Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-21

mark IWa1n has ben Ill tOr so many
years that there is little novelty In the
pictures published of him. AS long
ago az rs or '76 he was photographed
in an invalid's chair and at that time
he was under the constant attendance
of famous throat specialist for what
was thought TO be an incurable trouble
of the larynx. After several years or
invalidism the humorist recovered but
from time to time he has given way
again before various physical attacks.
His mental cheerfulness has never been
impaired in the slightest degree. 1T
is the fortitude which he has displayed
that endears him to the public. A man
who can joke about an impaired physi-
cal condition for thirty-five or forty
years is rare enough to face repeated
attacks of the camera.
The vicious and determined manner
in which the Wright brothers and for
that matter nearly all the other aero
nauts fights for control of the air would
almost lead the public to believe that
there Is something tangible about
aerial flight. The truth is that there
is q very rich, grasping syndicate be-
hind the Wrights and this syndicate
which is composed Of New York spec
ulators, has in view the cheerful pro-
ject of forcing everybody who flies to
would not seem to amount to much for
the number of 1iers seems to grow less
rather than greater. The theory that
the machine as it now exists Will ever
become q commercial factor like the
motor car is an absurdity.
In some respects it is not unlike the
bitter ferocity with which Peary and
Cook fought for the honor of having
discovered the pole. AS the man of the
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only thing that they discovered up
there was that 1t was cold and that
there was a good deal of ice lying
about. That was not much of a dis
covery after all. The world would
have wagged along about as far as II
has and the sale of bonds been author
lied whether the discovery had been
made or not.
Senator Aldrich is an athletic man
who bears his seventy years with re-
markable ease He has broad shou-
ders, a slim and well knit figure ana
moves with sustained and nervous
force. 1t is rather difficult to imagine
that he was ever a grocer one would
imagine that his earlier years had been
spent either in the saddle or at West
Point. The set of his jaw and the curt
manner in which he speaks would also
indicates Inhl ne Hdu iiu IL ipHb iiiiii
tary training but all these things are
deceptive for he is a student and math-
ematician and a man of thorough dip
lomatic training. 1t is indicative of his
character that his quiet assertion that
he would not run again for the senate
has been unhesitatingly accepted at
its face value.
There is probably nothing in the
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of the average prosecuting lawyer in a
murder trial. In Kansas city the at
torneys announce without the shadow
of hesitancy that they will prove that
Doctor Hyde administered diphtherla
and typhoid germs to his victims. Did
anyone ever see a germ? Usually when
a murder Is committed with an ak or
shotgun 1t is difficult enough TO prove
II but when it comes down to que>-
tion of typhoid and typhoid germs, IL
advances to the regions of burlesque.
The case is beautifully muddled at the
outset by the placid remark of one of
DR. Hyde's lawyers that there is no
such thing as n germ anyhow. Inc
discussion that will naturally follow
this position ought not TO take up more
| than four or five months of the jury
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Captain Jimmy Irvine of Philadelphia
! Is Just an average good citizen. Being
a retired sailor man Captain Jimmy
sees no harm I'm an occasional chaw OF
"terbacker." Neither does he call for
policeman when some one or ms
friends suggests a little visit behind
the swinging doors. But Captain jim
nv never has been arrested in his life,
nor does he hold stock in any corpora
tion which might subject him to the
unnleasantness of being designated as
trust magnate.
Born in the land of the hoot and this
tie. Captain Jimmy is canny without
being close; rather more careful than
charitable. By going down to the sea
in ships he has amassed competence.
He's not a millionaire by long ways
but he has enough-that is, enough for
a Scot of moderate tastes and with no
penchant for philanthropy. p,
Captain Jimmy always has beheVed
that charity should begin at home-and
stay there Therefore. when he is
stopped half a dozen times in the course
of a short stroll down Chestnut street
and besought to come through with
little trife of 100000 or so for some
Struggling college, or to provide a Ii
brary for HohunlSus Center, 1t irks MIN
to the point of peevishness.
The trouble with Captain Jimmy Is
his resemblance TO the Laird of Skibo.
He looks enough like Andrew Carnegie
to be the ironmaster's other self, and
strange to say he isn't In the least
proud of it.
There's Just one way out of the diff
ficllty and this way Captain Jimmy
threatens to take If the beggars don't
leave him alone. He has worn beard
for twenty years. but the beard Will
have to go unless things change, and
rapidly, too.
At first he thought of asking Mr..
Carnegie to shave, but this plan was
finally abandoned. 1t has been q
struggle, but Captain Jimmy has made
up his mind. His own whiskers Will
have to CO. Some Philadelphia tom
sorialist will have job before long.
To have those whiskers removed Will
cost 10 cents at least, but Captain
Jimmy has decided-almost-tha the
work is worth it.
Baron Won Herse- Martegg of Vienna
believes the times are out of joint and
being a man of action, as well as OF
science, the baron proposes to set them
right again. 1t is trifling thing he