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UmttirlJLi.tir crediird In thh nancr. and (iso
i,'.".fc; local news published therein.
frjlftifAH right of republication of special tfit-
',,. ?F6ne herein arc. also ieserreu.
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iwri I ,nM- "ub" J vi.TUUfttiijJiiuii ui llic u'jjih
Jlilberty Loan i the bost Uf answers to
ltjie'sapeinclal inIsiiiiSM or Hie type or
S' jis 'Mi'iaWlst Mho mlih'iil flip nViill- of Hie
f'TAmwIcau people to look" beyond tlioh-
i TJV""?. It was leavcil in some tjueitors
S KAVIinf 'mri tall.- Ti7.7llrl ,Hlt1fn fllltiTif i1 in.
'"?2c)hU!ilasni; feared In others that the Inflti-
iz. ' re culatlons banning public gatlier-
JSy.ij)B'i, Wii(l resuil in a ii'acltenin? of liri
Jfiltioat popular luteie.it.
' J& iBut liaiipily tlio great mass of II. e p.ib.w
El'XsS liot iiulte jo einotloiially Infantile, ai
B fltnne if its critics lta e seemeti to thinlr.
RVfftfert $S0G,413,0O worth ut surplus pub-.
orijifions is assuredly indication that a
Jgwieral spirit ot patriotic intelligence was
:''Si:ff' .trnvlr.
Then; was appreciation of the
A?. . ,., .. &.- ,wr i.mt n.yr. n..1.L - .
fcXtwtzi. (.iiuv u o,uvu,vuv.ulh ulil;iil HJ.-s illl-
ptratively needed for debts already in-
'mitred and that even with the immediate
' S&essatlon ot the war sdil fertlior iojn.
I -Twotild Ii reaulred in order to phe V?
w IvrfSkivknclal resources of llie Government
KvSwitrength to handle its glgautic pioblems.
jmnencB tile psyciiojosiai euecL ui iiutie
-.,rT',iiM(Otiatiou.s availed eomparative'.;- little
t ;l;fin8t clear-headed patriotism.
'CK lueiIJlJlu, tll.ii wjiiu yio,i c in i ill.
g iSt of districts surpassing tli"lr nuotas. 1ms
Cyjacmfriglll to priLie 111 iiei tuiiit:vi:iiii;iiu iier
A,.. nf ac itrtft r.rtft tu n al.,l1in.i4 ,i.ai-
Pyotj how much constructive thinking: was
"j"'5ehe, even at u time when the ;rip created
,imany abnormal conditinns.
F TPTia a.n1.,eA0 n? rtll 41, A rl t4 -lr.4', n .11
K':itrt tbe nucleus of the fifth Liberty Loan
P&P,?iVtlie sprinsr. Happily, even it the war
i tout a. traajlc memory at that tune, there
; solid precedent for belief that the niean-
. of the next great money idisins cum-
? ?lTrwill be fully realized.
aj The news that a mail airplane has floivn
t'irx
V' KiJIwri ocean to ocean by the Colon-Panania
i';,'ijmte is interesting', but in a way somewhat.
'4jlgui6Uiig. Are we approaching rh" da
the ffi'eat laboriously constructed canal
5-Vwili it
ihai rlinrnnff.!!?.-!! nn :in niiKiien't, ...
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j.iMrfluItv;
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p!M: a costly sxniKi:
aVJ.SWV.cvriw sort ot argumcui lor llie decent
ilr. 4VJa.aattlAniAiif ,f InVinf. .licmifA,, .,.T.n,. ln
A'SJws . : " . "1-'iJC-"-' "
Ri S?1" '.circumstances or the accident on the
KV-yrooKiyn napiu. rrausit system hlch cost
S,Cf.ihJivea of almost a bundled men, women
I aami!v chlldrfsn. An lnevtipi-IpneoM ii'il.-u.
Walter who seems to have had no hnowl-
gelof the work assigned to him wrecked
In :exfcress train a few houis after he had
eutput to work in the place' of a .sfrik.
;.'aiotorman. Tliis was after the trans-it
Idaie had flouted an order of the War
taSb Board which would have settled
lir'dlspute with the employes.
H-'Ironic commentary on the geiieul
tUAtion is in the fact that these, faraii
troad men, shocked out of their pcnse
?4lfufficiencv bv tho disaster -n'lilrli
ifm
--Jm
,-ti,
:lf &
KMtwyhelped " Ijring about, found It po.l-
E' wti. x n,., ,i. 4,.n. ... 1..4 . ,, a.
fo.tVtVyy JJVLUP me Dumc evuil UKUJit uil llie
a we or those Kiucu nan Been recovered
-roi- the wreck.
".:ii-.4 ...
Wmixl- ,s a ""uc l" tJ"J ,ue ul sulhe-
.'"jarMKers. i- nunc ojiiniou uas it acted den.
HdWy In recent years usulnst tho system
lltidustrlal adjustments which 'gives ulu
feMional htrike-breaker good wages
&mni'A in vta -otraili' wnel.'. 'Iliniii
-.., - '- .' -...wv
kotild, be a law to prohibit the employ -
ifetjOl' green men on trains or street iavs,
iJ.Hvls nueiy 10 come niter me investi-
JTwi. of New Toik'H worst 1ran!t aid
t;:bas been completed,
R't&'-alenclennes used to be j4iiiuus for
avutictil lace, liereaner It m'l he fan.cju
use nf a beautiful lauiuc.
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kXlK4r'S-.r. nn.,m,.,- .,.
'ur ruuiiit.a j. t,k.M.K.l,
KJU m a. general way or major
d' mliior political light's. ,we admit
('',)pt know who Js to be elected. In
" . . , a
vein, it wouiu ue u most excellent
JHome ono with a talent for think-
ut) turn the tables after tho votes
leu, range an tne victorious ollice-
In a big crowd and deliver a speech
on the requirements of the, hour.
,'wiany of them .seem to need it.
i opinion in America, Kuropc, Asia,
Ir' and Polynesia, in Michigan and
in Ouam and in every pluce where
rVJHve. and read has been going- to a
KUuui tor iiioiu man lour years.
,plnlon will lie muie eiaclliig nfter
Mure, critical, more accnmpllsiied,
bliiot the e'ame vorld as it used to
tau't tlie same L'nited States. Tlie
longs to the men who ure able to
d tho 'inomeutoiis changes that
Ui place and have adjusted their
accordingly. '
ted hypocrites, frauds and pre-
a belli rooted out of the world's
fabric. It is only a matter of
f. public opinion begins to ileal
tk'imes.
rin the lilstori of politics
SiWtfei.ir'
VOTE AS AMERICAN'S
iul as nictica Is Normally Itepublican,
lliif Mean; the Ivleition of Kr-
publican Congrcjs
WIIKN tlio voters ro to tlie poll? to
morrow to express, their choice for
members of Contrress it is their ilut? to
consider themselves, ilrst of all, as
American citizens chntjji'J with a crave
duty toward their country.
It is of the ill st importance that the
l.cxt ConRi-ws should he qualified and
equipped for the great tasks that will
confront 11. No other Congress since
the beginning- has had such momentous
iiucslioiis befoio it as will conio up for
discussion and settlement by the body to
take office on the 4th or Murfli of next
year.
Aside 1'ioni partisan considei-atioii!'. it
happens that some of tho work can be
done more impartially and to the greater
satisfaction of the country us n whole by
a t'eptihlicau than by a Democratic Con
gress Fair-minded Democrats will
admit this.', and if the conditions had been
revetted the ability of the Democrats to
do the work better would havo been con
ceded likewise by fair-minded "Republi
cans. This work which (musl be done is an
examination of Hip .stewardship of the
executive department!. The war has
copt us or is to cost tis forty-three bil
lion dollars by the end of the present
fiscal year. AVe appropriated twelve bil
lions last year. V'o have spent seven
billions for which no appropriation was
made. The budget for the current year
calls for twenty-four billion, eight bil
lions of which is to be raised by taxa
tion. Six billions of the remainder has
been raised by the fourth Liberty Loan,
leaving ten billions more to be borrowed
before the end of next June.
We have loaned our money willingly.
We have paid the taxes in the past ami
will pay the future taxes with such grace,
as we can muster. Hut we wish to be
assured that thepmoney lias been spent
honestly, without graft or favoritism.
That some of it has been wasted we
know, and we lccognize that this wuste
was inevitable when such inconceivable
sums have had to be spent -in such a
short space of time. We will paidon the
waste and we are anxious to be assured
that tlieie has been nothing worse.
Xo argument is necessary to prove
that an inquiry by a Republican Con
gress would get at the truth more nearly
than an inquiry by a Congress in con
trol of the party which has spent the
money. The Republicans will lie tempted
to make imitation scandals, it is true,
and some of them will doubtless yild
to the tempter. The Democrats would
be tempted to cover up all wnloward
facts in order to protect themselves and
their friends. It will be far better for
the country in the long run that we have
the facts, even tangled up with attempts
to make political capital against the
Democrats, than that there should be
huggermuggery in Washington when an
account of the expenditure of forty-three
billion dollars is demanded by the men
who.se'money has been used.
We might say that broad-minded
Americans should also work for the elec
tion of a Republican Congress in order
that a body of men qualified to deal with
the great questions of reconstruction
after the war may be in control, but tliis
would be asking too much of the Demo
crats. They think that they aie qualified
to handle tho subjpet, even though their
leaders come from that part of the coun
try where men have little or no
experience in dealing with large business
problems. Kitchin, of .Scotland Xeck,
X. C, is a sample of the leaders who will,
be in control in a Democratic House.
The Democrats, or most of them, will
vote for the Democratic candidates
because they believe in the Democratic
party. This is their right.
We wish to insist, however, on the duty
of every Republican to go to tlie polls
and vote in order that what they believe
in may be put into effect. The iiew Con
gress will have to decide what is to be
done with the railroads and the telegraph
and telephone lines when peace conies.
It will be up to it to put an end to all
the interference with the individual to
which we have consented as part of the
way of winning the war. It will have
to pass laws which will moke it possible
for the great merchant ileet we are now
building to sail the seas in competition
with the fleets of other Powers. It will
have to remake our taritr Jaws in the
light of the changed world conditions
and with a view to the protection of the
labor and capital of this nation. And
other equally important work will fall
lo jt.
Great piactical wisdom and exjiexncc
in dealing with big questions will be
iieuessury if we are not to make stu
pendous blunders. Even if the best
minds of the country devote themselves
to the task, blunders are inevitable. But
it would be the height of folly lo entrust
a group of littjo thinkers 'and narrow
sectionalists with u task that will strain
the capacities of the greatest of us. We
are convinced thut there is within the
Republican party a greater number of
men fitted for tho work than there is in
the Democratic par.ty. And we are con
vinced also that the Republicans will
welcome the help of su'ch Democrats as
show a disposition to co-operate. And
there is no doubt either that a Republi
can Congress will work in harmony with
the President so long as he works for
what is best for the nation as a whole.
IDLE PRISONERS
ONE of these days society will devise u
fair method of dealing- with lonp-term
prisoners. Judge Audenrled'u Implied crit
icism of tlio easy life of convicts In the
Kastern Penitentiary and Warden JIc.
Keuty's jreoiiider serve only tq.jftaw at-.
I'ln t ifln toVi t ualian & l hat "- Is pde't'uatV.Wi-
Audenried was justified In what he said.
And Mr. McKenty Is Justified in the things
lie does. "Both 'are helpless under existing
codei wnlch make it necessary for ocioty
to suppoi t hundrcdi of thousands of able
bodied met. i' 11111110? and iclat ".e cmii
forl. Laws prohib.l the engagement of oil
vlct.M in profitable employment. And puo
lie opinion demands that nothing be done
in pilsons to further degrado and dispirit
those who Inherit or develop criminal ten
dencies. Warden MeKenty and other
plison keepers must find means to relievo
those ill their care from the depref-ion
of enforced idleness unless we wlih to use
penitentiaries to spred insaiilt;. This
Isn't nu ejsy task.
While Auxtliu kept Up her iliiV letio-gre-s.i.i
e pace In Venetln it w.is u'lurcflly
c.i"'i of dimilevheaiJlong ItlKhl.
LVVIVA ITALIA!
TTAI.VS oeal
of victory i" -ndel.bie
und
o the mightiest eoiisequenic.
The supeib 'campaign led b t'Li has
lelt (.'crinauy. chief conspir.'tor in the foul
est intllgtte eer directed against humaii
ll.v without a national pal with whom to
l-lol'. To Italy is, the honor of having con
summated wiiat Is. thus far, the supreme
debacle, of the war, a downfall fiom which
obsolete Atiilria-Hungaiy ran neier rise
again
Suinethini-. or "llie high V.oman fashion"
may be nobly di--rerned in the undeflled
Italian recovery not the win of the moek
impcThl munimcrs from the ruins of whose
bat baric Teutonized jerry-built empire, mis
cilled "Iloh." the upstart irapsburijs
patched up the still mort llckety struc
ture, now rubbis.il at theii feet, but that
of the Rome of the- Twelve Tables, of
Cato and the (Jracchi, of the serene ami
fiee-'ouWl 'M'liiais Aurclius. "Sot uioii the
dizziest ti lUtnphs of law-giving- Caesai were
mote deeMie than this wonderful hccoiu-plls-hmeiu
on the TUve, the Tagliamento
and In the Trentlno. -Vo operation of llie
war has had ueh utter finality.
To her lii.timab"ic 'Inheritance, Ita'y
has been Mipmnely true. Kven in the
blackest days of Caporetto it was Impos
sible to conceive that file who had found
the Xew -Wo'-ld should lack tlie ardor and
energy io lu'p redeem tho Old. Kenais
sauce means Italy In, tho annals or true
culture. Reiiaiscanco rebirth, a h.iperb
quickenincr. a heroic fultlllmunl now sm
bolizcs Italy in the chronicle of arms.
In all the paprs of hMory there is noth
ing quite like the magnitude of titanic r
vovcrit vTiich the last near of the universal
conflict hes revealed on the. 'Venetian
plains.
Uini"--. far move formidable than AullaV
horde", wiio fell at Chalons, vainly boasted
that their treacherous propaganda iiad
undermined the morale of that inextin
guishable laud who gave the spirit of licr
laws to all Continental "Rurope even to
her foe? who betrayed it.
C'adorr.a was discredited. Venice brittle
to the touch of ruthless hands as- the deli
cate, eMiuisite Blase, she has mado for cen
turies, wa on the verge of defilement. Tet
the llame of "Nfaiizini, most intellectual of
liberator, and of Garibaldi, deliverer of
sturdiest physical blows for freedom,
burned Into the hearts of tho unyielding
Italian armies, steadfast at last on tho
I'iaie, and seared them with renewed reso
lution. Austria's final effort in June waa
heroically humbled.
Then i-jine the months of prepaiation,
while all tho forces of fervor and of enter
prlfse were forged into a shining and un
conquerable sword of liberty.
Precedent is meek before the .onse.
qucice. One hundred thousand prisoners
an aimy equal lo Britain's expeditionary
legion In" the 191 1 retreat the redemption
of Veuetia. tlie recovery of Trent and
Trieste, the two chief cities of the soil
ones pathetically called "Irredenta," and
finally tlie armistice coup de giace whereby
Austria is literally hurtled out of the war
these aro the accomplishments of our tri
umphant ally, heir of the immortal spirit
of still civilH-lng Rome.
'Kaiser Karl See Crisis Coming," ms a
headline. Dear ihcl Argug must look to
h's laurels-'
Jt is becoming a habit
( umiiruaatlon H!i a great many
people to pledge theui
sehes ner 'o use any article of German
manufacture. Associated artists and iu-i-h!-tects
In -"ew Toils have signed such a decla
ration under oath. Germany developed a
great and, profitable industry for the uupply
of artists and architects. Incidents lilto this
sene to Indicate how bitterly th Geiman
people may yet have to pay for ihe ciinies
that they tolerated.
One of the inlet etliir
Hli!-? revelations in the air
craft report waa the
fair iliiL u Japanese corporation controls
one of the largest aircraft plants in the
Tnlte-d States. Our own Government was
compelled to underwrite the new airplane
business, AVlieie has American capital been,
at the biglnnlng of anew and Immeasurably
important industry?
As it will uound In
J'trllutui raging the "Grand Rotunda"
of the International
Catvansrai afier Doctor Delbrucck lias
called; "Mr. Dillon Ilollanden! Mr. Gilliam
Holleusieii 1 Mr. Gwllym Hoheldern 1 Mr.
William ICozhollernden 1 Mr, William Jloh
euzollem 1 Ptxpuimt for Mr, William llolieu
liolleru'.." In considering the do-
Tha Other Side tails of J untie
Hughes's aircraft re
port, it may be as well to remember that an
American aviator has Just flown from Day
ton. .O.. to Plttuburali at an averaae loeedot
iinif e'tliani (hreiTmltci j wln'ut,. JTetiifjjp"
1 GOOSE-STEPS
FM'U I
fit
beaMing- burgibrs, hoping to go
cc
One boned lo U' Eiperes . then tlieie weic
three.
Thiec boasting tmrslais, j-trlvlns to iiiml
through
One quit to Calthorpc, and then ilicie veio
two.
Two boasting bin shirs, iiuiiiiiij slioit of
fun ,
One. died for I'la. and then there vmis
'one. ,
One boasting burglar, seeking to set by
tiol the severest blow light from Ver
sailles". To li.tgdad, 'to Itnsilad. lo slurt 'a qlllok
train; . ,
Flume iiR-alli. home iigdln. iU':iling With
pn In.
15111 be nimble. Bill lie quick:
I till beware of tho V.o'shcvlh.
Till'. READER'S VIEWPOINT,
Coal Tar and the Grip
'I o 'hi VilUnr of the llveninp Public f.ri'jin'.
Sir The be.iu of your editorials Is that
they nut In terse hmKUngefrhat m-ery sensi
ble person ii thinking-. As f gufhered tlie
thought, your edltoilal sums up the whole
political situation: that our l'resldent, In
stead of lepresenllng ihe first American citi
zen, as we nil hoped, himself Bays ho Is ta-j-tug
to be tho flrft American Democrat, as
We all f.ired. He ayu give me a Democratic
'nngreun, for J cannoutrust you Itepulillcann,
hut j on Uipuljlicaifi nills-t tllist inc. Good
night :
What 1 .1111. In fiiet, writing about la not
politics, but aeetysalicyllc acid, that rui-.-e
to human life. If you have any power with
tho health authorities X wlh Mm would get
them to tell the peopto' through signs on the
-3fi and In the camps that thut acid hpells
Happy Laud and is more deadly than t-pit.
As a. country hid chilled and fatigued by
skating, or resistance- lowered by other
causes, thfenoiny bugs occaniiniaHy gol nie.
My mother biought down boneset from Its
peg In the garret. A good sweating by a big
howl of hot boneset tea eliminated, hj mil
lions of skin pores, toxins and waste tissue
products. She gave mu water only for a
night and a day and thereby allowed no
own natural secretions, unhampered by ti-ocl.
to do heroic woik in driving out m en-my
huge.
She gave me bahing sodj, as sin- suld, lm'
a bad stomach, thereby ueutra lining mid
rendering an acid soli where enemy bugs
best glow. Alkaline wheie encinv bugs bine
a hard time getting fooling and taking even
the Hist trenches In n battle. She gave nie
aromatic spirits of ammonia, too. ff T felt
fjlnt, the most common but one of the best
cardiac and resplratoty stimulants. 1
With boneset from the. garret, poda fiom
the kitchen, aromatic ammonia iroin the
inedlciiie closet, my mother was a wonder
in gutting lne quickly back to school. 1 for
got to mention for soio throat she tied a
oolen stocking about my neck, holding a
piece ot 1'at Eprk well peppeied net the
nkin. 31 did - the business in getting me
quickly back to school.
Human life, Is so precious and the mattei
is of such vital importance that a word con.
lerning the use of coaltar derivativs in
thle epidemic is opportune. In ordinary
hcilth even doctors may themselves tal.o
some such coaltar series for headache as a
choice of evils. Such Is not tho point now
t issue. All the coaltar series, as ever;, phy
sician know?, tend to dcstioy red blood
cells a-dd to weaken the heart power, which
are particularly needed in pneumonia of any
typs. If you have thrown such heart power
and red blood cell integrity out of tho win
dow, how cm any doctor get it buck for
you'.'
If patients had followed the simplest bed
rules, if patients had minded their doctors
and remained strictly in bed and avoided
chilling the skin and congesting lungs already
inflamed, and thereby precipitating ueriotis
pneumonia, many more lives, I think, would
havo been saved.
If there must bo a pain remedy, the otd
time country doctor ut-ed to ghe old-time
dovera powder, about which my mother did
not know. THOMAS C. ELV. M 1 1.
Philadelphia, November 2,
Black Mountain Sense . :
' . .-.!
POST-WAlt ditllcu'itics of remaking the
map of Uuropo might be perceptibly
i-moothed out were the wisdom of Kins,
Nicholas of Montenegro taken ns a. cue
for action. "1 solemnly declare," jay this
practical and discerning monarch, "that
Montenegro must become a ron--tituent
part of .Tugo-Slavia." Thus partnership in
the new nation yet unformed rather than
mastery of it is set forth as tho aim of tho
valiant little f'tate which can point to cen
turies of solidarity.
A policy more un-German Is scarce con
ceivable. Had tho mail; of Urandenburg
as it expanded into modern "Prussia fol
lowed Huch a principle of co-operation with
regard to now tcnitorial accessions, its
growth would perhaps never have menaced
civilization. But Prussia was bent on hegem
ony, Montenegro, through itii stalwart
old spokesman, senses tho equitable virtues
of the Joint stock concern.
Before his fair daughter became Queen
of Italy and. he had not yet assumed tho
kingly title, Prince Nicholas 'was wont
to take the air of Cettliijn from tho fiout
steps of his modest palace, lie wub an
accessible, a loquacious and a receptive
patriarch, in touch with his hUbjects and
with realities.
Intimacy .with his brave Black .VJountuin
folk may profitably have convinced him
that, though MontenegTO was free, it was
nmall and that oppressed Jugo-SIavia was
large. In any event, his action on that
sound basis gives to his llttle-nat'on a
dignified constructive policy in (lie restora
tion of Justice to rurope.
Air Mail in Europe
AN HNTIHKLT new hianch of the hobby
known as philately has been ci enter!
thioughhe development of tlie airplane as
a machine of war Imlustr.., This Is tlie col
lecting of postage stumps used on JeUors
carried via aliposts.
In llaly the airplane and tho bydroah
plane both have been employed to eairy let
ters, the one. to avert delay due to Jnlutid
railroad congestion and the other to circum
vent the activities of Austrian submarines-.
The alrppsts between Washington, Philadel
phia and New York and between New Yuri:
and Chicago audSeniporarlly between New
Vork and Boston have been described from
time to time In newupaper dispatches, and
the Government plana to eitend this ForvJ.eo
to alt parts ot the country, especially after
the coming of peace hatr brought back to
America tho thousands of airplanes' and
pilots that will be available for mull
carrj Intr.
In Austria also special altpost stamps have
been Issued for use on letters carried fiom
Vienna to Kiev, with stops at Cracow and
I.embers ten or twelve hours by ah as
compared with train tramportatlon of mall
lequlring forty hours. Franco is preparing
a special adhesive, with the portrait of duy-
nemer, 4tlie famous Preach ''ace,': who w
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TRA VELS IN PHILADELPHIA
By Christopher Morhiy
Up the Wissahiclun
rnilB .SOOTJISAi'l-in is a fanatical lover
of I'alrmouul I'ark. His chief delight
is to send hi car spinning along tho Lin
coln Utile about the time tlie him drops
toward setting; to halt "at ' certain hos
telry (if (he afternoon be chilly) for what
Charles Lamb so winuingly describes as
"hot water and its butter adjuncts"; and
then, his stormy "soul for tho moment at
armistice with life, to roll in -i gentlo slm'
miT down gracious byways while tho I'ark
gathers her mantle of dusk about her.
Sometimes he halts his curricle in some
favorite nook", climbs back into the broad,
well-cushioned tonneau seat and lies there
smoking- a cigarette and watching the
lights along tho river. Tho Park is his
favorite relaxation.' I hi carries its con
tours and colors and sunsets In the spure
locker of his brain, and even on tlio mo.st
trying day at ids otilce he is a little hap
pier because he knows Ihe W'lssahlckon
Drive is but a few miles away. AVise
Soothsayer! He should have been ono of
the hermits who came from Germany with
Colpitis in ICy-1 and lived bleakly on the ,
hillsides of tliut fairest of j,trcamr, wailing
the millennium they expected In 1700.
'
THK HOOTllSAVnil had long 1 een urg-.
lug me to come rind help him worship
the Wlssahichon Drive, and when luck
and the happy moment conspired X found
myself cairied swiftly 'pant the Washing
ton Monument at the P.irlc entrance and
along the murgiu of ihe twinkling Schuyl
kill. At llrt-t there was nothing- of the
hermit In. the Soothsayer's conversation.
He was bitterly condemning tlie handi
craft of a certain garage mechanic who
'had done something to bis "cluti-K." He
included tills fallaciouM artisan in 1he
class of those he ifeem most degraded:
Tho People Who Don't Give a Damn. Pop
Intellectual convenience, tho Soothsayer
tersely ai-ciibes till ills thut befaj him to
IJolMievlaw. If Ibe waitress is tardy In
delivering his cheese omelet, hhe Is a
bolslicvixen. If n motortruck driver skims
his polished fender, ho is a bolsnWlk. In
other words, those who Don't Glvo a l)nmn
Hit- Ulsheylk.,
Till! SOUTHPAYI'R lamented that I had
not been In the i'ark with him two
weeks ugo, when tho autumn foliage was
a blaze of glowing color. Hut to my jpyo
the tints (It was the llrst of November)
were unsurjUKfcably lovely. It was a keen
afternoon, the nil was sharp, tho sky
(lushing with ioso and massed with great
tanks of cloud tlie bluish hue of tobacco
nmoke. When wo neared the corner of
Peter's Island tlio nun slid from unjler a
cloudy fcCieeii and transfused tho thin
bronze-yellow of the U-ccti with a palu glow
which sparkle.! us tlio few vemulnlng
leaves fluttered In Alio windA.Most'of the
leafage had fallen and was being burnt in
bonfires at the side of tho j-pail, where the
gusts tossed and flattened tho waving
flames. Hut tho trees were still sufficiently
clothed to show a rich tapestry, of russet
and orange and urown, enurpeneu nere
and there by wisps and shreds of yellow,
And where the boughs were wholly stripped
(tlie silver-gray beeches, for Instance) their
delicate twigs were elbarly traced against
the ski. I tlilnlf one hears too much of
the beauty of October's , gold id scarlet
1. t UKiSK'a'rf ., "
HE CAME BACK
milt tVissahlckon Drive is the last refuge
of the fo4Dt and the hoof, for motors
aro not allowed to follow the trail up the
ra,vine. whic'h still remains a haunt of
ancient peace much more So, Indeed, than
in former years, when there must have
been many and many a. smart turnout
spanking up the valley for supper at tho
Lotus Inn. Over the ruins of this hostelry
the Soothsayer becomes sadly eloquent,
iccnlllng how in his salad days ho used
to drive out from town In u chartered
hansom anil hit placidly on a honoysuchled
balcony over chicken and waflles served
with tlio proper flourish by a colored servi
tor named Pompoy. But wo must take
things as wo. see them, and though my
conductor rebuhod me for thinking- the
scene so lovely- 1 should have been there
not only two weeks ago to hep the autumn
colors, but ton years ago to see Pompoy
and the I.otus Inn still, J was marvel
oiisly content with the dusky beauty ot
tho glades. Tho cool iiii was rich with
the damp, sweet Mtiell of decaying- loaves.
A tiny murmur of motion rose from tho
green-brown pools of the creek, ruffled
hero and there With a milky bubble of
foum below some boulder. Jn the feathery
tops of evergreen ti;ees, blackly outlined
against tho clear inch of fading blue, some
birds weio cheeping a lively squabble. Wo
stopped to listen. It was plainly, an argu
ment, ot tho kind in which each side uc
cutcs the other of partisanship. "IJolshp
vism!" said the Soothsayer'.
IT If
liiel
IS wonderfully still in the AVIssa-
-kon lavlne in a pale November twi
light. Overhead tho sky darkened; tilts
sherry-brown treep began to shed some
thing of their rich tint. The. soft earth
of the roadway was grateful undorfoot to
those loo accustomed to pavement walk
ing, Along .the drive came the romantic
thud of hoofs; a party cf girls on horse
back perhaps returning from tea at Valley
Green, vA'hat a wonderful sound is the
quick drumming of horses' hoofs! To me
It always suggests highwaymen and Hob
ert Louis Stevenson. AVo smoked our pipes
leanius over the wooden fence and look
ing down at tho green shimmer of the
AVissahlckon, seeing how the pallor ot
sandy bottom shone up through tho clear
water.
And then, Just as one Is about to sen
timentalize upon the beauty of nature and
how It shames the crass -work of man,
one comes to what la perhaps the loveliest
thing along tho AVissahlckon -the Walnut
Lane Ilridgf. Leaping high in air from
tlio very domes of the trees, curving In a
sheer smooth superb span that catches
the last western light on Its concreto
flanks, Jt flashes across the darkened vul
ley ns nobly as an old Koman viaduct of
Hiwtliern Franco. It is a thrilling thing,
and I (.crumbled up the bank to note down
the nnnies of the artists who phi lined it,
The tablet Is dated 1D0C, and bears the
names of George ft. Webster, chtof engi
neer; Henry II. Qulmby, assistant engi
neer; Ilellly & Itiddle, contractors. Many
Poets have written doggerel about the
.AVissahlckon, but Messrs. Heilly, & Itiddle
have spanned it with a poenj that will
long enduro,
WE AVALKED back to the "Soothsayer's
bolshevlzod car, which watted at the
urn!n;ot.tJi WY,wb'f 9 BY&"jtto.nary,
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ICuyphuufen., As we whirred down to tlie
Lincoln Drive and 1 commented on the
lavender haze that overhung tho steep
slopes of the glen, the Soothsayer Kiid,;
"Ah, but you should havo scon it two
weeks ago. The tiee" were like a cash
mere shawl!"
I shall have to wait fifty weeks before
I can sec tho Wissahlckoii in a way thut
will -content the fastidious Soothsayer.
I ' THE WAR PROFITEER
-A
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YOU waul a teceipt for the Pirrk
of
Iniquity,
l'nownto the world as a War Profiteer.
Take certain rogues from the roll of an
tiquity. Or from tho lists of a more repent yeai.
Take all tho guilo of a Judas IscariiSt,
Will of' a Kaiser and bluff of Doc Cook;
Dynamic .force of a Juggernaut, chariot",
fioing-ou powers of Tennyson's Brook.
Shrewd, clever schemes that are quits
Machiavellian,
Bullying traits of a Jonathan Wild:
Plundering bent of an old Clrcuincelllon,
Tnnoeeiit smile of a cherubic child.
Powers of lied I'ldiughood'.iaWolf for ra
pacity. Of Ananias r ready mendacity,
Churluta'i acts of a. jeal Itosicrucian,
False prophecies of aBoodh or Confucian,
ShyJock and Scrooge, apostles of greed,
'Benedict Arnold and AVilliam M. Tweed;
Take, of tbew.-- elements all thut is fusible,
Mix them all up in a pipkin or crucible;'
Set It to Milliner anilthcn let it clear r
And tho huum you tako off is the 'War
Profiteer!
Carolyn AVells, iu 'Life,
AVhen jou come to"
A I'our Pun think of II, Tlrnova.
Hut u (iuod .lul uhero Bulgarian Boris
abdicated after
rclgu of thirty dajs, was ideally selected as
the bcene ot a monarchical upset.
It Js difficult to say what would happen
if the work-or-flght rule weie applied to the.
Kaiser .and the German princes,- It is plain
now that they could meet neither of the
major requirements of the hour.
Hew Form
"Now, gentlemen of the Jury,'
began lh
old lawyer.
Hearing' a couglt fiom' his partner, he
stopped abruptly.
"1 beg pardon. Now, ladles and gentlemen
of the Jury J" Kansas City Journal,
What DtrYou Know?
QUIZ
1. What meiuliera of the fumoua -Medio fuuiili ,'Z'
were queens of linnet?
3, What la 'ha rUaalcul name for ilia
daiifflear
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3. Who a the TurkUli Kullan who ixuluirtl
Constantinople In 1453?
4, What It the meaning of eiltuuuk?
6, What' uiualcal inalrnment haa been called
"the clown of the orchrntra"?
0, What planel haa, been conklderrd by a(niiii
iner to on tain an emuordlDurj- nci., uil.
of canals?
7. Wm waa Arrrraea?
H. What Is m UldcrUn?
t, What kind of ahlp naa u ulrtuir',',
IU. li at l the fourth largett ill, In ill
fulled 8tat?
Answers to .Saturday's Qui;.
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coatt of Akla Mluur.
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allusion t Mount 1'an.aaaua, in t.'reeta, '.lf, 1
the seat of the Muses, ! J
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