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TAFT DONE FOR
SAYS EDMUND VANCE COOKE, AFTER INSPECTING THE SIT
UATION" FROM BUzzARDS BAY TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY

ranybody knows just what he wants
hdone TO r0mddy matters.
There's the cost OF living for ex-
ample Does anybody imagine IL
would be different or be less II Teddy
had taken third term? Absurd?
II grew 10 its alarming proportions
chiefly under Teddy's own administra-
ton And yet the mass OF the people
are turning To L. X. as insistently as
ever the Roman populace demanded
bread and circus.
Perhaps the reason IS that they are
30 dead sure Teddy can furnish the
circus that they're willing TO take
chances on the bread.
We Americans dearly love circus
ANYWAY. and Teddy is Barnum and
Buffalo Biu and a Richard Mansfield
done up into one package.
or course. three years are long
time and many things may happen.
and some OF the soherer people are
I inclined to believe Roosevelt's real
work IS done that he was a John the
Baptist. an arouser of the public con-
science a man 10 turn the Republican
rartv square around In It's tracks and
head II away from Hannaism, McKin-
]
/ Calf Of pmtocracy. ~ whose shrine it
was undoubtedly hlindly habblinc and
I bowing before the advent OF T. x.
only a Republican could do this. and
Teddy was the only Republican who
both could and would.
But. they point ont he never dit
more than that He fought effects and
not causes He preached regulation.
/ not reform He was willing 10 trim
( the tree hut not 10 disturb its roots.
/ Wise policies. perhaps for this he was
never ahead Of the people.
J The question now is. are not the
peorlc ahead Of him?
Three great movements os protest
! have come out OF the west The hrst
was Greenbacksm and II rose high.
/ The second was Populism and IL rose
/ higher. The third e INSURGENCY. and
we do not yet realize its scope. and
strength
| So FAR. r r IS IT'S uncrowred and
nerhaps unconscious, pronhet. Bu'
its ground swell IS so strong Il may
enrulf even him
San Francisco Cal Feb. 90
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NUMBER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER vIIl.-(continued)
A Powerful New Serial Story.
BY F. NJ. WHITE,
Author OF The Crimson Blind


CHAPTER VIIi.-(continued).
The most perfect pleasure she had
was that OF bygone recollections. And
Ronald Braybrooke had filled up the
measure in that way. Ailsa had long
felt sure that she would meet the
only man she had ever cared tor
again. And now he was dead His
death had been confirmed by two in
dependent authorities within the space
OF few hours. Il was very. very
singular. Ailsa thought. and not a
little startling. But the sting came
In the knowledge that Ronald Bray
brooke had fallen from his high
estate Ii was disturbing to Ailsa
that he had died as a common felon
Ailsa sat in her studio thinking al!
these matters over. ate as IL was.
she had no desire TO 60 10 bed. After
the humdrum life OF the last four
years. the painful events Of the eve
ming had driven all sleep from her
brain. Usually she was only too glad
10 retire and see the back OF an.
other humdvum day, But tonight it
was diGerent.
The gtrl tried to do little work
but her hand was shaky. and the col
ours became confused mass before
her eyes She wandered restlessly
about the room. touching up the flow
ers and arranging her kuick-knacks
again Her eyes turned at length 70
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BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE.

Isn't II foolishness 20 indulge IN
prophesy instead OF awaiting events :
Certainly II is. and that's why I'm
Going it.
The safety OF prophet lies IN put
ting his fulhlments as far away as
the day after tomorrow. because by
that time everybody has forgotten
what he mas said.
Because | have ridden the rails
from BuzZards to San Francisco bay
within the last two months, talking
10 people In punches nearly every
the editor man has asked me 10 say
what | think OF the situation
The situation" is a lovely, loose
sort OF lingo and allows me 10 say
what please.
The situation can be stated in three
words
Taft is discredited
II makes no difference what he does
or says In the next three years, he's
already done for" in the minds OF the
people.
Unmst9 Unreasonable?
Very probable But that's the situa
tion just the same.
The people. broadly speaking. never
had any affection for Taft. and since
he GOT I'm wrong at the start they
have turned their backs and are jerk
ing their thumbs AT him across their
shoulders
They took Taft because Teddy told
them 10. Taft has disappointed them
and they are going 20 take il out. not
on Teddy but on Taft.
Why? Why throw the gold brick
into the gutter and embrace the man
who handed Il?
Why?
Because he's Teddy There's nc
answer. As an Indiana congressman
and 2 former whip Of the house once
remarked 10 me THAT man could
get drunk on the steps OF the w c. +
L. and everyone would say, That's all
right | don't drink al all but il
Teddy should say was drunk. every
one would say. or course he was
We always suspected him anyway
The situation IS peculiar in this
Nearly everybody feels more or less
of a restless dissatisfaction. but hardly
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will have had long or short course
on the canal
All such viii have the dynamite
habit
The habit will spread.
Dynamite has been an awesome
thing We have handled il in terror.
But on the canal dynamite is on every
side and = used so much that famili-
arify mas bred contempt and necessity
has invented a thousand uses for it.
Probably the climate has had a ut
u DO with It. Anything is welcome
that will lessen eXertion. So IL n
thing is too heavy To lift, the canal
loys dynamite /, 10 smithereens.
They hunt with IL. fish with II. chop
down trees vita il. split wood with
It. and the more they use It the less
fearsome II IS and the more uses are
suggested
So We dre probably going TO develop
Ia national dynamit, habit.
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BOY LOBE.

Ma" he walled.
"Yes. precious?"
Ma. I'm good boy these days,
aren't L." he pressed.
Ies. pet You've been a very good
BOY tince mother talked 10 you so ser
lously." II.
And you trust me now, don't you.
maj" he pursued.
Yes. dasling--implicitly."
We'll. then, ma" he concluded,
vnat 90 yoa keep the jam cupboard
Doeked Tor adays?"-Exchange
otrother was Just 4 years old when
80 day he came to me and said
Sleoeher, know What a dream a. /,
- vhat De plllo~ tells you while yor
- sn1eep.~-Ths Dslinestor.
" tcacher had noticed n strik,n,
coo7uuAc friendship that eT.sted be
1o runmy and little Mary. two o
- - vas . bright enough youns
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ster hut he wasn't disposed to prose
cute his studies with much energy.
You must study harder" she told
him, "or else You won't pass How
would you like TO stay back In this
class another year and have little Mary
20 ahead OF you? ?'
Aw,' said Tommy. u guess therell
be other little Marys judy
Baby Jack. 1-2,, was somewhat
spoiled, and nearly always had his
father carrying him when out walking.
One day mamma was dressing him
You are going by-by." she said.
No, retorted Jack "Doin papa
papa doin by-by."
Which was really what It amounted
TO.
Charles mother was showing a pair
OF patent leather slippers She had
bought. But Charles did not approve
OF them.
+ had my way like you do. mann.
ma he said, II wouldn't buy nothin,
but boots with red tops"
I
Isaac Johnson. inventor Of Portland
cement. is 100 years old. lie lives in
IGravesend. Eng.
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MIXED LETTER PUZZLE.
Correct answer to yesterdays nike

Correct answer to yesterdays mixed
letter puzzle
Around ne shall hover,
In sadness or glee,
Till lfe's dream be over,
Sweet mem'rics OF thee
"J).JOh0's S been away a w-week now,
gobbed the bride. and today he
w-w.wrote me he k-kik-hsses my pic.
picture every day
That's nothing to cry about" com
forted her friend
yves 1t IS" she sobbed afresh.
"bub-bnb-because just before he left he
tutJook ny picture from his suitcase
and fuf.fuf-forgot it,
"Supply and demand will regulate
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MOST ANYTHING

the cost OF living says John d. Rookie
fellcr. There's some truth in that,
and there always will be-sO long as
John and his friends have the supply
and the rest OF US the demand.
The United States produces more
than four-scvenths OF the worlds cop
per.
American women spent s1G5 600. 900
for silk goods last year.
The treasury department Is trying
10 decide the question. is hen
bird? Having decided that frogs legs
are poultry. the department will prob
ably rule that a hen is fish
There are SS airships ready for war
in Europe
English peerage consists of five
ranks. VIZ. duke marquis. earl vi
scount aud baron.
When ..n Jenries returned home
the other day his dog didn't know him.
When Jim returns home July his
wife may not know him.
II takes 10 inches OF snow TO equal
a rainfall Of one inch
Ioc Cook saws he is preparing an
account 10 prove that he was at the
north pole Maybe that's where Doc
went after he disappeared.
VIII the congressional committee in
VeStigating the cost Of living from the
tariif-reyised-upward standpoint rec
ommcnd an upward revision I'm wagesp
Gene Walters, writer of plavs.
boasts that lis wife says and does
Just what he tells her TO She Is Char
lotte Walker. star Of Genes new plav.
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when two girls are very ehummy
with each ether IL gives tn impress
sion neither one o. them Kin get
feller."
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Carrying a Gun or
he Other Fellow in the
Interest Of Peace
lt's . Program We Don't Exactly
Agree WIth-6elno Opposed to
Anything Like Battle
ship In the First
Place.


Americans couldn't go
around pockets and chests thrown outf
Guess wouldn't pretty whole thingk the big bully
school who and all The little
fellows marbless
Do you bully would do little fe
lows whom he had robbed cried and wanted marbles back3
He'd great big didn't shut up before
the teacher heard US he'd punch our heads
And would to up
Not we hadn't been robbed than
enough schogounds but how much
does when nations striving be bu by buying
bigger ships and bigger guns than the little fellows
Might doesn't make right the latter more than
in the former
When baeshp its this country
everybody thought that ought do for all occasions
During the Delaware 2ooooon batleship
was delivered ant the North Dakota the
the Wyoming coming and these are TO be
p6y000ton battlehps
And of 80 900 tons
To this point silly Dreadnought policy first adopted by
England, led
will bring up finally the Lord only knows
IS sms @ taI ss' .,s " . 'soss . to; s
Jones Brown next day
-s@o@n has 60, Sosepi you
sueh Obliged smith; se,
aceloving citizens relate
fact they the best of terms
But takes the view that he keeps the biggest the
house and lets Smith likely
be a good neghbor.
And Smith getting bigger
magne he get bigger yet Brown good nghbor
Meantime mpovershng themselves and the hardware
dealer getting their good money.
In your opinion pair blooming
your opinion of naton-oi nation
putting burden pkebooks Of its
people in the building biggest
battshp makes for peace.
When Brown Smith pushed peace plans along
each has up yard will they
for their revolvers horse pistols and shot gunsl
NONE
They rendered obsolete articles Of warfare and the
place the junk pile.
The money expended has away,
has money Smith decides buy ging
the has been the this has the battle
shps Dreadnought going o render obsolete,
The s2oooton bleship Secretary Meyer built
$lsoooooo
Then Germany will have to build bigger one and on. tha. will
Then England will build bigger yet will
morey yet
They will HAVE this you of peace
brothey and good will all all nations
In other words says another builds
the biggest batleship
good or I'll blow you up
having itself built big bateshps
interest of peace says defanly
Try it."
Carrying gun appeal a step in the
direction o universal peace
might powerful which build batthp for
the government that way BUT NOT u.s.
. - he wasn't to
much nergyI
| bVf LOhE' You She o
y him, How
NnnMk Mkn 10 sfav hack m -
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And now Secretary Meyer wants
congress next year TO authorize a
32.0O0-ton battleship,
And if congress does as Secretary
Meyer wants congress TO do, won't
that be CREATE
Just think, the United States
would then own the biggest battle
ship in THE WHOLE WORLDS
Guess we Americans couldn't go
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American women spent s1G5 900. 900
for silk goods last year.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-02

The United States produces more
than four-scyenths OF the worlds cop
per.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-02

There are Ss airships ready for war
in Europe
The Detroit times., 1910-03-02

English peerage consists of five
ranks, VIZ. duke. marquis. earl vi
scOunt aud baron
The Detroit times., 1910-03-02

VIII the congressional committee In
vestigating the cost OF living from the
tariff-reyised.upward standpoint rec
ommend an upward revision In wagesp
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Ioc Cook saws he is preparing an
account 10 prove that he was at the
north pole Maybe that's where Doc
went after he disappeared.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-02

When ..n Jeffries returned home
the other day his dog didn't know him.
When Jim returns home July 5 his
wife may not know him.
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Gene Walters, writer of plavs
boasts that lis wife says and does
just what he tells her to She is Char
lotte Walker. star of Genes new plav.
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Isaac Johnson. inventor Of Portland
cement. Is 100 years old. lie lives in
J IGravesend. Eng. "
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II takes 10 inches OF snow to equal
"A rainfall of one inch
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A WELCOME CHANGE.

The discomfort of sleeping cars is
proverbial. For years folks have
kicked about the gymnastic evolutions
which must be performed by the un-
lucky occupant OF an upper" while
those "below" have been equally ag-
grieved at their inability to extricate
themselves from the dilemma created
by suffocating heat on the inside and
icy air on the outside.
The construction OF bedrooms, in
stead of berths, on many steamers has
suggested to the New York. New Ha-
wen and Hartford Railroad the idea
of following this plan In sleeping cars.
Now, between Boston and New York,
apartment cars have been put on.
They contain no berths, but have brass
bedsteads, chairs. drop tables and
toilet annexes, with washstand. mirror
and dresser. The night traveller can
sleep in a bedroom.
1t Is believed that this plan will be
followed as rapidly as practicable on
all large lines throughout the country.
If 1T shall be done. night travel will
be tremendously increased, much fric-
ton and complaint avoided. and much
comfort secured for the travelling pub
lie,
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this town, and II would seem to us
that they would take It upon them
selves to make this great institution
the most hourlshing and well support
ed OF all the establishments that have
been created In tho interest of the
State and OF humanity.
Excellent results have been obtained
by the cooperative work of women
Of all the religious denominations, and
in the Y. w. G. a. work, which is inter-
denominatonal, there is afforded a
good field for the exercise OF all the
energies of all the Christian women
Of this town.
The Young Women's Christian Asso
citation has determined upon a can
vass with the object of raising $f0,-
600, which. with the means already in
hand. will place 1t is thought. the
institution upon substantial financial
basis. This canvass will open on
Thursday of the present week and will
end on Wednesday next, the day be-
fore Thanksgiving. 1t is to be known
as the Thanksgiving Canvass. and 1t
is work in which the community
should Join with heart and soul and
pocketbools.
Freely ye have received; freely
give,
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payers, Is our authority sor the state-
ment that there Is a regular winter
concert season at the Auditorium eyerv
year. It prints the programmes OF the
afternoon and evening concerts on the
hrst day. The orchestra consists OF
forty pieces. Motion pictures are given
during the intermissions. The enter
tainncnt Is wholly free, ana there are
seating accommodations for 10000
people.
The programmes are sensib1y planned.
Doubtless, the composition OF the city
population is often taken into consid-
seration--a very wise thought. For In
stance, we note on the programme. "Fa-
vorite Scotch Airs" "Kol Nidre,' can
ancient Hebrew airy. and It may be
that my Old Kentucky Home" has an
appeal for many Denver citizens. The
numbers, however, are chiefly those by
classical composers.
Richmond is not SO large a city as
Denver, but looking. at 1t proportion
ately, we hope that the day is not far
away when we may have popular con-
certs on q smaller scale here They
would be exceedingly popular.
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O psHAw.

Tomorrow evening the Rev. Anna
II. Shaw will speak in the auditorium
of the JEFFERSON Hotel. under the
auspices OF the Equal Suffrage League
of Richmond. We do not know what
her text Will be, but we are sure that
she will preach mighty interesting
sermon. We presume. however. that
her observations will be directed wholly
to the discussion OF the vital ques-
ton Of square deal for woman.
She has been much praised for the
cleverness of her wit, the eloquence
OF her periods, the strength Of her
logic. Born in England, we do not
know when, as the small bills do not
give any definite information upon this
point, but reared in the United States,
she is a thoroughgoing American;
loyal to its institutions and strong in
her faith that the time will Inevitably
come when here in this New World,
men and women will strive together
upon equal terms for whatever will
best promote the growth of our civil
ization and the welfare of humanity.
DR.. Shaw "growed up" in Michigan.
In a region without either libraries
or schools and no reading matter what
ever save that supplied from the WALL
paper of log cabin, which was con-
- r,f ha
Independent In view of the fact
that her first Textbooks was the Inde-
pendent we may all wonder at the
breadth of her views and the fairness,
generally speaking, of her teaching.
Dr. Shaw was educated in theology
at the Boston University and she was
graduated with honor from that Insti-
tuition in 1878, thirty-two years ago.
She has filled number of pastorates
with great acceptability. Not only Is
DR.. Shaw Doctor in Theology. but
she is also Doctor In Medicine, and
IL is said in one of the sketches writ
ten of her that her ministry to the
world consists of preaching gospel
of applied Christianity. not merely in
delivering sermons compounded of
scriptural texts with explanations, but
in applying a general golden rule
standard to all the questions of the
day"
{ 1t is hoped that DR.. Shaw will have
large audience tomorrow evening
and that no man will stay away from
the meeting at the Jefferson Hotel for
fear that he will be converted to the
great Cause which Dr.. Shaw repre-
sents
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sEGREGArING THE RACES.

William N. DeBerry is pastor OF the
st. Johns Congregational Church In
Springfield, Mass He is a colored
man and a very sensible colored man.
Last sunday he spoke on the race
problem in Park Congregational
Church, Springfield, and announced
that in his opinion segregation is at
present the only feasible method Of
dealing with the negro and the white
people in those parts of the country
where each race is represented IN
large numbers. His text was taken
from the Book of Genesis. in these
words:
And Abram said unto Lot. Let
there be no strife. pray thee, pc
tween me and thee and between my
herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we be
brethren. Is not the whole land be-
fore thee? Separate thyself, ! pray
thee, from me; IL thou wilt take the
left hand then l will go to the right.
or If thou depart to the right hand,
then l will go to the left.
Or. DeBerry drew many valuable
lessons from these words Of the an
c!ent Scriptures. He pointed out the
fact that the present condition of the
white and black races in the South
Is like that of AbraIn and Lot, who
had lived together In peace until
their substance was great, so that
they could not dwell together" and,
in his opinion, the time has come for.
the races to separate. The social gap
between them is constantly widening,
and they meet now successfully only
In business transactions" He said
that the negroes have no objection
TO the "Jim Grow" laws, provided the
Jim Crow class of the white race
As also included within their provisions
and he claimed that "it is the constant
contact OF the lowest strata OF both
races that gives rise to nearly all
the manifestations Of race Jealousy
and hatred lie did not advocate the
setting aside OF a certain city, county,
township or district for the exclusive
use of the negroes, but he spoke. with
approval Of what Is being done in
Durham. n g., where a section Of that
city Is entirely populated and con,
trolled by the negroes; where they
have their own industries, banks.
churches Libraries ana schools, 10
would separate The races, and SCI lie
would not aeparate them. lie would
Keep them II the same community,
l.bul he would separate tllen, In the
tsemmunity, 10 would have them
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PRESBYTERIAN PASTRY.

There is a new cook at the White
House. She is Miss Flora Hamilton.
young woman of scotch-Irish de-
scent. formerly employed by a. promi-
nent family in New York City. This
is the third change of cooks that
has been made since Mr.. Taft moved
in and determined to keep house on
his own account.
Miss Amelia Howard, the immediate
predecessor OF Miss Hamilton, was
compelled to give up the work be.
cause of i'll health, and Miss Martha
Peterson. the first of the Taft cooks.
gave up the confusion of the Kitchen
for the Joys of domestic life. tying
her fortunes to those of one of the
most distinguished of the blue coated
guards at the Executive Mansion.
1t will be seen from these changes
that It is almost as hard to keep house
in the White House as it is In any
other domestic establishment in the
country. We are very glad that Miss
Flora Hamilton has succeeded the
swede and her successor, because, be-
ing of Scotch-Irish descent. 1t is taken
for granted that she will feed the
Taft family on food suitable for them;
the substantial things, without run
ming off into made-up dishes with i'm
possible French and Italian names.
but with true democratic fare. alto
gether wholesome and American.
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OF the body In question. especially
those who are free from corporate
faint. resent such d misuse of the
legislators office, There was a case
In point In the General Assembly OF
Virginia last winter, when former
members of the body used their floor
privileges not as an aid to the legislh-
tors or as their guests, but as the
representatives of certain influential
corporations. There was much re-
sentiment at this Intrusion, and 1t Is
reasonable to expect that at the next
session of the General Assembly some
action may be taken to prevent fur
Their abuse OF such parliamentary cour-
tesy.
The magazines have supplied plentl-
full evidence. in the last two years,
evidence incontrovertible, OF the fact
that sundry corporations have their
agents among the members OF legis-
lative bodies and dictate to these mem-
ber-agents how they shall vote on
certain bills, and how they shall seek
to destroy others. OF course, the
member agent Is paid for this, and that
is one of the instances Of buying and
selling laws of which Mayor Gaynor
speaks SO frankly.