Judge — November 29, 1913 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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OW LONG will it take to kill perni- cious bossism in politics? Ever since election day it has been assumed that bossism in New York, where oy bossism has been F~, the envy and the pattern of smaller bosses in less profitable environments, has been dealt a fatal blow. Tammany has been represented as an army surrounded—cornered, as it were— with no rations in sight, and its symbol, the Tiger, has been pictured as an emaci- ated cat with a can labeled Oblivion tied to its tail. All this may be pleasing to persons who hope for honesty in municipal and broader politics; bat does history encourage the notion that one election is effective to kill a system which has grown for many years until it seems to be a part of the political fabric? As to New York, history shows that the Tiger, like the smaller cat, has at least nine lives. The creature ‘‘comes back.’” Tammany has long been in business and has survived many reverses, Elections that once in a decade or so rebuke Tam- many are the results of awakened civic conscience. They mark the voting of men in multitude that ordinarily pay little or no attention to politics—at least to mu- nicipal politics, Tammany may not be ‘‘on the job"’ all the time; but, once defeated, it is plan- ning consistently to resume operations. Out in the cold one winter or for a series of winters, it is always ‘‘laying pipe’’ to get in where it is Warm when the oppor- tunity comes, The rank and file of Tam- many, or of like organizations in other cities, may have to join the bread line or go to work in the intervals when reform- ing administrations assume power; but the bosses, the lieutenant bosses, the ward generals and the captains of hundreds as a rule have made enough in flush times to - keep wolves from their doors, and all they have to do is to wait and plan for success again, with its new opportunities, It will take some time to kill bossism in politics. Voters who in multitude stay away from the polls except when they are aroused by crying abuses will have to learn that to keep bossism out of a job they must steadily take an interest in the public welfare and vote regularly with the spirit and determination that now mark their voting only occasionally. Persistent labor and alert direction alone build such organizations as Tammany, and it re- quires more than a political holiday to nullify their influence. Fashion HE FOLLOWING idea, which is cheer- fully reproduced from a New York daily, will no doubt appeal to many: ‘There is a new way of using rare old lace—if it is of the right shape and size. Fasten a band around the head, well down over the hair and brows in the front and somewhat above the nape of the neck inthe back. At right angles to this band fasten another, going under the chin and straight up across the top of the head. It ¢: fastened together over one ear with a jeweled or- nament. May the suggestion be ventured that this pleasing effect might even be height- ened by continuing the lace to the geo- graphical center of the face and fastening to the nose with a rosette of baby ribbon to match the complexion; thence north- east to the temple and countermarch to the chin, or southernmost point of the features, where, after suitable maneu- vers, the rest may be allowed to trail off semicircularly in fringe-like protuber- ances? Brief Decisions HIS would be a lazy world if every man could achieve as he wishes without much trouble. Matrimony, a river and trouble are all easy to get into, but getting out is an- other story. is) The turkey that escapes the ax may be lucky, but doesn’t know it. KD Springs of Publicity ORE and more strikingly must inge- nuity be exercised by some of the “‘feature’’ performers on the stage in order to get promotive newspaper space. The loss of fabulously valuable jewels, milk baths, and like mild de- vices were long ago con- signed to the limbo of the outworn. It is not somuch now the suggestion of vast wealth in adornment or spectacular hygiene as it is the gro- tesque in taste and conduct that amazes, Thus a dancer—or more strictly a genre contortionist—who is known in all the capitals of the world has again arrived in New York. She came to face notable competition, and therefore she had to do something novel to emphasize her coming. She was equal to the occasion. Embark- ing on one of the great steamships bound to this country, this woman set the cable going by carrying in her arms a hen. This fowl was not, as one might at first suppose, with many precedents in mind, a token of affectionate idiosyncrasy. The lady wanted the hen with her in America, where the supply of eggs is so poor, to furnish her with that product. It remains now for her press agent to explain that mademoiselle has a very dainty appetite, or that this particular hen’s industry is somewhat above the normal. Soap HE Census Bureau says the output of suap for 1909—some years back, but statisticians require a great deal of time —amounted to $111,357,777, or 63.1 per cent. more than in 1904. This reminds one that while there is life there is soap; yet to the careful observer, who also is occasionally a pedestrian, it is plain that some of the wayfarers who are chronic- ally in need of small loans know nothing of this increase in an important industry. comicbooks.com