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es eam ai § rerceceey Se ee OSE oor t Ragan emer rer ore G@wAtished Dally Except Sunday dy the Press Publishing Company, Nos, 68 te 63! Park Row, New York V BOMRPH PULITZER, Prve., 1 Rast Md Sirses 2. axous an \ “‘Bntered at the Post-OMos at New York aa Second-Class Mall Matter. | Bubscription Rates to The Evening | For England and the Continent and ’ All Gounen the International Union. | Qne Year, | ne Month Co) es Trane, 901 Week 119th Stroh, | 0 orld for the Unitea States Canada. 5.00 80 «NO. 17,198, MR. TAFT AND HIS PARTY. | Judge Taft abandons the rocking chalr and the front porch, and after this week will carry on his campaign from the rear platform of a rallway ear. He will make speeches in nearly every Northern State, He will not return to Cincinnati until a day or two before election. If Senator Hopkins {s correct In his assertion that “Mr. Taft's prom: | ises are not binding upon his party” and that “the promises of a party @re contained in its platform alone,” why should the candidate forego the Dleasures of the veranda and embrace the miseries of the rall? Extensive campaigning by a President!al candidate can be justified only on the theory that by giving the people an opportunity to judge him) by his appearance and his words his cause may be promoted thereby. If Benator Hopkins {8 right all this labor will amount to nothing, for Mr Taft, though the nominee, cannot speak for his party and cannot even @peak for himself except within the limita of his platform. Polltical par-| ties have refused more than once to be bound by the promises of the!r| candidates, but It !s something entirely new for one of them to announce that policy in advance of an election. The Hopkins proclamation {s {mportant {n many ways, It comes from @ member of the Inner circle of the Senate, a monopollatic coterle which | VQLUME 4p.. + aarp has heaped confusion upon more than one President and on many occa: sions defeated the plans of the people's representatives in the House, It| iz a sullen assertion of conscious power. The strangest thing about {t is) that it was uttered during a campaign and that no attempt has been made to quality or to deny it, There need be no doubt of Mr, Taft's perfect sincerity. He has aup-| Piled certaln {mportant omissions in the Republican platform, He binds! himself to support these principles. Senator Hopkins serves notice on the! country, however, that the party cannot be thus committed, and go all of the pledges which the candidate may make on his own account during his Protracted tour may be interesting as showing Mr. Taft's attitude, but! they can mean little as revealing the purposes of the party Itself. Few candidates for high office have been called upon to begin an exhausting @ampaign carrying so heavy a burden of party indifference and Insolence. Judge Taft's presence on the stump will serve, no doubt, to impress | Wis own amiable peraonality upon his countrymen, and to that extent it will conceal the fact that the Republican party is the real candidate, the real issue and the real platform. +-—____. FINANCE ON THE FARM, Advices from the West are to the effect that the industrial revival has appeared first in the automobile line, and that all of the shops at which Motor vehicles are produced are running in full force and on overtime, This {8 like hearing of great activity !n the terrapin trade at a time whon there is prostration in clothing, boots and shoes, textiles and canned goods. It 4s safe to say that men dependent upon railroads, coal, lumber, manufacturing and general merchandising are not making extraordinary commitments {n the touring car line, and so {t must be that the’ demand comes from the agricultural Interest. The claim has been made all along that Western farmers knew nothing of the late panic, This year they have good crops which they are selling at high prices. If a mania for automobiling has appeared In this quarter it ts to be} hoped that {t will not be carried so far as to intensify the hardships pre-| vailing in the great Industries which are supposed to be based upon the unvarying and Inevitable demands of clvilized life. Having provided themselves with machines of new models, will the husbandmen of the prairies next purchase bountiful supplies of rafment and furniture, buila| new houses and barns and stack up a few tons of coal, or will they turn as a matter of course to champagne, chorus girls and highballs? The man who can make an accurate guess as to the next manifesta tion of this one-sided prosperity will come pretty near forecasting the} markets of the next twelvemonth. CSS Ye BEING AN HEIR, Using the language of the banks, Mr. Bryan sald at Rochester that, the indorsement on Mr. Taft's promissory note in this campaign !s worth. less, for Mr. Roosevelt, having a panic of his own on his hands, !s himse'f @ bankrupt. That would be a very good point were !t not for one thing | The candidate of the Democratle party has backed up Mr, Roosevelt in| most respects as zealously as Mr. Roosevelt has supported Mr, Taft. No outgoing President of the United States, not even a Roosevelt, can be sald to be a bankrupt politically or otherwise when both of the men who hope to succeed him claim to be his heir and base their appeals for votes! ehlefly upon that contention. To be the heir of a bankrupt, however, {a} Ms hardly worth while, particularly when the {nsolvent pers @ big stick and warning one off the premises. brandishing The bvening world Vaily Magazine, Vail krida “For East Is East, and West Is West, and Never the Twain Shall Meet.’’-xipting. By Maurice Ketten. “MY POLICIES ‘There’s Something Coming Off and I Wonder What It Is!” Mrs. Jarr Is So Nice and Sweet to Him, Mr. Jarr Is Guessing “I wonder what's the matter with her?’ sald Mr.| Mr. Jarr blinked at this, but thought it time wo elf, and he kit his brow !n a puzzled find out just what was the matter. '8 too sweet to be wholesome. There's ‘I eee all the stores advertising fall dress goods,” By Roy L. McCardell. : foot!" he sald, “I suppose you'll be getting some new CGP THERE was a Ha) ch subwa: ned at this, asking Mr. Jarr not to 6°! oe , hat's| was late, ‘Tknow you must ‘I don't think I need a thing,” sald Mrs. Jarr plac- EOP ays dalla 9 s time, and it 1s 60 nice of !dly. “You know I got some dresses late last fall, weet about it," she aed, + and the styles haven't changed @ Dit. And it I did ng I'd walt « ittle; the advanced styles y patterns are always over emphasized and too pronounced and conspicuous, At least I think so, It's the same with the hats, I wouldn't wear the hats they have out now. I never saw auch welnt- | looking zs as the new hats. Thank goodness! I uptown a general ¢ Mrs. Kittingly,” said Mr, he never told his wife when ng ladies, not that Mrs, then— Jarr was jealous ‘How dl #0 you haven't delayed th eelng how far taxicab to come ar and she let the ca’ go.” {t made company tor s did eay that 1. pking woman, amd sh y we were held up ‘Mr, Jarr went | the new shapes!" Mr. Jarr almost out for an hour or two to play hle; you don't mind, do you?" { course not,” said Mra, Jarr, “Why do you al. ye ask? You don't think I object to you going out and having a good time. I'm sure you deserve some recreation—working all day in that muffy old time if I had been patient. how long they'll last, and so I face cars.” ame home on the sur- h, all right, all right!" said Mr. Jarr ave her to dinner some night, I don't people say about her," sald Mrs, Jarr| ooo! cher dine with a pretty and pleasant) Mr, Jarr pinched himself to see if he were awake, T don't say SHE ts a sinner—than| + may be a little late,” he said. pid and sour-faced prudea!" | “All right,” eaid Mrs. Jarr cheerily, ‘I have a surprising urst Mr, Jarr stood gaping, | book I want to read: stay as late as you like.” he servant announced dinner was ready. But Mr, Jarr was 80 nervous that he couldn't re- steak’s tough,” said Mr, Jarr. memver the run of the cards. And after half an hour ‘ satd Mrs, Jarr, “but here !s a ptece of| of desultory playing he announced that his wife was e Uttle better, I'm sorry dinner| home alone and not feeling well and he'd go and and that the steak Jan't gool. Some men| keep her company. ta a be fuss about {t, but you take every-| ‘There's something coming off,” said Mr. Jarr softly good naturedly,” : to himself, “and I wonder what ft ts!" Just Kids! » « w w By T. S. Allen: “Are you mire you didn't stop in anywhere?” asked Mra, Jarr archly. ‘I'm on the water wagon, you know," said Mr. , “but l went In a place with Rangle and anot igara for a wh: r all the tim ‘Mr. Rangle told } ® Watt till T see how she added as she left the roon Mre ever Jarr. you hardly lost getting on," Letters from the People, MgCurren and the To the Editor of The Evening The Park Row received a severe fare to Coney Isla: e-Cent Fare. things agreeable to the police. In n. ¢ at sort of evident! & ina free coun. a of eaking up speech tc s is an erty, If the An peace and qu dlsturbe ' € ing bombs and ribald aliens from Manhattar ti to the police this question we would 1 d ey are tor—-that Satan h Ww She Might Apply No. to Legal Ald Society, 29 Brondway ‘court do pers, U wish y post r wate to appiy for a are es HENRY site ha Gee clerk of United States Com tain a fm the Pogt-OfMfice 5 She does i Address Lois Heat Austrian atulgge y FOR: he 8 ‘ , Baltimore, Ma. @ood sense of iit Wed @peech for Hunger" We have no frea f whom Tt can speech at all if it is ¢ . t Paha ciao those who have money b as born in Austria, Mol: divish E about Jan & a b, HB aa MY SISTER'S SO PRETTY DATA KIND OI MAN WOTS A MILLIONAIRE, "5 GOIN TER TAKE HER OVT OB DE CHORUS AN MAKE HEA A STAR IV ER PLAY OF HEIa own! BEEN BRAGGIN’ BOUT ‘YER DADBLAMED OLD FAMILY AGIN, HEY 7 HEY, CHIMMIE JUST A MO- MENT, PLEASE! tember lon't need one, and if 1 did I wouldn't wear any of) had a fit for a moment, and.then | 18 1906 DOOOGDODOOOHGDADOO OOOOH Fifty Great Love Stories of History By Albert Payson Terhune NO, 37-NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE. APOLEON BONAPARTE, young, stern, cynical—commander Fraiice's army in Bgypt—sat silent in his tent at Calro, His tavorite officer, Le Febvre, stood near, not wishing to break in upon his chief's thoughts, Those thoughts, Le Febre knew, were doubtless of Jo- sepfine, the adored wife whom the commander had been forced to leave be- ‘hind him in France soon after their wedding, Suddenly Bonaparte ralsed his head and asked fm his imperious, rasping voice; | “Le Febvre, what do you suppose Josephine is doing at this moment?” | The officer, more tactful than truthful, answered: | | of “General, she ia weeping and counting the days that must crawl by until your return.” “Le Febvre, you're a fool!’ snaried Bonaparte. “At this moment Jo- sephine is riding In the Bols de Boulogne on a white horse and in bad company !"" Which goes to show that the future Emperor's eyes were already opened concerning the character of his wife and that his early worship of her waa dying out, Josephine was a creole, ignorant but pretty, and with no depth of character, At fifteen she had come to France and married the a Vicomte de Beauharnais, Their wedded life was not , * pleasant. Josephine was not a model wife. Beau- A Micah le harnais tried to divorce her, failed to secure the de- dventures, “ cree, and for a time separated from her, Later he ent fell victim to the Reign of Terror and was beheaded, | Josephine herself was sent to prison, but managed to win her freedom, The Reign of Terror was ending and France was governed by a committee known as the “Directory.” Josephine became a leader in the decidedly fast social set made up of the Directors’ relatives and friends. She attracted | the notice of Barras, a dissolute politician, who just then was high in power. Soon Barras tired of her, She was past her first youth, her teeth were bad and she could no longer help him politically. she had two chil- dren to support. It was at this time that she met Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon, a poor Corstean, had had many changes of fortune and at ‘iast had risen to local military power under Barras. He was just twenty- seven. He was poor, unpopular and lacked the quality of making friends, He had lived the life of a hermit. One day Josephine visited him to thank jthe young general for the return of her late husband’s sword, Napoleon, | Who knew nothing of women, thought her a vision of loveliness. The as- jeetic, shy man went mad with love for this somewhat faded widow, who jwas six years his senior, Josephine was not carried aw by the samo ‘fervor, When Napoleon proposed to her she asked Barras’s advice, Bar- ras (as he says in his memotrs) told her Napoleon had a promising future and advised her to accept him. The couple were married. Napoleon re. celved from Barras the command of the Army of Italy and left for tho campaign almost at once after his wedding. He was desperate at parting from Josephine and wrote wildly ardent love letters to her all the time he ;Was gone. He conquered Italy in a whirlwind campaign and was sent to | Egypt. By this time he had heard that Josephine was \onsoling herself for ‘his absence by a series of daring flirtations Such rumors, as well as news of a political crisis !n Paris, sent Bona- parte hurrying back to France before his work in Egypt was finished. Jo- sephine failed to come to meet him on his return, A stormy scene ensued, after which Napoleon seems to have reallzed how foolish had been his bilnd love for hie filghty wife Yet the two settled down to a falrly pleas- ant existence together. Meanwhile Napoleon forced himself to the highest rung of the political iadder. He became First Consul and then, {n 1804, Emperor of France. With his own hands he crowned Josephine. The former creole widow was thus Empress of the world’s greatest na- tion. For Napoleon brought nearly every other Bu- ropean country to its knees, browbeat kings, bulliel the Pope and turned peaceful lands into armed camps. He was the “hold-up man” of Europe; a military genius such as the world had never before known—lawless, {n- vinelble, But he and Josephine had no children, He wished an heir to carry on his own greatness. He also wished to strengthen his position by a royal alliance. So, in 1810, he calmly divorced Josephine and married the Aus trian, Emperor's daughter, Marie Louise. He settled an annual income of $400,000 on Josephine and continued always on friendly terms with her, |Josephine won genuine admiration by the patient dignity with which she bore her fall from power, Her misfortune, indeed, awoke euch universal pity that her earller faults were largely forgotten, As an Empress 8! had provoked ridicule. As a forsaken wife she commanded public sym- pathy and respect. 4 Napoleon's marvellous luck forsook him soon after he deserted Jo- sephine. Within a few years he was shorn of all his Immense power and was a hopeless prisoner on the Isle of St. Helena. Omen f Empress and Divorced. Orn Missing numbers of this series will be enpplied apon application to Cirenlation Department, Evening World, apon receipt of ones cent stamp. — Reflections of a Bachelor Girl By Helen Rowland LIRT and the world filrts with you—marry and ft at home, Love {# the only occupation fn which a man nev n't ambition enough F becomes so discouraged that he to ‘begin again,” A man haa an {dea that, if he can only make his wife | keep her record clean and white, the Recording Ar never notice the black marks on his own. Buying things for a girl before marriage is a pleasant Aisstpation; paying her miiliner’s bills after marriage, taxa tlon without representation. Married people are so resourceful that if they can't think of anything else to quarrel about they will wrangle over whether {t ls worse to put the mucilage brush in the will i ~~ ink or the pén In the muctiage, Now that the sheath axirt scare 1s over and the Salome craze is on the wane, what will nice, refined, prudish men have to talk about? It Je not necessary to decelve a man in order to make him think you are in Most men court in haste—but propose at leisure, —_—___+. The Paradox of Research. By John Grier Hibben. | PT 1 to de noticed that @ mind exclunively bent upon the Idea of utility | necessarily narrows the range of the imagination. For {t {s the imagination which pictures to the inner eye of the investigator the indefinitely extending sphere of the possible —that region of hypothesis and explanation, of underlying pushed beyond the actual fleld of vision. But, if utility Is the sole end of arch, the scope of imaginative inquiry is thereby narrowed. There {s no comprehensl' weep of the thought, no power of divination, no compelling fancy. Whatever fails to show a face value of utility does not arrest and hol knowledge are left unexplored in the hot pursult of the immediately useful, But where there {s absorbed and sustained interest in a subject of research for Its own sake the {magination broods over its tasks with a delight and passion | which tends to provoke the hidden truth, love with him; just be perfectly natural, and he will deceive himecif, , Professor of Logic at Princeton University. |} cause and controlling law. The area of suggestion and experiment ts thus the attention, Significant fads and relations are overlooked. The byways of I= - — |THE DAY’S GOOD STORIES. | Temporarily Indisposed. 'O= of the workers In a Chinese | Saw No Bright Side. | YE of the Ohlo Congressmen telte | mission in Race street becama O much Interested tn two China- | men who, shé found, owned a@ flourish- ing \eundry business in her home | nelghborhood She looked in once in a while to se» how things were going with them, and one morning found the following as indicative of the Deasiemistic view of the avemge Polittclan when in the throes of deteaty The day after the routing of Parkes In 1904 one of the De: pers in the Buckeye State sent out @ circular telegram soliciting expressions: Sam smiling and cheerful, as usual, of ainfon from various politielang but John was missing. throughout the State. It Is claimed tha ‘Where is John this morniag?” she ‘he quaintest of the lot was the reply ed of ong county chairman, expressed in bh," answered Sam amtably, “Chits-| ‘hese terms | ‘ r “County has gone for Roosevelt br | tien, qomilecsee ee ota A The oy ane 18 a! eaenmoe