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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAT 12, 1912.
The Omaha Stjxday Bee.
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tesaaaearlly sheeld have Tka
Bee stalled ta them, Addraaa
svlll.be rkamcd aa a flea aa ra-
The rait god ta certainly doing Ma
bar. .
Another mlUloa dollar added to
our wealth la that rain.
Of eooraa, Governor wtlaon only
gains oat itar with Texas.
"Old-fashioned seer-sacksrs arc
coming back Into vogue." Goodbye.
Aa we nndcritand It, Mutt and
Jff hsvs (on to Cuba for a vaca
tloa. - Detroit's claim to famo mti on
Ue fact that It li the summer bom
of Tjr Cobb. .
Wltk all tho roasting1 tb Meal
trait baa bad. It I attU a toagb
proposition. .'
A certain Judgs In Chicago doubt
less thinks ths Judicial mall entirely
luperfluout.
How msny plain fakes bars been
palmed off on the plait people, and
In their name!
The Father of Waters Is simply
slobbering ail Over 'himself and
poor old Louisiana.
Illinois wss called the Sucker
state, thoush, before Mr. U O'Neill
Browns' re-eleotlon.
A tclentlit says a tingle fly can
produce i.06T,84l,0 progeny In
ens season. Busy fly..
With old River do Pear and Ca
boka creek filled In, what Is life la
aad around 81 Louie worth t
Tb president ot the Btereotyper'
anion seem to hare slid those Chi
cigo strikes In on tho (team table.
Mr. Bryan stoops . to . psrtiflags
when he take time to issue a state
ment that he will not becoms a conv
promlss republican candidate. -'-
It will do no barm to keep right on
digging at tb dandelion. Maybe
your example will Inspire your neigh
bor, and it everybody gets to dolpg it
tho pest may b wiped out. ...
"Nothins." Ws I. Wiley, s brinks
as teas aa ham." DM ha ever happos to
nottoa aa owl la a rata stone. ?-Cnfcao
Tribune. . : . : .1 .
Or democratic claims ot electlos
as the return came fnt
Ths building seasoa in Omaha
baa ieea somewhat backward, but
tho speed It Is now showing bids tsir
to brlng-lt up to, tho mark witbia a
abort time. Omaha Is still a good
pla.cS to 1Kb la and do buslnsss.
Many hopes sr expressed that
"JmeV tLjit will make good at ths
bead ot th police department.
Knowing him as well as ws do, ws
can say with certainty that he will
not seek to evade say of its responsi
bility. : - , : ;.
In winter bs sits next you at ths
theater and explains th play la ad
vance and la summer ho Is beside
yoa at the oall park, unraveling sach
play Just before It, is mads, or sa
plaiaisg with his "I told yoa so" Just
after th omniscient boor.
In carta! a portions ot Missouri sad
Arkaasaa whor "baa" is the verb
Instead of ."been," authority ia doubt
less found la tho sapposed necessity
of preserving ths rhyme la, '"Of all
aad words of toagn aad pea,-tho
saddest sre these. It might btv ben."
The Boat cracetv: thine be caa So is
naaa return tor thla toreity by r
tttteir etlmlnatlB- kuheeii aad whoto-
hrtd;r aupportass- wko o
Wl'. Atlanta CeaatMattea.
U refers to Mr. Bryan aad Uo
three times bis party has rallied to
his standard. But Tce of this sort
Is not ocs of. Mt. Bryaa'a virtues.
Hotter.' Say.
Mother' day was flrat generally
observed In 1101. Tho obeervance
becomes mora extensive otrr tho
country each rear. Tho Idea of the
day I that all Americans thall giro
ipeclal thought and veneration to
their mothers on thla day and that
the eentlment ihall receive sxpree
ion In tho pulpit and tho proa. Un
derneath thla Idea moat lie the
thought of the need for such aa ap
peal. But caa that 'be? Vat It
found necessary here" ia America to
devise a day ot general celebration
In order to get men aad women and
bora and girls to think mora of
mother? It la very doubtful The
sentiment la all right; It Is Iniplrlng
to manhood, refreshing ever to that
sense of obligation to the on who
bore him without which bo man Is
worthy the name,' but that Is yet
quits another matter from saying
that America' lor for mother bad
ebbed to aa extent that mad such sn
organised appeal aa thla at all neces
sary. Only In the sense that this Is
to bo an occasion open which a
lother-loring race shsll unitedly
manifest Its affection does tb day
find Its deepest significance. The
richest libation of mother lore Is
poured oat upon the private sltar,
after all, not the puBllc, betokened
by Ita outward Insignia of roses or
ribbons. As long, thongb, ss we
bar the habit of celebrating and set
said days for so many purposes, It
seems bat fitting tbst ss s people
we shall spars one dsy In th year
for this hallowed csue, for mothsr's
salts. '
Th Xaritiae Convention. ;
Congress. has given prompt sp-
proval of tho president' rocomTen
dstlon tbst bs bs empowered to call
a convention of th maritime nations
of tb world to provtds s uniform
systsm of lows governing ocean
travel. The convention Is to bs held
la Washington at a date as early a
possible.
Thla grows out of the. Titanic dis
aster and rsprsssnts tb general de
termination to preclude aa far aa bn
maa wisdom snd skill caa th possi
bility of another inch tragedy. It is
the on action that could, with great
est good, bav been taken as a con
sequence of th calamity. So far as
known It has tbs eo-ope ration of ail
the other powers. This being true.
It should be aa easy matter to reach
aa agreement upon rules to bo ob
served by all seafaring vessels In ths
future.
Tb Immense volumes of Informa
tion obtained by ths sensto Investiga
tion will bs of rnealculabls advsstsgs
to th marltims conference. Despite
.European criticism ot the methods
employed la this Inquiry, tbs results
are what th committee was after,
and It becomes a ease .whore the
means bav entirely Justified tbs
snds, and bo person or Interest seems
to hava bees Injured, either. Tb
Inquiry bss brought to light dlln
qusncles In ths equipment and man.
sgemeat of ocean vessels which ars
astounding. It has pointed out msny
faults and shortcomings, aad this will
guide th confersnc In drafting Its
ystsm of laws. By th time this
conference bss completed Its work It
should b reasonably possible to gov
ern oven the money lust that rldea
ths seas and which Is largely respon
sible for ths mania that sacrifices
safety for comfort and luxury.
A Jameson Baid Iaqtigitor.
Senator William Aldea Smith has
come tar from satisfying tho British
press In his conduct ss ehairmaa of
tho Titanic investigation. Ia fact,
many British paper find little satis
faction la either tho pereoaael or
character of this laveattgstloa, yet
some do. Tho London Saturday-Rs-
vlsw, typically anU-Amerlcaa in Ita
criticism, and cynical, too, refers to
Senator Smith as "a blustering Ig
noramus" and "aa Ignorant bully."
It bold hlns up to contumely for bis
alleged Ignorance of nautical ad
other thing and make all manner
fot fun ot tho Inquiry, which the
United States sonata, through a com
mittee ot Its members, baa conducted
into this most tltsnle ot trsgsdies out
ot which tho British owner of a Brit
ish shkt escapes safe snd sound.
Ia ths face of this msnlfeet pre
dlcs, Americana have a right to as
sume (on general principles, first,
that Britain doeth all things wsll
and on tho specific principle, last.
that It will do exceeding well In this
particular case) that th man snd
methods ot ths London Investigation
will bo abovw reproach or queatloa.
But w learn la thla connection that
the man selected as ths chslrmaa and
chief Inquisitor of tho London com-
mlasloa Is none other thsn Lord
Mersey, fsmsd tor ths band ho took
in whitewashing tho Jameson raid
case. Not alone Americans, bat fair-
minded Britons, anxious for a square
deal aad a genuine Investigation of
the Titanic affair, deplor this aelec-
tloa. ' Th Natlos of Loadoa aup
poses Lord Mersey "to bav talent
tor whitewashing a delinquent, as he
was accused of doing In tho Jameson
raid inquiry. Expressing th belief
that Mersey Is ths. wrong msa for
th place, the Nation adds
Tb Jameson committee eras perhaps
the areataot exploit la huaMn(-tip which
this eeaatrjr one achieved.
Our senatorial Inquiry probably
waa aot all It might bav been, bat
it used no whitewash, and when ail
ths clrcamstsnee srs considered, the
necessity for prompt aad
vigorous
action, particularly. It seems to call
for no special defense. It stands to
reason, ot coarse, that, with Urns for
deliberation and organisation, tbs
London inquiry may bo more decor
ous, but it is to be hoped that Lord
Mersey wss not chosen ss conductor
because ot his record in previous in
vestigations.
Methods of Methodism.
When tho committee of the Meth
odist general conference reported In
fsvor ot a modification of the disci
pline of the church as regards amuse
ment. It took a step ahead. It ia not
to tho discredit of tho church that
It bss clung with tenacity to what
baa seemed to msny ot Its most de-
vout sod conslstsnt members ons of
the fundsmentsls of Its faith. Meth
odism has been one of the Joyous
types of religion; its followers hsvs
taken no gloomy outlook on llfe,"hav
not been born down by pessimistic
notions of either the her or the hero-
after. ' But they have bad pronounced
and well defined Ideas as to Just what
form their worldly pleasures should
assume. To a largo degree these
Idess hava worn tho color of ths
time under which Methodism wss
bora.
In John Wsslsy'a dsy much wss
considered by tho devout as repre
hensible that is now looked upon as
harmless, foolish, porhsps, but not
intrinsically bad. Wesley, himself,
found that much of tho religion ot
bis dsy brought gloom snd not Joy
Into tho world. Ho sst about to
make th task of devotion one of
love and not ot dread, to bring a
little of Uo light of tho Promlssd
Land Into tho dally life of people on
earth, and ha succeeded. His prob
lem wss to fix a stsndsrd ot morals
sufficiently rigid to bold his follow
ers to lines of right conduct and at
the ssmo time not deny to them such
pleasures as ho found reasonable. Hs
oxcludsd from bis list ot permitted
pleasures such as ho considered
bsrmful Indulgence, lesvlng much to
tho conscience of ths Individual, and
his Inhibition baa prevslled even to
this dsy.
Bat tho conditions of life hsvs
made much advance since tho day of
John Wesley, and tho thought ot bis
church baa gons forward with ths
general movement Just as other
churches havo fonnd It expedient to
work notable emendations In their
creed, so Dow Methodism will bo
mad bettor and more attractive by
th alterations that are proposed In
tho , discipline. Certain forms of
amusement oneo considered Inher
ently wicked are aow commonly In
dulged, and with bo harm, and the
actios of tho ehuroh la lifting Its ban
oa some is In lino with progress of
a reasonable sort. Methodism will b
made tao stronger ror to change.
iArg-eit Buineit in History.
Thla startling statement Is mads
by ths Wall Btreet Journal's Boston
correspondent:
The United State It probably sow do
ing tho lantoat Business la IU history.
Startling, because of tb current
tslk of business being partially par
alysed. Tho Journal explains that
this great activity may not bo so
manifest because ths corporate
profits aro not commensurate with
tho gross sales. But corporate
profits do not furnish the sole index
to a healthful volume ot trade. The
loss conspicuous manufacturer, and
merchant, tho one ot whose profits
ths public la not kept constantly In
termed. Is doing buslnsss on a Isrgs
seal with generous dividends, and
bo Is bslptng to keep the balance ot
trade as It should be. Tho boot aad
shoo trade, for lnstsnco. Is thriving
extensively.. Th Wsll Btreet Jour
nal la authority for tho statement
that on of tho largest manufacturers
la tho country is considering notify
ing his customers thst ho caa accept
no more orders tor delivery daring
the next six months.
Pretty good evidence ot proeperlty,
that Her ia more: Th Steel cor
poration, with tho government after
It, Is yst running 1$ per cent of Its
full force ot plants, although, ac
cording to official statements, it Is
making smaller profits than over be
fore. And while railroad expenses
are high aad railroads sre not per
mitted ss yet to advance rate, soma
ot them sre showing encouraging tn-
issss. Th Wsbash. In tho process
of reorganisation, ahowa a gain for
April which, wbils not great, points
la ths right direction. These condi
tions, In the face ot Urge crops to
com and fair prospects, maka ths
preseat year full ot hope.
. Work for Social Center.
On ot the first announcements
from the asw Omaha city council t
that th city hall will be opened aa
a "social center" where people may
congregate to disease any problem
that doea aot Involve partisan ques
tion. This Implies thst Omaha aeeds
a sods center, and opens the quea
tloa as to Just whst service may bo
rendered by such an Institution.
Ths name Itself suggests tho serr
tce, and the restriction placed apon
the use of tho city hall for pablie
meetings Indicates tho function. A
place where gatherings msy bo held
for tho consideration of questions of
common Interest by the people ought
to be of much service, aad tt may be
questioned if political debate cannot
property bo classed among th per
missible subjects. Nothing caa be of
greater Interest to the people of sny
leommanlty thsn tho character of the
government, and that depends very
largely apon tho politics of tho men
who make np that government
But tho social center can bav
larger nse thsn this. It msy be made
tho distributing point for much of
detailed information on points of
municipal housekeeping, concerning
which tho average citisen is not espe
cially well Informed. Problems of ad
ministration may be discussed in de
tail; questions of importance In this
tins are continually being set before
the public,- and. only too frequently
in a one-sided or distorted form, so
thst th voter aro often called upon
to act without definite knowledge ot
whst they aro acting. upoa. Mistakes
thst aro costly hsvs followed' apon
ths lack of genera Information con
cerning the problems of city' govern
ment . Those might bo avoided if
tho social center were doing Its full
work. . ,..".-;'--
And, whst Is oven greater, much
ill-considered criticism of publio offi
cials might not bo heard if tho people-
only know more ot what the prob
lems aro that aro to bs met The
social center can. easily be made the
means of dispelling narrowness ot
view among the eJtliens.
More Ksfora of tho Stage.
Many futH attempts have been
made at reforming or uplifting the
stage and perhaps many more will
bo made before the stag rises to Its
highest sphere of Influence. - The
New theater of Now Tork tolled. Just
ss the Independent theater In Lon
don some yesrs ago lost heavily, and
tow a similar effort st ennobling the
stsge hss cocao to an untimely end
In Chicago with a' 140,000 deficit
confronting th promoters. ' Those
were all ideallstlo sfforts, represent
ing aa idea as well as an Ideal, an
Idea which baa to bs reached, not by
the Impulse of good resolution, but
by tho mor stabl process ot educa
tion.1 ' " . ,
Every tlm on ot the attempts
falls the comment follow thst the
stage will never be lifted to higher
Standard except by those within,
but when those within sre supported
by those without success should seem
certain. Here In New Tort Is the
latest snd moat Interesting Vol all
proposed stags reform. It lo pro
mulgated by tho National Federa
tion of Theater Cliibs, which means
thoss within." Such msn ss Froh-
msnr Thomas, Rosenfeld and Lack
aye otter of their financial means as
well aa their moral svmnsthv to nro-
dues and present better plays and im
prove th personnel ss th surest
mssns of elevating ths stage, and, at
Wiitoa Lackey ald, "Subscriptions
are mora potent than resolutions."
"Ws want play of high Ideals,
plsys thst will stUnulats tho minds;
plays thst the American people can
remember without blushing," said
Augustus Thomas, "and that Is why
I am In favor ot 'this movement"
And then Lackeys tpoks of crowding
out the sordid follows who persist In
pandering to the sordid tastes. - Well,
thst Is another matter. None but an
herolo spirit could face this task In
ths vsry presence of an accumulation
of recent failures, but th snterprlss
Is commendable and It takes on mor
thsn ordinary seriousness when lead
Ing lights In th theatrical world
corns forward , with thslr money as
well as their words to co-operate to
such a purpose.
The keynote of this movement ac
cording to ths reports of tho Now
York conference. It "thst pur
democracy must govsrn the stsgs be
fore It caa reach the height aspired
to by lovers of art." and so It Is pro
posed by Daniel Frohmsa that tho
thsatsr-goer bo allowed to exercise bis
Influsnc by means of ths "recall" oa
th stag. Has th theater-goer not
had tho privileges of the recall and
ths Initiative all Us Urns? Without
bis support tbo stsgs, good or bsd,
can do little.
. To the assertion that real art will
pay, It may bo aald that real art baa
made millions for msny la music and
other lines. Why not on th stags?
Governor Aldrlch Is approaching
Uo penitentiary problem from Uo
right angle. It Is not so much a
question of what baa been don aa of
what Is to be done for the sata keep
ing and welfare of convicts In Ne
braska. The statO owes a doty to
Itself In Uls regard Uat baa been
neglected. Nebraska's penitentiary
ha been a scandal from Its very In
ception and should no longer be tol
erated ss sach. Governor Aldrlch
wilt doubtless bo able to mako de
tailed recommsndatiens to the next
iegltlsture, and Ue law-mskers
should be ready to receive and con
sider those to tba and that a bettor
prlaoa aad better prisoa methods be
adopted. ,
Our good friend. Edgar Howard,
who doubtless speaks by Uo book,
having bad experience, says that Ue
Nebraska law which Umlu Ue
amount of money a candidate can
spend In bis campaign pats a pre
mium on perjury, aad calls for Its re
peal. The aad feature of Uo situa
tion Is thst Uls law la aot uniqae la
Nebraska. Our statat books eon
tala a Bomber of Just such laws, aad
others aro threatened.
Carta GrueaUer admits having
spsnt nearly $1,000 oa tho Harmon
boom In Kobraaka. While 'events
proved U effort Wasn't worth Uo
pries, we'd Ilk to know where Chris
got Uo money. ' y
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BAY iX
Thirty Tears Ago V
A pieaahnt little eursrios party to Mies
Emma Doaaon took fjUos at ths residence
ot her parents oa Worth Nineteenth
street, participated la by soma ' sixty
friends ot the younf lady.
A hot fir -front detective flue mad
trouble, or -the amlly of Mr.- Chariot
Abort, occupying a -two-story bouse aa
Tenth street, two doors north of Brownoll
neji ana oeionsinf; to jam vianson.
"The elothlna clerks have won their
point for s o'clock closing for every say
except Saturday.
' Handsome Invitations ars oat for the
wedding ot Mlae - Mary Ooetsmana and
Mr. W. A. laontsaa next Thursday. -
A man can stand at the corner of Six
teenth and Farnau streets sn sny day
and at any hoar and count from seventy-
Ore to a hundred doss playing oa the
iraer. It's dog headquarters, - .
The Uneoln Bportsmant slab has se
lected the following team te shoot for
the tournament cup la this eJtyv Meters.
Hallett Harley McBrtde and J. B. Baum,
wtth B. H. Polk, H. IX Hathaway. M. M.
White and T. P. Quick as alternate. .
Kat Brown of Burlington It la the city.
Mr. A. U Strang Is In Chicago on butt
eat. ,',
K. C storehouse of Missouri Valley
waa In towa tonight
Hr. John A. Karbech Is lying danger
ously ill at her residence at Seventeenth
and Douglas. '
Eugene Moore, a stenographer of West
Point la In the city.
R. K. Claiborne, th Union Pacific en
gineer, arrived from Idaho.
Ben Gallagher has returned from s bust.
ness trip to Utah, Idaho and Montana.
The family of Hon. i. E. Boyd returned
from the Pacific tout, Miss Nora re
maining In California.
Mitt Joale Blackburn It here for a two
weeks' visit with her brother, T. W.
Twenty Year Ago '
The national executive' committee of
the people' party met with the local ex
ecutive committee to map out plans for
th national convention In Omaha July 4.
Ignatius Donnelly of Mlnaeaotai waa one
of the notable figures preeehU A rally
was held at Washington hall, and Igna
tius Donnsiy was th principal sneaker.
John Jeffooat presided. Joseph Edgerton.
J. V. Wolfe, Bill Dech, Paul Vandervoort
and T. C. Kelaey were among the celeb
rities. ' . -
Tho Nebraska delegates elected to at
tend the national republican convention
at Minneapolis, with a couple of excep
tions, met at the Paxton hotel and or
ganised. John I Webster of Omaha waa
made chairman and Atlee Hart of Da
kota county secretary.
Dr. L. A Merrlam read a paper before
the doctors of the state oa "Dosage," ths
art of giving medicine. He talked of the
system and Its capabilities of absorbing
medicine.
The County hospital became a wreck
when that building settled to such aa ax
tent aa to make It unsafe. Superinten
dent Mahoney came to town and reported
the condition, whereupon Commissioners
Stenberg and Van Camp, Building In
spector Tilly and a reporter for Th Bee
went out to find thst ths report was
only toe true. The trouble waa In the
north wine, IN feet long and three stories
high. It was aatl mated that It would
eost at least P6,0O to repair th struc
ture.
The "Children of Mary," oasociatsd
wltk the women of Beared Heart, were
entertained la the evening by Bishop
Boannall at his residence. The blahoe
was assisted si host by Father Colernari
and Mr. Oeort Paul. It was ths an
niversary ot the bishop's birthday sad it
wss a very happy occasion.
Tea Years Ajro
Fire did WS damage la the flat occu
pied by Mrs. Ussl Moore, 17N Leaven
worth ttreet A bad lamp I supposed to
have caused toe mischief. Mrs. Moore
was absent and her daughter, Blanche,
who was ta a rear room, almost tainted.
Forty good kalghtt and trot bowed la
submission to King Ak-dar-Ben VI 1L at
his second meeting of the Imperial year.
W. R., Bennett the puissant "It" of the
year waa absent aad Edgar Allen took
his place. Dick Ferris acted aa grand
mufti la plaos of at A. Hall and Judge
B. kf. BarUett spoke the speech of the
evening. ' ,
H. W. Mable lectured on The Ideals
ot American Life" at the Boyd theater ta
ths evening. Th glory of this naUoa,"
ha taM. "Has ta Its naasloa tor th epos
door, la which America Is ths greatest
symbol. As long as this pesttea obtains
IS will be ths cation of sympathy and
Justice." .
Hon. John Henry Mickey of Osceola.
Neb., waa at the Millard hotel.
John Sullivan. Jr., It years of age. was
found dead la his bed at T a. m. at the
home of -his father John Sullivan, sr..
Fifteenth and William street He had
been feeling wen the day before and died
of heart disease. His father went to hi
room at T o'clock te awake him tor break
fast and found him dead. He was s
widower.
Claude Catea, dt years of age, was run
over by so electrlo street ear at Twenty
fowrtk and Blonde streets at I S ta the
morning. His right leg wss as badly
mangled that Dr. Impey deeMed amputa-
twa net list ry. It wss done at the Cen
tral hospital. Motormaa C U Cass pbU
said he had noticed the hoy standing oa
tb curb aad did aot see htm again until
the ear was apcai him. Hs waa the eon
of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Catea, SI North
Twenty-third street '
Brwshlaa- V M the Bible.
St Louis RepabUe.
The railroad legal depart menu will
have te brush s t tit as 1st Mbteal
side of the law. vrheo the Sunday-tratn
statute waa sustained by the Mieaourt
supreme court last winter the tlnlooa,
both pre aad con. bristled with testa trees
Heir Witt. And aow eomes the optaloa
an the fortBUrbtly salary law, ta which
the corporations are knocked sot by a
nra-M-g aotsttoa (rats Deuterenecey.
Wants tee AsabSHawa Teertkw
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
If experience teaches earthing, tt shows
that say parent daalnmt of seeing
tea become presMant of tb fatted States
should from the as of t train htta
alienee sad complete abstinence
writing. ;
Orisi a t Cowan eat al Speeches.
Boatoa Transcript.
, They do say that there's mere aso- te
be made la Waahlngtod by clever persoaa
equipped with Such statistical and other
mforosetlea as (un grits mat need fur thetr
speaches the a by the spear b nib art ttem-
People and Events
Wlthout hesttatloa or mental reserva
tlon Colonel Henry Watteraoa proclaims
Champ Clark's the official bandwagon
for KeattKktana. .
A system of premiums for advance
payment of taxes started a week-long
bargain rush to the treasurer's office In
New Tork City last week.
A New Jersey man hss recovered pSSMs
tor the alienation ef his wife's affections.
Heretofore ISM hat been considered the
limit or heartaches. Cost of living is
oa the jump la New Jersey as elsewhere.
The aU-pervsdlns atmosphere of politi
cal strife tt undoubtedly responsible for
the ungallant charge that SS-cent hats
were common In the New Tork suffrage
parade. Politics Is no respecter ef per
sons. ' .
Th strawberry season la the Osarks It
m full Moom snd about M carloads will
bs shipped, radiating joy and shortcake
In surrounding states. This, year Mis
souri moves up several pegs in berries
and politicians.
Dr. Wu Ting-fang I coming back for
hit third term as Chinese ambassador to
ths United Btetea. Just aow th doctor
It aa exemplary progressive, having shed
hit queue ana substituted modern raiment
for flowing robes.
Massachusetts delegation to the demo
cratic national . ooavontion pots out a
wierd roar agalntt quartering four to a
room In Baltimore hotels. At experi
enced kickers the Bostonlana must have
mors room for exercise.
Mitt Lflilaa T. WUklnt baa just been
appointed a customs Inspector for the
port ef Boston. Bhs Is a native of Lgma
field Center, Mass., and succeeds Mrs,
Jennie N. Southworth. who held the post-
Don for more than twenty-five years.
The promised boost in the price of fine
writing paper Is bated oa the phllaa
tnropte theory that cheapness of writing
material fattens breach ef premiss ver
dict. Bettdet, the papermskera need, the
money more than heart-broken maidens.
Faithfulness at a domestic bat won
Minnie Mehl a fortune. For fourteen
yean the hss been a servant In the home
o John X. Kinney of Falrhaven, Conn.,
and It became known that the entire
Kinney estate hat been bequeathed to
her. . i '
Abdul Bahn. leader of the Bahnlte cult
ot Persia, la expounding the doctrines kf
ths tribe In New Tork A goodly portion
of the Impressive features ot Mr. Bahn
are veiled with a set of long flowing
whiskers rivaling the finest crop ever
eultlvated in Kansas. In appearance and
dress he resembles the chrome prints of
ancient prophets.
The second discovery of short measures
and plugged weights In a Brooklyn mar
ket forces Inspector! to the conclusion
that confiscation snd destruction of
o rooked Implement! of trade are not
specifics for the disease. A suitable sea
son of rest and meditation In Jail, the
Inspectors believe, would help straighten
out crooked dealers.
Mrs Chariot H. Havenor la the second
women to enter the field of base ball
owners,- As her husband's hetr the In
herited the Milwaukee American associa
tion base hall dub. Mrs. Havenor hat
just been elected president and treasurer
of the dub by the directors and th de
elaret that the will devote her time aad
nerglet to making it a luocass.
8XCTJLAE SHOTS AT THS PULPIT
Chicago Inter Ocean: The Methodists
tot forth a great truth In the words:
"Compulsory good behavior U not the es-
tenet of religion."
Brooklyn Eaglet Will the price ot the
ater seats go ap from aa extra demand.
If the Methodist church. Ufta the baa oa
play -going? Jt to, tot us protest la ad
vance agalntt the change,
Indianapolis News! When the Methodist
conference est apart May U "as a day
for fasting, humlttattoa and prayer," did
It forget that May tt I ta be "Mother't
dr and that mother would probably
like a change?
Minneapolis Journal: Th advancement
ot the years plsys pranks with ths best
of at snd Rev. Joseph M. Buckley, editor
of the New Tork Christian Advocate, I
one ef the very beet To the venerable
tribune of Methodism, who has applied
militant tactics to all tho problems of
the church for forty years was denied at
the opening of th current quadrennial
eoofereaoe the chairmanship of th com
mittee oa episcopacy. A younger man
waa selected and to Dr. Buckley waa
handed a lets strenuous position oa ths
eoaunlttae oa foraiga missions.
Baltimore American l According to the
episcopal report at the Methodist general
eonferenoe the growth of the denomina
tion has been but t per cent which the
bishops declare to he far from creditable
Nor It It satsrfylng to th Methodists
that their gala. has been ta exeats of
tbst ef many other denominations, soma
of which have been stationary or are
suffering actual less is It Is In teres ting
to be told, aa thla report declares, that
during ths last year aot lee than ICS, est
member ef th Methodist church have
been dropped from the roll of the
churches because at removal and failure
to traosfer their membership.
D17L0YXBS' LIABILITY BILL -
Boatoa Transcript: It Is a big and posi
tive step ta advance to Improve the eon
dttioe of labor fcs htterstate commerce ta
Mlaxloa to Ma assay aad serious risks
of tjooldeat which may at any boor have
the employe helpless aad a la family with
eat resource unless natality of ths sss
ptoyers Is determined by law.
Philadelphia Record : The bill s mounts
to Sa huursnes of all employee against
Injuries, without reference to contrib
utory negligence, fellow servant or ether
legal cualirtcatione. ft would provide
medtcsi attendance tor the injured man
aad a scale ef compe nasties, tike that
framed by the casualty eoenpenies.
Indianapolis Newt: When the bill wss
presented to the tentte H was generally
regarded as favorable alike to employer
am. emptors. Since thea there have been
protests la such numbers thst Ofteea
senators, ea the final Vote, took then
stand acsinst ths bill although some are
kaewa tor the most pert to be favorable
to era pieera' hahtllty. ' j
fngfMd RepubHcaa: ' The United
States aenaie'f large majority m fsvor
at the worxmen'e toaaptotsttoa kin It aa
encouraging elgfeef p agrees! veneoa la
that body. Ths bin tested had been eare
fnny eoaatdered by apectel ceanmtaetoe
appotatsd to Investigat, the subject tt
bad bsea eadorsed alss W the National
Ctrl federatlaa aad ptxsauMnt labor
leaders. President Tafl I est record as
favoring It The MB f Might to paaa the
hows snd become a Jaw at this seas tow.
thus deeaaastratsng Ahat lagtsUtloa of
.SHXDAT SMILES.
"Mildred, what was that loud noise oa
the front porch last night? It woke ma
up."
"Why. mamma, that must have been
Jack tearing himself, away." Boston
Transcript. ,
"Whst would you think of a young
man who declared that you were the flrat
girl he ever kissed?"
"I would ztave to know him to de
cide whether to class him as a candidate
for the Ananias club or as a mollycod
dle" Baltimore American.
"Mercy, Laura, what do you mean by
beginning to write Just as toes at the
train pulla out?"
"Oh. I'm Just writing a post card te
my husband, telling him w arrived
safely." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"I stvw that man gating tat your
eyes," said Maud.
"Tea," replied Mamie. "I felt OorepH-'
mented until I learned that he Is study
ing to be an oocullst, I had ths same dis
appointing experience with a young den
tist who waa always anxious to make
me imlle." Washington Star. -
Kitty No: Jack and I haven't saakea
sines my last birthday. He kaew I
wanted a bracelet and what hs gave me
was an old fan."
Ethel I see. And the fan produced a
coolness between you." Boston Trans
cript. . , i
WifeWhat's your opinion of th new
maid?
Hub-I think she's tpleadid.
Wife-1 thought you did. That's why I
fired her this morning. Boston Trans
script a
"Would you vote for a
who of-,
i area you money?" . .
"I should say not," replied the shifty
member of the legtelatare. fhe ilasjt
for that kind ot traasaorloa are pest. A
man who wants to cinch any Influence
has got to hava a good business aad
slip me aa Interest la It "Washington
Star.
"What It the trouble,-wifeyr V ' !
"Nothing."
"Tea, there is What are yew crying
about, eomethlng that happened at home
or eomethlng tbst happened la a novel T.
-Kansas City Star. 1 ,
"Kindly return my lock of hair."
"AU right Do you want ths dark lech)
or the one you) gave me whan vou were
a blonder' Washington Herald. I
"I'm gald you're not a baseball player.1
"Why not, my deer?"
"From the way they tlldt aad threw
themselves about it teeme to me- that
their poor wives must be forever se wins'
buttons oa their trousers." Judges L
brary.
TOTXIS JI0TKEES. ;
George Lovejoy In Boston Transcript
The husband may prate of the strenuous
plsos
He holds la the battle of life:
But he seems to lose tight when he talks
of the "fight"
Of the place that It held by hit wife! '
Of the plodding on on all the hours of
the dsy.
From morn until setting of tun;
Of the erateleee toll from which all men
work, that la never, no, done;
Ot the household labors la thla, and In
that
Which fall to her lot svery day;
That weariness bring, with Its burden
and sting.
That sleep often drives not away!
Ot the same old cares dsy out and day ia.
No change In the tiresome grind.
Which, say what you will to belittle tt,
still
Is unlike sny other you'll Oodl 1 1
No time for "vacation" no leisure for
rest . .
None to take her place ever, ah, met
"Oa duty," perforce-alnce 'tis natural, of
always "en duty," to be!
Don't think, O you husbands yoa men
who go forth
Every morn to th tasks that sjrelt-s
That you you alone as load-bearers are)
known
On the rough road ot life soma call
"fate"! .
Mmnnm ,n wi.ve rira w naTinx es
hind.
Who stay without murmur to takt
Their "brunt" la the ttrlfe-la Ue battle
of life
Add who do it God knows, for love1 1
, eakel
Let their llpt feel your Meats ta Sym
pathy true.
Lift a prayer that a blessing may come
To those load-bearers, to, tbs leving
wives whs
Are tolling, yet, tolling at home I . .
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