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Eery owner of an automobile In Fennsylanta is, taxed a definite sum j early through tho negligence or the Ineftlcionc of the police systems created by politicians largely for their own benefit. It would not bo fair to blame tho police for all losses of this nature Tho auto mobile presents a new problem Many i owners aro careless And It is apparent that an adroitly delsed sstem exists In every largo community for tho theft of motorcars. But tho numbers on the au tomobile must be changed and the ma chine must be disguised in one way or another immediately after a thief makes off with it. It is likely that an efficient detective bureau could find In this city workshops established for this precise purpose. And If the police aren't able to do this tho duty should bo assumed by the insurance companies themselves as a measure of economy. A fairly thor ough detective system might be maintained for less than $500,000 a year. Germany, it is said, will now hae only' two classes of soldiers, but there are some persons who may none the less think that her soldiers have no class at all after what fpch did to them RESTORE THE CAR-ROUTE SIGNS IT1HERB are times when the dispensation - of gratuitous advice, however admir able in itself, is a weak and insufficient sub stitute for desired specific information. A simple request as to the time of day is answered not at all by the suggestion that the questioner shall make his life "one grand sweet song." The tip Is good, but rot pertinent to the occasion. Unimpeachable in beneolence also are the rubricated placards In the green and yellow rolling Mock of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company Doctor Krusen champions open ventilators and Doctor Pepper condemns expectoration. Such rec ommendations and warnings performed a valuable mission while influenza held sway here'. But the plague, in its intense form, has passed away now and in the mean time there are trolley car patronB con ceivably anxious to know where their con veyance is going. That information is withheld In place of the enlightening route signs formerlj prominently posted in the forward purt of the car eminent health guardians wax hortatory in print and the public is urged to observe the elementary rules of modern hygiene. They would be just as saluuo, however, were some bpace set aside for a few facts concerning the trolley's travels The Information "out front" is indeed grudgingly scant. Incandescent beams flash playfully "Strawberrv " from the cars of Route 9 and ominously "Wolf" from those of Route 47. "Vanilla" or "Cojote" would be equally unenllghtening without a. supplemental record installed within doors. In the beginning the P. It T. did well "to post those route keys. Their restora tion, now badly needed, would tave the municipal wayfarer much mjstification. Though the President has a lot to do in Europe, the Great Lakes quintet, wlilch Is to furnish music on his ship, Is doubtless de termined that it shan't be a case of all work and no play on the way over WHAT THE S. A. T. C. DID r A DMINISTRATIVELY tho revolution in ''' the American colleges will be over by .tMV - -.... ,...- ,. .... . .. aj iiT- jjiauuuty xt wiicti me ucnioDiuzauon ot me ' ifcM' Students' Armv Training Pnrna ine ppk?i.ofJf red 1 Secretary Baker, Is expected to .-t 11 Hf ?'-. .. .. . . ee;i.i.3 oi me sweeping cnanges maue in Iyerslty life aro likely to endure for :Vaftiiy years. "fmfii Before the sudden process of milltariza- t" i-tf5In 'n th, autumn a sense of propor- jy &jsi jtion was not the distinguishing character. W ,5,yv 1'UiJo of student days. Athletics were emo- Xjjfoj tionally overplayed. So were fraternities. H$-lM0 were oiner xeatures or university exls- -V Tb wnicn only assumed tne proper rela- re', value to their champions when luation day was years past. cedents and prejudices, some of them fjeal and naive, were Inevitably side- IttMKed under the army regime. With the removed old customs will, of course, n, and rightly eo, but with modtfica- m, which cannot fail to be beneficial to lge atmospnere. it is mconcetvaoie old iutarcollegiata ructions and MiTttUur, Btetestuonai root;. IrTPf JH$IC HSJaJSF$&eX7!jWWf7j order. Tho democracy of the army should have an excellent effect on fraternities which will bo duly revived and under a saner spirit of fellowship. The Idling "collego boy," contemptuous of even a fair amount of study and "most ignorant of what he's most assured," will bo an anachronism. It is reasonable to deduce that tho leavon of n ratrlotlc shake up has dono higher education in this countrj a very good turn RIGHT HAS TRIUMPHED OVER MERE BRUTE FORCE Why Every One Should Give Thanks Today for the Vindication of the Spiritual Powers in the Hcnrt of Man fittc thanki unto the Lord let all that is itUiln us blcvs His holy name "IXHEN the war began a Japanese statesman remarked, with perhaps a little satisfaction, that it marked the breaking down of western civilization. There were western observers who were inclined to the same view. We were told that Christianity was u failuie; that we were little better than savages, sicklied o'er with a thin veneer of culture, which cracked and disappeared when the first great strain was put upon it. Xo one at first understood the issues that were nt stake. On this side of the ocean we thought that it was a mere quarrel of the European Powers, like so many quarrels that had broken out in the past centuries. But as the weeks lengthened into months and the months i grew to years we discovered that a hor nd thing had raised its head and was reaching out its tentacles like a huge devilfish to draw the whole world to it to be its food. The puipose was greed, ruthless, logical greed, convinced that mere brute fotce was enough to beat down any other powei in the world. We have been saying that right has now triumphed over might. And it has. The Germans took too little account of God in what they did. They did not know theie was a divine spark in the souls of men which no brute force could stamp out. And they did not lealizc that their aimies sweeping across Belgium were as a mighty fan which would blow that spark into a consuming fire. Every principle of justice and right eousness was outraged. And the world began to see that the issue could not be ignoied; that if civilization were to con tinue tho horrid thing must be beaten down and destroyed. Europe saw this before it dawned on America. We were 3000 miles away. We said that Euro pean disputes did not concern us. We had more than a hundred years of isola tion to support this view. Our states men had taught us that we could make no more grievous mistake than to take part in wars on the other tide of the ocean. Our officials peisistently refused to turn their backs on the old precedents and face the new conditions. But a power greater than precedent was at work, silently and consistently transforming the thinking of a whole nation. The time came when we could no longer keep out, because that divine force, which vitalizes eveiy man's thinking, had led the nation to the conclusion that unless Germany were defeated there would be no more fieedom on the face of the eaith. There is no more stupendous miracle than this. The majestic might of a spiritual pur pose seized the weapons of physical power in older that mere brute force working for selfish ends might not achieve its purposes. Right did triumph over might. And it has been demonstrated before the eyes of all men that there are spiritual forces in the world potent enough to beat down evil. Because of it, we bow down in humble thankfulness befoie whatever gods there be and confess our allegiance to that which has saved our civilization. Whatever pessimists may have thought at the beginning, it has been shown that the war has vindicated the principles on which our civilization is founded. They are the principles which rest on the fun damental nature of enlightened man. Our civilization feeds the hungiy, gives drink to the thirsty and visits the widow and the fatheiless in their affliction. In its new manifestation it has legarded the little nations as mere aggiegations of people entitled to the same protection that it has shown to the individual. It has answered the question of Cain and has assumed the burden and the privilege of looking after its brother. If we had refused to lespond to the inner urging the world would have been like the pleasant vineyard of the parable of the ancient Oriental prophet, who, after describing how its caretakers had allowed it to be neglected, said hat he would lay it waste and command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it, "for the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is" this old world, "and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for lighteousness, but behold a cry." So our faith in those powers that make for righteousness is justified. Our belief in the ultimate triumph of the right, even though it may have to wait forty eight years, from 1870 to 1918, rests on sound foundations, and we can face the future more confident than ever before that there is a divine fire in the human soul which will finally burn to cinders every vestige of unrighteousness. So let us give thanks unto the Lord, and let all that is within us bless His holy name. THE FUTURE OF AIRPLANES mt 'OST of the men who are coming back earth after a year or more of experience in war aviation are less assured about the future of flvlng than are the spectators who used to applaud them from a safe place on the dependable earth. They are aware of difficulties beyond the com prehension of those who struggle about on mere wheels. Aviators who know mbst .about their machines believe that wings tyitl.'nQt soon be -a common poss eselon and $iiiVwal mijtow IwJWiW.a'erWKl ,nv'n't - " !H jri mi many beforo we may go cAllInr and visit ing, through the air. The expense of flying and the great overhead cost aro first consideration. An nlrplano engine Is an expensive bit of mechanism. It is operated at racking speed and subjected to strains which wear It down after a surprisingly short time and make overhaul and rebuilding neces sary. Then again, an air machlno must havo a largo area in which to maneuver at the beginning of a flight and In the return to land. It requires the attention of skilled mechanics und tho aviator him self must havo a few men to help him as he prepares to soar. Once he is in the air his work Is easy and his progress easy. Aviation is most dlfTlcult and most expensive on or near tho ground. Airmen of experience now returning from the war or the trnljittig fields ate Inclined to believe that sooner or later flvlng may becomo a moro or less risky pafctlme. That will bo after public landing fields are established with expert attend ants ns well as polico to preserve tho lives of spectators. But they are convinced, too, that the cost of flying will restrict that noblo sport. Ah plane engines must be exquisitely adjusted at nil times und thes will alwavs cost a lot of money. Tho life of the fijer depends on his engine If an automobllo motor stops tho driver is in no danger If the fljer's engine goes bad an where near tho eaith the fljer Is almost suio to b'e killed or badly injured. It begins to look as though the indicted Knlfeer would experience trvlng times before England and Trance get through with him. TEMPORARY PRESIDENT Pi:niIAI'S the greatest sufferer under 1'iesldent Wilson's plan to go abroad Is the amiable und Inept gentleman whoso mind, like the minds of some of his prede cessors, has been gathering dust in the vice president Mr. Marshall s plaintive cries of distress and anxiety echo In tho press He doesn't want to be temporary President. He shrinks from the responsi bilities of the ofllce. He will act only it ho is compelled to do so by the courts It is agony for him to feel that he might have to shoulder the duties Implied by his tltlo and his salarj. The Vice President's loyalty to his chief and his frank dislike of a situation in which ho may be used ns a medium to confuse tho unique plans of Mr. Wilson indicate goodness of heart and no more. If Mr. Marshall doesn't feel up to the loom lng responsibilities of the next few months as thej hav e been sketched by former At torney Oeneral Wlckersham why did he ever accept hl3 Job7 If the Democrats must shudder at the mere thought of him in tho President's chair, why did they ever elect him" And if the country Itself is unable to sleep o' nights In view of the impending tragedy of a Vice President actually performing the functions of his ofllce, why will It continue to tolerate a system which Insists upon selecting for one of the most important ofllces in the Gov ernment placid veterans whose chief vir tue is an ability to endure political ob literation without a murmur of com plaint? Mr. Marshall Is no moro to blame in this instance than the country Itself. It remiins to be seen whethe- Mr. Wilson's foreign pilgrimage Is Justifiable by its re sults Plainly the President feels that there are stupendous potentialities In the present situation in Europe. He may be credited Justly with a desire to serve man kind in a large way. 'By the results of his effort he will be Judged not by the obvious virtue of his Intentions. It is easy to say that Mr. Wilson's first duty is to his country and not to the world at large. But what happens in the rest of the world will certainly he of the utmost importance in affairs that concern our own welfare ind peace of mind. The plight of the Vice President at this moment Is another matter. To say that the President has or has not a right to leave his office temporarily doesn't end the discussion. What we havo to admit is that if the political system of tho countrj' wero more enlightened it would be possi ble to view the temporary absence of the President from duty without qualms and shudderings and a sense of approaching nightmaie. Ihe German radicals, taking a leaf from the book of the Russians, The.v 11 Get Him Tel ate demanding that the Kaiser and Crown Prince that is the former Kaiser and his heir be delivered up to them No wonder Wllhelm fled. He may flee still futther if they don't catch him pretty soon There have been limeB "Me, Too," when Mexico was re in Mexico ported amenablo to Jfeuton Influences And now while abdication Is the fashion In Ger man), Venustlano Carranza forecasts his retirement by refusing to consider a nomina tion for a second term Can it be that Imita tion is still the slncereet flattery? The assemblage of hitherto unpublished facts about the war is General Oblivion's Command going to make many a reputation, but the fellow who tried to have the American soldiers called "Sammees" will share not at all in the new laurel harvest- Over 1500,000 worth Or Into a Cafe? of automobiles were stolen In this city Blnce tho first of the jear. A fortune awaits the man who will invent a devilwagon that the owner can take to bed with him. Do jour Christmas shopping earl-. Arid do it earlier If you have a -soldier in France. When the Paris conferences abolish aristocracy, what is to become of tha hat check boy? About the only thing the Kaiser will have to be thankful for todoj- will be Count Bentlnek's dinner. "With a lady opposing Mr. Asqulth In the coming elections the Tories in England must feel that the world is actually coming to an end. The one-time Crown Prince of Germany Is still talking about his future. He seems not to have realized as yet that his future is in the past. - With demobilization of the Students' Army Training Corps now on It is undeniable inaw more matriculates wiu eco uiv apuiwnu .b tit twltt -J' PRUNES AND PRISMS SONNETS IN A LODGING HOUSE The Landlady EACH morn sho cackles upward, tread by tread, All apprchcnslvo of some hideous Bight: Perhaps the Fourth Floor Back, who reads in bed, Forgot his gas and 1ft it burn all night Tho Sweet Young Thing who has the mid dlo room, She much suspects: for once some ink was spilled, And then tho plumber, in on hour of gloom, Found all the bathroom pipes with tea leaves filled. No league of nations scheme can make her gaj- Sho knows the rank duplicity of man; Some folks expect clean towels every daj", They'll got away with murder It they can! Sho tacks a card (alas, few roomers mind it) 1'leasc leave ttie tub as vou could u.lsh to find It! Things to Be Thankful For That Strassburg is now Strasbouig. That Henry Ford's new magazine doesn't start until next week. That a bone isn't alwnjs dry That we knew enough to contradict the guy in tho smoker who said Peru was tho capital of Chile. That Mrs. Charlie Chaplin is going to let her husband staj- in the movlea. That soldiers who have been in shat tered towns of Franco think the debris in tho City Hall courtj-aid was put thcr to keep them from getting homesick, for tho battlefields. JOHN DOE. The above is all very well, but tho fel low who deserves sympathy today Is Count Bentlnck, tho Kaiser's host. What has he got to be thankful for Manj- people are greatlj woiried about "tho fioedom of the sca-s," and say thej can't sleep until they know what tho Presi dent means by It. Our friend Cynthia asks, if it means that sea-sickness will be abol ished. One writer, who 6igns himself ' Bitter Non Partisan," says that it evi dently means .i President is to bo free to go oveiseas whenever business is too pressing at home. Inconstant Reader sug gests that it means that steamship fares are to be dono away with The quaint thing is that no one has suggested that tho phrase may mean just what it says, viz: that the ocean hlghwajs aro to be free to all nations at all times, in peace or in war. It was a mighty public-spirited act on tho part of Chile and Peru to get up their brawl just now, to prove (if further proof were needed) that human nature hasn't changed since November 11, and that a League of Nations is the world's most peremptoiy necessltj-. When wo see toy boldlers in the shop windows we stop and think a moment, and wonder whether the men who have been over thero will give them to their children for Christmas? Was- Goldsmith thinking of a sugar ra tion when ho spoke of being "passing rich on forty pounds a year?" News From Mr. Bleak Dunraven Bleak writes to us that he is having the tirne of his life cleaning desks in Berlin. He says he has found one or more lumps of sugar put away in almost over)' desk used by the former cabinet ministers. He saj's that he does not approve of the Dutch tendencj' to hoard Hohenzolleins. What was the first movie jou ever saw? We remember seeing "animated pictures" or "tho blograph" in England during tho jubilee of 1897. And one of the first mov ies wo remember in this country . illus trated the adventures of a publicity man who kept on going up to billboards and transposing the sign POST NO BILLS into BOSTON PILLS. We wonder if any of our readers ever saw that historic fllm" Our Own League of ' Notions We wonder if thero are still any feud hoaiders in Kentucky? The Strange Citj A puzzled Philadelphian writer us from New Yoik that on that island an evening newspaper Issues a "last" edition at 4 P. M. and a "final" at G P. M. We hope that Dutcn parson took care to get the Crown Prince's rent in ad vance. But even if ho didn't, he can have one consolation; empty bottles can usually be sold for sevetal cents each. Theie's always something to be thank ful for, even if it's only the bottom of the column. SOCRATES. 1 READER'S VIEWPOINT Football Players in Aviation To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir In an artlclo In the Evenino Public; Ledqek last evening relative to the late Howurd McCall, a statement was made that he was the "first Penn football and baseball player to give up his life for his country." My late son, Lieutenant Harry Shelmlre Itoss. aviation Bectlon, signal corps, U. S. A., was killed in an airplane accident at Call Tleld, Wichita FallB, Tex , July 11, 1918, and he was Identified to a considerable extent with tho football team of Penn previous to his enlistment in the ambulance corps, being later transferred to the aviation section sta tioned at Call Field, where he received his commission as a lieutenant and Instructor, he having the distinction of instructing over 200 cadets previous to Ills death. He was in timately associated with Howard McCall and was one of his most ardent admirers EDWIN D. ROSS. Philadelphia, November 26. Justice to the Teachers To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger. Sir The campaign now being conducted by school teachers for tho purpose of receiving an Increase in their salaries should receive tbe hearty and sympathetic, support of every citizen. Tho time, labor and thought given public education has never been properly paid for by the public and in view of the im pending reorganization ot our public affairs, it is important that the public school teachers should not be overlooked. It Is difficult to see how any person who la familiar with their work and conscious of Its usefulness to the community can fall to Indorse their de mand for better compensation. In common fairness, therefore, their reasonable demands BiHium do (wiienea, 'nbltAjJ.tnJtia LV, "FOR THAT f r jp ,- - . ,. ;,;- THE GOWNSMAN Fair Pay for Teachers IS THE laborer worthy of his hire? Or, moro particularly Is the laborer who hap pens to teach and to bo likewise a woman worthy to be decently paid? To be a teacher by profession Is In Itself a serious hnndlcnp in the chase for the dollar. To be a woman In addition to being a teacher In Philadel phia, at least Is to be out of the raco save for the discarded trifles that may be picked up on the race course after the runners have all passed. We pay much for the cleaning of our streets vvh'ch aro really not cleaned. We pay more for protection against much against which we are actually not protected. But wo pay little for the education of our children and In the zeal, the toll and drudg ery, tho willingness and abll'ty to serve we get, especially from our women teacheis, a great deal more than w e paj lor THE Gownsman Is no statistician He knows figures may be mado to lie almost as easily as men. But here are some undis puted facts which we who glory In tho for wardness of our State and city should know, ponder and act Immediately and vigorously to reform. For a period now of more than thirty years tho average salaries of teachers in Pennsylvania have been lower than tho average In the United States at large, and the disparity has been increasing to our dis advantage. Three years ago Arizona alone of the States paid to her teachers a smaller proportion of her annual expenditures than did Pennsylvania. The 'Middle West, which we profess to regard as backward in patri otism, culture and public spirit, found a much larger share of money for public education than did we. The lagging South, with the difficulties of negro education to contend with and far less wealth, found more money pro portionately for educat'on than did Pennsyl vania. And the three years which have elapsed since this was demonstrablj shown have not materially bettered things THE highest salary attainable by a woman who has reached the head of her pro fession as a teacher in the Philadelphia public BChooIs Is 12000 per annum, against $3000 In the cities of Chicago or Cleveland and J3150 in New York. These figures repre sent the salaries of the heads of departments of Instruction in high schools, exceptionally good places and few. The Philadelphia maximum for women in other high school positions In $1760, and the minimum Is but $700. In the elementary schools where, ac cording to some authorities on education, there Is need of the greatest skill, tact and teaching ability, the best that can be looked forward to Is $1100, with the pitiful minimum of $C00. New York's minimum in the, same grade is $900, half again as much; and the maximum salary for women teachers In ele mentary schools thero for 1919 Is promised to be $2200, just aouoie uio ini-scni maximum in Philadelphia. FROM another point of view, within a period during which, save for an occa sional bonus, the salaries of women teachers in the Philadelphia public schools have not been advanced, we And an Increase of from 9 to 14 per cent in the salaries of such teachers in Chicago, of 12 per cent, with a provision rising next jear to 15 per cent, in the city of New York, and an Increase up t& 30 per cent in Cleveland. Even St. I.o,uls has bettered conditions to the extent of an Increase of from 6 to 10 per cent. But what In the meantime of the cost of living? Ac cording to tho Federal Bureau of Statistics the cost of living in Philadelphia, slnco De cember, 19H. has increased nearly 70 per cent, and the pitiful minimum of Philadel phia teachers, $50 per month for tha year, had been fixed long before that date. Will tho comfortable reader of the Gownsman consider how much $50 a month will provide for a young woman who must be fed If she is to work and who is bound to maintain a certain modest Btandard of neatness and re spectability before her classes. On tho au thority of Doctor Cattell, $600 per annum today will buy about $250 worth of some Ave years ago. The rise In prices, without a com pensating increase In salaries for these un fortunate teachers, has left those without other Income less than a $10 bill per vveek with the purchasing value of less than fifty cents for each. And, comfortable reader, just what do you now pay your second or third maid? We shall not mention your cook, THE result Is obvious, We are losing our teachers and, what Is more, our prospec tlve teachers. With opportunities in other vocations Increasing and with an estimated rlsa of at least 25 Pr oent i the salaries In posit! vfcwi F.&mwwjim3B&&i,z:A v. m. uinn 'r Anunn. an Tmm,m,mamiMmmimjmrx& p WE PARTAKE OF THYtTRltJlYPH!" Jftf-. - Of" it.r ."-JS-r-S" - 'TIW is certain to be impoverished The thing as It stands Is preposterous and a reproach to our good fame Lot us hope that the bill which we haai is in preparation by the State Board of Education will redress this wrong as a simple act of justice, and that the next Assembly will put If successfully through before that Inevitable day when women will have In Penns)lvanla that free and equal voice In the making of the laWs of the land which they already cn'joy where public opin ion is less backward. TO THE business man the life of a teacher seems a life of Idle leisure. The teacher's hours do not seem long: 9 to 4, 9 to less than 3 In high schools, three or, nt most, four hours of recitation a day. But this takes neither into account the years of careful tra'nlng nor tho hours beforo and after school In which the teacher Is busy with preparation, laboratory, otudents' papers, re ports, grades and what not. The Gownsman will venture that the clean desk, with noth ing to carry over to tomorrow's task, la less frequent in teaching than In bus'ness; nnd the solicitude of the conscientious teacher that he may prove equal to his difficult task and not mislead those under his charge by carelessness or negligence Is at least as lively as nny of the usual anxieties of busi ness life The teacher's task, like the house wife's, Is never at nn end; it is not one piece of work pursued to completion, to be followed by another; it is rather a continuous contact with Bmall things to be Judged only In the aggregate and less by actually appralsable results than by the conscience within. THERE has been complaint that American educat'on has been too much feminized. Men could demand higher wages, and for the most part they have done so. But the profession of teaching has long since ceased to attract our strongest men. It Is an ex pensive luxury to remain a teacher Now our best women, too, are leaving us Even with the return to more normal conditions we aro running a dangerous r'sk of further weakening that In which It Is Imperative that we should bo strong. Can it be that all good Presidents go to Paris when they die? Something to be trul) thankful for that the man who said the war would last ten j ears Is mute toda). AVIH Governor Brumbaugh's war history have anj- mention of the battles of Frog Hollow? i The Peruvian bark turns to a coo as Lima apologizes to Santiago in Hidalgo style and the South American war cloud Is tem porarily dissipated. When 4,600,000 letters from the soldiers In France arrive in one ship we can get some faint idea of the number that will go out be fore the holiday mail Is all on the way to the other side. It Is all right for tho Germans to try to fatten up the American prisoners before re leasing them. It Is n confession of brutality of which there Is already ample evldenci1. DANCE, WILLIAM! Dance, slnco you're dancing, William, Dance up and doun; Set to your partners, William, We'll play the tune. See, make a bow to Paris, IIere'a,Antwerp toun, Oft to the Gulf of Riga, Back to Verdun , Aye, but.I'm thlnkin', laddie, Yeil use your shoonl ' ' Dartce, since you're dancing, William, Dance up and, doun; Set to your partners, Wljllam, We'll play the tune, ( What, wad ye stop the pipers 7 Nay, 'tis bwer soon. , Dance, since you're dancing, William, Dance, ye pulr loon I ,, Dance till,you'ro'dlKyI William, ' Dance tnVyou'n swpon. , D.noe-ll!( you're dead, my laddie' pa. eran.iiMajej'aHM luasai , ,. ? i. . A,"..JBtMJBff7ff33-. mmmmmmmtms'' W TWFJM&i "i T$JWmrf " DAD TyrOTHER Is a. darling, and, of course. 1VI we've got to love her. She's tho Idol of the heart of every chunky lad. From tho pedestal she holds no critic e'er , tan shove her, But while wo give her 'wholesome pi also, let's say a word for Dad! Dad's a patriot sute enough, although he did no fighting. Dad bought bonds and never let his con- fldence abate. Dad Just did the prosy jobs, went shy of things exciting. , Sonny shipped the Hun to Hell, but ' Daddy paid the freight! Hej-, Dad! Ho, Dad! Get your Home Guard trappings! Put your belt around your waist, j-our helmet on your dome. Tako jour Jubilation from repression' gloomy wrappings ' And let 'er rip, my hearty; for the Boy is coming home! Sister Susie sewing shirts and Busy Bud boy-scouting Deserve 'the praise we swift Accord each patriot lass and lad; But Buddie would be sore, I think, and Susie would be pouting For lack of necessary funds if It wer not for Dad! Daddy buys tho uniform and stakes th Red Cross rvorker. ' Daddy buys war savings stamps at quit a Olvely gait. Daddj' is a hustler, and he never was shirker. Sonny shipped the Hun to Hell, but Daddy paid the freight! Hej-, Dad! Ho, Dad! As sure as j-ou arf living ' "" There's everlasting joy aboard the ship that bieast the foam. Hej-, Dad! Ho, Dad! There's cause for deep jj thanksgiving, i .And you've got a right to jubilate! Tht Boy is coming home! , GRIF ALEXANDER. One of these days some one will realise the necessity of compiling a dally skip-stop casualty list. What Do You KnoiO? QUIZ 1. In "heap ndmhil'trntlnn vim Georxe w. Wlrtiershftm Attornea General of tha. United States? 2. Where Is Prbtaton1 for which an Alll4 fleet 1ms Just bulled? a. VMmt (a the orlKln ot the word diamond? 4. Who was Till Kulensplesel? ! B. Who Ik the dictator In the Omsk Russian i (Joi eminent? I 0. What In alfalfa? 7. fnm what l"Hik In the lllble Is the nam , Jlod absent? - ' B. What Is ihe meantns of Valparaiso? ; 0. What President of the United States eaothl cold nt h h inuMKtirutlon and died abaut month later? 10. What book of einlcal political doctrine wa J written by MacrhluvelllT Answers to Yesterdaj'a Quiz 1 1. General rastelnnu, now about to he mad j marfhat of 1'ranee, has been called, "The '. Hav lor of Nancj-." 5, Chile la the longest country In the world la proportion to Its width. 3. Damn Konnlno Is the forelm mlnlsttr of Italy? 4. Ncol Rlenal wan calleil (he. "Ifst f thai Tribunes." II wan killed In Italy In 1S74. 5. Oeneral Custer was slain In (he.Uattla of i I.I t tie llis Horn In HID. ' ', 0. Aeschylus. Bophoclea and, Kurlnldea were tho most famous three writers ot Oreek fro- v edy. iiV 7. Kersey Is n kind or coarse narronf "", ' woven from Ions wool and usuall W ... .,VWVM. ,nr Unallsh words with tha sami form t J . !L fan tattt non and sheep. " w'ji .y pi ,- aL.. f-.t.tl..,. l.lniul lla ntt Oi'Uul'llf'U I !tfflffiMffiSfc at.7 jffl$&'t ' f i? ' " ' ";" it-
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