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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-24
CAN'T GET
TELEPHONES
INSTALLED
COMPANIES HOLD D. UP
APPLICATIONS FOR
PHONES.
n. M.drona Heights Club
Takes Matter Up
With City.

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-24

.on Goods arc not likely to be sold Tor a
part Of the story
Rn rwiLLEp BLANKETS
.taz zv lHilled Cotton Blankets. 1874 nixe:
! ~, =. q gray regular price $3.50 Sale price,
100 WOOL BLANKETS
s, me wool Blankets. finest quality. with
y. warp, IL size and beautifully finish.
= regular price 800. Sale price s2,25.
- tf2s NAPKINS
A. RESTAURANT Napkins, silver bleached. with
II II. r. nhs border Size isus regular price
80 aaie price, dozen, sse.
- soc TABLE oAMAsK.
mos '' 49,. liable Damask, 80 inches wide.
= YARD A.Y-P. Sale axe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-24

CSC unBlEAonEo SHEETS, 4se
Heavy Unbleachoc Sheets, size siSsO;
regularly sold at Csc. for A.f.P. Sale.
$50 PILLOW CASES, ioe
Bleaohod Muslin Pillow Cases, linen
finish; slzo 45xseI worth ibo, for f0t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
No Place Like Home.

1t is not easy for a man in this lati-
tude. after reading the arctic literature
and looking at the iceberg pictures pro-
vided by polar travellers, to comprehend
why even an Eskimo should prefer to
live in a land where it Is six months
midnight and the other six months late
in the afternoon.
1t is not easy to understand why a
man should be content to live in an igloo
and feed on blubber, pemmican and old
shoes. with an occasional gumdrop, when
he might come down here to a happier
cline and eat. fried chicken and corn
pone. Think of the dismal existence
of a man in land where there are no
watermelons. roasting ears, pumpkin pies
or sweet potatoes! Think of the isola-
ton and solitude of a man who lives in
a snow house with no pianola in the
fiat above him or photograph next door!
Think Of the hardship of true lovers who
have to court without a single shady
lane, q piece of hammock or a moonlight
night in summer!
And yet, polar explorers, no matter
how much they disagree on certain un-
important subjects, unite in saying that
the Eskimos are happy and contented
set.
Men become accustomed to their sur
roundings and form curious tastes in
the matter of habitat. In the bad lands
and on the alkali plains may be found
men who believe they are living in the
garden of Eden. There are some men
who even prefer to live in New York city
and who look on the rest of the country
as of no account.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

and two-thirds vote would then be nee
essary. Could such a vote be mustered?
1t is well to remember how strong the
income tax was last spring. All the In
genuity of its opponents barely suf!1ced
to shelve the question for the time. NO
body wanted the corporation tax as
distinct proposition. The agitation IN
both houses was for an income tax, and
a surprising number of members, repuD-
licans and democrats. wanted to DUCK the
Supreme Court and incorporate the tax
in the Payne bill.
The situation was explained TO the Pres
ident by the opponents of the tax ana
his assistance solicited toward relieving
it. He responded with vigor. Neither as
President nor as lawyer did he approve
of challenging in such fashion decision
of the highest court in the country. The
result. as we all know. was the corpora
ton tax, to assist in relieving the exist
ing revenue emergency, and the submls-
sion of the income tax to vote OF the
states The former proposition could not
have been carried without the latter.
1t is easy to forecast what the argu-
ment of the income takers will be for
immediate action by Congress in case
they carry through the constitutional
amendment We shall see them take this
line: 1.-The corporation tax is but a
makeshift 1t was adopted reluctantly.
In action it has made no friends: Let it
be displaced for a tax which large num-
bers want, and three-fourths Of the states
have Just formally indorsed 1t has pop
ular approval behind it, and will yield
t.,xy
Opponents of the income tax should
look the situation squarely in the face.
The fight for the tax Is being waged by
those who want 1t levied at once, and
who. supported by a favorable constitu-
tional amendment, will be very inf1u-
entail with Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
Alexandria County Roads.

1t has been reported in the news col
,lmns of The Star that the citizens OF
Alexandria county propose the formation
Of county good roads association. The
construction of good roads anywhere Is a
matter of import. but in the vicinity OF
Washington it Is Of especial concern to
the people of Washington city as well
as to the people of contiguous territory.
Alexandria county bears a closer rela-
ton to the National Capital than rural
district to city. Alexandria county APP
proaches the position of a vast suburb
to Washington, because SO many of its
citizens have their main business inter
ests here and because SO many Washing
ton people live there from spring to au-
tumn.
The state of Virginia is testifying to its
realization of the value Of good roads
in substantial manner. 1t is spending
money. So are many of the Virginia
counties. Virgfnia's newspapers. politi-
clans and public-spirited citizens are urg-
ing the betterment of roads, and in many
parts Of the state the ways of travel are
being improved.
The good roads idea has taken a strong
grip on the south The campaign of edu-
cation is bearing fruit. The meeting of
the Southern Appalachian Good Roads
Association at Asheville few days ago
was an important conference. Three
thousand men, representing Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia
and Tennessee. attended. The bond issues
by southern states for good roads mount
high into the millions. This year the
state of Georgia has voted to spend
So O0O, 900 for roads, and the counties have
committed themselves to the construction
of 1,4J0 miles of good roads. Texas and
Tennessee lead Georgia in the amount OF
money set apart this year for road build
ing, and North Carolina. Florida and
Virginia are close behind Georgia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
The Income Tax-Whenp

The declaration by the President at
Portland, Ore. that he is opposed to the
levying Of an income tax in times of
peace is quoted by the New York Tribune
10 quiet the, apprehensions of those who
figure that the ratification by the states
OF the proposed constitutional amendment
will be followed by congressional action
at once II the tax is approved, we are
told the right to lay it will be reserved
for great emergencies-such as arise in
times of war.
We should not be too sure about this.
IL a sufficient number of the states vote
aye. and the tax is authorized. an effort
will follow to have it levied at once. The
matter will not depend on the President S
initiative. Congress can take 1t up with
out recommendation by him.
OF course, bill passed in that way
would have to be very strong in Congress.
2ho President probably would veto it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
To Aid the Clerks.

An organization designed to save de-
partment employees from the usurers by
affording them an opportunity to borrow
money in their emergencies at reasonable
rates of interest and on equitable terms
of repayment. such as has been proposed.
should not only prosper, but should ac-
complish a beneficial end in preventing
injustice and waste of means. Clerks
who have been behindhand in their
finances fall easy victims to the loan
sharks who thrive here as in other cities
upon the necessities of persons drawing
small salaries. The government clerk,
with his regular stipend. is so often
caught in the tolls of the easy loan
scheme that situation of difficulty has
developed in this city, despite the many
warnings that are given against the spe-
cious allurements of this method Of rails
ing funds. The government officials have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
Guides to WASHINGTON.

Maj Sylvester recommends that all
men who underta AXE to guide the tourists
around the Capitol shall be compelled to
pay an annual license fee of s.. and be
subjected to certain rules of the police
department He thinks that this measure
will put an end to the present nuisance
of irresponsible persons offering their
services to strangers as official guides,
some of them wearing badges of their
own provision and palming themselves
off as authorized cicerones.
This is excellent proposition and
should lead to the enactment of a law
making it a misdemeanor for any per-
son to offer his services in the guise of
an authorized guide unless registered and
licensed. In a city like Washington,
where strangers are coming at all hours,
often in great numbers, with sightseeing
as the chief object of their visit. 1t is
important that proper provision should be
made for their escort in cases where
they have no local friends competent to
direct them about the places Of interest
Many impositions are undoubtedly prac-
ticed upon the tourists by irresponsible
guides, some of whom exact exorbitant
fees for slight services.
Nowadays the sightseeing vehicles have
to large extent cut down the patronage
of the individual guides, but there re-
mains a considerable field for these di-
rectors of small parties in need of such
services. The regulation proposed by
Maj Sylvester should be adopted by the
Commissioners. If their power is suffi-
cient, or should be enacted into law other
wise. regardless OF the development of
the modern system of guidance by whole
sale.
II regulation of this kind is adopted
some provision should be made to insure
that those granted licenses to serve as
official guides are competent to explain
the city of Washington properly Some
OF the fairy stories that are told by So
called guides here are worthy of perpetu-
alton In the annals of the republic.
They form a mass of folklore almost
amounting to American mythology.
While it is undoubtedly sometimes more
interesting to the tourist to be told these
tales of fancy. it is hardly conducive to
a correct understanding of Washington.
The truth may be less diverting, but it is
more to be desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
Delinquent Voters.

Voters who fail to register and vote
should be posted. After every election
lists of the delinquents should be printed
so that the neighboring public might
know who neglected their duty when the
public interests were in the scale In
some states men who are disfranchised
or threatened with such action, are loud
in protest, and ask for square deal
In other states thousands whose way to
the ballot box is unobstructed, and who
have only the length of a city block to
walk to exercise the right of suffrage
let election day go hang. They have
other fish to fry-either trade to close
or q social visit to pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

done what they could within the law to
break up the practice by refusing to as
sist in the collection of debts thus In
CURED, but there remains a large patron
age of the establishments where SALARY
loans" are advanced at rates of interest
which, stripped of all the specious COM
plexities Of contract, are plainly usurious.
AS rule the man who lives beyond his
means has only himself to blame for his
predicament. 1t is the duty of every one
his expenditures strictly to his income.
But the credit system is a subtle tempta-
ton to pass the limit of actual means.
The man who goes out of the range OF MS
immediate ability to pay always. OF
course. depends upon catching up not
realizing sufficiently the extreme difficulty
of overtaking obligations which have been
formed by reason of the fact that his in
come does not meet his orItgo. 1t is the
sowest of all stern chases and the most
disheartening.
The usual "easy loan borrower gets
into his first trouble through some emer-
gency like a sickness, for which he is un-
prepared. Having lived up to the limit
of his income. he has saved nothing for
this proVerblal rainy day, and In MS Oh
lemma he turns to the loan office for as
sistance, which is, of course, freely and
easily given. After perhaps three OF
four years he extinguislles the debt at a
tremendous cost, the process holding hts
nose to the grindstone increasingly
throughout the period. If he could in his
trouble find source of emergency In
come regulated by the ordinary rules OF
business he would be spared this nerve
breaking experience. 1t is such place
that the proposed loan association for
the benefit of the clerks will furnish, and
the enterprise should be regarded as a
public benefit, for the assistance of not
only the individual employees Of the gov
eminent, but of the business men OF
Washington, who suffer from the loose
financial methods and the wastefulness OF
the improvfdent victims of loan sharks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
Nervousness in South Carolina.

The Columbia Is. CO State takes issue
With The Star, anu applauds Mr.. Bryan's
refusal to meet Senator Bailey in joint de-
bate. 1t does not take the ridiculous
ground that such meeting would be un-
dignified, but fears that the debaters
might go too far in the heat of the clash
and injure their party. Its solicitude is
for an organization already bearing trou-
ble3 enough.
Turning the proposition around. the
State would be glad to see Mr. Aldrich
and Mr. Dolliver brought together on the
same platform, and the republican organ
ization stirred again on the tariff question.
So would The Star, although there could
be no such entertainment in the one case
as in the other.
Look at the men. Mr.. Bryan and Mr.
Bailey are orators, and both master
siumpers. Both are handsome and
husky, round and rosy, and fun of action.
Sitting on the same platform, the one TAX
ing notes while the other was speaking,
they would present a picture to be remem-
hered. Young listeners would be describ-
ing the scene fifty years later to their
grandchildren and their old cronies. "Why,
there are no orators left. You should
have heard Bryan and Bailey in the great
debate of 1902. They were dandies"'
Mr.. Dolliver is an orator, and fine figure
of young man. He is foeman worthy
of either Mr.. Bryan or Mr.. Bailey, and
truly great debate would be one be-
tween him and the survivor, SO to say. of
Bryan-Bailey debate. But Mr.. Aldrich
is not only not an orator, but, like many
men of his grade, holds the gift in no
particular respect. He would afford no en-
tertainment and but little instruction to
popular audience with the tariff for
text. Those who came to hear would re-
main to snOre. The great mass of infOr-
nation and the unusual power of business
statement possessed by the Rhode Island
senator, and which senators of both par
ties greatly enjoy in the Senate chamber,
would in the main be lost on audiences
educated at Chautauquas and partial to
stirring phrasemaking and gestures.
The State is nervous and unduly appre-
hensive. An excellent newspaper. advo-
eating sound policies in local affairs, it
is hopelessly tied up with Organism in
national affairs. and naturally cannot be
comfortable. It's attitude toward Mr..
Bryan is not unlike that of Mrs Micaw-
Der toward her so-called lord and master
1t realizes that Mr.. Bryan is poor man
ager. and that by sticking to him 1t must
continue to be plagued with trouble But
1t is not going to desert him. Others may
deride him openly, and some slyly, but the
States heart will remain true to Will
liam. Fine. we must all admit, even If in
this day of fickleness. and expediency the
attitude seems little sentimental and
unbusinesslike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
Taxing Billboards.
From the Rochester Post Express.

from the Rochester IOSt EXPRESS.
The city of Lynchburg, Pa. has decided
to tax bilboards. This is an ingenious
way of meeting the difficult question of
the Disagreement of cities by adver-
tisements. So long as public opinion is
dormant. so long will faring advertise
ments continue to make the street and
the landscape ugly. 1t is, of course, idle
to blame the advertisers. They are SIM
ply looking after their interests. They
have gone SO far as to placard the is-
lands above Niagara and the august face
of the sphinx Fences. barns, sides of
houses publish the virtues Of this nostrum
or that In flaming posters. If the es-
thete says they are offensive the farmer
replies that they pay. and SO long as
he prefers money to beauty it is hard to
see where the remedy is to be found But
in Lynchburg the city fathers have de-
creed that for every billboard the adver-
Using firms shall pay a minimum tax
of $3.50. For larger boards the tax is
more. If people will make the locality
hideous they must pay for the privilege.
That is fair enough and it would be a
good thing II the idea could be introduced
in Rochester.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
Good Times.


Talk about dem good times
Dey said was comm round.
Squirrel in de tree top
An de partridge on de ground.
Reed bird In de marshes
And oyster in dey bay
Good times come along so fas'
Dey can't be chased away!
Postum stahts a-laughin'
On de moonlight limb,
Rabbit ready fob to run
An ducks begin to swim.
Talk about yoh good times,
Dis is dem fob sho'.
or Prosperity has lit
An he's a-roostin' low!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

Crazy Snake has disappeared and the
Creek Indians promptly refused to set
aside his annual allowance for a trip to
Washington. This is at least a little en-
couragement in the hope for a peaceable
winter at the National Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

AS collector of customs Mr.. Loeb has
managed to make some of the lists of du-
table articles less conspicuous by their
omissions. Like most stimuIators of con-
science, he is more or less unpopular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
Value of a Song.

''There was time" said the old in
habitant. when that piece of property
sold for song
"Really! replied the grand opera prima
donna How very expensive"'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

There is disposition to force MIR.
Roosevelt into politics on his return with
out giving him time to write up his travel
notes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

Efforts to persuade Uncle Joe Cannon tc
appear on the lecture platform nave
proved unavailing. Possibly his profes-
sional duties tend to discourage his admi-
ration for abstract oratory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
Not Expecting Too Much.

II suppose your remarks in Congress
will be listened to with great INTEREST,""
MY friend,'' said the statesman. 'in
Congress a man is lucky to get chance
to make speech without expecting peo
pie to listen to it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

Thomas Jefferson's objections to presi-
Dental travel were made at a time when
man could not pick up a telephone and
get into immediate communication with
his office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
TEE STAR has q regular and pernna-
nent Family Circulation much more
than the combined circulation OF the
other washington daiiies. AZ News
and Advertising Medium it has no
competitor.

sEIn order to avoid delays on account
Of personal absence letters to THE
STAR should not be addressed to any
Individual connected with the ONCE, but
simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial
or Business Department, according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

George Bernard Shaw thinks he would
make a fine play censor for the British
government. Probably every other play
wright feels the same way about the
matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

In considering the charge of plagiarism
it should be remembered that Lord Kftch
ener is not the only speechmaker WHIT
omits the credit line from some OF hi
best ideas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

Mr.. Bryan could not have shown more
interest in Texas f he had verified the
rumor to the effect that he was to become
a Lone Star resident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

If Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt has the
benefit of her fathers advice in her po-
litical ambitions she Is likely to set new
pace in feminine statecraft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

If Mr.. Gaynor and Mr.. Hearst decide
on campaign of personalities New
York's attention is likely to be diverted
very soon from the polar controversy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHLANDER JOHNSON
A Useless Trip.

What was 1t that prevented you from
discovering the north pole years ago."
Lack Of supplies?''
Didn't you have food. and dogs. and
sledges and so on?"
ooh, yes. But when I got within few
degrees OF the pole was compelled to
turn back had lost my fountain pen"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
A Problem.

The problem play much doubt provokes.
Whose moral sense is more contracted:
The man who wrote 1t or the folks
Who 60 and pay to see 1t acted?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

Charles w. Morse would be indeed un-
fortunate If he were compelled to remain
in durance and merely allow his new
made fortune to accumulate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
Joyous Note.

From the Nashville American.
President Taft will pass through pos
sumland Just about persimmon time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

Diplomatic representatives who desire
reliable model in the art Of discreet reti-
cence should study Mr.. Knox himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
Boreal Dessert.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
The forthcoming Cookbook will deal
with little else than ices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

Los Angeles with its wealth of bloom
did what 1t could to compensate Mr.
Taft for missing Washington's floral pa
radeS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12

SHARP Words said Uncle Eben, lis
like razzers, useful now an then, but
DAME Gus playthings."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
Regrets His Words?

From the Boston Herald
Judge Gaynor probably wishes he could
forget having said he would sooner play
golf with the devil than with Croker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
Curtain Muslin.

New stock of Curtain Muslin. in 38 and
40 inch width, and In dotted. floral and
colonial designs.
I2Hc and zoe a yard.