Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-29
PITY THE RICH.

Chicago Tribune: The rich man has
his sleeping porch, and lucky is ha
when the weather Ia hot. But at that,
he has not much on the poor man who
sleeps in the roof. The rich mans
porch may get the breeze from two
sides, but the poor mans roof gets 1t
from four. The rich mans porch Is
only sixteen feet from the hot ground.
The poor mans roof is up higher,
where the breezes blow cooler.
The rich mans baby must be dressed
up. 1t makes talk II the clothes Of
the baby of Dives are not fine and
abundant. The poor mans baby, In
hot weather, can wear a single gar
ment, and nobody Is Mortified. Madame
Grundy does not force the poor mans
baby to be swathed in clothes until
it can be peeled like an onion.
The rich man cannot go in swimming
until he gets to the seashore. 1t
would be bad form. The poor man
hikes over to Lincoln park and goes In
the inclosed bit Of lake or to small
park swimming pool. His children go
to the wading pools scattered every
where over the city The more the
merrier.
The rich man has course dinner
and he feels he must eat from nuts
to wine'-the butler is watching him
and he 'dassent" skip. The poor man
eats his bread, vegetables and fruit,
and, knowing he needs no hear, stops
at two-thirds his winter ration.
The rich man drinks glass OF wine;
it is quickly burned into heat, The
hot blood rushes to his skin. His
internal organs are not especially hot,
but his skin is. His skin, being full
of hot blood, he feels like a furnace.
To feel hot is to be hot.
The poor man drinks buttermilk and
water. His hot blood stays inside.
His skin gets its share-no more. no
less. His muscles are relaxed. Sweat
pours out. He feels cool. To feel
cool is to be cool.
The rich have time to talk. They
talk about the weather. When 1t Is
hot they say, 20, my! Did you ever see
such a hot day." The poor man 10
otherwise engaged. He Is busy talk
ing politics. Between now and Novem-
Der he must settle some important
questions. He must learn whom to be-
lieye and whom not. He Is not talk
ing weather. To talk hot is to feel
hot.
The rich man takes vacation. He
may 20 to cool place. II so, he
comes back into the heat and willis
good and proper. He may go to hot
place. II SO, having no home con-
venienoes and no home freedom, he
broils. The poor man takes his lunch
basket and goes to the park for Sun
day. His wife meets him there for
dinner in the evening. The Keep on
the grass" signs have disappeared.
Every year his liberties increase. His
seven little governors, has been beaten
in his primary fight for the senatorial
Nomination by popular pularity OF
| 8 900. He has, however, carried ma
jority Of the districts and Is therefore
declared the nominee. Senator curtis
Taft man, received the popular
plurality, but nevertheless the nom
(ination goes to : Stubs. VINO mas
cried thief, robber and fraud more We,
hemently over the decision giving the
California delegates In the republican
poor man!
Marshalltown Times-Repub1ican
There is no real demand from the
rank and file of Roosevelt men IN
Iowa for a state ticket. On the con
ltrary, the average progressive who Is
ready and willing to ally himself with
! the third party movement in Iowa is
satisfied with the state ticket because
lit was nominated honestly and he IL
| anxious mainly to pile up q big vote
for Roosevelt. In this he is display
| ing wisdom and playing good politics
A big vote for the head Of the ticket
means future strength for the third
| party in this state. The main Juror
that is being raised for third party
state ticket arises from those who de-
sire to be candidates and those who
have knives to flash.
! Cedar Rapids Gazette: Cedar Rap
ids bull moosers have made 1t plain
to Judge J. L. Stevens of Boone, head
of the progressive party in Iowa, that
thew do not want a third party state
ticket and have made 1t plain that
they intend to stand by the republican
primary nominees in Iowa. The bull
moosers are entitled to congratula
lions. Iowa politics are badly enough
tangled now.
| Boston Globe: Somehow the feel