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mallet to then. A(lreaa Trill be
chaiged aa ften aa retaat4.
Ig the tendency of woman's dress a
Cause or effect of modesty?
What sort of Easter bonnet will go
well with those harem skirts?
A slice of Chicago's lake front hag
been discovered that was not stolen.
Perhaps little Japan is playing the
part o the fox in this Russian-Chinese
affair.
Little Martin Littleton has not as
yet seemed to offend Tammany by his
coming out.
Too many people do not properly
distinguish between obligation of duty
and charity.
Our fashionable women probably
could wear those harem skirts with
perfect Impunity in Turkey.
It appears that Secretary Knox put
one over on California in that Japan
treaty one that will help the whole
country.
If Dr. Cook had a vote he would
undoubtedly cast It against Senator
Lorlmer for crowding him off tho stage
so long.
Former President Eliot should have
remembered that a Harvard alumnus
had beat him to that anti-race suicide
argument.
We are almost beginning to lose
faith in those Texas Rangers, the way
they are permitting the Mexicans to
b u 1 y them.
Congressman llobeon recently ad
mitted on the floor of the house that
he had "two thoughts," but forgot to
tell the other one.
Wculd Russia have asserted its do
termination V dance a jig la China's
front yard had China not been rav
ished with a plague?
The wise railroad man la not threat
ening to close down operations as a
result of that rate case decision. We
have wise ones here in Omaha.
Why scold Loss Murphy for using
the New York leglslatuie In an at
tempt to elect his man senator? Didn't
Tammany elect the majority of the
legislature? Cannot a man. do as he
pleases with what la hit?
Former President Koosevelt's re
cent visit to Chicago, where he put In
a strenuous day's program amidst In
cessant plaudits, offers small consola
lio Dfor those who have written the
colonel completly down end out.1
If it Ja such a tank for our trained
law-uiakt-rs' t. initiate an initiative
and referendum law,".hat may be ex
pected vhen anyone indiscriminately
may initiate laws and submit them
without opportunity to perfect them
by amendment
l r
America tan never compete with
France lu dramatic art until It is able
to furnlft-i first night audience who
work themselves up Into a riotous
fiensy over everything displeasing
which the playrlght has written iiyc
the performance.
folller'a Weekly quotes an orator
ical Interchange in congress in which
one august senator aslted . another.
"What is meant by the terra 'Jack
pot?' " and adds that no senator volun
teered tha enlightenment. Respect
fully referred to Mayor "Jim" for aa
authoritative definition.
In his open, letter to PresIdeat'Teft,
Mr. Bryan disclaims belief lu tho al
leged purpose of the president to pre
vent admission of Arizona If Its peo
ple dared to.ailoit such a constitution
as Its people desired. Despite this
expression of confidence In President
Taft. however. Mr. Hryan reserves the
right to exclaim, "1 told you so!" If
the executive approval of the roust It u
tiou is withheld.
The Silver Lining.
"No cloud without a silver lining"
Is a time trio J maxim which we may be
permitted to retail to our railroad
friends in their disappointment over
tho refusal of the Interstate commerce
commission to authorize their pro
posed Increases In freight rates. The
railway spokesmen are disposed to
Tlew everything with sombtT vision,
and to charge all their woes up to the
regulating arm of the government
without crediting any off-sets n the
balance sheet of state and national
regulation.
It is a safe assertion that the rail
roads will soon realize that they have
not been as seriously hurt as they
fear, and that the certainty of fixed
and stable transportation charges will
stimulate traffic, which 1b even now
producing the greatest gross revenues
within the history of our railroads.
They should remember, too, that while
the interstate commission has refused
assent to a general raise In rates,
rates on many commodities have been
raised, and certain discriminations,
such as rebates and free passes, hava
been abolished, whose abolition is
tantamount to rate Increases. FreljrM
rates on dressed meats, for example,
and on furniture arc said to have been
advanced liu:t year by agreement with
the shippers. The stopping of rebates
Is authoritatively reported to have
been equivalent in some classifica
tions to an increase of from 10 to 25
per cent in the transportation charge.
The exaction of full fare from thosw
who used to ride free has made up to
many roads more than was lost by the
enforced reduction of the mileage rate
to 2 cents. Had the commission de
cided In their favor they would still
have to ascertain by actual experience
whether the higher rates would not
have produced a shrinkage in volume
of traffic, and In that way have' cur
tailed the revenue as much as en
hanced it.
All things considered. Including the
reductions on commodity rates by
state lawa and state commissions, the
railroads have fared tolerably well,
particularly inasmuch as they have
succeeded in heading off applications
to the Interstate Commerce commis
sion for reduction in rates. The very
fact that the commission In these vi
tal decisions, rendered under the law
conferring rate-making, powers, h.i;
stood firmly for the people will
strengthen public confidence in the
principle of regulation and in the im
partiality of the commission, which
cannot fail to be a great benefit to the
railroads as well as to the public.
No Jim Crow Laws.
Tha "Jim Crow" bill introduced In
the house at Lincoln by a Gage county
democrat should be promptly defeated.
It has nothing in existing conditions
In Nebraska to Justify it and one is
rather puzzled to know Just what
could have inspired its Introduction.
It enumerates railroads, street rail
ways, theaters and hotela In its list of
privileges circumscribed to the col
ored man, none of which would as
sume responsibility or desire for the
proposition. Moreover, the demo
cratic party in this state, which con
trols the legislature, would be very
foolish, even from the standpoint of
expediency, to permit such a law to
be written on the statute books by Its
authority. It has, probably, not one
chance In a hundred of being enacted,
but nevertheless It will do no harm to
call attention to Its Introduction, so
wholly unwarranted and Inexcusable.
The number of negroes In Nebraska
la small in proportion to population.
Its colored people are industrious and
law-abiding as a rule, many of them
being property owners and taxpayers,
and there Is no demand, irrespective
of race or color, for imposing such dis
crimination upon them. Such a meas
ure would be in poor keeping with the
spirit that breathed into being the
states of Nebraska and Kansas and a
violent assault upon this state's slogan
of "Equality Before the Law."
Protecting: the Forests.
The upheaval which some changes
in the personnel of the forestry serv
ice created seems to be working out
with good results. Both sides are
now willing to admit that . progress
and Improvement are being made in
our foiestry operations. Evidently
there was, after all, some need for di
recting attention to the service. In
cue particular, that of protecting the
forests from Are, we think it may be
conceded that not enough had been
done and that much progress has been
achieved under the new forester, Mr.
Graves.
Still, as Congressman Mondell of
Wyoming recently pointed out in a
speech on the floor of the house, much
more progress and development is to
be made. We had neglected to build
what are known as Are lanes, as
breaks and means of protecting tha
trees. Now Mr. Graves reports the
existence of 1S1 miles of such lanes.
That is well, but when we remember
that our forest reserves comprise 166,
000,000 acres of . ground an area
nearly five times that of the state of
Illinois It dc?s not look so big.
No more letrgons are needed to teach
the wisdom of exercl&lng every poesl
blo precaution to protect these forests
from fire. The fearful conflagrations
of last year taught all that. S3 we
should build Cro lanes, increase the
ranger service, maintain telephone
lines, admit homesteaders where pos
sible and permit grazing of tracts.
Congressman Mondell lays great
stress on the desirability of letting
sheep graze on these open et retches.
It not only affords a profitable dlspo-
sitlon of the grass, but it does away
with the danger that coifles from that
graso dying down and matting, form
ing tinder to feed flames and spread
them from forest to forest. Measures
have already ben taken to provide for
bomesteadlng forests. We believe
they should go through. It wouJJ
populate districts and thus reduce the
liability of fire, to say nothing of put
ting on the pay rolls of various west
cm states millions of dollars in valua
ble property.
It is idle to quarrel longer over how
to proceed to save our timber. The
best patriot is not disposed to haggle
over methods. Ifwe are for genuine
conservation, let us go to conserving.
We believe Mr. Mondell is clearly
right in saying that a larger propor
tion of the annual appropriation of
5,500,000 for the forestry service
should go into fire protection. Last
year under Mr. Graves 25 per cent of
the whole fund was so devoted, but it
seems that for six years prior to that
not more than 15 per cent was thus
spent In any one year. Perhaps that
is why we have had so many devas
tating forest fires.
A World-Wide Unrest.
That the political and social fer
ment of which we see signs all around
us in, the protests against established
institutions, and the demands for
novel experiments in government, is
not local but world-wide, must be al
most self-evident. Nearly every civil
ized country on the globe, and many
that are only half-clvlllzed, are ex
periencing It In greater or less degree.
Passing by South America, which ex
hibits in constant revolutions, Mex
ico is obviously in a state of unequal
equilibrium. Over In the Orient the
Chinamen are cutting off their queues
to emphasize the revolt against the
old order of things, and Japan is ex
erting itself to become an industrial
nation. Russia is smoldering under
fires of liberty seeking to break out
through the duma; the socialists are
making headway in Germany and
France; in Austria the Bohemians and
Hungarians are Utilizing every oppor
tunity to assert racial nationality;
Portugal has assumed to be a repub
lic; and the Spanish king is holding
on to his crown with both hands. In
Great Brltlan the. last remnant of sov
ereign power is passing from the lords
to the commons, and British provinces
like Canada and Australia are feeling
their way toward Independence of the
mother country.
If this unrest were local, we would
bunt for local causes and try to apply
local remedies. If the conditions,
however, are general the - mov
ing causes must be general, and
the readjustment, though it pro
ceed In one country at a time, must
eventually be world-wide. The move
ment is pronounced by the belt qual
ified observers to be an upheaval of
new forces against the traditional, of
the young against the old, of the teach
ings of modern science and twentieth
century thought against the Inherit
ances of the 'past. There hag always
been, and always will be, social un
rest, and the waves mount higher at
times than others, and this seems to
be an era of high tide."
Biscipline in the School Room.
The school teacher who lacks dis
cipline lacks a good deal that goes to
make a gucoeEsful teacher. The one
who has discipline hag a great advan
tage In making her pupils learn. Chil
dren are quick to detect the presence
or absence of thla element and they
usually make no mistake in their gen
eral conduct after the detection. Woe
to the young woman who attempts to
govern forty or fifty youngstera who
have discovered her weakness as a
disciplinarian. Her days are num
bered and full of trouble. Moreover,
the pupils are likely to lose much in
their early training whjch will con
tinue to be a handicap to them
throughout their school days.
It is not necessary for a teacher to
become a common scold to govern her
room. A certain amount of tact,
coupled with nrmneas, will serve the
purpose better. The child la likely
not to have the highest respect for
the scolding teacher. He will respect
and even love the one who, before
teaching him anything about bis book
lessons, teaches him that she is his
mistress when it comes to his deport
ment in school, and .that she is there
to be obeyed as well as respected. A
degree of womanly dignity Is essential
in every young woman who essays to
govern and teach a room full of boys
and s"lrls. . When she lacks that she
might Just as well resign her ijommi3
stou and seek some other kind of em
ployment, for she is a failure In the
trhool room.
Openin-jl oa the Panama..
The question has been raised aa to
the movements of the Panama canal
employes when the work there Is com
pleted. Nearly 40,000 men are en
gaged there, including the Panama
Railroad company's force. From now
cu the number will grow smaller. Of
course, only a part of them are Amer
icana, but in many cages the Ameri
cans with families and homes, at least
temporarily, established on the Pan
ama are inclined to remain in that
country and they are beginning to look
abcut for means of employment. The
question has to be met.
The Republic of Panama is helping
to meet it and at the same time is tak
ing steps to benefit itself. Through
the good oiTlces of President Arose
mena. it has enacted a law under which
Americans may buy and own property
there. This opens the way to the so-
Ilutioh of the problem for those who
care to remain in that section. Fertile'
land Is available at reasonable figures,
and already some of the men are pre
paring to invest In it. They have be
come inured of the climate and like It.
Their inclination meets the hearty ap
proval of the federal government,
since their residence in Panama under
leave and protection of the republic
will tend to promote good feeling be
tween that country and this, a fact or
most desirable, since we shall be
thrown for the rest of time into such
intimate business and political rela
tions as a result of the canal.
Already the canal has become an
element in fostering this friendship.
Prior to now the laws of the Republic
of Panama did not permit American
ownership of land there, so we see In
this one change a tangible product of
our enterprise. It is interesting to
note, too, that this law was enacted as
a direct result of an inquiry by an
American employed on the canal. He
desired to remain in that country and
asked as to the possibility of buying
and owning land and being protected
in his ownership. The matter was
taken up by our officials with the presi
dent of Panama and in a very short
time the law was on the statute books.
We need give no serious thought to
the Idea of the United States annexing
thet little republic. Panama might be
led to favor It, but the United States
does not. It believes both have most
to gain by maintaining separate gov
ernments. Of course, this country
shall continue to stand as the closest
friend of the little republic, ready at
all times to help it out of any diffi
culty. The States' Rights Bugaboo.
The raising of the state's rights bogle
In connection with the popular elec
tion of senators may be au adroit
means calculated to defeat the resolu
tion by lining up all the southern sen
ators against it, but as a serious prop
osition we regard it simply a buga
boo. The -fact is, as we see it, that the
federal government has now and
should have authority over federal
elections. What the southerners are
afraid of is not federal supervision
over the' election of senators, nor of
representatives, but of president. They
know that their states have a larger
electoral vote than they are actually
entitled to and they guard with des
perate precaution against anything
that looks like an attempt to take
from them this illegally held power.
It is far from probable that so far
as the election of senators is con
cerned, the federal governuent would
have occasion to Interpose, so that it
may not be vital which (way thla
question is settled, though as a mat
ter of law and equity the final author
ity must, for its own self-preservation,
rest with the national government.
' his authority could be reserved with
out in fringing on any rights belonging
to any state north or south and fur
thermore it would be as fair to the
south as to every other section. It is
not to be supposed that such power
would be exercised unless provoked by
outlaw methods of election, in which
event It would be wrong not to exer
cise it and no law-abiding man or com
munity could properly object.
If the southern senators have no
better grounds on ' which to oppose
popular election of senators than the
bugaboo of threatened state's rights,
men they are without effective means
of opposition itnd the sincerity of their
professions may be questioned.
Crazes ia Dress.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24. Brooklyn bridge
broke it record aa a aeena of daredevil
exploits today. A suicide or professional
bridge Jumper would thrill the throng of
bridge promenadera no more than did
the appearance of a daahing young blonde
on tha great thoroughfare late this after
noon. She was attired in the new harem
ekirt
MADRID, Feb. 14. Two woman belong
ing to tha moat exclualve society circle
of tha capital appeared on the atreeta
laat evening wearing tha new Parrslan
trousera-aklrts and were fairly mobbed.
The crowd, which grew rapidly to great
proportions, surrounded the expononta of
advanced fashion and after tnaultlng crlea
threatened violence. A large force of po
lice came to tha protection of the women
and 'cleared the atreeta.
PARIS, Fab. 24. Incidents of public
dlaturbance accompanying the appearance
In trouser-ckirt occur dally. The Avenue
de I'Opera waa the scene qf one of the
more sertoua mala outbreaxa. The woman,
having been surrounded by a laughing,
Joering crowd, was unable to proceed!
and a man, tuklng advantage pf the situa
tion, pure tuned a basket of eggs from a
dealer in a aide etreet and dlHtrlbuted
them emotiK the other men, who pelted
tha nalpleaa wearer of the. new garment
until a aquad of police intervened and
allied tlte woman to escape.
These dispatches are one day's grist.
Evidently, one touch of nature makes
the whole world kin. Lines of nation
ality cut no figure when it comes to
the shock one of these fashion novel
ties produces. It is like a plate of
bcarding-bouse hash it catches every
body for what it is pot. Truly, if sen
jsatlon were the modiste's aim, she has
j hit the bull's-eye. When a style in
j woman's dress shocks Paris we sub
mit im must be shocking. At least it
has a right to be classed as Iconoclas
tic. Perhaps in the orient it would
not create a riot.
Thus far the unsophisticated west
has not figured momiuentlv in theae
dispatches. Still, out here we are even
(.more stoically philosophical than they
a.re in more effete centers, and we may
take this dose wtth no more grimace
than we made at the hobble skirt. So
far as that goes, anyone who has seen
clowns In a circus has seen a harem
skirt, of course, on more moderate
lines, perhaps, than these now at
large. The difference, however, la
that clowns are supposed to be dressed
that way, sine "theirs is a burlesque
business. V
At any rate, that imperious mis
tress, Dame Fashion, has again come
very near doing her worst, and cannot
go much further. Having survived
the good dame's previous efforts, we
may hope also to outlive her newest
freaks.
Deluge of Books.
Our friend who reads "all the new
books as they come out" must have
had the time of his life last year. Just
13,4 70 new books were published in
the United States in 1910. That was
enough to keep the most Inveterate
book-worm tolerably well engaged. It
was more than even England turned
out, far more than France produced
and about as many as Germany
printed. Thus in another realm of
i human endeavor have we asserted our
pre-eminence. And we did it with such
nonchalance, too. It was the least of
our efforts. We wrote books while we
ate, almost while we slept. Certainly
some of them seem to have been writ
ten while we dreamed.
The authors of these bookH wrote
with an abandon as free as the wind,
upon any old subject, topic or line of
thought. They got pens, of pencils or
typewriters to going and could not
stop them. They simply deluged the
land with books and made the presses
groan as they reeled them off. Then
they proved that writing a book is the
easiest thing in the world. And
they have come near proving that we
are a very easy people, Judging from
some of these books.
The number of books for 1910 ex
ceeds that produced in 189S by 169
per cent and shows as great an in
crease in classes. Fiction still leads in
numbers, though not in point of in
crease. The multiplication of themes
of reform, in thought, style and action,
has paved the way to the fertile field
of literary effusion along new lines,
such as, for Instance, what we may call
"optimistic suggestion," and "the re
ligion of healthy-mlndednesa." A mass
of matter dealing with things that
books were never known to deal with
before has been thrown upon a pa
tient public, and that, too, from the
moBt obscure sources. But we have
stood for It all.
Every new theory or Ism finds its
champion in the book. Religious; philo
sophical and theological works take
third rank in point of class. If it were
possible to determine how much of
this print were worth while,, it might
be possible to determine whether or
not serious ' effort had gained or lost
in this riot of writing. But the fact Is
that a vast amount of what goes tinder
this classification is sheer ruck and
muck, emanating from minds not large
enough to think something without im
posing the thought on the public. But
in spite of that, of Course, the Increase
of this class of literature must indi
cate a growing tendency toward seri
ous lnquisitlveness. In this may lie
some hope.
The famous letter about patronage
Issued by Secretary Norton last sum
me" declared that the president would
make appointments on the recom
mendation of senators and congress
men, "only requiring that the men re
commended shall be ' good men, the
most competent and best fitted for the
office." President Taft evidently pro
ceeds oh the assumption that senators
would not recommend men to him for
appointment who do not fill this bill.
But if the president knew some of the
senators as well as their constituents
know them he would insist on look
ing behind the senatorial recommenda
tions.
Where the I'pllft lilootua.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Pawnee Indian recently engaged a
colored valet in Omaha. Shades of Fennt-
more Cooper.
A Family Secret.
St. Paul Dispatch.
Mlsa Damm, lost from Omaha, haa been
located in Germany. What haa , become
of the reat of that whole famous family?
frrlloaa Koreret f ulaeaa. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Russian bear, bacon-tempted, is said
to be nosing about Norway. Ferhapa he
has forgotten his experience with little
Japan. Beara forget very easily.
Go It, a Flnlab.
Chicago Record-Herald.
For some reason that we have no time
Juat now to attempt to analyze, we don't
care a rap how much the Beresforda may
pound the Drexels or how severely the
Illddlea may eome back at the Beresforda.
We hope, however, that nobody will lm
pululvely rush In and separate any of
them.
Muster of fte Own Drat lay.
Indlanapolla Newa.
Canada has come too far and la too great
a factor in the world to do anything but
govern Its own destiny, and It haa at Ita
back a powerful empire. By the tame
token whatever destiny It prefers it could
have. If at any time it chose to become
a part of tbla union Instead of a part of
Ihi British empire that power, grown wise,
would not say nay. Hut in any other fash
Ion the whole 'lutstlon of a consolidation
la an Iridescent dream or a poor Joke.
We are not annexing landa at the price of
war.
What the High Court Decrees.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Transportation cannot be bought of rail
roads or sold by railroads except for
"money down." It can neither be bought
nor Bold for "service," for "advertise-
menu." for "releasee on property" or j
"property wtth transportation." Cah for J
ticket and cash for freight, cash for ad- i
vertlsements, etc.; in ahort, "money down"
to for or 'from both parties must be required i
in fairness to stockholder' right to equal i
gains and to traveler' and freighter' right I
to equal charge. Indirection, favorlisin, j
discrimination and Indulgence have pre- j
vailed by paat method which are hence
forth prohibited under the interpretation
of the law juat laid down. The decision
ia on the aide of Justice, simplicity and '
uniformity. I
People and Events
The early robin Is clearly distanced by
millinery and the need catalogues as a
harblnaer of spring.
Count Appnnyi, Austria's doe of peace
now cooing In the Vnlted State. Is de
nounced In nix lanaoBRen aa a prlao hum
bug by the Hungarians of Chicago.
At the age of four Fcore and one Pr.
Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia can do a
smooth a piece of cutting with a ecalpel a-
with a pen. He Is a master emeritus in
handling both.
Fiftern years In prison Is the reward
hnnded to one of the Newark, O., lyncher
who plead guilty to the crime. It la be
lieved the term gives ample time for re
flection undisturbed by the rude noises of
the outer world.
A New Tork school teacher, on a salary
of JliSO a month, managed to pile up debts
aggregating 1120,000. Po he reported to a
bankruptcy court. How he got It and blew
It la not material to the ihow down of the
metropolis as the home of easy marks.
Appreciating the value of publicity as a
booster of business, Hudson Maxim ex
presses the opinion that war cannot be en
tirely abolished, and wisdom suggests ade
quate preparation. Therefore, buy the
latest Maxims. Uuslneas on both aides.
The modern woman has appropriated not
only man himself but most of hia wearables
and his Jobs. The fluffy trousers may
prove the last straw for tho masculine
camel. Preliminary shakes of his humps
ehould be a warning to the daring sellers.
Preaching on the folly of onion sermon
izing to the inmates of Jails, William Allen
White, the Kansas mentor, spoils the moral
of his tale by locating the scene In Lincoln
and the star character a caged drunk.
Drunk are as Impossible In Lincoln aa In
the holy cities of Emporia, Wichita or
Topeka. s
Defeat does not daunt the Oregon advo
cates of votea for women. Although a
constitutional amendment granting equal
suffrage to the sexea was beaten at the
polls last November by a majority of 21,
000, the Oregon legislature has decided to
submit the proposition again to the people.
Twenty-four thousand adverse majority la
hard to overcome, but the Women are
"radiant with hope."
WOMEX AM) THE THKATKlt.
A Dominant Faetor In the fnrrrn of
the Drama.
Philadelphia Ledger.
A theatrical manager has had a careful
enumeration made at the doors of five
heaters, and finds that about 68 per cent
of the play-goers are women. It haa been
said that, although flgurea cannot He, llara
can figure, but In this case the statistics
stem to bo authentic, and the result of the
census is significant.
It Is Incontestable that the church de
pends mainly upon the faithful allegiance
of women for its support, and it is plain
to theater-goers that the drama, which has
a profound ethical and moral Influence,
leana no leas heavily upon feminine patron
age. If a play does not appeal to women,
It has no hope of financial success.
The modern playwright who legitimately
seeks to achieve success must consider the
tastes of feminine play-goers. He cannot
very well escape the introduction' of a
strong "love interest." The situations of
the drama and the opera, as well aa of
most novels, must eternally revolve, with
greater or .leaa , uWulae and . Indirection,
about the everlasting problem of "the way
of a man with a maid," for If art is truth
fully representative of life It cannot avoid
the delineation of the predominant human
paaslon.
Women enjoy, even bettet than men, the
effort to unravel the absorbing mysteries
of a detective etory. ' The grewaomeness of
murder and' sudden or lingering death la
not In ltaelf sufficient to repel feminine In
terest In a play.
. In the typical aoclety drama, which In the
hands of comedians of the right tempera
ment is generally succesaful, there must be
talk that la above the dinner table average
of nlmble-wltted people; there must be most
careful attention paid to accuracy In min
utely realistic details of the stage setting
and the accessories, and there must be
dresses that create in the breast of the
beholder the wild, fluttering desire to emu
late their pattern.
. No play will draw merely because it Is
expensively mounted, nor Just because It Is
liberally advertised. Above all Jhlngs, the
magnetic attraction of the drama to man
or woman la Ita truth to the best Instincts
of our common human nature. A play that
ia human and true to life we go to see as
we would seek the company of affable and
entertaining friends.
PENSIONS FOR L1FK-SAVERS.
Stubborn Opposition td Worthy t la
Publle Servants.
' New Tork Tribune.
It is not easy to unierstand why there
Should be atubborn opposition to the pend-
mg bill for the granting of pensions in
the Hfe-savtng sei v'ce. There surely are
no other public servants, at any rate In
time of peace, who suffer greater hard
ships. Incur greater risks of HlneBs, aeel
dent and death, or who in proportion to
their coat perform labora of greater profit
to the nations that the members of llfe
aavlng orewa. Their pay la bo small that
any considerable saving from It Is Impos
sible and the strict rules of the department
prevent them from engaging in any other
occupation for gain. . Moreover, when they
get done with their service for the govern
ment they are generally incapacitated for
further activity.
In these clroumstances they, or their de
pendenta and survivor, certainly seem to
be entitled to consideration at the hands
of the government. In private Industrie
the principle of employers' responsibility is
gaining favor, an more and more it la
being held that a business shouM bear Ita
own rlke. There la apparent no good
reason why the government should differ
from other employers or why the public
bunlnes should be exempted from the gen
eral rule of responsibility for Its own risks.
If there were any economic reason for
denying the pensions, such a that the
treasury actually could not afford It, the
caxe would be understandable, though re
grettable. If the pensions should, howevur,
be denied not on that ground but on that
of lack of merit In the proposition, the
case w ould be still mors i egret table, but
not understandable on any theory which we
should wish to entertain.
Successful
In
A. Hospe Co. Piano Contest
Ml Be Nelilitd Br Mail tnd Ilcnday's Press.
TEN COMMANDMENTS REVISED.
Baltimore Sun: On the whole, he sug
gestion of revising some of the T
mandmenta scfms superfluous
days, when each person edits t
logtie to suit Ms own fnnry or t
I tins.
f-'t. liuN (ilobe-l leiiim ; nt : M i l
Ten Comrnnnilnirnts may Irsd to
vision. The point Is Immaterial
many places they appear tn have
ealed, and In othern ran be vli
the strength of technicalities.
Cleveland Plnln lealrr: An att
condense the Ten Commandments
made In Ktik'land. They rould
be made more comfortable and a.
dating by the omission of Hie little
Important word "not" In several In
Philadelphia Mullet In: Obeying tl
of the commandments, and the 1
far as applicable to modern condl
as easy now as when they ore sh
AU things muy be rljtht, but inny
expedient, as was remarked by the
Paul.
New York Tribune: Orthodoxy m.
sit up and take notice when the Ch
England proposes to abridge the Tet
mandments. It Is at least to be hope
the reverend editors will not emula
"Wicked Hlble" and leave tho "not"
them.
New York Times: Nobody need worry
about the Ten Commandments. They are
safe. The Westminster consistory does not
Intend to abolish them or weaken their sig
nificance. If the consistory hud such an
Idea, the rest' of the world would reject It.
The restless alertness of the hour Is indi
cated In tha discussion of suggested con
densations of a few of the commandments
In the church catechism. It will be un
important until it is accomplished, . "d
epoch-making then.
PKI7.K KlUilTS Till' VI
Considered More Deadly Than Si I
. Projectile. ' (
New York Tost.
The death of another sailor In the n?St
as a result of Injuries In a boxlnii matco
receives In this morning's news but scant
attention. In fact, this form of killing
directly under the United tatea flag is
now taken as a matter of course. Navy
prise fights are vastly more deadly than
were ever Spanish projectiles, and so every
few months there coitus the report of the
death of a aallor or an apprentice. At
once, aa In this case, there Is the feiave
official statement that a "rigid Inquiry"
will take place. But the ri-ld Inquiry reg
ularly ascertains only that the victim died
lrom too vigorous a blow, or that his
heart was not quite so strong aa It i
to
pi
bjdd
union
cause of the failure of the po
force the statutes. Is officially sancti.
on the ground that teaching men to bi
each other like-brutes Is necessary for
physical and spiritual development Of
seamen. It Is a matter President'
could stop with a word, and that .
ought to be uttered without loss ofi.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"The commercial aspect of marriage
unaergone a great cnunge.
"How so?"
"In former times, fathera sold
daughters. Now they have to give t-l
away. Baltimore American.
"Bessie! What was that you called
baby Just now?"
"A little reptile, mamma; wby?"
"Where In the world "
"I Just read in the natural history that
wnatever crawls is a reptile." Houston
ou
"My husband has a terrible case of grip.
"What are you doing for him?"
"Nothing. He has his life insured foe
StKi.uou." Chicago ltecord-Herald.
''We dined out last evening. Pa dlsgrar i" .
us, as usual.
ah to now 7
"Uot to the end of the dinner with
forks and two spoons still unused."! I
vine Courier-Journal.
Kidder Do you know that women
less in reoruary man in any other mi
of the year?
Oreen I don't see how you figure t
nut. .
Kidder It's two ays shorter, you nln
"It's funny about the hats the wot
wear! We've got a girl stenographer q
a pretty girl. Hut alter she Kets her i
hat on 1 never know her when 1 meet
In the street."
"Then why meet her?"Cleveland Pi
ueaier.
f d n With th Tlnllt.r,,! W.
man that advertises "an Ingenious nove
in aiconni lamp.' What U an alco
1 a m V
Jlan With the Uulglng lirow You oug
to know. You carry one right In the ml
die of your face. Chicago Tribune,
"The doctors say that kisses carry m
crobes."
"Well, make me an Invalid for life."
Montreal Mar.
The girl with the tjlbson girl neck closed
tho book and threw It aside.
"Well, how does the story end?" asked
the girt with the Julia Marlowe dimple.
"O, the hero marries the !.ady Barbara."
"Marries the lady barber? tiee! That's
sometning new In rouisntlc fiction." Chi
cago iriuune. '
ENCHANTED GROUND.
W. I). Nesbit in Chicago Post.
There was a hill so far away
It seemed tha shadow of a lull;
It melted Into cloudy gray
Or loomed ag:iinst tho sky nil still
And many time we felt a thrill
Of marveling, when on the breeso
There came fulnt music, In the trill
Of birds, and lazy hum vt bees.
For well we knew that further on
Heyond the hill there was a laud
Of Aibkic and the linn was drawn
To show where mortals mltiht not stall
rtome ii,.croiiH rw.r u ,.,it.,iitiLp hnn.i
Had wrought a spell, that none might go
To where the palaces all grand
Htood In a great, niujtbiic snow.
And we knew, too, i t magic stream
Which rippled through mat fulr aluiiiala
Where were tliti marvel golil-o'-dreaiua
And Jewels flashing" In a cuaiu,
And blossoms that could never wsne.
And fairy folk who worked their char ma
Vet though to see tills we were fain,
The path was edtfid wall dire alarm.
There waa a hill a far, far hill,
leyeind which mysteries were kept,
And when the night were clear and still
W'e dreamed upon them as we slept.
Hut those who with all e-.ution crept
Above that hill to spy the laud
Come back "It Is not there-." they wept
8o vie could never understand.
But now we know, (irown old and wise,
We know why It would vanish quit,
Why It was hidden from our eyes,
This land of nmlral delight.:.
For now we dream by day and niKht
Of gladness that may riot be found.
And, as In youth, pray tliut we might
Set foot on the enchanted ground.
Contestants
the
have been and nothing follow'. J
itctlce of pi lau fighting, which it I
en In practically every state lu I
and nourishes under cover on!4
lice to
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