in 191», are clamoring for it earlier,
Seems a.s if the standpatters would
never hear the last of this darned in
surgency movement.
Candidate Stlmson of New York
must spend half his time cursing his
luck. Hearst spoke well of him, and
now Jim Sherman has come cat for
the whole Stimson t!ck< t.
The approach of Thanksgiving day
■with its traditional turkey is a re
minder to consumers thai they have
1» "ii kept on the chopping block by
high tariff congresses '"i^ enough.
Colonel Roosevelt stayed out of the
game of politics for h> >>•:.i months
but since tin- opening of the New York
campairn has brought i.is baiting av
erage up above the .ouo mar: again.
Borne of Johnson's boomers are
blaming Bell because of Hearst's sup
port* In New York Hearst Is saying
nice things of Roosevelt and Stlinson,
but nobody lays it up against "in.
A newspaper is trying to fix the Iden
tity of Hi" man v >„ tarted I
Burgent movement. Win ther histori
ans will agree on this point, it will be
admitted that he "started uomethlng."
How would you 111" to pend a
doun of the in i :' ' of your life
exposing and fighting o corrupt ma
chine and then have it said of you
that you were an ally of the sami
ruiit forces?
DEFEAT THIS MAN
TUB RBRAIiD has drclnrpd for the
non-pßrtisan Judiciary ticket at
this olection because it was an
excellent ticket and because we think
this is a Rood time to begin In earnest
the movement for taking the Judiciary
out of politics and making it non-par
tlaan.
And ft is this wish for n. nnn-par
tlsnn Judiciary that causes The Herald
to lonk with special disfavor upon one.
|of the Republican candidates for the
niparior court. We refer to Mr. Gavin
W, i laljf. Mr. Craig has for ycHrw
b«en clOMly afflllated with the old ma
chine in this city, whoso destnn ti.m
began with the rocaJl election and "«:is
completed at the las" re*ru!ar city elec
tion. Mr. Craig's last services to the
disintegrating old WaitM- Parker-
Southern Pacific machine was rendered
U a member of the rump convention
that nominated Mr. Smith as the ma
chine candidate to run against Mayor
Alexander. During Mr. Craig*! present
campaign he has shown his ability as
a politician by using the tricks of ma
chine politics to promote his candidacy.
So raw was some of his work that
JU'lge Walter Bordwell of the superior
court felt called upon in the interest
of truth to expose the falsity of Mr.
Craig's advertising that he. as court
commissioner, had in many cases dis
charged the duties of a superior court
Judge. Judge Bordwell grave out a
statement showing that this broadly
advertised claim of Mr. Craig's was
untrue and that in making this state
ment Mr. Craig was indulging In an
unworthy political trick.
Mr. Craig's record as a politician
was the ground upon which the Good
Government organization refused to
indorse him and gave its indorsement
to Judge Albert Lee Stephens instead.
And for the same reason The Herulil
hopes he will not be elected. The
judiciary, above all places, should be
liept clear of the tricky politician.
GAYNOR AND BELL
THE candidacy of Judge William J.
Gaynor for mayor of New York
( Ity last year bears a striking
analogy to the candidacy of Theodore
Bell for governor of California this
year.
All his life Gaynor had been thunder
ing against special privilege in busi
ness and corruption in politics. He
sent the infamous Boss McKane to
prison. He fought the machine bos* of
Brooklyn, McLaughlin. He constantly
denounced the hold of the big corpora
tions on New York and the looting of
the Metropolitan system of street rail
roads by financiers.
When New York needed a mayor to
break the hold of the special interests
the people demanded Gaynor. Yet
when he was nominated Tammany In
dorsed him, and this was made the
peg on which his opponents hung a
whole campaign of vilification. He
was accused of having gone, hat in
hand, to Charley Murphy and asked
for the nomination. Only two of New
York"s Influential newspapers sup
ported him.
The people believed Gaynor's record,
elected him, and he has made the best
mayor New York city ever had. Mur
phy and all the Tammany braves have
had no favors. The law Is enforced.
Rich and poor stand alike before it.
Today the newspapers that reviled
Gaynor because Tammany chose to
support him are loudest in his praise.
After sixteen years' record as clean
and virtuous as Gaynor's, Theodore
Bell is now accuMd of treachery be
cause, forsooth, some papers and men
who dislike Johnson are supporting
him. It is argued that this puts him
"under obligation" to them. Some of
the more violent windjammers charge
that Hell has gone over to the South
ern Pacific-, bag and baggage.
This abuse Is as absurd as it Is cruel
and Indecent. If Theodore Bell is
elected governor of California anybody
who thinks him "under obligation" will
eciol his heels on the steps of the state
house. He won't get very far Inside.
Those who accused Qaynor are ashamed
of themselves now. Alter the heat of
this campaign is over there will be
many apologies wafted Bell's way.
UNHEALTHY CONDITIONS
ONE of the chief causes of conditions
that have Justified criticism of
California's highest court, not only
In but out of the state, is that it has,
consciously or unconsciously, as one
may chooe to believe, been Influenced
and dominated by partisan considera
tions. In the past the dominant P'llH
ical party, completely iii the control
of "big business," has both nominated
and elected judge after Judge, until
at present the supreme court of Cali
fornia is made up solidly of seven Re
publicans.
Tins la neither a fair thins' nor a
healthy condition. So generally is thi.s
now recognized thai the sentiment for
a non-partisan judiciary is overwhelm
ing. People have come to m c that
courts, being Human, must be more or
less biased it made up of any class
of men with political leanings all one
way. The present campaign affords a
chance t<> begin applying tha remedy
for thi.s state of affairs.
The Democratic candidates, Judge
Lawlor of the Kan Francisco superioi
court, and Judge Bledsoe of the San
Bernardino superior court, are men
of the highest character, both person
ally ami judicially. They have been
Indorsed by the Good Government or
ganisation, which particularly advises
thti defeat of Justice Harry Mclvln,
the Republican candidate who is the
political and personal intimate of Wil
liam F. Herrln, head of the Southern
Pacific machine.
The next legislature will enact a law
making it mandatory to elect our
judges v, ithout consideration Of their
politics, but it i« not necessary to
wall for thai law to begin the remedy
of unhealthy conditions on the supreme
bench. It can bfl done by electing
fudge Lawlor and Judge Bledsoe and
thus creating a nearer approach to
equality in the personnel of the body, i
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MOHMN(J, NOVEMBER 7. 1*10;
§/M \ ( S7OV£ ALOHG- MAO A ME) „ , .
Wk a"d DONT INTERRUPT \ I
W'A THE CrAME* COME&V YOU S/X.
A RED LINE
AS a guide to voters who want to
place on the bench only the best
and ablest Judges and who care
not a rap for the judges' party affilia
tions so long as they are fair, just and
consistent, it may be well to call at
tention to a couple of matters of court
record.
Less than two years ago—December
24, 1908, to be exact —California's
highest tribunal declared that Han
Francisco owned as a public street all
land between the easterly line of Forty
ninth avenue and the Great Highway
on each side of Qolden Gate park.
On September 19, 191", the same court
derided that the land in question is not
owned by the city and county of Ban
Francisco, but is the property of the
Sijtro estate, the Hotallng estate and
the United Railroads.
The supreme court that thus reversed
Itself was composed on September 19.
1910, of the same Identical judges that
composed it on December 24, 1308. The
man who asked them to reverse them
selves in favor of the corporations was
Peter F. Dunne, one of the high
counsel of the Southern Pacific. He
advanced as his argument a faint red
line he professed to have found on the
map, and after the learned court had
peered and peeked ami squinted at the
map ii de< Ided that the red line was
strong enough on which to hang a new
decision Riving property worth $r>oo,ooo
to two rich estates and a trolley cor
poration.
It was the same court that on pro
ceedings to terminate the public ser
vice of Eugene JO. Schmits, took cog
nizanoe of his official position and on
an appeal from the reversal of a con
viction of the identical Schmitz for ac
cepting a bribe affirmed a ruling that
set aside the Indictment against him on
the ground that it tailed to state that
lie was mayor of the city and county
of Ran Francisco!
One of the judges that participated
in these rulings was Harry Melvln, who
now aspires to re-election 1. In our
opinion the supreme court of California
will be improved by thf retirement ol
Judge MelVin and the election of Judge
'iUiam V. Lawlor and Judge Benja
min F. Bledsoe to that tribunal.
AN IMPORTANT POST
Tin: people of Los Angeles are not
likely to forget on Tuesday that
they have a townsman in the race
for an exaltei office In the person of
Tim Spellacy, the running mat* Of
Tii lore Bell. Nor should they forget
in this connection that the lieutenant
governorship is a post of greater Im
portance i" the whole people than hon
or to him who wins it.
As presiding officer of the senate
it is in his power to he Independent,
honest and vigilant for the public In
terest or servile and treacherous to it
in behalf of the few v, lio want special
privilege, it in within tha bounds of
conservative speech t<> nay that most
Of the work that h;is cursed California
with bad laws has been done through
the lieutenant governor's chair, it can
smother good measures or promote
good ones, exalt had legislators or
make hone i ■ Impotent! through
his power In the appointment of com
mittees ami otherwise.
Any interests that tried to use Tim
Their Merry Game
Spellacy for their purposes would
quickly observe that the integrity and
vigor that have made him successful
in the business world can find equally
vigorous expression through the toe ot
the ample shoo he wears.
Having sprung from the masses, Tim
Spellacy's sympathies are with them,
and that about sums up the most im
portant issue Just now with re&pect to
his candidacy.
DON'T BE A GOAT
ONLY a very few papers, so far as
we have seen, have raised the
cry, "Vote the straight ticket,"
this year, and if the San Fiancisco
Chronicle clings to that shibboleth very
much longer it will find itself a politi
cal archaic when it wakes up.
"Vote straight" presumes tliat the
possession of virtue and acumen is
wholly with "our side;" that patriotism
is unknown to the other fellows; that
civic virtue consists in entering the
booth blindfolded and making a cross
in a round circle; that there cannot
possibly be a man on the other ticket
better fitted for tftist than his vis-a
vis on "our" side.
Praise the Lord, there are not many
people left who feel that way. The
Herald ventures to say that out of fifty
or sixty thousand votes that may be
cast in Los Angeles the number who
who will cast a straight ticket will be
limited to some hundreds. Independent
vntinu is what has made Los Angeles
what it is clvically. If San Francisco
has more of the straight ticket genus,
perhaps that accounts for what Ban
Francisco is.
The Herald's advice to voters in to pick
out their men. DON'T vote straight.
Many of the troubles that afflict the
body politic today are clue to the fact
that party leaders have been able to
shout the slogan, raise an enthusiasm,
get straight votes— and then do as they
please in legislature, courts an;l execu
tive offices.
L<>"!< your ticket over. Pick out your
men— men you know about. Don't be
B "goat" for speeinl interests any long
er.
Kaiser Wilhelm, who is advising
Germans to drink less beer,- may us
well gj up the idea of having the
support uf the brswery vote In tho next
campaign.
Tennessee is a prohibition state, but
I iOO ; aloons ivojiened in Memphis last
week. TennesaM is for prohibition, but
is not bigoted about It.
A subject for sympathy these days
is the man who bet his overcoat on
Jeffries List summer.
MEN WANTED
M' ii from every rank, *
Fresh and free and frank:
Men i f thought and reading,
Mi »i of light and leading.
Men "i loyal breeding.
The nation's welfare speeding:
Man of faith and not of fiction, <
Men "I 1 lofty aim and action;
Give us men— I say again,
ciivu us men!
dive us men!
Btrnns and stalwart ones;
Man whom highest hope Inspire*,
Men whom purest honor fires.
Men who trample self beneath them,
Men who make their country wreath them
Ah hot- noblo sons.
Worthy of their .-ires!
Mi who never chame their mothers,
Men who never fall their brothers,
Tin. however false are others;
Qlvo n. men — I say again,
Ulvc us men!
, ■ —Indianapolis Star.
/• . •
Far and Wide
A DESERVED CATASTROPHE
Our neighbors had a grpphophone.
And kept it going night and day,
Until its loud, provoking tqne
Took all our joy and peace away.
Last night It sang the song, "Take me,
Take me from this most dread abode!"
Did we obey? Well, you may see
Borne telltale bits along the road.
—Chicago News.
THE NATURAL DEDUCTION
His waistcoat was wonderful.
His tie was tremendous.
His socks were positively superhu
man.
In order to display which, his trou
sers were tucked up to a ludicrous
height.
An urchin plucked him by the sleeve.
"Lost somebody, guvnor?" queried
the youth sympathetically.
The swell swelled with indignation.
"Of course not, feliow!" he re
sponded contemptuously, proceeding
on his way.
"Cat or dog dead, guvnor?" queried
the youngster, following.
"Bah Jove!" snapped the "nob," dis
tinctly annoyed. "Why do you ask
such Btoopld questions?"
"Why. guvnor?" called the urchin.
'"Cos I see yer got yer trouisis at art
mast!" —Answers.
"MAKE WAY FOR LJBEKTY"
A fond mamma had found o; easion
during the morning to reprimand her
small daughter with more than usual
.severity. It seemed to nurt the child's
feelings considerably. In the afternoon
the little girl sat on the sofa staring
vacantly out of the window, apparent
ly wrapped in meditation. The mother
relented and, coming over to the side
of tho little girl, placed her hand on
the child's shoulder aiut asked: "what
are you thinking about, dear."'
"I 'uk jus' finkin'," said the litue
girl, "if 1 want six or eight brides
maids." —Everybody's Magazine.
A TRUE GIFT FOX FICTION.
In a New Brunswick village a town
character who preferred emphasis to
the verities was a witness In a petty
trial involving an auger. Me positive
ly Identified it as the property of the
parties to the suit.
"Hut," asked the attorney for the
other Hide, 'do you swear that you
know this auger?"
"Yes, sir."
"How long have you known it?" he
continued.
"1 have known that auger," said
the witness, Impressively, 'ever since
it was a gimlet."—Eveivuody's Maga
zine.
THE FLATTKHER
They were discussing ages with a
commendable degree m frankness.
"Well, now that you have brought
the subject up. Miss Dobbson, ' sala
little Fribley, "how old are you?"
"Oh, I am as old as I look," smllea
Miss Dobbson.
"Really?" said Fribley. "X am as
tonished. You really don't look it,
you know." —Harper a Weekly.
AGE BRINGS EXPKRIENCE
Old Lady—l want you to take back
that parrot you sold me. X tlnd thut it
swears very badly.
Bird Dealer—Well, madam, it's a
very young bird. It'll learn to swear
better after H'h a bit older.—K»ery
Woman's Magazine
ON HIS GUARD
Teacher (to new pupil)— Why did
Hannibal cross the Alps, my little
man?
My Littlo Man—For the same reason
as the 'en crossed th' road. JTer "Imi't
cutch me with nu puaisleu.—bydney
Bulletin.
Merely in Jest
PRESENTING THE PLATE
A sub-committee of a sfchool commit
tee was examining a class in a school.
One of the members undertook to
sharpen up their wits by propounding
the following question: "If I had a
mince pie and gave two-twelfths to
John, two-twelfths to Isaac, two
twrlfths to Harry and should keep
half the pie for myself, what would
there be left?" «
There was a profound study among
the boys, but finally one lad held up
his hand as a signal that he was ready
to answer.
"Well, sir, what would there be left?
Speak up loud, so that all can hear,"
said the eommttteeman.
"The plate!" shouted the hopeful fel
low.
He was excused from answering any
more questions.—Judge.
AN EXPERT'S OPINION
A student in a medical college, while
learning 1 the use of the ophthalmo
scope, was told to examine a man's
eye and report upon the condition of
it. The doctor-to-be adjusted the in
strument and looked long and search
ingly into the subject's left optic.
"Most remarkable-," he ejaculated,
with a surprised look. Readjusting
the ophthalmoscope, he again carefully
.scrutinized the eye. "Very extraordi
nary, indeed," he exclaimed. "I never
heard of such tin eye. This must be
snmn new disease. Have you ever had
an expert's opinion on it. '
"Once," was the laconic reply. "The
man who put it in said it was a fine
bit of glass."—Tit-Bits.
HOW IT APPEARED
An Irishman at a fair got poked in
the aye with a stick and took proceed
ings against the offender.
Said the magistrate: 'Tome, now,
you don't really believe he meant to
put your eye out?"
"Faith, you're right, this time," said
Pat, "for I believe ho. trird to put it
farther" in."—Tit-Bits.
WOULDN'T STAND EXPOSURE
The member of the legislature, of
whom some graft stories hud been cir
culated, nil about to build a house.
"You will want a southern exposure,
I suppose?" asked the architect.
"No, sir!" said the man. "If you
can't build this house without any ex
posure I'll get another architect."—
Yonkers Statesman.
IDEA OP HELPFULNESS
"Some men's idea of bom' helpful in
dis world," said Uncle Eben, "is In
tirely confined to helpin 1 derselfs."—
Washington Star.
HIS MISTAKE
"How did Bliggins come to be so
mistaken about his political popular
ity?" .
"Too credulous. He thinks a lot of
men really mean it every time they
shiK 'He Is a Jolly Good Fellow.'"—
Washington Star.
HAD THE GOODS
"Soe here, old chap," said the Irate
summer boarder, "you advertised
plenty of shade. Where Is it "
"In th' parlor, mister," explained the
rural landlord. "Ev'ry one uv th'
three lamps in thar's got a shade, by
grass!"— Chicago News.
PERFECT AGREEMENT
The contributor wrote: "The Inclosed
are original and have never been pub
lislied." ■ I
The editor answered: "I can quite
believe it."—Lipplncott's.
PROOF POSITIVE
"John, I am sure I can't make out
where thai buy got ins tamper from.
1 am certain be didn't get it from me."
"No, Mary, that's clear; for you still
have your3."—Judge.
Public Letter Box
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for publication iriunt be accompanied by trie
name and a<l(trcM of the writer The Herald
Hlvei the wld«»t latitude to correspondent",
but auumei no ve«pon«lblllly for their view*.
Letter* inmt not exceed 200 words.
ONE MAN NOT DECEIVED
Editor Herald: As a totaj abstainer
from Intoxicating liquors for forty
years, I i fin truthfully Hay I have met
with no action among; trmperaneo pro
pie so utterly disgusting and offensive
to Rood MUM and righteousness us tho
action Of those •■Reverends" and others
who are holding forth the present dls
triot lit' irney as "a good and faith
ful servant."
Verily, "politics makes strange bed
fellows." 3. R. K.
JULY 4, 1876
Editor Herald: Will you kindly give
in tho Letter Box the names of tho
children who played the parts of
George Washington and Martini
Washington at the Fourth of July
celebration at Los Angeles July 4, 1876?
SUBSCRIBER.
Te Herald's accDunt of the celebra
tion contains this paragraph: "A
triumphal car containing representa
tives of the thirteen original states
was a prominent feature of the third
division. A novel feature was the rep
resentation of Washington by Mastor
Sam Rltchey and Lady Washington by
little Miss Joey Brown."—Editor
Herald.
INDORSES W. T. HARRIS
Editor Herald: I have a word to say
concerning the candidacy of W. T.
Harris, Democratic nominee for the
office of sheriff. Mr. Harris was one
of the best known men In San Ber
nardino county, and occupied many
places of trust In his home city, San
Bernardino, among which were city
clerk and assistant postmaster. He
Is a native of California and received
his education In our public schools. Ho
knows Southern California "like a
book." He would be a valuable man
in almost any position, but it seornH
to me that he Is particularly fitted for
the office of sheriff. In the positions
which he has hold he was always
found courteous and accommodating,
and always working for the best in
terests of the people and the upbuild
ing of the office in which he was em
ployed.
It is a pleasure for me to recom
mend him to the voters of Los Angeles
county and to sny that he will mako
a splendid sheriff. NATIVE SON.
EXCESSIVE SCHOOL FARES
Editor Herald: We have within our
city limits an agricultural high school
equipped at great expense for tin:
benefit of boys who havo a taste tor
agricultural pursuits, and for the ul
timate purpose of encouraging a, mi
gration from the crowdod city back to
the farm. Boys in delicate health are
especially advised to attend thiß high
school. .
And yet the. lowest car faro from
their homes to the agricultural high
school is J6.60 a month, whiln the chil
dren of wealthier parents who are at
tending the classical high school have
a car fare of only $1 a month.
This excessive car fare bars out tno
very boys for whom the agricultural
high school was Intended—the boys of
the working class.
I ask the readers of The Herald
what can be done to induce council
to take the necessary steps to place,
this agricultural course within tna
reach of the poor but deserving boys
of Los Angeles. AGKICOLA.
Los Angeles, Cal.
says womlnTare slaves
Editor Herald: As the anti-suf
fragists have organized to perpetuate
the pagan tradition that women should
be. kept In slavery, wo question how
much longer human progress Is to bo
delayed by the stupidity of feeble In
tellects.
With the sense of justice so warped
that they are willing to see little chil
dren robbed of their toil to keep in
luxury strong, able-bodied persons,
can we wonder at their unwomanly
selfishness in refusing to others the
rights which they do not wish to ex
ercise? But their tyranny of willful
ignorance and inactivity must not bo
allowed to deter us from making our
protest against Injustice and calling
our rulers to account while the United
States constitution gives ub this priv
ilege. The condition of the laboring
men of this country is a glaring ex
ample of injustice. Asking a pittance
of that which they produce, they aro
hounded like malefactors by those who
are banded together in an "associa
tion" to monopolize the fruits of in
dustry!
Election day is approaching, and
worklngmen arc in the majority! Arc
they mentally and morally paralyzed?
In Milwaukee they were shocked into
consciousness by the glaring corrup
tion of civic affairs and decided a
change might be beneficial. What
will they do in California? It de
pends somewhat on the kind of moth
ers men have had. Perhaps they wero
anti-suffragists and wanted tyrants to
rule them. EMMA C. BCHAFBR.
Los Angeles, Cal.
WOMAN AND THE BALLOT
Editor Herald: Mrs. Caawell asks,
"Does any wise woman in her heart
ibelieve herself more competent than
a wise man to deal with public af
fairs? All she can claim Is that she
knows more thun an ignorant or an
unwise man."
Assuredly the personnel of the wom
en here in Los Angeles who are as
sociated with the suffrage movement
should prove that they do believe
themselves equally competent to a
"wise man."
Alas for those women who have
been unfortunate enough to become
"ballet dancers, circus riders and la
dk'S of the motion pictures"! The fact
that circumstance—the unmerciful
jade that she is—forced them into a
lulling that does not meet with any
tffing but the uplift of an eyebrow
from . their more fortunate sisters,
does not preclude the possibility of
their having pure hearts and just
as sound judgment as that of their
employers.
Further Mrs. Caswell says: "We
believe that women would be wiser
if they continued their efforts to the
changing of unjust laws." Perhaps
that can be done in every case with
out the ballot, as Mrs. Caswell In
fers, but It is not the general con
sensus of opinion that any right can
be permanently secured without the
ballot. And any of the millions of ,
working women of America are of that
selfsame opinion.
Mrs. Caswell grants that women
should serve more and more upon mu
nicipal boards, school boards, etc., "as
she Is now doing," with such notable
ability. And still Mrs. Caswell feels
that the means by which she reaches
those positions IS quite beside tint
question of her serving on them. In
other words, If you can by sheer force
of will scale a building, all well and
good, but do not, pray, take the ele
vator. BESS MUNN.
Los Angeles, Cat.
STYLE THAT PROHIBITS
Mary had a little Hkirl
Tied tightly In a bow,
And everywhere thitt Mary went
Sha limply couldn't go.
—Montreal star.