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H.il.H-lpM.. T.i-d... Jim lip THE PENITENTIARY PROBE pOVEKN'OR SPKOl'I.'S plan fot an m--" fstic;ation of Warden MoKenty adminntiation at thr Eastern Peniten tial will have one reiettalile etTei-t if it revives the hnlf-baibarous spirits of those solid old cynjes who, becau.se they are incapable of distinpruishinpr between crime and misfortune, have always op posed schemes of prison leform. Such as these will have an inteival of trium phant self-satisfaction if it can be pioved that a man who fought hard and suc cessfully for the rehabilitation of crimi nals was otherwise at fault or even over kind. Warden McKenty established a con attuctivp code at the pcnitentmry. The public will depend upon the Governoi to see that the waiden and the system he represents ate not unnecessarily dis credited. The community would benefit least of all by a great institution so ad ministered as to make criminals more criminal than they ordinal lly would be. The faults of the parole system aie widely advcitised. The great good ac complished by that same system is little known or understood. Warden McKenty seemed fitted by training, temperament and experience for the post he holds. OUT AND DOWN! "jVTR. ROOT'S letter to Senator Lodge, '"' the eloquent silence of Senator Knox and the air of pious acceptance that pre vails among the Republican shepherds on the Senate floor plainly indicate a new beginning in the' league-of-nations de bate and the approach of an interval of ordered thought. The air is clearer. The covenant will bo accepted with reserva tions of one sort or another. The thing is done. But wTiat of theirank and file that fought so loudly behind the senator from Massachusetts? Mr. Lodge Ins slipped aside to a place of safety. His cohorts go tumbling into a new Out and Down Club. Borah has lost his fight agninst the league of nations and he has lost his fight against Penrose, and he has dropped about a mile in the estimation of his cherished West. Sherman, the Vardaman of the Repub lican party, is swiftly on his way to the twilight made for all Vardamans. They leave only disagreeable echoes and tons of the Congressional Record and they Were going to fight the world! The Out and Down Club will grow swiftly from now on. Color el Harvey may lead the morning hate song of the editorial section. The club will not be a pleasant thing to see. It will be a po litical Gehenna, filled with noisy men walking in circles and fighting the shadows of their own fears. Penrose and Knox escaped at the very door. Freling huysen and Edge are tottering even now on the dreadful threshold. CONSTRUCTIVE REFORM rpHE Rev. Samuel Zone Batten, of the -- Baptist social service department, is tf constructive reformer. He sees in the passing of the saloon the necessity for the establishment of rest rooms and com fort stations. He realizes that there may be delay before municipalities tackle and solve the problem and he suggests that the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A. and .simi lar organizations take up the work." Incidentally, it may be noted, the Sal vation Army has alieady begun. It has established what the service men call "beer gardens" and plans to buy saloons. It may be added that constructive work of this kind will do more to put the final "kibosh" on John Barleycorn than all the private "law-enforcement" organizations in the country. SUFFRAGE IN PENNSYLVANJA JT IS worth observing that, though the suffrage fight is nearing a successful close in Pennsylvania, the women who have led it most ably have yet to make any statement of aims or purposes in relation to the political system widely advertised as an affliction of the city and the state. Such silence as the suffragists have maintained, may indicate sound political sense, since you do not maks war upon the men wliose aid you may need. How far into the future will the suffrage leaders carry the spirit of compromise? They face extraordinary opportunities in Pennsylvania. Elsewhere, in regions where the vote lb a, novelty for women, issues that have j;o be voted onvare nebulous, as a rule, vrvia tort likely to Inspire differences' f Vational opinion. Here in this state JA Kibe cs6 js different. KlTr?Wl .mernoas are snpsnoa or yhcn an arcn-cnminai is conaemnea. ; secret dread that tne Jtaiser may -actually f ... fl,-. . -. , ,!. --D.ljtl.-l )Ji: i i rl nr 4 .,;nlaa naniioau I. lb ,- t.Jf l..-. - Jl ..V- (e ,lnni '.' t-JIt s.1. . , is I l, 'HW1.11U nan IV V.. !.. t.A hr f -Trejildenljl IJttlV Cml.WnMp.in I 1A nf-ITawali- , "',.'- '..T-'-i W" I io-" "- fariffiflirirt ifaii' !r th 1 inii m xAmm? SMkvi'jys-lx'. . t ., a low ebb. The influence which n vast body of enlightened voters could exert at the polls would bo instantly felt. The women of Tcnnsylvanin, once they have tho franchise, could profoundly affect the whole course of affairs in the state and in every city Tho , issues before them arc clear-cut and distinct. If they ale disinterested, theii disin terestedness will be clearly evident nt the outset and their failure will be great. Pennsylvania, rather than any other state, may yet be the proving ground of the newest of accepted political doc trines. THE PEN AS WELL AS THE SWORD BRINGS GERMANY TO BAY Justice Is Served and the Pence Confer ence Magnificently Vindicated as the Disgraced Nation Bows to the Inevitable 'TMIK calmness with which Gcimany's acceptance of the treaty was received thioughout the land yesterday was in sti iking contrast to the ecstasy which accompanied ai mistier- day. None the lev.,, .June 2D, 1910, is much the more significant date, the vivid rubric on tho ceaseless calendar of history. It trnninates with decision and finality an ipoch unexampled for its woe and for its joy, for its disgrace an1 for its glory. Il rexeals the capacity of stern and just defenders nf civilization for the roles of stern and just makers nf civilization's peace. Perhaps the thrill to which liberty-loving mankind yielded so readily last November can never be regained. Diamatic celerity is the keenest of spurs to the emotions. Appicciation of what happened yesteiday is bound to be less showy, but cumulative and, in the end, more solid. Reflection and the flight of time are certain to produce a valuation of the weary months of treaty making very different from the sort of estimates so punalent during the critical interreg num. The full meaning nf the stupendous pet foi mancc in Paris even now eludes those obseiver.s who wcie most persist ently optimistic. Its broad outlines, however, aie visible, and they are of such magnitude that oidinaiy human con sciousness cannot lush beyond the im mediate event and tho.se happenings of the last five years of which it is a culmi nation. Small wonder that the stieets are not now clouded with paper storms, that the air is not lent with horn and whistle blowing and cannon booming, and that high carnival is not spontaneously de cieed. The finite mind of man has a right to be both staggeied and sobered in the presence of the epochal. Of this natuie is the humiliation of the empire which set forth in 1914 to sub ject the world to the tenets of its mad and tyrannous "kultur." The uncondi tional "yes" which the Weimar assembly has wired to Palis is the long-desired afiiimntion that the power of this insane creed is foiever obliterated. It is also evidence that the force of the doctrine yields .only to superior foice of sword and of pen. Armed justice registered its verdict last autumn. The inscribed variety, at tainable only through grueling delibera tion and exhaustive investigation of facU tq be co-ordinated with principles, at last" informs the momentous peace treaty. Naturally the time consumed in win ning this goal, though perfectly justifia ble, was capitalized to the full by the foe. Thus the world has been afflicted with the spectacle of a blackly guilty but in famously unrepentant Germany thunder ing against a just pact as iniquitous and seeking by every means nvailable to a nation shorn of armed strength to dis credit the Peace Conference, to split the associated powers and to becloud issues which logically admit of no equivocation. In furtherance of her designs she counted less upon treason than on the aid of sensation mongers, impractical and chronic malcontents and upon half baked theonzers tearful because the mil lennium has been postponed. Of course it has. So it will ever be. But if worldly perfection be impossible worldly betterment of the most substan tial order is not, and the roud to that ac complishment is only to be taken by facing facts. It is to the eternal credit of the Paris conference that this is what it has su perbly done. Unmoved by all the irre sponsible forces set in motion against them, the peacemakers have considered facts in the league-of-nations plan and facts of terrible magnitude in the treat ment of vanquished Germany. The simplicity of the latter array ren ders it no less hideous. German infamy is proved, is not debatable. It has per sisted, regardless of governmental mas querades, to the end, as the aisgusting exhibition of unscrupulous spite and per verted cowardly sentimentality at Scapa Flow sensationally attests. The treaty, while it permits ot iiun re covery with justice, permits of none with out that inextinguishable ingredient. In the last reply to Germany which the as sociated powers will ever make to T)er as a belligerent in the world war she is in formed that she will be held "Responsible for the execution of every stipulation of' the treaty." , The stern and solemn principles of reparation and atonement upon which the document is based are thus assured of vitality. The day of hedging and shuf fling has passed. The Hun hope that it had not was visible in all the orgy of bluster, maneu vering and mendacity which preceded the acceptance. The ultimate wail comes in the very telegram of assent, which, though unconditional and comprehen sive, indicts the treaty as "a peace of violence." "Violent delights have violent e,nds." If the vigor of outraged rectitude and a lively sense of the responsibilities of, civilization beget a "violence," it is of the type which serves the ends of justice EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER- PHILADELPHIA, torlous exemplar among all nations. She exerted its fell sway over Franco in 1871 and over Russia when she dictated tho Brest-Litovsk 'niquity. But for ..he magnificent victories of her foes in the field and their iron resolve in handling the pen at tho peace table she would exult to be furiously predator) at this moment. She completes the scroll of ignobility in her attitude concerning her inevitable signature to tho treaty. Not a single gesture of contrition or chivalry, not an index of ethical sanity or of manly cour nge in adversity redeems even in part her accord. France in 1871 had her patriotic and inspiring Thiers, whose grief over his country's woe never for an instant blinded his sense of decency and honor. Spnjn tasted of defeat with head high and her ancient knightly code unsullied. Nations have fallen ere Germany. She alone inspires the same disgust and loath ing which she did in the hour of her reckless and murderous might The refusal of the Entente to recall or amend the trcuty clauses fastening tho blame for the war upon Germany or exempting her criminal officials from trial was the only logical course to lake in these circumstances. The surrender of the empire, which makes yesterday for ever memorable, could not be otherwise than unreserved if justice as mankind perceives It' is to have validity on earth. The treaty sanctions it as do few other pacts in human annals. Its indictment of sheer, flagrant evil, the safeguards which tho indispensable league-of-nations coe nant provides against its recurrence as a national policy, the vindication of right fortifying the document's financial and territorial adjustments are all of such unwonted proportions that the absence of spectacular revelry over the close of the greatest war ever fought is easily explicable. The depth of feeling which the event sounds is not externally translatable. But it will grow and grow as the new era, rid of the intolerable German men ace, takes on substance and beaut j. SCHOOLS AND FREE SPEECH w HAT the teachers themselves like to call intellectual insurgency is no new thing in the schools. There always have been lestless and dissatisfied minds in every faculty and the war served to in crease their numbers. Teachers recognize the need for new definitions to reveal the underlying causes of war and to make a way to the social and economic peace that must pie cede any final settlement of the world's troubles. They are irked by the copy book formalism and the neatly restricted virtues of the accepted teaching code. They represent a phenomenon that always leaves boaids of education floun dering at a loss. In Washington recently a teacher in one of the grammar schools was harshly disciplined for trying to explain the eco nomic theory of bolshevism in answer to a question from her class. The resolu tion just introduced at the American Federation of Labor convention by Charles B. Stihlman, of Chicago, in be half of the federated teachers is a direct result of that incident. As a demand for fice speech in the schools, made with the full moral support of organized labor, it suggests tho form which the school rebel lion ultimately will assume. Teachers demand a right to teach as they think, to express opinions and convictions, to speak their minds and tell what they believe to be the truth. This sounds infinitely fair and logical until you think twice. A teacher in a school has peculiar le gponsibilities. Those who talk from pul pits or in newspapers or in books or from platforms address themselves to discrimi nating minds. Their audiences are quali fied to' pass judgment, to accept or re ject novel principles, to weigh and analyze and to think for themselves in an emergency. But a class of children is expected to take the word of the teacher without question and it usually does so. The teacher of such a class may be de luded or dazzled by a new 'belief or fasci nated by a thoroughly invalid but out wardly attractive theory of art, econom ics or politics and, under a rule of abso lutely free speech, become a hindrance rather than a help to society. Certainly there should be no restriction of free speech in the schools or anywhere else. But the teachers themselves should be the first to subject themselves to rigorous censorship when debatable is sues of moment are up for discussion. The schools are established to find and teach the truth and not to promulgate individual opinions and prejudices. In times like these the truth is pretty hard to recognize and it will not do to have its counterfeit inflicted upon pupils in American class rooms. School boards and college directors are wrong-minded often enough in their conflict with teach- ari i i 1. un tlaAnianlitna Whort flrflH ers. tSUl icuciieis uiauKiiu, "" mtu by a deluded sense of intellectual omnipo tence, know how to bo wrong-minded too. The faculty members who have clamored most violently for free speech seem most often to use it in expounding a perilous half knowledge which hides rather than reveals the truth which their charges seek. If these were the Rood He'd IJo "Id days of yellow About It journalism some American publisher or other would be at Amerongeu offering Wll- Ham Hobenzoltern a fabulous sum to sit in at Versailles as a reporter at the peace sign- ins- It is difficult to tinder Tractlce Htand why the British should manifest- sur nrUe at the manner in which the Germans sank their interned ships. The linns were ever expert at sending down unarmed and unprotected vessels. The languid young He Serves Them men with woeful eyea Well whom you see wan. derng abstractedly about the hotels are members of the Ameri can. Press Humorists' Association, meeting here to discuss next winter's styles In Jokes. but shaken and tremulous with dread a S "TIGER" WHO SAVED FRANCE Georges Clemenceau, Who Reached What He Called the Goal of His Ambition In Restoring Altace I Lorraine to Motherland L "niKANCrS indomitable attitude through-J- out four years ot conflict that literally "bled white" the republic was the reflection of thnt hnnly figure who for more than n generation had home the designation of "Stormy Petrel," varied with such other titles as the "Tiger." the "Wrecker of Cab inets" nntl half a score others of like sig nificance Georges Clemencrnti. Twice premier, both times nt critical junctures in the nationnl life, this remark able man represented the conscience as well as the Inflexible courage of n people he gave n measure of devotion not paralleled by nn.v of his contemporaries. Thirty yertrs old in 1S71. when ho plended with his coiiiitrjinen "to bleed France white" before stirienderiiig Alsnce-Iorralne to Germany, Cleineiiceau for forty-seven jenrs funned the snered tlrtme of pro test ngnlnst Teuton domination of these pi ounces, and nt the nge of seventy-seven, mi the eve of Mr retirement from the post In which he sited luster upon his country and its people, he dedicated the pence which restores (ho lost chlldien to their mother. "The redemption of Alsace-Lorraine has been the goal of my life," snys Clemencenu. This reached, the "Savior of France," which is among the mnn proud appella tions he wore, is nbont tn retire from the lofty places he honored AS TITH by inn riTH culmination of n career marked umernhle incidents any one of which would hnvo stamped him as one nf the most commanding figures of his cen tury, Chineneeaii wns in the Sennte When the war clouds broke. He became chnir man nf the nrtny committee and joined the Vlvtmii ministrj. His criticism of the mis takes of the administration continued n seeie ns ever. lie had established a news paper. I, 'Homme Libre (the Free Man I. I lis journal was ordered suspended for eight dnjs. The next day the paper wbr issued nt Bordeaux under the nnine L'Homme I'n chnine (the Mnn in Chains). Clcmcneenu did not stop publication or criticism. His paper wns temporarily suspended several limes. The activity of the censor provoked the wrath of the editor to such efforts thnt he succeeded in having the censorship lifted finm political questions, thus exposing him self to a storm of criticism nfter he became I'leiuier the second time. .This was in N" emlier, 1017, when the I'iiiiilee ministrj, having fallen under an adverse vote of the Chamber of Deputies, Clemenceau wns in vitisl to form a cabinet, which he did with such success that from that moment begun the liunl eradication of thnt "defeatist" poion which in the enrlier dnjs of the war threatened to sap the itnlity if it did not uttcrlj destroy the fighting spirit of Frnncc. AS 1 J-7. Ml ho in his stormy enreer made nnd un- mnde ministries, going into retirement him self in li)0!l, when he wns ousted from the post after clash with Dclcnsse. due to a violent political quarrel, lost all sense nf partisanship. He thought only of uctorj. The veterans called him their "confidence baiometer." As war minister in his own enbinet, lie shaped events to unify the allied command under I'nch, and the Hntentc nl linnce wns thus tightened. Hut the miracle of his leadership cannot be described. His personality enlivened flagging France. To every whine of his adversaries he replied, ".le fnis la guerre." To every protest of .4 ho chamber he answer ed : "I make war. I make wnr. The vic tory is to- the side which lasts the last quarter of an hour." THAT last sentence wns chniacteristie of Clemenceau's temperament tenacity and unflinching cournge, the "never-give-up" spirit that marked his whole career and was neer more plainly demonstrated than nt the Fence Conference, of which he wns, py uni versal consent, mude president. He turned from war to pence with char acteristic determination. "We wnnt a Just nnd a strong pence, protecting the future agninst the nbominutions of the past. There tun be no bargain between right nnd crime," he told the Senate on September 18, 1018. C LFMENCCAI' at the Peace Conference, Inch he presided over at the age nf seventy-seven, gave the impression of hnggnrd faje suddenly revealed from the shroudings of the grave. He wns alwnjs n real stoic. In the spring of 1918 he went to a doctor' and asked pointedly if he would live six months. "Much more," responded the army surgeon who examined him. "Stx months is enough," he said, with relief. Referring to the terms of the armistice framed by the Allied Council, Clemenceau made the significant statement regarding the Germans: "Let tbein apply -to Foch for terms." . THIS was the keynote of "the remarkable speech of December 30, lfllR. just be fore the opening of the Peace Conference, when Clemenceau said: "There is an old system of alliances .called the balmier of power. It seems to be condemned nowa days; but if such a balance had preceded tho war, if England, the Fnited States. France nnd Italy had agreed, uny, that who ever nttneked one of them nttneked the whole world, the war would not have occurred." Itegnrded by many as a direct blow nt the policies of President Wilson nnd David Lloyd George, who .had declared against the "balance of power", principle as an incentive to war, Clemenceau, nevertheless, held strongly to his opinion and it mny well be believed that the proposed Anglo-French American "understanding" which caused a flurry during the "Peace" Conference proceed ings, was the outcropplug of the December speech of the French premier- GEORGES CLEMENCEAU'S charneter is ns comple ns his mental capacity. He has written on niedicine, anatomy, social' philosophy, fiction and books of travel. He, has traveled most of the civilized world and lectured in many of Us cities. He was accustomed to go upon th? stage to direct rehearsals of his plays apd to give pointers to orchestra leaders. In early life he had delved into literature, Vritlng several novels, and among his plays many nre writ ten around the coast of China which he had never seen. He has a hobby or col lecting decorative bits ofBuddhist art. He recites Homer by tho page. He attended lectures on medical' mibjects. Dr. Alerts Carrel found him In the audience when he lectured In Paris two years ago. Clemen ceau could be charming Jn manner. To women he was generally so. He is usually intolerant of those who do not agree with him and his oyn convictions are the laws of his life. Hetas frcqueptly irascible in temner 'hut in times of extreme tension .icy cold in his calmness. " His love is as paB-' slonatc as his liaHred. The dominant note of Clemenceau's char acter is his fanatical devotion to France". He worships at her shrine. He seeks only tn serve her. for. as he voices it. "Hr charm still holds me. Her w. haty lived, and here we shalf sle'p when our 'day's v";;y 'TUESDAY, 1i - .s:r;-.-v... ;.::: -:,.: '".i!-i'.;..,..,-s?,.- -" .-.:..-.J-:r.-:-."::--""rH-.-l- -. -"; ":"... r"" .'..V.'tt'.-rSXVA.. ..... . ?.;--;':-:""V-' :;; ;.:.'''r ;-.,j..' ;';-;., .-"..v. r. Sz:Q.;-zij:.uz':1- THE .CHAFFING DISH PRESS HUMORISTS SURVIVE DIFFICULT ORDEAL Harry Casildy Lures Two Aboard Float ing Coffin, Without Success M R. CATTELL BEGUILES Enchanting Discourse Wrings Smiles t From Hardened Faces IN SPITE of the presence of-a number of professional drolls Tenii Treaty Park yes terday afternoon was an-. amusing place. When .Mr. E. J. Cat IIARRY CASSIDY. tell, the city statisti IS DISAPPOINTED cinn and author of that '"delightful work of humor. "The Paper and Pulp Trade of the World," dashed up at 2 p.'nw, having gone without his' lunch in order to arrive on time, no one wis on hand Tsavo Harry Cassidy, the park superintendent, nnd-n re porter from the Chaffing Dibh. Harry Cas sidy was in a high state of excitement ow ing to the rumor having gone forth thnt a num ber of really eminent humorists; such ns Bill Sykes, Goldberg, Briggs nnd Fontaine Fox, were to be present. When it wns ex plained to him that those coming were not cartoonists but only writers he was sadly chagrined and was with difficulty restrained from hurling into the limpid river the sapling chestnut tree (or cmfanco Ameri cana) which the humorists were to plant in honor of their craft. 1 Mr. Cattcll and the Chaffing Dish repre sentative sat harmoniously on n bench for some time, but still the wngs did not arrive. The idea occurred to MR. CATTELli them that it would be AND THE DISH, a merry ithought to CONSPIRE plant tbe tree without TOGETHER waiting fot the merry - andrews. -For two such sprightly young men to think was to net. A spade was procured and they set to work. In a miriute or two the tender young thing was safely imbedded in the soil and a paper cartouche attached bearing the fol lowing" tender ukase: At least one iciee It straightway granted, v For lo, the tree's Already planted. This is our hoax: If you demur it , Like your own jokes Just disinter itt Mr. Cattell patted the innocent young limbs' of the caanea with affectionate re gard. "You, my dear,", he said, "will see a crop of nuts much quicker than.most young trees of your specfes." The sound of embittered .wrangling was heard in the offing, and nt one side of the park appeared Derton Braley, poet and press agent for the ARRIVAL. OF Finnish commercial THE POET-FINN commissioner, who was quarreling with bis taxi driver. "J don't see why a high- class mechanic should demean himself by demanding a tip," he said. "I gave the man his exact fare. It seems to me that a man makes himself a lackey when he asks for a tip." Wearing the orange and blue ribbon of the, press humorists, Bertgn was looking uncommonly thrifty and joined the throng of two on an empty bench. ' - i ' nv this time a knot of. reporters and pho tographers had assembled and Harry Cas ildy was more convinced than "ever that ' something , really HARRY CASSIDY worth while was going OFFERS ' - to be pulled off. But """PASTIME (till t h e hjiworls had not appeared, and o hU character of host Harry fejttbat he SPEAKING OF SCUTTLING Roald Amumlscnt" he asked, pointing to a rust-stained oil tanker that lay at the pier. "She's known as the death ship or the float ing coffin. She caught Arc down at Point Breeze last year nnd eleven men lost their lives. Just the other day her mate was shot in a brnwl. She's A hoodoo. Majbe you'd like to go over her to pass away the time whjle you're waiting. She's nil burnt out inside and her plates were twisted by the fire. The deck is burnt through, too. It Would he infffhtv ensv tn full dou-n Intn the I bilge nnd break your neck. If you didn't brenk your neck'you might drown in the oil scum thnt's down inside her. Mnybc you'd like to look her over." Mr. Brnley, having sailed on the fnmous Fordship, is nfiaid of nothing that swims the sea and he volunteered eagerly to go aboard the floating , coffin. The reprcsen- ON HOARD THE tntive of the Dish, DEATH SHIP never tardy in search of the news that really matters, also appreciated Mr. Cassifly's kind offer of a quick passage to n better world. The Jloald Amundsen was not a jolly sight, blackened nnd hideous in her litter of warped and broken gear. The only ncccss to her was by u crazy ladder hanging down her dingy side. "Those ropes look rotten," said Harry Cnssidy ns the poet and Finnish press agent clambered upon them, The represen tative of the Dish heartily agreed thnt the ropes looked very doubtful indeed nnd laid on the wharf for safe keeping his only papers of value (being his notes of conversation with Mr. Cattell) before attempting the perilous climb. Mr. Cassidy followed and explained with considerable gusto all the possible ways of meeting death in the wreck age nf the death ship. To his probable dis appointment neither the, poet-Finn nor the mouthpiece of the Dish took any chances. ' But loud shouts from the park showed thnt the drolls were nssembliug. There they came. Walking demurely down the path came the innumerable THE DROLLS caravan of a nation's ASSEMBLE picked jesters. There, gleaming in the dap pled sunshine, came the polished dome of Homer Croythe Missouri mountebank, the man who looks more like Eugene Field than Gene himself ever did. There came the gold-headed cane of .lames Waldron, Shakespeare critic and editor of Judge; the irreverent twinkle of Tom Daly, Philadel phia's laureate; the simple and tender smile of John Beffcl, the corn-fed realist of the great prairies; the somber and deeply carved brow of Grlf Alexander, nursing in his teeming skull the tribulations of the secretary-treasurer and general manager of the whole convention. Hardly less oppressed with woe seemed the ascetic features of Douglas Malloch, the president of the asso ciation, now about to lay aside the mantle of state and resume the careless ease of mere chaff. The whole gathering, with wives and daughters and a mumber of Wildey street dogs, who had attached themselves to the procession in sheer lightness of heart, bore down upon the youngchestnut tree, wliose scant leafage trembled nervously in the balmy air. "Why, It's been planted already!" cried Ted Robinson of Clevelautl, with one of those flashes of perspicuity that dazzle the fol lowers of newspaper FLASHES OF humorists. PERSIFLAGE "Some one has got ahead of us" cried J. U. Higglnbotham, of Detroit, who is noted for his quick wit and startling repartee. "Some person or persons unknown is per petratlng aimerriment at our expense," came the soft organ tones of John Beffel's voice. It was only too true. The little silver shovel" carried by the president, the earth- patter borne by the secretarytreasurcr, the .A-I 9: fc ' all these were unnecessary, not to say Tata. The tree had been planted and fluttered it , gay nine icnves ironically at us wouia-c bponsors. "And where are the photographers?'''- nienteu the unhappy secretary in a voice of agony. Behind Harry Cassldy's little toolhouw the conspirators were lurking. Rut the wanton hrece blew out a shred of Mr. Catttll'l L-uiueiy wuiBKer ana i in ft hais-tun they were dlscorered BREEZE They were haled, ferth and the really humor ous part of the exercises beenn. Thl . sisted in a thoroughly delightful addreisf-J ur. i.attell, the guest of honor. In sd te the fact that he had gone without tiffin M Cattell was at his sparkling best. Ovet I solemnity of the ocbasion he cast the bJ low enchantment of his whim. A few stj iiaiits, ucmy insinuated nere ana tnere, c nn air of authority unon his discourse. JMl Beffel, not quite certain whether the speikt was in jape or, earnest, produced a notcbod and began to stenograph, so that he mlgl ponder the matter at leisure later on. Or these toll-worn men. saddened bv their en blttered career, Mr. Cattell cast the liealin drug of Ills extravagant mirth, tittle little a few shrill and tentative squeaks ber t to mount from his hearers. John Bejl recognized n wheeze that he had heard bl lore and put away his notebook. It w unanimously agreed that If Mr. Cattell" he proceeded a little longer the chestnut trd itself would have blossomed in unison. But the sweet things of life are over" i soon ! Soon they were all streaming back i u uirara avenue car. aom ualy nev iookcu so nanasome as wnen he stood by conductor paying the fares for the crowd. SOCRATES,-' L What Do You Know? J QUIZ 1. Who is the new premier of Germany? 2. In what group of islands Is Scapa 3. Who wrote "Endymlon"? rfc- 4. What Is the British pronunciation Northanger Abbey? 5. How many justices compose the. Units States Supreme Court? G. What famous ride took place in conne tion with the signing of the Declaratld of Independence? 7. What is a davit? 8. What is the highest denomination f 'which silver certificate paper money issued in tne united States? 0. Who Is the present shah of Persia? 10. What is theastronomlcal sign for sun? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. I lie promtutton constitutional amend ment goes into effect on January II 1020. - 2. Franz Schubert composed the ''UnSi iBhed Symphony. $ ft. A soutane is a priest's cassock. . 4. The Jura mountains, part pf the .AlplJ system, nre tn eastern France as western ana normern awitzeriana. yl 5. John Fitch was an American Invent who constructed a steamboat, whl was launcnca onjtne .Delaware m made several trlDs'on the river in 17fa G. The character of Qullii occurs In 'DicM ens'a novel, "The Old Curiosity Bhop.l 7. Albert Cuyp was a noted Dutch la'r.d scape painter. His -dates are 16 ' ""I. ,, .41 8, A treaty now .in we Denote provides tat the United States snail pay" 525.pt 060 to the republic of Colombia In ? tlement of the Panama, dispute, 0. The Geological Survey gives the follai i ing six classifications to coal ; Antbrij cue, Beraianmruciie, scmiDUUmtnou bituminous, sub-bltumlnous andjigoiti 10. ffbe most actlye volcano 'In'; Ualft m toKKKIPm.. -' -!- ' 'WymRtml " " - cW -T if J
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