The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-13

partial in the discussion OF great
questions and hopes that his re.
marks will not offend even the
most fastidious.'
"Fairmont is young in her life Of
development. A great future Is BE.
FORE you."-The mayors EXPOSE
ton"
How comforting! The chief execu.
tive OF Fairmont has stated a great
fundamental truth in this sentence.
There may be some who will disagree
with him, but we are not one OF them.
We think we recognize a truth when
we see 1t. We are forced to admit,
despite the fact that we sometimes
differ from the mayor. that our future
is BEFORE us. Itiwould certainly be
most distressing to be looking back.
ward for our future.
"First: The election provisions Oh
the new charter are substantially iden.
teal with the general election laws
Of the state, or.
Second: The election provisions
of the new charter are substantially
different from the general election
laws Of the state"
1--WE will agree that ONE or the
OTHER OF the two premises are true.
Mayor Bowen's Exposition"
Since the mayor has decided to dis.
continue the discussion Of the charter,
there is still hope that he may be in.
duced to become contributing editor
to this valuable column. He Is quail.
fed admirably for the place In the
foregoing evenly balanced remarks.
The editor OF the Weak Diet col.
umn is pleased to announce that he
Tor she as the case may bel has re.
ceived his Tor her as the case may bel
April number Of the Woman's Home
Companion.
We quote from It a sentence that
may be the means OF whetting the lit.
erary appetites OF the readers OF this
column as follows: Little flutes of
typography ornamentation are done
on q narrow band, which Is
used as d trimming in all sorts of
ways" A personal mention of motto
lis that Bernard is using much khaki
etaminc for tailored suits"
There is a great deal Of talk about
government ownership of railroads.
This column has always been for and
against government ownership, and
is yet.
There has been a great deal Of ar
gument both In and out OF court as to
whether or not Harry Thaw should
have his liberty. What do you think
about It?
From the live stock quotations we
see that steers were quoted at, $3.50
last week. The prevailing opinion,
although there are those who do not
take that view OF the matter, is that
prices will go up or down, as the case
may be.
The picture of September Morn
printed in the papers SO extensively
some time ago. was, We think, a beau.
tiful one, although tastes differ.
1t is reported that zapatas follow.
ers are massacring many people in
Mexico. This is to be greatly re.
GREETED and is too bad If It is SO.
Do not pay rent il you can own
your own property is always good ad.
vice, although many seem to get along
very we'll without taking It.
I !.
Some say it frosted last night,
others claim the report was incorrect.
We did not notice particularly and
cannot say for sure either way.
The San Jose scale is said to be do
ing considerable damage in this state.
We consider the San Jose scale a
pest.
This column stands for anything
that Is nice.
Smoke from locomotive soiled a
whole washing on the line on Wash
ington street a few nights ago, but
we can't get along without the rail-
roads, you know
A friend writes that this is about
the best balanced column he ever
perused. We consider this. very COM
plimentary. coming as It does, from
one who appreciates the equilibrium
OF public opinion. s.
Too much starch in the clothes al.
ways makes them too stiff, while IL
you do not use enough they have a
very flabby and Indifferent appear
ance. Our advice, and It is given
freely without cost. is to use Just SO
much and no more. Some have ig.
nored our wishes in this matter In
the past and claim that they have had
very good results.
There Is nothing more exasperating
than to find hair in the comb, but
some say, and their views concide
with ours. that to find one in the
butter Is more so. q
The flies, the little pests. viii soon
be with jis once again. We know OF