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Show The End of It All. ' Lincoln's favorite poem Mas "Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud?'' and he lived up to the lesson Of the lines.. . When we pause .to consider how suddenly and unexpectedly death may come the poem is bound to impress all of us. ' i Isadore Rush, a famous actress, was drowned 'Monday. She was due to appear here in a comedy soon. She was a star and her triumphs promised to be greater with the succeeding years. The applause of thousands rang in her ears nightly. She was famous fa-mous and successful and had every reason to be happy. hap-py. BUT DEATn CAME IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, AND HER NAME WILL NO LONGER LONG-ER BE ON THE TONGUES OF THE PEOPLE. CURTAINS WILL RISE AND FALL, FOOTLIGHTS FOOT-LIGHTS GUTTER AND HANDS APPLAUD, BUT NOT FOR HER. We wonder if the men who devote their lives to amassing vast fortunes by forming trusts, manipulating manipu-lating stocks and making life harder foi thousands of others ever stop to think about the end of it all? THEY DO NOT SEEM TO CONSIDER HOW LITTLE LIT-TLE IT AMOUNTS TO WHEN LIFE LEAVES. THEY ARE FORGOTTEN IN A DAY. YET THEIR-SPIRITS ARE PROUD. Lincoln will live forever in the hearts of the people peo-ple because he was unselfish and did all in his power for others: HOW OFTEN IS THE NAME OF JAY GOULD HEARD NOW? As for Isadore Rush, her death is to be regretted. She made others laugh and she was good to look upon. up-on. ANY ONE WHO GLADDENS THE HEARTS OF HUMANITY IN THIS WORLD HAS NOT LIVED IN VAIN. She will be remembered longer j than many of the wealth grabbers whose end may come as suddenly as hers. |