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The E gazine, Wednesda » Sept os Park Row, New York | BOREPM PULITAER, Pres., + Ran 18d Street, (owas dal! Se = Entered at the Post-Offios at New York a# Second-Ciass Mall Matter. @adeeription Rates to The Evening World for the Unitea Btates and Canada, 4 AN JUS GFAW, fee Treas. £01 Feet 111 dtreet Wer England and the Continent and All Countries In the International Postal Union. One Yenr.. One Month RO ms Oe J a” a DOMINANT POLITICAL IDEAS, There will bo a better appreciation of the forces at work in this Presi- | Gential campaign when political leaders of every persuasion realize that it is practice and not sermonising that is at issue. The trouble with government fm America !s that it doas not square with its theory; {t does not meet the Promise of the programme; !t turns {ts back upon {ts own exhortations. Thousands of men are idle and great distress exists among elements naturally industrious and capable, There is hesitation and timidity on the part of investors. There is a plutocratic tariff laid for the benefit of a privileged class. There is a violent war spirit which calls for increasingly | expensive armaments. There {s contempt for the Declaration of Independ- @tce, and imperialism gains in favor, There is outrageous extravagance in every branch of government. There is a feeling that justice does not al- | ways obtain, and that equal rights are no longer upheld. These are real evils, and no homilies, no violence of vociferation in Gupport of the commonly accepted virtues, will serve to obscure them. The question is not: Shall we be honest, shall we tell the truth, shali we be ‘stout and brave, shall we have large families and shall we do things with a Tush and by main strength? The question is; Shall we have justice, peace, equality, economy and elections unbought? A good many important men do not appear to recognize the difference between government and morals. If the morals of a people are not safe with the people there never was a government wise enough and strong enough to make them so, Government's first duty is to put a watch upon itself. It 1s instituted not to preach but to practice; not to talk but to work. The voter {s addressing himself this year to political actualities. The ten commandments, the golden rule and the laws of health are not at issue. Good government is {ndeed at stake and those who are most courageous In | its advocacy are likely to fare best at the ballot boxes. a REPUBLICANS AND RUM. | | Napoleon Bonaparte once sald that there could be no excuse for failure. | The Republicans of Maine should be reminded, therefore, that in pleading | the prohibition quarrel as an explanation of their greatly reduced majority | this year they may be accused by their fellow partisans of making a bad matter worse. : Maine has had a liquor {ssue most of the time for sixty years, and {n| that State there is no more distinctive Republican principle than prohibi- | uon. As all of its big Repbiican majorities have been secured "~*-- -~>- | hibition, so now its smal] Republican majority is secured under prohibition. | Everybody has @ right to his own opinion whether.it is Republicanism or } prohibition that is losing ground. | Experience elsewhere seems to show that prohibition {s in the ascend- | ant. Throughout the South and the West restrictions heretofore unheard of have been put upon the liquor traffic. In some Democratic States the dram shop has found no friends in elther party, and local option has been as et. | fective in putting the saloon out of business as State-wide prohibition ever was. Ohio and Indiana, regarded of late as Republican States, have very lively liquor controversies this year, and the Republicans there, like those of Maine, have arrayed themselves on the side of the growing temperance sentiment. | If, as has been held, prohibition 1s a local issue in Maine, {t {s so in the same way that Gen. Hancock said that the tariff {s a local issue. The Maine Republicans have won their battles for half a century under the anti Yum banner, and their brethren in the Middle West are looking to it now | to help them Into office. } } A verdict to the effect that drastic liquor laws are a menace to party | success would be certain to occasion some spectacular hedging on the part | of Republicans in Ohio and Indiana, where, more from a desire to win than | “trom any firm convictions on the subject, they have committed themselves | tpretty generally to the temperance cause. a HO BRYAN'’S PROXY ALSO? Mr. Taft’s personal opinions and promises may not amount to much, | ‘as Senator Hopkins says, but {t {8 to be noted that he has fallen in condi- tionally with another Bryan idea and that, with certain limitations, he Is now supporting guaranteed bank deposits. If the banks will voluntarily | guarantee each other’s deposits he will help along the great work to the ex- | tent of his power. | Having helped himself {n a way to Mr. Bryan's publicity issue, Mr. Bryan's physical valuation of railroads {ssue, Mr. Bryan's income tax issue}! and Mr. Bryan’s popular election of Senators {ssue, the Republican cand!- | date now calmly appropriates Mr. Bryan's bank deposit guarantee issue. , Where is this thing to end? | All the arrangements for Mr. Taft's appearance In this campaign as { 4 | you go sa Mr. Roosevelt’s Proxy have been made with great skill, and the programme has been strictly carried out thus far, but there will be serious trouble if be insists upon being Mr. Bryan's Proxy also. ‘ — +--+ ee ____ _-__- REPUBLICS IN MINIATURE. Six hundred and forty thousand children enrolled in the public schools yare the hostage w York gives to the fortunes of democracy in the years to come. ousand of them deprived of the full course, {n spite of twenty-four new buildings just opened, furnish evidence that the prob- Jems of education ec: easing thought and money To gain knowledg true spirit of Americanism, to dispel Prejudice, to learn the ble: é y and above all else to perceive clearly th n th studious achiey youth merit alc The public s Th _ Lett3rs trom the People. From 82h to #100. : To the Et ng ne W a H . Nations! Anthem im the Theatre t ston Tot t nine Wor reba It se ome and Iam sure ¢ al many others, what i isten outrage wic ab Loa vening World Daily Ma Pat and Charlie. By Meurice Ke ten. <BROOKONY Si pete BUFFALO CONVEN TION DENVER CONVENTION Gus, the Cate Man, Gets Off An Old Joke in a New Way; He Gives Mr Jarr a Language Lesson That Is Funny Ly Roy L. McCarcel, “a HY don't you stop coming in my store if you W ain't drinking?’ asked Gus, the saloon-keeper, with reverse hospitality. “See sh! to think as a reputation for sobriety seems to.” don't know? asked Gus sullenly. that enslave, thy proximity ts an inspiration!” ssid Mr. | Jarr, striking an attitude tn imitation of Mr. tamlet. “Hey, you stop kiddink me!" said Gus, at you yet, and anyway 1 hear @ choke last nigut 1 waat to ax you.” “Fire ahead with the wheeze,” said Mr. Jarr y ain't Governor Hughes tke Buffalo Bill, yes?” asked Gus, and then he started to laugh “Oh, 1 don’t know,” sala Mr. Jarr. Buffalo and the other will be fired at Albany, or they both have roped the | ponies, or one bosses the scouts and the other scouts the bosses, or’ — “You hold on there!” caid Gus ceasing to laugh and Interrupting {n antly, “Is tt my choke or {s {t your choke, and, anyway, that ain't the answer which ts | h se Hughes ain't got no chance!". 1 don't see the connection,’ said alr, Jarr. “You just walt a minute till I think It up right, because what I sald ts one thing that is the answer, but it ain't the Joke,” sald Gus, rolling nls eyes in a convulsive effort to rouse his mental process. said Mr. Jarr mysteriously, “I want people | spect for a joke here. 'm drinxing. Nothing queers a man In this town |Germany when you say ‘I'm going to tell you cept when it ts one they aln’t heard before, and they w “Why do you pick @ language {n your words which I | new one they ain't heard, {f you tell it and then say ‘That's a ch should rub your foot over where {t is stuck with th triedrygin.” “It's some gag about one has fired at | who tells me those things. “Oh, yes," here {t is!" sald Gus, his face brightening. “It is because Hughes ain't got no show, but Buffalo Bil] has a good show, or something like that.” “Oh, pshaw!" said Mr. Jarr, ‘that's an old gag worked over. It used to bea comparison between the Greatest Show on Earth and somebody who had none whatsoever.”’ "Jokes in this country aln't no good,” said Gus ‘Nobody ain't got no re There ts more polit in a German joke, because in Joke,’ people always laugh, ex- it ise gh, ev “It's bad business in your place to tell a Joke," sald Mr. Jarr. “Why should “Perchance 'tis because, Teutonic vender of beverages lyou want to hand people a laugh when they only come in here for a smile?’ “What's the matter with you?” asked Gus indignantly. ‘You used to be a Foy {nj good feller, now you ain't no good!" “Well, I'm not feeling well this morning,” confessed Mr. Jarr. “My head “T aln't mad aches a little and I stepped on a tac. this morning and my foot hurts me.” aid Gus solemnly, “You tack with that parkside of “You want to look out for that 7 \soned blood “Do you mean peroxide of hydroge asked Mr, Jarr. “Sure,” sald Gus. ‘Ain't that what I said? I got a doctor what I know It's good for anything but headaches,” “How do you know it {sn’t good for headaches?"' asked Mr. Jarr. “My wife try {t and it turns her hair like a blonde,” said Gus. “Well, since you are so versed in medical lore, what shall I take for my | che?’ asked Mr. ‘ou go to a drug store and ge! ean nux vomica? seid Gus stubbornly arr, affecting great interes, cents’ worth of nix veronica," ed Mr. Jarr. "There ali t no such word for medicine said Gus. as ‘knucks;' that 1s @ short word for your knuckles, them places that bends in |your fingers or your knees You ask for what I told you or them druggists “Thad it all Im my head,” he added, ‘so you would laugh if I told you, and | will give you a poison and if {t kills you everybody will laugh at you.” £ a lot of things and get me mixed.” “Take your time,” said Br. Jarr soothingly, “I need somebody to hand me @ laugh to-day.” Isn’t It Always the Wav? : = WHY HAVE'NT | \MET You Some PLACE BEFORE ? what is It agai?’ o.... Mr. Jarr. “Nix veronica?” said Gus, “or I'll bust you in the headache with By H. A. Soh! “You get out of my store \the bungstarter! I see you laugning!” & & & GEE! HE MusT BE IN A HURRY | Just ASKED Him ‘O HAVE A DRINK EA THAT MILLION DOLLAR DEAL 1S OFF IF I 1s IT ember 16, 1908 Fifty Great Love Stories of History By Albert Payson Terhune No. 36 —MAJOK ANDKE AND MISS SN’ YD, ECAUSE he could not marry the girl he loved, a London merchant’ Son came to America in early revolutionary days, to win such fame as a soldier as might induce his sweeaheart’s parents to change thelr minds about the match. Phe man was John Audre. When he was only eighteen he had met Miss Honora Sneyd, a pretty girl whose family was somewhat better than his own. He and Mies Sneydt fell in love at first sight. Andre asked her to be his wife. She accepted. Then came the first and great obstacle to thelr happiness, The young lady's parents did not care to have their daughter marry @ tradesman's son, They positively forbade Honora to think further of Andre. Tears, prayers and arguments proved useless. The Sneyds wele obdurate. The engagement was broken. Andre was set to work In his father’s counting house in London. But the young man speedily decided that a business life was not only too tame for him, but that {t bronght him no nearer to marrying Miss Sneyd, ‘ merrene~@ To drown his grief as well as in the hope of making for A Farewe.!¢ himself a name that even the Sneyds must respect, Andre interel secured a commission in the British Army and came with nterview. { his regiment to America. Just before he sailed, the om ~~~ lovers managed to steal one farewell tnterview. Their purung was infinitely sad, yet hopeful, for both \elieved the future held great things for the young soldier. When she safd good-bye to Andre, Miss Sneyd hung around his neck a minature portrait of henself, He vowed to wear {t as long as he lived. Then the weeping gil went back home to walt for her lover's return, while he sailed westward to begin his task of winning fame for her, Almost as soon as he arrived in America, Andre began to attract at- tention In British army circles. Handsome, graceful, full of fun, clever and with a pecullarly gentle cha m of manner, he won all hearts. He was the centre of the soclal life at every garrison he visited; and a score of girls are sald to have fallen head over heels in love with him. ‘Though he was chivalrous and attentive to every woman, he remained true to Miss Sneyd. He wrote exquisite poetry addressed to an unnamed woman, Tho poems were applauded, but only his closest friends knew they were dedi- vated to the gir) who was walting for him in England. He won quick advancement in the army, Brave as he was handsome, he rose rapidly to the rank of major and adjutant-general. While serving {n thts capacity, in the autumn of 1780, when only twenty-nine years old, | he was chosen '¥ Sir Henry Clinton, the British commander, as’ agent to arrange with Benedict Arnold for the yielding of West Point to the Bng- ish, Arnold, angry at Injustices he had received from Congress, proposed to sell to the enemy the West Point stronghold, of which he was in com- mand. Andre was sent, under flag of truce, to make the arrangements. The British ship on which he went up the Hudson River to visit Arnold was later driven away, and when the bargain was completed, Andre was forced to return to New York (the British headquarters) by land. He ald in his stockings the papers Arnold had given him, and put on @ civ Man's coat. Near Tarrytown Andre was arrested by three American militiamen who searched him and found the papers, Miss Sneyd’s miniatare they falled to discover. For while the militiamen were searching him Andre managed to hide the picture in bis mouth. He was taken to the nearest american garrison. There he succeeded in sending a warning to Aronid, which enabled the latter to escape {n safety to the British Ilnes. The news of Andre's capture caused a tremendous sensation. The British commander and Arnold both wrote to Gen. Washington, pro ng that the young man was not a spy, and begging that his life be spared. But, canght as he had ‘een, carrying treasonable dispatches from Arnold to Vnaemennene @ the enemy, there was but one fate for him. Washin, The End of } (on would not Interfere to change the,court martial's verdict of death. Accordingly, on Oct. 3, 1780, Andre a Romance. { wag led forth to be hanged. As he apened the neck of tm 5hig shirt for the hangman's noose, Miss Sneyd's pore trait still rested on his heart. He went to his fate unshrinkingly, turning ro the men near him, as be mounted the scaffold, and saying: “Gentlemen, bear me witness to the world that I die like a brave mant” The whole British Army went Into mourning for Andre and a tablet to his memory was erected in Weatminster Abbey. Miss Sneyd did not live to hear of his tragic death. A few weeks earlier she herself had died of @ ‘troken heart, having gradually lost bealth and hope, through the long waiting for her absent lover. Missing members of this eerice will be supplied wpen application tiom Department, Kvening World spon receipt of ene POC OGC OC OOOO OOS Reflections of a Bachelor C By Helen Rowland OOOU CY irl AST thy bread upon the waters of matrimeay~and watch a}! the honey get washed off. Nowadays ‘ove is merely an illusion, marriage @ #04 confusion, and divorce—s foregone conclusion. The popularity of "Salome" would seem to indicate that, while men seldom notice what # woman has on, they never miss noticing what she leaves off. In love, as in other things, a woman “wants what she wants when she wants !t,” but a man never wants anything —tven & woman—unt!l some other man wants It, A man's [deal woman {8 like a olgarette, cold uhtil he lights the flame, soothing and comforting until he tires of her, and—eastily dropped. Gtrange, that the later and oftener @ man “works at the office’ nights, the less money he seams to have next | MECN! PeWLAND | morning. Courtship {s the door to matrimony; and like the entrance to the fashionable apartment-house, {t is often the most attractive thing about If, Perhaps George Washington did say, “I cannot tell a e’—but that wae deo fore he was married. ————— The Sparrow’s Uses. By Agnes C, Laut. <= mT us sen what a weed means to the farmer! A thousend per cemt, SOMME «the increase Nature yields In corn; but the ordinary garden weed reproduces In a single season from a single plant one hundred cnovsand seeds, which In another year would yield a Dillion weed plauts. Up in Indian Head in Northwest Canada, where—if any | place on earth, frost should prove death to weeds—the government |horten,urtet found a tumbling mustard plant, which by actual count, produced | millon and a half seeds. Science may counsel spraying for weeds; but you can't spray out weeds that are carried to the four corners of the earth by winds, and wing thefr way in all sorts of falry parachutes like thistle and dandelion down. The only way to destroy such weeds {s to destroy the seeds early 'n (ne game, says Agnes C. Laut In Outing, | Now there {s probably no bird regarded as more of @ pest than the little | yparrow. Hs {Il-bred, loud-voiced clatter drives away song birds. He hangs round jour bern and steals your grain, and he nests in the e of your qoultry house and Infests the cracks with that vermin pest of chicken Ifo | mites -and he proves @ mussy visitant on your house plazzas. Yet balance the little aparrow's account with what Is to his credit, A scientist in Iowa by teat after test found thatein winter time the sparrow ate about a quarter of an ounce of weed seed a day, Then he counted the number of sparrows ordinarily | seon in winter to the square mile. He put the number at ten. I think that is away celow the average. Try It yourself wherever you live; but on the bests of ten birds to the square mila, he figured that the sparrows must eat in the State of tows alone elght hundred and seventy-five tons of weeds a winter, I would not like to have to gure out how many acres of good land those weeds would have assuredly contaminated, THE DAY’S GOOD STORIES. An Fx‘ended Interval. }How It Felt. WO clergymen in a Southern State ‘| were once discussing the proces A N Irish maid in the serviee of a of sermon writing, when one ofj Washington family —_ recently sought permission of her mise he only really hard tress to take an afternoon off for the consulting a dentist, ) return, the mistress eas@s “Well, Rosalie, did you have the teothi ne, “the sere ° e installation of | filled?" Brother Morley not long ago? Well, I) r aia mum.” flattered myself that the exordium and) «And wiat did the dentist AU & wth the peroration of that sermon were b well cone —gold or amalgam?" ‘ |. “I don't know just what ‘Yes, responded the other divine, | but from the way I feel, I with a faint smile, “but, as I remem: it was with thunder and apart.” mum." her, they were awéully fer