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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01

WatChful eye over gamblers We fire.
quently hear Of places being raided
and men and women arrested and
brought before the Police Court Tor
playing cards for money 1t is much
worse in the higher classes than it is
in the lower classes. as they have SUI
periOr opportunities for refinement
and culture and for leading proper
lives.
They have it in their power to spend
their leisure in the higher amuse-
ments. They have no claim that there
is necessity for them TO gamble for
the sake of the money that they win,
as it is a well-known fact that no
gambler was ever in the end success
full, his losses usually far exceeding
his winnings.
History proves that gambling is not
the high road to fortune, to say moth
ing of the demOralizing influence ii
has upon the character of the people
who indulge in this pernicious habit
To hear men say that Mrs. So-and
So plays a stiff game is a very
doubtful compliment, and one that
hate to hear paid to any WOMAN.
There was formerly at the Capital
a coterie of women who played poker
continuously, and who were we'll
known and avoided by many on that
account
They have unfortunately been sue
ceeded by women who do just as
much harm and set just as bad an eX-
-mple by their addiction to bridge.
As if it were not shocking enough to
spend so much valuable time in such
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01

es upon herself and her family is be
yond comprehension.
In Washington most games are
played in homes, but to say that they
play at home does not, in any sense.
minimize the evil They desecrate
their homes in this way, which adds
immensely to the enormity of the evil.
and it would be better TO go to the
clubhouse or place that was devoted
to gambling If they must needs play.
The means to which the unfortu-
debts and the deception they practice
upon their husbands to obtain money
is something appalling.
There was a time when those who
were known to play cards for money
were Ostracised, and it is a very sad
thought to think that the same stand
ard of morality in women is not still
maintained, and there is no more rea-
son why women should be respected
who will lay aside all restraint in
such an evil propensity as gambling
and be received and welcomed in So
Ciety today than there was in the old
en- time.
* i u
If there is not some united move
ment to suppress poker bridge and
other gambling games, we shall not
be able to prognosticate where all this
will end. We must naturally expect
that the young will follow in the foot
steps of their predecessors. and there
is no estimating the consequences TO
the morality of the coming generation
should the present mania for this
baneful evil continue.
The police are supposed to keep a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
(By Mrs. John A. Logan.)

Washington, Feb. 29.-I have talked
with the wives of senators and con-
gressmen who came here from differ
ent parts of the country, and asked
their impressions Of Washington.
In the majority of instances, the
first subject mentioned by them was
their surprise at the strength of the
game of bridge whist has on the capt.
tai.
Some Of the women who are in
Washington for their first season eX-
pressed the greatest amaZement that
whist should take up so much time in
society circles and that women should
be addicted to the game to such great
extent. The game is played in every
city, of course, but to a modified eX-
tent.
That gambling should be freely in
dulged in, left some Of the women with
out words. They were not accustomed
to such entertainment in their home
cities and they cannot understand that
women of Washington could SO debase
themselves.
Many of the women of every city in
the union seem to be suffering from
a species of insanity on the subject of
bridge but in the Capital City the cpl
| demic has spread to such an extent
that it has become very serious mat
| ter.
hn nr-TX n T.
| charities and were very active in So
| cial matters, adding many attractions
to the social life of Washington, have
abandoned themselves completely to
| bridge.
Recently on a lady's receiving day,
number of friends called upon her
| to be told at the door that she was
not in, when the voices of those engag-
ed in the nearby drawing room, play
ing bridge, could be heard by the
guests as they were turned away from
| the door.
| The minds of the women addicted
| to bridge are so completely occupied
with the game that when they are not
actually playing they are impossible
as agreeable companions. They can
think and talk of nothing else but the
game-when the next is to begin and
how much they have lost or won. They
set aside everything else and their
families are of little consequence &c
them, hired servants discharging their
duties to the inmates Of their house
holds,
A Washington lady recently was
making calls for her mother because
Mamma did not have time to make
calls. as she was so occupied with
bridge Imagine the influence oil
such mothers over their daughters and
who regard so lightly their obligations
as to send their daughters TO make
their calls for them 50 as TO give then
the chance to remain at the gambling
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
Bridge Whist in Washington.
Unless Women Are Playing They Are Not Agreeable
Companions.

| table. If the daughters of this class
of women escape being themselves de
moralized, they are very lucky.
Those who pretend TO have church
connections pay no attention whatev-
er to their duties. If census were
taken in the larger cities of the Union
it would be found that there has been
d great falling off in the charity work
of women who have degenerated into
| mere bridge fiends.
A good husband, induIgent father,
and man prominent in affairs in
Washington, recently said that he
had no alternative but to spend his
leisure moments at the club because
his wife had always parties of unin-
teresung women playing bridge in
/ their home, or was in the home OF
some other member of the club play.
ing bridge eternally."
They read nothing; they are not
posted as to what is going on in the
world; they become so selfish that
| they give themselves over absolutely
to bridge, varying it occasionally with
poker and in trying to devise ways
and means to account for their losses
or to add to their winnings
How any woman, with keen moral
instincts, can deliberately give all of
her time and thought to the gambling
game of bridge and take the conse
quences Of its .demoralizing infiuenc
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01

an objectionable way. the losses that
they sustain at the bridge table are
really alarming, As Is the case with
men. We have sharpers among women
who make the game very profitable
and rake in their winnings with al
the nonchalance of an habitue OF the
casino at Monte Carlo.
They get so in the habit OF making
excuses for not doing what they ought
to do that they actually drift into false
hoods and make statements that are
absolutely untrue so as to get away
from their friends and play bridge all
the time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
WHY

Is one always chilled to the mar
row?
Is an explorer always intrepid?
Is swoop always a fell swoop?
Is a statesman always eminent?
Is bargain always extra special?
Is drapery always clinging?
Is sweetness always cloying?
Is a ruffian always burly?
Is one always within an inch OF
death? Why not two inches?
And why, why, why, is a conclusion
always fore gone?-Chicago Journal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
STORIES FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

rupt to negroes to pay up before they
voted
By swearing they were twenty-one
years of age, they could get around all
these back taxes and secure their
ballot. The result was that few ne
grOes in the county We're more than
tweuty-onc.
They'd declare themselves twenty
one, regardless Of whether they were
known to the registrars or not.
One dusky voter said he was TWEEN
ty-one and when questioned. swOre to
his assertion as fervently as he would
10 mis- poverty. 1t was afterward
learned that he had been married four
teen years and had twelve children.
Yet he was only twenty-One years
old
He was nick-named "Twenty-onc. '
The Congress man was just becOm-
ing interested in these stories and
would have told several chapters more
had he not suddenly remembered that
he had a committee meeting TO attend
and he hurried away.
Il wonder il he thinks We don't
know who carried off all those tricks
said one OF his auditors, 4 capital
clerk.
well he's a Congressman, any
how, and that covers Il multitude OF
early transgressions, said another
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
THE LAUGH CURE.

When your wife resumes her nagging.
Laugh;
When the stock you've bought is sag
ging
Laugh:
When you've lost your new umbrella
Or some body starts to tell a
Story you have heard q hundred
times before,
DO not fail to cling to gladness,
Give the ha-ha to your sadness,
Throw your head back and emit d
cheerful roar
Laugh, brother, laugh
Chicago Record Herald.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
LET HER SLID

LET HER SLIDE!
Don't be stewing over nothing
All the while;
Don't imagine there Is danger
In smile.
There's for growing and groucbing
No excuse;
Fretting never gets you nowhere.
What's the use?
Nashville American.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
just Smiles
DON'T LOAF!

Don't loaf and shirk, and dwadle.
Pitch in, and make things hum.
In that way you can hasten
The glad millennium.
IF you have been a dreamer.
Wake up and work. Yes you,
Take off you coat and hustle,
And make your dreams come true,
-Somervillc Journal
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
POOR FELLOW!

"They tell me that poor Jolly is Il
victim OF his own fellowship"
That's so. He lost his own health
in drinking other peoples. "-Balti-
more American.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
EISHY

Deacon Injecting a boy on Sunday
morning carrying a string of fish,
Johnny Johnny, do these belong to
you?
Johnny-Y-e-s, sir. You see, that's
what they've got for chasing worms
on Sunday.-Pick-Me-Up
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
YOU CAN!

My friend get in the public eye.
Let nothing hinder.
You, too. can be, if you try,
A human cinder.
-Pittsburg Post
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
THE INGLENOOk

Oh, the comfort of book
In a cosy inglenook,
When it SHOWS,
And the gloomy winter night
Is a seething maelstrom white
While my study gleamcth bright
AS the rose.
New York Press,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
LIKE SHIPS THAT PASS

81 spoke 10 your father today"
Did you? What did he say"
Same as | did"
The same as you did,"
yep. Howdy-do."
Houston Post.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01

Onions are said to cure lots of dis
eases. but what will cure onions .
Baltimore Sun.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
DEFINITION.
TRY llMBURGER.

A mollycoddle is the other party tc
An argument.-Chicago News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
GALL

Modesty wins in the battle OF life
Once in Il while.
Nodesty captures the haudsomes
wife
Once in a while
But in the miXuD and everyday crush
Modesty isn't ace high in the rush.
Gall
Takes it all
Or at least makes the haul
Twice in a while
Nashville American,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
HIS SHARE,

The world owes me a living"
The lazy person said;
The cynic cried, You have it,
That's why you aren't dead"
Washington Star.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
De. ,since last election, said Eben.

since last election said Eben.
you're lying" said the watcher.
Look where you're registered. You're
marked off"
Eben didn't look. He couldn't read.
What did you mean by telling me
you hadn't votedE" demanded the Col
onel. He was hopping mad.
Il amt voted" cried Eben, much Of
Tended Shores gospel, l amt vot-
ed. Kernel l amt been Off de place
sence las week"
He just wanted ride down town. -
said the watcher. He knew he had
voted and worked you for a pleasant
trip"
Colonel Waters looked hard at old
Eben, turned on his heel and left the
polling place. Eben followed sorrow
fully.
The old fellow spoke the truth-he
hadn't been off his patch OF ground
for d week and he hadn't voted since
last election.
Someone else did, though.
Under the old poll tax law, every
voter had to pay up all his back taxes
before he could cast ballot. The ne
groes did not like the idea of paying
poll taxes, nor did they rest easily I'M
der the loss of franchise.
When poll taxes piled up for three
or four years, it was a case of bank
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01

JUDITH:
Millions use Gold Medal Flour.
LUCRErIs
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01
BEWARE.

Beware the hasty word.
Beware the cruel thought.
The lack of tact.
The spiteful act
The deed in anger wrought.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Cold Med7l Flour makes delicious baked
o-n. RaopA.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-01

| had a gang of about 10 negroes
that | wanted to vote one cleo lion
day and 1 could not get them into the
polling place. You see, the other side
was determined TO keep us out and had
a watcher on the door who knew every
negro in the town.
About four o'clock in the afternoon
| hunted up Major Harrison. He was
close friend of the watcher, but he
was on our side. Friendship does not
hold on election day, and I frankly
explained the situation to him.
asked him to so down to the polling
place and get his friend away for an
hour or two.
Major Harrison drove up to the polls
and, under pretense of looking at some
OF the watchers property which was
up for sale. drove him three miles
across country. They were gone cx
actly an hour and all alf and when he
returned my whole gang had voted
Did he ever find out the trick? Well
he and Harrison are still good friends
therefore the supposition is that he
tempting TO transact business on clec.
ton day.
Colonel Waters was the hottest man
in the county one election day and he
provided an embarrassing ten minutes
at the polls for few of us. whom be
opposed.
He heard that old Eben Smith. a ne
gro who lived about three miles out,
had not voted. Colonel Waters drove
out in his buggy got the old man
aboard and brought him TO the polls.
One of our watchers challenged.
THAT old rascal voted here early
this morning." he said.
Waters thought this was not true
and said as much. As proof, he asked
old Eben about it,
Gross nah heart, ha.n't voted
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But every pu-
Gilistic bum
VIII fight old John
Till kingdom come.
Chicago Tribune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16
to you solemn as an owl. I made dead

to you solemn as an owl. I made dead sure you would have me"
 Thank your said Vida, very drily.
 But for the-the other lady-I really can't tell in the least whether she will have me or not. She is always laugh ing at me She may send me by the board as you have done."
 (Which of you wrote the longest let ters and answered quickest?" said Phil. It was problem which pleased his sense of feminine probabilities.
 "She didv' said Vic, promptly. "she is much cleverer."
 "Then she will have you, Morris. Go where glory waits you; Vic held out his hand-both his hands-to Vida and Phil, one each.
 I'm not sufe whether you have broken my heart or made me the happiest man in the world" he said "I'll tell you to- morrow-oh, this afternoon, I mean. l have Grindling's trap down there in the village. But, that is such a beast of way Takes such a time!'
 Here is Grindling's bicycle" said Phil, take that and get 1t over I will drive the trap back in the afternoon and hear the news.''
 "Who is she-oh, don't go like that? Tell us-tell me! Who is she?'' called out Vida, beseechingly.
 Janet Fowlef!' said Vic, Jumping on the cycle Phil had been riding and mak- ing off up the hill without waiting for comments on his announcement.
 Well, I never!'' cried the girl, who after all was like other girls, what can he see In her?'
 Probably" said Phil, gently retaking
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16

ginning to be somewhat grown, Abram Dyfe, who had everything now to attend to.
 Presently they were at Grindline's, and Phil. on his way to the new mine on the Heugh, borrow a cycle from the acting Superintendent. took some tele- grams for the Inspector to the post office, and so rode anxiously on to the shack" which he occupied till the man ager's house was reached. All was in order when he reached it before nightfsll.
 He ran to the flagstaff, and look ed down at the little white house in the Cove. Far below was a huttering array of bunting on Dick Finnan 5 mast.
 "John Knoxg exclaimed Phil. it will take me a week to spell out all thatw
 All the same he got his loose, we'll thumbed code. and presently was at his task. Even with the second word something familiar tickled him. The next two decided him, and he threw down the book with joyous laugh It was Nelson's famous signal. She had had it all fixed and ready for him against his return.
 England expects every man to do his duty"
 He ran to the bunting case in the shack" and in a moment more was houisting the flags as fast as he could attach them to the halliards.
 Certainly am coming down at once!"
 In this way he would forestall Vic Morris, and he hugged himself on his wisdom in sending Vic to spend the night at Walter Grindlings under the stern eye of Inspector Henderson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16
His System.

John Kendrick Bangs in Broadway Maga- zine.
 'Knowlwho you're going to vote for, eh?7 grinned the politician.
 Yep" said the idiot. T shall vote for Theodore Roosevelt"
 What you?' cried the politician. Why thought you were agin the ad- ministration."
 "I am." said the idiot "but you see it's this way. In 1884 voted for Blaine. and Cleveland was elected. In 1888 I voted for Cleveland, and Harrison was elected. In 1892 l voted for Harrison and Cleveland was elected. In 1896 and 1900 I voted for Bryan, and Mckinley was elected both times. In 1904 I voted for Parker, and you know what happened. I am now convinced that the only way we can beat Roosevelt is for me to vote for him. Twig?"
 And the twinkle in the politicians eye showed that he twug.
 A Broken Resolution. From the Pitsburg Post.
 'I thought you turned over new leaf?"
 Well. the darned thing blew back"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16
Goods Shipped Over L. N by Express Same as Usual

his place, and speaking softly in her ear, ''very much what I see in youi'' And they were content to let it go at that-other things more immediate oc- cupying their joint attention.
 Gro be continued).
The Irish standard., 1908-08-08

Temperance movement. The students
for the priesthood in the institution
have a society known as the "Pio-
neers." the members of which take a
pledge that they will abstain from all
intoxicating liquors during their en-
tire life. A decided change in the at
titude of the priesthood towards the
liquor traffic has taken place in the
last two generations. They are almost
a unit in recognizing that intemper-
ance is the greatest evil which the
Irish people have to combat A ma
jority of the bishops will not confirm
child who will not take a pledge of
total abstinence.
notwithstanding the efforts of the
clergy and people towards temperance
a great amount of the earnings of the
Irish people in the cities of Ireland
goes to the liquor traffic. 1t is note
worthy that more intemperance is
found in Dublin and in the cities Of
the northern part of Ireland, than in
Cork or Wexford.
The Irish standard., 1908-08-08
Want No Continental Sunday.

ut is evident" writes Bishop Nc
Faul of Trenton. that the dissertation
of the. Sunday is on the increase; for
we are told that nearly fifty million
of the American people never enter
a church on that day. It therefore
behooves the Catholics of the Repub.
lie, by word and example. to insist up.
on Sunday observance. Some people
claim that we should have here what
is known in Europe as the Continental
Sunday. There. in the afternoon. the
places of refreshment and amusement
are opened. 1t is but fair to add that
these places are so conducted that
people in general do not consider
them Objectionable, although there
are occasional abuses. Whatever may
be said of this European custom, it
would not be suitable for America.
Conditions are quite different here.
The American bar and our habit of
treating would render the opening of
saloons on the Lords Day destructive
of that quietness, solemnity and sane.
tity which Americans expect on the
day of rest"
The Irish standard., 1908-08-08
TEMPERANCE IN IRELAND,

Among the interesting and instruct
I've articles now being contributed to
the Chicago Record Herald by VIM. F..
Curtis from ireland. none are more so
than the recent article dealing with
the temperance movement
Mr.. Curtis speaks OF Cork as very
orderly city. where people are fined
for profane swearing and for bolster
Gus behavior In Dublin he finds much
drunkenness. but in Cork no drunken
person was seen. This condition of
affairs he ascribes to the work Of the
Catholic clergy and to the continued
influence Of Father Mathew. the great
apostle Of temperance. The cores
spondent described the work now be-
ing done by Capuchin monk who Is
following in the footsteps Of Father
Mathew. This monk is Father Allows
ius. who is described as being as elo.
quent as Father Mathew, but lacking
In the personal qualities which enabled
that apostle to persuade two and one
half millions Of the Irish people to
sign a pledge for total abstinence.
Father Aloysius is going about max
ing temperance speeches and ORGANIC
ing temperance societies. These So
cieties include not only Catholics. but
members Of other churches and the
work is being supported by the Cath
Ollie. hierarchy.
Maynooth college Is given credit for
exerting strong influence on the
The Irish standard., 1908-08-08

Last Saturday the House of Com.
mons passed the third reading OF the
Irish University Bill by a majority of
81 votes to 10, says the Catholic Stand
ard and Times. We have vet to learn
what concessions, il any. were made
in committee in regard to the strong
protests of Archbishop Walsh and 9TH
er Bishops against the failure to pro-
vide residential accommodations for
University students in Cork. Galway
and Belfast so as to place all students
on the same plane as those Of Trinity
College, Dublin. But as the cable sum-
mary of the final proceedings men,
tons that the Irish Nationalist cheer
ed demonstratively over the result Of
the last division. it may be assumed
that some of the concessions they had
battled for were acceded to at the
eleventh hour. The bill is not all
that the just claims Of the Irish Cath
olics demanded, but 1T is confessed to
be something better than the proverb-
ial half loaf