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tho Ktkmvh rim to Lrnun la ""?' '0,'u''
mirrs In Philadelphia ami aurroundlns toi
t the rata of twelve U21 ctnta per week. iaal1o
,0$;J!lirlt! point,, outalde of '"dy'Ph- "
ti.a United Stateo, Canada, or l'iille.1 ' "fl"
Maeton. tata free, liny IIM'I eenta IJr niontt"
WrUBl dollars per jear. P"1,,";!'?,-?-.,.,.
To! ail forelm eountrleo one (11) dollar vr
"'NiTicPi-Subecrlbera wUhlnraMreM cliaiwed
JiUts,slr old as well aa new addrem.
lt,U J00O 1TAIAIT t-TlTOM II P 360O
fBAAdnas alfeomi.itiulcnKo.ia lo ''""," ,'" h,u!
Xtcer. .tiepriicJnice iauarf. rMtadrlvUto
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atCOSD C1AB1 MAII MITTUt
PhlUdllrhl'. Jfeml.T, Voril 13. I'll
THE ENEMY AT 11051 C
IT IS tho custom of tho Kcdeiul (Jovcin
. roent to dispatch troops onlj to places
tihcro lis cncmlos aro encountered.
At tho present time tho forcos or 11
army and tho navj havo pressing dutle
that should relievo thuin ot tho necessity
Ot policing Philadelphia. If tho milium
authorities ilnd It nccessarj lo detail forces
to thla city for the suppression of ico ttiev
ei that thoy have un enetuj to contend
with,
The aoernincnt doesn't waste tlino on
petti' criminals and cheap offenders.
Who, then, Is the cncmjV
. Tho Major dldnt tell It to the marine.
The, marines told It to tho Vmur.
EXIT CZEININ
SO COUNT OTTOKAU CZEBNIN h.i if
atsned. gone tho a of llerr on Jnso
and Doctor von Dcthmuiin-irollwcB and
tli6" other Teutonic stalcsnieu who hvo
'bcifn concnlent to dlsaow.
Xo one knows Junt how serious nn "im
.rrfudenco" Knlser Karl cotumittcd In thHt
fillet dou: about Alaucc-I.onahlc. It It
Kld 410W that tho peculiar tonderuu.H o"
that letter was cue to the fuetth.it Kail'i
mothtr-ln law rutc It. It crpms rnh for
a)i emperor to let I1I1 motlu'r-ln-t.iw write
his lettcro for him, rcn though (-ho pt'r
mlttcd him to add the po-Hayrlpt. At an:
rate, Austria Is pUjtng safe. A icar uo
alio, swelt peaera In the wind, uml It had un
entrancing tavor. Uut at present tho dis
cerns that her onlj thanco Is lo bee the
thing- through with Jllndcnliurg. A ho
knows, sho may hao been loll that llln
denljilrg is alreatl In I"arls and Uunl.IrK!
TVo aro borrj Count OttoUur has pulled
down the roll top and quit. Ilo pouncd
like a, proniislng lad with tomo concep
tlon of tho facts. Lefs.hopc that, us In the
Ctse of Trlnce Llchnowskj. lio maj now
dictate borne Indiscreet mcinor.iiula "for
the Information ot his family," which will
como to our notice There la no fur llltc
a Teuton diplomat cotued. Sometimes
theJ' oven toll the truth.
It Is Ir Varc'B turn lo dlwufo t lie M.e
situation.
WASHINGTON, THE WOULD CENTEft
PltlORITl orders at n I'hlladclphla plant
for half u. hundred UolIc cars to catrj
the rush on tho AVasltlngton llnoj artn't
urprlfllng. Thoso who enture to "Wash
ingtpil these dajs sjy ,t Is a trulj niarul
ous place, even thuugh foloncl ftooeelt
and r. "Blllj" Sundaj aro no longer thrro
to help aong the ov Iteincnt If prloilty
ordera could b" Issued for beds and bomd
ln houses and holels In abt nuiubere life
- jit the seat of national government might
b nearer the dlmlj renumbered standards
oT"normal times.
Washington Ihb become the center of
tho world. It Is enduring the fierce whlto
light that used to beat so pltllcs&ly upon
thrones. Ono by one each great Ibsuc that
has hauntod European Governments for
centuries, every great unsettled question
of the human consclousncbs, has .come
across the Boa to loom almost lslbly in
tho streets of tho cltj and to wall at tho
doora of iho A hlte Houe. Thcso am great
days to past In Washington If jou happen
to own your own house thoro or If jou
are accustomed to camping out In a sleep
lnjr barf und If jou ran thrie on Held rn
tione. All those who luuen't anj thing lo
t do go to Washington to do It. They rub
-colliders with unexampled crowds of tho
hardost orIed officials In the w-rld.
Vhy did nobodj eer call him Hundeif
turgl
THE GREAT SPUING DIVERSION
AT THIS time of ear. allnltlngly and
Xxwlth no fiber of confidence In his man
ner, the average man furthely scans the
haberdasher's window. Tho soft frenzy of
Apiti is In tho air and he deems himself
. TTSKJty ot iiew necitwear.
Call It a tie, scarf, craat. neckerchief.
Ifhat! you will It Is well known that for
Wt znonuis in tuo jear the masculine per
6?n permits the Lady at Home to dictate
t9 hltn In tho matter of the halter that con.
vhttort sets about his comely neck. Ho
may still be striving to outwear the bo
offjour sateen blue-andsarfron readj -niado
Jjatwlhga that his graudinother-ln-luw euo
Jhirn for Christmas. Even so. Just (his once
in. tho cycle of tho seasons ho dares lo
KtMtKe an on peradenturo und wajlay the
Hrtinsr tintB or the rainbow world. lie
, poon himself In some shLmmerlnc?
taay that,wjll at last oppress his own
sareanii'
lcif la not rjiHv. rn i....n ...1.
md, docilely to tho cholcna of his ruler
10 jonger trusts himself. In the thops
gtryn ma acIHutioa his hesltutlon
en the niolent gruys and browns that
be approved at home and tha mnm
titl3B arabesques that will interpret
twcguncering spirit. 11 m fir dospera-
. W cuoo&os eome spocklef or zigzagged
Hf 01 rjbbon that causes the oftlce
! to uoon.
"AWI 1fc does thia Duthetic nennn r...
fjjfci Ml autonomy, howeicr Two waks
II inml 71lS WimA , net nlAk, ni,...
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PENROSE'S 0I10KTUN1TY
OKNATOR PENROSE'S liuloKcmcnt of
tlio proposition to revise the city
charter is likely to be welcomed by all
broad-minded friends of betterment.
They muy suspect thut lie docs not care
so much for lcform as for legislating tho
Vnro Councilmcn out of-oflicc and open
ing the wuy for u new apportionment of
councllniunic districts that will fiuor his
followers, llut they will not care what
his motives arc so Ioiik ns he is vvillinR
to light with them for the thing thut
ought to be done.
The Senator docs not go fur enough,
howcvei. Now thut he has started on tho
roatl tu revision hu ought to go till the
way and demand the culling of u conven
tion to icvibc the Stulf't'onstitutioii. It
is forty-tive jc.irs since it whs drafted.
In thut time many thingi have happened.
The conditions which mude compromises
ticccssury in 1S7!! no longer cist. It is
possible now to eliminate many of the
anomnlics in the document ami it is pos
sible nlso to embody in it the conclusions
of the best thinking on what 11 constitu
tion should be.
The revision of the charters oi cities
by legislative enactment, for example
cannot accomplish the needed rcfoims in
city government o long as the Gencial
Asscml ly in Ilunisburg lins the power to
meddle. What is needed, in addition to n
modern chatter, is a sweeping and com
piehcnsivc home rule provision in the
Constitution hi out! enough to make the
large cities of the Stnte virtually inde
pendent. It might not be Vtitic to set
them up as free States within the greater
Commonwealth, but thut condition of
freedom should be iippioiuuitcd as
closely as possible without inteifering
Willi tho contiol of the l.cgislaluie over
taxation mid elections and the gencial
peace powers of the Government.
Such a ihangc would do more for
decent government lieic than anything
else save it ne'V spit it in the citizens
thcniaclvcs. The citv would cease to be
the football of factions, and out' wing of
tiie party in tontrol in the SUte capital
would be deprived of its power to inter
fere with another wing in control in tho
City Hull. "I he present conditions have
tontinucd because neither faction wns
willing to sui tender the chance of doing
to the city tluoiigh Ihurisburg what it
had failed to do at home.
While Senator Penrose should not stop
with his demand for a revised charter,
the tonstitutionul convention would fail
in its dut if it stupped with granting
home lulu to the eitle-. All the detailed
legislation fliould be swept ftom the
document and it should be based oil the
nation.! ( onstitutiou. That is, we
should bnve a fundamental law niuile up
of a body oT principles and giants of
power uiiincumbeiid with a body of
detailed ami specific tlncctions that can
be better nttuidul to b the I.egislatuie.
Piinciple.s ai u permanent. The best
method of applying them changes from
jear to jear.
If the Senator will back the demand
for a loiistitulional convention with his
undoubted inlluencc he will find the best
tenlimcut of the Stale supporting him.
lie will find also thai the leaders of pub
lie opinion ate not frightened by the
thought that modern ladicalism maj be
in control m the convention. 1 lie Inngei
the thing is postponed the gi cater be
mines tiie dangef of clicmc ladicalir-iii.
We wunl a Constitution th.it is pro
gressive and up with the time-'. And this
means that wo want a Constitution which
will free the cities from pernicious med
dling at the hands of outsiders and thut
will gic to the Legislature power to
enact all the social laws which experience
teems to make desirable.
Every candidate for tho Legislature
should be pledged to vote for a conven
tion. It matters not to what faction ho
owes his allegiance or whether he b!
Democint or Republican. The, issue in
neither partisan nor factional in its broad
implications. It is an is.uo of eillcicncy
and fairness, which should uppcitl to all
citii.cn.
Will Senator Penrose lead or will ho
let some 0110 else jump in and take the
honor from him?
ijornian riscrMs me not jet wuin uut
llu'io titlll rpinuln tin woihpii and clilldrej.
WHO IS TO CONTROL NATIONAL,
INDUS! lO 7
BVSINL'H.S nun ale awaiting the up
polntinent of the four members uf the
hoard of dlrr-ctors ot the War n.ium-e
Corporation und the seven members ot the
Capital Issues Committee which the Presi
dent wus authorized to appoint bj tho
law which he nlgncd a few dnjs ago.
These two new war bodlos have boon
created bj Long.-Ces at tho request of tho
President to conterxo the financial 10
Eources of tho country and to nrcwtnt
their diversion from the supiemo end of
winning the war. Tho purpose Is admira
ble. Its ecttitlon, however, Is bound to
be uccompanled by grave dangers, because
tho great powers to bo cerclscd hj thcso
two new bodlos must he put In tho hands
of fallible men.
Tho purpose of tho War finance Corno.
ration Is to prevent so far as possible uny
serious dlsturbanies In business by tho
withdrawal of vast sums from tho ordi
nary channels of trade. It Is to linn. i
cnnllal of half u billion HnllnrN iim.iinri i-.
tho national treasury, and It Is to be a!
lowed to i.suo bondu to tho amount of
J3,000.000,000. Thr sums thus raise.! nrr-
to be used to make advances to banks,
trust companies and savings societies, se
cured by collateral. This collatm-ni t m
bo the evidences of debt which these In
stitutions Imvo secured from thoso to
whom thoy have lent monej.
In other words, the new corporation Is
to rediscount bank collateral. A margin
of sdfoty Is provided so that the corpora
tion may bo protected against loss. For
example, a bank may lend a customer half
a million dollars, if Its capital be large
enough for auoh a loan, it cun then se
cure from the new corporation a half
million dollars on the collateral offered by
Its customer, provided It puts up pthor
collateral equal to one-third of the loan.
The corporation ma ulso lend to business
corpoiatlous a sum c unl to It per gent
Ot their tqtal Issuo of capital slook and
bonus, provmeu u is secured by prpper
collateral.
W! the Finance Corporation,! to Aro-
"" uMaPWMMBW,tM,tAa(atl
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA,
Issues Committee is to prevent un drain
on tin. mobile capital tint cun be avoided.
Tho net sajs that tho commltlco "ma
piiM upon mid dcteriultio whether
It Is compatible with tho uutloiinl Interest
that there should bo offered for hiIp or sub
scription any Issuo of securities
hereafter Issued bj an) llrm, lorporutlon
or nssocl-illon."
While the ltd Is this not mandator;. , It
Is understood thnt the Administration ex
pects tho committee to c.cicIo tho powers
confnred on It und to permit or forbid
In lis discretion the Increase of tho capital
stock of any corporation or tho Hunting
of mi lonn which v III Interfere with tho
Itoallng of (Jov eminent loan..
Tlicri Is, of course, no desire In Wash
ington to unsetllo business. Consequently
It must bo assumed that tho men to bo
rclected to exercise the grut powers con
ferred b the law will be chosen with Iho
utm.st cue Tho salaries to bc'pild aro
too small to command tho services of llrst
cluss men, but In these dajs. when men aro
working-for the Oo eminent for nothing,
the tnlaij Is a socoudurv matter. Tlitro
nie inpable men who lutild be secured to
do their best In the dlllletill positions. Let
us hop" I' nt the) will bo t elected.
lovtinor tlruniljiiuKli, In sugRcstlns that
we iiig nnd bo h.ippj, seems to have for
uotten how dllllcult In makes it for ui to
folluu lila udvleo.
Till: CASE OV ALEXANDER
rpilH baseball writers If oni maj pre
- sumo humbly to challenge the opinions
of pund(Vi so eminent seem to have c
aggerated conceptions of the public con
cern which was supposed to attend tho re
tortion of CJrovor Cleveland Alexander lor
military service. Urovtr Is a good pitcher
and he may bo v.oitli tho grand opera sal.
arj lhai the Chicago Cubs p.i him. Uut
the nation Isn't in a mood to take to
mourning when li0 Is called lo Ihe
urtnv tire it phjslelans. great artists,
grc.ii writer und nn extraordinary number
of great pclcntlsts arc under tho Hag.
There were no outbursts of sorrow when
tln went upon the great t.sslon. They
arc th last men who would have de
sit cd it
Ii.1seb.1ll is an inspiring iinc Dut it
Isn't the overwhelming consideration that
!tucd to be There In no plnjor who
could not bo sp.ucd If he were called to a
higher dim. (!ood baseball plajers are
needed In the mnij. It Is noticeable that
the grnu foul bill I and eoccci plijrrs und
oursmui liue departed In crovxds.
I In l.ngllKti iilwuja worrj a bit ..lubbotu
War. mij a a physician, t leaching us
Imu to pl:i. Tt is teaching a good many
hovs to work.
tllndenliurg mav actually get to I'urlo
some daj If ho will have himself sent by
parcel pout.
rjermanj H ald lo have promu.cd Si
beria to Japan In 11 pica for Jnp treuelttry
to the lliu? The Kaiser uluajtt was llhf-ral
with thlnrs that didn't belong to him -the
the') of his people, for example. And he will
Und that Japanese honor lint so easll lort
111 'lerman
' THE CHAFFHSG UIS11
Mr. Iluhct VlaKcs t'tincc
DU U IHT.i'CT the siibcaliber poet of
Obeltj. I l aboMMill.u f.unllj man.
Id was born hi a manner 01' speaking,
with u kitchen spoon In his mouth
Mo sijs that tho glow of the kitchen
range Is 11101-0 rudd than an sunset;
that tho asthmatic brcithtng of a slmnier
Ing Kettle Is a more gracious sound than
an) orchestral sinphony.
1 lo sa)s lh.it the poplar trees on Hun
bono IIUI. near Obeslt) ure more lovUj
than an) cathcdtul. He taH that In .1
green-blue wind dusk the) to-iS against
the sk like black plumes.
He s.as, W h) should one go to llgjpt to
look at pjrnnildH and other untlqultlcd
when the smoking cars on tho Cinder f nd
Uloodshut suhtirbiii service date from 1S74V
(Atuiiini)'s the void.) 0
lie loves to do tho kitchen ehuics. Ho
dotes on grinding tea and peeling eggs and
mushing onions lio h is the at I of making
breakfast eolTcc refined to . nicel.
He goes downstairs In his peignoir be
foio shaving; gets out the colfee pot, half
tills It with cold water, puts luuhreo tiblc
spoonfuls of olTce. Then he goes upslaha
to shav'o while the pot simmers.
When hu luaehes the bathroom ho lluds
that he has put tho ralet) razor un tho
lite und carried the coffee pot with him.
lie goes down aguiu
Ho puts the Put on the tovo and picks
up the hot razor with tho tines of a fork.
doing up to the bathroom again, ho
lathers his face. Then ho finds he must
descend to tho kitchen once more, for he
cannot shave with tho fork. Ilo has left
the razor in tho kitchen table drawer,
wheio the fork belongs. ,
lie leturns lo tho kitchen. He is ubout
to seUe the lazor when the coffee pot bolls
over with a fragrant hiss.
A hen a coffee pot bolls over on u hot
slovo tho little eoffee grounds are carried
overboard with tho seething liquid: they
full 011 tho stove, burn nnd glow and
sparkle llko u constellation of tiny staru.
It Is a very pretty sight.
Move puts the pot in a safo place at
the back of tho stove and, admiring the
little coffee grounds as they twinko and
ludc, ho Is stricken with a pocm Ho goes
upstairs thinking tt over, rclathcrs his
faeo und then tlndn ho is tr)lng tu shave
Mltli tho stove lifter.
Ho rushes downstairs again, .snatches tho
raior and cuts himself-
Ho screams with ragt und hurries up
stairs to llnlsh dressing. He gets shaved
In town.
Later in tho morning Mrs. Dulcet finds
a kitcnen fork in the bathroom, crusted
with lather. But sho Is too wise to wonder
how tt got there. Sho knows Dove.
"Tlttie Miut De No Retirement"
-Field Marilial llaig '
IF THFHun breaks through it will
cost us mora 'than money to repair
tho breach.
H ou have bought Liberty Bonds up
to the limit of jour resources you can
help to sell them to,others.
HaVe you done YOtm UTMOST?
t'entrlbqted br Tha Chtfinc BUh
,''
"Ii'OItCU TO THE UTMOST1
IF1IAT IT MEANS
I'orcc, fore to thr utmost: force with
out Unt of limit, tin rlphtcona irnl rt
umpimtl force tcMeh iul male riflnt the
law 0 the uorM cnirf inst iicn Bclflah
dominion duu.11 in the ilu't.i'rcstdcnt
H'lljoii ui lalfliHorc.
VI
.MIND POWER
rpiiu important educational conference nt
tho University of Pcnnsjlvunla last
week showed tho serious and constructive
spirit In which teachers mo facing tho
problems of tho war. In tho gathering of
all tho spiritual and phjslcal powers of this
nation for our supremo grapple with the
enemy of humanity there Is no more lm
pcrutlvo liceJ than tho cwpanslvo and
d) mimic force uf wlc educational pro
grams. Clcrnun) has at loost l'ortj j cars' ttart
of tiH I11 nationalizing the power of educa
tion. She has been di tiling into genera
tions of wludenta the surrender of their
souls to the State, the dedication of their
Impulses lo an ull-pulbsa.nl Germany which
should absorb a wider ana of bunllght. Tho
met that her greater place In tho sun bids
fair to bceotno a suiistioko does not ulter
the truth that sho grasped tho enormous
cumulative value of child-power preceding
man-power.
It Is fur trained technicians In this Held
lo la. down dclinlte programs for our
couise. but the general purview of the
problem maj be outlined hcie.
Tho total student enrollment of thlJ
eoumrj. before wo enteiod tho wnr, van
nearl) iwculj-fbur millions, Including unl.
vcrsltles, technical chools and all grades
of the public and private tehoob. It la
less now, of course, ana will bo less still
when tho lower limit of the dralt ago 13
reduced, as It mat bo ultimate!:.
It Is cscntlil that tho piocctcs of edu
cation bhould go on, as far as possible, un
restricted bj the wu". Wo shall lose hun
dreds or thousands of our citizens in tho
prime of life; their iank must bo 1 emitted
b) thoio able to replace them woithll).
Our schools ate tho shrlno of our
patriotic Idealism .More than cicr. the
minds and hearts of our jouth must bo
dedlcatoil to tho Ideals of humanity and
liberty for which wo must pay so terrible
a sacrifice. Our ejilldron of today uic to
bo sanctlllcd to ar Ideal, Just as strenuousl)
as wero the children of Ocrmanj 111 Pest
j cars; but not an Ideal of ono all-dom
Inattng State, but tho Ideal of all-eonquei
lng Ilumunlt;. Sloro than ccr wo need in
our teaching staffs tho finest liunvin ma
terial that can be obtained, broad In out
look and noble In vision.
Tho 111.1gnillco.nt icsponao or tho colleges
to tho war Is bejond praise Wo havo not
jet eome to tho condition of Oxford and
Cambridge, whero only a handful of
students follow their books, surrounded by
buildings given over to tho wounded and
convalescent. But our collegiate enroll
ine'tit, which was inoro than 250,000 before
tho war. has been eut dov.n at least one
third. Ilicrj Urge Institution tu conduct
ing Industrial and tceh11le.1l courncu which
hive a direct bearing on military success
Tho term has been shortened s-o tint
students mil) do agricultural or ship
building v orl. dm lng the summer. But the
point lo emphasize Is that wo must esert
every precaution not to stunt or abrldgo
our oduiatiunal phjslquc. Ocrmanj Is tu
bo met and conquered not with weapons
ulono bul with, tho liilml al-o.
Wo .lie seeking In thcso daj. to co
ordinate and focus evn) forre at this
nation ti ommind strengthening and sum
moning tho "righteous and triumphant
force" which bhall inevitably prevail. Iho
must righteous and triumphant toreo
known to man Is that of Truth. In history,
in geogiaph), In ethnology, in economics,
we are lo Ilnd the answers to questions of
wnieh wo as a nation have been Ignorant
It is urgent nut only that wo flglitvthls
light through to tho end, but that wo know
Wlut v t aro lighting for, why wo aro light
ing; and that wo Keep the enemy In
creasing!) aw aro of our alms und Inten
tions Tho cdlllce of this republic in tho future
niUbt bo built on a bioader and nioro
generous baiio than ever before. .U11d
I'owcr Is as essential as Mun-Powcr, and
retrenchment In educational programs
must not bo dreamed. Wo look to the
teacher to build anew and vitalize with
humane Ideals tho living tissues of life that
uic dally torn from tho countrj's bleeding
side.
(Intern iliunal Tone will lie dlrued tomorrun)
Bverj i!ccnt hand In
I lie world U lalsed
against Uermati) 1j
lluj a lloml!
jours.
A stud) of tho Derlln
papers shown that the
Herman ceusur ocn
butchers President
The .Natlouat
Trait
Wilton's speeches.
The New York sheriff,
It la Comedy charged with enforc
ing the Riitl-loatlng
law, has decided that modern dancing, as
It U done by men. Isn't work, play or sport.
What in tho world can modern dancing be?
Birds Versus Cats
In Farmers' Bulletin Xo. SIS,- prepared by
the United States Bureau or ElologlLal Snr
ve), it is stated that at a conservathe esti
mate the common trcje sparrow consumes u
quarter of an ounce of weed seed a da
On this basis, in the .State uf Ion a alone, the
bureau estimates these rparrows consume
870 tons of weed seeds. If )ou will tr) ,to
hnaglno tho acres upon aerta which could
bu sown to weeds with such a pile and the
weeks upon weeks of labor ncceaear) to
harrow them out, sou hurdlj need to le
told further that the combined sparrow fam
ily (not Including tho pestiferous Lngllnh
sparrow) probably saved the farmers of the
United States in 1910 89,'JC0,000
Doesn't It begin to be apparent wh) tl.e
destruction of '.',000,000 birds a year In one
State alone by cats Is a serious atfalr? If
all thoso brda had been sparrows, that
would mean a dally Increase of JS.000 pounds
In the number of weed seedj allowed to
ripen, and possibly to germinate, In Massa
chusetts alone. Of course, It doesn't mean
quite that, for many birds do not live on
weed seeds. On the other hand, many of
them live on een more objectlonablo Insects
and tree pests. The economic loss la very
clear and very serious. Walter Prlchard
Eaton, In Harper's Magazine.
When the Day Is Done
I have eaten a bale.
Cf eplfiach and kale, ,
And I've never raised a row.
I have swallowed a can
Of moistened bran
And I feel like a brlndlo cow
I am taking a snack
Front (lie old haystack
In the evening shadows graj,
Ard I'm iclad, you pet.
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IND OTHER FABLES
lly Logan f'oarsall Smith
The Alien
Tllli ilder I set Iho more ol an alien do
1 find 111) sell In this world 1 cannot
get accustomed to It. cannot bcllevo that it
iu rcJJ. I think I must Invo been tuado to
hvo on eoino othr star. Or perhaps Pain
subject to hallucinations and hear voices;
perhaps what I think I tee Is all delusion
and doesn't ically happen; perhaps my e.ira
aro out of order and peoplo don't really
a) tho things I uccm to hear them fay
ing. AH, 'tomo ono ought to havo told mo
when 1 was joung: I ought to haVo been
told about the horrible songs that aro sung
In drawing rooms; I ought to havo been
warned that thlu is a world In which great
tat women buddcnly get up and bellow out
incredible iccltallons.
Ucl.iv
I WAS laic for breakfast this morning,
for I had been dclajed in my hcaver.Iy
hot bith b) thu thought of all ihei other
liimest Thinkers, who. at that very mo
ment I had pood reason to btllevo It
wcro blissfully soaking tho tlmo away In
hot baths all ovcy the eountrj.
A Good Resolution .
LIK'U tho Aztec cmpcroiS of ancient .Mc
i Ico, who sworo a eouiiiii oath each
)c.ir that they would make too Hun pursue
his wonted Journcj, I, too, havo vowed
that I will maintain the Solar System, and
that b) no thought of'mlnc, no malicious
skepticism, no hj percrltlcal aniiljeis, shall
tho great framework and Hist principles of
thiaps be compromised 01 bhaken.
Phrasi'b
IS THEIIU, after all, any consolation like
the consolation of rhetoric? When I
urn dlsconceitcd by tho unpleasant aspects
of existence; when for me, us for Hamlet,
thb fair creation turns to dust and stub
ble, It is not In lellglon or In high phlloss
phy that I seek my solace but In line
phrases. Tho thought of "guzlng on Llfo'.i
evening star" makes ugly old age a pleas
ant prospect; If I call Death "mighty anc
unpersuadod." It bus no terrois for me; I
nm perfeetl) rontcnt to flee as a shadow,
to be cut down as a flower, to pass away
like a weaver's shuttle. The.'e meJaphora
soothe and effcctuall) console me. My
onl) regret Is that words and pluaseu .11 o
not eternal, and tho most evqulwlto meta
phors will perish and be forgotten when
tho human race Is ended. "But tho Iniquity
of oblivion blindly scattoreth her poppy."
Whlalecrs
TItKIiU was oao a joung man who
thourht ho saw Life as It really let be
lieved tlat ho looked It grimly In tho face
without Illusions,. -nd he. went on looking
at It, so lio thought, gilmly for jeais und
years. This was his notion of hlniself; but
one day, meeting some very young men,
ho taw, reflected as It were in their ejes,
an clderlj' and juitlietio figure., a lov'er of
souls and sunsets and. noblo solutions for
all problems, a bland old party with a
whlto wuUtcoat and "v. Ictbrlan wl)lskcrn,
blinking through tears of sentiment at a
world puffused In romantic mints.
This was (lie linage of himself that lie
saw In the eyea of these atrocious joung
men
'r aeneralton 'otv!per,'.' li exclalml,-
Naiuai -xiroytii 1 mmmmt'r$iMf
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OF WHAT YOU PLANTED TILL IT COMES UP
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upuu ou,'tho Junior l.roud uf Beurpionu
thut ih til uvengo inc. Wall till j'ou teo
j ourselves mlrroiid In thu horrible euld
eyes uf thojo inranti." ,
The Stars
"IXHIL'N on a calm night I look up at
' ' tho stais 1 think uf tho wonders of
Creation, the insjgnillcanco of tho planet
nnd tho existence ot other w 01 Ids than
ours. .Sometimes Kant's phrase comes Inlo
nij mind about tho majesty of the Llarry
heavens and the Moral Liw; 01 1 remem
ber .Ncnophanes, gazing at the broad firma
ment and crjlng, "All Is one!" and thus
In this sublime eclamatton enunciating
lor the Hist tlmo tho gieat doctrine of thu
Unity of Being.
But these thoughtaj .tic nut' real!) my
thoughloj they eddy through mj intud llko
scraps of uld piper or withered reaves hi
the wind. What I ically feel la .111 echo
of ,1 lnueii eaillcr inood. a mood which
dates indeed fiont bcfoio the invention ut
ltngirige. It has never been 'put into lit
erature; nu poet h.13 sung of It; no phlloss-.
phcr has alluded to It; astionoiuers. sitting
In their glazed obaeivatorles, with their
eijes glued to tho ends of telescopes, bccm
to havo had nu notion of It. But some
times, fur 0.? at iilgbt, 1 mo lcilrd t,0(ja
howling it at the moon.
The Sonncl
T'l CAMK back to 1110 this rain) altoinoon
- for no reason; tho memory of another
afternoon Jong ago in tho eountrj, when,
ai the end of a sturmj day. I stood at tile
raludaehed window, and as I gazed sadly
out at tho dim landscape and watched tho
jellowlng leaves blown about tho gaiden, I
saw a Hock of birds Use above tho half,
denuded poplars and wheel In tho darken
ing ukj. I felt, or tried to feel, that there
was a mjstcrloue meaning in that moment;
In that flpek of dim seen birds un uugtirj of
disillusion und 111 omen for my life. It was
an autumnal mool of delicious minor, pool
melancho'). a mood that I felt might bo
worked up into a lugubrious sonnet. Dut
mj bonnet about tl.oso birds starlings or
whatever they w etc will, I fear, never bo
w rlitou now, for how can I tccapture that
mood of sclfpity and jouthful, vague, Ho.
tltluus sadness?
Alas, what do the consolations of ase
after all amount to, what happiness can
the j ears bring half so sweet 11s thu un
hnpplnosM they tako awaj?
The Argument
rpilIH long debate, of life and Inner dla-
lectio, this thinking and syllogizing that
alwajs goes on Inside me. this running
over and over In my mind ot hypothesis
and surmise, and supposition-one day thin
infinite speculation will have ended; the
argument will be forever overM shall have
come to an Indisputable conclusion and my
mlud will boVat rest.
Count Cternln's first
name Is Ottokar. The
coincidence Is too elo-
Hut O, Jlnw
lie Skidded I
. . . , 'twiii. mm 100 prec ous
to be pasd bj. Of Czcrnln, Uier4fore.li
muj bo tald that hr went, ell on cV a,i ga"
He was equipped with n fi-1f -tarter or 11
sort that neinr i-an be relied Lpon, He went
smoothlj enough on a utralehtnna) but lair
ged 011 Ihe ,in,. novv thtU 1,;' to to
upktg tlto U-onevthWe that mu V id
to. his credit' aio n.niM',..-s,'..i c- rrtr
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OUfi OWN MJRSERY
IUIYMES
'I he Plumptippct '
WIIU.V little heads w.uM luv
their bed,
0 gone to
When till tho good nights and the prajcis 9
have been said,
Uf alt tho good fuhlcs that bend bairns to
t
lest
Tho llttlo Piumpiirlpols aie thoe I love
best
uo'ir fiiltoto h lumpi' 01 hot tjlla cni i
TI1.1 It Ulr I'liliiiiiKimrTrd 7 nml) flirt trlitll
llicy'ic at; 1
J hit) , 'umti up the plllua, all 30ft, tool
and fat
I'hc Utile I'lumpitppets plump up tH
rnilU little Plumpup.ut ,no fairies ot 1
riMili llttl
J- beds;
Thev huvr nothing to do but to watch
elcepy licads;
The turn down'the tlnct- and the) tuck J
juii In tight.
And the)- dauco on )uui pli ow to wi'Ii JOJ
ood nlsbt!
XTO MATTKB what tiuublc- hae colli i
n td tho day, "
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Though jour doll -btuho li-r arm or the
pup ran awai :
Though j our' handles ale black with the
ink that w.is --jll t
Plumpuppcts oVo. vuiltlng 111 blanket and
quilt. :
vour pillow Is'liiinpi', i" hut. thtu cni
flat. '
Thu little Plumpuppflu know uit V.HI
ihi.y'rc at;
Thtp plump up f(r p.llou , alt so)t, corf
and fat
J'hc little Plumpuppeta plump up it'
CHRISTOPHER MOHLBT. f
iicutal defective ll'f
111l 11 1'eiT the German T.elchltarJ
Hlura war party now are
talkhi2 of a twenty
lour-billlon-dollar Indenmltj from the Allies.
ir .iimuenburg ever gets to Amiens, jo
will hear Berlin shout for the moon
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
Mho l the IlrWJr.li Turcica Minlilfr"
What la a plrbiKllef
What la meant br Ittiidkturm?
Where la t;u1ul?
What und wlitre ii Hie tiijIJen Horn?
Who were the Imrplei?
Whjl U n.ennl hv 'lialrrnil dajft"?
' Biptaln the pllDtlon "Jaek hetth wlU Ill
i i,u.
What la a "hotel do Vile"?
What la an tuar) j
Ana era to Saturday's Qui
lTtnee I.lrhnotk. the .German "I"I
at London at the outbreak of .JiiBe
furln trial In r.ermanr on ?"" JlJa
uusttraiion oi toon 01 nia n.riuw...,
Ilouloane la an Important P"'' " "
nortliielea eaaat of ITanc. , ,
The qnotatlan, ."lle'e "tntayin --T -ionotent
within," la from Atenander WP I
The Drltlali, IVweh and Amerlean con"",
era In tho field ar. reaoeettielr. jer
Hall, retain anil l'enhlnt. .
Tha flreat Prramldi at Ohlieh. In 1W ",
101 ie wau, j .
"Tho Man tn tho Iron MaiA," W'HvZi
Ireneh nrlwner of Mate. U ? Ji
heen u ln hrother or l'ul,l,1iS33
The Illadl an eple iwem hr U'",l' ',inA
nnd the ilitary ef Hi ClrceLa In t ""'J
The llealral iho dale ef ",,,,n".'!"l.",ill MM
Meeea. ul I. 6JS. from wlilrh t "1
aniiuan cairnuur i iiaira,
An Ironeelaat la a, raohal In "rtWUJEJ
nomiea. I'rom 4to Week ""5
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