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rhiltdflpWi. Mondij, June 16, 1919
NOTICE TO LEGISLATORS!
WITH the resumption of sessions at
Harrisburjj tonight, the people of
Philadelphia expect the members of the
Legislature to waste no more time in
shilly-shallying, but to enact the new
.charter legislation at once.
These bills are now in shape satis
factory to every interest deserving
respectful consideration at the state
capital.
-Further attempts at delay must be
viewed'with suspicion.
So let the measures pass and put an
end to all possibility of trickery and
sculduggery.
THE BIG TRIP HAS BEEN MADE!
OCIENCE and optimi& - again won
' laurels. Captain Jack Alcock and
Lieutenant Arthur W. Brown have suc
cessfully made a nonstop air journey
'across the Atlantic in sixteen hours.
The thing Hawker attempted they have
done. Unquestionably the trip he made
helped them on their journey. The
Vickers-Vimy bombing plane in which
they traveit.il had two engines where
Hawker's Sopwith had but one. The clog
ging of a radiator on Hawker's trip
caused his failure. So the glory is theirs.
It is a glory that may be shared on
both sides of the Atlantic. Alcock is n
Britisher; Brown is an American. Each
belongs to a nation of achievement; each
belongs to a race of good sport3.
THE DEMOCRACY OF LABOR
rpHE decision of the American Federa-
tion of Labor to admit negro workers
P to the unions, made unanimously, is likely
v to be regarded in the future as of much
greater consequence than any other ac
tion taken by the federation since its
foundation.
As Mr. Gompers remarked, it removes
every class and race distinction from the
movement and should mark a period in
the struggle of the negro for equality in
government as well as in industry.
TJie action is significant because it is
a recognition of the success of the colored
worker in demonstrating his right to be
considered the industrial equal of the
white worker. It is a-recognition of the
democracy of labor.
SECRETARY WILSON'S SENSE
"HTE COMMEND to the attention of the
" social philosopher two remarks made
by Secretary Wilson at the labor conven-
' tion in Atlantic City.
The first is that, while it is admitted
that the worker should receive "the full
social value of what he produces," human
intelligence has not yet devised a reliable
method for measuring the value of each
man's contribution to the production of
-wealth.
The second is that "production, in
creased production, is the paramount
question." Secretary Wilson elaborated
this by remarking that the more there is
produced the more there will be to dis
tribute, and the larger the production the
greater will be the share of the worker
-as well as of the employer.
The increased production by the indi
vidual workers will have the same effect
upon their prosperity that the increased
production made possible by machinery
has had upon the prosperity of society at
large. When the labor unions concen
trate their attention on increasing the
efficiency of the workers half of the prob
lems which trouble them will disappear.
, WHY THE DOCTRINE LIVES
TN HIS comnlaint because the lpn-r-ip-nf-
K '""-nations covenant fails to define the
afoA Ttfpnroe Doctrine in explicit terms, Senor
k(S to the Peace Conference, touches upon a
rvy1 signal virtue of the American policy.
,i y. xe vuruinai principle oi ine aoctrme
' "ui ' was clearlv set forth bv its author in his
FnijL message to Congress in 1823. It was. a
S 6u warning against any further European
s-, "atritmnt t.o ninnr rmnnipa n-r tn infoM.v.
I srwHh independence and liberty on the
. 1 An.arMan Anntinanf Tic inlaMiMifBinn
Jt ' has been adjusted to the aspects of each
ijwrticular case as they- arose.
! ''-'Such flexibility has something of the
aaauiil value of Common law. whirh rip.
rfsYMs its strength more from precedents
tBAa from statutes, ma tne Monroe
trine been handicapped with .verbal
tidily it might ere now have been obso-
But no iron-clad ruling handicapped
Strward when ho fortified Mexican inde
jfmdswe by his attitude toward the
rncb invasion in the sixties, nor Olney
i.M9m ne insiawu upon b juuicibi neauuK
.mt A Vaowwelan boundary dispute.
mm ltiJiMtkkn rights' are in.
clastic form, which renders adaptable
and open to agencies of justice the rela
tions of our sister republics with the
United States. Tho Peace Conference did
an excellent job when it declined the task
of definition on this subject.
CHAIRMAN HAYS IS
WISER THAN THE SENATE
His Protest Against Making a Party Issue
of the Peace Treaty Is Politi
cally Expedient as Well as
Fundamentally Sound
"M'EVER were words more opportunely
' spoken than those which came from
thoJips of the chairman oftho Republican
national committee in Fort Wayne.
The Republican leadership in the Sen
ate has been pursuing n course which if
followed long would land the party in
the ditch and completely destioy its use
fulness as an instrument for executing
the popular will. In a gravu world crisis
it has been venting personal spite against
the President instead of rising to the
occasion and basing its course upon
broad-minded and intelligent principles of
statesmanship. It has been doing its
best to make a partisan political issue of
our foreign relations.
Such a course weakens the party that
enters upon it and it weakens the in
fluence of the nation as a whole in its
dealings with other nations.
It has been a tradition of American
politics for generations that nil partisan
ship ended at the three-mile limit of na
tional jurisdiction over the sea. Salt
water cemented all parties into one great
body of Americans ncting through their
elected representatives, who for the time
might be either Democrats or Republi
cans. Mr. Hays demands that this tradition
be respected. He says that "the conclu
sion of the, treaty of peace, including ajl
its prousions, is in no sense h party ques
tion." That phrase, "including all its pro
visions," means nothing more nor less
than the league-of -nations section.
Why should Mr. Hays be talking in this
way at this time?
Arc not the Republican senators to be
trusted to act for the party?
The answer to these questions is easy,
if one will consider for a moment what
Mr. Hays has been doing for many
weeks. He has been traveling up and
down the country, talking with business
and political leaders in close touch with
the sentiment of the people. He has evi
dently discovered that there is serious
dissatisfaction with the course of the men
in Washington and a sincere desire that
the United States should join with the
other nations in a league for the preser
vation of the peace of the world. He
would not have rebuked the Senate if he
had not convincing evidence that the rank
and file of the party were back of him.
What he has said is patriotic and based
on the best traditions of the nation. It
is also inspired by the best practical
political wisdom which has been put into
words for many a day.
Tho sort of stuff that has been put
forth from Washington in the name of Re
publicanism is neither good Republican
ism nor good Americanism. The Repub
licans throughout the country should pro
test against the intrusion of it by the
Lodges and the Borahs and the rest of
them into the discussion of the problems
of peace. The nation expects the sena
tors to forget that they arc Republicans
and Democrats when they consider the
ratification of the peace treaty, "includ
ing all its provisions," and to act as citi
zens of the United States sharing with
the rest of the world in the task of end
ing the great horror which has darkened
the lives of the nations for five years
and shouldering the obligation of pre
venting its recurrence. We are sharing
with the whole human race in the great
adventure which began with the creation
of man, the episodes in which include the
conquering of nature, and the learning by
races of how to live together in nations in
peace and amity, and is culminating in
the supreme effort of nations to live to
gether with decent respect for the rights
of one another.
But we find the men who should be
our leaders in this great task turning
aside from it and apparently deaf to the
imperative voice summoning them to tho
pressing duty so much bigger than tho
gratification of personal spite or the se
curing of partisan advantage that they
ought not to be mentioned in the same
breath.
Mr. Hays speaks for men of all parties
when he protests against making the
ratification of the treaty a partisan ques
tion. There are functions for the parties to
perform. Mr. Hays does not ignore them.
He stresses those policies with which the
Republican party has been identified for
years, and by indirection reminds his
associates that they are neglecting their
obvious duty to apply those policies to
domestic proLiems by spending their
time and energies on matters outside of
the realm of political partisanship.
There is the protective tariff, for exani
ple. Under it we have the best paid
workingmen in the world and our re
sources have been developed so that they
supply our own needs and leave a surplus
for the needs of the rest of the world.
The war has proved that many other
industries might have been created here
if the proper protection had been given
tn thorn. We discovered that we were
dependent on Germany for products'
made from the waste of such industries
as thrive here, and we have been forced
by necessity to do those things which
prudence should have taught us to do
years ago.
We ought not to forget thife lesson and
wo should not be satisfied with a pro
tective tariff on the dye and chemical in
dustries, but should seek out other indus
triec which have not been developed and
apply the tariff to them in order that wo
may produce so far as possible all the
articles that we need.
Business has been accustomed to look
ing to the Republican party for helpful
legislation. It needs such legislation at
present, framed sympathetically instead
of by men,withv ljatile minds.
EVENING JTJBII3 IDaifflR-rteiABIMl
with government ownership and it is not
likely to toy with it now, but it is com
mitted to a policy of regulation of public
service corporations in the interest of all
the people. It mustundo tho bcdevllmi,...
of tho railroad problem and it must
make it clear to the country at largo that
no legitimate enterprise has anything to
fear from government interference, so
that private initiative may be permitted
to work unhampered.
If no other motive is potent enough to
turn the Senate from its present mad
course, it ought to pcrceivo that the
warning of Mr. Hays, who has been put
ting his ear to the ground and listening to
good purpose, should bo heeded if the Re
publican party is to be saved from defeat.
Desire for tho loaves and fishes is not
the highest motive, but it will servo for
lack of a better one.
POLICE AND THE GOLDEN AGE
WHEN the Camden bridgo is built,
when reformers in Philadelphia poli
tics learn to walk alone, when tho west
ern states elect senators with good sense,
when the high cost of living becomes low,
when all troubles and differences are
over between men in short, when the
millennium arrives traffic policemen in
Philadelphia will be permitted to wear
summer uniforms of a sort that might
not be devised as punishment for griev
ous sins.
Brass buttons and blue cloth are a
tradition in the police service. They in
sure the maximum of discomfort for the
men. The army and even the postoffice
department showed how men may bo of
ficial in appearance and yet comfortable.
Other cities here and abroad have found
ways in which to garb their traffic men
fittingly in the dog days.
In this city a policeman stationed in
the middle of a blazing street, buttoned
stiffly to the ears in a thick coat, seems
no more logical than the damsel who
swelters blissfully under summer furs.
But the lady provides her own punish
ment. Men long since dead decreed it
for the helpless members of tho Phila
delphia police force.
CHICAGO HAS THE NERVE
PLANS for spending $14,000,000 on new
apartment hotels in Chicago have
been made since the signing of the ar
mistice. Most of them have been made
within three months.
Chicago builders evidently have con
fidence in the future of their city, and
they have the nerve to invest their money
in providing homes for the population
that even now is waiting for them.
Cost of building may come down, but
they are willing to gamble that it will
not come down before the new buildings
have made profit enough to justify their
erection.
This is the sort of thing that has been
largely responsible for the growth of the
city by the lake. Its business men are
willing to take chances.
The small powers that
Making for Delay are demanding of the
Big Four that a plen
ary session ba held to discuss treaty changes
are indulging in United States Senate tactics.
The council of ten
The Turks' Ante will meet the Turkish
delegation in the
rloakroom of the Quai d'Orsay tomorrow.
When it comes to the question of reparations
they will doubtless sojourn to the anteroom.
' A recent trial trip in
A Merry Toung Soul the Delaware of a lo
cally built vessel has
demonstrated that Cole is king of speed
among torpedoboot destroyers. Now let the
Fiddlers Three celebrate the fact.
The Britisher and the
A Long Run American shared
Inevitable honors in the trans
atlantic air flight.
The stirring drama, "Hands Across tho
Sea," is thus succeeded by "Wings Across
the Sea," with nn international cast.
'"Tis a wise child
Solomon Up to Date that knoweth its own
father," said the
cynic. But Judge Gorman, of the Munici
pal Court, believes that child exists and ac
cepted his testimony in one word, "Daddy,"
In a recent "support" case. "Out of the
mouths of babes cometh wisdom."
Two hundred thousand
Tho Right to Appeal French soldiers hove
appealed to Trench
strikers to maintain their movement on
strictly professional lines and not to disarm
France by n general walkout "just when the
hour o justice for the people strikes." It
is inconceivable that the appeal can be ig
nored. The Boldiers themsehes are working
men, but workiugmeu who laid down their
tools to take up arms for France and civ
ilization. They have the right to demand
that for which they appeal.
Premier Orlando is as busy as a shuttle.
Add "Hane Tales" the story of Alcock
and Brown.
Alcock and Brown demonstrated that
It is a piffling little ocean after all.
German delegates consider the work of
the drafting committee n frame-up.
The charter baby had several colicky
times, but is now resting easily.
After July 1 every club member will
have his opn little bone-dry locker.
In the matter of peace the Germans do
not find delays dangerous.
It has never been authoritatively stated
that prohibition will reduce the number of
drug addicts.
The Dove of Pence is believed to be
roosting in one of the pigeonholes in the
Chateau of Versailles.
The legislator in Harrlsburg who wishes
to stand on his dignity had better practice
a little on the slack wire.
The evidences of Industrial unrest in
France ought to act as a check on our own
Senate. It is a mighty small ocean after all.
Councils' action in making it unlawful
fp steal a ride on any motor or horsedrixen
vehlilo Js a great Wok, to be movie d.
THEIR FAVORITE JOKES
8ome, Things Which the Members of
the American Press Humorists' An-
soclatlon Think Are Funny
The convention of the .ImeHcaai Press
Humorists' Association will.be held in this
cltv next tceek. Some of the members, at
the request of the secretary -treasurer, have
told Mm what they think is the funniest
(nltw; they ever heard. Borne of the things
are original 'with them they appreciate
their 6wn humor and some are not. Fol
lowing is the first installment of the things
which they think are good.
T A. WALDRON, an ex -president of the
" American Press Humorists, says that
during the years of his editorship of Judge
he has so often encountered his favorite joke
in tho manuscripts submitted to the maga
?iuc and possibly it has been so often
printed by his Honor that it would be un
kind to spring It upon the clientele of the
Evknino Public Ledoeii, "which has so
much original humor that no relics should be
permitted in its columns."
T-ON IIEROLD, of Indianapolis, says he
-' hasn't any favorite joke, so compro
mises on n couple of aphorisms :
Work is the greatest thing 1- the world,
so we should always save some of it until
tomorrow.
Hereafter we will believe less history than
ever, now that we have seen how it is made.
r O. McINTYnE-writes : "My favorite
joke: Tho wheeze about the feller
coming home soused and upsetting the bowl
of goldfish. When his wife yelled down the'
stairs, "John, what's the matter?" ho re
plied, "I'll teach those damn goldfish to
snap at me!"
TlTRS. ELIZABETH SEARS writes: "The
"'J- funniest thing I heard happened last
year at Camp Dlx, when the T. M. C. A.
personally conducted a passel of writers and
editors around the place figuring on a lot
of publicity out of it. A bunch of us were
in a dnsty lorry, being shown the remount
station, and we met a major who had once
written a poem himself and was tremendously
interested at meeting ho many brilliant
writers at once, as it were. A merry wit
from the New York Tribune was introducing
us to the major, he being m command of the
remount station and having shown us vari
ous courtesies. He was anxious to be nice
to us and to show that he really read the
magazines and knew out various names.
"When he was introduced to Ellis Parker
Butler, who leaned on a cane with a judicial
air, the major wrinkled his brow and re
peated :
" 'Butler Butler let's sec Butler.'
" 'The Pigs Is Pigs man, you know,'
delicately reminded the merry wit from the
Tribune.
" 'Of course I knew, returned the major,
indignantly; 'I was merely trying to place
his last story.'
" 'Oh, no,' promptly remarked Ethel
Watts Mumford, from r dusty section of the
lorry, "he's still trying to do that himself.'
"And Mr. Butler sadly but truthfully ac
knowledged that it was indeed so."
TJOY K. MOULTON, of the New Xork
-' Evening Mail, writes:
I don't know a darn thing to tell you about
myself. If you would let me talk about my
two kids I could talk all day, but the old
man has sort of settled down into a state of
speechless acquiescence to the prevailing
order of things.
My favorite joke is Colonel House.
I om eighty-one years old (today). I like
parsnips and am in favor of the league of
nations. I am always in favur of things
that nobody understands. It makes life in
teresting. I will come to the convention all dressed
up like a horse.
TT'IN HUBBARD, alias Abe Martin, of the
- Indianapolis News, National IfWspaper
Service and the Universal Films Manufac
turing Company's Screen Magazine, says :
If a feller screwed up his face when he
asks for a credit like he does when he's asked
to settle he wouldn't git it.
Some girls don't seem to care so their ears
are covered.
Th' question you hear most these days Is-,
"Where kin tbnt girl's mother be?"
What's become o' th' ole time girl whose
complexion changed with her varyin' moods?
TREVE COLLINS, JR., of the American
Newspaper Service and a candidate for
membership in the A. P. H,, writes:
There is one consolation about crowded
street cars: You may be too tired to stand
up, but you couldn't fall down if you
wanted to.
Time and tide wait for no MAN. So
woman, lovely woman, continues, to be as
late as she pleases.
Some women con sec good points In every
man except the' one they've married.
The only reason some men long for sudden
wealth is that it would enable them to lie
in bed as long as they'd like to in the morn
ing. A woman is quite willing to forgive a man
all his faults unless she's married to him.
M
RS. DABRAGH ALDRICH writes:
My favorite joke is new this year. That
is pretty good for a favorite joke. This is
it (a joke is always in two parts) :
PART ONE The Joke
Young Man in Stage Box This is an
awfully clever play. Who wrote it?
Popular Producer You did.
PART TWO Why It Is Funny
Perhaps it isn't. But I think it is be
cause I am steadily and firmly drawing (origi
nal) partyfirstpart Author's Royalties from
the Broadway hit, "A Prince There Was,"
which Billboards and Blurbs insist is "the
very funniest thing"
That George M. Cohan
Ever wrote!
It is iunny, very funny, and every weekly
check makes it more heartily hilarious.
A Flood of flew Stamps
The reconstruction period In Europe is
producing many new postage stamps. Hun
dreds of these already have appeared, and
the philatelic albums and catalogues of the
future will contain sections under names
which do not now appear in these collectors'
volumes.
From Czecho-Slovakia alone there have
emanated several score of -varieties since the
dual monarchy Austria -Hungary disinte
grated finder war pressure. Jugo-SIavia
has issued at least thirty different ones for
use within that new country, not to mention
many Others which the Jugo-Slavs put in
circulation within the history-making port
of Flume. The Hungarian republic has put
forth twenty-eight for temporary use until a
permanent series can bo printed. Italy has
issued, for use in Fiumc, approximately
forty varieties, andlt is conjectured whether
these will still be allowed in use should
Fiume become a free city. Estlioua has es
tablished philatelic identity, with at least
four varieties; as have Livonia, with eleven;
Ukralnia, with about thirty. South Russia,
four, and the republic of Poland,.with more
than sixty. The reconstruction period has af
fected also the philately of Bulgaria, Ru
mania and probably Serbia. And In one sense
the reconstruction crs may be said to em
brace various "victory stamps," Including
the one issued by the United States, a series
!r Slum and.those to come iron Japan. Cnn.
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A GRIEVOUSLY increasing mail makes it
- necessary to point out certain facts to
our clients.
Contributions accompanied by stamped
addressed enelopes, If not printed, will
probably be returned sooner or later, gen
erally later. Not, however, unless tho
stamps are very flrmly afllxed. If they
show any evldenco of departing from their
moorings wo steam them loose and Bteal
them. t
The fact that we print a contribution
does not mean that we think It has any
literary merit, nor doea It mean that we
are wllflng to discuss with the author hlB
or her chances of literary Immortality. It
means simply that'we were, at tho an
guished moment when our eye glittered
upon it, hard up for material.
Unused contributions are kept In a large
packing case beside our desk, Into which
we occasionally dip and bring forth what
ever comes to hand. Outraged clients who
want their poems back are at liberty to
rummage In this box and rescue their
treasures. ' '
Please do not ask us to Inform you of
the date of Issue In which your gem ap
peared. You only waste your time.
We guarantee notlilns.
The Ravin'
(As Poe might have written it on the night
of June 30)
ONCE upon a midnight dreary
While I pondered weak and weary
Over many a joyous revelry - bottled goods
galore,
As I thought of bar and railing,
All the while my spirit failing,
Suddenly I heard a wailing,
As if some one bad been trailing,
Trailing chains before my door.
"Must this prohibition chain
Bind around my throat and brain?-
Who is It that waits outside?"
Hcrp I opened wide the door.
"Tell me, rsven," I demanded, i
"Speak to a poor soul who's stranded
Will the dry law be remanded,
With goblets clinking as of yore?"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore?"
"Must our lusty German brewers
Pour their beer into the sewers
Just because a proclamation . (
Closed the grogshops during war?
Cannot dry decrees be broken?
By a word so lightly spoken?
Is there not a hopeful token?"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore!"
TREEMAN H, HUBBARD.
Shaw Wins
"Endured an hour's torturo . indecision
tonight asking myself whether I Bhould go
over to ask her to be my wife or should I go
to the Fabian Society and bear Bernard
Shaw. Kept putting off tho decision ey.en
till after dinner. If I went to the flat, I
must shave; to shave required hot water
the landlady had already cleared the table
nnd was rapidly retreating. Something must
be done and at once. I called Jhe old thing
backkimpulslvely and ordered shaving water,
consoling myself with the reflection that it
was still unnecessary to decide ; the hot water
could be at band in. case the worst happened.
If I decided on matrimony i could shave
forthwith. Should I?
"Drank some coffee and next found myself
slowly, mournfully putting on hat ans) coat.
You can't shave in bat and coat, so I con
cluded I bad decided on Shaw. Slowly undid
tho front door latch and went off." Tho
journal of a hisappointed Man, (
How About the 8treet-Cleanlng Depart
ment? What la civilization? It is the mass
ing together at a. given time of the ac
cumulations of the past. Senator Will
iams in the Congressional Record.
Those wbo haveNread the (now obsolete)
draft of ta po,trM4jr wju euMl
PEACE WTH INDEMNITIES
Annex 4, Paragraph 0, provides that the
German Government shall deliver
In equal monthly Installments In the three
moi.ths following the coming into force of
the present treaty
10,000 gents, with other livestock.
Doubtless the whole rettson for holding up
the negotiations was that some German
mathematician discovered that 10,000 goats
cpuld not be delivered in three equal in
stallments, that is, not live goats.
This department, always striving to be
helpful, suggests that if the figure were made
0009 goats the delivery could conform to the
terms of the treaty, and the crown prince
might be Jhrown in with the first installment
to make up for the missing goat.
I like for a man to become human every
now and then and lose his temper. Sena
tor Williams In the Congressional Ilecord.
Why in the name of the Seven Sutherland
Sisters can't these fellows tajk good gram
mar but tush tush, we aro" getting quite
human.
Another thing that annoys us when wc
read Senate debates is the habit those august
statesmen have of referring to George Wash
ington as "George."
Place Orders Now
Dear Socrates Tiro yaars a to you wero,ao kind
as to send me a formula for dandelion wine which
has been used wMi treat satisfaction and pro
duced comfort for myself and my rrlends. But
picking dandelion blossoms by hand Is a alow
process: so last winter I searched for a suitable
rake and was successful In finding- the "OEM
RAKE," SELF-CI.EANINO, FINE-TOOTHKD
DANDELION HEADER AND LAVTN RAKE.
Warranted by the CASEMENT HARDWARE CO .
DISTRIBUTORS CHICAGO Another label on the
rake apeclftea the SPECIALTY DIVISION of the
Casement Hardware Co. as being- more particu
larly concerned with handllne this excellent
rake. For audi It la By Its use one can collect
a quart of buds In a very few minutes One
simply pulls, the rake over the plants and when
the opening's between the teeth are full a wiper
operated from the end of the handle enables
the operator to empty the rake Into a basket at
one motion.
I am sure that If you do not already know nf
this marvelous rake you will be aiad to have the
Information; and If you are going to pui-chase
one I suggest that you do so at once because Its
manufacture and sale will probably soon be pro
hibited along with stllla and all such apparatus.
Faithfully youra. HARRISON W. SMITH.
Springfield, Me.
For the Child Federation
Here's to our young friend Mifjlin McOill,
Who drew one dollar out of hit till,
Mifflin's two weelspld today,
And begins his career in a generous way.
Mifflin, if he is given scope,
'Will develop itfo a philanthrope.
John A. Cleary
Is not chary
He gives us one green engraving:
Commentary
Does not vary:
There's no fun like children-saving.
.
As for Little Tim TJcklepltcher, he' not
only sends us bis dollar, but writes his own
poem, thus:
Just Little Tim Ticklepitcher sends one scad
Just to make tome poor child glad. -
, Great men have always been trained for
their high achievements by1 stern and peril
ous labor in youth. Lincoln split rails and
hunted wildcats. Clemenccau was a New
York commuter and pursued tho wild trains
of the New Haven Railroad.
An article In tho Boston Transcript de
scribes Clemenceau's career as a teacher in
a girls' school at Stamford, Conn, Think
says the article, . '
Think of the Tiger surrounded by a bevy
of young things alt chattering ajt once
whenever he dared to call them to order!
Think of him as playing "tag" "and hlde
and seek and even some of those old kiss
ing games, out on the hills, near the school
house, chasing some teasing girl far and
wide, and sometimes catching her.
We are thinking, -Prhaps the teacher's
profession has compensations we.Lad not con-
sUtred-whea we gIiom ir iifewaJr -.
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V PV, -
THE CHARACTER OF A
HAPPY LIFE
H" OW HAPPY is he born and taught
That servcth not another's will;
Whoso armor is his honest thought,
And simple truth bis utmost skill!
Whoso passions not his masters are;
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r nose soul is still prepared for death,
Not tied unto the world by care
Of public fame or private breath;
Who envies none that chance doth raise,
Nor vice ; who never understood 4
How deepest wounds aro given by praise;
Nor rules of state, but rules of good ;
Who hath his life from rumors freed;
Whose conscience is his strong retreat; '
Whose state can neither flatterers feed, i
Nor ruin make oppressors great. '
Who God doth late and early pray
More of His grace than gifts to lend;
And entertains the harmless day
With a well-chosen book or friend-
This man is freed from servile bands
Of hope to rise, or fear to fall :
Lord of himself, though not of lands,
And having nothing, jet hath all.
Sir Henry Wotton (15C8-1030).
The German delegates will doubtless
1 have many serious reflections in the Hall of
Mirrors.
"Getting It across" and "putting it
over" are the middle names of Alcock and
urown.
At nnA .t... a 4l.,.la J.iib-. .1 ifi
. wmv. u.v . uitu juuruc; AICOCI "S
and Brown found themselves traveling upslda'
aown. anat s an right. They didn't do any J&
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Wjfmt Do You Know? " 1
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QUIZ
1. What is a dipper" bill?
S. What is the temperature of rf
blooded animal?
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3. What is the capital of Paraguay? "TttJ
i. n no painieu tne celebrated portrait trfa
uaaries i ot England?
o. What is the meaning of the Frenrf
rthraso "bon mflrrhA1'?
0. Who wrote "The Last Days of Pora"!
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V7. In what part of Mexico is the town n'ii
Tl1fi1A9 nml nfrna .,Un. 1 li t si
uu.v. -..u ilct niiuiu 13 11 uameur "v,iil
8. Why Is the forecastle of a shiD so cnllodTNJv!
0. Who was Philip Freneau?
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10. What was the Gordian knot? tJ3
Answers to Saturday's Quiz P$i
1. The Republicans in the Senate have Vj
maiorltv of twn. j
2. The zebu is tho East Indian humnert 1U1
3,
'Ijo as aname for an Indian is U-'flL
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Sees God in clouds, or hears Him iu thi
4. The Stars nnd Strings im. o.i.,i.j i.Lv
Congress as the national flag on Junai
14, 1777, in Philadelphia. "J
D. "Darbies" Is the slang term for band
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0. Baroness de In Roche, a French aviatriri
achieved tho woman's record for nlfl
tude last week, when she flew to a
height of 10,700 feet. ,
7. A nawab Is a native governor or noblt
8. Charles Lever wrote the novel "CharW
0. William Henry" Harrison and Jaoak
urown were two generals promInBt'
the War of 1812. wuunw
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