The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-09-26

proper dress lot TENNIS anu LIZ nv
per dress for golf. No human beings
are more to be pitied than those VINO
yield to convention the homage due
to a supreme power. In them initia-
tive is suppressed, spontaneity dies
and good form rules with rod OF
iron. OF all forms OF slavery is there
ANYTHING more pitiable? To English
horror of shirt sleeve diplomacy is
now added reprobation for shirt
sleeves golfing-and SO an unstable
world goes wrong under the rude
leadership of the United States OF
America"
The reference to shirt sleeve diplo-
macy" recalls the direct and straight
forward dispatch of Secretary OF State
Olney in Pres. Cleveland's cabinet to
the English government regarding
Venezuela; the English government
was going on to coerce the little
South American state after the time
honored fashion, when Sec. Olney in
plainest Anglo-Saxon reminded them
of the Monroe Doctrine, and that they
must keep their hands of, and the
matter be settled in another way. Be-
cause he did not go about the cores
pondence in a round about and grand
Eloquent style, and write three or tour
dispatches to say what could be said
in one, the correct" writer's OF state
papers in the English Foreign Office
were shocked; but Olney accomplish
ed his purpose and a new and direct
style of. government dispatch writing
was introduced, and the Venezuela
differences were submitted to arbitra-
ton and peacefully settled. Come to
think of it, that is the way. OF the
world: England is the Mother" or
rather John Bull is the Father
country, and America, Jonathan, is
the youth, who ignores the conserva-
tism of age, and troubles the old folks
by his rash and shortcut methods.
All this reminds me further that
dear old mother England feels con-
strained to often read US lectures
about our youthful antics and reck-
less methods in many and various
ways. After those bad accidents last
year on the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad the English pa
pers had some severe criticisms about
the management of American rail
roads, and probably they were meas
urably just; but it SO happens that
the very night, Sept. 2, that last &C.
cident occurred at North Haven or
that railroad, only few hours before
there was a similar rear-end collision
on the noted Midland railway OF En-
gland; the driver" ran past warn
ing signal and the red lantern Of ;
guard" like our rear-end brakeman
who was far enough back from hi
train to have allowed the coming
train to have stopped if it had beef
needed; and the testimony OF tn
driver of the engine is that just thel
he was out on the running board wit
an oil can and the stoker, fireman
engaged with his duties, and thus mel
Their of them saw the signals! VIVA
a condition of things! Both engin
5 men busy with other duties while the
, were rushing on towards precedin
! train! In the old days one OF tn
engine men had to go forward on tn
: running board with an oil can to o
the cylinders; but that Anticipated Gus
tom was abolished years ago IN tn
country; is it possible that it is stl
: followed in England? Formerly the
locomotives had no cabs, and opera
5 tors of English railways declared thu
: engine men protected as were Amer
u cans would not be so alert! But thel
J I recall that managers of trolley car
5 long fought against putting vestibule
{ on to protect the motor men trorI
J. the inclement weather; they solemn
' declared that glass would dim thel
vision and the comfort make him les
vigilant. How funny that sound
IS OBSERVER.