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NE W TARIFF
LAW PASSED
\
Epitomized Account of the Underwood-Simmons Measure
as Agreed to By Conferees
SENATE ENLARGES
HOUSE FREE LIST
/ WASHINGTON.—The twenty years’
tariff war reached its final stage in Con
gress, when Chairman Underwood of
the Ways and Means Committee laid
before the House the report of the con
ferees and announced that the differ
ences between the Senate and House
bills had been compromised.
It is the second low tariff measure
that has been passed in more than 65
years.
The average ad valorem rate of the
present bill is very much lower than
that of the Wilson-Gorman act. The
average rate of the latter was 39.45 per
cent., while the estimated rate of the
present bill ranges from 27 to 29 per
cent. The average for the present
Paync-Aldrich law is 40.12 per cent.
Senator Simmons said, after a report
from the Treasury experts, that for the
first full fiscal year the measure would
yield a surplus of $18,000,000.
Among the 675 amendments made in
the Senate, many related merely to ver
biage. The House yielded on 427 and
the Senate abandoned 151. Compro
mises were effected on 97.
The general trend of the Senate
amendments was in the direction of re
duced duties. Kxpressed in percentage
the Senate hill when reported reduced
duties 27.64 below the existing law and
4.22 per cent, below the House bill as it
had come to the Senate.
The result of the conference report
has been a slight increase of the ad
valorem rate of duty carried by the .bill,
but the net result is below the average
ad valorem rate'of the House'bill. Thus
for the first time in the history of tariff
legislation the Senate has gone on rec
ord in favor of lower duties in a tariff
bill than those adopted by the House.
The most important features of the
new bill are those which led to the
greatest struggle in both the Senate and
House Democratic caucuses. They re
lated to the free listing of wool and
of sugar. Except for the strong in
sistence of President Wilson it is likely
that the Senate ’would have restored a
revenue duty on both wool and sugar.
Raw wool will go on the free list De
cember 1 and sugar will be free after
May 1, 1916.
The existing duties on sugar under
the Payne-Aldrich law will continue un
til March 1, 1914, then the lower rates
carried by the new law will become ef
fective and continue until May 1, 1916,
after which date sugar will go on the
free list automatically. All other rates
in the bill will go into effect as soon as j
it is signed.
In restoring to the free list alizarin,
lead or creosote oil, anthracine and an
thracine oil, the Senate followed the
existing law, which gives to the manu
facturers of certain textiles the benefits
House had made them dutiable for
revenue purposes. The Senate made
them free on the theory that the textile
products had been made to pay less duty
and that the manufacturers should have
the raw material free.
The cyanides were transferred to the
free list because they are used largely ;
in mining and are raw material for j
other American industries. Both the
Senate and House agreed that tanning
materials, such as extracts, should go
upon the free list because the products
of the tanneries, sole leather and other
leathers of the coarser kind that enter
into the manufacture of boots and ’
shoes, harness and saddles were all free j
listed.
The Democrats put cements and other !
building material, including lumber and
shingles upon the free list. Pig iron and
ferromanganese, billets and ingots for
railway wheels, together with antimony
ore, were put on the free list.
Automobiles will pay about 30 per
cent., which was a reduction of one
third from the House rate. Cattle,
sheep and all domestic animals suitable
for food, and wheat, flour and eggs were
put on the free list. This was to con- |
form with the tariff policy of reducing
the cost of living.
The five per cent, rebate in tariff
made in the House bill on goods
brought in American ships was retained j
in the conference, with the added pro
visions that it would not “be so con
strued as to abrogate or in any man- !
ner impair or affect the provisions of
any treaty” the United States now has. |
The administrative features as em- :
bodied in the House bill emerged from
conference hut little changed.
The conference adopted a substitute i
for the Senaate amendment to check j
fraudulent invoices. This provides that
the- arrival within the territorial limits |
of the United States of any merchan- j
disc consigned for sale and remaining
tht property of the shipper, and the ac- i
ceptance of a fraudulent invoice by the I
consignee ,or agent of the consignor shall !
be deemed an attempt to enter such j
merchandise whether or not actual en- !
try is made or offered.
"The Senate amendment requiring!
statements of cost on merchandise con
tracted for, as well as on that actually
purchased, was stricken out.
The conference agreed to the Senate
WILL FILL MARKET BASKET
WITH FREE LIST EDIBLES
As compromised from the Senate |
and House provisions, 'the final du
ties adopted are as follows:
Confer- j
House. Senate. ence. j
CatUe U> '■ Pro# Preo
Horses and mules \ al
lied at less than $201)
eaeli sls 10 p.c.. 10 p.c.
Sheep 10 p.c. Free Free
Klee flour and meal... lb. {*so. lb. ' 4 ‘'- lb.
Wheat 10c. bn. Free Free
Butter 3c. Ib. 2<-ie. lb. lb.
Cheese 20 p.c. lb. 20 p.c.
jiggs 3c. dor.. Free Free
Frozen eggs 2J4c. lb. 2c. Ib. 2c. lb.
Peas, green or dried... 16c. bu. 10c. bu. tOc. bu.
Bananas Free 1-lOc. lb. Free
Chocolate and eocoa,
sweetened 25 p.c. 2c. lb. 2e. lb.
INCOME TAX INFORMATION.
Levy Will Be Assessed for Calendar j
Year Thereafter.
Washington. Representative Cor- j
dell Hull, of Tennessee, who framed
the income tax bill, issued an explana- j
tory statement.
It is, in part, as follows:
“The Treasury regulations soon to I
be prepared will make clear to every \
taxpayer the requirements of the law j
and its application to income derived !
from the various kinds of business. |
“The income tax is divided into j
amendment authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury and the Secretary of
Commerce to require importers to fur
nish more detailed information on ship
ments for statistical purposes.
Undervaluation Penalty.
The Senate receded from the amend
ment allowing a margin of 5 per cent,
undervaluation without penalty and lim
iting forfeiture of the particular goods
undervalued. The hill imposes an addi
tional duty of 1 per cent, on under
valued goods.
Offsettting this, the conference
adopted the Senate amendment author
izing the Secretary of the Treasury to
assess the duty on less than the en
tered value when satisfied that the im
porter has in good faith at the time
of the entry certified the entered value
above the market value.
The conference restored the House
provision authorizing the Board of Gen
eral Appraisers to exercise both judi
cial and inquisitorial functions in cus
toms examinations, and struck out of
the Senate amendment the provision ex
cluding hearsay evidence. Senate amend
ments were agreed tp prohibiting con
tingent fees in customs cases and strik
ing out the provision of the House bill,
limiting protests to a single article and
issue.
The House provision, to authorize
collectors of customs summarily to fine
importers for failure to produce books
and records was stricken out.
The House provision placing the bur
den of proof on the defendant in suits
for the recovery of the value of mer
chandise fraudulently imported was re
stored after having been stricken out
by the Senate.
House provision requiring shippers
and importers to produce their books
to authorized agents of the government
adopted with an amendment authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to impose
additional duties in case of refusal, in
stead of the House provision authoriz
ing him to exclude the merchandise
from entry.
The Senate amendment authorizing
the President to impose countervailing
duties was stricken out.
Reciprocity Feature.
The President is authorized to nego
tiate trade treaties with foreign coun
tries subject to approval by Congress.
By a conference substitute Section
I eight of the treaty with Cuba, dealing
with the preferential on sugar, is spe
cifically abrogated. With this excep
j tion, the reciprocal trade treaty with
Cuba stands.
Free importation of articles from the
Philippines was limited by the confer
ence to such as contain liot more than
20 per cent, of foreign material, the
Senate amendment limiting free entry to
such Philippine goods .as are shipped an- j
der a through bill of lading being re-
j ected.
The Senate, through its conferees, re
ceded from its amendment prohibiting
the importation of goods manufactured
principally by children under fourteen
years of age.
Other conference changes were' as
j follows:
Importations of models of women s
wearing apparel for use of manufac
turers in their own establishments is
permitted.
Foreign material for the construction
of repair of naval vessels of the United
i States mav be imported free.
Cigars may be manufactured in a
bonded warehouse and. withdrawn for
I consumption in the United States upon
payment of the duty on the tobacco used
in its imported condition and the inter
nal revenue cigar tax.
Farmers and fruit growers may man
ufacture alcohol free of tax for dena
turizing.
The Steel Trust was the combma
tion hardest hit by the conferees,
j Iron ore was placed on the free list,
in the hope of inviting Cuban and
South American . competition. The
Steel Trust and its subsidiaries now
I hold virtually all the marketable ore
in the country. The removal of duty
is expected to make it possible for
independents to enter the steel busi
i ness with some hope of overcoming
■ the trust's handicap.
Blow at the Beef Trust.
The Beef Trust fared in the. same
I manner. As a result of the placing
Sof cattle on the free list. South
American nations are expected to de
velop a cattle raising business for the
| purpose of. helping to feed North
Americans. The entry of South
! American beef is expected to cut the
j price of meats, notwithstanding the
j prophecies of tiie beef barons that
the price will continue to soar.
The Woolen Trust was sheared
I of the protection which has enabled
it to keep foreign-made goods out of
i the country, while the sheep raisers
j of the West will have to meet the
I wool from Australia and other coun
! tries that will enter on a free-trade
i basis.
The system of maintaining high
prices on eggs through the opera
tion of a nation-wide cold storage
Clothing, etc., <£ eot
-1 ton. 'in combination
1 with flax, etc 30 p.c. 35 p.c. 30 p.c.
I Shirt collars, cuffs, cot
| ton ~v 35 p.c. 30 p.c. 30 p.c.
! Cotton stockings, hose
i and half-hose 40 p.c. 30 p.c. 30 p.c.
Do.. valued 70c. to
j $1.50 50 p.c. 30 p.c. 40 p.c.
Wool stockings 35 p.c. 20 p.c. 20 p.c.
Wool flannels (over
| 50c. Ib.l 55 p.c. 25 p.c. 50 p.c.
I Books for children’s
j use 42 p.c. 4c. lb. 4c. lb.
j Booklets 13 p.c. Tc. Ib. To. lb.
; Text books for schools 1G p.c. Free Free
Paintings and statuary
' less than 50 years old Free 25 p.c. Free
Wool or cottton blan
kets. valued less than
40c. lb -23 p.c. Free 23 p.c.
Automobiles, value sl.~
000 to $2,000... 45 p.O. 30 p.c. 30 p.c.
Automobiles less than
SI,OOO 45 p.c. 15 p.c 30 p.c.
j two phases, the ‘normal' tax of 1 per j
j cent, on the whole income above \
I $3,000 and the additional tax that I
; begins with an extra 1 per cent, i
j above $20,000, and is graduated to 6 i
| per cent, above $500,000. Wherever !
the income tax is paid at the source j
iby a corporation for its employees!
I or in similar cases, only the 1 per!
j cent, normal tax is so paid.
“The individual has to pay any ad
j ditional tax himself. The provisions
! of the law requiring the tax to be
| withheld at the source do not take:
} effect until November 1, 1913.
system will be compelled to change
its plan or meet the importation of
eggs free of duty.
The most vital changes made by
the conferees are given in the fol
lowing recapitulation:
| House rates on photographic, sur
veying, opera glasses and similar in
struments were reduced. Cement,
asphalt and limestone were placed
on the free list.
Pig iron, scrap iron and ferro
manganese, used in making high
priced steel, were free listed. Steel
products rates were generally re
duced. House rates on zinc were in
creased.
Postponement of the placing of
sugar on the free list was agreed
upon.
All duty was removed from cattle,
1 sheep and other food animals, wheat
and its products and eggs. House
duties on oats, butter, beets, peas,
currants, chocolate and cocoa were
. cut.
To Reduce Cost of Living.
. As compared with the original
. j House bill these specific reductions
I were made by the conferees on
j food and food-stuffs:
j All meat animals free; wheat,
: taxed 10 cents a bushel in the House,
' i free; sugar and molasses, free within
. . a short time; oats, from 10 to 6 Cents
’ a bushel; butter, from 3to 2H cents
a pound; beets, from 10 to 5 per
cent; eggs, free instead of 2 cents a
, 1 dozen; storage eggs, from 2/ to 2
cents a pound: peas, from 15 to 10
, 1 cents a bushel: seeds, from 10 to 5
cents a pound; bananas, free; choc
colate and cocoa from 25 per cent.
. ad valorem, to 2 cents a pound.
To Save $1,000,000,000 a Year.
In preparing estimates on the bill,
. Mr. Underwood figured that it will
save consumers approximately sl,r
- 000,000,000 annually. The free list
alone should save approximately
$500,000,000 annually, he estimated.
' ADMINISTRATIVE FEATURES.
. j General Provisions Governing the
Levying of the New Rates.
‘ 1 WASHINGTON—The administra
tive features of the bill are very
; comprehensive. In their preparation
; , the Ways and Means Committee and
1 the Finance Committee studied the
reports of two Government commis
sions, and another report from the
1 General Board of Customs Apprais
ers.
Under the new legal regulations
all merchandise imported into the
United States is held to be the prop
’ erty of the person to whom it is con
-1 signed or who holds the bill of lad
ing.
Invoices shall be made out in the
currency of the country where the
: merchandise is made or purchased,
i or agreed to be purchased, and shall
: ■ contain a description of the merchan
dise. It is required that a statement
; shall be made in the invoice of the
purchase price agreed upon, and that
transactions that are actual pur
chases and sales shall be entered as
such. Invoices shall have entered
■ thereon a statement signed by the
j purchaser or owner setting forth that
the invoice is correct. If it is a bill
of sale the price agreed upon shall
!be stated. When obtained in any
' j other manner than by purchase the
■ , wholesale price in the markets of the
j country of export shall be stated.
: : This paragraph follows, in large
j measure, provision of Section 3 of
I the Payne law, except for the inser
i tion of the words, “or when pur
j chases are made in several places in
I the Consular dUtrict, where ine mer
chandise is assembled for shipment,”
| and makes changes with reference to
; ! agreements to purchase.
The conferees rewrote a provision
in this section. It provides that
when merchandise arrives in the
! United States and remains the prop
-1 I erty of the shipper, or consignor, the
acceptance of a fraudulent or false
1 i invoice thereof by the consignee or
' I his agent or the existence of any
1 j other facts constituting an attempted
i fraud shall be deemed an attempt
| to enter such merchandise, notwith
i standing no actual entry has been
: made or offered.
i :
REDUCTIONS ON ESSENTIALS.
——-
j I Sundries.
Wearing apparel for which cattle,
■ j dog or goat skins are used, from 50
!to 15 per cent. ■
Bags, sachels. pocketbooks, etc.,
- from 47.23 to 30 per cent.
India rubber and manufactures
, thereof, known as druggists’ sundries,
i from 40 per cent, to 15 per cent.
Cotton Manufactures.
■ j Spool thread cotton, from 36 cents
: a dozen spools, to 15 per cent, ad
• i valorem.
•j Handkerchiefs or mufflers, not
- j hemmed, from 45 per cent, to 25 per
;!cent; hemmed, from 55 per cent, to
30 per cent.
Silks and Silk Goods.
■ Silk partly manufactured and not
-' further advanced than carded or
i ! combed, from 35 cents a pound to
.120 cents a pound.
Wool Manufacturers,
i Blankets and flannels from 72.69 per
i : cent, to 25 per cent.
■ ! Carpets of every description from
r j 58.10 per cent, to 50 per cent.
Clothing.
Gloves, from 44 per cent, ad va
-1 i lorem to $2 a dozen.
1 Woolen goods, from 11 cents a
t pound to free list.
> | Hats and bonnets of fur;' from 51
: I per cent, to 45 per cent.
- j Bags, satchels and pocketbooka,
■ j from 47.33 per cent, to 30 per cent.
Children’s gloves, from 44.15 per
i ! cent, to $2 per dozen.
-1 Pearl buttons, from 43 per cent, to
• 25 per cent.
FOOD SCHEDULE CHANGES.
Oatmeal and rolled oats, from 1
cent a pound to 30 cents a hundred
pounds.
Butter and substitutes, from 6 per
cent, to 2 1 < cents a pound.
Cheese and substitutes, from '31.79
I per cent, to 20 per cent.
Onions, from 40 cents to 20 cents
! a bushel of 57 pounds.
Peas, from 25 cents to 10 cents a
bushel.
Chocolate and ¥ocoa, prepared or
manufactured, from 21.50 per cent.
| to 2 cents a pound.
' Cattle from $2 a head to free list.
“For the first year the citizen will
make return to the local internal
revenue collector before March 1,
i 1914, as to his earnings fpom March
1, 1913, to the end of this year. The
I collector will notify him June 1 how
much he owes, and the tax must be
paid by June 30. After next year the
tax will apply on the calendar year.
“The form that is to be filled out
by the taxpayer will be drawn up
soon by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. The taxpayer will have to
give his gross revenue and then spec
j ify and claim the deductions,”
THE FROSTBURG SPIRIT, FROSTBURG, MD
BUCK TOJHE Pill
Progressives, Misled, Return to
Republicanism.
Stronger and More Cohesive Organi
zation for Good Government Is a
Certainty of the Immediate
Future in Politics.
Evidence accumulates that the
Roosevelt Progressive movement wa3
not the birth of a party but merely the
expression of a protest cunningly per
verted to serve the purposes of per
sonal ambition and personal revenge.
There was the failure of the “New
Party” in Mr. Roosevelt's own New
York to qualify as a party for a place
on the official ballot. Then came the
election in the Third Maine district,
resulting in Republican victory
through the return of a round half of
the voters for Roosevelt in November
to their former allegiance.
That the “Moose herd” is disappear
ing from the political landscape in
the west as well as in the east is
clearly shown by the judicial primary
vote in the Fifth Illinois Supreme
court district, consisting of Peoria,
Grundy, Stark, La Salle, Bureau, Hen
ry, Putnam, Marshall, Woodford and
Knox counties.
Last November Roosevelt heat Taft
In all these ten counties. He also ran
ahead of Wilson in seven of them. In
the ten com'bined he received 36,106
to 29,278 for Wilson and |26,549 for
Taft. What became of all these 36,-
106 voters? About 35,000 of them de
clined to go to the primaries as “Pro
gressives.”
It is true that there was no heated
contest. However, the Progressives
as well as the Democrats thought their
chances so good in the election to fol
low that they had competition for the
nomination. But even competing can
didates could not galvanize the Pro
gressive corpse.
Returns show that the Republicans,
with no opposition to the nomination
of Judge Puterbaugh, cast over 12 per
cent, of their vote last fall. The Dem
ocrats, with Messrs. Craig and Berg
land competing, got out nearly 16 per
cent, of their vote for Wilson. But
Messrs Shay and Root, the Progres
sive candidates, received only about
1,000 votes together, or less than three
per cent, of the number cast for
Roosevelt!
Only one conclusion is possible from
these figures. In these ten Illinois
counties the “New Party” has gone
into the museum of political curiosi
ties. Its history is simply a brief
paragraph in the infant party mortal
ity record.
Of course, there will be profuse ex
planations from ardent Bull Moosers.
But the hard fact remains that a party
isn’t a party unless its professed ad
herents put themselves on record for
it on every possible occasion.
Republican Pdllcy.
Protection sufficient for the inter
ests of American products is-the-in
dorsement given the national arm of
Republicanism, which Is opposed to
the Democratic policy of putting Amer
ican manufacturers and American la
bor wage in competition with those of
foreign countries. An adequate army
and navy for the ends of national
peace and to Insure the protection of
American interests, is the military de
mand of the Republican platform.
Equality before the law is the state
ment of the ends of Republican con
ferment upon all classes of the popula
tion. The greatest matter of inequal
ity is the discrimination made upon
the basis of sex, that has no counter
part in labor, in property holding, In
any form of social or public activity.
The discrimination that the woman's
suffrage movement is rapidly over
throwing in all parts of the union Is
the target of the Republicans.
Democrats Piling Up Burdens.
The Democratic program Is repug
nant to American nationalistic spirit.
Whether we are to benefit foreigners
by admitting a flood of foreign-made
goods so vast that the low imports
thereon will be adequate to the needs
of our treasury, or to burden Amer
icans with a direct tax on their earn
ings to prevent governmental bank
ruptcy, in either case there Is a cruel
harshlp in sight for our own people,
and that such hardship should be de
liberately Inflicted by a party making
pretensions to true Americanism is a
deplorable anomaly.
Party Must Unite.
Unless all signs fail a method of re
storing the union of both the great
anti-Democratlc parties in the United
States, and in most of the states, will
6e adopted in many places this year
and in many more in 1914. lii most of
the states that will be the first op
portunity to show at the polls how
tired the vast majority of the Repub
licans and the Progressives are of see
ing the strength of both parties wasted
by divisions which make each too
weak to overcome the common, foe.
Must Come Together.
As matters are now shaping, the
contest next year—unless a war with
Mexico should take place—will be
over the Underwood tariff revision
and the currency revision now in
course of preparation, and the Repub
lican party will be the leading chal
lenger of the Democratic party. Many
men in every district of the Union
who last year voted for the Progres
sive party will next year vote for the
Republican party. Protectionists will
see no other way of forwarding the
principle for which they stand.
‘'Original” Container.
As we understand it, when the de
partment of agriculture, promulgating
rules for handling milk, advises: “Do
not remove milk from the original con
tainer,” it does net mean exactly what
it says.
Hardly Probable.
There is not much chance that a
spinster who becomes really attached
to a parrot will ever marry. She could
not possibly find a man who would try
to look and talk, like that
Alas, that the flower of the family
may go to seed!
For the treatment of colds, sore throat,
etc., Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops give
sure relief—se at all good Druggists.
Our Idea of a true heroine is a
woman who could talk back but
doesn’t.
For SUMMER HEADACHES
Hicks’ CAPUDINE is the best remedy
no matter what causes them —whether
from the heat, sitting in draughts, fever
ish condition, etc. 10c., 25c and 50c per
bottle at medicine stores. Adv.
Not Near-Wit.
“What do you think of that joke
about the end of the world?”
“It is too far-fetched.”
THINK OF THE MILLIONS
that have been relieved in the past 75
years by Wright’s Indian Vegetable
Pills and decide whether they are not
worth a trial. They" regulate the
Dowels, stimulate the liver and purify
the blood. Adv.
Always Popular Car.
“Well, Bildad,” said Jimsonberry,
“1 suppose now that you are living
out in the country, you have a car.”
“Yes,” said Bildad. "That is, my
neighbors and I have one together.”
“Really?” said Jimsonberry.
“Co-operative arrangement, eh? Not
a bad idea. What make is it?”
“Oh, just plain Trolley.”—Judge.
HAIR CAME OUT IN BUNCHES
Route No. 3, Bos 20A, Broken AiN
row, Okla. —“My trouble began with
an itching of the scalp of my head.
My scalp at first became covered with
flakes of dandruff which caused me to
scratch and this caused a breaking
out here and there on the scalp. It
became so irritated until I could not
rest at night and my hair would come
out in bunches and became short and
rough.
“Everything I used would cause it
to grow worse and it continued that
way for about three or four years.
While reading the paper I saw the
advertisement of Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and sent for a sample. It
proved so good that I decided to get
some more. I used them as directed
and in two weeks I saw a good ef
fect, Now my hair is longer and
looks better than I have ever known
it to be. I give all the credit of my
cure of scalp trouble to the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment.” (Signed) Mrs.
Ella Sheffield, Nov. 30, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card “Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston." —Adv.
Exceeded His Acreage.
This hard luck corn story comes
from the Minneapolis Better Way:
“A neighboring farmer having a large
number of acres in corn, started
through his field the other day in
quest of enough roasting ears for his
Sunday dinner. His search resulted
in only a few ears, which were taken
to the house and duly prepared. The
corn having' been removed from the
cob, was placed in n, dish and-Spaced
the center of tftofable. Now the
guest of honor on this particular
occasion happened to be the eldest
daughter’s ‘steady.’ Of course the
corn was passed to him first, as a
matter of politeness. The young man
promptly helped himself to one heap
ing spoonful and reached for the sec
ond, when he was checked by a hasty
warning from the farmer who ex
claimed: ‘Stop right there, young
man; you already have 15 acres on
your plate.”—Kansas City Star.
Quite So.
"Are you superstitious?” asked the
bachelor.
“Well,” replied the father of a
large family, wearily. “I certainly
think it’s unlucky to have 13 chil
dren.” —Judge.
Would Maintain Its Status.
Sentimental Young Lady—Ah, pro
fessor, what would this old oak say if
it could talk?
Professor —It would say, "I am an
elm!” —Fliegende Blaetter.
Fools and children tell the truth at
the wrong time.
1 .
1 A determination to “get 1/^
ahead” is found in every JIL >
1 action of the successful man
X Vigor of body and brain comes principally from \
I the food one eats. B
| Grape-Nuts |
1 and cream I
fm
Is the regular morning ration for thousands who are “making good,’* S
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REALLY OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE
Young Man Painfully Disillusioned
When He Realized the Age
of His Charmer.
A small theatrical company touring
the provincial towns had as juvenile
leading lady an actress who delighted
the audiences everywhere. She was
so bright and fresh and girlish that
the male portion of the audiences
promptly fell in love with her. One
evening a youthful admirer sought out
the manager of the company, a fine
looking, bearded man, and proceeded
to fish for an introduction to the
charming little lady. He had, he said,
enjoyed her acting so much. “It must
be very pleasant to know her,” he sug
gested. "I expect you who see her
so often are very fond of her?”
“Well, yes,” admitted the manager.
“Yes, I suppose I am rather fond of
her.”
“Porhaps yoa’ ve fb'i'bonie
time?” suggested the admirer.
“Yes, quite a long time,” agreed the
manager.
“But it can’t be so very long,” pro
tested the other; “she’s little more
than a girl.” Then a horrid suspicion
occurred to him. “You —you’re not
her husband, are you?” he faltered.
“No, oh, no!” said the manager.
“I’m her son!”
Modern Conditions.
“There’s an idea for a dress.”
“Too daring,” said the actress. “It
may be all right for the street, but it
wouldn’t be allowed on the stage.”
Vacations Cheap.
“Great scheme.”
“How now?”
“You can buy tan and sunburn at
the drug stores.”
Awful!
Stella —I hear you had a terrible ex
perience.
Bella —Yes; I was rescued from
drowning by another girl.
j_
You probably seem as cranky to
others as they seem to you.
They Were Cheap.
An elderly lady from the country
one day decided to adopt two children
from the county orphan asylum.
She walked several miles before
reaching the car line. It was the first
time she had been on a car. She
stared wide eyed at everything she
saw, then her gaze stopped on a sign;
she read thus;
“The Ohio Traction Company—Chil
dren under twelve years of age three
cents, or two for five cents.”
“Well,” she said, “that’s the best
bargain ever. Calling the conductor,
she said: “Young man, I’ll take two
of those childuren for five cents right
now, a boy and a girl, please.”—Na
tional Monthly.
Selfish Eyes.
A New York theatrical manager
said:
“American ragtime is sweeping Eu
rope, but the American ragtime com-
tv o. otjodit and n\j --aasii
either.
“Hence our composers can’t help
looking: at this ragtime furore with
sad and perhaps selfish eyes.
“We look at everything, you know,
selfishly. We say, with the million
aire:
Poverty is no disgrace, provided
the victim doesn't owe us anything."
Dangerous.
“What is the charge?” asked the
judge, as the venerable person with
the side whiskers was brought for
ward.
“Insanity, your honor. We found
him on the Rialto singing ‘I want to
be an angel.' ”
Comparison.
“A theosophist says a heavy, soggy
soul is an inferior one.”
"I shouldn't wonder. The same thing
might be said of a heavy, soggy bia
■ cuit."
1 Good Place to Die.
“The doctors have given up poor
Pilkins. He hates to die.”
1 "I don’t see why. He lives at Hick
ory station, doesn’t he?”