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ft is better to hnve no statue than to have
men ask whv you tccie honoied
tn bronze.
Battleships Arc Not Obsolete
AMERICAN navnl constructors aro not far
behind the Germans, even If they have
not surpassed them. Francis T. Bowles, a
shipbuilder who learned his trade while In
the navy, has juot returned from Germany
With a report that the exploit of the Ger
man submarines In operating 800 miles from
their base Is not remarkable. Five years ago
the Salmon, an American submarine, went to
Bermuda from New Yorlc and returned, a
total distance of 1320 miles, or 660 miles from
Its base. Our designers can make a ship to-,
day which would doubtless surpass the Sal
mon. The Importance of the submarine Is recog
Titzcd by the Senate Committee on Naval Af
fairs, which has amonded the naval appro
priation bill so as to provldo for Ave seagoing
vessels of this type. Instead of ono bb pro
posed by the House. Senator Smoot Is anx
ious that fifty should be built, and he has
sought to offer an amendment to that ef
fect carrying an appropriation of $30,000,000
for Immediate use.
The Utah Senator is prematurely enthusi
astic The war has not proved that the bat
tleship is useless or that futuie wars are to
be fought under water. The German cruisers
have atqultted themselves well as com'merco
destroyers, and the British battleships have
thus; far succeeded In preventing any seri
ous raid upon the English coast by a Ger
man squadron. It is not likely that the Sen
ate will follow Mr. Smoot's suggestion. ( It
will be wiser If it waits until experts have
decided what lessons the war has really
taught before it enters upon any extravagant
program in favor of one type of vessel.
Senator Cummins 1b "Willin' "
SENATOR CUMMINS has not yet said that
he is not a candidate for the Republican
IPresldentlal nomination next year. He Is not
likely to say It. President Wilson can say
that he is not a candidate In his own party
because he knows that his party must nom
inate him or admit that It has failed miser
ably. But Mr. Cummins is not the whole
Republican party, even If he Is a large part
of what is left of the Progressive party.
Other men besides the Iowa' Sonator nre
eligible. We shall not be so unkind as to
say thus early in the campaign that others
would, make stronger candidates. Opinions
differ on that point.
Such strength as Mr. Cummins has comes
from" Ws radicalism. He Is already toying
with the question of prohibition, and has an
nounced that the saloon must go. He would
jot -the total prohibition vote on that issue
If he would only announce his support of a
prohibitory amendment to the National Con
stitution. Perhaps he may go thus far be
fore the summer is over and let the country
know Just how he would abolish the saloon.
He Is as strongly In favor of peace as of
temperance. And he favors many other
wholesome reforms, but the prohibition issue
Is the pne on which his friends are appar
ently counting the most. If they can pre
vent the appearance of a Burchard In their
councils with an unfortunate epigram about
the opposition his boom Is likely to bo with
us for several months.
A Superb Animal Battling- With His Master
IT Wllili do sport no harm If the notorious
Jack Johnson falls to make an appearance
at Juarez, This superb pugilistic animal, un
trnmmeled by the discipline of social train
ing, and nevertheless possessed of the means
to gratify his brutal longings, by dedicating
himself to a career of license and debauchery
has managed to bring himself into general
. disrepute, and there are leaders among his
own race who are Inclined to think that he
has done Jt great harm.
He leaped into fame in his calling, without
prejudice. In circumstances which called for
moderation and tactfulness he displayed
neither. Instead, he is a fugitive from Jus
tice, a man without a country, a wanderer on
the face of the earth. There is, it appears, a
general desire In puglllstlo circles to bring
his career to an end, but Is it worth while?
There are many citizens, not prejudiced by
any means, who are convinced that the best
thing to do with Jack Johnson la to leave
him alqne. He la flirting with a conqueror
more certain than any man's punch. The
sport of pugilism can well afford tq let things
rest M they are and not search the highways
and byways for Impossible "white hopes."
The Golden Injunction
jMTrNaW THYSEF" was inscribed in let
XV tera of gold on the temple at Delphi,
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1 was the subject ot me enipn Bermon oy
SUIiop WHHams, of Michigan, In St. Ste-.
pijen Church here yesterday. From Greece
to jpblladelphla, from the day of the oracles
to this day in the twentieth century, these
ttvo -words have containe4 the essence of
f racUcal wisdom.
Tha men who have risen hays known them-
mtivm at the start. They have been intel
!wtwUy hvueat and have never tried to de
Ihwmselves, If they haye failed they
iwiytf tftkywj count ef stock to discover the
WIM J iJwMr wn lack of equipment, thefr
w 8fc f femeaight or their own. Jack of
i-Aiiajti &Rd industry. Their bmlns, their
Afc tftW wJUti tb& Bhyissl strength,
';n mhi Ibe tools with whlett thy mu
wj flwtr wav Th' 5em that they fflust
wntam-ajwa te tatrt 4 tfcetr power and
nmr altwi8, f jf wm t w tbm
to an? youne person or any old person than
to kndw himself.
This is true Iti matters df the spirit as
well as In physical affairs. Every wise per
son will strip his soul bare and examine it
to discover what It lacks. The coward must
confront his cowardice and the traitor his
treachery, the glutton his gluttony and the
sensualist his sensuality It he wouttl know
hlmoelf. Then, if ho Is please1 with the
prospect, he can continue In his sensuality,
his gluttony, his treachery or his cowardice,
and know himself for what he Is Try It lo
nlRht. when the rest of the world is asleep,
and see what profit you can gel from the
test.
Do Worth-while Citizens Tonight
JOHN G. JOHNSON declares that tho Con-nully-Seger-Costollo
ordinance now before
Councils Is legally defective, "and, I am In
clined to think, fatally defective."
There Is every reason to believe that It was
made so deliberately. This means that $100.
000 of the people's money was to be used to
hold an election, tho result of which would be
foreordained to bastardy by tho courts. Not
only, then, was It tho Intent of the obstruc
tionists to defeat lapld ttanslt, but they pur
posed, In addition, to waste $100,000 of otlifr
people's money In doing It, to say nothing of
the $500,000 already appropriated for tho re
location of sewers preparatory to the con
struction of the loop.
Yet It Is the men saturated with such ex
travagance who shout economy and expect
to deceive this community.
Tho city wakes tonight. Not the weak, the
timid or the subservient, but the big, strong
men of Philadelphia, with a glorious prece
dent to urge them on and a broad vlslqn to
guide them, intend to speak their will, to
Inject some of their own spirit Into spine
less Councllmen, to let It bo known that not
one man, or three men, or a dozen men,
through trickery or otherwise, will bo per
mitted to strip the city of its future, hold it
back, obstruct Its progress, bankrupt Its
communal facilities and bind It Indefinitely
to an antiquated syBtem which even Buenos
Aires, In South America, has repudiated and
tit ken measures to supplant.
Tho crisis Is real. It cannot bo mistaken.
Either citizens will have the kind of city
they want or the kind of city a few design
ing politicians want them to have. CltlzenB
will either rule or be ruled, demand or be
commanded, enforce their rights or be ridi
culed and scorned. Not Councils as a whole,
but an Inner circle of obstructionists stands
in the way, men already pilloried before this
community, who in the past fe. weeks have
revealed themselves, the Interests they serve
and the Influences that impel them.
Let tonight's meeting be a smashing blow
for the Independence of Councils us well as
the freedom of citizens In tho ranhs. And
let It be such a demonstration that its voice
will drive the legislative body Into compli
ance with the purpose of the community.
HlKtorv Is In the making. Every citizen
should make himself worth while by taking
part In it.
Real Burden Bearers
THE burden of unemployment rests more
heavily upon the shoulders of tho wife of
the man out of work than upon anyone, else.
She must feed her children. The instlnqt In
her heart impels her to starve herself that
her offspring may have food. She must be
provident. She must make every scrap do
its full duty. She must e that there Is no
waste. She must make 25 cents do tho work
of a dollar. And when tho clothes wear out
and there is no money for new she must
pinch and scrimp and patch to make the old
last until the husband can get work and
money to supply the needs of his family.
Tho husband Is not heartless. He' bears
his burden also. But It is the peculiar duty
of the wife to look after the home Her care
ful, self-sacrificing work in the back of tho
house, while they put on a bold front In the
sitting room, is now saving many n family
from hunger and preventing tho appeal by
many to the charitableness of neighbors for
relief. The small savings are stretched to
roako them last till the lean days pass and
tho bread-winner goto an opportunity" to win
tho bread. And tho heroio women who are
doing this splendid work aro not complain
ing. They ore fighting In the trenches for
their homes oi truly as any soldier on the
Continent, and they deserve all honor and all
respect.
John G. Johnson was learned In tho law
before the University made him an LU D.
It Is understood that the "Chln-Chln"
dresses for spring wear are Intended espe
cially for afternoon teas.
There Is some reason to suppose that the
Legislature Is considering a carnival .of good
things for the Organization this session.
It does not make much difference who the
next Republican candidate for President Is, ho
will pot have Champ Clark running against
him.
John D. Long says that thero would have
been no war If there had been no German
army. But would there have been any Ger
many? Adam blamed the Hvoman, but when the
bankruptcy court closes up the affairs of
bis sons of the present day they blame "the
trusts" for their failure,
Albert J. Beverldge and Glfford Plnchot
have been studying military strategy In Eu
rope. 'Perhaps they have discovered the
reason for their defeat In the great battle
of Armageddon.
Marse Henry Wfttterson thinks that Repre
sentative Bartholdt should be expelled from
Congress because of his German sympathies.
But this Is too severe punishment for a mild
advocate of world-wide peace.
When Congressmen try to arouse the mili
tary spirit by saying that New York is not
safe from a foreign Invasion, do they ex
pect the rest of the country to forget that
New York was taken by the foreigners long
ago?
Praneis T. Bowles, builder of warships by
profession, who has been in Germany on
business since December 12, returns home
with the oplrjon, for public consumption,
that Gnmtay will win." Th Kaiser
I mff tkat Gsnuariy will wta.
WASHINGTON Id
NOTHING AT ALL
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The Rest of the Country Is Itespon-
4 sible for Whatever Is Done There.
The President Ought to Establish
n Zone In Which Mr. Bryan
Should Not Express Opinions.
By J. C. HEMPHILL
'TON'T lake your politics from Wnshlng-
J-' ton," said Senator Chilton, of West Vir
ginia, "Go out Into the country If you really
wnnt to find out what the people nre talking
about nnd what they think on public ques
tions." That Is very much tho same Idea that has
been expressed by tho President on moro
than one occasion. In his first talk to the
newspaper folk ho charged them that he
cared absolutely nothing about tho editorial
opinions of tho papers, but thnt he was
much Interested In what went out from
Washington In the slmpo of "news"; that ho
wished they would send out from Washing
ton what the people of tho rost of tho coun
try wore thinking about! nnd that Is what
thoy havo been doing, because Washington,
as siirh, counts for nothing. It has no politi
cal standing. It has no opinion on any sub
ject that need be considered by any candi
date for any political ofllce. Its people havo
less to do with their own government than
tho Filipinos, who aro the subject of such
tender solicitude on tho part of our very
gcneroUB Government.
Washington Itself Starts Nothing
Washington Is simply tho clearing houBO of
the opinions of tho rest of tho country as
represented by the chosen spokesmen of tho
several States, the opinions of Its own cltl
rens count for nothing. Washington proper
"starts nothing."
"Tho country" to which Senator Chilton
would appeal Is alone responsible for what
ever Is done here, and tho country ought to
be ashamed of much that has been done, and
of nothing so much as of tho very sharp
distinctions that havo been mado by tho
majority of Congress In Its treatment of
honest capital and honest labor. That thero
Is honesty on both sides Is admitted frankly
In private conversation but discredited In of
ficial action. The lobby is right or the lobby
Is wrong, according as It represents ono
side or tho other. The. caucus Is right or
tho caucus Is wrong, npcordlng as it decides
one way or another on predetermined pol
icies touching certain questions Involving po
litical Issues.
When a manufacturer or a shipowner
shows his head the word passes down the
line to hit It When a case Involving tho true
rights of labor has been taken through all
tho courts, ftom the lowest to the highest,
and has been decided according to law and
tho evidence, the "lobby," headed by n for
mer Democratic candidate for President as a
paid attorney, appears, nnd, backed by tho
Congressmen holding "union cards," seeks to
Back tho treasury to the extent of more than
a quarter of a million dollars for tho sake of
thoso who have been fairly convicted of
violating the anti-trust law, the same law
the violation of which by tho "men higher
up," In tho opinion of tho holders of the
"union cards," should subject them to Im
prisonment In the penitentiary. To this base
use has tho much-heralded cry of "equal
rights to all, special privileges to none," como
at last.
What Everybody Ought to Knovv
And this Is "official Washington." The
country ought to know moro about It, fairly
nnd squarely. The sugar planters In Louisi
ana, the cotton manufacturers and their em
ployes in tho Cnrollnas, tho Iron miners and
their laborers in Alabama nnd Pennsylvania,
the beet growers in the West, the rnllroad
owners, managers, engineers, brakemen and
shopmen all over the country, and tho farm
ers ought to consider tho question without
prejudice. The President ought tn toll the
country about It. that only "ofllclal Wash
ington" Is to blame for it, and that the
trend of much that hns been dono hero has
been toward State socialism, which means
the end of representative government In the
United States.
Mr. Bryan, who has bepti much censured
for his neglect of his proper official duties,
persists In pernicious political activity. In an
address to the Washington Chapter of the
American Institute of Banking Saturday
night ho expressed the opinion that tho pas
sage of the Federal reserve act had "broken
the political power of the bankers," and Imf
mediately afterward declared that "If the
President of the United States, the Senate
and the Houso had not been freo from finan
cial bias you could not have had this great
boneflt, the reserve act." The President him
self upon the passage of the net expressed
his acknowledgments to tho Republicans in
tho Senato and Houso, who nro commonly
accredited with very close political connec
tions with the bankers of the country, for
their highly prized assistance In putting this
law on tho statute books, nnd the Treasury
Department of the United States will cheer
fully testify to the invaluable aid it liaB re
ceived from the bankers of the country In
the measures of relief It has undertaken for
the benefit of the business interests of tho
country; and this was precisely the sort of
"political power" the bankers exercised be
fore tho new law was passed.
Bryan Outside His Zone
Not content with his statement, which'
could only have the effect of discrediting the
bankers, Mr. Bryan charged his audience
thus: "Don't forget your depositors. I am
told that more than 85 per cent, of the de
positors Is the public, while tho remaining
15 ppr cent, are the owners of the bank. One
of the failures of bankers Is to forget their
depositors, and for that reason I have tried
to have legislation passed which would pro
tect them," Government ownership of rail
roads followed the free coinage of silver, and
Government guarantee of bank deposits Is
the paramount Issue now commended to the
people. Mr. Bryan's statement to the bank
ers was utterly misleading and as mischiev
ous as It was misleading. Bank depositors
are already amply protected. The law pro
vides for that. The law has provided for It
all along. Bankers do not forget their de
positors, else they would have no depositors.
Not every man can bo a banker mora than
every man can be a Chautauqua lecturer.
Banking Is a legitimate business. It is reg
ulated by law, and under the new banking
law It Is very securely guarded. It would
be as much the function of government to
guarantee the merchant against loss on the
goods that he sells, the farmer against the
failure of his crops and falling prices on tho
stuff that he raises, the manufacturer against
the fluctuations of the markets anJ the lec
turer against the fickleness of the multitude,
which occasionally grows tired of platitude
loguenily pronounced, u H wsoW b tsr tha
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Government to guurantco bank deposits, Be
sides, Mr. Bryan has no authority to speak
for tho Government on questions of finance.
That business belongs especially to the Sec
retary of the Treasury, Mr. McAdoo, who
does not Interfere with tho uffnlrs of tho
Department of State. If the President
would declare a zone Into which Mr. Bryan
should not attempt to sail his lightly bal
lasted craft thero would not bo so much mis
understanding among the people "out in tho
country" as to the sincere purposes of the
Administration.
COUNTING THE STARS
Not So Formidable a Taslc as It Seems.
Two or Three Hours Would Suffice.
From tho University of Wisconsin Bulletin,
DID you ever try to count nil tho stars you
could see? Or, thinking this a hopeless
task, did It ever occur to you that flvo thou
sand would be a generous estimate of their
number? This is true: Tho stars of the sky,
visible from any one place, may bo counted
In a few hours under ordinary circumstances,
if tho night Is clear. They do not exceed two
or three thousand, the exact number de
pending upon atmospheric conditions and the
keenness of the individual eye.
Yet, however many nro seen, thero is al
ways the vague Impression of more Just be
yond tho limit of visibility. In fact, much
more than half of what wo call starlight
comes from stars thnt aro separately too
small to be seen, but whose number is so
groat as to more thnn make up for their in
dividual falntness. Tho Milky Way is Just
such a cloud of faint stars, and through the
telescope breaks up Into shining points, each
nn Independent star.
These faint stars, which are found In every
part of the eky, ns well aa In the Milky Way,
ore usually called telescopic, tn recognition
of the fact that they can bo seen only in the
telescope, while tho other brighter ones nro
known as lucid stars.
Nearly nineteen centuries ago St. Paul
noted that "one star dlffereth from another
star In glory," and no more apt words can
be found to mark the dlfferonco of brightness
which the stars present. Even prior to St.
Paul's day,, the ancient Greek astronomers
had divided the Btars In respect of brightness
into six groups, which the modern astron
omers still use, calling each group a magni
tude. Thus a few of tho brightest stars are said
to be of the first magnitude, the great mass
of falpt ones which are Just visible to the
unaided eye are said to be of the sixth mag
nitude, and intermediate degrees of bril
liancy are represented by the intermediate
magnitudes, second, third, fourth and fifth.
The telescopic stars show among themselves
an oven greater range of brightness than
do the lucid ones, and the system of magni
tudes has been extended to Include them, the
faintest star visible in the greatest telescope
of the present time being of the 20th or 31st
magnitude.
The word magnitude has nq reference to
the size of the stars, but only to their bright
ness. Some stars do not remain always of
the same magnitude, but change their bright
ness from time to time, and this not on ac
count of cloud or mist In the atmosphere, but
from something In the star itself. TheBe are
called variable stars, and tq their number we
must also add certain extraordinary stars
that flash up unexpectedly where nothing
had been seen before, abide for a time and
then die away. These are called new or tem
porary stars.
FIFTH AVENUE, 1915
The motorcars go up and down.
The painted ladles sit and smile.
Along the sidewalk, mile on mile.
Parade the dandles of the town.
The latest hat, the latest gown.
The tedium of their souls beguile.
The motorcars so up and dowp.
The painted ladles lt snd smile.
In wild and Icy water drown
A thousand for a rook-bound Isle,
Ten tboussnd in a black defile
Perish for Justice or a crown,
The motorcars go up and down
UrM Hxstiera tn CeUUr WsJtlA
UNBALANCED
IF ITALY AND RUMANIA JOIN ALLIES
Kaiser's Spring War Plans Contemplate That Event Germany
and Austria-Hungary See No Serious Menace in
the New Foes Madness With a Method
By DR. ERVIN-ACEL
Reserve Lieutenant of tho Auetro-Hungnrlan army, managing editor of the Hungarian-American Reformed
Sentinel, city rdltor of the Hungarian Dally.
SOME thousands of Russians enptured, somo
few yards gained by Joffre's men, some
English ships torpedoed by Gorman sub
marines and the chilly winter Is gone. The
fighting armies aro frozen to the cold earth,
and a pause In tho hostilities, looking like a
deadlock, brings, temporary rest to tho frozen
and weary combatants. Tho winter cam
paign will scarcely develop any surprises,
but while important strategical movements
nro not to be expected when the battle
ground Is In the ley grip of Boreas, the
spring will tell a different tale: for all of
Europe Is now preparing for that time.
The German spring plan Is worked out
upon the event of Italy's or Rumania's Join
ing tho Allies. I venture to say that on
August 3, when the Kaiser declared war on
Russia, thero were tucked away In some
dusty corner of tho drawer of Von Moltke's
table tho moblllratlon plans against Italy
and against Rumania. Those of which we
now know agalnBt the countries of Russia,
France, England, Belgium were not the
only ones then prepared, you may bo sure.
I am very well informed.
Italy and tho Gorman Wall
If Italy enters tho war she will try to
break through the Austro-Itallan frontier
nnd to land troops on the Adriatic shores of
Hungary. But thero the mountains are so
strongly fortified that a successful Invasion
is Impossible. If Italy wishes to support tha
Allies In the best manner, sho would trans
port her troops by way of Torino-Lyons to
the Franco-German battlefields. This would
mean that General Joffro would have 1,200,
000 more men to contuse their skulls on the
German Iron wall stretching from Basle to
the North Sea. With the new English army
the forces In France will Burely outnumber
the Kaiser's forces three to one.
On tho other hand bear In mind that the
German western army Is protected by a
triple line of fortifications stronger even than
these of Antwerp: and furthermore tho fact
that In accordance with the modern strategy
of the great Von Moltke, a stronger army can
win against Us enemy only by extending Its
battlefropt. If the numerically stronger
army Btretches out its line, the weaker must
do the same to avoid the certainty of being
surrounded. Under ordinary conditions the
smaller force will be thinned by the extend
ing and cut to pieces. The German at
tack In August on Paris and the French
English counter attack proved the truth of
this theory.
But can General Joffro extend the Franco
German battle lino? In no case. For It
rosts Its left elbow on little Bwltrerland, Its
right on the shores of tho North Sea. There
fore the Germans are strong enough to with
stand the Allies even with Italy added to
their number. And do not forget that Italy
must leave a considerable army In Tripoli,
too.
What Rumania's Entry Would Mean
The same thing Is trua ir reference to J
Rumania. If she should throw her sword
Into the balance of the conflict, she will be
compelled to retain a garrUon of about
100,000 men at the Bulgarian frontier and
another 100,000 men to guard her -shores
against an attack of the Turkish fleet. With
the remaining 3QO.O0O she will t,ry to invajia
the South Carpathians. But tho South Car
pathians ore twice as wild and ruggetj, as
lx these same mountains in the north,
where the Russians came over Into Hungary;
moreover they can be defended easily with
ono army corps. Therefore the result will
be that, falling' in this attempt, Rumania's
800.000 men will Join forces, with Russia, or
with Servla: for only In this way can they
bo of tiny wlUUury value.
Rum-nl&'s tstmneo Into tfc war irtU fc
From tho New York Tribune.
important to the Allies mainly because
Russia can then send troops to aid
Servln. Confronted by the Russlan-Ru-
manlan-Servlan lino the forces of Austro- A.'
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xiuutitiry wui reuiu uvyuuu uiu oavc, .uv
uanuoo anu mo uarpatnians. this position
will bo easy to defend and will require but a
comparatively small force. Probably the
men now fighting against Servln together
tvlth thoso now stationed at tho Rumanian
border will constitute a sufficient defense.
The fact that Austro-Hungnry brought so
quickly Into play against tho Russian In
vasion quite fresh first line troops, till then
garrisoned secretly In Transylvania, shows .
that tho allies of Germany aro prepared to
meet any emergency that may arise In the
south.
If Italy and Rumania both Join tho Allies
there Is no doubt as to what turn tho gen
eral Bcheme will then take. In Franco the
Gorman Iron wall will have to withstand the
furious attnckB of tho combined Italian,
French, English nnd Belgian armies. In the
south along the Itnllnn-Servlan-Rumanlw
frontier, the Austro-Hugarlan troops U1
light a desparate defensive war beyond the
Alps, the Save and Danube, nnd the ridges
of the Carpathians. In tho east the main
armies of General Hlndenburg and of Austria-Hungary
will continue to grind between
their powerful Jaws the millions of the Czar.
As the new complications that may arise
from Italy and Rumania taking sides with
tho Allies, Germany and her confederates
havo no fear. Germany and Austria-Hungary
are resolved and prepared to struggle to
tho bitter end against any and all' of their
neighbors that may take up arms against
them. This may be a madness, but Germany
has put method Into It.
Aspirant for Literary Rowards
From the Detroit News.
Frank Goewy JoneB, freed from the Ionia re
formatory on parole, has seated himself at
typewriter mounted on a kitchen table and djj
clares that he Is determined to pay off ?500.vw
In debts with the proceeds of fiction writing.
He has his wife and child In his modest fat
for Inspiration. He declares that he will pay more
than the 60 per cent, of his gross earnlnsi, M
specified In the conditions of his parole, ana
after the hale million is disposed of will estab
lish a fortune for himself through the labor
of his Imagination.
The namo of Mr. Jones has not loomed largo
as nn author, He stands at the threshold
whatever sort of career Is to succeed his fll"
iruus iicniBveiuciiia 111 uimudu ,.,.. .... --- . m
do not know Jut hpw familiar he is with puo- -j
Ushers nor how clearly ne reauiea uiv ...
one of a vast hopeful army whoso members "
ready to forego everlasting fame, if need.,..r
and to write lth an eye single to the market
tin oi creditors " ws. ""-,., nnnB.
stronger. Another advantage Is his sUcn"
a! . j ...ic. .... hnu op his sake, for n
yak. of his wife, his child, and those .to hjm
ne owes uie nan miwwii, .h
by the adventures of his manuscripts among we
ed I tors.
Ragtime Once in a While
From the Ohio State journal.
A musk expert out Eat has ben ladln
i -- j HO.. I Kenalian rift re5t-u
It a. ."an expression of the
American people.- uui F""' "" r" ",t ri
does not commend It. We have need to S "
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mat wHwiuwiiy wmwi ' ':.., There t
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to tne -.rge oi uwmr - "-. , -hr m.y
so ino nn auuuuiHui
puritan tujiiiui. oiv
You will notice that people who '"!
ilnglnr or nummlng these light and '
airs are not endowed with deep nd ,?fBi
mlndr. They sre happy enough but k to
nsppiness uiiH noes uwuwu j i .iT. ,k b
Mlv. either A ragtime now o4 ttaea J
reUahed bv the wiMt mfO but It JS " JZ
tat real life. It Is UMs avin. on M mim
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