The record-union., 1895-05-20
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NOTE AND COMMENT

The Tulare Register says they are getting
f1nioky down in Fresno. That does not ex-
press it. they are getting consummately foolish
in Fresno, If the statement of our contem-
porary is correct, for they mad q couple of men
arrested and fined for smoking in the public
square, or Courthouse Park. That may do
Tor Boston, but 1t is little too much for Cali
fornia. Smoking on the streets has been
assailed In many cities, but in the parks in
this state what harm can smoking do? Have
not the vast mass OF men who smoke gained
some right for the indulgence Of the habit?
But aside from that, smoking in the Court
house Square in Fresno or any other country
city, can scarcely be held to be in violation of
the rights OF others. provided always. the
rowdy is not permitted to blow his breath,
loaded with smoke, in the faces Of others.
So at last traln-robber is to be hanged,
and kid" Thompson is to open the train
robbers graveyard-that is, SO soon as the
courts have finished with him. 1t was full
time that the law Furnishing train-robbery
with death was exemplited. A San Fran
cisco contemporary remarks that we do not
hear OF train-robbing in Canada nor any
where over the border. The reason is that
over there they dispose OF such kidney so
rapidly that they have gone out of the busi-
ness.
Our collegiate athletes are doing well in the
East. Where is the man, what was his name,
who has heard of him recently, who once
wrote that in this mild climate of California
we would be able to grow only weak and en-
ervate children?
People are speaking OF the bicycle craze and
It's spread. 1t is not craze" 1t is the de-
liberate adoption of a new, sensible and
healthful means Of swift, rapid personal
movement over long stretches. to the great
saving of time and The cultivation of outdoor
exercise. All which means money in the
pocket and the glow Of health upon the
cheek. No, 1t is not a "craze, tor il has come
to stay.
The doctors, after an examination, say that
Fredericks is not insane. The fellow, they
state, overdoes in the important particular of
refusing to talk or respond to questions. Only
rarely are the insane noncommunicative.
Beside, Fredericks manifested no insane ten
dencies until he found that his neck was to be
stretched. The murderer is a coward, and all
the more contemplate tor that
Really, we do need to grow statesmen. We
are decidedly short on that article in these
days. Here is England grinning again She
business and we have nothing to do but to
submit. with humiliation.
"A San francisco paper Is publishing every
few days a group OF alleged portraits of Cali
fornia women who rank as beauties. In every
case 1t must be assumed that the woman's
consent is had. Why, then, should not the
name be given in tull instead of the initials?
Are the women conscious of immodesty in
the matter or is it simply an evidence of
d1sinclination to be talked about? If So why
allow the pictures to be printed at all? The
truth is, that it is imnodest to be parading
ones features in this manner. In magazines
1t Is right and proper to give portraits Of
notable people: pictorially to present them is
valuable as the features aid one in forming
Judgment Of the character of the person. But
this printing of rude portraits in the daily
press simply because the originals are said to
be handsome women is silly. If beauty is a
woman's sole recommendation, she should
hide her head.