The Daily Missoulian., 1909-04-23

of more or less famous operate stars. i
The other day another type Of Salome,
new at least to this city, was present
ed to the lovers of the prurient and
pathological in dramatic art Ger
man stock company produced Oscar
WDde's mastery apotheosiS of de-
generacy and although it was given
without the music by Strauss or, per-
haps, because of that fact, it pleased
the audience Hedwig Reicher, the
bearer Of the title role, gave an in
terpretation Of her part which con-
trasted favorably from the interpreta-
tiOns by some of the operate stars
who did their best to emphasize and
accentuate the repulsive features of
that repusiye role.
our neighbors on the other side Of
the creek have had a great house
cleaning and some more reforms are
planned, which, IL carried out, would
make New Jersey quite respectable
and fit to live In. The other day the
last legal hanging took place in New
Jersey, closing, at last, the record Of
barbarous executions In that state. To
escape taxation Hetty Green shook the
| dust of Hoboken off her Tribes and
'vamoosed" from the beer fume per-
vaded precincts of that Teutonic burgh
| to parts unknown. 1t is stated on
good authority that the Legislature of
New Jersey intends to increase it's in
corporation tax, which would tend to
drive many corporations from the
| state. All that Is necessary to COM
plete the process of publication is to
| rid the state of it's anarchists and it's
mosquitoes.
Such Is fame! Many a man of
worth and virtue dies in the course of
| a year and the only reference to him
| to be found in the papers is the paid
death notice in the "small ad" columns
Yet, the papers printed obituaries Of
| one-half to nearly one column in
length Of a dog the other day What
makes this discrimination ever more
| glaring and unjust is that the animal
! so profusely eulogized was neither
famous blue ribbon winner at dog shows
| or heroic life saver like Barry He
| was just common everyday English
bull terrier, whose only claim to
| transient glory consisted in the fact
| that he had played dog parts in sew
eral plays with unusual success.
A little boy, not quite four years
| old, in Summit, N. j.. had a narrow
| escape from dying at his own funeral
a few days ago. With a few COM
| rades, none of them over ten years
| OF age, he was playing near his
| parents house when they decided to
| have funeral. Jimmy, that was the
name Of the little boy, was selected for
the part of the corpse. His playmates
| took him to sand lot in the neigh
| borhood, dug a grave with their little
spades and carefully deposited Jimmy
| In the hole. In utter disregard of the
possible consequences they then SHOW
eled a goodly pile of sand on top Of
| him, paying no attention to his fran
| tic struggles. A girl Of fourteen, liv-
| Ing in the vicinity, arrived upon the
| scene in time to prevent a tragedy
The boys were just in the act Of roll
| ing block of cement upon Jimmy's
! grave, when the girl reached the scene.
| She took in the situation and, for
tunately acted with sufficient prompt
ness. AS it was, little Jimmy was un-
| conscious and almost dead from suf-
| location. when the girl succeeded in
digging him out.
Ever since the flatron building was
| erected its wind haunted vicinity
| formed the favorite hunting ground Of
a certain class of amateur photo
graphers. particularly on days when
the whistling breezes sweeping around
| the sharp nose Of the skyscraper took
| the most outrageous liberties with the
dresses and underskirts of passing
women. II other magistrates should
| follow the precedent established by
Magistrate Barlow the other day,
| amateur photographers eager for
| racy' snapshots, will give the flatiron
building a wide berth after this. One
| of these photographers was arrested
| for disorderly conduct the other day,
when the wind was particularly
| strong around the flatron and was
brought before Magistrate Barowe,
1T is outrageous" said the Kadi, Ito
take pictures of women in an en-
barrasing position" and sentenced
| the prisoner to a fine of $40.
| If strangers visiting New York re-
turn to their hotels late at night or
early in the morning. full of the good
| things dispensed at the hospitable
| hostelries of the town, they may be
| led to believe that they have exceeded
| the danger limit and are beginning to
"see things" when they find nearly
| every doorstep occupied by a woman
| patiently awaiting developments
| These silent figures, silent only be-
cause overcome by sleep, will not be
| mere creatures of the belated pedes-
trians' imagination; they will be real
| ly there, every one Of them a suf-
fragette, acting in accordance with
the advice given by Mrs. Florence
Melley, one of their leaders. ITO get
a mans vote sit on his doorstep,
she said the other day at meeting
and her remark was received witt
much enthusiasm, is clearly n
dicated how perfectly her advice
agreed with the ideas of her sister
suffragettes. If any doorstep should
remain unoccupied it will be due tC
the fact that there are not enough
suffragettes in the city to go round
The immediate result of this move
will be that the male citizens of New
York will sneak out of back doors ant
over the roofs of neighboring house!
to evade the suffrag gettes blockadine
their front door steps.
The suffra gettes are conducting {
vigorous campaign and even propose
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