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Evening journal., 1909-02-03

IL are no better than pleasant
commercial dreams until
they are brought before the pub
lie BY a newspaper that reaches
ell classes of people.
That's THE JOURNAL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
The Billboards.

Maj Sylvester's plea for a law permit
ting the regulation of advertising bill
boards by the municipality should be
promptly needed by Congress. These
boards covered with announcements OF
liquors. plays and a. thousand and one
articles of trade, offend both the mora
and the artistic sense of the community
The chief of police dwells particularly
upon the effect of 'show'' posters on the
younger minds, pointing out their dan
gerous stimulation of criminal tenden-
cies.
Some of these great pictures are obnox-
ious merely because they are crude, un-
lovely spiotches of bad drawing. Others
offend more seriously by transgr ossing
the laws of decency. If the Commission
ers were given discretionary powers fol
the regulation of such prints no reputable
business would be injured. Those that art
tasteful, unobjectionable posters suffer
from the presence of the garish, sugges-
tive prints, and it would be to their adj
vantage if the public authorities We're
given jurisdiction over all to prevent the
display of the offensive products.
Washington should have led the van OF
American cities in the matter of billboard
by several. The streets OF the capital
are SO disgracefully d,sfigured by tnesl
proclamations it is a wonder the fact has
not obtruded itself upon the attention OF
members Of Congress long since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
The United States and Italy.

When Congress meets tomorrow Its frs,
action should. and doubtless will. be the
passage of a bill appropriating a sum OF
money for the relief of the sufferers ir
Italy 1t matters not what the size OF
this appropriation may be. the untold
sufferings of the people of the stricken
land call for this expression Of Ameri-
can sympathy and this rendered aid. II
Is true that from private purses tens
OF thousands of dollars are now being
offered freely In the most benefcent
spirit of charity. and that the total viii
stand as a striking evidence Of the lib.
erality of the American nation. 1t is
proposed to SEND the battleship fleet tC
the scene OF the disaster to aid as ia!
as may be in restoring order and reducing
the sufferings of the survivors. Already
the United States has dispatched q spe
cial supply ship to Italy freighted will
rations and comforts which were designed
for the globe-encircling feet Of war yes.
sells An appropriation of funds to b,
placed Immediately by cable at the dis
posai of the italian government would
be a stroke of generosity never to b,
forgotten by the people of the afflicted
peninsula This is the paramount dut!
of the first day of Congress after tn.
Christmas holidays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
American Hurry and Hustle. 4"
Says the London Times:

There is evidently considerable exag-
seraton in the European conception OF
the United States a land of universal
hurry and hustle. No one can glance at
Mr.. RooSevelts message to Congress.
some extracts from which we publish to-
day. without feeling envfous of the i'm
mense leisure and repose which alone can
enable the American people to digest a
document so voluminous. For 1t Is, OF
course, understood that. though addressed
TO Congress, the presidential message Is
intended to be read by all good citizens
throughout the Union. No European
ruler would venture TO address such an
aliocution to his subjects. Every one Is
painfully aware that life in the old world
is too snort and too busy for a disquisi-
ton of such length to become the subject
OF general study. however august may be
fits source. But II Is evident from the
habitual proiixity of these manifestoes
that those who best know the American
citizen credit him with those habits of
patient study which leisure alone can
evolve.
Is this sarcasm? 1t sounds like It. Or
are we supposed to read. mark. learn
and inwardly digest all presidential mes
sages and other state papers in this gio-
rious country?
Well. we do not. We dispatch them. as
we do everything else. They are subject,
as is everything else. to the American law
OF hurry and hustle" We may so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03

ment, and upon receipt of your acknowl-
englnent a general certificate will be duly
forwarded to you.
In extending this courtesy, the highest
! within the gift of the corps. the command
| feel that they are honoring themselves In
complimenting one whose fellow citizens
| number him among the worlds foremost
leaders of men and organizers of activi-
ties
The value of this recognition is not tc
be fully appreciated without list OF the
men who have previously received It,
They are John H. Starin. elected in 1856
King Edward VII Of England. elected in
1861; Chauncey M. Depew, 1879; Theo-
dore Roosevelt. w. Seward Webb, +. p
Olcott. John Boyd Thatcher and Rufus A.
Peckham, all elected In 1883; President
Porfirio Diaz of Mexico, elected in 1891;
Andrew Carnegie. 1893; Levi p. Morton,
the Duke of Veragua and Bishop Doane
of Albany. all elected in 1894 Admiral
George Dewey, 1899; Sir Thomas Upton
and NJ. E. Stone, 1901 Comte Rene de
Rochambeau, 1902; ]. Pierpont Morgan
and August Belmont, 1903.
No wonder we are hearing a good deal
about the resumption of political activity
by Mr.. Croker. No wonder 1.-The old
guard is anxious that he take command
and direct the coming mayoralty battle.
"See," he is told, "how strong you still
are with the people. See what your place
really is among the leaders of men. Take
your place again at the head of the col
umn, and show, as you have so often
done before the way to victory. Ireland
can wait. Your race horses need not go
stale. You can go back and look after
them after the campaign is over. Put the
man above the horse. Now that you are
in the country remain while there is work
for you
While Mr.. Croker is not man of senti-
ment, he would be much harder than a
political boss usually is were he indif-
ferem to appeals like this. He may not
yield to them. He may decide to go back
in the spring according to program. and
let Tammany hoe it's own row under
Murphy. But the praise. we may be sure,
is reaching his heart. and giving him mo-
ments OF great comfort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
Honorinp Mr.. Croker.

Richard Croker makes progress in the
land of his former residence. If he
gets a blow now and then he gets a
boost soon after. His experience on his
present visit has been varied. but so far
he seems to be ahead Of his enemies.
A few weeks ago a New York rabbi ex-
pressed himself in public In terms of
severe condemnation of the former boss
of Tammany Hall, and Of public men
who do him honor. He declared that the
friendly attentions paid to such a man in
the city where his record had been made
and was still familiar was a reflection on
the community. And there was some
praise of the rabbits deliverance.
But now comes the Burgesses Corps Of
Albany with an honor for Mr.. Croker
which must please him greatly. 1t may
cause him to forget the rabbits scathing
words. The secretary of the Albany or
ganization. in a letter to Mr.. Croker.
says:
IT have the honor to inform you that at
the annual meeting of the Burgesses
Corps held on Monday evening. December
2S, you were unanimously elected life
member without fee or service require
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
A WORD FROM PUNKIN HOLLOW.

We are not rich as some folks and we'~
earnin' ali git:
We've been hopin' long to strike H. but we
haven't done IL yit;
Ma she has the rheunoa tizzum-stiI she cItS
around somehow
Twas week ago last Monday that we lost the
spotted COW.
And l spose some folks would grumblc with
such luck as we have had
But 1t might be worse, / reckon though irR
been uncommon bad
There IS Pickering DoolIttie-why you'd think
to hear him growl
That the fates were .keepin' busy schcmin' how
TO make him howl:
Has look that's always hopeless never sees a
CLEAN ahead:
Tother day i heard him sayin' that he wished
that he dead;
Yit he's merely got bunion that is Robin him
OF rest
And deprivin' him of courage to keep hop,n' for
the best.
Amt no to set down frettin' over things
that can't be cured
IL / had the rheumatizzum IL 'ud braveiy he
endured:
Bunions wouldn't make me srumble II my barns
were full of hay,
Blame it, though. 1t was unlucky that our COW
was took away;
Understand; I'm not compla!nin' at the Kind of
luck we've had
Things might be much worse, I reckon, though
they've been uncommon bad.
5. j.. kiser, In the Chicago Record Herald.
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DOWN In DIXIE.

| From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
| Taft says: II am glad you all praise me
before / have taken Office See? Falling
into it as if to the southern manner born
you all"
| From the Newark News.
| From the comments Of the newspapers
down there it appears that Mr.. Taft is
marching through Geargia at pace that
Sherman never dreamed of-eighteen holes
at a clip, in fact.
| From the Houston Post.
| Strangers are f1ocking to Augusta to
see the next President, and Augusta. ac-
| cording to all reports. Is taking them in
strictly and merciessly on cash basis.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
| The President-elect Is man of such
originality that there is at least posi-
bility that he will not address his Atlanta
audience as Southrons.
From the Spartanburg Herald.
| For advertising purposes Mr.. Taft should
put an Atlanta man In his cabinet.
From the Birmingham Age-Herald.
| When the President-elect goes to Texas
| no doubt the Texans will be able to show
him on banner the big majority they
| cast against him.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Augusta. Ca, hopes to get conspicuously
on the map by bringing Taft and Rookie
Teller together In golf game.
From the Chicago News.
| Georgia is beginning to look on Taft as
| a native son.
From the Dayton Herald.
| From all accounts Augusta, Ga, Is
really good place In which to retire from
| the hurry burly Of the world and snOoza
| away few weeks all unconscious that
| there Is q strenuous life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
The new LEAVES.

From the Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
Smile and the world smiles with Won.
swear off and you swear alone.
From the Columbus Dispatch.
In making resolutions for the new year.
make them to keep, not to break. They
should be good resolutions and should be
backed by the will to make them effective.
Lacking this. even a good resolution NAV
be an instrument of injury.
From the indianapolis News.
There still remains much to be done in
the way of perfecting the dirigible New
Year resolution.
From the Columbia Is. CO. State.
We shall soon have enough good res
olutions to pave large part of the place
that affects that kind of pavement
From the Detroit News
Why make new set Of resolutions?
Last years will probably look as good as
new when they are brought out and
busted.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
There Is some slight satisfaction in the
reflection that it will be several days be-
fore the 1909 resolutions are in quite such
bad shape as the 1908 ones are.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
The LATEST FRENCH "AffAIRE. +"

| From the Knoxville Sentinel.
| The man that pulled President Fallieres'
beard may have taken him for Santa
Claus and wanted to see whether 1t was
asbestos or cotton.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Not since BENJAMIN. Harrison has this
country had a President susceptible to
the sort of chastisement visited upon Fail
Heres The executive of the Empire state
is one qualified to sympathize with the
chagrined and unhappy Frenchman.
From the Galveston News.
The restaurant waiter who attempted to
pull the whiskers of the President of
France had probably pulled his leg doz-
ems Of times.
From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
The President of France looks in the
glass every morning to see If his whis-
kers are on straight.
From the Milwaukee Free Press.
If a crazy waiter can throw France into
a turmoil what would demented cook do
to that excitable country.
From the Newark Star.
Will somebody please show that item
about the French president having his
whiskers pulled to Gov. Hughes?
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MARK TWAIN.

When I recall how fist I met
Mark iva IAN infant barely three
Rolling a tinv cigarette
While cooling Oh his nurses knee.
Since then in every sort of place
I've met with Mark and heard him Joke.
Yet how can describe his face?
never saw it for the smoke.
At school he won a mokership-
At Harvard College Cambridge, Mass.).
HIS name was soon on every lip:
They made him smoker" of his class.
Who will forget his smoking bout
With Mount Vesuvius-our cheers
When Mount Vesuvius went out
And didn't smoke again for years?
The news was flashed to Englands king,
Who begged Mark Twain to come and star.
Offered him dukedomS- thing
To smoke the London fog away.
But Mark was firm. 81 bow" said he,
''Te no imperial command:
No ducal coronet for me:
My smoke Is for my native land.'
For Mark there waits brighter crowni
When Peter comes his card to read
He'll take the sign mo Smoking" down;
Then heaven will be heaven indeed.
Oliver Hcrford in CollisseA
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PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio.

Ohio has set a good example. VIII
Pennsylvania follow?
Mr.. Foraker and Mr.. Knox are of the
| same grade as lawyers. Both stand in
the front rank of the profession. In the
Senate they have been reckoned among
| their party's ablest advisers. On both
sides of the chamber they have command
ed large degree of respect.
Mr. Foraker has taken the more promi-
nent part there, partly because of his
longer service, and partly because of his
longer experience in politics He entered
politics when quite young, and had held
office before coming to the Senate. And
then he is an orator. and the Senate is an
excellent field for the display of that
gift. Given a warm discussion over a
| constitutional or a political point. and
Mr.. Foraker as naturally takes a hand as
duck does water.
Called upon to choose successor to
Mr.. Foraker, the Ohio republicans have
decided upon a man of the intellectual
type in every way equal to the Office.
Although without Mr.. Foraker's gift as
a speaker. Mr.. Burton expresses himself
with ease and ability both with tongue
and pen, and has for years been a student
of politics. He will shake down in the
Senate like the veteran that he u.s. He
will be as much at home in the upper as
he has been In the lower house of Con-
gress. and his place will be among the
Senate's leaders as 1t has been among
the Houses. Ohio has done we'll.
Pennsylvania should not fail to observe
and do likewise. The successor of Mr..
Knox should be man of his Intellectual
company, who would In every way take
his place In the Senate. By sending Mr..
Knox to the Senate. the keystone state
incurred a sort If obligation to the coun-
try. She inst tuted a sort OF reform. She
not only confessed his ability, but her
own need .. it In an arena where she
had lon.; been mute and inglorious"
She should not go back to thu old silence
and insignificance. So great a state must
have another Knox If by another name.
A Knox by any other name would serve
as we'll
Pennsylvania history. however. does
not compare with Ohio's in matters of
this kind. AS a rule. the Buckeye state
has had very able and distinguished rep
resentation in the Senate. Money and
atorial elections there. Only once or twice
have they prevailed, and then the reac-
| ton was prompt.
But Pennsylvania should try to do the
right thing now. The eyes of the coun-
| try are on her, and she should meet
the full require ments of the case. If a
Burton is available he should be COM
missioned and put on the job
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| through them too rapidly-on too much o.
| gallop-but go through them we do with
out a denial of attention to other things
and we manage to get the marrow.
1t must be remembered that we are
nation of rapid readers. We are trained
In the art Of cutting corners, cuttms
across lots, getting there in short order
We know what we want. and go for II
We are not shippers or skimmers sc
much as specialists. SO to say. What ap
peals to US and has claims on US. that we
give the necessary time to. The rest Is
for those interested in it.
Newspapers cater to this taste. Head
lining and subheading have been carried
to perfection. reader may tell almost
at glance what there is for him IN
long paper. state or otherwise. He neeo
not search the whole deliverance. pain
fully, and deliberately. and even prayer
fully. for what he wants. Editorial care
and skill guide him, and he finds and de-
YOURS things with ease.
There is temptation, let us all admit,
for a President in a message to Con-
gress to spin matters at too great length.
There are many topics to be treated.
Domestic affairs are varied. Foreign al
fairs are growing more important all the
time. There is much to be said. A wide
taste is to be gratified. Here Is man
whose chief concern Is a domestic ques-
ton. There a man whose concern Is a
foreign question. Yonder man whose
concern is the universe, and he wants
something about everything. And all
have claims upon their chief magistrate.
So the President tries to meet the de-
mand, and in his effort may consume too
much space.
Our Presidents, as a rule. have not ex-
celled with the pen. And then they have
had many dry topics to deal with. This
has appeared to add to the length and
"heft'' of their deliverances to Congress.
Mr.. Lincoln had the gift of great ex-
preston. and wrote besides at time
when every word was of the utmost
value. His state papers of every kind
were exceptions for strength and interest.
Since that time no President has written
SO we'll as Gen. Harrison. who with both
pen and tongue had the faculty Of stat
ing his case with remarkable force and
clearness. His messages to Congress were
conventional in length and comprehensive
ness. but In the manner of stating the
matter thoroughly readable from the first
line to the last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
The WICGLY PEOPLE.

When nurse has snuffed the candle wick
And tucked my covers tight
She draws the curtains. tiptoes out
And leaves me for the night
Then. cuddling over on my side
Before ! fall asleep
I watch the open fire. where
The W;ggly People keep.
At first they're shy, maybe-because
They know I'm waiting here
(They never come till II is dark,
Those Wlggly People queerl:
But soon a firebrand snaps-oh, then
1t IL the greatest fun
To see them scamper into sight
And leap and dance and run.
They wave to me: they bow md scrape;
They play their nightly games.
These slender, twisting, shadowy things
That live within the flames.
But all too soon I'm fast asleep.
So that I do not know
How long they stay each night, or where
The Wiggly People go!
Maize V. Caruthers in Lppincott's
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The DRUDCELESS LIFE.

Who will take the washerwoman's place a
he tub? VIII the ditcher's son fall heir to hi
ather's spade II not, how is the work of tn
world to be done ?-The State Superintendent o
public instruction.
Who'll take the washerwoman's place
Before the tub,
And scatter buttons with such gracef
That's not the rub
The weekly wash will get its scrub,
And liven up the scenery
On other lines (while at the club
She is) all by machinery.
The ditcher's son will pass along
His fathers spade:
He feels that he is overStronG
For such trade;
BY such means he would be delayed
In chasing hard for riches;
And engines. for that purpose made.
VIII dig the bitches.
The handmade IS not such a need
Now OF yore.
For we must have much greater speed
Than heretofore:
All work by hands an awful bore
And very much too slow:
So very few things any more
Are real handmade, you know.
indianapolis News.
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BALLAD OF The WORLDLY WISE.

Your game may be the rankest skin
Or fair as scientific chess:
It's always fair, though II you win:
You've seen some proof of that / guess.
All Will applaud as you progress.
Deceit is but clever ruse,
And falsehood merely finesse.
Its.ve wicked, though, to lose
To fall! Indeed. there lies the sin.
Succeed and men your name will bless.
All hangs on how the ball may spin
And what the measure OF success.
He takes his chances. more or less,
The man who fckle fortune woos.
Hail to the victor! Cheer himi Yes
It's very wicked. though, to lose.
For ethics who will care a pin
Until they see you've made miss
OF what you've tried? They then begin
To talk OF fines and vile duress.
Then retribution close will press
Upon the doleful loser whose
Worst foes might pity his distress
It's very wicked, though, to lose.
LENVOI
Win. and / think you will confess
The wide world smiles and softly coos.
It's confidence you then possess.
It's very wicked, though, to lose.
Chicago Newa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
TurkeV.

The sultan. at the banquet he gave to
the parliamentary deputies Friday night.
held the tone of a ruler who had never
erred or strayed from constitutional paths
in his life. At any rate, according to
his promise, he is not going to stray
from them any more. He talks wei.
But maybe it is In Turkey as elsewhere,
talk is cheap. He is a willy old gentle
man who will bear watching. If there
IS not a string to the constitution he SO
highly praises and pledges himself to
support a great many persons scattered
over the world will De surprised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
THE LIMITATIONS OF AGE.

The other night when me an Jim
Was matchin'. our gray hairs & see
The which WINS Oldest me err him,
An limberest an spryest, he
Jist 'frogged' a tlepost three feet hign
An broke his wishbone, mighty nigh!
I swan, I thought i had more sense
Than ever { foller him,
Thinks /: Well, DUN the consequence,
I'm just ez pert an spry ez Jim!''
! hitched my pants an spit an then
I "frogged" that tiepost back again.
An law. II teched that shot o his
He got the time the army was:
An me! got the roomatiZ.
Like what sich foolin allus does;
An now us two OIL fools kin see
We're older'n what we used Z be,
John ID. Wells, in Buffalo News
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BUzzARDS.

All venezueians
Now abroad
The barring Of
Castro applaud.
And they arc buying tickets
To take them home
Across the foam,
They're standing singing
Home. Sweet Homo
At steamship agents wickets.
They're patriots!
They pant to so
And help their
~, Suff' ring land. you know.
Their hearts are filled
With noble thrills,
And love Of home
Each bosom fills
Later they'll fill their pockets.
j. N. Lewis. In the Houston Post
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The Gutter.


1t amt the failures he may meet
That keeps a man from winning;
It's the Encouragement complete
That blocks a new beginnin';
You want to quit your habits bad;
And when the shadows fittin
Make life seem worthless like an sad,
You want to quit your quittin';
You want to quit a-layin' down
An sayin' hope is over,
Because the fields are bare an brown,
Where once we lived in clover.
When jolted from the water-cart
It's painful to be hittin'
The earth: but make another start.
Cheer up, an quit your quittin'!
Although the game seems rather stiff,
Don't be a doleful doubter:
There's always one more inning If
You're not a down-and-outer.
But fortunes pretty sure to fee
From folks content with sittin' =
Around, an sayin' life's n. G.
You've got to quit your quittin'.