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cided. l wud get out iv that unhappy spot
at wanst-nex' year some time. ! wud lave
thin unhappy people to bask in their own
wretchedness.' he says. as soon as they
ar-re in condition to be free. which may be
niver,' he says. 'As fr tn rest iv me views
he says. what dye want?' An there ye
ar-re- Wudden't that FIRE tn heart iv amy
Dimmycrat? Wuddent it almost FIRE tn
heart out? 1 tell ye, Hinnissy. that if ye
wud not see this country overrun with
cormorant thrusts an Dimmycratic thrusts
without a coat to their backs. if ye love
ye'er country betther thin yeer party an
ye'er Dimmycrat, yell vote fr Alton B.
Parker, tn peoples choice-nearly.
Il will lightly skip over tn other candy
dates. Thomas H. Watson. tn candydate
iv tn Popylist party. is in TIL race to stretch
his legs an improve his voice. 1t is doin'
him good an he will get tn Popylist vote.
as we'll as his own. Eugene v. Debs. tn
Socylist candydate, stands a good chance if
somebody don't get out an injunction again
him. l raymimber him kindly. because il
was through him that me frind, Grover
Cleveland, was injooced to sind some Swede
sojers to shoot at me whin l wint FIR me
mornin' sthroll in tn Stock Yards If Debs
is ilicted all tn money in the wurruld will
be divided among tn people. afther Wall
street has been helped. If ye vote fr Debs
We vote FIR good man, an | will sometimes
call on ye whin ye are not viient. / will
on'y refer briefly TO Ransom x. Swallow,
the Prohybitionist candydate, hence tn
name"
aye needn't go on" said Mr.. Hennessy.
"Well. that's all l have to say" said Mr..
Dooley. "Ye have all tn facts. Act ac-
cordin'ly. On'y raymimber in markin' ye'er
ballot that if We thry to vote fr Debs FIR
Prisidint an tn Prohybitionist candydate
f'r Vice Prisidint. whose name escapes me
FIR tn moment an 1 hope longer. ye are
1i'ble to, break tn pencil"
How ar-re ye' goin' to vote?" asked Mr..
Hennessy.
"That," said Mr. Dooley, "is between me
an me conscience. an I'm not sure I'll aven
tell me conscience this year.
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highest compact we can make with
our fellow is, Let there be truth be-
tween US two forevermore.
Our culture will be open to the
Charge of superfciality until it per-
meates behavior in the drawing-room.
the streetcar, the theater, the funeral.
the wedding and business. Worship
itself is behavior. 1t is being polite to
God. 1t is a proper behavior in the
presence of the Eternal. The first
school of politeness is the home. 1t
is a question whether children who
are impolite at home will ever be
trained in grace of courtesy outside
of the home. / plead, then, for the
cultivation of a, courtesy which
smoothes down the wrinkles of busi-
ness turmoil, oils the machinery Of
trade and helps men to live together
as brethren, not as beasts. / plead
for the old, simple virtues of the lady
and gentleman, not for elaborate
adornment and superficial culture, but
for the genuine cultivation of the true,
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phian, but the robust man of the
Western plains, uncultivated but
rugged; not refined as to expression
in social life, but with a big, warm,
manly heart. He is as manly as the
swift pony he rides However, it is we'll
to hold to the general rule that the
manners of people reflect the spirit
and character of that people A scholar
may or may not be refined. Some
scholarship is like raw sugar-it has
never gone through the refining pro-
cess. Once took tea with one of
the great men of the world. Fancy
my surprise when he poured his tea
ito the saucer and supped it up like
a child. That little act illustrated his
character and gave me entrance into
a strangely mixed personality. The
basis of good manners is character
which has been touched with culture.
Chesterfield somewhere writes: "As
learning, honor, virtue, afe absolutely
necessary to gain you the esteem and
admiration of mankind, politeness and
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list. the table pig, the man who never
behaves in public places, whether in
hotel or a church. 1t may be seen
in the fellow who easily loses his tenn
per and "sasses back" i'll the many
painful evidences of lack of self-re-
lance and self-control.
1t may be seen in the i'll breeding
of women who are ignorant OF taste
in dress and in the social expressions
of real intelligence.
'Ladyhood is an emanation from
the heart subtilized by nature" To
hear a pretty girl laugh and talk with
painful loudness, to see the evidences
of vulgarity in dress and manner, is to
lead to the conviction that training in
behavior was neglected in the home,
or the school, or the social circle.
Behavior has to do not only with
society, but with life. 1t is just as
necessary to be polite in business as
it is in society. Many man is bear
in the one and Chesterfield in the
other. Quoting Emerson again: "The
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good breeding are equally necessary
to make you welcome and agreeable
IL conversation and common life"
Politeness to the English people is
custom. Because 1t is a custom it
sometimes loses its influence. The
barber furnishes his shave and the
waitress her service with a conven-
tional but certainly effective Thank
you" If you were to strike cock
ney on the nose he would probably
reply with THANK you" Naturally
it was an Englishman who said of
Christ: "He was the first true gentle
man that ever lived" Politeness is
kindness of manner; it is art and re-
ligion in one 1t was Goldsmith who
said of Johnson that he had nothing
of the bear about him Lat his skin.
To be a gentleman is to be Chris
tian, for manners are simply the char
acter turned inside out. The manners
of a people may be seen in the in
dividual, in the toothpick man, the
splitting man, the streetcar monopo-
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amounts from 800 to 100000 have
been given to this library, SO that the
city of Boston is now the holder Of
nearly $500, 900 of trust funds for this
purpose. The additional income thus
realized is of almost incalculable value
in promoting the intellectual and
moral life OF that community.
1t is gratifying to know that the San
Francisco Public Library has already
received one gift of $500 and two gifts
each of $1,000. to be held in trust. The
liberality of holders of wealth in San
Francisco is certain to find expression
hereafter through many more dona-
tions to this library. OF the smaller
libraries of California the Marysville
library has thus far profited most
from remembrances through bequests.
This library has had at least five or six
legacies of $1,000 each from residents
who have known of the difficulties it
has encountered and have thus been
willing to extend permanent help. In
this particular direction of the acquisi-
tion by libraries of bequests members
Of the legal profession can occasionally
render the finest assistance, for many
a testator when drafting his will de-
sires suggestions as to approved pub
lice beneficiaries.
The impulses of women's clubs also
are invariably exerted in behalf OF
generous contributions to public
libraries and in many localities no
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LLX v YELL" said Mr. Hen
~ messy. Its almost here"
NN What's that?" asked
Mr.. Dooley.
Il ilic+ion dav" said

Y Y y, " 49, I1I '''7'' 1-071
~iliction day" said
ar. Hennessy.
"Oh. so it is" said Mr.. Dooley ITO be
sure. I'd clane frgotten. It's ayether here
or it's just past. or something. Well what
about it? Dye want me advicc?"
4 do not" said Mr.. Hennessy.
Il thought not" said Mr.. Dooley. An
ye don't need amy No wan does. A man
makes up his mind how he's goin' to vote
about til time his father was born an niver
changes il onless he is indepindant. an thin
he spols his ballot or thries to vote in tn
wrong ward Nevertheless. Hinnissy. I'm
goin' TO give ye til biniht iv me advice I'll
give il TO We if l have TO lock TIL dure an
throw We down on tn fure. What's pol
lytioal advice fr If it's not TO be given? 1
have more iv II thin / can use. I've been
accumylatin' il fr years
In til first place. ye can't make mis-
take. TIL issues ar-re clearly marked.
There are none. All tn candydates are fear
less, pathriotic, conscientious, willin', good,
poor fellows. firm what they tell me. Th'
\
thin IS ilicted or defeated. Th country
wud be betther of no matter what hap
pened. It's a betther off kind iv a country.
anyhow. / know ye have 1t in ye'er mind
TO save it. but, speakin f'r tn country.
wish TO say here an now that ye needn't
bother about throwin' it amy life pre-
sarvers- Th' country. me boy, is swimmin'
on ITS back. smokin' a seegar and havin' tn
time " its life. Amy wan who tries to save
this counthry is in f'r a good lickin'. So,
me fellow-citizens, We can go TO tn liy'ry
stable or barber shop. WHICHEVER temple tn
Goddess OF Liberty has choose in ye'er pre-
cinct, an vote with certainty that We have
not sthruck fatal blow at yeer beloved
country Go into that sacred an smelly
oupboord. seize til pencil firmly in ye'er
hand, make little prayer fr guidance,
shut ye'er eyes an jab at tn ballot. Ye'er
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instincts will detarmine where tn pencil
will land. Ye can't go wrong. even if tn
vote is counted. In fact Hinnissy. We wud
be dom nawthun' that wud make George
Wash'nton or Abraham Lincoln mad it ye
didn't vote at all. Fear nawthun' If tn
counthry thought ye cud injure it, do ye
think we'd let We vote?
"On TIL ballot ye will find twinty candy
dates f'r TIL highest Office in tn gift iv tn
American people, except County Threas-
urer. / can raynimber FIVE mesilf.
"Thaydore Rosenfelt. tn Republican
candydate f'r tn Dimmycratic vote. was
born iv an OF Quaker family. Arly in life
he sowed his Quaker Oats. but nawthin'
come iv it. He was idjacated at Harvard
College, where TIL kicks come firm. an at
tn age iv Il he entered pollytics TIL list
iv kilt an injured was published at tn time.
In pollytical life he endeared himsilf to all
be his quiet manner an cam judgment, TO
such extint that TIL leaders iv his party
were undecided whether they ought to
make him Vice Prisidint or merely dhrown
him. They chose tn former. because he
cud swim. Be superb craftsmanship in that,
dint iv this here nation. With his recent
histhry We ar-re familyar. Hinnissy So am
l. So is he ! will not speak further iv it.
He is issintually man iv peace, devoted
to his family an extramely fond iy his
books. Durin' tn Spanish war he sarved
his country as a thrained nurse. batin'
Clara Barton to tn top iv San Joon Hill.
He is TIL author iv tn cillybrated saying:
'Pericarditus alive or Rassely dead which
was aftherward changed to 'Pericarditis
alive fr fifty. thousan' or Rassely dead
broke His motto is. mean no harm
His fav'rite spoort is twinty questions. His
fav'rite pets are TIL bird iv peace an tn
round robin. If ye vote f'r Thaydore Rosen-
felt We need not fear that ye'er act will en-
broil or fry this country in a Europeen
war. He won't need it. He is FIR peace at
amy price. on'y tn iliction expinses may be
so heavy he may not have tn price. If yeer
vote is f'r all that an American holds dear,
fr honor. fr manhood. f'r the high ideels
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other influence is 50 strong In their
maintenance as well as their organiza-
tion- Library clubs and library asso-
ciations are each year finding larger
opportunities for service. The press.
too, Is the firm friend Of the public
library and no worthy effort for it's
welfare fails OF its notice. Its readi-
ness to chronicle every donation is OF
great assistance in the cultivation OF
the spirit Of giving.
AS a concluding suggestion it may
not be inappropriate to refer to the
need of establishment OF a branch
library in San Francisco somewhere
in the neighborhood Of McAIlister and
Fillmore streets. The nearest branch
libraries to this locality are respective
ly on Sacramento street. near Fill
more. and on Noe street, near Market
This distance Is so great as to render
them unavailable 20 many intervening
residents Messrs. Phelan and Nc
Creery have provided the city with two
beautiful branch library buildings Is
there another citizen who will recog-
nize in the opportunity of erecting a
third one a privilege that may not be
lightly esteemed? Or It may be pos
sible that some of the women'= clubs,
those organizations which are con-
stantly wrestling with knotty prob
lens and which seem to take supreme
satisfaction in accomplishing the i'm
possible. may lead the way in such an
effort.
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iv citizenship. yell vote FIR Thaydore
Rosenfelt But he'll take it aven II 1t isn't.
He'll take amy kind iv vote.
"Alton Blank Parker was nonmynated
be tn Dimmycrats to capture tn Raypubhi-
can vote. which. strangely enough, has not
been consistently dimmycratic in past
years. At TIL arly age iv so. Judge Parker,
fr he it is. suddenly appeared on tn pollyti-
cal horyzon. an since thin. f'r six months
at least. he has steadily grown. ontil now
he is begnnin' to talk an has all his teeth,
but not so NANNY as his opponent or so tew
as his companion on tn Dimmycrat ticket.
Judge Parker's candydacy was first heard IN
a whisper, which soon swelled into roar
firm Willum Jennings Bryan. He is
manly, courageous man, as his goold tilly-
gram wud tend to show. 1t r-read as fol-
lows Boys. if ye've nommynated me an
there's no backin' out. Pm irrevocably solid
FIR tn goold standard Judge Parker is
frind v tn wurrutin' man. an numbers
such labor leaders as August Bilmont an
George Foster Peabody among his closest
assocyates He rayceives thin often as
they come up in their overalls fr'm tn
bank. Nanny people arre opposin' him
because they think he is a man iv too de-
cided opinyons. an wan who. if ilicted. wud
plunge tn country into great an disas-
trous sleep l won't go that far. While |
think, Hinnissy. he prob'bly exceeds tn
bounds iv caution, ye must raymimber that
he is young man. an that his judicyal
thrainin' has made him little teeny mite
radical. Pm sure ivry Dimmycrat heart
was fired be his utthrances las week. I am
says he. 'irrevocably f'r a goold standard,
but wud sind best regards to Willum Jen-
nings Bryan, he says. L denounce tn tariff
as crool an un-American nicissity.' he
says 4 abomynate tn thrusts. Oh. if |
had wan here now-I wudden't do thing
to it. But there ar-re good thrusts an bad
thrusts. l wud not desthroy thin. What
good wud that do? l wud coax thinl,' he
says 4 wud tache thin to ate out iv tn
hand If they ct tn hand, that wud be their
mistake he says. AS fr me views on tn
Ph'lippeens, he says. they ar-re very de-
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forty-five, varying in amount from $500
to s125.ooo and aggregating $55o.OOO.
Significant it is that the twenty nine
gifts for endowments-many being pre-
sented in the lifetime and others
through will-make a total of $685., ,000
1t is beginning to be generally under
stood that in order that the public
library may accomplish it's highest
purpose as an educative force in the
community. 1t must have permanent
funds of its own. Taxation las its
limits in every city and so pressing
and so imperative are municipal prob
lens and school extensions in every
growing place that the library has it's
appropriation not infrequently trim
tion point. The higher institutions of
learning could not exist were it not for
their endowments. The peoples uni
versity," as the public library is often
termed, needs like assured support
With this rapid glance at what the
whole country is doing for free libra
ries, it is in order to inquire what is
California's record of single in
diyidual or organization dona-
tions. as shown by this Amer
lean Library Association report?
But little space will be required for the
answer. Excepting the additional gift
of $4,000 from Andrew B. McCreery for
the completion Of a branch library in
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all mention of numerous donations to
societies. schools. colleges and univer-
sites, which swell the total sum given
in twelve months to American libraries
Of all descriptions to 1898 volumes,
and Of money contributed to 6,1o3,137.
Some of the gifts to public libraries
are of almost priceless worth because
of their rarity, as. for instance, a pre-
sentation to the library in Suff1eld,
Conn, Of 1000 volumes comprising one
Of the richest antiquarian libraries in
that State. Another of 5s4 volumes re-
lating to the history of Indiana, pre-
sented to the public library at Indian
apolis. is said to be the most valuable
on this subject in existence.
Ten of the donations are for memo-
rial library buildings, and they vary
from $500 to 10000 1t is interesting to
trace the development of this desire to
perpetuate an honored family name by
linking it with an institution which is
so powerful for human uplifting and
happiness. Not a year passes in which
the name of father. mother. husband.
wife. son or daughter is not thus ten
derly handed down to future periods.
California has but one memorial free
library building-the Beale Memorial
Library at Bakersfield. erected in men,
ory of General Edward F. Beale.
The reported number of bequests of
money and property for the year is
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San Francisco, and with the further
amounting to $135,000, there are but
three offerings recorded. One of these
was of $500 from Louis Einstein to the
Fresno Library to be expended for
books; another of $3.50 from the Santa
Cruz Improvement Society to the Santa
Cruz Library, and the third of $1,000
from Nelson Carr to the Santa Rosa
library. The reported individual gifts
of money or property to California free
libraries in 1903 were likewise three in
number, while in 1902 there was but
one. exclusive of the .rnegie bestow-
ments -
1t can hardly be denied that this
record of individual gifts throughout
the State of California is insignificant,
especially when it is remembered that
a generous stranger has given to Cali
fornia within the last twelve months
more than fifty time, much.
What then is the reason for this lack
of liberality? Is 1t -ecause California
is poor? The long list of prosperous
cities and counties having but moder-
ate indebtedness and vision of an as
sessed valuation for the whole State of
more than one and quarter billions
of dollars forbids this suspicion Is 1t
because Californians are not of gener-
Gus nature? Perish the ideal
Glance 1t the long line of gifts be-
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A RE the American people i'm
~ polite? This is a question
often asked by travellers.
1 y who, coming in contact with
the people of other and older
nations, are tempted to draw COM
parsons not always favorable to the
American people. Doubtless the
older section of the world are better
behaved than the newer communities.
This is true in our own country, but
il does not follow that where men
are better behaved they are more vir-
tuous. 1t is rule, but nots without
its exceptions, that manners indicate
tie man. They are the thermometer
of character, the outward expression
of the moral nature, but sometimes,
as Emerson says, "they form at last
a rich varnish with which the routine
of life is washed, and its details
adorned" The strongest type of
American has the poorest manners.
He is not your well-dressed New
Yorker, nor your pretty Philadel-
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Weighing an Autograph

Scales are now made OF such fine ad-
justment that they will weigh the
smallest hair plucked from the eye
brow. They are triumphs Of mechan-
ism and are inclosed In glass cases
The glass case has a sliding door, and
as soon as the weight is placed in the
balance the door slides down. The bal
ances are cleared and made ready for
further use by pressing button. which
slightly raises the beam Two pieces
Of paper of equal weight can be placed
on the scales, and an autograph writ
ten in pencil on either piece viii cause
the other side to ascend and the needle.
which indicates the division OF the
weight even to the millionth part OF a
pound or less, win move from its per-
pendicular.
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slowed on parks in the large cities. on
moderate sized sums and the princely
benefactions conferred upon schools,
colleges and universities, and there Is
no room for such a doubt. One of the
States prominent men has justly writ
ten, 1.-The Californian loves his State
because his State loves hi.--, and he re-
turns her love with fierce affection
that men of other regions are slow ],
understand" Seeking further for the
reason of this general apathy in the
extension of public libray equipment,
may it not be found in the failure to
grasp the true idea of the public libra
ry as an elevating refining power in
our modern life? Does the great public
yet broadly understand that the free
library is one of the four mighty forces
that are so wondrously leavening and
advancing civilization-the press, the
pulpit. the school. the library? When
this view is realized in all its breadth
there will be change, and men and
women Of moderate means. as well as
those of wealth, will glady present
their offerings to forward this imper-
ishable influence for the uplifting of
mankind.
An example of what is realized
when these large views prevail may
be seen in the financial exhibit of the
public library of Boston. At differen.
periods about thirty donations of
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moral nature expressed in manners
both gracious and good. Such cul-
ture is not like the polish on the shoe.
but like the gleam of precious stone
struck through and through with an
arrow of silver light.
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w E: :: :: s: &: E: s
not? For answer let ex-
animation be made of
report Of gifts and bequests rem
dered 70 the American Library As
sociation for the year ending May
81. 1904 This body has just held
its annual conference at st. Louis,
October 1922. and before it was pre-
sented the most complete account OBJ
tainable OF the late library donations.
Because Of space limitations this re-
port does not quote gifts of less than
$500 BY the said report it appears that
the gifts Of the year in the United
States 70 free public libraries alone. ex-
elusive Of the Carnegie donations of
SL5OO.0O0. amount to S2.2s2, 900. These
came from 10 single individual givers
or families uniting in single gifts. The
sums given range from $500 to $500, 900.
and have been bestowed chiefly for the
purchase Of library sites. for the erec-
ton Of buildings and for endowments.
No account is taken IN this article of
scores OF other valuable gifts of rare
books. maps, manuscripts. paintings.
portraits. natural history collections.
collections Of minerals and coins. an
tiQUe clocks and memorial windows
which have been presented to public
Libraries. This article also disregards
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-06

an enfilading fire from coast batteries
placed on elevations. Within the
heads he would confront steel forts
on artificial islands-stationary battle
ships-as well as masked batteries on
either side. The floor of the bay un-
der him would be a network of mines
and .torpedoes. Further along would
be japanese warships and the Yoku-
suka defensive zone. All in all the
place is impregnable The Inland Sea,
which divides the most populous parts
of the empire. is as well defended as
the approaches to ST. Petersburg. Not
only are there great forts at the en-
frances but on various strategic is
lands. Hakodate is a Gibraltar The
only vulnerable point in all the Japan
csc possessions is Formosa. which
might fall to Russia in case she got
command of the sea.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-06

Ali Ashgar Khan, who let the light
of his countenance shine on Honolulu
a short time ago, has been recalled
home. He was travelling at the in
stance of the Shah who wanted his job
of Grand Vizier for the Royal son-in-
law, Prince Ain Ed Daouleh. It seems
that Ali Ashgar had irritated the Shah
with proposals to become modern and
the Prince. being a reactionary, SEEM
ed to be good substitute. But the
Persian ruler finds that in dealing with
modern diplomacy his Foreign Office
must know modern ways, hence the
decision to invite the banished Vizier
to return and resume business at the
old stand. The Prince will probably
go back to princing.