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PHILADELPHIA, SIX'HJY. ArUIL 10. 191..
The man icho tries to u-ln by cmft purines tt
crooked road under the delation that it
I- shorter than the straight one.
The Beginning of a Crcater Philadelphia
TUB result of the four days' campaign to
Increase the membership of the 'bomber
of Commerce Justifies the faith which tho
men behind the project put In the energy
and enterprise of the city. Three thousand
two hundred and ten new members were
secured, although the committees wero not
able to canvass all the business houses on
their lists. Thcro are several thousand men
yet to bo seen, r.nd If any of those, who have
not yet received a visit from the cnmmltteo
think that they have been Ignored, they
should correct their thinking by recalling that
thlB Is a large city and that It Is Impossible to
canvass It thoroughly In the time already con
sumed. They will have an opportunity to
pledge their support to the greater Philadel
phia movement before the close of next week,
as the work Is to be continued.
With approximately 6000 members and an
Income from dues of "12.-1,000 a year, tho new
chamber will bo In a position to mako tho
Influence of the business Interests of the city
felt, not only in Councils, but In Harrlsburg
nnd In Washington, as well ns In every com
mercial centre of the country. A fund of
$83,000 Is now In hand for a new building.
nnd this Is to bo Increased until a illgnllled
structuro Is reared to house this live Insti
tution that Is to express tho spirit that Is
vitalizing this historic old city.
A Boardwalk. Not a Broad INj-hwuy
ATLANTIC CITY is a democratic resort.
. It is the great summer playground for
tho plain people of this part of tho country
nnd the winter resting place for some of
them. Tho high-priced hotels, pnttonlzed by
peopla of wealth, arc not what give charac
ter to the place. Wealth at tho shore, as
everywhere else, Is the exception. The Hoard
walk was built to give tho masses nn oppor
tunity to get the Invigorating air of the
ocean Into their lungs conveniently nnd com
fortably. Tho wheel chairs alluwed on It are
-merely a concession to the invalids, tho In
dolent and tho rich. They nro nn Intrusion,
tolerated out of a grpat charity for tho de
pendent classes.
The suggestion that Jitney chairs bo put
on the Boardwalk to carry peoplo at a low
faro ought, therefore, to bo rejected without
ceremony. If any change Is to bo made, thcro
should bo fewer, rather than more, wheeled
vehicles obstructing the passage of tho peo
ple on this great thoroughfare. Tho munici
pal authorities have usually discouraged
every plan to decreaso the popularity of tho
place with tho peoplo who go thcro for a
week-end or even for tho day. They are ex
pected to continue this wlso policy nnd to
send back to New York tho thrifty specula
tors who are trying to get periniss' n to reap
a harvest of nickels at the expense of tho
comfort of thoso for whom tho Boardwalk
was originally built.
When Bed Tape StranRies Humanity
SOME way out of the entanglement which
is obstructing tho payment of money to
dependent mothers for tho enro of their chil
dren in their own homes ought to bo found
at once. If a court decision will cut tho
knot, there ought to be humanity enough In
the Judicial processes to expedite tho last
case on the docket. If action by tho General
Assembly Is required, thero ought to bo no
moro delay in passing tho bill Introduced for
the purpose of bringing relief.
The mothers should bo allowed to keep the
children In their homes Instead of being
compelled to send them to an Institution,
The objection to the Institution Is so strong
that some mothers hnve said thoy would
kill themselves or their children rather than
consent to surrender their babies to tho caro
of the nurses In a charitable homo. This
feeling does credit to their instincts, even If
Jt Is illogical, and It Js tho feeling which will
make good men nnd women of the boys nnd
girls for whose protection It exists. Tho
home Is the place for tho child.
The settling of this question Is of more
importance than the settling of a lot of other
matters -which are receiving greater atten
tion, both In Harrlsburg nnd Philadelphia.
The children ara crying for bread and red
tape keeps it from them.
We Must Make Our Own Dyes
TUB war has been In progress for olght
months and the dyestuff problem has not
yet been solved to tho satisfaction of the
dealers In German dyes. Tho delegation
which went to Washington this week to
ask the State Department to assist In Bet
ting the dyes out of Germany was headed
by such a dealer. He was accompanied by
mn who have been his customers, if the
thought and time which have been devoted
to. overcoming the obstacles in the way of
trade intercourse between this country and
Germany were given to the manufacture of
dyes right here at home the crisis' which
confronts the manufacturers of hosiery and
other knit goods would not be so acute.
It is possible to produce Just as good dyes
hero, as in Germany. There Is no chemical
secret which the Germans have wrested
from the coal tars which cannot be won by
American chemists, and there is no manu
facturing process that can be mastered
abroad that cannot be mastered as well
here. It is Important for the expansion of
American industry that we free ourselves
from dependent on Germany. It can be
dons If wo only net oursely about the
tltsk
b 0Mfuent way have to come
a the Wlfcnc ut the maaufftwrara by
juiiftit iwU ft duty m "iytmiuUu m would
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protect tho new business which Is to bo de
veloped, but tha duty would better be lex-ted
than that we should continue to bo nt
tho mercy of foreign producers. While the
new Industry Is growing wo may not bo
able to get the shades that we like, but If
ot are wisp wo will like the shades that we
can jret. Labor In the laboratory will be
productive of inrre good than labor In tho
State Department.
"Hands Upt"
But the Governor Was Not
BlulTcd
"TTANDS UP!" snld Councils to Governor
Brumbaugh, but, In tho vernacular,
there was "nothing doing."
It was n shameless spectacle when John P.
Connelly boosted to the Chief Kxocutlve that
Councils wilfully hnd nullified the 1913 hous
ing act and would continue In defiance of the
statutes of the Commonwealth, offering this
as a threat to compel tho Governor, if pos
sible, to accept the substitute nnd worthless
measure which tho Organization has fathered
at Harrlsburg. And Mr. Connelly, speaking
of Councils ns If It were his to deliver what
ever way ho pleased, promised that If Doctor
Brumbaugh would Just fall In line he would
have this Councils npproprlnto money to
asstiro better housing.
The Governor, however, happens to bo a
devoted advocate of decent habitations. So
ho declared In his Inaugural, and It was
effrontery of tho boldest typo for the Organi
zation to urgo him to go back on his word.
If Mr. Connolly nnd his friends think thoy
can continue nullification Indefinitely, they
nro likely to dlsrover that, even if the rnurts
cannot compel Councllmen t vote a certain
way, they can by a scries of mandamuses
assure the collection from the city treasury
of sufficient sums wherewith to pay the ex
penses of enforcing tho law.
It may be that tho Organization has suffi
cient strength to overrule tho Governor's
veto. It has before this wheedled country
members Into supporting all sorts of vicious
legislation. Yet tho Inspiring leadership of
tho Governor hns already won for him many
enthusiastic supporters, who sco In his lead
ership tho future strength of the Republican
party, and they are not likely at this point
In his career to do anything to humiliate him
or to discredit his Judgment and authority.
Beauty and Brilliance of Sixty-five
MnAStmCD by tho standards of half a
century ago all the women of th pres
ent nro nbout tho ago of tho Venus of Mclos,
who, according to Carroll S. Tyson, Jr., had
tho figure and fnco of a woman of 30 when
tho famous statue was carved. Old women
aro no more. They have discovered tho
secret of petpetuul youth without having to
mako long Journeys over sea and land in
quest of It. Tho fountain bubbles up within
their own spirit nnd sparkles In the sun
light with as much brilliance nt 65 as nt 35.
Tim secret of this Is doubtless to ho found
In their discovery that youth Is Interesting
because It Is Interested, and not becauso of
Its costume, or Its frivolity, or Its bloom.
Tho eternal curiosity about llfo makes the
curious entertaining to herself as well as to
others. And she who gets entertainment out
of living can never grow old. Theroforo, If
Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson, who wants to start
a school to teach peoplo how to grow old
gracefully, should start her classes, sho
would discover that no other school over had
such apt pupils aH tho mature women of tho
present generation would make.
Age and Its Infirmities aio things of which
they nro not thinking becauso their minds
are occupied with mnro entrancing subjects.
They havo risen from tho lowlands of youth
and nro living In the delectable mountains
from which every prospect pleases, oven that
reflected by their own mirrors.
"I Am a Magistrate !"
UlTE naturally when n man who
wns
Vor
rrcsted for disturbing tho pcaco an
nounced to tho prospective Jailers that ho
was a Magistrato there was nothing to do
but turn him loose. Disturbing tho peaco Is
ono of the chief functions of Magistrates, as
wo know them In Philadelphia. Thoy havo
disturbed tho peace of good citizens for
many moons, for tho wholo system seems to
bo grounded In a deliberate mockery of Jus
tice Magistrates, It appears, aro intended
to bo adjuncts of a political machine, nnd so
thoy aro, with possibly a fow exceptions.
"I am a Magistrate," said Mr. Wrlgley,
and if he had been a pleco of chewing gum
ho could not havo stuck any closer than ho
did to that life-saver. Evidently Mr. Wrlg
loy Is proud of his ofllce, wheroforo It Is a
double nilsfortuno that disgrace should have
been brought on it. With our Magistrates
in Jull what would becomo of ordinary delin
quents who havo looked to them for protec
tion? Lieutenant Duffy wns faced with a
great crisis, and ho met It valiantly. Put
ordinary citizens need not get it Into their
hends that they can do what they pleaso
with Impunity on tho streets, for that Is a
privilege which belongs to Magistrates, and
to Magistrates only.
Chicago "wide open until 3 n. m." is merely
another reason why it went Itepubllcan.
Tho activity of tho stock market is one of
the signs of returning business confidence.
One great difference between baseball and
football, so far as Pennsylvania and Cornell
are concerned, Is tho winner.
When It comes to house cleaning, there are
two so-called houses in Philadelphia that
could stand a lot of it next November.
Huerta says that ho is coming to the
United States for pleasure, but Villa and
Carranza would like to know what form It
will take.
If the plans of the Jitney men carry you
can ride to tho ball games In an automobile
for a quarter, and then walk back, if your
own plans fall out.
The tango is to be prohibited in Paris by
offlolai decree, hut the French armies are
still fighting to prevent the introduction of
the goose step into their capital.
Spring was a long time coming, but it ar
rived with a rush when it did come. There
is the Tennyson lura in the air and a very
noticeable Connie Mack atmosphere.
Every one will admit the desirability of
enlarging Indepondsn,ce Square on the north.
The only question at issue Is whether the
State has the money to spare to buv the land.
The Governor apparently does not think any
harm can b done by finding out exactly how
much money will be required.
CRISIS IN FIGHT
FOR "ROAD TO PARIS"
French Success in Assault on St. Mi
hiol Triangle Would Close Single
Breach in the Wall of Their East
ern Fortresses.
By FRANK H. SIMONDS
TUB fight now going on between the Mouse
and tho Moselle In tho triangle roughly
formed by lines connecting Verdun. St.
Mlhlel nnd Pont-a-Mousson represents ono
more effort of the French to close tho single
breach In tho wall of their eaitern fortresses,
which tho Germans havo been able to make
in nearly nine months of war.
Early in Septemher, while the fighting be
tween the Marne nnd the Afsno was still In
progress nnd the German advanco to Paris
was not definitely terminated, tho Germnn
garrison of Metz made a sudden and suc
cessful attack upon the barrier of forts con
necting Verdun with Toul anil covering tho
Nancy Railroad to r.irls. Moving south
west from Metz up the valley of the Rupt
de Mad, the ono natural break In tho wall of
hills separating the Mouse from the .Moselle,
me Hermans destroyed Fort Troyon, but
failed in occupy the ruins, which wero gal
lantly held hy tho garrison. Put they did
succeed in rapturing Fort Camp des Ho
mains, tho strongest fort between the per
manent defenses of Toul and Verdun.
Fort Camp des Romnlns commanded tho
crossing of the Mourp nt St. Mlhlel. nnd
onro It hnd fallen tho Germans bridged the
river and moved west toward tho valley of
the Aim. At this tlmo Germnn forces wero
north nnd west of Verdun, and there wns
grave danger that Mils new force moving
west would Join hands with the troops In
terposing between Verdun nnd PnrK com
plrfn the encirclement of this fortress and
presently reduce It, ns Mnubeiigo nnd Llego
had been reduced. This would havo given
tho German armies In Champagne a short
and direct road to Germany leading under
tho guns of Metz, a few miles east of Verdun,
and would havo threatened tho rear of tho
French armies defending Nancy,
Germnn Defeats Avert Menace
Fortunately for tho French, tho German
defeats which now followed In quick suc
cession terminated the itnmcdlnto monnco of
tho St. Mlhlel movement. First tho Germans
In Champagne and west of tho Argonno wero
driven to tho north of St. Menehould nnd
thn Verdun-Pnrls railroad was freed. Then
the. St. Mlhlel column wns defeated along tho
Aire and thrown baric to tho Mouse. Finally
tho fighting In Flanders made such a demand
upon tho Germans for troops that they were
obliged to draw upon the St. Mlhlel force,
nnd (he operations In this region promptly
Ml to the level of n siege, which they havo
maintained ever since until tho last 10 days.
While no longer a source, of Immcdlato
danger, tho German position at St. Mlhlel
constituted n continuing menace to tho
French. Fort Camp des Romnlns, situated
upon a nui nign nnovo ttio .Mouse, com
manded tho crossing of tho river nnd tho
Toul-Verdun Railroad. Tho Germans fur
nished it with heavy artillery and mndo it
a spenrhend thrust through the eastern bar
rier forts. They thus held a narrow corri
dor, hardly 10 miles wido nt Its broadest
point, straight through the French bulwark
nn avenue for ut trick. If thoy wero over
again nblo to take tho offensive.
After somn moro or less desultory efforts
to break this German wedgo tho French
turned their attention to Flanders and then
to Chnmpagne. North and west of Verdun
In tho Argonno nnd to tho west they steadily
pushed tho Germans back until they occu
pied bolltlly tho whole circle nbout Verdun
and hnd made a German Investment and
bombnrdmont of this fortress Impossible.
Rut bpforo they could vonturo to tnko tho
offensive In other fields It wns almost Im
perative that they closo tho gap in their
lino of barrier fortresses.
Attack Two Sides of Trianglo
This they havo now undertaken to do, nnd
nro at present engaged in attacks upon two
sides of the Verdun-St. Mlhiel-Pont-a-Mousson
trlnnglo. On a 20-mllo front from
Pont-a-Mousson to Aprcmont, Just south of
St. Mlhlel, they nro pushing north. On a
narrower front from tho Mcuso to Fresnes,
pnrallcl to tho first and hnrdly 10 miles
distant, thoy nro pushing south through Lcs
Eparges and Combrcs. A third movement
east from Verdun Is making progress toward
and nbout Etaln, which Is a third of tho
dlstnnco between Verdun and Metz. It Is
Interesting to noto that half a dozen miles
of advance along this lino would bring the
French to tho battlefields nbout Mars-Ia-Tour,
where tho defeat of liazalno decided
tho Franco-Prussian War,
The Germans, actually enfolded between
the two lines moving north nnd south, nro
desperately endeavoring (with success, ac
cording to their own reports; vnlnly, ac
cording to tho French) to hold their narrow
corridor from Metz to St. Mlhlel. St. Mlhlel
Itself, dominated by Fort Camp des Ro
malns, has been made by German fortifica
tions practically unnssallablo, Rut If the
A BOOK THAT SHOOK THE NATION
A PROJECT Is on foot to erect a elmple tomb
stone on the grave of a man ono of whose
books ranked next to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" In
stimulating public opinion against slavery and
played a considerable part In winning the elec
tion of I860 for Abraham Lincoln. This man was
Illnton Rowan Helper. On March 9, 1909, he dls.
appeared from public view. Later he was found
dead In an obscure lodging house In Washlnuton
under circumstances which Indicated too plain
ly that he had put an end to his existence him
self. Having no relatives or appreciative friends,
his body was about to bo placed In a grave in
the Potter's Field, when a notice of his death
caught the attention of Stephen II, Illnes, a
resident of Washington, Recognising the part
that the octogenarian had played In the history
of the country, he assumed the funeral ex
penses and the body was laid In the Capital
Cemetery.
Helper was born In Davtd County, N. C, De
cember 27, 1839. In 1S51 he started for. Ban Fran
cisco by way of Cape Horn. The vessel was
dismasted and put in at Valparaiso for repairs.
This was his first visit to the continent In
whose future he was in later years to take an
active Interest. Hla experiences In California
were later published In a volume called "The
Land of Gold."
In 1S57 he published 'The Impending Crisis of
the South: How to Meet It" This was the
work which was to place hi name on the pages
of American history. The son of a slaveholder,
he inherited no love for the negro race, but hi
attention was early drawn to the fact that sla
very as an institution was a curse to the South
ern State. IHa book "shook th country." In
the language of se historian. Tha AboMHoa
: -.. - . Trvf" -.." .. . '-iv. Zrw . .v-t. ii'(t -- . n
French thrusts north and south aro suc
cessful tho Germans nt St. Mlhlel will bo
cut oft from Metz nnd must ultimately sur
render. It would bo easy to cxaggcrato tho conse
quences of tho present French effort, even
should it succeed. It will not open tho way
to nn Invasion of German territory. It will
not deprlvo tho Germans of control of any
Metz and Thlonvllle will bring the French
to a prompt halt, once they have crossed tho
Important lino of railroad. Tho forts of
Orne nnd reached tho Alsace-Lorraine fron
tier. On tho other hand, as a dofenslvo
move, ns an nttempt to closo a dangerous
breach In their own lines, tho French attack
Is of greatest Importance. Once tho St.
Mlhlel position Is tnken and the trenches
nro carried south from Etaln to Pont-a-Mousson,
French troops can be sent to other
points, whero tho real offenslvo may bo ex
pected. What French Success Would Mean
The weakness of tho German position lies
In tho fact that It Is a salient, open to attack
from two sides and so narrow that It must
be subject to crossfire. Its strength lies In
tho roughnoss of the country, which has
mado It posslblo to fortify strongly; tho
nearness of Motz, which enables the Ger
mans to bring up heavy artillery and rein
forcements without delay, and tho proximity
to tho permanent forts which protect tho
base.
Tho capture of St. Mlhlel, with Fort Camp
des Romalns, will close to tho Germans ono
moro road to Paris. It will mean that bo
tween Switzerland nnd tho old Luxomburg
frontier tho French defenso has proven It
self Indestructible. It will corroborate all
thnt German statesmen said of tho military
necessity to invaodo France through oBIglum,
slnco It will prove that tho eastern barrier
fortresses could not bo brokon. But It will
not lead to nny moro serious consequences
than thn bombardment of the outlying de
fenses of Metz. Unquestionably the Germans
havo prepared to defend this great fortress In
tho trenches a3 tho French have hold Ver
dun, preventing tho 42-centImotro guns
from coming within rnngo of tho Inner forts.
i-rencn uercat noro will nave no moro
serious consequences thnn to demonstrate
that It Is still beyond their power to shake
tho German hold upon French territory.
As such It will hnve a real moral effect and
mark a considerable and undeniable, re
verse Perhaps the most Important aspect
of tho St. Mlhlel operation is in tho test It
makes of tho new French offensive, which
made but llttlo real progress in Chnmpagno
a few weeks ago.
PUBLIC MORALITY
I hnvo not tho slightest regard for that
statesmanship which Is divorced from tho
morality which wo nny ought to guide us In
our private life, which we gather for a nation
ns for Individuals from tho rcllclon we profess.
Time, persistent labor, fidelity to the great prin
ciples which we hold nnd believe In, will glvo
us the victory over existing evils John Iirlglit.
"DELIGHTFULLY EXPRESSIVE"
To the Editor of tht Evening Ledger:
Sir The cartoon published In your paper on
April 8 on woman suffraKe, like so many others
In tho Evenino I.EDOEn, Is delightfully ex
pressive. I confess to a great admiration for
them. HEADER.
Philadelphia. April 9.
Bodety, which was rapidly growing, saw In It
a champion of Its cause, while the South con
sidered tt a deadly attack upon Ub "peculiar
Institution."
Few. if any, books have appeared in this coun
try which were more strongly denounced by one
group or more ardently commended by another.
Of the work Ut editions of 1005 copies each
were printed. Its circulation In the South was
practically Impossible. The possession of a copy
would bring down upon the owner the charge of
being an abolitionist, and even his life would be
In danger, Three men. It is said, were hanged
in Arkansas for having copies In their posses
sion. Southern merchants anxious to read it.
but not daring to order it through the malU,
would have copies secreted In boxes of goods
sent to them from the North. In the course
of tho Lincoln campaign an abstract was pub
lished as the "Compendium of tho Impending
Crista." Thousands of copies were circulated.
It proved to be a most powerful campaign docu
ment, Helper's services to the youthful Republican
party were recognized by hla appointment in
1861 as Consul to Buenos Aires. Hero he, In ISSJ.
married Mlis Maria Louise Rodrlguea. In IM8
he returned home. He later pent a great deal
of time traveling in South America, the great
ambition of his life being tha building of an in
tercontinental railroad, to be named the Three
Americas Railway, or the Pan-American Rail
road. Ita purpose waa the Joining of Bering
Strait with the Strait of Mageltag, Surveying
was undertaken at different jgwlfcb, a view
to locating a practicable rouuflBlliSSIiilpralaAt
he devoted his tlm aq
" waa awsisaw.- . VKBmSmV -
'REMEMBER, LADY, THIS IS NO
FEIENDSHIP OF BARNEY AND HICKEYl!
A Dog Story Hickey Went About Looking for Trouble. But tM
Collie Was an Amiable
or Many
By WALTER
I DON'T know if It is becauso a Bishop In
England refused to allow his flock to pray
for any animals that my dog always tips up
his head and bays mournfully and protest
Ingly when tho bell rings In tho Episcopal
church spire. I hardly think that can bo tho
case, becauso he bays tho same way when
tho llttlo girl next door practices scales on
tho piano. Fortunatoly, sho Is not what you
would call passionately addicted to music,
nnd sho practices as Infrequently as possible.
I do know, however, that my dog has a
very definite, though somewhat limited,
vocabulary which ho can express with his
vocnl cords, nnd, of course, a much moro
extended vocabulary which ho can under
stand when used by human beings. He Is not
a particularly smart dog, either. I havo had
much smarter ones. Ills chief assets aro hl3
beauty, ho being a grnndson of Graystono
Champion, a noblo collie, nnd his extremely
amiable disposition. Ho is a gentle soul,
without much Benso of humor, but of a senti
mental cast. Llko the sea Hon in the famous
story, ho likes tho ladles best.
But I startod to tell of his vocabulary. His
expression of woeful Indignation at tho Epis
copal church bell is quite unmistakable by
anybody. Equally unmistakable Is his whlno
to bo let out of the houso when ho has been
eating not wisely but too well. His lovo for
tho ladles and his plaintive, sentimental eyes
when they aro turned toward a candy box or
tho enko on tho "curate" aro responsible for
many breaches In diet. This whine, how
over, Is extremely apologetic. When wo hear
It outsldo our chamber door In tho dend of
night, accompanied by a scratching, It seems
to sny, "I'm very sorry and ashamed, but
please, get up and let me out. I'm awful
sick!"
Tho Seven Barks
In addition to theso two phrases, or sen
tences (tho first of which I'm sure Is hardly
fit to print), ho has no fower than thrco
barks heralding tho approach of people to tho
house. The first Is a bark of Joyful wolcomo
when a member of tho family or some Intl
mato friend whom ho likes has been absent
for somo time and is returning. Tho second
Is a mero bark of greeting, without any
great amount of enthusiasm, with which ho
salutes somebody ho knows, provided they
pat him as they come up on tho veranda
nnd ho happens to feel In a barking mood.
The third Is his watchdog bark, and Is used
upon strangers whoso appearance ho dis
trusts, nil small boys and tho milkman.
"When my wlfo and I are In tho garden
behind tho Iioubo and hear him barking at
the front wo can Invariably tell which of
his barks It Is, and so we know something of
tho character of the callers. At the strangor
comlng bark the lady of the house Is warned
to skip In by tho back door and remove somo
of the too obvious evidences of agricultural
toll.
Theso aro five clearly marked vocal ex
pressions Barney possesses. But ho has
others. He haB u distinct "golng-for-a-walk"
bark, or rather yip, which Is a very
Billy affair. Ho begins it, especially in win
ter, as soon ns we start putting on our coats.
While we are fastening the thongs of our
snowshoes he cavorts around, licking our
hands, stepping on tho shoes and emitting
hla silly yips. He becomes simply foolish
with Joy.
His seventh expression is his battle cry, a
very terrifying, deep, angry bark, which ho
emits when he sees another dog coming Into
the yard. He keeps this up while he is dash
ing at top speed toward the Intruder and, I
must admit, he almost Invariably stops it
before he gets to his foe, bo that when you
look fearfully down to see the encounter,
what you eee instead are two tails wagging
pleasantly and two muwlea investigating
one another, '
Htckey Bites an Auto
These seven different barks are absolutely
different even to the human ear, and they
always mean the same thing. He has, how
ever, subtler variations, I fancy, which other
dogs understand, but which I am not always
able to differentiate. Hickey could, however.
Poor Hickey Is dead. He fell a victim last
summer to his incurable passion for biting
tho front tires of automobiles when they
were going at a high rate of speed. He was
probably the finest Airedale ever bred the
finest in his own family, that Is. His affeo.
tlon for those he loved Knew no bounds. He
had great brown eyes that would look you
straight In the face till you grew positively
embarrassed. He would sit In your lap
whenever he had the chance, his head; cud.
Sled down like a child. When I wen ,
JH homo hB Alv,W ""J 'a the station
JITNEY!"
fjjt
Lord The Canine Vocabulary i
Varied Sounds.
PRICHARD EATON
emitting llttlo moans at the prospect of smS
nratlon. Tho brakeman had to stand on th
steps of tho train and kick him off till "
got started. At times ho seemed to bo tr.
InrT en linfrl tr inllr ... ...... 4 U 4 1. ... --!! 'I
painful. j
But outsldo of his own family ho was tki
dovll Incarnate. Everybody In town feartl
nnd hated him, I am sorry to say. He wasn't
afraid to fight nnything, from a muskrat tj
an elephant, and ho went around looking for
4 a ,1.1a TTr....1t.. 1. a ......, ,. j . a .. .?
i.uuuiu. uduuiij uu iuuiiu ii. "wcriain umia
friends of ours used to totcphono wicn thtj i
Tl.nA nrtmrrr f nnll ha ... ...... t.3 I..I. ,ti.i . S
,.w .........in Lu v...,, uu vu uuum iucit nicKey
up In ndvance. In short, Hickey was a resi
Alrednlo! And thero is nothing In tho dog
lino which can touch a real Airedale. I
Tho Bringing-up of Barney j
Ho was 2 years older than Barney, and
brought Barney up, when tho collie was onlj;
a feeblo ball of white and tiger-tan wool'
Ho taught him how to fight, though Iky
pupil never put tho lessons to any practlcjfl
uo--. u BuiiHrviseu nis meais, always letuni
tho collie cat first. Ho went with him c;
every expedition, and tried pathetically hart
to instruct tho colllo In the nrt of burrowlni
Into a muddy bank for muskrats. Above all
ho constituted himself tho gentler dog's pro-j
ircior irora cam no ntiacic, ana niter uarnejj
grow to weigh more than BO pounds, carrM
lng his great whlto ruff with tho air of
, ,,, .. , . . ..... ,"S
iuiluii.b, u waa comical to sco ino Aireaaia
brlstlo nnd show his teeth and work In b;
tween Bnrnev nnd nnv Rtrnnfn rlnr- wlift wrfi
trying to scrapo acquaintance. 1
Now, Hickey knew certain intonations of
Barney's bark which wero Indistinguishable
to our human ears. Tlmo and again I haTSi
seen Harney, when tho two dogs were not!
together, spy something which caused hlratyj
bark. Sometimes, in nnswer, there would!
como from far off tho rising shriek fori
shriek Is tho only word to describe tilt
demoniacal sound of Hlckoy's battle cry,
nnd presently Hickey himself would appear,
llko a brown streak, to tho rescue tho shriek,
pouring out behind him llko a comet's tallo
sound. If it wns another dog whlSh causd
Barney to bark, tho brown streak hlthlm
llko a ten-Inch shell. If nothing was la;
sight whon Hickey nrrlved, ho toro madly!
uuuul in uiu uiiuururusn, Eearcning. 4
But at other times whon Barney barked
HIckoy would mako no response. Of court.
If the bark meant "goIng-for-a-walUjal
Hickey appenred promptly, but quietly, war
glng his stump of a tall. There were verfc
evidently some occasions when Barney Jl
ho needed help in handling the proposition;
and he said so in his bark. At other tlmejl
he was not sufllclently alarmed to eer.d outl
his S, O. S.
Where's HIckoy?
Curiously enough, Hlckoy's own vocabty
lary was moro limited than Barney's, thouiS
he was a much cleverer dog. It was largely
limited to love and hate, tho latter fiij
mlnatlng in hlB diabolical battle shriek. 0
the other hand, tho humnn vocabulary pWJ
ho could comprehend was very much largft
Ho knew all the family bv name, for 'li
stance, nnd It was difficult to believe that ajjl
did not often understand conversations, VjM
we never began planning a trip from htm
the evening before that he did not becomi
wistful and cling to our heels and try ta U
Into our chamber to sleep.
I have not nraved for HIckey's M
Wherover ie Is now. If ho doesn't Ilka H
people there, ho Is making them uncomforjjl
able! Oh the other hand. If he does KS1
them, that place Is Heaven, and I hope wftgM
I enter I may feel him launched against wm
cnest nnd hear the familiar little hun2
whine of love and welcome.
AT SEA
Tangled and torn, the white sea laces
r V.roJc,er the bfeast of the Indian deep;
XJfted aloft the strum? Rcrftw rnril
To slacken and strain In the waves which lJj
ine great sails swell; the broad bowa uj
xa jjreen ana silver tho purple sea;
And, jlown from the sunset, a dancing river
'. iircuen goia, wnere our snip s"
Too free! too fast! With memories !ila
I Eaia tO tha nnrthwnrrl tvh.rA lift! JlDil.
Oh. fair and pleasant, and eolt-volced rn(d5
ou are mere too distant! O Yosn,
Tou are under those oloufla by tha storm ""S
enaxen,
A thousand rl, as the sea gull flies.
As lost as If Death, not Tme, had taken
My eyes away from your beautiful ey-
Yet, if n were Death, of friends ray falre J
o couia no; rend our spirits in twain.
They came too near to be leas than nearest
in tno worm where true hearts ratngie
Bat sad la the hour wo sigh farewell In.
And, for ra, whenever they name JW?;,
All grace, alt charm, of the land ye j dreli I
wn um oni paws about my neck.
i BpoKMi: in toying; "O Yosm sa'"
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