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The Washington times., 1913-10-02
A Pathetic Story.

A Pathetic Story.
~ oMETHING a little less than
~ twenty years ago party of
~ well dressed men might have
been seen preparing to play a
game Of croQuet. .
The game started. And during its
progress a couple Of italian street mu-
stcians, thinking to entertain the con-
testants ~ well a. increase their own
frugal store. began playing the popular
songs Of the day.
The men with the mallets paid no
particular attention to the sons Of
Sunny Italy until suddenly one Of the
players fell to the ground and sobbed
pitifully.
And while his friends were at his side
trying to pacify him, the street organ
pealed forth:
She's plain Molly, o! simple and sweet;
She's plain Molly. o! her heart is loves
She's plain Molly. O. lively divine;
o! that / could call Molly mine.
The city was New York; the place
was Bloomingdale. and the man who
was 80 strangely affected by the strains
Of Molly, o." was its author, poor, Ia
mented Billy Scanlan, whose death. oc-
curing some time afterward, brought
grief to the hearts Of thousands who
remembered him in happier days.
Why Nat Haines Changed His Hotel.
- HE late Nat Haines was one Of
the wittiest men on the vaude-
vile stage. As Is generally
known, Mr.. Haines had periods
Of illness at times. which caused him
much distress. and tended not to i'm
prove his temper.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
The Beef Story.

4 STORY is being fold Of . couple
~ in Spain who could not speak
n the language. and, consequent
= ly had some difnculty in max
ing known their wants. s-.s-y>
One day they came TO a wayside inn
and tried to obtain some= meat-roeoe
beef. for choice -Rcs-aeseeyrs rsgld un-
derstand them.
What are we to dor asked one.
Il know said the othey. "fn draw
a pic,gys of ysOw' ,Thee shey1i; snd's-
a '.g' beneath IL and handed II TO tAs
waiter, who instantly smiled TO show
that he understood and went of to exc
cute their order. -.
A few minutes later he returned With
two tickets for a local bull nght.-cha-
cago Journal ~
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
Good Reason.

a. RS. MADISON. whose latest
M hobby IL the psychology and
the esoteric influence OF colors.
was deeply gratiffed when her
husband adnnittsd, without prsins. that
there might ae somsthing in her theory.
after all. - fsz~r1-,, sas .f
Dawson put me on to II TODAY at
the farm Mr.. Madison continued
DAWSON" ques ioned Mrs Madtsoo.
her hnsband's 3 1stahhe4o and unknown
among psychelogietss-s 10 s.aX Is1
Mr.. Madison nodded. He says the
bays eat more than ethe SxayAns
''Real1y?' It was an, hunsbles victory,
triumph. How Goes Dawson account
for it?'
There are ten more bays than grays ="
said Mr.. Madison.-Youth's compantoa.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
.HERE Is just one animal man has

"HERE Is just one animal man has
never conquered. never can con-
quer. Centuries ago every other
beast became the slave Of man
or else fed far from human habitation.
One and one only refused to fee or to
submit.
The horse. the dog. the COW. the
sheep, the goat. the pig-all came into
camp thousands of years ago. They
have ever since worked for man or
fed him, or both. They have been his
and unquestioning slaves.
The elephant, too. has become SER
want. as have other jungle lords.
The lion. the tiger. the wolf, the bear.
and such other savage beasts as have
not yielded service to man have skunk
away in terror from the path of civ
ilization. and are killed on sight.
But one single animal claims mans
shares his food and hearth.
wanders at will and unmolested through
human haunts. and does absolutely no
work In return; obeys no orders, and
does not even serve as food or cloth
ing.
This only exception to a world of
servants and Of scared enemies Is the
domestic cat
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
NAGGING AND DIVORCE.

The looking glass has figured in many tragedies
since Narcissus gazed upon his counterfeit in the
spring; but Mrs. Adolphus Pape, of New York, pre-
sents the only instance in history where man has
sneezed at his own image Back of Mr. Pape in the
mirror-who, doubt, deserved to be sneezed at
there peers whole venomous pack of little foxes
that gnaw the tender vines" and hide their heads and
their cruetes under the word "incompatabity :"
Hence suit by Mrs. Pape for divorce.
1t was said of the old French monarchy that It
was not tyranny, but an evaporation. Matrimony,
under the lash of Mr.. Pape's or Mr.. Smiths petty
persecution, is both. Under the lash of nagging
wife it is both. The sole hope for such monarchy
is to reduce it to democracy of two the democracy
OF friendly comprehension and generous understand
ing-the safest vehicle for journey "a deux."
Against the slogan Of divorce, however, there
breaks great wave-impulse toward betterment and
right adjustment; the impulse toward the broader
view which tends to strange the little foxes" in
their own vines. But matrimony cannot normally be
merely system of endurance or philosophy, and no
smount of "ncompatabiliy can destroy the ideals of
finer relationship. At the same time matrimony is
seldom entered into upon as honest business basis
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
THIS& THAT
A THEATRICAL TALE,
with Sometimes q Little o, the. osAs,

A mGnd0er once bought a ploy
From distinguished ,oriter,
And staged the same on old Broad,oay.
Before the stern drst-niohter.
But it pos flat and uoid Of thralI,
And very soon forgotten;
II people mentioned 1t at all
They said that It cas rotten.
A ,oeek or too It took the ar;
A handful came to pie,o It:
And then It toent apay from there,
And none there ,cas pho kne,o 4,
A toeek. month, ,Dent gliding past,
Without much Interference,
And then again (,oith cheaper eoss)
That play made as appearance.
NO, not on Forty-second street
Nor block or too belo,o It,
But on the road that rare old treat
(Where people didx't knov IL.
And just about thousand clear
Is iohdt the ads .1ere Lattir:
"THE TRAITOR! Ran One Solid Year
At the Geplotoh, Manhattan!"
An Instantaneous Spccessr
"A Cure For Parulyticsw
Ought You To Go To See 1t, YEsp
"Endorsed BY Leading critscs~
And people said: a nifty playy
Wen 90 to see The Traitor"
And day aud night and xioht and dav
They cro,oded the tAsayter.
The mono0er, at tAat ooy ruts,
In no time made his pile and
Acquired q little old estote
On little old Long Island.
-.. THE AoRAL:
None-'tsoould be as queer
As apple blooms In outumn
For US to mention morals here:
Such managers hare not 'em.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
Good Stories
The Right Shop.
al 81 9tssGe

D<DlHsll I SalS9as EilAl
50 ERA EH{HNYyiWEIzb this the
NH ,,faxidsrmdstGistnsm
sNl Man Con the teiep6one--
Mrs. Newly Wed-You stun birds.
don't you?
Man-Yes. ma'am.
Mrs. Newly wed-weil, how much
would you charke % come MP here and
stun the turkey were going to have
for dinner? don't know how.-woman's
Home Companion
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
BERKSHIRE.

There's a sort Of person who sharp
ems his pencil and squares his ei-
bows and swells with virtuous Joy
whenever he gets an opportunity to
describe an indescribable thing. The
Tai Mahal at Agra, and Niagara
Falls. and Mona Lisa, and Caruso
singing Celeste Aida, are all nuts for
this sort of idiot-'The Butterfly"
In The Saturday Evening Post
They are. And we add the situation
at the end Of act two. how a loom
works. and the look that somebody gave
else.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

II Anecdotes Of the Old line Actors :.
By Edw. Le Roy RICE.
(Hk2ov Misskelsy Daddy
Didn,t Book That Far Ahead.


1 Hayery, In Is to
to
sminstr
James H.
made .
now appreciated
Finally
thank
In this world. n
And James
f. .
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

yesterday was personal property tax
day in New York. and wealthy residents
thereof Transferred total of sss. 900, 900
to New Jersey or Connecticut to avoid
taxation. Said residents are exactly
the people who are planning on under
stating their incomes in order to e.
cape as much Of the income tax as
possible. But. If you questioned their
patriotism or Dared to Accuse them Of
Anything. the resultant outraged roar
would split the well-known welkin in
twain.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

We hesitate to call II other than CO.
incidence. but the fact stands that to
date no red-inked contribution has sue
ceeded in winging It's way into this
hoity-toity hodge-podge Of hilarity.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
Lines to o. M. L. D.

You cannot really make me sore;
Your stun is far too tame.
But what could one expect with four
Initials to your name?
r IJNGTON
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

You never can tell. The State De-
partment is reported as expressing sur
prise at the news that Japan is draft
ing another note on the land situation.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

AGAIN MANY REGARDS TO MRS HARHIs
From In Search Of . Husband."D
Madame tried THIS color AND THAT
thousands Of young ones looking THIS way
AND THAT
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
It's Shady Underneath the Car.

Sir: Can you. in your salient sapience,
tell me which side Of q car II the shady
one? enter. seat myself On the then
shady side, and soon the car makes q
semi-turn and am basking In the sun
light. And. OF course. the other side
Of the car has meanwhile filled with
HELP!
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

Add things We didn't know: Il do not
believe In governmental ownership Of
railroads In the United Eates."-Pres.
Elliott. Of the N. Y. N.H. &H.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
Optimettes
The Sunshtne's SfaJ on the Job,
Whatever the CIosds May Soy.
= ~ EL4R1NcE CULLEN.

| A CLEAN conscience 10 . pretty
| n good couch to rest upon when
~ the games goes bad!
Every man who really connects hab-
itually counts his chickens before they
| are Matched! .-. g. ...r.~r .-sa
Destiny" Is a vague word employed
| by the timid or beaten-we WELD that
\ whip ourselves!
It's not 80 much the words that can't
| be recalled-but the deeds!
II you can't enter the fight with the
feeling that you're going to win. then
have your name scratched!
This Hail to the Vanquished' stun
| Is all very sole cing-but It's hall that
hurts all the same.
The Tomorrow is another day" man
10 not 50 much an optimist as q pru-
craStinator!
| Often our doing our best 10 nero
iy the setting-by brand! Z
The guard who stands Mt the gate
| Of happiness never looks upon any
body a. An intruder!
| but the Influences lies within our
selves!
II you don't like your Job, the boss
| fs the man to whom to convey that
information-NoS the other boarderB!
The architect OF his own fortune never
starts to build without q plan!
Wine may be a "Mocker'-but It's
whisky that dishes out the dentsi
There's a chance for everybody ex-
cent the man who, when the blame Is
entirely his own, goes along moaning
to his weary friends about his broken
home!
It's Just as important to look your
self square in the eyes as II Is to look
that way into the other fellows!
Alas and alack, The II -never-had-
no.chanct" man rarely Is destined to
give himself one!
The fellow who, once In his life. has
had to sit on a park bench. carefully
avoids them when his luck has changed.
You'll begin to save a lot OF per-
fectly good breath alter you discover
that your own bitter experience isEt
going to be Of any use to the other
fellowt
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

The fellow who, once In his life, has
had to sit on a park bench. carefully
avoids them when his luck has changed!
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

You'll begin to save lot of per-
fectly good breath alter you discover
that your own bitter experience isE't
goin; to be Of any use to the other
fellow!
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
What 5 on tie Program In
Washington Today

Observation-Disclosures vs. Boston, Amer
ican League Park. at 3:D p. m.
Meetings-eyening:,s a..-r
Masonic-Naval. No 4: Hiram, No. 10:
La Fayette. No, 49, and William r.
Singleton, No. S.r:Cspaol. No. II, 4
Royal Arch Chapter Esther. No. 81
Eastern Star Monthly meeting Ma
sonic board OF relief. Monthly meet
ing the Trestleboard Club at llof Z
street northwess a-;,,.sg 4
Odd Fellows--colunbia. No. 10: Excel
sior, No. IL and Salem. No. 2. busi-
ness ' q
Knights Of. Pythias-Franklin. Nc. 2
and ]. T. Goldwel Company. No. ..
Uniform Rank
X. q T. MlDisiriet ress No. SMART
National Ufheh-w: n. Collins Council.
Schmidts HALL - s.N
- - Afpnsementx
acknowledgements Sips m.
Belasco-"What Happened to Mary.
Co; Tmbisls IIsr-::---I I.ittie --Highnsss..
roiSs~-Mothar.'~ s:ls and e:ls q. m.
Academy-"Madanne X" E15 and SIS
n M = stx-s,s 3 49, -
Notwithstanding. els and Sis .. y
Cosmes-vaudevlEe continuous
CasinoSyaudeyillA continuous -
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

It's just as important to look your
self square in the eyes as 1t Is to lool
that way into the other follows!
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

Alas and alack! The IT -never-had-
no-chanct" man rarely Is destined to
give himself one!
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

FAMILIAR PHRASES.
Xxx.
Coveted pasteboards.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

'Noah-Like Flood Deluges the City
New York Tribune"
Whaddye mean a Noah-like flood?
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

There's a chance for everybody ex.
cept the man who, when the blame Is
entirely his own, goes along moaning
TO his weary friends about his broken
home!
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
On the Unpleasant Line.

G. 8. K: While busily millenniumins
Mount Pleasant why not animadvert to
tho rapidly Increasing prevalence OF
hat-wheeled cars on that line! It 10 20
noticeable that it reminds me of dear
old Philadelphia at its worst eays.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

An oversight, doubtless. but the ladies'
planning the votesforwomen luncheons
have left an important item off the
menu.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02
Do the Ladies Agree?

F'rom the "Post.")
WASH DISHES or work morning.
BY neat colored girl. 4th st. NV.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

Grape tuice" cried the Mex,cans,
humorously. at visiting American Off.
eials. Which would indicate that Mex.
leans have sunk to the PaIeozoic, or
London editorial writer's, level
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

We refer to potato suffie.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

PERSONAL AND PRIVATE,
w. T.. D.: Sure.
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

II you don't like your Job, the bos
Is the man to whom to convey tbs
the other boarders!
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

Wine may be a ''Mocker'-but it's
whisky that dishes out the dents!
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

The architect Of his own fortune neve
starts to build without q plan!
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

A CLEAN conscience 10 Q pretty
~ good couch to rest upon when
n the games goes bad!
The Washington times., 1913-10-02

Environment counts for something
hut the in-tuneness lies within our
selves!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-03-01
TO DISCHARGE MEN
IF THEY ORGANIZE
Freedom Of Action Not To Be
Permitted BY Erie Manu-
featuring Concern.

ERIE, Pa, Feb. 27.-The metal
trades department, A. F. Of L., by it's
organizing campaign being conducted
in this city, has drawn opposition
from quarters expected.
Interest among the unorganized is
increasingly; so much so, in fact, that
one firm, the Reed Manufacturing
company, has posted notices about it's
plant, giving warning to it's en-
ployes that in the event of organ
ization the company will dispense
with the services of those who be-
come members of the union.
The Reed company notices, after
reciting the fact that it is a member
Of the Manufacturers association,
which association binds it's members
to deny the right of organization to
itself, says:
'You will see from the declaration
that inasmuch as we cannot confer
with the union officials that any man
who expects to continue to work for
US is wasting his money paying dues
to any union which cannot get a con-
ference with us. This shop is owned
by three brothers, who are in entire
accord on this subject, and who will
be absolutely intiexible in respect to
the above.
eve would very greatly regret any
controversy with our men in regard
cerely hope that it will not be nee
essary to take a stand which will be
very REPUGNANT to us. For some
time we have felt that we were on
friendly terms with our men, and we
greatly resen. the fact that this feel
ing Is being jeopardized by these
'out-of-town trouble makers
Remarkable consistency on the
part Of these employees, who associate
themselves with other employers in
the union-busting Manufacturers as
ISOLATION and then arrogantly inform
their own employees that they will be
discharged if they join with their
fellows. The chances are that the
denial of the inherent right of or
ganization by the company in ques-
ton will eventually work to the
advantage Of organization among
these employees.
Whenever a company or Individual
denies to others the rights which it
or he claims for itself or himself the
position is assailable and is indefensi-
BILE. The metal trades organizers
are doing effective work, and the at
titude of the Manufacturers associa-
ton will contribute to the success Of
the organizing campaign.
Post your parcels by parcel post.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-03-01
IF WE BUT UNDERSTOOD

Could We but draw back the curtain
That surrounds each others lives,
See the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives,
Often we would find it clearer,
Purer than we judge we should
We would love each other better,
If We only understood.
Could we judge all deeds by motives,
See the good and bad within,
Often We would love the sinner
All the while We loathed the sin.
Could we know the powers working
To o'erthrow integrity
We would judge each others errors
With more patient charity.
If we knew the cares and trials,
Knew the efforts all in vain,
All the bitter disappointment,
Understood the loss and pain,
Would the grim external roughness
Seem, wonder, just the same?
Would We help where now We hinder ?
Would We pity, where We blame?
All, We judge each other harshly,
Knowing not life's hidden force.
Knowing not the fount of action
LIS less turbulent at it's source;
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grains Of good
On, we'd love each other better,
If we only understood.
Selected.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-03-01
NO COAL SUIT.

Another attempt to enforce the federal law forbid
ding railways to transport materials in which they
interested commercialy-the commodities clause-has
failed federal has dismissed the suit brought
against of the coal railways. Thus another attempt
relieve the people the throtting hold of the
coal trust dies.
1t was thought, when the GO cent contracts with
Independent mine owners outlawed, that the peo
pie would benefit But they have not. The price
combination seems strong Then came this
commodities suit to try to break the price fixing power
1t has failed Now it is up to the government to try
some other way of breaking that monopoly of the
worst, in its effect the people, of all the combna-
tons.
This suit is dismissed "Without prejudice" That
is to say the government try again. 1t is not an
immunity BATH it does not shut the legal door. 1t
dismissed for purely legal So door is not
closed to the government there is still chance
it to relieve the people of the burden of exorbtant
prices for one of their necessities.
AS the Taft administration dies in few days there
is no chance of anything being done by it. it is
hoped that the man who so masterfully put through
the seven sisters breaking the power of trusts in
New Jersey and relieving that state from the reputa-
ton it has had the mother of the trusts will find
way to break these DEALS contracts combinations
or whatever else they may be- between railways and
coal miners, between railway coal mines,
or between coal miners, and let the price move in
accordance with natural conditions.
reduction of coal prices will do vastly more good
to the people than can ever come f.om most of the
trust prosecutions far undertaken.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-03-01
WHEN YOUR
BEST IS DONE

When you've done your work as well
as you can
And your past is clean and your
conscience clear;
When you know that you haven't
wronged any man,
When you've made no foe to be
faced by fear.
The bury world may be still inclined
To deny what you have longed to
to claim;
But it can not rob you of peace of
Or bring to your cheeks the blush
of shame.
And the world, however it may con-
nive
TO keep you down and to hold YOU
back,
Must respect the hopes that you keep
alive,
Though it's praise may be for the
gifts you lack.
And the scorn on the lips of the rich
est man
Is not thing you have cause to
fear,
When you've done your work as Well
as you can
And your past is clean and your
conscience clear.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-03-01
A JUDGE TO JUDGMENT.

judge there is who has seen the light Still so
rare specimens of his type that think you will
be interested in him. He is WESLEY D. HOWARD of
the appellate division of New York's supreme court.
he said:
THE hugest fortunes, and, in many instances, the
most abject poverty of all ages exist in this country
colossal corporations powerful and wealthy than
ancient kingdoms were; gigantic combinations and
trusts under the command of individual, with
more men and money than Athens had at the battle
Marathon. And children toling in canneries and
families are huddled in dark Easements, farms go
cultivated, and the cost of living becomes appalling.
And our laws tolerate it all.
Brandt the obscure valet not guilty at all of the
crime of which he accused by the millionaire, is
sentenced to state prison for 80 years-praccay for
life; Robin, the millionaire, the alleged wrecker of
banks houses and homes, goes to Jail for one year.
Morse who pyramided banks and juggled with millions,
gets out OF prison because he is sick, while the con-
Wet in the next cell who stole coat perhaps remains
there languishing with sickness till he dies
1.-The people are becoming impatient with these dis
crepancies in justice and they demanding each day
in louder voice that there be reforms"
The indictment is fawess. The judge though gets
little lame when he to consider remedy. He
SHES away from the recall of Judges or decisions
that" he thinks, would precipitate anarchy" though
ne doesn't explain how. All he can think of is to
counsel his brother Judges unbend their con-
servatism, mot to be stubborn against Innovations
to show "a bold purpose do even-handed Justice:
in short, to work the themselves" Other
wise, says he:
'somethng will happen. Unless the judges act the
people will act if they do not the recall they
will revise the constitution and create courts
courts to do rough ustcecourts to do summary JUS
tice; courts close to the people; courts with
out techncalities sophstry delay and where sub
stantial right prevails"
Why isn't that the best remedy of all?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-03-01
A SOCIAL SUCCESS
THIS is paragraph Of a woman

THIS is paragraph Of a woman
l. who seems to have solved the
problem of life. which might be called
the problem of being happy.
She does it by making happy those
who are around her, by reaching out
into lives that do not Immediately
touch her own, welcoming them to a
circle which they enjoy, succeeding
because she makes them welcome. We
do not mean in the ordinary work
Of philanthropy, but in her own So
cial life, which offers far more diff
cult problems. And this woman has
achieved what dollars will not do.
We know men who respond eagerly
to her call when they would take
the time for no one else. They have
learned that it is a pleasure to serve
her because what she plans will sue
coed. When she asks them for an
evening, they will enjoy themselves
while they are contributing to It's sue
cess.
What is her secret? That is one
az the things no one can really tell;
it is the thing that makes such char
acters rare. At the bottom Of it
somewhere lies sacrifice, but it is
sacrifice that is forgotten in the JOY
of being surrounded by those who are
happy. And the reward is sure. It
comes In sincere appreciation, in the
loving admiration of many hearts; in
the desire of younger, persons to imi-
tate such an example.
It is a greater social success than
is often found, and the happiness il
brings is greater than the reward
of most social successes.