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Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-18

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nee. l-s-n
WANTED-MAN; s25 STARTS YOU IN
good paying business 5421a S. HILL ST.
2-1S-7
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-18
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SEWING MACHINES

WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO.. NOW
permanently located at ia S. Broadway. II
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You can buy IT, perhaps many places but
there's one BEST place to buy it-and that
,,1ec I'D
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-18
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Beauty culture pays big. Learn right
FLORENTINE HAIRDRESSING COL
LEGE, corner Broadway. Entrance 227
Mercantile place. 2-15-l2
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plumbing, br!ckaying. automooi'ng on con-
tract Jobs in few inonSLS' time. No appren'
ticeship or helpers work. Catalog free
UNITED TRADE SCHOOL CONTRACTING
CO.. 2S2 Also St. Los Angeles. io-4-u
WANTED--100 SUPERS TO WORK NEXT
week in Ferris Hartman's production of
fWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home
Apply at the GRAND OPERA HOUSE
this morning at 10 o'clock sharp. 9-lS-l
WANTED-BoY TO DO OFFICE WORK IN
exchange for commercial course; small sal
ary NATIONAL SCHOOLS OF TYPE
WRITING, $40 Chamber of Commerce.
2-17-10
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SCIENTIFIC MASSAGE, CIIIROPODIsTs,
baths. JEAN LUNN. $50 $. Broadway.
2-17-tf
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WANTED
Boys to carry Herald routes in Boyle Heights
and east OF Genital ave. See ClRCULA-
TION MANAGER. yeti
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WANTED-MIDDLE AGED WOMAN TO
care for elderly gentleman and assist
with housework; good home for right
party not expecting large salary. BOX
PSI Herald 2-16-3
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
EDWARD F. CAHILL

senate the bill could be passed.
They urged Governor Stoneman TO call extra
session to consider this subject alone. Stoneman
had made himself ridiculous by calling one fruit
less session, and was shy. He finally told Lang
lord that if he could get twenty lone senators to
sign an agreement to vote for the bill he would
call an extra session. Langford and his coworkers
drew up cast iron agreement and Jared forth to
get 1t signed.
They finally secured twenty signatures The
last one the poser. Finally they decided to
call on certain senator who was in the employ of
the state under the harbor commission. He
very silent man, but whose pledge sacred.
When called upon he begged for time to consider,
and promised to answer at 10 o'clock the follow
ing morning. In the interim he acquainted his
brother, prominent contractor and astute
politician. with what was going on. Without loss
of time his brother went to the railroad company
and gave the alternative of paying large sum
stated to have been s50,Ooo-or of having the
senator sign the fatal pledge The next morning
the senator met the committee and said he had
decided not to sign the pledge in advance of the
introduction of the proposed measure. He assured
the committeeman that he in favor of forcing
the railroads to bear their share of the public
burdens and that he would vote for any bill with
that end in view provided its proposals met with
his approval.
Upon this equvocal promise the session
called The proposed law did not suit the senator
nearly so well the money he had taken. The
bill failed, only twenty votes were forthcoming,
and the senator not one of the favoring
twenty
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
BUYING A SENATORsHIP

Mr. Corcoran does not give the name of the
thrifty senator, but perhaps might be able to
make pretty close guess. The defeat of this rev.
enue bill of the two most conspicuous
instances of the of money influence the Cali
fornia legislature The other was the election of
Stanford to the United States senate, of which Mr..
Corcoran writes:
So well known the terms of this bargain
that they freely discussed among the
bers with no attempt at conceament denial
One member from San Francisco, in burst of
maudlin confidence, confessed to NJ E. C. Munday
and the writer, both democrats, that he was to
receive $500 for his vote and that his purpose
in seeking place in the assembly to make
easy money Another, who had served
several terms and who bore spotless reputation
in private life confessed to the writer, whom he
had known since childhood, that he took the
money because he had suffered financial
losses and for the further reason that when he
signed the roll of infamy sufficient number had
already signed to elect Stanford, and he would
have been bound by the caucus call for which
he had signed. He refused to make the verbal
contract, and it must be recorded to his credit
that he voted right throughout the session
Another member who sat near confessed
frankly to taking the money. Il had to for
him anyway, SO | thought might we'll have
the money, was his excuse. He was a wealthy
retired merchant.
That very work and is not likely to be
repeated. Mr.. Herrin should be given credit for
Improvement in the political morals of the railroad.
Besides, he gains the same ends in a much more
economical way by making the public treasury pay
the bribes in the shape of salaries of office Thus
virtue becomes its own reward
MoDESTY OR SHAME-WHICH?
In the new edition OF that valuable work of ref
erence, Walkers Manual of California Securities"
find this interesting predatory note
Considerable difficulty is still experienced in
convincing the officers of some corporations that
the investing public have right to know the
condition of sinking funds and other details which
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

n Wednesday morning the people
of California woke up and dis
covered that for twenty-five
years or more the common
wealth had beer, ruled by
pumpkin ghost. The marvellous
and wonder working machine,
popularity endowed with almost
supernatural powers, the subject
of a vast body of political myth
and legend, had been exposed as
a hollow she'll If bv ta1Iow din
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
By Edward F. Cahill

ship was strict and vigorous, the
Partisan newspapers all kept on
the staff permanent editor
whose only function was to go
to Jail. 1t seems as if street rail
way companies might with ad-
vantage employ a corporation
lawyer especially for this pur-
pose Porter Ashe would do.
NOT REFORMATORY
If the object of punishment is
reformation [ fear the labor and
pains of the court were wasted.
These gentlemen will probably
continue to be quite as insulting
III future as in the past. If the
punishment was meant to act as
deterrent and frighten others
who might be inclined to offend,
it was even more useless and in
effectual. There are plenty of
lawyers in San Francisco who
would gladly go to jail for the
wages and incidental advertising.
MAKING BURLESQUE OF
THE LAW
| don't know whether Counsel
or Moore and his associates are
to be congratulated because they
have successfully treated a high
court with contempt and subject
ed It's decree to n11h1ic ridic11le
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

One touch of Ithuriels spear and the sham fell to
pieces busted scarecrow.
NEITHER BRAINS NOR HONESTY
The machine powerful only because it was
able handle crooked conventions and of late these
were all crooked Cornered for a stand up fight
before the people the machine shown to be
conspicuousy lacking in brains as well as honesty.
The organization tactics of the recent campaign
appear to have been directed by combination of
knave and fool.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
GOOD PEOPLE ARE SCARCE

On Tuesday morning DR.. Alexander Garceau
walked into his election booth, and, slappng his
chest announced:
Il am democrat. Give me democratic ticket"
The astonished election board stared at him for
an instant and then, rising unanimously to their
feet, took off their hats and gave him cheer
Like Ithuriel
Faithful found among the fathless, faithful only
he.
When the tumult and the shouting died the
inspector inquired
Doctor, are you conducting an autopsy or a
resurrection"
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

cons" for the use OF their .
names, that nearly all the win !
ming tickets are held at the Of !
flee of the concerns in ques- .
ton and that it is skin
game from "A to lizard J
Why doesn't Mr. Fickert get
busy? Respectfully,
S. P. WILLIAMS.
San Francisco, Aug II, 1910.
I am unable to answer the
question put by Mr.. Williams.
Perhaps Mr.. Fickert can. The
Chronicle and the Examiner
make illegal use of their columns
to help the sale of tickets for the
skin game and the police and
Mr.. Fickert know all about it.
HOW BEN LANGFORD
FAILED
H. J. Corcoran, whose thought
full papers in the Stockton Mail
have been previously the subject
of comment on this page, tells
this interesting story about Sen
ator Ben Langford, who for so
many years represented San Joa-
quin county in the state senate:
At the last regular session
under Stoneman efforts had
been made to amend section
s of the revenue law so as
to compel the railroad to
pay a reasonable share of
taxes. 1t failed of pass
age at time when the SEN
ate was not full Senator
Langford and number of
other thoroughly honest sen
ba1;a,-aA -, x,,;+t, f,,I1
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
THE GAME OF MARTYRDoM

Playing martyr salary of $1,000 year
earns no sympathy. Most of would go to jail
for longer shorter term for the wages. 1t is
all in the days work, and when the term of in1prs-
onment is converted into a social function with
meals at S. plate and flowers and chocolate creams
sent by feminine admirers, it the aspect of
a humorous excursion. Indeed, Counselor Moore
suggested that the thing needfu to complete
his happiness place to drop in a hook and
line. l had not supposed he was such devoted
fisherman Indeed, there is legend of the little
Sacramento that the only fish he ever caught in
those waters dead and was put on his hook in
that helpless condition by Will Hens;aw while the
counselor was asleep on the bank
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
NEITHER BRAINS NOR HONESTY
THE WARNING

warned Charley Curry months ago in this page
that he making mistake and that he would
better stick to his job. | told Anderson the same
thing in the same way because [ could what
coming and felt it in my bones. The deeps
calling unto the deeps, and California
has answered Iowa and Kansas.
The showing made by Anderson pitiful, all
the more when considers the desperate tactics
of threats and intimidation employed i'll his behalf
I acquit him personally of all that, because he is
very decent Sort just ! acquit him of any respon
sibility for the blackguard inscription carried by
travelling truck in this city, quoted this page
last week. Tactics of that sort njure the they
meant to serve, and their only significance lies
in further illustration of the stupidity of tactics
employed by the machine in the late campaign.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
A SOFT JOB

1t may be that public service corporations afflicted
with void, aching for sympathy, might profitably
employ lawyer to supply the role of official martyr
Imagine, for instance, Garibaldi Flynn luxuriating
in job like that He would be every bit as effect
i've in the part as Counselor Barrett, for example
and would earn quite much sympathy Your
modern martyr has soft job. I admit Mr. Bar
retts superior qualification for the part of an old
fashioned martyr He would make comfortable
and well nourished morsel to throw to the lions
Under the second empire, when the press censor
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

are at present withheld, but the market price of
securities where such information is refused will
probably in time prove the best argument in favor
OF proper degree of publicity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-16
EVENING GOWNS CUT LOW
Examples Of, the Frocks Worn by
Smart Women In London
This Season.

London's smart women have always
worn very decollete gowns, but this
year they have excelled all previous
records. The newest evening frocks
are practically without backs, SO mar
row is the line of bodice seen at each
side.
A favorite style is a deep V-shaped
opening, the print of the v not finish
ing till it reaches the waist. Another
style is to have the corsage cut u
shaped. This also displays mini
mum OF bodice and maximum OF
back.
With these gowns the decolletage
in front is proportionately low, and in
many cases not vestige Of sleeve is
to be seen. AS gloves are very often
discarded the result is decidedly
undressed appearance, and when you
have also skirt of tight and fiimsy
material with a satin underskirt some
six or eight inches shorter than the
chiffon overdress the effect is Of au-
dacity.
A frock worn by duchess at re-
ception lately was Of blue charmeuse
with a tunic of mousseline in paler
shade. The decolletage edged with a.
dark fur was cut in a novel way. The
square line across the front and back
was continued over the arms and
slanting down into deep point form
ed the upper parts of the sleeve, the
under parts being formed of blue
mousseline. The shoulders and the
greater part of the arms were thus
left here. How the dress was kept in
its proper position was mystery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-16
HOW TO LAUNDER FRlLLs
Row of Bastins Stitches VIII Hold
Plaits In Position While
Washing.

Before putting in the laundry the
one-side plated frllls and frilled col
lars which are so pretty and popular
and yet so hard to do up" run row
of basting stitches about an inch from
the outer edge. That will hold the
plaits in position while washing and
will save time and trouble later in
ironing. This is especially true If you
are not the proud possessor of pat
ent plating iron.
These frills, by the way, should.
when possible, be made separate from
the blouse and buttoned, hooked or
pinned on, so that they do not have to
go often to the tub. They really do
not get dirty so quickly as the more
exposed parts of the blouse. and they
are great nuisance usually to wash
and iron. even with the precaution
mentioned. If you buy ready-pade
blouse with frills stitched on. it is an
easy matter to rip them of and supply
buttons and buttonholes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-16
EAGER TO WORK.
Health RegaIned by Right Food.

The average healthy man or woman
Is usually eager to be busy at soma
useful task or employment.
But let dyspepsia or indigestion get
hold Of one, and all endeavor becomes
q burden.
"a year ago, after recovering from
an operation" writes Michigan lady.
...my stomach and nerves began to give
me much trouble.
"At times my appetite was vora-
ctous, but when INDUCED, indigestion
followed. Other times had no appe-
tite whatever. The food took did not
nourish me and I grew weaker than
ever.
'I lost interest In everything and
wanted to be alone. had always had
good nerves, but now the merest tribe
would upset me and bring on a violent
headache. Walking across the room
was an effort amt prescribed exercise
was out of the question.
Il had seen Grape-Nuts advertised.
but did not believe what read at the
time. At last when 1t seemed as IL
was literally starving. began to eat
Grape-Nuts.
81 had not been able to work for
year, but now after two months ON
Grape-Nuts / am eager to be at work
again. MY stomach gives me no trou-
Dle now, my nerves are steady as ever.
and interest in life and ambition have
come back with the return to health"
Read "The Road TO Wellville," in
pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above Ietters A new
enc appears from time GO time. They
are e nuine, true. and full OF hnmnA
SakeFeak.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-16
Knew the Remedy.

I'll be burned II didn't have to
laugh good an hard at one Nv them
there autty-lunatic. although didn't
feel much like snickerin' at the time. ;"
said Farmer Chinfuzz to the other
soap-box warmers in the cross roads
store; IAN here's the answer: On
my way down to the county seat the
boss baked good an stubborn fer a
spell an in the midst Nv my rippIn
an snortin' along comes big red
auttymobile with real friendly fell
Ter behind the goggles. When the
Teller found out that my outfit wuz
stationary fer the time bein'. what do
you s'pose he up an done? Grabbed
a monkey wrench. an oil can an a
hammer. crawied under my wagon.
made noise like b'iler factry. an
may be tetotally honswoggled II that
there boss name didn't stand up like
porkypine's an he made tracks SO
fast I'm thinkin' Nv trainin' him fer
the ring speedin' at next county fair
b'gosh. ILLUSTRATED Sunday Maya
zine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-16

lection. But it was the shortness of
the time that stumped him. He
couldn't seem to see himself an en-
gagged man in ten days. his imagina-
ton somehow failed to sum up the
picture. did my best to cheer him
up and pointed out that the property.
which was sheep farm in Australia,
formerly belonging to Aunt Georgy's
brother, now deceased, and yielding a
yearly income Of about $4,000, was
worth having try for. And as said,
it might have been much worse. Aunt
Georgy might have insisted on his
actually attaining the married state in
ten days time, instead of merely get
ting engaged. and that thought
would have been well nigh impossible.
Girls are so queer about that sort OF
thing. They must have trousseau,
and bridesmaids and churches and
fuss and feathers of one kind or an
other. He would certainly have had
trouble in pulling of the wedding in
such short order He was inclined to
agree with me. He thought it more
than likely his bride would balk at
such unceremonious haste.
But, by Jove! know girl who has
no such foolishness about her
When married Dearest-who had
been the Hon. Agatha Wyckhoff, you
know--she did not make me wait for
anything. We were married at the
questionable hour Of seven in the
morning in certain little well-re-
membered chapel in the village of
Wye. with Mrs. Armistead. her aunt.
as sour only attendant. And then
but I forgot am not telling our
story, but Terhune's. Poor old chap!
If you could have seen mimi" | said
to Dearest, throwing myself on the
terrace at her feet. Never saw him
in such stated He was In the wild
est hurry to begin his record-b break
ing campaign for a wife, but didn't
know how to go about it at all. And
couldn't blame him really. Twenty
thousand dollars year would make
all the difference In the world to
himl"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-16

time that could hardly keep from
laughing at him.
Its NO laughing matteri be growl-
ed. "She means every word Of it.
She's gone and notified the third
cousin IN America about it, so there'll
be no possibility Of changing her
mind!"
rs he married7" asked.
Mine children" returned my friend
gloomily. And she's even instructed
her solicitor" he added. "Old Barnes
Of Barnes, Willoughby & Sons to call
upon me and be with me at one
o'clock ten days from now, when the
period expires, to see that every
things fair and square about the pro
ceedings and that do not oversteD
the prescribed time by SO much as a
minute!"
Capital" cried unguardedly. full
Of an ill-timed, fear, enthusiasm for
the business-like methods Of Mrs.
James.
You'll have to invite him to lunch!
Why, it's as good as a play! What
an old sport your Aunt Georgy must
be!r
20. hang my Aunt Georgy!" ex-
claimed Arch peevishly, not appre-
ciating my point Of view. NEEDLE
some old busybody!"
And that reminds me" said alert
ly. "how old is she, anyway, Arch?"
"Eighty-two," he snapped; "old
enough to know better!"
"Old enough to be thinking about
making her win, at any rate" said
meaningly. And of course Arch had
in reality too keen an interest in his
own welfare not to appreciate that
fact without needing me 70 emphasize
it. He was not the boy thought
/ knew him at all, to sit sulking in a
corner when there was only a little
thing like getting a wife in ten days
between him and a chance at a for
tune! II he did, he could not certain
ly be the same Terhune that had
proved so earnest an aspirant for the
millions of the Hon. Agatha, sum
mer ago. And was right. 1t was not
long before he'd forgotten his disap-
prevail of Aunt Georges methods and
was excitedly discussing ways and
means Of obeying her behest- I
thought myself the thing didn't sound
so hard. thought at any rate that it
would be a regular lark to have try
at it. But he was much less optimis-
tic, much more downhearted. Not be-
cause he doubted his ability to get
some girl to marry him. for he felt
quite sure on the contrary that his
only trouble would be in making se-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-16
JAPANESE RED LATEST VOGUE
London's New Fancy In Color ls Used
for Whole Garments and for
Trimming.

Japanese red Is the latest color in
vogue in London and a. touch of it is
used in almost all articles of women's
dress.
It is a duh shade of red and Is more.
effective when used in trimming than
in a whole garment. Coats of 1t and
a few gowns have been seen, but for
the most part it has made its appear
ance on black hats, as piping for
dresses, or in some of the oriental en-
broideries on evening gowns.
Fur muffs and stoles are often
lined with it, and some Of these are
piped with the new color or have
bands of it inset. For London the
Japanese red Is distinctly appropriate
in the dull days Of winter, as 1t makes
bright spot of color in the midst Of
the gray atmosphere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-16
NAN WHOHELPs HIS BROTHER
Nils "5oys" Call Him the General Ad-
wiser Without Pay"-He Is
Partial to None.

When a man loves to live he usual
~ can go among men who care little
whether they live Or not and Go good.
Such a man Is Augustus e. Vaughans
immaculate Of dress and Of heart VEN
Eable in years and usefulness, whom
me may see almost any day either on
boston Common or at the Young
Ien's Christian Union.
His speciality is helping his fallen
and discouraged brother, whether he
be cigarette smoking boy or a RUM
sodden and disheartened derelict Of .
man. His creed is cheerfulness and
his passion Is books.
Often one may see him, tall and
straight. faultlessly attired in q frock
coat, with his flowing white beard and
his long and carefully trimmed white
locks, standing with or sitting beside
some ragged and unkempt victim Of
circumstances who has sought the only
place where the police will not tell
him to move on, the Common. and
then one is sure to be struck by the
contrast. Many a man he has met
there has later become as clean Of
( body and heart as himself, and all
through his infectious good nature and
brotherly comraderie.
Among the younger men with whom
this old young man Of IS increasingly
labors he is known as the general
adviser without pay" and he is as In
terested in their ambitions as they
can be, and so youthful is he In their
presence that he is always one Of
them
Mr.. Vaughan is not engaged in ac-
tive business this summer, but he
comes to Boston every day, rain or
shine, to talk with his boys" as he
calls them. Some of these have never
before known a real friend. He ID
highly educated, and counts among his
friends many college presidents and
| professors.
He was born in Middleb0ro, nearly
seventy-five years ago, and traces his
lineage back to Peregrine White Of
Mayfiower fame.
81 love to i've" said he to me. "and
l want to help the boys to enjoy liv-
Ing. too"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-16
Does Your Cat Cough?

Poor pussy! AS II the immemoria1
charges against her Of keeping VI
awake O. nights and Of eating canary
birds whenever she gets the chance
were not enough, the doctors have
Just discovered that for years she has
been responsible for the spread Of
diphtheria. Dr. G.. j. Awburn Of
Manchester. England, having traced
an epidemic of this disease In sub
urb OF that city to pet cat belonging
to one Of his patients, has found. after
much clever investigation, that all
cats are peculiarly susceptible to
diphtheritic affections Of the throat.
He has therefore recently been warn
ing all families who own cats to
watch them carefully, and, II they de-
yelop coughs, to forbid their being
Rugged and petted. DR.. Auburn fur
Their recommends that II the cough
persists and the cat begins to grow
thin to have the animal destroyed az
once. The only rsally safe way. he
says, is to let the first wheeze be
pussy's death warrant.