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R . THE NOHFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL : FKIDAY , FEBRUARY 22 , 1907. The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal THE HUSE PUDLISHING COMPANY W. N- tin * " N. A > ' ' ' 1'roitltlont Kvory Kr"l ayi M.V m-ill l" r . .oar , U fc" . Kntowl nt tlio poMollloo nt Norfolk , Neb , , an lu'coml rlnnn wnttor. UtlltoHnl I TMcuhonoHS " Y" No. SS. llUHlnohrt Olllro und Job No. H 22. THE PENALTY OK SPEED. Tlio Now York Control wreck , re- nulling In the death of twenty-two pen- faliilltli-H In serious l > lo , brings the list of rious wrecks Hlnco .Iiiiiiuiry 1 to eon- nldernbly nioro tlnvn HOD. Homo of tlicin linvo been duo to tlio failure of linnmii agencies to t-nforco tlio block signal safely appliance , but thla hint disaster \vaa ono which may partially 1)0 charged un to the Aniorlcan public. Tlio train that WIIH wrockoil , WIIH ninnliiK at u rate of about seventy miles nn hour when derailed. The cnuBo of tlio accident .la a matter of speculation. The coroner thinks a rail spread. The speed of the train turned tlio cars over and many were Injured , nsldo from those killed. Americans conatantly demand great er risk In railway service , because they constantly demand greater speed. As n nation wo seem to bo willing to take chances on our lives for the Bake of rushing through with things. The fa tal train was running nt Hoventy miles nn hour. It was tilled with people who delight to ride at that furious pace. That the public demands faster and faster service Is shown by the patron- ngo given to fast trains as compared with slower ones. There's an Incen tive , therefore , for locomotive build ers to make machines that will run nlong faster and faster , drawing coach es behind. As a nation we're looking for chanc es to break records In time. And tbo penalty for speed comes high. The waving of red Hags In Chicago , flory speeches against capital , and all that sort of thing , Is a continuation of the spirit which prompted a man not long ago to drop a bomb In a Philadel phia bank. It's a dnngorous sign , and ono that ought to attract the attention of serious minded people everywhere. The fact that there are In the country nnd In tbo race members of society whoso minds lead them to destroy by preference , Is a serious Indication In Itself. And , knowing of this condition , It becomes the duty of Intelligence to quiet rather than nrouso to excitement such as these. Utterances of drastic nnd Iconoclastic typo fall na seeds upon those anarchistic minds grow up Into full-sized bombshells in a very short time. THAT GHID1UON DINNIOR. Wonder has been expressed by part of the general public over the fact that the snappy portion of the Orldlron dinner nor proceedings , which took place some weeks ngo at Washington , was printed by ninny of the weekly mnga zincs of the country and by some of the dally papers , but not by all of thorn. The wonder comes through the fact that the matter emanating from the Gridiron club banquet was of a Bonsatlonnl nature nnd carried a largo news value. But It Is n mnttor easily explained . The Gridiron club nt Washington Is an organization of newspaper corres pomlonts. Not all newspaper correspondents pondonts nt Wnshlngton nro members but many of them are. They hold an annual banquet about the first of each year , at which they drop their noses for news and enjoy themselves in their private capacities. They put on the grill nil of the prominent men In the national capital , nnd bnvo much sport in the pnstlme. They generally Invite the big men whom they expect to grill. But there Is nn unwritten law thnt what goes on In the Gridiron club Is of a confidential nature and that any public man may sny anything ho chooses without having n word of It get Into print. The fnct that It Is the Gridiron club Is n protection for his utterances , nnd sonic spicy utterances result. At the last meeting of the club , Pres ident Roosevelt and Senator Fornker were Invited guests. There wns n prominent cartoonist present , who drew splendid likenesses of various ist. men as their names wore hinted nt. , Thus , when It wns asked , "Who loves 38c Roosevelt most ? " the cnrtoonlst pictured cd tured Fornker. And on the other hand when It was nsked who loved Fornker srm most , Roosevelt's face loomed up on the sketch artist's paper. That much wns given to the public on the Sundny morning nfter the din ner of Snturdny night. And not much more. But as n mnttor of fact there were a couple of pretty warm speeches made by the president nnd Senator Foraker. Some reports say that Forakor spokt first , others say that Roosevelt spoke first. In stories which sny that For aker led off , It Is said that he declared In the course of his speech , that no body had loved Roosevelt more thar he. The president Is said to have nn Bwered , Insinuating gome rather un complimentary things at the Ohio sen ator. Then Foraker , angered , arost and , with white face , made the speed fc " - . J-- - KTT of bin life , grilling the president roundly - ly for destroying conlldcnco In busi ness conditions nnd tearing down In dustrial proBi | rlty , Bonding out Bplo lo make criminals of cattle men , etc. The president. whOHo face twitched Nltli excitement under this attack , nroso and made what la Bald to have 'teen the Hpeech of hla life , also , In which ho went nfter Forakcr with equal jnba. It la mittl that things be came so teiiBo that Homo of the more timid guests oven wanted to go home. Membera of the club , who were pres ent , heard the BpeecheB nnd , although they know the nown vnluo of the Btory , they kept fnlth nnd sent out nothing concerning the speeches. That was Saturday night. Hut Monday after noon from Homo nource , somehow , the story shot out from Washington over telegraph wires. Then the Aaaoclated Press carried a very short account of things In order to contradict some fea tures of the first report. And that la why papcra carrying Aa ooclatod Press reports , or who had correspondent ! ) In Washington who be longed to the Gridiron club , did not glvo the meat of this story to their readers , The story wan not ono for 2hc public. It was like a meeting with In the halls of a secret fraternal ordor. Where the story did como from , no body knows. It la not probable that a mnn present nt tbo dinner Rent It. It Is more likely thnt Bomo outsider heard a dlscusHlon nnd , not belonging to the club , seized upon the posslbll- Itles nnd used them for his pnper. In some wnys the report was n do plornblo mntler. It hns destroyed the secrecy of the Orldlron dinners. A yenr ngo ono of tbo president's most famous speeches was but a duplicate of what ho had delivered at the GridIron - Iron dinner. This was his speech In regard to "Muckrakers. " No word of It got to the public until some tlmo after the banquet , when the president chose to deliver It again. CALIFORNIA'S RECENT THREAT. Sail Francisco hns surrendered her desire to exclude Japanese from the public schools , on condition that the Japanese coolies , who como to this country to Interfere with American labor , bo excluded from the country , The conlllct between the federal gov. eminent and the state of California over the admittance of children to the San Francisco schools , Is rendorei useless In light of the existing condl tlons , but because of the dispute over the point , It would seem probable that the case begun by tbo United States government to force the city of Sar Francisco to admit the Jap student , ought to bo curried on nnd determiner finally In the United States supreme court. The question ns to whether the federal oral treaty takes precedence over am annuls the law of the state Is still un determined , but It Is 0110 which may arise again at any time. For that rca son the opinion of the United State : supreme court upon this point Is very much desired just now. Now that San Francisco has los sympathy In Its fight by admitting tha the school question and the state' right question , over which so muc ! frenzy wns crented nnd regnrdln which so many henrts were set ben Ing for the rights of the parents wh were alarmed lest their children b < sent to school with the yellows , wen not at the root of the teapot tempo at all , but that It was the labor prob lorn at the foundation , there will bo reaction In favor of a more centralize federal control of all things. It ha been brought out clearly In this whir wind that there must bo n llnnl an- thorlty somewhere , and that It would be with the federal government , where It will operate to the advantage of the whole nation , than with various states , allowing each community to set Itself up Into A supreme government and to pass laws that will lock horns with those of the national government. It is the sumo old question which stirred our forefathers into ringing speeches nnd debntes when the con stitution wns framed. It Is the same old question thnt rose up and sent half of this country nt lighting tbo other half , forty-odd years ago. And it Is n question which will be settled ono day by concentrating more authority with the federal government , nt stnte gov . ernment's expense. When this Snn Frnnclsco school con - troversy nrose , California sent elo , , quent telegrams to eastern newspa * pers threatening to secede before they would surrender their God-given right to send their children to white schools , nnd to keep them separated from ori ental companions. It was pointed out that California was a powerful com- monwealth , a wealthy state , and a proud community. It was argued that Cnllfornians were a peculiarly Inde pendent 'people , fearing no mnn , nnd that for the sake of their little chll- dren's rights they would go to war , if i ( irneed be , with the balance of this un- , Ion. The outcome lias demonstrated that all of this impassioned outcry was not for the children's schooling , but was based upon the competitive labor that comes Into the Golden Gate from the orient. But for all of that , the memory ol I the California threat is still ringing lo the ears of thlH country , and because of this memory there la n desire that Iho constltulonal problem of nuprem- acy In federal treaty or state law , be Hetlled once for all. Mack In the early days of our his tory , Alexander Hamilton ntood for federal power. Ho argued that all of the authority should rest In the feder al government excepting thnt which WIIH expreHsly delegated to the Htates. llln collcagucH weru afraid of the the ory and argued that all power should rest with states , cxcptlng that expressly - ly delegated to the federal govern ment i that local government , nnd just as little of It ns poaalble , was the Ideal. And llnmllton'H theory Is coming more and more to Impress the people of the country that ho helped to found. In the early days there was no cen tral government , nnd statea fought It. Knch stnto made Its own tariff lawa , nnd thus there became Inequal ity In ports nnd n rivalry going after business which resulted In the cutting of rates until nn Injury wns worked upon the whole country. And then the states formed a combination a trust for governmental purposes , so to speak. They went together , each sac rlflclng a little individually for the sake of the whole , and the nation be came recognized by foreign countries. It was the centralized power that earned thla recognition. It Is as the confidence of a foreign nation In the fact that a contract , or treaty made with the central government In the United States would bo observed and carried out by all of the states In the union , even though It worked more or less hardship upon a few , for the sake of the whole. It's not a new problem , but an old one , that we're uu against today. It's the same old problem that the constitu tion-builders fought over. And today , when various state legislatures are making various sorts of unequal laws to meet the same dllllcultles , resulting In unfair results to the whole union and to the citizens and Industries of tbo whole union , incidents of tbo San Francisco sort only tend to emphasize the need of n simpler nnd more unified authority , Invested In a central govern ment to represent nnd net for the com bined stntes. RIDGBWAY'S FAILURE. Colliers thinks thnt the failure of RIdgewny's weekly magazine has been a gross misfortune nnd points to the failure ns proof thnt good things can fall ns well ns bad. Colliers looks at this failure through colored glasses The failure lias In It more the demon stration of the fnct that the Iconoclast hns no permanent place In society , am' ' that the destroyer and pessimistic ng Itntor against evil , eventually dies. II Is a striking example of the demand of the public In this country , and we're lilco the rest of humans , for optimistic things rather than constant battering away nt the bad In the world. RIdgewny's Militant was a weekly magazine started some months ago. It was to be n weekly , and was pub lished simultaneously In fourteen cities of the United States. It's mis sion was to attack evil In all places , city and country , nnd to destroy sin. Rldgowny's bad no time to the build ing up of good things , nor to devote to constructive effort. The public failed to buy RIdgewny's , and the mag azine has announced its demise. In the announcement , Rldgeway snys the printing machinery on which It was attempted to turn out the magazine were not perfect , and that the public would not stand for poorly printed pub lications. This Is well enough for nn excuse. It Is not logical , because RIdgeway's was well printed. The trouble with Rldgoway's wns thnt It wns n "knocker. " And the knocker finds nn early grave , whether It be n national magazine or n humble citizen. Perhnps It Is well enough to let Rldgewny's stnto Its own purpose In life. This Is what It said : "Wherever the strong are oppressing the weak ; wherever the thoughtless are grinding the helpless ; wherever selfishness seeks that which Is not Its own ; wher ever right cries out for a champion ; wherever plutocracy or hypocrisy Is opposing .democracy . ; wherever wo can help along that better day there you may expect to find RIdgeway's Mill tank This Is an honest , serious ef fort of ours to build up a fighting ma chine , not for political power , not for profit , but for the common good Write to us or write to our editor in your section , or see him personally about some growing wrong that should bo attacked ; some wrong In one o your city , county or other state Instltu tlons ; the failure of some public ofll clal to do his duty ; some glaring EO clal evil ; some one of the thousanc crimes that men and women comml against society for the sake of gold See what a fighting equipment your editor has for any campaign he mn > take up. " The mission sounds well. It is a promise that , nt first glance , would ap peal to many , because It Is spectacu lar and because It savors of the spicy side of life ; It promises lively reading of a certain sort for a certain time There can bo no question but that the editors In this effort were serlouslj bent on their mission to save the coun I try. Neither can there bo a doubt tha hey were on the wrong track. For a few short weeks the periodical 'v' " ' . then It succumbed to n lack of mtronafic' . That's the strongest sign that It was on the wrong track , for the proof of the pudding Is In the cat- ng. ng.There There Is no question but that there arc gross ovlls existing In this land to- Iny. There can bo no question but that evil always will exist. And there s no cnso on record where nn ngltnt- ng agent came forth as a reformer ind Baved the country. The man upon .vhoso teachings is founded the Chris tian religion , wns an optimist. The prophets were filled with gloom nnd evil forebodings , but the grentcst lend er of them all saw the cheerful things abend , looked for the good nnd not for the bad. Running water purifies Itself , and liuman generations do the same thing. Every ovll net Is n suicidal act. Glvon enough time , the evil things will de stroy themselves. Corruption will become - come BO corrupt that It will dlo a na turnl death. There are many Instances where vlco was allowed to go BO far that Its vlclousncss rose up at last and poisoned Its very being. No man or set of men , nnd no magazine or set of magazines , can purge society by keenIng - Ing before the public's .gnzo the vlco and crime and ovll doing of the out cast typo of beings. And persistently holding up to the public gaze the worst features of life , has an effect wholly unsought by the reformer. Suggestion is n powerful agent. We're all more or less subject to the hypnotic Influence of sugges tions thnt come from the magnetic men , nbout us. And to forever run on and on about the vicious things , the ovlls , the corruption , by nnd by pro duces the belief In humankind that all things arc bad , that nil people nro tnlnted with crime nnd vlco and self ishness nnd that thought breeds evil- germs. To constantly keep In public mind , by agitation , the bad that Is around us , makes more bad people nnd does not reform those who nro attacked. An nttnck nntngonlzes nnd forever sur renders the possibility of chnnglng the ways of the man who is the target The Iconoclast is almost as vicious a member of society as the Ignorant criminal , and his destruction may bo greater. Anybody can tear down , butte to t build up Is much more a noble busi ness. And the trouble is that one pes simist , one Iconoclast one agitator , pointing 1 his finger at the dark corners ami seeking out , the wrong and evil can himself destroy more of whole some spirit , more of hope , more of en couragement nnd optimism , than r score of builders can construct. There Is no permanent place In llfo for the knocker or the agitator. The founder of the Christian religion bull upon good deeds and charity nnd kind ness townrd the sinners as well as the good nnd the effect hns been n grow ing one. Rldgewny was in earnest , bu Rldgewny was on the wrong track. RAILWAY MEN TALK. One result of the agitation ngatns railroads that has been rife over the ountry , nnd which is coming to n lead In various state legislatures hrough the medium of hundreds o ) llls that are being introduced antag onlstlc to those corporations , has beet nn Incrensed tendency nmoiig rnllroai nen to recognize the public as n vita factor to deal with , and to take con slderably more care than ever befor n presenting their side of the story : o the people at large. Publicity which has carried the public's cry fron shore to shore , Is now serving to car ry the views of the railway men , many of whom had hitherto considered 1 innecessary to talk for publication It has been a clear-cut recognition o the Importance of the public prints Ir the forming of public opinion untie r modern conditions. During the past few weeks Mr. Hill and Mr. Harrlman have consented to be Interviewed as never before. In fnct Mr. Hill hns taken pains to send several long letters to the newspapers. Many others have nlso paid l\eed to the knocking nt their doors , nnd have opened the doors In order to tell their side of the matter to the crowd out t- side. W. C. Brown , president of the New York Central , has spoken. Theodore - dore F. Shonts has given his views. And Julius Kruttschnltt , director of maintenance nnd operation on the Har rlman lines , has taken the unprece dented railroad attitude that complete details of all wrecks should be given maximum publicity as a means of pre venting further disasters. Mr. Hill told us a few weeks ago that railway extension is badly needed ; that the railroads of the country are utterly In adequate to the traffic ; that the rail roads of America , to keep pace with conditions , ought to build 5,000 miles of track and spend $5,500,000,000 with in the next five years $1,100,000,000 every year for Improvements. Ho pointed out that materials have gone up , wages have * gone up , railway con struction Is more expensive than over before , billions of dollars must bo bor rowed , nnd yet the public agitation Is for a reduction of rates and railway In come. It was pointed out that Presi dent Roosevelt has never at any time contemplated reducing rates , but that his regulation theory Is merely * o pre vent unjust discriminations. And Mr. Hill adds that Instead of lower rates , higher rates must bo charged by the railroads. A number of prominent railway ofllclals have agreed with this statement. * And now Mr. Shonts has been prompted by the agitation in stnte legislatures , to express his views. He takes the stand thnt the railroads , to win the confidence and protection of the people , "must throw down their hands , " make a frank statement of true conditions , and ask for help. This Is what he says : The attitude of the present national administration on the question of rates has not been to secure their re duction , but to prevent unjust discrim ination. Railroad rates in the United States are lower than anywhere else In the world , while the service under normal conditions Is better. I do not think that the public Is demanding cheaper transportation so much as It Is demanding safe , reliable and ade quate transportation. In the matter of Improvements the railroads of tlio coun try , almost without exception , have been pursuing a hand to mouth policy , which has proved costly to themselves and Irritating to the public. Costly to themselves because before improve ments necessary to relieve existing conditions have bcon completed their capacity has been exceeded by the growth of traffic ; Irritating to the pub lic because at no time In recent years has the public been free from delays and annoyances of a continued state of congestion. .Tho result Is that the railroads are confronted also with a etate of public opinion extremely bos tile. So that the raising of money to provide facilities so urgently needed Is , under present conditions , well nigh Impossible , although many of the cor poratlons have sought to do so at the risk of almost imperiling their credit. The situation Is a grave one. If the various states continue arbitrarily to reduce rates , as some of them are do Ing , and the various laborers continue to press their demands for Increased wages and shorter hours , the next un precedented crop harvested In this country will be a record breaking crop of receiverships. I wish to say , and with all possible emphasis , that In my judgment the time has come for fair dealing to both sides of this controversy. The time has come for what the president calls a "square deal , " but we want It all around. There Is no doubt that in the build ing up of these properties things have been done which though , legally right were morally wrong , but because they were legally right and cannot legally be disturbed , what Is the use of exploit ing the new when no result can oe se cured except to furnish material for the charlatan and the demagogue and to Intensify class bitterness ? If any government , whether nation al , state or municipal , permits any In justice to be done to corporations sim ply because they are corporations , the real sufferer Is the small Investor. Let us compromise on the best avail able and the most practicable terms , Let the railway managers lay aside all subterfuge and come out In the open Let there be a maximum of publicity and a minimum of legislation. Let eminent financiers and "captains" o Industry co-operate with the preslden to bring about better corporate prac tices. Let them lay their cards on the table and say to the president : "We will uphold your hands not only In enforcing existing laws , but In ask ing such others as are necessary to prevent wrong-doing , but you In re turn must protect us from the Irre sponsible agitator , whoever he may be , Let us convince the public that we will give It the best facilities Amerl can Ingenuity can devise , and In my judgment the funds required will b ( forthcoming. As to labor , treat It fairly and 1 will meet yon half way. No sane cltl zen or employe desires hard times and If they realize what our latest sta tistics prove absolutely , that the mar gin between prosperity and bankrupt cy Is not broader than a 10 per cent Increase in the cbst of transportation and a 10 per cent , decrease In the rev enue received , they will join the con servative forces of the country in see Ing that no steps are taken for bring ing on the crisis. Mr. Shouts' plea Is one much In lln with the president's attitude a pies for not only regulation of unjust dls criminations by the government , bn also a plea for protection under th > federal government's wing. It Is : recognition of the tendency towari federal centralization as against un equal state restrictions and laws , an an appeal for centralized protection a against unequal and sometimes drastl state legislation. The letter of President Brown o the Now York Central Is much alon the same line. As bringing out th point that many state legislatures hav overstepped President Roosevelt's pro posed regulations for justice and not malice , by seeking to reduce rather than to adjust the business , the fol- lowing comment from the Kansas City Journal is significant : The letter of Mr. W. C. Brown , vice president of the New York Central line , and for a number of years general manager of the Burlington system , Is nn able and far-seeing statement of the very probable effects of the anti-rail road campaign now being waged throughout the country. It represents the view of a man who has had the widest possible experience In the ac tive and practical management of rail ways and Is not the dictated Interview of an office magnate. It Is neither an undignified complaint against what has been done nor a sensational appeal for leniency In the gnlse of sounding an alarm regarding what may be done In the future. It Is a dispassionate and almost statesmanlike exposition of what will happen , according to the Inescapable laws of business , if the rabid antipathy to corporations be cause they are corporations shall be reflected in legislation that goes be yond what has already been enacted. It Is not the province of this sort of legislation to be merely punitive. hethor the railroads have brought bout this hostility or not does not t ffcct their rights to demand equal and xnct justice ns well ns their duty to Ivo It themselves. The proper limit f anti-corporation legislation Is In mimon fairness the correction of ex iting evils , not the wreaking of von- eancc for possible Injustice In the ast. More strictly speaking , there tiould bo no anti-corporation leglsla- on any more than there should be ro-corporatlon legislation. T h c r o hould be simply legislation that ox- ends and guarantees right and justice o corporation and Individual alike. It Is this broad view , of the situation .hlch Mr. Brown expresses In his etter. He concedes the justice of the . glslatlon that has been enacted up to its point , but warns against the exhl- Itlon of malice In future laws , for Ital Injustice Is only malice In legal ulsc. The Increased cost of supplies , 10 tremendous demand for enlarge- nent , the voluntary Increase of $75- 00,000 per year In the wages of em- iloyes , the material curtailment of evenues In many ways , the Increasing Ifflculty of raising money for improve- jients all these are facts to be taken nto consideration and any legislation , vhlch does not do so cannot escape he charge of being to that extent ex mrte and retallatlve. The whole eitua- 5 Ion Is too Impressive and too Import- - , int for any feeling of satisfaction at ' f | he mere crippling of a corporation " f _ ecause It Is such. There Is often more danger In momentum than In Im pact and It Is against the danger In the momentum which ant ! - corporation entlment has acquired that Mr. Brown Irects his warning. AROUND TOWN. How do you like to answer the tele- hone and bear : "Hello. Who Is his ? " All's fair In a street carnival. It'll' jo street fair and horse fair together n Norfolk next summer. Directors of the Commercial club iliow their loyalty to the Interests of Morfolk in no way more strikingly than n getting down town at 8 a. m. A Norfolk man who , hurt his foot ind wrapped It up In white bandages , ays that If ho doesn't get more sym pathy he will have to wrap It up In ilnck bandages. A Norfolk woman telephoned to her uisband the other day and said , 'Won't you come home early this even- ng ? We're going to have Sadie's ambs for supper. " And now Gran'd Island Is worried 'or fear the sugar factory there will be illsmantled and taken away. Norfolk can be thankful for one thing , at least we have nothing of that kind to fear. Teachers and bankers and race hors es they're all coming to Norfolk for a convention soon. The teachers come April 3 , 4 and 5 ; the bankers April 22 ; ' and the racers July 31 and August 1 and 2. i Plalnvlew News : Norfolk Is gain- t , ng quite a reputation as a convention Jf' t , city. They treated the schoolma'ams r so nice last year that they are going to give her a chance to again show her hospitality. Panic at' Wlnslde Since witnessing the "Dr. .Tekyll and Mr. Hyde" per formance last week some of our brav est ladies , those who are not even afraid'of a mouse , dare not go down cellar for potatoes without tnklng a lamp , two or three members of the family and all the cats and dogs around the house. Wlnslde Tribune. It looks as if the law had a grudge against editors. First they take away newspaper mileage , then they pass a bill prohibiting hoboes from riding on trains. Now how the deuce do they expect an editor to get to the state convention ? But the editors beat out the law this time there's no law yet against walking , and that's what they're doing today , to get to the state association meeting In Omaha. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Foolish remarks always sound more foolish when heard through a tele phone. fL The amusement of boys loses a U- ' great deal of Its fascination If they have someone's permission to indulge _ When a woman says she has made up her mind never to marry , people begin to wonder what they quarreled about. Perhaps they called them "cross ex aminations" because the witness feels that way when he Is undergoing the ordeal. When a grandmother cannot think of any other excuse for a child's fuss ing she Immediately recommends worm medicine. There Is too much attention paid to the "influence" of women over men , and too little said about the fear men have of women. Ashes1 sprinkled on the sidewalk at this season of the year look bettor to the average man than a marble foun tain In the front yard. Nearly every mother Imagines her daughter has musical talent , and fre quently she makes the mistake of tryIng - Ing to develop that talent to the neglect - lect of plain sewing. A woman Is traveling over the coun try delivering a lecture entitled : "How Wives Should Act to Keep Hus bands After They Get Them. " Every woman who reads this will bo Indig nant.
