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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-07
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX h Il 4as LIFE FEE a AZ 4 8 81 IS

man 1. living in q clearinghouse and
making dreaded duty calls" at lis O"n
home.
The woman believes herself &c be a de-
vout Christian. and thinks her sins have
all been washed away in the blood OF
Christ.
No belief. no adherence to orthodox rules
OF salvation can save" such 4 woman
from the final reaping Of the harvest OF
misery she has been sowing for herself by
her petty selfish Indulgence Of her worst
faults and weaknesses.
Are YOU an Invalid? II so. do not make
that an excuse for rendering everybody
about you miserable. Physical suffering IS
hard to endure. but some OF the sweetest.
mos: amiable and unseiiish people 1 have
ever known were invaiiGs.
Remember that while you are suffering
from Illness. those who walt upon you and
attend you can become weary, worn and
discouraged. You and your ailments are
not the only considerations on earth. Other
people have rights and should be shown
sympathy
Your sickness IS in all probability greatly
your own fault. You have broken laws and
are paying the penalty. Do not make
every one about you suffer more than the
mere fact OF your Illness necessitates- Be
patient. be appreciatiye of Kindness. %
thoughtful. and be as cheerful as you can.
You will be surprised il you try to see how
cheerful it is possible to become. even while
suffering Others have proven IL so--you
can.
Copyright. I3Ce. by ". r. Hearst.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-07
Dorothy Dix

WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY
One upon a Time 4 young Lioness. VINO
had not been married long enough to get
next to the Combination for working q
Husband without Friction. went forth and
blew herself for a Millinery Dream that
called for much Dough. Observing which Mr.
Lion berated her soundly-
Foolish Creature" he cried as the Bill
came home to Roost. do you not perceive
that you are putting me on the Bum. and
tina our Finish will be the Poor House!
Your mistake was not in espousing a Coun-
terfe.te-. for / opine that nothing but a
Slick Artist can make the Long Green as
fast as you can Spradd.e It around"
But" replied Mrs. Lion. this Chapeau
Is a bargain because II Is a Genuine Impor-
tation that 1 can wear Two Seasons"
ITO the Suburbs" replied Mr.. Lion. giving
her the happy boot. "You are 50 easy 1t is
a shame to sell you Gold Bricks. but 1
should think that even a Blind Farmer
could see that the Con Push who, took you
IN and did you lie awake OF nightSfnvent
ing new Shapes TO prevent the Old ones
passing muster. Besides. a last Years
Birds nest always gives the Snap away and
makes an Individual look Ike Bankruptcy
and Decay had set in at the Top"
That is true" agreed Mrs. Lion, and As
I am not dead stuck on Economy anyway.
I shall not insist upon wearing nay Hats
Two seasons, but IN the meantime this Is a
G.ddy Lid. all right. al rie9t, and when I
IL on and saunter down the Street !
ohall lave the whole Female Bunch rubber
ing. and my friends viii be filled with Pea
green Envy"
.Aiasr cried Dir. Lion. How sad It is TO
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-07
1oHa 3. COUGHS SUCCESSOR.


It is a far cry from Kansas and Carrie Nation to
Maine and Joe Manley, yet the publicity which has
been given to the pronounced attitude Of the shrewd
New England politician indicates that public senti-
ment on the drink question is not dead.
Manley has frankly told the Republicans Of the
State whose Governor he wishes to be that the law
prohibiting the sale and manufacture Of spirituous
liquors can be. enforced in the large cities as well as
in smaller communities. he promises the people that
II he is elected the law win be enforced in every part
Of the Commonwealth.
. And Manley is good enough politician to keep his
word. Whether he really believes In the doctrine Of
prohibition has no bearing. As a shrewd reckoner
with public sentiment, he has probably discovered
that the people of Maine desire to have the laws en-
forced.
Carrie Nations crusade, blending as it was, made
the Kansas laws stringent. The sentiment Of the
voters is Overwhelmingly against r~esubmission. as
such antiprohibitionists as David Overmyer and John
Seaton have long ago discovered.
Joe Manley cannot be called a theorist or even an
extreme reformer. He is in line with the sentiment Of
his n~eighbors. The drink evil Is q serious one, and
where a large majority believe in prohibition the au-
thorities who enforce the law will be popular.
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DRY your Tears. for henceforth you are
Safe" returned her Mother with great
Sagacity. "fo- no matter you may
spend you Can always throw up to him his
Growing Extravaganza / apprehend that
the Panama Hat Craze is the greatest
Boon that ever befell Females. and that
one Reference to II will do more to Choke
Off further discussion OF the Bargain
Counter than n Ton of Logic or a Barrel
OF Happy Repartees.
Furthermore. my Child. never cease TO be
Thankful that your Husband Is not Perfect.
for IL he was he would not only be a Pain
full Contrast to yourself. but he would be
most unhandy to manage. II your husband
a not gotten Gay and bought the Rakish
Panama he could have crucified you 10 his
Ideal. but now. whenever he begins to Spiel
about Vanity and Extravaganza you have
got him Bluffed to q standstiIl- A wise
Wife cannot prevent her husband making
Mistakes. but she can take advantage OF
those he does Make.
Most Females believe when they get
married that they are getting an Ideal OF
Masculine Perfection Afterward they arc
Glad he Is Just q Common Sinner who does
not feel that he Is justified In calling for any
Particular Display Of Wisdom and Virtues
In his Partner. Now, 90 back Home and
be Good"
And. being a blddable little creature. Mrs
Mr.. Lion lived in great peace. for rather
than thrash over the Panama Hat question
in a joint Debate. he learned to Pay her
Bills without murmuring.
Moral: This Fable teaches that the rea-
son God made women Fools was to Match
the Men.
Copyright 1862. BY ". r. Hearst.
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WEST POINT is ENGLANp's MODEL.


At the very beginning of the movement to institute
marked reforms in the British army, 1t is significant
that Colonel Kitson, appointed to manage the British
military school at Sandhurst, where England's army
oticers receive their training, announces that he shall
take West Point as his model for the reorganization
of that institution.
No higher British tribute to the United States Mill
tary Academy could be paid than is contained in this
Item OF news. England is in deadly earnest In a determi-
nation to remove from her military system the causes
of the amazing weakness and inefficiency brought to
light by the South African war. The British War Of
fee realizes that the army must be commanded by
officers who know their business as soldiers. For the
making Of such officers the Englishman intrusted with
the task believes that the West Point system Of train
ing gives the best results in the world.
When It Is remembered that an English authority
declared, after a Study OF American soldiers In the
field during our war with Spain, that they were the
worlds best soldiers, this further English testimony
to the quality Of American officers graduated from
West Point constitutes a completed and very hand
some compliment to the American army. We have e1-
ceTent reason to be proud of our commissioned, nom
commissioned and private soldiers. Straight down
the line they are the best in the business.
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AMERICAN RESPECT FOR WORK.

Chinese Minister WI Tfng-fang's conclusion that
this is a country wherein no man loses caste because
Of the fact that he works for his living is a keen rec
ognition of the American secret Of national strength
and prosperous development.
Such a comment upon this salient phase Of Amer-
can life is also in line with the recent report of q Brit
ish commission appointed to investigate American
trade conditions, in which the fact was dwelt on that
there is no leisure class in this country. an American
man who has no occupation and no useful aim in life
being 'as a fish out of water"
The meaning of these truths is that labor II re-
spected in the United States as the basis f national
greatness and character, and that the professional
idler, be he millionaire or tramp, is Justly regarded as
IN element of weakness in the social system.
This attitude toward labor must be maintained II
we are to remain a great and forceful people. When
we cease TO respect the man who works and to con-
denim the dawdling parasite the day Of American de-
generation and national decline viii have dawncd.
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FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC.

Popular sentiment in favor of the passage of laws
regulating street railway trafhc with a view to the
greater safety Of the public should be reused to an ef-
fective extent by the fact that the President Of the
United States has Just narrowly escaped death be-
meath the wheels Of an electric car driven by a too
reckless motorman.
An object lesson so emphatic may wen be utilized
to produce good results. Every day, in the great
American cities, men, women and children are killed
BY street cars travelling at q rate OF speed which
makes such fatalities certain. The record Of these
tragedies is an appalling one. In any other country
but this an instant and rigorous remedy would be ap-
piled. American ieniency in dealing with the public
serving corporations must be held responsible for ex-
listing dangerous conditions.
There should be a limit to this leniency, however,
and the tragedy Of last Wednesday, in which Presi-
dent Roosevelt confronted such deadly peril. points a
moral to this effect.
Here in 81. Louis the warning 10 especially APP
piicabie and timely. sreet-car tragedies are Of fire.
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Missouri seems now about to present additional evil
dence of desirability as a point for settlement or in
vestment by breaking all previous records In the ex'
tent Of her corn crop for 1900. According to the Of
fetal statement issued by Secretary Ellis of the State
Board of Agriculture, the crop this year viii largely
exceed that of 1896, which held the Missouri record.
The farmers Of the State are TO be congratulated upon
this assurance OF increased prosperity. They are a
happy and fortunate class; their happiness and good
fortune being due 10 their own industry and fore
sight exercised in a State which boasts Of an IN
equaled climate and a soil Of surprising fertility.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.

From The Republic. September .. 1N.
} A 6ueI between State Auditor Horli-
} day and Colonel Harrison B. Branch
} OF St. Joseph was threatened. ST.
, Louis friends sought to prevent the
} shedding OF blood.
} John T. Raymond. at the Olympic,
} produced Risks" a play by BARLEY
, Campbell. which was well received
} George Bocock. a popular attorney,
} had a stroke Of paralysis at the Four
} Courts.
A conference took place at the City
} Hal over the question Of appropriate
} ing $4,000 to equip the local military
companies Those taking part were
Mayor Oyerstolz. John G.. Priest, d.
) II. Armstrong. Doctor NideIet, siIas
Bent, Adoiphus Meier. Thomas z.
Tut. r Graham Frost e. ID. Meier
} and J. p Macbeth
c. Z. Wells, Clerk OF the HOUSE of
Delegates, received a black bob-tafI
} ut. tied In 4 bag He was unable to
discover the donor.
The Carondeiet Literary ana Musi-
cal Society gave an entertainment NJ
} Turner Hall The children who took
part were Anglia Lamb. EIla MrlS
} Hattie Webb. Fannie Newell. Stella
Bailey and Master Albert Moore
} Among b other performers were
} " r. Pnmm. Paul PecpinE. ~ X
} Bowen. John Primm. Miss Jessie
} White. H. B. Jones' Nr. and Mrs
} George Dursan. Belle Paddock. YER
} non F7aherty and Belle Fulton.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-07
Marcel Provost

her talkativeness in every possible way. II
a woman is beautiful she may talk all day
without saying anything OF any depth or
importance. and still her beauty alone viii
make us listen and admire everything she
says. and II she keeps up this habit Of talk
Ing long after her beauty has vanished and
bores Us instead OF e~nrapturing Us as be-
fore. she Is net to be blamed. and we only
get our Just deserts. She said exactly the
same things when she was y. and at that
time men considered her witty. intelligent
and charming.
We make woman talk IN the same way
that We make her coquettsh. but when we
are out of hunor. when We no longer sec
her beautiful lips and soulful eyes. then
we blame her both for talking too much and
for trying to please Us by being coquettish.
though we have nobody but ourselves to
blame
The worst Of IL all is that woman's To-
quacity prevents her from thinking. She
becomes 50 fond OF listening to her OWE
voice at all times that she has absolutely
no time for contemplation. she destroys
all possibility for an inner life. she abhors
being alone and loves only excitement n
noise. and this is especially true OF the gen.
Grafton OF women that Is now In the age OF
Is or 80. the women that We all know SO
wen from the novels of Paul Bourget and
Guy de Maupassant-
Is there no remedy? Most people say no.
but I for my Part am inclined to think
that a sound. rational education of our
young girls could accomplish wonders. I do
think that woman has received as great. II
not greater. natural gifts as man. and II
trained and led In the same way from the
very beginning OF life would be nd fonder
Of hearing herself talk than the majority
OF men an.
I do not think Il necessary or even ad-
visable for any one to try to remain silent
for two or three days at a time. but 1 do
think that II our children were taught to
spend fifteen minutes q day In silent med
~itation. and II this space of time were grad
ually increased Up to an hour q day. great
results could be accomplished. Is it not
strange that all our colleges for boys a.
well az for girls pretend to be able to teach
ever thing except to think?
Is It not pitiful to be forced to admit that
our beautiful women. whom We all admire
SO much. VIII spend four hours q day in
dressing. talking all the while: three hours
n day in eating. talking all the while. and
eight or nine hours in amusing themselves.
or maybe in attending to their duties. also
talking in~cessantly. while they VIII nos
spend one hour. nay. not half an hour. a
day In thinking and meditating and thereby
developing their great natural gifts?
Their interest IN their inner self Il 50
Absolutely destroyed that I very well know
most women who happen to read this
Will Gkciaim: "This Marcel Provost has
gone ABSOLUTELY crazyi Imagine. he expects
US TO spend a whole hour every day in do
Ing nothing at all. when he ought to know
the day Is at least three hours TOO
short as II is."1
II Is true the day Is too short. because.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-07

WRITTEN FOR II SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
l am used TO getting surprising news
from the United States. but l must admit
that when I q few days ago heard that
800 ladies OF the very best families In New
York had formed a society to become a
member Of which II is necessary .olemnly
to swear and promise 20 remain absolutely
silent for tbree times twenty-four hours q
month. and during his period OF silence
TO stay together IN a convent neaS the city
of New York was greatly surprised.
/ can imagine what they must suner. /
can imagine how their male acqCaIntances
must n teased them and laughed at
them when they 1rst announced their In
tention- and / have no word to express
my admiration for them.
/ have spoken 70 several Partisan ladies
about these heroic Americans and the an
swer has been the same from all: Three
nights passed in silence. that might DO
within poss;bility-but three days.. impos-
sible.' One of them even said that even
II IL wero a case OF life and death, no
woman could possibly keep her lips shut
and tongue tied for more than one day.
/ know a few women, mostly Of a very
mature age. who insist that whensit Is
generally said that women talk mora than
men II Is a shameful accusation, without
my foundation whatever. but most OF my
lazy friends admit that IL may possibly be
true. and, as for men, l am sure hat not
even the mcst ardent admirer OF the femi-
nine sex will deny that IL is so.
1 am unable TO say whether there are
scientific or biological reasons that explain
this fact, whether. for instance. the CEN
tiers for articulated speech ara differently
located and developed in man and woman,
but there Is at least one physical diner
ence. the difference in voice.
The higher pitched voice of woman en-
ables her TO speak faster and more fluent
ly. while the deep voice OF man, with its
slow vibrations. necessarily forces him TO
take more time in ~pronouncing words. IL
Is impossible to imagine a laxative Ne
lusko. and IL he should ever be born, lis
listeners would all fee IN terror.
1t Is not alone natural gifts that make
women talk faster and more than MEN:
modern education and customs are also To
blame.
At school. ct college. In the gymnasiumS
and In the barracks the boy. and later the
young man. Is trained and taught to listen7
in silence. while In schools aJd Institutes
for young girls the discipline Is much less
severe. and ordinarily their education and
preparation for life are shorter.
When the young girl leaves school she Is
In most cases under no restriction. and her
duties. whether she stay with her par
or marries and forms her own home.
do not impose silence upon her.
When she becomes n mother and brings up
her children. she must necessarily talk al
most necessarily to them to answer their
questions. and this alone should
US patient with her IL she gets into
the habit of talking more than We men
absolutely necessary
Besides. We men encourage and applaud
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RECENT COMMENT.
September VIVA Flower.

Country Life In America
Ragged and frayed is sep,smber's dress. but withal
Ethere is a beauty peculiarly its own. So would We fain be
ever a-feld. The botanist stfoiing over the hills and
through the swamps realizes that this Is practically the
end of the flower year. As IN the previous month. the
flowers are very largely composite. Tho goldenrods. the
ssters, and the sunnowers lend vivid patches OF color to the
prospect. There are comparatively few new flowers to be
sought for.
However, there are several. the finding OF which will
be among the calendar events OF the year. Perchance it
Is that in the latter part Of the month your wanderinss
may lead you to the retreat OF the most beautiful Of all
the fall blossoms. the fringed gentian. Its color is OF the
heavens own hue and its delicate beauty Is SO elusive as
to defy the most skiilful brush Of the artist. Who can
forget the frs. Introduction to these floral beauties Of the
fall meadows? Two other but less handsome cousins. the
sus sentian and the closed gent.an. also come this month.
Damp places are made beautiful by the Jerusalem arti-
choke, commonly called the wild sunnower. whose bright.
cheerful face seems ever smiling a greeting to the passer-
by. Another Of septembers nower-folk ROBBED in blue or
violet IL the smooth or blue aster found In dry soil and
open woods. A familiar little friend with whom almost
every one is acquainted. the white heath aster. sometimes
called white rosemary or farewell summer. is found In dry
sol everywhere. Not far distant you are sure to find the
wavy aster or small feabane. with Its thick. rough. heart
shaped lower leaves. The yellow OF the witch hazel also
giaddens the eye Of the lo,tersr In September woodlands
and thickets.
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PRACTICAL VS.. THEORETICAL POLITICS.

S-hS 80
When reformers attempt by spasmodic activities
to unite the forces of good citizenship they invariably
express surprise at the strong following which evil
leadership enjoys. Even now they are wondering
why BIZ Devery of New York can surround himself
with SO many friends. "Bathhouse John" OF Chicago.
whose ideals are not n matter OF commentator.
arOuses the ire and admiration OF reformers who try
TO take his ward from him at the primary and elcc-
tons.
In st Louis 4 similar condition is found. Yet the
wonder is the child Of ignorance. If an explanation
is desired. let the reformer visit the Police Court in
the morning. He will find this and that Politician
practical politician, to be sure-on hand helping some
poor wretch out of trouble. The fellow may be a
stranger but has a mutual acquaintance. Neverthe-
less, this ward boss is at hand ready to sign the APP
peal bond.
Perhaps the family of the lowest and meanesr citi-
zen is sick. The practical politician makes the path to
the City Hospital easy. He knows the powers that
be. Perhaps his constituent has q bit of sporting
blood in his veins. The practical politician tells
where a well-placed bet will bring results. Maybe a
man of the streets is hungry; the politician produces
the price OF a meal. And as for employment under
municipal departments. the politician is an expert
patron.
These things occur day after day. Does the re-
former believe that mere talk and promises will cap
ture the vote which the ward bosses control? The
practical politician earns his title in more ways
than one. He knows that the fellow who is saved
from n term of Imprisonment will go the route" when
election day comes around. He knows that a family
in distress has gratitude for relief.
Good-hearted this politician may be, but he could
do no better if he were the most calculating schemer.
He secures his -henchmen' by assisting each Of them.
OF political ideals there may be none. but of essential
helpfulness there is. much. There is no uppishness in
the assistance which is rendered. The practical poll
tician is Of the earth earthly. To maintain his su-
premacy he knows no day or night.
Under a mantle of charity the practical politician
can cover a multitude Of sins. This is the despair of
the reformer. 1t is only when the multitude of sins
becomes too great in number that power is given to
the lecturer, preacher and dabbling reformer. That
the law of evolution inevitably produces the corrective
is the salvation of municipal government.
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How strike. Anect Politics.

Let the Republican party beware OF the effects Of the
coal strike in the congressional canvass OF 1907 Strikes
have an ugly habit OF registering themselves in national
politics, and they hit the party which is In power at the
time. This has beer. the experience OF the United States
In all the great labor conflicts.
IN los It Is the Republicans who are in power during
the year OF a great labor conflict. Senator Scott Of West
Virginia. a staiwart Republican,. says that the strike may
cost his party three Congressmen In his State and several
in Pennsylvania With the drift, IS 1t Is. against the Re
pubiicans for other causes. the outlook for the dominant
party II far from being rosy. The coal miners lock-
out may register Itself In politics In November with q de-
cisiveness which may surprise the country and confound
the Republican party.