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Mayor Jones' Civil Service. M a y o r J o n e s h a s g i v e n h i s adhes ion

t o t h e pr inc ip les of c i v i l s erv i ce re form i n a prac t i ca l w a v . W h i l e t h e M i n n e ­a p o l i s charter m a k e s no p r o v i s i o n for t h e m e r i t s y s t e m , i t g i v e s t h e m a y o r a l m o s t u n l i m i t e d p o w e r o v e r t h e po l i ce . H e can appo int or d i scharge a t w i l l .

T a k i n g i n t o account t h i s g r e a t power , M a y o r J o n e s h a s se t out v o l u n t a r i l y t o l i m i t h i m s e l f i n i t s use . H e purposes t o m a k e a n d enforce a se t of ru les w h i c h w i l l b r i n g t h e w h o l e po l i ce force under a mer i t s y s t e m of h i s o w n creat ion . Can­d i d a t e s f or t h e force w i l l b e a s k e d t o s u b m i t t o a p h y s i c a l e x a m i n a t i o n a n d a m e n t a l t e s t , a n d t h e m a y o r promises t o s e l e c t a n y m e n he m a v n e e d for t h e p o l i c e f orce f r o m t h i s l i s t of e l i g i b l e s , w i t h o u t r e g a r d t o p o l i t i c a l af f i l iat ions . H e promises a l so t h a t no officer w i l l b e d i s c h a r g e d f r o m t h e force w i t h o u t b e ­i n g i n f o r m e d of t h e c h a r g e s a g a i n s t h i m a n d h a v i n g a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o b e heard .

T h i s i s t h e e s sence of t h e m e r i t s y s ­t e m , a n d i t s v o l u n t a r y a p p l i c a t i o n t o t h e p o l i c e force , w h i l e ex tra - l ega l , i s no t ©nly p r a c t i c a l b u t i t i s w i s e .

I f M a y o r J o n e s ' e x p e r i m e n t succeeds , a s i t o u g h t w i t h proper app l i ca t ion , i t w i l l g o f a r t o w a r d p r o t e c t i n g t h e pol ice­m e n in t h e i r p l a c e s for t h e f u t u r e . N o s u c c e e d i n g m a y o r can , w i t h o u t d o i n g v i o l e n c e t o h i s o w n s e n s e of r i g h t , dis­p o s s e s s a p o l i c e m a n w h o o b t a i n e d h i s p l a c e b y m e r i t a n d w h o h a s a t t e n d e d s t r i c t l y t o h i s p r o f e s s i o n a l d u t i e s , mere l y t o m a k e r o o m for a spoi l sman-

T h e m a y o r ' s s u g g e s t i o n t o t h e counc i l to g o a n d do l i k e w i s e w i t h the* fire de­p a r t m e n t i s v e r y apropos . I n f a c t , t h e s e t w o d e p a r t m e n t s , po l i ce a n d fire, are a b o u t t h e only ones t h a t n e e d r e f o r m i n g . T h e remainder of t h e c i t y g o v e r n m e n t g o e s on i t s w a y p r a c t i c a l l y u n d i s t u r b e d b y po l i t i ca l m u t a t i o n s . T h e w a t e r w o r k s , c i t y e n g i n e e r ' s office, t h e h e a l t h de­p a r t m e n t a n d others m i g h t do a l i t t l e

» i b e t t e r b y e x c l u d i n g p o l i t i c s a l t o g e t h e r , b u t t h e y h a v e n e v e r b e e n s c a n d a l o u s l y u s e d for po l i t i ca l purposes , w h i l e b o t h t h e po l i ce a n d fire d e p a r t m e n t s h a v e b e e n .

M a y o r J o n e s h a s t a k e n a s t a n d i n w h i c h one m a y see t h e c o m b i n a t i o n of t h e v i e w s of t h e idea l i s t a n d t h e prac­t i c a l m a n of affairs . T h e J o u r n a l h o p e s a n d b e l i e v e s t h a t h i s e x p e r i m e n t w i l l a b u n d a n t l y succeed a n d l a y t h e

* f o u n d a t i o n for charter c i v i l s erv i ce .

The military experts s eem to think that the war is over. If Russ ia can be brought t o see this It will be a long s tep towards

* peace.

Russia Out of Port Arthur. T h e capture of P o r t A r t h u r b y t h e

J a p a n e s e a r m y i s a reminder of t h e f a c t t h a t i t i s j u s t t e n y e a r s s i n c e J a p a n captured t h e s a m e p o s i t i o n f r o m China . A t t h e conc lus ion of t h e w a r of 1 8 9 4 J a p a n , c o e r c e d by'S*a,nc**Hid G e r m a n y , a n d deser ted b y Eng la i id , g a v e / u p pos­sess ion of "the for tres s , a n d w i t h i n a f e w w e e k s E u s s i a h a d posses s ion on s o m e sort of a hocus pocus a r r a n g e m e n t w i t h t h e E u r o p e a n p o w e r s , '

W i t h t h e c lose of t h e R u s s o - J a p a n w a r , F i a n c e a n d G e r m a n y w i l l b e t h e r e a g a i n w i t h t h e i r ins incere d e m a n d t h a t J a p a n re turn P o r t A r t h u r t o China, t h a t i s t o say , t o R u s s i a a g a i n .

B u t J a p a n w i l l n o t b e so e a s i l y over-' a w e d n e x t t i m e . A n a t i o n w h i c h h a s f o u g h t R u s s i a s ing l e -handed i s n o t go­i n g t o b e scared out b y d i p l o m a t i c b r a v a ­do. I n t h e case of v i c t o r y i n t h e w a r J a p a n m a y , a n d p r o b a b l y w i l l , r e turn P o r t A r t h u r t o China, under p e r f e c t g u a r a n t e e s for her o w n s a f e t y . One of t h o s e g u a r a n t e e s w i l l b e t h a t China sha l l « h o w t h a t she i s ab le t o k e e p P o r t A r ­thur .

E n g l a n d i s n o w t h e a l l y of J a p a n , a n d her u n d e r s t a n d i n g w i t h J a p a n undoubt ­ed ly i n c l u d e s t h e s a f e g u a r d i n g of t h e f r u i t s of J a p a n e s e v i c t o r y . I f i t does not g o t h a t far , t h e E n g l i s h a l l i ance has b e e n of l i t t l e use t o J a p a n . R u s s i a can­not e x p e c t t o g e t P o r t A r t h u r a g a i n , un le s s K u r o p a t k i n t a k e s i t , a n d t h a t does n o t s e e m a n e v e n t so i m m i n e n t a s t o e x c i t e pub l i c i n t e r e s t .

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doesn't deserve a decent e l ty government, . There -is* no mora significant pr Influential fact in connection w i t h municipal gov ­ernment In general than the aloofness, of the "good c i t i sen." The^Qifticer w h o m he elects , of w h o m he seldom speaks w i t h respect and w i t h w h o s e duties he i s ignorant never s e e s him, never feels the touch of h i s elbow, while those^who are in polit ics for w h a t they can make out of i t never take off Jthe pressure. .

German authorit ies , w h o have recently been called upon to try the case of a colonial government official accused of gambling, excused h im on the ground that poker is not gambl ing. Strictly cor-reot. Poker Is a business transact ion in which a m a n m a y sel l short or buy on a r is ing market , but it is not gambling. Bridge i s merely chess w i t h a side b*et t o keep the audience from quitt ing a day before the issue. J £ s

THg MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. January 3,\ 1905. r « ^ _ - i ^ r • ^ • i w ^ -

NEWS OF THE BOtm WORLD

THE UNEASY CtfAIR

REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS OF NORTH DAKOTA'S NEW SENATE

The N e w York board of education, by, a vote of 22 to IB, refused to allow teach­ers to flog bad boys, but in the discussion remarks were made about bad boys that g o far toward showing that it wou^ld b e unsafe t o al low members of the school board to teach. In the presence of a real bad youth rules, wouldn't hold some of them.

The most original reason for not going to church, g iven by a Philadelphia m a n in a newspaper "symposium" on that subject, w a s that he did not have the t ime b e ­cause his wi fe saved up the work of the w e e k for h im to do on Sunday. "The woman," as usual, w a s in fault.

S ta te Representat ive Cunningham of Nebraska, w h o received a let ter from President Roosevelt congratulat ing him on his large family of e ight sons, is pre­paring to introduce a bill prohibiting col­lege football. Mr. Cunningham is anxious to keep his sons.

Art as a National Asset The Burling ton Magazine, a sumptuous Engl ish peri­odical for connoisseurs, is publishing a ter les of editorial articles on "Art a s a

lationat ASfeet." i n the December n u m ­ber the-Valuable aid g iven by the French government b y It's encouragement to pub­lishers of important bookable held up as a Worthy example. This encouragement is g iven by guaranteeing the purchase by the government of a considerable number of copies of works that otherwise could not be published in the ordinary way. Aiding the production of long series of works on important technical and art is ­t ic subjects is valuable, but their distribu­tion by the government In the quarters where they will be of most service doubles the power for good of this kind of government patronage.

An example of what can be accom- j plished by this . sys tem is shown in the case of two magnificent volumes published by M. Louis Gonse on the provincial m u ­seums of Prance. 'The Burlington com­pares the conditions shown by these vol­u m e s to prevail in France wi th artistic conditions in provincial England and calls for a reform in the administration of the arts which bear in many directions on n a ­tional commercial success . —M. S. A.

In Memorlam. — Admirers of Mark Twain believe, says Harper's Weekly, that the author has never written anything

'more effective than the little verse he had cut in the modest block of marble which marks the rest ing place of his wife in Woodlawn cemetery, Blmira, N. T. :

W a r m summer sun, Shine kindly here.'

W a r m southern wind, Blow softly here. ij

Green sod above, J ' Lie light, lie light, "

Good night, dear heart. Good night, good night.

A n interest ing figure h a s arisen on the horizon of Minnesota politics. H e enter­tains the idea that the public business should be done on the s a m e principles that insure success in private affairs Keep your eye on that m a n Clague.

Mr. Carnegie has g iven $i,000,000 to St. Louis for a library. Here is a chance for Pres ident Francis to g e t another nice position.

A German newspaper prints an adver­t i sement offering for sale "a large landed es tate carrying the =right to q, s e a t and a vote in the diet ." This would be a nice place for John D. Rockefeller, only the poor fel low can't eat.

May Deeds Follow Words. The firot speech d e l i v e r e d i n t h e n e w

s t a t e cap i to l b e a r s g o o d o m e n for t h e f u t u r e .

I t w a s d e l i v e r e d b e f o r e t h e house caucus l a s t e v e n i n g b y P r a n k Clague of L a m b e r t o n , w h o t o d a y a s s u m e s t h e im­p o r t a n t pos t of speaker . I n h i s h a n d s w i l l rest a l arge par t of t h e d e s t i n i e s of t h e present house , a n d l o v e r s of g o o d g o v e r n m e n t w i l l w i s h h i m succes s i n t h e program m a p p e d out. I t ca l l s f o r a " c l e a n , b u s i n e s s s e s s i o n , " a n d d e c l a r e s t h a t " t h e t i m e i s a t h a n d w h e n g r a f t and al l o ther d i shonorable m a t t e r s i n

^politics should b e s w e p t f r o m our l a n d . " T h e house , h e s a y s , shou ld h a v e p l e n t y of c o m p e t e n t he lp , b u t should w a s t e n o m o n e y on i n c o m p e t e n t s .

R e p r e s e n t a t i v e Gole spoke in t h e s a m e t o n e as c h a i r m a n of t h e caucus , w h e n h e s e r v e d n o t i c e on e m p l o y e e s t h a t sal­ar i e s w o u l d no t b e r a i s e d on t h e d a y of ad journment . T h e y m u s t n o t e x p e c t l arger c o m p e n s a t i o n t h a n t h e ru les of t h e house p r o v i d e .

Th i s s a m e spir i t , carr ied i n t o a l l t h e prob lems of t h i s i m p o r t a n t sess ion , w i l l m a k e for n o t a b l e re su l t s . T h e beaut i ­f u l n e w b u i l d i n g i s c e r t a i n l y t h e p l a c e for a c l ean s tar t a n d a n e w p o l i c y i n l e g i s l a t i o n and a d m i n i s t r a t i o n .

N o w l e t u s hear f r o m t h e s e n a t e .

Senator Mitchell has been given a hint to s tay a w a y from the senate until the charges aga ins t h im Tire cleared up. The senator will probably consider this a s hard a s be ing parted from his club dues.

A "star-gazer" and "controller of the fates" w a s g iven three months in the pen­itentiary in N e w York last week. E v i ­dently the s tars and f a t e s got together to throw him down.

Some one has been lecturing in Manila on Robert Browning. A Fil ipino who thinks he understands Engl i sh need only sink his t ee th into Browning to realize his mistake. >

The Uni ted States is introducing a bunch of new governors this week, all of them burning to^do so'mething. Some of t h e m -will probably succeed.

H. H. Rogers, who Is in bad health, i s said to be of a sens i t ive nature. The ex* c i tement of be ing Tomlawsoned has been too much for the financier.

The fall of Port Arthur re leases a large amount of wood type in the yellow offices which can n o w be turned over to Mrs. Chadwick's case.

The Quincunx Case, by Wil l iam Dent Pi tman, is a charming little s iory in which the chief mot ive is the solution of a m j s -tery, the finding of which will crown wi th matrimony a love tale. In pursuit of the solution s o m e astonishing and stirring things occur, and the love story is almost lost s ight of. Unlike most of the m y s ­teries that are untangled for us so neat­ly by authors w h o talk learnedly of the wonders of the deductive method, this one is solve I by a young man who knows nothing of the science of detection. H e has a ready wit, an Indomitable purpose and a courage that will not be daunted These qualities, helped out by some pieces of luck, enable him to win his battle s ingle-handed aga ins t a criminal combina­tion that is directed w i t h singular intel­l igence. H e tells the story himself mod­est ly and ye t with fire. The" literary qual­i ty of the book is not the least of i t s good points, especially a s so m a n y writers of "detective stories" lack the literary touch. —W. B . C.

Herbert B. Turner £ Co., Boston.

History of .Literature in America.— Professor Barrett Wendell 's "Literary History of America" h a s been reduced to textbook form under the foregoing title The work has been done by Professor Wendell and Chester N o y e s Greenough, who w e n t after suggest ions in a -novel way, tho one which they say has been highly successful. The "Literary History" w a s submitted to one of the advanced c lasses at Harvard, chapter by chapter, for criticism. The students took advan­tage of the opportunity to criticise their professor's work, but did their criticising wi th- care, to the good of the book just recently given to the public. The new volumfe preserves the general outline and all available portions of the original work.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.

Edward E g g f e s t b n ' s ' X a s t Work.—The last literary work of Edward Eggleston w a s h i s New Centuny A History of tr-e United States . H i s purjpose as disclosed in the book jus t published has been to teft the stary* of ,pur codmrv so briefly that it might ipB^&SteiSd within the usual t ime allotted ffl ' the %udy , • an<?Ayet to preserve # s interest unimpaired by con­densation. H e has succeeded admirably.

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The Thomas W. Lawson factory has not emitted any dense smoke for three days.

s e e m s to offer a secure and continuous prosperity, if w e take it wi th balance and sanity.

Roster of University Alumni.—The Minnesota Alumni Weekly for Dec. 19 is a special number containing a l ist of all of the alumni of the university.

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The czar has not y e t arrived a t the point where he bel ieves the z e m s t v o s represent the safe and sane democracy.

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The Smoke Nuisance. T h e a t t i t u d e of t h e n e w c i t y admin­

i s t r a t i o n t o w a r d t h e s m o k e n u i s a n c e i s d i s t i n c t l y hopefu l . T h e m a y o r prom­i s e s t h e co-operat ion of t h e p o l i c e f orce i n t h e e n f o r c e m e n t of t h e l a w , a n d d o u b t l e s s t h e h e a l t h d e p a r t m e n t w i l l a s s i s t a l so . T h e t i m e s e e m s p r o p i t i o u s f o r a n e w a n d v i g o r o u s m o v e m e n t . P u b -

l l i c op in ion once aroused a n d i n f o r m e d ©n t h i s s u b j e c t w i l l not a l l o w i t t o b e (dropped w i t h o u t a c t i o n .

A s M a y o r J o n e s p o i n t e d out , t h e q u e s t i o n of h e a l t h i s no t t h e o n l y argu­m e n t a g a i n s t t h e s m o k e n u i s a n c e . P e o -

liple a r e aroused s l o w l y on ques t ions of h e a l t h . T h e y h a v e f o r m e d t h e h a b i t of d i s c o u n t i n g g e r m t h e o r i e s and of sniff­i n g a t organ ized m o v e m e n t s t o m a k e t h e m h e a l t h i e r . M o s t p e o p l e a r g u e f r o m t h e n a r r o w p r e m i s e t h a t t h e y

' t h e m s e l v e s h a v e n e v e r d ied a n d t h a t ^heir p a r e n t s l i v e d t o a fine o ld a g e t o t h e g e n e r a l conc lus ion t h a t m o v e m e n t s f o r c leaner c i t i e s a n d t h e p u t t i n g d o w n ©f i n f e c t i o u s d i s e a s e s are more o r ' l e s s f a n a t i c a l .

B u t t h e r e i s another a r g u m e n t on t h e kt, s m o k e ques t ion t h a t c a p b e b r o u g h t l^aearer h o m e . I t i s t h e p o c k e t argu-

P ^ m e n t . W h e n i t i s s h o w n t o t h e bus i -L n e s s m e n w h o are u s i n g coal inN l a r g e

q u a n t i t i e s t h a t t h e y are b l o w i n g the i r i n d u s t r i a l a m m u n i t i o n u p t h e c h i m n e y i n s t e a d of g e t t i n g ' t h e u s e of i t i n h e a t , t h e y w i l l l i s t e n . W h e n i t i s p r o v e d t o i h e m e r c h a n t t h a t he i s l o s i n g thou­s a n d s of do l lars a n n u a l l y in* t h e destruc­t i o n of c h o i c e f a b r i c s w h i c h h e i s ex­p o s i n g on h i s counters , h e w i l l b e c o m e I n t e r e s t e d . "When t h e m a n in t h e s t r e e t a n d i n t h e office h a s i t d e m o n s t r a t e d f o h i m t h a t h i s l a u n d r y b i l l s aro d o u b l e d b y t h e p e r s i s t e n t s m o k e nui ­s a n c e h e w i l l b e c o m e a n a c t i v e f a c t o r i n t h e p u b l i c a g i t a t i o n . 7 Allx of t h e s e t h i n g s are t rue . *" A^T of t h d m a r e rea l . A l l of t h e m t e n d t o i a a k e u s poorer i n .money, n o t t o s a y a n y t h i n g of se l f - respec t or h e a l t h : A v i g o r o u s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of t h e l a w s w e n a v e w i l l do m u c h t o assure t h e p u b l i c t h a t p u b l i c off ic ials r ea l i ze t h e impor­t a n c e of t h e q u e s t i o n . I f p r e s e n t l a w s fti» insuf f i c ient doubt l e s s t h e counc i l t r i l l g o fur ther a n d m a k e t h e o r d i n a n c e s fcore s u s c e p t i b l e of e n f o r c e m e n t . -

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The Political Tug of War. ' ' Those w h o t h r u a pu l l w i s h t o b r e a k

c e r t a i n l a w s or o r d i n a n c e s are t h e hard­es t t o deal w i t h , ' ' i s t h e s u m m i n g up of Mr. C o n r o y ' s e x p e r i e n c e a s c h i e f o f pol ice . T h a t i t i s a ^ust s u m m i n g u p no one doubts . I t e x p r e s s e s c o n c r e t e l y t h e e v i l s o f t h e s y s t e m of *' i n f l u e n c e . ' ' I t i s t h i s s y s t e m w h i c h does so m u c h t o w a r d b r i n g i n g p o p u l a r g o v e r n m e n t i n t o c o n t e m p t . In f luence i s , t o b e sure , n e v e r u s e d e x c e p t b y t h o s e w h o h a v e i t a n d t h o s e w h o h a v e i t a r e t h e v e r y people w h o k n o w i t i s w r o n g t o u s e i t . F o r persona l c o m f o r t , f o r self ish e n d s , for v a r i o u s m o t i v e s t h e y do u s e i t , a n d an a d m i n i s t r a t i o n i s s t r o n g or w e a k i n proport ion a s i t r e s i s t s or s u c c u m b s t o t h e m a g i c of t h e " p u l l . " I t i s n o t p l e a s a n t t o t h i n k t h a t t h e admin i s tra ­t i o n of a se t of l a w s b y a s e t o f s w o r n officers r e s o l v e s i t s e l f i n t o a t u g of w a r , b u t i t i s so . S p e c i a l p e r m i t s t o b u i l d e r s t o b r e a k ord inances , spec ia l p e r m i t s t o m e r c h a n t s t o fill t h e s t r e e t s w i t h s i g n s , spec ia l p e r m i t s t o v e n d e r s t o se l l w a r e s i n p r o h i b i t e d p l a c e s a r e c o n t i n u a l l y b e i n g a s k e d a n d o b t a i n e d . T h e a l d e r m e n g r a n t t h e m a n d t h e n g e t a n g r y i f a n u m b e r of p e o p l e w h o s e e t h e m d o i n g crooked t h i n g s v d e c l i n e t o b e l i e v e t h e y 4 o t h e m w i t h a s t r a i g h t m o t i v e .

K e f o r m shou ld b e t w o f o l d . I f w e e x p e c t our o f f i c ia l s t o h a v e stiff b a c k ­bones , t a k e t h e pressure off t h e m and l e t t h e m s t r a i g h t e n u p once .

Kansas City Star. Republican Missouri cannot afford to

send a s Its representative to Washington a railroad or trust m a n to antagonize the president's desire to make railroads an*d trusts amenable to wi se legislation. It cannot afford to se lect a machine poll* t ician w h o s tands for all that Roosevelt opposes in public life. It has no need t o run this risk. It has the very best material a t hand. Major Wil l iam W a r ­ner is one of the "tens of thousand?" of the plain people, and has w o n public reward because of his dist inguished, abi l ­ity, hones ty and fidelity.

HE NEVER MILKED A COW

N e w York Sun. Seas of sent imental nonsense in praise

of rural charms have been written, m o s t ­l y by persons themselves fond of the pleasures of the town. T o ci ty folks w h o can afford the contrast, a few months among the zephyrs and heifers are very agreeable. B u t vi l lage life In itself, u n -brightened and unsweetened by urban foil and background, is apt to be weary, depressing, narrow, unrelentingly m o ­notonous, g iven to fool goss ip and minding other peopled business .

AT THE THEATERS Metropolitan—Robert Edeson In

son's Folly." Robert Edeson invests the young l ieu­

tenant in Richard Harding Davis ' com­edy of army post life wi th just those dashing and lovable qualities t h a t all the world l ikes in a fighter, whether he bat ­t les on land or sea, on the gridiron or in the arena. Young Ranson, a s Mr. Edeson conceives and pictures him, is a daredevil fighter, a generous and likable comrade and an irresistible lover. Hi s sunny disposition radiates good humor on every side, whi le his rest less spirit chafes under the deadening tedium of post l i fe in the desert. H e makes.4ove and s tarts out on an absurd w a g e r to hold up the, s tage wi th equal impetuosity. And when both enterprises go wrong and he finds himself in a serious predicament a s the result of his adventure, he i s far more concerned over his quarrel With the post trader's daughter than his peril. The contagious good humor of the youngster is shaken by nothing save the tears of the g i n he loves. The sudden transit ion in that moment from the raillery wi th w m c h he has been seeking to dispel her ideas about social inequality to profound concern w h e n the unexpected tears come shows Mr. Edeson a master of his art. Altho suffering last night from hoarse­ness , the latest aspirant for stellar hon­ors more than justified the fai th in h im inspired by his achievements in support. Mr. Edeson has the swift , sure touch of the natural comedian. And, w h a t is more, he has a personality that w a r m s and a t ­tracts his audience."

The comedy is founded on a tale Mr. Dav i s wrote a year or more ago. It moves toward its c l imax rapidly, but wi th s o m e vagueness a t t imes. The secret of the holdup i s well kept until the last, and the explanation is then made s o quickly that the auditor is left in a s ta te of some bewilderment. But the a t m o s ­phere of army life is admirably repro­duced and t h e dialog is snappy and bright.

The post trader's daughter is s imply and effectively played by Perci ta W e s t ,

and counts numbers in response to audi­ence calls. H e i s a wonderfully intelli­gent l itt le animal, and found it difficult to g e t away from the audience. The Pros­per troupe, S w i s s acrobats, offer a number of new acts , and the whole s tunt goes wi th a dash and cleverness that makes a big hit w i t h the house. The "Strong Girl" performs some feats of s trength which a p ­pear beyond the powers of a woman, act ­ing a s the base of pyramid formations and supporting several hundred pounds of h u ­manity. N e w kinodrome pictures of which "Barnum's Trunk" is the best, close the performance.

—J. H. Ritchie.

Shifting Party Lines.—David Graham Phillips has been pondering the m e a n i n g of the recent election's results. H e tel ls the results of his cogitations in The Read­er Nla'gazine for January, a number which i s -another proof that the w e s t can pro­duce and does produce every month a "atrictlv high c lass" article of the m a g ­azine kind. Among Mr. Phillips' conclu­s ions i s th is :

Mr. Roosevelt's stupendous popular majority is hot the measure of a democratic disaster, but the measure of the impatience and anger of the electorate which has been slowly rousing to the conditions brought about by the concentiation of industrial power and the application of that power to the control of the public administra­tion * * * It was a demonstration that henceforth, with increasing certainty, a public person who succeeds in impressing the people with his courage and independence will succeed not because of or with the assistance of, but in spite of his party label, whatever that label may be. This Is the real significance of the election, taken as a whole. '

The same magazine contains the c los­ing chapter of Hector Fuller's experi- « _ , . , . ences a s the only newspaper correspond- who certainly justifies the l ieutenant's ent w h o broke into Port Arthur. H e tells remark that no one could make a lady

Unique—Continuous Vaudeville. Jarrett's royal marionettes were evident­

ly g iven the headhner place yesterday by the audiences at the Unique theater. The ant ics and l ines of the dummy perform­ers received much applause. Altho a sur­feit of acrobatic performances has been g iven in the citv, Hines and Kimball showed something new in this line. D i x ­on, Bowers and Dixon in a sketch, "The Three Rubes," did an absolutely unique turn, and on recall brought down the house wi th their baseball f ea ture^

Stoddard and Wilson, comical musical artists, were exceptionally gotiS and in­troduced several really fresh jokes. Col­lins and Keene in "Mooney, the Express ­man," were acceptable, altho the express­man, following a long line of precedents, protested against the vaccination of the Minneapolis policemen "because they couldn't catch anything." Joseph Mc-Cauley's "Down on the Farm," wi th the ass is tance of a boy singer, wa« up to standard. The pictures of th is i l lustrated song add much to the interest of the per­formance. Among the moving pictures the Frenchman in search of a wife, so popular earlier in the season, is reproduced to the gratification of the Unique patrons.

LEGLESS DANCE AS ARMLESS HUG

Great Feat Pulled Off by Maimed Members of Missing Links

Clubs.

IT COSTS TO KEEP UP A NAVY

Washington Post . W e are not surprised to hear that the

Brit ish government will soon retire some forty vesse l s which now figure on paper a s part of the imperial navy. According to a s ta tement of Admiral Lord Beres -ford, made in parl iament a few years ago, the process of el imination might be carried m u c h further wi thout serious diminution of England's naval strength.

TURKISH PROVERBS

T h e p r e s e n t a t i o n of a l o v i n g cup b y t h e counc i l t o t h e r e t i r i n g p r e s i d e n t , M r . J o n e s , n o w m a y o r , i s a m a t t e r of spec ia l pub l i c i n t e r e s t f or t h e a r g u m e n t i t affords of t h e c o r d i a l r e l a t i o n s e x i s t ­i n g s b e t w e e n t h e m a y o r a n d t h e counci l . T h i s ought t o b e w o r t h a g o o d dea l a s a f a c t o r - m a k i n g for g o o d g o v e r n m e n t . .•Manifestly b e t t e r re su l t s are t o b e e x ­p e c t e d w h e n t h e counc i l a n d t h e m a y o r are on t h e b e s t of t e r m s , i f b o t h are i n c l i n e d t o do w h a t i s f or t h e pub l i c good.

<, Ar good m a n y of the "boys" -were In tKe*v galleries and in the council chamber and hanging around the doors yes terday When the n e w mayor Was inaugurated, but the "prom, cit ." was" conspicuous by his absence and declaring b y that fact that he didn't care a cent. The respon­sible cit izen who takes so l itt le interest in s u c h an Important matter a s 9. c h a n g e -iff ~clijr" administration-HEhat—he" cannot spare an hour or t w o for i t on a holiday

Century Magazine. B y the t ime the wise^naSi ge t s married

the fool has grown-up^pplidren. v B e not so severe tha t # 0 u are blamed

for ft, nor so gent le that yOu a r e t r a m ­pled upon for i t *

Give a swift horse to h im w h o tel ls the truth, so tha t a s soon a s he has* told it he m a y ride and escape.

ONLY ONE CASUALTY

K a n s a s City Star. Another survivor of the Custer m a s ­

sacre died last week. The public will be ­gin to suspect that the only person really killed in tha t engagement w a s General Custer. • ' • >" % l '

SNOWFLAKES

Out of the bosom of the air, '• 4 Out of the cloud-folds of her garments. Over the woodlands brown and bare, '

Over the harvest fields forsaken, , Silent, and soft, and slow ^ ^

Descends the BDOW. < £.„ , i « i

Even as our cloudy fancies take •,* £> W ' Sudden shape in some divine expression,

Even as the troubled heart doth make In the white countenance confession. :̂,..1-

1 The troubled sky reveals . ., * The grief It feels. , *'.sH?* *' ••?

Thir l s the poem of the air.

This is the secret of despair, ScjLong Ih'lts ckrady^Wsom hoarded. f§|» Kow -whispefgd and -revealed

To wood and field. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow* \

of his meet ing wi th Stoessel, saying: In a varied career it had been the corespond­

ent's privilege to meet many men who have been counted great. * * • But the world over no one man Impressed him with such a sense of dig­nity and power of sheer ability and dogged de­termination as did General Stoessel.

A Doctor Who W a s " S a s i y " t o Kings. —In his article in Harper's Magazine for January, Edmund Gosse g ives a vivid pic­ture of Radcllffe, the famous physician of Queen Anne's day, who bullied royalty, re ­fused a title, and died worth half a mi l ­lion. Here are some instances of h is manner toward his royal patients . Rad­cllffe had Just refused to vis i t Queen

"This w a s not courtly," says Mr. Gosse, "and still l ess obsequious w a s Radcliffe to the Princess Anne, w h o sent for him, only to be told that 'your highness' distemper i s nothing but the vapors, and you are in a s good a s ta te of health as any woman breathing.' Anne immediately dismissed him, and sent for the hated rival, 'Nurse Gibbons, nor w h e n she came to the throne did she forget the affront, w m i a m i n , however, learned to value Radcliffe s skill, and to forgive h is surly tongue; and w h e n he cured the JEarl of Albemarle In 1695, the k ing offered to make him a baronet. Radcliffe characteristically, but not gra­ciously, replied that a baronet s patent w a s 'likely to be of no u s e to him. E x ­traordinary were the liberties which Rad­cliffe took w i t h Wil l iam i l l . , w h o car le a t las t to depend upon tarn implicitly. B u t the doctor's tongue went too far at last, for early in 1700 the king, being in d i s -t r e s l w i t h dropsy, bid Radcliffe examine his ankles, and say w h a t he thought of them: The doctor roughly replied 'Why, truly, I would not have your two legs for your three kingdoms.' This w a s too much S d S c l l f f e w a s banished from court. A s h ^ w e n t , by way of an agreeable com-miment , he predicted the date of the S S T speedy death, and he predicted it correctly." „ , ^

An Outburst of Speculation.—There are m m c a S o n s of an outburst of specu^at on s a y s the financial writer in the w o r m s Work (January)- And w h a t wonder? The intangible th ing called "confidenee asserted itself on election day in a very ?!mfrkable fashion. Of ccrurse that w a s confidence In the president and h i s party and i t s policies. B u t i t is an easy_ trans-itYrm in feeling if not in exact thought, rom ^ d e n f e in the aamin^trat ion to

confidence in bus iness conditions WhUe POTindence in bus iness conditions is tne m o s t powerful force In the business world a blind confidence in bus iness conditions breeds the spec^ative.-sDJriV-is the spec -

j ulatlve spirit, in fact . future | Yet , says the same writer, the future

out of her—because she w a s born one The chief defect of the impersonation i s i ts lack of shading. Miss W e s t is pret­ti ly girlish, charmingly naive and al to­gether such a maid a s Ranson would inevitably fall In love wi th , but i t is hardly likely that Mary Cahill would a l ­w a y s speak s o loudly or that after the tears had flowed freely her voice would not show traces of emotion. The por­trait of her rough father, whose only purpose in life is the elevation of 'his daughter, Is done in harsh outl ines by Edmund Breese. These are t h e principal characters, but several good bits are fur­nished to complete the picture, such, for instance, as the Irish sergeant of L a w ­rence Sheehan, done in excel lent tas te ; the colonel of W . H. Burton, and the other officers of the post who figure in the story; the colonel's wife of Grace Thorn and her hyster icky s ister a n d s e n ­sible niece, dene by Eleanor Carey and Adele Richardson.

—W. B. Chamberlain.

Foyer Chat. Nankevi l le 's consolidated minstrels come

to the Metropolitan the half week open­ing Sunday night I h e famous minstrel man, Billy Van, heads the list.

Great interest is felt in the appearance a t the Metropolitan the latter part of nex t week of Charles Hawtrey, the famous Engl i sh comedian in "A Message from Mars,"

"After Midnight," a new and successful melodrama, will be the attraction a t the Bijou the coming week.

The novelty musical numbers introduced b y Florence Bindley in "The Street Binger" at the Bijou th i s week, were writ ­t e n expressly for her.

Florence Stone's fine performance of Cigarette i n "Under T w o F l a g s " U prov­ing of great interest a t the Lyceum this week. Bes ides the intense interest of the story, the play has spectacular opportuni­t ies , of w h i c h full advantage has been taken.

Orpheum—Modern Vaudeville. The most evenly balanced bill of Or

pheum origin since the opening of that playhouse is presented this week. The headliners, Fi lson and Erroll, are worthy of the premier position, but the other a c t s are s o good that the contrast is not strik­ing. Filson and Erroll had been billed for "A Daughter of Bacchus ," but to lend v a ­riety to the bill, dropped back to their old

GIPSY MOTH PEST W 0 « F A R P R S

Little Insects Mow Down the Shrubbery in Massa­

chusetts.

F a r m i n c h a m , Mass . , J a n . 3 . — E v e r y c o u n t y i n M a s s a c h u s e t t s w a s represent­e d here t o d a y a t t h e w i n t e r m e e t i n g of t h e s t a t e board of agr icu l ture .

Chief i n t e r e s t in t h e d a y ' s proceed­i n g s cen tered in t h e annual report o f t h e b o a r d ' s g i p s y m o t h c o m m i t t e e , w h i c h w a s a d o p t e d a s t h e b o a r d ' s re­port t o t h e l eg i s l a ture . A f t e r r e v i e w ­i n g t h e recent i n s p e c t i o n s of i n f e s t e d

standby, A Tifc on the Derby." T h i s . ^ s t r i c t a *bv~~Prof e f i toVMarla t t of t h e they have presented " ' s t e e n thousand" n a t i o n a l d e p a r t m e n t of agr icu l ture , and t imes, but i t is new1 In Minneapolis, and ? * W ^ E E E S S i « w « T £ ? n m n l A « s t .

C leve land , J a n . 3 . — W h a c k ! "Whack! B a n g !

T h e w o o d e n flavored sounds pene­t r a t e d e v e r y nook and corner of H a r ­m o n 's ha l l l a s t n igh t . A h e a v y - s e t m a n at t h e t a b l e near t h e door care fu l ly low­ered a w a y a b i g w o o d e n l e g w i t h w h i c h h e had j u s t b e e n cares s ing t h e t o p of t h e t a b l e be fore h im, a n d p l a c e d i t on t h e floor w i t h i n e a s y reaoh. H e g a t h e r e d t o g e t h e r t h e t i c k e t s w h i c h h a d been s c a t t e r e d about b y t h e fo rce of t h e ons laught , and s o f t l y s a i d , a s i f t o n i m f ~ se l f :

" T h a t ' s t h e first t i m e I ever put m y foo t on t h e tab le . B u t t h e y ' v e go t to b o a l i t t l e quieter , s o ' s I can th ink . I hope i t hasn 't m a d e m e b o w l e g g e d . ' '

The conversa t ion r e g a i n e d i t s fu l l sound and t h e dance w e n t on. I t w a s t h e annual bal l of the M i s s i n g L i n k s club, for m e n onty, and no m a n w h o w a s t h e h a p p v possessor of a fu l l comple­m e n t of arms a n d l e g s w a s a l l o w e d on t h e floor.

T h e race w a s no t to t h e s w i f t , nor t h s fight t o t h e s trong. M a n y w e r e t h e gy­r a t i o n s on t h e floor, and y e t a l l w e r e grace fu l .

" W a t c h m e do t h e danc ing dervish a c t , " s a i d one enterpr i s ing y o u t h be­t w e e n dances . H e w a s s t a n d i n g in t h e m i d d l e of t h e floor. W i t h a quick mo­t i o n he w h i r l e d on h i s w o o d e n e x t r e m i t v and spun off l i k e a top . A couple of m e n c lose b y w h o had wi tnes sed t h e p e r f o r m a n c e c a m e close together and c l a p p e d hands . B u t there w a s on ly one p a i r of h a n d s b e t w e e n them. A f t e r th i s m a n n e r t h e y c a m e t h e w h o l e e v e n i n g thru .

A f t e r t h i s manner t h e y came t h e w h o l e e v e n i n g thru, and there w a s a g o o d l v number of t h e " L i n k s ' ' in the ha l l w h e n t h e dance of t h e crutches w a s announced. Th i s w a s t h e " p i e c e -de-res is tance ' ' of t h e e v e n i n g , and there w e r e m a n y preparat ions necessary . P i l o t s w e r e s t a t i o n e d m different parts of t h e hall , and at f requent i n t e d \ a l s there w e r e gu ide ropes p laced. Most of the dance , w h i c h w a s a german, passed off w e l l . B u t a t t h e incept ion of t h e las t figure, w h i c h required a d ip schot-t i s c h e , t h e trouble b e g a n .

" M y l e g f e e l s p e c u l i a r , ' ' sa id an old m a n . " I b e l i e v e t h a t i t i s al l t w i s t e d u p . " J u s t t h e n a fr iend passed and r e m a i k e d : " O h , y o u are j u s t f e e l i n g t h e k n o t s in i t . I t '11 b e all r i g h t . ' '

" N o t much. I never f e l t l ike t h i s b e f o r e . " *

A t t h a t part icu lar second, t h e dance required tha t a l ong s t e p forward b e t a k e n . ' ' I d o n ' t care about t h i s , ' ' con­fided t h e old m a n t o h i s s y m p a t h i z i n g partner . ' ' This i s no n i c e w a y t o d o . "

H e w a s s i t t i n g on the floor n o w amid t h e ru ins of h i s broken l e g . The double s tra in had been too much for i t , and t h e gra in had par ted . H e w a s p icked up care fu l ly and t o w e d t o a fr iendlv port , w h e r e he secured a chair. The m a n at t h e door heard of t h e acc ident and sent i n h i s own w o o d e n l e g a s a . s u b s t i t u t e , s a y i n g that h is dut i e s k e p t h i m f r o m danc ing . B a c k onto t h e floor w e n t t h e rescued man, w h o had s trapped on t h e borrowed leg . m

A quest ion ar ises anent t h e episode . W h i c h of the one- legged m e n took t h e other home. A t a n y rate , t h e y did g e t home al l r ight , but i t m a y h a v e been w i t h t h e a id of the ir l a d i e s w h o w e r t the chief support of t h e occasion^

o t £ c " L e s ° f t h £ c ? u ^ r y ' w h £ i t h e appropr ia t ions for extermina-Mr. and Mrs. Mark Murphy find "Why E w e r e s topped b y t h e leg i s la ture ,

Doogan Swore Off" a fitting vehicle i n H ^ J ^ repoSs o£ t h e destruct ion of which to parade their quamt mannerisms =hade t r e e s orchards , gardens and and drolleries. Mrs. Murphy's s inging of ^ r u b b e r y o v e r a l arge part of t h e in-

c o m e - a l l - y e s, and Murphy's stories g o ' f e 8 t e d r e g i o n . T h e w e a k wood land col-far to l ighten the carklng cares of those o n i e B h a v e increased b y l eaps and holding s i t t ings for this performance, h o u n d s P r o f e s s o r M a r l a t t s a y s in h i s only." Bert Von Klein and Grace Gib- report - ' ' D u r i n g t h e y e a r 1903-1904 t h e son have a dainty and clever s inging a n d ' g i p s y m o t h h a s made extraordinary dancing a c t well given, save for the "busl- | progres s a n d de fo l ia t ion or s t r ipp ing nes s" of the windup, which cons is ts of w a s f o u n d w h i c h I h a v e n e v e r seen be­holding up luckless individuals to t h e j f o r e j n t n e g ipgy moth reg ion , a n d un-amusement of the audience. As' s ea t - d o u b t e d l y m a n y t i m e s greater t h a n in holders are patrons of the house and in - ' * *' —"" "** "• ; ~°" no sense entertainers, i t is to be regretted that the graceful and meritorious act i s marred by this lapse.

Hal ley and Mehan have a conventional b lack-face act, of which the dancing is b y far the bet ter part. A. K. Caldera i s a clever juggler, who g ives h is watchers an extremely entertaining fifteen minutes . "Mike," the trick dog, i s a , w o r t h y rival of the celebrated "Hans," the^performing horse. "Mike" wears a sort of Dr. Mary

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t h e w o r s t of t h e earl ier y e a r s df g i p s y m o t h d a m a g e . ' ' ' .

T h e c o m m i t t e e b e l i e v e s e x t e r m i n a t i o n w a s poss ib le a t t h e . U m e t h e w o r k ceased , b u t i t i s no longer so. T h e bes t t h a t c a n b e hoped, for i s cont ioL I t recom­m e n d s t h a t n a t i o n a l a i d should b e sought , and a l s o , t h a t t h e s t a t e m a k e a l a r g e appropr iat ion , e x t e n d i n g o v e r a n u m b e r of y e a r s , jfche.wtirk, t o » e p laced i n t h e h a n d s of a p a i d c o m m i s s i o n t h e m e m b e r s of w h i c h c a n d e v o t e t h e i r en-

TRIOLET

A wheelbarrow filled fcwith flowers! Strange gift of a man who is weeping;

Deep sorrow his heart overpowers. That wheelbarrow filled with flowers With the fragrance of beauty dowers

A little child who lies sleeping; That wheelbarrow filled with flowers, * The gift of a man who is weeping. —S. E. Kiser, In Chicago Reeord-Herali. >

OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE /

N e w York World. Mr- Howel ls raises the question • €

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