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Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
Women's Fear of Customs Ordeal

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ourselves bump up against" the law.
Some of us cannot understand it. We
tremble; our hearts beat. We have
consultations with friends and stran-
gers. Blood-curdling stories are told.
We can think of nothing else; talk of
nothing else. Where have we packed
new things, where our old? Will they
dig out everything? Will they believe
us? Those little presents we have
brought mare they presents until we
have declared them? And so on and so
on until our last days become a night
mare compared with which seasickness
Is a paradise. Neither is there any
man to protect us with any of those
liberal Interpretations" which stand
most of us in stead. We must go
through the ordeal as we go through
death-alonei
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

One of the demands of the Mexican
revolutionists is the fright to vote. "
Why, they've been telling us these
many years that Mexico is free re-
public and that Diaz has been ire
elected" numerous times. Why should
a free people fight for what they have
or against the popular choice for the
presidency?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
WHAT HE is IN

Visitor-So your boy is in college, is
he, Mr.. Corntossle?
Farmer-I can't say exactly. He's in
ther ball nine, an in ther rowin crew,
an in ther jimnayzeeum, an in ther
dommytory, but whether he's ever in
ther college is moren kin find out by
his letter-Harper's Bazaar.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
Far and Wide
EDISON CONFIRMED.

Mr.. Edison is right in believing that
there is a force in ether greater than
that of steam or electricity. Witness
the power of an ethereal girl weighing
1O2 pounds to set six-foot man to
work for her under a full head of steam
until death shall part them, and OBJ
serve how she electrifles him with the
prospect-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

Congressman McLachlan wants con-
eress to protect the Pacific coast, for
he says the Japs could come right over
here and do a lot of damage. Which
reminds us that we must get our bomb
cellar in order
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
Merely in Jest
SMOOTHING IT OVER

The small boy sought his mother
Ma" he said. ''the teacher talked just
awful about manners today. She told
me I acted like boy who didn't have
any bringing up"
And what did you say?" his mother
asked.
u excused you the best knew how"
my stepmother." r."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

The presidential election will be held
in Mexico next Sunday. Owing to the
fact that all opposing candidates are
in Jail or buried, indications are that
Dictator Diaz will be reelected.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
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 viewA
] etters must not succeed 200 words.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
THAT'S DIFFERENT

Considering the number of times the
prices of meat have gone up, the beef
trust must be running short of reasons.
With a little ingenuity could it not find
some reason for prices to go DOWN.
New York World.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

Walker Weston's tramp from Los
Angeles to New York was pretty fair
for young man, but William H.
Moser, aged &c. walked thirty miles
from his home in Danyille, Pa, to at
tend reunion Of his Mexican and
Civil war comrades
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
FULLY QUALIFIED

The invalid was on the road to recovery
and the physician had just presented his
bill for $500.
Doctor" said the patient, you missed
the opportunity of your life. You should
have been nerve pecialist."-Chicago
News.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

A. e. Bassett cashier Of a manu-
featuring concern at Alton, H., en-
bezzled $4,000, but is not under arrest,
having promised restitution. lie was
implicitly trusted" is "on the verge
of a physical and mental breakdown"
and "was prominent in church and
charitable work"-all Of which has a
familiar sound.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

With two such men as M. Cochrane
Armour, president of Mccormack The
illogical seminary and Webster Merri-
field, LID, former president Of the
University of North Dakota, added to
the board of trustees of Occidental
college, it would seem that DR.. Baer's
institution is doing as well as could
be expected. Both men are residents
of Pasadena.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

In Greenwich, Conn.,, women have the
right to vote on school questions, but
at the election the other day only
twenty-five turned out and exercised
the glorious privilege of suffrage. Is
it possible the women in Connecticut
don't want their Rights?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
BURNED THE BRIDGES

We infer from the remarks about the
president made by the Hon. ]. P. Dolli-
yer of Iowa in the senate on Monday
that he does not now expect to visit
the White House again prior to March
4. 1913.-Hartford Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

China thinks it wants a legislature.
If Franklin Hichborn's story of the
last California legislature should be
translated into Chinese the reformers
of China might think 1t over twice.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

A Union war veteran objects to Gen
eral Robert E. Lees statue in Wash
ington because it has a Confederate
uniform on. What does he want? Cen
eral Lee without any clothes on?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
HE UNDERsTOOp

"Johnnie, do you understand what Is
meant by a crisis?"
"Yes mum"
Tell us. Johnnie"
1.-TWO out an the bases full num-
Buffalo Express.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

In New Jersey a man applying for
a marriage license has to answer the
question as to whether he is an i'm
becile. And a cynic might reply that
he could tell better a little later on
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

Candidate Johnson's voice has gone
back on him and he has been forced
to take a rest. Nevertheless, his voice
is still reverberating through the Cali
fornia hills and valleys.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

Nevada's governor says he won't do
anything to stop the prize fight, but
you can't tell anything about these
governors any more. That's what our
Gillett said month tgo.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
A TIMELY TIP

Little Brother (who has just been
given some candy)-If 1 were you, l
shouldn't take sister yachting this af-
ternoon.
Tony?
We'll, I heard her tell mother this
morning that she feared she'd have to
throw you down."-Lippincot
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

Good government means clean gov
ernment and clean government means
graftless government. Remember this
when you go to the polls June 80
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

Editor Roosevelt has been unusually
quiet for the last few days. Or maybe
it is the ominous hush that precedes
the storm.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
VERY UNFAIR

A 19-year-old Pennsylvania girl is
suing her father because he spanked
her. We have no sympathy with a
man who goes behind a ladys back to
humiliate her.-New York Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
r1Mrs HAVE c,HANGED

Imagine Jay Gould and Commodore
Vanderbilt in a turf contest to see
which will be turf king of Francew-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
SHE INVARIABLY HAS HELP

When lovely woman stoops to folly
And does things she should never do
It's safe to wager she is making
A donkey of some fellow. too.
Chicago Record Herald
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
CoNGREssIONAL CONsCIENCE

Some congressman think they have
done their full duty to their constitu-
ents If they succeed in knocking $3.50
off the presidents travelling expenses
Rome (Ga.) Tribune Herald
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

Philadelphia woman presented her
husband with four babies in a bunch.
Celebrated Colonel Roosevelt's return,
as it were.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

Phil Stanton has the support of a
Japanese newspaper. The only dis
advantage is that the subscribers are
not voters.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

Wonder if any of those aeroplanes
that have been breaking records for
high ascension have seen anything of
the price of foodstuffs up there.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

Note for the society column Presi-
dent Taft's COW is spending the sum-
mer in Washington.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

Senator Hepburn calls Pinchot the
"apostle of ignorance and fallacy." It
it generous of Hepburn to share his
distinction with another.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
GOING SOME

The Golfer-How many strokes is that,
caddy?
count up twenty-five. sir!-Yonkera States
man.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

If Sunny Jim Sherman does come to
sunny California we shall have to wear
smoked glasses.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

Maybe they admitted Arizona and
New Mexico to statehood in order to
get names for the new battleships.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

THE COMMERCIAL VALUE OF MUSIC
Diggs-I understand that you encourage
your son to practice on the cornet?
Criggs-Yes he's only been playing two
months, but today I bought the house next
door to me for one-half its value.-Smart
Set Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
ESTIMATE

Train Passenger Ito porter who is WELD
ing whisk)-Much dust me. porter?
Porter-Bout so cents wuth. sah.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

The sports will go to Reno on July
4 to get a divorce-from their bank
rolls.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
IOE'S ERRAND BOY

V HAT the Republican organization
of California is still dominated
- by the old machine crowd was
made clear at the meeting of the state
central committee in San Francisco on
Tuesday when the steam roller was
run over the few Lincoln Roosevelt
members who sought to get an ex-
preston in favor of the former presi-
dents policies and against Southern
Pacific domination. But no incident of
the meeting was more significant of
the fact than the decision to invite
Vice President Sherman to come to
California in July and make speeches
at San Francisco and Los Angeles.
There is no better specimen of the
political type produced in the last dec
ade by the Aldrich-Cannon oligarchy
than the former congressman from
Utica who now rattles around in the
shoes of Hannibal Hamlin, Schuyler
Colfax Thomas A. Hendricks, Chester
A. Arthur and Theodore Roosevelt.
He was for many years, as a member
of the speakers rules committee with
which Cannon garrotted all legislation
not to his liking, such a subservient
tool of that autocrat that he came to
be known as "Cannon's errand boy"
His prominence in the house was sole
ly due to his willingness to lackey for
his master, and his nomina ton for his
present office was a concession of the
national convention for harmony's
sake to the wing that was forced with
wry face to accept the hated Roose-
vet's nomination.
Sherman made much of his money
by forming the Utica ice trust and
squeezing enormous profits out of the
Utica public, and his political incum-
bency was perpetuated by his money
when money plus ambition secured and
held control of political parties before
the people woke UP to the way they
were being exploited for 1.-The inter-
ests" OF the few national bosses
whose acts brought about that awak-
ening Sherman was one and thousands
of Republican voters in the last cam
paign who knew it would have given
their eye teeth to scratch him if they
could nave done so WITHOUT ueSefllnB
the head of the party.
And now the vice president has con-
stituted himself a missionary of the
stump to reclaim his party from the
anarchy he believes has been brought
about by insurgents. Those who are
part of that insurgent protest well
come him to California. The more
prominent his kind keep themselves
the faster will grow the party schism.
All of which recalls the simple COM
ment made by metropolitan journal
on the day after the last national cleo
ton. 1t was this: "It is to be hoped
that President Taft will see the neces-
sity of taking extra good care of his
health for the next four years"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24

On all matters pertaining to advertising
address Charles r. Gates. advertising man
ager.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-22
DIXIE THE MOST POPULAR SONG

The music chief of the Library of Congress has made report on the most famous songs in America, and he announces that Dixie" is well in the lead
 There has been no doubt in the mind of any patron of public amusement places of the pop ular kind that "Dxie' is in reality the only air we all applaud whether we will not no; but it is well to have an official decision in all such mat ters and we take off our hats to "Dixie, ' which we recognize as good old American tune, as much our own as the sumac along the hedge or the thistle by the roadside.
 The only possible rivals to "Dixie" were Yankee Doodle, /" which seems to us silly kind of thing (so long as no foreigner" says sol and "Hail, Columbia" which no mortal was ever able to sing, and "America" and 'tThe Star Spangled Banner" which came to us from over the sea.
 ''Dixie" we love, because it can ''stand up'' anywhere. The country fiddler, who sits on nail keg, with one foot resting on top of the oth- CT, and an assistant" to beat his strings mid way between the neck and the bridge of the in- strument, can get wonders out of the melody, and here and there he can edge in bit of har- mony, if the expression be technically correct The biggest band in the world can do itself just as proud with the same piece as it can with those strange connections which step sideways and are forever going back to the beginning with a trombone or a bass drum added
 "'Dixie" goes with the summer winds, or with the starlight, or with the moonlight on the river or the surge of the sea. It is bound to be right or it wouldn t catch us in the ankles and in the hearts as it always does.
 We are grateful to the learned person in Washington but we could have told him so long before he reached his conclusion.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-22

school. These young women, for they show wisdom beyond the years of "girls," are filled with the belief that the years in the high school are well spent; they unhesitatingy indorse the curriculum, and they arrive at the point by the shortest route.
 The time and money usually devoted to get ting up yearbook commemorative of the school career of the class is this year being spent in propaganda among the pupils of the ele- mentary school in favor of high school educa- ton The circular letter is being mailed to every girl graduate of the grammar schools in lower Manhattan.
 The same ambition of the average man tc get college education obtains in the lives of these girls to get through high school. The justifca- ton for the college in mans life is held to make high school course essential for girl Outward achievement is the scale in which the result must be weighed. This is an age of mil itant progress, and education contributes to the maintenance of the pace set and to its accelera ton. Life is practical, but, at the same time beauty and variety play part. How much more can life be made enjoyable by larger sur vey? And how can our horizon be broadenec easier than by education? The strenuous world does not take issue with these high school girls but calls their act both praseworthy and utl itarian.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-22
CHILDREN ON THE STAGE

The statute against child labor in Massachu- setts has been interpreted by the supreme court as making it unlawful for child younger than fourteen years to appear on the stage at night. The decision extends the law beyond its original intent The enactment was designed as a check against night labor by young children in fac tories and in mercantile shops; but now it is made effective against the employment of chil- dren on the stage There is no doubt that there will be no lack of jealous persons in the cities of the state who will see that the law is rigdly enforced. It were well if they direct their scrutiny with equal pertlnacity to the mills and factories. The law against child labor is bass- ing to future generations, and whatever excep- tonal need it may traverse, it should be wei come to the fathers and mothers. But it may be questioned whether its application to the chil- dren of the stage may not be too drastic. There is evidence that they receive as a rule the most solicitous parental care, even if that guardian ship have selfish as well as affectionate causes There are actors and actresses today who look back with pleasure upon their discreet little juvenile training
 Nevertheless, the statutory limitation of child labor is socially sound The good that it does unquestionably outweighs any objection on the ground of excessive paternalism by the state Yet the licensing of children to appear in reput able theatrical productions would seem reason able, if it were made to include strict regulation and supervision There are wholesome plays in which the action requires the presence of a child. It is possible that such early training may contribute to adult histrionic ability. Nev ertheess, better the protection of one of 'ttht least of these" than the coruscation of galaxie: of stars.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-22
INFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPERS

One of the leading magazines of the country the Atlantic Monthly--is advertising series of articles entitled "The decline of public con fidence in the newspaper press"
 That the public has not lost confidence n some newspapers and in some kinds of newspapers may be accepted as matter of course, like the loss of public confidence in certain politicians and statesmen and theories of government. But if there is marked decline of public confidence in newspapers as a whole, that fact is of such far-reaching public importance that 1t deserves the closest study and investigation.
 More newspapers are printed than ever be- fore If the public has lost confidence in news papers why does it read them in such vast num- bers Merely to amuse itself? Merely to pass away the time! Merely to acquire information which it distrusts and upon which it can place no relianeeg The American people have never impressed us as nation of idiots and lunatics. They must have some definite motive in reading the newspapers, and the average American is not the sort of person who wastes his time on things in which he has no confidence
 We have observed, too, that the shrewd prac- tcal gentlemen who manage the great corpora tons have detected no marked decline of public confidence in newspapers. Their desire to own
 
 the policy of newspapers was never so keen as it is now. They must believe that the public has confidence in what it reads in newspapers or they would not be so eager to control newspa- pers.
 What is commonly spoken of as decline of newspaper influence is in reality only change for the better. Newspapers are cheaper than they were and few men are obliged to rely upon a single newspaper. They draw information and opinions not from one source, but from two or three or four sources, and their own opin- ion is the resultant of these various forces. This is having the excellent effect of teaching people to think for themselves. They are the surer in consequence to detect bad advice and the quick CT to follow good advice. Their own opinions are clearer and saner and less preiudiced
 This does not mean a decline of newspaper influence. On the contrary, it is a manifestation of the best kind of influence that newspapers can exert.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-22
EDUCATION FOR GIRLS

Something almost unique in it's inception and its object is circular letter prepared by the girls of the Washington Irving High school, of New York. The letter is in reply to the ql1es- tion: What do high schools do for girlsg' In it the following paragraph appears:
 They prepare her for the highest happiness and the greatest service. They give her the fruit of the training through which her teachers have so earnestly led her up to her entrance to the high school They give her the cultivation and the refinement of the welI-bred woman. They fit her, if necessity should come, to avoid dependence upon her relatives and to support herself in self-respecting way.''
 Here is plain statement of the proposition in concise language and irrefutable logic. High CT critics of education can accept this as a model The letter is for the purpose of encouraging pu- pills of the elementary schools to enter the high
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-22
GOD GIVE US MEN!

God give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and
 ready hands, Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spells of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and will; Men who have honor and who will not lie; Men who can stand before demagogue And scorn his treacherous fatteries without
 winkng.
 Tall men, sun-erowned who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking!
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-22
In The Halls of Congress
BY TAv.
Special Washington Correspondence.

It was quiet day in the United States senate. Some of the senators were busied about their desks; others were conversing with each other in whispers. To the stranger sitting Tn the gal leries looking down upon the scene, the idea of the much talked abou "Aldrichism" and "one man power" in the senate seemed most ridicu- lous
 First a senator on one side of the chamber would arise, introduce bill and sit down, and then a senator on the other side of the chamber would introduce bill. To the man in the wis itors' gallery it looked as if every solon was perfectly free to do or say anything he wished, and it also certainly appeared on the face of things (to the stranger) that no one man on the floor of the senate had any more power than any other one man.
 Insurgent Cummins of Iowa rose, presenting resolution for which he asked immediate con sideration, and which directed the secretary of commerce and labor to furnish the senate with certain information gathered by the bureau of labor.
 Mir. Aldrich rose.
 "Before the senator from Rhode Island makes the objection which I anticipate he will interpose," said Insurgent Cummins, "MAY state a little more clearly why desire this in- formation?"
 Being permitted this courtesy, the senator from Iowa explained very fully the object of the resolution. He stated that the department | of commerce and labor had collected much in- formation on the subject of pensioning em- ployes, and that this information was very much desired "by the senate and the committee of which I HAPPEN TO BE clairman.'' Senator Aldrich suggested" that the reso- lution must go to committee. Senator Aldrch oversees all senate committee appointments). The Iowa senator's countenance fell percepti- l bly as soon as the Rhode Island senator started to Suggest"
 Said Mr. Cummins, rather tartly: If the senator from Rhode Island objects to the con- sideration of the resolution and asks that it be sent to the committee, 1 CAN NOT RESIST THAT SUGGESTION"
 "I ask that it may be sent, 7 said Senator Aid rich simply. And to the curiosity of the man in the visitors gallery, that settled it. It was ''sent." Mr. Aldrich's suggestion was law
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-22
MORNING SMILES

AlUdys Something My chum is quick at seeing jokes And sneers bit At me and all the other folks Of slower.wit. l know that I'm slow at seeing fun And somewhat dense. And so 1 pride myself upon My common sense.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-22

Charles E. Hughes is mighty big man, but he is only human. He may be wrong some times, 7 ventures the Hudson (N. Y Repub- lican. This should serve to chasten the soul of Mr. Hughes somewhat, and to remind him that he is still few laps shy of the Bwana Tumbo class.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-22

A congressional boom for John D. Rockefel- Ter, Jr., has been started. The mere fact that it probably will amount to nothing does not neces- sarily mean nevertheless, that he might not make pretty satisfactory sort of member, in one way and another.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-22
Quite So

How was the meIodrama?'
 "Oh, the piedriver was wabbly and spoiled the scene.
 "Wabbly, eh? A star ought to be well sup ported if a play is expected to succeed'
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-22
Utter Scorn

"An' you think the gent is an actor, ehg" in- quired the town constable.
 m sure of it, answered the landlord of the Pinkville House. He uses such elegant gestures in spurning the grub"