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JVKIXNKSI)AV M< )KNING.
Los Angeles Herald
THOMAS E. tHBBON, Pr—Uenl and Editor.
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GO TO THE AVIATION MEET
THE aviation mccl at Dominguez i> such a!
pronounced success, so ably managed and of
such value from an educational standpoint
lhat The Herald again urges the people of South
ern California to go, ai leasi once, and preferably
;is often as possible, to see the world's most la
inous birdmen in action. I liis is an exhibition that
is marking an epoch in the history of man's fighi
for supremacy in the air, and these world stirring
events are taking place almost in our own do
yards, yet many, we fear, have thus far failed to
take advantage of the opportunity ti> see the avi
ators. Women and children should be particularly
interested in these flights because of their educa
tional value. A day at Aviation park- will teach
you moie about the science of flying than yon will
gain from a volume of printed matter.
The aviation committee deserves the congrat
ulations of all citizens for its excellent work in ar
ranging and carrying out succa&sfully such a mag
nificent exhibition. And now it i-. up to the people
to take advantage of this opportunity and witnes
these flights, the news of which is being flashed
daily to the four corners of the earth.
BANISH OLD MR. GROUCH
TIMS holiday season of half rest is a splendid
time for all of us to stud) the philosophy of
cheerfulness and at leasi promise ourselves
to make a New Year's resolution to abandon the
grouch. Most of you will declare on the instant
that such a reform is easy, but when you come to
put it into practice you will begin to realize what
a slave you are to the habit. Giving up tobacco
or coffee or "cuss words" is easy when o nnpared to
ihe task of simph being pleasant. In fact "cuss
words" are only ] art of the evidence of having the
grouch.
There is no reason why any sane man or wom
an should reflect the unpleasant occurrences in
their lives upon those of their friends and asso
ciates, and just a continuous recollection of thus
fact would make this deal old world a lot jollier
and help to make everybody forget the things that
naj; at you am! put yon oul of sorts.
lust because something happened ai home to
ilisplea.se \ou, it is bad policy to carry it with you
to your business and (hereby detract that much
from your convincing power, li' something hap
pens in your business to an run you, there i- no
excuse for you carrying the crouch to your home
and indicting it upon your family, thereby destroy
ing the restfulncss that the hoirw is supposed to
gi v i
Grouches usually are caused by the trivial and
the little things and should be quickly shoved out
of the way like anything else that offends.
As a matter of fact the philosophy of cheerful
ness is ju-t another way of expressing the golden
rule when it conies to dealing with the feelings of
your fell. 11 m.
Everyone will admit there is no joj in being
grouchy, but all will just as readil) admit there is
a joy in bein^ pleasing.
BUTLER'S LAND BUGABOO
WE arc I' 1! to v lei ■> licther < astern i
pri sidents arc mii turning |)cr
agents when we read every clay the
vagaries thai are paraded a? facts by men with a
greal loi of "tail letters" to indicate their de ■ ci
of savantry. Tin who want;- to break into
print has to li ise her i <r smash her
mobile but all the i-ollc; I lias to
fai her a tic m »t_l< m,
N'iel ihi ra; I i pre ;. :i-. ■ •■* i ■ !:■■
niiiver-it i try talking abi itil
him and ' ■ ; are men;
by too mam people who "are v ■ k'ding the
land a '■■ ■ •i ' ■ ■'■■ ■ ■■■ aci ilonisi
l ickei eh ' ' f the year and fi I i
Now let President Kutler stop worrying and take
his slate. The population of France is 38,961,945';
its area is 207,054 square miles. At thai price we
could tuck away the entire population of France
in the slate of Texas, which has 205,780 square
miles and about five millions of population. Again,
the population of (iermany is 6.3,886,000, and its
area is only alum' a thousand square miles larger
than that «>f France. Ai thai rate we could accom
modate in the United Slates the trifle of 1,100,
--000,000 souls, which is very nearly the entire
present population of the globe. After tin's it is
hardly necessary to point out that Great Britain
and Ireland, which have a population of 41,976,827
on 121,391 square miles, could be neatly tucked
away either in California, Montana or New Mex
ico, witlioul crowding the present population o 1
those states.
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v..1 n i ii"'l uld -how him
i hat, far . ith fndia
dso far 1 i the same
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lati lation ■ •■ '
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day of big ' • Fa i unlimited free
ing land ie pasi. : here i ■ aniine
id as yet i r on liki
1 inrhank hi I a in with a
lavn didn't In I apple
ben vi ing b< !■ ire he finished the
Editorial Page gf 15he Her^ald
WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB
THIS city must be raked fore and aft to locale
the desperadoes who are responsible fur the
dynamiting outrages of recent occurrence.
There is no use in harboring the hope that some-1
thin- of the kind will not happen again, as these
wretches who plunder and murder in the dark,
probably already feel a sense of security as a re
sult of there being so far no apprehension of those
responsible for the Times outrage. Those responsi
ble for the safety of the citizens of Los Angeles,
ns well .1- the property of this fair city, cannot af
ford to lie idle a moment, hut must put forth
superhuman effort- to rid the city of this element.
I. must be done at all co>ts and at all hazards. If
the present body <>i' police 1- not sufficient it must
lie augmented. If the present police officials are
not competent. Others must take hold of the sit
uation and nuet it. It is fair to say, however, that
1 The Herald believes the new chief of police is com
ent, with the proper kind of support and back
ing, to meet the situation squarely, and it is the
I duty of every citizen and every man connected
with the police department to give the new clr.ei
every possible support and extend to him every
.■<' operation.
The police of Los Angeles must he placed upon
.1 basis of military discipline, something that is
sadly lacking at the present time. X" one but a
trained policeman can bring about this happy con
dition, and we are optimistic enough to believe it
will be done under the new regime. The police
have already been given a prctu fair opportunity
to cope with these criminals, and they will he gi\ en
i further chance but the commissioners may as
well understand now as any time that the citizens
Los Angeles do not intend to have the wonder
ful growth and prosperity of this community re
tarded by inefficiency—if not something worse—
|in the police department. The communities oi the
world arc watching Los Angeles at this juncture. I
i mc or more such outrages as we btive recently!
had would be a blot upon the fair name of this city
that would take year- to efface.
It would be a pity for the citizens to have to lake
the matter in their own hands and we hope it will
not be necessary to resort to thi-.
OF COURSE WE ARE AMERICAN
THE Now York Evening Posi editorially takes
the Asiatic Exclusion league of San Fran
cisco i" task for substituting the word
"American" for the time honored "Anglo-Saxon"
and says:
I is motives arc not exactly those of schol
arship. Jt is not a question of substituting
"Old English." The point in this case is that
the large numbers of Germans and trish and,
we suppose, Slavs who, with the league, are
determined to keep the pure native stock of
this country from being contaminated by
Asiatic immigration, object t<> having our civ
ilization described any longer as Anglo-Saxon.
Hereafter it is to be known as "American —
though if anybody can tell what that word
means, racially, he will be wiser than seven
men that can render a reason.
Possibly i" a man who always lives in N'cvy
York the meaning of an "American" is a mystery.
lie live? in that great hopper where are dumped
the misery and the discontent of Europe and pos
sibly doc- in it know what the human product is
like "after the races have passed through that melt
in,'; pot and out into the resi of the country to be
come good citizens. It is a matter of 300 years
since the first permanent settlements were started
in Vmcrica, and to them and their successors have
come the men and women of every nation the
world has known. The strain of every race has
been woven into the fabric of the race that lives
and thrives under the shadow of Old Glory, and
we are pri ntd i if it.
L'ncle Sam has proved himself the real al
chemist of all ages, for from out of the dross of all
th» nations of the world he has evolved the ster
ling metal of our race. The family tree of the
average American household will show branches
that reach into half a dozen nationalities; win
the suaveness of the Frank is blended with the
energy of the Irish, the stolidity of the English,
the sturdiness of the Hollander, perhaps with a
dash of the Magyar fearlessness. Then why con-!
tinue to cling alone to the Anglo-Saxon branches?
Surely M*) years is long enough to make a na
tional type and every nation but ourselves recog
:ii. es us as distinct.
I If course, the nation is still in the making, and
America is more and more becoming pervaded
with the spirit thai recognizes as American every
migrant I lands in this country and a.n
. s his intent-- ' ■ ■•■ ling a citizen. Most
of them arc good our-, and the pei pie of this land
- since have awakened to the fact the May
flower did not bring over all the best people from
the otln •• ide of the sea in that one shipload.
-< v women want to tag their husbands by
Spelling them to wear wedding rings on their
llmi ih . Most married men in Jersey can be
ked 'Mit by their tired and haunted look with
the aid of any further identification.
Lots of men arc beginning to realize it was a
mistake to give purses to their wives and
daughters on Christmas. It create- a hallucination
nankind that they ought to have money.
Southern California is to get $1,200,000 out of
the government reclamation fund, and we are will
ing to wager thai is one of the best investments
I 'ncle Sam e\ er made.
\viator Ho eai is simply further pi
nf the general belief that one can get closer to
heaven in I os Angeles than from am other spot
'in earth.
When one read-- a list of guest* at a Russian
dinner parti he wonder- if they can call each other
: heir real nai ■ : econd botl le.
Thanks ;l trains belated by eastern bliz
zards the letti urrier is likely to bring 1 Christmas
cheer to home- hen ever) day for a week to come.
\fur all. there was one unusual feature about
tin ' hristn ' pa seel. All the amateur Kris
Kringle escaped the lighted candles, t
MARY MANNERING, A BIT HOMESICK,
TALKS OF XMAS, ART AND KIDDIES
LISTEN, COAST WRITERS!
ACTRESS SEEKS COMEBY
Fair Player Lauds Footlight Ca
reer but Doesn't Want Her
Daughter on the Stage
"Acting la a great profession for a
woman who must earn her own livins,"
Bald Mary Mannerlng, playing this
week at the Majestic theater, "but it
has two terrible drawbacks. In the
lirst place ii is Buch a lonelj life. Lt
means tn mtha of time passed away
from home and friends and family, and
. a ■ onstant living among B^anger*."
Miss Mannerlng looked adorably
pntty as she said tins, and her great
dark eyes had almost a tragic Unlit as
she thought of herself passing her
i holiday week here on this coast when
close associates, both socially and pro
i lYssionally. were all so far away. A
i glance about the comfortable apart
ments In the Alexandria, where she is J
i stablished, rather belled her loneliness,
for on every Bide stood great Jars and
buskets filled with roses and polnsettlas,
Begonlaa and ferns were growing In
B wide wicker box on the window scat
and everywhere the Christmas colors
of crimson and green were repeated In
flowers.
■■it is. perhaps, the greatest thing
I about acting that a woman has to win
new friends, new audiences, so often,"
Miss Mannering. -This keeps her
up to the pitch, and acts to her spirit
like a spur to a mettlesome stood.
"Applause is tn every actress the sign
er power. As the coquette glories
over her power with one or two men,
i as the writer enjoys that ability which
enables him to writ.' a son- to move
whole nations to pea. <• or sorrow or
war. so th ■ woman of the ft;ii;.- must
know the strength of her magnetism,
her personality and her art as she
carries her audience with her to tragic
gloom, riotous merriment or ecstatic
55."
"But you cannot do that all alone, j
no matter how splendid your talent;
you must have a playwright who can
give you the situations to handle." was
suggested,
"Oh, don't 1 know that! It is the:
bane of my existence that 1 cannot.
iiiul a satisfactory play." said Miss!
Mannertng. "Last year I read three!
huii.lre.l plays and from that number
I handed three to the Phuborts, and
only one of that trio would do at all
for me."
M as Mannerlng lias a unique method
by which she keeps a memorandum of
the plays she reads, and her comment
as to their worth and their possible
success with an audience. Tn several
capes she hns found her Judgment con
firmed by the production, but, of course,
has not always been able to know the
ultimate fate of each.
".Tu-t now I am looking for a com-1
.dy for use next season, for [ have
played this piece two seasons now, and ;
want a eh mge," she said.
Poor Ml - Mannerlng! Aspiring play
wrights of the pacific coast probably
will haunt her steps from now on. They
may rejoice In her own admission that
on.-c she promises she reads a play
thoroughly.
"What do you repaid a* your most
bui cessful pli' ■ ■ aci ording to the decis
ion of the audiences, the critics, your
„wn sentiments and that final judge,
the box offli c?" the Interviewer asked.
•■dh, 'Glorious Betsy," by all means,
so far as t;i" audien.es and the box
office went. Of course, it was a poor
play, but the people liked it. even
_>i the erltiCß did say hard things
i it."
While Miss Mannerlrig believes tin.
stage to offer a great cereer to women,
she hopes that her own little daughter
; will nol want to undertake such a vo
cation.
••] nO p e thai she will develop a talenl
for writing," she said, "but whatevei
, Lhility shi has I shall cultivate, for I
ti • every child should be
taught some, profession or trade.
on to allowing children
upon the stage seems most unexpluln
:,, me," she continued, "for In the.
atmosphere, provided by a reputable
my a child Is guarded and i ared
f or 11S In no otlv r place. Mrs. Short,
who travels v itll her little girl In our
company, is always with her child, and
the man user's wife erh es hi r two hours
o f S H „,,! . wry evening. The child
gets a practical knowle Ige of the world
in traveling nboul and learns tact and
,|„ , bun j to strike .i h irmonlous pitch
in her work which cannoi fail to make
her most successful In whatevi r walk
iof iif, hi may i led as she gnowb
older."
"Do many children go on the stage
'■ . parents are not already more
„,. loss In the profession?" she was
cd.
"Not bo many, perhaps, and In this
: , ... the mother of this little girl has
two tali ited children. One is with
Mrs. Flskp, and both are charming little
. tors The children have earned suf
fli lent money so that In another year
they arc to leave the stage, and come
to I.os Angeles to go to school. Their
.i- nts have bought a home here and
will live hn-e while the children Know
up |n the , very-day, proslao atmos
phere a school room until they
know what their life profession shall
i,..
"I think many young ffirls who are
employed In shops as cash siris would
be Infinitely better off If they might
be placed with good theatrical com
panles. Theil mental and moral
growth would bo regarded more highly,
land certainly their physical strength
] would be greatly conserved."
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PUBLIC LETTER BOX
THE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS
Editor Herald: Show me n 80-ealled j
religious (spiritual) element upholding
the wanton slaughter of animals and
I'll show you an element devoid of the
very first principle of God reflection.
I will Also prove that pain and death
arc iK^t Imaginary to the poor helpless
creature which man has '-dominion"
over, and I will Indelibly Impress that j
evil and sin are an absolute reality
predominant in the most advanced
carnivorous Christian Scientist, despite
the late lamented leader's teachings
land her colossal following.
i I Intend dwelling on the meat^eatlng
I question so long hs life remains within
this body of mine until 1 find other
conscientious and influential souls to
as-i-t in' 1 in the spreading of the truth
that any so-called religious institution
upholding ih' j killing of animals is a i
farce and a Pharisaical monument to
a manmade deity. B. E. KUBEL.
Los Angeles, Cal.
ANTI-SUFFRAGIST'S RECORD
Editor Herald: The statement that
th<' Anti-suffrage association is "afflill
ated with the liquor interests" and is j
"mothered" by Miss Brunson, "a paid 1
agent of the liquor interests," we deny
absolutely fr.nn beginning to end. It
would b ■ as reasonable to say that
the BUffragist chickens are cherished
by the wildest of anarchist fowls, be-
Ing on the same side Of the proverbial
fence,
As a matter of fact and in spite of
dark suspicions, Miss Brunson was in
troduced to Los Angeles anti-suffrag
ist.-; by anti-suffragists in the east—,
such women as Mrs. EllhU Root, Mrs.
Richard Watson Gilder and Mrs.
Fritz Achells of New York; Mrs.
1 Charles Eltot Guild, Mrs. Henry M.I
Whitney and Mrs. James M. Codman
iof Boston, and scores of others. I sup
• pose nobody will suggest that Mrs.
i Elihu Root's name, for Instance, or
''Mrs. Guild's, Mrs. Glider's, Ib leni to
> the liquor Interest* or that it is but
I she "doesn't know it." Her.' is Miss
i Brunson'H record, Like her Introduc-I
1 tions, it needs neither apology nor ex
planai lon.
! Holding a master's degree from the
, University of lowa, she taught mathe
matics for several years In the high
school ..' St. Paul, Minn. In lsW she
I wan attached to the United States
I cominlMHl r general's staff, in the
educational department, at the Paris
exposition, it the close of the Paris
exposition she brought the educational
: exhibit to Buffalo and superintended
, that department at the Pen-Ameri
can exposition In 1901; was superinten
dent of the elementary and secondary
' educational exhibits at the St. I.ouis
I 1 exposition and, later, assistant secre
l , tary of the Int national jury of awards
! at this exposition; was sent by the
! United States bureau of education to
1 ! Belgium to report the great rducotlon
l al congresses held at Brussels, Liege
'and Mon»; upon her return to this
country became chief of the depart
!l ment of social economy at the James
• town exposition: through a civil ser
• I vice examination became a special
agent of the United States bureau of
labor In the investigation of the. con
' dltlori of women rind children in mi
i due tries; did special work at the Seat
tle exposition for the department at
the interior; then the United Stater
' bureau of labor sent her to report on
' the shirtwaist strike. After this—as
1 was telegraphed by the bureau of la
bor at Washington to anxious inquir
ars here—she voluntarily resigned her
1 position, in June last and is at liberty
1 to speak when and where she chooses
: —without pernicious activity.
\\v has,' Invited Miss Hrunsnn to re-
I turn to California this winter to assist
us "as anti-suffragists,
I .MARY 8. CAS WELL.
. I.OS Angeles. C'aL
MAII> .i.INNKKIXIi
IS DEATH FINAL?
Editor Herald: I underatand the an
guish of the man's mind who in vain
looks for proof of the existence of a
God and the immortality of the soul. I
have been there myself, and no Bible
and no creed did give me. nny ligbt
until i read "Cyclone* and Banctlflca
tion" in the Iconoclast
The strongest evidence we can ad
duce that the world is governed by a
sentient being Is the absolute necessity
for his existence. Of what avail i>- the
mighty universe without him. Why
should matter resolve itself Into being,
become blazing puns and symmetrical
planets and roll through ipoce forever?
If it did BO In conformity to a plan,
in fulfillment of a purpose, then the
framer of that plan, the originator of
that purpose Is what we call Gjod. If
I without plan or purpose, it ia as rldlcu
loua as an acephalous rooster running
about in a circle, if there be no reason
I in the universe, how comes it that there
, is sentience In the ridiculous little mites
that cling to the shell of one relntively
Insignificant planet, like microbes to a
[mammoth cheese? if we are generated
by the laws of blind force, we have
achieved the Impossible—the creature
lias not become greater than its cre
ator. If the universe is but a. soul
less machine, of what use are we to It?
We con see no reason for the existence
r»f the earth except the nourishment of
life (including Mr. O'Brien's incompe
tents), and that presupposes a purpose;
i yet life that ends in universal death
is a mistake—and the materialists tell
US that Nature never errs. What hoots
1 it to be born if a few years of toil and
travail, sorrow and Buffering is to end
it all? Why should women bring forth
children in pain unspeakable only to
pint the demon Death. Why should
love burgeon and bloom only tn be
forever blasted? Why not adopt
I hedonism as the law of our lives in
stead of restraining the passions rtnd
sacrificing our ease, sometimes our for
tunes and our lives for others' sake?
"Result of mciai education"—generated
how? "By the laws of Nature." How
'crime Nature to haVfe laws? Isn't It
lUCky, to say the least, tli.it all matter
consents to obey the law of gravita
tion; that the collision of two bodies
generates heat Instead of cold? Sup
posing that self-generated force oper
ating on nothing created Bomethlnir—
matter and mind. Is the greater of the
twn generations ephemeral and the
lesser only eternal? "Pure reason" is
the cry of the materialists, who then
assume that the slightest speck of
dust swimming in the sunbeam is
eternal, while the mind that conceived
j the Novum Organum has perished ut
terly that the intellect of Caesar and
Socrates has been destroyed, but the
parings of Ham'p toe nnlls are still
here! ARTHUR HOFFMAN.
TCedondo Beach, Cal.
ROOM FOR HIM!
O Son of Givl, O infant Christ,
No room for thne in stately halls:
'At banquet board where wealth In Lord,
No room, no room, the landlord calls.
But wrapM ■nithin thy swaldlln* r'.othcs,
Safe sheltered in thy mother's arms.
The "wlffi men" find thee. lovely one.
Anil bring thef gifts to «uit thy oharmi.
But gifts of boM ara not thy carp,
Nor frankinciTH"', nor yet the myrrh;
Though flfsh recoils at bitter cup,
To with of oort thou wilt oonour.
The day* of youth soon slip away.
Thy manhood's prime bring* triumph rare,
Flow'm anew thy path, hosannas ring,
Thy garment fine both rich and fair.
nut worldly honors have no lure,
Thy mission grand Is not forgot!
To teach all men the way of life,
Though gates of death should be thy lot.
All honor to thy precious name
This cbriitmai day— two thousand year*—
Eternity *hu)l ring thy praise
For drying human-nature'R tears.
Christmas. 1910. IDA F. TRASK.
DECEMBER 28, L9lO,
WITH THE PLAYERS
Harry Metayer, formerly ■ member
of the .-.u l bnnkHto, k company,
Important role in "Th. Great Name
a new comedy by James Clarence Bar
vey from the Gorman of Victor Leon
and Leo Field, which was «lven It.
first American performance in Mart
ford, Conn., the old reliable "dog
town," Monday evening. The play la
baaed on Incidents In the life of Franz
Lehar. the Viennese oomposer of "The
Merry Widow." Henry Kolker is the
featured player and the cant seems to
be a strong one.
■ • •
Henry Arthur Jones and Charles
Klein have agreed to collaborate on
a play which will have scenes In
America and England, Mr. Klein writ-
Ing the dialogue of the American char
actors anil Mr. JoncH that of the Eng
lish.
• • •
"The Foolish Virgin." adapted from
M. Henri Battatie'a "La Viergo roll*,"
and which Airs. Patrick Campbell pro
duced In New York last week, has
been roundly scored by the critics and
seems to bo an unequivocal failure.
• • •
David Warfleld will present Duvld
Belasco'S latest play, "The Return of
Peter Orlmin," in Huston. January 2.
Its central character, to be played, of
course, by Mr. Warflold, die* and re
turns to earth again.
• • •
William Gillette's New York engage
ment has again been extended and
•Held by the Enemy" has been added
to his repertoire of revivals. Probably
"Bee use She Loved Him So" will be
offered later.
Henry W. Savage announces for early
production a new American light com
fdy entitled "Excuse Me," by Rupert
Hughes, author Of "The Hridge" and
"Two Women."
Ethel Barrymore Will revive ■Trelaw
ney of the Wells'' in New York city,
the opening performance being an
nounced for next Monday night.
WHAT OTHERS SAY
HIT THINK WHAT RE MUST
SUFFER
The continued silence of Chancellor
Day, under extreme provocation, run
perhapq i>est he accounted for on the
theory thai lie finds no words adequate
to express his opinion of th<» present
situation.—New Orleans Times-Demo
crat.
BERTILLONINO BULLETS
Hereafter every bullet in every po
liceman's pistol in Chicago will be
marked. We presume it is hoped thus
to discover which officers are holding
up citizens on the different thorough
fares of the town.—Charleston (S. C.)
News and Courier.
TRACING THE SOURCES
I>r. David Starr Jordan says the high
cost of living is due. to the late war be
tween Russia and Japan, and the Sa
vannah News wants to know why he
didn't lay it on Noah and the flood, or
upon Adam and the serpent.—Lincoln
(Neb), Star.
WHY LONDON MUST GROW
Complaint in made in London that on
Sunday the ladies' big hats block the
narrow aisles of the old-fasbloned
churches. Of course there is no way to
remedy the trouble except to widen thft
aisles.— Rochester (N. V.) Democrat.
INCREASED INDUSTRY IN MA INK
A Maine newspaper reports that the
use of oxen for plowing has been re
vived In that state. Somebody will be.
mean enough to intimate this is ono of
the blighting effects of the recent
Democratic victory.—St. Paul Dispatch.
BROTHERS, BE DIVERTING
Called upon to explain why she shot
her husband, a St. Louis woman said
she did it for fun. Married men who
neglectto provide their wives with en
tertainment should find a warning here.
—Leavenworth (Kas.) Times,
FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Campaign speakers who have been
explaining how the high cost of living
I may be reduced will now have timo
to work out the problem for them
selves.—Wall Street Journal.
CAN'T LOSE HIM
Secretary Balllnger was slightly
shaken up in a railroad wreck th»
other day, but managed to cling to Ilia
seat, possibly from force of habit.—
Ohio State Journal.
HIS ADHESIVE DIGITS
In St. Louis there Is a robber who in
known as "the candy kid." He prob
ably got the name owing to his posses
sion of sticky fingers.—Pratt (Kas.) Re
publican.
ONE REDEEMING FEATURE
Let it be Bald to the credit of the
dethroned young king of Portugal that
he saved his grandmother.—Pittsburs
! Chronicle-Telegraph.
A KINGLY STRIKE
And now the king of Greece Is go
ing to abdicate the throne. A raise in
wages all along the line seems to bo
necessary—Detroit News.
MISUNDERSTANDING SAVED
Collector Loeb might make a flat
rate of $5000 as the entrance fee. —Wall
Street Journal.
A HEARTY LAUGH
Being »h« day's b«it Jokft from th» n*wi
A member of an eminent St. Louis
law firm went to Chicago to consult a
client. When he arrived ha found that
he had unaccountably forgotten tho
client's name. Ho telegraphed his part
ner: "What's our client'l name?" Tho
answer read, "Brown, Walter K. Your*
is Allen. William ii."— San Francisco
Argonaut,