Judge — January 6, 1912 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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Concerning Shirt Sleeves. UROPEAN journals are taking great pleasure just at this time in refer- ring sarcastically to our American “‘shirt-sleeve diplomacy.’’ After all, why should we grudge them their out- burst of peevishness? The shirt sleeve has been rather a notable uniform in the records of America’s past, and we recall a few triumphs even of our shirt-sleeve diplomacy that changed the course of European affairs. It is true that many of our diplomats on foreign stations have amplified their attire to harmonize with the ruffles and laces of foreign courts, and perhaps it has done no harm and makes for pleasanter social rela- tions. But the longer we can hold to the frank, direct, unequivocal negotia- tions—the expressions of Yankee ‘‘hoss sense’’ that in earlier years cleared so many clouds from our foreign horizon— the longer shall our diplomats represent the thought of the nation that has ap- pointed them. It is true that to many people and in many places the sight of shirt sleeves is offensive; but, after all, the thing that counts is the arm within the sleeve and the heart and mind be- hind the arm. Hark, Hark! Can it be that there is lack of har- mony in the Democratic ranks in Con- gress, after all the party plans to pre- sent a solid front to the enemies of the plain peepul? Perish the thought! Republicans nowadays are finding that there are some compensations in belong- ing to the ‘‘outs’’; it is some time since they have had an opportunity to cheer from the bleachers, Here is ‘Martin Littleton, for instance, whom we always sized up as a pretty good Democrat, b = ing barked out of his party by certa’ self-appointed watchdogs, and Martin is growling back. Dear me! We are glad to be on the fence! Sic ‘em, Tige! Domestic Infelicity. There are said to be seventy-five divorce suits pending in Newport at this present writing. Quite a proud record for that little Rhode Island town! We have been at some pains to discover the thousand in excess of se The gain in ten years has been consid- erable, but the percentage of increase is not as large as it had been during the past decade in many sections of our country. During the past ten years ex- traordinary assertions had been made on behalf of Canada to induce immigration. Free lands have been offered in all parts of Europe and the United States. T O R I are very cold and searching; it is, in fact, almost impossible to keep the sim- ple shore cottages of the community at all warm. Thoughtless wives do not always realize this, and, although the devoted, hard-working Newport hus- bands always tend to their furnaces the first thing in the morning and hurry to shovel on more coal the moment they return in the evening from the day’s work, yet the wives are constantly com- plaining of the cold. This leads to hard words and at length to estrangement. Jupce hopes that the residents of other rural communities will take this lesson to heart. Canada’s Disappointment. Canada has been disappointed by its census returns. It expected to show that it had eight millions of people, but the count gives it only one hundred en millions. reason for this condition of affairs, and True, the Dominion is growing, and we are glad to be able to set the ex- growing finely, but the rate of growth planation of it before our readers. It seems that the winter winds of Newport is not up to expectations nor is it com- mensurate with the efforts made. A L § A Paying Institution. The police of New York City are con- sidering the case of a young man and young woman who made it their practice to appear blushingly before a clergyman and ask him to marry them. When he had done so, it was the groom’s habit to present a check for twenty dollars and ask for ten dollars in change. This ceremony they would repeat several times aday. It is needless to add that the checks were invariably bad, while the ten dollars change was undoubtedly good. It is a curious situation; there is nothing to prevent a man from marry- ing the same girl as often as he likes, and there is nothing to compel him to pay the clergyman. The weak point seems to have been the checks. At any rate, we know now of one young man who can answer emphatically that mar- riage is not a failure. Are You Public-spirited? Even a hen is not always lacking in public spirit. At the poultry show re- cently held in Madison Square Garden, New York, it was noted that suddenly on a certain afternoon all of the hens set up a simultaneous and enthusiastic cackling. Our reporter, who was pres- ent, took pains to investigate the phe- nomenon and discovered that an impor- tant and public-spirited organization in the northern part of the city had just laid a corner stone. By Way of Suggestion. Gifford Pinchot—the abounding con- servator of natural resources—has come out for La Follette. Giff's main natu- ral resource is vanity, and by getting his name in the newspapers again he has renewal of happiness. As a suggestion —why not hitch the Pinchot wagon to the La Follette star, and make a ticket with La Follette and Pinchot? Even the leaves of the forests would flock to it. Stern Privation. Curious how little difference it makes in our humdrum, daily existence—this fact that we are now worrying along without any treaty with Russia. Wait till you have to forego your usual daily supply of caviar and vodka! Privation is what tells in the long run. comicbooks.com