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U required, one month, twenty-five tentej ono year,
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BILL, tm VALWUT KEYSTONE, MAIN 1008
C7 JLidr0M$ oil eammuntcaHons to Evening
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ones Mitt, unite.
tlnaclous Invader of Jls streets, news comes
from Omaha, onco a Jitney centre, that the
traffics there la rapidly becoming normal
again. The Jitneys woro not able to stand It.
The action of this city can bo Justified only
by lta local and moral righteousness, but It Is
Interesting, nono tho less, to nolo that tho
freebooter of transit found that the game
did not pay Just as suroty as any freebooter
finds It out sooner or later. In tho Jitney's
caso tho Increasing prlco of tires and of gas
oline was tho determining factor. In other
events similar misfortunes havo cropped up.
Tho lesson hns simply been that any scrvlco
upon which tho whole community depends
must bo so placed by tho municipality that
It Is removed from tho accidents of tlmo and
place. Steel rails might go up, car building
might becomo prohibitively dear, wages
might Increaso 60 por cent., yot tho Rapid
Transit Company would continue to servo
rhlladelphla, and probably at the sama rate.
Tom Daly's Column
(1IRLB OF TiTM V. B. A.
Bcafarcr, girls in every port
Walt your returning day by day,
A'ot guesting that you wooed In plcV
And all your vows were only sport.
OPEN SEASON FOR DELEGATES
mi - -I
your slay in any land is short
What makes you sail so toon
Beafarcrf Qlrlst
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TUB AVERAGE NET TAID DAIIT CIRCULA
TION OF TUB EVENING LEDGER
FOR DFCEMBER WA8 96,7SS.
COMPETENCE THE TECT
, vPnrLADELPIIIA, TUESDAY. FEtlltUAnY 1. Hit
Earth's noblest thing a woman perfected.
-. R. 1(0 well.
Can It bo that tho artillery In Europo la
BU&tng It hot for tho United States?
Tbera scorns to bo a llttlo disagreement as
to Tfho ahall bo Pennsylvania's favorite son.
An air hoso burst In tho station Just on
President "Wilson was leaving Chicago.
Thoucht Mr. Bryan was at Miami and points
Booth.
"If moving: pictures aro to bo censored,
why not plays?" Is what a Philadelphia
clergyman -wants to know. Thero Is only ono
answer.
Wlso councils prevailed when tho conven
tion of mlno workors refused to adopt a reso
lution making members of tho organized
militia In tho States Ineligible to their union.
SB The Idea soems to be that tho police forco
eon novcr be efficient until every member of
It Is an agent of tho Organization. You can't
keep tho police out of politics by putting
them In It.
Tho Mayor might remember this a con
vention hall measuring up to the Municipal
Court's Idea of tho kind of building It ought
to have would bo largo enough for any gathering.
While historians are finding out what hap
pened doers are accomplishing things to keep
the next generation of historians busy. But,
so far as we are concerned, thero would havo
havo been an Achilles If there had not been
a. Homer.
Tou must not laugh at that Italian who
said on applying for naturalization papers
that the threo departments of tho Govern
ment were the legislative tho Judicial and
the police, for you might not be ablo to make
so good an answer.
The question of applauso at tho Orchestra
concerts Is of some Importance to thnso who
attend. But far more vital Is the question
of chattering during tho performances of
music. At tho Orchestra this nuisance Is not
so noticeable. At the opera It flourishes undisturbed.
THE capacity and learning of Mr. Brandels
aro unquestioned. Thero aro but two
things urged ngnlnst him ns Justice of tho
Supremo Court. Ono relates to somo sup
posed Infraction of professional ethics. Ho
was an attorney for the Shoo Trust and
drow up for It Icasrs which ho himself later
attacked as In violation of tho Shorman
law. Tho other Is to tho effect Ui.it he la
without Judicial expertnnco and Is n radical
In thought.
Tho Imputations on Mr. Brandels' pro
fessional honor nro not new. A question
of fact Is not difficult of settlement. The
Apostlo Paul was onco a driver and perse
cutor of Christians. If a convert to a wider
democracy, Mr. Brandels would not bo re
quired In this country to explain tho change.
The whole theory and purpose of our Insti
tutions is to make democrats of men, and
success In that endeavor Is tho secret of
American prestige.
Tho Inexpcrlenro of Mr. Brandels Is brsldo
tho point. John Marshall was Inexperienced.
So was Chief Justice Fuller. Among tho
greatest of the Justices will bo found thoso
who stepped from practice Into tho highest
tribunal. It Is only recently that tho proposi
tion has been advanced that Justices should
be rained from Judges, ns If membership In
tho Supremo Court were to be tho result
of somo sort of promotion scheme In tho
Judiciary.
As to the radicalism of tho appointee. It
may bo well to recollect that Lincoln very
properly filled tho Supremo Court with aboli
tionists who. In tho decade previous, had
been considered tho most radical of radicals,
nadlcallsm is not a crime, and the prestlgo
of the Court might readily be impaired wero
a great body of public opinion In tho nation
to bo Inhibited from representation on tho
final tribunal of Justice. It may be that
radical Justices aro Just as desirable as
conservative Justices; certainly so If it is
true that tho law of tho land depends on
tho political predilections of tho Incumbents.
Mr. Brnndois Is not a Lincoln, but It may
bo doubt'' " If his nppolntment Is so great
a shock i the conservative elements as
tho election of tho great Illinotsan was to
tho conservative people of his day and gen
eration. It Is probable, therefore, that tho
Senate will confirm the nomination, however
hard tho swallow, and tho country will not
go to the demnltlon bow-wows as a result.
"A CAMPAIGN YEAR"
Every ono Interested in Americanization
will be Impelled to renewed activity when It
Is understood that in this city tho mortnllty
of Infants born of foreign-born mothers Is
v less than that of thoso born of native
mothers. The sturdier stock will survive
and It Is Important that it be converted to
the American social and political Ideals and
to the American ways of living.
The average Phlladolphlan knows very lit
tle of his own city, but ho probably knows
more about It than did his parents. Tho
automobile has Introduced tho soveral sec
tions to euch other. The nutomoblllst, for
d Instance, knows all about streets that thou
sands of those without motorcars have
scarcely heard of. As an educational Instru
ment tho automobile is in a class with mov
ing pictures.
A proposal has been made to the Legisla
ture of South Carolina that tho Stnte, instead
of furnishing scholarships at colleges, loan
to deserving applicants sufficient money for
their higher education, this to bo repaid In
easy amounts after graduation. Private phi
lanthropists have followed such a courbo with
excellent success. Doubtless thero are many
students who would prefer borrowing to
scholarship aid, and certainly It would be
extremely efficacious in character building.
One thousand more pupils attend school
today than attended when school began in
September. From the School of Pedagogy and
from the Normal School somo 200 new
teachers will be graduated next week, and
-will shortly be on the eligible list from which
teachers for tho new pupils aro chosen. Such
activity is merely an Incident In the work
ing of the system of education, which, very
unobtrusively, remains the fundamental
thins In our government. Of particular In
terest to Philadelphia is the fact that In tho
operation of that system it Is able to draw
to Its schools men and women of experience
and ability, who frequently abandon higher
positions In academies and even colleges to
schools of this city.
New York city has gained 2S0.33S In popu
lation In the last Ave years, and now has
5,047,221 inhabitants, according to the State
census. That Is, It had that number when
the census was completed. What such an
increase) means can be appreciated when we
recall that the population of Kansas City is
less than. the. gain of New York, and that
either Seattle, Indianapolis, Providence,
Louisville, Rochester, tit. Paul, Denver or
Portland, although containing between 307,000
and, 24$,05O each, might have moved bodily
Into the) metre polls at the mouth of the Hud
eon without adding so much to Its size as has
been added by the migration there of men
firoia all parts of the world. New Yorkers
aro disappointed, however, for the gain Is
about half a million leps than they expected.
Wbilfi New Jersey perplexes itself over
jitney regulation by statute, and after Pbil
tdalfhia, feas forgotten the little but per-
"I am sorry this Is a campaign year."
President Wilson.
NO ONE can accuse the President of per
sonal or partisan motives when ho ex
presses his regret that this Is a campaign
year. A cnmpalgn In America Is a fog In
which patriotism is clouded over and In which
tho shouting of orators too often usurps tho
calm, clerfr volco of tho statesman. It is bad
enough In quiet times. It may be a national
calamity in 1016.
Thero is only one consolation, and that
comes from Representative James It. Mann,
leader of the Republican minority. Seldom
has a President received such support from
an opposition lender, and seldom has ho
needed it so much. For It seems certain now
that tho Democratic members of Congress
will do as much to hinder the President ns
their prlvato interests and petty politics will
allow them to do. Mr. Mann no more than
tho President was playing politico when ho
refused to allow a great question to becomo
a mero partisan measure. Both havo tho
country closer to their heart than tho party.
With Mr. Monr taking pnnrcdncss out of
politics by force nnd with tho President tak
ing tho tariff into the hands of experts by
tardy and faltering approval of a Tariff
Commission, there seems little need for par
tisan bitterness nnd for the clouds of befud
dling criticism which usually mark a cnm
palgn. Tho voters will bo asked to decide on
questions of moro than common Interest.
They will bo asked to chooso between compe
tent and Incompetent drivers for the im
periled carrlago of state. But tho road has
been chosen. If thero Is an atom of decency
loft In politicians, if tho exnmplo of the Presi
dent and of Mr. Mann Is any Inspiration, the
campaign this year must bo a timo of sober
thought and deep reflection, In which the
deslro to get In und tho desire to keep ofllco
aro equally Inappropriate an scandalous.
STILL I1UNGLING OVER SHIPPING
IF THIS purposo of tho revised shipbuilding
bill Is to create a fleet of naval auxiliary
vessels for transports, hospital service and
colliers, to bo leased to prlvato shipping men
in timo of peace, there can bo llttlo objection
to it. Tho navy is poorly equipped with tho
necessary auxiliary ships. On tho tour of the
fleet around tho world foreign colliers had to
be leased for the reason that thero wero not
enough American vessels of tho typo to bo
had, Llttlo has been done to remedy tho de
fect In our naval organization which that
take their place in tho excellent and famous f tour disclosed. The country will atand for
building as many colliers and transports as
the experts think are nccossary.
Tho country will not stand for the Govern
ment ownership of merchant ships for use
primarily in peaceful trade. The fleet of
merchant ships cannot be built up by private
capital to the size which the interests of the
nation demand If the Government intends
to compete In any way save by putting Into
the merchant service Its surplus of naval
auxiliaries to be operated by p.lvate firms.
Such an expedient, however, Is unsatisfactory-
A permanent increase in the size of tho mer
chant fleet cap be brought about only when
conditions are such that capital is attracted
to the business las It has been attracted
during the present period of withdrawal
frpm the seas of the entire merchant fleet of
Germany. The present condition is tempo
rary. The country has a right to expect of
Congress ome action which will permanently
restore the flag to the sea on American
ships.
In quest of loves ''of every sort,
You roam from A'orvlfc to Vombay;
Why ever leave the V. B. A.f
You'll not no matter where you court
Sec fairer girls.
Aloysius.
Here comes John A. Ollson with a copy of
"Paxton's Philadelphia Directory nnd Annual
Advertiser" for tho year JH1S, nnd a quaint old
thing It Is, Interesting mainly for Its ads and
for the refreshing candor ami gnrrulouniiesH of
John Ailcms Paxton, tho editor. "This Di
rectory, says he, In a footnote to his preface,
"contains 22,032 names; the present New Vork
Directory contains 13,07 names; but notwith
standing this difference In favor of Philadel
phia, tho Now Yorkers havo tho assurance to
contend that their city Is tho most populous In
mo unioni
"Tho Mammoth task of taking the names of
oil the heads of families nnd persons In business
residing In the city, nnd liberties of Philadel
phia, requites a vast deal of perseverance nnd
ingenuity to obtain tho necessary information.
A lnrgo proportion cannot spell their
names; some cannot speak English; a number
aro so much nfrald of being found, that thny
give wrong names; many think us tax collect
ors or enrollers of mllllla. and on that nccnunt
refuse to give their names nnd tell ua we mURt
find out by our learning.' Many per
sons complain of tho price of tho book (l 001,
but when they aro Informed that tho New Vork
Directory sells for 1 75 nnd contains 1.10 pages
less. It Is expected wo will hear no moro com
plaints on that subject." The editor goes on to
reproach his fellow-citizens for their want of
appreciation; promises, If encournged, to repeat
tho publication annually; hut, "as Philadelphia
cannot support a competition In this business,"
ho solicits his fellow-citizens' "futuro undivided
patronago ns a divided support would
probably obllgo him to relinquish his Intention
to repeat the publication."
If wo thought Wllllnm G. Torchlana was
a constant reader of this paper we'd let him
look over this old directory, to help him
with tho ono he's trying to get out for 1910.
High Ground
The moral ground some men are found
7"o take, i.i high enough;
Hut, after all, the highest ground
Is frequently a bluff.
In writing an article about tho Inroads of tho
Insiirnnco business on oast Walnut street, I
casually remarked that thn "neighborhood onco
resounded to tho Joyous Gallic laughter of tho
French communicants of old St. Joseph's." Tho
operator almost mndo me Jump to Carpenter
btreet when ho set it "garlic" laughter.
Fltz.
Courtship and Marriage, j -
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Krnm "Hill's Mnnunl nf SoelM flnrt Business
Forms." Cnpj-rlKlit. Tlios. n. mil. Chicago, 1882.
Tho happiness of married llfo comes from
pleasant, hnrnionious relations existing between
husband and wife. If rightly mated In the con
jugal state, life will bo ono continual Joy. If
unhappily wedded, tho foul will bo forever
yearning, and never satisfied; happiness may bo
hoped for, may ho dreamed of, may be tho oh
Ject ever labored for, but it will never bo
realized.
Peculiarities .Sultulilo for Kuch Other
Thoso who arc neither very tall nor vory
short, whose eyes nro neither very black nor
very blue, whoso hair Is neither very black
nor very reel thn mixed types may marry
those who are quite similar In form, complexion
nnd temperament to themselves.
Bright red hair and a florid complexion In
dlcato an excitable temperament. Such should
marry tho Jet-black hair and the brunetto type.
Tho grny, hlue, black or hazel eyes should
not marry thoso of tho same color. Whoro tho
color is very pronounced, tho union should bo
with thoso of a decidedly different color.
Tho very corpulent should unite with the
thin and spare, nnd tho short, thick-sot should
chooso "a different constitution.
The thin, bony, wiry, prominent-featured,
Roman-nosed, cold-blooded Individual should
marry tho round-featured, warm-hearted and
emotional. Thus tho cool eflould unlto with
wnrmth and susceptibility.
Tho very flnc-halred, soft and delicate-skin
ned should not marry thoso like thomsolves;
and tho curly should unlto with tho straight
and smooth hair.
Tho thin, long-face should marry the round
favored; and tlin flat nose should marry the
full Roman. The woman who inherits the
features and peculiarities of her father should
marry a man who partakes1 of tho character
istics of his mother.
S. P. U. G.
Sir: I'vo got Job (hlc) for S'lety Poisonln'
Ushelcss Ginks. Take It from me, bo, obs'
lutely, abs'lutely. Call wagon, officer. Hero
(hlc) hero ho Is. 'S feller, bartender feller,
'at nl'ays (hlc) puts your change In puddlo
on bnr. Take 'm 'way! LUSH,
The Tale of the Flirt
Bhc teatched the gallants come and go,
Hhe flirted sn icith every beau.
Xow when she'd have one come to stay,
They merely come and go.
13 ALL ADS OF PORTLAND
II. s. CI..W
Proprietor of
Portland Livery and Hack Stable
Market Square
Sinole or Double Teams fitted out (it
flrat-ctaes style, at thort notice,
In Market square, now II. S. Clay,
As Stable Keeper, hns full sway,
Ills Carriages naught can surpass
The road Is cleared whene'er they passj "
And Clarences and Landaulets,
Whoever call he surely gets;
narouches and close Coaches, too,
In excellent order meet our view.
Bach Fit-out from his stable shows
That Clay, at least, his business knows, .
And 'mong the Forties, quite well down,
Ills horses travel over town;
What greater bliss In life's short dream.
Than Just one ride in Clay's fine team.
The happy moments glide too fast,
Yet memory dwells upon the past.
Bring forth the horse! I'll take that sleigh,
For pleasure now shall rule the day,
The nhlte-robed earth shall brighter seem,
When gazed upon In Clay's fine team;
Go, get your girl! make no delay
To Clay's known Stable take your way,
Then on the road, in Joyoiu pride.
In style with one you love, you ride.
Some ono In Birmingham, Alabama, It
seems, Is stealing Bert Leston Taylor's stuff
from his column In the Chicago Tribune.
Ws probably a lowbrow thief, too, without
sufficient discrimination to steal this;
"Letter received by a teacher; 'Please ex
cuse my child. She had a head egg, atooth
egg and a ear egg. She was laying all the
time in bed. Her mother."
Or even this one;
"Referring to the father of Samuel Taylor
Colertde, the Dictionary of National
Biography eays: 'Many anscdotoa are told
of his abBentmlndedneiw. He was twice mar
ried, having three children by his first wife
and 10 by bis second.' "
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CHAMP CLARK, THE
MAN FROM MISSOURI
Whatever His Claims to the Presi
dential Nomination His Career Is
Romantically American From
Pillar to Post to Speakership
TIIH nearest Missouri ever came to .having
a President of tho United States was the
election of Abraham Lincoln of tho neighbor
ing Rtato of Illinois. On second thought,
that's a mistake. Tho nearest Missouri ever
camo to having a
President was Balti
more, 1!U2. On twenty-nine
successive
ballots, Champ Clark
led tho contest for
the Democratic nom
natlon. Just before
tho final naming of
Governor Wilson ho
had a majority of
nine votes. But tho
Democrats in con
vention do not be
lieve In majority
rule. It must bo
two-thirds Martin
Van Buren onco
champ fLARK failed of nomination
for tho same reason, but was nominated and
elected afterward. And Champ Clark? An
other boom is on. Tho Champ Clark Presi
dential Campaign Commltteo is at work. The
Speaker of tho House of Representatives re
fuses to discuss tho subject. Others aro
discussing the subject, however, but not
wholly with reference to tho possibility of
Mr. Clark's becoming President largely
with reference to tho effect of tho boom on
Democratic harmony, which is quite as Im
portant, Interesting as a political figure, Champ
Clark Is also interesting ns a personality.
His career is ono of thoso stories of success
in tho faco of obstacles that wo regard as
romantically American. Tho qualities which
havo carried him all tho way from hardship
in boyhood to Speakership at tho ago of fil
aro mostly qualities that mako n non
partisan appeal, East and West, North and
South. Certnlnly ho Is not handicapped In
tho raco for presidential honors by having
been born of rich (though honest) parents.
On March 7 Clark will bo 66 years old. Ho
was born in Anderson County, Kentucky,
His father was an itinerant dentist, who
rodo into tho hill country with tho instru
ments of his profession in ono end of his
saddlebags and In tho other tho following
books, namely: Tho Bible, Lord Mocaulay's
Essays, Brecklnrldgo's Speeches, Douglas'
Speeches. Tho boy's mother died when ho
wns a mero child. When ho was 11 his father
put him to work for a farmer. Tho farmer
couldn't read, but ho liked politics, and he
now subscribed to Henry Wattcrson's Louis
ville Journal. Tho boy read tho paper every
evening to his employer. Young Clark got
hold of somo old histories and novels and
read theso to himself. Now and then he
went to a political meeting. Occasionally
his father came to see him. Ono day he read
to his father tho most famous of Patrick
Henry's speeches. Tho lino that chiefly
struck tho boy's fancy was, "Tho raco is not
always to tho swift, nor the battlo to the
strong." "That's from tho Bible," said his
father. So the boy began on assiduous read
ing of tho Bible, and learned Job and St.
Paul by heart.
Maintains An Armed Peace
We spoke of March 7, 1S50. It's a frfmous
date In history, by the way. Daniel Web
ster on that day delivered a speech on
tho Missouri Compromise, and John Green
leaf Whittier, because of the things tho New
England Demosthenes said, named him
Ichabod.
Young Clark's life on the farms whero ho
tolled in boyhood was not all spent In read
ing Marse Watterson's -vlit t.-rlals or conning
the speeches of American statesmen or study
ing the Bible. Hard work and long hours In
terfered with these congenial occupations.
But he was growing in stature and In mind.
Now and then ho went to school. At the
age of 15 he got a job teaching school. When
he was 1C many of his pupils were soldiers
who had just returned from the war. They
were years older than Clark, who, by tho
way, had tried twice to enlist, but couldn't
get by the recruiting officers. Ills staturo
wasn't sufficient then. These soldler-puplls
of his were an unruly lot, given to such
pranks as throwing Enfield cartridges into
the stove. Clark set oat to do somo thrash
ing, and he did It mot successfully. It was
the conventional thing to quit school as soon
es chastised, and in three months the young
teacher whipped the attendance from 97
down to AS. Peace reigned. It wns an armed
peace, so to speak.
Other Jobs camo his way, and before ho
went to collego Clark had seen a good deal
of unprogrcssivo farming nnd something of
store-clerking. As a very llttlo fellow ho had
been knocked about from pillar to post,
motherless. Later, on this farm and that, ho
had known what It was to get up In tho
night to begin his day's work, finishing his
chores lato tho next night and often going
hungry to bed. Still later ho took things
into bin own hands. Ono of tho things ho
did was to change his namo- .Tamos Bcnu
champ Clark ho was christened, hut when
ho was n youth his letters addressed to J. B.
Clark sometimes went astray. So ho thought
the matter over and finally decided on Champ
Clark.
When Clark went to Bethnny College In'
West Virginia ho wnlkrd. Ills baggage wns
not heavy, nor his purse. Ho hnd fifty dollars
and no tlmo to rnrn moro. Ho hnd already
been n, student nt Transylvania, and when
ho arrived at Bethany he thought ho had
better take tho Junior and senior years
in one to savo timo and money. Ho did, and
lived on corn beef rind cabbage most of
tho winter. He had other things to cat,
but tho point Is that ho not only worked
his way through college, but conducted his
own commissary and kitchen. Ho won such
a reputation for scholarship nnd nhlllty that
nt 22 ho was president of Marshall College,
tho Stato Normal School at Huntingdon, AV.
Vn. the youngest collego president In tho
country. Today thero aro people who de
serlbp him as tho most scholarly and wl'Jest
rrad man in public llfo which Is saying a
groat deal and maybo too much.
Missouri Forever
By nnd by ho went to tho Cincinnati Law
School nnd graduated dead broke. Tho dead
broke part of It wan no fault of his, for
Clark was always helping somebody clso
nlong and remembering peoplo who, though
poor, had been kind to him In his boyhood
and youth. Ho went to Kansas, where ho
earned $23 by writing a speech for another
mnn, nnd with this money moved on to Mis
souri. Thero ho found David A. Ball, a bril
liant lawyer, who looked tho giant over nnd
said: "Clark, I'vo got a llttlo law practice,
not much, but you can havo a sharo of It.
Lot's Join forces. You can do tho fighting for
tho firm, whilo I'll furnish tho experience."
As tlmo went on ho gained oxperlenco both
in law and In politics. Ho first went to Con
gress in 1S93. In 1001 ho was permanent
chnlrman of tho Democratic National Con
vcntlon held In St. Louis.
Perhaps tho best known story ho has over
told was related for tho benefit of a young
Republican who had been pestering tho Mis
souri Congressman with an Infinitude of
questions. Champ got up and said:
Thero was a young Eastern fellow who
went out West for tho sport of tho thing.
Ho rambled up and down through the coun
try until ho camo to a lonesome camp In a
mountnln range. Ho was after sport and ho
told tho fellows ho found thero what ho
wanted. Ho didn't want nny tamo hort of
sport what ho wanted was grizzly hear.
Ho asked If thero was any such game in that
neck of tho woods. Tho miners told him that
grizzlies wero ha plentiful that they camo If
you whistled for them. Tho noxt morning
tho young man went about two miles from
camp looking for a grizzly. Two days later
tho miners fount! his body and brought it In.
They buried It and wrote on tho headstone:
"Ho whistled for a grizzly ami a grizzly
came."
Outsldo his Jovo for his family, his chief
affection is for Missouri. Onco In Kansas
ho was taken sick. The doctors said ho had
only a bare chance of pulling through. "All
right," said Clark, "put mo on a train and
start mo back for Missouri. Going back
thero ought to cure any man who has a
chanco to live." Clark was on his feet again
In a faw days.
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE?
Namo tho members of tho President's Cab
inet. Tho expression "Hyphenated Americans"
is often used. Explain tho rpreanlng and glvo
an example.
The Presidont vetoed an Immigration law
which contained tho literacy test. What is
meant by a literacy test?
What Is the difference between six feet
square and six square feet, it any?
Explain the difference between "heir ap
parent" and "holr presumptive,"
Who Is the greatest living tenor?
In what profession has "Hank" Gowdy
achieved fume? Lincoln Steffens? Louis
Brandels?
' What method Is used to prevent yellow
fever epidemics?
What has caused the expression "deserving
Democrat" to be quoted often?
What Is meant by a "publicity expert"?
What is meant by a "one-price store"?
What Is a JSeppellnT
AS CHESTERTON SEES U
Famous Englishman Tells What Ho T
This Country Ought to Do
I am sorry to confess that whenever the
age Englishman talks nbout America, his
point becomes tainted by tho same sort o
man folly thnt makes Germans talk of t
themselves as ono big family. Wo are III
think of America ns Anglo-Saxon, ono o
selves, chip off tho old block, ono bloo
such llko nonsense. It Is true, of courst
America and England do spenk tho sam
gunge almost, but when It comes to race
must bo verltablo cataracts of blood ri
through American veins by now that ca
nny stretch of Imagination ho called .
Saxon. I'm afraid mnny of us In Englar
novcr rightly understand America until
gin by regarding her ns a great nation ei
dissociated from ourselves. Let us i
America as wo might any other great i
speaking English, and we'll understan
better..
It Is very Idiotic to adopt nny matcrna
tilde toward tho United States. Wo mako
of "ono blood, ono tonguo" and other accl
Incidents whenever American policy dlcti
course of action that appears favorablo t
English mind. When, on tho other hand, .
lea, In pm suit of her own Individual nat
Ism, commits some act wo don't ngrco wl
doe3 not commit somo act wo think sho i
have, wo play tho rolo of maternal scold
many Englishmen regard America ns bel
nomo mysterious way still bound up wltl
selves by ties other than national friendsh
Whether America should do this or tl
regard to Belgium, I don't know, I don't
enough of what her obligations wero to pr
opinion. This much I do know, and that 1
your President would havo been foolish to
dlo tho American peoplo into the batefu
nnce of war Just becauso many of my coi
men considered her bound to assist Bel
England herself was In a very different po
Sho wns In honor bound to help Belgium
even If wo hadn't gono to her asslstanc
would have eventually been compelled to
a hand In the war for our own protection.
America Is not in nny such position,
why any one should expect her to adop
rolo of world-savior I don't know. I h
meat sympathy with America's difTlcultle
most trying .situation. I admlro President
son very much, and I regret that both her
at homo In his own country, there has b
great deal of most unfair criticism, mostl
to cloudy vision.
Ho Is paid ly tho peoplo to protect tho
ests and welfare of tho United States. He
dip his country into hell Just to show the
ho has a keen sonso of being an Indlvldu
vlor. Why do people expect him to bo a ce1
person? Thero hns been too much of th
dlgnant rushing to protect tho honor of c
We know that America, like all other del
demociaoles, favors tho Allies, but without
why should they entT tho bloody arena?
awaro that thero are many, many Ani'
citizens who thlnU their country should t
hand. Including your famous American
Roosevelt (although perhaps ho may co
that term an insufficient description for
It's for Americans to dccldo what they f
do, lan't It7-Gllbert K. Chcstorton In tho
pendent.
INFLUENCE OF HABIT
Childhood and youfh know least of tho
mollncs of tho accustomed, which Is why
dren und frehh zest In everything and lam
leap throughout the long and eventful
Old ago comes when habit has placed thi
of ownership on Its victim. Kittens never
tho dependable warmth nf thn Inglenook
cats and other folks who h.ii,o ceased t(
always do.
Fault has been found with a Providence
permits wars and pestilences nnd famln
como along and disturb tho settled order (
universe. It may bo that poets and seers
better. Instead of being Indifferent to the
faro of mankind, the .lverrulinK power m
most Intensely Interested. "God's In
Heaven, all's right In the world," under
assumption, might well bo sung In tho tet
typhus and world-wldi war. To shak
manlty out of its rut calls possibly for
menaces which arlao from tlmo to time,
Ing against the doath nthargy of habit r
than against men. giving new exercisi
their minds and consciences, demanding of
whether other vlows of politics, religion, si
anti progress than those Tieekly Inherited
their fathers may not ba needed. Clncl
Enquirer.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
The sooner Congress understands that
people of this country opposo tho plan to
tho Philippines independent in two or four
tho better for the Wilson Admlnistratl
Rochester Post-Express.
If we don't make ourselves Bacura It wtl
matter much whether any pollcj Is applies!
Inapplicable to our needs "from a political
of view." We won't ba managing our own
tics. Detroit Free Press.
If this country is the worlds hsnkor
proposes to do business as such It sheuld
constantly advised as to Us own resources
keep close tab upon the financial and bus
conditions of Its customers. Cincinnati
qutrer.
Upon his present brief speaklag tour tar
the MIddio West, President Wllseji sbandui.
partisan identity entirely. It Is net Wo
Wilson, the Democrat, but Woodrow Wl
President of all the people of the Uslte4 bt
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
A President who asks the people to fake
on trust and heed his mere warning- as - sA
gatlon of patriotism, la such uetlom b?l
assumes the gravest of responsibilities, i
must be admitud that no "President wotMt?
the still header responsibility c u;t WM
tho people. een wren be c 'J' I i-t t
precUe partlcul.ii s. if ho actrjji. i
ahead. Sprlngticld Republican,
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