?- mm W 7J' .L.I '. V.J , . -' i.f ';: wr uj - K"2j.rf .i i ;,- n W -v M A -IT)! . , o r 10 EVENING PUBLIC IED GlDR PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, -JULY & 1919 : .. .t : s fW.- j " v ,-. j S5 -, 3 K U It n if h I4 . iu. iw. 'i vUj p, .!, .. &'.:. ''. T, J..UJ ri,; ff. feiH.-? f- i. r v .a K V. it.. 6 .- , : f; uenmg public Wc&ger and THE EVENING TELEGRAPH PUDLIC LEUGEU COMPANY .CYRUS It. K. CUIITI8. rnrnnr.NT . Charles It. Ludlnitton. Vice rrolrtenti John C. Martin. Secretary and Treasurer; riilllp S. Collins. John II. Williams, John J. flpurireon, Directors. EDITOMAt, IlOAHDi Ctnts It. It Cnm, Chairman D Win E. 8MILEY Editor JOIiy C, MARTIN General Business Manage" Published dally nt Pcblio I.nixiKn IlvilIJln. Independence Square, rhlln'lelphla, Atlantic Ciii prtm-fnlon Building: New YonK 200 Metropolitan Tower Deiiwit ' 701 Ford PiiflnMng St, Iitin ....inns Fullerton IlulMlnK CHICAGO 1302 Tribune Uull'ilnE news nunnAUa VAsnisaro.v Huhhac. N. R. Cor. Pennsylvania Ave. nnd Hth St. Nr.w York TlfnKAC The Svv liiilldlni Lo.NDON llDaun I.on.ion Timet BUnsriHPTlOX TmMS Th HrBNiNi Pmii.ic Lrnorn I served to sub crlbe-j In Philadelphia nnd eurroindlnK towns at the rate of twelve (12) cents per wck. panble to the carrier. Tlv mall to point outside of Phl1nd"l!'hli-. In tho Unltec" Stat"s. Cnnndn. or fntt-,1 Pints pos sessions, postac" free, fifty f0 rent-' p r inniilh. Sl-t i?n) dollars per year, pnyible in adnnce. To all foreign countries one ($1) tlillar per nvMh. Nmirn flubscrlbers wislilnB nddresi flinnred must rrlve old ns well ns new address. BFI.I., 0OO -7ALM'T KFYSTONn. M'N 00 Cr .t ffdrrss nil romtniiiWcfinop-s in lvtt-y 7't blic T.rilgrr, mlrjiriirfrtier Stun' , 'M'-tI 'iWu". Member of the Associated Press THE UWOrtATEn PRESS i cxelu livcii entitled to the for repvh'irilion of all iic.tj dispatches emiUcil to it or not othenrise credited in this prrper. ,nd also Ihc iornl tirirt published Iherrin. All nahts of republication of ipreial dis patches herein arc also reserved. rhiUdrlnhia. Tii-.d.-. Jrl fl. 1111 ICE CONTROL? TpAMINES arc fashimiablp. TIip w.i-n- inp; of an ico fhortago just issued by Doctor Krusen was inevitable. It woultl have come lief ore this if the Amer'rin habit of waftn were not so deep-ioote 1 that public officials fear to question it, n- they fear to question our privileges under the constitution. Only with filtered water pumped through overtaxed mains me citizens more recklessly wasteful than they are with ice. Ice is left to melt on doorsteps. It is extravagantly used in every kitchen and wasted even through the delivery sys tem. Some one has declared that only 25 per cent of rtlL the ice manufactured and carted about and sold in America is utilized for legitimate purposes. Mean whi'e, the shortage created by unneces sary waste brings a pinch that is felt most acutely in the little homes where every dwindling nugget of ice is put to a good use. If an ice-rationing system, with an average fifty-pound limit for the family refrigerator, can be made to avert scar city and high prices, or even denial, among those who have to do with a few pounds a day, then Doctor Krusen's Epneme for an ice controller is wise and desirable nt this time. A POST TOO LONG VACANT XTOW that the important business of " making a peace tieaty with Germany is out of the way. it is expected that the British Government will give immediate attention to the vacancy in the British embassy in Wathington. The names of several men have been mentioned in connection with the post, ranging from that of H. A. L. Fisher to that of H. H. Asquith. Included in some of the lists of possibilities has been Lord Robert Cecil, the brilliant son of the late Marquis of Salisbury. It is not for this country to dictate who shall be appointed. But wc can with propriety say that so many questions, will soon be pressing for discussion between the two great Eng'ish-speaking powers that a capable and representative ambas sador should be named as soon as the prime minister can find time to give his attention to the matter. The Englishmen themselves are saying that the Washington post is now the most important ambassadorial position to be filled by their government. The two nations have been drawn more closely together during the war than ever before. Between them they can exercise a most powerful influence in preserving world peace. It is desirable that the new am bassador should be a man who under stands America and is in sympathy with the purpose of the league of nations. And it is desirable also that he should understand the economic and industrial problems which are pressing for solution hot only here, but in every other country. The President will be in Washington nnd will be prepared to welcome the new ambassador as soon as he can be named and journey to this country. THE PROHIBITION MUDDLE TS CONGRESS or are the men in the liquor bus-mess to blame for the shame ful spectacle of great communities fla grai.tly defying laws that have the sanc tion of the House and Senate and the dignity' of formal enactment? Can any t one suppose that general respect for law !s to be increased by such widespread sug gestions of contempt and such a general air of defiant resentment as are revealed In the present attitude of brewers and hotel men everywhere? If the wartime act was unreasonable, if It, is to be accepted as extreme and un necessarily rigorous under present cir cumstances, why did Congress permit it to stand and why could not the constitu tional amendment have been permitted to become effective in January without tho preliminary complications of a sort that, may serve in the end to diminish general respect and sympathy for the doctrines of radical drys? And if the law is just, what is to be said about that taist part of the public in this and other itates. that now is co-operating openly in Its violation? THE UNSATISFACTORY PRIMARY TySSATISFACTIQN with the unofficial '-'pre-primary system of selecting can didates to be nominated at the official primary elections has led various New York counties to make arrangements for representative conventions in which the candidates to run at the primaries will be selected. There will be a fight within the party organization over the selection . " tf organisation candidates. The Jnde- ,:. ttandents or bolters, will run, opposition J.pfatliejfitetf' in" the primaries, but the ;thBvN'iUn. tq one that the organi- tlpn candidates will receive the nomi nations. Many New Yorkers are demanding the restoration of the old-fashioned conven tion system of nomination, They .insist, thnt.it Is less expensive for the candi dates "and that the results arc just as good as tho primary results. They admit the beauties of the theory on which direct primary nomination rests, but they arc convinced that its advantages are purelytheorctlcal. Plans arc under wav hern for the se lection of a candidate for tho mayoralty at a convention. It is called n confer ence, and it will be attended only by those who leceive special invitations. A con vention of elected delegntcs would be mo-c democratic and more representa tive. But the point to note is that there is no confidence in tho ability of the voters to select on their own initiative and snontrneously a candidate for the mavoralty. The pre-priniary must do that. When it was suggested that the Gen ei al Assembly irnenl the primary laws th" practical politicians objected. Can it be tK'it they find it easier under these laws to put their slates across than under the convcntinn system? MR. WILSON FACES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY If He Asks for the Ratification of the Treaty as n National Duty the Nation Is Likely to Respond HPIIE ta.sk which Mr. Wilson went to Europe to asist in nccompiisring was ended when the German delegates signed the pence tieaty at Versailles on June 120. He has beer' nf inva'uable service in the neg ltiations. He wa.s brought into personal contact with the great states men who, with him. v-rre striving to bring order out of rhnos and to lay the foundation!! on which the structure of world peace is to be built. And the great statesmen were brought into contact with him. After long discussion their minds met on a plan. Because of the disin teiested counsel of tho United States it is a better plan than would have been otherwise possible. The strength of Mr. Wilson's position lay in the fact that this country has no narrow Fcllish ends to serve. The Un'ted States sought neither territory nor puni tive damages. It was imperative that so far as possible the Paris conference .should avoid the mistakes of the notorious Vienna conference. Externally it has done what the Vienna conference did, for it has j.irved Europe up into a lot of new states. The difference lies in the new principle of statehood recognized in all the negotiations. For the first time in centuries the right of d'fferent nationalities to determine their own government has found a place in tho realm of practical politics. The dismembered Poland, onco the most en lightened nation on the continent, has been icrnited. The Czeeho-Slovaks are to live their own national life. The Slav states of the Balkans are, so far as pos sible, to cease to be the plaything of am bitious powers seeking to checkmate one another in the game for which the prize was the control of Constantinople. It is useless to speculate about the possibility of this splendid result having bctn accomplished without tho influence of the American President and his prin ciple of self-determination. It has been accomplished thiough his influence. And the result rau.t .-peak for itself. So far as we can see now it makes for perma nent peace. And the President put his influence back of the hague of nations project, originated in America by Mr. Taft and tho men associated with him in the League to Enforce Peace, a league con ccivid long before the great war began and intended to jprcvent the outbreak of any such war. Had the world been ready for such a league when it was first proposed the history of the past five years would not have been a bloody record of suffering and slaughter. So the President returns to America today bringing with him tho peace treaty, an iiVrrrnl part of which is the league of nations covenant. Hi .work in Europe is finished. It is inst. hprrinninp" in America. Ho will find here a lot of men without vision, without, any sense of national re sponsibility, quibbling nnd pettifogging about the league plan. Some of them are honest. Others are floundering about in the hope that they may find, in opposi tion to the league an isue on which they can win the presidency for their party mxt year. The latter class is the more pathetic of the two. It is unfor tunate for the country that the leaders of a great party should so far forget its glorious traditions as to think that its. members, proud of a record of support of progressive principles from the begin ning and accustomed to face the conse quences of any honorable course, could be misled into the indorsement of a policy tainted with the suspicion of welching and scuttling. There is no doubt whatsoever that be fore Mr. Wilson has been home many weeks he will discover that the nation is not behind these reactionaries. Tho nation has been behind him in Paris. It has recognized him as the voice through which the desires of' this free people have been expressed. He has been regarded as the President of the United States, acting, not for the Democrats or for the Re publicans, but for the nation as a whole. If he can remenjber, now that he is home again, that he in not merely tho leader of the Democratic party seeking political advantage to be capitalized next year, and can conduct his campaign for the ratification of the treaty as a whole on the high ground of national obligation he will be invincible. But it is not necessary for him, to insist that the treaty is perfect or that the league covenant is ideal. Neither is true. Both are the result of compromise and concession. No man living in cjoso touch with actualities expected an ideal league covenant or an ideal treaty. Thaf we nave any sort of a covenant at a a cstounding. It was dreamed of five year3 ago, tut the most optimistic felt that it would be year and possibly generations i. before anything: would come of Jt, But events naye ,p rqvea umx, u civilization, js to be preserved the nations must ngreo among themselves to refrain from any course which will open the floodgates of hell anil pour its scorching streams upon the hearts of innocent women and chil dren and carry to destruction the young men of a 'score of races. It is not ns n perfect thing that tho Senate is to bo asked to ratify the agree ments. It would be a mistake for any one to claim perfection, for the moment the claim is made the challenge will be Accented by alltho fault finders, tot only by those who are opposed to tho plan as a whole, tyut by those who arc seeking to discredit every one who has been in nnv way connected with its drafting. Let us admit its weakness, but let us accent it as a beginning in tho glorious work of federating tho wprld and pre paring for tho parliament of man. SENATOR EDGE ON EUROPE AN ALMOST childlike faith in superfi- cial signs and omens and a sweeping disregard of forces that now operate beneath the surface to render the eco nomic system shaky and uncertain in a large part of Europe are revealed in Senator Edge's plan for a thumping or ganization of American financiers formed to set the old world up anew in business at a good interest rate and with govern ment auspices and guarantees, Of course, it is to our interest to see Europe prosperous and busy, largely be cause our loans to the Allied nations already have been stupendous. But to relieve financiers of all their customary restraints and to plunge deeper into the troubled scheme of European affairs without long and patient stu'dy and in finite caution would be to invite trouble without end. Within a very short time nil great decisions in American foreign poLry would have to be made with a view to "protecting American rights and investments abroad." It is easily possi ble to imagine a future condition in which the United States would have to devote all its energies to the preserva tion of the status quo over a vast area of continental Europe. Such a culmination to a largely inclusive scheme of foreign financing would be almost inevitable if the league of nations should, now or in the future, fail in its major purposes. American interests, once established in outlying parts of the world, have to be protected. Mexico at the present hour proves that this necessity can often se riously confuse politir-al judgment and dictate courses of action highly distaste ful and even dangerous. That is why such a scheme as that which has the ap proval of Senator Edge should bo ex amined nnd le-examined with a micro- scope. Otherwise a time might come when every shock and tremor in tho eco nomic and political system of Europe Would be automatically repeated in the financial system of the United Stntos. We nrrht be more willing to take chances if. the field for profitable investment m the United States were narrow or re stricted. But financiers who are content with reasonable returns need not go ad venturing among uncertainties' in the old world. ' Though Miicide has In creased throughout the United States it has decreased in Philadel wnnts to die until it is Or Millie Ynur Own (iuess pliiu. Nobody here definitely known how the new charter Is gnim; to work. 'flic country will prob- Onc Thing at a iMv be quite ready Time mid willing to hoar clmrges ngaint the I'resiilejit and his administration after the penre treaty has been ratified. Before that time there is alwns a suspicion that the charges are simply trail destroyers. Men were urged by the minister to remove their coats during Comfort and Godliness service:! in a church here last Kmida nnd they promptly re sponded. This is as it should be. Jinn is likely to be most virtuous when he is most comfortable. Puritans to the contrary uot withstundiiig. Although the Weather lSelatrd Hcsppct . Iiuroau'n usefulness has long been appreci ated by fanners and residents of districts subject to (InotU), the Weather Man has al ways been fair game for funmakerH. But the" advent of the transatlantic flights of airplanes and dirigibles is giving Old Probs the dignity to which hc!s entitled. Just how bound we are by convention was evidenced by the burn ing of the mntorboat 'Hare Cat" More Appropriate Hear Cat at Smyrna. Del., on Sunday. The fire destroed the clothes of eight men nnd they wore forced to come into the city in their bathing suits. You may take their word for it. it was terribly embarrassing 1 It is nil right to go strolling on the. beach in abbreviated costume, but just try it on Chestnut street! A fly on a fly wheel, Truth, Ltd. if it possessed discern- -ment plus literary nbilitv. might write a diverting disquisition on the blackness and hardness and the Inck of Mis-truant e in the squnrc inch of metal on which it lodged ; bat of the wheel Itself, of the power thht makes it whirl nnd of the results of its revolution, the fly, of course, could sny nothing. There nre students of world conditions altlieted with similnr lnck of vision. Plytlmc js about 'due in the United Stntes Senate. I'nhnppily Dumpty. the mercury is no Humpty The log of n blimp is the direct antith esis iff a bump on a log. And in just n little while we'll be able to grumble nboiit the rotten service of the I'hiladelphia-Cnmden .bridge enfs. Hy the time the bartenders' strike is over the bartending business may be dead as n dodo. And just how dead n dodo is- let the courts decide. One wonders nt the shor.tagc of ice when one considcra the number of kegs that are' not being cooled. e Another blow at "woman's rights," The ."woman" automobile bandit proves to have been a man. Five hundred Chicago barrooms were onen ou Sunday and women rested their feet ou the raijs as they imbibed soft drinks; Sex 4 equality here takes a Ulag at sabbath ob servance JQ'in isscieycora ws no; among V . POLITICAL GATHERINGS AND STYLE IN CLOTHES Observations on the Three Best Tailored Men at the State Capital and on 8ome Precedent Breaking Costumes r Uy GKOItOK NOX McCAIN EVKHV forcghtlicrlng of political lenders from now on will bt regarded with In terest by people who know politics. Thcro wnnn notnbte weck-etld conference nt Cherry Jtlver, up in Union county,, recently, Cherry Hlvcr Is fi. combination summer home nnd clubhouse of State Henntor Wil liam C. McOonnell, of Northumberland. The list of guests Is notnble for two rea sons. They w'ere nil up-stnte polltlrnl lend ers, the hlg titles being unrepresented. They were friends nf Senntor Boles Pen rose, nnd there is not n man on the list who ii'niinot do or deliver something. Among them were Lieutenant Governor Hcidleman, Auditor General Snyder, State Trcnnrer Kephnrt, llnrry linker, secretary of the state Ilepublienn committee; Senntor Crow nnd hnlf a dozen lesser luminaries; The lines were being lnid for next year's rnmpnign, the rnnipnlgn which hid friends hope will bind Senntor Penrose in the United States Senntc. for the fifth consecutive term. rpiu: the host on the nbove ocenslon. was one of thrCe men In Ilnrrlsburg conspicuous for their nttire during the .Inst legislative ses sion. "Taste In dress" modistes nnd mnn tailors would style it. Sartorial perfection if you plense ! The other two gentlemen thus distin guished were 'the Hon. Tliomns Lawrence Kvre. senntor from Chdftcr. nnd the IIou. Clinrles A. Snyder, auditor general of Pennsylvania. When nttired in the mntter of habiliment and personal adornment according to the dictntes of their artistic instincts, or, in the language of the street, when "dressed to kill." the lilies of the field had nothing on this trio. They were, during the session, the most carefully' tailored inen in ' Ilnrrlsburg. "Chnrlie" Snyder has been fanaflus for twenty yenrs for his vests, i. e., wnist coiits. or ns the immortnl Snm Wcller would have It, "wesketR." There was n time when he hntl three vests,' radiant and resplendent, for every legisla tive day covering n week nt n stretch. The late lamented nnd lnrgely beloved .Tnmcs Murplfy Sweeney, member, of the, House, once remarked that lie made it a rule to wenr smoked glnsses on n dny that "Chnrlie" Snyder wns scheduled to speak. THE Hon., Thoinns Lnwrence Eyre, other wisp "Larry" to his intimates en pns sant he can trace his lineage hack for five hundred yenrs 'in Essex of old Englnnd was the generalissimo of the little eompnny. Senntor Eyre is portly, with nn nir of what the habitues of the Avenue St. Ger main would teftn "lmuteitr." 'With white musfnehe nnd hnir. nnd n complexion tend ing to florid, when be nppeared on the brond cement wnlk lending from George Harry's cigar store to the Ilnrnnnl statuary in the Capitol grounds he. wns the cynosure of nil eyes. ,, 'it wns the perfect blending of exquisite taste nnd color. An nrtistie combinntion in which yellow Rpnts, dark trousers and ejnt. figured vest of wonderful Titinn red. nnd lint of Peiinng strnw with n band of saffron silk, completed nn ensemble that harmonized admirably with the personality of the wearer. SENATOR ably wns ATOPv MrCONNELL'S nttire invnri- of the harmoniously subdued type. He abhorred the gny and gnudy. If he wore n brown Scotch tweed, Ihe tops of his gaiters were brown, his necktie was ecru. teThnrmonize with n vest of the snme shade." with n lint of Mnniln's finest brown strew encircled with n wide band to match. In other words, the senator from Northum berland wns a synrpliony in subdued brown, with cane nnd gloyes to match. Thele wns a legend around the big hotel that the distinguished geutlemnn changed his attire three times n day, morning, noon nnd night. It was a crude falsehood in vented by some lesser Peau Prumniell. lie changed his clothes only twice a day. QIM -' wt ISCUSSINO sartorial appcarancesTthere ere n nnmber of odd instances in this particular to distinguish the gentlemen gath ered from the various quarters of the state. His Excellency the Governor, for cxnm'plc, 1 exceedingly democratic in his attire. He usually wears a dark sack suit nnd dnrk tie. His indifference to the dictntes of fashion, is proverbial. I happened in the executive chamber one morning when two widely known Jadies' were interviewing the Governor nbput n bill be fore the Assembly. They wefc socially prominent, and friends of the Governor nnd his family. In the midst of the conversation the "chief executive suddenly halted and without explanatory prelude exclaimed: "Well, what do you think of tlint?I just now noticed the mistake." With a chuckle he pointed to his trousers. "I put on the first suit I enino to this morning, ns I thought, and look nt this," he exclaimed. His sack coat nnd vest were of n dnrk "pppper-nnd-snlt" material, while bis trousers were of blue serge, nnd somewhat though not conspicuously out of harmony with the remainder of his habiliment. The ladles joined heartily in the laugh'. , - IN THIS closing night sessions of the House.. Speaker Spangler tore tradition into shreds by nppearing on the rostrum In n Jemon'colored Palm Bench, suit, with four-in-hand to match. ' ... . I reenll once how tliejrlloniT Henry K. Hoyer, when he wnR speaker, created n mild commotion by facing, the members with n four-in-hand whose ruddy reflection wns aku to mi Idaho sunset. F3II the nntithesls of these sartorial creations one need not go far afield. Tnke Lieutenant Governor BcidleKpin, for in- r . ..1 . fctanee.- . Like ninny another citizen nppronchlng middle age, the lithe nnd sinuous 'shape of Ids eyirlhr years Is yielding to well, let us! say, genejous living. His form is depart ing from the graceful lines that I recall two decadqs ngo. In ft purely Informal and suggestive way I shpuldj say that the distinguished gentle man from Dauphin dresses for comfort rather' than style. Itesultantly, limp col lars, neglige shirts, the coolest of cool clothing, nnd nn entire absence of anything approuching "mode" distinguished him in his duties as president of tlfe Senate, There were other members of the";Dauphln .bar who In their dny wero' equally. demo cratic nnd unostentatious,' ' Meade Def--weHlcr. District Attorney Albert .Millar. I ttie. late Judge Thomas I. Capps.'who went rover to Dauphin from Lebanon, and even the two distinguished jurists .now adorning the i.pnch; Judges George Kunkel- And Samuel fj. McCarrell, are democratic Jo a Cellght ful degree; , Would 'that all the-Judges of the state were in tbis category. There, .are one or' ff0 that I "callUiey're -oi, now who .dimocratlc only when; OtftoftvUttfi Wo that; rjcau-ruiw're W, now vrho THE SAWMILL THE President told the crew of the George Washington that his youthful 'ambition wns to be n snilor. T?ut many of us hnve been balked, of our juvenile desires. Who knows, perhaps even Admiral Grayson may have hnd tho same dream. Major Scott, the captain of the R-34, is n happy man just now, but his troubles will start n few yenrs hence, when reporters begin to describe him ns "a bluff old nirdog." Typical Short and chunky and typically British, the skipper of the huge airship shook hands with General Charlton, British air attache. The greeting was as typically English as the nnpearance of the comniander.-rNewa Item. ' The inevitable description of hny visiting hero ns "typically" British. French, Italian or whatever he mny be is nlwnyr. entertain ing to us. ' Some dny .we hppe to sec some such comments ns these: Captain Snipe stepped out of the parti chute In which he had been drifting for three days without food. His first remark was typically British. "Has any one got any gruD." he said. General Mouquln smiled affably. He Is a well-endowed man physically, having two legs, two arms nnd a cheerful face. It was the consensus of all that these traits mark him as a typical Frenchman. Admiral Blinker walked briskly down the gangplank. lie shook hands politely wltli those who were waiting, and said, "How do you do?" Ho was immediately recog nized ns a typical American. It seems n pity that the K-34 hasn't n more imaginative name. It docs very well for the matter-of-fact nrgonauts who sail her, but when the time comes to organize the Society of Transatlantic Dames or Grand-' daughters of the Great Hop those ladles will be sighing for u poeticnl moniker like the Mayflower. Sheets and Halyards The nautical lore of our vnhied contribu tor, ltobert Leslie Itellem, becomes a matter of public Inquiry! We present the following comment : Drnr Sorrnten: I want to criticize a little, and hupp it will net be taken amiss, as I do It only In correct a mistake. In your Rubber Heels of June 30 was a poem by R. I., nellem enltlea "An Old Salt's rialnt." It Is very well written In its sentiments, rhyme, meter, and .'the facts which It presents, but the writer Is evidently no sailor, He Is betrayed by one' line In the poem, which reads: "While .the sheets strained at their halyards," Now, aboard a sailing; vessel the sheets have abso lutely no relation tn the halyards, as they are used for trimming; the sails, while the latter are used to hoist them. Perhaps the writer by poetical license applies the word "sheets" to the sills, If so, I would sugsest that In nauti cal aRalre poetical license cannot be carried that far without caricaturing; the ship and her rigging. It would, be stretching; the Imagina tion until it was aa long as the halyards them - selves. IIoj.lnir that the writer of this will not be deemed hypercritical, Alf'OI.D SAIIX3R. Thoughts on Beglnnlng-a New Ch'eckbook No man hns ever started upon a new check- .book without ft' few sourly solemn thoughts. In the humble waters of finance wherein we paddle wc find that a. book of fifty checks lasts us about four months, allowing for two or three duds when we start to inako out n foil paynblc to bearer (selfj and de cide to renounce that, worthy ambition and make it out to the gas company instead. It occurs to us that if Bucyan had been writing "Pilgrim's Progress" nowadays, In stead of making Christian encounter lions in the path he would have substituted gas "rhetors, particularly the quarterinthe-slot kind that one finds in a seaside cottage. However-1 , - Four months is quite a lone time. It may be' weak of lis,, but we can never rts'Ut wondering . we survey that flock pt empty checks lost what ndventores our bank ac count is going to undergo, dijrlng that, period, and lirlut .alot iMtMrimW&lA '.ji..i . -i "? DELIVERED is the right one. We always believe in keep ing a paying teller in n cheerful frame of mind. We would never admit to' him that we think it is going to rain. We say, rather, "Well, it mny blow over," nnd try not to surmise' how many hundreds there are in the pile nf his elbow. Probably we think the explanation for the renlly biznrre. architec ture of our bank is to' keep depositors' at tention from the money. Unquestlonnbly Wnlt Whitman's tomb over in Harleigh Wnlt's vault wns copied from our bank. The checks in our book are blue. Wc hnve always regretted this. If wc had known it beforehand perhaps we would hnve "inflicted our problems upon another bank. Because there arc so many more interesting colors for cheeks, tints upon which the ink shows up in a more imposing mnnner. A pale pink or cream colored check for $2.74 looks much more exciting than a blue check for $2."i. AVo have known gray, pink, white, brown, green and salmon-colored checks. A friend of ours once showed us one that wns a bright ornnge.but refusedlto let us handle it. But yellow is the color that appeals to us most strongly. When we were very young and away from home our monthly allowance, the amount of which we shall not state, but it cost us less effort than any money we ever received since,, came to us by way of pale primrose-colored checks. For, after all, there are no checks like those one used to get from one's father. Wc hope the Urchin will think so some day. We like the distinction mnde in the "log of the It-34 between "course steered" nnd "course made good." When we attain the summit of our literary ambition, which is to write a volume of sermons, we shall In clude a homily with thnt thought ns text. We hope-Hoc Crane will let it nlone until wc get rdund to it. Soul-Flowers "The little spirits of the . rdaes living on In the Immortality of the vinaigrette." ARTHim-SYMONS. IN THE hot garden, of your engcr hcar.t So many nnd many a spray of blossom blows ; There woodbine nnd the vivid crocus start Beside th"footprint of the running rose. Larkspur and lilies and verbena cool Climb up to touch the air and break the heat; By crystal river and by silver pool 'Wavers the manifold, saffron marguerite. Yet, 'LoTe, your garden merits but disdain, Since in your spirit's attar-vase I find 'Perpetual petals, freed from sun and rain, The hinted essence bf your blossoming mind : To know you true, I. search those depths where, stir Ilose-nshea 'and the, dust of lavender. 11ICHARD DESMOND, Our Own Quiz Jt took 300 men to hold down the R-34. How many senators will it take to hold Mr. Wilson? And will Mr. VJUon also discharge cod water ballast upon the senators .endeavoring to tie him to his moorings? i ' All the Cruise That's Fit to Print Harris unwisely shuts his hand In door of wireless cabin painful, but not serious. Flqw of 'language not audible tb me, m the forward engine happened, to be runnlpg. General Maltland's log .on the n-M. We suspect thlsj of being' what they call literary, art. General MaltlaSd probably Jieard the fluid language, but decided not to record it.V , The crew of the R-34 seems to hare been ' affected oy tne prevailing American catch word, "UVb go." We wish they bad had time to give xwiaaeiphia a once prer. But i 'frWH$lkm&).., ,: a I ' BUST OF A LADY SHE lived in Florence centuries ago, That lady smiling there. AVhnt wns her name or rnnk I do not kngw i Know mnt sue wns iitir. For some great man his name, like hers, forgot And faded from men's sight Loved her he must have loved her nnd has wrought This bust for our delight. Whether he gained her love or hnd her scornj Full happy was his fate. He saw her, heard her speak; he was not born Four hundred years tJtt late. The palnce throngs in every room but thls Ilere I nm left alone. Love, therein none to see I press a kiss Upon thy lips of stone. "' Kenyon Cox. Weather note Prohibition or no pro hibition, the glass is still high. The It-34, having given the Atlantic-'! the once over, has decided that one good turn deserves an equnlly good return. Maybe the record crowds nt Atlantic City were due to the fnct thnt there wns wet,-' ness on both sides of the Boardwalk. There is something at once epical nnd epochal in the story of the first stowaway on a transatlantic nir trip. s . Desire to .take William Hohenzol lern's place In court 'appears to !ave become, epidemic in Gerninny. When politicians fall out honest men . not infrequently hnve nu opportunity of voting tor people, ot ineir own kihu. f What Do You Knoiv? QUIZ What was 'generally regarded ns tba most important of the former German'!! colonics? "What is the' literal meaning of "papler-l mache"? Wlin was Marie Tnglionl? Who was the classical, god of the North;! Wind? . 51 What klnu ot a structure is a gazeDo What is the latitude of the "Mason rind! Dixpn ,llne nnd what two states does 1 If mnnrflte7 M 1, What is the brightest- star" in the hea vens? 8. How fast. does the Gulf Stream 'fiWJ ! "0. What is the regular meeting day -for; the cabinet? lj 10. "What is the original meaning of tht wordV piazza? $ Answer to Yesterday's Quiz .-g 1. Itasca is a small lake in northern) Minnesota. htfl 2. It is usually regarded as the source pt he Mississmm river. .-v s 3, Tauromachy is bull-flghtirfg; J 4. Henry Clay was a native pf Vlrglnlafa r. Tim hattle of Gettysburg ended in .'ffl victory for Meade on July 3, 1803, andt Grant captured vicKsourg the sex$ lav. i 0, "Washington -Irvng wrote 'Tales ofV' Traveler,',! ., 7. Tasmania lies soutn ot tne southeastern? - 3 A iiatwal In MM1 tm vnal .M At. ' enu, ui """ w jinn ot :iui Australian commonwealth. w a Tho three brightest planets In. our' heavens a,re Jupiter, Venus and MarM 0. Napoieon w" w m m ine isianUiO;, I J '3it,Wf ,, -,'. tfe - ilWf'WH ji,iuo iiu "j -( ., i oeuruajjr ' '"' M J . ,i 7 v. ' it h JX -k .r V .IV. tjt , -Ji. ;. ... ' i .-. ... i ;t
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