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408 { Kickers? Column. _—————— ‘The Editor regrets that he is compelled toexetude many interesting letters on account of their length. Letters should not be longer than co hundred words, and are more likely to be inserted Uf stilt shorter. [His letter refers ton picture which appeared in Lire of October 31, representing a statue silhouetted upon a window curtain.—Epitor, oe Lire It is respectfully submitted that not even the brilliant humor displayed by the com- panion picture is @ sufficient excuse for the indecent suggestion of the enclosed, which stamps at least this one issue of your paper as unfit for circulation in the medium for which it is professedly designed. ¥ York, Nov. 4, 1901 LP. Dear Live: Will you kindly send me a poetic license, so I can use words as your versifiers do? Let me explain. On page 347 of No. 991, being the issue of to-morrow, in Joseph Bolton Loughry’s “ Looking for a Girl,” it will be said : 1 was standing on the corner Of & very busy street ; 1 was anxiously awaiting For a friend | wished to meet. What I should like to know is, can any one await for? Also, on page 354 of to-morrow's number, in “I Played at Bridge,” you will say : Yet I cannot hetp put thinking Since that morning | was shorn, If she'd been # man, and nonest, To-day no loss I'd mourn, Now, I'm justone of the plain people, and I prefer George Ade to Hamlin Garland, and I never could like John Milton and Austin Dobson, still I hope you will have pity on me and enlighten me. I cannot help but thinking you will favor me with an carly reply, and awaiting for it, I remain, dear Lire, as ever your admirer, A. Boost-Knocker, Cinea Oct. 30, 1901. Eprtor. Ltr Dear Sir: 1 regret to see that you have joined the yelping pack of the Northern press that, with tongues out, scent fresh provocation in the South's resentment of the President's notions of social equality. I address myself to only one tine of your argument. You say, ‘It was simply natural.” If that be so, why, may I ask, has no other President extended such hos- -LIFE- pitalities to the negro? You will perhaps answer that there is only one Booker T. Washington, Granted. But Booker T. Washington's work, worthy of all praise, was not unknown to Mr. McKinley and Mr. Cleveland. So it was not a natural thing to do. Yours in disfavor of miscegenation, S. 0. Howes. Gatvestoy, Trx., Oct. 29, 1901. My Dear Live: Talking about ticket speculators—they have, this week, been standing in the lobby of Colonial Theatre, selling seats to ‘ Beaucaire,” by Richard Mansfield, for performances, seats for which are reported all out at box-office. ‘This is a Frohman theatre. ‘The speculator’s price is one dollar above box-office. The plunder, so'tis said, goes equally to Frohman and the speculator. Beacon Hitt, Lyxx, Mass. Lire. Dear Sirs: Accept the congratulation of your work,‘ The Ame n Citizen at the N.Y. Custom House.” Trunks detained three weeks, Articles assessed for duty bought in the U and thrown over the floor, and ladies’ underwear maliciously exposed. Yours, A victim and law-abiding citizen who will give his name, when desired, as the good work goes on. Cixcinxati, Oct. 23, 1901. Lire Punts Comrany. Gentlemen: Let me suggest through your columns that the Jews remain quiet and in their place. When the English, the Scotch- Irish, the German-Lutheran, the French, the Spanish, and so on, came to America, cut down the forests, fought the Indians, built forts to protect the young industries, and died for the sake of Freeaom, the Jew remained on the safe side of the situation, and like a shadow followed ervilization. ‘The Jew did not advance it or help to do it. This 18 history. It is true the Jews have helped fight many battles in days long ago, and many of them are brave men, but in proportion to theie numbers they furnish fewer men to be proud of than any race, not excepting the Negro race. The Jews are not persecuted in this country—and will never be—but the time is coming when almost all of the avenues to great wealth will be demed them. Unty those wno have brains will survive to great fortunes. And cunning and self-denial will avail litle to the unaggressive. Dougias Bond. Ctxctwxatt, O., Oct. 30, 1901, Tobacco for Boer Prisoners. YEZ! Oyez! Listen ye who sym- pathize with valor in distress. There are four or five thousand Boer prisoners in the Bermuda Islands whose captivity would be much more tolerable if they had tobacco. Let us send them some! Address your packages to The Rev. J. Albertyn, Chaplain of Boer Prisoners, Hamilton, Bermuda. We understand that the Quebec Steamship Co., Ltd., Pier 47, North River, carries free parcels so addressed. GOBBLE: No, sir, this hunting is wrong. The deer has the worst of it. There ought to be just as much chance for the man to be shot. Stone: But there is—by some other man. © WOULD SOME POWER THE OIFTIR OIE US TO SEE OURSEL'S AS X-RAYS sRE US. IT WOULD PROM MANY A BLUNDER FREE US, AND POOLISH NOTION. PNR RS i RS BOAR Ib i END PAT STILE TEL re, aR