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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-06
PASSING OF PARLOR CARPET
Modern Methods of Living Turn TO
the Rug as the More San
itary,

Modern methods of living are assert
ing themselves more and more very
day. For some peculiar reason man
always has assumed the prerogative
of supplying what he considered the
untilitarian portions of the home, and
to woman has been delegated its orna-
mentation, but in tine last few years
ideas have been changing in this re-
gard and women have become not
only the largest buyers. but the finest
judges of the necessities, as well as
the luxuries of'eyeryday existence.
Orly a few years ago the height of
womanly ambition in household decor
alton or idea was Brussels carpet in
the best room,y floor covering that
was often put over a cushion OF straw
and left to gather dampness, dust and
germs, sometimes for years. in the
unused parlor Anyone who has been
around at spring cleaning and caught
view OF the dirt which has sifted
through the carpet was certainly ap-
palled at the sight For many years
this floor covering was considered the
acme of elegance. and the woman in
comfortable circumstances who would
have had the temerity to substitute
hardwood floors and rugs for the old
fashioned carpet would have been con
sidered as decidedly eccentric and ex.
trayagant.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-06

Attorney General rules that the state
treasurer can't cash the warden's war
rants until special appropriation is
made for the purpose Meantime. Mr.
Askew keeps doing business and pay
ing the freight. We don't know
whether he would care for another job
Of the same kind
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-06

Cook may not have climbed to the
top Of Mount Mckinley. but that's no
excuse for any Chickasha woman to
go away from home to do her shop
ping. To their credit. be it said, the
women Of the city are among the best
boosters and the vast majority Of
them are loyal to their home town.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-06
RETURNS TO HIS FIRST LOVE
Matrimonial Tanele New York su.
prenne Justice Is Trying to un-
ravei-Has Three Wives.

New York. Supreme Court Justice
Bischoff has matrimonial tangle to
unravel The man in the tangle is
John Cotton Smith, rubber sales
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-06

Another handsome new church is
one of the numbers on the program
The Express trusts that the Presbyte-
rian people will succeed with their
building enterprise.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-06

British, Scotch and Irish guests on
this side of the water get as much dis
comfort in hearing Annie Laurie. i
hope they do, for it would establish
a sort Of international musical bal
ance."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-06

Barber lrather sIow)-Beg pardon.
sir, but your hair is turning Bit
gray
Victim-Shouldn' wonder Look at
the time I've been here Yonkers
Statesman
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-06

The town that ceases to reach oui
for more factories. more railroads
more iobbing houses. more capital and
more people viii soon cease to grow
We must invest our efforts and ouI
money If we expect to build city.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-06

1t is mighty hard to convince the
consumers who must bear the addition
al burdens imposed upon them that the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law is the best
ever made, even if Mr. Taft did say so.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-06

Chickasha must get ready to enter
tain in. her usual .hpspitable manner,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-06

The home builders are still busy in
Chickasha.
Evening star., 1909-01-25

official nor yet strictly local. Numerous
styled semi-public in their purposes and
influences. They are housed in churches.
i'm hotel banquet halls. in small auditori-
ums or in theaters, without conveniences
and often with undigniied and even dan
gerous congestion. Frequently efforts TO
secure the selection of Washington as the
meeting place of conventions have failed
because of this deficiency. which has been
proclaimed by rival cities. 1t is the uni
versal expectation today that il a COM
modious. we'll appointed auditorium were
provided here this city would entertain
twice as many national organizations.
Those who have contributed the opening
sum of 100000, which it is estimated Is
approximately one-fifth of the whole
amount needed, are doubtless animated
largely by the desire to give Washing
ton meeting hall which will enable
it to play the part of national host
more perfectly and satisfactorily. They
are subscribing from high sense of
civic duty and are setting an admirable
example to the other members of the
capital community. which should be so
generally followed that the subscription
be a citizens movement. with each Wash
ingtonian who can spare the price of even
one share Of stock joining in the move
ment to equip the city with the urgently
needed auditorium
Evening star., 1909-01-25

noting a man who has shown superior
quality in the House. while Oregon, de-
sirous of the best, sends democrat by
the votes of republican. legislature. OF
Gov. Chamberlain only praise is heard
and only good expected.
What, then, says Pennsylvania? When
her neighbor. New York. and new states
like Colorado, and Washington. and Ore
gon doing so we'll, and fortifyins
themselves SO strongly in the Senate
what will she do? Which one of her
many competent sons will she choose to
take the place OF Mr.. Knox-himself an
admirable selection-and to sit with the
new men who will appear in the Senate at
noon on the 4th of March?
The republican machine in the keystone
state is very powerful. and ordinarily at
tends to these matters. 1t may do so In
this case. 1t is not often baked, and
many OF it's performances in the way OF
filling and using public Offices have caused
great scandal The time is short for an
expression of public sentiment, and pri-
mary is impossible. but a fit successor
intellectually and otherwise, to Mr.. Knox
is a debt the state owes both to herself
and to the country.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Pennsylvauia and the Senate.

Mr. Penrose has been reelected. but as
Mr. Knox has not yet resigned his sue
cessor has not been chosen. The subject
is of great interest in Pennsylvania
There are many reasons why the man
should be of full senatorial size. The
state stands among the first in the Union,
in area as in resources. She should be
among the leaders in both houses of Con-
sress At this time particularly her voice
in the halls OF the lawmakers should be
of the hour will be the tariff. and Penn
sylvania is as mich interested In that as
an infant Is in sweet milk.
Protection as a policy is not threatened,
but a readjustment OF the schedules under
that policy is imperative. and is shaping.
What are Pennsylvania's views on that
matter? She who has profited so much
from protection must have made a close
study of the subject, and in the coming
debate in Congress should add to the sum
of the information presented. She should
help show the way.
Then she should take heed of the sort
of men her sister states are sending to
the Senate now. The recent elections are
illun,inative and encouraging. New York
leads with Mr.. Root. Iowa fills the vacancy
of a distinguished veteran by electing an
experienced public man and attractive
speaker. Kentucky reclaims her old place
among the orators by sending an orator
of high class. Mr.. Shively OF Indiana
will reflect credit on his state in the de-
bates. Colorado replaces a veteran with
a new man, but confessedIy an able one
Washington strengthens herself by pro-
Evening star., 1909-01-25
The Inaugural Resolution Passed

The passage by the House today of
the inaugural joint resolution insures
that the Inauguration of Judge Taft
will be in every way commensurate
with the importance of the occasion.
The people OF Washington. long trained
in the matter of preparing for presiden-
tial inaugurations, have stood ready
from the beginning to do their part this
time as in the past. and although handi-
capped seriously by the loss Of time oc-
cssioned b. the delay of Congress. they
are in q position now to push vigorous
ly and successfully the plans for the
fourth OF March.
It Is hoped that four years hence
Washington will have suitable audi
torium in which to hold the inaugural
ball. II. however. plans TO that end
should fail, Congress should definitely :
decide we'll in advance of March 4, 1918,
whether to continue the policy OF reie- :
eating this important duty to the citi-
gems Of Washington or to assume tine
burden in behalf of the government Of
the United States. Never again should
this community be confronted with the
task of preparing for the induction Of
the President into Office without an as
surance in good season that the means
OF making the occasion worthy In every
particular will be at hand.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
The Auditorium Project.

Gratifying evidences of success marked
The formal beginning of the citizens' Or
sanization fooking to the erection Of an
auditorium in this city, on Saturday. Not
only In the amount Of money subscribed
for stock but in the spirit evinced was
this first general meeting q token OF de-
termination on the part Of the people Of
Washington to supply the deficiency
which has for many years seriously
handicapped the capital in its capacity
as a convention city.
Secretary Root In his speech before the
meeting put the matter upon a practical
basis OF ACHIEVEMENT when he urged his
hearers to demonstrate their Willingness
and ability 10 provide a meeting place
and not to trust to Congress in the prem
ises. In a large measure this Is ma
tional matter, to be sure. The govern
ment itself has been often seriously en-
barrassed because OF its inability to pro-
vide suitable meeting place for interna-
tional delegates. 1t is today under severe
criticism abroad for the failure OF Con.
gress to do better for the great tubercu-
losis conference than to give grudging as
sent TO the occupation OF the unfinished
National Museum building.
But there are many occasions for a
large meeting hall which are not strictly
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Dependent Children.

The men and women who have come TO
Washington upon President Roosevelt S
invitation to discuss the subject OF de-
pendent children. with a view to perfect
ing methods and raising the standards OF
maintenance. and thereby to reducing the
chances of adult desencracy. are engaged
in most valuable work for the national
uplift The dependent child. whether un-
der the protection of an institution or in
the care of an individual guardian. is an
object not merely of commiseration but
Of concern. From this class spring a
large percentage of lawbreakers, idlers.
social detectives of all grades One Of the
vent this waste. which becomes a menace.
The conference now in progress here
bespeaks the new idea of sociological re-
form which animates the people Of this
country. No longer is so-called public
spirit confined to the creation OF physical
works for the establishment of cities, the
occasional publication of political ma
chimes or the laudation of praiseworthy
actions. 1t seeks expression in the actual
work of saving those who drift apart.
who lack the guiding hand of parents and
who need the stimulus of interest to in
spire them to live correctly. 1t aims at
the rescue of children from demoralizng s
conditions, and it makes for their ult-
mate enrolment among those who arc
doing the worlds work.
More clearly than ever before the truth
appears that the children are the hope
Of the nation and that in the degree
they are trained and imbued with high
ideals and given correct concepts Of their
part in the social scheme they will con-
tribute in their adult life to the strength
society. This conference on the care of
dependent children is aimed at the evolu-
ton of a more perfect system of educa-
ton and home-finding for the unfortu-
mates who are left without parents or
whom the courts have rescued from de-
moralizing conditions In 1904 it was
estimated that there were 1O0.O 900 children
In asylums and 14.OOO in almshouses-an
army of little dependents thrown upon
charity for their bare sustenance The
state has much at stake in their treat
ment and education. 1t may seriously
suffer If they are developed wrongly. or IL
they are evolved into men and women with
grievances against society. The time has
come to study them carefully as a class
and to insure for their moral and intel
lectual and physical welfare the most
intelligent treatment to be conceived and
applied. The conference of today and to-
morrow is long step in this direction.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Clearance Sale OF
Women's High Shoes.

U : !: "a $S ;:: ': !: #: 4: :::::: e.: 6:
hence about this
time every year we close out all
small and broken lines of Wom-
ems High Shoes al reduced
prices. This lot comprises the
best styles of the season (not an
old or undesirable one repre-
sentedD, i'll patent calfskin. patent
kidskin. tan Russia calfskin. gun
metal calfskin. box calfskin and
dongola kidskin, III lace, button
and bluchcr cut. Some have
Welted soles; some turn SoleS.
Some have patent tips: some tips
of same; all have Cuban heels.
There are styles for dress, walk
ing and general wear, and the
combined lots include all sizes.
An excellent opportunity to Sc
cure high-gradc footwear at de-
cisive saving.
Special price, SIPS a pr.
Were $500 to 5000.
Third floor. Tenth ST.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Lamps and
Accessories.

TITT1 Z ARE showing
II HI large and attractive
VN assortment of Gas.
Electric and Oil
Lamps, Globes. Shades and Ac-
cessories. Also elegant effects in
Art Glass Domes. fitted for gas
or electricity. Also rich Gas and
Electric Portables of old brass
and black, Romanesque, Pom
peiian, etc. Also handsome
Bronze Electroliers. Also Hang
ing Lamps for hall and dining
room. Also many rich effects in
Candelabra and Candlesticks, in
cluding all-glass effects.
Art Glass Dnmes. fitted for electricity com
lures. lures wa Each bna,n nA. S2I.oo to $4,000
Art Glass Domes. fitted for gas with wrought
Gn mings. ana Eaeh' "aass 'r.". $3.50 to $1,000
Electric Portahes with one to four lights Of
Verde Antique. with artistic inlad panel and
opalescent glass shades G. 70 Co. ~
Each. h...................... .Po.oo ~ P/ o.oo
Gas Portables. of old brass and black, Verde
Antique and Pompeiian.
Eith Eadh artistic shades S3.75 to SIS. so
Oil Lamps Of old brass and black, Romanesqup
Glass and Nickel. with SIOO S3S.oO
shades. Each. ....-....... Di'o W POo'o
Main door. G ST.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Hobson and His Cry.

The present war scare would not have
bean complete withou. word from Capt.
Hobson He has made the subject OF
Japan and her intentions his own, and
when he ft is on him he can raise more
zoosef1esh 20 the square inch than any OF
his imi:ators.
We nave the word. and Il is in the best
style of the Hobsonian art Japan is pic
tured in all OF her power and anti-Ameri-
can spirit She is after US, and may
strike any day. Capt. Hobson could pity
those who refuse to take alarm except
that their blindness is SO perlous to the
country. What can they be thinking
about What can have twisted their in
tellectuals so badly:
Ii is all so plain TO the captain. There
ia Japan, arrogant from successes in two
wars the later with one of the great
powers Of the world. Here are We, un-
prepared and languid, the object OF ia
pans hate. What does the situation teach
an alert and patriotic man? But one thing
The country must be made fit at once,
and with Japan and her purposes in
view. The Pacific Is an American lake.
and all the sea power necessary to keep
it SO should be provided at once. Other
wise we shall he soundly drubbed by
Japan, and forced 20 pay the whole cost
of the war. Capt Hobson. who deals in
generalities and round numbers. puts the
1gure at billions.
The hero Of the Merrimac has nursed
and elaborated this theory so long he has
come TO believe in it implicitly. He has
expounded II from the lecture platform
all over the United States. An with ears
TO hear and gate money to get their ears
into action have listened to the captain s
calls to arms. Carthage must be de-
stroyed. exclaimed the Roman statesman.
Japan must be licked. exclaims our states
man. part hero and sailor.
II by nagging and other folly Japan
and America should be plunged into war,
Capt Hobson would offer for the proph-
cts crown. Il told you So would be his
cry and attitude. But a very different
crown would he his due, for nobody in
this country would be more responsible
for what nagging and suspicion and bad
feeling carefully cultivated had brought
about.
King Edward goes next month to Ber-
lin to visit the kaiser. He and his nephew
are fond OF each other. and anxious for
But they are put TO it to keep
the peace. Anti-German agitators In
England. who see war in every move of
Germany. and anti-English agitators in
Germany, who see war in every move of
England make the paths Of the two SOW
ereigns thorny ones to tread. More wild
nonsense is talked and written about a
German invasion OF England and English
incitement of a European war on Ger
many than about any other subject OF
the day The matter has been carried so
FAR 1t approaches the gravity Of crime
Are American agitators against Japan
and Japanese agitators against America
taking leaves out Of this European book:
Do they hope to force upon the two
countries a war which the interests OF
neither demand and which the responsible
oficials of both are trying to avoid?
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Hanmerstein,

There is music in the air in New York.
Well is not that what Mr. Hammerstein is
in town for? Is he not the great impre-
sario? And shall such man be limited
in his modes of action? 1t may not be the
best. but slugging is certainly the most
novel way Of keeping up public interest.
A prize has been offered for an American
opera. Here is the book Who Will fur
nish the score? The style should be in
the manner of Wagner or Richard Strauss.
with biffs and bangs much in evidence,
and the band heavy with brasses.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Tarred Roads and the Trees.

From the Utica Press.
A good deal of attention has been di
rected of late to tarring roads to lay tine
dust and keep it laid. Something mus,
be found to accomplish this purpose ol
the automobiles will wear out the high
ways faster than the state can build them
In some places tar has been used very
satisfa ctorily and has given good re-
suits. Elsewhere, probably in part due
to improper methods, it has not worked
so acceptably. Not long since reports
sent out from Paris said that the use
of tar OH the roads was killing the trees
and bushes at the side. 1t was asserted
tha- several fine trees on the famous
Bois de BoulOgne owed their death to
his cause and that it was very difficul'
to maintain the lawns and flowers near
the tar-covered thoroughfares. This Is
an important matter If the fears eX-
pressed are we'll founded.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
A Vast VARIETY.

We have fog like London,
We have Siberian SHOWS,
And at the proper time the sun
With tropic fervor glows.
The mists descend about us
And next the climates dry,
The sun will shine to chase away
The clouds that fill the sky.
So where's the use of singing
4 melancholy tune?
Whate'er the weather you prefer
You'll get it pretty soon.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Don't Pollute the Streams.
From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.

From the Milwaukee W lsconsln.
There is a hint for many municipalities
in the order Of the state board of health
Of Pennsylvania to the city of Pittsbure
that steps be Immediately taken to install
a new sewa ge-disposal system that it is
estimated will cost between s15,00O,O00
and s2O,OOO,O0O. The public health Is OF
greater Importance than municipal con-
venience, and cities will not be permitted
to defile lakes or streams from which
drinking water is taken If it can be shown
that such disposal of sewage menaces the
lives Of those who use the water.
Evening star., 1909-01-25

1t mist be admitted that Representa-
tive Willett's speech does not appear to
have changed anybody's opinion of Theo-
dore Roosevelt any more than Mr.. Roose-
velt's remarks changed public estimate of
the historic characters he assailed.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Women Legislators in Finland.

From the New York Sun.
Those who want to know how woman
suffrage works should consider the out
come of the experiment in Finland. wher,
women not only vote. but are eligible tC
legislative office. The result seems Il
have given satisfaction to the people d
rectly concerned. for whereas in las
years diet there were but nineteer
woman members there will be twenty-fiv.
i'm the diet which begins it's sessions il
February
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Wreck of the Maine.

From the New York Herald
"A national reproach and an interna-
tional scandar'-that Is what the neg
lected wreck of the Maine in the middle
of Havanas harbor has become, accord
ing to Gov. Magoon. In his final report
made public this morning, he makes an
eloquent appeal for removal of the wreck
by the United States government IL
should have been removed long ago.
Evening star., 1909-01-25

6. B. Shaw asked the English news
papers TO inform the public that he is
dead. Only a man Of his vanity would
make such an attempt to read the praise
customarily bestowed on the departed.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILASDER JOHNSON.
Not His Object.

do you think YOU can absolutely prove
your theory?' asked the admiring friend.
II don't wish to-" answered the eminent
astronomer: "as soon as it is absolutely
proved there will be falling off in the
demand for maga zine articles On the
subject
Evening star., 1909-01-25

Grand opera in New York has resulted
in head-breaking. eye-blacking feud be-
tween a newspaper staff and an impre-
saro's family. Yet there is some DISPOSE
tion to sympat athZe with Washington be-
cause it does not have more grand opera.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
A Statesman's Embarrassments.

I'm sure you would not use money in
an election
"Certainly not answered Senator Sor-
ghum Il stand firm, although some of
the most bitter opposition to me comes
from constituents who complain that l
insist on doing business with promises in
stead of with cash.
Evening star., 1909-01-25

0\7O f''' =
lot OF Springfield
Rifles-those used in the late
Spanish American war. which
we offer at mere fraction OF
their real value. These rifles
were made under the supervision
of the United States government
inspectors. hence their superior
construction is unquestioned-
and we guarantee every one to be
in perfect working order. They.
can be used very effectively in
decorating dens. living rooms and
other parts of the house. Un-
der recent instructions from the
War Department they were col-
lected from the various arsenals
and ammunition warehouses
throughout the country and sold
to New York firm at a very low
figure. We secured a large lot
and offer them at the
Special price, Sl.95 each.
Sporting Goods Dept Fourth floor.
Evening star., 1909-01-25

There Is little doubt that Nfr. Taft
could make great headway with the solid
south II he could arrange his residence
plans so as to be constantly on the
ground.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Delay.

Full many bill remains .unpassed
While angry hearts are stirred
In valiant struggle for the last
Brief and unlovely word.
Evening star., 1909-01-25

A nation Of dyspeptics will be grate-
full If the African exploring party will
bring back some Information about how
the ostrich takes care Of It's digestion.
Evening star., 1909-01-25

The street cleaning activities disappolnt-
ed a large number of germs that were
waiting for a little sunshine to turn loose
in an influenza carnival.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Easier.

Il understand that eminent statesman is
going to move away from this part of the
country"
yep" answered Farmer Corntossel. Il
guess he figured it out that it would be
easier to git new audience than to git
some new stories"