The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-16

problem of inebriety with profound
learning and philanthropic enthusi-
asm, but an embarrassing lack OF
practical knowledge based upon ex-
periences.
In keeping with the modern tend
ency to treat all individuals with alb
normal cravings. be it liquor, other
peoples property or something else.
with sympathetic kindness, the inebri-
ETY. board has come to the conclu.
sion that habitual drunkards could be
cured and reclaimed if they were
placed In pleasant surroundings and
exposed to the sedative effects of farm
life. Police Commissioner Rhineland-
err Waldo is so much interested in the
work and the plans of the board that
he has offered to donate to the ine-
briefly board a fine farm of eighty
acres near Flushing, L. l., upon which
the board may establish an experi-
mental colony Of drunkards.
The value Of sign display space in
the best parts of the city has just
neen shown to an unusual degree by
the leasing Of the roof of the Stude-
baker building for electric sign pur-
poses for a price close to $4,000 a
year.. This is the highest price, it is
said. eve paid in the city for sign
privileges on the top of a building.
The new sign, which will cast its
blaze of light down Broadway in the
theatre district. will proclaim the vir-
tues Of a certain breakfast food.
The sullivan u law. Of the
most absurd laws ever placed upon
the statute book, received a black v
the other day when Supreme Court
Justice Gavegan decided in a test
case that a pawnbroker may not be
punished under the law for having
firearms in his possession. The district
attorney will take the case to the an.
pellate division at its next term and a
decision will later be sought in the
court of appeals, so that the law on
the rights of pawnbrokers with re-
spect to dangerous weapons may be
definitely fixed. In the meantime al.
most every day brings forth some new
Illustration of the absurdity of the
law. The other day a member Of the
national guards was arrested for hav.
ing in his possession a revolver. In.
asmuch as every member of the mi.
htila Is equipped with such a weapon,
every one of them is liable to he ar
rested and punished under this law.
Father Vaughn, the famous Jesuit
priest. for many years connected with
religious and social reform move
ments in England, arrived here the
other day from England. to study So
cial conditions in this country. 1t SO
happened that quite a number of en-
thusiastic woman's suffrage advocates
crossed the ocean on the same steam
er on which Father Vaughn sailed for
New York. To keep in practice dur
ing the voyage the suffragettes ar
ranged a meeting on board ship and
Father Vaughn was requested to oc-
cupy the platform. He listened to a
number Of rabid suffrage speeches
and finally the ladies urged him also
to deliver an address. The feelings Of
the suffragettes nay be easier mag
ined than described, when Father
Vaughn told them in so many words
that his idea of the ideal woman was
not n who marched to the polls,
but n who took care Of the home
and reared her children properly. Aft
er that Father Vaughn was not per-
soma grata with the suffragettes.
Police court interpreters are not. az
IA rule, highly accomplished %linguists.
In most cases they speak the foreign
languages better than English and the
result is that they contribute consid-
erably to the humorous side Of the
proceedings. Quite amusing were
the efforts of the interpreter in a de-.
sertion case before one of the magis.
trates the other day.
Ask the women whether her hus-
band left her." said the magistrate.
No, Sir. he didn't left her." re-
Piled the interpreter. HE went away
Later, In h same case, the inter-
porter explained that the woman did
not live in the house at a certain adj
dress. but "dwelt upstairs in the
yard" which. after all. is not so bad
a way to describe the status of a per-
SONY living in the rear of one of the
east side tenement houses.