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Do we draw any slimmer this year
at all?
Pleasure in every form has its seri
ous Bide, even Joy riding.
. Charles' A. Towne says he fears war
with Japan. What Is he afraid of?.
At any rate, England is not so mad
at the colonel that it has begun to cut
off the doctors' degrees.
Wonder if old John L. would allow
anybody to call him a former boxer
instead of an ex-prlze fighter?
So far as we have heard all the
sweet girl graduates of Bryn Mawr are
regulars" not one Insurgent.
That was a cheap bluff the railroads
made, but the president called it just
as if It had been a strong hand.
Housecleanlng at Oyster Bay 1b Just
getting under full headway and It hag
been In progress for a month, too.
Out In California the raisin crop hat
'been damaged 10 per cent by the ex
cesslve heat. Heat! Did you get
that? - '
The closer the Water board gets to
"immediate and compulsory" purchase
of, the water works the less eager
seems to bo for it
it
If, a that Boston scientist Insists,
we will all be crazy In 265 years, It will
not be worth while bothering about
safe and sane Fourth.
The mikado's brother, who is visit
ing in this country, Is said to be the
handsomest man in Japan. And you
ought to Bee hla picture.
' Council Bluffs may be the back door
to Omaha as viewed by Senator Cum
mins, out neverioeiesB u insists on
keeping Its place on the political map
. The mikado's brother and his wife
attended a bargain counter sale In New
York the other day, which must hai
given Borne new Ideas about the 'open
door. .-. '
"Where Mr. Bryan made his mistake
' was not to stop after bis first defeat,
ventures a, correspondent. Where
would his financial standing have been
If he had?
Have you had your bill for city
taxes this year? And did you see the
hump? The hump is part of the
bunco game which our Water board
has been playing.
If Congressman Hull Is retired from
public lire ana vacates his place as
chairman of the house comlttee on
military affairs Fort Omaha and Fort
Crook may hope to get In again on the
same level with Fort Des Moines.
Among other "perquisites" of the
governor's office which Secretary
Junkin forgot to figure in are7 the nu
merous free feeds and dollar dinners
til over the state which the chief ex
icutlve la permitted to down without
toutributing to the gate receipts.
No Flace for Partisanship.
Representative Carey of Wisconsin
could scarcely have thought up a more
embarrassing situation for a friend
than that Involved in his proposal that
the Insurgents In congress go in a body
to greet former President Roosevelt
as their leader on his return to New
York. It la encouraging to note the
general disapprobation accorded this
plan. The insurgents themselves, even
if they had the right to an exclusive
claim on the former president, could
not embarrass him more than by
carrying out the Carey program.
But Colonel Roosevelt has Insisted
from the outset that no partisan dem
onstration be inflicted upon him; that
he Is above factionalism and belongs
to the whole country
has made for himself in the hearts of
the American people is as a citizen of
the United States, Jealously working
to advance the common good of the
country at large.
It just bo happens that a democrat
at the head of the reception to be
accorded to Colonel Roosevelt and the
committees on arrangement and detail
re made up without the. remotest
thought or suggestion of political or
partisan alignment. Certainly any
other course would be impossible since
this is to be the home-coming greeting
of the American people to one of their
distinguished citizens and former
chief executives, who has been absent
more than a year, receiving from for
eign nations and rulers the most
uspiclous demonstrations ever ac
corded an American.
Not Through with Expositions.
While we have bad a vast run of ex
positions in this country in the last
seventeen years, we are evidently net
through with them yet. In 1893, one
year behind schedule time, the World's
fair was held at Chicago, then came
the wonderful Transmlsslssippl expos!
tlon at Omaha in 1898, following
which Buffalo held its Pan-American
and St. Louis its World's fair. In the
meantime San Francisco had gone
through with Its Mid-winter fair and
Jamestown later had Its celebration.
Some of the experiences of the past
have been such as to suggest the wis
dom of holding these national and in
ternational gatherings at greater inter
vals, but the people of several large
American cities do not appear to have
shared In that belief. At any rate, we
have three proposed expositions of
world-wide interest coming up. New
York wants to lead off with a world's
fair in 1913, Baltimore proposes an
historic exposition in 1914 to com
memorate the turning back of the Brit
Ish at North Point, which is regarded
as the pivotal event, In the War of 1812
and the defense of that city against the
ubsequent naval attack which in
spired the writing of "The Star Span
gled Banner," while San Francisco and
New Orleans are contesting Tor the
prlge of holding a Panama exposition
in 1915. '
So there are three great fairs In al
most as many years in sight. Admit
ting all the virtues of the American
spirit of boost and the resources of the
American pocketbook, which seems to
be especially plethoric for such occa
slons, as well as indulgent, there is
still the same old question, which in
our soberest mood must strike' us with
force enough to demand attention, of
overdoing a good thing or playing the
game too fast.
Briton and Boer United.
Two historic figures stand out con
spicuously In the consummation of the
new nation in the Transvaal William
E. Gladstone and Oom Paul Kruger
and It Is pre-eminently fitting that the
son of the former should be the first
governor-general of the South African
Commonwealth and the commanding
officer of the latter's army Its prime
minister. For. next to the military tri
umph of the Boers under Oom Paul
the largest Influence leading to the na
tional independence of these sturdy
Dutch was the magnanimous treatment
accorded them by England In their
final defeat as typified in the whole at
titude and conduct of Mr. Gladstone.
It is a mistake to Bay that the Boers
have accomplished in peace what they
could not in war. What if they had
not revolted In 1899? What If they
had not vanquished the British in the
first war and inflicted terrible penalty
upon theni In the second?. President
Kruger's fight was not in vain, because
the equanimity with which Mr. Glad
stone received the news of the British
defeat that enabled the establishment
of the Transvaal republlcwaa proof
enough of England's respect of Boer
prowess and the ultimate outcome ef
faced from the British mind forever
any doubt of the Boers' ability to gov
ern themselves. They had shown In
war what they could, do In peace. It
l- . 1 At. . 1 , . . . .
"W""U'D luc
estrangement between these countries
ior one nunarea years woum nave it-en
prolonged indefinitely but for t'.va final
resort to arms.
All the South African sta , that
formed separate republics ,j now
merged Into the strong commonwealth,
with the Boers practically in si;reme
control. True, Viscount GladstX'e oc
cupies the position of govern r -general,
but Louis Botha, the man who
only eight years ago surrendered h'.'j
sword and signed the terms of submis
sion at Pretoria acknowledging the
Briton as the Boer's conqueror, Is the
prime minister and, at the Instance of
Mr. Gladstone himself, has formed the
cabinet And this cabinet is composed
entirely of Bo'er leaders, so that Mr.
Gladstone's position is Uttle more thac
nominal, while Botha Is the real head
of the new government. Still more sig
nificant is it that Natal, the only dis
tinctive British member of the new
federation; is also the only state not
represented in the cabinet.
What more complete victory could
Oom Paul Kruger have achieved? Ad
this rearing of an apparently crushed
people into a great vitalized govern
ment is not only a most remarkable
example of constructive statesmanship,
but it stands as an everlasting monu
ment to the British sense of Justice and
humanity and will always reflect an
overshadowing honor upon the name
of Great Britain.
A Queen, a Woman and a Mother.
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena proved to Italy and the world
on the occasion of the Messina havoc
that they love their people genuinely
The place hefenough to leave' their throne and min-
leter to their affliction to share their
sorrows if need be. Nd"danger dared
their devotion, no peril vainly chal
lenged their sympathy and not a sub
ject was beneath their solicitude, Now
in the last catastrophe in southern
Italy royalty is again touched for its
people and the world is given a spec
tacle of heroic lovo such as it has sel
dom beheld. The king, at the first re
port, rushes to the scene of suffering
expecting to go alone, but he is denied
that distinction by his noble queen.
As my presence Is necessary at all' festi
vals, It must not lack where the people
weep and die. In the South Italians suffer;
therefore I must go. It is my place as a
woman 'and a mother.
Those were eloquent words of Queen
Helena. They will burn their waj
deep into the hearts of monarchies and
republics alike and exalt the crown and
ennoble the scepter. They will serve
to convince a skeptic world that royal
robes and diadems cannot hide a great
heart nor dull the steel of human sym
pathy. More than all, they will en
throne that Intangible Instinct of a
mother's love, to which the world has
ever paid tribute; that Intrepid attri
bute of the4 divine in the human that
inspires real heroism and Impels per
sonal sacrifice "where there Is human
pain and the opportunity of alleviat
ing it.
Italians everywhere should hall
their king and queen with adoring
pride. Italy 1b a better, a stronger na
tion because of their rule and example.
In Virtuous Lincoln.
Occasionally we get an Inkling from
unexpected sources of what is happen
ing In virtuous Lincoln, where every
thing is dry. This time the moving
picture is thrown upon the canvas by
a large display advertisement in a Lin
coin paper' announcing a Bale of
"police damaged goods" by the prin
cipal druggist in the town. The ad
vertisement reads: -Hale
commences at 4:15 p. m. sharp, to
day, so as to commemorate the event
which occurred Just one week ago when
our store was entered, doors locked, busl
ness suspended, the proprietor arrested
and store taken In charge by the honorable
Excise board through their gallant Chief
Malone, Officers McOulre and several po
licemen and plainclothes men. Mr. Rlggs
was ordered by Captain McOulre to re
main at his office desk while he and his
expert cops would complete a search by
virtue of a search warrant sworn out by
Chief Malone (an officer riot bonded or
responsible) to seise and take all patent
medicine, spirituous, malt or vinous liquors
which Contained 18 per cent or more of
alcohol.
People of Lincoln, Imagine If you will the
spectacle. ' Here they were:
Mr. Policeman to Mr. Plainclothes Man
What's this?
Plainclothes Man Let me smell It? It
sftiells like Vlnl-Garlic but -It reads
"Hexamethljlenamlne-Tetremine." You
taste it! y
Policeman Not me. I Just had an ex
perience. A Jug of concentrated ammonia
liked to put me out of business. But you're
right, it's alcohol, 18 per cent. Take it
along. . '
For four hours or more, whilst our store
was locked and customers clamoring to get
in and out to get their prescriptions and
medicines, and during the busiest part of
day, a loss of over 1150 In actual sales, we
were subjected to this outrageous treat
ment In the city of Lincoln, state of Ne
braska, which boasts of her educational
Institutions and of being the home of
Bryan. Canv you Imagine anything more
vicious? Why don't they pull all the drug
stores If It's a crime to have medto'nal
liquors on hand?
From good authority lt' remarked that In
the last year certain ex-saloon men have
been favored and been permitted to sell
In fact, Job out liquors, and without
license or permit.
Why this partiality?
Does nut Jim'' Malone and the Excise
board know this?
And now, In conclusion, In all these raids
I never have been convicted of selling any
liquors Illegally. I am a law-abiding
citizen and 1 only ask for fair treatment.
If any rank outsider, and partlcu
larly if any intruder from Omaha, had
given publicity to such a tale he
would, of course, be denounced In un
measured terms, uut inasmuch as
the above advertisement Is accepted
and printed at regular rates by the
most virtuous newspaper of the virtu
ous town which bars from its column
everything of suspicious veracity, we
feel fully warranted in giving It full
faith and confidence and calling it to
tlte attention of people who might
mh(?rwiBe( QUU, by accident, be in
danger of going 1st ray while visiting
"the home of Brya.V
The threats of a.Ui-Saloon leagu
spokesmen as to whav they will do If
the various political parties do not
take orders .from tbjiu sound very
much like the talk p-it up by Mr. Gom
pers for his Amerloin Federation of
Labor Just before the last presidential
campaign. Tb prohibitionists' have
a political party of their own and there
is nothing to stop them from puttln
up their own candidates on any kind
of a platform they want to run on.
The State Railway commission Intl
mates that it may start proceedings to
make an example of some railroad o
w hich a conductor - carelessly pulls
more than the exact mileage the pas
senger is to travel. It says nothing
about the conductor who carelessly
forgets to pull enough mileage, and
the failure of the passenger to put it
ack. It's a poor rule that won't
ork both ways.
Omaha retail grocers have agreed
mong themselves to close down for a
half holiday every Thursday during
the summer months. Let mere man
take warning and prepare for a cold-
Ictual handout twice a week instead
f only once a week as heretofore.
Those High school cadets evidently
forgot to square up with the weather
man before getting into the game.
Or perhaps they have simply ex
changed luck with the grocers' and
butchers' picnic.
The election of John A. Dlx as chair
man of the New York state democratic
party Instead of the Honorable
"Flngy" Connors leaves the latter In
a dickens of fix politically. '
New comes a New York erudite with
this assault upon Colonel Roosevelt,
Homo sum; human! nihil a me
allenum puto." Just wait; he will take
care of that case, all fight. .
It is to be noted that Reformer
Elmer Thomas is fronting bravely for
his old pal by sending his wife to tes
tify as a witness for Convict Erdman
instead of going himself.
How people have eaten bread made
f bleached flour all these years and
lived Is simply astounding in face of
the revelations scientists are making at
that Kansas City trial.
The man who threw a can of beans
at the German crown prince is on a
par with the St. Louis woman who once
t06Scfl a pancake at an American pres
ident's wife. v
An Unrestrained Critic.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Chancellor Pay thinks too many men
re keeping automobiles Instead of sup
porting wives. The chancellor evidently
has no stock in any of the automobile
factories.
Wbr Mention Others f
Cleveland ""Plain Dealer.
If the chairman of that proposed Inter
national court of arbitration is to be
Theodore Roosevelt, it will scarcely be
necessary to indulge in any speculation re
garding the names of the other members.
Several Exceptions Noted.
Springfield Republican.
President Taft's statement "that of the
great men who founded this country, who
defied the power, of England and spread
the seeds of revolution and Independence
and preserved the institutions of civil lib
erty In this country, nearly all were edu
cated as lawyers," this statement holds
true, barring George Washington, Ben
jamin Franklin, Robert Morris and sev
eral others whose services could not be
ignored.
Millionaire Sniugalers.
Baltimore American.
The crop of smugglers that Uncle Sam
Is having of late are not . of the class
who need to save money. On the con
trary, they are people well able to afford
the duty, some In the millionaire class
and of a social position which would
suggest both full appreciation and moral
understanding of their act in short, the
very class of all others from whom exam
ples of consclenoe and patriotism are
naturally expected.
LITERARY GRUBSTAKE) WANTED
Results of Prof. Wallace's Researches
In London.
Chicago Tribune.
Spurred on by the discovery of .Prof.
Wallace of the University of Nebraska of
hitherto unknown documents relating to
Shakespeare's life , in London, Parliament
has ordered a report from the record office
of the British government which is Intended
to sort out and classify the tons of docu
ments, hundreds of years old, which lie in
the archives of that department. This is
an undertaking which, under English
methods, will undoubtedly be well done
and with great deliberation. It will re
quire many years, infinite research, end
a large fortune to determine what these
records are which are now piled pell mell
in the vaults and to discover what rela
tion they bear, If any, to English history
or to any of its great characters.
That fa remained for an unknown Ameri
can scholar to reveal to the world the un
discovered chapter in Shakespeare's life
was a matter of pride to the former's
countrymen, as it was of some humiliation
to those of the latter. It is understood bV
Mr. Wallace's friends in America that he
Is In position to make further discoveries
of a still more Important nature if he can
find the means to remain in London an
other year and pursue Ills researches. His
university is doing what it can, but it is
not an endowed Institution and cannot
spare funds which are intended for the
more practical courses of popular eduea
tlon. It would be greatly to the credit of
American scholarship if what Mr. Wallace
has already done could be supplemented
by still further discoveries and if the
funds for this purose could come from
those having the honor of our scholarship
at heart. Does this not appeal to Mr. Car
negie?
Our Birthday Book
Joss 8, 1810.
Charles J. Bonaparte, attorney general
under President Roosevelt, was born June
9, ISH, at Baltimore. By collateral rela
tionship he Is of the family of the great
Napoleon, and is now again practicing
law in Baltimore. '
James Stlllman, the big New York
banker at the head of the National City
bank. Is Just 60 years old today. He wss
born in Brownsville. Tex., and Is on the
boards of so many corporations that he
can hardly keep track of them.
Eugene Hale, United States senator
from Maine, was born June 9. 1334, a
Turner In that state. He is one of the
oldest members of the senate, and has
Just announced his forthcoming retire
men at the close of Ms present term
next March.
George ". Junkin. secretary of state
for Nebraska,' Is celebrating his flftV-sec
nnd birthday. He was born in Sallna
la., and located on a farm in Gospe
county which be represented in the legla
lature before being elected to hla presen
office.
Gerald M. Drew, lawyer, offlctng In th
Board of Trade building, was born June
9, 1875, at Fettsmouth. and Is a gradual
of the University of Nebraska lsw depart
nient. He has been in Omaha, since
and admitted to Uis bar since
Washington Life
Tss taeaj-eral Orewd, What It
Will Ooet Tears ef BeUre rresl
deata, ant a Bnddlng Statesman.
Senator Dixon of Montana has the unique
distinction of upsetting an adve rse-Zrom-mlttee
report by a combination of eloquence
and hustle. The question was a grant of
pensions to two Crow Indians who fought
with general Crook In the Rosebud fight
thirty-four years ago and were wounded.
When petitions for pensions came up in
he senate and were In danger of defeat.
Senator Dixon came to the rescue with
this appeal:
"When General Crook was hemmed In
by the tloux on the Rosebud reservation
he sent couriers to the Crows for help.
They sent 130 of their young men, and these
wo Indians. Old Bull Snake's leg was
battered In the fight by a musket ball.
Old Coyote's shoulder blade was shattered.
'For thirty-four years these old men have
dragged over the country without pension,
without reward of any kind from the gov
ernment. Both of them are very old men
at this time, and I do think l-'O a month
under these circumstances Is certainly a
pitiful allowance for this' great government
to render to these two old men who were
hot in battle."
Enough was said. The bill passed the
senate in spite oft the committee report.
Senator Borah of Idaho the other day
made a speech before the Amerlcus club
of Pittsburg on Ulysses S. Grant. During
the course of this address he quoted Gen
era) Robert E. Lee to the effect that Grant
was without a superior in all history as a
commander of armies.
No sooner had the newspapers printed
the story, reports the Washington Times,
than old confederate soldiers from a score
of states said they didn't believe Lee ever
said it. They said it did not sound like
Lee, and that if the great confederate had
given vent to such a sentiment, it took the
country a mighty long time to find it out.
On the whole, the southerners discredited
the senator's authority for the quotation.
It has now developed, though, that old
union soldiers are denying that Lee ever
gave such praise to Grant. A half a hun
dred of them have written to Senator
Borah to tell him what they think about
it. They say that Senator Borah Just con
ceived that Idea himself in an effort to
smooth over the rumpus which Senator
Heyburn, also of Idaho, stirred up over
the position of Lee's statue in Statuary
hall. One or two of the letter writers re
called that Senators Borah and Heyburn
parted ways on the Lee Issue.
Now the westerner has come to the' con
clusion that when civil war subjects are
being even calmly discussed that it is Im
possible to please any of the people any
of the time.
The appointment of Representative Gor
don Russell, democrat, of Texas to be fed-
deral Justice ends a unique contest for this
high office. Judge Russell a few weeks ago
went to the White House and proposed the
name of Henry Marsh, a distinguished
lawyer of Texas, for this position. After
Mr. Taft had listened to . Russell's elo
quent advocacy of the cause of his friend,
the president turned around In his chair and
said :
"All that Is very good, Russellbut it is
too late. I have already made up my
mind to appoint you to this position."
"But, Mr. President, I cannot allow you
to consider me. As long as Mr. Marsh
wants the appointment, I am for him. I
cannot allow you to regard me as his op
ponent," replied Mr. Russell.
"Well, we will think It over," concluded
the president.
Friends of Judge Russell heard of the
conversation, and wind of it got to Mr,
Marsh. The latter immediately withdrew
from the contest ahd yesterday's -appoint
ment was the result.
Many of the women tourists who would
visit the White House are always disap
pointed wherr not permitted to roam over
the private residence of the president
even to the Innermost closet. They want
to know how house Is kept in the execu
tive mansion, and they imagine that this is
their right as American citizens. They
are permitted to see the east room and
the cast wing, together with its basement
rooms and Its exhibition of old White
House china, but it requires a card to see
the other rooms of the lower floor of the
White House, and then one is only per
mltted to peep Into the rooms, for the
doors are barred by velvet cords.
But the women wou(d like to go up
stairs to look at the bedrooms and so on
And they use their tongues when disap
pointed.
"I have always supposed that this was
a free country, they often retort when
politely refused.
But if they cannot get Inside they will
stand gazing Into the windows, and the
least detail visible interests them. "There
now!" remarked a woman the other day
"I at all events, have seen a maid ironing.'
Speaker Cannon went over into the sen
ate the other day when LaFollette was
making a speech on the railroad bill.
lbiiiiuii eugagea cenaior uuuom In an
animated conversation. LaFollette was
annoyed. (Except when he is upon the
Chautauqua circuit he's one of the most
easily annoyed persons that we know
about). And so LaFollette turned toward
Cannon with an ugly look. Said he:
"As Boon as the conversation nearby
ceases I shall continue. What I have to
aay on this Important matter is for the
benefit of the senators."
"The man whose health does not permit
of strenuous office labor, the man of mod
erate income with boukl.-h taste, the re
tired capitalist, the superanuated bank
president, all have a hard time in obtain
ing sufficient human companionship," com
ments the New York Post, "This Is par
ticularly true of retired army and navy
officers. A fixed day, their 64th birthday,
finds them promptly shelved. They give
up their regiments or the command of de
partments or of fleets at the stroke of noon
on the fatal anniversary. They wander
homeward to the towns they came from,
only to find that after the flrnt week's
Issue of the Dally Watchword recounting
their galliant services on land and sea
their friends can hardly conceal their Im
patience If these veterans appear a second
time' at their offices. Hence It Is that
for the (retiring officer Washington Is a
Mecca. He cannot walk down Connecticut
avenue without meeting a score of men
he 'knew in the service. Colonel, general
and admiral one of these titles he ap
plies to almost every man he meets. The
Army and Navy club or the Metropolitan
always have their occupants. Somebody
Is sure to ask the veteran how he swam
ashore In that gale at Samba or charged
dawn the road :n the Wilderness the time
poor Harry Smith got that bullet In his
brain. The human touch that makes the
whole world kin Is there."
A Lively Snsalelun.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The government seems to have a lively
suspicion that railroads cannot boost their
rates slmultsneouHly without a common
undertaking about which th anti-trust
aut may have something to say.
The report made to the comptroller
ander date of March I. 110. shows
that thla bank has
Time Certificates of
Deposit $2,034,278.61
3Vs Interest
paid on certificates running for twelve
months.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Ex-Senator Ppooner says he never
cUlmed to be a statesman, thus explaining
unconsciously why people accorded him
the title.
"Bully!" exclaims President Taft. The
dispute as to whether the Roosevelt policy
is being carried out would seem from this
to be at an end.
The late Havemeyer Is being unfairly
credited with deeds that were dark and
tricks that were not vain, or he escaped
the Jurisdiction of the court Just in time.
A prominent New York lawyer appointed1
to defend a colored prisoner charged w!th
murder secured acquittal, but by so elo
quent a speech that people wonder whether
or not the accused was guilty.
Miss Melva Beatrice Wilson of New York
has been commissioner to do the sculptured
frieze for the new Catholic cathedral In
St. Louis. The frieze will represent four
teen scenes In the life of Christ.
Chicago's oldest resident In the sense
that no other person has lived so long In
Chicago, is Fernando Jones, who reached
his 90th birthday last week. When Mr.
Jones settled in Chicago, back in 18, the
neighboring tribe of savages taught him
their language. Chicago still looks as
good to him as it did when it had only 404
habitants the difference in municipal
population between then and now being
some over 2,495,000.
Experts on hoodnos and spooky things are
at liberty to explain why Saturday has
been a'fatal day to the rulers of England.
William III died on Saturday, March 8,
1702; Queen Anne on Saturday, August 1,
1714; George II on Saturday, January 2B,
18-0, and George IV on Saturday, June 28.
1830. George I Just mlssed iJaturday by two
hours, dying at t a. m. on Sunday and the
late King Edward breathed bis last Just
a quarter of an hour before midnight, Fri
day night. May (.
. ELEVATING THE STAGE.
Theatrical Boomers Break Into the
Ranks of Hlttta Finance.
New York Evening Post.
In an age of giant finance, our theatri
cal managers loom up splendid as the
loftiest Titans of them all. The air of
late has been thick with the -tens Of mil
lions of dollars which the warring ele
ments In the amusement business have
been flinging at each other's heads. The
announcement of a $100,000,000 hippodrome
organization, which is to turn the base
ball parks' in all the large cities Into
amusement parks by night. Is only the
latest Item from the scene of epic war. A
syndicate which Is a trust rushes to bat
tle, flourishing chains of theaters and
opera houses, and is met by a syndicate
which is not a trust, .waving contracts
for a hundred new theaters and opera
houses. Here an intrenched vaudeville
manager fires round after round of cir
cuits and bookings, and there a producing
manager volleys forth dozens upon dozens
of the world's greatest stars and play
wrights. It Is all cataclysmic, and the
Innocent playgoer can only wonder that
hla humble dollar should be worth all
these furious alarums and excursions.
Talks for people
The Parallel Between Teaching- and
. Avertlslna.
In some of the previous talks com
parisons have been made between
teaching and advertising. These com
parslons have not been used merely
for the sake of simile, but because
there are principles which are com
mon to both advertising and teaching.
Advertising is a broad term. A
great deal of advertising is merely
published for the sake of giving infor
mation and not with any definite idea
of creating a favorable attitude in the
public mind. The mere announce
ment that a school Is to open'on a cer
tain day gives Information which has
its value to those who are already In
tending to attend a school or college,
hut it stops at this point. In the same
way a person may obtain information
from books on any subject, but the
teacher would not encourage this as
the best method of developing the
mind or securing an education. The
successful method adopted by the
teacher 'as evolved by Borne of the
world's greatest thinkers Is based on
the fact that our memory retains those
things which are repeated again and
again. Such things as the multiplica
tion table" and spelling become so
firmly fixed in the mind as to be al
most Instinctive. Advertising, to be
successful, must accept this same
psychological fact as Its basis.
Let us consider, for example, how one
i. taiirht to SDeak German. Suppose you
devote two hours, each day for a year, to
this study, you would unquestionably ac
quire some knowledge of the language; but.
If you merely devote an hour or two a
week, fur the same period, little would be
accomplished; cr If you devote two hours
eah day. for three or four months, then
stop three or four months, begin again for
a similar period and discontinue your
study again, your mind would retain com
paratively little, by following such a plan.
Follow th latter plan In advertising and
the public will know Utile about your
school. Follow the former plan and. at the
end of the year, they will have a fair knowl
edge of what you offer. Suppose you kt-ep
up studying German, two hours each day,
for a period of three years. At the end of
that time you will have acquired such a
mill
IIH
jwmm
nil
TAPS ON THE FUNNYBONE.
"Why don't you perfect a melon with a
handle, so that people could carry It con
veniently?" -i . '
"It would be a wast of time." answre.l
the horticultural wizard. "Then they'd want
'em with wheels. Kansas City Journal.
"Yon say your boy Josh is a dreamer."
said the literary lady. "Does he write
poetry -or romances?"
"Oh." replied Farmer Corntossel. "ha
don't write anything. But he Jes' natch-
eiiy rerunes to get up till 9 ociook.
Washington Star.
"But those 'extremely violent women
lunatics how do you manage to keep them
so quiet?"
"That's an idea of the new superintend
ent's." Yes?"
"Yes; he had the wiraltjaefcets made up
In the peek-a-boo style." Puck.
"I wonder where young Blffles got hi
remarkable energy and endurance in his
foot ball rushes? His father was nothing
of an athlete."
"No, but his mother was always the first
in a marked-down bargain sale counter
crush." Baltimore American,
Macduff was laying on lustily.
1 don't allow any man to swear at me,"
he exelalmed.
For at that time there had been no court
decision to the effect that the word used
by Macbeth wns not profane. Chicago
Post. ' (-
"Have you heard that 12-year-eild piano
prodigy who is creating enich a sensation?"
"Yes, I heard him in Berlin thirteen years
ago." Cleveland Leader.
THE ROAD TO RENO.
Ellis O. Jones in Judge. '
I remember when I met her;
It was In the long ago.
It was on the road to Reno,
Somewhere west of Kokomo.
It was In the gladsome springtime,
i And the tulips were aglow.
It was in the gladsome springtime,
In the spring of long ago.
I was going, she was coming;
She had shaken off her woe.
It was on the road to Reno,
Where the alimonies grow.
"Tarry for a while," I murmured,
"For I'll soon be back, you know.
Walt until I've burst my bondage,"
Thus I whispered soft and low.
But she shook her wavy tresses,
As she gayly answered no.
It wss on the Road to Reno,
Where the merry widows grow.
Where tine widowers lg I j
Softly come and softly go '
On the road unknown to husbands
Who remain in statu quo.
SHORT STORIES.
I'll tell you as short a story .
As mortal e'er could pen;
There was once a man who fell Jn love
But he soon got up again.
I know another story,
A man who fell or tumbled
"Twas after many a timely hint
In his dense ears she mumbled:
He didn't stay long where she ditched him
For I've heard It sp.ld since then
T1iat found the only girl in the world.
one jyuiicu nun uy again
And here's another story,
I'm eager to relate
A man went to see his fiancee
j
na ne was torn to wait;
He sat him down upon a chair,
Whre pins were put and then
Well It ain't on record what he sald-
But he soon got up again. B. N T
who sell things
knowledge of the language, that It will be
really a part of yourself. Keep up an ad
verneing campaign, persistently, for three
years, and the knowledge of your institu
tion will be as much a part of the mental
make-up of the regular readers of the
newspaper, in which you advertise, as the
German language would be of your own,
after consistent study. It you continue
to devote some time, each day, year after
year, to speaking, or reading German, you
will retain what you have acquired and
strengthen your ability as a German stu
dent. Keep up your advertising, year after
year, and you will gain the same cumula
live effect. Your institution will be thor
oughly well known; It will be a part of
very intelligent person's Information.
eaehTvV "tUjent de"
each day for a year. Does he know It alU
Can ho stop; No; he ha, onl b
pose the advertiser advertises, daily for a
year. He may accomplish little, the first
few months, but at the end of the year he
sees fair results. Can he stop? No; he B
hardly begun. Jt may take a German stu
dent several years to really master the
language and It may take you, a. an adver
tiser. Just as long ,o make your Institu
tion thoroughly well known. Suppose th
student stops hi. practice in speaking and
reading German. Gradually he will lose th
knowledge that h has acquired, while by
devoting some time each day, he could have
retained his knowledge iA.t an advertiser
stop advertising and It is surprising how
soon the publio loses sight of him.
There Is both an tfrt of teaching and a
science underlying It. There Is an art
of adve-tls ng and a fccience underlying it
Both, to be successful, must Influence the
human mind. Much can be accomplished in
teaching, by appealing to th emotional
side of the student. It is likewise true, that
In advertising. It Is possible tu play" upon
the feelings of the leader. In both, how
ever, It Is necessary to take Into cun'slileiH
tlon how knowledge Is acquired. Things
which are done over and over again, final. 4
become, apparently, automatic, Jn acqun
lng an education, the student has the sama
things presented to him. time and again.
Tret In one way and then in another. The
advertiser must present his case In a
variety of ways, but must depend upon ex
actly the same method. '
The moft Important thing to be remem
bered, In order to make a success of ad
vertising, is that it takes time and con
stant repetition to scure results of real
value. No lasting good can be accomplished
In either teaching or advertlnlng, In any
or advertising. In any
ent repetition, ei-Jug
ile time, Is absoit'i
other way. r reuuer
over a considerable
necessary.