Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-11
AFRIEND OF HUMANITY.

"A FRIEND Uf hUMANll 4.
Il isa genuine pleasure to see in ae-
tion so mighty Jurist" and friend Of
humanity az Judge Ben b. Lindsey Of
Denver. Here are some Of his charac-
teristic ideas uttered to Boston audi
ence the other night:
I'VE have developed q respect for
property that has nearly bereft US Of
our humanity. The political and finan-
cial interests can steal railroad or a
franchise and get into the United
States Senate. but the boy who steals
a loaf Of bread goes to the reforma-
tory.
"Yet we talk Of a sense of justice.
You can't escape the grim fact that
those circumstances which make the
boy bad lead right up TO the inner sane
tuary Of special privilege. A boy took
a Sunday school teachers pocketbook.
She wanted me to put the little fellow
in Jail. told her two things: FIRST.
that the boy was not responsible, and
second, that there were bigger thieves
in the pews upstairs than the chairs
downstairs. And she agreed with me.
And. on, that could make it plain
or than mere speech will permit--it is
politics. politics and again politics that
we must fight to circumvent these
evils. And we must aght them not by
sitting behind a wooden bench preach
ing 10 lot Of kids but by getting out
into the open ready for knockout
blows.
Thus we are permitted TO see that
politics is the cause of crime ana that
justice consists in disregard Of the
rights Of property. New York Sun.
If she gets caught a girl wasn't fiirt-
ing.
Trying to work your friends isn't the
right kind of industry.
The biggest liar thinks you are a
bigger one to say he is.
Only fourteen more days before
Christmas. Are you ready?
If man knows what's in corn frit-
ters he can think himself an epicure.
II they would only sing American
opera IN English but, what's the use.
Preventing fres is a lot cheaper than
putting them out and standing the
losses.
There's no denying that the message
Of President Taft is very readable
document.
Most time to hear something about
The MasQueraders Christmas enter
tainment
We'd like TO know the guy" who
put the haz. in bazing at the Naval |
Academy.
It's desperation and not courage that
takes the man with the aching tooth
to the dentist.
For gentlemen Of the brigade life is
one blank trouble after ant ther. Isn't
il awful Virgiel
There is this to be said for the lazy
man. He makes the enjoyment Of do
ing nothing fne art.
How on earth Tor on the Severnl is
the Reina Mercedes to take care Of
400 fractions middies !!
Any mioshipman who did not bet on
the game please hold phis right hano.
Don't all speak at once.
Change in dress fashions caused the
silk petticoat king" to fail for a mil
lion. Woman's inhumanity to man.
Experts say that living on eighty
cents week will injure health. Glad
to hear this. Win stop it. Didn't like
the menu. anyhow.
Don't very about the results when
the women get their rights. They'll
still be the mothers, wives and sweet
hearts of the race.
Hospital house physician says he was
tor violating rule TO save
two lives. Probably interfered with
the undertakers' trust
Young woman on her bridal day told
her friends she woulo not wed. Lucky
she hadn't postponed making up her
mind until the next day.
A motion to send the largest and
most commodious dreadnought to the
Naval Academy to incareerate the 400