Show HE tIE PAID HIS illS FARE AND WENT PENT Railway passes theater passes and all kinds of passes are very much coveted eted by a large part of mankind If railway managers gave every man who thinks himself entitled to it a pass tb the payment pay pay- ment merit of fares would be an exception instead of a rule In this case however capital is obdurate and the man who can squeeze a a. pass out of a twentieth century railway is in truth gifted with all the persuasions persuasions per per- suasions of a gi professional lobbyist Yet we believe most railways think the they give too many man passes lasses So did th the Populists The latter proposed stringent I legislation to prevent the issuance of the coveted pasteboards but a greater authority than tJan a Populist Populist Populist list platform is at h hand nd to den denounce t nce pasE passes s. s That authority is the Bible itself The manager manager of the Bucklew opera house at Elkhart Ind has the true Hoosier spirit of inquiry and is as antagonistic to extravagance as any Middle of the Road Populist iu in the Republic Because of the pass habit his receipts receipts re re- re fell off ocr alarmingly Good man that he Ife is he I had bad recourse to his family Bible He consulted theOld the theOld theOld Old Testament first There he lie found strong authority authority author author- it ity on the pass question Not wishing to offend his multitude of head dead-head friends b by reading Scripture at them he had some unique passes prepared On one side these quotations were conspicuous In those days there were no passes Numbers umbers IS 18 This generation shall not pass Mark xiii 30 Suffer Suf Su fer not a man to pass Judges iii uk 28 These passa passages pas pas- sa sages es are arc served strong shong but bilL the Hoosier theatrical man found others still stronger None shall ever er pass pas Isaiah Jj As A's the righteous want of course no passes except to hen heaven ven the Elkhart Bible scholar knew where to strike when he be added The rhe wicked ed shall no more mOle pass pas pass i. i 15 1 To the shameless fellow that never grew tired asking ask ask- I in lug ing for fOl passes he lie addressed this little word Thou i not pass Numbers IS 18 and to all who I proved ungrateful for passes pases ahead already given gh-en he declared de de- de dared in tones of thunder Though they roar they shall not pass Jeremiah v v. v 22 2 And turning to the righteous he smilingly quoted from flom Jonah i. i aSo 3 a. So he lie paid his fare an and went It pa pays s 's theatrical managers to study the Bible Railway transportation tion men might go and do likewise Thoy feel unspeakable unspeakable un un- un reverence for the man who paid his bis fare and w went nt |