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MR. BECK AND OTHERS
IT IS being pretty clearly demonstrated I
tr tVio nrnviM in Philadelphia that
men and women who labor are over
whelmingly in sympathy with the league
nf nnMnna nlnn
s In one manufacturing establishment
in Kensington 1485 of the workers voted
for the league of nations and 661 voted
against it in the poll being conducted
by this newspaper.
People wno work for a living are not
confused by a devotion to abstract the
ories, nor are they swayed by a special
interest in affairs far removed from the
common life of the country
Meanwhile James M. Beck and the
other livelier opponents of the league-of-nations
principle continue to quote
George Washington.
One of these days some one will make
Mr. Beck uncomfortable by interrupting
one of his speeches to remind him that
the American army didn't fight with the
methods applied during the Revolution
ary War and that Washington, when
the time came for great decisions, didn't
hesitate and wonder what William Penn
would have done under the circumstances.
1MAKE THE CAMPAIGN JOYOUS
rpHE local campaign committee of the
-Victory Loan has adopted an admir
able slogan in "Smile and pay the bill."
Its spirit should be heeded both by those
who solicit contributions and those who
make them. Neither parties are exempt
from payment. The campaigners owe to
the public a display of good humor and
friendly exhortation from which diver
gence was occasionally made In previous
drives.
When the perils of civilization were
at the Beak and American lives wpi-p
"making the sacrifice on the fields of"
-Champagne and Picardy -it was some
times difficult for the loan speakers to
preserve all the temperamental graces.
Patriotic earnestness had a tendency to
become minatory. Inevitably the need
for unloosening purse strings was em
phasized by depressing pictures of the
world's woes. The loan meetings were
not entirely pleasant affairs, for the
times in which we lived were tragic and
bitter.
But the cheer of victory should per
vade the rostrum of the campaigners
now, and the public, too, should be good
humored while it pays, for it will not be
asked to invest in a scheme for which
success is merely hopefully forecast, but
in an enterprise that has tangibly tri
"umphed. Surely the motive for discharg
ing a debt was never so stimulating as
now. Even before we finish paying the
piper he is playing his fclithe airs. The
coming campaign should be rousing, ring
ing and invigorating. This time we are
underwriting not death, but life.
THE LEAGUE'S PRESIDENT
TT IS probable that several eminent
statesmen will be mentioned in turn
for the presidency of the league of na
tions before that great office is filled for
the first time.
The suggestion of Mr. Asquith as a
first president of the world league that
is sure to be may represent nothing but
an effort further to distinguish a favor
ite son. And it may be a bit of subtle
.propaganda intended to cool the enthu
siasm of those Americans who likp tn
ft
travel
J- .fancy an American as the moving spirit
njfrr,in xne new oraer.
pMr. Asquith is not likely to be "the
A- nrst president of the eaeue of Hnn
p? The former British Premier is a superb
POlltlCian. but WaR Tint- nn,,.(l
J , enough to control the enemies fn !,!
fV . OTYlTl Wo ?a rinit V.i- .. !i.
i-i' ""- - " uw uui, uui, ijimu grea
bl cnougu, xiui, we mere mention of his
IS? 'name suggests the raritv nf -min. ....
IhT ennno'Ti tn nrpaMp nf tiia ttm..:t. -
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rworld, still divided.
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wt,ULun in ainiiiii iAMl5
iffflWITH the authorization' by Councils,
'. .1'' given yesterday, and with the ex.
vy pectcd sanction of the Fairmount Park
I I. l..f'nmmtisinTiprs PhiilnrlalnViin ..oann 1.
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. ' navA a Northpast: Roiilvnr? nWJ tl.t
PfeSJupDer reaches of Broad street, pays re
K4apect3 to the memory of Theodore Roose-
FWvelU The new name is well chosen and
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f" '.aaaxgetii.ivt) ui uu cxveiiaiun 01 tasie in
; nomenclature hitherto hut scantily
Idered Here.
hum's arboreal thoroughfares was a
,, '9mM "W ' ;, mm uniuK livaoiuiy 1,0
"DHMriy growtn 01 tne city m separate
MWKtfipallties, the scheme was imper-
ftttrtly' executed. Much of our street
:$&& has been haphazard, and even the
r aaaaMlMip n-f tiaw avenues in recent vmw
ed but lftlelexerclse of the
W ffrlfffvy naajr' accurately describe
tne- purpose f liebroad-new thorough
fare leading to Fairmount Park, but the
title is flatly conventional and devoid of
commemorative appeal. What Is now the
Roosevelt Boulevard was not even offi
cially labeled "Northeast." On the city
plan it was simply "The Boulevard"
about as feeble an essay in nomenclature
as could be conceived.
Tradition and associations naturally
impart vplue to the names of old and
well-known streets, originally without
special distinction. It would be confus
ing to change the designations now. The
new municipal highways, however, should
be colorfully and carefully christened.
There is much virtue in a fitting name.
The "Moonlfght Sonata" and the "Pa
thetique Symphony" have undoubtedly
both profited In popularity because they
were familiarly known by such labels
rather than merely ns "opus so-and-so."
Roosevelt Boulevard has a flavor of pride
and patriotism. It is a good beginning
in a needed reform.
EDUCATIONAL FADDISTS
AND STANDPATTERS BARRED
Governor Sproul Is Expected to Appoint a
Broad-Minded, Ail-Around Man as
Sii-iessor to Doctor Schaeffer
THE cause of education in this state
will be advanced or set back by action
teken in Harrisburg this winter.
The General Assembly has been asked
to increase the appropriation for teach
ers' salaries in order that a living wage
may be paid. Some of its leaders are
savintr that the schools cost too much
already and they are asking the advo
cates of better pay for the teachers where
the money will come from.
They ignore the fact that the most
profitable investment of public money
is in the public schools. They do not
seem to care that the rate of pay for
the teachers in this state is far below
that in those states whose public schools
are admittedly the best. And they are
not impressed when they are told that
unless we raise the pay we are likely
to lose many of the good teachers we
now have, for they cannot live on their
salaries. It is impossible to get a two-thousand-dollar
teacher for a thousand
dollars, nor can you get a twelve-hundred-dollar
teacher for eight hundred
dollars. The children arc entitled to the
best instruction that it is possible to buy
for them.
The wage question is critical. If it is
not decided right the schools are likely
to suffer.
The selection of the right kind of a
man to succeed the late Doctor Schaeffer
as Superintendent of Public Instruction
is as important as tle light settling of
the wage question.
Doctor Schaeffer was an efficient offi
cial. He did much to improve the schools.
His successor should be a man who will
build on the foundations that he laid and
increase the efficiency of the whole sys
tem. The Governor has an opportunity
to win the gratitude of every believer
in popular education by selecting the
right sort of a man for the post.
There are two sorts of men usually
considered in connection with a state
superintendence' of public instruction.
First are the good routine men, who are
successful as administrators, but are con
servative with regard to educational
progress and are content to let things
drift rather than incur the amount of
hard labor and hostile criticism to carry
out a successful policy.
The second type is the faddist. The
programs of educational conventions are
largely taken up with the mouthings of
the faddists, each of whom has some
panacea for all the ills of the educational
world. The very fact that these men
offer panaceas should convince thought
ful persons that they are of limited in
telligence and have supeificial minds.
Once in a while such a man is put in a
position of authority over the schools of
a state. He disorganizes the work of
education until sensible persons can unite
in sufficient force to secure his retire
ment. The new Superintendent of Public In
struction should be neither a faddist nor
an educational standpatter, but a broad
minded man in sympathy with the whole
circle of educational methods and quali
fied to decide how far each method should
be carried in order that the young people
of the state may be prepared for the
duties of citizenship. For that is really
the primary purpose of popular educa
tion at public expense. If our school
system does not turn out boys and girls
able to understand the functions of a
citizen In a democracy it breaks down
completely.
There aie four phases of the pioblem,
the solution of which is up to the state
Department of Education.
The first is the education of the chil
dren living in the cities and the larger
towns.
The second is the education of the
children in the rural districts.
The third is the Americanization of tha
foreign born, those of foreign descent
The fourth is the industrial training
of those who must earn their daily bread.
v There is little need for the Hssiotonpp
of the state superintendent in the larger
cities, but any man big enough to be
state superintendent should and would
co-operate through suggestions and ad
vice with the city superintendents toward
the improvement of their educational
systems.
The development of the rural schools
has attracted much attention in Penn
sylvania as well as in many other states.
In some states the activities of the su
perintendent are confined to the rural
schools. It would be as great a mistake
to name as superintendent here a man
who thought of nothing but the rural
schools as to appoint any other kind of
a -faddist.
This state has taken the lead in pro
viding' education for the . foreign-born,
for we have a large population of this
kind. But this work has not yet resulted
in the sort of education for which there
is great need. The policy should be
continued and expanded until all of the
foreign-born children and children of
foreign-born, parents are thoroughly
equipped with the rudiments of an" Eng
lish" education and arft Irnbued with appre'
elation as well as knowledge of American
ideals.
The Industrial and vocational aspects
of education are also receiving much at
tention here; but In order to- save waste
of money and the precious time of the
young the state needs intelligent leader
ship and guidance, tho sort of guidance
that will not permit the sacrifice of
tho ultimate interests of the boys and
girls to the immediate advantage of be
ing able to earn fair wages at a job
for which the vocational schools have
prepared them.
The kind of a man whom all interested
in the progress of education are hoping
the Governor will appoint aB Superin
tendent of Public Instruction is one big
enough and broad enough to aid the
whole state in all these four phnses of
the problem and with sufficient construc
tive ability to plan an educational ad
ministration sufficiently equipped with
ideals, with men and with money to
influence every part of the common
wealth so that the coming generation
may be better equipped for living a rich,
full and useful life than the preceding
generation.
Even though the General Assembly
should refuse to provide the money for
the increase in teachers' pay, it is within
the power of the Governor to appoint as
superintendent a man with imagination
and inspiration enoughto convince the
teachers that they are doing patriotic
service and hold them to their jobs with
a new spirit until such time as financial
justice can be done to, them.
TOLL THE BELLS FOR BAILEY
rpHERE is no political party in the
world suited to Uncle Joe Bailey, of
Texas, who has fared forth into a spi
ritual no man's land after publicly re
nouncing the Democratic brethren who
were accustomed to send him to the
United States Senate.
Everybody will admit that the Demo
cratic party is a pretty good party to
get out of. It shines only by the re
flected glory of one man. Its ertors of
judgment and administration in various
parts of the country have been such that
even Mr. Wilson's extraordinary appeal
was inadequate to save it at the last
elections. But Uncle Joe has not quit
the Democracy because of its sins of
omission. He has gone into exile as a
man Vout a party chiefly because the
Demot ats have been favoring suffrage
and prohibition.
In what place can Mr. Bailey find com
fort and sympathy? Governments and
peoples everywhere are now facing an
accumulation of the errors piled up by
wrong-thinking generations and by po
litical parties that were stiff-necked and
narrow-minded enough to seem ideal to
Uncle Joe.
The average statesman is trying hard
to catch up with the times.
But this distinguished Texas politi
cian has other notions. Because he dis
trusts new things he would have progress
and progressive thinking cease. Occa
sionally it seems that there are many
like him among the Democrats. The
Republican party has among its leaders
some men equally backward-minded. But
the Republican party manifests a healthy
independence and an ability to transcend
its leaders when they are in error. This
is a trait unknown to the party that
formerly sheltered Mr. Bailey, of Texas.
INCREASING DIVORCE
"riyORCE records in the United States,
"- when studied in comparison with
those of other countries, have always
been startling. The most recent general
estimates made by the federal Director
of the Census indicate that for every
nine marriages in the United States
there is one divorce. No other nation
presents such an astonishing record. In
France, which is usually supposed to be
easy-going in relation to the marriage
obligation, there is only one divorce for
every fifty marriages. There is a much
smaller percentage of divorces in Eng
land. The case appears a little less
hopeless from our own point of view
when it is remembered that a great
many separations take place in Europe
without the formality of a legal divorce.
But it still appears that families break
up of tener in this country than anywhere
else in the world.
The general elasticity of the divorce
laws in the United States and the fash
ionable craving for "independence" doubt
less are to blame. Divorce in this coun
try has been the cause of a great deal
of worry in the past. And it seems de
stined to cost moralists and judges and
lawmakers some more sleep in the fu
ture. '
"Andlamo" (let's go)
Is such a familiar
operatic cry that it
may have inspired
Italians at the Peace
A. Misplaced
Aria
the muBk-IoWng
Conference to forget where they were.
Nevertheless the Qual d'Oraay is not La
Scala, and Slgnor Orlando would do well
to comprehend that the great show he is
engaged in U not mummery, but real life.
The advent of spring
Will They yesterday and the
Neer lA-arn? approach of the
planting season re
mind us that they are Bowing for great
harvests at tho Paris Conference. And
that makes it all the more regrettable to
find some statesmen still deluded with the
belief that a decent crop may be wrung
from wild oats.
If the new wireless
Miraculous, and portable tele-
Yet Disquieting phone becomes pop.
ularized not only is
the service llktily to be "busy," not to say
Impertinent, but busybodles will be favored
far beyond their most inquisitive dreams.
Perhaps after all Inventor Macfarlane
should be thanked with reservations.
These are lively
In Days to times. But the fu.
Come ture will hold even
wilder thrills. Fancy,
for example, the Job of the man whose
duty it will be to pursue and arrest Joy
riders in airplanes.
1 Somebody is always
A PoUer Peace bluffing at the Pcaco
Conference, , And
And
somebody Is always beting called,
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CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S
LETTER
Charter Revisers Seeking Informa
tion in Washington Women
Can't Get Passports to
Europe
Washington, March 22.
POWELL EVANS, of the committee on
publicity of the Philadelphia, charter
committee, Is searching Washington for
methods to present the case of the com
mittee to the people of Philadelphia. He
is "some booster,"' aa the boosters would
say. So is Brother Winston, chairman of
the general committee. Ho Is fairly well
known here through his publications.
Richard L. Austin, the treasurer, has to do
with the capital through tho Federal Re
serve Board, and Thomas Raeburn White,
chairman of tho subcommittee on charter,
and Ernest L. Tustln, director of tho speak
ers' bureau, occasionally "visit Washington
to represent Philadelphia interests. Arthur
H. Lea, chairman of tho committee on
finance, has gone Into tho record several
times In protest against certain govern
mental ownership propositions, but In favor
of the daylight-saving law, in which he
had an abiding faith.
TT IS not very complimentary to our dls-
tlngulshed Postmaster General, but
many of the discharged soldiers In the
UnlttM States hesitate nbout forwarding
their discharge papers to Washington to
obtain the $60 bonus authorized by the
revenue law. Some of the boys, after their
experience abioad, fear to trust to tho
mails tho original certificate which estab
lishes their army record and from which
some of them would not part for a hun
dred times $60. One suggestion that might
tend to relieve tho situation is the sotting
up of distributing offices In the various
states. Congress would probably have to
deal with that question.
rpHE wives of soldiers in ICuiopo are,
- naturally anxious about their husbands,
and the demands for passports have been
enormous. Both the War and State De
railments, however, have set their faces
against women going to Europe at the
present time. Ordinary applications from
persons who merely desire to tour Europe
or to see tho sights are turned down at
once. In some Instances It has seemed de
sirable that women be permitted to visit
their husbands who were wounded or to
visit the graves of those who are dead, but
the War Department has been qbllged to
decline permission even In such cases. It
now develops that the government is not
only following its own Inclinations in this
matter, but that it has received expres
sions from both the French and British
Goernments of their desire that the pres
ent policy bo pursued.
QUR
-s us
old friend, Charles II. Sayre, tells
that the Young Republicans of Phil
adelphia have moved into new quarters
and that the club will bo put on a more
active basis than heretofore. One of the
schemes now under consideration is to
have public men discuss public questions
tit the club. In view of the misleading in
formation which propagandists are largely
responsible for, the Sayre plan may prove
a good thing. Hampton L. Carson, who
was one of the earlier presidents of the
club and who believes in the Constitution,
would be a good speaker to start with. Or
Governor Stuart, also a former president,
could give a line on the operations of the
Federal Reserve system, or Abraham M.
Beltler could say something about govern
ment ownership that would be worth hear
ing. The old "Young" Republicans are not
dependent upon Washington for talent.
0
C of the few things the Wilson ad
ministration did during the war was
to create a War Risk Insurance Bureau.
There was a good deal of opposition to it
for a while on the part of those who be
lieved in the old pension system as it is
still conducted under the auspices of the
Department of the Interior. Both the De
partment of Commerce and the Department
of the Interior would like to have had
charge of the new system, but Mr. McAdoo
had more influence than the other Secre
taries and held it for the Treasury Depart
ment. It can readily be understood that
the Democrats coming from states which
maintain homes for Confederate veterans
wero not any too anxious to continue the
Pension Bureau, which provided only for
eterans of the Union army. Moreover,
the new system, which grew out of a
bureau to provide marine insurance and
ultimately to protect sailors and others on
munition-carrying Bhlps against losses,
presented compensation and life insurance
features that were much more attractive
than pensions. As it has operated up to
date the War Risk Bureau has provoked
unusual criticism from all parts of the
country, but the administration is about
to move all the subdivisions of the bureau
into one building on the old Hotel Arling
ton site, and is claiming that fewer com
plaints will now be in order.
WHILE times have changed since tlie
Continantal Congress struggled to keep
an army in trie field under General. Wash
ington and are vastly different as to the
treatment of soldiers now and during the
Civil War,' there are unmistakable signs
that the soldier spirit for after-the-war
camaraderie is as prevalent now no it was
succeeding any of our previous wars. Tho
boys talk of organizing and turning their
attention to politics. It Is sometimes
charged that it is because the rank and
file desire to get together in civil life that
there is so much delay in the matter of
discharges. The high-up officers under the
present army system, as it seems to have
started In Mexico when we had a small
army, and as It was carried on in Europe,
where we hod approximately 2.000,000 men,
are not so popular as were the officers of
the Civil War or those of preceding ,wars,
who fought side by side with the men
under their commands. The feeling is
that when the boys come back they will
begin to talk freely about the system which
makes the soldier who enlisted for the
period of the war subjeot, as some contend,
to "the will of the officer" now that the
war Is over. As one sees it ,from this
viewpoint, there will bo plenty for old-line
politicians to think, about when the, boys
politicians to mini aoout wnen tne, boys
I now "oyer there" are Jet loose
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THE CHAFFING DISH
Greetings, Edgarl
TIDGAR GUEST, Detroit's most popular
-'-' poet, is to be In town on Monday, so this
seems to us an appropriate ime to comply
with a request Miss Bessie Graham haa
made several times, viz., tl-at we reprint
our perversion of Ed's best-known poem.
This may seem a discourteous gesture
toward our honored Guest; but he will be
consoled by the thought that only the very
best poets are ever parodied. And by the
tfay, it is only fair to say that when we
wrote the parody, last December, we didn't
know that Ed was the author of the origi
nal poem. We were Inspired to the feat
by the fact that some woman took the well
known verses, altered a word or two, and
sold them to Life as her own,
Ed's poem begins thus:
Somebody said that it couldn't be done.
Dut he, with a chuckle, replied,
That maybe It couldn't, but he would bo
one
Who wouldn't say so till he tried.
So lie buckled right In with a trace of a
grin
On his face. If he worried ho hid it;
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't bo done and he did it.
And hero Is our own version:
The Truth at Last
QJOMEBODY said that it couldn't be
done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That maybe it couldn't, but he would be
one
Who wouldn't say so till he tried"
He tackled the job and endeavored his. best;
Saving "Fame is for those who pursue
it";
ThQ upshot, of course, is much better sup
pressed: ' '
He failed the poor fish didn't do it!
QOMEBODY scoffed, 'Oh, you'll nerer
O do that,
Or, at leaBt no one ever has done, It';
But he only laughed while his enemies
chaffed,
And the first thing they knew, he'd begun
it!"
He worked like a slavt, with unlimited grit,
When discouragement came, he'd pooh
pooh it;
But, though It gives Orison Harden a fit.
The fact is the Boob didn't do itl
trpHOUSANDS will tell .you it cannot be
done;
Thousands of friends, too, will fall you;
Thousands will argue, enjoying the fun,
The dangers that wait to assail you"
Maybe they're right, and this doctrine of
pep
It ounkum, you'd better eschew it;
"When they say ifs impossible, ponder your
step
And do not endeavor tti do itl
l Are college students afflicted with bol
Bhevlam, too? We note that the under
graduates of the University of South Caroi
Una haye petitioned the trustees of that
Institution to renjove the'ir president be
cause they say "he Is thoroughly incom
petent to' preside over chapel exercises. A
stiff and stilted jnanner and the lack of
poise make his efforts to maintain order,
to say nothing of Impressing one with the
dignity of the exercises, futile."
If,the president of South Carolina Uni
versity is even half as polseless as the sen
tence just quoted, the situation down there
must be grievously lacking in aplomb.
Then we hear a dreadful rumor that the
boys at a nearby Main Lino college protest
against having to go to Friends' meeting,
j Cn Thursday. Our own Idea is that collefce
against having to go to Friends' meetlngv
WssiiS iaM"Ms?Mira
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boyB are getting entirely too lippish. Let
them do what they'ro told, dnd the dean
take the hindermost! t
The equinox always has a calmlilg and
sedentary effect on numan nerves. ''Even
the bitterest opponents of tho league of
natjons are crawfishing, and It begins to
look as though beer might como through
the barrage safely.
The best way to find out whether the
Kaiser really Intends to stay in Ameron
gen would be to learn whether he has had
any stationery engraved with the Bentlnck
address on it.
Robert Shackleton, of Connecticut, lias
written a book about Philadelphia in which
he says "the average Is higher in the good
looks of the women than in any other city
that I know, whether In Europe or Amer
ica." Rather clumsily expressed, Robert,
but you have the right Idea.
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The Birdman ,
I breast the wind! I brave the storm! I
rise above the cloud!
I shame the eagle in his flight! The uni
verse is mine!
I gaze upon the puny earth with haughty
eyes and proud;
I am a very Superman the rest of men
are klne!
The mountain-top! The snowy peak! They
lie beneath my plane!
The sun In molten glory bathes my craft
In golden shade!
The placid earth lies bleeping, and I scorn
it in disdain;
For I am of the chosen, as I pirouette
and fade!
The ecstacy of flying! How my pulses run
and leap!
I (nose-dlve In a bank of clouds, to re
f appear and climb!
The pure air of the altitudes! I count my
pleasure cheap!
Mere mortals never know the thrill of
racing after Time!
My engine! How It sweetly throbs! I
know its purr by hear!
Its power-thrust propels us on my fly
ing craft and I!
The birds, outstripped, look on askance;
they lose before they start!
Ah, blessed was the day when I first
bade myself to fly!
ROBERT L. BELLEM.
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We are a good deal alarmed to hear that
Herbert Fisher, now the BrltUh Minister
of Education, may'be coming this way as
the new ambassador from Great Britain.
We studied under "Hal" Fisher for a while,
and If he comes over here with plenipo
tentiary powers we fear he might be able
to extradite us for never having answered
some of the questions he asked us in sev
eral examinations.
We are still waiting to hear some one
protest against the Camden bridge on .the
ground that it would Impair Philadelphia's'
sovereignty.
Shad rhubarb pie puttln." the baby to
bed by daylight yes, 'tis spring.
SOCRATES.
Even Senator Borah should enjoy the
"concert of Europe',' as Lieutenant Jint
directs it.
It should be distinctly understood that
when Doctor Laird urges that the Camden
bridge be suspended, he Is speaklt
cluslvely in the architectural sense.
bridge be suspended, he Is speaking; ex
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THE WHITE PEACE
TVAWN on the night's horizon day of
--' the unmalled hand!
Thrill of the unspoiled ages in the youth
of the uptorn land!
A call from the sacred silence, from
smitten soul and soil;
"Bow ye in consecration et ye your
hands to toll."
Seven times seventy ages have smitten
the earth to pain: .
Yea, and till seven times seventy
tks
earth, has buried her slain)
And, scarred with death-filled trenches,
aid choked with blood of men,
Forgiving, has smiled her harvests, ant
yielded her fruit again.
Tramp df tlje living heroes, where tho
warring heroes trod!
A million low, white crosses, singing the
ancient Word:
"Go beat your swords into plowshares!
Go forge your tools and live
Till Love and Justice conquer till God
and the dead forgive!"
Seven times seventy ages the tale hat
been the same:
Olory of victor and vanquished,, honot
and grief and shame.
But never sudh grief, so costly,
such
scenes as souls abhor,
And never such glory as ours, naming th
Final Wart'
Charles Pcole Cleaves, in the New York
Times.
The campaign for twe-and-three-quar-ter
per cent beer will be spoiled entirely
should Its supporters become intoxicated
with their success.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What President c the United States
had fourteen children?
2. What is the meaning of this phrase,
"The ship had pratique"?
3. What is a dolomite?
4. What is tho personal name for a fox?
6. What Is the second largest city in Brazil?
6. What is a proa?
7. When was Spain a republic?
8. How many drams make an ounce la
avoirdupois?
9. Whftfis the Spanish pronunciation of the
word Mexico?
10. Who was In command of the United
States fleet in the Mediterranean dur
ing the war?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The government's railway in Alaska, now
under construction, Is to be 471 miles
long.
2. The baptismal name of the Pope is
Glacomo della Chleea.
3. The President, according to the constitu
tion, "shall have power to make
treaties, provided two-thirds of the
Senators concur."
4. Cornwall is the part of England known
as the Duchy,
6, Thomas Ken wrote the doxology begin
ning "Praise God From -All Blessings
Flow I"
6, Two Vrehlatorio animals allied to the
contemporary elephant were the mam
j moth and tha mastodon.
7, W. J. Bryan was- Secretary of State from
March .4, 1913, to June, 1916,
8, Shakespeare, in "Henry IV," described
j Julius Caesar as the "hook-nosed fel
low of Rome." ,
9. The word Newfoundland Is pronounced
by the Inhabitants of that Island as
though Bpelled "Nu-fund-land," with
tlip accent on the first syllable, but
also with considerable stress on the
last
19.
The acanthus leaf la represented in the.
I decoration of tho capitals of Cor In v-1
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