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Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
AVIATION

n ECENT stunts" of Aviators Cur
X tiss and Brookins at Atlantic City,
~ where the latter drove his aero
plane more than a mile high and was
then compelled to descend only be-
cause of the exhaustion of his ygaso-
line, and Curtiss sailed at will above
the billowy waves, prove that the
heavier-than-a flying machine has
forever passed out of the realm of
uncertainty as to practical uses.
Scarce a day passes without some
new and spectacular feat accom-
plished. and without startling the pub
lie very much~ No one would be sur
prised any morning to wake up and
read in The Herald that some dare
devil had anticipated the New York
to Chicago contest by covering that
territory. And considering what has
been accomplished in the past two
wears. the list of deaths from the new
science have been remarkably rev.
They are a necessary part of the price
nature exacts for the conquest of a
new element.
1t is recalled that as recently as thc
worlds fair in Chicago experts refused
TO list the flying machine Of the day
among the legitimate exhibits, and
relegated the inventor outside the
fence with the discoverer of perpetual
motion, the quack doctor, the faith
healer and other takers.
II is not such a far cry from Darius
Green to Wilbur Wright, but it spans
a period great in history making. We
do not appreciate the age we are liv-
ing In.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
Are You a Gentleman?
Graham Hood

n HOodJ
d man may be born in the slums, of
parents who are the lowest of the low,
does not preclude him from attaining
the rank of a gentleman. 1t all de-
pends upon his character, for character
has a great deal to do with the forma-
tion of manners. If deep down in his
heart he has the instincts of the gem
tleman sufficiently developed, the outer
signs of the inner graclousness are al
most certain to follow.
Naturally there must be some edu-
cation-in the school of experience, at
least, if other schooling should be
| barred-for society has established GER
tain rustoms for the violation of which
no excuse will be acceptable, yet these
mannerisms may be learned, no mat
ter how old the offender or how meager
an opportunity he may have had in
the past.
1t seems foolish at first thought that
such things as these-qualities that
might be aped by any person-should
stand in the way of mans advance
ment. Yet the fact remains that they
do To be a success in any field Cf
endeavor one must make a favorable
appearance and it takes something
more than good clothes to play the part
of a gentleman acceptably.
There was a time when only society
paid much attention to a mans breed
ing. In the business world it was the
ability to get there" that counted. 1t
man could deliver the goods that he
was supposed to deliver few other ques
tions were asked His capacity as a
money maker covered a multitude of
sins in the eyes of all except Nine.
Grundy.
Today however, conditions have
greatly changed. Business men have
learned that "the public be damned
policy" does not pay. They have dis
covered, too. that gentilty, courtesy
and other so-called indications of good
breeding are assets upon which they
can scarcely put too high a valuation.
Accordingly, they insist that the men
who work for them shall be able to
pass muster as gentlemen" In fact,
recognition as a gentleman means the
opening of many doors that would
otherwise remain closed, which shows
clearly the Importance of this ques-
tion-"Are you gentleman?"-to
every youth who is ambitious to make
his way in the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
EXAGGERATION

T Ohm KENNETH TURNER Of this
city, the author of "Barbarous
- Mexico whose articles were
suppressed by the American Maga-
zine after being partially printed, has
turned to the Appeal to Reason,
Socialist paper. for publicity, declaring,
according to Wilshres Magazine, an
other Socialist paper. that he has been
compelled" to use that medium to
get his revelations before the public.
Wilshire's adds that the only people
nowadays who believe in the freedom
of the press are the Socialists and
radicals.
All of which is pure rubbish. There
are hundreds of papers in the country
that not only agree with Turner that
Mexico countenanccs wage slavery
and other barbarous things, but would
also be glad to print his articles, al
belt they may contain. eXaggerations.
Such papers believe also that he is
right in saying that the money power
in the United States which holds val
liable concessions in Mexico has par
ticular interest in suppressing' so far
as it can, anything like Turner's story.
But it isn't true that the whole press
of the country is controlled by that
power, or any great part of It, Social
lists are very earnest people, but a
good many of them become so OBJ
sessed with their theories that they
have small patience with those who
do not see things as they see them.
Such people are poor propagandists
If truth is on their side, exaggeration
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Are you a gentleman?
This is an important question, and
much depends upon the answer
What do l mean by the term gen
tleman"?
Perhaps the better way to answer
this would be to tell just what l do
not mean.
A gentleman, in the best interpreta-
ton of the term, does not imply that
man must necessarily have descended
from long line of distinguished an
cestorS. 1t does not even mean that he
must have been born in what is popu-
larly known as the "better class" or
that, upon his entrance into this world,
he found a gold spoon awaiting him.
1t does not mean that he must have
had all the advantages that wealth and
refinement could give, including the op-
portunity to enjoy the privileges of d
university education. No, a man may
have had all these experiences and still
be a gentleman; but to deserve the
title it is not necessary he should have
had any of these things.
A gentleman, as l once heard the
word defined, is a person who never
wilfully offends another and who in
dicates by his manner that he does
not expect that others shall show him
smaller degree of courtesy. BY ex-
perience he has gained such a control
over himself that he is the master of
his words and deeds, with the result
that the gracious maner that is as
sumed with so much effort by many
individuals seems, in his case, to be
a natural possession. To some persons
this genteel demeanor is the evidence
of aristocratic lineage, but when such
is the case the gentility is apt to be
little more than a surface pose. When
it comes from the heart there is an
ethical foundation back of it that
stamps it with the hallmark of genu-
ineness. Where this exists such in
cidentals as environment and apparel
lose their significance, for the man who
is a gentleman is recognized at sight,
whatever his temporary condition
may be.
OF co1rse, in one sense of the word,
gentlemanliness, or gentility, is the
evidence of good breeding, but not in
the sense that is most frequently con-
sdered. 1t is the sign of breeding,
but a breeding" that has little or
nothing to do with birth. The fact that
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
BE A BOOSTER

Do you know. there's lots of people,
Sittin round in every town.
Growln' like broody chicken.
Knocking every good thing down?
Don't you be that kind o. cattle,
Cause they amt no use on earth:
You just be boostin' booster
Crow and boost for all you're worth
If your town needs boostin' boost 'er;
Don't hold back and walt to see
If some other fellers willin'-
Sail right in. this countrys free;
No ones got a mortgage on it,
It's yours just as much as his:
If your town is shy on boosters.
You get i'll the boostn biz.
And the world seems kinder wrong,
What's the matter with a boostin'
Just to help the things along?
Cause If things should stop a-goin'
We'd be in sorry plight
You just keep that horn a-blowin',
Boost 'er up with all your might.
If you see some feler tryin'
For to make some project go,
You can boost 1t up a trihe,
That's your cue to let him know
That you're not a-goin' to knock II
Just because IL amt your Shout"
But you're goin' to boost a little.
Cause he's got the 'best thing out"
If you know some feller's failin's
Just forget 'em, cause you know
That same feler's got some good points
Thems the ones you want to show.
Cast your loaves out on the waters,
They'll come backs, a saying true,
Mebbe they will come back buttered.
when some feller boosts for you.
--oklahoua Timeh
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
THE REAL LEADER

4 CCORDING to a Washington dis
"a patch, Los Angeles stands nine
"A tcenth in the list of American
cities i'm the amount of gross postal
receipts, with $116,675 50, as compared
with $94 ,S791O for June, 1909. gain of
297 per cent.
San Francisco showed a gain of 1912
per cent Portland 1A71 per cent. Sc
attic has a decrease of 4.6o per cent.
Hartford, Conn, is the only city in
the country which made a bigger per-
ccntage Of increase than Los Angeles,
with 291O per cent increase, but its
total increase was only S12,67471, and
its total receipts only $55,341.56. San
Francisco's total increase Of $1S,615.48
was more than $4,000 less than that of
Los Angeles.
Without seeking to decry the pros
perity of Hartford. it is proper to
point out that it is IT. great insurance
city, which uses the mails more liber-
ally for circularizing and similar pur-
poses in some months than others.
Hartfords apparent lead may there
fore be factitious-only the result of a
squirt that means little or nothing in
the premises.
Los Angeles has no industry or busi-
ness of the kind to swell its showing
It's increase is normal from month to
month and an accurate barometer Of
the gain in population and commerce
In the circumstances it seems there
fore fair to say that the Angel city
is the real leader of the entire country
in rate Of postal gain in June, as it
leads in several other respects.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
TAG DAY

NTEW YORK city aldermen passed
a resolution authorizing tag
~ day for a worthy charity. Mayor
Gaynor vetoed it and expressed his
strong disapproval of such means Of
gathering money His act was re-
ceived in the city with general ap-
proval.
There are features of tag day that
leave bad taste in the mouth. The
average man does not like anything
savoring of a holdup, even from a
pretty girl He does not relish being
forced to give up for anything or any
body. Others do not like to see the
boldness in young women that unhap-
PLY has marked some tag days The
institution was manifestly not a good
thing for them. When it was a new
idea its novelty gave IT. Tpontaneity,
but that is now gone. At first it
amused and entertained; now it an
noys and proyokes resentment.
Even a good thing can be overdone,
and that seems to be the case with
tag day.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Editor Herald: In two interviews
recently printed in the Examiner, both
in the city of San Francisco and in
Los Angeles, Mr.. Hearst expressed his
opinion upon the most foolish question
of the war between the United states
and Japan. While we Japanese doing
our best in securing a good traditional
relation with American people, 1t was
quite an unexpected surprise for us
Japanese to see such an uncommon
sensable injurious and unreasonable
and unnatural statements of the war
with Japan. The attitude of Mr.. Hearst
upon that issue was unlogical un-
perfectly and untrue consistent and
so let me write a few lines and emu
merate the various reasons to avoid
the untrue statements of Mr.. Hearst.
Although l am only a poor japanese
| student, who graduated from the Los
Angeles Polytechnic high school in this
summer and it seems almost impos-
sible for me TO convey my sentiments
and feelings with my poor knowledge
of the English language, but yet l
realize myself that it is my duty to
abrogate the war question in order
to preserve the most glorious, joyful
and friendship between Japan and
America.
War between Japan and the United
States would be the greatest crime
against the modern civilization. 1t
would be as wicked as it would be
insane. Unlike Mr.. Hearst stated,
neither the people of Japan nor the
people of the United States desire war.
/ The governments of these two coun-
tries are straining every point to avoid
such an awful catastrophe.
What has Japan to gain by it? What
has the United St es to gain by It?
Japan has reached a point in her his
tory where she is looking forward with
confident hope to great commercial
conquest. She is shaking off the ef-
fects of the war and is straining every
nerve for the vicories of peace. With
the marvellous industry, intelligence
and courage of her people there is
nothing in trade, commerce and popu-
lar contentment and enlightenment to
which she is not attain. Why should
Japan wishes a war that would stop
all this?
Japans resources are limited in its
possibilities, her people are heavily
taxed for many years and her cir
cumstances does not permit to have a
war with any nation of the world.
Japan's present ambition is to become
a commercial power of the world and
not the military power.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
MAKES PLEA TO FURNISH
BIRDS DRINKING PLACES

Editor Herald: The correspondence
of Mrs. Manly and Mr. Variel of the
5. p. c. A. regarding a drinking trough
on Hill street, near Sixth, is timely. l
have frequently noticed the bad condi-
ton of the dog trough. For the benefit
Of those who think animal drinking
troughs are useless ornaments, and
particularly for the information of the
Humane Animal league, / might say
that while waiting for my car at sixth
and Hill streets the other morning l
saw no fewer than seventeen horses
drinking at this fountain. Several dogs
passed, but none of them attempted to
secure a drink.
While on this subject, I should like
to make a plea for drinking places for
the BIRDS 1t should be remembered
that as there are practically no nat
uraI bodies of water hereafouts, the
birds are almost entirely dependent on
artificial sources of supply Many per-
sons place a white pudding dish on the
lawn to catch the drips from the
sprinkler faucet, and this is, the sim
plest plan. The expense and trouble of
installing and maintaining such a
trough is more than repaid by the
pleasure of watching the birds taking
their baths and drinking there.
ARTHUR w. LINE.
Pasadena, July IA.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
ASKS BIBLICAL SCHOLARS
TO EXPLAIN PUZzLING SONG

Editor Herald: | notice many ques-
tions come up for discussion in your
Letter Box, and much information is
gained i'm that manner by it's readers,
and would like to ask some of your
Biblical scholars to explain the song
recorded in Numbers xxi:17-18: "Then
Israel sang this song, Spring up, o
well; sing We unto it. The princess
digged the we'll. the mobiles of the peo-
pie digged it, by the direction of the
law giver with their slaves"
This song has always been an enigma
to me, as | do not find 1t recorded else
where that either Moses or the princess
digged this we'll. Will someone kindly
explain this to me? c. A. l..
Los Angeles, July II.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
Why War Is Obsolete
(st. Louis Post- Dlspatchl

ost-Dispatch)
than the funds of one defended by
colossal armaments."
Mr.. Angel has discovered that all
the bankers and financiers are of his
point of view and that not a single
statesman or thinker can advance any
argument which would overturn the
principles he sets forth. War has come
to be a logical absurdity, but current
political ideas. and phraseology have
not kept pace with the march Of events
that has made it so.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
Merely in Jest
SUCCESS AFTER MANY YEARS

Low Comedian-After all these years
Eggbert has at last succeeded in making
d hit with the audience.
Soubrette-So? How does he do it?
Low Comedian-You know he has always
played villain roles.
Soubrette-Yes.
Low Comedian-Well. in the last act OF
a new play the author allows him to re-
pent and say, i've been a miserable viii
lain" That confession invariably brings
down the house-Chicago News.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
WHEN THEY'RE BRAVE

To his teachers request that he give the
class ideas on the subject of Bravery
little Johnny delivered himself of the fol-
lowing:
some boys is brave because they al
ways plays with little boys. and some boys
is brave because their legs is too short to
run away. but most boys is brave because
somebody's lookin'. brooklyn Life.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
TILE sOcIAL CLIME

4 noighbor Of the Lysander John Apple
ton family recently gave a birthday party
at which there figured cake covered with
candies The next week the Appletous
celebrated Chauncey's birthday and the
cake was decorated with electric lights. The
neighbors say it really wasn't his birthday;
that his mother faxed up birthday IN
order to get ahead of those candes.-Atch-
son Globe.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
HISTORICAL

Captain John Smith was about to be ex-
ecuted. Pocahontas rushed forward and
spread herself protectingly over the pal
pitating bosom of the paleface just as Pow
hatan raised his knob-studded war club
and the assembled aborigines raised shout /;
Let er go, professor" they yelled; and
the operator of the moving picture camera
began to turn the crank.-Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

1t is said that President Taft's secre-
tary won't let him read any of his let
ters while on his vacation. 1t would
be more merciful if he would keep the
papers away from the president
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

AIienists will get busy at once and
invent a new kind Of insanity for the
defense of Crippen. They have never
vet failed in a real emergency-when
it was accompanied by fee Of pleasant
proportions.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

An Englishwoman who has reached
the age of 1O7 years says she has been
a total abstainer for the past forty
years. Which means, as We figure it,
that you don't need to swear off until
you are 81.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

The South Dakota Republican con
vention, which indorsed Taft and scored
AIdrich and Cannon, reminds one Of
the, professed vegetarian who said,
when caught eating meat, that he was
a vegetarian, but not, bigoted about it.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

An exchange says that Mr.. Taft has
eight automobiles, but this fact has
no necessary relation to the other fact
that he has gone to Beverly to study
economy in federal expenditures.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
HER WAY OF CALCULATING

What is your age, madam" asked
the stern Judge
II am 80 years DID," replied the
suffragette prisoner.
But the last time you were before
me you gave your age as 35."
"Oh, did l, judge? Well. 1 didn't
really think it was as long ago as
that"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
ANOTHER KIND

The prospects for speeding on this road
seem fine" exclaimed the amateur chauf-
eeur. as he prepared to let the machine
out.
fright you are" chuckled the rural con-
stable, darting from behind tree. Fine
all right fifty dollars.'-Baltlmore Amer
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENCE intended
for publication must be accompanied by the
name and address OF the writer. The Herald
gives the widest latitude to correspondents
but assumes responsibility for their Views
stters must not succeed 200 words.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
Ia I1LNE IA ApoLnGY

The Mercury has an excellent portrait of
Theodore Roosevelt but is rather crowded
for space today and decided not TO print
IT, II YOU haven't ever seen a picture Of
the colonel you may have an opportunity
within the next year or two-Manhattan
(kan.J Mercury,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

The spectacle Of southern cities try
ing to boom themselves as southern re
sorts is exceeded in humor only by
New Orleans irving to corral an eX-
position for the hot months.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
No HOPE

There's no hope that the human race
will be entirely content" said the philoso-
nher.
NO" replied the man who was selling
tickets; ITS out of the question to build
sleeping cars with nothing but lower befths
and theaters that contain only aisle seats
in the first five rows"-Washington star
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
WAS HER OWN IDEA

1T was Satan" said mother to one OF
her children, who put 1t into your head
to pull Elsie's hair"
"Perhaps it was" replied the little girl,
but kicking her shins was my own idea
Youths Companion.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Atlantic City claims to have cleaned
up about $5,OO0,OOO on her Fourth of
July and aviation meet" Some Of It
probably needed cleaning up.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Secretary Hitchcock announces that
the postal savings banks will open
about New Years. 1t is well. That is
the date on which we all resolve to
save our money
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Hiram Johnson's letter, says the San
Francisco Chronicle, declares nothing
about the essential issues. Yes, it
does; the Southern Pacific.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
PREPOSTEROUs

WILLIE say. ma. if dad was to die
would he 60 to heaven?
Na-Hush Willie, Who's been putting
such ridiculous thoughts into your head
London Paper.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

p. T. Barnum was born 100 years ago
this month, and the kind of people who
made Barnum and some others wealthy
are still being born, one every minute.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Los Angeles postal receipts second in
the country in rate of increase for
June. Something doing every day for
the recording Angels to write down.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
Far and Wide
ALWAYS IN A DREAM

Failure of Turkish tobacco crops will
make the cost Of cigarettes go up. This
news will please the anti-cigarette people
but won't bother the smokers. Nothing
bothers u cigarette moker.-Clncinnau
Times-Star
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Whisky has been -banished from the
receiving hospital. The institution re-
ceives enough of that inside some Of
the victims brought in.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Even the Anti-Saloon league of New
ark, O., must now reflect that there are
some things worse than saloons.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

When Uncle Sam buys land for har-
Dor fortifcations he doesn't have to
pay on easy terms.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Promoters of the scheme to build
plain that it is just for fun.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Hiram Johnson is admitting them t.
the Down and Out club in groups.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Insurgents are turning up regularly
at Sycamore hill, but are not being
turned down; not so you'd notice it,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

If we build library in Central park
we'll have library; if we build it
somewhere else we'll have both library
and a park.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Those Pullman porters who were held
up and robbed by bandits know how 1t
feels themselves now.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

We are laying for the punster who
said that Jeffries has been Reno
waited.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

When Pinchot takes to the stump in
California the Southern Pacific hench-
men will take to the woods.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Lay your wagers on the candidates
Marathon to Sacramento.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
A PERVERTED PRovERB

early to bed and early to rise" quoted
the prudent citizen.
makes many a man nuisance with the
lawn mower" interrupted Mr.. Crosslots.-
Washington Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Even Beverly mods in these Oyster
Bay days.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
CONSTRUCTIVE. IMMORTALITY

A Cincinnati woman VOWS she Will not
rest until the habit of kissing has been
wholly abandoned. We foTesee long and
strenuous career for her.-Louisyille (Ny.)
Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
AN rrNpL,EAsANT TENDENCY

AN UNPLEASANT TENDENCY
It gives a married man the chilIs
And chronic blues
When marriage merely runs to bll!s
Instead of COOS.
-Pittsburg Post
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
so THERE YOU ARE
ALL oTHERs FLED

BalHnger says he is no gutter and PIN
chot saws he is a stayer; so there you are.
Philadelphia Record
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Only lawyers with divorce cases on hand
are stll in the ring at Reno.-Atlanta Con
stl.ution.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

On all matters pertaining 10 advertising
address Charles r. Gates. advertising man
ager.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Population of Los Angeles 327,685
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16

Pasadena, July IA.