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Evening journal., 1910-01-03
Editorial
Opinion
A Woman,s suffraae Drama.

A Woman's Suffrage Drama.
New York World
In deciding to spread the gospel of
"votes for women" by means OF the
drama the Illinois sunragist leaders snow
a recognition of the great power OF this
medium of publicity. Three theatrical
companies will be organized in Chicago to
present plays dealing with equal suffrage.
They will be amateur companies It is
true. and the quality OF the plays TO be
produced must be taken into considera-
ton Has the sunragist movement as yet
developed playwright worthy Of the
name? But given a strong play, play of
tho Uncle Tom'ss Cabin or "Ten Nights
I'm a Barroom" order. there is reason to
believe. bearing in mind what Mrs. stowe
did for tho abolition of slavery. what
Beaumarchais did for tho revolutionary
movement in France. and not forgetting
tho recent example of "An Englishman's
Home" in fomenting anti-German patrio-
tism In England. that the cause Of wo-
mans suffrage can accomplish much
through tho stage by reaching audiences
Indifferent TO itsfpropaganda from the
platform or by other agencies
But has It a playwright? Has it a Sar-
dou to evolve a plot turning on the grant
OF the ballot to women. a Bronson How
ard or a clyde Fitch? No doubt that YER
satile dramatlst had he lived might have
been induced TO try his hand in this new
field Of dramatic exploitation. The Wes-
tern suffragists must not forget tho dread
alternative Of being laughed off the stage.
! But IL they can secure the services Of a
capable playwright and present a Votes
for women" drama with an accomplished
actress in the title role such a play OF
course win demand heroine rather than
a hero-they ought TO be able to do much
to advance their cause.
Evening journal., 1910-01-03
BOARD OF TRADE
JANUARY MEETING

The monthly meeting of the Board Of
Trade will be held tomorrow evening.
The following announcement is made:
During the past month your presi-
dent has visited the Harrisburg Board
Of Trade and the Baltimore Chamber
Of Commerce, and you will be interested
in knowing that these two strong trade
organizations are very much interested in
the work OF your board and they have a
very favorable impression Of Wilmington
on account Of your activity at home as
we'll as at the various commercial conven-
tions."
Another matter Of interest to Whining
tonians is called attention to by Presi-
dent Maclean. as follows:
your president has received two let
ters recently from gentlemen who lived
formerly in this city and who came here
originally as strangers to the people Of
this community. Both Of these gentlemen
write enthusiastically in regard to the
hospitality OF the persons whom they
met while they resided I'm this city. While
they are not now with us they are en-
thusiastic in regard to Wilmington and no
doubt never lose an opportunity to say
good word Tor this city. 1t VIII he seen
that one of the best ways to advertise
city is to have its former residents, travel
ing or living in various parts Of the coun-
try, speak kindly of the city. The sug-
gestion therefore arises that each citizen
should regard himself as a special COM
mittee of one to hold out the right hand
of fellowship to every person who comes
here to enter upon a business career,
either on his own account or I'm the em-
ploy of someone else. Great good can be
accomplished by making every person
who comes here as a stranger feel at
home and realize that Wilmington is in
terested in his welfare and in having
him live here. one of the gentlemen re-
ferred to is now in business in one of
the best commercial cities of this coun-
try. but he says he stin prefers VIII
mington on account Of the hospitality of
the people here"
Evening journal., 1910-01-03
Chatty Stories OF the Day

Ellen stopped scrubbng the steps long enough
admiring eye her employers garden. Sure
they fine posies ye have, doctor" she said "Tve
neat little house bought with the money I'd put by
and elegant garden it had last year. too, but now
there's neither stick stalk in IT,"
what IL. hens dogs?' asked the DOCTOR SYM
pathctically mentioning his aversions.
Sure me neighbor-bad luck TO herl-had a ditch
dug in her land and tho water down into me gar
den. and washed all seeds away
And what did you do about it?"
''What could a poor lone body like me do?'
W ell didn't you at least say something to the woman
complain or tell her that you wouldn't stand it?"
Now, doctor, dear, hard words Just leads to bad
feelings among neighbors. and that ye know as we'll
as i do; and it's not that would be using them.
SO only said TO her hope I'll live to the floods
flowing your your ditch have flow
ed over me garden. and let it go at that"-Youths
Companion
There was young publisher who made sudden for
tune by appealing that largely neglected class which
call society Gaining richesl the young publisher
retired and and less in his old haunts
where's Lawrence?' some one asked Of Mr. Dooley'
Dooiey answered; "Oh, he's lup town warming
his hands at the Social Registerk,-Success.
Evening journal., 1910-01-03
P. r. r. BANS
BOYS UNDER 1S

LEWISTOWN, Pa, Jan. BORDERS
have been issued to the section foreman
I'm the maintainance Of way department
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad in which
they are cautioned against employing
youths under IS years Of age and di-
rected to dispense with those now in SER
vice TO date from today.
IT is the general opinion that this pol
icy will spread to the other departments
and that in a short time messenger boys
who frequent the train sheds or have
anything TO do with train service will
have to meet these requirements. This
policy. it is believed, has been adopted
in sympathy with the agitation against
child labor, and in favor of better edu-
cation.
Evening journal., 1910-01-03
Personal and Pertinent

In a French village citizen had upon his land
part of an old building containing two very beautiful
windows He was in debt and embarrassed and eagerly
closed with the offer of rich Archaeological who bought
Thercupon the Government inspector hearing Of
the bargain arrived just i'm time stop the masons
dslodgng the windows. You cannot he said to
the villager "seu antiquities my man." But excel
lency, used the money and paid my creditors
The viliage~ in despair. but the official
touched. That's all right he said the money is
safe; the windows longer But the buyer
can't move stone of them. He cam however, come
with campstoo and sit down and look at his property
s much he likes. s."-Chcago News.
Richmond, Va, has 19-year-old boy Audrey will
son. totally blind in the day but like
cat at night. He speed bicycle where ordinary
persons have 60 walk with caution but in the day he
grcpcs abonut able only vaguely to distinguish any
icct and with discrimination colors. He is
quite possum hunter. He easily distinguish the
animals without the aid of a lantern.
less say. young Wilson is in demand by possum
hunters.--Leslies.
Evening journal., 1910-01-03

Mr.. Pinchot, however, has not always taken
into consideration the finer points OF law gov
erning these matters. Over some of the legal
restraints he has shown restlessness that was
characteristic OF the Roosevelt administration.
Perhaps, temperamentally, he is not all that could
be displaced. In a speech delivered i'll New York
the other day. Mr. Pinchot boldly challenged his
critics and declared that the Forest Service had
broken no laws. Special interests he said, had
made repeated attacks on the service, and these
attacks had increased in violence just in proper
ton as the service had offered effective opposi-
ton to predatory wealth.
Mr. Banger of course, is possessed of legal
and administrative ability but that will count
for little if the supporters of Pinchot can call into
question the sincerity of Ballinger in dealing
with the conservation problems
Evening journal., 1910-01-03
spooks and the chleaaoan.

Is the Chicago public superstitious?
A Wabash avenue auctioneer in
sists that we are, and adduces this
incident as proof of his contention:
One day there came into his shop
table to be auctioned off. 1t was
a table with a past. II had belonged
to more than one medium and had
figured in many a tipping seance. The
auctioneer expected that psychic his
tory to boost the price of the table,
and he related it in his Characters
tically racy fashion before the bidding
began. Instead of exciting competi.
ton that table inspired fear. 1t was
regarded as an interesting curiosity,
everybody wanted to examine it, but
no one would buy it. A price had
been set on the table under which
it was not to be sold, and no one
bidding up to that figure, it was with
drawn from sale. On five different
days did the auctioneer introduce that
table, with the same preamble. On
the sixth day he omitted all reference
to the tables psychic powers. and It
fetched a good price. His deduc-
ton is that the average Chicagoan has
more or less faith in spiritual mani
festations and he doesn't want his re.
pose disturbed by mysterious mes
sages delivered through the medium
of uneasy tables.-Chicago Tribune.
Evening journal., 1910-01-03

The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company pre-
sented its employees with handsome New Years
gift The company will give $500 free insurance
to all its employees and employees who have been
with the company for twenty-five years and have
reached the age OF 65 years will receive pension
of $50 a month. A new scale of wages will be
put into effect The motormen will receive 20
cents an hour and the scale will be advanced un-
til the rate of 2S cents an hour IS attained. And
it was only a short time ago that there was a
conflict between employees and the company. The
action of the Rapid Transit Company is in line
with what other great corporations are doing
in fact, the most remarkable development of re-
cent times has been this desire the part of cor
porations to provide for the future Of faith
ful employees.
Evening journal., 1910-01-03
BALLINeER-PINcHoT DIsPUTE.

II HE Congressional investigation of the Bal
4 lnger-Pinchot controversy will have to be
very thorough in order to be satisfying. Mr.
Pinchot has many friends who believe that he
has been treated unjustly. The bold attempt TO
end the whole affair by a declaration of the ad-
ministraton supporting Banger has failed. Mr.
Pinchot has gained friends and sympathzers by
his straightforward and earnest efforts to carry
on the conservation policy started under the
Roosevelt administration He has repeatedly
stated that the predatory interests are deternin-
ed upon securing resources in the West that
should be protected by the government, and he
has initiated conservation policies that have met
with large share of popular approval,
Evening journal., 1910-01-03
EmnhatIn.

Recognition of the work this season
of Coy, Yale's brilliant full back and
captain, has been so great as to find
expression at times in ways somewhat
derogatory to his teammates. Re
Gently somebody, just returned from
the Yale-Princeton game at New
Haven, sat down among a group of
friends, eager to hear news from the
front, and remarked:
well, the Yale team and ten other
men certainty did trounce the
Tigersi"
Evening journal., 1910-01-03
With the Photographers

First can to do your 1910 Christmas shopping early.
New Iork Mail
Some Democrats complain that Champ Clark is too
humorous for leader would suppose there couldn't
be too much Mark Tapleyism in that job-Boston Herald
A dispatch from Kansas pigs out that way are
often taken market in automobiles Pigs observed
here also using the automobile a means of transpor
tation but they necessarily the way to
ket--phadelphia Ledger.
The grounding has nothing on Doc Cook in seeing
the shadows of coming events-Washington Post.
Evening journal., 1910-01-03
Mr.. ECKEL JR., GETS
A RHODES SCHOLARSHIP

Edward Henry Eckel, Jr., son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Henry Eckel, of St
Joseph, Nd, who are well-klown here, has
been appointed TO represent Missouri as a
Rhodes scholarship winner at the Uni
versity of oxford, Eng, after compu-
ton with seven other candidates. The
young man is a native of Newport, Del.
having been born twenty years ago, when
his father was rector of St. James
Church. He is the grandson of the late
Professor w. A. Reynolds. of this city.
Mr.. Eckles expects to enter oxford next
fall
Evening journal., 1910-01-03
The General Praetitloner.

The Hospital.
Many things are changing in this Eng
land OF ours TO the no small loss OF the
people. II is remarkable to note that In
1865 and for many subsequent years the
general practitioner was the trusted friend
and counsellor of every family who called
him In To-day the general practitioner.
with some few and notable exceptions, is
Evening journal., 1910-01-03

According to Washington gossip, appropria-
tions for river and harbor work, for waterways
will not be dispensed with lavish hand by the
present Congress- There seems to be little
chance of anything definite being done with the
ship canal project, but the agitation should be
continued by all means.
Evening journal., 1910-01-03
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The Association
OF American Ad-
The Aaaociaffon OF American ! posed OF all the
Adseraers (New York City) has this counTv
examined and certified the circulation The Association
" this publication. Only the figures Of endorses only sneh
circulation contained IN A feport are "a eSampaton
gusrantsse by the Association. ; at any moment.
e4a" 5000. $:$,.! "..; i: .$::;: $:E::
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per.
Evening journal., 1910-01-03

TOMORROW, MR.. EDWARDS WILL
TELL THE STORY OF "SENA-
TOR CARPENTER, REAL HERO
OF PEACE"
Evening journal., 1910-01-03
FOUNDED 1854

New York once: eol Cambridge Building, Corner Ffh
Avenue and Thirty-third street
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Chicago omoss al Boycs building.
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The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
An Enn Defense.

A Chicago grocer's boy had a lively
half-hour round with an ugly fox
terrier in his fathers store a few
days ago. The dog drove the boy into
a corner, and the only available
weapon was a crate of fresh-lafd
eggs. These the boy used, one at a.
time, on the enraged beast with tell
ing effect, till his ammunition was all
exhausted, when the dog promptly
advanced and bit him in the leg.
The dog then, resembling a walking
,omelet, appeared to be satisfied and
sought a nice green lawn where the
grass was tall, where he could roll
and separate himself from the exter-
nal egg-nog. The unfortunate part
of the affair was the fact that the
eggs were too fresh to do much good.
If the boy had had the presence Of
mind to have gotten near a crate of
stale eggs, or even near-fresh eggs,
the dog might have been stopped by
the first one over the plate.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
The Southern Seas.

Readers of old records of explora-
tion in the South seas will recall fire.
Quent references to the heavy swells
of the acean, which impressed the
navigators with the idea of their re-
moteness from land. DR.. Vaughan
Cornish explains the great size of the
sea waves in high southern latitudes
by the fact that south of the Cape Of
Good Hope the prevailing wind In all
longitudes is westerly. Thus when a
west wind springs up it finds long
westerly swell, the effect of a previous
wind, still running. The new born
wind increases the steepness of this
swell, and so forms majestic storm
waves, which sometimes obtain a
length of 1900 feec from crest to crest
The average height attained by sea
waves in feet is about half the veIo-
city of the wind in miles per hour.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Models to Help Jurles.

For the guidance of the Jury, coun-
sci then produced in court a model of
the house about which the dispute had
arisen"
Many a time, in the course Of re-
porting a law case, had / written the
above or a similar phrase, before
met the man whose studied business
it is to make and supply, for legal
purposes, a model of anything from a
country mansion to a stretch Of road.
way. Probably It was the inadequacy
of the language that led to his deVot-
ing himself to the producing Of "ccu-
lar proof for the guidance of juries.
Even the most eloquent of counsel
may fail properly to describe a situa-
tion, especially If the technicalities
are apt to be confusing to the lay
mind But when the actual situation"
in miniature is produced in court, the
glib tongue of counsel is silenced by
comparison. For in the words Of the
old Roman poet: Those things stimu-
late us less which are heard by the
ear than those which are presented to
the faithful eye."-Andrew SOutar in
the Strand.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
FIRST, TO KEEP COOL
SOME ADVICE FOR THE VICTIMS
OF ACCIDENTS.
Those Who, Fully Dressed, May Hap
pen to Fall Into the Water, Have
Every Opportunity of Es-
Gaping Death.

Mr.. Handley advises the swimmer
who falls overheard fully dressed to
first turn on his back and float, and
while in that position to remove the
coat and the shoes-and then keep on
floating. He points out that VIM
mer can float indefinitely, but may
easily tire of swimming, and, firing,
may be seized with panic, which will
drown the best of watermen.
In floating" says Mr. Handley,
zone can shout all one likes, to at
tract the attention and still retain
ones strength And will not the
chances of rescue be decidedly better
If one lies comfortably awaiting de-
.velopments, or propelling ones self
gently by an easy back stroke, than
after using up ones energies in tread
ing water or in making violent efforts
to reach land by swimming?
"Of course, this advice is hard to
follow, because 1t is contrary to every
instinct of self-preseTvation to quiet
ly await developments after an unex-
pected and unwelcome immersion.
Still training will accomplish It. AS,
however, it is impossible to train the
body in this case, and the mind must
be relied upon to offer the right sug-
gestiOn at the Psychological moment,
one should prepare by mentally re-
hearsing what is to be done in case Of
a spill. Just picture to yourself the
contingency of being thrown unex-
pectedly into the water and school
yourself to turn Immediately on your
back IN a floating position, at least
until you have had an opportunity to
recover from the shock and to size up
the situation. Then you can decide
comfortably on the course to follow.
Don't let panic seize you. Let the
fact be always uppermost in your
| mind that clothes have no tendency
, to drag you under water, that they
are help rather than hinddrance II
| you only know how to take advantage
of the assistance they offer. Never
| forget that, clothes or no clothes, your
body floats naturally, so that you car
stay above water almost indefinitely
| If you will only keep your wits about
you, and the cases are rare indeed In
which assistance does not come with
In comparatively short space Of time.
| Recreation.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Tho Birds Nests That Men Eat.

The swifts arrive in the Andaman is
lands toward the end Of November,
but they take their time in building
the nests, which are formed from a
gelatinous secretion from the salivary
glands Of those beautiful members Of
the swallow tribe. If there has been a
wet December, the first crop Of nests
is generally poor one, being soiled by
the damp and drippings from the roofs
Of the caves. Collectors, however, be-
gin in January to go around the island
to the different caves in an open boat.
The best quality resemble pure isin-
glass and are worth their weight In
silver. Afterward there are two other
collections. The caves in which the
nests are found are scattered about
the islands. Some are far inland, 9TH
eTs in rocks concealed IN mangroye
swamps.-London News.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
VAIN SEARCH FOR TREASURE
Wealth Said to Have Been
Hidden In Mexico.

According to Jose Ramon Palafox.
a Mexican journalist, there are no
hidden Montezuma treasures.
No doubt the stories circulated
about the hidden treasures of the Az
tee emperors have their origin In the
Spanish historians-men who swal-
lowed the yarns Of the conquerors of
Mexico and whose judgment had been
upset by the few shipments of gold
and silver made to Spain shortly aft
er the taking of the Aztec capital.
The amount Of gold and silver in the
possession of the Aztecs at any time
was comparatively small and on the
side of the people consisted of little
more than a few personal ornaments.
The greatest store of these precious
metals was found by the Spaniards in
the imperial palace, and this was
promptly shipped to Spain by Cortez.
Compared with the wealth Of today
even this was a mere drop in the
bucket.
The accounts or the Montezuma
treasures is merely a counterpart of
similar extraVagances found on many
pages Of history. We read of the
fabulous wealth of the Euphrates val
ley, of ancient Egypt, Of India and 9TH
er parts, and so far have never found
a trace of it. In their day no doubt
these people had a certain amount of
gold and silver. but they never had
enough to cause US moderns to call
them rich. Dispersed among them in
the form of currency, as is the case
Of today, their wealth IN precious
metals would have made them a very
poor showing. Gold and silver, then,
as in the case of the Aztecs, were not
used at ell as mediums Of exchange or
were used only IN a very limited way
Rulers paid and received tributes in
the form of gold, and converted 1t in.
to articles Of practical value or OBJ.
jects of art.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
A Scientific Problem.

In the center of the garden, on a
pedestal, stood large glass globe. AS
the guests sauntered about after din
ner one of them, happening to touch
it, discovered to his amazement that
it was warmer on the shady side than
on the side facing the sun.
An argument Immediately sprang
up, and in the course of the debate the
phenomenon was attributed to the law
of reflection or that of repulsion, or
something equally formidable
Il don't know what ye be a-taIkin'
about" remarked the old gardener,
who had been an attentive listener to
the conversation, 'but l do know that,
feaTin' the sun would crack this ere
globe a while ago, turned it around {"
Exchange.