The Frankfort roundabout., 1907-12-14
LOCAL ALTOPICS

Frankfort shoppers, ladies or gen.
tlemen, no matter how fastidious,
need not go to the larger cities to
find what they want in the way of
holiday remembrances to their rela-
tives and friends. The large variety
of Christmas goods carried by the
local merchants is calculated to fill
every want in this regard and to fit
the purse of the lavish spender and
economical buyer at one and the same
time.
While the chill north breezes are
frosting the whiskers of the unwary
men who expose themselves to its
blasts, and turning rosy the cheeks
of the fair sex who walk or ride out
these wintry days, the beautiful SYM
phonies of that tuneful melody, In
the Good Old Summer Time" be-
comes more and more apparent.
The Roundabout Is the home paper
of Frankfort and Franklin county,
and has been such for more than a
quarter century, being now nearing
the thirty-second year of its exist
ence. During that time it has been
read by generations of Frankforts
local people, and is growing in pop
ularity at steady pace. OF late it
has taken on a new lease of life, and
many new subscribers are being ad-
ded to it's lists each week. AS an
advertising medium to reach the
home people, county and city, it
stands without a rival. 1t delivers
the goods" in every case.
Those who have sinned fso .griev-
ously and persistently during the
year now rapidly drawing to close,
should prepare to don the sack-cloth
and ashes. as Lent is near at hand
and the day of atonemeent draweth
nigh. Society is expected to take a
back seat during the sorrowful sea-
son in Frankfort, but the Legislature
will be in session and the stately
danes and fair maidens of the Capt.
tai may be compelled to throw aside
the habiliments of woe in order to
entertain the Solons, and keep up the
proud record of Frankfort's hospi-
tality.
The immense crowd of Kentuck-
ians who filled to overfiowing the
city of Frankfort on Inauguration
day was an unusually orderly and
good humored one, and demonstrated
that the citizenship of the State,
composed of Republicans and Demo
Gratis. are alike when it comes to an
occasion such as the Inauguration of
Governor, or any other auspicious
occasion, wherein the people of the
whole Commonwealth are interested.
The American Dramatist is not
abreast of the times as are his
French brethren. For instance, when
the Thaw-White tragedy and the sub
sequent sensational trial come to the
front, not one of them did the theme
justice. Here was plot and counter
plot, intrigue and romantic situations
by the score, but there was no Den
merry to take advantage of the wide
field opened up. For instance, what
could have offered a more vivid con-
. trast, and at the same time better
opportunity for the exploitation of
the dramatist's talents, than the sim
besodden atmosphere Of the Dead
Rat" and the quick change to the
romantic and chaste surroundings of
Tyrolese castle, in valley of the
Austrian Alqs?
"Marse Henri appears to be hav-
ing great sport with the provincial
roundheads of the Democratic State
press. They rush up to him, in
crowds, and after delivering series
of short yelps, retreat again. Unlike
other occasions of a like nature the
great editor is this time not only on
the defensive, but on the offensive,
also Every now and then he reaches
out, bearlike, with great paw, and