SMILE OR TWO
A Smile or Two Nothing Doing "My next immitashum," said the vaudeville topliner, "will be an immi-tashun of the Senate committee at Washington enlightening the public on the result of its...
...Does yo' mean cussin...
...The stage was left for two minutes in total darkness.—Chicago Record Herald...
...National Corporation Register...
...In 1900 they won with the people but lost in the Legislature, and the same was the case in 1902...
...Harper's Weekly...
...Lippin-cott's Magazine...
...echoed Wig-gletborpe...
...Hereafter when you whistle, whistle in the tires and save me the expense of a pump...
...The majority vote against it was 92,000...
...Ya-as, I know," said the justice...
...but every chance to appeal to the people should be improved, and the Governor doubtless understands this and would thwart it as far as he can, but the Legislature should pass the bill over his veto.—The Independent...
...The Governor appears to be opposed to woman's suffrage...
...Notice—De copardnership heretofore resisting be-tween me and Mose Skinner is hereby resolved...
...Proper Settlement A- West Virginia darkey, a blacksmith, recently announced a change in his business as follows...
...No halt was allowed...
...But it was too late to convert the hesitant voters, who might have been gained by a longer effort...
...He forgets, or perhaps remembers, that it is by pressing onward that any great movement gains cumulative force...
...There was no intermission of effort...
...What did he say to you, Caroline...
...Sorry, my lad...
...I can not do it," said the witness...
...Does he ever use hard language...
...There are some questions that can not be answered by a 'yes' or a 'no,' as any one knows...
...The Presidential election is not the fairest occasion to try for it...
...The late history of Wisconsin might well have taught him that lesson...
...Your bill will come to jest —forty-seven dollars...
...Apart from the generally conservative position of the large foreign population, the great brewery interests and the solid saloon were against the women...
...but the vote in favor amounted to the grand number of more than 136,000...
...The Legislature readily passed the bill, but to the surprise of every one it was vetoed by Governor McGovern...
...The Efficiency Expert "James," said the efficiency expert, annoyed by the cheerful habit which his chauffeur had of whistling while at his work, "you should remember that the greatest fortunes nowadays are made from the byproducts of waste...
...The retort came like a flash: "Are you still beating your wife...
...However, the large vote greatly encouraged the advocates, and they asked the Legislature to allow a new referendum in 1914...
...It was not a favorable occasion for an appeal to the male electorate...
...Not yit ye hevn't," grinned the jus-tice, "but ye will, my friend, ye will before ye git a mile out o' town...
...The Wisconsin Veto IN THE Presidential election of 1912 the citizens of Wisconsin voted adversely on the proposition to grant women the suffrage...
...Why, Judge, the fine for overspeeding is only fifteen dollars...
...The Subscriber Knows YOUNG Journalist...
...A sickly grin spread over the lawyer's face and he sat down.—Successful Farming...
...Why, Jedge, I jes' cain't tell you all dat man do say to me...
...The other Wisconsin reforms which have made that state a leader in the nation began, as La Follette's Weekly reminds the Governor, in 1894, They lost in 1896, and again in 1898...
...He chooses to allow time for the enthusiasm aroused by the late active campaign to cool down...
...At the last election it won in Kansas, Arizona and Oregon...
...Paid in Advance "Now, lemme see," said the rural justice, figuring on the back of an old envelope...
...Finally the pair were hailed into court, and the dusky lady entered a charge of abusive language against her spouse...
...Veteran Editor...
...he asked...
...Every biennial election was a battle...
...I've made the fine putty Stiff So's t' give ye plenty o' room to move round in...
...I defy you to give an example to the court," thundered the lawyer...
...The thutty-two dollars is fer contempt o' court...
...Yassuh, not wif his mouf, but he's always giv-in' me dem cussory glances...
...A Smile or Two Nothing Doing "My next immitashum," said the vaudeville topliner, "will be an immi-tashun of the Senate committee at Washington enlightening the public on the result of its investigation of campaign funds...
...you've come to the wrong person...
...But I haven't expressed any contempt for this Court," protested Wig-glethorpe...
...Dem what owe de firm will settle wid me, and dem what de firm owes will settle wid Mose...
...Late in the campaign the movement grew in enthusiasm, and it received the endorsement of the women's clubs, while it was found that even the foreign element was open to conviction...
...National Food Magazine...
...One on the Lawyer A browbeating lawyer was demanding that a witness answer a certain question either in the negative Or affirmative...
...His Abusive Eyes Aunt Caroline and the partner of her woes evidently found connubial bliss a misnomer, for the sounds of war were often heard down in the little cabin in the hollow...
...I am only the editor of this paper...
...Of course, the good cause of the political rights of women will get the victory everywhere in the Union...
...The judge, who had known them both all his life, endeavored to pour oil on the troubled Waters...
...Forty-seven dollars...
...Better consult one of my subscribers...
...He said, in explaining his veto, that two years was too soon for a new appeal to the people, and it was better to leave it till the Presidential election of 1916...
...I would like to have some advice as to how to run a newspaper successfully...
...Harper's Weekly...
...but in 1904 the progressive movement carried both Governor and Legislature...
...A halt would have spelt discouragement and failure...
Vol. 5 • July 1913 • No. 27
