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But the sunshine aye shall light the sky,
is round and round tee urn;
And the truth shall ever coma uppermost,
And justice shall he done.
Charles Mackay,
The Russians aro snug as u bug In Ker
manshah. Now that the Colonel has visited Mat
Unique, the natives will probably realize how
Inconsequential Is Mt. 1'pIcc.
Norman Angell found the atmospheic of
Havcrford College more congenial to a peace
advocate than the atmosphere of Princeton.
All the Boston lawyers with a grievance
against Mr. Brnndcis seem to be taking ad
vantage of the Senato Investigation to air
them
Charles Sumner r.lul, who sajs that the
Massachusetts delegates must be pledged to
Roosevelt or nobody, Is not acting like a bhd
of peace.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt shows political
sense when she says that the eriuul suffrage
movement will fail if it is confined to the
uocially elect.
That report Is aggressive and virtually de
cides a case that is now befuio the coiuts
Director Datesmati.
Aggressive in whose iutcicst?
I'll fight licit and the devil till I go so fast
they can't see my dust. "Billy" Sunday.
Walt a minute, "Billy." You'ie chasing the
devil, the dcII Isn't chasing you.
Magistiate Carson has decided thai bar
tenders must not bit drunken pations. Tho
old receipt for handling n whale was, "Kiist
get him Interested, then Kick him in the face."
Tho President plaved a trump c.nd when
he Intimated that if Congicss wanted to run
the foreign affairs of tli nation the Demo
crats would have to find nnother presidential
candidate.
A sidelight on feeble-mlndcdnesa and Its
effects Is the fact that, of G73 deaths In the
city last week, 34, or more than one in every
20, were due to Inherited debility and malfor
mations. Kugenics Is n Joke only to people
who make a joko of It.
It is really not surprising that two out of
sixteen representative rtndcllffe girls had never
heard of Secretary Lansing, while three
thought that he was Secretary of War and
one felt that he was some sort of Ambas
sador. Tho Kvknino LKix.i.n has received
startling proof of the Ignoiance of many
Americans since it began the publication of
tbe daily Quiz. The question appearing today,
for Instance, relative to the clicumfeicnce of
the earth, nits asked Saturday of eight per
sons of more than oidlnary intelligence. The
nearest any one of them came to a coriect
answer was to miss it by 7000 miles. It sounds
Incredible, but It is true. But it is said there
aro people In North Carolina, where Jo?ephti3
Daniels comes from, who think that Andrew
Jackson is still President of the United States,
probably because they have been voting for
him so long.
The era of the war conespondent may be
past, but for graphic description it may be
doubted if rcpoits weie ever superior to
those now appearing as a matter of tontine
day by day. An example is tho following from
the Evenincj ixpc.Eit of Saturday:
The Teutons fought with the gteatest
brHvery and never faltered as the storm of
French shells tore through their utiles.
But flesh and blood no matter bow great
tho gallantry, could not stand before ilia
death scjthe of the French fire. Shells
from hundreds of guns and bullets from
countless machine guns and thousands of
rifles decimated the German ranks Bat
talion after battalion was hurled forward
by the German commander in utter disre
gard of the enormous loss of human life.
Boon the field was piled high with the
corpses, and the charging soldiers stumbled
over the bodies and fell amid their own
slain. It was carnage such as had not been
seen before In the war Even the German
rushes at Ypres, when their charges were
described as gigantic assaults In which the
soldiers rolled forward like endless waves of
the sea, were as nothing compared with the
onslaughts of the masked phalanxes north
of Verdun,
This Is in a fair way to become a garden
city. Wherever the plan of paving only so
much of the roadway aa is needed for traffic
Is carried out, with a wide grass, plot
between the curb and the sidewalk, the street
WtH bay all the aspects of a parkway. The
lawns in front of the houses will be several
feet deeper because of their extension beyond
the sidewalk, and the dust of the street will
be kept out of the houses with greater ease
than where the sidewalk adjoins the curb,
Residential property on such streets will be
in demand because of the attractive surround
ings. And the burden of the cost of paving
and maintenance will be much less than In
streets laid out in the way that has prevailed
here for years. Director Patesman, of tho
Department of Public Works, deserve the
commendation of all public-spirited citizens
jtyr taking' the Initiative in this admirable
reform, lie might go further and deserve
still higher praise. A real estate man in
Brooklyn laid out a large tract on the plan
just adopted here. The streets were the
regulation width on the city map. but he
paved only enough of the roadway to accom
modate the traffic in a residential district. The
rest ef the street width was seeded down
Veiwwa the ourb and the sidewalk, and rows
of trees nml shmbberj were planted! but
befoio the planting nml seeding were begun
lie laid the water and gas pipes In the space
between llio rurli nnrl the sidewalk. In order
tci make it casv lr tepali them without tear
ing up the pavement And then ho sold his
houses about ns fast ns he could build them.
VERDUN AND VICTORY
Hie Hllark on Verdun Is n military
imslers, Time nml (onillllons nre ntalnst ler
inaiii nt dial point. V.en sneress mlclil prate
rrnltless. Iiermnnt's mirnne l nollllral itnn
l,nalle. it inn neutrals nml In tnal.e the frown
rrlnre n nopttlnr hero. A desperate .iltitrti, how
eter. Is nften the most edefllte hind of defense.
rpitAT Vet dun Is m.vstlf.v lug liutopenn nit
X leu ns well tis nettttal observers Is ftp
parent from the few comments on the great
battle which have nlreatlv t cached this side.
What Verdun makes rlcar Is the meaning
of Hint exceptional series of regional attneks
which the (ici mails have been delivering. The
past fortnight witnessed Clermnn gains nt
Ypres and In Alsace, tho cMicinltlcs of the
Hue, Climnpngnc nml Artols wero likewise
tho scenes of battles with the decision wa
ve! lug, ns In trench wnifaro It must, fionl
side to side. All these local gains seemed
purposeless enough until the veil was ie
moved and the ndvnnees In the Wocvre
region weie consolidated Into nn attack on
Verdun. From the 9tlt to the 20tb of Febru
ary nerman.v was feinting, drawing her
bend barl like n snake, turning now here,
now theie. until It rmild .strike nt Verdun.
lint vvhv strike at nil? The conditions for
nn offensive, espcelnllv ngnliist ft forttcss
where time ittid tide favor tbe besieged, weie
not fnvorable, Tort Onimiiinnnt. outlying
Verdun, was taken In n blinding snowstorm
and. nccotdliig to most recent reports, Is
either ictnken or surrounded by tho French.
Nor was tho situation nbotit Verdun nt nil
comparable to the conditions pi e ailing In
Kttssla when tbe gic.u spring offensive be
gan. Verdun, when it falls, it it falls, will
have no excuse of lack of preparation.
Further, the Herman command was under
no illusions ns to the cost of nn attack, for
tho experiences of last .tunc, when tho Crown
Prince attempted nn assault, were robtty be
.vtitid measure. Finally, Vctdun was con
sidered nt the beginning of tho (list West
ern campaign ns an nccessorv to the main
drive tluough Belgium. II still cm be only
nu uuIIIni to tho battle which began nt
l.lege. continued nt Naiiuir nnd btoke on the
waters of the Mnrnc. Unlike hlcge. it opens
no roads, except to the trenches.
It will be piotcsted that the lietmaii High
Command was familiar with these disad
vantages nnd that, in otderlng the attack,
took them Into full account. Precisely be
cause that protest Is valid the world, which
has gaped in wonder at (Sermany these many
months, hi astounded anew. There are lea--.oil",
and they ale so Impoitant that they
overcome nil oblectlous. The first of these,
tho political reasons, havu been noted befoie.
They include a spectacular demonstration
for the dissatisfied at home, a warning to
Itumanla that .Serman's fire can still be
fed and that those who piny will be burned,
and, finally, a sign in the sky for Americans
a little too intent, for German purposes, on
the freedom of travel nnd the sanctltv of In
ternational law. All these aie the connecting
link with the p.ibt, with Hrzerum, Saionlc.i
and the nastern front, where Russia's ie
tut ii is increasingly painful. For the future,
the projected dash to sea, tho now K-boat
activities and further blows at Kngland from
the air. may be contemplated as pan of the
political program.
Behind politics He the d) nastic necessities
of the Hobenzollcrns. Germany, successful
in the field, has hail but one point of unspai
ing criticism, and that, bv misfoituue. was
tho fallmo of the Clown Prince. It has been
held thero that the Crown Ptince, dashing
his tioops n vain against Verdun, failing to
distract n large army from tho Marne and
Alsne, allowing time for Verdun to be te
foi titled against tho great guns which felled
l.icge anil ruined Ypres. vitiated all the sac
liflces of Germany and nullified her other
victories. Yet the Crown Prince must be
come Kmpcror of the Germany which will
ris-o out of the war. bo it a successor of
tho Holy Roman Empire, sti etching from
Calais to Constantinople, or merely Prussia
and her nppendages. lie may even be called
upon to assume office during this war. at a
time when d nastic change might mean revo
lution. He must be made a popular hero,
and since transfer, even to a glorious Held,
would be confession, the Ciown Prince must
push his force against the chosen fortiess
of Verdun.
So It Is peculiarly inappropriate to iuquiie
whether Germany Is willing to make this sac
rifice at Verdun. The Hohcnzolletns nre will
ing and to them tho chance is a glorious one.
In Its very hazatd, in tho probable frultless
ness of the endeavor, there is something which
may be turned to benefit the "indomitable
will," "the high peiseverlng purpose of the
Crown Prince." v
Nor will military strategists be slow to
point out that the road from Metz to Paris
Is dominated by the fortresses of Verdun.
One of the most picturesque accounts of the
war told of the correspondent who went up
a wooded height near the fort, took a tele
scopo and saw Metz lying calm and clean
in the line of lire. The great guns have
never been discharged. Metz lies undisturbed.
But to undernilne a threatening position, to
bet soldiers again on the way to Paris, even
if every foot of road be through baibed wire,
will prove military Justification enough for
the Crown Prince. At the same time he will
be carrying out Germany's first principles,
to appear strong even when weakening, to
gain strength from the nppeaiance of It and
to build her strongest hopes of defense upon
a good attack.
if Germany wins In this single struggle,
she will yet have the greater battle in the
West, and the campaigns In the East, to
meet, if she lose here her prestige will be
broken Irremediably.
POWDER NOT ALL OF WAU
ABOUT 38 per cent, of the total exports for
. the last calendar years was made up of
war supplies. The exact sum is Jl, 314, 414, 359.
All but about (10,000,000 worth was sold to the
Entente Allies. Explosives, however, were
but a small part of the total, for it needs more
than powder to make war- The value of
horses, mules and automobiles was greater
than the value of all the explosives sold
Other supplies consisted of food, freight cars,
wheelbarrows and carts, acids, copper, metal
working machinery, barbed wire and tele
phone wire, lubricating oil, boots and shoes,
leather and nickel. Only 1 12,000,000 worth of
firearms were sold, which with $181,000,000
worth of explosives, makes a total of leu
than one-sixth of all war supplies sent abroad.
It is apparent that an embargo on powder
and firearms would not go far enough If we
are to refrain from selling goods needed by
the beUlxtrents to carry 9a war,
Tom Daly's Column
FODDMl
(Professor Mehner. In the llamburaer Naehrlchten,
predicts that cstlle will entully be fed on paper.)
"What arc the cattle baicllna forf" said riles
0 the J'icsi.
"To turn pou out, to turn von oul!" the
Farmer said, "1 guess."
'no 1 took llkr a bale o' hajf said l'ilcs 0
the rrcss.
"Oh, siicclcr far than thai to them," the
Farmer laid, "t pucss:
For thrt'ic fecdin' 'em on paper an' the efll
tcrs fAf it so.
The)) gobble books and maaailncs iChenevcr
they've a show.
It wouldn't much tuiptiic me If lou'rl be lha
ilCtl to go,
For thcv'ie fecdin' Ihcm on paper night and
mornin'F'
"What brings that sweat upon jOM! hrmct"
sold Flics of the Pies?.
"Mlf horild thoughts! My horrid thouilhlsl"
the Farmer said, "I guess."
"What makes vau look so iehitc, so iohtlet"
tald Fllei of the Vicss.
"Ilccaiisr of what I've got to tialeh," tho
Farmer said, "t yucxi.
I dread to sec the Utile 1 alves thai olit'd had
but a thirst
For mother' milk giow wild for news,' but,
oh! the wiener wur.it
Of all my fean U thai the dean Will get a
laslc for Hearst,
For they're fecdin' them on papei night njtd
tnarnin'!"
(Not t lie rorned-tlnmd-ud )
1 nn rnsi c.vitn
Str Uld 'err net on" of those dulishtmd post
cards, first th- hail. then the forcnurlers and so on
donn to the tall 'lhls Is one. "I hl.i Is the head Hut
what I wanted to sU Is, t)o j.oti print (onumlrums'
Here's a good on". "What's the difference between nn
old man n oung man and n worm" '
Yours r. Tttiliej
A CERTAIN tiusl company
miles fiom Blond and CI
not n million
Micstntlt stieets
recently put n gieen eleik upon the Job of
sending out monthly statements. The clients
of the company :uo listed on tho books thus:
Name, occupation, nddicss.
Now it happens that some tire so 1111
foi tuuiitc as to dcsei ve no occupational classi
fication, being ronflned In certain Institutions
for tnetii ables.
All of these weio addtcssed b.v tbe gieen
cletk Just as he found the entiles In the
book, as for instance: "John Smith. Lunatic,
Stale Hospital, Nnrtlstown, Pa."
Conversational Classics
1 Overheard In a lophenated restaurant.)
"Ball, this climate. Every kind of weather
wo have, all dlffctent fiom each other."
VI X.
inn pnsr fAiti)
r HeiH a th foieaumlr .Vly gntimiur whs
bail Of course ou can t s.iy h hat's tho dlfferem
between tlueri thtngs Malic I shuuld uught to of
said "Whal'n tho dlffpif-ncc among- an old mun. a
oun man and a worm" Don't jou want It?
F. Tlnnt
Aim! Something Hatching Here?
The Official Congressional Ditectory sas
on page 156, "Tho Senate has set as a coutt
of Impeachment in the casts of tho following
accused officials "
What D'ye Mean?
The .Mt. SCiiin ruvival Is ahcady felt as an in
fluence for good In the community.
Jacob Kent and Mrs. Peaii Biothers woi
shlpcd there Thursday evening.
Bear Bocks Col respondent, in Mt. Pleasant
Journal.
"rpiIK papcis aie continually toasting me,"
JL complained the Piomiuent Political Per
son. "Never mind," replied the Wise Man, "some
dny they will see only jour good points."
"Ah! but when?"
".My filend, 'the hour of his death no man
knoweth,' "
mi: rosr CARII
Sir' Now this Is the middle. They's two more
pieces to come and that conundrum ain't finished jet.
either. Don't jou want to know what's the difference
among an old man, a joum man and n worm?
F. Tlnney.
Child's Winter Garden of Verses
IV.
The Rain.
At night the tain thumps on our loof;
We'ie diy because it's waterpioof.
It drenches all our high brick wall,
But cannot come into the hall.
It beats upon the window pane,
But we need never fear the rain:
Because our house is built so well,
It wotks Just like a big umbreil.
Signs of Spring in Philly
Sir Signs of Spring say you? We ate not
ouite .sure, but we think 'twill be tbe reappear
ance 011 our station platform of a certain very
gieen skirt and jacket which we wot of: or else
'tis the very busted nose of our eldest son, who,
feeling a bit of balmy air on Washington's
Birthday, took a trial tiip around the block
011 bis Christmas tricycle and at the coiner Just
to the north of our house discovered the ex
istence of centrifugal force. II. II, n.
Love lingering at the lattice, with Iteason
retiring through the postetn gate, and not al
wajs in good order L. c G.
THE TOST CARII
Sir This is the hindquarters, and we re getting
near tbe end of that conundrum, too. you must say
to me. "Whit's the difference, Frank, ainon an old
man and a joung man and a woim," and then I'll
tell sou. p. Tlnney.
WE feel we could not have selected a more
timely time to piesent this seilal, nor a
more suitable set la! for presentation at this
time. It is:
George Washington
BEING N(V ONLY A- RHYMED STORY OP
HIS I.II-'E. BUT ALSO ALMOST A COM.
PLETE HISTORY OP THESE V. S.
By OEOROE MORRIS
When he was a little boy
His father gave him a hatchet toi
That made hi heart Jump big with joy
No.r George he started lo cut up strips
And made a lot of cherry chips
He cut away and made no slips
With It branches leaves and all
When It fell It gave a bump
There stood George and the cherry stump,
When George saw- what he had dons
His hatchet glittered In the aun
IU did not hide he did not run
He chopped tha tree down Just for fun
ilia father came out for a walk
To have a quiet little talk
To get the sun. tha air and breae
And take a walk among tbe trees
And aa he waksd behold his wrath
He saw a tree across the path.
His father's heart was filled with pain
For this good trea It hsd been slain
For cherries It will bear no more
Vnd shad the chair It had before
fieorgo'a Father ha did look around
The tree It laid upon the ground.
Now Oaorge waa thinking. "It me see"
1" crop down soma other tr
(To Be Continued i
THE I'OSr CAHIJ
Sir. Hem's the tall, and that's tbe end Did you ask
ma "Wbat'a tbe difference! among" eh. n right.
Why. they ain't any difference among an old man and
a youne roan and a worm Th chickens will set
'n " , . F. Tlnney.
B. U T., of the Chicago Tribune, recently
chucked a chortle because be found in a coun
try paper our old friend Dull Thud "I was
wondering what had become of our ancient
friend," ses he.
We thought the eld thlnr was dead, for it
jrtvs "sickening" aa loot; as wo can remtmbar,
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CAPTAIN GILL,
"RURAL-LIFER"
Famous Yule Tackle Tackled Oppor
tunity in the Country Church.
The Fable of the Bully
and the Parson
W"KS
VV of hi
Walter Cnmp published the lluo-up
twetit.vlivc- jc.its ago, lie gave a position to
(till, Yale's gie.it tackle Theie have been
other great tackles at Yale, doubtless, but
ask an "old grad" or visit
tbo campus when C1III Is
back for commencement
and vou'll llnd that this
paitlcular hero of the
gridiion has not been for
gotten ct. Tliete aro re
minders, too, in the "gm"
museum, in the shape of
tiophies that bear ills
name During one of his
seasons on the vnislty
team (Sill was captain. He
i&
53trj3-
i o an.i.
also, when he
made tho varsity crow,
was at New Haven, Moio
than that, in Ills senlui'
vear he was "tap-
ped for Bones." Today he keeps In good
athletic ttlm. ictalns hi.s i epntation for
scholarship and is quite ns likable as ever.
He counts his ft lends among tho highest in
the land and among tho lowliest, Manliness,
we trust, is not a tarlty under the Min, but
that is the quality in "Charlie" Gill that im
pi esses itself on everybody, whether on shott
acquaintance or long.
Two Kinds of Opportunity
On receiving his sheepskin he was con
fionted with Opportunity, spelled with a big
"O." Able and backed by family position
ho had ahead of him a splendid career In
business nnd the public eve. He sided with
opportunity, spelled with a little "o" in these
Hidden! nnd materialistic times. He de
termined on tho Christian ministry. So ho
entered the divinity school. On his gradua
tion he became a home missionary and after
ward a country preacher. Theie is some
difference between the. two, but they niu
much alike in opportunity is Gill saw It. He
pursued his tusks with an equipment fnr
superior to his university training nnd his
travels In America, Europe and tho Oticnt,
Service was his forte, but he didn't go nt it
with a pair of "specs" and n tape measure:
he lived It. His people knew It was n man us
well as a minister who had come to live
among them. Ho worked on, nnd frequently
when lie had a month's vacation he coached
varsity football teams at a money payment
for the four weeks that would put a minister's
yearly salary to shame, and did.
One of Ills first Jobs was making n com
munity out of an undeniably backward aggie
gallon of houses and Inhabitants in New Eng
land. The place had been without a chinch for
twenty years when Gill went to it. One day, as
he approached a house on a seldom traveled
road, ft young barefooted glil, with tattered
dress and flying unkempt hair, ran from the
littered yard into the house. Through the
open door her shrill voice readied him: "Here
comes the minister." And a.
chorus of obscene profanity after that. The
moral and social laxity of the "community"
was flagrant. The tory of Gill's achieve
ment In that town has been briefly told as
follows: "Disbelief in the existence of good
ness appeared to be common, public' dis
approval of Indecency was timid or lacking,
and religion was In general dlstepute. Not
only was there no day of worship, but also
no day of rest. Life was mean, hard, small,
selfish and covetous. Lund belonging to the
town was openly pillaged by the public olllcers
who held It In trust; real estate values were
low; and among the respectable families
there was a general deslie to sell
property and move away.
their
Good In the Dad Town
Thon a church was organized. The change
which followed was swift, striking, thorough
and enduring. The public property of tho
town, once a bourco of graft and demoraliza
tion, became a public asset. The value of
real estate Increased beyond all proportion
to the general rise of land values elsewhere.
In the decade and a half which has elapsed
since the church began its work, boys and
girls pf a new type have been brought up.
The reputation of the village has been
changed from bad to good, public order has
greatly improved; and the growth of the
place as a summer resort has begun. It is
fair to say that (he establishment of the
church under Mr. GUI began a new era in
the history of the town
Around this, strong personality traditions
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have grown up. They may grow up about
a country minister as well ns about a captain
of lliinnce. Gill operated a tract of forest
land for the benefit of the tteastiry of one of
hla churches, employing up-to-datp sclentlllo.
methods. According to the story, the foreman
of his gang of woodsmen disputed Gilt's insti no
tions nnd waxed vvrnthy about It. "If 'tvvan't
for y'r cloth I'd wlpo tho ground
with you. you " "Never mind tho
cloth," said Olll nnd waded In. The back
woodsman got the licking of his life and
s-oon aftet'vvaids Joined the church. Gill sny.s
this Is a fable. All light, but there's lots of
truth in fables.
Lessons From Football
Fifteen years In tho service of the country
church taught GUI many things about what
most of us call la a ha.v sort of way "the
country life problem." His lemark that the
reason vvhy fanners can't coopeiate is that
they never learned to play when they weie
boys has been fiequently quoted. Perhaps
his experience of tho football Held contained
a lesson or two In practical sociology. But
Gill doesn't believe that farmers i rally can
not cooperate. They have cooperated in
little, neighborly wnys since the beginning
of time, but orgnnii-ed co operation is tho
thing. Ho believes, moreover, that the country
I'liurch ptobleni Is at bottom an economic
problem.
Several years ago Gill leslgned his pastorate
and began making caieful surveys of huge
rural territories with reference to industries,
institutions, character and changes of popu
lation, and so on, tho data accumulated cover
ing a period of several decades. It was the
first thorough-going investigation ever mode
of tho economic and social conditions of
typical rural territories with reference to the
church. Ho went to Europe to make n
special study of rural organizations in Eng
lnnd, Ireland and on the Continent. Today
ho Is ono of tho leading "rmal lifers" of
America. It all came nbout tluough his ie
spect for opportunity, spelled with a little "o."
As secretary of tho Ohio Rtitnl Life Asso
ciation nnd of the Pmcliot Country Church
Commission and ofllcer of similar organiza
tions he is busy enough. His main Job is Just
getting down to brass tncks on tho important
question of where country life Is really at. It
Isn't a muck-raking business; it's construc
tive. It's a tnsk for nn optimist and social en
gineer, nnd that's GUI. He's one of tho cap
tains of jural progress, doing his part on the
line, helping the team to score.
JAPANESE AT THEIR GAMES
Japanese flower arrangement has made an
ilmpiesi on American Ideas and taste, and many
other things Japanese have proved of great
Intel est to our Western world. Some of these
are Intetestlng Just because they ate Japanese.
(James, for Instance.
One of tbe most popular games among Jap
anese children is otedama, played with small
cloth bugs tilled with red beans. The number
of bags used Is seven or ten. The game con- i
slsts in throwing the bags Into the air, ono
after another in quick succession, trying to
i-atch them befoie they leach the ground. The
idea Is to keep all tho bags in motion
Another popular game is ishikerl, or stone
kicking Chalk lines are drawn on the street,
making squuies. In which pebbles are placed
The game is to bop fiom one square to another
on one foot, kicking the peb' .os.
In tbe game of mlmlhlkl. or ear-pulling, two
boys sit opposite each other with loops in their
hands und to to lasso an ear of the opponent.
Another bos' game is kubllilkl, or head.pulllng.
Two bojs aie tied together by the neck und
then they tiy to pull each other about, the one
yielding being defeated.
In ltlramekkura sides are chosen. Each side
btares at the other, and the side nope the
members of which laugh Is the winner. Even
to show the teeth Is to lose.
I'deoshl is a game wherein two boys sit op
posite and push, hand against hand, until one
yields In yublzumo, or finger wrestling-, two
bos match finger against finger, the fingers of
the opposing hands being locked together,
thumbs free. The fingers are pressed against
each other until one boy's hand is pressed back
or down.
Ikusa-gokko is a war game in which the
f youngsteis dress in paper uniforms, with swords
anu KnapsacKs, ami pataae.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Publicity Is a good thing in many ways, but
whether It pays to tell the entire world what a
nation Is doing in the way of military prepared
ness and advancement is a question. -Rochester
Post-Express.
The commercial spirit is good In Its way; the
spirit of unselfish service is better, but some
thing of the military sentiment will always be
needed to act as a leaven against Philistinism.
Birmingham Age-Herald,
The great mass of the American people are
opposed to war with any foreign Power lightly
undertaken. While they desire to be reasonably
prepared for defense In case of attack by a for
eign foe, they will not easily condone any mis
take on the part of men In high places that
brings us near to war, nor forgive the unneces
sary sacrifice of thousands of precious American
lives by politics In the name of national defense.
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What Do You IW?
Otcrics of general interest will be aniareJ
in this column. Ten Questions, the aiitcm
to which every well-informed person )mi
know, arc asked dally, '
QUIZ
1. Sewn illspiiti lira speak of "the faieoitlae
fur Vcrilun which (Jrrimin strategist ban
riiterlnliiril since 11(3." Kxplaln tie if-i-renre.
. Wli Is ttrrrrliir.t I, line, of the Interior Di
liurdnriit. Ineligible In the I'resldac;!
3. About v. Suit Is the iiiiniuil revenue ol thi
city or I'liiluilrlplibi?
4. What Is tbo Hrrtintfrr. ce of the eirtb?
ft. V hut in the term for which a .lustbe of tbi
('nlted Miites -Miprcm Court Ii ij
pointed?
41. Is I'nlm lleacti on the west or (he emt colli
oT Florida'.'
?. Who U l.t-mtii-t V.. (Itilgg'.'
s. V ho Ih Lieutenant (.oiernnr of rtnujrl-,
v until?
ft. Im Mnnltii north or soudi of New Orlrioi?
III. Who mis Cleirluiiil's Spcreturj of Stale dat
ing the V enr7Udim controversy?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
I. VIlsHourl.
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a. Vlrglnlii.
I. It stretches rust nml wrsl, ( nmprlMii tki
ren(rnl pnrdnu of (iermnny. MoA( !
oilier Mutes nre south of Us wiitem
half.
.-. Composer of music, conductor. Horn 1IM
In Bohemia. Hied Hill In Vienna. Coo.
ducted opera und concerts In (he United
Mates,
li. Lisbon.
7. Toulon.
H. Sir John
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10. Martin fi.
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Hrumhaugh.
Sir John Tcnniel
Editor of "What Do You Know" Is Sir Jolm
Teunlel, the famous English caitoonlst, still ,
alive? ART SCHQOb.
No. He died in London on February :6, 1911. ,
Kindness to the Living
Editor of "What Do You Know" Can jou
help me find tbo poem in which these lines ap
pear: Oh friends, I pray tonight.
Keep not your kisses for my cold dead brow,
The way is lonely, let me feci them now.
a k. u
Will some reader come to the assistance of i
a. k. u?
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Mixed on History
Editor of "What Do You Know" I heard
street orator say the other day that the Klni
England Is a dhect descendant of Queen Elli'
both. I always undct stood that Queen ElliaMW
never married. I. L. w-
You are right. She had no children. The,
throne passed to James of Scotland '
"By the' Saskatchewan"
Edflor of "What Do You Kno w"Will jrrt
kindly publish the song, -uy mo !' - -from
"The Pink Lady." and oblige greatly
A RKADEH.
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Here is ine song, oy u. i n. nw' mfs
is printed by special permission " -
Ushers:
By the banks of the Seine,
With girls so beautiful, t
It gives one pain to remain,
Quite dutiful.
And yet I've sworn by stars above j
Throughout my life to reserve my love j
For a girl by the Saskatchewan, , t
For a girl by the Saskatchewan. .
But the girls by the Seine ;!
All come canoodling;
They're bold and vain,
With a taste of snoodllng, . .,..
Their lips are red, and their eyes areDfig-ni. i
And they've got a style that removes from sil'
A girl by the Saskatchewan,
Yes, a girl by the Saskatchewan. ,
Refrain.
Flow, river, flow, down to the sea;
Bright sea, brings my loved one home to w
tmi. a.,,,- n tni. I'm trying hard to n-
But hear me say it's a very long, long wy ,
From the banks of the Seine for a girl to g :
stay
By the banks of the Saskatchewan.
When you live by the Seine,
If you refrain from enjoying, fM
Liune jawiuiiy,
The sweet, gay life In a gay. sweet ay.
And save your love tilt you're old ana era
For a girl by the Saskatchewan,
For a girl on the Saskatchewan.
On the banks of the Seine
There's love awaiting you.
To quell the pain
That's exasperating you;
So skip with Joy as you laugh. Ha. lis
And wire a quick, little, cool Ta, ts!
To the girl on the Saskatchewan,
To the girl on the Saskatchewan.
Refrain.
Come, faithful one come stray with nie,
This Is springtime up )n gay ra'f;
you neea a resi roiu jum .- , 1(n
Kor hear me say It's a very wrong, r j
When you live on ine ocu t
tbe day,
For girl on the Saskatchewan.
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