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Phlljilrlphia. Mender. Junr ,10. Ill) HOTFOOT AFTER THE GAG LAW PLANS are already afoot to test the constitutionality of the gag law, mis called an anti-sedition law. Just how the issues will be framed in order to get the question before the courts ha not yet been decided. Lawyers can be trusted to find a way to do it, even if they have to incite some one to slap the wrist of a sheriff and thus run the ii:,k of convic tion for sedition with punishment by im prisonment for twenty yeais and a fine of $10,000. The validity of the statute cannot be tested too soon. The bill is crudely drawn and makes a crime of acts done with no criminal intent. It apparently is also in direct violation of the eighth section in the declaration of lights in the constitu tion, which provides that "no conviction hall be had in any piosecution for the ublication of papers relatinc to the offi- S ial conduct of officers or men in public hi rnrtni-ifv CW nnv nthpr mnrtor nvnnor fnr public investigation or information," where such publication was not made with malicious intent. Any publication, according to the gag law, which brings the government of the state into contempt is seditious, even though it be made with the highest mo tives. There are judges in this state who believe in free speech. We shall see what we shall see if they get an opportunity to pass on the validity of this pernicious statute. A REVERSE VIEW rct In all th&- cities nnri lounii nf T3, ,-,,. I, &C! fextensive and oowtlv nrmrntii.n. ,....- BUrSf "ade by tlie Peopl to cUebrate the last C houro In which, because of the restrictions IBBTl.V 9 Ik. ..! , t,t-i.l. .... u uie udiiuuai pruniumon aci, oetei nut mlgrht be cheed In public. Great crowds patheied in the public places and paid huge sums for seats In which they could see and be seen and chuf betel in excessive quantities to the sound of music. Oierlndulgence in thi stimulant was deliberate and fondly premeditated All classes seemed eager to participate In a ceremonial of national scope which ap peared to be inspired by a strakge mingling of sorrow and rejoicing. TF, WHENEVER a national law deprives the East Indian of his betel nut, we read something like this from the cables, how the eyebrows of America will rise in nitv and contemrjt for the misimirlnil ,heathen! A great many persons will feel that all of the money spent on foreign r missions has been wasted. ' UNTIE THE CITY'S HANDS jTF THE Court of Common Pleas can ' " find a wav under the law tn nrrW Hint to computing the city debt running against the limit fixed by the constitu tion the water bonds shall be omitted, it choulrLdo so. The debt-contracting powers of the cities of the state are limited in order that the municipalities may not be tempted to incur a debt larger than can be safely carried out of the tax revenues. But this limit applies to all forms of debt, whether incurred for general improvements to be paTd for in the long run out of the tax levy or whether incurred for improve ments which will themselves yield reve nue enough to pay the interest and pro-yide-a sinking fund for redemption. Jt is evident after a moment's con sideration that debt incurred for self sustaining public work ought not to be included within the debt on which the constitution fixes a limit. When the con stitution was amended so as to permit this city to borrow 3 per cent of its as sessed valuation in order to raise money for rapid transit and port improvements, it was specifically provided that when the pfers and the subway and elevated sys tem earned enough to carry the bonds and proyide a sinking fund for their redemp tion, such bonds should cease to be a part of the general debt of the city on which & limit is put The principle thus recognized is admit ted by municipal financiers to be sound. g? In these days, when public money is f re-b- auently invested in revenue-producing S r public works, this principle must be ap- f? plied more widely or tne limit on the size J: - Ol-a Cliy ueub inuai uc uiiBcu. W Philadelphia, needing money for street ;JMprovements, for sewers and for new buildings, is confronted by the narrow Margin between the existing debt and the ' constitutional limit on the amount which 5'tt may borrow. But it has outstanding .$80,000,000 in bonds issued to pay for the Wtr-supply system. The revenues of Um Water Bureau are more than enough tt'twrry the water1 bonds. If they were from the constitutional debt it Ibe possible to borrow ?29,000,000 blic improvements which do not direct revenue. -Court of Common Picas cannot 'warrant in law for putting the bt in the same class with the fautsit' debt, then steps should be taken to amend the constitution. In these days, when cities are not only own ing their own water-supply systems, but are considering the wisdom of using pub lic money for improvement in rapid tianslt and for the maintenance of light ing systems, there ought to be a general provision in the constitution which would remove from the general debt on which limits are placed all bonds issued for such improvements as soon as the en terprise for which they have been issued eains money enough to carry them. SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE EVE OF THE DROUGHT Doubt Whether the Nation Will Go Dry Tonight or Walt Until Next January f"PHE wartime prohibition act of November 21, 1918, goes into effect at midnight. It is woith while at this time considering the terms of that act. One should note, in the first place, that the President signed it ten days after the aimistice was agreed upon. This is im poitant in view of the purpose for which the act was passed. That purpose, as, set forth in the act itself, was to "conserve the man-power of the nation and to increase efficiency in the production of arms, munitions, ships, food and clothing for the army and navy." In order to accomplish these ends it was provided that after June 30 of this year it s-houltl bo unlawful to sell for bev el age purposes any distilled spirits 'or any "beer, wine or other intoxicating malt or vinous liquor." These prohibi tions were to continue "until the conclu sion of the present war and thereafter until the teimination of demobilization, the date of which shall be determined and pioc'aimod by the Picsident." It is evident, fiom the date on which the law was passed, that Congress did not consider the war ended by the sign ing of the armistice, and it is also evi dent that it did believe that demobiliza tion could not be terminated until after the war was ended. The need of conserving the man-power of the nation in order to provide soldiers for the army has long since passed; and it is no longer necessary to increase effi ciency in the production of munitions of war, for the production of such things has been stopped for months. But the law will go into effect tomorrow, in spite of the fact that the President recom mended its modification several weeks ago. Congiess has not seen fit to repeal it, nor has it seen fit to modify its provisions in any respect whatsoever. The extreme prohibitionists aie at the present mo ment seeking to bring about permanent national prohibition to date from July 1. To do this they will have to assume the power of saying when the war was brought to a clos.e. At the present time opinions differ on that question. It is reported from Washington that some of the law officers of the administration hold that the war will not be legally ended until the peace treaty is, ratified by the Senate. Others insist that the war ended when the armistice was signed. But those who hold the contrary view have only to cite the language of the wartime prohibition act to bring con fusion upon their opponents. As to the time of the termination of demobilization, that is for the President to decide for himself upon the facts as they exist. Ho has announced that as soon as the War Department advises him that the army is demobilized he will act under the terms of the law. He evidently asisun.es that the war was ended by the signing of the treaty and tha. wartime prohibition is to cease when the army is put on a peace footing. The confusion is increased by the un certainty regarding what is an intoxi cating malt or vinous liquor. The prose cuting officers 'of the government in this city have announced that they will await a court decision before prosecuting sa loonkeepers who sell beer with 2 per cent ot aiconoi ana me prosecuting om cers in New York say they will regard such beer and light wines as nonintoxi cating until the courts decide otherwise. And some of the courts have held that it is not for them but for Congress to define an intoxicating beverage. The liquor dealers are most naturally charging that they have not been treated fairly. When the prohibition amend ment was under consideration they were told that it would not go into effect until twelve months after its ratification. As a matter of fact, it is specifically pro vided in the amendment itself that the liquor dealers shall have a year in which to adjust themselves to the change. The members of Congress who wish to keep faith are urging the repeal of the war time prohibition act, as it is no longer necessary in order to win the war, to conserve food or to discourage the use of intoxicating drinks by war workers. Yet it is reported from Washington that there are many" congressmen who would like to vote for repeal, but hesitate to do so for fear of political reprisals by the advo cates o-prohibition. These men may take courage, now that the President has spoken, and repeal the act forthwith. But the problem will not be solved when the wartime prohibition act is dis posed of. There remains the enforce ment of the constitutional amendment. That amendment forbids the manufac ture, sale or transportation of intoxicat ing liquors "for beverage purposes" within the United States or the importa tion of such liquors into the country or their export from the country. As the amendment is directed against the production or distribution of intoxi cating liquors as a beverage, it is evi dent that their production for medicinal and sacramental purposes may continue. .This means that there will still be on sale such liquors for the unprohibited uses'. Their presence here at all will necessitate rigid regulations for their manufacture and sale lest they be used illegally. And it will be necessary to decide what content of alcohol there must be in beer or wine to make it intoxicating within the meaning of the constitution. Ex periments have been conducted to prove that persons unaccustomed to use beer or wine are unable to drink enough 2 EVENING TUBLIO LED&EI PHILADELPHIA, per cent beer to stimulate them to a greater degree than they would be stimu lated by a hearty meal. On the other hand, certain authorities Insist that any beverage containing more than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol is intoxicating. Who shall decide when authorities differ? The courts want Congress to decide and many congressmen are anxious that the courts take the responsibility. There is a manifest unwillingness to face the question squarely and to decide it on its merits, let the extremists on either side say what they will. As matters stand now it looks as if light beer would continue to be sold as usual. This means that many saloons will continue in business for some months longer. Whether they will go out of business after January 16 depends on the ultimate definition of an intoxicating beverage. That the authorities will do their best to enforce whatever law may finally be passed goes without saying, and it is ad mitted also that all reputable business men will obey the law. But no one can watch the crowds in the retail liquor stores without being impressed by the fact that there are thousands of citizens who will try to get liquor in the future if any is to be had. ONE ACHIEVEMENT "rpiIERE is ground here," said Presi- -- dent Wilson in his message to the American people after the signing of the peace treaty, "for confident hope." In that sentence Mr. Wilson has sug gested the principal achievement of the Peace Conference and the one advantage that falls to mankind through almost five years 6f devastation and slaughter. Cer tainly the world could have never even hoped for peace under the old order. The treaty is not perfect. Miracles of virtue aie not for men to accomplish. Europe is left struggling not only with the confusion following war but also with the accumulated consequences of centuries of bad government, false stand ards, inherited hatreds, suspicions and prejudices. Could any group of states men untangle the immense complication at a stroke? That is unlikely. The league of nations does represent a begin ning and a way out of the wilderness of trouble. But it is no more than a beginning, and for that reason Mr. Wilson will have to change the minds of a great many liberal minded Americans befoie he can convince them that he is altogether wise in his ad vocacy of a triple alliance between Eng land, France and the United States to ward off further possible attacks from Germany upon France. The proposal may represent, in the President's scheme, merely a form of words intended to be comforting and re assuring to the French people in the in terval before Germany reforms and be comes eligible to a new association of nations. Even at that it is superfluous and dangerous. We may be willing to go to war again on behalf of the French people or the present French Govern ment. But are we willing to pledge our undivided support to unknown and uni dentified groups who so often obtain con trol of foreign policies in European coun tries? Every great alliance of European na tions has drifted almost unconsciously into habits of aggression unless all its energies were required to maintain a status quo. War invariably follows on aggression. That is why America should have no part in the sort of alliance that always has been and always must be dan gerous to the peace of the world. LABOR AND IMMIGRATION TN THE resolution which was presented to the Federation of Labor convention for the establishment of a trades union information bureau for immigrants at Ellis Island there is the germ of a big idea. No one can Jeny that immigration has worked economic benefits. It has pro vided men for the big work of a growing country. No one can deny that immigration has worked economic evils. It has provided more men than there were good jobs and American wage earners have suffered. Unrestricted immigration, moreover, crowded the melting pot beyond capacity. Hosts of immigrants failed to become Americans remained strangers in a strange land. Prosperity made them arrogant; adversity made them bitter; ignorance made them sutpicious. All such undigested masses became a menace to the body politic. There have been efforts in the past to regulate the inpouring of strangers. One of these, the literacy test, came in for much criticism because it was pointed out, and with reason, that some desirable immigrants could neither read nor write, while many undesirables were well edu cated. The literacy test was an attempt to reduce the bulk of immigration. In the suggestion presented to the Federation of Labor there is possibility of a wiser discrimination. Whether a man may enter this country will depend not only on his fitness for citizenship (which should be proved beyond perad venture), but on the country's economic need of him. There is no more reason for a country stocking up with unnecessary labor than for a private firm to do so. There is no more reason for importing watchmakers when we need farmers, or for importing farmers when we need textile workers or road builders. The time may come when a government agency will notify a European waiting list of an opening for men of various trades; and that such men will only be admitted when formally advised. Acceptable candidates They Alwajs Are for the presidency are even scarcer than ac ceptable candidates for the mayoralty in Philadelphia. Earlier predictions Thrills are verified in the an nouncement b y t h e F r e n c h'Government that tourist travel to the battlefields will not be. permitted for at least a year. Thei mor bidly curious will have to go tripping, to WashiugtoD while Congress is In session. If things go on at'tbeir present rate people will begin to demand that the police men and special officers be forbidden to carry pistols. " PRODIGIES OF INVENTION WHICH WAR PRODUCED The Record of Scientific Ingenuity In the Struggle Is Unsurpassed for Tragedy and Romance VNR ear ago tomorrow the American v transport Covington, formerly one of the big (iprinnn liners, was torpedoed. Fortu lately slip wasi homeward bound and aid, moreover, uw within easy reueh. The loss of life comprised only six members of the erew. What seemed to be significant, how ever, was the attack at this stage of the llRhtitiK of so large and to swift a vesel by the Hun pirates. There was a feeling that the F-bont moharr was as yet by no means conquered and flint Amorlran ingenuity had lint devised the antidote for the peril which hail driven us to war. The Impression was erroneous, as were many others relative to the inventiveness of the Entente and ficrmnny. Not only is any rompnrNon along this line overwhelmingly in fuvor of the victor, but It identifies the uni versal conflict ns one of the most prodigious spurs to Invention hi the world's chronicle. New light on the magnitude of the accom plishment will probably be forthcoming for jears.v There is already at hand, however, a marvelous record of the wav in which en gines of destruction met their match in de fensive weapons, new offensive Instruments were evolved and of the fashion in which the rnce of fiiental agility was sustained until the lust shot on Armistice Day. When the two major problems were solved civilization' victory was assured. Hut as inside information was extremely zealously h'uarclcd. the public in th'e first fortnight of the month of July. 101S. was wary of op timism. It did not realize that the tank, the most conspicuously novel invention of the war, had put an end forever to German stale mate tactics anil that the depth bomb and the hydrophone had doomed the submurinc. TN A sense all three are Yankee inventions, although Colonel K. D. Swinton. of the IlritKh army, is superbly entitled to the full ct credit for his grasp of the tractor prin ciple as applied to warfare. Soiiip years before the struggle broke out Renjamin llolt, of IVorla, III., had devised the "caterpillar" tractor. A specimen one was displayed nt an agricultural exhibition in Ilelglum iu the early summer of 11)14. Tolouel Swinton heard of it. British army engineers realized its supreme value ns a travcllug fort. Probably no military secret was ever so well guarded as this one. and the surprise of the Germans was complete when they beheld fur the first time on September It", 1010, the foe's Mccl tractors doggedly waddling over obstacles in the battle area. The first fear that the weapon was more picturesque and sensational than important was not justified. The tanks contributed their potent share toward revolutionizing tightmg methods. Tty the time the Germans began constructing them the shortage of ma terials in the empire had rendered their products little more than clumsy makeshifts. Lake and Holland stand out as submarine pioneers. Obxiously, British coutrol of sea surfaces in the war rendered the U-boat, with the mine, the chief marine strength of Germany. Its conquest became dependent on the efficacy of a listening apparatus and some weapon to destroy the craft when it was iu isiblc. In the eiolution of both Americans were strikingly successful. Although the French devised a very sensi tive sound detector, the American hydro phoue, developed by a group of our inventors, proved by far the least fallible. Its details have never yet been disclosed. It is known, however, that it was at once adopted by our Allies, and that under ideal conditions its range wns from fifteen to twenty-three miles. The depth bomb completed the work. The paravane, of the tjpe recently ex hibited in Independence Square, was another exceedingly ingenious contrivance. It put an end to the risks the Allies had been run ning in sailing through mine fields. Ameri can resourcefulness was responsible for this machine, which somewhat resembled the "water kites" used by minesweepers. Paravanes are steel floats with torpedo shaped bodies and a horizontal plane near the forward end. The mine slides along the puruiane cable and is carried clear of the essel's hull. When it reaches the protector it is caught in a toothed jaw which severs the mine cubic and lets the mine rise to the water's surface. Itifle and machine-gun fire destroy the threat to shipping thus revealed. TIIH chief German inventions of the war do not, btrictly speaking, come under the head of novelties. It was known when The Hague conferences met that the use of poison gas was a possibility iu modern strife. The peace palace delegates, including the Teu tonic ones, pledged themselves to refrain from such savagery. None the less chlorine gas made its ap pearance on the battlefrout im April, 1015, when the Germans for the first time employed it against the British. The Huns were too new at this despicable game to realize its complete possibilities; and furthermore, the prevailing westerly winds of the European summer constituted a dangerous handicap. The gas mask was the immediate answer of the Entente to such methods, followed by the compounding of gases much more terrible than an; thing the German chemists were able to produce. One particular American variety, never ued, was rated as the most deadly vapor ever concocted. Entente and American inventiveness in vaded au infinite variety of fieldo. There was the audlon, the development of which was of the utmost aid to radiotelephony, es pecially helpful to aviators. There was the extensive and relative cheap production by Americans' of helium, which removed the fire risk from airships. There were the brilliant eiolutions of the Browning and the Lewis guns, the unexpected development of hand grenades, the automatic seaplane, the direc tion of small sea craft by electricity con trolled from the shore and, of course, the prodigious progress in all Its phases of flying. The play of ingenuity by all belligerents was ceaseless. As a rule the Germans showed less origiuality than a marked resourceful ness In adapting the ideas of others. Their flame-throwers were too dangerous to the users to be of much practical value save in cleaning out trenches. Their flying tank was a striking experiment which soon ceased to. terrorize the air knights. 0 TJH fliers owed much to the' composite Invention of the Liberty Motor, outlined by two American engineers, who in June, 1017, worked for five days In a Washington hotel without once leaving their rooms. Hut that is only one of the romantic chapters in a record of facts that challenges the buoyancy of the most florid imagination. The former kaiser thinks he can't be tried, but the men who are going to try him think otherwise. If Congress is merciful it will behave Itself so the President may have a vaca tion when he gets home. When the War Department awarded the (Distinguished Service Medal to Evan geline Booth It merely recognized the kind of service which she gave. V ', Fifteen enlisted men from each of the victorious armies saw the Germans sign the treaty. Who' shall say that democracy is pot triumphant? MONDAY, . JUNE 30, "YOU MADE ME VdT RUBBER A City Notebook n T. C. went around to hear the Phila- delphiu Hand give n popular concert on the City Hall Plaza the other evening. At the bottom of the printed list of selections he read this notice: Kindly Join in Singing M'ords on Back of Programme. Getting ready to lift up bis manly voice, he turned ocr the sheet and found the fol lowing :. It fs Impossible to Indicate by statistic the prevalence of disease attributable to contamination of foods by dust, unclean liands and unprotected conveyances used for tho transportation of edibles. An In vestigation conduced by the health authori ties of a recent neighborhood epidemic of tvnhold fever showed that exposed food- btuffs were largely responsible for the spread of this Infection WILMKIt KRUSKNT, M. D We entered a lunchroom on Broad street for our favorite breakfast of coffee and a pair of crullers, it was strangely early and only a few of the flat-arm chairs were occu pied. After dispatching the rations wc care fully filled our pipe. With us wc had a copy of an agreeable book. The Calamities and Quarrels of Authors. It occurred to us that here, in Uic brisk serenity of the morn ing, would be a charming opportunity for a five-minute smoke and file pages of reading before attacking the ardors and endurances of the day. Lovingly we applied the match to the fuel. We began to read : Of all the Borrows In which the female character may participate, there are few more affecting than those of on authoress A stern, white-coated official came over to U3 and tapped us on the shoulder. "There's a sign behind you," ho said. Wc looked, guiltily, and baw: POSITIVELY NO SMOKING At the corner of Broad and Spruce four buckets stand on the pavement'beside a fire hdraut. They are kept filled with clear water, but are not a symbol of the great event of this week. A little sign standing by them says George A. Varc Memorial Station. Stop! Water Your Horse! It was eight o'clock, a cool drizzling night. Chestnut street was gray with a dull, pearly, opaque twilight. In the little portico east of Independence Hall the gas lamp under the ceiling cast a soft pink slow on the brick columns. Independence Square was a sea of tremu lous, dripping' boughs. The quaint square lamps threw splashed shimmers of topaz color across the laky pavement. "Golden lamps in a green night," ns Marvell says, twinkled through the stir and moisture of the eveuing. . I The cocoateria on Eighth street closes at one A. M. Between twelve-thirty and clos ing time it is full of busy eaters, mostly the night Bhift from the Chestnut street news paper offices and printing and engraving firms in the neighborhood. Hnm and eggs blossom mcrrrly. The white-couted waiters move in swift, stern circuit. Griddle cakes bake with amazing swiftness toward the stroke of one. Little dishes of baked beans stand hot'and ready in the steam-chest. The waiter punches your check as be brings your frankfurters and coffee. He adds another perforation when you get your ice cream. Then be comes back and punches it again. "Here," you cry, "let it alone and stop bullying it!" , "Sorry, brother," he says. "I forgot that peacb cream was fifteen cents." One o'clock. Tbey lock the door and turn out the little gas jet where smokers light up. As the tables empty the chairs are stacked up on top. And If It Is a clear warm evening the customers smoke a final weed along the Chestnut street doorsteps, talking together in a cheery undertone. Summer street is the little alley running eastward from Franklin Square, that leads into the heart of what we call the Knchanted Village. The other evening we took askep UeaJ friend oa a tour through the Viflsge. X s 3MftlHSJ(lfflrl,aJt?nj!jSiKJTiEn2SM7: F rft5rtrSvSi51-..:.'E:iciS?5: smsim9mf&sism SeraTjSEwTfeXS- C-a5VJr',--'?''feff3r 1919 I ISS TODAY, J HOPE ViS.7 LC .V3i. :vs r k V . HEELS He refused to believe that there was a Phil adelphia Pomander Walk so near by. But as wc started up Summer street wc met a white cat. with friendly eyes like translucent amber. She came condescendingly to meet us, purring. Now in all the fairy tales a white cat is always a princess in disguise. As soon as our friend who is an imagina tive Celt saw her, he admitted that the Village is an outpost of fairyland. A little farther up the alley is a small Italian statuary shop, a dim white place where the little busts and figures gleam pallidly in tho dusk. Some of them are tinted in flat pastel colors. It is all a haze of soft tints, with a bright green glimpse through a back door into a little yard where nilanthus leaves are flickering. We have long kept an eye open in shops of this sort for a little bust of Socrates. We asked the Italian in charge if he had such a thing. At first he waj puzzled. Then he said, "Oh, you mean Socrat', the philosoph'? No. But I got some nice busts of Pershing." An Old Salt's Plaint OH, I'VE sailed the blue Pacific and I've walloped 'round the Horn, And I've swallowed more than twice my share of green Atlantic brine ; But the days of sails are over since the first steel ship was born, And the gallant wooden boats of old are fading 'cross the Line. I have paced a pitching quarterdeck in south ern seas' typhoons When the waves ran high as mountains, leaving terror in their wake ; But where metal ships would founder and collapse like pjrjckcd balloons, Why, the gallant craft with oaken sides would hardly even quake. Once, when sailors really earned the name, 'twas fun to play with Death As we trod the good old wooden decks, with iron men for crew ; 'Til the steamers more's the pity came, disdaining heaven's breath, Driving sailing men before them 'til they'd , cleared the billows blue. Yes, w"e mixed commands with curses, while the bucko mates of yore Used tbelr fists and iron belaylng-plns on half -rebellious crews; But our men were men for nil o' that tbey proved it when ashore (Though more often drunk than sober, what with rot-gut brands of booze). Ah, the good old days back yonder, when a man could hoist his sails With the old Blue Peter flying destina tion, "parts unknown," And slip out into the briny with a crew as hard as calls, While the sheets strained at their halyards, and the bow picked up a bone. Aye, the good old days are over, leaving stranded high and dry AH the relics of a past decade, with yawn ing, open seams; And they seem for but one purpose that's ' to bring to such as I The remembrance that all sails are gone, save those within ray dreams. ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM. The Imminent Deadly Preach "I'd rather ee a sermon than to hear one any day." Ed Guest. Very good, Eddie. But why not carry the argument over one more portage we'd rather hear a sermon than to listen to it. r If you were running a twenty-four-hour lunchroom, would you put up on the window (as some do) the sign Always Open, or would you (as other use) annouucaSVerer Closed! The psychology of this matter has always puzzled us. Which has the greater pulling power? BOORATEB. YOITRE SATISFIED!" jP SC JLl CLAY 4WE ARE but claT" the preacher salthj VV "The heart is clay and clay the brain, And soon or late there cometh death To mingle us with earth again." Well, let the preacher have It so, And clay we are, and clay shall be ; Why iterate? for this I know, That clay does very well for me. When clay has such red mouths to kiss, Firm hands to grasp, it is enough : How can I take it aught amiss We are not made of rarer stuff? And if one tempt you to believe His choice would be immortal gold, Question him, can you then conceive A warmer heart than clay can hold? Or richer joys than clay can feel? And when perforce ho falters nay, Bid him renounce his wish and kneel In thanks for this same kindly clay. . E. V. Lucas. Only four days to the great battle in Toledo. And the other war is settled, so that the new one has a chance of getting on the front page of the newspapers. They say that Mr. Lansing, Henry White, Colonel House and General Bliss also signed the treat. It seems as If we had heard these names before. The politicians are planning to elect a Council made up of men who will play poli tics. The rest of the people are still to be heard from. Although they acted in the Hall of Mirrors, the real mirror in which the Ger man delegates will see their country is the treaty itself. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. On what kind of paper was the treaty signing done? 2. Name the two German signatories? S. What was a rebeck? 4. What is a "mare clausum"? 5. What kind of a carriage Is a landau? 6. What American state has the smallest population? 7. Distinguish between a llama and a lama. 8. Who wrote the short novel, "No Thoroughfare"? 0. What was the original meaning of the word rap in the expression "Not worth a rap"? 10. Who was the most noted exponent of the principle' of the single tax? Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. ,Wieringen is an island in the Zuyder Zee, nine miles southeast of the Island of Helder. 2. Three American musical composers of distinction are George W. Chadwtck, Henry Hadley and Victor Herbert. 3. The alphabet is so called from "alpha" and "beta," the first two letters of the Greek alphabet. 4. Vatel was the celebrated French chef and steward for the great Cocde. He com mitted suicide because he feared a cer . tain kind of fish would not arrive in time for the dinner bis master was giv ing Louis XIV. C. Five thousand sir hundred and twenty- ( two British ships were sunk by Ger man submarines in the war. 6. The" "Huukers" were the conservative wing of the Democratic party in New York state around 1850. 7. The earth revolves east. 8. General Grant was a native of Ohio. 0. Schiller wrote the drama, "William Tell." 10. The United States acquired the DenUh kWt ladiea la 1016. -, ( .- B . ? ''' ! ' ,r. ".. c - '- A 1 iV V u 1 n v Mma. r , .&&' ' &"&! & 5Ii' ft - :fc? " Rift " ..' lA'sft, V, th.'"&-, if-Sj '! rt - -t",u "rV? A- k :,
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