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Member of the Associated Press TBB ASSOCIATED PRESS h erclu tivfly entitled to the imc for republication of all ftetcs dispatches rrrdited to it or nut plhtrwiie credited in tin paper, and alto ft 'fe local newt published therein & All rights of republication of si peeial rfi'j- patches herein arc alio renewal. Fhilidtlplila Tudi. June 10. I'll THE SPREADING "LEAK" THE President lightly considers the treaty "leak" in the hunu- spint as Would any honorable party to a solemn cpntract of which violation had been rflade. This is apart from the quc.-tion as, to whether his entry into such an ajjroement m the first place was justi fiable or wise. With the other Entente governments, however, he did pledge .himself not to communicate the text of the document at this time. Action to the contrary wok' I have been a palpable case of faith-breaking. The investigation which he has in dorsed in his cable to Senator Hitchcock Rh "i3 equally logical. The treaty i.. out. Iai Unc draft of it. a pi?eil to he iiuthentic. s ordered prirted in the Cotigieiimnal Record. It is not sui prising that ibis revelation occurred, since copies of the document were easily procurable in Ger many. The "leak" may have been spi ung in; neutral countries, and peihaps through tortuous channels in England, France, Italy or America. In any case, the congressional inves tigation, whatever "interests," financial or political, it may unmask, is the pioper way to handle a most unsavory affair. The text disclosuie is especially harm ful .from the fact that it does not exhibit the treaty upon which the Senate will be isked to pass judgment. That document in definite form is, even today, non existent. It is likely that significant changes will be made as a result of the negotiations with Germany this week. Even to those senators whose hatted of, what has been accomplished in Paris isrnost intense, it ought to be annarcnt rthat criticism of a tieaty which is not .we real tnmg is a work of futility. BERLINSANITY "DEELIN may establish a state court JJto try those accused of starting, lengthening and losine the war. 1 There is no doubt that Germany has jurisdiction. All those responsible are , within her borders. , And, judging by past methods, she w.ll doubtless label starting the war a mi. Hake, lengthening the war a misdemeanor and losing the war a crime, the penalties for which shall be, lespectively, five, ten And thirty days in the cooler. THE "SPROUL IDEA" Q.OVERNOR SPROUIS evident dis-- taste for commencement generalities palpably moved him to be both specific and lucid in his address made to the "''Swarthmore College graduates vester- Rji; wiiijc uie numing principle of his ir5.' recirie for crood ririnne!iin i o-;f.n.. ffM illffidllt to fpnlirn fVio n-o.t;nni : t.... JKi; rniPTif for nvrtracein. ; :,. :-..i'i-, t$L .-"'-' v wrn.MiMS H ia jiiimuuiateiy at &-Z ' JllUs asency is the ballot, and the Gov- i remor renuKp to cn.iniiAri ;A 1 Cl ents" or "reformers" who fm) m-nr if ""abuses without taking the trouble to rec- Vr! ..! Al i it -. . K7 mem at tne polls is logically unim peachable. Its timeliness is esnecinllv significant J'ust now vnen tnc expected ' jiational enfranchisement of women fnm. 'iVyCasts such vast new opportunities for urenderinp- irnvnrnmnnt- a ,.!,. nn lx i, --- .. V, M,J, l-U-UJICIcl- X. "tive entrnriEo f The standard of political and social conduct which the Governor sets up is, however, more elusive Common sense 4 the "Sproul idea" and, though he ad mits that it is rare, his feelinir for aphmli- 'ties prompts him to fashion an illumi- irgjiiating deiinition. T That precious attribute is. hP main. Utains. "that function of iudirmnnr n-h;u h" fcealed at the junction of ail the funda- ;: omental senses, tne lmnnispa .m.i ;,- maM)lBBUrniRpct nil tnuf rv.n 4 it j KJMWSBIJir . "" """ i" " irom TTIr.- . 5Hg3ftf- . ' -.......iK miai l.s wor,tnTKiC with experience and knowl- ge, controls the policy of the indivirliml jii.fortunatc as to possess it." vtnrhese are rigid exactions and obviously eAi'ujiuuuai jnurutis can nope to ful- m, but as a governing doctrine in a , of much foggy thinking even an. ations of this ideal should be nf rrit properties. Common sense and ilete exercise of the right of fran- that is Air. hproul's stimulating 0 to prospective voters. It is n lamaant ntnrfnrm ImrmiRp iintnnNilinHnii.i. $at& in line with all our inheritance of ;, wwcracy. Kl.'FOR STATE SEAMANSHIP r. W W& chances that Pennsylvania will again maintain a school-training ship Imperceptibly brightened by the House TOproprlutions committee's favorable re- f.j(ert, 6a the bill providing for the es- TPBllWiment. vi siicn u vi-saei. " The old Saratoga ,png performed iMxfely valuable services in the develop- pf r American seamanship, The tm-Alw fralainjf-yMscl idea MMUKKfMr w. ne wen a serious Jnistako. Continued indifference to it theso days when the ration's mari time potentiality is suddenly conspicu ous nnd when Pennsylvania's share in the shipping renaissance should be so largo would be still more fatuous. In its amended form the appropriation provided for in the school ship training bill is cut down from $150,000 to $100,000. This is n modest sum with which to inaugurate so important a work. The shipbuilding state of Penn sylvania has a prime need of skilled sail ors to man its products. IS THE FEDERATION OF LABOR AMERICAN OR EUROPEAN? Radicals at the Atlantic City Convention Are Trying to Make It an Old World Revolutionary Body THE nation will wntch the pioceoding of the annual convention of the Ameri can Fedeiation or Labor at Atlantic City during the next two weeks with as much concern as they followed the deliberations of the annual convention in Buffalo in 1117. The pacifists and the pio-Germuns made a desperate attempt two years ago to commit the federation to a policy of opposition to the war and to transform it into a class-eont-cious organization which should take advantage of every op portunity to gain .some advantage for its membnis. regardless of any other interest-. Samuel (iiimpeis and his associates fought Ihr pio-Germans nnd pacifists to a stand-till, and succeeded in persuading the delegate- t lint thev were American citizen- with a duty to their country first, and that then eojld be no worse foim of treason than tlelibeiatcly setting oijt to -ecuie advantages for themselves at the expense of the government by holding up all war aetiwtics until their demands wi ip gi anted. Mi (ionipcr.s then e.-tab! 'bed his right to be ugarded as broad-minded and patriotic, with a linn giasp o7 funda mental principles. And .t muf be said to the everlasting ciedit of the. Federa tion of Labor that it has conducts itself in the main during the intervening yrirj in a way to justify the confidence of iCl fair-minded men in the integrity oT its purposes and in the unfalteiing loyally of its membership. A new ibue has arisen since 1!H7. and that is whether the l-'ederation of Labor shall align itself with the Bolshevists and the I. W. W. in the prosecution of a war upon all ranks of society not affil iated with the federation. The extreme radicals aie prepaied to fight for the control of the oiganization. The enormous increase in membership in the last two ears makes it difficult for any one to forecast the outcome, for no one knows the exact temper of the new members. In 1917 the jurisdiction of the federation extended over about 2,200,000 working men. There are now 3,200,000 members, more than half a mil lion of whom have been taken into the organization within the last year. The radicals are on the ground and are actively winking to carry their points. They are asking that a nation wide strike be oulered on July 4 so that the employers may be imprdksed with the power of the organization. They aie demanding that a labor party be formed for the purpose of securing by legisla tion special privileges for workingmen. They are urging that the federation be reorganized into twelve unions, rcpie pnting twelve different groups of allied trades, in order, by tying up the whole industry involved, to-make strikes moic effective. Mr Gompers and John Mitchell and their associates in the federation have in the past opposed every attempt to tie the organization up with any political party. They have insisted that workingmen would gain more from the regularly or ganized parties composed of all kinds of citizens than from a paity of one idea composed of only one group of voters. They have objected to tying up a labor organization with politics because ex perience has proved that such an organi zation will split on the rock of the differ, ent political opinions of its members on matters not directly connected with labor. They have not forgotten that the collapse of the Knights of Labor came soon after it became politically active as a party organization. Under Mr. Gompers the federation has consistently confined itself to a labor program intended to secure fair hours and fair pay for the workers and ade quate protection for those injured in the course of their employment. Social and industrial revolution has been frowned upon when uiged by I. W. W. sympa thizers or extreme Socialists. Herein has been the strength of this great body of men. They have made mistakes arid they have been misunderstood at times, yet Mr. Taft btated the case very well when he said in the Public LEncEii that: Tlin liuslnohK men of this rountry cannot le told ton often that tlio proppr nurae for them to pursue, and a ronserMntf patriotic course, in in friendship for the labor unions under leadership of the American Federa tion of Ialior. Failure lo recognize the power of conservative patriotic labor union ism and to express gymiiatliv with It and a willinitnesH to classify Its leaders as asfo itates of I W. W'Ibiii, extreme socialism and bololiowHm. weaken tlio powei of tjiose leaders with their fellows and tend to throw the whole labor movement under the lontrol of tlio lawless extremlfts The strength of the labor movement in America has hitherto lain in its gen era! singleness of purpose. This is a democracy in which the will of the ma jority prevails. The workingman has a vote which is as powerful as the vote of the richest employer. He knows that when a majority wishes anything within the province of government that will is sure to bo respected. It is not necessary to organize for social revolution jy political methods, for the way to bring about any desired changes is provided in the constitution of the country itself. The radical wing of the American1 Federation of Labor acts as if it believed that political and industrial conditions hero were similar to those in the most undemocratic countries of Europe. If the new members of the federation are genuine American citizens, uncon taminatrd by the teachings of the radi cals in sympathy with European methods,. the policy which has prevailed under the presidency of Mr. Gompers will be ap proved once more nnd the federation will continue to deserve that respect which is due to every great body of self-respecting American citizens well grounded In American principles., WHAT THE CLAUSES MEAN VTO RECOMMENDATIONS passed by ' the international lnbor office, set up under the league of nations, will in any Way be binding upon the United Slates unless this country chooses to accept them. It is of vital importance that this fact be clearly understood, since public im pression to the contrary would undoubt edly be fatal to the ratification of the peace tieaty. The labor clauses, the complete text of which was published here for the first time yesterday, outlijie an ambitious lefoim program. Commendable ideals are set forth and 'an elaborate machinery is piojected for considering labor condi tions internationally and suggesting their betterment. Rut, as with the American ai tides of confederation, the coercive principle is in abeyance save in the case of violation by any nation of a pledge of which volun tary acceptance is made. Article 403 of the available text con tains these pregnant words: If Hie draft convention falls to obtain Hip consent of the authority or authorities wilhin wlio-e rompetrnco the matter lies, no futtlier nblisntion shall re-t upon the member In the .i' nf n federal stale, the poner of with It-tn enter into conventions on labor mnttei i- subject In limitations, it shall he in I In- ili-crotion of that rov enimcnt to tieal n ;rnft convention to which such limitations apply as a reconi menilntinu orih. and tbe provisions of this article with tr-peit lo recnmmeniliilioiis shall nppl.v in sin 'i M-o' "Federal state'' v'learly means the United States, and thus a double guaran tee is given that tin league will be unable to impair the sovereignty of this country by interference in labor affans unless of our own free will .re become a party to such actio. i in every specific Instance. The pressure fo-cshailowed in the case cf the infraction o' pledges is of a differ ert complexion. If our constituted au thorities should ratify labor agreements contracted by our delegates to the inter national labor office this country would be bound by its wed precisely .js it would bo upon signing a treaty relative to trade regulations or political frcrntiers. The league of liotlo.-a is ciT.poTu-ed to punish the offcndir.ir ne'Juii br economic pressure or other acuon recommended by the governing labor body or i'nc In ternational High Coui t of Justice. The delegation of such autho??ty to the league makes it extremely unlikely that the United States will ratify such labor measures as may bo suggested in the international labor conventions. Once adopted by us, abrogation or even modification of them would result in chastisement and what would undoubt edly seem to be interference in our do mestic affaiis. It is unnecessary, however, toVontem plate such an event. This country is under no obligation whatever to pass labor legislation conceived by an inter national body. As the situation now stands, the labor clauses of the treaty reflect a praise worthy spirit of humanity and a percep tion of the great and formidable role which working men and women play in the modern economic and social structure. They are not binding unless partners in the league choose of their own volition to make them so with lespect to them selves. Xot a shadow of sovereign rights will be sacrificed in signing the treaty which contains those idealistic labor provisions. Any statement lo the contrary is cither based on misinformation or deliberate falsehood. The host wishes of all 'I he Hoy Malies Ihinkinc men are with the Man the Hoy Simits in their drive for an in creased enrollment. The movement makes for clean, upstanding Americans. The betrayer of IMith (llllfli Sabe Cavell is to j;et bis deserts if n puni-Ii-ment sufficiently sevete can be dev-fsej. Maybe the thoughts of GaMon Quieu while he awaits trial might give a hint. Dr. Janus It. I)ar, Without Day chancellor of Syracuse I'niversity, s y s if red-blooded citizens depart from the prin ciples, of our constitution to beiome u party to the "iufamous bargain'' of the league of nations they must do it sine die "Study politics," .said Politics and Com- (iovernor Sproul at mon Sense S w a r t h m o r e in a speech full of the common sense he cleverly defined. His viewpoint was at once practical and hope ful. Nobody expects the millennium to ar rive the day niter tomorrow, but one has only to look backward to see how fnr we have progressed. Only the pronouneed pes simist would say now, as lugalls said years ago, thnt "the purification of politics is au iridescent dream." 'Tis a wise charter that knows its own father. The Baltimore professor who dines on locusts is not necessuiil.v vvild, honey. From Palm Beach to the Arctic is but a step for the meteorological old c0' man. The Federation of Labor will now pro ceed to demonstrate its 100 per cent Amcrl cauivra. The telephone strike bus been delayed long enough for the belligerents to so "Hello!" 1 I'he Allied reply to Germany might ap iately be marked, "Short shrift for m'opriat Shifty Sadie. The interesting news filters out of Ger many that the Germans have begun to realize that they didn't win the war. The children who parade instead of shooting off fireworks may be tired on the evening of the Jourth of July, but at least they will bo intact. Advices from l'ottsvillo declare that after July 1 the saloons will sell near-beer, hard cider ami gouiasu. uii progression from iudiscrctiou WHAT GIRLS OBJECT TO The Domestic 8ervlco Problem li at Acute In England as In America 1 troman rorrrapotidri o the Man chester uvardtan. has written a mimmoru of the rrsults of on inquiry into the atti tude of the members of the Women's Royal Ant'rtl .S'cri'lce colid (, ll'ren loteorrt domestic service. It reveals so interesting ,i parallel telth the situation in .dmertca that icr reprint it, CMJ.MI3 little time ago Dame Knthcrlne J Furze, director of the Women's Koyal Nnuil Service, circularized the officers, ask ing them to discover the views of the mem bers on domestic service, with the idea of finding out exactly what it is that is ob jected In in domestic service and how that service can be made more attractive. The answers which have been recelveil from all parts of the country deal very fully, eaicfully and intelligently with the ques tions .submitted. They criticize sharply the present conditions of domestic service, but on the whole take the institution for granted, nnd do not imply that if the girls could get gnoil places, especially if the general condi tions were improved, they would object to return to it. One telephone operator, in deed, with very clear and progressive ideas on the subject, intends to give up telephon ing to become a lady's maid. With one exception a girl who said it was rather nicer not lo have lo work with men all said jes to the first question, "Do ;iou consider domestic work in the W. Tt. N. S. more attractive than in a private bouse;" Their au-vvers suggest that they have had a very jolly time as cooks or waitresses or doing general housework in the navy, and the explain thnt they like the regular hours --shorter than in private service the defi nite knowledge of what they are expected (o do. the lompsininnship of so many other women, the interest their officers take in them individually and, nbovc nil. that they are proud In belong to the llritish navy. rpllK list of other questions covered the -L niol debated aspects of domestic service, and in legnid to most the answers varied a good deal. For instance, while many said that thev would like to live at a hostel and go out by the (lav. others greatly preferred to live in. The general feeling was thnt where several servants were kept life wns more in teresting than in households where there were onlv one or two, but here again several pieietred the smaller homes. Oue depot re ported that the girls on the whole were stionglj prejudiced against the idea of do mestic service, because in that district nearly all the mistresses had small homes and were iuion-iilenite. Naval, military or profes sional employers are, much more popular. Some of the depots reported that there was no objection to cup and apron, others disliked them: but it was generally agreed that it cap keeps tho hair tidy. The cap should be becoming, and it was suggested that an overall would be better than an apron. One member pointed out one ad vantage of the cap and apron; it distin guished between innid nnd employer. The Wrens nre called by their surnames, and most of them thought thnt domestic workers in civilian life would prefer this; but others thought that it wns more friendly to he called by their Christian names, though they were inclined to think visitors should use the surname. The queer custom among some mistresses of calling successive maids by n name not their own is fiercely resented. rplll) loneliness, monotony and lack of in - terest in many households is repeatedly referred to. '"The average domestic spends her life looking out on n backyard or an area." "They have few chances of meeting men suitable to marry, and every woman wants u home of her own." "In the W. It. N S.." wrote a third woman, "one is n por tion of a useful whole, instead of being n necessary evil in n perhaps uninteresting family." That certainly puts the position of many girls in a nutshell. Some of these nnsvvers come from indi viduals at a depot, otheiN arc suinmuries by the officers in charge of the opinions ex pressed in conversations or in organized de bates1 bv many girls, nnd most of them are agrred in regard to four points. The hours of service arc too long they quote as an average day from 0 a. m. or 0 :.10 to I0:."50 or 11, but none of them is vehement about this or say, as they well might do, that such hours nre positively inhuman. All their suggestions nre reasonable. They nsk for fixed time off every day, either for rest or for the open-nir exercise which they now find in the W. It. N. S. keeps them so fit. for one or sometimes for two fixed eve nings a week, for a weekly half-holiday nnd a morning or afternoon off on alternate Sun days. Some want in the afternoon only time for excicisc; it is only In the evenings that thev iSu see their friends, and all want to be at liberty to use their spare time as they like, staying at home If they choose to, but free from any culls for work. In only one case was it suggested that a yearly two weeks' holiday should be granted. THE words "give and take," "bear and forbear." "civility," "consideration and sympathy' occur again nnd again in these, nnsweis a? explanations of the way to im prove conditions and make life pleasanter. The give and take is to be between servants and cmplojers and between servants and their fellows. There is some complaint of the wii.i upper servants tyrannize over the younger ones uud of the favoritism bhovvn by many mistresses to individual servants. All servants should be treated alike, and the em ployer should not listen to gossip or to talcs brought her by. servants admitted to her special favor. "Mistresses are too apt to forget that the ronstiim strain of heavy indoor work is npt to react on servants' nerves and make them catty. "Some mistresses do not realize how much tact is required to make n group of women happy living under intimate con ditions." Au illuminating comment by one vvrjter is that where only one servant is kept and the mistress helps with the work, she Hikes the most interesting work for herself and leaves the drudgery to the maid. IT IS generally agreed that while the do mestic worker, except for the restriction of her liberty and the monotony of her work, is In some ways better off than the clerical woiker, the factory girl or the chauffeur, she is looked down upon by them nnd by most of their world as a person of inferior position doing unskilled work. She minds the social stigma, very much, and now with her wider experience nnd her knowledge of skilled workers she minds still morn the accusation of inefficiency. A good deal is said about the necessity of being properly trained. The women who have worked with the Wrens "have found that the work of a pri vate house can be so'nrrunged that the maids can have more time off every day." "The most annoying thing is to do unnecessary work, or waste time for want of proper im plements nnd conditions." One writer thinks domestic servants would like to be come expert in the byways of housework, would like to be able to replace washers, 'to cover furniture, to paint and paper, and, iu fact, to feel equal to every domestic occasion. The answers hi their very reasonableness arc an indictment of the existing iistem. For instance, the suggestion that the em- OH, WELL, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT WAS MADE FOR fbs '"f -n ELBOW The First Commencement Address (Delivered to Cain and Abel, the first graduating class of the Garden vf Eden Xormal School.) TyrY YOUNG FIMKNDS It is a privilege -"-L to be permitted to address you this morning, for I am convinced that never in the world's history did the nge beckon with so eager a gesture to the young men on the threshold of active life. Never indeed in the pnst, and certninly never in the future, was there or will there be a time more deeply frnnght with significance. And as I gaze upon your keen faces it seems almost as though the world bad umossed nil the problems that now confront us merely in order to givo you tasks worthy of your prowess. The world, I think I may safely say, is smaller now than ever before. The recent invention of young women, something quite new in the way of a social problem, has in troduced a hitherto undrenmed-of complexity into human affairs. The extreme rapidity with which ideas and thoughts now circu late, due to the new invention of speech, makes it probable that what is said in Eden today will be known in the land of Nod within a year. The greatest need is plainly for big-visioned and purposeful men, ef ficient men, men with forward-looking minds. I hope you will pattern after your ndmirablp father in this respect; he truly wns a forward-looking man, for, he had nothing to look back on. You are aware, however, that your father has had serious problems to deal with, and it is well that you should consider those problems in lite light of the experiences you arc about to face. One of bis most perplex ing difficulties would never hnve come upon him if he bad not fallen into a deep sleep. 1 counsel you, therefore, be wary not lo overslitniber. The prizes of life always come to those who press resolutely on, undaunted by fatigue and discouragement. Another of your father's failings was probably due to the fact that he was never n small boy and thus had no chance lo work the deviltry out of his system. Y'ou yourselves have been abundantly blessed in this regard. I think I may say that here, in our Normal Acad emy, you have had an almost ideal play ground to work off those boyish high spirits, to perpetrnto those mischievous pranks that the world expects of its young. Itcmcinbcr that you are now going out into the mature work of life, where you will encounter seri ous problems. As you wend your way from these accus tomed shades into the full glare of public life you will do so, I hope, with the conscious ness that the eyes of the world nre upon you. The sphere of activity in which you may find jpursolvcs called upon to perform may be restricted, but you will remember that not failure but low aim is base. You will hold n just balance between tho conflicting tendencies of radicalism add conservatism. You will endeavor to secure for labor its due share imthe profits of labor. You will not be forgetful thnt all government depends in the last resort on the consent of the gov erned. These catch words in the full flush of your youth you may be inclined to dis miss as truisms, but I. assure you that 10,000 years from now men will be uttering them with the same air of discovery. It is my great pleasuro to confer upon you both the degree of bachelor of arts and to pray that you may never bring discredit upon your alma mater, The newspapers that are startled by the Baltimore professor who is eating locusts seem to forget that there is a very old precedent indeed'for that diet. The PoemYou Can't Forget 2m. . ... -v. iiK s. -jrriiJr?5sSri-- -" txciwfMr kr.vW cftt unHrftt Jill JMllfir ffP ROOM ns it did on his. Tho stanza he sent runs thus: . noic a humble pavender, A parender or pub, And there I tako my gravender, My gravender or grub. This has been bumping through our mind for n neck, with the following result: I'd like to join a clavendcr, A clavendcr ur club, Hut I might get the snavendcr, The snavendcr or snub. And ichen I need a scravender, s A sciavcnder or scrub, I climb into my lavender, My lavender or tub. We wonder whether this will annoy you as it does us? One of the phenomena wo have long waited for is a man who does not pronounce I. W. W. "I Dubbya Duhbya." Senator Lodge may yet be known as the man who made the trenty famous. We hope that when tho President returns the Senate will give France a receipt for him. Is there any significance in the fact that the railway station used by the German envoys in going to and from Versailles is called Noisy? Our tentative prediction that Mr. Wilson would get home about Friday, tho 13th, seems doomed to Inaccurncy. Looking over our horoscope, tho next likely date seems to bo June i!0, which is Senntor Borah's birth day. Pershing wants fo work his way home on ,nn nirsliip. Hut how is Admiral Doctor Gray son going to work his way home? Why the Senate should go nnd spend its contingent fuud in bedevilling preliminary nnd unauthorized drafts of the peace treaty, which any one can have who wants to send over to Europe for them, Is beyond us. It must be feeling flush, , What some senators want eTen more than the text is a pretext But it really isn't fair to make fun of tho Senate. Leave it alone ami it'll make fun of itself. May He Be Nonabsorbent! Jilt KDUK: I am still fresh from the. country outside the Senate Chamber, and perhaps bnve not yot absorbed tho germ yrlilcli seems In a way to develop long ar guments. The Congressional Bccord. "Home is where the heart is," tays some oue. Another view is that home is whero you keep your corncob pipe, jThe Biggest Big Four 6f all, in the mind of tho Scunte, seem to be those four copies of the treaty Hint are wandering shamelessly up and down Wall street. Another Big Four (sorry ve didn't think of this sooner) is the NC-4. Luxury or Necessity? A man-who will wear a smoUIng jacket should pay a big tax on the entire coat. A amoltlnu jacket is merely a fad and not a comfort or necessity. I have never yet heard of a man wearing a chewing Jacket, and fully as many men chew as nmoke. Hon. Bobert Y. Thomas. Jr., of Kentucky, in tho Houso of Itoprescntatlves. Since the thing jou mention, Wc realize we lack it : It is our firm intention s '-. $&l Jft A TIN HAT FOR A HALO! TTOME is whero tho heart is," J-J- Thus the poet sang: But "homo is whero the pie is" For the doughboy gang ! Crullers in the craters, Pastry in nbris This Salvation Army lass Sure knows how to please! Tin hat for a halo 1 Ah ! She wears it well ! Making pics for homesick lad Sure is "beating hell" ! In n region blasted ' By fire nnd flnmo and swoid. This Salvation Army lass Battles for tho Lord! Call mn sacrilegious And Irreverent, too! Pics? They link us up with home As naught clso can do ! "Homo is where tho heart is"-- True, tho poet sang; But home is whero the pie is To the Y.inkco gang! The Stnrs nnd Stripes. What Do You Know? QUIZ What Is the capital of Nicaragua? i. 1 2. What important legislative act is de scribed in current English slang as "Dora"? I 3. Who Is Sergeant Alvin C. York? 4. How should the word scytho bo pro nounced? 5. When will the two-cent rato for first- class mail be restored In the United States? 0. What is the latest altitude record in aviation and who" made it? 7. In what century did John Sebastian Bach, 'the famous composer, live? 8. In what play by Shakespeare occurs the line, "We arc such stuff as dreams are made on"? 0. What club has been tho most frequent winner of the National League pen nant for baseball championship sines 1S78? In what American war was the battlt of Lundy's Lane? 10. Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. The Shan -Si coal fields in China have been described ns a "second Pennsyl vania." They produce both bituminous and anthracite. 2. S. J, Kouencamp is international preal- dent of tho Commercial Telegraphers Union. H. Viviparous; not hatching by means of egg. I, Thn Empress Elizabeth of Austria, wifa of FratfcU Joseph, was nssnssinated by Lucchcni, an Italian anarchist, in a hotel in Geneva in 1S0S. 5. Tho Cordillcran system is the general term applied to the elevations that ex tend along or near tho Pacific coast of North nnd South America from north ern Alaska to Cape Horn. In thn United States tho system includes tho Bockics, Sierras, Coast nnd Cascade ranges. 0, Alaln-Itene, Lo Sage (1008-1747) wrot0 "Gil Bias," 7, The Germnns launched five major drives against the Entente armies last spring dud summer. t 8. John Moiiey is n distinguished British statesman and author. lie was born in 1838. 0, Vinculum is 'an -algebraic term, describ ing a line drawn over several terms to Bhpiv that they havo a common relation to what louovvs, or pneepes. 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