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Show ITEMS OF INTEREST. Says A. Reginald von Keller, editor of the American Gentleman and the authority on men's dress, from whose decision there Is no appeal: "The new thing about waistcoats (waistcoat, (waist-coat, you known is "gentleman" for vest) this season Is that, whereas heretofore buttons were made for waistcoats, now waistcoats will be made for buttons. Fashionable gentlemen gen-tlemen will insist that their waistcoats waist-coats match the buttons." Arid yet, girls, they do say that It Is woman who Is Fashion's dog Fido! There are seven members of the Guggenheim family. All are rich. In spite of the fact that they are descendants de-scendants of a peddler who landed on American soil in 1S4T. Sixty-three years of close association with opportunity oppor-tunity have been sufilcient to raise In their bosoms the desire to get possession pos-session of as large a part of that American poll as money, aided by congress con-gress aad political Influence, can command. com-mand. Unfortunate, indeed, are the striking strik-ing Chicago bill posters. Public sym-palhv sym-palhv with them and their cause Is likely to bo withheld until billboards arc a thing of the past. The son of a Colorado millionaire who eloped has been presented no, not twins, but with Sloo.hou. a good position and his father's blessing. If there are any more boys In that family fam-ily they will probably not be slow in taking the hint. The Rritlsh system of holding a sec-end sec-end election to find out what the first election meant would uot be of great value In this country. Over here, the politicians never worry about a little thing like the people s opinion. If the message of the ballots is not clear, they proceed to supply the interpretation interpreta-tion From the people's standpoint It Is uot so much a matter of what, they want or what they approve with their votes as it is a matter of what they can wring from the men whom they elect to give them what they want. ' Hats off to Frank Hitchcock! We owe him a debt of gratitude for having hav-ing called public attention to the condition con-dition of affairs in the postofP.cc department, de-partment, ano. for having been the indirect in-direct means oi proving to us that we not only ought to have a parcel post system as a matter of convenience, conveni-ence, but that it Is positively essential essen-tial in order to eliminate the postal deficit. Mr. Hitchcock did not mean to do all this, of course, but aa his bhort slghtedncss will be lo our- advantage ad-vantage wc can afford to overlook the error. It Is difficult to sec in what respect Cairo OH.) mol'a have any advantage over Philadelphia (Pa.) mobs. It J also difficult to explain how the law-enforcement law-enforcement official of Philadelphia and of the county in which Philadelphia Philadel-phia is located have any tlaJru to public pub-lic confidence. There Is something serlouslv wrong with the government that Is unable to prevent long-continued rioting such as has kept Philadelphia Phila-delphia in a turmoil for the past week. A speaker, in the house of representatives, repre-sentatives, at least. Is -one whose actions ac-tions make a louder- noise than bis words, a nolso llko a cannon, perchance. |