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Show r BRIEFS. ',' ' , Washington ifl suffering from' an pverproductjon of pres- identiai' booms. ,, ! Since T. R. has changed his mind and altered his words to '. suit, why shouldn't Bryan? ; Judge a man by what he does ; rather than by what he threatens ; to do.' "Representative Victor L. Berger, of Wisconsin, the only Socialist Congressman, says that his solution of the present situ-1 situ-1 ation Jn this country is to spend $12,000,000,000 in buying out the trusts." We are perfectly willing will-ing that Congressman Berger should buy them if ho will give bond and security in twelve times tho amount that ho won't become a trust himself. "It rarely over gets cold enough in Alabama for one's breath to turn fogy," an Alabama contemporary assorts. It takes a pretty low temperature to efTect alcohol that way. Many a man can't afford to dress well because his wifo does. Mr. LaFollette begins to feel like tho small boy whoso largo red apple was taken away from him by tho big fellows. Now York women who aro afraid of holdup men aro wearing wear-ing imitation jewels. Also some who aro not afraid of holdup men. Nobody dropped dead with surprise when tho Colonel said ho -waB a candidate. Wo suppose that tho word "strenuous" will now recrudesce horribly. . , , ; " y Solitudo lias fled shrieking from Oyster Bay. Recont events in Now York Polico circles render it difficult to decido whether chauffuering is a training school or a profession. profes-sion. Chicago reports tho marriago of Miss Annie Rooney. No doubt her bridesmaids were two littlo girls in blue. Sarah Bernhardt's annual farc-woll farc-woll tour will bo played in vaud-ovillo vaud-ovillo next season. If thoy don't stop using so many straws for the taking of votes, thoro'll certainly bo a shortage of hats this spring. Delegates are in demand. Colonel Bryan acts liko a man who expects to have a bully time. "Big smash in oggs" but in prices, not she Us. Just about tho timd man begins be-gins to think ho is acquainted with his wifo she begins to act strangely. As spring comes by to opon tho door tho cry goes ringing: "What's tho score?" , . Martih should do something original instead of trying to imitato February. This long drop in the price of eggs indicates'that tho hen lias faith that spring is near. Tho winter of 1912 has passed into history, making a decided and enduring dent in it. "It is by breaking windows 4 1 4-i. : thk'wc shall win the ballot," flailjM Pankhurst 'People whoVltvo'in glass houses ought to begin to move.. " ' vtymidshlpmen may have failed in 'jholr studies, but the academy is still turning out the most.gioceful dancers in the country.' A itatlstician avers that one-tenth one-tenth of tho people in New York are criminals. When he meets some more of them he'll change that estimate. |