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XUrtln. Secretary and Treaaureri Philip 8. Colllna,
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TIIJ I'UMIK.M .-Lll'IDI (III!
pRELI.MINAISV plans for ti iijlrlili i lub
- arc visible i tl-r repurt Hint xiioh lto
publicans 111 Johnson uf t'.ihi'orin.i, iSomh
of Idaho. KenMjn, of Iowa, and Norrls. of
Nebrarks w II attend a tnortlns In Chlcaco
thla f.prlni; to ftireitall consldrratlon of
William II Talt as u poajlble candidate of
hla party for President.
t "A man who has nn enemies' obscned a
Is old rtf-man, "hai no follow Ins."
Fortunate Mr. Tjft' Ills position Is not
only charillpd b his frlendv. Itepiibllcan
nd Democratic who are tncntall) .tpplaud
lnjf to the eilin hl noble him lndefatlably
aturdy chamiuonship of world peace, but
Rlso b) his foes, whoso petlfeious nctiona
aupply the 1 Id flenient of contras'
At no time In l.h career has Mr. Tuft
played a role mine lntlnct with the lilph
est tjpe of hunor than at the pccnt
moment K he has any political unih'tlona
nothlnR could tnore swiftly favor them
than the Kind of Hnull-mindpd opposition
which he has aroused
Many of the men recntinc .Mr. Taft't
acthltlet hae political records which
verse clo-cly upon the sedition' Tills ap
plies equall) to Democrats and Repub
licans, to the Reeds as well ns the Nnr
rlsei. To be denounced bj such maliiiKer
rs Is IlUc belns pralbed by William Ilnlicn
zollem. The "victim" is promptl) stamped
mafnlflcentlj O. K
If the precious crew planning the l In
ago sllme.fest are determined In their
opposition to the chlllzed concord of the
nations to m.ike peace or war a political
lesue, a certain remark of General .Sher
man's casts a burning llcht upon their
fate.
VMSHING Ainu.
rpiIC Jo)s of Jii.vrlillns and the lure of
the latest modes In motors seem to h.ii
been tlie prime factors in prompting tho
theft of nearly three million dollars- worth
of automobiles in this cit) during ISIS.
Most of the earn Ftolen fre lpsrtcd after
the conclusion of the illicit f,plns and were
testored to their owners. In .sonto in
stances tho recovery cavo dubious atls
faction, since according to Detcctle t'up
tatn Souder 23 per cent of the unishlng
RUtoa were taken throiiKh connivance with
their owners, who wanted to collect Insur
ance. Car styles change almost as rapidly
as, feminine fashions, and the Insurance
flim-flam game perhaps commended itself
aa a means of keeping up to dale. The
money thus nefariously secured is likely
to exceed tho price honestly obtainable for
ftn old automobile.
The Cox bill now In tho Legislature pro
vides barriers to the salo of stolen ued
care. But only a part of tho evil will ho
remedied thcrcb Neither the avera;e
Joyrider nor the Inturanco sraftcr will bo
entirely checked thereby. Proper police
protection Is the real solution of the prob
lem, although, of course, more stringent
laws will help in some degree
'HIV, MONijTRUUS IIOLUCM&I
rpHE death toll of the war has mounted
- to a figure about ec,ual to the population
of Pennsylvania, according to tho last
tenauE.
Available statistics summarized bj tjen-
eral Crowder present tho total of 7,351,000
men killed In action or dead as the result
of -wounds.
The American losses are given as approx
imately 60,000. The contrast between what
T?e-suffered and the holocausts cpericnced
by Germany, Russia, Trance, Ureal Britain
and Italy Is as significant as the fart that
the league to Insure peace is encountering
Its severest opposition in tills countrj.
Abroad even the most Jcrr -built cove
nant Inspires hope for the compelling
reason that nothing moro horrible than tho
consequences of tho old "go-as-recklcsslj
as-you-plcaso" system is imaginable.
Mr. Lodge considers the possibility of
"greater .wars." His Imaginative powers
muat bo extraordinary. Somo Americans
havo teen unable to grasp the extent of the
colossal shambles of tho laM conflict If
they understood It better they would not
worry over commas in tho peaco cove
nant. A UJjLI-UI. LU KUH THE GERMAN
ff FLEET
A JfOTHBIl evidence of German efficiency
dTXtn belnir mada manifest- Tim Hm-itui-.
reason for tho Huns keeping their navy
on the safe side of the Kiel Canal Is now
known. It was part of their propaganda.
Ttflfh fhft RfllTlA ffl!".!c-htrH nnlli-v at,tilVi
H ilnttted every strategic retreat on the
wfaHOTn irom innonins tun wen inai me
F 'WPr way to reach I'arla was to attend
' a eaee Conference), they held their ehi'pa
I aloof from tho vulgar British, whom they
suspected of being anxious to brawl, feel-
inr that tho vessels might prove useful aa
a source of dissension among the Allies
. whsn tho cruel war gavo place to an
4uaJty harassing peace.
1 s Aril their course Is being Justified. The
is' ,IUl)a have the ships and donjt know what I
'vlaVWJirl
"wltt th'HB. Aji equitable division"!
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among tho powers seems Impossible. Ice
land seeks to cut tho Gordlan knotiby sink
ing them In tnldoccan. Prance, needing
ships, thinkM this courso absurd.
The Hvf.nimi I'fnuc T,EtiiE!i hap Hforc
time suggested thut the ships be scrappesl
for Junk nntl sold, the prorceels belli!? tiirnrd
over to tho Intrrnntloniil Red Cross. I'tircl
In the Interest tif future pence, II herewith
makes (mother suggestion:
l.ct the ships bt sunk but not In un
wanton mood. Let cve-r.v hIiI sent down
bo the cullln ol mine high mightiness re
sponsible for tlie Witt. 'I'he Kaler roilld
Sit down III one. on Tlrpltr. In another, a
Imteli of submarine commanders In :i third,
nnd jmi on mid no forth, mi lo speak, until
the world Is mud" safe and etciiit for
democrat-')
II-' YOl'CWT UK I' rr AM..
TIIKN V.KT W1I T YOU HAS
t I Ik
llieorj on W Ilia li tin- I. barter Itevi-ers
ll.ir Done h ilriiili,l l'irr of
Con-lruitivc ork
rnin: coiinnii
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tie- which lias ilniile I ,i new
i- done n rreililahle nnd
tonimeinl.thle piece of work. Yet It bus
not produced an ideal document. There
arc two tc.isous for this. The llr.st Is that
tho state Constitution 111 lis pr.-M-nt shapo
prevents an absolute ur.jnl of hoine rule to
any ell). And the stvoikI Is there Would
lie no posslbllll) of tho p.isnigi' of un 5tlc.il
i barter throuch th (ii'iier.il AxM'tlihlv.
t'otnirtiluis,"s 1 in - bicn nei'is.s.trv ,imj
tli- liin. Nui ni.itli tintlot- tin- li li.-i ili.ii
H i- hrtlir lo .isli vih.ii it i )ios.lhlt. to k'
than to waste time working fur the un.ti
tilnahlc The men who have woiktd on
Hit' projiosod ch.trtrr havo soilghl to draft it
document which could bo iiipporlrd b) th"
politicians vho natuially wlih thrlr 'inter
cts to bo protected, and by those who are
seeking prlmarll) the enactment of a law
which would make It possible for the voters
to tcmovo admitted abuses that Jiavo
grown up and have boon fostered under
tho present laws governing the rltv. The)
bem to havo succeeded
There were three groit Ksucs. which the)
have mcl the reform of Councils, the con
tract evil and the nidltrr of political
contribution b ntllcnholiier.
Provision is in.ulo for a Council of twcti
t) one eleet-i b) senatorial dlstiicts on the
basis of one Councilman for cuh "O.OOi)
ussessed vofers. A salarv of JjfiOU u .vent
Is fixed and Coiiucllini'ii aic forbidden to
hold uti) other olllco of profit. This ar
rangement ought to produce a local legis
lative boil) which would deservo tho to
sped and confidence of the voters. The
t.iIar.N is large enough to tomnund the
services of responsible business men and It
Is so large that the pui.tlc.il leader will
not be inclined to consent lo the no'tnina
tlou of pelt) waul heelers to the otllcc.
The Councilnien are likely to be citl.eus
who vdll be unwilling to resort to pett)
and crooked acts which would forfeit for
them the confidence and respect of their
neighlsirs. They would not act as mere
dummies or rubber stamps for a boss.
1 tolled at sordidly, tho political leaders
ought to favor this plan, fjir It creates
Iwent.v-one S.VI0I) Jobs.
The contract evl is nut b) a provision
which gives absolute home i ule to the
city In the matter. It is spcclllc.illy ordered
that the repair and cleaning of streets, the
(ollcction .tin disposal of waste, njUil-li
and garbage shall be done tlliectl) bv the
it 3 . This Is the general rule laid down,
but It Is recognised that conditions nuy
arise under which It will be cvpcdlcut to
do this work by contract with piivalo
linns, fiider tuch i ircumstanccs con
tracts may be awarded on the consent of
three-fourths of all the members elected to
the Council, supple mi tiled b the; ap
proval of the Ma) or.
This arrangement makes it possible for
the city to do what It e-hooses If there
Is ail undoubted demand that the work be
done by contract Instead of b) the oil),
it can be done. If abutes arise under the
sstem of city collection of garbage and
street cleaning, the city is not tied down
to tli.it s)stcm. It can make a contract
without asking tho consent of the Legis
lature in Harrlsburg. The possibility of
such a condition arising Is recognized by
further provisions which empower tho city
to award contracts for three )cari This
period Is long enough to insure- Ken
nine competition between local con
tractors, who have their plants installed
here, and outside contractors, who would
havo to create- their local plants, tt is
difficult to conceive of a valid objection to
this arrangement.
Now as to political contributions. The
draft forbids any one to ask for a con
tribution for political purposes from aaiy
employe of tho city or from any depart
ment or trust or commission of the city.
It also forbids any ono to collect or re
ceive or pay such a contribution. Any
person who violates thlt, provision is to bo
dismissed from office and, on conviction,
shall be punished by lne or imprisonment
or both and shall not be eligible for ic
appointment for two )cars. In order more
effectively to take tho public employes,
Including tho pollco and firemen, out of
politics, the) are all forbidden to attend
political conventions as delegates or to
serve on political committees or to cir
culate nomination petitions or to seek
election or appointment aa an officer of a
political club or organization. Thla teems
to cover about all tho points
Nothing but praise ohould bo spoken of
tho provisions for reorganizing certain de
partments. Tho abolition of tho oftlco of
nccclver of Taxes and making that offtco a
bureau of the City Treasury is a at t.
the right direction. It reduces the number
of officers to bo elected and it concentrates
in ono department the receipt and payment
of public funds. Tho abolition of tho
supply department as a separate bureau
and placing It In tho Mayor's office Is a
reform of the tamo commendable nature.
And the provision for the appointment of
tho City Solicitor by tho Mayor and tho
dednlto designation of him as tho legal
officer of all the departments of tho govern
ment is also a long-needed reform. Aa tho
City Sollclto is at present an elective offi
cer tho change reduces tho number of
places to be filled by popular vote, shortens
the ballot and concentrates responsibility
In tho hands of tho Mayor, nlulo It Insures
to the. city a- I eral officer who will be In
Kfrngaiixy with the mimSaiitnXtoa. As tho
'
Council must confirm tho appointment by
a two-thirds volo It Insures the selection
of a man acceptable to tho city as a
whole, provided the Council Is acceptable.
The power of the civil service commis
sion In Increased. The Department of
Health Is divided utiel direction of the hos
pilnls inn! pin) grounds Is put hi the
charge er it new Department of Public
Welfare! mid dual olllco-holillng In all Its
forms is abolished, t tut tin provision In
made for rrfoiiiilng the Hoard of the Re
vision of Tit cs.
The defte-ts In the draft, as alrc.nl) In
dicated, are chiefly duo to the constitu
tional Inhibitions nnd to the necessity for
considering the kind of n document to
which the political leaders who control
Hie Legislature would cotise-ut. tt ts to be
hoped that the tiovemor will use his In
fluence In favor of tin early revision or
the constitution, not mile for th" tcmoval
riom that fundamental liw of tho mail)
defects which hiiuper the T-cktlsliilUrt' bill
alto so that the cltlts of the slate ma he
pcnnlHed to enjo) that control over their
loe-il uiTiih-s which In thrlr right. Then a
betier charter can he drafted, nnd later
when political leaders have adjusted them
selves to the conditions which the draft
lion under consideration will produce tho
abuses on the preservation of whleji they
are now- Inclined to Insist miy be still
further reduced.
run l'l., TU IHANt.r
fj'.lli: I'li'iii-h titiiiiit.oii tin i ntml tin S.ii re
l'a.ll. Willi is Mill colli lilills. is tic-
lunill) iiHi-ivilicel ullicr to cupldll) or the)
passionate desire to he compensated In l.ltnl
rnr the destruclion of the I.eps mints.
Keen from Prance itself few icfcrotiorn to
the historical aspects of the case have been
trported. Yet they are of considerable
significance.
Sarrclouls was never anything but a
Picnch town until 1815. Louis XIV
founded It In 1681. and the great military
engineer, Vuuban. designed Its once cele
brated fortifications a few )ears later. Ncy,
the most dashing of Napoleon's marshals,
"the bravest of the brave." was born there
lu 1769.
The ttrbt ovcrtlnow of the emperor In
1MI resulted In the restoration of Prance
to her "iiatmul bouiid.irlc." The Snrrc
Vallc) was contained within them, and it
was not until the vcngelul spirit of Prussia,
lirol more swhv nfter Waterloo that that
rich region was accorded her by the treaty
following the I'rciich empire's final down
fall in 1SIT..
Plans for the restoration of Poland arc
based on the Id&i of repartition for the
partltioii crime of the middle of the eight
eenth ccntur.v. If the- world recoustruc
tlonlsts arc willing lo go s far back In
one Instance. Is If not crjuiilly fitting to
tnl.e cogulxt'iice of later ucts of aggres
sion'.' t if course, lii Hie icvlsion eif boundaries
the principle of self-determination is, of
paramount importance, and It can be ar
gued that if tho t-'arre country Is by this
time thoioughly German It would be cyni
cal nnd unjust to turn it over to Prance.
Nonetheless, it Is hardly fair to admit the
testimony of history Into one question and
disdain tt In another, it will beget the
sort of tolerance that makes for equitable
adjustment if Sarrelouls be viewed as some
thing a little different from an Intrinsic
pai t of Pi ussln
sUiiuniar) of Hie Knos speech- kiiue ks
Itog Island foremen carried home the
bacon.
rity doctors deculro to take their medi
cine.
The Hot Island restaurant lu all right,
but II won t serve Pic after Staj I.
i'uUi is an mhniribh' csaniple of how
mandator) powers tua.v lie wisely exercised
fierniantown citizens who appreciated
extra police protection have been forced to
become Indian glvtrs.
The new budget committee will, of
course, have authority to Investigate tho con
tents of the pork barrel
Persons working In gas works aro said
to be Immune from influenza. What, by the"
wa was the Influenza average hi Congress''
tt will be- the duty of the i'ciins)Ivama
I'un.inlsblon of Public Welfare to take tho
Ited out of tho little Red School House.
Prance's desire that the Allies pool tho
war debt Is understandable but Uncle Sam
should look Ions before he leaps Into the)
pool.
Director Wilson la looking fur the "bee
gar on horseback" with tho avowed Intention
of helping him to tho declination tho old saw
provided.
At the risk of being accused of descend
inj to flattery, wo venturo the opinion that
"senatorial calm' Is merely an evidence of
brain fas.
Jacques Lodge sees no merit in Orlando a
tribute to tho Leaguo of Nations, lie could
even ibid It In Ills heart to wish they might
be better strangers
The maxim of the Uolshcvlki la (to para
phrase the well-advertised Inanity of a the
atrical company) "War Is a state of mind.
Don't lose jour mind."
Par be It from us to boast, but we mod
estly draw attention to the- fact that some
days ago wo mudo a few- remarks concerning
the pulling power of Woodrow Wilson Sa)re,
weight nine pounds
When Justice Is meted out It cannot be
administered too speedily. When speed
works Injustice, Justice should adjust her
leaden heels. And tho Issuo Is thus Joined
between Judge Audenrled and Justice Mc
Cormlck. Main Line citizens have sacrificed some
of their sovereignty in banding together to
put an end to thuggery, but the fact la not
hurling their sensibilities, and their feeling
of Independeneo 's Increased rather than
diminished.
Congress is considering a bill granting
the President a blanket appropriation of
13,000,000 for his Uuropean trip and tho ex
penses of the Peace Commission In Paris. If
Paris reaches the right kind of decision. It
will be worth tho moner.
' ORNATE PIFFLE MOSTLY
IN THE SENATE DEBATE
I Nobody There to Sciur. and v-
press the Tremendous Changes j
in the. World at Large
lly HART IIAI.EY
Matf rorre.poiiifmt of fie J;tr?iti7 Pulilic nlatt
Washington, March ".
'UHin.V .Mr, Knox, of Pennsylvania, Mil
, Ished hl.s address to the Senate Satur
day tho prosecution In the case of the
league of nations rested Its cate. Mr.
Knox, with a mind like a knife, began
where Senator Lodge left off. He saw
America drifting to endless wars, to hpend
and bleed Interminably In support of tin
regenerate empires
ISolb addresses are accepted hire tus embodiments-
of ultra-conservative Republican
convictions in relation to the Paris peaco
plans. Nothing that tho adversaries of tho
league in the Senate have said previously
and nothing that they may say later will
mutter, particularly. The other opponents
of the league of nations plan Borah, Cum-,
mlns. Reed, Prcllnghuyscn and tho rest
brought to the general debate only tho
ornate piffle of campaign orations. They
rplodoeI and clfcrvcsccd in n manner that
must havo amazrd those foreign diploma
tists who sit with impassive- faces In tho
gnllcrlcs And. like Mr Lodge and Mr.
imiov, llie shateel ,'idroltl' over' ever)
harsh and living rcalltv thai i oiifronls tho
American delegates at Paris, whose efforts
to Insuro peace In the world nre Incidental
lo their larger efforts to Insure pence In
America
VTL'Vl
x the
CR In any of those addt esses was
ere a suggestion of what tho speak
ers must havo known to bo true that It is
only tho prospect of a leaguo of nations
that so far lias restrained tho forces of
destructive radicalism and destructive im
perialism from further wild adventures
over all the length and lircadth of pros
trato Europe. Nor was It hinted that there
arc alrcad) sketched out largely in Ptliope
schemes of empire that will Inevitably sphl
the world about evenly Into two armed
camps.
Kvrrj statesman worth his salt knows
that the root of war is not with kings
bu' In the ambitions of Invisible govern
ments ever) where for control of tho unex
ploited areas of the earth, and that the
scheme of mandatories embodied In the
league of nations covenant represents tho
most effective plan over devised to disarm
the lllndcnbuigs of international finance
and trade and give the nations an oppoi
tunlt) to live In peace.
Of all this, nf the artificial hatred that
the Paris confcreine is tr) Ing to eliminate,
of the Incredible disaster that will allllct
all the world If the governments try to
start u new delirium of competitive arma
ments, no Senator said a word. Plainly
they do not )ot know that a great change
camo over the world when war was
mado so horrible that men ceased hating
their enemies and began to pity them. No
echo of the passionate inquiry that the
great majorities are putting to their lead
ers seems to havo reached tho floor ma
jorlt) In the Pulled States Senate. They
do not know what evet) one who has been
in Puropc has seen ver) plalnl), that no
government and no social order reconciled
to a repetition of war can contlnuo lo
survive.
Sir. Knox even suggested limited "alli
ances," hut he carcfull) refrained from
telling what these alliances should be for.
Nor did he take the troublo to Inform his
hearers that If there arc to bo new rival .
alliances after this, one-half of the world
must bo ranged and armed against tho
other and that no nation will bo able to
escape In the disaster that then will be
Inevitable.
APTliR )ou have listened for da)s to tho
.discussion attending tills unparalleled
crisis It begins to appeur that the Senate
Is ready to defy even tho forces of evolu
tion since It Is tho evolution In arma
ments on the ono hand and Inhuman rea
soning on the other that has brought about
the conflicts of peoples with their govern
ment and their familiar social order.
The Senate seemed, during the last week,
to move on a higher piano, icily aloof from
all tho familiar concerns of common men,
thero to deal with fotnis and farmulao
from day to day on a, comfortable .oasis in
a world of aspiration and torment. There
is no parliament In the world whern tho
actualities of life and labor seem to receive
so little attention.
Each orator who has discussed the leaguo
of nations Invariably ends with a paean
to the "bo)s" abroad. And then tho Senate
resumes Its llllbusler to stop appropriations
for the federal employment service, tho
one agency that befriends tho returning
soldiers and tries to ttnd him a Job.
It Is impossible to avoid tho Impression
after a few days of tho press gallery that
it is tho Senators who aro tho misguided
visionaries uud that tho President Is In
this Instance tho practical rcalibt. Uvcn
though clauses In tho league of-natlons
covenant may bo subject to revision, the
unexpected force of tho attack now mado
upon It carries a suggestion of tragedy.
Because In the chill atmosphere of tho
Senate it seems ono of tho few real things
in the world a thing warmed and living
through Its ver)' closeness to tho unpro
tected lives of which Its critics never seem
to think. , .
TIIG political Isolation of tho President
was never so complete l.i Washington
as It Is today. Ills reiterated explanations
of tho league covenant and his repeated
assurances that American cjomlnanco on
this continent Is or will bo completely as
ourcd by the final pact, and his Insistent
references to tho clause In which each na
tion's right is fixed to regulate domestic
questions like that of Immigration, havo
not been properly amplified in tho Senate
debate.
Mr. Wilson will have to undcrtakoithe
task pt answering his critics. He has no
representative In tho Senate so ablo and
astute as Mr. Lodgo and Mr. Knox. Mr.
Hitchcock, chairman of tho Porclgn Rela
tions Committee, smoldering mid (laming
with a copy of tho covenant ulvruys, in his
hand, is a lonely and eomctimes a magnlll
cent figure. Behind him are ranged the
various futilities who represent or mis
represent the Democratic party. They coa
trlbuto little help.
OO
THE CHAFFING DISH
1'rcsielcnlial Nursery Rlijines
(ll'iof Mr. lt'Hson may croon to 7il grand
child at the Jefferson Hospital)
Senator Sluffet
, Sat on a tuffet,
Hating persimmons and wati,
The President spied him
And sat down beside him
And s-nld, "I have lighting blood in mo,
and sometimes It Is a delight to let It
hav c scope."
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Thete was an old statesman, ot intellect
scan t ,
Ho lived upon nothing but roaring and
rant;
Roaring and rant were the chief of his diet,
And this little old statesman could never
keep quiet.
Ilej went to the newsstand, sonic papers
for buying,
And when ho e-anio back Monroe Doctrine
was dying;
He uttered an obsequ), brilliant and clover,
And then found the Docttino was liver
than ever.
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Senator Lodgo has lost his goat
And can't tell whero to tlnd It:
l.cavo him ulone and It'll come homo
And bring tho Leaguo behind It.
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This is tho League tlutt Woodrow built.
Thla Is tho covenant
That la) In tho League that Woodrow built.
This is tho Senate
That nibbled tho covenant
That lay lu the League that Woodrow built.
This is tho Slonroo Doctrine
That worried tho Senato
That nibbled the covenant
That lay In tho League that Woodrow built.
This Is tho dilemma with the crumpled
horn
That tossed the Jtonroo Doctrlno
That worried tho Senato "
That nibbled thn covciiunt
That luy in tho Lcitguo that Woodrow built.
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B)r, baby bunting,
Grandpa's gone a-hunting
To find a league-of-natlons skin
To wrap the baby bunting in,
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Woodrow had a Uttlo League,
On parchment white as enow,
And everywhere that Woodrow went
Tho League was suro to go,
It followed him to' Washington,
Where Congress was lu session; .
Tho statesmen criticized tho League
Por looseness of expression.
"What makes tho Leaguo lovo- Wood
row so?"
Tho eager Senate crlod.
"Oh, Woodrow loves tho League, you
know,'"
Tumulty quick replied.
"And you each gentle foreign power. (
In conlldence may bind -' ...
And mako thcin follow at your will ' '
If you aro only Kind." ' ,
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Hushab)o Senator on tho hllllup
When tho hot air blows the plunot will
rock: ,
Muy I not say, ir yofl let tho League full,
Down will como Senato and Congress
anfl all.
- OO, LOOK WHO'S HERE!
Social Chat
Tho Weather Slan seems to have signed
tho Peace Tieaty anyway,
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Hut they say there's a blizzard coming.
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Also an Income tax.
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The latter doesn't bother us much.
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Wo call tho Kaiser's attention lo tho
fnct that tho price of tombstones Is going
up. Novv'.s the timo to get in on tho
ground Hope.
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Envelope vvllh loopholes lie in st) lo
this week.
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At S;30 cvciy sunny morning a lovely
stripo of sunslilno falls athwart tho rounded
.skull of the tiirnrd Trust Building. Wo
don't know Just how it gels there, but It's
worth rising early to look at.
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Wc answered a letter over the week-end.
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Saturday Is tho thirtieth anniversary of
tho completion of tho funniest book ever
written In tho Unglleh language. Mora
anon.
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Jack Kcnderdine, of this cit), lias been
mado a captain. He was slightly wounded
lu tho Arsonno fighting, we hear, but Is
well, and will bo homo nct month,
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Jim Whltall, also of this cit), is on his
way homo from London, whero he had a
dugout among tho imaglst poets.
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Goorgo Gibbs, this newspaper's tavonto
writer of startling fiction, has published
another novel.
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AVo fear that when Grandpa Wilson leans
over that basslnetto at tho Jefferson Hos
pital ho will say, from sheer force ot habit,
'f.lay I not tell jou'how vqry delightful
It Is to be hero7"
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When you sco a middle-aged man tilting
his cigar so high that tho ash'rubs tho rim
of his dcrb)V you may know tliaV-his boy
has Just got homo from Prance.
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Tho'wholo fabric of civilization. will be
destroyed If. thai bed-manufacturing com
pany keeps on with -Its "ads 'saying "Havo
you given much thought, to bleep?"
The onl' vvuy'wo' ever get anything douo
Ir by rct.oluti.iy putting 'tho thought! of
sleep out ot our mind,.
A caller was telllng.ua about tho jo)s 'of
llfo In Florida at this timo 6f tho year.
We had already, been noticing the exhila
rating effect of Palm Beach, on Pctcy Dink,
on the comlo' page of this paper.
But then we took u stroll around Inde.
pendenco Square, observcel tho admirable
bluo sky Mr, Bliss, the weather man, had
draped-there for our pleasure, nnd saw tho
sun ehlrmlshlntr around Commodoro Barry's
statue and tho grass already as .green as
a ,nc)v dollar bill, and determined to curry
on at homo for u wiillo longer,
, SOCRATKS.
Philadelphia , broko tho grain-loading
record when a local firm put SS1,10 bushels
uboard a Belgium relief steamship in sixteen
ho u in. And every bushel means a grateful
heart across tho Ba a fact which may go
on the record still . unbroken, a record of
, faithful service in time of trouble,, a
PEACE TRIUMPHANT
RAT-TAT-TAT-TATTLB through the street
I hear tho drummers makln' riot, ,
An' I set thlnkln' o' thefeet
That follcred once an" now are quiet
White feet cz snowdrops innercent.
That never knowed the paths o' Satan.
Whose comln' step ther' 's ears that won't,
No, not lifelong, leave off avvaltln'.
Wut's worda to them whoso faith and truth
On war's red tcchstouo rang true metal,
Who v entered llfo an' lovo an' youth
Por the great prize o' death In battle?
To him who, deadly hurt, agen
Plashed on afore tho charge's thunder, ,
Tlppln' with llrq tho bolt of men ,,
T.hct rived tho Rebel lino asunder'.'
Sly oes cloud up from rain: my mouth '
"Will tako tho twltchin' roun' tho corners;
I pity mothers, tu, down South.
Por all they sot among the scorners;
I'd sooner tako my chanco to elan'
At Jedgmcut where your meanest slave Is, '
Than nt God's bar hoi up a han'
V.z drlppin' red ns yourn.-Jcff Davis!
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Come, Peace! not llko a mourner bowed
Por honor lost an' dear ones wasted,
But proud, to meet a peoplo proud,
SVltli e)es that tell o' triumph tasted!' ' '
Come! witlt ban' grlppin' on tho hilt, . T
An' step that proves c Victory's daughter!
Longln' for you, our sperlts wilt "
Like shlpw recked men'a on rat's for water, .i
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Come, while our country feels tho lift
Of a grot Instinct shoutln' "Fo-wards '." .
Anv known that freedom afn't a gift
Tiiot tarries long. In han's o' cowards, ,
Come, scch cz mothers prayed for, tvhen ,
They kissed their cross with illpa thet
quivered, JJ
n" bring fair wages for bravo men,
A nation saved, a race delivered! "
James Russell Lowell, In 'Tho Blglorr ,
Papers." ,
What Do You Know?
QUIZ ' .
1. What is tho Spanish Cortes? , ' j.
:. SVhat stato did the lata Senator K.eJ-' .
munds for many ears represent In ':
' Congresa7
3. In the administration of what -Presldant
did the American dispute 'With Erig-'
land over the Venezuelan boundary,.
occur? - v
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. What degree Is freezing point on a,(t"
Reaumur thermometer?
C, AVho wroto tho poem "The City of Dread
ful Night"? . '
li. "TTty kept the oven tenor of their way.!
Is often quoted as a line from. Cray's
"Rlcgy." What Is incorrect ln. tha
passage? i w
T. .What is the largest city In India?
In what, century
Great live?
did Alexander. Hj,v
0. SVhat Is meapt by a "rechauffee1"; -
10. In what year was tho Tltanlo'canls'.Va .-
Autwcrs to Saturday's Quiz 'vi '
1. A. Mitchell Palmer has been appointed-.
Attorney General of the United States v
to succeed Thoinaa W. Gregory. i
1. The reeding of a coin a tho rldgne 'oh
tho edge. ' , ', '
Z. The 'Spanish province of Catalonia, which
includes tho Important city of Bar- .
eclona, desires autonomy. '
4, An elegy l a song of lamentation jp-,
daily for the deail. A- eultjgy" l3'ys?
speech or writing n pralso of4 soman
person or thing.
5, Dumdum bullets derive their nirnf, f'roin
the arsenal In Dumdum, India,, wherij
.they were first made, 4
li. The largest mint in. tho United States Is.
In Philadelphia. .
?. Huron Is tho second largest of the Great
levies of America.
S. Mark .Twain In "Puddln' Ilead SVllson's
Calendar," wrote "Tho English are,
mtulkmcd In ihn Bible, 'Blessed erej
the meek for they thall Inherit the"
earth,.!' . ,
J. Napotecn Bonaparte w!an exllo'on thels
liland of Elt?ai from. May 4,- lIU.UoJ
ye"brua-y'2,il,Ki. r ,s 'e, a,ir
10. Last bef las on Much. T, Utla yr,
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