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Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09
The "Simple Home Wedding
New York Evening Post.)

tNew YORK
One of the guides to polite society in
the Sunday press has been delivering
herself on the subject of home we'd
dings. In these days of depressed Sc
curity markets and dubious business
outlooks, she tells us, they are in bet
ter taste than any other kind because
of their simplicity. This recalls the
declaration of a famous sea dog, whose
domestic locker Providence had filled
with daughters. that when any young
man came courting his youngest he
should withhold his consent unless the
couple would promise to elope. He eX-
planned his threat by saying that the
other girls had been married in the
usual way and that he would rather
fight steel fleet with a wooden three
that sort of thing. Yet the admiraPs S
experience had not been with functions
especially elaborate or extravagant.
Indeed, the weddings of his elder
daughters had been not only home af-
fairs but subject to some comment
for their simplicity-as weddings go.
His professional figure of speech was
really apt; for a wedding is not unlike
a war. The saddest effects of a war
cannot be measured by the lives de-
stroyed, the blood spilled, the treasure
wasted: these are but physical symbols
OF sacrifice. Neither should we look for
them in the humiliation of the van
quished party, which may yet prove
blessing in disguise. The most perma-
nent scars of war are left on the mind
and temper of the victor, who must be
more than human to resist the moral
reaction which follows triumph. SO
when a wedding energies to usurp the
place of chief Importance in a house
hold, the bride-elect wields her scepter
with all the license of a despot who
knows that his reign dies with the day.
Everything must give way to her whim,
and she justifies the demand by
clever plea in equity. OF the three
great events in a womans life, she
argues, the two at its extremes are be-
yond her control: what, then, of the
one in the middle? Having had no free
dom of choice with regard to her birth,
assured of none with respect to her
death, may she not claim full sway in
the matter of marriage?
So her friends look on complacently
when she turns loose upon the home
her cohort of seamstresses driving IA
ther to a dismal refuge at his club and
even her mother to nerve tonic. what
If she does sweep aside as unworthy
the flowers that were fine enough for
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

Evening Bost,J
the family in less exciting times and
substitute for them gorgeous things
which smother fireplaces. throttle the
mantels and clasp in their serpentne
coils the door castings and window
frames, the mirrors, the chandeliers
and the stair rails? Does not everyone
tell her that she is flower fairer than
any of these?
And music? Surely melody and love
go together: so, If she wills it, call in
the lutte and the Viol and bid them
make the holiday resonant. Possibly
your simple dwelling may not be adapt
ed to the housing of an orchestra; then
adapt it without more ado. Build out
an ell or a wing or a lean-to or what
ever else may be necessary to accom-
modate the musicians. The queen has
spoken; what more would you?
Then, there is the wedding breakfast.
The family cook may show signs of un-
rest, if not positive rebellion, when her
kitchen is invaded by a swarm of ca
terer's creatures who confiscate her
range and lardeF and pantry for the
preparation of repast of salads and
croquettes ices, punch and champagne.
But her feelings do not Slgnltyi She
hasn't kept up with the procession. We
must have the recognized wedding
breakfast or nothing.
NOBODY IN tne mouse, OF course, ueSu
expect to sleep comfortably for some
time before the climax, owing partly to
the saturation of the air with excite
ment and partly to the inconsiderate-
ness of the trousseau corps, who have
turned every chamber into a sewing
room and every bed into temporary
pin cushion. The members of the fam
lily, also, have to be shifted about to
make space for the distant relations
and the most intimate friends of the
bride-to- be, who carefully choose this
period for a visit of few days, be-
cause it may be their last chance to see
dear little Parthenia before the cere-
mony,
After it is all over and Parthenia has
gone away with her life partner to get
acquainted with him, and mamma mas
taken to her bed, and Sister Jane mas
registered a solemn though secret vow
of celibacy and papa, surrounded by
tradesmens bills like Marius amid the
ruins of Carthage. is trying to figure
out how much he must borrow OF ms
bachelor brother to tide his local credit
over the impending crisis, there creeps
into everybody's mind the wonder: IL
this be a simple wedding, what can the
other kind be like?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09
WHAT WILL HE DO?

m HE time is approaching when Theo-
dore Roosevelt will break his self
Il imposed silence of two months on
the internecine war in his party. Upon
the decision he makes will hang the fate
of the administration, for so great is
the popular confidence in him that mil
lions will be swayed by his Judgment.
How will he be able to condemn Taft's
record to date poor as it is and woeful-
ly weaker as it would have been with
out the help of the insurgents in fore
ing some good into the new measures
passed? For it is not to be forgotten
that Taft is Roosevelt's special legatee.
Yet many do not believe he can in
dorse the president for the following
reasons:
First. Taft personally promised re-
vision downward, and then personally
signed a tariff bill which revised the
tariff upward.
Second. Taft personally aided Boss
Aldrich to keep the people out of an
income tax, which would take some Of
the burden of taxation off of the poor
and place it upon the rich
Third. Taft personally used all the
power at his command to prevent
Speaker Cannon from being dethroned.
Fourth. Taft upheld Ballinger after
the latter had been exposed and dis
credited as having given aid to Alaska
coal land grabbers.
Fifth Taft counseled with Aldrich,
Lodge, Hale, Guggenheim, Penrose,
Flint, Cannon, Fordney and other rep
resentatives of the special interests,
and refused to accept advice from such
men as LaFollette, Dolliver, Cummins,
Clapp and Murdock.
Sixth. Taft is personally seeking to de-
feat LaFollette and other genuine insur-
gents because they endeavored to re-
wise the tariff in conformity with the
Taft prediction speeches.
How can the former president get
around these things without straddling
in a way that will forfeit the confidence
of hosts of his ardent followers? He is
too clever politician to do that. Yet
how can he rebuke his legatee and
friend without splitting his party wide
open? Perhaps he can see way. Lots
of others can't.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

STANLEY f. Bowdie
A young woman assailed me with
this question: do you think that
women exist merely to cook for men?'
No. women do not exist to cook for
men. And I may add, for the satisfac-
ton of that woman's husband, that
men do not exist that women may
dress. nor do they work and live that
women may have life insurance
though, alas, a multitude of men seem
to be compelled to live for little else.
There is very little thoughtfully
cooked or tastefully served food. lS-
norance and slOuchiness preside over
our kitchens and tables. Whole states
of the south are cursed in their cook
ing. Go to any of the great sanitar-
iums of the country and ask, whence
come these invalids?" They will tell
you, from the south, mainly And
ask what Is the chief cause of all this
invalidsm, and they promptly say
stomach troubles. Sometimes, when
opportunity offers, watch laborers eat
ing from their pals. See the hunks
of bread and meat that nothing but
keen appetite could touch, and then
observe the face relax to kindness
when peach or an apple is fished
out from the pail-something that ma
ture furnished and the wife could not
spoil. And contrast those pals with
the clean nosebags of the horses con-
tentedly eating close by. What spec
tacle And mark this, this condition
is by no/means confined to the poor.
Our middle class suffers chiefly In
the presence of woman's poor work in
this department 1 have often asked
myself this question: What would
happen if men, in the wide range of
their activities, were as thoughtless
and as slovenly worllmen as women?
Suppose our locomotives, our steam
ships, our great structures, were built
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09
LETTERS REVEAL SEEKERS
FOR TRUTHS BY RESEARCH

Editor Herald: 1 regret, with Val
Stone, the paucity of the Letter Box,
and miss that refreshing soul-drink af-
ter reading the usual daily quantum of
suicides, murders, new discoveries
about grating politicians and faithless
representatives of the people, etc. 1t is
no doubt good practice for writer's to
condense thought into few words, but
subjects of sterling value or interest
can hardly be developed in 200 words.
/ agree with the editor that in religious
matters sectarianism should not be dis
cussed, but a broad, universal basis
should be allowed as being part of
ethics and human moral conduct. The
Bible as a revelation and the Word of
God contains so many secrets that it
may be called the eternal sphinx, is
and remains a dead letter to many in
quiring minds, and most of these reject
it altogether because it eludes the grasp
Of their reasoning faculties. Recent
letters have discovered able scholars
whose researches consider valuable as
a help to seekers of truth A limit of
300 words might be satisfactory.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09
MODERN TENDENCY AGAINST
THEORIES OF SOCIALISM

Editor Herald: Socialists are chock
full of the theories advanced by Karl
Marx and other writer's on Socialism,
and when they discuss the subject it is
always according to the text. But the
evolutions of government do not pat
tern to any mans theories; 1t is an
inevitable growth that comes in the
natural evolution of things-republi-
canism evolved out of monarchy. What
is going to evolve out of republican
ism? Socialists believe their common
wealth I believe democracy will be
the next stable government Of America,
because il is the natural and inevitable
outgrowth of republicanism
Now what tendencies are there to in
dicate that Socialism is inevitable?
None at all. Socialism is but the ma
tural reaction of capitalism, even as
skepticism is the natural reaction of
fanaticism. But the views of the ma
jority determine government, and these
views are never located at extreme
points. There are, however, in every
community a few advanced souls who
care little for worldly possessions be-
yond their immediate wants, but who
live by the enjoyment of mental and
moral Ontemplations-such are pre-
pared to live in communistic COM
monwealth.
But the great majority do not desire
and are wholly untitled by nature to
live in such a community The ten
denotes of our time is toward indivi-
dualism and not Socialism. The aver
age person wants to be free from all
artificial restraints--to acquire horde,
compete, outdo and be on top; to rule,
domineer, sway and be center of at
traction instead of being attracted to a
center. These and other things pre-
vent the average man from becoming a
Socialist. He would suffocate within
the commonwealth and die off unless
he could get out over the fence. So
cialists should study men instead of
books and catch on to what is going on
around them. P. A. JENSEN.
ToS AnonIas Aup <
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09
A Smash at Women
STANLEY E. Bowdie in Atchlson Globe)

in Atchlson Globe)
by men whose chief thought was on
their shoes, their dress, their millinery,
their perfumery! What would result?
Surely. each morning paper would
bring us new accounts of disaster by
sea and land; towns RACED by bursting
boilers; trains engulfed by fallen
bridges; thousands entombed in top
pling buildings. Indeed, the chief
business of men would be attending
funerals and writing death notices.
Mans work is done well and cheer
fully, and without the distracting
thought of something new in clothes
and pleasure. And men are work.
ing largely for women; multitudes of
them have been so bluffed by women
that they have learned to be fairly
contented if at the years end they
have receipts for insurance premiums
paid and have escaped dyspepsia and
the divorce court Women are today
perfect-tonsorially, cosmetically and
millineriously. Thousands of hus-
bands are hoping that Paris will dis
cover nothing new for them. From
this general criticism, our German
women, as a class, must be excepted.
They, as wives, have well balanced
idea of their relation to men and the
state. Their homes are Immaculate.
Their cooking is world famous. They
have made their men rugged men, and
the greatest of colonizers, And, as
class. they seem to have been but lit
tie affected by that spirit of worldli-
ness and pleasure seeking that has
brought the sex generally into it's sec
ond childhood 1t is as fully the duty
of women to cook well, as it is the
duty of men to bring home the food.
And when she has intelligently cooked
and cheerfully served n good meal she
has performed a great function-not
alone for her husband, but for her
self, the children and the state.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09
Los Angeles, Aug.
QUESTIONS AUTHORSHIP OF
SOCIALIST COMM MUNICATION

Editor Herald: This mornings Let
ter Box contained q communication
signed "W. M Hughes" who purports
to write from this city. w. M. Hughes
is a member of the house Of represen-
tatiyes of New South Wales, and is
also, unless 1 am greatly mistaken, it's
attorney general. He is the author of a
book "The Case for Labor" and the
letter in this mornings Herald is taken
bodily from that book. The passage be-
ginning "when the mighty dinosaurs"
is to be found on page So, and the rest
of the letter, with the alteration Of
few immaterial phrases, Is from PIP
S5 and 81
think it highly improbable that
so well known. a man as Mr.. Hughes
should be in Los Angeles without our
being aware of it, If l am correct in
this your correspondent has borrowed
his name and work without giving
credit in either case. Should this be
so 1 imagine it will furnish Mr. Jen-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

Miss Giuia Morisini is said to be the
hest dressed woman in New York So
ciety, Recently she stated in an inter-
view that a woman in New York So
ciety could not dress properly on less
than 800, 900 year. This suggests that
the New York society women wear 700
many clothes, although you would
never guess it from their pictures in
the New York papers.
A war correspondent at Tulsa, Okla,
contributes the following to the gayety
of the telegraph: Two companies OF
militia, under the leadership of Col
Rov Hoffman, who led the ill-fated eX-
pedition against Crazy Snake ana ms
bloodthirsty band of one negro, were
lately maneuvering in the vicinity Of
Tulsa, when they prepared to charge
across the cornfield of John Crawford.
Crawford met them with shotgun
at the edge of the field. He was rein
forced by his wife and Kettle or not
water. The soldiers retreated in the
face of this formidable array, and the
corn was saved. There are number
of other large jokes besides the militia,
but none other covers so much terri
tory.
Mrs. Tilly Carpenter was captured in
a raid on a Chicago poker game, along
with four, of her companions. The rest
of the participators in the great Ameri-
can game were men, but the presence
of one lone woman gambling with men
isn't So strange as the presence of
$126.5O in real money in this particular
poker party.
George II. Thurston, mining engi-
neer, has Just returned from South
Africa to New York with a tale which
may attract immigration to that newest
home of representative government.
Down there, he says, fairly good wife
can be bought for a COW; If you are
particular as to age and color, the price
may mount up to from three to eight
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09
Odd Tales of the Telegraph

cows. And it is said the more wives
man has the easier time he has; the
women really do the work down there.
a few years ago Mrs. Ada Gorman
married c. j. Magness, musician in
the navy, and the young man deserted
his ship and flag to go on his honey
moon with her. For this indiscretion
Magness served a term in prison equal
to his ulfexpired term in the navy. Mrs.
Magness has again broken into the tele-
graph spotlight because ner mothers
will leaves her only the income of one
sixth of a million-dollar fortune. The
mother evidently took into consider
alton the kind of a husband her daugh-
ter landed.
Helen veach, aged 70, and her brother
Teddy, aged 5, ran away from Indian
apolis. With a market basket filed
with clothing and cherished toys they
trudged down the pike on their way to
st. Louis. But they were stopped
twelve miles from home, at the village
of Ben Davis. And a town with that
name should be sufficient to stop any
ordinary self-respecting runaway.
Peter Smith husky young tannery
worker of Newark N. j., drank seven
teen jiggers of whisky in succession,
and thereby won a bet of 81. Incl
dentally. he fell down and died after
the drinking bout. But all that is of
mild interest compared with the curl
osity of a resident of a dry community
to know just how much whisky con-
stitutes "jigger."
Mrs. Samuel Hugg has been missing
from her home near Princeton, Ind,
since June 21, and the authorities be-
lievo she was murdered, and are in
Vestigating. Her husband hasn't
police Imagination. and thinks his wife
has simply left him. Possibly in the
solitude of farm life she fell to think
ing about her husbands name.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

sen with another proof that our civil
ization is only barbarism with an IN
tellectual veneer, which latter, so tar
as this Socialist correspondent is con-
cerned, seems to be very thin.
Perhaps | may be allowed to add that
the real Mr.. Hughes book appears to
me most valuable by reason of its IN
sistence that the land question Is
fundamental and his frank declaration
that Socialism means state ownership
and control and nothing else. In tact
his book closes with the words: with
every step forward greater restraint
upon individuals has been necessary
in order that society as a whole might
enjoy greater liberty"
| believe he is tragically wrong, but
he is at least candid, which Amerl-
can Socialists seldom are, for they
usually protest vehemently that they
are not state Socialists, in defiance
of their own platforms and the declar-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

For the second time Lipton's Sham
rock, with royal guests aboard, lost her
topmast and imperiled Alfonso as it
also did Tdward. Lipton's boat seems
to be bent on destroying the tradl-
tions that connect the shamrock and
good luck.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09
THE TOURIST

He wished to wait upon the king
His wife and daughters thought
An audience would be immense,
And so for one he sought.
He found that it would take a month
To catch the king alone;
And say week
To even speak
Upon the royal phone.
And so he went upon his way;
Called up no king, forsooth.
He spent no dime
Nor any time
Around a stuffy booth.
Louisville Courier Journal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

When 1000 people gather in a Los
Angeles theater to greet three Mexi-
can revolutionists and contribute near
Iy $500 toward their propaganda, it is
apparent that the principles of politi-
cal liberty still have power to stir the
hearts of the American masses.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

There is q difference of opinion
among reformers about the commits
sion form of city government, but none
among Oklahoma land grabbers as to
the commission form of doing business
with the Injuns.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

According to a late quotation it
takes $4,000 to buy seat in the SEN
ate, less than half VIII it costs TO get
a seat on the New York stock ex-
change. The price seems low, in view
of the good salary and the opportuni-
ties revealed lately.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

Somebody figures it out that the
present campaign is costing $15OO,OOO,
The difference this time is that the
outlay can't be charged up to freight
and passenger operating expenses and
made to pay dividends.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

The amount of expenditures that
Henry Mcdonald manages to make on
that SLIP he swore included all his
earthly possessions beats the Biblical
story of the Widows cruise Of oil to a
silky fraZzlc.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENTS intended
for publication must be accompanied by the
name and address OF the writer. The Herald
gives the widest latitude to correspondents
but assumes no responsibility for their views.
Letters must no. exceed 200 words.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

Out of nearly $4,000 registered voters
in San Francisco there are sixty-seven
Independence leaguers-a pretty accu-
rate measure of the influence of Will
liam r. Hearst in his home city.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

The Hearst newspapers having been
most successful in promoting the late
lamented Jeffries-Johnson fight are
now the chief-if not only-advertsers
Of a campaign to prohibit prize fight
ing. The standard of Hearst consis-
tency continues at the old level.-San
Francisco Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

ations of their leading writer's. This
has become necessary, you understand,
because management by politicians has
received somewhat of a black eye in
this country. WIN. c. OWEN
Los Angeles, Aug. 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

Cuba is facing a crisis at the com
ing election-the news has a familiar
sound They don't know how to be
have more than a month or two at a
time down there in Cuba.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

Mr.. Bryan says that he will keep up
his fight for temperance. We under
stand from this that Mr.. Bryan is
strong for conservation but not for ir-
rigation.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

A city officer in Brooklyn, N. Y,
is called the commissioner of weeds.
He must have jurisdiction over the
widows; or, perhaps he passes on the
campaign cigars.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

If any of the leading candidates have
not been dined or barbecued and as
sured that palpitating populace will
have no other, let him arise that the
oversight may be attended to.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

John D. Rockefeller is taking whisky
baths as a tonic. Most men who be-
lieve in that kind of tonic have to be
content with giving the baths to their
tonsils.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

A high officer of the w C. T. U.
wants toasts to the president drunk in
water If they are for the present one
they should be drunk in hot water.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

Bettors who were arrested at Chutes
park for making pools on baseball
games learned that pool and baseball
are different games that won't mix.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

Financial item: Royal opposition has
been withdrawn and the Duke of Abb
ruzzi and Katy Ell1ins are to be mar
ried.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

Inspector Dew doesn't know whether
or not he has a guilty man. An Amer
lean detective by this time would have
had the whole story out of Crippen.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

Hiram Johnson made his last speech
in Southern California at ocean Park
and, of course, was greeted by waves
of popular approval.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

Merry del Val is a queer name for
a statesman who has been made as un-
happy as the papaI secretary of state
recently.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

Alice Longworth's silence is very ir-
ritating to the women who have been
criticising her. They wish she would
smoke up.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

On all matters pertaining to advertising
address Charles R. Gates, advertising man
ager.