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T10 "ENHANCING THE PARK'S APPEAL rpHE talk of installing an elaborately equipped modern restaurant on Bel mont Hill calls to mind one respect in which Fairmount Park has long lagged behind the Bois dc Boulogne and other celebrated foreign pleasure grounds. A splendid park as large as ours ought to be conveniently appointed with well conducted, attractive cafes. As it is, the places of entertainment arc few and far between and, although some of them arc delightfully quaint, they are quite incapable of filling all the needs of the population of the Faiimount domain on a fine day. Moi cover, now that prohibition is in force, the restau rants of the Park will not suffer by com parison with those beyond its jurisdic tion. The Park Commissioners and the Park art jury, which supervise the erection of any new buildings in the recreation area, may be expected to protect historic land marks, such as many of the fine old man sions are, and at the same time to heed the claims of good taste regarding new structures. Innovations, however, that will en hance the appeal of one of the loveliest pleasure grounds possessed by any city should be cordially welcomed. FLOURISHING TIMES FOR MUSIC MUSIC lovers of a philosophic bent should be able to derive considerable satisfaction by a comparison of the con ditions attending the inaugural of the Philadelphia Orchestra's season this year with those which prevailed a year ago. When Mr. Stokowski raises his baton at the Academy today he will signal ize the opening of a musical term favored with exceptional possibilities. Last October the influenza occasioned a three weeks' postponement of the first pair of concerts. With the war in progress it was, moreover, doubtful that the per sonnel of the line artistic organization could be for any length of time pre served intact. v Of all the arts, music, because of its spiritual refreshment, suffered least by the universal conflict, and yet impair ment of its vitality was alarmingly fore cast. The worst forebodings were happily unrealized. A prosperous season ensued, but, owing to its inauspicious start, it is likely that its accomplishments will not be comparable with the fine things now in store for music patrons. Of the sound and vigorous taste for good music in Philadelphia there is no longer any question. Entertainments, both of high grade and otherwise, arc flourishing conspicuously just now. Mr. Stokowski, with his loyal clientele and his admirable ambitions, will be enabled to profit splendidly by the prevailing popular mood. The season which be gins this afternoon has unquestionably the best wishes of the best elements of the public. ABOUT THE WEATHER QUMMER'S second childhood usually comes in November. Why the old season should linger about and return and return again to look in the windows and wander the streets after everybody hought she had gone forever is more than we can tell. Yet even in her gray old age summer is beautiful. And she is always gracious. The blazing spectacle of the autumn, is on and nobody who wants to view the annual mirscles of the Wissahickon or the prismatic cranberry bops of Jersey could ask fairer days for journeying out of beaten tracks. ' Those who travel in airplanes get the best views of autumn. They say that the landscapes between here and New York appear, when viewed from an alti tude of a mile, like an Oriental tapestry bejeweled and veined with silver. The brightest colors are those of the wheat fields in Jersey and the flaming maples and ivy. Cornfields are dull gold and, viewing the forests, you might suppose that they were afire.- A CHANCE FOR RUSSIA ST LOOKS as though the second anni-- versary of Bolshevist rule, in Novem ber, in Russia will never be celebrated. 0The rapid, and emphatic successes of Gen eral Denikin and his Cossacks arc not attained, as were Kolchak's illusory vic tories, in sparsely settled Siberia, but in the very heart of the former empire. Oreli which has just been captured, is otily 208 miles from Moscow, while .Pskov, also jn anti-Bolshevist possession, is not that distant" away from Petro grad, pit' the composition of Denarii's army, H numbers a'nii equipment, little, is known. Onfact, however, may be, fca- AfuaMv -deduced. The DonuIaticVrw, Great Russia must bo friendly to permit of such speedy marches by the rescuing army. Within the last month an advance of 100 miles from south to north has been made. The difllculty of foretelling events in Russia has given pause oven to the rash eat prophets. Nevertheless, nobody save Infatuated reds, has over entertained the thought that the Bolshevist rule could be permanent. Where the forecasters differed was in consideration of the in struments capable of delivering the death-blow. Similar perplexity embarrassed the champions of civilization, who wondered by what means the convention would bo overthrown in the French' Revolution. When the Reign of Terror began Na poleon Bonaparte was virtually unknown. Yet it was his privilege with that epochal "whiff of grapcehot" on the Kith Vendc miaire to blow the French Revolution into "a thing that was." Its superb accom plishments for liberty weic, of course, invulnerable. It was its madness and excesses which were hurled into the past by that vigorous suppression of the Paris mob in October, 1703. While there is not the slightest evi dence that Denikin is a Napoleon, it may be his mission to be just as service able in this particular instance. If the sanity of Russia, to which czarism and Leninism arc alike abhorrent, support him in winning Petrograd or Moscow mankind's obligations to him will be profound. YOUR TOO-PATIENT UNCLE AND HIS TERRIBLE GUESTS Wayfarers, Invited In to Rest and Happi ness, Now Demand Your Gentle Rela tive's Watch and His Money SAMUEL, that gray and revered Uncle of yours, is a patient old gentleman whoso .mystical faith in humanity has led him into troubled ways. Into his house he asked all sorts of people, lie had always been proud of the compan ionship of the poor and he Hung the doors wide. Stragglers ami wayfarers from the four coiners of the troubled earth were commanded to be happy, to make themselves at home, to enjoy lib erty of action and freedom of speech. The place had cost your Uncle appall ing effort. It had been' established through heartbreaking sacrifice. The guests trooped in without wiping their feet. "We arc free, by Jovcski!" they said. "He told us to bo happy. Lot us enjoy the glorious liberty for which this gen tleman's people have been obliging enough to die!" They trampled the flower beds and put TNT under the piano and planted bombs under the foundations. In their joy they wrecked the furniture and fur tively sharpened knives for the owner of the place. They expressed a firm desire for your Uncle's watch and his money. Upon the premises was a goose extraor dinarily prolific of golden eggs, and over this interesting creature the company went into a mad uproar. They demanded that it be chopped up instantly for a stew. It was, of course, inevitable that your distinguished relative should ven ture delicately to remonstrate with his guests. "You told us we wore free men!" shouted the wayfarers. "You are a liar and a hypocrite!" The windows of your Uncle's house were flung open and the newly liberated hordes bawled to the out side world. "This man is a liar and a robber baron," they said. "Therefoie we shall pull down his house!" Free speech is an excellent thing. It is the most wholesome of human privi leges. It often subjects us to a lot of flapdoodle and noise and nonsense. Out of it good things inevitably must come. But nowadays he is an exceptional man who has not some doubts about the limit less indulgence of that light. The Lie is the great weapon of the hour. It is being used as an instrument of incendiarism in the house of your Uncle. It is being used to inflame the un fortunate and uninformed steel workers. It is the Lie that has left the miners' organization in a mood to strike. The few extreme radicals who are striving furiously to control labor in the United States know that a six-hour day and a five-day week and a 60 per cent increase in wages are impossibilities in the soft coal industry. They admit that their aim is not better wages. So do the radical leaders of the dock strikers. They aim frankly to make privately directed in dustry unprofitable and impossible. Theirs is the theory that, in practice, left Russia helpless, hopeless and pros trate to be warred over by rival armies as dogs fight over a bone. To apply it in the United States the guerrillas of the labor movement are willing to stop the production of coal, to paralyze railway lines, to put out all the lights in the cities. It is by lies that industry i3 being menaced and by lies that labor organiza tions are being misled, weakened and discredited. The double betrayal is being accomplished by the right of free speech. "You cannot stop us," say the pro fessing anarchists, "You havo pledged your word. You guaranteed us freedom of speech!" Men accustomed to freedom do not feel that they arc privileged to go about setting fire to buildings. The right of free speech does not permit a citizen to blaspheme in the streets nor does it per mit any one to teach vice or sedition. Gradually we shall have to realize that the right of free speech entails obliga tions upon those who practice it. There ought to be a curb on liars. It Is liars in the labor movement who are causing millions of credulous men to de mand what cannot be given them and liars who are the cause of industrial con fusion. These liars lie both ways like thieves. They lie about Gompers. They lie about the President. They, lie about the country claiming always the "sacred right of free speech." The design of the fcousePyour patient Uncle built doesn't happen: to appeal to their particular and peculiar taste. So they want to pull it down about the heads of the family. Well, they won't bring down the house, though they have managed to raise a lot of confusion in it. Your Uncle is learn ing his lesson. He is coming to know that there can be too much of a good tiling. The wild and odorous crew that ho sheltered would actually like to turn him out into the street in tne name of liberty. It is not strange that he won ders occasionally whether at least u few of his riotous guests didn't descrvo the lash that less sentimental governments used to lay upon them and the husks and the diit and the oppression that were theirs in the old days before they found their way to the doors of the good Samaiitan. The dignity and efficiency of organized labor have been impaired. The pros-" perity of tljo country has been menaced. The laws of hospitality have been fully disregarded, and all this is to be reckoned against minority of imported lunatics who, whenever they are questioned, slink to safety "behind the traditional rule of free speech. Free speech they shall have. Even in these days of disillusionment your Uncle will find a way to keep his word. But in the future, when his floors are swept and the house is put in order, and when he gets a new piano, he will remember the violence that has been done upon his premises. His isU lather fine and inspiring sort of house. It has stood since Revolution ary times as a great landmaik and a place of refuge. Millions of proud men have died to keep it safe and clean for ever. In tho last four years it has been tho one sure and steady hope of the world. Guests who come knocking at the' doors in later years doubtless will be scrutinized more closely than they were before. Freedom is a good thing, but it cannot be granted to wild animals from the zoo. Even the most generous householder can not be blamed if he shuts out yeggs and gunmen. Your revered Uncle as he tidies up his garden will be u wiser man. lie will look twice at callers. And he can find no better advice than that which is in an address just delivered by Attorney General Palmer at Lehigh University. Mr. Palmer, speaking of the future regulation of immigration, said: Tho Ingenuity of man has made the At lantic ocean a mero ditch between tho con tinents. But It must al'V.iys bo wide enough to permit the trmnlffrant as ho crosses it to rid himself once for all of tho misconception of government with which tho old conditions filled his tnmd. Ho must realize that his revolution has been fought and won when ho sets Ins font on American soil. His t!molor tho use of force Is then behind lilm: hit time for tho use of intrlllffenco has coinr Tho'-e vilio will not eomo hero In this apint, thou who will not beelt to promptly l"arn what democracy means, those who Imagine that a gov em inent of tho people is no different, from tho lUle of kings under a bogus claim of divine right, should go back to fight their battles where their foa Is real. TRANSIT REFORMS MR. MITTEN'S proposals to the city aro so comprehensive and some of them are so novel that the most careful scrutiny on the pait of Councils is obliga tory. In particular the financial provi sions, involving the abolition of exchange tickets and the remission by the munici pality of payments amounting annually to $785,000, call for sincere and fair minded examination. Happily, the general tone of tho transit company's suggestions is frank and ex hibitive of a concern for the public in terest. Notably is this true of the simple and sensible plans for obviating traffic delays. These solutions stand quite apart from the financial problems and there is no reason why Mr. Mitten should not put them in force, regardless of what sort of bargain his company and the city may make. The relocation of tho tracks around the City Hall is so logical a remedy of the motorcar blockade that one is moved to wonder why something of the sort was not considered earlier. Naturally, the laying of tho rails close to the plaza pavement will prevent much of the pres ent congestion by autos which now cross and recross the centered tracks. The contemplated diversion of the North Eighteenth and Twentieth street cars out Filbert street will also decidedly clarify the situation at the south side of Broad Street Station. Other interest ingly outlined reforms aro tho equipment of the Germantown line with modem green cars,- tho use of Tenth and Elev enth streets as express routes and the establishment of one-way traffic rules throughout the city. Councils should pass an ordinance au thorizing this improvement, no matter what its opinion may bo about the weighty and complicated financial issues. Husbands who think To Trove True Worth they are not suffi ciently appreciated hv their wives will find a joyous text in the suit ot a Sunbury (Pa.) woman for $00,000 for the loss or per nusuand killed in a railroad accident. But they'll have to die to get a verdict. While a Georgetown Praying and Prejing roun was praying with a sick friend two bojs stole 515 from his buggy. But lightc isness Is worth its toll. D'Annunjio has appealed to Italians In AmeriCa to help the cause of Italy in Hume. The Italian admiral visiting Philadelphia had a baner viewpoint when he urged Ital ians here to be good Americans. There may be a question as to the wis dom of collective bargaining, but tae right seems to be argued by the practice of hiring attorneys. Or, it may be added, by the fact of holding Industrial conferences. While the city and the street car com pany effect financiul readjustment tho stock holders of subsidiary companies will sit tight and look happy. Senator Vare says the Moore campaign committee will get all the watchers "to which it is entitled." Is this i. promise or a threat? One cannot eyen run, a city wlthout-hlt- tide the II. O. ot L. A McADOO AS A CANDIDATE His Chances for tho Democratic Nom ination for the Presidency Next Year as They Appear to an Observer In Washington Ily CLINTON W. GILBERT Washington, I). C. Oct. 17. rplIU Democratic party is lucky. It has a einnlidnto for President who u't split the parly or scare away voters Trom It; who may even bring back some ot the voters who have already quit it. Moreover, it has some ono who will tell it whom to nominate. And the camlidiitp is the son-in-law of the man to, whoso word the whole party will llstcu. Too much in tho family V It might be IC Mr. McAdoo were not ro much of n man himself. No oue thinks of Mr. McAdoo ns Mr. Wilson's son-in-law. The accident of mnrriflge makes him that; hut he is pilmarlly Mr. McAdoo, rrUMj Democratic party thus is lucky. The Republican party is not so lucky. It has no one to tell II whom t( nominate. And it haH n lot ot persons to tell it whom not to nominate. Tor example, there is William Allen White, who is here covering as a special correspondent the industrial conference. Mr. White has just told the Republican party in an article iu his own newspaper not to nominate Governor Low den, ot Illinois. Mr. White and his paper wi'l not support Mr. Lovvdcu if ho is named. Mr. Low den has a marked copy ot Mr. White's paper with Mr. White's article, und all of Mr. Lowdeu's friends have written letters to Mr. White telling him what a mistake he i- making in rejecting so fine a candidate for Presidcut as Mr. Lovvden. Air. White is not discriminating against Mr. Lovvden. There arc several other Repub licans whom Mr. White will take equal pleasure in not supporting. Hut Mr. Lovv den seemed to be prominent enough to de servo Mr. White's editorial attention. Tho others will be dealt with in turn, when they attract enough support to justify the ex penditure of good white paper upon them. YOU will observe that the Democratic party has one man to tell it whom to nominate and that the Republican party has several men. in fact, it is feared, a great many men. to tell it whom not to nominate. It iimi'i'itN fiom the fact that when the people decided to ninke the President the paity leader they forgot that that would leave one party without a leader, there being at least two parties and ODly tho President. Consequently tho Republican party baa no leader; or rather it has a great many leaders, whom it will not follow any moro than it will follow Mr. White in his opposition to Governor Low den nud in bis predilection for Hiram .Johnson. Tho Republican has more votes at present than the Democratic party at least the country is in oppo sition to Mr. Wilsou. But being in oppo sition to Mr. AVilson is not being in oppo sition to Mr.,McAdpo, and being in opposi tion to Mr. Wilson is not necessarily being for any one ot tho several candidates that tho Republican party may name. rpiIIXGS will begin soon, in January to bo - precise, when the Democrats and prob ably the Republicans, loo, will hold a meet ing of' their national committee to issue a cull for the national convention and to choose n city in which to hold it. There will be a big national celebration ot this event, tho whole Democratic party rejoicing over the perfect simplicity ot its task, namoly, dioosing out of two or three perfectly good candidates the one who bears the presiden tial preference. In the meantime the Democratic politi cians await the sign from Mr. Wilson, nnd the President being tuo'sick to give the sign, the candidacy of Mr. McAdoo makes prog ress. Perhaps Mr. AVilson may shrink from giving the sign in favor ot his own son-in-law. And perhaps it may not be necessary, for in the absence of an indication that the President prefers (some oue else Mr. McAdoo is likely to win. His campaign lias made great progress since the Presi dent's illness. At the Atlantic City meeting of the Democratic national executive com mittee Ucruard M. Raruch was present, looking after Mr. McAdoo's interests. The Atlantic City gathering was the first open uppearanco of candidacies. The President had been taken ill a few days before, and the politicians interpreted his breakdown as equivalent to an announcement that he was definitely out of consideration for a third term. So Mr. Baruch went to Atlantic City in the interests of his friend Mr. McAdoo, nnd Attorney General Palmer went there in his own interests, nnd several other persons were there looking tho land over, unobtrusive but hopeful. But nt Atlantic City the McAdoo boom led all tho rest. And so it does in Washington talk. The signs of McAdoo alliances are all about the capital, combination being facilitated by the Presi dent's illness. THE family nnd White House connection might be overdone, for the American public would be likely to resent anything like making the presidency a hereditary office. But Mr. McAdoo has apparently es caped that criticism by retiring from the secretaryship of tho treasury as soon as the fighting was over in Europe. And bo is avoiding undue prominence now. ne might easily havo come to Washington and stayed here during'the President's illness, becoming what one foolish story called him tho other day the "coadjutor President." But Mr. McAdoo is not a political innocent. He does not even sit in the industrial conference, und whatever happens he will not be con spicuous as an adviser of tho President. If he is nominated, it will be upon his own merits as Mr. McAdoo and not as the heir apparent of the Chief Magistrate. AND bis merits as a candidate are con siderable. First, he has rather hap pier relations with the business Interests of the country than haB any other Democratic candidate, lie came to Washington sus pected and disliked, ne had been in Wall street andvho did not belong to the right set. He remained suspected and disliked until the war began, when his handling of tho problem of financing the war won the ap proval of big business. And Mr. McAdoo has tho support also of the labor interests. They regard with favor IiIb treatment of the railroad employes. It is going to he exceed ingly convenient in 1020 to be agreeable alike to capital and labor. With tho public Mr. McAdoo will bo likely to stand or fall by his administration of tho railroads. The Democratic party is lucky to ham m good n candidate, for it will need its best, this not being a Democratic year. However, the Republican party Is always a perfectly rood party till it puts up a candidate. For the last eight years it has had a majority of the coontry and yet lost the election. The Public Service Railway has dis covered that no system is really efficient that docs not include the public good will. It must be admitted that very many Italians havo risen enthusiastically t0 Qa. briclo's trump. Death seems determined to knock the air derby Into a cocked bat. Senator Vare mr console blmsdf with the thousbl'ic" bad arunif W auus. -1 t'l !" )l!:.WK.'3i'.,v . ft imp ,t -N ?w'... -.-. Ovvvv:s r- .SiHHftZ. .Zrik M , i ?K?3t . fV-nv.'? .MIBKHa??;w THE CHAFFING DISH GENERAL DENIKIN reports: "Our troops debouched on tho line Prechrai-hcnhkoe-Turcmerf." Tho unhappy typesetter will debauch on it if that sort ot thing is coming back into the daily news. Speaking ot that already famous type written issue of the Literary Digest, the first result of the experiment will be that every one will be trying to hire some of the Digest's typo-damsels. Several hundred thousand words with practically no errors is a good reason for those gentlo dames to carry their heads high. Early in tho transcontinental flight Lieu tenant Mnynard was referred to as the ''fly ing parson." Ho is now generally admitted to bo an aviator. And not even his most jealous competitor has called him a bird man. Thinking about this and that, it comes to us that Colonel House has reached tho stage in his career when tho houorary degrees may be expected to begin. The Last Adventure WHEN I float out from the Sea of Life to the Harbor of Journey's End, 0". May the dawn he bathing tho world in S light, and the sky colored molten gold ; May the birds bo chirping an autumu song to enlighten the way I wend, And may rustling leaves bo all damp, with dew, as I make for the Final Fold. Oh, when I drift out to the Grcnt Divide, when the days of my life are o'er, May the sun be high in a cobalt sky and the hay stacked along the road ; May the wood's green wnlls give me sate re treat; may I rest on, the piny floor; May tho yellow haze of tho sun's bright rays help to lighten my dreary -load. Oh, when I go out to tho trackless void, on the path that knows no return, May I know the solace of dog and pipe, nnd tho glory of setting sun ; May rbe permitted to stop and muse, nnd to rest by the sheltered fern ; May my soul puss on through the twillt woods, when the span of my life is done. Ob, when I strike out on the Winding Trail, to return to tho earth no more, May tha autumn moon shed her yellow glow on the road that I have to go ; May the leaves He thick 'neath my plodding door, And may Mem'ry serve, as I make my way, to recall scenes of long ago. Oh, when I drift out to the Great Beyond, when I answer my Maker's call, May the wind, pressed close to my fevered check, help to strengthen my body f""alli May I hear the whisper of rustling pines and the murmuring waterfall May the stars be shining to light my path, as I trudgo o'er tho Winding Trail! ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM. He Doubles In Celluloid .Dear Socrates Replying to your question of the 14th Inst., "is there any one who has seen nil tho installments of a moving picture serial?" I wish to inform you that I, aa nresa agent for Jim Corbett, havo seen sev enteen episodes of "The Midnight Man," but I know a guy out West who has seen all eighteen installments. His nameCorbett. i ,.. .f th New Century Club says that if Socrates were to stroll down Chest nut street any tine day be would find much r. .....l. him In the costumes of ladies. It is the observation of the present bumble follower of the ancient Athenian that any wet or blustery day would afford more cause for dismay. i It may be true that Petrograd is going to fall, but after its previous experiences it hasn't far to go to reach bottom. A year or so ago we used to hear a good deal about Mr. McAdop wearing half-soled trousers. But since Mae was promoted into the movie business he( has got moro par-, tlcular. , . This year it is Mark SnlUvan who Is tell- tdu year is is .mnr uv "2 -,.- -. bag us to have our U turned I al f out, The thins that wrrlti'.' ' alo the ig U! Ue .ft "YUM-MM!" tf& WOWEfi: -. ,-..'-,- MUBt7! wa i. -JMKn M. Qulzcdltor, is, what happens to a hole in the trouscr-pockct when you do that? Why is it that the brakeman never tells you where tho tiain is going until after it starts? . AV"e don't know why it 13 that we always have such a rooted suspicion that we arc on the wrong train. Perhaps heredity has something to do with it. Mnybo our great giaudfnthcr onco got taken to Wilmington by mfstakc. You spend a third of your life in sleep, says a mattress ad. The grievous feature ot it is. it doesn't sewn nearly as long as that. The real flaw in styep is that it's so hard to enjoy it in the act. The first thing a man docs when he wakes from sleep is to look around and wonder whQthcr any thing's wrong. This, we sup pose, is nu unconscious inheritance from Adam. You remember what happened to him during his first slumber, 'way back in the second chapter. As a diligent reader of Prof. Bob Max well's homilies on tho subject of football, wc gather that the rule-book of that sovereign game still leaves much toe desired nfter diligent revision for a generation. So why be eo hard on the jolly old Peaco Treaty? But it couldn't have been a bad idea to have a few football officials sitting in when tho 'treaty was drawn up. They aro the guys who (in tho excellent words of Admiral Grayson) aro nble "to form an instant judgment on any matter that may come up." King Albert and Cardinal Mercier have certainly seen us at our worst. They have seen us when the President was ill in bed and the Senate was yammering and yawp ing. They havo seen us when Omaha vvjis lynching, 'Gary rioting, New York going without clean shirts because the laundries wero on strike, and everybody was reading a new novel by Hnrold Bell Wright. They havo seen us when prices wcro high and morale was low, and we couldn't even drink their health. If they still insistv as they seem to, that being in America is a grand and glorious feeling, then we have made two friends indeed,,, The Reformed Poacher I used to pilfer little joys Along tho bosky byways, And never made a bit of noise Or ventured on the highways ; Such tiny bits of ecstasy, Elusive, quaint and lissome, I thought, how e'er they pleasured me, The'gods would never miss 'cm ! And yet, I never could evade Fate's ruthless retribution, So sat me down, at last, and made This noble resolution : " That if, for every paltry sin Ope -Eets sucn Jarful wiggin's, Another scheme I'll then begin, Here's looking at the big tins! JESTA MINNIT. Meditation on Payday We hope that they won't use all the littlo manila envelopes tb servo sugar in. That admirable person Heywood Broun, writing of a play now running in New York, says: Most ofhe lines are not written with any intent to make them sound like true talk. Jtather, they aro paragraphs for a funny column, and ono cannot escape the realization that they aro not wrought hut cast Well, Heywood, as far as this column is concerned, cast isn't the word cither. Cast implies something poured all hot into a mold and left thcro to cool. Wo would say wrenched, wrung, despairingly clutched nnd chipped out of the shivered timbers of a derelict skull; SOCRATES. Something more than a compromise Is expected of tbo Industrial conference. What la demanded is n constructive program the furmevvorhvof a machine that will solve prob lems as they present themselves. It is a large order, but it can be filled;. Moses car ried such a machine from the top of Mt. Sinai. In tbo matter of a stcel-strikecompro-mlse, capital Is showing a lamentable lack e intcrnf, , " M. 1 ' - ' -li'-ir .?-JSJ', y y .'' .trii.'i-u-w. I "- AUTUMN AUTUMN in red nnd blue and gold, With every charm wo knew of old; Wild aster -stars by woodland ways, Abovo the hills a purple haze Whose grace in words cannot he told. Beneath tho apple-trees where strolled We wheu the blooms wero multifold Lies richer treasure now than Slay's Autumn! t What wondrous music now is trolled By hill and dale, through wood and wold! Why pipes the wind his sweetest Jays, Moro tinkling tunes the brooklet plays? "Tis thus her heralds cry : Behold Autumn ! Samuel Minttfrn Peck, in Boston Trans cript. Europe is showing pardonable curiosity concerning the proposal of the Argentine Government for reciprocal trcnties remov ing duties on food products. It is n sub ject that vitally concerns all European coun tries. And our ovvn personal interest, inci dentally, is not merely academic. Gabricle d'Annunzio has asked Clcmen ccau to tuke tho initiative in obtaining a declaration from the allied governments making Fiume a free port. If this is a ges ture preliminary to renunciation, D'Annun zio must ho preparing renvoi to his spirited little ballade. Senator Sherman says be will vote for any amendment, consistent on inconsistent, and when tho peace treaty as a whole comes up for consideration ho will vote to throw it in the alley. Since that is where his mind appears to live, he'll make no record for 'the long throw. Austria's National Assembly is soon to ratify tho peace treaty. It must be ad mitted that the Austrians can cat crow as-" gracefully as any man alive. "Better-baby" contests are to feature tho food fair. But any mother will tell you there is no better baby. "- What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What relation is Presidcut Wilson to William G. McAdoo? 2. What poem is conspicuously displayed in virtually all tho Civil War national cemeteries throughout tho United States? 3. What are bachelor's buttons? 4. What is a sexagenarian? B. What state first developed the state constabulary Idea? C. What is the largest city in China? 7. What is the pronunciation in England of the surname Wemyss? 8. Why is a scapegoat so called? 0. What Is tho name of the king of Den mark in "Hamlet"? 10. What kind ot musical instrument is a viola? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. JTho lowest rank entitling a nobleman to sit in tho ndiisc of Lords is that of baron. 1. Jerome Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, married an American in 1S03. 3. She was Miss Elizabeth Patterson, of Baltimore. Tho marriago was later annulled nnd .Jerome anarricd the Princess Catherine of Wurtembcrg, in 1S07. 1. The bat particularly typifies a cardinal. 5. The Psalter is tbo Book of Psalms, or( ' a metrical version ol it. 0. The dulcimer is a musical Instrument with strings ot graduated length, over sounding board or box, struck with hammers. It was the prototype of the piano, 7. Two famous comedies by Beaumarchals are "Tho Barber of Seville" and "The Marriago of rignro." SfVruncs aro dried plums. 9. It is correct to call a bachelor a Bene dict, but not a Benedick. Bene dick is a celebrated character in Shakespeare's "Much Ado Aboiit Nothing." jlO. The principal duty ot the VIcer,Prel dent'&Itq.pryslde over the Beaatty . ' - i - M " Mnr'1 J 31 'n v - o K ,V5, , .! wSr'"""
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