Show OU oil P T barnum said eaid the amer lean con pea people ale enjoyed being humbug ged and almost every day ws we give eive proof to his hia assertion A short time ago th there erevant was held beld in new york a great bazaar in an effort to raise fun funds for supplying apply ng comfort kits for I 1 the h soldiers rho the enthusiastic public atrz d it heavily and the receipts mounted amounted to the good goody y go bum n of III 71 47 B but now comes the ridiculous side aide of this patriotic effort of this I 1 irge bum precisely went to the soldier boys while the balance abdla nee was absorbed oba orbed by such euch items as an commissions on advertisements for the program rent of exposition space apac salaries for clerks workers and decorations in other words the public paid for the privilege of sub bob to the fund for pro viding comfort kits for the soldiers the matter wo would u ld be laughable were it not net a so serious berum only a fe few w such incidents will be needed t to 0 create a edition condition throughout the country no try that will make it impossible for the most worthy cause to reee receive any recognition whatever VA athile hife we are forced to lo agree with barn barnum in in hit laige ge mca measure e yet our gu I 1 bi ity has its limits and we doubt if this is 13 the only incident of its iti kind there are d abt I 1 as many that a th that at have ne vor ver come t the public notice but this one t call on t ci ahe he large steak of ton oun comb I 1 in n a si many of the so C called patr 0 ic functions it is time that the autho titus iiii s were taking the matter in hand they should insist that in all cases of the kina v her a the public is ask ed to lo contribute to any benevolent purpose whatever inse assurance urance be g gi ven that at least the major portion of th d nations reach the object bj set for which thy are sien gien |