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rhilid'lpbia, Mond. Jinujf ;:. a
ir mlm- m; i.i;m;i r. not
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fSli' .is .i t-mpor.n fpedieniM-. m
'-' nnn(t . m.TNimnm of i-c!ritv nnd
action with h minlnmni ( (!' cm tlm
mandator council nf Hm" fowei mra in i
contiol In I'ji'ls hi ifconciied with the
Ideals toward which hish-tnlnded wnr'.l
leconstructlonli'.M nlni The ili'cicpanp.v i
not Inferab'o from it outward act. for
audi courses a those teS'irdins I'uhsm
and the territory Krabbors are admirable
but from the natute and Implications of
ptjch a combine.
t-'nqutstionab'iv of couro. alarmist de
ductions arc po.iuiide concermns anv
method of procedure tic ih Quai o Or.sn .
. really repieientative inte"natlonal ton
dress, inclusive of ui: the nation --real
and small, mish: conceivablv at the outet
be productive of needlc confusion and
dela. A .supreme inner rim can et to
work much more piompily provided it
does not seek to qualify for permanent
and inviolable dictatorship. The consum
mation of tich a prospect would svrtvk
the c?entij of the league of nations bv
ubstltutinir the verv b.il.mcC'Of.power
machlnerj which I're-lde it Wilson ha o
outspoUen'j' i epudiated.
It Is ferventl to be hoped theiefoie
that ulintever real necessity for the exist,
encc of an inner circle now onts wtll not
be construed a a precedent for its furttici
life when th ursent iirclmilnarv plans
have been osciuted. Vn .Vmeruan Untlsih-.lapane.se-l'rench-Itahan
league will be in
ullloient for the L'nitcd tate .Mi Wi'.
on has niuroKeoush h.iinpiontsl a com
plete, comprehend c mtcrtutiona' sue pi .
The alternative H American isolation.
While upp'auding wh.ii fie iimntup'e
partnership has thus far nemeved. ,t .
soberini; to consider that this Is not the
Instrument whose formal Ion lihertv -loving
mankind demords. s the cucieu for '
new- brand of wo4ld omit' it is commend
able. A a pirfutor' step m 'lie evol ition
of si 'sans it is a miti.nser of pen'. Tne
dissolutiOTt of the s iptenia war coir n
when tt immedlnle tnls ha'.p bpen mo
cereij performed, w.' be i's Jutiflcdtiun
for having furu tmncrl Anv effort at p o
lonsatmn will condemn 's aceompl.siinient
Thotl 'lie i! i
lh',v clinriu' Keep r
d ''Mi a
the loin or i mum ijond u.;
Tl TIInSI! too is ir. I i,m w' it a e
disposi'ij nf ib r l.imitv Hfiinjs won d
reflec' fc" a" I'l'Mtr .mm t'io preMiience
nnd ea"rness ,' p tr. I ii" "ie- m jhi
teiejve a w co esnrne I'snun in b fsmis
practice The ,ni,. ma' v s'iarpe-i. ..
honest men m' m an' cm- the ne
shrewd The lertum'v ''t :oven nir
securities ul'I attain Tun at i ! e e -lent
poajdbiht 'lia Mie. m s ria--,
r'nders 'he purdutac of them a1 roilu.
tlon an evce't'it investme-i
Sltort-alcii'.ed indeed s r . ,
bujer who fau.iclin.n v or n c- -.' e
cannot wait in'i' hi j.' cied ."' n. .'e
Ulan comppnmates him fur is evperuif .
Kxchansirg It a p nf'ct lines for n jes.
tionable to U or hondu u' llh.aow i"r-est-bcarms
attrilcr.es ! is uii.n.i . t, ,.
disreputable "financier" in plating t le ' ei '
same ,n whii i 'ie ue'igli's
Such f.irix .ire "v is.ve nf e i,iu , r
ones cniidrmmiiK Libera Il nj e
Those 'hut are mm made at m i pa
rate uwf leatinnmi p el .due t.ie i nvi
ut the next and Ian .n'e'isA' out
xhleh must he Howled fir '! , hoi c-t ,i,
charge of tl nuiii, war dc as
Only 'lie hurd-ip' are iment . .i-n '.
the bond ae'ler Tn mom instat'ei I- is tot
ically P'esi"n cniugi m i valid win'e
letainlug 'he r inties pcrmltw nf i
somewhat mhIm ie nmtnie t nf a f ,. up
of patriot iiii ai d imsirexs tc .rnec
Deri ii shou'd 'ha ge 'he
.ut i
jt i'i
river from 'he Spi.e u
Kiv n i,in"n.r.
rin; PM-iu.-r li-t
TTIIM of " .v I'm ad' ili.,i'i fiamed
ill the Pa. .(!' W u Who ' h:ih
nil lnvcs.it;. i ion c nmm i.ee of t ; aienute
has had read .uto print h an obvious
Intention to pi. a u or of ds.'iedii upon
those so Ktecl. are fiicnd- I. "un'iot be
said tnat 'he Sci.iu'oi's In tins lnatui.a
added much of value 'o nit igeir upmioi
and Una 'luestlnn vvhethei in; iai.ee
hasn't been dona to anine men wluiae tin.
lives are mi reptcrted b 'he nature of
the com pa. iv in which 'heir uumea apptai.
They wen not paeltlat o' th olwiruc
live type. Though thv are l.aied in .he
general cala ogue with hYott Vvariug 'he.1'
inollvct. were nut at oil the came tea Neat
ing'u. Thcj objected ti war upon inial.
lectlldl and religious grounds, und i'ie
views which thev epnuiideci pin. o .bo
entry of Ainirhu in tie v n weie p e
clsely almi'ar i . ,.ost v.inh a'i'n.j'e
others who ute i mi c- ) iii g a ." i
permanent peace
Like other me'itb'-ie , . s v oi
I'"rlendt. thej kept uie.i pence umi did
what they could to aid tlio government
after war was dcrin rcil. Mr. Nearlng and
others in tlie list left themselves open to
charges of obstructing ttie government's
war program. Tho majority in tlio Hit
however, c.ti mocd by moral conviction
of Vng standing tiithcr than by the eco
nomic, political or "rutllcnl" theones of the
lvple.il nnll-war propagandist
I MMUil'AIJKU.NKSS I'OH I'EAl'.K:
MERICVS XBWEST IW.OUI.KM
Tlie (lm!nitralioii'! l.ark of a Domestic
Program I'niteil With Congre-jinnal
I'lililily la I'orcmp Tcmporarv
I'ticniplovnient
A GREAT many of President Wilson's
A best friends, men who are farsiphted
enough to tcooKnize tlio cool and coura
geous realism of our present interna
tional policy, have been trying for almost
seven weeks to outlive the chill that fell
upon them when they read the farewell
message deliveicd in Congic.ss just
liefoie the George Washington sailed.
We will leave it, said Mr. Wilson, in
effect, .speaking of the ast and complex
problem of economic icadjustment. to
the good sense of the American people.
The country was faced then, as it is
faced now. by a sudden collapse in the
war industries. It was evident that food
prices would stay up. while wages
dropped. It was clear that a Midden
reveisal from a labor famine to a labor
surplus was inevitable because of the
ancsted tides of industrial eneigy. Con
fusion and period? of idleness appeared
inevitable. The "good sense of the
American people" is not able vvithou'
leadership to deal with temporary indus
trial chao. It appears at times that
Congicss is made up of Americans. And
we console ourselves with the belief that
Congt ess has good sense. Hut Congress,
like the 1'iesident himself and the rest
of the Administration, seems dazed
bcfoie the towering fact of increasing
idleness nnd economic confusion in the
L'nitcd States.
It may be aid in Mr. Wilson's defense
that he cannot assume to run the busi
ness of the country, and that he depended
upon the good faith and the wisdom of
industrial leaders to find a new balance.
a war contracts were canceled. The
far' remain tlmt ic baiC riitcud the
period of peace, an ne entered the pi riod
of trar, a i'liont a program or a iti'lthd
puliey or any ordered xcliciiic calculated
to tarry hk tlirotiyli the next crisis n'itli
Oiit x rain and iiniiercssnrif dixnnnlorl
nnd aitiidablc lot.
The notorious shiftlcssness of the con
gressional mind was never more evident
than it has been since the armistice was
signed. The Senate is still solemnly
publishing lists of pacifists. Partisan
ship is apparent on both sides of the
House, Congress seems frozen in ft
state of malign enchantment. It can
rise to tremendous heights of flamboyant
eloquence when Mr. Wilson is to be at
tacked or defended. It moves with amaz
ing energy when foundations arc being
laid for 100 i-sues. Hut it docs no
work. The revenue bill is still in the air
and the end of the session is appt cach
ing. And more important even than the
revenue bill is the report of seveial mil
lion unemployed adults in the l'nitcd
States.
Those who have been making surveys
of the economic situation talk com
placently of approaching periods of
great depression and widespread unein
plo.vment. Even in Washington there
seems n disposition to accept a peiiod of
itnAtnnlni'mont. -jil iini'nal- u-i iC if tt'nrft
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consequence of administrative mom
neiicy and negligence. ( ertamly. Ml.
Wilson miu'llt at least have issued some
soil of challenge to Congress and to the
cotintrj, and. from his ,-uper.or knowl-
edge of the tirift of event,, tiuggosted a
general program to guide finaiue and
industry and business generally during
the six months or more m which the
eounti must meet the shocks of n really
.-tupendous industrial reaction.
The good sense of the -mcncon people
is dependable enough under ordinary
condition-, but it cannot proceed through
foffs of uncertainty without leadership
and guidance. And th" leadership and
(cuidunep which it needs now should have
neon inspired ir Washington.
The natute of our piepaiat on foi
pegee is almost piteously futile. Evrr.V
w here in the country there ore commit
tees properly enough preparing to build
arche-. and finBme celebrations and
elaborate formal welcomes to home
contins soldiers. ( annot we rise t the
grouter noed'.' Hie .,oIdieis oro more con
cerned about jobs than handshake and
oratoiy. But the averag" politician who
preparing xoldien' welcome hns
alwu;. .- found t easier to talk than to
think.
So there i, no constructive program i
for peace m the United Statos. Mr.
WiUon with a ceturo loft tho mattor to
Congress and Congiess ef it to the
I people, and the people huve to grope.
It i ilitllcult nowudays to find in Wash
, iiitfton or in any of the Stutes or in any
of the cities an executive mind .-erioualy
i unturned with the welfare of returned
aold'eis after the paiades and the
Kpeeehcs huve ended. Everybody is look
ing to every lioi else and vaguely
hoping. We are adrift.
It i the duty of Federal and Statu
governmontit to protect the workers.
Hut we have proceeded this fur without
even u whinper of any governmental
program by which tho workers Hnd tho
communities may be spared confusion
and hardships in tho process of restoring
economic balances. The foteign demand
for food keeps food prices up. The ran
.ellation of war contiaets and the uncer
tain' v of business men tend to push
wages down. Vet the Administration on
th" one hand and Congress on the other
nave acted as ( a crisis, always clearly
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HVlOXJL(i J'l'I.LK1 LlODiJJOK
foreseen, did not exist. The country Is
running itself. And it isn't running
Itself very efficiently.
Of course, wc will pull through after a
few montlm of hardship. But that hard
ship would huve been unnecessary if
ours were a scientifically mnnaged gov
ernment. In some of the Allied coun
tries the governments long ago estab
lished commissions for reconstruction.
One of tho duties of those commissions
was to systematize and mobilize all
agencies that might be depended upon
to take up the slack of national energy
leleased with the cessation of hostilities.
Had wc done something of that sort
the ast projects for public improve
ments now pending in almost every
Aineiiean community would have been
alieady financed and icady to provide j
work at good wages for all who wanted
it. In Pennsylvania we arc preparing
to spend SiJO.OOO.OOO on road improve
ments. It mav be a vcar before that
woik can start. little foresight would
have provided for an immediate begin
ning of road work and of work on all
other public improvements as soon as
men were available.
A casual survey in the United States
shows that building and all other peace
time industries are a year behind. It is
not too much to suppose that a commis
sion with Federal authority, appointed to
advise and aid in every quarter where
work is yet to be done, might have so
arranged affaits as to have jobs ready
for all those who were released from
emergency vvotk: About a ear ago
somebody suggested a t econstruction
commission in Congress. The motion, if
our memory serves, was lost in a blaze
of orator.
The Fedeial government thiutigh its
association with public utilities may yet
help largely in relieving unemployment.
If Congress would ask for an immediate
formal survey of industrial conditions in
the United States the Fedeial Employ
ment Service might furnish it with ic
ports that would be useful in formulat
ing a program to avert conditions of
widespread idlenes.-.
The United Slates ' the uchest nation
in the world. There is illimitable woik
to be done. Our financial rcsouices are
unlimited. Foiesight and a systematic
plan can yet prevent tho needless eco
nomic loss of a temporary "depression."
If their muni be months nf enforced idle
ne.'t, tl,e blame ultimately must rest
ivith Wiibliingtoii. which got tin into a
muddle ivi'hont thinkiny of how lie
ibould he got out of it.
Are the io s t;I.il lu be reiurn ng home?
Ua tlin :,rr ?i tr.irspuri '
Mrtl'I.OI T WOIIK'.'
rpilll lectitrinu' sisoti(ins iltat the
- I'nilvd .Sid'.es shou'd assimic 'iiaidian-
ship live- leiinin mi' tries m tlie Near
I Ittat hi o Pitlui- ('tiemeh i rude ntlempts
t irvolte this niiintrt in foreign cntnph
intiims 01 else thev tneieh icgisler tho
i iironic inubilit.v of llumpc tn comprehend
mio of the most persistent nnd consistent
of all American tradition. The war has
not cssentlallv n.tered thin and lis after
math villi not change it un'ess wo should
be lured into n false position
Throughout the struggle nnd sime it
has ceaed we linve nnnuun ed our Inter
et in world affoivs hi the broad emo us
dlmlngiiishod from thoe spceificallj llu
ropenu r Asiatic Anv othei altitude
would have been incompatible wnh the
Monroe Onetrltie. v hose vitdhtj wc may
riihi claim to have Kept thus far un
impaired It Kltuetiiral soundness wi'l
be i o-cn forced not undermined. I" n league
r ""lie"" f umverwil s.-.,pe.
The mi', shadows which coti , bn east
,, , ,. ,.p ,11Mtl frmn alrillf, 1(MlnM
jou. p.l0. r f1Htern8l vuirdshlr in the
,.e.,ern wond now virtuall.v bnvond the
I rmite of imputation, m- ir own repudia-
! tion of ideal through thru! American in-
iei-fcre.ee in the oilmlmslriitiuii of utrcHs-
' foreign ltmd-. HetU.mimi on the adop-
i tlon or the latter -cnur-e i us is ulinnst
too absurd to provoke li dlgwition
) Amerium political senutnent Is capable
of almost intlnlte HiibdMHon, but against
a piogram in. idling gMniniption of a prn
lecting roe over McHoMtamiu, .si.vria,
Vrablu or Constaiitmop'r it viould be un
.iltertiblv muled. Palling to understand
t'li. llurope i indeed in ab.snml Ignoriine
of our reconst rin tlon nuns and of the i
whole Ning-cttublishcd conipexlon nf our
tH.llticul Ihouulit i
! foreign i-hmieellrtic-. win- punxltd wb.n i
e vvctrrled Hrguniei.tatnel.v u.er the
line which unavoidabl ' umsiiin. c-
I f.nceil m 'o pluv n Imc I'liiiipplnes, nnd
vet hail verv ml hcsitat.i in beioiiiing
the guarantor of 'uluati older. American j
Mstorv might fimil.v have thrown light on l
hut Mltuatlon. but that volume rcenis neb i
nun in have lven openeil b.v lluropean
statesinrri.
PerhapH naive iditahsis lave eted on
Prince fulaul of tho llcdju. whose knowl
edge of our standurds can hitrdl.v be pro
found, to aidielt American tidminlstrutlvo
intervention in Arabia, in that cauo it
. ui.olil lie ue' to llllikp llllll to him tin.
,. m , U1a ,1(,n.ense. if ,, inktrii..s
inllueiitii lira ut woik. and other nation,
ptirticWlarlv ieut Itriialn me seeking to
einm ga us in spei-inl artl war-breeding
pn tut mines in onlr to strengthen their
liai ils tl'" -' ip.'Jitv of 'ioh iiToits vaatly
trnis'ii'ls e en tluir mo ul obliiiuitv .
lliiuu-e of H'lliinanne
llte Vllslil lr i'ioiIii s llntisl) iiea
lnt lauraa l.nit.rr icen mad,' a plttdKO
noi to sad mi any
uhui lou lung a I'd., in nn , ttci v coijntrv
for s-veti year liriinuny now metis food.
Tha I'l.ei- I'tinft t cine !- willing Hiat tlie
ijertnans nIiouI'I have foocl -food to lie car
ried ne (ier'ina.i shipa. Hut the i-unfi renre
appa-nc'v furgntlng the atanirn pledgo;
rfusi( ciir.iiiinv 'he right lo mini th sliipj
w Hi S riMini- Soire way oni of the dilll
c'llu will, of course lie found In the mean
time, lierniany loiitinueg h.jngrj. and (5'r
ippn has herself to blame
N" I M. i' is sending nn Indian
i,i ti .ss to r.ante te, ttiter.ain th soldier
li-iv M I doubiltMs nia!e good though
the taic vv the boj write of the ' queeim '
tbev have i let over there suggests that theji
have trrown blase In the matter of royalty.
ft'
J1JJLADEL1H1A, MONDAY, JAXUAKY 27,
CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S i
LETTER ''
I Bainbritlgr Colby's Canny Avoid
anrr of ihr Kmrrgcncy Fleet's '
Stormy Roadilcad Youthful
ICxjirrlmcnts of Statesmen
'Washington, Jan. 27.
T)AlNBUllx;r; c'OMIV. of tho shipping
--' board, the Independent New Yorker,
who joined our Congressman Oraham and
others In an nntl-Wllson Panama Canal
lolls pre-war meeting at the Academy of
Music nnd who wan selected by tho Presi
dent to cooperate with Mr. Hurley, throws
tip his hands "to go bark to tho practice
of the law." Mr. Colby's Job has not been I
a bed of roses. It was Mr. Colby who was
put forward to stem the prohibition wave i
tnat was sweepins up against tlio vv line
House, villi tho declaration that the clll-
elenev of shipyard workers was. in a mca-
ure dependent upon t heir nllowanco of
beer. Mi". Colby has teccntlv dlffeied in
view fiom Mr. Hurley. They say It is not
serious, .but Mr. Hurley, "'he bis boss."
is on the other side of the water with
tho President, Lord Heading and others,
and there ;.ou ate! Meanwhile, the
Senate is investigating tho emergency
fleet Corporation, with fair prospects that
tho inquiry will extend to the shipping
boatd. And appropriations are likely to
be scrutinized and Itemized a little more
carefully hereafter. So that in more ways
tnan one "the going seems to he good '
Di: cH.vm.ris ir. l.onn.vc
the Wenonah Military Ac
CU, head of
Academy over
in New .lersey, where Stephen Circene. I he
Philadelphia printer, delighted to assemb'"
his friends, is anxiously looking for a i"
nisiiuctor. His name is Charles Meude
Lorcnce. of Company C. 303th Machine r.un
Pattalion. The otitig man who graduated
fiom the academy is a sou of the president
Ho entered tho service about fourteen
months ago, worked his way to range
rindev of his company,, and after the fight
in tho Argonno forest In Franco, In which
he distinguished himself, was recommended
for the officers' training school at T.a
Valvonno. when; he remained until tho
ariiiltlce Tho new Instructor will haw
something to tell the Wenonah bo s when
he ule up his duties a'ong the road wlih
the thin! rail.
Ql'It c
s of til
old friend Illiini C livui. piesident
he Kiro Association of Pliiladelphla,
reminds us that the government, which
expects to collect a good deal of money
from the insurance iniiipatilcs, lias much
to thank the companies for. Ascrting the
financial strength of theso organizations
as bulwark of a most desirable character
in a crisis lll.e that the country has been
passing through, Mr. Irvin points out the
heavy draft upon the firn companies in
connection with cantonments, quartermas
ter's stores and other government property,
tn sm nothing of tlie draft upon the em
plnves nf the mnipanies for put poses of
war. And Mr. Trvin ought to Know. He
Is otic of the inainslavs of tlio business in
the t'tntcd States-. The beautiful new
building at fourth and Walnut streets is I
the second built to house the I'ire -Association
since he became Its president. The
association In In Its 10l.'cl j ear, and Mr Iivin
has been with it tn long that they do say
he has only twenty-live rears to go to
catch up to it.
T.V STf DYIXi; the lives of men who hive I
1 ,. i ...... .i.. i. .n,.,n.,i
interesting to
. .insider the steps bv vvlilch they have
risen, fnclc .toe ('initio. i is iilwnvx pleased
to refer to the davs when lie "clerked"
in a eoiintr.v store. Senator 1'cnroso was
not iicccssanly compelled to siukc out for
ii living when a bov, but his prudent
mother thought it woMd be well for him
to have some practical knowledge to fall
back upon, and, n n result of her urging,
lit served an apprenticeship ns a book
binder. The Ian- Ite.ir Admiral Abraham
V Xane whose distlngulslird career was
I o-od in Washington and win. was buried
ut Arlington, aiininry t la si, began life in
Philadelphia as a printer, lie and his
brother Anthon.v M Xane, long prominent
In tVo building world, lining nearly tho
same age worked together on the old In
(.uircr at Chestnut and Third streets. In
thofp times .lay Cooko v Co weie the big
factors m the lluanclal world: mid tlie
Znne bov. through the Hording estab
lishment, used to belli fill their printing
onlcrs.
WILLIAM (i llCIIV. of fur fnion
League. !.:.k some verj positive views
,,nl, "entangling alliances." IIo doesnl
"" "'" we shoiild ta ourselves in take
''ar' " xh" I,r,Pl of Hulgarla. T'lrlirv
'c-r...a.iy .uiw i.ossia. neiier iei tnrm
"'n"" "' f"1" it out among themselves."
t,a'' "ln '"ie-tiiiie Select Councilman from
,lle fifteenth Wart) "To mess it up with
them is like interfering when a mini and
I his wife am in a row. Tiny both tiiin on
I tho peacemaker." Wi'liam'c long expert
j en.e as a banker may have given blm an
insight into these foreign tlnanclal ttansac
I tion for to ask a repajment. he suggests,
generullv leads lo a misunderstanding.
The subject of foreign loans and gratuities
Is a big one and while lluey's phl'osophy
Is not exactly in line with President Wil
son's po.lcies thery are a good many people
Who tiro being ptnehed bv the high cost of
living and taxation who a-iee with him
The War lPi)llliiieiit
I I'S eei ided in ips
i hargp no enlisted m in
Vml llir IIciiikI.Ihij
Vceils I Ii e IIciiikIi
against bin lies rn
Until a job hi civil life has been found for
Jilm Wliv was tlua deilalon not rcaelied
earlier'.' The f'dural director of cinplojinent
in New Vork Stuto as Ihcio am in OOo.nui)
jobtes'i men In the fnllt'd Hlalts. 1'ncle Sam
will iv nionev In the end by keeping tli
aotdlcrs on the pa: roll until they can attach
their names to another. Ills an the problem
is that fin a Prtaidcnl Ullcon In franc. m
may have to face a bigger one on his return
to this cunnti)
La! month tie V. M. C A. font 51
473 000 elgareUes to Prance. And we ntttl
to i all .hem i ntlln nails '
Such is life'' said the doughboj in
inhloceun. "Seasick one way and homesick
the other."
BOTH
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RUBBER
Coblenz and other (icrinaii cities liave
been permitted to sec panicles or American
doughboys'. Seems Ion bad Philadelphia
can't. Come on, Mr. Ital.er, bn n spoil!
Our Icgul adviser informs us. that
the impending constitutional amendment,
known as the Pone Urj Law. will have
Jurisdiction not only over tho tenltory of
Iho fulled States, hut also over tlie filr
above and the cavern beneath. It applies
to these Slates In length, breadth and
thickness.
No" " "0,v "lliU ll,c 'n.ithrmatlelans
"Pre '1'lvlng at when tlie.v tne, uf dls-
i over the I'ouith Ounensiuii.
Wo hIiiiiiIiI have thought, attei Hie last
few .veats, that Jlnra would have been tho
last planet any one would want to get into
communication with.
The true Print o of Walls is the alley cat.
Wlij has no pi ess agent called Miss
Theda It ti-n tin; Vnmph" on whom the sun
never sets?
The news that tho I'.ritisli ate railing
Pershing "Sir" will bo ii-s good as gold to
thorn who don't like the talk about tlie
general as our next President.
Mr Ih.vaii ennm liele to sav "I told
.vein o." and indeed there was no nuswer
possible.
Tlie old Cong. "Drink to me only with
thine ees," takes on added igtiillcance.
As we wtiio we don'i know whether Mr.
P.r,van came, into town over the I'ennvy
from New- York: but if ho did, the first
thlpg that greeted his eves after eiosslng
the Schuylkill was the familiar legend on
a ruinous brewer, India I'alc Ale, ISiiiton,
lusltj and limn ii Stout Wo trust that
W. .1 I J. was ton good a Chiisllaii to glo.it
over a fallen ndversan .
Dear hoirntri May I not suggest that
Mr Jirnu adopt m.v famous utterance for
hi own use. Ihus; ll torn nu'. the itclinic,
i.ofis'c.ws.
Overpowereil
John Kendrlck Hangs, the well known
humorist, tells a story of an old Confed
erate veteran lie met once In Louisiana
who bad a kindly and original feeling
about the Civil War. lie said that he
didn't feel so badly about the war be
cause, after all. tho South wasn't licked
Mr. Hangs kepi ii discreet silent e, hoping
to hear a fuither expiesslon or tlio old
man's philosoph.v.
"When a fellah's licked, suh." said the
veteran, "ho jii't natcheily hain't help
feelln' sole but If he's nietelv e.v.ih
powahed Mih -whv, that's vet different."
Perhaps theie Is some consolation in
tins for grieving anil piohlhitlonlsis who
are poulticing their wounds in Rilenee.
The Mapaine You Will Evrnluallv Head
Tlio Cotigirsslonal Hccoid is an tinfnll
iug knapsack of good cheer. Head it when
ou aro In the dumps. It It constantly en
tei talnlng.
Last Wednesday the House of Itepresen
tatlves begun Its tetslon with a prayer of
thanksgiving "for the endow trtents of mind
and soul" with which its members had been
blessed, and "for the knowledge, which by
experience and research wc have accumu
lated." ,
These endowments of mind and soul weie
agiceabl) exhibited In the following alter
cation which shortly ensued;
, Mr. I..V CIVARDIA This cyininlttea (lb
1019
DOING WELL, THANK
HEELS
' oiniiiiiten on foreign Affairs') Is wholly
ignorant of affairs In l!u-la.
Mr. 1'LOOtJ- I am glad the gentleman Is
in i'enigris!, to that h0 um enlighten tin
i omtni.tre.
Mr LA C.CAIUMA I appealed liefnte the
roin.nitten In 1117. nnd Ihe co.iiinlttce re
fiirrd to lm ciligliteneil and the tonimiltin
has not leained nn.v thing since.
Sir. fLUOi--l',ecause (lie coinnilttre ellcl
not think the gentleman knew anv. king
about what he desired to talk about.
Mr. LA iLi:DIA--Thc committee did not
know nn.vthlng about the matter, and was
in no position to tell, but the sad feature Is
that tho committee did not wish to be liu
foinied
Mr FLOOD The grnllenisn thinks lie
knows It, hut 1 think bn will flnil It hard
to gel an.v body lo agree wnh hlin on that
suhiei .
-Mr. L OfAnoi V-l think I have tho
floor.
Mr. f LOOK- 'I he genileinaii must recog
nise the f.u'l Unit otheis." ten, accept tile
geinleman at the value he places upon him
self. Mr. L iil.M:Kl Has the gentleman
read the erlcs eif reports of I lie mns'il gen
eral at ivtrogiad"
Mr. ft.ejoK - If the ge neinaii will t.e
really pollie enough lo til me answer hl.s
'lue-lloM 1 will try to answer; hut I will not
engage in such a dlscu. mo,, as this with the
gentleman.
Air. I .A Of .r;K - lbs th
he Bcnifni.in
leacl the repot ts"
Mr. i'AMPIIIILL, i,t Kansas Mr. c-lialr-tran,
a point ()r order
The CIlAIItMAN- 'Mm gentleman will
state it
Mr. CAMPHIII.L of lv.inas-(!entlemen
should not speak to memliers In the llousn
hi the second person, as Is now being In
dulgrel in
Mr. L (if vi;IV I am orry. Has the
gentleman rron. Virginia read the reports of
the American consul general at Petrograd,
written in lni; ami 1 1 s V
Mr. fI.(H(K-.N0; ,i,. nol- ,, .
Mr. LA (iPAUKIA 'I'linnk ou. .No". 1ias
the gentleman from Virginia
Mr. PI.OOI) ! ,r ,)nt propo"e to be ques
t'otieii h jou In this ,iv. If ou ask for
Information 1 will endeavor to give it to jou
Mr. LA (if lini.-I ilo not want Infor
mation .Mr. ft.O'ip Verj well tlien Sit down
and I will give Ii to vou.
Mr LA 'IfAIJKIA -t have the floor
Mr. ft.OOK -Verj well Keep the floor.
We fear that Hear Admiral (irajson Is
having a tedious tlmo In Paris'. One mom
lug on tlio link', one ovening at tho the
atre, one. trip to tint battlefields, seem to
have, been but stnj '. We bad forgotten
Colonel Hoiiso'h Illness, Undoubtedly tho
Colonel, with Inn customnry tact, fell m
lust to pi event tho Hear Admiral from
feeling that ho was not n.aklng himself
useful.
In the new Motel Pennsylvania in .Cw
York Mr. Ktutler has Installed what he
calls tlie "servldnr," a device that makes
"personal contact iinnocc.ssar.v between
guest and tlie staff of the hotel."
We understand that Count. Hcntinck has
tabled lo Mr. S'tatler to ask what It would
rot to Install one at Amciongeii,
Niinma mm Laudanum
Today is tho Kaiser's blithda
and nobody seems to care very much. Still
slnco wo promised a. word or so:
Insatiate with folly und with pride,
He fouled tho eaith, by somo stiangc
curie possessed!
And even lacking will fur tulcldo
Ho overstayed his vvelcomo as a guest:
SOCHATIIS.
'Ihcie. la abundant evidence that some of
tho Y. -M. P. A. teen larlea In frame were
pretty good scoutH.
May we not express tin, l,p0f lhilt tllB
Peace Conference will mu, iifclwj l)le
greater patt of us labors bv the time the
President returns home.' Vcs, vvo may not
Ilut there Is no haini in expressing u hone
to that effect. v
YOU
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A Sea Dirge
T)Y OLD SHAMONO the sands lie sere,
-- and lone
'Twist cedars and t lie srav , tand-ihal-
lowed sea:
The long day thcic the bujje winds waV
and lice,
Sped on through skies, that wl.l bur
mask and moan
The more w hen they i ctiirn Afar
and prono "
Whole all the glittering beaches tliangt
their glee,
chant these their Ions drawn timeless
thrcnod,
-All chords of gilcf In one sheer mono
tone. for now along the hun forgot, bare laud,
Hank, seething marsh nnd crumbling
mournful dune,
Dark winter firms one dread-compelling
hanel:
Th" wild geese huddle homeward: the
lono loon,
Tho llcrcu black brant ride speeding o'er
the sand,
The pale frost thickens to the bitter
moon,
lames lldwaid Hiohardson, in The Forest-Altar
and Other Poems,"
Archibald falcvenaon,
lealher of the Military Intel
llinli of
ligence Service, told
the Senate Committee on Propaganda the
other day that It was "not generally known
that the Holshevisls are now In control of
several .Mexican States," Perhaps not Hut
when Villa was rampant so to speak, I v,
W. men in the L'nitcd Mates spoke of bini
as onei or themselves And one fact may
explain tlio other.
What Do You Know?
Oil
I What is the smei of thev appropriation in
iho food bill for the relief of ihH
hungry In llurope?
-' What Is Illndenburg's llrst name"
3 What was Oliver Cromwell's title as head
of the Iliigllsli liuvcriitncm'.'
4 W hat is tho second largest clt In '
Portugal.'
:. Wlin wrote "far from the Madding
Crowd," and from what poem Is tho
1 1 It lo a quotation?
. What is rodomontade?
7. What language is spoken in Morocco?
What country was celebrated In the bong
"'Iho Itonnlo Hiue flag"?
0. What Is the meaning of O. S as applied
to historical dates?
10. What i.s tlie correct pronunciation of the
word "naive"?
nswrr let alurddv (Jul.
I. Virginia is lomctlnica called tin, Oiu
Dominion.
2 An KngllRh marquess rani.t h glicr than
mi van.
5. Cllagn is what a cask or other container
wants of ielng full. I
i. Prlneo Lvorf wna the llrat Premier or
Itussla after the overthrow of (Jza'r- I
(linn. f
5 James Moiuoc, in allualon to his old.
fashioned attire, especially neangear, I
was known ns "The Law Cock Hat,"? I
fi. The eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian
Hallway Is Vladivostok. i
7. There are twelve federal Iteservo banks
in the United States,
k. ferdlnand was the Aunrlnn archduka
aesassliiated at Sarajevo on June JJ,
1911 "f
!. The fastest mile by a trotting horse was
10. The Latin phra.e. "glne qua non." mean
"without which, nothing." I
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