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Evening star., 1909-05-08

aforesaid persons as TO why SO many New
York gents are walking of. sort Of. and
leaving their wives to fight the battle Of
life (the same being a warfare) by their
disconsolate lonesomes.
II is stated by statisticians who concern
themselves with the domestic sciences and
amenities that no less than 5000 (and q
few odd New York bubbles took French
leave of their homes during the year 1908.
French leave. you will understand. Is
merely manner of speaking. The point
is that this considerable number OF hus-
band persons, without the least ceremony.
without any by your leave or such fore
word. without any previous announcement
whatever. in most instances. simply picked
up their feet and beat IL from their homes
to parts unknown. leaving the wives OF
their bosoms no longer OF their bosoms.
so to speak. and so effectually effacing
contiguous desmesnes thereof that few II
any of them have been heard from yet.
Only a small proportion Of them, in thus
accomplishing their unceremoniOus, not
TO say rude, hike. left children behind
them in addition to wives. The plainly
indicated purpose OF the vast majority OF
all of them appeared TO be to thoroughly.
wives-which is a sad thing for any chron-
icler OF any sensibility to be compelled to
set down.
The exodus of the husbands. however.
is not the main point.
The main point is that the highbrows
who expatiate publicly upon these mat
ters now are coming out with the bold
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or some such piffiing matter. It's round
about and impracticable for the man who
wants the soft thing to drop in at a soda
fountain place and ket 1t while his friend
leans on one leg and then on the other,
and then accompany his friend to rum
merry to watch him insert long. jolly
one into his system. II the saloon had
soda fountain they could both glide In
there and get what they wanted and make
rings on the table and enjoy themselves
together over their respective drinks.
'.Some of the saloon men with whom
I've talked this thing over seemed to Be
afraid that the soda fountain in the 50.
loon would hurt the regular hard-stuR
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the water cart gets sick Of this stuff, but
II he knew that his regular rummery had
a soda fountain where he could take hts
pick Of a big list OF drinkables of the SOFT
variety his custom would surely be kept
tIll he Dropped his whip from the water
wagon and felt compelled to climb down
and pick It up.
cynical view? Oh, not meant that way:
You've noticed that most Of 'em do fall
off the water wagon in the course OF time,
haven't you?
"A couple OF fellows meet up on the
street and the have one suggestion is
something thst'N make the circulation
cirk, while the other one, of his feed or
on the cart or just not in the mood for
booze, feels like chocolate ice-cream soda
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,ALLY, these pub
licists and other
70 t e 9 8 o r s of
thinkology are get
ting to be very
y e v ere o n I h e
ladies.
In witness where
Of there are many
recent things. One
of them Is the ex-
planation general
ly given by The
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EVEN THE MULE st1tDDERED WHEN BIAZY CUT LOOSE

HE man with the
sonbrsr0 stopped
to listen to the
repartee between q
couple Of brick
" q 4 o n drivers
whose carts were
wedged in q jam.
"Hideous profan-
ity, eh?" observed
the w q 8 h ! nston
companion Of the
man with the SOM
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Where Paul Was Ignorant.
From the Baltimore American.

tne U1It1uUfe
Perhaps q concerted movement by the
churches to have their feminine members
take or their hats at services may abate
the epidemic OF horrors now devastating
the nerves Of the community. If the
hats cannot be worn where they can best
be seen, their interest will soon be on the
wane. 1t is true that st. Paul decreed
that a woman must not have her head
uncovered In church. but then the archi-
tectural. gargoylish milliner was unknown
in his day. or his dictum might have been
Just the reverse.
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THE cook Of a sheep ranch at a shear
ing was framing up as q particular treat
a fne mess Of cornstarch pudding for the
shearers one day. when Blazy happened
along. While lighting his pipe Blazy. not
noticing where he was going. walked into
the outstretched tongue OF the cook
wagon and tumbied over 1t on his head.
while the fire from his pipe sprinkled
over his shirt and burned him. Blazy
picked himself up. brushed the sparks
from his flannel shirt, picked up his pipe.
refilled 1t, lit II and then got 1t going right.
and then, sitting down on q soap box. start
ed In to uncoil the ideas that were in him
with respect to people-meaning himself
who didn't know enough to walk around
without tumbling over things.
"Only half minute before the camp
cook. who was stirring that fine big mess
Of cornstarch pudding. had tasted 1t. and
he'd found II as sweet and tasty as ever
cornstarch pudding had been since the
world began. But when BlaZy got we'll
into his swing of self-reproach the cook.
with worried took on his face, tasted
that cornstarch pudding again, and he
was as mad as a dislodged ella toad when
he found that 1t was nothing but curdled
paste, as sour an buttermiik and not even
fit for the ranch hogs.
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They are saying that II the deserted
spouses had comported themselves less
giddily and less in accordance with what
is called the New York spirit Of extrav-
agance their husbands still would be on
the job. AZ it were: still would be hus-
tling down town Of mornings. after the
hasty gulp of coffee. to annex the neces-
sary money wherewith to keep their
women folk at least reasonably bediked
and bedizened. and therefore happy; and
that these dismal domestic statistics
would never have been collated much
less published to a wondering world.
1T has come to pass" saith one Of
these severe sages. that the wife Of a
man earning $25 a week expects to be
dressed and cared for generally like the
wife of a man earning a hundred dollars
a week. and this holds all the way up or
down the salary or wage earning scale
The mind1 Of such women become per-
verted by their love for f1nery and for
luxurious surroundings which are beyond
the grasp of the husbands who provide
for them. This perversion takes the form
Of peevishness and petulance which is
wreaked upon the heads of their hus-
bands. The result is that the husbands
leave them. and leave them. as q rule.
without the least compunction. 1t Is all
the fault Of the women"
Another OF these sages. In treating the
same theme a bit more intimately. ex-
hibits the fruits of considerable observa-
tion 0or sage) when he says that even
the wife of the poor clerk or the WORK.
ingman now demands her three or four
pairs Of silk stockings wherewith to cut
an occasional dash. whereas he remem-
bers tcontinueth the sage) the time when
silk stockings were a prerogative and an
ornament Of the neither parts only Of the
confeseedly wealthy.
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When. however, the taxicaO business be-
came so big that the drivers OF the night
line vehicles found that they had genuine
difficulty In picking up some drunk to
roll every evening. these drivers of the
horse vehicles entered the ranks OF taxi
cab drivers themselves. They are the
scientific friskers hitherto alluded to.
They thoroughly understand the art Of
picking up q rum-surcharged fare. skid
ding him to some properly, dark portion
OF the park or obscure street. going
through his clothing with a perfect
knowledge Is to where the remainder
OF the wad is, and then depositing the
shredded one on q nice little heap OF
Towering shrubs or on some less poetic
out-of-doors bunk. About a dozen Of
these taxicab drivers OF the thieving va
riety have been sent to the penitentiary
during the past couple Of months. but
there are lot more of them still rattling
their meter vehicles around the streets,
and II. as it is proposed. the taxicab
business is to come under the control
OF the police department. the Mulberry
street sleuths will have q chance to weed
the rest Of them out.
The matter of uniformity OF fares and
OF some kind Of regardful espionage of
the registering apparatus attached to the
Evening star., 1909-05-08

l We heard a lot Of comments
! 'I3out the way the times have changed !:
1t seems, they say, as II 1t all
Had somehow been Arranged.
It's different now and hofneiike,
Rather pastoral and sWeet;
And 1t certainly seems quiet at
The White House up the street.
There's people now call every day
In groups ~ three and four
That amt been round, l hear 'em say,
In seven years or more.
A nnooley COW adorns the lawn
Instead Of bulldog Pete
Oh, things are mighty different At
The White House up the street.
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RACE

often met her during that period. Al tnat
time she was well-to-do. ranked among
the leading woman writer's Of the United
States and was sought after and toasted
by renowned men OF the day for her VII.
yivacity, insight and engaging PERSONAL
ity. She still retained traces OF the re-
markable beauty Of her younger woman
hood.
OF a sudden she dropped out Of view.
Nobody ever quite understood why. There
was marriage, it Is true. that did not
come out WELL but this didn't in itself
sufficiently account for the cusiously alb
rupt eclipse OF SO unusual woman rs
Olive Logan.
The next time I saw her-this was In
New York-she was an old, broken. white
Evening star., 1909-05-08

TEETH amt at q premium now,
We sort Of run to weight.
There's q smile that's always ready,
II you're early or you're late.
And you needn't fear NO violence,
No matter whom you meet.
For the punching bag hangs idle at
The White House up the street.
There's some folks In this world of ours
That try to keep iu health
By snortin' round most all the time
And chasing trusts and wealth.
But that don't make 4 hit with me:
1 think II can't be beat
The way that things are runnn' at
The White House up the street.
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LIVE LOGAN, a
witty woman, and
q generation ago .
beautiful one, died
in England last
week. She was
yerSing upon sew
enty. She lived In
Washington a good
many years ago
and wrote some
keen analyses OF
Washington life. I
Evening star., 1909-05-08

HERE'LL be soda
fountains in the
good saloons be-
fore many years."
observed the owner
of a high-grade
damp emporium.
Its a thing that
has got to come.
A lot of US have
had 1t In mind
for q long time.
R,1f acknowledgements
Evening star., 1909-05-08
IS DESERTED WIFE RESPONSIBLE FOR HER OWN FATE?-

age OF two people per day have been kill
ed in New York owing to the Joy riding
thing. frequently. Of course. it Is the
chauffeur himself and members of his
blithe. gay party who are killed on the
JOY ride. but that feature Of the matter
has properly been considered by the chauf-
feurs a. 4 part Of the keen delight of
the thing-the lovely uncertainty as to
whether they'll ever get home except in
the soldier who goes forth to battle
OF late months so great hold has JOY
riding taken upon the merry-souled chauf-
feurs OF this town 1t has been all but i'm
Evening star., 1909-05-08

country to help out . bit In some hA-
cienda building. Bla1y, passing by with
his six-mule team, stopped of for q few
minutes to rest and enjoy the shade and
watch the building operations. While
looking on at the Job a piece OF scantlinE
fell on Blazys foot Blazy. without q
word, sat down. pulled off his boot,
bathed the bruise, and then, replacing
the boot, stood up, stretched and yawned.
and then began to relieve himself Of the
ideas that stole into his mind on the sub
ject Of falling scantlings. bruised feet and
such like.
''Blazy hadn't got anything like into his
stride when that husky young carpenter.
becoming lottery. sat down on pile Of
lumber and began to clutch at his hair
with his hands. HA had fine head OF
tight. curly brownish hair. When he
clutched at 1t, while Blasy stood there
cussinx in that even tone of his. blamed
IL two full handfuls Of the tight. curly
hair didn't come right out In the husky
young carpenters hands. The rest Of the
hair was all loose. too. ana the zephyrs
that blew aleng lifted every bit OF 1t from
his scalp, leaving him as bald as he was
on the day he came into the world. The
carpenter was 50 sore over the loss or
his hair that he picked up chisel with
which tA attack the astoniShed BlAxy.
But he was too weak to use tho chtsel,
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noss,ble to take a little cruise through
Central Park, say. without seeing the
merely fraEmentary relics .of some ex-
brilliantly expensive automebaie pMed np.
like 90 much neglected junk. against the
stubborn trunk Of some giant tree that
steadfastly refused 10 be beaten fiat to
the sward under the impact OF the ma
nipulator Of the Joy ride. It cannot be
said that this fs exactly an sxniiaraIlns
sight, either Still one can always temper
the rnomentary dreariness OF the spec
tacle by rejecting upon what huge ior
OF fun the Joy riders In that motor car
must sure have had before the machine
catapulted itself against the tree In an
Intellectual attempt to climb It,.
AS an additional proof OF the innate de-
prayity Of inanimate things. 1t Is curl
GUS fact that In nearly every instance
when a joy-riding chauffer destroys him
is one Of those 5000 or SO. 600 or $15.0oO
affairs-never by any chance just cheap,
everyday motor car. There seems to be
something fatalistfc. suicidal and kis-
metish In the makeup OF the very expen-
sive' kinds Of motor cars. anyhow. Or Is
it that the ingenious young men who re-
port these affairs for the New York news
papers infallibly tack eight or ten thou
sand dollars to the price OF destroyed
car that only cost about $3.50 In the hrst
place?
Nobody knows. But everybody knows
that the Joy riders now are In sackclOth
and ashes in anticipation of the approach
ing legal cancellation OF their JOY, and
everybody 10 pretty bally glad Of 1t. too.
T.
THIS chatter on the subject OF gas
wagons brings US around to the
topic of the proposed control Of taxicabs
by the municipality Of New York. II II
high time. as Pro Bono Publico or Ved-
tas would nay. that the taxicabs OF New
York and their drivers were controlled
by somebody.
For one very essential matter 1t has
been ascertalned that large numbers of
exceedingly experienced and scientific
friskers have Of late months taken jobs
as drivers OF New York taxicabs solely
for the chance that that sort OF work
gives them to shake down dfunks.
The rummy. you Of course know. has an
inordinate fondness for the taxicab. Hav-
ing leaned against q bar rail and perco-
lated things into his system until the
arm rest Of the counter feels like hu-
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James r. oyster. incluentaI1y, you
should have seen the Oyster smile widely
when the President asked him to fill up
some of the select stand during the pa
rade. He was all set up, and rightly.
too.
Remarkably fine man is the Presi-
dent says Capt. Oyster. But that has
nothing to do with the case.
There was one of the cheap oriental
shows running full blast down there then,
one OF those shows where they beat an
orientalized tin pan and blow raucously
out of a pipe. OF course the combination
Is fearful. but 1t means. in this particular
case, Salome. or a whatchumay callem
dance of the variety that is forbidden,
strictly forbidden, in Washington. AS the
Armenian rug mender out of a job footed
on his pipe and the Italian ditchdigger,
temporarily translated into an Arabian
musician, kept the dish pan busy, the
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man roulette wheel at Coney Island. the
drunk, finding that the barkeep no longer
will converse with him as to the sadness
of life and It's lack Of compensations,
says unto himself In New York. sezzee,
that he will HE out into the bright light
ed way. hall . tsxicab for himself. be
briskly conveyed q few times through the
vertiured paths OF the park. annex some
air unto his system, and thereby make
room for further libations at the conclu.
sion OF the trip.
Time was. when taxicabs first came in
to vogue in this town. when taxicab pas
sengers Of this class had at least an even
money chance OF doing that which they
contemplated doing without anything
harsh happening to them. The first lot OF
taxicab chauffeurs Nere simple souls who
would ride q drunk around In the park
until the meter registered $3.50 or some
such figure, but who never thought Of In
vestigating the contents OF such passen-
gers clothing.
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between couple OF old ladies in sun bon
nets. It's q heart-to-heart chaw between
. pair Of seminary girls about what they
are going to wear at the graduation ex-.
erciSes. It's the lovemaking Of q pair of
mating cave magpies. It's the Say.
look a-here. podnsr, did you ever by any
chance happen to hear Of Blazy Bran
kins, the Brazos freighter?"
The Washington man was forced to ad-
NIT that he'd never heard Of Blazy.
well, SIR" said the man with the SOM
brero. "Blazy Brankins once put an east
ern man In the hospital for four months
Just by making a couple Of observations
to one OF his mules that had cast a shoe.
The eastern man was riding on the seat.
while Blazy was in the saddle on his rear
mule. When the mules shoe dropped OF
in the sand Blazy just dropped of the
mule, placed his hands comfortably on his
hips. cleared his throat. carelesslflke, grim
ned pleasantly at the eastern man on the
seat and then relieved himself of q few
observations that he had in his mind with
regard to mules that couldn't wait to cast
their shoes till they got somewhere near
q camp.
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u REPRESENTATIVE Wanger of Penn
~ sylvania is having the hardest kind
OF time with his resolution congrat-
ulating. the Young Turks on having
put skids under Abdul the Recent. He
has tried to bring 1t up in the House
three meeting days in succession. but
every blessed time Immediately after it
has been read Representative Serene
Payne OF New York. the we'll known
bell-cow OF the majority herd. has hoist
ed himself to q position not inimical
to the laws of gravity and uttered q
basso profundo objection. Trouble is with
the resolution. probably. that 1t doesn't
just conf1ne itself to the subject matter
in hand, but branches OF into something
OF m essay on the evils Of promiscuous
assassination. rapine, arson and petty
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business every year, and the summer soda
business is the backbone of half the drug
stores. I'm not saying that the soda
business belongs Of right to the saloons.
But we're entitled to make q try for the
business and get 1t IL we can.
X X
1.-The water-wagon habit is growing A
certain proportion Of a saloons customers
in these days Is on and of the water
wagon all the time. The fellows who cut
out the hard stuff for time like to drop
with the rang. but the average saloon
doesn't carry much OF line Of soft STUN
"a mineral water or two, ginger ale and
sarsaparilla Is about the list. The man on
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he. too. had heard that squeal:
With practiced hand on the weatheret
spokes he spun the steering wheel.
Once more that whistle, weird and shrill
and the Pat McCabe. alright.
Lay over till her copper keel cleaned in
the phesfor' light.
She filled on the roll ana settled deep
and then, with . feAr-crazed cough
She dived stern first, like a thing acurst
trough.
The tug picked up the captain of the
schooner Pat McCabe,
And the captain he was crying like q
heart-br0ke little babe,
Zach Gott," he cried between his sobs
belief it not! Ach LOoie!
My good ship Pat. she was scared to
death by the screech Of a whistline
buoy"
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and braxen assertion that it Is entirely
the fault Of the forsaken wives that they
are forsaken.
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'The eastern man was hearty looking.
with good. ruddy skin. but after listen
ing to just eight Of Blazy's preliminary
and Introductory words he turned pale
and began to quiver and shake. Not no
ticing this, Blazy. turning to the mule
that had dropped the shoe. continued his
remarks In the low, even tone that he al
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and Blasy, feeling genuinely sorry fo
the carpenter, mounted his rear mule ant
drove of.
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As though this we're not q sufficiently
impolite quotation of social-scientific
fact. the same seer proclaims that
whereas. in his young day. only the
women Of the aristocracy ever dreamed
Of such thing as possessing silk petit.
Evening star., 1909-05-08

"a pretty conservative lot, consider
ing the nature of their business-balk at
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Special Correspondence of The star.
NEW YORK. Nav Z
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OWN In Alexandria

OWN In Alexandria
this happened. 1t
Is a true story, II
/ do say it as /
shouldn't, for l
saw it myself.
1t was the day
that President Taft
went down to the
old town with I'm
Gle Joe Cannon,
Archie Butt. Harry
West and Capt.
In old nV1f N-npr
Evening star., 1909-05-08

taxicabs Is another matter that needs tn,
attention OF some properly constituted
authority.
Evening star., 1909-05-08

EALLY, these pub
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-09-09
YATES'S CASE
Is Personally Investigated ir
the State Prison by Gov
ernor Glasscock.

Governor William Il. Glasscock, who
stopped off in Wheeling upon his re-
turn from the reunion of the Tri-
State Veterans association at Rock
Springs Park. visited Moundsville.
The governors announcement In.
voring tax on natural gas has
aroused statewide interest and al
ready plans are being made to make
1t the keynote in the organization OF
the next legislature.
While at Moundsville the governor
made personal investigation of the
cases of Yates and Belcher, who ara
sentenced to 'be hanged, the former
on December 81, and the latter OIL
September IL. Neither of the con.
demned was aware of the presence
of the governor or knew him when
he question them. Yates's execu.
ton was postponed once by order oil
the governor pending an inquiry in.
to his mental condition.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-09-09
BRIDGE Bulls
Are Opened by. the County
Court in Special SEES
sion Today.

All the members OF the county
court were present at the special
term of that body. which opened here
Tuesday, morning. The court did
nothing in the forenoon except to
talk over some questions OF minor
Importance and at / O'Clock in the
afternoon it opened bids for the
construction of bridges in the coun-
ty.
AT press time the contracts had not
been awarded Among the bidders
for the various parts of the work are
Antonio Florl. w. w. Hess, c. A.
Short, j. w. Fox, j. v. Tulley, j. w.
Wright, the York Bridge Company,
the owego Bridge Company and the
orgonia Bridge comlhuny, The High
land ford bridge Is the most import
an. and the estimated cost Of 1t Is
1890. ~
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-09-09
LOOKING FOR
FACTORY SITE
Manufactures Of Patent Con
crete Casket to Build an
Industry Here.

Il. A. Hiilard, of Parkersburg, pat
entee and nanufactuter of new con-
crete casket, is in the city; looking for
a site upon which to build factory.
He is at present building a factory at
Middletown, o.. which wiz be COM
plcted and ready for operation by
Sept. Is. He wants to erect also a
factory in West Virginia and is favor
ably impressed with Clarksburg. II
he can find a suitable site, he will
make arrangements to build the fac
tory at once.
Mr. Hillard has a patent for con-
crete casket made of a combination
of cement and marble, which is water
proof and is given a polish to make it
look like glass at distance. 1t la
to danpness or water ana
will last for ages. needing no vaul.
protection in the ground. The cas-
ket may be made of any shade or
color and, 1t is thought. will prove a
revolution in casket making.
The casket Is not expensive, but It's
beauty and utility and the fact that 1t
does no decay, makes 1t valuable
above the present make of caskets as
u receptacle for tho remains of the
dead. 1t is a combination of mater
ials that makes the casket superior
and this secret Mn. billiard holds.
Capital for thee obstruction of the
factory and the commencement of OPP
erations has already been obtained by
Mr.. Hillard. Mt long ago, he sold a
half interest in the enterprise to IA
who put up 5000 in cash for
1t.