4 I A 1 t ITf 1$ L( fc' if V IV I . II m 'fattening public merger I ft PqDUC LEDGER COMPANY .CTnUS ir. K. CURTIS. PsrsiDitNT Vanscun.oBcreiarjr ana ircaiursri i amp n i.oihh, John 11, Williams John J, Spurreon, Dlrtctora. i . 'JiOITOniAt, BOARD i i Clci It. K. Ccbtii. Chairman DAYID C Si!ILCT. - -dltor "iJOnN C. AnTIM. .denorcl Eujlncaa 2!anac. - PxtblKhrd !alty nt 1'nr.iia I.mon Iiulldlnr. -j:rj i- . -"-;"' i" . fKiv.v". -".v.jr Atlantic Citr lYcavtiilon bulMlne ISMW TO SOB M'troviolltnr Toivr Bbtsoit ST. Lot l.l . ions Fnlltrton IltilMtnr CUIOiOO 130? Trillin UulMinc " nkws nunE,us: WlSniNaTOK DOEltAB, . N 15. "r. Pennsylvania A". and Hth St. TJbtt Youk huttnau Tha Fun Ilutlcltnir Lofton Uocuu London Timet bUBSCRIPTTOtt TETUtfl ' "Tho 5rtmrt Ptsuo Lnrcjcii Is aenert to aub- acrlbra In Philadelphia and aurroumllnir (owns at th into of twelve (12) ctnta per wek, pabl to the iarrlfr. By i..tttl vo poind out-Mo of Philadelphia. In the United Statu. Conndt. c- United ntatea poi 9 saa1nn, noitflce free, flfty (HOI prnLi p-r mrnth. Blx (0) dollars per year, payable In adanee To aP foreign corntrles one ($11 dollnr per month. Konrn FnMerlbfrs wMilnir addrna chana:a muat elva old as wp'I m nrw nddrcan. BELL. 1000 WALNUT CVSTONE. MAIN J00O 701 Kara iiiiini-nc tCT" AdArtKt nil rommwnlfnffani to JTvrnftia Public Lctfgcr. Indzycnilcnee Eg u c. n rhiiat' phta. Member of the Associated l'ress ,.37777 ASSOCIATEV PRESS is ctclu Wvcly entitled tn the use for republication of M nries ihspatches credited to it or not r Qthcrwitc credited in this taper, and alto the local tieicj pnbliihcl therein. Ail right? of publication of ipecial df patches he cm ire alio reserved. Philadelphia, Salunla. Sfplcmlr 6, 1919 LAST CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS rpODAY is the Inst day when citizens can volunteer for the fight for good 'government. The registration places opened at 7 o'clock this morning and with the ex ception of the three hours from 1 to 4 o'clock they will be open until 10 o'clock tonight The victory is to be won by a volunteer army committed to the proposition that this city is luled by the people who live In it and not by a small group of men who tell the lest of us what we may do and denounce us when we protest. The only compulsion that works is the compulsion of conscience. Can a man In this crisis consent to be a slacker and Tthen respect himself when he sees his face in the mirror? There may be such men, but if so they have never awakened to' their duty as citizens of a democracy. The number who have already enrolled for, the conflict is so large that it is impossible to escape the conclusion that people of the town are at last awake to the necessity of taking charge of their own government. It is confidently expected that when the registration places close tonight the nfime of every citizen will be on the rolls save those who are kept away by illness or by absence from town at so great a distance that it is impracticable to get here. DANGEROUS REMEDIES QERIOUS as the shortage of houses is and the trouble is one that existed even before the war and the high cost of labor and material the remedy pro posed by a committee of builders in this vcty cannot be regarded as a wise one. What some of the men in the real estate business propose can be interpreted as meaning nothing less than a partial ban on government work in this vicinity with a view to releasing labor, and, what is .more, reducing wages. It is easy to believe that building projects are not inviting to any investor as matters stand. Rentals adequate to meet the cost of construction and main tenance of new houses would be almost beyond the means of most tenants. But it is illogical to suppose that such a sit uation may be bettered by a systematic attempt to force wages downward while the cost of living which wage earners -must face remains at its present alti tude. Until prices elsewhere are re duced the prices of material and labor will have to remain as they are. The adjustment which the builders hope to accomplish by appeals to the government to abandon some of its war contracts 'here will have to come in the gradual reshaping of the whole economic state not only in one locality but .throughout the country. The complication which faces builders in Philadelphia is not to be compared with complications of a similar sort that exist in other cities. In New York and even in New Jersey street-car strikes and mounting trolley fares continue to make suburban development enterprises .more, and more of a gamble. Here we have unlimited open areas ready for the builders, the new assurance of a five-cent trolley fare within the city limits and a constantly improving system of transit It is only necessary to study the conges tion in the central part of the city as it is familiar to most observers and as it Was revealed through statistics of crowd ing embodied in one of Mr. Moore's cam paign' addresses to see that builders have ot always been ready to make the best us of their opportunities in and about Philadelphia. It must seem to any one that even now they will run less 'risks in .new enterprises than real estate oper ators in other communities and that they ought to be able to worry through with out seeking to lessen activity at Hog Island and elsewhere. EXIT REDFIELD TTR. REDFIELD was one of the mem- r-vsaborsr of the Wilson cabinet who did not shine. He did not even glimmer. There" were two reasons why the De partment "of Commerce contributed ;.-'.' BUHiiHg uj. tiifiiyi mute i,u me tfeiieriti r tl": ; -jphilosophy of industry in a time when it ... U '.ll-r. lM.kH.. 4. AV- 1 fhouici have xunctionea as tne .most jm- r) portanc aivision oi me government asiae from those directly concerned with the sgperiecution of the war. One was the IfMwident, wno aoesne encourage iniua i fw in cabinet members'. The other was tyjU ,secretary of commerce himself. " JCr. Redfleld had. old-fashioned notions,' J'"wich were not, however, nearly so old-.-dfiftskioned a Mr. Burleson's. His think- tag1 didn't keep pace -witrj tne times, lie f irKl himself in ' conflict with quiclc- flilmf emergency boards that had the JtitfWWn fJhe President behind them and tasks that normally should have been 'disposed of in his department The ad ministration permitted him to be steam rollercd whenever the necessity arose and frequently when it didn't Mr. Redfleld ought to be glad to leave Washington. And tho people who sense the need for an original and capable and courageous man at the head of the De partment of Commerce in these days of readjustment and reconstruction ought to be glad to see him go. The President's cabinet has endured the shocks of war better than any of the cabinets of Europe. Unfortunately, however, nil but two of the men who quit were the ones who would have remained if public senti ment could have retained them in office. Mr. Rcdfield is to be classed with Bryan In this Instance. McRcynolds, Gicgory, Garrison and McAdoo left Washington with their dignity unimpaired. FOUR RESERVATIONS WHICH TEST MR. WILSON'S SINCERITY His Support of the Treaty Will Be Finely Convincing If He Frankly Admits. Their Clarifying Virtues Which Speed the Signing OOMEWHAT testily the President told his Indianapolis audience that the opponents pf the league of nations were facing a case of "put up or shut up." Obviously this is true. Those who profess a zeal for international peace and at the same time an abhorrence of the present plan for preserving it are revealed as hypocrites and spiteful par tisans unless they come forward with some mnchineiy of their own. Fortunately theic is no taint of such moral obliquity in the four leservations adopted by the Senate committee on foieign relations. In their plain lan guage and incisive wording they actually fortify the league covenant by clarifying it Republicans will weaken their posi tion and shadow the good name of their party by ci owing in a partisan key over these intcipretations. They will bear the test of patriotic, sincere, unbiased analy sis. Mr. Wihon in this situation will do well to continue spelling his democincy with a small "d." No better proof of the,, unselfishness of his desire to save civ ilization could be afforded than accept ance by him of the unmistakable spirit of those elucidations. If the stimulation of political passions is apait from his aim on this country-widevtour, the chance for a magnificent Justification of his announced mission is at hand. To be touchy and sweepingly obstinate because an unimpeachable expression of sane sentiment has been made in this instance mainly by Republicans is to prolong a battle of partisan prejudices of which all thoughtful Americans arc utterly weary. The President has complained that certain critics of the covenant do not understand the English language. Ap parently he is amazed and irritated con cerning what he publicly regards as a pretended density. There is perhaps a hint of professorial intolerance here. Foggy English is no phenomenon. Not even the federal constitution is free fiom it. Over the interpretation of that fundamental charter the mo3t terrible civil war in history was waged. The Supreme Court has been exploring pre cise meaning of phrases in this venerated document for 132 years. Variant readings of the league pact, therefore, scarcely warrant melodramatic astonishment. Passage through the crucible of translation in order to satisfy the polyglot nature of humanity on this planet must have been at times the reverse of a purifying process. For diplomatic purposes French is admittedly more lucid than English. It is indeed quite possible that in the Chamber of Deputies the covenant offers fewer obscurities than in the Senate of the United States. It is the imperative duty of this nation to clear them up if possible. If there is any weakness in the four reservations recommended, these are chiefly artistic blemishes. Keen analysts may charge part of the Senate commit tee's additions with redundancy. The offense is hardly venal. It shrinks to insignificance beside the virtue of in formative clarity on matters of vital bearing on the future of the nation and on the stability and progress of civilization. In the first reservation America's "un conditional right to withdrawal from the league upon the notice provided for in Article I of the treaty" is explicitly and emphatically asserted. Assuming that the language of the pact admits of the least doubt on this subject, quibbling marplots, should they arise in the future, are here completely disarmed. The right of refusal to assume under the provisions of the much-mooted Article X "any obligation to preserve the territorial integrity or political inde pendence of any other country or to interfere in controversies between other nations whether members of the league or not and to accept no mandate" except by the action of Congress happens to be implied in Article V of the covenant de claring that "decisions at any meeting of the assembly or the council shall require the agreement of all the members of the league represented at the meeting." That, so far as this country is con cerned, the basic decision shall rest with Congress can legitimately be deduced from this context. But plain speaking removes all pos sibility of optional constructions. Amer jcan and European mental processes have differed before. They may do so again. A frank statement of the light in which this country views both Article X and Article V will give to our inevitable, acceptance of trie treaty a clean bill of verbal health. Once more the important wording of Article V implies no infringement of sovereignty and seems to indicate that our jurisdiction over domestic affairs is unshadowed. Hamlet was unsatisfied with "seems." "Is" exerted the stronger appeal as it does' on the Senate com mittee, which, in its. third reservation, removes any haziness concerning the EVENING PUBLIC nation's right to settlo its own internal and political questions for itself. It is likely that the covenant framera considered that such rights should bo taken for grnnted by every country. The pact is not always categorically cnlight ening on this theme. No harm and' perhaps a great deal of good can como from American development of It Reservation four is an expansion of Article XXI of the pact removing tho opciation of the Monroe Doctilne from "the jurisdiction of the league of na tions." If this repetition has no other merit than that of consoling tho doubters who feared that tho cardinal principle of American diplomncy was insufficiently safeguarded, it pcrfoims an immensely valuable service. The Monroe Doctrine bogie is laid. It is useless to argue whether the qualms of certain league antagonists on this giound were valid or not. The most direct act is to satisfy them. This is unquestionably what the fourth reserva tion will do if adopted. Trailing along with these reassuring interpretations, as tho tienty leaves the committee looms en loute for the Senate floor, is a welter of futilities. Of the forty-odd amendments recommended tho great majority ate unworthy of serious regard. Restrictions, such as the "rip per" urged by Senator Fall, which would bar participation by the United States in most of the transcendently. important inteinational commissions, arc in not the least danger of approval. The silly season is over. Congress is getting down to business. Of couise, it will not tol erate such absurdities. The Shantung amendment is of another complexion. It is clean and sound in spirit, lude, crude, truculent and perilous in foim and mnnner. Coldly to substi tute the word China for Japan in Article CLVI is a stupid course to take in deal ing with the dark blot on the treaty and with a delicate and disturbing situa tion. Those of us who have not forgotten the piinciples upon which we waged the war are sincere in the belief that justice must be done to China. The President has virtually admitted his dissatisfaction with the Shantung clauses. But the lefusal to sign the treaty unless this objectionable provision is effaced can be couitcously put. By dignified impiessive methods the various signatories can be convinced of the earnestness of, the American view point. The pressure which it. is possible to cxeit upon Japan can be telling with out being bellicose or arrogantly ill natured. The President cannot afford to be other than sympathetic with such action, just as he cannot consistently afford to be contemptuous of reservations which do not mar the treaty and appreciably ad vance the day of its passage. MOORE AND THE HOUSING ISSUE pONGRESSMAN MOORE'S speech on sanitation ought to have been made in South Philadelphia instead of west of the Schuylkill. Many alleys in that part of the city are filled with squalid buildings, out of repair, with no sanitary conveniences. So long as people can be induced to live in them their owners will apparently allow it, disregarding all the sanitary reg ulations. The poor, who occupy the houses because they can find no better ones with in their means, are helpless. They are dependent entirely upon the authorities in the City Hall. But those authorities not only ignore their feeble protests, but they disregard the protests made by the associations of public-spirited women who have interested themselves in tho matter. Promises are made, but they are not fulfilled. Families are living in alleys that are a disgrace to a modern civilized city. There are scores of buildings that ought to be condemned as unfit for human hab itation, but no one condemns them and they are centers where disease breeds and spreads to better quarters. Mr. Moore's pledge to take up this question with the Council and to call into consultation men and women out of office who have shown an interest in the subject is one of the mo3t encouraging developments of the campaign. It indi cates that Mr. Moore, who lives down town and is, familiar with the conditions, is convinced of the duty of the city to deal humanely with its humblest citizens. History is written Where Fate Is wthont any regard to Itemiss dramatic sequence. Things are managed ever so much better In novels. Today we celebrate the 102(1 anniversary of the birth of I.tifrnotte. to whom our young republic wns greath indebted. On board the l-icvla-tlinn in mid -Atlantic is one who, in the name of hid country, discharged that debt. Kate is destined to land General Pershing in New York in the next few dnjs. Hut if Tnte hml any sense of ilrnmntic values she vtoulil land him in Philadelphia in time to kcc the Washington-Lafnjctte flag raised over Independence Hall, there and then to paraphrase the famous phrase with which he is credited, "Lafajette, we were there!" Senator Overman in rtoiinil and Round troduced an addition and Round! to the committee amendment to the prohibition enforcement- bill exempting drink-cure sanitariums from tho rigidity of restrictions against the administration of liquor by doctors' prescriptions. The only hope, therefore, for the lover of hard liquor U to break into a drink-cure sani tarium and there absorb enough booze to enable him to .qualify for admission. Can this be the vicious circle political econo mists speak about? Windsor, Me., isn't going to let New York get away with all the actors' strikes. On the midway of the county fair the fat lady and the Wild Man of Borneo struck for more money. "This art for art's sake stuff don't go, cully, unless you get the dough, sec?" Admiral Wilson proudly reviews a parade of service men in Camden today and Is himself being reviewed by an even prouder reviewing officer his clghty-seven-year-old mother. Give you good days, good knights! Last call for good citizenship today. There's glid baud lu MUUft.,, i IEDGEIt-PHILAMLHlA, TOJblT, SQ?j CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER Playgrounds Endangered by Politics Qotslp About Adolphus Q. Buv- Inger, John H. Rankin, Major Chew and Others TT IS the belief of Joseph Wtod Wagner, president of the Playgrounds Association of Philadelphia, nnd his opinion Is supported by Otto Mollery nnd Montgomery Harris, former president of the association, that Philadelphia has n chance to beebmc the playgrounds city of the United States If politics Is not permitted to enter Into the direction of these recreation centers. Any one who has given coiiitleratInn to the prob lem of congestion In loige cities can under stand the Interest nnd concern of these gentlemen with respect to the work they and their osoclatrs hnve nt heart. Playgrounds for children should not become the sport of politics. Wherever they do fall Into the hands of politicians, the standards nre low ered, because political appointees, ns a rule, do not take the same interest In the welfare of the children nx do those who hnve been specially trained for the work. The play1 grounds question in Philadelphia is becoming of greater nnd greater importance bccaue of our narrow streets nnd the heavy vehicular tiaffie. Washington hns its playgrounds, but they nre not so much needed for the use of the children n thev an- nlnng the river front wards of Philadelphia. When William Penn laid out the city he did not dream of Its growth to present proportions. He thought ample breathing space would be provided hv reserving for public use those blocks which nre now known as Washing ton. Franklin. Logan and Rltlcnhouse Squares. If we could clean tip some of the sqnnres now covered bv tenements nnd enable the people to spread out. It would be n gndoend to those who nre obliged to re main In the old city proper. ADOLPHUS O. JUTINT.ER, of the " Builders' Exchange, holds tho record as a trustee nnd "general welfarcr" of Apollo Lodge, K. nnd A. M of which William L. Magec. of Cobhs Creek Parkwnv. Is now worshipful master. One of the old timers in this lodge is William nienbrown. war horse of the Democratic partv and magistrate for manv years. Its chaplain is II. Cresson McIIenrv, whose work In the river wards hns made him the particular friend of the un fortunate. The long list of pa-.t mnsters of Apollo includes some of the het known men In the fraternity. George W. Seeds, of the Thirty-second ward, was one. QECRFTART WILSON, of the Depart ment of Labor, hni given assurance to those Interested in the retention of the Phila delphia immigration station nt Gloucester that the transfer to New York would not he made as originally announced. It seems that the buildings at Gloucester nre in need of repairs, espociallv with regard to sanita tion, nnd that the number of detnined per sons during the war has been so few as scarcely to warrant the number of govern ment employes retained on the job. .T. S. fl. Holton. of the Maritime Exchange: P. Mrl.!!lI?i: "'"Tnrnstlonnl Mercantile Marine lines, and George F. Sproule, of the commissioners of navigation, may. therefore rest easv for the present. It is evident that government expenses must he reduced but the Philndelphians hold that the Sg " their Immigration station, against which thev 7oor aHe'rive:'" StrCn"0" " JnlN-II;u';nA7x-on,'ofi'h'- w Phm i leading architects. I, regretting that residence Just over the Citv 1 tents M .akT p,lt ln CJn ! ing our traffic fncilitf IBt cxf-tlnTvS,. gction may be relieved nnd life on the high wavs may be a little more safe. The new city charter contemplates n city planning commission and other features that nre bound to attract the attention of progressive and forward-thinking men. OENATOR AT'fsrTOTTTci rTi- ..i, w.w.y, wno is a pretty good Republican, and Peter Holger. formerly civil service commissioner, who i, n pretty good Democrat, nre near neighbors up on North ThfrM -third street Tho politics of these two publicists does not seem to interfere with their personal rela tlons, nnd while Dnlx does not write any of Peter's official reports, and Peter does not write any of Augustus's Demosthenlau speeches, they do sny thnt occasionally these two distinguished citizens swap ' notes. There is n cro in Proverbs which snys: "Without council, purposes nre tlisap. pointed; but in a multitude of counselors, they are established." Thus the senator and the former commissioner can confer and not offend the political proprieties. JAMES F. DALEY, who does not lies! tatc to take a hand In political nffairs and crack a head wherever he sees it. is still thf same old "Dexter" he was in years gone by when mnklng up the form under the eagle eve of Jim Dniley, foreman of George W. Childs's fine force of typesetters. Dexter Dalley hns always been outspoken on the liquor question, but he never hesitated In privnte talk or In public print to tell what he thought about the fellow who flayed the saloon nnd reserved n drink or two on the side. Dexter has always had a suspicion that political methods In the downtown words operated unfavorably to the Italians. He thinks the Italian has not had a square deal nor a chance under existing conditions to become thoroughly Americanized. MAJOR. D. S. B. CHEW takes a lively interest in Delaware river improve ments. The major, who is a scion of the ftmous Germantown Chews, has been doing much development work on the opposite side f the river, close by the new town of "Yorkship," and every time n new vessel comes Up the Delaware, it is grist to his mill. The major believes in a great part, and knows what it means when a new trans portation line establishes itself here. The major has been n booster for a good maay years, nnd when he drops over Into the vicinity of the New York shipbuilding plant they take off their hats to him as a man of vision. The major remembers Newton creek as a sluggish, meandering stream with splat tcrdocks all about 'it. Now It is almost smothered with nUipways and large structural enterprises. pOLONEL W ALTER T. HRADLEV is J not necessarily a jokist, although he can appreciate a joke. One night the late Senator John M. Thurston, who had pre Blded over three national conventions, was to orate at the Union League. He put ln an appearonce and captivated the crowd. Colonel Bradley was late In arriving. An admirer of Thurston approached him at the steps of the League. "How did you like ht oratory?" the colonel was asked, The colonel hesitated because he had not 'beard much of the speech. "Well, what did you think of him?" persisted the questioner.. "Is be a friend of yours?" said the colonel, "He certainly Is," was the reply "Well, I think the senator is the best dressed man I ever sw on "1C public platform." During June last the Vnlted States ex--' ported HUIM- dozen pairs of stockings, The hosiery man is very evidently, Bhskte. a lf ana pumu u im EXPLAINING HY V, , 'J? JIN. ,, i ' y jh L TrTWMTfMjr'rrT?-t-TS-. 1 ! WRyj" J'sa K ttf -s;-. sh ''r r-r . --i - , m rJL . " - j' ."1 .X. - 9 . THE CHAFFING DISH Do You Know? One of the fine things about Kansas City which the Chamber of Commerce has omitted to tell the world is that there is not a single vers librc poet living there. Or, for that matter, not n poet of any kind. Hazle Strips for Action A. H. Woods has ordered Hazel Dawn to return to Chicago to be ready to resume her role ln "Up In Mable's Room" ln that city. News Item. We have long noticed the populnr ten dency to spell Mabel Malic. A lot of people were just beginning to get It right, however, when along came Dcrc Mablc and the rest of those entertaining books nnd put bnck the spelling clock a whole generation. We p'rcdlct that the birth records of the next thirty years will be full of Mables. Wo have been conducting a patient and stern campaign against the use of the phrase "Waiting on" somebody when "Waiting for" is meant. Rut now we give up. For Mr. Wilson told Columbus "Tho world is waiting on America." General Pershing will lead the New York parade on his war charger. And we assumj that Major General David Shanks, military commander of the port, will follow on his justly famous marc. Mental Runts Add to the list of those who don't know when It's raining the governor of Indiana, who tried to make a long speech when 10,000 people were waiting to hear the open ing "My fellow countrymen." Dickens Electioneers Dear Socrates Your own H. P. L. on Wednesday printed n letter from David Coppcrfield saying thnt his cap is in the " rlne. Another Dickens character, Patterson of the Fellowship, long ago had his judge's gown In that ring. Obviously some one must have misquoted the author. In all fairness to Mr. Dickens, the Chaffing Dish should boldly step forth to remind its readers that Oliver Twist demanded Moore. CHAE. Have a Harte We wonder how many of those who have been to sec "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" In the movies think it was writen by William S. Hart? We Make No Comment J. St. G. J. comments thus upon our observation that the left sole wears through before the right : The sole reason Is that It does more Work. When ordered to march, soldiers Invariably start with the left foot and also halt on It Ninety-nine per cent of civilians . start walking with the left foot. When seated man In ninety-nine cases out o one hundred puts his right leg over the iM anil fldrets with left foot. And Self Made Widow writes to say that the reason a woman's left hand wears out sooner than the right Is that she carries her wedding ring there. It is perfectly true that If everybody were to ride on the V. R, T. all the time no one would be run over. Corns On, Girls New York, Sept. 4. Dear Eoeroics I've been studying the Beauty Corner on the back page of your paper. Say, do you think I can get nn apartment anywhere in your .city? I'd Hko to. live In a town where tho dames look like that. Tell me, confidential, can you keep ijt the series for a year? If so, I'll cm. srate. EXPERT IN THESE MATTERS. John Bunyan on the Treaty Fght In this combat no man can Imagine, unless ha had seen and heard as I did, what VflHn and hideous roaring the senator .made all the time fit tte npht be spake llkal , JCJg : THIS TIME O' YEAR I "THE FALL" nnd groans burst from Woodrow's heart. I never saw him all the while give so much as one pleasant look, till he perceived he, bad wounded the senator with his trip through the country; then, indeed, he did smile, and look upward ! but it was the dreadfullest sight that ever 1 saw. The' Little Yard Next Door There were ponsies in the springtime On the arbor roughly hewn There were roses in profusidn In the joyful month of June. In July there came the larkspur Alyssum bloomed there too, Hright poppies spread their glory O'er forget-me-nots of blue. Then August brought the marigold With stately jellow head, ' And coxcombs in September Stood tall and deeply red. So each morning through the summer ' I feel my spirit soar I receive a benediction From the little yard next door. ALEXANDRA. Ode on Intimations of Not Being Able To Find a Seat In the Smoker Going Down to the Shore Blank misgivings of n creature Moving about in ruthless madding fight, Fierce jostltngs before which our mortal na ture Doth tremble like a late suburbanite Ah neither listlessuess nor mad endeavor Nor the conductor, braying like a mule Can find a seat for us : the group must sever, And perilously crowd the vestibule. Oh, in this season of blue weather Where wc are inland far If we could even find a trunk together In the baggage car We'd bless the P. R. R. And we'd have sight of thnt immortal sea And wonder how old Daddy Wordsworth he Dty "in a moment travel thither" And sec the onc-picccd bathing Venus daugh ters And cast some of the ill-bred on the waters. 1 Or George Creel? We often wonder whether the great men are Really Human, By which -wc mean, when they happen to overhear 'some one whistling a popular tune (for instance, I Was Only Blowing Bubbles) do they auto matically begin to hum it themselves, and carry it on for a few bars? Would "Colonel House do that? .What, Never? I don't want anybody to remember, so far as this errand Is concerned, that It Is I ever Bpelled with a bin D. President Wil son. ' ; Remember Captain Corcoran in "Pina fore"? "I never use a big, big D!" The undertakers say that they will shortly Jiave to raise the price of funerals.1 It mlgflt be ns Well to suggest to ,thc' kaiser that now is the time to take advantage of the old rates, Meditations of a Fat Man Why is it (alas) that all those resolu tions not to eat any more doughnuts are formed only after thqcvent? Still, we believe In the survival 'of the fattest, j. ( One of the 'correspondents on the ,Pres-' dent's train Informs the world that owing to the impossibility of stopping long enough to have any washing dope", they all had to provldo 'themselves with thirty 'shirts nnd collars. So perhaps the Incensed C'lnaman ,at Columbus was a disappointed Inundrvmnn. SOORATES. There's no 'room iu Ouqden tQd"ay',for miSi! p'Mmmi'mmAm tfmvr3fral '?VJw-'Mtab)3mK 3S1 jbLrK ff Kilf''?.TS1tlr' l. jres0 "K?wS to: wilwirtV TT--lilg7 S k w4';rAr - 'y i Hr " ' (i .'A RIGHTLY TERMED,; trttffc ' fSF y The Profiteers WAS it not ever so? All wars that were Had both a grim reverse and glorious face : ' To nobler things the noble felt the spur, v ' But baso and craven hearts grew yet more base. , I' No war was ever ended but remained, Tho unclean foe that preyed upon the state ; And, since he had no honor to be stalled, Gave rein to greed. So have we seen but late. What need to name them they who are our foes 4 ,, Who hold the gifts of Ceres far aloof, And shrink the poor man's loaf? And they are those Who thrust the poor man from beneath a roof! Seems this not "War even while we mur mur "Peace"? Who shall its slaves and trampled ones release? Edith M. Thomas In the New York Times. A recent order by Marshal Foch dou bling the amount of territory ln the Rhine land to be policed by American troops in dicates that two regiments which recently left Camp Taylor, Ky., and Camp Dlx, N. J., for overseas duty are destined to" pro vide the new works for tho watch on 'the Rhine. . Four fishermen agree that Lelpervlllt, Delaware county, Is haunted. They all had to run for their lives. One was chased by a wild man ; one by a huge German carp that ran along the ground on its fins; one by a bird not unlike an ostrich, and one by a four-legged creature somewhat resembling a hyena. Strange, Isn't It, how many dlf-' ferent kinds of queer fish can be caught with one can of bait H 3 J What Do You Know? QUIZ ' r 1. What is a casuist? , 2. Does the peace treaty in its present form mention the Monroe Doctrlnet a. Where Is the Welland Canal? 'A. Who was William" Tanner? ' f; Which country hss the larger popula tion, Belgium or' the Netherlands? 0. now do the correct English and the American pronunciations of the word "been" differ? 7. What are goldilocks? 8. For what animal is "Neddy" a per sonal name? 0. now long have the Virgin Islands been In American possession? ' 10 Who composed the music of the opera "Louise"? Answers to Yesterday's Clulr ( 1. Hussein Rushdi Pasha is the present premier of Egypt. , 2. Senator Hitchcock is from Nebraska. 3. Amphibolous means quibbling, am-1 biguous. 4 "Uncle Tom's Cabin" appeared nine years before the Civil War, in J852. C. Columbus Day Is observed as a holiday in some states on October 12. 0. Tho "Blue Peter," indicating that a ship is about to, sail, takes its last name from a corruption of the French word "partlr," to depart. 7. Erse is the Highland Gaelic language. It is also sometimes used to mean la native Irish tongue. 8 Tho Presidept delivered the first address on bis nation-wide tour on behalf of the treaty in Columbus', O. 0 A perl Is a fairy, originally In Persian mythology. u- H 10. ftbo spleea was formerly itfftttM ' mi k m Dwner mmrmmm'. l . '-i ,sI il bet fHV.fc1Wtl; . " '? " o tbe-wJsids.JwU't -M ' -blylt jalrlott, a.f5 - '-VV ' " N -Jhr A ' Sift,' y. ywiMJailff ', :lV--------- HfSfyWWyt VJf u-r iw ...i - ' tl ' . . 9 . l &ri f!i' w ft .11? i ' J "A if
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