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Pennsylvania Ae. nn.l 1 1th St. jfHW oiik llcf.AC The .Sun Hullclini fceNCOM Bcsrau London Ilmea 9w sunscmtTiox ti:iuk tA-Tt EvEMrt Prnito I.pmiKit In eereil lo uh- wrn in I'mimieipnia ami surrounding towns hR rfttfl-n? tivel... (1?l prnt. nt welt . -.iivnltlA the MrH.f. Br'mall to points outMo of Philadelphia. In iju.iea oiaif-i, ia-nHUa. or unnel MlRlei loi-"i?-?' P0'"" lw. fitly ("(11 rents pr month. .To All forelfrn rnnntrlu .mo 1111 ilnltnr tnr (T-&&T NOTicn Subscriber wishing niM-ess chamre.l ,..wbw .. uiu an ..rii WJ, new UllUIIPSt fiCjj, WU "" WALMT KEYSTONE, MUM 3000 05,43' -4rfrfrc-ia atl roiinn-itifri.foin to f.'i'Tlno Public , kj(ijj : -u" . -. : : 4NTERED AT THE Pllll Apr! I'HM PO""T OW ICE A't PECO.NP CI.H MAIL MATTI'R. ss: Phlhd.lpliU, Turxlir. June ". "1 iSii. .. dSW J TW0 YEARS FOR AUERBACH ISJS --tTT,, T,. ,. . ...... i ij,v I wvji:. uui.iu it. l. was clement wneu h&- " lie sentenced Emanuel Aucrbiich, the LW- .policeman convicted of assnultliiK n. Fifth E'SSi ard restuurant keeper because ho would JSvf ' not refuse t0 totlfy in the Fifth Ward election cabos. nvo years is snori cnougn term for an oITIcer of the peace RUllty of 3f such nn offenje. Thn iinlio overruled the ff&Sf motion for a new trial. Which was also ft. w proper, ine man ougiu to dcriii scrinK VX.' Jl. a ti. . . rnS - ' Dut nIS sentence at once. &y$&?il?: Tinllpft tinvrnll. Tint fithnr men chnrirp.l P&?9 7,th ""cnses ln the I'ltth Ward case are W' ltlll wcarinB thelr uniforms ana urawin Ji.fr-;''thelr salary. And there seemi to be n no i-tS "disposition to subject them to any Incon- b.,t 4C veniencc. waaf : ofTOKT If they are boIhb to name a boulevard gj"'.,'- in x nns lur xieaiuiiL iimjii. uuuiuii l iiit-y l1'?''- ot least name a subway station fur Colonel Kfc 5" House? xv .. .......,... ..:. ... . .., f,A 1U1 AUJUUIUNfcU Il liMJlAA tlllltli tf ME N"OTED tno o'ner day that politics I y j. T was not. aajourneu oy tne Democrats felln Mlchican. The platform adopted bv the E'Tvl. Jft Tnillann TAmnnn.B . .1 ....!.... I.. .rioV fVJnBton lndlcates that t'10 Hooaiers are i?5--Y i preparing to play the came as usual. .vM. .... .. . '' i Tneir piatrorm urges tne people to con fc&f lder the election of Senators and Uepre- n&ih entatlves "in complete harmony with the fClfe President primarily upon the policies of the fllft. WHr, UUl l'lUilll 111 UtLUlU .Il.l .111.1 .1. I8;5 cuestlons of vital domestic conirn." They 'V.fe 1rt "frt illi'ldfld rnnncalQ nt tlila Im. - (.'portant juncture." sr9t Aiic n.'f.iu ul i.iin is uiui iiiv lchiuluu.-. tJ$ have done everything worth while In the .prosecution of the war, and that only VjmjrDemocrats can continue the work, because 'T-iKA-m. Democrat hnnnens tn bo in the White. '.$5fHoue. The nation, however, resents the aMeumptlon that ths is a Democratic war. Republicans In Congress have sup ed the President with a loyalty that . deserves the highest commendation. They aVShave also supported the war with a greater wiv'ntelllgence and foresight than has been BW-1 ,.., I.inown oy many vi tneir uuneubU". xneir SW"i' criticism has been constructive, and many itf of the abuses which they have pointed out .' have been removed. It is evidence of the $. ' narrowest kind of partisanship to demand ;ijri now mat only uemucraia hiiuuiu uc eiecieu i&Iwr to Congress. AVhat tho nation needs is its ... best brains In Washington, regardless of lU."1 "v vrhlir Hipv nro in thp Rknlls nf Demn. S'lit crats or Republicans. it'Sv "e nre a BOlnK to stan" by the Presl- ijSg-W dent, but we are going to win the war. Cm fj. Tk 1aminil nrltl Via mrilft na tlin ti Ilpgresgional campaign progresses, that we" P-l i" jftw'r . lAni n r,inrrnao man 1im ii'lll iirtt rtr1t rrt- V'fA1 " V.UII(,.Ud Vlt ""U StWI. U141J X.W- Ijpsoperatewlth the Administration in tho non- flvpartlsan work of the war, but who will ttt4r Vi iipnhloma tf nonpo iti tlio Htht nf OlMUJ hliv uh4 'fc gvuw a fcav aaf'av a. t ngnt oi . fSr annnil motla ri nrcrftlfifit n nrl TffirtIro sound American precedent and fjjfi V """"" ........ J-.w-..v ..- ,..w.. jjSw4 based on an intelligent understanding of " 'W'4't',e fundamentals of economics and the ''iSttsi Broper functions of government. There in jSHr the widest divergence of opinion on these LnVSi..KB. n.AhlAma kahi'd.n V. n T? Ant.Vil I rn . a slj.kC and the Democrats. But the Democrats patfe .,.have apparently set out to win a victory Ktifsv on the war issue that they may have their Stff4vlf way on tho others. Srwi4.J. V7ji .nA hear.1 nf no. mnra nrqMti.nl ivS. Christianity than that of the Salvation Army 15 '-.ttfeT-. --,.. ......... , .u- . . pc.n Damns uuuk.iiiui iui it.c iniciicuii uoys t' In !17inmA Vhar 1 thr mnrA .inltf.lncr ., ..M..k. ...... .... V ...H.w u... ,llb .1 the. spirit than a hot,, crisp, "short" dough- ?hut? & - . jf&Mr'' MISDIRECTED SENTIMENTALISM 'Wi-VTIN fINE men and two women signed an appeal printed In .the advertising col umns of the New Republic of which they i&fcifi should be ashamed. I f"-Pl' It Is a request for SSO.000 to be used for fc iViVB defense of the I. W. W. agitators on ? "'liMvn nt Viucuiiu, lit ttuuiiion tu au,uuu r. .'Mncmnireaay in nanu. xne appeal is oasea on ,iJAtlje assertion that "they are at least i 'SjifSJslRtIUed to a lair trial and an open-minded -rvSaiihlln hpnrlnrr" . r.j " iSifTltis statement is nothing more or less Mn an attack on the courts. It Is based pf the assumption that unless the money ed for is raised the men will not have ufair trial. ''yl?ut thls' of roursei Is nt true. It has ,'u -(rimonl7 been reported that 11,000,000 .yyMa been raised for the defense of these Pliwn 'Who have been doing their best to Ar'JWertcre with the prosecution of the war. S-afcHt If not a dollar had been raised they -TS iSneuld have had u fair trial. Comnetent rneyn would have been assigned to end them by tho pourts. Jrjj they will forgive us for the aspersion i tneir intelligence we bnan assume. the persons who Bigoted the appeal do Wet. reallzT- Its slenlflcance. They appear .be parlor-Socialists nud academic up- ty Here are their names, that they '.have all the glory to which they are VT. Bruere Inez Haynes Irwin : -Dewey Jlclen Keller Af Tlteh Jas. Harvey Robinson fXKkney aran Tjiortcin vcoieri i fi. ns Mayes ueorze i: west - r waiter.' js;, vvcyi I -W !: iwhim wWeener THfe ALLIED OFFENSIVE IS ON Italy's Piave Victory Means That the Unified Army of Freedom Has Struck lis Counter-Mow fPHE Allied offensive has begun. Tho extent of the Piave victory may in crease or Its proportions diminish with the passage of critical days, but acknowl edgment that embattled civilization has started n forward rmvjmcnt may none the less bo safely made. "Tho present eye,'' declaics Shake speare's wise Ulysses, cannier even than Homer's, "prizes tho present object." Grant that tho human vision is thus con fined, grnnt that many rosy prophecies throughout the war hnve borne f rait only in heartaches, and still the deep breath of relief, tho exultant thrill of joy over Italy's triumph in Vcnetia cannot bo legitimately withhold. Moreover, the warrant for our satis faction is emphatically of n different com plexion from what it would have been had King Victor's heroes routed their Aus trian foes some months ago. Naturally wo would then have rejoiced at Italian valor. But today, nlthough Italy is the immediate agent of victory, her deeds aic fraught with new and broader mean ing. From the canals of Flanders to tho mnrshc? of the Venetian lagoons a single at my confronts tho barbarians. Allu sions to British, French, Italian or American offensives may be compli mentary and colorful, but any blow to the Huns, wherever or ly whomever de livered, is actually struck by the cham pions of freedom as a whole against the common menace. There is a vacation time for some war prophets at hand. Speculations as to when the Allied offensive would begin have .suddenly become superfluous. The advnnco is already under way. Its ter rain happens to be northern Italy, and there are many reasons for believing that, whether by foresight or chance, no more favorable ground could have been chosen. It is indeed entirely possible that progress beyond the Piave may change tho whole course of tho war and perhaps shorten it by many months. Jlore than a year ao, with tho acqui sition of Laibach, a definite objective of Italian warfare beyond Gorizia, it was the conviction of King Victor's army that the crushing of Austria was the quickest way to peace. The lack of a unified Allied command and the sicken ing uUcce-,3 of tho Hun propaganda cam paign on the Cars'o dashed these bright hopes, but with tha now unity and tho supeib recovery of Italy's morale they are alive again and gleamin.T with a vivid luster. War is a game in which the discovery and attack of weak spots is the prime consideration. Foch himself played it gloriously at La Ferc-Champonoise, thus instituting his successful "action of dis location" against Kluck's army, which was threatening Paris. Napoleon used the same cards throughout his career, and It is significant that Austria felt the force of some of his most brilliant trumps. Wagram and Ulm arc sufficient testimony of their effectiveness. And now once again Vienna is tho capital of an insecure empire. Perhaps tho plight of tho dual monarchy has been exaggerated. Perhaps some of the tajes of unrest and starvation which have come from Austria-Hungary may be part of a deliberate campaign of deception in spired by Germany. None tho less, there arc authentic signs which cannot be discounted. Aus tria has no real objects for prosecuting the war today. They are only Ger many's, and that a nation bullied into continuing a war for another's gain is a "weak spot" is surely indisputable. Italy has long insisted on this argu ment. Today the whole great league of which she is part gives it credence. Past Laibach the road to Vienna offers few in superable military obstacles. There is even a chance that a great army sweep ing into Carinthia mightrfind a road for redemption of the Balkan States. The possibilities of such an advance on a large scale are so tremendous that the mind hesitates to grasp them. Wariness of illusions is advisable, even on the crest of a victory. "Nevertheless it is hard not to be convinced that tho way to peace has not been considerably shortened by the great events of the last nine days. Rome, which held the whole civilized world in peace longer than any other nation in history, is celebrating a victory. In spite of what the future may have in store for us the omen is significant. The tide has turned. As France will celebrate July 4, it is In order for us to do fitting honor to Bastille Day, July H. COUNTING UP TO FIFTY ARNOLD BENNETT. In his cabled article on the League of Nations, Which was printed ln the Evening Public Ledoeh yesterday, pointed out two im portant reasons why we may believe that a properly co-ordinated association of free nations will bo effective In preventing future wars. The first Is publicity. In the past, diplomacy has been a failure in preventing wars because it was largely a secret tlssuo of clandestine understandings and pur poses, upon which public opinion could not possibly be brought to bear. Did tio peace-loving peoples of Austria-Hungary realize before this war that their rulers had .committed them irretrievably to follow in the path of tho Potsdam Juggernaut, whithersoever that stunnjiamerkraftwagen might lead them? Of course they did not. That was secret diplomacy. The second virtue of tho League of Nations is delay. This war was exploded upon humanity by means of short-fuse ultimatums. In an international confer enceas Mr. Bennett says; perilous fevers a problem has been discussed by a group of sincere rtatesmen willing to reach nn agreement temper and excitement havo evaporated. It is the old Injunction of our mothers, telling us to count up to fifty beforo replying ln unger. The complex i problems of tho constitu tion of such International commlttco will have to bo solved. Tho Leaguo of Nations is tho only possible Issue, of this war. Tho plan had all been thought out years ago, but unfortunately It had not been provided that recourse to Tho Hague must bo com pulsory. In order to make that possible, the league must, of course, havo force at 'Its disposal. Thnt force It now hast the armies of tho nllled democracies. To all practical intents tho league already exists. I.onlne Is snld to have leslsneil. The report may bo premature, but It will eventu ally ba true WHAT IS THAT DEMOCRACY FOR WHICH THE WORLD MUST HE MADE SAFE? LLOYD GEOIIOH has taken President J Wilson's phrase about making tho world safe for democrncy nnd elaborated It. Ho says that the world has got to be everybody's world after the war, not tho world of any one class. "Old of this agony ot the u'oiW lei us sec that no deformity is born no ml'ifarfam, no mam montim; no, uor no anarchy cither." He asserts that the future must be a demo cratic one, and that the Ilrltlsh empire is committed to democracy, that the rich and the poor and those of tho middle classes have fought together, and that when peace comes they must nil have a fair sharo In it. Therefore, we should begin now to prepare for peace that we may not find ourselves unprepared as we were when war came. Englishmen will read between the lines of these significant statements and dis cover the purpose of theirltlsh Premier to hold out the olive branch to the great labor party which has already adopted a peace program. We in America must tako heed of the signs of the times and not be found want ing. The world will not be the samo world after the peace treaties are signed. War has upset tho relations of labor and capital. It has expanded tho activities of th'e Government. It has destroyed private initiative In many industries nnd substi tuted fpr It orders from Washington. There will be men who will demand that we shall emerge from the hell of war into an era of state socialism, which is as far from representative democracy as Russia is from a conception of what popular gov ernment means. Lloyd George has sounded the warning ln England ln order that tho nation may be ready for Its problems. We cannot be gin too soon In America to give serious thought to the question. No, Horace, the red TMa I Undignified nnd white colors on tho flag of Poland hae nothing to do with the red and white stripes on tho barber's pole. It la reported that In Germany the table linen Is ti be commandeered for baby clothes. That Is nit as great a sacrifice as It sounds, for If Germany has nothing to eat what Is the use of napkins and tablecloths? THE ELECTRIC FAN Grace Before Hot Weather (To the Weather 3Ian) proR what we surely shall receive, - For sultry heat and lightning prankful, For storms you may have up your sleeve. We pray thee, Ross, to make us thankful. TULY and August come apace, " The burning days that vex us greatly: The sky will show no April face Such as our hearts rejoiced In lately. "DUT though we stew with beaded brow, -- And crave the self-destroying pistol; We shall (we hope) remember how You gave us days so cool and crystal. "t THIATE'EP. you send to wilt and xlevc ' Hui humidity and heat together We thank thee, Boss, for this reprieve. This spell of mild and Joyous weather! Among useless occupations might be In cluded that of Ludcndorff, hastening by special train to Vienna to show Kaiser Karl how to accept defeat more gracefully. If Ludcndorff is the brains of the Ger man army and Hindy is the fist, what Is the Kaiser? The wrist watch? Probably ono of the reasons for tho dis content of the Austrian people Is that there is no Karl Rosner on the Italian front to describe the neautles of sunsets seen over the left shoulders of the strategically re treating Austrian armies. Perhaps the Kaiser asked Hlndy to go to Vienna Instead of imdy, but Hlndy de clined. He has such a large appetite. The Kaiser pf Venice , Scene: A hilltop overlooking the Piave, from a discreet distance. Flourish of rosners. Enter the two Kaisers and train of Magnlflcees. KARL: By my troth, Wilhelm, my little body is aweary of this great war. WILIIELM: I also, friend Karl, am fed up. KARL: Your mind is tossing on the ocean, There where schnelldampfers of the Bremen Lloyd, Now changed to transports of base Undo Sam, Do overpeer the petty Submarines That peep upon them with sly periscopes, And sadly miss their aim. WILHELM: My armies! O, my U-boats! O, my armies! KARL: How far your propaganda throws its beams, So shines a. Hun deed in an Allied world. WILIIELM Well said! My Rosner, make a note of that. , READERS' VIEWPOINT Teachers Oufthl to Be Paid Better To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir Your editorial suggesting methods by which funds can be secured for tho Increase of pay for policemen Inspires a hope that fome equally good method may bo employed for the Increase of teachers' salaries. The public must already bo acquainted with the fact that the sntnrles paid to teachers fall below tho level of pay granted to ordlnnry Inborers whose school careers ended at the age of fourteen. Tho truth of this statement can bo proved by a glance at tho salary schedule, which grnntB a remuneration of $20 a week for primary teachers and about 122 a week for grammar-grade teachers, provided, of course, that the teacher Is re ceiving tho maximum pay given after ten years of sen-Ice. If she is a newcomer In the ranks her pay falls far below this figure Many of our good cltltens remain In bliss ful Ignorance of the fact that a largo num ber of teachers arc driven by necessity to work at night, on Saturdays nnd during the summer, n reason held In horror by the teacher because she recclves.no pay from June 26 to October 10, a stretch of three and a half months, during which the usual bills for rent, food, etc., fall due. Yet the teacher Is exrected to live In good surround ings, to drcBS well, to acquire culture through the Various expensive avenues the drama, the opera, tho unlvtrslty and travel at home and abroad. ' Will the prosperous cltliens who are truly devoted to the civic welfare bestow somo time and thought upon the pressing .problem of a new salary schedulo for the teach;rs of the public schools? 12. O. Philadelphia, June 21. A Real Estate Dealer Belittles the Housing Shortage To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir I have read with Interest Mr. W, R. Nicholson's, letter In our issue of the 18th and your editorial referring to tho communi cation. Mr. Nicholson's letter Is correct to a certain extnt, or, probably I should say, from the standpoint of the material man. However, nelthfr his letter nor your editorial covers the question, nor do I expect to fully In this letter. It Is partly true that trust companies will not make collateral loans under present con ditions Riid thnt' material houses will not give bonds to c.trry out their contracts. However, neither the trust companies nor the material houses run any proportion of risk such as is assumed by a respnslblo builder who puts anywhere from ?1 0,000 to $50,000 of real cash Into an operation. Many operations are not financed as outlined in Mr. Nicholson's letter nor do the supply houses assume a great risk ln quite a proportion of building operations. The position of tho responsible builder Is this: Labor and materials are at an ab normal figure today; moro than cither Is worth A builder erecting under this year's prices Is gambling with fnte and has staring him in the face the fact that he has no guarantee when he could complete any opera tion. In addition, Government officials are liable to requlrltlon and seize en route any material ln shipment t'o a builder or supply house. (Tho writer financed one operation last year which was held up for three months because the Government sejzed a large part of the lumber en route.) When jou consider the fact that a responsible builder assumes, in addition to money Invested obligations often equal to his wealth when he under takes a large operation. It can bo readily perceived that few builders of responsibility , nre liable to engage In "building houses by prlxato enterprise" under tho deals bunded out to them at' present. I might add that the proportion of rent profiteering has been small. The Increases In many cases do not equal the increase in taxes and cost of repairs, but It would take a separate communication to cover this point to. any extent. I will bo glad to present the caso of the North Philadelphia brokers on this matter to you separately. The attitude of the public and some news papers appears to be that food, material and wage Increases aro to be expected and Justi fied, but that real estat'e and rents should remain at the figure of two years ago. Tho cost-plus plan of bulldlns dwellings to house Go eminent employes w'ould un doubtedly create similar conditions of waste and graft as were predicted when tho Ad ministration made its 1917 contracts. If houses are really needed for Government employes I have no doubt that. If the Govern ment guaranteed prompt delivery of mate rials and an adequate supply of labor at fixed wages, a number of responsible builders would undertake to build. Without such guarantees few builders would even consider the Idea. As a broker familiar with conditions In many parts of the city I am not convinced that a largo number of new houses are of pat amount necessity at this time. In the recent campaign to secure housing facilities for Emergency Fleet employes the real es tate brokers furnished the corporation with the location of several thousand desirable rooms and apartments nallable. A largo proportion of these were not taken, prin cipally because there were not sufficient Government employes to fill them. A few days ago tho United Business Men's Associa tion advised the food and fuel administrators that in the cent nf their removal to this city the lists furnlbhed by the North Phila delphia brokers were available. S. C. ABKUNETHY. Philadelphia, June 24. Keep Up the Fight for Repeat of the Postal Rate Law! Conceding that the newspapers are art ab solutely essential arm of the national rervlce In this war crisis that the Government must rely upon them to nITord that contact with the people which assures national unity of purpose and effort that In hampering them the Congress would be directly hampering the Government in the prosecution of the war, can anybody defend the new postal rate law? The law, which becomes operative July 1. was hurried through tho Congress as a part of the first great war reenuo bill ln which even many of Its defenders conceded that It bad no proper place. It was passed under the prssure which demanded Immediate ac tion on the revenue bill as a whole,. Pub lishers were assured by no less an authority than Senator Simmons, chairman of the Sen ate Finance Committee, that there would be ample opportunity to reconsider It and to either- repeal or amend it before the date set for its operation. Recently the argument has been advanced that the new law should at least bo tried out. In order that Its merits may be tested, before further postal legislation is attempted. So It is to become operative. The Government Is placed by the Congress In the position of limiting Its co-operation with the newspapers, of Imposing burdens upon them which they are in no position to assume in wartimes, while at the same time asking of tho newspapers the largest possible measure of service and co-operation. The postollice, created as a service institu tion. Is now expected to yield a profit. It would be quite as reasonable to expect the Agricultural Department to earn cash divi dends. Canada, as a war policy, has reduced the second-class postage rates to one-half a cent a pound, fiat. We, as a war measure, are Increasing, these rates from 50 to S00 per cent, and adding Incalculably to the admin istrative expenses of the publishers and tho postofllcc. Publishers are eubject to all the taxation burdens that other business men carry. If they were proflteerb If they were conducting a business of questionable usefulness in the present crisis special taxation might be justified. But they are serving the nation with the same loyalty that the men in -the armed services exhibit and .their sen ice links up with that of the boys at the fighting fronts. If hey'are to serve fully they must not be hampered and hamstrung as though they were public enemies. The fight for the repeal of this unwise law must be pushed to a successful issue In -Jie national Interests! New York Editor and Publisher. The Real Plutocrat A Denver millionaire has taken" a. pledge to weac overalls for the duration of the war. It's .the laborer that wears the broadctetfc ' ' ,f VC- A-V! fi "l !kgp: WHAT MEN LIVE BY By Christopher Morley WHAT a delicate and rare and gracious, art Is the art of conversation! With what a dexterity nnd skill the bubble of speech must be maneuvered If mind is to meet and mingle with mind. rpHEBE la no sadder disappointment tljan - to realize that a conversation has been a complete failure. By which we mean that It has failed in blending or isolating for contrast the Ideas, opinions and sur mises of two eager minds. So often a con versation Is shipwrecked by the very eager ness of ono member to contribute. There must be give and take, parry and thrust, patience to hear and Judgment to utter. How uneasy Is the qualm as one looks back on an hour's talk and sees that the opportunity was wasted: the precious In stant of intercourse gone forever: the se crets of the heart still lncommunlcate! Perhaps we were too anxious to hurry the moment, to enforce our own theory, to adduce instance from our own experience. Perhaps wo were not patient enough to wait until our friend could express himself with ease and happiness. Perhaps we squandered tho dialogue in tangent topics, in a multitude of irrelevances. HOW few, how few are those gifted for real talk! There are fine merry fel lows, full of mirth and shrewdly minded observation, who will not abide by one topic, who must always be- lashing out upon some new byroad, snatching at every bush they pass. They are too excitable, too ungoverned for the Joys of patient In tercourse. Talk is so solemn' a rite it should be approached with prayer and must be conducted with nicety and for bearancc. What steadiness and sympathy are needed If the thread of thought Is to be unwound without tangles or snapping! What forbearance, while each ot (he pair, a,fter tentative groplngs here and yonder, feels his way toward truth as he sees It. So often two in talk, are like men standing back to back, each trying to describe to. the other what he Bees and disputing because their visions do not tally. It takes a little time for minds to turn face to face, VERY often conversations are better among three than between two, for the reason that then ono of the trio Is always, unconsciously, acting as umpire, interpos ing fair play, recalling wandering wits to the nub of the argument, seeing that the aggressiveness of one does no foul to the reticence of another. Talk n twos may, alas! fall Into speaker and listener: talk in threes rarely does so. IT IS little realized how slowly, how pain fully, we approach the expression ' of truth. We are so variable, so anxious to be polite, and alternately swayed by cau tion or anger. Our mind oscillates like a pendulum: It takes some time for It to come to rest And then, the proper allow ance and correction has to be made for our individual vibrations that prevent ac curacy,. Even the compass needle doesn't point tho true north, but only the mag netic north. Similarly our minds at best can but indicate magnetic truth, and are distorted by many things that act as iron filings do on the compass. The necessity pf holding one's job; what an Iron flllng that Is on the compass card of a man's brain 1 ' WE ARK all afraid of truth! we keep a battalion of our pet prejudices and precautions ready to throw Into, the argu-m'ent- as stock trooes, rattier this let pur pZTmvmmMfgsmf - mW; - o h-j:.T-CT-- r - - l-J f -r--F..Ar-2----5.."u-,-'."T - ' "i"-, """ ''. &3;.-t"'-wr - j "w t. T' w -1" smoke bombs and decoy ships and all manner of cunning colorlzations by which we conceal our Innards from our friends, and even from ourselves. How wo fume and fidget, how we bustle and dodge rather than commit ourselves. t TN DAYS of hurry and complication, ln tho Incessant pressuro of human prob lems that thrust our days behind us, does one never dream of a way of life In which talk would be honored and exalted to Its proper place ln the sun? What a zest there Is ln that lntlmatot unreserved exchange of thought, ln the pursuit of the magical blue bird of Joy and human satisfaction that may be seen flitting distantly through the branches ot life. It was a sad thing for tho world when it grew so busy that men. had no time to talk. There are such treasures of knowledge and compassion In the minds of our friends, could wo only have time to talk them out of .their shy quarries. If we had our way, we would set aside one day a week for talking. In fact, we would reorganize the week alto gether. Wo would have one day for Wor ship (let each man devote It to worship of whatever he holds dearest); one day for Work; one day for Play (probably fishing); one day for Talking; one day for Reading, nnd one day for Smoking and Thinking. That would leave one day for Resting, and (Incidentally) Interviewing employers. rpHE be3t week of our life was ono in - which we did nothing 'but talk. We spent it with a delightful gentleman who has'a little bungalow on the shore of a lake ln Pike County. He had a great many books and cigars, both of which are ton versatlonal stimulants. Wo used to Ho out on tho edge of tho lake, ln our oldest trousers, and talk, We discussed ever so many subjects; in all of them he knew im mensely more than we did. We built up a complete philosophy of Indolence and good will, according to Food and Sleep and Swimming their proper share of homage. We rose at 10 in the morning and began talking; we talked all day and until 3 o'clock at night. Then we went to bed and regained strength and combatlveness for the coming day. Nefer was a week better spent. We committed no crimes, planned no secret treaties, devised no an nexations or indemnities. We envied no one. We examined the entire world and found It worth while. Meanwhile 'our wives, who were .watching (perhaps with a little quiet indignation) from the veran da, kept on asking us, "What on earth do you talk about?" "DLESS their hearts, men don't have to -- have anything to talk about. They Just talk. . AND there Is tonly one rule for being a -good talker: learn how to listen. -j ! Problem of One-Shirt Man If a shirt which cost $1 before the war costs $2, does the man who had but -ono' emit ueiore tne war wear a nan snirz, ana If so, will he be kind enough to say where he gets It and how he camouflages the un shlrted part of him? Louisville Courier Journal. ' Eclipiei in Season Austria threatens to follow Russia into retirement. Omaha Bee. 1 The Ga Brigade Some very good people have talked and : woii.--CalMffQ -- .T V.t .- lol.' .''. f -... -1 . r- flt,.M ji.XLErP .4kii?SY3?.r.r7ifIr-.?atrumiV7E;aHi .. V. wm , THE OLD STOCK lltuben Vatcui, Abner Joni-a, Ellphalet Thomas and Obadlah Tref-man hae been drafted from our town. Country Newspaper, WATCH out for the chap with a Bible name that comes from Dedham, Maaa. Thompson. Uriah, Johnson, Joslah Watch out for the boy with tho Bible name, from Peavine, Arkansaw, Kzeklel, Josh, Ji And Jarcd, b'gosh 1 He will bite his name In the crust of 1TPlwirr ;; a :ay heir .11 and thinks It's garden sass ,- Reuben, Abljah, v Pcleg, Elijah He can yank the hind legs off of a mula and eat the damned thing raw. The red-necked deacon nafned the lad right out of the Holy Writ (Watson, Nehemlah) The country parson lessoned his son to turn the other cheek (Jones, Hczcklah) But the Hun that he smites with his freckled lists will know he has been amlt Hey, Obadlah? And something solid Is going to bust when he sets through being meek. If the Kaiser listens, one of these days he Is going to get some news, . From Smith's son, Tubal, SM1U UUjB uu, uuuui; ,rt I ivuiuji uui tor tno hick wiiu me ocnpiur name when he goes forth to war Enoch and Seth, V TCnthnn nn.l Tlntl. . He will kick the innards out of a bull ana " wear tno mue tor snoes, - Blodgett. Ablhu, -,' Saunders, Ellhu He will bite his name In the crust of hetl 1 and pass his plate for more. J; Gettysburg and Maraton Moor, Naaebu, i) lhnl' mil. it He squared Ms Qod with a nasal psalm and1? tien sauea in to mill t Apollyontt Uack to hell, Apollyonl heref i-umej me uones's zeKet And the skull that he hits when the praying' ' good villi split from croum to cheek I Don Marquis In the New York Evenng Sun, For, the Duration of the War Only We .trust Mr. Creel's Committee will be liberally supported during the war, for. In SllltO Of a few mistakes. ItR WArlr nf Itmni. ganda has been conducted with Increasing lA effectiveness, discrimination and lmaglna-!, tlon. But we trust also It will be ruthlesalyf suppressed, just as soon as the war is avaf..t- There would bo no better w-ay of poisoning?? tho well-springs of a democracy than that ., of permitting mibllo funds tn Im itd hlf-V administrative officials to give publicity iofl tno poncy ano nciiievements ot the Govern- J ineni, -ine rew jtepuDiic, f And Some Are Wild If poetry could win the war It would have been over Ions ago, for the doggerels of war 51 were loosed at the start and have been run- j. nlng loose ever since. Nashville Tennea-. vj sean. What Do You Know? tx QUIZ -J m 1. Who U Major Central William M. Brantkaff InnaTlvBfilaf . ?fl 3. What la meant br a "peace offanilra"? ';2 4. Where la Derauw t'nltfrilti? V1-! S. Who nrate "The nivouac of the Dad"T ."'J 6.. Who culled h political opponent "A aeebh Irui rhetorician. ineDrtaia wnn tne ubernnce of hl -wn-trrbealtr" and l nam ...v wt n.v.,,. .S limru n l..v c..r.. p.airi w 1 S. Who U ine Duke of Aottar 'XJ 0. Who, wan the computer of '"Rule Ilrllannla'Td 0. What I', the orlln of the term "Uueene " . n ' ? 1 rf.i.a. . V..!.,,!..'. ft. at., V-Ilj VH ll.VfTW.B IU .. a.. mj 9 aUaaa l'..Camp DIs la at Wrlfbtatown. N. J. iri t. Mrs. .Oaaklll. Urlll-h npie!lt and wrote "Cranford." ras 3. Montpeller la tho capital of Vermont, V.a 4, Decimal Metem.. the mathematical aa era i ion ill wnicn uunipra rre multiples of poMfra of tent the meet. I eral aratem of ' numeration baaea rountnw wun tne luisera. 5. The Good Orsr I'oet, Walt Whitman. 6. Dr. aloiiii drier lllbhen la the urealdeai Princeton UnlTf raltr, ,-.,- 7. rierlan, relatlna to the muaee, aw mote er noetrr. , a. Anurew eonnaon waa impeaetiea ane ,W PW ,.M-.aTW.I,q. WH aBV. aaga t. The, SaaaUk-AaierleaB War; waa at 'vSm s talked and stilt the war U not won.- M ewe. fgyj-Mjjj-SBa. SSjjJtdjXli . . - hSmi .....awwriL.. .tettiiUB,-.JHf..lM time . &mmQ ,-JWCJUTi-B. t.L,.'r3i&.1-rti . m ...'.- '.uy. i- . . ' - .. . - -. - .i . i. 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