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Morning, JOvenlng and Sunday Ree printed during the month of October. 110, as -follows; t 43.360 17 43,870 t 44.700 IS 43.380 43.080 1 49,380 4 43,880 ! 43,110 t 43,440 II 43,430 43.440 tl 43,170 7 43,760 tJ 43,460 43.M0 4 44.030 43,700 IS 43.380 10 43.660 X6 43,370 11 43,370 11 43,390 12 43,300 tl 43,400 II 43,340 21 43.060 14 43,470 10 43.400 16 43,360 II 45,680 1 44,030 Total , ..1,360,740 Rf turned Coplca 11,344 Nat Total 1,338.308 Dally Average 43,174 OEO. B. TZSOHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my pretence and aworn to before m tb.lt Slat day of October, ISIS. It. P. WALKER, (Peal ) Notary Public abtcrlben Icatvltar tki city tern porarlly kfeoald have Tkt Btt nailed ta them. Address will change tftea at requested. Boost for Omaha. Salute Folic Captain Dempsey. The weather maa la certainly food lo us. Get the aeroplane tilt by looking at the eclipse of the moon. The Test of the Triumph. Some of the more liberal democratic papers sdtnlt there is little hope of tariff reform from the Sixty-second congress. The Uonton Herald points out that the democrats' attitude on the Fayne-Aldrlch bill discredit them. They violently attacked this bill In speeches In congress and then voted for its "iniquitous duties' wherever they would fit Into flopular Ity of a district at home. It Is now being generally admitted that the democrats of the last session were dominated, so far ss this tariff measure Is concerned, by the southern protectionists, and that these protec tionists from the south with the tra ditional stamp of democracy upon them arranged several deals and combina tions In order to secure protection for home Industries: that they agreed with Massachusetts for free hides there If Lodge and his friends would favor a tariff on southern lumber. It is business, not politics, that Is guiding the actions of these southern democrats today. They are free trad ers in name and tradition only, but try taking the duty off one of their home Industries that requires protection and see how deep down the soil of their free trade goes. Champ Clark makes bold promises of a tariff for revenue only, but he knows only too well how hard It will be to push such a measure through the next house, controlled as It will be by the bourbons of the south and that he probably could not If the senate as well as the house were demo cratic. The south has Just entered upon a new era of Industrial develop ment and It would be retarding Its own progress to supplant protection with free trade now. The test of this democratic triumph Is to come In the party's attempt to make good on Its promises of a revenue tariff In the next congress. It will be compelled to change Its whole plan of battle, shift from the defensive to the aggressive, from the negative to the positive. It will find that building up a tariff policy of Ita own is much more difficult than trying to tear down one of ita opponent's; that the work of construction Is harder than the work of destruction. Let Champ Clark and his followers frame a tariff bill on democratic principles and submit It to congress and then will they find the real test of "what they are pleased to call their splendid triumph of 1910. AH that this election has done has been to give them a chance to make good. ular parlance, that they are going to! be pood. This concession Is satisfying! even if based upon selfish aspirations,' even If these interests are actuated by . a reeling or ease that with a conflict of power In the house nnd senate leg islation has been fairly well scotched in the Sixty-second congress. Hack of all this prospect of peace and plenty one must see the cumula tive efTect of beneficent republican rule in this country. Kven Rood crops can not guarantee good times unless there is a steady hand at Washington Trend of Political Parties FEOFLE TALKED ABOUT. o A. MainUe Low In HriUsli I-ate never pU.wd a more Ironic Juggle than when It. threw Ilr. Rryan n cork on the t-ea. of politic. A man of high Ideal, of unflinching honesty, who has always sought after tlit right and striven to lead men upward, It has been his fate uncon sciously and unwillingly almost always to he wrong, and hy being; wrong- to make It possible for dishonesty to flourish and in calculable harm to be done. The sham re- 1'hls . forms and the self-advertising reformers of National Review. fart is likely to sink into the popular mind very deeply in these Intervening two years and bear its own fruit In the national election in 191?. Did you bear that awful noise? That was the price of meat falling. Mr. Hearst has come out for John R. McLean for senator in Ohio. Poor Mr. McLean, yt.nj England will probably wonder, after It loses its lords, why It ever clung so tenaciously to them. And in addition to other things, Colonel Lafayette Young of Iowa looks like a United States senator. It seems that some of the implement men also brought the implements of war to the meeting with them. One might observe, however, that with all .the progress these aviators have made, none has yet gone to the top. Don t worry about Diaz, ", urges Ihe St. Paul Dispatch. We are not We were Just thinking of that last coal The St. Louis Times makes the omi nous display to presidential aspirants that 1911 totals Just 13. But who's frald of signs Why should a Kansas City jobbing house be permitted to string a canvas streamer across Farnam street? What's the answer? No more Tafta and Roosevelts will go with the masses. Lincoln Star. . What will It be? D. E. Thompsons and C. E. Whedons? Not that R Is particularly Imporcaur, but baa anybody heard much about WVism J. Bryan lately? Htn Francisco Chronicle. Yes, they have him going south. He will spend the winter in Texas. A man was arrested down in Mis souri the other day for springing that ancient one that the reason money Is called dough is because everyone kneads it. The Sting: of Icgratiude. It may be consolation tor Mayor "Jim" to find here and there a sym pathetic note uttered for him from democratic sources. The Houston Post, which is a good democratic pa per, discusses the recent election, with reference to two democrats who failed the first being "Bob" Taylor of Ten- nessee, who fell down before a polit ical revulsion In that state, and the second being our own "Jim." The Post proceeds: The other democrat was Jim Dahlman, the democratic candidate for governor of Nebraska. He submitted his claims to a party primary and became the nominee of the party. He won the nomination fairly and squarely and was entitled to the vote of every democrat who partlcl pated In the primary and assumed thereby an obligation to support the nominee. He, too, made a gallant fight, and he too, wan a victim of unspeakable treach try. Ona who owes everything to the democratic party, who baa enjoyed its honors and Its confidence as few men have. In whose behalf Jim Dahlman' money and support have been freely ac corded on many occasions, who of all men was under the highest obligation o support the nominee, whose word would have assured complete democratic vic tory In Nebraska, deUberately raised his arm snd struck the blow that laid the Nebraska democracy low. If the blood of the martyrs Is the seed of the church, perhaps the time may yet come when the defeat of Dahlman and the manner of Its accomplishment will inspire the party to a realisation of the perils of discord and treachery and teach It to deal firmly wltU tht emergencies precipitated by them. Democrats everywhere will grieve over the fate of Dahlman, but they will scarcely- fall to remember the stab in the back that felled hint ?n the moment that democratic victory was well nigh universal. In this connection it may be worth mentioning that the Houston Post is edited by R. M. Johnston, who, as democratic national committeeman for Texas, served with Mayor "Jim" in that body and helped manage two of Mr. Bryan's lost presidential cam paigns. Just Building; the Canal. Two rumors of n rather sinister nature followed President Taft on his trip to the Panama canal. One was that annexation of the little republic wag the chief object of the trim the other, that It was to lay the basis for asking an additional appropriation of $100,000,000 from congress for the completion of the work. Both are emphatically denied in official circles, as, of course, they would be If any at tention were paid to them. The president's visit at this time is to get into closer touch with the progress and details of the work, so that he may be thoroughly prepared to enlighten congress on the subject in his forthcoming message. The matter of toll rates has to be attended to with' out delay, for it will take the trans portation companies eighteen months, Colonel Goethals aays, to adjust their schedules to them and these rates ran be fixed only by congress. Hence the necessity for immediate action is ap parent. As to annexing the republic of Pan ama, the united States would have nothing to gain by it and much to lose. It would mean another complication In its already complex government, the borrowing of trouble for nothing. This country will continue to protect Panama from foreign aggression, and that duty will be vastly magnified In the future owing to the In timacy ot our relations as a result of the canal, but there is nothing in the situation that seems to call for annexation and much that tends to discourage such a move. So long as Panama displays an ability for self government it is perfectly safe in Its independence and certainly the United States, as the greatest of repub lics, would have no concern in effacing such an autonomy. Its interests all lie on the side of perpetuating it. Then as to the additional appropria tion. Colonel Goethals, In charge of the canal's' construction, assures the president that the work will be com pleted with the $375,000,000 allowed for it, and that, too, a year ahead of time. Colonel Goethals la giving this country the worth of its money and more In the building of this great wa terway, and he is sotting a fine ex ample in patriotism and fidelity to duty in the way his men are inspired to push the work, the humblest employe feeling a personal pride in the great enterprise and its early completion. which the public now s heartily sick would have found no opportunity had not Mr. Bryan In hi pumult after the Ideal pre pared the pround. Hysteria could have been checked, progress could have been made soberly, real reform could have been i accomplished had it not been for Mr. Hryan. It I one of the mrt extraordinary cases on record of a good man doing evil because lie la an idealist living In a practi cal world. Mr. Mryn need no longer be considered aa a determining factor In the affairs of the democratic party and his iibshIiik and the coming to the front of WIIon, Harmon and Oaynor la a movement as Important among the democrats a Insurgency is to tbe republicans. Insurgency Is the republi can drift toward radicalism; the retirement of Mr. Bryan marks tht return of the democratic party toward conservatism. It Is Inevitable thnt this should be so. At a time when there I more thtn an even chance of the radicals controlling the re publican party, the democrats show a dis position to abnndon the unscientific radical ism of which they have been the victim for some years, to forsake the radical leader and to put their trut In men who while conservative are not reactionary. Ity this time the democrats onaht to be to thoroughly radical that they should be able to swallow the radical republicans, but bv ieoite W. INlson of Slow. M.i.. write verse. cnndtictHl hi eampuinn for a seat in the legislature in rhyme, lie vn elected. It I the first time rlnce tve ch 11 war that a democrat was rlroted i" tl' legislature from Stow. Mrs. Annie Wukiiunn Ijithrop I making a tour of thl country lo study 11"' condi tion of American women for n uroitp nf London newspapers, she Is now In Cali fornia, and after finishing, her observation' in the west the will go south and then come east. Congratulations tioin a dilraii1 amll date in the victor may b wi fum tor . but the mesoasro of Vivian T.rwis to (lovcrnor elect Wilson of New Jersey ta of a l I f - tradition the democratic party is a con- ferent sort. It Is known thai a gentleman was elected f the guliernatorlal chair, but it Is certain also that another gntle- servatlve party, and although the mass of democrat were swept off their feet and for a time followed a rndlcal lender, con servatism has once more reasserted Itself, and It may be that the country will liH e to look to the democrats to act ns the balance wheel. America Is large and In all things a law unto Itself, but even thl country Is not large enough to support two radical parties: and the republican In surgents are so much more radical than ever the democrats dared to be that It I hopless for the democrats to try to com pete with them. As the party of conserva tism and construction rather 1han that of radicalism and destruction the democrat must make their appeal. jury service. In this case it might behoove father to take a few lessons In cooking and other departments of housework, for mother is liable at any time to be detained over night on a jury. If Champ Clark has not yet bought that span of mules, we know where he can get a bargain in one. He is a trustworthy animal; that is, he ought to be, for he was raised a pet. His name is Majormlnnemascot and his address can be reached by- writing to W. J. Bryan, Falrvlew. In teBtlng heavy explosives on a bat tleship at Fort Monroe , the officers placed a cat where the gunners and slghter would be in battle and the ex plosion that nearly wrecked the ship failed to kill the cat But what does that prove? A sailor has but one life. Those papers that before the elec tion said Roosevelt was betraying Taft and after election declared that re publican defeat in states where Roose velt was most active was a rebuke to Taft ought to get together with themselves. Mr. Hlgh-Cost-of-Llving is showing himself decidedly inconsiderate ot the democratic politicians if he comes down off his perch without waiting to give them a chance first to try their hand at tariff tinkering. What is the use trying to berate the republicans in the late election? Ala bama's democratic, governor was elected by only 60,000, whereas his predecessor at the' last election went In by 62,769 majdfUy.' Students at the Omaha High school are now regaled In a lunch room scien tifically, conducted. Another proof of tbe great strides made in modern edu cational methods. That democratic landslide cannot be charged to Chancellor Day, but since the returns came in he has recovered his voice enough to say a word or two aa to what he thought did it. "Judge Harmon's future bangs in the balance," wisely observes the Washington Herald, In which case the judge la like tbe rest of his fellow creatures so far as the future goes. One of our readers falls to see any humor in our nory- about the million aire golfers playing firemen at a Sun day blaze. ' iom of the millionaire golfers also failed to see the humor In It ' A profcMted enthusiast for mu nicipal civil service reform who has been in the city council lo these uany years without a thing to show for It, would do. better to let someone else blow the .ti ump'U JBusinest Ought to Be Good. The next two years preceding the national election ought to be prosper ous In this country, and doubtless will be. The nation has crossed over the summit of anxiety incident to polit ical disturbances that usually attend even an off-year campaign and is fac ing natural conditions which could scarcely be improved upon. Not onl has this couutry, but the two hemi spheres have produced exceedingly good crops this year, and the money market is sound. Industries are run ning at tbe high water mark and labor Is well paid and fairly content. Prices have stsrted toward a more equitable level and the people are feeling better over this. In fact, all the elements that influ ence prosperity seem to be working conjointly to secure it, and with the basic features of large crops and good markets the law ot supply and de mand in good working order we have little or nothing to fear from artificial sources of unrett. But aa to that, the interests suspected of unduly Influenc ing conditions have given their word for It that aa far as they are concerned times are going to be good for at least two years. That Is to say, In the pop- The Kind of City Government Public sentiment is again being focused for an effort to provide Omaha, or rather Greater Omaha, with the machinery of government that will enable us to make more rapid forward strides to command the position among progressive cities of the coun try to which we are entitled. The desire is crystallizing along lines ad vocated for years by The Bee for i greater measure of local self-govern ment and less dependence upon long distance rule by the legislature at Lincoln. Tbe Idea is growing that a city charter framed here at home by our own people for the government of the whole community, including Omaha, South Omaha, Dundee, Ben son and Florence, should be submitted for popular approval and take effect upon ratification by a majority of those immediately concerned. If this can be brought about it Is a consum mation greatly to be hoped, even though the actual consolidation and taking effect of tbe new charter may be deferred a year or two. The particular kind of government to be provided for Greater Omaha wnetner tnrougu commissioners or through a mayor and council, does not strike us as vital. Our experience has proved that it is not the title or pay that makea a public officer effec tive, but rather the ability of the man and his freedom from persoaal and corporate entanglements. The thought that politics can be wholly eliminated from municipal government Is a will o'-the-whiau. We may have political parties formed for each city tie. lion separate and distinct from existing political parties, but there will be more or less partisanship, juBt tbe same. The character of the men put into municipal office, as into any public office, depends on the electorate. The way to get a higher grade of men the city hall is for our business men and property owners not only to man ifest an interest in their election, but first to prevail upon men of tried ra pacity and integrity to stand for these positions instead of backing misfits, bankrupts, poor relations or good fel lows looking for jobs. Around New York Klpples ta tht Currsat of t a as Seen in the Ortat AmaHoan Metropolis from Say to Pay. Champ Clark must almost wish he would not be elected speaker when he thinks of what he will be up against in trying to make good on all the promises he has made in the last ten years. tomlnnr l'a to the Scratch. Cleveland Leader. Now we are told that buckwheat cakes contain a large percentage of alcohol. When you see people scratching their backs In the dry districts this winter you'll find diagnosis easy. Stiffening of the Spite. Pittsburg Dispatch. With Mr. Bryan still plugging for It In the west. Wall street exerting its pull for It in the east, and the south keeping along Just by force of habit, tht demo cratic party Is beginning to have some confidence In its future outbids of Pennsylvania. rtnohlnar Trtat Profits. Philadelphia Ledger. After boosting the price of window glass about 70 per cent the glass trust has been fined a total of $10,000. Fears are felt that this makes slight. Inroads on the profits, but otherwise It Is satisfac tory enough. It la refreshing, also, to Bee a demonstration of tht fact that not every advanca in prices can ba ascribed to the tariff. An impressive phase of present day dvllistatlon in New York Is the trans formation of Fifth avenue from a residence to a business thorouhgfare. The change, according to the World, la directly due to the Increasing activity of women in busi ness. From Twentieth to Fifty-second street the change is marked. It Is no longer a man's avenue. Of the 700 firms doing business there fully !M) art com posed entirely of women and sell to women. Two hundred others have both men and women members and deal In goods for women exclusively. One hundred more tre of men trading in women's wearing ap-; parel. The largest hotel in tht vicinity, the Waldorf-Astoria, makes a feature ot catering to women, and every day Ita sump tuous lounging rooms are crowded with shoppers. A few days after the election a tall, husky man walked into the Jefferson market court and said to the magistrate: "Tour honor, I have a bet on the election with my friend Rellly. I bet six months In the work house against 3 that timson would be elected. Friend Rellly bet on Dix. Ax won, so I am here to make good. Friend Rellly. I notice, la not present. Nevertheless I'm a man and If you will kir.dly ship me to the Island at once I'll be delighted. I wouldn't want Rellly to think I wasn't a man." "Well, well," said the magistrate, "1 don't know what to think of this. I can't do anything for you today, but If you come around on Monday morning with your friend, Rellly, perhaps we can adjust the matter." On leaving court the man was asked by the clerk for his name. It was refused. "I'll put It down as 'John Doe,' " said tht clerk. , "Begorra an' you won't," said the man. "If you put it down anythln' at all you'll put it down 'Mike Doe!' " Barney O'Nell of Wallace, Idaho, direc tor In the Carnegie Trust company and member of the executive committee of the American Bankers' association, forgot the other night that he was one of the elect, left his wife at the Holland house and went down to the Newsboys' Home club at 74 Kast Fourth street. He ljked the society of the little fellows so much, and got so Interested in a bout with the gloves which "Bowery Jack" Brown and "Battery Kid" Hermann "pulled off" for his spe clal entertainment that he said he never wanted to go back noma again and he slept all night at the club. When O'Nell arrived he found about 2U0 boys thronging the gymnasium and the reading room and swarming up and down tht stairs waiting to greet him. The last tdlUons had been closed out early and all 'do kids" were on deck, anxious to see the newsboy who had risen. He came in with his face glowing with pleasure. "They look Just tht same as they did thirty years ago," he said. Superintendent R. S. Crummy took him through the rooms while the boys were getting pnto their athleUo clothes. When all were gathered, O'Nell said to them: "When I was selling papers here Horace Greeley came out with his slogan, 'Go west, young man.' I took that advice and went. I worked with my head and my hands. Always try to use your bead and you will rise. Always be cheerful and hopeful." man failed. to reach It. Mrs. Grace R. Gunn of New 'i oik has begun a course of instruction that i de signed to make public speakers of the most diffident of women; orators of women who stammer, and in general to prepare for the political platform of the next cnin paiun a list of feminine worker who will pull voles. Four women ill sit ti iln- Kighteentli general assembly of Colorado as n result of last Tuesday's election. They are Alma Lafferty, Loitlae V. Jones and Louine M. Kerwln, all elected to the liouse of repre sentatives from Denver districts on the democratic ticket, and Aajnes Riddle, re publican representative for Adams. Arapit hoe and Flbert counties. Mrs. Phoele M. Palmeter, 80 years old, of Brookfield. N. V., pensioned by a spe cial act of congress as the daughter of Jonathan Wooley, who served In a New Hampshire company, Is the only pensioner on account of the Revolutionary war re maining on the roll, according to a state ment made in the annual report of the commission rs of pensions, Just made public. What Oat Socialist Mill Do, Chicago Tribune. victor Berger, the only socialist ever elected to congress, bears his honors mod estly and does not expect to overturn tht house which of late was Joseph's. But some of his kind art not so modest. A socialist plumber of Reading, Pa., has been elected to the legislature and ha announces tliat he intends to "raise tht devil." He will ilnd when he reaches JlarrUburg that there Is not much In the line left to do. The last two or three legislatures of Pennsylvania did about as fine a Job of that sort as ever was done outside of Illinois. However, being a plumber helps some in that par' tlcular task. TOO M I t'll OF A I.OUD TlllXti. itrlkiua; Illustration of Publicity Overworked. Louisville Courier-Journal. Publicity Is a pood thing, but tt is not desirable in all human enterprises. Some year ago a minister In southeastern Penn sylvania broke down under the strain of his clerical duties and decided to go to farming. He bought a run-down farm of fifteen acres and started a dairy business. He was so successful that the agricultural papers began to print articles about his 'model dairy farm." The United States Department of Agriculture heard about it and Bent a man to Pennsylvania to look It over. Then the department wrote up a history of tht minister's enterprise and published it as a bulletin. All this was highly gratifying, no doubt' to the minister, but the papers kept on discussing his farm until hundreds of people became possessed of a desire to see It Visitors came in such numbers that it took up all the preacher's time In showing them over the place. They trampled down his shrubbery, broke down his gates, damaged his vegetable crops and kept the cows in such a continual state of excite ment that the dairy products fell off to a remarkable degree. The preacher simply could not stand It. so he old the model farm and bought a larger one in a more remote locality. The new farm Is being conducted on the same lines as the old one, but tts owner does not want any more publicity. In his case publicity hurts business. If he were selling a patent churn or a remedy for rheumatism he would welcome the "mad ding crowd." As he happens to be en gaged In growing vegetables and coaxing timorous cows to do their lacteal duty, he objects to addressing mass meetings in the barn lot and to answering foolish ques tions on tht front porch. Besides, "there are moments when ont wants to be alone," and milking tlmt comes around pretty regularly on a dairy farm. LINES TO A LAUGH. The professor did not like the looks of any of the fish, and the prices were ab surdly high. "I can't even get a squared eel here ' he said passing on to the next place. Chi cago Tribune. "Even in finance. Prim always prides himself on doing the proper thing." "Well?" "So he told his brokers he was going to take a flyer in aviation stock." Baltimore American. "What went Wrong with your auto while your wire was away 7 we ask of our ac qualntance. "I did." ha replied aadly. Life. Miss wellon Yes, our family is short lived. I never expect to see 40. Miss Tartun Why, ye, dear; you can see It retrospectively, can't you? Chicago iribune. "What make you keep giving me fish ior ainner uay arter nay ; tie inquired. "Are you particularly fond of It?" "No. she replied, "I was wholly unself ish. I read a lovely recipe about how - f7--T--"-C -"11 ,j 3Q To) This is tht chief requisite for making Perfect Bake Day Foods. mm m t 2 a a m y TJ mas Absolutely Puro r V aV il ft T ! i 1 s 4 The only . Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Jpl raadc from grapes m Iff No Alum ifil ah No Lime Phosphate Jir to remove a fish bone when It Micks In your throat, and I wanted to try It." Washington Btar. "Why did you think the democrats should have gone on being defeated for ever'' "They don't mind (t eo much.'" replied the gloomy statesman. "They're used to It." Puck. Mrs. Gnaggs Von know well you were perfectly crazy to marry me. Mr. GnagKH I admit It. my dear, but It whs merely a case of temporary Insanity. Philadelphia Record. "Why Is she so popular?" "She takes off her hat In a crowded car." Cleveland Leader. "I thought this was a prohibition county ' "Ho It is." "Well, look at the man yonder with that lot of cattle." "What's that got to do with it?" "Can't you see he's driving them lo drink?" Baltimore American. Our Birthday Book One hundred and thirty thousand new voters w ill ba added to tht voting strength of the state of Washington by tbe adoption at the recent election of the woman suffrage amendment to the constitution. Women who are taxpayers are also, under the pro visions of this atueuduiat, eligible tv xrovamfetr 17, 1S10. Samuel Cunard, whu established tbe Cunaid steamship line, was born Novem ber 17, 17OT, in Halifax. Nova Scotia, and died in llx5. He was knighted for what he did for transoceanic travel and tht Cunard line is still one of tht headliners. Thomas Taggart, the democraUo boss ct Indiana, was born November 17, lK."i. He la a native of Ireland and got Ids start In politic as mayor of Indianapolis. He was the national chairman who managed the dUmal defeat of Judge Parker In lwM. Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations. Is 41 years old today. He was boru In Chester, Mass., and was practicing law lit Connecticut before going "jlnto government service. He married tbe daughter of former Senator jjieincn or Nebrasl.a. Frank A. Vanderlip, now a big New York banker, a as burn November 17, lwH. In Aurora. 111. Ht used to bt financial editor of tht Chicago Tribune, going wltb Secretary Gaga as assistant secretary of the treasury and then Into the National City bank. Otto U. Kicbhorst. resident agent for tht ."cliUts Brewing company in Omaha, was born November 17, 172. In Milwaukee, which bus ben made famous by the beer he soils. He has bn manager for Kchlltx at Nashville. Tenn : Ixulsvin. K.. aod Oiuah. The jlncrease of motor vehicles for the carrying of goods has been so continuous In the streets of New York that it begins to look as though the day of freedom tor tht horse wss not far off. Lach motor takes the place of two animals, and possi bly more, as one of them can do as much work In a day as a couple of team. It It were not for the horses, tht street clean ing force could be reduced by one-half. Three things will have to be done for ths motor vehicles, as well as for pleasure oars, before their service becomes Ideal. Tht nolst of operation must be reduced, the dripping of oil on the streets stopped, and an end put to the vile smoke so many of them puff Into the face of an Indignant publto. In 19ot there were not to exceed K chauf feurs in New York stati. Today there are registered almost 2S.000. There were then fourteen different makes of cars on sale. Today there are eighty-five. In 1M. the average price of cars wss $1,100. By 1907 it had run up to S,VJ1. It has now come down to ,Mf, due to the Increase In the number of moderate priced machines. Hsld tht new waiter: "There's a woman at tne 'pliuue trying to tell how old ah is. Thlrty-flvt, I think she said." "Wants to come here to dinner, I guess," said the proprietor. "Tell ber it Is all right, phe can come." Then he went on to say that over the telephone some women are not afraid to tell their age. "Confidences of that kind ar imparted to us every day," he said. "They art telephoned in by women who have heard that women without an escort art not permitted to dint here. Even if they do play a lone hand they Ukt to eat out once In a whiit where there la something going on, but rather than take chance of a pub lic rebuff they telephone da to find out If they will be admitted. rjrt thing ti. tell la their age. The figure n.cntlonia run all the way from 30 to M. Apparent lj they hope to convince us that at tl.at bi? women have become pretty J; auJ are A "Classy" Table for Thanksgiving It Isn't much of a "shopper's trick" lo find the riht sort of accessories for a Thanksgiving table; the idea is to buy the KiGHT sort PItlCED IUC3HT. You WILL find the IUG1IT sort here; dainty silver mounted carving sett, for instance, at as low as fo.UU; exquisite silver plated fern dishes at as low as $5.00; and sterling silver tea spoons in novel, new patterns at as little as $3.50 per set of six. Cut glass, too, Is sold on a moderate percentage here. One may buy deftly cut and ornately designed celery trays for as little as $4.95; and the regulation Cut liluxs Howls for as little as 3.u. Your table, of course, WILL be properly grtu'ed on Thanks giving day; yon WILL find "claHsy" pieces In plenty; but again we say: "They're priced KIGHT here." That Watch Sale Continues "Half Price" still goes on several special lines of Gentle men's Watchfcs; $20.00 kinds at only $10.00. A similar reduc tion applies to Ladies' Watches valued regularly at $20 00 some are selling at $12.50. "MANDELBERG" 1522 Farnam Street