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Ill1 J UFE, NOT LAW, COL NTS rpHERE is great caution, great ie- ctraint, ii fine baluncinc of IcrbI pnn- ' ciples and little else in the elaborate dis 0 cussion of the leapue of nations covenant to which four local legal lights have con tributed. S Any one who persisted through the J long discourses must have emerged at tihe end in a state of mental confusion, feeling that ho had passed thiough a desert of words. But the headlines, in this iiisUtncr, served mightily to enlighten the uncer tain reader. These men -who look with doubt or uncertainty upon the league of nations as it is now contemplated are, ho was told, "learned in the law." '" Fully to understand tho needs of the a world in these dajs you have to bo fi learned in life. J SHALL WE LOSE M R. PENNELL? T)HIL1STINES in art and criticism may delight to hear that Joseph Pcn- nell is going away across the vasty deeps of ocean to stay forever and for ,, fever when prohibition becomes a harsh reality in the United States. Most of us will be sorry. Art is mys- ' terious. Irreverence, impatience, violent unreasonableness, rebel spirits all help to keep it eternally young and vital. It has always dismissed the claims and j .pretensions of tradition with two short jl tuts. Mr. Pcnncll is, therefore, its gifted spokesman. It is the artist rather than the man a Avho speaks in Mr. Penncll's ominous resolution. A good thing badly done al- -ways offends a critical mind. Prohibition, doubtless is a good thing. It was ac complished through clumsy technique technique of a sort that cannot be other- wise than revolting to an artistic tem r perament. What we want to hear now is what ,Mr. Pennell will say when he finds a , . roaring campaign to make tho world bone Ury in full fawing in France and " Italy as he leaves the ship! i CONDEMNED BY A FRIEND OINCE the plain truth about Russian Bolshevism, now being revealed by ' impartial witnesses at the Senate in- quiry, is in itself so devastating to that singular cult, one is moved to wonder t why so many people have been so en " -piusiastically lying about it for a year or more. Raymond Kobins, of the American f.'Ked Cross, worked with the various Russian leaders. He had no ax to grind. Ho was observant, sympathetic " ind always open-minded. Ho met '.Lenino and Trotsky, worked with them nnd was greatly impressed by the bit- ter need of many of the reforms that they tried to engineer for the benefit of tho Russian masses. Though he is one of the" few men who have an informed and friendly interest in the Bolshevist leaders, lie has stated as forcefully as ho can that their theories and method.! . , are inhuman and impossible and doomed 'to failure. " But Mr. Robins makes it plain, too, ''that there has been some colossal lying bout the Russians and Russia. He says yt-the Bolshevists fought the Brest treaty; they didn't accept German money; they t tried to get Allied co-operation and (failed; there was no "nationalizing" of j T women and less killing than usually at- I Russia is rich in resources. It ha3 limitless stores of minerals and raw ma . terials of every sort. It is known that many interests are eager to get Russia away from the Russians. Propaganda, in subtle forms, was to have been cx a pected. " And it appears that money, which always has been accustomed to talking, i hasn't lost its voice. IN PENITENTIAL MOOD ' T ENT used to be a time for meditation, "" -' a time for chastening the spirit. Old " , fashioned folk were willing to admit J that they sinned occasionally and doubt- less they were genuinely sorry and "even alarmed when the season of reck- X ning approached. ' Many sins once abhorred have actually "fcc6me fashionable. 'The earth is running wild with a cer- Awn kind of professors who insist that B Mm 1. la. n 1 14 . tr n il.lii.inn r ninnnlniia. riuuiivjr 13 4 UCIUSIUU ui wif.ioi.uua- Stig to these scientific thinkers, are for 1 'ttl unlearned. r'.A! So Lent is here, though many would fjftdly know it if it weren't for the prwtfapers. The diversions of the haute , WtaA. arc a bit tempered. Here and , fkMw are. folk who will go to the thea- tro only twice a week because of an inherited belief that sacrifice is good for the soul. And that is about all. Yet if religion Is in any way related to philosophy and, of course, it is we surely have n great need of it now. It is the lack of u sound philosophy of con duct that has left the nations in confu sion. Philosophy? The apostles of hustle will tell you condescendingly thnt the world hasn't time for philosophy. It is in too great a hurry. We arc in a huny. Our speed in ei cases every day. But if you want to sec what a hlitnk stare can be like ask any propagandist of pep where we aio going, whether it is up or down, forwanl or back. He will not be ublc to tell you because he doesn't know. And it has never occurred to him to wonder or to inquire. co.v; region a l riders FCIN; THE HORSE'S TAIL Dm the tiiiiial N Headed 1'onNuld anil Is Determined lo (Jo in That Dircttinn rpilEKE is no spectacle more pathetic than that of the man who ties u bandage oer his own r,es lent he see what is going on about him, unless it be that of tho man who deliberately dc- troys his own .sight in order that ho iiuy occupy his thoughts with things that have been and may never be awaie of the things that arc and that aio to be. Certain politician:-, have bandaged their eyes in this great national nnd in ternational crisis and ceitain others havo deliberately put out their s-ight. Unfor tunately many of these aie in the Repub lican party, which will control legisla tion in Washington for the next two years. Some of them havo already begun to peer out from under their blindfolding and to discover that they aie standing still while the nation it moving forward. They are now saying that they are not opposed to a league of nations, but only seek to ai-sist in the organization of a suitable league. Popularity i the breath of life in their nostrils, and when they discover that the mass of the people is earnestly hoping for the perfecting of some plan which will prevent a repetition of the calamity of the last four years and will allow the young men of America to remain at home in their accustomed vocations instead of being compelled to face poison gas and machine guns ani hidden mines, these politicians will do sonic more canny hedging and pray heaven that cery one may forget their earlier lack of understanding. So much for our relations to international affairs. There ia a group of Republican mem bers of the House of Representatives who have no more perception of the tem per of tho voters than the obstructing Senators have of tho desire of the whole wot Id for an organization to prevent war by negotiation and by pressure of thieat ened force. Every one took heart of hone when Gil- lett was selected for the speakership by the Republican conference. The House turned its back on Cannonism and Mannism and faced the future with level eyes and a courageous heart. But no sooner was Gillett choen than the reac tionaries, alert to retain what they could, secured by a parliamentary trick the ap pointment of a Committee on Commit tees controlled by the friends of Mann and the believers in the old system. They boasted of their victory. They grinned at Gillett as they taid he might have the speakership, but they would dictate through the committees the policy of the House. And they aie proceeding to out-Cannon Cannonism itself by formally adopting the seniority rule in the selec tion of committee chairmen, under which many of the reactionaries, by virtue of length of service, will appear as the spokesmen for their party. When the Speaker appointed the committees Can non himself disregarded the seniority rule and put at the head of important committees the best man for tho placol The venerable and astute Illinoisan was wise enough to know that it was the height of folly for any political party to send a boy to do a man's work, no mat ter how long the boy had been on the job. But this Mann-dominated Commit tee on Committees, rejoicing at its suc cess in putting something over on the majority which elected Gillett, seems to be interested only in taking care of its friends. It is not surprising, therefore, that Representative Longworth should pro test. There are hundreds of thousands of Republicans throughout the country who will agree with him when he says. "lo my mind the situation is sad beyond expression," He says further that so far as the organization of the House is concerned we are not living in the spirit of the Republican party today. This son-in-law of Colonel Roosevelt has sensed the situation with the keen ness of political instinct of tho colonel himself. The congressional majority, under the direction of tno men whose hands are on the steering gear, is now headed backward instead of forward. But it is not too late to turn it about and head it in the right direction. Tho action of the committee is not final. It must bo ratified by the conference of all the Republican members, which means that the men who voted for Gillett for Speaker will have their say before the party is finally committed to any course The House will not be organized until it meets cither in regular or in special session. In either event tho members will have an opportunity to discover the sen timent of their constituents before they act. Fortunately for the country, tho President has refused to call Congress in extraordinary session at once. Both Senators and Representatives must go back home and meet their neighbors and lead their home papers and talk with their home lawyers and business men and mechanics and touch that great body of sentiment without knowledge of which they fail miserably. The Republican party will bo on trial during nil the months of the next session of Congress. The nation will decide then whether Unit .party is in sympnthy with its nspirations and Is qunlificd to handle tho pressing problems thnt will crowd upon us for solution. We nrc living In a new world and the methods that might have worked in 1014 will not work in 1019 nnd 1020. Congress will not fail if its members devote their days and nights to an endeav or to carry out the known will of the nation instead of attempting to frustrate that will for the sake of ad vancing the personal ambitions of men out of sympathy with the timr. If the reactionaries can be made to understand that their present course lends to politi cal destruction, the instinct of self-preservation may work with tho forces of lighteousness to accomplish belter things. HKUIVMNO TO HEDUE? TT IS difficult to overestimate the im- portance of Senator Lodge's newer statement in relation to tho league of nations or to miss the significance of his voluntary suggestion that some soit of league is desirable. Mr. Tnft, the political observers say, is gaining strength and prestige daily as the lender of progressive Republicanism. Mr. Lodge it tho acknowledged leader of tho anti-Taft wing of tho party. Does Mr. Lodge read new meanings into the popular acclaim that greets Mr. Taft everywhere? Or has he improved his mind by a few hours' contact with the home folks in New England who have suffered as acutely through the 10 cent war as any people in the country? ALIENS 17HENEVER a statesman rises to ad '' dress aliens in America as Gov ernor Sproul will do at a coming Amer icanization celebration in Chester he faces opportunities and responsibilities that should profoundly touch an imagi native mind. We are always telling the aliens to lenrn from us. Usually we fail to real ize that in many instances we might learn from the aliens. Most of thebO strangers in the country bring an in stinctive love for the things that the arts provide, such as music and pictures. But they bring, too, a great and living faith in America and a tremendous be lief in our own institutions adequate to shame a native cynic. It has always been our habit to regard the alien as somehow inferior, and the passionate aspiration and courage that the peoples of Europe manifested in the lecent war must have been like a sober ing rcvelntion to a great many Ameri cans, who fancy for some unknown lca hon that all the best of human qualities arc concentrated on this side of the world. We have not always done the best that is possible with the alien. It isn't pleasant to hear that in Russia resent ment has flamed against America be cause those who return from this coun try tell of oppression in many of the in dustries and bitter strikes that ended in disaster. And it isn't cheering to hear that in some parts of Euiopo industrial America is spoken of as a great place, a very great place, but one that is "hell for men and horses." Thirty thousand Ital 'Ihliigs as uns aro boIiir to They .Should Ito 'ranee to work In the 3evnstated regions. They will ilo koo1 work and will got e0od pay. Hut it Is not exactly as it should be. When one thinks of the French and Bel Blan civilians made to work for the Gcr. mans; and when one remembers further tho Wanton destruction committed by tho Germans; the one fair and proper thlni; teems to be that the Germans should bo made to work on tho devastated land and be kept working at it. at tho cost of Ger many, until it is icturned to Franco not, indeed, .ts it was before, hut In at least a clean and workable, condition. I.lttlo legislators Home of lowu In Idaho would Dolly I)a dreams havo jou know they're jatrlots; no tliey'vo sent a note to Congress to rap tho President; and not a thoughtful states man cares a cent. The books of hope will boon be opened. Peed catalogues are due. If a few more Republicans assail the filibuster tho blot may bo removed from tho party. Maybo it is the Idea of tho Allies that to kill the Kulher would bo to put him out of his misery. Kesldents of tho northeast might retain the Skipper of tho Toonerville trolley as an expert witness. It Is not too lato for the benighted thirty-seven to change their faith and become covenanters. To Uio a Scotch term, It Is Hoblns's opinion that the Ilussian people were meshed "In a creel." Tho phrasa "handing him u lemon" may lose its slgnlficante. If prices con. tlnue to go up It may become an act of generosity. Our boys won only 9.J83 foreign medals while abroad. They would have made It an even ten thousand It the war had lasted a few days longer. IMndenburg fears that the Bolshevists will yet overrun Kast Prussia. Ho Is a wise old owl who hopes his hoot will bs hoaid In the Peace Conference. It Is significant that tho men who have the greatest faith in tho commercial possibilities of ulrplanes are the men who arc most familiar with them. Opponents of tho covenant ahoutjj real. Ue that a peace without the league would be no peace at all for the Jugoslavs and Italians and one Itch will set the wholo world a scratching. CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER What Colonel Nicholson Has Done for Gettysburg Why Dogt Were Not Taxed Gossip About Men You Know Washington, March 8. rpiIK sundry civil bill, as it passed the House, carried tho usual appropriations for keeping In order tho national parks and ccmcterfes. Arlington memorial am phllheatio In tho vicinity of Washington and tumo Confederate burial plots aro provided for. Tho greatest of them all, however, the Gettysburg National Park, has been po well cared for under tho masterful direction of Colonel John P. Nicholson, of Philadelphia, and Ills asso ciates --omo of them now In tho great beyond- that only J50.000 was needed this sear for keeping up the work, which Is hugely ono of maintenance. During the tough traveling- under railroad administra tion auspices during tho war many Wash ington visitors took tho auto route by way of Gettysburg to tho capital. None of them failed to prnlso the beauty and attractiveness of that great Held In Pcnn. sylvanla which marks tho high tide of tho rebellion. Colonel Nicholson, long known in the bookbinding trado In Phil idclphla, but devoted always to tho I.ojul Legion, and who can call up the shades of Sherman, Sheridan, Slocum, Hayes, Grant, Hancock, Meade and Howard, "the Christian fcol dier," may well be proud of hlH work. ALMOST everybody around City Hall ii- knows i;ugcno llaymonc. Ho was an active court stenographer long before he began tho ptactlce of the law, but few know how deep an Interest Eugene takes In matters of taxation the tax on luxuries, for instance. Uugeno saja It Is absurd to tax working men on their shirts, hats and clothing, when wealthy women may In dulge the luxury of "a fuzzy llttlo white pup" without paying a cent to the gov ernment. What btarted this lino of thought in tho Philadelphia lawyer's mind was tho public announcement that u wealthy New- York widow paid $37,500 a year for her apartments to keep a dog weighing two-thirds of a pound, which required tho attention of two maids and a valet. In this connection it is fulr to say that an effort was made to reach the type of pup referred to, but that the other and more useful animal, the farmers' watch dog, got In the way of the legislators and affected their Judgment. rTUIE picturesque and romantic Susque- hanna, with its many tributaries, Includ ing the blue Juniata, which water the rich middle ground cf Pennsylvania, is about to receive the attention of tho United States army engineers. For a long time the improvement of the Susquehanna has been urged, but the expense of making navigation continuous upon a stream so rocky has always stood In the way. As a matter of fact tho Susquehanna has never received a dollar of government money except for a slight Improvement In tho coal regions up near Wllkes-Bane. Kut Congressman driest, of Lancaster, and Congressman Kreider, of Annvllle, whoso districts border upon the great Inland river of Pennsylvania, havo been on the Job with the result that a survey may soon bo instituted. This wfll be good news to tho people of Harrlsburg, Lancaster, Columbia, and other points on the lower reaches of the river, who have been in sisting for a long time that slack water navigation could readily bo afforded up to Harrlsburg by a system of locks and dams. rpHK Governors and Mayors who at--L tended the White House conforenco during tlje last few dajs of Congress in cluded Governor Sproul, of Pennsylvania, and Governor Edge, of New Jersej ; Director Webster, of Philadelphia, who represented Mayor Smith; Mayor Lllls, of Camden, and Mujor Donnelly, of Trenton. They report having a real "sporty" tlmo endeavoring to adjust the affairs of the' nation. It Is ono of tho tricks of the White House trade to call In Governors and Mayors with a view of formulating public opinion when Congress Is not alto gether tractable. Tho late President Roosevelt, who made the word "bully" famous before tho Sayre baby was born; was the 'originator of this method of ex pression. Governor Edge, who Is coming to the Senate, had a foretaste of tho level ing process which attains In Washington when a. big man at homo runs up ngainst Ills peers at tho capital. CHARLES FAIRFAX NAL'LTV Jie of tho attenuated form and neat attire, who off and on In the days agone pushed the pen and pencil like any other Phila delphia reporter has become almost a fixed Institution In Washington war circles. Naulty has engineering Ideas which the Navy Department and the War Depart ment have listened to. Ho was early among the many to advance plans for submarine types, When tho submarine scare subsided Naulty applied himself to aviation. Ho Is said to have dltcovered a method of photographing air and nir pressure. Wo might liken It to what nautical men would call the visualizing of displacement. Who knows but what we may find In this Philadelphia genius an American Marconi'.' THE COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE of Philadelphia Intends to see that Its retiring president, Louis G. Graff, has the right kind of a bend-off. The treasurer, Emanuel II, Price, Is helping along with the good work. When ho comes to Wash ington. Emanuel docs not asks odda even of McXdoo. All he has In his possession on exchange account la approximately $300,000, of which about $125,000 is In vested in Liberty Bonds. When Graff stepped out and C. Herbert Hell stepped Into the presidency of tho exchange there were no unpaid bills. Tho exchange Is still Interested In that bllllon-doUar price guarantee proposition, which taken care of tho wheat farmers of the United States, no matter what the world price of wheat may be. . YOU 1 m mil?' &?' Wwg$tiS THE ELECTRIC CHAIR A. lUtuaid Xr n ton scuds its a copy of a monstrously cxcltlnii letter he has just received from Jack Kcndcrdtne, of this citv, and uc aie happy to be able to print portions of it. Jack Is a Havcrford man, of that upioarioui class once known on the college campus as "Tho lit agon's Blood," and after being commissioned a shavetail loot at l'lattsburyh teas sent overseas uith the 30. th Infantry. Jack says : TrY KI-GIMENT was lighting, with an !' occasional Interval o a few days, from the 1st of August until the signing of the armistice. Previous to August we were in a training sector with the French. This seemed at the time like real war, but It was nothing compared to what followed After the famous American drlv-j at Chateau Thierry, when those few splendid divisions flattened out tho German salient, we re lieved the Fourth Division on the Vcsle River. I shall never forget the night of the relief my first real dose of war. I was battalion adjutant there. Our head quarters was ordered to u little town In the valley of the Uvcr. During the march up In the night I becamo separated from my battalion to btralghten qut some trou ble. I followed after and came to the heights overlooking the river Just as dawn was breaking. Both sides had opened up with their batteries and' the valley was a hell hole of smoke and flame. The bodies were extravagant with their artillery at the tlmo and would swipe Individuals If the opportunity were good. No sooner did I start down the hill than they began t fire ,at mo with a 76. I dodged behind a ruined farmhouse with anything but a quiet mind and stumbled over a dead American soldier, partly burled under the ruins and looking very ghastly In the pale dawn. I confess that I nearly lost my nerve. Ths thing that saved me was llndlng four men of the military police who had been ordered Into tho town, but who had lost courage and were going to the rear. They shamed me Into ordering them about nnd leading them down myself that town was one of the nastiest places we wero In Curing the war. "The bodies kept shelling It continually; they had perfect observation of our move ments from their post. Every fifteen min utes during the, day they would throw over three shells, taking the town bit by bit. When any one appeared on the.street they gave us a little extra, although I must Say they let our ambulances alone except when they thought wo were using them for covering some tactical move. Our headquarters was In the cellar of a former French residence. I was no soonor Insldo than they shot away the wall In front and a couple of hours later they took off the corner of tho building. Thoy were giving us a liberal dose of gas all .he whllo It was very uncomfortable sitting packed .light In this cellar with our gas masks on studying maps, writing rissuges and try ing to get an answer over the phone. The gas seemed to linger more than we had expected. We discovered boon that part of what we thought was gas was the fra grance of six dead Americans In the yard next door. Poor devils! the shelling had been so hot that nobody had had a chance to bury them. Toward noon we had our first casualty. Lieutenant Cloher with two runners came from his company headquar ters to report their position to the' major. The bodies dropped n, shell beside him. and tore off part of his face and killed one of his runners. Cloher came Rtaggerlng Into our little cellar nnd we patched him up crudely with our first-aid packets. Then I ventured out with him to the first a Id station and ho was evacuated that after noon. (lie caVne back to the reglmenWater KNOW THAT FEELING with a brand-new piece of face and looking not 'very much the worse fur his misfor tune) "The next day wo moved our headquar ters to a ravine about 300 yards outside tho town. Although It wus wide open to the sky, this was n more comfortable spot. Each of us dug a hole In the side of the ravine, nnd for an ofllce we put up a piece of corrugated Iron for a roof and camou flaged it with bushes. As we had to be constantly going and coming. It didn't take the boche long to discover our new location. From that moment he Included us In his strafing of tho town, but our ravine was so small and tho sides so steep that he couldn't qulto get us. His shells would drop on each tip of the ravine, but he never got more than a fragment of shell Into tho ravine itself, although he gav e us plenty of gas. His airplanes wero what we feared most. Although we got bulletins from tho rear that the Allies had supremacy of tho air, the German planes wero constantly overhead even while wo were reading these reassuring messages. If the boche couldn't get us with artillery, at least he could with air bombs, and ho tried his hardest. Once he even tlew low enough to throw hand grenades at us. But, he was a rotten shot and we came out un scathed. "According to schedule, we were to be relieved at the end of the fifth day, but the relieving battalion failed to get us on two successive nights and we were, kept thero seven days. Our supply of rations ran out at, the end of the fifth day, and for twq.dyiys we had virtually nothing to eat excepta little that I managed to bring in on my way back on the last day. On the night before the seventh day the re lieving battalion managed to get to our positions, but not until dawn. Wo tried 'to rUk getting out even then, but to get out In daylight one was under constant observation, an the hillsides wero almost bare. Wo sent out ono company over the hill at about 7 a. m., but they got pretty badly shot at, so the major wisely ordered tho rest of the battalion to stand pat. By that time they had started to go out and had pulled out of their positions In the valley Tho only thing to do was for them to come Into the ravine (which was at the base of the hill) until dark. This they illd, and three-quarters of a bat- tallort sat huddled in the ravino all day, praying that our luck would hold good and the bodies would fall to register on tho ravino Itself. "The major wns naturally worried by the battalion not having got out. So I took a stanch llttlo Irlbli boy as orderly and wo mado n dah for It over tho hill and back to regimental headquarters with a report of our situation. Instead of being angry at our falluro to get out during the nlsht the colonel was all sympathy. He took me In to teport to tlio general. He pressed me to stay for luncheon, but I had only time for a cup of roffce and a sand wich (and Lord, how good It tabled!). Then I went to the Y. M. C. A. hut and bought all the cigarettes, chocolates und crackers they would sell me. The colonel loaded me up with canned food and hardtack, and I made my way back to battalion head quarters, wheie I was welcomed with open arms and Immediately relieved of my bag of food. "We all came out that night at iusk. Not a shot was fired. The men took off their packs on the main road beyond the crest of the hill. I had been fortimato enough to arrange for four big trucks to come up that night and transport these packs to tho rear. It was lucky I did, for the men were almost utterly exhausted. I stajed behind to supervise the loading of the packs .and then rode out on ono of the trucks. I was almost all In when I sat down on tho soft leather seat by the driver. I Immediately fell asleep, and one of my happiest moments In life was when some good soul of a Red Cross man stopped tho truck lu a village we passed through nnd poured u largo cup of rich chocolate down my throat, The battalion had arrived at their icst bivouac before I did. Mjf striker had found my bedding roll there and spread It out under a tree. Never was any bed so comfortable. Tho major, bless his heart, gave orders that I shouldn't be awakened, and I sltpt for twenty hours straight. "Well this has grown intt quite a yarn. It has been an Interesting experience but I am glad it Is over. I was wounded only once nnd very slightly lu the arm Just bo fore the urmlstico. It w. s not necessary for me to go to tho hospital. My liveliest adventures were mostly before September 20. Then I was made regimental adjutant and seldom got Into tho fighting line. I got my captaincy In October." How many years ago today was the funniest story In the Encllsh language finished? Answer: Thirty. On tho 8th of March, 1S89, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote from Honolulu: "Lloyd (Osbourne) and I have finished n story, 'The Wrong Box.' If It is not funny, I am sure I do not know what Is." No one has a right to complain that this planet Is a disappointing place If he has not read "The Wrong Box." The greatest living enthublast on this subject Is Dr. Francis B, Oummere, out at Haverford, and wo had been hoping to make a pll grlmago to interview him on the subject; but tho severity of life, existence, toll and the income-tax blank have defeated this cherished project of ours. SOCRATES. F What Do You Knotv? QUIZ 1. What American politician w.as known as "Me Too"? 2. What state does Irving L. Lmroot rep resent In the Senate? 3. The subtitle of Punch Is the London Charivari. What does "Charivari" mean? 4. What was the chimera of Greek mythol ogy? 5. lu what year did Queen Victoria die? 6. What Is the longest river on the Paclflo side of the American continent? 7. Who was "Hotspur"7 8. For now many years was Louis Napoleon Emperor of France? 5. What Is cabotage? 10. What Is a "masse" In billiards? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1, There have been tweiity-Beven Presidents of the Fnlted States. 5. "lie Marvel" waH an American author, noted especially for his "Reveries of n Bachelor." Ills real name was Donald a. Mitchell. 3. Ember and rogation days are certain periods of the year devoted to prayer and fasting. 4, I'd win Korrest, the celebrated American tragedian, was a native of Philadel phia. 6. Luruy Cave Is In Virginia, seventy-eight miles west by south of Washington. C. Two kings of England were named James, James II was overthrown by the revolution of 1689. i 7. The "She-Wolf of France" was Isabella, daughter of Philip the Fair of France, nnd consort of King Ednard U, of , England. 8. An equerry Is an officer- of u- prince or noble charged with the care- of his horses. He Is also an officer of the British royal household. . ' 9. Carntvora Is the order of flcsh-eattnf unhnala. 10. The shores about the Dead Sea In Pales tine lie. more below wH-leel than any other part of the land surface' tit the ktvuv, vtl A 1 "flV i,". , 'ift??1; v ' , 'rt - . .
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