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UNDER CITY HALL
NO SCIENCE Is fuller of romnijce nnd
nymbollum thnn Hint of eriElneorinc.
Ktpltnp lias revealed the poetry that lies
in the magnificent efforts- of men who film;
up bridges, shorten the spnecs of the world,
mako life nfer nnd happier for everybody
and thn vnnlsh to toll elsewhere, leaving
tho rest of mankind to benefit by their
handiwork.
Any ono who wished to take nnother
view and regard engineers at symbols of
the aaplring spirit which Is determined to
let matters right In the world has only to
look at tho Incredible feats Just nccom
pllfcheU by tho subway builders under City
Hall.
The stupendous weight of ono end of
that vast pile was actually shifted to new
foundations. Down through the faked and
flimsy stonework. dear to tho hearts of old
time political contraetors tho engineers
dug, until, by the magic of science, they
substituted steel and concrete based upon
tho solid bedrock. Kor years, while tho
men burrowed at their colossal Job.jrj'e
life of the city teemed Immediately over
head and no one took u thought of what
was going on.
As a practical accomplishment, the sub
way work under City Hall is one of the
greatest engineering feats of tho century,
Mr. Twining and his assistants, like others
In their profession, have accomplished tho
impossible. Better subways nro a little
nearer. But tho moral In this instance id
that there Is a motive In civilization that
S, .! moving life in the right direction. And
-iVstops at no barriers.
"THEY WERE PENNSYLVANIANS"
IN THE world conflict, as In all Amer
ica's wars, Pennsylvania valor was a
factor of conspicuous and traglo beauty.
It may be considered singular that a
Commonwealth founded by professed peace
lovers and devoted In normal times to civ
lllzlng artB and Industries on vast scales
should shine so triumphantly and sacrl
flclally'ln battle
But the paradox is merely superficial.
The right Is more precious than peace, nnd
as tho cljamplon of Justice this country re
veals In the record of most of her wars
wondrously clean hands. Tho conviction
of Justice fired tho endurance of I'ennsyl
vantans at Valley Korgo nnd their Im
petuous daring at Gettysburg.
General March's statistics of the univer
sal conflict accredit the Iron Division, the
Twenty-eighth (National Guard of Pennsyl-
vania;, wun me loss 01 jju men in major
casualties, the greatest of any National
Guard division.
Ttyoo words are expressive of the sol
emn pride which the State takes In tho
sacrifice of these sons on tho nltar of lib
erty: They were Pennsylvania)!.
THE FOOD TOHOCCAN
THE dissolution of the league of rations
seems to bo In sight. AVhen the dread
ful House of Usher onco started to crack,
disintegration was rapidly consummated.
iThus may It bo with tho stricture of high
food prices, of which evidences of Insecuro
underpinning are at last nt hand.
.Eggs have begun t.ft Humpty-Dumpty
act, butter charges are In a melting mood,
meat bills are facing a decline. Efforts to
withstand the Inevitable are registered in
the suburbs, and the wiles of the gougcr
" ' oven In tho central markets will probably
-JK' be Invoked to resist tho barrage of eco
nomic pressure.
The cheering fact remains, however, that
certain staples of food have been sold at
retail at lower prices than at any time
within the last six months.
The readjustment is insignificant com
pared to what Is needed to restore normal
conditions. But It Is an indication that
laws of supply and demand and tho
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fjVwth the return of peaco are more powerful
than the bcst-lntcntloncd governmental
ats.
-, With all Its rommcndablo achievements,
''the food administration could somewhat
leheck, but It Could not halt, tho upward
trend of prices. Political economy was In
exorable then. It will be Intxorablo In tho
mlng months In another direction.
jProflteera and extortionists wjll seek to
com Dai u, out wnaiever ineir illusory suc-
.oesaes, they must yield In the end.
PARIS DOESNT KNOW HER LUCK
.( rTtllB alleged "carnival of crime" by
rV .J- American soldiers In Paris was uncon-
'Hnelngly reported even before General
L , JPershlng Issued his authoritative denial.
jC'The French newspapers, lareely responsl-
M for exploiting the myth, expatiated In
flr catalogue, of horrors on the theft of
'Mtorooblle." Envy, not aiarm. must
Metered in the mhtd of any I'hlla-
Im. .aapAble of, jrpiW' the sJenlH-
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clently well regulated to bo aghast over tho
mysterious disappearance of n slnglo
motorcar, ljng-sufforlng Philadelphia nu
lolsts must feel like Inviting tho very
rowdiest assortment of doughboys to guard
this town, and they can assuredly under
stand to tho full General Pershing's Indlg
nation over a "scare" which, even as first
reported, contained for home readers evi
dences of rare virtue.
COMIUNG THE PANTIES FOR
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES!
Up and Downs of Hope in the Gras Coun
try and the Signifiranrr of Tafl's
Growing Prestige
VTO ONE i cod envy the politicians what-
' ever Innocent pleasure they derive
nownday In naming Ncjkt Presidents.
Krom now on the light of u glorious dls
tlnctlon will dwell, , for giddy moments,
upon many n favorite son. Does It bring
bliss to the gentlemen made suddenly
visible in tho crowd? Does It bring Joy
to the home folks? Very well. Let tho
licht shine! These aro tense times. Di
version Is wcl-nmp. But to name a presi
dential candidate now Is, In fact, to mako
an end of him.
The aspirants whoso names blaze oc
casionally In prophetic headlines are tho
venturing bittcrlllts In tho political field.
They Hash ami illr.
Senator Harding's boom In Ohio Is but
X week old. Vet the pallor of death is
upon It already.
.Mr. I'rynii Is conspicuously In the fore
ground. Aio we to have u white-ribbon
candidate pledged to dry up a nevv-sae(l
world? That would not be surprising to
tlio.ve who I. now Mr. Bryan,
Mr. Knox and Mr. Lodge are candidates
in spirit. But in the end the politicians
do not plrh candidates. That service is
done by public opinion aided by circum
stance and the fates. And public opinion
has a mystical nuallty. It is an emotion.
It Is founded upon things sensed rather
than euen. Collective opinion In America
never was favorable to the early candidate.
The early candidate Is the worm, rather
than the bird, of tin- maxim. The cupi,
nftcr all their delays nnd abstractions and
errors, urc at heart 'passionately fond of an
unselfish man. They have a way of seek
ing him out.
Since we have entered the war all po
litical leaders havo had opportunities to be
unselfish and large-minded. Almost with
out exception they have let the blessed
opportunity go by. Their minds wero
without tho wings that could have given
them a view over party walls. Their am
bitions blinded them. That Is why you
wilt find un instinctive drift of sentiment
toward Mr. Tuft wherever men talk poli
tics. Wo have become suddenly aware
that Mr. Tuft has been too busy thinking
about the country to think about himself
and that he is rapidly and unconsciously
becoming the biggest man In his party.
It Is fashionable to call Mr. Taft a cheer
ful man. Tho fact of the matter Is thnt ho
has gifts of wisdom and philosophy. Wise
men are never srlllMi. If Mr, Taft has a
placid heart It Is becuuse he happens to
be wlso and generous. Such qualities make
of any man a victor In Itfe-r-wlilch Is tho
only thing that really matters.
What we are permitted to witness now
In the case of our one cx-Presldent is the
old -miracle of bread upon the waters that
returns after many clays. Everybody was
fighting for the spotlight whiio the war
was being fouglil, and the air was tilled
with the clamors and appeals of men who
contributed only vocally to the nation's
good.
It was Tnft who worked devotedly In
relative obscurity nt extraordinarily diffi
cult tasks and contributed most largely to
such constructive policies as we aro evolv
ing to meet our problems at home. Ills
seemed to bo a thankless service. And yet
ho Is now In tho position of a man who
patiently gives the best that Is In him to a
forgotten task and suddenly finds the
world clamoring at his door with gifts.
There Is something very alluring about
Mr. Taft's occasional references to his
work with the War Labor Board an In
sistent suggestion that he himself has not
recognized tho value of his work. Tho
operation of tho labor board was In a sense
casual. Yet It has laid the great founda
tions, sot great precedents. It opened tho
way for a peaceful and permanent solution
of nil the unsettled questions that have
been harassing Industry and labor In
America. It was to the question of better
relationships between workers nnd Indus
try rather than to tho mere settlement of
occasional disputes that Mr. Taft has de
voted a gifted and generous mind. That
is a fundamental matter. It Is some
thing that needs tho best nttcntlon that
can bo accorded it. The question will
tower In the future. Its proper settlement
will bring greater peace and health and
happiness, a more powerful and spirited
nation, general welfare, general prosperity.
Tho position of arbiter wih tho War
Labor Board, which Mr. Taft accepted with
entire serenity, was ono which no man
with thoughts of a political future, could
upproach without chills of despair, Tho
decisions which such nn officer had fo
mako wero almost suro to Invito tho
animosity and oven tho distrust of tho
two great groups In which tho energies of
the country aro divided. Thcro was llttlo
possibility of wholly satisfying cither side
In tho processes of compromise.
Mr. Tnft boldly advanced constructive
Ideas qulto as novel, from the viewpoint of
convcntlonal-mlnded America, as Mr. Wil
bon's policies havo appeared from the
viewpoint of convcntlonal-mlnded Europe.
Ho has said many wliolesoma but unwel
come tilings to both parties in the endless
controversy. What is most Interesting,
however, Is tho constant growth of tho
man's mind. In an nddress here the other
day he told of his view of labor from t,ho
bench of tho Federal Court, when ho sat
upon it, and tho view from tho head of
the War Labor Board tablo.
"The first," ho said, "was tho question
in tho pure light of legal right and wrong.
The other was the question In the light
of conciliation, reconciliation and arbitra
tion." There-la a world of difference in the two
vw There la a; world ot significance for
f tbefceeref ttn
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the I'nlted States nnd a Judge In tho United
States courts was yet a student of tho
world. Ho went out as a student upon
his travels, down to life, close to -tho earth,
where thcro aro struggles and stress ami
travail and aching differences, duo to tho
harsh realities of Individual existence.
What ho discovered Is tovealed In the
decisions, discourses and documents of tho
labor board, which serve always to bring
tho vast question of labor jinrt Industry
Into fuller light and malto constantly 'or
better understandings, better human rela
tionships, as menus to avert the strain and
loss of economic uiiturhance.
What Mr. Taft lias revealed In a general
way, besides great courage nnd keen In
sight, is n ort of wisdom of tho heart,
which Is the greatest wisdom, a gift that
few men have.
Like Mr. Wilson, Mr. Tnfl has gone far
in ndvnnce 'of Ills own party. Ho has
learned to disdain such party lines us
bind and hurt a growing nation.
lie Is concerned, apparently, not with
barren legalisms and- formulas, but with
llfo Itself. So men will havo to be In tho
future to direct human .affairs aright.
Those who know Mr. Wilson best feel
pertain that ho will not again be a can
didate for the presidency. And we may
yet seo the day when ha will vote for Mr.
Taft. '
CERTAIN SENATORS
CERTAIN uncertain Senators complain
bitterly that they aro "kept In Igno
rance" by tho President.
Ignoranco Js n matter of self-determination.
Every citizen of these States Is at
full liberty to decide for himself Just' how
Ignorant he wishes to be, even Senator
Borah, who cries that ho feels "a deep
Interest In ocrythlhg that is tranRplrlng nt
Versailles." Will some ono Inform tho
Senator Just where the Qual d'Orsay Is?
Now wo have a genutno sympathy with
Senators In their present perplexing situ
ation. No one I egrets more than we that
the Senato Is not represented among our
Paris commissioners. And we understand
that all these lroots and catcalls from
Washington, this feverish nnd spiteful de
nunciation of everything our representa
tives are fighting for abroad, are only tho
lively breast-beating of Irritated statesmen
trying to keep themselves warm until the
facts arrive.
But every one does not understand this.
Cabled accounts of senatorial utterances
have caused amazement nnd chagrin in
foreign capitals. Honest rcpubllcanl-un has
been sorely hurt by some superheated
vaporlngs.
Tho Capitol Is surmounted by n largo
and empty dome, but It Is not necessary
for Senators to mako that a personal
symbol.
It Is Impossible, at the present stage ot
the Paris parleys, that our knowledge of
tho conference's doings should be more
than the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not i-ecn. Much that
we shed blood for Is In a fair way to be
accomplished. Why the roaring and rant
ing, the sounding brass and tinkling cym
bal? Shortly one comcth to report on tho
negotiations. Why not wait until he gets
hero before endangering senatorial blood
vessels? Wo plead for more far-sighted
and Judicial patience. But wo know that
we plead In vain. One does not gather llgs
of thistles.
Alas! Senator Boruh has given the game
away. "If the Saviour of Mankind would
revisit tho earth and declare for a league
of nations, I would bo opposed to It."
Since the Senator has seen, lit to call In
Scripture, let Us remind hirti of the parablo
of the man who sent out his servants to
gather In guests for a wedding. One guest
arrived In his workaday attire. "And ho
saith unto him, Prlend,how earnest thou
In hither not having a wedding garment?
And he was speechless," ,
It Is hard to Imagine Senator Borah
"speechless," but the point Is tliat for the
discussion of tho league of nations and
the vast new problems nnd rearrangements
of humanity, a "wedding garment" Is nec
essary a garment of charity, hopefulness,
liberal thinking and practical Idealism.
Tho world today can be made a new
world. Our hand Is on tho plow and this
Is no time for flinching.
Because wo esteem the Senate more than
It esteems Itself, becauso wo aro saddened
to see It "debase Itself In the eyes of pru
dent men, wo ask It not, to hot Its face
blindly against the sunrise. Great wjnds
ore blowing, nnd It will bo hard walking
against tho wind.
Some Senators havo taken up with a
certain glee tho wretched Jlbo of an ad
miral likening tho league ot nations to a
quilting party. Perhaps they would also
speak of tho fellowship of Christ and His
apostles as a "sewing circle."
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Granting tho force and
To Control Justice oi" many of tho
tlio Air arguments against gov
ern m o n t ownership,
perhaps the government will eventually be
forced to own every airplane built and there
will bo no such thing as a privately owned
flylng-slilp In tho world. And the reason for
it was recently Illustrated In this city when
a Mexican ran amuck and killed four. citi
zens, what one maniac could do with an
airplane Is appalling.
Included in the list ot
Trade Will articles which cannot
Clarify Vlaton enter England after
March J aro very many
kinds of machine tools. Ilnnd work Is to
,como Into ItB own again. Which would
seem to Indicate that somo British labor
experts have failed to realize th'o difference
tetween "coming back" and "going back."
The reason navy men call them "capital"
ships has nothing to do with the amount ot
capital it takes to build them.
Nothing to the rumor that Oreat Britain
has ceded Gibraltar to Spain. Humor can't
oxpect to get away with everything. Gibral
tar was the rock on which she split.
The British Government must have been
Jolted to note that tho talk of revolution
comes not from disaffected centers like Dub
lin or Cork but from loyalist Belfast and
Glasgow.
If Germany Is to be relieved of the ntces.
slty of pfcjrlng the war bills of her adver
saries, the next thing she .will discover wIl
be a. reason why she gMM not pay Indent-
pW, VH 'u hotJBjft(f. ) w-W fc
Atlantic City in If inter
PKIUCAfU was strangely nt leisure when
I found him In his quarters. He Is
usually so Intensely absorbed In his Investi
gations that he neglects tho ordinary courte
sies nnd receives his callers without any
salutations, and allows them to depart with
out farewells. .But now he was reclining .In
an easy chair blowing rings of smoke. There
was an expression of extreme satisfaction on
his face. t
"I am glad, you came." said he. "I. want
sonio ono to congratulate me, for I have at
last succeeded In doing what I havo been
attempting , without success for many
months."
"And that Is?"
"I havo blown otic ring of smoke nnd then
Mown another ring through.lt before tho first
broke!"
"Wonderful I" said I with ns much appre
ciation In my volco as 1 could muster for
such a futile' thing. '
"is;:
IT my satisfaction with this triumph
tempered by my regret that 1 havo
Inst what I havo regarded as a unique
distinction," he went on,
"Which ono at your many distinctions was
It?" said I n little sarcastically.
Pericarp sat up quickly, looked at me with
a quizzical smile, .then reclined nt his case
again and wpnt on:
"I have been proud of the fact that I had
ncer been to Atlrinlle City, but clrcum
slanees under which I had no control forod
me tUorc. and In the middle of tho winter,
too." '
"Voti must have found the place dreary,
and deserted," said I.
"Did 1? Well. I guess not. I went down
there on Saturday afternoon, expecting to
have no trouble In getting a room tit a
good hntel. But every hotel at which I
called was turning people away. The big
hotels. were Jammed full and 1 was told that
ono of them had had between fifty and a
hundred persons ask for accommodations on
Krlday nlKbt for whom they had no room.
I would go Into the olllco of a little hotel.
The clerks would look at each other and then
turn to ine with a patiently resigned expres
sion. The house was full I was told and
they did not know when there would bo a
vacant mom. This happened time after
time. 1 finally found a room In a private
house nest to a spiall hotel where I arranged
for meals. When I discovered that every
body was In Atlantlo City, or everybody for
whom there was room, I regretted more than
cvir that I bad been forced to abandon my
boast that I alone of tho whole population
of the eastern seaboard had never trod tho
Uoardwnlk. '
it APTEP. dinner I strolled over to tlio
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Boardwalk," ho continued. "It was
dark. There was no moon nnd the cloudy
sky concealed the stars. It was 7:30 o'clock.
There wns a wheeled chair or two slowly
rolling along. Here and there was a soldier
In khaki with a lady on his arm nnd about
ns many men In naval uniforms similarly
accompanied. The domes and turrets and
nolvldcrrs of the two biggest hotels raised
themselves Into tho gloom like tho towers of
n MaxIUld Parrish city of fairyland, blossom
ing with red and green and gold dimly
showing against the sky. It was a mys
terious and moving spectacle.
"There was a surprising number of shops
open and a still more surprising number with
lighted show windows, Indicating that they
were doing business. The people wcre scroll
ing slowly past the chops 'looking In the
windows at tugs, furs and Laces, Jewels,
candles, gowns nnd brlc-a-brae. The god of
commereo evidently had his shrine on the
shore of this sounding sea ns-weU'as Inland.
' Just as this reflection formed Itself I heard a
lady a few paces ahead of me exclaim. to her
companion. 'Oh, Isn't that beautiful I' And
It was beautiful, for there In a sIioav window
with brilliant lights concentrated on It was a
Buddhist shrine. Its doors we,re open. In
tho Interior, glittering with red nnd black
lacquer overlaid with golden plates, was the
Ineffable Buddha himself with the ruby In
his forehead and his many arms standing In
an ornate niche flanked by pillars with a
llttlo balcony before It. Below was a small
golden tabic on which stood an incense
burner, also golden, ready for tho use of the
devout If any such there might be prepared
to worship any othergod than the golden
calf,"
PEBICARP paused, blew a ring of blue
smoke nnd dreamily, watched It float
away Into nothingness.
"The spectacle of that brilliant shrlno of
tho god of half the world offered for sale as
a mere curio," said ho softly, "wwf moBt de
pressing. It was fashioned by devout hands
for devout purses-ln order to assist men td
get Into communion with the Great Forco
which orders the lles of mortals, and hero It
was exhibited to tempt persons to whom It
had no meaning to buy it as a household
ornament or as a cabinet for cigars. If
Shakespeare had not said It first Buddha
might exclaim, 'To what base uses do wc
come!' "
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KIHCABP paused again and was silent
r some time. Then he sighed and be,-
gan onco more to think aloud;
"Before I started hack to my room I looked
out to tho east, where tho sea ought to be.
I had" been hearing Its gentlo swishing like
the rustle of silken draperies In the wind.
There was nothing visible but tho purple
blackness of a curtain shutting out all tho
world, trimmed on Its bottom with a flut
tering border of while lace where It rested
on the strand nt the edge of the waters,
'The next morning I was on the Board
walk by 10 cclock. The boIo occupant of
the beach was a gull as big ns a goose, hunt
ing for clams Just above the breaking surf,
'Thoso gulls arn knowln' creatures about
food,' said the negro chair attendant. 'They
will fly up Into tho air with a clam and drop
It on tho sand to break the shell. Yes, sir.
They know Irow to get enough to eat.' As
the day grew older tho Walk gradually be
came populous and thcro wero pedestrians
by the hundred and two rows of wheeled
chairs moving In opposite directions. There
were men In the crowd, but women and chil
dren predominated. At my hotel tho next
day I succeeded In getting Into a hotel on
Monday I could easily see thirty guests at
table from my seat In the dining room with
out turning my head. Six of them were men
and the rest were women. heard some one
who had been at tho shore two months re
mark that almost every ono thcro seemed to
havo been sick and was seeking health. Jf
this be true, whatever piay be tho caso In
summer, Atlantic City is a popular health
resort Ir. the wlntor." a. W. D.
The startling news comes from Marburg,
Styria, Austria, that t,ho Juio-Slavs shot and
kjftled eight among a rowd of Germans who
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BernstorfT
Count BernstorfT is ono of tho men en
trusted with the working out of the details
for Germany's participation In tho Peaco
Conference nnd will, with the Foreign Min
ister, be a German delegate. Associated
Prrss dispatch.
BERN
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EHNSTORKK keeps butting back Into
he news.
Airing his wholly preposterous views,
Saying the Fourteen Points will bo O. K.
If they're worked out In nn amiable way.
And, as for all the good blood that's been
spilt, ho
Says that the Germans don't feel a bit
guilty,
Though they admit that mistakes have been
made
Yw, the dorr Prussians, reviewing their
trade,
Now that results have been candidly
weighed
And an Indemnity Is to bo paid,
Feeling afraid '
That they may have strayed,
Feeling, perhaps, that -veil, Just a shado
Of blood-rust has tarnished their brlght-
shlnlng blade
So Bernstorff brayed,
So BernstcrfT neighed,
Admitting, by God, that mistakes had been
made!
AH THE
. Hun!
Ill TH1CBE, you Bernstorff, ineffable
Cautious enough till the fighting was
done ,- .
Johann von B.,
Just listen to mo!
Stay In your Schloss and keep on tho
Q. T.
Tho ono man that wo havo no uso for is
Yom :
As far as von" B. is concerned, wo are
through.
Ilemembcr tho fate of tho monkey -who
meddlos
And keep your burnt hoofs off political
pedals.
"Mistakes havo been model"
Ah,' how many mistakes!
Since first your gray legions marched west
ward -from Alx, -
Scrapping' that paper Mlstako Number
One
How many mistakes on -the trail of tho
Hun!
Every ono knows them,. and It would bo
weary v . ' '.
Hero to recount them andnot at all
And you, you contemptible diplomat-plotter.
Hypocrite, simpleton, liar and rotter.
You wrio were, always (lit public) so bland,
Moaning you couldn't (Ha Ha) understand
The dreadful aggressions conceived by your
sovereign1-"
Meanwhile you kept all your gang of spies
hoverln',"
Bombing and lurking and. peeping and
coding,
Sneaking and planning and scheming, ex
ploding.
Buying up papers and lying and burning.
Busy indorsing your checks they were
earning
And you, tho ambassador, genial and slick
(Whose double maneuvers mado Jioncst me,n
sick).
Were dining and wining so savago your
mnnla--To
gloat on the sinking of tho iujlfanla.
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0 V FOLIWYmy Derns(orff, you've omitted
They Bald House was dead, and you dashed
off an obit.
Telling your grief, and how much you der
plors ,
You never wilt eo "this dear- friend" any
more.
Any more. anyWfC y J??r'' fM ?f2J
wmen is in
FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND
fe CO", .' '
You kidded us once. If there's Juice In
this pen
You never shall do so again
AMEN" I
And you needn't Imagine that you're going
to run ,
Any capers among tho reorganized Hun;
If you'ro thinking upon the Qual d'Orsay
to burst
As a delegate well, we will see you
banged first!
AH YES,
Wo ml
mistakes have bcon made!
might say much moro, ibut our
pen wo degrade!
Your lovely gold brnld
Is eternally frayed,
No more will wo see you strut out On
parade
A Count you still call yourself,' Bernstorff
old snout?
,Mako It ten, you poor ruffian, and Count
yourself. Out.
A New York wit suggests that Capo May
bo called Cape May I Not. And' If so, why
not chango Lcaguo Island to Lcaguo of
Nations. Island?
Tho question seems to bo whether cer
tain Powers aro to hold the German colo
nies permanently or only In perpetuity,
"Eggs arc an almost Tcrfcct food," saya
a restaurant advertisement, '
Pcrfoct, that Is, In all but price.
If the groundhog didn't see his shadow
yesterday It , was probably becauso Mr.
Hoover had exported him to feed the
Ciechs.
A dispatch from Paris says that' some
of tho diplomats at thjO Peaco Conference
havo the itch.
This Is a ticklish topic, but wo feel sure
there is somo alleviating explanation.,
PcrhapB tho announcement Is duo to tho
presence In Paris ot tho Serbian delegation,
Messrs, Patchltch, Vcsnltch and Trumbltch.
Any Other Hazards?
neat Socrafea You nsk what sign of
tho zodiac- Mr. Wilson was born under.
My guestf Is Cancer, becauso tho Senate is
trying to crab his stuff. QUIZZICUS.
Speaking of tho Kaiser, a Berlin paper
says, "No verdict can dim tho splendor ot
his thirty years' reign, with all Its rlcn
blessings to tho German1 people," ,
POllyanna rnust have bcon a German.
. , SOCIIATES.
There' is growing realization of tho fact
that tho war was started by German business,
and that Ocrman business is still very much
alive. ' '
Newspapers and magazines of a couple
of years back aro excellent' cures for soften
ing of tho heart (and head) when plans are
made for Germany.
If tho Hun hail tho power to comprehend
any brand ,of human nature other than his
own, ho would bo considerably more ot a
menace to the world than ho la.
A game isn't over until tho last move Is"
made, Reconstruction Is a necessary part
of the war game. It demands the same
patriotism, the same high Ideals and the
same self-denial as Its more spectacular
predecessor. The hurrahs, may come later.-
Booze hurts tho constitution; but there
aro not wanting legal experts who declare
that a prohibition amendment Is foreign to
Its alms and purposes. ,
,nd while statesmen and political
economist are discussing the question, Who
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The Crucifi
In the village of Sulzcreri, In the Vosfts,
the American front-line trenches, ran along
a. roadside behind a cemetery wall. On the
wall there had been erected! many years
ago, a stone crucifix, at the. base ot which
a machlne-gUn emplacement,had been con
cealed In the Irench.
FROM Sulzercn to Slosswlhr there Ilea ah
ancient road, '
Where peasants trod, In ages' cone, and oxen
drew their load. ,
Through fcrtllo meadows, sloping down, Its
tranquil way -was kept:
Hard by, within the clmltlere, the dead ot
ages slept.
Upon tho slowly crumbling J cwalh, rough
hewn by reverent bands,
A crucifix of stone, time-worn, gently re
poseful, stands.
Tho priest, with sturdy schoolboys', said his
'dally matins there,
And mourners, grieving for tho dead, bent
I low In quiet prayer. .
I Illch princes, vagabonds and thieves paused
for a little space.
Turning in supplication to " the Master's
pitying face.
But now no traveler takes the road the
spikes ot barbed wire bar;
Tho gross Is grown where oxen went, aave
here and thero a 'scar... v
rno ueias aro cuouca witii ranaiing weeas,
tho shells scream overhead: 1
X.n n-lna, ..nnAnK, nn m-.i-.n, la !.,.. Rlt t
curscs from the dead. "
For Sulzercn's torn and sanlng .walls mark ,
thn Allies' advance '1
And Stoeswlhr's ruined homes conceal the, f
enemies of France. , . '
Behind the cemetery wall the sllenf sentries' .,$'
watt ; . , .
Their tired eyes' keen, on meadowa green, on j&i
s-unrd Intermlnnte. . ?
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At rffght white flares,- shot heavenward,
burst, nnd with nallor drench i
Their troubled comrades, sleeping close,' In k&
tho narrow, noisome, trench. , ' V
The parapet ,1s stocked with bombs a'ndjlj
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perato enough.
Concealed, .beneath tho crucifix, a deadly j I
mitrailleuse, y hl
Inhuman, grim, Insatiable In. Wars mao, Jg
iC'VllDO UOV,
Ah. Christ, what mockery Is' this dead a,
forms on bended kneo j5"J-I
Here at Thy feet, but .not In 'prayer Lord
jesus, pitying see. ' ;i
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 Wi-int la Mm rrttit nmnllhPl N. I Iftn Afv i
Flume, the Adriatic city -claimed bylSl
t.A.1. th. Ttallana n rA Ol Jllm.BUtV? V I
;. What is an oratory? ,
3. What Is tho meaning of the, word kip-"
pered? '.
1 4. Who was Enneto Novell!? ' f,
r what Is th title, riven 'to a Mohara-' "'"
medan who has made th,e pllgrlmagei,
to Mecca? ' i
6. What .Is tho largest city In Iowa,? .-'
7. How many Tresldents haa Franor ha ,;
since ino lounoina ui, iiiu itiuv vv-
public? '
. What novel is said to have been written:, i)J
by Colonel E. M. House? r,
9, What Is the origin of the expression,'..
"Thjck as leaves In VallombrosaT" -, i
10. What was a Nereid In 'classical mythol'. '-
ogy? ' ' .J' ;,
Antwers to rStturdayY Quiz J
j; The United States army -'malntaliH4 'I
thlrty-eeven cjampa In this country' .
during the war. t ',.;
i. Nathaniel Carl Goodwin was the popular-
American comedian, who died laat '
Friday. ' :
3, The ailerons of arf airplane are tits'
lateral balances for the wings. '
. There are 1(6 psalms In the "Bible. ,'; '
B, President Wilson delivered bl "fourteen '-
points" speech oil January f, lit J7 ) "
C. Oeorge V of Great Britain succeeded to
the crown, on May e.lito. ',.'
7. ChrUtoohsr Columbus, discovered the Vtf
, gin Islands In the -'West Indlea,' Iim,,
8. Madame d Pompadour. rplstreM' of Klt :
iui xv. ot rranee, useupac -juw
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