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All right of lepubltcation of special dis patches heicin arc alio rcimed. Pl.ll.ilflphli, TuJT, June 1" 1919 THE GOVERNOR IS RIGHT rpHE attempt to convince Governor Sprout that the state cannot alToid to contribute $G,000,000 to tho local school funds for increasing the salaries of teach ers has failed. The Governor has an nounced with finality that that much money at least must be laiscd for the salLi-y fund, and that if more can be found the amount must be increased. The Governor has evidently decided fchat the schools of the state shall no longer be handicapped by lack of fund;,. This is one of the richest states in the Union. Its wealth is estimated at fifteen billion dollars. Its school salary schedule is far below that of less populous and less piosperous commonwealths. The charac ter of the instruction offered has suffered because of the inability of the schools to command the best teaching talent. When Doctor Finegan was appointed as superintendent of public instruction, the Governor gave evidence of his inten tion to do his best to lift the school sys tem to a level with the best in the coun try. It cannot be lifted by the most expert superintendent in the world if the money is not provided. The Governor has had his way thus far with the General Assembly because his way has been right. He is likely to have his way on this salary-fund matter for the same reason. GETTING RID OF THE JOKERS rpHE study by George Nox McCain, spe ' M cial correspondent of this newspaper, of the provisions of the cold-stoiage bill J and the changes made in it on the demand r, of Professor Eamussen, secretary of , : agriculture, force one to the conclusion (frcthat thcGevernor made no mistake when Kff. .he drafted Professor Rasmussen from EW. aA i -the State" College into the service of the fjVs'O The bilniis originally introduced per- ? rmittcd all.sorts of abuses. There was tnothing in it to prevent the cold-storage '""' people from selling food unfit for human consumption, As modified on the advice of Doctor Rasmussen, the storage people i. are allowed to keep food in their ware- " houses for twelve months, but if it is kept (K, longer it must be destroyed. Chemical experts have found that food can safely t be preserved under proper temperatures for a year. The present law is not so generous, for it permits the storage of w ' beef for four months only, pork, sheep and lamb for six months, drawn fowl for ft.5 five months and undrawn fowl for ten '2 months, eggs for eight months and but- &. tor and fish for nine months. The amended bill is so generous in ex pending the limit that tho storage men can "have' no just cause of complaint on the ground that they are to be compelled to sell the goods within a year after they have been stored. The public is protected by a provision that the refrigerated goods must be prop erly labeled when offered for sale in the markets, so that the buyer may know whether he is getting cold stoiage meat and eggs or fresh food. Many meats are improved by storage, in the opinion of epicures, but the public which objects to them should not be fooled into buying them when they are offered as fresh killed. The bill in the form in which it is to be passed seems to provide adequate pro tection for the public and to deprive the storage people of no privileges to which they have proper title. JUTTING IT UP TO THE PEOPLE "OfHETHER the peace treaty with the ' ' league-of-nations covenant in it is to , "be ratified or not depends on the senti hfent of the nation. There is no doubt about this. The suggestion of some of the opposition senators that the matter b submitted to the voters at an election is a recognition that the people them, selves are the court of final appeal. , But an election is not necessary to dis cover how the people feel on the subject. Sentiment is reflected in a dozen different ways. When Charles E. Hughes was governor of New York he appealed from the Legislature to the people of the state time after time. The Legislature tried to block hjs plans. He then toured thi estate making speeches in which he set forth his case, and set it forth so convinc ingly that before he returned to Albany the recalcitrant legislators were ready to l$p eat out of his hand. Roosevelt followed ? 'the same course when lie was President tW1 nd Congress came to terms. jpf Now President Wilson has let it be &0"lrnnwn that soon after his return from $; Paris he. will visit a number of large 'fcUies in different parts of the country ' ' bd explain what has been done andjvhy. t'SCe will .appeal to the common sense of . vrt j TT ill it-. x avsrsiMTRan. -ue win nut nave u K..rarL 'Li i.-i u : ii..; will manifest themselves in Washington. If ho is listened -to coldly and indiffer ently, tho antMcague senators will take heart of hope and continue their fight with redoubled vigor. But if his appeals to tho desire of the nation to shouldbr its responsibilities and to do its utmost to make another great war unlikely shall receive that response which nil those who have confidence in the manliness of America, believe it will receive, then the opposition will dissolve so quickly that we shall forget that it ever existed. Borah nnd Johnson and some others arc said to be arranging to swing around the circle to pit their reasons against those of the President. This is well. Let the whole thing be threshdd out in the open on as large a stage as possible, so that as many people as possible may know at first hand the kind of quibbling logic and the kind of scuttling cowardice which arc at the back of the opposition to the league project. The people will decide, and all who have confidence in them can await the outcome with complacency. STANDING ON THE RHINE; WABBLING ON THE RIO GRANDE President Wilson's Chronic Vacillation Regarding Mexico Emphasizes the Contrast and the Need for a New Policy of Sanity and Vigor 'THE watch on the Rhine bespeaks the firm will of a great nation, triumphant with its allies, over the most formidable menace which the foices of tyranny ever roused against civilization. The watch on the Rio Grande bespeaks the absence of consistent resolution and the riotous advantage which the scandal ous Kilkenny cats of brigandage take of tnnt faltering." Were it not shameful the contrast in these fluvial scenes would be ludicrous. Doubtless it is grimly amusing to Pancho Villa, whose prospect of immunity from justice continues to be so much brighter than that of the prisoner of Amerongen. Doubtless also Venustiano Carranza enjojs his little joke. Two j ears ago a mighty empire offcied to aid him in carving off choice slices of the United States. That empire col lapsed, which is one of the reasons why that engaging scheme fell through. But the suggested partner in the enterprise is under no such practical obligation to be contrite. Mexican anarchy, Mexican dis regard of the ordinary principles of civil ized existence, Mexican zest for license and looting remain ineffectively rebuked. If these predilections manifested themselves exclusively within the borders of the most tumultuous "republic" on earth the situation would be tragic only for its citizens. The Mexican fury, how ever, is not respectful of frontiers. It was reckless in the Nogales and Juarez outbreaks of the past. It is impertinent and irresponsible in the latest manifestation at a one-horse, lam shackle border town. The "battles" of Juarez periodically imperil the lives of the citizens of El Paso and cast a shadow of the most lamentable disrepute upon the standard which floats with so glorious an assertion of justice and authority over the turrets of Ehrenbreitstein. There is the essence of the most pain ful mockery in the page of American his tory which simultaneously displays this republic standing on the Rhine and wab bling on the Rio Grande. Impatience at the lack of any discern ible policy regarding Mexico was to some extent unjustified while the world war was on our hands. Germany would have been delighted to embroil us in the mud dle while the conflict was being fought and, indeed, she did her best to trap us. The Mexican mess, however, both ante dates and postdates Armageddon. Had an intelligible and courageous course been adopted by the Democratic adminis tration prior to April, 1917, there would have been no embarrassing inheritance for the very forces that are endeavoring, and rightly so, to establish a league of international peace. As it is, the situa tion presents some of the same familiar and disgustingly intolerable aspects that it did in the ante-bellum days of vacilla tion and bungling. In ineffectuality alone has Mr. Wilson's policy in Mexico been consistent. His acts have been largely futile. His inves tigations have been untrustworthy witness the notorious exhibits by tho taciturn and mysterious John Lind and the communicative but equally mys terious William Bayard Hale. Bluster as revealed in the Vera Cruz fiasco has alternated with, tame acquiescence in situations bristling with dangerous para doxes. It has been said that the Wilson admin istration attained its principal objective in the overthrow of the murderous, drink sodden and insensate Huerta. If that is so the President and his colleagues were more easily satisfied than the American people, since the partial success of the Cananza regime has produced merely a repetition of tho old outlines. In the newest fray at Juarez there are, as usual, elements of absurdity. The town itself is a wretched hole, of no im portance save as a spot wherein fighting "may be concentrated to impress Ameri cans with Mexican revolutionary turbu lence and as a haven for various kinds of license, sporting and otherwise, banned across the river. , - - .M, . .m .. i- the r'-iIt-,hB,rHwn intimatM (that -net all TVT5;NING 'PUBLIC TjEDGEllEKn ' ' ' ' . " " ' - I ' Tcxans have been averse to tho sway of the bandit Villa beyond tho Rio Grande. Thero were flush times (in Juarez when Pancho presided at tho celebrated race track, the grand stand of which was, until tho other day, about the only whole structure in the town. It is 'even better known that foreign exploiters, American, British nnd of other nationalities, have gleefully welcomed' reports of chaos in Mexico. But the intimations of these sinister influences, the belief that Villa was not altogether friendless in some of the very regions that clamored for protection against him, the indisputable knowledge that Juarez was a pest, should have been factors of substantial potency in inform ing the government's policy with clarity and decisiveness. War with Mexico would be a monstrous crime. In his avoidance of it Mr. Wilson unquestionably reflected the sentiments of decent Americans. Beyond that, how ever, it is difficult to see that he has done anything toward solving a difficult and critical problem. The Pershing expedition was meaning less. It was neithei war nor peace, and out of such a twilight zone it became impossible even for the future com mander of America's mightiest armies to extract anything tangible. What is impcrathcly needed now is precisely what was in order in 1914, 1915 and 191G a policy which Americans can understand and respect and one which will render future carnivals of muiderous disorder in Juarez or elsewhere on the border impossible. It is equally important, moreover, that Mexico should entertain no doubts of our ' intentions. Villa, Angeles, Diaz, Zapata, Carranza and the whole pestiferous crew of rebels, rulers and road agents have capitalized American vacillation to the full. American lives in Mexico have been wantonly sacrificed. American property has been looted and confiscated. The kaiser may have outwardly scoffed at us, but it is certain that he feared our just wrath. Mexico has seen altogether too few evidences of sane and purposeful American governmental will to be in dread of it It is specifically stated that the entry of our troops into Juarez and the chastise ment administered to the Villa despera does is not to lead to any invasion of Mexico. This is a wise pronouncement proportioned to the aspects of the par ticular incidents which prompted Briga dier General Erwin to cross the intei na tional bridge. His action indisputably safeguarded lives in El Paso and rid the border of an immediate menace. "Battle of Juarez" is a florid term. It was a brush with bandits who had become intolerably bold. It Is the ominous sig nificance of the affair which inspires un easiness. The American people have no guarantee that such outrages will not be recurrent. The scandal in the situation is its perilous uncertainty. Criminal absurdity of this kind has outworn any conceivable palliation. President Wilson is under pressing obli gation to declare himself plainly and without equivocation concerning Mexico. Perhaps the league of nations may be intrusted with a problem which has out lived all the tremendous questions of the great war. If so, if there is the gleam of a sensi ble, forceful and consistent idea on this theme in the heads of the responsible statesmen it should be forthwith dis closed. Public patience is exhausted. D p 1 a w n r e sturgeon Purity a Necessity mny now inctcasc and multiply without lot or hindrance until March 1, 1022. That is, of course, if the closed seu&on also applies to all stream pollution. - Kny strike the world Huns Laugh In oer,is an argument Tliclr Sfcees for the speedy sigmng of the peace treaty; and all ohstruetUe tnti(s, whether in Uic United States Senate or elsewhere, are aids, unwitting or otherwise, to German. The Senate judicinry All "Hct" Up Hubiommlttfe Is un duly excited. There are already laws enough ou the statute books to deal adequately with "radicalism, lawless ness and violence in America.'" While a Btrict regulation of the manufacture, distri bution and possession of high cxploshes U commendable and desirable, the suggested regulation of "mushroom organizations" and additional restrictions on the newspaper press saor of a censorship that can only do more harm than good. Marshal Koch may yet have to apply the fifteenth point. Delegates to the Federation of Labor convention are thankful that the shore is still wet. General Felipe Angeles appears to have provided himself with a competent press agent. Germany's complaints suggest the fact that no criminal was ever entirely satisfied with a sentence imposed upon him. To scrap Hog Island after the present ship contracts ate completed would be noth ing less than criminal wastefulness. The United States Senate may take to itself a little of the credit or blame fpr the "demands" now beinginade by Germany. The report that the, kaiser and the crown prince will return to Germany as soon as the peace treaty is signed may either cause the Germans o delay the signing of the treaty pr givMnc aih jwwenr A STUDY IN FUTILITY Being a Review of the hJJgh Points of American Failure to Meet the Mexican Problem Adequately nfiABr4 6 the difficulties along the Jfcjicnn border makes timely a review of the events in the relations bcticeen the I nited States and Mexico during the last deiade. The iccord is bound to haic addi tions in the near future, v it is put in com- , pendious form for leader icho icnt to fol low the course of cienfs with, intelligence and understanding. December 1. 1910 Porflrlo Diaz In auRuratetl president for an elRlith term of four jears Itoolt beRun under Francisco Madono against contlnuanco of his Iron rule. April 23, 1911 Under apprehension of United Slates intervention, armistice nr ranpred. May 18, 1911 Peace proclaimed on basis of Dlaz'a resignation Dc la. Barra president nd interim October IB, 1911 Madero chosen "unani mously" at a "free election," at which only 20,000 votes were cast Oomez, Oroczo and Zapata begin revolts March 14, 1912 President Taft approves resolution of Congress prohibiting export of arms and ammunition Into Mexico except to ,-tiauero government. February S, 1913 Vlctorlano IVuerta, commander-in-chief of Madero forces, deserts to government's enemies riffhtlng In Mexico City. Madero and Vice President Pino Suarez arrestcd, forced to resign nnd a few dili later shot and killed under the "fugl tlc law," Huerta becomes provisional pres. ident. Mnroh 26, 1913 Venustiano Carranza, goxernor of slate of Coahulla, denounces Huerta and proclaims "Plan of 'Guadalupe " Becomes first chief of Constitutionalist army. Begins operations In northern Mexico. Fran clfeo Villa leads peons Into Carranza's sup port Jul, 1913 President Wilson appoints John l.lnd,1 former governor of Minnesota, as special Investigator and personal representa tive August 27, 1913 President Wlteon explains lo Congress he had sent Ilnd to extend good ofllces of this country. Said Mexican authori ties had rejected overtures, so he had ex tended embargo op arms to the whole of Mexico. October, 1913 Huerta commits coup d'etat arresting members of Mexican Congress and assumes dictatorial powers November 12, 1913 Und leaves Mexico Cltj December 2, 1913 President Wilson In ad diesj to Congress denounces Huerta as n usurper and declares he will stand by a policy or 'watchful waiting" to eliminate him from power. April 9, 1914 Boatload of sailors fiom United" States gunboat Dolphin placed under arrest at Tamplco by Mexican federal troops Immediately released and Huerta expresses regret Rear Admiral Mayo demands salute of twenty-one guns, which Huerta refuses unless the United States would return the Lompllment, maintaining that release of men and apology were sufficient. United htates insists on demand April 14, 1914 North Atlantic fleet ordered to Tamplco, and on tho following day Ad miral Fletcher, on orders, occupies Vera Cruz with loss of nineteen killed and fifty wounded, Mexican losses being much greater. April 20, 1914 President Wilson in address to Congress says he deemed it his duty "to Insist that the flag of tho United States should be saluted in uch a way as to Indi cate a new spirit and attitude on flie part of the Huertistas." April 22, 1914 (Vongress, at President's re quest, votes consent to u'-e the armed forces of the United States.' in such was and to such an extent as mlghtbe necessary to obtain from General Huerta and his ad herents the fullest recognition of tho rights and dignity of the United States." April 23, 1914 Huerta issues general am nesty and Carranza protests to Secretary Brjan ,-against "hostile acts of the United States " Same day ambassadors of Argen tina, Brazil and Chile tender mediation, which is accepted. April 30,'1914 General J"uhston, with 9000 regulars, occupies Vera Cruz, sailors retum. ing lo their ships May 20, 1914 "A B C" mediators meet at Niagara Falls. Juno 14, 1914 Protocol signed providing that a new government, constituted by agree ments between Mexican factions, should be recognized by tho United States, which should demand no "war Indemnity or othe'r material satisfaction July 6, 1914 Huerta "elected" president July 15,. 1914 Huerta resigns under pressure of the United States, leaving Mexico five days later on German warship Make shift government formed vylth Carbajal at head Carranza refuses to recognize this gov ernment Villa and Zapata support him. Fighting continues, first one faction and then another occupying Mexico City. September 15 1914 Presldert Wilson orders withdrawal of United States troops from Vera Cruz November 23, '914 Withdrawal accom plished. August 5, 1915 South American repre sentatives confer with Secretary Lansing to consider Mexican situation. August 11, 1915 A joint appeal dispatched to leaders of Mexican factions. September 18, 1915 Lansing am conferees agree that United Stales shall recognize as de facto government faction which at the end of three weeks best demonstrates its ability to maintain order. October 9, 1915 Carranza decided to be entitled to such recognition. October 19, 191& Carranza formally rec ognized,' March 9, 191G Villa attacks Columbus, New Mexico. , March" 15, 191J5 United S,tates sends "pu nitive" expedition across Mexican border after Villa, General Pershing irt command May 5, 1916 Bandits from Mexico raid Glenn Springs, Tex. Troop3 pursue them O miles across border without result. May 22, 1916 Carranza government pro tests against the violation of Mexican sov ereignty by Pershing's expedition. June 8, 1916 Republican National Con vention protests against Vthe Indefensible methods of Interference" employed by the administration "In the Internal affairs of McxIco,"and refers "with shame" to its per mitting ftxlstlng conditions to continue by 'failure tto act promptly and firmly" and through recognition of one of the factions re sponsible - June 20, 1916 United States' formally re fuses to 'withdraw troops. June '52, 1916 Detachment of United States troops attacked by Mexican troops at Carrlzalnd seventeen made prisoners after several had been killed on both sides June 25, 1916 United States demands Im mediate release of prisoners, avowing that the act could only be regarded as "deliberately hostile." Prisoners released. July 4-7, 1916 Carranza suggests media tion byLatln-American states, and United States accepts. November 24, 1916 Protocol signed pro viding for withdrawal of United States troops If order were maintained innorthern Mexico. January 15, 1917 Joint commission dis solved after endeavoring unsuccessfully for four months to reach, an agreement on border CFe'bruary 6, 1917 United States troops "March"?', 1917 President Wilson Jnforms benate of'Zlmmermann note plotting on be half of ftermany to embroil this country with '(Throughout the rest qf 17, 1918 and to date there have been frequent rumors of difli cultles with Mexico, but American interest in the European war overshadowed Mexfthn affair so that absolutely no progress toward a settlement can be Indicated by any date.) .in'i7 1919 American troops cross Mexican border to drlveCW followers out of ' " III ' 'SCAT!. ' . fV c2Vw sf '.. ' ' THE CHAFFING DISH Song of the Disappointed Handley-Page Aviator Why didn't sonic power the giftie gie me To let mc pilot that Vickers-Vimy? It was quaint that Alcock and Brown should have landed in a bog, which is just where most politicians land when they era hark upon the Irish problem. It was hard for Miss May Kitson to learn that though Alcock would nottake her as a passenger he had found room'tfor a cat and a dog. ? It seems, as wc brood over this u the hope of excavating some wheeze, that not only petrol hut pets arc necessary to a successful flight. Our Own League of Natations We had our first post-war swim the other dav, in no less n body of water than the Atlantic ocean. We were much disap pointed tjiat Mack Sennctt wasrfot on hand to offer us a contract. The "occasion was otherwise successful, howevef,in that a number of moths who had evidently intended to raise their grandcocoons In our bathing suit perished ignobly. ' One of our favorite punishments for the kaiser would be to take him down to the beaoh at Fierceforcst, let him get a thorough blaze of Friday to Mojiday sunburn and then watch him shave with an uiistroppcd razor. 8hrimps and Senators One of the delights of bathing at low tide is a certain small animal that burrows in the sand we coll them hardshell shrimps, but our friend nnd fellow Fierccforester Tom Farrell insists they are a kind ,of snail. Whatever they are, they are built something like a shrimp but with a hard and very comely gray shell; they are easily found as the tide recedes, as they leave a Bmall dimple in the sand where they have taken cover. The game is to root them out and carry them back to the Urchin, who stands at the edge of the strand (whatever that is). A small pool having been prepared, you place the Bhrimps in it and the Urchin greatly enjoys seeing them scuttle backward and dig them selves in, scooping with their hind legs and pushing with their front limbs. Jt is enter taining also to put them on the harder sand and see them try valiantly to stern' Into it. They kick as resolutely as a Senate trying to find a hole in a peace treaty (or a Mnck Scnnett lady in the front row) ; but with a sense passing the sense of senators, when they find themselves stumped they sit still and wait for something to happen. One cannot resist the impression, watching them, that they will bo greatly relieved if nothing happens. The Urchin, having already been intro duced to crabs, also calls the shrimp's "nice little crabs," Shrimp is a word that presents some dlfficultfcs to him, and his mind so far only classifies the denizens of the sea into fish and crabs. Later on, of course, he will have to subdivide his classification to in clude jellyfish, ladies in one-piece bathing suits, nnd so on. It is hard to keep the Urchin at the edge of the strand while" one brings back the shrimps for him to watch. His delight is so great that he has a tendency to dash vio lently into the sea up to his knees. He is, in very truth, a sea-urchin. Seems like old times to see that photo of the international bridge at YA Taso back in the papers. "Casualties were light," says a dispatch from Juarez. The unhappy thing "about casualties is that they are never light to the casuals themselves, T ' Hopeful to the last, we opine that the scornful phrase, "tin Lizzie," Is only an abbreviationfpr itinerant Lizzlei Alcock and Brown bad tho right idea. They waited until all the, third-rate paeU ! JMWT'IWHJ ptrvMp'irlB I t iL I i.L.1M-.l !1L. ..t0j.F.-j 'jHM?ffi.rtdKaue!ttiMKfl.4ftr-' '.st-i l . I '' ' ' M .... " ? .-'". rjMl ffte&ismTjrt!: iHifi?? i-r.Jb r'5.,j ;: v.:e "r '-.: ,,-. A transatlantic flight. No minor poet will dare to tackle the subject now. Transmigration of Shoals An old salt tells us that Nantucket shoals have moved so much that the position of the lightship may have to be changed. Wc fancy that the treaty is the kind they w ill eventually sign. It is for us to sec, President Wilson may remark as ie tnkes the stump against cer tain Senators, that these loquacious dead heads shall have talked in vain. , Mr. John McMnster sends us a copy of the Caledonian Magazine, in which we find a story of an old Scottish judge who said to a perverse witness, "You have got a mind so twisted that it a nail could be got into one side of your head I am convinced it would come out n screw on the other side." What would that judge have said to cer tain senators? We remarked that the Chavender or Chub controversy was closed, but we reopen it just long enough to insert the following, which, while technically inaccurate, gives us a harmless grin : .The Old Kow Blzzjr mooln. Sadly chewln On her cavender or Cud, She wuz atandln' In tho jnedder, In tho mavender. or mud, Wen her ves aplde aumthtn' In the tfras. Llko Blavender. or Bludll! Juet a ruby on green velvut Wuz. this stavender or stud I Hal A rout) a rose, a red, red rose' A bavender or bud I She ate It. No morsel aweeter Had she raided. Since the (lavender. Or Flood! EddEH ALLEN .rOTATER. We wish to acknowledge contributions for the Child Federation from Harrison Hires and Francis W. Power. Thanks to the generosity of our clients we are able to send a check for $23 to the fed eration. This will help twenty-five needy children through the hot weather. A number of contributors have expressly requested that we i should not write a poem about them, which shows that their literary taste is as acute as their kindly charity. Detroit Catching Up Next week's audiences at the New De troit will have an opportunity to see a successful Broadway production for the first time outside- of New York, Detroit Free Press. Broken Bones After sending our ljttle contribution to frlepd Ephraim Ledercr the" other day we spent a blue Monday construing ' the stsvenders or stubs in our check-book. To tell you the truth, we felt as though every bone in our bank account had been broken. Perhaps this is about the right time to remind ourselves of what Mark Twain said about an approaching celebration :. July 4 th i Statistics, show that we lose more .fools on this day than In all the other Mays of the year put together. This proves, by the number left In Btock, that one "Fourth of July per year Is now inade quate, the country has grown so. As Fleet as Fleet Street Lord Northcliffe, commenting on tbe'Al-cock-Brown flight, says he looks forward to the time when London morning papers will be selling In New Yorkuhe same evening. ' And we, peering into the future, like to imagine the time when Lord Northcliffe will find no savor in his breakfast marmalade and toast unless the .Philadelphia Chaffing Dish of the night before accompanies them, Every week or'so some olp announces a "new eppch" in motion pictures, but it usually turns out to be merely that Charley Chaplin has taught a hen to lay an egg directly Wo the frying pan. When Charley can raije bacon In a skillet there'll relly be WHMfUiBg to it 'WISSj ' 'II I I fll I I ? " lift I tl THE SECRET PACK ii yrv MRMonv Jmii, ..,.,. i v : : , - . " r-"" r ji ' Wherein I store the loveliest things i And in my heart, not on my back, aiy aear and guarded treasure swings, il With every passing year it grows, And as it grows life fairer gleams; And lesser weigh my dally woes, , And brighter, rarer shine my dreams. My memory hath a secret pack ; It steads me, cheers me all the while. Within It enters nothing black, But each kind word, each loving smile. It matters not if darkness fall, I never let my heart be dumb, For love knows not until it call ' i What faithful echoes back will come. My memory hath a secret pack; When I am sad I open it And soon of solace I've no lack, And all my soul with joy is lit ; And over land, and over see, My thought flies swifter than a dove, ' For are not those who smiled on me Still keeping bright the lamp of love? Samuel Minturn Peck, in the Bostoi Transcript. , n Massachusetts legislators have raise their own salaries from $1000 a year tol $1500. That's the spirit 1 When Ihere'sl work to be done, hang the expense! Hog Island has been spoken of as th Clyde of America. Our local pride will notl be wholly gratified, however, until the Clyde is spoken of as the Delawareof Great Britain. , il 11 Wltat Do You Know? QUIZ , It What is the nationality of Lieutenant! Arthur W. Brown,- navigator 'of the I first airplane to achieve a nonstop fllghtl i across tnc Atlantic? yw 2. Which is the larger, England or Penni sylvania .' 13. On what syllable should the accent 'fall In pronouncing the word cigarette? yi 4. Who is Sem Bcnelli? Si 5. Wlfat is a Dansrolin? . VJ, IVUUl JO JUIC. x 7. What is a fay? n TTU-t - l..4 8. 'When was the Mississippi first seen by a white man? , t 0. Of what new state does Serbia now form a Dart? i hlO. What is the predominant' race in fhe territory oi. nawaiif - 1 1 Answers to Yesterday's Quiz s- 1. A "ripper" bill is a bill designed to ou'st1 officeholders to whom the party respond sible for the legislation is opposed, ! 2. The temperature of a. cold -blooded ani. mal is the same as that of Its environ" mem. -11 S. Asuncion is the capital of Paraguay. ,3fT 4. Anthony Vandyke or Van Dyck paInt4JI me ceieuraicu portrait ot unarits J. o I ngiana, . . r. T,n -ci-0i, a.... ii.n i.. if it. "t?l w. J-c .-v- imiu yvu mal CiiC "IGTJI ally means "good market." It is millarly used, however, in the sense's - . "chcan." .S 0. Bulwer Lytton wrote f'The Last Dayssfll I, UURiM " MWU1HIH UiUltVJ uu in f Tiinwi. I. In nn.llin.n lf.alA .- It l Rio (Jrande, immediately opposite Paso. . o. curec-uaue mcuuo ueiore me castlt. AB cient ships, especially the Spanish, hs a castlelike structure in the bow.Vj 0. Philip Freneau was an early Amer'ie poet, nis nates are nuz-ltMX. & 10. The Gordlan knot was named from Goi dlus, a Phrygian peasant, who dedto tatcd his wagon to Jupiter and fastetiM'I his joke to a beam w.lth a rope pf bartJ bo iiigeuiuusiy nea tnat no one cotl untie It. . Alexander the. Great v told that whoever undid the fcnowe reign over the entire East.Tit ,wor.V - weriwue,, Ljimuw, fiiWi'fi;H ....' . . . V . .. ' ' J "tl,.! ' Vi "R. ' o r . t r -j - w?jmmm&: ?! V ' . .!. 17 n I !t l' 1 vj .,. .' 'JX !.., .A ITvY ES" rOFwy TOFWysMMMifyf Ji -T' it-" J ..V ZJV
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