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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-24
ORGAN RECITAL BY PRIEST
AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH

An organ recital VIII be given toner
row night at s O'Clock in ST. Paurs
Church. Twenty-third street by Edgar
Priest, for the benefit Of the Choir
Boys camp fuEd.
There viii be TO charge for admis-
sion, but q collection will be taken for
the fund. This viii be the last recital
given by Mr.. Priest this season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-24
SANTO DOMINGO APPROVES
TREATY WITH UNITED STATES

Minister Dawson cables from Sauto
Domingo that the foreign affairs com
mittee Of the Santo Domingo congress
has faVOTably reported a treaty vita
the United States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-24
GET SOAKED. OF COURSE.

Well, well, what would become Of the
country If all the water was wruag
out Of the stock?-OhiO State Journal
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
AN ANTI-TIPPING BILL

One DR.. Tubbs, a member of the
lower house Of Missouris legislature,
has achieved the triumph of his career.
He has secured the passage through
that body of an anti-tipping bill.
DR.. Tubbs has been a legislator of the
"shoW-me" state for this long time,
and he has lived with one purpose in
Tubbs comes from an interior county,
where everyone is as good as every
one else and a service is paid in like
kind and not in gratuities begrudging-
ly bestowed. DR.. rTubbs found, when
he went to the capital at Jefferson City,
that this rule did not apply there;
that he must grease the itching palm
of waiter and bootblack, porter and
page, bell hop and maid, before he
could get decent treatment. This ir-
ritated the good old Missouri doctor
and he then and there determined to
prescribe by law all such foreign ser
Witty.
/ a great hoot and howl went up when
DR.. Tubbs presented this matter to his
colleagues, They scoffed and they
sneered. And they voted his bill into
oblivion so dense that they never ex-
pected it to see the light of day.
But that wasn't the end of DR.. Tubbs
No, not by any means, He went back
home and watched his seed grow. New
York took up his idea, and, while not
going to the length he did, passed an
anti-tipping bill which nitigates the
evil materially. Wisconsin also passed
one, more drastic, and both have beer
found to work; a conviction in New
York with a $50 fine was secured only
| last week.
DR.. Tubbs stood for reelection OF
his anti-tipping scheme and was tri
umphantly returned He has again
introduced his scorned and rejected bill
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
BosToN's SOCIAL SENSATION

To be a Vincent club girl is the
cachet to popularity in Boston's gilded
circles, and when a member Of this lit
tie club takes a radical step It snakes
the foundation of things. At the mar
riage of Miss Caroline Dabney to Au-
gustin Parker in old Kings chapel
last week all were rigidly excluded who
could not produce at the door their
cards of invitation. Although this is
the invariable rule here, Boston has
not been used to observing 1t. and
much CONSERVATION was the result.
Some of the things that were said were
more forceful than polite. Many reg
ularly invited persons were turned
away Those who had not mislaid
their cards were filled with Joy at get
ting in. Nothing has so disturbed the
peace of Boston society, 1t Is said, since
Mrs. Montgomery Sears and Mrs. Jack
Gardner constituted themselves the
censors of the Whistler exhibition a
few years ago.-New York Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
A CHANGE OF DIET

This Is the season of the year when
the publishers of monthly magazines
announce their programs for the COM
ing twelve months. A cursory exam
ination of the proposed menus makes
evident the fact that magazine readers
are to be treated to a change. of diet
which should be. on the whole, highly
beneficial. In planning their literary
features for the coming year the mag
azine editors and publishers evince an
inclination to return to the old-fash-
ioned policy of purveying entertain
ment, pure and simple, with sufficient
of an educational character to provide
the necessary balance. With one or
two exceptions, furnished by maga-
zines which are to periodical literature
what the yellow sheets are to respect
able journalism, there is no attempt
to keep up with the news of the day.
mercial world will be ignored in favor
of stories, articles OF biography and
travel and such subjects as appropri-
ately come within the province of the
monthly publication.
Magazine readers are to be congrat-
ulated on this change of policy. In
deed, without this change magazine
circulations would inevitably have suf-
fered, for subscribers were becoming
tired of the Timely tales and longing
for something a little less timely"
and little more interesting. Many
OF the matters which the magazines
have been endeavoring to cover belong
properly in the field of the daily news
papers. In the newspapers only can
they be handled as they should be.
In returning to the legitimate field for
their activities the magazines have
done wisely.-Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
NEW TYPES OF MOTOR HORNS

Automobile horns are now being
made decoratively, like electroliers.
The electrolier in the beginning was
simply a glass bulb at the end of
cord, but it is now beautiful girl
holding a radiant lily or a winged boy
with a shining star in his hand. So
the automobile horn. in the beginning
a plain bugle of BRASS is now develop
ing from that into something beautiful.
One of the new horns Is in the shape
of a frog-a great brass frog, squat
ting, with open mouth. The frog Idea
Is carried out even to the note OF the
horn itself. the note being deep, metal
lie, short-a froglike sound.
This frog has two big green eyes,
and little lamp lighted behind them
at night makes them shine splendidiy.
There Is another horn In the likeness
of serpent. Above the open mouth is
a little coronet shaped light, and IN
graceful coils the body, over a yard
long, runs back to the bulb beside the
chauffeur's hand.
An ultra" horn, for those who want
something extravagant and pizarre,
has a photographic attachment. This
horn. shaped like a dwarf-a creature
all head, with mouth open-emts d
hoarse Look out"
These improved automobile horns
come from France, and they are very
expensive.-New York Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
FORGOT HIS INcoG

Chancellor James r. Day OF Syracuse
university was discussing at dinner MS
recent edict against theater-going ana
the use of tobacco by students holding
scholarships.
Scholarships" said Chancellor Day
"are for poor students, and ne VINO
smokes and visits the theaters may De
poor, but he is not living up 10 the
part -.
1--WE should all live up to our part
To disguise ourselves, to travel mcos-
nito. Is never wise"
Chancellor Day smiled.
"To travel incognito is too often as,
sociated with something disgracefui,
he said. witness the story OF tne
tramp who, at magistrates early
morning hearing, did not answer TO MS
name, sitting absently In his seat as
the name was shouted four or hve
times, When matters finally righted
themselves the magistrate said angrily:
why didn't you answer TO your
name?'
got wot name guy last night replied
the tramp. -,...
"What?" thundered the magistrate.
"Didn't YOU give your right name|"
"'No, yer honor said the tramp.
I'm a-travelin' incog.' "-Denver News.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

In the house of his compatriots and It
has passed with a good majority. The
upper house promises to be good TO It,
and Governor Folk whose whole career
is against graft, he says, of every sort,
must in all consistency sign It. And
then will cease in Missouri the watt
ers' holdup, the porters' brushup, the
bell boys bit and ell the other petty
annoyances to which the man in a city
is subjected.
As to the subject of tips. per Sc,
everyone admits that the entire system
is wicked, vicious, un-American. It Is
a custom brought over by snobbsk
travellers in Europe, and 1t is harmful
to the principles of American manhood.
That It should be abolished, none de-
nies. AS to the legal method of secur-
ing its abolition, some may doubt. But
that is neither here nor there; some
states have made the experiment and
have succeeded. Why not try 1t in Cali
fornia? Who will be our DR.. Tubbs'
The whole point is that DIR. Tubbs
may yet be hailed as a benefactor of
mankind, a pioneer who blazed the way
for humanity out of wilderness of ex-
tended arms and outstretched palms:
an experimenter who braved the wrath
and scorn and sneers of his fellow man
to bestow upon them a great service.
He was not honored in his first at
tempts and was certainly like a prophet
in his own country. But his idea has
triumphed and has been found success
full elsewhere, and now his own state
hastens to repair the injury it did him
by adopting it intact.
May it not be that a statue of DIR.
Tubbs will be erected by grateful and
admiring constituency, and that his
name will go ringing down the ages
along with those of Folk and Deneen
and Link Steffens and all the rest who
have done so much to stop graft and
imposition and the unjust holdup of
one man by another?
All honor to DIR. Tubbs, the pioneer
in curbing the power Of the itching
palm!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

values; so far no one has ever dis
puted them.
Work of this kind is very pleasing
from it's novelty. No two days are
alike; one of them l may be automo-
billing through Westchester county
with a charming old lady, the next
attending a matinee with group of
schoolgirls, another reading to an in
valid, and another putting the last
touches to a woman sitting for her
photograph who depends upon my
taste rather than the poses of the pro-
fessional."
What the emergency woman does not
say, but what probably accounts in
great measure for her success, is her
personality. She has a serene, we'll
poised manner which would not be
readily ruffled she has a wide ex-
perience of the world and is a good
talker; her dress is pleasing without
obtrusiveness. and, in a word, she
could fill any place without niisfit.
Above all, she has the naturally cheer
full manner which is almost indispen-
sable to any one who gains a liveli-
hood by catering to the fancies of
human kind.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
IN LONG BEACH


Long Beach just now is confronted
with a peculiar proposition. 1t has
been presented with a framed up char
ter for itself and will soon be called
upon to vote for its acceptance or re-
pudiation.
The proposed charter is based almost
entirely upon the present charter of
Los Angeles. In other words, it is
made for a city of 250,0OO population
| and has all the complexities of gov
ernment which such city demands
If adopted and put into effect Long
Beach will have a government which
will be practically a duplicate of that
existent here.
Los Angeles is free to admit that
there are many features in its own
government with which 1t would gladly
dispense. Many of these are merely
devices to keep a number of men in
office. 1t is really doubtful if COM
missions of men can better manage the
affairs of the fire department, the
police department, the civil service,
the water department and a host of
others, than could a single expert in
new charter will infict upon Long
Beach, and it will actually be present.
ed the spectacle of a board of five
police commissioners passing upon the
acts of four lone policemen! And it's
one fire house will be administered by
n fro hoard oop,noSed of almost nc
many commissioners as there are men
in the service!
The absurdities of such a charter
are very plain to be seen when the
document is analyzed-and these are
by no means all of them. But the
trouble is that some voters in Long
Beach are not analyzing; they are
merely taking the document on faith
and hurrahing for a greater" Long
Beach, without regard to whether it
will be greater or not. Will it be
greater? 1t might be we'll to give
pause and see.
In any city without great CONNER
cial resources a low rate of taxes and
home protection are prerequisites for
success. Long Beach is a delightful
beach resort and residence center and
probably never will be much else-has
no desire to be. Low taxes have been
one of it's boasts. VIII the proposed
charter continue this rule? Hardly.
For at the very start, before it makes
any other provision, it compels the in
stallation of these various boards of
commissioners and increases the cost
of government 100000 a year.
Where will this fund come from?
Out of the pockets of the taxpay-
ers. What will they get in return
Nothing but a lot of superfiuous office
holders to eat the taxes and cumbeI
the earth. VIII they get any better
government, any more policemen, any
increase in fire service, any greater
water supply for this additional ex-
penditure? Increases that the citizens
can see are needful will call for ad-
ditional taxes, still greater in proper
tion because they must be filtered
through boards of commissioners be-
fore they reach their proper channels
Taxes in Long Beach will increase
nightly and no benefit will be OBJ
servable from them.
This is only one vicious feature con
nected with this charter; there are
many others. But this one in itsel
should be enough to defeat It,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

If you don't like this weather try the
other brand. You can find either in the
weather forecasts. One is from San
Francisco and the other is made here.
Take your choice.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Still, if the Thaw trial reports con-
sist, as has been the case so far all
most entirely of pictures Of his pretty
young wife, no one can find much fault
with them.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Low taxes have been Long Beach's
great boast, but the new charter in
creases its expense 100000 at one jump,
with no compensation except a bunch
of useless office holders. Does Long
Beach want that?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

An Omaha judge turns out to be the
boss Dogberry of today. He has de-
clared certain works of the old masters
indecent and fined an art dealer for
selling them.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Now you can look at the next presi-
dent without going across the conti-
nent to see him. William Jennings
Bryan will be in Los Angeles tomor-
row
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

School fraternities are threatened
with abolition. 1t will not be a serious
loss. Children are sent to school to
study, not to indulge in play of u fra
ternal nature.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

The funny thing is, would the gas
company deliberately reduce either
pressure or gas supply if it could be
helped, when either would mean loss
to it?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Omaha thinks paintings by the old
masters "indecent." Omaha would
doubtless blush if confronted with the
naked truth-especially about itself.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

The governing fad in the Los
Angeles schools seems TO have gone
far enough when it results in serious
physical injuries to one boy and ex-
pulsion for another.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

BY all means let the legislators go
junketing, even at the states expense;
it would be money well spent to get
them away from the capital, where
they are i'm 50 much mischief.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

st. Paul. with a temperature "a be-
low, must wish it were little nearer
the place that the good saint inveighed
against so vigorously.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

The pity of it is that Jamaica has
to suffer in the lack of relief for the
sins of its boorish governor, in select
ing whom it had no voice at all.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Mr.. Steffens, who went out seeking
the good" is still here. He must have
found it better and more abundantly
than he expected.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

There is always this to be said in fa-
vor Of Harry Thaw, no matter what is
brought out against him; He married
his chorus girl.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Make it the rule that any legislator
is at liberty to go junketing-if he
never comes back. That will satisfy
every one.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

1t must be a pretty rotten legislature
that would drive BOSS" Parker from
his post of duty with it.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Couldn't even BOSS" Parker stom-
ach his particular brand of Legislature
this season, that he had to return here
to recuperate?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Kaiser William is no slouch when
it comes to corraling the votes. Even
Tammany might get a few pointers
there.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Long Beach must ever remember
that the city that adopts an expensive
and useless charter must foot the bills
for it.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Tomorrow promises to be one great
day in Los Angeles history. Cause
why? Mr.. Bryan comes, of course.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Kingston's boss boor will probably
lose his job as result of his actions.
How swift justice can be sometimes!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Better delay in Joining with San
Pedro than a false start and compli-
cations afterward.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
Tersely Told

Tersely Told
Man in congress.
Great chap.
Voice of thunder
Heap scrap.
H.
Caught in landslide,
Clean sweep.
No more congress.
Scrap heap.
-Philadelphia Bulletin.
There was young lady quite fiaunte,
Who behaved in a manner most Jauntei
When above and beneath
They admired her teeth,
She exclaimed: Yes! A present from
aunte"
Harvard Lampoon.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Only q few more chances to join the
feasters about the Bryan banquet
board. Tickets scarce.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Boss Parker is back. What's he
looking for now?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

AS between the local forecaster and
the San Francisco weather office it
seems to be a case of nip and tuck.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

But wouldn't the state be better off
if the whole Legislature went on a
junket and never came back?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Bryan comes tomorrow. Ready to
holler?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
Count Leo Tolstoy, an
Enthusiastic Reader Of
te Light
ST
India

Is translating that Incompatible all
round magazine into Russian. Read
the January number DELICIOUS
FROM COVER TO COVER. Price ten
cents. At all news stands.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Emperor William seems to have his
politics pretty well in hand, too.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
PI LINES AND PICK UPS

OF burning his coal and oil on SIM
days and such other evenings as are
convenient, as he used to burn cons,d-
cradle. Fred will find out how Il goes
now.-Antwerp CO., Bee.
A doctor says whisky generates e,ec-
tricity in the stomach. Is that whv
drunkenness is shocking?
We know one candidate for n Car.
negie hero medal He hasn't fallen Off
the water wagon yet.
Some rich parvenues are so afraid
of their past poverty that they don't
even recognize the common nouns.
CANNIBALIsTIC
Orange-You say he is cannibaI?
Lemon-Yes; he's very fond of lob
sters.
The price of slippers is up 20 per
cent, but the small boy isn't Worrying.
VIII the quake" In Jamaica send
BlnBeT UP
THE GREAT EVENT
There's n deal of palpitating anxious and
impatient waiting.
There's a lot of agitating; you can feel Il
In the air;
With the hurried preparation of the wine
cup and the ration.
Meath the eyes of all the nation, IL con-
tnues everywhere.
What's the cause of all the hurry? WHY
do all the people skurry?
Why's the atmosphere so strry, and the
very town upset?
Is calamity approaching? Are the oceans
waves encroachlng?
why are orators all coaching. on the
corners that you've met?
Don't you know the. glorious tidinRs?
Have you been out on the sidngs?
Never mind the needless chdings, some
things doing here the while!
Do not raise your hands in horror: wear
your best II you must borrow;
Billy Bryan comes tomorrow! Watch us
greet I'm! See us smile!
w. II. @
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
Population of Los Angeles. PSI, 1853

Think it will rain?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

"shaw will live in omaha when he re.
tires" says a New York paper. But
you can't Give" in Omaha.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
MATRTMONTAT, ADv1cn

MATRIMONIAL ADVICE
otis better to have loved and lost"
Began one new TO matrimony;
NAY, say no. So" I, wise one said,
"'Tis better far to love and we'd
Then get your alimonyp'
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

IN VAUDEVILLE
Palm-If all women are born actors
what form does their art take?
Pepper-They all become monolog-
lists.
An Arkansas legislator has been ex-
PEELED for bribery. My! but Arkansas
Is backwoodsy.
Some women put all their money on
their backs, but the wise ones put 1t
into their stockings.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

THE PATIENTS OF JOB
Both Mrs. Henry Baker and her little
daughter, Mary, are under the care of
DR.. Job.-Walton (Neb.) Times.
Undertakers have raised their prices
on account of the increased cost of liv-
Ing. Funny; what have they to do
with the living?
The czar is accused of writing
poetry. They must want good ex-
cuse for killing him.
Any girl favors one change in SPELL
ing-"Miss" to Mrs"
LONG HOURS AND HAPPY ONES
We hear that Happy Ours is our
latest victim. We understand that one
of our young bloods has taken the job
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
How She Is Paid

"My scale of wages, of course. f1uc-
tuates with circumstances. Sometimes
I am paid by piecework, whatever that
may be- again, with a great many of
my customers receive a monthly sum
for all services rendered. I keep an
account of what l have done during
the stated period, and the items of
ltime and services have their separate
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
caring for Children

Her care of children extends to a
wider field. She takes them to the den
tist, to the matinees, to any and all
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

A doctor says whisky generates cleo
tricity in the stomach. Is that why
drunkenness is shocking?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

or course they'll break the lumber
trust: II makes political fences too ex.
pensive.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

We know one candidate for a Car.
negie hero medal. He hasn't fallen of
the water wagon yet.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Some rich parvenues are so afraid
of their past poverty that they don't
even recognize the common nouns.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

The United states doesn't need the
best warships so long as II has the
best markman-shi
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

OF burning his coal and oil on Sum
days and such other evenings as are
convenient as he used to burn oonsId-
cradle. Fred will find out how IL goes
now.-Antwerp CO., Bee.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-07-10
Old Labor LAWS.

Combinations of labor are no new
thing. A significant statute was passed
during the reign Of Edward VI. q647-
58 Of England, when 'meny Of the
principal citizens OF London. having
sustained considerable injury from
combinations and conspiracies daily
concerted by journeymen and laborers,
applied to parliament for redress" The
statute ordained that "if any artificers,
workmen or laborers do conspire, cove
nant or promise together that they
shall not make or do their work but at
certain price or rate, or shall not en-
terprise or take upon them to finish
that work which another hath begun,
or shall do but a certain work in a day,
or shall not work but at certain times or
hours, that every person so conspiring
being thereof convicted by witnesses,
confession or otherwise, shall forfeit
for the flrst offense f10 or have twenty
days imprisonment. besides being rem
dered Infamous and incapable OF CIV
Ing evidence upon OATH"
AL county news in The Courier.