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EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE
6
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 1910.
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A Cheap
THE recent elections were iougnt, won ana lost witn less money um a.u.y ouu
ilar elections in the history of this American republic This is the dope from
John Temple Graves, and John Temple has been writing and talking politics
since he was a boy, and he ought to know, sah. John Temple takes the reports of
expenses of the two parties and analyzes them in the analytical manner which only
John can assume, and he finds that it was a mighty cheap election and that it was
wen worth the price to the Democrats, who, by the way, got more satisfaction
out ef it and spent less money than the Republicans. This might be used as an
argament that the country is returning to the good old times of long ago when
it was not money but personality and ability that counted most in getting the
votes. Hardly that, however, for money is worth as much in elections these days
as ewr; it was merely an incident; that was all.
According to Mr. Graves, the heaviest individual contributor to the Republican
fund was congressman William B. McKinley, of Illinois, who laid five thousand dol
lars upon the altar of his party.
The old loyal Union League, of Philadelphia, reduced its lavish record of $50,000
to a modest sum of $5750.
The Republican .state committee of Louisiana laid only $2000 on the altar. Les
lie K. Shaw, exsecretary of the treasury and now treasurer of the Manufacturers'
club of Philadelphia, gave $1630. John Pitcairn gave $1000. The national Repub
lican committee dropped its stately record to a modest $887; ana the remainder of
the Republican, largess was in sums far below that amount.
William C. Beer, of New York City, leads the indiviaual Democratic list with
$5000. Colonel A. 3. Martin ana MajVSouth Trimble ana Capt J. C. Mayer, all
aallant Kentuckians, gave $500 each. The Democratic state committee of stalwart
old Georgia, strainea itself over $440, while Champ Clark, of Missouri; A. S. Burle
son, of Texas, ana Ollie James, of Kentucky, laia their oratorical talents ana their
raHrsad expenses freely upon the altar of their triumphant party.
Postmaster general Hitchcock, alone of the Taft cabinet, gave $500. The rest
all actea the tight waa roles. Charles D. Norton secretary to the presiaent, gave
$100, but his personal friena, R. C. Kerens", ambassaaor to Austria-Hungary,
gave $500. '
Senator Root stanas alone among Unitea States senators with a contribution of
$500. In Democratic expenditures the largest sum was spent in the aistrict of
Champ Clark, whose majority thereby leapea from 1300 to 4000.
Eight hunarea aollars were spent tj the Democrats in Kansas, ana not a Dem
ecrat came to congress in response.
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X oia Gen Diaz hits a few more like that blow at Cerro Prieto, there will be
no insurrectionary army by Christmas.
Bulgin has gone, but he aian't completely arive the aevil out Ola Nick still
claims partial resiaence here, although some say he lives mostly over in San
Antonio.
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A whole company of five Texas rangers has been sent aown to Marfa to repel
that "iavaaing army" of Mexicans about Ojinaga, ana it is a rather safe bet that
they will perform the task they were sent to perform, too.
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It is nicer to say "I couia have haa it ana aian't want it" than "I wantea it
jmfl coaMnt tret it" Therefore, Dr. Worsham can talk about. the job of state health
offker,with better grace than some other
offered to him.
Curbing
TAC0MA, Washington, Is taking a rap at thedrink evil by passing an anti
treat ordinance, making it a penalty for one man to buy a drink for another.
Canada triea for the same effect bj oraering the erection of stalls in
iront of the bar, compelling each man to go into a separate stall for his arink, the
arrangement being so that a man in one stall aia not know who was in the other,
hence there could be no treating.
The 'Canadian law so aiminishea the receipts of the saloon men that they got it
repealea in many places.
The Tacoma law if enforced would do the same thing to the receipts of the sa
loon mai, but it is a fairly safe guess that it will not be enforced.
Si&h laws as the anti-treating measure would drive out the liquor curse in a
'few'lhort months, hut such laws never have been enforced ana they never will be.
TreaWg is recognizea as the greatest evil of the arinking habit. It inauces
mere dricking ana proauces more arunks than all other features of the evil com
bined, buit has grown to such an extent in America that it will not be downed un
less by some such measure as that of Canaaa. Where two or more men are permit
tea" to staba at a bar, siae by siae, it Is going to be impossible to stop the treat
ing eviL
If it is to "be really stoppea some such plan as that of Cana3a will have to be
resorted to, but Wen thisfis done, the people of the state must make up their minas
that they will hWe to operate their state governments with but very few taxes
from the liquor aalers ana not get cola feet when the saloons begin to close and
the taxes begin to Vop, and repeal the law, as many of the Canadian communities
did. The treating itabit is well worth stopping if some effective measure can be
reached for stoppingVt- It wouia be the first ana most effective ara blow at the
saloon.
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Huaspeth appears to have a clear f ieia for congress, now that Joe Sweeney says
his political ambitions Have been satisfiea. Very few others wouia have much of a
chance if they misea it lip with the cowboy senator.
Please Miss Fort Wortjh, pass some or
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take all you aon't iieed.
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We doa't care if the HOOK worm is in
way now. ivi .raso if "l &j.iwu. u - -
catch an El'Pasoan.
The city administVat;ion couia not 3o better -than carry out the recommenaa
tions of the fire chieffor the further aaaition of paia men to the aepartment
The.'sboner El Paso gfts its aepartment on a full paia basis, the better. The
Herald has aavocatea tte fr a timber of years.
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COLUMBUS stood before the- queen, and begged that she -would aid him.
He was attired in garments mean no royal tailor made 'em. Xo clanking
sword, no jewels brave, no plumes or braid adorned him. "You need a hair
cut and a shave," her majesty had warned him. And yet he had a noble mein,
as he enchanted kept her: "I beg you, 0 niost noble queen, to soak your crown
and scepter; ransack these stately regal halls and all
the basements under; go through your husband's over
COLUMBUS alls, and hand to me the plunder. I tell you that 'neath
yonder sky, where only birds have hovered, some rich
and lovely islands lie, that wait to be discovered. And
if you'll di- up sundry plunks, all grouchy prophets scorning, 111 pack my Sara
tov, trunks, and sail tomorrow morning." "In sooth," the stately queen replied,
"thou art a -oodly fellow, and I would aid, but, by St. Bride and James of Com
postella thou art some seven hours too late; some agents (drat the varmints!)
came to' me with a goodlv freight of hats and new spring garments" Columbus
rrave a little. squeal of anguish. deep and bitter, and then he turned upon his heel,
or though he was no quitter, he knew it was no use to talk, and walked away
disgusted; the queen had met the agent
Copyright. 1&10, by George afatfueTV-
)orothy JJix
"He Married to
frfeYF I am to confess the real truth
I and-honor reason that I married,"
" said the third man, "I must ad
mit that it was for a home. 'That is
considered an especially feminine rea
son for committing -matrimony, but be
lieve me, a hundred times more men.
than women marry to get a home.
"A woman can me herself a home
with a teapot, and a few tidies, and
things, in a boarding house, or a hotel,
or any other sort of a desert rock, but
a man is a poor, piteous, helpless crea
ture who is absolutely stranded and
homeless in the midst of ten thousand
dollars worth of Oriental rugs, and
carved mahogany, and bric-a-brac, if
he hasn't got some woman around to
push things about, and leave a bit of
sewing here, and a long glove there,
and make it all cozy and inhabitable
looking.
"Of course the love, and the wife, and
the home ought to corae to a man all to
gether in the natural course of things,
but my life got a twist awry in the very
beginning. Before I was ever really a
man it was my misfortune to drink to
the dregs the bitter cup of a blighted
love affair.
There was a little girl with flaxen
hair and a face like a lily, who lived in
the little country neighborhood where I
was reared. "We played together as
babies. "We went to school together, I
carrying her books and hoarding every
penny to buy her a red apple, and I
literally cannot remember a time when
she did not fill the whole world for me.
But I was poor, desperately poor, in
those days, and her parents laughed at
me, and drove me away with jeers, and
they married my poor little girl to a
THE DOCTOR'S MOTHER
(By 'Johannes Jensen.)
THE old Bornholmer clock had just
struck vone. The rays of the noon
were shining through the drawn
curtains, the lamp was about to go out
and the fire was dying in the grate,
but Dr. Biering did not seem to notfce.
He was 'sitting in a big armchair lost
in thought. Only a few hours before
he had proposed to Hennette isoraen
toft and had been accepted. She was of fiancee's house, when the door opened,
very good family and rich in her own "Was it an hallucination or was it real
riht while he He was able to offer j ly his old mother standing in the door
his bride a beautiful home, but he felt way in front of the stupefied butler?
he could never tell her of his child- j No, it was really she and with an ex
hood and early life. She must never I pression of joy he ran towards her, but
know of the time when he ran about when the surprise was over he began
barefooted as a little boy In hs moth-1 to feel rather annoyed. Why did she
er's poor room, and that he had made J come here? He had given ber all she
the money to pay for his stuaies oy
hard manual labor. He was afraid she
would despise him if she heard of
those things.
xr v.i v.qqti in inMc morft than he
had ever dared drea of and bloW
Slnd worked hard-where Vas she
now? "What did it mean that whenever j
he now tried to think of Henrietta ne
saw his old mother's honest wrinkled
face? To be sure, he supported her well
and gave her all she could wish for,
and she was proud of her boy, but
whose fault was it that "he never found
time to visit her, though he knew how
happy it would malce her to see him.
He thought of Henriette who was to
be bis wife Henriette Nordentoft who
had always moved in the highest so
ciety. "Was It possible that he felt
ashamed of his old mother and her
plain old fashioned ways?
The lamp had gone out long ago; tho
fire was out; the moon had set it was
after two now. The doctor arose to go
to bed. But sleep would not come, and
when at last he fell asleep, he dreamed
ot his mother.
In the little house in the northern
part of Jutland, where Mrs. Biering
Ktrar! tho rnnitis -were emotv for the
old woman had decided to surprise her
boy with a visit. It was a long trip
on trains and ferries to reach Copen
hagen and the only train left very
early. It would be almost dark before
she got there, but how happy Holger
would be! He had never " suggested
that she should via-lt him, but that
must of courss be because he was
afraid the long -trip would be too much
for her, but now she -would show him
she was not as feeble as he thought.
She almost regretted she had not let
the dressmaker fix up the black silk
dress she was wearing, but perhaps
Holger would rather see her in the
dress as she used to wear it. She had
often thought how lonesome! he must
feel. She hoped he would be out when
she came. Then she would take off her
cloak, put on her white lace bonnet,
and when Holger came home he would
find her knitting at his fireplace as if
she had been there always. She could
almost see the joy Id his big brown
eyes when he discovered her.
She thought of all this during the
trip and everyone noticed how happy
the old woman looked, and many found
her wrinkled face beautiful.
The train was late, and. it was dark
when the old woman reached the city.
She felt a little confused at the crowd
ed station, but a kind .genfcteman called
a cab for her and gave the address to
the driver.
"It must be a mistake" she thought
when the cab stopped In front of a
magillficent house on. Oesterbro, but
the driver insisted he was right and a
moment later the old woman with half
a dozen bundles stood on the broad
stone stairs and tmidly rang the bell.
A butler in correct blackTydress opened.
"The doctor's office hours are over
long ago," lie said stiffly. "I cannot
take your card now."
"Why, f have no card. He will see
me. I am I am.'! ,
She could say no more and' thevbut
ler stared at the strange little woman.
She wore an old hat, and her dress
J bore the marks of a long trip, and in
Denatured Poem
hock, ana so was bureiy uuslcu.
Adams.
On The Real Reason
I Married
Secure a Home."
rich man, and she died within a year of
a DroKen neart, it ever & wui" ,
"For many years I hated women and
avoided them, but as time went on the
wound ceased to ache so poignantly,
and by degrees I reached a saner point
of view.
"Then, one day, I realized that 1 was
mrddle aged, and that I was very
lonely, and that I was wearied to death
of clubs, and that I wanted a home of
my own, and some woman's face smil
ing at me across a breakfast table; and,
perhaps above all, the clinging of lit
tle children's arms about my neck.
"Such a love as I had given my
child sweetheart I had not to offer to
any women, but I had a store of ten
derness and affection and gratitude that
I was willing to lay down at the feet
of any good woman who would have
me, and, thank God, I found one.
"We have been very happy, and if
our marriage lacks to me the glory and
the circling wings of that early ro
mance, my wife has never found it out.
I am thankful to her as one is to the
deliverer who has saved him from the
horrors of solitary confinement in ho
tels and restaurants, and delivered him
out of the hands of predatory chamber
maids and bellboys, and I pay my debt
in every little attention that I can think
of and by surrounding her with the lux
uries she craves.
"And my home is beautiful and love
ly, and when at night my children climb
Into my lap and put their little arms
about me, my life turns from gray to
rose, and my heart thrills with new joy
and new purpose, because I have got,
at Inst, something to work for, some-
j thing to fight for, something to make
the struggle worth while."
The Herald's
Daily Short Story
her hand she held a big cotton um
brella and a voluminous carpetbag
with her best clothes.
"Madam "' he began.
But the old woman went slowly to
wards a door that was ajar through
which fell a ray of light.
The doctor had recovered after his
bad nftrht and was to so to his 1
needed at home and here she would
only be In the way. And Henriette!
He dared not even think of the ex-
1 pression that would come into her
face when he introduced her to his
- - dldnt you send me
word,
-other, that you were comingr
"Because I wanted to surprise you,
my boy. You are not &?&ry?"
"No, mother, dear, but now you must
eat some dinner and go to bed."
For hours after the old woman had
fallen asleep, he sat thinking. Surely
his mother had come to stay with him
now. Ifhe told her that was impos
sible she would return home, but could
he let her do that? He might say that
city 'air was not good for her, and
then Henriette would never know any
thing about the plain old woman, who
had worked for him until her back
was bent and her fingers gnarled with
rheumatism.
No he could not do such a thing.
Henriette must know everything. No
matter how she took It, hve was strong
enough to do it now. His mother must
stay with him now. It was the only
manly way.
"Poor old mother"
He opened the door of her room,
went over to her bed and kissed her
tenderly on the forehead. She awojee
with a start.
"Oh, my boy! My own dear boy, so
you are really glad to see me."
He kissed her again and remained
at her bedside until she fell asleep.
"You did not come last night," said
Henriette when he called on her the
next forenoon.
"No, Henriette," he said, "and I have
come to tell you the reason why. Last
night my mother arrived. I have never
spoken to you of her before. How
foolish I have been. She Is a poor old
woman whp almost worked herself to
death that I might get ahead. When
I did, I gave her a home and thought
I had -done my duty by her. I fed her
body, but starved her soul and heart
by never visiting her. Yesterday she
came to me. At first I felt annoyed
and ashamed", ashamed of the woman
who gave me life. I .thought of you
and the education you had had, and 1
was afraid you two would not be able
to live under one roof. And now 1
have come to ask you to forget me
Henriette. My home and my "heart be
long to my mother as long as she is
alive."
If he had had a faint hope, Hen
riette would hold him back, he was
disappointed. She just laid her hnd in
his as If she wanted to say goodbye.
It was late in the afternoon when
he returned, from his sick calls and
though he was downhearted and tired
he tried to put on a pleasant smile,
that his mother might not notice any
thing. He knew he would find her in his
study, so he opened the door expecting
to hear her old von1: 'Oh. there you
are my boy," as he entered. But ho
was not prepared for the sight that
met his eyes. His mother was sitting
In an armchair at the fireplace and at
her feet was Henriette. Her head waa
resting In the lap of the old woirfan,
who was stroking her hair tenderly.
w nen ne entered both jumped up. j
i nun jiu (juieieu uoin jumpeu up. j
"Oh, Holger, I lost my mother whon
How Constitutions Differ Widely;
England's Not Like That Of U. S. Freaeric
J. Haskin
British Document May Be Easily Changed; That of America
Almost Inflexible. ZZZZZH.
riTlHE elections now drawing to a
u ciose in ureat .Britain were pre
cipitated by a constitutional con
troversy. In all probability the reader
by, this time has been informed by the
cable dispatches of the final result,
something not known as this is written.
But whether it Is a Liberal victory or
a Conservative triumph, the constitu-
1 tion of Great Britain has been changed.
The mandate of the electors will be
obeyed by the new house of commons
which will meet in January.
The fact that there would be a gen
eral election to decide the fate of the
historic and ancient upper' chamber of
the British parliament was not known
until November 14. "Within flvev weeks
after that date the last member of the
new parliament will have been elected.
"Within six weeks from the time of the
last election the new parliament will
be in session ready to carry out the ex
pressed will of the electors.
Different in America.
' A hundred years ago, fifty years ago,
ten years ago, five years ago, one year
ago anybody in America might have
known that there would be a congres
sional election in the United States in
the autumn of 1910. Any time in the
past' 40 years everybody knew that
election would take place on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In No
vember. True to the course of the calendar,
the constitutional machinery and the
statutory enactments of the United
Sates government brought about that
election in due ime. No constitutional
issue was involved, the election was not
called to decide any particular question,
it was held because the time had come
to hold an election. It is true that there
were several more or less sharply de
fined national issues, and the repult
was that the people generally recalled
from the Republican party Its mandate
of power, and entrusted the Democratic
party with a majority In the house of
representatives. A session of congress
began in "Washington last week. But
the representatives elected last No
vember are not there. Those members
now sitting in Washington were elpct
ed on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday In November, 1908. Next De
cember, a full twelve months hence, the
representatives in .congress elected by
the people last Novmber will assemble
in Washington f,or the first time.
To Flzkt "Upper House.
Ih the campaign in England the Lib
eral leade'rs declared emphatically that
if they were returned to power they
would In the session beginning in Jan
uary Insist that the house of lords obey
at once and forthwith the command of
thp npnnlp tn f hrnntp fnrsvpr its rights
and powers a3 a coordinate branch of legislature &nd has therefore been ena
the legislature. j bled to block legislation on subjects
"When the American house of repre- i hlch had not been made the specific
sentatives elected last November meets j Issue In a general election. But not
next December it must reckon with a even the house of lords in modern times
senate of contrary political complexion, f ever has refused to reflect the will of
coordinate in every legislative power
except the initiation of financial meas- i
ures, and that senate will" not for one
Instant feel that it is obligated in xhe ,
slightest to obey the political man
date of the last congressional election.
These things are set down by way
of showing the striking differences be-
tween the constitution of Great Britain
and the constitution of the United t
Sates of America. The one Is unwritten
and flexible The other is written and
inflexible. The one not only permits, her from the first. Polygamous by na
but encourages, the immediate obedi- J ture, he had carried on an affair of
!ence of the governing power to the lat- long standing after his marriage,
est expression of the will of the voters. Now the young woman Is divorced.
The other interposes an elaborate sys- and she proclaims herself a pessimist
tem of checks and balances between for life. She believes in no one; hu
the presun-ably hasty and hotheaded j man nature .is all base; there are no
voter and the deliberate and dellberat-.
ing legislator.
Constitutions Different.
The British constitution is an unwrit
ten and intangible collection of work
ing agreements and compromises crys
tallized into a political conscience. The
American constitution is a written and
tangible compilation of a series of.
guarantees designed to protect, eachl
from the other, the federal and the 1
state governments, and furtharmore t" j
temper democracy with discretion ana j
to hamper the aristocracy with restric
tions.
The British constitution can be, and
often is, amended in material fashion by
an election, by an agreement between
the two houses of parliament, or, even,
by an agreement between the leaders
of the two parties in the house of
commons. Tne American constitution
can be amended only by means ipf two
very slow and complicated processes
and has, in fact, been amended but four
times. The first was when ten amend
ments were attached to Include the
bill of rights, the second was to change
I was a child. It is so nice to have a
mother once more. You said your heart
was hers. Will you two share witb
mer
14
Years Ago To-
From The Herald Of
This Date 1&3.
day
Adam Dieter, of Tularosa, is in town
on business.
Sam Goodman is able to be out after
his rheumatic attack.
Mrs. C. H. Armijo and Mrs. Sterns, of
Denver, are visiting in the city.
George J. Tansy, brother of the late
B. M. Tansy, has arrived to settle his
brother's estate.
The McGinty band will be photo
graphed next month in their concert
shell in new uniforms.
Mrs. Noyes Rand is seriously sick at
her residence with" a combination of
asthma and bronchitis" -
El Paso lodge No. 82 and Bliss lodge
221, Knights of Pythias, entertained
friends Saturday night.
Judge S. O. Lesser and his amiable
wife will celebrate their golden wed
ding qn Friday evening.
Mrs. J. E. Barney left this afternoon
for Los Angeles camp, Calaveras coun
ty, to be absent a few weeks.
Train dispatcher Walker left this af
ternoon for San Antonio, where he will
be stationed in the G. H. office.
The Choral union will meet at Chopin
hall on Tuesday evening next, to re
hearse the "Hutlng Chorus," and to
attend to other business.
The counts' commissioners met this
morning and decided that no more med
icine should be furnished outside of the
poor farm, jail, or county patients in
Hotel Dieu.
The J. H. Nations Meat and Supply
company has just been Incorporated
at Austin; capital stock, $10,000; incor
porators. J. H. Nations, Wr. "W. Turney,
M. W. Stanton and Ida M. Nations.
There is evidently a gang ot Mexican
thieves around, detective George Herold
arresting a man In Juarez, with the as
sistance of local officers, who had a
miscellaneous collection of saddles,
i i.-. ...
knives and guns,
e character of the federal court ju-
risdiction, the third was when a change
in the mode of electing the president
was made necessary by the Jefferson
Burr incident, and the fourth was when
the results of the Civil war were in
corporated in the fundamental law.
In practice, as far as politics Is con
cerned, the difference is that in Eng
land there is responsible party govern
ment and that in the United States thera
Is rigid constitutional government,
sometimes controled by party " and
sometimes not, but never directly re
sponsible. The Reform Agitation.
The agitation for complete reform of
the house of lords began In England
four years ago, and became acute 13
months ago. Already the people have
had tne opportunity to decide the Ques
tion fbr themselves. , Serious agitation
for the reform of the United States
senate on the proposition of electing
senators directly by the people, was
begun a little more than 20 years ago.
The constitution provides that when
"three-fourths of the states shall peti
tion congress, congress shall call a
convention to submit proposed amend
ments to the states for ratification.
During these 20 years three-fourths of
the states by their legislatures have en
dorsed the proposition of the 'direct
election of United States senators, but
as these resolutions were not uniform
In wording, there is no prospect that j
anything will come of it. Americans j
may think tnat some of the methods
employed to reform the house of lords
are absurd, but they would do well to
remember that the task is Infinitely
more simple and direct than a similar
undertaking to reform the senate would
be in the United States
As a matter of fact, the British con
stitution permits the voters to have a
very much greater direct influence in
public affairs than does the American
constitution. The suffrage Is limited in
England 'to a greater extent than it is
in America, there are special privileges
legally enjoyed by wealthy and noble
persons which would be repugnant to
American institutions, and there Is a
caste system wholly foreign to the es
sential democracy of the great republic
But notwithstanding these limitations,
the British elector has the right not
only to cast his vote on one side or the
other of a great political controversy,
but he also has the right to demand
that his will be carried into execution
immediately.
Up until this time this right has been
qualified and limited by the fact that
one party has had an overwhelming
majority in the upper chamber of the
Ella mz Wilcox
A
YOUNG woman married the man
of her heart, and after a few
brief months discovered he.
had been playing- a double game with
gooa men or vomen, no true-hearted.
clean-minded husbands, and any one
who believes , in anybody she calls a
fool.
Of course this state of mind is a
disease resulting from the mental shock
she received. And, like many sick
people, she thinks her delusions ara
the real occurrences.
But she refuses to be helped by any
more wholesome line of thought. She
will not listen, or read, or think; she
-win only harp upon the baseness of
humanity
Greater miseries await her unless
she changes her mental methods.
She is making her own- character
into the likeness of that which she
believes is universal. j
It is a phase of conceit to ImaErlne 1
that because we have been deceived,!
all men are deceivers.
We should ask ourselves, "Have WE
been deceitful?"
If we can answer truthfully in the
negative, then -why should we imagine
there is no other soul but ourselves on
earth'to be trusted? '
The Idea is insufferably egotistical.
Instead of looking for other people
who will deceive you as you have been
deceived, begin to look for others as
honest and trustworthy as yourself.
Seek, .and ye shall find.
Just as soon as we develop a readi-
fieatrice Fairfax
"I
HATE you." the girl exclaimed, i
passionately, "hate you, hate
vou!"
The man laughed. "Oh, no. you
don't," he said, quietly. "You are, an
gry now. but later you will be very
glad that I disagreed with you in a
matter which would have brought re
gret to both of us."
"Then why have you led me on to
think that you cared, made me hu
mllltia myself by showing that I cared,
let me fling myself at you?'
The man considered a moment. J"I
have not quite done all that," he said,
finally. "Though perhaps I have been
foolish in thinking I could enjoy a
friendship with a girl without more
importance being attached to it than
there was reason for."'
"I have been living in a fool's para
dise," said the girl bitterly. "You have
confided in me, sought me on all occa
sions, given me every reason to think
you cared, and now, in an unguarded
moment. I have betrayed my feelings
only to find that wat I looked upon
as love was merely friendship."
"I like you better than any other
girl I know," said the man gently,
"but I do not love you well enough to
ruin both our lives by marrying you."
That conversation took place five
years ago and today the girl. a. dear
friend of mine, is a happily married
woman.
She told me the story when I asked
her what had become of the man.
"He was wiser than I," she said. 1
was a silly little goose and I know
now that I very much overestimated
his attentions. He liked me, found me
congenial and really wanted me for a
friend.
"He wanted a friend. I wanted a
Abe Martin
K.X"
Speaking o' th tendency t' cheapen
things, th' "Dolly Varaen" usea t' be a
fairly gooa campaign se-gar. Bout th'
only feller that's makin' both ends meet
these aays is a contortionist.
the electorate as exppressed on a defi
nite question. The same cannot be 3ald
for the United States senate. Demo-
Cratic senates have refused to consider
the mandate of the people when they
elected a Republican house of represen-
taH-r a-nfl Renubllcan senates Jiae
likewise ignored the result of an elec
tion giving the Democrats a majority
0f the lower house.
Americans Shoald "Wsrtck Closely.
Americans will do well to watcb
closely the course of events in the com
ing session of parliament in which the
relations between the commons and th
lords will be readjusted. There is ev
ery reason to believe that American
politics is again approaching- a crisis
involving the conflicting rights and
powers of the federal and the state
governments, a crisis such as threat
ened disunion In 1798, in 1812 and In
1832, and which precipitated a sectional
war in 1861. This controversy some
day must be settled, and the Amican-
may study with advnntag the methods
pursued iif Great Britain when jrreat
constitutional problems press for solu
tion. "Whether the British or the American
constitution is the better is a question
open to discussion with much, to be said
on both sides. But It cannot be ques
tioned that British politics" Is more in
teresting, more exciting, and more de
terminative than the American brand.
British Radicals and Tories are di
vided tfn""live questions, and interest in
English politics is kept white hot by
(Conttnui-d on Next Page.
Says Use Discretion, Not Dis-t
trust, for Life's Problems-
ness for a certain type of associates,
that type will find. us.
"We bring into our environment just
what We are fitted to receive. Every
unhappy and disappointing experieace
comes because we have in some way
drawn it to us. '
Discretion is not distrust.
"We must sometimes be deceived be
fore we learn discretion. '
We must suffer from falsehood and
dishonesty before we fully realize the
large value of honesty and truth.
When we -do fully understand the
value of such eternal principles, then
we will find these individuals who pos
sess them coming into our lives.
The woman who understands the
worth of good domestics, and. appreci
ates their service, and knows that they
are entitled" to her sympathy and re
spect, will attract that kind of ser
vants. Ir Yourself Is Salvatioa.
Whenever a woman complains that
she is always unlucky in her help be
sure that woman has not become men
tally prepared to appreciate good ser
vice. So long as she says there are no good
servants in the w.orld.'and that the
wliole system is worthless, she will
continue to -suffer from the inefficiency
of her help.
Not until we learn that in ourselves
lies the cause of all things which hap
pen to us, can we bring into our lives
the best things.
Change your , mind and conditions
will alter.
Just in the degree you change so
will your environment and your ex
perience express the change. Copy
right, 1910. by the New York Evening
J Journal Publishing company.
On the Difference Between
Love ana Frienaship.
sweetheart, and through my silly ba
havlor, I lost my friend."
It is too bad that a man and a girl
cannot enjoy a friendship without one
or the other overstepping the bounds.
It cuts off the man unable to marry
from all feminine society. If he seeks
a girl's society, he Is blamed for pay
Ing her misleading attentions.
If he seeks a married woman, he is
accused of flirting.
A friendship with a girl is a splendid
thing for any young man. It develops
his gentleness, manliness and chivalry.
A young man cannot be expected to
go through life with but one friend
ship that of the girl he eventually
marries.
So far as the girl is concerned, a sin
cere friendship, free of all-sentimentality,
is the best thing in the world for
her,- especially If she has no Urothers.
He can save her from making many
little mistakes through advice given
and taken in a frientfly spirit.
It largely rests In the girl's hands
to keep the situation on the friendship
basis.
If she sees the man is growing to
care for her, and she feels only friend
ship, she should end matters at once.
It Is the kindest thing to dp. If she
finds herself inclined to take matters
too seriously, she should pull herself
up sharply.
Her common sense and feminine in
tuition should tell her the true valua
of the man's attentions.
The fact that a man finds a girl a
charming and delightful companion
does not necessarily Imply that he is
j In love with her. Remember that, girls,
rand don't overestimate a mans atten-
I tions.

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