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V The Chester t'oui "ot In Deuts li ' j i' !i IV I1M GENERAL SMITS- LEAGl'K PiuNKEK rTIHAT mankind's abllltj to think con- atructlvoly lias not been entlrel.v dulled by the most iTUshmKl. dpstructlui eui in history Is enrouraghiKly e JUciil-oiI in tien oral Smuts's caBne of nations plan. That testimony is indeed the most stlmulatlnc feature of the scheme. The American commission, which Is said to hay been acquainted wuli Its outlines ninic tho President on his Kngllsh visit tecehed ,i memorandum on the subject from Sir, l,!oyd Oeorue. is reportetj ;1s nitic.il of It wrar-preventlon clauses. , The point may prove to be well taken or It may be In. sufficiently ni ndful of tcrtiiin pun thai considerations which must be made ex plicit before cetl the loosest form of world union can b aUu'-vcd. llebate mi su.-h a topk is the rlchtful province of tlm Paris heslon Areumeiu need nor mllltnte air.ilnt eventual adjustment. Of it faihue to do so the record of the maklne of the Amer ican Constitution furnishes Informing proof. I'rotn tho time the Philadelphia convention was summoned until it met, skeptics in the land were tremulous with fear leit tho -ry magnitude of the unit;, problem should etultif tho mental initia tive necessatj to its solution. What tealh happened, hoeer. was the foimtilation of a wide atleiv of dellnlto plan, whu-n us a result of itn estimation and :irJutiiint. ,(?uve rlso to that ailtnlred blend of Idea! Istie and prarin al mnchlner known a.s the American Constitution Despite duk luuils nntl hints f ,ii;i;ih Five tendencies anilogivs between tlie jne llmlnaries to tha aehiexement and what the best thought in the world desires to bo performed In F'.it i ure bj thl time train able. Genet. il Mnuts is no idle phr.'iac fcpinner, but an exiremcl hard-heudid btatesman wlio luif lived to witness in outh Aftka the film tlonlnj; of reotgaui zatlon niailnneiv Inconceivable In the btormv dajs of oom Paul. His 'eague s limine, with its piuUun for a general Minfe-ei.ce, a council, couiu of atbttrat'oii ut d oni fiatluii, compulsory arbitration and ir v the combined na tions on memb' of I he aoelny whlih brtal; Its covenaii'-, dealt. onncretel with n themo whh.li has hoiv pas(si the pm '.u s'lvelj oraton-ai Ktage His outline, w.n.e Hif",,,! tiio e. n uiim boycott to vhi, ii the ufl'eiuhm; nutlou iihall ipso fa. ' Letotre subjei-tod, piaces tho accision as to i in- league's etnuluvmi m of armed fop :n i its xiee in the liandn of the counr-i.. ,i ,rti or rnihtarv operatlenis will therefore nnt automatically ensuo in the event of a bieaib. Crlttclfrn -f this loophole and of other sugfftstlons ii'li-r heiiiune of their sti m gency or mildness ii inevitable. Hut it Is pessimistic blit ouess to dens that prog tesi towanl t' goal to whlrh liumuiilty 1 looltltiff ha.s ben made bv the extremoly capable Anj,i..-joe unliiicr und publlcbu, 3,ord fiobert i- t. i said to he fathering another plan i:en fiom rraneo, whore Clemenceau t-U I prntes of tho bulunco of power, peinc leas 10 projoets lnu l expected. America's letnedial maehinei mil be ,Ubstantlali fortified as repreeentuthes of the assoclateil poivfia abandon general ties for definite proposals. Notwithstand ing delays and an almost awed reluctance to grapple with fails, liu-dy ploncnrs have already set to woik and h'mutx is ono of them. The fai that tie Prince of Wa.es ended R ls'.t to the 'ianhs . daiumg with An-erl-can nurses em M shows tint he n ,vi tjminentlv sensible and normal .voting man. AN ECHO ()' 1'Hr, DAYS OP PLENTY TT 18 typical of the whirllgly of human J- events tiiat the eponetr of a system warning mankind against ui creating h,ould have died while on n mission whose object was to feed his fellow belngp Nevertheless the ostein of Horace I'letchei, whose deatli lias just been teported fiom Copenhagen, was ic prluciplo ex ellent "Chew, chew, chew with its corollary, ''eat only when you iito hungry." com-posed-the once widely boosted gospel of rjgetcJar!sm.'' It will be well wotth re- iW iSgjSgf.. i.. vlving when a. shattered world lias been sanely reorganize J. Hut at presont much of Kuropo Is tragi, tally unable to follow lib advice. A "I'letchcrlst" with no fooil at all Is n bitter iimmiuly. It lie to the credit of the dietetic phllosopUe-r that lie devoted him-M-lf so cllk'Icntly tti tho itbnormal war times to work whleh kuvo almost u touch of Ituiiy to lilt slogans, for It so happened that the world's peril wan not food, ns be imiM implied, but Its pitiful absence. KKNVO.N A.MJ nOKAII U HOLSIIKVIS.M IX AMKHICA l)elii-inn Tliut Iliiinit ru'liinptun utnl the Trulli liout a ataller That Couitress l)oen"t N-ciit to Understand TVTUCII tlmt is wild nnd much that is silly is lieinj,' .said and written of Bolshevism. Xowhcrc has ifjnoranco of the ttuc origin and .slgnificaneo of the Russian tumult been more evident than in CoiiKiess. Yet the country was alto i cetlier unprepatcd for the spectacle pre- .sented by .Senator Borah and Senator Kenyon when they broke into print yrstciduy to babble tremulous warnings of "the mennce of Bolshevism in America." . Do the Senators lead'.' Do they know nothing- of tho life of Europe thut would enable them to sense their own absurdity and the trapedy of tho Russians? Arc Mr. Kenyon nnd Mr. Borah victims of the superstition that falls sooner or later upon ovcty man who refuses to tecop; nize obvious truths? Or are wo to have .in All-Senators' Soviet for tho Promul gation of New C'ampniKii Issues? Time will tell. Meanwhile, it must be admitted that nothing: so far uttered in tlte United Stute.s could setvc more effectually to becloud tho real truth about Bolshevism or to p;ivc vain hope to scattered ptopagandists of the cult in America than the Borah-Kenyon state ment of yesterday. Even while Mr. Boiah and Mr. Ken yo:i were s-peakint?, the hard-driven Ger mans in Berlin and the people of the Atgentinc Republic were proving again what every rational-minded man should know that wherever civilization has once been decently established, wherever people arc able to read, wherever great injustice ha.s- not prevailed to help de mented radicals to leadership, there can be no Bolshevism. For Bolshevism is not a science. It is not even a theory of government. It is ignoiance and fear and misery and hunger and idleness. It is not a menace. It is one of the saddest things in human history because it is the inevitable result of centuries of misrule which at last shook the faith and the courage in emo tional peoples. The cult of Bolshevism always stops at the limits of the famine area. That fact alone is more eloquent than any conimentaiv that ono might make in relation to the genetal question of east ern Eutope. And even within the famine area left by tho war, the tide of Bol shevism is levelling. Lenine himself has lecently been tiying to enlist the sympathy of the more conservative ele ments in Russia since he found that ho could not get along without them. Bol shevism reached its high point in Ger many and there the wave of fanaticism crested and broke against the defensive wall of German ctitical intelligence. Thete was no time in all the recent disturbances when the new conservative government at Berlin, haras.-ed as it has been, could not have swept I.iebknecht and his Bolshevists out of existence in ten hour.. But the Gentian conserva tives, with a wiser conception of the situation than is usual in this patt of the world, maintained forbearance to the last and in sheer pity refused to turn machine guns on the rioters. In Russia Bolshevism is an emotion. In Get many it was a disordetiy riot of the worst elements in the vaiious cities led by half demented men, ' Kverywhore the habit of ordered thought is like a wall against the Trotsky cult. Hopeleasnesi and illit eracy, the delusions that be-jet men who are half starved, anil fear of a world that seems to he made up of cruel ene mies these aie the essentials of active Bolshevism, and it is strange in these days of lespoiisibtlity that Senators and Congressmen should have failed to leal ue what is so pitifully true. It i still the fashion in Washington to think of Russia as if each of its loO, 000,000 peasants were a Trotsky shtewd, malevolent, resourceful and bent upon overthrowing civilization. Mr. Lodge said recently that Russia was populated by anthropoid apes. This view has a romantic 'value, of couue. But we might profit by looking beyond Ttotsky and his aides to tho vast mass of .suffering and uncertain Russia, which wants nothing but an opportunity to live and work in peace. And we might obtain a bettPr notion of the dynamic forces behind tho Bolshevist movement if wu should pause to lealizo that in Russia and elsewhere in eastern and Kouthern Europe about 100,000,000 women and children, blameless and un fortunate victims of circumstances, are facing starvation. Russia's ports ure blockaded. Tho whole economic sys tem is in chaos. In Germany and in eastern and southern Europe, most of tho normal processes by which life is sup ported have ceused. Industry has ceased. All the familiar methods of communica tion arc broken down. Famine is just around the corner. And in this vast world of men and women and children penned otf from civilization there is still talk of invading armies. Against such it background Bolshevism does not appear abnormal. And certainly it is not a condition that may be remedied with gunfire. It can be remedied with the means suggested by the President ' .,.tk- JLty. fftze KHe- ,VH .')f EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERS nnd by Mr. Hoover and by tho Allied representatives now in Paris, who have u far better understanding; of the situa tion than Senator Borah nnd Senator Kenyon. Tho Bolshevists under Trotsky and Lenine may stagger along for a time in Russia, because Russia is like no other country in the world. But Bolshevism is incompatible with reason. It denies nil lights to those who do not ngrce with the doctrino on which It is founded. This is tho doctrine which refuses to recog nize peisonal rights. The Bolshevists in Russia aim to flatten all life out upon a common level. They deny the right of any citizen to live in his own way or to enjoy tho happiness or tho independence that ho may earn by unusual tnlcnt or unusual industry. It is n philosophy for weak men and weak minds. Rather than lise, tho Bolshevists, accustomed to roughing it close to the earth, want to eliminate all that is strange to them and draw all life down to their level. This is the philosophy in which Mr. Borah and Mr. Kenyon profess to see a menace to the peace of tho United States. The progressive legislation suggested by tho two Senators "to keep Bolshevism down" was described as solemnly as if the Senate were, for tho moment, a center of witchcraft. And yet schemes for averting tho economic losses of sea sonal employment, for the peaceful set tlement of strikes and tho like, arc not new. Enlightened men everywhere in America long ago perceived the need for improvements in the general scheme of industry. It is not creditable to either Borah or Kenyon that they were, by their own confession, frightened into a recognition of principles long ago recog nized as perfectly valid. American soldlen In VankN to France are to be given A 1 sit Dnilnml an opportunity to vltdt points of Interest In the U1Ulv.l1 Isles before their return to this roun trv. Descendants of those who came over In the Mayflower and later boats will have an opportunity to see the old home town. Ilcst Muttons, we are told, have been established at tr.itfoiU iin-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and lMlnburgh, "as manv of the men ato expected to visit thos" places.' Itut what about the Liverpool docks' Artemus Ward, in l.lveipool, fifty jears ago. mentioned the f.ut that the natives mentioned thu docks to Mm "at least once." And the.v have grown Foine'vhat 111 fifty years. Tlio fact that appeals have been fl'id shows that we have not jtt beard th last croak fiom 1'rog Hollow. The Pessimistic I'up savs Su per cent of llie glrlH tie mis on Chestnut HttcU lit the noon hour are h iml-ialnl"il putures. liisin r k.i.vs he would rather die than ad mit that there Is civil war m Munich, oh, all right ' A .Munich bin- lor the gentleman, Hans'. i:vei railroad wink Investigation is" a strenuous attempt to close a stable door after the horse has gone. hleh Is not criticism but commend. itlon. for the losing of the stable door is a safegtiaid for the horses remaining. If we do not altogether believe that America is above all oilier nations a world deliverer and a world-guide, at least we must concede that such a belief Is conducive to the prompt I'crfuimiuice of any' righteous tak ahead of us i Fv-en the other da a crowd of jer mai s fired into a paiade of children, killing two of th 111. .lust to teinlnd themselves of the d-ar old d-i.vn In lielglnni. iloubtless. i.eii.n Reds were fores-d to ivaiuatc a brewery m leccnt righting Hut the; fought to tie lust spigot. And the (ioveinmcni troops probably e njo ed rushing the Sparta e at v Mot. el 1 loose brought up to date : Baa baa. Mace, sheep, have 5011 any viool that hasn t been corninandeeied by the elovcrn tnfi'?' lie ic. any having been spanked and suit uppeilens to heel, a mothurlv Peace Confer ence will now consider giving him bin bieak-f.-W after he has viorkid for It Tue Jvimits si heme for .1 League of Na tions shows appreciation e,f tlm fait that In a pe.oe parte) there must lie give as well as take With the carpet and rugmalung tuclustrv at .1 standstill for la. I. of wool, the ew tiers of sixty mills In Philadelphia must feel Uko six cents. An epidemiologist and diagnostician has been appointed adjutant general of New York. Secretary Daniels and Major Smith should hiro him to determine Just what alls us There Is no limit to the !z of aerial peace, fleet of which tlin correspondents are dreaming Including passenger and freight lines acroM all the 01 pans) and no likelihood that tho most Imaginative of them will ever conceive the wonder of the nctuuhtv. hen President Wilson makes his speak .g tour 011 his return to the United States, there will not be wanting political wiseacres leady to deilato that the round trip Is de signed less for international eiillghtcrment than for eampn'gn purpos-s I'ongiessman Wood, of India ia, lecently refened to Herbert Hoover as "the most ex pensive luxury ever fastened on this coun try." Oh, well, when we think of Belgium, we feel we are entitled to a little luxury now nnd then. The fart that the policemen convicted of conspiracy are to hold their Jobs and draw their pay until tho Supreme Court pusses upon tho case seems to Indicate that the State law has no terrois for Director Wilson. In spite of the Berlin press agents, v,e cannot believe there Is any dinger from Bolshevism in Germany. Por though Bolshe vism bus kinks In Its conscience and blood- clots on its brain, it also possesses a certain amount of Idealism wholly foreign to Hun materialism. i 4 - ,','iHfit.hiirm iaratlU, 1 s-ir-. . ,. . t - PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, tTANUARY I s il "WHERE ARE ME FRIENDS?" Ik CONQRESSMANMOORE'S ,,.. j LETTER ; rd? .;,' . -Jki li Tonguc-Twistcrs of the Merchant ."i':' ' rS-)-'C!.:-i't''' JL:&3t'?j-h-n-y ' . "!. ..--'''".... ". : ;; ''7:':k K Marine-Victor Bcrpcr and ' . ..-..r-'V';f H I the Amenities m ..r.".---- 1 Washington, Jan, 15. rpoo late now to make a change, per- haps, but that list of names given to the ships ut Hog Island and attributed to Mrs. 'Wilson's sentimental regard for her Pocahontas ancestry would suffer revision If the Jacklcs had unythlng to do with It. Think of a bright sailor lad on a day leave hying to describe tho sailing quail tics of tho good ship Sagaparac, or getting up any American enthusiasm over the Qulsteonck, or tho Saecarappa, or the other unfamiliar nnd unpronounceable tongue twisters Intended to cciebrato our aborigi nal ancestors. Why require a pronouncing guide-book for Hog Island shipping, when It would havo been so easy to adopt familiar names like Woodrovv, or .Penrose, or Schwab, or Winston, or Colonel House, or Mavor Smith, or Champ Clark, or Dave Martin, or Hoover, or Tho Vares, or I'nclo Joe, o. Undo Dave, or Tho Darby Ram, or Tumulty, or a thousand and one other names that might have provoked the fighting spirit. rnHU trial of Victor Bergcr, the Mllwatl--- kee Socialist, who was reelected to Congress, recalls his service here, where, as ho said In tho Chicago couit, he was "cordially received by both Republican nnd Democratic leaders." Uerger was regarded 3s n good fellow who did not talk ton much and who. In the several speeches he did make, fairlj and within proper bounds, defended tho socialistic philosophy. Unlike his socialistic successor, Meyer London, of Now York, who was defeated at the last election, Bergor did not sit upon the Demo cratic sldo nor was ho over honored by being put In tho chair, as London was on several occasions. Bcrger was tho first Socialist to come to Congress, and ns such was a momentary curiosity, but as In the case of all other celebrities, the novelty wore off. No man can long tetnaln 11 hero - or a ficak where there uto m luan.v. Burger's virtue wa.s his good humor. Some one saw him a rank Socialist- getting his finger nails manicured and twitted him about it "Ve.s," he said, "1 have also taken a bath" It Is Interesting to note that Berger was elected over Wil liam II. Stafford, u Republican and one of the must industrious members of the House, whoso parents wete Phlladelphians and who himself was a graduate of tho Philadelphia High School. Tho convic tion of Bcrger may now result in some action to unseat hltn, although Congress thus far has shown no disposition to pro. e-eed ill the matter. "you can - Flagler, 1 never tell. liven llemy M. the Standard Oil magnate, who specialised 01; railroad construction lrt Florida, eouM not tell. Tlagler put the eist e-oast of Florida from Jacksonville to Key West on the map, made garden spots of St. Augustine, Daytona, Ormond, Palm Roach nnd Miami and established a "ferry" to Cuba. He blazed the way for U. T. Stntesbiiry, Philander C. Knox, Phlpps, the steel man; Hunan, the hhoe man; Deerlng, the Hatvester Trust man; William Jen nings; Bryan, Richard Croker, of New York; Colonel Ned Murphy, of Philadel phia, and other fairly "well-to-dos" who resort to sea bathing in January when it suits their fancj. It was Flagler and his money thnt made it possiblo for Brother Collins-, of Moorestown, N. J., to get the people down to help him beautify and de velop his once waste acres on tho shore side of Rlscayne Ha. Flagler could Influ ence banks and railroads nnd bend them to his will, but he couldn't tell whnt was going to huppen when his strong hand re lluciulslied Its hold upon tho situation. Now It develops through the marriage of his widow to Doctor Bingham, of Ken tucky, and her death thereafter, that prob ably the list thing the Florida pioneer would have dreamed of has happened. His vast estute, accumulated in New York and elsewhere, approximating $100,000,000, is being settled In Louisville, and tho In heritance taxes alone are reported to be suiliclent to wipe out tho entire debt of tho Uluo (irass State. mm depai turo of Lieutenant Colonel (leorgo IV. H. Hicks to "do things for Philadelphia" under the auspices of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, which "loaned" him to the Government, takes away fiom the War Department a vety efficient olllcer. It is not genetally known at homo that (Jeorgo Hicks, city statisti cian and designer of the "comprehensive plan" which featured Mayor Reyhurn's Administration, was In direct charge of all the cables between tho War Department and General Pershing, and that under his care oiders went forth to back up our forces to tho extent of J10,000,000,000. While on tho Job here, the Colonel he started In as Major was In his element as an organizer. Ho set up more than twenty departments to handle the malls, the telegrams, the telephones, the cables and tho transportation of supplies, n'nd he goes back to Philadelphia with bigger ideas than ever about the things that should bo done to properly develop the city. Tho Colonel's son, Ge-orge W, Hicks, also entered the service, having been over seas as a sergeant. a GEORCH WASHINGTON, whose activi ties as a Mason have made Alexandria, the home of his lodge, a Mecca for the brethren, is not the only Washington who attained distinction In tho fraternlt). There's Jim the printer, or, to be moie accurate, James W. U. Washington, who, before tho t) pesettlng machines upset tho calculations of the stick-holders, was one of tho swiftest composltlors In the business, Jim Is past master of Richmond Lodge, No, 230, of which ho has been secretary for years. Always something of u poet and orator, Jim has now gono Into tho Ma t.onlo history class with Julius Sachse; Judge Norrls S, ltarratt, John K, McCar thy, Judge George It, Orlady and tho other literary lights of the craft. His story of Richmond Lodge, which has found Its way to the capital, Is comparable in some le spects with tho historical sketch of Ken tington Lodge, No, "11, prepared for Its 100th anniversary In 1886 by. J. Flctchsr nudd, an old-school Philadelphia lawyer. , 3 A"rv i-fsrs- V,.- jv .:.y r'Trn--.'-T1jc -Jwt,.P; '0cgg - aa.r.,-f liV V- "?- ! - .! H m JM.",T. .- ''.'S .f - ivr-:""' ---:--.r.-.ief-::--,-!-. - .cSS - -;.. ..v - - .'" - '' - - a5:vC - :' - :"''l' - '-' ev.- w VM - - i-J 1-. -" .-- -'i-"ltKtfaJTTl .". 7 ' ,. . ,V " t.A mlmMm-r ."m XM mmmmm. '.. V-li- --. 1-."' 71 -. . " DTK. ,: -ST-"''.' .Jf!-nma;iafi'r",5Ji -.J7 .-. ' 1 .w vtsr..'! - '"m y "i' 1 1 1 in in - w. 1. . -. ;;irff--' ... " sTtv(a"j's. i .!,, j-,. w-jl.. mL -" . a. t -a lp . . .-.- J I ' ry--:r.i3iiiuatSK. . .::--;.:-- L-iS'K'S t5? "y" ummmrlWKXrmmmmmmmmmmttT-t',i'1 -uasKVKJ t N mMmm9mw "i. " nJITaf a"T -- jatj I I r kaaaja. 'i nr T ipimiiiii nw i il .',p3sTfy!ik:aagg3s.Wefr-: ........ :--..,...-. --JJS22r5K'!" tea ;.-. t-.- ... . ..'.'Xje-rriJ.rT7 'i!-'" - - -'---1'"" -.--..w.r-rt:-:-:.--.-ss,. taLji-.rf ... ..... . . . .-1 ". .'.- " -a-pf.;.-.iiv.-?nCA-ji-i-::svrf: THE CHAFFING DISH How Henrv Docs It TT WAS a brlgl: ofllco of the bright bttsv motnlng ill tho Deat born Independent. Henty Ford In his editor's sanctum had scattered crumbs of bread on tho window sill for tho birds and was deep in the composition of his weekly humorous page. The managing editor wheeled his rubber tired desk up toward the stained glass win dow (teprcf.entlng Integrity triumphing over Sloth), adjusted his wind shield, gave one or two preliminary honks and started off on high gear to ascend tho heavy grade of a leading article on the Peace Confer ence. As he rounded a sharp curvo into the third paragraph a proofreader approached with a worried face. In his hand he held the manuscript of nn article for tho next week's issue. "What aro we going to do about this?" he said. The managing editor released his clutch and muffled his exhaust. "What is It'.'" ho asked, "Why, this stuff tho Boss bought the other day. Some ono came In and sold him 11 bunch of epigrams. He passed them on to me; said they were the brightest, newest things he had lead in a long time. That's Just the kind of thing we need, he said some, of the homely truths that havo never been tittered." "Well, what's the matter with homely truths?" said the managing editor. "Truths aro still true even It the'ro homely." "Look at 'em," said tho proofreader. Tho managing editor tool; the sheet. At the top, In Henry's hand, was written "New Sparklers for Our Readers." Un derneath were tho following: .1 stitch In time saves nine. He sure you are right and then 110 ahead. VAcrnal vigilance h tho price 0 liberty. Xothlng succccdi UUe. success. 11 l not gold that glitters. 'I he love of money is the root of all ri II. Xcccsslty knows 110 law. Can the Ethiopian change, his sl.lnT Kind hearts arc more than coronets. There f a limit of. which forbearance (cases to be a virtue. "This Is tenlble," said the managing editor. "Wo can't print those. Do jott mean to say the Doss bought them?" "Gave the nuthor five hundred dollars for "em." "Well, look hete," cried tho editor In a panic, "run out and buy a copy of 'Hart left's Familiar Quotations' for tho Koss. if this news gets around among tho authors, we'll havo him pajlng good money for tho serial rights of tho Book of Proverbs. Hurry up, man, or we'll- go bankrupt." Just then a musical ci.lmo sounded through the ottlco and tho editor sprang to his feet, "There goes thu bell," ho said. "That means the Boss has finished another aitlcle. Ten minutes' recess for overj-bod)-." Tho door of the, sanctum opened and Henry came out, his blue eyes shining with enthusiasm. In his hand was a roll of manuscript. "Ah," ho cried on seeing the editor, "I have discovered how to do It, Before writ ing my article I sat down and read tho multiplication table. How splendid It Is, and It's all true! It gives ono such u grasp of essential facts, of underlying principles, Tho great truths a-re so simple, don't ou think?" Putting on .Slippers Perhaps tho pleasantest action known to man (by which wo mean human beings) is puttlne on slippers. Whether In farm- house,, city apartment or hall bedroom; 9 V iin"1 la, I in. 15, 1919 lt i-jii.-,-n-nrTr: - J' f 'SSrl .. -.-. -..- t --'" f Ii UMi 1 aarfT - "" " ' ' 1 JaW-aP .. -mmZZZr ; . : -'' Z2jmmmmmaii" ... " " P31"-"11 "' "" " ?" "" m TjaWP" " . aftWj-ja-J'fJr"l-;mell-I- ' -. " .. ..-.'' "a " . i . . -fi. " ' aaaaajf s -. 1 .:..- 'stmi.''.; ',- -&'V!V:.'4'Hs-.''se;-....'-:C '. - ' n-r "si.. '. " .."""'"' wmtuJri-,e.i -. -z.--gtt&,Xr:Ja' Fc::?"K:r:r:K".;i"-- . " ": '- v.-ar.-.-to .TV.. tvr -" - .-...- --3-......, L:3.' - ' - - -: --' ' '.-'a-"'''-!:---.'''.v. i - J'J;.7"2.? - whether by blading health, steam radiator or lodging house gas stove, what a mood of iclaxation nnd content comes when working boots are taken off and tho old pair ot scuffc'l foni-e-isles put on! And wo like to think what It must mean to tho demobilized .soldier, fcr there nro no slip pers In tho army. There must bo some subtle connection between the brain anil tho feet, for how much better nnd happier Is one's thinking when the slippers arc on. Our Orien'nl friends, who wear slippers cud sandals so much ttioro than wo do, lethaps do not appreciate them as much. Slippering Is a high art; It Is a luxury and a sjmlwl of momontar) trnco with tho world. Ton much of it Is enervating; and to wear slip pers in the morning, uulc-s 0110 Is III, savors of slovenly languor. Hetico the unpleasant associations of tho innocent word slipshod. Hut after a hard day's vtork, to dcop one's boots tr. the floor with a satisfying thump, get on tho filetidly moccasins 0; peaco and pick up book or pipe or knitting Is a testimony ot inno cence anil a e;ulct mind. It would he hatd to think of Illndenburg or Trotsky in sllppets. And by slippers, ot loune-, wo do not mean thoso nbsutd little neelless Jlmcraeks tho ladles -call "mules" Heelless carpet slippers aro Just as bad. They lupig pre cariously by the big toe when joti lap-u your foot above the floor. Probably they were the undoing of Achilles. Wo will havo nothing to do with them! On Miull Talk Sweet Phyllis fair looks wond'rous wle. Dark lustrous hair, bewitching eyes. All subtle charms are heis, but pray Don't heed what Phylly has to sa) ! For Phyllj's awful when she talks, And then it is my poor muse balks, To wonder why all this should be, That she should gush such Junk to mc! 0 Face so rare! O Form divine! 1 would that magic art were mine, To put your chatter on tho bum, O Rnvlsher! If you we-io dumb! QUINTL'S If. FLACLTsj. The rMicriucu All tho world comes to the llsheiniun sooner or later. People used to make fun' of the placid, unvveailed anglets on the banks of tho Seine. Calmly they wl and lumlnated. They never caught a fish i,m "hut of It? Alt planes hurled bombs nn Paris, Big Rerthn i a hied death, the .-It) shook with all tho thunders of vva.-. They fished on undisturbed. And now tlieir pa. tlence is revvaidcd. As they sit then, with their bamboo poles they see Mr. Wilson Colonel House, Mr. Lansing, v,eh cie' menceau, Llovd George, Balfour, Orlando and nil the rot of them coming and going to tho Qual el'Orsay. They know them aU by sight. Fven Admiral (or Is it Pear Admltal?) Grayson must be known to tli-m Perhaps the admiral may even Join them on wet days when tlintl.Migs heavy on his hands. And, who knows? if t)le Peace Confeteneo should split even on some knotty point, peihaps thej'U have to call in one of the sage fishers of the Seine to give the e-astlng vote. Cain, and saga clous fishermen, we. salute jou! All things come to the nniii 1... ... h 1,.,,.... ,.,.. .." """ " Patient and bides his time SOCRA'J'l'S. f, ?'nS i'."15'"'' ,n'Wnr anJ I'l.lUntli.oplst ... ;. ..." .. '.-. -1-1 MW iT.I 7 "" 7'.''-ui-T.f,Br:' '. -t-i- .-J.i-JV-j "" t bout .-ItTrM'eJViii'"' '-''a - :rJ::V THE COLONEL DKKP lovil His wo ving, well knowing vorld and Its bllndnesi. A heart overflowing "With measureless kindness Undaunted In labor, (And Death was a trillei, As swift as a saber, Direct ns a rifle. . All Man in his doing, All Boy in IiIb laughter, He fronted, unrulng, Tho Now and Hereafter. As stanch as a cedar, A comrade, a brother Oh. such was Tho Leader Wei loved ns no other! When weaker souls faltetej His courage remade us, Whose tongue never paltered, Who never betrayed us. 1 His hand on your shoulder All honors CNcecdlng, What breast but was bolder Recauso ho was leading! And still in our trouble, In peace or In wartime, His word shall redouble Our strength as aforetime. When wrongs cry for fighting No odds shall appall us; To clean, honest fighting Again ho tvlll call us. m Cnt 01 Sett atiiUi tfplck iiei'in nd-off And cowboys or doughlov We'll follow his drum, boys, Who never said "Go boss'" ,. tteiTtl tsui always sam "t-omc uc)a, pr.-j-Attiiur (luiterman. New Yoik Tribuwfjnon merlcr 'outed An Omission ...iit7wii A poem printed on this paco the t '"55 day, entitled "The Two World v"rs'" ,l,0'fvj have been credited to its author, Sir. jf J. L'dmunds, of this city. The nam of V, .,' author was Inadvertently omitted. t-" iw wa henlh What Do You Know? tpi Viroi QUIZ Iaa 1. How main- renew .il. of '" urmlitlrt ,sk9! 1 (leriiiuny huve been ntaele.' .JMbes '.', Hnir nianj- cabinet rhnntea ha", 'jlfiiSSufflo In ITf sklent VUUonV two aimMtUtvlMre S. Mlin uiia lirant'a Demoerollr oPlwn!?fiji?rW,f time of Ida first election to the P"m" I. How murh did the Cnltf.l elate; SfiWjLir mark for the Urain lil.ind In !? 5. 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