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HS M MrmW of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRBBS is exclu sively entitled to tho use for republication WS of all news dUpatches credited to it or not Of otherwise credited in this paper, and also AK rtAM 0 repuSHcaHon of special dis. i pqtonc herein are also rescrvea. i,.' ,, . , , , -4 ' WU" J rhlUdelplili, Jntldij. Uettmbcr 31, 1919 VOLUNTEERS! rflitftElE thousand Vnre adherents have I'XK; 4.L .unalial.J .k IaUh ....!.... flirt ..t,. Ifc fJVll UIJIUIIILCU LU JVUO UilUC. l.4,a VJ P4Rv government this year. 'J,'They were not drafted, neither were they eppscrjpted. 1iA Acy Dcions to tno glorious army 01 jn private eniploynieht and wear tho ln- VCl vlolHln lirtlfnrm.vVP'Mh& .nlltf nrl thft pnllnr Kf which la tho badirfKOf-thelf servitude. . And there are thousands more ready and eager to take service under the same conditions as soon as room for them can ; r iS fmmrt. Ttnf nnfnrtiinntplv there is not t w a ' w "-- p Tvtf --w- - -- room for all of them, so It will never Do 'possible for a parade of city employes to tityg with truth, "Halir Hall I Tho gang's all heYe," for part bf the gang must In evitably te on tho waiting list "-t. Mum U not tho word, displace It tomorrow. Mummers will LErS STOP TALKING AND ACT THE State teachers'- convention, now In session In Harrlsburg, Is to consider the demand for a 25 per cent increase In pay iStaorrow. They are asking that tho Gen eral! Assembly direct such an increase throughpu.tto State. The teachers deserve better pay. In this 'city tle; tipsftaveg in the Municipal Court receive,, twjci the wages of the average teacher.' -htf'uutlcs of the tipstaves are sdf8lmp'le tha't' any man with a grammar scliool "educatlqn can perform them. The teaahers have to spend years In- profes sional studies before they are permitted to taV & position which pays a third as raftte as the, mile political appointees of President uuago irown, 01 mo aiuniLipai Court, T So long as" this condition prwalls It will Sbe lmposslblu to attract to the eachlng profession tf;e best skill, eave In tho case bt a few men and women who fe&l tho calj so strongly that they are willing to train the young regardless of the life of jfoverty, to whloh it dponw them. u Tn.1 theirural districts a' farm laborer Is ' paid better' than the school teacher. The farm laborer merely cultivates corn and potatoes. The teaqher cultivates the fu ture citizens of the Commonwealth. But It Is not necessary to argue the .validity of tho demand" of tho teachers, for better '' n.jr. The discrimination under which they haye suffcre- for j ears Is admitted What Is nscessary Is for tho men In poElticns of ' authority to set about removing tho In- lustoce. If the Harrlsburg convention can awTthem to action it will deserve the gratitude of every teacher .And. ot oyery ftrwbtaswell. .' ', ' 1 tf every one agreed on the 'best way to fprm a League of Nations, ono would have been, formed, long ago. . ' '' WHEN WOMEN VOTK AVPROXIMATELV six million women XI, casj, first allots in the recent British elections, bile astonishing fact rises Hko a fifaRtpoti-OP ,Ut0 a cry lu darl"es,J' lf ou wllii-iabovo the confusion of the balloting. K A18151 without exception the women used were; runnmtr for ewce, Tey voieq ai jnost'oolldly f6r men. Po t.omen Instinctively mistrust other women and have they a lingering faith In tho jAidltloh of man's superiority In prac tical Affairs? And Are thi women of Eng land among thps"e who havo not per. Lelved the mess that men have been -making of tholr world or can It bo that Llfiey re willing to forgive any weaitness IKi'ci liinit as It Isn't a woman who li to be Kfsrglven? , We, merely ask, "We do not Iffretepd to answer. Tho Unlted'States Is the partner of Uu 0Pt "y Ur- "Wilson, but not a pliant part- J",4 ni,.m,i.iinmt ffrrit 'lun UA'inxmn niuuuuiu ltna energcuo campaigns oi propaganda -cbnducted by both Italians and Jugo lava 'with respect to Dalmatla have be- fr'imavi tlio situation thero to an extent ftflU$)y embarrassing to iSeaker after tru(h J i'.,'.letlce. Unquestionably overstate- lgmt and oVeriyeeWPK cjalms- havo char- nwa ino uicuva vi uuin Biuco, hr are racial factors which teem to !Tiupior Italy's position concerning tile AOrtotio Islamis and at least a portion or kr, sk iwww;08tal strip On tjie other lwnd, ir ti Jtlnlierla'rtd, 'hi which they pre1- Uemmimte, Will ot ruumvi vi' yiivvvt H anntM., of,i development u tney are cut tf town the littoral. Tholr situation would .? I akin to that of an uneasy Borbla with- .!!iS8?ftH!. j !& T7 f ' ' . ,-Wt TUP ' AaMnttrail arBilnv; fveP: Italv. WbtWTtmilHi'l to be reftishlonevr'on 'this Horait Kitiplre yia be restore W"WT T J W M.rwM. .wllj aiptHlsuUUX. It k) f 'L ISZi- .. .Au prm 9ii jw )f 'iwj In that case It' would be strictly logical to return America to tho Indians. Mr, WHuon'a visit to Italy, whence ho will start tomorrow, Is well timed. Opin ion in that country on tho Dalmatian ques tion Is by no moans conclusively crystal ltzeO, as Is evidenced by tho cabinet resig nation of Ioonlda Blssolal, who has been opposing any policy which savored of1 unjust expansion. If tho President, with no other purpose than tho establishment of fair dealing, can bo put In touch with evident and existing facts, purged of special pleading, he will be onabled to do tho Peace Confcrcnco a real service In Its handling of a problem second only to that of Russia In its complexity THE OLD YEAR, PASSING, SHOUTS HER CHALLENGE! At tho Peace Conference and Elsewhere We Shall See What tho World Can Learn by Hard Experience QTHER years havo been filled with the red tumult that was to decide tho fate of mankind. Yet it is upon 1919, the year now waiting just around tho cor ner, that pundits of the future will look back when they try to rend the'hcait of this ago and write their findings down as history. The war isn't over. It is in the coming year that it will bo won or lost. Forces as great as any that met on battlefields will meet for mtfstery at the Peace Con ference. Life will have a new beginning or it will take up tho burden of hatreds and superstitions and drift on to the next disaster. We nro at the end of the play at the last act. When the curtain falls we shall know whether the stu pendous drama is to have a happy end ing or whether it is to be an uncom pleted story. If wo were an imaginative people we should be touched profoundly by the sight of the solitary American who moves ngainst tho vast background of a sorrowing world, against all the tides of national selfishness and passion, against vanity and ignorance, to keep the saving truth steadily revealed. We should won der why any man must have to plead at the very seats of empire for all the un protected of this world. Wc should wonder why any man should be willing to risk so greatly for tho sake of strangers and even, in the last analysis, to befriend an enemy. We should be reminded again that destiny always se lects a lonely man in a crisis when great things are to be done. But we aro not meditative. "Another venturer upward after the light," we say. Wo hope for the success of that adventure without knowing how really wonderful it is without pausing to le member that every departure from the elemental principles which the President represents in Europe has led nations end lessly and inevitably to one catastrophe after another. It will be said that this old year was the most terrible year in the world's his tory. That will bo but half true. Times, like men, are burdenet vith evil inheritances. The old year came to tho world under a burden of accumulated evils and errors unequaled in human rec ords. But if there is some dim paiadise where old years go when they die to meditate in peace, this year will have great tales to tell in the shadowy com pany of other old and forgotten years. It saw incredible things. It saw a million men die for a great thought that was in their hearts. It saw plain men without number who went from tho pleasant, ordinary ways of life and endured martyrdom because of the voices of their free conscience. It opened it place in the councils of the world where men might, preach the wis dom of the heart that forgotten wisdom that is most important of all in human affairs. It swept the wholo world in tempests of grief. Yet, at the same time, this old year brought evil thrones down to tho dust and permitted forsaken millions to lift their faces up from the giound in which they were trampled toward the light. It gave to one man the might of a hundred million people to be used in the causes of troubled humanity every where. No king, no maker 6f empire can ever again look back upon 1918 without a graver sense of his duty. For it was in this year that the guiding lights of a common human purpose weie set up high above every storm to be visible to the eyes of all men everywhere, to burn the brighter after every peril, above all the confusion of nations. Even in these days these symbols are to thoughtful men as comforting as lights upon a troubled sea. Fixed and imperishable they are; to burn high and forever, safe from every marauding hand! That was tho great triumph of this old year. It watin't such a bad old year! The New Year comes clothed in mys tery. But it comes with a great inheri tance. All the men who died left it something of their greatness, something of their high purpose. It will hove a new power pf eloquence. The memories alone that havo been left to it should givo it a passionate determination to do great things in tho thoughts of men, in their hearts, in their enterprise outside in the world. Thero in no man in business who cannot feel, if he thinks at all, that all that he has and hopes to be was preserve:! for him through tho sacrifices of men whom he never saw, whose names he doesuiot even know. How can thero ever again bo hatred and misunderstand ing between groups Jn America? Or havo we" passed through tho flro without learning its essential lessons? K the New Year Is able to distribute ita rich Inheritances jn the minds of tho world all" men will try to bo aa brave fas those who fwht and endured the perils of tfre otlj fiit. "H 'tho wix in h(h EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEtt places, in business, in government, at tho Pcaco Conference can bo as faithful, as great-hearted as tho unnamed men who passed through the flro and mud of war to save civilization, then the civili zation saved at such appalling cost will bo worth while. Otherwise it will not bo. For men who make philosophies, those who sustain religions, such as make literature and paint pictures, for all who in any way try to influence tho life about them, tho New Year brings treas ures indescribable. It brings them such revelations from tho common heart of mnnkind as never beforo were seen. It brings an inspiration to exalted servico becauso it is only in tho coming year that wo shall have time to sit down quietly and think of what our pcaco has cost. The memory of the sacrifices made in France will be inexorable. It will como back often to many men when tlicy aro in a mind to make ill use of tho privi leges secured to them by others who died in a far country. Therefore the Now Year should bo n happy one. It brings new purposes with it and new hopes, and it should bo ennobled by high ambitions. ' And here ts the hope that you may find a happy New Year happier than any that has ever preceded it! Hlstorj's delight In paradoxes Is exem plified by Mr. AVIlson In Manchester, speak ing In Tree Trodo Hall on tho protection of Uurope. A BLIND "TIGER" CLEMENCEAU 1 EORGES CLEMENCEAU, speaking tho language of Mctternlch and Talleyrand, shockingly echoes a discredited and tragic past. The splenetic tono of the French Premier's address to tho Chamber of Depu ties Is perhaps partly attributable to goad lug of his political opponents, but tho oilgin of the doctrine ho champions cannot be so easily dismissed. His open advocacy of tho iniquitous and perilous balance-of-power system Is llttlo less than a betrayal of tho Ideals to which civilization ostensibly subscribed In waging tho war. Fundamentally It was tho see saw alignment of European States, neces sitating competitive armaments and sus ceptible of dislocation at the least shifting of weight, which brought about tho titanic struggle and has been tho continual causo of Continental strife since the bellicose days of Louis XIV. M. Clemenceau's expressed belief that an alllanco of England, France, Italy and tho United States could have pi evented tho great war is tho bllndest'mlslntcrprctatlon of tho facts of history. Such a leaguo would have meant peace by threat, certain to gle rise to a rival combination of Powers, equally menacing. War Is the Inovltablo consequence of such teetering. Liberals throughout the world, and President Wilson In particular, now regard tho Congress of Vienna with abhorrence, not becauso It made peace, im peratively demanded after tho Napoleonic upheaval, but becauso an equilibrium based on the might of ono group of Powers sup posedly balancing that of another could not be otheiwlso than criminally unstable. It was tho Illusory balance of power concert which revolted Washington and Jefferson and Inspired their antipathy to any Intervention In the European cauldron. It Is that same fallacious code which sickens Americans today when tl)ey be hold a spokesman of France, lnheicntly and In spite of politicians one of tho beacons of civilization, indorsing in tho peremptory languago of military victory so lgnoblo and cv 11 a formula. Jt. Clemenceau and all other French men naturally long for protection against tho savagery of a barbarous neighbor who luia ravaged their fathorland. Lovers of freedom tho world over fervently sympa thize with this sentiment; but to clear oed statesmen It Is only tho concert of all nations, not tho newest powerful group of thorn, which can guarantee enduring security. Whether human nutuio Is so constituted that a leaguo of nations can bo developed to save thlrt pUnot from devastating wars has yet to bo proved. But ono thing Is coittaln: tho least auspicious experiment cannot bo a worso falluro than was tho balance of -power sjstcm, Tho tale) of that musty "panacea" Is written In blood. Tho mats of mankind shrinks from Its re-enactment, and tho French Prime Min ister's mentality Is Indeed soventy-seven years old If he falls to eco that his tune It representative of tho ruined Austria which ho. fought rather than of a noble nation whose lofty political philosophy Is foremost In the minds of liberals every w'hero. In Berlin tliey have oh, of Coureot formed a league "for t tho protection of tho life and liberties'' of tho former Kaiser. It Is logical to suppose that tho movement Is being backed by the Insurance companies. Vice President Mar No Near, and shall confesses that ho Yet So l'ar was presept at ono of tho Lincoln - Douglas debates and that Lincoln held him 'on his knees whllo Douglas spoke and noutflua held him while Lincoln spoke. Well, It's something at least for a V, P. to be able to say he once eat In the lap of greatness, which U as near as he may ever como to It. Herbert Hoover' plans War Diet " for feodlng Europe will t provide limited rations for the Hun. And the Hun Is entreating that Mr, Hoover may hurry, Crow a a diet doesn't seera to fatten Qermana, and fhe les jinoti wfvlctbay hv been fed, to pro Tide Jtlilp pVr- nourishment,. i ' , - PHIEADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, I. THE CHAFFING DISH A Letter to Father Time K EAR TATHDn TIME This Is your night of triumph, and it seems only fair to pay you1 a little tribute. Some people In a noble mood of braVRdo, consider New Year's Evo an occasion of festivity. Long, long In ad vanco thoy rescrvo a table at their favorite cafe ; and becomingly habited In boiled shirts or gowns of the lowest visibility, and well armed with a commodity which Is Bald to be synonymous with yourself money thoy seok-to outwit you by crowding a month of merriment Into half a dozen hours. Yet their victory Is brief and fallacious, for If hours spin too fast by night thoy will move grlnd lngly on tho axlo tho next morning. Nonof of us can beat you In tho end. Even tho hat-check boy grows old, becomes gray and dies at last babbling of greenbacks. TO MT own taste, old Time, It Is more agreeable to malte this evening a season of gruesome brooding, Morosely I survey the faults and follies of my last year. I am grown too canny to pour tho new wlno of good resolution Into tho old bottles of my Imperfect humors. But I get a certain grim satisfaction In thinking how wo alt every human being of us sharo alike In bondago to your oppression. Thero Is tho only true and complete democracy, tho only absolutoi brotherhood of man. Tho great ones of the earth Charley Chaplin and Douglas Fair banks, General Pershing and MIsb Amy Lowell nil these aro In servico to tho s.amo tyranny. Day after day slips or jolts past, Join3 the Great Majority; suddenly we wake with a start to find that the best of It Is gone by. Surely It seems but a day ago that Stevenson set out to wrlto a little bxok that was to bo called "Life at Twenty-flvo" before he got It written he was long past tho delectable ago and now we rub our eyes and eco -he has been dead nigh as long as tho span of life he then so delightfully con templated. If thero Is one meditation com mon to every adult on this globo It Is this, so variously phrased, "Well, bo, Tlmo suro does hustle." SOME of them havo scurvlly entreated jou, old Time! The thief of jouth, they havo called you; a highwayman, a glpsj, a grim reaper. It seems a little unfair. For you have jour kindly moods, loo. Without your gentle passage wheie were Memory, the svveetes" of lesser pleasures? You aio the only medicine for many a woe, many a sore heart. And surely you have a light to reap vvheio you alone have sown? Our strength, our wit, our comeliness, all those virtues and graces that you pilfer with f.uch gentle hand, did you not give them to us In tjie first place? Give, do I say? ny, wo know, even as wo clutched them, they were but a loan. And tho great immoilallty of tho raco endures, for every day that we see taken away from ourselves we see added to our children or our grandchildren. It was Shakespeare, who thought a great deal about you, who put It best: Natlv Ity, once In the main of light. Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crowned, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory light And Time that gave doth now his gift confound It Is to be hoped, my dear Time, that sou have read Shakespeare's sonnetH, because they will teach you a deal about the dignity of your career, and also suggest to you the only way we have of keeping up with jou. Thero Is no way of outwitting Time, Shake speare tells his young friend, "Save breed to brave him when ho takes theo hence." Or, as a poor bungling parodist revamped It: Pep Is tho stuff to put Old Time on skids Pep In jour copj yes, And lots of kids. It Is true that Shakespeare hints another way of doing you In, which Is to wrlto son nets as good as his. This way, needless to add, is open to few. WELL, mj' dear Time, jou ale not going to fool mo Into making myself ridicu lous this New Year's Eve with a lot of bonny but Impossible resolutions. I know that you aro playing with mo just ns a cat plays with a mouse; jet even tho most piteous mousekln sometimes causes his tor mentor surprise or dlsoppolntment by getting under a bureau or behind the stovo, where, for the moment, she cannot paw him Every now and then, with a little luck, I shall pull off just such a scurry Into temporary Immor tality. It may como by reading Dickens or by seeing a sunset, or by lunching with friends, or by forgetting to wind the alarm clock, or by contemplating the rosy little pate of my daughter, who Is still only a ntno days' wonder so joung that sho doesn't even know what you are doing to her. But you are not going to have tho laugh on me by luring me Into resolutions, I know mj weaknesses. I know that I shall probablj continue to annoj' newsdealers by reading the magazines on the stalls Instead of buy ing them; that I shall put off having my hair cut; drop tobacco cinders on my waist coat; fee bored at the Idea of having 'to Bhave and get dressed; be nervous when tho gas burner pops when turned off; buy more Liberty Bonds than I can afford nud havo to hock them at a grievous loss. I shall continue to bo pleasant to Insurance agents, from sheer lack of manhood; and to keep library books out over tho date and so Incur a fine. My only hope, you see, ts resolutely to determlno to persist In these fallings. Then, by sheer perversltj-, I may grow out of them. w. IAT avail, Indeed, for nii of us to mako good resolutions when ono con templates tho grand pageant of human frailty? Obscrvo what I noticed tho other day In the Lost and Pound column of the New York Times: LOST Hotel Imperial lavatorj, set of teeth. Call or communicate Flint. 1H East 43d street. Reward. Surelj', If Mr, Flint could not remember to keep his teeth in his mouth, or If any ono else was so basely ' whimsical as to juggle them away from him, It may well teach us to be chary of extravagant hopes for the future. Even tho Leaguo of Nations, when one contemplates tho sad case of Mr, Flint, becomes a rather anaemic safeguard. We had better keep Mr. Flint In mind through tho New Year as a symbol of human error and disappointment. And the best of It Is, my dear Time, that j'ou, too, may be u little careless. Perhaps one of these days j-ou may doze a little and we shall steal a few hours of timeless. blUs. Shall we see a llttlo ad In the papers'. LOST Sixty valuable minutes, said to have been stolen by the unworthy hu man race. If found, please return to rather Time, and no questions asked. W1 ELL, my dear Time, we approach the Zero Hour. I hope you will have a Happy New Year, and conduct yourself with becoming restraint. So live, my dear fel low, that we may say, 'A good Time was enjoyed by all." As the hands of tlto clock go over the top and Into the No Man's Land of the New Year, good luck tp you ( Your obedient servant, SOCRATES, There Is something wrong somewhere. The Electrical Bureau did not spend all the money set apart for It this year. This will have to be looked Into by the job seekers. It Is safe to forecast that some bone-dry resolutions made for 1819 will be better kept during the latter half than during the first six months of the new year. The' weather man seems to have. Imbibed the peace spirit to the' extent of postponing as much as possible tho least opportunity for any sleighing. It Is plquantl typical of the race of vnty-thre Irishmen that they will afchr stand for the'.Pftrllamont for wklfch 1 JKlF ITO nwr mn tn i, wnnr. NOT THE RIGHT ANIMAL TO WAVE THE RED FLAG AT, ACCORDING TO THE RECENT ELECTIONS Warn Ml y . L ,,.. mm ; BSz aEBWsR&&)B?5a-r, V&asss?' K'-:' ''V. " Sf3. --ifiassSSS- M- -&?--' ' Ll-lttrfa'rt-.'iJ-v-i r I- r' " kJhT-.- r- '" a X" -fc .- 3W- "Wrnrj: -rttnrxjmwjmuxttMB tj - rzstA'vrjjjr-zjc USjf t.ji I rrr rr-nTrr"ii f rr j- ; -n ii- 'iwilHVH THE INEVITABLE "W1V By Roger Sawyer Forbes The follonlno sentiment for the iicio year i.aa xcrlttcn by the Rev. Roger Sawyer l'orbes, viinlstcr of the Unitarian boclcty of Ocrmantou.n, nho, although a jicttcomcr in Philadelphia, is laptdly making a reputation for i imsclf as ono of the most inspiring incachcrs in the city. TO GET into a "rut" is human. To stay there long is not humanly possible. For ono of two things Is sure to follow: Either tho "tut" will rise on both Bides and bury ono allvo or It will push In, most narrowlj', and squeeze ono to death. This Is as truo of the life of the nations as it Is In the experience of tho Individual. Man, men, must keep going on and across. When any ono says to you In these mo mentous days, "Everything's going to bo different," ou can truthfully answer, Of coursel It always has been and ovor will be. IT IS as natural, too, for humanity to keop going across as it is necessary. From the day when the hardy Ohthere, rc turning from the White Soa, showed tho walrus teeth to King Alfred, to tho time when our own Peary, going over broad lanes of oper. sea betwen tho Ico fields and BOO miles by sledge, leached tho Pole, men havo refused to bo halted by chasms. Be tween "the call of the wild" and "the call In the blood" there Is a constant cor respondence. THIS is a good thing to keep In mind at the beginning of a year of yawning difficulties. Tho phllosopheis once had a seemingly Impassable gulf to try to brldgo, between Thought, Idea, Spirit on tho one hand, and Matter on tho other. Thoy finally covered It. For they found In Will a common de nominator. "Matter" was reduced by study to force; but, of course, to force directed. Now, direction requires offoit, and to make effort means to will. On tho other hand, thought, all clear thinking, lequtres atten tion. Attention means effort, moro or less. And onco again to make effort means to will. Wlll.ls tho essonco of the human soul and of the unlveise. It Is capablo of carrying us anywhere. THE chasms which wo now fear aro so cial and spiritual. But let them not daunt us. Events often help us on toward our difficult destination. Tho gulf between classes has been wide. Between "tho em ploying class" and "the worklngman," It has been said, thero can never bo com munity of interest or exertion. Think of what has token place of late under the pressure of crisis. Collective bargaining on the part of labor has actually been en couraged by not a few great employers, who have "comq across" their former ob jection most wonderfully. Wo see pictures of the "mixed boarda that havo been dealing with industrial puz zles. For one who does not happen to know their faces it is impossible to tell which of these cheerfully serious gentlo men, standing flhoulder to bhouldor, repre sent employers and which aio representa tive of tho worklngman. They all seem to have been working together as comrades. Unity Is not out of the question, Mr. Toft and Mr. Oompora sat, and also spoke, together recently at a dinner! tho" former being JntrpCuced as "the best Joyed man ( the Unltf IfU'es" and the latter as "tli iMl Vpr tewtor I tkm j ivorid.- -MfSTmjm nevfr uwi charwa i . J. ' . mmut , . I . .?- . i3(3R : " 1918 -"TT- V S&ST IV-M .. Wnjii jr' V-, GOING ACROSS with favoring Bolshevism. Nor has Mr, Gompers been accused of muklng many concessions to "tho capitalists." Still, they appeared to havo a causo In common. When strong-willed men resolutely go over tho top of their prejudices they meet In the land of reconciliation. "jyTEN havo tho power to climb, foitu-J-'A natcly. Six hundred year,s ago every great city or houso had wails and moats. The border between England and Scotland was tho sceno of constant raids and con. filets. But tho people's Ideals kept cljmb lng and their conception broadening, until hey had got bo far abovo these artificial obstacles as to realize the utter absurdity of them. Then they filled up the moats, took down tho walls, wiped out the borders and allowed ono another to go back and forth quite easily all on equal terms. Tho world at largo Is about to derive the full benefit of that lesson. Those who havo read John Mulr know that tho most awful crevasse can bo sur mounted by a pioneer with a blizzard ai his back. Blessed blizzards! They serve a good purpose. DELIGION has drawn lines of gaping -' cleavage. Consider, howeyer, tho effect of the last r.vo years upon tho denomina tions. Tho crisis got us somewhere. It forced us to approach ono another. We now realize how Important it 'Is that the spirit which was In Jesus should bq In every one. Facing the same way that the Master faced, taking Hla attitude toward suffering, getting His "spiritual frontage," we find that wo aro'closer than brothers. Men will never bo able to battor down ono auothoi's creeds, but , as they grow In terms of charity, servico, vision, fiey will rise superior to their wall-llko Idols, as a swift runner and Jumper In tho games goes sailing over line after .line of hurdles, Llfo is In naturo transitional. That Is the fact for us to keep In n.bld. The goal may not be visible. Wo may be suro that It is incredibly good. We shall do well to move with life, nothing doubting, every thing hoping. What was the word which came to Moses of old7 "Speak unto the chlldnn of Israel, that they go forward," What says one of the noblest of Ameri can singors and seers? Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unharmed ; The port, well worth the cruise, Is near, And every wave Is charmed. Secret treaties? Let's see, havo we not heard something about them In Pennsylvania politics between tho Democrats and Repub lican Organizations? For the liummy'e Column Child of my heart I'm going to say good-byi I hate like blazes for to see you so. Your demise, brings a teardrop to my eye. I loved you, dear old friend, I loved you 'so, In sorrow deep I Bit and contemplate ,My loneliness when youll have passed away, I wonder If you'll reach the pearly gate, For 1 am g6lng tg kill you New Year's Dy. Never again will you and I commune Jn lovtor silence or In Joyful mirth; Our paths will never crpss, and by next June They'll banish you forever from this earth, So let me sit alone with you tonight, Child of my heart, dear old friend Barley corn, And Ut your spirits move me till I'm tight, ,i For you'll bo dmd to, mo oa Vfevr T'i KkH.BT D n t , i I li lA ;-.- BiLfrfJ . 'FT. ". 'L.aeL 'u'. ,-3ErsaU2a-, ' ! . --J- .." ""Vl' L THE "RAVING' (With Apologies to Edgar Allan Poe) ONCE upon a midnight dreary, Whllo I wandered weak and weary, Vainly looking for a corner Whero to board the trolley line; " As I shambled on undaunted, Suddenly, my eyes were taunted,. r Taunted by a street-car Blgn: "Know the Truth," It boldly bellowed, "Tread not on my tracks divine." On It went, but never stopping, , Whilst a crowd, their brows a-mopplngr, Trailed along with nickels ready To bedeck the MItton mitt; And as I stood there a-freezlng, Came another P. R. Teasing, Teaslngly, these words were writ: "Ye who ride and rule, decide NInoty-ono havo done their bit."- Careless Public, bo not reckless, -S. Lest ye find you're rendered necklesa, By those blameless, sacrificing Martyrs who would bavo our time; They care not for fuel so much, sir, , Wear and tear on cars and such, 'Sir, But they'd hate to chargo a dime; Keep your backs from street-car tracks. And hall tho road sublime, LEON L. CARROLL, U. S. N, A League of Nations, Not Parliamentary eaya Senator Reed, will not work. Well, there is some comfort in the thought that tho same thing may be said of Some mem bers of tho Senate, There would be no harm in suoh j-awps as that of which Senator Reed delivered him self In New York about tho League of Na tions, It It were not cabled to Europe. After President Wilson reaches Rom he will be nble to learn whether the Italian ministry Is the spokesman of tho Itallan'peo pie when It demands the Jugo-SIavlb terri tories on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, The close view Is always best In such inatr ters. The farmers are to get three-fourths of a cent less for their milk after today, and the dealers In town are to be allowed three fourths of a cent more for handling It. The consumer gets nothing, but that's not un usual. What Do You Know? ' QUIZ 1, What border cttr In Knilaml has been vlilt4 by rrfli(ent WIlaonT 3, What la'tliit menn dlitanc of the moon from the enrthf ,. 3, W'T ." Itlchard LotcUcs and when dill' he life? " 4, What la the meanlrs of the word lflhfT 5, Hdv ninr atari were In tha national flag llvlaioiier lnrt Mrllfnry. Ilultlmore, whwi l'mnrla Heott Key wrote "Jne ,Hta Nimnitlrd Manlier"? i ' 0, What l the larcmt cltr In filclb? T Vhut U limpet? 8. Mho was Cluron? 0, In what llv ef Mhabeanenre does (he tW aclrr of lnlitafT appear? , 10. What kind of a all la a jib? Answer to Yesterday's Quit , official title Of the llrlllali Var.lr ' 1. the official title at the llrlll.l. Karelin,'. rrinrir i prfrciurr pi Attain. tjnry In hwttorr pf Htuta for Vottka 2, Jm Manclm. nher CerTantea laid miirh of Uff rnv 91 1,1,11 iiuia i occne or Don (lulxot. waa mi old proi. ..P' "W'P m ' aouthern part of New 'I'. J' .'.. 1SW .conwirleed In the, frr, e of Cludad Heal, , Arthur Sullivan wrote the, mnnle af Inafore" and W. H. Ullbtrt thn horde. inco Pa.tl I nee i S, 8lr Arthur Sullivan wrota the mnnle af 4, Vrlnte Alliert of (lie Ileuao of (Irlraaldl I the ri'lcr of Monaco. 5, The chief colnnlnl ivoMflone of Italian! aro aiuBivrv ,ijf, p. uitwcrt mo wnru in ino mm inairi. (no principal Ulanat i under her rule there are Jura. Susiatni and Celehee. Bh alio control iijim nart of llnrnro and a iiarilea Tl Tinier und New (lulnea, 0. General von Oroeiler arrceeded Oenerat t4H dendorn ue Ural iiuarteruianter general f the (lermi I m - 7, Dlfh1cati menne to darken or onteuro' lli4 mind, to - idir, ttunefy, 8, An Knilleh horn la woodwind mqelcal (- . Jtm itM I ta Wat! rl.ee a-IjV, i 4 . & . B. ' ' o 1 . O ' l- ., J.U. .l-1! Mj-fa.1 . , .. rtrt. ftfji 'J iiTT' ii
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