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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-11-22

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
A character called Dona Juana in a book
by Mrs. Bernard Shaw represents woman
In the pursuit Of a husband. home and
children. and triumphing over q man who
had determined to keep bis life free from
marital entanglements ond to follow the
wayward bent OF his own free will IN mat
ters Of the heart.
Dona Juana marries the man in spite
Of himself. and he lives to be glad of 1t
and to believe marriage is better insti-
tuition than he had thought previously.
The case described by the author is not
untrue to nature.
Once upon time heard groom-elect
say with tinge Of asperity In his tone,
"a man Is utterly helpless when a woman
makes up her mind to marry him. Though
he fly from her to the worlds end she
will eventually make him her husband"
The speaker was a man who gloried In
being an invulnerable bachelor.
He had been adroitly wooed without
knowing It by young woman who cul-
tivated the books and sports and pleas
ures she knew interested him, and who
managed to meet him frequently in con-
sequence. She invited him to the house
of cold supper. and she overlook him oc-
casionally-of course. quite by accident
when he was walking and she was driv-
ing. and conveyed him to his destination.
And one day the man found himself
engaged to marry the young woman and
was wholly at loss to explain how 1t
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TENS become fixed as arbitrary rights and wrongs

TENS become fixed as arbitrary rights and wrongs
OF extremes are adjusted to suit the popular will.
Collectively all cities large and small are bringing
about total revolution in municipal systems, Il
revolution which, while not always perceived, is
surely taking place.
St Louis is helping New York, New York is
helping Washington, Chicago is helping PhiladeI-
phia and Boston; all of them are helping Indianap-
oils, Nashville, Minneapolis Detroit and Baltimore;
these cities are helping the others, and even the
small towns are earning share in the interchange
of benefits.
If the achievements of the past few years, in
all cities, not auspicous, the exhibitions of de-
spair are justified. But it is evident that the peo
pie OF these cities are not given to regret or hope
lessness, howsoever morose the idealists may be.
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Radium I, the Sun.

New York Tribune
Much speculation about the age of the sun and the
source OF Its heat has recently been based upon the
chance that that body contains radium. Whether the
interesting question an answer one naturally turns
to the spectroscope By of instrument
known terrestrial element has given indications whereby
Its presence In the stars be determined At least
forty Of these elements exist In the sun
To crafty his curiosity correspondent of
Nature has compared the lines in the spectrum Of r
dum as determined by Sir William Crookes several
weeks ago. with accepted tabulatsons of spec
tru He says that single line In the one corre-
spends with any in the other Such declaration can
hardly be regarded final conclusive but for the
present 1t depves the hypothesis Of the existence of r
dunn in the Of all scientific standing
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Plaintiff: "She did,
Lawyer for Prosecutions. ."Win you de-
scribe TO the court the process employed
| by young and pretty female in making
goo-goo eyesT'
Plaintiff: TT Is the innocent, artless
soothing. admiring glance which pretty
woman turns on you, and which makes
you feel as If you had Just licked Jeffries
with one hand and could put Rockefeller
out Of business II you wanted to-"
Lawyer for the Prosecution: rs 1t not
true that YOU had reasons to believe that
you had made an impression upon the de-
fendant?'
Plaintiff: ut is"
Lawyer for the Prosecution: What rea-
sonT'
Plaintiff: Women are always srnitten
with me at first sight"
Lawyer for Prosecution: "Ls It not trus
that when you made love to the defend
ant she encouraged your
Plaintiff: 1T Is"
Lawyer for Prosecution: what did she
say?'
Plaintiff: ''she said, oh. Mr. srlithers.'
Lawyer for Prosecution: What did you
understand from this reply?'
Plaintiff: Il understood that she was
70 surprised and delighted that she had
attracted the attention of such a hand
some, lnteillSent man as anl tut,t SHS
was overcome with emotion and rendered
speechless."
Lawyer for Prosecution: This led you
to believe that she would jump at you
when you proposed?'
Plaintiff: TT did"
Lawyer for Prosecution: "On the con-
trary, what did she do when you offered
her the privilege OF becoming your wife,?
Plaintiff: she handed me the fey nlitt.
Lawyer for Prosecution: Your Honor
and gentlemen Of the jury. you have
heard how this deceiver, how this ser
pent with a peroxide pompadour and
straight front. has played with my noble
and unsuspecting client; how she has rid
den in his automobile and eaten his lob
ster a Ia Newburg. But has that auto
mobile suggested to her a spin through
life with the plaintiff, or that lobster fec
loves young dream? No, gentlemen OF
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CUPID'S COURT: CASE OF THE BEAUTIFUL
GIRL WHO DARED TO MAKE G00-G0O EYES.
BY DOROTHY DIX.

the Jury, even while she was nefariousiy
enjoying these luxuries at nly clients ea-
pense, her heart-that marble heart at
whose icy coldness L shudder to tnink-
was given to another. Gentiernen' ieaYe
the case in your hands"
Judge: Call the cefendaht 70 ti9
stand"
Lawyer for the Defense: Your Honor.
I Will show that M client. instead OF
being guilty OF the heinous o1ense
charged BY the prosecution. Is a noo.e,
seIf-sacrifcing phiianthroptst. who has
sacrificed herself TO give pleasure 10 the
pIaintiN. We admit she made goo-goo
eyes. and that she even joiied the plan
tin along, but, gentlemen Of the jur!.
what would life be without the soft glancs
of woman and the music Of her meilifiu-
Gus voice.
Judge: proceed with the eZanination-
LAWYER for the Defense: VIII you tell
the Court why you made goo-goo eyes at
the plaintif%
Defendant: 'He was so dead easy.
LAWYER for Defense: Why did you as
sune an mir Of enjoyment when the de-
feniaut entered your presence
Defendant: 1T Is the only way In which
a woman can repay courtesies a man
shows her
LAWYER for Defense. when you. there
fore, waited hot air at the defendant you
were simply settling your accounts with
him for flowers. candy, automobile rides.
stc.?"
Defendant: 'I was, and I was paying
about a hundred cents or the dollar, too.
Lawyer for Defense: Your Honor, you
will thus see that my client was actuated
By noble motives In bestowing her enrap-
turing glances upon the piainth, and thas
In entertaining him she has paid far more
than the price Of the miserable candy and
flowers he may have bestowed upon her.
We rest the case"
Judge: "The suit against the defendant
is dismissed. The Court holds, frst.. tnat
a woman has a right to mean whatever
she pIeases by her glances: secondly. tnat
any man who has been lucky enough 20
nave a woman make goo.goo eyes az Nun
had a sufficient run for his money
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Judge: Proceed with tie docket"
Policeman: THE next case, your Honor,
is this young woman"
Judge: What Is the charger
Policeman: Making goo-goo eyes, your
Honor"
Judge: who appears for the presecu-
tion?''
Lawyer for Prosecution: May It please
the court, We charge that this young
woman insidiously, nefar.ously and fraud
ulently conspired to rob my client of his
heart and obtain his affections under false
pretenseS. by means of sundry sweet and
melting glances commonly known as GOO
goo eyes. Furthermore. led on by the ap-
pearance Of pleasure In his society, art
fully assumed by the defendant in order
to deceive, my noble and unsuspecung cli-
ent was induced to expend his hard
earned salary In providing said defendant
with automobile rides, theater tickets and
broiied Holsters. This he did under the
belief that he was thereby making himself
solid with said defendant; but when he
tried to realize on his expectations he
found that another party held a first
mortgage on said Defendants heart, there
by inyalidating the claim OF said plaintiff.
AL Of this has caused my client great
anguish OF mind and depletion OF pocket,
wherefore We pray that the defendant be
required to answer to Cupi6's Court for
willfulIy scientifically and successfully
flirting
Judge: Let US hear the testimony of
the plaintiT?"
Lawyer for the Prosecution: How long
have you known the defendant
Plaintiff: Ever since her debut party
last winter"
Lawyer for the Prosecution: what was
your opinion Of her, formed at your first
meeting?'
Plaintiff: 81 thought that she was just
about the rosiest peach In the basket
Lawyer for the Prosecution: What Is
your opinion of her now
Lawyer for Defense: 'I object"
Judge. Objection sustained
Lawyer for the Prosecution: ''D.d she
make goo-goo eyes at you on that occa-
SOM"
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ton, often substitute dummy" and draw their
own and the clerks pay In shape such as this the
thing is clearly indctable offense In general
the practice is part and parcel of the petty graft
ing which goes on in the neighborhood and under
the shadow Of a capitol. a movement which hon
estly and severely clings to purpose Of improving
State government must take cognizance Of the pad
ded pay roll and do away with it. And it will not
be destroyed until the prison gates are known to
open to those guilty Of this form of looting the
treasury, until the Penitentiary looms up back
ground to House and Senate chambers and silent
warning to our present and coming statesmen.
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WITHOUT AN OBSTACLE TO OVERCOME
THERE is NO PROSPECT OF PLEASURE
BY THE MARQUIS DE CASTEILANE-

Think of all this and then wonder that
the world seems dull.
1 once knew a beautiful woman. whose
husband was very rich and devoted She
needed only to express the slightest wish
and if was grafified within the hour.
One day during luncheon she spoke OF
having noticed In a jewelers. window
magnificent necklace worth $4,000.
Her husband rose from the table, went
TO the telephone, took his place at the Ia
bic again. and when the meal was finished
the fortunate wife found the coveted Jew
els upon her drawing-room table
Perhaps you think that she dung her
arms about her husbands neck and tried
to express her thanks. Not at all She
seized the necklace from the case, and.
dinging it across the room. cried: You
couldn't even let me wish for 1t little
whiler 1t seems superduous to add that
this union ended in a divorce
Such examples as this show us plainly
enough that where there Is no obstacle to
overcome there can Be no prospect Of
pleasure.
The result Of too much simplincaton will
be to suppress the Joys Of life altogether.
This Is why this century, with its Eiorf-
fcation Of machinery, its elevators. its
railways and teIeRraphs and posters. bears
upon its face the indelible stamp Of melan-
choIy! But the worst IL not yet
We found the Nineteenth Century dull
We shall find the Twentieth a stiIl greater
bore
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
1t cannot be denied that In our day,
thanks to the progress of machinery. ev'
erything is marvelously simplitied
Men and things go onward as by en-
chantment- 1t Is no longer necessary to
speak to be served.
You step into hotel. press the button.
and succulent luncheon suddenly ap-
peays before your delighted vision
Ten seconds later you feel chilly; you
press another button, and presto! your
fireplace Is lighted up as II by magic
Electric buttons have become the mas
tiers Of the world. overcoming distance. do
ing away with the necessity for fore
thought and. for that matter, for thought
at all Everything is changed We shall
soon need no cooks.
Has no; Mr. Armour found the means Of
thrusting q pig into one end Of q ma
chine and producing q ham ct the other'
What will DO the end Of this mania for
s!mplidcadorf Indeed I think there will
not be any end. We shall see the COM
plicatons OF existence giving way more
and more until life becomes one long
drawn-out etiortleSs state.
What better proof OF what cay could
be found than the recent project OF Swiss
syndicate in the village Of Chamounix? :?
Chamounix Is situated at the foot Of Mon,
Blanc.
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Bafaed BlackmaiIer.
Outlook.

The rejection Of the Panama canal treaty by Colo-
ba was the last straw that caners back Tho
relations between Panama Colombia had long been
strained II the United States had to Nicaragua
that would have involved the bankruptcy and
ca1 death Of Panama. whose life depends on making
her territory the highway interoceanic commerce
The appeal Of President Marroqun is really little better
than the appeal Of disappointed and defeated black
mailing Government. whose scheme for personal and
private profit not only threatened with State
which 1t was bound to protect but also thwarted the
purpose OF the civilized world to build great highway
only that by these threats 1t might extort from the
noters Of the enterprise a heavier toll.
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has never been sought in marriage. and
that bachelor remains unwedded from
choice.
Therefore. It Is not strange that an con-
ditions tend to make marriage seem q
more important event to q woman than q
man.
That she carries the thought Of marriage
more constantly and perdstently In mind
than does man is unquestionably true: but
the moment he allows her wish to as
sumo visible form In her attitude toward
mankind in general or individually she les
sens her chance Of winning a desirable
husband and offers herself as a target
Tor the worlds ridicule and sneers.
The woman born with the peculiar tact
given to some members OF the sex knows
how TO attract interest and encourage the
attentions Of a man without seeming to
think Of him She even seems to fly from
him, whilc in truth she Is the puryuer.
But such women are born with. not
taught. the art
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PADDED PAY ROLLS.

scandal Of goodly proportions and no little in
terest has developed in Kansas. the basis of which
is the padded legislative pay roll grand jury
has been called in Topeka for the specific purpose
Of officially passing upon the alleged facts Since
the Sunfower State is no better than 1t should be
and since the padded pay roll" is more or less OF
evil in all States. 1t is presumed that marvellous
acumen will not be required to prove the fact In
Kansas.
This years session of the Missouri Assembly wit
messed reduction In the number of clerks and other
attaches Of the House and Senate. In Illinois the
plea for economy" and reform" did not have SO
much weight and the pay roll Of the House was
about four times as long as the list of members.
As to both States it is safe to say that fully one
half of the "retinue' which follow Senators and
Representatives are not needed to transact State
business One-hah of them do little or no work,
and some never SO much as enter the Capitol Or
even the capital
OF course, these jobs do not pay enormously.
Still, the amount is enough-it varies from 81 to $40
day-to render the positions attractive. The
thing amounts to getting handsome little stipend
for nothing, OF next to nothng-a chance that few
men, In politics, overlook. They are political jobs
pure and simple The sitting member has one or
more men in his district to whom he is deeply In
debted and it Is great help II he can secure for
his lieutenant compensation. The said lieutenant
also. enjoys trip to the capital after hard cam
paign To him it Is vacation: and, If he get on
the pay roll the expenses of his outing "among
the boys" are provided.
Objection to the practice is no new thing But
that Kansas proposes to stir up trouble in more
than usual quantity upon the issue is gratifying.
The offense frequently develops from extraya-
grant into utterly Legitimate forms Members. in
stead Of appointing clerks when they have that op
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1NTERMuN1c1pAL OBLIGATIONS.

As IL despair were a virtue seekers after the
ideal seem to cultivate it in their expressions of
sorrow over the slow progress Of reform. They
woaid invoke magic and effect immaculate trans
formation by words Of fire and the demonstration
Of intense emotion during election period. But,
failing in . contest, they e1aggerate reverses into
the importance Of rous and charge the public with
want OF ardent conviction.
Affairs in all Of the largest cities are notably
better In consequence Of the rekndlng of enthusi.
asm two years ago. New York is rejuyenated Chi
cago has advanced. Philadelphia has not receded
St Louis has made unprecedented progress. Bos-
ton has pursued an effective policy. Other large
cities have been inspired to higher effort In every
community there gratifying indications of per-
manent betterment-
Each municipality has been an example to the
others. Each has achieved some advancement The
large cities have stirred the minor cities and the
towns and these. in turn have had influence on the
larger. Several years ago the smaller cities were
nonentities In the development of municipal prob
lens and their methods were deemed unworthy of
attention. At present. however, the minor munich
palites are objects of deep interest.
1t was once customary to speculate on results
that the management of public business In New
YORK, Boston, Philadelphia and Eastern cities might
Denver. Yet within the past mouth an election
in Indianapolis was dilated upon for the benefit of
New York, and for two years ST. Louis and Chi
cago have been the models for all contemporaries
in exemplifying principles. means and systems of
progress.
The work performed and the enthusiasm ex-
pended have not been lost in any city. Reform
cannot be completely realized through strug-
gle or by one victory. The transformation, in or
der to endure, must be gradual. Every contest,
though II end ~ reverse, stands for gain, ana
sometimes Q reverse Is more beneficial than a tri-
umph Many classes and interests assembled
in large cities and they forces vital to the COM
mon welfare. Reverses are necessary to establish
the many rights concerned in government.
Advancement is proceeding. Reformers. repre-
seating m extreme, may receive checks. but re-
Eerm continues to progresA Principles and sys-
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.

. From The Republic. Nov. 3. 1sss
. Many fine paintings were sold Mt
. Pettes C Leathe's gallery, the
. prices ranging from few hundred
q to several thousand dollars for
. each picture. Among the purchas-
q ers were ]. A Scudder. ]. Garneau,
. 6. J. Jackson. s. H. Walton. F. e.
. Brownell. R II. F1ayen, william
Q Bradford, H Barnhardt and G. O.
. Carpenter.
. General J. H Simpson and his
. stan returned from the mouth Of
. the Ohio River. having inspected
. tho Mississippi between St. Louis
. and Cairo for the purpose of rec
. ommending Improvements.
Charles +. Vogel, Circuit Clerk,
. selected Richard NJ. johnson as one
q OF his deputies.
= +. n. Stance, grocer Of Ninth
. and North Market street, was
. thrown from a buggy In runaway /.
q and seriously hurt.
= George Daub. II years old. q pu-
. pill at the Lafayette School. fell /.
O. and broke his arm.
. stable, was sued for 500 damages /,
. for Illegally impounding cattle I
. found on the streets. 4
. The Knights of Father Mntthew 4
. elected the following as officers: 4
Daniel orc. Tracy. Albert Hercu- 4
. les. William Spencer, Henry II.
= Spencer. James Rickaby. Michael 4
= Casey, John ]. ONeil. Patrick
Long and Thomas Long. 4
y A large deer belonging to Jacob 4
. Fufth OF No. 1871 Dillon street. at 4
, tackled Patrolman Kirchner Of the 4
. Second District. The buck had ant 4
D lers branching into sixteen prongs. 4
D with which he threw the policeman 4
. to the ground and then hooked him :
. until citizens with clubs subdued Z
. the deer. &
D>A>>/>AA> q 40 AAa
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M love with you, Baby Louise!
with your silken hair. and your soft blue eyeS
~ And the dreamy wisdom that in them lies,
faint, sweet smile you brought from the skies
Gods sunshine. Baby Louise
n When you fold your hands Baby Louise
= Your hands, like fairys tiny and fair,
N With pretty. innocent, saintlike air.
VI Are you trying some angetaurht praver
L, learned above. Baby Louise?
I'm in love with you. Baby Louise-
Why you raise your beautiful headI
Some day. little your cheek will grow red
With a flush OF delight. hear the words said
IT love you," Baby Louise
Do you hear Baby Louise,
have sung your praises for nearly an hour
And your lashes keep dropping lower and lower
And-youve gone to sleep. like a weary flower
1aEzateful Baby Louise!
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Speaking Of GraftinE.

tkasJ
Speaking Of grating. New York doctor makes a
specially OF ear grating He buys and pieces Of
ears and gratis them for people who have lost an
ear or piece Of an and pay the price. He has
just closed contract for nice. clean paying 600
for it. for Western gold miner who wants get
rted and Is minus ear. which sliced OF during
a dispute with knives
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-11-22
How to Work the Trust.

New tofk world
Suppose an American railroad should hire foreign
agent to buy a hundred thousand tons of export
rails from the Steel Trust so ton and should
then have been shipped from the foreign to
this country for its USE cheating trust out
Of the opportunity to charge So ton. would
liable to prosecution for obtaining valuabes under false
pretcnses?
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Evidently It will require still further reforms t.
move the last vestges Of Ziegenheinism from St
Louis.
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In the PostOf6ce Department these days the
fact that mo charges have been preferred" against
a man seems to constitute tremendous recommen-
dation.
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Woman's woes do not always pierce the hearts
Of jurors. ------.-
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HERoIsM AT RATES.

Both heroism and enterprise are looking up iI
Philadelphia. In recent railroad wreck near there
Mr.. d. B. Gray performed sundry heroic labors
for which he submits bill to the railroad and Pull
man companies. He saved several cars two women
and man; endured numerous groans shreks and
yels Of people who were burning to DEATH sprainet
his thumb; and his bill foots up ten thousand and
five hundred dollars and one cent
AS Homer said, heroes as great have died and yet
shall fall-and not unsung, either We recall the
famous hymn concerning those heroes lever mind.
full of the cost ever grateful for the prize" Long
generations ago Burke lamented the fact that her
osms and virtues and all human benefits were
founded on barter.
There is certain fngenuousness about this hero,
Mr.. d. B. Gray. There is none of that extreme
modesty, Objectionable, which savors of ahecta-
ton. After saving the cars and the lives and en-
during the groans and lnturins his thumb, Mr. D.
B. Gray didn't betake himself quietly of, refusing
even to give his name and address. He was hero
and, what's more, Philadelphia hero, and he
wouldt deny himself to popular worship; not he.
The Philadelphia hero. it seems, isn't content
with laurels and flets or even crowns And. the
inquiry arises. why should he be- in this CONNER
cia era, which Is worse. anything than the times
Burke bemoaned? Why should a great soulless
corporation like the Philadelphia and Reading be
let off with laurels and fets? II this claim suit
of Mr.. Gray's wins, the chances are that heroism
everywhere will be considerably stimulated. AS
suredy 1t is the duty Of great soulless corporations
to encourage heroism.
It was hard to leave the Greasers and frjoles and
tamales,
And he dropped q tear of sadness when the requi-
stion came.
He loathed poor old Missouri; TWINS the scene of
all his folies.
And he muttered "Caramba~ at the mention of
its name.
But the Kratz came back, the Kratz came
back,
The Kratz came back the very next day.
Something. drew him irresistibly; he couldn't
stay away.
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POEMS WORTH KNOWING.
BABY LOUISE.
BY MARGARET EYT1NGE.

Margaret Eynse was phlaaepaian contributed to