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State of Nebraska. Douglas county, ss:
Oeorge B. Tsschuck, treasurer of Tha
Bee Publishing Company, being duly worn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month OI June, imv, hh ww-.
1 43,700
1 44,850
43,780
4 44,180
I 41,850
4 43,860
7 U.. .43,700
J 44,180
17...'. 44,610
IS 44,680
19 41,800
10 44,600
21 44,660
23 44,780
21 44,770
24 46,030
26...' 46,180
21 41,600
27 46,410
28 46,000
29 44,840
80 44,880
.43,830
,.44,000
,.43,880
,.44,430
,.41,400
. .44,400
.44,640
.44,410
Total ' X.881,600
Returned Copies 10,380
' Net Total 1,811,180
.ally Average 43,704
OEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
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Stealing autos Is not the remedy for
scorching.
Thlg 1b the sort of weather that
really tests a man's piety on the Sab
bath morning.
The man who originated the antl
mosquito fight is .dead, but the mos
quito lives on and sings. .
With those eastern cities boiling In
the sun's rays, here we are cooling off
in the balmy breese of the electric fan
Those special war correspondents
are sending enough slush out of Reno
to leave it the cleanest town on earth
Even inherited distinction has its
penalty, aa Theodore Roosevelt, jr.
and his bride probably realize by now
"Oklahoma City man Jumps from
steamer to mid-lake," says news Hem
but Governor Haskell stands by the old
ship.
Those New Yorkers may think they
bit the colonel, but they probably for
got that the big stick is still within
reach.
Talking about "sawing wood and
saying nothing," what do you think of
Colonel Roosevelt in his Sagamore hill
forest?
Those aviators are soaring rather too
high when they- fall to give the show
they promise and have to sue for their
contract price.
After all the Dias way of winning
elections is the surest keep your op
ponent and his boosters in jail while
your friends vote.
Here is a New York woman advo
cating cigarettes as a boon to women
If she thinks so, the least she could do
would be keep it to herself.
No matter what happens Qovernof
Glllett can not be despoiled of the
credit for having knocked fcotli tin
plon bruisers out of California.
Simplified spell ng, we are told, is
moving the world over, and In more
than one language. Good. We are all
in favor of simplified spelling for the
Chinese.
"What we need In this country," de
clared a commencement day orator the
other day, "Is more men like Judge
Ben B. Lindsay and Dr. Anna Sbaw."
Tougb on somebody.'
The New York man who cut his
throat and then sewed it up again,
doubtless wanted to show bis friends
that he could sew what he ripped as
well aa reap what he sowed.
Now that the earl of Yarmouth has
lost that $500,000 Income, he prob
ably thinks it would have been Just as
well not to have been so supersensitive
about Brother Harry Thaw'a disgrace
The Springfield Union seems to have
summed all there is to this "long and
abort haul" about which, congress
talked so much, In saying, "it is the
time It takes a man to earn bis pay
and spend it."
too Da a mat social plans ol so
many of England's royal families must
be delayed until all the blue-blooded
hangers-on find out Just bow much the
new king Is going to do for them la the
way of pensions and perquisites.
Growing Confidence in Mr. Taft !
"People are observing a considerable
change during the last month or two,"
observes the New York Sun, "In the
contemporary estimates of Mr. Taft's
personal efficiency as an executive,"
and goes on to say that this change is
no more to be Ignored by any candid
citizen than the fact tnat last week wss
very cold and rainy and that this week
ban been hot and dusty.
The current of public opinion favor
able to tha president is indeed note
worthy, not only strengthening the
faith of those who have steadfastly re
posed confidence in Mr. Taft's high
abilities, but also reflecting the tend
ency of those who have shown prema
ture leanings to adverse criticism.
The democratic New York World,
for example,' even while predicting the
election of a democratic congress In
November, pays this tribute to Mr.
Taft:
In the final hours of the session he
showed a capacity for leadership of which
most of his warmest admirers had begun
to despair. From a reluctant congress he
rung many of the most Important meas
ures to which nis anmmisirauon was
pledged, and he had good reason to feel
gratified."
The New York Times, which has
likewise been generally supercritical,
says:
Credit for the passage of some of the
most important measures enacted at the
session of congress just closed la due to the
personal force and Insistence of President
Taft. Considering the factional and re
fractory body with which he had to deal,
which he bad to constrain to Ms will, It Is
surprising that he got so much done.
The Brooklyn Eagle, while venturing
the opinion that had Mr. Taft sooner
exerted himself vigorously we would
have bad a more satisfactory tariff, Is
frank enough to say:
Without a roar" and without rever
beration, President Taft has accomplished
more than Mr. Roosevelt did. Whether
time enough between now and the next
election remalne, to secure for this fact
favorable expression at the polls, must be
awaited. The democrats are hopeful that
time enough does not remain. The people
may conclude that time enough does re
main, ae Mr. Taft hopes.
Along the same line, the Pblladel
pbla Times, which has decidedly Inde
pendent proclivities, is worth quoting
as follows:
We believe the president wUl receive d
served credit for what he has done In the
wav of Dlaolna- new measures on the
statute books. His methods are so dlf-
ferent from those of his' predecessor that
it takes some time to get used to them
after nearly eight years of President
Roosevelt, but the public Is coming to un
derstand that Mr. Taft la as sincere in
striving to promote reforms and as per
severing in a campaign to gain his ends
as any president that we have had In re
cent times.
Another paper which stands high for
unblaaed Judgment, the Springfield Re
publican, remarking upon the difficul
ties that the president had to contend
with in the sharply divided congress
and the "remarkable record of positive
legislation," finally secured, declares:
Even the ' hysterical, screaming Back
from Elba, army must now admit that as
one who "does thing" the former pres
ident Is being outclassed. But the people
will see this If they do not; and more
and more deeply from this time on must
the conviction sink Into the popular mind
that this la an administration of achieve
ment, while that was simply an adminis
tration of agitation.
Equally significant are the grudging
words of the Indianapolis News, which
has been persistently hostile to the ad
ministration, in this introduction to its
acclaim of the postal savings bank
l.wr
One triumph after another follows tne
president's changed attitude in applying
pressure to congress.
These are only a few of the most slg
nlflcant utterances elicited by the com
pletlon of the legislative record under
direction of President Taft in con
formity with his recommendations, and
In pursuance of the promises held out
by the republican party during the
presidential campaign. These news
papers see that the elections this year
should turn on an Issue of endorsing
this record of achievement, and they
all substantially agree that a vote of
renewed confidence will be forthoom
Ing if only the people can be made to
realise what the president and congress
have done for them.
Those Germatio Straps.
The city bacteriologist of San Fran
clscp has made a scientific test of
street car straps, commonly used in
stead of seats, and reports then; to be
infected with germa of the most dan
gerous kinds. On a strap taken out of
one car it was found that .01 gram, or
one-sixth of a grain of the strap, con
tained 42,000 bacteria. As the whole
strap weighed two-ninths of a pound,
be estimated that it was covered with
859, 100,000 bacteria, includng twenty
six variety of bacilli, some of the most
dangerous diseases. Guinea pigs were
innoculated with the germs and within
thirty-six hours became raving man
lacs, dying from blood poisoning in
spasms.
This most remarkable discovery was
undertaken at the suggestion of a Cin
cinnati man who decided strap naggers
were in imminent peril and went to
carrying bis own private atrap. Evi
dently we must be on our guard. What
Is the remedy? Assuming the street
car companies will not be able to solve
the problem by providing enough seats
to obviate the necessity of standing,
we may conclude that strap-hanging
la here to stay. Must each person then
provide himself with a private strap to
avoid thla contamination? For men it
would not be such a hardship, per
haps, because they could take their
razor straps along and make them do
double service; but what of the
women? Possibly this is a trick after
all to force the men to do all the stand
ing permitting the women to monop
olize the seats, not a bad Idea for so
unchlvalrlc an age. On the other
band, it bas been suggested that street
car companies wash their straps at the
end of each run with some rfort of
antiseptic. This might do, but woud
it not be safer for each passenger to
carry his own private bottle of anti
septic solution and, Just before seising
his strap, sterilize it for himself?
Manifestly, the strap is to be ever
with us and we have long ago determ
ined that the germ must go. This is
the age of the anti-germ; w will tol
erate nothing that is known to contain
bacilli. And scientists have told us that
disease is most commonly commun
icated from hand to mouth, that the
band is a subtle cesspool of germatlo
maladies. Ah, tben, what of our
money? Must we part with that too.
or may we devise a means for cleans
ing in transit? Money passes very
frequently from hand to band all too
frequently sometimes. Perhaps after
all "tainted money" is not an anomaly.
We must be on the looxout. Demand
a certificate of good health with every
nlckle, or do not take it. Here we
have been hanging onto straps and
money all these years, growing fat,
rich and dying and going broke and
never have discovered before that the
ha'nd reaching out for these life-stays
Is impregnated with death-dealing
germs. Hand-shaking, too, must go,
for in every friendly grasp there lurks
potential death.
Truly, we are learning.
Strength Bather Than Decadence.
In an article contributed to the
current Atlantic Monthly, the famous
Italian historian, Ferrero, draws an
Interesting parallel between one period
of ancient Rome and existing condl
Hons in the United States. The point
which be endeavors to make is that
the spirit of puritanlsm, which in old
Rome fought long and strenuously
against the corruption of the Asiatto
civilization and railed loudly at the
tendency toward vice, debt, prodigality
and extravagance, emanated from the
same conscience, which, la our country
and In our day, keeps complaining of
the excesses and iniquities that beset
us. The opinion of the United States,
which is held in Europe, he says, is
based upon the yellow Journal descrip
tions of "the Neronian feats ofsome
multi-millionaire, the aultana-llke cap
rices of some over-rich American lady,
the statistics of divorce, tho loud ex
cesses of some popular celebration,
such as the suppers, with which the
new year is ushered In, or the scandal
ous details of trials, sufficiently scan
dalous to aspire to the honor of being
cabled across the ocean."
Ferrero confesses that when be
started for New YorK be bad many of
these ideas and prejudices himself, and
expected to set foot in a modern Baby
lon. But once landed in America, it was
easy for him to see that in the legend
there was great exaggeration. He bas
come to the conclusion, therefore, that
the bad reputation in this respect,
borne by the United States .abroad, is
similar to that of the early period of
the Roman empire, when corruption
was most talked about because there
was still a moral consciousness strong
enough to protest against it. Aa a con
sequence the outcry complained of
should be considered signs, not of de
cadence, but of strength and virility
"All that I have seen and beard," be
declares, "concerning the vice of great
American cities, alcoholism, gambling
immorality, seems to be neither more
nor less than what I have seen In any
of the great cities of Europe." But
the explanation he offers is that in
America the reaction of the moral
consciousness against the progress of
extravagance, corruption and vice, is
greater here than it is in Europe
where the moral consciousness has for
a long time been accustomed to con
slder all this as Inevitable, and, for the
present, at least, impossible to reform
and, therefore, makes no protest,
Because there is still protest in Amer
ica, but silence in Europe, superficial
observers conclude that in the one
place there is vice and in the other
none, while in reality evil exists on
both sides of the ocean; upon the
American side there is still faith that it
may be extirpated, and there is a will
to attempt the work of purification.
If Ferrero has diagnosed our case
aright tben we, in this country, are
combating abuses of luxury and ex
cesses of wealth, to which Europe is
inertly resigned, and, instead of suf
fering decadence, It remain for us to
solve the social problems, wntcb those
abroad bave ceased even to struggle
with.
The Menance of Auto Speeding
Reckless automobile driving seems
to be growing general in the United
States, for reports of accidents are
multiplying and confined to no state
or section. Various cities are sound
lng the alarms to the autots:s, urging
them to slow down and pay more heed
to human life and in the same volte
urging the authorities to exert their In
fluence to see that theo toy riders re
strain their mania for speed.
The autolsts are moving rapidly to
ward tbe point where Btrlnpent lav
will bave to be enacted for their benefit
The speed maniacs have already chal
lenged public patience and are uo
inviting official penalty. It la unrea
sonable to suppose that this useless
and violent disregard of human life
can go on unpunished long. The u
tomoblle is the last vehicle to come into
tbe publlo thoroughfare, and yet it 1
tha first to claim the right-of-way. It
bas denied to the pedestrian all
semblance of right, crowded ' the
horse-drawn vehicle back to the
curb and is now . fighting it
out with the trolley car, and, the
strange thing Is. that one never bear
of an autolst admitting that at the
time of bis mishap be was running bis
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machine at a rapid rate. In Cleveland
the other day, a young woman, run
ning an auto,' killed a child, and still
maintained that she was barely moving
her machine; yet she was driving it
past a trolley car at an Intersection so
fsst that she was unable to stop it in
time to prevent snatching the child out
of Us father's band and killing It.
.Auto-speeding baa come to be a na
tional menace, and state or municipal
ities will be forced to take it In band.
The Price of Popularity.
Although be does not say so. Col
onel Roosevelt would doubtless be glad
If bis ardent admirers would, for a
while, cease writing letters and send
ing papers, books and magazines to
him, for he now bas on bands enough
correspondence to employ him steadily
for six months In answering if be did
nothing else. Some of those who have
thoughtfuly written the former presi
dent must not be disappointed, there
fore, If they do not get prompt replies.
At bis borne in Oyster Bay, Mr.
Roosevelt saya be has 10,000 letters
yet unanswered, 2,000 or more books
sent for review, autograph or endorse
ment and heaps of papers and maga
zines and the malls are still bringing
their daily consignments. The time re
quired to answer all these communica
tlons would be great enough imposition
on any man, to say nothing of the
enormous expense involved in station
ery, postage and stenographers' bills.
If Mr. Roosevelt should choose not to
pay this price for popularity, therefore,
be could not be fairly blamed.
The gratification of such publlo es
teem must be neutralized by a feeling
of impatience on the part of the re
cipient. Mr. Roosevelt bas doubtless
wished many times that bis friends bad
a better brand of discretion at their
command. It Is not. as a matter of
fact, the more thoughtful, earnest ad
mirer who takes this means of man!
testing bis affection; we imagine It Is
one of our American ways, though, of
showing our good will and foolish as
the way may be, men like Colonel
Roosevelt cannot escape Its manifesta
tions.
Strong: glen for the Pulpit
Tbe cry of today is for more string
men in the pulpit. It cornea from the
material world and it comes from the
divinity school; It comes from the pul
pit, itt elf. How is the cry to be an
swered? The church Is asking that
question in a spirit somewhat of de
spair. Let the church answer it, for
it has the power if it will but use it
Let the pews open their purse ttrlugs
a little wider and the question will be
well ifga solved.
What, do men go into the gospel
ministry to make money? No, but
many men refuse to go there, because
they cannot make as much money as
they think they need to live comfort
ably, Dd as much as they can get in
other lines of life. That la a perfectly
laudable view to take, and it comes
ery near summing up the whole sit
uation. Tbe church might as well be
frank and admit tbe truth of this mat
ter; ministers enjoy comfortable liv
ings for themselves and families as
well as other people. And why should
they go without when they do not bave
to Tha obligation of preaching the
gospel rests no heavier on them than
on all.
If tbe church Is to maintain the
progress of religion as among the most
potent influence In tbe world, it will
bave to do Its duty better by its clergy
and if it does that it will be very apt
to get more strong men into tbe pulpit.
Tbe preacher must be a leader, a man
who can impress the thoughts
and direct the conduct of other men
out no weanling, no mediocre, can
hope to accomplish this. Tbe world is
not following low standards today; it
is aiming high.
The lack of strong men in tbe pul
pit is becoming distressing, and it is
being laid very largely to the fact that
promising young men are deterred
from entering the ministry because of
the niggardly opportunities for ma
terlal comfort. The educational re
quirements' are high, and the social
demands numerous, the exactions are
great in many ways and they feel that
there should be some more adequate
recompense, even of a. material char
acter.
Last year every seminary in one of
the strongest Protestant churches
showed a falling off In number of stu
dents and an executive bead of another
great church in New York told the
president of a western seminary that
be could place every graduate of bis
school in one day if be. could have the
men. But the divinity schools are
shorthanded for the reason that the
colleges that heretofore turned over
large classes each year to the sem
inary, are no longer able to do ao.
The tide is drifting steadily In the op
posite direction and the church must
take measures to turn it.
Passion Play in America.
One of tbe large Theatrical syndi
cates has arranged to bring tbe Tyrol
Passion play to this country for one
year, securing the artists who bave
been producing this tragedy of Gol
gotha for so many years at Oberammec
gau. If present plans are carried out,
they will present it at East Aurora,
where a mammoth auditorium will be
built for the purpose.
On first thought reverent people
may conalder this an unwarranted use
to make of what Is considered by many
the most sacred fact of history, a
wholesale commercialising of the sol
emn act of redeeming the human race,
but why bas not that same view long
ago discountenanced the decennial per
formances In the quslnt little Tyrol Til
lage, whose people are so devoted In
3, 1910.
their piety? Religious forces have
agreed that these recurring per
formances at Oberammergau have
thrown a powerful spell of right
eous Influence upon thousands of
people, spreading to the ends of
the world. IX this be true, why
object to the extension of such an
influence? It requires no stretch of
the Imagination to believe that many
minds will' be impressed by this pic
ture in life that would never yield to
the appeals of the most fervent dis
course, nor even the persuading text
of Holy writ.
But the promoters tell us that the
scheme is not primarily money-making;
that they have bargained to pay
these Tyrol people well for their ser
vices, aside frem all possible expenses,
and they propose to use this money
In erecting a new church in Oberam
mergau. So if the end Justifies the
ineans, the commercial feature may
have mitigation.
A professor in Columbia university,
who has been asked to hand in his res
ignation for good and sufficient rea
sons, charged President Butler with
favoritism and partiality among the
members of the faculty, for such only
as would be ""spies, sycophants and
boot-licks." Whether that proves any
thing against President Butler, It cer
tainly establishes the high qualifica
tions of the professor aa a devoted
teacher of youth.
Mr. Roosevelt contributes an article
to tbe Outlook under tbe caption, "Tbe
Management of Small States Which are
Unable to Manage Themselves." Mr
Bryan may be depended upon promptly
to deny that there ever was, or could
be, a state, great or small, unable to
manage itself.
A woman lawyer in Chicago is suing
for a $40,000 fee for breaking a will,
in addition to $10,000 she bas already
collected. Votes for women are not in
it compared with sharing with mere
rnan the precious privilege of tapping
a dead man's estate.
The Boston Latin school baa Just
celebrated its two hundred and sev
enty-fifth anniversary. And some of
us out here in this new country have
been flattering ourselves that we had
a history to look back on.
The insurgent candidate for the re
publican nomination for governor in
Wisconsin, is a Racine millionaire.
Still, that will not necessarily prove
to be a detriment. .
Not Cheap Product.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Congress spouted 16,000,000 words during
the session. And each word cost something
over 860. Some talk Is not cheap.
Some Later Day.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The latest report from Zeppelin balloon
voyages Is that the date for the Introduc
tion of Pullmans in night travel through
the air ha been postponed.
The Weary Needs Reet.
Philadelphia Press.
Do not be too severe on the congressman,
who can get little rest. He naa had a bard
session in Washington and now must go
bome to fix up his fences.
Catching; On to the Game.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
In the absence of any report about the
death of those eight Chinamen who threat
ened to commit suicide If the regent re
fused to convene a new parliament It must
be Inferred that the celestials have pro
gressed far enough In politics to under
stand that a political pledge is made only
to be broken.
Now Observe the So miner Girl.
Baltimore American.
With the passing of the June bride and
the fair girl graduate the summer girl is
coming Into her own. She will be the queen
of the remainder of the season, and as
he adds the beauty of the girl to the
sophisticated charm of the woman It goes
without saying that her reign Is the most
autocratlo of all.
Operation of Read Mosul Roller.
Boston Transcript.
The Mexican national election passed off
quietly. It could not well pass off other
wise, as the opposition candidate for the
presidency, was In prison, charged with
edition. Under the circumstances the only
thing to wonder at Is that a few thousand
votes against Dias were cast in the capital.
Dlaj will be president as long as be
lives, but the forced unanimity of his re
election only gives the more emphasis
to the question, After Diss, what?
FARMER TO TUB FORE.
What the Harvest Will Be Commands
World-Wide Iterest.
Philadelphia Record.
Now that congress Is out of the way
President Taft Intent on his ' well-earned
vacation, the Oyster Bay volcano in
state of suppressed eruption and the dull
season Imminent in politics and business,
the most serious matter of speculation con
sideration la the possible outturn of the
crops. How much cotton, grain and other
farm staples shall we have' to export with
which to pay our heavy foreign liabilities
and our yearly outing expenses on the other
side of the ocean? This la the matter that
will chiefly occupy the minds of railway
officials, financiers and speculative bulls
and bears for the next ninety days.
The plodding farmer is the Atlas that
upbears on fys broad shoulders the whole
fabric of industry. Men must go fed and
clothed the world over. In consequence
every branch of domestic enterprise and
the whole movement of International credits
drag along, awaiting the upturn of the
farmer's plow and the harvesting of the
crops.
Our Birthday Book
July a, mo.
jQeorge W. Klrchwey, former dean of the
law school at Columbia university, was
born July I, ISti, at Detroit. He is the
author of a number of legal books, and
has visited Omaha aa the guest of the lo
cal Columbia Alumni association.
Rar. Ewald T. Otto, pastor of the Lu
theran St. Paul's church, was born July t,
181, In Posen, Germany, being brought to
this country an Infant by bis parents.
He graduated Into the ministry from Con
cordia Theological seminary In St. Louis
and began his work In Landestreu, way up
In Saskatchewan,, Canada. He was called
to his charge In Omaha last year.
SERMONS BOILED DOWN,
The great test Is, can we bear the little
frets T
Many mistake a sealed head for a sancti
fied heart.
Life owes a living only to the man who
gives a life.
They who wait on Ood are never found
sitting Idle.
Many a man models his golden calf be
fore a mirror.
It takes more than church fairs to make
a fair church.
True saints never groan over the growing
pains of grace.
More opinons are born In the stomach
than In the head.
He best knows his rights who can some
times give them up.
Ona of the gravest faults Is to be blind to
the virtues of others.
It Is always easier to talk of the divine
plans than It Is to do them.
It is better to learn to still the spirit
within than the storm without.
It's mighty hard being patient with the
man who prates of his patience.
It's better to have things all wrong when
you're right than to have things all right
when you're wrong. Chicago Tribune.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Washington Star: Some ministers are
willing to make any sacrifice for the cause
in which they labor. Here Is Dr. Aked,
Mr. Rockefeller's New York pastor, going
to Europe to take a ride In an airship.
Great missionary work, this!
Pittsburg Dispatch: A New York preacher
who has teen released by his wealthy oon-
gregatlon because he Insisted on preaching
socialism says you cannot serve Ood and
mammon. The discovery Is not new, even
It he did test it by experience.
Washington Herald: We do not know
who the Rev. W. J. Hlndley Is, save that he
Is pastor of a Congregational church In
Spokane, Wash., but we are "for him." He
has Just Inaugurated a "Father's Day," a
day In- which, as be says, he wants to give
everybody a chance to "speak a few kind
words for the old man, who surely needs
sympathy." Sure, he doesl None more so
The founder 'of this movement hopes that
It will spread all over the country, and so
do we. We hope It will reach Washington
and everywhere else, so that popr old dad
may chirk up and begin to know that he
Is not going to be eternally neglected.
Boston Transcript: In calling for the
resignation of the priest of the Church of
the Annunciation at Florence, Mass., be
cause he had commended to bis flock such
Institutions as Harvard, Yale and Smith,
Bishop Beaven of the diocese of Springfield
was doubtless acting within the strict rules
of his order. But that a great many of
the Catholic laity sympathise with the
views of the deposed priest is shown In
their large patronage of such Institutions.
The rolls of Harvard constantly bear the
names of many Catholics who are annually
added to the ranks of high-class citlien
shlp, and other colleges are more and more
becoming the alma maters of students of
that faith. In the class that graduated at
Williams last week the Roman Catholics
were fourth in a list of a dozen or more
denominations, and this Is typical of the
times.
THE PREIDK.T AD LABOR.
Fntile Attempts to Misrepresent the
Former's Position.
Minneapolis Journal.
Persistent efforts to misrepresent tbe
president's attitude toward the Hughes
rider on the sundry civil bill will hardly
be effective, because the president's words
always get such full publicity that It is
almost impossible to make him the victim
of misrepresentation In an affair of this
kind.
Tbe president frankly opposed an attempt
to pass class legislation by means of a
rider on an appropriation bill. It is not
labor strikes that he disapproves of, but
the boycott, and especially the secondary
boycott, which bas been declared Illegal
by the supreme court. He objected to see
ing the boycott exempted from prosecution
in this Indirect manner. Mr. Taft has
been a consistent opponent of the un
American boycott throughout his publlo
life. The American people, Including the
most Intelligent and fair-minded section
of organised labor, has come to see that
Mr. Taft Is right
There is nothing In the Sherman law
that prevents a body of men from stopping
work, when dissatisfied with wages or
conditions of labor. Thsre is nothing in
it to prevent them from using fair means
of Inducing other men not to take the
places they have vacated. What the su
preme court has condemned as contrary
to law Is the boycott, which seeks to pre
vent a' third party, who has no relation to
the strike whatever, from buying or sell
ing certain goods. They who Invoke the
secondary boycott, say: "We will not
work for you. We will not buy the goods
you make. We will not buy goods of the
man who buys your goods. We will not
do business with any man who does busi
ness with any man who does business
with anyone who does business with you."
And so on.
It was the specious attempt to nullify
the supreme court decision against this
sort of thing by refusing to appropriate
money to enforce it, to whloh the presi
dent objected with all bis force. This
was a courageous and wise course to take.
Tho Apollo Downward Stroke
Would Paderewskl attempt to play a piano by thumping direct on
the strings of the Instrument?
He would NOT. And anyone who would employ that method
would never gain fame much above that of the burlesque stage.
Yet, strange as It seems, nearly every player-piano Is operated by
a device which gives the stroke direct on the strings.
The Apollo Is the ONLY player-piano la wblch there Is a down
ward stroke on the keys, as In hand playing, therefore the ONLY ONE
that operates or sounds like playing by band.
Now, the downward stroke on the keys Is of vital Importance.
Each key is weighted, Its striking power accurately determined to
accord with the length and size of the strings and hammers.
There's a lot more to tell. When you know all of It you couldn't
be induced to buy a player-piano but the Apollo.
Don't buy a substitute don't buy an Imitation. DON'T BUY
IN A HURRY.
The Apollo costs no more than the imitations,
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' We Do Expert Tuning and Repairing.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Tobacco la scheduled to go up in price
as well as In smoke.
The outgivings of such eminent ro-
manclsls as Sullivan. Corbott. Fltislmmone
and the reft Is tersely headed by one p.- .
per, "Live Talks by Id Ones.
California Is wasting valuable time try
ing to convert the Rotio push Into harvot
hands. The profession and Its satellites
are steadfastly against all tasks other than
working the crowd.
Just to show how little financial econ
omy there Is In a "safe and sane'' rourth,
a charity booster In Cleveland Is touching
the townspeople for what they heretofore
spent for fireworks and things.
Having darned all the socks in the Itimk,
Margaret Illlngton Frohman Bowes wisely
propones to put some com in the venerable
receptacle. That Is the artistic test of
darning.
Colonel KooKevelt has a pile of unan
swered letters that would take all his time
for three months and convert his Inonraa
Into postage stamps. While he la disposed
to give I'ncle 8am a reasonable boost. Sag
amore Hill relishes a steak smothered in
onions occasionally.
Joseph P. Thomas of New York, lnventer
and promoter of the hoopsklrt. Is about t,
give up the ghost at the age of 84. If
there are on the sunny side of the Styx a
flock of girls who bore the awful bunion
forty or more years ago, the shade of Mr,
Thomas will get what's coming to 1U
According to veracious accounts by
literary artists on the spot, life at Reno
is made inccmmcrvly Interesting for the
early comers. Sleeping accommodations
may be had for the reasonable sum of $10
a night, and a real hungry person can ob
tain a platter of ham and eggs for two
plunks.
When the city of Trenton, N. J., put In
operation the "no seat, no fare," law
friends of the oppressed corporations
sobbed loudly and predicted dire things.
But the law works well for company an-t
the people. More cars during rush hours
relieved the strain on the straps and
more people travel aa the accommoda
tions Improve.
"MY POP."
W. TVNesblt in Chicago Post
My Pop, when he goes to his work,
lie lets me go with him part way;
He'll catch the street car with a Jrk
An' coll "goodby," an' then I'll stay
Rltrht on the corner till I see
The street car turn 'way off somewhere.
An' think of what he says to me
Sometimes: "We'll take life share and
share,
'Cause you and me are pardners, Jim."
An' I couldn't do without him.
An' he
Couldn't do without me.
Toil see, we're all there is; Just Pop
An me; that's all there is of us.
He says that's why we mustn't stop
Our good times longenough to fuss
Or sculd each other, but we'll just
Have all our good times share and share.
"We'll eat our cake, or eat our crust,
An' ajways have a crumb to spare,"
He says, "to them that's worse off, Jim.
An' I couldn't do without him,
An' he
Couldn't do without me.
No matter if ne'e tired at night
He's got the time to sing to me.
An' see how well I read an' write.
Or mebbe, if It's pleasant he
Will take me on a trolley ride.
Or to a show, or to the park.
An' hug me cloee up to his side
When we ride home, 'way after dark;
An' he'll say: "Good old pardner Jim!"
An' I couldn't do without him,
An' he
Couldn't do without me.
My ma's In heaven she went there
So long ago that I forget
About her, cept her pretty hair
An soft white hands that used to pet
Me. like my Pop does now. Anr so
Sometimes I think when my Pop goes
To heaven he'll wait In the glow
jtterore tne gate toey never close
n' tAll thH a.nrlia! "Wnlf tnr Ilm
An'
Cause I couldn't da without him
An' ne
Couldn't do without me,
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