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'., He knows Utile who will tell Ms wife all he
knoics. Thomas Fuller.
Mrs. Asqulth Is a bigger man than Colonel
Hoosevelt. Sho won a verdict of $5000 in her
libel suit.
Bryan Is certainly a man of peace. Whon
ho was called a liar ho did not even raise his
-voIco In anger
" Now that VIco President Marshall has said
"that Tom Taggnrt Is all right, who Is so brave
as to dlsputo It?
Interest In the war was suspended whllo
tho Methodists read tho list of assignments of
pastors yesterday.
x Those London business mon who cabled to
nnrGalvcston that pcaco is in sight must have
used a powerful telescope.
.- If Verdun Is tho Gettysburg of tho present
ivar, who will mako himself immortal by
""Vrltlng another poem on "High Tide"?
The Governor Is said to hopo for an arnica
u..Xlo agreement on tho list of delegates at largo,
""but his advisers aro using queer methods to
f-brln It about.
, Tho artificial aurora borcalls around City
IPHall will not hold a candlo to tho light of
.-friendship with which tho advertising men will
'"Jo greeted here.
'"' Dudley Field Malono does not bite the hand
VX-that made him Collector of tho Port of New
,..3rork. He says that the President's foreign
''""trade policy has been brilliantly successful.
.5
, Tho Mayor has onco more assured the peo-
ilo that they may havo what they want.
Then why does ho not stop monkeying with
tho transit plans which the people approved
last year?
"Jt Mr. Wilson wants Congress to adjourn be
fore tho presidential canvass begins. Is it
becauso ho is afraid that If it remains In ses
,,alon longer it will spoil his chances of re-election?
fin
No sooner had Governor Fielder signed tho
bill permitting four-round boxing bouts than
- Atlantic City promoters began to prepare for
exhibitions of muscular agility elsewhere than
-"on tho bathing beach.
William Lorlmer, who told tho story of his
life once when they ousted him from tho Sen
ate, is about to tell it again beforo a Chicago
"pury trying him for wrecking his bank. It
did not change any .votes tho first time.
The minimum wage on which an American
-.worklngman can support a wife and three
children is $765 a year, a representative of the
.American Federation of Labor told a congres-
"slonal committee the other day. Then how do
"the country preachers, who receive less, save
-their families from starvation?
After six months of holding out, the Aus
i trlans have been compelled to evacuate Uscl-
eczko, and the Russians have crossed the
Dniester. The same day a small flotilla of
,, German destroyers was driven back to Its
base by the British. Only west of the Meuse
have the Germans succeeded, and there suc-
cess was too dearly won. It has bern a mad
month for the Teutons, and it is ending
,hadly.
Policewomen, proposed at the Monday con
ference by Dr. Carol Aronovlol, director of the
" "Bureau for Social Research, are neither novel
nor odd. Chicago has had them for years,
1 1 .thanks to the Initiative of Miss Addams and
the public spirit of women workers at Hull
House, who volunteered for what was an un
tried task of social service at the time. Now
tf"the policewoman, -with her hint of an official
uniform and her heart filled with the spirit
of prevention rather than punishment, is
deemed Invaluable In Cook County. The same
a true In other cities which have made the
- test. In certain lines of policing activity the
intimate relation of woman to her sex justifies
the existence of policewomen. If any ar
gument Is needed for the establishment of a
squad of them for special service, it Is fur
nished In the excellent record of -the women
agents of the Travelers' Aid Society In protect
w ,lnp girls. If we feel enough concern about tho
jr ; strangers entering our gates, how much
greater should be our core, In every possible
safeguard and inspiration to uplift, for the
wayward of the cltyl Many of them need to
be guided rather than punished.
The mlllfary side of war is not the only
thing which makes Germany at this moment
the most Interesting country in the world,
Vhe struggle between the civil power and the
rrwd militarists has evidently come to a head,
-And inasmuch aa the censor Is controlled by
.pjmnathlzers with the former, the world Is
at last In a position to know what ha8 hap
pened. In short, there has been a rebellion
Jr the Reichstag beside, which the recent con
' gre.wloiial outbreak In Congress seems a mere
social affair. The underlying cause1 of the
two rebellions Is the same; the unlimited use
" of TJ-boats, and only the Conservatives are for
drivine Von TfrpHzlsm to the bitter end. The
JCai-ejr. BeUiraann-I-ollweg. and a coalition in
t& Reichstag oppose, and they are. strangely,
ottll ynable to Impose their will upon the coun
try Tho- dangeis of a ruUltaruit ruling class
jjjuM nowhere bo more clearly seen for those
jjottstoie n Mej-Hisuijf are entirely without
prevwwy an do no realise tout
1
every victory of frlghltulnei Is a definite los
for the future. They still believe that frightful
ncss can win the war. The liberals and their
adherents may be 'desperate over the military
situation, but despair does not drive them to
madness.
A MONTH AT VERDUN
The attack on Verdun began fonr weeks
ngo. The conditions at the fortress give the
defenders nn enormous advantage, nnd after
the first snrprlse the French proved equal
to their task. Thnt Is the lesson of Douau
mont nml Vnux. nach day makes tier
many's task, both nt the fortress and In her
relations with neutrals, harder.
r
T IS a month nnd a day now slnco
tho actual battle for tho possession of
Verdun began. Those who followed tho
extraordinary series of attacks which pre
ceded tho battle villi recall that on Feb
ruary 2, when tho rush on Douaumont
began, tho offcnslvo against the British
on tho Yscr was still tho dominating plcco
of news. For two weeks beforo that time
tho German armlet had executed attacki In
every sector from Ostend to Alsace, nnd their
meaning1 was not cleared until the battlo at
Verdun began. Shortly after Douaumont wai
seized, and while the battle nt Vnux was still
raging, a new attack was made In tho Cham
pagne region and there was somo Idea that
tho operations nt Vqrdun might bo themselves
only a cloak for greater operations In tho
entrenched regions to the north. That view
seems no longer tenable.
To understand tho fighting at Verdun It Ii
necessary to remember that tho fortress Juts
eastward from tho lino of tho French front
and Is a perpetual threat to tho communica
tion of tho German forces. That is why
there was sufllclent reason for attacking nt
that point. Further, It Is Important to know
that Verdun Is Itself a centre surrounded, at
a distance of from four to five miles, by
armored forts set on dominating hills Douau
mont, Vnux, nnd others. Every hill mentioned
In recent dispatches, the Dead Man, Goose,
Crow, etc., has Its strategic Importanco, for,
whllo the armored fort has proved unavailing
ngntnst artillery attacks, tho hill Itself re
mains a key position from which artillery may
pour down destruction upon attacking forces
In tho plain.
The actual fighting, under thoso conditions,
demanded almost superhuman courage from
thoso making tho attack, and reslstanco com
parably fierce on the part of tho defenders. In
tho first stago of tho battle tho former won.
Douaumont wns taken after fivo days of
merciless attack. Immediately It was threat
ened by tho French and it was only on March
5, a week or so later, that tho dismantled
fort wns confidently German.
In tho second stago tho French lino had
stiffened remarkably. Joffro had himself como
to Verdun, nnd Petaln had displaced Humbert
In command. Thero could be no surprlso nnd
tho battle for Vnux was a heartbreaking dls
oster for tho troops of the Crown Prince.
That battlo began March 10-11 and still con
tinues. Subsidiary to It arc the lesser attacks
on both sides of the Meuse, to tho north of
Verdun nnd over tho largo front which pro
tects tho central fort. Reports In the last
five days Indicate a falling off In the Intensity
of artillery 11 ro of tho Germans, nnd sinco
their most vigorous troops wero used first
nt Douaumont and then nt Vnux, and wero
torn by tho dreadful fire of the French, It Is
not rcmarkablo that tho snap of tho first
attack has gone. The fury of yesterday's
action, northwest of Verdun, was a work of
desperation, following disastrous failure of
frontal attacks.
Tho summary of a month's activity on a
front which Is very .Imlted In comparison with
tho wldo stretches of both Russia and tho line
from Flanders down can hardly be encourag.
Ing to Germany. Taken with a series of other
reverses to Germany and her allies, political
and military, tho measure of success and failure
at Verdun may well seem prophetic of a black
end. In actual ground gained this German at
tack has been more sucessful than tho out
break In Champagne of last September. In
effect It is still as vain. Even It the lino be
mado straight at Verdun nnd the Meuse bo
permanently crossed, thero will remain tho
same spectre of the trench to haunt the
dreams of tho High Command. And tho cost
has been staggering, even to thoso accus
tomed to tho awful figures of this war.
It Is not to be expected that the present lull
In the fighting Is nn indication that Verdun
has been given up by thoso to whom the for
tunes of tho heir to Germany's throne are
dear. Probabilities point to a desperate final
blow, which will come from every point at
which the present attacks have established
centres of operation. But the same probabili
ties favor a resistance more than adequate to
the attack, for In this enterprise, as In every
one of the war, Germany fights against time
while her enemies fight with time.
Time Is also on the side of the Allies In their
efforts to enlist the few remaining neutrals of
southern Europe. If after four weeks of fight
ing which has strained every Teutonic fibre
nothing definite nnd far-reaching has been
accomplished, is it likely that Rumania will be
pliant or Greece more than neutral? Will
either of these countries yield to the Imperial
will of Potsdam when they know that Ger
many's effective strength has reached Its max
imum while recruiting still continues In Eng
land? Nor has It escaped their attention, as It
seem3 to have escaped the notice of certain
agitators at home, that American rifles have
not yet begun to reach the battle front in any
numbers, and that the first great shipment of
American arms will start with the spring. It
is even possible that the fear of the new
Allied effectives and the dread of unlimited
munitions had something to do with the timing
of the ill-fated attack on Verdun.
THE STEAM ROLLER IS OUT OF DATE
STEAM-ROLLER methods Jn the organiza
tion of the Republican National Convention
four years ago were largely responsible for the
split In the party. The prospects for harmony
this year are likely to go glimmering If an at
tempt Is made to use the same tactics again.
The report from Chicago that William
Barnes has been attempting to bring about the
choice of Senator Sutherland or some other
standpat conservative as temporary chair
man Indicates that Barnes, at least, has not
learned anything in four years. His colleagues
on the National Committee are expected to be
wiser than he. The rank and file of Re
publican voters are In no mood to accept the
guidance of any committee which tries to tie
the hands of the delegates and plans to make
up a preliminary roll containing the names
of only those who can be trusted to obey
orders from the group of leaders discredited In
the last campaign.
It must be an open convention, with all con
tests decided on their merits. It must be rep
riye ji tutl of the voters at Urge. Its
temporary and final roll must be above sus
picion, and its temporary and permanent
presiding officers must be men whose fair
mlndetlneaa command the insunt respect of
ths CQuntrx aa. sooa aa they are named.
Tom Daly's Column
DARBY AUD JOAN
Thev come into the parlor car
And take their teats betide me.
I
How very commonplace they arel
t know mu wife toouid chide me,
And call it rude of me to stare
At this old man'and woman,
But, since thev do hot seem to care,
Why shouldn't I oe humanf
I've read mu paper through and through
There's mighty little in it
And so I've nothing else to do
But watch them for a minute.
They offer little promise, though,
Of charm to the beholder;
I fudge her slxty-flvc or so,
And he a trifle older.
I've Hatched them for a hundred miles!
I'd watch another hundred,
To share the paradUc that smiles
Around theml How I blundered,
To call this couple commonplace.
Youth's glory atid Romance's
Play sunnily about each face
And glimmer in their gtancef.
His heart, a bee above the flotcer,
Around her form is flitting,
And she 7iotw 11WJ she knows her power!-
She snares it in her knitting.
Here's Love that is forever ncio.
That feasts and still doth hunger
Ahl he's eternal twenty-two
And she a trifle younger.
Let my love, Lord, for my mate grow
Thus god-like, to enfold her.
When she s fhrcc-score-fen or so,
And 1 a trifle older.
We pulled a "boner" yesterday; forgot to
mention the date of that old Sat. Evo. Post.
It was January 31, 1829.
IT HAS been out pleasuro and mlsfortuno to
attend many dinners and to listen to many
wlso nnd othcrwlso japery-Jugslors, Including
oursclf, but our eoro'' sides declare to us this
morning (Tuesday) thnt ono bit of foolery
pulled at tho dinner of tho Curtis Club on
Monday night was unusual.
The toastmaster started It. "He was sorry,"
ho said, "to introduco a business matter on
such nn occasion, vbut, etc., etc." Thereupon
tho chief devil nroso nnd announced prosily
that It had been decided the tlmo wns now
rlpo to publish to tho world tho "Curtis
Honor List," a list of thoso men nnd women
who, having given of their best nnd having
by their fidelity and Interest contributed to
tho success of tho Curtis publications, wero
worthy of tho Curtis Company's gratitude.
"Therefore," said he, "I will read tho names:
R. M. Aarons, A. J. Abbott, C. M. Abbott, L.
Abbott, Susan Abbott"
A glass fell from a tablo and crashed on
th0 floor. But tho reader proceeded "R. L.
Adams, J. Adams, Mrs. L. S. Adams"
A tin waiter slipped Its moorings nnd rat
tled rambunctlously. This sort of thing went
on for several minutes. Finally tho toast
master broke In. "Look here," said he, "what
Is this thing you're pulling off?" "Why, sir,
this Is a list of those who by their faithful"
"O! cut that now; who are these people?"
"These, sir, aro the suscrlbers to the Curtis
publications who " Then tho band played.
THE MAJORITY
A pretty ti-oman'a always vain.
But then and marc's the pltyl
The average woman's vain because
She merely thinks she's pretty.
A. Qrouch.
An article from Constantinople, brought
by tho German papers of tho Eth, would
persuade us that tho Sultan Is determined
upon prosecuting tho war, as tho orders he
has issued for the increasing his army
show; but such a policy ho would pursue,
were ho disposed to make peace. No power
is so likely to terminate a war honorably,
an the power that shows Itself able to con
tinue It gorously.
IN VIEW of recent rumors of Turkey's de
sire to negotiate a separate peace, the above
quotation from tho Saturday Evening Post is
Interesting. Yep, It is so; it's from that issue of
the Saturday Evening Post of January 31.
1829, which Ruth Plumly Thompson loaned
to us. The Turks and Slavs were mixing It
up then as now.
Our Village Poet Has a Rival
Is this place growing? Well, I should say It
does. At the present time It consists of two grist
mills, store, hotel, doctor, creamery, dressmaker,
barber, blacksmith, planing mill, cider press,
photograph gallery and butcher. As you can see
by the above, this place Is growing very rapidly,
Well, I should say this Is a busy town.
A IlL'fcV TOWN
The farmers are kept busy feedlne their stock.
And also take time to mue a few rocks.
The preacher Is kept busy at his sermons,
As at war are the busy Germans.
The dressmaker Is kept busy at her work,
From which she necr shirks.
The blacksmith Is kept hurrylnr
So that he has no time for worrylrur.
The doctor Is kept so busy
That when he lurria his head feels dizzy.
The miller Is kept busy at his wheel.
Grinding; up tho solden meal.
Ths butcher Is kept busy In his shop
Bo that he has hardly time to eat pork chops.
The bartender has no time to so to the window, '
For ho Is kept busy Belling- "Merry Widow."
The merchant Is kept on the CO,
And has no time to say woe.
Sclota Correspondent StroudsburB Times.
FRANK DOONER says this Is new:
The colored witness gave his name as
"Fertilizer Johnson." "Surely that's not your
name," said the Judge, "Yas, suh; ef yo' doan'
believe me dars mah muddah ober yondeh."
"Yas, Jedge," the mother explained, "yo" see,
mah name's Eliza an' mah husban' he's
Ferdlnan', so we done made up a name fo'
to honor de father and de mother."
Back
"Your company's horribly slow about filling
orders," complained the Irate customer.
"Oh, we're not as bad as we were," replied
the cleric
, "No? Well, I ordered some goods early In
October and I haven't got them yet."
That so? What year, 191. or I9J5r
,
UAIB-EAISLNQ UEADU.YE3
rao-i babbeii-ous Mexico
"U, S. troops will comb Mexico."
"Cavalry combing mountains."
''Villa whisks away,"
'Troops have brush with snipers."
"Bandits escape by close shave."
"Next!" B. M.
The Worst That Ever Happened
BETTING that tho Initials M. ant. P. Jn
front of a name, O 'Flaherty, were the first
letters of Michael and Patrick, and discover
ing that they stood for Montmorency and
Pletro. It came like a bolt from the blue.
It was a bolt from the Kfeen. L. C. Q.
We have heard disquieting rumors about
the Wlllard-Moran bout belay a frame-up,
and this from a rnornhig contemporary Isn t
calculated to reassure us:
The ! of tickets bu been q brisk that
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ARREDONDO, THE
MEXICAN DIPLOMAT
Carranza Fortunate in His Repre
sentative at Washington Am
bassador Designate Has
Statesmanlike Qualities
M
BXICO hasn't a full-fledged Ambassador
to tho United States any mora than sho
has a government do Juro in her own country,
but she has In Ellseo Arredondo a representa
tive of statesmanllko qualities, whoso setvlco
to his homeland must bo reckoned In super
latlvo terms. It Is hardly too much to say
that Arredondo Is tho man,
nbovo all others, who has
mado It posslblo for tho
United States to deal dip
lomatically with Carranza.
That tlio well-known stub
bornnessand refractoriness
of tho First Chief havo not
led to worse difficulties in
our relations with Mexico
Is duo in somo part, at
least, to tho. tactfulness
and good senso of Arte-
E. arredondo dondo. Ho takes a broader
view of things In general than Carranza, and
that fact explains a great deal. Secretary
Lansing and Counselor Polk find In him a
man with whom tlioy can talk on com
mon ground. Reports from Washington
Indicate that Arredondo's suggestion of a
protocol Is looked upon as likely to produco
Important nnd far-reaching results favorable
both to Mexico and to tho United States. In
short, the conduct of the Ambassador Desig
nate has all along been of such a character
as to promote tho best interests both of tho
Carranza Government and of tho Mexican
nation Itself.
Ho deserves much credit, not only for the
substance of his work but for tho manner in
which he has borne himself. He may bo no
giant of diplomacy and statecraft, but that
Isn't so significant just now as his undoubted
patriotism and his broad-minded nttltude to
ward the problems confronting the two coun
tries. Tho ambassadorship to the United
States, of course, is the chief diplomatic mis
sion with which a Mexican can bo entrusted.
This Is obvious from every standpoint.
With tho exchange of Ambassadors the for
malities of extending recognition to the Car
ranza Government were completed. A Penn
sylvanlan, Henry P. Fletcher, was appointed
Ambassador to Mexico by President Wilson.
Mr. Fletcher carries with him to his new con
structive tasks the good will of all Latin
America. For five years he has been am
bassador to Chill. Before that he saw service
In China and elsewhere. His work In the Far
East and South America has been constructive
work, work which has promoted International
friendliness, confidence, co-operation. He has
risen through all the diplomatic ranks to the
highest of all.
Fletcher, of Pennsylvania
9
In the view of his friends and well-wishers, ,
the Chilians, ne goes to Mexico in the name
of good Pan-American order and community
of interest. El Mercurlo, of Santiago, in art
article on the Monroe Doctrine as understood
by Chill, quoted from an address delivered
by the American Ambassador, seeing In It a
spirit worthy of approval and emulation and
an attitude on the part of the United States
that commends Itself to the Latin American
world;
"It would be well to recall the words spoken
"by the Ambassador, Mr. Fletcher, at one of
the largest manifestations ever accorded to a
foreigner In Santiago, Chill. The AmbassaoV
said on that occasion:
" 'Let us remember the visions of our ances
tors who laid the foundations of these repub
lics In the new world, and In their spirit let us
dedicate ourselves to the fulfilment of the
great destiny they dreamed of and which it
lies within our power to realize. I do not say
these things in criticism of the warring na
tions. They are the best and only Judges of
their own interests. But we also have the
right to consider our own interests and to
mark out the course we shall follow, eyen If It
should prove a different one from theirs. I
personally hope that it will be a different one
and that we Americans may be allowed, under
God, to work out our destiny In peace and bar
mony and mutual good will and tolerance.
These are not empty words. The beat minds
In all our countries are bent on rinding prac
tical means of attaining this great end of
peace, and I firmly believe that ways and
means will be found. "
Senor Arredondo had been designated as
Ambassador to this country before the ap
pointment of Mr. Fletcher. Since the over
throw of Huerta he had been living at the
Mexican Embassy In Washington as the con
fidential agent of Carranza. At that time, be
fore, the break between Carranza. and Villa.
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took over tho building. Arredondo, as confi
dential ngont, was In bottor graco at the
Stato Department than nny of tho other rep
resentatives of Mexican factions In Washing
ton, cither beforo or slnco tho break. In
fact, ho wns very well liked by official Wash;,
lngton and his nppolntment as Ambassador
was received with pleasure. Tho nppolnt
ment was not a surprlso. It was ho who engi
neered tho negotiations for General Carranza
which led to recognition by tho JJnltcd States
nnd tho other Powers. It was to him that
the letters of recognition woro presented.
Carranza has unbounded confidonco In tho
capacities nnd abilities of Arredondo. Not
only that, but this confidonco Is shared by
Secretary Lansing and by Washington offi
cials and diplomats generally. Arredondo Is
a Mexican first, but ho shows an understand
ing of foreign viewpoints. Ho Is open-minded
to tho claims of other countries than his
own. He Is enthusiastically devoted to the
task of bringing Mexico onco moro Into tho
Pan-American family with a stablo govern
ment and a reconstructed cnonomlc life. Ho
belloves that tho moral support of outsiders
is necessary to rehabilitation. Against thoso
who havo fought ngalnst Carranza ho har
bors no grudgo and ho wishes to seo them
tako their parts as good citizens in the re
building of tho nation. Ho has hopo and
faith, yet he knows tho difficulties ahead.
Career of Constructivcncss
Arredondo's career has been In civil,
not military life. He Is a lawyer nnd a scholar.
Coming from Carranza's own State, Coahulla,
ho lias been intimately associated with tho
First Chief for years. Ho Is, moreover, a
cousin of Carranza. But he himself has taken
no part in fuctlonal conspiracies and strife ex
cept In nonmlrttary capacities. After gradu
ating from tho Institute of tho "Fdentes
Athenoum," at Saltlllo, he opened a law office.
In tho succeeding years ho served as Judgo of
various Mexican courts. After tho Madero rev
olution ho wns appointed Secretary of State of
Coahulla. After tho usurpation of Huerta he
was entrusted with Important missions by
General Carranza, who finally sent him to
Washington.
Tho Ambassador Deslgnato Is a quiet, un
assuming man of medium height, with the
olive skin of northern Mexico, black hair and
thick mustache. He Is quick-witted, sympa
thetic, dlscreot, shrewd, honest-minded, ener
getic, genial, .His wife was born In Mexico
of French parents. Their children three
sons, aged fifteen, nine and seven years are
being educated In St. John's College at Wash
ington. He himself Is diligently applying him
self to perfecting his knowledge of English.
Ho approaches every task In a thorough, busi
nesslike wuy, and Washington ungrudgingly
proclaims him a real, sure enough diplomat
of the modern stamp.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
There Is more at stake than the mere capture
of Villa. Withdrawal, because of difficulties,
would be an unthinkable confession of Incom
petence. Washington Star.
America's fault Is not that It Is not a good pro
vider. It Is that It makes'lt too easy to obtain
the benefits of living here. It does not make it
clear to us that we do not come by water sys
tems and efficient city governments as a m.a(ter
of natural right, but by serving the community
for them. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Villa Is a skillful commander, and his men are
hardy veterans. There could, however, be onjy
one possible outcome of an actual military cam
paign between Villa and the United States.' The
bandit Is shrewd enough to comprehend this and
for this reason .most observers anticipate no
such easy Issue. Cleveland Plain Dealer,
The dangerous and deplorable aspect of the
American situation Is that gross extravagance
)n living and waste on all sides is being pro
moted a poor preparation. Indeed, for the fierce
economic competitions which the lean ana half
famished nations, of Durope, trained to ex.
tremes of thrift, may offer when peace returns
to them. Springfield Republican.
THE SPINNER
In golden hours of youth she spun
The web of life away;
The thread of love athwart It ran
The warp In colors gay.
A stubborn heart had she at best
And lips too prone to say
That which would proe'her heart's unrest
And hold content at bay.
"I will do as I will." she thought.
And not "Thy will be done." '
Ah Knowledge here was dearly bought
As wayward fingers spun. t
She spun forgetfulnesa and pride
Within the woof of life.
With clever fingers she could hide
The tangled ends of strife.
And then she spun with tear-dimmed eyes
In pattern none might heed.
Despair; for she bad. grown too wise
To let the proud world read.
And now the strands have shorter grown
,. With pleading lips she prays,
"Lord, grant a finished work be shown
At dosing of my days."
Ah. thus all spin from morn till v-
Weeks follow weeks--years follow year-5
It slna wttbh. the web we leave '
50 issyty wssi a-y with te.
What Do You Know?,
Queries of general interest will le annmed
in this column. Ten questions, the annem
to which every well-informed person io)j'
Know, are asked daily.
i
QUIZ
1. Is the Statue of I'.lberly In New TerVHl
ew Jersey!
S. IVhat Is n watt?
3. Who Is Jess Wlllnrd?
4. Who wrote "Tho Marble Faun"?
c. Where Is the geographical centre of Ikil
United States?
0. How does the population of riillsdrtpMij
compare wim turn or i-eiroraur
7. Who wns the War Governor of -'enaiiltsjl
ma?
8. Is Portugal n monarchy or n republic!
0. Has Philander C. Knox ever been elected til
omce ny Tote or tho people?
10. Who Is the most distinguished man o( ltl-1
ters In the Senate?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. William Sharp.
. St. 1'rtcrsburV Is 20 miles southweit ttt
Tnnipii, on Tampa Jiay.
3. The Xobel nrlzo for nlirslcs wns dlrlded lit
1D1S between Thomns A. Edison ilr
Nicola Tenia.
4. The l'rnnklln Institute was founded csrttT
with funds left by llenjamln Fran-Unfa
the education or apprentices.
S. North and south.
0. Good Friday, April 31, Is the next Ie(slhiS
day.
7. No.
8. Senator Penrose was born In Philadelphia.)
0. Four.
10. Washington Irving'.
From the Prayer Book
Editor of "What Do You. Know" Pleas ti-
vise mo of tho originator of the phrase, "In tin
midst of life we are In death"; also, where tflf
occurred. A. a. w.
The phrase Is found In the burial service In tb
hook or common rrayer, ii is aenvea inu
Latin antlphon said to have been composed If,
Notker. a monk, of St. Gall. In 911. while wit
lng some workmen building a bridge at M-ruiu-bruecke,
in peril of their lives. It forms Jii
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David Graham Phillips
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kindly tell me how, when ana wnere tj
Graham Phillips, the author, met nis aeami
A. SI. C.
David Graham Phillips was shot on JM"1
24. 1911, In front of the Authors' Club, llul
street and 7tlj avenue, New York.
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