The Alaska citizen., 1912-09-16
COMMENTS ON
 OUTSIDE NEWS

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 II is set forth that Thorpe. the Olympic champion. fled from the king of sweden when he was invited to the palace. Whether this was because the invitation came from a king or from a Swede is yet to be explained
 Woigast, the boxing gentleman. is the most modest man alive. He only asks for guarantee of S46.000 for a series of three fights This shrinking violet of the arena is quite too coy and shy to be per. mitted to walk alone at night.
 he scent coin Is indorsed by An. drew Carnegie. Mayor Gaynor. Theo- dorc Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson. Jane Addams. Rudolph Blankenburs. President lIadley. of Yale, and large number of others who have no especial need of it.
 Because his wife told him that he was too hard-headed. Max Kuno. who. of course. lives in Hoboken. x. l.. shot himself twice in the head As neither bullet did serious damage. the wife probably is exultant over he proof of her contention. Jumping the track at a high speed street ear in Rome plunged into the Roman forum and ruined the rostrum where Marc Antony deliver. ] ed Caesars funeral oration. And if he IS persons injured have hard l luck there will be more orations. Gold trimmings and gold oolors 1 are now the rage of the dressmakers But the gold rage is by no means l . novelty
 ] Prisoners in an Eastern jail were united in the holy bonds of matri mony. Wonder what crime this 1 punishment vas intended for?
 The authorities in Washington 1 have issued plague warnings in rhyme. After reading one of them We sit down placidly and await the other plague.
 i Andrew Cole. SD years old. has married his hOusekeeper because she makes delectable pies. A man of his years would scarcely have done better
 An Omaha man returned to his home and found his wife gagged. Jealous because he had been unable 10 accomplish the feat himself he notified the police.
 Judge BaCkuS of Milwaukee says that immodest clothes of the women of today are the cause of crime. What strange creatures are to be found in Milwaukee,
 The closely clinging hobble skirt. " says Bishop Fallows of Chicago, lis an abomination. It is certainly not conducive to morality" How should a bishop know?
 A trained nurse in a sanitarium chased a burglar four blocks in spite of the fact that she was clad only in her nightie. Into the life of each burglar some spice must fall.
 Mrs. o. II. P. Belmont is reported as being in favor of the window smashing tactics of the suffragettes in England We trust that Mrs Bel mont is not in favor of them in America.
 The verdict of the United States senate seems to be that hereafter the title to a seat in that body must be free from the taint of corruption and bribery-present company ex- cepted.
 The Princeton club of Chicago has selected bartender as it's special ward and the young man will be sent to Princeton for a four years univer- sity course. Princeton men ever have been good mixers.
 One newspaper regards as remark able the fact that J. P. Morgan, Jr., strikinely resembles his father. We confess we do not share in the amazement; it has happened before in history that sons resembled their fathers
 If anybody attempts to tell you that the days of chivalry are over, call his attention to news from New York where a girl of 20 has married a widower with 15 children-she of course. doing the chivaling.
 DR. RICHARDSON IMPROVING.
 The condition of the veteran veter- mary surgeon. Dr. Richardson is somewhat improved today His color is better and his breathing easier. The popular healer of the diseases