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sidering over here whether. in view of
these things. it is any longer worth while
to keep house" in New York any more.
Keep fiat" I should say. for. of course.
there are no houses worth mentioning In
New York that can be occupied by people
of moderate or even of pretty fair means.
We used to have the great howl about
fats that the business of living on one
floor was ornery and COMPRISING and
mentally and physically stultifying and
all that Well. they listen to these howls
over here-it must be given to them-and
try to correct them. For example. you
can now live in 'house" of your own in
New York that is yet part or an
enormous apartment house. Your house
in the big apartment house may consist OF
either two or three floors. as your purse
warrants, and you have all the fun of i'm
agining that you're the occupant OF a
two or three fiOored house without any OF
the inconveniences Of it. such as having
coal lugged UP, or the furnace attended
to, and that sort of thing. These two or
three fioored apartments are SO arranged
that in the matter of privacy they are
absolutely detached from the main nat or
apartment building of which they form a
part with the stairways up and down all
private, and yet each apartment Is pro-
vided with the main buildings water and
electricity and heat and chambermaid and
hallboy and elevator service. no an IN
tents and purposes. SO far as coming into
contact with the other tenants OF the up
and-down apartment buildings, or hearing
the other tenants doings in the musical
or scolding line or what not through the
walls. why. you might just as well be
living in detached house on an acre lot.
Moreover. If you want to, and are there
with the price you can buy these up-and
down fats in the fat buildings-buy them
Just the same as you'd buy your two or
three story house in Washington with the
yerd around it. and will 1t to your heirs
and assigns forever when you're getting
ready to die They're pretty fine stuff
yet though, ranging from $4,000 to SS5.-
900 apiece in price. but not long hence
there will be up-and-d flats for sale
at much more moderate figures.
The family hotels are going I'D so rap
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are still kept in Central Park with the
idea II not with the actual hope, that
maybe they'll consent, some Of these old
days to sort O. buck up and do some
patching of the Central Park roads
which. of course is what they're paid to
do. These squads of political hirelings.
however are the tired ones. They report
for duty every day. of course. fetch
ing their lunch. and then they cork off.
severaIly and collectively. on such little
discouraged patches of grass as they can
find, and pound their ears. without doing
airy lick of work. until it's time for them
to pick up their feet and 60 home again.
One day last week the park commission
err. who. 1t appeared, doesn't belong to de
gang just now. happened. on little auto
tour through the park. to see gang OF
ten or fifteen of these city-paid buns
sprawling out on the whitening grass,
within mile of them. They looked like
the bunch of tramps they We're nor did
they bat an eye when the park commits
siener debarked from his motor car and
bore down upon them. They didn't know
him, of course, but 1t wouldn't have made
a particle of difference if they had.
Say look here, YOU" said the park
commissioner. addressing the foreman of
the gang of buns feeding on the public
pap without returning any make good for
that nourishment what is the matter
here. anyhow? Why aren't you and your
gang working?
whats dat t youse?' inquired the
foreman of the gang out of one corner
of his face
TITS a lot to me- said the park COM
missioner. Il am the park commission
err"
"Oh. ware hey?" said the foreman OF
the layout of city hoboes. We'll, what's
dat got t do wit ito"
IT'S got this much to do with it, said
the park commissioner. that you and
this gang of YOURS are all fired. You can
go down to the Office and get your time
right now, and I'll see to it that you're
all off the rolls by shutdown"
"Oh. youse will. will youse?" spoke up
the foreman of the bunch Of city-paid
hoodlums We'll, fergit 1t, tsee? Fer
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sloughed in the $50 on a pair OF type
writer's, which didn't fill up with the
necessary Minnie, and then he Jared forth
into the sultry morning air, some be-
reaved.
At o'clock on that morning he turned
up at his desk. as usual. with the shad-
ows under his lamps. He paid little or no
attention to the coarse. clammy. unsym-
pathetic jibes and jeers of his office
mates. but when the chief of his division
arrived he went into his office and said
unto him.
.'Sir. / have concluded, with your per-
mission, owing to circumstances over
which / have no control, TO defer taking
my annual leave until the Christmas hol-
idays, and ! respectfully request that my
application for leave be withdrawn
And the same was withdrawn with
much difficulty.
And when the belated outward-bounds.
all logged out. meet him these days. and
tell him of the fun they're Immediately
going to have down where the mermaids
tweak the whiskers of the frolicsome mer-
men he bestows upon them such look as
appreciably lowers the temperature in
that vicinage. Selah.
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internally, "a little. We know very we'll,
of course, that there's no cure for him;
that near-knocking is so indurated and
settled a habit with him that he'll never
knock it off; but there's always a chance
that we can keep other people from be-
coming Near Knockers, and that, of
course. is worth while.
Oh. don't be asking us what Near
Knocker is, because, of course, you know
him: you've met up with him lots of
times; you're personally acquainted with
plenty of him. He's the chap who deals
in innuendo; who suggests raps about
folks; who sticks in the harpoon about
two and three-eighths inches and then
drive 1t in to the hilt. For common de-
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anticipatory glow over the fun I'm going
to have with myself for hull month !"
he observed unto himself. perhaps 1 had
better insert into my system just one little
teenyweeny high one; after consuming
which, why. watch me rush for my tent
and pack my box:'
However. the number one teeny-weeny
thing went so well that after real judicial
reflection. extending over period of an
entire half minute, he concluded to take
just one more, and then to execute his
catapult homeward. He was still in the
act of spooning the ice In the second one
when one Of 1.-The bunch entered.
Hello, feller!' cheerily exclaimed this
member Of the bunch. We'll met. You're
just the hombrey we need to fill up the
five at the baize. The games going to be
in Cholly's room. and he hasn't got one
single solitary thing but four cases of
beer and the case goods and a lot of ham
and cheese and sausage and stuff. Come
on"
mot little Alcwyn," promptly replied
the would-be vacationist. Not for Jo-
seph-nor for any one Of Joe s cookbook
ing sisters. 1 have my camel all selected
and watered for the journey, and I start
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infectious. but contagious, which, of
course, is nothing short of absurd. wrote
a worldwide traveller from New York
several days ago. In countries where
leprosy is fairly well known the people
have nothing like the fear of it that is
entertained in land like the United
States. where the cases are only sporadic.
This writer once spent week on!
the island of Molokai, in the Hawaiian
Islands where there were some LOO lep-
ers at the time, mostly Kanaka men and
women. natives of the islands. He not
only visited every part of the famous
Ieper island but he shook hands with
perhaps a hundred Of the lepers all told,
nor was the hand that did the shaking
cloved at the time 1t was seen to, of
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of any shoot -the-chute exhibition to de-
light the G.. .. =. The last time the state
went democratic was in 1899, and in that
year the republicans had only eco plu-
rality in the September preliminary how
it s-goinS-to-go election. Interest is now
centered on the Maine elections. Septem-
Der H. which will furnish some further.
ard let us hope clearer. idea of the state
OF affairs political up in New England.
I SINCERELY hope that Representa-
tive Tawney of Minnesota comes out
on top. To one who knows Wash
ington and Congress tt action OF a con-
stituency in turning out into the cold a
man who. BY years of faithful. intelligent
service, has risen to high place in Con-
gress always seems so foolish. Mr.
Tawney is now chairman of the House
committee on appropriations, probably
the most important and responsible chair
manship in either branch of the national
legislature. Nobody ever heard a word
against him. he is admittedly brainy
energetic, conscientious man, and yet
every two years he has to go back to his
district and fairly tear off his shirt work
ing to hold the seat in the House by
himself and his district.
On the other hand there are some men
in the House who never have a contest
They are sent back time after time. al
though they haven't got sense enough to
pound sand in glue factory, never get
anywhere worth getting and do just
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He application Of
this youthful gov
eminent clerk for
his months leave
of absence. dating
from August 20.
had just been
granted, and he
was musins.
AT this partic-
ular juncture in
my young life.'
he unused, lit be-
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: s, y s, Angel
Faces, and there's
the Near knocker.
too. Let's sprinkle
a little powdered
glass into the
C h o c la te ice
cream soda Of the
N e ar Knocker;
not enough to kill
him, of course, but
just enough to
sort o. cut him up,
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he relieved his system OF the loilo"ihS III
-oirationa uplft:
"A primrose on the rivers brim
\ yellow primrose was 10 him.
And il was nothing more,
Whereupon. having accomplished hard
days work. he quit and took to the red
clover.
Perhaps Won may not consider the fore
going q days real labor. But it was. 1t
really doesn't matter what the poets con-
dtion at the time may have been
whether he had the willies and thought
a primrose ought to resemble battleship
ar a pink pachyderm. or whether he was
Just droolinG. 1t was "a days work Just
the same And ever since then folks with
mental Indigestion have been quoting
those dizzy lines and simplifying them and
building them up and talking rings around
the idea that they are supposed to en-
fold, but don't. And there are lots OF
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hooveth me to get busy with my top-piece
and cop out this vacation with no chance
whatever to Jose.
For the past three years plethora of
poker and such piff1ingness, and the
consequent waste of my hard-wrung sub
stance, have interposed to prevent me
from getting any good out of my thirty
days leave, barring and excepting some
sundry and divers trolley car rides
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WELL. all of us will be living in sky
w scraper hotels after while. And
why not? Because. you see. they are max
ing these big hotels of the family variety
mighty handy and convenient in lot of
ways. and getting the prices for accom-
modations down. too, nowadays. and IT.
has become a genuine problem Worth-con-
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EPROSY is a hideous
d / s e a 8 e enough
but it Is far less
infectious I h a n
most persons in
this country sup
pose. AS a mat
ter Of fact, there
are siews Of folks
in the United
States who really
imagine that lep-
rosy is not only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-05

PARK ,
in a way or
speaking. is be-
ginning to show
its teeth. It's
rocks. that is TO
say, are becom-
ing hideously pro-
trusive. Central
Park. you know.
is all rock, with
an artificial sub
soil dressing. The
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zee upon q time 4
poet was lollinS
around waiting for
something to hap
pen. az it is the
habit of poets to
do, when the muse
kicked him on the
Shins and he hot
footed it TO his
ypewriter. After
several moments of
profound though
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THESE same Wisconsin primaries de-
cided for two years more the fate OF
another Wisconsin high light-Represent-
alive Cooper. This one is the Cooper
with a crouch, to distinguish him from
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MISS BILLIE BURKE. the Washing
AVA ton GIRL is thus far the knockout
of the theatrical season, which. at that,
has been noteworthy in the number OF its
successes so early as this The critics,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-05

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
NEW YORK. September
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the Pennsylvania Cooper. who OCCASION
ally has been known TO smile.
Anyhow. the Wisconsin Cooper Will be
with US a while longer, and | can just
imagine how tickled to death Uncle Joe
Cannon was when he read the news In
the papers. This is easy to understand.
for Mr.. Cooper's principal occupation
session is to hop to his feet about once
week and carefully skin Mr.. Cannon
from crown to toes. He is a permanent.
irreconcilable. MISREPRESENTATION In
surgent, and he'd rather grunt and COM
plain than eat. He says he hasn't asker
a favor of Uncle Joe since the latter be-
came Speaker-that Is, since the first time
he was turned down with a thump that
made the Capitol shake. But his district
doesn't seem to mind. His enlightened
constituency reads his skim en-alive
speeches and gets the usual congressional
pap and lets 1t go at that Murray for
Cooper,
TT seems TOO bad that after the way all
our political friends, both republican
and democratic, were looking forward
to the Vermont election returns in order
to get line on the big vote in November
these returns should be so indeter-
inmate and meaningless as to give neither
comfort nor despair to either party. OF
course. past performance dope indicates.
inasmuch as the republican plurality was
trine over $1,000, that Vermont will
be safe to the republicans in November.
But at that that $4,000 is only 1000 over
the danger line and doesn't give promise
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enough work to keep from falling ASLEEP
Shucks. The balance never does &c
even.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-23
MORE REFORMING.

The brethren over the country are taking good many falls out of the Oklahoma Legislature for it's proposed determination to regulate hotels fin that young commonwealth. but why should any surprise be felt or ex- pressed7 Is not this the day of regu- lating things by legal enactment? From the great corporations to the human appetite regulation is the order of the day all over the country. If people refuse to be good the law must make them good, seems to be the program these latter days. The fact that many of the lawmakers don't know what they want. and that many others need reforming far worse thaA do those they propose to improve makes no differ ence; something or somebody needs to be made better and if the law doesn't do 1t how is 1t to be done? Answer that, if you can.
 One of the proposed laws of the new State is designed to compel all hotel keepers to provide bed sheets at least nine feet in length. Full three yards each sheet must be-not an inch or hem shorter. under pain of the laws displeasure. We don't know that any of the Oklahoma legislators are of the nine-fOot class, but they are determined that when . man lies down in a bed in that State he must have sheet enough to envelop his head and his feet at the same time or the courts will know the reason why not. No sawed-off bed covering will go in Oklahoma. if the Legislature knows it. self. -..
 Another proposed innovation in the regulating business provides that no article or vessel of crockery or glass; ware shall be used on a hotel table if 1t has a crack in 1t large enough to be seen by the naked eye. The law will be liberal enough not to allow customers to use magnifying glasses to discover the cracks. but if the un- aided eye can see one in cup or saucer, plate or pitcher. or anything in the croekery or glass-ware line the keeper of the hostelry is to be haled before the court and made to tell what he means by it. We suppose that ia case of violation of either of these laws the patron who has been outraged by a ourtailed or bobtailed sheet, or a piece of fractured crOckery, must pro- duce the offending article In court as evidence that the law has been ignored, Great times may be expected in Okla
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-23
TaIks Que way--Aets Another.

New York World.
 If President Roosevelt is sincere in his professed determination to destroy the alliance between 'eorrupt business and corrupt politics" why does he ai- low George B Cortelyou to remain In uryf ti Mr. Rooseveit ,kaows Mir. Cor telyou's record es a collector of cam pafgn tribute from the great corpora- tOoR Sns cOntribStions a aio from Sa the Sf"af fs insurance companies, from D. H. Har- riman, from railroads. from national banks. from the Standard oil Company. panic in New York Mir. corteiyoU prac- urY over to the Morgan Rockefeiisr- Ryan interests e and sist through the of the American people was used not to protect legitimate business1 bus chiefly to safeguard the interests or that through the encouragement which Mir. Cortelyou received from these em- tnent financiers he is a candidate Tor the Republican nomination for Prest. that MT; Cortelyou Is using his power Treasury to promote that candidacys to Mir Cortelyou's nomination, .fls ai- cabinet Why? is 1t becanss the CESSluenL IS ALr9lQ 70 0men0 the great has befriended and which regard him as 6 good enough Secretary oe tho Treasury for them? if Mfr Roosevelt Is opposed to Cortelyous romance be- tween Wall Street and the govern ment. let him begin first with his own official family. As Secretary of the Treasury he has MT. CorteIyou. who raised the Republican corruption fund In lS04 from the great corporations, who IS administering bis office to the who Is candidate for President with the encouragement of men whom Mir. Roosevelt denouhces as 'nalefactors Of great wealth" As Secretary of state, Edward H. Hartman has described ss the brains of Thomas r. Ryan. that most audactous corporation Wrecker and exponent of corporation corrup. ton. As Assistant Secretary of State former partner of J. Pierpont Morgan. who is sttll one of Mfr. CoRtelyou's ex- pert financial advisers Are these men that Mir. Roosevelt can trust to cSieeaso cfe e% ana FsysSs Ntos ssPttSn Of pr ss vent "a repetition of the successful ef- Tort Of the Standard Oil Company to crush out every coTnpetitor. to Sxev- ave the common carriers ana estap- instantly sSsWsr these @ SsUsai S0Uesstion" Uuin in the negative. Most people would in stantly reply that in the case of Mr Cortelyou In particular his retention in WSy WE CaS1net sass greet EubIiS sGsnSal SS: elI the facts in the case. allow Mr. Cortelyou to remain7 Why does he protect the very thing, the very sys- gem. the very institution, that he so ten that words are good only when backed by deedsT'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-23
THH woRps or MY MOUTH.


 Let the words Of my mouth. .s be acceptable in Thy sight, o Lord. my Strength and my Redeemer ."--Psalms xix. l4.
 thing. It is that which distinguishes us nearer to. the likeness of God Him. self. Words make up all the good and of David is needed by every one of us. The words of my mouth" What. then, should be frst2 Words of pray er. Our need is great, our Father wise greatest power of all. Even the little child's prayer can do more than the wisdom of ages. But take heed how Himself gave us the pattern in the Lords Prayer. Nothing can be mora simple. more comprehensive, than that. The child asks It's paEent simply for must be like little children. The world is too much with us when we pray. The meat that perisheth, our body comfort, earthly desires--these are the things should ask first for holiness, gentleness. patiencey love-: we shcsIIdb ask to be made goods God will give us ali the rest. eHB D a2pA,
 The words of our prayer should be unseItish words. We are taught to say "Our Father" (not my FRther) to re- mind us that we are all one household, one family. We must think of others say "give us,' not give mee15 The world ling struggles to get the best for him. self; the Eodly man thinks of others
 sSs nS SsFss ys w tRs @s hear sess ss days about pushing our way; none will ever push his way to God by selfish
 The words of cur lips should be words nf RAnnAnt f.ffa Ia dlfff1- cult for us all. There are many steep places to c'imb. Give to all word of uplift; tell them hcw others. have coI- Quered, in spite of obstacles and fail- Eires. Some have fallen, for; F;their bur den was too heavy; say a word of cheer and hope to them. Ii is a blessed thing to infuse new life and courage. The os sympathy. Such words are very dear to our Lord, who went about com forting those who mourned. They do not cost mlch. but they are worth ev- wS can can give sympatny to those who, need lt. We can say, q am sorry" and show that we mean it. We can be angels of comfort If we only love oth- CTS as we do ourselves There are all sorts of sorrows and trials everywhere; let us try to speak the words of sym pathy In season,
 "The words of our mouth'' should be words of warning. All around us there and Goddess. and dying without the Bible or hope. Do we say a word of warning to them? Do you think this is the work of a minister only? If you saw your child playing with fre or 6 man about to take his life, would you walt to send for a clergyman to speak to him7 I think you would do It yourself. If you see one drinking his life and health away. say word of warning If you see one setting all religion at defiance, laughing at all things holy, speak a word of warning. If you see children bringing sorrow on their parents gray hairs, speak word of warning.
 A kind word. mind you! We cannot scare or scold people Into being good. Speak as nelghbors, as friends. as in yoru hearts, embering how He snoke to those who slnned and sor- rowed. Say a word of warning to all such, in loVe. for ChriSt's sakst
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-23
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY as, 1908.
rHE aCARPRT-RAeGER.p ?

The Boston Transcript a few days ago in referring to the word carpet bagger'' said;
 4 Princeton graduate who died res gently was the inventor of the term "carpet-bagger.' He was Colonel Jos eph Hodgson, '56, of New Orleans prominent at the law and in politics, d Confederate colonel, and editor at times of The Kansas City Enquirer. The Montgomery Mail, The New Or leans Picayune and The Mobile Regis ter It was while he was editor of The Montgomery Mail and engaged in the discussion of the reconstruction acts that he invented the epithet carpet baRger. and first used 1t against members of the Alabama convention of 1887.
 The statement that Colonel Hodsson was the author of the phrase is cor rect, and no term could more fittingly describe the class of people to whom 1t was applied. He is. however. we are glad to say, still alive and in the flesh, his present connection being with one of the New Orleans daily papers. His home is still in Mobile.