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Show and Herald is the way Mrs. Kearns name heads the list of names at every The swell function. It is always, guests were Mrs. Kearns, etc. For why plaze? Is she distinguished for beauty, for wit, for style, for birth, or just for money. To be sure she has done much good with her money no one would depreciate that but is that all? Fie, you society reporters, have you no more democracy? Write your lists alphabetically and free yourselves from a suggestion of bishness. snob- Patrons of the schools should visit the Wasatch and view the decorated corridor. The center is given over to an excellent cast of the Winged VicThere it stands its splendid tory. outlines, so triumphant with life, its every curve, a curve of grace. How much it will mean to the hundreds of children who shall frequent the Wasatch halls in years to come. The young mind absorbs more of beauty and truth than the adult mind imagines, and Id give more for the unconscious impressions that wonderful figure imparts than all the training put together. Would I? Well, perhaps not, but sometimes I would anysplendid figure of way. Imagine-thaNike, goddess of victory, throned on the prow of an ancient Greek trireme, erect, with wings upraised behind her, and with wind-swetransparent garment wrapped about:, her, her breast outlined in majestic strength, the heroic body, free and strong, suggesting in truth the victory she was cast to represent.. The gamut of human endeaybr is expressed in this cast the glamor, of romance envelops her mans mind and soul are represented In her aspect. .1 bow gladly at the Nike shrine and I am sure the children do, as well. You see, John, Ive quite forgotten you. t pt . ALICE. THE SENATOR AND BRUCE. TRU T H. em, how manny what am. Deres moah of dem n Ah fust expected. Dere sholy is. Deres a tumult ob em. Why sah, Ah at fust dere couldnt be moahtought as sixty niggahs in dis hull town, but gorramitey, deres six hunnerd of em. Now six hunnerd niggahs at two dollahs a head, means twel hunnerd dollahs. Yas, sah. Twel hunnerd dollahs. Why yez hand painted son av a Senegambian began the senator, but again Bruce stopped him. Yas, sah. Ahm glad yo unner-sta- n dat also. So dat's 'greed upon. Yo han sah. Now Ahve provided fo de well bein an comfot ob ma own, in ma omniverous charitousness Ahve a few wods moah to say to yo. Dere is also a few ordina'y white trash on ma boulevad. Ah wants to keep em dere untwel aftah de lecshun. Aftah dat de city can use dem on de rock pile. Wheah did Ah get em? Fom all ovah, sah. Some ob dem is metricshus an notorishus. Some ob dem has dere names cahved in lettahs of mahble in de city seminary, while oders can read dar pollysyllabic in de granite pillahs ob Mt. Olivet. Some has been daid one yeah, some two. Some has been daid since last registration day. But deyll vote jes de same. Yas, sah. When de gen-r- al roll am called, deyll be dar. Ah has giben Sheets his instrucshuns, sah. Hell mind, Me. Now Ah dat dere's free hunnerd ob dem, mebbe fo hunnerd. But well say free hunnerd. Dey needs meal tickets. Ob cose dey wont chew at Finchs, at Youngs or de 'Vienna. Deyll eat at de misshun at ten cents an eat. Dat means thirty cents a day. Free hunnerd men at thirty cents means ninety an-ces-t- or dollars a day . Ten days at ninety dollars means nine hunnerd dollahs. Den deres booze, Allll gin em up maself fo de same price. Dats nine hunnard dollahs moah. Nine hunnerd dollahs an nine hunnerd dollahs am eighteen hunnerd. Eighteen hunnerd an twel hunnerd means free thousan dollahs. Yas, sah. Ma people an de po. white trash what Ahm goin to save fom a lingerin deff f'om stahva-shu- n will need free thousand dollahs. Phy yez shellac varnished offspring av a Yas, sah. Dat's it.Dats it. Ah knows yo would see de point ob de deliberate coherence right away. Yas sah. Ma frlens said yo would. Den deres some Oder mattahs. Yo mus see ma people has a home. No sah, said Bruce answering the senators look, Ahm not axin yo to build no orphanage. Ahm tellin yo facs. Ah has a home fo ma people maself. Yo knows dey cant go to no Alta club, no to no Commershul club, or to no Universalist club. Ah has to sustain a place fo dem. Ah wants no interference in de corperosity ob ma machinations. Ah wants a promise dat dis yeah man Parry goes often de police foce. He gets too busy. Ah wants no man interferin' wif ma crap game. Ah wants no man watchin ma back do on Sunday. Ah has some ladies what Ah wants protected. Ladies what am ladies. Nevah fined in all dere lives. Here, here, here, exclaimed the senator. Its mesilf as dont want to intherfere wid Frank. Franks goin to be th mare an I dont want to mek anny promises fer him dye see fer av . wont make no promises; yoll jest tell him what Ah wants. Ah knowd yod fix it all right. One thing moah. Ah wants no other niggah in bisncss on ma street. Yo council must see dat no oder black man gets a license. Yo unnerstan? Ob cose yo does. Ah wants no whito trash Within ten dos frm mo. Ah wants to be let alone. Ah wants no Interference, no assistance fom de police. If any niggah gits his meanness on in ma place Ahll settle him maself. But arramiisha Yassali. Dats de word Ah been lookin fo'. Ah seen in yo eye twas Yo suttingly unnerstan yo Ah has two, ' mebbo free friens what Ah wants on de foce an Ah wants em on ma own beat. Ah has sebral acquaintances whatll lend conspicuscnse to de janitorial department of dat forensical constructure known as de city an county buildin. I has a man what would adon a bailiffs posishun in do city cot. I has a candidate fo a clerkship in one ob de city offices an' a mahogany blonde whatll mek some man a good private secretary. Hes a man," continued Bruce, detecting the look of alarm that spread itself over tlio senators face an a good man, too. Ah has a few low down sothon niggahs what hangs aroun ma place dat I wants on de street depahtment sos dey can spin a piece oh money on ma bar once In a while. Since de colored troops went away ma picklns hasnt been so beaby as dey used to was. But, said the senator, Yez seem to want to run th hull caboodle an phat I wants to knaw is I did it Yas, sah. Yo wants to know. Ob Yah, sah. Ah sees yo drift. Yo cose. Yo sense ob comprehensiblli-tiousnes- s an yo grasp ob direct am so diaphanous dat Pessimistic. Wrecks in the Baltic. Ahm complicated to submit dat yo am At least half the work done In the There are more wrecks in the Bal- one ob de most potashus men Ahve world is of no particular use, unless tic sea than in any other place in the cber met. Yo seems to unnerstan" world. The average is one wreck a eberytlng Ah say. Yo am right. Ah it may be exercise. Milwaukee wants a voice in de selecshun ob all day throughout the year. de officahs. Ah must be consulted on o all measuahs what comes befo de Tax Extraordinary. council. Ma people mus be protected. A tax on marriage is still imposed CLARK THE STORY Ahm suttin Ahve made maself plain. by the proprietor of a leading Bom' Ah knows yo sagachiate ma Impressibay hotel. In a revised tariff of prices bility. De time hab arrived when ma the daily charge for a single lady or people must hab a voice In affaihs. Do gentleman is set down as five rupees, white trash laik de Salisburys, de but if the lady or gentleman be mar- Sutherlans an de Jamescses mus go ried the charge will be seven rupees way back an sit down. Good aftahnoon each. No explanation of this singu- sah. Yo can send mo yo check at any time befo tomorrow ebenin, sah. Ahll is a leader for fine tone lar regulation is givon.- hab use fo de money befo sundown, sah. Ma peoples cryin fo bread an and has no equal for origWill See Division of China. de po white trash Is hungry. Again, century will see the partition sah, good aftahnoon, sah. inal cases and up to date of This China. The officials may squelch such men as Mr. Wu, but that will not When tho selected candidate for in all respects. make the country safe from the for chief of police entered the senators The world progresses, sanctum a short time after Bruces eign devils. and China will some day be forced into departure, he found the statesman lu he the procession by the Christian ra- a trance. It was some time beforewas. could be made to realize where he tions, much as Africa has been. Pending his recusitation he was heard to mutter: Och hone, och hone, free How He Knew. tousan for nagurs. Be th bansheee are is it How always you Simpkins: phat cried the death av Brian Boru, to and weather carry the suit to dressed fink that th likes av me wud iver I read live to be towld phat to do by a an umbrella at the right time? Yerra, Yerra. Honoi mon dioul, Co. the government indications carefully, Fergus Coalter Music but I get left TImpkins: Oh, I dont th copper colored pun con. Wlrra, th harp that bother with the forecasts. Got a bet- wirra, wlrra. Av Id av j w"o Simpkins: wanst thro Taras halls th sowl an A&tntJ ter scheme than that that tek music shed Id harp What Is it? Timpkins: My wife. Al d an that break it swing 3 Next Door to Z, C. M. I. 5 ways get her opinion and do just the head. Sure Is that you Garge? reverse. Im glad yeve came. sob-berk- as fig-ga- hs cornin. bisnes. one-legge- d, : Bruce, me bye, said the senator, as he pushed a half size box of Henry George perfectos across the table at his obfuscated ally from the Fifty-secon- d, is Dye knaw its mesilf as to wanted fer Ive glad yeve called, hov a talk wid yez on th matther av Yas, sah. Ah knows all about it. Ah reggernizes de corsucation ob yo exclamatory benificence an Ahve done come heah to talk it ovah. Ah knows all about yo gladness, but to day Ahm heah in de intrests ob ma people. Ahm sholy lookin out fo ma people. What Ah wants to know is: Whaffo does me an ma people get off at if ma people; ma niggahs as yo used to call us in yo own humid an lugushus mannah, dey goes an votes at de polls as dey done vote at de primaries. Yo see sah, Ah has de intrests ob ma people at heat so much Ah couldnt keep away. Ah wants ma people prosperous, fo when ma peoples prosperous, Ahm goin to git a bit maself. Ma people has suttin demans to make an in dere name Ah speaks. ' Now sah, inasmuch as some ob ma people is in locomotive ataxis, as de lawyahs say, an ah not comportant to take care of demselves Ah was tInkin it would be a faih proposishun fo yo to Insuah me a suttin sum ob money, to be placed in ma hans at once, to be divided wif ma people aftah dey has done delivered de goods. Ah will add right now dat de boys is scatterin' a little, but not so bad but what Ah can get dem together again. Yerra, an' phat is that yere say-i- n began the senator, grasping that portion of his trousers where most People carry their pocketbooks, but before he could finish the sentence Bruce cut him off at the pocket with: Yas.sah.' Ahm sholy glad yo me. Yo knows as well as Ah do ma people must be taken care b. So Ah has done gone an counted un-nersta- ns PIANO . I . na-gu- r. 1 na-gu- rs har-r-r-r-- Fosters Education. Haiti devotes almost its revenues to free schools. one-sixt- If You Smoke INSIST ON YOUR DEALER GIVING YOU CIGARS HANDLED BY And you will Alwavs pet tbe Best in the market for your money Wm. A. Stickney Cigar Co. wimTnnnnmnnroimimwnnniiDmH'nniinnww!mflnnnnniHiifflffHmnn! h lump, but, BLAOK . OABTLm BATM olmab obbkk oirms wurrmm Bummr bidm AMTHBA OTTB ALL BIXBB, D. J. SHARP, Agent TELEPHONE 421 73 MAIN STREET of |