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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17
BOOST STOCK OF JOHNSON
AND FOLK FOR PRESIDENCY

OAKLAND, Sept. 9.--GEditor Herald
Yes. by all means, let the movement
go on. gather interest, earnestness ana
momentum, to solidify the Democracy
of nominating for the presidency in
1912 Hon. Joseph w. FOLK or missouri,
Provided 1t be not found that there is
8 growing demand for the nomination
of that other great and true democratic
Democrat, Tom L. johnson of Ohio, the
hest mayor Of the best governed city IN
the United States, to quote the words
of Lincoln Steffens. And more, one of
the best mentally ana physlcaly
eouipped men in the land to make
campaign among the people. And
more yet, and better, a man who is the
embodiment of radical reform for the
exemplification in government or ooth
the spirit and the essence OF true
democracy; a total abolition of all spe-
cial privileges, and the establishment
and maintenance of equal rights TO
ALL" Tis is democracy, and 1t is what
this country needs and must nave IN
government administration II II IS TO
endure as a republic. 9
True 1t is former Governor Folk has
shown himself a fighter for reform
based in righteous principle, and he has
achieved in his own state, to an extent
which has given him national prom
inence. But how the eyes Of the coun-
try. and the world 1t may be. have been
on Mayor Johnson of Cleveland, o., IN
his mighty contest with predatory
privilege, fighting to maintain its posi-
tion of predatoriness! Here is man
who would rather go down to defeat
stripped of his fortune than to tenn
poriZe or compromise with the enemy
against which he contends for the up
holding and vindicating OF righteous
principle of economics and democracy.
The world admires and loves such
man. He compels the respect Of his
foes and wins the admiration of
those whose interests he antagonizes.
Though a loser, he is not vanquished;
and though defeated, he is undaunted.
Because he knows he is right and the
right win prevail.
Yes. let it be Tom L. Johnson, If 1t
is a Johnson who Is to be the standard
bearer of the Democracy in 1912; rather
than John A. johnson, a man who as
a candidate would be entirely accept
able to James ]. Hill, J. Pierpont Nor
gan, Thomas E. Ryan and the rest OF
that stripe of Democrats.
If it be that Johnson of Ohio shall not
be deemed the most available to head
the ticket, then let 1t be Folk and
Johnson. Here would be a ticket, In the
opinion of this writer, invinctble even
against a ticket reading Roosevelt and
Beveridge," with all the potentialities
of a machine organization and a sub
sidized press back of and supporting
it. For the mighty army of the pro-
letariat will know that to dethrone en-
trenched plutocracy they must defeat
the ticket favored by plutocracy.
Folk and Johnson or Johnson and
Folk. Would not that be a ticket?
JOHN AUBREY JONES.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17
PROTESTS AGAINST BULL
FIGHT ADVERTISEMENTS

LOsN ANGELES. Sept. 11.-TEditor
Herald: Not many weeks ago I read
an article purporting to be Queen Ena's
humane spirit on the bull-fight ques-
tion, in which she expressed herself as
being opposed to bull fights on ac-
count of the many fatalities resulting
therefrom.
Queen Ena's sympathy bended all
toward the parties participating in that
cruel sport, evidently not considering
the helpless animal at all.
The writer hopes to see every un-
feeling bull fighter gored to finish
until the Spanish and Mexican gov
ernments pass laws prohibiting such
horrible cruelties.
Throughout the city of Los Angeles
we see placards announcing Terrible
fight to death between an imported
Bengal tiger and a real live BULL at
Tia Juana." just wonder If there
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17
SAYS GIRLS DO NOT ADMIRE
MEN OF UNPRINCIPLED LIVES

Los ANGELES, Sept. 1O.-[Editor
Herald: I wish to enter a vigorous
denial to the statement that girls pre-
fer immoral men. woman who pre-
fers such a man, whether he boasts of
such life or not, is not real woman;
she is only counterfeit. There are no
girls in my set who like-su men, and
| don't know where they are to be
found.
An colder man" who tells you such
untrue things is merely trying to ex-
cuse his own vile past. OF course
girl likes man who is interesting and
polite. but there is nothing in an un-
principled life to make one interesting
and polite-quite the reverse.
The most interesting and agreeable
youths I have known were those who
were clean-souled and above going in
low company An immoral man breaks
the state laws. AS we'll admire a thief.
REPRESENTATIVE MODERN GIRL.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17
SAYS SOME AM MERICAN is
WORSE THAN PlDGIN-ENGLISH

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 14-[Editor
Herald: Since writing you recently
on the ill-advised and ill-considered
elision of the hyphen and relative
that by American journalists and
other writer's. have come across some
fragrant examples. Here is one, taken
from The Herald Associated Press re-
ports of today. On the question as to
whether or not there is life on Mars,
the writer says Let us recall we
see Mars by reflected sunlight"
To say this is worse than pidgin-
English is to understate the case.
Pidgin- English, however bad the form,
is often very expressive; whereas, the
sentence quoted above is not only bad
FORM but does not really express it's
presumed meaning. The sentence
should read: Let us recall (the fact)
that we see Mars by reflected sunlight"
and though it is quite reasonably per-
missible to Glide the bracketed words
1.-The fact the relative that" cannot
be spared without completely ky
boshing' the sentence and rendering it
meaningless unless one be content to
guess its meaning. VAL STONE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17
THINKS sUFFRAGETTES
SHOULD DROP THE MRS.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. S.-[Editor
Herald: One of the first things that
women who go to the conventions in
behalf of woman suffrage should do
is lay aside the Mrs. She should not
expect to win freedom while wearing
the badge of slavery. A man does not
change his title when he marries, so
why in the name Of common sense
should the women, unless it is to brand
her as this or that mans property, just
as he puts his brand on his cattle2
1 believe there should be some way
in which to distinguish the married
from the unmarried in order to prevent
fraud, but the fraud is generally per-
petrated by the man on the woman, so
the present manner of merely marking
the woman does not serve to prevent
fraud. We in the name of morality and
Justice should set about at once to
solve this problem of preventing mar
ried men as we'll as women from de-
ceiving people as to whether they
possess a wife or husband. 1t is i'm
possible for an innocent woman TO
know whether a man Is married or not
at present, as marriage leaves him as
free. so far as appearance goes. as
when he was single, and consequently
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17
FRoWNS ON OLD JOKES
ABOUT WIVES COOKING

LOS ANGELES, Sept S.-[Editor
Herald: It has always seemed to me
that the many stupid jokes about men
suffering from the poor cooking of
their wives, and also the serious lee
lures and advice given to women
about the danger of running the diges-
tions of their husbands, have done d
great deal to encourage men to be
even more selfish than they are by
nature. After reading said jokes and
magazine articles, men imbibe the no.
ton that woman was made for nothing
else than to be his body servant Did
II never occur to any of these preach
ers" that young wife eats the cook
ing referred to as we'll, and if 1T is so
indigestible and dangerous, why is
there no danger of killing her too? Or
is It that she is such an unimportant
member of the firm that it makes no
difference if it does kill her? A wo-
man correspondent says, Mrs. Newly
wed may be a culinary genius" AS
far as I am a judge, she is a culinary
genius but if she had not been I should
never think that my stomach was in
any more danger than hers. She was
business girl before marriage, but in
order to live on the slim salary paid
girls and lay up something for a rainy
day, she was obliged (as many other
girls are) to do her own cooking on a
gas stove in her room, besides doing
part of her laundry work, jantor
work, etc-all this in addition to
earning a living, thereby displaying d
heroism which few men are called on
to display.
The average man would blow out his
brains before he would bravely grap-
pie with life under such circumstances.
OF course, according to S. j. B., she
should not have been supporting her.
self and depriving some man of a
Job; she should have gone away and
starved but she did not see it that
way, and If a girl can cook for her
self under such circumstances, at the
same time doing nerve-racking work in
office and keep healthy, rosy
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17

checked, bright-eyed and neat, a strong
young man has no call to fear that his
stomach is going to be ruined. No
doubt old bachelors, who have been
living around clubs, thinking of noth-
ing but their stomachs and kicking
about the chef all the time-would
make pretty selfish and cranky hus-
bands, but a healthy young man, who
has been eating at restaurants and
never spoiled, is mighty glad to eat the
cooking of a clean young woman. Sis
Hopkins says. Anything my mother is
good enough to make is good enough
for me to wear" I say, Anything my
wife is good enough to cook is good
enough for me to eat"
MR.. NEWLYWED.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17
HOPES TOBACCO SMOKING WILL
BE ABOLISHED ON STREET CARS

Los ANGELES, Sept. 1O-[Editor
Herald: Since 1 have been in Cali
fornia have enjoyed so many delight
full things that it would not seem right
to complain of anything, and yet was
glad when I saw in The. Herald that
possibly smoking of tobacco on the
street cars would be abolished.
1t has been the one thing that has
spoiled many an otherwise delightful
ride for me and likely enough others
have been made sick as l have by the
smoke from some one or several men
who probably could not imagine that
it was so annoying, positively Distress
full to others, since they enjoyed it so
much
I am sure I would not indulge in any
habit that l knew was so unpleasant
to any one else. l hope that in the
near future we may enjoy our rides
with only pure air to breathe
TOURIST,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17

could be a law passed to prevent the
advertising of such a cruel pastime.
The placard advertising this miser-
able sport" is sent to our country to
interest our people, and it appears to
me the American humane societies
ought to find SOME way to have all
such advertising suppressed.
Surely, Spain and Mexico must have
some people with influence enough to
have laws passed prohibiting bull
fights, and it appears to me that the
religious institutions of those countries
controlling the people ought TO instill
into the minds of their subjects the
cruelties of bull fighting.
If the Mexican government allows the
cruelties to continue, let the United
States government protest against the
sending Of bull-fight placards across
the line. e. e. K.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17

he feels less responsible about assum-
ing the position of married man than
he would if it brought change IN the
manner by which people would address
him. There are few social changes that
would work greater beneht TO men
and women than a means of knowing
man was married and a sort of re-
minder to the man himself of his obli-
cation and a realization of the fact that
the world would seek the cause OF an
attempt to pose as ! single man.
Until this reform is brought about
women should drop the Mrs. in their
public work and be, known under their
initials or the title Of Madam So and
So, whichever the public would prefer.
GOOD SERVANT.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17

over the private exchange, switchboard,
etc. does not know an immoral man
when she sees him; and don't you ever
think a good, pure-hearted, high
them.
There may be girls who will marry a
rake for the sake Of an easier place in
life Gn the absence of the moral mani,
but not the high-minded girl I have
just described. When you marry, ex-
change love for love and purity for pu-
rity. Nothing else is honorable.
MR.. NEWLYWED,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17
GIRLS EASILY KNOW WHEN
MAN is PURE-MlNDED

Los ANGELES. Sept. 1O.-[Editor
Herald: Without wanting to butt
In" to the Letter Box too much, feel
1t my duty to attend to the case of the
young man who has been told that girls
like immoral men. There may be that
kind of girls, but any one who wants
one of them is welcome to her.
Don't you ever think a girl who has
worked around a business Office,
caught little scraps of conversation
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17
THROWS OIL ON WATERS
OF NARY M. CONTROVERSY

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9.-[Editor
Herald: With the exception of the
letters of "Carlotta," there were no per-
sonal attacks on MARY Magdalene."
The other writer's merely differed with
her In her views of life. They urged
her chance to forget the past.
ESPERANZA.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17

nant to The mind that scars aloft to
have to associate with mechanical laws
and material things here.
To those of you who theorize from
conventional codes and canned good
ness" 1 would inquire, Whence came
this morality? STUDENT.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17
The Public Letter Box

publication must be aGeonpsnsd Sy
anda OF
responsibility for their views
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-07-23
Fourth of July piaIonue.

Wilfred McGonigle-Say, Spectacles,
didjer hav' emmy fireworks ON de
Fourt'?
Edwin Bostonbeens-Most assuredly,
and among the heterogeneous collection
l had some elongated circular paste
board tubes that emitted varicolored
spheres.
Wilfred MEG onigle-Say, denis Ro-
man candles yer mean, amt dey?
Edwin Bostonbeens-Precisely, and
then l had other cylindrical pyrotech-
MICS with zone, shaped apexes which,
upon being ignited, sailed with velocity
toward the empyrean regions and
Wilfred McGonigle-Can't yer say
~skyrockets? Den wot?
Edwin Observation-Disclosures l had va
riegated spheroids that revolved In
%cessantly, with CELEBRITY ~discharging
fiery asterisks that split into diverging
lines as they sailed into the atmos-
phere. You may rest assured that /
enjoyed those effulgent phenomena.
Wilfred McGonigle-I like pinwheels
myself. Did yer hav' emmy red lights
or green lights?
Edwin Bostonbeens-Not that I am
cognizant of. but we had several dem
onstrations of radium and helium.
Wilfred McGonigle-Say, Specsy,
let's set n match to some OF dem words
and see If dat lankwidje don't explode.
New York Tribune.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-07-23
D. A. R. PRESIDENT GENERAL
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott Elected Over
Mrs WiIIiam Cumminns Storu-

Mrs. Matthew T. Scott Elected Over
Mrs. William Cummings Story.
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott of Blooming
ton. ILL.,. is the new president general
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. She was elected at the
congress of the society In Washington
Thursday, April %. The result of the
ballot was not made known until the
following day, the count having occu-
pied nearly the whole night following
the day of the balloting. Her only OPP
ponent was Mrs. William Cummings
Story of New York city. The vote as
announced Friday afternoon was: Mrs.
Matthew z. Scott, 436; Mrs. William
Cummings Story, 42S.
Mrs. Scott was known as the lad
ministration" candidate. Mrs. Story
was the ''insurgent" candidate. The
contest was most earnest. 1t really
began last January. thus making the
campaign nearly as long as a presi-
Dental campaign. From the start Mrs.
Donald Mclean, who was elected last
year as president general, espoused the
candidacy of Mrs. Scott. Opposed to
Mrs. Scott was the old faction which,
under the leadership of Mrs. Daniel
Manning, had opposed the ascendency
of Mrs. Mclean. This opposition Sc
lected Mrs. Cummings Story, regent of
the New York state d. A. r. and presi-
dent of the New York federation of
the society. She had wealth, social
prestige and efficiency In leadership.
Mrs. Scott is equally endowed. When
the congress met 1t was evident that
the following of each candidate would
make the contest close, and so it turned
out.
Mrs. Scott is the widow of Matthew
Scott, a coal mine owner of Blooming
ton, ILL.,, and a sister of Mrs. Adlai Ste
venson, wife of ex-Vice President Ste
venson In the second administration of
Grover Cleveland. In the first Cleve-
land administration Mr.. Stevenson
was first assistant postmaster general.
Mrs. Scott has been a widow fifteen
years. She has two daughters, both
married. One is the wife of Captain
Charles Bromwell, who at one time
was superintendent of public build
ings and grounds at the national CAPT
tai. 1t was while Mrs. Bromwell was
a resident of Washington that Mrs.
Scott maintained a handsome home in
that city, assisting her daughter in So
cial functions. She became quite prom.
inent In official life at that time. Her
other daughter is Mrs. Carl Vrooman,
whose husband is a traveller and writ.
er. Mrs. SCOTS maiden lame was
Julia Green.
Mrs. Scott interested herself a year
ago In the movement which has given
the Daughters their new home, In
which the congress met this year for
the first time. The building, the com
pletion of which was celebrated at the
recent session, is of white stone and
architectually is imposing. 1t is 16S
kfsat deep by 222 feet wide, The in,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-07-23

Laurel wreaths cross the fiat pillars of
the entrance, on the left of which is
the museum for historic relics. To
this the New York city chapter gave
$4,000 In celebration of Mrs. McLean's
election to the presidency general
The bronze tablet presented by the
French government during the first
year of Mrs. McLean's administration
Is placed on one side of the hall. On
the right is the library. The audito-
rum, which fills the rest of the first
floor, is 70 by 100 feet. There are two
large galleries and one smaller. Here,
as elsewhere, the scheme is entirely In
white. The seating capacity Of the
auditorium is 1850.
On the second foor is a ballroom,
the scene of the reception on the after
noon of April 10. This room is dec
grated in white enamel, and there is a
colonial fireplace. The staircases in
the hall are of cast iron, enameled.
An honor was conferred upon Gov
ernor Fort Of New Jersey by inviting
him to open the New Jersey state
room, which boasts a historic VAIN
scoting, the wood being taken from
the old ~battleship Augusta, which was
raised where she was sunk off the Jer-
sey coast
At the southeast corner Of the second
floor is the president generals room.
This WIS furnished by an individual
gift of $500 from Mrs. James II. AL
drich of the New York city chapter.
On the third floor of the building are
the kitchens and dining rooms. The
outer terrace is already completed, so
that the Daughters may drive to the
steps where the p~orte-cochere will be
placed.
1t is only a year since the speedy
completion of the hall vas made pos
sib1e by the negotiation Of a loan Of
100000, to be paid back In sums as
small as $4,000.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-07-23
NO MORE DYNAMITE.
1t is Too Active to Be Perfectly Free
From Danger.

1kfi tire set pie~g5 u1erfuyuS o1 ~
Fourth-fery portraits of George
Washington and spirited spark pic
lures of the 'boys of '76'-are made
in America. An eastern firm once
made up some giant ~1recrackers,
using a tiny quantity of dynamite for
the explosive.
Dynamite sends as much force down
ward as upward when it explodes, and
whenever n of the f~irecrackers was
exploded a little hole was bored in the
ground. The young son of the presi-
dent of the company which manufac-
tured them set one off while 1t was
lying on one of the stone slabs of the
steps leading to his house. The slab
was shattered, and the dynamite fire.
crackers were taken from the market.
The most delicate and altogether
wonderful fireworks are the bombs
made by the Japanese to be exploded
In the daytime. These bombs are some
times spherical in shape and some
times cylindrical, and occasionally the
two forms are combined in q cylinder
with a ball at one end.
Fired from steel mortars, the bombs
explode in midair. After the smoke
has cleared away a figure of some sort
goes floating off in the upper air. Two
enormous dragons twist and turn, as
in mortal combat, until st. George in
the guise of their own fiery tongues
bids them begone, and they vanish In
a puff of smoke. Perhaps the Japanese
goddess of mirth hilariously waves a
little three cornered flag with a square
hole in it and smiles benignly down
until she has sailed away out of sight.
The combinations produced in these
day fireworks are almost endless.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-07-23
The ALL SILENT FOURTH OF JULY

arhe next morning came. With a sense OF
release
Which filed her whole soul with content-
ment and peace,
She tossed wax and cotton far out OF her
sight,
Threw wide doors and windows and gazed
with delight.
Her neighbor, Dick Jones. came and
lounged on her gate.
"Good mornin'l How are ye? You're up
rather late.
I thought you was sick, twas SO sort O.
shut up.
Too bad on the boys tibet are bill they
put up!"
'What bill?" "Ain't you heard? Thet's
why twas so still.
They put off the Fourth cause the may
or's so ILL.,"
"And didn't they shoot off the cannon at
ALL"
Cried Polly. amazed; not a gun, great or
small?"
"There amt been a day as I know on this
year
So dead level still as twas yesterday
here!"
Miss Polly said only: well. there! I de-
clarel"
Then slammed to the door and dropped
into a chair.
With look very sheepish and manner less
curt,
She thought. AFTER this I won't cry TIL
I'm hurt"
Fannie E.. Newberry in Philadelphia
North American.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-07-23

} ever you h0E
of Miss Polly
Shannon,
Who nearly o e
mad at the sight
of a cannon?
Just outside of Bris-
toll she lives all
alone
And hasn't so much
as a cat of her
own.
While dreading the
thought of the
Fourth of July
She said to herself,
II shall certain
ly dyI"