Judge — October 21, 1911 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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AT E D Relief for Short Time. HE COUNTRY will have relief from Congress for three months and this is something to be thankful for. Looking back, the people of the % country realize that the extra oa session was wasted. The Democratic ma- jority in the House of Representatives was so manipulated that the time was taken up almost entirely b with tariff discus- sions, in order to frame an issue for next year's election. The tariff bills that were sent through Congress would not have passed had there been any chance that they would become laws. They were hastily put together. In some in- stances manufactured articles were put on the free list, while raw materials were made dutiable. Business was disturbed, time wasted, and the national interests were sacrificed for political expediency. “Swatting” the Street Masher. CITES twain—Chicago and Los An- geles—have been making endeavors to suppress tie street masher and with different results. In Chicago a young woman was instructed to go about prom- inent places and streets, not seeking for THE HORSE SHOW—JUDGING THE COBS, ITORIALS. attentions, but if any man intruded him- self upon her and offered offensive atten- tions he was to be arrested. She re- ported that not a man spoke to her nor was in any way rude. In Los Angeles “‘the official flirt’’ went about attired in a light-colored lace dress, white stock- ings and shoes, flowing-sleeved black silk wrap, lined with red, collar and cuffs trimmed with the same colored silk and a big black domino hat. What hap- pened was what might have been ex- pected. Men rushed to flirt with her. Two were arrested and fined twenty-five dollars each, and the wife of one, who had been relying on the money paid for the fine to get a new hat, went after the “‘cfficial flirt’? and gave her a beating. Los Angeles has decided that it is better not to lead men into temptation and has dispensed with the lady decoy. Chicago is better satisfied with its experiment. ROSE STAHL, the American actress, returning from Europe, advertised herself not by announcing the loss of her diamonds, but by stating that, while she liked her art, she was not exclusively in love with it and would accept an invita- tion to marry a millionaire. This is a new way of attracting public attention, and it seems to be an honest one. All the same, some millionaires and their wives have their troubles. Caustic Comment. NNOUNCEMENT is made of the appointment of Clotilde Luisi as an attache of the Uru- guayan legation at Brus- sels, and the statement is gravely printed that she is the first woman diplomat. There could not be a greater mis- take. The first woman diplomat was Eve. % Tardy honor was paid to the memory of Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln's War Secretary, in the unveiling recently of a monument at Steubenville, O. This memorial was a local and not a national tribute. Stanton had many of the ele- ments of greatness, but he had ‘also some peculiarities of temper and a bit- ter and unbridled tongue. Some of the antagonisms that he created perhaps still survive, but some time the country will make proper tribute to his great- ness and historical importance. * A New Orleans minister has officiated at ten thousand weddings in twenty- seven years, but has christened only one thousand babies. The discrepancy oc- casions something more than passing notice. Is there any reason? comicbooks.com