The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-29

~ is easier, IninkS the boston POSI
to rest too much than it is to work
too much.
Chicago boy, because he broke a
the city hall. Boys will be boys, but
this one is a marvel, to the Atlanta
Journal.
| It's easy enough, contends the At
lanta Journal to put suffragettes In
| use other precautions to keep her
safe, but you can't shut her up.
Some love affairs would seem to in
dictate, to the Boston Post, that Cupid
ought to drop his bow and arrow
and get a gun.
The Louisville Courier-Journal
poet MARBLES:
OF all sad words of tongue or pen
The saddest are: There amt no
men,"
A bill passed in Oregon prohibits
hat-pins in excess Of ten inches IN
length. Here is a step toward
higher civilization which the New
York World AYERS, might perfectly
we'll have gone at least an lnch
further.
If it is true that the first OIL KING
lived 900 B. c., we must admit con
fesses the Louisville Courier-Journal'
that he hadn't the advantages or
good example that should have kept
the present oil king from behaving
like a famished anaconda.
Keep house scientifically" says
New York exchange. But, objects
the Atlanta Constitution, all the
science in the world can't make a
spring stove pipe amiable or mellow
the rnutterings Of discordant lawn
mower.
The financial success of the model
tenement house has already been es-
tablished, observes the Philadelphia
Record, and Mrs. Vanderbilts philan-
thropic enterprise will demonstrate
the remunerative character OF Dulld-
ings in which conditions will be favor
able even for victims of tuberculosis
Orthographically, the difference be-
tween the newly invented donkey
dinner" and the passe monkey din
ner" is but one letter. But the DON
key type insists the Pittsburgh DIS
patch. should have more conservatism
and sobriety, and be more in harmony
with the ancient style OF after-din-
ner oratory.
There are plenty of high grade
summer resorts in the country whose
managers would be pleased to enter
ain the President Of the United
States at liberal discount from regu-
ar rates, says the Utica Press. A
Country White House is a luxury
hat should be deferred at least until
he deficit in the Treasury is reduc-
d."
Saws the London Chronicle: "Port
u Prince, which came into notoriety
gain through the latest civil war IN
Iaiti, is one OF those places which
ave repeatedly had to change their
ames to suit the changes and
hances Of politics. During the 104 (
ears since Haiti became finally in
ependent of France, she has been an
mpire, kingdom, republic, an en-
ire again, and a republic once more" :
Many Of the greatest men-New-
N, for instance, greatest Of all dis :
,vers of law-have been thought
updd because they rebelled against
ork that was not congenial. In the
ID they justified the rebellion. HUI
an beings, in the long run, prophes- ,
s the New York Journal, will learn
Q truth put before them years ago
! Charles Fourier, that men are
'verned by their attractions, and C
at the success OF the 1nd1v1dual and
the race depends upon giving full
~ to the attractions or passions. :.
lwart:1g them or coercing them "
cans failure.
Happily, the frost all over Russia
q attended by an ample snowfall"
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