u .''. "V- f '"Sarin '. v'K'Ij ' , TTWVii "T"'' ' t"zvm ,-v , .vtv '6 t i " i j 8 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, . 1919 vi ' r-A. t,. V ;'v. i (. C 'J tv rr r.v fc V L& fijT at-l . SI. V r? m n 'ft i'f ' w I-' Kj .' 4 ; i ' t 1 if.. L. J :'rJ ,u - v : A& Eutmtng public Ee&ger THE EVENING TELEGRAPH PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY 'J CTRtIS H. K. CURTIS, PtilDT Charles li, I.udincton. Vkf rreaidenti Jnhn C. -Martin. Secretary an1 Treaeureri Philips. Colllne. John U, Williams, John J. Spurgeon, Directors. EDITOnlAI. BOARD: Ciui If. K. Cciiij. Chairman DAVID S. SM1MST .Editor JOHN C. MARTIN, .general Iluilneas Manager Published dally at rtnc I.rnori tiulldlnr, InrtepenJcnce Square, Philadelphia. I,Don CvTiiL.....llrod and Cheetnut Streets Atu.htic CHI .'. . 'Vesj-rnlon llulMInc Nsiv Yoga ,.2P0 Metropolitan Tower Istoit,... -(".I Konl HuliJlnr Bt. 1ci lnuft Kullerton Itull'llnc Cuiciuo 12U2 Tribunt IlulMIng NEWS IlUREAUSi WnmsoTON Dcitit). , N. E. Cor. 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All rights of republication of special dis. patches herein arc also reserved. hilidrlpliU, Sstordir. FrLrua-y I. 1419 CLIP THIS COURT'S BANKNOTE WINGS TWO new Judges of the Municipal Court are to be Inducted Into office today. They nre capable men and will doubtless Uo honor to the bench. They will And, however, that they are part of a most remarkable tribunal. The act creating the court gae to lti presiding Judge authority to create as many court ofllccrs as he chore and to spend as much money as ho thought nec essary, with the result that the court Is costing many times as much ns was ex pected. Tho city must pay the bills, but the appropriating ofllccrs have no au thority over tho amount spent. The Legis lature foolishly gave Judge Hrown a blank check which he fills In for any amount, and if the appropriation Is not forthcoming ha collects by mandamus proceedings. This system ought to be ended ns noon as possible. The Legislature should amend the law so as to put control over finan cial affairs of the court Into the hands of the new Councils, when the charter-revision act Is passed. This can be done without hurting the efficiency of the court. REFORM MUST HAVE A KICK IN IT T FEEL it Is my duty to see this thing through." declared Jlrs. John C. proome, who waited her turn in a crowded police station yesterday to prosecute two negro boys charged with stealing her purse. It wasn't a pleasant experience, of course, but It vigorously furthered tho ends of Justice, and It Is pregnant with suggestion to all who prato petulantly of reform without accepting any of its re sponsibilities. LavJ and order need Just this sort of thoroughgoing championship. "The hand of little, employment hath th daintier sense," said Hamlet, and the converse of this proposition Is equally true. Fastidiousness Is death to action. Of the former, Philadelphia has) long had a surfeit. The air Is rent with Jeremiads on our shortcomings, but how often does all this disdainful lamentation give rise to deeds? So seldom that the Incident mentioned Is conspicuous. Sinister influences of all kinds quickly capitalize this weakness and exult in It. Wrongdoers would soon change their tune if the somewhat supercilious indignation were translated Into sturdy blows. The course pursued by Mrs. Groonio should be an inspiration. If It begets imi tators, It may serve aUo ns a salutary warning. MILLION-DOLLAR LEMONADE IT HAS been said that un optimist is the man who makes lemonade out of the lemons which have been handed to him. The Chicago Tribune, now threatened in the Illinois courts with the gift of a million-dollar lemon In the form of a suit for libel by that prodigious dispenser of the automobile's chief competitor, tjie "Ford," has already squeezed and copiously covered with sugar the lemons which have been handed It by two of Mr. Ford's own chief witnesses. Th& optimist Tribune has seized, with all the avidity of a desert wanderer who suddenly stumbles Into a hole of the purest water, upon the testimony of Mr. Ford's advertising managers, who on the witness stand, with all the weight of their thirty years' experience, pronounced the Tribune "the leading newspaper in the city of Chicago," and, In the matter of adver tising, characterized It as a "national me dium." By the employment of a few thousands of odd dollars this Journal is now pub llshlng to the world, in full-pago advertise ments lit tho Ledgers hero and In papers throughout tho country, that "Henry Ford's expert witnesses, under oath, prove the Chicago Tribune the world's greatest 'newspaper." If, Indeed, tho Tribune bo found guilty -of libeling tho Detroit senatorial candl- f-f'date and compelled to pay this tidy sum, liiHt to keen the creat manufacturer from S the poorhouse, it will hand over its check Kfjf marked "VAlue received," and, retiring to i(-;iUi editorial sanctum, drink, with supremo uatlsfactlon, the first million-dollar lemon- -&,, t Atie ever concucieu. -X, THUMB-SCREWING CHILD-LABOR v-t i PROFITEERS lj,vTuIE revenue bill now awaiting final gK passage n woamngton contains a pro- lion tor a tax of JO per cent on the net Its of every mine, quarry, mill, factory 'Je workshop of any kind operated with -14 labor. . ttA titfi-nAtin t nnr In rntaA rvniij t.ttt Hv t rfjftw a.w. . .... v ..-..-. .-.v....., .. to' prevent tne employment oi cnuaren. r9ta previous child-labor law, which at- up ted to prevent tne anipment in Inter- i'eonMnre of the products of the labor tjpWreH, ' Ueehved unconstitutional Wmt ,na inat tne .control pi i UrtwUto oommerce did not i-i ,ji has the power to tax nnythlng that It chooses. It hai taxed State banknotes out of existence, and It has prevented the sale of oleomargarine as butter by fixing a tax upon rt which places the factories under the supervision of the, Federal revenue collect ors. If Stale banknotes can be taxed and if oleomargarine can be taxed, then, It Is argued, (the products of a factory which employs' child labor can also be taxed, The courts havo usually held that there Is no specific restriction against the law-making; body's discretion In levying taxes. Every friend of the children will hope that when the revenue bill Is adopted tho. courts will decide that the punltlvo tux on exploiters of children is valid and enforce able. IS WILSON A DREAMER? READ THE REVENUE BILL! The World's Conscience May Be Hardened to 'War, but the World'a Pockctbook Can't Stand the Increasing Strain TN ONB aspect the new revenue bill is almost beautiful. Ai n winged, valve-ln-head, spacq-defylng advertisement ngainst war; ns a coldly sobering visitation of truth or as n cloud dispelling wind In men's minds,' the grim thing nctually has a sort of grandeur. For tho bill reduces the material costs of modern warfare to simple nnd' practical terms nnd shoves the account bang! Into the eyes of the average man, who, under the spell of Washington oratory, hasn't been permitted to understand what the President is striving for at Paris or why he must strive If our familiar civilization Is to go on. Sweeping as the revenue bill K It rep resents but a hint of what we should havo to pay for future wars In money alone. And tho money cost to the Individual which made tho heart of many a citizen skip a beat when he viewed the tax figures Is the least Important clement of all In this instance. It may be as well to re member, before you begin to complain of the prlco of war, that the men who had to light In France paid in a greater pro portion with misery and pain and cars of torment. The not el fact l Icily revealed In Hie rcvinii" bill is thai war nowadays slops nowhere. It has been elaborated until It not only burns up the best of the world's life, but gouges the economic heart out of the strongest of nations. War Is no lopger a bright adventuie. It Isn't fought upon distant frontiers. Everybody must engage In It. It roots at everybody's pocket. It takes the shoes from children. It has cost in the last four and a. half years u sum of money equivalent to half the visible wealth of the world. One must wonder at the men in Congress who, while contemplating tho revenue bill, still have (lie temerity to obstruct the hopes and plan of tho nation for enduring peace. Now even the dullest tory, the most relentless party man, the most fervid worshipers at tombs of political ancestors who find their Incomes reduced by half or two-thirds, must perceive that mero Ideal ism is not alone responsible for the pro posed league of nations. They like to say that war cannot be stopped. Rut it is plain that war will be stopped sooner or later, becauso Its cost Is swiftly becoming intolerable. It will be stopped by a process of reasoning such as they aro trying to set afoot in Paris, or It will be stopped by the people In Europe who are not accustomed nowadays to con sult the pleasure of their own Jingoes and Junkers. The other alternative is clear. If civiliza tion cannot stop war then war will stop civilization. Here, then.by a severely practical neces sity, we are permitted to understand the weight of the burdens recently inflicted on tho world at Urge. We aro not left in any doubt about the disastrous costs of any possible failure of the President's pur poses. Sooner or later It will be apparent that Mr. Wilson's central motives nre not merely Idealistic, but altogether practical nnd realistic. For the widening economic pressure of a continued militarism will bo hardly less appalling than that which fol lows upon war Itself. Tfllthe spirits like Mr. Bryan and Doc tor Eliot, of Harvard, aro enabled to look at tho future with an untroubled eye. Mr. Bryan Is still thinking of his million farmers with guns. They will shoot at poi son gas waves or splatter bellowing tanks with gusts of bird shot. Doctor Eliot puts his faith In large standing armies and universal military training and rests content. As a matter of fact, standing armies and the whole human reservo of a nation would be but the ephemeral background. In a future ago of militarism, to an Insane orgy of destruc tive mechanisms. The crude tanks of the moment cost about $50,000 each, A tanK can bo destroyed with a slnglo shell. Soon they will be Infinitely more elaborate and more costly; battleships of the air, hundred-mile guns, will be commonplaces of the future with an Infinity of new devices if war Isn't stopped. Who can Imagine the revenue bills of the future state that has lo fight for Its safety or its existence? What we in this country are called upon now to do Is to contribute our portion to meet the staggering losses Jnfllcted upon humanity by the organized insanities of old-fashioned OtpkMnacy. Every man, ntaiii and chlV mi wy or an 9 win iee lap preasure in l . a ' L f. i. .. - - 1. i ggpz. enjaey waa M 1 amja JMsitawaaHt ttar Isfeeaak at aLaeat '.Ka. a K. win ibi I old devastating method and speak of those who oppose them as visionaries! We haye Senator Hale upon ills feet to tell tho world that the American people do not share Mr. Wilson's Idealism. Idealism Indeed! 1 Is Idle to tell men like Senator Halo that the fight nt Paris la being waged not atone for all future life, since it Is not possible In Imagine the future machinery of war without experiencing a pang of pity for any little child in the streets. Certainly onq of the most tragic errors of the century is to bo charged ngainst tlioso who are weak and thoughtless enough to condemn the league of nations as "visionary," when It Is the one hope of avoiding future wars. The beauty of the revenue bill Is, In tho end, that all such people as theso are now being addressed in terms of their pocket books the only terms that most of them seem nblo to understand. TELL IT TO THE MARINES! SERGEANT OANOE, survivor of Belleau Wood, has described that clamor ns attaining "the Himalayan topmost peak of din." If Philadelphia could climb that height today In voicing Its welcome to the half thousand marines on Broad street perhaps some approximation of Clio city's admira tion of tho heroes of Belleau Wood nnd Chnteau-Thlcrry could be conveyed. As It Is, the threo hundred veterans who march nnd the two hundred wounded mei. borne in motorcars will have to interpret the ringing cheers in terms of the spirit. No mere outward display of enthusiasm can be adequate. Gratitude for the Homeric victory of the marines nt the crisis of the war Is expressible only In the heart throbs or. civilization. Tho namo Thermopylae is writ large on the Hcroll of freedom, nnd yet the tragic Spartan stand thero failed. Tho superb courage. Indefatigable Initia tive and Irresistible- fervor of the scant thousand marines at Belleau Wood had appallingly tragic consequence, too, but victory crowned that desperate fray. At the very peak nnd high tide of the war the quintessence of American valor pro vailed. Tho turning of the Hun flood from Paris was. of course, dependent on many fac tors, but few If any surpass In vivid dramatic import the triumph at Belleau on June 25, 101S. Becauso of Its vital bearing on history this combat stands out, but It was only one of many In which the "Soldiers of the Sea," "semper Udells" to the last ditch, sustained as ever tho finest traditions of American arms. We wish wo could let those "boyB" this afternoon know what we think of them. That Inability is Indeed the only shadow on a luminous red-letter day In this town's annals. KIPLING AND ROOSEVELT THE triumphant gift of nudyard Kipling has always been straight Saxon speech. He sets the sentiments of the heart In words as keen of edge, ns direct of flight ns the six-foot spear of a Pathan warrior. And his greatest power has often been ex pressed In tributes of mortal parting. TFew have forgotten his simple, majostlo verses on the death of Lord Roberts. Mr. Kipling has known bitter sorrows of his own. He knows and has wonderfully said In a poem In "A Diversity of Creaturea" that the best tribute in time of bereavement Is that of silence. But after the first shock of loss has quivered away; In the succeeding days, when men gather up tho shaken fabric of their lives and seek to go about their cus tomary affairs with what stoicism they can muster, then the words of deepest and finest trlbuto nre acceptable. It was a rare and true Instinct that prompted Mr. Kipling to withhold his tribute to Theo dore Roosevelt until a month had passed since the snowy day ori Long Island. Tho poem that the Evcnino Public LElior.n Is privileged to print today Is a trlbuto racial rather than pergonal. The little man. In paying his respect to great ness, always seeks to express his own re lation with the greatness ho lauds. For Instance, Edgar Lee Mastors'a tribute to Mr. Roosevelt, which has received some attention. It is a first-person account of a call paid to Oyster Bay by tho Chicago poet. How different aro Kipling's lines! The author does not enter them at all. They express the heart of the Anglo Saxon race calling at Oyster Bay, where the mound of sod, still raw, looks out over the blue water of the Sound. Tomorrow there will be paid to Theodore Roosevelt a national utterance of affection and respeo There were many who dis agreed with him. Yet there is no living American who did not admire his courage, his energy, his unflagging zeal for right-' eousness as he saw It. Mr. Kipling, with his unfailing percep tion of the central core of the matter, has expressed the Judgment of the race In his keynote quotation from Bunyan. "A man servant, ono Great-Heart." Theodo-e Roosevelt waa a man, a servant, and a Great-Heart. "Our realm is diminished with Great-Heart away." In this spon taneous expression of a nation's devotion and memory, we are happy to play our part by the first publication in this country of Mr. Kipling's noble poem. There Is no logical' Without Prejudice to Frlnclplei reason why constitu tional amendments should end wlth prohi bition and (mayhap) woman suffrage. The Constitution may yet determine the length of one's coat and tho cut of one's hair. By that time, of course, it will have ceased to be a Constitution and will be merely a col lection of symptoms. The new rendering of an old phrase appears to be, "What'g a Con stitution among friends of amendments?" In Sweden, Jt Is said, "Still" Waters every other man Is his Ran Deep own boots factory. The Outlawed Demon Hum still finds some "mischief stH" for Idle hands to do. Tho navy's largest ulrlglble balloon (known aa a blimp) Is expected to break the world's record for continuous flight. It will pass over Philadelphia tomorrow morning.,, Wf lenpttMt In tU wsnt the blimp CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER How the Theatrical Men's Raid on Congress Scored a Victory Tic Presidential Signature Prob' lent in Legislation Washington, Feb. 8. pROBABLY no raid upon Congress was ever pulled off with greater success than that of the theatrical and movlng-plcture managers in their protest against an In crease In the tax on admissions from one to two cents 'on each ten cents charged. There is a strong suspicion that a former Philadelphia boy, R. S. Robblns, manager of Keith's Theatre in Washington, had something to do with this agitation, and thero Is no question that Harry T. Jordan, the Philadelphia representative, was also in It. What the theatre men did was to make nn appeal to their patrons, which they followed up by asking for sig natures to petitions, which In due course were forwarded to the conferees on the revenue bill, piling up In such volume ns to clog the pnssagewny to the office of Senator Simmons, the chairman. It Is fair to the conferees, however, to say that be fore this fierce bombardment attained Its full force of something like six million signatures It had been substan'ally ngreed to keep the tax on admissions at the old rnte. a WHAT was done by the theatrical men, however? was taken up by numerous bther taxable, who, wherever they were sufficiently organized, resorted to a similar system of campaign. In none of these In stances, however, did the propaganda work so well as It did with the theatres. The matter of admissions was In conference be cause the Senate had made a chango of rates; but except for one or two Items, llko clothing and dresses, the so-called luxury taxes and some other Important Items were not in dispute between the two hou.es, hence the conferees had no power to heed tho demand for the elimination of these taxes. There Is n probability, how. ever, that the luxury taxes may be dis pensed with even after the revenue bill becomes a law. This must be a matter of legislation apart from the bill Itself. The fanfare stirred up' by he theatrical men was pursued by the shoe men, headed by A. H. Cleutlng, of Philadelphia, and the jewelry men, whoso Philadelphia spokes man was William A. Streeter. It was also pursued by a largo number of trade organi zations and independent business men, in cluding some from North Carolina, who declared their belief that Congress should pass no revenue legislation at all, but should stand upon such tax laws as now existed, a suggestion which those who haye voted appropriations to carry on the war could not readily npprove. APROPOS of tho revenue bill, which Is .expected to raise about J6, 000,000,000, although President Wilson originally asked for $8,000,000,000, a curious question arises respecting the constitutional requirement concerning the President's signature. It is not the first time the question has arisen, because In consequence of the President's trip to Europe predictions havo been freely made that constitutional questions affecting the validity of legislation passed during his absence may yet arise. The Secretary of the Treasury Is ct his wits' ends to know what to do about Income tax blanks and other forms which business men and corporations, as well as Individual taxpayers, trust fill up for the year 1918, as provided In tho revenuo bill. For a time bills passed by the two houses and signed by Vice I'resident Marshall nnd Speaker Clark were carried to tho White House and left In the custody of the official there, who receipted for them. They were then supposed to be put upon fast steamers so that the I'resident might obtain them for signature or veto within the prescribed ten days. Apparently some of them have been getting to the President, but the tre mendous Interests, public and private, In volved In the revenu bill havo given great concern all along the line. If the Treasury Department proceeds with Its vast collection program after Congress passes the bill, but before It Is known that the President has received It, the administrative- machinery may be thrown wholly out of gear. Anything may happen before the 4th of March; but If there should be a misfire on the revenue bill the result would be disastrous. ALMOST everybody believes that the xl Treasury Department) can safely go ahead with tax-collecting plans before the President gets the bill; but, as was observed at an Informal meeting of conferees, It could happen If the hill were sent over on one ship to catch the I'resident in France that it might cross the President coming home for his address to Congress, or tho ship might go down. The situation as it was viewed In Washington In tho earlier part of the week was certainly a perplexing one, although It Is probably not unfair to that new and increasing group of persons who, now that the war Is over, have no particu lar Interest In paying for the war, to ob serve that they at least would probably heave a Blgh of relief If the bill never reached tho President at all. In this con nection It Is somewhat Illuminating to quoto Mr, Sherley, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, who states that our war expenditures are still running at the rate of about 11,600,000,000 per month. At that rate the troublesome revenue bill, If it raises f,000,000,000, as predicted, Would carry us less than four months. And yet this great bill has been under consider ation now for nearly ten months, having kept the Ways and Means Committee In session a.11 of last cummer. It Is no wonder that Senator Penrose, who was one of the active conferees, had to use up his Sun days In Washington to Catch up with neglected correspondence. , Junkerlim In Germany Is not dead but sleeping. livery dollar sptnt on public Improve ments right now will fatten some pay en velope and lessen the chance of Industrial unrest. War doesn't claim all the heroes. Take nfty' ! MhfMterj who have .? mmmim ;- : Wli( '"'.-""ISyfi THE CHAFFING DISH A Communication From Dunraven Bleak The World's Greatest Desk Cleaner (Hy Wireless) Paris, Feb. 8. Received your cable ask ing mo to tJo some desk-cleaning for you so you can get your Income tax form filled out, but beg advise you that In pres ent rush of business it will bo quite im possible for mo to undertake such heavy Jobs for several weeks. Almost every ono needs desk-cleaning done these days. Assure you have never been so rushed. Just been doing a little work for Mr. Lenlne In Pctrograd prepara tory to his leaving for Prlnklpo. In all experience have never seen a rolltop In condition his was. Necessary for me to use not only several ounces nitroglycerin, but also ybetween ourselves) three cartons Insect powder. Then I had hurry back Berlin fix matters for Herr Ebert so he could get off to congress at Weimar in good shape. You havo no Idea of the im portance of the work am engaged in Eu rope, or you would not bo urging me hurry back Philadelphia attend to your affairs. Ebert had lost'the text of armistice, which having been renewed by Foch had to be signed by certain date. Luckily nblo to find it for him. During recent Spartaclde troubles he sent a suit of his best paper cloth'es to tailor to bemendedrfand with It a number of old documents to bo used as patchwork, cloth being so scarce. For tunately I found the armistice papers Just .is tailor nbout to Btltch them into a gusset for Ebert's trousers. Just had hurry call from Washington do ilesk-cleanlne for Senate .before Wilson gets back. Senator Sherman and others justifiably apprehensive of President com ing acroaa text of some of their speeches made in his absence; accordingly up to me to sweep and garnish so they may face him with air of Injured innocence. Mr. Ford, In Detroit, also wires ho is in great trouble. He wrote an editorial other day for his paper,' best thing he ever wrote, ho says; somehow manuscript lost and wants me do pigeon-hole ransacking for him. He says if article Is Irretrievably vanished terrible loss- to the world. Of courso Dr. Frank Crane could replace It for him In three minutes, but never do to say so. Candor hurts business. Pardon my cabling you like tins, as old friend. Realize the trouble you are In, but carry on best you can; remember only safo rule In desk matters to destroy everything possible; what Is destroyed will never em barrass your heirs. Chief trouble Lansing has In fixing responsibility for war due to extremely tidy- habits of Kaiser, who ol ways burned Incriminating papers before going to bed. See you later. Today is the hundredtfi birthday of John Ituskln, the well-known author of "Ethics of the Dust," which work nxlcht profitably be presented to tlrcet-cUanlno contractors, "H'o are happllu r('oin"f frm dwelling at length vpon Hr Jwfc' 1U recalling the deplorable fact that fte teas the son of a wine tneroAaHf. . '! . J . ' rii . 'DWeiliwr tUaHlllil Mfcfi .' wiotv STILL KICKING exquisite propriety of the name 6f ono doing business not ar from our office. Hlsname. Is E. Jombor, or, as It would be listed in any directory, Jambor, E. Alf. Xovcs, one of the feio poets icho Is not celebrating his centennial this year, has Influenza and Is confined to Ills apart ment In an island at the mouth of the Hudson River, We are sotrv to hear of Mr, Xoyes's illness, but his distemper may be the world's pain, lie Is one of the few poets capable of writing a poem about the flu which would mahc that disgusting disease really ashamed of Itself, . Those Lowells The fact that Miss Amy Lowell, the poet. Is expected to bo In town on Mohday' to address the Contemporary Club, reminds us of the fact that this month marks tho centennial of her distinguished kinsman, James Russell Lowell. Boston Is getting rcaijy to celebrate the anniversary in thrill ing 'fashion, and, for a few days at least, will onco more be the hubbub of the uni verse. Mr. Lowell was a charming man. Tho fact that he was an ambassador, professor, editor ot the Atlantic Monthly, philologist, patriot and faithful artisan of dignified odes such as are so popular In tho serene dusk of Harvard College has .rather ob scured ..the far more Important fact that he was a delightful humorist and author of some of the best light verse ever written In this country. Ho perpetrated puns with uncanny dexterity, wrote a burlesque operetta about a fishball which Is better than his Commemoration Ode, nnd handled a rural dialect (In the glorious BIglow Papers) wlth a zest arid sting almost equal to that of Burns. His occasional verse came ns close as any on this continent to the Juggling whim and airy fancy of Tom Hood. It Is amusing to think how carefully and shame-facedlyi Boston hus tried to live down the fact that Lowell was a humorist. Wo wonder what sho will do to live down Lowell's equally racy and hu morous kinswoman, Miss Amy? , Viva Mexico! If you were thinking of migrating to Canada, savo tho carfare for thrift stamps. The Dominion goes bone dry on May 1. - It looks as though Uncle Sam u-Al have to continue for some time to come-In 'the role of Uncle Samaritan, "Almoit Overcaulioui" When It comes to subtlety in phrasing, the ad writers pu Walter Pater to shame. We note the following: SILK HOSE FOR MEN at 45c' Pair: These fine Silk Hose were Intended for sale at very much higher prices, but owing to minor Imperfections an almost overcautious manufacturer considered them slightly Ir regular. phe. problem concerning fne former Oetv- , aH)BHW,Mewi ie f,iiefAr ft up aateuf aal 4Ma BajaaaataagM "j Little Studies in Words , ANGLING ' Tf IS so many year's since the. fisherman was originally palled an angler and fish ing was first called angling that It Is doubtful If one fisherman in ten thousand knows exactly what the words mean. The etymologist, however, tells us that there used to be an Anglo-Saxon word "'angul," which meant a hook, and that It was akin to tho Greek word meaning the barb on an arrowhead. An English' nun, who ante dated Izaak Walton by many years, .wrote a book on "Fishing with un Angel," sub stituting an "e" for tho original "u" In the early Saxon for a hook, So an angler Is really a 'hooker and angling Is hooking. And angle used to be In common use as the word for a fish-hook or for the com plete fishing tackle, hook, line and bait,, with or without tho pole. Both Shakes pearu and Popo use It In this sense. me sugsestea new army unuorm ui f "natural irrnv" la n1H In Im mil, iMpbwiv" 4 Oh, well. It might have been worse. It flight fJ nave been "nobby" or "snappy. It Is reported from Paris that the an- swers to many questions such as "Why not lift Jhe blockade?" "Why not start conimerce ," ' gofcig?" etc., Is "Can't." "CanO' Is also outv . notion of nil that perversity. t What Do You Know?'. fcg QUIZ 1. Who was the first heir to the English v throne to receive the title Prince of ' ,- Wales? cfti 2. Who was the head of the American mls-v. 51 niort which visited Russia shortly after ; ; the overthrow of the Czar In 1917? . ..... . v. 3. wnat is tne meaning ot tne wora nacciai t i. Who were the "Carpet Daggers" laAmer- lean political nistory7 . C':, E. What amount ot money is the new Fed- t'rn-1 iiu urn cai'cuifu lu yicm Uli year? - M. 6. What is the meaning of the Latin phrase ty "Van vletla"? 7. What is a bulbul? What Is tho. meaning of the French .V- lirnl-H "lT.n,ln. n nnnll.H tn fnnil.1 . "x n v. .. 9.... mu .fi... !W tuwu.l (. I What Is the real namo of tho Bolshevist (J, I leader wno calls Himself Nlcoiai . ' Lenlne? Who wrote the muslo of tire opera " "Lucia" 7 ' . 1 . Answers to Yesterday's Ouiz , Italy was In the war from May 21, 1015,;v' 1 until the end. " !'- Saint Valentine was a martyr of the l reign of the Itoman Hmperor Claudius r (about 270 A. D.). The festival of thel saint came to be observed on February 1 l Th rltatnm nt Nunnlne Vfllntlna had Its origin 'In a "heathen practice i conneciea wfin me wpraiup ei juno on or about this, day, Its asaoatatlon, wnn ine aauiv la wiivur ucciuchvbvi. , 3. Vendee Is a department bordering on northwest coast of France atorge Clemepceau was bom Uaenv ' 4. The words o "Clod Sve the King" " "America" are eet'to an ola Prussian l national hymn, Mlell Dlr lm Sieger- t ' krans ("Hall to- Thee In ConauerorB " ivicnwi. - 5. Mqnrovla s the capital of Llborltv 6. A cigar which 'l open at both ends to ealled a cheroot. , i ' . , : 7. Chung.Ilua Mln-Kuo Is the Chinese nam '; fon.China. - I. Admiral Albert, T., tflblaclc caMiaasdf Albert, t., jsiDiacK camiataaef ntc ,'. llEaejijtTri;5 sHutag. tfc . a ,wj the A Al nHR,w
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