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tnan who opena it.
LAFAYETTE
OX STRICT balance-sheets the accounts of
America and France nro even. In our
hour of direst need and porll Franco sent us
Rochnmbeau, d'Kstalng and Lafayotte. In
their day ot confusion wo sent tho French
the document and tho example of Liberty.
Yet, by an emotional paradox which Is
often experienced, this country feels Indebted
to France more for the good wo ourselves
have done than for the good wo havo received.
Because France, through many turbulent
years, clung to the Illusion on which this
country was founded and helped In tho end
to prove that It was not an Illusion after all,
we feel a kinship which will not bo denied.
It is good to feel this, too, on tho anni
versary of Xafayetto's birth today. In Ills
strange, unhappy" career thcro was no more
Shining hour (than that ho gavo for this
country. We havo paid our debt, to bo sure.
But love-khaws very little of payment.
NEW YORK'S NEW CONSTITUTION
WIEN tho draft of tho proposed now
Constitution for Jfew York is published
tho convention completed its constructive
work TSaurday night It should bo studied by
every one interested in simplifying and
modernizing the Constitution of this Com
monwealth, Tho convention has adopted two
great reforms, one tho short ballot nnd the
other the executive in placo of tho legislative
budget.
The Governor is to be required to submit
to tho Legislature early in each year an esti
mate of the amount of money needed for
each department and for any nev public
Work, and he is to submit also an estimate
of the expected revenue, along with any
" Jpatcd expenditures. Tho Legislature may
nen3PProve or disapprove ot the different
items. At present there Is no business-ilko
system of adjusting expenditures to revenue
.or revenue to expenditures. Tho Lcgtslaturo
appropriates what it pleases with no Bonso
of responsibility, as is done in Pennsylvania,
and the Governor has to pare the appropria
tion bills down to makto them fit the revenue.
The executive budget system is in tho in
terest of economy and efficiency. The short
ballot Is In the interest of free and represent
ative government. By reducing the number
of elected officers aqd concentrating power
1b the bands of the Governor the short ballot
fixes responsibility where the power rests and
enablA the people to reward or punish its
public servants, with tho knowledge that the
right man will get what is coming to him.
The qonvention was as wise In what it re
frained from doing as in what it did, for It
turned down a proposition to establish a
literacy test for voters arid a plan for State
contrpl of the Stock Exchange.
MEN WHO PLAY WITH DEATn
THAT Rhode Island physician murdered in
his automobile may havo been innocent of
ail the offenses against society about which
the scandalmongers are now talking. But he
certainly had not avoided the appearance ot
j evil, list was separated from his wife, nnd it
U has bfien charged that he was playing with
tW atrongest human passion.
When a man gives passion rein he travels
mi a breakneck speed, but there Is a pursuer
H can, travel raster, and hla name Is
Tragedy does not brood over the
where the ppmmon decencies are oB
Bor over families the members of
rapect the agreements which make
society possible.
MRfORD BACK FROM WONDERLAND
FOR many moons Mr. Henry Ford has
been brother to Alice In Wonderland.
"Curiouser and curiouser," he would say as
.motorcars grew smaller and smaller, and
profits, by the same process, grew larger and
larger. But yesterday Mr. Ford came back
from Wonderland and embarked on a new
venture, the hunting of the Sparlr.
The Snark, It will be remembered, was
''hunted with forks and with hope." Pre
cJJy In that spirit Mr. Ford proposes, by a.
.. mlHUm-JoIlar endowment, to search or?
paaxoa.
ttlt argument Is almost pathetic, so deeply
pna n Tane me spirit of forks and hope.
iAW Quitry had a. nayy big .enough tp-
r
u m- ,ny country,- he says In English
aiasaBbI aa the logic ia faulty, "w.
ba, kmn f onatantly at war." Let us
aih.Anierlcan war the mw
tomttyk larger than the com
MWteat at Jffwy, Auatria-Hungary,
wi". m!,. ofToeco ana China,
stay orty Uhtly effertiva tin
of n and Kual put together. Mr.
tmr hava. JnJ4e Information not
haavJM tq thoae who ) y iv. i ,
J"uir carriage h makes, Bat-the common,
t praasiorj i that UU country haa be at
in
MM IMt Mtie.
i, wfcsn. ha 4elMM tht taea ia
to war
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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, Sf,PTEMBBB 6, 1915;
war a;aint which n6 preparation ha b
mnde is better than to prepare sanely and
wisely against war
That Is why ho Is hunting the Bnark, where
"the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder
sometimes." Or, In Mr. Ford'a own ter
minology, the spark plug Is getting mixed
with the carbureter.
GERMAN GOOD FAITH
rpHERR were no American' pansengcrs on
J. Uib Hesporlnn. Tho United States, there
fore, has little. If any, direct Interest In'thls
latest Instance of German "frlghtfulness."
Tho Indirect interest of tho American Gov
ernment is very r refit, however.
Ambassador -on Uornstorff has assured Sec
retary Lansing that orders havo been given
to the aermnn submarine commanders to
nttnek no merchant ships without first giv
ing the passengers aril crew an opportunity
to esrapn. The Hesperian was torpedoed,
according to all tho reports, without the
stlghtost warning; nnd If It had not been
for tho greatest good fortut o the lives of
moro than 700 noncombntants would havo
been sacrificed without any compensating
military advantage.
The nttnek on tho Hesperian raises at onco
tho question ot German good faith. It may
bo that It can bo explained nnd it is possible
that we may havo misunderstood tho Intent
of Germany In promising to abandon tho
policy of attacking merchant ships. She
may havo meant that only merchant ships
carrying American passengers were to be nl
lowed tlmo enough for their human freight
to bo removed beforo being sunk. While tho
United States has no legal right to demand
more, Its protest ngalnst tho course of Ger
many was really based, not on tho loss of the
lives of American citizens, but on the vio
lation of all the considerations of humanity
nnd of nil tho precedents ot international
law.
Americans nro citizens of tho world as well
as of tho United States, nnd their Interest
In tho humano and civilized conduct ot the
war Is so ncuto tlint they will bo disappointed
If tho Stato Department In Its negotiations
with Germany over tho Arabic and Lusltanla
outrages docs not make a more or less formal
protest against tho attack on tho Hesperian
VICTORY FOR COMMON SENSE
THE special caso of pollco Interference
with moving pictures which excited Phila
delphia Saturday is probably ended forever.
It would bo a happy thing if Its lesson wero
learned forever.
The court acted In a spirit of sound and
undismayed democracy when It refused to
enjoin a production mercfy because It was
alleged that riots might follow. There was
a pony in a stable, but tho court refusod
to lock the door until reasonable suspicions
ot horso-Btcaling could bo produced. As it
happened, there wasn't even a hand raised
against tho precious animal. The court and
tho citizens of Philadelphia joined to vindi
cate tho city's honor. The polico depart
ment, a little overzcalous, only gave them
another opportunity to display the funda
mental decency of ordinary men and women.
A CROP THAT TWO CAN RAISE
THE "Friends of Peace" are planning to
enter the campaign next year with a po
litical organization containing all citizens
with .German names, or as many of them as
are In sympathy with their purposes. They
estimate that they can control 5,000,000 vote?.
Tho ultimate purpose of the plan "Is to raise
hell with any party not in its favor."
This is a most Interesting announcement,
and It indicates that there will bo no dutness
in next year's campaign, for when it comes
to raising crops the "Friends of Peace" can
claim' no monopoly In any field.
PHRASES FROM THE FRONT
I
F THE great war has brutalized or sensi
tized you Into a state of pitying lndiRer-
enco to sides and parties, at least you will
find It Isn't hard to give credit where credit
Is duo. To the French for gallantry, per
haps, and to tho English for "muddling
through," But to tho Germans goes tho
honor of having Imposed their phrases,
striking, expressive, human phrases, upon
the rest of the world.
"Meln Gott und Ich" had no sooner passed
into tho limbo of semi-oblivion when the
Prussian genius evolved "Gott mlt uns" and,
still sticking to the theological formula, fol
lowed this with "Gott strafe England." The
phroso is in our mouths every day, while
the Frenchman's- "Conspuez l'Allemagne,"
moro pertinent and explosive, is never heard,
and "Down with Germany" is a weakling
altogether. "Deuischland ueber alles" (even
If you happen to feel "Deutschland unter
alles") Is unavoidable; It lingers.
And knowing the power of words and
phrases, It might seem that ultimate victory
for the nation which could evoke these pow
erful bywords were only a matter of time.
Not sol For the President of these United
States has written in words of white fire the
other phroBes, more pregnant than all pa
trlotlsm and bravado; the first of "strict
accountability" and the second which re
minded the makers of phrases that this
Government would not "omit any word or
act necessary to the performance of Its
sacred duty."
Invoking no other spirit than that of hu
manity, these phrases, too, have their power
and their significance.
What became of those liquors In the house
that "Billy" Sunday occupied Is still a mys
tery. There is a general feeling oftllsgust at the
Balkans, Why don't they get out or get In
line?
tr
There are censorships and censureshlDs
The voters exercise the functions of th
fatter.
This la the day when Labor provea that it
la king by enjoying all the pleaaurea of a
sovereign.
The-hero of the unsavory Zabern Incident
haa been killed at the front. Pe mortula nlj
nisi but suppose there la nothing good to
aay?
The Germana have commissioned auper
aubmarines. jr thl, prepositional war jroen
son,je may presently have clrcum-aub-lnter-
aupra-aeropiancs.
Men gathered in San Francisco on Satur.
day to Jionpr Pennsylvania, A much larger
group wjll aaaemble ot the polls on November
X to let their fellow Americana know Jiow
much honor the Commpnwealth deserves.
"
A brlda of YnnltuM ? -v i . .
UUn wreveatlnr her husband ,fro. .....i
kmt lata at night If ahe wanted hla com!
lawy, why didn't ahe go with hlwr
FUNSTON, FIGHTER
AND ADMINISTRATOR
No Mnn In Undo Sam's Army Has
Hnd n More Adventurous
Career A Soldier
of Fortuno
Ilv F.T.T.1S TIANDALL
pvOWN on tho Illo Grande, General Fred-''
a- cricK tunston naa commana ot an army
of something like 22,000 men, and his job
Is to keep order on tho Mexican border. It
Is even posslblp that ho will Join In disorder
for the sake of or
der. He's a level
headed man, as has
been proven on
many historic occa
sions, nnd the pco
plo at Washington
nren't nfrald to delo
gate to him a lot of
authority for uso In
caso of emergency.
The public has
hoard of him many
times b of ore ho
captured Agulnnldo,
you remember, nnd
performed many
other notable ex
ploits In tho days of
OEN. FUNSTON
tho Filipino Insurrection. Then there was tho
San Francisco firo and earthquake. And
lately. Vera Cruz. Of course, this Is skipping
a great deal of Interesting biography. ,
Wins nn Election for "Dad"
Funston hns been a fighter all hts life,
nnd odds wero never great enough to dis
may him. His first chnrgo ngalnst nn enemy
overwhelming In numbers occurred In 1884,
beforo ho rounded out his 18th yenr. His
father had been nominated by tho Republi
cans of southeastern Kansas as a candidate
for Representative In Congress. His oppo
nent was an nblo campaigner named RIggs,
who had, by his vigorous canvass of tho dis
trict, thrown tho adherents of the "Farmer,"
ns ho nicknamed Funston, Into consterna
tion. Ono night in February a rousing RIggs
meeting wns held In tho Opera House In Fort
Scott. Enthusiasm had been aroused to a
wild pitch by tho last speaker, nnd tho
crowd was making ready to depart, when
a smooth-faced boy, a llttlo chap of not moro
than five feet three Inches, clambered upon
tho stngo and shouted, "Sit down!"
Every ono turned to seo what it was nil
about, and amazement was expressed In
overy faco when the boy, without a traco of
embarrassment In his attitude or voice, said:
"I am Frederick Funston, son of the
'Farmer.' I want you to listen to me."
Young Funston looked Into the face of
those men, nnd knew that nine out of ten
were- opposed to his father. Without flinch
ing, ho began with a short story of his
father's life on tha farm near Iola. Ho was
witty, and as his anecdote turned upon a
Joke at his father's 'expense, he soon had his
hearers in excellent humor.
In another moment Funston was well
launched Into a political speech, discussing
the issues of tho campaign with nil tho
knowledge of a veteran. The crowd listened
to hjm for 30 minutes, and when he ceased
speaking the occasion had been turned into
a Republican lovo feast. From that moment
the Democrats wero beaten, E. II. Funston
being elected by the largest majority the
district had cycr given.
But before that, of course, Frederick Fun
ston waa born In Ohio, in 1866. He was
"raised" on the farm in Kansas to which the
family moved when the boy waa 4 years old.
For two years ho attended Kansas Univer
sity but was not fond enough of his studies
to stay any longer. Bo it said that ho left
entirely of his own volition. After some ex
perience at reporting ho secured a Job as city
editor of a paper in Fort Smith, Ark. Ono
day tho cdltor-ln-chief went away and left
Funston in charge. Funston opened up on
crooked politics in an editorial that brought
a mob down on tho Tribune office. He or
ganized the staff for defense and once again
showed his capacity aa a fighter.
The Agricultural Department at Washing
ton wanted somebody to collect botanical
specimens in Alaska. A friend got him the
Job. Ho said at tho time that ho didn't know
tho difference botween a violet and a sun
flower, but ho went to work to learn practical
botany and qualified with honors. It was in
1892 he went to Alaska.
Alaskan and Cuban Adventures
He went over Chllkoot Pass In a late bliz
zard, struck for the interior, reached the spot
where Dawson City now is, and Btarted down
the Yukon nlono In a canoe which ho hnd
built. The canoe was caught in rapids, split
on a rock, and that would havo been the end
of Fred Funston but for a missionary who
chanced to be going along with some Indians,
and saved him. That winter he spent with
the Indians, hunting and exploring, and
when he returned It was with a store of
highly comprehensive and valuable botanical
material. His one criticism of Alaska was
that It was a magnificent country, but pretty
lonely.
His next venture was in Cuba, where he
went filibustering. Gomez gave him a com
mission, and he became second in command
of artillery under Osgood, the famous Cor
nel football halfback. He made a record
for bravery at Gulmaro, In October, 1896,
where hla chle? waa killed, and he took com
mand. At tho head of his artillerymen nnd
with a dynamite bomb in his hand he charged
the Spanish works, in the assault which ter
minated In their surrender. At Bayamo he
became a cavalry officer temporarily, because
there was moro for cavalry than for artillery
to do there, and was shot throe times, but
such was his endurance and physique that
he was ready for more fighting In a short time.
At Las Tunas he managed the Cuban dyna
mite guns which wrought such havoc nmong
the Spanish troops, and was again wounded.
At the same time hla horse waa shot and fell
upon him, badly injuring hla hips. Wounded
as he was, he hobbled to headquarters on
learning that 80 prisoners, guerrillas, who
fought on the Spanish side, were to be exe
cuted, and begged far their Uvea. The peti
tlon waa refused.
Pretty aporf the Spanish - American War
broke out and Funaton volunteered hla serv
ices. He waa offered a place on General
Miles' ataff, but decided he'd rather do rpugh
work with the Kansans. He didn't get to
Cuba till be went there after the war to help
Taft atralghten things out, but he did go to
the Phltlppinea and then everybody In the
country heard of Colonel Funaton and hla
20th Kansas.
THE CANNY CENSOR
Curiosity I lut natural at to.haw so many
unv.fWed reports that Bmir-wmu L
considering peace powlbUlttaai :
to st
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"AND
THE GENIUSES OF NINE AND NINETY
Some of the World's Heroes of Achievement Began Early in
Life and Worked Late Fame and the Ages of the
Famous An Inquiry Without an Answer
By LUKE
TF
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ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ, creator of
tho German navy, should be superseded
In tho ofllco of Minister of Marine by Admiral
Hugo von Pohl, chief of staff of the Ad
miralty, the chango will not bo made for tho
sako of putting a younger man on tho Job
becauso he Is younger. They say that Tir
pltz is ill and they say ho is old, but he was
In his 65th year when the present war broke
out, and he has showed not a llttlo vigor, to
put It mildly, In tho year that has Just
passed. The Kaiser has a general working
at tho western headquarters who is 80 years
of age Count Gottlieb von Haesoler. But
we wero talking of tho post of Minister of
Marine. Admiral Pohl Is 60.
Ho was 21 whon ho became a lieutenant In
the Imperial German navy, and three years
later ho was made first lieutenant. This
man, whose name Is mentioned with Increas
ing frequency In the news dispatches, is one
of the very few commanding German naval
authorities who beforo tho outbreak of hos
tilities in 1914 had been on board a Gorman
ship when it exchanged actual shots of war.
The only opportunity Germany had had to
try out her navy after von Tlrpltz had
renovated it was at the forts of Taku,
China, in 1900, when the Boxers were active.
Admiral Pohl is extremely popular with the
Kaiser and wears, as a gift from his sover
eign, the modal of the second class (with
black), Order of the Crown.
Active Old Men
These sexagenarians of the German navy
are by no means the only men In the war
dispatches to remind us of the Oslerlan age
limit. Doctor Osier spoke half in Jest, and
no wonder, whon we consider the ages of
Von Hlndenburg, 69; Von Buolow, 70; Von
Bisslng, 71; Von Heeringen, 71; Von Mack
ensen, 65; Von Kluck, 67: Emperor Francis
Joseph, 85; Joffre, 64; Pau, 70; Kitchener, 65;
French, 63; Fisher, 72. Foch is 64; Manourny,
63; d'Amade, 60; Cadorna, 65; Caneva, 70. Sir
Henry Jackson, First Sea Lord of the Brit
ish Admiralty, Is 60; General Hamilton, in
command at tho Dardanelles, is 62. Premier
Asquith is 63; Balfour, 67; Lansdowno, 70.
Thus wo might go on with a list of sexa
genarians, septuagenarians, even octogen
arians, who are active figures today in
European affairs.
So, to paraphrase Shakespeare, what's in
an age? At 9 Paganlnl was composing
sonatas; nt 87 Mlchelangolo was complet
ing the great cupola of St. Peter's. Refer
ring to the history of past wars, we find
that:
Nelson, Blake, Farragut and JJewey were
beyond threescore when they achieved their
fame. Von Moltke at 70 won the battle of
Sedan. Oynma won his greatest victories
over Russia when ho was past 60. Cromwell
was unknown at 40, which Is hardly rcmark
nble. Washington was 43 when he took com
mand of the Continental army, but 23 when
he became tho hero of the famous Braddock
expedition. Caesar was 63 when he crossed
the Rubicon and 55 when he sent hla laconic
message from Asia Minor: "I came, I saw, I
conquored." But Alexander was only 21
when he stood at the head of his army on
tho plains of Thessnly, and the conqueror
of the world was dead at 33. Napoleon
crossed the Alps Into Italy at tho age of 30.
In the field of statesmanship, Gladstone
and Bismarck were the controlling powers
In tho European politics when both were
more than 75 years old. Gladstone won a great
political triumph at 80 and waa made Pre
mier at 83. Palmerston's death at the age
of 81 came when he was serving aa Premier.
Prince Ito was at the zenith of hla power
when he waa assassinated. He was then ?.
Thiers, President of France, was 80 when he
achieved his great dlplomatlo victory ' over
Bismarck. But WlHlam Pitt waa elected to
Parliament at 21, and waa Prime Mlnlate'r
while still In hU 25th year Wllberfprce cn- J
.wm -,.....,v,.v , it viay was a
member of the Conatitutlonal Convention of
Kentucky, and at 29 was appointed to fill out
a term In the United States Senate. Alexan
der Hamilton waa 17 when he made a, stir
ring speech at a meeting of American pa
trlota In- New York In 1774, nnd IB when aa
commander of an artillery company he per
formed work which drew him the apeclal
attention of General Washington. But of
Americans -we shall spak atn further on.
1 la In music tfcatf Wok for the youth
IT'S GOT TO BE- RAT-PROOF, TOO"
GUARDIAN
ful prodigies. At 9 Balfo wrote a song which
was sung by tho prima donna, Mme. Westrls,
In "Paul Fry," and at 10 Schubert was tho
leading soprano in the Llchtenthal choir in
VIonna, playing tho violin solos in the serv
ices, and at the same age he was composing
for strings and the piano. Beethoven pro
duced a cantata and made, a concert tour at
11. Mozart composed nn opera at 12. Rubin
stein toured Europe at 14. But Haydn pro
duced his sublime "Creation" at 66, and
Verdi was past 70 when ho wrote tho scoro
of "Falstaff." In art, Thorwaldsen took tho
silver medal of the Academy of Arts at Co
penhagen for a bas rollcf when he was a
youngster of 15; Landscer gained fame for
his paintings at 16. At 18 da Vinci was
acknowledged by Verochlo to havo surpassed
his master. At 20 Tintoretto was ono of the
most popular painters in Italy. Michel
angelo at 18 executed his basso relievo of
tho "Battle of tho Centaurs," and at 23 ho
finished "Plota," his masterpiece in marble.
At 89 ho was still at work painting. To
mention an American artist, Benjamin West
was transferring his genius to canvas when
10 years beyond man's allotted span.
In literature, and here wo shall Include a
number of Americans, tho range of ages Is
equally great. Dante was nt work on his
marvelous "Comedio" at 70. Milton was 57
and blind when he wrote "Paradise Lost."
Goethe was fourscore years old when he
completed "Faust," and Izaalc Walton was
writing some of his most delightful pages
after, he had passed into tho nineties.
Browning, who at 23 had written "Paracel
sus," was 60 when he wrote "Tho Ring and
the Book." Holmes was a professor at Har
vard at 80, and tho year beforo had pub
lished "Over the Teacups." Tennyson wrote
"Crossing the Bar" at 83. At the same ago
Voltaire was active with his pen. Bancroft
was in the eighties when ho finished his
"History of America." Now for tho young
sters. De Vega's drama, "Arcadia," was
written In the author's 19th year. Shelley
wrote "Queen Mab" at 18, and Bryant wrote
"Thanatopsis" at that early ago. At 21
Tasso began "Jerusalem Delivered." Ruskln
wrote the five volumes of "Modern Painters"
before he was 25. Sheridan produced "Tho
Rivals" at 25. Keats died when he waa 25
years old.
Ages of the Presidents
In American political life wo find that ono
of the commanding figures before the public
today, Senator Root, is 70 years old. His
speech of a week ago, coupled with the great
ability of this remarkable man and the
splendid achievements of his long career,
may make him President of the United
States. If he should be elected next year, he
would be Inaugurated at tho ago of 72.' it
may be interesting to noto tho ages of our
Presidents at the time of Inauguration
Washington was 57; John Adams, 62; Jeffer
son, 58; Madison, 68; Monroe, 6.9; John
Quincy Adams, 68; Jackson, 62; Van Buren
65; William H. Harrison. 68; Tyler, 61; Polk'
60; Taylor, 65; Fillmore, 60; Pierce, 49; Bu
chanan, 66; Lincoln, 62; Johnson, 67; Grant
47; Hayes, 61; Garfield. 49; Arthur, 51; Cloved
land (first time), 48; Benjamin Harrison 65'
McKinley, 54; Roosevelt, 43; Wilson, 66. John
Quincy Adams was over 80 when, in Con
gress, he did some of his best work in states
manship, '
TEACHING MANNERS
Hanrlng In the station houses of the Western
Maryland Railway Is a large card, printed TC
two colors, directing all employe, of the com
pany to treat the patrons of the Toad coSrta.
oualy and begging the patron, to be courteous
to the servant, of the company. Thl. mark" a
dl.tlnct departure from the methods 'rMaa
companies a generation ago, and it U a i
departure and a matter of practical mportahce
Courte.y and good manners are 2S
nlMd aa a bu.ineEs as.et. Bu.mM, toda'TdT
uohnnl I- T..... V ,:.-" '
- - . ,t 4uit ivcuKniEen tha, n ...
-..., ,u ! iv wnere mere are 6000 airi.
two In.truCtora are employed to teach eoiiwi.5'
recent magazine article that the i.?! i 5
In tha niVblin .,.ht. i. . :.."' atet need
manners: therliZ " ,."UH c."e In
member, or the family are a. courteou. to ..
another aa they should be. The fathel V?8
family 1. too often lacking in nror-r .,.. th!
! Vl n.t1..
reeawa-. crfui obedl.nce. wntli man-
n(.
study ought to Include instruction of the sort'
that will beat fit boys and girls to take their '
places as wage-earners in the business world."
Courtesy la not only a business asset, but it
is necessary to a happy and comfortable ex
istence. It consists principally In a proper re
gard for tho rights, the feelings and the eensl
tlvenese of other people. Without this regard
icr omors jiio is made, very uncomfortable.
"It is better to dwell in the corner of the
housetop than with a brawling woman la a
wiae nouse. uouimoro Bun.
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