6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Bitablithed il]l PUBLISHED BT THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. JB. J. STACKPOLE, Prea't and Treas'r. JP. R. OYSTER. Secretary. CHJS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. % ______ Pabllihed •▼•ry evening (except Sun day). at the Telegraph Building, Sl« Federal Square. Xastern Offloe. Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story « Brooke. Western Office. 128 Welt Madison •treet, Chicago, 111.. Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at Mailed to subscribers at |S.OO a year In advance. Sintered at the Poet Office In Harrls burg a* second class matter. ®Th« Association of Am*- j 1 ican AdTertieer* baa ex- i •mined and certified to i the oircnlatioa of thi* pub- i' I lication. The figures of circulation ' l contained in tbe Association'* re- 1 | . I port only are guaranteed. i j Association cf American Advertisers ; i ;» No. 2333 Whitehall BM|. N. Y. City i| •worn 4ally average for the month ef January, 1914 if 22,342 Average to r the year 1913—21,577 Average for the year 1913—21.175 Average for the year 1911—18,851 Average for the year 1910—'17,495 TKI.KPHONESi Bell yrtrate Branch Exchange No. JOtO. United Business Office, iOS. tentorial Room 685. Job Dept. 103. TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 17 JUDGE KUNKKI/S FITNESS IT Is not surprising that so much favorable comment has been evoked in the newspapers and among the lawyers of tho State by the suggestion of the name of George Kunkel, President Judge of the Courts of Dauphin county, in connection with the nonpartisan nomination for the Supreme Court. Such a selection would bo admirable in every way and the bar associations of Central Penn sylvania should be the leaders in a definite movement to bring tho name of Judge Kunkel before the voters of the State In the May primary. If thero is any virtue In the non partisan law as affecting the judiciary, now is the time for tlic electorate to demonstrate the fact. Wo believe tho able and upright and level-headed jurist who sits in the courts of this district is equipped an no other Com mon Picas judge in the Stato is equipped for the important work of tho higher tribunal. Judge Kunkel has some good old fashioned notions about tho dignity of the bench and it goes without saying that he would never engage in a per sonal campaign for his elevation to the highest court in the Common wealth, but his friends in all parts of the State are busy in his behalf and the bar of this district would be unani mous in his support. Political, con siderations would cut no figure. His superior qualifications are recognized on every side and men of all parties would delight to honor him for the high-minded and able service which he has given the and the district during the last ten years. These are the days of the discrimi nating voter and the nomination of euch a jurist as George Kunkel in a State-wide primary would do moro to vindicate the law than any develop ment of the present mi.xs.ii campiufrn. Forest Hill, Pr.., is excited because one of Its residents went Into a trance the other da> and saw angels. That's nothing, there are lots of angels In Harrisburg throwing young men into trawises every day. 'ROUND WORLD FLIGHT THE most spectacular adventure ever proposed is the "round the world flight" from San Fran cisco to San Francisco as a part of the great Panama Exposition cele bration next year. Tho race, the cli max of all the world's aeronautical activities, is to start from the grounds of the exposition in Muy, 1915, and must be finished within ninety days, according to the tentative plans sub mitted to the Pacific Aero Club, rep resentative of the Aero Club of Amer ica, which is the American division of the Federation Aeronautiquo Inter nationale. Thus the flight becomes the most tremendous aerial drama ever played. Aviators have long discussed the ■project of round-the-world aeroplane tours. The great distance already ne gotiated under the most difficult cir cumstances indicate that an aeroplane tour of the world is only a question or adequate arrangements for oil, relays, etc., and that it has not already been done is due to the item of cost. Brindejonc made the journey from Paris to YVarsaw. Russian officers have flown from Odessa to Moscow. The American continent has been tra versed. Daucert reached Mount Tau rus, 3,000 miles from Paris, on a flight to the Pyramids, and then, in a hur ricane, irreparably smashed his ap paratus. Y'edrins, who recently reached Vienna in a fight toward an unknown destination, has announced that he will probably continue his flight to Lako Tchad, in Central Africa, or to Australia, 10,000 miles away. Stoefiler In his flight ending at Mulliausen, Ger many, covered 1,375 miles; Janlor, from Stamps to St. Petersburg, covered A,239 miles. But aside from interest in the re sults of the attempt, to girdle the globe, the flight will have another Important aspect for, in addition to the aeronauts and their entourage, the evenl will undoubtedly draw every scientific and military man who -Is interested m nnoriaiiu-;. TT.*? prepa ration and the conclusion or this con test will have a glint effect upou tlic TUESDAY EVENING, science and the military art of avia tion. In fact it will have a tremen dous significance in every department of human life. The round-the-world flyers ought to bo Informed as to the excellence of Island Park as a landing place for aeroplanes. . POLITICAL TEMPTATION' COL. JOSEPH B. HUTCHISON has done nothing to Justify his removal us chief of police and while we sympathize with those Republicans who view with increasing indignation the firing of their breth ren by Democratic bosses In violation of everj' principle of decency we still believe that Colonel Hutchison has been a good official and ought to be retained. In fact, the introduction of the merit system in the police and fire departments cannot come too soon for the welfare of Harrisburg. Civil service regulations would relievo the commissioners of the endless maul ing of job hunters and give thorn time for the real business of the city. Such a system would also remove tho temptation to use important depart ments, as was done under the Royal administration, for the building up of a political machine. We trust, the Republicans who are in a majority in the City Council, the first under the commission form of government, will resist the quite nat ural impulse to wliack a Democratic head wherever they see it if for no other reason than the rebuke which I such u course of official action would administer to their partisan critics. No, Maude, you shouldn't feel flat tered when he calls you a peach. They come dried and canned, you know. CHANGES IN CHINA MUCH as has been said concern ing the swing back of China toward imperialism, changes in methods of government that have prevailed there for ages past are being made .with startling rapidity. Who could have.lmagined civil serv ice in China three or four years ago? Yet steps are now being taken, in sharp contrast with our own Demo cratic attempts to break down the merit system at Washington, to place the civil service of the new republic on a firm and enduring basis. It is the intention of the govern ment to pave the way for a steady succession of reforms in methods of appointment; and not merely is the system to be applied to the provincial staffs, but high offices as well as sim ple clerkships are to be under the civil service rules. For this reason, according to a presidential mandate, all pi'esent offi cials are to be considered as being ap pointed merely pro tem. As suitable candidates prove their proficiency and efficiency, the temporary appointees will step down to make way for their successors. The necessary qualifica tions for the higher posts include a threo years successful course of law in China or abroad; or two years experi ence in the service of the administra tion and six months study of law; fa miliarity with international treaty obligations, the constitution, essential questions of administration, and a proper understanding of local and na tional customs and ideals. All of which is respectfully submit ted to the Honorable Champ Clark, Mitch Palmer and those other ar dent reformers who are so keen to knock the props from beneath civil service appointees in order that favor ites who could not pass the required examinations may be given jobs to pay political debts and Increase the power of the Democratic machine. General Salazar is finding it more difficult to get away from his United States army guards than it was to get away from the Mexican revolutionists. THE BANK GUARANTEE THE trustworthiness of William Jennings Bryan's governmental schemes and advice may be judged by the manner in which his bank guarantee plan is working out in Oklahoma, the only State that has had the temerity to put in into operation. YVhen Bryan voiced his worthy suc cessor to the "16 to 1" slogan there were many who professed to see in it an end to wildcat banking and per fect security for both banks and public. Oklahoma believed so thor oughly in it—that is, those in chargo of the lawmaking department of the government did—that it was enacted into a State statute. It is interesting to note how tho idea is working out in every day prac tice. Without going into a maze of figures, available for those desiring to ucquaint themselves fully with the sub ject in the recently issued State bank ing report of Oklahoma, it may be stated that "wildcatting" has greatly Increased in that State since the pas sage of the new law, and perfectly trustworthy banks have been assessed un annual average of almost 3 per cent, on their capital, or 1 per cent, of their dally deposits, to make good the losses of banks that failed. In addition to the limit placed on the amount the banks may be assessed as their share, the State has agreed to make good to depositors all losses. It Is now more than $650,000 behind in payment of these obligations. In ad dition the wildcat banks are on the in crease and nobody can foresee the end. This Is a fine commentary on tho -.agacity and foresight of our Secre tary of State, Is it not? Incidentally, it may be proper to note here the announcement of to-day's newspapers that Mr. Bryan is coming Into Penn sylvania next Fall to tell us how to do things here. Pittsburgh boasts of two saloons for women only. They will be about as popular as salt mackerel in the Desert of Sahara. A young man of Reading sprained his left, arm while sleighing, the other evening. Yes, there was a girl with him. levenme- chati Use of the new Harrisburg Public Library to secure information for de bates, essays and what not has become so general that the young ladles at the library are required to be on the jump. The reference work was Inaugurated by Miss Alice R. Eaton, the librarian, before the doors were opened ilnd during the month of January 116 questions of a formal character were unswered, and this number did not Include information as to where to Ilnd certain things. It meant tne giv ing of information. In the first two weeks of this month almost ninety similar questions have been answered and many people informed where to look for data. Reference work is new In Harrisburg and is something which has long been needed. The City Clerk's office, the Prothonotary's office, the Mayor's olllce and the School Board offices furnish data about tho govern ment or the courts very promptly and the Legislative Reference Bureau at the Capitol has the State government down pat, but the new public library fits in mighty well as a place where information on almost any subject can be procured at short notice and It Is tho greatest place the students of the high schools and of the grammar grades ever knew to fcet the facts for debating evenings or for writing their essays. The officials of the Auditor General's Department who are in charge of the mothers' pension law receive some odd letters in almost every mail these days. Many women are making direct application, being unaware that such mutters must first be handled by county boards. Yesterday a letter came from a young woman stating that her mother, who had planned to apply for a pension, had just died and asking If she might not make tho application. Most of the applicants go into detail as to their qualifications for pensions, one woman stating that she wus a cook housekeeper. People who had shivers over attend ing to any business on last Friday,- the thirteenth, can find consolation in the fact that they have two more such coincidences ahead of them. The thirteenth day of March and of No vember will fall on Friday. This year has more thirteenth-Friday combina tions than any year in a decade. "Uncle" Henry Houck, the Secretary of Internal Affairs, has just accepted the invitation of the Lebanon Rod and Gun Club to be toastmaster at the an nual banquet at Lebanon on March 3. The dinner will bring together many prominent men of the Lebanon valley, Some of the snow ramparts thrown up by the cleaners of pavements have been turned to excellent account by the pugnacious boys of various schools and several battles of the Civil War have been fought in the last few days In which the storming of Fort Donel son and various other famous achieve ments of the war have figured. Yes terday, however, a policeman inter «ccf, rnater 'ally with emulation of Anthony Wayne. One large snow bank in Second street had been con verted into a fort with castellated walls and was dubbed Stony Point. L nfortunately, the attacking party's snowballs went high and pasted sev eral parlor windows full of remind ers of the season, and as the defend ers ammunition appeared to concen trate on street cars the uniformed angel of peace put both Continentals and British to rout. People who heard Munson Havens, the famous executive of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, speak before the Harrisburg Chamber a few days ago were Impressed with him as a level-headed, sagacious man of busi ness, and will doubtless be very much surprised to learn that he is some what of an author of the light and airy as well. In fact, he is one of the most versatile of men in American business life to-day, as this criticism of his work from the Philadelphia Ledger will show: "While the timely and very readable love romance, "Old Valentines," by Munson Havens, is built upon the lightest of sentiment, never for a moment does it lapse into mawkish sentimentality; and through out are evidences of sterling work manship. It deals chiefly with the love affair of Phyllis Oglebay and John Landless. Phyllis' father was an artist and her mother an actress, and when Phyllis falls In love with a poet her matter-of-fact old uncle, Sir Peter Oglebay, who brought her up, regards it as an unforgivable calamity. Phyllis and John go tlielr own wav, however and are married. Phyllis has no money and John has btt little, but life Is made easier for them by discovering in their landlady the old nurse wh<> cared for Phyllis when she was a little baby. Phyllis' mother's name was Y alentine, and Phyllis' most cherished possession is a wonderful collection of old valentines which her father gave her mother at different times. In directly, these old valentines bring about a reconciliation between Sir Peter and the young neonle, and the story leaves them all happily situated in the old country home where John lived when a boy. It is a wholesome story of sentiment, with no problem and just enough plot to give it a pleas ing flavor." kW6UrKnOWn>P6QPI^T[ —The Rev. Dr. Russel H. Conwell. the Philadelphia clergyman and edu cator, is 71. —Judge L. H. Barber, of Carbon county, Is objecting to return ot trifling cases to the criminal courts and is warning magistrates about it. —Robert E. Speer, the foreign mis sionary secretary, was the speaker at the big missionary service at Reading Sunday. —Ex-Senator G. M. McNees, of Kit tanning. has congressional asnirations. —Director of Works Hayes, of Scranton. recommends that tho city own its asphalt plant. —"Billy" Sunday will close his re vival in Pittsburgh this week. —Judge Paul A. Benson, of Erie, was the speaker before the Erie Un derwriters. » -—The Rev. E. J. Nordlander, well known McKeesport minister, has re signed to accept a charge at Worces ter, Mass. He has built up a church of 300 members at MsKeesport in a few years. THE RUNNERS [From the New York Sun] We hold these truths to be self-evi dent: The beginning, middle and chief end of the Progressive party Ir T. R. When T. R. runs for office, not only do "the nizaors go flyln' through the air," but the ballot boxes are dropsi cal with Progressive votes. By proxy T. R. is no successful worker. Without his magical person ality the ablest, the most attractive candidates have comparatively hard sledding. Others he cannot save. To himself, personally appearing, goes a fervent following, such as makes tho worshippers of Clay and Blaine look like frozen turnips. T. R. loves to run as well as his ad mirers and all students of trouble liko to have Him: but being the shrewdest, longest 'iraded, deepest revolving poli tician alive. be won't run unless he thinks he lias "a Show." If he thinks'he has I hat when lie emerges from the Jungle, the Trojan war. the Thirty Years war and the battle ol' KUkeuuycat were peace con ference* loinnnxed with the ne\t cam paign 111 this State id' New York. HARRIBBURG TELEGRAPH PUR PUNNING TO M BRYMI Free Silver Candidate of 1896 Will Be Drafted to Aid Reorgan ization Slate FRANKLIN BLIZZARD HIT Snow Interfered With Detrich's Talking at Philadelphia Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer, Democratic national committeeman and the presidential candidate for United States Senator, gave a few practice blasts on his first aid whistle in Philadelphia lust night when he announced that Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan might be called Into Pennsylvania to save tho day. Mr. Palmer also took occasion to announce that Vance C. McCormick would not retire from tho race for the Democratic nomination for Governor, and asserted that Michael J. Ryan need not expect any aid or counte nance from tho national administra tion, because he had not made speeches for Wilson. Furthermore, Mr. Palmer intimated that President Wilson was interested in slating Mc- Cormick. Palmer's remarks in Philadelphia have ftlready had the effect of making madder Democrats In this section of the State who resent Interference in Pennsylvania primary politics of a Jerseyman, and will doubtless inflame people with similar views in other parts of the State. The coming of Bryan did not appear to worry the friends of Ryan here very much, who remarked that his visits hero would probably be made to fit in with some ohautauqua date at a good rate, and they smiled when they thought of Bryan with memories of 1896 advo cating the nomination of Vance C. McCormick. The Progressive campaign got sort of snowed up at its much-heralded start-off in Franklin county last night, and In spite of the well-meant efforts of many folks to give Blizzard State Chairman Nevin Bumped the Detrich the compli- Bull Moose ment of a rousing crowd at the first meeting in his home county, they found that the warm side of tho stove was better than ploughing through drifts. Hence, the meeting in the Rosedale Opera House was small, al though Glfford Pinehot and Moses E. Clapp made up for the coldness of the atmosphere and tho paucity of audi tors by red-hot speeches. Pinehot did not refer to Penrose at all. Ex-Rep resentative David Speer, who may run again, presided. The Waynesboro contingent was snowed up and never arrived. A Philadelphia newspaper says; "Ex-Mayor J. Benjamin Ditnmick, of Scranton, who haß entered tho field against Penrose for Senator at the Dimmlck and Republican pri- Penroso Make niaries, spent yes- Announcements terday in this city planning for his campaign. 'I have entered the contest for the United States senatorshlp because of the State-wide desire, which I share, for higher and better things in the poli tics of Pennsylvania, and the belief that If we make our strength effective we can redeem the State,' he declared. 'But immediate and concerted action is necessary, and this will now be taken.'" "Senator Penrose, who has refrain ed from formally announcing his can didacy, stated yesterday that Repub lican prospects would not be Injured by giving tlfe Depiocrats and Bull Moose men the center of the stage for the present. 'The Democrats gave an. exhibition of a popular primary at the White House and Fllnn held his at Harrlsburg,' he said. 'The Republican party will hold a real popular pri mary. I do not know that either Mr. Stuart or Superintendent Brumbaugh is prepared to go to the primaries, we must wait until the sentiment crystal lizes. Every candidate is entitled to a fair field.' " The Philadelphia Record, the big Democratic organ of Eastern Penn sylvania, says to-day: "While Wil liam T. 1 Creasy is regarded as the probable selection Record Says for Lieutenant-Gov- McCormick Is emor, no decision Not Strong has been reached upon any of the other State offices. Reports received from all over the State, reciting the weakness of McCormick as a candi date and advising that he be dropped as a sure loser, are said to have con vinced Palmer that ho would further err in naming some of his other can didates so well in advance. While it has been announced that McCormick will remain In the field, men lookfng for a strong ticket for next Fall's election, and desiring that the National Committeeman use his Influence to ward this end, have continued to write to Congressman Palmer, urging him to discard the Harrlsburg man and support City Solicitor Ryan in hla stead." It is believed that the reorganiza tion leaders will arrange for an early meeting of the State committee, which will have to shortly revise the party rules Democrats to accord with the new Want Call election laws. This Issued Now meeting has been planned for several months but has been postponed, It has been explained, through fears that embarrassing reso lutions may be presented at the gath ering of the body. The rank and file has not taken any too kindly to the recommendations of President Wilson for the greatest freedom of action at primary elections, and it Is stated that they do not relish the prospects of being placed on record In any manner upon this Important reform move ment of the national administration. SUPER-POLITICIANS [From the New York Herald] Solemn note of warning to President Wilson against the dangers Involved in his taking a hand In Pennsylvania politics is sounded by the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The President, it seems, has not only dictated a ticket for Pennsylvania Democrats, but to make Its success sure has placed all Pennsylvania patronage at the dis posal of the men on the ticket. , The fate that overtook President Arthur as the result of his attempt to dictate to his party in respect to the candidacy of Folger is cited by our Philadelphia .ontemporary. As if that historic <-a.se furnishes a. parallel: Doesn't the Public Ledger realize thai President Arthur and Foiger were mere politicians, while President Wil son and Mitchel Palmer are well) different 7 I A-uiTLe:Dpm6^ej f>\ lUUULJlgfraiit 5 Tommy Turtle asked If Bhe thought the number of women upholding' sex equality showed that It must inevitably come, but she protested she never was very good at mathematics. "THE I'AEAS OP THE AL.SO RAS'' By Win* Dinner. Last autumn I worked day and time For vote# that would get me a place In the new City Council, but somehow I lost, and went down in disgrace. At first I sought' some consoloation In thinking of quite a few more, Who like me had lost in the running. But still I was grouchy and sore. I knovked all my friends who had licked me. By voting for some other man, And helped him reap all the honor That X for myself hoped to can. But now, bless your soul, I would thank 'em, If I knew just who threw me down, For I think that a job in the Council Is Just "bout tho worst in the town. When a vote on a question Is taken, If It's "yes," half the city says "wrong;" If it's "no," then the other half hollers, Either way it's as broad as it's long. ' Every time that the bunch gets to gether. It seems that they've just got to fight, And no matter which way fto decision Half the city will say "that's not right." When another election approaches, Instead of some thirty or more Seeking jobs in the small City Council, I do think 'twill be hard to get four. Father —Jane, are the young man's intentions serious? Daughter I think so, pa: lie says our carriage shed could be easily trans formed into a garage and tho attic would make a dandy billiard room and bowling alley.—Huston Post. [•llVh ARKti BURfr -fM y* yfrARS-AfrOTO-DAy* [From the Telegraph of Feb. 17, 1861] Discovered! The weather to-day is cold and blustery, and the wind la playing sad havoc with the dust, and with hoop skirts and Balmorals, and showing who are thp ladies with holes in their stocking. Bible Society Semicentennial The semicentennial anniversary of the Harrlsburg Bible Society this evening, in the Lutheran church, in Fourth street, bids fair to be an occa sion of more than usual interest. iPOLiricAbsipebiftbrsi —Friends of George E. Alter are keeping him before, the people and it might happen that he would enter the race for Governor. —Forestry Commissioner J. Linn Harris waa elected to succeed H. C. Qulgley as Centre county Republican chairman on Saturday. —Up-to-date Chairman Morris' ap peals for cash do not seem to be turn ing in very much. —Doc Kremp quit on Saturday with an appeal for harmony among Berks Democrats. Watch them. —County local option appears to be the Anti-Saloon League plan. . —Congressman M. W. Shreve, of Erie, will be a candidate to succeed himself. —Reorganization bosses will run Representative "Bill" Kern for Sena tor in Montgomery and the "regulars" will run Senator Heacoclt for Congress against Congressman Diefenderfer. —M. T. Stokes, of Coudersport, is suspected of Bull Moose congressional hopes. —Socialists will hold a convention at Williamsport to discuss the cam paign. —Gettysburg's new postmaster's ap pointment seems to have helped tho light against the Democratic State committee bosses In Adams. —Arthur G. Dewalt has put somo reorganization bosses up In the air by his declaration for Palmer. —The Moeslein boom for State committee appears to be carrying Royal along with it. —Ex-Judge McClure, of Lewlsburg, in now being talked of for Lieutenant- Governor. —Louis A. Watres is expected home from Jamaica soon and may get Into the game.. —Montgomery Bull Moose rs are de clared to be going back to the Repub lican ranks. —Some old Democratic charters are being brought out and dusted off to serve as excuses for McCormick or Ryan clubs these days. —■Palmer denies making a slate, de nies that McCormick will quit and de nies that there is anything wrong with White House primaries. What more could be asked. —Between Arthur G. Dewalt and Webster Grim throwing bouquets at Palmer and the Ryan people insisting that there will be no opposition to him there is room for thought. —Senator Sones will be a candidate for renominatlon and so will Senator J. A. Miller. —Judge Kunkel Is being upheld by the Supreme Court pretty regularly. —The boom of H. C. Nlles for Sen ator must have been frozen up with the Codorus. —Friends of Ryan say he never was asked to speak for Wilson. —Palmer yesterday denied that he had ever met H. M. Chalfant, who Is figuring In the reorganlzers' campaign. "ACCOMPLISHED" She went to school at Wellesley, She's been across the water; She has a splendid pedigree, Though she's a poor man's (laughter. j ller heart is proud, her race i* fair, I If such facts need be stated; I Her father is a millionaire. 1 But she Is cultivated. She's "cultured" to a high degree. Though she's a poor man's daughter; She i•»n11«•»t i-ook nor sew, but she Can boil n pot of water S. K. Riser. FEBRUARY 17, 1914. Abollinaris M "THE QUEER OP TABLE WATERS* BOTTLED ONLY AT THE SPRING, NEUENAHR. GERMANY, AND ONLY WITH ITS OWN NATURAL GAS. The Sp from which ! Whole World Drinks. [EDITORIAL COMMENT! UOM On In Siior Old Way [From the St. LiOUia Post-Dispatch.] Springfield. Mo., lias voted to retain the omission form of government. No Pews For the Needy rl'Tom the Boston Globo.l So tho ushers In 150 New York churches are going to form a union to spread tho art of ushering as it is prac ticed in Fifth Avenue. This is not cheering news for all the ill-dressed and the poor. NEWFI'DIBPARCF>ES~ ~QF^RHE-»EIVIL«MR [From tlio TelegTapli of Feb. 17, 1864] Out of Libby Fortress Monroe, Feb. 16.—Twonty six Union officers arrived this fore noon, having escaped from Llbby prison on the 10th Inst. Three More Escape Fortress Monroe, Feb. 16.—Three Union prisoners reached here to-day from Danville, Va., having escaped from the prison at that place. They have been fifteen days on the route and came into our lines at Suffolk. Letters to the Editor WOMAN OBJECTS TO A CABTOON To tin Editor of The Telegraph: ' I have been waiting in vain for some other person to express disap proval of the cartoon that disgraced the front page of the Telegraph one month ago to-day. This was entitled "Tho Strong Arm of tho Daw," and showed a hand Inscribed "The Daw" thrusting into prison "Vice" in the form of a woman, while the righteous public tyjjilied by the figure of a man stood by clapping his hands, and ex claiming "At Last." X wish to protest against the injustice to womanhood in using tho figure of a woman to sym bolize vice ill this remarkable man iuado cartoon. Itecent speakers have shown that man, rather than woman, is responsible fofr the vice of this city. Wliy then should it be necessary to use woman as . an emblem for vice, while guilty man stands aside and applauds. It is the old story of Adam and Eve, the former saying, "It was the fault of the woman, Dord." It would seem that the memory of a sainted mother, or of a pure sister, should be enough to prevent the car toonist from degrading womanhood by representing* it In this false and loathsome light. For months it has been the custom of the local papers to parade the names and addresses of fallen women. Why are not the worse debauched men given equal publicity? Protec- SIDES & SIDES I Adhering to our former policy of showing ■ new merchandise each season we will dispose ■ of our present Clothing Stock at prices re- I gardless of cost. ■ Suits and Overcoats that formerly sold at ■ from $25 to $35 we will sell at K $11.50| A rare opportunity to obtain a High Grade B Suit or Overcoat. ■ SIDES & SIDES I Commonwealth Hotel Building I ✓ j/ 1 1 11 V IF you get more enjoyment from smoking a good ten cent cigar where is the extravagance? The all Havana quality of MO/A 10c CIGARS has the "punch" that gets in its work, and makes it worth more to the particular smoker than a dime's worth of nickel cigars. j . Made by John C. Herman & Co. i I, tion to the weaker vessel cannot conn by crushing it. May we as mothers and daughters not expect your co operation in showing womanhood on the respectful and high plane that it desires, rather than through tho ex amples of but a few specimens, con tinuously debasing it? A WOMAN. The other place is said to bo paved with good Inten tions yours, mine, every body's; but did It over oc cur to you that a largo part of the road tax was paid by those who "intend ed" to take llfo insurance for their families but died uninsured? Consult the PENN MUTUAL LIFE 108 IT. Second St. Isaac Miller, I Local F. O. 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