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BUDAPEST BABY BUNDLES
. 'TJUDAPEST complains because the shnrt-"-
age of textiles compels her bublcs to
be Wrapped in paper clothing Her lamen-
Katlns seem unreasonable. There Is
enougn incendiary language In the Jour.
rials of the Central Kmnlni to keet nnv
pwUnkef ounpster warm. Moreoei. should
(subsequent Issues of these sheets cool off
av ns Foch forges ahead America micht be
CT 'irlrt il Futnl.ll.IllA l.n..l. ....nKn... ,,? I nt
lo m.uu vu iiiiiuuuiu i'(t.i iiiiunrci 1 "i- vm-
Kf,f ,taln periodicals formerly issued in this
m, country. vciinK' unuer me ekijion tge act,
I1, the Postotllco Denartment has lust an-
j?4 .Tiounced that the Milwaukee Leader, for-
wjt rtierlv fnrntnir xi ki TTm-t Ho if n nd uiinh
rea papers ns me .Mivy .Mir, 01 ."
'Tork', and the Cronaca Soversia, of
j't Lynn, have been barred from the malls.
iT Even so. couldn't a well-aimed airtilane
ship them in order to allow the Miper-
J babies to derive what warmth they could
i2 from their words'' Mr VIereck's incan
descent lanpruuRO might be tried as a rub-
t stltute for coal during the tomlng Austro-
f "Hungarian winter. A Budapest baby
swathed in the Fatherland should be a
S41 -fiUmuIating sight to a land that has spent
Sils UUlLUIl 111 il 1UUI jcaia ULLCIIipi tu
K?"Bhoot up Taris.
p Tet, all things considered, the home
Sfqupply should sutllce. There are scraps
"and scraps of paper lying about the realms
tof the'two Kaisers
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xiinu 3 iitii wie iiiiei ijnKiiJn line
?Lw.S. accredited to a poet or literary Rcnlu?
;(no me seiecucm oiien proOKea deoatc. nut
Jgtho identity of its creator is open to no ques-
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&& RAsFIlATI. .1X11 PITSQIA
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jpROFESSIOXAL, baseball, oddly enough,
W?sJ-has been a lonely companion to Russia
riSl.tha- valles of tribulation A sensitive
rifiWwnlrl VlFlu itnllVxn.l l...U .1 .
i?.7"'" ,to uuuki-i. ijuiii uii iiiu ,llJlr
Sgrounds. There has been a suspicion that
PEithe ball players, like the Russians, had
pgfssomehow failed in relation to the war.
Meanwhile the big leagues and their play-
K. .rfi llkft the folk At Pdlrnrrnr! Tnor,n
ifdf Aflrl nnintR PllSt llSIO hontl uAnrnhlnrr fn.
It&jUielr bouls in daikness. They have tra-
r--,oicvi annual uuuv;uiLitf jiui lliorotlgniy
ra&understood by their critics. And It ap-
Kears that ball and the Russians may yet
Igji emerge in high triumph.
j Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker are to go
Bky-flghting with the naval aviation serv-
i4.'lce. Eddie Collins has gone forth glorious
in the habiliments of n Dpvll irmtnil Tn.
Ki
K, ipumerable other plajers arc serving splen-
S'.dldly in the service and, since the War
Aj-TJepartment has made its wishes known.
gOthers are prepaiing to join them. In
Tance the gladdest news Is heard. The
rench army is considering the formal
rrtwrnmmp.nrlntlnn of nn nt iio rrpnnPnin
5.ihflt baseball be. taucht fnrmniu- nnA a.
WXZi vMnnpA 1n nil rllvtalnna cf tliA lnn.1 .M
.V.VJ-..V. ... .. . . .w.w..u u. UIU IftlJtl IUIUC3,
General VIdal, one of the distinguished
divisional commanders under Foch, has
eummoned Johnny Kvers of blessed mem-
"sory to becln the process of tuition
fiC'iThe Tintlftnnl trntnp. Imfo-trl e i-i
Attt- . -.-".. iuiiok
1 presnge, may oe internationalized and ac-
h corded new glory In the land
The disappearance of hundreds of mil-
B; ji JJons in the airplane program confirms the
i& email wastes are no longer faHh-
t T-
J NEW FASHIONS IN POLITICS
gTIOVERNOR EDGE, of New Jersey, has
Mt'sVJ formally announced an Intention to
fviihun the stump in his campaign for the
-aMf
jjUnlted States Senate. Even the guerrilla
Warfare being waged unon him bv the
inevitable George L. Record, of Jersey
ijvlll not tempt him to fight back, with
3tvptds. Mr. Edge observes, with a good
,' aeait or, wisaom, tnat tne people are well
ft enough informed about dominant Issues
Ito b depended on to use their own good
iudgrpent in every political contest of the
r future.
ijETnrj' Ford has left his campaign for
he Senate in Michigan to take pare of
fcV;itself. He will not make a speech. He
OUwill not spend a cent. "The people know
jine ana moy Know wnat i m lor, says
iO.JfW'ry, "and they can make their own
KAr . . . ..
Dice.'
LCftvlously this style of politics will be-
more popular. The day of trl-
gphant metaphor, when men were
ed to high office because they could
Hk 'dramatically of the everlasting hills,
Lrassed, People know their world and
Hr country Detier man tney usea to ,
"t decided," said Colonel Hous.e in his
Bnt autobiographical narrative of Pres
et Wilson's second campaign, "that we
't need to make many speeches, Colo-
.RooseveU was talking a great deal. I
to let Colonel Roosevelt elect us!"
, law of reaction here suggested Is
f that astute politicians are beginning
tf But' (Most Doiujc&ittga are au-
'and WMtnd this
vheolHHHHHIHBUirably
LO, WE.1IAVE A CALIPH!
But Senator Vare's Tcclmiqtto In Tljat
Exallcil Role Ncctls BurnisliinR Up
TT IS getting wtum again. This, there
A fore, isn't a time for the excitement
and the high blood pressure that prop
erly might ensue upon the spectacle of
Senator Vnre in the lole of All Highest
and as the frank embodiment of mu
nicipal authority addressing the real es
tate men of the city with promises of a
fixed tax rate.
That was an odd spectacle, to be suie.
It was luminous: with strange intima
tions. It left a beholder with a giddy
sense of uncertainty ns to whether vvc
arc going forwaid in a stiaight line or
swinging aiound in a ciiclc back to
ancient principles.
And yet the thing was incomplete.
There should have been a tree for Sena
tor Ed to sit under piefciably a palm
tree. And there should have been a ver
milion dais and a bejeweled turban to
be tipped at a nonchalant angle upoq the
Senator's head, and there should have
been sword bearers and com tiers, war
riors, executioiicis, slaves, mciry il
lageis and awetl travelcis in vivid hordes
gathered in the Presence. Then had
Citizen Woiroll and Citi7cn Craw fold
and the hundreds of their delegation ad
dressed themselves, not to Senator Vaie,
but to the Most Astute High and Low
Ruler of the World the Keeper of the
Seven Great Vntues and the Protector
of the Poor, we should have been in Bag
dad. We should have been back in the
days when justice was done swiftly anil
fiercely with a gcstuie of the ruler, be
foie wars of liberation and the older of
democracy were even dreamed of.
The leprescntatives of the real estate
interests passed by Councils and the
Finance Committee and the Mayor.
They ptoceeded to the Head, quite in the
manner of the Orient. Who will ques
tion the excellence of their judgment, the
wisdom of their proceduie?
So far have w;e progtessed in two thou
sand years.
And yet the Caliphs of Bagdad were
wiser and better qualified than the
Caliph of Philadelphia. That is the dis
tiessing pait of it. Your Bagdad Caliph
seems, even at this distance, a likable old
gentleman who preserved through all his
pomp and ferocity a high sense of jus
tice, a biavc tongue anil the humility of
heait that is the last attribute of the
truly gieat. He wasn't a pussyfootcr.
He would have been frank and honest
with a delegation of his subjects who
called with supplications relative to a
killing tax rate. If the Caliph of Phila
delphia wasn't frank or brave it is not
his fault. He didn't become Caliph by
nccident. He is sustained in his state
of authority by the suffrage of the multi
tude. And he is said to have his good
points.
Perhaps he has. But a good Caliph
shouldn't dodge an issue. If Bagdad' of
old had been at war, if the officers of the
guard weie huriying to the shipyards,
if all the institutions of the caliphate
weie threatened with confusion and
decay because of a lack of funds, if the
palace were threadbare and the ways of
tiaffic were filling up with the sands of
the desert, the Caliph would lecognize the
need of inci eased revenue or deci eased
expenditure in the loyal establishment.
If he were a good Caliph and a wise one
he would summon his executioneis and
order off the heads of a few thousand
expensive tetainers and tell his subjects
to go upon their ways in peace. The
Presence in Philadelphia listened pa
tiently to the arguments of his visitors
and assuied them that the tax rate would
not be increased. "We shall leave it,"
.said he, in effect, "to Allah. Gieat is
Allah. But the tax rate will not lie
bigger. I'll do my best to have it le
duced." The letainers at court will live as easy
as befoie. They will eat as well and
sleep as well as ever and there will be as
many of them as there have always been.
The Caliph will not leduce his train or
his army, though such methods of
economy would have been the first to
.suggest themselves to a wiser ruler in
older times. How ho shall run his
caliphate with revenues less than now
seem essential to maintain it at the mini
mum of efficiency he diuVt even suggest.
How funds that aren't adequate now
shall be adequate in hinder times he
didn't say. He didn't promise to cut olT
any heads, to eliminate any expensive
offices, though such a course would have
given his people a good example and an
assurance of his sincerity. The delega
tion, as a matter of " fact, might have
done as well to stay at home.
Caliphs aren't what they used to be.
According to a German report "Hlnden
burg's back" And that's Just the part of
him the Yanks expect to look at
ENGLAND'S NEW FERTILITY .
rpHE spotless, green hedged lawns
of
1
England have prompted many a favor
ite German day dream. The weakness of
a foe whose soil was mostly one vast park
was agreeable to contemplate. The Hun
saw England as a nation whose economic
Structure was essentially aitlfleinl and
unsound; a country of great, still undi
vided and unproductive feudal estates; a
manufacturing and maritime country
forced to purchase its existence with
money, incapable of life by any otner
means than trade.
It is undeniable that England before the
war presented certain defects of a, civiliza
tion far advanced along some lines, han
dicapped along others by ancient prece
dent, prejudices and outmoded survivals
of the past. But like most of the weak
nesses of which Germany hoped to taka
advantage In starting the war, the agri
cultural nonproductlveness of England
becomes less and less alarming with each
day's progress of the conflict.
Sir Charles Fielding, director pf British
food production, announce that; England
Hllll'taaUA .kjiAihftr iref'ln nns fill Ani.
Tr a,, .ww ,a,M J VIM
the largest since 1868. Where were once
olvety swards nro now flourishing fields
awaiting harvesting by city clerks, boy
scouts, schoolbos, undergraduates, vil
lage and college women, Belgian and fier.
blitn lefugeos, who havo helped to make
"this Uttlo woild set In a silver ea" per
haps less poetically beautiful, but to a
now degree self-supporting. German pris
oners, too, have been drafted Into the
work.
Since tho war began the llbcrty-lovlng
world's appreciation of deficiencies which
Germany sought to capitalize ns assets of
victories has brought about many re
forms by her foes It is Indeed the-Irony
of fate when the new England must thank
the Hun for encouraging her to till her
once Inviolate parks
The "largest strtct-i leaning contractor
in the world "announces that tho $1.75 prop
erty tax" Is to lie the limit" Not a few
inhabitants of a plumlcu-il city thought it
was Just exactly that a car ago.
HOW IT WORKS OUT
"TJEPOUTS from San Antonio, the prln
' fipal city in the Texas congressional
distiict lcpiesented bv .himcs F. Slajden,
who was forced tn withdraw from the
rain for rrnomlnation because of the op
position of the IN evident, indicate the
Issue of lnjn.lt is not jet disposed of.
The organization fawned the nomlm
tlon of A. V. Barrett a wealthy San An
tonlan Interested in moving picture houses,
who has been on both sides of the prohi
bition question. He was opposed bv
Cailos Be a State Senatoi Iiee was
nominated at the pilmaric", but the law
In 'ias permits tho rongiesslonal con
ventions to reject a prlmarv nominee.
When the State Democratic Committee
met this week a resolution was offeied
calling on the congiessional convention to
repudiate Bee on the ground of dislojaltj
li oof of his lack of lovaltj was offered
in the foi in of a statement that he had
been nominated bj the Mite of Comal
County, which two jears ago had polled
almost Its entire vote foi the ReptlbUeaa
presidential candidate after tasting its en
tire vote in the Democialic primaries
1'islojaltv seems to consist in voting for
n Republican candidate
There site .some Texas Democrats who
suspect that it takes more than a will
ingness to vote for a Republican to es
t lbllsli dislojulty, and they are attempt
ing to ptove that Bee had the support of
everj- one with a German name. And now
we are told that if the congii'i-sional con
vention dues not repudiate Bee and name
Biuett the newspapeis of the district are
likelj to support the Republican nominee
If tliev take this coutse thej, too, are
liable to be charged with disloyalty by
the members of the State committee, who
accuse the Comal paity voters with tieason
to their country because they oted for
Dcmociats in the primaries and Repub
licans at the polls. As there aie about
four times as many Democtats as Repub
licans in the district, tho elecflon of n
Republican is unlikely, but the ,InJeLtion
from Washington of the charge of dls
lojalty has ptoduced a prettj ml-up, the
untangling of which the Republicans can
watch with complacency.
llerlin Is now admitting the. accuracy of
our inny figures From admission o sub
mission is onlv a step
WISE WORDS WITH BUT A SINGLE,
SLIP
rpiin editor of the Cologne Gazette is'
-L wise wlioft he protests against the sug
gested demolition of the Potsdam statue
of gallant, libert -loving Baron von Steu
ben, who fought for freedom with Wash
ington. He writes with discernment, too,
as may be learned from the following ex
tiact from his newspaper, which wo quote
verbitlm, save for tho change of a single
word:
Moreover, we do not need to eopv everv
aslnlitlty of a crav govi rnmeiit or a rahld
populace. When the iliv lotnes when rea
son shall have nttirntd to the Germans,
nothing will lie inure cakulnted to make
tin m blush with shame than the sight of
tin It own memorial
Wo have ventured to substitute the
word "Germans" for tho word "yankees,"
originally written by the Rhenish editor.
But for that little slip of an otherwise
acute pen, Its wlelder would be eligible for
the ranks of patriotic American jour
nalism. No taxation without downward Vnre
iation seems to have become the motto of
certain real estate men
THE SOCI LISTS CATCH UP
IT ISN'T easy to be enthusiastic oerthe
plans of Socialists for an international
council at which the policies of President
Wilson will be foimally approved
It has alvvavs been the boast of the So
cialists that thev were more enlightened
than otheis And yet they were three jears
late In recognizing the Justico of the war.
They are falling Into line behind President
Wilson but they are at the tall of the
procession All the rest of. the country
preceded them.
The ordlnar rank and file In the United
States suppotted the President and the
war while the Socialist leaders in this
countr were railing against both in a na
tional platform which they are now trying
to live down and forget.
It begins to appear. Indeed, that the
Socialists often are slower minded than
their less pretentious rivals In politics.
The Kaiser will recog
Hon ? They nlze the new Rolshe-
J latten Out! vlk Government at
Moscow. That ar
rangement Is fair mough since the Bolshe-..
vlkl are almost the only ones noadas who
maintain u bowing acquaintance with the
Kaiser
Rene Fonck, the
Illch Premium! French ace of aces,
has brought down his
sixtieth boche plane Insurance rates must
be prohibitive among the German fliers.
The German "retreat
This 1 Wanton specialist" Is called
General Von Boehn,
Foch may do something toward spilling the
beans.
To clear up any German doubts It may
be freely stated that Mr, McAdoo's restric
tion on travel are Inapplicable with respect
to certain European sailings now undergoing
,dU;
BEEF, IRON AND WINE
Ballade of an Ambrosial Evening
I KNOW a pub where I can chowat dusk
On lentil soup, gilllcd kidneys and white
wine;
Take coffee In the garden, with a rusk,
And smoke black leaf tobacco while I
lllne
Can drink liqueurs until my seasoned
spine
Begins to tingle and my brain to whir:
Then bring a candle, landlord, Just at
nine,
And have the sheets peirfumed with lav
ender! POUR me a claret (Medoc, sweet as
musk!)
Carve me a Juicy cut alng the chine.
Then watch me ply a not unwilling tusk
And quaff the western sun down his
decline.
Perhaps some olives, seasoned well in
brine,
Or pot of shandygaff, it you prefer;
But, landlord, to complete tho fair de
sign, Pray hav e the shee'ts perfumed with lav
ender! "VTO HEAVY vintage: nothing strong or
--' brusque.
The smooth and mellow essence of the
vine
Pel haps some green corn, roasted In the
husk,
And omelette singed with brandy O
benign!
Allcpro ma lion iroppo Is my line:
The graceful mean whero all the arts
concur
To make one long ambrosial evening
mine,
And then O sheets perfumed with lav
ender! Envoj-
OBKST of landlords! Let your light so
shine
That main another thirsty wanderer
May (after dinner) all his cares resign
And find jour sheets perfumed with
lavender!
TVmf Lincoln lUahitay sipn at the -nrncr
of 1t'o( and Brand streets scrim tn mi
voy mUlcmllng. It points tn Lnntaitcr
and Han rrancittn, but yirc? jio lint that
there aic any other tribulations en toutc
1'rrhapi it ten? some simitar sfrn i7inf led
the Kaiser to believe rails nai Just
around the corner.
Wh is the theatrical orchestra alvvajs
bald from bass viol to utility man-" Does
the close proximity of the footlights scorch
oft the hair?
A pipe tastC3 fine uhen a man is .cork
ln). Tint he ought not to let uork inter
fcic ti ith his smohc.
Those two hip pockets that the Kaiser
has lost In Prance the, 7tari j pocket and
the Picnrd pocket seem to be something
more than mere pockets after nil They
begin to look like whole trousct legs.
77ic pleasutcs that the tcoiM rorrM lire
simple and unsophisticated. .1 ool ctc
ulnti, ulthout too many 'oqititors, spent
in ttndina the Kalsci's obltuaiy, tt,o7d
satisy almost any of us.
An Emergency Fleet Chanlv
And there'll be no banquets at these
monthlv conferences of shipbuilders either
for these meetings are serious dead seri
ous Director of Shipping Charles M Schwab
Oil, sing a dirge tor champagne and tho
wine both red and white, and mllllonaiies
conferring ftom the bleak of dawn to
night without n wind up banquet and
single pause for sips, for Schwab has
canned the menus while he's speeding up
tho ships.
"Take the cocktnlls from the table and
the ojsteis and the veal, ou are heie to
tend t" business not to dieam ahout a
meal, and we'll get sufficient taiiUeis b
not tanking heie in state, and a lot more
other tonnage than we could get If we ate.
"So pull jour belting tlghtei, stow away
the thought of dinner; if I fatten up the
tonnage I should care If ou glow thin,
ner; and the wines you used to tipple
when oil got your good old buns, I shall
sprinkle at the launchlngs of a million
deadweight tons.
"So when I call a meeting, Just remem
ber this, my boys: there Is apt to bo plain
speaking, but no after-dinner noise; and
jou'll feed on rolls of data and reports
and printed slips, and we'll all grow lean
together, but by heav'n we'll turn out
ships'." FERDINAND REYUHR.
Camping Out
One who takes the train fiom ie Read
ing Terminal, and sits on the left-hand
side of the smoking car, will observe (after
the Wayne Junction cinder has been mas
saged out of his eye and Just before the
Fern Rock flake of soot arrives) a little
encampment at the brow of a hill. There
are several tents In the lee of a fringe of
woods, a pole with a flag flying, and a
baseball diamond that has been roughly
laid out In the wide field that slopes down
toward the railway.
We don't know who the cheerful people
are who have been camping out there all
summer, but they have the right idea.
We have often watched the smoke of their
evening cooking fire rising pleasantly
against that dark band of tree3, and seen
the boys gathered In the cup of the hollow
field (where a the sunset light gathers In a
shimmering pool of ellow brightness)
batting out flies against the glowing sky.
It used to be said that the battle of
Waterloo was won on th.e playing fields of
Eton and other English schools. It Is
equally true that what the Kniser has
most to fear on the tragic meadowlands
of France is the quickness of eye, the
hardness of hand, the decisive and fearless
habit of body tljat have been Ingrained In
American young manhood by our national
pastime of camping out. Arms that have
been muscled with ball and paddle and axe
are arms that can hurl a grenade and aim
a bullet to their appointed targets.
We like to sit on the left-hand side of
the smoking car on the G:02 train, Just for
the pleasure of, watching that little camp
near Fern Rock. As long as Americans
keep their taste for "spending the summer
in sleeveless shirts and under canvas the
Kaiser will only conduct his little tours
through other nations on the pay-as-you-
enter principle.
rRAKjUfe
"FRESH
CHEWING GUM
By Etsu lnagahi Suginwto
QNE
Vy An
day soon after my coming to
America I was on a street car with a
fiiend. Just opposite was a little girl with
ii big bundle. She was eating something.
I especially noticed her because in Japan
'Children never eat on the street or in a
public place.
My fiiend's conversation held my atten
tion for a while, then 1 chanced to glancu
at the child again, and was surprised to see
she was .still eating. Several times after
waul I looked at her, and finally I asked
mv fiiend:
"What is that child eating?"
"She is not eating an thing," she replied.
"She is chewing gum."
AGf
sitting, diooped and weary, her loose
hands lying in her lap and her feet spread
aiound her bundle In a very awkwatd and
difficult position. As I watched her tiled
face, buddenl I rcmembeted something
that had happened on the ttain on my tilp
acioss the continent.
"Is she sick?" I asked.
"No, I think not. Why do -ou ask?"
"I think I took that medicine on tho
train," I leplled.
My friend laughed.
"Oh, no!" she said. "Chewing gum is
not medicine. It's a sort of wax she chews
because It tastes pleasant."
I MADE
dawn uii
no reply, but light began to
pon my experience on the train.
I had been uncomfoitably carsick and a
kindly looking old lady had given me u
small, squaie block of something which she
said would nlwajs cine nausea. I put It In
my mouth and with conscientious gratitude
chewed caiefully for a long time, but I
could not swallow It. I explained to myself
that it must be a medicine possessing won
deiful meilt, as it would not dissolve. After
a while I gpt tiled and was troubled what
to do, for tho old lady had been kind to
give it to me and I didn't like to thiow It
awaj-. So I w lapped It up In a piece of
white paper and put It In my mirror cabe.
That was my Introduction to chewing
gum.
I
HAD another experience with chewing
gum, but this was- in Japan. One of
the unlveisal customs in my country is to
take a gift almost every time one calls
upon a friend One afternoon I received
a very formal call from a daughter of tho
new arlstoctucy ptogresslve, wealthy and
altogether what is called in Japan "hlgh
kaia," meaning the very essence of tho
stIish and piogresslve In-dress and man
ner. My caller was elegantly dressed, In
Japanese dress, of course, for even pro
gressive Japanese women have not reached
the placo whero European dress is worn on
elegant occasions.
After a long, ceremonious bow and tho
usual' complimentaiy Inquiries regarding
the health of family and Velatlves, and also
a few tactful remarks in praise of the
flowers ai ranged on the tokonoma, she
leaned forwaitl and unwrapped a square
of beautiful crepe cloth, exquisitely dyed
apd embroidered. As the folds loosened
she lifted out- and presented to me mod.
estly, but w'th evident pride, a large Im
ported paper box with English lettering on
it. It was a wholesale package of chewing
gum. The elaborate, ccicmonlous manner
of my guest, every movement being In ac
cordance with the strictest etiquette, made
the sudden appearance of that plebeian
package a most Incongruous ahd
,Vaif. YeVtlu waa 'a'-, perfectly
amusing
natural
EFFERY DAY, MEIN HERR!"
v
happening. It is not easy to choose a
suitable and welcomo gift for a pet son who
has lived for several jears in Ameiica and
who Is believed to be foreign In her tastes.
So my friend had gone to a stoic vvheto
fin eig'n things were sold and selected a box
which was labeled "Imported Dainties! A
1'oicign Delicacy Possessing tho Fragrance
of Flowers. Used by Ladies and Gentle
men In the Cultured Society of Euiope and
Amcilca."
QIM.IL.AR advertisements to this may be
- seen in many first-class cake shops of
Tokio, so possibly at some no distant day
the familiar sight of unwearied moving
mouths may be seen by American tourists
ns they whirl In their Jinrikishas through
the land of the Rising Sun.
Although we havo not heretofore been
a chewing-gum nation wo will have to ac
knowledge that history accuses us of some
thing much worse. It Is said that our an
cestor s, ages ago, were addicted to the habit
of betel-nut chewing, and that this was
the origin of the custom which survives
today 4n the harmlessly blackened teeth of
Japanese old fashioned women.
It Is a fact that tho first conquerors of
Japan, who no doubt camo originally from
tho hot shores of India, planted betel
orchards In the warm islands of the South
where they first landed, but on. account of.
difference In soil and climate It was almost
Impossible to make the trees grow, even
with the greatest care and the most con
tinuous labor.
RARE things are always precious and
their dlng use Is naturally confined
to thoso who leprescnt rank, elegance and
wealth, so the time came when only peo
ple of the highest class had betel-stained
teeth. Imitations must have become the
fashion then, for during the Middle Ages,
long nftei the nut.s weie extinct la J.apan,
both men nnd women of high lank 'black
ened their teeth with a preparation made
from eggplant peeling. The Imperial cour
tiers kept up this custom to thq time of
the Restoration, but the warrior class
never accepted it, they seeming to scorn
any fashion which spoke -more of rank,
elegance and ease than of strength and
power of arms. Then this emblem of vanity
drifted lower in the scale until It rested
altogether with women, becoming the em
blem of marriage. Since then women of
all classes have blackened their teeth on
their wedding day and kept them black
ever after. The custom is rtow dying out,
but it is seen everywhere In tho rural dis
tricts, and even In large cities almost all
old ladles still cling to the custom.
The fashion Is not an ugly one. When
blackened every morning tho teeth look
like polished ebony, and the gleam of
shining black behind rouged lips brings out
the clear olive skin, and looks as beautiful
to Japanese eyes as does the dot of black
court plaster on the Ivory skin of a maiden
to the eyes of a European.
The Berlin Tageblatt's declaration that
the Allies are beginning to show signs of
weariness suggests a keen appreciation of
how exhausting a job counting prisoners has
lately becom'?. ' '
Revised for the Plcardy battle front
"Ye Bumps and Brays of Hunny Doom!"
Nobody Knows .
One problem which we do not expect to
solve until our pastor returns from his much
needed six Aeeks' vacation. If then. Is how
,tJv,) Hunevei contrived , tflt. aJIp. into the
,citUa wt-rhlo
THE RETURNING
THEV passed: the crowds dissolved, the
music died;
But one old man with hair like wind
swept foam
Gazed Into space with somber eyes and
cried,
"God bring the dear lads, when their
work is over, home!"
God biing them home, those boys? ah,
they who bear
The dreadful shock, they shall return
somo day
With new-born souls, and they shall ever
wear
A loftier mien than when they went
away.
But they who fall, knights of the living
God,
Who meet the dawn upon a foreign
shore,
They shall come back from France's pop
pled sod '
To be our boys, unchanged, forevcrmoce.
Louis Dodge, In Scribner's Magazine.
It begins to look as though General Von
Boehn, Germany's retreat specialist, had
been engaged Just In time to conduct his
armies in tho only movement of which they
are now capable.
Foch's Indorsement of the Bible as' a
battle Inspiration recalls the sentiments of
Stonewall Jackson, whoe military qualities
also were vigorously akin to those of the
Illustrious marshal.
The Silver Lining
Postmaster General Burleson Is having the
time of his life applying his theories of
national communication In the greatly en
larged field that has lately been Intrusted
to him. Providence Journal.
What War Is Coming To
It Is now planned to Invade Russia with
a movie army under the command of Gen
erals Chaplin, Fairbanks and Plckford.
New York Evening Sun.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1, What Government Inventliatlon la now la
rhurce of Charle K. llulhrt?
5. What la the origin of the word mauHoleum?
3. Who la the American Ambassador to Ruatlaf .
4. What American President waa called "Old
lllekorjr?"
8. What la the mennlnc of "I Pacllarrl." the
title of Ioncavallo'a popular opera?
6. What Is the capital of New HamnihlrtT r '
7. What character In Shakespeare declared
"Uneaar Ilea the head that wear a
crown?"
8. What Is the meanlnr of the word "soatTU"
anil how should It be prononnred? '
0, When was the Spanish Armada defeated?
10. What were the "locusts" In John .the nap-
, tlst's fare of "locunts and wild hiaiejr?"
Ansvter to Yesterday's Quiz
1, Hubert Dent l chairman of the Hoase Com
mittee on Military Affairs.
t. Mardl (Iras Is French for "fat Tuesday." It
Is speclllcnllr used to describe the last day
of a rarnUal. Shrove Tuesday, which Im
mediately precedes lnt.
3. Clement L. VIIandlisham waa n Congress
man during a part of lancoln'a Admlnls-
tratlon. lie was tried by court-martial for
making Inrendlary speeches against the
(ioTernment and sentenced to Imprison
ment. Lincoln, however, changed the sen
tence and had htm deported Into the Con
federate lines.
4. A marllnsplke la a pointed iron tool, nied on
hips for splicing ropes,
6. A Manx cat Is tailless.
0, The Assouan Dam, built to utilize the waters
of the Mle for irrigation purposes. Is at
the Pint Cataract, Just above the. point
where the river crosses the Tropic of Caav-
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0,
New Hampshire Is called the "Granite State"
on nrrount of Its large commercial pro
duction of that stone.
A bulbuJ Is a Persian nightingale, or. gaer .
correctly, Oriental song thrush. . ...,l
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