Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 4, 1912, Page 4

tHE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK 11.\ND, FLA, SEPT. 4, 1912 Y rAik FOUR & H fud favor in the eyes of the lordly m ired of heetin the reel esti youz pollcr about things that they could ": hat is tuken, and that you are as- RUMINATIONS heln f they would all work together Published every afternoon from the|ciuncd a seat. For the benefit of mv push together for the geod of Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla.|jiicnds at Prairie Pond, Fla., who - own benifit UNCLE HENRY the town and ther it a yeer since you BEL L po e m‘r.n) find themselves in the metrop- Entered in the l’”?“’m‘:’la of the!¢lis 1 will warn them that in a high and, Florida, as mail matter lclass Broadway restaurant they will I has been abe and me urged the peple of this town e o second class. M. F. HETHERINGTO _A. J. ilOLWORTHY Business and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year cerseees 1 $8.00 SiX MODLES ....o0v0sses 350 Three monthg ksl 88 pelivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, #rom the same office le issued THE LAKELAND NEWS s weckly newspaper giving a re- sume of local matters, crop condi- Sent uens, county affairs, etc. anywhere for $1.00 per year. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For President—\Woodrow ‘Vilson. For Vice President Marshall, Presidential Electors—Jetterson B, Browne, J. Fred DeBerry, Charles k. Jones, W. Chipley Jones, Leland J. Henderson, H. C. Sparkman. Congressman, State at Large— Claude L'Engle. Congressman, First District—S8. M. Sparkman. Congressman, Second District — Frank Clark. Cnngrvssmnn, Third Distr.ct—Em- nett Wilson, Governor— Park Trammell. Attorney General—Thos. F. West. C. Craw- Secretary of State—H. ford. Commissioner of Agriculture-—-W. .\ McRae. Treasurer--J. ¢, Luning. Comptroiler-—W, V. Knott. Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion- -W. N. Shei ts. State Chemist—R. E. Rose. Adjutant Generat—J. C. R. Foster. THE EDITOR'S VACATION—IV. The luxury of New York hotels is who am used to something in the way of ho- tels, having had a strolling through mammoth hostelries of Palm Beach and other Last Coast resorts, to say nothing of the Tampa Bay, and the more or less modish establishments of Lakeland, Once, too, | stopped overnight at the marvelous -even to me; acquaintance with the Grand Central “otel ar Guthrie, Ky With such experience, and as e king where the pump I wanted to bathe, or requesting a candle for my room No, indeed, when I am in Rome N. Y. or Rome, Ga. tion and fittings. jmiss many of the comforts of the Cosmopolitan cafe, which they are in N, EDITOR. ¢ “$MoF -Thomas C']Hn- contents of a surgeon’s kit has [ dropped su having lived to tell of it | considered that I was up to snuff when it came to ho- te] lite, and I made no such faux pas | lant waiter when | Dear Editer, | have been reedin the habit of patronizing. For in-|your vacation eppisodes in the Tele stance, at Rector's it is not consid- |gram and all to onct | remembered ered de rigeur to take off one's coat [that when I writ to you last | says and roll up one’s sleeves preparatory |1 would write more soon and se to the proper enjoyment of a meal. [forth some of the idees | got while Neither should they ask to be served |1 and Marthy was away and | a “‘regular dinner, 25 cents.” Just hain’t done so. | hope you will e keep your shirtand coat on,and await [cuse me as Bobby and Clary Louise developments. You will be greatly has been here and 1 have been busy disappointed at there being no food | Bobby has gone Intendin to make a in sight, but this sensation will soon |viset in Ohio to some young folks give way to dismay at the array of [there. I ketched on to the idee that strange implements which are placed | there is a girl in the family tha. before you. There will be s ai | obby, islookin on with admirin eves diff(-r(-n; patterns of forks, instead of And from there he is goin back to the one old reliable, with the bone | college. Marthy has spoke once: vellowed, which [#bout my not writin to you she served your '-\vr_\'. purpose at the s “How about vour litterrary ca- ; Likewise there will|re think you would Keep it vp oor olse give it handle, slightly should i Sy she | Cosmopolitan. 1wvs she be a profusicn of knives, and other unclaszified instra- nients, which make yon wonder if spoons, besides up I was real interested in your writ- ins about your vacation I cuan un- derstand better than some folkes as i have been in New York and Cones Island myself. One thing | missed while there was the site of the bath- in on the bheech. | am sorry now Leen laid out before you. Then ther: wil] be so many dishes and other ar- ticles of virtu and bric-n-brac that you fear the waiter has made a mis- take, and that he expects the various members of your family to come in|that 1 missed that. | guess it is in- presently and dine with you. Your |lerrestin but it is hard to. tuke in speculations are cut short by the[all the sites in New York. | notised waiter poking a menu card under [Some of the poor folkes the sume as Here's where your trou-|¥ou did while I was in the city, bu . Under the [MY hart was more tore with angisi the superior | While notisin the rich folkes. Them and cold by |Which could live differant and dont is worse oft and is sunk to deeper deps than is them which would do differant it they could. It is a aw- ful site to see folkes which can buy toods tfrom forein shores and warin apparrell from distant lands it they +o desire, shuttin thereselfs off from wir and sunshine, which is stylish, If & man is Just poor there is u chanct that some rich man that wants to make a splurdge will come along and buy him some clothes and vittles, but if a man is rich, there can’t no poor man go to him and your nose, bles reach an acute sti supercilious stare of waiter, you grow hot turns, and the lines of the menu card run together in an indistinct blur. You finally blurt out that vou wili take some “consommy soup,” and are about to add that von will also have these some ice eream to start with two items being at the top and bot- tom of the card, and therefore stand- ing ont the most plainly in your blurred vision — but the waiter is gone. Presently he returns with an infinitesimal portion of liquid, which Pe transfers to the vessel placed be- fore you with the solemnity of pre|®® ; You tackloe|®ive him sunshine and fresh air and paring the sacrament. } sleep and show him that he had this with the nearest implement at ; hand, which happens to he an olive ought to let his hart and sole grow spoon, and lahoriously dispose of it, nateral llkvvlhc- way God intended a few drops at a time. Again you are Ot corse all rich peple aint alike any confronted with the problem of what | ore than all DOOF, peple is alike, | and by dint of hanghtily [#™ Just speekin in general, and so stions from the waiter, gerly adopt, yvou tinally to order, which you eca arrive at an understanding with that [C000 T seed among the poor Humen ROt have found that out. When I see o reel stilish lookin Ly and Keteh myself admirin her, | up and say to myself, says I, “Yeos, You old fool, and if you had her you b, wishin for Marthy again.” Marth, i some vexatus at times, however SUIL 1 often think that a man of m such tood as he s chosen for you, After that, periodically there appears amid the glittering S hara of plate speck and ware, a tiny ow icoof tood, changed ever and anon v the i At the last he will set hetore you o bowl containing o color esc liquid. You are not to drink whether Rome, I conform to the customs of the Romans, But those New York hotels are certainly the last word in luxurious construc- Their guests lit- crally dwell in marble halls, with ahilitys had not ought to have a wi: Hit was oo encouragin or 1 would be 50 stuck up there would be no liviy with me. Take a feller though tha a2int so very bright or don't know much how to get along in the worly this, and if you take my adviee vou wiil pass it up altogether. It you desire, however, to convinee the wait- er that finger bowls are part of your every-day existence, sail in, but do not allow your enthusiasm to carry 50U 10 the extent of washing your [#"d he needs a wife that will brag tace. The waiter will then give you | him and push him along a lite) CCOTO00000TO00000000000000 rendering sites among the vich thau | mdividual, by which vou are to have | Fer is allers wantin what it haint | furnishings to match. To a man of modest tastes, who wants only some rood food, and a pleasant room and comfortable bed, all this superfluous srandeur is just a trifle oppressive, a slip of paper bearing figures which rou suppose is the street number o) the establishment. but which vou finally understand is the amount vou Ain’t that the way you look ar t matter? There is a few things | have eor liyed out tor the folks in this towy to do this winter and 1 will here <o to plant roses and spoke of the U D ¢ takin the orders. 1 have heard that they brung the matter up once: and then dropped it.agane, so now I will make the sugestion to the Women's ¢lub Even if there re- turns was not much, they would be doin a good work. Or, I have thought §; they would take orders and then toke roses for there pay they could give them roses to the park, the Lol grounds or the cemetary. If t1e Jadys would do this much for me, I will do something for them somc \out the cemetary, | want that b <ood work which has been be- t . nere should be kept up. If you b o vver thought to notis while jur- ne through the north, you know he ve yards is there kep up ks even in manny of the ou o ooway places, let alone in towns 1 o Lakeland has come to be. A it o vard is a sad enough site when i nered with green grass and t oo where the thougzhtless birds can sing and blossoms where the but- toros it around, but when a grave yvord is deselate and bare as a grate fossort it is a dreery site, and | hope the ladys which has done some work it our cemetary will not lose there ool and curage true. i want that somebody should take vp the idee of the city owning a park bigzer than the square--ten ortwen- 1y acres somewheres along the edge ol town. Such a park would be use- full now on manny accasions and in future yeers it wil] be a cryin need 1" we can’t do « blame thing but bhuy the land we had ought to do that row before property gets any highe: around here. The city had ought ty cwnosome extra land anyvhow the more the better. It they had of bought a little peace of land five yeers ago and kep it a park, they would now have it for a schoo! buildin. In future yeers we will reed more school bildins and land will be higher. 1f the city beleeves Lakeland land is a good investment, i- had ought to have some of it, 1 riy notion. I have been writin too long a let- ter. Pleese excuse me. So no more at present from b say there is sadder and more h..n" Your humble servent, UNCLE HENRY. Troubles Ended —_— e — Have Your Tirves Filled With RUBBERINE Rubberine guarantees you against punctuics rim cuts and leaky valves. The method of filling:s mechanically corvec tube is filled while on the rim. It is injected 1 through the valve stem, at a temperature that dces the inner tube, and when once cool is a substance sisteacy aid elasticity not unlike a good class o 1y light—so light that the little added weight is no; 1. and so resilient that one cannot tell when riding . whether its tires are filled with rubberine or anr. It is thought by many that the rebound is not s ... as when using air-filled tives, consequently there is I ¢, . on the springs, the car rides easier and life is added 1o . in general, making automobiling a pleasure as it means of tire trouble. It eliminates uneasiness. blowouts, loss of temper. :: .. engagements, pumping, heavy repair bills, 75 per cent an:; + ble, relieves your wheel of any attention until your casin worn out Will increas: life in your casing 100 per crn k. berine is a perfect substitute for air, having all the adv .. and none of the disadvantages of air-filled tires. The only plant of this kind in operation at ti: time in South Florida, is located in the Peacock bui further information desired can be obtained. by c: son or writing The South Florida Punctureless Tire (o, LAKELAND, FLORIDA No one looks prosperous in an ill-fittihg suit. Prosperity There is no excuse for you to wear such clothes when the ENGLISH are muleted for your meal. You may feel like protesting Don't do it; yon Wi only make a weene, and they o Aot like seenes in New York I they wang scenery, they take a look at (he But I suppose one gets used to it if his pocketbook can stand the strain. There are several of these hotels where, for the modest sum of five simoleons (sometimes called five Lucks by the vulgar) one may be per mitted to pass the night and sleep, i’ his unaccustomed surroundings ard the knowledge of what it is cost- ing will permit. The Hotel MeAlpin, WOOLEN MILLS will make to your measure a suit of an) them forth for all to see I want that the Bord of Trad should hustle around and get inty its told all the manny peple in town that had ought to belong. If 1 was Mro Mendenhall | would appint 4 committee 10 get new members, o I would divide the old memboers into bunches to se fabric in our line of over 200 patterns for ) palisades of the Hudson, or RO over to Coney Island and take a ride on the scenic railway nothing for yonu to do bt to come across, and tell the waiter to Keep the change. He will do <o, but with There's Which bunch conl Made to All Wool et the most new members afore O, a giant triplet building on Herald s i \ int Square, i :, \ibisost : o ”‘ nner that makes you feel your |"™' There haint no sense in & ! $ b are, s e Jarges 10te 1 I 2 3 \ o i o N . 3 world. 1 did net :» th : IH ‘ offering 1o his greatness pii- |11 A0S With a baker's doz. whoen J !easu‘ e 1 a b‘ lcs . alg 4 stop ‘re £ R 1O hinn ; I ere eing ably small and inadequate there is a couple hunderd noin old-fashioned in my tastes | stopped S % 8 {tewn that would belonz if they w " at the older and more conservative Waldorf-Astoria. That is, the tram policeman held up the automobile in which 1 was a passenger in front of the latter building. That's how came to stop at the Waldorf-Astori ten seconds [approched rite. After they has, 201 the new members, 1 will moke a few | farther sugestions . I want that the dramatick club should ger up a few plays and on- tertanements, and likely the musi viub will jine in and help along There is talent in this town going to seed while the town is gaspin for cleen and refreshin entertanement, wo of the ot New York's aspect are additions | of the past few yveurs, and one mar - cle now as 1o how the great metrop- olis would look without them The automobile and the electric street sign have revolationized the appear- ance of the principal streets One scarcely realizes to what a tremen- dous extent the automobile has en- tered into the business and social| 20 there is many worthy enter- tife of the people until he has viewed prises sufferin for lack of e I want the reel estate declers 1o the endless procession coming and Loing along thoroughfares | F€ UP that there exchange tiey have And the magnitude of the business of !nll\'vd about for o long in vane L making and selling automobiles is it had ought to be every good i alsn realized when one walks down DG SO Sate mun W ewn ot .tomobile row.* has been in busness long enough t, be established and settled. | a4y mosr striking teatures and guarantee you a faultless fitting suit with that exclusiic ar- cnt and design that you always admire in a well-tailored o e = Havinz slept theoretic ally (that §£5 bed is conducive to insomnia)— et us now £o out and forage for som feod. There are lots of places to eat —on the Bowery where one can et a plate of hash for 5 cents; on Fifth avenue or Broadway, where the same mysterious article, masquerading as ‘Hunearian goulash,” may be had for 0 cents. Yon may pay any price occupying several You wish for a meal, quantity com- |10 ks of the most desirable portion ing pretty cheap and quality pretey | of Broadway, with high. If you are cconomically bhent | You can find the restaurant where vour order for fried eggs 1s bawlel te the Kitchen by the waiter as "lwn'u aus with their eyes open,” and most of | teams the allegzed coffee is applied exter- rally to the lower portion of your|iox est, as is hurled at you across|whe l¢ If you are out ment, made of high grade snappy woolens, guaranteed to f¢ all wool. these Satirfaction or Money Refunded English Woolen Mills handsome sales- —_———— /= s for all the principa) makes of [like J. M. Whitted, for instance. 1o ars Automobiles have simplified | would be messed up by traffic on the busy streets of the city, | tor cars and a milk truck they require less room than [ got across Broadway. ind get along =0 much more As for the electric signs they are They also furnish an on-'mar\'els of brilliancy and :."._'v-n.uil_\' diversion for pedestrians, | All kinds of elaborate d. s. mak- lay a little game of dodge with ing veritable pictures of lizit, illum- oo s i for a Q:.-‘; a d:n.' long. A busy section of |inate the principal : ares " and ding the difference, you|New York is no place for a person [ Some of these signs : antic in \\1‘!1 wi 1..!~.r iuto one of the gilded [of a ruminative turn of mind, given |their proportions, and be cwx; ‘.n':u‘rs of indigestion on Broadway, |10 stopping in the middle of the road [a distance of several miles ; and if you are fortumate enough to for the purpose of self-communion— (To Be (‘onlinvvxjd.- teen mo- fore he the tab