Judge — August 8, 1908 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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Urunwick Building, 225 Fifth Ave» New York, Cable Address, “Judgark.” Tel, 032 Madiso —~ JOHN A. SLEICHER, President. F. W. Sclneider, Secretary. Arthur Terry, Trea Waster Auvertrixe 1130-7 Maryuette Building, Chicago Ul Burges Johnson, Editor. Grant Hamilton, Art Editor, AUMLIGUKD WKEKLY AT 10 CKNTS 4 COPY. One year. or sa numorrs : $5.00 Suvmontne of we mumeers © eee Tnurteen weens tas Subscriptions payable in advance by draft on New York, of by express o postal order, mot by laval checks which areata discount 1m New York Cty. its dependemies, and Mexico. To Canadian Provinces The contents of JUDGE are orotected by coyright in both the United States and Great feign countrors add §1.90 8 year Britain. nternatronal New! Company, Broam's building. Chancery Lane, CONTRIBUTORS must inciose a stamped and self-addressed endbelope with all manusombts, J. Avenne ae (Opera, Pars: Staroach's News Bachange, Mav otherivise return of the latter when founs unavailable cannot be guaranteed. WW JUDGE canset be fousd at All tegues ‘ewe-etend, the publishers will be ander obligations i! that tact be promptly reported om poutal-<card or by letter. for changes of adcrews should be accompanies by the old address to facilitate the cortection. A VAST INJUSTICE. HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. Cc O ANIMAL in the world N™ YORK CITY is waking up to the fact that its streets are non has been more maligned a bedlam of unnecessary noises. reet hawkers have t than the mule, On the accustomed to use horns and bells and raucous voices to any general average it costs extent and at any hour of the day or night. Bands of trumpet- more money than a horse, throated men selling extras have been in the habit of traversing a and does better service street, yelling alternately, so that they created the impression of a both as a carriage and as shouting and excited mob and drew housed inhabitants to doors and awork animal. And yet windows. It is curious how long it takes New York City to wake up the ignorant populace hold — to some of these absurd relies of a less intelli Some day it up to scorn, In the — the city will be rid of its horse cars; perhaps some day it will either same way its parent, the remove or beautify its clevated railway structures. All this is a jackass, has labored under long way off, but it does not scem so hopeless as it did, now that the a weight of obloquy that authorities are actually tackling the noise problem. If I has no justification infact. missioner Bingham is successful in his campaign a The donkey shares all of noises, perhaps an appre HI insist upon sending him this; nor are there lack- out to Lincoln, Neb. ing other instances of se dumb brutes in the animal TWO SIDES AT FAULT. kingdom who bear a bur- HE AMERICANS have won so many victories at the Olympic be den of ill reputation which T games in London—vietories t must have started through whelming— that it is a pity the and is now an incubus almost too great the enjoyment of the triumph. Many ac jus to be shaken off. These meditations many different op are nt reference to Bryan's old defense of the donkey — Two facts s as an emb| et arty. He is perfectly right; the ship and sense of fi beast has a hundred yood points. ‘The mule and the jackass, even tection of the stranger within the British gates. the polecat, may some day, by their patient endurance of ill repute, in evidence on other occasions. ‘The other fact is that too many of come to make their true natures and natural virtues known to man, — our American spor! are overfond of kicking. But the donkey the handicap of being considered — some of our trainers and officials there seems to emblematic of I There is no justification for it, The they can only show their zeal fer sport by their m; donkey is not erratic; h ly wi and plodding. He i i conjunction there is likely to be he is not a dange ; trouble. is sincere and seldom changes his mind, To use the donkey as an em- blem of Bryanism is to insult sorely a patient beast. But he has no redress, unless perhaps his day will t the millennium, when he and other beasts whose dumb prevents their self. life will have a chance gainst unn ut are indisputable and over- uld be any kicking to mar punts from London sive fall of our carly misunderstandiny porne and too ten: ons as to the just rr. One is that the vaunted tish sportsm: r play docs not always extend itself to the | jaints, rouse “me! ratic as been mocracy ly prot is st these two facts in n you s nota fire AN IMPORTANT PULL. TE SULTAN of Turkey, coming alarmed over of revolt throughout empire, has promulgated a constitu: tion. Whil to make it th democratic group of enee; let him outdo t ders for freedom and the Ok 8. Why not? As a ruler he has only at todeclare it the will of I that certain articles of the org law shall be o nd then ed to override them, It spr arriv is doing it he ought lefense in th most up-to-d ol nese m sore measure of retribution, UNNECESSARY RISKS. HE insur: mpanies recently refused to pay the widow of a man who ¢ ng at the jokes . on the ground that the man ran unn and pointed out the f ans for in a fun erridden, is a cinch te combine are 's job magazines thal rused with perfect safety. Mod- esty forbids mentioning as a political y the representative on rth of the power that rules the Uni- in the case, AN AWFUL DISAPPOINTMENT IN STORE. verse. here any names comicbooks.com