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The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
A PROFESSIONAL "LITTLE SUM-
SHINE.0

A woman in New York advertises her de-
sire to serve-for a consderation-lonely
and sad persons of the metropolis in the
capacity of sunshine companion" Her
duties consist of disseminating as much
sunshine and cheerfulness as her subjects
particular temperament will take in. She
is a native of California, and argues in
geniously and ingenuously that the famous
climate of that State is responsible for her
choice of profession. She has absorbed
from that climate, she thinks so much sum
shine that it has affected her mental atti-
tude so that she is perpetually cheerful
and optimistic. When she visits any one
she takes" as she says. "a stock OF sun
shine along, and talks and thinks only of
the brightest and most agreeable things"
There may be those VINO, at first thought,
will regard the possibility of securing a
cheerful companion for a certain sum per
day an agreeable prospect, but trial
will probably dispel such notion. The
fault, too, may be entirely their own, and
not that of the amiable possessor of bottled
sunshine. 1t is, for instance, a common
popularity of persons not perpetually cheer
full to resent the attitude of members Of
their own family and of their friends who
ostentatiously preserve a gay and lively
demeanor under all circumstances. Moth
ing is more irritating to the SERIOUS minded
than the persistent smiler; nothing so mad
dening to the melancholy as the friend
who is forever on the grin over nothing
In particular. That professional smiler
can be more inspiriting than the mere anna
teur or volunteer is improbable. On the
contrary, the reflection, which will inev-
itably obtrude, that the companion" is
grinning at much per grin and is doing
the cheering act at so much per joke is
likely to tend toward crime. Really, it
seems probable that this misguided Cali
fornia lady is taking her life in her hands
when she engages in this enterprise 1t
would be much safer for her to advise
melancholy New Workers to go to Cali
fornia and absorb sunshine into their sys-
TENS at first hand before trying the canned
variety
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

wild turkey the prarie chicken and other
game birds. They have been pursued.
slaughtered. driven from one haunt to an
other. their nesting and breeding places de-
stroyed and their existence made miserable
until they have disappeared. In the whole
United States it is practically an extinct
that no person who reads this article will
ever see one. though a generation or two
ago they frequented the forests and dark
ened the skies by millions. Having exter-
minated the game birds, we are now en-
gagged in trying to exterminate the fishes.
and with the aid of strawboard factories,
dynamite and other appliances. we are
likely to succeed.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

There have been no disasters of impor-
tance to steamships and their passengers
Of late. recent dispatches have recorded but
few accidents in burning buildings. and only
an occasional accident to a passenger In an
elevator is reported, but a great many rail-
road and trolley accidents have occurred
recently. so many. indeed. that the man
who owns an accident insurance policy con-
tanning a provision that he shall be paid
double the sum specified in the clause under
which the claim is made IL he is hurt i'm
any of the four ways mentioned, is likely
to take his policy down and read over that
"doubling'' specification. And even after
that, IL he Is an imaginative man, he will
start out on his Sunday interurban pleasure
trip with a degree of misgiving. Neverthe-
less. the insurance companies are safe in
making such provision. for though an oc-
cesionaI accident happens-at times they
seem more than "occasional'-the total
number or persons injured on the transpor-
tation lines Of the country is an extremely
small percentage of the millions who travel
Because OF precautions taken everywhere
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
GRANTS ORDER STANDS.
Overthrow of an Effort at Political
Dictatfon of the Army.

Overthrow of an Effort at Political
Dictation of the Army.
New York Press.
1t would have been a sorry day for the
army Of the United States and for the eff
cheney and dignity of all federal authority
IL political influence had been permitted by
the War Department and President Roose-
welt to punish Gen. Frederick ID. Grant. rs
IL attempted TO do, for his severe structures
on conditions in the town OF Brackettville.
Tex. There is an army post. Fort Clark, at
Brackettville. and in a general court-martial
order General Grant, as the commanding
officer of the Department Of Texas. reflected
severely upon the dives near Fort Clark.
which have a demoralizing influence on the
troops there. OF course. there was a politi-
cal element in Brackettville which took it
upon itself To "call down" General Grant.
for his criticism of some of it's constituents.
and a demand was promptly made upon the
secretary of war and the President that
General Grant be called TO account for his
opinion expressed and published in his gen.
erai court-martial order.
One need not have large admiration for
the military attainments of General Grant
to appreciate the Importance TO the service
OF not permitting politicians, or any outside
influence, TO determine the powers OF a COM
manding officer over his own soldiers and
over officers touchlng their diSclpllne ana
morale. We have had Womens Christian
Temperance Unions deciding for the army
that IL must not maintain "canteens" to
keep the enlisted men out of the clutches
of the keepers of dives and brothels. IL
would have been the last straw 10 have po<
litical heelers determining that a commando
ing officer must write his court-martial or
ders so not to reflect upon those dives
and brothels so well served by the first
named interference. Fortunately, however,
the War Department and the President have
decided that General Grants action is not
subject 10 review, and that. so far as the
War Department is concerned. the matter
is ended 60 General Grants order stands.
political influence TO the contrary notwith-
standing.
This Is only one more notice from the
present administration TO the political bosses
and jobbers who have constituted them
selves a privileged ruling class over all
members OF all branches of the government
service that they must keep their hands OF
the governments busne
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

against fire. because Of the constant watch
fuiness over the machinery of elevators and
the great care taken to prevent railway
accidents the insurance men know that the
risks of accident are less in these directions
than in the ordinary routine of life. and
adjust their system of payments accord
ingly. But the layman who judges by ap-
pearances and not by cold statistics finds II
difficult to accept such conclusions. though
he is willing enough TO profit by them when
track
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

there were three or four of the members
OF the Union without work, who must be
provided for before any new ones could be
put In train for admission. AS a matter of
fact these unemployed members were
drunkards and incompetents, unable to hold
any job for long One after another has
since been sent to the printing house in
doing the work satisfactorily. The house
is suffering for the right kind of work
man, and the young E.an. entirely capable,
sober and ambitious, is still held on job
presses at sl4 per week.
In the other instance, it was one of the
rules of the Employers Association that
caused the hardship. One of the most cap
able pressmen of the city had a disagree
ment with his employer and quit The as
sociation rule provides that where work.
man leaves the employ of a member with
out obtaining a discharge slip no other
member may employ him within six months
"a rule designed to prevent competition
among employers for high-grade men.
Another house in the association was very
anxious to employ him and held position
open for the required six months. Whether
it secretly put him on full or part pay dur
ing the half year of enforced idleness there
is no means of knowing. but he was not
the kind of man to sit and hold his hands
for nothing.
In both these cases the hardship is caused
by rules that seek to reverse the natural
laws of industry. and wherever that is at
tempted somebody gets hurt-and the pity
of it is that the person hurt~i is not usually
the one that deserves III
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

The clique in control OF the corner has
forced raw cotton up to 10 cents bid with
no offerings. The high price has caused the
reshipment OF cotton to New Orleans from
Eastern mills, from Liverpool and from
various other foreign ports. while it has
also caused very many mills throughout
this country and England to shut down.
When 1t comes to disposing of the holdings
Of the clique IL Is not unlikely that its
members viii feel the pinch severely as
DO the operatives that have been thrown
out of employment
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

The manufacturers and employers Of
Marion may be unreasonable in refusing
TO submit to arbitration the dispute between
them and their employees, but they cannot
be compelled to do so. They have a right
to manage their business in their own way,
and tho authorities are bound to protect
them in the exercise of this right. They
are also bound to protect nonunion men in
the exercise of their right to work without
reference to the protests or demands of
union men, The law is for the protection
OF all citizens alike
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
Approval Of the Pope's Physicians.
American Medicine


Drs. Lapponi and Mazzoni have been
criticised for not having discovered the ex-
istence Of pleural effusion earlier than
they did. 1t is easy for those that do not
know the difficulties attending the diagno-
sis of pleurisy TO condemn these two most
competent physicians; but anyone that has
had experience with pleural effusion knows
that IL sometimes Stimulates pneumonia so
closely that IL is almost impossible TO diff
ferentiate IL from the latter without re-
course TO exploratory puncture. When the
two affections are combined. and both are
atypical, as they would naturally be IN a
feeble man of Pope Leo's advanced age.
the diagnostic difficulties are exceedingly
great. Under the circumstances, feel
that high credit Is due 10 the Pope's physi-
clans for their skill in managing their case
in sight of the whole world We may add
that IL is only just TO record commendation
of the reasonably scientific reports that
have come from the Vatican during the III
ness of Pope Leo. The accounts were IN
teresting and instructive to the medical as
well as for the lay reader. The physicians
spoke frankly. and did not seem 10 desire
TO surround the case with impenetrable
secrecy. Suth details were given bore
the stamp OF medical authority and gave
proof OF having been cabled by journalists
of more than average consctentioushess and
ability.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
JUSTICE FOR THE UNDERsIzED.

Understood folk, both men and women
will hail with joy the determination of the
Union-made Garment Makers Association
the size of the garment. Thus, a man
weighing 100 pounds might be able to buy
a suit of clothes for $40, while q man who
would measure. 25O pounds on the scales
would be charged SIS. 1t has long been a
grievance of the little people that they
must bay as much for their garments as
do the overgrown specimens of humanity
1t costs the slip. five-foot man as much
for trousers fitted to his little legs as the
obese six-footer has to pay for the vast
bags that cover his lower limbs, and until
now there has been no prospect of relief.
Always the midget who protests has been
told that there is as much work on small
suit of clothes as on i large one, and though
he is privately convinced that there cannot
possibly be as many stitches in the short
trim little garment as in the voluminous
coat Of the fat man, he Is helpless in
the matter. Nor has his argument that
there is not as much cloth in little coat
as a big one, and that therefore the price
ought to be less, ever had any recognition
until now. Somewhere among the powers
that be of the Garment Makers Associa-
ton it is plain that there is little man
who has felt the impositions of the tailor
shop and has determined to work a reform
for the sake of his kind. 1t is a triumph
for them, and yet Il is only justice. Most
small men find their diminutive size a trial
and would prefer to be tall; but, since they
are as they are, it is only proper that they
should have whatever benefits are due to
the fve-footer.
Women, it is true, are not included among
the beneficiaries of the Garment Makers
Association, but with such a precedent re-
form may be expected on their side, too.
1t is source of great evaporation to the
woman who measures four feet eight inch
es to be compelled to pay the same price
for tailor gown that her 200 pound neigh
ting a pecuniary advantage because of
their size it is not to be expected that lit
tie women-who, of all their sex, are most
determined and self-reliant-will long per-
nit the time -honored impositions OF dress
makers to continue. Little women, little
prices, win be their motto from now on.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YoRK-Astors House
cHICAGO-Palmer House. Auditorium Annex
Hotel. Dearborn Station News stand
cINcINNATI-J. r. Hagley & Co.. Arcade
Grand Hotel.
LOUISVILLE-C. T. Deering. northwest corner
OF Third and Jefferson streets, and Bluefeld
Bros, Az West Market street
81. LOUIS-Union News Company. Union Depot.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.-Riggs House, Ebbitt
House. Fairfax Hotel Willard Hotel.
DENVER. Coi.-Louthain Jackson, Fifteenth
anc Lawrence streets, and A Smith. 1861
champa street.
DAYTON. O-J. V. wfikie. 80 South Jefferson
street.
COLUMBUS. O.-viaduct News Stand. $50 High
street
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
VALUE OF ORGANIZED CHARITY.

1t is not surprising that the Volunteers
and invalid poor children to attend the out
ing picnic arranged for them last week.
One of the officers in charge expressed the
belief that practically all the needy in
valid children of Indianapolis were taken
care of by the Flower Mission, the Fresh
Air Mission and other charitable institu-
tions, and in this belief he was undoubted-
ly correct.
And what volumes this speaks for the
progress of civilization In Indianapolis. !.
Here is city of 100000 people, in which an
effort to search out invalid and crippled
children in need Of an outing discovers less
than ten! In systematically organized char
ity Indianapolis was the pioneer city of the
country, and 1t may be doubted If any other
city in the world takes care of its own so
well as this. Here was the first fight made
against indiscriminate giving and encour-
agement of mendicancy, and here was the
first intelligent and systematic effort made
to so organize the charitable efforts Of
the people that no worthy case of need
should go unrelieved and no case of fraud
ulent demand be complied with. Perfection.
of course, has not been reached, but the
people have been educated up to the point
of sending practically all they give in char
ity to the regularly constituted agencies
and referring to these agencies all de-
mands for help. The net result is the re-
delaney to almost nothing, and sucn thor
ough work in helping the worthy that a
new and independent organization, with the
best intentions in the world, can find prac-
tically nobody to help!
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Eyes. it's a pleasure to see her eat corn on
the cob. Her teeth white and even and
her lips are so full of red. and she has the cum
ningest pose But there was thing didn't
like about it.'
What was that?'
1T took five ears to satisfy her.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

Chicago Tribune.
Jacob and Rachel were having their first quar-
rel.
do you think madam" roared Jacob, 1T
would have served your old father fourteen years
for you If had known what temper you've
got?"
do you think SIR" snapped Rachel. that IL
I had known what a narrow jealous, fault find
ing man you are would have waited all those
years for you. when could have had my pick
OF ali the young men in the township"
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
THE HUMORISTS.


New York Weekly.
Moldy Mike-Dis yeer paper says ther secret OF
aristercratic appearance is the repose of manner
Wearie William-Dats me-
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

The situation at Marion is such that the
city authorities should be prepared for
trouble If 1t occurs. If there should be an
outbreak after. several days of tension
there will be no excuse for the authorities
not being prepared for it, and they should
press disorder is to nip it in the bud.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
Vanity.
Washington Star.

WashingtOn Star.
'I don't quite understand" said the suburban
ite. mildly, why you prefer o'clock in the
morning hour tor moving the lawn"
Its my confounded personal vanity" said his
neighbor. apologetically. when 1 get up at
o'clock in the morning I'm proud of 1t that
want the whole neighborhood to know it,
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
YOUR SUMMER VACATION.

If you take one you will want to
keep in touch with home. The best
way to do this is to have the Journal
mailed to you. Leave your order be-
fore starting. We will change the ad-
dress as often as you desire.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

From the Boston Transcript comes this
literary item:
Truth is sometimes funnier than fiction,
and people who order books from pub
shers do some very funny things, so funny
mat they do not sound true Harper &
l5rothers received an order the other day
for some copies of a book entitled "A Vaca-
ZION in a Buggy" The order clerk was
puzzled, as no such title is on the firm 8
list. He filled the order on venture by
ending Mr.. Baynes ION an Irish Jaunt-
ing Car through Donegal and Connemara."
1t proved TO be the book that was wanted!
The funniest part of this funny story
so funny that it does not sound true'-is
that Maria Louise Pool. Of New England.
published a book some years ago entitled
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
Only Way to DO Ii.
Judge.

Judge
This fair young thing is telling about how
happy she was when che saw her brothers base
ball team win the intercollegiate game.
"Oh" she gurgles, II was so delighted that
just hugged myself for joy!'
Here the grave professor Of psychology looks
up. with air of interest.
Rugged yourself?' he asks. Indeed, you
must have been quite beside yourself to DO thatv'
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

Philadelphia Press
Mr.. Buttercup-I don't think this tie you bought
me is quite up to the mark.
Mrs. ButterAup-oh, Thomas. don't say thatl
II was marked only 80 cents.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

Mr.. Joseph Folk. prosecutor OF boodlers.
is billed as an attraction at an old settlers
reunion in a Missouri town, together with
baby show and a wedding on the grand
stand. This is popularity, indeed.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

Philadelphia Bulletin.
Joey-Yes. Pietro: in whist playing good
deal depends on your luck.
Pietro-Quite SO. And your luck depends on
good deal, hey?
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

Voting for Pope is attended with some
drawbacks. To be sealed UP for several
days and nights in little room without a
passed through hole in the wall is pretty
strenuous experience for old men who have
been accustomed to the comforts of life.
Those who survive this campaign will hard
ly yearn for another.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

Connecticut, with her wooden nutmegs,
will have to take back seat. Pennsyl-
vania has the center of the stage with
green tomatoes painted red.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

The time to get what city wants from
. auasi-public corporation is when the
franchise contract is made; not after it has
acquired the rights IL needs
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
Dearer.

Philadelphia Ledger.
Mrs. Hunniraune-And do you really love me as
much as you did?
Mr Hunnimune-Of course.
Mrs. Hunnimune-Am / dearer to you than
ever?
Mr.. Hunnimune-Sure. Everything is dearer
nowadays.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
A Victim.
Judge.

JuUEe.
II see that the superintendent OF a cooking
school has had to retire account OF her
health"
What is the matter with her?'
Dyspepsia
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

Mr.. Schwab may be a bit slow in resign
ing the presidency Of the steel corporation.
but very few men would hurry to give up a
million dollar Job.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

Chicago Evening Post.
The call had become tedious
II really must CO." he said
"Oh. you men are such deceivers." she re-
turned, coyly. II wish We girls could believe all
you say"
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
Baltimore American.

The door in Manchuria is 10 be opened II
would be just as well TO take IL OF its hinges
and hang up a japanese portiere TO prevent
further misunderstanding on the subject
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02

"A Vacation in a Buggy" Evidently Harper
& Brothe-s and the literary editor of the
Boston Transcript had not heard of II.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
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