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low: my idea being. in choosing the pdch
room for a workshop. to flag. duck. dodge
and get away from the noise.
The windows are open, the awnings nap
ping and have a prospect of about
dozen grassy back yards. with the week
wash afiutter on the lines stretched In
most of them. / lean on the window SILL
contemplating with a respectful and even
reverent spirit certain phases Of tho
weeks washes. and / strive to collect my
think in order to ease them into shape
for the waitful and palpitateful Stab
readers.
Whereupon things begin to happen.
The Hibernian kitchen maid attached to
the bungalow next door begins to slam.
the screen door. That is 10 say. she takes
up the slamming OF the kitchen screen
door where she left it off about half an
hour ago AS screen door slammer this
Hibernan maid is in a class by herself
and Ia match he- for money. marbles or
challuk against any other screen door
slammer this side OF the Rio Styx.
She begins slamming the kitchen screen
door at exactly $50 every morning. when
her alarm clock rouses her out OF the
shucks and starts her on her breakfast
preparing way. She makes everybody
in the neighborhood. profoundly wrapped
in those $40 an dreams of money. sit
up and rub his or her eyes and emit
words; but Il so happens that the wealthy
old woamn she works for is as deaf
as a post Therefore. her mistress is
not aroused by the screen-door SIAM
ming, and it's all right; it doesn't matter
about every body else in the neighborhood
It's kitchen screen door that really
doesn't need to be slammed. II has "a
cute little spring attached to 1t by the
aid of which the screen door would gen.
tie close itself If let alone and permitted
to do it. But nix on the let alone. Nata-
lie. The maid is there with the slam
stuff and slam she will and shall and Is
going to-
Well, on the back stoop of the bunga-
low on the other side or where L at
this moment sit, the chocolate-hued kltch-
en- maid is this very instant engaged In
her absorbing and frequently enjoyed lit
tie stunt of taking off the lid of the
garbage can. which rests on her back
porch and kicking the lid Of the gar
bage can all the way down the back
steps II is a very large lid for gar
bage can. and II makes noise like the
battle of South Mountain all concealed
into one horrific instant as II clatters
down the back steps.
When that lid to the garbage can rat
ties down the back steps-there are about
nine of the steps-you rise suddenly from
your couch or chair, instantly fired with
the horrendous thought that that long
waited-for earthquake has at length hit
Atlantic City in the Stats, and that the
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taking him by the arm. $50 that Matilda
can come out and put the clothes line
up again..
Wont come out O. yard rebates dar-
link. just like that. Wont do nothin OF
the kind,''
Sweetie" says mamma. with sad
gaze at him, and then she essays pull
him-he's a tyke in dresses yet, too-to-
ward the rear steps.
Then darlink deliberately kicks mamma
in the shins as fast as his cunnin little
feet can work and when mamma, slightly
cha grined over this, picks him up in her
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Franklin hCVEAGH
rE11HR POSTAL BANKING BOARD

always be the treasurer of this board.
Thus the first board which will organize
the system, consists of Frank H. Hitch
cock. who. as chairman of the republican
national committee, managed Mr.. Taft
campaign for the presidency and VINO in
reward for this. as well as for his pecu
liar genius for organization, previously
demonstrated as first assistant DostmaS-
ter general. was given the post Office port
folio in the present cabinet; Frank
lin MacVeash, former democrat.
who in Chicago. made a fortune
In the wholesale grocery bust
ness. which he left to become Secretary
of the Treasury, and George n. Wicker
sham. the astute lawyer formerly OF
Philadelphia. and later of New York.
whom President Taft placed at the head
of the government law office, the De-
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claps his cunnin' little hands with glee,
and is obviously in state Of rapture.
His mother appears now in the yard,
and, achully, there's reproval in her eyes:
yep, sure-enough reproval. She sees all
of the family wash Hopping around there
in the dust and gravel, and her lovely lit
tie male offspring standing there clapping
his hands with unrestrained glee. and
she is upstage enough to look really re-
proving about it.
why. Alcwyn." she says to her cute
little offspring. What have you done?"
"Doncha see wot I've done?' replies
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GE0N.MICKERSHAM
fEIEER POSTAL BANNING Board

its colored stamps. will be popular among
the little ones. Each stamp will be can
celed by the postmaster when he enters
The deposit in his books, but the open
ing of the account does not prevent the
purchase of further cards and stamps,
which can be continually used in accu-
mulating additional deposits of less than
one dollar
Two per cent interest will be ral1 ea''r
depositor once a year, but the balance
to the credit of any one person must
never exceed $50. nor will any one be
allowed to deposit more than 800 in any
month.
Children ten years old or over may
have their accounts entered in their own
names. Since foreign statistics show that
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Summers J0y.

CENATOR BEVERIDGE. in an after
- dinner speech in Indianapolis. said
Of the summer:
1.-THE summer has its delights, but 1t
also has it's drawbacks. l heard one
woman say to another the other day:
My husband Is plain spoken. He
calls a spade a spade
so does mine said the other wom-
an, but decline to repeat what he calls
a lawnmower.'
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passed al this session of Congress. and it
II the result of a whole generation of agi-
tation in this country.
Greater thrift among the masses will re-
sult from the new law. 1t will also keep
In this country vast sums now sent
abroad by immigrants TO the postal saw
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4 NY Child of Ten Can
"A Start Savings-Special
Stamps for Purpose to Be
Stuck on Saving Cards.
Husbands Can't Interfere
with Wives Accounts-Two
Per Cent Interest Paid
Small Savings to Be Convert
ed Into Government Bonds,
as Small as $2o-Scheme
Will Stimulate Thrift and In
culcate Banking Habit in
Hoarders of Millions.
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y Olic over ten
may take q dime
and start business
with Uncle Sam,
under the new pos
tai savings bank
bill which Presi-
dent Taft's sigma
tUre has just made
a law.
This act comes
nearer to the peO-
pie than any other
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IT, bANH I'M j L n u
Washington Zeph-
Y T e d, certainly
without any invita-
ton, into my work
plant here [ n e
other afternoon at
a moment when |
was striving des-
perately 10 keep up
10 schedule. He sat
on the edge OF my
desk, blew his 81
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IS a bright. sunny
but not hot after
noon in Atlantic
City. and / am just
sitting down to
write mellowly n
luminative thinks
for the Stah-yeah-
pape. That is. that
is what | meant TO
do. I have the
a Wn in e e d back
room of the bunga-
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FI2AkNHthTCHCOCK
nE3RER BSTA[ BNIKlD BOARD

Swedish SO per cent. the Belgian per
cent and the Japanese as per cent
While paying this per cent to de-
positOrs our postal banks will be lending
the money intrusted to them to solvent
banks, subject TO national or state super
vision, which depositors must pay the
government. not less than pa per cent.
This fractional margin OF one-fourth OF
per cent gained by the government
is calculated to pay the expenses Of tho
whole postal banking scheme and the
original outlay Of 100000 is needed only
fer preparing blanks, hooks, cards.
stamps instructions. etc The postmas-
ters at the little fourth-class post offices
will receive for their extra trouble this
one-fourth Of 1 per cent on the aver
age sum upon which interest is paid each
year on receipts taken in. at their win.
dows. But no such fees will be allowed
money order clerks will handle the
business so far as possible. or where, in
ge:ne instances, an extra clerk may have
20 be supplied. 49,
To keep this money in the communities
o. the depositors. rather than concentrate
). in any one part OF the country. the
POSTMASTER General must as FAR as prac-
'icable deposit postal savings 1unds IN
tanks located nearest to the post OF
Aces at which received The money VIII
be distributed among these banks SUD-
stantially in proportion 20 their capital
and surplus but the funds deposited IN
any one bank must at no time exceed
the amount of its paid-in capital ana
one half its surplus.
All postal savings funds will be under
the contro! of a board of trustees con-
sisting always of the Postmaster General,
Secretary of the Treasury and Attorney
General. who will make all regulations
for the receipt custody and Investment Of
the peoples money thus received. And
the treasurer of the United States will
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so many words that Jake planted the bee
on them when they went into cookbook
ing things with him. and these people
were there with the mal!et for Jake
biggern piledrivers.
Well. as l say, | hate to listen TO this
kind of stuff. and / make 1t a practice
to sort o beat Il away from where such
talk is going on, but of course when one
If these fellows went ahead and unreeled
IL that Jake before he came to Washing
ton had got into some kind of trouble
with the police on: in Minneapolis over
among his friends, why. / had TO listen
IN order 10 protect myself, didn't L:
The guy that told me this appeared to
have all the details down pat. and he
said that Jake had to fight like wild
cat to keep out of suit of zebra clothes
on that occasion. Well, this gave me
some sort of a jolt. Ten free to admit
and then when heard that Jake had had
some sort OF deal with you. why -
Huh" Jakes all to the good, ana IS
honest man as ever you did business
with. and you'd trust him with every
thing You had. and all like that? Well.
bjee. m sure glad to hear it. / honest
am, Now tina; you say all that I'm sorry
] mentioned those little bits OF informa-
ton that drifted my way. really. | don t
believe word of that stuff now, of
course. even If that fellow who slipped me
this Bit of information claims tove been
acquainted Win JANE lor twenty Years OF
SO.
Say. isn't ii burned peculiar how these
strange yarns get around about a man >
They just seem to be I'm the ar, that s
al. NOBODY ever repeats EN-, except in
tine strictest confidence. as am now,
bat still they float around, and the first
thing you know they're public property
just as much as If they'd been printed in
the newspapers.
We'll. old hawss. don't feel bad about
il because you've nearly talked me deaf.
dumb and blind. because I assure you l
like il, and the only reason am going
to beat ii to the Boardwalk now is be-
cause-ha, ha.-you appear to've told
me all you know. no. no. ha. ha'
CLARENCE l.. CULLEN.
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RuBA. CARRIERS WILL BE RECENlNG 1El4tiRS

ingS banks of their native lands. More
important stili-it will restore to circula-
ton a billion dollars or more now hidden
away by people who distrust our banks.
But the most suspicious hoarder will in
trust his money to the Treasury of the
United States. just as he will invest II,
without question. in government bonds
At first this summer, each OF the 100
presidential post offices"-those whose
postmasters are appointed by the Presi-
dent-Will be made branch banks, and
next our 5000 post off1ces now issuing
money orders will be included. Later
the scheme will be so extended that ac-
counts may be opened a any one of the
trOoO pest offices of the land. regardless
OF class. and eventually each of our
10000 rural free delivery carriers will
he a receiving teller for small savings of
the farms and rural communities. many
of which are now more than days
journey from the nearest bank. The
scheme will be self-supporting. and only
s1OO.cOO has been appropriated TO start
II going.
This is how the scheme will work
Suppose a child wishes to open &C
count. For ten cents he buys postal
savings card" with which will be sup
piled postal savings stamps" at ten
cents each. These stamps. which are
gunmed. perforated and similar to post
age stamps will be attached to the card
as the child purchases them, and when
ninety cents worth have been stuck on
the card-which itself represents ten
cents-wiIl be worth a dollar, the amount
required to open an account.
A free pass book bearing memoranda
identifying the depositor will be given in
exchange for the filled card, and this
book will be thereafter used as in or
binary banking. Older persons with a
dollar or more to start account and
make redeposits will not have need of
the savings card, which, however. with
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SO that when Fred got home from
mis- Office one afternoon while ago. ;5cy
tell me, he found that !.:tie Mrs. Help
matte had gone ti-wy from heal. and
vi. q vent rearing and blUbberIS around
ard telling every body. including the
tar..or and the cop on the beat. about
lis troubles. s':i the best he got was
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LEE neCLuNG
Treas. USROSTAl. BAul5

youngsters contribute from 80 per cent 10
one-half of postal savings bank deposits.
they have been kept especially in mind
by the trainers of the new law. Perhaps
of administration will provide, as in
England. that deposits may be made by
others in the names of babies CT any
age. Under the British law, however.
money once entered at a postal ba to
The credit of an infant cannot ID. With
school age. after which it is payable to
the child's signature only. From the
French postal banks children cannot
make Withdrawals if their parents or
engagements are made By the postal banks
- collect the savings Of school children,
~, osit slips being supplied to teachers,
~t-o fill them out for their pupils. AMI
So: d them in with the amounts be
s;.ved by the little ones.
Wives savings are protected from med
dlesome lords and masters by a clause
OF the new act providing that accounts
may be opened by a married woman in
her own name and free from any control
or interference from her husband"
Secrecy is provided by another clause
specifying that no person connected
with the Post Office Department shall
disclose to any person other than the
depositor the amount of any deposit, un-
less directed to do by the Postmaster
General" This. together with the clause
protecting married women, Is patterned
after the English law, which further pro-
vides that depositors may arrange 10
have their acknowledgements directed to a
post office Ito avoid calling attention
to their accounts
The = per cent interest rate provided
is lower than that of other countries, the
French and British postal banks paying
81. per cent, the Italian 2.04 per cent the
Canadian and Austrian 3 per cent, the
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moon breath into my hair. distrlput-
ed all Of the cheap Turk cigarette shiohe
my way that he could and unfolded him.
self somewhat as follows:
"Hay-o. there, old workhorse. fouho
ysv, didn't /? dug you out in the phone
book and eased along here without caH-
ing YOU up, because you're such quee;
old crab that you never answer your
aAY,Ae. Ia Ia
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Rad habit Injurious Ought TO relax
Hssr- here some time. haven't you? Well,
yo,l need a shift nov 10 change the luck.
NJ don't YOU take little trot 10 Carts
bad cr The Tryol? Huh Haven't the time;
st,,xsn.. That's what they all say Take
rrt trne-thats muh-
srplec say talking about going abroad
atqu >fhar stuff d lex now that Tim snip
,s,5+rs zone abroad? Heard IL just De1ore
rGeft rNash'nn, and | wish I'd Oeeh
hard rd Fearing. at that. FOR Tim
T-S9ll sreh. perhaps Inn II snip me tne
exr& b q owes me some old time. but then
fIaext are plenty Of folks that tell me
!SEe ~ than Tim isn't such prompt SIP
per- = he might be l pose Inn All
SfprsAnd all that stuff He thinks.
q floee Frhat Just because mes been having
4 sx,t ss1z,rouble with his wife that-hun:
as~fveats you hadn't heard about IL =:
W9HGooI thought everybody knew All
2 betfr that And l guess that the reason
fitAo,t1inks he's excusaole Tor oVeriookihs
th%Se little matters OF borrowed aust
buts-&~ -
domestic gag have you heard that freq
Git4long's spouse has gone pack 10 iiei
folks out west somewhere: had WIRE
less on that a few days ago in WASH n n
And n didn't knock me on the bench or
anything. that news.
Right along / kind o figured that
sooner or later Fred would be nal!eo
with the goods Fred. y'see. had been
his overnight downtown moochlngS
around were due to the fact that ne De
longed TO whole passel OF lodges and
things, but a while ago, / hear. she sort
o wised UP and found oui ina. rI REQ
didn't belong 10 any other fraternai or
ganization except the Sleep Duckers A.
sociation, and from hitting that trail SIC
got Jerry TO all the rest OF IT.
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know him in Wash n'n-has been sling
ing proposition at me lately that sounds
good from a hull lot of angles for a
money thing. and I've been doing plenty
of listening to him. at that only
oh well. you know how 1t is. These
yarns reach a fellow, you know. and
they sort o make him feel like ducking,
no matter how good thing looks.
AS m telling you, l don't know any
thing about Jake's habits or anything
of that sort. but since I've been listening
TO his hot line of CUFF about this good
thing that he wants me to join along
with him in. why I've sort o. kept my
ears and eyes open. you know, and there
are some fellows who spin it that Jake's
chief asset is that ability of his TO turn
loose and get across a large line Of south
breeze.
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Foreign Correspondence of The Star.

ATLANTIC CITY. July o. 1910.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-19
qRYA as&&vs<zez %7v

cratic Republicans are finally com
PEELED TO start a third party remains
TO be seen.
IL is a pity that party labels make
men like Bryan and Pinchot, Hiram
Johnson and Rainey OF Illinois, La
Toilette and Folk unable TO work
together In a nominating convention;
but some day the way will open for
all the progressives TO work together
either in a third party or in a re-
iuvenation OF one OF the old ones
You say that | should pay more
attention 10 developing the latent pos
sibilities in the Democratic party.
That Is true word. We must and
will do that
You misunderstood me II you be
lieve that | am willing TO sit silent
while Taft is renominated by the Re
publicans and Harmon is put up by
the Democrats. BY no means. | am
fghting every inch OF the ground
in both parties. But what have said
and all that ] have said Is that such
an event should not at all discourage
us. Not a bit. third party forlorn
] hope might be our next move-but
| let's not plan too far ahead Let's
contest every inch OF the ground
K II so be We should be able TO nom.
mate real Democrat through the
/ Democrats why then so much the
] better, but until the Democratic par.
4 ~ has had pretty severe cleaning
out and hundreds OF the Baileys, the
BelmCnts, the Murphys' the Norman
The Detroit times., 1910-12-19

Macks, the DahlmanS' the Hugheses,
and so on, have been put to the
sword. as the Forakers, and the
Spooners. and the Hales, an Aldriches
and Tawneys have been among the
Republicans. | don't want TO trust
IL, as a party, TO work out progress.
Just the minute that the old-time
Democratic leaders are kicked out,
| am with you for progress through
democracy.
The first OF January Will end the
term of Interstate Commerce Com
missioner Cockerell. on account OF
age he will probably retire. He ought
TO be succeeded by some man like
c. C. McChord OF Kentucky, who is a
genuine regulator OF railroads and
who was defeated for the position or
state railroad commissioner in which
he had we'll served, by the Louisville
& Nashville railroad.
President Taft has been asked TO
appoint as United States circuit
Judge in the state OF Washington
Frank A Rudkin, now supreme court
justice OF that state. II the president
makes this nomination IL will be OPP
posed In the senate. and facts will
be laid before that body showing not
only that Rudkin is a Judge whose
decisions are all for property rights
rather than human rights, but tina,
by reason OF his personal record he
is glaringly unfit for such an appoint.
ment. Sincerely. RATH.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-19

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 10
Dead Dad: No. am not democrat.
Nor am | a Republican. Nobody can
min a party tag on me and hand my
ballot over to some representative
OF special privilege. | am Demo
crat with a little ID | am a hepuD.
lican with a big Up" or a big i,
which means Progressive or lnsur
gent. Unfortunately, our parties now,
divide on artificial lines The real
issue is between special privilege and
the general welfare. There are gen
eral welfare Democrats, and general
welfare Republicans. and there are
members OF both old parties who
ought still to wear the special privi-
lege tag. The breaking up OF party
lines Is the big political task OF our
time.
| You say: What about the Demo-
cratic party? Shall We not now pin
our faith TO it," This is my answer
We have worked TO purge the Repub
lican majority; now we must work
To purge the Democrats. Let's have
roll calls. Let's make the Democrat:
stand up and be counted so We car
tell who are Democrats and who III,
! Just Democrats.
Whether the democratic Repub
licans shall capture the Republican
or the democratic Democrats tbs
democratic party, or whether the
| deUDaratc Dsnocrats and the demo
The Detroit times., 1910-12-19
Editorials by the People
Some Christmas Cheer.

To the Editor OF The Times -
have taken your paper ever since We
have had rural mail service, except
one year, and the editor OF one of our
local papers was to blame for that.
He made a mistake and sent me an
other daily and | put up with II for
one year, but was much put out
about IT, Am we'll satisfied with your
paper The best editorials that | can
read in daily. | do not always agree
with you. but pretty nearly always.
An editor that has the grit TO take
the stand that you do on the topics
OF the day has a rocky road 10 travel
and makes lots OF enemies, but don't
forget that you have lots OF friends
and hear lots OF praise for the clean
paper that you print.
GEORGE J. COLEMAN,
Ithaca, Mich, Dec. Is, 1910.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-19
From Another Point Of View

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