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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1908.
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Terms Strictly in Advance.
I guage, for almost, every advanced
young Spiinish-Anierionn learns to
read French from his text-books at
college, whereas the possession of
English is looked upon as quite a sep-
arate accomplishment. This French
j influence is particularly marked in
I Mexico whore, since Maximillian's
f reign, the word French has been
I synonymous with elegance and cul-
Inquirer thinks that Governor Hughes
of New York might make a few re-
marks to Governor Fort of New Jer-
J sey. The Governors of the Carolinas
dealt with interior irrigation and the
more modern Govesjiors might discuss
subways.
WHAT STATE PAPERS SAY
ture.
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Skilled Workmen Needed.
Within a few months of each other
two prominent citizens of Baltimore
have died at advanced ages, each of
whom had contributed greatly to tho
building up of the important pottery
Industries of that city. The deaths of
these two useful men served to direct
the attention of many, for the first
time, to the fact that the manufacture
of pottery is an important industry In
Baltimore. The sketch of Mr. Haynes'
career, published in the Baltimore
American, showed that when he bo-
gan the manufacture of pottery in
Baltimore he was handicapped by a
lack of designing talent—trained mod-
elers who possessed artistic taste anil
skilled deftness. In such emergency
he became himself a modeler ami a
skilful ono, says the American.
The sugg^stiveness in this state-
ment is in the fact that very many
modern industries are in need of
skilled designers. Every vase, every
bit of tableware, all the miscellaneous
bric-a-brac used for parlor or library
ornament must be designed before it
is shaped by the potter. When the
mocfel is furnished, of course, thero
may be 10,000 reproductions of it, hut
(he modeler—the artist—must first
conceive a form of beauty In his mind
and then bring it to material realiza-
tion before the workman at tlie wheel
can reproduce it. This is not only
true as to the manufacture of pottery,
but in the production of many other
•warts of modern cotnmcrco. Every
roll of wall paper must be printed
from a prepared design; the beauti-
fully stamped articles now produced
in leathers are the products originally
of a trained' artist. All the figured
silks, linens or cottons sold in the
stores are the conceptions of artistic
designers.
Mexican Literary Tastes.
To present clearly the possibility of
a growing demand for American
works translated into Spanish in this
country involves a digression into tho
mental attitude of Spanish-Americans
generally toward our country as a
fountain head of culture, writes an
American Consul from Mexico. Tlio
average Spanish-American taste, in
books of fiction, turns naturally to
France. Much Spanish modern fiction
is read, but the popular taste runs
very largely toward the emotional
class of French novels translated into
Spanish.
Of our owe classic writers of fiction
very little 13 generally known save
perhaps Edgar Allen Poe, and among:
contemporaneous writers whose works
appeal to the fantastic and emotional
side of the mind. Occasionally work3
of thrilling contemporaneous interest
have grown popular among Spanish-
Americans in translated forms, such
as "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and of re-
cent years certain of President Roose-
velt's published works. A great many
works of modern American fiction
could be successfully translated and
marketed in Mexico, but these shoul-J
be invariably of the emotional kind.
The habit of reading magazines and
periodicals in homes is not at all gen-
eral, and very litilo could be done in
the way of monthly magazines of
translated American fiction. It should
be borne in mind by American pub-
lishers that few Mexican women do
any reading, and that for some year a
to come there will be little demand
for the class of literature which finds
its best market among American
women.
/f Viewing the situation broadly it is
evident that while Spanish-Americans
respect the United States for natural
abilities at commerce and such prac-
tical applications of science as en-
gineering and dental surgery, they uro
Still very far from regarding the
United States as a possible source of
culture or art. Our favorite books and
plays do not appeal to them, on the
■core that we aru "too phlegmatic,"
tbat our art in literature has too littio
Of the impulsive and dramatic to
please them.
The great bar, of course, is the lan-
Let the People Rule.
Disregard ol' the Sunday closing
law by people of Atlantic City, N. J.,
has caused a more widespread and
logical discussion of tne right of the
people in any given community to
govern themselves than has any other
recent event. The threat of Governor
Fort to use the? militia iu enforcing
the law aroused wide comment among
liberal men and newspapers. But the
troops were not needed, the saloon
men wisely deciding to obey the law
even though it is unjust.
The idea, of an armed body of men
being quartered in any community to
comgfil the people of that community
to order their affairs contrary to their
own desires because the people of sev-
eral other communities have said all
the people in the State must do so
is so utterly repugnant to the spirit of
local self-government as to arouse
indignation among many true sup-
porters of a democratic form of gov-
ernment.
The other proposition made by Gov-
ernor Fort, that he will call the Legis-
lature together if the law as to Sun-
day closing; be not enforced in Atlan-
tic City "tb enact such measures as
will make it possible to enforce the
laws in all parts of the State as to all
the people alike," is also odious to the
citizen who believes in the right of a
community to conduct its affairs ac-
cording to public sentiment in that
community.
The State has no moral right to
allow the majority in one section to
inflict upon a minority in another sec-
tion sumptuary laws for the regula-
tion of the everyday affairs of the
minority community.
The principle of local self-govern-
ment is ono of the most cherished of
Democratic institutions. What the
Legislature should do in order to avoid
violations of the law—which are in-
tolerable and should always be avoid-
ed—ms pass a local option law that will
restore to the people of Atlantic City
their inherent right to have their
saloons open or closed as they desire.
Public opinion goes before the law.
No law can be enforced if it be in
violation of this principle. To have
laws that are daily violated is repug-
nant to all sentiments of patriotism,
and lossens the respect the citizen
should have for the State.
Texas has a situation that is fast
coming to approximate the New Jer-
sey situation. The fanatical wave of
prohibition sentiment that is being al-
lowed to sweep over the country fore-
casts a certain reaction in public sen-
timent. That reaction is apparently
due now. It is hoped that Texas law-
makers will not allow themselves to
fall into the error of deviating from
the plain path of Democracy—of vio-
lating the principles of a free govern-
ment by the enactment of sumptuary
laws to apply to all the people alike
in all parts of the State—for the laws
can never bo enforced and the reac-
tion when it shall come will be sweep-
ing enough to carry condemnation of
the men who perpetrated the an-
achronism, as well as to wipe out those
statutes the violation of which in ac-
cordance with th'e rule, not made by
legislatures, that the people shall gov-
ern themselves, will have been a blot
upon the State in the interim during
which the laws shall have remained
on the statute books.
The Fort Worth Record is shocked
at nine, coachloads of passengers being
held up by one lone gun with a little
man behind it. The Record is remind-
ed of what once transpired through
the undue exercise of the jawbone of
an ass. Furthermore this incident mere-
ly recalls that, although laws against
going armed may be obeyed by law-
abiding people, the man whom the law-
is constructed to reach continues his
way armed and unimpeded, while th-j
law-ablders are at his mercy.
With wives coming back from the
seashore and other summer resorts
wise husban.ls will see to it that their
light bills are made out for an amount
sufficient to substantiate any state-
ments they may have made in letters
about spending their evenings at
home.
The Atlanta Constitution thinks that
a candidate for Vice President must
cut considerable ice when he is able
to break into the magazines. In Kern's
case, however, he probably succeeded
in pulling the wool over their eyes.
Henry Watterson is authority for the
statement that "the night brings wis-
dom." However, those of us who have
experienced a "morning after" are ex-
cusable for entertaining our doubts.
Tho Washington Herald thinks that
the next imperial "haat" handed out
by Abdul Hamid will be an imperial
"swat." But will he spell It that way?
Speaking of what the Governor of
North Carolina said to the Governor
of South Carolina, the Philadelphia
The Houston Post Is responsible for
the startling headline "Woman Mur-
dered, Then Robbed." After all, it
probably would have been just the
same to her if she had been first
lobbed' and then murdered.
It Is with a feeling of unqualified
pleasure that we note that the ami-
able mail carriers of San Antonio are
not obliged to deliver mail to resi-
dences where vicious dogs aro permit-
ted to run at large.
Still, that shortage of chorus glrla
may be explained by the increase in
the number of Salomes. An honest
girl seeking to earn a livelihood cer-
tainly is given more chance at the lat-
ter game.
The latest plan of the postal author-
ities is to place mail boxes on the
street cars in the leading cities. Then
indeed will those moving letters not
be confined to members of the "sob"
squad. -
It would appear that the action of
the Olympic athletes on their way to
visit the President in whistling "A
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"
was peculiarly inappropriate at Oyster
Bay.
It is reported that Virginia Harned
is to appear in vaudeville in a one-act
play. If she makes that act anywhere
nearly as long as the acts of her
"Janice Meredith" seemed, it is well.
The Chicago Record-Herald thlrks
that imitation whiskey should be la-
beled "poison." The Record-Herald
is advised that, all whiskey is innocent
of poison until it Is proven guilty.
One naturally wonders just how
Mike Donlin will field his position on
the vaudeville stage. Of courss the
metropolitan dallies will have their
sporting writers covering his act.
At the same time, it is an awful
shock to some men to be ordered by
the city authorities to cut tho weeds
from a plot which thoy fondly
imagined was a family garden.
An Ohio man is reported to have
written 21,000 words on a post card.
It is such benevolent souls as he who
make the country postmaster feel
that life is still worth while.
It is announced that T. It. lias been
elected a "bencher In the middle Mid-
dle Temple" over in London. Doubt-
less this was in anticipation of his be-
inb taken out of the game.
It puzzles one to decide whether
Castro will refuse to use his arms un-
til they knock him off his fee* or
whether lie will use his feet beior-3
laying down his arms.
Candidate Chafin is responsible for
the assertion that a prohibitionist
need not be a total abstainer. That's
just, what's the matter—anyone can ba
a prohibitionist.
"Eugene V. Debs outlines a eon
structive Socialistic policy," declares
the Houston Chronicle. Evidently
Debs Is departing from the ethics of
Socialism.
The Dallas News thinks it, begins to
look as If Taft will have to quit, the
golf links If he really want to be Pres-
ident. What if he thinks playing golf
is "right?"
It is reported that Jerome's flat was
raided by a burglar. Possibly one of
the persons who were not satisfied
with the results of {hat first investiga-
tion.
An exchange takes the view that if
the burglars can get their work dope
in tho daytime it, gives them an op-
portunity to go to night school.
The Indianapolis News declares that
it is "Theodore R. Beveridge." It is
to be feared that, the Senator papa is
getting behind the times.
It Is reported that King Edward is
taking the rest cure As he recently
visited the Czar he is fortunate not to
be mending in a hospital.
From the way Mr. Hearst regards
the matter it appears that the reason
he left tho party was because he could
not take it with him.
It is with pleasure we note that the
present campaign has at leas: devel-
oped the fact that there is a Henry
Watterson Jr.
Prosperity.
A job? Say, cull, you make me sick!
Dnn't tiilk about a Job to mo;
I ain't a guy that needs one—see?
Touse can't hiro mo to do a lick
As loni* as I'm a man uv means.
I've got a quarter in me Jeans.
Wolk? An' <lo weilder hot as dis?
Good pay dat dere's a chanst to earn?
Cull. 1 have sot de coin to burn,
An' dat's a chanst I'm glad to miss.
Dat ain't de way me fancy leans,
l'vo got a quarter In me Jeans,
Five tubs o' suds, to say de least,
An' chances dat some bloke'll treat,
Wit all do lunch dat I kin cat;
On summer sausage I kin feast,
An' top oft wit a plate o' beans.
I've got a quarter in me Jeans.
] ast yor fer n #ob? Dat's right,
1 did. Dat wusn't any Joke.
Dut den. cull. I WUB stony broke,
Tho proRpec' wui by no means bright,
But now I look on fairer scenes;
I've got a quarter in me Jeans,
—Chicago News.
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Reflections of a Bachelor.
Sometimes a man who has a nicely
curled mustache can make a living in
spite of It..
A Kirl Is usually very Innocent unless
she's ashamed to mention the things
she walks with.
The more you talk to a man about
himself the more he thinks you have
almost as much brains as lie has.
What a man likes about bettlnw on
horse races is he knows everybody will
thin he's a fool unless he should win.
'1 nero is hardly any game more en-
joyable to a man than billiards, be-
cause tnere are So many things about
It ho can blame for the way ho does.—
New York Prass. 9
Probably Not.
The World is for Bryan, and that fact
ought to insure his election. It happens
to only be the New York World, how-
ever, and that really belongs to Josepn
Pulitzer.—Weatherford Herald.
Tho main question is whether Mr. I>ullt-
aer realizes what a wicked World it is?
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Prompt Action.
Governor Campbell looks as trim as
you please since his outing and rest.—
Austin Statesman.
So Colonel Imboden of the Statesman
has already called at the executive ol-
l'i< e.
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r earful.
The negro porter who found Mr.
Bryan's wallet was given <10, The negro
would have added a fine touch of color
to the story by sending the bill to Treas-
urer Haskell.—Dallas News.
If he had a sense of humor though,
that negro would send it to Treasurer
Sheldon, thus making Bryan an Indirect
contributor to tho Republican campaign
fund.
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Naturally Follows.
The Democratic party believes that Ig-
norance is a misfortune. —Mckinney
('ounel'-Gazc! -I\
The Democratic party, then, has not
found Ignorance to be bliss.
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Difficult.
From an office boy to a plunger in
Wall Street is rather a long jump, but
(hat placo has a plunger who has inado
tho big leap.—Yoakum Herald.
The trouble is that you cannot Jump
back from tho position of a plunger to an
office boy, although many plungers ulti-
mately doubtless wish that they could.
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Use.ess Death.
A youth who recently moved to Little
Rock, Ark., from Texas killed himself
the other day. They laid it all on a
girl, but If the truth were known, we
wager that he was languishing for Texas.
—Corpus Christi Caller.
In other words, the Caller is of the
opinion that the youth in question was
tho victim of a mistake.
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That Recent Bolt.
There has been many and all kinds of
mules talked about, but it is safe to bet
that the Democratic "trick mule," now-
housed at Lincoln, N^b-, is attracting
more attention than any mule ever did
at any time in the history of this useful
animal.—Laredo Times.
Incidentally, be might be said to be
attracting even the lightning.
Only Way.
"Palestine Is Coming," declares the
Palestine Herald. It Is easy to de-
termine which way, as there Is only ono
railroad from Palestine, but where is
tho town bound for?
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More Than Likely.
Mr. Taft threatens a panic if the Demo-
cratic party is successful this fall.—Men-
ardville Messenger.
There probably will be—among Repub-
lican office holders. y
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Of Course Nit.
Do not predict for a bad boy a bad
end.—Coleman Voice.
Certainly not. Ho may grow up and
become the head of a trust.
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Past Understanding.
San Antonio chauffeurs have asked per-
mission to carry pistols to protect them-
selves. The suffering public might have
sought relief along the same line save for
the fact that the pistol has not been in-
vented that will overtake a chauffeur.—
Corpus Christi Caller.
But who wishes to overtake a chauf-
feur. Are wo not always dodging him as
it Is?
Peculiar.
' The man who paints his house is a
public benefactor.—Cuero Record.
Yet strango as it may seem, the man
who paints the town is. not.
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Evidently.
The Beaumont Journal wants the dogs
muzzled, the Austin Satatesman wants the
"pestlferious little mosquitoes" muz-
zled and in the meantime Nacogdoches
folks are muzzling the weeds.—Nacog-
doches Sentinel.
rt would appear that this Is the muz-
zling of the press.
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So It Would Seem.
Between :i00fl and 4100 Democrats in
Fort Worth will be sorry they didn't give
a dollar to the Democratic campaign
fund after Bryan Is elected. No dollar
now; no postmaster then. That's the
rule. Now take a hand.—Fort Worth
Telegram.
Tho Telegram evidently expects a vast
increase in the number of Fort Worth
postmasters under a Democratio adminis-
tration.
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Evidently.
1-lumorlst Hall was side-tracked by his
Pro. associates because he was an anti-
Bailey man. He did not have the nerve
to la'mbast his colleagues, who placed
the cause of Senator Bailey first, but ho
abused the hospitality of the people of
San Antonio and Insulted his hosts. Ills
Pro friends humiliated him. To get
square he let loose the vials of his
wrath on the Antis. Mr. Hall is not
humorist. He is a vag^rlst.-Dallas
Times-Herald.
That last sentence at least should of
itself put tho quietus to Mr. Hall.
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Helps Some.
It develops that the Queen of Burmah
invented the sheath gown 200 years ago;
of course Cleopatra invented the merry
widow hat.—Houston Chronicle.
The Chronicle Is naturally optimistic
but it Is to be feared that. Judging from
tho chronic state of dishabille in which
most artists portray Mrs. Cleopatra, it is
mistaken.
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But He Doesn't Mean It.
That values of Yoakum real estate will
never be less than they are now Is a
cinch.—Yoakum Herald.
The emphasis which the Herald lays
on this assertion would Indicato that it
holds Yoakum realty values In poor es-
teem.
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Evidently.
China is just beginning to use butter-
Bronte Knterprise.
Tho Chinese are to be envied then bv
'the nations which have long since passed
the butter stage and reached that of
oleomargarine.
Also True.
Laugh, if you are wise—says the old
proverb.—Texas Sun.
Still, there are occasions when It would
bo a poor policy, or an Indiscretion, to
nay the least, to laugh.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Recrudescence of the "Blue Laws."
Governor Fort's threat to call out the
New Jersey militia and put Atlantic City
under martial law unless the sale of liq-
uor there on Sunday is stopped creates a
curious situation.
In explaining the reasons for Issuing
bis proclamation the Governor says of
the Atlantic City officials: "The chief of
police will not aet because tho mayor will
not so order. The may r refuses to do so.
The grand Jury will not indict because
they are directly or Indirectly controlled
by the liquor power."
This is tantamount to stating that the
sentiment of that community is adverse
to the bishops' law, which affects all the
cities and towns of the State alike, re-
gardless of local taste or wishes; and
it is a simple truth that no law in this
country can he enforced unless backed
|-y the good will of the people. The spec-
tacle of an American community being
governed by armed troops to prevent u
citizen from getting a drink if he wants
it is not to be thought of.
Open violation of the law cannot he
tolerated—the Governor Is right in that;
but there is a better course than to en-
force at the jSolnt of the bayonet a law
which is distasteful to the community.
Probably Governor Fort appreciates this,
for he ends his proclamation with a state-
ment that unless the Sunday law is en-
forced at Atlantic City tomorrow he
will forthwith call the legislature into
extra session, "that legislation may lie
enacted under which the laws of the
State trmy lie enforced In all places and
equally upon all the people In the State."
The question arises, Should whatever
laws that may be enacted be enforced "in
all places and equally upon all the people
in the state"? What becomes of the prin-
ciple of homer rule? Why not leave each
community to regulate excise matters for
itself? Regulations perfectly suited to
the tastes and wishes of a homogenous
little rural community may be absolutely
unfitted for and distasteful to the totally
different habits of the mixed population
of a manufacturing town or a great pleas-
ure resort by the sea like Atlantic City.
It is not w-ell to confuse the excise issue
with other questions. Governor Fort com-
plains that gambling and other forms of
vice aro not restrained, hut the grand
jury, which found no indictments in the
excise cases, brought in two indictments
ia gambling cases, and the foreman de-
clared that they might have found others
but tbat the evidence was withheld he-
cause they would not hand in present-
ments in the liquor cases first.
An extreme opinion is expressed by the
Evening Post in the assertion that tlio
spirit of lawlessness at Atlantic City "dif-
fers no one whit from that which cre-
ated the lynching mob at Springfield."
and hopes for a determination "to uphold
this particular statute at any cost, and
to uphold the majesty of the law if It
takes every New Jersey soldier to do it."
On the other hand, the Brooklyn Eagle,
while declaring that defying the law is
"bad in morals and generally discourag-
ing." contends that "any city in this
country is entitled to the sort of govern-
ment its people want." Citing the exam-
ple of Coney Island, which "cleaned
house" to its vast improvement in popu-
larity and profits, the It agio argues thai
"Atlantic City will not advertise and
flaunt vices, but it plainly does not re-
gard taking a drink on Sunday as a vice.
If that is the mind of a majority of its
citizens let them say so at the polls and
live up to the decision." As the law
stands at present, it makes no difference
what that particular community may say
at the polls unless a majority of voters In
other communities agree.
If the New Jersey Legislature is sum-
moned in extra session it would, promote
good government by enacting a local op-
tion law, but it proba.bly would not be
disposed to do so. A curious wave of
"moral reform" in intolerance and insist-
ence on restricting the personal habits
and liberty of one's neighbors is rolling
over the country. In the South prohibi-
tion law initiated to prevent the negroes
from getting liquor have been carried to
such a. hysterical extreme that if a pas-
senger on a train passing through some
States takes a drink from his pocket
flask be is liable to arrest. Prevention of
betting on race-tracks in New York Is
another instance of this spirit that in-
spired the old blue laws. The prohibition
candidate for the Presidency arouses en-
thusiasm hv promising his audiences that
if he should he elected and a prohib-
itory law- be passed he "will call out the
militia, and the standing army and the
navy and enforce prohibiiion on every
inch of territory under the American
flag."
The present insistence upon sumptuary
laws and restrlcllon of personal liberty is
certain to provoke a mischievous reaction.
—N^w York Herald.
An Affinity Dramaf
Something over a year ago an artist
living in a small town in New York
State creatcd a sensation that was of
world-wide—in fact, even of international
proportions. He sent his young wife and
infant chtkl back to the wile's parental
iionio ill Paris in order that the husband
might take unto himself tho "affinity"—
the one and only true soul mate—whom
lie believed he had discovered in tile in-
dividuality of another young woman
that had been a guest of his original
mate and himself. The first wife was so
obliging as to cross the ocean with her
child, and later was so accommodating
as to secure a divorce, which left tile ar-
tist free to marry his affinity.
The people of his town, who had been
intent upon tarring and feathering him
upon discovering his scheme 01' sending
away his wife and child and substituting
the affinity, eventually cooled down and
allowed the soul-union to run its natural
course. It seems that the natural course
was not long in reaching a terminus that
Shook the affinity theory into chaotic
ruin. Two days ago the artist was sent
to t lie county jail charged with choking
and beating his soul mate.
The moral of the story is so plain that
it can not be avoided. The man who
makes a miss In picking his affinity the
first time is pretty apt to fail in getting
the right one at tho soctfnd choosing.
But those who believe in the affinity
theorv will probably he able to Interpret
the episode differently.—Baltimore Amer-
ican.
Private Repeal of Public Laws.
The shooting of a Bordentown man of
modest worldly standing by a neighbor
of his own class for the alleged reason
that the dead man had invaded his home
does not somehow seem to strike the
same chord that is played upon when a
rich home despoller is brought to book.
The lesson alleged for the shooting may
have existed or not, hut either way tho
unwritten law seems only doubtfully
suited to the requirements of poor men.
The inference further appears obvious
that In making .unwritten laws there
ought to be affixed to them a limit or
clause specifying to whom they are in-
tended to apply. Since the T,,aw trial,
the tendency of individuals to repeal the
law against murder without consulting
the Legislature or the courts seems to
be overwhelmingly on the increase. The
Hains case is an example. The Bordeu-
town case is still another.
If every man is entitled to repeal the
law on his own Judgment and at his own
pleasure, lie ought, at least, to bo required
to give public notice of Its repeal by ad-
vertisement or otherwise. Under the
present arrangement confusion Is inevita-
ble. Nobody seems able to tell from
moment to moment which laws are In
effect and which have been privately re-
pealed.—Philadelphia Evening News.
Teacher Didn't Know Much.
"How do you like your teacher, dear?"
little Mary was asked, after her first day
at school. "I like her real well," said
Mary, "but I don't think she knows
much, for .she Just keeps asking questions
all tho time."—The Delineator.
Giving It Time.
Jeweler—la your watch all right now,
Mr. Smart?
Mr. Smart—Yell, no. not yet; but It
seems to bo gaining every day —
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NOVEMBER HEARSTERIA OF SALOME.
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t-f Crtai*T*n' Clark*
1
WHY ACTRESSES SHOULD MARRY
"No Class of Women Appreciate Horns
and Husband More."
Actresses should marry. So should all
other women. There I am separating
women of the staple into a class by them-
selves, as different from other women,
just as the thing that I object to have
other people do. Hut in this ease the
separation comes easily. It has been said
for so many years that tho stage woman
should not marry—because it. hurts busi-
ness—that I speak of her in particular.
This is an old and exploded idea. Man-
agers no longer file the serious objections
to married couples appearing in the same
company that were formerly heard on
every hand. 1 believe this arose from (he
fact that when there was sudden '.rouble
in the cast and one left the company on
quick notice, it was pretty certain to take
two members, which in some cases seri-
ously hampered production.
Hut then there was also the matter of
alleged favoritism, which may Ivvo ex-
isted and may still exist. This should he
guarded against in the theatrical ouslness
and in all other business for that matter
—but it's no logical reason why the wom-
an of the theater should not have her
husband and her home.
Home is the principal thing. We all
need homes. They are a part of our llvea
which wo cannot well do without. And
although the actress may have a homo
without a husband, she is likelier to pos-
sess both than one.
I believe there is no woman on earth,
or no class of women, who appreciate
home and husband more than the actress.
Her life is necessarily one of too much
hotel, too much travel ami too much arti-
ficiality. She needs the influence of the
home; she .needs the love of the husband.
The actress who is married and has a
home looks upon the world with more
charitable and loving eyes.
A word about the husband. I am frank
in admitting that the husband of the ac-
tress often has a hard time of it. I be-
lieve more is expected of him than from
other husbands.
The actress has often been spoiled by
the praise and flattery of the world.
Even if she be not spoiled she has become
aware of the fact that she has the ability
to please people. Thus she has doubtless
become more difficult than other women
to please.
Tier husband must love her more than
the husbands of others.
Me must bo constant in his devotion.
He must often overlook his wife's tem-
per and temperament.
And 1 almost hate to admit it, but it
is probably true that he must also either
have money or bo able to make much
money.
The actress Is self-supporting. She is
able to earn more money perhaps than
the ordinary man.
So the husband must, offer enoutrh in
return to repay her for taking tho "fatal
step to matrimony."
But she and other women should take
the step, nevertheless; all women sboul I
be married. First, It is right; second, it
is the fountain from which springs earth-
ly happiness.—Cleveland Plain Dfealer.
\
CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION.
A Well-PNnned Fight Against Tuber-
culosis Is Needed.
The fight against tuberculosis is fre-
quently called a campaign of education,
because only through widespread instruc-
tion given to the sufferer and his neigh-
bors can consumption be limited, reduced,
or prevented. But this fight against
tuberculosis is also an education to tho
student of social movements, because the
relatively speedy development, of general
interest in the fight and in the construc-
tion of social machinery to spread inter-
est and knowledge has been a test case,
so to speak, of tne possibility of awaken-
ing the social conscience when a great
sanitifry issue is involved.
Hardly a decade ago consumption was
regarded as a modern "scourge of God";
today the population of city after city is
learning (and remembering» that "tuber-
culosis is a curable disease, if treated in
its incipient stages." This campaign of
widespread disseminaWbn of instruction
ijid information is a social phenomenon
that could occur only in most modern
times. Earlier fights against contagious
diseases were largely blundering, local, or
conducted by a group or class, generally
physicians. This modern fight against the
"white plague" is well planned^relatively
general, and effective, because it lias been
undertaken by many different representa-
tive groups, which have co-ordinated
their efforts.
The task of spreading information about
the disease, of getting the individual pa-
tients to observe instructions, and of get-
ting groups and communities to construct
and run the machinery of the campaign
has been, and still is, a gigantic task.
Progress or success in the fight against
tuberculosis has been dependent upon the
dissemination of vital information to mil-
lions of persons, of many toi\gues. often
most wretchedly housed, and inhabiting
various areas of the municipalities.
The report of a notorious trial will be
spread by the newspapers to every nook
and cranny of the city, but naturally
newspapers cannot be counted on to pur-
vey tuberculosis doctrine with regularity.
Yet masses of human beings must be in-
structed, not only how to treat the dis-
ease in themselves, but also how not to
give it to others. Moreover, the fight
against tuberculosis, though starting lo
cally in many places, is esse^ially a com-
mon fight against a coinmorWrnemy. The
disease does not "stay put," and must
be attacked all along the line.—O. F.
Lewis, in the American Review of Re-
views.
No Disappointment.
A man who had been convicted of
stealing was brought before a certain
"Down East" Judge/ well known for his
tender heartedness. to be sentenced.
"Have you ever been sentenced to im-
prisonment?" asked the Judge, not un-
kindly.
"Never;" exclaimed the prisoner, sud-
denly bursting into tears.
"Well, well, don't cry, my man," said
his honor consolingly; "you're going to
be now."—Everybody's Magazine. -
FARMER'S INSECT COLLECTION,
Eccentric Hoosier Whittles Artistic
Wooden Toys Depicting Rural Life.
Surnmitvillc, Ind.—The two hobbles
which for forty-five years have occupied
the attention of Isaac B. Woods, a
farmer of this place, are insects and
whittled objects. He has been a devoted
"insectologist," scorning the title of "en-
tomologist," until now he has in his col-
lection fully 100,000 insects, classified and
under glass, labeled with the common
name as well as the scientific name in
artistic letters.
Mr. Woods will, without a second's hesi-
tation, tell the peculiarities of every in-
sect in his collection, describe their food,
how sand where they breed and give a
complete family history of any of the
members of his immense collection, many
of which he has hatched out in his
"breeding cages" and in his "bug house,"
a one-story building which he built for
an insect storeroom.
For the last five years Woods has, dur-
ing his spare moments, been whittling on
woods of all kinds, until now he has an-
other collection which is as interesting
as his insect collection. It is undoubt-
edly the finest collection of miniature
farm and household belongings in the
United States. An old-time log cabin,
barn, corn crib, well sweep, surrounded
by a pole fence, within which is arranged
the farmer's tools of pioneer days, Is but
a beginning of tho 10,000 pieces in the
novel collection.
Among the belongings to the old-time
"whittled" farm are the ash hopper, liz-
ard, harrow, bobsled, grain flail, cane
mill, hog gallows, hand rake, ricks of
poles for wood, maul and wedges and in-
numerable other things all true in min-
utest detail, correct in miniature propor-
tion, and finished with artistic touch.
It is, however, in the construction of a
carpet loom that his ingenuity is best
shown, he having made everything that
goes with a loom, including cards, distaff,
flax brake, reels and a dozen other bits
of machinery, that are a mystery to tho
generation of today. It is all in correct
working order, all geared up to one wheel,
and every one of the hundred or more
wheels, shuttles and spindles runs when
power is applied, weaving a Strip of car-
pet about six inches in width.—New York
World.
THE BOOZE IN THE HIDE.
How the Ardent Comforter Is Sold in
Prohibition Maine.
Deputy Sturgis Commissioner Goss is
at. work on a song which will be a par-
ody on "Locked in the Stable With the
Sheep," only he will call it "Found in
the Hide With the. Booze."
Deputy Goss' inspiration comes from
a seizure which Deputies Beaulicu and
Stevens made in a stable on Lincoln
Alley early Friday morning. They took
a peek into things at their leisure be-
fore the proprietor showed up and dis-
covered one of the most ingenious and
best concealed hides which lias been un-
earthed by the officers of late.
Entrance is made by first going up
two flights of stairs and then down one.
Hut the flight that you go down is so
carefully concealed that it was only by
the merest chance that the officers
found it. The stairs creaked with each
step, which was the only noise except
that of scampering rats as large as pet
poodles and with tails as long as a train
of cars.
At the foot of the stairs the officers
found an open room which apparently
was a part of the stable. A lamp with
a smoky chimney was on a box beside
which were a number of glasses. Near
by were a ten-gallon keg, a /two-gallon
jug, a gallon measure and a /pint meas-
ure, all containing whiskey. This booze
den was evidently the retreat and source
of supply of the pocket peddlers.
Liquor selling in Lewiston and other
Maine cities which have been invaded
by tfie Sturgis deputies has been reduced
to such an exact science that those who
take chances are being called profes-
sional booze vendors. As doctors can
tell whether a person is ill by the look
of his face, so can these peddlers tell
whether a man wants to buy whiskey
when he shows up at a resort where the
stuff is dealt out on the sly.
Only one question is asked a customer
by the pocket peddler. He simply walk*
up to the man and says
"Big or little?" ana soon produces the
goods ordered.
"Rig or little' 'means more than the
words indicate. Tf the customer says big
lie gets a pint, and if he says little he
gets half a pint. He isn't asked what
kind of stuff he wants, for only one la
carried. He gets whiskey or nothing.—
Lewiston Kvening Journal.
iTy
y Special Permission.
A firm of shady outside London broRerf
was prosecuted for swindling. In ac-
quitting them the Court, with great se-
verity Hald:
"There is not sufficient evidence t«
convict you, but if any one wishes to
know my opinion of you I hope thai
they will refer to me."
Next day the firm's advertisement ap-
peared in every available medium witlj
the following, well displayed: "Refer-
ence as to probity, by special permission,
the Lord Chief Justice of England."—*
Everybody's Magazine.
—
Through the Green.
Old Golf Professional—Na, ye'll no
mak' a gwoffer—ye've begun ower lat«
and ye've ower muckle pottle; but it'*
just possible if ye pr-ractice harrd. ver-
ra hard, for twa-three years ye micht—
Jones (expectantly)—Yes?
Professional—^Ye micht begin to hae a
glimmer that ye'll never ken tho r-rudi-
nients o' the game.—Sketch.
The Boiler's Reasons.
Mother—Don't tease me, Johnnie. Can*1
you see I'm in a lot of trouble? Thi
boiler has sprung a leak.
Johnnie—What makes It leak?
Mother—Because It's my day at home,
your father has asked two men to din-
ner, the cook has left, and the butcher
hasnUt come wita the meat. Now ruq
and play.—Brooklyn Life.
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