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Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
ETHEL's QUESTION

Ethel is years old. Her father came
home the other afternoon, after working
three days and nights under high pres
sure, with no sleep to speak of, and lay
down with the feeling that he might
not wake up for a week. Within five
minutes the greatest amount of noise
would not have aroused him.
Three-quarters of an hour later from
the depths of his dreams he heard a
clear, small voice:
Father, father! Father, father!"
The sleeper stirred and sank deeper.
Father, father, father"
He struggled and resisted and fioun-
dered and finally raised his eyelids like
a man lifting giant weights. When
sight came to him he saw Ethel smil-
ing divnely beside his couch.
Father, father!"
"Wha-at is 1t, daughter?"
Father, are you having a nice
nap ?"-Judge.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
THE COUNTRY coRRsspoNpeNr

Again, at night, when the work is
done, you pick up the country weekly
from the old home back east. You look
over town news, scan the blazing half
page ads and turn over to the country
correspondence. Not that you were ac-
quainted in every neighborhood from
Pleasant valley to Pumpkin Ridge, nor
40 you know the present generations
spoken of i'm the news items. But here
and there is an old family name that
makes you think and takes you back to
the good old days gone by. An item
ABOUT the old church or school and as
you SIT there the recollection brings
BACK memories all but forgotten. You
wander out on the big road through the
valley and woodland to the big farm
house. Then a hundred faces of boy
hood companions are all before you as
you picture the revival at the cross
roads church or the spelling bee at the
old red schoolhouse, and you wonder
what has become of all the boys and
girls you left when you started west
The old tourist printer has been
relegated to the junk pile by the lino-
type, the city man takes his notes in
shorthand, the editor dictates his mat
ter to amanuenses and from the type
writer 1t goes down the tube the
revolution is complete. Yet there is one
good old fashioned feature holding
over-the weekly copy from the coun-
try correspondent. Nothing can take
his place. May he be with us forever,
because the paper needs him and the
reader appreciates him and we want
him, though he hasn't improved a lick
in spelling and punctuation.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
LA FIESTA DE LAS FLORES

Very beautiful. indeed. was the great
opening parade Of La Fiesta, the elec-
trlcal pageant which wound its way
through the down town streets last
night-even beyond the expectations Of
the most extravagant and far outclass-
ing similar events Of the past. II the
balance Of the festival Of the flowers
approaches IL i'm splendor, nothing more
could be asked.
Electrical parades, per Sc, are not
novelties I'm Los Angeles; In fact, they
originated here, and consequently more
is expected of them here than is the
case in eastern cities which have copied
the Los Angeles idea. But even the
most blase must admit that the gor-
geous effort of last night was beyond
cavil.
The floats, concerning themselves
mostly with subjects that permitted of
the widest range of fancy, were as
beautiful in conception and execution
as the airy fabric of dream. ETHEREAL
in construction, they glittered i'm many
coors with a myriad Of glowing lights;
they scintillated with hues; they
charmed with beauty and action and
artistic ensemble. And, peopled with
the city's fairest daughters and, escort
ed by her brave sons, they carried an
air of exclusiveness and aristocracy
which added doubly to their charm. All
in ALL they were exquisite, enthralling
and fascinating to young and old alike,
and the city may well be proud of its
part in their production, while the
Fiesta committee and Fawcett Robin
son. on whom rested the responsibility
of their creation, are to be felicitated
most heartily. Los Angeles is doubly
fortunate i'm that they will be seen
again tonight.
A novel and most delightful feature
of the parade was the large part taken
in it by the Shriners, who turned out
literally by the thousands. In their
radiant regalia," capped with the lurid
fez and bediamoned with tiny lights,
these rollicking mobiles were a Won
derfully attractive clan, and their good
humor and jovial manner gave a
touch of the human that made the
fairylike floats all the more taking.
Surely the ears of one Collins must
burn like fire, in his frozen foreign
home, over the egregious blunder he
made when he turned the Shriners'
official assembly into an unofficial out
pouring, to which only he was un-
bidden
1t was a great pageant procession
of the highest beauty and interest. a
most auspicious opening of a week of
festivity. Even though there were moth
ing else to follow, La Fiesta de las
Flores would be more than a success,
right now.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

the scream for opium. as we'll as to get
enough for themselves At the end of
the third day hop was coming into San
Francisco by every train and boat.
This is Just one OF the sidelights on
the great catastrophe, but the man who
thinks that this was the least Of San
Franciscos troubles has another spec
ulation coming to him.
The man who believes these dreams
about Chinatown being eliminated from
the new San Francisco, or shifted to
some other site, is more optimistic than
the people OF San Francisco," con-
tinued the man from the west,
chinatown has a pull that Is strong
enough TO twist Market street into a
figure eight. The Chinese may not vote.
but they nave money. which can not
only be used to buy votes. but auto
mobiles, houses on Van Ness avenue
and racing stables for those in power
in San Francisco. Chinatown in all
human probability, will be built right
where II was before.
There's reason for this the man
who hasn't lived i'm San Francisco
would not guess. Under Chinatown
there was a subway city that had d
larger population than the rookeries
above the surface.
"These tunnels, passages and halls
Stlll exist. Many OF them were twisted
about by the earthquake; nearly all
were filled in at the entrances by the
burning debris from above, and a few
have caved in completely. They can
be Strengthened out, however, much
more easily than another underground
city could be constructed.
'In this village of troglodytes fes-
tered the cancer spot that the righteous
of San Francisco tried for years to
abolish. Here were the gambling dens,
the gathering places of the tongs and
the cages in which were kept the little
Chinese women who were sold with a
regularity that spoke vel, for the in
dustry and commercial instincts of our
consuls in China. There were prob
ably hundreds of these little creatures
burned to death the day of the fire.
Their bones will be dug out, however
the stone walls of the passages will
be strengthened, the walls will be
shored up and the first section of the
burned over part of the city to be oc-
cupied will be this city of caves.
"They will build the houses above
ground as they are required. They will
pay no attention to the demands for
the settling of Chinatown without the
city walls, and as long as San Fran
cisco is in the hands Of the present po-
litical masters it can be counted upon
as certain that the Chinks will stay
right where they have been for more
years than the San Francisco people
like to recall"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

forced into distastefuI municipal
alliance.
And just here Il is well to call at
tention to n mistaken notion that pre-
walls widely concerning the scope Of the
cNsclldation plan. The mistake is a
natural consequence Of the inapt
phraslns Of the project--"Los Angeles
city and county consolidation" There
never has been any serious thought of
embracing the whole county in the
municipal scheme. Half the county is
made up OF mountain and desert, and
some other portions would not be
thought of i'm connection with the con-
solldation project
1t is not the purpose OF Los Angeles
to extend its municipal boundaries one
foot farther than would afford mutual
benefit to the city and to the territory
to he added. As general proposition,
consolidation would be of greater rel
ative benefit to territory thus to be
embraced than II would be to the city.
This because Los Angeles is In a posi-
tion to afford protection to all its ter
rtory in any and all circumstances. As
an example of the Importance Of this
matter note the plight of San Fernando
in the struggle for water, upon which
its very life depends.
All the communities that may be
asked to come into The Los Angeles
municipal fold, lying chiefly between
the city and the sea, are dependent for
water upon the nearby mountain
range, the same from which Los An
geles now draws its supply. The rapid
settlement of all such territory brings
all those communities face to face with
the situation which this city confronted
prior to it's acquisition of the vast
water supply in the owens river dis
trict And now It is for them to decide
whether to be assured of abundant
water in the future, as consequence of
consolidation, or whether they shall
take the chance of padding their own
canoe in their own water.
Long Beach, as we'll as all the other
cities and towns between Los Angeles
and the sea, would derive greatly more
relative benefit than would this city
from the proposed consolidation.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
NOTED AMERICANS NIckNAMEs

Our American Cruikshank-DaVid
Claypole Johnston, 1799-1S65.
The Expounder of the Constitution
John Marshall. 17551S35.
The Silver-Tongued Sluggard of the
Senate-Thomas c.: McCreery, 1917.
The Poet of Nature-Wiliam Cullen
Bryant, 17941S7S.
The Goldsmith of America-Wash-
ington Irving, 17S31S59.
The American Titian--Washingt
Allston, 1779-1S43.
Little Phil-Gen. Phillip Henry Sher-
idan, 1S31-1SSS.
Fighting Joe-Gen. Joe Hooker, 1874
1879
Fighting ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Nc
Dowel McCook, 1881.
Old Put-Gen. Israel Putnam, 171S-
1890.
Old Beeswax-Admira Raphael
Semmes, 1S09-1877.
Old Brains-Gen. Henry W. Halleck,
1S15-1S72.
Old Mother Hancock-John Hancock,
1727-1793.
Old Tecumseh-Gen. William Te-
cumseh Sherman, 1S20-1S91.
Old Chickamauga-Gen James B.
Steedman, 1S1S-1SS3.
King of Fire-Benjamin Thompson
Count Rumford), 1753-1S14
King of the Lobby-Samuel Ward.
Peter the Headstrong-Peter Stuy-
vesant, 1602-16S2.
Cock Eye-Benjamin F. Butler, 1878
1893.
Sunset Cox-Samuel Sullivan Cox,
1S24-1SS9.
Honest Old Zach-Zachariah Chan
dler, 1S13-1S79.
Brother Jonathan-Jonathan Trum-
bull, 1710-1785.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
A RECOLLECTION

with Apologies to an Old Favorite.)
remcmber, remember, the fiat where
| was born:
The little window where the sun came
peeping in at morn.
Until the maid of all work pulled down
the window shade
And shut out all the sunshine for fear
the rug would fade.
I remember, I remember. the gas lamp
in the hall
That sometimes burned till 12 o'clock
and sometimes not at all;
Twas Just a little flicker in all that
waste of gloom,
Like some ono with candle illuminat-
ing doom.
I remember I remember. that things
both great and small
Were made to fold up into some recess
in the wall;
The bathtub was in sections. and when
the bath was DER
1t folded up and fitted a panel in the
door.
remember, I remember. the meters
everywhere
A meter for the sunshine. meter for
For heat and gas and water. in every
sink and tub.
We had the metric system for every
thing but grub.
/ remember l remember, the furniture
we mad
A grand piano that became a folding
bed for dad:
The sofa was a clothes press, the daven-
port a trunk,
The hall clock was a Swindle that col
lapsed into bunk.
remember, remember, / sat on
mothers knee.
There was no crook or Granny that she
could find for me:
And also l remember we moved soon
after that
our landlord would not let us have chill
dren In the fiat
New York Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK

The thunder of the Elevated rattles in
my ears.
The trolleys at the crossing fill my soul
with horrid fears.
The evening rush is awful, as | cling
to strap, and curse,
The morning crowd to cityward is really
something worse.
The automobiles frenzy makes me shud-
der. turn and flee,
But Little Old New York is plenty good
enough for me!
When at last | get to Harlem, in my
eighty-dollar fiat
There's no place for little children,
scarcely room to swing a cat.
The gorgeous city restaurants l am
obliged to skip,
1 couldn't even find the price to pay a
walters tip
The hanson is a luxury above my low
degree.
But Little Old New York is plenty good
enough for me!
L see so many people | would like to
make my friends,
But no one wants to meet a man unless
he always spends;
The ladies are so beautiful, the men so
smartly dressed,
They never care to know a man without
his trousers pressed
They say the countrys wonderful, and
so it is, maybe,
But Little Old New York is plenty good
enough for me!
have heard about Grants Monument,
the Battery and Park.
But / can never get to them till some
time after dark;
The Sunday papers keep me in till Sun
day afternoon,
When a little game of poker is pleasure
opDortune.
So / never saw the River and | never
met the Sea.
But Little Old New York is plenty good
enough for me!
My pride is rather prejudiced and also
is my taste;
think of. all outside New York as but
an arid waste:
Chicago is, my mockery and Boston is
my Joke,
Manhattan is the only place for self-re-
specting folk
With graft and gold and gluttony we
rival gay Paree.
But Little Old New York is plenty good
enough for me-
-Gelett Burgess. in Smart Set
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

City councilmen are seriously debating
the question of enaoting a special Or
dinance prohibiting roller skating
on the sidewalks and pavements. To the
layman a special ordinance hardly
seems necessary, as there is already a
law against any obstructing of side
walks and all it needs is a thorough
enforcement in few cases-just enough
to alarm parents and children so that
the latter will be kept off the public
walks. Enforcement of the ordinance
would he a good thing for the children,
too, as II would save many a broken
limb. There is too much public roller
skating. That done in the Kinks ought
10 be sufficient. certainly.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

That man arrested for creating dis
turbance in the senate, it should be re-
membered. was in the gallery. Those
on the floor may act as rowdyish as
they please; they are immune
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

The advice of the police to "keep
your hands on your pocketbook" this
week relates merely to protection
against pickpockets and not to any pro-
hibition of free spending in entertain
ing the city's many visitors.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Senator Burton's sentence having
been affirmed by the supreme court he
will now resign Immediately or be
kicked out. Why can't the same treat
ment be given Chauncey DePhew. who
did just as dirty work?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Now that Russians have assa ssinated
a United States consul and the Moors
have fired upon a United States war
vessel, the president will shake out the
folds of the big stick and let the world
again know that Uncle Sam is on the
man
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

The health of the pope is now re-
ported improving, fact that will bring
pleasure to many people throughout the
world The present pontlf is in many
respects grand old man, and he seems
destined to accomplish many reforms
and the continued advancement of the
great Catholic church.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

BY shooting his defeated admirals
self into the idea that it was their fault
that he was defeated. But everyone
else knows it was not.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

A New York representative tells the
house committee on judiciary that the
position of senator at Albany was
worth from $4,000 to 100000, the money
coming from insurance companies. Out
in California no such dignif1ed sum as
that has been mentioned. About $500
was all that some of the California
senator's are known to have received.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Announcement was made last night
that Manager Morley had released the
Los Angeles baseball players and that
the Pacific Coast league had gone to
pieces. This information will be re-
ceived with widespread expressions of
regret. Somebody should take the situ-
alton in hand and see that the game is
resInrnd "a
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

1t is fast becoming an axiom in Los
Angeles that if the success of a move
ment is desired the opposition of the
Hearst yellow should be secured. Vide,
La Fiesta.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Burton. poor man, will have to
inal. DePhew, Smoot, Aldrich, ct al,
being rich, hang on. All are Repub-
licans.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Today is a public holiday, by
proclamation of the mayor. This will
enable all people who choose to do so
to see and enjoy the floral parade of
this morning and the second electrical
parade tonight.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

The Fiesta has begun in grander style
than ever. VIII Willie, the knocker,
kindly take notice? And exc Coldfeet
Collins?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

But because La Fiesta is already
established as the greatest ever, that
doesn't condone the Hearst knocks on
it.. It's no fault of Willle's that it is
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Only policeman saved a negro from
lynching in the heart of New York city
Sunday New York seems to be the
Springfield of the east.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

The elimination of Burton from the
senate helps some, of course, but
there's DePhew yet, you know.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

The Indictment of three local men on
a charge of land frauds up north looks
very much like game of petty spite.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Probably for our next Fiesta the owl
cars will be running. Then indeed will
it be all that could be desired.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Pasadena fears a flower trust. But
that won't worry it as much as flour
trust would.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
Warned Wisdom

It's never too late to mend-except in a
union tailor shop.
Pay as you go-but save enough to
come back on.
man may save money, but it won't
save him.
Some men are so busy looking ahead
that they can't see what's doing all
around them.
Faint heart never won rich lady.
You can't judge a womans love by her
sighs.
Many are coming, but few arrive.
IL money could talk, people would do
less boasting.
The Lord loves giver of cheer, also.
Opportunity only knocks once; ones
friends do 1t thereafter.
w. H. G.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Russia's czar may now be said to be
facing his doum-a.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

They are cutting expenses at Zion
City. Watch voliva become unpopular
now
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Good morning; have you Fiesta-ed
yet? II not, why don't you?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Owl cars would have been the crown
ing feature of a great Fiesta. Too bad!
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Homeless children received ana placed
In homes for adoption. Apply Rev, o.
" Rice, superintendent chldren's
Home society. st Bradbury building.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
Pl-Lines and Pick-IJps
on . "oot' in Golden Gate

On "cotc In Golden Gate
Twas nineteen hundred. Tuns tbe month
The hour was growing late
AS IN lovely park they roamed.
The park was Golden Gate.
Dear John, my love" said Nellie. sweet.
Twere heaven itself to me
TO dwell beside yon lovely deli.
Beneath yon glorious troel
Thou hast enough Of worldly gear
no buy that lovely spot.
10 puiId us there home, nv dear.
sweet, romantic cot"
Thou little knowest, darling Nell;
No ransom Of king
Gould buy for lis that lovely dell
Nor yet its bubbling spring"
And other years have come and gone.
Ana wondrous things betide;
ana John and Nellie have a cot.
That lovely dell beside.
The cot is duck" twas built for one.
Perforce it now holds three;
FOR little Johnnie sleeps with them
Beneath the greenwood tree.
EDWARD l.. HUTCHINSON.
Mark Twain writes mostly in he'd
Easier lying at full length, as II wer..
How can the Republicans pass an
anti-child-labor law when they believe
in protection to infant industries.
While San Francisco cultivates faith
and hope, it is still up to the rest of
the United States to remenber tho
charity end of it.
Senator Clark is to retire. The sem
ate must be worse than was supposed.
A Rebuke
From what we hear the sneak thief
is on his rounds again. Some low-down
dirty, stinken. mean, servile, covetous.
nlggardly skunk of a sneak thief stole
meat from Joseph Watts. an old man
10 years old, almost in his dotage and
hardly able to work any more. Any
skunk that would steal meat from an
old man like that would steal wool off
dead Sleeps tail.-Macomb Qll)
Eagle.
Palm-His cake is all dough,
Pepper-How rich he must be!
Chicago is to have two high art''
theaters. Wherell they get it?
That New York man arrested on his
wedding day wasn't caught for marry
ing. 1t hasn't quite come to that even
in New York, yet.
Now let San Francisco establish a
Funston park, and put swimming
pool in it.
Look out for moss trust A Nor
Wegian doctor says it is fine eating.
TtIc re-
were in the shoes of Glad. Dowie, the
great unkissed''
Reports of the specification" of more
MoroS are received. No flowers, please.
Another "Broken" Heart
Jim Hart of the North ranch was in
town Saturday, busted.-Kelton, (Wyo)
Gazette
If this plan to have all the muck
rakers unite in publishing a magazine
goes through, the reading public will
reap the benefit of knowing which
magazine to dodge.
Even a midget can stand hgh-in
his own regard.
Willie Lemon-May read the zam-
liner, ma?
Mrs. Lemon-No, Willie: be good
boy and read your Diamond Dick,
the Boy Bandit" instead.
They've broken the ice at Nome Just
who they" are is not known; but, the
ice being broken, let us hope friendli-
ness will progress rapidly now.
Voliva has taken Zion City to court
and a crisis is at hand. In other words,
the lawyers will now enjoy the rich
pickings so long the support of
Elijah II.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

She-I see the Japanese lover, instead
of an engagement ring, may give his
future bride a piece of beautiful silk, to
be worn as a. sash.
He-I wouldn't like that plan.
mo, know you wouldn't. You'd get
awfully tired of seeing four or five girls
wearing the same ash!"-Yonkers
Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
KISSING AND POLITICS

Give dog bad name and hang
him! Circulate kissing story about a
public man and finish him. The gentle
intention that seems to be back of the
kissing stories is to destroy the reputa-
tion and prospects of the man they are
pinned to. A thousand newspapers
printed the lies about the Hobson kiss
ing episodes and joked about them.
Once those stories got well started on
their course of defamation, it was i'm
possible to stop them or refute them.
Nobody knows now but Hobson HIM
self what kernel of fact there was be-
hind that avalanche of lies. On any.
thing like a kissing story the newspa-
pers seem to seize as a hungry dog
seizes a bone. Such tale told the
other day of Mr.. Carnegie swept the
country within forty-eight hours. The
predicament in which such stories leave
their victim is that if he makes vigor-
Gus denial he seems ungallant and
seems also to magnify trifie. Public
opinion that frowns on men who kiss
and tell inclines to deride men who are
accused of kissing and deny it. Their
denials are easily attributed to a blush
ing reluctance to make ungallant ad-
mission of favors received. 1t is bad
case all around for the male victim. If
kissing stories are to be used in politics
they must be taken seriously and met
by suits at law for libel or defamation
of haracter.-Harper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
A Rebuke

From what we hear the sneak thief
is on his rounds again. Some low-down.
dirty, stfnken, mean, servile, covetous.
niggardly skunk of a sneak thief stole
meat from Joseph Watts, an old man
10 years old, almost in his dotage and
hardly able to work any more. Any
SKUNK that would steal meat from an
old man like that would steal wool off
dead sleeps tail.-Macomb Qll.)
Eagle.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
Population of Los Angeles 23S.4I9

The camels have comel
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
It nIdnIr lmaf,

The Grocer-I thought I'd ask 'er; you
see I'm little worried about that bill.
Mrs. Movesome-Ths idea! Don't you
worry any more. Why. I'd owe II TO you
forever before I'd cheat you out OF III
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22

Senator Clark is to retire. The sem
ate must be worse than was supposed.