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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15

| WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
/ I have two letters from a man whit
signs his name "Perplexed," in one o.
which he says:
when a girl likes a man should she
not tell him 30? Is she not ill-bred wher
she pretends Indifference. GOODNESS and
haughtiness, especially when she contin'
ually %glances at him"
In the second letter he asks:
When a woman is Quarrelsome. de-
ceitful and spiteful. Is a man foolish to
look for a change after marriage?
Are frequent .spats the sign of deer
love, or the reverse?
Are there any sure signs Of lover
"a girl says she is Indifferent to me,
yet she always rests her glances on me
while she is talking to. others. What does
this mean7'
In reply to the first question, I would
say that while undoubtedly a girl has q
perfect right to tell her love. 1t is a pref
ty poor sort Of a man who makes her
do 1t.
A mar who is too cowardly or too lazy
to do his own counting. and who wants
to be made love to instead Of making 1t
himself doesn't look like much Of a mat
rimonial prizo. and he ought not to be
surprised If a girl hesitates to pop the
question to him.
Personally. I think that. inasmuch as a
woman is about three times as much
married as q man is. and it is, therefore,
that much more important that she
should be pleased in her husband, thai
women should be as free to tell their
love as men. Conventions do not sane
ton this view of tho case. however, and
while 1t is true that now and then. worn
out with q mans slowness. or in despair
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The Canal.
Boston Herald.

In the long run 1t will be better for the United State:
to have the canal built with the approval of the Colon
bian Government. 1t might as well be recognized that
while the sacred right of revolution cannot be absolute.
ly denied, 1t would be better for our ends IL We gained
then by not becoming responsible for dangerous meth
DDS. while even Panama in her relations with Colombis
assuming that the latter can be induced to consent tc
reasonable canal construction-would have in the future
q healthier existence because a part of one Of the great
Btates Of South America. We shall gain our end; we shall
one else gives US this, the people of Panama will, and
the necessity in the case will then warrant our accept
ing the gift thus made. But the probabilities are that.
before matters reach this stage. the Colombian Govern
ment will realize that 1t will be better to lay down its
hand, take a more fair-a generous-price for a COM
mercial location which it cannot use, but which 1t hap
pens to possess. and then the entire episode OF the re-
cent bloodless revolution will have something the char
actef in International affairs Of the war precipitated by
the Grand Duchess OF Gerolstein.
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CAUSE FOR ALARM.

When the recent run on the trust companies oc-
CURED, when depositors were pushing, showing, and
crushing one another, when a panic seemed immi
nent, occasion arose for investigation as to whether
there were foundation for any such excitement.
Such inquiry was thorough and diligent. Not one
small circumstance could be unearthed at the time
which justified the rough-and-tumble rush.
We have kept watch earnestly and persistently
and at last are rewarded by a discovery which war
rants a loss Of confidence, after a fashion, and q run
upon a particular kind of safe deposit. Mrs. Fran
els Sterling, Of New York, it appears from the news
columns, deposited 3 1900 In Jewels and $500 in
cash-in her stocking. 1t further appears that
through a hole in said stocking Mrs. Sterling lost
the said jewels and the said $500. A loss of conf
dence in hosiery surely will follow this startling
news.
Put not your trust In stockings. 1t Is true that a
bank may ~break-thet thing has been known to han.
pen-but the Sterling incident clearly proves that
stockings break, also.
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/ exists there to mitigate these untoward
circumstances
The celebrated italian astronomer,
S%chiaparelli. was the first to assert that
the rotation Of Venus is so slow that fits
day and it's year are Identical in length.
Then Mr.. Lowell built his observatory in
Arizona for the special purpose of study
ing the planets, and he arrived at the
same conclusion with %Schiaparelli.
But many astronomers have. up to the
present. remained skeptical concerning the
accuracy Of SO extraordinary a statement.
and a few years & a new method was
applied to solve the mystery.
This was the spectroscopic method.
which rests upon the principle that when
a source of light is approaching its
spectral lines are shifted toward the blue
end of the spectrum, and when it is re-
ceding they are shifted toward the red
end. Now, as Venus turns on its axis.
one Of Its edges must be moving toward
an observer on the earth, while the other
edge is moving away from him, and by a
proper management of the spectroscope
the double shifting Of the spectral lines,
caused by the simultaneous motion toward
and away from the observer, can be clear
ly shown.
Not only that. but the rapidity Of the
rotation can also be estimated from the
amount Of shift that the lines exhibit.
This principle, when applied to Venus.
seemed at first to show that she turned
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IF VENUS is A WORLD, ONE-HALF OF
1T DIFFERS ENTIRELY FROM THE OTHER.
BY: GARRETT p. SERvISS.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The standing puzzle of astronomy. the
rotation of the planet Venus. has just
made at Percival Lowelrs observatory in
Arizona.
The question whether Venus. which is a
globe Of very nearly the same sise. as the
earth, rotates on its axis III z neriod of
about twenty-four hours, or In a period
as long as that Of its revolution round the
sun, Is of the first Importance in its bear-
ing on the life conditions of that bcauti-
full planet.
earth's. then Venus enjoys days and nights
Of moderate length following enc another
In regular succession.
But II its rotation period Is equal in
length to It's year, which must be the case
provided that it turns on Its axis at the
same angular rate with that of its revolu-
ton about the sun, then it can have no
days n nights at all, in our sense Of
those words. for one Of its sides must al
ways face the sun, while the opposite side
never faces it.
From this condition Of affairs It would
result hat Venus. instead Of days and
nights succeeding one another, has simply
a day hemisphere and a night hemisphere,
which never change places.
The day side would naturally lie very
hot and the night side very cold, Unless
some adaptation Of natural conditions not
Included in our experience on the eartn
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more rapidly than the conclusion reached
by Schiaparelli and Lowell indicated.
During the past summer. however. Mr..
Lowell. with greatly improved instru-
ments. has renewed the spectroscopic OBJ
servations of Venus. and his latest re-
suits show that the rotation is very slow.
Whether 1t is slow enough to bring about
the state Of affairs above described-vis:
perpetual night OF one side of the world
of Venus and perpetual day on the other
sidA.s not yet certain, but the probability
appears to be that ouch is really the case.
II we accept this as conclusive tho prob
lem of the Availability of Venus assumes
a new and extremely interesting form.
The departure from the conditions Of
temperature. Illumination, seasons, etc.
which We are accustomed to on the earth
is extremely wide. We have to picture
for ourselves a world, one half of which
is the absolute reverse of the other.
Surprising both halves to be inha sited,
the imagination has q wonderful field in
considering the nature Of the intercoSrN
thai may take place between them when
the people of light and the people Of dark
ness. or more accurately speaking. the
people of the world Of perpetual SUNSHINE
and the people of the world OF unendins
starlight. meet upon their frontiers and
discuss the wonders of their strangely
contrasted experiences.
Copyright. 1903, by W. r. Hearst. Great
Britain rights reserved
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fold rs well, If not better, than she could; he could
introduce features Of which she would never dream;
he could deliver a sermon of advice to young actors
and actresses which would thrill their young hearts
with a courageous purpose; he could e~xpatiate upon
the morale of the stage. since he keeps that in
stock; in short, he could do the trick to n queens
taste. Then let Miss Marlowe's name adorn this
result Of his endeavor and her literary standing
would be established, while he would have-the
meal.
If Miss Marlowe were to occupy herself with
this needless task, could she so easily hire some
body to take her place in The realm of dramatic art?
Hardly. We are immensely sratlfed to know that
Miss Marlowe has overcome her huff.
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THOSE WHO MAKE ARDUOUS TASKS
SEEM EASY ARE USUALLY SUCCESSFUL.


fed or prepare my own food or settle my
own room, and see a cheerful face or hear
a happy. accomplishing voice.
The doctor who exaggerates his patients
Illness and is doubtful about making .
cure is no longer popular.
To-day the optimistic physician who
moves his patient to laughter and WIN
pooh-poohs his fears and assures him he
will be well in no time Is in demand.
1t is so insalI the other avenues OF labor.
The artist or the artisan. the worker In
any trade. profession or business, who
succeeds Is the one who meets his en-
ployment half way. shakes hands with II,
greets it like q friend and welcomes and
speeds 1t like a guest.
The man who regards It as an ordeal
and shakes his head and drops the COT.
ners of his mouth while contemplating II
will never attain to power or prominence.
and never climb higher than his present
condition.
He will go to his with the I'M
preston that Dame Fortune is partial IN
b~estowing favors, n that he has been
the victim of injustice and III luck.
Butgthe fault will be his own
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Britain rights reserved.
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NEWS THAT CHEERS.

1t 10 comforting news that Miss Julia Marlowe
proposes to forego writing magazine articles and
to continue her new play. Fools Of Nature" Miss
Mari0we seems to have been in somewhat Of a hun
about the play and to have conceived the idea of
wording OF her dissatisfaction in the literary field
OF toll
Far from an actress Of her ability should be a
descent, at this, the very zenith of her career, into
penning the ''story Of her life." This thing of fall
ing hack upon MISUNDERSTANDING fond fancies,
proclaiming pet abhorrences and talking about .me"
lis q kind Of last resort and, on the whole, should
be discouraged. There's a surfeit Of Just ordinarily
good writing nowadays and . most appalling lack of
genuinely good acting. Moreover. though she may
not IKE her new piece, her audiences may; and,
however much she might appreciate her literary er-
fort. there's Z grave chance that her readers would
not be quite % enthusiastic.
And she may continue with her pay and ad-
venture into the realm Of beIles-lettres besides, If
she CHOOSE. In almost any city she can pick up
some fellow whose wits are on the market, and.
for about ~ pftea Of I auuare MA. induce him
= Nsits III asnel1s - ~. ~ cJsM . taas IN
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1 am sure I would walk many blocks to
find another stenographer before l would
ask her to do anything more for me.
This young woman will never make any
marked success in life. She sees the OBJ
stacles and the difficulties in her way too
readily. She will always be thinking what
a hard lot she has. and the man or wom-
an who does that rarely reaches the top;
or. IL by accident he does. he finds him
self worn and irritable and unpopular.
ard believes the world is unsympathetic
and life a farce. while all the time he has
only his own disposition to blame.
If you are a cock or housekeeper for
your own husband and children, or for
others. do not tell them of the awful
labor of preparing their repasts or putting
the house in order.
"I hope you will enjoy your dinner-I
am nearly dead from the work of getting
1t ready for you,' I nave heard more
than one mother say. II hope you will
find the house comfortable have worked
all day to make it So"
What pleasure remains to a sensitive
man after hearing such confessions as
these?
I would a thousand times rather go I'M
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PERPL EXrTlES OF THE TM|D LOVER
TOO BASHFUL TO DO HIS COUNTING.
By DIX.

at his obtuseness, a woman does speai
out, in her heart she never forgives hin
for being such a chump as to force her
to take the initiative in the love-making
A woman feels that she has lone hel
full duty in the premises when she has
led a man up to the proposing point. and
opened up the way for him. 1t is ther
up to him to make good on the situation.
Certainly the man whose best girl
continually g~lances at him while she
pretends Indifference, GOODNESS and
haughtiness' has been given a hint
strong enough to knock a house down
with. II he doesn't speak after that-if
he waits for her to come out in cold.
plain, bald words. and tell her love, he
Is such a laggard lover hat he is not
worth any girls time.
In the second letter my correspondent
asks if, when a woman is Quarrelsome. de-
ceitful and s~piteful. a man is foolish to
look for a change after marriage.
He is more than foolish. He is idiotic.
What a woman was before marriage she
will be after marriage. only more SO.
Marriage is not a miracle-working% fountain
into which one plunges and comes out with
all of mes faults washed as white as
snow. Rather. On he contrary, it is a
mordant that sets the dye of ones faults
and make them fast and unfadable. The
woman h is ~il-tempered before mar
riage will develop into a virago after mar
riage who will make her husband the VIC
tim Of her shrewish tongue. The girl
who Is deceitfu1 will become the untrust-
worthy wife in whose hands her husbands
honor is not safe. and the spiteful one will
grow more spiteful and catlike with each
advancing veal
OF course. there nave been cases4n which
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DOMINIC UNIFORMS.

DOMINIC UNIFORMS.
The Street Department regulation requiring the
superintendent and Inspectors to wear uniform
coats is an innovation against which those whom II
affects have no cause to object In fact it Is an
Innovation which might well be inaugurated in
other departments of the city government
In this respect, at least the quasi1public corpora
tions are in advance Of the municipality. The In
spectors Of the lighting companies and all employees
who deal directly with patrons outside Of the Offices
wear uniforms. While the regulation is an advan-
tase to the companies in several ways, 1t is con-
sistent with the interests of householders and pa
irons.
There u more reason why the superintendent
and inspectors of the Street Department should
wear uniforms than there are that they should not.
in the city's service, the letters will denote the de
partment to which the employees are attached, and
the letters on the uniforms will be useful for pur-
poses Of identification
The Water Rates Department, the Department OF
the Assessment Of the Revenue, the License De-
partment, the Lighting Department the Park De
partment, the Department Of Public Buildings, the
Scwer Department, the Water Department and
other departments have employees who enter stores
and residences and who transact business, ont Of
the o6ices, with the public. There are obvious rea.
sons why such employees should wear uniforms.
As far as 1t concerns the Street Department in
particular, the regulation regarding uniforms b ap-
propriate as well as useful. There should be means
OF Identifying superintendents and inspectors. Clti-
zens may have complaints against employees, or
against contractors. or they may desire to give i'm
portant Information to the superintendent. The
superintendent may desire to give orders. In any
of these cases uniforms would be useful. Further,
more. there will be almost q necessity, during the
progress of the Exposition, for having the Street
Department employees In uniform.
Rather than protest against the innovation in
this one department, it would seem more advisable
to urge the adoption Of regulations Of a similar kind
by other branches OF the city government. Minor
features Of this sort have q tendency to advance
the standard Of the public service. Street CommIs-
sioner varrelmann win not regret, to be sure, that
subofdinatee who dislike the regulation tender their
designations. Employees who are not willing to con-
form to the reasonable requirements of the public
service are not especially needed in the public serv-
ice. Capable men will be found for the vacancies.
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Whatever your occupation, try and make
your work seem sasy to yourself and your
patrons.
Not long ago \ took some copying to a
hotel stenosrapher. She was idly drum
ming on her desk when / spoke to her
and confessed that she was wholly at
leisure.
When 1 explained my work to her she
began to look serious.
II hope you are not in a hurry she
said.
But 1 am" I replied.
well. you see. this is a difficult task"
she explained. "You have given ME a
book to cop from. and to keep glancing
at its pages and try and plan a way to
hold the book open Is very hard. I fear
it will take me a long time, but I will do
the best I cam"
Now I had congratulated myself that I
was not giving her my own awful chirog-
raphy to d%ecipher. but clear, large print.
Other s~tenographers had lone similar
work for me without a comment, and had
done it quickly and neatly.
1 left this young woman. feeling 1 had
put an i~nexcusable burden upon her-and
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a husband has cured his wife Of her III
temper, just as there are instances of
wives who have reformed drunkards, but
these precedents are 50 few and far apart
that no sane person Is justified In plungine
upon such a risk.
AS to the question Of frequent wats
being the sign of deep love, ! should say
no. They nay be OF the ephemeral love
that is the attraction Of the day, and that
Is Jared by every difference Of opinion
and mood. but not Of the deep. peaceful.
lasting love that is full Of perfect trust,
and that IS strong enough to bear all and
forgive all.
A man is often attracted to . girl By her
pretty face or graceful figure. or winning
and piquaHt manner. and he imagfnes him
self in love with her. but In spite of tho
enthrallment of his senses he fnds that
they have a hundred points Of disagree
ment. He has been brought up to have
different ideas Of propriety. politics, relig-
ion. neutrality-suspicious. gives
rise to endless quarre6. A great love
makes these differences Of no account.
but a little love finds enough fiction tn
them to ruin a life, and unless q man
wants to find matrimony perpetual
%scrapping match he should never lead q
woman to the altar who IL addicted to
spats.
Ny correspondents last question II. Are
there any sure signs Of lover
Certainly.
Will she stand for your society seven
evenings in the week?
Would she rather sit In the back parioe
and talk to you than go to the theatae
with another man.?
Does she yearn to hear the story Of
when you were a little boy and lived on
the old farm, n had pale green freckles
and warts?
Docs she c~riticise your neckties and
a desire to buy you one herself7
Is she interested In your SOUL and has
she given you a nice red Biblef
Is she afraid Of your running your health
by overwork. and does she beg you to put
on dry shoes when you get home, II you
happen to call on her of a rainy night?
These are the u~nmistakable signs Of the
tender passion in woman. and by these
okens may a man know that he Is IT.
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mental storehouses OF men" he says, ''but mental
factories. Problems cannot be worked out as
engineering distractions, but must take into account
financial conditions. political questions, social ques:
tons and all the complex considerations that make
up real life instead Of ideal life. Here In
America we have crowded into twenty years of
commercial development the results of two centuries
of the worlds research, but we are now nearing the
end OF the researches which we have appropriated,
and we must soon either lay fresh foundations or
stop building"
These are his three chief utterances. They have
a relation and appeal to the average intelligence as
eminently sane. The student must know how to
apply, must be fertile in devising ways and means
to overcome difficulties which are in the way of ap-
%plication, and must recognize the fact that many
outside considerations affect the application Of sclen-
tifc knowledge. Research is important, yet even
that should not be in the line of distractions but
with regard to new applications.
1t would be foolish to suppose that any university
education could produce other than q decidedly I'M
sophisticated youth who has much to learn. Nor
Is 1t permissible to think that all these years our
Criticism hits only ut the old notion-nn inheritance
that regards the university as a place apart from
the rest of the world. The university, in the ideas
which may there be absorbed as well as the knowl-
edge, should be, as nearly as possible, directly in
touch with the outside world so that it prepares
young men to step from the one to the other. The
old influences, those that tend to produce the kind
of mental habits by which the professor held the
egg in his hand while the watch boiled in the water,
should be eliminated. .