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Melancholy Reflection.

II will take few months to be getting
The tariff and trust work all through.
And the rest of four years they IL De
fretting
Because they have nothing TO DO.
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COL Roosevelts congratulations to
President-eiect Wilson read like the in
PRODUCTION to a fervent oration prudently
suppressed.
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1t is refreshing to hear President TAFT
declare that he will practice law instead
of following the custom of starting a
magazine.
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A certain impression appears to exist
that any party desiring to use the titie
'progressivea should secure rights from
Senator La Toilette.
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The gentlemen who prepare the weather
predictions for inauguration day will soon
he. objects Of universal and anxious
consideration
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The hunting in Africa is still available
10 eminent American citizens fatigued by
the stress of public activity.
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The Patient Canine.

dogs get cross as they grow older.
"Well, considering the owners some of
them have to put up with, you can't
blame them"
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Several gentlemen are probably figur-
ing on whether a bull moose is not a
rather expensive political pet.
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A Hopeful Sign.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The politicians continue to speak we'll
Of Abraham Lincoln.
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The big crops give this years THANKS
giving festivities peculiar significance
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New York once: Tribune Building.
Chicago once: First National Bank building.
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man in the distribution of plants fur
nished by the Department of Agriculture
is by sending him the bulb OF one OF
those beautiful tulips or narcissus plants
transported to the United States and
thus distributed by congressman to their
more esthetic followers. So choice are
these plants and SO difficult has it been
to secure them that they have often cost
as much as a dollar apiece. Because of
this congressional distribution Of flower
bulbs the government has been giving a
great deal of attention to the growth of
these bulbs in the United States. and
these experiments have been so success
full that it is expected that their impor-
tation from Holland will soon become I'M
necessary. The constituent asks all these
things OF the congressman.
* :.
The favors that the man back home
may receive from the Department of
Commerce and Labor are probably much
less known than those extended by the
Department of Agriculture There is the
bureau of fisheries, for instance. which
comes under the former department. The
voter who lives in Podunk and has a. fish
pond may get that pond stacked with the
very best varieties of fish that the nation
knows by asking his congressman to
the matter. He knows this and does it,
The owner of a gasoline launch. who
wants to run about over all the streams
in his vicinity. may ask his congressman
to ask the coast and geodetic survey
for charts of the waters in mis- neighbor
hood. and may tell from those charts ex-
actiy what rhe depth is in any Of the
streams Whereabouts. g." Likewise il he
wants to, know what the navigation rules
are under which he must Of necessity
operate he must get copy of those rules
from the bureau of navigation AS a
matter of fact the law requires him to
carry aboard his launch a copy of those
rules, and he may be fined if he does not.
Under the Department of Commerce
and Labor is the bureau of standards. and
that bureau will do any OF a great num-
Der of things for the voter upon the re-
quest of his. congressman. II the voter
is doctor and wants to be sure that
his thermometer registers properly he
may send it, to the bureau Of standards
and get it tested. If he is a merchant
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OF my congressman? Thereupon he sits
down and indites a letter and the man
at Wash rs ton has to get busy.
The CONGRESSMAN. argues the Constitu-
ent sits in Il magnificent granite office
building. but stone throw from the
Capitol. Congress is not in session three
hours a day on an average and he has
plenty of time. Besides he generally
works but half the year. He has every
convenience and every help. He does
not have TO wrap up the books that the
government supplies him. nor stamp them
nor mail them All he does is to have
his secretary. whose salary the public
pays address the franks and the govern
ment printing office. which the taxpayer
likewise supports, wraps up the publica-
tons, pastes on the franks and the Post
Office Department, which the constituents
likewise maintain. transports them with
out cost. All The many tasks of the
congressman are thus expedited. holds
the voter. Why should he not help US
bit?
So. when the voter comes to Washing
ton. his representative or senator is anN-
ious to do whatever he may, or II not
anxious he must appear to be so. He
gives cards to the Senate and House gal
leries that the deliberations of Congress
may be seen. He gets introductions to
the President He will get invitations
to receptions at the Whice House if any
tend cards that will get special attention
at the departments. In fact, Washing
ton belongs to the visiting constituent If
he but insists. That there are plenty
who insist any lawmaker will testify.
p
The voter may be studous and he may
have found out that his member may put
him down to receive the Congressional
Record every day. If the voter happens
TO be a special friend he may substitute
daily paper from any city instead or
this Congressional Record, for this is a
small perquisite that Congress has grant
ed itself The congressman may even
buy Christmas presents at the House
stationery store with no expense to him.
self. Congress has allowed each of its
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10 London every week and expounds
the mysteries Of Hindu occuliism TO Il
large audience. At his feet. drinking in
every word of his somewhat unintelligi-
nIe lectures sit these titled women and d
small sprinkling Of titled men, representa-
tive of that intellectual society OF Eng
land which is ever reany to lend an a.
tentive ear to the new, the weird or the
mysterious.
SETH !, in his reincarnated state, is
thoroughly modern He calls himself plain
Frederick Thurston. For ten years he has
lived alone in the Thames houseboat
deiving deep into the secrets of the Hin
dus. And all the while he has looked
forward to the time when he can return
TO Egypt. not In the guise of his former
incarnation. but as the founder of d
psychic city on the Alexandrian coast.
TO this city he said to the writer
people could come from all parts of the
WNgid for mental and physical invigora-
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knives. There is no reason why the con-
stituent should not expect a Christmas
remembrance since the government pays
for it. They have found this out and
have come to throw aside any delicacy
about asking. After the appropriation of
S125 is used up the member may still
purchase in excess of that amount at
cost So the voter may save some Nd
per cent OH his Christmas presents by
having his member buy them at the
House stationery store. No we'll regulat-
ed congressman could decline to perform
these small faVorS.
The government spends SJ,VU.OOO a year
in printing. chiefly for congressional dis
tribution. Every day while Congress is
in session there is franked out of Wash
inston by congressman twenty tons of
this literature. 1t goes to constituents in
a sort of hit or miss fashion, for the con-
gresham does not know what are the
books that given constituents want.
If voter is d doctor and interested
in the reports of the public health
service. he asks TO have these publica-
tions. If he is an inventor he wants
the record of the patent office. If he
is a dairyman he should have the bull
letins Of the Department of Agriculture
that bear upon that subject. If he is a
sea captain he should have the reports
of the photographic office. So the
congressman is called upon to distrib-
ute a multitude of books. and if he is
conscientious he attempts to classify
his people that they may get what VIII
be most acceptable.
In this connection it might be stated
that the land office published about the
finest thing there is in the way of
map of the United States. 1t is about
six feet long and four feet wide, and
is nicely mounted for hanging. Ger
tain allOtmentS of these are assigned
to members Of Congress. The geologi
cal survey is even more extensively in
the map business. and all it's output is
levied upon by Congress for distribu-
ton. The survey has little map that
would cost a penny on the outside and
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The Record Straight.

COSMOS HAMILTON, the English play
~ wright and novelist, was attack
ing woman at a studio tea in Wash
ington Square.
woman Is barbarous." he said She
clothes herself in the skins of cruelty
slaughtered beasts and In the feathers of
cruelty slaughtered birds. She decorates
herself with bits Of bright stone dug out
of the earth. She paints her face red
and white She marries for money rath-
er than for love. All this is very bar
barrie"
But" objected . woman-"but Mr..
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appointed through this department as a re
the United State marshals. These places
are usually bestowed upon people who
have been active in politics. They are
much desired because the holders NAV
remain at home and possibly conduct
their former business while drawing the
government stipend. Congressional
recommendation is the all important thing
in regard to securing these posts and
there are many people who are going to
get these places because their respective
congressman have visited the Department
of Justice in their behalf. So are con-
visits.
All the men and officers in the military
branches of the government have folks
back home who may bring political pres
to bear in getting advancement for
them. Congressman very often secure
important favors for these men. Back of
this. however. stands the fact that the
majority of these officers got started in
the service through appointments to West
Point and Annapolis which were made by
their members of Concress. These ap-
pointments are often much sought after.
Representatives and senators each have
had two appointments to each school.
The appointments to Annapolis will. how
often happens that there are no appli-
cants for these places who have been
able TO pass the necessary eXamina tons
and these chances at very excellent col
lege Quotations with all expenses paid
may, at any time. be open to any con-
stituents boy. Congressman are con-
stantly asked about it.
An assistance that the congressman is
more often called upon TO render is i'm
getting youngsters who have enlisted in
the army or navy out of trouble These
lads often forget to return to their ships
when frollickinS in port. and those ships
sometimes sail away without them. This
absence without leave may be interpreted
a $ .deserton. and the boy may. face a
term OF Imprisonment. There may, how
ever. be eXtenuating circumstances and
the congressman is asked to get him off
Other cases where influence may be
used is in getting a youngster out OF the
service before his enlistment expires. He
may. for example. fall heir to a fortune
after enliSting and want to get back
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trict covered and every country road.
Even the elevation of the hill back of
the house is shown. for there are lines
giving each additional ten feet of
elevation. All these are popular, ana
are asked for by many constituents.
Over i'm the Department OF Agriculture
there has been built up Il vast industry
upon the basis of d congressional distri-
spends some 100000 year for. seed
Last year it sent out 1.00o,oO0 pounds, or
500 tons, of vegetable and flower seed
alone. This would be enough to fill
twenty freight cars.
Each representative ard senator gets
each year 10000 packages of vegetable
seed and 2,O0O packages of flower seed.
Each of these packages contains five
smaller packets of different kinds of seed
So it figures out that there is provided by
the government about one packet OIL
seeds for each individual man. woman
and child in the country. or course there
are a great many congressman who have
no farmers in their district and the
farmer congressman is enabled TO make
exchanges with these men in such way
as to get additional quantities of seed
aside from the ton of this material Which
falls normally to his allotment.
These seed are not. however, the only
things that grow from the eartn thal
may be sent out by members OF Congress.
Each year the department supplies men,
bers with some 10000 strawberry plants
of choice varieties that are distributed in
the different districts. About 2J00o
highly developed grapevine cuttings are
each year sent out by congressman. The
department has developed the citrange.
a fruit resulting from cross between the
Florida orange and the mock orange of
the Japanese. seen as an ornamental
plant in many gardens. The result of
4 10
take the place of the lemon and which
may be grown anywhere south of Iowa
Some 5000 citrange plants are each year
sent out by congressman.
Probably the incest courtesy that may
be shown constituent by his congress
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for testing the strength of building stone.
So great is the force that may be applied
by this machine that a monster granite
pillar may be placed in il and crushed into
powder. Most of these requests come
through congressman.
II the citizen is a manufacturer and
wants to know anything about the mar
ket for his product at any point in the
world the bureau of foreign and do
meStic commerce has all the facts upon
this subject and his congressman can
readily get them. If he has friends who
are immigrants and who are experiencing
difficulty in getting admitted into this
country his congressman could visit the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor and
might get some of the regulations
waived and secure their admission. In
fact. the favors that this department
may bestow upon the individual through
mention.
1t. is probably true that constituents
more often ask their congressman to visit
the Department of Justice in their be-
half than any other of the great branches
of the government. A voter may be
StockhOlder in a bank in some city and
it has been found by the government
bank examiners that there are irreguiari-
ties in that institution. 1t may be known
that the government is to make arrests
and institute prosecutions. The stock
holder may believe that. if given time.
the institution would be able to straighten
out its affairs and thereby possibly avert
much suffering on the part of innocent
stockholders. or even stave off a panic.
His congressman asks that time and a
hearing may be given before suit is ac-
tually filed. The same course of acton
may be followed if the voter is a trust
magnate and realizes that the govern
ment is going to attempt to dissolve his
monopoly
Possibly the case has gone farther than
this and the voter has already found
himself incarcerated in the strong fed
eral prison at Leavenworth or Atlanta.
Having planted bunch OF money
before he was locked up. or hay
ing influential personal friends who are
still outside. he may be able to reach his
congressman and get him to intercede
with the Department of Justice to the
end of securing a pardon. Even II a par
don cannot be secured there is a parole
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The great mass of claims against the
government are presented to the Treasur,
Department. Here appear such claims a.
those against the government for prov
sions seized during the civil war. for pal
ents used without permission. for over
time service rendered and not paid for
and for thousand other things The
right sort of influence before the depart
ment may secure payment The repre-
sentative is asked to exercise that infr-
ence. After that the case goes To tin.
Court of Claims, where it is merely
fought out as a matter Of law. To those
who travel abroad the passport is srea
satisfaction, and these are secured
through the State Department. usually
upon the assurance of the applicant
representative or senator that he is en-
titled TO papers from the government.
Probably the matter in which congress
sional influence is most often solicited
is in securing positions in the government
service There are about 11,ooo positions
filled by direct presidential appointment
and which usually change with each sue
ceedinS administration. Most of these
places are filled upon congressional rec
concentration. They are worth from
$3.50 to Sl7,.0o a year and are conse-
places in the classified service may be
more easily secured with influence
than without il. If, for instance. the civil
service commission reports six names to
a given bureau chief out of which that
official is to select "A stenogra pher and
one of these applicants has the indorse-
ment of a senator. that applicant is more
likely to get the place. The same is true
in considering advancement i'm the gov
eminent service. The influence of the
congressman may be put back of these
attempts. Just now. when an administra-
ton is coming in that is of a different
political complexion from that which has
gone before. there is an improved oppor-
tunity for the representative To earn ais
salary. The constituent can help him
greatly toward this end by asking a bit
of his time along these lines The con-
stituent is steadily asking
Copyright, 1912. by W. A. Du Puy.)
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CONSTITUENTS of Con-
~ gressmen Ask for Many
Curious Articles-How the
Constituent Argues the Mat
ter-Tells Why He Should
Be Remembered-The Gov
eminent Publications and
Free Seeds-Indian Claims
and Pensions-Department of
Agriculture Is Largely Drawn
Upon-C ongres men Are
Anxious to Serve Their Con-
stituents at All Times.
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COUNTESS OF WARN

But later decided that it was more i'm
portant to live poetry than to write it,
! have been living 1t ever since.
Il live the year around on my house
boat on the Thames. / am up every
morning at o'clock and take a plunge
in the river no matter what the tempera-
ture. Then I am ready for a couple of
hours exercise. This takes the form
chiefly Of dancing. Breakfast out of the
way / am ready for a morning Of study
and meditation. for the knowledge of the
mystics is inexhaustible and can never be
wholly mastered"
Thurston's houseboat Is strange sight
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to eyes accustomed to the trim conven-
tionality of the English houseboat or
garden. He has given nature free
hand and the upper structures Of the
habitatiOn are almost buried in a jungle
of long grass and brilliant patches OF wild
flowers. The living quarters have been
built in sections, upon a long barge. and
are in keeping with the tangled grass and
blossoms. The buildings are not perpen-
dicular, but lean rakishly to the one side,
as if yielding to the strong east winds.
Thurston occupies but a small part of
1t. Much of it is bare of furnishings and
at the season of high tide is half filled
with water of the river. On the first
floor is Thurston's study. where, in a
room we'll stored with books. the recluse
is just now working on a novel the hero
of which is the Seth l of whom he be-
lieves he is a reincarnation.
Meanwhile the peculiar form of mys-
ticiSm which Thurston ladies out to
thirsty souls once week in the room
in Regent street is spreading rapidly
among the upper class of English society.
full Est of the 100 men and women who
have already fallen under his spell would
include most of the intellectual" aris-
tocracy. Prominent among them are
Lady Sybil Knox. Lady Corbet, Wis
countess Churchill. Lady Manns, Lady
Georgina and Henrietta Windsor Give,
DR.. Abraham Wallace. the Earl Of Craw-
ford, Baroness Barnekow, the Hon. Mrs
Nerney Cave, Mrs. Annie Besant. the
Hon. Everard Fielding, the Countess of
Warwick. Lady Pearson and the Baron
ess Profumo. Once a week. over tea and
biscuits. ThurstOn meets these ardent
men and women and answers their eager
questions, and the other six afternoons
while their teacher is in secluSion in his
hermitage on the Thames the enthusiasts
meet for discussion among themselves or
hold private demonstration seances. where
all kinds of tests Of psychic powers are
made.
But while ThurSton takes an eXtraordi-
nary interest in the progress of all these
disciples. his star pupil lives at Staines.
not far from his houseboat. She is none
other than Cora Urquhart Potter, the
famous American actress. Mrs. Brown
Potter has become SO saturated with the
Hindu lore that she is now recognized as
an expert. and recently gave a lecture on
the subject at the Ritz Hotel. She first
became interested in the subject during
tour In India and searched long but
vainly there for a guide to the secrets
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Powerful Support.

Upton SINCLAIR. at "A vegetarian
~ reunion. attacked bitterly a male
factor of great wealth.
And yet this man." said a vegetarian.
claims that when he embarked On a
business career. he took for his motto.
Get thee behind be. SATAN Ha. ha, liza -
WELL" said Mr.. Sinclair. there
nothing like having good backing"
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The Bachelors Lot.

CEORGE ABE was showing a reporter
~ over his apartment at the Chicago
Athletic Club.
"Wonderful! Superb Such were the
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members an account of 1926 a year at
this store, and. naturally. no man writes
enough letters to use up this account He
may pocket the difference in cash If he
so desires, but his conscience may forbid
his doing this. The stationery store car
ries all manner of trinkets, such as toilet
articles, leather novelties and pocket
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FREDERICK TIL u r S.
! TON. Who Lives Alone

FREDERICK 7 H U RS
/ TON, Who Lives Alone
in a Dilapidated Household
on the Thames. Near Staines,
and Who Is Revealing the
Mysteries of a Peculiar Hin
du Religion to the Women
of the English Aristocracy,
Bears a Remarkable Facial
Resemblance to the Father
of Rameses the Great-Cora
Urquhart Potter. the Ameri-
can Actress, Who Is His Star
Pupil. Has Forsaken the Stage
to Help Him Spread the
True Light Planning
to Found a Psychic" City
in Egypt, Where People in
All Parts of the World In
terested in the Subject May
Come for Rest and Knowl-
edge-A Poet of No Mean
Powers-His Strange Home
on the Beautiful English
River.
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ETH J.. son OF
X a m @ SeS | of
Egypt. father OF
Rameses the Great
and founder of the
Nineteenth Dynas
", has come TO
life again and is
living in "A dila pi-
dated old house
boat on the Thames
n e ar $ I a l n e 5.
Moreover, he comes
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All these things are properly secured
through the congressman and he is
anxious to get them for the man who
casts the vote and controls other votes
The constituent has somehow found out
that the congressman can even buy
Christmas presents at cost. So, asks the
constituent, am | getting all | may out
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of so much earlier perfection than our
own. He climbed many of the lima
layan peaks, talked with .Hndus of all
degrees. many of whom had never seen
a white man before and made his way
i'm disguise into the wilds of Tibet.
x
Thurston is really poet Of rare power
and at Cambridge he captured the chan
cellor's gold medal, following in the foot
steps of TennysOn and Byron.
..At that time" he said to the writer,
Il intended to devote my life to poetry.