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THE OREGON DAILY JOUKN
PORTLAND; FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1903.
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C;S. JACKSON.
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DALLY
Jfoutmal
HTMf IMMIGRATION HAS DONE
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THE JOURNAL, P. O. Box 111. Portland. Oregon
No general prosperity can come without making It absolutely Impossible for the
great Institutions to amass such fortunes as the last few years have shown.
The public will not long consent to be victimised by high prices charged by the trusts
upon one hand and the high wages of the trdes-unlons upon the other. Neither can
the trades-unions succeed In this way, for the worklngmun has no power to put up
wages as fast as the Industrial baron can put up prices; one Is accomplished with
endless pain and difficulties, the other is almost automatic.
The great energy and power that have counted In the organisation of trades-
unionism,- and the narrow efforts of separate bodies to Increase wages, must be
'diverted afld directed Toward the laws and Industrial Institutions of the country, so
that production will be more bountiful and . distribution more equitable. Clarence
S. Darrow. - - '
THE DALLES WAS FIRST
' The Dalles people deserve their wide repu
tat Ion for good deeds of head and heart and
they have greatly added to It In being the
very first to extend aid and succor to the
. survivors of the Heppner flood, the relief
workers from The Dalles being the first to
' reach Heppner and go to work In the cause
nt the llvln and dead, after the news of
the calamity reached "the outside world.
Other towns were prompt, but The Dalles
-was promptest, and The Journal finds it a
duty and a pleasure to chronicle It.
L WH Y- IS PAYNE RETAINED?
-Wtiv does Henry C Payne continue to
hold the office of Postmaster-General of the
'United States?
' is there anything In his record since he
assumed charge of the Posteffice Depart -
ment to warrant his retention. In view of the
revelations of wholesale corruption among
. his subordinate officials?, T
, ,.As the head, of the department, Mr. Payne
must be held -responsible for the malfeas-
' ance which has been disclosed, unless he is
"to-be regarded as a mere dummy, Incom
petent to attend to the business, of which he
la supposed to be in charge. The, only ex
planation ever offered for the selection of
Mr. Payne for the office which he' holds is
that he was expected to look after the
President's political Interests. His long ex
perience in practical politics, his supposed
, familiarity with the arts .by, which warring
factions are harmonized and political con
ventions are manipulated, was the com
monly accepted reason for his appointment.
It was never pretended that Mr. Payne had
any other peculiar qualifications for the of
fice of Postmaster-General. His whole past
Ii an effective contradiction to the theory
that he was expected to run the postal ser
vice on those principles of civil service re
form which Mr. Roosevelt at one time so
. earnestly advocated.
Assuming that Mr. Payne was In fact
contsantly protesting that no serious wrong
doing had occurred, his demeanor has been
that of a man who looks forward with panic
and dread to the revelations that the morrow
may bring forth.
Bribery, blackmail, forgery and corruption
have run riot In the Postoffice Department
since Mr, Payne was placed at its head. Hi
administration, measured by plain business
standards, has been an utter and a disgrace
ful failure. In any great commercial enter
prise such incompetence as he has shown
would ensure Instant discharge.
Why, then. Is Mr. Payne retained In hli
office? Perhaps the President had some
reason, but to the general public the ques
tion must, seem unanswerable. It is true
that Mr. Payne is a close personal and po
litical friend of Mark Hanna, but even Mr.
Hanna's friendship should not suffice to re
tain him In the position in which he has
made so signally a failure.
If the postoffice Investigation is to be
thorough and honest, let Mr. Payne be dis
missed at once.
THE COUNTY SCANDALS
It is well for the people of Multnomah
County to remember that the Investigation
Into the affairs of the county is still In prog
ress and that the County Clerk's depart
ment Is not the only one to undergo Inspec
tion. The work of examining the records Is
tedious one, but It Is being done thor
oughly. There is strong reason to believe
that the disclosures yet to come will be
quite as sensational as those already made.
The rottenness was not confined to any sin
gle department.
The litigation which has already been
commenced is but the beginning of the fight
to recover the funds lost to the county
through past mismanagement or dishonesty.
If the county is-successful in these suits, It
will have comparatively little trouble in re-,
covering in other instances. It is to be ex
pected that these Initial suits will be car
ried to the Supreme Court for final adjudica
t Ion, and many months must therefore.
"The Judicious restriction of Immigration would be a popular measure in the next
Congress," says one of our large dallies, "nndlt will be surprising If it is not seised
as an issue in the next Presidential canvass."
This statement would probably And many an echo at this time. Let us, then, look
Into the Immigration question. - .
At the outset it should be noted thai there is a tremendous flood of Immigration
this year. Indeed, 103 will probably , equal, if it does not exceed, the record Immi
gration year of 1882, when 800,000 aliens came to these shores and were admitted. But
the nature of the Immigration has greatly changed from that of 21 years ago. William
Williams, Commissioner of Immigration at the port, of New York, who has submitted
t6 an Interview at length on the immigration. question, says, as to the difference In the
Immigrants In 1882 and now: '
'..
"A glance at the records for 1882 shows that In that year Germany sent. 250,000,
Great Britain and Ireland 180,000, and the Scandinavian countries lOfLOOO people, or in
round numbers 535,000 Immigrants. That year Italy sent us only 32,000, Austria 30,000 and
Russia 21,000, the total from these countries being 83.000. Twenty years later what Is
the situation, as disclosed by the records? Germany sent us last year 28,000, Great
Britain and Ireland 40,000 and Scandinavia 64,000, or a total of 128,000 people, while on
the other hand Itnly sent 180,000, Austria 170,000 and Russia 107,000, the aggregate
number of arrivuls from these three .countries reaching a grand total ot 457,000. The
situation, then, is that whereas 20 years ago the Anglo-Saxon, Teutonic and Scandinavian
Immigration was extremely heavy, today it has dwindled to almost insignificant propor
tions, while the influx from the other countries has Increased 'by leaps and bounds.
and as yet shows no signs of decreasing.
"It is conceded that Immigration has been a tremendous factor in the upbuilding
of the grout Western section, of our country. We all know that the Northwest is
greatly in debt to the Old World for her growth, bur at the same time" we must
remember that tlmt condition Is not due to the simple fact that hundreds of thousands
of foreigners have been coming over annually, but to the additional fact that those
people who came from Great Britain, Germany and Scandinavia were agriculturists, and
more closely resembled In blood traditions and Ideas our own people than do the people
of any other European countries. From these facts It Is therefore almost certain that had
the immigration of a score of years ago been from the countries which are now send
Ing so many Illiterate people into our great cities, the United States would not today
be enjoying Its present civilisation." '
Commissioner Williams, In classifying these Immigrants, says that of the 700,000
aliens who landed at New. York lust year, about 3,000 were of the' professions, 60,000
were skilled workmen, 420,000 were unskilled laborers, while 130,000 were women and
children without any occupation.
And where do these people go? That he regards as an Important question.' He
answered it in this way; - . ... , . ... .
"Seventy per cent of them stayed In the East, settling in New York, New Jessey,
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. The West did not get quite 10. per cent, while the
South received only about two per cent The statistics sho that this great stream
of Immigration is a city influx, and that the great bulk of the new-comers do not go, and
cannot be persuaded to go, into the unsettled portions of the country for the purpose of
developing them, as did the people who came over 20 years ago,"
The Commissioner says that the new settlers do not and bannot be persuaded to
go into the unsettled parts of the country, and that tabout 80 'Out' of I0,'0OO' aliens become,
objects of charity, while in the case of the native-born people' the percentage Is only
nine In lO.Ouo.
Now these tatements need some examination. . .Why'fis'" It that 70per cent of
these Immigrant stop In the cities and do not go into if1' newer" parts e-f the country
and "grow up" with them, as did the former Immigrants? ; We are accustomed to have
that answered off hand: "The class of immigrants has changed. Those who came
formerly wre desirous of getting farms which they' Coul,d themselves work and on
which they could live. The majority of those who come tiow have no such desire; on
the contrary they want to stop in our larger cities." '' v'
That looks as though It ought to be a proper answer to the question, but It really
explains nothing. Why have the farmers stopped coming; to us, and why are the city
denizens now coming? Of course, there must be some reason for this. It seems to me
that the reason is plain. Either this country now 'holds out different inducements to
those it formerly offered or else social and political .conditions are hardening' In new
places abroad, which drive their people forth to seek, new countries in increasing
numbers. t ''
Now we know well that the conditions in Italy and Southern. Russia have been very
severe of late years. In Italy the tax burdens havbecome monstrous. The United
Slates is like a tax-free country beside It. The" burdens of taxation there .fall with
. crushing burden upon the poor. . There is.po reason -why Italy should not.jproduce a really
great and prosperous people. She once sent forth conquerors of the world, "who gave It
the Latin tongue, stamped upon it the Roman law and enveloped it In a Roman peace.
When the Roman empire rotted within and the "barbarians" came down frorp the north .
and sized the Roman state, there was a long darkness, followed by a new burst of
splendor during the Middle Ages, and subsequently. The Italian people today would
Bhlne in arts and letters and doubtless, too, in the realm of science, and invention, as
has one of her oung sons, Marconi, who has sent his name high among the inventors
of the century. Italy might become that new Italy, that glorious world-helping Italy,?
of which the famous Italian political philosopher and patriot, Joseph Mazzlnl dreamed
and wrote, and for the bringing of which he gave the zealous efforts of a blameless life.
But to attain this, Italy must have a people living in social equity. Private monop
olies must not rob the people until they drive thousands from their native shores to
seek more propitious conditions in a foreign land.
The United States does not give what It formerly did to the immigrant, but even
now it undobutedly seems to hold out to tens of thousands of Italians, and does, Indeed,
give them better opportunity for development thah they can at this time get in Italy
with its increasing political and economic hardships. So they come among us by the
shipload.
DEARTH OF MASTERS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
A writer in one of the June magazines la
ments that neither American poetry nor
American prose literature Is up to Old World
standards. Our culture, he asserts, Is false,
In poetry, while our low state of taste leads
us to prefer the fourth-rate verse, says he,
our egregious assumption of good taste leads
us to exploit it. As to prose, he will not
pause to ask what name from our own pri
vate Hall of Fame we are to Insert among
the foremost In belles-lettres, such
Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Rabelais, Goethe,
Chaucer, Shakespeare. He will propose an
easier test and broaden thb list of entries.
"I add," he writes, "Sophocles, Caldron and
Rojas, Bocasslo, Mollere and Balsao, Mar
lowe, Milton and Keats, Scott, Defoe, Turf
eneff, Landor and whom of our own?
Temerarious fondness (not necessarily
American this time) might present Emerson.
And in goes Emerson; b,ut rot but not
Emerson, the poet The test is still ma
liciously hard. Let me make it less crucial
by proposing merely the literature of the
nineteenth century. Whom shall we offer T
The literature in English of the "ceYitury. In
this narrower field, and making our choice
generous, suppose we say, Emerson, Haw
thorne, Whitman; Foe, Lowell, (not the poet,"
but our graceful essayist). Cooper and Irv
ing. There Is a showing we may well be
satisfied about, especially when we add that
of this list Emerson, Poe and Whitman (and
Vom the century before. Franklin), and to
a lesg degree Cooper and Irving, have not
ably influenced individual foreign writers, if
seldom groups. So Justly we may be satis
fied, that there Is no call for boasting besides
of the flnt things we have not produced,v"rH'
y'r" ; . "' ' ' .'
:-While, it is a? fact thai the United Stalest
has not produced writers great enoush to'1
match the foremost In all literature. 6r In
Enrllsh literature ' nr vn th tJU TCnrtlaii
writers of the nineteenth century, this coun- ,t
try haa brought out great number of men
that xan write exceedingly good ' Ehgll: h, '
These, men' are employed mostly in journal-
Ism, where the remuneration Is good, i-
though the reward in fame Is small. Tho
great majority of, them ; write anonymously
and prefer anonymity.' . They deal In the
main' with transitory"-end even ephmer
matters, and although they exert a great in
fluence on contemporary opinion, their work
Is not of permanent Interest The 'news
papers have attracted to their unsigned
columns many of the most virile pens and
personalities in literature. .There seems to
be less and less need for great writers who
shall starid out head and shoulders above
their contemporaries. ". ' -V '
Poetry is In eclipse on both sides of ttw
Atlantic, This Is distinctly an age of proro.
Nobody writes poetrytftfbody reads It Pet -haps
our culture has passed beyond th
craving for metrical expression which is the
expression, of youth. - Poetry preceded pros
In the evolution of literature. Perhaps, on
the contrary, other great poets shall rise up
among us and lead our truant steps back to
Olympus. The best we can do is wait and
watch developments.
'""placed at the-Eead of this-department for
the purpose of doing politics In the Interest
of the President. It may be asked whether
he has fulfilled this mixslon with such a de
gree of success as will warrant his reten-
" tion. There Is no doubt that the Postofllce
Department Is being converted Into an ad
junct to the Republican machine as rapidly
as the transformation can be effected. But
i this being accomplished In such a way as
to ald7Mr. Roosevelt's' ambition for another
term in the White House? Evidently not.
Any 'practical" politician of ordinary com
mon sense could have told Mr. Payne that
the introduction of politics into the depart
ment must be--accomplished without any
flagrant scandals and without .permitting
widespread corruption. Otherwise the ex
posure, sooner or Inter inevitable, would .so
arouse popular Indignation as to result dis
astrously both to the President and to his
advisers. So far from being of assistance to
President Roosevelt in his campaign for an
other term, Mr. Payne's administration of
his department lias proved Ihe most stag
. gering blow that the President could 'tiavc
received.
Viewed therefore as a i;oli(iiaI manager,
Mr. Payne has been a complete and Igno
minious failure.
If measured by the standard commonly
applied to the head of a great department,
either of government or of business, the
Postmaster-General is again found wanting.
His department bus been virtually without
a head. - His subordinates have run the busi
' Iicss of their various bureaus -without even
the pretense of consulting him. He has been
lit absolute Ignorance of the details of the
management of the department. He has
been a mere figure-head and in .the. Invest -Igatlon.tiow
In progress he has been ignored
by his subordlnaten,.who J&ive been reporting
directly to the' President instead of to their
nominal chief. Mr. Payne's attitude through
out the investigation has been well de
scribed as one of nervous expectancy. While
Likewise Is it with people In the southern part of Russia. The bureaucracy in that
country bears with a crushing weight upon them, and added to that a large part of them
are subjected to religious and racial persecution. The Jews are a people of such ten
acious character that through all the vicissitudes of centuries they have preserved, vivid
and glowing, much of the spirit of their ancient teachings. Moreover, they are born
tradejg..qJLhesIruggleor suffer
assimilable. They do not at once speak the common language of this country; thejali
are at the outset Ignorant of our manners and customs; they have, perhaps, only the
faintest notion of our principles of government. But they soon learn much, and their N
children go to our public schools and grow up citlsens in all these senses. Intermarriage
does more, so that the offspring of a despised Syrian or a peddler from Cairo becomes
eligible for election to the Presidency of the United States, just as descendants of Irish,
Scottish, English and other Immigrants have been so eligible, and some of which have
actually been so elected.
There Is good reason for taking every precaution to keep out Immigrants having
contagious diseases. But these cannot be a large percentage, as the steamship lines
will not knowingly carry them.
Nor need we really have much fear of the importation of revolutionary elements.
If our social conditions are really such as o afford every man who wants to make his
living an opportunity to make it easily, and if our political conditions are really free and
not corrupt and oppressive, then revolution, give It what name you may, can make no
head among us. Revolutionary Anarchists, Nihilists or men of any other philosophical
and political views might come here and would be tamed by Jhe ease of life and the
democracy of surroundings. But if the political corruption should abound here as In the
countries of Europe, political equality would then, so far as Its ordinary practical
working was concerned, be merely nominal. If, taking all things under consideration,
there should be as much difficulty in reaching the higher standard of living here as In
reaching the lower standard of the European countries, then not only will foreign seeds of
revoiution, despite all precautions, enter and germinate here; but we ourselves will
.begot social "rvoluHonlsts. Booth was not a foreigner. Guiteau was not a foreigner.
Czolgoss was not a foicigncr. The iatter was native born, edveated in the public
schools, had worked in a number of American cities and had a brother in the American
army.
Then why should there be ,va Judicious restriction of . Immigration," which the news
paper"! quoted at the .outset believed "would prove a popular policy In this country?
We are now being well protected against foreign contagious diseases. We cannot
hope to keep our revolutionary elements, for these consist of states of mind, and a man
does not wear them on the outside like clothes. Besides, did circumstances exist here
that, would give root to foreign importations of this kind, these same circumstances
would breed indigenous varieties that lie dormant in times of peace and plenty. -
Then why restrict immigration? Because, it may be said, there is not enough
employment for thpse that, are here and the multitudes that may wish to come?
How preposterous is sucha statement! All that is needed to make for true and
lasting civilization 1b td let man with his hands and faculties have access to, nature;
then to keep the tax gatherer tff his back and special privileges from robbing nim. He
will work, and' work hard. He will sow and he will reap. He will delve and he will
discover. He will add knowledge to knowledge, and a race of gloriously enlightened free
men Will, under such circumstances, develop from a race of Ignorant, groveling slaver-.
Free nature to man, and man will emancipate himself. If we should do that in this
country our desire would not then be to restrict immigration, but to encourage It,
provided always that the Immigrants could be assimilated, that is, if admitted in large
numbers, they could be taken Into the policy and made a homogeneous part of it; could
Intermarry with our people and become as one with the body of our citizens.
And this the people of Italy, Austria, Russia and the countries of the Eastern
Mediterranean would do. The Immigration problem thus becomes not one of keeping
great numbers of assimilable people out of this country, but of opening natural op
portunities and destroying special privileges in the United States, so as to give plenty
of opportunities for employment to- all our present population and all who may come
by birth or immigration.- -
elapse before they are concluded.
The task of unearthing the malfeasance of
former officials and of asserting the county's
rights Is necessarily a long ond a difficult
one. The authorities who are prosecuting
the work should have the fullest measure of
popular support.
MACHINE'S PLANS MISCARRY,
The elevation of C. F. Swigert as president
of the Port of Portland Commission will be
gratifying to all citizens who believe that
the commission should not be a mere adjunct
of the local Republican machine, but should
be devoted solely to the furtherance of the
interests of this port. The Journal advo
cated the selection of either Mr. Swigert or
Mr. Adams, on the ground that they are the
only experienced members of the.jboard and
are therefore better qualified to preside over
It than any of the newly-appointed members
can possibly be. The election of Mr. Swlgert
is a-distinctive defeat for the petty poli
ticians who v.ere seeking to make the or
ganization a mere patronage mill for the
furtherance of their selfish schemes. If the
Port of Portland Commission is to be of any
real value to the public, it mtiBt be kept free
from the contaminating influences of ma
chine politics. 4 ( -
It is a dull dny.(when the Washington dis
patches do not' record new arrests or Indict
ments of postoffice officials. The discovery
that some of these officials were not content
with the profits of bribery and blackmail,
but resorted to forgery as well, serves to
show how utterly they were without fear of
being called to account.
. The fund for the relief of the Heppner
sufferers has .reached generous proportions,
but it is iot yet sufficient to meet the need.
It Is gratifying to .note the ready response
from every city and town of Oregon.
want. Hence economic rivalry and religious rancor combine In wild bursts of passion
and hurl the Russian Gentile against the Russian Jew. The latter, being much In the
minority, they have to give way, which they do by leaving Russia for.other lands
chiefly the United States. " . '
Thus these two peoples, the Italians and the Russian Jews, have found the United
States a land of refuge, a "land of promise." And what is said of these two peoples may
be said of the Austrian Immigrants. Conditions in their own countries have -become
Intolerable for multitudes; they have crossed the seas to the United States.
.- " '' " "
. .
Had not these miseries of environment come upon these peoples in their own
countries, it seems certain that they would not come here, for conditions in this country,
considered of themselves, have not grown more attractive to outside peoples, but really
less. The proof of that Is the falling off in the immigration of the peoples of the
British Isles and Germany. All in all, things are not materially better fh these countries
than they were In 1882, when there was such a great exodus thence into this country.
The advantage in the getting of a living for the average map is now not so largely on
our side as it was 20 years ago. Were there in those countries circumstances of per
secution or oppression, such as exists In Russia, Austria and Italy, then the tide of
Immigration might be heavy from Ireland, England, Scotland and Germany. But these
discouraging circumstances do not exist, or at any rate the comparison of the United
States with their own countries does not now-make this country appear to be vastly
more , favorable to the material welfare of a people, so that immigration from those
countries has greatly fallen oft.
It will not do for us to wrap ourselves up In our pride and say that this is not so,
that the United States in itself does not really offer less to immigration thah it formerly
did and that were it not for increasing oppressions of some 'foreign governments and
serious religious and social disturbances there would be a great tailing off in the general
volume of immigration. We know certainly that while there was some of the "public
domain" to be had for farms by Immigrants in 1882, there is practically none now; that
speculators have got it. AYe know that there is a feverish land boom In progress
through the Mississippi Valley and west of the Rlckles, so that speculators' land
that is foraate Is thus made high nd tends to raise up another deterrent to immigration.
Then, too, we know that the cost of living is at this time very much higher than It was
years o go. We have had a period of industrial prosperity follpwtng the Industrial
depression of 1802-7. But speculation set In and concentration, so that the advantage of
this activity has gone mainly to the speculators of various kinds, while the masses
Of the people have suffered from lower wages and higher prices.
,
Much more might be said, but this is sufficient to make us realize that the real
difficulty with-the immigration question is not wha is so generally implied; indeed, so
often said: that we are receiving an objectionable, class of immigrants. It ia the obvious
right of a people to keep out of their country an element that 1 not assimilable.' For
this reason the eiyjJualon of the Chinese - is Justifiable. - Time , and conditions do not
change them. They are .always Chinese, and do not become anything else, . no matter
to what country and in what numbers they . immigrate. But this cannot be, said of
the Italians, the Austrians or the Russians, Jews or Gentiles. . Nor really can it be said
of the peoples from the Eastern Mediterranean countries. They cannot be called non-
THE COWBOYS HIGH HEEL8.
A correspondent whq signs himself "D. W.
,H." writes entertainingly as follows: "In
one'orhe le4es-4n-"the- Nosegay column
reference is made to the high heels on the
boots of the Texas cowpunchers, and vanity
Is given as the reason for the high heel.
This is somewhat of & mistake. No doubt
"vanity figures In it, for the writer has been
witness to the fact seeing heels so high
that they were braced with small iron rods
on the Inside. But to return to the real
use of the high heel for it has a use. We
all know the broncho, some of us by reputa
tion and others by experience, and know
he is, to say the least, a trifle unreliable,
On the saddles used in the west the small,
light stirrup ot Iron is not used. In its
place is the large wooden stirrup similar
to the one used In the cavalry, but mostly
without the leather guard over the front,
and It is here where the high heel plays its
part. The vooden stirrup is "so large than
an ordinary shoe as worn would slip
through, and it does not take much im
agination to picture what would happen If
at this time the rider should be thrown from
the saddle, and one foot be caught in the
stirrupi With the high heel this fa Impos
sible," for the foot cannot go all the way
through. So vanity is not the whole reason
of the cowpurtcher's high heel."
IN QUEST OF CALM.
"You say you are going to the city for rest
and quiet 7"
- ''Yes," answered the rural Kentucky belle
"Father's just got fourjpallors of moonshine
liquor, and Is polishing his Winchester, 'and
jnother and I have decided that vre want to
go to some lonesome, far-away place like
Chicago or New York." -Washington Star;
"So they have had their first quarrel?"
f fYesl She says she is dreadfully disappointed-In
him," .
"For what reason T' r " " ' ,
"She 'discovered that all those lovely
tjiingi he quoted from ;Omar Khayyam
weren't original' 'Washington ' jStar..""
LADY BALCARRIE8' "FLAME" FAD.
English women of fashion are apparent)
devoted to a new shade. It is an uncom-
premlBlngorangei a most - tryinr' tmtrane
one that women have been using only spar
ingly In the last 60 years. Two English
women. Lady Balcarres and Mrs. Charles
Ewart, have been wearing gowns laden down
with this bright hue. Lady Balcarres' had a
long court train at one ,of the drawing rooms
made of orange velvet, flounced with cream
colored lace. Mrs. Ewart dutifully followed
suit, and her brown chiffon frock was bright
ened with a full sash of orange crepe. .. Even
this fashionable favor will not avail burnt
orange or "flame," as it isri. called by the
French. The most delicate skin looks yellow
beside orange, and the most brilliant com
plexion is pale. Nevertheless, fashionable
milliners along Piccadilly have taken up the
"flame" fad and one woman has the daring
to show a gown of unrelieved orange crepe.
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SUMMER HALF HOLIDAYS.
"We close early," are prosaic words to
those people of leisure with whom the work
of each day stops In good season, but they
are full of enchantment to the ordinary
toller who .knows that business closings
mean social openings. A few years ago
these announcements of . . half holidays
aroused some curiosity and wonder, and the
believers in all work and no play prophesied
that no good would come of them and Ifat
a mischief -making satan was waiting
around the corner for all these idle hands.
But good has come of it, and the signs that
used to be seen Only on Saturdays are now
to'be found on Thursdays in markets and
groceries announcing to the public that there
are midweek holidays when a ' grocer may
forget he is a grocer and a market man may
be a vegetarian. Chicago Tribune.
GREAT SAVING. . ,
. Stubb You didn't seem much . worried
about the waiters' strike? c -. '.
Penn Nc I saved so much in tips t
could afford to buy a spring suit and a pan
ama."Chlcago News . -,;f