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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15
Man Compliments the Earth: OPIE READ.

that own the earth should exagrerats its
importance. and in some quarters, AZ least.
Professor wallace's theory Will be heartily
indorsed
SD TO prove his position But what arc
the most Of US going to do when the Anal
gamated order Of Syndicates issues the
proclamation. Get OF the earth
Perhaps then, az now, the poorest trans
portation facilities will be provided The
cars will be yovercrowded and the majority
OF us may be compelled to stand. hang
strapping our very way into space
Some Of the actors. leading men who
strut the continent, are scouting the theory
of Professor Wallace. The idea" said one
of them. that We stars were created to
develop the soul OF lot Of guys that don't
know good acting from bad, II is ridicu-
lous. What have We to do with the souls OF
meE2 We are actors"
We worship the ancients as sputteringiy
as we con their languages. and some OF our
savants with the scholars OF the dawn OF
learning agree that the world has seen its
most Intellectual day. but men Of progress
sive wisdom tell US that We are hardly In
the period Of knee trousers.
Every discovery teaches US that last year
We were ignorant, that this year the world
is little wiser. The old day was learned.
but learning is often too much q matter OF
memory, while true wisdom . immediate
perception.
Perhaps Professor Wallace has a percep-
tion little keener tnan that gwen to the
rest OF US. and II may be that af-er the Dis
covery Of the north pole. which must soon
be. as they are rigging another ship. the
earth will settle into its rightful placs. tho
center of all creations.
1t would greatly simplify matters. And.
also. with the trusts out of the way. it
would be encouraging Man receives q
stimulus from living in an important place.
He may not be patriotic as the back
woodsman, but he knows more. or at least
thinks that he does. So. in the meantime.
let US agree with Wallace
Copyright. 1919. by W. R. Heart Great Britain
Rights Reserved
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15

Although It is said not meet fully the iesres
Russian advocates of increased popular liberty and
fuence the Cars proclamation the anniversary
the birth of his father, the late Alexander Ill is
most notable concession TO the people. 1t reveals
courage and enlightenment the part of Nicolas IL.
especially in the decree providing for religious free
dom. and will undoubtedly exercise marked effect
on the temper Of the Russian people and the des-
TIMES of their country. The young Car is plainly
wiser man and truer friend to Russia than are GER
tain of his advisers. and he is aso perhaps sacaci-
defender of the faith" and conservator of the
throne. He seems TO have strengthened both hy n
timely and not too complete surrender the spirit
of his age.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15

oraI,v wrong ones Women look at man.
guess their character. and seldom make
mistakes.
Jealousy discreet ard delicate Is proof
of modesty. which should be appreciated
by the very woman who should resent vio-
lent jealousy.
All the efforts that an old woman makes
to hide her age only help to advertise it
louder.
'women's prejudces are judgments against
which there Is no appeal
Of man and woman. II Is the one who
is loved. but who does not love. that is
the unhappier of the two.
Of all the heavy weights in the world the
heaviest Is the woman whom you have
ceased 10 love.
Nothing is more delightful than the COM
pany OF an amiable and cheerful old lady:
but a woman who does not know how to GET
old ought TO be gently chOroforned into the
next world.
The old man who is in love IL fairly n.
dIcuIous but not 20 much as the one who
thinks he can still inspire the great pas
sion Yet compared to the old woman who
entertains the same ideas. he Is quite Q
sensible person
When two women. on meeting. kiss ans
darling" each other. II only proves thaS
they had met once already.
Women often see without looking. men
often look without seeing.
A woman's intention is safer guide than
her eyes.
Copyright. 1906 by ". r Hearst. Great Britain
Right Reserved.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15
TWO OR THREE HEADS.

Assuming that 4 majority of citizens possess a
high quality of honesty morality and intelligence aud
therefore desire good government 1t follows that bad
government is nonrepresentatve. In word, the
jority do not get what they desire.
Nonrepresentative rule however is not the fault of
the system of ward representation in its workings
everywhere since know that in of the good
wards the character of the residents Is truly
reflected in the who represent them in TIE con-
duct of municipal AFFAIRS likewise we know that even
in the bad wards there is higher degree of honesty
and morality than is reflected in the low wardpoli-
tician.
Plainly, it is to the latter's power that rotten poll
tics is DUE he brings down the average of representa-
ton; he is directly responsible for rule which not
only does represent the character of his
constituency. but msrepreseuts the average
character of the entire community. And II is thu
ism almost trite that the seat of nonrepresentative
rule is the of the ward boss's power.
He may own" two or three wards, but the seat of
his power is his cid. original ward from which he
"branched out That is the root of his evil, that is
the place TO fight him. The sources of political in
iquity in St Louis may be marked on the map witt,
lead pencil. definitely in few spots. Nor does it
require very intimate acquaintance with local his
tory and conditions perform this simple diagnosis
And the is equally simple. 1t cannot be eff
fected by the brilliant surgery of heroic REFORM, but
illdy he uone 10y appicdtioHs me i!'tti ~ IL
tedious method and far less attractive to the physician
who seeks sudden fame. but it Is method and
the only Pursuing the medical phrases a step
further the local applications must be in the nature
of counerrrtants In short organization is the only
means of combating organization
OF necessity. the organizations must be in
dependent organizations To the upright citizen who
seriously desires good government what more atrac
tive field for practical effort there be than in
dependent organization in his ward, IL il hap
pens to be a bad ward, in his own precinct, on his
block?
Isn't il matter Of chatting with his honest
neighbors getting two three heads together with
a serious purpose? When two three have gathered
together in the name of good government movement
has begun No great organization. political other
wise ever started in any but this simple way. Once
having nucleus, good movements for the improve
of political conditions in st. Louis cannot fail to
grow. to take hold and finally to do their work.
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do not always insist on those men remain
ing silent forever.
The saddest spectacle that the world can
offer Is that cf a sweet. sensible. intelligent
woman married to a conceited. tyrannical
fool.
The mirror is the only friend who is al
lowed TO know the secrets of womans i'm
perfections
When a woman is deeply in love the ca
pacity of her heart for charity is without
limit. II all women were in love there would
be no poverty on the face of the earth.
The fidelity of man to the woman he
loves Is not duty. but almost an act of
selfishness. 1t is for his own sake. still
more than for hers, that he. should be faith
full to her.
The man who honestly promises q woman
TO love her eternally, and the woman who
believes him. are both dupes. the man of his
heart. the woman of her vanity. Love is
like any other disease; you can never know
how long you Will be affected by it. The
most unexpected circumstance may cure 1t.
Ike the most unexpected one may revive it
Two excellent kinds of wine mixed to-
gether may make a very bad drink An ex-
cellent man and a very good woman mar
ried together may make an abominable
match.
When you constantly hear the talent or
the wit of Il woman praised you may take
It for granted that she is not beautiful. II
she were, you would hear her beauty
praised first of all.
1t is slow poison that kills love r,a=f
surely. Love will survive even infdeiity
rather than boredom safety.
Men study women and form opinions gen.
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that the earth is the center of the uni
verse.
He does not say that Boston Is the center
but that the simple earth. younger in
many respects than Boston, is the sphere OF
spheres.
During many centuries the opposite belief,
a reaction from the ancient idea that the
world was fat and therefore all. has pre-
vailed among astronomers and people of
ordinary intelligence
The tumping-on place was supplanted by
the bulge. and TO prove that there was a
bulge they reminded us of the fact that as
a ship came sailing in We could see the
mast first.
That was allowed to pass. although
straisht-edge laid from the incoming ship to
the wharf might have demonstrated that
the "rotundity' which so effectually shu,
out from view the hull of the vessel
announced perhaps TO as much as one-third
Of an inch
But not desiring to argue to cite the
density OF the lower and comparative clear
ness OF the upper atmosphere, We all OF
us permitted the matter to drop.
During all this time We were advised
to hold the earth in mild contempt. that in
comparison with the monster worlds about
Us II was but grain OF sand
ihis theory was 80 depressing that when
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Good Time. for the Rich.

HarperS Weekly
gentlernan's gardener came him day last month
desired audience Said ne: You well. sir;
nothing to complain Of undergardener bought
house two years ago. expecting be able to make
it He Gid make payments but subsistence
coal. and the Ike-has ccme be dear.
he has fallen behind and like lose his house and
all that he has paid on it. think sir would
think 1t well to give him. help The gentleman
assented and agreed to increase unergardeners
by sum which the gardener thought would be sufficient
Then said he: How does ii with yourself James, Do
you get along weii? oh. get acng. SIR: have been
able until lately 10 put aside of wages cannot
do that just now but hoping better times The
obvious moral of this tle from real life is that
the times are not equally good for all and that
those whose incomes have long been fixed are not
sarrassed by the riches which advertised to be mum
dating the country.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15
NO svENGALI TO CALVES TRILBY.

NJ. Jules Bois. the French man of letters who has
been so fortunate as to win the affections of Nine
Emma Calve Is assuredly not peculiar in feeling in
dgnant at the fancful stories which have it that he
has employed Black Art magic in subduing the soul
of that impassioned singer
Any man would naturally resent such a charge In
the first place, it contains disturbing insinuaon
that NJ Bos was not Of himself sufficiently attractive
to gain Mime. Calves love- that only by the employ
ment of the powers of witchcraft could he make
himself desirable in her eyes as to be accept
able as husband. Taking it for granted that NJ Bos
possesses the average amount of masculine conceit
this insinuation must surely ranke in his Gallic
bosom.
Secondly. lover ardent as to please a great
dramatic songstresS could never consent to figure be-
fore that worlds eyes as cold and malign Svengal
holding the soul of such Trilby subject to his do
minou by occult influences. 1t is safe to say that
Nine. Cave would demand of a lover and husband
the most genuine and fervent passion: therefore, it
In Natures good old way. making himself whole
Somely pleasing, not standing off and executing
strange passes with lean and knucky fingers and say
ing, in German accent, 1T iss my vll,' when he
demands her hand in marriage NJ. Bos surely has
kick. coming to him for being presented doing
hypnotic stunt" at Calves expense
Let lis be just to this lucky Parisian II is true
that he is man of letters but this does not neces-
sariy mean that he dabbles in Black Letters And in
what manly tone does he protest against the wrong
now being done him. Our story is romantic enough
admit: but there is nothing in 1t of magic of any
kind unless it is the magic exercised by great and
generous artist such Nine Calve" There's the right
sort Of talk. NJ. Bois is plainly lover of the good
old kind that has prevailed since Eden first bossomed
into bloom and beauty. The only trouble is that
Paris needed a sensation and the fact that Mme
Calves accepted suitor had dabbed in occutsm made
him an effective Svengali for sensations sake.
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, the news first reached a certain section OF
Tennessee old Tobe Cartwright sold his
farm.
He said that II the earth was insig-
nificant he didn't care 10 own any of it:
and he bought piece of land in Mexico.
. AT the same time there broke out an argu-
ment in the Kentucky House OF Repre-
sentatives: do you mean TO tell u.s.
shouted Representative from the penny
rile'' district. that the earth travels 50
many thousand miles an hour?'
The Speaker of the House. having Just re-
ceived the information. replied that he did
mean It, whereupon the "Pennyrile' man
exclaimed: Then. sir. don't see how in
the name of common sense this here Legfs-
lature ia going to keep up with it,
Professor Wallace says that the object
OF ell the other planets was to assist in
the development OF the soul Of man upon
the earth. And. come to think OF 1t.
great deal of work has been expended in the
attempt TO develop mans soul.
A great deal Of trouble. too. has arisen
out OF the numerous and never-ending at
tempts TO save his soul.
Take. for instance. the soul OF the
heather. and look at what a muss was
kicked UP when hundreds Of our good and
earnest men. forgetting the starved bodies
In American swea tshops, sped to China 10
snatch the Chinese soul and shake 1t about
10 our way OF thinking. convert II to our
eternal controversies.
1t is a grand view to take Of the earth.
and We ought to feel thankful 10 10000 600
accommodating stars. 1t is interesting TO
know that the Milky Way is but a cowpa:h
compared with some of our thoroughfares.
But is 1t not rather singular that all this
soul-deve.oping planetary system should fail
when it comes 10 the development of the
soul OF the average corporation? Are the
COrDOratiOnS greater than the plauetsr Is
the coal combine bigger than Jupiter?
II this is all a soul-developing contest
with the planets arrayed on one side and
the trusts on the other. are forced to
agree that the trusts thus far have proved
the mightier. 1t is but natural that the men
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
As to what the duties Of a dramatic critic
are or should be there is perennial discus
sion.
Opinions on the subject are very various;
or. l may say. curfously calcareous-and
heat. fiery rhetorical lucubrations and ferce
colloQuial CONGREGATIONS.
The actor, author. manager and critic
have OF course, different points OF view.
and therefore each disagrees with the other.
causing violent indigestions OF Judgment.
The question thrown into a mental minclng
machine comes out in these pieces:
I / Is it the province OF the critic TO please
the actor?
2 Should critic be a critic pure and SIM
pie ignoring the extent OF the applause.
and confine himself TO a careful valuation
of the play and the presentation OF it by
the performers?
3 Should the personalities OF the author
or manager enter into the critics Judgment
of play?
4. Has manager the right TO exclude an
Objectionable critic from his playhouse
5. Is it the province OF the critic TO teach
the actor how to act?
Here. then. II will be observed that the
mincer. with human foresight. has re-
Trained from making an addit;onl chop and
labelling 1t: rs Criticism a Lawful Occupa-
tion?" George Henry Lewes. he OF the long
ago. and George Eliot torestallsd any reply
moderner might make by satisfactorily
-. t,N g.
of his fountainIess pen: st. Jerome" wrote
Lewes. Sin the tribulations over the vul-
gate, which had cost him labors so i'm
mense, and had been met with criticisms
so exasperatins. exclaimed: Had I been
maker of baskets no one would have
troubled me"
'It Is very true: the maker OF baskets
courts no bubble reputation and IS shell
tered In ohscurity dixie theatrical fc-
tioneeD. Yet even he, perchance. has TO
bear the criticisms OF severe housewives:
but the insult is private. because the trans
action is private; but should he aspire to
a nobler glory he must endure more pub
lie ignominy: soliciting the gentle voices
he must be prepared for rotten eggs,
When a man sets up TO instruc. or
amuse US ard for that instruction or
amusement demands our money as well
our applause. 1t is clearly lawful thing in
any or all of US TO express our opinion. be
that opinion scorn.''
Satisfied that "the critic has a right TO
exist. We may now return to the thread of
our story.
Here We have the ingredients OF the milk
in the critical cocoanut. Now as to the
first Of these constantly recurring propos.-
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RECENT COMMENT.
A Tribute to senator Cockrell.


Charles Emory Smith in Philadelphia Saturday Evening
Post.
The marriage OF Senator Cockres daughter has fur
nished the occasion OF striking demonstration OF
felt for Senator by his
associates without distinction of party. The general
OF this department than in
turning aside for moment from the snowy figures
and the more spectacular exhibitions, and aiding a
broader recognition and appreciation
useful in public life, Senator con-
spicuous in the public eve some others He Is
brilliant gladiator like rs colleague who long
and shining is just leaving the Senate But
actual work of practical legislation relating TO all
branches Of government this unassumng Is of
the most efficient and valuable forces Washington
Mr. Cocrell has been in the Senate years
and during af that time has devoted himself public
work with conscientious assiduiiy equaled by He
is member OF the great Committees Appropra-
tions and Military Affairs He is also OF the Com
mittee on Rules. which understands better than
he. and, though belonging the minority. chairman
OF Engrossed Bills. that which
acted through bis careful hands Some years ago
he served the special committee which a minute
and exhaustive examination of all departments of the
Government and of their operation As
the result of this experience understands
machinery OF the Government better than he does and
he fairly divides with Senator Allison the distinction of
having the largest information and being the highest
thority the whole range of admnstra
ton. =
Best OF al!shs fills his position In the and
wprthiest public spirit He is Democrat from Southern
question of meeting public necessity advancing
just public interest partisanshp his judgment
pars his usefulness He is exConfederate soldier.
but he is the less genuine patriot and he brings
the consideration of the multiplied questions of public
concern which came before him true patriotic spirit
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15


marrying shepherdesses and beggarmaids; !;
but. in reality. it is only the grand ducai
house Of Tuscany which. for nearly coo
years. has exhibited royal Princesses run
ming away with dancing masters and French
masters engaged at their husbands courts
A man in love Is always interesting. What
pity It is that husbands cannot always be
In love!
There would be more happy marriages IL
men were deaf and women blind, and even
still if women were all dumb.
The most that man can do is to avoid
temptations.
Men who always praise women do not
know them well: men who always speak i'll
of them do not know them at all.
What particularly fatters the vanity of
women is TO know that some men love them
and dare not tell them So However. they
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Having Fun With New conEre..men.


With the beginning of every Congress the MEM
bers supply the Washington correspondents with material
for a humorous column by the revelations they make
autoSiographies they allowed contribute
Congressional Directory The experienced are
cautious. and take pains TO down record
brief and matter OF fact 1t is also useless and uninter
esting but IL is therefore safe The regard the
o contribute te the Directory recognition of
their greatness and the thought of lending themselves
ridicue does not enter their solemn minds. They
DOWN the facts those
look in their own eyes and they usually do it in detail
and length And then they laughed att It's really
too bad. for the new Congressman who does not
extremely rare. and suffers cruelty when he
finds that he is not quite impressive the Wash
ington world he is TO himself and his neighbors at
home. This year member who must be very lkabie
has included n his biography Of his wife,
it, evidently in grateful recognition of the she
played in his achievement position of which he
the best of rights to be proud 1t have been
funny for him mention her claims fame with his
but it certainly nice of him. and there will
be nothing unkndy in the smiles his innovation will
cite
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15
D 900 >>>>>>>
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS,

D From The Republic, March Is. ISIS.
Q Mrs Ann Clark Farrar. widow Of
Q Doctor Bernard G. Farrar OF St
. Louis, disd at Helena, Mont She
. was a daughter Of Charles Wynn
. Thurs,on and grandu:ece OF General
O George Rogers Clark OF the Lewis
o and Clark expedition Her children
Q were John o. E. Benjamin. Bernard
Q G. and James G. Farrar. NrA Hous-
O er and Mrs Martha Swaringen.
Q Among her grandchildren were MrA
. Arthur Barrett and Mrs. d. D.
Q Burns She was half-s;sser Of Colo
. mel John O'Fsllon.
O John Lanahan contributed 100 vol
q umes OF standard books to the jail IL
. ersry.
o ]. H. Lionberger trapped q flying
q squirrel. which re presented to the
. Geological Garden
o VI. W. Hogan. Prosecuting Attcr-
o ney of the Court OF Criminal Correc-
. zion. recovered from a serious illness.
q Two four-oared shells built by b
. Brand for the Marine Rowing Club
. were placed in commission and
q named Nautilus and Undins.
q The committee appointed AZ pub
. lie meeting Of citizens to demand
q greater improvement; OF streets met
. and organized at the once of James
Q o. Brosdhead. chairman The mem
o bers Were Charles Gibson. Georre I.
. Joy, Thomas Allen. d. II. MacAdsra.
. George Shields Jacob Tam, joseph
o Schna,6er and George Balm
Q William wi,terstael;er's seore. a,
q EiShYA
q broken open and robbed
o John y. Goodin. who was arrested
. upon the superstition that be vas a &.
. members OF the Younger hso,he-s. .
. gang Of bandits, a,ed salt for dam
. ages sssinst Police Sergeant Morgan ,
o Roisnd-
. Judge Ichr NJ. Krun Sled q re,i,son ,
. against Edward Butler fer profe.-
. sionst services rendered in defending
. fifteen persons. Including Butler. who
. was charged with conspiracy, before
. the Court ef Criminal Cxrectscn. The
. Claim fer tees had been assigned 10
. Judge Sran by {, c. Simmons. at 4
Q ,oensS. ,
. John Reilly. an e,d river pE,c.. a.es I
. st No, isss R->,ad~ay.
. A wall fell at rsrS Srsunn.r,. s,>-
. house ca Bremen avenue between I
. Eleventh aud Twelfth ssreess ana I,
. crushed twe we-Sn<a.
. CO'oaei Fad Aad Par& connsSsoa- 4
. er wstSe. devised means 70 catch the I
. rsassssss which were damaging Ss,- 4
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pressed home to the mass of the population without
respect 10 age
The plan Is not inlpracticable Nor would it be
expensive compared to the OF providing present
university education The suggestion is worthy the
thought of the educator and the consideration of
monweahs and municipalities. Such a plan must
inevitably he embodied in the general educational
scheme of the future.
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLTc

HAT the earth was
made for man. that
is. for some men. we
all of us have been
taught firmly to be-
lieve.
But now arises As
tronomer Wallace and
proves to his own sat
isfaction and to the
satisfaction of the
hitherto undecided. the
mugwumps of astron-
omy. that all other
planets are but the
outlying precincts and