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Show Howe aowe [ owe About : jEack pack Back to RecoveryTemperance RecoveryjTemperance Recovery RecoveryTemperance Temperance jTemperance TemperanceHard jTemperanceHard ( , Hard Hard ard Times Not RareBy Rare . . . . . . . . . " . . . . . .1 1 . . . . . . . . . By ED HOWE HOWEIN HOWETN HOWE'N HOWEN ' READING RDADING R ADING I lately encounteredthe encountered IN TN the tollo following 1ng sentence : "America America "Americacnn "Americacan "Americacnn Americacnn " cnn can move mo\"e mo "e e \ " forward to n a new system systemthat systemthat systemthat that will Dill \ f1l solve our present dlfficultlcs dlfilcultles difficultiesbut , . but cannot move mo\"e mo "e e more \ " back to recover recovery , } ' : . . " I admit It Is an Impressive and andhlgll andhigh andhigh hlgll high sounding paragraph , but denounce denounceIt it as nonsense It Is precisely back back- backward backward - backward ward we must go to recovery ; : , , bac1e back bac1eto backto to the old economy In public and pri pri- private private pri- pri private - - vate afflrsIn aftalrsIn amirs aff\lrs aff lrs aftalrs amirsIn ' \ In mirching ID'lrcblng IDlrcblng marching ' forward recklessly we wem wetins weha\e weha e tins ! m \ c a reached nached a dangerous posItion posItionwe positionwe positionwe must retreat retreatbacl retreatback retreatback we cinnot c'lnnot clnnot cannot ' maintain ; we bacl\ bacl back baclto \ to safety safetv , and reform our llnes lines llnestor linesfor linesfor tor for another advance . . S . * . t . tOne One of the worst American calam cnlam- cnlam calam- cnlamjUes calamities calamities - jUes"ras ities jUes \ " was \"ras "ras ras adoption lldoptIon of the prohibitory prohibitoryInw prohibitoryIlaw prohibitoryHaw Ilaw , for the reason that opposition to toIt tolit toalt /Inw Inw alt / It become general gcneral , a and apparently apparentlyI apparentlythough I { ( though not actually ) whisky won n a aIvictory alvlctory aIvlctory Ivictory lvlctory Whisky Is bad stuff stuft , but In Inthe inthe Inthe the row over prohibition ( really a n de- de demand demand de demand - - mand of sober men for a sounder soundertemperance soundertemperance soundertemperance temperance measure ) the unthInkIng uathlnking unthInkInggained uathlnkinggained unthinkinggained gained the Impression that temper temper- temperance temperance temperance - - ance Is a bad Idea The whisky Idea Ideawas ideawas IdeaWas was thus encouraged as never berore before beroreIn beforeIn beforeIn In our historyThe historyThe history historyThe The wisest wlsest and best bes { men of all ages ageshave ageshave ageshave have placed temperance near the head headof headof headof of their the1r recommendations . . Let the thef3'lne thepane theBane f3'lne f3lne pane , ' remember romember that temperance Is la still stillthe stillthe stillthe the best hest word In the common sensa senso sensolanguage sensaIan sensoJangmge Ian language gTI 1 ' ge . | . . . Frequent bird h\rd h rd hard ' \ times Umes with our ourmoney ourmoney ourmoney money : affairs are no more nnnaturalthan unnatural nnnatural unnaturalthan unnaturalthan than are frequent hard times with our ourstomachs ourstomachs ourgtomachs stomachs , , , our love Jove affairs , , or bard bardtlme bardtimes hardtime's hardtimes tlme times < : ' because of too much rain , wind windor windor windor or snow Ours snowOurs Is a hard times Umes world ; : one oneShould oneshould oneBhould Should have a c ci cy clone cellar con con- constantly constantly constantly - stantly hindy h'lndy hlndy handy ' to which to retreat retreat.Every retreatEvery . . , E\"ery E "ery ery Every \ " day something happens to cause causeall causeall causeall all of us . to regret we did not watch watchout watchout watchout out mor.e more more constantly yesterday when whenthe whenthe whenthe the weather was fairi fair 4 1 | * * I II ' I hope the sane did not neglect to tonote tohote tobote note hote that the oppressed man who at- at attempted attempted at attempted - tempted to kill the President Elect at atMiami atMiami atMiami Miami . , Fla , , and wounded four and andkIHed andkilled andkilled kIHed killed one In the crowd , gave as his hisexcuse hisexcuse hisexcuse excuse for the desperate act : L 1 , , He had long suffered Indigestion indigestionpains Indigestionpilns pains 'llns llns ' In his , . , stomach 2 He hated Presidents and rich richmen richmen richmen men : generally generaHv . He confessed , also to making $20 20 $ a aday aday aday day as a bricklayer , to losing $200 200 $ at atthe atthe atthe the dog nces r'1cea r1cea races ' In Miami , and had n a aconsiderable aconsiderable considerable on lderable sum of money on his per per- person per- per person person - son ' " when hen arrestedAs arrestedAs arrested arrestedAs As 1500 1 500 people witnessed the shoot shoot- shootIng shooting shooting - - ing , the shooter , when arraigned In Incourt Incourt incourt court offered 01l'ered 01lered ' to plead guilty , but thejUdge thejudge the theSudge Sudge jUdge appointed app01nted three lawyers , at pub pub- pubIc publie pubic - lie ic expense , to attend him ; also three threeph threephysicians threephysicians ph physicians slclans to relies relle , e a .his his Jus Jils . IndigestionCongress IndigestionCongress Indigestion IndigestionCongress Congress has not been more liberal liberaland liberaland liberaland and prompt In looking loollng after the op op oppressed . pressed than was this Miami judge . * . * . It has never been quite understood understoodto understoodIn in to London why Oscar Wilde Wllde did not notget notget notget get along " with Ith his wife , who , the wom wom- women women women - en have asserted for years , was so va- va vatient pa patient - . tient , kind and womanly they cannotunderstand cannotunderstand cannot understand why any man should re- re refuse re- re refuse re refuse - - fuse to live with herA herA her herA A recent English Engl1sh book prints a astory astory astory story thit th'1t th1t that ' may explain the mystery mystery.Oscar mysteryOscar . Oscar Wilde was admittedly admUtedly a very brillIant verybrilliant man ; wherever he ap- ap appeared appeared ap appeared - - peared , crowds crodt crowd cro\\ cro \ dt ! attended to hear his hisconversation hisconversation lilaconversation s conversation It Is probable he "re- "re re "reI "repeated " "re.peated re.peated repeated "r r " o - . . I peated ' a good deil de'll dell deal ' , , as all husbands husband husbanddo husbandsdo s do , and this repetition repetlhon of old sayIngs saying sayIngsand sayingand sayingsand s and jokes yokes must have been more fa- fa famlhar famlhar fa familiar - miliar mlhar to his wife than to othersAnyway othersAnyway others othersAnyway Anyway , ' \ whenever hen < .er er . and wherever svhereve whereverOscar svhereveOscar whereverOscar r Oscar 11 " Wilde "ilde ilde ilde began his brilliant br1l11ant con con- conversatIon conversation conversation - versation Ills hIs wife w1fe left the room ; she shehad shehad sh shbad e had bad heard him so 80 often she was tired tiredof tare tareof tiredof d mighthave mighhave of It ! t Oscar , , being beLDg a great pet , , might migh t have thought her action Insulting Insultlng , , and andstarted an anstarted andstarted d started a row . . . f * . fI I often q'lY qlY 41y ' iy literature Is shiftless shiftles shiftlessstuff shiftlesstuff shiftlessStuff s stuff ; that no one actually cares caresmuch caresmuch care caremuch s much for It except publishers , and an antheir d andtheir their hired men , , the writers writersI I mein me'ln meln mean ' no special condemnation at atwriters o owriters ofwriters f writers or publishers . . Everything In InUfe i ilife Inlife n Ufe life excites us to frequent fault finding find finding . ing It Is the fate of men ; nothing nothingamong notlrin notlrinamong nothingamong g satisfactoryWe among us Is very good or satlsfactor satlsfactorWe satisfactory p , . We mD must t select the best In every . thIng every.thing everything and get along with It aa as com com- comfortably comfortably co coPortably m - fortably Portably as we can . * . . Lincoln Stcffcns Ste1l'ens Ste1lens Steffens ' lately wrote : : "Noth Noth "Not Not "Noth.lag Noth.lag Nothlag " h i iOng . In Ong ; : Is done finally finallv , nothing is know knowpositively known knownpositively knownpositively n positively and completely . ; " This is good grumbling and goo goowriting goodwriting good d writing , , but I cinnot C'lnnot Clnnot c'rnnot crnnot ' ' see how bow anyone anyonewl11 anyo anyowill anyoneWill n e wl11 will b be able to get anything anvthlng out of It 1 1beyond Itbeyond t , , beyond a n little Intellectual thrlllMr thrill thrlll thrillMr thrillMr Mr . Steffens has ugaln again reminde remindeme rem1nded rem1ndedme remindedme d me of m\ m ms mweakness \ \ weakness'again weaknessagain weakness ; ' again madeuncomfortable made meuncomfortable me uncomfortable It If this Is the objectwriting object otwriting of ot writing , then Lincoln Steffens Stet'fens Stetfens ' isgood Is n q ngood agood good writer wr1ter , . . * . * . thatthe ththe It Is related In bacred bRcred history that th at the first woman , as soon as God cre cre- created cr crated created e - ated her Lier from one of Adam's Adams ' ' ribs r1bs rlbs , , had hadnatural h hnatural hadnatural ad natural modesty , and wished to cloth clot ho ( ) clothoher clother her onthe modestythe nakedness , . . , , . This modesty on the part of Eve Dve had a fine growth growthamong grow growthamong : h among women for centuries untU un unlately untillatcli ill latel untUlatel lately . * . * . I long knew a man wlio who was ac- ac accepted accepted ac accepted - cepted by people peoplo of ot hia his town asconservative as BS n a nconservative aconservative conservative He lIe died pennilessother penniless the theother theother other caughtIn cnughtIn caug1n dab da dll ; , , ' ' is 1S 'is a result reult ' ) of being cnught caug ht In 1n trips tr'1p'3 tr1p3 trap9 ' ' he be bad had Issued lssued warnin warninagainst warnings warningsngainst warningsagainst ga ngainst against all his life ute . (0 0 m ( 1B33 U23 133 3 Bell Bcll nett Syndlca.tWNU syndicate-WNU syndicate WNU Syndlca.to Syndlcato Syndlca.t Syndlcat . . . . . -WNU WNU - 'WKU WKU ' B Borylc Sonic rvic . * . . . |