PROGRESSIVE'S CONVENTION
First Steps Taken and Proceedings
tlad By Followers of Roosevelt
in Chicago Auditorium
LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC GATHERING
Nomination of Roosevelt For President and Miram W.
Johnson For Vice-President by Viva Voce Vote.
Work From Day to Day.
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FOR PRESIDENT.
Theodore Roaaevett of New York..
FOR VICE PRESIOENT.
Hiram W. Jsnnaon of California.
Preliminary foe the Convention.
N. » York The national progresa
he party areal accept Colonel Kooae
«* i political doctrines if be is to
l«- i* >’it4i i U »rer Ho aat<i Iste
Sunday. as be started for Chicago,
that he won! J insist upon making his
'eoo.'rosl;* uf faith" to the delegates
Wferr the ontntnmoa. which is to
draft the yds'' ana. makes its final re
port and that he woeid not accept the
fcoaunatjoc on a platform which did
led meet eiih his approval
l iSiKirl it > iseveif'a ivpeeeh was
originally seb*-d tiled for Monda? ms tit
it see »t«a.eted to him that the time
c4 its 4rf;»**- - be postponed and he
semi ward ‘a his manager that be
wosid eoeef to a delay after the
pisiform had been presented to the
- uairtt. >a A it anoe copies of the
spy eh tear he | the leaders of the new
party aere-ral days ago The colonel
•aid noth*?, however, to indicate that
tha aacgestkin for a delay in the de
The Second Day.
Chicago.—The rlrst session of the
first convention of the national pro
gressive party, of which Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt is sponsor, was
held in the Coliseum Monday and
while the setting was attended by all
of the usual ceremony and parapher
t.alla of a national political gathering,
the actual proceedings were sug
gestive of a love feast.
Not a dissenting voice was raised
during the se.-aion. The question of
negro representation from the south
.-d caused friction earlier in the day
u the national committee, hut there
uas no echo of the fight on the floor
of the convention. The delegates
were at times explosive in their en
thusiasm. Many of the state delega
tions came into the hall singing and
shouting in their delight at the birth
of the new- party and three hour3 la
ter left the building in the same hap
py frame of mind.
Although green hands were sup
posed to be at the helm, the machine
ry of the convention worked smoothly
and efficiently. There was no roll
call of delegates, hut the delegate
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j\ THEODORE ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
1, bmf of the speech was due to !SB
1 ; prwMKH.it of those »ho had read it.
*• tiuiom-1 Hoowwvwlt said that in hi*
| *r ch aw had d-air fatly with all the
tfcrwa’ pnltftrat «| j*-*- :«i of the day
It tie spoke frankly and fearlessly, be
said and btiiewed that the corn.-a
if tin* ought t . he fully apprized of his
nia-w* before ratifying the tentative
* nomination. which be accept «d at
z-btcago H* cot rends that ft was
upon a gaw*t.tr. ' principle that he
Vft the republic**! party and now he
has 4mm- *o he cannot stake a con.
proto*»e o prir.ri.ptea in accepting
the hsad-rsi ,p >’ -be new movemr:.:
* Mas dectara : iu of politica! faith,
he toad. Is (M* which wit! be termed
either nwral.se. at anarchy and pr.ib
aid. bear., b— r-areoentt b s convic
tion* H so-* - i Oitrago to make
thews r* ■ *» aw*i aed to receive the
pMBlde* :sl n-. trisa* .on only If they
sr« accept a b.« -I thwte substantia!
pwWaas to the new party.
, Icwl.ag to tbo present arrang
aawnt < >**»-: K*«*-»-!’ wil! deliver
Ba» speech Tue*i*y. The plan, he
aaad vas »ai 1st a--tor y to him. aa at
tbot time the pta’Cnrm commit: * will
PM hose nma.ah I >4 Ha work.
section of the floor, arranged in the
same manner as at the republican na
or.ji convention a few weeks ago.
■ i.'i accommodating nearly 1,500 peo
ple. was entirely tilled. The alternate
section also had its full quota.
There was not the same crush of
spectators as at the republican gather
ing, but when the proceedings began
tli- galleries bad few empty seats.
T! e convention leaders were enthnsi
vs’ic over the showing made it? the
< olisen in and made the claim that no
' ■ ’t- r l.Kjking, more substantial set
f d*-i*-vates was ever seen on the
floor of a national political conven
turn.
A'ork of the national committee or. j
contested delegate cases caused a de
lay of nearly three-quarters of an
hour in t !.e assembling of the conven
• ion. During the wait the delegates
amused themselves with songs and
ells composed for the occasion.
* iii> a band up near the flag-draped
steel rafters and a Grand Army fife
and drum corps on the stage vied
with each other in playing patriotic
airs.
There was a great cheer as Senator
Joseph M Dixon, national chairman
I
of the party, rapped for order. This
was repeated later when the call for
the convention was read and there
was even greater enthusiasm when
former Senator Albert J. Beveridge
of Indiana was presented for tempo
rary chairman. The formality of
electing Senator Beveridge was not
necessary and amid renewed acclaim,
he was escorted to a place on the
stage, decorated with a gold badge
and handed the convention gavel.
Senator Beveridge then delivered
his keynote speech. He spoke for
more than an hour and a half, ex
pressing some of the advanced ideas
of government adopted by the new
party and paving the way for even
more progressive proposals to be
made to the convention by Colonel
Roosevelt.
The temporary chairman was given
the closest attention throughout.
Once he mentioned President Taft in
connection with his approval of the
Payne tariff law. and instantly there
came a 6torm of jeers and groans
from the crowd. Every few minutes
Senator Beveridge was interrupted by
applause and cheering.
The former senator from Indiana
made a most courteous presiding of
ficer and when a premature motion
to adjourn was made he begged par
don of the delegate for not recogniz
ing him at the time, promising him
recognition a little later in the ses
sion.
TROUBLE OVER PLATFORM.
Draft Prepared by Scholars Too Long
and Indefinite.
Chicago.—The committee on plat*
form of the national progressive con
vention got into a lively row soon
after organization was perfected Mon
day night and some pretty plain words
were spoken in discussing the pro
posed declaration of principles of the
new party.
It was apparent from the first that
the platform probably could not be
completed before late Tuesday night
or Wednesday morning. It is due to
go to the convention Wednesday after
noon.
After full discussion in the general
committee the plan of the leaders was
to appoint a subcommittee of seven to
confer with Colonel Roosevelt and to
work out the platform With him.
The idea will be to condense into
crisp, short planks the various ad
• anced ideas to be outlined to the con
vention by the colonel in his so-called
' confession of faith" speech. It was
said that practically all of the progres
siveness in Colonel Roosevelt's speech
will be adopted in the platform.
There are two or three of the more
radical ideas, however, which may not
be included.
Colonel Rooseevlt, it was said, would
not object to the elimination of a few
proposals, but is insistent that all the
rest shall be contained in the platform
upon which he is to run.
Soon after the committee met at
night the draft of a tentative platform
was presented by a group of leaders
in the new movement, who had met
several times to discuss the matter.
The draft w as said to express the com
bined ideas of Dean Lewis of the law
school of the University of Pennsyl
vania. Dean Kirchway of the law
school of Columbia university, GifTord
Pinchot, Chester Rowell of California.
Charles McCarthy of the legislative
reefrence bureau at the University of
Wisconsin. Medill McCormick of Chi
cago. .lames R. Garfield of Ohio and
other close personal friends of Colonel
Roosevelt.
It had been announced that these
men had drafted a scholarly platform
which was a program of genuine so
cial and industrial justice and which
would mark a new era in this connec
tion in the United States.
It.vrequired an hour and a half to
read this tentative platform and im
mediately a dozen members of the
committee attacked it with vigor. Wil
iam Dudley Foulke of Indiana headed
the assault He declared that the
platform should be shortened to one
quarler of its length.
Hugh T. Halbert of Minnesota took
the floor as soon as Foulke ’^-d finish
ed bis criticism. He calleif the plat
form verbose, pedagogic and lacking
in vitality.
‘‘This platform as presented here,”
said Mr. Halbert, “does not even note
the birth of a new party. It seems to
me that this fact, should be set forth
in terse, energetic fashion.”
Third and Last Day.
Chicago.—Singing "Onward, Chris
tian Soldiers" and "The Battle Hymn
of the Republic,” the delegates to the
first national convention of the new
progressive party Wednesday night
proclaimed Theodore Roosevelt of
New York as their candidate for pres
ident and Governor Hiram W. John
son of California as their choice for
vice president.
Marking a new- departure in the
proceedings of national conventions,
the two candidates were immediately
notified of their nomination and in
the midst of deafening cheers appear
ed before the delegates to voice their
acceptance and to pledge their best
efforts to the coming campaign.
For several hours during the after
noon and early evening in the Coli
seum the audience had listened to a
flow of oratory in nominating and sec
onding speeches in which the domi
nant note expressed was the belief
that victory would come to the new
party in the November elections. Ray
mond Robbins of Illinois pledged a
100,000 majority for the national;
ticket in Illinois; Gifford Pinchot pre-1
dieted a 300,000 majority for Colonel
Roosevelt and Governor Johnson in
his home state of Pennsylvania.
The party formally christened itself
"the progressive party,” leaving out
the "national” by which It has hereto
fore been known, but provision was
made for the recognition of •Teal”
progressives in any of the states by
whatever name they should be locally
designated because of state laws.
The convention adjourned at 7:24
p. m„ with the delegates -singing the
doxology in lusty voices. During the
three days it was in session there was
not a roll call nor a ballot taken. The
delegates asked no such formalities, j
either in placing their candidates in |
nomination or in voting for them.
There was not a voice in opposition ,
either to Colonel Roosevelt or Gov
ernor Johnson. The delay in nomi
nating them was due to the large 1
number of seconding speeches allow
ed.
As has always been the case in na
tional political conventions, the bulk
of the work of the progressive gather- j
ing was carried on in the committees.
There was sharp discussion in sev- j
eral of the committee meetings and
no little difficulty in agreeing uoon
the platform as finally adopted. Col
onel Roosevelt worked with the sub
committee in charge of the platform,
going .over their work of the two pre- J
vious days and nights and vigorously
helping to mould the draft which at
last proved acceptable to him. The
platform did not take up the negro
question.
In this connection one of the inter
esting seconding speeches of the day
was that of P. R. Gleed of New York,
a negro. Gleed declared that the
negroes had faith in the new party; 1
faith that it would do all in its power
to right,the wrongs of the race.
“We stand by the platform.” he
said. “We stand by Colonel Roose
velt's letter. We stand by his speech
Mr. Pendergast’s Address.
Mr. Pendergast, who had been
selected to make the introductory
nominating speech for Roosevelt spoke
as follows:
“We have arrived at the crowning
act of the convention. This great
gathering owes its being to a mighty
protest by the American people against
those who have poisoned the wells of i
democracy. It represents the material j
spirit of mankind that, from time im
memorial, has charged back upon
those who would place obstacles in i
the way of the march of human pro
gress.
“My candidate is more than a citi
zen: he is a national asset. In this
momentous period of political doubt.:
when the nation has to decide whether
it will or how it will grapple with the i
great economical problems of the time, ■
there is no man in American life who 1
presents such credentials for the task
as he.
"This candidate has ‘success' writ
ten on every page of his official
career. He has fought the most
vicious forces in American life and
conquered them. He surrendered the
presidency at a time when his re-*
election would have been a certainty,
in the hope that other hands would
prosecute successfully the task he did
not have time to finish. That task has
been treated with intermittent loyalty
and has largely been left undone. We
ask that the task be again entrusted
to him whose loyalty to principle has
never faltered and whose breadth of
experience qualifies him over all men ;
for the duty.
"Our candidate is one whose origin
ality of thought and directness of
action have made him a unique figure
in American history. He is the nat- j
ural leader of the progressive move
ment today, not only because he pos
sesses the quality of leadership that
is essential, but because he is one of
the iriginal progressives of this na
est captains of fndustry have lowered I
their lances.”
COL. ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS.
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What He Said to the Convention on
Being Notified.
Chicago.—Col. Roosevelt in accept
ing the nomination for president by
the progressive convention, said in
part:
“Mr. Chairman and men and women
who in this convention represent the
high and honest purpose of the people
of all our country: I come forward to
thank you from my heart for the
the honor you have conferred upon
me and to say that of course I accept.
1 have been president and I measure
my words when 1 say though 1 have
seen and known much of life, I hold
it by far the greatest honor and the
greatest opportunity that has ever
come to me to be called by you to the
leadership for the time being of this
great movement in the interests of
the American people.
“And friends. I wish now to say
how deeply sensitive I am to the way
in which the nomination has come- to
me. and to tell those who proposed
and seconded my nomination that I
appreciate to the full the significance
of having such men and such women
put me in nomination, and I wish to
thank the convention for having given
me the running mate it has given.
“1 have a peculiar feeling toward
Governor Johnson. Nearly two years
ago. after the elections of 1910. when
what l had striven to accomplish in
New York had come to nothing and
when my friends, the enemy, exult
ed, possibly prematurely—over what
had befallen me. Governor Johnson,
in the flush of his own triumph, hav
ing just won out. wrote me a letter,
which I shall hand on to my children
and children's children, because of
what the letter contained, and be
cause of the man who wrote it. a let
ter of trust and belief, a letter of j
ardent championship from the soldier
who was at the moment victorious.
generous towards his comrade wno
had been struck down. In Governor
Johnson we have a man whose every
word is made good by the deeds that
he has done. The man who, as the
head of a great state, has practically
applied in that state for the benefit
of the people of that state the prin
ciples which we intend to apply
throughout the union as a whole. We
have nominated the only type of man
who ever ought to be nominated for
the vice presidency: we have nomi
nated a man fit at the- moment to be
president of the United States.
"And friends, with all my heart and
soul, with every particle of high pur
pose that there is in me. I pledge you
my word to do everything I can to
put every particle of courage, of
common sense and of strength that 1
have, at your disposal and to en
deavor so far as strength is given me
to live up to the obligations you have
put upon me. to endeavor to carry out
in the interest of our whole people
the policies to which you have today
solemnly dedicated yourselves to the
millions of men and women for
whom you speak. I thank you.”
There was a prolonged demonstra
tion as Colonel Roosevelt conluded.
It was renewed when Governor John
son was introduced. He said:
“It is with the utmost solemnity,
the deepest obligation that I come to
tell you that I have enlisted for the
war. I enlisted long ago and I en
listed in that fight that is your fight
HIRAM W. JOHNSON, VICE PRESI DENTIAL NOMINEE.
tion. Without denying to others the
full measure of credit which is justly
and honorably theirs for their ser
vices to the progressive cause, there
is . no other man who, in public office
or out of it, has, by his devotion to its
interest, made so complete and gener
ous a contribution to the cup of its
achievements.
“My candidate is the ‘man courage
ous’ in American politics. While the
interests of the people have been
menaced, he has hnown no fear and
asked no quarter. His challenge has
always been to a struggle in the open.
There have been none so powerful as
to awe him, and before him the great
now, the fight of all the nation, thank
God, at last—humanity's fight politic
ally all over the land.
“Enlisting as I have in that contest
for humanity that desired govern-1
mentally to make men better rather
than to make men richer, there is
no question of course but that of
necessity I must accept any place
where I may be drafted and that I ac
cept such a place as you have accord
ed me in the nation's history today
(because again you are making his
tory in this land) that I accept it with
grateful heart and with the utmost
singleness of purpose, to caxxy out
as well as I may the little that «iay
be my part to dc».
“I would rather go down to defeat
with Theodore Roosevelt than go to
victory with any other presidential
candidate."
•
Address of Miss Addams.
Following is the speech of Miss
Addams nominating Roosevelt:
“I rise to second the nomination
stirred by the splendid platform adopt
ed by this convention.
“Measures of industrial ameliora
tion, demands for social justice, long
discussed by small groups in charity
conferences and economic associa
tions. have here been considered in a
great national convention and are at
last thrust into the stern arena of
political action.
“A great party has pledged itself to
the protection of children, to the care
of the aged, to the relief of over
worked girls, to the safeguarding of
burdened men. Committed to these
human undertakings it is inevitable
that such a party should appeal to
women, should seek to draw upon the
great reservoir of their moral energy
so long undesired and unutilized in
practice: one is the corollary of the
other, a program of human welfare,
the necessity for women's party rep
resentation.
“We ratify this platform not only
because it represents our earnest con
victions and formulates our high
hopes, but because it pulls upon our
faculties aud calls us to definite
action.
“I second the nomination of Theo
dore Roosevelt because he is one of
the few men in our public life who
has been responsive to the social ap
peal and who has caught the signi
ficance of the modern movement."
Women on National Committee.
Medill McCormick presented changes
made in the code of rules for the new
party.
The rules of the convention were
amended in several particulars. The
name ^ suggested. "The progressive
party.' was not changed, provision be
ing made to recognize delegates from
states where the party name had been
pre-empted.
Platform of Principles.
j CHICAGO—Following is an outline
of the platform of thfe national pro
gressive party:
The conscience of the people in a time
, natioual prob.em> iia* called into
>eu.fef u cew party, bvru of tlie nation *
awakened M^use of justice.
'Ve of the progressive purtv dedicate
i 'nreelves to the luifi.intent ot the duty
laid upon us t.y our fathers to umintaiu
(that government of the people bv the
| People and tor the people wuose touuda
uons they laid.
We hold with Thomas Jefferson and
Ainauiin* niiicu.a tliat tne people are the
masters of their coustitut.on to fulfill
Us purposes and to >aleguard it from
thoss who by perversion of its intent
v\t»ula wiivert it into an instrument of
injustice.
This country belongs to the people who
i !Qhabit it. It ;s time to set the public
I welfare in the first place.
I The platform funner "declares that the
I 'id X'artics have became loots of corrupt
interests which use them impartially to
>er\e their selfish xiurposes. ’ and "that
t -the hew party ofiers itseif as the in
strument of the x»eox>'.e to sweep away
old abuses, to build a new and nobler
commonwealth."
Declares under heading "The rule of
the people.” for direct primaries for the
nomination of state and national officers
aud candidates for the presidency, for
the popular election of United 'states
Senators aud charges on the state- the
use of the short bailot; with resx>ousi- |
bility to the people. secured by the initia
tive. referendum and recall."
fledges jiarty to provide "a mitre easy
ami expeditious luettiod of ameudiug the
federal constitution."
Advocates national jurisdiction over prob
lems which have expanded beyond reach
of individual states.
fledges party to secure equal suffrage,
fledges party to enactment of iegisla- i
tiott. limiting cam(Migu contributions aud
expenditures aud providing for publicity
t IK reo*.
'Opposes participation by federal op- j
poiutees in state or national conventions. !
iN'iiumis "such restrictions of the power
of the courts as shall leave to the people
the ultimate authority to determine
fundamental questions of social Welfare and
public policy."
fledges judicial reform, believing "that
the issuance of injunctions iu labor dis
putes should t>e prohibited when such in
junctions would not apply where no
labor disputes existed."
Declares against child labor and for a
minimum wage for women, for prevention
••f industrial accidents, safeguards for
health of employes, publicity as to wages,
eight-hour workday and establishment of
a federal department of labor
Urges re-establishment of country life
commission and promotion of the welfare
of farmers.
fledges party to a full and Immediate .
inquiry and to immediate action to deal
with the high cost of living
Favors a single health service.*
Demands muiouul regulation of inter
state corporations and urges the "estab- j
bailment of a federal commission to sufier- i
vise interstate industrial corporations."
and favors strengthening the Sherman law j
to insure competition iu business and'
prevent unfair trade practices,
fledges party to enactment of a patent
i law that will prevent monoxiolies.
Favors legislation giving interstate com
merce commission power to value physical
property of railroads and demands aboli
tion of the commerce court.
Condemns methods of issuing currency!
notes through private agencies and urge
control thereof by the government aloue
aud opposes the Aldrich currency hill.
Favors government co-operation with 1
j manufacturers- and producers in extend-1
j tag foreign commerce.
Declares for prompt development of all
I natural resources, condemning exploitatiou,
j waste and monopolisation
Urges reasonable comxiensntion to the j
j public for water power rights hereafter
! granted.
Declares for good roads, national high- :
I " ays and extension of rural fro deiiv- j
cry; immediate development of natural re
j -ourees of Alaska and promi-.es to that
territory local self-government as given j
other territories.
i fledges party to immediate prepara
tion of plan to develop rivers of the '
country, esxjeeially the Mississippi and
tributaries, without delay.
Demands that the Panama canal shall
be so operated as to insure sea compe
tition with transcontinental railroads and)
urges that American railroad controlled i
ships he denied the use of the canal.)
Expresses twlief iu a protective tariff
which shall equalize conditions of com
petition between the United States and
foreign countries for all classes: de* i
rnands tariff revision because the p-esent ,
tariff is unjust to the people of the
[United States and pledges party to the
establishment of a nonpartisan scientific,
tariff revision.
Condemns Payne-AMrieh bill and rh« [
democratic" party’s tariff policy as "de
structive of the protective system.”
Demands immediate repeal of the Ca
nadian reciprocity act.
Favors inheritance and income tax.
Favors international agreement for lim
itation of naval forces and the construc
tion of two battleships a year pending such
agreement.
Favors governmental action in behalf of
immigrants: a wise and Just policy of
(•ensious for old soldiers and sailors and j
the Immediate creation of a parcels post.;
In conclusion the platform, "appeals for:
the support of ail American citizens with
out regard to previous political affiliation"
Wilson Motived.
Sn Girt. Si J —Governor Woodrow
WHOM aa Wednesday unfolded the
fabric of hw political beliefs in a
Speech formally accepting the demo
M*t«- twsiyi'KS to the presidency
Essahi-att t g first a hat ho termed
bis "faitfc be tnroked "the rule ot
right sod of justice" to politics. pro
rostimi is sooceaatos to show its
appl.cmtiam to tbs tariff, the sou-trust
paasMos the rsstormtios of tho mer
teresys tbo coasarvauos of natoral
rsassrrsi. hash log reforms, etc.
/ j
Roosevelt's Campaign.
Chicago Roosevelt's campaign tour ■
is being rapidly scheduled. Wednes-'
day plans had been begun for bis first
campaign speech st Providence. R. I.,
on August 16. The following day he
w ili speak at Point of Pines. Mass. On
August 23 he will be st Wilkesbarre,
Pa., and address the miners who will
be there attending Father Currlan's
annual 'Jubilee." An important
apeech will be delivered In one of the
large cities of Vermont on August 26.
He will speak at the Minnesota state
fair at St. Paul, Sept. 6th.
To Retire From Congress.
Washington—Representative N. E.
Kendall of Iowa, republican, an
nounced that because of ill health he
will not engage in the race for his
seat, but will retire.
By Direct Vote of People.
Washington. — A constitutional
amendment by Representative LaFol
lette of Washington for the election
of the president and vice president
by a direct vote of the people is pro
vided in a resolution Introduced in
the house on Wednesday.
Lucien Wulein Dead.
Cincinnati.—The death of Lucien
Wulsin, president of the Baldwin
piano company, is announced in a
cablegram from Paris from his son,
Lucien Wulsin, jr.
Mayor Sentenced to Jail.
Denver.—Former Mayor Robert W.
Speer, publisher of a Denver newspa
per, was on Wednesday fined $1,000
and sentenced to five days in the
county jail by District Judge Hubert
L. Shattuck for constructive oon
tempt of court.
Negro Contestants Barred.
Chicago.—Contesting negro delega
tions from Florida and Mississippi
were barred from the progressive con
vention by the national committee.
The contests were decided at a stormy
executive session of the committee.
Negroes gathered in the corridors out
side the committee room and raised
their voices in indignant protest.
When the decisions were made known
the negro leaders declared that they
would continue their fight for seats
before the credentials committee.
Kendall to Retire.
Washington.—Representative N. E.
Kendall of Iowa, republican, an
nounced that because of ill health ha
would not engage in the race for his
seat, but would retire. He is suffer
ing, according to his physicians, from
serious heart trouble and has been ad
vised to take a complete rest and
leave public life at once. Mr. Kendall
was speaker of the Iowa house of rep
resentatives before his election to
congress and was renominated last
June at the primaries.
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stands supreme. The tasty
dishes one can make with it
are almost numberless.
Let’s see ! There’s creamed
dried beef, and—but just try
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Don't accept “a just as good." From
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Ready-to-Serve Foods is always
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Pat ap in sterilized glass or tin
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Chicago
HER LITTLE HAND IN HIS
Mr. Peeke’s Explanation as to Reason
Somewhat Dispelled the Odor
of Romance.
Henne and Peeke were two henpeck
ed married men. The other day they
met, and. after a few casual remarks
concerning the weather, the subject
of women and unfortunate husbands
was—perhaps naturally—discussed. To
Henne. however, suddenly came
thoughts of years ago. when he was
a happy bachelor, and (unconsciously
of what Fate had in store for him)
was "walking out” a girl who was.
later on, destined to bring him sor
row and misery.
Peeke, seeing a "far-away” look in
his companion's eyes, inquired the
meaning. Henne retorted dramat
ically, “I was just then thinking, old
fellow, of those happy days long ago—
when I used to hold that girl’s hand
in mine for hours—when—”
But the equally unfortunate Peeke
suddenly cut his companion short by
exclaiming: "Why, that’s nothing!
Cheer up! Do you know, only yes
terday I held my wife's hand for three
solid hours.”
What?" said the startled Henne.
“Yes, it's a fact,” resumed Peeke,
sorrowfully: "and I declare if I'd let
loose she'd have killed me.”—London
Tit-Bits.
Sure of Himself.
“Aren't you afraid you may become
a slave to the smoking habit?”
“Xo. I can quit whenever I want
to.”
"How do you know that? Have you
ever tried it?”
“Xo; but I've cured myself of the
habit of voting for every candidate
who is nominated by the political
party to which I belong, and a man
must have a strong will to do that.”
Not So Bad.
“I don't see how you can find life
worth living in Such a small town.”
“Oh, it's not so bad. We probably
have just as many scandals here as
there are in your neighborhood.”
Homely Philosophy.
“ ‘After all, it isn't always those
with the loudest voices that have the
best things to say,’ said the little
brown hen.”
Once in a great while love’s labor
Is lost, but more often it is misplaced.
A Triumph
Of Cookery—
Post
Toasties
Many delicious dishes
have been made horn
Indian Com by the skill
and ingenuity of the ex
pert cook.
But none of these crea
tions excels Post Toast
ies in tempting the palate.
“Toasties” are a lux
ury that make a delight
ful hot - weather economy.
The first package tells
its own story.
“The Memory Lingers”
Sold by Groan.
Poara Cored Cobomt, Li noted.
Boat. CUmk. iKTU.