The Republican journal., 1913-03-06

l. S. JOHNSON & co.
By the way, why is it that in moments
of emotional stress men will forget that
they are gowns or 'frocks' and not
dresses?
"These impolite remarks of yours
naturally rifle Polly, so she says, Let it
go-Ill ring for Sandra-she under
stands'
"This, as was intended, stimulates you
with renewed determination. And you
reply, of course Sandra's mentality is
much superior to mine-blu, blu, blu,
ETC., etc If you looked over Polly's
shoulder into the mirror you would see
her winking wickedly at herself.
Gust as you have nearly stretched
that little gauzy triangular patch across
the V between the shoulde- blades Polly,
of course, raises her arm and begins
rubbing off the excess powder around
her pretty nose. You lose the combina-
ton.
eff you expect me to hook this dam
thing while you are isadoraduncaning
all over the room you are laboring under
a delusion! You get this off with the
usual restraint and anxiety for UNDER
statement of the regular husband.
discreet silence The work is at last
completed. You smile with pity when
you think of all that talk about the
Panama Canal being such stupendous
feat of engineering.
MENTAL STRAIN OF DRIVING A RAILROAD
FLIER AT rs MILES AN HOUR.
In the March American Magazine,
Albert W. Atwood writes most inter-
esting article entitled "Why Railroad
Wrecks Increase The following is an
extract showing the engine drivers re-
lation to the proble m:
Dean R Wood, who takes the Twen-
tieth Century Limited from Syracuse to
Albany, was recently asked at public
hearing what his runnngtime was be-
tween the two points. He replied:
" Two hours and fortytwo minutes.
That's 14S miles in 1862 minutes. We are
allowed to make up twelve minutes for
lost time, which we might drop. We
can only go through Syracuse at eight
miles an hour, and there are nine other
slowdowns, so that we have to run
hour to get in on time. In l48 miles we
cate in all kinds of weather, and if any
of them are out of order | report the
number OF the signal when we get in.
Imagine the dangers and respcnsi-
biiities which this man meets IN fair or
foul weather. in snow, in billiards. in
fogs, throughout the year. His vision
must be geared for starlight, for moon
light, or for black darkness or driving
storm, to, locate, as he daSheS by. those
Isl signals in las miles, the loss of any
one OF which might mean death in the
ditch. A leading railroad authority has
been forced to admit that it is doubtful
if any human being can properly manage
an engine and locate "a signal every
thirty-fve seconds. How can the human
element be depended upon when it is
/ being strained to the limit? There are
very few accidents on branch lines, al
though these are usually innocent Of
block-signais and other safety-appli
ances. Is this becau ie the human ele
ment is better on branch lines? Quite
the contrary The best men run on the
fiiers. But on the branch lines average
speeds of twenty and twenty-five miles
/ an hour are the rule, whereas on main
lines they average from forty to fifty.
five miles, or even more.
A FATHER WHO USED HIS CHILD TO GET
HIM A DRINK
A bartender, writing an article entitled
what Man Will Do for Drink" in
the March American Magazine tells the
following story:
You remember the old temperance
melodrama in which the drunkard tries
to trade his wife's weddng-ring for a
drink? Perhaps some of you think it is
exaggerated. 1t is almost amusing to
remember some of the things drunkards
will offer for a drink. The early morn
ing watch usually gets that kind fellows
desperate for a drink to 'Drace-up' after
a nights debauch. | give away many
drinks during that time of the day if
there is a chance to get them to go home.
They offer clothes, jewelry anything
for a drink. There was one fellow who
made me sick of the entire business, and
of some human beings. He came into
the bar where l was then employed
carrying in his arms one of the prettiest
little girls | ever saw, about three years
old. He put the child on the bar and
told her to ask me to give him a drink.
She said, Please give father a drink,
and smiled. He had taught her that. l
saw he already had been drinking, and
refused. Then he told the little girl to
sing for drink. Finally l was so dis
gusted l walked away, and he grew angry,
pulled tiny ring off the baby's finger,
and offered to leave it as security for the
drink. That is where | turned loose. l
told him had met low persons and dis
gushing ones, but he reached the limit;
and Informed him of my intention to tell
the police looked him up to see what
| couli do HIS wife had divorced him,
but the court permitted him to have the
baby one day week, and he was using
her to help him get drinks. He was ar
rested some time later for standing in a
doorway while she begged on the side
walk.
THE AMOUNT OF GRAFT POLICEMEN GET
IN NEW YORK CITY.
In the March American Magazine ap-
pears the DIARY of a Cop" in which a
New York policeman tells the story of
his adventures. Following is an extract:
"There are about 10, 900 cops on the
force, and low estimate of the graft
paid for protection when Tammany is in
power, and there is liberal administra-
ton, is So, 100000 year. There ism t
one in hundred of the cops that gets a
| look-in on the big graft. 1t all pOes