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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07

CIX months after he had celebrated his
- thirteenth birthday by getting sick from
eating two pounds of gumdrops, little Dave
Belasco, a San Francisco schoolboy, in
vested twenty cents in four lead pencils and
two thick pads of writing paper and began
spending his evenings at home instead of
-Four months later the four lead pencils
were worn down to stubs, the two thick
pads were covered with irregular boyish
script, and the first drama of the present
recognized theatrical adept was completed.
Indeed, young Belasco was heralded in one
of the Pacific Coast newspapers as the
champion youngster dramatist of San
Francisco" before he was fourteen years
old.
The @kid" play, as he refers to it, was
called 3Jim Black, or the Regulators Re-
venge." and was characterized as drama
of conflicting Western emotions 1t was
in seven acts and fourteen scenes, after the
usual extensive manner of plays frequently
presented by other youngsters with theatri-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07

! to me, "NIr. Martin, what do you think?
| Elizabeth, whom | treasured and thought
so much of, has left mel"
| replied, Il am astounded to hear that!
Why, you are the kindest mistress in the
world
She said, "That is just what Elizabeth re-
marked when she gave me a months warn
| ing She said, Madam, you are the kindest
mistress in the world; and yet | must leave
YOU, for YOU are continually visiting in
house parties throughout the year, and, she
added, you are only plain Mrs, and
when we go in to dinner in the Servants
| Hall | am always the last in the line, and
am looked upon as nobody in the house
keepers room!'"
| T HAVE illustrated thus fully the extent
which snobbery in Our American society
has attained, not merely for the sake of SEN
sational advertisement. In some OF its earlier
| forms the disease is harmless, or at least
semiharmless, and we can afford to laugh
at it's amusing features. But when the can
Ger has eaten its way into its victims heart,
robbing it not only of healthy and happy
existence for itself and neighbors, but under
mining character and at last destroying the
soul itself, then it becomes the duty of every
honest American to note its graver aspects
and attempt to check its parasitic growth.
Sin thrives best in secret, and hence, by here
| ventilating the sin of snobbery, | trust may
have in some small way aided in stamping
| it out of our country.
To show further the fatal consequences
that snobbery may bring, will add in con-
| clusion this story which has come within my
experience.
1t was one of those sultry, hot days in
Newport, at the height of the season, and
great lady of fashion sat in her boudoir alone
bordering over tie news that she had heard
at the breakfast table: that one of her best
friends was in trouble, that the breath of
scandal had settled upon her, and that a
shadow hung over her home, small cottage
on one of the side streets leading off Belle
vue-ave This good friend of hers had been
| imprudent in one of her f1irtations, allowing
| things to 90 SO far that she was threatened
with the wreck of her own home, as well as
| that of another family.
She felt that the news that her friend had
been imprudent was on the eve of being cir
culated throughout society, and she re-
hected on the terrible results that would fol-
low for her friend, and result in her COM
plete ostracism from that society in which
she took such delight.
| The lady sat in her boudoir wondering
how she could go and give a few words of COM
fort to this old friend without compromising
herself or damaging her own position in any
way She knew that the long friendship that
| had existed between them was now jeopar
died A great gulf would soon divide their
lives; she would have to choose between
those whose views of life were conventional,
and the friend whom she had known for so
long would be separated from her by an in
visible barrier, across which she would be
able to step only by openly defying the
opinions of all who formed her set.
Yet, as she pondered thus, the voice of
her conscience did not cease to make itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07
Inside This Wall
A Steady Tenn
perature and Quiet
HERE'S exactly the kind of wall you
j i ought to have in your house. If It is

brick, cement or -
stone instead of frame there is just
. little change in the method but M
the idea remains the same-that's N
Einofek. 1t easily supplants build
ing paper everywhere. 1t actually
does what building paper is sup
posed" to do but does not do.
It's an old saying that a warm Darn
In winter is a cool barn in summer.
This applies the more particularly to any
building whose walls are sheathed with
Enofelt because they to the greatest ex.
tent possible keep heat. cold or sound from
passing through. Consequently you get
uniform warmth in winter. uniform cool
ness in summer and uniform quiet the
whole year round.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07
''High Standard" Colors
Are Always Uniform

Do you know that two patches of paint
are rarely mixed alike by hand2 Either the
shades of color or the consistency will be
different. Possibly both.
What would you say of an architect who
guessed when he planned your house1 Or
bank that guessed at the amount of your
deposits?
The principle is the same in painting. You
can no more afford guess work" here than
elsewhere
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07

to me, "NIr. Martin, what do you think?
Elizabeth, whom l treasured and thought
60 much of has left mel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

The following news item appeared
in the Louisville Courier-Jonrnal in
ITS issue OF May l7th
Evansville, Ind, May l6--William
LeMasters, deputy prosecuting attof-
ney, in his argument before the jury
here today In the case Of Lee Salyers
charged with the murder OF Harry
Long at Mt Vernon. Ind. last July
got on his knees and begged the jury
TO hang Salyers'
What sad commentary on the
Christian age IN which we live?
There might be some Justification
for a prayer offered mp as II plea OF
mercy for some wayward woman or
some pitiahle object OF a man whose
feet had stumbled on stony places,
but il IS nothing short Of blasphemy
that lawyer should on bended
knees implore the Most High to put
II into the hearts and consciences Of
Jurors to nd a verdict which would
mean the taking OF fellow mortal 8
life In this enlightened era the ten
dency Of mankind Is away from, rath
e. than toward, capital punishment
fhe latter cannot be refined or re-
named III such a way as TO make il
anything Jiher than murder. no mat.
ter II the law does sanction il
Any lawyer who is SO lacking m
the finer feelings wherewith persons
or culture aud intelligence are en-
dowed as 20 pray for the taking Of a.
human lie Is 3 disgrace 70 the pro
tession and a discord III the eIann
diapason OF humanity
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

at rs possible the southern ONO
rector who recently resigned his
charge ha8 strong liking for the
views Of S. Paul regarding church
aud woman ln bis statement VI his
grievance furnished The iocal nrees
This retiring clergyman places the
feminine influence high Oh the list.
iia Hays there arc good men on the
}eatry board 0t lhe church. bat they
can only DO what he women deem
rfAt, eerlaiab A diseouraglhe ataia
~ affairs fer rector who le called
UPON lo deal directly win hls church
officers
u may be tbs handicap that has
ar9rfe6 further fnncef HI the minis
ttglni breast. Ne depreeates the fact
that eeme mrmbera OF the congrega.
ilon entered the flock III order 10
raise thesf social plaan9 and be
apAakaa dlspaiaeingiy u the arIsto
alatse eksis4HiY9ncas III hls late
chargf ~ aA9rs fa faiT9 lfke I
man WITH y careiiilly NpFHagerieYs
azure n
ANYWAY there N nothing alarm.
lng IN the charge % feminine mrhr
@rlee Al cbnrch affsisa, X is some.
tninR W. baee ail supported Canse.
gnently We mnsl sei he dlsgrnntIea
preacher down ag an Individual wh0
nnhapWly lacks hn diplomatic eifi
ul conforming to conditions over
phieA hc could eSerclae no contfol
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

Interesting light is thrown upon
tho personality OF the new chief Jas
ice hy the discovery that he is anl
accomplished pianist Thought always
known as man OF enriched and yeiSl
satile taste Justice White VAS uofI
until recently suspected q being al
MAKER as we'll as a lover OF music
Indeed he is sery shy 0f this ialen
ana keeps q laid away ike same
curious piece oi hric-a-hrac "a he ta1
en ont ony s.in gle solitude 81 his
'zlaSzNas si& sums with his eomrade
Justice Homks he Story gees. -slsal
cleslng an oHefa Which they had ~
F6mdea together ihe evening hefOde
SNd00nl1 Justice White tnrnedsI
Ga into a niNsie store ana seating
Aimseli aI a piana began playing. toll
the ameRement 0f Justice Holmes. aa
4ria from The opera SO absorbed
was he that ne did nOt observe tBpI
( owd which gathered until the pianol
Was fairly surrounded Then. rising
he hurried on through al
real door as confused as aly COY sur
prised az eating Jam 10 the pantry
III 10 way do men reveal thenf
selves m0re clearly and intimatehN
than in their diversions Everyone
knows the new chief justice q great
deal hetter now that the secret 0tl
his pastime has leaked out He ISL
more than great iurist he is all
character with human color OF its
own The differences between Presi
dent Taft and Colonel Roosevelt arel
shown most strikingly in The camel
10 which each OF them IL addicted
ror Taft, ii Is golf tranquil, leisure
Ia Old sport for Roosevelt, il is ten.I
ms, filled with leaps aud perks. /
angling fitted Cleveland S tenfpega
ment as sungiy as though ii had been
invented on purpose for him alone
Every man should have hobby
said Charles Lamb, even II II bel
nothing bnl the collecting OF odd
pieces 0f string, Every man further
more does have q hobby and it would
almost seem that the stronger his
character OF individuality Is the more
vigorously does he ride H. This ISL
frequently the outlet for his other
wise suppressed impulses or his IN
realized ideals Sometimes Won win
fnd q man who Is as mild person.
us can he met on summers day
making a speciality OF accommodating
daggers, and again you win find al
particularly iron-blooded, aggressive
imdiyidual who delights III collecting
teapots Cardinal de Richelien is
said TO have spent his leisure mo-
ments in jumping over chairs and ia
hles with one OF his attendants Spi-
noza would unbend from his ardtous
studies hy setting spiders to fight one
another above his books and he would
often shake with laughter as he
watched their encounters
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
WOMEN or WEALTH AT WORK

A rich society woman oil Chicago
finds her greatest pleasure in running
her automobiles for hire and thinks
II Is d great lark It Is well for
woman 10 prove she can do good
work by way ot showing her fitness
for the ballot and other duties too
numerous 10 mention. but why should
a woman Ok wealth and presumabie
education and culture choose TO Do
work as pleasure which means a
livelihood To the poor and nulearneu
who can 90 this equally weil2 An|
automobile running FOR hire iii a
city Is sometimes called upon to ear
ry sosiesy men home vino might be
panied or embarrassed TO find that
the driver had been dining with his
wile the evening before perhaps 4
is Tie opportunity 10 learn such facts
outside of Ael world that furnishes
the best aTnugemen, 10 tnss society
woman In tAs case. what ia she
but spy upon her patrons
II Was said long ago that the rich
woman who furnish literature OF
certain sort 70 tile magazines merely
Tor the pleasure of seeing their own
names ~ tables Ut contents had TAX
en- the bread from tho mouths ot
some men and Other women VINO
@ent hungry for ne lack OF H. but
afe We to understand that the indus.
try of these society DANES aud buds
is 10 push them into other lines of
bnslnessy There can be no possible
objection Rlen q woman Nho needs
iae money qualities herself Is serve
and earns it even though q man lose
his jon because 81 her proficiency
bat what of the woman who depriyes
others of bread merely that she may
enjoy a lark
II the woman o. money and educa-
tIon desires 70 20 into business Why
does She not enter into competition
with men bringing che same adyant
ages 20 bear2 ~ thls same Chicago
woman bought a number of aut0mo
biles hitsS liHyers and oontented
herself wifh running HE business
there could he no objection because
her success would De MaA against
fif competitors. Bin when she
dggges dNiHeB and keeps an ex-
senaiye automobile IN spickandHpan
condition 20 drive a poor man from
lpb sae g pNi 0l her sphere NOT hen
5phprr as woman bai her sphefe IN
tlieinese
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
q q &C @ % q q 30 @ cC COO q
4 BACHELOR WISDOM o
y O
6 @ o @ O 8 @ @ @ o o o q @ =

Anyway, the unwfitten law seems
10 have q lot written about il
Nearly every gf that IS made has
some sort Of string tied % i
arag about q girl % her female
friends Il YOU would discover her
h3lts
An Fonoclast is a man who Knocks
our pet theories into the middle Of
next week
When the doctor tells a man @ diet
tle natient proceeds e refusing the
Things he disikes
When a man reires from d poltic
ai office 1t is usually with the assist.
nurr aF his constituents
After spending loi 81 time IN set.
Npe what We want most 81 us spena
loi more III trying 6 sel rid q Il.
a scientist tells MS that a woman's
mind IL apt t0 giye wae sooner than
"a mans Constant changing naturally
Wears anything out
Good nature stands sleep hester
tHn either SOFT
Nobody fas yet reformed politics.
rohics has def0rmed most Of those
whe 1ied
pe1ple want nes tangled theories
heu tleg are We'll when they are
as gHc ela gasnei
q taacs so Ion $40 saye fortune
4he smgs ale crazg 10 shoW hNw soon
H eaa he spent
lsgea \ Hap wlio thinks he wants
@ ava WiA pUi up g hle tighs AGAINST
"a, coy who oifers To teip him az
H
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
0 . O @ O 90 O o 600 @ @ @ O
@ vAGRANT VERSE q
D o
3 O O 9 o o q o GO o 90 o o O o
PAS FAILING FACULTIES,


PA paid six dollars tor q hat ma
THINKS he's lost his mind.
lts lined with SIR and one Of those
brown scottish wooly kinds
He brought il home the other night
and kept il on while,
Before she found ont what il cost
ma kind Of liked lts style
But when 10 told her what he paid
size sank down III a chair
And said IA, every day yon get
more foolish declare
ID should think, she said that
yo would waste your eash likei
that
Nobody but 4 fool would pay Sis dol.
lars for hat
THE children need neN oyercoats
their ShoeH arc shabby TOO
Sometimes SOU make u hard Tor me-
to keep respeetin' you.
Think Of the many ways try 80 save
day after day
Aud here you SO and waste the cash
Ia such a foolish Wayl
~ we had millions | should he tine
last one 10 complain
Iint here we live from hand to
mouth it's just q constant strainl
/ mast deny myself the things / often
wish ! bad
And then YOU hUy hat like thate~it
simply is too bad
SIX dollars merely thrown away It
tils me with The hines
SIX dollars ior a hiatt Enough 10 huy
iwn pair of ahoes
ia aal and llsteRed Tor a while an
though he felt aShameds al
AluYNfsity s0on ne says Well, tli
s&fiIie ] should be blamed,
six dollars for i hats loo mueh ri
lake IL back. bat, say.
stow nneh ald that one cost that You
brought home he other dayg
Ma left tse SOON and We conld see
tear roll down her cheek
Shes worried over pa and lhinigs BIS
mind 4 Yeilin weak
Chicago Rpcutd1ierald
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
FOSTERS FORECASTS

Washington Nay 2s NV last bull
letin gave forecasts OF disturbance to
ciCss me continent May II to rs.
warm wave 8 70 q. cold wave % 10
~ This disturbance viii be pre-
teded and followed by unusually cool
weather and between the two cool
waves unusually warm weather wiii
prevail Not much rain The last
TOOL wave will bring some rain near
ltnde 3S (southern Kansas, Mis-.
s0mf and Colorado, aud in the
pains states north of latitude SO
tacrthen oklahoma and New Mexi.
cp.l
Next disturbance will reach Paci.
fe coast about May 26, cross Paci-
Nc slope about 27, great central val
leys IS TO 30, eastern sections 81.
Warm wave viii cross Pacific slope
about May ri, great central valleys
IS. eastern sections S0 Cool wave
win cross Pacific slope about May
29, great central valleys 81 eastern
sections June q
This viii he a moderate disturbance
tet temperatures viii go to extremes,
Rainfall will be about same as Tor
last above described disturbance.
Next bulletin will give details oi
eeneral weather changes for June.
Below ! give crop weather forecast
tor June which win largely deter.
nAne The crops of 1911 Temperature
.uf June gill average unusually high
ee SO of Rockies and lower than usual
west Of the Rocky ridge, except that
near lhe coast az the Gulf OF Mexico
sad ia 20Q miles of Washington.
i1 II viii Qe cooler than usual
Ra.0fall Of June viii be Of i'm.
mense importance. A great ana gen.
elal drouth will prevail east of the
Rockies The exceptions viii be
Cuba and Southern Florida. Southern
feNas. Southwestern Louisiana. parts
Of MARY land, Virginia South Caro-.
llna spots 10 Kansas, Nebraska,
i,Awa and Illinois
This droSJh will be general, while
the exceptions Mill be only small sec.
ti0ns Fae worst part 0f tile drOuth
Mil cover Northeastern Texas, Ok.
lAA0ma. Arkansas. Eastern Missouri,
Southeastern iowa and then 4 ArQad
helt northeastward lncluding III the
Nxrthefn states from taes nak0tas
ASA sH i All h aanlf about tie
lN s~l of Tie nalintas Fsdln
rs NtehR Alnreh and westssA shs
dgouth may begin d little earlier or
z Hslie later taan Indicated and II
may etNtinue Nail up into luly, but
h Ne sections wilg get good rains
some time IA luly By proper caltt
gation farmers can pun their crops
fNroNh tAe June droulh and where
ire heavy aiAs ul 1uly strike they
Nlll Sc aisle sn make Epad showing
ap re tlie last of iuiy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
HIS IRRFYFRPNCE

Old Uncle Gfout Don't get to
thinking that YOU know 1t all Old
age brings wisdom to man
Flippant Nephew Yes; when he
Ia too old to have sense enough to
use Il.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
IN ANCIENT GREFCE.

The Disciple-And you teach that
we should bear pain and trouble
without complaint? / don't think I
could do that.
The Stole Philosopher Nobody
expects you to do II That is mere
ly our platform.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

Complaint Is made that IA the mat.
teF oi population cities. 81 Scotland
are practically standing Sill but wait
tIIl we raise d crop of g0lf profession
ais III our own. Auld Scotia will
then come into her own again
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
THICK FyOTGH.

Beauty, sighed the gazele, Is.
after all, only skin deept'
Well we pachyderms aint kick
Ing, replied the hippopotamus. be-
Ing altogether deceived as to the
motives of the people who came and
stared at her.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

The blood Of lhe humane man hollis
when he reads that the late Frank
Work. of New York, so far forgot the
obligation of tender parenthood as to
limit the allowance of the daughter
who displeased him TO $4,000 year.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

The discovery mat hundreds ul
tons al dynamite are stored ii prnx-
lmity to Bedloes island III New YORK
harbof proves unee more thar etern-
al vigilance mnsi be tue price 0l if
eFsy Euightening the World
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

IL IS a question to me. said the
dentist, as he got up in the cold to
answer cry from his baby, "lr
FELLOW makes most noise when his
teeth are coming or when they are
going
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

One Brazilian state Nina Garaes,
has borrowed S59d0g 00a IA ten
months from French bankers. Since
tDe money lender generally looks be
fore he leaps il would seem that Nina
Garcaes ~ some shakes OF state.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
NOT A coon FEATURE.

First Tramp Desc people say III
de advertisement dat dere brandy.
when It's used ia egg-nogg, makes i
rare treat,
Second Tramp OATS jest what's
de matter wild It; Its too blamed
rAre
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
THE DIFFERENCE.

rs there any difference between
sick and 'ilP?"
Why, It's just like this The man
who gets sick sends for doctor.
while the man who becomes III SUM
mons a physician
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

II am Republican more 81 less,
t0ldly announces Buffalo Bill Long
experience I'D the saddle enables WI
liam ID perch securely On the toll
Eefing TOP plank pt ghe political
saflnA
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

IL Is surprising how many men
nave slouchy careless business
methods The writer Of this Is one
Of them the reader probably an
other
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

Everybody knows truth is strong.
er than fiction bat truth Is cer
talnly going some when 7 proves
even stranger ihau theatrical nress
AKentls Story
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

We are inclined to feel more or
less resentment against people who
don't do as we predicted they would
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

4 man must want money bad when
ne goes to counterfeltlng iii
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24

what the BarS0tAube wine grow
eYs are driving at is to have new
pr0verb. Az ihat bubbles Is not
Sh9mpaFnp
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
DEPENDS ON THE INTENTION.

The Deacon Surely you would
not regard as profane a man who
uses the expression Gee whiz"?
The Parson. No; If that is what
he means,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
FREELY TRANSI. ATEn.

what does savoir faire mean?
That's French for knowing
enough to come In when 1t rains
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
AN INAnEOnArE MOTIVE.

Manager--There Is one weak point
about this melodrama The old man's
fortune amoants 10 a Million you
ought 70 make that ten millions.
Piaywright--Ten millions?
Manager --One million is too pal
try sum TO explain the Internal
Vaccinations OF the villain.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-24
Announcements
For Mayor.

For Mayor.
Frank Olsmlth authorizes The
Leader 10 announce hin as candi
date FOR mayor under the charter
primaries
The Leader is authorized 10 an
nouncc II b lille, Az a candidate for
mayor under the charter primary
The Leader please announce ey'
Governor & NJ Barnes as candidate
ior mayor al the primaries May 80,
nrder new charter
To The eader. hereby announce
my candidacy for mayor 81 Nuthaie,
subject 10 the commission form, pfi.
mariea JAMES HFpHuRN