-' t ,-.-1 . ' c& Ifr I l E' 'tjr a tfuening $Jublic Wedgec '$ THE EVENINGnTELEGRAPH V,' PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY i CTllUS IT. K. CUIITIS. rnrsinrNT 'lch.",1, lr- Ijudlnirton. Vice President! John C. ' .JMsTtln, Secretary and Treasurer: Thlllp P Collins. John B, William. John J. flpurceon. Directors. t l tJiToniAt. board: . Cincs II. K. Cuius. Chairman iBAVIP C. ElIILHT Editor JOHN C. itArtTIN.. .General Eurmccs Manager ruhllihed daily at rcntio T.rnorij BulWInc, Independence Square, l'hlluilolphls, Ati.aXtio Cur , PrrM-lHlpii building NmT Yor.K 200 Metropolitan Tower jjetoit 701 rnnl linllriinr ntj Lncn.... inns Fnllerton Ili-lldmc Cuiciao 1.107 Tribune UullJIne news nunnAUS: TVinfNaTON neurit;. N. II. -or. rcnr.sjlvanla Ave. and 11th Rt. Nw YotiK ItCRRAD Tho Him llullcllmr London Uuntiu London Times St'n.Tr.IPTION' THUMS The IJrnMxrt I't blio LriKicu li served to sub scribers In Philadelphia and surrounllnir towns ?t the rate of lwcle (12) cents per we-k, ratable o the carrier. By r..all vo potnti outside of rhlladelnhla. In the United fltatc. Canada, or United States poi snsslnns, postniro free, fifty ("01 cents pr month. 61x ($fl dollnra per year, paysble In odinnce To all forelcn countries one (M) dollar per month. NoTlcn Subscribers wNhlnpr nrtdrens chansed inust give old as wcil as lew vldrctm. BELL, 3000 'WALNUT KEYSTONE, MU.N I00O tZT Address all roninniHfrnttom to 'vnl a ' l'lc Ltflaer, i.idcjioirtc.icc Squarr, J'lilail.;) u. Member of the Associated Tress 1'JTE ASSOCIATED PRESS is crea tively entitled tn the use for fepublleathn oil neics dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this piper, and also the loeal netrs puhlishc-t thrrriv. All rights of lepublication of special dis patches hecin arc alio reserved. July :t. 1119 JERSEY'S DRY ISSUE "PROHIBITION will bo an issue in the next Jersey elections, though no poli tician on cither side might like to admit that fact in so many words. Take away from New Jeiscy even a part of the vast crowd for whom the whole coast is made to scintillate in .sum mer and the countlecs millions 'nvestcd in hotels and resort property would sutler grievously. Experience ahead; has shown that the glamour which nccomrja . llies strong drink in one form or anoth"".' helps to keep hotel life at summer re sorts or elsewhere at concert pitch. The rights or wrongs of prohibition arc aside. New Jersey hotclkeereis are facing a condition and not a theory. It is to them and to the dependent property owners in their communities that Nugent is addressing himself as an anti-dry candidate for the governoiship. DISGRACING THE UNIFORM QUNDAY'S disorder at Wildwood, N. J.. draws attention to the fact that, though we are under such obligations to our soldiers and sailois that we not only glorify them for their good v. oik, but ai o prone to minimize their misdoings, there are occasions when the limit is i cached. Evidence goes to show that thico sail ors, all under the influence of liquor, started the trouble by "picking at" a colored man. When a policewoman went to arrest them they twisted her arm. Men who tried to protect her were struck by the men. To wear a United States uniform is to be honored; a man's duty to his uniform is to be a good, square, decent citizen both In times of war and times of peace. Some of our very finest donned the uniform while the war was on, but not all who donned the uniform weie of the finest; nor could the training given the boys, good though it was, turn every sin ner into a saint. The mayor of Wildwood made no mis take in giving the men a salty "sentence but who gave them the stuff that made them forget their duty to themselves and to their country? Assuredly the vendors should have shared in the penalty for wrongdoing. GRAND JURIES AND FOOD "WnilLE public officials elsewhere in the t country are confessing themselves helpless and bewildered in the face of rising food costs, Governor Cox, of Ohio, has found a way of approach to a solu tion of the general problem. Grand juries will be convened in all the com munities of Ohio to summon witnesses and direct a general investigation with out further delay. "The evil," says Governor Cox, "seems to be rooted in the concerted policy of cold-storage institutions, which were es tablished to preserve food, but which now appear to be maintained to preserve prices that cannot be defended." In his reference to a "concerted policy" the governor appears to have touched an essential factor in intolerable living costs. There is nothing to be said against and much for cold-storage warehouses in principle. But everything may be said whenever and wherever they are utilized to manipulate prices. TRADE FOLLOWS THE AUTO "DRINCE DEDJAZMATCH MADAO. 4e head of the Abyssinian mission to President Wilson, is going to take an automobile home with him. Abyssinia is a country of primitive agriculture and poor roads. As the prince evidently intends to run that machine and certain other princes of the court will assuredly follow his ex ample, there is likelihood that the Abyssinian equivalent for highway com missioners will have to get busy. 1 ... Better roads will mean better farms. Better farms will mean improved ma- N-tcmnery and all the comforts of home. id ja V prat thine we know there'll 'be work S'gfor thn American drummer in Abyssinia. LUCKY WILHELM ifif TPOB the time being the advantages ot Vjt we economic ana political muddle j mi xturupt: mc uciiuiieiy wiui me tormer WSiser oi uermany. it nas necn u long : "lime since any one familiar with the trend i df affairs abroad supposed that Wilhelm r'.iVould ever be trundled to London nnd trlfd In the theatrical fashion suggested iiJiiir aAtriA nf thn TrtnrMirlnl BfnfaimAn 117.- ........ . iT "" " j. Vie Allied side. tora jourzon s announce Iment that the plan hhs been abandoned sn't a surprise, It is good to know , the American peace delegates wasted t.iime In the discussion of what they &' Vfa, a futile scheme, W.piI rabre than the Jack of preco- wn tmn, W, twfcawaw court K prevent )J '-t W'J! WVr'L," , X. " -' ' l" - - ",rvs- .Mftwt '.,'. :i i- (' an open arraignment of the meanest Icing in history. It is just possible that the statesmen who have been telling the world that the kaiser was the solo cause of the war are not willing to risk an attempt to prove that contention under oath in an open court. Certainly the kaiser caused the war. Hut who caused the kaiser? Wilholm of Germany talked much and issued many orders. Where did lie pet the money for his plans? Who provided the brains that the Hohenzollcins didn't have? What went on behind the scenes of Euiopo in the years immediately pi en coding the war 7 These arc things' that would have to be made known at an upon trial of the former cmpeior and there are a good many signs to indicate that even the European statesmen who now are working moat earnestly for u decent peace and a new st"m of diplomacy feel that their people are not yet nady for such enlightenment. WHAT THE CITY NEEDS IS LESS SELF-SATISFACTION Then We'll Not Only Build 1000-Foot Ships, but Have Cargoes for Every Vessel That Can Tie Up at Our Piers 'TWERE is no commodity of which them is a gi eater surplus than oppoitunity. It clutteis tin." maiket places and is strewn rbot. t the ittrots of the cit'rs and the f'cH.s of thj oprn tufitry. It is so romm n that wo do not Wk at it. And it fieqi-.i ntly happens that the man sea'-chinp for it cannot find it because it is like the old man's spectacle-, hidden on his fn eh 'ad, ju--t within reach but for the moment o it of fight. And the old man bunts h.rrh and low for what he has only to pjt out b's hand to -ot The orpuitur.ib l become the automo bile manufnv'tm ng center of the co.intry was in full -lght of every considerable industrial fity, but some oi e in Detioit with a little better vision than the lest of us said. "Lt's attract the motorcar builders to this city." And now T) 'tro't is gaining in population anJ wealth moiu lapidlv than ar.v rthci r-ty. It was nut mete chance that brought this aVut. It was intelligent, o'-g-in'zed foresight John II. Roikfeller reirrottcd a few years ago that he hail not been boin fifty years later, for, he said, the oppoitunilies to develop gieat enterp.-ises were neer , so good a, tney are now. lie nan uiion a small speculative industry for the prod uct of whuh theie was little denjand and developed it. created the demand for its product and accumulated a great for tune, and the men who did not see the onnortunitv which he .-aw hae been damning him ever s-ince. ! When Ilemy Ford said that a motorcar I could be built to .-ell for fioOD the men who knew it all laughed at him. But the car which Mr. Foul built is now junning on every mile of higbwny on this conti nent and has made itself known through out Europe and Asia. Instances could bo multiplied, but it is not neee'saiy. What we wish to impress upon the minds of the people of this city is that the business of hj, port has failed I of satisfactory development, not because of lack of opnortunity, but because of lack of men with eyes to see the oppor tunities cluttering every avenue of trade. This city instead of Detroit might have been the automobile manufacturing cen ter of the country. We are located as conveniently to the sources of supply of j the materials and labor used in the eais. We aie connected with the rest of the country by great tiunk lines of railroad and ocean-going steamships touch at our piers and sail for eveiy port on the globe. We let the chance slip. Now, aie we going to lose the benefits which will accrue to our shipyards by the building of the proposed 1000-foot steamships heie? The shipping center at which these ships will be built will attract the atten tion of shipowners everywhere. Our yards can build the ships. Directoi Web ster, of the Department of Whaivcs and Docks, says that two yards aie alieady equipped for the woik and that others could very soon put themselves in condi tion to turn out a ship of the size pro posed. We have the necessary machinery nnd the trained workmen. This is tho natuial place to build the ships, just as this was the natural place for the con centration of automobile building. But shipyards in other cities want the honor of-building the biggest ships afloat, and they will get it if they are able. The task of bringing the contracts here should not be left to the unaided efforts of the shipbuilders. The powerful in fluence of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Board of Tiade and of the Bourse should be back of the shipyards, and every facility thnt the city can offer to make it possible for them to secure the contracts should be placed at their dis posal. It will be said by our competitors that the Delawaie is not deep enough to float vessels of the proposed size and that if they could be floated it would be impossi ble to get them to the sea through the river channel. But the river ij deep enough and wide enough for the launch ing and the channel will float tho ships to the sea. We know this, but that is not enough. We "must lot the country at large know it and must convince it by such complete proof that there will be no excuse for giving the contracts elsewhere on any such pretext. But this will not be done unless we have the eyes to see what it all means. The'campaign to secure contracts for one or both of the proposed ships would be but part of a campaign to ftft this city up to its proper place in the handling of the foreign trade of the nation. Billions worth of goods have been exported during the war. The export of war munitions has stopped, but it will be years before the European producers recover from tho effects of the war. The demand which they will be unable to meet must be sup plied by American producers. Billions vtorth of goods will be sent abroad during the next five years, and billions more will be brought in. This is inevitable, for we J have become a crtcitor nation,, with tho 37 - -";. . ,-, 1- h VOTING PUBLIC LEDGEEr-lHlLABELPHlA, TUESDAY, JULY 29, rest of the world our debtors. They must pny their debts in goods or go bankrupt. A cotisideinblc portion of this foreign trade belongs by right to this city. But right docs not count in such matters any more than it docs in the competition be tween individuals. The man who sees the opportunity and goes after tinde is the man who gets it, even though another man had been in the business years before he started. The man with his eyes open mnV stait an entct prise next door to an old-established fnm and in a few yenrs ho doing so much business that the older fnm. content with its little turnover, loses even wlvit business it had., C'ontrnt is the most damnable depres sant in business. The balance sheet that docs nut grow with the growth of the population of the country is a nvirk of stagnation. And u giowth with the growth of the population is only normal. The aloit and cnteipiising man is not satisfied until ho gets all the business which it is possible for a man in his line to get, nnd the limit of energy ami foie sight is the only limit that can be put upon possibility. So long as Philadelphia biifine,s men order their goods from abroad ship' cd to any other poi t than Philadelphia and so long as they i-ond their goods abioad tliioiiEh any other port the foreigi t'ade of Ph lai'.'li h'a will languish. If v do not hae fauh in the possibilities of "iir port wh) else can hae? Poits in other parts of the wjild hae g'-own great becn'icn the business in n thco have invented theT money in h p P'.nir lines to use the.i piers, and boi.u-e tlicy bao made a concerted ofToit t'i in duce othtr buiiip'.s men in the poit t' use tin' local 'hir.s and to attvact to tlv poit tin- trade of all the territory nat ii'-nlly tiibuta-y to it. The oproitumtv for us is as gieatas il ever was for any othri port in the wo Id We know it so well tbat when we a e reminded of it wo tuin away with a we iy sigh anil sav tint it is rn old story. P. it when are we going to t'ike this old stoiy nnd tell il With such -ntlm-dnsm that we shall be as inteiested in it as if wo had heaid it fer the lir-t time and say to oin selves that we mu.st delay no longer to lie up and doing'.' UNCLE DAVE'S BIRTHDAYS TTXCLE DAVE LANE'S bi.thdays come aroui.d all too -i ldt m foi the good r Philadelphia. One might almost wish that the patriarch of the Oiganization might be eighty jeais olu unci hale a'lil hearty once every week. For on h's birth days Uncle Dave speaks his mind. I'e does more. lie speaks the mind of the whole, hard, standpat woild which watchis from the Mdclinos and feels only tolerant pity, amusement or impatience as the struccrlo proceeds foi a better political ideali-m ''n Ameiica. To a regu lar of the old-f.i-hioned older that pas sionate que.st seems vain, futile and some how foolish. "Congi e.c -man Moore would make a good JInvor," said Uncle Pave as the clocks tolled his eightieth year, "because lie has the requisite e;astionomical ability, lie has a better digestion than most Mayors have had." Uncle Pave speaks fiom the hcait. iiel.c , a hland sentence is suggested the ancient ideal a- it appears to one whose long expo 'eneo would qualify him to write a worthy volume upon the "Caie and Feeding of Mayoi;." The school of politics in which Uncle Dave was a post-giaduate wtis always eontmt to lqt a Mayor thift for himself I amid the cares of office, while the busi ness of tho city was conducted bv othtrs. It has never moved for the establishment of a pepsin squad which might trail from banquet to banquet with the municipal ity's chief executive and make his life longer and more endurable. It is con tent to see him do battle on a single eve ning with Clover Cljii terrapin, the crowding entrees of a women's club ban quet and the walloping joints of an Elks' convention dinner. Mr. Moore is an ep"it diner out. But he has other qualifications for the office which Uncle Dave doubtless would re gard as handicaps. He has a habit of thinking and inteivals of coinage and independence. A "leeular" Mayor isn't supposed to be so afflicted. He must be able to weave veib-..l embroideries about any old commonplace so as to enchant all dinner givers in the dirary interlude that follows dosseit. lie mu-t have a strong right aim for handshaking. When old fashioned Mayor.- m other days grew desperate they tctuliated upon those who overfed them with long and devastating quotations of the poilry that relates to tho everlasting hills of this our land. In the meantime, while the Mayor was turned out to play, Uncle Dave and his friends icmnined behind to run the city. The nice thing about an eighty-year-old politician with a mandarin's mind is his frankness. Uncle Dave Lane is not tho only umle who believes that those who hope waste valuable time. Theie, for example, is Undo Joe Cannon, who is older een than Uncle Dave Lane. Uncle Joe has no illusions about American poli tics, lie does not believe in the sincerity of the people themselves or in their ability to get along without bosses to do their thinking for them. Ho will tell you all this with perfect candor. Ho tells the woild. But it may be remarked heie that it is a long time since either Uncle Joe or Uncle Dave won an election on such grounds alone. liecnuse n Iluntiiig Wbiib Still Falls ton, W. Va.,.man ac- (llliud n jag by dliuk ing n well-Unuwn toilet water the state pro hibition ominissioiKT lias put u ban on per fumes iu which alcohol is the principal sol vent. The Mountain State men will,now have to coutent themselves with mountain dew. Children have nt last Keturns Will come into their own, lie High Xow that the state Iiuh grown to appre ciate their value, euro is being. taken that they be kept healthy und happy. They linve Ida) grounds. The poorest nre given a chance to spend a few days in the country. Social centers provide them with amusement and instruction. Within the last week a piece of t'toiind worth $35,000 was turned pver to tho city for a playground, And to cap all another college for thq education of fathcr )cs ckildrtn.uaa DctfU opcntjif. FARMERS AD INTERIM Gossip About Daniel J. Sbern, Dr. H. R. Loux," William J. Roney and Others How Congressman Moore Blocked a Dad. Law y OKOnOK NOX McCAIX F N UXPAIKUATIXCJ last week the names of which- known Plilladelpliiniis who are fanners ad. interim I overlooked several who deserve pioinitietit places in the cntcRory. Indeed. I may sny Mint theie nr" hundreds of Plillndelnliiniis whose names should go on the tester. Later on tliey may. One tiiiilirulnily. lion. Dmlel .1. tflicrn, should be noted. Not because lie it a suc cessful attorney, but for the reason Mint his mum' is iii-i'ii:niil)!. HnUeil with a law. liene (ieinl nnd noted, the Shrrn election Inw, which hns flu'iircil so larfccly iu connection with the new city chiirtcr. Mr. Shorn lins a beautiful home In the PorldnniPti vnllej. It Imideis on the IVrkiniiicii liver nnd is bisected by the state lllKhway. A biK American iliiK lloats dny ninl iiiuht fijnfl n tnll flujisfnfi "" the lawn. Fro'n Apiil to No ember the ex-lesis-Inlnr nnil furiiirr athlete he wns nt one time n star in the old Vcpcr Pont Club's niriM,i i, n nf iiii'vnici if n commuter inoniinu and evening. Judge John M. Patterson was a member nf Mie Ve-iici limine Hie snnic perloil. Tins. 1 added to Mm fact Mint they were bojbood j friends pliniiij; around in old Knirmtiunt I I'm k. nceoiiiiN for the inllmiiey that exists I between these two gentlemen. pjK.lt 1! T.OPX, of the faculty of JefTcr - son Medical College nnd n widely known sing. on. isniinlliirof the fnimcis for pleas ure He dues nut li- "along" the iPcrki- ) omen, but lilci.il! "on it." i His bountiful bungalow is partly built ! m or tliii i c hiiimiiig stream. If he so desires , lie inn fish finm hi wide bnik porch. It lemiiids one of bits of Venice; or the shore I of l.nlfc Ciiiiin. I Direith across the stienm from his home j lisrs n wooded hill. Tor n mile above it the iiu" st tele lies, n gleaming expanse in the sunlight. Hutting down to pour over a big d:i in tliiil .Mild- from the house. I Tin ear or moie ago Doctor T.oux pur I ilu.'cd nn old grist mill. Tt had been stand i ins since lternliitinn.iry days. It projected' ' inlo Hie stream. I He inr.ed the old mill, leaving the mill ' i i"i- w.ill- sHnding. He then built on the 1 loiiiidiitiiins ids villn with wide poiehcs. I Tl i ! :ii o drii,as nnd n wide lawn. I For four dajs of lust wee. Dnitnr Loux I went home in a i-Kiff. The Pcikiomen had I uride an island of Ids resilience. The piinci i pal damage wit- to his extensile ti lick patch. I lie iineior is n pliilo-oplier as well as a siirgimi lie is of the opinion that the uiiidil u ntcrs in subsiding will improve his two acres of lawn. Tn Tin: - one of people of the state leiogni.e that the most piofitable investments of llie government is its insurance company? The state own- nnd operates it. Its ninnnger i- the noliw'. c'lciirotii'. affable and well M'lomcd Williiiin J. Honey. Twenty -Cue cir ncro when lie was nn In -ipiisitive ynung lad around the tn office in City Hall, then under the harge of that sterling eitien, his father, one of the most iMiipetent ofiii ials of his time, they culled him "little Billy Honey." Xo more of that now. Through years of service in the insurance depuitment he him risen to lie manager of the state woikinon's insurance board. The job leipiires nn expert. William J. Roney answers Mint dosei iption. I encountered him as be was leaving bis Philadclnliia btnmh office. He has five other liraneh oflires scattered over the state. This insurance fompnuv insures employes in the industries against ueidcnt and death. Tt do's an enormous business. Mr. ltoiic informed me that its pre mium leceiiits List year cxceedfil ?U'.ri00, nOO; Mint in rtliime it does about 23 per cent of I lie life and nei idenl Insmanee In the i oiinnonwi allli Fin thermoiT. that the company returns premiums, wliirh can he regai ded as profits, of from ,1 to ," per cent to its pnliiv holders. And the slate owns it. AConl) -tor; that has never seen the light of d.n is told about Pr. Francis I). Pnt tciioii. He is a son of ('. Stuiilt Patterson, liii'iiii ier and publicist, nnd u brother of Ceorge Stiiait Patterson, the distinguished ohi"f counsel of the Pennsylvania Hnilroad. Incidental!) . it should not be fmgotten that Francis P Patterson was an officer who sewed with honor in the Spanish -Aiiioiif.in U'ur He hold the rank of mnjiir in the United States Public Health Service as tield direi tor for Penuslvania in tho world war. The nboe services nre mere incidents in nn uniistinll) active life for n comparatively ouiig man. lie has held the position of chief of di- i-ion of industiinl hygiene nnd engineering in tho Hi paitmojit of Labor nt Ilarrisburg for the last live ears. He is nwny up ou ovplnsiws; likewise on tho chemical con stituents of combustibles of all kinds. His pd.ition takes him lo Washington freqiientli nnd his keen ees ore constnntly following Hie nullifications of national legis lation poi tabling to bis varied duties. He found, on one of his visits, thnt a measure hn.l been introduced in Congress at the instuiice of Vun II. Mnnning, chief of the Unite d Slates P.ureaii of Mines, which placed the manufacture, shipment, handling and inspei tion of nil explosives in Mr. Man-' nlng's bund. It even prevented state in spectors from entering such establishments. As a rider of the sundry civil bill it was hoped to push it through. It passed the House and had gone to the SemHe, where it was amended nnd then returned lo the House for concurrence. It wns nt tbi- stnge thnt it fell under the searching eje of Doctor or I should say Major Francis D. Patterson. He went for it like n fox terrier after a Multese cat. And he landed It. Also Mr. Van II. Mau nliiK. The House refused to concur, though pre viously it lind passed' it unanimously. It wns n 'clever piece of work. Doctor Patterson explained the situation to one of the members of Congress from Philadelphia. The latter pointed out the object us well ns the menace of the scheme on the floor of the House. He fought it single-handed. He madr every member see the danger Mint threatened his district. His logic and his eloipieuco completed the work Doctor Pattmoii bad b?gun. His nnmo? J. Hampton Moore! With a scarcity of ug Its Work Cut Out rlcultural labor as a result of the harvest ing anil a surplus of professional end tech nical men and of clerks throughout the state, the United States employment bervice has a chance to prove its usefulness. Alibis nre thick enough In Germany Just now to satisfy a Vclcr. Add bank n?ws Tito man who sits in an overdraft UJWeW cold feet. feE rVi "THERE AINT TO f I 'Vr!-MJf iff 3 9 If fell H i k :?zlm0i -p m ..... mh'a-ftsj "! H ' -"Jj 'S-' Vjjsvi, nai-un"-" HiV;-. -,5'if . .) H'-ftOTMri-lai .-... .., T' ffA-H&aatilmmSS ,.t. - - - .. ..ft - f sjn '-fftf y rjSiSEsit?--iB'" - - ::;r ' j&aMtfi: rXMi&t':.: &r ' - Vrr - ::.. - v - :' - : - - :'J THE CHAFFING DISH Surf Fishing A LL day long ou see them stnnd waist - deep in the surf, fishing. Up on the bendi each one hns n large basket containing (dams for bait, extra hooks nnd lenders, n little can of oil for the reel nnd any particu lar doo-dads dour to the heart of the iudi iduul fisherman. And an old newspaper, all ready to protect the anticipated catcli from the rnjs of the sun. Some of tlieni wear bathing suits; others ruober hip-boots, or simply old clothes Mint won't mind getting wet. If they nre very full of swank they will have n leather belt with a socket to hold the butt of tl.e rod. Every now nnd then jou will see them pacing back waul up the bench, reeling in the, line. They will mutter something about n big strike thnt time, nnd he got away with the bait. With zealous cure they spear some more clam on the hook, twisting it over nnd over tho barb so as to be firmly impaled. Then, with direful precision, they fling the line with its heavy p.wamid sinker far out bejond the line of brcakeis. There they stand. What do they think ' about, one wonders? Put what does any one think about when fishing? That is one of the happy pastimes that don't require much thinking. The long ridges of surf crumble about their knees nnd the sun and keen vital air lull them into a cheerful drowse of the faculties. Do they speculate on the never ending fascination of the leaning walls of water, the ih Mimical melody of the rasp and hiss of the water? Do they watch that indescribable beauty of the breaking wave, a sight ns old as huinunkiud und yet never so described that one who has not seen it could picture it? Tho wave gathers height and speed ns it moves toward the sand. It seems to pull itself together for the last plunge. The first wave that ever rolled up to a beach probably didn't break. It just slid. It wns only the second wnve thnt broke curled over in that curious way. For our theory which may be entirely wrong is that the breuking is due to the undertow of previous waves. After a wave sprawls up on the beach, it niiis swiftly back. This receding under currentyou can feel it very strongly if you nre swimming just in front of a large wave about to bieak digs in beneath tho nd vniuing hill of water. It cuts away the foundations of Mint hill, which naturally topples over at the crest. The wave of water leans nnd haugs for a delaying iustant. The actual cascade may begin ut one end and run along the length of the ridge ; it may begin ut both ends and twirl inward, meeting in the middle; it may (but very rarely) begiu Iu the middle and wink outward. As one wave is at its height, before jt fulls over, the fisbermnn sees the sunlight gleaming through it an ecstasy of perfect lucid green, with the glimmer of jellow sand behind. Then, for a brief mo mentso brief that the details can never be memorised he sees u clear crystal screen of water falling forward. Another iustant, and it Is nil a boil of snowy suds seething about his legs. He may watch it a thousand times, u million times: it will never be old, never wholly familiar. Color varies from hour to hour, from day to day. Sometimes bluu or violet, sometimes green-olive or gray. Tho backwash tugs at bis boots, hollowing out little channels under his feet. The sun wraps him round like a mnntle; the salt crusts and thickens in his hair. And theu, when he has forgotten everything save the rhjtlim of the falling waves, there comes a sudden tug He reels in, nnd a few curious bathers stand still iu the surf to see what he has got. They are inclined to be scornful.- It is such a little fish'. One would think 'thnt such n vast body of water would be ashamed to yield only so small a prize. Never mind. He bus compensations they wot not of. Moreover although he would hardly admit it himself the llslilng business is only a pre text. How else could a grown man with grizzled hair have an excuse to stand all day paddling iu the surf? Aintpdcal friend of ours saysthut lie is 11)19 NO NOURISHMENT IN THAT, FOR MEJ" .' r - : - :. - - ' - ..."" - Chaffing Dish Pines," nnd we hold this to be the most genial compliment we have yet encountered. Maids, -Wives and Widows The Romance of an Easterner from the West , By Harry Levenkrone CHAPTUH 2 "NO. N'O. -Vo, jou shant sheriff il-elilo his fate." flhont hlni. let tlio 8ftld the woman In t. ,. .. . m irinu "Well If jou siv u, I will lot sou win. hut vnu tell w f veu ..rn Mlwl Kaver, tho sweet little anirtl inv father trlpd tn me?" 'Yep," ..Mia she "i ,1In Jnu flatterer." smlllnelv Blie uM "ana If jnu dnn't stop I will nil you with coffee or pic, which?" .''N'o. better flit me, with lead." mid I. "and I II li"t ou after we nre In the house that vou dire not shoet mo I'll hot mv horse against a tyHs the one tho murderer wanted " "Its a hot " he s-ild nnd rulllntr from her socket the mm looked It over nnd put It back nnd remarked with a smile, "j-ou win when do jou wnnt r" "Itlsrht now " sild 1 nnd both wnlklnir Into tho home walked oer to her, and sot my share, fifteen at leiit ' The .Sun was now down nnd the nlfrht was np-li-nipliin.i and thlnl.lm? If oer I said to Mnbol. "We better let the Kimllt sleep hero because If we tr to run him over to tho sheriff's we mlrht be s. Id up end relieved of our burden the bindlt. "Your rlcht, down the cellar with him," cama the replv from her That nlsht I slept with the bandit In the cellar and noililnff worth mentioning hami-ned. Another mornlnff came nnd after breakfast we were on our wav to the sheriff. We reached there before noon nnd the streets were bepinntnsr lo do business We stopped nt tho sheriff's and he recoffnlred our captie nnd said, "Hoy a reward Is out for him and j'ou eet it. The reward Is -,onn and cash to, for tho capture of "Hard Dolled nd " - Not to me but to uer, I said. "No to jou." she replied, "you saved me nn captured the murderer." "WVU hand It over and lets be on our way." "Who are jou?' Inquired the sheriff. ' Wilbur Treemnn, eon of Illll Freeman the man who was killed by this bandit." I said lfilntlntr toward the murderer of my father. "Well Ikj.v, jou nre lucky j'our here, j'our the richest man In town." "How's that?" I asked. "Well, jour father left you a farm, ranch. J-0 (ioo and many other estates on condition that jou marry this (rlrl. Mnbol Kaj'er." "Xot now and by the way 1 need your help." "I'm with you," I raid and ernsped her hand. "Homo James," was my next piece of dia logue. (To be -continued) Who's Whom "The malefactors must be punished, regardless of whom they are." District Attorney's office. The owl exclaimed. "To whit1 To who!" Alas! No rules of speech he knew, lllso ho had said. "To wit: to whom," And shamed tho lax composlnff room. For wiser birds with less excuso Oft damn their diction by abuse, "lleirardless" quite ;'of whom they ac, Such slipshod scribes our senses Jar, Or. borrowins a Hocrstic note, vThelr carelessness achieve pur roat. "Of whom they arel" O, Holy Smoke! This. I maintain. Is not a Joke, He doth our nicer Instincts bruise Who who's his whom's or whom s his who's. SISirLE SIMON. It took a world war to mnki tho wrist watch manly transfer it from the category of jewelry to thnt of .timepiece. Now we wonder what "would bo necessary to lift the spat from the level of haber dashery into that of wearing apparel. A City Notebook A quarter to one a. ni and a hot, silent night. As one walks up Chestnut street a distant ronring h heard, which rapidly grows louder. The soTuid has a note of terrifying menace. Then, careering down the almost deserted highway, comes a huge yater,-tnnk, throbbing like an airplane. A creamy sheet of water, shot out at high pressure, floods the street on each side, dashing up on tho pavements. A knot of belated revelers in front of a hotel, Standing in mid-street, to discuss ways nnd mean's of getting home, skip nimbly to one side, the Indies lifting up their dresses with ahrill squeaks of alarm as the water splashes round them. Pedes trians plodding quietly up the street cower fearfully against Mio buildings, while a fine mist envelops them. After the tufok comes, moro leisurely, n squad of brooms. The street is 'dripping, every sewer opening clucks nnd gurgles with the falling water. There is something un believably humorous In the wny that roaring Niagara of. water dashes madly down the pilent street. There is a note of Irony in It, too, for the depressed enthusiasts who hnve becu sitting all evening In a restaurant over lemonade and ginger nlc Perhaps the chauffeur U a prohibitionist gone mad. PRESCIENCE T KNOW that there is nothing dies, - Though all things seem to pass Like images that come and go llefleetcd in a glnss, Or shadows blown through rippling fields Of windy meadow-grass. The resurrection of the dawn Is just as golden still ; The beauty of the evening star Sets twilight's hush athriil, Enthroned in silver nt the top Of some enchanted hill. And so I hold a dreaming sense Of wonder yet to be, A prescience of greater things Than life has brought to me Eternal dawn nnd silver star Of immortality ! Harry Kemp In the New Tori; World. Uncle Dave Lane's favorite hymn must be "Moore and Moore." Sonic soft drinks continue to have hard 'prices. Speaking of "active minorities," Senator liornh is a pestiferous example of the power they can exercise. President Wilson is just about ready to put all his cards on the table but, maybe, some of them will be face down. It was confidently declared thnt the side walks yesterday were(so hot that one might have fried eggs on them; but with eggs at present prices nobody thought of making the experiment. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What is lagnlnppe? 2. Where is Hunnuco? 3. What Is meant by the phrase "Merry as a grig"? 4. For whom was Tale University named? 5. Who was Peter Pindar? G. AVho said, "The gratitude of place expectants is a lively sense of future favors." 7. Where nre the Andaman Islands? 8. What is a canun? 0. Where is Rotten Row? 10. What is a winch? Answers to Yesterday's Qulr Judge Septimus J. Hnnnn, of Pasadena, Calif., is known as the Grand Old Man of Christian Science. The father of the daylight saving move ment wns William Willett, nn Eng lishman, who published, In 1007, a booklet on "The Waste of Daylight."- "Nuances" are "shades" or delicate differences of meaning, feeling, opin ion, color, etc, On the outbreak of the Civil War Vir ginia decided to join the seccdlnc btntcs, a course objected to by the' western part of the state,, which ia 18G3 was admitted into the 'Union as West Virginia. Italph Waldo Emerson said, "Next to D. tho originator oi a good isenteucs ia the first quoter of It." i 0. King John of England (1107-1210) was known in his boyhood as. Lackland, 7, Mississippi is sometimes called the Ba you State. i 8. "Idaho" is. an Indjan .name meaning "Gem of the Mountains." , p. Ellas Howo completed the first sewing machine In 18-15. 10 Senor Don Franslsco Tudela y Vnrria if ambassador to tlie Uulfcd States frdw.-1 1 ,; -Priil . . . - r a n' i V - '9 c - JvJLt
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