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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12
FRIDAY, SEPT. IL. 1913.
VILE PLAYS.

The authorities of New York city
are Just now trying to suppress two
or three plays on the ground that they
are in violation of ordinary decency.
Doubtless most of us have u W
conceptions of decency. and our W
ideas as to what is decent and what
indecent. Fortunately for u COM
fort, however. it is not necessary for
us to TAX action which will call for
a public defense of those views. Pub
lie authorities who undertake to reg
ulate stage presentations are differ
emily situated. They are required to
take some notice of what appears on
the stage, and to take some action if
what appears there is obscene or In
decent. and then, when they do act.
they are subjected to a storm of crit
icism from people who maintain thai
the plays or the acts prohibited are
the very pink of propriety. in the in
tereet of good morals, n designed
to teach a wholesome lesson.
In the plays under consideration
the features held to be improper are
the scenes in which are depicted with
more or less exactness the inner life
of the brothel. Very little is left to
the Imagination. and that little is sus-
gested as directly as possible. If the
published descriptions Of the plays are
ut all accurate. the plays ought to be
suppressed. and that Immediately. The
theory that vile things are put on the
stage in order to excite a horror Of
them is all bosh. When sees on
the stage a picture Of brothel life,
or the typical %"disrobing act" Of the
scene from this or that dissolute
drinking resort, he need not incur the
risk Of brain fag by trying to fathom
the philosophy of it. The explanation
is very simple. The playwright and
the producer know that a certain ele-
raent is attracted by the risque. and
they set themselves to turn that knowl-.
edge into money by going just as far
as they can, and keep out of Jail. That
is all there is to it.
In. that they seek to make money by
pandering to the vices OF humanity
they are exactly of a piece with h
abandoned women whose deprAvity
they make their stock in trade.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12
THE pRoBnEM.

Chicago Record-Herald: Although
some good Judges of the purpose Of
the restrictive clauses in inmi-
grafton law believe that Mrs. Pank-
hurst, as a fugitive criminal. can be
and should be prevented from land
Ing on our soft. we have not the slight
est idea that the federal government
will interfere With her coming. To do
90 would be to incur the wrath Of q
large number of well-meaning per-
sons who regard Emmeline as a her
oine Inc a victim Of tyranny: and
AZ there has been no disposition in
this country to follow the %pernicious
example Of the British militants. and
no excuse for outlawry in the advo-
cAcy Of extension Of the suffrage TO
women. II is likely that Washington
will ignore the advent Of this inciter
OF mob violence and arson. The pity
is that the case may be used hereaft-
er as a precedent to secure the land
ing Of some criminal whose presence
would be detrimental to society.
Mrs. Pankhurst is not likely to do
much harm. II she attempts to lee
ture on white slavery she will prob
ably be checked by the will Of a peo-
pie who have tolerated too much Nth
on the platform and have been
brought to realize that no good has
come to open public discussions Of
such subjects. If she urges the
American women to smash windows
and assault oflcials her advice will
not be needed. and she will lose what
yer influence she may possess.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12

dred. Count the tnfiction Of loss of
life and friends. disruption Of families
and impairment of lives that has
marked the dissipation Of prosperity
in the ma ambition for monopoly in
New England transportation. These
losses are known. The secret priva-
tions are more numerous.
New England reticence 'conceals the
reduction of IA or slender
income by this insane waste Of value
and earning power. Before the rush
after trolley. steamship and railroad
subsidiaries. the stock Of the New
Haven was a savings and trust in
vestment. Little churches and provi-
dent persons held hits Of 1t for in
come. in perfect confidence. The loss
of half their little capital and one
fourth of their income has brought
thousands of thrifty New Englanders
to real want.
These privations are not spread in
newspaper columns like the names Of
dead and wounded. But the suffering.
if less acute. is more enduring. These
are home tragedies which luckless
gamblers never know.
Mr.. Elliott is now at the helm. and
if he is given time to master the situa-
ton. it is easy to predict a complete
restoration Of this wonderful property.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12

a similar measure on the fire. He's
the bird man Of the senate.
Mclean isn't the sort Of profession
ally tender hearted person who pats
your palms and COOS He Ia a straight
forward. Unconditional. somewhat dry,
do not say that when he was a prose-
cutting attorney in Connecticut he
could urjoint the guilty party as neat
ly as any legal butcher in the BUSH
ness. He is rated as n Of the rich
mel Of the senate and has been in
Connecticut politics up to his ears for
thirty years. During his W terms
az governor he got after Connecticut.s
rotten borough. system with q; mop
cut politics for thirty years can pos
sibly be, Of d tin1orous nature
He ia SO years old, fairly slender.
and wears q little mustache.- He is
beginning to economic on hair. He
speaks deliberately, slowly. often taxi
ing off his heavy eyeglasses to twid-
die. On the floor he likes to set a
big fact in a telling. illustration-"the
$500. 900, 900 which insects cost the.
twice the total. value Of the, buildings
and endowlnents of our 600 colleges.
but he courageously avoids humor.
His speeches. would be the better for
that quaint twist often found in his
conversation.
We're. apt to stand too much on
form and precedent in bird protec-
tion." said he. Il am reminded of the
spinster Of my town who rushed up
to a sorrowing. widower:
"'oh. john said she. effusively,
I'm sorry your wife didn't. return
my last call. then / could. have at.
tended her funeral" ,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12
SENATOR GEORGE PAYNE Mr..
LEAN OF CONNECTICUT. A
FRIEND OF MIGRATORY BIRDS.
HAS EVEN QUIT DUCK SHOOT.
ING,
BY. Herbert Corey.

By Herbert Corey.
George Payne Mclean Sspe; 81 Of Connecticut Ell
hasn't shot at a duck in years.
Now Mclean Is a duck enthusiast.
He liked to lie on his back in two
inches Of sparkling ice water in d
floating battery during the coolest
would frantically struggle to a sit
ting posture and shoot at a duck. At
night he would return to a smoky
shAt1tv. covered with goose pimples
and duck. blood. .
He regards Bird shooting in gen
eral and duck shooting IN particular
as. the highest form Of outdoor art.
In his pursuit OF birds Il has often
that caribou or deer or
other items Of large game got IN his
way. He always shooed II out. Me-
creature in his life. He says that
whenever he begins to hone for that
form Of. sport he will borrow an axe
and kill a cow. He thinks that
an equal amount Of excitement could
be had by drowning blind kittens in a
pail.
81 have practically quit bird shoot
ing" said he. because the game isn't
fair any nor There are too many
spofCsHnen ana 100 lew DlFos. w nat
with motorboats and automobiles and
continuous shotguns the, bird doesn't
have a fair. chance"
He Ia something more than a good
sportsman and a successful lawyer. He
IL the sort Of a politician who doesn't
shake the tree until the persimfnons
are ripe. So that when he was elected
to the United States senate in 1911 ne
introduced a bill placing migratory
game birds and insect eating BIRDS
under the protection OF the federal
laws. Then he let II. rest for a time.
Now and then he talked about: II on
the floor. Now and then 1e argued
in committee room. When the time
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12

ment he lived in state of supreme
happiness. 1t was wonderful after an
unusually strenuous day to return
to the oachelor quarters and dream
OF the happiness In store for them
had a thought that plans are mere.
" dreams until he woke up one
smiled gently when he spoke of those
lofty plans # his. invariably bring
ing to his notice the careers Of their
most eminent phyaicians. dwelling for
long moments on ambition" and
exalted positionR."
would always coneede, but mine
does not soar toward an exalted po.
sition.' that's all. l want to count.
little girl, down here. where I've
elected to cast my lot. and I'm going
to put up a tight to do So"
Then. smiling inscrnta hly-or was
changed the subject.
Early IN the surnmer she left with
her family for their country home.
where the wedding was to take
place in the autumn. =
Better throw up Your work." her
father said to the doctor at the 'sta-
ton. and Join u.s."
m, shne ob bread and butter WAGON
joinder.
"Pshaw! what's that" Fathers
voice became suddenly confidential.
Il like you. boy. and I'm going to
make a mighty big settlement on
daughter. You won't need to wor-
ry about the dollars. Daughter and
have certain plans. too, that you're
going to hear abent very shortly:
The doctor welcomed the Interrupt.
almost in silence. He walked home
in a dream. ~ forgetting the let
ter she had handed him at parting
that he was to an. yer that nieht
without fail. she had told him. His
thoughts were Infinitely remote Just
then. He was very your and he
was IN love. ana the money ques-
ton had. somehow remained in the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12
Her Letter F1uttered to the Ground

background. He made a fair living.
but. evidently it, Hsas supposed that
he would live on bis .wife's. income.
good TO one who prided himself. on
high ideals. He was frowning when
he turned into the. home street. And
when he entered his quarters, in.
stead Of picking UP the old corncob
and dreaming over the rings of
smoke as they curled upward. he
paced restleeslv back and forth in
the surgery.
Suddenly he thought of her letter.
He opened 1t forebodingly: It was as
he had feared-the unfolding Of the
ested. 90 she wrote. in a san artaf
for the fashiona hles, and. desired her
doctor to be. head physician. 1t would
be very fine. she assured him., With
a Splendid salary, and his name
would be known thhroughout the
country. 1t was very dear Of him,
Of course, to want to devote his time
but he must know that her ambition
for him would not tolerate it. Nor
would her family ever consent to the
commonplace life he had mapped
out for her. She would expect his
answer at once. telling her that he
would 10 allow his talents to run
to seed in the slum district.
Her letter huttered to the. ground.
The frow Of worry became q frown
Of pain. His work that he had been
so happy in before the one woman
came into his life. among the "crea.
lures" who had come. to love him,
was considered Of no moment: il
was merely talent running. to Seed
He was about reading her letter
again when the surgery bell rang and
IL was hours later when he returned
from the call thats.had beer. urgent.
He had Just witnessed a hard battle
between life and death. Life and he
had won; and though he was tired
and spent his eyei were triumphant
and It was his Oh smile wreathinE
his lips sAs he recalled the ssadora-
ton In the uprdtsef eyes Of the
mother who had tried to thank him
for saving her little one.
Once more the pipe went unno.
ticed and he returned his writi.>
desk.
And his answer? The doctors tai
ents are still running to seed" in
the slum district: and he is still a
bachelor. But he 10 very happy, and
hts name stands high. on the list of
doctors whose ambition It IL to work
where the game - stfenuous.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12
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POINTED

I'LL ISAAOS163txA1 no.
It is unwise 10 trust. the man
who trusts no ons.9
Stupid people saldom realize that
they are stupid.
Love Of money i the o of much
matrimony.
A man bits a human target near
~ every time hs shoots off his
Most Of us prefer friends who are
close-mouthed rather than close
listed.
A little knowledge is a dangerous
thing-if her small brother possesses
For every nan Who wants to Dor
row trouble there are a hundred will
ing to lend 1t.
Even the man who is good only
on Sundays may manage to keep his
batting average down.
Poor Eve must have found life
awful m%onotonous with no other
Woman to envy OF be Jealous OF.
Some people who happen to cream
Of giving away money think they
are charitable and let 1t 90 at that.
Every. wife imaeines her husband
would appreciate her more IL he
had to put up with some other wo.a.
an for about six months.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12

better than che when young men
were impressed.
And the doctor wal impressed. So
much I'd that as the days which fol-
lowed saw Miss Manners a frequent
visitor at the settlement. Empress
sion merged into admiration and
admiration evolved into love. And
all ne had was the living he made az
slum doctor.
He smiled bitterly az he thought
Of her fathers income. and he tried
to avoid her and get the better Of
misplaced affection. Succeeding 80
brilliantly that on the evening when
she attended a concert ut the settle-
ment and was more than usually
kind about his work and shyly con-
cerned that 1t was developing into
overwork, as he escorted her home
In her limousine, he found himself
telling her what she had come to
mean in his life, and learned that
his love was returned.
In the first days Of their engage
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12
May Consolidate
Two Serninaries at
The Twin Cities

Duluth, Sept. 1.-THE consolidation
Of the theological seminary at Morgan
envy Of st. Paul was recommended in
the school committee report at the
session of the General Swedish Bap-
fist conference.
The conference will probably act on
1t and award the two schools to the
Twin City. a strong contender for the
institution, II suficient money has
been pledged to the conference to
have the institutions Joined. Offers
from other cities Of the country also
will be considered.
Problem Of the day: How to max.
the low cuts last until the first frost
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12
m CASE OF
When confronted by a crisis
That mar vour Infant eAr1

When confronted by a crisis
That demands your instant care,
Would you know what my advice is?
seise that crisis by the hair!
Then within your cellar lock It
For q crisis. II you knock 1t,
VIII bAseaite polite next day!
When m obstacle confronts you
That you cannot get around,
When II threatens quick to shunt you
Most completely oil the ground.
Then inhale your lungs and head full
Blow on 1t for all you're worth,
And that obstacle 80 dreadful
Will he waited of the earth!
Grimly standing in your path.
Sternly say to 1t: whoa, Emma!"
And ignore Its seeming wrath.
Next YOU halter take and pitch It
Over hat dilemma's horn;
To your plough you then may hitch Il
When you go to plough your corn!
Distance makes the heart grow
fonder IL there are no other girls
around.
The hand that rocks the cradle
usually also gets next to most Of thu
rocks in hubby's pocket.
Remember that o will make
enough mistakes II you try as hard
as you ian to avoid them.
Perhaps people should be like fea-
lures in q circus parade and not crowd
each other SO much.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12
BY JOHN ". CAREY.


Who HIT tn sphere in Goth.
amtown, but weAried Of his nest
and took old Horace Greeley's
tip and beat it for the west?
Who read the life Of. Yames
Yay Hill, then bucked the self
same game and made 80 good he
landed in the railway hall Of
fame? Who draws a fat assign.
ment now that mollies would de-
cline-pulmotor to the moribund
New Haven choo.choo line:
Who'll catch 1t when the 5.13 10
forty seconds shy and every time
q tourist gets a cinder in his eye?
Whose Job would drive one Her.
cules to do the turkey. trot? &C.
Mellen sends his sympathies),
Why, Howard Elliott.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12

Our search for something new
rarely leads us to a New Thought
magazine.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12
Pat answered. another cat"

"one day." relates a teacher. ~
gave a bright boy a problem in alee-
bra. and although it was comparative
ly easy. he couldn't do it. You
ought to be ashamed Of yourself!' I
AT your age George
washington was a Surveyor The
BOY looked me straight in the eyes.
Yes, SIR he replied, and at your age
ne was president Of the United
States!" ~
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12

A we'll known Scotch professor eas
occasionally called up to Bslmorai
to attend the late Queen Victoria. ana
was extremely proud of the honor.
one day a notice appeared in the uni
Versfty which stated that Prof. -
could not attend his classes that day
as he had been called up To R.Imnr.I
to see the queen. A waEgish studen,
who saw the notice wrote underneath
1t: God save the queen"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12

A small boy saw some young MN.
pies at the dog dealers.
oh. MI. Brown" he asked the
man, how much do you want for
those puppies?" ~
~" Dover
"oh. but I don't want a piece. I
want a whole dog"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12

A young woman in Central park
overheard an old negress call to a
pickaninny:
Come heah. Exy. Exy!."
me. but that's a queer
name for a baby. aunty."
Dat amt her full name" explained
the OLD woman with pride; OATS les
de pet name I calls for short. Bat
chile got a mighty grand nAn,e. Har
ma picked It out in a medicine hno.
-yessum.' de child's fun name IL &c
sema." 0'-
The Alaska citizen., 1913-07-07
What it Costs to be
In New York Society

demand for alimony on her part.
/ The subsequent proceedings were
marked by the courteous reticence
of a gentleman selling fish under
| flarlcm's windows. The court fin
/ ally made her an allowance.
Now, the Goulds are we'll known
as the possessors of money. But
Katherine Clemmons Gould. in that
elder, simpler time. was only al.
lowed $3G,ooo a year by the court
a mere $4,000 a month Later il was
reduced
Last week another woman sued her
/ husband for alimony. complicated
with divorce. 1t is entirely likely
that not one New York newspaper
reader in 500 had ever heard the
names of the unhappy pair until
the wife succeeded in proving that
her husband ate a S13 meal in the
wrong company A woman of Brook
lyn submitted an itemized statement
in support OF her demand for SIS .ouo
alimony. 1t is like going through
the budget of a social leader with
an electric torch
Her town house costs her $4,000
a year" said her attorney. Then
her hotel apartments costs her $40
/ 000 a year, and service there $. 400
more. Her country house at Roslyn
with its y servants is very expen.
sive, and her garage cannot be
maintained at less than 100000 a
year. Her demand of $4,000 a year
for pin money is very modest. The
rest of the $7S,00O she must have
each year is for dress and other
necessities"
That list of costs isn't excessive
from the standpoint of the woman
who is really in society and has
the money. Most of them would
add the cost of a trip to Europe.
with poodles and maids. and perhaps
the nils OF yacht, Those who
really make good in society now
or at least in certain strata of So
riety-are those who think of new
stunts.
The young man who had saloon
mahogany counter brass rail, hr-
ed bartender built in his home had
a frtGhtful rise in his friends es-
tmation. There was true origin,
ality in that Also that bartender
vas the Michael Angelo of his pro
fession. The Stotesbury dinner in
a hotel bar may have cost $40. 600
or il may not But it rang the
bell on the social target because ii
was new and snappy 1t hadn't
been done before.
Moral-The New York committee
on improving the condition of the
Workingman reports that a family
cannot live decently in this city on
less than $I20 a year.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-07-07

You can lead a girl to the altar.
but you can't make her stay put.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-07-07
Timely Hints for the Housewife

With July and the arrival of rea
warm weather, comes demand fol
dishes that are refreshing and YET
noarishing. Meats come under a
class covered by the second term
for they are without doubt one o.
the most nutritious foods that exist
but they can hardly be called re
freshing. for they give more hea
than the body needs in the summer
Therefore many people endeavor tc
abstain from the use of meats dur
ing the warm months, basing their
diets, rather. on such substitutes fol
meats as eggs and salads, and other
dishes like those given below:
CORN AND TOMATO PIE.
Canned corn, canned or fresh to
matoes, pepper, salt and butter, pie
crust or breadcrumbs.
Fill buttered pudding dish with
alternate layers of corn and toma
toes, and season between the layers
with butter, pepper and salt to taste
Put pie crust over the top and
bake for fifteen minutes if canned
materials are used. and half an
hour if fresh vegetables are employ
ed. In the latter case, keep the pic
covered with a plate for the first
fifteen minutes of baking; then re
move the covering and let it bake
uncovered until finished Should nc
pie crust be at hand, breadcrumbs
may be used instead Cover the top
of the pie with these and brown
them slightly before serving
VEGETABLE cHoWDER.
Four cupfuls of sliced potatoes,
cupfuls of shredded cabbage, cup.
fuls of sliced onions, salt and pep
per, tablespoonful of butter, chop,
ped, hard boiled eggs. 2 cupfuls of
milk, l tablespoonful of flour.
Peel enough potatoes, thickly slic-
ed to make four cupfuls and prepare
the same amount of shredded cab
bage and sliced onions. Melt the
butter in a saucepan and add the
onions, allowing them to cook for
about ten minutes. In the bottom
The Alaska citizen., 1913-07-07

Out of a $50 purchase OF waste
paper "a Philadelphia dealer in odds
and ends has already sorted out rare
postage stamps whose commercial
value Is slightly more than 100000,
and whose catalogue value is perhaps
half again as much. The value of
the great find is almost concentrated
in one kind of stamp, the famous
bear issue of St. Louis. whose
value ranges from as little as $500
or $500 each up to ten times that
sum. A collector is speeding 5000
miles across the country merely to
look at the collection, but Mr.. Hem
ingway thinks he will accept a syn,
dictate offer for the collection of rar
est stamps at something like 100000
shadows the next great discovery.
that of 1895. in the basement of the
Louisville courthouse The Louis
vile find. when it was finally dis,
posed of by an expert stamp dealer
aggregated trifle less than 100000.
1t is quite possible that the swan
in the Jardin des Tuileries. which is
reported to have died of grief at the
loss of her mate, may actually have
done so. Whatever the practical
commOnsense type OF sceptic may
say, similar cases have been known.
and dogs, in particular, have in
many instances pinned away after the
death of beloved master Whether
animals have ever actually commit
ted suicide through grief is. of course
different matter altogether. but
they certainly possess a good deal
more deep-seated feeling than many
persons imagine
The Alaska citizen., 1913-07-07

Money can melt in your pocket
faster than butter in your mouth.