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ROADS AS AN ASSET
COME time in the far futuie, when
wheels have begun to go out of, stvlo
and vast landing cushions to catch fall
ing aviators are planned as ambitious
public works, there will be slow-minded
communities ready to interest them
selves reluctantly in good loads. Thev
will not be in Jersey, where good loads
arc a habit.
Approximately $700,000, moat of it
contributed by Atlantic City taxpayeis,
(isto be used in paving1 twelve miles of
the shore end of the best-known motor
pike in Now Jersey. And the money
will be well invested.
H. Ford is staying awake at night
making plans to flood the country with
automobiles at $250 each. The interest
in motors that has developed with the
first whiff of spring and the relief from
war tension is phenomenal. In the near
future almost every one will ride, as the
motor salesmen say, on his own rubber.
People will go wherever the best roads
'lead them.
k Good roads will not be a luxury then,
but a necessity as important as railways
and trolley lines. The communities that
prepare their modern highway systems
'now will find their 'money doubled and
flowing back to them within a few years.
DOGS AND OTHER LUXURIES
'TJCENSE tagS for j0gs antj automo-
'"" J-J biles run from January 1. If a man
drives his motorcar with last yeai's tag
he is arrested forthwith. But Director
of Public Safety Wilson says that he
. has reason to believe that there are
flf . 33,000 dogs going about the city wear
ing 1916 tags, borne of them may have
found their way to the pound. But the
policemen have thus far failed to hold
upevery dog they see to examine the
date of his license.
Now, a dog in town is as much of a
luxury au an automobile. In the country
there are men so poor as to be able to
keep six dogs, but the townsman with
one is usually a man of comfortable
means. He regards his animal not as a
necessity, but as one of the delightful
ornaments of a civilized existence, like
an electric reading lamp or a phono
graph or a player-piano. Therefore he
ought to be willing to pay the small tax
exacted.
To facilitate the enforcement of the
law, it seems to be necessary to take a
dog census of the city. If, however, the
dogs were properly tagged the collection
of the annual license fee would be much
simplified! An ingenious man has sug
,geted that every dog be compelled to
wear a front and rear tag big enough to
be read at a distance, after the manner
of an automobile. Even if the tag could
not be read, the adoption of a system of
coloring, with pfnk for 1918, blue for
,1919 and lavender or mauve or taupe or
puce for 1920, would enable the police
officers who were not color blind to tell
at a glance whether the animal was
entitled to travel the public highways
under his own power or not.
,S?Q1LS STILL ON TAP
-fTlHE Burlesons of the administration
'" ttiat is, the spoilsmen will find little
A ,'ia displease them in the reorganization
$?' 'of the National Civil Servjce Commis-i-.ifp
aion.'
They were gratified when Sir. Wilson
filled the two vacancies in the commis
sion at the beginning of his term with
politicians who had no experience in
civil service matters. John A. Mcll-
henny, one. of the most consistent sup
( porters of the merit system, remained in
f office. But he was in a minority. He
irl Tin nnTinintnil firaf In 100ft Tlia
commission has consistently made rul-
jfings favorable to the patronage mongers.
i,yj.no ..National uivu service ., Keform
& 'League has protested from time to time
jf4jVft9igainBt tne disregard of the spirit of vho
LWb-Iaws, but in vain.
fHvj'f Mr. Mcllhenny resigned a few weeks
. go The President asked for the resig-
t. f ii ..it 4411 rf PnmmiooSnnriMi iTnllmttrxf n-J
Ijb'Craven toy wireless from the George
li.'.nliiiWaehlnfvnn nmr! tliAi, lin.rn nnlrM..J
jjrJr'V' n "' v w.cjF nam luaiJ!t:u.
;7r.J(ow the president has appointed Martin
xcssroan irom muiana, ana ueorge K.
ales, a Vermont Republican, who has
chief examine! of the commission
several years. A third commissioner
-TTtweins to ba named. Morrison's record
Virjiot each as to justify the belief that
ltei:wiU do any more to block the spoils
man was dono by 'Galloway or
jQTe)n. Wales may bo n good civil
ic reformer. But unless the Presi-
i 'fills' the remaining vacancy with a
I iStfcwrtwfh aywjrsvtty .with tho
merit system the spoilsmen will bo al
lowed to "continue to distribute tho
patronago as they have been doing for
six years. And unless Mr... Wilson has
changed his views, there is every reason
for believing that the spirit of the civil
service laws, if not their letter, will con
tinue to be disregarded.
AMERICA NOT HOBBLED
BY ITS CONSTITUTION
Tho Republican Party Has Always Found
a Way to Do What the Nation
Wanted Done
THE few Republicans who 'are saying
that tho United States cannot con
stitutionally enter a league of nations
are hopelessly out of sympathy with tho
history and traditions of their party.
The glory of Republicanism is that it
has found a way under the constitution
to do the great things which needed to
bo done. Its first national platform,
adopted in 1850, set tho pattern for
those which have followed.
The Democratic platform of that jear
declared that the federal government is
one of limited powers, derived solely
from tho constitution, and that the grant
of powers therein contained "ought to
be strictly construed." Under this strict
construction theory the platform an
nounced the opposition of the party to
internal improvements nnd to chartering
national banks.
The platform of the Republican paity
indorsed improvements of the rivers and
harbors and insisted that Congress had
constitutional power to order such public
works. The attitude of the party to
ward the constitution has from the be
ginning been that it is a living document
under which a way can be found to do
that which the nation wants done.
Under Republican initiative rivers and
harbors have been impioved, irrigation
supplied to arid lands, and national banks
chartered, and the Democrats have been
forced to admit that their theories were
wrong.
The party has applied the barao prin
ciples of interpretation in framing its
foreign policy as it has used in domestic
affaiis. It was as sound in its Cuban
policy in 1856 as it was in 1896. The
Democratic ministers to England, France
and Spain met at Ostend in 1854, at the
instance of Mr. Marcy, then Secretary
of State, and issued a manifesto in which
they announced that Cuba belonged ter
ritorially to the United States and that
if Spain refused to sell the island it
should be wiested from her. The pur
pose of this Cuban policy was to extend
the slave territory, as that, had also been
the purpose of the Mexican War.
The same platform which in 1856 pio
claimed the belief of the Republicans in
the constitutional power of tho national
government to make internal improve
ments denounced this Ostend manifesto.
The Republicans could have taken no
other course. They were committed to
freedom for the individual and they
could not commit themselves to aggres
sion upon the rights of nations.
Forty years later, when the Cuban
issue became acute and the people of the
island were in revolt against the oppres
sive government of Spain, the Demo
crats contented themselves with a per
functory expression of sympathy with
the Cubans. The Republicans, who were
in power, announced their belief that
the United States should use its in
fluence to restore peace and to secure
the independence of tho island. When
the time for action came the Democrats
lined themselves almost solidly against
the Republican program of a war of
liberation. And they advocated a policy
of shameless scuttle from under the obli
gations which that war laid upon us. In
1900 they conducted their presidential
campaign on the issue of anti-imperialism,
condemned the administration be
cause it had not withdrawn American
forces from Cuba while the affairs in
the island were in a state of chaos and
demanded that we get out of the Philip
pines as soon as possible. The party
whose diplomatic lepresentatives had,
without rebuke, advocated wresting
Cuba from Spain for the benefit of the
slave owners did all it could to obstruct
the party which had succeeded in liberat
ing the Cubans for their own good. The
Republicans found a constitutional way
for doing that which needed to be done
to promote the cause of peace on this
hemisphere.
The case of the isthmian canal is an
other illustration of Republican :on
btructive efficiency within the four cor
ners of tho constitution. Its platform of
1888 denounced the Democratic adminis
tration for refusing to sanction the char
ter of an American corporation to build
the Nicaraguan canal, a work which it
insisted was essential for the main
tenance of the Monroe Doctrine. It was
not until twelve years later that the
Democrats thought it worth while to
mention an isthmian canal in their plat
form, and it was mentioned then not so
much because they favored it but in
order to denounce the Republican admin
istration for its modification of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty in such a way as
to permit this country to build a canal
across the Isthmus of Panama. And it
waa fulilely implied that Great Britain
had consented to the modifications as
the price for American noninterference
in tho South African war. The admin
istration was condemned for making an
alliance with the British against the in
terests of a struggling people in Africa.
But we have built the canal without
violating the constitution and by it have
strengthened the Monroe Doctrine and
buttressed our position as' a world power.
The Democracy has been wrong on all
the great foreign issues or it has trailed
along after the Republicans. It has con
sented to be bound by a narrow and
technical interpretation of the constitu
tion, and in the search for issues it has
reversed itself time after time for the
sake of criticizing; the acts of the Re
publican party. It has been petty and
without vision or constructive genius.
1 Those, members of it who aro now
de
nouncing the lcaguc-of-natlons plan are
the legitimate heirs of the men who have
blundered in tho name of Democracy for
tho last sixty-five years.
The Republicans who nro following
their lead are unworthy of the traditions
of their party. They arc unworthy, in
the first place, for the reason that they
are attempting to make a partisan issue
out of a question of foreign policy.
Party divisions ought to be dissolved, by
salt water, and when tho country con
fronts the rest of the world it ought to
be as a united nation.
These recreant Republicans are un
worthy, in the second place, for the rea
son that they are trying to conduct their
party in a way in which it would not go.
The great mass of tho people are hoping
and praying for some world union which
will make war difficult. They care not
who is active in its organization, whether
he be Republican or Democrat, liberal
or tory, British, French or American, so
long as the thing is done. And they are
also firmly convinced that there is a
constitutional way to do it, even though
that way may be through the technical
surrender of some moiety of our national
sovereignty. That which the nation
scek3 is worth the price that must be
paid. America is inextricably entangled
in world affairs because it is part of the
world, and the one thing we cannot do is
to withdraw from them.
When tho Republican party expresses
itself, unless all the signs of the times
arc misleading, it will be found on the
right side.
NO FEAR OF LOCAL "REDS''
QUPERINTENDENT ROBINSON, of
the Police Department, exhibits frank
contempt for all amateur Bolshevists
who happen to be tiptoeing around here
abouts. His assuiance that the reserves
could shoo them all into the river without
any considerable effort if the need arose
represents an intelligent view that is
badly needed at a time when mild -hysteria
is as fashionable as pingpong used
to be.
The delusions of those who seem to
fear that a few men with kinks in their
minds can somehow create disorder in
this city or elsewhere in the United
States is inexplicable. Tho whispers and
rumors of Bolshevism in America be
long with the odd phenomena of a time
of general nervous tension.
The industrial and social systems of
America are not perfect. But they rep
resent the best starting point available
to any one who can visualize or plan bet
ter things. The American system is
flexible. The people themselves have it
always within their power to make im
provements. We have achieved a system
of government which has been the only
medium so far found adequate for human
betterment and human progress. To
suppose that a few men driven half mad
by ill-digested theories can ever impose
upon any considerable number of Ameri
cans the insane delusions that carried
the credulous and illiterate Russians to
starvation, pestilence and general ruin
Is to reveal an incredible lack of ordi
nary common sense.
What the Bolshevik orators need is tho
light of day, plenty of freedom and per
mission to talk till they are tired. Noth
ing that they have to say will stand
analysis or daylight. They thrive on
suppression and flourish by intimations
of martyrdom. Superintendent Robinson
is wibe to refuse to favor them by op
pression and wiser still when he refuses
to take them or their propaganda se
riously. ' t
Would you fcay that
Yes; In a Pinch after all the com
plications of the in
ternational situation have been studied it
must appear that the one-time boss of
Germany is In Dutch?
The War Department
This Year's Gas has found a fuel that
Does It adds ten miles an
hour to tho speed
of airplanes Now will some penlus come
along with a fuel adequate to take ten
miles an hour oif the speed of automobiles?
What are tho whlte-rlbboners going to
do it they speak so fervently that "there
isn't a dry eye In the house"?
Hindenuurg wauls to suppress Bol
the Ism In Russia. And, of course, some
body would have to suppress Hlndcnburg.
There Is one fellow, at least, who Is
not In favor of bars after July 1 or at
any other Lime. He lives at Amerongen.
After all, isn't It a bit superfluous for
the Reds to plot a world revolution. One
takes placo every time wo have day and
night.
It is pleasant, to realize that the hoard
ers who secretly bought vaEt quantities of
sugar when the ban was on it lost by
paying the top price.
Every cloud has ti sliver lining. Con
gress in its eagerness to stop all business
before adjournment didn't take time to
repeal the dayllght-tavlng law.
Judging from the protest of the Cam
denites, it Is not a temperate zone system
which the Public Service Corporation seeks
to adopt In Its trolley-fare schedule.
Somo of the speeches delivered at
Harrisburg Justify tho suggestion that
since German Is prohibited In the schools
English might be made compulsory In tha
legislature.
There can be no doubt about the Cana.
dlans being scrappers. Those In Klmmel
Camp, Wales, seem to havo fought as vig
orously to get home as they did originally
to get to Qermany.
The various dlscusston about the pro
posed Delaware River bridge remind us
again that in America nothing can be sug.
gested tnat docs not instantly Invite organ
ized opposition of some sort.
The medical Inspectors In the Phila
delphia schools who struck for a pay In
crease from C0O a year to $1000 seem to
havo lost, as other doctors aro Jumping
Into their- Jobs, look out for a doctors'
unlonl
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WILL THE BAR OVTL1VE
JOHN BARLEYCORN?
How tha Problem It Complicated
by Reformers Urging "Kicklcss"
Cafes and Saloon Owners
Averse to Modification
BALKY Imaginations continue to mnke the
way of. the ftpllft prophet exceedingly
hard. As he tears from his calendar the days
whoso passage brlnrtrhlm nearer nnd nearer
to July 1 he would be delighted to picture tha,
social structure 6f a dry rmtlon, but the
exercise of even tho most extrnvogant fancy
must proceed from facts. The few which
are nvnllable are Insufficient. Wo are told
that under the wartime prohibition rider
alcoholic beverages will not be 'sold ntter
June 30, but the specific fate of tho saloon Is
not at all forecast by that enactment
Will that venerable Institution, alter
nately described aa "the poor man's club"
and tho "nation's course," adapt Itself to
"kloklcss" drinks, retaining . tho while Its
social allurements? Will it be transferred
Into a soup kitchen, a lightning, lunch station
or. a leisurely coffee house, or will It "softly
nnd suddenly anlah away," like Lewis Car
roll's "Boojum"? Saloon patronage nnd tho
public In general are Intensely eager to specu
late on the theme. Saloon proprietorship
denies It.
RECE.N'T sunes of the situation, both in
this city and, New York, give scant sta
bility to any prophecy. Bar owners refuse to
bo Imaglnathe. Tho lingering hope that pro
hlbltlon, somehow or other, will strlko a snag
before tho curfew rings Is fatal to the play
of fancj. "Let's suppose" Is a game In
which those who are flnanalally concerned In
the metamorphosis or extinction of the
saloon decline to join.
Similar tactics made easy the legislative
triumph of the white rlbboners. If tho policy
Is pursued until tho last clink of the last
highball, will the saloon bo enabled to leave
even so much as a "rack behind"? What
ever Its admitted faults, whatever Its virtues,
the American bar is a distinctive Institution.
Is It to disappear without a trace merely
because the Imagination of Its operators
shies at contemplating the death throes of
alcohol;
mUE most suggests o information Is natu-J-
rally oblalnnblo in' the arid regions of
tho West. Washington Is an Inaccurate
Index, since Industrious "bootlegging" has
prevented tho capital from really adapting
itself to tho new conditions. But in Detroit,
if the saloon, apart from its extinguished
spirituous considerations, has any friends,
their sentiment has been but feebly dis
played. It was only on tho first of last May
that the Michigan metropolis went dry, but
considering the phjslcal nspects alone, the
places, that knew bars once now know them
no more. It is much easier to trace the
tomb of Romulus in Rome than the vestiges
of a twentieth century saloon on Woodward
avenue.
Soft drinks are profusely adertlsed
throughout tho West, but the quarters In
which they are consumed saor not at all of
the bygone barroom characteristics. Coffee
houses, with genial, clublike concomitants,
hae not materialized. Barn that really look
like bars, mirrored and brass-ralllnged, do
not masquerade as lunch counters- They
simply aro not. On the lake boats, however,
some eUdences of a sense of adaptability are
discernible. One of these "floating palaces"
In particular boasts of a soda and mild drink
pavilion as glittering and ornate as a
Burmese pagoda. Bacchus Is absent, jet
there are pregnant hints of saloon technique
in all the accouterments.
"PRESUMING u most violent effort for
some minds that prohibition Is enforce
able and will be enforced, great cities like
New York, Philadelphia and Boston will soon
have to decide whether to accept a social
revolution In toto or retain under modifica
tions any bar attributes.
In this connection It Is curious to note the
marked change of attitude which strong
cliques of teetotallsm have adopted concern
ing the saloon. "Rlght-mlndeo people," de
clared a Brooklyn minister the other day,
"ought to see that the saloon Is retained as
a social center." Here Indeed Is a dizzying
reversal of judgment. Time was when that
"tear-drop" melodrama, "Ten Nights In a
Barroom," was not only propaganda against
alcoholic Indulgence, but a footllght polemic
against the saloon Itself and all Its glamour.
The very swinging doors were shameful.
The bright lights, the polished glassware, the
rail which Invited leisurely leaning, all the
cozy appointments which made for recrea
tive social Intercourse were rated satanlcally
Insidious. "The saloon must go!" was a cry
raised even by those tolerant reformers who
averred that away from barroom environ
ment "another little drink" would do them
no harm. Buttermilk patrons at a bar were
almost under, suspicion.
TOPSY - TURVYDOM as well as bone
dryness Is confronting us. Social workers,
convinced that worklngmen require meeting
places where refreshment and social Inter
course may be combined j places, moreover,
that are exempt from an official humani
tarian or organized "uplift" stamp, favor bar
coffee, bar milk, bar soft beverages, bar
lunch, and some unexpected sentimentalists
have even called for the, bar cat.
The world Is whirling Into piquant times
as such causes are espoused by classes which
once repudiated them, while the saloon owner
continues serving heady drinks until tho
curtain falls and. with the reflection "maybe
It won't happen," Is unimaginatively averse
to speculating upon n threatened revolution.
In view of this queer change of sides It is
no wonder that the general public Is mysti
fied. HERB In Philadelphia, where the tradi
tions of good cheer In its best sense.
have been preserved for several centuries,
there would seem to be excellent opportuni
ties for the tactful handling of new condi
tions. The pepperpot vendor has vanished
rrorn our streets, the old "crabman" Is seldom
seen, the hot corn merchant, with his buttery
cobs, is no longer extaht Why not a revival
of their harmless yet seductive and epicurean
wares served over a well-conducted' bar?
Local pride would be flattered and anti
quarian Interest In ex-saloons might be In
formed by that dulcet pathos of the days
that are no more. The Bastlle was an In
iquity, but Paris would be historically en
riched did those tall towers lift their heads
there today.
neforms. however, have a way of sweep
ing imorse!ess!y clean. Out go the chaff
and the wheat. "Modified submarine, war
fare" proved a fiction. Modified bars may be
similarly Impossible. Certainly u looks as
though any adapted form had a slim chance
here. Individuals who may wonder what is
mine to become of all the nwlnirlnr iinnr.
here had perhaps best retd the answer In
Detroit -"all or nothlnif ' Is at lent . .
' s at least a codo
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THE CHAFFING DtSH
TJtTE HAVE been wondering whether the
artists who make the summer frosting'
for saloon mirrors will think It worth while
to compose their annual designs this year?
We hope so, for few of the old guard will
want to see their tragic faces reflected In
the candid glass as July 1st draws near.
Excluding
more.
Sundays, only ninety days
Pennsylvania has no state flower and no
state poem, which Is a cause of grief to
some enthusiasts. Nor have we a state
Joke, like Massachusetts and the bean;
nor a state character, like Michigan and
Henry Ford; nor a state mystery, like
Texas and Colonel House. We should
worry; we seem to be getting along all
right.
We are Informed that there is a new
three-cent stamp on the market, which we
regard as an unworthy subterfuge on tho
part of the government to lure people Into
anbwering letters before July 1st. On that
date, wo have been told, the two-cent rate
will be resumed, and we shall then under
take to answer some of our accumulated
correspondence. The tnBk will keep us
from brooding on something else that hap
pens about the same time.
In the meantime, wo nro thinking of
having a rummage sale of unanswered cor
respondence. We have a couple of bushels
of very excellent unanswered letters that
we will offer to tho public on exceedingly
moderate terms. It being understood that
tho purchaser of each letter will guar,
a'ntee to answer It.
Wo notice some one asking our young
lady editors, "What will remove wine stains
from linen?"
That's easy. July 1st will do It.
'
A Generous Offer
We have Just begun a new detective
novel, and are convinced it Is a good one
with much harrowing to come. In the first
fifteen pages the hero undergoes as fol
lows; On page f, where he enters the tale, ho
"aspires to better things for the sake of
one fair woman whose eyes have plercect
the depths of hlB degradation."
On page 6 a mist swims In front of his
eyes and his pulses are set hammering.
On page 7 he registers .a silent vow and
raises his eyebrows Involuntarily,
On page 8 a sudden light comes into his
eyes and a sudden smile curves the comers
of his mouth.
On page 9 he twitches up an Inquiring
eyebrow. .
on nnce 10 his voice trails Into silence
and he thrusts away the sorrow" of tho
world.
On page 12 a look of Indescribable pain,
amounting almost to despair, crosses his
features.
On page 14 he sits sphinx-like at the
steering wheel and smiles down at her
tenderly. '
On page IE he utters a little laugh of
pure happiness.
We havo an extra copy of tfils admirable
work on our de.sk, and shal be happy to
give It to any one who has an overmaster
ing yearning to follow the further facial
contortions of the gifted hero,
More Zoology
Dear Bocrates The peccadillo Is not tho
only animal at the Zoo tlfat has had babies
recently. I. am credibly Informed that tho
bugbear has a new cub. ANN DANTE,
Wo Judge from what the aeronauts aro
1 ?"y,nV ,, 11 , '.' ',,'"! u'" w
saying that the only remaining obstacle to
A CASE Otf "HAVE TO"
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Mr. Egan and the Fordship
Mr. Maurice Francis Egan, until re
cently our Minister to Denmark, ia not
only a diplomat but a scholar; not only a
scholar but a poet; not only a poet but a
humorist; not only a humorist but a
Philadelphia by birth.
All of which makes us the more Inter
ested In Mr. Egan's entertaining confession
(In this week's Collier's) that ho was the
stepfather of Henry Ford's peace pilgrim
age In 1915. This will be news to Henry,
and tho story Is too good not to pais it
along.
Mr. Egan was pleasantly enjoying him
self near Elslnore, Hamlet's old home, In
the summer of 1915, when Mme. Roslka
fichwlmmer, the well-ltuown rattle-pate,
telephoned to ask if she could see him, "in
the name tof the Ideals of European and
American womanhood." This sounded like
a matter that would Involve a good deal of
listening, and Mr. Egan, with the ready
caution that marks diplomats, replied that
he was too 111 to see any one. "Havo you
forgotten that your mother was a woman?"
replied Mme. Schwlmmer over the wire.
This unnerved Mr. Egan and he consented
to. see the lady.
Poor Mr. Egan! As ho mlldjy admits,
Schwlmmer talked him off his feet. She
expounded melllfluously her glrantlc plan
for arousing the women of the world In a
movement to end war. She asked him
whether it would be worth her while to go
to America to enlist the support of Ameri
can women in this noble cause.' In weari
ness and despair, eager to get rid of his
guest, Mr. Egan urged her to go by all
means. She did, and how she got next to
Henry Ford's bank account all the world
(Including Henry) well remembers.
When Henry thinks over the matter, .In
his lucid Intervals between the throes of
editorial writing for the Dearborn Inde
pendent, we wonder whether he holds any
grudge against Mr. -Egan? And Philadel
phia obviously gets, whatever credit may
bo due for that party on the Oskar, with
out having had to pay the bills.
According to Hank Harris, gardens aro
being planted out in. Marathon. and the old,
old rivalry between Fred Myers and Bill
Stltes Is beginning again, more embittered
than ever. Hank' Bflyhe has no chard and
fast rules for gardening, but he doqsnt in
tend to be a mandatory for Bill's Jiens.
Fred says'he Is weary of acting as a buffer
state botween (Hank's fertilizer and Bill's
bonemeal. We predict trouble and' our
star suburban.reportcV Is ajl ready to cover
the story when it breaks.
A consignment of corncob pipes reached
us yesterday from Boonville, Missouri, and
we felt aulto proud 'of them until Bob
Maxwell tripped In and showed us an enor
mous diamond stickpin that had been given
him by some of hlB admirers. Even on
Bob's extended frontiers those diamonds
make quite an impressive showings
Our Idea of an agreeable sensation Is'.as
follows: When you had something' on
your mind that you knew you ought to do,
dldn.'t want to do, and yet Intended to do
It and thenon getting h'ome In rthe "eye
nlng, find that 'you quite honestly forgot all
about it. "
'Wo still think that they made a mistake
In not beginning tho Victory Loan cam
paign during Lent '
"How," asks Dove Dulcet, "can any one
tt today from tomorrow?" ye have ono
infallible rule. Tomorrow Is always the
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day when'thosa letters will bn answered.
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DANTE REMEMBERED
UNVEILED is tho glory of Italy's hour;
The soul of her beauty a full-blown
flower; ,
Ambrosial rays of light replete
Enthralling splendor fills tho stteet.
The nightingale full-voiced' I hear
Gono Is the menace, the brooding fear.
And the strong deep tones of tremulpus
bells
Aro homo on the winds to the mountain
dells.
Smiling Is heaven; and every one
Is dancing, singing beneath the sun.
The soul of love Is near to bless, .
And tho quivering day Is loveliness.
The spirit of Danto seems to glide
Through tho golden sheen of this noon
tide A presence that walks through tho blos
soming trees
From a stany' realm on the waft of the
breeze.
Out of celestial light It came
The essence of Dante a glorious flame
That fires tho world, and his quickening;
breast
To Italy's heart' Is fondly pressed.
And out from the roses, up from tho
stream
Comes a deeper fragrance tho hearth
fires' gleam;
And Italy, wrapped In Love's embrace,
Romembers Danto with Joy-flushed face.
Edith Burr, In tho New York Herald,
Th,e growers, planning a food-prlco
fight, are Jn one sense suggesting nothing
new. That conflict is always with us.
The way In vvhloh Great Britain tied
up the German cable system with termini -fcl
in ner own uomatn acnotes a marKea de
sire to "end it all," but with the revqrse
of suicidal Intent.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What was the greatest naval mystery
of tho vyar?
2. Who was the first Chief Justice of the
United States?
3. What Is a gibbon?
4. When does tho Victory loan campaign
start?
6. When was Philadelphia founded? ,
6. What Is a sennet? ' ,
7. What British colony besides Canada Is
officially termed a dominion?
8. What naval Btatlons In Cuba belong to
the United States?
9. Who wrote tho music of the opera "The
Barber of Seville"?
10. Where do Panama, hats come from?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. James Schoolcraft Sherman was Vlco
President during Taft's administration.
2. Lake Itnsca. In Minnesota, Is the sourca
of the Mississippi River,
3. The full name of Horace, the Latin poet,
was Qulntus Horatlus Flaccus.
4. Tho motto of Alabama Is "Hera we rest,"
5. William Frederick Cody was the .real
name of Buffalo Bill.
6. Eugene V. Debs was nv..nlnated for Pres
ident -four times on the Socialist
ticket,
7. The French phrase, "Entre nous," means
"between ourselves."
8. A mongoose Is u small furry animal be
longing to the ichneumon class and
noted for Its ability to kill snakes,
mice, rats and lizards. It Is about
fifteen Inches long.aWlth a tall of about
the same length, and Is a native' ot
India,
9. Louisiana was named after King Louis
XIV of France.
10. A microphone Is an instrument for lm
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