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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23
EARNING Their Money.

There is no question about the boys
earning taciT money at Tallahassee
Up to date more than. 200 bills have
beer introduced Whether they VIII
be worth the amount spent ON them
tn the peopIe remains TO be seen But
they are working hard whether they
accomplish anything or not.-Manatee
Record. -----.-.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23
NEWS AND VIEWS
BY STATE PRESS
&c Sure to Gel All.

&c Sure TO Gel All.
The Legislature has discovered ths;
eeveral of its Rembers and state Of.
hoers have been riding over railroads
without paying the regular fare, but
instead, presenting a pass. This 5
in violation of the law, and both the
railway compass issuing the pass
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

city. With the booze, the loan sharks
and the race track gamblers ellmi-
uated. Jacksonville will indeed be 10
a had way--accoTding to its repreSen-
tstives in the Observation-Disclosures
News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23
This Is Fearful.

The expert punster OF the Times
Union should have been present at
West Palm Beach, the other day.
when a stranger on registering at a
hotel there remarked 10 the proprie-
tor. 81 see you are Sea-gull. bird
never expected TO See-gull the pub
lie as an inn-keeper." Proprietor Sea
gle at once turned him over TO the
poIice.-Punta Gorda Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

tai cost of 81 600. The city of Wor-
cester, Mass, has put five cars in use,
sprinkliDg from thirty TO thirty five
miles of streets a day, and the city
engineer CayS: Our authorities have
come to recognize this method of
sprinkling as superior to any other"
In Massachusetts these sprinkling
cars are used in such towns and cities
as Worcester, Quincy, Holyolze. Low
ell. Springfield. Taunton, Salem and
Lynn Providence. r. l.. and SYRIA
euse. n. Y, are large cities and both
use the trolley sprinklers with the
most satisfactory results. New Brit
ain, New Haven and Waterbury, in
Connecticut, have also adopted this
method of street sprinkling.
The foregoing figures showing the
cost under the sprinkIing system now
in use in Pensacola and what it would
be were trolley sprinkIing cars adopt
ed, provided the same result would
obtain here as in the other cities
named-and why not?-caIl for a
careful investigation of this import
ant matter.
Pensacola should not be behind
hand in adopting every utility that
will afford greater comfort and better
sanitary conditions for its population.
Along with the many miles of new
pavement to be laid should certainly
be provided the cheapest and most
up-to-date system for keeping them
sprinkled, and if the trolley sprinkling
car is the best method, the experience
80 tIa oif;oc which bova tried ii ipdi-
Gates that the few thousand dollars
invested is soon made up by the de-
creased cost of the service.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23
Al Expensive Luxury.

The bill introduced in tie Florida
legislature to esta blish a state print
ing office to do all state printing and
manufacture all state text books il
passed would furnish a few soft jobs.
but would prove an expensive luxury
for the state. States with ten times
the population of Florida have never
seen the necessity of a state printing
office-WauchuIa Advocate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

and the state officer using it. a-e
equally responsible. Let the chips
tall where they will be sure to get
them all. The legislature does So IN
to be doing something worth while a.
ter aIl-Miani MIL CpOlis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23
PROVING q Disappointment.

Like most of its predecessors for
tie past ten years, the present legI5'
I2iure is proving disappointm sdf-
( made a good start and the people
were led TO believe that ID would make
A record as business legislature. but
III less the remaining twenty working
days Of the session shall be E7,e
fruitful of results t.,sn the forty al
ready spent. IL viii lack much o.
Gaming the reward at the good ana
t;.ithfuI servant. Str lie how oaf leg
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23
A Moral Triumph.

1t was a distinct personal triumph
for Senator Sloan and a most credit
able move on the part of the mem
beTs of the upper house in the legis-
Iature when the senate passed the
bill preventing various forms or
milling, more particularly referring
TO race track ambling.-Titusvill
Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

The Jasper Banner of Liberty S
much perturbed in spirit by politics
over in Georgia. Now, amt that
funny Frances, my child?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23
Hard Times and Claims.

It will soon be customary -or par
res having claims against the state
t. lie them for exactly double the
amount expected. The c:aIms bills
are nelDg cut just half Hard times
see mirgIy makes the safe pay 5u
cents on the dollar.-Havaud News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

1t now develops that the mullet is
not a fish but bird, because it has a
gizzard; and likewise it may be
proved that it is a monkey because it
has a tail
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23
Underground System.

Underground System.
Inspector Thomas Lynch, better
known as Handsome Tom has
task that would tax the patience Of
almost any modern Job. He has to
explain the intricate laws that control
the money lenders and usuFers OF
Boston and adjust all cases where too
much interest has been charged OF
the unsuspecting borrower.
What we are looking for especial
Iy," he commented the other day, lis
what is known as the underground
system. The old rates of interest are
entirely changed row, and, where they
feel safe, some ef the more unscrupu-
Ious money lenders do not hesitate TO
make a loan under the old rate,
which is much higher. Boston
(Mass0 Journal,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23
Blow at "eusiness Interests"

That anti-race track gambling Dill,
which passed the senate last week
by a vote o. 20 to 4, appears 10 have
been another blow at the business
interests o. Jacksonville. according
TO Senator Buchanan Of that city
When the senator saw that the bill
was sure to pass. he endeavOTed TO
insert an amendment including bridge
whist. Race track gambling is con
fessedIy a game OF bunco, confidence
eamc-a game in which. the manipI-
lStors decoy the innocent for purposes
OF rObbing or fieeeing them. knowIE.s
TN 10 he a fact, the honorable %
senator representing the city OF Jack
sonville uBhlushingly defends it IN the
interests Of the business men OF his
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

Here is some of the wit and wis
dom of our gay young friend, Editor
Caldwell. of the Jasper News:
Jacksonville is a prosperous city.
The scarcity of yellow dogs proves
that fact.-Times-U Union. We did not
know that the people of Jacksonville
were so fond of sausage.
1t is surprisingly strange that many
persons who profess to be Christians
have opinions which cannot be
changed by plain declarations OF the
Bible.
There is no link connecting the first
and second quotations but each OF
them hits the bulls eye.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23
Too Busy for Ball!

To the Barlow Courier-InformanL
we will say that the reason KissiBI-
mee did not put up 5000 for a place
i'm the South Florida Baseball league
is that the people in this prosperous
city are so busy selling real estate
TO the hundreds who are moving to
this county and engaging in trucking
that they just haven't the time to de-
vote TO such pleasures as baseball,
golf, cricket, etc.-Kissimmee Ga
Zette
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23
After Them in Lawrence.

After Them in Lawrence.
Anyone who, by circumstances be-
yond their control, or otherwise find
the necessity of borrowing money will
bear in mind that in Lawrence 1t Is
illegal to charge any but the follow
ing rates The aldermen, Ivy Unani-
nous vote, adopted the following or
der:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

There is a considerable difference
between being your brothers keeper
and your brothers boss, but what is
gracefully called ''paternalism" fails
to make the distinction. Why, old
Money bags will not endow college
or a church these days without a
tentative lecture to the institution to
the effect that it can't have his money
until it shows it is not too lazy or
dignified to move around and hustle
and raise an equal amount by its own
exertions. The lamentable part OF the
business is that these institutions do
not resent the insult, so ardent has
grown the onslaught in the quest for
the golden bird-the AQuila Ameri-
cana.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

Something or somebody will most
surely explode like a dynamite bomb
if Jacksonville doesn't get its new
charter For the sake of peace and
harmony, pass it, pass it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

Barlow is going to give grand re-
ception to the people of Polk county
in honor Of its new court house, and
may they never have to visit the
building on a less joyous occasion is
The Journals most sincere wish.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

That pert parsgraphist of the jack
sonviIle Times Uuion is altogether too
exubeTant over the fat, peachy cheek
ed young females of Jinsling Jaxon-
burg. Let him come out into civili-
zation awhile and learn good taste
by inspecting the proud, peerless,
precious, perfect, paramount princess
es of progressive Pensacola. The
young man is too confined in his area
OF observation. He needs travel. He's
suffering from ophthalmia. sstigma-
tism, obliquity of vision or something
just as bad. Come over here and see
some of our live stock; but you'd
better bring your trunk and furniture
along; you'd never consent to go away
again,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

II President Taft desires really to
convince the south of his benevolent
intentions let him veto the Payne
Aldrich tariff abominatiou when it
comes before him. If his purpose in
wishing to establish what he calls IAN
intelligent, fighting opposition party
in each state of the Union" will have
as its sequence the UNFOLDING of the
trusts and their agents the republic
an party in the wholesale robbery of
the people and also in adding new
strength and stretch TO the federal
government, he would do we'll to save
his bTeath-the south is not built that
Was.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

isiatiYe bodies will piudie and pifaie
and piddle with little things, putting
If {, The last momsnt and often ca
Grely neglecting maters Of the mos.
vital mportance.-Bartov CouTtss'
Informant
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

DEATH TO THE HOUsEFLY!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

There were three arrests and con-
vietions in Gainesville last week for
cruelty TO dumb animals. A good
work 1t should be kept up until
every human brute gains at least the
faithfulness and patience Of the poor
beast he delights in torturing.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23


wish the federal government to take
a hand in suppressing the striking
white firemen, under the pretense of
protecting the United States mail.
Probably the Empire State, under
whose charter the road is operated,
will have a word to say in the prem
Uses. Why did not the company ap-
peal for state protection for mails and
everything else, if military aid is
necessary? Georgia has an unusually
strong and effective national guard.
The Orlando Reporter Star, while
admitting that good clothes are i'm
pressive and serve a useful purpose,
declares that ION the whole outward
clothing is not a positively safe and
reliable sign of inward decency." We
rather agree with the thoughtful
brother. About the best dressed men
who ever came under our observation
are the high-class sharpers of New
York who deal with green goods"
end the like Put il down as a truth
beyond hope of contradiction that
fine feathers make fine BIRDS -
net fine men.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23

The Journal wishes to call the espe-
eisl attention of its readers 10 the
able editorial by Editor T. j. Apple
yard, of the Lake City Index. COW
ering the message of Governor Gill
christ to the legislature on the WALLIS
claim. The editorial is printed this
morning in another column.
Evening journal., 1909-09-06
FROcK WORN BY
FRENCH ACTRESS

An American dressmaker writing from
Paris says that a famous house near the
Madeleine is carefully avoiding the
clinging sheath shaped dress OF he
middle ages that has been so success
ful this season. The couturier In
question will make most Of his crea-
tions in tho Henry IL aid Louis XIII
styles, either separately OF combined
II Is no easy matter 20 discard the
typical draperles and heavy trimmings
OF each period yet retain the distinc-
tive cachet OF the time of the Valois
and earl. Bourbons
An amusing amalgamation OF the two
reigns just referred to as regards
toilet was seen at the recent Grand
Prix Miss Grace LaRue appeared I'm
the pesage of Longchamps In q sensa .
tlonal gown that most OF the Paris
periodicals described as a robe Louis
XIII" when In reality there was an
unmistal5able Henry IL note In the
pointed bands at the waist and an
equally marked Valols touch In the
draped begun II was this extraordi-
nary dress. am told. that inspired the
before mentioned couturier TO launch
his new models In this curious vein.
We shall see toward the end Of Sep
tember whether these interesting
amalgamations "catch on" here with
the oarisienne Many of my Ameri-
can friends have read about Miss La
Rue's dress at the races and asked me
Evening journal., 1909-09-06
An Investigation Shows That Her Condition Is Bet
tered Materially --- No Longer the Drudge
of Former Years.

maligned "woman's club" Women's
clubs fight each other in the city. but
In the country they do real good.
They start rest ro7ms. libraries and
practical dressmaking classes. They
encourage the right kind Of interior
decoration sanitation and houseworz.
They save woman from being a drudge
and open her eyes TO the beauty around
her Very soon the woman in the
country-if she keeps on improving
conditons-will be the envy Of her
city sister
Before J close 7 want to beg on 70
do one thing--never buy corsets. as so
many women do. without being dtted.
A doctor ] know assures me this is
one Of the greatest causes OF IN health
among women.
a corset that fits you will never hurt
you. but one that does not agree with
your particular build viii do just about
everything I'm the world
So take the time 20 be fitted and be
SIRE vou are getting 10 right corset.
Evening journal., 1909-09-06

good though inexpensive rug on the
floor and some cheerful pictures on the
walls The beds hal good mattresses
and plenty Of blankets. and there were
a closet and a chest Of drawers, a
rocking chair and a table for each.
"And another thing that made moth
er's help devoted TO her vas that she
wouldnt allow any one in the house to
criticise them needlessly. In some
households II seems 20 me that II any
one feels IN natured he or she takes II
out In nagging' the maid. II some
thing on the table doesn't quite suit
every soul. a ere is something slight
ing TO say Of the cook. who gets II all
through the maid and can't talk back.
poor thing. l. a maid failed in her
duty In any way mother told her OF Il.
but she and my father never per-
mitted the Children to -.ssume cri.-
ical. sighting or contemptuous atti-
tude toward the maids And ! can tell
you that not Z few children have that
attitude toward servants. even in nice
antilles"
Evening journal., 1909-09-06
A HUB DELlcAcY.

Visitors This Season SLIGHT Boston
Beans For 6skei Gods Head.
,'he Boston bean potts nose II out Of
ioint Baked beans are no longer the
,vo t. fool at the Hub II r. baked
Gods head that Is all the rage now
BOSTON has always been known as the
home Of the sacred goldfish" but 10 be
served with a baked cod's head strikes
some visitors az rather startling. Few
neopIe. however. can help liking the
dish when once they have tried II and
Gods head has become q Boston fad.
In many ways the head r. the best
mart ~ the coo II has a rich glutinous
substance that is brought out IN the
~ooiring-a substance something like the
gelatin in a calls head. only more
Feiioate IN flavor
II a dealer Thinks customer a
greenhorn IN Goldfish lore q cuts ths
head of the cod the latter ir huvins
and puts u aside 70 cell u for maisine
clue or fertilizer But he never tries
that trick IN the hred IN tho hone Rns
fonian The Rostonian hears II hons
az treasure ond has u split omen an
baked in a nan with little water unit
n Is almost readv ~ break open Thor
a sauce ~ milk nour and hufter Il
noured over II and n T. allowed n re-
main IN the oven q little longer. Ther
IL e. served smoking hot with a gar
nishinR ~ parsley
One hotel IN Rosfon makes rneriai
ty of ccds' h.c is. served hot witt
sauce. but with slices Of fried salt porls
The guests NAV go 70 the refrigerator
and pick out the head they wunt from
an assortment behind glass d0or and
send Il to the kitchen to be cooked.
Evening journal., 1909-09-06
Some Advance Autumn Styles s'"EH ss.i. aa

oSSIBLY she unusually cold
mz@ and stormy season abroad
n has had its influence In has
tening the advent Of autumn
fashions. for certainly the styles are
more definitely assured and less tenta-
tive at present than they generally are
so. early in the season. In the shops
one sees charming fall and winter cos
tunes that have all the earnarks Of
the great dressmakers. and II is reas-
surfing to observe that these costumes
IN many instances do not display the
unbecoming cross line trimmings. In
tricate draperies and very long waist
line-features that promised to carry
MI before them this autumn. The fact
Of the matter is women realize that
they have looked frunpy in these ex-
aggerated styles The noyen age re-
vivals with cuirass bodice. washer
woman's drapery and swathed na6els
on the exceptional woman and In Illus
trations bv Howard PYLE Of prineesses
and royal folk who lived IN an EZRA
and spot by the modern world for
got" are very smart And once In
awhile now Won see woman with a
frock % this kind achieving perfection.
but n Is a rare sight Women Them
selves have begun to rebel against
making unattracuve caricntures u
themselves The summer millinery was
much ridicuied but oven the mnst
venomous critic had 10 ACKNOWLEDGE
that IN MANY Instances Il WAS de-
cidediy fetching and beooming Rut
not so the summer costumes which I'm
most cases were unhecnm'ng and in a
number more were TOO nutre 70 he good
form II II true that the famous cou-
turiers can 10 a certain extent force
their oninions uDon their customers.
but the women themselves are the anal
court ~ anreai and the modes which
called forth unnatterirs criticism IN
the summer are to be modified this
fall
The short waisted effect In gowns
has vanished and the long pointed
waist line is the thing. and all the
waist TRIMMINGS are arranged to ac-
centnate this effect. DeiiRhtfuiiv draped
costumes win be and are seen. but II
is not the bunchsd up drapery the
pannier exagreratinns that Dame Ru-
NOR 50 CONFIDENTLY predicted No: the
long. slim lines stiil prevail. and there
is every reason to believe that the
directoire IN a modihed form will con-
tinue to reiEn. and a slender appear-
ance is what women win hunger end
thirst-not metaphoricallv--after next
winter. and strenuous efforts To reduce
the lines of the figure are being kept
up faithfully both here and abroad
The texture and coiorings n the new
materials have rhanged wonderfully
from those - last season Even. the
silks have a dull finish. and the same
appearance Is IN be seen in the wool-
en- fabrics Last year satin surfaced
silks and shining cashmeres and broad
Evening journal., 1909-09-06
coMFoRr ZOE THe AousEMAIo.

Considering what an important
part OF the household good servants
are. do wonder" said a woman. why
the average mistress is so regardless
OF their comfort. / visited last year in
the house OF some people--enlighton
cultivated people. mind you--wht Sc
two maids slept in a basement room
that was so damp II had green mold on
the walls In another home know the
maids have attic rooms which have no
connection with the furnace and no
arrangement OF any kind for heat
Those girls have 10 dress and undress
all winter in an icy atmosphere. and in
their scant leisure they must sit in the
kitchen. with it's constant reminders OF
the work they do all day.
u hold that a maids room should be
not only comfortable. but pretty. Moth
er impressed Tat on me when l went
to housekeeping. and mother was Ia
nous for keeping her maids long
time. She gave each OF them nice
little room. prettny papered. with a
Evening journal., 1909-09-06
Straight and Emaciated Lines Still Rule For Gowns
< Materials and Modes For Tailor Made Suits &

from slnoothly fitted hin portions or 4.is
plaltr disappear here and there about
The skirt In a plain gore. The coats
IT these suits are long forty-d I've or
afty inches sometimes ana are cut
closer n the figures belnw the waist
than thew we're iast year They are
seminttlne and many of the new rtvles
have less severe lines. the gores heine
shared IN necnliar manner Indeed.
the change ~ most decidedly nntired
W the shaniug ~ undorarvn and eide
seams and In overiannlnr cores.
Those features are prominent In the
Rcdfcrn modei seen among the cuts.
the pecuiiarlv cut nnAerarrn Vnre IN
this case heing outlined nv winged
shnned desieu IN hraid This suit "
doveioned IN coai dust hroadci~th
which color hv the wav is one ~ ihe
newest thlr~s IN the eau color card
Ruttnns ~ intersvovor hraid NJ large
~ Rftv cent niece~ trin this model and
Tho sleeves are rnther eiahorate with
thair braided iusets velvet cuffs and
adornment ~ hu,fons sneatine ~
buttons. thev win NOT he much IN owl
dence exrent whom used ~ single
lrrge and handsome deeien for trlnn-
uainr pu-roses solelv Of course there
a~e uaodais an which thov arrear uaore
iih~raiiv. hut renerailv rneating tho
button hutton WHO'S got-the-hutton
gown IS out of the game one ~ the
new coat attributes Is the long neck
onerf,g and IN the coat have inst
descriNed the narrow COLLAR - ~ VEL
vet edeed with fancy paii~on The
sis'rt ~ the erlt IL MATED aefalr
hvn~ frorn an eIahorateiv hra'Hed eui-
rass bodice 'hat ~top~ heiow The h'pn
Not nniv skirts are ulaiteS this ~eaS
son. hnt ~oat- ne we'll Some ~ the
u1oat graceful models have MATTED
hacis y, rlace ~ the ~wo~th scanty
49, which was eAaraci4r,~tic NJ last
vears modes The niaHs are h~v-
ever a. win 10 Seen from the nus-
srntson nrassed verv Sat and add uc
t,'is or clurne,~as~ ~ the wvan. Coa'
via~v~s are ~tiIi small and often cut u
three sessions stitched together WITH
iaurea seems This idea is CARVED eu'
IN the stunning lone cont NJ MIXED
homesuun in hiue and EreAu coiortni
seen among The cnts This WAL
shows. too. the dueoriv cut T"res fha
have he4u talking about ana the wid'
. helts fastened With hrass hs'ttons ar
" ~fec.iv stunning new features
n To come hack sor an instant q
Il sleeve stvles ovorlp nning cnu riece'
4. are diefirrrisHipg marks ~ some y
u the new n1anche- Aud an odd e~ec
u that hns creot snto ~nrne ~ the rnodisl
% long sleeves ~ an introduction ~ fill
u ness inst ~ The eihow A smart aieav
q sent over nv Parislan dressnaker I
y hecouinF aefrir With n ~noofh rlos
J. fsffne can ~ the dress material er~r
vhirh erneraea q fill sleeve NJ cnioo
ID or sore Thin material that iS draw
~ into a hghi Gun ~ the wrist. Thl
,r slAave promises ~ he verv ponrla
ts model. CATHERINE TALBOT
Is New York