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Newport and Woman Suffrage.

Mrs. Oliver H. p. Belmont, who be-,
came interested in the woman Suffrage
movement while she was abroad last WIN
ter and who has continued her interest
in the movement since her return to
America, is to use Marble House. her
Newport summer home, as meeting
place for some of the leading suffraglsts
Of the country. 1t became known today
that a meeting is heing arranged for
August "a here and that this would be
attended by many of the leaders. An
other meeting will be held August 49,"
1t was only the other day The Star
called attention to the story that
Mr. Bryan contemplated erecting the
finest country houses in Texas, and cited
instances of how public men had been
embarrassed politically by large OUTLAWS
in the matter Of private residences. The
plain people are sensitive about such
Things. They want their leaders to live
well, but not showily, not magnificently
They would have them leave palaces and
great parades to those of the rich who
make pleasure and display their principal
object in life.
This lesson Is for the women as WELL
They must steer-for while at least
by the masculine chart. Or, changing the
figure, they should realize that what is
sauce for the gander must be sauce for
the goose. In the case Of women as Of
men. the tastes, or prejudices If you will,
of the plain people are to be consulted
The plain people, as Mr.. Lincoln pointed
out. are numerous, and what they say at
the polls goes.
Now, while Mrs. Belmont's interest In
this great cause of her sex is praise
worthy, and her large means will afford
her opportunity to materially assist in its
port is well chosen for headquarters. or
residence known as Marble House just
the place for conferences. fashionable
summer resort, and one particularly
where fashion has at times disported it
self SO ludicrously-as for instance in the
case of the monkey dinner-will not
strike the plain people favorably. and
Marble House suggests pomp and circum-
stance. Danger lies that way. It would
be better to meet in New York city in
hired rooms, and have the reports of the
proceedings go out from number on a
business street where practical people
are doing things.
There are plain people and plain peo-
pie. The term as applied to women car
ries of course only a political meaning.
But If woman suffrage is to triumph
through the force of the number Of
women appealing for the right. the pro-
cedure must be fashioned after that men
have made effective in their own case
Everything must be kept close to the
everyday order. Too many cooks spoil
the BROTH Too many frills weaken a
political cause.
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The Public and the "Street."

Is big business boom at hand? Are
stocks going to soar on the strength of
the heavy crops and the settlement of
the tariff question? Is prosperity to re-
turn after a comparative absence of near
ly two years on vacation?
Wall street seems to think that these
things are to come to pass. The bulls Of
the financial canyon. where fortunes are
made and lost In a few hours, are below
ing of the signs of bumper harvests, lib
eral dividends and quick profits. The
bears are lying low. Will the public re-
spond to the invitation to hasten into
the market and buy at the present rates ?
There are two classes of Wall street
traders. the professionals and the anna
tours. The latter are termed the pub
lic." They are the uninitiated. the seek
ers after sudden wealth without working,
the dreamers Of steam yachts and motor
cars and foreign trips, clerks on small
salaries. professional men with meager
fees, business men with heavy obligations
to meet, women with small capital, safe
~ invested in securities paying small div
idends.
Those who go into the street are
either investors or spectators There is
no middle ground. The man who invests
buys. IL wise, during the slumps, in order
TO get the largest possible block of stock
for his money and the highest rate Of div
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dends for his capital So also does the
shrewd Spectator, the professional or
semi-professional, who buys for a rise in
order to sell again. But the amateur spec
ulator. who ordinarily does not think of
Wall street or stocks until the boom comes
and the street" huns with excitement
and the news reports are filled with ref
erences to remarkable advances in this or
rise'-that is to say, when the market Is
going up.
The man who buys for speculation in
the course of a rising movement takes
grave chances of getting caught in sud
den slump. one of those apparently mex
plicable twists of the ticker tape which
to the initiated is a perfectly simple phe-
nomenon. For these buyers are usually
working on small margins. They are
practically betting with their brokers that
stock will rise before it falls given
number Of points. AS it is in the power OF
the largest interests and the heavier hold
ers and traders in securities almost at
will to send the market up or down half
a dozen points. they are able at CIV
en- intervals to take the profits accru1ng
from this crowd of amateur spectators.
Hence the lapses from the apparently
normal course of the market. even during
the most pronounced bull movements.
The man who pays in full for his stock,
buying when the market is dull and low,
and then waits for a large rise, not In
the course of a day or week or a
month, but year or two. will make
money in Wall street. But the man who
buys on a margin, especially when the
market is active and tending upward. Will
probab bly, lose. For even an early success
will lure him on to further operations,
with his profits added to his capital, until
he is caught in one of the twists or over
whelmed finally in the inevitable slump
following an artificially advanced mar
ket. The safest way to play the Wall
street game is in the role Of spectator.
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BASE BALL.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Two games gone to Washington. In ona
day! And many hopeful citizens NJ this
big town allowed themselves to believe
that the Maps had turned over a new lea .
and glued 1t down.
From the Detroit Journal
The Tigers must have been blinded nv
the sun shining on $1,000 pairs Of Boston
spectacles.
From the Charleston News and Courier
Knoxville must be enjoying that team
1t has won two or three games In the
last month.
From the Baltimore Star.
Possibly the mercury in going down
SO suddenly is trying to find the Balti-
more base ball club.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal,
Still. the real. convincing, unassailahle
proof that you're growing older comes
when you're willing to leave the ball
game before the last mans out in the
ninth.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Somebody proposes that the base ball
"doubleheaders" be played of in the
spring. This sounds a little paradoxical,
but the fans won't mind 1t at all IL they
can sit still for eighteen innings without
freezing.
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TROUBLE.

Las night OIL Miss Moon hide huh face
In All 60 out pirootin' round.
In when All cum to Jinkins' yard
All meets dem Jinkins' ysller hound.
Deg keeps dat hound to guyard dey hens,
En- he aim got er bit o aense:
He tore de seat clar out ma pants
Jes' bout de time All clumb de fence.
En- den All hyah 'em Ian IN say,
Whilst All wuz elfppih' trough de wood:
sJes lookee hyah whut Watch has got!
He tore some niggah's breeches good"
En now Miss Jinkins send me word,
On jes' els hyah iden'cul day.
She got er suit er wore ont clo'es
She wish Aid cum en- TEX erway.
Good LAwd! How 10 An gwine 10 GO:
All jes' CAN'T 90 70 dem folks ground.
70 when she gifs cl'ar Trough With me
How IL All gwine to turn around?
Dis world 10 jes' ef troubled land.
Er niggah sho' gifts paid TO- sin
All wish All had dat suit o. cloes
To 90 en- git dem breeches In.
Chicago NsvA
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VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
THE THIRD EYE.

Mrs: Annie Besant says that man has
third eye." situated between his other two.
but hong neglected, which. II developed. would
enable him to see many things that are now
invisible to him.
when your collar button jumping from ycur
neckband with shrek.
Ro'ls sereneiy meath the dresser Just fog
spite.
And On Blended knee profaneiy you hs seques-
Rut discover that it's vanished out Of eight
Then q third eye would be handy, II II has
the powers they say:
fes. Q tertiary optic would be Ane 70 put 10
play.
~aer ssu ss, sSot sns up your wife, and book
To accommodate one eye you've overlooked:
When she says. In tones impatient, Good
ness gracious! are you blindf
It's the simplest gown. and oh. % plainly
hooked!''
Would that third eye help you End the miss
ing. booklet In the rows
Then this new auxiliary lamp would be quite
Apgopos.
When the keyhole seems a-daneing, ana yas
can't undo the door:
When you try TO read time table, las they're
''wnote'o:
When you search your clothes for dollars and
you can't md any morc:
When you've overlooked n blond hair on your
coat
Yes, a third eye might assist you II ycu had
ono In your face;
Yes. in tickliah situations such an orb would he
In place.
Paul West. In New York world.
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The English Mission.

II is reported I'm London that Whitelaw
Reid win remain in office there for at
least another year. Why rot during
President Taft's present term? With
whom could he be superseded to the ad-
vantage of this country? Who In that
post would be more acceptable to the
British government, or more serviceable
TO our own? In what particular has Mr..
Reid failed to justify the judgment OF
his selection?
At the time Dr. Eliot's name was be-
ing canvassed in connection with the
London mission, The Star, while paying
tribute to the exalted character and fin
ished scholarship of the great Massachu-
sets educator, doubted the wisdom OF
the suggestion. Diplomacy at the top
calls for an experience, temperament
and general knowledge of public af-
fairs which DR.. Eliot did not, and does
not, possess. We have just seen how
outside his office of educator he STUN
bles in matters of public concern. Would
the English mission be rendered him now?
Surely not although the country still
greatly admires him, and the friends of
Harvard University rejoice that the in
stitution is still to enjoy his advice in
things relating to it's conduct. In that
field he has proved his wisdom.
In London Mr. Reid has proved this
King Edward not only respects him, but
is his personal friend. He stands equally
we'll with the statesmen and scholars OF
the realm. Society likes him, and goes
10 his house. Our State Department COM
pliments his management of official bust
ness. Docs not that record fill the bill?
Could more be expected of, or performed
by, an American representative to a for
eign government?
1t would have been marvellous il Mr..
Reid had escaped criticism? That waits
on every body; and as often on the sue
cessful as the unsuccessful man. But the
criticism that has been leveled at him
has told its own paltry story. He has
been censured for his very success. His
enemies have resented the influence he
has established and exerted in his office.
They seem to have taken leaf out OF
the book of those German enemies Of the
late Baron Speck Won Sternburg. whose
denunciation of him was founded on the
cordial character of his relations with
President Roosevelt, and his personal
popularity in American official and social
circles. But the baron, notwithstanding,
remained In office.
High Importance attaches to the En-
glish mission. America is in the big swim
now ''for keeps and at every one of the
great capitals of the world we should
have representative who is really rep
resentative Of our highest qualifications
and best aspirations.
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WOMEN IN POLITICS.

Note: Over nine million words have been
talked In both branches Of Cmgrsss On the
tariff question.
Nine million words Of tariff talk.
Nine million words OF what
Does little nGe just now than leave
Consumers In the pot
Nine million words because q few
Were pulling Tor their own
To get the meat. while all the rest
Got nothing but the bone.
And yet. perhaps. II might be worse,
Although no one can tell
Just how II would be. seeing that
1t 10 80 far from well.
But these were men who talked ana talked
Nine million words Of STUFF
Now IL they bad been women, cay,
Would nine have been enough?
w. J. hampton, In the New York 1fmeA
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A LIfE.SAVINC Pen.

From the Boston Transcript.
A fountain pen has saved q New York
er's life by DETECTING a bullet. We have
known the implement to ward on ex-
tinction before-to the great benefit OF
literature.
From the Detroit Free Press.
One lesson from the shooting OF Law
yer William B. Craig IN. New York Is that
q modern fountain pen Is a pretty fair
substitute for an ancient coat OF mail,
less expensive and less cumbersome.
From the New York Evening Sun.
In the old days bullets used to be stop
ped by Bibles. Now the thing Is foun-
tain pen.
From the Scranton Truth.
A fountain pen, which he carried In
the breast pocket Of his coat. saved the
life Of a New York lawyer, yesterday.
from the bullet OF an irate woman who
wanted to end his existence. Bulwer's
adage should now be revised to read
'.the pen is ndghtier than the bullet"
From the Chicago Evening Post.
A fountain pen stopped q bullet yes
terday and saved a mans life. We have
always thought there was a bare chance
that some day q use might be found for
tho fountain pen.
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A. SKY HoUSEBOAT WANTED.

Build me q houseboat, please,
To sail In the upper air;
In the skies could take my ease-
There wonld be no neighbor there!
Build mo q houssboat.. pray
That will 6ost on the ether's blue:
] would 20 where there's naught to pay-
Where no weekly bills come due.
7 could cit at my humble door
And Gaxe on the vast expanse;
There would Be no SOUNDS galore,
No sights thst weuid veE my glance. .
There would Be- no paano's stfurn.
No photograph loud and. shrfli. :.
And the beggar would never come I.
To stand on my lonely sill.
I could drop to the earth By niSht
And AL up my larder quick,
Then rapidly take my flight
Where the cloudbsnks are pilinyi thick.
Build me q houseboat. do!
! would dwell In the realm On high.
This planet may do for you,
But for quiet and peace I sigh.
New York SO
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THE SUNDAY SAINT.

His Sundays are always bis quietly meek days.
His halo is sproutin9 with visible speed
He'd truly he perfect n there were no week days
To set him bscksliding he would. yes. indeed.
Ycu ser. there business deals evey Monday
Piled up since Saturday he dropped a6aifs,
But nevertheless he is sanity on Sunday,
For then his high hat and his frock coat 10
wears.
On Sunday his smile IL both gracious and kindly,
His gait lie as stately as Meals Of Old
land Micah walked statelily, calm and ~
Rejecting on problems Of grace. We are toldl.
But Monday and Tuesday he moves In quick
dashes,
And oft uses language that hears q wee faint
However. in con,siiest sackcloth and ashes
On Sunday you'll see he 10 all Of saint.
Six days are enough for q man TO b sinfu1.
To Grind and to grasp for the very last cent.
Che handorx monkey don't WORK FOR Q ttnful,
But takes q day OF when the money = spent.
50 why should we plot and do planning and labos
wit6out any rest for spiritual foodn
On Sunday be pfays and IL bland to his psighboS
And gives an example ct how to b GOOD.
Though Wednesday and Thursday and Friday As
To Win in the fight for the gold that Win eiisk
On Sunday be rests and contentediy smSiss
I wonder sometimes IL away up IN hesssn
So that he may stay there but one day In seven
And hustle the birthstone the rest Of the wal.
wilbur Nesbit. In Chicago Evening Post.
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America

The Presidents journey next fall will
cover thirteen thousand miles, all under
one flag. 1t was an Englishman who
after travelling from New York to ST.
Louis was asked in the latter city If he
was going west. Heavens, what a coun-
try, Here I am. a thousand miles from
the sea, and I'm asked If I'm going
west" 1t was an American, who, alight-
ing in San Francisco from a trip across
the continent which had been impeded
by heavy traffic. grasped his friend s
hand at the station and exclaimed with
pride: What an empire, where a man,
though moving all the time. can be
twenty four hours late on a railroad
train!' 1t is an empire and powerful as
vast
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The LINCOLN PENNIES.

From the Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
No decision has yet been rendered as
to whether 1t is proper to put one Of the
new Lincoln pennies in the church col
lection basket.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
1t is extraordinary the number Of diff
ferent notices and objects that may be
stamped upon a cent. as shown in the
new coin. Among the othsrs Lincoln's
homely features will be as frequently in
the peoples pockets as they have been
in their revering memory.
From the Syracuse Poet-Stsndard.
Victor D. Bremen, who has managed
to get his initials on every humble penny,
is one kind Of an advertising success.
From the Baltimore Sun.
The new pennies are In great demand
But SO are the old dollars.
From the New York World.
The initials "V. D. B." on the Lincoln
cent commemorate the artists name-and
the bad taste, not to say stupidity, of
those who allowed them to be placed
there.
From the Syracuse Herald.
The new Lincoln pennies are out and
soon will be a familiar sight on every
church collection plate. &
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Parker.

Judge Parker-of New York, understand
lis promptly in the field with denuncia-
ton Of the new tariff law. He and Mr..
Bryan agree as TO that. and maybe that
Is the only thing about which they do
agree. But had they been charged with
the duty Of preparing a tariff law could
they have acted together? Mr.. Bryan
favors an income tax. But does Judge
Parker. an attorney of corporations.
which are opposed to it? Mr.. Bryan
would have voted for the corporation tax.
But would Judge Parker, against the in
fuence of corporations? 1t Is easier TO
pick flaws in the work of the other fell
low than construct something yourself.
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FISH HASH.

There was a commotion
Down under the sea:
The dog and the catfish
Were scrappy's could he.
The dog basked With fury.
The cat scratched and spat:
Then climbed . sunk masthead
He couldn't get at.
Two sword flsh they duelled.
Two skates became jagged:
A horn pout blew loudly
And had to be gagged:
A echool Of wild perpoiSo
Got into q gale.
To which soon were added
A shark aud q whale.
The shark was whaled badly.
And ran down the pike;
The hake grabbed the scul-pin,
And ran out Of sight:
The frightened sea-robin
Let out Q loud squeal.
81 THINK" croaked the toad6sh,
This amt q squared eel"
Boston HerslA.
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The "Up-to-Date" Friend.

The "Up-to-Date" Friend.
He'll discuss a fiimsy book
OF current fiction.
And discuss with knowing look
Its plot and diction.
A most aggravating pose
Oh, how / dread i'll
He assumes because he knows
1 haven't read it!
OF an actress he will prate-
A song and dancer;
He will vow she's simply great
There Is no answer.
My resentment almost yearns
For sudden murder
AS he chatters when he learns
] haven't heard 'er.
OF all the boreful bores
He is most porous
Who confidently roars
The passing chorus
Who thinks each fiuttering fad
\ thing of beauty,
md makes 1t. good or bad,
A solemn duty!
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THE fISHINC'S FINE.

The Ashiug's Ane," the advertisements say-
OF course the railroad agents ought to kuows
The X r. D. ~ O's the only way
To reach the polls where Sp.ki-d B-t-fes play
And Esmy niuskellunge to monsters grow.
Armed with his rod and hook Of hies away
The angler HES him where the bfooklets AoWs
And Ands he should have been here yesterdayi"
The Ashing's dne."
But not today; for stormy winds do blow
The crystal waters clear are laabed 70 spray:
Though by next week he'll surely get 9 chow
70 for to catch 'lunge he'll row and row:
TAeyIl bite like blazes in Big Thunder bay,
THE Ashing's me-"
). -Chicaeo Tribune
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Explaining the Dialect.

Isn't your dialect little mixed?"
asked the publisher.
NO. answered the confident author
You see, my hero is man who was
born in New England. but who moved
to the south in an early age and after
ward punched cattle in the far west. BY
giving him this history disarm criticism
of his dialect
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RICH PRACTICE.

He studied medicine at homo
And then he crossed the ocean foam.
And over on the other shore
He studied II q good deal more.
IN Bonn he won q lot Of fame.
They said that he would make q mama:
Yet when that name Q sign sdorued
By all the ailing II was scofned.
He worried on from year to year:
Few patients came his lot 70 cheer.
And then one day--it wasn't strange
He said. by George, I'll make change
The change brought gold. IL brought Nina fans,
He simply added meath his name
line that YOU may often see
'Twas Expert in Insanity"'
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08

1t cannot be denied that Mr.. Roosevelt
is a power in the world of literary fash
ion The hero Of African adventure has
almost entirely supplanted the cowboy
in current reading.
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The Summer Girls Repentance.
In September she'll ruefully scan
The glass and courageously try
To get rid Of the freckles and tan
OF which she was proud in July.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Her Grievance.

Never mind said Socrates. you may
disapprove of me. but posterity will lend
an attentive ear to my teachings
That's what exasperates me.'' replied
Xantippe. ITO think man would 60 to
such lengths in order to have the last
world"
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Total Depravity.

1T suppose you have wife and eight
children" sneered the heartless man.
Great Scott, no. answered Flooding
Pete. IF had don't you s'pose I'd be
home maxim 'em work?''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08

When the son Of a rich family pro-
poses to an actress she does we'll to re-
member that the 'come-home-and-be-fo
given incident does not occur in real
life as often as it does on the stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08

II regrets to see.'' said Uncle Eben,
dat some young mems idea of a polished
gentleman is one dat spends three hours
a day havin' his nails shined up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08

Fears will soon begin to arise among
the admirers of Mr.. Knox that he Is
not only working at a reduced compen-
sation, but is permitting himself to be
crowded out of the limelight.