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HACK HOME
CONQIIESS lias been in almost continu
ous session for two years. Senators
and Ileprescntatlv m hao had little time
to get In touch with the sentiment ot tho
plain people whom they aro supposed to
have represented slnco no entered the war
and assumed tho burdens ot civilization
In the Held and at tho peace table. It lias
been apparent from the first that tho voice
ot the people wasn't being heard In the
Senate.
One of the President's reasons for Insist
ing on an adjournment, it Is said, was a
desire to send the members of Congress
back to their home towns for a session with
their constituents. Mr Wilson believes
that these statesmen will be amazed to
fihd how far they hae drifted from the
popular lew point
It will be Interesting to sco whether the
opposition to the league of nations will
persist In the Senate after tho home folks
have made themselves heard and felt.
SURETY FOR SHOPPERS
TT HAS been said of a certain Phlladel-
phla dealer In food products that his
glibness In proclaiming "eight eights nre
eighty-eight, take It along for sixty-four,"
blazed his path to fortune. His success
sterns to have begotten Imitators, who, ac
cording to Max Mayer, chief of the liureau
of Weights and Measures, are not only
shrewd multipliers, but also finished artists
In the manipulation of scales.
Mr. Mayer's campaign for a law to curb
the gouging of the public by short weights
and other artifices well warrants support.
Meanwhile, however, his rules for unwary
housewives should be of profitable peril
nency. Indifferent shopping may be easy,
the phone to the corner grocery may have
allurements. It may seem Irrltatlngly fussy
to be constantly on the alert in making
purchases over tho counter; but the house
wife too abstracted to make her waiting
watchful is precisely the sort of customer
unscrupulous dealers want. No law has
sufficient teeth to bite all the rogues. Ordi
nary caution Is a duty of citizenship, and
while more stringent legislation on shop
ping and marketing frauds will bo a pro
tection, co-operation by the purchasers
w!U -wjolesomely support the lawmakers,
"It ' is better," declared a Frenchman
with a pretty tasto for epigrams, "to trust
and be deceived than to suspect and be
mistaken." But maybe he was mentally
excepting the short-weight virtuoso who
seems to have thriven so freely at tho ex
pense of too many Pollynnna patrons.
THE DUET FOR JUSTICE
fTlHi; happiest division of the empire ot
argument was achieved bv Mr. Wilum
"and Mr. Tnft in the unique Joint meeting
held Irl Jsew York in support of the league
of natlonsThe President's self-selected
domain was the heart. He touched it with
simple and dlrecVyslncerlty, reducing his
appeal to fundamentals and presenting the
Issue as one of peace or war. In flavor the
address was similar to many of Mr. Wil
son's recent utterances it was instinct
with emotional force and lambent convic
tion. Its full alue can perhaps best be
grasped by those who heard the speaker's
voice.
The ex-President's contribution Incisively
rounded out tho case. It was authorita
tively intellectual, fortified with taut rea
soning, rlrm in the armor of bound legality.
The character of this masterly address re
sembled that of a Supreme Court opinion,
handed down as a result of mature de
liberation, and the searching quest for
truth.
Naturally so lengthy and detailed an
analysis could not exert the maximum of
influence as It was voiced from tho ros
trum. The address is something to be
studied, to be reviewed by all earnest and
thoughtful men seeking a solution for the
peril of world chaos. The light of keen
Judicial loglo is turned on almost every
angle of league proposal. With the most
patient Intellectual honesty objection after
objectlonmado to the covenant is exhibited
and demolished. Nothing so comprehen
sively specific as this "opinion" has thus
iar strengthened the position of the
j f A a summary of questions and answers
I J On the whole subject Mr. Taft's speech de
li serves publication in some convenient pam
,' phlet or book form available to the general
puDiic in tne meantime, the fair-minded
American can do no better than tn iin
&y, , out this exhaustive exposition of facts
..' Tram tne dally DaDers nnd mihWf It m
-IjjHBUg scrutiny. It will well repay the
IpaWK expended.
, A( typical example of the penetrating
JaaMty of Mr. Taft's acumen is displayed
, ft ' his particularly lucid definition ot
l 'the- scope of tho Senate's treaty powers.
tt "The authority under tho constitution
v':wtech, Intimates the form which treaties
'mm t( takb and which In the outset deter-
aasjfta'i; what subject-matter they shall In-
,i tlucW," declares Mr, Taft, "Is the President
a Uui .United States. Therefore, if to the
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jMl.uniWi shbim una inoie
M wwtajiiir,aHwity tor
other nations, it shall seem that no effec
tive treaty of peace can bo concluded ex
cept with a leaguo of nations In substance
like that now proposed, as a condition
precedent to tho proper operation and ef
fectiveness of tho peace treaty, It will be
the duty of tho President and his fellow
delegates In the conference to Insert such
a covenant In the treaty as Indispensable
to the pence sought." No degree of Invec
tlvo could reveal how far the "round robin"
flew bejond tho boundaries of tho sena
torial bailiwick than this Invocation of
strictly Judicial reasoning.
Other telling points are made witluequal
force. Men unafiaid to think ti little now
and then will find tho most nourishing
mental food In Mr. Taft's unprejudiced
logic, whlla for all classes of the public
there Is tho substance of refreshment in
tho combined performance of tho only two
living men who havn held tho American
presidential office. The symphonic power
ot their combined efforts cannot fall to
impose a fearful strain upon the blind
champions of bedlam.
IT SHOULD HE EASY TO GET
WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS
The Organization ami the Citizen' Commit
ter Seem to Agree on the Need of Taking
Police anil Firemen Out of Politics
Tin: ASSC.MU that the General Assembly
' ' before passing any charter amend
ments will consider on their merits nil the
suggestions that have been tmde or that
will be m.ide. If i-uch consideration is
given to the various propositions and only
thrifeo which nre most meritorious are
adopted the outcome will be katlsfactory.
Tho merit of the plan of the committee
of citizens Is that It Includes In ono bill a
comprehensive charter. It Is not merely
an amendment of existing law, but Is u
codification of such laws affecting tho city
as do not need to bo changed, supplemented
by such reforms as will abolish iomo of
the evils from which tho city has suffered
for years.
Its arrangements for taking tho ponce
nnd flremen out of politics would work,
provided the people of the city desired tho
firemen and policemen to bo taken out of
politics.
The Organization plan, disclosed In a bill
drafted at the direction of the Republican
City Campaign Committee, confines Itself
to the reorganization of the Department of
Public Safety. It does not attempt to
codify the city laws, but leaves the charter
as a body of separate and Independent acts
ot the Legislature.
The method of taking the police and fire
men out of politics provided by the bill
drafted under the direction ot tho Organi
zation would work If tho people wanted
it to work.
It creates a Hoard of Police and Fire
Commissioners of three members, one to
bo appointed by the Governor, one by the
Board of Judges and one by u majority of
all tho members of City Councils. Senator
Vare explains that this method of appoint
ment would insure a nonpolltlcal board,
which exiuld never bo used for partisan pur
poses. It certainly would be an improve
ment over the present system, under which
tho Director of Public Safety Is appointed
by the Mayor and is a member of tho fac
tion to which he belongs. The chances are
that two factions would be represented on
the board of three commissioners, m that
If any attempt wore made to use tho em
ployes of the Public Safety Department for
political purposes there would be ono com
missioner at least to protest and to expose
the plot.
But the weakness of the Organization
plan lies in its concentration in the hands
of the commission of all questions affecting
the qualification, appointment and dls
charge of the employes of the Department
of Public Safety. The commissioners
would hold examinations for the treation
of an eligible list and supersede the Civil
Service Commission. When employes were
charged with pollcltal activity or with
making political contributions the commls
sloners would bo the only body which could
make an investigation and punish tho
guilty.
This Is an attack upon the wholo civil
Fervlce reform theory and a st.-p backward.
At present the CIvl' Service Commission
provides the eligible lists from which ap
pointments are made In every department
of tho city government. If It Is to be de
prived of Its functions so far bh they affect
the Department of Public Safety, then the
arguments offered In support of tho change
could bo used In behalf of depriving it of
its functions so far as. they affect the Con
troller's office, tho Department of Public
Works and every other department.
The citizens' plan Is far better in theory
and in practice than this. There may be
difference of opinion regarding the wisdom
of reducing the Civil Service 'Commission
from three to one, as proposed by that
plan, hut every genuine civil service re
former will upprovo the proposition to re
enact tho law which makes the commis
sion the crevtor of eligible lists for all de
partments. Tho commission is not the ap
pointing power and it has, or is supposed
to have, no Interest in anything save In dis
covering the qualifications of candidates
for appointment. One of the greatest al.
vances In municipal reform was made
when the examining power and the ap
polntlng power were lodged in separale
bodies.
The provisions In the Organization plan
for the removal of offending employes of
the Department of Public Safety U seri
ously defective, for it .does not open any
way for a citizen to take tho Initiative in
tho enforcement of the law against politlcar
activity. The solo responsibility rests with
the commission of three. The citizens' plan
provides that any taxpayer may bring an
action to restrain tho payment of salary
to any appointed officer or employe who
has violated the law and may also, on proof
of tho facts, obtain a writ of mandamus
compelling the dismissal of tho offender,
It is Important that the Voters have some
recourse of this kind against tho tolerance
of acts of lawlessness by a possible corrupt
and indifferent commission. The men in
control of the policemen and firemen have
tolerated such lawlessness, If they have not
encouraged It, or there would not be agree
ment between both the committee of citi
zens and the Organization that some law
should be pasted to put an end to It.
The Organization bill creating a com
mission of public safety if supplemented by
the Connelly bill, prohibiting police a'nd
firemen from taking an active-part In poli
tics and from waklng,poUical contribu
tions, go terTiVaW.'TiUlly
the same as the provisions In tho charter
draft of tho citizens' committee. It con
fines Its prohibitions to a single depart
ment, and It omits the wholesome provision
permitting a taxpayer to Institute suit for
the enforcement of tho law when the head
of the department winks nt violations.
Tho only question to be considered, It
seems to us, Is what plan will accomplish
tho desired result most effectively. Thero
need bo no pride of opinion on cither side
when both sides arc professing to seek tho
samo ends. They aro all loyal Phlladel
phlans and they nil express tho samo In
terest In good government. Thero does not
seem to be nny good reason why they
should not get together nnd agree on a
charter plan which will command the sup
port of all factions. If hey cannot ngreo
on everything, then let them ngree on as
much as they can.
We do not suppose that tho mind of Sena
tor Vare, for example, is closed to argu
ment, nor do we suppose that tho members
of tho citizens' committee will refuse to
listen to reason. The Senator 1ms con
ceded that thero nro some merits in the
citizens' charter draft and he Is willing
to support part of it. There tire other
parts of it on which honest men can hon
estly differ. He opposes some of those and
gives his reasons. Those reasons must bo
met by better reasons or the public will
agree with tho Senator.
But as matters stand tho outlook for
better things Is bright.
A SANE I1ASIS FOR STATE - AIDED
CHARITIES
IT IS hard to see how any argument not
grounded In zeal for speciat privilege
can bo advanced against tho proposed plan
to place state aid for private charities on
a uniform nnd equitable basis. Governor
Sproul Is already committed to this reform,
to which a bill Introduced at Harrlsburg
esterday will, If passed, glvo legal sanc
tion. Tho present appropriation system for
charities is complex nnd often productive
of unfulrncss. I.obbving or the pursuit of
other campaigning methods on bchnlf of
undertakings altruistic in spirit is, of
course, thoroughly inconsistent procedure.
It is the intrinsic worth of the charity nnd
a fair, independent consideration of Us
needs, balanced with an equity in the dis
bursement of funds, which should regulate
tho machinery of support. The bill pro
vides for a classification of agencies re
ceiving state funds In order to avoid injus
tice to institutions which are greater than
others. The Board of Public Charities
would also bo endowed with the right to
fix standards of service to prevent un
worthy Institutions from being aided.
There can be no question that the prog
ress of constructive legislation would bo
appreciably advanced by the passage of
the measure.
"WANTED: AN ANTIDOTE
rpHE row between Governor Edge, of New
- Jersey, and Governor Cox, of Ohio, at
tho labor conference in Washington, started
when ono Governor Irritated the political
sensibilities of another.
If tho Governors did anything in Wash
ington to help the Jobless, to facilitate In
dustrial readjustment or to Inspire a gen
eral conscientious cftort for sanely directed
reconstruction, It Isn't on record.
But everybody talked politics.
Politics has embarrassed the President.
It made the last session of the Senate nn
occasion that will be remembered with
shame.
Political bigotry is being felt everywhere
In the country now like an epidemic. It
clouds otherwise normal minds. Yet the
man who, in an emergency like the present
one, cannot rise above party prejudice is
not a good citizen.
He Is not even a safe one.
Emll Franqul, a mem-
Anotlier lit ber of the Pelglan
Nailed cabinet, has sent a
message to. Senator
Calder regretting that the Senator has
thought It necessary to ca'I for Investigation
of reports that fconio American food sent to
Belgium and northern France was in such a
condition that It poisoned those who ate He
denies that food received was bad and de
clares his countrymen arc filled with Sorrow
to think that responsible men should lend
their ears to such "detestab! slander." It
Is at once humiliating and gratifying that an
American libel on American character should
receive such prompt refutation from such a
quarter.
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Central Ludemlorff has
Emulation been interviewed, A
Swiss Journalist got
the great exile to speak. Solemnly he ap
proached the general and the general, lifting
his hand threateningly, roared, "do away"'
It has always been said that the Germnns
were imitators. Ludenilorff's Interview imp
ports this theory. Didn't he say to the Swiss
Journalist exactly what the Germans said
to him before he tied the country?
Lodge. Knox, llorah.
They Won't Sny Heed, Polndexter and
several hundred news
paper editors who have been fighting Mr.
Wilson's peace plans have not yet outlined
or even suggested an alternative arrange
ment. Are we to suppose that they want
military training In th kindergartens?
Todny's Specter of Unrest may be the
Hun of tomorrow.
Tho plans 'of the Beds are enough to
make an Archangel woep.
The grandfather's name Is Woodrow
Wilson Sayer, with the accent on the say.
Some hotel some day Is going to make
a hit by abolishing the hat-check-tip
privileges.
Those who don't have to pay It con
sider the payment of an Income (ax a Joy
ous privilege.
Jt Is a pity that Marshal Foch didn't In
sist on the Germans turning over Hlndenburg
and lAidtndorff with th other big guns.
Italy and the Jugo-Slavs are giving a
demonstration of the fact that If there Is to
be a league of nations it will have to be well
supplied with I1"-
Between seventy and eighty agreements
between China and Japan are said to be In
existence", and every one of them strength
ening Japan' Influence in China, It 1 a
r wt'itftW la sttlUrj jrAri.niMi
THE GOWNSMAN
The Carnegie Foundation Plan
SOME dozen or more years ngo Mr. An
drew Carnegc, looking about for a useful
nnd helpful menns of bestowing some of the
Abundance of his wealth where It might do
the most good, discovered that tho men who
teach In colleges nre Inadequately paid, how
ever iou choose to look nt It: but that If
you take Into consideration tho pecuniary
demands ma do upon such teachers as n class
by rcnBon of their standing and position, they
may ba declared almost tho most unfortunato
of wnge-enrners. The teacher Is lucky under
any circumstances If ho makes ends meet
To lay by something for the day of mis
fortune, for tho jenrs In which ho will bo
no longer able to tench, Is usually a feat
beyond him, and he drifts on, fortunate It
ho has been able to carry even an Inade
quate Insurance. It was creditable to Mr.
Carnegie's discernment that ho should have
found this out; for the college teacher Is a
simple and uncomplaining man, who has only
been goaded of late Into the formation of a
trades union. He has usually made a delib
erate choice of his profession and knows that
he Is paying high pecuniarily for the intellec
tual life which ho has chosen to lead. He
seldom feels that he has paid too high for
there are compensations until the pressure
of his obligations to wife and children comes
upon him and then he is commonly too old
to change back to money-getting wnis.
NOT only did Mr. Carnegie appreciate all
this, but he nlno appreciated the pride
and independence tho touchiness, if the
reader will have It so of tho scholarly man,
who loathes a patron, who detests con
descension and indignantly repels anything
smacking of charity. Wherefore, when Mr.
Carnegie arranged for the foundation of a
free pension sjsterrt, by which provision
might be made for college teachers In cise
of disability or Hge after a certain period ot
service, It was delicately suggested that all
this was done In a full recognition of the
Inadequacy of existing provisions and that
all such pensions should be accepted In a
recognition of their nature as "deferred sal
ary." THE Carnegie Foundation for tho Advance
ment ot Teaching, ns It is called, at first
planned an old-age retiring allowance after
fifteen yenrs of professional service, a disa
bility allowance after twenty-five years of
service and equitable provisions for tho
widows of teachers who die before retirement
Another original provision of the foundation,
If the Gownsman Is rightly informed, wns
the contemplation of a retirement on tho
completion of a term of service, even though
neither disabled nor of the ago limit; the
Idea being that certain scholars might accept
tho opportunity to give up teaching for an
undivided devotion to learning while yet
young enough nnd able enough to continue
tn full activity. To such the acceptance of
half pay under the conditions of such free
dom would seem n boon, In view of tho
circumstance that American research had
hitherto subsisted almost wholly on the wago
of the teacher.
IT IS fair to the Carnegie Foundntlon nnd
to thoso who have faithfully and skillfully
ndmlnlstered It to remember that tho power
to alter Its rules "In such manner ns ex
perience may Indicate" was very prudently
nnd properly reserved. As nt first contem
plated Its provisions were to extend only to
such Institutions as might clearly need it
It w-nB thought that universities nnd colleges
of strong financial foundation would already
have provided a pension system of their own
It was found that there we.re virtually none
such. 'It was thought that colleges founded
nnd run on state support might properly be
left out of the benefits of the foundation, In
view of tho clear duty of the state to provide
for Its own employes. And It was felt that
denominational collcees having for their aim
not only general education, but education Il
luminated by specific candles oil lamps or
nrcllghts of sect, might be, very properly left
to take care of their own, This last pro
vision has been adhered to, and not the least
amusing thing a few jenrs ago when the
terms of tho Carnegie gift became known was
the haste with which certain Institutions
which shall bo nameless, denuded themselves
of their 'hitherto denominational character.
The Gownsman cites no specific case, for .to
do so would be Invidious ; but It was as much,
for example, as If we should suddenly learn
that Princeton has really not been all these
decades a college of Presbyterian leanings or
that the word Wesleyan, which adheres to
the titles of some colleges, is only to be as
sociated with the Methodist reformer by way
of coincidence The Carnegie Foundation has
done on" very definite service to the Ameri
can college; It has rid It of some of Its d
nominatlonallem. But some persons admire
even more a little college like Haverford,
which stood by Its Quaker guns If we may
use so military a figure of those who fight
not even though they serve nobly which re
fused the benefits of the foundation and pin
vlded Its own system of retiring pensions.
OBVIOUSLY, with the state colleges all in
cluded, with no denominational colleges
except our conilatent Roman Catholics and
Quakers to exclude, and with few colleges of
sound enough financial pride to provide for
their own, tho Carnegie Foundation, with all
its millions, now finds Itself unable to look
forward to the complete fulfillment of these
provisions of a dozen ears ago. It there
fore proposes, "after a careful actuarial
analysis of the problem," to keep tts obliga
tions to those who nre the nearest expectants
of its promised benefits, to abate somewhat
the amount of the pensions accruing to those
who will come later, In accordance with n
carefully prepared scale, and to found with
tho remainder of the fund a Teachers' In
surance and Annuity Association to furnish
younger members of the profession the kind
of protection which they need.
SHOULD the foundation have made prom
ises which It cannot now keep? Should
the foundation run an Insurance company?
Is compulsory Insurance Justifiable In the
case of teachers? Should such a company,
If founded, be run by teachers themselves;
Or are 'existing, established companies sdtll
dent to handle the matter? These are some
of the questions which agitate the4 moment
nnd which the Gownsman leaves to such as
believe themselves 'to be expert i
If It Is true that tho monarchists In Ger
many are planning a coup d'etat, It I a ft
flection on the lntlljenee of it leaders to
Imagine that It will be made before a peace
la signed. But, on the other hand, the
leader, to'dats haYVahown.much.lnJeL.
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I THE CHAFFING DISH " 1 'tnavy ' ;
SOMEBODY'S STENOGItAPHEU tella us
that some Senators do their thinking
by the touch system.
When they are deciding What to do with
that pool1 old German navy, don't forget
that the Gloucester ferry could do with
some new boats.
By the agitation of some statesmen when
they talk nbout surrendering sovereignty
you might think they were all confirmed
bachelors.
Several million Americans Impaired their
personal sovereignty when they entered
the nrmy, but they didn't make much kick
about it.
No wonder the President gets weary If
he has to take all his automobile rides
standing up.
After reading Mr. Taft's magnificent
and logical add-ess on the league-of-na-tlons
plan, wo can't help murmuring "Sweet
are tho uses of obesity."
Some one has rent us an anonymous box
of cigars. This. In a way. Is an Impairment
of our sovereignty, but. having smoked one
already, we ore no less dollghted.
The George Washington encounters calm
weather. News dispatch.
What the old Joke would call the qualm
before the storm?
"Ills Appeal"
"His appeal is made to our less obvious
capacities: to that part of our nature
whirl), because of the warlike conditions ot
existence, is necessarily kept out of sight
within the, more resisting and hard quali
tieslike the vulnerable body within 'a
steel armor. His appeal is less loud, more
profound less distinct, more stirring md
sooner forgotten Yet lti effect endures
forever. The changing wisdom of succes
sive generations discards Ideas, questions
facts, demolishes theories. But ... he ap
peals to that part of our being which Is
not dependent on wisdom; to that in us
which is o gift and not an acquisition
and, therefore, more permanently enduring.
He speaks to our capacity for delight and
wonder, to the sense of mystery surround
ing our lives: to our senko of pity, and
beauty, and pain: to the latent feeling of
fellowship with all creation and to tho
subtle but Invincible conviction of solidarity
that knits together the loneliness of In
numerable hearts', to the solidarity in
dreams, In Joy, In, sorrow, In aspirations, in
illusions, In hope, In fear, which binds
men to eatf) other, which binds together
all humanity the dead to tho living and
the living to the unborn.
"The sincere endeavor to accomplish that
creative task, to go as far on that road as
his strength will carry him. to go unde
terred by faltering, weariness or rep-oach.
is the only valid Justification for the
worker." ,
The above words were not icHttcn alnAit
itr, Wllion and the leanuc of nations move
ment, though thev nilrht irH have' been.
They were written in 1877 by Jonph Cpn
rod trt the ptefacn to. hit talc, "The Xigger
of the Harclssus."
Self-Denial
What nre you coinB tu deny yoursolf
during Lent? A great many have decided
to mortify themselves by doing without the
Senate. . K ' ,-
And we wonder how many of the thirty
seven varieties' Of flllbusterers will 'deny
themselves the pleasure, of readinafivMry
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EVERYBODY'S DOING -IT
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To the Submarine Chater
Here's to the lltt'e gray dog of the sea,
An "ash can" tied on her tall,
A hone In her te'eth, a-rolllng Ireo,
Nose-up to a northeast gale. .
For when the sea Is "treating 'em rough"
Out where tho storm birds roam.
She never knows when she's had enough
To turn her bow for home.
Though her galley's crashed to ducks and,
drakes,
Ahd her fo'c'stle Is worse,
(From a hatch flung up as a comber
breaks),
And she reels like a drunken hearse;
And. half her crew nre wanting to die,
And half too de d for work
She tides 'cm through, still .standing by
Wherever the steel fish lurk.
She isn't much of a looking craft
With the popgun on her bow, ,
But she has ''pills" upon her aft
That raise a wicked row.
And she cocks her ears along hex keel
A-lIstenlng patiently
For any Hun that turns a wheel,
Or sneaks beneath the sea.
Then forth she goes by three nnd four.
And two by two the Hun;
Like fate she follows up his score
And ho $$? it, one by one.
So here's to the little gray dog of the sea,
Far-hunting In a pack,
Whom ne'ther storm nor enemy
Has ever yet turned back,
DOUGLAS CARY WENDELL.
We hope the mermajrls won't orgtnlze
nny demonstration for the "George Wash
In'jton" on tho way over, as Mr. Wilson
must be very weary of waving his hat
Svnthctic Poem In Spring
Can you hearthe skylark
Through a telephone,"
Or catch the whisper of tho pines
In a dictograph?
Can ypu keep your heart oung
, Inn row' of pigeonholes?
Will you forego the surf of ocean rollers
mo oe sen to a'rout,op desk?
We have been looking over Thomas W.
Wilson's Life of Wa'h'nqton written
twenty-three jears ago. Wo haven't found
any "May I nots" in It. but theie Is one
very curious stylistic? habit shown that the
learned nuthor has since outgrown Ob
serve, in the first chapter a'one: -
Twas easy to distinguish (p 4).
'Twas only their Boclal vvelrht (p. 8),
Twos the usage of other nations (p. :o).
Twas the purpose of such restrictions
P JO)
'Twas a time of frequent wnrs (p. ijl).
Twos but a sort of formal apprentice
ship p :1). ,
'Twas diamond cut dlimond (p. 34)
'Twns Jhey who U-irned (p IK)
'Twari plain the r k.mes (p. 27),
'Twas romniotu htcusn he was young'
(p. 28)
Twas by their living rather than by
their creed (p :9)
'Twas not nla chief business (p. sj)l(
'Twas he who brought (D. S3). ", ;
Twas he who had been the chief (p. 36)
'Twos not a country (p. 38),
As a young kinsman of our remarks, It
la really tho life of "Twnshlngton.
We have received our Income taxblank,
and are wondering whether filibustering
wouM doany jroodT , -, .
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SAID the wireless spark to tho atmos
phere: "I am the navy's listening ear. '
I hear tho call of tho sinking ship,
And the silver horn nt the Triton's lip,
And tho aerial voices faint 'and far, ' i'
And-the sirens sounding beyond the bar,
And tho coming storm with Its rush and '
roar.
And breakers pounding a rocky Bhore." ' '
t
Said the huge dirigible, sailing high:
"I am tho navy's watchful 01 e,
I scan tho shimmering deep below
For -floating menace or stealthy foe. '
I glimpse tho wrecks In the crystal tide
And the smoother seas where the reefs
abide.
The dcvi'flsh In Its cranny dark
And the moving fin of the' hungry shark.'' '
" '
Said the long black gun: "Behold in me
The powor and the pride ot Liberty!
I am the navy's arm of might.
Woo to the target when I smite.
I keep tho peace on the rolling wave;
I guard tho Hag of the freo and brave;
I am alvvajs ready its foes to flail;
I never miss nnd I never fail."
Minna Irv lng, In the New York Herald. t .
There Is significance In tho fact that,
while tho American army will have no chem
ical warfare service, becauso It has been .
definitely decided not to use gas warfare, de- ,
tensive equipment, such as gas masks apd, a .
research section, will be maintained. One, ,
never can tell what the other fellow Is, going, ,
to do.
Beet granulated sugar has dropped from
39 to $8 90 a hundred In all ot tho Kocky
Mountain states and the states west of 'the
Hockles. The lot of the consumer is tlius
sweetened ten cems' worth. ' '
What Do You Know?,,
QUIZ
1. Of what state Is LI tie Bock the capital? ,
2. In what jcar was Udlth Cavell executed
by the Germans? ,,
3. Who was the commander of thp American
fleet In European waters during ''the ,
war? ' '
4. When docs the vernal equinox begin? "" '
5. Who won tho Nobel pence prize In 1917!
the last lear It was awarded?
6. Who w rote the phort poem. "To Lucasta1 '
on Going to tho Wars"? o lt" 4
7. On what date does Palm Sunday occur '
this year? - -'
8. Wher was Benjamin Franklin born?u j
9. Who was Maarten Maarttns? 'f,nt
10. How many Presidents of the United
States served more than one term?tl
Answers to Ycilerday'i Quiz ''.i r '
1. A' bicameral system t In soveTIlmht, la i
ope In which, the legl'l Ive power 'Jsv7
In tho hands of two houses. t. t,.p
2. Mlnevtr Is a kind of fur used tneere n
mortal costume. ' , ,
3. Chevalier Bnyard, the French sonfler. .
"with ut fear and without" reproach'1
wns.iorn In 1 1 07 nnd. died In 153t. n
4. The teal name ot Joaquin Miller, if he.
American poet, was,,Clnclnnat6i ijen 1
Miller. ' '
6. Winston Cllufchlli Is Secretary of, Slate ,
, for War In the British cabinet. ' "'
6. A Uurasian Is ft persdn of mixed ''Aslatlo v'1
nnd European parentage, t I'J
7. Homer & Cummlngs Is lhe new ctfatrtrfa'n
of the Democratlo National 'Com-' 1
mlttee. , , ')
8. Ireland Is divided Into the provinces .of
Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Con
1 naught 1 i '
9. An all-blue weather flag .Indicates rain or'?
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10. A fjepher Ja a bufmwtaf ,Ama4w,iwdtB,A'
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