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FROG HOLLOWS AITLRMATII
rpiIEHK was nuthlnir for Judge Hause to
-- do but Impose good Jail sentences upon
Deutsch, Bennett and tho flvo other men
convicted of conspiracy In tho notorious
Fifth Ward election case.
It would bo strange, indeed, while so
much of the world's welfare1 Is dependent
upon the Integrity ef democratic Institu
tions, If groups of Irresponsible men v.verc
ablo to prostitute the voting system and
wriggle away always without punishment.
This familiar crime Is not most elangeroui
because of Its practical results. Whit
really Imperils the political institutions of
the United States Is the cynicism and con
p tempt which flagrant violations like thoso
charged against the Fifth Ward defendants
engender In the ignorant following of waul
bosses, and especially In the minds )f for
eigners who get their first lesson., in citi
zenship at the polls.
The District Attorney's ofllee is to be
congratulated for keeping the Fifth Ward
cases In a Jurisdiction where political Inter
ference was Impossible. Tho sentences
pronounced yesterday are reassuring. And
they should be a warning to a great many
other corruptionlsts who yet may find
themselves confronted by a reawakened
public conscience.
Some of these Investigating Congress
men think they can eat Piez with a knife.
EDITOR TORD
TTARD-WOHKIXG Journalists who have
" to deal houtly, as best they may, with
the Iron realities of these thundering d.ijn
will look with envy upon Henry ford,
v who, as the newest editor In tho world, has
f only to pluck blossom: of gentle thought In
the green fields of tho untroubled future
where his mind has found blissful roads to
wander In.
It is Impossible not to l.ke Mr. Ford.
He is a good-hearted man, cage-- to do
noble things. Cut he believes the troubles
of tho world may be solved with kindly
epigrams, ai.d he has a notion, which Is
apparent In the first Issue his weekly
newspaper, trat the universe of humankind
is not less highly organized than the auto
mobile business. It is not surptliang that
Mr. Ford in his first edltcrlal utterance
should mistake old truths for new ones.
And that Is what he has done.
"VVo are lnfoimed In the first Issue uf
the Dearborn Independent that It Is nobler
to make plows than to mako dollars: that
a business Isn't worth while unle.vs It pro
duces useful things; that opportunity will
not oerlook you because you may wear
overalls. These maxims h've a familiar
sound. They belong with tho oldest truths
in the world.
EverjboJy vould like to be noble. It Is
oasy to be noble when jou aro rich, diffi
cult when you are u struggling business
man not fortunate enough to have millions
to spend In experimenting with the virtue-".
All business men do not lle and work In
the midst of plenty. They aro not fortu
nate enough to have something that eery
body wants. Their world Is full of hard
problems. K their generosltj is not as
Bpectacular i.s Mr. Ford's, .t is, neverthe
less, proportionately as great or gi eater.
Journalism is a good dchool, and If Mr.
Ford Is a sit cere pupil he vill learn man.v
things. Then he will not be so leady with
Uls lectures to the relatively poor who aro
the vast majority In the business world.
The motto of tho Junker Is. "V'o don't
care who the puppet is so we may pull the
strings."
JERSEY AM) THE WORLD OUTSIDE
fTUIAT purt of New Jersey lying between
--Camden and lluili.-.gton. speaking with
cold restraint through J. II. Since, of
Kdgewater Park, wants the railroads
returned to the owners now. and in sup
port of this demand unfolds a tale of
troubles that Is reminiscent o' tho hard
experiences of railway travelers In every
part of the country. Old and musty cars,
irregular EChedules, general discomfort,
lost dinners and unclean railroad equip
ment have served to depress life- between
Hurllngton and Camden since our first
days in the war.
The thing that Is most interesting about
the cry from Jersey, however, Is the Insist
ent restriction of tljo point of Uew which
it reveals. Hero again is a fault that has
always characterized p.bllc criticism In
America. Do the Jersey co: .nutcrs leallze
that the railroad question Is a national one
Mid that It affects the life of tho entire
land? The interest of that part of Jersey
lying between liurllngto.i and Camden
ceems limited to that part of Jersey lying
between Burlington and CaTidcn.
Similarly you will find political criticism
localized und business an 1 social interests
localized all over the land o' the free. It
is a way we have. It is not always produc
tive of good. The Government might iiistle
the railroads bade into the hands of the
owners now and commuters everywhere in
Jersey and Pennsylvania would be happy,
tut wlut of tbe rest of the country and
what of tho confusion that would be sure
to ensue In llnanco and In industry were
tho railway readjustments to ho made
otherwise) tht,n with the greatest care and
with plenty of time to avoid mistakes?
Mr. McAdoo considered th . railroads first
as a war mechanism, and tho riding public
co-operated with him. The riding
public suffered good-naturedly. That Rood
naturo must continue u littlo while longer
In order that means may bo found for a
new arrangement satisfactory and helpful
to everybody.
GOOD OR BAD, LKT THE FACTS
ON RUSSIA BE KNOWN
Rritain's Plan, Condemned by Piclion, Pro
vides Inquiry Machinery for Solving
the Mbit Perilous of Enigmas
ANY plan of world reconstruction in-
volvinj? disregard of one-seventh of
the land suifnce of the Klobc and 182,
000,000 of Its Inhabitants is elementally
a paradox and n sham. Rclntivcly
speakinff, n Pcoco Conference that would
Ignore Russia would be parochial, untrue
to presumptions of universality. It
would wear blinders.
The run of ordinnry folk on a war
racked planet is weary of pretense.
Amid ti avail and sacrifice it has just
witnessed tho bitterly costly downfall
of an illusion that which vaunted the
dissociation of micht from morality
Humanity is sick of lies. It is in no
mood to tolerate tho monstrous one that
a problem of such ticmendous import ns
that of Russia can bo solved by avoiding
it. Its very complications only intensify
the urgency of a solution.
The composite mind of tho Paris con
ference is a blend of idenlism and selfish
astuteness. Tho impress of the Russian
situation on this mentality must there
fore be marked since stimulus is thereby
provided for both of these faculties.
But the nctual result is the hamstringing
of wisdom, cither sinister or virtuous,
and the cication of a deadlock without
historical parallel in the magnitude of
its implications.
Apparently, it is generally agreed that
further military intervention in Russia
is impossible. Not even tho French
financial interests are sufficiently asser
tive to dispel the potent force of anti
war sentiment. But ns that attitude
dully takes on more clarity its effect is
crippled by an ostrich-like perversity
productive of diplomatic chaos. A policy
which supports n new wnr in Russia
waged on an overpowering scale for the
ovei throw of the Bolshevik! regime
might be reprehensible, but it would ho
cxhibitive of definite principles logically
applied.
The withdrawal of armies and the
recognition, at least for purposes of dis
cussion and inquiry, of the various fac
tions in the past empire is the other
alternative. There is no middle ground.
To end strife with Russia and then pre
tend that she doesn't exist is to be as
mad as Lcnine at Brest-Litovsk, who
surrendered to Gcimany at the same
time that ho refused to sign the treaty.
He has been called a knave, but there
are persons who find that charge debat
able. There is no doubt that he was a
fool.
The international legates attempting
to leconeile two uttcily contradictory
viewpoints are in danger of winning that
ascription. Russia may be investigated
or, by the immense power of the Allied
arms, she may bo crushed. Tho latter
course is taboo. There remain;! only the
former, but unless consistently pursued
it will be worthless.
In Keen realization ol this fact was
the British memorandum proposing a
suspension of hostilities on all fronts in
Russia, pending the peace negotiations,
and suggesting that the great Powers
would be prepared to enter into discus
sions with any of the Russian factions
that might seek representation. Pichon,
the Trench Foreign Minister, promptly
raged at this project, emphasizing that
his country would not deal in any way
with "the criminal regime of the Bol
shevists." Misconception, whether disingenuous
or otherwise, is writ large in this out
burst. The British proposal was merely
the sane sequel to the nearest thing to a
Russian policy to which in general the
Powers may bo said to have subscribed
the doteimination not to prolong the war.
If it isn't to he war it must be peace,
and the honest que3t of tho latter can
only bo undertaken with an equipment
of facts.
Any plan which presupposes a pledge
I of sympathy for Bolshevist madness, as
tho outside world beholds it, is unthink
able. Britain's feeler was tainted by no
such thoughtless extravagance. What
it did imply was tho immediate need for
information about Russia. Commission
ers have failed. Rival propagandas have
seemingly pciveited truth to suit them
selves. If the Russians, whether of
Om3k, Ekaterinburg, Kiev or Moscow,
have something comprehensible to say,
why not hear them directly? Reason
commends tho idea.
If civilization has a gang of thugs on
its hands the membership should he
categorically identified. If astigmatic
political vision is predominantly Russia's
disease and greed and corruption aro
minor factors, that information should
bo authoritatively revealed. If nor
mality numerically predominates and has
been temporarily intimidated by a pack
of loathsome fanatics, tho veil of mys
tery should ho lifted. If certain portions
of the vast region are nlrcady fit, accord
ing to prevailing stnndards, for admis
sion into a league of nations, denial of
that right because of terrorizing neigh
bors is manifestly unjust.
The indispensable preliminary to any
reasonable policy with regard to Rus
sia is the undiluted truth about the most
amazing riddle in history. Thero is a
chance, of course, that even the recep
uJViiJJSlNa PUBLIC LEDGER
tion of a multifarious variety of Slavic
delegates would not fully Illumine the
problem. But failure in that case would
not be worse than tho present obscurity.
Plchon's fears that tho Allies would
make bargains with scoundrels is ab
surd. Tho thought is utterly repellent
to both Britain nnd America. Repugnant
also is an Inconsistency which will lead
nowhere savo to peril. Even France, so
heavily Russia's creditor, must see this.
Tho possibility that she may be out
voted when the conference attains full
swing is conceivable if the consensus of
opinion shall he that Russln Is not a
blank, but an empire, and that, however
intractable, somo sort of reckoning must
eventually be made with her.
Ocnnnny will never be nblo to pull a
world championship out of tho League of
Nations.
OUR NEW SHIPS IN TROUBLE
rV COUUSi: there will be a great lifting
of eyebrows and n growing disquiet
nnd perhnps a clamor of complaints In
mnny quarters becnuso of tho troubles of
tho Tuckahoo and some of our other
"hurry-up" ships.
Tho Tuckahoe began to leak In heavy
sets. Tho Custalla was also In trouble of
some sort on her first voyage. These are
vessels of the fabricated type, the first of
their kind to try their luck under tho
American flag. A second thought will show
that their misfortunes have no special
significance.
The Qtilsteonck, the first ship launched
at Hog Islnntl, was put together In a hurry
nnd with much difficulty becnuso of Inex
perienced labor. Yet she has Just weath
ered heavy Fea's magnificently enough upon
a maiden voyage tinder full cargo nnd Is
Reported generally fit. I'ven though the
first fabricated ships should prove unsuc
cessful, thero will he no ground for com
plaint if all the others of a similar type
are as they should be.
What we oro confronting now is the
reaction from a year of wild talk about
miracles In nlrplanes and guns nnd ships.
Beeauso of minor mistakes a great many
people will" never bp able to realize that wo
actually accomplished marvelous things.
America attempted the Impossible. It is
better to attempt too much than too little.
Tho Tuckahoo was built nt Camden In
thirty-eight days. She tcprcscnt.s one of
thoso (lights which, as some one has said,
often carry the American spirit to an
unbellovahlc star and sometimes send It
wild, to fall laughing Into the void. And
so, for our part, wo hope theie Is nothing
serious the matter with her.
Thero Is safety In numbers. Skates
never scare tho prohibitionists when they
come in pairs.
DEMOCRACY IN THE THEATRE
rpHK right of self-doteimlnatlon Is spread-
Ing Into the most unexpected quarters.
The latest news is that a theatre audience
is to have the right to decide whether tho
leading lady Is to be cnllr-d a "star."
A meritorious actress, now playing a
leading role In a New York thea.re, claims
the privilege of being hailed as such.
Previously, we presume, tho criterion of
starshlp was to have written an auto
graphed approval of somo facial cream or
"hulderles.s" silk stocking. Put now 1 evo
lutionary Ideal the dignity Is to be
dependent on tho audience's approval of
tho lady's performance on tho stage. For
last night, nt this New York theatre, the
manager submitted to the audience tho
question whether the leading nctress could
Jutlv be called a "star" In his advertising.
He distributed ballots on which those in
the nuditotlum were to register yea or nny.
We have not ytt heard the result.
Tho result, however, Is negligible 10m
paied with the momentous priiulple thcio
enunciated. Uvery audience to be u --oviet
of its own! Somo day we may even have
commissars of the gallery and dress circle,
who will deliberate, nfter each act, whether
tho ".hov" may be permitted to continue.
A startling and magnificent thought: tho
audience is at last to be consulted!
Nearly JC3,noo,OOu is
l iicle Sam's llrut to be spnt nt the
Intcrnutlonul T.fBguo Island Navy
Yaid this coming
year Among the llcmi of e.penro contem
plated Is the construction of two of tho big
gest battle cruisers In tho world. There Is
I nothing Incongruous in the ract that we are
building battleships while strenuously woilt-
Ing for the stabllshnu-nt of a World League
of Nations to enforce peace. If tiio world Is
to be policed, America Is big enough to be
called upon for a large percentage of the
necessary police force.
T h e a i r squadron
Hot nnttles for which has been mak
Cohl lllrdi lag a spectacular
night across tho con
tinint from San I'lcgo will nrrivc In Phila
delphia on Saturday. Councils- committee on
Sustenance and Itellef is ready to give the
members of the party the warm reception
and the warm victuals needed after so chilly
a trip
Two thousand naval
Vui.( HhitIiikS reservists and en-
Miore l.rme Is listed men will re-
X'ermnnent celve their discharge
during the next few
weeks in the Fourth Naval District, which
ha its headquarters in this city. It will tako
a capacious maw and a perfect digestion to
absorb so many "gobs," but the countiy Is
equal to It. It will bo merely a seasoning of
"salt" to the Industrial dish.
If peace Is to endure
( ninprnmlar it It will be a compro-
IlnaU of Peace mlse peace, after nil.
Tho parties will take
a little less than they desire bo that all may
have some share of satisfaction. And the
more complete the compromise tho fewer
crumbs of comfort will fall from tho table
for a hungry and cunning Germany.
German Junkers, It is
The Junker nnd said, are planning to
the Younker put tho son of the
Crown Prince on tho
throna of Germanj-, with Prince Hltel Fried
rich as regent It Is an excellent scheme
from a Junker standpoint. Taka 'cm yount;,
mole 'em, let 'em "Jell," and use according
to need. . .
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUR? 4
ZERO HOURS AT THE
BELLEVUE-STRATFORD
E. J. Cattcll, City Statistician, Tells
the Lads Over There of War
time Philadelphia
(Soldier Jnurnallum In (he American expedi
tionary force la nnprnnrhlnn Itn end. The eerv
loo panera In tho army nre printing farewell
nllllnna. rollonlnn aro extract from an arti
cle written by Mr. Cnttell and rrlnted In the
last Irsue of Over Here, the nrtlclal reweiiaprr
nf tn transport heatlnunrtera nt Havre, edited
hy Corporal llart KnJrcsa. formerly of tho
I.fJccr alnrr.)
FOR so many years wo have been such an
aggressively free people, taking a. delight
In doing many things simply to show that
wo had the right to do them and nobody
could stop us from doing them, that to bo
suddenly brought up on the haunches by
the pull of a sharp curb bit by tho Govern
ment at Washington gavo a new sensation,
and a not altogether pleasant sensation, to
the average American. For oxamplo:
I wns In the Hellevuc-Stratford Hotel one
noon nt luncheon. A young man of large
fortune nnd aecus(omed to having his own
way through life, called tor o second portion
of bread. Tho waiter politely said that It
was njalnst tho rule; he could only servo
him one order of bread;' whereupon tho
voumr mari In question cxclnlmed: "I havo
money to buy what I want nnd I Intend to
get what I want!" He had spoken loudly;
ever body In tho room heard tho remark.
A moment Inter tho same crowd heard nn
elderly man sitting back of the first speaker
exclaim: "Was that fellow 'made In Oer
mnny' or Is he Just trying to imitate a Her
man? He had better shut up or somebody
will split his head open."
Tho young man didn't get his second por
tion of bread, but he did leave tho room
without finishing his luncheon, and ho has
not repented in public tho remark that "he
had enough money to buy what he wanted
nnd Intended to buy It."
Hut somo of tin-so things do pinch hard
I was taking lunch myself one night after
one of the hardest dai'o work 1 had ever
put In. I had ordered a baked apple and a
cup of corfce. I was given n tablespoonful of
sugar In a sinnll paper bag, put It over
my apple, which happened to be very tart,
then when I looked for tho sugar for my
coffee I was politely told that the order from
Washington was that only one portion of
sugar could be served to any ono person. I
needed the coffee, but It was the worst pun
ishment I had had In n long timo to drink
that rour stuff minus the sugar a little
thing, but coming at the end of u hard day
it somehow got homo.
Another odd fcatuie has been the change In
railway travel. It Is hard to make you,
overseas, understand Just at how many points
the nw railway policy brought friction and
provoked anger. Everybody now sees that
it was tho best posalblo policy that tho
(Jovcinment had to take.
On four or five occasions I was forced to
board trains without either railroad or Pull
man ticket. After more than half nn hour
of waiting I had been unable to reach either
window. A little later the Government cor
rected many of these faults by opening. In
largo stations, four or five times the number
of ticket. selling windows, but as these were
In charge of untrained girls, the Improve
ment wns not very great; still, nobody
grumbled,
Ono time, while waiting In lino In New
York, somebody started to grumble, nnd I
recalled to my neighbor the experience of a
friend fiom San Francisco, who once said
that the people of Philadelphia were the
most "polite" people In the world, and when
1 asked him to prove it ho answered:
"I v as standing In line ono cold day ot
the Heading Terminal. Thero must have
been twenty-live persons In that line. A man
slapped down ,i half dollar on tho counter
and said to the ticket agent: 'Give me a
ticket to New York.' Tho ngent said: 'You
can't go as far as New Yorl- for fifty cents."
The man argued with tho agent for four
or five minutes. Meanwhile lhe opening and
nhuttlng of doors brought Icy blasts of wind
against the tiled crowd"
At last tho man nt tho head of tho lino
exclaimed. "Well, where can I go for half
a dollar?" Half n dozen men In the line,
out ot tho kindness of their heart, shouted:
"You can go to hell !"
e e
P.epeating tills littlo story seemed to put
everybody In good humor, and that wns tho
case all over the country: somebody would
lose hitf temper for a moment, give vent to
his feelings, and then, suddenly, the humor
ous angle would strike some one, and In a
moment the- atmosphere would change. Yes.
it was annoslng, but think what tho boss
v.ere suffering "over thcr"
The effect on travel was curious. To ba
out on (lie back platform of a (rain and
suddenly have the brakemnn put hi!? hand
on sour shoulder and say: "Don't sou
know It Is against the rules to stand on tho
hack platform? No one Is allowed to stand
heic during war times; somebody might drop
something on a bridge" brought a flush of
resentment for a second, perhaps Intensified
by the rough man wiio had given the order,
nnd yet the wisdom of that order joon be
camo apparent, and the feeling was one of
approval.
e
I recognised that perhaps the people at
Washington unew what wns Dest; that bs-anil-by
they would get after the people who
were eating it half pound of sugar un
checked wiille I was denied an ounce, and I
put the saino rule into my habit of Ufa
day by da, when nobody was near to check
me or to force upon me tho Government's
wish. I believe that I am an average Amer
ican, and I think the whole nation has ac
cepted every order from Washington, or sug.
gestion which wns virtually an order, In
tho bamc spirit, believing that the Govern
ment was acting as our agent, that It was
handling a tremendous problem, that our
best and wisest men wcie at Washington
consulting, planning, studying tho situation
In all its healings, and that when they put
out an order to tho people whom they tepre
sented, It was tho old experience of "follow
ing the leader" and obeying checTfully even
the older they could not understand.
In the matter of food day nfter day I
havo tried, but unsuccessfully, to eat some
of tho "war bread" at first strted at tho
Helle-vue-Htratford. This Ih one of tho hotels
which pledged not to uso nny wheat but to
make Its bread wholly of substitutes, ana
1 thought most of tho substitutes were saw
dust or cement. After ou swallowed half
a roll you seemed to be laying a new brick
pavement along the outer edge of jour Intes.
tines. Just as jour appetite was keen for
meat jou were; Informed that It was a
' mtatlebs day."
I'lfth Warders offered free board In
Chester County nre far from showing unduo
bantu in accepting tho Invitation.
Jxit's have a parade of all the patriotic
women organizations beforo they are for
mally mustered out.
And even without that appropriation tho
Delaware Is deep enough to float our re.
turning heioes If they are but permitted to
debark here.
A stable government In Ilussla li by no
means a very distant possibility. The pen
dulum was bound to swing from one kind of
autocracy to another. It has had a long
swing, a swift swing and nn erratic swing,
but, by nnd by, It will get down to that
steady tick-tick that will enable the clock
workers to borrow money and do something
worth while.
At tho I'eace ConftTcnce there is pos
sibility that the plan of William J. Hryan,
catling for a year's Investigation of disputes
beforo a declaration of war, may bo consid
ered, snjs a Paris correspondent. Hryan'.'
Bryan? Wasn't there a Chautauqua lectur
er of that name who won noma notoriety by
cackling of a million men springing to arms
over nlht?
THE CHAFFING DISH
Tobacco Pouch Tales
Stories for Children
fTU:LL US a Hory for a cold night," said
J- the children, us Daddy picked up tho
storj'-telllng pipe.
"Well," said Daddy, "I don't believe there's
much mngic In the tobacco this evening. It's
too chilly. But did you ever hear the story
of Bryant SK Four Hundred?"
o-
NCn upon a time there was a little boy
called Bryant, who lived in nn apartment
house. It was a very tall apartment house,
such as J'ou some-times see, with a great big
stone entrance opposite a lovely square, and
glass revolving doors. There was a beautiful
elevator, with a man In green uniform to run
it up and down. And in the hallway was a
queer littlo desk called a telephone switch
board, where a young lady sat all day push
ing green wires Into littlo holes and shout
ing out numbers. At ono time Bryant had
been puzzled by this lady, for Just as he
was going by sl.e called out his namo with a
number after It, liko this: "Bryant Six
Four Hundred!" And when he said "Yes?"
very politely, she laughed, and after that
she always called him "Six Four Hundred."
Sometimes ho heard her call out other num
bers to him as he went past her desk, but as
ho did not qulto understand the Joke ho only
bmlled and said nothing.
BUY ANT was what jou might tall a for
tunate little boy. The apartment where
ho lived was bright and sunny; It wus hlt'h
up hi the air. like a bird's nest; from his bed
room window he could look out and beo peo
plo walking In the part The apartment
was alwayst warm and comfortable. There
were some golden pipes called radiators In
every room. These Interested him very
much ever since the day he had put a plato
ot butter on top of one of them and found
that It turned Into soup.
Tho only thing that bothered Bryant was
that his nurse was to particular about his
nui) mates. Whon he went out to play in the
park dressed In his snug Uttio overcoat and
leggings, with his corduroy hat with ear
tabs and his warm mittens with fur around
the wrists, he often saw very interesting
children, dressed very dirfcrentlj'. to whom
ho made shy advances. But his nurse, who
had stupid Ideas about these things, would
sometimes grab him and hurry him away
Just as the fun was beginning.
BRYANT was especially Interested In tho
Janitor's children, t because he had
learned that they lived In a mysterious
region called tho basement. Ho used to hope
that tho clovator on Its way down would go
so fast that It would drop past the hallway
nnd reach that strange placo; but I'ltJi, tlio
clovator man, a', aja disappointed him by
turning the handle too soon and bringing
the car to a Blop. Sometimes, peering
down through the sldo of the car, he could
hear the voices of tho Janitor's children
coming up tho shaft. As he nad no brothers
or sisters he used to wish very much that
they would come up and play with him. Ho
asked KHz about It. but Fits said they wcro
forbidden to couio upstairs.
-NB afternoon a great thing happened,
KJ Bryant and his nurse were Just going
out to the park to play snowballs, for It was
a bitter cold winter day. Just ts they got
to the front door his nurse found Bho had
forgotten her handkerchief. Sho told him (o
wait In the hall while Bne Wfnt up again la
tho elevator to got It, Now Bryant did not
mean to bo disobedient, but ho had found
that at one end of the hall wns a little stair
way that led down to the basement. He
could not resist the temptation to run down
ami explore, particularly ns ho could henr tho
sound ot voices down below, The telephone
tady was busy calling out numbers, bo down
he went.
It waa a very fascinating place down
there. In tbe distance be mw the tfovr ot
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BLOOD BROTHERS
a great big furnace. In a little passage ho
found tho Janitor's three children playing
an Interesting game with somo small pieces
of coal they had picked out of tho ash canf.
They were rather pale little creatures, be
cause they spent most ot the time In tho
dark. At first they wero rather shj but
then they asked him to Join tho game, and
showed him how to plaj-. Then It occurred
to him that his nurso would be waiting, so
he asked them to come with him and play
snowballs in tho park.
"Oh, no," said tho oldest. "It's too cold."
"It Isn't very cold." said Brjant. "Put
on j'our gloves and come along."
The Janitor's children looked at each other
and laughed. Then ono of them said:
"Wo haven't any gloves."
Brj-ant thought this was an awfully gona
Joke. Not havo any gloves? Why, every
ono in the world had gloves! Ho explained
this.
"Well, we haven't," said the oldest of tho
three. "I grew out of mine, and then Billy
lost them. And Mary has holes in her
shoes, v,Ve can't go out when It snows."
About that time tho elevator camo down
to (ho basement with a clang, and Bryants
nurse found him and carried him away.
rpHAT night waa very cold, one of thoso
- nlghls when even nn aparlment with
golden radiators doesn't seem any too warm.
Brj-nnt was waked up In the middle of tho
night by his nurse piling another blanket on
him. And after that he didn't go to iileep.
because he began to think about tho Janitor's
children. Under all his warm depth of blan
kets ho could feel how cold It was, for the
tip ot his noso felt quite frostj-. Tho thought
occuircd to him that perhaps tho Janitor's
children were not warm enough. It was no
uso to curl up hl3 knees and bury his nose
under the, covers. Tho thought of tho Jani
tor's children made him chilly. His toes
became as cold as a milk bottle after it has
stood hi tho Ice-box. Ho was too cold to
sleep.
FITZ was on night duty that evening, and
about 3 o'clock ho was dozing on a stool
In tho elevator, when ho was surprised to
henr tho bell ring. But he was moro sur
prised still when he got up (o tho fourdenth
floor to see a binall figure In a bluo dressing
gown carrying a blanket, a hot-water bottle,
two pairs of gloves and a muff. For Brj-ant
had crept verj" quietlj' out of bed, picked up
what ho thought would be most useful and
had slipped out of the front door of the
apartment! leaving it ajar.
"Bless my soul," said Fltz, "what are j-ou
up to, Bryant?"
"I want to tako these down to tho Jani
tors children," said Bryant, shivering a Ut
ile, for tho hall was draughty.
"You'll catch your deathacold," said Fitz,
thinking that perhaps Bryant was walking
in his sleep. Ho wondered whether ho
ought to wako up tho boy'a father and havo
him put back to bed.
"Not If jou're i quick, I won't," said
Bryant, so calmly and positively that Fltz
saw he was wide awake.
"Hurry up!" said Bryant. "I think the Jan
Itor's children nre too cold to sleep and I'm
going to tako them some gloves and a hot
water bottle."
"Nonsense," Bald Fltz. "Tney sleep three
In n bed; they're as warm as toast." But
almost without meaning to he opened the
door of tho elevator, and they shot down to
the basjment. By this time Fitz had entered
Into tho spirit of tho adventure.
"Seo here," ho whispered, "Wcit lay 'cm
at the door and knock, and then run, Come
along, now!"
Bryant carefully laid the blanket at tho
Janitor's doorslll. and on It tho gjovrs, muff
and rubber bottle. Then Fltz gave tho door
n loud thump and they fled back to tho ele
vator. With a whirr It rose up again, and
hy tho time It reached Bryant's floor he
was as warm as could be. Ho tiptoed Into
tho dark apartment. He could hear his
nurse's heavy breathing, bo ho knew uho
hadn't waked up. Then ho climbed Into bed,
and even without his extra blanket he slept
tho warmest, snucgest sleep you ever heaid
of.
"But what happened tho next morning?"
asked ono of the children.
"Ah," said Daddy, 'That's another etory."
SOCRATES,
THE REMEDY
I
S IT sense?
Are you going to wait till the hlshj
prices drop
One year hence
Or a score? Can j-ou set for a fact any
stop?
Doesn't sound economics preclude tho fullf
flop?
Como now, gents!
Won't they stick.
On the contrary? Let common horsc-sensi
' bupplunt
r.helorle! !
Read jour history book ero jou venture
to rant:
Have thej- ever come down once they
struck the upslant?
Not a lick I
Is there, then.
Any answer? Shall grousing and grumpini
prevail?
Shall jou pen
Only figures that half-fill a slack dinner
pall? Shall jou lie on jour oars and eject a wet
wall?
Como now, men!
Sure. It's not
Tho least good to play liuf card: jou'u!
licked when jouro sore.
Ilnn't eet hot
Because dollars aro fifty cents weak at tha I
store.
But slog fu on your job double dollar foj
pour
In the poll
STANLUY K. WILSON.
A Disappointed Irishman
New a of mild election shindies In Ireland
recalls tho protest made by a voter to Lord
n.nrlex Tteresfnrd when be eaiitured Water-
ford forty years ago. "You're no man," de- j
clared the elector indignantly. Lord Charles
begged to differ, and demanded explanation. ;
"Arrali, then," was tho replj-. "tho last time i
ono of jour family stood for tho country Its !
up to me ankles I was In blood and up to
me lirnlns In whlskv. but dlvil a drop av
a titer 1'vo seen this time." Manchester
Guardian.
Meager reports from the Prussian prov
inces leave ono In doubt as to whether the
revolutionists there, aro really dogs of war or I
merely Pomeranian pups.
Nothing ciuito so efficient as electricity.
even In deviltry. Tho crossed wires that
started a blazo in tho homo of Rabbi Kraus- j
kopf rang a bell that awakened the family.
Lord Northcllffe would havo us believe
that perhaps, maybe, peradventure, the I
Bolshevik Is not as Red as ho Is painted. Oh,
well: with a lot of whitewash and a little
blue streak he may pass for a patriot
What Do You Ktiou?
QUIZ
1, Vtliat Is (lie mennlne; of n cold chevron worn J
nn a eoitiicr a riKiu airetev
S. What member of the llrlllali rolly la en
(cased to roarrr an untitled n.itul offleer?
3. Where la the tlulf or Bothnia?
t. Who waa Joseph Hodman Drnke?
3, What member of 1'realdent Wllaon'a cabinet 1
hub unnounreu nis renixnation.
I), Wlmt la (he meanlnc of (he word plethora?
7, What la the name of the eontrlvAnro used on
ihHt-a. rhrnnmue(frs und luuipa, in a borl-
t-oidul poitidon?
S. VMuit la the plural of (he word irnua?
fl. ilf ilint State uai Andrew Jnhnkon it etttz
when he wun elected to (lie vice presldencyl
10, VMmt ure nimbus clouds?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1, The Imperial Chancellor, of Germany darlnri
the war
lll-rllliir,
Iladea.
Mlchaells and Prince Max
rro (niiniiiiui-iiuiiitra, Ti
?. The hole nosseaftlon of the United Statea
i IrlnsT
south of tbe equator la composed of certain
IMlunus in tue ranioau sroup.
3. "Tnrliitre," "l.'Aare" and "I nonneols
lientiinomme" iirti romeaiea ur oionere.
4. (ireut llrltuhi In 1H40 waa the first (overnmen
10 uoopi prrpuiu pnsiuso atunips.
fl. A tidal hore la a creut (Ide ware with
prtrlplloua front uiutlns up some ctluarli
0. The I'nllrd Mutes has Issued four Libert
loan.
7, Kspurto Krata I; n kind of rush, found most! I
in riMin, aim uscci in paper mauinjr.
8. The .District of Columbia orlaimtlly tonsisteil
or amr-rotir aquure milea rcueti I
r aquure mllea ceded by Mar
nr(y-lx ceiled by Vlrslnls. 1
rilnla portion was re-ceelM.
oh Is sn loslrnmeot for recor
una una lorir
isto the virii
O. The aelsmnifranh
ins esrtbquitatea. .
10. Buenos Aires U allotted sa th Hits' M
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