The Washington herald., 1907-10-06

LECTURE NO. 8.

"a ItN ucchHes jon. Al any FaLet the
foundation stone IS laid. and all they've
got TO do Is 20 raise about ten million
dollars; and them bishops with the fun
ny hats on their heads had jewels on
their breasts pretty nearly enough TO
make up that sum.
Il am so glad to learn that the Pres
ident has got those six speeches of
his chest They must have worried him
a lot. I read EN- all. and seems 20 me
there wasn't anything so startling in
any one Of them. The only people who
were worried about EN- was Wall
street. and even Tom Lawson stopped
his advertisements until he had found
out what the President was going 20
say. Not that It makes any difference
10 Lawson about whether copper goes
up or down. He seems 70 have enough
money % pay for his ads anyway. And
now President Roosevelt, down there
In Louisiana. shOotin' bears 7 think it's
a shame, There's only a few bears left
anyway, and we need most Of them for
the geological gardens. Why can't Mr.
Roosevelt shoot al a target? I don't
suppose he could hit it anyway: and if
he wants bear skins, why, lordy. he
ought 70 be able to buy EN- out Of
$4,000 a year.
IT he kills all those five bears that
got peEned up down there in Louisiana,
I'd feel like asking him to send me a
bottle Of bear grease for EmiIy's throat.
They tell me it's awfuIly good for the
humps
You know. Job. how told you the
other day. women were coming 70 the
front I'm the world. You see il now,
don't you? The only person that's been
able TO make a decent report about con-
ditions down at Panama is this Miss
Beeks She knows that the men don't
like 10 eat eggs every morning FOR
breakfast. especially when the price Of
everything is going up so high-the
trouble seems 10 be. though. that il is
not tho price, it's the eggs that are
high. Why don't they feed them sand
wiches?
'T don't understand all this talk about
a third term for President Roosevelt.
It seems TO me that ali we want is the
best man in the White House. and as
the President said in one OF his speeches
out there at St Louis, I'm from Mis-
souri, It's funny 10 me how the
American people get 10 distrusJing
man who talks too much. The only
reason Hughes. OF New York. seems
so strong is because he is so silent-f
my theory is correct however that
seems to put some or our Congressman
in an awful hole
But coming back TO Washington, il
seems funny to me that DR.. ChanceI-
Tor should be all the time in a row
about the public schools. As il is now
little Haley didn't have a seat the first
day he went 10 school and I don't see
that all this fussing with the board Of
education IS going 10 provide more IA
ciiities for our youngsters. Job, now
don't go TO sleep-I want you 20 re-
member that little Emily's- got to have
a new pair OF shoes tomorrow. and
that you've got to get the money some
way ! tried 10 beat down the grocery.
biz and get enough out OF II for her
shoes. but I couldn't do it. and now
she's got the mumps: there's an addi-
uOnaI expense. wish you'd take some
interest in your family
Isn't it funny that the papers say
that Illinois is solid for Bryan since
he's been a Chautauqua lecturer?
thought he was doing well enough
without having % fuss about politics
Anyway 7 don't think the Democrats
have a chance-oh. I know you're a
Democrat when you're awake but YOU
sleep so much, Job. that no one can
tell what your politics are. hardly.
You're just ike my cousin. Eli Mas
tiers. He was postmaster at POseyville.
Ind; got his appointment through Tom
TaggaTt. or Indianapolis. There was a
lot Of complaint because the administra-
ton was Republican and Eli was
Democrat, but he said il didn't mat
ter; so long as they paid him 5000 a
year they could call him anything they
chose.
1t seems about the same way with
Mr.. Lemuel Quigg. of New York
thought he was dead till I read about
him in the paper the other day They
paid him about a million dollars 10 in
fuence public opinion. I think that's
kind Of silly. Here's Mr.. Rockefeller,
with billions of money. end he can't
influence public opinion so hard but
what they write mean things about
him in the magazines Who is Quigg,
anyhow
rs that you, Emily?
What's the matter. child? The p0-
tato pOultice Is cold? Well wait
minute. III get your father to 90 down
stairs and make another Job. don't
pretend to be asleep. The way you've
been telling me about the affairs OF the
world has been simply beautiful You'll
find the matches on the shelf behind
the stove-an right, Emily, fathers
coming