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taste Of 'em out Of my mouth yet. They
tasted like Chinese wedding feast at
Annoy on the third day thereof. when the
litter still remains around. and then they
tasted worse than that.
when I'd smoke 'em with the windows
open my neighbors would come and yank
at my doorbell and tell me that enough
was enough and that they didn't intend
to stand any more. and that II 1 persisted
in maintaining that kind Of a nuisance in
my neighborhood. why, they'd complain
to the District board of health. and. If
that didn't do any good. they'd have me
arrested for vagrancy and push the case
right up to the jaws Of the Supreme Court
Of the United States If necessary.
80. naturally enough. why. 1 got into
the habit Of tossing around and muttering
in my sleep when my wife pulled those
hints on me that she sure intended to buy
me box Of cigars for my birthday gift.
WELL went on the Lunchroom Liar,
"the blow fell yesterday"
The others at the table grinned know
ingly and exchanged winks.
Yep" went on the Lunchroom Liar.
ut happened yesterday all right I saw
the box Of cigars on the sitting room
table when I got home,' and the Lunch
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about ourselves: We do that.
Queer too. why we do that. We don't
brag about ourselves to anybody else.
We wouldn't dare take a chance on
Dragging to anybody else. We'd fear the
kidding II we did. And our fear would be
properly grounded. We would be kidded.
and kidded to beat the band. II we brag-
ged about ourselves to anybody else on
earth the way we brag about ourselves to
our wives.
It doesn't make any difference how
huge, how abnormal. our bump Of self
esteem may be. we sure don't go hiking
up and down and around telling folks Of
our acquaintance what fine. dandy. bully.
unusual folks We are. Not much do we.
We'd be in deadly fear II we took such a
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call the provincial" audiences.
AS q matter Of fact. not q few Of the
plays that go out from New York have to
be subjected to this sort Of pruning. A
noted romantic actor. once a stickler for
dramatic propriety. is now presenting a
play here some of the scenes of which
are so close to the line Of utter inde-
cency that they would inevitably be missed
anywhere else than in New York. Here,
however. these indecent lines make the
hit of the piece.
And 1t would seem. too. as II the time
were at hand when no new play may hope
for success in New York unless 1t en-
braces at least one disrobing scene. Some
actresses are now lending themselves to
this sort of thing who. a very few years
ago. would have resented even the
thought Of engaging In such a prostitu-
ton of their art. One recalls how. not
so long ago. these orange blossom" vul-
garities were rigidly confined to the va
riety shows given at the stag theaters.
But they're on Broadway now all right.
and. apparently. on Broadway to stay.
1t Is just as we'll to leave 1t to the So
Geological or the psychological student to
discover the reason why the theater-go-
Ing women Of New York are even fonder
of these wholly unnecessary atrocities Of
pruriency-for many such scenes are in
troduced with scarcely any bearing at all
upon the progress Of the story-than are
the men folks. That such ID the plain
fact. however. Is not to be doubted by
anybody who notes the great preponder-
ance OF women In attendance at theaters
where these exhibitions are given.
Probably the underlying reason for the
immunity. not to say the popularity. with
which this sort of nastiness is received
and greeted in New Yor'- is that New
York is hardly an American city at all.
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the lieutenant in the wardroom. the mid
shipman on the dog watch. the engineer
and the coal passer. Quite reminiscent Of
a certain song in Pinafore, is it not?
THEY do say that the President sleeps
with all the windows of the White
House open nowanights, In order that he
may be lulled to tranquil slumber by the
cry ION to the Stump which is being
sounded all over the country by the
faithful 1t has been noticed by those
who make a habit of waiting for things to
happen that in recent White House pro-
nouncements having to do with the Pres
ident's plans there has been no unequiv-
ocal statement to the effect that the
President will NOT pour oil on few
burning issues or elucidate few simple
problems for the benefit Of the plain pee
pull Despite the fact that Senator Hem
enway of Indiana issued from the Execu-
tive Mansion last Wednesday with one Of
those real positive Hoosier announce
ments to the effect that Mr.. Roose-
Welt would not add to the clamor
this fall, It Is considered the safest
kind of bet that If more real.
genuine worriment crosses the trail OF
the republican party in the near future
something in response to the ION to the
stump yell will eventuate.
OUR exchange editor. -ho is a light
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-10

r Asst Tuesday or Wednesday a young
- person who has an exceedingly I'M
remunerative and unintellectual job as
elevator man In a building not a thousand
miles from The Star Office drifted up to
me. shy and EMBARRASSED. and stuck an
envelope in my hand.
This sort Of come over me yesterday
my day off-while 1 was walking out in
the country" said he. II CUES it amt no
good but I'd like for you to look 1t over"
looked 1t over, and m pI u ing it here.
It is interesting to note how the truly
human touch crops out in most unexpect-
ed places. Here is what come over him.:
1.-THE other day they let me off. down
where I tend the. telephone.
And 1 beat 1t out for Rock Creek Park,
/ didn't want to go alone.
But Bill he works till five o'clock. and
Jim 1 couldn't find nowhere.
An I'd lots rather go alone than miss a
chance in outdoors air
It sort of makes you feel real good. and
lively, too, and kind of glad.
To get out that away in woods; they're so
far off it's too durn bad.
And so follered by the creek and threw
in stones and whooped. you bet.
And onct 1 slipped and fell right in, but
didn't get SO very wet.
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according to the prettiness Of the box
that holds 'em. or the cuteness Of the
color of the ribbon that wraps 'em as
they lie in the box-1ie' in the box just
about expresses tor something OF that
sort. They've got no more idea than
snowbird as to the real quality Of the
smokes. They think a man Is crazy for
having any such ideas. too. A cigars
cigar to them. and that's all there Is to
1t. They can't see why, even II the
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I found a lot of chestnut trees. and club
bed-up some. but nothin' dropped:
And then l see a copper come and, gem
mini, you bet I stopped.
I Skinned up tree to get n nest some
bird had used and left behind:
My mother says II amt 20 harm to take
the empty nests you find
An then. as l was coming home a-wh,s-
thing out. as loud as loud.
Something fluttered by my face, just like
1t come from out a cloud
I stopped stock still and picked II up: a
tree leaf all dried up and brown:
1t sort OF cracked in my hand. an just
shivered to my crown.
An somehow / felt awful skeered and
lonesome. too. like il was dark.
Tho 'twasnt. for the sun was hot and
lots of people in the park:
But just dropped that dried up leaf and
run like ghosts was after mes
An when 1 got home / was cryin', l just
let my mother see.
whats the matter. DAN? she asked
me. Sweetest boy ever born
Then she Rugged me and toll her IL was
cause the summers gone
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IARLES READE,
the novelist. used
to write amusedly.
If somewhat dis
gustedly. Of what
he called the
"prurient prudery"
Of the British. Ill
the same. "pruri-
ent prudery" is a
heap better than
popula ar pruri-
ency. That sort Of
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ENTLEMEN.

did
you ever happen
to pull up right
short. in a mo-
ment Of candor
with yourselves.
and reflect upon
how we blow and
brag about our
selves to our
wives?
For we certainly
do hl0w tn seYn
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rs funny, isn't :t?'
O b S e nv e d the
Lunchroom Liar,
"women's ideas
about cigars"
The others at
the table nodded
cautiously.
Sure is funny"
went on the
Lunchroom Liar.
They think that
Cigars are good
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Hen the bald spot
on top Of Mr.. Job
sons head first be-
gan to become WIS.,
ible to the naked
eye. some time
ago. he fell into a
panic proper.
DANCED queer
note" he grum-
bled to Mrs. Job
son. Die notice
that I'm losing q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-10

LOYAL republic
an Of foreign
birth and nautical
leanings recently
opened his face
generously and
yawped as fol-
lows:
"Ah, me bhoy,
this gr-r-rand po-
litical throuble is
all but over. The
oroof renIlhltcqn
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A COUPLE Of weeks ago a foolish mid
"A night crowd got a bit out OF bounds
and seven rioters were arrested. When
the two or three policemen blew into the
first precinct station with the prisoners
there was brand-new cub reporter on his
first assignment waiting there for all the
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narrowing details. He took the names Of
the seven their ages. places of residence.
political inclination. religious leanings
and a whole lot more. asked more ques
tons than an old maid at a quilting bee.
and finally. strutting up 10 the desk SER
geant. inquired. he bent over the rail-
ing. pencil and note book In hand: Ser
geant. has the work OF those guardians or
the peace assigned 20 this station been
sufficiently meritorious or out OF the or
binary tonight to warrant more than
merely passing comment In my paper"
The desk sergeant was busy and brutal.
Let us draw the veil.
TALKED yesterday with a republican
who had just returned from a trip To
New York. where he registered. He is
a near-chief in one OF the government de-
partments.
Il am told" said he. that Taft will
carry New York. but that Hughes will be
beaten. Democrats didn't tell me that.
either. but state republicans. They think
Chanler will have $4,000 majority in tho
Bronx. Some OF them. although they
confess a belief in Taft's carrying tho
state insist that the result is going to be
mighty close"
Certainly one hears enough Of this Taft
Chanler combination conversation these
days.
IRVING c. NORWOOD.
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THE wise celebrities. domestic and for
! eign. will learn in time the advan-
tageousness Of calmly. even II reluct-
antly, submitting to the snapshots Of the
camera fiends attached to the New York
yellow newspapers.
4 good many Of the celebrities. no
doubt. have learned their little lesson in
this respect within the past couple of
weeks. from the awful Photographic pre-
sentiments that have been made of them
upon the steamers and piers as they ar
rived from Europe. This is the period
when the noted personages and figurantes
are flocking back from Europe. and in
consequence the incoming steamers are
cluttered with newspaper photographers.
who board the steamers at quarantine.
the persistent lens marksmen. A great
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three-fourths of the people in that thea
ter speak and think in a language that Is
not English. 1t wasn't al American au-
dience at all. Very many of these people
had merely an elemental knowledge Of
the English language. Therefore any sort
Of silly joke. any sort Of pifling play
upon words. being entirely new to them.
amused them. made them laugh. Nothing
could be easier to explain. Supposing. for
instance, you yourself were living in Ger
many and just picking up the language
You would. Of course. be wholly unfa-
miliar with the stock Of German jokes
and puns. Consequently. the most idiotic
sort of a German alleged funny show I'M
questionably would cause you to shrek
with laughter. as these people did to-
night. The twist upon words. the new
point Of near-humorous view. would be
funny to you in such circumstances"
There was a good deal in that analysis
of the laughter Of New York theater
audience. And a similar sort of analy-
sis. otherwise applied. would account for
the amount Of public nastiness that is
tolerated in New York. And the final
word of such an analysis would be that
New York simply is no longer an Ameri-
can city at all.
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK, October 8. 1908.
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every time a real fat story breaks loose
and they not in the thick OF II.
Shucks-what'S the use.
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OUR exchange editor. Tho is a light
~ some chap and has been known to
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-01-09
PANHANDLE
 CONVENTIONS

Ama.t,n, Tex. Jan. 9.-lciay be- gan q convention period in the Pal handle metropolis, and hundreds of delegates have arrived to attend the meeting of five different organizations. The bodies which will meet here dur ing the next thre days are the North west Texas Press Association, the Commercial Club Association and the Palo Duro Park Association. The lat ter is composed of persons interested in the creation of national park out of the picturesque region of the Palo Duro canyon and have met here for the purpose of forming an organiza- tion for promoting the project. A number Of residents of New Mexico, as well as northwest Texas, are in attend ance at the convention.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-01-09
CENSUS OF
 LADY CANNES

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 9.-t Will be possible after tomorrow to asceI~ tain with some slight degree of accu" racy the manner of female dogs now inhabiting Tennessee. Under rte Graham law, passed by the last le5ia- lature. owners of female canine3 and required to register them in every county with the circuit clerk, anu the latter must report annually to the commissioner of agriculture by Jan'i- ary 10. In some counties little at tention has been paid to the law while in others large number of dogs h;tEe been registered. The aim of taa la" is to induce race suicide among Ten nesse canines by reducing the number of superfluous dogs of the female sex Much opposition to the law ha:: de veloped in some sections where the right to own canines in any qGArt'ty desired is considered one of the prjv:- leges by the constitution.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-01-09
BACK GIVES OUT.
Plenty of Pine Bluff Readers Have
 This Experience.

You tax the kidneys-overwork them
 They cant keep up the continual strain.
 The back gives out--it aches and pains;
 Urinary troubles set ill.
 Don't wait longer-take Doan's Kid ney Pills.
 Pine Bluff people tell you how they net.
 Claud Clegg of the Pine Bluff Paint >nd Wall Paper company, 417 Main treet, and living at 116 West Eff senth street, Pine Bluff, Ark, says: For about month I was consider ply annoyed by pain and lameness cross my kidneys. Stopping over md attempting to strighten up would cause sharp pains to dart through me like knife thrusts. Having heard many satisfactory reports about Do- ans Kidney Pills from people who had used them, gave them a trial, and less than half a box of them caused the lameness to entirely disappear. | There has been no return of the trouble s.nee,a and have recommend ed your remedy to &a number of my acauaintances and shall continue to do so." For sale by ell dealers. Price 50 cents. FOster-Milburn O., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's- and take no other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-01-09
Son1e Wives Are Different.

Most men" said the man of expert -nce. think it must ln awfuly nice tc have q wife Wio takes things as cool y as itayc Fot;nr's wife takes them, bgt others. iao:e discyiminaiin-. prefer ! good honest TOW to llrr style of quiet cynicism. ifc way she behaved tie other day whom she found n letter iil Dawes pocket frpl' a girl in Brnoklys! Is all eXanpic "f Ter mejhoti.
 "'I don't sea- wrote this girl, 'hoH on earth can ever live without YOU
 'Dave's wife read that gush and Il lot more just like it without ever turn ing hair.
 Well she said quietly, that .sif, is a fool. If she knew you as well as do she would be wondering how o'3 earth she could ever live with you
 And that. in the opinion of the di- criminating few. cuts q whole tot deer, CT than q comnon. everyday rumpus.' New York Globe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-01-09
Not lIp to His Natre.

George Peabody. the philanthroplSt, and John Bright often went to Ireland together to fish. One day they went q couple of miles up the shannon be tween Castleconnrl and hiiIa!"" They had engagcl tue services ot two boatmen. and as Bright and ieahody were keen anglers they made a long day of it. On returning i'll the rVrh!h- Bright. noticing q policeman on ihe river bank. asked what sum the hoai men were entitled to for their tune The constable said anything frop' seven and siNpcncc to 10 shItilngs' Bright turned to his compan!on. say ing: "l have no change, Peabody Have you three half crowns:' The millionaire produced the coins and gave them to one of the boatmen. who said, And is that all we're giylr' me-" That is all," replied Peabody. Well thst bates all I iver heard," observed the boatman, adding. as he scratched his head An they call ye Paybody Faith, should call ye Paynobody."- London Standard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-01-09
WOMAN WHO TALKED "pnsE:
Scheme to Secure Her City seau'
 fui Pieasurc Ground.

Had it not been for d Wonan'S it' ,. Bay City. Mich. would probably i-.' now }:c preparing to convert q N.aa acre strip of river front, occupied :. business houses. into 6 public parH, says the Detroit Free Press. The VI man is Mrs. Alfred E. Bouslield, wife of ono of the wealthicst residents "f Bay City. Mr. Botlsield is one ot t1le three mon a .lo brought the $22J2. el;! hotel and auditorium project to q sue cessfuI issue
 The day the old Fraser House burned Mrs. Bouslicld i,,...ar} talking park ih earncst ro her Isl ,',:)r3d. The latte" bc- came Impressed a.li, tl, idea, and ne broachoA t fe <. .. Fisher, president of the boarI of jT:5t;". ;;llti E. X. ite }E, his associates in t5t: Lotcl p"oject 1'!e three gentlemen pl'ossn+ed the sciesae to the public. aE1 it was ratified It the polls election ;!:r by l 1 to vote.
 As Il result of Mrs. Bousfield's i0na the new hotel viii cost SJ9,000 more than originally planned, fourteen neT
 
 are in the bands of the architects, oVe1 S4OO,O00 has changed hands in down town realty. business property has iN< creased in value from 25 to 100 lt'l cent. and buildings valued at S1oJ.Of} are 10 be torn down.
 Interest in the hotel and park propo eition. however. had aroused people generally in matters of civic improve ment, and Mrs. Bous1ield, always mors or less interested in municipal improve mcnt work by local clubs, took q lead ing part in the organization of the new Woman's Civic Improvement league She threw open her home on Cent"a avenue for meetings, to which womel of all classes of society were invited Other wives of wealthy men followed the example, and now the membership of the league is mounting rapidly to- ward the thousand mark.
 Absolute democracy prevails among the members, and women who have never before known each other owinc to differences in the social scale are working hand in hand They have overthrown all municipal precedents made a grand assault on the councl and secured the aid of the city in clean ing up the town, the city furnishin. the teams to haul away the accumu!a ton of winters debris from all pr' va1e residences.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-01-09
Chop Susy Best Of All.

q have tried them all in their na- tive haunts, and ike then." said the trave}er, according to the Baltimore Oun.
 "Tried what:' asked the bystander. "Railroads?'
 tNo; national dishes" answered tue traveller. 'The hot tatnale of the Mex ican, the goulash of the Hungarian, the chop suey of the Chink. are all known to me and many others.
 ''The best of them all Is chop Euey. The hot tamale is too hot and has very little nourishment to 1t, and goulash is too heavy. It tastes pretty good, but it is not food to recommend to man with weak stomach. Chop sucy. how ever, Is appetizing, easily digested and very nourishing. It Is the great contri- button of the orient to the occident in my opinion. 1t is made of rice, sprout- ed beans. celery and chickens blood, all mixed together in the form of soup and nicely seas0ned.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-01-09
LAB0R'S WILLY ENEMIES.
Their Nsvtsst Policy Aims to Diseredlt
 leadsrs of unionism.

Their Nswsst Policy Aims to Diseredlt
 Leaders of unionism.
 In an address recently delivered be- fore the Central Labor union of Wash lngton, Charles w. Darr of that city struck a keynote when he urged the labor leaders to be conservative and fair minded. He said the great labor movement was very much in the pub lie eye at this time, and there are carp. ing critics who stand ready to assail the men of brain and brawn whenever they make the slightest false move ment, MT. Darr maintained that it was right for the forces of labor to express their views on all matters and said such action would prove effective in the future as 1t had in the past.
 President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor at the same meet ing declared It was the policy of the enemies of organized labor not to throw discredit upon the trades unions. but upon the characters of the men who compose the unions or who lead in the labor movements. He said there are myriads of men in the labcr move ment who have marvellous abilities for forming constructive policies.
 Tt is part of the policy of labor unions," he declared. ito lead ln thought aud eleyating influences"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-01-09
A Plant of All Work,

The fields as well as the broad roads of Ecuadorhr inclosed by adobe walls surmounted by the broad leaved Amer ican aloe. The aloe, sometimes called the century plant, Is one of the most useful and important plants in tie country. The Indians thatch their huts with it's leaves. The leaves when tap. ped yield sirup. They can also be used as soap and the spines as pins. The fiber is woven into sacks, and from it are made the coarse sandals worn by the common people. The tall flower stalks are used for beans and ladders. The flowers. boiled and soaked in vine. gar. make an agreeable pickle.-Nation. al Geographic Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-01-09
The Axial Rotation of Venus.

For over two centuries it was gener- ally accepted that. like the earth. the planet Venus rotated on its axis in 2 little less than twenty-four hours, bus since Schiaparelli after long and care full observation Of the planet suggest ed that the actual rotation period was between six and nlne months astroGl. omers have devoted much attention to this matter. In the Observatory Mfr DennIng sums mp the available evi- dence on the point and can only con clude that this particular problem still iefies solution. Life on Venus would be very different from life on the earth should the planets avial rotation be. ss Schiaparelli asserted, identical with the period of its revolution round the sun, as in that case the same hep1l- sphere would always be turned to tht' sun and enjoy perpetual day, while the opposite hemisphere would he doomed to eternal night
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-01-09
ORGANIZE ALL
 BUILDING TRADES

New York, Jan. 9.-One n4ilion vorkmen will be included in the u.em- bership of the new organization e.n- bracing all the building trades unions in the country, which was formally launched at a meeting held today. The new body is the result of proposal made at the last annual meeting Of the American Federation of Labor ill Norfolk. A charter will be asked for at the next meeting of the executive council of the American Federati >n, to he held here on January 20.