The New England magazine . rjpatriarchal, and wore one of those regula;tion patriarchal goat-beards of a yellovjwhite. He was endeavoring to interest the conlductor, who was strangely indifferent. He said in a loud tone, Theres a queegal down our way, about half as old as I bejHer names Kate Sarnborn. Well, she writhe goldarndest book and called it ThDisbanded Farm. She had a good deal dtrouble about the farm, and Ill be gol1darned if she did nt come out the top o;the heap! Ill bet my life she did, anddont bet my life unless I am mighty sur,of anything. Did nt you ever read any oher things ? S
The New England magazine . rjpatriarchal, and wore one of those regula;tion patriarchal goat-beards of a yellovjwhite. He was endeavoring to interest the conlductor, who was strangely indifferent. He said in a loud tone, Theres a queegal down our way, about half as old as I bejHer names Kate Sarnborn. Well, she writhe goldarndest book and called it ThDisbanded Farm. She had a good deal dtrouble about the farm, and Ill be gol1darned if she did nt come out the top o;the heap! Ill bet my life she did, anddont bet my life unless I am mighty sur,of anything. Did nt you ever read any oher things ? She writes for the farm paperstoo; I read all her things. OP Ka Sanbon. Farmer and Litterateur! MEN AND AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON By DAVID S. BARRY President Roosevelt Plans a One-man Government jor the City : James B. ReynoldsHis Commissioner : The Beautiful Citys Astonishing Slums : Plans jor TheirBetterment : Dr. Hales Opinion and the Tempest It Caused : The Fall-ing Off of Religion in Washington : Opinions of Many Clergymen. HEN reflections upon the relig-ious sentiment of the capital ofthe United States are madeby such eminent authorities asBishop Satterlee and other dis-tinguished ministers of the Episcopal Churchresiding here; when the various social strataare publicly referred to with contempt bysuch an authority as Dr. Edward EverettHale; when the form of government islooked upon askance by President Roose-velt, who appoints a sociologist and politicaland domestic economist of high repute, inthe person of James Bronson Reynolds, tosubmit a new plan of municipal control;and when the same expert authority is com-missioned to report to the Chief Executiveas to the facts relating to the slums of Wash-ington, a subject first brought to the atten-tion of the President and the country bysuch a practical social reformer as JacobA. Riis — popularly known as DearJake; — then it would seem to be hightime for the denizens of the city to sit upa,nd ask themselves, What is the matter
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