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CLOTHES AND MANNERS.
Where II the Deadlinc between Con,-
f3 fort aud DccOrun.

u T. A. i
The hot wave brings up anew the
question of midsummer ncgligec. To
what extent may conventionality in
clothes be disregarded for comfort?
The refusal of the management OF a
fashionable hotel to serve guest In
his shirtsleeves was an Incident of
yesterdays news. At the congress OF
whist players a Southerner OF the old
school remained true to traditions of
respect for the presence OF ladies and
sweltered In broadclotl. while the
other players sat coatless.
Where Is the deadline Of decorum
to be drawn? a generation has wit
messed extraordinary concessions to
comfort In summer clothes. Suits OF
linen and duck and seersuclser date
from before the war, but 1t Is only
since the eighties that unstarched
shirts and low-cut shoes of tan or
patent leather have come into general
use. It is during that period that
outing clothes and the "two-piece'
suits Of thin fabrics and washable ma.
terials have gained their great hole
and the belt universally replaced the
suspenders. athletic" underwear, sc
called, is of very recent adoption.
The inroad Of negligee on manner.
Is q serious phase OF the question
The shirtwaist man is endurable II
his place. but that place is clearl,
not at public dinner table or
formal public gathering. nor yet II
an automobile. The question OF shirt
sleeves on the streets Is a moot one
But does the slight, gain In persona
comfort compensate TOR the necessar,
| loss OF self-raspect? The line of pro
priety In summer clothes is now $,
lax that It should not needlessy b.
overstepped.-New York Tribune.
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roe WAS NO BEAST.

The wea kness of the esteemed News
Leaders position in regard to the pro-
nosed memorial to Poe could not be
better shown than in the fact that IN
defense Of it, 1t has been unhappily IN
spirea to suggest comparison between
the American poet and Oscar Wide.
No suggestion could we'll have been
more unfortunate and unfair. Wilde
was n, social and m oral leper, whose
| very name was for years hnmentlon-
able in polite society. That name
| stands to-day, and will stand for a
Hong time to come, as the vivid SYM
In, or unnatural perversion. and vile
4 and shameful vice. Wilde's luridiy
VENTILATED crimes so far outweigh his
| talents that they would always occur
first to the mind; and a monument to
hi.o would necessarily be an affront to
common decency. Would the News
yeader upon calm reflection, really
say that the revolving stains which
disoualify Wilde from public honor
apply in any measure to Edgar Allan
lPoe2
4 We are sorry to see newspaper in
the city most closely identified with
poets life. consent to hlacRen his name
4 with SO loathsome an association, nc
one denies that English speaking PEG.
Iple" regard gross and notorious per-
sonal immortality as bar to publlf
/. tribute, which seems to be the News
Leaders rather feeble contention. B ''l
:. what has this fact to do with Poe
!. cold, black ingratitude" and turn
ling against the kindly and affectionat'
!, hands" which have fed and nourlshet
: are certainly serious faults. But ~ y
:. |altogether unworthy to link them To-
J, moment with the unspea kable crime
! of bestial degeneracy.
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THE LAWS DELAY.
Nothing to Favor II, All Reason
Against 1t.

80 Against 1t.
II one were to be asked In what re-
ispect we had fallen farthest short OF
ideal conditions In our whole govern.
lment, ! think he would be justified In
answering, In spite OF the glaring de-
fccts in our system OF municipal gov
|ernment, that It Is our failure to scc-
cure expedition and thorohghness In
rights in our courts.-Wllliam n. Tart,
With this significant opinion Mr..
Taft begins n recent article In the
North American Review upon the de-
lays and defects in law enforcement In
our country. The opinion is not pc.
increasingly large number OF thought.
full Americans. In this fact alone is
hope for the eventual cure OF an eX.
tremely serious evil.
It is to be hoped so distinguished an
advocacy OF law reform Will do much
toward bringing to lawyers a more
adequate sense OF their responsibility
II the legal profession through It's
many associations would more prncti-
cally and persistently bestir itself the
chief defects OF our judicial admins
tration could BIO corrected before many
years.
The scomplcxity of our system and
the evil OF technically does not rest
upon grounds OF popular favor. Amend
ment Is unlikely to be opposed by any
l 1elS w I,DiiSS - ~ Wv
that with all the popular iulpatience
over the laws delay there prevails the
fallacy that technicallties and multi
plicity OF trials and retrials are. ir
some way not understood. a safeguard
Of substantial rights. and especially q
protection for the poor sutton. The
contrary Is. OF course. true, and Il
would not be difficult to show tho
lay public that technicalities are tht
luxures OF those who can afford Il
pay for appeals and rctrials.
There is indeed no sufficient rea1fah.
ton OF what our cumbersome. ant
slow. and expensive machinery" OF law
enforcement means to the litigant nnt
to the taxpayers. II there We're. the
matter would be taken out OF the
hands OF the profession.
This Is not contamination to BIZ
wished. The initiative OF reform in 8,
highly special a reform resides prop
| erly in the legal profession. and undo,
Its guidance reform should be formu
lated and stablished.-Chicag Trib
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nE1,.rED COURAGE.

s.P,rr,tIv or wrongly, the Guffey fight
III Denver took shape yesterday as u
struggle between Bryan and anu
Brvan. IN view of the amenities thae
lad passed between the two men, 70
rnpnort one came to mean to dlscredlt
rio other To seat Guffey, conceding
reasonable doubts as to his rights 70
seat. was to rebuke Bryan who
has dubbed him a bushwhacker and a
traitor.
Yet thirteen States voted for this
rebuke, seven States of the South,
where Mr.. Bryan's entrenchment was
said to be secure, being among them.
The state of Virginia was among
them. Doubtless this took courage,
for the fear of the political morgue is
not light and is omnipresent. We sa-
lutte courage wherever we find it, es-
9pec,ally where it's abundant presence
has not been suspected. But under
the circumsta what is the use of
this courage here and now? Why
should yirginian, member of adelega-
lion fast bound to support Bryan for
The nomination, have wished. or ven
tured, 10 administer rebuff to him
where it could not possibly do any
good?
The bold minority vete in favor OF
the man who th-ew down the gaunt-
let to iii. Bryan crsstsllizes its senti-
nlent too late. The oren split in the
Georgia delegation, with the announces
nlent that twenty-tliree out OF its
twenty-sjx votes are opposed to Mr..
Bryan. comes too late. The eighty
sssen-nlinute demonstration yesterday
did something moro than break all
cecol Is. 1t showed how utterly Mr.
Bryan end Mr.. Eryan.s principles are
now in the ascendant In the Dome
h cratic party. 1t meant for tho coming
campaign a radical platform under q
radical candidate. Conservative cour-
age is belated. The best this elemen,
can hope for now is to perfect and
develop Its organization with the grin
resolve to reassume control OF thu
party in 1912.
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= = ~
True unselflshnesn.

"Alert?" repeated Senator Hopkins
when questioned concerning ono or his
colleagues. why, he's as alert and
clever as tho Aurora bridegroom |
heard OF the other day. Y OH know how
eymoons have n way OF forgetting ali
about their brides and buying tickets
only for themselves? Well, that's What
this Aurora bridegroom did. And when
his wife said to Him. why, j ohn, you
|only bought one ticket he answered
] owe, you're right. %dear I'd forgotten
myself NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Maya
ZINE 4I
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Ho,. to save Hen ccr,l''zer.

"a Hen FERTILIZER Is one Of the gh est
priced OF all Fertilizers, hut Its most
ivaluab' element, nitrogen. Is dulekly
los, unless the hen manure be kent
perfectly drv. If YOU haveS1o good
storage place for It. spread IT on the
ground as fast as It is made or when n 1
over YOU clean ii out of the chicken
house, r. you have many chickens. the
hast wny IL II y 90 to Svs,lft toch II fnrti-
#lizer stnrr 3hrr - worth ''ainit
ana acid phosphate. and sprinkle these
s]irhtlv overSttle hen mar tsa
in.trosen. Then dry 1t in a shed and
grind III. and you have about the best
fertflizer you can buy or ne Tho
la MT "a @aci' phosphate supplyf'ti,e
two necessary fel e1nents Nv hlch are need
cd TO SUPP element the nitrogen. sis5
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WILL GERMANY TAX HER BAcmE-

LONsy
In coming out boldly In favor OF a
bachelor tay Kaiser Wilhelm has
shown himself fully abreast with tho
modern spokcsmen OF advanced 1egis-
laton. He cannot, It is true, claim any
especial originality for his idea, since
so many natlons-most OF them now
dcad-have been before him in expert
menting with It. Yet Germany. where
tile Individual is more or less thor
oughly managed for the good Of 1.-THE
state, would seem to be a promising
field for such d law, rs would the
highly organized Japan OF to-day.
The Athenians were rather different.
Scion gave them laws which made
cclibacy crime. but public sentiment
in Athens was for individual freedom,
and the laws lnpsed. Sparta, on the
other hand, cared nothing whatever
for the individual. The Lycurgan laws
against celibates were enforced rigor~
ously, and at certain festivals the Spar
tan women gave the bachelors a very
unhappy time of it indeed. The He
brcws viewed marriage as q duty, and
Rome had her Lex Julia, Great Britain
has often penalized the unwcd, though
apparently with an eye to revenue
rather than to social and moral postu-
,ates. Thus the tax of 1895 upon bac11-
elors and widowcrs was expressly de-
scribed as being, not to defeat the
contemplate tactics Of race-suicidcrs,
but "for carrying on the war against
france with vlEor.''
In this country various States with
radical leanings have nibbled Mt the
bachelor tax idea. but usually without
conclusive results. However estimable
theoretically, the plan has never proven
popular in actual practice. Penalizlns
celibates on the theory that, having
no families to support, they are able 70
hear a larger share Of government eS
nenses might be we'll enough; but, pen
a,iz,ng them to club them into mar
riage against their own instincts IS
not attractive to most civilized minds
Hence the Kaiser's proposal is likely
to nroye a. severe strain upon the pub
tic shirt even of the Vaterland.
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TEDDY BEARS SLUMP.
Dropping Out OF Roosevelt BRING
Down Market ON Bcnra.

Out OF Roosevelt BrlnEs
Down Market ON Bcnrs.
Since the political doings at Chicago
last month. concerning which some
thing has appeared in the newspapers,
stantly sliding down in the market
come to such pass that lawsuits arc
growing out of the trouble. This Isn't
weather for bears. anyhow.
Maurice B. and Daniel w. Rlumen-
thai OF No. 35 Nassau Street. attor-
neys for Rudolph Fleischer. a maker
Court yesterday against Steinfcld
Brothers. OF No. $40 Broadway whole
sale dealers in toys. for rulfiliment OF
their contract to take 525 dozen Teddy
bears.
1T was this way" explained Daniel
w. Blumenthal yesterday: Before the
Republican convention at Chicago
that President Roosevelt would be re-
nominated. and that Teddy bears would
be booming again, that they made q
contract with Mr.. F'leischer to furnish
them 525 dozen.
Mr.. Fleischer went right ahead
twenty dozen when the convention
nominated Secretary Taft. Teddy bear:
went sliding downward and the Stein.
fields showed a reluctance to load III
with them.
various excuses have been given t
keep off the many other dozens Of
Teddy bears which Mr.. Flcischer ha!
made, and will keep on making. Nov
we have instituted proceedings to com.
lpel Steinfeld Brothers to throw oper
their doors to the Authenticated num-
Der OF Teddy bears.i--New York Times
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THE PRIMARY AND A MAJORITY

d
Mr.. Robert w. Withersseems to take
very gloomy view of the efficacy of
the ballot-boX in making its results
known. He tells us in his letter this
morning that 1t requires two weeks, az
: Tie very least, to determine whettcr
a candidate has received a majority il,
q primary, 1ard might require six.
With no desire to be satrical, we are
4 curious to know why he limited him
Self to six weeks. Would not six
months have been as nearly accurate
end reasonable?
Our impression is that in the ordi-
rary primary results are conclusively
known within forty-e eight hours after
the closing OF the polls. The possible
i freaks of the one-hundredth case need
not act as a milestone round the necks:
of the ninety and nine. a second pri-
mary within four or five days. or ever,
3 a week, Of tile first one. would afrord
little chance for those further eNpens q
budgets which Mr.. Wthers rightly
objects TO, and which we ourselves are
L
4 campaigning aud campaign expcndi-
lures for any primary could be termi-
mated by law with the first appeal 20
the voters.
AT any rate, in summonins the
DOGGY OF "a third or fourth. or even
fifth, day primary Mr. Withers
seems to have failed TO grasp the terms
}3lof our suggested plan. Under}this idea
It would be impossible to have more
II than two elections, for no matter how
many candidates were in the field, the
two highest only would be eligible IL
4 the second. IL such u plan IS not idea
ii is. at least as fair TO one candidate
as another. and we see no ground il
q il for our correspondents change O
s injustice. In the somewhat cNtraordl
s. nary Hypothetical case which he cite
I'd II can hardly be denied that the vote
ISL OF a. when h. Is dropped, are at leas
VI as likely 10 go TOD and = as TO B am
=. Indeed. by the law OF proportion
the two leading candidates--eve
though they lead here by almost III
A conc eivably narrow marglns--woul
get the larger percentage Of there
d leased Votes,
sis The desire OF This paper IS to gis
the nominating power wholly to n
primary, because, in our correspond
ent's own word, Ii iy more conclusi,
5s. than any other ss;hoa InSthis desi7
we have in mind fully the value
making tho will OF the people know
fir nugh an absolute majority. But u
plain fact Of the matter Is that /
syst tenn. however complicated Can or
i alto a majority where there is no IN
sls; aority Neither primary nor cpnfe
Mas lion can work ilnira Giles. and II Is u
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Tho elephant has only eight teeth.
The total seating capacity OF the theatres
and music halls OF London is 327,ooo
In eleven years the coal output OF Japan
has Increased from 100000 tons annually to
1l,500.000.
a new union station is to be built at Win
nipeg for the Canadian Northern and the
Grand Trunk Pacific railways 1t will re-
uuire three years to complete 1t.
There are 1918 miles of railroad line in
the United States for every 10000 inhabi-
Etants, us against g. miles In Germany, SIS
In the United Kingdom and "A In France.
A chained "Breeches'' Bible, bearing the
date q 1883. has been restored to coddlng-
ton Church, near Chester, Eng. from which
congregation II was sold by the wardens In
King Edward has his own distilery. where
whiskey is made for consumption among
members OF the royal family only. No
not at least fifteen TO twenty years old ~ :
! According TO Mltchell's Newspaper Press
Directory, there are now published In the
newspapers OF which London contributes 400
Including thlrty-onc dalles.
Viscount Some has left Tokyo to relieve
Prince Ito, who is returning 70 Tokyo. and
VII! reach there on July 18th. Prince tic
probably will remain In Japan. butfwll not
relax his control OF Korea. though Viscount
some viii act rs resident general
John w. Riddle, the American ambassado,
q threatened attack of pneumonia, is grad.
ually pro crossing toward recovery and is nov
allowed to sit up. He would be able te
leave the hospital were the weather favor.
able. 4
Francois Coppee, says the AIatin, like
many artists and actors. WAS exceedingly
fond OF cats. and for years he had In hi,
house in the Rue Oulinot and In the beau,
ttful rose garden back of the house n nun
Ter of fine specimens. Including several val
uabe natives OF Persia
The eminent British surgeon, Sir Victor
Horsey. no! only enjoys the reputation o
| u also known for his wit Entering hi
club the Athenaeum. one day a friend sale
70 him.. "Hellnu. HorsIey, can you tell III
what whiskey is iyet?" '';rhs most popula
poison In the world. my dear. sir" vas tn,
prompt retort. 53'255 I7' "
Miss Katherine L.. Craig. OF Colorado
was tho only woman elected as vice-pres
| dent OF the NJ 70. a., She being tho twelfth
on the list. Mrs. G. G. Bradford. who Il
quite prominent IN Coorado, Is one or tn
delegates -at-large of the Democratic con
vention. and altogether the women OF Tia
| state have had honors thrust upon then, q
| late. ts lit ~ Z
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OBSERVATIONS ny
Ms BI I n
THE PAIAGRApHERS

IT HEY have produced a serious charge
wore whskers while ut college. and We
IRE left to wonder II thirty years OF cleanly-
Shaven physognomy is not sufficient &c
atone for it---Houston Post.
What is fame? Nothing. we take the
evidence OF the London Mail. which has in.
formed Us readers that the probable Demo
baltimore American.
A new book recently issued. depicting the
American girl. says her education has given
her thirst for things unohtalnablc'
Which ls too bad. Of course. but there are
troubled in the same way.-Washinston
Post.
ST feel sure that my race Will assist in
your triumphant election" writes Booker L
Washington to Mr.. TAFT. .'My race!'' 1t
seems to be contagtous!-WashlnE Her
aid
The expert swimmer who overratcs his
prowess is already appearing as star per
former in the disaster ncws.-Washlngtor
| Star.
1t is very we'll meaning of the s.. p C.tA
| to seek n noiseess rifle with (which q I'd
Claughter cattle: but II we were a cow We
would rs soon be struck between the horns
with a hammer as shot with a noiseless gun
New York Evening Sun.
| A contemporary asserts that II is almost
! impossible to find any difference between The
two great political parties to day. One no
| ticeabe difference however. Is that The
leans Will not give them up.-Washingtor
| Post. So
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MERELY JOKING.

"A Mutual wish.
" wish / were an ostrich" said Hicks
anErily. MS he tried to eat ono OF his wifc's
biscuits but couldn't.
g wsh v MI Mrs nsk
Solitude.
Here Is an extract from the prospectus oil
q hotel in Switzerland:
"vveissbacll is the favorlte place OF resor,
for those who are fond or solitude. Persons
IN search OF solitude are, In fact, constantly
flockIng here from tho four quarters Of the
Elobe."-Home Herald.
Looking Ahead.
Il thought you had money enough for your
dash to the pole
IT have replied the arctic explorer. "1t'.
the expedition for my relief we're asking
furds for Observation-Disclosures Public Ledger
The Landlords Elk.
y cannot live but week longer wisou,
Really. Duke? Now how can you FIX on
n specific length Of time 2"
20 landlord Ak on It, miss; not H.
louisville Courier-Journal. .
Renl Life.
Cheer up. my boy. You're bound to SIT
the girl In the end"
8"1'm afraid not. Life amt no melo.
dtama."-Pittsburg Post.
And tho Last Shall be First.
Pa, what Is a political leader?"
A man who Is able to see which way The
crowd is going. and follows with loud
gwhoops in that direction."--Home Herald.
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.3An Autop.y. ON the mocrney.

Apparently the p emncrRtlc party has
that Sit ever had princinles Of
it's own 4 that lever had a, mission q :
HIS own; that ever had istory Y, !,
ia own; that ut IA Is ever u Kelly again
10 have II destiny Of U.s. own, The great q !,
Leaders, who put tho Democracy on w
feet after the CIVIL War, and atter
Decentralization are now IN thalv E ~ Y, I
rhe III tie leaders who blasted with =
pnnn Mist D ana 4 sent sociallsm are stu
in the sad ale. The Old Demo 1Ie {
(cratio party! eWa Yorls World ll1e1s "
locrn tl. gSSs, & Ia s3 H AZ 1
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THURSDAY. JULY ., 1905.
1NrANr pnENoMENoN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

DENVER, COL, July s.-ok la mona
has inspired the Democratic convention IL
Oklahoma. has given its blessing 10
the Democratic convention.
Oklahoma will write the PLATFORM
OF the Democratic convention
Tho history of the forty-eight mem
hers Of the Union offers no example to
en,,al tbis states precociousness.
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Prince IIelle de sagau said after
tho ceremony; #
Yes, ! am quite happy. appre-
ciate Tho way the American newspa-
per correspondents have treated mo
during my stay IN London. and you
must say 4 think the Savoy the finest
hotel in the world, and that Pruger,
the genial manager, ias looked after
me Very Well--EYenins Telegram.
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Hon. George B. Cortelyou says that
the deficit inG the Treasury is only an
apparent deficit caused by an obsolete
system of bookkeeping. We have al
ways understood that Hon. George go.
a good training In the ma nlpulatlon OF
figures when he was engaged in frying
the fat out of the Republican corpo-
rations.
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Borrowed Jingles
LEST WE roI,Gp,r.

LEST WE FORGET.
We've PATHS tours OF fond farewell
y And Bryan's candidnting stunts;
Thera's July's annual torrld spell,
5 II. Roosevelt'A devastating hunts
The winters BOOST In price OF coal
And Peary's scramble for the pole.
Comes Carrie Nation with the az,
And prohibition candidates.:
We SEQ the lid man getting lax;
The Standard OH puts UP its rates:
Just now tho beef trust levlcs toll
While Peary dasles for the pole.
An actress loses Jewels raro;
Each year the circus comes to town
The peach crop falls In Dclnware;
I Tom Upton writes a challenge down;
Then Wall street grabs some trusting
& roll s A
And peary starts to find the pole.
The "highest building nears the skies.
a song hit ripples through the land;
Come fashions, sheath and otherwise;
The tariff question comes to hand;
A panic puts us in the hole
Still Peary hunts the blamed old pole.
New York World.
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A PENNSYLVANIA newspaper declares
that the Pittsburg millionalres have
made their own money, which Is we'll
enough as far as 1t goes. The kick
is that they give so much of 1t to
Broadway. =
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II Is UP to the Democrats to prove
that the old earth can hang together
without the attentions Of William Loeb.
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stu, o strong testimonial from ia
.clean-shaven Jim Sherman ought t.
be worth something to the safety-razo,
people
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IL seems to be a race between the
and the cost OF living.
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The modern business man of fortyf
so ayers the London Lancet, often dies
OF stupidity lnSthat case, how do tho
politicians live 10 z green old age?
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A lot OF men are not at Denver who
ought 10 be, ana vice versa. ~
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A Chinese house proposes to Issue
a history Of Emperor lS.uangs Hsu in
CAT Volumes Even ifSit does 1t, the
championship will stlll rest with John
Wesley Gainess Speeches In the
House
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An exchange notes: "a safe and sane
Fourth is the best kind, after ALL"
Yes. indeed After all the fireworks
and some OF the children have been
exploded. 3