The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-28
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The sufragettes OF London have sc
Elected as their motto, "pray an,
h Fight Gate reports from that cit.
indicate that the latter part of tn,
motto receives their principal atten
ton. Z {. Il IS. q
WilEJ. Bryan was a passenger on O
sshlp which recently struck on the
+ rocks near a southern island. The
chances are 16 to l that he examined
the rocks for traces of free silver.
Z; A cold.blooded chap OF Chicago de.
: clares that women dress to please
themselves, and to displease other wo.
men. I, .
Awestern woman, upon being taunt
ed by her failure to reform ner mus.
band by marrying him, replied that
gshe only intended to Inform" him.
That Is almost as difficult in most
L cases.
It is claimed that In Berlin graft is
s practically unknown. 1t Is pre-.
sumed then, that they don't have such
K roads over there as are invisible be.
tween Riyesvllle and Fairmont.
An Ohio editor has the. boundless
Simpudence to say that Col. Roosevelt
without the slightestsdegree of hest.
tation. admits that he is a. living refu.
tationa Of the line, To err is human"
Although slxty.slx years old, Sarah
Bernhardt Is going to marry a man
forty eyars her junior. Does any one
suppose that she told him her correct
y age? And isn't there a law against
securing property by false pretence?
What right has person Of mature
years to ,unduly influence the tender
heartssof fragile fellows?
DR.. Wiley says, american wives
should play the cook stove more and
the piano less" And the Doctor was
Just married a few weeks ago, too.
After being president seven years.
Teddy is now busy telling Taft how to
burst the trusts. Why did he not burst
{ a few!while he had the opportunity?
Z A university president has decided
Ito encourage the ladies' in their eff.
forts to secure the right OF suffrage,
! and the following shows his method of
lending aid and comfort to the cause:
There once was q lady Of note =.
4 Who vowed she'd do nothing but vote,
IA So by night and by day
She kept on her way,
And at last got the enemy's goat"
Concerning the great naval review
/ AT New York the first Of this month
we desire to quote from a letteropub.
) llshed In a. New England journal the
only sensible comment We have seen.
dealing with that display Of deadly
! war vessels: Were man to appear
lin public loaded down with guns, pis.
i tolls and cutlasse, claiming that 1t was
the only means Of being at peace, he
would justly be called fool or lun'
: attic. ut E"hankind" Is doing just that
. thing, almost to the point OF universal
) bankruptcy. The headlines called the
display on the Hudson race Display.
Quite the contrary. Nothing could
3 show more cowardlce. We are sus
piclous of everybody and everybody
SIS suspicious Of us: Like children We
K are afraid that somebody is going tc
jump on us, and We build navies ant
forts, not because we are brave, bu
from fear OF attack from some unseer
and unknown foe. Time was wher
every man was obliged to so abou
armed to the, teeth to be safe, but no
body called that civilization. Can w
Z Sclaim to be civilized while the M
stions of the earth feel Obliged to us'
s such methods Of savagery to keep thu