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THE NORFOLK WEKKLY NKWS.JOUHKAL. FK1DAY. SKl'TKMHEK 20. 1011 , The NuifOlk Weekly News-Journal TIio NCWB , Established 1881. The Joiinitil , Established 1877. THE HUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY W. N. Huso N. A. Huso , I'rt'Bldcnt. Secrotnry. fivcry Friday. Ily nmll per year , $1.CO. Entered nt tlio postolllco at Norfolk , Nob. , I\H Hccond clnss matter. Telephones : Editorial Department No. 22. Business Olllce and Job Rooms , No. 11 22. If tlio women could vote they would "can" tlio sugar trust. Aviators nro not popular with the llfo Insuraneo Eolleltors. The crltlcH of Dr. Wiley hnve had to eat huinblo plo guaranteed pure under the food and drug act. Norfolk needs more paving and IIOW'H the. time to get Into action , if It's to bo done next spring. Johnny Cnnuck will never succeed in the grocery business by kicking his l > est customer down the back stairs. If Wall street would only drink the water that It feeds out to the lambs , It would not be so worried about the steel shares. They aren't going to bounce Doc "Wiley after all , spite of bis obtuse failure to see bow superior benzoate IB to mother's mince. Mr. Taft l.as travelled U7fi,000 miles inco going to the Philippines In 1000 , unil ho cherishes for bis hearthstone the lire box of u locomotive. They nro having high price food riots In Austria , the principal effect of which will bo that the rioters will pay higher taxes for more police. The healthy season for grandmoth ers now begins. Pew will die before they are needed for funeral purposes during the next baseball season. Women's hats are to bo smaller this year , but the milliners will have Borne convincing reasons to show that this makes them moro expensive. They caled It a governor's confer ence , but It looked more like a .Moth er's Congress on the care and feed ing of infant presidential boomlets. If it is true that Nevada permits roulette In one ofg its prisons , per haps they think they must teach the prisoners to earn an honest living. A swarm of bees has been seen on Fifth Avenue , New York. They were probably presidential bees just from the governors' conference in .Jersey. What has become of Miss Elklns and her duke ? They seem to have a way of vanishing out of sight almost ns easily as that European war cloud. Alimony is now considered a rather imprqvident method of settling mari tal affairs. The New York smart set requires cash in advance of the tfed- ding. Delivery of mails by aeroplane is being tried out by Hitchcock , but he will never get an efficient postal ser vice until he trains the men not to carry the letters around in their pocket. Gov. Harmon says he is not running for the presidency , but a man who is in the hands of his friends usually has other means of locomotion fig ured out. Burglars got $315,000 out of a West minster , U. C. , bank , but the fellows that get those hauls usually need it nil to see that the kitty Is properly cared for. A DCS Moincs baby recently born 3s said to be the most perfect child In that state. We always said the commission form of government would do wonders. Senator La Folletto having begun his autobiography in a magazine , would it bo had taste to ask him If lie came by his pompadour by birth or accident ? Mr. Taft admits he Is a poor politi cian. Considering nil the places still without a government building , he might as well admit his administra tion a failure. The "Chicago vice report" having been seized by the postofflco as ob scene literature , it seems to have taken - : en all the preliminary steps to become & "best seller. " The modern county fair crowd kicks If the aeroplanist does not go up In a gale , when you couldn't per- .euade them to drive Dobbin into town on a dark night. Aviator Miller went up because the crowd jeered him and was burned in the air , but the management cannot guarantee the public a regular attrac tion of this kind. ' < i ! Populism was the product of hard times. Populism and prosperity can not exist side by side. It is no won der that the last populist leader In Minnesota has joined forces with the republicans. He believes sincerely In the progress of the nation and It was the natural thing for him to do , to affiliate with tlio party of progress. Although September Is the proper time for asters , It IH hoped that since a prominent Newport wedding they will cease to blossom on the front pages of the newspapers. The c.'ork ' of Marlon county , fnd , elves away a cook book with each mnrritifio license , lie believes good cooking tends to reduce the size of the opposition vote at elections. A little girl was mangled by a lion at the Syracuse fair. How In thunder are the grown unit going to get to the circus If the youngsters are scared away by thin sad occurrence ? Killing off aviators has ceased to be news. People that want the de tails may find that the local corre spondent of the county paper has written n line or two about it. Mrs. Delmont's farmerette school Is given up. With heavy hearts we take up the shovel and the hoe again , our hopes blasted that woman would not merely cook the vegetables but also supply them. A city with two beautiful new rail way depots going up simultaneously , ought to feel prety well satisfied that the railroads feel confidence In the town's future. Norfolk ought to feel pretty contented Just now. Mrs. Taft does the white house mar keting herself , which Is looked onIs / a heroic deed. According to modern standards , If she looked after the cooking In the kitchen , she would be entitled to'a place among the martyrs. Prof. Sargent of Harvard says trousers beat a skirt for all kinds of purposes. The Springfield Union says you can't shoo a hen with a pair of trousers , and It is likewise true that you can't hold the cat properly. Now , the government points out that "soft drinks" nre dangerous. If the Washington authorities will make out n list of the few eatables and drinkables that are not dangerous , It will enable us to sleep bettor nights. Whether Admiral Togo took back to Japan all the Information desired about fortifications and military strength , we do not know , but he got some valuable pointers on the nation al game of baseball and that Is really moro Important. The mikado has decorated Presi dent Jordan of Stanford university. We hope Mr. Jordan was properly provided with a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley , and that his lin gerie gown was stylishly trimmed with point lace. Strange how men change with the advance of time. William Jennings Hryan started out in his political ca reer as an ardent free trader. Now he does not advocate destroying the protective system but is content to do away with its abuses. The sugar trust magnates give out the cheering news that sugar will be lower as soon as the canning season is over. They don't say this in so many words but that is what they mean when they speak of the new crop coming In October. Do you realize , you who nre shoutIng - Ing for the recall , that had such a law existed in the United States in 1SC1-1SG5 the people would have over whelmingly recalled President Lin coln In the frenzy of their Impatience over the conduct of the civil war ? There are times when people must be protected against themselves. No man could make a cleaner , more praiseworthy record as district judge than has been made by Judge A. A. Welch , on the bench In the Ninth judicial district of Nebraska. His de cisions have been absolutely fair , without even the slightest taint of prejudice or partisanship , and nota bly courageous. He Is entitled to re election. Gov. Deneen of Ilinois , who Is a candidate for re-election , admits that ho is up against n hard proposition. The trail of the Lorlmer serpent is over the whole political situation in the great state which gave Lincoln and Grant to the nation and It does not promise to be any better until the time comes when the corrupt bosses who have had such a control there are overthrown , root and branch. The president's defense of his ve toes of the tariff bills passed at the extra session was the most convinc ing that could have been made. A simple recital of the provisions of the bills would convince any candid man that the president could not con scientiously sign them. And the president Is conscientiously trying to further the best Interests of the coun try , of that there Is no question. The thought of getting something for nothing appeals with great force to the unsophisticated mind. An ex change gives some advice to the un wary which is worth following. It says : "If a promoter tries to sell you stock that will double in a year and promise to pay 10 percent dividend annually be assured that somebody is trying to make an easy living on your hard earned cash. Don't be a fool. Lead that stork promoter to the front door and gently kick him over Into the next county. " THE THIlin DISTRICT. As Judge Kennedy , state republican chairman , pointed out at Norfolk Monday night , Nebraskuns may well : > jok to their ticket this year If they are to carry the state a year hence In the presidential election. There Is no reason why any republican should fall to support the state ticket this year. Mr. Kennedy declared the Third district can elect a congressman , do- splto Mr. Latta's two victories , and he urged that the best man available in the district , should be nominated and that with united effort , the dis trict can be swung back Into the re publican column. RECIPROCITY BEATEN. Canada has beaten reciprocity , ap parently largely through the Ignorant claim that President Taft was seek ing annexation. As a result , Presi dent Taft's plan for closer trade re lations between the two countries , will have no test. Many people in this country will re gret the Canadian defeat , as they would llko to have had the plan tried out. Hut in spite of the Canadian vote , everybody will give President Taft credit for making n gallant fight against great odds in this coun try , for a measure which he firmly believed would have greatly benefit ed the people of the United States. In the near future our rural route rigs will bo large delivery wagons carrying groceries , extras for the farmer's mower and new dress pat terns for the good wife. Postmaster General Hitchcock will recommend to the next congress this enlargement of the postal service. He proposes the establishment of parcels post on rural routes only , confining the service to business of the towns from which the rural routes operate. It will establish trade connections between the local business man and the patrons of the route. It Is an experiment and offers the rural patron many advantages. It will mean a great saving of time and effort In making special trips to town for a pound of tea or to market a case of eggs. Cy Young , the veteran baseball player , who has held his own in the national game ns pitcher for more than twenty years , attributes his suc cess in his strenuous career to being temperate In all things. This is a very simple statement and at first thought does not impress one-as being anything unusual. Hut when you come to think of it how many people do you know who are really temperate In all their habits and activities ? Who do not work too much or play too much or eat or drink or swear or pray or hate or envy or fear too much ? The doctors know ' that practically all the ailments in the world arc caused by over-indulgence In some way. There is a strong moral lesson to be drawn by people of all classes from this statement of a suc cessful baseball player. In his fight against the arbitration treaties that ho is now waging in the columns of the Outlook , Col. Roosevelt velt will not be followed by the larger number of the American people. They recognize President Taft's earnest ef forts to promote the world's peace and are in sympathy with him in his endeavors to do away with the horrors rors of war. There need be no fear but what they will have due respect for the nation's honor and be ready to give up life and treasure In its be half if it should ever become neces sary. But President Taft and states men like Earl Grey of England are confident that war can be greatly minimized by the proper Itind of-con sideration through arbitration treaties which shall provide for conferences over any iiAcrnational difficulties which shall arise by men appointed by the several countries Interested. In this way they have the moral sup port of the great body of their peoples ples without regard to party lines. Mr. Borden , the conservative leader who will be the next premier of Can ada , gives a cue to the reason for Canada's refusing to come into a closer trade relation with the United States. Ho says that it means sim ply that Canada has determined to con tinue the policy of national develop ment on the lines which she has laid down and which the liberal cabinet had no mandate to change. This policy involves the keeping of her tar iffs in her own hands and the avoidance of entangling alliances. The relations of the two countries will re main as friendly as ever but Canada will carve out her own destiny with out leaning on us. In short because of their pride In standing alone and keeping their fence up and the gate barred , they have flatly rejected the great market which this country offered - fered them. Let them glory In their national spirit ns long as It tastes good , for there can be lltle doubt that the dominion will one day realize that a great blunder was made for the sake of sentiment. Public sentiment may and should make laws , but public sentiment should not be allowed to Interfere with or suspend the enforcement of those laws as long as they remain as such. This would make every law * subject to the whim of the moment , and no sdit of personal or property rights would be certain or safe. If a judge Is guilty of conduct unbecom ing his high office , be can be Im peached. Thin Is the fact and method so strongly urged by President Tnft against corrupt or unworthy Judges and the sooner second thought of the nation will endorse his position. It Is sound and impregnable , founded upon that strong sense of justice and that sterling common sense for which the president Is recognized ns possessing. For acts clearly within the scope of that office nnd In the iierfotmanco of the duties of that office , to subject him to the Impeachment by the re call because the acts happen to bo unpopular , would bo subversive of the entire system of the American gov ernment which strives thus far with splendid success to keep the judicial and legislative functions wholly sepa rate. CANADA'S VIEW. This newspaper commented a few days ago on the intense nationalism manifested by the Canadians in the recent campaign. There remains to add n foot-note to history , relative to the anti-American sentiment there displayed. A recent writer In the English Spectator tater tells the whole story , when he thus expresses the Canadian attitude : "Tho 'American idea , and very pos sibly from their point of view rightly so , is to absorb the whole of the North American continent. On the other hand , the British people of Canada will burn their last cartridge to pre vent such forcible absorption. " The Canadians nre a flue people. But they slightly exaggerate their own Importance. Uncle Sam would not explode n July 4th firecracker for any Canadian territory that did not bring with it the hearts of the Canad ian people as a free gift. It never occurred to the people who opposed reciprocity on this side of the line to evoke any unneighborly feeling. They fought the treaty merely because they thought it was a bad trade. But the Montreal Star and other newspapers felt it necessary to call us those "Impudent and arrogant Americans. " When people can't dis cuss a mere exchange of goods in terms of dollars and cents and rela tive value , they are not well qualified for the give and take of commercial life. Canada has been historically a bad loser. The fact that the soft raiment of the American revolutionary Tories was exchanged for a garment of tar and feathers has never been forgotten in these K0 ! years. And the fact that our soldiers invaded Canada at that time and in the war of 1S12 might well be omitted from the platform of live issues 100 years later. And it is not forgotten that the Canadian commissioners declined to sign the arbitral agreement over the Alaska boundary eight years ago , though as a minority they might be expected to bow to the will of the whole court. Canada with her superb industrial wealth and substantial future has chosen as she has a perfect right. The hearts of our achieving people , with the opening of the Panama canal , will turn more and more to the southward , and Canada will miss some industrial opportunities. JUDGE GROSSCUP'S PHILOSOPHY. The personality of Judge Peter S. Grosscup , who is likely to letire from the United States circuit bench , has been the subject of passionate debate. Particularly since he reversed the $29,000,000 Standard Oil fine , he has been denounced as the friend of cor porations. Yet the "interests" fear him as a radical. The fact of It is that Judge Gross- cup has an original philosophy of his own. One may not agree with him , but certainly ho has got his opinions from no particular newspaper , and nobody has hired his brains to plead a private cause. According to Judge Grosscup , the trouble with the trusts is that we have failed to put. the human interest mo tive at work. Only about forty years ago , he says , the property of the country consisted largely of land. Nearly every one was an original owner - or of some property that belonged to him , and was under his personal eye. But now the farmer's boy has gone to the towns , nnd all he looks for Is a better salary in some big corpora tion. Therefore he must prostrate his ambition and his conscience to the man higher up. The trouble is not essentially , says the judge , that the wife pays moro for her market basket , or that the man does not get the salary he wants. The trouble is that the average Amer ican is not being given more of his share In the achievements of his time. Trying to correct the trusts by lawsuits - suits , according to Judge Grosscup , is just like locking the stable door after the horse is stolen. Judge Grosscup soys that in Ger many thirty years ago , there had de veloped scandals of corporation man agement much like ours. They were reformed , with the consequence that the modern socialistic propaganda in Germany is not directed against the great corporations , but against an un just landed proprietorship. Judge Grosscup's remedy is to make every corporation get govern ment authority for its existence , to secure government sanction for its capitalization , to submit UP methods strictly to government supervision , to have some Rhine In the proprlotornhlt > and to punish nil violations of corpor ate trust. TAFT'S II I'M AN TALK. President Taft's heart-to-heart talk with Illinois republicans will bring the president closer to the people than any quantity of high-toned oratory. It was a unique little outpouring from the president's Inner soul , a sort of confidential declaration that proved how Intensely human President Taft really Is. The president pleads guilty to being a poor politician. Ho confesses that ho has made lots of mistakes since he's been In the white house , and that ho expects to make a good many more of them. He admits that ho Is not In sympathy with either extreme wing of the republican party , Insurgent or reactionary , but that he has tried to take the middle ground between the two nnd believes the middle-of-the- road progressive will gain moro real reforms than those radicals who shout loud for political effect , and achieve little. He admits it was his ambi tion to be chief justice rather than president but ns president he Is tryIng - Ing to do the best he can. He vetoed the tariff revision bills because It was ills duty , under the republican party's platform pledges even those of Iowa and Wisconsin , whoso senators hnve been flaying him for It to veto them. It was his duty to uphold protection for American Industries , and to revise the tariff only In the light of knowl edge that scientific research by a nonpartlsan board might bring forth. The president has been a much at tacked man. Muck-raking magazines have seen fit to flay him from first to last. There is concerted effort up on the part of a certain class of pub lications to arouse antagonism to him in an effort to defeat his re-election. But that little talk will do much to gain the confidence of Americano. That little confession that ho has nuulo mistakes nnd knows it , will go a long way toward winning friends. How much more we respect a man who Is big enough to admit he has made mistakes , than the one who , with brass band , shouts that every act of his administration has been fault less. Of course Taft has made mis takes. Of course any man that ever sat In the white house made mistakes. But he's doing the best he can and he's a big generous , honest , brainy man whose statesmanship Is broad- gauged and who will withstand the attacks of demagogues , to guide the United States through another four years of wise , judicious , economical and business-like administration. AROUND TOWN. With tne democratic convention over , Henry Woodruff has the center of the stage in Norfolk until Thursday night The cartoon on the front page yes terday may have meant to represent the Norfolk girl who wears a trouser- skirt , and it may not. We refuse to answer. Will the electrician please turn on the Indian summer switch ? It's a good time to finish up those paving petitions and get preliminary details worked out , ready to get into the game early in the spring. Know of any other city this size in the United States that will be so well equipped with sightly depot facilities as Norfolk , when the two now under way are completed ? Know of any other city this size in the U. S. A. with such an extensive taxicab and hack service as Norfolk has ? Know of any other town on the map , this size , with stores than can come up to those in Norfolk , Neb. ? Know of any other town , this size , under the stars and stripes , that Is the gateway to so vast and so rich an agricultural territory as Norfolk , the hub of the most productive 100 miles square in the world ? Know of any town this size with better schools than ours ? Know any town anywhere , this size , with the railroad facilities that are Norfolk's ? Know of any other town this size with such tremendous water power possibilities as are offered by the two rivers that meet here ? Know of any town where houses are In such demand as here ? Know of any town anywhere with such splendid prospects for big growth ns Norfolk has ? Know any town where real estate Investments offer any better outlook for Increase than right here ? Say , it's n good time to stick around in Norfolk , Nebraska. Dan Stephens is getting so portly that ho looks like n plutocrat. Wo haven't taken a chew since we read that dispatch from Falrbury. The older you grow the worse you dread to see winter coming on. One good thing about winter , though. It does provide hot water for the bathtub , without having to start a special fire In the range. It beats all how some people can make a pumpkin plo out of squash , so well that you can't tell the differ ence. A tip to aviators : Do careful not to grasp the crank with the onttro hand , when you start your machine. We see by the paper that Mr. Ward bus fallen out of the coast-to-coast race. Ho never was in It very strong , whents'll bo breaking out. Rodgers cither. Now If wo only had known about that jump In wheat , we'd have bought a million bushels -or so the night be fore. But we're going to hang onto our Steel stocks , Wo hope Wlnn Trousdalo doesn't have an aeroplane smnshup when ho comes to town next Tuesday In "Tho Aviator. " A year ago the Chicago Tribune printed a full page story , with pic tures In colors , tolling how Henry Woodruff Is the only bachelor left among the stars of the American stage. It also told how ho kept look ing over every audience for a pros pective bride. Now If that doesn't fill the house for him next Thursday night , what could ? We're glad the equlnoxinl doesn't , come more than twice a year. The days are getting so short that you have to get up In the morning and cat supper at night , by lamplight. First thing you know buck- And Christmas will be here. Got 'cm al bought ? Do It early. "ED" HOWE'S PHILOSOPHY. ( Copyright 191 lGeo. ; Matthew Adams. ) A woman enjoys kissing so much , and objects so much to men kissing her , that I often regret that the pov erty of human nature Is such that a woman can't kiss herself. I never knew a man who didn't often do good deeds. You probably do enough good , but are not careful enough of your bad habits. I have noticed that when a man does a poor job of work for me , he can make a perfect explnntlnn ; noth ing I may gay can convince him that ho Is in any way to blame. Some men bate to bo husbands a.s naturally as some boys halo to go to school. Your bad habits are exaggerated ; another reason for having as few as possible. If you are seen coming out of a saloon once u day , people will say they saw you coming out a dozen times. I sometimes fear , after 1 have boon in a big crowd , that there are a good many ugly people. I never knew any one who worked moro th in bo should , but I know thou sands who do not work enough. A nation is civilized when it lias a police force and a public sentiment strong enough to make its own out laws behave. Occasionally 1 meet people who say sermons are not long enough , but I have yet to hear any one speak well of the afternoon parties given by women. When it is said of a man that he Is In advance of the world , it is usually the case that he Is wasting time advo cating doctrines that won't work. If you are abreast of the world's pro gress , you are doing well. A woman who claims that strange men try to flirt with her , will sue a man for breach of promise , if given half a chance. Every time a story is circulated that n man has whipped his wife , the worn- en say , "Oh , I'd like to see a man strike me Just once ! " The sweet gets out of so many things as you get older. Are you as careful as you should be about bothering other people ? A great many men willing to work are greatly annoyed by idlers. Ever know a man so mean you was not willing he should admire you ? In one of the theatrical lithographs now In the windows , a contrite man is shown on his knees , taking an oath. "By the memory of my sainted moth er , " he says , "I will never drink again. " A saloon-keeper looking on , Is so mad that green smoke emerges from his nostrils. The smaller the town , the more Its leading citizen struts. I should dislike to be an old maid at any time , but particularly during leap year. The marrying jokes dur ing leap year must be terribly an noying to an old maid. Every shiftless man Is a liar ; he acquired the habit In giving excuses. After a man has been employed In the postofflce three or four years , he thinks he is the government. Nowadays ad-reading women rarely buy a thing simply because it's n bar gain even if It's not needed. Nor do they often pay moro than they ought to pay for things that nre needed for they know "how" and "where" and "when" to buy. A study of the "situation wanted" ads Is an Important step In your search for a servant. For the servant who ought to be working for you may be applying for the place , any day , through an ad. BY REV.SAMuaW.PimvisDn THE MILLS Of THE DIVORCE GOD. Text , "Whosoever jullteth nwny hlrf . wife. " etc-Mnllhew v , 32. t 'Tor better , for worse , till dcnth us ilo jnrt. " Mnrrlngo Ceremony. , "Mr. and Mrs. Flrntlmo , allow me to * present my wife , Mrs. Gayburd. " Con fusion and perplexity play on the faces of the First lines. "Pardon me ; I Hhoulil liayo said 'tho now Mrs. Gayburd. ' " There's much laughter nnd congratula tions. "It surely doesn't HPOIII six months since wo entertained him and the last Mrs. Gayburd. Tlmo tiles HO quickly , " nays Mrs. Flrstlmo. "Sioux Tails ? " asks her husband laconically. Ono of the largest questions before the American people today IH that of divorce. Figures alarm. They vary from Maine , with one divorce to nix marriages , to the last government fig ures with n national average of one In twelve. Our nation loads in drink , mur der , suicide , divorce. Wo are Hearing where Rome was when tlio storm broke , where France stood before the reign of terror. The nation's sky Is dark and would ho ominous were It not for signs of better things. Light and Shadow. Possibly we exaggerate the divorce evil , or , rather , undcrcHtlmato the the other Bide. Houghton , the eminent sociologist , says : "American men and women today hire their wives and hus bands as they do their horses and cor dages. When they are not milled they dismiss onu and hire another. Women mostly think they can hire , tire and lire. " Hire ! Tire I Flrel Is that the or der ? Sometimes. In theatrical circles , most prolific In divorce , Mr. Mat Good- fellow may write charmingly of "Why Beautiful Women Like to Marry Me. " In the "smart set , " where "alllnltics" come and go rapidly , among Home heir esses who are put on the auction block and sold to the highest bidder , and among Home millionaires who bavo much money nnd no work , divorce Is the correct thing , and that , happy con summation witli the taking on of a new amour Is heralded as leading news. But back of that is the ten hun dred thousand happy men nnd women who through poverty , sickness , calam ity , are faithful to each other "till death thpin do part. " They form the backbone of the great American repub lic. Fed thankful that you do not live in the foul moral sewer , the nau seous mess , that constitutes the testi mony of cabby who carried milady up the steps too drunk to walk and of the sergeant in tlio "red light" district who told of the escapades of milord. Tlio devil's meal Is mostly bran that goes ns grist to the mills of the divorce god. The Rosd to the Mill. I believe In lawful divorce Just as well as lawful marriage. But just as long as the front door of marriage stands wide open day and night the back dimr of divorce will be left con veniently ajnr. It Is not only to di vorce , but. lo marriage , that attention should he turned. A man anxious to "do" a rival , a social clothes rack craving the title of "Mrs. " before her name , an anxious minded mamma , the pockothook of an overworked papa , are mighty Important factors In many marriages. As a rule , a fairly wise normal marriage does not end In the divorce court ; the figures show that. It is the hasty , impulsive , foolish mar riages that end on the rocks. A Penn sylvania village stepped smilingly Into the limelight for recognition when a young fellow took a dare to propose tea a strange girl visiting In the town. She caught the spirit of the Joke. They applied for n license ; were married be fore midnight. It should be impos sible to marry without six weeks of public announcement through pulpit or press. There's a town In Delaware where marriage Is a local Industry , and another Jersey town until recently was Just as Infamous. We read dally of couples "married by phone , " In a cage at u circus , on a merry-go-romul at the picnic , on top of the Ferris wheel at the county fair all sorts of fantastic situations that furnish "fun" Tor their friends. They are followed by n hail of rice , Indecent suggestions , old fihoes and obscene postcards. It's a great "lark , " surely , but it takes at least three dunces to complete the ceremony. The Cure For the Cancer. The viclousness of our present di vorce evil lies in lax divorce laws , secrecy , quickness , larger number of rauses ( or lack of causes ) and permls- tlon of speedy remarriage. One west ern Judge announced he would grant divorce to any couple three days after filing. Ilo was swamped with appli cations. Divorce should bo nt least as public as marriage. Screening the larties by n secret order , as a friendly ludge did recently in New York city , is as scandalous as the divorce whiio rou wait plan of the western Judge. Many shrink from publicity. The newspaper Is a good policeman. Of course matrimony develops friction' with some well nigh Intolerable , but marriage presupposes patience and forbearance. "Incompatibility" is na elastic as the most fickle conscience needs or the occasion demands. Re marriage forbidden within a year would check the speed of lustful ap plicants. Uniform laws would glvo Borne legal safeguards. But way down ti leep underneath must bo a more sit- cred view of marriage , better home training of both men and women and a public sentiment by those In high social rank that the union Is "till death us do part. " To appreciate the lull usefulness of classified advertising to you , in "push- ing your business , " or In managing your affairs , is to possess real "busi ness insight"