Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

Smith. and he needn't be ashamed Of it if it
is his own name. He can write ii short
story better than almost anybody. He has
learned from kiplinS, and perhaps from
some other people. but he isn't kipling. No
reflection on Joseph Smith. however. lie
has u story called Rory Lynch i'll last
weeks Harper's Weekly, and while it is Il
bloody, fierce thing. it is constructed with
marvellous art, and the style of it is just as
gripping as kipling's without being so
forced. We wouldn't think of spelling any
ones pleasure by telling the story Ii Mr..
Smith has many more like it i'll his desk he
would do We'll to mark up the price TO al
least a dollar a line.
Mr.. Arnold White. in his London Notes in
Harper's Weekly. makes a good suggestion
for the cultivation of good feeling between
England and America. Ii is that his OWN
people would be glad to hear frequently
ii ON Responsible and dispassionate but UNI
official American writers as TO the Arncrl-
can aspect OF international disputes. We
take it that Mr.. White is intended to fulfill
just this function on behalf OF England to-
ward America, and his notion is that some
American should he writing similar letters
to the Times, or some other leading English
paper. 1t would be better still II there
We're Il half dozen or more such correspond
ents on either side. Many causes for ill
feeling VANISH Wllen there Is bSiter ui4uei-
standing.
There were two significant groups of
passengers who set sail for Italy last
Saturday: One large company Of Il thou
sand Italians We're going home to spend
Christmas" Think of it, \ company Of
men, largely laborers. who have saved
| enough from the clutches of the pluto
Gratis and the Red Dragon. to pack their
| Drirc and r,Ip bp,,n ~ ''yisif mas nepDlp ~
1900 miles away over the ocean. Poor
slaves! And the other group was a smaller
one of about fifty. real slaves, or criminals,
who had come over here TO become Il bur
den to America. 1t seems harsh to turn
them back. but if we let Europe evade
all her problems by shipping them over
to us. we will soon have nothing but
problems ahead. 1t is better for Europe
to solve her own. America may fairly
claim TO have done her share.
The Wisconsin Audubon Society recently
gave Il large ard striking object lesson
against the slaughter of birds for adorn-
mcnt. AT the time for the opening of fall
millinery the society engaged Il handsome
house for the purpose and invited certain
millinery firms 10 make their display there,
at the same time inviting prominent cit
liens to attend Il reception given there
by the society. OF course it was under
stood that no birds or portions of birds
that had required slaughter or torment
were to be used in the hats displayed
All the milliners in town heard of the re
ception and begged for space. The affair
was u social and business success. 1t car
hardly be doubted that the aim of the
society was furthered.
When one reads of such cases as those
of Amos f. Emo and Judge Henry Hilton
he is tempted to doubt the need or TIL:
beneficence of a bankruptcy law. Mr.. Enc
has just finished paying off the obiiga
tons of his firm that failed in 1861
amounting to several hundred Thousand
dollars. He has been obliged to make eN
tensive search in some cases to find thu
persons to whom the debts. long Sine
outlawed ana forgotten. Were due. Th'
best of the matter is that Mr.. Emo KEEP
this to himself, and it only got out b.
accident. Judge Hilton has finished pay
ing $500. go of obligations of his firm. whicl
failed last year. for which he was no
personally liable. 1t is true such me-
would pay their obligations. bankrupt In!
or no bankrupt law, but the reflection is
Why invite men to weaken such an ad
mirable sense of business honor. whic1
on the whole is none too high? Still, bank
rupt laws have their uses, some of ther
highly important, and it is the bushes
sense of the country that We ought t
have them