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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
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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
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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
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ggpz. enjaey waa M 1 amja JMsitawaaHt ttar Isfeeaak at aLaeat
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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.
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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
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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. . '! .
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'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
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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
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