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All rightr n republication of special dit pitches herein ire also reserved. rhilidtlphia, Ufdnridav, Aufuit 20. 191 A GOOD USE FOR JAILS pONFERENCKS like thnt held here '"' yesterday by Attorney General Palmer and others interested directly in the reduction of living costs show clearly that federal departments are now rela tively helpless and that, like the public at large, they must turn to Congress for assistance in the emergency. The food administration cannot be or ganized with volunteers. War psychology gave Mr. Hoover's organization its potency. The war is supposed to be over. Existing laws are inadequate to meet the needs of the hour. It is the im perative duty of Congress to concentrate its attention on this one towering ques tion. When laws are made to curb the food gamblers they ought to provide not fines alone, but jail sentences. Fines are easily paid if you happen to be making millions in illicit profits. But there arc a good many plungers in the food mar kets who might go slower if they were confronted with the prospect of ten years at Atlanta. THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION TN NAMING a candidate for Mayor the Democratic city committee preserves a harmless tradition. Harry D. Wcscott, son of former Attorney General Wescott, of New Jersey, its choice this year, is re garded as able and he is well liked in the community. So far as politics goes, how ever, it is evident that sentiment is one of his chief attributes. For sentiment alone must be the mo tive of any one accepting a Democratic nomination for municipal office here un- -- . less, as has sometimes happened in the jj, past, political bartering has been the a motive. The city is Republican and will Jf remain so. ..J T"Ma van mAn U ..- I r. U ., i but) muit; UMiii etui, ; Hie ffl.lt-- f tical futility of writing a Democratic ticket evident. An anti-machine candi date who is also a Republican is the type that appeals most to the best ranks of the Philadelphia electorate. Such a nominee for Mayor is in prospect in J. Hampton Moore. A quaint parody of the rcully signifi cant campaign here is provided in the fact that the Democratic primaries are to have their little battle. Mr. Wescott's rival, supported by the "Bonniwell Demo crats," is former Congressman Michael Donohoe. The outcome, so far as the future gov ernment of Philadelphia is concerned, is of no consequence. The most that the little group of willful local Democrats can hope for is that their party will not be used here for base trading schemes. Under the old Ryan-Donnelly domination its extinction was morally preferable to its existence. r V A JUUUt IN A t-uu JUDGE PATTERSON did not say that because it was comfortable, especially in face of an uncertainty. That kind of talk would at least have been understand able. The five reasons which he does give are not. His "firstly" expresses deep concern for pending cases before him "that have not been decided." Such sensitiveness is somewhat belated. It failed to disturb him sufficiently to deter him from play ing a role which, if the public should sup port him, would eventually lead to his . retirement, irom me juagesnip to wnicn he now so affectionately clings. His "secondly" evinces ignorance of "a judge resigning without finishing the public business before him." He appar ently never heard, of course, of Charles EVans Hughes and Alton B. Parker, two of the many who drew the sharp line between the impartiality of the judiciary and the special pleading of politics. His reference to other sitting judges who are running to succeed themselves is beside the point and puerile. His, "thirdly" emphasizes itgard for the people of Philadelphia who elected him a judge. But what then will be their feelings if he throws down that office in November? His "fourthly" points to the desires of members of the bar that he should hang on until election day. Naturally the amiable judge has friends. But what is fche bearing of that fact on the actual merits of the question involved? His "fifthly" cites "the right of the humblest citizen to run for office." Sure. He is entitled, if he likes, to be a candidate for Mayor. But he defies all good precedent and practice here by re , taining a judge's commisbion during his campaign. This is indeed, as he says, ''the land of opportunity." Nothing would make that clearer than an oppor tune resignation. LAWLESSNESS DE LUXE TIJJF, everything else that appeals on .samfivUt reason, the New York stTeet-ear strike served a good purpose in the final analysis. . Llko the recent imperial gestures of the railway brotherhoods, it helped to wake the pcoplo up. It permitted them to get a good look at the powers that threaten to make life intolerable for them. Conscienceless labor leaders on one hand and conscienceless corporation men on the other were shown frantically trying to outdo each other in n tussle for loot. The public, which suffered acutely, can not but wo wiser now and better able to deal with the whole general problem of utilities. If the militant capitalists and militant labor leaders find themselves left before long without the public sympathy that is necessary to the survival of any organization in this country they will have such demonstrations as that re cently made in New York to blame for the disaster. Tho general public is organized, too. Its union representatives sit in the Legis latures and in Congress. The vehicle of its purpose is the law of the land. Sooner or later it will institute leprisals and in sist upon justice, and its leaders will have to do its bidding. Then we shall see something new in the way of united no tion. MR. TAFT BUILT THE BRIDGE FROM WHITE HOUSE TO CAPITOL The President and the Senators Meet on His Conciliatory Plan for "Interpretations" TXTHEN the history of the ratification ''of the peace treaty is written the credit for harmonizing the differences be tween the President and the Senate will without doubt be given to William How ard Taft. In his famous letter to Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican national com mittee, Mr. Taft suggested that in order to remove any misapprehension about the American understanding of the treaty tho ratifying resolution should be ac companied by a scries of "interpreting paragraphs." Until he made tho sugges tion there had been talk of nothing but "reservations." Reservations are radically different from interpretations. They involve a re fusal to assent to a proposition in its original form. Interpretations involve merely an explanation of the understand ing of the meaning of the proposition to which one assents. The word "interpretation" is the bridge across the chasm between the Capitol and the White House. The President made this clear in his conference with the Senate committee on foreign relations yesterday afternoon. After suggesting certain explanations of the meaning of the most discussed arti cles of the covenant of the league of na tions he remarked: "There can be no reasonable objection to such interpretations accompanying the act of ratification, provided they do not form a part of the formal ratification itself." Whether they form a part of the rati fying resolution or not seems to be a detail of little consequence. The point to be noted at this time is that the Presi dent, after having let it be understood that he was opposed to everything but a categorical assent to the treaty as a whole, has decided to meet the wishes of the Senate so far as to agree with those senators who desire by clarifying expla nations to make it sure that the United States surrenders no essential rights and binds itself in no unconstitutional way to obligations which it is not willing to bear. Tho President was most conciliatoiy in his formal address and in his answer to the questions put to him afterward. He reminded the committee that when he met its members last March and dis cussed with them the first draft of the league covenant they made certain objec tions to it. An attempt had been made, he said, to meet those objections. The Monroe Doctrine has been safeguarded in language which seemed to the peace com missioners adequate to exempt it from the jurisdiction of tho league. The inter ference by the league in domestic ques tions, such as immigration, the tariff and naturalization, had been forbidden. The United States was not the only power interested in the preservation of its right to fix its own policy in these matters. The right of a state to withdraw from the league was clearly defined and there was nobody created which could question that right or could prevent a nation from withdrawing when it chose and under such conditions as satisfied its sense of national honor. And Article X, which guarantees the territorial integrity of the members of the league from external aggression, placed no legal obligation on any nation to act in accordance with the advice of the council. The President explained he had been at especial pains to mako it per fectly clear to the conference that the final action of America rested with Con gress under our constitution. He in sisted, of course, that Article X was the very backbone of the league and thnt without it "the league would be hardly more than an influential debating so ciety." Tho President is clearly willing that the interpretations shall make it clear that the Monroe Doctrine is exempt from league jurisdiction, that internal ques tions of internal policy shall not be con sidered by the league council and that the United States is not expected to take any action under Article X without the express direction of Congress. These are substantially the interpreta tions which Mr. Taft suggested not quite a month ago. They embody the under standing of a majority of the Senate re garding the meaning of the treaty and they do not modify its provisions in any particular. When the President asked a commit tee of members of the League to Enforce Peace to consider the question of inter pretations a week or so ago his formal approval of such n course as Mr. Taft had suggested was foreshadowed. Con sequently the conference at the White House yesterday may be regarded as re moving allpossible doubt about the early ratification of the treaty in such a way as to save the face of those supersensi tive senators who were timid about it in the first place. The Democratic senators, with, one and pdssibly two exceptions, will vote for jfc, About twenty-flvo Republicans arc needed to make the necessary two-thirds majority. Knox and Lodge and Brando gee and Borah may vote against the treaty till the cows come home without being able to defcut it, provided twenty five of their Republican brethren disagree with them. The irrcconcilablcs may be expected to fight to the last ditch for reservations, which, as the President points out, would delay ratification nil around and postpone the restoration of peace conditions, without which the or derly processes of industry cannot be re sumed and without which it will be im possible to restore American trade rela tions with Gcrmnny. But the Irrccon cilablcs cannot defeat it. It is morally certain that the foreign relations committee will report the treaty to the full Senate in the near future. Then, after each senator has freed his mind upon it, the final vote will be taken. Tho discussion thus far hag not been without value. It has clarified the think ing of the Senate and the longer it con tinued the clearer it became that the Peace Conference, performed a difficult task with surprising wisdom. It is not such a treaty as Mr. Wilson would have written if left to himself, nor such as would have been written by Senator Lodge or Lloyd George or Clemcnccau or Orlando or any one else. They all admit that it is made up of compromises and concessions. There is sense enough in the Senate to refrain from trying to re write the whole document as it would have it without considering th wishes of any other nation. It has already been ratified by Eng land. When it is ratified by the United States and France all its provisions will go into effect. The ratification by the United States will hasten the approval by France. It is of so great importance thnt the United States be a party to it and be a member of the league of nations that it is not at all likely that any power will question the interpretations which we put upon it. Rather, they will all say that they understand it to mean just what we say it means. Thus .out of all the babel and confu sion, the denunciation and recrimina tion, the bitterness and spleen which ac companied the formation and considera tion of this remarkable document, at last come order and rationality and calm ness just as the average man thought it would all along; and much of the credit for this happy approaching consumma tion must be awarded to the reason, dis cretion and sound judgment of the great est Republican statesman in or out of the Senate Mr. Taft. DIVIDENDS FROM GOOD NATURE? SINCE August, 1918, $3,000,000 has been added voluntarily to the wages of the P. R. T. employes. There have been no strikes and rumors of an agitation for eight-cent fares proved to be unfounded. A letter from Mr. Mitten to the working force of the lines explains these happy circumstances. It is an odd sort of let ter to read in the light of what is going on in New York and New Jersey street car lines. "We want more rides at five cents, not less rides at a higher fare," writes the P. R. T.'s president. Trolley crews are asked to be amiable with patrons. A ride on a street car is to be made "a pleasant experience." That will be diffi cult in the rush hours, but perhaps it can be managed. The motorman will keep his eye alert for passengers on sparse corners. He is asked to pass none of them, but to "catch" all short-distance riders and "pick up all the nickels." Smiling pleasantly he will waft each con tented citizen to his destination without delay and slip another nickel into tho company treasury instead of letting it lie in the pocket of an angry walker. Here is a bright new policy of sales manship. There arc car rides for sale under a theory of big business and small profits. Everybody is to be made happy if the tiling can bo done. The sleety minded old buccaneers who used to run street railways twenty years ago would have called all this visionary and that is why they are extinct. The newer doc trine is bringing in the money, keeping fares down and wages up. Those who are still Echoes banking on Kolchak might feel a bit more comfortable if the latest military dictator in Russia wore not talking in a vein strongly siiRROstive of (ionoriil Ludcndorff's outgiv ings in the days when his army was re tiring 'triumphantly" to defeat and chnoa. II begins to look as if The Public the stage strike will be Is I'aiient vttled nmicably. Will audiences ever strike? Who uill lend n public demonstration against managers, authors and aclors alike In insist, let us say. upon one good play, one good song and one new joke a year? I'erhaps the theory is that food hoarders uill become scared by reading of the nu merous schemes to drive them out of busi ness. The farmers knocked the daj light out of majority rule when the House passed the bill repealing daj light saving. He is a wise witness who reads a pre pared statement before submitting to cross exuininatiou. All too soon there will be nothing left of I'ncle Sam's entry into the grocery busi ness but u beggarly array of empty cans. Wonder if the senators thought they weie going to have another Henry Ford on the stand? The purchase of a home by the ex-kaiser Is expressive of a doubt that the Allies will provide him with one. The President's refusal to confer with them adds a drop of bitterness to the Cali fornia wine growers' cup. Having won his strike, ,thc wise New York street-ear man will follow his own advice and mind his step. Judge Patterson has decided to remain on the bench. Then how can he expect to make a hit or a run? Archduke Joseph of Hungary is n dic tator who readily submits to dictation. Wnuii't it atmnlv nivfnl if tlmt I ti...i l ,...".. . .- ,- ........ ... .,.. , n,,-t, 1 Stair officer iu Mexico to bunco a bandit? CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER Shipping Board Keeps Cuban Sugar Out of the Market Interest of Physicians In the May oralty Fight rnHH high cost of living Is the big thing now. Many remedies are suggested, but there are some who hold that nothing short of a financial catastrophe f some sort or other will bring prices down. Internation alism h suggested by others, n leveling, as it were, of economic conditions very inurh as President Wilson proposed in one of hli earlier messages. Attorney (Jencral I'almcr is talking tight, but up to date little has been done In the way of prosecutions. Why? For one thing, it is difficult to throw n stone at profiteers without hitting somebody who is close to court. While in Philadelphia the other day, Mr. Palmer talked about the price of sugar. lie thought the sugar condi tions outrageous, and yet we are told here that certain operators hnve volunteered to bring sugar from Cuba to relieve the situation, but are held down by the shipping board. The shipping board has been under suspi cion for some time because of Its interna tional relationship-". It is clear as n whistle that foodstuff are going lo waste in Florida nnd on Islands like I'orto Itico because trans portation cannot be had. Congress has ap pointed a live investigating committee, with Joseph Walsh, of Massachusetts, nt the head, nnd we will know more about ships and shipping conditions when it gets under full swing. The committee is stnrting its work iu California and Washington, but it will come Kast in due course. The cost of con struction nnd waste which enter into the cost of living ultimately are among the things to be investigated. JOHN P.. PARSONS has passed away. He was one of those semipublic men who earned his way to distinction. He was never too proud lo let it be known that he had started as a car conductor. When ho became head of the traction lines he knew the busi ness, and thnt is why Widener and Elkins likerl him. It's a good thing to have that kind of foundation. Thnt's the way the Diss ton' Saw Works developed in Tacony. The Disslon boys usunlly started right. They knew how to make saws beforn they under took lo manage the big business. QJAMCDL KDELMAN. a bright joungster from Ihe Third District, obtained an ap pointment to West Point, some jenrs ago, but did the unusual thing of resigning lo go into the consular service. All through the war Kdelman. who had become an accom plished linguist, speaking seven or eight languages, was most useful to the State De partment. There were times when he was obliged in the Far Fast to mix with pashas and other oriental potentates as if he were one of them, and nil this on u salary which ranged from $1!00 to about iKM) at the best. When the Turks were assaulting the Armenians early in the war Kdelman was of great service in saving life. Sometimes by reason of his acquaintanceship he was aide to stay the hand of the avenger against whole colonies. Hut the government is not a liberal employer, nnd Kdelman, who mar ried an Knglish girl nnd is now a happy father, after waiting for the government to recognize fittingly his services, bus gone into a Near Fast entei prise which is sup ported very largely by Charles .1. Webb, the Philadelphia wool man. PHILADELPHIA medical men are taking a lively interest in the mnjoralty cam paign. Some of them do not like the way the coroner's office has been conducted, but most of them are anxious to have the city cleaned up. Doctor Anders, who was a lead er in the movement for clean streets, attrib uted the "flu" very largely to the germ laden thoroughfares. It is a curious thing, but the opiuion holds in the medical profes sion that the healthier people are the better it is for the doctors, and looking at it from the practical apart from the humanitarian viewpoint, it is reasonable to presume thnt the people are more cheerful payers when they are happy and prosperous. They are not so well able to pay when the town is overrun by an epidemic. But as to the majoralty campaign, listen to Dr. L. Web ster Fox. who has been summering in Col orado: "Wherever 1 go I hear constantly quoted against us that horrible slogan 'cor rupt and contented.' This blot on the es cutcheon of Philadelphia must be wiped out." TOH" McWADE is out in Idaho. He is -E-) "conciliating" for the Department of Labor. Robert says the political power of organized labor is growing immensely nnd that many of the labor leaders look to tho pab6ing away of the two great political par ties. He says the universally exorbitant prices demanded by unprincipled and avari cious profiteers for food of all kinds nrc the chief cause of labor unrest. He looks for the creation of new political parties, and gives Senator Miles Poindexter a bigger send off than any other man in the Northwest. He says Poindexter is stronger than "pretty Hill liorah." CONGRESSMAN VAKE'S announcement that he does not want state honors, but prefers to remain in Washington until he can become chairman of the all-important committee on appropriations, is a topic of interest in Washington. Mr. Vnre was put on Jlhe appropriation committee shortly after his arrival in Congress upon the relinquish ment of that honor by W. W. Griest. of Lancaster, who had prior claim to it, but who was satisfied to remain on the committee on postofficqs nnd postroads, Mr. Vare went on at the foot of the list like all other new members with a reasonable possibility of reaching the chairmanship at a remote period, but swift changes in mem bers ranking above him occurred. Several were defeated; the head man, Mr. (illicit, was elected speaker; another prior member, Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming, was elected lead pr, until finally the list stood Good, of Iowa, first; Davis, of Minnesota, second, and Vare, of Pennsylvania, third. That left Uncle Joe Cannon, who came back to Congress after Vare was put on the committee, behind the latter. Today, therefore, Mr. Vare stands very close to being chairman. SENATOR PENROSE has not been able to help out ery much in the leaguc-of-nations fight because of "pressing business," which keeps him in Philadelphia and New York. Senator Lodge and others of the Re publican leaders are hoping for his return, because his judgment and influence in party matters arc appreciated more than is gen erally understood at home. The Washing ton "statesmen, who have learned to enjoy the senior senator's wit in debate, are be ginning to think Pennsylvania has an end-less-chain campaign. They do not under stand what it means to be up against the Vares, the Lanes nnd the Martins us much an Penrose does. They know about the Vares and they enjoy the touches of philosophy that percolate through the papers from Uucle Dave Lane, but they really wish thnt Penn sylvania factionalism might come to an end. The judge evidently believes lu having an anchor to windward, even if It does seem to show a belief that its opponent will be I elected. ALL THE THRILLERS DON'T HAPPEN IN MEXICO iiil1'1'' AM yS - is captur&d by BANDITS 3nd . afr- expert dreadful to here Jijcuj, THE CHAFFING DISH News Item in 2019 Washington. Aug. 'JO.--The American pu nitive expedition into Mexico, to chastise the insolent bandits who recently dropped mothballs on the Secretary of War from an airplane, crossed the border this morning. The War Department has addressed to the Mexican (!ocrnmcnt one of the most strin gent notes ever compiled. Lost and Found LOST: The good old tlajs. Liberal re ward for return of same and no embarrassing questions asked. Everj'bodj. Everywhere. North Pi'iin I'.ank busters must be grateful to their fellow-plunderers the Mexican ban dits for relieving them of some of the un enviable space on the front page. Every one must wish that the $7."IIO saved by Captain Matlack when he rescued Lieu tenant Davis could be divided between them. Hut the voucher for that money will prob ably be passcil round the offices of the War Department for fifty years and O.K'd and referred and tiled a thousand times. One of the fellows who ought to be com mitted for contempt of courtship is the dmp who married eight women and says he con ducted all his wooing in n ?-'(! sack suit. Another man we have it in for is the one who sews the buttons on Pal in Peach suits. It seems to us that a week is such a brief career for a trouser button. We hope that when the Kaiser really does leave Ainerongen Mrs. llcutiuck will be able to get a nice long vacation. Fall house cleaning will be coming ulnnn soou, the winter curtains will have to be put up, anil it would be such a relief to know whether the spare room will have to be done over. And Tongue Sandwich Is 15 Cents Everybody knows the little pay-checks that ton get in the lunchrooms, the kind that say nt the bottom, "Please Pay Highest Amount Punched lo the Cashier." We thought it was a very sinister omen when we saw the other day that a lunchroom we frequent had laid in a new stock of these checks. The "'Highest Amount" printed mi the old checks was seveuty cents, but the new kind run up lo a dollar. Bring Them Along Dear Socrates: When my father died he bequeathed me a steady income of three Ideas a year. The course of my business does not compel me to use these up very rapidly, and It has occurred to me that some of the surplus might be intern! to you. I have been hoarding them, I wonder what they would be worth lo jou? t.ODFREV. The Downfall of George Snipe A Story With a Concealed Moral GEORGE SNIPE was an ardent book lover, and sat in the smoking car iu a state of suspended ecstasy. He had been invited out lo Mandrake Park to visit the library of Mr. Genial Girth, the well-known collector of rare autographed books. De voted amateur of literature as he was, George's humble career rarely brought him into contact with bookish treasures, and n tremulous, excitement swnm through his brain as he thought of the glories he was about to see. In his devout meditation the train carried him a station beyond his alighting place, and he ran frautically back through the well-groomed suburban countryside in order to reach Mr. Girth's homo ou time. They went through the library together. Mr. Girth displayed all his fascinating prizes with generbun good nature, and George grew excited. The palms of his hands were clammy with agitation. All round the room, 'en cased in scarlet slip-covers of tooled morocco, on fireproof shelves, were the priceless booty of the collector. Here waa Charles Lamb's Kuinya ot Ella, inscribed by the author to the woman he loved. Here tra a copy J meA... y-jMrM . -tnt (.' -stjBm rv- vj joro&uish imr i. i enceo" too s.r SA i' lnt 1 Paradise Lost, signed by John, Milton. Here was a "Hamlet" given by Shakespeare to Ilaeon with the inscription, "Dear Frank, don't you wish you could have written some thing like this?" Here waB the unpublished manuscript of a story by Robert Louis Ste venson. Here was a note written by Doc tor Johnson to the landlord of the Cheshire Cheese, refusing to pay a bill nnd accusing the tavern-keeper of profiteering. Here were Milumcs autographed by Goldsmith, Keats. Shelley. Poe, Ilyron, DeFoe. Swift, Dickens. Thackeray and all the other great figures of modern literature. Poor George's agitation became painful. His head buzzed as he surveyed the faded signatures of all these men who had become the living figures of his day-drcains. His eye rolled .-Hilly in its orbit. Just then Mr. Girth was called out of the room, and left George alone among the treasures. Just at what instant the mania seized him we shall uever know. There were pen and an inkpot on the table, and tho frenzied lover of books dipped the quill deep in the dark bine fluid. He ran eagerly to the shelves. The first volume he saw was a copy of "Lornn Doone." In' it he wrote "Affectionately yours, R. D. Hlackmorc." Then came Longfellow's poems. He scrawled "With deep esteem, Henry W. Longfellow" on the flyleaf. Then three volumes of Ma caulay's "History of Eugland." In the first he jotted "I have always wanted you to hnve these admirable books, T. II. M." In "The Mill on the Kloss" he wrote "This comes to you still warm from the press, George Eliot." The next book happened to be a copy of Edgar Guest's poems. In this he inscribed "You are the host I love the best. This is my boast. Yours, Edgar Guest." In a copy of Browning's Poems he wrote "To my dear and only wife, Elizabeth, from her devoted Robert." In a pamphlet reprint 'of the Gettysburg Speech he penned "This is straight stuff, A. Lincoln." Hut perhaps his most triumphant exploit was signing a copy of the Rubnijat thus: "This book is given to the Auti-Saloon League of Naisha pur by that thorn in their side, O. Khay j u m." lly the time the ambulance reached Mr. Girth's home (Jeorge was completely beyond control. He was taken away screaming bc cu use he had not had a chance to autograph a copy of The Songs of Solomon. Notes In Independence Square The Chaffing Dish, always first with the news that really matters, paid a call on Fred Hckersburg and George Illoom, the friendly engineer and carpenter who reside iu the basement of Independence Hall. They informed us that searchlights are about to be erected on the roof of the Hall, to light up the tower nt night. When this news gets into the papers, as it will shortly, you nrc privileged to remark that you read it first iu the Dish. Fred and George arc always hospitable, and urge the wayfarer to tarry a while. Fred can always dig tip something Interesting from his remarkable collection of relics. With a mystic air lie produced a dangerous looking tlask, cased iu wlckir. Our heart reared up, and for a moment we thought that here, iu the very palladium and bullseyc of Ihe American constitution, we were to have a chance to thwart the eighteenth amend ment. Wc shook the fJngon, expecting to hear a swash and swirling of good cheer. Empty. We looked Inquiringly at Fred, and he explained that it was tho II ask in which water from the Washington Sprlog nt Valley Forge was brought to Independence Hall on the Fourth of July a few years ago, for Presldem Wilson to drink. It looks as though George Washington, who is now lying under canvas on tho west side of Independence Hall, is going to keep his lowly and Inglorious posture for some time. For we observe that a neat little wooden crafct ku toe built round him, BCCSATEA- - o Mr.. Hi FLYJiK, is Forced to land J Mfc, ftf -.Jt Vfi" TjHcLt- Sam Vvj.sS Slurbec. co htJ rescue.. 1 NEXT TO NOTHING When Miss McFlimny once inveighed against a lack sartorial That minimized enjoyment of a femiuin display She voiced the cry of Mother Eve who in grove arboreal Put lig-leaves on the fashion plate, to ruli there for a day. In silk or fig-leaf petticoat Upon hyperbole they dote 1 And so I earnestly deelnre That when they say they've naughl lo wear They mean just next to nothing! Dear Eve and Flora ! Ulcss your hcarti, each of you is the prototype Of girlies of today we see iu ballroom, beach or street, lu arms and necks and shoulder-blades you'll very quickly note a typo Of feminine complaint that's old as it la sometimes sweet. The girls of old were sometimes free Indulging in hjperbolc; Hut modern girlies, I declare. j Are right in saying that they wear -Well really next to nothing! GRIF ALEXANDER. Judge Patterson's live reasons for not quitting the beuch are discounted by the. one reason that such quittance would b right and proper. Have you patronized Uncle Sam's bar gain counter yet? When the cider is hard it is soft for . the toiler. A sinner is more endurable than a baint with a grievance. What Do You Knoiv? QUIZ 1. What army is replacing the American troops which arc evacuating the Rhln area? 1'. Who wrote that in Eugland it was necessary to execute an admlrul now and then "to encourage the others"? If. Who was called the "Napoleon of Mexico"? 1. What is said to be the origin of the word jingo? 5. Which is the deepest of the Great Lakes? (I. Who succeeded Lord Teunysou as poet laureate of England? 7. Who was the ruler of France 100 yeara ago? 8. How many standard times arc used la the Fnited States? !). Who wrote the music of the grant! opera "The Huguenots"? 10. How many Presidents of 'the United States died a natural death in office, and who were they? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz I. Hamburg is the largest city iu.Germany after Ilerlin. U. A begum is a Hindu queen ,or lady ot high rank. . a. Chaucer is ca)led the father of Eng lish poetry. 1. El Dorado is Spnuish and menus the glided. 5. Alaska was acquired by the United States from Russia in 1807. 0. Letters of marque arc licenses to fit out armed vessels and tynploy them In the capturo of the .enemy's merchant shipping. 7. Edgar Allan Poe was born in Hoston. 8. The St. Mihiel offensive began on September 12, 1018. 0, Velasquez Is regarded as. the greatest of Spanish painters, i 1ft, . Jackstaff of p -Wu U the flsg'v! V.rt lwv. ' " . O JdaW Eftfl.ft4felA,V- J iHUrfH .htfimttf imm 4mMMtJ-ii
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