New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe president of the Ne"
England Woman Suffrage Association, has sent
letter to THE London Times in answer to Mrs
Humphry Wards attack upon woman suf-
frage in America Mrs. Ward had written to the
Times that the movement in this country was
strong 'fn the second third of the nineteenth
century" but almost extinct. Mrs Howe
says: I'm New York the time of the last con-
stituonal convention the suffragists secured more
than three hundred thousand signatures TO their
petitions the antisuffrag gists only fifteen thousand
The woman suffrage petitions presented to the re-
cent constitutional convention in Michigan bore
one hundred and seventy-five thousand signatures
There were no petitions on the other side. In Chi
cago not long ago ninety-seven organizations, with
an aggregate membership of more than ten thou
sand women. petitioned for suffrage
clause in the new city charter. while only one
small organization of women petitioned against it,
In Maine, Iowa, Kansas, in short. in every state
where petitions for suffrage and remonstrances
against it have been sent to the Legislature. the
petitioners have always largely outnumbered the
rernonstrants. On the only occasion when the gov
ernment took official referendum among women
on the subject (n Massachusetts in 1880 the wom-
ems vote was in favor of suffrage 25 to L.
Willie-Whats a dilemma? -.
cause your dad licked you for going swimming
and you can't stand up because a crab bit your
toe.-Illustrated Bits.
A peculiar form of gambling brought to
light by the murder of Chinese restaurant keeper
in PhiladeIphia's Chinatown recently. In the
search for the alleged slayer the police came upon
number of Chinese Autographs, each about five
inches square. Each of these bore sfxty-four
Chinese figures, two of which alike. The
sixty-four characters were printed in green ink
and them were four larger Chinese figures
in red. Investigation revealed the fact that these
Autographs used markers in Chinese lot
terry. Each of the slips of paper. containing the
siXty-four Chinese characters said lawyer who
is conversant with the various methods of gam
bling In Chinatown, represents verse of a
Chinese poem of thousand words You notice
that the sixtyfour words are arranged eight on
line and there are eight lines to each verse. The
gambler will bet dollar or two on certain word
in the poem just numerals used among
English-speakng gamblers. The Chinese charac-
ters printed in red above the poem indicate the
date and time of the day which the drawings
are to be held. The applied to the Chinese
form of lottery as played with the freak poem is
'Pok Kop P!u,' which is Synonymous in English
with eternal happiness"
'I fine you said the police justice. $50 and
'Y'r homer" protested Tuffold Knutt. who had
been hauled up for vagrancy, all the propty We
ee1! thev ~ bsin't with more'n about two bits. That
fines unreasonable It's eonfstication, an it won't
never stand the test O. the fed'ral courts I shall
take an appeal. y'r honor!"-Chtcago Tribune
Six of the seven men in this years crop of Presi-
Dental candidates have smooth-shaven coun-
tenances The seventh-thats Mr.. Taft-has only
a rnustache. The era of bearded politics. which
began with Abraham Lincoln In 1851 and continued
with only one interruption, until the end OF Ben
,r,in TIarrison's administration in 1893. is past.
What Is true of Presidents and wouid-oe Presi-
dents is equally true or Congressman OF 1oS pho
touraphs of members of Congress published IN
contemporary last December only ten had peards'
In public ffe whskers have gone out rather thah
come out
Nowadavs hair is not facial asset. Three of
the seven candidates OF this year do not have any
even on their heads. We have gone back to the
Ron2an-fke physiognomy Of Washington ana the
early fathers.
-.The physically unfit SHOULD be removed oe
.'Im glad to hear You say So respoIoIIed q ia tiis
gentleman chauffeur. 1T will make me teel easter
in my mind when running over d uecioPi' Pe'
trian.'-P Philadelphia Ledger