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Show In the June American Magazine Kay Stannard Baker tells us of "The Godlessness of New York.'' It is the boast of New Yorkers that anything in the world can be got in their city, but they are wel- ; come to the evils which ilr. Baker so graphically ! describes. J i An old Dutch proverb says that when it thun- j ders the thief becomes honeste A land of thunder j showers ought to be a pretty good place to live. j Still it is hoped the congress will adjourn in J time for the senators to fill all their Chautauqua ! 1 I dates. i ! j There is some consolation in the thought that j there is no possibility of a capitol investigation j very soon in Utah, anyway. No matter what the final disposition of the tariff on lemons, , there will no doubt be an abundance abund-ance among the plain people to be handed out. If Mr. Eoosevelt's staff of porters were anything any-thing like the Pullman variety, his income of $1 a word would seem entirely insufficient to provide the tips. Y, W e haven t noticed any philanthropist coming j forward with that $10,000,000 necessary to establish f I j communication with Mars. h i i Mr. Harriman, just before sailing for Europe, 'V, f issued a warning against excessive speculation. Why "excessive?'' i The proposition to impose a tax of 2 per cent j on incomes of $5,000 and over ha3 not stirred up ' much interest or opposition among the common J I people. Q I The ambitious musician is quite right in trying to get used to a "bank of palms" while practicing the wedding march. Salt Lake canines may not be dogs of war, but there are a lot of them unloosed. , I It may be necessary to add a matrimonial bu- reau to the department of commerce and labor if f any more bogus counts show up in America seek- 1 ing a rich bride. I The only objection to a balloon race out of Indianapolis In-dianapolis is that it may detract from the intere?t in Indiana's six best sellers. Still, if future wars arc to be fought in the air. f there is consolation in the thought that airships are j somewhat cheaper than first-class battleships. " ' r I Former President Castro may have gone into retirement to consider another vaudeville engagement. engage-ment. , B . -. . . Vw.-r. The Salt Lake team is not keeping up with the reputation of the city in being first in everything. If congress would ju3t take a day off and go to ' the baseball game, maybe the Washington team would take a brace. From their pictures, one would hardly suspeer I that the Wright brothers, of aeroplane fame, wcra very high flyers. t f ' , f I |