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A THING TO GET HOT AHOl T
UHOEVER it was who said n few
' weeks ago that the price of coal
would 0 up instead of down has quali
fied as a prophet, for he has foretold
that which he knew would happen.
Word came from Scranton last week
that the Delaware and Hudson Company
would not make the usual fifty cents a
ton reduction on April 1, but would add
ten cents a ton to the prevailing price
once a month for the succeeding five
months. And yesterday a Pottsvillc dis
patch announced that the J. B. Markle
Company has already increased its price
and that the Delaware, Lackawanna and
"Western Company would soon follow its
example.
It will be difficult to persuade the con
sumer that these increases are justified.
But what can he do about it? He can't
fret any coal unless he pays the price.
Even when he is told that the prices of
anthracite have increased less than the
prices of food he will retort that the
prices of food have increased beyond
reason.
The chief sufferer from these condi
tions is the average salaried man, for his
income has remained stationary. The
wages of the mechanic have been in
creased and the business man has in
creased the prices of what he makes or
what he retails and is relatively no worse
off than he was five years ago. But the
salaried man is ground between the mill
stones. WHO PAYS THEIR BILLS?
TjJRIEXDS of President Wilson are jus
V" tified in their demand for infoimation
relative to the sources from which the
money will come to finance the speaking
tours now being arranged for Senator
Tieed, Senator Borah and other leaders
in the fight against the league-of-nations
principle.
Their query is one that will interest
all those who wish, to see this and other
countries relieved from the burden of
ruinous armaments in the future.
It is apparent that expensive propa
ganda in the form of books and pam
phlets is now being oigamzed against the
Wilson plan. Who will pay the bills?
Will an investigation into this side of
the peace question be within the province
..of the next Congress ?
THE UNIVERSITY OF HEROES
vrpHE war against culture of the wrong
"- Ifirr! will rpQlilt in InA Ipi'plnnmpnt nf
gf';w iculture of the right sort when the unique
army university at Beaune turns out its
crop of vigorous graduates. Already
this remarkable college is the largest one
. conducted in English in the world. Fif
Tteen thousand American soldiers have
enrolled for a three months' course. The
faculty of five hundred members is drawn
chiefly from the American expeditionary
force, which has also organized iii other
parts of France an elaborate educational
system, with post schools and vocational
institutions for the American troops.
t The whole praiseworthy undertaking
is something absolutely new in military
history and is bound to have profound
and salutary reactions. To be a "Beaune"
,man will be a distinction warranting
9 jusuimuic I'uuc, iui, ut;?iiiie mi; Jrcat
tf rsize of the university, it is of a rigidly
vxciuaive iyje. rvcry one 01 us lusty
"" students must have donned a uniform on
behalf of freedom. And if the Beaune
-Valumni, all "educated abroad," should
challenge one of our older home univer
sities to a football match look out for a
real scrap!
' HUN ART TANGLES AGAIN
IT.- -'THILADEL,PHIANS who hvr ...
itrv, . 1 . : :
li yp'tepted with applause Mr. Stokowski's
Kv ""'". nnclusion of German music in his orches-
'j. -a tra nrorrams seem to havp. d smissml
F. ? TVllniKTYl in arf Ha a U'lll nlla.tlnn
"Jonjeer eligible for discussion. New
' k iorK, nowevcr, which can claim native
vAmerirflnism for nnlv nnnnf nno.lifiir .r
. -rr .. It.nUt4.nH4n MA4tM..Hn A. ..
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Jjs --Hfciia imuimuiiiu, tuiuuiucs w wax wroin
,Jw AP" xne ie"'p' ne opposmon 01 several
j JthU8and rmy and navy men, either in
-4ino service or rcccnuy aiscnargeu, has
s'tiwpvented the performance of a Viennese
jU2;fPe'e'ta called "Der Vogelhacndler."
riT 'Meanwhile, the Metronolitan One
jjlCsoipany presents the Freiherr von Flo-
,tS,'i,e Von Weber's "Oberon" has been
-v -MMa nf 4im YAtafiila. liifa nf 4l.n .-,...
r -Tw v v. Bjivvwumi itiva w bile sell'
"vsr!?"" Do the service men and other peti-
. TtfwJera realize this state of affairs or is
1 k-because "Der Vogelhaendler" is to be
vwmff with a German text that it is so
tfoasive? In that case, it cannot be
jBitil,etraiu of premeditated art
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which givo pnln, but rather what Mark
Twain so feelingly described as "the
nwful German language."
But, on the other hantl, as most Ameri
cans arc unable to understand that for
midable tongue and nil of us who are
normal are responsive to musical utter
ance, German music should logically
prove more Irritating than that which is
to us meaningless. But passion cannot
always pause for consistency, and per
haps some of the indignant New Yorkers
opposed to "Der Vogelhacndler" do not
fully realize who wrote "Mnrtha." This
work, it may be noted, was given in Phil
Bdelphfa when Wagnerian music was
darkly clouded with suspicion.
Complicating nrt with politics is n tick
lish business. If New York's latest tip
is to be strictly followed, the only pa
triotic way to "read Goethe would bo
through the safe medium of Bayard Tay
lors English.
MILLION FOR KIDDIES
IS GOOD INVESTMENT
And the 1'cniiMKania I.cgM.ilurc Mu-t Now
Determine Whether the Rights of Ptimll
Nations Apply at Hnme
TT IS cheering to find that the appro---
priations committees at Harrisburg
sanction the appeal of the Mothers' As
sistance Fund for 81,000,000 a sum
barely adequate for the continuance of
essential relief work among those women
and children whose battle with misfor
tune is uneven and always bitter. What
every one will hope now is thnt the con
scientious objectors in the House and the
Senate will stand aside for once antl let
the .appropriation go through to do a
-ervice greater, perhaps, than any other
that is possible with the state's money.
In a time of colossal expenditures a
million dollars seems like 11 pitifully
small contribution to ease the oldest sor
row in the world. For society is still
only groping toward a true sense of its
responsibilities in relation to the neg
lected lives which, in the end, can gie
back to cnilialion only a greater meas
ure of what they receive.
The scheme to assist fiiendiess moth
ers burdened with the support of small
children is a relatively new experiment
of great significance. Everywhere in
the world there is a sincere effort to
readjust the processes of government
more closely to the life and the needs of
great majorities. To vitalize govern
ments with u humane consciousness, to
re-establish a more intimate relationship
between peoples and their administra
tive systems these are concerns of
every statesman who knows anything of
the time he lives in.
The fitness of public men is, indeed,
being measured' and testetl in almost
every civilized community by the nature
of their reactions to such tientls of
thought and feeling. Certainly this sort
of enlightenment isn't coming too soon
anywhere. In this state, for example,
the very trees of the foicsts and the
cabbages of the field have experts in
highly organized groups to determine
what is best for them. Until the plan
for the assistance for destitute mothers
was proposed in Pennsylvania in 19115
there were large groups of children who
remained beyond the reach of help, below
the level of school influences and the
ordinary protective agencies. Yet they
are among the most important assets of
the state and the stuff of future society.
The sweep of the influenza epidemic
left 30,000 new orphans under sixteen
years of age in this state. Do the rights
of small nations apply here? This dim
and silent community has no. spokes
man, no ambassador. The army that
fights its battles is made up of desolated
mothers whose cause is as tragic, surely,
as any that ever was lost or won in lone
some trenches.
How they fare, how they persist, by
what miracle of valor and patience they
make a way against the confusion and
stiains that modern life and the acci
dents of circumstance cieato about them
no one knows but themselves. Often
enough they hold something of the great
future in hands more tired than any
hands ought to be. Sometimes they fail,
these patient ones, and are overwhelmed.
And then the jails and the reformatories
take what remains of their adventure.
In the final analysis these mothers whom
the state seeks to help are the gicat
unconscious enemies of all the forces
which conspire to degiade and hinder
mankind. When the Mate motes to their
aid it motes to the instinct of self-pre&cr-ation.
Long experience has shown the ciucl
folly of denying a fair chance in life to a
child and then providing harsh punish
ment for the offenses and errors that are
i evitable. And it has been found that
the small sums allotted under the moth
ers' assistance plan for the maintenance
of children in a decent home environnfent
were actually less than would have been
requited for the maintenance of thrse
same children in the far less desirable
atmosphere of public institutions.
The need for a sane and humane con
sideration of the whole question of juve
nile deficiency is greatest in an industrial
community like ours. Crowded areas of
population complicate every condition of
poverty for women and children. This
fact was recognized In Pennsylvania
when the original plan for the assistance
of destitute mothers wns proposed.'
Since then the practical value of the sys
tem has been recognized elsewhere and
there have been times when it seemed
that we were tto leave to others the full
development of a really notable idea.
Last year, for example, the state of
New York spent $2,000,000 for the sort
of service which Pennsylvania is now
asked to maintain with an appropriation
equal to half that sum. Massachusetts
has a population only half as large as
ours, yet ft has arranged to spend
$1,000,000 during the coming year in aid
of widowed mothers and their young
children. The -movement represents an
effort to maintain these little families
until they are self-supporting, to keep
children out of institutions and under the
care of their mothers and to save them
from ttie warping effects of. hunger,
Ignorance, extreme hardship and over
work. More than 1800 families, which include
about C500 children, have been kept in
tact under previous appropriations in this
state, though the Legislature last year
allowed only $-H6,000 to the fund. Ap
proximately 3000 families are now on
the waiting lists and it would be possi
ble, with the co-operation of the various
counties, which must contribute equally
with the state in each instance, to assure
$30 monthly to each of these if the ap
propriation now pending is favorably
acted upon.
It is creditable to the State Legisla
ture that political interests have never
been permitted to confuse the work of
the funtl. The beneficiaries have to prove
their need and they have to keep their
children in school. The state contributed
an important element to the general
theory by pioviding that the fund should
be administered from the State Depart
ment of Education. Favoritism is im
possible because each request for assist
ance is considered in the order of its
receipt.
GERMANY MUST BE FED
AFTER months of delay the council of
Mcn of the Peace Conference has de
cided that Germany must be fed, nnd it
is prepared to inform the Germans that,
provided they will agree to the armi
stice terms, the Entente Allies will sup
ply them with food until the 1st of
August.
It is not humanity but self-interest
that has dictated this decision. Germany
is suffering from lack of food. Hunger
is breeding discontent and discontent is
fostering Bolshevism. No peace can be
made w'ith Germany in the throes of an
anarchistic revolution. It may be too
late now to prevent such a revolution,
but it is not too late to make the at
tempt by supplying the Germans with
the food which they cannot get at home.
This, is the first step toward the crea
tion of a livable peace.
The second step must be the recogni
tion of the right of the Germans to do
business with the rest of the world. No
indemnities can bo collected from a
bankrupt nation. The rehabilitation of
Germany is as imperative for the peace
of the woild as the ' rehabilitation of
Fiance and Belgium.
This is true in spite of all the atroci
ties of which the Germans have been
guilty.
It is physically possible to build an
economic wall around Germany, shut
ting the country out from the rest of the
world, but to do it would be like cover
ing a festering sore with a bandage
under the delusion that we had cured it'
by hiding it from sight.
The gospel of hate must be abandoned
and the world must hold itself in readi
ness for reconciliation the moment the
offending nation docs works meet for ic-
pentance. Any other course will plant
the seeds of future wars .Instead of
hastening that era of universal peace for
which we are all looking.
According to tho
The. latest New York World,
Housing Problem "Premier 1- o y
Geoi'se, who was sup
ported by Colonel House In an impassioned
burst of oratory today, swept aside the ie
caleitrans of the Council of Ten." This is
either an astounding announcement of lo
quacity fiom the most reticent of Ameri
can statesmen or else the Kngllsh language
is plajing oiih of lis embarrassing tricks
ap.iin. Strong eiicumstauclal evidence
avots tho mix-up theory.
Fiance nnd Belgium quite naturallv in
sist that no German music can bound i ijlit
with a loot accompaniment.
Caruso's high C won't be in it with the
onn of which that baby grand piano will
be capablo when it flies over Hustleton.
Tho delegates who departed In indiffer
ent directions from a famous Kelglan le
sorl seem to hate pretty well qualified
as "Pparrers."
The amount of pugnacity which ilr.
Itorke's, liberal Sunday bill arouses gives
almost the aspect of a black and blue, law
to tho ilgid old eighteenth century act.
Much of the President's strength lies
In the tilings he leaves unsaid. It is true,
but--what an interesting story his fiee,
uncensored opinion of the senatorial fill
buster would make'
It Is to their everlasting credit that
the tas-t majotity of men whose Incomes
nie Virgo enough to lecclve the gentle, at
tention of tho surtax have tacitly ad
mitted its Justico by let using to make com
plaint. Tho Allies fear that if present unicst
continues in Germany the country will
not bo able to pay the Indemnities de
manded. In other words, when the pot
qt(lts boiling it will bo found to contain
nothing but a hard-boiled egg.
"Everything Is for tho best in this
best of all possible worlds." Out of
junkcrdom is growing World Democracy.
Out of tho Fenatorlal filibuster may grow
tho spirit that will make the league of
nations a certainty.
The plan of the Central High School
trade classes enabling studenta to make
threo dollars a day two weeks a month in
nearby shipyards ban distinct advantage
over tho Saucers method of spelling
"winder" and then cleaning it.
The Duchess of Marlborough has been
elected a member of the London County
Council, defeating a labor candidate. She
was elected as a Progressive. Among the
topsy-turyjdoms brought about by the war
this is no't tho least noteworthy.
Th Germans now say that thc. can
not nubmit to tho coercion of the Allies.
The decision would havo had more weight
If It had been reached before they quit
fighting. Cattle so careful of their skins
may expect to have their hltlcs tanned.
Class wars are always productlvo of
unspeakable cruelties and coloss.il blun
ders, but a comparison between the Rus
sians and the Germans is all to the ad
vantage of tho Slavs. Tho Germans tried
to subjugato tho world. Tho Russians,
fanatically misguided, are trying to free
tho world. The Germans had to bo beaten.
The Russians may work out their own sal
vation. Hallowing timo may yet givo the
Soviets respectability and a placo at tho
wprid'3 council tabls,
REFORM A' DETROIT
Detailed Provisions of the AVto
Charter Which lias Put Out of
Business the Man With an
Ax to Grind
Hy JAMES COUXENS
Mayor d Detroit
Mayor Couiens today concludes hit expo
sition of the methods of reform in Detroit
by svtttnn form tho protisloni of the new
city charter.
Ill
rpitE result Detroit attained came from
a concerted appeal on the part of tho
newspnpeis nnd tho best ot Its citizens
that every voter cast his ballot with the
thought of how It was going to affect all
of the city rather than himself.
N'ow we nro going nlic.id to rcorganlzo
our court sjstem. We find the name selfish
minority opposing us, but r believe wo
have tho secret and shall win.
Xovcmbcr saw our women enfranchised
nnd wo already havo moro than 60,000 of
them registered. T feel that they will bo
a tremendous re-enforccment In our work
for a better city.
In commenting upon what netjolt has
accomplished in tho last four years in
tho way of better government, I Would
bo remiss If I did not call nttetttlon to tho
small school board of seven members
elected nt largo tipon which women have
served for some time. This replaces th
old twent-onn man waid-clccted board
The city also has tho advantage of n small
board of estimates, consisting of tho
Major, City Clerk, City Treasurer Con
troller nnd Cotporatlon Counsel. The old
board consisted of forty-seven members.
T-N" DETROIT'S new 150 page charter are.
- enumerated what wo believe to bo Im
provements in government:
All elective city officers to be nominated
Rt nonpartisan primaries nnd elected at
nonpartisan elections. Candidate must
file petition containing number of names
equal to two per cent of registered vote.
City elections, except tho first, to be sep
arate from state and national elections
All elections tinder supervision of elec
tion commission of three, consisting of
City Clerk, Recorder and tho 1'icsldent of
tho Common Council,
Initiative nnd referendum on ordinances
nnd tho recall as to elective city officers.
Councllmen recelto annual salary of
$3000, and tho Council is required to meet
dally as a committee of tho wholo and at
least once each week in legular evening
session.
WARD lines are retained only for assess
ments, election of constables, choice of
Jurois and toting purposes.
Itoaid of Estimates abolished and
modern budget sjstcm provided originating
with tho Mayor, and administrative de
pal tments. Council responsible for pass
ing genet al budget and may override
Mar's teto of any Item.
All commissions and boards are ap
pointed by the Mayqr without confltma
Uon by tho Council, and all, except assess
ors and civil service commissioners, are
removable at tho will of tho Mayor.
Bureau of Complaints established. In
connection with City CIcik's office, to re
ceito and Investigate all complaints of
citizens as to public service and ptomptly
report to complainants.
The Civil Service system adopted by tho
people and now in operation remains sub
stantially unchanged in the new charter.
City Plan Commission, with power, sub
ject to tho Council, to dltido city Into
zones and regulate the type and uso ot
buildings In each zone.
Hoard of Water Commissioners brought
under tho general budget control of tho
city with reasonablo flexibility as to de
tails of operation.
Art Commission established to be known
ns Detroit Institute of Arts, with power
to take over tho existing Detroit Museum
of Art.
Department of Purchases and Supplies,
with saving to tho city by co-operation,
buying In lai'ge quantities, taking advan
tage or discounts, etc.
Department of Public Works, with consent-
of Council, empowered to manufac
ture common brick for sewer purposes and
prepare creosote block for .paving pur
poses. WKLFARK1 Commission has extensive
powers, such as tho detelopment of
markets, by bringing together producer
and consumer, and rendering aid to tho
needy, including payments to aged couples
to prevent their separation.
Trial Hoard In Police Department, hav
ing Jurisdiction In certain matters of disci
pline within tho department.
"Bureau of Tubllc Safety established in
Police Department, to enforce traffic ordi
nances. Investigate accidents and seels to
reduce their number.
Municipal ownership is left, as in tho
old chatter, to bo dealt with by tho people
as they desire. ,
Singlo commissioner In chargo of the
three Departments ot Buildings, Safety
Engineering and Permits, thus avoiding
conflict ot authority All permits to bo
Issued from one office. Boa id of Rules
established, Building codo may only be
changed biennially.
MODERN financial methods for all city
departments hate .been Introduced In
many forms to secure economy, effi
ciency nnd cooperation. Daily balances
required, Houso of Correction funds to bo
paid to City Treasurer.
City Treasurer to prepare nnd mall to
owners of property all tax statements In
advance, so that( tarpo may bo paid by
check, money order or otherwise, and
"waiting In, line" to pay taxes avoided.
Current tax receipts must show any un
paid tax. No property shall bo sold for
unpaid taxes before the owner has re
ceived personal service of notification.
No elective city olflcer or salaried officer
nppointed by tho Mayor to be a candidate
for any office, except to succeed himself,
without first resigning tho office ho holds.
This will tend to prevent those paid to
"serve tho city from spending the clty'j
time rccklns somo other .office.
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RUBBER
QENATOR SHERMAN says that his fill
J buster was highly successful as a
means of "calling tho President's bluff."
However wo are peisuaded that ho bluffs
best who bluffs last.
The Senator seems' to consider himself
a blnffe'r'stato elected to protect (ho legis
lature from the encroachments ofthe' exec
utive'. -Senator Sherman adds that humanity
is still governed by the principles laid down
by Solomon in bis Pioverbs. Has he for
gotten Proverbs, sxx, 10: "Accuse not a
servant unto his master lest ho curse thee
and thou be found guilty"?
President Wilson, ns himself has oft
times observed, Is the servant ot the Ameri
can people.
Speaking xf rrovcibs, wc hato one of
our own to offer:
There be threo things which nre tpo
wonderful for us, yen, four which wo know
rot:
Tho way of an airplane in tho air, the
way of a .trolley car on Tine sticet, the
way of a special delivery letter which tar
tlcth nnd Ijldcth Its time, and the way of
a Senate with a President.
Proverbs til, 19. seems lather timely,
too:
"For tho good man Is ndt at home; he
is gone a long journey."
Tho verso following, however, is less
appropriate.
Senator Sherman must havo been haid
up for arguments to rcsoit to tho Book
of Proverbs. For. as every publicist knows,
anything may bo proved by Pioverbs.
For Instance, ou can prove the ex
istence of Swedish matches by Proverbs
vl. 27; "Can a man take fire in his bosom,'
and his clothes not bo burned?"
A Modest Exception
"TIIK HEART OF HUMANITY"
Tho Picture That Will Lite Forever
(Tuesday Excepted)
Motion Picture Advt.
Philip Gibbs
Two ot tho few men who have succeeded
In telling tho truth about tho war nro
Philip Glbbs In prose nnd Siegfried Sas
soon In poctryi Glbbs, who lectured at
tho Academy of Music last night, sayjs one
thing (among many) that It Is well to re
member. It is. In his book, "From Bapaumo
to Passchendaclo":
"Always after n talk with them (tho
British soldiers) I came away with a deep
belief that tho courage, honesty and hu
manity of theso bojs wcro a woild higher
than tho philosophy of their intellectual
leaders, nnd I hated tho thought that we
havo been brought to sucli a pass by tho
Infamy of nn enemy caste, and by the low
ideals of Europe which havo been our own
law of life, that an tins splendid youth,
thinking straight, seeing straight, acting
straight, without selfish motives, with clcari
hearts nnd fine bodies, should bo flung Into
the furnace of war nnd scorched by Its
ilres. nnd maimed, and blinded, and
smashed. Only by tho dire need ot de
fense agulnst tho enemies of the world's
liberty can such a sacrifice be Justified,
and that is our plea before tho great Judge
of Truth. They (the bojdlers) scorn
pity, yet they hate worse still, tvl'th a most
deadly hatred, nil the talk nbout "our
cheerful men." For they know that how
over cheerful they may bo It Is not be-
i causo ot a Jolly life or lack of fear. They.
BEGINNING TO BUD
HEELS
loathe shell fire and machine-gun fire. They
have seen what a battlefield looks like be
fore it has been cleared of Its dead, It is
not for noncombatants to call them "cheer
ful." "Because noncombatants do not under
stand and never wil), not from now until
the ending of tho woild."
The Joy of Discovery
Oil mislity soul who first with thoughtful
eye
Dreamed ot n world beyond the gold-
wat'e's crest
Daring to launch your ciaft upon n quest
Whoso only guerdon seemed tho right to die
Where tho sea's vast solitude brings heaven
nigh
With what uplifting Joy, what wild unrest
Did you behold tho Islands of tho west
Rising superb aslant the morning sky.
So we, adventurers In latent power,
Vanquishing mountains, or with dizzying
speed
Soaring aloft to subjugate the air,
Thrill with the sense of mastery, freedom's
dower,
And quaff from brimming cup tho victor's
meed,
Tho magic heritage of those who dare.
J. M. BEATTV, JR.
Wo pointed out the other day how often
Mr. Wilson used to use the expression
" "Twas" in his writing, frequently employ
ing it several times in one paragraph.
Tills habit ho seems to have outgrown, and
Hampy Moore, Jr., acutely suggests to us
that he may have dropped tho "T" in 'Twas
in the same way ho dropped It in T. Wood
row. To the Concrete Ships
hot us go down to tho sea
As our fathers did bcfoie;
Bujt In ships of steel and stone.
Sprung from the rivet's roar.
Ships that flto has forged
And tempered to the wave,
Built stern and hammered har.d,
Nor meant for a deep-sea grave.
The sea they shall doubly challenge,
With blunt blow for blow,
Batter the bold northeaster.
Smash on through 'Arctic floe,
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Not ships for tho deep-sea sailor
Who hauled to tho chanty deep,
Ships with wings of snow,
Astralp to the west wind's sweep
Her day Is passed, she's sunk,
Her masters gone to steum,
Live steam In a concrete hull,
Black Iron along her beam.
So through tho northern channels,
No longer the white wings gleam,
But ships of, steel and granite
riungo onward, under steam,
DOUGLAS CARY WENDELL.
Mr. Hoover says ho has got to quit gov
ernment work In order to earn n living,
end certainly no one deserves a llting.moro
than he. There seems, somcti.Ing wrong,
however, In a system that can support a
whole lot' of Senators and has to let Its
food administrator roslgn bocauso (In tho
old words of the old joke) ho can't make
both ends meat. SOCRATES.
The fatt that a meeting of stockholders
of the Baldwin Locomotive Works adqpted
a plan to ponslon'old employes with hut
one dissenting vote Is a healihful sign of
the times. - .
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PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
TTER husband feels her as a soothing
spur,
A golden summons to a joyful strife.
Some few observe her as the careful wif
Laying two lives, nway In lavender.
A poet knows her ns a breath of myrrh;
A tradesman as an ever-sharpened knife:
Some see the artist bargaining with
life
And theso are but the lightest hints of Iter.
TjTOR she is Girl and Priestess and her
hands,
Reckless and wise, snatch at the quicken
ing brands
And bear them like rejoicing (lags un
furled. Laughing, she scatters life; s.ljo fc.eds he
flames
That leap through casual thoughts ,and
tawdry alms.
And burns the slag clean from the rust
ing world.
Louis Unteimeycr, In "These Times."
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Perhaps the Italians and Jugo-Slava
are not familiar with all the facts con
cerning frontiers that are being' discussed
at the.peace table. Since tho decision must
eventually rest with them (whatever the
result of tho efforts of their represents,
lives) a little intensive education right now
might put an end to hostilities. ,' ,
The President is barred from hissfavor.
He game, golf, on tho George Washington.
Father Neptune's bunkers are toe uncer
tain for any but the African variety -of the
game, and that, of course, is not dignified
enough for a statesman. But one can
Imagine the lesser lights on board glvtnir
a variation to tho famous melody accom
panying the rolling of the bones. As thust
"Come je little thirty-seven and be good,
wont je?"
What Do You Know?.
QUIZ
1. What great transcontinental railway tva
completed during the war?
2. Who was Titus Oates? ,
3. Where do the trade winds blow?
4. Who is Governor of New York state?
C.Whnt is the second largest city In th
Philippines?
B, What Is a capstan on a ship?
7. Who wrote tho original story of "Car
men"? ,'r,
fi, What state does Thomas P, Gore rcpr
sent n the Senate?
!. What is the capital of Netada?
10, What is a nllshal?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Tno republic of Colombia In South Amor-
lea was formerly called New Uranada-
2. The battle of Lundy's Lino occurred
during the War of 1812 on July 25,
18H. It tvaB an indecisive American
tlctory. '
3. Itnn the Terrible, Czar of Russia, lited
in tho sixteenth century, c
4. The character of Ariel occurs In Shakes-
prure's "The Tempest."
5. rortugal was called Lusltanla In Roman
tlmeB
0. One-hundred and sixty square rods matts
an ncre. , ., ,'
". The zemstvos, beforo the Ruisian revp'i
iutlon, were local elective .assemblies
regulating affairs of Russian districts.
8. In case both the President and VIcol'reaT
tdent die during the same administra
tion, the Secretary of State becomes
President. r
9. The Union of South Africa consists of
the provinces of Cape of Good Hope
Transtaul, Orange Free State and
Natal.
10. "On lea nura" meana "We shall liate
them." or moro colloquially, "V'n,!tt
' 'em." It was a Brench army slogan
during. the war, n-, ."''
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