CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1907-09-19
SIDEWALK MUTTERINGS.

How many people heard both Bede
and Tillman? And of those who heard
them how many noted the difference
in their gospel. Bede preached the gos-
pei of Optimism. Tillman: pessimism.
Both called attention to the same ev-
lis. Bede took the hopeful view; the
good sense OF the American people
will work out the problem; will cure
the ills. Tillman Is foreboding. sees
nothing but gloom. 1t has been a long
time since this reporter has heard a
Populist speech: the appeal to pre-
judice. But certainly Tillman Is a Pop
ulist. He reached notoriety through
the Populst movement. He tells truths
and he minces not his words in the
telling. So did they all. But does he
suggest a remedy? Henry White said
1t was as much of a Republican speech
as 1t was Democratic. 1t was neither.
1. was a roast pure and simple. Real
ly Tillman Is the only good man In
politics today. and by his own con-
fession. he only tries to be good-to
nothing less-nor more.
Father" said a Canon young man
OF thirteen, II the weather continues
this hot 1 am going to school next
week." And his mother rather sup
ported him in the position he had TAX
en-. 1T is pretty hot" said the father.
who works out in the sun eight hours
every day. Still, nobody thinks fathers
school ought to close.
OCCASIONALLY even those who try not
to cridcise are tempted to ask, What
can she be thinking about?" They are
saying it now OF a Canon mother who
is permitting her daughter Of thirteen
to have a love affair. Thirteen Is too
young. even II the mother had twenty
girls and wanted to marry them on.
A Canon woman claims to be able
to hold her baby and sew and fan
at the same time. STILL the old-fash-
ioned woman did more that that
Thirty years ago women accomplish
ed 20 much and kept their hands hy-
ing In such a way that tho general ef-
feet was that they had dozen hands.
It Is sand the reason a Canon man
Is about to fail In business is that he
spends more time criicising the meth
otds OF his rival than he does In look
ing after his own interests.
When a girl from the camps comes
to town in the morning. wearing q
white silk dress, white hat. and an
anxious expression. and stands around
the dry goods stores, accompanied BY
a Misunderstanding young man in
new clothes, she really should not be-
come angry II a newspaper reporter
scents a wedding and inquiries about
1t. But she does.
During the swimming season, anx-
ious mothers are tortured with the
fear that their boys will be brought
home some day without any life In
them. There is one thing about the
swimming business that must have
occurred to everyone: No boy who
goes barefooted. wears a tow shirt
and Jeans pants supported by a SIN
gle string over the right shoulder. ev-
er gets drowned, more particularly II
he chews tobacco, and swears a lit
tie when out of hearing Of his moth
er. There is a self-reliance about this
kind Of q boy that teaches him where
all the dangerous swimming holes are,
and he avoids them. He knows every
whirlpool and snag In the river, and
he makes slides only on cloy banks
where roots or stones are not likely
to interfere. Further than to stub his
toe, or something Of that kind. he new
or gets hurt. II you have boy Of this
kind, don't worry. It Ii the boy who
wears shoes in summer who gets
drowned; the boy who 10 dressed in
faultless taste from white shirt to
braided frock. II you read the news
papers. you will hnd It b the Willies.
NddieS and Harries that get drowned.
The Bens, Sids. Jims, LENS. Joshss,