Show what r lh 05 s thinks bp ant making Mali fing money in stir BF arty HILLS CALIF things certainly cei tamly are fovel the boys in the big bida a wee homes is it not so i at san quentin here in california chosen groups curnin turning 01 out t counterfeit money and never having to worry about getting in n jail since they are already in and a nice jolly strike on at alcatraz and in my old home hom estate state the inmates joist seeming to come and g go bat at will as it were but in illinois CIS ls where tt here tile the chaps chaos enjoy all the benefits of congenial society without the bother of paying pa ing dues it must be grand serving as a member 0 of the house 0 us e committee of tile the jollet joliet indoor country club what with crap games and irvin S co poker dokei parties partie s and liquor made right there aber e on the premises e and shots in the arm at tile the tow low rate of ofie one dollar per shot the day Is at hand when prison i break in the headlines wont mean that some of the fellows on the inside are trying to get out but that some same of the fellows 0 on n the outside are trying to get in and who could blame them the yellow perils peril peril afore AT T THIS moment the question before the house Is whether it Is more perilous to be a statesman tn in japan and give offense to the sold soldiers lers or a soldier in america and give offense to the statesmen at the risk of being penalized for punning this Inno innocent cerit bystander t ventures the prediction that amongst us there wont be any more of these summary removals for the hagood of the service as it were because when something happens off or on a military post to make tom blanton the blood sweating behemoth of texas democracy line up with a lot of republicans well I 1 never neer thought id live to see gee the day I 1 dont believe uncle tom did either ill bet nobody Is more surprised than he Is Abol ishi I 1 ng potlatches Potla tche A T LAST accounts the canadian parliament had a bill before it to I 1 abolish potlatches when an indian gets prosperous lie gives a party with free food and drink for all ail and whatever lie he has left over r he be bestows bestons upon the guests and so winds up beggared but happy a potlatch although at present confined to the indians its not their own idea they borrowed it from some of t the lie early settlers its an old scotch custom tracing the genesis of traditional things is interesting I 1 thought the famous motto of the northwest mounted police had originated within wl hin the force until once when I 1 tackled some native in smoking tobacco at a trading post in upper ontario As soon as I 1 recovered consciousness I 1 knew whence came the slogan always gets its man ill 1 that was years ago but I 1 still have hare dizzy spells in humid weather speaking of borrowing or rather of trading we could make inake a profitable deal from our standpoint by swapping canada anada a great gross of parole boards and overly sentimental governors and judges who put technicalities before common sense and common justice t for about half a dozen of their trial courts and one or two square jawed prison wardens til holdout time T IS the gladsome season when last I 1 IT years stars swear never put on uniforms again unless they get better contracts while athile the managers just as loudly declare tile the boys bos will accept offered or stay out of the ganie game forevermore through anxious weeks each group proclaims that from the position thus taken jit it will never never abate one jot or tittle but when hen the first robin starts north and the last training squad starts south something always happens one side decides to abate quite a few of the jots and the other side says oh 6 huckins after all a tittle more or less between friends so this springs hold outs become t this his falls pennant winners or otherwise as the case may be and frequent ly Is and behind the every everything in either championship team will be just its as peaceful as a cage full of piri panthers until tills this time next year which Is ii the leisure class clan W WHEN HEN mr air J pierpont rier pont morgan said any american faintly that kept a maid belonged to tile the leisure class he touched tou clied a responsive chord inthe in the bosom of this household old only he got the proposition mixed as it applied to our little home nest a maid we had bad for a short spell apell who really qualified possibly we give satisfaction anyhow an how one evening she took umbrage and some borne guest towels and a ham hain and one thing and another and silently stole away but looking back I 1 cant recall anybody else who bould could be so 1 lel leisurely surel y and abid so BO I 1 classy 1 bot b oth 61 at once we are wondering ion dering now what class we belong to on the present maids eight ou out L Probably 1 mr morgan worried in iiii that begird lie ile could ask the second man to stich around we haen abell 11 a second d balij man Jl AvenI 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