Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27

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/ gestions: OF course such homo a.
would result from them would be no
fit place for children. but then children
are going out Of fashion anyhow. s>
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| Some critical comments have been
advanced by students of art and eti-
quette upon the fact that in the Can
ton monument Of President Mckinley
he is shown with his hand in his pock-
et- Ordinarily we, should be disposed
to agree to these objections, because
| 1t Is not quite the thing for q man to
| stand that way. Children are taught
| to keep their hands out Of their peck
cts. Orators who address multitudes
in this pose have from time immemor-
ial been subjected to remonstrances
for forgetting the teachings of their
mothers in this respect, and we be-
lieve that in all cultivated commune
ties the habit is regarded as a bad one.
Nevertheless in days like these per-
haps there is subtle point of strength
In the representation. It will be oh.
served that Mr.. Mckinley is shown
With his hand in his own pocket and
not in that Of somebody else, which In
an era of graft may be said to be sig.
n1fcant-or at least unusual. Were
the builders OF the Pennsylvania capi.
tol for instance to be rendered immor-
tai In enduring brass, strict adherence
to truth would require that they should
be shown with their hands in the pub
lie treasury. A statue to any one Of
the latter-day leaders of Tammany
hall in New York, to be faithful to
1acts, would have to show the individ-
ual with his paw in the pocket Of an
allegorical figure representing the tax
payers. A monument to certain stew
ards OF omnipotence now on earth Who
have managed to corral all the dollars
there are in the world, and four more
besides, would doubtless, if correctly
modelled, show Uncle John D. and
Cousin Andrew and Brother H. H. R.
with their hands, if not actually in the
pockets Of the common people, at
least with their fingers reaching nerv.
ously out in that direction. On the
whole, for the moral lesson it CONVEYS
and as commemorating certain unusu-
al conditions in his day and generation
We guess this pose Of the lamented
president, with his hand where it has
a right to be, justifes it's selection by
the sculptor, is appropriate, and will
| therefore stand.
WITH THE PARAGRAPHERS.
| 1t is sometimes interesting when
one has nothing else to do to speculate
somewhat on how things would be II
certain illustrious personages OF for
mer times were among us today pur-
suing as Of old the evil or benehcent
tenor OF their respective ways. How
our newspapers would have revelad in
the spicy details of the life OF the
much-married Henry VIII, for in
stance. What fruitful source of
mirthful inspiration for the humorous
paragraphers east and west-especial-
ly west-would have been his matri-
monial entanglements, finding exrres-
sion, no doubt, in items like the fol.
lowing:
The engagement of his majesty
Henry VIII. of England to Miss Anne
| Boleyn is announced. We wonder II
his royal highness has any more
queens up his sleeve.-Chicago Ca
| zoot.
The king Of England is said to have
the largest collection of mothers.in-
law in existence. If his majesty is
looking for another we will gladly let
him have ours for $110, although the
lady has cost us at least twice that
amount in real money.-Derver
| Whirald
There's one thing to be said on
King Henry's behalf He doesn't marry
new wife without first axing her pre-
decessor.-Portland Times-Bugle.
It's no use, Hen, old man. Brigham
Young IL still As laps ahead of you.-
Dallas Landmark.
The king Of England runs his matri-
monial trains on the block system
Washington Moon.
. Looks to us as if Henry was trying
to corner the matrimonial market.
There's job lot of old maids up in
New England, Hank, that's worth look
ing at.-New Orleans Catterwaul.
In the British deck the queen seems
to be more or less Of a two-spot-Ari.
zona Flapjack.
It's a wise Englishman knows his
own queen.-Boston Wig-Wag.
One cannot, OF course, say just what
effect the work Of the paragraphers
would have had upon the achieve
ments Of such man as Napoleon
Bonaparte. It has not served very
much to the disadvantage Of certain of
our own great men, and yet there are
those who believe that but for the
paragraphers Hobson would still be q
hero, and Dewey's chances for the
presidency would be less remote than
they seem at this writing to be.
Doubtless, however, the great Corsican
would have found many such items as
these in the American papers in the
course of his career:
Emperor Napoleon has taken, his
army to Egypt to give it more sand
| The Elmira Hornet.
It's a good thing for Napoleon Bona.
| parte that Kaiser William isn't horn
yet. A real war lord or two that knew
his business would make him look like
franc and a half-Tonopah Spread
Eagle.
Well, we are sorry for the Emnreaa