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Tneidir, Scplfrab'r :, I'D POLITICS AND PATRIOTISM TT WAS shen men were being drafted -for the new army that ward politics 111 ( America achieved the ultimate depth of j debasement. In almost every community . there were a few cowards who tried to J sneak out of the service, to play false I with the country and with better men I by avoiding a plain duty with the aid of 1 a petty boss. Only a few succeeded. The 1 character of the American people as it was reflected in the service boards was 1 proof against this sort of corruption. It is not surprising, therefore, to hear Georgo W. Long, who was chairman of one of the Philadelphia draft boards, charge Vare lieutenants with complicity in behalf of ward favorites vho evaded, or tried to evade, military service. Such efforts were to hae been expected. Sig nificant as Mr. Long's charges are of the mental squalor underlying sections of the organization, they arc not to be ac cepted as an exclusive indictment of the Vare method. The indictment is broader than that It fits the whole ward system of municipal control as it is now organ ized in most American cities. WHERE ALL THINGS WAIT ALL peoples and all governments have invariably found, after trying every other method, that reason alone can set tle their troubles and adjust their differ ences. Wars and violence never seemed so futile as they seem now. Resolutions to" provide for an indus trial conference such as President Wilson mentioned in his statement of yesterday are already "pentiing" in the House and the Senate. Why should such resolutions "pend" ? It seems to be the desire of the Presi dent to have a full and fair representa tion of labor, capital, people and govern ment in a conference called to settle "wage questions and the question of pro duction by the only method that ever solved anything. Will Congress withhold its support in this instance, too, until personal spite and party issues are disposed of on the floor? OUR CONGRESSMEN ABROAD CONGRESSIONAL investigations arc like charity. They ought to begin at Iiome. If there is am thing of importance Ao be learned about our conduct of the war it can best be learned in Washing ion. The spectacle of a committee of the House snooping around "European battlefields and Jetting itself in for a snub from General Pershing isn't a pleasant one. If the gentlemen of the House intend to muckrake the army and the adminis tration they will have to muckrake the high commands of other countries, and even some existing governments, before they "can present to the American people a fair review of our errors and achieve jnents, since all things are relative and th? war with Germany was a matter in jvhich ordinary rules ceased to run. The records of our work in France are ' j.now" complete in the War and State De partments. The traveling committee seems just to have learned this. Now will it have sense enough to come home ? THE AUSTRIAN ANTICLIMAX ' rpHE completion of the Austrian tieaty occasions only the most insignificant ripples of public interest. Yet here is a document determining the fate of an empire which territorially was second in Europe only to that of Russia and of a nation which, ostensibly, provoked the world war. Important new states are carved 'from its former domain. The map of central Europe undergoes more changes than even those imposed upon it by Napoleon at the height of his power. The general indifference to these really momentous negotiations suggests a two fold explanation. Germany was the main enemy factor in the universal con flic. With her status determined, other arrangements take on the nature of an vP isiclimax. "41 V ?An& then tne brigade of special cor- -, xeeponaenis in raris nas virtually ais- - Iwnd&d. Awful crises may have marked tfca course of diplomatic dealings with "Austria. If so they remain uncabled, jff .'unhoaored by picturesque description ' rt?f f4 the public is unwrung. It is quite i: ilmp irnniHr to be excited over the fin- 1 ,Md treaty which never gave us a thrill twfcila it was in the makinc. . - THE CALENDAR AND ACTORS n rpHE mpst convincing argument for the - settlement of the actors' strike started , to operate yesterday, when the theatrical sos 6 on throughout the country faifed to bfcin, It is doubtful if either the asto 0 fciajtion of managers or the union of play- fcrft can take extended liberties with the 'P fSlndar. ' jditijfions were otherwise in August. ;i Outside of those in New York, most of the chief theatres in the land were nor mally "dark." The Btrike thus resembled an anthracite coal tie-up in midsummer, carrying a threat, but not immediate and widespread inconvenience. Though we may shirk from admitting it. time is a standard solvent. Even the world war ended. Every day on which the mnnageis cry "No compromise,'' every day on which the actors, more skilled in the sheer artistry of defiance, his "Neer!" is bringing the date of eventual agreement closer. The stride of September perti nently emphasizes the loss to producers, players and that long and patient suf ferei, the general public. It has boen said that thcatic! arc not necessities, and yet all the major belliger ents in the war zealously rupported stage entertainments at the front. If they are luxuries thc are at least 111 univer sal demand. Public impatience at the de ferment of the amusement seat.on is pretty certain to be effective as the op portunities for outdoor recreation lessen. AN EQUITABLE TAX LAW THE GREAT ISSUE FOR 1920 The Kitchin Class and Sectional Income and Excess Profits Statute Needs to Be Nationalized AS SEPTEMBER 15 approaches, the date on which the third installment of income and excess-profits tax is to be p-iid, millions, of men in Uip North and West aie doing home hard thinking about the lstuo on which the campaign of 1920 should be fought. It is about time that the Republican leaders in Congress began to give some attention to it alto. The issue is not the merit or demerit of the peace treaty or the league-of-natious covenant. These things will be out of the way before the national conventions are held. Discussion of them will be like holding an inquest over a corpse long since buried. And this peace settlement is not a partisan issue, anyway, in spite of the attempt of Senator Lodge to line up the Republicans in a fight against the plan which the President brought back from Parib. Outside of Washington the Republicans and Demociats alike, with few exceptions, favor the treaty with the league of-nations covenant. They want it got out of the way so that attention can be given to domestic matters of the gravest moment. There is no domestic question of greater importance than that of federal taxation. The Kitchin income and excess-profits tax law is one of- the most pernicious pieces of sectional and class legislation ever enacted by a Congress committed to the proposition that those paits of the country which preferred Re publican to Democratic congressmen should be punished for their presumption. "We'll get even with the North and the West and we'll show the manufacturing states what it means to have the Demo crats in power," was the way they talked while they were putting the bill through. The State of Pennsylvania, with a wealth of $15,000,000,000, paid more than one-fifth of all the sums collected under the Kitchin law last year. The whole group of South Atlantic states Dela ware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida the total wealth of which is about the same as that of the single state of Pennsylvania, paid less than one-tenth of the total and less than one-half the amount contributed by this state. The figures are $495,000,000 from this state and $184,000,000 from the South Atlantic group. For every dollar that the wealth of the South Atlantic group had to pay the wealth of Pennsylvania Had to pay about $2.65. And why is this? It is because a cer tain class of business which thrives in the Republican states was selected to bear the brunt of the burden and the great agricultural industry of the South was exempted, and it is because every person whoso income did not reach a cer tain figure was also exempted and the tax on those whose incomes were above a certain figure was doubled and trebled until the very rich were forced to turn over to the government 60 per cent of what they received. The Kitchin law does not lay an equit able tax upon wealth to be borne by wealth wherever it may be. It lays a tax only on certain kinds of wealth held by a certain group of citizens in a cer tain section of the country. And it is a direct tax deliberately devised to exempt ceitain classes of the population regard less of their aggiegate wealth. And this tax has been handed on to the consumers in every part of the coun try. It nas increased the first cost of all manufactured articles and has increased the retail cost likewise, because the large retailer in the big centers of population has added his income tax and his excess profits tax to the retail price. The bur den has not been distributed fairly over all industry and all wealth in the first place, but it has fallen upon the shoul ders of those least able to bear it, namely, the poor, who have had to pay the in creased prices for what they consume. The Kitchin law is wrong not only he cause it is class and sectional legislation but also because it levies a direct tax. The Republicans have consistently advo cated indirect taxation. One of the great merits of raising revenue by a tariff is that the tax is distributed widely .and indirpctly over the whole consuming public; and when, the tariff is protective it compensates the consumer by increas ing his wages to a greater extent than the amount of the tax. And the excise taxes which the Republicans have levied arc also indirect and bear heavily on no one. There must be a radical revision of the revenue-producing legislation jn the near future and the Republicans must demon strate again their ability to deal with such questionsvjn a sane and businesslike manner. Tho new tax bills will be han dled and whipped into shape by Senator Penrose's finance committee, even though they ars drafted by the ways and means committee of the House. s The senator faces the opportunity of his lifetime todemonstrate his financial statesmanship.' His abilities ore not dis ' reEknsTG PUBLIC ISDaEIpmLAbiLPHIA, TUlSSDAT, gBPTIBliJIt puted even by hjs worst enemies. Ho knows the subjfet through long contact with it. He has political acumen enough to bo aware of the importance nf offering a solution of the question before the next presidential election. If he can devise a system of indirect taxation which will raise the necessary revenue and distrib ute the burden over tho whole country, on farmer and manufacturer, on cotton grower and wool spinner alike, ho will receive that credit which is due to eveijy man who has done that which the nation wants done. It will not be an easy task, for enor mous sums must bp raited this year and next, and for years to come the annual expenditures of the government will bo double and treble what they were before the war. The interest on the war debt will be a billion dollars a year and an other billion at least will be required to meet the ordinary expenses on a peace basis. There must be heavier taxes than in the past or new sources of revenue must bo discovered. The Democrats have proved their inability to handle, the matter with fairness, to all business in terests. If the Republicans cannoV do better the country is in a bad way. More campaigns have been won on the taxation issue than on any other. There neer was a time in the history of the country when it was so pressing as it is today. It is up to the leaders in Wash ington to get busy and pfoe once more that when it comes to dealing with big financial questions they arc equal to the occasion. ' " BACK HOME CURIOUSLY enough, in a time that is supposed to be filled with intolerable strains of relative impoverishment, no one has been heard to complain about the high cost of taking vacations though more people took vacations this year than ever took them before. There will be gloomy backward surveys, of course; wonder tales of the dizzy price of 'this and the dizzy price of that encountered away from home. But that will be later, after we have had time for thought a habit that isn't fashionable in hot weather. Meanwhile the return trails are crowded with people who have a dim sense of convalescence after notous fever. They are getting back to the same old town to find it unchanged after what seems an age; to the same old City Hall clock, the same old Mayor and the same old restful job of work. Vacations have one supreme advantage. They help to keep a vast part of America normally appreciative of the place called home. In the regions where good times are of fered for sale you rush out and in. You go to bed in gasping haste in order that you may speed away from it in the morn ing. A queer world it was outside, full of noisy waters; of stuff that ought to be in cans growing mysteriously on bush and tree; of clouds that sailed grandly over head and did not fall; of cows that seemed to have been born wise, so fixed were they in austere and distant calm. Against the astonishing background there flowed a limitless multitude of faces, most of them pretty and, alas! highly colored, that must seem, in retro spect, like a swift flight of moths in the twilight of recollected things. What were the crowds after in the strenuous pursuit? Rest and peace, they said. They didn't find it. That much is plain to any one who meets them home ward bound. We are a young people and wo shall have to grow fume centuries older, it appears, before we learn that peace and the ease that goes with it aren't to be had on vacations alone er from Republicans or Democrats, Con gresses or Presidents, bylaws or edicts. Peace is a little like fame. It is attain able only after you cease chasing after it. It is wisdom. To be really wise you must be old. And you may remember J that old folks usually remain at home to open the door to those who stagger wearily in after a vacation. AVheu the Federal Itc Taitle&K and seno Bank, of this Incomplete district declared that if labor demanded fewer luxuries it micht result in a reduc tion in the cost of bring it said something wholly tactless uml only partly true. It was tactless because labor lias a growing belief that it is entitled to the best there is. It is only partly true because the workman is not the only offender ; because labor ex pended on the production of luxuries is only wasted when it impedes the production of necessities, and there is no evidence nt present that cam!. makers and milliners and jewelers, for instance, if not engaged in their present business would straightway go to uoilv in the field'., the mines, the mills and the factories; and because "it ain't so" uubov. I'riceg will neer In the world go down to their former level; and the one thing that will stabilize them at a place where a pay envelope may take a look in on them is production, and more production ; and then, as a fillip, still more production. And that production can be bad without taking any one man from his present occupation. Taets and figurrs from Honduras sug gest that the revolutionists in number tote up to ubout the bize of u Trench front Kamerad party. Taking cognizance of the higli cost of cobtumes and the necessity for the eschew -ing of luxuries New York laboriug men cut out the parade. If tho "joker" who is sending in false alarms is ever caught by the local firemen they'll give him cause for the genuine article. There ar.c people who have n great faculty for putting two and two together, and making twenty-two. The Minnesota, with Rear Admiral Welles on board, carries though it does not fly the Jolly Roger. A piping hot time was h"d at the Washington monument, where Plumb met tbc plumbery. . Munich is under martial law. It is the only way the Bavarian capital has of draw ing Interest. Old H. C. Ji. increases in girth with every lessening of production. nent profiteering is given etlmuluVby "the bricklayers' strike. ROBINS MYSTERY SOLVED Col. McCain Tells How "the Boys' Licked Roosevelt and How Vare Bragged About It to T. ft. .By OEOROK NOX McPAIN nONGIWBSMAN .1. HAMPTON MOORE' has Fohcd flic mystery of Thomas Robins. for Mr. Robins has been as great and as interesting a mystery in the present mayor alty campaign 'as the prohibit size of the final registration figures." He has been a mjstery ever since he .pro jected himself so precipitately into. the pris matlo glare of Vurc publicity Hj his widely advertised odor of personal senile to Judge John M Patterson, his ludicrous action In selecting fortv-oix women of the Forty sixth ward out of a possible fifty to act on his committee of one thousand, but more particular! by his appearance as an orator, Mr. Robins, of West Locust street, has made himself a public character unique in the campaign. In view of his repeated Hlluvlons to the subject, he appears to be the only' man in the country who has sought temporary political distinction from the fact that Theo dore Rnp-evnlt once spent u night under his roof " The ni.isterloiis question that has alter nately agitated and puzzleV business and social oinlrs In which Mr ltobins moves has been : "What does he hope to get out of It?" THE question viewed from every angle appears to be justified No man will ingly and knowingly flings the Social Regis ter itito an nsli can without anticipating or at Ieatt in the depths of his heart hoping for some reward for his action. Andnovv along comes Congressman 3Ioore in his weekly letter in the Hvenino Public Ledoeii nud announces, or rather Intimates, that tbc new convert to the Vare system Thomas Robins hat becn slated by the or ganization to succeed, when the time comes, the eloquent George S Graham, congress man from the Second district. When Thomas Robins threw the ques tion of his personal friendship for Theodore Roosevelt into the arena ho gave about every thing that he had of political value. There are those bold enough to say that it was a shamelCFs thing to do," American politics of the baser sort can never be gilded or glorified by the mvocatiou of that in comparable American's name. There are no political achievements that would recommend Mr. Robins to the Vare organization, lie is a defeated candidate for Congress. The Vare lenders arc prac tical politicians and they have no use for has'beens. TTIMIEN that shrewd and far-seeing student ' ' of human nature. County Commissioner George F. Holmes, acting for the organiza tion, dangled the bait and Mr. Moore sug gests that it was Congressman Graham's teatit was taken at a gulp. Just as one might read in the quaint lan guage of n George Ade fable: "And so it came about that Eminent Re spectnbility dragged tho 'Great Name of Roosevelt into the Ulack and Slimy ooze of a factional Municipal Campaign." On his lirbt appearance as a campaign orator and from the shelter of the peerless American's name, Thomas Robins unlim bercd the first mud battery of the cam paign. It was what the politicians who hud roped him planned that he should do from the beginning. Judge Patterson and Congressman Moore had mutually agreed that there shouldjic "no mud slinging." Senator Vare, DaTid II. Lane and Senator David Martin, old and sapient campaigners, had not indulged In personal attack. No candidate of thc'Town Meeting party or Republican Alliance has gone bcond the recognized issues of the campaign. They knew their business. Rut a man, wealthy, socially prominent, of good name and cultured environment, the last one of whom such a thing could 'have been expected, a tyro at the game, a wooden spoon in the political porridge, accepted the commission as captain,, of the tar-bucket brigade. A sad wit at Independent headquarters, after rehearsing the episode, lugubriously re marked : '"There is such a thing then as a fellow trying to roll into political notoriety on an ash can." QJINCE his memorable entrance upon public ' life in the role of a campaign orator, Mr. Robins has been quoted in, the newspapers as saying that he was doing as "Mr. Roose velt would want me to do" ; or words of that purport. Slay I not. as Mr. Wilson would remark, be permitted to recall to Mr. Robins's at tention one or two important ntul personal matters concerning himself and the late' Theodore Roosevelt? He no doubt recalls with grntified pleas ure the night the distinguished ex-I'resldcnt did him the honor of becoming his house guest. I.est he mny have forgotten it, I would remind him it was the night of Jan uary 20, lMO. The following morning the ex-Preshlent, accompanied by Mr. Robins, paid an offi cial visit of courtesy to Mayor Thomas B. Smith in City Hall. Mr Robins had taken the opportunity meanwhile to enlighten Mr. J!oo'cv't regarding Ma.vor Smith's admin istration and just how It was regarded. The idiosyncrasies of Mayor Smith's regime were already beginuing to appear and at tract criticism. Mr. Roosevelt, and I quote from the sten ographic notes taken at .that memorable reception, advised the Maor "to stick to the organization as long as it was in tho right." Mr. Robins, being at the side of the cx Presldent, cannot even at this date, and after Theodore Roosevelt has passed away, forget the words and manner of the cx I'resident. Nor ean he have forgotten those other words: "I realize that h public official muBt reckon nud deal with his organization He must always, however be willing to disagree with his organization. "It mustn't dominate him "Dot also the organization mutt not in dulge in too much burglary." TT WAS upon the occasion of this visit to L Philadelphia, I am infornied, that Con' grcssman Vare proudly announced to Mr. nooseveii mat in mo previous national election his, Congressman Vare's. district had given the largest majority against .Mr. Roose velt of any congressional district in the United States. ' From tho utterances of Theodore Roose velt quoted above It Is evident that Congress man Moore and not Thomas Robins is acting as Mr. Roosevelt would have him act The regrettable feature of it all Is If reports and current gossip are true, that the heritage of a great man's friendship should be made a commodity to be bartered in the political niarket-n!m f- .ui-i of silver in the form of a congressional seat. Report has it that prices are beginning to drop. Theirs is a temperate decline: they can't take a drop too much: Any shutdo'vn of production in the face of the worlds present jjeei! Is worse than criminal; it is foolish, "BUT IT ( oa-4fe 'SPwWmK t TRAVELS IN PHILADELPHIA By Christopher Morley Up to Valley Qreen , lyrADRIGAIj.had a bad cold, and I was trumpeting with hay fever; and we set off for consolation in a tramp along the Wissahickon. In the drowsy stillness of a late August afternoon, with a foreboding of autumn thill already In the air, we sneezed and coughed our way along the lovely ra vine. Those lonely glades, that once echoed to the brisk drumming of horses' hoofs, rang with our miserable sternutations. The rocky gullies and pine -scented hillsides became for one afternoon the Vallombrosa ofjw'o valetu dinarians. Thoughts of mortal perishmen lay darkly upon us. We had lunched gor geously with n charming host who was suf fering with scintica, and had described this affliction to us as n toothache as long as your leg. Then the' Ridge avenue car car ried us between two populous cities of the dead Laurel Hill and Mount Vernon Cem eteries. Was this (wc thought) the begin ning of the end? rpHE Ridge avenue car set us down at the mouth o AVissahlckon creek. We each got out a clean handkerchief from a hip pocket and determined to make a brave fight ngoinst the dark angel. Under the huge brown arches of the Reading Railway, which have all the cheering gaycty of an old Roman aqueduct, wc entered the valley of enchant ment. At this point it occurred to us that the indent Romans were really prohibition ists at hcar,t, since it was on aqueducts that they lavished the fullness of their structural genius. They never bothered with vino ducts. Perhaps rhiladelphiaus do not quite real ize how famous the Wissahickon valley Is. When my mother was a small girl in England there stood on her father's read ing table a silk lampshade on which were painted little scenes of the world's loveliest beauty glimpses. There were vistas of Swiss mountains, Italian lakes. French ca thedrals, Dutch canals, English gardens. And then, among these fabled glories, there "was a tiny sketch of a scene that chiefly touched my mother's girlish fancy. She did not ever expect to see it, but often, as the evening lamplight shone through it, her eye would examine ita dainty charm. It .was called "The Wissahickon Drive, PhiladeU phia, U. H. A." Many years afterward she saw it for the first time, and he heart jumped us hearts do when they are given a chance. THE lower reach of the creek, with its placid green water, the great trees lean ing over it, the picnic parties along the western marge, and the little boats splash Ins about, is amazingly like tho. Thames af Oxford. I suppose all little rivers are rouch thp same, nfter all; but the likeness here is so real thot I cannot forbear to mention it. Rut one has an uneasy se,nse, as, one walks and watches the gleaming motors that Jlit by like the whizi of the Ancient Mari ner's crossbow, that the WJssahlckon has seen better days. The days when the horse was king, $hen all the old inns were a bustle of rich food and drink, and the winter aft ernoons were a rlngle-jingle of sleigh chimes. Then one turns away to the left, into the stillness of the carriage drive, where motors are not allowed, and the merry clop-clop of hoofs is still heard now and then. Two elderly gentlemen, came swiftly by In a bright little gig with red wheels, drawn by a spirited horse. With what a smiling cheer they gazed about them, innocently happy in their lifelong pastime) And yet there was a certain pathos iu the sight. Two old cronies, they were living out the good old days together. Only a few paces on was the abandoned foundation of the Lotus Inn, And I remembered the Terses !n which Madrigal himself, laureate of Philadelphia, 1 r - 2," 1919 1 f WASGilEAT WHILE IT has muslckod the spell of the river drive On winter nights ghost-music plavs (The bells of long-forgotten sleighs) Alone the Wissahickon. And many a silver-headed wight Who drove that pleasant road by night Sighs now for, his old appetite For waffles hot and chicken. And srandmas now, who then were Delta. I ' How many a placid bosom swells At thought of love's old charms and spells Along the Wissahickon. "But, my denr fellow," said one of these silver-headed wights "to Madrigal when he had written tho poem "it wasn't chicken, It was catfish that was famous in the Wis sahickon suppers." "All right," said Mad- -rigal, "will you please have the name of the creek changed to Wlssahatfisb to fit the rhyme?" The necessities of poets must be consulted, unless wo are to go over, pen, ink and blotter to the Mattings of vers libre. "DUT a plague on the talk about "the good old days!" Certainly in those times the road along the creek was never such a dreaming haunt of quietness as it is today. An occasional prouir damsel, cantering on horse, accompanied by a sort of Lou Tcl legen groom ; a rambling carriage or two, a fuvv children paddling in the stream, and a bronzed fellow galloping along with eager face just enough movement to vary the solitude. Tho creek pours smoothly over rocky shelves, churning in n white soapy triangle of foam below a cascade, or slip ping in clear green channels through an aisle of buttonwoods nud incredibly slender tulip poplars. Here and there is n canoe, teeter ing gently in a nook of shade, while Colin and Amaryllis aro uttering bashful pleas antries each to other innocent plagiar isms as old as Eden, that seem to them selves so gorgeously new and delicious. The road bends and slopes, under cliffs of fern and evergreen, where a moist pungency of balsam and turpentine breathes graciously in the nose of the sneezer. Gushing springs splash on the steep bank. a luuwYUi, though only the end of August, - there was a faint tinge of bronze upon I of Au the foliage. We were nt a loss to know whether this was truly a sign of coming fall, or some unnatural blight withering the trees. Can trees suffer from hay fever? At any rate we saw many dead limbs, many great trunks bald and gouty on the eastern cliffs and a kln.d of pallor and palsy in the color of the leaves. The forestry of the re gion did not seem altogether healthy, even to the ignorant eye. We have seen in recent years what a' plague has befallen one noble species of tree: it would be a sorry thing if Philadelphia's noblest beauty spot were rav aged by further troubles. i T1LKING and sneezing by turns, we came to Valley Green, where a placid caravan serai sits beside the way, with a broad, white porch to invite the traveler, and a very feminine barroom innocently garnished with syphons of soda and lemons balanced -with ladylike neatness on the necks of grape juice bottles. Green canoes were drawn up on the river bank ; a grave file of six small yellow ducklings was waddling toward the water; a turkey (very similar in profile to Mr. Chauncey Depew) was meditating in the roadway. A bantam cock and his dame made up in strut what they lacked in stature, and a very deaf gardener was trimming a garden of Vivid phlox- Here was a setting that cried loudly for the hissing tea urn. Xet to think., again of refreshment seemed dlsre peetful to the poble lunch of a noble host, enjoyed only four hours earlier, and we passed stoically by, intending to go as far as Indian Rock, a m(le further. But at a little waterfall, by ..the Wises Mill road, we halted with i lommon instinct. We turned backward and sought that gracious veran da 'at Valley Green, There. In a pot of tea aud buttered toast with mumialude, we for got our emunctory woes, We set much to tobacco and strode u. p "hi-t LASTED! ward on Springfield road, through thickets, where the sunlight quivered in golden shafts, toward the comely summits of Chestnut' Hill. Let Madrigal have the last word, for In; has known and loved this bonniest of creeks fpr forty years': There earliest stirred the feet of sprlng There summer dreamed on drowsy wing; And autumn's glories longest cling Along the Wlssahlckrn ! - LOy IS NOT BLIND LOVE is not blind; oh, no! With vTsion keen It gazes, and Its friendly eyes Pierce through the outer veils that mortals wear "- j And recognize through each disguise A brother traveling on life's broad highway. Love's eyes, with sympathy and trust aglow, Seek only good and find it, too ; Beneath the outer garment soiled and stained They see the robe of heavenly hue. And smile in cordial greeting to a friend. Josephine M. Fabricant, in N. Y. Herald, To those who inquire how it is possible to make Pershing a full general when the country is dry it may be pointed out that prohibition has not at all affected the well known full moon. The British House of Commons' is favorably considering a bill lor the punish ment of tho profiteer. It ought to be easy to catch him over there. He hasn't far to run. Any government regulation of prices must fail unless it can also regulate the "turnover" and the "overheadi" What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What is a Jolly Roger? 2. When did Rome become the capital of united Italy?- ?l What- In tlm npenvJ lurfrpitt rUv In thm Tl.ollor, Tilonrl.") 4. What is the -meaning of the expression "A Roland for an Oliver"? 5. Why is a spaniel so-called? 6. To what century do legend and trail V-vJI tlon asslrn the outlaw Rohin Hood?' , -J 7. What is the real title of tha"Shakcs pearean play often given as "Lovft's Labor Lost"? S. What two cities figure mosff promi nently in the tales of the "Arabian Nights'.'? 0. Who painted the famous portrait of Charlcp-I of England? 10. How iong-hsB the actors' strike con tinued? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Grant, Sherman and Sheridan were t only soldiers in American lhstoty wno wcra inuue juii generals 2. The real name of Petroleum V. Nosby, the American humorist, was David Ross IAcke, 3. Berne Is' tha capital of Switzerland. v 4. Captain Isaac Hull commanded tha Constitution when she captured the4 British warship Guerriere on 'August 10, 1812. 5. Coot is the name of several swimming' and diving birds, especially the bald coot, a "web-fooUd.bird, with ths base of tbo bill extended" to form a ' white plate oh the forehead. ,, C. John Sleeper CIarke"w's; a celebrated American comedian. His dates are , 1833rl800. 7, The shah of Persia has just canceled his plans 'for ' visiting the United States. . 8,. Kelp; certain large kinds"of eeaweed g used for ithe sake of carbonate of w sous nnq loaine. .- ' m I). Euclid was aTiotedPreek geometrician,' iA lie iiuunsiivu uuuui jw ji. if 10 Belgium has raised its, American mW istry to the rank of wabuwr' a ' ' i I P - J .nl5- O 7. tt J v''A i flf "'' ""'' s, Ww, ? it 1 , 'A, . rr. fi. &. o 'nO V B?. V
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