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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-01


Cigars for three" said the officer.
And as the man slowly moved away
after giving the three visitors a sharp
look the officer said in answer TO the
question from Mr.. Marsh: ooh, the
shows free Sos the lunch. But ev-
crybody is expected to take something.
The saloons amt doing this for their
health nor for the love of the people,
not If they know it,
What II we refused to buy either
cigars or beer?" Gordon asked. for he
had never entered one OF the vaude-
Vile halls but once before and had
then gone in to hunt for one of the
Young men who had been attending
the night classes at Hope House. His
knowledge of the character of the en-
tertainment was gained from Ford, the
university resident.
The officer shrugged his shoulders.
They'd make it mighty uncomforta-
Bile for you before you got out or got
in again. t"he saloon may be a social
necessity to the poor devils in the
double deckcrs, but it don't furnish
social amusements without getting
mighty well paid for it. It's free, but
its expensive" said Officer Roberts.
AS he finished speaking, the bar
tender came back with the cigars and a
tray loaded with beer and whisky. The
LIQUOR was distributed around ON little
fables at which the boys and men in
the audience were mostly seated. AS
the curtain went up to the music Of
the orchestra there We're about 80 in
the room and stream of newcomers
noisily entering. Before the first song
was finished the hall was filed to suf-
location.
AS the entertainment, if it could be
called such, went on, John Gordon's soul
was stirred deep with Il red bloOded
Indignation. After the first two or
three vulgar songs, which were fol-
lowed by some suggestive dances, he
sat there practically hearing and see
ing nothing on the stage. The audi
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for him. The people. There they Were!
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composed Of young men between eight
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-01

ments have been made for service,
Mrs. Caylor;" Gordon asked, and his
heart Was sore at the sight of the
wretched mother, whose fearless atti-
tude touched him more than if she had
shown a passion of grief.
Mir Randall il seeing to it," she sale
indiferently.
but don't you want minister
Gordon WAS bewildered He had neNel
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-01

he moment Gordon
and Mr.. Marsh had
taken their seats in
the hall a man with
u white apron came
up and, standing
directly in front OF
them. said, What
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-01

Falmouth stood up ana
began to talk.
ORION went back
to the doorwa
where Mrs. Caylol
was standing. She
was fearless and
apparently stolid.
.NkThnt arropOa.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-23
THREADBARE swINDLING SCHEME

St. Louis has hardly got through with
the Turf Investment frauds when it de-
velops that the city has been honey
combed for months with lot of fraudulent
grain concerns established for the purpose
of alluring distant investors with the old
game. This same threadbare plan Is
played by every get-rich-quick concern in
the country, no matter whether its pretense
is investment in grain, stocks, races, real
estate or what not. One customer is got
in a town or neighborhood and abnormally
large profits are paid to him, which are not
the result of any investment. but are a
part of the funds put in by some other GUS
toner. This investor tells all his friends
of the good thing he has struck, and they
tumble over each other to put their money
in, while he also invests all he has won and
all he can scrape together from other
sources. The thing is run on this basis
until the first signal of danger, and then
the offices of the concern are closed and
clamoring investors find nothing but the
office furniture.
Like all other species of the green goods
game, this plan is worked over and over
again, and it seems remarkable that it al
ways finds plenty of foolish and thought
less people to serve as victims. In every
city and town there reputable people
who make business of investing money
safely for others, and there are bankers
ready to give sound advice to any of their
is little short of marvellous that people will
be so utterly silly as to believe they can
deal with unknown concerns at a distance
without imminent risk Of losing all the
money they thus venture.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-23
A LORD's-PRAYER QUILT.

At a church picnic held recently near a
town in the north end of the State a series
of prizes was offered to the winning con-
testants in various games and other under
takings. Among the prizes are specified by
the local newspaper a ring cake. a pair Of
black breasted. red game chickens, collar
box and a fancy Lord s-prayer quilt"
Now, there is nothing necessarily harmful
in a ring cake. Such trophy is usually COW
eted by young women ambitious of matri-
mony, because its possession is held to be
indicative OF luck in obtaining a wedding
ring; collar box is proper enough re-
ward for ordinary picnic achievement; a
pair of game chickens suggests unchurchly
possibilities, but, perhaps, in the north end
of the State such fowl are raised solely for
their beauty, or because they are especially
savory in a fricasse. But what. in the name
of wonder. Is fancy Lord s-prayer quilt
Has some upstate inspired genius been al
lowing his fancy TO play about the sacred
petition until he has embelished it with
flowers of rhetoric and new thought until
il belongs to the class OF handmade works
of art? Having thus decorated it, has some
gifted needlewoman embroidered il upon a
quilt and SO made combination whose like
was never known before? Or is it that the
quilt itself is ''fancy'-a thing of intricate
design and many colors with the prayer ap-
piled thereto in its original integrity?
But the settlement of these points would
| not quiet curiosity A question remains
Why should the Lords prayer either fancy
or plain. be applied TO a quilt9 To be sure
| there Is a natural association of ideas: one
commonly repeats this prayer-when he has
the habit of repeating ii at ADJUST previous
| to crawling under quilt. Did the maker
of this combination bed-covering cherish tbs
| pious belief that the words embroidered
| upon il might remind the careless of a neg
lected duty. or that by physical contact a
sort of mental absorption of the sentiments
union of prayer and quilt was suggested by
| the worldly thought of time-saving and is
merely a modern substitute for the tradi.
tional placard upon the wall 10 which tn,
sentiments? Is it expected that the person
who draws the fancy Lords -prayer quilt
over him will murmur before he drifts into
dreams, 81 fully indorse the above"
| These questions are asked in no spirit oi
frivolity. but with the honest and com
mendsbe desire for information which ev,
erywhere animates the true seeker after
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-23

righteous wrath as the sight OF an uncov-
cred female lead in his congregation. The
latest instance of this kind is reported from
Asbury Park. ~. J.. several ladies having
attended church services there last Sunday
without hats. The pastor promptly rebuked
them ard quoted Paul at them, as if the
law laid down BY that earnest religious
leader were final. What preacher among
them stops to reflect that what Paul was
probably trying 20 secure was the cover
ing OF the female head so that the hair
would not prove a snare to the straying
eyes OF the weaker brethren in the congre-
gation2 In those days headcovering of the
women was a drapery OF a concealing sort
under which all women looked alike. Moth
ing equal to the gay and Haunting hats OF
the twentieth century had ever been
dreamed of then. If Paul were alive to-
day and drawing up rules of conduct he
would undoubtedly forbid the wearing of
hats i'm church. 1t is true that the modern
couture is often something fearful and
wonderful and might hold the puzzled at
tention of the male sinner, but it is sim
plicity i'm comparison with the hat. The
twentieth century preacher has no initia-
tive. or he would issue few original rules
to his flock
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-23

The abandonment of the Chicago pipe
line is an event that must be accepted
by all of us that have been disposed to
doubt the declarations of the gas COM
panies concerning the rapid failure of the
gas as proof positive that they have been
telling the truth and that this great bless
ing is rapidly passing. So far Indianap-
oils is concerned it has practically passed,
but very many people have been disposed
TO believe that the gas was being diverted
elsewhere-chiefiy to Chicago-where it COM
manded higher prices. The Chicago sched-
ule was the highest of all the meter sched-
ules for gas, and it stands to reason that
if there were gas enough to make it worth
while the pipeline and great pumping sta
tions put in at enormous cost would not
be dismantled and the business abandoned.
Undoubtedly, enormous quantities of gas
were wasted during the days when it was
plentiful, and there can be no doubt that
a great deal is still wasted in the field,
where greater profit can be gained by using
the wells and pipes for the production of
oil, but it is next to impossible to find any
way to conserve it, where those in control
of the wells are not interested in so doing.
When the fuel gas in it's plenitude
there was probably not practical gas man
in the business who did not have the ut
most faith i'm the belief that long before
the supply could be exhausted inventive
genius would find a way of producing a
cheap and practicable artificial fuel gas
that could be used in the mains laid for
natural gas, and the expensive piping plants
installed in the various cities and towns
thus utilized to advantage. But that hope
has been disappointed. An immense amount
of brain work, experiment and money has
been devoted to this proposition. but thus
far it has all come to nothing, and the pros
pect of such an artificial gas seems now
further away than ever. For the present,
at least, the people must content them
selves with coal and dreams of the blssful
past in which smoke and dust and ashes
were things unknown.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-23
NEED OF A MORAL CRUSADE,

The national government is actively en-
gagged in turning the rascals out of it's POST
office Department: Mayor Lows admin
istration is struggling to uproot the deeply
intrenched Tammany system of public and
private graft Prosecutor Folk, of St.
Louis, is doing his best to secure the pun
ishment of Missouri's legislative boodlers:
New York court has just found Walking
Delegate Parks guilty of extorting money
from employers of labor-and the fight
against corruption goes on. 1t must go on.
for its moral effect If not for its visible re-
suits, yet the work of reform must at times
seem discouraging to those engaged i'm it.
For when one set of rascals has been turned
out, where is the assurance that another
will not take their places at the first oppor-
tunity? Indeed, it is reasonably certain
that under favorable conditions they will
do SO. Boodling in Missouri will be checked
for a time stealing from the government
will be less frequent until vigilance relaxes
again. walking delegates will refrain for the
present from holding up employers; graft
| in general will be less boldly carried on
But legal prosecutions scotch and do not
kill the evil. Why? Because catching the
rascals is a E.ere surface cure. The root
of the evil lies deep and must be reached
by other methods.
The majority of the American people are
honest in practice and theory; public senti-
mcnt disapproves of boodling, of graft, :.
in all its forms. of stealing in a large or
small way from the public treasury or
from individuals. But the public is not hon.
est enough Many public officials never
cheated man out of dollar in private
business, but with public funds within their
reach. or with public interests under their
| control-and worth price-their virtue sud
| denly weakens. To trade in franchises with
out regard to the general benefit, TO promote
objectionable legislation for what there is
in it, to profit in pocket at the expense of
| the COMMUNICATIVE things cease to have
the evil look worn when they were re-
mote. Their honesty not rock-ribbed;
II was based upon expediency, and expedi-
| practices had been honest, not, it would
| appear, Tor principle sake, but because
it the best policy-because it was the
only safe course. Officially they could fol-
low different method and worst only
suffer from the suspicious of their fellow
citizens; could be dishonest with all the
worldly rewards of honesty-and so they
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT so they will succumb until
a different standard is built upon firm
/ foundations
What is needed is a crusade i'm favor OF
| honesty. not because it is the best pol
| ICY" but because il is right. 1t is not
| enough that men adopt this principle as an
/ outcome of worldly experience and of the
| growth of conscience; they must teach il
| 10 their sons by ceaseless precept and in
| variable example, they must lay the founda-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-23
DAYS FOR TRAVEL.

Local railroad officials show surprise over
the fact that travel has been heavier this
summer than last their idea being, APP
parently. that the cool weather would nat
uralIy have the effect of keeping people
at home. so far as the temperature has
anything to do with the matter, the con-
trary is undoubtedly the case. Excessive
heat often compels the removal Of delicate
children aud invalids TO d cooler region,
and the sudden arrival of torrid days is
likely TO expedite the departure of many
who contemplate the making of summer
tours in any event and can control their
time: but comparatively few persons look
on railroad travel in hot weather with any
thing but dread and dislike. 1t is regarded
as species of purgatory through which
they must pass in order to reach the prom
common thing for the thought Of the stuff
fy sleeping car. the smoke and dust and
general discomfort incident TO travel by
rail to prevent a projected journey when the
mercury is in the nneties. On the other
hand weather such as this summer has
furnished is ideal for travelling. Not only
is the tourist comfortable while in transit,
but his opportunities for enjoyment on ar
rival at his destination are made much
greater by the agreeable temperature. 1t
has not been necessary TO go far north to
find cooling breezes, resorts that commonly
offer other than atmospheric attractions
being able to iEcIude these well this
icft of,n xxyith COR
fort and satisfaction and engage with zest
in various sports and activities too often
impossible because of the heat. Even cities
commonly avoided in midsummer have this
season proved to be pleasant places in
which to spend a vacation. 1t is not always
recreation that busy people need. ~ change
of scene is the chief thing, provided it in
wolves a cessation OF the usual work, and
another city may supply this as well as
lake or mountain or seaside. New York,
Boston, and even Washington have held
many a tourist these cool August days who
would in ordinary summers never have
dreamed of going TO those places for pleas
ure.
AS matter of fact, summer travel is a
movement with which temperature has but
little to do. Summer is the season of annual
vacations. because business is then at its
dullest and it is most convenient for both
employer and employed to take their out
ings then. Given the time for these outings,
the liberated workers take them regardless
of the weather If the weather is unbear-
ably hot, as is commonly the case in this
| latitude in July and August, they either
| flee to the North or hasten to some con-
venent spot, where, in complete idleness,
they can better endure the heat. 1t is true
enough that no need go away from
home this summer to seek comfort, never
theless tnose who go rejoice because their
vacation days permit unusual degree
| of activity and make many things possible,
anu those who remain stirred by a de-
| sire for fitting which is unknown to them
| when the days torrid. Hence it is that
| the crowds which pass through the gates
| of the Union Station greater than ever.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-23

The Bobbs-M Merrill Company have made a
most attractive combination in a little
volume they have issued somewhat in adj
vance of their regular fall output. 1t is a
collection OF juvenile stories bearing the
pleasing title, ''Troubadour Tales" written
by Miss Evaleen Stein, of Lafayette. Miss
Stein is we'll known as a writer of charm
ing verse, but the public is comparatively
unfamiliar with her prose. In this book
she proves her command of a clear and
unaffected style which suits well with the
simplicity of her themes. AS indicated by
the title, the tales have TO do with an
olden time, but such is the authors art that
she gives them an atmosphere OF actually
not often found in narratives OF this class.
The volume is beautifully illustrated in
colors. Maxfield Parrish. b. Rosenmeyer
and Edward Edwards each contributing,
drawings, but 1t was a happy thought of
the publishers to secure as the leading
illustrator Miss Virginia Keep. another
gifted young Indiana woman. She has a
number of fulI-page drawings of fine quail
ity, as we'll as several head pieces. These
drawings have the merit. not invariable
with illustrators. of harmonzng perfect
" with the text. The book. as a bit of
literary and pictorial art, Will have espe-
cial attractions TO holiday buyers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-23
REFORM AND AN AUTO.
Young Man Trying tn Reclaim Fallen
Women Of Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Tribune

MB.itdpoHs 1IlDunt
There is a reformer, gentlemsnly, cour-
teous and gallant. i'm Minneapolis who is
using an automobile as the main utensii
of reform. In this automobile he is driving
about the city, with unfortunate women as
companions. and In this automobile he
breaches the doctrine of reform as he goes
The reformer Is the son Of a wealthy
didate for the ministry. Recently ne ar
rived In Minneapolis. and. being I'M
pressed with the evident lack OF reform
measures in certain districts. started on
little private crusade OF his own.
Boldly he drives up To the front doors
out with fiashy woman on his arm: Into
the waiting machine he calamity hands her.
with her gaudy attire and sSint-besmeared
face, and the start is made
During the ride that follows the doctrine
of reform is preached. On the highways.
far from the noisy. busy streets. he talks
IN his subject, breaches and entreats her
TO things better and higher. She has 40
change To dodge the questions he fires at
her. and his talk in many cases has force
and results I'm much good
So frequently and so open have been his
calls i'm the disreputable districts that the
reformer has got 10 be known a. the line
looking young preacher" All hold him I'm
respect; all admire and trust him. and every
one listens and appreciates what he tells
them.
Every woman is glad at the opportunity
10 ride I'm an automobile. aud with hand
some man. With the auto and himself an
irresistible combination has resulted. aud
the converts are gradually coming.
Thus he gets a private audience with each
subject. which would be impossible almost
except by the drawing catd VI the sHsomo-
bile scheme.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-23

tions in the child mind. They must teach
absolute respect for the rights of others:
they must instilI the belief that the rule
OF integrity has exceptions; they must
insist that the highest patriotism, the best
way of honoring the flag is in regarding the
performance of any public duty, however
small or however large. as sacred trust;
they must convince their children that it is
not less wrong for the poor man to take adj
vantage of the rich than the reverse. If
they make this virtue of honesty into a
veritable religion they will not be going too
far. For incorruptible integrity in all the
relations of life involves much that it
serves as a religion good enough 10 live by
and die by. Not until this principle is ac-
copied as the basis of the moral education
of the rising generation will the outlook
give promise of better things in our finan-
cal life
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-23
SALISBURY; DIsRAELI; GLADSTONE.

The passing of Salisbury takes from the
earth a figure that must always stand out
boldly in English history as the very type
and embodiment of the English spirit and
English aspirations of the last half Of the
nineteenth century. With him will be
grouped Gladstone and DIsraeli, but the
Journal very much mistakes its prediction,
if in the future history of this remark
able period of British history, Salisbury
does not appear as the central figure.
D'Israeli's theatrical rise to power will
always remain a fascinating chapter, but
it must always be regarded a rather
exotic growth. There will always be
plenty OF room to doubt his sincerity, and
behind his great accomplishments must al
ways hover the belief that in all things his
main purpose was personal advancement.
His brilliant methods anything but
English. He understood; he catered to, and
in some measure he led the British spirit
of imperialism, but he was never a part
of il.
In the eyes of the present generation of
Americans Gladstone holds first place
among this titanic group of statesmen, but
his idealism was not in harmony with the
English purposes of the time. He came
to the right point Of view rather late in
his career, and Englishmen never forgot
that he won his first prestige as the OPP
ponent of all that John Bright had stood
for. And. while Gladstone managed with
consummate political skill to win power time
after time, yet, as Englishmen now sum it
up his career was rather an interference
than a help to the national purposes of
the century. His championship of the cause
of the Christians against the Turk was al
dia; his hurried peace Of 1881 with the
Beers is regarded as the first cause of the
bloody and costly Boer war just finished.
and his championship of the Parnell cause
is believed to have retarded for decades
the understanding with the Irish people
that is just now being reached.
But Salisbury, proud, cold. dignified; not
merely careless. but somewhat contempt
uous concerning public opinion and per-
sonal popularity; thoroughly honest in his
purposes; born to such high station that
he could always be independent of personal
consequences; consistent in his beliefs from
start to finish; thoroughly saturated with
the imperial destiny of Britain-here was a
man that met British ideals and fitted in
with English traditions most thoroughly.
Never stampeded into hasty judgment,
never visionary, always fully able TO cope
/ with situations as they came up, and never
unmindful of the main purpose of British
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. he welded the great pow
er OF the empire i'm way that won not
| merely the respect, but the acquiescence of
| the great body of the Liberal party. He
did his work so well that when he dropped
the reins of power. the opposition party in
| England had nothing left but name and
the British power throughout the world
! was almost without n rival.