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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
THE PACIFIC

TEAR ADMIRAL ROBLEY d.
X EVANS is expressing himself
~ frankly and freely with regard to
the Pacific and its possibilities, rela-
ton of the United States toward such
possibilities and the duty of the Amer
lean government. He says there is not
the remotest danger of a war between
the United States and Japan--that we
might as we'll dismiss that bugaboo
from mental vision. Yet, he says, there
will be IL war between the United
States and Japan. We quote his
words: 1.-THE war on the Pacific with
Japan will be of a commercial nature.
It is a conflict between dollars and
cents, and is already on. We start
beaten. In refusing to subsidize the
merchant marine of the Pacific our
government has practically said to
Japan: You can have the commercial
control Of the Pacific. We do not care
for it,
Admiral Evans believes in arousing
public sentiment on the subject of the
Pacific ocean and Pacific seaports. The
0uDllC SHOULD really ldhC q 6AOdlSi AIS
terest in the coast. No well informed
person can deny that and at the same
time be frank. There is not much in
Los Angeles to arouse by suggestion
either interest or enthusiasm in the
great ocean and all 1t means. We
would like to see an all the year round
maritime exposition started in connec-
ton with the chamber of commerce.
1t should be devoted to ship models,
plans, miniature dock yards, piers and
pier scenes. While many of our citi-
zens are seasiders by birth and early
association there are many others who
are inlanders.
With these the maritime taste which
is born in the other class of citizens
must be acquired. And they would be
none the worse for little education in
marine matters. We are all of us land
lubbers, more or less; but the inland
lubber is a great deal more of a land
lubber than the man who all his life
has been accustomed to the tidal
beach and the many-mooded ocean.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
OPPOSES BLIND OBEDIENCE
OF THE FAIR SEX TO MAN

WASHINGTON, D. c., April T.
Editor Herald: Your Bakersfield
correspondent, C. H, who advocates
blind obedience to man, whether
worthy or not, reminds me of the
Methodist deacons of ancient type. who
are continually reminding us that we
are unworthy worms" unfit for any
thing but the heel of the Almighty
Just so long as men and women retain
such views of God and themselves
there can be no advancement for the
race.
Moreover, it is an insult to God him
self. If we are so unworthy, why did
God send his Son into this world of
sin and sorrow according to these),
to teach u.s. his own creation, mind
you, how to live? No, sir! God is
very, very well satisfied with us when
we endeavor to keep the laws of his
planning, and live clean lives.
Tell her also that thinking women
do not accept the teachings of either
Moses or Saul of Tarsus before those
of Jesus Christ, the emancipation of
woman.
If God could, or would talk to Eve
only through Adam, Jesus, the great
est of all men and the only authorized
representative of God, could and did
confide his plans for the betterment of
the human family to woman. In his
estimation she was fully capable of
understanding and of being an apt
helper in all his labors, even at that
stage of the worlds history, where she
was deprived of most of the advantages
she holds today.
If according to C. H.) God had to
make Adam the channel of communica-
ton between himself and Eve / shall
never cease to thank him for the i'm
pudence of the devil who not only
saw that woman was capable of under
standing, but was also courageous
enough to walk in, even If 1t was
somewhat risky
Without evil we could not understand
good or God. ANXIOUS.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
ILL TIMED MIRTH

" C. EWING, employed by Los
ID Angeles Creamery association,
-As thinks it isn't any joke to fall
into milk tank and narrowly escape
drowning. At the same time, the tank
in which he took his involuntary milk
bath is at Artesia, and how are we to
prevent the jokers from making merry
uuips on the Artesian well aspects of
Mr.. Ewing's accident? There should
be a law against ill-timed POPULARITY,
and those who jest about Mr.. Ewing S
Artesian milk bath plunge should be
rebuked. Their conduct will be repre-
hensible.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
ELK NUMBER ONE

w HEN the Elks of all the land
wv assemble in Los Angeles they
" will find here No. 1 of No. 1, the
first original Elk. the first of the herd.
w. Lloyd Bowron of New York came
to visit Los Angeles, but when the
time came to go home he read of the
ice dam at Niagara and shuddered.
Then he made up his mind he was at
home, and that to go back east to the
frost-bitten region would be to go away
from home. So No. 1 of No. 1, the
original Elk, hired an office in Los
Angeles, hung out his single, and is
now one of us, an all around and all
the year round booster.
So there is pleasant surprise in store
for the Elks. They will find that In
addition to numerous natural advan-
tages Los Angeles possesses the original
Elk. That ought to hold them for a
while.
When the Elks talk of the delights
and wonders of Los Angeles, some
a citizen of Los Angeles who founded
your order"
We have no doubt many of the Elks
will follow the example of No. of No.
l; and those who do not remain here
will go back east with such wonderful
tales of a winterless land where it is not
too hot in summer that thousands of
people will start west in order to find
out whether the Elks are telling the
truth. When they find the Elks have
been telling the truth and nothing but
the truth, although not the whole truth,
because nobody can describe California
the best anybody can do is ito give
an impressionist sketch-they will settle
down among us. and send for all their
friends
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
RUSsIA'S SHAME

Ut is doubtful whether the Russian
authorities will allow Madame
n Modjeska's relatives and friends to
bury her in Polanda Russia is in
about the same condition that England
was in $50 years ago, when the body of
oliver Cromwell, the first American,
was subjected to many indignities.
Whether a living dog is better than a
dead lion is a moot question; but it is
certain living dogs in all ages of the
world have found singular satisfaction
in barking at dead lions.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

Another humping big fine is in
sight. The Cudahy Packing company
of Kansas City has been indicted fol-
alleged oleomargarine revenue frauds
and in the event of conviction the
company is liable to fine of 100000
However, experience has taught the
Cudahy Packing company it, Is one
thing to fine great corporation oil
trust and another to collect the fine
The fact that fine is "in sight" does
not necessarily mean 1t will have to be
paid
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

Some idea may be formed as to the
far-reaching consequences or the I'M
ending campaign of education IN iavo1
of protection when 1t is stated that
10000 votes properly distributed would
have made the present congress Demo-
cratic, and 49, 900 properly placed would
have made the Sixtieth congress of the
same political complexion. A hundred
thousand votes in the close states
would have placed William Jennings
Bryan In the White House instead OF
William Howard Tart, ana zoUooo cast
In certain states would have made
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
THE BREAD RAID

WY HAT will be the consequences OF
w the bread raid? The manipula-
w ton of the flour market by
James A. Patten and his confederates
will either increase the price of bread
or reduce the size of the loaf. 1t is now
claimed there is shortage in the sup
ply of wheat; but If there is a genuine
shortage there was all the more reason
why the rights of the people should
have been protected. When the visible
supply of such an important commodity
as -four, a staple which, we might say
is at the basis of civilization, is scanty,
there is all the more reason why manip-
ulators should be prevented from OBJ
tanning possession of this supply, and
from doing it out to the people at
rates which will make the sellers
wealthy.
S. w. Green, city sealer of weights
and measures has announced his inten-
ton of fighting an increase in the price
of bread in Los Angeles. He is in
favor of an ordinance requiring bread
to be sold by pound weight.
Whether Mr.. Patten is altogether or
only partly to blame for conditions mat
tiers little. If he is not altogether to
blame, the fact is he has been taking
advantage of conditions. In either case
he is to blame. When there is a short
age of wheat the philanthropist sets
about the work of distributing the sup
ply fairly and cheaply. The "hog" tries
to create artificial prices and famine
conditions. Government should make it
impossible to use the food supply of
the country for speculative purposes.
Gambling of all kinds is bad enough,
but gambling with the necessaries of
life is unspeakably Infamous, and
should not be tolerated any longer in
this republic.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
WORKER BELIEVES HE HAS
CAUSE TO THROW BRICKS

ALTADENA, April 15--[Editor Her
adj: "a correspondent says Socialists
must" eat the bread of capitalism.
Then let them stop heaving bricks at
the Herald Editorial.
True enough, dear brother, and yet If
we furnish the bakeshop. the flour and
all the ct ceteras we ought, considering
the "hand-out" which we have received
in the year of our Lord 1908 and 1909, be
accorded the poor privilege of heaving a
few bricks in the direction of the baker,
don't you think?
]. MALCOMB JONES.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
AT THETHEATERs

MASON OPERA HoUsE-Naximovs in
Repertoire.
BELAsCO-"The Dollar Mark"
BURBANK-'Tn Gay New York"
MAJESTIC-"The Matchmaker"
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-"The Tourists
ORPHEUM-Vaudeville
LOS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
EMPIRE-Vaudeville.
FISCHERS--Vaudeville
UNIQUE-"Ryan's Party"
WALKER-Vaudeville.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

In giving a vote of thanks to Capt.
A. A. Fries for his courtesy in taking
members on. q harbor inspection trip
the consolidation committee said the
excursion had been highly educational.
All of Captain Fries work is educa-
tional. He is the greatest and best
harbor educator in California.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

President Taft is now a member of
the famous Kilwinning lodge of Ma
sons of which Robert Burns was at
one time the poet laureate. Kilwin-
ming, from which the lodge takes its
name, is a little old Scottish village in
Ayrshire between Ardrossan and Ayr,
and not far from another famous Ma
sonic city, Kilmarnock.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

AilOlA Ds u 90 49,
pre- sid e n t over
Theodore Roosevelt.
ordinarily the re-
suit turns on even
a narrower margin
than this. For in-
stance, had Mr..
Bryan secured 23,-
900 more votes In
the critical states in
1896, he would have
succeeded Grover
Cleveland. 1t Is
safe to assume that
the senate's politi-
cal C o m p j Q X | o n
would be likewise
changed. and that
the balance of pow
er between high
tariff and low tar
if is held by less
than / per cent of
the voters of the
United States.
In all the history
of politics there has
never been a more
,,nroIant thor
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

Los Angeles orphans home well de-
serves public support. The $4,000 fund
for the erection of buildings on the
site donated at Colegrove is not half
complete. Only two weeks are left.
This is a case in which twice he gives
who quickly gives" The cause is a
most excellent one.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

An addition was made to the staff
of Los Angeles mail carriers yester-
day. The army of carriers is being re-
cruited. yet it can hardly keep up with
the growth of the city. Los. Angeles
makes Uncle Samueps postoffice de-
partment hustle.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

So Harry D. Brown, the absconding
Napoleon of finance, has been arrested
at last Brown was twice exposed by
The Herald. Twice this paper pro-
duced and published proof that he was
a swindler. If Los Angeles had at that
time had an alert police department
Brown would never have been allowed
to leave the city.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

Fortunately for the slum children of
the great eastern cities, the spring
grass Is coming up plentifully. When
the parents can no longer afford to
buy bread the Keep Off the Grass"
signs may be removed from the public
parks and the little ones turned loose
tn craze
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

Oriental women are determined to
have their rights, even if they have to
rise in armed rebellion to secure them.
The new women of Turkey and Persia
are decidedly newer in their methods
than any of the new women of eau
casian countries.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
Portfolio

San Francisco is worrying over the pronun-
citation of the name Portoa, now that grand
festival is to be held in October In honor or
the bluff old Spaniard. Mayor Taylor accents
the last syllable, and the jewellers on Portola
street insist that the accent Is on the second.
A supervisor comes to the rescue with the sug-
gestion that the word be pronounced portfolio.
That settles it.-Ventura Free Press
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
Diversion

1--WE admire her so much, she plays such a
strong camel"
eighty four or better?"
"Oh considerably better-seventy-nine!"
No II wasn't golf they speaking Of but
the absorbing and intricate suburban pastime
Of seeing which woman should hava the few
est cooks In a year.-Puck
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

Don't forget raisin day We must
train all America to eat California
raisins, and raisin eating begins at
home. Buy and boost and eat Califor-
nia raisins.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENT intended
for qualifications -us: be accompanied by tie
name and address of the writer. The Her
aid gives the widest latitude to correspond
ents, but assumes no responsibility for their
views. Letters must not exceed 800 words
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
Far and Wide
Mexico Suspicious

We must not forget that we are watched by
those who covet Magdalena bay, by those who
flchod from COLOMBIA and the isthmus of
Panama and blythe wealthy American men
of enterprise at>whose head, like bird of i'll
omen, hovers the multimillionaire Hartman.
-Diario del Hogan.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
Hindustan

once the viceroy's council has been thrown
open, 1t would be absurd to keep the inferior
councils closed. The new appointee is dis
tinguished Hindu lawyer, Mr.. sinha, who sue
caads an EngIishman as legal member. The
London Times says that for the first time since
the beginning Of British rule In India the
supreme authority will shortly pass from ex-
elusive British hands.'-san Jose Mercury.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
The State Press
PalatabIe

Raisin day will be April 30. and you are ex-
pected to make raisins chief part Of your
diet on that day. This will not be a hardship
as there is nothing more palatable than a
choice California raisin.-Santa Monica out
look
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
A Sale ia Prosnect

What is that picture intended to repre-
sent?" asked the friend.
Board and lodging for six weeks" re-
Piled the artist absent u,lndsdIy washing
ton Post.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

No, gentle and humorous reader,
Patterns system is not patented. But
it ought to be outlawed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
EasterizatIon

To our married friends with fashionable
spouses we would put the query: Has your
wife Easterized your pocketbook yet?"-High-
land Messenger.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
Population Needed

Australia could do worse than offer some
special facilities for immigration to those who.
like our (Jewsh) co-religionists in prosecuted
countries, would not be slow to appreciate
refuge in country for whose future existence
white settlers are indispensable.-Jewis
Chronicle
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
Eletcher,s PhiIosophy

Fletcher refuses to worry about anything;
arhere are two things you should not worry
about he says; things you can help, and
things you can't help."-Modesto News
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
Both Fresh and Green

A woman is like salad in that both de-
pend a great deal On the dressing. -calexico
Chronicle.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

Everywhere public sentiment is growing
against the of revolvers (guns," the
younger generation calls them). Every MUIR
der and holdup is testimony not only OF
Violence but of the infraction Of law against
carrying concealed weapons. indianapolis
News.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
Terrors of MatrImony

An absent-minded man In Cleveland came
marrying the wrong girl on account Of a
confusion of names Marriage continues to be
fraught with terrors.-Mexican Herald
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
No Quarter

No halfway measures win suffice with the
menace of the Black Hand. Blackmailers and
assassins deserve no quarter and would ap-
preciate none. -Providence Journal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
WANDERING Blizzard

Washington's blizzard seems TO be extsn-
sively visiting the middle west--Anaoonda
Standard.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
Watched and Chained

Watch your legislators; they need to be
watched" advises New York preacher. And
perhaps some Of them ought to be chained
too.-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-21

Young people little realize what 4
great impression small things make up
on those who are watching their careers,
says DR.. Marden, writing in Success
Magazine"
A very successful business man became
SO preindieed against a debtor who did
not pay his note, or even speak to him
about it, until several days after it was
due, that he absolutely lost al conf.
dence in the young mans business
ability.
This young man thought that two or
three days would not make much diff
ference with millionaire who knew he
was honest, but it made all the diff
ference between confidence and no con.
fidence.
Many young men are careless about
their banking. They frequently over
draw their accounts, and are not prompt
in payng or renewing their notes They
may be perfectly honest, but they are
careless. They lack system, are mbisi-
and this destroys confidence.
Good business men are very prompt,
and they have no patience with procros-
tinators Promptness is a principle with
these men, and failure 70 meet an en-
gagement, to pay a note promptly, a
careless habit regarding business mat
ters. destroys their confidence.
There is no one thing outside Of hon.
esty which will help mans credit so
much as the reputation Of being prompt,
punctual Capital is very timid, and UNI
the lack Of promptness, slovenly
methods, win quickly ruin mans credit
Business men do not like to deal with
people they have to watch All the time.
They ike to feel sense Of certainty and
Of security In their dealings with a man.
II does not take long to ruin ones
credit or reputation. No matter how
careful OF honest he may have been for
years, be can undo it all in d very short
time by carelessness, forgetfulness,
slipshod methods.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-21
ROTTEN COTTON GLOVES.
The Origin Of One Time Popular
Slang Phrase.

The Origin Of One Time Popular
Slang Phrase.
The origin Of rotten cotton gloves. /"
phrase which FOR some years be-
longed 70 the slang Of England and
America. Is worth relating. At time
when John le Hay was playing At the
Prince Of Wales he was command
ed" to give bis ventriloquial perform
ance at birthday entertainment 1t
sandringham.
His two figures. the usual squeaky
old lady and the usual rude old man,
had been newly dressed FOR the occa-
sion, that their clothes might not suf-
fer too keenly by comparison with the
rich surroundings. But when Mr. lie
Hay had placed them in position and
was about to begin his show he
found to his disgust that bis costumer
had forgotten to change the old mans
dirty cotton gloves for pair Of new
kids.
The tone Of shabbiness this rave to
the male figure was too conspicuous
TO be ignored by poor Mr.. le LAY, ana
in an eternal half minute his quick
wit found a way out OF the trouble for
him.
"a nice thing" remarked the male
doll, looking around al the royal audi
ence with alnrm, bringing me to
swell house like this in these terrible
glovesl'
This caused so much amusement
that the ventriloquist decided to make
more OF the "wheezes and the badly
behaved old gentleman's incessant
grumble throughout the entertain-
ment, "rotten cotton gloves. proved
one Of the chief successes of the even
ing
The 'Iine" was ID all MFR, le Hays
subsequent performances In America
as well as in England. and II, say,
man had had d bad deal in Wall street
or in Throgmortou avenue II was the
usual thing to say that be had frot-
ten cotton deal1 London M. A. 2.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-21
He HATED LONG PRAYERS
And Well Hs Might After His Agents
ING Experisnoe.

And Well He Might After His Agents
inc ENperisnos.
at happened" said the colonel,
''that there were two colored preach
ers inhabiting cells IL the peniten-
t,ary at Frankfort at the same time,
II l remember Alright both were SEN
fenced for polygamy, but old Sam was
a Methodist parson, while old Jake
was Of the Baptist faith. It seems
that Sam had done something TO great
" offend the warden, and the punish
ment decided on was an old fashioned
flashing. Some weeks after the affair
came or the Rev Sam, whom had
known from boyhood, was telling me
about II.
~ didn't mind de whippin' so
much, Mars Jack ef It hadn't been for
de way old Jake acted. You see, de
warden be said TO me: "sam, rs
gwine to whip you and low de whip
pin will do you a whole heap Nv good.
rs gwine 10 let old Jake pray fer you.
and de blows win continue TO fall on
your black hide while Jake's pra'r is
a-goin' on. When he comes to fnal
stop den de punishment win likewise
end"
"Land sakes, Mars Jack. knowed
It was all up wild me den, for dat ig-
norant old niger never did know
when It was time to get up offn his
kneesl De fac dat a pc human bein'
was in distress wasn't gwine to make
a bit Nv difference wild him Wen. sir,
II was jes' like / suspected it'd be.
Dey brought me out, and old Jake, de
old vIllun. started in. and as fast as be
prayed de warden come down on me
wild a whip dat cut Ike a knife. /
never did want to hear a pra'r come
to an end so bad IA my life. but 1t
weren't any use. Every time I thought
he was mos through old Jake took q
fresh hold, and down come de Hicks
harder'n ever. shorely It seemed to
me like he prayed a month, and, Mars
Jack. I wants to tell you right now
dat / am sot against long pra'rs for
de rest Nv my iife.' = Washington
Post.