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All rights of republication of special dis patches herein are also reserved. rhil.drlphii, Thur.d, July J. Ill" COUNCILS STALL TRAFFIC VTEW JERSEY from the first has dis ' played a greater animation in rela tion to the Delaware river bridge project than Pennsylvania or this city. It was the Jersey Legislature which, by the virtue of its example, finally forced se rious consideration of the bridge plan at Harrisburg. The first appropriations for the work were made at Tienton. The Pennsylvania Legislature finally came to its senses and provided money necessary for the preliminary operations. Hut all that has been done on both side.-, of the river so far is of no aail because no provision has been made for the rela tively small appropriations which must be made by City Councils before the bridge plans can be properly organized. Councils meet today for the last time before the summer recess. Lack of fore sight or interest in the bridge project is Jikely to delay the whole plan for six months or more. Money is available and the $250,000 necessary could be diverted from other sources. The city should fulfill its obligation promptly. LIFE WORTH THE LIVING T30SALIE FREEDMAH has answered " the question, "Is life worth living?" It is if you have a purpose. It is not if you have none. Tho girl is nervous and paralyzed, but she has grit. She lost the use of her fingers, but she resolved to become a painter and is making good. She holds the brush with her teeth. And because she has arr aim in life she is making life worth while, not only for herself, but for countless others more for tunate to whom her life and work is an inspiration. ADAPTING THE ROMAN BATH "yiSITORS to the vestiges of imperial Rome are wont to marvel regretfully at the care of public health and cleanli ness taken by such monarchs as Caracalla nnd Diocletian. It has.become a common place to contrast those indices of the classical civic spirit with modern mani festations. It is also a fallacy. Public bathE in American cities are not yet casinos and clubs, as were their gorgeous Latin antecedents, but the prime service which they perform is of equal value. Philadelphia is well equipped in this regard. On Saturdiy twenty public bath houses in various sections of the city will be opened. The season will last until September. The institutions are well managed and the functions which they fill are of inestimable worth in a metropolis in our latitude, which, by the way, is even further south than that of Rome. It is worth while appreciating these facts when the "pathos of distance" is so apt to invest the wisdom of ancientry "with a spurious appeal. The Roman bat,h has been adapted to modern condi tions, not forgotten. WHEN DOES WAR END FOR US? CJENATOR KNOX objects to Attorney k-7 General Palmer's statement that th United States cannot enter into cornTrJml cial relations with Germany until he treaty of peace has been ratified by the Senate and until the President has issued a proclamation to that effect. The senator says that the treaty itself provides that it shall go into effect in all its provisions as soon as it is ratified by Germany and by three other powers, and that consequently "the resumption of trade between Germany and all other nations is made possible by this same stipulation." But the only draft of the treaty we have declares merely that the periods of time provided for such, for example, as the French control of the Sarre basin for fifteen years, shall date from such rati fication, but that "in all other resnects 'Hf.the treaty will enter into force for each MrT power, at the date of the deposit of its .&$, ratification." general's view on the ground that its pur- rtft morplv in nrmian Tius?nnco mnn 4- a slv: ' ...' vl"" : ;r;."' M r o firing pruasuiu lu ucar uii iiib .senate in Lrorder to force it to early action, and he ,Jf Insists that it is not justified by the facts. v.. Btit either ho or some of his colleagues yvWho oppose the league of nations were y ',-' kavintr not lone- aco that this nro vision j?"f that the treaty would go into effect for ,. Jihe powers concerned as soon as Ger 5 many, and three of the Allied nations had .'atifled it was introduced by the Presi .ffHwit hi order to force the Senate to give M early approval to the document. And . Hi vaa argued that unless the Senate fl mttfcd it the other nations could resume fttuiunAretni relations with Germnnv with Germany r .HMie " -" mmtA at America, tuken ""by Senator Knox ,,eoaiistnt wiui that iMJcan )m4era; y,w Hgm3 iymri, "Tfca noaltiem ' r"'.s7Tl : .' Wf-e?Pif jW 5?5Wly "" " - - HrE?BB: ' Wr Vv tho three-power ratification clause as co'crcive to the United States and now they arc saying that the three-power clause enables the United States to enjoy all commercial privileges with Germany and at tho same time permits the Senate to take its time about ratification. One view or the other is wrong. Which do Senator Knox and his associates choose to stick to? FEAR OF IDEALISM DID NOT DISTURB THOMAS JEFFERSON And In Consequence We Have the Lofty Standards of the Declaration With Their Incalculable Effect on Both American and World History rpOMORROW should be an uncomfort- - able day for those who believe that idealism leads nowhere. They are entitled, as they always were, to hackneyed proclamation of their belief that standards of perfection nie unat tainable. They are wananted in po'nting out that the noblest doctrines in their exact meaning have been the most frequently disrcgaided. They are justified in emphasizing the failure of eninir mankind to live un scrupulously to his fairest foimulas of conduct. Hut thej cannot deny the existence of the United States of America. Here is tho most formidable of all ob stacles on th" m" if Mil-- --'-pntipictn Its habit of looming particularly large on the Fourth of each July eies a ..ivp r 'purpose than that of meiely supplying the 'orator of the day" with lubber starnp "inspiiation" for his magnilo quence. To the flag-waving metaphors and rhetorical "bunk" of Independence Day. the public has been long inured and the lealist is quite with.n his province in scorning it. The extravagant picture of ourselves and what we have accomplished carries scant conviction to thinking minds, and at no time less than In the year 1919, when so many inherited pieju dices and beliefs serm to hae become ashes of a world conflagiat.on and the impiession prevails that th whole spir itual structure of civilization has to be built up anew. But the true scene is neither so florid as the p'.atform enthusiast paints it nor so dark as that diawn by tho ti nid pessi mists mentally stultified by the wieckagc of universal strife. Were it possible for the average American who will hear the Declaration of Independence read as the legulation feature of tomorrow's events to regaul that document as though he had been hitherto unacquainted with it, the stabilizing effect on his mental proc esses would be exceedingly valid and pi oof against the misgivings of alarmists contemptuous of ideals. The present inspiration is all in the preamble. The cited wrongs committed by a Hanoverian king of Great Biitain arc readily acceptable as facts. They offer no problems for dispute. Neither does the majestic assertion of independ ence nor the eternally ringing pledge in support of it by the signatories. What remains is a proclamation of political philosophy, an asseition of fundamental principles of extreme no bility and idealistic grandeur. Scholarship informs us that Jefferson had profitably digested John Locke's two "Treatises on Government" and was moreover strongly influenced by the 'So cial Contract" of Rousseau. But what ever is the basic origin, it is hardly argu able that the formula expressed was re flective not ot eighteenth century condi tions, but of eighteenth century hopes. The three c'assic rights with which all men are held to be "endowed by their Creator" have often been proved alien able. Particularly could this! be demon strated in slave-holding America of 177G. History since that date has at times had a bitter way of questioning the state ment that to secure these rights govern ments are instituted among men, "de riving their just powers from the consent of the governed." Yet Jefferson when he wrote those flaming words and ever aft erwaid in his zestful life had ,in them faith inheicntly without qualms. So did the fifty-six signers. So did the American people. And the sacred inspirational fire has survived eery clutch of circumstance. Sheer idealism based upon "the laws of nature and of nature's God" became an unquenchable luminary in the guidance xof a great nation. What foily to misprize such a beacon because man as a political animal fell short of his own lofty stand ards! As well might one decry religion for its failure to make humanity flawless. But what ean be examined without apologetic sentiments is the extraor dinary and persistent influence which the rarified political idealism of the Declara tion exerted upon every governmental in stitution in America, a control which is unrelaxed in nearly a century and a half. The constitution could not defy these tenets. By 1787 they were firmly im- plnnted in the popular consciousness and their effect in determining the great charter of the states was profound. Within two years the so-called "bill of rights," concretely confirming the people in the possession of those fundamentals of liberty broadly defined by the Declara tion, was passed. The feeling, whether justified or not, that the constitution had been negligent concerning "inalienable" political principles was irresistible.' Nearly all the amendments breathe a similar spirit, a steady progress toward approximation of philosophically incon trovertible ideals. The justification of the JefTersonian doctrine, at least in one regard, is unmistakable in the thirteenth article, with its prohibition of slavery. To multiply examples would be to reveal a digest of a great part of all American legislation, federal, state and municipal. National boundaries have been repeat edly crossed. Witness the French Revo lution, the republics of South America, the new free nations born of tho war. There ie nothing extravagant in tracing their adherence to certain principles, now reearded as "elemental," back to America and then through the constltu- jl m n.tetwaHrSiftjBeswpHBf, . , jMgrW Pharisaical. The government of the United States is imperfect, as are its people. Hut through tho various peril ous waters that it has been steered its general direction wns evident. When it failed it was usually not because of a faulty guiding purpose. It began right. It began ith the preamble. That is to say, it began with extreme idealism. The profit of appreciating these facts on the particular cclcbrntlon of the f.nni vcisary which will fall tomorrow is mani fest. An international charter of liber ties and rights to be safeguarded through co-operative administration has been framed. Tho preamble of the covenant of the league of nations defines interna tional co-operation, tho maintenance of peace and security, the establishment of honorable rules of conduct among tho nations, the preservation of justice, the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war as tho purpose of the pact. Is this an extravagant program, sur charged with soaring idealism? So also were the introductory clauses of the de cree adopted in Independence Hall one hundred and foity-thrce years ago to morrow. In all humility nnd yet with a meed of warranted sober pride it is per missible to note where our winging nffltmations have led us. Where we should hate been without them is incon ceivable. The right start is now equally indis pensable to the associated nations of the world which have become politically in trospective for the first time in history. The idealist who stands for the covenant has the host of bulwarks in the meaning of the day ve celebrate. IS THE AIR CONQUERED? rpHE British dirigible R-34 that is riding - down the clouds on tho way to Long Island is, in a general sense, a Zeppelin. The Biitish frankly worked from the Geiman patterns and carried the design of their airship nearer to perfection. Tho mission of the big dirigible sug gests an interesting contrast in racial and national traits. In tho hands of the friendly Englishmen, with a crew ready to risk their necks at any hour of the day or night on a sporting chance, the latest airship is helping a little to show a way by which life is to be made licher and happier for everybody. But her flight, like the flights of the American and British aii planes, involves a test of human patience and endurance rather than any final demonstration of com plete conquest in the air. It will be a long time, apparently, be fore airplanes and dirigibles replace the ships that trsfrnp the seas. The R-31 had to wait for favorable winds and weather. Only great endurance and heroic courage sustained the British and American aviators who have already made the transatlantic flight. The British fliers leaped for a star and landed gloriously upon it half by chance. The men who flew the American seaplanes went more seriously about their business. They wanted glory, but they wanted information, too, and they acquired both. They proved that the largest airplanes and the most powerful gasoline motors of the present day are too small for safe or successful trans ocean flights. It was made clear on the flight to the Azores that future planes devised for passage to Euiope will have to be large and powerful enough to alight safely on the ocean in any sort of weather and rise again, even against the interference of heavy seas. Such machines must have devices to guide airmen in fogs and clouds, which often leave fliers to doubt whether their familiar world is above their heads or below them. They will have to be gale-proof. Tho deficiencies of the lighter-than-air dirigibles are suggested in the term of designation generally applied to them. So long as a ship is lighter than air it will be buffeted dangerously in any wandering storm and subject to delays and even peril in contrary wind currents. The best scientific minds in the world are concentrated on the problems of air traffic. Sooner or later, by one miracle or another, dirigibles will be made stable and airplanes will be made safe. Wire less will have a lot to do with the com fort and safety of future travelers in the sky. New compasses and stabilizers are already said to be in sight. But for the present the experiments in air travel are a little like the covenant of the league of nations. They suggest magnificent beginnings, brave hopes that are certain to be realized, the first steps into a new era and little else. America will extend its unlimited ad miration and good will to the British airmen when they land for the first time on this side of the world. They are a truly magnificent lot. Grieve, who navi gated Hawker's plane, was a Royal Air man who boro all the responsibilities ol the wild adventure and shrank from praise or notoriety. The British aviators were the sincerest in praise of our own navy's flight. The arrival of the big dirigible, though less spectacular than the flight of the airplanes, will be more significant. Here is suggested the ultimate method of cross-ocean traffic by air. The Atlantic continues to narrow. It is less than a day wide now. Soon it may be only half a day wide. And that is why all the peo ples of the world, living at closer quar ters, must feel that their greatest need is a means of mutual understanding that will make friction impossible and un necessary. "Henry" is now dream Cut to Pattern ing of a standardized piano. It will doubtless be equipped with a standardized piano player pri'tdded over by a (standardized employe of the Ford company who will quote standard ized poetry to a standardized Bwcethcart. News dispatches of Colors or Trouble the hour are telling tho world that a new 'Bed outbreak" is feared In Berlin. A yel low outbreak Is what observant and enlight ened peoplo really expect at the seat of the new German Government. Von Illndenburg Tears! Tears! ipeaks of himself as an old man who has but done bis duty, and pathetically dwells on tWpotyll'lHty of hta belas plfred araiust . on thfr-poBsil'H ty of Ms belag; plfred araiust ni.J, lie may be a wonder, but' H, W (Br iiMiaaknr! ifii vV I, iiY-iJi,-.-rh' , m- ' .y.ij.i,..fc&.;...s .r t i'yT- -,i y , THE GOWNSMAN Free Speech and Gag Lawn A LOGICIAN onco divided tho universe Into two grand classes, partridges and nbt partridges. The division was severely logical, nnd, like most purely logical things, altogether useless. Renrcely more .helpful Is tho attempt to make nil men out to be either rampant ltoNhcvlsts or heartless monopolists, consplrins to undo everybody who is not already undone. As a mntter of fact we nre most of us a sad lot when It comes to linvlng our own way rather than some other wny; nnd, Mr. Capitalist, Mr. Monopolist and Mr. Profiteer, jou super lative of the other two, there is n strenk of the Bolshevist In each of you, and you enn be, on occasion, just ns lawless with property nnd with rights which arc not your own, "CtfU'E stteech. in the nlMrnct, is the right to tnlk about anything, anywhere, nnv how nnd to anybody. Free speech is the oorre'ntlve of freedom of netlon. which. 'once more in the nhstrnct, is the right to do any thing to anybody, at nny time and in any wnv of your own choosing. Fieedom of netlon Invnhes the right to do nothing, nnd f'-eedom of spcerh involves the right to be si'ent. n right little observed. Obviously, freedom of netion, which is the more primi tive, can he crijoved to the full only by savages or bv nations whlrh linve relapsed into snvngory ; nnd absolute freedom of speech, which is useless unless it persunde netion, thrives best in times of revolution nnd nnnrchr. Tho trouble with both these freedoms lies in tiie nntithcsls of their reali zation to nil the nobler virtues of mankind. Obedience to parents, fidelity to friends, faithfulness to family ties nnd other obli gations, reverence for what Is deserving reverence, devotion to country, altruism, charity, forgiveness, inngniinimity nil these things nre dend to him who nrrogntes to himself the right of absolute freedom in per sonal netinn. And the light of freedom in speech in the nbstrnct, even though exercised to a limited degree, enrries with It tnctles.s ness. unkindness, incivility, often barbarity, cruelty nnd n callous hcnrtlessncss to every thing but self. rplIK average man is pretty sure of him-- self, lie would not be n mnn if he were not. He is very certnin about his own views of things nnd strong in his opinions, but he is not so certnin about the opinions of others. He confesses thnt lie lins oc casionally been a fool, but' most other people appear to be fools all the time. He allows that there have been times when lie wns mistaken, but he congratulates himself thnt thec occasions are exceptions. What he cannot understand in the other fellow is that he is so perversely and persistently wrong. Wherefore, feeling that it is esseu tinl thnt right opinion shall be mnintnined, he sets nbout propaganda, persuasion, per secution, if need be, that the truth mny prevail And knowing that n striking characteristic of truth is its uunnswcrable ness. lie pots nbout the work of depriving that misguided other fellow of nn oppor tunity to reply. Gag law is the legitimate offspring of an nflinnntion of free speech, my free speech why should yours be free when you nre wrong? My right to mnke the right prevail, fing law, liUe brute free dom of speech, is the surinl of a bar barous, illiberal oge. TIIK (iownsmnn, who is himself a man, modest in opinion, confesses amazement nt the confidence of some men of whom we have been henring much in the newspaper's. The combined wisdord of n large majority of the nations of the world, instructed by ex pert ndvice in innumerable fields, is sitting to determine the future of mankind on this globe. Shall we at least try to make things somewhat better or sink back into the horrors thnt hae been, with inevitable annihilation, our goal? And certnin gentle meu. sitting in nrm chairs. .1000 miles from the scene of these deliberations, without the facts b"foro them and with no information save such ns they cun conjure from their inner consuousness eked out by partisan correspondents these same gentlemen dally with destruction nnd feel assured that they nre competent to judge; pick, choose and amend a document the nctual text of which, until recently, they had never seen. It is n relief to be iible to attribute the por tentous phenomena of Messrx. Knox, Borah and Pepper to partisanship: it lestores our confidence in human intelligence. TO nKTI'RN to free speech if this be not such and to gag law. It is always those whose own freedom of speech is lenst im periled who nre the most rendv to put gngs on others. And it is invariably those who misuse the human gift of speech who prnte the most about the rights of freedom. Mr. William Hohenzollcrn. sometime Kmpcror of the Germans, passed laws to restrain re marks derogatory to himself nnd to the divinity which lie imagined wns concerned to hedge Ida throne. lie wnsthe only Ger man enjojing the right of free speech, nnd be used it, if not wisely, only too well. So the I'olsheviki, having extolled and exer cised eveiy kind of freedom known to the barbarian, gagged those who had previously gagged them, proving to the world that it is not only tyrants nnd the bourgeoisie who exercise a freedom and nn oppression sub versive to the rights of men. It must be a humiliation to the Bolshevik! lovers of mankind to observe with what difficulty they have succeeded in surpassing the Huns, modern nnd old, in the gnme ot rnpine and spoliation. Aud the course of the Bolshe vik! might ben lesson to those who have been seeking to dam tho djkes of free speech witii the single brickbat of a petty 'gag law. G AG luw does not gng. And it is un safe to sit on the throttle. For much of the flood that might overwhelm in gath ered force is harmless, evaporated into tho steam of heated oratory. In Knglnnd, at Hyde Park, his pulpit n soap box, any man or woman may say what he likes, from slnnder of the royal family to the creed of arson, massacre and atheism. Hyde Park of a Sunday morning is Britain's safety valve: and what may no'' the empire owe to Hiberniun loquacity clsbivhere? IN A country which boasts free Institu tions bueh ns ours, every man should enjoy freedom of speech nnd freedom of action In so far as each trespasses not on the equal freedom of all. This doctrine Is so simple and obviously just that It seems pre posterous to have to repeat it. But there are those who nnenly or tacitly question it. For it is difficult In practice, because It demands a greater charity, a finer sense of justice, a broader liberality than is com monly prevalent as yet among us. When we nre all of uh wholly civilized and tho Philistine, the Bolshevik the profiteer nnd tho like of theni all shall have perished from among us, we may all of us speak as we like, offending none, offended by none. Meanwhile the millennium will not be has tened by means of gag laws. There Is nothing necessarily Interna tional la a fight between service men nnd civilians in any port In the world. Brest 1? no exception. The Louisville Courier Journal says that the eighth nnd greatest wouder of the world would be the man who had slven in response to every request made since THE ELECTRIC CHAIR Tenn Treaty Park Dc OWN by the wharf in old Pcnn Treaty Park Tho trees nre all a canopy of green The staunch pollceboat Stokley, ancient craft. Is purring with a gentle push of steam That whispers In her valves. Alonp the pier The water clucks nnd sags. Two river cop3 Sit smoklmr pipes outside their small caboose. Above them looms a trnrrlc rusty bow, Tho lloolil Amundsen. Norwegian tanker. She that caught fire last winter at Point Breeze While loading oil. The river cops will tell you How all tho Schuylkill was a hell of flamo And ten men lost their lives. The good old Slokley Dredged the river afterward for bodies. A' T SUNSET time in old Penn Treaty Park Tho children sprawl nnd play: tho tawny light Pours through the leafy chinks In sifted gold And turns the middle-stream to level tire. Then, after that red sunset comes the dusk. The little- park Is steeped In living shadow, And Cupid pairs the benches by the pier. But there's one girl who always sits alone. Coming at dark, she passes by the shaft That marks tho tieaty ground of William Penn. Too dusk for leading, yet how well sho knows The words caned In the atone: Unbroken laltli. f Altr. of Wlldey street, had met Alf Larsen Up at a picture bIiow on East GIrard. Her father was a hard one: lie said fiercely No girl of his should run around with sallora, No girl of his should play with bolsheUka. Alf was Norwegian, and a decent fellow, A big blond youngster with a quiet eye; He loved the girl, but old man Morton swore All ScandlnaUans were tho same as Rus sians. And every Russian was a bolshevik. M ARY was stubborn; 'all her blood was willful; At twilight by the old Penn Treaty stono, She used to wait for Alf, or he for her. And In some whim of Celtic flame and fancy The carven words became her heart's own motto, And there they pledged their love: Unbrokm I'altli. OH, GOLDEN evenings there along the " river! When all the tiny park was Eden land Oh eager hearts that burn and leap and shiver, Oh hand that matea with hand ! And they would cross the' Shackamaxon ferry. Or walk by Cramps' to see the dry-docked ships. Or In a darkened movie houso make merry With sudden lips on llps AND half their talk was tremulous with yearning, And half was of their future, slirewdly, planned How Alf would leave the sea, and soon be earning Not less than thirty In a job on land: Between their kisses they would talk of saving, Between their calculations, kiss again; And she would say that he must be be having While Bhe described a house to rent at ten. w1 ITH Alf at Bea, the girl would still ro down To Mn the very Iiench where they had bat, The ttdy Stokley moored beside the pier, The friendly vista of the Camden shore, The stone where they had locked their hearts In one. So time went by. Tho armistice came on, And' Mary radiant, for her lad no more Would run the gantlet of the submarines. And he had heard a chance to get a Job As watchman up at Cramps. Just one more voyage He planned; then he' would quit and they'd begin, go, late one night. In the familiar parlt They said good-by. It was their last good-by. As Mary said: his ship was due to sail 'Pay after next, and he would have no chance .To.con again, one var wo Biwije J 0 ty y'w tl SWfi!1 ir?," Kmlif ' : " i.aaaftaUa ,..:, "YUM M-MM ! lJ' JIV ,J'i VU ..TAIIL.ll. ... -IVl TIIK Iionld Amundsen was Larson's ship. She lay nt the refinery, Point Breeze, Taking on oil for Liverpool. The day ,Sho wns to sail, somehow she caught on fire. A pctaled rose of hell, she roared In flame The burning liquid ovorllowed her decks, The dock and oil-scummed river blazing, too. Her men had littlo chance. They leaped for life Into tho river, but the paraffin Blazing along tho surface, hemmed them In. They cither burned or drowned, and Alf was one. mn HE 'Irony fate has little heed For tenderness ot hearts. The blistered hulk. Burnt, sunk and raised, with twisted, black ened plates, " A gaunt and gutted horror, seared and r charred, Was towed upstream, and, to be Bold" for junk, Was moored beside the Stokley. Whero ner bow. All scarred and singed with flame and red with lust, Must nlmost overhang the ery bench Of love nnd happy dreams, tho Konlil lay. And Mary, coming down to that old haunt Where all her bliss nnd heartbreak were most near, Found the dead ship, approached, and read tho name. W Heart's Inmost anguish Is tho heart's alone. But night by night tho girl Is sitting there. Watching the profile of that ship of death, Watching the Stoliley, nnd tho kindly men Who fought tho fire ulid grappled In tho oozo And did not find the thing she hoped and feared. And still her only consolation lies In those two woeds cut on the trystlng stone, Unbroken rnltli. Her faith unbroken etlll She sits In shadow near their meeting place: Sho will not fall him, should he ever come. She watches all the children at their play. And does not fear to dream what might h.ic' been. And half believes, beneath the summer ltacs, To see, across the narrow stilp of park. His ruddy face, blond head and quiet eyes. Yet not until tho kindly dusk has come And fills the little park with blue that heals Does she go down. She cannot bear to seo The sunset sheet tho river o'er with flame. SOCRATES. On her wny to Amer 1020 ica tho big lt-34 was a mile in tho air,' shrouded in fog, invisible nnd moving in a, world apart, and yet her crew maintained arouic conversation with two continents and told what a pleasant and easy time they were having. Still there are folks all about who cannot realize that the times arc changing. It is the general opinion that Von Scheer's battle plans were Sclieer nonsense. The d. and d. docket in many a station houso is wearlug a blank look. Collars aro melting, but none of them is on a long, thin glass. After a strenuous Interval America will again1 proceed to prove that patriotism aud noise are synonyms If young America survives tomorrow he may take a swim on, Saturday. The public bathhouses will be open. There was more than a 2.75 kick in the message of Assistant Secretary ot State Phil lips to the Russian Uohhcvists. Oh, well we're a great country all right --but more people will talk tomorrow of the Wlllard-Dempsey fight than of the Father of His Country. It Is a sad commentary on polico methods that hotel proprietors, departmeut-iitore nViuuMUM. likr and .'!T.22iU?fcS. .JWOUHl II in it 't'Wv Wft U INDEPENDENCE DAY WHEN colonists first knew their might and felt their anger rise Because a stupid king believed he'd bring them to their knees The Stars burst into radiance, the Stripes called to the skies, And then it was Old Glory first sang Free dom to the breeze ! Thus came our Independence Day! A happy Independence Day ! A baby toddling to the light with hope in what he sees ! When Slavery had fogged the brains and mired the hearts of men Secession sought to dim the stars by taking some away. Hut patriots rallied to the flag! Old Glory waved again ! And brothers reconciled nt last were men in blue and gray ! They knew an Independence Day ! A new-born Independence Day ! Youth wins his spurs whene'er he errs and knows that ho must pay ! AVlien Conquest toqk a jackal's shape aud with blood-dripping jnws Sprang nt the thront of Liberty it stealth ily iiad tracked We took at lastHhe only course to live and keep the laws: We killed the beast; wo bathed the wounds of those it had attacked. And bo this Independence Day This glorious Independence Day ! , Wo walk iu Manhood's pride and 'strength! a strengtl by honor backed ! GltlF ALEXANDER. The llibulnus One though -.7"i beer isn't' stand nny test. says it looks btroiig enough as to What Do You Knoiv? QUIZ 1. Wtiat part of Italy has recently" suffered from an earthquake? ". How much does it cost to send an ordiunry sized letter to Hawaii? 3 Who came to America first, the Pil grims or the Puritans? 4. Who was Thcmlstoclcs? 0. What was tho use of tho expression "Xoicks"? 0. What is tho pounce of a bird? 7. What ilower is an emblem of remem brance? i 8. Why is gamboge so called and what Is it? 0. Who is president pro tern of the United Stntcs Senate? 10. What is the largest city in Chile? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. R. C-. Lcfflngwcll Is assistant secretary of tho treasury. ' 2. "Long P's" is n translation of the South Sea cannibals' name for humau flesh. 3. Iluchnrcst is the capital of Rumania. 4. The expression "Slough of Despond" js derived from an nllcgorieal descrip tion of that place iu Bunyan's "The I'ilgrlm's Progress." C. Senator Gerry, is from Rhode Island. C Edisou Invented" the talking' machin in 1878. 7. "To' chronicle small beer" means to talk'ol trifle's as Important. 8. Peter Pindar w -be pen name of John Wolcot, M.L,,'rJngnsu nurnorcst nuu ' satiric poet, who died In 1810. It was also assumed by O. F. Lawler, a later writer. 0. Tho middle A'ges was a rerlod ot about n thousand years, ordinarily reckoned . ns extending from the fall o Rome in n ' 470 A. D. tc the capture of Con Ktautlnople by the Turks in 1453" , m 1Q. The members of tho new council of "fear , at me x.-hw"'hwhv1 i nptwm V 9arA '! WW,V; W f xi Isl s ftfll f
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