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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-07
What Should the President Do2

The people have learned to expect so
much from President Roosevelt that they
are critically weighing acts by him that
were made In matter of-fact way when
done by other presidents. Ever since
there have been railroads In this country
presidents have accepted what may be
called gifts Of transportation, and every
president who has swung around the circle
has accepted the free use of trains prof
fered by the railways. President Roose-
velt's last tour Of the country cost, it
has been estimated, or would have cost
If he had had to pay, s25o,ooo, but the
entire expense was borne by a. single rail
way company. Democratic, and mugwump
papers have been severely criticizing the
president for accepting such an immense
gift. ... .s~
The president has also been blamed for
making what might be called domestic use
of naval yachts, altho other presidents
have been condemned for this, too
A third count against the president is
the review Of the North Atlantic fleet
off Oyster Bay.
The free train question is one regarding
which 1t is not easy to arrive at conclu-
sion. While 1t Is absurd to think that
President Roosevelt's official course or
actions are In the least degree affected by
the fact that a, railway company gave
him free trip Of unusual length and cost,
it does seem a little Irregular that the
President Of the United States should ac-
cept such an imposing present For the
most part the president Travelled as the
president, and his expenses ought to have
been met by the government. To be sure
there Is no appropriation for that purpose,
but why not have such an appropriation
hereafter? If the people like to have
their president come among them, they
are certainly quite willing to pay the
bill; they would rather be the hosts than
have the railway companies do the en-
tertaining. - -
AS to the domestic use Of naval yachts
by the presidential family. We think there
IS less ground FOR reasonable objection
than to the use Of free trains.
The president being commander in
chief Of the navy, is entitled to review it,
and should do 50 If he has it's efficiency
at heart. That being the case, it. makes
| no difference whether the review be held
at Oyster Bay or some other place con-
venient for the assembling of the ships.
Those who know the president know that
there was no thought of self Qualification
in having the ships come to Oyster Bay.
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lasted. but in the twenty-third, after the
East Siders had scored three tallies, al
most everyone went home, expecting that
1t was all over with us. But it wasn't.
The East Sidersapiteheregot wild from ex-
element in the twenty third and our first
three men took bases on balls. Then their
famed a couple Of men in succession. The
next fellow to bat was a man who hadn't
secured hit all summer. He never
famed, but invariably knocked high fly
and was trapped. Altho there were three
men on as many bases. our prospects did
not appear bright, Then the batter did
the expected; he slammed out a high fly
to the East Siders' center fielder. Straight
towards him it flew, when suddenly from
no one knew where big buzzard scooped
down on the ball from above, knocking it
out of the fielder's reach, resulting in
four men tallying.
1.-THE shock to the buzzard in coming
in contact with the ball was so great that
the big bird died. That is the reason
l have such peculiar ornaments
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-07
Labor DaY.

The celebration Of Labor Day was con-
exercises were concerned. The speeches
appointed for Loring park were not de-
livered, the committee Of arrangements
announcing that the rain had made the
ground too damp. The labor people,
however, will have an opportunity, thru
The Journ to read In substance
what their speakers would have said to
them If the addresses had been delivered.
Labor Day has become a permanent
institution. It is intended, primarily. to
express in an emphatic way the sentiment
which we have in mind when we talk Of
the dignity Of labor. Men who work with
their hands their hands being guided by
their brains to the accomplishment of
more or less intelligent results, honor
themselves and their callings by their OBJ
servance Of one day in the year with
marches and meetings, public addresses
and social events, indoors and out. And
as result Of 1t the community at large
is wholesomely impressed with the idea
that labor is honorable and idleness dis
honorable.
This demonstration is, of course, con-
fined to organized labor, which Is, after
all. only a small part Of the working force
Of the world, but the success with which
is impresses itself illustrates the value of
organization and the power which it con-
fers.
Organized labor has concerned itself
chiefly with lettering the condition of its
members In point of wages, hours of labor
and the conditions under which labor is
performed. All this Is important and in
order, but it Is not all. An important SER
vice to itself and to society which organ
lied labor Is expected to render Is to raise
the standard Of performance, improve the
quality Of the work done and stimulate
the desire to excel among it's members.
In competition in the worlds markets
no factor will be more potent than the ele-
ment Of skill, superiority Of workman
ship and capacity Of the workman. The
organized labor Of America is bound tt
recognize this fact, as we'll as its EN-
ployers, and thus help to gain for the
employments of it's hands the markets o.
the world. 80. -, 81
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Residence Street Paven1ents.

To the, Editor. of The Journal. -
Mr.. E. J. Phelps has placed our whole
city under an obligation by his >exhaus-
tive article on the narrowing Of the paved
portions, of streets in residence districts.
1t Is to be regretted that Minneapolis, in
this reform, lags behind many other cities
less, famed for progress. Mr. Cleveland
gave us such advice twenty years ago,
and the writer's voice, raised perhaps
oftener out Of season than in has made
but slight impression. -,
The paving problem for minneapolis,
with her. immense. area relative to pop
ulaton, Is of great, and pressing impor-
tance. Hundreds of miles=.of residence
streets must in the near future be paved
or macadamized. If "a feet are enough,
why burden the abutters with the cost
OF 80 or 60 feet, plus additional future
expense Of maintenance land sprinkling
MIR. Phelps perhaps comedies too much
to- the conservatives who stand. for the
4OSfoot pavement. Within a few weeks
Warren II. Manning, landscape artist Of
Boston. we'll known. in MINI polls has
told the writer that 16 feet Of pavement
Is quite sufficient in most residence
streets. He also advises against curb
stones in such streets and in favor of
sloping the planting space q, outside the
sidewalk to the edge Of the pavement.
Here IS another considerable saving and
a decided addition to the beauty of streets.
| desire. to take this occasion to ex-
press regret at case Of premature con
cession to the correct principle I am com
mending. eIn Difference to the wishes of
residents, the council has~lately ordered
the width of Fifth street Sc, between
curbs, to be reduced from 40 feet to 80
feet The curbing has been moved in to
the new line Itwould have cost no more
to have moved it four feet further on
each side and reduced the pavement to "a
feet. We have so per cent more pave
ment to pay for and maintain than is
necessary. The appearance Of the stree,
| Is somewhat improved, Had the council
conceded the 24-foot pavement, we should
have had street which would remind
one Of Delaware avenue in Buffalo OF
woodward avenue in Detroit. When the
good fashion Mr.. Phelps is urging shall
have been generally adopted in our resi-
dence quarters, my good neighbors vii
clamor for the privilege Of paying the
cost of moving their ,curbstones in at leas,
four feet further on each side. But
hope. they may prefer to- dispense with the
unsightly eurbstones..
:.5s $50 William H. eFolwell.
l. IN innpann1iS anf T. {. Il.
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AT THE THEATERs
RIJou-"PrIncess chic

Attic the Princess Chic" was new five
years ago, it was presented for the first
time yesterday at a popular-priced theater
In Minneapolis BY giving thus early in
the season a higher class entertainment,
the management Of the Bijou evinces q.
pra1seWorthy intention to provide amuse-
ment. that will be annuanya agreeable to
the hparquet and the gallery ~
Ihe La Shelle-E Edward s. o1labora ton
familiar to the twin cities, would sslave
secured little attention during the better
days or comic opera, and, was indeed, by
no means successful when first put on
the stage. But SO rapidly have standards
fallen since 1898, thanks chiefly to in
SEPARATION from the drainage canal, that
the 'Pr1ncesS Chic may now be lauded
as comic opera with genuine music and
a plot. If it's humor is confined to puns
II Its drollest suggestions relate to drunk
enness. 1t Is wholly free from indecency
In language or situation. The music
moreover, has originality and organized
form. ~ -
The present company, with one excep-
tlon,. contains none of the principals that
sang here. in other seasons, with Miss
Marguerite Sylvia. Her place as prima
Gonna and that of the soubrette, Estelle
are taken respectively by two young sis
tiers from the Pacific coast;H, Vera Michel
ena and Beatriz Bronte. Both are likely
to develop. Miss Micheena's voice, not
overstrong, is subject to vibrate But she
sings carefully in a flesh and giriish So
prano. Forrest Huff, the Duke Charles,
formerly Of the Wilbur Opera company,
concealed with a, severe cold yesterday
barytone- that is probably excellent AS
the Steward Chambmerlin,, Thomas C..
Leary, the chief comedian, employs a
minimum of athletic wit, and over
comes, with mis- easy, uncuous good
FELLOWSHIP b., the difficulty Of saying
wouldn't that ,you?" as a surprising
joke He and his assistants Harry Lane
and George Thomas, divided with the
singers last night the encores Of an audi
ence that more than filled the seats.
The eight members Of. the male chorus
made a satisfactory version of the anvil
song The feminine. ehorlsters: did s.ad-
rnirablyF considering their numbers. This
chorus Included no "show girls,'i and it
was kept away from the footlights, Mana
ger slocum being evidently persuaded in
favor of mature women that sing rather
than young girls that, smile. .,..
Attractive scenery accompanies the
production, and costumes that have re
gained the brilliance of their first season
albeit the "men-at-arms' look passfne
strange with long swords and low slip
pers. " H. B. Curry.
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A GENTLE SATIRE ON TIL E CURSE OF THE TIME

,ongman's Magazine. y
to Sex I said that wanted to read II,
but had no time. He said that, Eve hav-
ing been created after Adam, she was
about half day short at the start, and
that women had never made up their
ground. He was extremely dull, and
seemed very much bored, so I began to
talk to Freddy Azure, and left him to
make himself happy in his own way in
solitude. However, what he said about
time made me think Of writing out a
kind of budget Of how much I have. and
how l spend 1t, and 1t Is plain that I
really have none: as follows: 1880.
Breakfast. DAILY Mail."-11:45 Molly
came in and chartered. Went to Fam
chotte's, dresses. Went into the park
? p. m. Luncheon, till 4.-4-5:30. Went
about in motor, shopping.-5:3O. Tea
6:30-8. Dressed.-S:30-11. Dinner at
the Bletherby' a. m. Went round.
$50. Bed There, literally had. no
time. I never have.
add my own budget Of time for day.
June $3.50. Breakfast-1o-1:3
! p. m. Scribbled.-1:30. Luncheon.-2-5.
At Lords. Poor show from Cambridge.
They had to take off Trot to let the Light
Blue get into three fgures.-5--7. Sat in
Kensington Gardens. Tall girls playing
ball in glade, like Nausicaa. N. B.
| Not so like, on close Inspections. Dined
at home.-10. Wrote letters.-11. Bed.
1t thus appears that the hours between
breakfast and luncheon produce the time
which man possesses over and above that
at the disposal of woman; and, of course,
| he can save some between luncheon and
ldinner If he is very economical.
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.THE. NONPAREIL MAN

streets meant soaking, while driving
about in the dampness is certainly most
unpleasant. After the rain ceased we
were too comfortable and coy to go out.
The mighty cathedral that is said to
loom above the town like a great cloud
or stone-I do wish now we had seen it,
was built in 1880 by Francesca di Rimini,
l think that is the name they gave us, an
old monk of the Carmelite order who
dwelt somewhere in a monastery I believe.
He was good man.
The railroad station at Canterbury was
very comfortable and modern We
caught a glimpse of 1t on our way back
to London. During the trip Mary H. said:
"Girls, I've seen cathedrals enough to-
day to last me lifetime. Haven't you?''
We'll, should say So" replied Mar
garet. Lets cut out the other cathedral
towns and read them up in the encyclo-
pedia."
"A splendid idea exclaimed Mary H.
1--WE mustn't tire ourselves all out sight
seeing, you know, or we will not enjoy
the trip"
So we arrived at London in time for
dinner. London has been wrapped in
dense fog ever since we arrived, so We
have not seen it. I'm afraid we will not
see much Of it. But what is London any
how? Nothing but great, big city, and
why should we care to look at cities7
Well, all the girls send love. We are hay-
ing nice quiet time. Lovingly,
Lucille, Margaret and Mary H. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-07
Intervention in Turkey.

1t is reported from Rome that Plus x.
has advised the Emperor Francis Joseph
to use his influence with the Roman
Catholic powers to put a stop to the mas
sacres in Macedonia, and several cardi-
nails favor a formal pontifcal denuncia-
ton to the civilized world, without dis
tincton of religion, Of the frightful atroci-
ties perpetrating in Macedonia, and con-
currently calling upon all the powers to
take common action, on humanitarian
grounds, to put stop to them. This 'ac-
ton the European powers have shown
themselves unwilling to perform, even I'M
der the mandate Of treaty obligation, and
the pope's influence as universal metro
politan in Europe over the Roman Cath
Ollie powers has declined, so that self in
terest is paramount as motive, and obe-
dience to the head Of the church counts
but little. There Is, however, something
imposing In the idea of a Christendom
with one form Of Christianity and under
a universal bishop, arbiter for every in
ternational dispute. peacemaker and ma
tional and international guide, but such
supremacy does not now exist, and prob
ably never will.
Austria Hungary Is an empire herself
inclined to decadence and apparently
moribund, the life Of one man. the en-
peror, alone propptng up the dsintegrat-
ing aggregation of variant nationalities
which make her only a geographical ex-
preston. Neither Austria nor a combi-
nation of European powers can put a stop
to the atrocities Of the present situa ton
by saying to Turkey: Reform your pro-
yincial governments; govern humanely
and intelligently your Christian subjects"
They have tried this. The treaty of Ber-
lin remains dead letter as to reform
The powers, with the Turk, have repudia-
ted their own, obligations. The late Lord
Salisbury was foolish enough to proclaim
the policy of reforming Turkey under the
Ottoman government and he suggested
the Constantinople conference in 1877 to
devise plan for working this miracle of
miracles. which, indeed, was never
wrought and could not be. Salisbury adj
mitted that the object of the conference
was frustrated by the Ottoman govern
ment itself, to which real reform means
extinction. Thus If Pope Plus counsel
were followed and the powers unite to put
stop to the Macedonian atrocities and
enter upon the work Of putting Turkey
on the operating table and using their
knives professionally, they would surely
kill the patient in the curing. They would
have to make a new map of Europe.
Lord Derby once said: ''The eastern
question is the question, who shall have
Constantinople.' and 1t is historically true
that, since the time of the Empress Cath
arine, the Turk has been the paid police
man Of Europe to keep Russia from her
fixed intention Of occupying CONSTANT
nople and holding the waterway from the
Black sea to the Mediterranean. Great
Britain has been the chief subsidizer Of
Turkey, not because she cares rap 70,
the 'unspeakable Turk but because she
has feared Russian control Of the, Medi-
terranean and the route to India.
The Gear Peters declaration. "Constan.
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THE OLD BALL PLAYERS STORY
Kansas City Journal.

A Joplin oldtimer who used to. play base
ball has a potato and a stuffed buzzard
hanging in his &room,s-and therefrom de-
ponds a. talesS4. The potatotcame near caus-
ing the West Side team of Joplin to lose
an exciting game of baseball twenty one
years ago, and the buzard caused it to
win. The last half Of the ninth inning
had arrived with the score tie. The
West Siders had three men on bases, the
oldtimer being at third. At this moment
the pitcher Of the East Side team seemed
to throw the ball to third. 1t went wild,
and the man at third ran home. When he
got there, however, the catcher clapped
the ball on him. The East Side pitcher
had thrown a potato out Of the diamond to
keep from falling over 1t, and it was this
which the baserunner at third had seen
him throw. r-.--. '- .- -
after losing such an excellent chance
to VIM the oldtimer continued in relat-
ing the incident, I'VE felt somewhat cha
grined, but kept pegging along neverthe-
less. For twenty-three innings the game
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FAR TOO LITERAL

have couched their order In the terms they
did.
They wanted, they said, the sentence.
My house shall be called a house Of
prayer He told them they had better
write it down for him. But they said it
would only be necessary to write down
the chapter and verse and he could copy
the sentence right out Of the Good Book.
well, our Lockport stone cutter copied
the sentence, but he didn't end where he
should have ended; he went right on to
the sentences conclusion. The result
was that the legend over the church door
read:
My house shall be called house OF
prayer: but We have have made It = den
of thieves"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-07

The Waconia Patriot advises the coun-
try papers to say nothing about the state
fair that they are not paid for,at regular
advertising rates. The Patriots mistake
is in assuming that the state fair assoc
citation is a concern that makes money
for private gain. 1t does make money,
but not for private gain, and it. is pub
lie institution which does a lot Of good
work for which 1t cannot be paid. More
over. 1t is an object, Of great public i'm
terest and it makes news. Every coun-
try paper has many readers who would
feel that they had grievance against
the publisher If the. paper didT not con-
tain information about the fair.
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LITERARY NOTES

The Winona Publishing company, Wi
mona Lake, Ind, has issued 1.-THE Biblical
Doctrine Of Holiness" by Professor George
=. Robinson Of the Mccormick Theological
Seminary of Chicago. price. % cents.)
In this discourse 1t Is shown that thru the
Hebrew Scriptures and the New Tesla
ment, the same moral and spiritual ideal
dominates.
The Funk & Wagnells company an
nounce q new revised and enlarged edi-
ton of the Standard Dictionary, with IT,
900 new defined vocabulary terms and adj
dttional meanings which have come into
the language during recent years, making
q total of 81 900 words in the great die
tionary. The appendix to the dictionary
has been entirely revised and reset. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-07

King Edward has conferred the Order
Of the Garter upon native chief in South
Africa. Judging from the costume he
wore when he had his picture taken, the
royal garter will not be used to hold up
anything unless it is the chiefs native
modesty.
You take formic acid, powerful anti
septic, which, when applied to animal It's
sues, stops chemical decomposition, an
| embalming fluid in fact and combine it
with methyl alcohol and you get the
among us as formaldehyde. If the milk
man makes this simple chemical expert
ment, he also gets formaldehyde. Or he
may, if he elects, purchase said for
maldehyde directly from the care-free
drug house. If in a moment Of thought
lessness the millsuan places this drug in
the product of his mid-eyed kline, said
milk will last long time without turn
| ing sour. In fact the milk is embalmed.
1t saves the milkman some money.
There is in the health department Of
most cities little column of statistics
Infant Mortality" This column Of sta
tistics is increased considerably in the
course of a year when the nlilkman
thoughtlessly places this formaldehyde in
his milk.
The point we are laboriously trying to
make Is this: II your baby pastures on
milkman's milk, and you are anxious that
said infant should not figure in the In
FAINT Mortality" column so heartlessly yet
carefully kept by the public health de-
partment 'twere well for you to ascer-
tain, even at the cost of some expense to
yourself, whether the milkman thought
lessy puts formatdehydeIn his milk to
preserve 1t, butt preserve baby. In
cidentally, q large, coarse. grown, man can
get along just as well without formalde-
hyde in his milk. It won't kill him and
it may not kill baby, but the government
is not recommending it as health food.
=, Embalming may be all right after q
man or a baby Is dead, altho this column
does not advocate it; but before you are
| thing to do. A J. R.
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- J: T. Trowbridge, the aged author, is
writing his autobiography, at his home in
Arlington, Mass. Mr.. Trowbridge was
born in Ogden, N. Y, and the other day
he said:
From Ogden I went to school at Lock-
port IN my boyhood, and there was a
Lockport stone cutter whom used to like
to talk to, for he had a mind as simple as
child's.
Il remember job that he undertook
ther job Of cutting a sentence from Scrip
The committeeman who intrusted him
with this Job didn't comprehend his child
like. unreflecting nature. or they wouldn't
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! Boston Globe.

Now, just what has Marconi done? Here
is what he says himself: 1--WE can now
send messages with assured accuracy for
1900 miles over water. We can send 2, 900
miles across the ocean with Indifferent ac-
curacy, which means that we can some
times talk intelligibly from Cape Breton
to Ireland. We cannot yet operate land
lines so successfully. because of inter-
ferences. We do not contemplate estab-
fishing 10000, or 5000, or 1000, stations,
because at present we cannot operate
without conflict more than twenty to
thirty, and the utmost limit at the pres
ent time would be, fifty And he adds:
IF / owned any Western Union stock I
wouldn't make haste to dispose of it,. (