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rniLADELTMA, TUESDAY. JULY 20, 1918.
St tea once taid that daughter were to be
teen but not heard. Nowadays tome of
them are so loud one must hear
'& them wiUv-nillu.
The Prodigious Germans
TIIB wholo war Is so extraordinary In
Avery phase that It Is almost Imposslblo
to And new words of description for the
magnitude of tho present German operations.
The daring-, the dash, tho supremely spec
tacular qualities of thojenstern campaign
have never bocn equaled In modern war
fare! Tho Prussian offcnslvo In 1S70 Is noth
ing besldo It; tho drivo on Paris last August
only bears comparison by Its speed and by
thp emotional tension under which tho
astounded world watched Its Issue.
We have had earlier samples of this Ger
man power. First, the rush of ove'ry avail
able unit on Paris, whllo Russia slowly
gathered strength. Then, whllo Joffro halted
tho tldovand saved hs capital, tho swift on
laught upon Russia In tho Masurian Cakes.
Next, Antwerp and an offensive against Ca
lais, with the bear nursing his wounds. After
that another dash against a threatened Rus
sian advance, a dash that captured Lodz
and threatened Warsaw. Again and ngaln
the forces of Germany proved able to drive
the fight Into tho enemies' countries, to crush
tho great armies each timo that their menaco
Brew too great.
Tho present astounding operations against
Warsaw dato from Just such a tremendous
throw-back. The Russians wore at the Car
pathians, were almost upon tho Hungarian
plain. Tho German armies turned from a
western offensive, drove them back from the
mountains, back from Przcmysl, back from
Lembcrg, back across their own frontier In
all but Bukowina. Now General Macken
sen'stnrmy from tho south and General von
Illndcnburg's from tho north and west are
driving In one enormous gathering storm of
flteol upon Warsaw. And once tho Issue Is
decided there, whether favorably or unfa
vorably, back will start the German host
across the strategic railroads of tho empire
to Hlng themselves once more at Calais and
Paris. It Is stupendous.'
Against It what a figure tho Allies cut!
While Germany has weakened her western
line again and again to humble Russia, tho
Frenoh and tho English have made no at
tempts to take advantago of It. Depending
on Russia, with a shortage of shells and
rifles and skilled commanders, to bring the
downfall of Germany by the capturo of
Berlin, tho Allies on tho west have stuck
close to a uumpalgn of attrition. They have
nibbled at tht German trenches, only nib
bled: the have not seriously tried to relieve
the pressuro on Russia by a threatening at
tack in tho west. And meanwhile it may
be questioned whether they have used the
time as It should havo been used in tho prep
aration of munitions and guns.
Tho success or failure of the Allies seems
to depend largely on their ability to starve
Gernu ny out. But so far Germany has hnn
dlea that side of self-preservation In as mas
terly a manner as sho has handled her
campaigns.
Solomon on Harry Thaw
At UNLIMITED volume of good advice
lX from press and pulpit has followed tho
release of Harry Thaw, But none of it Is so
appropriate to the wasted life of this undis
ciplined youth, whose every whim was in
dulged by an overfond mother, as the words
of King Bolomon written three thousand
years ago. Not only Harry Thaw but a good
many other young men would be better off
today If these words of Solomon were more
familiar in American households:
"The rod and reproof give wisdom; .
But a child left to himself brlngeth
his mother to shame."
"Withheld not correction from the child;
Bttr il thou beateer. him with a rod he
ar.all not die.
Thou shalt beat him with a rod
And" at ait deliver his swul from hell."
The City's Battles Cost Money
THE Philadelphia Klectrlc Company may
or may not be overcharging the city.
That s only a small part of the campaign
Which Director Cooke Is fighting. Ho wants
a, reduction of rates because he thinks that
a correct valuation of tho company's prop,
erty would show Jt Just. But the correct
valuation and the power of the city to obtain
It is a far more vital and a far more dlftloult
matter. It lies at the bottom of the whole
public utilities question; and yet it Is almost
impossible to make the publle. not to mention
8 laggqrd Councils, He it.
The Public Service Commission requires ah
Inventory of the company property. The
company Is presenting on an the baata
known as "reproduction new" the coat ef
reproducing the plant today. The elty
stands, wKh dozen of other rounJclpalltleg,
far an estimate of the original cost, tbe
amount Invented In the physical structure.
The difference la oenaulerable, including real
estate increase, overhead charge, develop
pant expanses and even franchise valuation,
Pfawtor Cooke says It might add f2O.M0,00Q
jr IflMM.OOe to what be thinks a fair eati
mata, in.6oo.ooo to e,owu
fie queatlon of the proper basis of in
ventory U, of course. important; but it nam
piaualhie to auppoae that tb Peunaylvajei.
('otnaMaaion will follow many other decision,
i.-i.dtn tor the original coat baabe Tbe raa
jPivfelvm bfw PhUadt-lilUa U getting tb
EVENING
money for nny sort of Inventory, nny sort
of battle for tho city's rights. Tho Philadel
phia Electric Company Is said to htivc spent
already between 1160,000 and $200,000 on the
Inventory alone; Councils has refused to
appropriate even tho smnll sums of $6000,
$10,000 and $60,000 nsked for at Various times.
Such blind fatuity Is unbelievable In any
thing but city governrrjent. There Is not a
prlvato corporation In tho wdrld which would
not spend hundreds of thousands to securo
rights and advantages no greater than these.
Until tho perfecting of some Utility Bureau,
such ns tho meeting of Mayors had In mind
last fall, tho cities must expect to pay big
lawyers' and experts' bills. Thero Is no
other way to safety. Philadelphia may as
well mako up Its mind to thnt.
Tremendous Problem In Childhood
THE city of Philadelphia faces a tremen
dous problem In education. January 1st
tho new child labor law goes Into effect, and
an army of boys and girls will be flung back
on tho schools Tho Manufacturers' Asso
ciation says 10,000 children In Pennsylvania
between tho nges of 14 and 16 will bo ab
solutely dismissed from work rather than
bo allowed tho 8 hours' schooling a week
which tho law provides. Tho head of tho
Trade School, which Is preparing teachers
to deal with tho situation, says that 40,000
boys and girls In tho State, 23,000 In Phila
delphia alone, will havo to bo supplied with
that minimum of 8 hours' school work.
There nro two problems here, but only ono
answer. Tho two problems are, first, tho
taking caro of moro full-time students In an
nlrondy overcrowded system; and, second,
supplying Just tho right sort of specialized
Instruction to fit In with tho student's fac
tory work nnd to lend tho student to want
moro nnd higher education.
Tho nnswer lies along new lines. It Is akin
to the policy now adopted of preparing now
teachers for this special work, but it goes
farther. It Is tho experimentation with some
of tho new methods of organization nnd In
struction so successfully tried out In tho
schools of Gary, Ind. Mr. Wirt, the founder
of the Gnry system, not only succeeds In In
teresting children In both n liberal nnd a
vocational education Interesting them so
much that they prefer tho schoolhouso to tho
playground but ho has succeeded, by a sys
tem akin to "rotation of crops," In housing
and teaching twlco ns many children with tho
samo number of buildings and Instructors.
New York heard of this work and sent for
Mr. Wirt to put certnln school buildings In
lino with his Indiana organization. Tho
working out of the venture In the Eastern
city, as well ns Its success In tho Western,
Is worth tho very serious attention of so education-burdened
a city as Philadelphia.
Hitching Auto nnd Aeroplane to the Mail
WHILE tho Navy and War Departments
bestir themselvos at last over somo
measures of preparedness, tho Postofllce goes
calmly on Its plodding, slow-Improving
way. And, llko tho tortoise, It seems to bo
getting there.
August 2d will sco automobiles Introduced
In the South for freo rural dolivery. Tho
smaller amount of railroad mileage In tho
country districts dictates the change, as well
ns tho laudable desire to experiment. Tho
results arc likely to bo twofold: quick de
liveries, almost as early ns In tho cities, and
tho rapid Improvement of country roads
where farmers find they cannot get the swift
auto scrvico that other people aro getting.
Another reform aeroplane service goes
very slowly, Indeed. Congress simply hasn't
appropriated tho 50,000 necessary for ex
periments. To most peoplo this schemo sug
gests tho little fooleries of "air-mall" service
at country fairs. As a matter or cold fact,
tho aeroplane mail-carrier Is very badly
needed In many mountainous or desert places
of tho West, whero close-by towns nro con
nected by only roundabout railroads or mere
wagon routes. Saving of 48 hours may often
bo accomplished.
Tho aeroplano Is ns logical a part of a
modern postal service as tho automobile Put
them both to work!
Marc's Nest of Rumor
SOMEBODY says that somebody clso in
tho diamond horseshoe of the Now York
Metropolitan Opera House Is trying to get
tho directors of tho Institution on which
Philadelphia depends for opera to bar Ger
man composers next season. No Wagner, no
Strauss, no Mozart. Deponent snlth not
whether tho ban Is to be extended to per
formers, eliminating a few singers llko
Destlnn, Relss, Kurt, Braun, Gndskl, Gorltz,
Hempel, Ober, Sembrlch, not to mention
Fnrrar with her strong German sympathies,
and tho German musicians, chorus nnd
conductors.
The wholo thing Is undoubtedly a mare's
nest of rumor. Nothing so injurious as well
as silly can be taken seriously for a moment.
Art Is international. It knows no war. If
America were embroiled with a foreign
Power It would be only tho moro reason for
tho performance of the operas of that na
tion. Instinct with tho best Individuality of
their native land and bridging the racial gap
by the power of common emotions, they
would keep our Judgment and our deeper
human sympathies true through the red
mists of conflict.
Senator McNIchol says he still looks for
harmony. But he Is looking for It out In
Cleveland.
Turkey continues to exist by the grace of
other nations. This time it Is the ammuni
tion of Germany.
"Filipinos and Indian Chiefs Display Curi
osity Over Liberty Bell" Is the way the copy
desk satirist might have headlined it.
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A singer's voice Is dutiable when "canned,"
but not If the Metropolitan is to give him a
$60,000 season. Such is qustom house logic.
Meteorologists may object to Victor Her
bert's invasion of their business, but the Eu
ro'pean war and the. torrential rains have a
fatal coincidence.
At the rate the Germans are sweeping over
Poland it will be some time before Russia
-will be obliged tp radaem her promises to
give autononay to that country.
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Count that day lost wboae low deeeending un
BrlMB no new battle by Oananxa ym.
Count that night won what bjgh amending
Dae sat alaetese Carranxa gpeke too soon.
ISvery little wbte some Incident like tho
sbaUlBg of a lavtathan by a Italian orulaer,
whieh mistook it for a submarine, erops up
to Justify that old pbrasat A whale of a.
story."
The aoraM of IW.OOO.GW in axnoa t
agricultural saavchiqary to Burop IndicaU
that tb eomhatanta prater to have tW
piowahar baatan lata lb aword bftfwr
nblfianant.
TTBrnffTCTlPTTTrAPBIiPgta:, TTrETCTaT. 3WCT 20, TOTS:
WHO GETS YOUR
WEfiKLY SALARY
Some Figures From the Market
Reports Which Show How Much
It Costs to Transfer Your Food
From the Farm to Your Stomach.
Dy VICTOR H. LAWN
"TXT HO pays for the high cost of living?"
VV Is n familiar question. But tho an
swer Is different. No, It Is not tho ultimate
consumer alone, but thi producer as- well.
Tho former pays for tho privilege of buying
food to live on; tho latter pays for an op
portunity to sell his product In order to live.
In between tho two nro one, two nnd threo
middlemen who "cat of the fnt of tho land."
It Is they who keep tho farmer poor, tho
average family on tho verge of poverty, nnd
then disport themselves In motorcars nnd nt
famous bathing places of the world.
Ask any packer, farmer, business man and
oven commission broker what Is tho real
cause of tho high cost of living, and what Is
tho curse of tho grocery and provision busi
ness, nnd ho will sny: "The duplication of
middlemen."
When n packer cans fish, peas, peaches or
nsparngus ho engages a broker to market his
article. Tho packer gets n profit of from 15
to 20 per cent, from tho broker for tho priv
ilege of handling tho goods.
Tho broker then sells tho same can to a
Jobber, exacting a toll of from 2& to 4 per
cent. This, Incidentally, Is tho only respect
able profit. In "this sorry schemo of things
ontlrc." The Jobber, commonly known ns
tho wholesaler, tacks on another 12 or 1G
per cent, to the cost beforo mnklng his price
to tho corner grocer, who, In order to live,
Imposes an nddltlonnl line of about 25 per
cent, on tho poor common man who wants
to eat. Hero wo havo about 45 per cent.
added to tho cost, yet profits not Infre
quently amount to moro than 100 per cent,
as will be shown.
But tho packer Is not so badly off ns tho
farmer. He, at least, has n factory and can
fix his price according to supply nnd de
mand. Canneries don't grow on every va
cant lot. The poor farmer, howovcr, Is oven
moro tho slavo of tho middleman than nro
tho oventual purchasers. Farms nnd prod
uco can be hnd almost anywhere; they
grow. Nor has he tho protection of tho bup
ply and demand nxtom, for tho greater tho
supply tho greater tho demand and tho
lower the price. A "bumper crop" means
hardship for tho farmer. It not Infrequently
means a dead financial loss. Ho gets less
for his vegetables when tho crops aro large,
and the freight rates remain tho samo or go
up. Tho consumer sees a very small drop In
price sometimes.
What tho Farmer Geta
But here nro somo figures that tell tho
story graphically. Best potatoes on July 1G
(which dato applies throughout) were selling
nt from 76 cents to $1.12 a barrel, with No. 2
grade from 60 to 70 cents. This Is tho prlco
tho farmer got. Tho same barrel costs the
housekeeper from $2.50 to $3 for tho best and
$2 to $3 for tho second best!
Hero Is tho furmer's end of It. He pays
25 cents for tho barrel and another qunrter
for tho freight. Flguro his profit on No. 2
grade potatoes. After you hnvo arrived nt
tho result Just remembor that It cost, thd
farmer something td plant tho potaloes '
which first must bo bought; something to
plow tho fields and cultivate them, and
then something to dig, assort and pack tho
crop after It has been sold. Then you can
sco how much he makes, even at tho top
price. In times of medium crops ho will get
at least 50 cents better on tho price, and It
will only cost the housekeeper a fow pennies
more on the barrel, for low figures nover
come down very far from the top prices.
Onions cost 35 to 50 cents a crate. Tho
housekeeper pays 90 cents to $1.25 for tho
same. The farmer, out of his 60 cents or
less, must lay out 15 cents for freight and
10 cents for tho crate. Cabbages ho sells for
a cent a head, if or which Mrs. Smith pays
from 4 to 10 cents! When shipped In barrels
25 cents must be paid for cooperage and 30
cents for freight. Cabbages aro usually
shipped by the carload, however, as Is let
tuce, which the farmer sells for from 5 to 8
cents a dozen hoads, and for which Mrs.
Jones pays 5 to 8 cents a single head!
Now, let us consider canned goods. Tho re
maining vegetables and fruits tell tho samo
story: tho farmer either loses or barely
scrapes through; tho housewife pays an ex
orbitant prlco, In produce usually moro than
100 per cent, abovo tho original cost.
Red Alaska salmon sells at $1.45 a caso of
12. This Is tho packer's price. After all the
profits aro added, the corner grocer sells a
slnglo can at 18 cents, or $2.10 a dozen. Tho
next grade Balmon ,at the cannery sella for
$1 a dozen and at the grocery store at 13 to
15 cents a can. This Is only $1.5S to $1.80 a
dozen. Best Norwegian sardines In olive oil
cost 8 cents a can and sell for 15 or moro;
the next grade costs 7 cents and sells for 13
nnd up. Domestic sardines, really herrings
in cottonseed oil, cost 2 cents a can and
sell for 6. Tuna fish costs $3.25 a caso and
sells for 10 to 15 cents a can a total of $4.80
to $7.20 a easel Notice the 85 and 90 per
cent, profits. '
Consumer Pays For All the Waste
Best California peaches cost 16 cents a can'
and sell from 22 to 25 cents Best fancy
peas cost $1 a dozen and sell for 15 cents a
can, or $1.80 a dozen, while fancy Maine
corn runs about the same. Second-grade
peaches and corn cost about 70 cents a dozen
and sell for $1 to $1.60. As a final example,
shrimp costs the broker 95 cents a dozen and
sells for from 12 to 15 cents a can. This Is
$1.44 to $1.80 a dozen, truly a generous prqflt.
Now, what does all this mean? It means
that the consumer pays for all the unneces
sary waste and for the duplication of profits.
The tremendous was(e involved can readily
be seen, for It means that several brokers
bid for the output of ono packer and several
Jobbers bid for the same output to sell to '
the grocers. This means a duplication of
clerks, salesmen and office forces.
The brokers call on the Jobbers, each with
a different line, whereas a third or fourth of
the number could handle tham all comfort
ably and to better advantage to all con-earned-
For they sell the same identical can,
ooh und&r the guise of different labels. And
tliw) we have three, four or five wholesalers
caJJlBg'pn one grocer, with the same useless
wast of threa, four or five salesmen, teams,
offles help and otbars. Naturally enough, this
added expanse must eome out of the next
roan, so that Jhe Jobber demands a larger
profit ttsm ' earner groear, wkg, In turn,
naMff UU Pfle skyward some jnore before
n. pjaw the goods on the aJaaU.
L.ONB. 8UT NOT LONELY
y,ag ifca Bartiwi QUt-t.
Trua. TbaovWIu. swu can be tea only nun at
a MimMttr 74 W Uwwly.
DOESN'T
HONEST MEN SEEK PIRATE GOLD
The Iowa Story of Buried Treasure and Murder Is Only the
Latest in a Long Series of Yarns About the Cacheing
of Ill-gotten "Wealth and the Search for It.
By GEORGE
TT7HEN I was a boy I was told that there
VV v
rainbow, and thereupon I becamo a rainbow
chaser.
But I nover found tho pot, to say nothing
of tho gold. And It was years beforo I found
the end of tho rainbow.
Tho day I first saw It is ns memorable as
tho day of a lost Illusion. Th'ere had been
n summer shower. Tho sun camo out be
tween tho clouds and a rnlnbow spanned the
valley. Ono end of It rested In a field where
I had picked wild strawberries, tho kind to
which Bishop Boteler referred In tho famous
remark quoted by Izaak Walton, and tho
other end was lost In tho misty clouds. I
could look through tho filmy prismatic veil
to tho trees beyond, under which the anem
ones twinkled In tho early spring. And
Immediately beneath the bow was a largo
rock that had not been moved since the molt
ing glaciers left It thero in tho dim back
ward and-nbysm of time. I kne,w there could
bo no gold beneath that pleco of primeval
chaos nnd for mo tho rainbow ceased to bo
a divining rod.
But faith In burled treasure? That Is an
other matter.
It lit ns Indisputable as the cxlstenco of
the rainbow Itself that treasuro has been
hidden in the earth. From tho man who
burled his talent In a napkin to Captain
Kldd, the records aro full of Instances. But
not all aro so fortunate as ho of the Pales
tinian story, for many of them have not
been ablo to find tho treasure again when
thoy searched.
Tho Cattleman's Gold
If tho Iowa counterfeiters had been able
to remember tho place In wlflch they had
concealed tho stockman's trunk of gold the
town of Bedford would not have been ex
cited by the arrest of four or five re'putable
citizens, charged with murdor.
According to tho story that Is told, a gang
of counterfeiters who operated near the ham
let of Slam heard that a cattleman was
coming that' way with $90,000 to Invest in
stock to be fattened for market. They lay
in wait for him, killed htm and his 15-yenr-old
boy. Thoy threw the body of the man
Into a well, which thoy filled up tho next day,
and they burled the boy In a locust grove,
and near It tho trunk with Its precious con
tents was concealed In a deep hole and cov
ered with earth. No one knew what had
happened except the '14-year-old Blster-lrt-law
of one of the gang. She happeped to
be awnjto caring for her sister's baby and
went out of tho houso when she heard the
men bringing tho body of tho man to tho
well. This was In 1868.
Tho money remained hidden for years.
And tho counterfeiters were never suspected
of the double murder. But stories of burled
treasure began to bo circulated and men
began to dig. Twelve years ago Samuel An
derson, of Lucas, la., was hired to work In
a trench on the spot where tradition said
the trunk was burled. He suspected "what
the trench was for, nnd during the lunch
hour, while his employers were away, he
started to dp some digging on his own ac
count, but he had not progressed far when
some men rushed on him from the bushes
with drawn revolvers and drovo him away.
Ha believes that the money was found soon
after. But ho did nothing until this sum
mer, when he brought suit for what he
claims as his share of the money, namely,
ono quarter of $90,000. Then the Btory of the
murder wbs told. The criminal officers began
to Investigate and the arrests followed. Tho
girl who says she saw the men carrying the
body has been found and has testified to
what she thinks happened on the fatal night.
But the community nt large regards the
Whole affair with mingled amusement and
skepticism. There are even some who dpubt
that the ' trunk "over was burle4 and that
there was any money ever dug out of the
ground In that part of the State save In thu
sha,p of potatoes or beets. And whsn the
court discharged the men accused of rpur
dep they said: "I told you so."
Thare are others, howaver, who are as
trustftrt as the small bpy who chasaa rain,,
bows for tbe pot of gold. One of the men
arraatad has spent $8 of every $10 that he
could raise for many years past In prodding
In the earth for tbe bidden treasure.
The South Is Full. oi Hidden Treasure
Thare are many man like him in tbe South,
where gold oin and silver plate, hidden from
the Yankees, la almoat aa plentiful aa Yen
kee bull as, and tbey have spent then- Uw
dtgsrta (r gold. Other wlr seen have
LOOK AS IF THERE'D BE
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W. DOUGLAS
devoted themsolves to moro profltablo pur
suits. Thero Is 'Charles II. Sykes, tho car
toonist, for example, who was brought up
in Alabama along with tho tradition that
two palls full of gold coin wcro burled somo
whero on tho lot on which his father built
his house. And when th6 excavation for the
houso was mado coins wero found In tho
earth. But Mr. Sykes never dug for tho
gold and ho nover found anything in tho
ground but lead bullets, which ho unearthed
when ho was hunting for fishing worms
for bait.
If Captain Kldd had hidden his loot In
every place where It has been sought, ho
must havo found pirating about as profitable
as organizing n modern trust, for thoro Is
hardly a harbor on tho North Atlantic coast
which has not Its tradition of Kldd landing
with heavy chests that ho carried Inland and
left in some secret place. No ono over saw
hlm enrry thq chests back to his ship. "So, of i
course, they must stlUbawhotoho putithemH'
When tho Americans took control of tho
Canal Zone stories of tho groat loot hidden
by tho buccaneers wero printed and thero
was a flood of adventurers to tho Caribbean
eager to get rich quick by finding that for
which others beforo them had Bought m
vain. Sir John Morgan Is supposed to havo
mado Cocos Island glitter with tho gold 'that
ho concealed there and Its glint has drawn
men for generations, nnd will continue to
luro thqm to tho troplo Isle, whero mos
quitoes aro more plentiful than money,
either ancient or modern.
South 'America Is supposed to be full of
gold, not burled' by pirates, but hidden by
tho natives from tho Spanish conquerors or
thrown Into the lakes as offerings to strange
gods. Somo enthusiastic speculators have
proposed draining tho lakes, but no rqpprtp
of great treasuro disclosed In their depths
have yet reached this hemisphere.
Tho Trusted Servant Couldn't Find It
There la one fairly well authenticated
story of hidden gold In Chill, but no one has
found the treasure, unless. It was carried
away by tho man who concealed It. Don
Rafael Gavlno de Berrlos, a rich land-owner,
who lived at tbe time of tho revolt against
Spain early In the last century, was engaged
In somo largo operations which required
ready money. Ho put $80,000 in gold tfed
up in bags, in chnrgo of a trusted servant,
to be delivered to the man from whom land
was to be purchased; but tho deal fell
through. Ho started back home with the
money. An insurrection Broke out while ho
was on the way and Senor do Berrlos sent
his servant on ahead with the gold because
he thought no one would rob the man, whllo
ho would bo In danger from bandits. Tho
servant hid the gold, or said he hid it, In
tho Devil's Canyon, about a milo from Tacna.
When It was safe to go back for the treas
ure the servant could not And it, and if he
told the truth about the matter iri the first
place and no one has discovered the bags In
the meantime, It Is there now awaiting-whoever
Is fortunate enough to dig It up.
Sir John Morgan, tha traditions of whose
wealth have led many fo explore Cocos
Island, off the coast of Panama, made many
stops at tho Isle of Pines, Just south of Cuba,
and his predecessors and successors in the
gentle art of rqbbery on the high seas used
the island as a rendezvous, so that In the
Imagination of the seekers after gold It has
come to be known as the safety deposit vault
of tljo United Pirating Trust Society. Many
efforts have been made to get the comblna
tlon of the lock, but no one has yet opened
the door Into any well-stored chamber. But
the hunting continues.
COMEDY OP THE RESPIRATORS
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Dear Old English Ladlea Protect Even Their
Cats From German Gases.
lWt Howard In the leaden Bketoh.
A you naaa," gajq the dar
wo)ld yu kindly tell me how mTny ZUSfifs
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"Thank you. I than tall Mr. tSui h. 'mu.
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"What has Mr lluhk fc tlTrSi-
He caJUMt here two or thSy. n
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ANY PICNIC
ho said, that tho Germans had 600 Zeppelin;
and they would all come over at onco eomt
mgm mis monm. xnai was wny l bought thi
respirators. Would you like to seo them?" !
I said It would glvo me great pleasure la'
see tho respirators, so tho old lady fussed gcntl"
i rum mo room, lusseu upstairs, tusscd about
overnoau a uttio ana tussea gently down attain.'
"I notice," I said, "that you have more thin'
one."
Tho old Indy seemed Just the least bit in tha.'
world embarrassed. y
"That Is so. Two aro alike, and one hij'ti
Tho third," observed the old lady, taklnt- It'
gently from Its box, "is rather on my consclonce;
x Hiiuuiu iiku iu jiuvu yuur uuvica udoui 11. XOQ
see, it is quite a amerent snape from the other
It was mado to order. You won't tell any ona
any on$3
about It, will you?"
"Not a soull"
"Well, It's for my dear Snobby" On the
word, n largo cat swam rrom undor the table
nnd leaped Into tho lap of his mistress. "I
used to Ho awake at night, wondorlng ht!
would happen to Snobby if the Zeppelins camsfj
lou sco, nis oeautirui nose is so near tht
ground, nnd he would got tho gas long before
wo did. Do you think It was very wicked m
navo a respirator made to nt him?
"Certainly not. Snobby ought not to die
his life can bo saved." I thought of addlm
"From what I know of him, he Is not at all t(
to aie ; out. i tactruuy refrained.
"Thank you," said tho old lady. "You havi
taken a great weight off my mind."
Which, after all, was something. a
THE CURSE OF WASTE
From the Milwaukee News.
Bjsmnrck was more than a soldier. He wai
a constructive statesman. Without asklox tht
pisoplb.to.dclvo.jnto thq abstruse perpleiltf'ef
political economy he taught them tfla Hboij
lesson in ono aphorism. "Wasto nothlng-vrtn
garbage Is food for new life," and that UTi
lesson was well learned Is shown In the eco-,
nomlc policy of Germany today which might
servo as a lesson to extravagance In the United
States.
France has also cultivated thrift to a point
whern Frnnrhmim ntntA thnt thev rnn llv nn
what 1b thrown from the tables of Americans.'.
Tho thrift of Kuropa is the result of necessities.
In America there are yet vast tracts of land un
cultivated and progress has been so great that
tho "come-easy-co-easy" motto has predom
inated practically tho whole public and prlvatt i
life. v.
But extravagance Is waste. Waste mesne
that so much moro must be produced to sustain
life. Saving means quicker financial Independ
ence especially where the returns for labor are
so large ns they havo been In tho United States.
If people want to llvo in extravagance that la
their pleasure, but one can save a reasonable
amount without denying himself either the
comforts or luxuries to a certain extent.
NOT THE FIRST ONE
From the Chicago Herald.
It can nt least be said In General Huerta's ft'
vor that hn has hnrl n number of falrlv recenj
precedents for pbuslng the hospitality of the
united states.
TEST OF SENSE
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Moot of us enjoy listening to a sensible nun i
who will let us do, all the talking,
THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
The extraordinary Interest aroused by the.
Liberty Boll out West speaks well for the pay
triotism of the American people. Bostpn uiodi
Althoueh a few knees knock together, the
majority of American citizens stand firmly hS
hind President Wilson. Birmingham Af
IIerald.
A mob In Georgia lynched a negro vhjs
killed another man. This demonstrates tbti
the sacredness of the courts Is upheld. Hartf"
ford Post. t
Something beside money is needed to wjft'
great wars. Subordination of Individual later-j
ests to the welfare of the country is the prlro4
cosHiuiui in aucn crises. Detroit neo rre .
While the critics are carping Secretary Paai
lets 18 directing tbe formulation of a naval w
gram for submls,sqn to the next Congress to
promises to pa me most pretentious, iron ,
Viewpoint of ' a hlchlv efficient navy, in
history of Hhe Government Cleveland P
Dealer.
THE POLYMURIEL
The latest gown projected Is
The polymurlel;
'Twill look well upon skinny Kate.
And fatty Isabel;
And it will be quite suitable
For all occasions, too;
It can be worn to bed, and worn
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into tiie ocean blue;
It will be fine for funerals,
And for a wedding gown, ,
For picnics and for parties,
And country and for town.
The only" thing the matter with
This gown of which we sing
Is that no woman in the world
Will wear tbe bloomln' thing
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