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Ml rlahts of republication of special dh patches herein arc also reserved Philadelphia, Saturdar, October 13, IW THE CASUALTY LIST T3ERXARD BARUCII has followed -- President Wilson and Samuel Gom pers to bed. Like Mr. Wilson and Mr. Gompprs, Mr. Baruch is the victim of overwork. These men aren't talking about a six hour day and a five-day week. In peace, as in war, the nature of the casualties shows where the greatest efforts are being made. Senator Reed, Senator Sherman nnd Senator Johnson and their colleagues till appear in robust health. Life always was easy for the people who sit in the galleries and make re marks. AN ARTISTIC SAFEGUARD rpHE appointment at last of a state art commission to pass on memotials and monuments savois a 1'ttle of tho "Alice in Wonderland" policy of "ncntence first, verdict afterward." Tho commonwealth m its tunc has been sentenced to commemorative "art," which must assuredly meet with the com mission's disfavor. What is done in this line, however, is usually very substan tially done, as Berlin must mournfully realize as she views her "J'.egeiaJleo." . But if the commission is powerless to rectify past errors, it can at least servo ihi future in safeguarding it against a-stonc and bro.'.ze monstiositios. All new memorials will be .subjected to a riiritl jury test, concerned not only with tho object itself, but with its fitness to the .driven environment. Tho art commissioners, for example, rT may prove a salntars check on the exe- , cution of the will of the well-meaning but misguided Philadelphia!! who planned fjr KjM lino the Statu Wouse pavement with a j,vj23ozen or so statues of Revolutionary KSpdrri es An" tnel'e ""I" " many otner RWf.'caslons on which the principles of re- 'Tjtf.minf- im! ilisprwf iin m.'nr in. nrK'nu. t ,-"..-- -. -. J -w ?- tageously ajiplied. " .y The Pennsylvania commission, authov (' ized by the act of 1919, has cultural po ' tentialities of real value. The pity of it :f is that such a body was not fotmctl lout? I ago. UNTO CAESAR ' T ET a great politician or a sprig of X-i royalty come to town; let any old ofii "cjal of any old tottering kingdom an nounce himself, and the Mayor will dust off Ilia silk hat put flags on the police boats and hasten forth to meet the distin 'guished visitor and offer him the freedom of the city. If you are a fleeinc rcvolu- ,iionist they will be almost sure to give W you a police escort to Independence Hall. f But the administration will not be t,: gatisfied if you do not come in an au- 'v, thentic odor of politics. Scientists, in- yen tors and literary men of the first rank come and go unnoticed. Commander Read and the officers and men of the NC-4 would have had to wander about the city alone and take their meals in restaurants jf a few of the clubs had not hastily arranged to be kind to them. The Mayor sent a note to the Vine street pier to toll Commander Read that the city was his. That was all. Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, who, like Commander Rend, is to be credited with one of the most magnifi cent achievements in human history, has just come and gone without official linrmrs- Vnf.. in tVio first, nnnct-nn ti-nne tlnnf? fltchf. bo rnrer no (rrpnllv u !"- Iambus did. POLITICIANETTES? NO! MRS. BLANKENBIJRG brought up a live issue when she told a convention of clubwomen at Scranton that women in politics are likely to be judged by their dress", particularly in the future, when equal suffrage has sent members of the yt sex. variously called gentle, unqu'et, mys- ? terious, the weaker or the stronger, to K Congress and the Legislatures. if "J The woman who once helped to run ? 'Philadelphia sounded what old-fashioned j"r party men loved to call "a note of warn--r ', ingr." Fripperies' and the triumphs of l jk addened poet-milliners, she told her as- Vi mnftnttw xvill hr nf ltttlo ncn in IU nl.l Cftf politics. 1 "j ? fThat conviction js not new. Senator jtsBHi jjowis itiiKiit. nuvc lutu uie t'ennsyi- 'rnla clubwomen as much out of his own t experience, xitc puuitc is appreciative jnt the graces. But it doesn't enthuse -' stw a senator who apes the Italian sun- , tkts. In a word, it doesn't like extremes. ' It distrusts the extravagant. Mr. Bryan wu the. antithesis of an arrowcollarkid. ?'And a man w wears the sort of hat 'that'inade Nebraska famous can never go : far or high in politics. 'Ihe Bryan hat wh reminiscent of Populism. The coun try feared it Senator Vardaman, of ,v;Misis8ippi, was fond 6t similar mil linery topping his long hair( and there wi pjgh of relief up and down the eoantrj w-iel J,e waa tec?nt'y defeated. i?v4(aaivt mw w .w..0..y i.i..,M4f i' "' ' I W Ethel will be wise to go about her work In tuilor-taado gtirb. Otherwise some one will certainly begin to talk of poll ticianettes. Then nil thq earnestness, nil the sincerity nnd all th6 brains of tho nqwly enfranchised citizens will bo in vain. GERMANY'S UNREPENTANCE MENACES HER VICTORS Her Arrogance and Secret Armies Can Onjy Be Combated by Prompt and Rigid Enforcement of the Treaty Terms TT IS profoundly disquieting to con- sidcr oven the possibility of having to regret tho signing of the aimistiee which all civilization so ranturouslv cheered. last November. Technically the sinister forces in Germany were crushed and humanity was spaied the necessity of further agonizing sacrifice. The assump tion was reasonable, but, lil:o most theo ries, its value depended on its tiansla tion into piactice. Facts lcvealed bj Jeputable authori ties in touch with European realities fail to suppoit the original glowing expecta tions. Cardinal Mercicr, the superb spir itual knight; Herbert Hoover, the master organizer; Colonel John C. Groome,, every inch a soldier, unquestionably ap proach interpictation of world events fiom radically different angles. Vet they are all agreed that Germany has not abandoned the gospel of military aggression and that she is at this mo ment making insidious and vigorous efforts to defile once again the altar of liberty. General Lcinali, heroic defender of Liege, fuves the time of the new on flaught at fifteen years hence. H. F. Kospoth, the Evening Public LLD'iiui's correspondent in Switzerland, is inclined to thinli that unless the gravity of the situation is realized tho Belgian general's date is placed too far ahead. Mi. Kospoth marshals an alarming quantity of evidence to show that the alleged disarmament of defeated Ger many 13 in many vital lespects a mock ery. By the organization of a secret aiiny masquerading as the "cnic guard." bj the foimation of clubs by veteran soldiers, by the preservation in secure hiding places of machine guns and muni tions, the so-called "repentance" of the vanquished becomes a cynical figure of speech. Professor Lanunasch, last prime min ister of the Austro-Hungarian empire and a sincere, libcralist; Prof. Willielm Foerster, a statesman of pacifist piin ciples and late ambassador of the Bava rian republic to Switzerland, and Herr Hilfciding, persistent foe of militarism nnd recently Independent Socialist dele gate to the Lucerne conference, aie united in the belief thai Germany today lias actually 1.000,000 men underarms. War Minister Nosko insists that the national forces have been reduced to 400,000. Ex isting conditions challenge his statement just as the outrageous warfare about Riga challenges the "sincerity of the new Teutonic republic. . Was tho armistice then a terrible mis take ahd should Foch have driven his legions foiwaid until they marched down Unter den Linden? In the light of contemporaiy events, the answer is subject to qualifications. If t ivilization as a whole persists in its indifference to Gmman intrigues, if it is .juft toward a nation that capitalized the bolshevist bogio for all it was worth in order to escape the severe consequences of just retribution, if it is blind lo the spirit of snarling junkrrisin still prevail ing in the former empire, then the armi stice tonus were inadequate. The Entente, despite the cost involved, should have pushed on to Berlin. Prompt action, persistently main tained, should, however, divert the catas trophe. The victors in the world wnr"can forestall any resurgence of militaristic Germany by executing with force and dispatch the comprehensive terms of the treaty of Versailles. Tho long interval between the armi--stice and the ratification of the pact by enough nations to make it effective was extremely favorable to Germany. She lost her fleet, it is true, but her military potentiality was largely untouched. Clause after clause in the treaty provides for tho surrender of munitions, for the dismantling of war material factories, for the destruction of powerful forts after the coming into force of the docu ment. If controlling forces in Germany nre unchastened, as witnesses of unimpeach able honesty aver, it is no wonder that they made hay while tho sun of indeci sion shone. The regular army, for instaiico, "within three months after the coming into force of the treaty must be reduced to 200,000." Is it conceivable that the ruthlessness at Riga and the arrogance of Von.der Goltz would have been so openly manifested were the quarter of a year's grace ended now, instead of only just beginning? It is the fashion nowadays to berate the United States for Its dilatory tactics regarding the treaty. And yet Britain, Italy and France, which have finally rati fied it, are by no means exempt from serious charges. We and they are both guilty of delay; but with proper appre ciation of the dangerous state of Ger many it was incumbent upon our late Allies, who would be directly imperiled by her malign conduct, to speed their legis lative machinery. Seemingly, however, the counsels at Paris, as well as those at Washington, have been clouded with delusion. Mr. Kospoth convincingly points out how effectively the Prussian junkers took ad vantage of the Spartacus rising to em barrass the action of the world recon structionists. He demonstrates, moreover, that the supreme council's attitude toward a union of liberty-loving south German states with genuinely humbled Austria resulted in the restoration of the old foul Prussian hegemony. Germany today Is a drastically centralized state. Bavaria, which formerly rfjoyed salutary .semi- Independence, is swallowed up In the Prussian system revived to tho utmost. Repairing such blunders Is Impossible now,' but their effect can bo countered by applying the one available antidote the treaty in all Its comprehensive details. By that instrument nlone can the sudden ending of the war nearly a year ago be justified as a safeguard of civilization. Above all, it is imperative to realize without sehtimcntalism or shilly-shallying that the spirit of a nation which offended every law of humanity cannot be transfoimcd merely by a few pen strokes. The moral regeneration of Germany will be a matter of years. Until that Is con vincingly displayed the Prussian mind will respond only to scrupulously exact ing pressure. By tho blockade, by tho occupation of I the Rhine territory and by other means deriving their authority from the treaty, tho Entente can still disrupt secret armies nnd sweep out machine-gun caches. Hesitation at this time, when the victorious nations are swiftly de mobilizing, would be fatnl. The war will be won whon all the terms of the treaty are fully carried out and not until then. ' PROGRESS AT WASHINGTON YITHAT the employers' group in the ' labor conference seems to fear is not collective bargaining, but the possi ble misuse of that principle. Collective bargaining of trades unions for a legitimate end under the direction of Mr. Gomper3 is one thing. Concerted action by powerful and reckless groups under the influence of men like Mr. Fos ter 1r something else. Neither side in the present discussion can even feel assured that the principle of collective bargaining will always be applied in the interest of labor, since the frankly avowed purpose of the radical labor leaders is not economic, but politi cal. Reassurances nnd compromises will be necessary on both sides before tho central issue of the discussion can be disposed of. But there are signs to indi cate that the collective will and purpose of the various groups v ill be equal to the extraordinary task. .Hope of such an outcome and hope for better times in the United States is heightened by the spectacle presented on the floor of the conference loom. John D. Rockefellei, Jr., II. C. B. Endicott, Paul D. Ficss and A. A. Landon, capi talists and industrial organizers, who represent the normal business mind of tho country, found a common ground with John Spargo, a Socialist, and Frank Morrison and other lepiescntatives of the Federation of Labor, to argue power fully and appeal for principles advocated by the trades unionists. It would be difficult to imagine a better manifesta tion of the democratic spirit in action. Confusion is pretty thick in America. But it is a surface phenomenon. It will not Inst. Tho Interna) Revenue A Mailer of Slc Bureau hat deoidrd that no tax neoil bo collected on wearing apparel for girls. The flpcision is said to be worrjing revenue ngent.s. who profess to be in doubt just hen a gill bteomes a woman within the meaning of the act But it isn't as eompli c.tted us it sounds. I'nquestiottably the itlle legatdiug "women's and mifc&es' clothing" obtaining in stores will be the guide eeu though this favors the little woman nn'd un questionably works hardship on the big gitl. The head of the in SfaltP for the Animal eonie-tti bureau in N'ew York ban de clared that poker winnings are subject to the state income ta. Some tnaj think tbut the rule-should work both wnjs and that the poker plnjer ought to be allowed to deduct his loose?. But that, after all, 11 the rea soning of the piker. The true sport will not object to feeding the state's kitlj- A Pittsburgh jury has A Sense of Humor decided that- the fact that n stone thrown by a woman went through a window was prima facie evidence that she never intended to hit the window. At last Justice has been endowed with a virtue hitherto unknown to her. The meeting of Penn Culture Not sylauia clubwomen Dowel) Ism iu Srrantnn demon - s t r n t e d what, of course, we all know that women can think sanely and clearly. And iu the formal fare well function, happily, they showed thnt the feminine art of wearing beautiful clothes gracefully had not been forgotten by them. Camden courts will Vlrarious Atonement he asked to punish fathers of delinquent boys on a charge of contributing to their sous' delinquency. This may or may not have beneficial results, but why in this" age of sex equality arp the mothers ignored? fir ay. son, Dereum, Buffin, Stitt! We're glad that you make In a Word light of it. s It is hpartening to realize that every once iu a while congressmen forget that they are Bepublicaas or Democrats nnd only re member that they are Americans, There is evidence of such praiseworthy forgetfulness in the passage by the House by an over whelming majority of a bill extending for one year wartime passport restrictions, bo as to keep radicals and undesirable aliens out of the I'nited States. Japan is ready to spend a large sum on aviation in order to put herself on a level with other great powers. This is a good reason for the Uilited States doing like, wise. For the matter of aviation has no relation to the game of t,eesaw with armies and navies. Bvery airship built has com mercial as well as military possibilities. It is shocking to think that 23,302 peo ple were slain by the Reds in Riga, but the most humane might feel tempted to wish that the twenty fourth thousand could bo rounded out with the execution of those responsible for the butchery. A Reading mute who was very nearly run down by a reckless driver was frightened into speech after two years' silence. He'll probably take up golf now to utilize his vocabulary. The cheapest things in Cuba, says a re turned marine, are sugar and rum. Is this a new rendering of love and liquor? That branch of the law relating to land lord and tenant U bclnj .intensively studied these dujir. CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER I How Presidential Interference Has Delayed the Work of Congress. I Gossip About Thomas Devlin, Dr. Rlsley and Others Washington, Oct. 18. pOXGRKSS is coming in for a good deal of criticism for the manner in which it is inoeeedlug With business, but there is good excuse for some of the delays that have oc cut led with respect to ImportaiH legislation. In the tirst place, everybody knew the Son ntcwould debate the treaty for months and that any legislation passed by the House would be held up until the trentv was dis posed of. The House bf Bepreentatives,ltad ben iu session a long while and the tired membets. knowing the conditions in the Henatc. picparcd to adjourn so that the important committees huvlng in charge the lailroad legislation, the shipping bills and the War expenditure Investigations might bo permitted to go on with their work un hampered. A day oc two befoie adjourn ment, which was to be hud with the cousent of the Senate, the President stepped In with his strike troubles and Insisted that the House remain in session. The result was bad humor all along the line. The com mittee members, who might hafc done their work and had it ready by October, wete intcrfei ed with constantly because the llotif e was in session and because under the rules an member could break up an impoitanc committee meeting by demanding n call of the roll. Absenteeism became general, the committees fell back in their work, evevj -body got more or less testy, and now that rool we.ither is coming again, the Hcnate is still in session and the treaty discussion is still on. To make mutters worse, the Presi dent is sick and Colonel House, the next best posted ninii on the treaty, hus come home with the "flu." Member of Congress admit that progress in the House has been slow, but they dlscfSim entire responsibility for what bus happened. The Pcnnsyhania members talked this situation over at the dinner to discuss congressional ptoceduie with National Congressional Committeeman George K. Graham. A UOOD many Delawurc politicians put in an appearance at the celebiation of the taking over of the Chesapeake and Deln wuie Canal. Both of the big parties were lepresentcd by their big men. Governor Townsend was on hand with a word of wel come, and Senator Saulsbury. who was president pro teui. of the Senate last year, presided, nnd his successor, I'nited States Senator Ball, was among the speaker". Delawaie figures quite prominently iu waterway matteis. Its geogiaphical situa tion makes it un important maritime state. Hiram R. Burton, of Lewes, a lornier con gressman, was one of the cailj proponents of the taking over of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, ns was ex-Justice George Gray, formerly United States senator, and I Ir. faleb It. I.aylon, who now casts the "entire vote" in the House of Representa tives for the Delaware delegation dliis is a standing joke of the Blue Hen's Chickens, has become a member of the rivers and harbors committee. Altogether, Delaware ans had n right to rejoice at what took place on the banks of the canal at Delaware City. Bven the old lock tenders who had worked with the canal company were happy since they found Tncle Sam a good employer, even though he intends ultimately to remove the locks and deepen the canal. Other prominent Delawareans present included Supervising Inspector General George filler, of the Cnlted States steamboat inspection service; Captain Philip Reybold, whose forebears opetated the canal, and Colonel Hisgins, brother of the late Anthony Ilig gins. United States senator. "PHILADELPHIA women are certainly J blazing away for good government. Or ganizations are springing up on every hand, which gently admonish mere man that woman is c,omiug Into her own ; that she intends to figure in politics, and that her voice, if not ultimately her vote, will be heard or cast for the good of the order. Witness the speech of Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols at tho recent Academy of Music meetiug. the civic tnlks of Mrs Margolis, head of the Philadelphia section of the Council of Jewish Women, and the effective literary work of Mr. Cornelius . M. Stevenson. The Woman's League for Good Government is nnothcr of the Philadelphia organizations now attracting attention. Mrs. Frank Miles Day is the chairman of this league and a part of her work recently has been to give aid to the civic associations which nre building tip to help the city administration. mllOMAS DEVLIN, who conducts his ex- - -- tensive malleable iron works at Burling ton, icw .jersey, tins a mg idea concerning the treatment of public officials. He con tends that the salaried man in the public service has not been squarely dealt with and that he should receive better financial assist ance. Mr. Devlin points to the high cost of living' which has borne most heaily upon the man whose pay is fixed. Business men have advanced wages, he argues, why not municipalities? There is a good deal of truth In what Mr. Devlin sajs, and ho is probably speaking by the card, since a cir cular sent out to the trade in which he Is interested indicates that the average ad--vaace in labor , producing hardware since 1009 is over 172 per cent. Day molders, according to this authority, have" advanced during that period 150 per cent, tool makers 157 percent and laborers 233 per cent. Mr. Devlin refers to all this as explaining why the cost of goods no's gone up, and to the labor cost he adds war taxes, increased municipal taxes and other causes. TR. SAMUEL D. RISLET, who belongs -' to that little group of "mariners" who dine nt the Union League and who include Dr. T3. h. Vnnsant, and Dr. G. Oram Ring, president of the Medical Club of Philadel phia, tells a pretty little story obout what we might call the modesty of the individual who is sometimes accused of "uppishness" because of his education In professional lines. "The son had left the old homestead at the' instance of his fond parents and had gone through a college course, had settled down In business and become known as 'pro fessor.' Then, after an absence of ) ears he returned to be accepted with that pjjde which wells up iu the hearts of parents under auch circumstances. 'Win thee haTe a cup of coffee, professor,' said the good old mother rather condescendingly. $ mother, I will take my hat and go; I Um sorry thee has forgotten Sammy.' That settled It; the mother saw that boy's head had not been turned by the honor that had come to him, and he remained for the cun of coffee and the kisses." ' There has been Introduced Into the Sen ate a bill-designed to stop "snap" ,nar. riages btween service men and foreign women abroad. As more service men have already married abroad than will ever, we hope, have the fhunce again, this looks pretty uch like locklujf the stable .loot fw Ute 1 ... - f ...,.-"" ,V'" :;:' H'?-" i; - ..-,.', P" EV'RYojYj Do,rnr: -- ' JUDGED ' tM ' 1 .. '. - - -$ THE CHAFFING DISH THE Democrats say the President is ill. The Republicans say he is sick. Willjam McFee writes us that as soon as he has finished'the story he is writing he s going to get back to work i. c, ut sea. He savs there are too many people shooting off their mouths about the Future of Litera ture. "What the world wants is producers. I sometimes thlik there ought to be Prohi bition of Writers for a couple of years. And mv sympathy is all with the printers on strike. The stuff they have to set up is enough to make anybody strike." Our colleagues iu this office seem to be evenly divided era the question of belts versus suspenders. Personally, we vote for a belt, but we may be wrong. We have often observed that in our favorite engraving all three of the gentlemen pictured wear sus penders, Tho picture to which we refer is one that we are very fond of and we like to have a copy of it around. It shows a gently sloping field of grain, with a reaper at work, drawn by four rather sedate horses. At one side of the field is a nice line of trees, with a com fortable -loooking farmhouse standing up among them. Like all the best pictures, the scene represented seems to be toward meal time. We judge this for two reasons: tho kitchen stove in the farmhouse "? a fine thick plume of smoke, and tlio ofT-hind horse is looking over that way ns though be felt an urge toward a little nourishment. I'n in the extreme left-hand corner of the nicturc are some pleasant little outhouses; and as the trees look like apples, we sur mise that these sheds tire used for making cider. All the foliage in the picture has a fine lush green tint which js very grateful to the eye ; in fact, it is our favorite color. Unfortunately, there is not much to be said for the three suspendcr-brar ng males in the foreground of the picture. (Only two of them arc wearing real suspenders, by the way; the third has on overalls, which are necessarily sustained by straps over the shoulders. There is nothing to show that he might not wear a belt with his store clothes.) In a dumb, surly, dogged way these citizens are going about their work. One sits on the saddle of the reaper ; ope rides a horse ; the third plods soberly afoot This charming little rustic study m signed on the other side by no less au-artlst than Carter Glass.' As you have already sus pected, it is a ten-dollar note. We are told that the so-called "night life" in Paris refuses' to revive after the war We refuse to shed tears. A good deal nf the much.adverllsed night Ufe in Paris used to consist of people from Terra Haute and Yonkcrs sitting around waiting for some thing to happen, and paying heavily for the privilege. A defender of ten Reds seized at Gary says "the men- are as harmless as kittens. I venture that none of them has ever read a scholarly book." . Wo suggest, then, that a tramload of "Dere Mable" and "Daisy Ashford" be forwarded to all strike centers at once. Perhaps There Isn't Any? Something seems wrong this fall. No oue has yet sent in to us n poem about filler. News From the Urchin One of the most amusing things we know is to hear our approacblng-three-year-old Urchin say "Chaffing Dish." He hasn't the slightest Idea what it means, but he knows that it always gets a laugh when he says it. The other evening we were ladling out some apple sauce to him, from a large bowl he lindn't seen before. He looked at It a mo ment and then said, "Tlmt's a Shafflmj ! Dish!" We bursUnit laughing and he was wojinously pleaM a. 'Hjmjccm of U f - VJ' i 1 A GLANCE BACKWARD jape. He now thinks that a large white bowl with blue stripes is a "Shafling Dish." Everybody seems to be growing resigned to the fact that this here, now, armistice hasn't proved to be quite the peaceful little thing we expected. ,' Ballade of Thirst ' ,. (To Al Sexton) - ("Travel to Jamqiea is especially heavy this fall." News item.) fTUIE nights have turned sadder and older; -- Pale prudence our rapture distorts ; Since legality turned tho cold shoulJcr To th best of interior sports. Though the "dry" all our drinking aborts, And mirth sinks from a flame to a flicker, They've n cure for dyspepsia and wsrta In Jamaica, the lair of red liquor. Hero bibacity once was much bolder . We Btlnted no brandies nor ports. What was prudence? We cheerfully sold her To the best of interior sports. Now we toss off some Fodas of sorts In our veins runs vanilla's wild ichor . . . Nut-sundaes aren't sipped in the courts In Jamaica, the lair of red liquor. Though at home thirst commences to moulder In the. mouth with a drouth that distorts, Let our loyalty last ; wo shall hold her To the best of.interior sports. The air of mad autumn exhorts Good lushes to lush, and not bicker : Oo-la-la! There nre maenads in morts In Jamaica, tho lairof red liquor! Envoy PRINCE, pack up your destitute quoits, ("To the Best of Interior Sports!") Hey, boy, let the cocktails flow thicker In Jamaica the. lair of BED LIQUOR.' RICHARD DESMOND. Well, Count Bentinck has much greater power of endurance than nny of us suspected eleven months ago. There was a timo when a lot of people in this country were right smart nnnoyed nbont the kaiser and were keen to have him tried. They seem to have compromised by bawling out the Tresldcnt of the United States in stead. "Knowing New York to be a homeless city and ono-thlrtl of its population to live in hotels, rooming houses, Institutions or apartments, all unfitted for the housing of the dead." Advt. of New York undertaker. But how about Brooklyn? Speaking of that, thero are few who have not comforted themselves with the, thought that the obit writer will not be in possession of all the facts. We only hope that our grandchildren will have sense enough not to refer to tho present era as the good old days. Almost the only bit of good iiew!s we liave been able to glean (or some time is that the crown prince is getting gray round the tern ' pies. But nothing can dull the sweet sound of a rolltop desk crashing downward at r :B0 p, m. SOCRATES. , Mike Gllhoolcy, the Belgian stownwuy who has made five trips to the UnitedStates, at last Is to bo permitted to stay here. Mike has justified the motto, "If at once you don't succeed, try, try, try again." Efforts to revive Paris night life hav met with scant success. It is not surprising. Nights and days alike ore massed in one sad "morning after." Tlieie is glowing appreciation nftue fact among industrial rpnferees that there.- U, J uiuiilw'M lS Jm f . ,i 'o" 'J- ' ' Tun QT?j3rrrjvtPT k i - .1 IT STOOD against the air, A cypress tree, ' Rooted in watered earth And white eternity. And light sang, in thcTsky. ' A crown of fire, Weaving the windy air To her desire. A slender cypress tree That laughed at flame, And whito eternity To prove its claim. Edward J. O'Brien, in tho New Witness. Chairman Lodge has been notified that Colonel House is willing to appear before the Senate committee as soon as his health permits. According to Vresent plans, there fore, a clear path is established between the House and the Lodge. May it run through a garden of roses. Tbo industrial conference has become a conference of lexicographers, whoso present job is to decide just what is meant by col lective bargaining. Miners and operators went into confer once 'with the secretary of labor yesterday. Let us hope that tho conference will con clude with the ensemble singing of "Keep the Home Fires Burning." The time approaches when Time will back up an hour. What Do Y4u Know? QUIZ 1. The operation Of the peace treaty for those nations which have ratified ii " depends upgn the deposition of the proces-verbal at Paris. What is a process -verbal? 2. How many Republicaps voted ngainst tho Shantung amendment to tho treaty? 3. Who Is president of Poland? 4. What is philately"? 5. What is the origin of the word? 0, Wkero Is Schleswig-Holstcln? 7. What is a prognosis? 8. What is the name of the Swedish pailia- ment? 0. What is tessellated pavement? 0. Whnt is a toxin? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. William G. McAdoo is President Wil ton's son-in-law. 2. Tho poem conspicuously displayed in virtually all tho civil war national cemeteries throughout the United States is Theodore O'Hara's "The Bivouac of tho Dead." 3. In Europe the tall buttercup and the globe amaranth are called bachelor's buttons. In the United States the orange milkwort and tho blue-eyed grass nro called by that name. 4. A sexagenarian Is a person between fiffy-ulne and seventy years old, C. Canton Is the largest city iu China, 7. The surname Wemyss is pronounced in England as though it were spelled "Weeing." 5. A scapegoat was originally a goat al , lowed to escape when the Jewish chief priest had laid the sins of the people upon it. The word came to describe u person bearing blame duo to others and It is used in that sense in Lcvit icus. 0, Claudius is tho name cf the king in Hamlet." '' 10. 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