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'Matches herein aro also reserved. TMIidtlphla, I'riJi). Dfttmber 13. 1018 SOMETHING CERTAINLY IS "ROTTEN" TIRECTOR DATESMAX, of the Depart 'ment of Public "Works, says that the street lighting Is "rotten." Lamps which, according: to tho contract, are to be lighted, aro dark; tho Illuminat ing power of the lamps that are lighted Is below the specifications, and the gasoline lamps do not give tho light which they should. Tho Director says, "I havo made very effort to remedy the matter, but with out success." Every private business man knows that ' when a contract Is not fulfilled he has a remedy. Can it be that the same remedy Id not available to tho city? "Hark From the Tomb, a Dismal Sound !'' H'b tha Reichstag getting ready to reconvene. WHEN GIRLS SMOKE CIGARETTES AWELL-KXOWX young lady In Manu yunk was blown to atoms when a young man lighted her cigarette. We call her'young, because she Is possessed of Im imortal youth. Her name Is Diana. And he was posing In a tobacco store with a brass cigarette In her mouth from which a? gas flame burned for the accommodation pt tho customers. ', There are other Dianas who smoke cigi--Trttei not made of brass, but so far as we 'have learned they have not yet been blown ,t0 atoms, even though their mothers have blown them up when tlrey have discovered what their daughters havo been doing. The fact that they wish to be in fashion does not justify them in tho eyes of their mothers. Xor docs the example of Diana, .who was born long before cigarettes were nvented, excuse them In the eyes of some young men with old-fashioned ideas. Kut ' there is no telling when every woman will "jje" smoking, Just as the great-gTandmothers " of some of the best of tliem used to light th,elr old clay pipes after each meal and It in comfort by the fireside. It begins to appear as if the. Hun might . oon experience some of the inevitable reac tions of his own kultur. IN BRIEf KNOW the truth' Here It Is: "Step lively. laSy . . . the backa the car'. . . mbro on, motor-man . . . to wait . . . Oh, my feet! Plentjj- loom m . Don't take any That gang"ll have , . . Air! A lady's fainted . . . Don't stop, motorman, there's a million of them . . . Ding, ding! ... We can't put 'em on the roof . . . Let 'em get up an appetite. There's another car comln' somewhere behind . . . Lady out! . . . Can't help It, lady, if you are five blocks past ,your street. 1 didn't invite tul crush in ' here : Ding, ding!" Tour eay! . Penrose and the Vares hu.e siiaKcn hands. Xow the job at Versailles ought to be eaey, THE BRITISH ELECTION NOBODY, even In England, is so tasli as to say how the election in Great Brit ain and Ireland tomorrow Is to result. The franchise has been extended to eight mil lion new voters by an act passed thlB year, doubling the electors and Including Yn them six million women thirty years old or over. Xo one knows how these new lectors will vote. This alone is enough to make men chary of forecasts. But there' is a great confusion of issues, omo of them new and some old appearing in a new form. Xo one knows what the people are thinking on these questions. Vor example, there Is a largo body of racial Questions raised by the Labcr party on yhlch the nation has never passed at an election. The Labor party has a member ship' of three million, and : is estimated that there are four or five million other voters who are supposed to sympathize ' "with, the .alms of that party. But no one can tell- how nearly correct this estimate 'Vs' until the vote is counted. Thtre were ,?a'Uilrty-'flvo Labor member in the House he.. .OX VOmmona in la. it J3 cnuumicu umi L " a this number will bo increased to eighty -ift 'fout.of a total membership In the House !?' i- -' -v.... nan .. i 'J54,lryul- vow. i-iAfj"" v-"" . -- : " ":- gftftipport by securing the nomination or its iiavapporters in various constituencies. Some '"farf.'.tho candidates aro Liberals and some ' ,!WefConserYatlves. Some o. them are fol- ' tab . l.rn.Jk) flaaHHA JafV A leal Jtl4teAr1 3 5 with deserting his old Liberal associates " . f4 and Joining himself with the Conservatives. ,sl'r Others are followers of Asqultn, also a i jjybwal. And still others aire Conservatives 'sjad'antl-bome-rulers. But they are nil ..'aWnirittted to support ol "ie plan to solve f Safterthe-war problems by the united 4iiil of the great parties Instead of by ,:. wtjsdow a slnM party. tnere axe tu irjsn panies mo i.Vthe, Blnii Felners and. the ailiat, MWR -ihemaelrea JaVHlr. :nC (iMtr Amuiaiic or' twenty candidates and are likely to elect one or two. Tho situation is so complicated that the Manchester Guardian has been eaylnj that no matter what tho result tho new Parlia ment will enter oftlco without the Authority of the nation behind It, and other observers are predicting for It a short life and regard It as but a stop-gap to serve In tho present crisis. We ought to know on Sunday or Monday about how the votes have been polled. HISTORY STAGES A iN'EW DRAMA TODAY IN FRAiNCE No Legate or Ruler on Toreign Soil Ever Assumed a Role Analagou' to Mr. Wllsona rpiUVELING on the George Washing- ton, Mr. Wilson is "constructively" on American soil. His high adventure begins today when he sets foot on French earth. Whether his presence there will cause to be garnered the full fruits of a vividly expressed idealism, whether they be blighted or realized only in part are prospects too close to mankind's imper fect vision to permit of safe augury The tone of every forecast as to what will happen in Paris is necessarily col ored by temperamental tendencies. Pas sionate anticipation that awful memory of the war will so possess the souls of tho destiny makers that international armed strife will forever become an im possibility stirs millions of hearts today. There arc skeptics also who know how swiftly mankind forgets, how the sham bles which the Napoleonic ambition made of many a fair town nnd country side in Europo taught tho selfish in triguants of the Congress of Vienna in 1814 absolutely nothing, how they be trayed civilization at a crisis in many ways analagous to the present one. And there are meliorists sane folk on the whole who hope for betterment be cause the world through history and for all its tragic perversity affords evidences of a groping forward toward the light. They envisage not that radiant and elu sive supreme justice to which Plato him self was unable to give a working defini tion, but adjustment, practical, not igno ble, compromise, authoritative recon struction of the body politic, tlje body social. A few months will demonstrate what hopes or fears or what blend of the two were justified. The greatest mundane drama ever enacted, to which the war was but a tremendous prelude, is about to be played through. Many of its cli maxes are unimaginable, but at least the first curtain is lifted. It vises today when the President of the United States open3 an unprecedented scene with a pulse-quickening demolition of precedent. Though analogies to the situation may be drawn they are imperfect. Yet per haps for that very reason they intensify the importance of a memorable day. Franklin is in one picture. Up to now few legates in history have ever so pro foundly affected its course with a venture abroad as did the indefatigable nurse of an infant democracy. Bourbon Frunce succumbed to his prodigious magnetism. Assistance in money nnd eventually in men and ships came to the aid of the struggling young republic as a result of his unflagging efforts. It was a marvelous achievement, but the parallel with Mr. Wilson's situation cannot be accurately traced. Franklin held exalted oflke during that richly re munerative visit to Paris in 177G. The scene was unstaged for him. He was, as a matter of fact, originally unsought, save by a few enthusiasts. Deeply desired by all patriots and the inspiration of the most splendid and im pressive preparations was Lafayette when America, a generation after the Revolution, had attained already a na tional maturity. But that unforgettable visit was devoid of political significance. It was a jubilee of gratitude, not a possi ble Index of momentous future accom plishment. Distinguished national figures on for eign soils season world annals with pic turesque interest. It is a fact, however, that where the visitor was signally hon-' ored new achievement of a high order either did not result or if sought was nullified. Grant girdling the globe reaped his due share of honors without affecting in any way the fate of mankind. Albert Edward in America aroused natural popular interest and thrilled society. Those were agreeable times with no vital import. Louis Kossuth came in 1801, fervently declaimed, fired enthu siasm for oppressed Hungary, saw it fade and later died, a bitterly disap pointed patriot. Garibaldi was a refugee in our land. The realization of the hopes of that persistent champion of freedom could not be foreseen. His visit to us awakened no continued furore. Crowned heads In foreign lands have been pretentious mummers. There was mocker? in the gorgeous scene enacted by Francis I and Henry Vlil on the "Field of the Cloth of Gold" in 1520, and such shams as that persisted into our own times. Caesar abroad was an ad ministrative conqueror. Furthermore, countries were no longer foreign aftci he visited them. They were Roman. With respect to all such figures as he resemblances to the present situation in France today are essentially untraceable Unique indeed is Mr. Wilson's role, That his part may be as enlightening and constructive as it is singular, that his unexampled opportunity to translate the spirit of America to free Europe without vanity or misconception of pur p, noww f or thfirt-tt!ewd,Js im oawwt w)iti bm ammmvomm- ;, ,- r, ',lMW3WKW(r . EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEI tho present moment in chastened mood. Our travail in the monumental strife has been brief. Obvious In Mr. Wilson's visit is the implication that Europe, mother of civilization, Is willing, even eager, to hear the nrdent spirit of a newer world. Let us be worthy of that privilege. THE RAILROAD MUDDLE SECRETARY McADOO'S recommendation that Federal control of the railroads continue for five years from next January professes to be made In order that the na tion may havo time to develop a railroad policy. Tho return of the railroads to their owners at once, he tays, would produco confusion: their continuance under Federal control for twenty-one months after peace Is declared 13 Impossible, for the time Is not long enough for tho Government to effect any genuine reforms; but In his opinion It would bo better for tho Government to withdraw at onco than to attempt to con tinue In control under the present arrange ments. Railroad managers aro not agreed on what should be done. Some of them would like the Government to tako Its hands off at once, and others would prefer that tho withdrawal should be made gradually. At best tho railroad situation is unsatis factory. Tho pre-war system of railroad regulation was a "demonstrated failure," as the commlttco of the Investment Bank ers' Association reported at Atlantic City tho other day. The railroads havo been hampered for years. They have been for bidden by tho courts to pool their issues. Adequate freight rates havo been denied them by the Interstate Commission. They havo been forced to Increase 'the pay of their employes by tho awards of arbitration boards and the pressure of public sontl ment. Between reduction of rates and in crease of wages they have found them selves unable to ralso the money needed for betterments and extensions. Twenty years ago tho late J. J. Hill said that the railroads needed a billion dollars imme diately for necessary improvements. Mr. McAdoo now says that they need two and u half billions within the next five year.". This is a conservative estimate. The injustico of the pre-war treatment of the railroads by the Government agen cies was demonstrated as soon as thejGov crnment took them over, for it Imme diately found it necessary to do thoso things for which tho railroads had been vainly petitioning for years. It pooled the lino3 and routed trains over the shortest routes. It raised passenger and freight rates much higher than the private owners had dared to ask. It ordered common use of terminals and In general freed the roadn from the hampering restrictions under which they had been compelled to operate. It would, indeed, be a calamity to con demn tho railroads to return to the old conditions. The nation ought to havo learned through what its Government found necessary to do when it undertook to operate the roads that tho hamstringing laws are outgrown and must be repealed and that the hampering policy of the In terstate Commerce Commission has pre vented the roads from Hervlng tho public to the best advantage. It remains to be seen whether the nation has learned its lesson or whether it will be necessary to continue Federal control under unified dl jectlon to work out the problem of rail road management In the bent way for the country. In the meantime the advltory committee of the railway executives is considering the whole question and will make a report at some time in tho future. Until that leport Is mado tho public will do well to suspend judgment. It is Interesting to observe the difference between the French welcome to President Wllaon and the greeting that the former Kaltcr received in the Netherlandc WHAT FREEDOM OF THE SEAS IS NOT WORD comes from London that the British are reassured by tho discovery that President Wilson's theory of the free dom of the' seas does not Involve a de mand for tho abandonment of the contra band law, the right of search for contra band or the right to enforce blockade. The United States has never contended for the abandonment of any of these things, though its historical record for more than a hundred years has placed It In opposition to other restrictions on the free use of the seas. But we have block aded ports, we have seized contraband and wo have searched neutral ships for it, and we have established the principle that the ultimate destination of suspected cargoes, and not the ilrst port at which they are to be landed, is to decide whether they are contraband for the use of the enemy or not. By eliminating all the wartime restric tions on ocean trade on which the nations are agreed It will be. easy to discover those Issues on which there must bo compro mise; but if we keep In mind that free dom of the seas does not mean that na tions must give up their right to make war upon enemy traffic on tho seas, or must give up their right to prevent neu trals from giving aid and comfort to the enemy, we shall clarify our thinking. The various Pennsyl Yls. the Blame vanla towns that are suffering In a revival of the Influenza epidemic must meditate with mingled feelings on the local health officials in various towns and cities who insisted on flouting the quarantine orders of the State Health Department rather than permit the saloons to suffer by a' closing order. If our memory serves, Doctor Royer, the State Com missioner of Health, predicted the precise condition that Is now general in many of the up-State towns. If you should ask our Yon Win opinion of the move ment to make "the whole world bone-dry" we should not hesitate an Instant before making a positive answer. We would say that before there Is serious .thought of drying the world up completely every one ought to do what la possible to pacify it. The first thing Gov Hot emor Brumbaugh did after he was assured of a $10,000 job as State war historian was to buggest Pennsylvania's need of an official song. One may assume that Doctor Brum baugh wishes to sing It himself. The colored folks who wish to obtain tha German colonies in Africa: seem, by the pres ent look of things, to bo at . great disad vantage. They have no navy, Btsrht miles an hour ) HsaH wtaJHoiIn:JaW.rorI J.I.. .. ...l-a tV mrt ifflm, "VtP oCTt :io saeww theH.ym my sxiu - PHILADELPHIA", FBIDAY, DEjQMBR, JLS, THE CHAFMNG DISH Ballade of Busy Bertha Tho directors of the Krupp munition works have announced their intention to transform the plant into a factory devoted to the arts of peace. Xews Item. I F BUSY BERTHA turns her bean Toward the arts that civilize, I wonder greatly what Ingen ious output sho will now devise? In spite of Teuton entorprleo All business lias its downs and ups Of all tha oddments mankind buys I wonder what she'll mako at Krupp's? HER hellish trade as Cannon Queen Has made her hateful to our eyes, Tho world will be a happier scene Jf sho discards her death-supplies. To fear and hato sho owes her rise, Blood roofs and clothes her, blood she sups Ah, If the world wero growing wise! I wonder what sho'll make at Krupp's? NOW she nlght print a magazine, Or mako a trap for catching flics, Invont a razor always keen, A mufller for an Infant's cries; A soup-screen for men's satin ties, Unshatterublo plates and cups, Or sausago links, or applo pics I wonder what she'll mako at Krupp's? Envoy FRAU KRUPP, wo wait in hot surmise The details of your peaceful gulso: If but a home for friendless pups, Make something human out of Krupp's! These Amazing Days Tho Rhine cities seem perfectly delighted to see tho Allied troops, and It is said that the Krupp works aro to bo devoted to the arts of peace. Nothing now would sur prise us any more. Even if tho Kaiser were to admit that ho was responsible for the war or a Swedish match wero to light at the first scratch, wo would feel only a faint flutter of emotion. Torn Out by the Roots The Kaiser Is said to havo taken to chop ping down trees for exercise. But tho tree that ho was most successful In felling was his family tree. Mr. Hearst's remark about two Cabinet officers, that thoy "are so crooked that one of them could' Ho in bed on top of the Woolworth Building and the other on the floor and look down and up forty-seven flights of winding stairs Into each other's eyes and understand each othcr-perfectly," was a pretty 100v attempt at a metaphor. Because who would take tho trouble to cast such n, corkscrew gaze when tho ele vator shaft was handy? Moreover, it is our impression that the Woolworth has more than forty-seven stories. Xo, William Randolph, it isn't up to the standard of Billy Sundaj's remark, which a friend of ours Is so fond of quoting, nbout the sinner wild had fallen so low that he would have t.. climb a tree i.i order to look a snake in the eye. Of course Mr. Wilson will be eager to show off his French and M.Clemenceauj will be bursting with all the English ho has picked up In the last four years, and we wonder who will be polite enough to give in" A wireless message from the George Washington iisked the" newspaper cor respondents on the Orizaba to stay on board that ship until tho Washington had landed. But they had already escaped to Paris. If Mr. Creel yas afraid to let thoso chaps get out of his sight he should have gone on the same ship with them. Think of it, two whole Creelless days! Perhaps M, Creel doesn't want them to get two whole days' advantage over him in our new national (.port of learning the French language. The Kaiser never did his bit, but he still has a chance to do his obit. It might hasten matters if we were to let the Kaiser know that the Chaffing Dish has his obituary notice all written and standing in type ready for the Joyful day. All that will be necessary will be to Insert how and when and de&cribe the last hearty meal. Then we can chaff merrily to press. The three quietest men In the world just now are Lenlne and Trotsky and George Sylvester Viefecfc. Every time we write a poem we vow never to Inflict another. Sometimes this is our own Idea; sometimes It is' suggested by a friend. As Fridays the 13ths go, thib seems to havo dono pretty well. In spite of all the apprehension in suburban bmoklng cars, the captain of the George Washington doesn't seem to have mistaken Brest Litovsk for Brest. SOCRATES. THE READER'S VIEWPOINT To the Critics of Toodrow Wilson To the Editor of the Bvenhig 1'ullla Ledger: Sir Paint not a blinding halo round his head, That thoso who look, tho light alone may see, Each blemish burled 'neutlt the glory shed; Xor let the searchlight of your vision be Cast full upon each petty scar It finds. Until the nobler outline 13 uestroyed, But, with the larrer view of many minds. With ample brush and broad, free etroke devoid Of prejudice that either .blurs or blinds. Portray the living man. Then let the light Of truth fall full on him and la he great? His greatness doth loom large, absorb each blight: . As when a mighty peak we contemplate, We care not though the sides be scarred,, defaced, But note the God-hewn form, the splendid height, The lofty brow, serene, where stars are whirled Like some great caryatid, God hath placed,' Supporting Heaven yet springing from the world. Weigh well your words, then, ponder them full oft, ? ' O you who seek his deathless fame to " .mar, , Lest, shouting that a glowworm's set aloft. You blindly tear from Heaven a burning start! VIRGINIA JEFFREY MOROAN.. ' Philadelphia. December 10. I , The Jejune lieutenants assigned to train ih Btudent corps at; jlhe University f Pennt syivam, .ajattai xf9iwi emum ' y paU4 'Utee PasWftr uuwor :ttmnlmv.ii pS emewusWaV Tummr; mnuvn . ' i I.. -I' '. "I" " " ' I-;, -i .j- ,-.,, .U -) it 'Still THE FUTURE LINCOLN HIGHWAY Mr. Pennell Sketches the Great Coasl'-to-Codstlioad as It )V6uld BcrTraiii formed Under a Nationalized OSEPH PENNELL,- who originated the suugeation that all future war memorials he grouped on the Lincoln Highway in a manner to mafie that 1 ranscontiriental motor road itself a monumental record of Anlcr.ican achieve' vient, has slcetched the prospect of the completed work as' It appeal's" to the imaginative mind of an artist. Virtually every great asevciapion of artists, architects and sculptors already has manifested great interest ina scheme which would males the Lincoln Highway the noblest open road in. the- world. The plan was suggested to Mr, Pennell by an editorial 'suggestion in this neictipapft fcn a memorial bridge from the Parjcivay article the noted Phuadeiplua artist suggests the general aspect of lie ltmcoln Highway of the future: ' '.'.: By JOSEPH THE Linttiln Highway is the great na tional artery for free traffic. Soon .It will be . International. All that has -been suggested is to bcautlfr.it and to mako it more useful and more significant. In the futuie it should be lined with great trees to keep off the snow' and niud. Add, In the general decorative sehem'o,.' great arches, the great memorials of war. and peace that now aro contemplated In n, thousand communities, and build on tho highway's edgo such other monuments, as may be erected to our achievements in the arts of peace; In the cjt'e-s place public building's on tho lino of the highway, and at convenient stages tliero would naturally arise great hotels. ' Tho traveler on this road 'would pass across the country through the most' In teresting cities and tho most Beautiful vil lages. Ho would come upon- vistas of country as beautiful as any' in" the worjd. lie would read on his way tho splpudld narrative of our national achievements written in bridges, in capipanlles, in ma jestic tombs, in the very milestones. 80 It was that the Romans treated their greut arteries of commerce and pleasure. So Xapoleon treated those he bullti Every one who has rlddeii or driven, out of Rome knows this. .Wq" caw, make better roadbeds now. Every' one -who travels from Paris to Milan remembers tho magnificent approach to that 'marvelous city. Looking back as you pass the -treat Arch of the Simplon, you see far away- the" glowing, mountains, Mount Rosa, .the slobm of the Alps that are'erossed on t,liat amaz--lng highway. Memories seem actually to crpwi the road that stretches to' the hprlz'bn. The world is full of pictures. There Is the church of Brleg, the hpsplce at the top) the wonderful gallery- of Gondo and the great causeway that leads ;.to the lovely lakes with their uneven,J'ovals. and, .their .matchless bea,uty. - ;; .-. ." 1 W.e have equal natural beauty'. upon our own roads In thlB country,, anU'we should h Tnnved In these davs of new vision to do at leasfaa well as they, ancjents '.did with tho material in our h'4ndh . . ,, fTUIE Llncofn Highway leaves Xew YdVk X by-way of Staten Island' arid' proceeds In an unaisiinguiBjiea way 10 urenfon,,, yum den, Philadelphia, Gettysburg, :J,ohnBt6w'n, .Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, Chicago, Cedar( Rapids, Council Bluffs, North Platte, Chey enne, Salt Lake, Sacramento and . Boh. Francisco, These are big Jumps, hut this; is a big; country.' The. Lincoln 'HlghVay is .only three times as longr asfthe irc-ftd the ! jtowvfcitfh our ' 1918 in thy right hand carry ecntle veiict;. . To silence envious tongues. Be just-find fear Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy"cdi.intrv Thy God's, and truth's!"" ' '. Planof War Memorials'; :'. to TlVsf Philadelphia. In the following PENNELL ;, . '. ; tiou be? A bridge is planned tutc-ro!i the Hudson River to Stateli Itland. At" the Xew York end of that bridgo there!-should be a great square aiid ',1n Jhe center'' of that btmare. a great shaft. There -shorlild be a colossal figure of ' an' -American ;we can decide later on the type reared against tlie sky, pointing, to the glorious, golden, glittering West, pointlngi along the Hero's Highway. There is such' a squaro a't the foot of Manhattan 'Brldgs. In San Fran cisco in 1913 such a flguro was, erected temporarily. Make it permanent! ' Then there is Jersey a ' State of good roads. With memorials and arches erected after Government-controlled designs along Its main highway's, it would bo a far more attractive pla,co than It .is. If a State 'can build good roads it can employ great .artists to decorate them. Tliejtraveler would cross to Philadelphia on jlhp Delaware Bridgo from Camden anif'vohldj reach Pennsyl vania soil at Wtfslimgtoh-.fjlquare In Phlla delphln. Atbothifcndsof tho Delaware Bridge th'or'islr6'uia'o",'t'reut groups comr memora'ttvo' of IhV'n'aHZplayed by the two StatcB'inV.tli'elartUtWilao'&ar and the peacefu'l'dey'cJgphyrfiofCitn country. At WaslfWRSqjytrrfpolH Highway woiUwjnddftpasl; nd'enftndenco nail and )oj$kVili(iafijgs tplfyjr.eresenj: al America. (JCheh l't wouIdW&htto.the Park--way, oyert'ho bridge, to WesFOJhlladelphla between1' file great; structured 'tjiat aro to be eroted;,us tempVe.s, of qlf'tJs best lAi?j,.JiKl.:X.Xk4i.iZ'l -..-.. . - rnimU3Hif.lie hfrk.the travelecwild ftSPftlie. bis Way ; 'WUheKWrvelouf fWnni syifana41eys-lnviUe, .&r?ctlon itirlhe AStgb"eileV Altfatons tjiere will be&reat aquipot's' ariae'servdjrs th'oirValjiddy, mVKsj'desig'n.eVtalPer'iAtuate ,thfe, nffPory! ofniessolerthe;feats afystojj'iinenti th'er.be"dr;nu5htal!5'buidlns or a. vastJgrouthan.'JjtHe'-AhfeEbehles them- . Jti.. iy.i?n, :y.t . m. .. . . - country" covildj. tlWljie history of their own tributes 'ii ('bronze or marble oc granite along the way. (Then would cornel the ftat'. land, a glitter, tho Great Lakes; and "Chicago. Ve can imagine whaiphlJ cugo-wouiuuo in nu ciiicrpjp Jittq nun. j ,t ',un' ,6VV ,ihat In twmtVW.Shr .aavewtfaw-ATW w-, -jawv-jw W I maim "- Vtmtf Marhwiy ' 1W tftfc W not frA someftjM wmmU- pjutb mt- 'aspr'i urc "icraiuro ana soiPqe-, it nrnq&nass '.tho art gallery. w'hljhthe oixiliffc'cts have ah opportunity t&Jmalce XnW.'i.A,j .... . ... . .. r'tfti moTO-noDjo man tue. Acropous. "f..n ';.'.Ji .1 " 4 .-. 4"K, KhV (V. .. : t ' " ii not: I ness of tho free, American spirit. Ifit were not a.brldge or a group,lt would 'be a 'mllestofio;.'or a cross lifted to some Jnftu" fho was' br,avo by 'thos? Who knWjhim best. So you would go to the plalfts-"OVbr w shaded ondlessvroad' "which, but.d ribbon .before; woliid blossom here and there with domes 'and spires' just as.' St. Peter's ; grows from tho Cahipagna', aa .Charttes Cathedral-springs from the; plains of .St. Keauce, as Rhelmsgrew over Burgundy. Thero wlll'bo alirlnes and phapols where one may rest and givethanksfor ft , Safe journey. 8ohyhere thjt road will Jead to a" great 'temple, a ball of fdmc for.gryat Americans, and 'thou'." will comp the' long, drjve to the ItocklCtt- and tho vas. cliffs where sculptors of tlto futuive; may jparve vast reliefs ,to commemorate the heroesot peaco and war. .Here, we. might, see. sone of the- mightiest art in- the world. InCall fornia tho Lincoln Highway Is .'already mado and shaded. It needs .onjy decora tion. .. ':.,, "5 ' Is all this impossible? I do.nat.thInk!so. Jt needs only imagination,. W.e. haveall else that la rjeccssary. , Othex'.great roads 'are 'being , built .north,, south, veast ;and wet, ,and. ultimately .they w)l be iUnjf.ed up to "help us toward a, better, civilization .and greater hap.pjness and Jo.nger.Hfe."!"' rPHEItE wllT.be no more wit wuen 'mail's " minds are "engaged v"ttrl vw'p'rl'HUe tjijs. There wjll be peaceta.nd all ihp vwqrid, (of other nations that pass; at spnje; inje"or other on our-long roads will "know , that 'we have become'.truljf great. - 2 ?.tj.r - .- -j i - - . . , ... -, ... . . . . . --C J. -', ' '.It, is safe to et'.t.h'at:theplls.ot-printed' .matter, trnlne-'nKhora at 'Brest iadav contain .a.numhe of- reassuring' copies "French Verbs. at !a Glance."' '.' .. ... '" ' J 'VV, . . -' . -, ;,, (jjt. The 'Gorman-Irish Society ,pf, Berlin is sal4 to have, asked'' the Crown 'Prince tAlbe oome k.ing of the- Emerald' Isle,, 'fVho s&Idjha was sore, on strife?. ,'; t ,. ,,i.i,it " Wl&t DoYouknouifcvu ' QUI?: - suA ' ; ' j Coronet; Knight's. charge that theJ.niBnl u(nal' elevator ihispectlon .service, (a ."a, farce" doesnH discourage-Vs". ?.I Is a relief to'' find anything-at Qity Hall.-that isn't a.' tragedy. 1. mm autreeda CharleajM, Heliwal, aa-dIr'or . -. renewal ot the ,Kmert ent-j- Fleet Corpora- '; tlon?, . ; .,Fj- v- , ..;. ,J-P -2, ivhen and hx wlom waa iha. friptoitA 'nAjat-e ' of the' Tullerles In I'arI!!dfltroydf,..' i, 3. What Is same?:.' ,r l',ll ' 4, Wh&t la tlie Jdleced" orUIn of; 'tlie fviinl ' "hqkej'-tokrjr' nnd wtmF tlsfa ;it dtwrllie? ! E, Where 1 ore the Stralta 'of Fun J win tie' I'uta? ' 6. What, celebrated -French novellat nnd dm nut- j 1st had nejtro blood in his veins? , -1, 7. What Is fanfaronade?. 8. What l tha'lciipltal'.af Oregon? i? 0, What. famous., operatic tenor, uldeli-.4onitar . fl ' gr"ll!L !.T ?" J10! Ji" fjjl'ollsli fj 'blt,thr V- ' ,'; ;-j v (,,! ' ,'b j.s$ -lo: How lenirJ "after Wei ;o n tbr rate bfllie: 'rjtll M 1 .OY.War. woe 'the:.l!(nndnMlon I'rgelyiniitlon. 2v y ' v ; ,' . 'JS !.,- til ;. ; . 1i Abo"nt-."-40''er.rcent"4r tha.'.'Xmf-rlcah'' t'roona "II ,.V'i',-tileh.triaed.th .. -rtarfnt'thijwurvere -.(k'araieH'oji American. yeaapls, t - ..'sr- " 2.-.rhV-l-Tfhfli tialnt far'MslMjs: Maireme,: , nrevulled In Itali- fifrid o'lher Darts "jf iwcal rn Kuron4i.betweii thfc Roman 'and nnthta .prrlsda. Chpractrrlatlca.pt It were tha 3, The French bave-recentlr need the .war tanks ,.!' 'alopajthe JUruft' l'-unul(or tqwtnx uanei. ,4, t'X rrlaoneriof-'rhllloB'.'-'waa;. Fraricola de IB .'. Romantnqoo 'archlifc'tare la ' tne "alIfc. which s ill roirod 'orth and vault, ibf .harrawliur and ' a .;' " ; lielstitenlns ofjthp' iiaVr; .tbrl.'.ub.tllnilen -.. for tlunin of pltrti the-dnirallvo,'iaof ' arcades ana urofaae ornament; K-',l, T i,, o, ls nocctterjftaDia.aaia. ino-aemre.ot st-; -. KJTlo'ito'-'TVl,nen.fr,?.''l?.-- katrhewan and .the Vakon wl meshasin "'" wl territories. fi iS., oalcaiaa tu.Uia.Taaat t Pi ffiL'SSTLHS fNV WW" (.,'... A VsMarsah MM W saMaaiaL a)BBar vaasf- paf. aaaHpaaaai M : I
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