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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
TEACHERS CLo'Es."
Little People Knew What They

Little People Knew What They
Liked Best I'm School.
A teacher whose little pupils are
for the most part immigrants asked
them not long ago to each think a
moment. and be ready TO ter what
thing In school they liked best The
first hand raised was Annetta's, and
her answer came. at the nod of per-
mission, with explosive enthusi ism.
Ii was:
Teachers cloes,"
Being, as it were, already accus-
toned to the unexpected in dealing
with her flock, teacher accepted this
reply as quite in the natural order of
things. and. proceeded to turn 1t to
account. She was glad. she said, that
Annetta liked her clothes. because she
really took a good deal of pains to
have them nice. They were, she point.
ed out, always very simple; but she
tried to choose pretty colors. and abov g
all things, to keep them neat. Nobody
could help sometimes tearing holes or
clean the spots and darn the holes as
soon as possible. Indeed. lady, or a
ladylike little girl, would feel very un-
comfortable II she had to stay untidy
more than little while. She added:
See, l keep this little work-bag in
my desk. and | will always lend it to
any one who wants to mend her dress
In recess. Perhaps l might even some.
times see place that you could mend,
but hadn't noticed would you like me
to tell you If l do? | am sure if there
was anything wrong with my clothes
that | could put right. / should wish
to be told"
The lure OF the dainty work-bag and
the artful suggestion of reciprocity
worked admirably toward an increase
of tidiness for some days. Then came
visit from a group of DISTINGUISHED
educators. More chalk was needed In
the course Of a blackboard exercise.
and teacher reached up for it to
high shelf. AS she turned, several
hands shot up. but she ignored them
to finish the task in hand. Presently
she raised her arm high in using the
pointer. More hands waved excitedly.
A moment later she did so again. An
META could endure no more
"Scusi, teacher" she cried, but your
waist buttons will be all bust off If
don't tell you, First it was one bust
off, and then 1t was two bust off. and
then 1T was one more bust off. and the
last one that busted went down the
register!"
1t was very flushed teacher, in a
becoming II semi-detached blouse, who
explained to three twinkling educators
some additional points in her methods
upon which she had not expected to
dwell.-Youth's Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

future the methods of modern business will so chanea
that the old man. per Sc, will be more in demand than
he is now Economic philosophers are to the effect
in general the who has grown old ought TO
have a competence upon which to retire Cold hard
facts that ndisputable show how impossible this is
Probably in the majority where earnest
honest have worked at a chosen work that old
age problem is met If, until the end the worker is
privileged work To die in the harness is bv tbou
sands considered an ideal ending of ideal life Ac
cumulated money and idle ease have shortened thou
sands OF lives at the expense of Tor this
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
English Pie

English Plea for Cities beautiful,
What England wants just now is a
man, or several, OF infinite ability
and ample means, who, purely for the
sake of their art alone, will prepare
imaginary schemes showing how and
In what way our cities ought to grow
If they are to be healthy dwelling
places and beauty spots instead of
blots upon our land.-English Build
ing News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Charm Of Inward beauty.

Love is the great beautifier of the
face. However shaggy the brows, OBJ
lique the eyes. longitudinal the nose
and struggling the mouth. it is posi-
BILE for even such woman to possess
an inward beauty which perishes not,
which will flash out in the eye, glow
in the face. tune the voice and wreathe
the countenance in charms. The
beauty which is only surface deep is
likely to prove as evanescent as the
passing cloud.-Exchange
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Men Of Large Views.

Quoting from Henry Clary's words.
i owe paramount allegiance to the
whole country, a subordinate one to
my State the Washington Post sug-
gests that there are too few men of
the Clay type left In Congress. Con-
gress has exercised national leader
ship in those periods in which it dealt
with large national questions and
strongly reflected popular ideas. In
the decade before the war. and again
in the decade after the war, the legis-
lative department held the center of
the stage. 1t fought out the crucial
issues of the time, shaped the policies
of the political parties, and Overshad-
owed the administration as factor in
national affairs. 1t was able to do so
because both branches were rich in
men or large views and a broadened
sense of responsibility, who did not
dream that their activities should be
limited to promoting the special in
terests of their States and districts
We have happily outgrown section
dllSlu III the uduSclOuo ScuSc, iuI uO
vital interests or antagonists now
bind any considerable number of
States together in hostility to the rest
of the country. But a new spirit of
localism or parochialism has develop
ed, which tempts certain representa-
tives and Senators to shut their eyes
to national needs, and to work exclu-
sively for the advantage of their par
ticular constituencies. Such a spirit
is demoralizing, and its bad effects
have been conspicuous in the failure
of various legislators at this session
of Congress to realize, with Henry
Clay, that they owe a paramount allie
glance to the whole country and only
subordinate one to the subdivisions
which sent them to Washington
New York Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Undoubtedly professional and, 1t
seems to us, unnecessary, is the eX-
element in Washington over the chop
ping which President Taft is expect
ed to do upon the tariff schedules. If
we 60 back almost year TO the ma
tional campaign, we recall that one of
the slogans was revision downward.
1t is true that revision upward. where
it might be required. was likewise
pledged. but there is no gainsaying
that the general import of the prom
Use was revision downward.
1t is true also that this declaration
as to what was TO be done with the
tariff was uncalled for The people
of the United States did not elect Mr..
Taft and a Republican Congress be-
cause they wanted the tariff lowered.
They voted for him because they want
ed to beat William Jennings Bryan
and to continue the party control and
policy under which the country has
risen from the poverty and distress
of the second Cleveland administra-
tion and to the wealth and power Of
the decade next spanned. If the Re-
publican platform had never men
toned revision, the Republican party
would have been just as surely tri-
umphant as it became with its re-
vision promise. If Mr.. Taft had de-
clared that not schedule OF the
Dingley act would be touched with his
consent he would have carried the
states he did carry, and with as big
pluralities.
This revision pledge, We say. was
a gratuitous addition to the regular
program; in respect OF its real impor-
lance 1t was nonsense. Nevertheless.
the promise of revision was made.
and, as the Press said at the assem-
bling of Congress, the man or the
party that makes promise would bet
ter keep it, or be prepared to undergo
an impaired credit.-New York Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
R0lifical ROfDOurrt.

Statesmen in Illinois are preparing
to draft another primary law to take
the place made vacant by the decision
of the courts of that state which de-
clared the third law made by them
on this subject to be unconstitutional.
They have certainly had practice
enough in the making of these laws TO
frame proper one this time.-Topeka
Journal
j. Ham. Lewis announces. as the re-
suit of his profound studies in the
Orient, that the United States is GER
tain to have war with China. Impor-
tant, if true, but unfortunately the dis
covery comes too late to be of service
to Mr. Lewis in his 1908 campaign for
Governor of Illinois.-Indianapo
Star.
Governor Hughes vetoes a bill pro-
viding for the expenses of himself and
his staff to visit the Seattle exposition
and will pay his own expenses. No
wonder the politicians are unable to
understand the Governor. He is not
of their sort.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
To supply plumage for ladies' hats,
and other decorations, 100000. 900
birds ORC annua1Ix,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Strange.

I'VE men down at the factory can't
understand II at ALL"
WHAT"
THE old man put his son in charge
of one of the departments to-day. and
the young fellow really acts as though
he knows something. Detroit Free
Press
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
MANS MIND PART OF UNIVERSAL MIND.

We are gradually and inevitably drawn to
the conclusion that mind is everything and
matter but an expression of the universal
mind. A table, house or a machine is the
embodiment of some human mind. stone
is the embodiment of some mind at present
inaccessible to US, OF some will at present
inscrutable.
OF one thing we nav be certain-no mi.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

They say he's proud of his new
baby"
Proud. l should say he Is. He
actually believes that something has
occurred In his family that no other
family has ever experienced.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

does honor TO these volunteers of art is the fact that
no financial bait naces the greater part of these paint
ers to follow this vocation.
In justice to these dilcttanti brush 1t
said that many of them do not pretend that they will
gain either glory fortune by their paintings Less
presumptuous than poets, less chimercal than must
clans many Of talent who hang up their pictures
In salons from time to time admit they paint
the pleasure of painting only
The pleasure of painting is complex. While giving
an occupation for the painters fingers painting is
exactly thing to stir the soul of tn; amateur The
amateur is not required undertake number of com
positions and to pick out the most diff ult. faithful
reproduction Of house at the edge of stream and the
amateur has gained the name of artist. Painting
within the limits In which the Gettant exercises it is
one OF those arts swhere invention originality
been greatly reduced. successful copy of picture
OF great master with them passes for work of art
The most mediocre painting has thousand more
OF chance to be seen than literary masterpiece has
the chance to be read 1t Is for these that
vas and brush stand in danger of remaining idle
But Will art gain by 1t? That is another question
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Steady Relief.

Baby whimpered for a drink:
Willie filled her up with ink.
Mamma, laughing at the lad.
Fed the babe with blotting pad.
Plain Dealer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
"OLD MAN" PROBLEM FOR YOUNG MAN
By John A. Rowland

Young men. middleaged men and old men
have been interested alike in the problem of
the "old man. IN business That specific COM
plant of the old man is that he is not want
ed Modern business admits the fact But
young men and men in the prime of their
lives must grow old. What are the young
men and the men of middle age going to do
about it? 1t Is not likely that in any near
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Michael o.Gran,. Mistake.

A member of the Irish Sixty-ninth
New York was taken prisoner one day,
but by strategic movement managed
to shoot his captor. Taking circuit
Gus route and skulking about for a
day. he finally came on a group of
officers. Rushing into their midst. he
kicked up his heels in true Irish polka
style. and exclaimed:
BE -. but I'm safe at last, Hurry
fur the shtars and stroips GOV our
own blessed Amereky, and the divil
fly away wild the ribels,"
Hello, Paddy! what is the natter
said one.
Matter is 1T? Begorry. thers be
matter enough out in the field yander
where OF killed the dirty spalpane
who was after stating me body. Divel
one of them is able to take the
loikes of a Sixty-ninth boy. But me
name is not Paddy; 1t is Michael
O'Graff, at yer service. sir
'You were taken prisoner by the
rebels. were you, Mike?" said one Of
the officers.
"Oi was SIR, and 1t is no disgrace
to get away"
"And you escaped" said the ON
GER.
THAT is thrue, SIR
"And you killed your captor?"
"Oi did, yer honor, and his thaving
carcass lies out in the field beyant, an
imblim of my courage"
"You seem to be loyal Union
MANI" said the officer.
"Niver a loyaler one liver popped a
Confederate, begorry, sir"
The officer then turned to a subordi-
nate and said:
Lieutenant, secure this prisoner"
holy Moses." exclaimed Mike.
what have / done? Begorry. and
Oil make me word good, and may the
divel take the hindmost," said Mike,
as he started to run. But he was soon
recaptured.
Mike had made mistake, and had
been talking to General Wilcox and
staff.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

First Sparrow-Hi there, If you
value your life don't alight on that
tree.
Second Sparrow-Why not?
First Sparrow-It's pussy willow.
Boston Transcript.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Blow gently, winds. blow gently, pray.
She wears her beehive bonnet;
oh, let no rough blasts disarray
The flowers that are upon IL.
Detroit Free Press
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

We never knew woman to light
a lamp that she didn't say, That
chimney looks as though ii had never
been cleaned, but / know Ii has"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

No man ever fell in love with a
suffragist; when you find a man mar
ried to a suffragist, he fell in love
with her before she became one.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

There isn't much in the biographies
OF successful men as to what saloon
was the fayorite hang-out of their
youth ~
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

The police In Australian cities are
empowered to enter private dwellings
in which they suspect gambling IL
going on.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
PAINTINGS APPEAL TO THE DILETTANT.
By Marcel Provost

Painting, believe, is getting to be the
most tempting art for the dilettant, more
tempting even than music. There are more
painters than there are musicians, writer's,
than everything else. almost There are In
finite numbers of them. The most modest
banquet OF painters reunites hundreds of
guests. At every exposition modern paint
ings cover large area of space And what
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Most bores are bores because they
insist on giving their opinions about
everything under the sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Red Tape and Common Sense.

Red Tape and Common Sense.
The immigration authorities gave ali
illustration the other day of the Inn
mense superiority of red tape to COM
mon sense. The law requires thai
every immigrant who lands should pos
sess at least S25, and that those who
arrive on these shores with anything
less than that must be Immediately de-
ported. So, when a 16-year-old girl
arrived from Russia with SO less
than the required amount, the imm'-
grafton officials knew exactly what to
do. 1t mattered not that she was the
niece and ward of a well-to-do Louis
vile merchant; it mattered not thai
she wired him for funds, nor that she
had a through ticket to Louisville.
The law was plain. Red tape, thai
sacrosanct article in official life, mus
not be cut. Accordingly, the girl was
hurried on to another steamship with
in eight hours of her arrival and start
ed on her way back.
The next morning came a wire Tom
the uncle with money sufficient to meet
the laws requirements. But by that
time the girl was far out at sea. and
there was nothing to do but wait for
her arrival on the other side, when she
can take ship again for America. She
viii thus make the tip across the,
ocean three times But the majesty
of the Law has been indicated; the
officials saw their duty and did it,
without the slightest attempt to use
ordinary common sense
The case Is by no means an isolated
or uncommon one. The immigration
ofncials in numerous cases have de-
ported doubtful incomers, when their
right to enter might have been estab-
lished by a few days detention at
Ellis Island. while their friends had
time to learn of their plight and come
to the rescue. Apparently. the worship
of red tape is carried to as great and
ridiculous lengths in the immigration
service as anywhere among the numer-
Gus government circumlocution Offices.
Minneapolis Journal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Roumania has a prison for women
which is managed by women.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Kissed Him for HI. Mother,


At a small village in the mountain
region of Tennessee, where company
of Federal soldiers were quartered. a
report was started one day that Con-
federate prisoner at the quarters had
died. The report soon spread, and
came one of the bellies of that region.
who said she wanted to kiss the dead
Confederate for his mother She ap-
piled at the headquarters for permits
sion to see the dead soldier, expressing
her desire by way of showing her love
for the Southern cause. The officer OF
the day concluded to play joke on
Lieutenant L, he being in one of
the back rooms of the house used for
a headquarters. taking a nap. As
there was no Confederate dead the
officer did not like to see the mountain
beauty disappointed; so he told her
the Confederate corpse was In the
back room, showing her the way
When the door was opened there lay
the lieutenant on his back asleep on
cot The ardent Southern girl rushed
up to him, threw her arms around his
PROSTATE form, and exclaimed, "Oh,
let me kiss him for his mother" at
the same time pressing her lips to his
brow.
This rather novel procedure awak-
ened the lieutenant, and he took in
the situation at a glance, clasped the
mountain daisy in his arms, and, re-
turning the salute, exclaimed:
Never mind the old lady. Go it
on your own hook, gal. I'm willing"
Before the little Southern lady could
extricate herself from the lieutenant's
embrace she was not only kissed for
her Mother but for the whole family.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

They were discussing men. One
lady asked Aunt Sophia If she knew
the meaning of the expression IAN
average man."
"Of course ] do" she promptly rs-
piled. IAN average man is one who
smiles and looks pleasant all day. at
the office, and when he comes home
acts as cross as a bear with a sore
head In order to keep up the aver
age"
Sociologist--Do you have mucn trou-
BILE keeping down expenses? The Toll
er-Not so much as keeping up the
revenue Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
A Surprised Darby.

selves the more ignorant and supersti-
tious the blacks proved to be. 1t was
a constant source of wonderment to
them where so many men came from
as they saw marching through their
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
POIiC1| Comment.
SeIf-Deception.


The mind of a conspicuous fraction
of American craftsmanship works by
curious and devious ways. 1t is con-
WINGED of its high talents for shrewd-
ness, and. like the boys who sucked
the eggs and ate the shells, believes it
can hide the evidence.
Senator Aldrich put through his
tariff bill with the help of the Demo
Gratis. Whenever he was in corner
he could always depend upon the votes
from the minority side. Schedules,
fought with vigOr and tenacity by the
insurgents, passed the Senate as an
express train passes whistling sta
ton. because there were always DEM
ocrats in suffciency who were. pre-
pared to ignore their national plat
form and the principles for which they
we're given Endorsement by their con-
stituents. Yet, with the exception of
Senator McEnery, of Louisiana, all the
Democrats voted against the Senate
bill on its final passage. These Sen
ators have gone on record as against
the Aldrich bill. 1t was their votes
that made the measure. bat, charmed
with the possession of what they con-
slider political astuteness. they think
the county will credit them with
real Opposition to the unrevised tar
III.
Taliaferro, of Florida, who support
ed the urspeakable lumber duty, in
exchange for a duty of rs per cent
on pineapples, thinks he has squared
his record Chamberlain, of Oregon,
who has been marked so often with
the Aldrich rubber stamp he is a deep
sky-blue in color, nourishes the idea
that he has made himself all right
with the folks at home. Murphy j.
Foster, colleague of Senator McEnery,
was willing to vote high or low, max
imum or minimum. just so the Rhode
Islander would grant as high tax
on sugar as possible. He also Is
ready to point 10 himself as the stern
opponent of excessive protection.
The capacity for self-deception in
our statesman intellect is unequaled
except by the simpering spinster who
said she had found that a mirror
draped with cheese cloth was good for
the CONFERENCE.-The Blade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

To supply plumage for ladies' hats,
and other decorations, 100000, 900
birds are annually slaughtered.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-07-29

scheme to exploit what Is known n
the Costilla land grant The Costilla
State Development Company. the Cos
tilia Power Company. and the Costilla
Irrigation Company all have been
launched with the railroad. and Sena
tor Lorimer and Congressman Weeks
have shares In each.
The president of the new railway
company happens to be Franklin E
Brooks. who a few years ago Ibly rep
resented the state Of Colorado at
Washington as representative at large
Therein lies the story Of how Messrs
Lorimer and Weeks were allowed tc
participate in the good thing" out 10
Colorado. The most important house
committee on which Mr.. BROOM
served while in congress was the com
mittee on agriculture. Mr.. Lorimer
and Mr.. Weeks were fellow members
They sat side by side in many i'm
portant meetings Of the committee
during the packing house inquiry and
the discussion Of the pure food bill
Naturally they all became fast friends,
and accordingly when Mr.. Brooks re.
turned to private life and visited the
east in search Of capital for his new
projects he sought them out and won
their approval and financial support
Thus 1t was Through his member.
ship on the committee on agriculture
that Mr.. Lorimer has been afforded
the opportunity Of becoming a rail.
way magnate.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-07-29

WASHINGTON. - President TAR.
W the summer bachelor Of the
White House. Is sharing the fate Of
many other government omefais ana
Washineton rseidenfs vAcss fnnilses
nave gone away TO mountains or sea
shore The president IL taking the
satuation philosophically. doesn't seem
10 mind the hot weather and Is read
ing daily with great delight letters
from Beverly which tell Of the rapid
Improvement IN Mrs. Taft's health
Living bachelor fashion ut the
White House Is not fraught with the
same discomforts that beset the mer.
man who has his home closed up on
him." when his wife goes away and IL
compelled to seek food and lodging As
Best he may. The president and Mrs.
Taft divided the White House help
when the occupancy Of the Beverly
cottage was begun. so the president
b well taken care Of and domestic
Affairs at the white House run on
much the same
The president. however. allowed
Mrs. Taft to take the FIRST cook to
Beverly. while he IL served by the
second cook" who ID q legacy from
the Roosevelt administration She Is
. negro girl named Mary. who halls
from Old virginia and whose sway
over the White House Kitchens now IL
complete.