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rpiIERE ia an undoubted lack uf conO-
-dencc in the impartiality of the RoKi!'-
ration Commission. Its duty is to secure
ihcj.rcgistration of the voters under such
fii1es as will permit every qualified voter
itocnsthls ballot. It should be as free na
lihff cgu.rt9 from partisan bins. It should
Mirers jealous of fraud and favoritism as
rltKJ& rxJsslblc for honest men to be.
11$ But, in 19JG the commission permitted
Usoir to do used lor lactionni purposes,
nu its' conduct hai been condemned both
Sfby the Common Pleas Courts and by the
Supreme Court of the state.
ft' ni-t .11- 1S.-.I !...! Ml 1
wrg una uiscieuucti cuiuiiiifisiun win iiHe
t'Cbarjrc of the repcistration of voters for
IJih'e annroachinir' mavoraltv election. The
Ridovcijriop has announced that "there will
K.ff;?i'"va V fn Dtvprlrti f1ir uitnutirm ''
IP rl!f certainly needs sweeteninp;. ,In.Mt
f jvhat is to he done has not yet been an-
tnbiinccd.. Two or three proposals are
B.l)cfpro the LeKislaturc. Kach is open to
UMJUVtlUIIO. IlUb 1L I.) IllljrUI iltl U lllitb
MtoniethiriK be done it we aie to have an
"epcn 'and fair registration during which
tcui7.cns -viu ue pcimiiieu 10 quality as
voters because they are citizens ami not
Because thev surnnit cine faction oi nm
bopposed to another fattion.
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'-ATS OFF TO THE AIRMAN!
?$
Jp ciitliUEiaslic welcome accorded to
fTleu tenant Commander Read when he
ned in the NC'-l at Plymouth and later
bcu T)c reached London, was jukt the
Aldjt-of a tribute which the Knclish
lt&lwcre oxnecled to trivit 1 ti :i m;in who
fcssitouc. what he set out to do.
t?Thcrc was nothing grudging or half
feaficd about it, nor any attempt to
little the achieven'ent by nccling at
precautions taken to insure its suc-
Thc American Navy Department set
nt to demonstrate that it was possible
BCan airship to fly acrors the ocean.
hdt',only one of the thiee aircraft that
lartcd was able to cover the distance
En Trcpassey to Ilorta without (!!
justifies all the precautions that
cpn. And the success of one air-
(fying from Itockuway Beach on
lij" the ocean to Plymouth on the
h justifies the confidence which
Department had in the capabili-
s flying men and in the qualities
irplanes built in America.
JUNE
is. a month famous for its roses,
Iridea and its bugs.
Iiimvoses by scattering pollen cause
ijeitive persons to rush the hay fever
8on.
sjune brides are the old original vic-
B8 of rose fever.
lAmong the June bugs may be included
B.'bejief that if Edwin and Angelina
amrt Jn June when the moon is full thev
6iyea better chance of happiness than if
BCynmarry in May or .iuiy. Now and
phi'sopc of these bugs manages to sur
ryfeAhe honeymoon.
Fs'jtlifajparticular June is noteworthy for
M fact tnat it is the last time that the
loon will ie nermitted to fret full in mn.
genial company. Next month he'll take
fcls.KOuse alone.
KiJiJne is a warm baby much addicted to
Aojing drinks, which she sucks through
ftraws 'without regard for the h. c. of 1.
Ki'.the luxury tax.
fyrMaybe that is why His Honor the
. calendar nan Savc her thirty days.
&&e' OPENING AN EMPIRE
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Vuitlnu the war popular conscious
ness ov iqc rcmarKauic railway unucr
siruction by the government in
Ifcttka was naturally feeble. Indeed, it
i Mrdly too much to say that in the
sr,--ar.,ieasi, me magnituue and impor-
bc,o; the enterprise was virtually for
'"Nevertheless, in the vast terri-
ir' o;'remote from the terrible scenes
sed strife the great transportation
nae, Nvas well under way.
Itfjwaj? i)nly in April, 1915, that the
isident announced the selection of the
route from Seward, on Resurrection
rJj;fo j Fairbanks, far inland on the
mwjjver, in nines tusiani. since
; in addition to the rehabilitation of
jklmrfta, Northern Railroad, 252 miles
IP work has been done on the line
Ptgi i mounts of grading, in places
Om rails have not yet been laid.
a.l the difficulties of the
4a"vi8 a highly creditable record.
, dtik'' t still speedier progress is
fily .at hand. The present forcd
JjMO.Wrkmen is to be doubled in June.
rth' appropriation of nearly two
' dtuars is included in the general
bill now before the Senate.
ininuwum sjkt9e years iorc
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ptftttc Writer
and copper fields, opening up n new agri
cultural empire and connecting the navi
gable central waterways of the territory
with tho southern coast, will be an
acc'ompliEhed fact. That the possibilities
of Alaska will be realized is Incontesta
ble. Americans would do well to refresh
their memories concerning what the gov
ernment is doing in the huge northwest
cm region of almost untouched resources".
Tho enterprise is worth a keen tingle
of pride. It is of Pannmn Cannl and Hog
Island caliber.
REPUBLICANS MAY NOW HEAR
THE TAP OF OPPORTUNITY
Defeat of the Queer Dlrds of Western
Insurgency Permits True Spirit of
Liberalizing Progress to Be Heeded
TplOHT damp rocket arc limply on cx--LJ
hibit in Washington as a result of
the futile opposition to Senator Penrose's
chairmanship of the finance committee.
Failure to soar into the lofty altitudes of
triumph over the "Old Guard" is de
cisively to be recorded of Messrs. Horah,
Cummins, Hiram Johnson, Kenyon, Len
root, Capper, McCormick and McNnry.
Defective fireworks have nUo enabled
Finneis K. Warren, of Wyoming, authori
tatively to dirett the almost equally im
portant appropriations committee.
If all the advance blazoning of the
political pjiotcchnic display is to be ac
cepted at it.s own valuation, the fell
genius of stand pattism is once more
throttling the Republican paity. It has
ictreated into its ancient cave, barred
the door and successfully plugged up all
the chinks whereby the radiant beams of
emancipating "itiMirgency" might enter.
Sir. Penrose, Mr. Warren, Mr. Lodge,
Mr. Knox and their so-called fellow "re
actionaries," If they tue melodramatically
inclined, might strike oNultant attitudes
in asset tion of the victory. These, how
ever, would lie meiely stage gestures,
and of that fact nobody is better aware
than the actors themselves.
The conventional Republican leader
ship which has taken the saddle in the
Sixty-sixth Coiigies-. involves a very
familiar combination of experience,
ability and cynicism. There can be little
question that its appraisement of the
Mtuntiou is wholly tin romantic and con
tains no element?, of self-delusion. Too
thoroughly schooled in the game are the
prcnt winners to imagine that they
have crushed progrcssh ism in the party
or instituted an effective barrage against
sound liberalism and sensible cnuliuc
tive lefoim.
Willi! the hnc ac(uall done is to
hringidnun a flock of elrcmelj queer
bilds!
Any one v. ho believes that Mi. Pentose
and his atsociates are amig.iting to
th'-mselves any accomplishment mm pass
ing that is decidedly defective in the his
toiy of "Old (luarii" politics.
Unfoitunatciy, however, nmconi-cption
of the pot .sound of the lixzcd-out "tevolt"
peisists in some citcles. It excite-, the
fancy to picture a ringing challenge of
"liberals" to a i dictionary Gibraltar, and,
as usual, it is the existence of a partial
tiutn which fottilie:- the conception.
There is no mysteiy about the piinci
plcs which govern Senator Penrose. If
his methods are frankly ometimts bru
ta ly "practical," it cannot be said that
he ever failed to make them tesponsive
to autbeutiu political pre.-sure. His
adioitness may h" sellii-li from the party'
point of view, but for that particular rea
son he is tiMiallj keenly cognizant of the
tides of popular entiment. A case in
point is the recent absence of unqualified
utteiance from his lips with reference to
the league of nations. His .shicndncss is
le-enfoiced with solid legislative ability
and an innate aversion to "freak" move
ments. Senator PcnioscV col'eagues in con
trol of the Republican wing of Congies.s
rceal in varying dcgiee points of ic
srmbiatx'o. Whether they aim to be so
or not, their sensitiveness to the baiome
ter of public common sense ih acute. And
that explains why, despite the "Old
Guard's" record, despite the connction of
many Republican patriots that such lead
ership cannot justify the high preten
sions of a great political parly, the na
tion is rather relieved than otherwise at
the couise of congressional mastery.
Compared with the woolly extrava
gances of the present insurgents, the
standard Republican machinery assumes
an aspect of lirtue. But the hope that
some day its wiies will be short-circuited
and the current cut off is highly engag
ing. The Republican party ii eminently
worthy of a far higher and altogether
different kind of leadership. It will come
eventually, for the public will, however
inchoate it may sometimes appear, is
seldom denied ultimate and definite regis
tration. Hut frr.iu the inwardly fervid, but now
squelched, anti-Penrose group in 'Wash
ington party redemption is certainly not
obtainable. The disposition of the chair
manships is far, indeed, from ideal, es
pecially in tho method used, but of the
alternatives it was infinitely the more
to be desired.
Courageous constructive leadership is
by no means hopelessly handicapped
when it authentically appears in the Re
publican party. For attestation turn to
the career of Theodore Roosevelt. Whilo
it i3 truo that his liberalism was the
cause of factional breach, it is equally in
contestable that when .the gulf was
bridged it provided the avenue to his
domination of a reunited party. Pro
gressive standards sanely conceived arc
in no real danger of suppression in Re
publican ranks if the right advocates are
manifested. But even the sinful Penrose
may be happily depended upon to cork up
tommynonsense.
In the current instance the contents of
the vial, temporarily balked of its effer
vescence, are suspiciously seasoned with
insoluble political sophistries.
No wonder tho emeute which William
R. Borah led was stifled at its inception!
Time was when the present senator from
Idaho sought his country's salvation in
ibe ludicrous fallacy of free silver, He
urged n different remedy in 10J6 in vot
ing against tho tabling of tho Gore reso
lution forbidding American citizens sea
travel on ships armed against submarine
slaughter. McCumbcr, Cummins, Gronna,
Norris, La Kollctlc, all listed now ns in
surgents, similatly went on record.
McCumbcr mny bo recalled as the
author of a singular resolution, proposed
on the day Congress voted for war with
Germany. It stipulated that the United
States was not to take up arms against
the imperial government until still an
other American ship had been sunk by
the Hun pirates.
Ia Kollette and Norris were among the
six senatqrs three Republicans and
three Democrats who voted against the
war resolution in the upper house.
l.enroot wns an active supporter of the
Mcl.emorc proposed ban against arming
American merchantmen.
Senator McCormick, when in the House,
was ardently in favor of disposing of the
Hohenzollern menace, but once the war
was started his er enlhedm utterances
concerning its conduct and prospects
read amusingly in the light of subsequent
happenings. Prophecy is a discteditcd
art nowadays, but Mr. McCormick in
sisted that his junketing amid European
scenes warranted the most solemn regard.
"I am convinced," he declared, at about
tho same time that a public statement
from Lloyd George involved the Illinois
rongicssmnn in a feat of misquotation,
"that a military decision befoic 191 1 is
impossible."
A ceitain catchy lirillianc. in the "Old,
Gnat d" opponents is undeniable. The
magnetism of Borah, the vigor of Cum
mins, prominently displayed in his Iowa
"trust-busting" pcrfotmances; the per
sistence of Norris, ns revealed in his an
tagonism to Cannon autocracy; the
cultutc and cleverness of McCormick, the
frankness of Hiram Johnson, the sin
cerity of Capper all these arc qualities
welcome and stimulating to American
statesmanship.
In several cases, however, florid ego
tism is a companion and a weakening
attribute. The icsull is a costly bel
ligerency which imparts the impression
that tlr brand of statesmanship disclosed
is unseasoned.
The word is used advisedly and is not
to be invalidated by icference to length
of legislative careers. Some of the most
spectacular figures in American politics
have been spiritually unseasoned from
their debut in Congiess until their fare
well. The gorgeously ihetorical Roscoc
C'onkling, able and spirited, but futs
trated of his most chcii-hed hopes, was
of this type. So, in a .sense, was the
fiery and eloquent Douglas.
Blaiun, Burr, Sumfier, Seward, Web
ster, Clay, Calhoun, all at sonic time were
classifiable on certain points as paity in
fiiriectionis'ts. They were at times in
tensely popular, even adored. Yet vir
tually none of them, with the possible
exception of Blaine and Seward, is ex'
empt fiom the charge of having inspired
mcasuies the extreme unwisdom of which
i.i now tiansparcntly obvious. And in
eer case the public, with its instinctive
tioth with .security, denied them fulfill
ment of their presidential ambitions.
In the broad sense "seasoning" in poli
tics may be indefinable, but it is highly
potent.
It is possible therefore tn regard tho
ptCKcnl complexion of leadership in the
Republican tanks without the gloom
which might under other circumstances
accompany a scene wherein a movement
against rcnctionaiies was checked. Wild
tangents have been avoided. What
remains to be done is a task of large
proportions, but one so directly in accord
with the finest Republican traditions
that the pressure to undcitakc it should
be vital.
The party icsponsiblc for such achieve
ments as tlie overthrow of slavery, tho de
velopment of American industries, the
I dictation of Cuba and fair play in the
Orient, has a unique reeoul of largc
visioued constiuctivc accomplishment.
The opportunities today for new perfor
mances of equal caliber arc opulent. The
liTc of the party depends upon the au
thority and leadership in sane liberalism
which brings it to the present 'problems
of epochal import.
Eccentric nostrums have been rejected
in the verdict against the embryonic up
rising of the "irtesponsible.s." The way
is paved for the adoption of authentic
remedies, makiug for the best quality of
Iibcialb:ing national progress.
The president of hn
lleatll W.-n Austrian republic x.i)
Ilcr Clinlre Austria is doomod
rcononile drath if sho
hm not join Germany. But union with
Germany has already brought nbout her
moral death.
The biRKcK drama of
tin- wor'd U now holm;
stiei'd iu Kansas and
Whrat! Wheat!
Wheat!
120,000 "supos" are
needed nt fifty lents an hour and bonid. A.
MiCorinicK Reaper sustains tne lead aiid'it
N earnestly hoped (lint the support will be
nile(iiate.
The German (inreru
Slnppllis ibe Watch incut ins issued a
mi the Rhine warning to those who
are planning to sepa
rate the Rhlnelahd from Germany, declaring
them guilty of bigb tieasou. But those who
plan btieli things are usually not easily in
timidated. Admiral Koleliak has
Necktie Parlies authorized the expor
tation from Russia uf
hemp, tbij! nnd other products iu exchange
for British nnd American cargoes. ler
Impi lie should have retained the hemp. Jic
limy need it for the DolshcrlM.
German delegates to
Muddying the the Peace Conference
Waterr arc now busy explain
ing certain parts of
their counter-proposals which are evidently
not clear even to themselves. But is clarity
their aim? .
Brmkdorff-Itaiitzau's
Boom for Conjecture ulleged determination
not to slgu the treaty
may be either an evidence of courage or of
caution. He may either be bucking the line
or passing the buck.
Women interviewed by the Kvbnino
1'uni.io I.KliqKH ou the "Ideal mayor" ex
errbifd praiseworthy restraint. Net pue of
them recommended a woman for the position.
GETTING ACQUAINTED
Story of How One Neighborhood House
Is Promoting Social Intercourse
and Making Everybody Happy
GGN1
In
r.Xli: had just had dinner nnd wns still
evening clothes when he climbed the
fence of the playground of the University
House nod surveyed the scene. Below him
on hN right a busy matron of seven with n
eorw of able nlstnnts was removing the
debili from the concrete basin which litter
on will he n wading pool. In front of him
half a dozen boys nud glrli climbed a ladder
ami slilnril a chute with the backs of their
little tumnile. To the left of him a tini
versify student ployed baseball with a scrub
team Hint needed scrubbing. It wns the ball
game that Interested Genie. He carefully
turned over on his stnmnch, lowered himself
until lie hung by his hands, adjusted hH
bare legs on the sides 'of a jutting post,
eased himself to the ground nnd took up n
position on the Meld. Ills pants, which
might have been n bhort divided tkirt,
flapped in the breeze. His shirt wns cut
decollete. He had no hat. But his position
was professional.
"Shoot on, dis way!" he demanded.
"Greatest kid that ever happened!" said
Dana How, service secretary, who secures
volunteer workers from among the students
of the university for the settlement, "but it
is pretty hnnl to keep him clean."
"It hnppeus once in a while." said Miss
Helen 1. Duncan, in charge of the work of
the house. "When the bojs are taken to
the sn Infilling pool they are scrubbed here
under the shower's before they leave the
plnie: then they are scrubbed ngaiii before
they enter the pool. It has happened to
Genie ns it bus happened to other boys."
TT WAS nn nfT
-- I'nstnirs the
' day at the settlement house.
he girls were having an all-
girl dance, the music was provided by a
jazz band. Downstairs .limmie. Dougherty
wsr conducting n fife nnd drum band. In
the halt a doren boys nnd girls, attracted by
the music, swarmed nnd demauded admis
sion .
"Pretty quiet tonight." rrmarked Miss
Duncan, In perfect good fnith. "You should
be here when there's something going on."
She was sitting In the hall taking nickels
from the girls as they entered. Well
dressed girls they were, with the pretliness
uf .mi:i Hi and health. -
One made a point Of parsing without pay
ing her nickel.
".Vlckel inmiiiR," said Miss Duncan.
"Oh, well, I'll give you the nickel," snld
the giil, "but 1 won't talk to you." But
she (united when she .aid it.
"I had to discipline them the other night."
explained Miss Duncan. "They ran through
the haljs and made a noise when I had a
speaker here, so I refused to allow them to
have their dance. But it's all right now."
In mat died a crowd to get a drink at the
fountain and then they dallied. "Glad to
see jou," s-aid Miss Duncan. "Gnnd-nlglit.
Bight turn, tjuick inarch. Left, right,
left, right."
Willi sheepish grins they filed out.
"Haven't room for them all every night, so
we di ide lliings up."
IXTlt. HOW explained the dividing. One
J-'-t case is illustrative. A gang of hnys long
ago hung around ihe house nnd made things
iinioinfortable. They might have been driven
away. Instead they were invited inside and
given a loom of their own. It was their
fhibrniiin Tliej furnished it themselves.
Onee in a while somebody connected with
the house or some university student visited
them. No .attempt was made to run their
meetings but they were subtly directed.
That gang is now a pretty tine bunch of bo.vs.
There are eier so many such clubs in the
settlement house - - girls' clubs nnd boys'
clubs. Some of them nre old mi,s. The
.lunior Club's membership is composed of
men of from twenty -one to Ihiity-the. Their
iluhrnnm is beautifully furnished. A large
case holds a tine collection of trophies won
iu athletic events. These men take pride in
the settlement nnd have a right to that
feeling.
One of Iheir number, .lames Dougherty,
gies a lot of his time and a lot of his money
to the institution. He is drilling a fife and
jlruni (oips nf Itf i. m and has himself equipped
them with the instruments.
QOMKTHING is doing ever.v minute has
J ketbitll games in , ,is gjninasiuin,
(oncerts, thentnial performances, dnnces
and shoit talks. r,wr body inteiested and
evervbody u.vuig sufficient to lemovc the
taint of ( harit.v .
And, Minic to think of i(, they give as
much as thej get. It is a double barreled
affair, Sir. How explains. He has ever so
many unhcrsit men working niouiiil the
settlement, and assuredly the trainiii" thejr
aie getting pajs ihem for the work they do.
There are dentists at work every evening in
a well-appointed office. The dispensnry is
excellent iu ever.v particular. There are
doctors in plenlj who visit in the neighbor
hood. And. best of all. the people in the neigh
borhood hnve (oiitidence in the settlement
house and the men mid women who ruu it.
The house is a place of refuge in all cases of
emergency, and the house never fails to heed
the cull.
milK rniwrtily House has a branch iu
-L what some thoughtless people call the
Devil's Pocket. The I'ocket is formed by the.
walls of the Naval Hospital and consists of
half a down populous streets. The I'ocket
House (if we may call it so for the sake of
convenience) is a six-room dwelling presided
over by Mis Bell.
Thd strikingly handsome young gentlemen
who accompanied .Miss Duncan to the Pocket
House cariied their hats in their hands the
greater pint of the way. They did this after
their elbows giew tired returning greetings
to those who knew Miss Duncan. This in
cluded every man, woman nud child iu the
dozen streets traversed. And especially the
children. They hailed' her a block oft. Tho
streets resounded with "Ho, there, JIUs
Duncan!"
"I'd just love to live in the Pocket," con
fided the lady, "The. people haven't been
spoiled,"
TIIKKK was excitement in tho Pocket
House.. Two pretty little girls were
hostetscs to a dozen friends. The hostesses
helped MUs Bell tn cut cake and make lem
onade' while the guests played a gamo which
consisted in cnlllng n number and spinning
a tin plate. I don't know the principles of
the game, but there wns a lot of shouting
and a lot of laughter in it. Aqd all the other
children In the neighborhood flocked around
tho doors' and windows nnd announced that
they, the outsiders, were golug to have a
party next Tuesday.
There Is a enmp connected with the Sctr
tlemeut House Hint I am golug to visit some
day.
And, I-ord! but I'd like to have the chil
dren love me tlicwii) they love Miss Duncau!
DEMOSTHKNKS SIcGINNIS.
If Bernstorff approved of the peace
treaty Americans would be justified ia be
llcvlug that there was something wrong
with it.
THE CHAFFING DISH
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' Now Will He Be Good!
Dear Snciates l was particularly inter
ested in jour lemarks about the position of
"not onlj" iu sentences formed by the Pres
ident. In fact, 1 wrote about it to him some
weeks ago. ARTHUR A. DI3MB1TJ5.
Ainerongen was crowded with excursion
IMs who desired to obtain a glimpse of
tho famous refugee, but ho. was eom
plelely bidden by the heavy foliage. News
(!tmtcli.
Wilhelm's beard must have grown rnpidly.
At any rate, one place here Woodrow
won't sny "II is very delightful to be here"
will be the Senate chamber on the occasion
of his next visit.
Literary Noteo
Satuidny was not merely the hundredth
birthday of Walt Whitman ; it wns also the
thirty-second for therenbouts) birthday of
Harrison Hires, one of the favorite poets of
our youth. Harrison, we understand, still
keeps on writing verses, and we have been
hoping that lhidepartment would be favored
with some of them. If Harrison is going to
he selfish aqd keep to hinwelf what belongs
to mankind, it seems a gieat pity. Come
acioss,' Harrison, with a brisk Hircsinn Ijric.
Dr. Albert Wnlson, a Canadian eirnlist,
has edited a book called "The Twentieth
Plane," which purports to be n series of
interviews with tb.e great ones of the earth
who have passed on to "the twentieth
plane." The messages were received by. a"
Toronto business man in a state of trance.
The twentieth plane, it appears, Is lit by
"an eternal sky of pink." which we think
would become rather tedious! and by the
testimon of both Carlyle and Ingcrsnll there
is no smoking done theie. Doctor Watson's
habit was to ask questions of the Great Spir
its, who would answer through "the Instru
ment, being the lotonto business man
nforesaid. Some of the answers must have
been disconcerting to the Canadian enthu
siast, for instance:
AVATSON Is there n future for Cana
dian drama?
SHAKHSPnARB - You see, I hardly
know your plane.
Dorothy Wordsworth seems to have been
one of the liveliest of the visiting sijlrits,' nud
remarked, apropos of Walt Whitman, "Walt
is a big explosion yet." We fear that Walt
must have prompted her to say this: it sounds
more like him than like Dorothy.
We intend to make a stern effort this
mouth not to quote Lowell's line about a
day In .lime, thus shattering all precedents
in Journalism.
The Face on the Barroom Floor
rtrar Sotrates: fan It b (no, aurely It cannot!)
that ao fihauatbc an Intfltfrtual lowbrow as
ourself baa not at hand the words of "The Fac
Upon the Klonr" (not "The Face on the Rarroom
v.-innr." na It la generally and fallaciously known).
I thought ever bard and bartender from tho pro
hibitory ioat of Maine to the rum-waaheO.
an amps of. Florida knlw the undjlne ditty. Any
how, it beuhia, la Cowperlnn vain: '"Twaa a
balmy aummer evenlne. and u comity crowd was
there, tootle-too within Joe'a barroom on the or
ner of the square." And then It quits Conner
cold and seta very theodorckremerlan. winding; up
with the tremendoua crescendo molto appaaalonata
con almpatlco death of the artlap stew. You
mleht care to know that the author of "The
Fate" la, or was, a guaal-Phlladelphlan. He wan
?) Hua-o A. IVArcy, author of Inhumerable sob
acenartoa for l.ubln plcturea (what's become or
you, lluh, lately?) but he waa mainly famoda for
'The Face," Mr. D'Arcy, like joureelf. loved
ronsenlal and Informal people and placea. Ha
waa In his prime In the da j a when the movie actors
used to conejrezate of nlghta at Z-m-'a if.t-L. With
a muir of Hlppocrene and fumlnc clay Hush would
alt In the rorner and hobnob with hla hlatrlonla
and poetical friends (I waa tr!ne to be both
thenl. klnda. like an Americanized and washed
Verlalne. He waa a tolerant and polite aoul, but
lie lost III" Boat once when Charlie Chaplin, then
juet beatonlnc to embroider the outer frlntea of
his fame', ataied and plajert In an outraieous
parody of "Th Fare," The picture waa filled with
dipsomania, violence and douth. It waa enor
moualy funny, llut 1 alwaja underjtood there
after how Toe would have felt If he'd llvod to
read "Tho Cannibal Flea," rjl.
Our, friend David .Wright tells jist that
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A&D NO TIME TO tOSlb
when AValt Whitman was seventy-three he
wns tvventy.-cven, and they used to joko
over the fact Hint together they made up a
century. Which gives Mr. Wright a par
ticularly good reason for celebrating tho
centennial of his old friend.
Our Land
Whatever cheery sights you've seen in all this
great wide world.
The best of -nil the sights I ween, when
round the globe you've whirled,
Is that first glimpse of shore line, of sand or
grass or crag,
Whatever land that's home land, beneath the
starry flag.
Oh ! It's Home Land, nnd Hope Land,
the Land for you and me,
It's Our Land forever, nnd America,
the free.
There's lodestone in these rocks of ours it
draws from nil the earth
Eager ones from other lands Lands that
gave them birth.
Krom Continent and Orient, from polo nnd
torrid strnud,
Krom crowded streets nnd lone retreats, they
come to share Our Lnnd.
And it's their land nnd Our Land, we
call it Cod's country,
' The West Lnnd, the best land, land of
fertility.
We're proud nf all our history, our storied
hills nnd plains,
We've old blood, twice told blood, and blue
blood in our veins;
Hut we're proudest of the red blood wc
didn't know we had
Thnt flovvrd for us and died for us, and lives
in each brave lad
Of your lnnd and my lnnd nnd Our Land
the hree,
The new land, the true land, the land of
liberty.
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But of nil the bonny sights J know the best
of sights to me
Is .to see your faces, lads dear, that come
from o'er the sen, '
And some thnt never got so fnrnor had the
,chnncc to dare;
We've thought of all of you, my dears, in
ninny and mnny n prayer.
And you're home again with us again, we're
proud to hnve you here,
Earth give jou joys! (lod keep you, boys!
To Our Land you're dear.
It's Our Land for nil of us, United
States say we,
Then lend a hand to keep Our Land,
America, tho Free-!
DQItA ADELE SHOEMAKEIt.
Desk Mottoes
Tho main difference between pcoplo seems
to be, thnt one man can como under obliga
tions on which jou enn rely, is obllgablc;
and another is not. EMERSON.
The other day wc visited tho old Poe house
on Brandyvvlno street and had a pleasant
chat with Mrs. Owens, who lives there.
When wo were there a year or so ago Mrs.
Owens showed us- n curious placo in tho
cellar, where tho floor hnd been covered over
by some old planking, and at that time wo
advanced the theory that perhaps Poo had
done some sinister digging there of tho kind
described in "The Black Cat." Wo urged
Mrs. Owens to see what might lie under the
boards. And now Mrs. Owens tells us thnt
last Christmas time she kejit two dogs tied
up in tho cellar for some days, und that the
dogs were wildly curious about those old
boards. They could not be kept away from
them and insisted on digging around in that
part of the cellar. We still think that per
'haps a black cat is interred there. Did
anything happen to Catteriua, Toe's famous
Spring uaraen street cat, tnat may nave
suggested the story 7
SOCRATES.
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rrom the Grand Forks Herald.
IN A HALL BEDROOM
TN THE long border on the right
-I- I shall plant larkspur -first,"
she
thinks.
"Pennies nnd chrysanthemums
And then sweet-scented maiden pinks.
"The border on the left shall hold
Nothing but masses of white phlox,
Forget-me-nots shall edge this one.
The one across be edged with box.
"The sun-dial in the center stands.
There morning glories bright shall twine.
And in a strip nt either end
Shall grow great clumps of columbine.
"There is no garden in the world
Ho beautiful ns mine," she dreams.
Itlsjng, bhe walks tho little spaco
To where her narrow window Biennis,
She gazes through the dingy pano'
To where the street is noisy still,
And tends with pitiable care
A tulip on the window sill.
Aline Kilmer, in "Cnndles That Burn."
Tho "lame duck" on its "last leg" was
game to the last.
All that is required of Austria is to un
derstudy Br'cr Itabbit and lay low an say
nufUu.
Hnlf a dozen women with pins in their
mouths could fix up thnt chnrtcr in next to
no time.
. Englnnd's prospective home supply of
oil may take the occasionnl squeak out of her
wheels of industry.
President Wilson has made mistakes,
but his ability to pick out the right moment
to speak and the right berics of moments iu
"which to remain silent is apparently greater
thnn that of his opponents.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1, Who Is Anna Shnvv;?
2. What is verjuice?
H. Where is Ferrol, from wfiich place the
NO-'l flew to Plymouth?
4, What does the seventeenth amendment
to the constitution provide?
fi. With how many powers wns the United
States at war during the world con
flict? 0. What Is a pilgarllc? .
7. Whero was Walt Whitman horn?
8. What famous American financier was
called tho "COiimodorc"?
0. What Is tho capitil of Slam?
10. What is patchouli?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. Thomas Nelson Page is American am
bassador to Italy. (
2. The standard railroad gauge Is four
feet,- eight and a half inches.
3. "Tho Great Balloon Hoax" was a
fictitious account of a transatlantic
aerial voyage, written by I'olJ pub
lished In the New York-Sun. The nar
rotlve wns realistic in detail and it
succeeded in deceiving the public for
several days.
44. An irado is a written decree of the
sultan of Turkey,
G. The English billion:', is a million mil'
lions. In the United States a billion
is a thousand millions,
0. Woodrow WHson WBI lorn in Stoun
tou, Virginia,
7. The fablfd uulcojn had n horse's body
nnd a single, straight horn.
8, The land uf Uosheu means the land ot
light or plen'tj-. '
0, A xkeupior skeuc Is a Gaelic dagger,
used in Ireland ami Scotland.
10. The inctaL cinnabar is also palled ver
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