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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19
THE NEW ST. LOUIS.

None but confirmed peSSmist could fail to be
impressed by the elevated character of the progressive
movement that is making st. Louis better more
beautiful and larger city The atmosphere charged
with the ambition of epoch. The constructive
forces leagued, without being fully organized, by
common sentiment in favor Of moral, aesthetic and
material advancement, and probably for the first
time in the citys century of existence, there is such
complete harmony among all benefcent agents that
betterment and improvement are instead of golden
promise. 4 present reality
What has been done is but beginning although
1t is beginning of which any city might be proud
The foundation of reform and progress is deep and
firm. Public officials and the people have jointly con-
structed it. Together they must build the super
structure. making it strong and permanent The work
of this and the next few years should be well DONE as
upon the results will depend the cys standing among
the great municipalities of the world Provincial it
may seem to claim prosperity and indulge in hopes
Yet provinciasm is another for civic pride and
patriotism. No city is too big to be provincial.
At this time, when ardor is intense. supreme eff
forts should be made perpetuate the change. The
city will grow in population and its commerce Will
steadily increase. 1t is bound TO be great city, in
size, commercial Importance and influence But it
cannot be model city unless the people themselves,
led by responsible and able citizens to whom the vel
fare of the municipality of personal concern desire
to standard.
The segregated forces. all active for advancement,
should be still better united that they may cooper
ate in all matters relative to the general good. There
need not be actual organization, association, for
this purpose; but rather a disposition in all bodies,
and among all citizens to support every plan for bet
terment. whether municipal, mercantile social.
Concerted action is Of the potent factors in
achieving
The success of a private business Of private
plant adds to the growth and prosperity of the CITY,
and the public has reason to rejoice therefor But
there are occasions when public interests para
mount to private ends, and we should learn the ad
vantages Of putting public interests forward every
opportunity. This is the doctrine that st Louis should
apply more earnestly and more generally. The force
Of united action cannot be resisted.
st. Louis need not wait to learn from other cities.
Instead it must originate, Its needs suggest.
1t has large tributary territory, which it must
ciate, expanding its and extending its in
fuence. 1t will inevitably be a large city, great
mercantile and industrial center. Why not make it
beautiful city, better city and always, as now,
wellgoverned city? Why not preserve the ambition
and civic pride which at present efecting better
ment? All of this can be done by harmony among
the progressive forces and concerted action in all pub
lie welfare movements.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19
By Max O'Rell.


II can sit in the ear Of the second horse
and tell him what he has got to do, which
way he has to CO."
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
All my readers know the story and Won
drous adventures of Tom Thumb, but prob
ably few of them know that the story Is
more than 5000 years old, and can actually
be seen every day in the armament, for the
original Tom Thumb IS none other than the
little star of the sixth magnitude, which IS
observed close to the second star in the
constellation of the Great Bear.
According to the traditions of antiquity,
the first astronomers were the children Of
Central Asia.
The immense plains, where the first
Semitic civilizations were settled. led the
shepherds, during the serene nights, to con-
template the heavens and adore their SPLEEN
dor.
The Great Bear naturally attracted their
attention. and their imagination soon made
them discover in the famous constellation a
chariot drawn by three oxen.
Ever since those ancient times all the ma
tons of the earth have attributed to the
four stars forming the square the part OF
wheels, and to the other three the part Oh
oxen or horses.
The little star Just above the second large
star was soon given the part Of the driver
Cn the GermanlC VERSIONS we iiiiu iii'S tiSS
star called reiterlein, tho little rtder).
The adventures of Tom Thumb diner IN
all the countries where the story is still told
and has been told for thousands of years.
All versions, however, agree in attributing
the birth Of the little hero to the same
cause.
poor couple sometimes woodcutters,
sometimes laborers), had been married a
long time and had no children: How sad,
they thought, was their cottage without
children! If they could only have one not
bigger than the thumb, how they would love
iti'
The prayer was heard and a baby boy,
admirably made and of the size Of a thumb,
was born to them.
In the southern regions of Europe. also in
the east. the woman begged that a baby
boy should be born to her, even II one not
bigger than a grain of pepper And, in
those countries, Tom Thumb is called Pep
perlet.
As soon as he was born, happy as the
parents were, they felt disappointed that
their wish had been granted to them so
much to the letter. what will ever be the
use Of such little creature?" wondered
the father.
'T can be of use to you. father" replies
the little fellow, in most Of the versions
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19
INJURIOUS AGITATION.

Judging from the extent and character of discus
sion Of the negro question: an observer might natur-
ally conclude that the American people were con-
fronted with an immediate problem, What to do with
the negro. few short months ago when the Presi-
dents action evoked storm of protest 1t was not
deemed probable that the question would develop its
present proportions. Now the negro is topic in
every community and there is scarce a representative
newspaper in the United States which does not con-
tain frequent reference to the subject.
In fact, the negro is the same negro who year or
eighteen months ago, excited comment his situa-
ton is the same he is the same factor in the indus
trial, social and educational spheres and the political
sphere his Importance in point of fact has neither
increased diminished along any line. He presents
greater problems to-day than he presented year
or more ago; and these in fair way to solve
themselves until Mr. Roosevelt disturbed them in ad-
vancing his political aims.
But in one respect the negro has changed-he has
assumed a different aspect. Whereas before he was
considered only American citizen, now he is
considered as negro. The line Of cleavage between
white and black citizenship has been drawn in the
popular mind. Citizenship appears to have been
distinctly classified In fact In law, in theory citizen
ship knows no distinctions IN Imagination the negro
is negro citizen apart from the white
Apparently he is eager to accept different status
from that of his white neighbor. He feels dignhed
by the determinations and clasSifcations which did
not formerly exist. 1t is longer citizenship
which invests him; he is negro citizen and as such
entitled to special socitude and considerations or
binary and obscure citizenship has been cast aside for
individual citizenship.
The average negro, ignorant Of the inevitable re-
suit to his status, rejoces in distinction which
moves him from obscurity and sets him apart for
special considerations but the enlightened Of the
cannot but perceive that the separation of it
self must if persisted in, effect lowering Of status
Differentiation is inevitable; and exalting Of the
status above that Of the ordinary level Of cit
izenshp is impossible.
These considerations have to do only with tho
negro status it would naturally be regulated by
the dominant mind and will of the country, if seq
regated. The negros own tendency to reduce his
status provided he follows false leadership in attempt
ing to force upward to unnatural levels is certain.
Reactionary forces must carry him back below the
starting point.
On the whole 1t appears that the negro would have
Jared better had he been spared Mr.. Roosevets dis
eliminating attentions.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19
CALIFORNIA APPLIES
FOR SMALL COINS.
Treasury Department Amazed by Re-
quest for Nickles and Pennies From
State Where Seldom Seen.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. July 1s.-United States
Treasurer Roberts has received a requis-
ton from the Subtreasury at San Francis
CO for 5000 in nickeIs and 5000 in 1-cent
pieces.
From any part Of the country except the
Pacific Coast this demand would not have
attracted more than passing notice. In
California. however, the use of coins Of tho
small denomination. particularly nickels
and 1-cent pieces is practically unknown.
The requisition just received is the first
Of its kind in the history of Mr.. Roberts,
long career in the Treasury. No informa-
ton was obtainable here as to the cause Of
the demand. but Mr.. ROBERTS believes that
the big department stores are directly re-
sponsible.
He predicts that newspapers from the
coast will contain advertisements Of special
sales on articles, such as the big Eastern
and Middle West stores are accustomed to
listing at prices ending in odd cents.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19
RECENT COMMENT.
ireland and Home Rule.

New York fvf4ing Post
King Edward who has captured Paris, charmed Pres-
dent Ioubet and completely fascinated Admiral Cotton
his sailor would doubtless give the half
kingdom for way to win the Irish. The Dublin Com
Council has voted to treat him with digni1ed
gard when he visits their city. This slight to be the
sign that Ireland still resents her thraldom
forward resumng her rights nation Possibly
should not take the Dublin city fathers too seriously,
matches very srkingy the of the
Nationalist who willing accept the land bill.
without gratitude Naturally, it does little aay
political discomfort at Dublin ownership to
facilitated in the country Everything indicates that
who have believed that land reform would produce
Ireland have taken short-sighted view The
Government, the demand Nationaliss has whit
the privileges the landlords the
BILL but concession produces contentment Pos
sibIy a prosperous Ireland may satisfied;
the spokesman Of the Nationalist declare
emphatcaly that 1t will be merely better
equipped win the fight for home rule
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19
COUNSEL FROM A FRIEND.

Henry George Jr. identified with labor questions,
gives some sound advice to the wage-earner. Says
he: 1T behooves workngmen in times Of prosperity,
when there is brisk demand for labor and wages tend
upward, and the hours of labor tend to shrink not
to become too exactng, and certainly not to become
arrogant and arbitrary
This does not mean, precisely, let well enough
Alone but the latter is good counsel at period
when there is work for all at fair wages. Mr. George
merely advises the workingman against forcing a
beneficial tendency to his injury, against strainng
well enough" especially when the promise is for
even better things.
Let the wage-earner secure what are fairly his
lights, butuse great caution against overreachins and
Pm
rfann
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19
Unselashnes. of Physicians.

disposition often the ethics
by which doctors of medicine goverred-at the rule
which brands quack practitioner who keeps for
his exclusive and profit any discovery he may
make of curative agent Yet there is other profess
which gives for nothing the public and whose
giving in that respect Is absolutely without selfish motive
This is illustrated by statement to the effect
that the of the medical profession in recent
have practically been cut in by the hygenc reforms
which have been brought about the efforts Of the
tors alone That statement Is well within the realm Of
truth Medical science is constantly striving make it
possible for the human get along with less med
ical treatment Not only efforts of investigators
directed to the discovery of and effective
edes for disease but to discover of preventing the
spread and even the inception Broadly speak,
ing, the doctors working continually deprive
of occupation revenue
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19
WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEYS FAME
AS POET WILL LIVE IN 1STORY.

before whom to air his literary theories
yet he was not a great talker rather an
enlghtening and somewhat fancifuI CONVEX
satoralist. 1t has been said Of him, II
remember Alright. that he was another rare
Ben Jonson," without the latter's loquacity
1t would seem. indeed, that he talked
much as he wrote. with studious regard
for trerchancy. addressing himself more to
the select few than TO the popuiace-
Yet at the same time. and strangely
enough in this latter connection. he Is con-
sidered az being especially representative
of the commingling of the influence Of Jour
nal!gm and the higher literature on con-
temporaneous letters. Much OF MS best crit
ica work was done for the daily newspa-
pers
But It is as a poet that william Ernest
Henley will live in literary history He
was influenced by Whitman and Swtnburne,
though in many moods he forgot alike these
stronger and more passionate influences and
sang gentler ard purer strain
AL times, too. he BOUNDED the martial and
imperial note Of Kipling, notably. 1t seems
to rne, In The Song of the Sword"
Edged to anrihtlate.
roliow. U follow me,
I'll the waste places.
Uoze. az the hoaeycornG
Drips. with the sweetne1s
! Distilled OF Of my s,r ef .,,,-x
They give back IN beauty
The dread and the anguish
Follow. o. follow then.
Heroes. my harvesters.
Where the tall grain u rips
Thrust in your sicklesi
Stripped and adjust
In stubble OF empire.
scything and binding
The full sheaves OF sovranty:
Thus. o thus Elor1ously.
Curious. in its apparent lack of the faint
est touch OF affection. is his "Bsllade OF
Dead Actors in memory OF that same ao-
brother. Ted Henley. beginning:
Where are the passions they essayed,
and where the tears they made to fowl
Where the wild hurnors they portrayed
otheilo's 's wrath and Juiiet Sc woes s A
And Millamant and Romeo?
Into the night go one and ALL
How different. in its tenderness. is his
dedication Of "A Book Of Verses and Lon
don xelunsares t. his ss sfe :,
All that is good in them belongs
Only to you.
And singing as when all was young.
Those Others. lived but left unsuns-
titled in Hospital" does not this remind
you of Whitman in its bold badness?
A square. squat room. cellar or promotion.
Piasters astray in unnaturaI-iooking tinware;
Scissors and lint and apo;hecary's jars.
Here on bench skeleton would writhe from.
Angry and sore. wait to be admitted:
While at their ease two dressers do their chores
4 small boy shifts and shutders after biuegtone.
poor old tramp explains his poor old ulcers.
Life is Il think blunder and shame.
RIPLEY D. SAUNDERS
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19
POEMS WORTH KNOWING.
THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL.
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.

A naked house. a naked moor,
A shivering pool before the door.
A garden bare of flowers and fruit.
And poplars at the garden foot;
Such is the place 1 live in.
Bleak without and bare within.
Yet shall your ragged moors receive
The Incompatible pomp OF eve.
And the cold glories of the dawn
Behind your shivering trees be drawn:
And when the wind from place to place
Doth the unmoored cloud galleOns chase,
Your garden blooms and CLEANS again
With leaping sun and glancing rain;
Here shall the wizard moon ascend
The heavens. the crimson end
OF days declining splendor; here.
The army of the stars appear.
The neighbor hollows. dry or wet.
Spring shall with tender flowers beset;
And oft the morning muser see
Larks rising from the broomy lea,
And every fairy wheel and thread
OF cobweb dew bediamonded.
When daisies go shall winter time
Silver the simple grass with rimeS
Autumnal frosts enchant the pool
And make the cart ruts beautiful.
And when snow bright the moor expands.
How shall your children clap their handsl
To make this earth our heritage,
A cheerful and changeful page,
Gods intricate and bright device
OF days and seasons doth suffice.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19

William Ernest Henley. poet. dramatist
and critic who died in London last Sum
day, was one Of the few men OF letters Of
the younger school Of his time. whose fame
will increase, rather than diminish, now
that he is no longer a living figure in the
actual world.
He was an interesting personality. this
virile, fuIl-blooded. impetuous man. who
loved literature with a passion almost rough
in its ardor, and yet was one of the most
delicate stylists of that England of the
Nineteenth Century's closing quarter
wherein the major part of his work was
done.
Impatient of all writer's who could not
face the fieshly nakedrcss of nature IN
ashamed, he was. nevertheless. the cham
p!on of the aesthetic theory of art for
arts sake and lived up to his convictions
with fearless devotion.
The swing of the pendulum Of Henley's
cathoicity lover of letters was indi-
Gated by his equal admiration of Kipling
and Stevenson, the work of the one almost
brutal in its masterful English. and in a
tremendous fusion of the real and the i'm
aginative, that Of the other as dainty and
fine the gosssmcr web of n fairy loom
that barely touches the common earth.
In both Henley discerned the true stroke
OF the surprising craftsman.
1t does not affect Henley's attitude toward
the artistry of Stevenson that he unhap-
PLY dwelt upon certain personal idiosyncra-
cies Of the latter. following Stevenson's
death In far Samoa.
The pity Is that friend should have
done SO. apparently. unfriendly a thing
yet Henley's defenders in England stub
bornly contended that his one purpose was
to bring about healthier regard for the
real Stevenson. To his candid eyes, they
said, 1t seemed that Stevenson should be
better loved in his human weaknesses and
Httlenesses than the sort of defled and
superhuman character into which he was
being transformed by the hero .worshipinE
multitudes.
Tastes differ in such matters, however.
To me It has always been a source of the
keenest regret that Henley should have
chosen to point out the little vanities and
poslngs of the dead and gone Stevenson.
They had been such good friends
They had held such fine converse together
In the smoke of their cigarettes when night
merged into morning and London's streets
grew gray under the dawn.
They had worked so pleasantly together
in the plays Of which they were joint au-
thorS-the somber and sinister Deacon
Brodie"; the quantity old-fashioned Beau
Austin" with its scented suggestion of the
English comedy of an earlier generation;
the curious little tragi-comedy of Admiral
Guinea" which, somehow, makes one think
of Steyenson's Treasure Island In its
dramatic effects
And Stevenson, dying on his South Sea
Island, had thought so tenderly Of his friend
Henley. 1t was a poignant pity that such
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. 80 80 80 . %<~>%l
!, TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TO-DAY In ST. LOUIS

q From The Republic. July %, 1878.
q Eight deaths from sunstroke were
. reported. with thirty-fve prostra-
. lions. The temperature modified after
o an intensely hot spell which had
. lasted more than a week and caused
. more than hundred deaths
= The most prominent heat victim Of
. the day was the Reverend Father
. Marsellinus, formerly Joseph Brink
= man, who died at the Holy st. An
. tonius Church, Kansas avenue and
q Meramec street.
. Other well-known persons who died
. from the heat were Mrs. s. E. Fin
q negan OF Fifteenth and O'Fallon
. streets. William Pollock of No. 1lls
q Lafayette avenue, and Mrs. Mary
q O'Neii Of No. sol North Eighth street.
. Work ceased on the new Custom
. house on account of the weather.
q Lieutenant Bowen of the Carondelet
. Guards was seriously Ill from too
q much drilling at the armory.
. Eddy Elbrecht, the young son of
q Henry G. Elbrecht OF Seventh and
. Lynch streets. was seriously hurt by
q falling off a fence.
. versary Of Marquette's voyage down
= the Mississippi River was celebrated ,
q at the Mercantile Library Hall under
q the auspices of the Missouri His
. torical Society, the committee in ,
. charge being composed of Captain I
. Silas Gent, P. L. Foy, Doctor P. 8.
. O'Reilly. Albert Todd. ]. H Herthel. .
. Judge John N. Krum. Doctor George /.
. Engelmann, the Reverend Doctor /.
. Post. Richard Bowling, James Nc
. Grath, H. ]. Spaunhorst, Judge John
. D. F1nney, Richard Ennis, W. H.
. Cozzens and Gustavus st. Gem.
. Among those who took prominent F.
. part in the Marquette celebration ,
. were Peter L. Foy. John G.. Shea,
. Colonel W. F. Switzler, Miss Flor
. ence Hayward, F. Corte1 Spontini, 4
. Miss Cecile Haydel, Miss Carrie Co ,
. nant. Miss Dorcas Carr, Miss Elise ,
. Tracy, Miss Lille lowering, Miss
. Mary Darby, Miss Sue Russell, Miss
. Thaw, the Misses Marie and Fannie .
. Carr. the Misses Katie and Sophie .
. johnson, A. A. Schnuck and chorus .
= Of 200 voices.
. The Reverend W. " Tudor returned .
. from Washington. d. C.
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the schoolroom would naturally be met with many
qualifications and objections, but the developmental
and empirical facts recorded in the press and some
thing of the knowledge of the contemporaneous life
mirrorcd by the press-a knowledge Of 1.-The times we
live n"would be well acquired in the modern school
room. Such would inform the student of the needs
of the times and instruct him In the qualifications for
success
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19

Toy pistols and tetanus 60 hand in hand AS re-
suit Of injudcious patriotism there have been numer
Deaths and the returns are not all in yet. Next
year let's remember these tragedies and temper our
celebrations with little more common sense. Why
not leave out the toy pistol altogether?
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19

Everything at the PostOffce Department, down to
the flea the tall of the janitor's dog has gone to
sleep. There is something very soporifc in the pot-
ical atmosphere at Washington. Here in st. Louis
our Doodle Investigations all summer. It's not
only good politics but it's good morals to get rid Of
corruption with all possible speed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19

1t is unkind for New York newspaper to insinu
ate that President Roosevelt is rated statesman
among cowboys and cowboy among statesmen
That's what a gets, though for achieving a
Rough Rider reputation at the outlay of almost in
calcuable strenuosity.