The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-27

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The one big thing for which the
Senator was thankful was the fact
that he was not anyone else.
From his picture Edward W. Box IS
ugly enough to edit The Ladies Home
Journal.
Crawford county was one of the for
I ty Kansas counties which did not send
criminal TO the state penitentiary
last year The sheriff, the county at
torney, and the grand jury were per
haps too modest From a county of
the character Crawford has 1t seems
that these men would have sent them
selves, if they were afraid to send any
one else.
ApropOs to the fact that although
forty counties Of Kansas did not send
a criminal TO the state prison. it can
be safely predicted that each of them
viii send representative to the next
.
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Jay B. Iden of Rogers, Arkansas.
the poet of the Ozarks, has recentlv
had some very acceptable verse in the
Kansas City Star His '.Wimple.
Dimple and Dot tripped along easily.
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Preachers exhibit more brotherIy
love in proportion to what they possess
than Is seen in any other profession.
Watch them the hext time you see
them together and listen the next time
you see them separated.
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Some people are born bores, others
are bores by accident, and others make
Sunday evening visits
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A larger number of the newspaper
men OF Western Kansas will hold
convention in Hays on Monday. It's
up to Hays.
The smaller man is the bigger he can
swell up.
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Clad H Thompson, the editor of the
Kansas Notes in the Kansas City Star,
viii visit Hays on Monday, and because
1t is his first visit TO Hays, the Spec
tator wishes to hazard the guess that
he viii write Kansas Note comparing
the Union Station Of his town with the
newly painted depot Of our town.
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Reputation is q bubble hard to blow,
but easy to burst Oakley Weaver.
The more singing there is in a church
choir the less music
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A sign in the window of HAYS store
reads, Let US put something away
for you" Along about this time of
the year most of US feel that 1t would
be much better for US If the merchants
would put something out of the way.
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Every man knows something about
himself that he would be mortified to
death to have anybody else know
about him, says the paragrapher on
the Baltimore Sun. Yes, and every
man thinks he Is fooling everyone about
it too
Some one has said that the saddest
things IN life are men without manhood,
women without womanhood, and chill
dren without childhood.
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What chance has a poor boy? Every
chance Last week there died a colored
man, born in slavery and poverty.
Every newspaper IN the lani devoted
columns to recounting his achievements
and an editorial to his praise What
chance had Booker 7. Washington
Only the chance he made for himself.
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The interesting IS not always ques-
tionable, but some peop,e would have
US believe that the questionable was
always interesting. You can pick them
out when they begin, They say, ETC.
COCO
The Topeka State Journal has locz-
ted the man who broke his arm patting
OAA liz OG-A LUZ L1LlllLG MS
own business.
coon
The Spectator wants to suggest
something for Christmas celebration
in Hays Notice he did not say the
Christmas celebration. Let all ehur-
ches, lodges, organizations, societies,
and hOne as well as individuals observe
that day as they see # Bnt why not
have a community celebration? Do
not have 1t IN any building. Do not
prepare a long tedious program Do
not leave anyone or Do not let aay-
one stay out OF It Select BIZ empty
lot centrally located Erect On it
huge Christmas tree, bit not Tor the
distribution of gifts. only for thu spirit
of the thing Decorate It with lights.
etc. Then get everyone II HAYS to
circle around that tree. Everyone
Not the children or yong folks. bit