The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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THE T*v*TiPn fiTTTTIRTK. OKLA.. TIU'KSHAV. .ll'NK ijljfjli.
PAGE FOUR
THB OUMMMA LEADER
NluL ACK
«PtablM*4,#'tf published every
Thursday Train ifrT-107 1-2 West Har-
rison avenue uji-I entered In the Post-
office at out fine, Oklahoma, as second
class mail manor.
Subscription- $1 .00 the year,
variably in advanre.
in
SUMMER ADVERTISING
Much (-an be learned of tin* s«i-
#nce of advertising Un the average
merchant. i y ntudylug the methods
of (be great department storea of
the country. These emporiums
have been built up solely by adver-
Using, and the? pay high salaries
for the l,est bralus In tin- advertw-
business. Their conclusions, as
may be seen in the methods actually
inployed, represent the results of
xhaustlve experiments in the art
If selling foods through newspaper
UNCLE SAM'S BIGGEST #ARGAIN
Alaska's clamor for a territorial le-
iflaturf
iture bills Jalr
conn re-* .au, L-U
'4
/
THE MINIMUM WAGE
"The laborer in worthy or mi
hire" If a aelf-rvldenl truth whleh
eoiues wllh the added rtaiwtlon of
the Ure.U Teacher. Self-evident and
divinely satulloluMl though it
catch the
.. „ ^ Alaska has lieen
l Jeadlnw a lift t pi" for ., ).r, i '■
rilorlal «u>< flirinn. hilt tint* lar us
I rayer had fallen on deaf ears, ai
thoitKli lt« j*> 'i^tlon ir ureiuur than
that of man; territories when they
well' K'V"|| U."* c lirrtl leKWlalnies
The pftfcWlt i*i|iulailon or the tern
torv if about whleh U nearl'
h - much us Uf state or Nevada now
Imp. more than many territory hav
hill when #rn nmanijed. and tuon
t! an home or the ordinal llilr
Males hod lien the nation was horn.
The most sUiWiij; feature <>l Ma
kn. however. Ifi the wonderful wealt.i
It Imb yielded already and the
greater wealth that It is detniueil
ylfhi in the future. Itacli 111 I*1"
v neii we ae,|Ulre,l Masl.a, tlie aet wa
rlilu i Yd h> tuam , and inaui •snoraiit
and short-sighted oneB lietrrudjied 111r*
riliry hcv^ii millions that we imiil lor
thai huge domain. Hut Biliee that
time Abudja.has v|t^<.'d ov.tr
on. InTSflafs alone, ami Ir
non;. in Ilia tnodg. ts of h -i-ll-horli-s.
Ti r I of ill • produi lion of Alaska in •
Jeurt tin? tlfen ovet $ I 40' hiO.immi, and
aciijut thauaiortiious sum we haw to
* c*mm otilv nhout .lion for the
|.ui'1 Ha*u. 4iritai and total eosi ol ad*
minlBtraiion to date.
This r'•(!«< of twelve ror one. <>'•
Itfwnft arv ll year nu the entire
lnvowneiil tor the whole I , lear.i Is
iii'i'HHi 1 v the hiaaest hamaln over struck
I*" linrlo Sarti. Ami yet this is only
the buKlnnliii: The eiml ol Ala 1
alom in prohabl worth ten limes as
mi I r. lis all or ItH Kold and silver Its
forest.1 represent another vast mine ol
v.ea!til. And llnallj we are told that
the tn at Interior Tatiana valley has
Kood fnrnilnn land of euuul value ami
of fitter area than nil the larin n"
land «.r Norway, Sweden and Kinlaml.
V'here toll million people live by a"ri
Cllll III o.
Pitch are the proKlotis In tiIs that
have flowed troiu a iinnle act "f far
aightol staleainanahili. In the luee ol
preitulle.o and opposition. It ettipha-
alJieB pneo more the ituporlanee ol
veal leadership. a principle that we
ttro sometimes In danger ol losing
tight of In the present-day effort to
bring all Important matters directly
before the people themselves for m1
tion at the polls. The effort to brim:
officials closer to the people, and to
make tliem fullv anif directly respon-
slide to he people, is right In prlnei
pie, hut we should he careful not to
carry tills principle ao far as to lose
the value of real leadership and that
far-sighted wisdom that come- only
.o men who study great problems
first hand.
ALL EVES ON CHICAGO.
All eves are turned toward t'r.l-
aKo today, figuratively speaking,
.iterally, all ear.i also may be turn-
ed that way with possibilities or re-
is, i suits ir the sessions of the nation-
It is, then, highly significant thai
the great department stores kpetio
a lot uf money through the summer
in advertising. One reason (or this
policy is no doubt that a steady
trade is the most economical. Where
ihertising is allowed to drop, or to
he rut down, trade ,lr,>|i« tool
The result Is that the force of
clerks is not profitably employe,I.
Moreover, there is a loss oi trade
that will never be made up People
will wear their old clothes, ft"*1
spend the money thus saved ol:
amusements and travel, which other-
wise would go to the home stores
new clothes for themselves and
their children, new house Mirnlsb
inns, and better food. In somt}
cases where trade drops, throtiish
failure To advertise, It po doubt
comes in ,1 a later date, hut very
liUelv all In a biinih In such ti wav
that the clerk# cannot handle "
efficiently. . ..
Cine gnat end and ami of advet-
Using Is to persuade Hie pui'dlc that
a men bant has enterprise atid in-
telligence If the merchant s nam"
is II.I see.l in IV- advertising eol-
minis (or u period of weeks, the lm-
urcsslnn of pre, urns tnlvet i i«in is
largelv Mfaccd. In man, ;.l:u-es he
ooaunBtloo of commodlUM in "<•
suunuer is very lar.-.e «' ' -1'1' " 11JJ
potential trad. waiting to
bu solicited. People re,pure large
outfits tor vacat m use, and they
need clothing, catald. - nml house
furnlshiip-'B. pecullurly suited to
warm weather. The merchant who
drops his advertising In
savs in effect to the (mlilie lh.it hi
Is Indifferent to their needs du-itig
ft period ol liberal spetidliu.
While some people are out ol
town for short vacations in summer,
nianv others tire visiting hoic. I no!
u,v ai leisure, anil they enjoy 'hop-
pin, while «... .1 visit, mm neg-
Uict Ihe possibilities ol ilioii traui
oilier truth, it not seldom falls
Mine practical assent. The
rights of the lalwring m«n to a llv-
, iia\,- i„.ii won tram th«
lost' I*ts ot gr '«'dy capitalists only
i> Ion continued and strenuous
oiifli' i; indeed, with all the conflict
tnd sir i-ul«', they are yet far from
Ww.svcuwjl.,,,,,
SOME JUDICIAL THEORIES
Chicago Tribune: Why the Nrw
York court or appeals is occupying un
unenviable eminence at this time for
annulling social legislation may be
_ ^ .gathered rrotn the address of one ol
.1 committee and the snbsejiuent 'Vidvemli' 'l-luh'
■otivetilion do not produce a clamor ., l'.lns-
and clang that will re-«-ho In the I h j. ,, , a| .uf ...sjge Cul-
mountain tops and rumlde on the 1 at.s
plain throughout the whole country. M |,.„v.Ri V-■ ,
there will lie a lot of dlaapiiointed I ,stacle to progn . andiso that she faced the difficult task ot
J that jtiklng the children with her on tour
Ircus. and both of them little
THE TitANlC. THE RED CROSS WHEN THE "COLONEL" BLUFFED
AND THE BALLET DANCER
One of the most puzzling of the ap Story of a Westerner Who Played
plications tor help iliat has come be ! Poker With a Party of Senators
lore the Titanic lU*d Cross lt«'liei i —and Won.
committee was that of the ballet dane ——
cr from Cleopatra in the Marnum and Prom Uie Seattle Post-lntellfgencer
Halley circus. In order that she "The psychology of poker is the
night po on the road, her mother was name, whether the game is plajed in
coming from Kngland to care for her r fashionable club or in the* bunk-
two small children. The mother was
lost. The dancer's salary is small.
IV 1-er.enl ,#LrU" IM i'.lWUltlU has
■d i«t Ihe eiii^ctuu;u 1. 1 > jiarlhimelii
if i ,io\ i.-lnll to un-hid tile 4'aifeS
jf Jueurern frniii going below a lixed
iuiii. the inlnlinum wage, so called,
n tiie belief that the naming or a
fixed sum would he contrary to the
ile it of Knglinh legislation,
Ihe Ilntr if tlxing the minimum
,v.i e wa' |,.ft to loeul ! nurds. It is
lieveil that this'provision yvlli afford
relief to some or the worst eases of
underpaid labor.
'I.ivhor With the hands Is not the
inly sort of libit" that Is iuaile-
■piatel. rewarded. The great ma-
ioritv of gctpel ministers have been
very inadequately paid. Two bodies
of I'-nglisli non-conformists, the
I tap! ists aid Coiigregntionallst*. are
aklng measures lo secure a fund
.at shall make It possll.de to pay
their ministers not less than ftnne a
some afforti looking in mi"
tion have lieen made In this
d criticism Is ti' it tin
courts are ii istacles to progre . am:
people. 'oestruct the ill of tho people; thai
Couservatice thinkers are convincea j])vtoai, Q( (^mlng the etinstit 11^011 ini a
that the bitterness of a liroud. liberal as to ke- „ , „v . -
comtnoiftift. I* to'th" 111..,.' of ProgfsaiH^\fte«lt bad ll.-e.. till
t; ■ changed condiHons and sitnatifMH^feaj?! .Arthur l\ KWJofeu. in Sin
just Was eff^tti^lv ^
atni any chances the rtyujllcan
party bad or electIni? a succesjr lo
Mi Taft. Tin' president s friends
iim'l certain Koose.velt could not ihjs-
ibly be elected, uhile the former
sident's einmaign has tieen tas^d
tbei' construe1 it according to fjts
terms." I ,
It is difficult to credit Judge ful-
| en with intellectual honesty a tier
adlng a sentence like this. A u\liid
Wv, "she proposed that the"commit
tee set her up in a side show at Coney
Island so that she could take care
of the children herself* All i'"1' the
committee need do, she said, was to
buy her a tent, sonm camp chains, s
and the abbreviated
entirely upon the premise that I aft ,^, a«nr d. presumably, to logical thUik
couid not possibly succeed hlmaeir. )in would know this to be a begging few spangles
Nuthwithstamliti.• ibis condition I()f |h(4 whole fjueBt|on a, issue. Jud tej (vertically) costumes for six dancers
;'i(Tail's, a comfl.romise candidate ( lllIon cttn hardiy pretend that he «|6cs Some way that dlid not seem a legitl
ncii Immediately probable. I' ap- 1!f)t ){now that no one asks for U con mate use for relief funds, though it
that the Roosevelt following stru«tion in defiance of the term*. must be confessed it was in the lmc
"b t<) prevent such a nut terms do no# construe tUjfm- ol self-help. Hut a plan was woiueu
and the '^jves. They must bo explained and'c ut by which the youngsters will not
is strong enou
solution of the dilemma
"I! nel hlmseir as absolute dictator li(,,I. ,|„(|Ke Culletl declares thatilnive to follow the show.
il l following is not empected t" ttie phraseology of a constitution| "This Is an exceptional case.
ve I s .elflsh dream of a third ,„„9t be construed "In the sense that tvplcal is Mrs. Olovanninl, a we l-eda
h IClllJCC UlS B lllnl , ...1. _ .1 . 14. l..ntMnil Inolad llollan wnllinn nf tWeUtj "llVO
rtfjee
term.
No
de-
tie parties who made it understood jce ted Italian woman
mutter what tlie outcome of 'it." Hut unless the judge arrogates to]with three children and soon to hav
I A" mnhiL- eonlln t in Chicago, one himself a super-natural power to re-in fourth. Leaving her enough to IIv
the coming to 111 t iiemocrattc |produce the thoughts and intentions on until his return, her husband had
" niinne to imiirove. If of men long dead, be must confess |gone to Italy to consult a specialist.
,,u «, minuted at Haiti- I that his Interpretation is inerelv hls|t:iklng with l.lm the savings of seven
t hump ( lark r- m indicate thought of what their thought would years from his salary of $2., a weelt.
more, as presen '""'''"X.st do.ibt 1. when applied to tho facts liefoio Neither her two brothers, who arc
there will be not tin slight , him * li,borers nor her family in Italy lan
who will ride down the stre vnot,1Pr JudK0 ottllen's aseer-ilielp. The is in n very serious plivsl-
t!ons is worthy of analysis. He as-|<ai condition and must have a pension
urts that ••the duly of Ihe courts ill lintil her children can begin to earn
~ „„ueT cither construing a constitution is just ,the their own living. The oldest is now
CL^RK AGAINST E THERUiiJfamr „ wouW be in conslruin* a eight.
St. Louis llepubiI • wise <1< ed." That is impossiblis. A deed "The stories might be prolonged in
ton conies the niioiiii.i on.'(j0c8 not state continuing general definitely. So far as money will help
ones are dlBcnssing^the Chicago -prlncIples to ,bt
of Washington with the r®t'rl'!fi
president on the 4th ol next Mar,li.
It, .. ,lloM in mi,wi tnai j'lin* tu 1,0 applied to changing they are being helped. Hut the amount
vention with th(V ' , , | j)v ijmJccncrete facts. A constitution is a .«• mi.?erv and sorrow, the wracked
the kind of candiua e .i,,icrmiiiinK nation's rule of life, made up, so jierves. tiie number of expected babies
Republicans ma> b«j 1 s,..,ul.,f?ir as it calls for interpretation, of carried next to breaking hearts, arc
factor in ehotistng iiiH:nm, uttu, m.>rneral „rillcl„,?8. the na-| staggering."
ountry. and it. is 1 iKely that
measure will be taken at a
lay not far distant.
ontl 11 inn - revealed by the recent
trike at I lyvrence go to prove
ihat labor in the text lie Industrie*
there was Inadequately paid. An
iverage wage of six dollars
per wed; was . reported, while n
is estimated that a working man
annoi provide his family with the
ll,solute necessities of existence on
less than a week. Out this
oiulition arises the overworking o
women, the placing of children at
hard and long continued labor be-
fote they are physically able to
endure it, and 1'roni these Iwo causes
ihe lowering of vitality and deterlor-
t ion of humanity. It Is ■ .probable
Hint conditions In Lawrence were n<)
worse than In a large nuntllier
fmetory citlea In the country; Indeed,
as concerns hours or labor. the ..
I ayvrcticc mills were more merciful |i,(.S| constitution this country can
tnan the majority of their kind. iluve.
oiiiing of women in | Taft, on the other hand, is n
|lion's life is always changing* -tho
ard bearer.
s deration.
The Republicans H1f.'oTroobc- ', ,rd <° changed conditions
certain to name either I art ot uoose ,i u ^ (
velt. The
is the american
being understood?
Arnold Hennelt, who paid a llyitm
visit lo America's shores a few
months ugo. is to contribute to one
of the magazines, according lo the
editor's proud aunouncemeni, an
article based on his startling dls
covery that Ihe Yankee business
man does not love the dollar lor it
self but bee.iuse it means power ami
success.
If Mr. Bennett persists in writing
in such fashion he will speedily g«
himself "in bad" sHutoad. The tra-
dition that Americans are a lot or
money--ruMiing shopkeepers, who
Young girls s,M'k «"1l,,0>mo"t
Tin
of
4"
e
THE OWNERSHIP OF BUILDINGS.
publicity as a cure for a wide
variety of evils is receiving much
emiphasis at present. One of the
latest suggestions along this line is
emibodied In the "little tin plate
ordinance which has been proposed
in New York city, and which would
require that every building in the
city have prominently displayed on
It. a brass plate 'bearing the name ol
Its owner.' The name 'Little
Plate" was firse applied to it
ridicule, but has lieen accepted
Its advocates
"It Is rather generally known
course thai many of the most dls*
graceful rpsorts in any city are own
ed by people of standing, who are to
a considerable extent respected,
who pose as of the elect, and whose
connection with the sub-strata ^ is
known to themselves only. They
have no objection to receiving their
share of the profits of illegitimat
business in the form of lii«li rents
as long as il is not known that th<
receive It. They are able as long
as they alone know (*i their rela
lions with the lower elements of so-
' clety to pacify their own conscience,
' ' Hut a ill tie publicity ! a wond«
"tul stimulus to a lethargic con
science, ll Is argued, and with soirn
reason. th: t a very great nutm er (it
peo^e Who now rent their property
t< -perKotis engaged in illegit imat«
pdrsuitw would cease lo do so ''
their ownership t f the property
were known V sense ol >hatnc the
force of public opinion, would drne
i i .UVPU1 'V sopariUfi t!iems«-lves from
tliose under the curse o' public dis-
approval. Many an individual who
now eagerly welcomes bis snug
profits would find hlmselt writhing
under the prospect of public evpos-
ure.
Undoubtedly, a knowledge ol tn
ownership of the properly u^l
would be of value in any efforts to
handle the problems «onnecied with
the worst evils of our lii.u riiies It
hag ! i -en found almo-t im.po ^ihle
under (present condition,1 to i-,ei-
talr, the true owners \ law to fa
militate this and in tail. I" tnai.,' ;
cas\ to diKcovcr the owlierslil;,
„f I, I 111 iU in I.' lb"' every |,as, "i-Hv
nilxbt know would be of consid-
cral.le value M lea^l •'
a true face ml tile mock t> pe „l v
tue that maannerides us deceit, 1
while living on the profit- of the
urobaest itnmorallty and tin
passions. The "l.ittl,'
ordinandi.is, after all.
a subj'-ut tor ridicule.
\ I'hlctic.jai'. in Mi eftort lo 1
a nickel, tmwht wiu, a vr(' , r
conductor tluo^Q dB ij1'1 d 'i
of inlu® * 'r' • eiv«l ™ *alk<Hii
wide to WJoy the nickel .-aveil It.
ativeti wiH t^'Prciale hi> consider,.
tion for them
Im-iii,rl*)ii fact: Captain Con/ab'f
chief innutrition officer in Jam.
Mexioo. ."[>'l o was luisiHsinated
Sundij night, was a classmate i
imrknetl. collese or Christy Mathevv-
son Neic York's National league
star IVtfW.
provisions tor this ahoiild
rather by the states than
urapean mind until it is well-nlih I by the national Boverinneni. TM :^lt'jcg 0; tlugpresident dwell upon his
ally some hale Tom Kinney was dujpiy m fniiurc t6 rttlq his onif househol
open-minded writer like Arnold Hen- ,'Hled in leKlslatlQn of1 ' HullinKers and Wilsons, they
p 1111,1 see things I ...it «e, ure,l laws limiting l«' rontrast It with tho wise lenders
ill their true light, but tew writers
ay ami
for less th in a living
nf peril that means need not
lie pointed out.
Plainly Ihese conditions show
need ,,l' legislation llxing
isonably j principles niusl be constantly re-ap- CLARK WILL BE THE NOMINEE
''ed to changed conditions According to the latest revised iig
,., are as far apart I How applied Not. certainly, na the url.8 ou the presidential outlook and
,, ,.„i„. ti„ „s,-veil is bold, lm-1 founders would have applied H in', which arc considered absolutely cor-
ns the poles, it on. their ,|uy. but as they would apply it | rt.t.t speaker Clark will go imo tile
'"'""""1 S" iih, h.,, ,,,, i endowed vviili i' our day. namely, so that its es- ,.atlonal convention at llaltimore on
summalc pollti whi, h s, ntial intent shall lia-e full force and |ti,,. Hl.Bl hallot with not less than l,N
" '.Tt bnve been l.oru of liis tow- effect In all the circumstances of the lll8tructed votes, and it may reach the
hmthe" restraint present. c„0 mark or over that. This does not
A I lf.v-L. i,is iivvn will to be the That is why our constlliitlou was ] i;,cUlde the Underwood vote, of St.
I,lid liclievis his ntade in general lernts. It has been pearly all, if not all. will come to him
the perennially celebrated vlrlue of " '
our great charter that It laid down
not specific prohibitions but highly
general rules, in order that they
might he reapplied to changing ..con-
ditions.
Under Ibis theory the United States
has expanded and waxed great and
the constitution lias endured. And
the worst, enemy of the constitution.
of the document framed by the falli-I^oma (half) 10; Kansas 20; Illinois
ers, is the judge who refuses to apply |gg. wlsconsion ! ; Nebraska 11; Mas
onstitutional rule 'Is general principles in the spirit of y!lcbuseils ::ii; Maryland Hi; Washin"
* ._ „e Ki- ^^. Colorado 12; Wyoming '
t°f|California -< ; Nevada ♦!; New Mexic
New Hampshire 8; Iowa 2ij; Ar
Kliode Island
house of a longing camp," said (!ol-
ouel Klrby of Butte, ,\U>nt., at the
Hotel Washington, "it \u simply a
matter ot proportion, whether it 1m
group of millionaires playing $lt)0
i ante or the luti|ln?rjack who autes
My LUa. It fjcipiires Just as mucft
Mil. M> win 'la one ^aine as- th
other.
I have no dit posit Ion to lianw
dais on myself for clever play®
poker, but I point proudly ^o th«
mall dent 1 put in the United Slate*
senate. I know'" no organized body
which can point with pride to a
proportionately greater uumfbvr or
ikillful poker players than the seu*
ate.
• I met a senator from New ICty;'
land who weighs iu at lo nilllloa
dollars, another from the south who
had tho reputation oO being th*
coolest bluffer in tho senate. a
New Yorker who tears tho lining
out or Wall Street every thirty days
*uu a senator from the worn. Join*'
ly and severally that bunch had so
much money that they could make
tho United States mint look Ilk*
I'lliId's bank.
"Straight Around the Corner."
We played a: lout half an nour
hen tho western senator showed
lown an ace, kin*;, deuce, tray and
four. 1 held three fives and saw
no merit in his hand whatever.
They^fNplaineti ,to ya - that this'
strange 'assortment of (imisBwag a
'straight around tho corner'l unit
Us value was just WtOVe thr#« of a
kind. , 11 I J
•Not that I wish:M imp tan «' >'
senators motives,' ^. said, softewhat
sarcastically, "but vwould it lie askJ
iug too much for this assemblage to
take a ruiitd #'1° mo
vflikili are
great r**Ta'n Gn the. other hand, is a weak,
number,!"into tiie Held of industrial |.llir,,.,| fiKure. He is forever defer-
,'iiii|,li,viiietit cotHplicteB the labor |r|nt! th(. pxenlse of his own judn-
wlille al Ihe same time incut while he scelis rules, iinuedints
living l,,nd platforms to nulde him. If there
difficulty to be met ho wants a
problem, while at tne same
maid ilk the demand for a
Wylciis'ively I'tiiployed in t'1'11' oceit- I iioanl apolntcd tu ineel It. lie is a
,, , s, hey can be em- Id erer in his dealings with men.
"i *H lo less than men demand.t No follower of Cliani|, Cla^ will ad
dojfd loi less II (n j;|1( (hii) ,|(1 ,s no| aB „tnmc against
... !mlt that lie
that 'die of these men as against the other.
it the right tiino, nor does it include
the other favorite son" vote which
more likely to come to him than
go to any other candidate because
hi8 great lead and universally conce
ed popularity throughout the country
The following states have absolutely
ii structed their delegates to vote
the Speaker:
'•Arkansas IS; Missouri IIH; Okla
"0rp l!arlff°?eform ihrouRl. r. P- •' ' Inlerprelina-lhat la aphly-
esimtat'lve? aBBlns'1 Taft''s'0pollcy of I '"K—these general principles, to car-I^V; Kentucky 2«:
n l lnii revlslii'l lltrouuh an apiioinled ry them nnil tho hare facts or a given i M0„laiia S; District of Columbl
minimum ]™r(j ? case Imclt into the eighteenth century u;. Ualio k: West Virginia in.
wage that Shall make dof®®t I ""viiim Theodore Roosevelt calls for
love the dollar for its own sweet [ possible. Provisions ror i . court of unslness. Champ Clark
sake, lias become ground Into tiio | e mnde rather by ^ points to the criminal law. If the
employ- speaker 111 tho house. Against the
ZSZ™* "falrm's" and = I cd '.W^nlsm of iioll, tnen Champ
to acknowledge now matters really women, cannot someone I, 10 flark opposes a true democracy, and
any otlie
Uli.ly 10
"it
treak liai^is
o t«pie,J|fD'" i i SV
vvul be ar iiicasjict
lejN vf;. flnSlawleH
said theJ.Vyfv f!
ffitilTt y '
mate"
not so inucn
to acknowledge
stand
It doesn't matter much what
.Jurope or any other part of the
world thinks of America and Ameri-
cans, save from the fact that every
nation likes to stand well with Its
neighbors. No country likes
Appear in a false light, and Amerl-
ans Jong ago became wearied of
being classed as a lot of money-
grubbers. when as a matter of tact
they are giving the greatest
onrageinent to the best artists the
world can .produce. Arnold Bennett
and Leonard Merrick, the two most
talked-ot writers today, owe their
vogue to American recognition
down the li*t of European writ-
ers. painters, composers and opera
and comcrt artists who gel their
'meal tickets" every year in this
country, through tl.e liberal patron
age of American audiences, would
be wearisome.
Vet in Bpite of American encour-
agement of the best in arts and the
sciences, the European cartoonist
who pictures the American as
shopkeeper devoted entirely
cbasiuthe nlmfble dollar into
^tronvlbo\. is nuiniosed to bave
right conception ot Yankee charac
t,,r it' Mr. Hennelt is going
show the real American, who dreams
big things and works them out in a
hi- manner, who makes money
merely in order thai he may spend
money—a strange blend of the
practical and Quixotic—then
power to the elbow ot his w
arm'
SPLITTING THE CENT.
New York World: Outside
ess little demand has been heard
for the coinage of one-half«eent and
three-cent pieces. The counti
larly silent about th
who will add to these some
considered provisions for a
mum wage ?
ell-
lii I ni-
ter if
eopp«'i
I really
coins.
vants more
y has
• mat-
small
to split the e
leeper in nial
•redit to the
A mei
•an
des
pie want
store-
vos more
'use or
There
st where
ire lar-c stations of the
ibe cent has i\ot yet found its way
into general use. and prices rule a<
cordiugiy. Whether Ibe bait-cent
will be viewed with less contempt
'hroughotii. the east remains to 1-e
seen, if the Hulklev bill becomes a
law.
Enthusiasts who believe that tin
existence of half-cent and three-cent
pieces will affect the cost of living
ire easily convinced. Certainly Ihe
irv. coins wlU not make ih< fcetfti
'iv any more eggs or tue cow^ give
*ny more uiilk. or even curb the
greed of the middlemen for exces-
sive profits. The way tor people to
learn to save is by the habit ot
economy, not by the coinage oi
fractional pieces that, by training
and usage, they will regard with
contempt In actual practice the
proposed coins are far more likely
to be a cause of confusion than i
convenience.
UNIFORM DIVORCE LAWS.
Do wo need a uniform divorce
law ?
Bight hundred thousand wonieii
In this country are going to say
." And they are not only go-
to answer in the affirmative,
nit they will pledge their undivid-
1 attention toward the necessary
gislation.
This is the campaign which the
National Federation of Women's
lulitf purposes to take up, and the
ederation mei'llng at San Francisco
luring June will be the occasion for
•oncerted action along this line.
Mvs. Philip N. Moore, president,
said recently that, while persons
,visiting a divorce had to lay bare
,nany secrets to the judge, those
iboiit to be married were at liberty
iu walk to an altar without telling
inybody anything about their
lealth, morals, habits of life or li-
uineial standing. Her idea is to
■iiake marriage harder and divorce
>till more so.
fl'he program ot this movement t)t
vomon has been rapid, since it was
suggested some three years ago by
i New York club woman. This Is
,hown by the fact that, in every
Mate of the Union, there are women
iledged to use all the pressure
necessary to bring about desired
legislation.
The plan suggested is that the
•lat ional federal ion go on record in
favor of uniform divorce laws, and
bus show the country thai the
movement has S-Mi,000 women back
'f H.
From that point the contest will
e taken up bv the separate slates,
ifter which a federal law can be en-
acted.
The club women have not drafted
i law. but will hold for one which
i-rees with the strictest law now
•nforced in any of the stales. They
wish to ensure first of all, the
protection of children, tnd the en-
tor "fluent of a clause making can-
Iidat e . for matrimony show a phy-
sician's certifhaie as to fitness.
s nil a law would not only reflect
great credit upon the members of
ihe National Federation of Women's
flu s. hut could help materially in
making 'or the well being of future
i ,.|if Certainly yotnen can not
urdertnke a more ^rtt-sitig worta
than this. • *•* .
. Idaho X; West Virginia
and there to set them before a ghost ] •*a(j(|«m1 to these the Speaker
ly tribunal unenlightened by the In j lodged to him:
tervening experience of a century of. •Wisconsin ; Pennsylvania (favor-
social, political and economic, life—to able) 17; Alaska f ; Philippines G
assert, this is prpostrous. It is im- Michigan llj; Tennessee 10; Virgin!)
possible for a fair mind to believe 52; Utah 4; Maine 4."'
that the founders of Ihe republic, the. ("Jovernor Wilson has given it
vise ami far-seeing men who drafted j|1at jf jlc cannot lie nominated
our fundamental law, or the people j v. IU turn his delegates over to Col.
by whose will it was established, in-|\v. J. Bryan if lie will enter the race,
tended such folly, or would approve ^ most liberal estimate he will
ihe deadly ancestor worship on which,iiaVe less than 250 delegates to turn
GRANDMA'S WAY. it Is founded. jover to ('ol. Dry an, even should the
Prdbablv the hardest tiling mod- The constitution of the United'colonel reverse himself and enter as
. rn physicians have to overcome in States was not created solely for the dark horse, where then will he re-
bringing about proper care of babies feneration that enacted it. and if it < « ive accessions? Certainly not from
is the old-fashioned ideas or grand- i^v ore it would not be binding ou us. j Governor Harmon or tfnderwood
tgainst either man he can win.
louel,'
know
your dfflttilTty"tftu have^eih play-
ing jioker so long In the west that
you haven't kept abreast with the
times. Now perhaps you don't play
•skips." "'big dogs," "little dogs,''
and "kilters" out there.*
We play pairs, threes, .straights,
full houses and Hushes,' 1 said, and
all other combinations or cards are
illegal, void and a delusion.'
The Senate Game Is Explained.
"Then they explained that a
skip' was the deuce, four. six. eight
and ten and that a little dog' was
Hive cards from the seven to the
deuce without, a pair. The 'big dog
was the eight lo the kiritg without
a pair.
"'Let us not take advantage of
our western friend.' said the New
York capitalist. 'Call in one of the
senators and have him sit behind
the colonel and inform him when
one of these strange hands appear."
"So it was arranged to have a
senator sit 'behind me anti tell me
when 1 had one oi these freak
hands.
"1 waited until there was a good
sized pot and everybody was in. I
raised *50Q. The New Knglander
and the plutocrat from New York
saw the raise, but the southern sen-
ator was unwilling to let matcr8 go
011 in that easy, restit'iil manner.
Let ue make it more,' said
ma 011 baJby culture.
Most mothers are stupendously ln-
tiuenced by advice rrom their own
mothers. It is entirely proper that
they should be. Kxiperience is a
wise teacher, yet not an infallible
one.
For instance, it used to be con-
sidered that ibaby must swelter in
flannels during the hot summer.
Any other clothing was considered
highly dangerous. (jrandma still
believes in the flannel dictum, but
modern medical advice rrom experts
is to the effect that the fewer
cloth« s for tiny humans In torrid
weather the better.
'(irandina also may incline to the
belief that baby may be given semi-
solid food from the dining table be-
fore as many as two teeth are In
evidence. Her own children ate
potatoes before they were live
months old and thrived, she de-
clares And mother may find it lm-
Its greatest characteristic is its de- n-hom he has most bitterly assailed as
liberate elasticity, the elasticity of 1 unprogressives and reactionaries,
the most general political truths. ! Taking it altogether, based upon
j .... — jl.is great lead at tho very threshold
BACK-YARD BASEBALL J'le national convention, and view-
Jeremiahs who predict the decline jed rrotn every standpoint or the politi-
of the national game, or who under-pal compass, there is every reason to
rate its social significance, can be giv- believe that the Speaker will mi:in
imr little thought to the scenes now tain his lead and receive the nomina
to be witnessed daily in back yards, tion at the hands of the national de
side streets, vacant lots and remote jmocracy in the Baltimore convention.
pastures. —
For the crack of the batted ball. CLARK HAS 514 DELEGATS.
e smash of the window pane, the) As predicted
he.
and
I
The
td itorially
trampling or flower beds, the mauling I Leader Spe iker Cham(p Clark's in-
of the milV planted vegetable garden. Uiructed and pledged delegates have
resound daily from 7 a. m. lo dark, already .passed the .*>00 mailk and lie
broken only bv the inglorious inter- now lias to his credit in the nation-
ruptions of school and meals. al convention .">14 delegates; and
Th- youth who lias reached the Senator Fred T. Dubois, the tonn-
age of ten years without having strug- ager of the Clank general head-
gled with some of the rudiments of quarters at Washington, is recelv-
curve pitching, or who cannot stop! ing scores ofl letters from unln-
:i grounder of some velocity, should structed delegates that they are for
lit regarded with solicitude by his | the speaker and that he can so
.parents. It is to be feared that he
possible to convince her parent that Lvollj(j prefer to bury himself in the
the thriving followed in apite of the linrBe,.v with a book, reading how
potatoe and not on account ot .;(P demigods of boy fiction do filings,
them, though such undoubtedly was |rather than get out with the tools
of sport and practice at doing some-
Wit h hot weather at hand, every
Guthrie mother should lose 110 time
in securing the very latost and best
scientific data on baby raising and
apply the knowledge so gained In,
gentle but firm disregard of grand-
mas met bods of two decades ago.
give T. R. HIS RIGHTS.
The republican national commit-
tee should give the colonel lus
rights, thinks the New York World-
IP he wants 2S0 or I.Vbeou tickets
to the national convention, he ought
to have them.
It he wants to lie temporary chair-
man and permanent chairman and
the committee 011 credentials and
the committee on resolutions, why
should the crooks and
thing himseir.
Therefore don't be too fussy if
your choice petunias are reduced to
mulch, or if your window blinds occ-
asionally lose a slot. Your boy
acquiring quickness of eye
designate them, it begins to look
like the Missourian will carry ifW
the iprize on the first ballot.
Under the two-thirds rule (govern-
ing in the national convention com-
posed of 109-1 delegates it takes 7o«)'
to nominate.
"At Ibis ipoint In the game
turned around to my mentor
showed him my hand.
•' lis that one of those things?'
asked
• Yes.' replied my friend without
batting an eye.
•' Then I shall stay myself. 1
said, shoving in my pile
" That's good.' si'gheiT the south-
ern senator, laying down three aces.
"'That's good,' echoed the New
Knglander and the New Yorker.
The Colonel Shows His Hand.
"1 raked in the pot. and then
spread my cards.
•"That's one or those things, Isn't
it? 1 asked them
What things?' demanded the
New Yorker, glaring at my cards.
" 'Why one oT those straights
anniud the. corner,' I replied.
" Nothing like it.' ,lie ,j?aid. 'It
doesn't come within a of it.'
"The 'otl^er senator^,Jookud over
the hand dteguste<jLly„ , .
1 "What put it into your hand that
a deuce, live, nine, ten and king
a straight of any sort, around the
corner or awross lots?' asked the
New Yorker.
"•Why,' I replied, smiling ntandiy.
I wanted to play one, and this was
tne nearest 1 could get to it.'
"-'Colonel,' said tty? southerner.
"I'm proud of you. You ought, lo be
in the United St<tea senate.'"
A TAXPAYERS' TICKET
The taxpayers of Logan county in-
ugurated a happy movement, Satur-
and j day, when plans were adopted looking!
thought, which are qualities that Koh0 nK« placing of a taxpayers' ticket J
farther in life than arithmetic or jn (he field in Logan county.
geography. The chief concern of Ixigan county
The back-lot ball game, is part of; people is the subject of taxation. - , is-i,««i„ir unci
the boy's first training in democracy, i Logan county has been robbed, j lection, was struck 'by g g
He obtains experimental knowledge of' plundered and gulled, and each sue-j instantly killed shoitly be 0 e a
what anarchy is. A11 overtone or reeding year has seen taxes going yesterday.
controversy pervades every throw or j higher and higher. Hiaiiipee with N'oali Laiuiis \
the ball and swing of the stick. There 'pbe word •■economy" was long since j slacking allalfa when a thun e
KILLED BY BOLT OF LIGHTNING
Protection, Kan., June 7.—(Eugene
I Chaipipe, IS years old. or Guymon,
i Okla., a harvest hand employed on
lf.be Schrerik ranch north or Pro-
is no authoritative tribunal, and lhe„Kt from Logan's lexicon. | storm arose. I loth lett their work
rules of baseball are quite elaborate gQ f|1( taxpayers all over the conn ; and started toward Ihe house. He-
The information that has filtered Uy are at last effectually aroused. fore they had gone Tar
down to kidhood rrotn those heroes They purpose to give the "third de-, lightning struck a tree
bosses jo' the bpy world, the grammar school gree " lo aspiring officeholders. Poll | tance from
allow «'d
That Rofilfbn" orgait-gri'iider who
( , . ..■ t• • r r.o >ear with a rortuhe
,,1 ?:,'>.uno earned it. but wouldn't
siH ietv have been ahead ir it had
Liven him the $." 0,0^> live years ago
to enable him to get out ot' the
business? Or would he have used
the capital to float an organ-grind-
er's company and thereby increase
the number or these nuisances In
the country?
and the reactionaries be
1 nterpose f>4>je<-t ions?
If he wants to make
nominating himseir lot-
that is his affair.
If he wants to east the voles of
all the 1."7X delegates for himself
and make the nomination by accla-
mation, no oligarch should 1 e per-
mitted to stand in the way of a l>u>'e
democracy.
The ideal republican national eon*
Vrrtti&n is one In -which ndUntly ^
present ex*np< the colonel, together
with such clerical bell) as may 'be
necessary to compile 11*® official rec-
ord of his deliberations.
A receiver lias been appointed for
the York State phone company.
When you stop to consider it a re-
ceiver is a necessary part of a
telephone equipment.
le speech
president,
bolt or
short dis-
them. Panic "stricken.
nine, is vet" incomplete, distorted by it <s jg to be eliminated and a straight-1 fhey dropped their pitchforks and
he media through which it hat pass-1,^,1 fiRht tor lower taxes and econ-1 ran* toward the house. Soon another
(. As a consequence 1111 inning ap- 0my and honesty in public affairs is |l01t struck. Landis was Bhoclt'd
proaches the length of an epic poeni j() '|)0 waged. The taxpayers' ticket all,i rendered unconscious. When
1 he revived a tew minutes later he
■ - ■ , round the body or Chappee lying six
A Texas girl's painting, "Behind | . . ....
ie Fan," lias been hung in the |
iris saloon. Some baseball fans
we have sat behind deserve hanging
and the majority ,of games break up ought to win.
in a dispute.
The boy by and by learns that pro-
ductive results are obtained only
through organized discipline and
constituted authority. When the hack-
le! baseball gam.'creates an "empire" j in Homtt place or other,
and submits to his rule, it. has ac- -
q,i'ir«M| a truth whidi it took the race
a whole many centuries to learn. ^
Large sections or the people, in ra«*t. | (jt,
the great majority of the world, has L whi( h gOQ(] white paper
not yet Required this truth. F™tn | ,jnti ink can ,JO ,(Ut
which it will be seen that the social ^^■■■«,—
values of baseball are very large.
The newspaper thai is printing
,e Kuef's life is making a fine
nionstration of the wastfeul uses
and
A one-armed burglar was
by a Chicago girl. He carried a big
revolver, but. not being well armed,
he was unable to use it.
A scientist has ascertained that a
I I pound or soap will make 25,341,000
■ 1 bubbles. Probably, with less effort,
lie could have round out how many
shirts a pound or soaip will clean.
feet from him. The body was badly
I burned. Parts of Chappee's torn
clothing were found 5t> feet from
♦he body.
Chappee's watch had slopped at
■ i- p in. the exact time ot the
bolt. The intense heat or Ihe light-
ning had melted the case and chain
: of the walch. .
The shocto of the bolt was felt by
persons half a mile distant.
All that's bright must fade —
(The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
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