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"DREAMS" COMING TRUE
rpHU translation of uu ideal Into ptuctlcal
working machinery l lnoceeilliiK in
Paris wltli im authoritative celerity in
conceivable only n few months uro.
ProUsiuniil agreement on Ihe preamble
and two of the articles of the constitution
of the league of nations 1st already an
nounced. The importance of this step can
hardly be exaggerated, luce the special
commission which took It Is arting vir
tually as a legislative body. It is no
longer dream stuff which is being consid
ered, but practical remedies of ri illzatlon
which will be enforced b a co-ordination
of governmental powers.
The fact that two plans, one of which
Is especially favored by the smaller na
tions, are up for discussion Is small war
ranty for alarm. Kather there Is hearten
ing food for hope in the concentration of
varied concepts, formerly branded as nebu
lous. Into merely two clearly defined pto
rianis. When a cloudy situation is tints
explicitly outlined the solvent of adjust
ment can be effectively applied.
The commissioners are not only optim
istic, but they are energetic. This fusion
of asplratioti and determination augurs
well fcr the eventual harmonizing of de
tails of the two drafts of the peace league
structure. A framework, not flawless, of
course, since this existence Is mundane,
and yet of immeasurable import to the
course of civilization, seems certain to
arise upon '.he foundations so auspiciously
laid.
GOING TO MARKET IN A FLIVVER
IOWER prices to the consumer and fair
J profits to the farmer are forecast ln7
the plan for the establishment of a city
owned union central market. The elaborate
report made upon this subject by u special
committee appointed by the Mayor finds
much to favor sucli a project, which, in
providing for the quickest possible han
dling from the receiving to the retail pur-
chaser's table, would unquettlonabiy re
duce food costs.
That such an undertaking was not car
ried out long ago Is eplicable by the vast
changes in transportation systems which
have come with development of the auto
mobile. Direct delivery of products to the
retail market was not always easy for the
farmer in the old days. Increase in the
"flivver" population lias eliminated many
expensive transfers. The grower can
whizz to the center of town with his
goods.
Tile individual consumer is also much
more favorably situated with respect to
a central market scheme. If he, too, hap
pens to own a car, his put chases can be
mado and carried home without an added
' burden of delivery charges. lioth bujers'
and sellers would benefit by the suggested
arrangement.
A vital impetus In automobile production
long held up by the war may now be
safely prophesied. The transportation rev
ojijjon which these things will foster must
Inevitably have an Important bearing on
the handling of foodstuffs. A municipally
controlled central maiket would be di
rectly in line with the new conditions.
PASSENGER TRADE TROM THIS PORT
"p; ITS departure, us In its arrival, the
steamship Haverford has been a sig
nificant Index of the return of peace. The
war veterans who descended from Its decks
the other day emphasized the dramatic
aspect. The import of her outward trip
Is less spectacular, but deeply suggestive
of the speed with which tho world is ie
turning to normality, for Ihe vessel took
with her yesterday the first passengers to
sail from here to Kurope for more than
four years. The quest of passports is still
discouraged by the government, but the
fact that thirty-nine persons secured them
for the llaverford's vo)age demonstrates
that the broadside of qualifications for a
transatlantic crossing Is not Insurmount
able. Weekly passenger sailings from here to
England are jthe latest prospect, The
British steamer Northland Is to replace the
lost Merlon and, with the- Dominion and
Haverford, will mark the resumption of
the Ameilcan Line service here. "World
reconstruction Is a laborious business, but
till It mpves apace. The tourist rush via
the Delaware- hr no longer unimaginable.
' 1'osslbiy ttie way which the Haverford has
already blazed may by next uutumn be
entirely clear.
SQUIUS OR INFERNAL MACHINES?
rpHB United States Senate, having in
mind a, meeting in a Washington the
atre attended by several Congressmen, has
extended the powers of the Bennta com
mittee Investigating Herman propaganda
po that It may Inquire Into other activities
that, (t, Is, charged, seek to overthrow the
aaVtWnnient.
' It Usere la evidence (hat any organUa-
ka oMMtUUd or la conterapWtint;
or the secret servlte and not by a con
gressional committee.
If Hie "activities" have done notlilng
more than talk they had best be let alone,
lest sparks be fanned Into flames,
Touch a match to loose gunpowder and
It merely puffs and dies, but confine the
gunpowder and a dangerous explosion
results.
Many foolish and vicious dcttlnes have
been vitalised and momentarily popular
ized by making "martyrs'1 of their apostles.
Bolshevism has nothing to feed on In
this country and, left to itself, will die of
Inanition, nut once it be Inferred that
"freedom of speech" is being attacked,
something is touched that the whole mass
of the people feels, and feels keenly.
What matters it that men talk foolishly
and wickedly" Their words of foolishness
die and their words of wickedness pass.
liven Congressmen have been known to
talk tinwlsel) nnd Intemperate!'.
When a "windy guy" Is denied speech
Id has that within that spells danger to
the .State.
HIGH COST OF PESSIMISM
A NEW NATIONAL AFFLICTION
Talk of Philadelphia Approaching Hani
Times Reflects a Faulty State of Mini
Rather Than Natural Causes
"Vt'lXIOXS are contagious.
'-' If a great many people sit down and
wring their hands nnd tell each. other that
haid old times uvp Just ahead, then hard
old times will conic us natutally us the dawit
of day. The reuson for this Is p-Hfecly
simple It is Iho RPtlln; ready for liaril
times that makes hard times. .Such Idlt
ncss as there is in the rountrj Is not due
to any uatuiul caust It is due lo a M:t(e
of inliid.
"Times nic going to be hard," some
business men are saving, "so we'll re
trench" Behind this general attitude is
the belief jliat prices of material and
of labor ure going, as they say, to tumble.
There is talk of "plenty of cheap labor."
Hopes, such as this spring from n more
than grievous error. The man who vvults
for plenty of cheap labor will h.m- to be
queath a paralyzed business li his lielrs.
Labor will never be so oheap as it wns
befoie the war. Any one who can read
the plain lessons of events need not be
told that. And while occasional readjust
ments of wage scales ma.v cause some
decrease in the general price of mateilals,
the raw stuffs of Industry will not be af
fected by phenomenal slumps. Popular
opinion wlll require higher wage scales,
and tills will naturally affect the costs of
elemental production
In the end, after u have looked twice
at the matter. It Is apparent that cosls
alone aren't adequate to impel business
forward or baclt. The success and pros-pej-lt
of any industry depends chiefly
upon the miuils behind II.
The motor business for example, came
out of the war with a jubilant shout,
clamoring for room in which to expand,
full of the promise of new wonders. There
is no talk of slowing up in the motor In
dustry, not because uutomoblle producers
aren't dependent upon the high-priced es
sentials and expensive labor, but because
tho automobile world is new. And it has
many fresh and imaginative minds be
hind it.
All of this is Intel estlng to Philadelphia,
because we have in this city nn unbe
lievable lot of money to spend upon essen
tial Improvements nnd an incredible lot of
work waiting to be done. What we are
threatened with is not Hie hlsh cost of
labor, but the High Cost of Pessimism.
The various departments of the city
government have it virtually in their
power to expend about $14V,000,000. Tho
wise and quick expendltuteof at least some
of tills money will Instantly release other
countless millions nnd send them outward
to tho pockets of workers of all sorts.
Some ouo said not long ago that Phila
delphia could use uuother 100,000 houses.
Building in tills city began to slow down
four eais ago, and It has been almost at
a standstill for fourteen months, S.ost
of the new construction will be done in
suburban areas. But it will wait upon the
completion of new road and sewer im
piovements that already are planned and
plotted by the city itself. When new
sheets have bepn paved in the outlying
regions we shall see such a building
boom as never was dreamed of.
In its general financial aspect and In
its immediate needs Philadelphia Is typical
of the rest of the country. There is limit
less work to be dore and almost limitless
money to Uo It with. But there'is a hesi
tancy and a fear, a hope of an easing up
in labor and material markets, a general
tlmorousness based upon a desiie to "wait
and see."
Waterfront improvements heie,vthe new
boulevards, the Paikway and bridges and
an- Incalculable amount of street building
and repalts await the co-operation of the
Mayor and Councils and the department
heads and public opinion.
Labor and materials are growing plen-
tlful now la a year theie may be new
scarcities when all of the industries are
competing In the general market after
periods of Idleness. Public opinion in this
city will welcome any show of hurry and
energy at City Hall. It will not flinch
at the prospect of high prices or great
contract awards. The municipality might
properly set an example for the doubting
minds of Industry. And if one part of the
city is prosperous and busy It will be
pretty hard for other parts of It to be
dull and depressed.
Mayor Smith has expressed a hope to
get a great many public Improvements
under way with available fundsMiefore he
leaves office. Dut (hat will be too Isle.
Statisticians of the Federal Employment
Service, who have been making general
surveys, say that If a serious depression
occurs In the United States it will be felt
during the summer and autumn. Luter
there will be a reaction. Is there any
reason why the Immense amount of work
to be done In this city should wait later
than spring?
Nothing could be, more grotesque- than
talk of lid times and Idleness In Ilia
I'nlted Slates. We are the richest country
In' the wopfd. Almost every nation owes
us, mone, Meanwhile we have within
our own borders all of the materials and
resources necessary to sustain aid Im
prove our own civilisation. You could
build a wall a jnlle high around the
eatenj:ntg public ledger
Is no other country tu the world that can
say so much. There Is more work to be
done now than there Is while the war was
on. Doubt nnd pessimism are expensive
luxuries, since It Is doubt and pfsMmism
that have caused unemployment whererer
unemployment Is encountered In America.
What we need 1J a dash of tho co opera
tive spirit everywhere.
Sooner or Inter all tho Industries will'
come around, to the more gracious' and
constructive view, as the Bethlehem Steel
Company has Just done after Its brushes
with the War Labor Hoard. There will bn
stratus and irritations, but In the end
everybody will be Happier nnd better off
after friendly and wise adjustments. Busi
ness Is likely lo quicken much sooner than
a good many peoplo believe. The full pro
ductive energy of the country will bo re
leased suddenly, ami those who have hung
. batk and doubled will be the losers.
V.MERICA SAT ON THE SEESAW
NAPOLEOX'H Indorsement of the heaviest
battalions as the gauge of victory has
lost none of Its significance as a result of
the greatest of all wars. The terminology
is now slightly different, for the phrase Is
now "rllle strength," which means "men
standing In the tienches and ready to go
over the top with the bayonet," but there
has been no real refutation of his military
logic.
'Die comparative tables Just made public
by the War Department are instructive
Indices of the Course of tho conflict. On
April 1. IMS, the "ilfie strength" of the
Cenlial Powers exceeded that of the Allies
by 300,000. and tho Germans were winning.
As this disparity was effaced the tide of
battle reached the deadlock stage around
.hi y 1. and by August, when the Second
Maine had become a deflplte victory, the
300,000 advontuge was on the side of civ
ilization. A two-to-one superiority for the
Allies brought about the armistice. The
German tide strength was then less than
800,000 and Chat ofAiieir opponents about
a million and a hair
Generalship was, of course, a potent fac
tor, but not susceptible of maintaining the
principle of balance. Unquestionably the
outnumbered Huns fought an able cam
paign. Liidendorff erred earlier In the
game, mainly in launching his desperate
drive in vain overconfldence that he would
not be forced to fight a numerically su
perior foe. it was available fighting men
on the field which counted so tremendously
In the triumph.
What America did is tobvious.' She sat
on one end of the teesavv and the oppos
ing weight was dislodged.
A SUGGESTION FOR PERSHING
"V7"OUn efficiency and fairness," cabled
Representative Siegel to General
Pershing, "impugned in Congress. Do you'
favor nn immediate congressional Inves
tigation;" If General Pet shine weie familiar with
the news from Washington, and if he
wished to hurl back the only reply ade
quate In this Instance, the cables would
Instantly sparkle with something like this,
addiessed to the whole House:
"Your efficiency and fairness Impugned
In this and adjacent worlds. Therefore I
do not favor a congressional investigation."
Mr. Lansing Is head
Attending lo of the committee
Ihe Kaiser which will IK respon
sibility for the war
and provide penalties for the crimes com
mitted. Well, f-o far as tho Kaiser Is con
cerned, the people of America have given
him enough tips All he will have to do will
bo to arrange them alphabetically and begin
with the A's. After the Arch Hun has been
abaclnated and asphyxiated the rest of the
alphabet won't Interest him.
Correspondence b e
twecn the I'ord Com
pany and the French
Juat Mlslit
Mleunderatumlliiir
Minister of Recon
struction Indicates that the Trench Uovern
ment contemplates an embaigo on Ameilcan
automobiles and automobile part?. There Is
no question as to France's right to take this
course, but there Is serious doubt as ttf Its
wisdom at this time.' America lias too many
things France needs to make the action ad
visable. Another stone has reached John barley
corn this time a Keystone.
Military registration lias proved that
compulsory registration1 before elections Is at
least feasible,
Difference of opinion makes horce races,
but horse races arn not a nood substitute
for woolen goods.
Anyhow, we wish our boys at Alchangel
tveie'elther back home or had more com
pany wheie they are.
France knows she Is on the fi outlet- of
freedom; what she wants to know is Just
where fche may drive in stakes.
Whatever bis fate mayr be, the chances
are that Herr Holienzollern will never again
chaer up sufficiently to get a shave.
The estimated cost of -the war is
250,OO0,O0O,O00. And every man, woman
and child of us has contributed something
toward that amount.
v Watch the crime wave disappear when
Father Penn begins his spring Improve
ment. Idle hands will then have no ex
cuse' for getting Into mischief.
An Llktou (Md.) church has split Info
two fttotlom, one known as the "cream" and
the other as the "skimmed milk." Xaturally
the congregation U all churned up.
There la cheerful augury In the arrange
ments made by the Peace Conference where
by the Czechs and Poles cease hostilities
pending Investigation of their differences.
, A negro cbargad with stealing whisky
valued at MS Is sa)d to have been "shaken
down" by a Fifth Ward policeman for' Jo0.
Is this to"ba taken aa a new application of
hlih license?
William O. McAdoo, has been retained
aa counsel for a moving-picture company In
I Angelas, ne ww sow uroceed ,to
Philadelphia; Thursday February
DUAL ASPECT OF THE !
-FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
A British Pica for Equality of
Treatment in Peace Times.
How. Preferential J?c-
strictions Worked
fTtllK freedom of tho seas has been recog--
nlzod as an ambiguous phrase, and In as
senting o It as one of the terms of rence
our government expressly' reserved thelt
right to put their own construction on Its
meaning. As understood by the Germain it
really meant the destruction of British navai
supremacy, but nominally what wns claimed
was the abolition of the right of capture
and blockade, except for contraband. It bus
geneially been supposed that we(hould be
asked to yield something on this point.
Enemies have looked on. it 'as a possible
source of divergence between the Unite.
States and the British empire. Friends have
suggested that a means of reconciling diverse
opinions may be found in entrusting Hit
moro extreme naval rights to the league of
nations. Few if any have remarked that
the freedom of the seas has 'a much widei
meaning than anything connected with cn
tuie and blockade, that there Is a freedom
and an unfreedom of the seas In time of
peace as well as In war, that If other coun
tries have'an. Interest In the one we have a
much greater Interest In the other, and, In
fine, that the question should be discussed as
a wholo within which there can be give and
take as between different points of view.
By (he freedom of the seas in peace we
mean the right t,o navigate nnd trafhc unre
strictedly across the Reas between all coun
tries, and to use ports and harbors, and In
paitlcular sea canals and territorial waters,
without Impediment or subjection lo .unfair
conditions. Such freedom lias been secured
to the world under our free trade system, so
far as our influence extends. But It Is by no
means universal. On the contrary, in pre
war times there were many direct and ehjll
more Indirect restrictions and tegulatlona
Intended lo hamper the ships of one nation
and prefer those of another.' For example,
many countries Reserved the coasting trade
to ships of their own nation. Some kept
trade within their respective empires to their
own ships, hi other! cases ships of certain
nations had preferential hatbor treatment
over others. The Germans gave preferential
railway rates to goods booked for German,
ships, and by the adroit Ukp of "control sta
tions," set up fo prevent tha spread of dis
ease, forced emigrants from tho east of
Kurope to use German ships for the Atlantic
voyage. It would be easy but unnecessary
lo multiply instances. There are a score of
ways iif which a country may seek to give
preference to its own vessels or those of an
ally and hamper or discourage the carrying
tiade of another: Xow, tills matter concerns
this country very closely. Before the w;ar
we did about half the world's carrying trade,
and It is on the maritime position thus ob
tained that our victory In the naval war
depended. Whether for the contingency of
war or for success In peaceful commerce, the
maintenance of our commetclal marlno is
flip essential. Xow, more than four-fifths
of our shipping was engaged in the foreign
trade: that is to say, either In trade between
the'emplre and some foreign country or be
tween one foreign port and another. The
course of the war has temporarily diverted
a great deal of this trade. A large part of
our shipping hns been sunk, and many lines,
especially in the intei -foreign trade, have
been discontinued. Our rivals, friendly
rivals but none the less keen, are ready to
step Into the gap. especially the United
States and Japan. We have the greater ex
perience, the advantages of old sea-going
tradition, and, in fine, the seamanship which
has really determined the naval struggle in
our favor. But we have our work cut out
it we are to regain our place. The view of
men Well qualified to judge Is that we can
do so if we obtain equal,treatment, but
other Ise the event Is doubtful.
It is our policy, then to stand for freedom
of the seas in peace as the pendant to free
dom of the seas in war. 'We require the
opening of all marine highways and terrl-.
torlal waters, the opening of all harbors
without discrimination between flagand flag
In the matter of dues or regulations, the car
riage of goods nnd of passengers, equally
'without discrimination. Tliese-proposals are,
in act, one application, though a very im
portant one, of President Wilson's principle
that wlthjn the league there should be no
trade exclusiveness It would be. open to
any nation to Impose what harbor dues it
may please but on all ships alike; to set
up what customs It chooses, but on goods of
all nations alike, to make what conditions
for the carriage of emigrants it may think
fit, but the same conditions for fchlpa of all
nations. That is the kind of equality that
will for the first time make the seas fully
free to all maritime peoples In time of peace.
Such freedom it Is greatly our interest to
secuie, and so greatly as to outweigh any
partial objection that we ma have to the
modification of the lavvs ot, naval war. Ir
would not be the least material of the boons
to bo gained by the establishment of a
league of nations, which alone ran put the
freedom of the season on a firm basis.
Manchester Guardian.
Stiangely enough, the "wets" seem to be
of the opinion that the fight has Just, begun.
Kvery strike teaches the a-b'abs of
political economy, but It Is a costly 'way of
getting an education.
The Wiinelanders lovev. their Kalaer,
Probably for the same reason that Tom
Sawyer enjoyed his sore toe.
Among the sights of- Paris no lf.
respecting, cltlten or tourist neglects to ln
cldde a view of President Wilson. Then they
proceed lo comment on his good points
foUrteen of them.
The commander-in-chief of the rtusalan
forces lias ordered Commander Maria
Botehkareva, of the Battalion of Death, to
doff her uniform, declaring that for women
to do military duty is "shameful." But the
shsme belongs to the, men who hung back
after the revolution and made the course
of the women seem necessary,
In the absence of orders, many of the
representatives In HarrUburg confessed that
they hadn't lust made up their mlnda nn
bow to vote on Uas'vlekarman, resolution to
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PRUNES AND PRISMS
A Primer for Senators
WHAT IS A PEACE COXFEItEXCE?
A very menacing gathering of doctrin
aires, which oscillates between autocracy
(Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) and
f bolshevism (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Satur
days). It must on no account be en
couraged, WHAT MUST SEXATORS BO TO IX
FORM THEMSELVES ABOUT A
PEACE COXFEIlEXCi:? Study up the
results of the congress of 1815, in order
to understand the horrible outcome of
such preposterous gatherings. It is" ex
ceedingly valuable to be able to -say
bomething ln-Cebate about Talleyrand,
Metternlch and even Czartoryskl. If the
Senator can ay something to the effect
that C. (we won't compel the composing
room lo face that name twice) was "the
Colonel House of the Vienna Congress"
the effect will be magnificent.
WHERE DOES A PEACE COXKEUEXCE
SIT? According to the Senate, which
Is too busy to read the papers, at Ver
sailles. IS ANY RESTRAINT OF REASON OR
GOOD TASTE TO BE OBSERVED IN
DAMNING A PEACE CONFERENCE?
Consult Senator Sherman on this point.
WHAT IS A LEAGUE .OF NATIONS?
(Adjournment In uproar.)
We cannot resist the thought that all
the strikes we read about are due to the
Injudicious action of the Peace Conference
in holding, its first meeting in the Hail of
Clocks af the Qual d'Orsay
, Senator Moses, of New Hanipshlie, who
does not seem as well Informed as his
famous namesake, speaks of "The Peace
Conference now taking place at Versailles.
. . , I do not think that we need bother
ourselves greatly about the outcome of the
deliberations at Versallles. ... I have
no doubt that the outcome of the delibera
tions now taking place in the Hall of Mir
rors," etc.) etc., etc.
How jolly It would be If Senators would
read the papers! .
It's awfully lucky, Isn't It, my dears,
that none of those Senators went over to
attend the conference? The poor souls
might still be sitting out-t Versailles wait
ing fQT"somethlng to happen.
Still, even the Senate has pangs of self
knowledge at times. Spending u happy
hour with 'the Congressional Record we
found, this: ,
Mr. 8M0OT There Is not a bill intro
duced in the Senate or in tbe Houte that
is not placed upon my desk the following
morning, and there is hardly an evening
when Congress Is In session that do not
scan those bills. Of course, 90 per cent
of them take no time at all, because one
who is familiar with the work of Congress
readily recognizes the earmarks on them
and they gist, brushed asjde.
As long as public-spirited researchers will
delve In the Congressional Record and dis
play for the "world the pearls there burled,
there will be no danger of the grand old
style of native oratory perishing from the
land. Mr. John "W. Ralney, of Illinois, re
contly eulogized a former colleague In the
House in this fashion:
Such Is the Inconsistency of life that
even some of the foremost ' thinkers and
intellectual giants of the past lived the
life unprintable. . . . Let me say that
CHARLES MARTIN may have been ex
teriorly rough and gruff, but his heart was
plaatlo to thetlelcate fingers of want and
need , . . h's. desire was not to secure
a lob or obtain a position, but to so situ
ate himself as o be able to distribute
jobs, posMMM. and give assistance to
otftars.
tlmS.T would,, wit'
e,
grey eyes which In argumentation cut like
the proverbial sword. . . . True, like
all those pf the old school, he disfavored
any attempt at changing the prepe'nt order
of things and conditions.
To Certain Statesmen
Senator Sherman stilt bewails ,
What Is happening at Versailles;
Senator Moses heaves a sigh
At the menace of Versailles;
Senator Borah cannot say
His contempt for black Versailles;
Senator Knox 11 sadly rlle-i
To observe things at Versailles
.Come, come, gentlemen, use your wits:
At least learn where the congress sits!
Women candidates for the new German
parliament are said to be touring the coun
try making speeches.
Aa one might
Conquer."
say, "She Stumps to
A Citation
Ralph X", Ungemach, formerly a clerk
with the Pennsylvania Coaland Coke Cor
poration, dropped Into our cavern the other
day, and In therTourse of talk told us what
he thinks Is the bravest deed he has everv
seen.
Mr. Ungemach is now a yeoman, first
class, attached to the Fourth Naval Dis
trict headquarters In this city. He was on
board the cargo transport Saetla when she
was sunk by a mine, it was reported
thirty miles off Ocean City on NQvember 9.
The explosion occurred at 8:30 a. m. Just
aft of the engine room, starboard; the ship
sank m less than forty minutes.
Alonzo Marshall, mess cook, now In the
Cape May hospital, was In the messhall at
the stern. His hip was broken by the ex
plosion. In spite of this' he crawled into
his quarters to grab a life-preserver; then
crawled to the deck; after several attempts
succeeded in climbing the bulwarks, which
were canted at a dlfllcult angle, anti threw
himself -into thd-water. There he was
picked up by the llferaft on which Unge
mach and severaf others were floating. Mr.
Ungemach says that Marshall lay""on the
raft six hours without complaining. Luckily
the sea was' comparatively calm.
While the men were on the raft a vessel
sighted them and came near enough to
have a look at them, then retired without
plcklm? them up. Ungemach Bays, laconi
cally enough, "We wished we had a five
lnclj gun on that raft."
Springfield, Illinois, which was once the
home of Abraham Lincoln, Is now the home
of Senator Sherman,
It hardly seems a fair exchange.
It was once a favorite denunciation of a
man to gay fit him, "He can't say No." .
Weil have to Invent a new' phrase, 'be
cause pretty soon lieil hare to say Xo,
sC0od Man. Harry!
"Ve ,bee that Harry1 Carter, one of the
carpenters out at Haverford College, saved
tho life' of a student who was skating on
the ijgndthere yesterday, (
' Weralways knew Harry vyas a hero. In
the springtime he used to thunder over the
campus In his motor lawnmowei, and -when
any student knew his turn to recite was
coming soon, and didn't feel any toVj sure
Of himself, he would beckon ' to Harry
through the window, Harry would come
roaring and parade his deafening machine
under the windows of the lecture room,
often .delaying the crisis In that student's
life by several minutes, J
But what we woader Is, vvhat dld .theyv
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Ballade of the Primitive Jest
':
. What. did Ihe black-balrej Iberian laushiat'l
uorore ine tan uiona Arjan drovn mm Into tbp.l
corners of nuroiwT llrnnder XJalthewa. " I
con
I
AM the ancient Jest !
Palaeolithic man
In Ills arboreal nest
The sparks of fun would fan ;
My outline did he plan.
And laughed like one possessed,
'Twas thus my course" began,
I am a Merry Jest !
V
I nm an early Jest !
Alan nlvcri nw1 l.iitte.aitil biidii.
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Then wandered South and West
The peoples Aryan. v
1 journeyedvln their. van, v?
Tho Semites, loo, confessed Js
Prom lleersheba to Dan ' ?
I am a Merry Jest !
I am an ancient Jest!
Thiough all the human clan!
Red, black, white, free, oppressed,
Hilarious I lan! '
I'm found In Luclan,
In Pogglo, and-the rest:
I'm dear to Moll and Nan !
I am a Merry Jest! , "
Envoy '
Prince, you may storm and ban
Joe Millers are a pest!
Suppress me if you can'
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The discussion as to whether or
General Crowder was leprlinanded by
superiors draws attention to the fact th.atl
me iwo juiis caicuiaiea to maite iiieir noiaer
everlastingly unpopular the draft and th
food administration did nothing of the klnfl
Which shows Just how patriotic and fair I
tho American people proved themselves.)!
tunes or Biress and storm. rV
What Do You Know?
QUIZ f
1, Who is president of the League to Bn'
force Peace T
2. How much postage Is tiecessary to dis-J
patcji a letter from the United Sat
to New Zealand?
2
XVlierA la Ilia mavnalln V',.,lti Dnt-9
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4. Of what State was Robert'
native?
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6. When did Dewey destroy
the Spanish!
fleet In Manila Bav? .
6
How manr feet are in a statute knofW
sea mile? v ,T 1
7. vvnat numuer multiplied by the dlkmets
of a circle will glve.Ms circumference!
8. How Is 200 expressed in Roman mtmerils? I
9. Who wrote "The Deserted Vlllage!'?"
10. Which is the "Collar City"? i
Answers to Yesterday's Ouis ":i
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I. secretary or siaie i.ansing is presiot
of the commission on the responsibly
for the war ana Its conduct.
2. The While kSca is an arm jf the Arm
Ocean, indenting the nfrth coast
European Russia. t.,
3. The fir transcontinental! railroad In
United States was the Union Pac
nnKing up .wun me eastern systesj
Omaha. The western terminus
Oakland, Cal. ; ,
4. Tlie' word "bourgeois" should be.i
nouueed somewhat as though sped
"boorj-wah," with the "J"
softened.
6. An otrer Is a furred, aquatic fislijaU
mammal, wyin -vjin-nae legs, we
feel anu a lopg nauenca tan, , l'
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Washington was. born on Februarys
7eTwo novels by Oilier Wendell Ho
' are "Elsie Venner" and "The Guar
Angei." f.
, To gerrymander is to manipulate unfai
especially as regards tbe nrraneema
and boundaries of districts, so as ,
secure pieproporuonaie influence
election for some party or class.
word is derived from Elbridge 0
u Governor of Massachusetts!
manipulated election district lineart
such a way ina me map of a cerl
parf of the State presented the'outl)
o an imaginary inuiisier. .uiawa i
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