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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-13
AMERICAN LEAGUE i
= Z = I = Z .
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.

Games Saturday.
Detroit. 4; Boston. /.
Chicago. Z; Philadelphia. ,.
Cleveland, 6; New York, =.
st. Louis, 5; Washington. 4.
. . : Z .
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AMERICAN ASSN.
Games sunday.

At Minneapolis R.HE
Minneapolis observation-disclosures. 10
Batteries: Minneapolis. Ford Free
man and Graham; Louisville. Putnam
and Pietz.
At Kansas City R.HE
Kansas City ................. 6
Columbus ...................
Batteries: Kansas City, Frantz and
Sullivan; Columbus. Wicker and Blue.
At Milwaukee r. HE
Toledo .................... 10 10 0
Milwaukee ............... 6
Batteries: Toledo. West, Check and
Land: Milwaukee. Curtis. Dougherty
and Roth.
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Games Saturday.

MILWAUKEE,, 8; Toledo, Z.
Minneapolis. 4: Louisville. 0.
Kansas City, 2; Columbus. l.
st. Paul. s; Indianapolis. 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
A Check on Matrimony.

New York state has long occupied a
somewhat unusual position among the
American commonwealth in the matter
Of marriage and divorce. At the one end
of the line matrimony was rendered so
easy that 1t could be contracted even by
those with no legal right to enter the
state Of wedlock. At the other end the
laws regarding divorce were rigid, limit
ing absolute legal separation to one
cause. The result was hasty weddings
and much misery. The tie that bound
could be easily fastened. but the process
of untying was always a shameful one,
on one side at least.
Tomorrow goes into effect a new
statute which requires the issuance of a
license by the city clerk in the city or
town in which the bride resides before
the ceremony can be lawfully performed
by a clergyman or a magistrate. I'm
like the practice in this District and
elsewhere, both the bride and the BRIDE
groom to be must appear before the city
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
Judge Harmon.

The Harmon boom is at once harmless
and suggestive. II the republican racke,
In Ohio continues, the state may become
debatable next year, and as Mr.. Bryan's
running mate Judge Harmon would serve
his party very well. Or he would be q
good man for the cabinet again, or some
diplomatic post. He has much to recon.
mend him. But he should not be used in
the hopeless fight against Mr.. Bryan. for
fear of injury to his fortunes should Mr.
Bryan come into the kingdom. The latter
is not vindictivS man. and just now is
talking in a soothing and forgiving vein
about factional differences. But he is
human. and a fairly good politician. and
keeps books. He knows who are for
and who are against him. and is following
all maneuvers of his enemies with the
keenest appreciation of what they mean
Judge Harmon is not well chosen as an
anti-Bryan club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
The Inventory DAY.

Take an account of moral stock today.
Overhaul the goods on the personal
shelves and determine which to keep and
which to throw away. There is always a
lot of rubbish that can profitably be dis
carded. There are trifing ways of life
that are better abandoned. There are
some larger bad habits that cannot safely
be continued il you are to grow in moral
stature and evolve into the full semblance
OF a man. Then there are some idiosyn-
crasies. perhaps they may be styled per-
sonalities, that only clog the way. Throw
all these away with the passing of the old
year. Some of them may come back, but
others will be lost forever IL you mean
business. And why not mean business ?
This is a serious work that we are all
doing. this matter of living. 1t Is no holi-
day prank, no play time. no mere idling
of the hours. A few, to be sure, are
trihing with the clock and the calendar
and acquiring selfisbness and heaping UP
mora. debts. They are useful as warn
ings.
This Is the day to think about such
matters. For long the world has had the
habit--one OF its good ones-of clearing
out the trash once a year. The Chinese
pay their financial debts on their New
Year day. Those who cannot clean the
slate sacrifice their lives. A far better
way is to pay what you can and then re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

clerk to answer the questions specified
by the law and to make affidavit to the
truth OF their answers. Thus it is to
be seen that from the extreme laxity of
the now passing system. which required
no license whatever and no personal ap-
pearance before any official. the state
advances to a more rigid system OF scru-
tiny than obtains in other communities.
1t is hoped that this new method will
lessen the number of hasty. ill-advised
and probably disastrous alliances which
take place in the great city constantly,
evidences Of which are continually: be-
ing disclosed in the divorce courts.
Furthermore, it is expected that the
present provision of law. remaining; in
effect, which requires registration OF the
ceremony under a penalty of $3.50 for
failure. will be more strictly enforced
with the license record as check upon
the officiating clergymen and magistrates,
thereby lowering the number of secret
marriages, which turn up suddenly to
complicate family arrangements. =.
Any bar that causes those contemplat-
ing matrimony to pause and reflect upon
the solemn character of the contract
they are about to sign is desirable. in
these days of hurry and inconsiderate
conduct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

trench for the next twelve months and
square up a year later. In moral matters
one can hardly be expected to go the
ton at one STEP, A little accomplished
now. a little some time later. when the
new good ways have become fixed and so
virtual regeneration.
There are so many little things that
stand in the way of entire peace in the
domestic household, bad habits Of speech
and even of facial expression. A scowl
may mean as much as a sharp word.
Scowling is one of the most easily dis
carded of the minor bad habits. Turn
bright face to the world. Even when
things are breaking badly. it is better to
look cheerful than to go around with
downcast countenance. Some men con-
fess failure in their features long before
they have really gone under. And even
If the tide is strong against you, try to
make others cheerful by putting your
best face on the situation.
This is the day to decide what to under
take in this direction. Do not try too
much. or you will be discouraged by your
later failures, if they occur, as they may.
On the other hand do not pitch your key
of reform too low. Sometimes you are
only compromising with yourself and try
ing to smother your conscience by eschew-
ing the trifles while you hug the major
errors of life close to your bosom. At
least for once in the year look yourself
squarely in the face before the mirror and
ask If you are entirely satisfied with the
prospect. If you are not-and few men
are-try your hardest. beginning tomor-
row morning, to be just a little better in
some one department Of life. Perhaps
after few seasons-of successful reforma-
tory scrutiny of this sort you will be able
to shake hands with yourself and declare
moral dividend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
Judge Taft's Boston Speech.

Secretary Taft spoke last night as a
member of the administration. Natural
ly and properly, therefore. he Endorsed
the administrations record. Nothing
else was to be expected of such a man.
Had he shufffed or minced matters he
would have forfeited the regard In. which
he is everywhere held. He came to the
scratch. and put the case with force, and
probably as we'll as it will be put any
time next year. We have in the deliv-
erance both justification of what has
been done and an assurance of what will
follow If Judge Taft succeeds Theodore
Roosevelt in the White House.
The great value Of the views expressed
is not in the explanation of the panic,
though that is sound and to the point
Two opinions will continue to exist
about a question bearing so intimately
upon the experiences of so many men,
Rotten financiers Will not cease to accuse
the administration, and many Of the per-
sons who have lost in the overturns will
hearken to what is said by them.
The pith of the speech is in the decla-
ration that in the large and comprehen-
sive policy Of railroad transportation we
cannot afford to turn back. What has
been done to break up the old system Of
robbery by rebates and other practices
must be supported. The country is en-
titled to protection against methods both
dishonest and oppressive, and which, I'M
less successfully barred. must bring us
to what, so far as transportation is con-
cerned, amounts to state socialism.
This point is very forcibly made. Gov
eminent ownership Of railroads would
bring many evils in it's train, and Judge
Taft stoutly advises against the policy.
At the same time he shows that If gov
eminent regulation under private owner
ship is broken down and old abuses are
revived, the people, as a choice Of evils
and as an experiment, might decide upon
that much Of a policy Of state socialism.
In other words, rather than be owned by
them. the people would decide to own the
railroads. embarrassing and perilous as
that policy would be.
There Is no excuse for doubling or mis-
interpreting the attitude of Judge Taft
on any of the leading issues. He Is in
line with his party's most advanced posi-
ton. whether the money question, the
tariff question, the railroad question, the
trust question. or the question Of expan-
sion, Is considered. And his ability and
his experience in Office are sufficient guar
antees that as President he would run his
burrows. If according to the party's
charts. in a way to give the country the
full benefit Of his best powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
He Didn't Get the Motto.
From the Sprinneld Republican.

It is to be feared that that Pennsyl-
vania clergyman who refused a gift OF
500 in new gold eagles because Of the
absence Of "In God we trust" is accus-
toned to take a superficial view Of more
things than money. A canvass of clerical
opinion in Chicago fails to disclose sin.
gle one who would have refused the
money on any such grounds. But then
1t appears that the Pennsylvania pastor
finally accepted the money when pre-
scented to him in the form of bills. Did he
look for the pious declaration in that case
and did he find 1t? That tells the story
OF his sincerity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
johnson on the Tariff.

Gov. johnson of Minnesota, who as a
presidential candidate is beginning to take
notice, is tariff reformer, and probably
tariff for-revenue-o nlyer. He stands with
the great majority of his party on that
issue. and in a deliverahce just made
recommends himself to those democrats
who regard the tariff issue as paramount.
This paragraph, however, is not clear:
Nineteen hundred and eight will be a
memorable year for/the struggle of equal
right and American ideals: the year will
see tariff reform accomplished or we'll
under way; for. If the present Congress
does not at the present session make SUBJ
stantial reductions, the people in Novem-
Der will elect those pledged so to do
Nineteen hundred and eight will be
memorable as the year In which both of
the leading parties declared for tariff re-
vision. The democrats will Of course do
so. and the republicans are in effect COM
mitted. We shall have a study in styles
in the way in which the matter is pre-
sented. On the democratic side pains will
be taken to select a pf1raseology free
from the faint or suggestion of free trade,
while on the republican side pains will
be taken to assure the voters that the re-
vision. II left to that party to make, will
thoroughly safeguard the principle of
protection.
Why say, "if the present Congress does
not at the present session make substan-
tial reduction? Reductions of no kind
are contemplated. Democrats do not ex-
pect any. They would not make any
themselves If they were in power, but
would do as the republicans will do,
postpone action until after the presiden-
tial election. OF talk there may be some.
1t will be good tactics for the democrats
to nag their opponents whenever oppor-
tunity presents itself. But that is all.
In November the question will take this
form for those who sincerely desire early
tariff revision. If the republicans elect
the President and the House, action in the
following spring will be a certainty With
the Senate already OF that complexion,
full party power will go with party re.
sponsibffity and promise. If the demo-
Gratis elect the President and the House,
or either, complications will inevitably
arise. A democratic President could not
force his views on a republican House and
Senate. nor could a democratic President
and House force their views on a repub-
lican Senate. A snarl would set up, and
the result be in doubt, 1t might be that
the whole matter would be forced over to
the next Congress.
The most comforting feature of the
whole situation Is the fact that standpat-
ism, with horns and hoofs, long in pos
session Of the road, has, at last, been
brought to its knees. We shall all get BY
now. without any great amount OF
trouble. The blockade has been protract-
ed and annoying, but virtually it is over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
Chinese Railroads.
From the Boston Transcript.


China is menaced with new peril. Her
railroads have begun to pay. Not since
mummies we're burned for fuel on the
Nile railway has the orient been so seri-
ously invaded. Henceforth 1t is farewell
to the idyliic peace of the Chinese rural
ism. II the sons Of heaven had refused
to ride behind the profane iron horse Of
the foreign devils, they might have de-
Tended their land from innovation to the
last. Now there is nothing for it but to
submit to having their rice fields cut up
by the steel rails. But one peculiar OPP
portunity remains for them to save the
credit of their country-by making their
railroads picturesque. If they succeed in
doing this, they can be written down once
more as having achieved a complete now
city. The train should furnish a brand
new motive for that patiently elaborated
oriental art-bamboo passenger coaches,
decorated with choice panel paintings,
pagodas turned to account as switch tow
ers and locomotive designs. symbolic Of
the national dragon having its tail twisted
by European power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

Nineteen hundred and seven is passing,
TO leave many men convinced that it
has written a record desirable to close.
L has brought rather more troubles than
Its htmediate predecessors, business trou.
bles And physical ones. Lately there have
beenS9frinc explosions underground. Be-
fore thet there were explosions In the
mouey cknters. as inflated securities burst
fr<n- the pressure of the gas within. 1t
has<oeeh year of fiscal stress and strain,
of great anxiety and grave doubt as to
the stability of. the financial foundations
Aof the country.
One Seefdent of the year will be remem-
Dered with regret by most American citi-
sens. the outbreak of anti-Japanese feel
las following certain foolish performances
on fhe Pacific coast. and the succeeding
appearanee of lingo spirit In some quar-
tiers which clamored in terms Of war
rumors. No good citizen who has the well
fare of the country at heart can look
back over this episode without feeling
ch4grined and somewhat discounted.
Houoger. that Is well passed and the
country holds an even keel. even while its
great battleship feet il steaming around
the southern end of the continent to make
for the Pacific shores.
The year closes with hopes higher than
for months. There is no real setback to
the national prosperity. Here and there
have been partial crop failures. but the
average is high. The political outlook is
not alarming. The country has passed
through probably the most acute phase of
Its reform movement affecting the stability
of the great corporations. 1t has learned
a great deal concerning the industrial in
stitutions during these months of new
legislation and reorganization. The sub
stantial middle ground Of common sense
and fair play is being reached.
With all It's setbacks, financial and
otherwise, with all its disasters, its expos
ures of human frailties and Of corporate
greed, with all It's disclosures of error and
misfortune, the year closes. with the
world advanced in civilization. That is
the supreme test. after all. In this sense
1907 has been beneicent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
Wary.

80 you heard my speech?" said the
orator.
"eYs." answered Farmer Corntossel.
"And you enjoyed -it?"
Very much"
"And you agreed with my opinions?"
Entirely"
Then, Of course, I can depend on your
support
mo. I've thought 1t all over. and I've
concluded that as slick a talker as you are
amt to be trusted
-
Desc is days" said Uncle Eben, when
everything has to stan a heap o. wear
an tear. It's mighty hard to git q set O.
New Years resolutions datn las q life
time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
old-Fashioned Winter.

GOOD old-fashioned winter"
It's a pretty phrase.
Chills and pills and Doctors bills
And melancholy days.
Every ray. of sunshine
Trembling from the skies
Gives the germs extended terms
OF active enterprise.
Good old-fashioned winter,
Doesn't seem SO hard
Rather nice, with snow and ice,
On picture card.
Still, 1t brings reproaches
Echoing through the land
Fine, no doubt, to sing about,
But mighty hard to stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
Gov. Guilds Future.

From the Lawrence American.
Gov. Guild for President-of course there
is nothing to 1t, because no Massachusetts
man. even If his fame were national,
could carry away the grand prize. Ohio
or New York will win the republican
presidential nomination this time; never
theless, there will be future honors in
store for the governor. beyond doubt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
A Welcome Reform.

From the Detroit News.
Tom Lawsons intention to drop the role
of reformer is a distinct reform in itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

Women who write shocking books must
not expect to be received In polite society.
But there may be compensation in the
fact that the snub often has advertising
value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

Arkansas refuses to believe that Senator
jeff Davis was permitted to break out
with a speech simply as a warning to
other new members Of Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

he Chicago Daily News.

From the Chicago Daily News.
Tom Watson advocates the immediate
issue of $1OO.OO0O 600 In greenbacks to tide
over the financial stringency. Tom al
ways did believe in the power of the
printing press,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
UPS and Downs.

II suppose" said the manager, 'that
you are still determined to elevate the
stage
NO" answered Mr.. Stormington
Barnes. II haven't been thinking so much
Of elevating the stage. What would like
now is some way Of lowering railway
fares"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
1908.

Said the New Year Resolution,
Bowling nearly to the floor:
II am very glad to see you,
am sure we've met before"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

Again it becomes necessary to endure
the demonstrations of people who believe
that the only way to make new year
happy is to render it noisy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

o. personal absence letters to TXE
STAB should not be addressed to any
individual connected with the ONCE, but
simply 70 THE STAR, or to the EDITORIAL
or Business Department. according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

Tom Lawson might bolster up his pres
tige by predicting a slump in the resolu-
ton market Tor January 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
A Cleveland Mystery.

From the Cleveland Leader.
A German count who married an Amer
lean has gone and renowned his title.
him for?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

Maryland's bachelor governor may as
well be resigned to service as a topic for
the leap year jokes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

1t will not be considered necessary to
search Mr.. Williams or Mr.. De Almond
for weapons when Congress reassembles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

Magazine criticism has not in the slight
est degree discouraged ambitions to be-
come identified with the navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

Many fine uniform gets its only chance
at a New Year reception.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
Where Theory Breaks DOW

Where Theory Bfeaks Uown.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
This is a nation Of Barkises until II
comes to the vice presidency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

Compared to the ordinary literary
drudge. an ex-President' does not seem to
have such hard time of 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

An art commission might we'll include
in its responsibilities the inspection of
coinage designs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

Tomorrow's egg-nog will be the fare
we'll excuse for defying the prohibition
wave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

Japan may have learned few lessons
in stubborness with reference to Manchu-
ria from the Russians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

1t is hard to realize that 1908 must in
turn become as much a back number as
1907.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
He Has to Hide.

Prom the Birmingham Age Herald.
tightwad feels out Of place at this
season Of the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Always Intent on Business

why don't you turn over a new leaf?'
I'm going to do better than that" an
swered Mr. Dustin Stax. I'm going to
start an entire new ledger
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-14
S. R. AND s. R.
How S. Rothschild Stood by the Side , of S. Rothschild in the Harlem
 Police Court.

As they stood side by side in the Harlem Police court in their sober black garb, with conventional funeral countenances and well modulated Yvres, they had many points of re- semblance in common They were both undertakers and they both had griev- ance, which is unusual for as is we'll known, undertakers are generally the nerriest of men. They treat all men alike, and stand by them all to the very last. But when, in the course of human events, there develop business riValries between undertakers living within a block of each other, whose Lames are very similar and who are recorded in the telephone book in close juXtaposi- tion, no one may tell what may evolve from 1t all Alas When undertakers fall out what ,can other poor mortals dc in their hour of greatest need?
 Both the undertakers were Roths- childs. Saul A. Roths1hild has his bus iness at 1,657 Lexington avenue and his telephone number Is 127 Harlem Samuel Rothschild, no relative if yor please, has a place of business at 5i East One Hundred and Sixteenth street, and his telephone number is 15l