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lahaacthrn leovlaa Ik IF
tesaperarllr eBoald hav
sV Bulled ta thtsa. Address
win bo akaaaad aa etten as fe
Now tss (Mils siilllnor baa t tsw
lists ts taa rtag-
Omaha row boasts an srt guild,
although aot much glided srt.
Tkst "Issmus Sting ot Ingrati
tude" is oae vor on siblbltam,
Reateatber that eld song. "OR,
WU Walt for Ui Turn of the TidT"
Ts as on of "Mot's" ehsrsetcr
IiUc akrsses, "Mr. Bryaa., Is aid,
that's my Meat"
With Iowa for Taft and Colorado
for Taft. Nebruka caa go slosg ss
surss oX goodj oooifM.
1 Loaka aa If w might bars s
hotUUsf oampalgs hers In Omahs.
It's aalts CngUab. jou know..
A maa aaed Ussculf ts running
for ibartrt In Ksaass, H Is en
titled q th oiftcs oa bis asms.
ObrloualT' that Boa too ,tsxlcsk
drlrer who was fls4 tor sot, blow
ing bis kora was so trua "proiros-
iva." i
KsewUkg bow bs bstss tb rocill,
w satum ther Is BO danger ot
Senator Ball recalling bis decision
to retire. , .
The only wonder Is Gilford Pin
chot dos not demand back tb money
that k CST to help InflaU tbs Ls
Follett boom.
I
General Leonard Wood Is scented
of tiling bis political Influenc for
Rooeerelt Hsa th general any po
litical laflusntsT
Although tha new commlnlon plaa
ot city tuTw anient low ooatslns a
Tecall pcortaton. It says aothlog
about tbs man ot platforms.
Yes, Anxious Inquirer, tb grand
Jury yet has tin to Indict th x
eeenetlmaa who mad hlmaelt
acarc when bis graft was exposed.
Tramp, tramp, tramp, th states
sr maToJUnr-Nsw Mexico, lows,
North Dakota, Indiana, Mlehlgaa.
New .Tork. Colorado and tbs south
thus tar, , . .
It la presnmabl that branch Anan
ias club ar ta be established stone
la Colorado, New Mexico, North Da
kota,' Iowa, Indiana, Michigan and
Now York.
To bad Colon! Rooeerelt's
friends bsT allowed themselves to
get so md over tbs people's refusal
to rtae up sad thrust him back Into
a third tarn.
It traaaplre that our Water board
member ar on both side ot tb
eo-cailed water power ait grab, bnt
doabtlees with a complete mutual
understanding.
Th Cblnee women ar going to
har the ballot. Doe that mssa
tb Chine men are moro generoui
or that the Chlnea women under
stand thoa bet tar.
Aooordlag to Mr. Bryan, a plat
form Is binding for what ft emits
aa well as for what It contains. But
the presidential preference vot Is
binding only wbea It goes our way.
Ms. Bryaa wt avr forgive Mr.
Harmon for sot voting tor hint In
1811. Mr. Bryan's test of party reg
ularity Is whether they voted for
him In bis "first battle.' He seen
to Ignore any similar respooalMUty
on bis part la th fact that his aomi
natioa ta 1S9I was the result ot lr
regnlartty ta bis party wgaatasVa.
But Mr. Bryaa bs a goad deal like
Colonel Roosevelt when it come to
a ml working both way ia aoUtsoa
BcnTa the Question.
For a specious begging ot the
oaeatioB. Just gt this defense of
Bryan's repudiation of tha people's
rule principle from the Lincoln Journal:
Mr. Bryaa sail that If ba la elected
delecaie. and fcls party hutraets for
Harmea, ka will reelan and go to Baltl
tore la a private capacity to eppoae
the candidate who would, la that caa.
have tha eadorasamt of kla party in V.r
awa state. Is such conduct, as Mr.
Bryaa'a enemies declare, contrary to th
principle at people's rule
What Mr. Bryan propoaea to do repre
sent in tact, tha Ideal attitude of tSe
popular repreaamatlra. It la bow hardly
dUauted that a representative should re
flect tha withe of hi eonatltueBta. Now,
vbefi auch a representative finds hla eon.
stltaent favoring a policy ha fade t be
wrona. what la h to doT - lie ha a rlsht
to act asalnst their wlahea. Ha he
ae rlsht to violate Ma own oenvictlons.
Hla only course la to eaaka aa ef
fort to hrinc his constituent to hi way
of thlnkinc. aad talllns la tbt to glv
up hi place to a repreaentarlv In her
atony with their views.
Tea, Mr. Bryaa doea aot propose
to stop there. Ho threatens to exert
himself to nullify the eiprssssd com
msnd of the very constituents whose
message he sought to carry and of'
fered to carry on condition that tbey
lei him dictate what the message
should be. If bo succeeds in making
bis threat go b frustrates th rule
ot tbo people which be ba boon
preaching. It will take more than
mere sophistry to square Mr. Bryan's
present attitude with bis past pro
fessions.
Wash Wiscouia Sptski.
In various quarters stuntloa It
being directed to tb tact that th
post stat to hold presidential pref
erence primary will be Wisconsin,
where national convention delegatea
will be chosen by direct vote on the
first Tuesday In April. With a "fa
vorite son" candidate In the field It
Is expected that Wisconsin will give
an overwhelming majority to Senator
La Follette, and yet It should sot bo
assumed that even for Wltoonsis this
will reflect the rsal sentiment ot the
republican voters, because la Wis
consin, as In North Dakota, which has
already voted, and In Oregon, which
Is to vote later, the primary Is ot
tbs type known ss tb open primary.
and promises snd Invito democrats
to participate ' the makeup ot the
republican ticket. Th most vlcioui
primary of all, w In Nebraska know
from experience, having tried It and
discarded It, Is tb open primary. If
It wsa expected that tnea primary
vote should bo accepted at fac
value, snd bav an Influenc on the
people of other states, throwing
them wide open. Irrespective of party
affiliations, certainly deprives them
ot all force la that direction.
Democracy is ths Juij Box.
While many are finding fault with
tb verdict of "not guilty" In the
trial of tb ten big meat packers snd
shaking their sends ss If Justlc bad
boon, somehow, chested, tbs Jury
that brought In tbs verdict was sn
avenge Jury. It waa composed ot
tour farmers, a baker, s tailor, a
grocer, a store clerk, a town clsrk, s
drug salesman, a telepboa Inspector
and a cable splicer, all ot then mea
who get their living by working as
wage-earners. They could scarcely
have been prejudiced In favor ot
wealth snd the higher-ups upon
whose tat they bad to pass.
It is only fair to assume that twelve
sncb men, drswa directly from tbs
toilers, would st least glvs commos
people a fair show. Sentiment bad
boon kindled to a high pitch ot indig
nation against the rising prices ot
living In gencrsl. snd meat In par
ticular. The people generally felt
themselves Imposed upon, and, when,
attar ton years of tedious technicality.
these magnates were finally brought
to trial, the people felt that they
should have fair representation on
tbo Jury and, somehow or other, they
seem to have got th whole Jury. Not
a maa ot big wealth , was drawn
upon It. ,
There Is s thought ia this tor those
clamoring against tb established
processes of Justlc in this country;
against vn our constitutional form
of government Ia th Jury room, as
well aa at tb ballot box and In tb
legislative halls, th court snd
sxaeutlv branches ot the govern
ment, all are on a level, with equal
voice. If there ta not democracy In
tb Jury bos. It I nowhere, but there
I ao way ot determining In advance
what tb verdict will be.
Timely Kales.
In Bt Louis ths school authorities
ar dovlaiag rales tor regulating the
gamo of snow balling by tbs boya
and tha Republic call attention to
tbo fact that this action is taken at
the close of winter and baginnlng of
spring. It la a peculiar habit w la
thl country hav ot dosing tb barn
door after tha bono Is stolen. As th
Republic predict, by next winter
both boys aad teachers are very apt
to forget all about th rule aad tb
first thlag anyone knows, aom pug
booed urchin will soak another with
a anew ball la each a way as to vio
late, perhaps, tb cardinal feature
of th rules, aad tb atlacbiaf will be
to pay.
Saow balling aauat be conducted
aooordiag to tbo rules of th gam.
W must Insist upon that But that ia
not th point; the point I that thee
teachers ar doing Just what so
many other reform era la our public
life do. Incidentally. Juat what tb
democratic majority In tb house Is
THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, MARCH
preparing to do. Here is the Pan
ama canal rurhlng to 'completion
under the splendid direction of Pres
ident Taft aad a law should bo en
acted by thla session of congress au
thorizing' the president to install a
government for the canal tone, and
yet the democratic leafier are frit
tering away precious time playing
politic and letting the urgent neces
sities of the Psnama take cafe of
themselves. Now ts the time to make
the rules for the Panama; waiting
past thla seaaion of congress may In
terfere with setting the machinery In
motion when the time comes for that
Shorter Eomeitead Periods.
One ot the best reasons tor re
ducing tb homestead period of set
tlors on government land from five
to three years la that the land needs
tbo settlers, needs them much more,
perhaps, than the settlers, as a rule,
need ths land. Congressman Mondell
of Wyoming has urged thla point on
the floor of tha bouse in bis effort to
sacuro th passage by congress ot a
bill making this provision. Ho has
also pointed out snother notable
fact namely, that conditions ot home
steading today ar moro difficult
than they formerly were, which is
another reason for reducing this
period to three years.
Tbo three-year period will not be
new on this continent It baa long
obtained In Canada and Texas, which
bas charge of Its own land snd has
worked with good results, if a set
tler realdea upon his land for six
months oacb year for a period of three
years It ought to bo accepted as pretty
good circumstantial evidence of bis
Intention to prove np oa tbo land and
make It hla. And leaving the period
five years long la not going to act as
a guaranty against subterfuge.
Tbo government should do what It
can to encourage the settlement of
western land and those who have
mad g careful study of this question
ar convinced that a change of this
kind In tbo law would bo a big step
In that direction. Congress, It seems
to as, could well sfford to pass the
measure, which la amendatory, of
course. What wo need In ths west Is
bona fid setters mea who will go
on the land and develop It, not a lot
of land speculators, snd under this
amendment. It Is believed, w will get
mors of that kind of men.
Oh bow funnyl Woodrow Wil
son's campaign manager charging
th other candidates with bav en
tered Into a combination to defeat
him, when here In Nebraska the Wil
son I tee tried their level beat to force
Champ Clark Into s, combination
with them to defeat tbo other fellow.
All combines ar bad except ours.
Mr. Bryan aays be has known all
along that Senator Hitchcock never
was mor than a akin-deep demo
crat, but confesses that it haa taken
blm twenty yeara to convince him
self that 'tb senator Is irredeem
able. Mr. Brysn msy have th
th patience of Job, 'but even Job's
patience sometimes gives out.
Labor orator accuse th Citizens'
union' of stealing their thunder.
Still, there la no patent property
right - on political thunder, with
which any candidate, or set ot can
didates, can easily coin a lot of hot
air on short notice.
i
Why Sot Trail the People
Houston Poet
Mr. Bryan says that lr Nebraska toe
tor Harmon he will decline to so to
Baltimore aa a delecate. Mr. Bryan ha
said much about truatlnf tha people. Why
can't he trust the people ot Nebraska?
Madeaty FarMda.
ft. Louis Cilobe-Democrat.
Air. Bryan haa not yet been abla to
pick a favorite aniens the democratic
candidate. What may happen In the
Baltimore convention when he talk to
it make him cautloua about putting on
a button Juat yet
ttejaarlaa t Trwat.
IndlanapoUe Nawa,
The report that the aluminum trust ha
aareed to square Itaelf with til Depart
ment ef Justice reminds us that there ar
a good many people who believe that the
only good trusts are like the only good
rtauetaa m Raw. I
Pittsburgh Dlapatck.
If the Mexicans are deprived of anna
they will hav to resort to pugilism aa a
means ef warfare. That will yield mor
returna sine special train may he run
to tha battles and the ring worshipers of
thl country Invited to contribute large
gU money.
.needy Meats with tonal
Boston Transcript.
Congma can rertee th patent laws st
will, ss they are aot entraanched within
th constitution. Therefore, if It la so
Slapoeed It caa remove that eacaaa of
monopoUatle tendency which haa drawn
forth such Ylforoua denunciation from
Chief Justlc White.
Milan af rWaTreaaleee,
Philadelphia Record.
tYoKtor La Foils tte, rejuvenated by kla
victory In North Dakota, ba struck eut
a new designation tor T. A. Ha call
him a "aoft-aheU progreaalve.1 Preson)
abty tha Wiaeenaia see tec la himself a
hard-shell progr stale. We have not
kenrd aa yet what the colonel thinks of
"Battling Boh." but the pnoahlirUee are
that it would. It freely expressed, have
to ka printed la cashes.
Swlaata the Peadnlaan.
Bprtna-flaid Republican.
Mr.' Roosevelt haa aenmmhr ----- 1
Red with having staved off defeat for the
republican party by hla Inleetloa of rM.
calktm ta Ita body while he waa presi
dent It in th unbridled axtremea of
hla present attitude he ta to make radi
calism seem a danaerou aa t causa the
pendulum ef sonular odIhIbb ta mn.
back, b may prore to ba tha party's
savior aaaia. But he will not get Its
bleasjaga
IdnBackwanl
This (lav InOmntin
lauu -v
f COMPILED PRC
rom see i
Thirty Years Ago
A so-called citlaen' meeting baa made
nominations for ward councllmen as fol
lows: First ward, Alex McGavock; Sec
ond ward. W. 1. Kennedy, Third ward.
Henry Hornberaer; Fourth ward, Martin
Dunham: Fifth ward, Thomas Dally;
Sixth ward. W. J. Baker, and Meure.
Thrall, Connoyer and Iong renominated
for the achool board.
A workman named Ryaa tell from the
scaffolding In. the w I'axton hotel and
broke his rlsht leg.
Prairie fires were visible all around the
borlson last night
Tha Omaha boy Industrial baa closed
for want of fund. It ia toe bad.
Ice cream and cake served by tb
Earnest Worker at the sociable at th
Christian church tomorrow.
An amateur dramatic club was organ
ised with A. T. Lrt. president; C Bv.
McLaughlin, secretary; J. 8. Shropshire.
ecretary, and Mr. Wilcox aa Instructor.
Physicians were called from thla city
to attend tha bedside ot T. Deiton, six
mile west of here, who was badly burned
In a prairie Ore yesterday.
Grand millinery opening at tha Boston
tor Thursday, day and evening.
Th beautiful weather brings eut the
bootblack In full force.
The grading of the Famam street bill
will cut off the supply ef gas In that vl-
cliy for a while.
Twenty Years Ago
Henry B. drove of Fuewo, nee presi
dent of the Colorado Coal and Iron com
pany, in the city enroute ta Washington
expressed a favorable opinion ef Omaha
aa a location of a smelter to reduce re
fractory ores.
Tha Gentlemen's Roadster club at the
Millard, was presided over by Dick Smith,
D. T. Mount It K. Burket and H. F,
Terry bad been appointed a committee
to secure grounds for speeding horses,
snd Mr. Burket reported that thus far no
grounds had been obtained. These new
member were reoelved : Frank Gould,
C. U. Chaffee. Major T. B. Clarkaon, Dr.
McManlgl. Ed Burt C. Morrell. Bert
Wilkin. Thomaa Bwobe, Jmea Mc
Gavock. Resolutions on th death of 3.
F. Boyd war adopted.
Rev. W. J. Manna, pastor ot th First
Presybytertsn church for fifteen yeara.
announced his acceptance of the pastor
ate ef a Dutch Reformed church ta New
York City.
Meyer Hallman, one ot the pioneer
merchants of Omaha, passed away after
an lllnes of thro weak. When daatk
came hi wife, and children, Blanche,
Mabel, 8e!ma, Lillian, Clarence end
Grace, war at hi bedside. Mr, Hell
man bad coma to Omaha la IMS.
County Clerk Beckett Issued a set ef
Instructions to his deputies, er assessor,
calculated to enable them to get at
everything assessable.
Tea- Year Ai
Sheriff John Power made a taft drive
to Florence which, ha thought prevented
a lynching. Th man who had tha nar
row escape returned with tha sheriff. It
was a case of attempted criminal as
sault Mr. Carrie Natioa left Omaha to
North Bead Brier twenty-four-etrenuouj
hour In which she broke asthlsg but
her own record for talking, kitting the
high spots shout town and lecturing
those offending the particular lawa ana
most admired. She visited Micky Mul
len's pises and ths orchestra, on seeing
her, struck up en her favorite sir, "Th
Last Ttoaa ef Summer." This happy
thought ot th musicians msy hav saved
ths day for Micky, aa he did not have a
glass, mirros or window smashed.
William San ford Robinson, t? years of
as, died of pneumonia.
It was announced that Frank Ootch.
th Humboldt Is., wrestler, who handled
Frank Coleman 4a good shape at ths
Troradero a week before, had finally got
a match with Tom Jenklna ot Cleveland,
tha champion catch-ae-eatoh-eaa wrestler
of th world, sonutim la April at
Chicago.
General Msnscer W. A. Smith of ths
street railway company gave out that if
the company could gat rail In time it
would build Ite line to Fkmnoe so ths
people ot that auburb might ride borne
to their next Thanksgiving dinners.
1 still hav hop that tariff en Cuban
ugar will not be reduced," said H. O.
teavltt who returned from Washington,
wher h had been for two months flglss
Ing ths bill. He was president ot th
Leavltt Beet Sugar company of Leavltt
Neb.
A son wss bom to Mr. snd Mrs. Arthur
W. Patrick.
People Talked About
A man named Dollar ta running for
sheriff down in Georgia- Ona Dollar ia
mighty lonesome la a twentieth century
campaign.
The Chicago woman who knocked down
a highwayman and then eat ea blm
until a polloeman arrived deserve a
ptush-ltned seat beside tbs mighty "I
WU1." '
Ex-Senator Edward W. Carmsck, whose
brutal murder at Naahvtlle, Tenn., in
IMS by a political opponent caused such
a stir," la to ba honored by a heroic
bronse statu, standing Immediately In
front ot th state bouse.
Among the loot takea by robbers ef a
theater office eat m Mmmapolle was
a collection of lot elk Uetk valued at
13.909. Th cot lection belonged to W. F.
Gallagher, manager ot the theater, and
represented twenty reers labor.
The foreign aspirant for the fortune
and hand ot Mias Duke, prinoass ef the
American tobacco bouse, has a family
tree Srt yeara high. But tha family tree
Is mighty short fust bow and need th
decorative toucb of a mlllloaheiren.
Colonel Roosevelt ia said to have
cleared no. from bis story of "African
Oame Trail" and to have takea In
n.S0.tO In salary and apace rata ia tke
last fifteen yeara, How much assre or
less baa Coleaei Bryaa taken in elnce
1SKT
Representative SwHxer of Ohio proba
bly la th only maa In congress who can
go back Just en ceaaratlew la hla family
and touch the elgbterBth century, gwtt
ser's father, who waa SS years of age
when the present congressman cam
along, waa born in ITS?.
Representative Humphreys ef Missis
sippi used to be a "drumxoer" and sold
whisky and cigars throughout hi dis
trict but never drank or smoked, and
that mad such aa Impression oa the
people that later oa, wbea he raa for
.MDaresa, acbodr els bad mock chance.
20, 191i
ox
Ta Bfae Padltle Already.
OMAHA, March XWTo the Editor ot
The Bee: There is no doubt that we have
entirely too much politics In this country.
Here we are having federal, state and
county elections in tha fall, city elections
in tb spring and primaries between
times.
Th country Is being kept In such s
turmoil snd the truth is ss Intermingled
with misrepresentation that a buwe pan
ef the voters do not know what It la all
about anyway, and the main trouble la
that an Increasing percentage are getting
so they don't care what it I all about
The Initiative and referendum Is all
O. K. aa we have It la Nebraska, bat to
now add to that thla erasy recall busi
ness will simply make th whole thing
ridiculous.
If ws keep oa for ths next dosen yeara
with as much politics ss ws hav had
the last few yeara I tear for the future
ssfety df our country.
There is gravs danger ef the people
ot thla country becoming so unsettled in
any general policy that ths restlessness
of the repuhiiee to the south of us be
repeated here.
It Is time te take etoek aad see where
we are drifting. D. CLEM DEAVER.
Th City ralT.
OMAHA, March -To the Editor of
The Be: I would Ilk to know why the
city haa to furnish men to remove th
cards that have been tacked on telephone
and telegraph poles throughout th city?
Hava th companies no men In their em
ploy that the city must clean up their
property for them? Wouldn't it be bet
ter for the oily te employ Ita poHoamaa
In enforcing the ordinances that are In
tended to prevent auch disfiguration of
private property T
And, while we ar willing to admit that
the tacking of cards snd ths Ilka ea pel
and fences makes the city unsightly, I
thl any worse than aom ef th other
nuisances ia the "advertising" way that
we patiently endure How about the
bill boards? Have they ceased to be sn
esthotto admonition? Aad ths signboard
that block the streets with a shadow by
day and an Intermittent glare at night?
If ws are going to go la for a city beau
tiful, 11 u not strain at gnat and swal
low camels. OLD FOGY.
Miller for Mayer ef Soath Omaha.
SOUTH OMAHA, March J7.-T0 ths
Editor of The Bee: It Is t be hoped
that th people of South Omaha regard
leas of party will rally to the support
of August Miller for mayor nest Tuesday.
In him ws will have a man who will
land up tor th best la ths affairs of
our city.
South Omaha la not so bsd oft that
ther Is but sn maa for mayor. Ia the
seventeen years I have lived In ths city
ther are some mea whose names hsvs
been on ths ballots nearly every time
there wsa aa election snd they bav
held office almost continuously for ths
Isst twenty year. It does good anc
In a while te make a change and ws hav
ths chance now. Some mn get th Idea
that they are the only oaea capable ot
holding office and If anybody wants aa
office outatd of a eertala few they are
made tha targets st thoa who hold of
fice until they think they own them. It
I tim to get back te eld principles and
make tbs officeholder the servants aad
not ths rulers ot tbs people.
Even th loudest fighters for ths rult
of ths people are among the most per
latent officeholders and seekers and
names of prominent lenders In both po
litical parties in ths Vnlted States could
he mentioned now. They simply profess
to be making fights tor tha people te
further their ewn end and ambltloas and
they trample en these they profess to
favor. There are Just aa capable men
today not holding offlo as any who bars
been holding oftloe for almost a genera
tloa and H la time for a shsnga Ai
though I am a republican I always vou
aa I please. When I think a maa on th
democratic ticket will till the Mil better
than the candidate on my ewa ticket t
vote for him. And I hope our good demo
cratic friends will exercise their right te
vot for whom they please next Tuesday
and help sleet August Miller es mayor
and start a new era la esr city affairs.
F. A. 40NW.
Woman's Education and Divorce.
BPRINOFIELD. Mass., Msrch M-To
th Editor of Th Bee: In en editorial,
"Education snd Divorce," you appear to
accept as sufficient Justification of the
existence of a certain eastern achool for
glrla the fart that not one ot Ita gradu
ates "has ever been a party to a divorce.''
A moribund Boston newspaper tha other
day published an editorial commendation
ot Mt Holyoke college-It ia possible thst
your reference was to tha same school.
Because its statistics shewed that Hit per
cent of its graduates during seventy years
had married, and that among them no di
vorce bad ever occurred. '
I beg you to consider whether It Is net
possible that arguments ilka this tend to
confuse further our Ideas about tha higher
education, which, heaven knows, ar al
ready cloudy enough. Certainly, a girl
does not go to college te enhance her op
portunities ot marriage; or, tf aha dose,
th question that seems pertinent Is,
why subject parents to th burden of
maintaining her for four years at college
when ah could be maintained tor-less
expense at home, and presumably, under
th tutelage ot a mother or duenna, be
better quipped for the duties of married
me.
Ths truth Is, ot course,. that a girl who
goes to collate without any Intention ot
making a "career" should go simply and
solely for tb sake of pursuing, under the
guidance of teachers, auch lataileetual
and aesthetlo pursuits as may go to tbs
mrfc'-ff of an education, or, at all event
Its foundation. Now tf some such Meal aa
I roughly sketch be th aim ef the "higher
education," how can Its value and th
efficacy of tha eoilegea la Imparting It
be measured by the fig res t marriages
and divorces?
Personally. I am of the opinion that a
large part of the so-called "higher educa
tion for women" does aot Justify Itself
because tke ce4legs ar looked upon
merely ea pleasant place for spending
four years after high school or boarding
achool. and because the college them
selves have no sane and searching concep
tion of the end ef all their activities.
That this ax largely true of the men's
eollese I do net hesitate to admit: but
It ii lira as though the tide waa bealnnlng
to turn, and that In a few yeara higher
standards would be required in those
ktve of scattered aad unavailing Indus
try. The word for the American coilegee la
not "Expand,- but "Contract" It H re
pugnant to democratic principles to In
sist upon a eelecuoa of the fit?
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MAKIUAGI 0. CD IT SOCTOS
St Louis Republic: Why should not
the preachers who have aareed te demand
certificates of health from people wishing
to be married exact else a bond as to
good morals and character? They not
seem to bav thought ot that
8t Paul Dispatch: Deaa Sumner ot the
Episcopal cathedral la Chicago has made
a ruling that bo couples are to be married
there unless they can present certificates
of good health and character. Maybe th
dean does aot realise that at such time
very tew could qualify as being alto
gether la their right minds.
Chicago Record -Herald: There Is some
danger that tha actloa may bo aueuader
stood at a distance, but here (a Chicago
there Is no excuse for misconception. The
cathedral is simply going to practice what
It has preached ae earnestly and so long.
The Integrity of the home Is to be pro
tected aa far as . possible, but without
raising obscure aad doubtful queattena
No eugenic theory or fad la oven re
motely connected with the reform. The
certificate required k) merely ts stats that
the applicants are normal physicalry and
mentally aad have neither an Incurable
nor communicable disease.
LUIS TO A LAUGH.
"I see Jack has colored hla hair black
where it waa turning. Why did he d
such a foolith thing?"
"Well, hie girl asked htm to do It. and
ot course, ne man could refuse a loved
ona dyeing request" Baltimore American-
Old ItoxleighTou must be lee extra va-
gaut How do you expect to get along
when vou ar mv aaer
His Son Well, father. I suppose by that
time I shsll have th money to gel along
wita. xuuton iranacnpt.
Blobba Sapphedde I a skin. He Is get'
ting money under false pretences.
.i---- should sav ba t MM him a.
penny for his thought. Philadelphia
nccuru.
"Say. Weary, here'a an ltm In tke'
polper telltn' how Fraace produces mor n
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Of course It seems quite natural
That some married men should groan
About tha many little tanks they have
To do about the home.
But I look upon the ways of life
Iq a different light than this
When I think shout th "Joy of low
A batch 1 euro to miss. .
Why! "The geeser that la married.
And haa passed the forty mark,"
Should be up and out a etngtng
At daybreak with th lark.
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A small world ail hit ewn.
Ha ahould be quite happy doing
j Little taska about his home.
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He never can And a eoms,
"or there's not th usual order of things
You'll find In a married man's home.
tVhy ae hasn't any win
To some aad tie hla tie
Or put her soft arms round his neck
Aad bid blm S fond goodby.
Ha hasn't any bouncing boy
To roll upon tha floor.
To come home end play horse with
At evening when work la o'er.
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A romping, joyous pack
Ot little folk to clamor
For a ride ea "father's back."
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There's nothing sttraetlv that I see".
And I would not give my ' plana of home"
Far all he could show me.
Te. he may hava hit carefree life.
Hit boarding htuse "dough cake."
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