St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 8, 1903
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=—_——_ ST. LOUIS POST - DISPATCH Founded by JOSEPH PULITZER. Published by THE PULITZER PUBLISHING CO., 210-12 N. Broadway, On File in both the City’s Register’s Office and the Board of Education of St. Louis, } } } ; ) State of Missouri. City of St. Louis—es. Personally appeared before me. a no- . tary vublic tn and for the city of St. Louls, Mo., W. ©. Steigers,. Business Man- ' ager of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, who devorses and anys that the regular edi- tions of the St. "Louls Post-Dispatch for the last four months (January. Febru- ary. March and April, 1903.) after de. @ucting all copies returned by newsboys and copies left over. spolied in printing and unaccounted for. average. Daily and Sunday. 123.556. Sunday Only .. . 203,886 In the city of St. Louls and suburbs, the daily distribution avernge for the months of January. february. March and April, was 06,773. (Signed) Ww. Cc. STEIGERS., Business Manager. Sworn and subseribed before me this 2ist day of May, 1903. (Signed) HARRY M. DUHRING. My term expires Aug. 14, 1905. A college athlete looks useful enough in a Kansas wheat field. —_. ‘wne strap passenger has no car fare country. >. sg doubt that this is a four-billion " . _——_ It is hoped that the Michigan man upon whose hand the skin of a frog bas been grafted will not become a croaker. Considering what has happened to the Declaration of Inde- pendence, Mr. Rodenburg’s idea of raising a monument to its signers is rather amusing. = = ™ — Ss = According to the organs of the Terminal Railroad Associa- tion the merchants and manufacturers are deeply grateful for the privilege of paying a tax of $8,000,000 a year to the terminal monopoly. i, i rT - DEFIANT VIOLATION OF LAW. The Post-Dispatch showed Tuesday from the tariff schedule that the Merchants’ Bridge Terminal Railway Co., owned and operated by the Terminal Railroad Association, is violating the ordinance under which the company is permitted to operate in this city. The ordinance provides for a maximum switching charge of $1 per car. The charge for switching is $2 a car. This violation of the law has been going on for years and has robbed the shippers and consumers of St. Louis of hun- dreds of thousands of dollars. The company is compelled by law to give a bond to the city for the faithful performance of the provisions of the ordinance. But not one step has been taken by any municipal adminis- tration to enforce this protective ordinance. It is the duty of Mayor Wells or the chief executive of St. Louis to see that the city ordinances are enforced. But Mayor Wells refuses either to discuss the violation of this ordinance or to instruct the law department to act. Why talk of enforcing laws when a rich and powerful cor- poration year after year violates the laws granting it valuable special privileges without even a protest from the authorities? Under such circumstances law enforcement becomes a farce and the administration a subservient tool of franchise corpora- tions. a : an presidential ticket would feel An Ohio man at the tail of a _ out of place. = = = —_— a OUR PARK LAKES—WHERE ARE THEY? The New York World calls attention to the fact that, while the parks of that city are well cared for, the park lakes are neglected. They are never cleaned, and they have become so dirty that they are breeding places of malaria. In regard to St. Louis parks, the lakes are also the one neglected feature. Not that they are dirty, but that they are practically non-existent, since the wiping out of the Post- Dispatch lake at Forest Park in preparation for the World’s Fair. Such lakes as are left are mere ponds, and even these can be counted on the fingers of one hand. As a Post-Dispatch reader points out, boyg and young men who wish to go boat- ing must go so far as the Meramec river or Creve Coeur lake. As for bathing facilities, there are none in the parks. There is plenty of room in Forest Park and also in Caronde- let and O’Fallon parks for lakes large enough for boating and swimming. Such lakes, if well cared for, would be the most enjoyable features of the parks. And their creation would be the means of saving many lives annually, besides improving greatly the physical condition of our boys and young men. > i. The Filipinos will read with considerable interest the accounts of the war in Indiana. : i, i - UNFAIRNESS TO ST. LOUIS. IF THE MERCHANT OR MANUFACTURER IN ST. LOUIS SELLS IN MEXICO, MO., 110 MILES BY THE WABASH, THE CHICAGO & ALTON, 160 MILES TO MEXICO, WILL MAKE THE SAME RATE AND ABSORB THE BRIDGE AR- BITRARY. OR THE WABASH WILL GIVE THE SAME RATE TO EAST ST. LOUIS IT DOES TO ST. LOUIS, ABSORB- ING THE BRIDGE ARBITRARY. IF THE 8ST. LOUIS MANUFACTURER OR MERCHANT SELLS IN JEFFERSON CITY, MO., 125 MILES BY THE MIS- SOURI PACIFIC, THE CHICAGO & ALTON, 210 MILES TO JEFFERSON CITY, WILL MAKE THE SAME RATE AND ABSORB THE BRIDGE ARBITRARY. OR THE MISSOURI PACIFIC WILL MAKE THE SAME RATE FROM EAST ST. LOUIS, ABSORBING THE BRIDGE ARBITRARY. IF THE BRIDGE ARBITRARY CAN BE ABSORBED BY THE ROAD HAULING THE FREIGHT 210 MILES AGAINST 125 MILES, IT SURELY CAN BE ABSORBED ON COAL FROM POINTS IN ILLINOIS TO ST. LOUIS. i, hi i ~ a im of An offender has just been fined for selling milk that had been soth skimmed and watered. Why is it that there are milk con- sumers who buy such stuff? Very little intelligence is neces- ary to detect so plain a fraud. THE ELE ELECTRIC MAN. unday’s Post-Dispatch told in an interesting way how Presi- Roosevelt's message at the opening of the Pacific cable “d the globe in 12 minutes, and how Mr. Mackay’s answer- essage went around the earth in 9 minutes, 4] minutes ‘han any telegraphic message had heretofore been sent WO odd miles traveled by the electric fluid. most remarkable incident in this record-breaking vraphy was the fact that the 50-word messages had relayed 30 times. Thirty separate operators nessage in the nine minutes that Mr. Mackay’s in circling the earth. This allowed only 18 operator in which to send forward to the word message. incredible, but for the fact that “code” ab- vbly used, and--the greater fact—that the * feat were picked experts, truly “elec. ~~ ' WEDNESDAY-ST. LOUIS POST+ DISPATCH —JULA 8, 1903. in the battles of Manila Bay and Santiago. He is to be found putting up steel viaducts in the heart of Africa or erecting big industrial plants or “tupenny tubes” in London. ‘ And he usually hails from the United States, where he is a common enough sight. With such “tools” to work with as the Pacific cable and all that it represents, and such men to work them as the “electric men” of today, the twentieth century will be worth living in. = = ™ .§ Me > A thousand orphan children were made happy by a day’s outing on the river Monday, on one of the Post-Dispatch Fresh Air excursions. Every Monday during July and August these excursions will bring joy to the children of the crowded districts of the city. They will prevent sickness and save life. Funds will be needed to make them financially successful. A contribution to this charity is a gift of health and happinesss to helpless children. It is a gracious endeayor to make life easier for unfortunate innocence. = = a ft SOME AMUSING ASSERTIONS. The assertion of an organ of the Terminal Association that the big shippers do not complain of the bridge arbitrary will amuse the business men who have been striving to get rid of the arbitrary for years. It cites the coal dealers, whose product is placed at 41 per cent of the total shipments. Two leading coal dealers, who are ardent supporters of the Terminal Association for obvious reasons, are quoted as satisfied with the rates on coal, Why should they not be? The coal dealers do not pay the arbi- trary; their St. Louis customers pay it, and the big dealers have concessions from the Terminal Association which make the bridge arbitrary a decided advantage to them. Will Messrs. Devoy and Donk, who favor the bridge arbi- trary, tell the community whether they charge their customers the exact amount above the east side rate which they pay the Terminal Association? It is the consumers—the manufactufers, merchants and citi- zens generally—who feel the weight of the arbitrary on coal and on other commodities. It is driving the manufacturers out of St. Louis. It is keeping many, who would otherwise come to St. Louis, away. Its effect is deadly on the St. Louis man- ufacturing interests. Lumber is another line of business whose representatives are said to be satisfied with the bridge arbitrary. But the Asso- ciation of Lumbermen passed a resolution asking the House of Delegates not to pass the terminal franchise bills without amendments providing for the abolition of the bridge arbi- trary. Besides, nearly all the lumber is shipped through St. Louis from West to East, the bridge arbitrary being absorbed. The steel and iron interests are mentioned, but the steel and iron interests are mostly in the hands of trusts, which are net affected by competition. Besides, the steel and iron factories of St. Louis are now nearly all in East St. Louis, having re- moved on account of the bridge charges. Those that have not moved are preparing to move.. | The Manufacturers’ Association petitioned the House of Delegates to demand a through rate on St. Louis shipments. The Washington avenue shoe manufacturers and wholesalers presented a similar petition. A similar petition signed by members of the Merchants’ Exchange has been prepared for the House. Every merchant and manufacturer, every business man of St. Louis not under the control or influence of the Terminal Railroad Association and its allied financial] interests stand solidly with the Post-Dispatch for the abolition of the bridge arbitrary. All St. Louisans know that the effect of the special bridge tax on St. Louis traffic is deadly and inevitably checks the growth of the city and the expansion of its industries and com- merce, — The Terminal Association may have done something to build up St. Louis, but it has done more to build up cities that are the rivals of St. Louis. = = — TESTING A SYSTEM. The escape of the robber and murderer, from the St. Louis jail, could not have been the result of suddenly arising condi- tions, as it has been made to appear. It shows that this youth, not yet old enough to vote, studied the system of the jail and found that his own wits were better than the system. When he fayst entertained this as a theory and then put it to test at what seemed favorable conditions, the test justified his theory and condemned the system. If the pressure brought to bear on any plan of organization by a mind educated as his was, chiefly through reading cheap novels, is too much for it, it is not necessary to waste words The pretense of organization \ in connection with the result. must be a pretense only, a sham. Those who understand the thorough system by which it is sought to make municipal places the reward for services to this or that political club, will have no difficulty in seeing that the necessary result of its success is the failure of all other systems. = = - ci, ge f “I never intend to give up business. It is a great pleasure to me.” That sounds more like Uncle Mark. The Cleveland street car passenger will have to pay 5 cents for a long time to come. As there is a prophecy that our next great war will come in Mr. Roosevelt's second term, we may hope to,get through the World’s Fair year peaceably. —wowo = — St. Louis has been so absorbed in business that its business has been greatly injured by the terminal combine. Has 1903 given itself over to flooding, cloudbursting and lynching? . i, i: POST-DISPATCH SNAP-SHOTS. The eagle did not scream when the Blue Goose saloon was wrecked in Evansville. “There is always room at the top,” as Rudolph said when he went through the skylight. Fortunately the geese have not eaten all the gooseberries, and the gooseberry pie has come again. Jailer Dawson, who was instrumental in securing a juvenile court for St. Louis, is doubtless remirided that Rudolph is no juvenile. It was Mr. Kneebone of Kansas City, and not Rudolph, who was in the patrol wagon. Rudolph was moving his whole a rapid rate on foot while Mr. Kneebone was anatomy at riding. a && —_ —_-_—_— -— POST-DISPATCH ANSWERS. . Write nothing bot questions and signature. Legal questions not enswered. Business addresses rot given. No answer printed op eny specified date. No bets decided. P. P.—The name as you have written ft is {llegible. BADER. write to commissioner of patents, Washington, > RIDGWAY, Hot Springs.—Write to Sunday World, New ork. ONE INTERESTED.—Write to Norris B. Gregg, director of concessions, World's Fair. A RBEADER.—"“A Hot Time in the Old Town" is by Theo. A. Mets. It was most popular in 1896. A READER.—One cannot be an even number, but can be part of an even number, as in 19 and 12. B.—Males 21 Kuare and over (census of 1 798; St. Louls County, 14,056; Missouri, 866,686. A READER.—Pronounce Nocturne, nok-tu as rn-—o in “ P da ont Mable; watha. RB a ay RE tn RY at yg St. Louls 171,- ‘ck,”’ e wa- isk’ ‘an who is always “makir~ records,” “ur time. He was much Silene a asin “all,” ver them put the juice of one lemon and ee ~ “she eo we is pie ace v2 wes 7 i “ ei sais st RR PE ee BE Ge gees =- bs (or eed : fi ' a, ee SB 2 RE v Z So en St oP ae ee eee on yee ¥ Bre be 98 ag aus ge i ici Bee. aR tes Mie iit > te rea ~ oe AT foe ee RN: OS ae r : A AeA, ia A y 3 : Se es : . : ‘ a . ° renee — = anerren - ee ws 2 . ete - » Ore "eS : or > ote pers fea, ia > : ; ; g ~ : . . fi x x “Ses : , . « w 2 " : 4 . afl , ‘ & & , MISSOURI ODD FACTS. Richmond is following the example of al- most every other Missouri town that ever took the hitchracks from around its public square. She is putting them back. The farmers complained that the townspeople did not provide them with adequate places to hitch and had no respect for their wish- es, and went off to the smaller towns of the country to trade. The Richmond mer- chants then decided they would rather have the hitchracks, a vile stench and a mud puddle about the square than lose their trade in getting rid of them. They preter offended eyes and noses to empty tilla A Ray County paper tells of a young man who called on his best girl. After they bad talked until they could not think of anything more to say, he declared his intention of kissing her. She was apper- ently very indignant and declared she would tell her father if he did. Remem- bering the old saying about faint heart never winning fair lady, the young man dured, and succeeded in planting a fairly respectable kiss somewhere behind her ear. The young woman arose hastily and walked into the other room ‘‘Papa,"’ Mr. S. wants to see your new gun.” “All right! All right,” said the old man, delighted with a chance to show off his new shot- gun. Taking it from the rack, he stepped into the parlor. The young man broke four window panes in getting out, and when last seen he was still running, bareheaded, down the country road. According to the Democrat, a most pain- ful situation exists in Lamar. The town has a surplusage of marriageable young ‘women, who must migrate if they would marry. They must choose between home and old maidenhood, “Year by year,’ says the Democrat, “‘our eligible young men lo- cate in Kansas City, in St. Louis, tn Chi- cago and in the far West. They go alone, too, Our giris all stay at home. The Centerville Record tells of a young man who has for three years been cor- responding with a young woman in Minne- apolis. He long since made up his mind that he would marry her, but never could rake up sufficient courage to propose. The other day he received from Minneapolis a picture of a fine baby. It was accompanied by a letter, in which his “intended” stated that the youngster was hers and that she had been married two years. ‘‘My husband and I have enjoyed your letters very much,'’ she wrote, ‘“‘but I guess you'd bet- ter stop writing now, as I have to spend all my time caring for the baby.” An original young woman of Lamar has invented a new kind of social diversion. It is the “progressive peanut party.’’ Four Suests are seated about each table. and on the table is placed a crock full of pea- nuts. Each guest is provided with a hat pin, and when the word is given all begin jabbing for peanuts. The quartet that emp- ties its crock first wins the game, and then the sets of players change. It is needless “hen” function. A man couldn't jab a crockful of peanuts with a hat pin in a week, but the young women of Lamar played 30 games in a single afternoon. DELICIOUS AND COOLING. Pineapple and Orange Frappe. Grate a fresh pineapple or use a can of the grated goods; add two cupfuls of sugar and four cupfuls of water. Boil 15 minutes and the juice of two lemons. Strain through a cheesecloth, add a quart of ice to a mush. Cherry Ice. water, a heaping pint of sugar, and cook tne mixture until the cherries are tender, then pour through a strainer to remove the cherries. Reserve a cupful of the syrup, cook it until it threads, then beat grad- ually into the stiffly-beaten whites of two eggs, beating constantly. To the remain- dissolved in half a cup of cold water, a few drops of extract of bitter almonds and the juice of two lemons. Dilute the mixture with water until sweet as liked, then strain and freeze. When half frozen stir in the cherries, which may be finely chopped, and the whites of eggs. Cherry Mousse. To a pint of double cream add thres tablespoonfuls of best confectioners’ sugar, a cupful of cherry juice and a drop or tWo of almond extract. Chill on ice, then whip until stiff. Turn into a mold, cover securé- ly and bury in a pan of ice and salt for two hours. —— Lemon Sherbet. Use two quarts of milk, one quart of su- gar, the juice of four lemons and two tea- spoonfuls of lemon extract. Orange and pineapple may be added. Put the miik packing it,.then add the sugar and lemon juice mixed together and freeze. When serving it is improwed by adding @ tea- spoonful of sherry to each dish. Frozen Cherries. Boi! to a thin syrup three-quarters of 4 cup of sugar and one and a half cups of water. When cool add one cup of canned cherries, with plenty of the juice, and the juice of one orange and half a lemon. When cold freeze. Add, if desired, a quar- ter of a cup of sherry when the mixture is nearly hard. Frozen Bananas. Cut four large ripe bananas, red ones, if they can be obtained, into very thin slices. three-quarters of a cup of sugar. Cover and set in the refrigerator for one hour. Add the grated peel of the lemon and two cups of ice water. Freeze. -=——_————- LITTLE SISTER’S REJOINDER. From the Pittsburg Gazette. Out in the East End a young woman whose little sister is much inclined to ask numerous questions, and though she is sometimes a little slow about understan4d- ing things in general, she is as quick to see a point as most little girls of 6. The other day Little Sister asked Big Sister the direction to the home of a new ac quaintance. Big Sister tried her best to make the way plain, to no avail, and final- ly, becoming exasperated, exclaimed: “O. follow your nose, Nan, and you will finally find the place.” “Well, if you ever follow your nose, came the quick retort, “you will go up, and up. and up, and be an angel by and by, which you're not now.” to say that the peanut party is Strictly a and cool, then add a cupful of orange juice | water, sugar syrup, if needed, and freeze | Stone a quart of cherries, add a quart of | ing syrup add a tablespoonful of gelatin | in a freezer so it will become cold while) | POST-DISPATCH FASHIONS. > *=£2¢75 . Naas sit77~” A PRETTY STREET COSTUME OF LINEN — ff. » - » . a“ a nuvate in fringe. Street costume in the new shade of pale cream colored etitched or embroidered bands of the same. Belt of soft lambskin. htd2eeece , —_— ¢ -_—_————— ——— . “son = = ee ee ee . ot «= ees © se ew + + . = °. os | 2 + * i Mediate hi fn ee 3 we oe eases ~~ se — ose 2 = 4 * ot oe 2% 2 ~--s4,. linen, trimmed with The vertical bands on the blouse ter- _ —-+ —— —— oe i a ee ee A TRICK WITH CARDS. Have somebody select a cara from an ordinary pack. and after looking at it place it on top of the pack. Place the pack in a pasteboard box just large enough to hold it, putting the cover over it. A few moments later the box is opened, the pack is taken out and laid aside: a sealed en- 'velope is shown to thesmudience, and, when |opened, the card selected by the partner is | pulled out of it. | The small pasteboard box must be made \in such a way that it can just hold the | whole pack of cards. Inside the cover paste | a small piece of wax, to which the upper- /most card will stick, when the cover is put on the box. When the box is opened again this card must be removed secretly and hid- 'den in the palm of the hand. The envelope is empty. Place the card behind it, while you cut the envelope open and pretend you pull the card out. This | trick, if well done, is very deceptive. | FIRE ON WATER. Buy a emall quantity of potassium at the | drug store and place a small plece on the | Surface of water in a large basin. It will |immediately take fire and burn with a bril- liant violet flame, darting rapidly about on the water untill entirely consumed. CANDIES. Here are some nice recipes for candy: Butter Scotch—Two cups of sugar, 4 ‘ta- ‘blespoons of molasses, 4 tablespoons of water, half a cup of vinegar. Cook untill it hardens on the spoon, then add half a cup of butter; flavor with vanila. Cool in pans and cut in squares. Cocoanut Cakes—Whites of 3 eggs, 1 cup of sugar, 2 cups of cocoanut, 2 tablespoons of flour; mix and bake until brown. Peanut Candy—Two cups of white sugar, 4 cups of cold water, 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar. Boi] sugar and water together until stringy. Add cream of tar- tar and pour into a buttered shallow pan. Stir in shelled peanuts. When nearly cold cut in squares. Cream Walnuts—White of 1 egg, unbeat- FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS 7 would then be a foot. ee | en; add to this enough confectioner’s of powdered sugar to make it stiff enough to mould readily. Form into little pats and place half an English walnut on either side. French Confectionery No. 1—One pound of confectioner’s sugar, white of 1 egg, equal quantity of water, flavor to taste. Beat sugar in gradually until it forms &@ thick paste. If filled with almonds, roll in granulated sugar. French Confectionery No. 2—One cup of molasses, half a cup of sugar, quarter of a cup of chocolate, cut fine, half a cup of milk, 1 heaped tablespoon of butter. Boil all together, stirring all the time. When it hardens, use cold water. Pour in shal- low pans, and as it cools cut in squares. CONUNDRUMS. Why are confectioners so much for? Because they serve kisses. When is ple like a poet? When It ts Browning. What is always behind time? of a watch. . Why isn't the moon rich? spends its quarters getting full. Why is not your nose 12 inches long*, sought The back Because it Why is a rich lady like a doorbell? Be- cause she gets so many rings. Why is the Fourth of July like an oyster stew? Because we enjoy it best with crackers. Why is Massachusetts like a statue? cause it has a Marble-head. AN EXPERIMENT. Take three bowls and stand them in a row. In the bowl at one end put as hot water as your hand can bear, in the one at the other end put ice water; in the middle bowl lukewarm water. Now. hold your right hand tn the hot water and your left hand in the cold, say for a minute or more; then suddenly place both hands in the lukewarm water and notice the effect. If the one tested is blindflolded, a good deal of amusement will follow. Be- Pictures and Verse Vol Tapley of near Spencerburg, was here Wednesday. He informed us that he unwound his beard a short time ago and measured it. The beard is a little over 11 feet long and is in a healthy, growing con- dition.—New London Times. mouse in Vol Tapley’s beard ite littie neet. SOMETHING DOING IN THE COUNTRY Which eference to a poge inclined to be pug ended the controversy. 2 ae ye oar ao. RES > Ee ag METEOR ye eh peer abe e ip See OR iy PEAR wey ears. ee Re ‘ TANT at & Lae > a a +e oe : by the Post-Dispa tch. Lester Evilsizer barely escaped a serious accident on Friday evening. e was ridin with his father, ed Evilsizer on a loa of lumber. Lester fell off and under the wheels and his father got the team stopped just in time to avoid running over the boy. As it was hts leg was badly pinched. — Lamar Republican. The Motorman Replies. “ To the Editor of the Post-Diepatch. If the author of the article signed “Hus« mane" in Saturday's issue has not passed the age of ‘“fogyism” and still desires to seek knowledge, if his time is not too much occupled in looking at matters of life from a biased and unfair standpoint, and he can spare one day In the pursuit of profita experience I cordially invite him to aye «| on the front platform of a Jefferson ave- nue car with me on a.trip ft ‘the city. He will be surprised no doubt to ~ learn that it is not the “indifference of the motorman, and the lack of proper attention on the’part of the conductor” that cause 9 per cent of the street car accidents, bu® the carelessness of the public themselves, the people who think it beneath thelr dig- inity to step a little faster from the path of an approaching car, the people who think “O. he sees me; he can stop his car in @ space of 10 inches.” Mr. “Humane,” we are not “going about seeking whom we may devour’—we have wives and children of our own, In fact, we—even the employes of the transit com- pany, are human, aye, and “humane,”. too. As to your charge that the cars run too close together, I respectfully desire to call your attention to the fact that there are thousands of residents of this city who are continually “kicking’’ about the inadequate service of the street cars, that the transit company don’t run enough cars, that we, the public, have to wait too long. MOTORMAN 2304, Jefferson avenue. —————, ; Costly Street Improvement, To the Fditor of the Post-Dispatch. Considering the eternal hard-upness of 8t. Louis, is not some of the street work being done just now a trifle foolish? Are the streets to be improved solely with a view to wishes and the prosperity of contracting pavers? Why are good Telford macadams being torn up to be replaced with a material that Is nothing more than an experiment? Fispecially why are made streets torn up while there are many miles that are simply “dirt roads,”’ no better than country lanes? Why are wood blocks being used, & ma- terial that is not even an experiment, buf instead a proved failure? Except possibly in the heart of the downtown seétion, where good asphalt should have been in use years ago, why should good Beigian block pavements be displaced by an alleged asphalt that comes from the gas works? For specific instances, refer to West Pine boulevard, Westminster place and Chest- nut street. It is costing thousands of dol- lars to remove the paving from the first named thoroughfare, preparatory to ¢z- perimenting with the new paving. St. Louis. WEST PINE. St. Louis. Destroy These Weeds. To the Editor of the Post-Diepatch. As you have done so much good through your paper, I wish to call your attention to the weeds on Hartford street, just of Grand avenue; not only that, the street or sidewalk is not made, but ladies ruig their dresses and cannot £ through after dark, as loafers hide In the weeds. St. Louis. A’ DAILY PASSER-BY. — Song Wanted. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. Can any of the readers of the Poste Dispatch give me the words of the song “Break It Gently to My Mother.” The song was sung by one of our pretty St. Louis boys, whom a number of 8t. Louls- ans will remember, the late Charles B. Gulick. READER. St. Louls. Tearing Up Streets Unnecessarily. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. It 4s noticed with great satisfaction that many of our streets are undergoing neces- sary repairs and ft is hoped that all will be in good condition by the time the World's Fair will be opened next year. But is it necessary to tear up the streets for weeks and even months before the actual work on them begins? It took over four months to complete the block on Pine boulevard from Grand avenue to Spri avenue, and since that time Pine bouleva from Spring avenue to King’s highway has been torn up on both sides of the street and there is no sign of commencing the work to pave that thoroughfare. The gute ters and curbs on both sides have been ré- moved three feet on each side and in thig way the street lays since weeks to the detriment of the public In general and the inhabitarits of Pine boulevard in particular. The street in ita present condition is dat- gerous and it impedes locomotion and vehi- cles’ cannot be taken from the stables of residents into the street. The streets should not be torn up partly until everything is ready to repair or pave them. To have them in a atate like the street mentioned is in, is an outrage—an imposition on the public. Is it not the duty of the Street commissioner or some official of the dty to supervise the work of the contractors and to see to it that the public is not in- convenienced and imposed upon in matter. A RESIDENT OF PINE BOULEVARD The Claims of Socialism. To the Falitor of the Post-Dispatch. The reply of Mr. W. W. Baker to my inquiry as to similarity of to Christian teachings is very clear. pose the fact that it is considered cal question furnishes the exouse for its avoidance by the churches. However, if, as Mr. Baker states, its ethios are identical with those of Christianity, it hardly seems juat to class it with political issues ordinary sense. For instance, the of the silver or the tariff iegues are not in the same class and it cannot ) them that they will have woe Ba reducing sin and misery they £0. If only one-half of what is claimed more generally w At all events, it seems to be a « and ha lect : oon. St. Louis. For Old Mrs. Carroll. To the Editor of the Post-Diepeteh. ' I send you a quarter for Mre. Carrel in . response to a request by « reader in Gat- urday’s paper. What @ rebuke such casts are to industrial conditions. People are ta a eg Pi A ee RR EE SOT CER RRR 0 1
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