TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 10, 1911.
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porarily should have The Be
mailed to them. Address will !
chanircd a often ns requested.
Why not let the race adopt Hackcn
BChmldt as Us hope?
It looks as If sugar, too, were get
ting tbo aviation habit.
Many a European dishwasher be
comes a high-salaried chef la this
country.
A St. Paul man danced himself to
death on a wager. , Another argument
that dancing Is wrong.
New York proposes to keep a card
Index of Its drunkards. Is there such
rivalry among them as that?
President Taft has less than one
week more of his vacation. Hera's
that he makes the most of it.
The postmasters art coming. That
there may be no ill feeling, we here
with likewise Invite the postmistresses.
Only five Texans have announced
themselves as willing to succeed
Bailey. Oh, well, It is a long time oft.
Perhaps William Cullen Bryant had
a prophetic vision of foot ball when he
wrote of autumn as the melancholy
season.
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In Minnesota they have been kicking
at the rain spoiling the state fair.
They should have held their state fair
In Omaha.
"Let us house our envoys abroad,"
pleads an exchange. By all means,
it is not right to keep the poor men
out of doors.
September thus far has shown itself
to be a consummate standpatter, com
mitted to the policy of "let well
enough alone."
The articles of agreement did not
state, publicly, whether the Astor
Force match was a finish affair or
limited to rounds.
Beulah Blnford, th, ,lrl In the
Beattle case, has been "relegated" to
the moving picture show. Sao was
too much for anything else.
Joe Bailey has staid In congress
twenty years and failed to bring the
country to his way of thinking, hence
resigns, Dull, dense country.
The little Abernathy boys, having
published a book on their first cross
country ride, show plainly that they
appreciate their opportunities.
The Beef trust case having been
used as a foot ball in the federal courts
for nearly nine years, ought by now
to have the stuffln' kicked out of
them.
Canada may favor reciprocity with
the American farmer, but Russia never
will it Mr. Hackenschmldt ot Dorpat,
who wots of one American farmer,
has his way.
The governors of all the states are
about t,o hold their annual conclave.
The governor of North Carolina should
be at no loss what to say to the gov
ernor ot South Carolina.
They are now talking of raising the
wreck of Cervera's sunken ship. It
is to bo hoped this resurrecting ot
Spanish war ruins will not raise any of
the old Questions with them.
Mr. Bryan sustained a blow In Vir
ginia, where both Senators Martin and
Bwansoa were heartily endorsed by
tho democrats. Both had been de
nounced by Mr. Bryan and the case Is
Important from the fact that Martin
is the senate leader and Bryan a leader
ou bis own account.
Dr. David Starr Jordan la making a
series of addresses at Toklo on the
progress of the peace movement. In
the midst of one address he to greatly
offended Russia, that its diplomatic
agent at ToVlo tot up and left the hall
In tbo midst ot the American edu
cator's speech. Hurrah for the whlte
wUged dove!
Empty Pews.
In reference to the letter to his con
gregation yielding up his place as ac
tive pastor of his church, Dr. Wash
ington Gladden is quoted at deploring
the lack of interest In Sunday services,
and appealing for better attendance for
his successor. The disposition in some
quarters has been to regard Dr. Glad
den's retirement as brought about by
the steadily increasing empty pews,
coupled with the notion that they can
be filled only by putting a younger and
more vigorous man in the pulpit. Yet
the fact of empty pews staring the pas
tor in the face is not peculiar to a
particular church nor to a particular
city. Nor is it peculiar to the aging
minister in contradistinction with the
new recruit.
Possibly Dr. Gladden has felt that
his power to attract and hold members
of his congregation has been waning
with the multiplying number of empty
pews, and has cherished memory of
times gone by when his church was
overcrowded. If so, it is still doubtful
whether there is a direct relation of
cause and effect, for had Dr. Gladden
relinquished his position sooner the
attendance on the services in his
church would, in all probability, have
been still smaller.
The note struck by Dr. Gladden Is
but a continuation of tho old question
that is constantly being propounded
here, there and everywhere, "Why do
not people go to church?" to which
the answers are nearly as mauy as
there are thoso who try to answer.
Certain it is, that if every pastor
should resign as soon as church at
tendance began to fall off, we would
have empty pulpits as well as empty
pews.
A Woman's Town.
The destinies of Hunnewell, Kan., are
more clearly defined than they were.
Mayoress Ella Wilson is to be, in truth,
their guide and governess, for she has
about triumphed in her patient but
persistent struggle for supremacy
over the men constituting the city
council. Mayoress Wilson was elected
to office over a male opponent by the
scant margin of about half a vote and
her seat was contested. She won out.
That engendered bad blood between
her and the men folks and the blood
continued to get worse right along.
Finally it got so bad as to clog the
great wheels of civic machinery in
Hunnewell and that throbbing center
of cosmopolitan life found itself unable
to proceed in its onward march of get
ting results. The mayoress clashed
with the councilman. It was a tough
fight. Finally the mayoress appealed
for help to Governor Stubbs and the
governor sent a special member of his
legal family down to Hunnewell to see
what could be done.
That was the beginning of the new
era, the dawn ot woman's day ot com
plete ascendancy In Hunnewell. A way
has been found by which the honorable
mayoress can discharge all the appoint
ive officers in the town and appoint
others. These do not Include the coun
cil but all the rest of the men in the
city's service. Now Mayoress Wilson
does not believe in conciliation when
she has a chance to stand pat, so she
has determined to "kick the rascals
out" and give their places to women,
and for the council, she has recourse
to the mandamus to bring it into line.
She will first of all appoint a woman
for town marshal, who may put all
the councilmen in Jail if they make
any more false motions.
Heunnewell, the,n, stands as tangible
evidence of woman's ability to hold her
own in politics in a way. It becomes
a woman's town and we shall be much
mistaken If woman does not assert
her rights and make Mr. Man toe the
mark from now on. What will happen
to those poor councilmen, one hardly
cares to contemplate. If they have the
hardihood to hold onto their offices,
it is certain they will not attempt any
more of their smart political tickets
with Mayoress Ella.
Shall the Theater Orchestra Go!
The question of dispensing with the
theater orchestra Is receiving more or
less discussion through the columns of
newspapers, having been proposed by
the Dramatic Mirror. This organ of
the Thespians takes rather kindly to
the idea of doing away with the music
makers, where music has no essential
part In the performance. In this con
nection the Mirror has observed that
the majority of people do not go to the
playhouses to gossip between acts or
display their fine clothing and there
fore do not care for this music, which
has ng bearing upon the play or the
stage.
Most of us will prefer to go slow
on this proposition. In the first place,
If everything without a bearing on the
stage or the drama were to be elim
inated, little would be left in some
cases. It might be safe to attempt the
elimination in high grade show houses,
but hardly in the vaudeville or bur
lesquers. Take away from them the
hip-hurrah of the jingling orchestra
and you throw the gallery gods into
chaos there and then, and subtract
from the popular air singer his chief
stock-in-trade. How is he going to
"get" these songs thoroughly without
the "moosle ot der big brass band
down In frontT"
Still, It they would let the orchestra
play only between acts In regular
drama, It might be an Improvement.
It is often a nuisance to have the or
chestra cut into the lines with its soft
pedal or Its forte notes to emphasise
the pathos or the action In a play. Yet
bow U the thriller or the throbber to
have the full heart-interest without
this? If doing away with the orchestra
woulc also do away with a certain
brand oi stage production. It rii?bt
be a relief, yet when you do that you
also abolish the theater as a place of
entertainment for a large number of
people. Julius Caesar ran succumb
all rlarht to the various knife-thrusts
he sustains without a quivering strain
from the "band," but how could Regi
nald Stuart Van Uenpaellor ever throw
himself in front of a pounding locomo
tive and snatch Mrs. Timothy CahlU's
young chee-ild from the maw of the
cow-catcher and restore it safely to Its
mother without a few passionate peals
of the orchestra? And there is a
many a man who yells himself hoarse
at the latter, who would be bored
worse than Caesar was by his friends
of the forum at such a tragedy.
Beauty of the Autumn Woods.
What a fin thing it would be if
more of us had the time and oppor
tunity to take our vacations in the
autumn and visit the woods. Nowhere
and at no time Is nature more inspir
ing in its grandeur. Many people go
to the northern forests in the summer
for relief from the heat and it is an
experience worth while, but the north
ern woods are grandest in the autumn.
Ono writer who thinks so, thinks
he must disagree with James Cullen
Bryant, who said that the autumn
days ure "the saddest of the year."
Yet it seems to us necessary to take
issue with tho poet, to appreciate the
impressive beauty of the fall-time. It
is the season of decay and death and
no doubt, that is what Bryant had in
mind when he wrote, "The meluncholy
days have come, the saddest of the
year." Surely there is melancholy
and sadness in death, though it be
even in tho falling of fading leaves,
but still it is beautiful and impressive
in its solemnity.
Tho "seared and yellow leaf" loses
none of Its natural charm because the
bloom and verdure of springtime
have gone. The "forest primeval" of
the simple Acadlans must have been
even more alluring at the close than at
the beginning of life there. So the
invitation to come out in "God's glori
ous out-of-doors" should inv'olve no
discussion of .whether the autumn
days are the melancholy days or not
they are tho days when the air is
exhileratlng and when nature is busy
in changing its robes for winter to
protect its delicate forms from tho
rigors and these processes of change
reveal a world of wisdom and inspira
tion if only we know how to imbibe
them.
Curbing the Criminal.
The San Francisco man who was
largely Instrumental in bringing to jus
tice Abe Ruef and some of his co-cor-ruptlonists
in that city, writing In a
magazine, now advocates Ruef's libera
tion from the state penitentiary on the
comforting theory that he has ceased
to believe our economic problems can
be solved by imprisoning men who do
wrong. He says that so long as public
necessities are controlled by private
corporations, civic corruption will
exist.
Of course, he is not the first to be
lieve or preach this doctrine. Many
divergent views are held as to the best
way of dealing with men who refuse
to be decent or obey the law and much
false sentiment 1b wasted in airing
those views. Ruef, this writer says,
is a victim of the system. So are those
citizens of San Francisco who do not
believe in plundering the public for
private pelf. What of them?
Why build prisons and frame penal
codes? There is a world of difference
between the child who does wrong, or
the woman who errs, or even some
men who, without criminal intent, fall
Into evil ways, and that man who em
ploys a keen Intellect in the systematic
corruption of other men to the one end
of gaining public authority and sell
ing it to the highest bidder for private
gain. There is a difference between
this man, who studies to do wrong, and
the other who only incidentally falls
into evil ways. If we do not punish
the willful, deliberate criminal in
prison, what course of treatment
should we apply?
The hollowest fallacy of all these
sentimental theories is the complete
absence of a tangible substitute for
existing correctives. A space-writing
philosopher, once a minister, has re
cently said that all punishment is
wrong and must be abolished, but even
he offers nothing in place of it. We
no longer imprison criminals out of a
spirit of revenge, but the need to pro
tect society against its destroyers was
never more urgent.
The Childless Marriage.
Admitting that there are many ex
ceptions, it may yet be laid down as a
general rule that the marriage most
likely to end in shipwreck is the child
less marriage. Children in a family
constitute the strongest and most pow
erful argument against divorce. Par
ents get closer to one another through
their children and with children to
bind them together are less likely to
let minor differences set them at log
gerheads. The childless marriage is ..he un
stable marriage. Proof of that fact
may be had by merely looking around
and taking a survey of the homes that
have been desolated for want ot chil
dren. This is particularly empha
sized among the well-to-do and
wealthier classes whose members in
sist upon having some , diversion to
amuse them every moment of their
time time that could much better
be devoted to the welfare of tho chil
dren 11 only there were children to
care for.
There is more in the preachment
against race suicide than the perpetr
ation ot the species. The rearing of
children means more than the regen
eration of the race of the future; It
means tho protection of the family as
the social unit of the pre out. It every
marriage were blessed with children,
the divorce courts would be frequently
complaining of slack business. The
childless marriage is at once the sad
dest and the most dangerous product
of our modern civilization.
The Evil of Idle Gossip.
It is one of the foibles of humanity
to believe and carry evil report. It may
be one manifestation of the selfishness
of the race, for a wise man who lived
centuries ago said that "Love thlnketh
no evil." The wagging tongue is a
dangerous weapon and a two-edged
one, since it brings woe to, its owner
as well as its victim. Idle gossip breeds
many kinds of ill consequences, yet
how common a fault it is with most of
us.
The law sets us a good example in
presuming every man arraigned for
wrong to be innocent until proved
guilty and it gives him the benefit of
every doubt, convicting him only upon
the most conclusive evidence. Bo in
dividuals in their private social inter
course should prefer to believe good of
each other rather than evil. They
could do well to adopt the maxim of
law, either of the Pauline doctrine of
thinking no evil, or the modern statute
of holding every man innocent until
proved guilty.
Such a precept put in practice would
tend to offset the evil of idle gossip.
It io always possible to hear bad
things of good men, but no good can
come of repeating them. The Mosaic
code set the example by forbidding
"false witness against thy neighbor"
and In this it has never been improved
upon.
Blocking the Goal.
One incidental remark interjected by
Senator Cummins in his arraignment
of the president, having reference to
the submission of an Income tax
amendment to remove all doubt of
constitutionality, challenges attention
In these words:
But tho constitution has not yet been
amendment to remove the doubt and It is
exceedingly doubtful whether It aver will
be.
No one will dispute the fact that the
constitution has not yet been amended,
but the postulated opinion that "it
never will be" raises the suspicion that
this assertion is t-orn of a hope, rather
than a fear.
At last accounts the Income tax
amendment was short of ratification
by approval of only five states, and of
the states that had yet to act, the
necessary number appeared to be in
sight. The ratifying of the amendment
by New York, after its legislature had
once rejected it, was taken to give un
questionable assurance that it would
within another year become a part ot
the constitution; and the subsequent
admission of New Mexico and Arizona
to statehood should help rather than
hinder, for both are understood to be
ready to add their assent.
Why, then. Senator Cummins after
recording himself in favor of the
amendment should now, when it is on
the verge of acceptance by the requi
site three-fourths ot the states, dis
courage its further progress, as if try
ing to block the goal, by expressing
doubt as to its ever being pushed
across the line, is difficult to under
stand. Such a declaration by a known
and outspoken opponent of the amend
ment would be ascribed to the wish
father to the thought.
A large proportion of the visitors at
tending the Nebraska State fair this
year were farmers, who motored with
their families to Lincoln in their own
automobiles, and the area in which the
machines were parked furnished an in
teresting exhibit in Itself. Just thirty
years ago the Nebraska State fair held
at Omaha attempted a startling in
novation by installing electric lighting
which was then almoBt unheard of.
Nothing more strikingly illustrates the
changed conditions in farm life than
the wonderful progress marked by
our state fairs.
Mr. Bryan warns democrats against
permitting Wall street to nominate
their ticket again as it -did when Par
ker was named in 1904. But suppose
the Paker episode is repeated, what
will Mr. Bryan do? Will he make
speeches for the Wall street candidate
again as he did for Judge Parker?
Or will he bolt, as he did the demo
cratic nemlnee for governor in his
home state last year?
Lincoln is complaining that the state
fair is held at the wrong time to enable
ita merchants to get full benefit of the
money-spending ability of out-of-town
visitors. We thought that was Just the
thing that commended the state fair.
At any rate, Lincoln has been always
first to raise the outcry against Omaha
that itB public entertainments are
timed to draw business away from the
country merchant.
Governor Aldrlch has revoked a
requisition which he had granted, not
withstanding the plea that he had no
right to examine Into the merits of an
extradition case beyond making sure
the requisition papers were properly
executed. That Is the same point that
was raised in Indiana when McNamara
was arrested and hustled off to Cali
fornia without any opportunity for a
hearing or defense.
The Hitchcock-Dennison-World-Her
ald combine carried' the Third ward
against the commission plan of city
government all right, but every other
ward in the city registered substantial
majorities for it. Wonder which is
blaming the other.
A Kindly Coucessto.
Cleveland Plata Dealer.
On 1 Inclined to commend th discre
tion of th cansua bureau for not attempt
ing to count no in hay fever aaon.
That would b very Irritating.
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Thlrty Years Ago
The reorganization of Trinity choir under
the able leadership of Mr. Frank C. Walker
Is rapidly progressing- Srml-wekly re
hearsals are being hold In the church, and
a trained chorus of forty voices la being
gathered together. Miss E. , Uutterfleld
will preside at the organ, which position
waa filled so long and ably by Mr, a. F.
Mayer.
Remember Hoy wood' a Maatadons and
Uncle Tom company, with a fine brass
band and orchestra, will appear tonight
at the Academy of Music at popular prices
25. 60 and 75 cents.
The Holy Family parish fair waa largely
attended tonight. The following ladles are
In charge of the different tables: Parish
table. Mrs. J. B. Furay, Mrs. Mat Mo
Cllnn; parish school table, Mrs. J. A. Mo
Shane, Mrs. J. Crelghton, Mlsa Utile
Murphy: altar society table, Mrs. Garrlty,
Mrs. Whalen: young ladles' sodality table,
Miss Minna McDermott, Mlsa Clara Crelgh
ton; rtgar stand, Miss Fadie Riley. Miss
McCune; wheel of fortune, Miss Phelps;
fish pond. Miss Maggl White, Miss Sally
McDcrmltt.
T. B. Hotchklss, manager of "Little Ella,'
the musical prodigy to ba exhibited at th
tale fair, 1 In the city.
The delegates from Douglas county to
the Nebraska farmers' alliance meeting at
Lincoln were Allen Root and Patrick Mo-
Ardlo.
Cross-walks are being laid throughout
the buclnrss portion of the city, which is
a pleasant fact to contemplate.
Colonel D. P. , Itourk, the gentlemanly
repersentatlve of the N. 8. P, C. A., moved
Into his new elegant residence on Sherman
avenue today. The colonel takes prldo In
his new abode, and It is certainly a credit
able addition to that portion of the city
Twenty Years Agi
Fir at the horn of Frank E. Moores,
clerk of the district court, Seventeenth
street and 6t. Mary's avenue, caused dam
age of 13,000, but Insurance fully covered It.
William Q. Judge of New York City, the
leading theosophixt In the country, arrived
in the city and became th guest of Dr.
Borglum on North Twentieth street.
Henry Whit, ex-mayor of Seattle, and
well known In Omaha, spent the day In
Omaha, en rout east
Rev. W. A. Nlles, Mrs. Nlles and Miss
Lottie Nlles went to Table Rock to visit
relatives.
Charlie Kounts left on th Milwaukee
for his school In the east.
Frank E. Moores, clerk of th district
courj, was at his desk again after an ill
ness of some duration.
Dr. W. O, Rogers returned from Phila
delphia, where he visited old friends.
Ten Years Ago
Th city Is overjoyed by th new that
tho attending physician pronounced Presi
dent McKinley "out of danger."
Preliminary to the county convention, the
democrats put out this slate: Sheriff, John
rower; treasurer, G. Fred Eisasaer; regis
ter of deeds, Harry P. Deuel or Frank
Chrlsman; county clerk, Harry Miller;
county Judge, John H. Orossman; commis
sioner in Omaha district, J. P. Connolly or
Nobody; commissioner In South Omaha dis
trict, Tom Hoctor or Dick O'Keefe.
General P. H. Barry assumed command
of Camp Omaha, where the stats militia
troops were encamped.
Mrs. F. M. Miller and daughter, Audra,
returned from Iowa, where they visited for
two weeks.
Edward Rosewater, editor of The Bee,
went to New York to attend a 'meeting of
the directors of the Associated Press.
John A. Dempster and wife left for
Cleveland to attend th national encamp
ment of th Grand Army of th Republic.
Amandua Oetsschmann, aged 78, died at
his home, 1814 Pine street.
Bernard Bachsae, discharged by Tax Com
missioner Fleming because he waa under
stood to have said President McKinley
ought to be shot, offered a defense for
himself, explaining that he did not say
that, but that "he ought to be hanged,"
meaning the murderer.
A. C. Troup wrote a letter to The Be
bitterly denouncing Chancellor Andrews as
a "disgrace to the state" for saying In an
interview that the hanging ot the Hay-
market rioters was a Judicial murder and
the pardon of Fielding and Schwab by
Governor Altgeld waa a Christian act.
People and Events
With courage becoming the sex th straw
hat brigade will stick to th summer lid
as long a women hike around In white
shoes.
Dr. Wiley ha concluded that It Is not
necessary to visit Kentucky for first-hand
information on the mint Juley. The brand
put up In Washington is guaranteed to
floor him as quickly as the case warrant.
Cincinnati leads off with an innovation
in funerals. Th automobile take th
place of carriage, for the reason that horse
power Is too slow for the present age. Be
sides, the homeward Joy ride will be the
real thing.
The hlstorlo temptation of St. Anthony
I easily matched by the spectacle, of New
port preachers running away from a mar
riage tea of 11,000. Unllk the ancient ex-
emplar, these courageous men should re
ceive and enjoy their halo while living.
Remembering what happened to certain
members of th Floradora sextett when
they adjusted th toboggan, there Is rea
son to expect that the Virginia smear cas
will linger on the stag just long enough
for the crowd to murmur, "Beulah,
beat it."
Mary Garden sends a word in advance
from Pari that ah Is coming over and
will show herself the most bewildering
stock of gowna that ever rustled In th
spotlight Borne animation will be given to
the spectacle If Miss Garden can be Induced
to sing.
Devotees of the slumborlum, or sleeping
porch, ar In for a winter of sweet con
tent. If they hav th price. The very
latest comfy Is a sleeping bag built on
the Igloo plan. Once Inside and the lid
clamped on, Calgary's whistle sounds la
vain and snores are smothered In the mak
ing. Mr. Gotch may be all that his strength
indicates, but he Is not matchless. Though
eager to return to his home, according to
a Chicago dispatch, his wife and mother
soured a to hold on him and induced
him to watt until they had finished their
shopping. By promptly surrendering th
Humboldt wonder dodged th mat
It Is charitable to assume that Colonel
Roosevelt did not know, when he penned
hlc editorial against th peaea treaties,
that th old reliable hardtack Is on th
decline and th prune In th ascendant as
a martial diet. Tho men. thought of a
moderr. warrior going forth to battle ful!
of prunec Is sufficient to Indue th hero
of Eac Juan hill to sign up any old scheme
that will preserve th peac of th world..
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BEVERLY'S DUES Ht'lT BM.L1CT1
rials; Clothes for riala rople th
President's tllaaer.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It I announced from Beverly, Mass..
that President Taft doesn't car for any
"dress suit" dinners In the west that
he wants to meet the "plain popl" In
"plain" riothea at "plain" dinners to cost
much less than the standard prlc for such
affairs In the effete east.
No doubt this Is Intended to b ex
tremely considerate and to b rclvd
"out west" with corresponding approba
tion. But we greatly fesr that th effect
on th west will be quite different from
that which he lmnglne.
What will Billings, Mont., for Instance,
think of this plain Intimation from th
president that there aren't enough dress
suit In that thriving metropolis to fur
nlsh forth th dinars at a presidential
meal? W shudder even to think of what
the' high-spirited men of Billings are say
Ing just now.
How will Butt take th suggestion that
her leading cltlsens would feel so sad in
dress suits that th president simply hasn
th heart to ssk them to subject them
elves to that form of tortur during an
official banquet?
What will be th state of th public
mind In Reno and Caraon City whan th
word arrives that President Taft Is evl
dently of the opinion that those famous
summer resort aren't capable of rising
to the evening dress Mandards of the
effete east, even for the short period of a
presidential banquet?
Think of the ef.'ect on Topeha, Kan.
of a presidential announcement which Is
practically equivalent to the tatement that
the leading cltlxen of that Rlorlous city
are Incapable of eating comfortably with
a large expanse ot white shirt on their
bosoms!
And Cheyenne, Win,, how will that
proud and prosperous municipality of th
went bear the intimation that there Isn't
money enough In the town to hire all th
dress suits that will b needed to array
the leading citizens In th costume appro
priate to presidential celebrations down
eaat?
How will Beattle, Portland, Tacoma-
those enterprising cities of th western
coast that are so Justly proud of their
progress feel when It Is suggested to them
that they hav totally failed to acquire a
stock of evening clothe sufficient for Im
portant clvlo function?
These questions, of course, are all purely
rhetorical. They answer themselves. No
on acquainted with th transmlssourl
country can doubt for a moment that the
Indignation, that will rag In each and
every on of these centers of wealth and
fashion will, even though partly sup
pressed, be dangerous and deep.
There oan be no question that somebody
at Beverly has mad a tactloal error. We
suggest that the president call Captain
Archibald D Oraffenrsld Butt to the res
cue! cost or FOOD.
Proposed Look Into th Profit of tbo
Mtddle-maa.
Washington Post.
Announcement that th bureau of labor
la nuraulng an exhaustive Investigation
Into the cost of food products to the con
sumer, aa aunnlementary to similar lnvestl-
gatlona by the Department of Agriculture
relative to the prices paid airecuy to in
producer. Is a matter of great InUreat
to the public. When th data now being
collected by th Bureau of Labor ar tabu
lated and DUbllshed. comparison between
these tables and ' those gathered by th
nenartment of Arrlcultur Will enable on
to ascertain, with a good degree of exact
ness, what th cost of transportation and
distribution of foods rally I. Thl Import
ant item In the problem has never been
worked out satisfactory in any Investiga
tion yet made.
The fact has been long established that
th nrice of food products at th point of
production has not Increased In th last
ten vears at th rat of retail prloes to
the consumer. The farmer, whil partici
pating to some degrees in tn risa, ac
cording to th showing of th Department
of Agriculture, has not received more than
tithe of what the city dweller has been
obllaed to pay for the same article. Th
motive for this Investigation by th Bureau
of Labor Is the suspicion that th system
of gathering products, transporting tnem
market, and distributing tnem has
placed an Inordinate tax upon food.
This susDlcion. rlxht or wrong, ha been
forced UDon the minds of th majority of
men who pay the bill for food In th
cities. They have been desirous for a long
time of finding out whether the series of
mterarlses which furnish food products
were being too well paid for th service
rendered. It will be trully significant to
find out whether the agencies contained In
a word "middlemen" ar holding prices
down to the roduoer and at th sam time
boosting them up to the consumer. Ther
is no way to discuss this subject fairly
until some agency with competent facilities
and authority shall make a thorough In
vestigation and report th finding. For
these reason th work of the Bureau of
Labor will be not only of natlon-wld In
terest, but will put into th hands of con
gross, th press, and the peopl of th
country facts upon which right conclu
sions may b founded, and a remedy devised.
Familiar Polltlual Sbladlea.
Philadelphia Record.
We should not be too ready in throwing
rhetorical bricks at th Mexicans for mak
ing a shindy ot their first really fre presi
dential election. There was a time whan
election In th United States war not
particularly orderly, and ther have been
plenty ot occasions, recent enough, to be
remembered by persons relatively young,
a h in they were accompanied by semi
riots, blood shed and death, to say nothing
e( such commonplace things as broken
noses and blackened eyes.
Some Relief for Homesteaders.
Ntw York Tribune.
The homesteaders of the west ar happy.
Congress did, after all, grant them leave
of absence during th coming winter from
most of th land open to settlement, with
out Impairing their chances of obtaining
title to them. But th tlm of absence,
dating from August It. 1911, to April 15,
1912, "shall not be deducted from th full
tlm of residence required by law." That
Is, th title of th struggling settlers I
nniinnnnd hv ma muoh tlm aa thav tak
away from residence and cultivation of
th lands.
Tho Prophet of MeCook.
Nw York fiun.
Representative Georg W. Norrls of Ne
braska, who is a progressiva candidal for
senator In that stats, predict that th
progressives will "dlvld Pennsylvania"
with Prealdent Taft, that I to say, hav
half of Its delegates tn tb national con
vention. This 1 a view of Pennsylvania
politic that might b expscted from a cltl
xen of th flourishing metropolis of Mo
Cook. SavlasT Crae of PoTrty.
Indianapolis News,
It may be unfortunate that th aviation
qulpment of th army and navy Is so
maU, but at th sam time, thlc state of
affaire probably avoids the necessity of
tilling so many vacancies caused by the
accidental death of active and ambitious
young officers.
SECULAR SHOTS AT HTLPIT.
Washington Post: Now that th mlnli
hav rebuked the people of Newpor,
not attending church, th last scheduled
feature of the summer stason ther seem
to be over.
Cleveland Leader: Th Chicago Treacher
who maintains that the devil la the great
est liar th universe haa produced never
had much experience with trained fellers
of mining stock.
Chicago Record-Herald: Dr. Washington
Gladden of Columbus, O., has turned over
his pulpit to a younger man becaus thl
pew of his church hav recently beei
mpty. Dr. Gladden should be advised to
hop on.' Th weather will presently be too
cold or too wt for golf.
Chicago Pot: When Dr. Gladden was a
young man he and hi aasoclatoa argued
that what th church needed was modern
isation. ' Th pulpit must read th signs
of th times. It must drop Jonathan Kd
wards to discuss John D. That haa been
faithfully tried and It has not suceeded.
Whatever It ma hav don for th pulpit
It haa not filled th pews. This Is the n.rt
of situation that send crtaln types of
mind to th reading of John Henry New
man and then, slap, bang. Into the bo.mi
of th church which 1 farthest from this
world.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
They tell me Slmpklns' wife Is a peiftH-t
tyrant. The poor fellow actually g,ns
around, they say, without a nickel in his
pocketa.
"Wore than that-she s cut off his sup.
Ply Of pockets." Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Mrs. Sykes Is so reserved that ahe ought
to get a position In the weather bureau '
"What haa her reserve to do with quali
fication for that office?"
Oh, when she speaks at a dlstsnre to
one, she gives such cool waves." Baltimore
American.
"I should like to open an account at this
bank, If you please.
"We shall be glad to accommodate you,
madam. What amount do you wlnh to de
posit ?"
"Oh, but I mean a charge, account, such
aa I have at the big dry goods stores."
Chicago Tribune.
"Does your husband help you much
around the house?" asked the neighbor
"Well," replied the tlred-looklng woman.
"Josiah'a work la mostly brain work. Hit,
bfn rlirht hllV thlnUin1 im ... .. . 1
- -.o... ,, f " v a J ,vr til'
fihe Irnminv nut n nlicca) W'V I .iu
yV
you her 7 Where have all th nlc boys
goneT
He (hltlngly) They'v gone off strolling
with all th nlc girls. Buffalo Express.
"Where does that society wedding tak
place?"
"The tlm and place haven't been fixed
upon."
"Hut It s a sure thing?"
"Oh, yes. Th old bridegroom settled a
million on th girl yesterday and hr father
hustled right down and aot the chactc'
cashed." Cleveland Plain Dealer. 1
Maud, who waa sitting with her younir'
man on the Plazsa. called to Ethel In tha
parlor to play them something.
"What shall I play?" the latter called
back.
"Oh, anything you can think of that's
appropriate."
'Then I'll play something soft." ald
F.thel, seating herself at th piano Boston
Transcript.
"Yes." said Little Blnks. "Miss Pavnter
Is a handsome woman, but sometimes when
e woman, but sometimes when
she seems to me like a woman
terrible secret."
said Whlbbley. IS,
e of It," said little Blnks.
any lda what It la?"
I Whlbbley. "the U years
's Weekly.
I look at her she seems to me like a wot
who has a terrible
Hli has,"
I was sure
'Have you
old." Harper'i
"Talk about luck!"
"What happened V
"I found a llu bill In my last summer's
ult."
"Gee! Why, I thought you wer mar
ried." Toledo Blade.
"In our country, whera ran ona real I v
find the cream of society?" asked Mis
Blase.
"In Reno, of course, where society goes
acridly. Judge,
KNOWLEDGE.
8. E. Klser in Reoord-Herald.
If only we could see what lies ahead.
II we might iook oayona tomorrow s por
r-
tals,
I wonder If we should, absolved from dref,
Be happy-vlsaged and contented mortals?
Would all th hat and heartaches dlsap-
near.
Would glee blot out all memories ot sor
row? i
Would courag coma to take th plac of,
tear.
If we could see what lies beyond tomor
row? If we could know what destinies th fates
Are shaping now lor us who blindly
blunder.
And oft In vain assault forbidden gates,
now wouia me anowieag prom us, i
wonder?
Would failure ceas to break th heart
of men,
Would night's deep, silent darkness lose
Its terror?
Would he that ought to dig lay down the
pen,
Would all who stumble cess to grope in
ertorr
W know that right is right, that wrong Is
wrong,
That thus it was ordained at tlma's be
ginning: W know that honor to th wis belong.
mat sorrow is in neavy price or. sin
ning: Tet foolishly we sin, and venture where
The currants, soon or late, will drag us
under:
If somehow all the future wer laid bare.
How would beholding profit us, I won
der? C0MF0RP
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And Irritated, Aching Feet
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rough and chapped hands, dry, fis-
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shapeless nails with painful finger
ends, as well as for tired, aching,
Irritated, itching feet, warm bafhs
with Cuticura Soap and gentle appii
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