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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
Pure, HeathtuL Retreshinq Ab0Nina,i;s "zhe Queen of Ta6Ae WIatexs"

interested in the stage. It is import ant to the managers, who have now three new sources of supply to draw upon for dramatic material. It is inn portant to the playgoing public, long weary of ancient farces dressed up in the silks and satins of polite comedy, of problem plays dealing with the same problem and not a pleasing one at that, and worst of all of preten- tious intellectual drama, presented by preposterously bad actors, also adver- tised as intellectual. Above all is it im- portant to our younger generation of playWrights and would be play wrights, whose numbers it is impos- sible to estimate, for they are like the sands on the shore, the leaves in the forest, and the stars in the milky way
 And if the seasons surprise does nothing more than dispel the ancient and cherished Huston regarding the ring and the impossibility of getting even a reading for a new drama, no matter how good it may be, it will have accomplished world of good; but so long as envious, lazy, or in- competent scribbers exist, so long will there be those who declare that man- agers will not even take the trouble to read new plays and tha manuscripts sent with whole acts cunningly sewed together are returned with the threads
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
RIDICALISM.

Can the Republican party be too rad icaI? We suppose it can be, and some think it is likely to be. The Boston Transcript warns Massachusetts Re- publicans against the growing radical ism in the legislature as exemplified by the report of the Public Option bill, saying: It is time the Republican lead CTS of Massachusetts were awakened to a realization that their party is re- sponsible for the legislation of this State, and that there is not room enough here for two radical parties. The Republican party will be true to it's traditions, as well as to the interest of the Commonwealth, if 1t retains for our government it's old and tried repre- sentative form, free from attempt at evasion.
 With Brother Bryan claiming to be the original and great Conservative, and with all kinds of radicalism in the hot air. perhaps it will not be wholly wise for the Republican party to try to get a reputation as the original and great Radical
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
THE NEK NEK RAYEN.

The new New Haven tax list Is a sig nifcant and encoura ging document. It indicates that New Haven is fast grow ing in wealth. There are other things which indicate that she is fast growing in some other ways. There seems to be a general waking-up and looking up here. There Is an increase in pub lie spirit and public appreciation of public needs. Men are talking ably and definitely, and many who are not talk ing are thinking hard and to the point. The outlook is highly pleasing, in spite of the absorbing ambition of Orange looming up in the southwest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

uncut. Curiously enough the plays thus sent are invariably of the highest or der of merit and they are returned for no other reason save that the manager is hopelessly addicted to 'commercialism.
 Now a good play is worth to the manager who buys it all the way from perhaps $25,OOO to ten times that sum and there are some which have proved even more remunerative. Is 1t likely that anyone, no mater how commer cially minded, will miss the chance of obtaining one of these valuable pro- perties simply because he is too indol- ent to read it? Of course great many dramas which eventually prove suc- cessful are refused half dozen times before finding purchaser, but that is not because the manager is com mercial; it is," says the article in Ap- pletons, because he is either so ig- norant or so worn out by reading a succession of bad plays that he is un- able to guess right"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
4 PROMISING CHICAGO PLAN

While destructive men are at work tearing down, constructive men are at work building up. Chicago has grown to be a great central market largely because the banks of its river are the junction between lake vessel routes and the so-called granger railroad" lines. Improvement in the river harbor facil- ities such as would make this junction between rail and water a better one would benefit both Chicago and the commerce of the country. A plan to that end has been worked out, and it has just received the approval of mem- bers of the Association of Lake Lines at meeting in Buffalo This plan calls for the erection of a large unload ing station, a lake and rail freight transfer house, on the bank of the drainage canal near Summit, a few miles to the southwest of Chicago. Three local terminal transfer lines, in- cluding the Belt line," pass Summit at or near the point suggested as the site of the proposed transfer house. Freight shipments have grown to such huge proportions that in and around Chicago there is constant congestion. In the transfer of freight between cars and vessels there is frequent delay. To car- ny out the proposed plan would be to quicken freight traffic.
 This looks all right. The country wont go to the dogs while there is so much business as to call for the forma- tlon of such plan and ability enough to make and carry it out.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
PRINCETON PROFESSORS P1rAsnD

PRTNCETO ON PROFESSORS PLTASED
 These are better days for professors in universities and colleges than the days of old were, and the days may yet be still better for them. Some of them have pleasing prospect of i'm provement in the fact that friends and alumni of Princeton University have organized a real estate and building company and propose to erect eighteen cottages of attractive English type for the younger professors. The cottages will be of harmonious designs in stucco and half timber will contain from eight to twelve rooms, and will rent for from twenty-seven to fifty dollars a month. The property upon which they are to stand slopes down to the valley in which Lake Carnegie has recently been created, and the view from the cottage colony will be extensive. Each lot will be of good size, and the tract, comprising fifty acres, will be laid out in park style.
 Perhaps complete happiness will not be found at Princeton, or even at Yale. But this plan will add to what happi- ness there is at Princeton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
JAMES L. FORD ON DRAMATIC
 OPPORTUNITY


 The brilliant art and dramatic cri- tic, James L. Ford, contributes to the April Appletons a striking article, in which he says:
 ITO the toiling thousands who go about beWaiing their inability to ob- tain a production, or even a respectful hearing, for their original dramas, has come the astounding news that before the present theatrical season was fair ly under way, three new and unknown playwrights had succeeded in break into the ring that is supposed to con- trol the destines of our stage, and in reaching the popular heart with three novel and admirable native dramas.
 Surprising as this is, the success of the three plays is all the more aston ishing when we consider the unusual sources from which they sprang. One is the work of a professional press agent and dramatic critic, and another that of poet and college professor, almost the last person in the world to look to for an acting play. The third. still more wonderful to relate, when we consider the quality of the work manship, comes from the brain of a professional actress.
 This triple triumph of new blood and new ideas over the old characters, scenes, and situations that have saved so long behind the footlights as to lose all semblance to their originals, is threefold importance to those ele- ments in the community most clesly
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
1OUNG.

Church-"I see Sir Oliver Lodge de- clares that the human race Is in its infancy" Gotham" We'll, I must say a large proportion of it acts that way -Yonkers Statesman.
 Mrs. Tyresum- m-Kawler-"Tve got tc do some house-hunting to-day. Car you give me any hints about it?' Mrs Naybur-"Oh, yes The competition is keen now. You want to get right al it"-Chicago Tribune.
 Teacher Johnny, can you tell me what hypocrite is?
 Johnny-Yes, ma'am. It's boy what comes to school with 8 smile on his face.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
 1T thought you were going to sup port out anti-bllboard measure" said the advocate of the city beautiful,
 We'll said the bachelor legislator, when l promised to I thought it was an anti-board bill measure e"-Philadel- phia Ledger.
 "Of course said the tourist" you know all about the antidotes for snake rbite?"
 Sure, replied the mountaineer
 'Well, when a snake bites you, what's the first thing you do?"
 Yell. Philadelphia Press.
 Percy-"But, my dear, I thought I told you to get two $2 seats in the or chestra." His Wife--"Oh, I know you did, but this afternoon, when I went to buy them, there was a speculator just outside selling perfectly lovely $5 box seats for only $49S."-Puck
 First Farmer-They tell me as, ow that there artist chap as was up ere last year got five pounds for his picture of the old 'ouse.
 Second Farmer-Go long with you, MT stubbs. Why, the 'ouse itself ain't worth it!'-Punch
 Kadley-"I must confess was pretty cranky yesterday. Did the girls say anything about it?' Kandor-''No." Kadley- Strange they didn't notice my behaviour Kandor-'I guess they didn't see anything unusual about it.'- Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
The Plough.

I am a worker Sleep on and take your rest Though my sharp coulter shows white
 in the dawn: Beating through wind and rain, Borrowing hill and plain Till twilight aims the west And stand darkly against the night
 sky. l am a worker, I, the plough. feed the peoples Eagerly wait on me High-bor and lowborn, pale children
 of want: Kingdoms may rise and wane, War claim her 1.-the of slain, Hands are outstretched to me. Master of men am I, seeming a slave, l reed the people, l. the plough. l prove Gods words true Polling that earth may give frult men shall gather with songs in
 the sun. Where sleeps the hidden grain Corn fields shall wave again; Showing that while men live NOT seed nor harvest time will ever
 cease. prove Gods words true, I, the plough
 ". F. Boyson, in Everybodys.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
SOME FRUITFUL RESEARCH.

They are getting some things down pretty fine nowadays. For instance, the cause of the soft-shelled egg, It is gen. erally believed that the soft-shelled egg occasionally laid by the hen is due to deficiency of lime in the food, Some experiments carried out at the experi- ment station in Kansas, however, seem to indicate that this is not the right ex- plantation. It rather appears to be a case of arrested development due to nervous shock, soft-shelled eggs were laid at the experiment station by hens subjected to nervous excitement And 1t Is shown that on an ordinary diet a hens system normally contains enough lime for the shells of five or six eggs
 That's good to know, if it's so, Now tell us, wise men, why hens don't ex- hibit more consideration for the ner- vous human race in laying their eggs. They don't lay enough at the right time, or at any time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

The Kernebec Journal says that Game Warden George w. Ross in De- cember counted three hundred barrels of dead hares, going to Boston and New York markets over the Washington County railroad. Furthermore, it is estimated by the game wardens that more than one million hares are ship ped from Maine every year and as many more used as food within the State. Notwithstanding this, and the fact that thousands of hares are de- voured every year by beasts and birds of prey, this small animal continues to increase.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
ApvNRr1s1NG RArEs.

Situations, Wants. Rents and ether small advertisements. One Cent Word. aaoh insertion. Eve Cents 6 Word for 6 fuil week.
 Display advsrtisomentA per inch. oRo enOertion. s1.2o; each subsequent ImSeSD ezon. 70 cents: one week. sS.3ei easoj msnsh. e1o; ono year. sAG
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

Thomas F. Ryan sees that lone of the bad features of the situation is that every money center in the world is find- ing use for its capital in the promotion of home industries, and is using every effort to prevent its money from going into speculation" And, of course, he doesn't see how that will seem to those who call it a good feature of the situ- ation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

Lively times in Texas. The Texas cities and towns are shutting up the gambling houses and driving out the gamblers. Seventeen big establishments in Dallas, Houston and El Paso capit- ulated Sunday. In the southern coun- ties vigilance committees are expedit- ing the purifcation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

Three Ohio girls ran away from school because their teacher would not allow them to chew gum And many other girls will think that is reason enough.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

Miss Swelltop-"T Millyuns girl made her debut with eclat." Miss Par venu-"I always put baking powder in mine. Baltimore American.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

"How do you spell wrong Tom my?"
 "R-o-E-S." ! That's wrong"
 That's what you asked me to spell" |" Cleveland Plaindealer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

The Rev. Dr. Elwood, of Worcester, Massachusetts, is reported in the Church Militant as having lately pro- posed the plan of distributing singers throughout the congregation instead of having them confined to the choir In some churches they wonder why there are not few singers distributed through the choir.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

Some of the stories told about the coming of the Japanese to the Hawaii an Islands are now seen to be true. During the year 1906 1S,1S7 Japanese ar rived in Honolulu from Japan, which exceeded the immigration of the previ- ous year by more than threefold. The number of Japanese leaving Hawaii for the Pacific coast during 1906 was 12,1S7. The governor has asked the territorial legislature for the appointment of an Immigration commissioner, thus placing the work of the board of immigration under supervision.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
t Is estimated that s1o.ooo GOO is in

It is estimated that s1o00O,O00 is in-
 RMsd in the outfit of golf clubs in England and that 10000 people were converted to the game in 1906. There are 2,oO0 clubs and about SOO,00O play CTS and their total annual expenditure is estimated at over $27,OOOOOO, an av- erage of $9O for each player. At the rate of a ball a golfer each week 15,- O0o,O00 balls are used every year by golfers on British links.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

IA terror wild, This naughty child, A kicker and souirmeN When it bit her hand. Its aunt cried "Land!' And grasped the terror frmer.
 Harvard Lampoon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

Henry Oldys, assistant biologist in the department of agriculture, has one thousand samples of bird music written in popular form so that 1t is possible for the human voice exactly to initiate the songsters of the field and forest. He has recorded the actual tones, set ting them in the proper musical key, and their reproduction is easy for any, body who can read musical symbols. MT. Oldys has been gathering bird lan- guage for thirteen years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

There is now canal connection be- tween Milan and Pavia, about twenty five miles long, through an ancient channel, which has been in use for more than six hundred years. Thou sands of canal boats from the Pc go to Milan every year, pass through the cfty's canal system, which is founded on the old defensive meats of the Mid de Ages, and proceed northward to the Italian lakes, or vice versa.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
EAMcAt4nm.

MIR. FREDERICK WELD will engage the services of a limited number of good singers for corus choir. Voices tried at 139 Orange St.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-04-25
An Cd Time Alderman,

Several patrons Of the restaurant at
Broadway and Tenth street were lunch
ing there Il few days ago. seated at Il
table between the corner windows Oh
the second floor which commanded a
fire view down Broadway, which
makes a sharp turn at Tenth street
Said enc OF them: Do you know that
this bend in Broadway was made il
order to save q tree? Wei. it was Al
originally planned, Broadway would
Lave cut 4 slice OFF the lawn Of Hen
dirk BTevoort, WHO ran Il tavern in
the Dutch farmhouse which stood
where Grace church now is. lie was
all alderman. like many of his profes-
siCn toda-. and not only succeeded in
saving the magnificent tree in the
shade Of which his customers fingered
over their pipes 10 watch the traffic on
B.oominGdale read. but about 1240 al
so prevented the opening of Eleventh
street from Fourth avenue to Broad
way. which would have necessitatcd
the tearing down of his tavern."-New
York Sun.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-04-25
Paid In Full.

Two young ladies. evidently stcnoS-
rapherS. were having ali animated dis
cC5@iOn Whi.c Cl their way to work
the otEer morning in Il Market street
car The discussion reyeivel around
the question as 10 the best method to
impress their respective employers as
to the value OF their services
Do you know" said the smaller Of
the two, my former ei2pio-er was
the worst old granny. Iic could not
spell the simplest words correctly. alI
he couldn't pronounce them. One day
l thought | would Impress h;-l with
the value Of ny services lie gave
nle letter to typcwrite, and 1 just
went alone and copied it as he handed
it TO me- Then / made a second copy
with ell the missCeiiej words correct
ed. With beamin3 countenance I hand
ell him both copies"
What did he Coz" breathlessiy ask
ed her friend, forcing the conductor to
hold his car so that she might alight
at her corner and at the same time
hear the answer.
He fired. ne" was the reply.-phil-
adeiphia Record.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-04-25
The Medrio-i.

The word madrigal sounds vcry
Formidable to Il beginner in music.
t,Iore than cree have l heard the qucG-
ticn. ~, hat is Il Elajr:sai?' Strictly
spea!iHg. q madr:gal is IN elaborate
vocal composition in from three TO six
parts, generally sung i'll chorus. The
melody should not he carried through
a single part. but should be dispersed
in phrases through the different voices
In the conversational manner peculiar
to tie music of the sixteenth and sew
entcenth centuries. The true madrigal
has no accompaniment. This form of
song is considered English. but is
thought to have had its origin in the
Netherlands. The exact derivation of
the word is net known. The first
madrigals are believed to have heen
morning songs, shepherds lays or
songs ily praise of the Virgin.-Circle
Magazine.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-04-25
Hadn't Been Drunk.

He evidently wasn't used to the WAYS
Of big hotels Ee looked as though lie
might have been from some Kansas
farm and was in a large city for the
first time. Somehow he haI hearl that
t,Ie rcyt morning rlen who had been
absorbing intoXicants drink lots of ice
water.
Say" he said to C. T. Newton be-
hind the Ges.l at the Shirley hotel about
O'Clock in the morning, 'the other
clerk last night told me to ask fer
things over the little telephone in my
room when l wanted EN-"
Yes" said Newton
"Wcll. this morning. about half an
hour ago, l asked fer Il glass Of Ice
water. Some girl answered the tela.
phone"
Yes"
Vel, I don't like to be took fer
heavy dr:n,ler I wasn't drunk last
night"
" hat Go you meanY
"Jes' this: didn't get no glass OF ice
water. That girl sent me up whole
pitcher 1t looked mighty much to me
like shc thought l was full of liquor
last night ard would need whole
pitcher. y glass would "a been
enough" And as he turned and strobe
away he wore one Of those Guess I
didn't call him down. el?" looks
Denver Post.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-04-25
The Story Of a Word.

A comparison of old editions Of
Scott's Monastery with one cf later
date will reveal q slight Glte-a ton in
the text OF sentence il tie tenth
cl',- G.. For the word morse" an
&C l. :,t iitty.t;e = t;;,e or 9
;.t,ss:iCh hes to tAc y u :. ii, u has .coae
"I-lrdeneI TT-retc2.' Fa.-s Father Eus-
tace 80 tl,:,s ID. til; Instant Ge.iv-
cred froi!l death. auI cot tlou 50 sCc.l
lno"Ge thoughts Of slaug:ltcr?' I.!c
origin CT the word rlCrse seems sore
~ 10 lave troubled tie etymolOgists.
Two learned correspondents CT Notes
and Queries AIr. Wheatiey tells rs,
accounted for the word One explain
ed it rs 80 prime" as when one primes
muSket, from o. Fr. "amorce." pow
der for tie touchhcle (Cot-ravel. ard
the other by ITO bite Uat. 'mordcrc''J;
hence to indulge il biting. singing
OF gla-"in@ thoughts Of slau. he" ca
thA other size were those who said tiut
the word was q micprict for something
else. That the word as LliSorint
should have been printed and rcC, by
millions for fifty years without being
challenged and altered exceeds tie
bounds Of probability exclai:rei the
a1oiOgi:;t; for morse. DUt whe!. the
manuscript was c-,a.ninel thee "nl'se'
was the word, plainly writtel.-St.
James Gazette.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-04-25
He'd Tteir ONrr.

y regiment Of regulars was making
long. dustv march across the rolling
prairie land Of Montana during a re-
cent summer. 1t was hot. blisterins
day, and the men, longing for water
and rest. were impatient to reach the
next town. \ rancher rode past Say,
friend" called out che of the mel,
chow far is it to the next town." "Ol,
a matter of two miles Or so, l reckon"
called back the rancLer. Another long
hour dragged by, and another rancher
was encountered. How far to the
next town." the men asked him eager
ly. "Oh, good two miles, A weary
half hour longer Of marching. and then
q third rarcher. Hey, how fars the
next town. Not far was the en-
coura gins' answer-"only about two
miles Well" sighed an optimistic
sergeant, we're holdin' our own any
how"
Valentine Democrat., 1907-04-25
4 Very Prs cticsI Christiaa.

A benevolent oli man who lived Oh
his farm il Iowa never refused shelter
to any who might ask it Of him. His
E:any friends demonstrated with him
about this characteristic. knowing that
many unGc.upuloUs hohoes would avail
themselves Of the opportunity and that
there was great DANCE" of the Old
man being robbed. To these renon-
strances tie Old man replied that he
believed in practical Christianity"
But" said ono Of Ii friends. this
seems very Impractical. Suppose one
of these r:pn took 1t into his head to
rob you one ni1ht?"
NY dear yoUa::- friend was tie re-
ply, Il biz al c2ter il tie name Of
Co.. but prove "a? belief Il practical
Christianit. by locAilr u2 their pants
during the ni5,,t"
Valentine Democrat., 1907-04-25
a S,irht Mistake,

Chitto Harjo was pleading il Wash
irgton for the Indians ri~ht to roam
in nomad fashion. like their fathers.
They tell us to trust to fortune -
Chitto Harjo said. land thea we'll set
oUr riGhts But we are tireI Of trust
ing to fortune Fortune has used us
Indians as it used the pale face in
structrass at the Indian school in
1897
Cnitto Uarjo smiled and went cn:
This instruct-esS found horseshoe
and to set GCod fortune put it under
her pillow. along with her false teeth.
Ii the morning in the hurry of dres:-S-
ing. Sic Gi..&;S .ituted the shoe for the
tech anl u not discover her mistake
til llei' afiaDced husband asked her in
toues CT hOrrCr &C breakfast what was
the matter With te- mouth
Valentine Democrat., 1907-04-25
Dwelling for Sale.

A good, desirable, we'll built
modern Z room dwelling for sale
at sacrifice. Will rent at fig
ure paying 121 per cent on invest
ment. Good location. Hot and
cold water. Bath, lavatory and
closet in building. House is new
and in first class condition. Also
household furniture, sewing ma
chine, piano. desks, etc. Apply
to l. NJ. RICE, Agent. IA