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Nir Tobk Bciieau The Stm HulldinK London Hcbeau London Kmrj SUBSCRIPTION' TEHMS Th EfESiNO Pobmo Lrjpnsit Is served tn nub bribers In Philadelphia and eiirroundlns towns at the rate ot twelve (12) cents per week, poable Br mall to'rmlnts outside of Philadelphia. In tha United States. Canada, or lnltd States po waalom. pontine free, fifty vliOl cents per month Six (10! dollam par rear, parable In advanre. To all forelen countries one (11 dollar rer month. . , , , Noticb fluWrlbers wMilnir address chnnsed must give old as well as new address. BELL, 3000 WALNUT KEVSIONT, M UN 3000 TnrinnHnfiA tiniiarn 11,lla.t lthtB inarnenaer, GTAddms all communication fo Vvenlnu PulUo Ledocr. lndrptndettce Squarr, PUiladrlyMa. , Member of the Associated Press ' THE ASSOCIATED mVSS it rrrhi ttvcl entitled to the vsc far republication of till pcia dispatches credited to It or vnt othencisc credited in this paper, and also the local vacs published thoetn. All rights of republication of special tffj. patches herein are also retcrved. Fhiladtlphii, Thurxla. September 13. Pit MERCIER AND OUR SYMBOL CARDINAL MERCIER is a difficult man to honor. With military tri umphs the conventional parade fittingly accords. But a symbol of undaunted spiritual force peculiarly nnd subtly stirs the heart, the throbs of which are neither visible nor in any spectacular sense Audible. Philadelphia. hoveer, has ically something to otTer the inspiring and fear less champion of Iibeity whose brief visit here will begin tomorrow. On Saturday he will be escorted to Inde pendence Hall. The bell and the great prelate who voiced its tones through the black night of oppression will have im plications of profound spiritual import. The city is fortunate in not having to rely exclusively on pageantry. NOBODY ESCAPES rpHE proposed raised city tax a.sseos- ments, it is contended, is in lino with the new; high value of properties caused by (he stiff rentals obtained by alleged profiteers. When the case is put this way it looks ns though the landlords will be made to suffer. Obviously the property owner vyill be pained if the taxes soar. But the tenant will not escape, for if the property holder is compelled to pay out more money he will insist on higher rents. If it could ever be demonstrated that there was a limit to passing the buck and handing down penalties finan cial conditions might be made to corre spond to rosy ideals. Economic laws have a prevailing circular tendency. Both for good nnd ill, inflation eventually affects ttvery one, not merely a class. Granting that Philadelphia has been misgoverned and that extravagance and favoritism have depleted its purse, it is titill undeniable that the cost of running a city has advanced like everything else. Part of the new revenue sought from the assessments will Help to increase school teachers' salaries and those of policemen and firemen, who will pay the rents that the landlords demand to bo able to pay the taxes which the city demands to pay its employes who demand more in order to pay the rentals. With the imperative program of mu-" nicipal improvements and necessities in view, it is the duty of the Councils to eliminate useless Jobs, stop wastage and exercise sane principles of economy. Yet even were the administration the most virtuous conceivable it is difficult to see how it can be effectively operative without sufficient funds. Neither indi viduals nor organized bodies of them can defy the skyward tendency of prices. Adjustment of burdens on the new eco nomic basis is the best that can be hoped for. AFTER THE PROFITEERS Q0ME interesting facts have been dis- closed by the visit of the represen tativesof the Tenants' Protective Asso ciation to Harrisburg. One is that about 1500 vacant, houses are held by speculators who refuse to rent them. Another is that the great majority of the houses rented for small sums are leased from month to month; and a third is that there seems to be no law under which a landlord can bo pre vented from raising the rent. The attorney general has recommended that an attempt be made to shame the profiteers into an abandonment of their practices by exposing them to public con demnation. No plan has been suggested for reach ing the new tenants who consent to pay the increased rent for the houses out of which the old tenants have moved, but if no one were willing to pay the increased rent the landlords would not find it profit able to add $5 or $10 to the monthly price for the use of their property. It is suggested also that longer leases be made, so that a landlord cannot turn a, tenant out almost at will. This ar rangement would afford some relief, for it wpuld prevent a landlord from increas ing the rent two or three times in a year. It is. proposed also that an investiga tion be made into the practices of certain building and loan associations charged with assisting the profiteers in securing jiuaneoBiuu ui uuuhus viin mo lnvest , merit of a small amount of capital and forcing the tenants to buy on threat of an excessive increase in the rental. Building and loan associations were not chartered for any such purpose. Their 'primary object is to make it easy for a jKraon of small means to buy a home and IKty for it in small installments. The !, ifflwimon and well-founded impression is . jftt they have been loyal to this object id the main. They have assisted tens J thousands of families in this city to i'feuy bouses and to make them immune to the gougers, These families are their own landlords and they are, the .backbone of the building and loan associations. They and the other members are not in sympathy with nny policy which permits any association to be used to assist speculators in reaping a profit from the necessities of those who seek a home. If any association has been so used the scourge of publicity which the attorney general suggests should bo applied to the profiteers should also be applied to the offending association. THE DOWNTOWN MOTOR JAM NEEDS EXPERT ATTENTION Street Traffic Since the Automobile Ar rived Has Become a Problem as Im portant as That of Trolleys "PUTUnE directois of transit in this city will be functionaries of might. The definition of their duties as it i. written into the new chaiter has sweep and grandeur, nnd even an odd sugges tion of romance. Your transit diiector is supposed wisely to jiversce and' regu late "the transportation of persons and property over, under, upon, through and across any streets, highways, avenues, bridges, viaduct, rivers, waters and pub lic and private lands or partly under, over, upon, through or across the same." The authors of the charter say noth ing of the air or sky. That omission can ho understood. But they seem to have forgotten, too, that the people who walk and those who ride in automobiles are a aster number than those who, as riders in trolleys, aie under the care of the department of transit. Motor traffic and the street congestion that it has brought about represent a transit problem quite as acute as that of old and new trolley lines. It has never been systematically studied. Some one will have to face it before long. Motor car manufacturers cannot meet the de mands being made upon them. Mr. Ford is said to be preparing to turn swarms of $250 automobiles out into a yearning world. So there isn't much time left to meet a situation that is already almost hopelessly complicated. The traffic squad is as competent as any in the world. But its equipment is old-fashioned and many of the rules which it is required to enforce are no longer adequate to keep traffic moving where it ought to move smoothly. In any new scheme of regulation some method will have to be found for the convenient parking of motorcars in the downtown sections. The number of people who use automobiles as a daily convenience or necessity is so great that the city will have to concern itself about them. That is a matter for engineers to work out. Motorcar owners themselves will have to be better regulated. Somewhere among the municipal statutes is a mu nicipal ordinance which provides fines for those who drive automobiles which pollute the atmosphere with smoke and poisonous gas. It used to be enforced when devilwagons were a novelty. In later years it has been forgotten. That is why Broad street and Chestnut street on a hot summer afternoon often seem like the vestibule to an inferno. The first detail that will naturally sug gest itself to any one who tries to sim plify and improve the street traffic sys tem is that of mptortrucks. Now, a motortruck and its crew represent a con siderable lot of money. It ought to be kept rolling along if its owner isn't to bo out of pocket. But the time that motor trucks lose in traffic jams on the central streets seems to be regarded as a neces sary waste. Drivers still seem to believe that the shortest line between two given points represents the easiest and quick est loute through the city. As a matter of fact, they could travel over a detour, avoid the business section and reach their destinations more quickly than they reach them now by competing with trol leys, passenger vehicles and masses of pedestrians in the shopping centers. In a better traffic system downtown and uptown and cross streets now little used will be set aside for the use of motortrucks and rules will be made to reserve the central business streets for the use of passenger vehicles. Quicker trolley service would follow naturally. There would be less danger and less delay in all other traffic. The motor freight and wagon traffic would get about more conveniently than it docs now. Ultimately the traffic squad will have to bo enlarged. The cross streets in the central sections of the city will have to be asphalted and kept in good condition in order to accommodate somo of the north-and-south motor traffic that makes Broad street almost impassablo at some hours of the day. Better paving on Arch street and the removal of obstructions that hae made that thoroughfare unin viting for years would relieve some of the pressure about City Hall. Motorcars came along rather suddenly. In cities where streets are wide they have so far brought no serious traffic prob lems for drivers, business men or the public generally. It is plain that if a growing population and increasing motorcars are not to put an intolerable pressure on the central streets within a year or two radical changes will have to be made in the existing rules. The transit department under the new city administration ought to co-operate 'with tho Departments of Works and Public Safety to at least suggest a gen eral plan by which the currents of ve hicle traffic may bo disentangled and re directed with a view to less waste and greater general comfort. Routes for motor freight ought to be established just as street-car routes are now established and drivers should be required to follow the courses indicated by the authorities. A Bureau of Traffic in one of the departments would bo a good thing and it may be in existence before many years. Wider streets would, of course, go far to solving the .general problem. It has been suggested that at somo time in the future the curb on some of the central streets may be set back to -the building line, while the sidewalk is continued as a series of arcades built over some of the ground floor space of the existing -r buildings. This arrangement would bo expensive, but not so expensive as moving back entiro buildings. It is to avoid such costly expedients ns this nnd at the samo time to meet tire requirements of traffic necessary to the business life of tho central sections that the new Mayor ought to appoint a com mittee of experts to survey the traffic system and devise plans to bo worked out through the co-operation of the Depart ments of Transit, Public Works and Pub lie Safety. It i one of tho grentest problems the new administration must face and solve. THE JAMMED UNIVERSITY rpHE University of Pennsylvania is too small for the town. There is little surprising in this. Philadelphia is like a man with a boy's suit of clothes. Houses," trolleys, stieets, schools are crowded. Naturally the University, too, feels the pressure. In both tho Wharton School and the medical department the matriculation books have been closed. A decade ago this situation would have been inconceiv able. But then nobody would have dreamed that the city would so soon swoop into the two-million class. The opportunity is at hand to make the leading local institution of higher learning responsive to tho new condi tions. The ancient plaint of shortage of students gives way to the cry of insuf ficiency of equipment. It is time for the application of an energetic public spirit on behalf of the almost embarrassingly popular University. A good beginning would bo the speedy raising of the million-dollar fund now sought by the hospital. Part of it is to be devoted to the completion of the half finished wing, dismally boarded up for seeral years. New housing for the Wharton School is also extremely necos saty. It is a reflection on a community when its University is physically unable to ac commodate its would-be students. NONDIRECTING DIRECTORS rpHE determination of Colonel Pusey to sue the directors to recover the two-nnd-a-half-million-dollar deficit of the Noith Pcnn Bank is based on the con tention that every officer and director of the bank was grossly negligent. , No institution properly managed and directed could have got into the condi tion of this bank. There is no disposi tion to charge the directors with crime, but the facts indicate that they were incompetent to have the care of large funds. The actual criminals apparently worked without much hindrance from the men whose duty it was to protect the deposits. Public sentiment is back of this move. HOW LEONARD WOOD DID IT 'TWERE is nothing new in profiteering. When Leonard Wood was in charge of Santiago, after tho Spanish-American War, he found the butchers charging the starving people seventy-five cents a pound for beef. He summoned the butch ers to his office. "How much do you pay for the meat?" he asked. "It is very expensive," they replied. "But how much do you pay for it?" he insisted. "We have to pay a great deal for it," they said again. "But how much?" And this time the demand was made so emphatically that it could not bo ignored. "Fifteen cents," they confessed. "Hereafter you sell it for twenty-five cents," Wood ordered. The butchers left and the price of meat came down to the figure which he fixed. It was wartime and he exercised su preme power. In tho recent wartime we have tried to bring prices down by con gressional investigations and prices aro still up. W. Z. Foster will bo A Wary Kird cnllcd upon by the Senate probe commit tee (o explain just lmw n syndicalist can consistently lead n trades union movement. Tho answer is, of course, that the strike Is simply a means to nn end, tho end being revolution. Hut he Ton't make that answer. ISecause several large corporations have placed orders for German steel, apparently thinVins it the best, the American Inatituto ot Mining and Metallurgical nnjriiicerc, in convention in Chieago, has declared unani mously that better steel is made In the United States than in Germany. Americans will be glHd to huvc confirmed the opinion they have always held. Miners are seeking a CO per cent wage increase nnd n live-day week. Tim opti mists among them hope tbey may get It. The eeouomists among them know that this is not tho way to bring down prices. The agi tators among them care neither for tho staled objects nor for threatened economic disaster, for their goal is resolution. The fact that the five opera singers, al leged to havo violated the contract labor law in coming to this country, havo been re-' leased on parole is indication that a glimmer of intelligence has visited tho Bureau of Im migration and that there is possibility that the spirit may eventually triumph over the letter of the law. Steps have been taken to increase the pay of Baptist ministers. The action was taken after it had "been officially brought to the attention of the board of promotion that ministers aro not so easy to procure as beforo the war" becauso their low sala ries have forced them into other occupa tions. Tho good old law of supply and de mand gets in its licks here as elsewhere. r.iperts who forecast (hat the expected return visit of the influenza would bo less severe than formerly and that cases would be less numerous than Iabt year may havo to revise their prophesies now that Judge Dickinson has ruled Unit saloonkeepers may sell whisky for medicinal purposes. A direct line of steamships between Philadelphia and Belfast and Dublin is a promise of the near future. Immigrants from the distressful country will therefore he able to como to the land of promise, without setting foot on tho soil of the hated Sassenach. Ochone, 'tin the grand news! The Italian Government has decided mai. jue Blurring our. ot too i'mrno belllgcr n Cflioll till 1..tnnMAn.Mn I.J t it- - .uv .... ww uuuiwuiyauicu uj uie pangs hunger. of THE GOWNSMAN Shall I Send My Son to College? TUB answer to the query of this title obviously depends upon one or more of threo things upon the college (for there arc colleges nnd "colleges"), upon the boy (there are sons who might as well be sent to Bally brack), nnd upon father nnd the notions concerning the college and its functions which he has contrived to get Into bis head. Let us take father first. What do you expect a college fo do for your boy, in crease his immediate wage-earning capac ity V This Is unlikely, considering the bol Bhevikian code which is hard upon us, whereby labor is to he paid for inversely as to Us skill and brains are become a drug In the market. Make him a gentleman, iu rreasc his respcrtnbility? If he has not inherited this from you college will little help him. Aid him in life by the acquisition of new associates and the opening o social opportunities? Yes, if you want him to be a sycophant. Train him vocationally? The real vocational training school is the world, not the cloister. Then why send n boy to college? Let echo, for the moment, answer, nliy? A LXCHLLKNT woman is repoilcd lo have said some years ago that she would ns soon send her son to hell ns to Yale. This deliverance was a great advertisement for (he venerable university at New- Haven and it may be inferred wns referable more to the attraction of the labials in both word' than to any actual acquaintance on the part of that excellent woman either with Yale or with its hot competitor in the schooling of mankind of (he nether world. But one suspects that the unfitness in this case was less in the college than in the boy. The son of such n mother could only be "safe." safe for prolraeted infuncy, by being wrapped in rolton batting and kept in a glass case. It would be cruel lo send to college one so prone lo the infantile paralysis of petty sin. Such a boy would cheat at marbles and perhaps tell fibs, to say nothing of (he horrors of chewing gum. Let us hope (hat he was kept in the nursery. A WELL-KNOWN piofessor used (o say - Unit he would like to have the power to send some of his students home or about some serious business. For n college is a place in which there are many cleetUes besides those on the curriculum. Compara tively few youths go wrong in college who have not already turned to the left before they entered. The idle inevitably seek the idle in college ns In the world, nnd the vicious the vicious. But the major current flows on steadily, honestly, seriously, in the main, despite a good deal of adorable boy ishness, and the average American boy profits much in the average American col lege, in his study, in his play, in his asso ciations; for a college worthy the name regulates surcessfully that precious period of growth by means of which the bobble-dc- boy schoolboy develops into the semblance and more than the semblance of an actual man. SEND your sou (o college, then, to make a man of him. Give him this best of opportunities of measuring himself against his fellows and equals in years and advan tages, whether il be in the natural endow ments ot his brain or in the toughness of his muscles. Let him find in this struggle of fitness, elevated by ideals and removed measurably from the sordidness of the actual struggle for life, the schooling which will fit him to take up that later and un avoidable struggle, sustained by knowledge, ideas and by that training in how to go at a thing nnd worry it to completion, which ought lo be one of the things which belong to the college-trained man. It is a good thing for a man to proceed to his degree, not for the sheepskin or the letters but for the value of a thing undertaken and com pleted. A degree is like the wqrd "ster ling" stamped on silver. It docs not make the thing silver. It only tells you by tho sanction of custom that the ar'icle is silver, a good thing, often, to know in tho cur rency of life. SEND your son to college to educato him for his leisure. The longest business day comes to an end. There is still a weekly day of rest, however we abuse it, and there comes an evening lo most busy lives when the traffic of every day measurably abates and there is some time which we can call our own. It is for theso precious parts of life that a college education particularly pre pares a man : a factory or machine shop will do as well for the work-a-day hours. And here we reach the real line of contrast between the education of the man and tho education of the mechanic, training in ideas and training in manual dexterity. All labor is honorablo and tho hand is as honorable as the head. But labor for wage, however necessary and respectable, is not of the quality or the disinterestedness of labor for love of the work, for the glow of muscles honestly tired, tho satisfaction of ideals approximately realized. The technical school and the college aro two things, and confusion between them Is the cause of most of our educational ills. The technical scheol teaches how to do something ; its proper nnd commendable end is training in a vocation, training in somo process which will bring Income and a livelihood. Tho college teaches much that is inconvertible into material assets, and that part of its teaching is the most precious, for its raises the whole man to a higher level and makes wholesome and sweet thoso momenta when art, literature, music and religion can exercise their benign Influences, nnharrowed by cries of barter and untroubled by tho avaricious spirit of gain. Nobody has ever excelled Lowell's definition of a college as a place where nothing useful is taught. To the law school send your son fqr law, to the "business col lege" (strange contradiction in words) for the practicalities of business, to college for the training of the man. And go to college first because a lawyer, a doctor, a good trader is best made out of a man. College is the school common to humanity not par ticular to any trade. A mob took control of Drumright, Okla., in connection with a strike of tele phone operators, disarmed tho chief of po lice and imprisoned three girl operators who refused to strike. Tho town Is not living up to its name. What It appears to be beating is the devil's tattoo. Tho State Agricultural Department is receiving complaints about crickets. The cheerful insect Is not only making more noise than usual, but ho is said to be injuring woolen clothing. Tho department suggests poison. Hut why not ship them to tho open hearth department of tho various idle steel mills? Secretary Daniels has been elected a member of a local post of the American Legion. If the reader feels inclined to jubilate over the circumstance, he may note the fact that Philadelphia got ahead ot the gentleman's home town in extending the in vitation. Landlords and tenants got together in New York for n conference. Arguments grew so forcible that a riot call was sent In. The police are willing arbitrators, but-their decisions seldom "stay put." With 112 vessels, in port and ninety-one of them flying the American flag, both Phil adelphia and the country' at large have cause for congratulation. IF CLftNC . CLANG!! CONGfUtfVlLME: MUrSKiP. VNE. CTUST DE.EN PRONOUNCED INCLMABl- THE CHAFFING DISH On Laziness fTTODAY we rather intended1 to write an essay on Laziness, but were too indolent to do so. Tho sort of thing we had in mind to write would have been exceedingly persuasive. We intended to exert the influence of the Dish, whatever that may be, in favor of a greater appreciation of Indolence as a be nign factor in human affairs. IT IS our observation that every time we get into trouble it is due to not having been lazy enough.. Unhappily, we were born with a certain fund of energy. We havo been hustling nbout for a number of years now, and it doesn't seem to get us anything but tribulation. Ilcnceforward we are going to make a determined effort to be more lan guid and demure. It is the bustling man who always gets put on committees, who is asked to solve the problems of other people and "neglect those of his own. The man who Is really, thoroughly and philosophically slothful is the only thor oughly happy man. It is the happy man who benefits the world. The conclusion is inescapable. . We remember a saying about th meek inheriting the earth. Tho truly meek man is the lazy man. He Is too modest to be lieve that any ferment nnd hubbub of his can ameliorate tho earth" or assuage the per plexities of humanity. O HENRY said once that one should be careful to distinguish laziness from dignified repos'e. Alas, that was a mere quibble. Laziness is always dignified, it is always reposeful. 'Philosophical laziness, we mean. The kind of laziness that is based upon a carefully reasoned analysis of experi ence. ' Acquired laziness. Wo havo no re spect for those who were born lazy: it is like being born a millionaire: they cannot appreciate their bliss. It is the man who has hammered bis. laziness out of tfie stub born material of life for whom wo chant praise and alleluia. The laziest man we know we do not like to mention bis name, as tho brutal world does not yet recognize sloth at lis com munity value is one of the greatest poets in this country ; one of the keenest satirists ; one of the most rectilinear thinkers. He began life in the customary hustling way. He was always too busy to enjoy himself. He became surrounded by eager people who came to him to solve their problems. "It's a' queer thing," be said sadly; "no one ever comes to me asking for help in solving my problems." Finally the light broke upon him. He stopped answering letters, buying lunches for casual friends and visitors from ojit of town, he stopped lending money to old college pals and'fritterlng his time away on all the useless minor matters that pester the good-natured. He sat down in a secluded cafe with his cheek against a seldel of dark beer and began to cdress the universe with his. intellect. T HE most damning argument against the Gcrmens is tnat tncy were not lazy enough. In the mwaie oi Europe, a thor oughly disillusioned, Indolent and delight ful old continent, tho Germans were a dan gerous masi of eneigy and bumptious push. If the Germans had been as lazy, a in different and bb righteously laissez-fairlsh as their neighbors the world would have been "spared a great deal. People respect laziness. II you onca get a reputation for complete, immovable and reckless indolence the" world will leave you to your own thoughts, which are generally rather interesting. DOCTOR JOHNSON, who was one of the world's great philosophers, was lazy. Only yesterday our friend- the Caliph showed us an extraordinarily interesting thing. It was a little leather-bound notebook in which Boswcll jotted down memoranda of his talks with the old doctor. These notes be after ward worked up into tho imlnortal Biogra phy. And lo ad bhold what wai the THEY SELL IT TO THE J WtlMJ. 2SS& . very first entry in this treasured little relic? Doctor Johnson told me In going1 to Ham from Ashbourne, 2r Scptembcr.'lTTT, that "tho way the plan of his Dictionary came to bo addressed to Lord Chestcrfleld was this: He had neglected to write It by the time appointed. Dodsley suggested a desire to have It addressed to Lord C. Mr. J. laid hold of this as an excuse for delay, that It might be better done perhaps, and let Dodsley have his desire. Mr. Johnson said to his friend, Doctor Batli urst: "Now If any good comes of my ad dressing to Lord Chesterfield It will be ascribed to deep policy and address, when, In fact, it was only a casual excuse for laziness. Thus we see that it was sheer laziness that led to the greatest triumph of Doctor Johnson's life, the noble and memorable letter to Chesterfield in 1775. "IITIND your business Is a good counsel; " but mind your idleness also. It's a tragic thing to make a business of your mind. Save your mind, to amuse yourself with. Tho lazy man does not stand in the way of progress. Wncn he sees progress roaring down upon him ho steps nimbly out of tho way. One of tho depressing things about the Senate is that it isn't lazy enough. The lazy man doesn't (in the vulgar phrase) pass the buck. lie lets the buck pass him. Wo have always secretly envied our lazy friends. Now we are going to join them. Wo havo burned our boats or our bridges or whatever it is that one burns on the eve of a momentous decision. Writing on this congenial topic has roused us up to quite a pitch of enthusiasm and energy. O to Be Taciturn! A great deal may be said on almost any subject, remarked ono of our clients over the phonej"" And, unfortunately, it always Is. The general meanlnglcssncss of popular applause, cither for or against the league of nations (or anything else), was shown by an event In Salt Lake City. The audience lustily acclaimed a paragraph in President Wilson's speech which seemed to them very vigorous. Then they found that it was the text of a proposed reservation to the treaty which be bad read to them, Intending to horrify them. "Walt a minute," said the President. "That cuts the heart out of the treaty. You don't want to applaud that, do you?1' And they all roared, "No! No!" Desk Mottoes I rarely enjoy myself ; but how I do enjoy other people ! BARON BREVITY. - The Accumulating Birth Rate The Italian Lino steamship Caserta sailed today for Naples, carrying 1200 Italians back to Italy. In the crowd were workmen who have spent years in this country and ac cumulated substantial savings and members of their families. News item. To a Delinquent Correspondent A letter from you 1 Ican scarcely believe It. Is the world's end due? A letter from you ! I It's too good to be true I was glad to receive it. A letter from you J Tcan scarcely believe it. BESSIE GRAHAM'S FRIEND. Acid Ejaculation Breaking in a new idea Is like breaking in a new pipe : ' i Uncomfortable work, I like the old familiar thoughts, No bite or parch. , DOVE DULCET. It seems to us right and proper that the head of the Mormons should approve the league of nations, sinco he has been so suc cessful with a league of wives. . . SOCRATES. SICK ' aMmMRfa CAREERS TDILL SMITH was born in a city slum ; -' A place of blasphemy, sin and rum. Young William Smythe first blinked at the light In a suburb smugly neat and bright. William a prodigy was at school : Bill was reckoned a first-rate fool. William, from scholarship's topmost perch, Stepped to a cure in a city church. Bill was expelled, as brainless and lax, And started to "haunt tho racing-tracks. Years passed, and William still preached and prayed, But Bill, in horrible clothes arrayed, Shouted the odds to the racecourse crowd, In phrases crude' and in trousers loud. His .day's work over, with aspect glum, Smythe walks to his rooms in Smith's old slum; While Smith quaffs drinks which bubble and foam, Then drives to his large suburban home. Iml'JV'T13 e slum out ot Mtch he came: Smythe hasn't a shilling to his name. Sydney Bulletin. Responsibility for the world war is now AuX ih, CT ,LC0P0U1 Ton BerchWtL 1014 rn,UBsarJ?" for5fSn minister in July !, ?'. I worM has(i'ul interest now in who may have struck vthe match; it knows who fanned the flames. Aiwt;.i dd,reMI.ns the worId fron the Atlanta federal pr.Soq, sees in the present labor struggle tho danger of revolution. It thought6 tJl8t tbC WiSh 1S father t0 the ,n rba,rbera Btr'ko nnd tho tailors' strike afford a convenient alibi to the mafc who is ;es nachally too careless to shave and keep his trousers creased. What Do You Know? QUIZ . T. What is a sprag? 2. Who is premier of Canada? 3. Who was the first presidential nominee of the Republican party? 4. W,hen did he run for the office? 5. How does the English daisy differ from the common American variety? 0. When did tho Titanic go down? 7. Who was the "Citizen King" of France? 8. Name two distinguished Czecho-Slovak musical composers. 0. What is the meaning of a swastika? 10. What is a haggard? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz Ono-quarter of the world's shipping ton- nage is now under jtbo American flag. Cantaloupe should be pronounced as though the last syllable were spelled "loop.", Massachusetts contains more towns ot 50,000 inhabitants or over than any other state in the Union. A monnlker is a person's name, real or assumed. The word originates in English slang. New England is sometimes characterized as the "Pie Belt1." Henry George was the foremost Amer ican exponent of the single tax. Commando; party -called out for mili tary service, body of troops. The word is South African Dutch and be-camc-current In the Boer War. A canard means a hoax or false report, It is French for duck. The reference to quacks and quackery is obvious. Emmy Destlnn, the opera singer, is a" 8. 0. 10. GMCko-jjUrfTS. ' -- WJ t 1 i V.', L . i A. I! (, f rjFi V r s. ltes.' ir rj n. . f? M it ' 6 ii n , """',, o n t. '
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