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Show H I t H&oxigh Riders and Others. H I President Roosevelt's triumphal tour of the K j I country is presenting large collections of prestig - to that intrepid brew of "first-class fightin' men," . I ' the Rough Riders of Cuban distinction. All the .' I Riders are glad to meet Theodore; and Theodore m I indulges in important displays of felicity when j Xe meets the Rough Riders. It seems possible M I that the presidential urbanity towards the volatile M ex-marksmen might cause revolutionary political B movements when the president is again reposed in R- J, the magisterial chair after the next presidential B election. The president may present us with a 1 I reign of Rough Riders a cabinet of Rough Riders B J and Rough Riders in all the diversifications of the P' I civil service; Rough Riuers for pontiffs, poten- M I tates and postmasters; Riders served in all shapes H I in oil on platters and In toto. While this would H i be rather a severe shock to Secretary Hay and H i might not meet with the1 undiluted approval of H; I Senator Kearns, it would certainly be of unparal- B I leled value in cases of hostile negotiations with H) t foreign powers. What is lost in the way of sonor- H- I ous periods trom the state department would be H I nido up for in fast firing, and expert horseman- Ht I ship. If the statesmanic brow became feverish H from arduous consultation on mattors of dlplo- H ' ' matic Import, a rough ride could be taken up H- . i Pennsylvania avenue, to the great delectation of H the populace and the rejuvenation of the jaded H diplomatic cerebrum. By all means let us have H a strenuous Rough Rider administration, even !f H I other luxuries of state have to be dispensed with ' i to secure it M W v5 H? And that recalls the fact that rough riding v, j will always in all probability be a more popular H and safe form of locomotion, even if conducted Mrv against cyclones of bullets, than the more veloc H tous and hazardous' form of transmigration pro- Wfa ' vided by the automobile. Automobile catastro- H ' phies have been very frequent and diversified of H' late. One of these puffing immensities essayed H the task of climbing an Eastern sky-scraper, and I another, blowing and screaching like a pompous i pirate, made a graceful detour with its occupants I into Lake Michigan. These, of course, are minor lu - eccentricities and probably only a display of the J J frolicksome elation of extreme youth, which expe- V , rience and the snows of many years may ellmi- K S nate. A vastly more Important indictment against the automobile is the fact that this hideous " machine is a source of artistic repulsion to that ! magnificent army of tollers, the painters and poets i and virtuosos of the world, whose delicate temperamental tem-peramental structures are unceasingly jarred by f J, this open and sizzling challenge to estheticlsm. . j:t W. L. Alden, the English litterateur and critic, , voiced the wail of millions of artists, when he ro- ,81 ferred to this erratic and belching implement as 'jjt "that vile-smelling, noisy and impertinent inven- ', I j tion." , ' i j jx j " I j That was made a very impressive event when M ' the young prospective heir to the Clark millions 1 j i was recently christened. It was attended to with i I the pomp of a coronation, and the name itself 1 ij j smacks of the regal flavor William A. Clark III. f 11 j1 He will .certainly develop into something of a s'v S ' i pecuniary king if his years are as prolonged as I he 4s long on mazuma. We of Utah ceased using ' ! numericals after the appeJlations of the Utah heir ' apparents long ago; otherwise the title of the i Jk j . latest Brigham Young who came to gladden our pS, i i hearts would have exhausted all the X's in the .'.' typo foundry. A. N. |