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THE GOING OF A GENERATION.

bTvHIS is cleanup year. 1t is a time of oentennials and semi.
centennials and yet of events that look ahead. While people
are celebrating the battles that began the civil war or the
Aundeedth birthanniversaries Of American statesmen, the present
generation is closing g. up it's own accounts. The old guards are pass-
ing with a haste that would argue this was overdue. Such moments
Of change ire bound TO occur, but in our history they are separated
by intervals at least as great as that which the German scientist
Bruckner says separates warm and dry periods from cold and wet
pefto6sAxoous seventeen years.
The old guard passed out Of the Standard Oil directorate this
week when John D. Rockefeller retired from the parent company
and with him William Rockefeller, G. M. Plat, H. M. Flagler and
p. 7. Bedford. The deaths Of H. H. Rogers and Henry b. Payne,
coupled with these retirements, make almost a clean sweep Of the
men who created Standard Oil. OF the Tammany old guard Richard
Croker is an expaMate and three Of his lieutenants have died in
succession-ex.Ms Grant, John W. Carroll and ex,Mayor Guroy.
The old guard Of the national Senate has passed as suddenly as an
Arab encsmpment. Aldrch and Hale have retired. Elkins and Fye
have died. Bailey will quit. The prior retirements Of Foraker and
Spooner and the deaths of Allison and Doliver round out the record.
1t seems but yesterday when Lodge was q cadet among the Sen.
s1ss old gusrdsmen. He 10 now chief survivor, and he il sxty.one
yssFs old. The new men" Of the time, or the men who were &C.
counted new yesterday, are not young men. Harmon is sixty.ave,
Cummins ~sxty-one, Champ Clark sixtyone, La Toilette ffty-six. Viii.
con Afty6ve, Roosevelt ~fftythree, Bryan fftyone. The Youngest
i~ Old q Lincoln was when elected President, and he wac old enough
tsAs called "Old Abe"
The odsters Of the passing generation usurped the spotlight too
sos and took the cues that should have fallen to their successors.
NJ nomination Of Henry Gassswsy Davis for Vice. President at
~eghAy-ons typifed the time. As Q result the country has a number
Of "Old men in a hurry"-poldcal leaders newly fedged but Of sea.
soasd years, who. must needs hasten to do their work if they would
bsst the gong.
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The Clustered MikadO.

names of It's members are not by any
means what they seem to be or to mean
upon a superficial examination. The
Mikado Mitsuhito Is not the meek
man." nor is Prince Haru n "verdant"
or "~spring-like prince" These names
have an occult meaning, which Is prob.
ably hidden from all except the princes
OF the blood n It is in a close family
counc that they are decided upon.
Behind the moss-grown battlemen.s
n the stagnant meats the lord OF ten
THOUSAND years leads a slngularly sober
and frugal life. 1t has been suggested
that he is still haunted by the memory
OF the threadbare court OF his fatheN
the Emperor Komei, where not seldo1
even food was lacking. The uppo !
hawking. and Of the old sword-makeA'
with their secret method OF temper,1
steel. and his efforts to collect
widely scattered books relating to
Shinto cult are his only extravayaneev
Metropolitan Magazine. III
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wreck. and II Willie trampcd upon my
poor feet once he did II a dozen times,
and they fought with every child In
the neighborhood. But / did take them
to q temperance lecture and It cost me
70 cents for myself and IL cents apiece
Tor them. which l don't begrudge II 1t
- going to do them any good
Did you like the temperance lee
ture, Willle?" asked his mother as
Willie made a return trip In pursuit OF
the cat. (Thls time Master Willie was
impersonatIng a mounted huntsman on
the carpet sweeper.)
Nav. I didn't IKE II. "a sooner
saw the movies"
THE what?" asked his grandm other.
THE movies-the moving pictures"
answered Master Jarr. Grandma is a
stingy. She wouldn't let us 60 to the
movies. Nav. can't I go to tn, movies
to-day? Can't I. maw?'
III you give in to him when he de-
mands . thing like that you'l never
have any control of those children,
Clara" advised grandma.
ibid YOU have any control OF them p
asked Mrs. Jarr.
We'll. II I could have had my owr
way. I would" replied the old lady
las for amusement. I took them to
temperance lecture, and that's enough
and should have satisfied them. I re-
gard moving pictures As being wicked
They put all sorts Of ideas into chill
dren's heads"
Cant we 20 to the movies. maw?'
mo, you cannot said his grand
mother. II know OF a boy In Brook
lyn who broke my biggest rubber plan
when I had 1t sitting out to get tn,
sun during. the warm spell recently
Where did that boy develop those Grim
inal tendencies? At the moving pic
ture shows! That's where"'
children were naughty before thor,
were moving pictures" ventursd Mrs
Jarr.
Yes. I know was the reply. Blu
not like they are now, Dime novel
used TO be bad; but moving picture
are worse. A little boy Gown the stree
threw mud on my front windows tn
other day. Where did he learn that
At the moving pictures. A little cir
upsets the baby carriage because She
told 10 mind her little brother. wher
did she learn that? At tho movinI
pictures"
Cant I 60. maw7 Can't ! 20 to Sc
the movies?"
And me?' cried the lutle girl.
"Give me tho money, Cara" said tn
grandmother. This is what I have t
DO every single time Z come over I
" . -Ax Lua., AAaAsl
be no change" added tho old lady a
she took the 6o-cent piece. "Drat tn
things! When I see n I have to 80 I
all the others in the neighborhood Ill
my moneys gone. Come on, children
although you don't deserve It. While
one has the best Cowboys Love Stor
pictures with outlaws and Indian
II kr'
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HM1 W M
1SI,i9~

ELL. did you have a good
NJ time. dears?" asAed Mrs.
Jar a. she kissed the chill
dren.
The Jarr children lad been visiting
their grandmother over In Brooklyn
for q few days.
little Emma was good. I know" re-
marked Mrs. Ja-r as she Invested lit
IL Miss Jarr Of her rap
"Oh. you think she "a co you?" re-
piled dear. kind grandma We'll, she
WOULD take her parasol with her. She
WOULD take It out at night to q tenn
perance lecture. and she stepped on II
and broke II. and somebody put cob
blers wax on the seat At the tenn
perence lecture n she's ruined her
blue dress. And she ook Il doll baby
from a little girl on our street, and
when I made her return II she threw
It In the muddy gutter
"Oh. I'm 80 sorry they misbehavcd
but I'm sure they won't do Il again."
you can be sure they won't do Il
again, 30 far as ] am concerned" sale
their grandmother. Never shall ! tax,
them TO my once peaceful home II
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Letters from the People

huddled up close to the door. TO keer
as far away from the biting wind as I,
can, and II eats out OF the garbage
pals. Why don't people who think SC
little OF dogs send a postal to the =. y
c. A. They will soon put an end to such
animals yu1eTiRs. 7. N.
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4 Friend Of Animals,

TO the Editor OF The Evening World;
Too bad something can't be done for
our suffering animals l know OF WI
cases In particular where a dog Is left
70 shift for itself. it generally sleeps
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The Jarr Children Return
From a Weird Pilerimaee


hauling all her dolls to md II any OF
than had grown to any noticeable ex-
tent during her stay in Brooklyn.
AT least I hope their visit Will DO
them some good" Mrs. Jars mother
went on. It's made ME Q nervous
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who Is put together with pins and
strings bears the sign In her eyes.
She's afraid she's going TO come to
pieces some day. and she shows Il by
her manner,
h neat woman appears to be I'M
conscious OF ler clothing. The careless
woman Is forever pulling at her collar
or belt or waist in fear OF gaps that
may have materisllzed.
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20
or moro 'in form" than q white glove
when IT'S white.
have been amazed. IN oboervtnS
women in public places. to md 90 many
soiled white gloves. It costs . small
fortune to keep them CLEAN II you have
them done at tho cleaner's-and ifs al
most impossible to do them properly at
home.
Women wear a pair of white gloves
to a dress affair, get them sohed. and
say:
"Oh. TN wear them downtown three
or four times before I have them
cleaned"
Don't do that! II you can't AFFORD to
have them clean, always. |, them
just for dress and buy a pair OF tan
or dark gray or black ones for Genarai
use. Even though you don't seem to
readse It. white gloves that r ter
rbly soiled are Just ~ offensive to q
lady as . soiled collar or handkerchief.
Wells. too. hgure In the tout ensemble
Fold your wells carefully when YOU take
them on; don't roll them up into knots
and then tear holes in them the next
time, you try TO put them N.
A good pair of shoes. a clean pair of
gloves and a fresh veil are three things
that wtn 20 a Ions way toward gdvinS
ly0u . wsa'yroomed eppsayaupA
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brooklyn again.

brooklyn again"
This dreadful ultlmatum cast no
damper upon the spirits Ct the chill.
dren. Master Willie was gayly chasing
the cat down the hall n out on the
fire-escape and Miss Jarr was over
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~ can wager that every
woman who looks we'll
groomed has the full quota
OF hooks, eyes and buttons
on her garments. A woman
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ANotihto IN
buttoned shoes with a button or two
misstng; or laced shoes with knots
where the iaces have broken. Leathef
that hasn't been polished for q long
time and hee1s give an I'm
preston of untidtnees..
Shoe buttons are ri6oulously low III
price: saces cost nve or ten cents a pair.
You can have heels repaired for a very
ANAL sum, and a t~en-aent bottie OF
blacking lasts for months.
When YOU look at q swoman's feet,
she's almost certain to draw them I'M
der her skirts. But she wouldn't II
they we're datnttly and newly shod-
she'd stick them out a little further To-
| you TO admire!
Yes. thsre's no doubt about shoet
being important. and gloves come sec
ond.
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Little Things That !
"Lady.p

Z have listened to many dis
courses on the attributes OF
the Lady" We have read
articles galore on "how 10 hs
a lady" &c. Now we're going
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front Of them. Apd the professor did not possess enough know1edes %
military tactics to give the orders that would turn them around and seaea
them back again. y
And there" says an observer Of the scene, "the poor lads might hsWs
stayed till now. II Prof Tom Jackson (aferward famous as Stonewau
Jackson) hadn't happened to come along and Strengthened out the tangla"
This was but one Of hundreds Of military drins performed on school
playground, college campus and village green throughout the South during
the few years that preceded the Civil War. Awkward as were some Of ~
recruits and their instructors at the outset. they soon became wonderfully
proficient The South ws creating everywhere the detached parts ~
wers soon to BE- Joined into . masnncsnt n.hdns machine
While the North stu doubted the possibility OF . real clash and talked -
uenuy Of compromise. ths South "a quietly and effectively al work. Not ono
we're men and boys carefully trained to the use Of arms. but the arms thsme
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,EP your gloves mended and
keep them clean. There are
women who boast of wearins
nothing but white gloves.
Well, thtre's nothtnK prettier
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Intimate Chats
WITH WOMEN

ospyasat. 1911. By IN. Pr. PuhaAMs o.. chs New York World.
LII. n.- ILL., uI La Nothing Ia mora atpahod 10
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Meder
Established.

chose Jefferson Davis for President Of this Confederacy.
Even yet the greater part OF the North DID not expect ar There wsrA Of
course much loud talk, much argument mani futile plans But the bulk Of the
people did not seem to realize he gravity Of the situation. To the seeding
States Abraham Lincoln announced that the vern wouldtn eveey wan
defend tho Union. But he also declared: -
You al have 10 conflict without being yourselves the ggressors"
The South took him at his word. And almost at oncea blow was struck ths
xoke the North from its comfcrtablea apathy into a fury Of warnke patriotism
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Lincoln
Elected.

Thoueh John Browns raid had done nor than almost n other cause u
bring o. the snusgfe vet secession. and not slavery, q the actual quesaua
At issue The North declared that eAeh State wa pledged to Obedience to ue
National Government. The South believed that each State was sovereign" sal
could at will withdraw from ne Union. And slavery was h pont IN Which
such Withdrawals weret to DO based.
Al this crucial moment came the Presidential election OF 1850. II the Repubh
can do' sntisavery party should wn. II wouh mean that nj new State could
adopt slavery. The Republican candidate was Abraham Lincoln. who ws known
to hate slavery a hercey a John Brown had hated NJ; nut with a calm SAINT,
that had never been Browns Lincoln had riser by his W splendid genhusf from
tier poverty to the front rank OF American statesmen. Throughout his whole
career he had loathed tho thought that ne human being should be the save Of
another. He knew better than to seek to crush slavery by the wild methods
many Abolnionits favored. Yet his opponents feared his ray wisdom as they
neve. had feared John Brown. violence II MnCn were elected. q We . fore
gone conclusion that the South would scede.
Lincoln WAS elected And Immediately secession began. Seven States OH
by South Carolina. which had evr beer a nrebrand OF tho States Rights"
question:. left the Union The seven we're South Carolina. Mississippi, Alabama
Florida, Texas Louisiana an Georgia Later. Virginia. Arkansas. North Caro-
lima and Tennessee were to follow suit; while border States * Kentucky
Maryland an Missouri were heavily represented in the Southern armies
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The Story
OF Our Country
BY Albert Payson Terhune

Copyright. 1911. by The Pres Pubnshdus Co. rs New York wcalh
No. 1S.-The South Secedes from the Union.
- LINE Of Virginia college boys, in military formation, mafcA
across their college campus. At their head was . specialized -
lessor who acted as drillmaster. They reached the fence; ~
, halted. They could 60 no further because Of the high paiin1
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The seccssionsts took advantage Of his last month"; o
ONCE to seize United States property Throughout the sout
and openly to recruit and equip troops. At MONTGOMERY
Ala, on Feb. 4. 1861. representatives from the secedinl
States met and adopted a provisional government Of thei
own A. "The Confederate States of America The1
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the moment Of oonnict was actually ct hand the secess
ists ssissd almost every United States arsenal. fort
toms house and other Union possession that chance
be within their reach. And they raised great sum
money to carry on the coming war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-07
RAT-KuLING DAY NEEDED.

The rat question, which many persons
refuse or fail to regard seriously, is
discussed in an interesting editorial by
H. H. Windsor in the January num-
Ter Of Popular Mechanics Magazine. He
says:
For some months we have refraineG
from mentioning the rats, but during
that time the pest has increased, Or at
least progressed, until they have now
officially reached the port of LONDON.
Plague-infected rats which had either
escaped from Oriental vessels, or home
rats infected from escaped rodents, are
being caught in English ports. Already
several persons have died from unmis-
taxable rat infection.
THE English authorities are fighting
the danger with customary thorough
ness. In some districts as high as 49,
900 rats are being killed daily. Owners
of stores, factories, mills. warehouses,
railroads. householders. even farmers
are united in the war of determination.
To those who are too poor to purchase
poison, it is furnished free. So infec-
tious are the rats that the collectors are
not allowed to touch them. With a
pair of tongs the dead rat is first dipped
to a steel''box cart, and hauled to a
crenatory. 1t is no longer safe to eat
rabbits and other ground animals It
| has become dangerous to handle cats.
Food which rats have gnawed imparts
disease when eaten. Even ferrets speed
| lily contract the plague and die.
"The menace to this country is but
slightly realized. With Europe but five
to seven days away, we will as surely
get the rats as We now get European
| fashions. 1t may sound absurd, but
we might better set apart a day OF
days, to exterminating rats than as we
| now do to do tree planting. clearing
our cities, or observing some of ouI
holidays. What is needed is concerted
national action. Boys of a few years
ago will recall the easy money in spar
| rows when some counties paid bonus
of cent per head. At the same price
a million dollars paid for dead rats
would be worth several times the same
amount left to some research fund.-
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.IAYHAWKER JOTS

What do you think the people OF
Jerusalem and Palestine now are say
ing? asks the AtchisOn GLOBE. Tney
need outside capital to come in and de-
velop the natural advantages,
We would like to have the hight opera
prima donna, who insists that every
voice has a soul, diagram the soul of
the voice YOU sometimes hear over the
phone at a newspaper office, calling
attention to the mixing up OF a society
item with a story of dog fight.-Cha-
mute Tribune.
Evidently the waterworks squaphie
in Salina is one of the towns Oldest
friends and acquaintances. "A 1lIteen-
year-ago item in a recent issue OF the
SaIina Union said: 1.-The city councI.
has declared war on the Salina water
works company and has released all
water ordinances.
Don't get discouraged, advises Dea-
con Walker and he explains: know q
weather prophet who has made predlc-
lions for twenty years and has never
hit it, but he keeps pegging away.
When he does finally guess right the
neighbors will say: Il guess the OLD
man knew what he was talking ABOUT.
AS the Lawrence World sees it;
The man who spends seven days IN get
ting out the limited issue of weekly
paper is usually the first one to kick
Sometimes the kicks are justifiable. but
more frequently they voice the Jealousy
which the smaller man feels towards
one who has apparently made great
er success than he.
"a Great Bend woman this morning
stepped into a store of which the pro-
prietor takes considerable pride because
OF it's cleanliness and ordered small
amount of nice clean candy The
clerk obligingly took paper sack and
placing it to his mouth, blew it open,
and then scooping the candy in with
his hands, filled the sack. The lady
took the same, paid for it, and as she
reached the walk outside threw it in
the gutter Great Bend Tribune.
*. K. K. K" does not stand for
"Ku Klux KIan.' Neither is it a new
brand for baking powder or breakfast
food. It does designate the Kiowa
Kard & Khecker Klub, and its head
quarters may be found most any old
time somewhere in the Botkin building,
at least such is the report Its ch1ef
diversion is pitch, with checkers as A
free lunch. "Parson' Botkin is the
chief hustler, the rest of the officers
being secret. Sessions of the Klub are
held ally old time, which means most o1
the time The old quarters of the Kluh
were in the Circle building, but the ad
vent of the planning mill took away the
home of the Klub, and it sought more
luxurious quarters as heretofore stated.
The emblem of the Klub is the Mis-
souri, meerschaum pipe. The admis-
sion ticket is the joker of the pack, and
the dues two pins a month. Appl1ca-
ton for admission may be made to any
member of the Klub.-Kiowa Journal.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.l
There's many a slip 'twixt the start
and the finish.
The man with a grudge is usually
able to hold his own.
Some men would accomplish wonders.
but for that one word "if.''
When you refuse to do a mean act
your enemies think you can't
There is nothing more coy than an
innocent maid-except a willy widow
People call you good fellow, so
long as they benefit by your foolish
ness.
Did you ever try borrowing money
from yourself by reducing your wants?
The more you do for some people the
angrier they get with you for not doing
moro.
A man tries to make a woman love
him. a woman tries to make a man
make her love him.
The cream of a practical Joke is Ms
ually SKINNED from milk of human
kindness that has soured.
We feel as sorry for the girl who ,s
married for her money as we do FOR
one VINO marr1es a man to reform him.
A New York woman died while bav-
ing Ter photograph taken. Perhans fF,a
enort to look pleasant proved too much
Keep everlastingly at it, is good ad-
vice, but a mans years are as VET lin
tied to three score and ten oS sor,a-
thing of the sort
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QUAKER fluctuations.

EFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
"Slow but sure certainly isn't the
motto Of the clockmaker.
Many fellow breaks into song when
he can't find the key.
The girl who marries a ball player
must consider him a good catch.
The best laid plans of mice and men
also Of architects-gang aft aglee.
cheap to have her father give her
away.
It certainly does seem as though the
colors.
You can't always Judge by appear
ances. Many a man is whole-souled
whose shoes are not.
No, Maude, dear; we doubt very much
IL a blood purifier would prevent the
eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius.
When a woman announces that she
las been driving, one might be pardon
ed for wondering whether it was horses
bargains or nails
II don't know about that. I was out
with him last night, and I found him
rather expensive
Its a good thing to bear other peo-
pies burdens" remarked the man with
the impressicnistic nose, provided you
don't come home loaded"
Doesn't it make you sad" exclairn-
ed the member of the Audubon society,
ito see women wearing OBJ their hats
the feathers of the poor little birds?
s.It isn't the feathers that make me
sad" replied the married man. IT'S
the bills."
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why the candy Trade Is Slow.

This feminine craze for being slen-
der has knocked the bottom out of our
business" said the man in charge of
a downtown branch of a big candy
concern. "Some men who were good
for at least $40 worth of candy each
week never come inside the door now
and when I see them trudging past
the store with a package of fruit 1
make up my mind their wives and
daughters or sweethearts have taken
a stand against candy. One man with
a wife and four daughters, who used
to be a splendid customer, told me the
other day that he'd as soon come home
with a viper as with 5-pound box
of candy, although year ago he used
to buy two 5-pound boxes each week.
We notice the same difference in small
sales to women employed in offices.
There's not half the number of calls
for half-pound boxes, though our sales
of sweet chocolates are always big, as
lots of business women nibble it in
stead of taking a regular luncheon.
The continual running in of Office boys
to execute commissions for the stem
ographers and telephone operators is
getting to be a thing of the past, and
lemon drops are about the only sweets
these business girls will eat. Every
mothers daughter seems to be dead
set against gaining an ounce of flesh,
and until it's fashionable to be plump
again I suppose We'll notice this diff
ference in sales.',-New York Sun.
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Monday for Thankseiyine.

OF holidays we have already a suf-
f1cient number. The calendar could
not comfortably accommodate many
more. Standing as we do, first of all.
for one complete day of rest in seven
for every worker, we have no sym
pathy with any movement to increase
the number of holidays. when the or
binary and necessary business of the
world often suffers violent INTERRUPT
ton. The desideratum is to make
the most and best of what we have, to
induce more reasona BILE observance
of the holidays already on the caIen-
dar. As a means to this end, We heart
lily second the suggestion recently
made in Canada to have THANKSGIVING
day on Monday instead of Thursday.
There is no necessary or sacred asso-