The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17
CHAT AND CHAFF.

the cloth with good opinions Of their
/ own next-ness to the Lord to under
take to teach plain God-fearing editors
with no pretenslons to being as good as
God how TO run newspaper on q God
ly plan. as Rev. Sheldon did our es-
teemed contemporary. the Topeka Cap
ital, and az a minister down in Balti-
more now proposes to do providing he
can get subscriptions enough in ad-
vance TO ensure the success OF the en-
terprise for n specified period of time.
1t was not Jesus, by the way. who ad-
vised us 10 put money in our purses be-
fore beginning task.
sBut, as / now read. an Ohio hotel
proprietor is going TO turn over his inn
To n minister 10 have the experiment
tried OF running the same as Jesus
would door rather. nowadays, since
the Topeka Capital experiment, IL Is
the custom TO put IL las Rev. Sheldon
would do" the name of that interest
ing and enthusiastic preacher being a
synonym OF Jesus. / suppose. especially
after he had edited newspaper for
whole week and didn't swear once.
very marvellous accomplishment.
II doubt If anybody just knows how
Jesus beg pardon, Rev. sheldon
would run hotel although the Rev. II.
Il. Erhard. of Clayville. Pa, who is
going to conduct the Ohio hostelry for
a week claims to have knowledge of di-
vine purposes in this line of business.
L suppose he VIII begin by removing
the fire escapes as quite unnecessary to
divinely ordered hotel.
But so long as the cooking Is good
the experimental proprietor is pretty
sure 10 succeed fairly well. Sheldon or
no Sheldon.
Such a proposition suggests many
fancies, not to say thoughts.
We have already\had editors running
per- and there are always plenty Of men
who are cocksure they can run any sort
of a business.
Usually such individuals have a re-
cord of failure i'm the undertakings
among which their lot Is cast.
But they think they can run the 9TH
er fellows business all right.
/ don't see why 1t wouldn't add
new interest to life TO have a general
swap all around some day-turn the
business world topsy turvy just for the
fun Of the thing.
1t wouldn't be necessary for the min
lister to claim that he would run a
newspaper as Jesus would do It. or the
editor to fill the pulpit as Jesus would
do 1T, but let each apply his own busi-
ness or professional ideas to the con-
duct of the other fellows business or
profession and leave out the suggestion
of divine inspiration which only tends
to excite controversy and complicate
matters.
. Let the dry goods men take the edi-
tors chairs for spell. the editors turn
| to and run the theatres, the miiliners
assume charge of the machine shops
and the foundries. the bankers turn
cooks. the lawyers-well. they could
catch hold anywhere.
There isn't much of anything that a
lawyer couldn't do in his own estima-
ton for the law comprehends all pur-
suits and exhausts all human knowl-
edge. If we are to believe some Of the
lawyers.
And. of course, any old one OF us
| could be President Of the United States
| for week That would be easy.
There would doubtless be fine mess
| OF things, with or without appeal to di-
vinity for help.
But it would be interesting and per-
| haps the experiment might teach us all
| to take a more modest view of our
| selves.
Il have been good deal confused,
| and suppose you have. as to how We
| shall spell the name OF our new and
| just now politically embarrassing pos
| session--"Puerto Rico." or Porto
| Rico"
The geographical sharps have laid
| much stress on the fact that "P ierto'
| was the original and so must stand as
| the only proper spelling. But it has
not been always followed even in offi-
cial documents. q
/ CUfiltOUsrr HoNt SPNittu ~ utftOs
sometimes .'Porto." and each time l
have had reason to feel that / ought
to have spelled II the other way.
II was given out some time ago that
the president had decided that 1t shall
be Puerto Rico" But II appears that
evidence in support of that allegation
is lacking.
At all events in the recently adopted
revenue act. about which such a rum
pus has been made. the name is spelled
everywhere it appears Porto Rico
The president has signed the bill Civ
ing such a spelling.
That would seem,to settle il.
And the decision seems sensible.
New Orleans used to be "Nueva Or
leans" our territory of New Mexico
used 20 be "Nueva Mejico." But nobody
thinks OF pronouncing these or SPELL
| ing them that way now.