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can't make a greater mistake than to omit
them.
Be polite to your wife, John. whether you
are at home or abroad. 1t doesn't cost you
a red cent 1t need not inconvenience you
in the least, but 1t means an almighty lot
10 Anna May and just as much 10 you
Yours affeetionately JOHN SNEED.
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your life than as your sweetheart Yet
| noticed last week that you did not lift
your hat when you met her downtown
noticed that you allowed her to pick her
own way along the street. to step up TO the
curbstOne without any offer OF assistance
from you. ] noticed when we dined at the
hotel that you left her TO grope through
the mysteries of the menu unaided, while
you contemplated the most desirable dishes
for the satisfaction of your own precious
stomach.
The old man isn't asleep. my son, If he
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No, you can't do a better thing than to
treat your wife at least well you do
your neighbours. She will appreciate 1t. I
can say that with emphasis, for nothing
hurts woman more than the apparent
loss of that fine consideration which dis
tinguishes the woolng days. No matter If
she does feel sure of your love. no matter
If you prove your affection in numberless
other ways, she who has regned as queen
is never fully satisfied with less than the
honors due to royalty. And 1t is SO easy
to crafty her. 1t is only necessary to keep
In mind all the time that your wife is B.
woman and that good breeding works as
well in a smoking jacket as In a dress suit
/ have a very strong recollection of a
blacksmith who lived In the little village
where I went to school when a boy He
was great, brawny. rough looking fellow,
whose face and hands were grimed by the
smoke of the forge He seldom wore a
coat and never collar, except on Sun
day, but he was one of the truest gentle
men l have ever known, and his wife was
envied by every other woman In the VIII
lage simply because of his Difference to
her In private as we'll as in public. He was
a rustic Bayard, but his chivalry was as
pure and true as that of any broadcioth at
tired-city man. No, my son. genuine cour-
tesy is not a matter of dress nor of cere-
nlony. and in practicing 1t at home you
don't have to sacrifice your own comfort
to an extent worthy of consideration. On
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to the bone, and genuine courtesy is an evil
dence of forgetfuiness of self, virtue
which we have to cultivate If II is worth
while to be gentleman at all-and I never
heard anybody express any doubts on that
point--it is certainly worth while to be
gentleman al home. The good opinion of
your wife Is of more Importance to you
than the opinions of all the rest of the peo
pie of the world put together. Yet you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-15

Next to the Christian religion poItteness
Is the most potent force In the world today.
and 1t is Just as effective In ones own
home as II Is IN the house across The street
Now, without any more beating around the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-15

the other hand, 1t pays wonderfully in the
pleasure 1t gives to your wife and, by re-
lection, to you. 1t pays In the grace it gives
to your own character, and, better than all
else, 1t pays In its influence upon the char
acter of your family. Some of these days,
unless you are different from the majority
of mankind you will be a father Your chill
dren will be very much as you make them,
and your actions will have more to do with
the making than your commands. They
will, consciously or unconscfously, copy
your faults, as well as your virtues, and
the courtesy you display in their presence
WILL In some part at least, become fixed
habits with them. Your own training has
been such that l do not fear you will go
far wrong In this particular; but. notwith-
standing this, / have evidence that
you are not holding up to the old mans
standard, and l want you to be right-all
right
Now. John, don't misunderstood me
don't want you to be a jumping jack in the
box at home or anywhere else. Extremes
are always odious, and politeness may be so
overdone that 1t becomes a pain instead
of a pleasure to its object. Men like old
Perkins simply make themselves ridiculous
True politeneas is never obtrusive. The test
of q well dressed man is your inability TO
remember what he wore. If he be inclined
to foppishness the conspicuousness of his
attire will arrest your attention, well as
YOUR condemnation. On the other hand
the absence of any part of the correct cos
tune or an exhibition of untidiness or care
lessness In the wearing, is always con-
spicuous So with politeness. 1t is greatly
missed when ii Is absent. 1t should be I'M
noticeable when 1t is present That is the
brand to use In the home as well as outside
of 1t. If you take 1t off when you hang
your hat up In the hall you can bet your
sweet life that Anna May will miss 1t, and
the missing will hurt
Don't greet her with a grunt, but with
kiss. l wouldn't advise you to apply that
form of courtesy TO others, but In the home
the customary forms may be modified or
rather, magnihed, for love and not custom
dictates there. Don't take the best chair In
the room, unless she commands It She
probably will insist on reserving the most
comfortable rocker for you, but you should
never get into the habit Of taking things
for granted. Show her that you think Of
her first; that her ease and health and hap
piness stand foremost In your thoughts, and
there isn't any doubt about her reciprocal
ton. However much he may wish to do
the man usually gets the best of the bar
gain In the matter of attentions at home
but he shouldn't get the idea into his nog-
gin that nothing Is expected of him. Every
thing that Is tender and solicitous and
courteous and loving is expected of him. 1t
Is so easy to feel that these things are of
no avail, because they are so often unac-
cepted or apparently unnoticed, but you
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would fail to show to her the courtesy
which you would bestow upon another as
matter OF course and feel ashamed II you
were remiss In the least particular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-15

sey City. The principal races nocked in
upon us I'm the following numerical order:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22

year on the horses in this country. Millions
of dollars change hands every twelve
months as the ponies" go around the
ellipses. The ''bookies" win most Of 1t and
spend their winnings In fast living. The
cash is of course, put into circulation, but
in circles that do not touch the construc-
tive, wholesome, progressive business inter-
ests. or advance the welfare OF the masses.
But far beyond the money loss on the
tracks and In the pool rooms Is the moral
loss entailed in this pursuit OF fortune.
Probably of the thousands who placed bets
yesterday on the wrong horses at Graves
end not dozen are today convinced OF the
folly of their effort to win big stakes In
game in which the odds are scientifically
calculated against them. The great major
ity will continue to plunge with big or little
bets according to their means or nerve, and
all but very few will continue to lose
Some of them will lose more than they
own. Some will break their employers.
Some will go to prison. There Is no doubt
whatever of this result as long as men try
to make money by betting on horses. 1t Is
one Of the certainties Of life.
Sometimes the man who bets and wins
is more to be pitied than the man who
loses. for there is a dangerous fascination
in race-track success. 1t seems SO easy.
this taking away fifty or hundred dollars
by merely risking five or ten. Visions of
great wealth float before the eyes OF the
victim of his own good fortune. The habit
Is quickly formed. On the other hand. the
man who loses may possibly be cured by his
supposed misfortune. If he is wise and
philosophical he regards his loss as rich
investment in experience. There is nothing
in the game for him unless he becomes a
professional and to be that he must make
a close study of conditions, horses and men.
He must devote himself to the work as as
siduously as he is supposed to devote HIM
self to his own business or that of his en-
ploXer. And If he goes into the business he
must do so with the full understanding that
every dollar he takes in as winning comes
from some other mans pocket, and he has
given nothing In return for 1t.
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dali a Million in Bad Bets.

Half million dollars were lost yesterday
by the public In the betting or the Brooklyn
handicap. one of the great classic" turf
events OF the year A rank outsider -
without u record on which the odds were
% 10 /. nosed her way 10 the front at the
finish and won the stake. The bookmakers
paid out very little money on the winner,
save to the owner. who had confidence in
his entry and raked in about $4,000 in bets,
besides the $4,000 In stake money.
That half million. If contributed by yes
terday's losing bettors would build a hos
pital. or maybe two three, for the treat
ment OF tuberculosis. II would send five
hundred young men through college. II
would do any one of hundred or more USE
full things for the advancement OF human
ity. the lessening OF suffering or the en-
lightenment OF the world.
That half million handed over vest srsiay
by the public to the professional beolsnak-
ers at Gravesend is merely one drop in the
big bucket OF money gambled away each
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22
The Isle of Pines.

1t is not to be supposed that this govern
ment will be Influenced. in the matter or
the Isle of Pines by any threat or reVoiu-
ton on the part of American residents
there. Cuba is in control, and the Cuban
authority must be respected. The govern
ment may not be the most progressive and
satisfactory In the world. and the Amerl-
cans there might be able to supply some
thing better in that line. But the fact IS
that they made their Investments with their
eyes open, and acquired no right with their
property to regulate affairs according to
their ideas and interests. They are not
obliged TO remain if things do not suit them
The sea is open, and they are at liberty to
return home, or push on elsewhere.
What is said of the Isle of Pines is now
and then said of Cuba. There are Ameri-
cans In Cuba who would be glad to see the
stars and stripes flying there. They assert
that the island as American territory would
advance by leaps and bounds. Some of
them made their investments with the idea
that Cuban independence would be of but
short duration. They considered the Amer
lean withdrawal as but a formal redemp-
ton of the promise made by Congress. 1t
would please these men II some excuse
could be found for American interference
with Cuban affairs now. All interests, they
claim, would be benefited by the change.
But the fact is that, in the one case as in
the other, Cuban authority is supreme and
those who live under it must obey 1t, or take
the consequences. 1t Is not for American
residents to interpret the treaty of Paris,
or decide what would be best for themselves
and their neighbors in the way of govern
ment. They must submit to the law, or
leave the country. We are Cuba's friend
and ally. not her enemy or her master.
The conditions under which interference
by US would be authorized are Of record,
and do not comprehend any such matter
as this set up by these Americans in the
Isle of Pines.
The Cuban government should administer
its affairs with firm hand. People har-
boring under its flag should be made to re-
spect it. And certain ii seems to be that
this government will become no party to
any scheme having for its object the i'm
pairment or breaking down OF a govern
ment which it made many sacrifices to
establish. and which today, as much as at
any time, IL wishes well.
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General Stoessel.

The Russian rear admiral who surren-
dered his ships in the battle OF the Sea of
Japan may deserve death. although the Rus
SLAMS We're so thoroughly outclassed and so
easily disposed of there was little to inspire
a man to fight. But the case of General
Stoessel Is different. His resistance at Port
Arthur was prOtracted. and to the outside
world looked heroic. English, German.
French. American soldiers all complimented
him, and the German emperor decorated
him. II the only real stubbornness ex-
hibited by the Russians during the war;
and the japanese were impressed. Later
came the charge that the port might have
been held longer. But it is a fact that the
yictors when they entered found men thin
from hunger and weak from scuryy. and
not equal to a soldiers full duty. The world
would regret to believe that its first informa-
ton about this man was wrong and that he
really merits death.
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slight creak OF hinges and notices q trem-
BILE OF the screen panels. What does Sem
ator X. do then? Does he swallow his
pride and proceed with the talk? Or does
he beg the Presidents pardon and ask to
have the note-taker brought out into the
open? Or does he excuse himself and leave
without saying what he went to say?
The stenographer proposition will not do
at ALL with or without the screen. A more
practical plan would be to purge the call
Ing list of all those public men who are
suspected Of any antagonism toward the
occupant of the White House. Maybe the
report that such scheme is contemplated
in the executive Offices is deliberate
ard malicious falsehood." Maybe 1t IL just
plain lie. Maybe 1t Is q joke. Who
knows?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22
Notes and Callers.

1t is said that the President declares that
there are certain senators and representa-
tives of senators whom hereafter he will
never see save in the presence of stenog
rapher. Details of this new program of
executive conference would be interesting.
VIII the stenographer be summoned openly
when the blacklsted man appears, or will
there be one behind a screen. brought into
action BY a secret signal? In other words.
is the process Of preserving a record of all
that Is said TO be open and above board,
or mysteriously managed? Is the senator
or representative of senator whom the
President cannot trust to rely upon his
memory for correct version of a confer
ence to be aware OF his unusual disttnc-
tion7
Complications are easily to be foreseen
in any case. Enter Senator X. The Prest-
dent greets him. asks him to be seated,
holds him in small talk for a minute while
stenographer is summoned. Enter the
man of pothooks and dots. pencil and note
book in hand. Imagine Senator KS feel
ings, Does he proceed with the interview?
He may and he may not. He may arise
and ask to be excused. iuasmuch as he Is
plainly on the presidential blacklist. Or he
may ask the privilege OF retiring In order
TO return later with his own stenographer,
that there may be a double check on the
talk Or he may swallow his wrath and
stay and talk guardedly, of course, and
never return.
Enter Senator x. however. under the
other system of hidden stenographer.
The senator has heard reports OF the new
plan. He holds the President In small talk
for a moment. while he watches his hands
and studies the furniture. He sees a sus-
spicious-looking screen in the corner, cover
ing door. He sees the presidential finger
creep to an electric button. He hears q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22
The Water Wagner.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York sun.
Mr.. WI Tlng-fangs conversion to water
and vegetables points the way to a new
field of endeayor for the white ribbon
wearers. Let them go after all the big
after-dinner speakers just as the reaction
after the New York and Washington sea-
son is over, and at least nine out of ten of
the postprandial statesmen will be in a
mood to sign the pledge, YEARLY but glad
" And the new temperance work will
have many ramffications. for what the big
fellows do the lesser statesmen will have
to copy and so on down to election dis
trict captains; and the reform may oatiast
the summer junket season. Is an assem-
bly, district picnic without beer any more
unheard OF than a Chinaman's forswearing
tea?
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Plantation Wit.
From the Baltimore Sun.

Skeered O. Nothin' is not classic and
IL Is not elegant. Mr.. Williams did not
make serious suggestion, but gave play
to his humor. 1t Is funny anybody should
imagine that the phrase plantation wit
would discredit the Mississippi statesman.
John Randolph of Roanoke was as much a
plantation witt as Mr.. Williams. George
Washington was a plantation soldier and
statesman. 1t is narrow and conceited
provincialism that sticks to the idea that a
man Is discredited because he owns or lives
on plantation. Many of the most emf
nent Americans from the time of the revo-
luton down to the civil war were planta-
ton products. More discrimination in the
use of the word is sadly needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22
Muck Raking.

From the Parkersburg (w Val Sentinel.
1t is probable that If the newspapers had
let Gen Wood alone and had patted Paul
Morton on the back. and had not exposed
the life insurance scandal and had ap-
proved the violent insults to Mrs. Morris
in the White House and had pursued a like
course in some other respects that muck
rake speech might never have been deltv-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22

The record-breaking string of defeats
suffered by the Boston base ball team has
saddened the Hub more than anything
that has happened since the failure of the
bean crop away back in 1873.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22

Little old New York Is bound to keep up
the pace. Now the -ail-night bank has
been the scene OF a sensational battle at
1:30 am. between a suspected swindler and
bank detective. There is something do
ing every minute there. Perhaps the next
move will be q midnight stock exchange
to give the bulls and bears and lambs q
chance to gamboI and gamble by the light
of the stars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22
A Cynical Query.

HE is a very intellectual man."
'What sort of an intellectual man?" in
quired Miss Cayenne. THE kind that
kows things or the kind that wears long
hair and misfit clothes?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22
Reward,

Toll on, ambition. Do your best.
Keep knocking at Fame's portal.
The Fates may answer your request
And mark you an immortal
Your name will be extolled In song.
Historians will announce 1t.
Posterlty will spell 1t wrong
And also mispronounce it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22
Hard to Define.

What we want" said the agitator, SIS
reform"
And what is reform?" asked the sincere
man.
Well was the answer after a pause,
there are great many kinds of reform"
There Is the great difficulty. Reform Is
almost anything that would be different
from what is
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An QH-Haud Reply.

"What is the chief product of Panama.
And the great statesman never looked UP
from the momentous document as he re-
piled:
Conversation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22

After the animoslties and agitations of the
rate bill debate the consideration of mere
appropriation bills is not calculated to
arouse the Senate to a high pitch of excite
ment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22

Former Minister WI Ting-fang Is me-
morializing the Chinese throne for the
adoption Of jury trials. for permission for
native lawyers to practice before the courts
and for electrocution of condemned pris-
oners instead Of decapitation- Are all
three of these innovations to be classed as
reforms or only as modified evils?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22
The Hen.

From the kansas CITY World.
The cackle of the hen that has laid an egg
is modest and unobtrusive compared with
mems noisy buster about their business.
But In proportion to the noise made the hen
has the far more genuine substance. In
two months she lays more value than the
annual production of all the gold mines Of
the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22
Education Comes High.
nom the Providence journal

Wall street operator has invented a
new and suggestive stock market term.
describing the present price movements as
indicating neither bull nor bear cam
paign, but campaign of education Some
body Is pretty sure. though, to get some
kind of education in almost any sort OF
Wall street market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22

One of the most diverting pastimes of the
season now is to find ''jokers" in the rate
bill which seem to vitiate the measure.
This will give employment to the amateur
constitutional lawyers and lessen the tedium
of the wait for final results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22

Secret service men have arrested a
much-wanted Oregon land-fraud fugitive
in San Francisco. Perhaps Secretary
Shaw will loan Major Sylvester few of
his expert sleuths to search for Dorsey
EoulfZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22

The homeless residents of the forest fire
region of Michigan will probably not
awaken much national financial sympathy,
although they need the money much as
L they We're earthquake sufferers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22

Representative Goulden's disclosures as
L The money value of New York state
senatorshibs should not be reckoned by
the bright young men of the Empire state
as inducements to go in for politics