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WHITE HOUSE BULLETINS
C0NSEKVAT1SM in uttctnme oftni c
eil qmlc n contiary rlTrct on tlio mind
of the Tiwitionnlist. It mis so Willi Iho
luillctins, now Imppilv .'it mi cml, mti
ccintnc ilif rir-sKlciil's limlth. In nit
rxcifalilr rr;i tl wn.s (lie Inlf ol' tlf Imlli
follClK lalril to ri III' ,slsilcioll.
Spnatur Muxps'o tlci'laiatinn thai "llio
Picsitlcnl ill no ItniKcf Iif it fai'tin in
unytliing" now rih'.s ilmvn m lnstoiy ii a
colossal pici-c of .stupidity. Tlic senator,
however, was more unfortunate than
reprchensibb exceptional. In a sense lie
was spokesman of the popular mini),
which has small patience with facts if
they cannot be dramatized.
The suspension of the bulletins from
the White House will leavp the rumor
mongers without even a specious basis
for a plot. To less emotional citizens the
new policy will be assurance that the
President is traveling the way which bis
compatriots hoped he would be enabled
to taKe - the path of lecnvery.
A aiANT SWEET TOOTH -TF
ANY one doubts that slim (age and
abundance are lelnthe tetnis, Herbert
C. Hoover is the man to enlighten him.
The tendency to be complacent about
the sugar we sent abroad to under
nourished European childicn is fatuous
Indeed if it survives the food expert's
disclosure that the amount of the'product
shipped away is equal to that in one day's
candy consumed by the American people.
To France we sent a-n American twenty
three hours' "rationing" 22,000,000
pounds.
, Mr. Hoover levealed this fact to a
Hqusc war inves-tigating committee,
which was also told that the rationing of
sugar to maiiufactuicrs of candy and soft
drinks was likely to be suggested by the
ugar equalization board. If the ruling
comes it would be intcicMinc to know
thivforeign comments on our affliction,
Have we a sugar fcljortage? Well, in
about the same f-nne that Flora Mc
Flimsev had nothing to wcai ?
OUR TROUBLESOME GUESTS
rpWO men have been sentenced in New
-- York as dangerous anarchists. The
court ordered that they be imprisoned for
not less than four years and then de
ported. A hard-woiking community will sup
port these criminals, whose aim was to
make existence a trial to everybody. It
is natuial to wonder why they weren't
deported at once and subjected imme
diately to thg one sort of punishment
that every anarchist fears the necessity
of working hard for a living.
It is almost too much to ask Americans
to suppott their amateur Trotskys in
Idleness
THE AFTERMATH YEAR
rpHHEE of the allied powers expect to
-- be officially at peace with Germany
when the annnersaiy of aimisticc day
lolls around. Although it may not be
that at so early a date the United States
will change the trio into a quartet, the
hentiment for speedy uitification is rising
impressively thioughout the country.
Horcover, the senators are leported to
be weary of their own exertions and ob
viously the simplest way to i educe them
would be by sanctioning the treaty.
Americans, theiefoie, need not feel se
riously uncomfortable about celebrating
Kovcmbei 11. 11 may b0 profitable on
bat day to tccall how few of the calami
ties forecast were jccurdeil in the year
following the slacking of aims.
The huge German army on the western
fiontdid not violate the aimistice.
In twelve months' time bolshcvism
etcadily lost ground in Europe.
No "world t evolution" eventuated.
The Paris Conference did frame a
' peace ticaty and outline a league of
nations.
Germany did sigu up.
The kaiser was not restored.
AH things considered, the happenings
of a year of aftermath ate cicdilable to
civilization. The pessimist, of course,
may be expected to vilify the interna
tional social structure in his usual style
by excluding the salient facts.
BAD EXAMPLES FOR ROYALTY
WHO hasn't been wondering, like the
philosophical Mr. Uriggs, what a
vi iting King thinks about what he says
to the quern when they are quite alone
nt tlic end of tlio day?
In Los Angeles the queen of Uclgium
paw a responsible representative of the
glato Department Mapped in the face by
the wife of the mayor. Loud words
Vyenj spoken before Mr. Nye, the victim
, of the assault, was required to take pun-
A jrhment in the broad light of day for
M'aorgCttlnjr hiiMTiHJtinerg. The lady forgot
Sr manners, too, of course.
1L 'W incident to itself U relatively
is the inevitable revival of snobbery that
is apparent among some citizens who,
wheiieer a king or n prince happens
along, manage to proide a bad example
for loyalty, which nowadays is far mote
democratic, than is conditional wor
shipers. Thcio have been moments during King
Albert's lour when it was difficult to feel
that if Europe wishes to kcop its kings
unspoiled by examplrs of high hauteur
and a passion for delusiveness it will beg
them to forgo the plcasuie of visits to
the United States.
WILL WE SEE OURSELVES AS
OTHERS CAN READILY SEE US?
Professor Lulggl. Trade Expert of Rome.
Dclleves Philadelphia Can De
come America's Greatest
Commercial Center
pilOF. LUIGI LUIGG1, of the engi-
neei ing department of the Unicrsily
of Koine, who came to town with the
other delegates to the recent interna
tional trade confeience at Atlantic City,
is expecting fiom Congressman Mooic
exactly what the forward-looking people
of this city are confidently anticipating.
Professor Luiggi is an expert in port
development. He understands the possi
bilities of a commercial city and the re
quisites for a great haibor to accommo
date shipping. He looked at our water- i
front, with its numerous piers. He saw
the vast expanse of still water in which
ships can lest at ease, untioubled by high
winds or heay seas, lie considered the
enlargement of the Chesapeake and
Delaware canal, opening the way to
lialtiniote and the South for much watri
boine liadc. and he gave some thought
to what would happen if the Prlawate
and Ratitan canal wcie dcepenrd for the
accommodation of laige vessels bound to
and f i om New York harbor. And Ihen
he said:
PhilRtlHplun is now thp Rtrntpst 1ndu3
1 1 l.i I center in the world, and "nre the
waterways arc nnlslirtl It Till automatically
lifcomo tlio Kre.Uett trade center lu Amer
ica. T foresaw this In my last lslt to
this city lti 1012. When T lieatd that Mr
Mooie will probably be elected Mayor of
Philadelphia I bad' no Ioiirpi anv doubt
that it will come to pas
The advantages of location which the
city enjoys are apparent to every out
sider who conies here. Outsiders saw
the possibilities in Hog Island as a rail
road terminal and a loading point for
ocean-going steamships. They bought
the laud before we entered the war.
When the federal government sought
a site on which to develop a ship
building plant it looked the country over
and decided that no other place was so
well suited to its purposes as Hog Island.
It is far enough inland tq be safe from
attack by sea. It is near enough to the
sea to be easily accessible to all ocean
going craft. It is on fresh water. It is
at the doors of a city crowded with skilled
labor of all kinds. It is near the sources
of supply of coal and steel. It is con
nected with all parts of the continent by
great, systems of railroads. Goods can
be transfer! cd from cars to ships and
from ships to cars without lighterage.
Hut the Hog Island piers and railroad
terminals are only part of the facilities
of this port. .The city is slowly de elop
ing the watelfront from League Island
northward. The facilities now offered
aie greater than the demand for them.
When New York was congested with
shipping last year theie were vacant
piers here at which the ships in New
York should have been tied waiting for
their cargoes to be loaded. Hut for some
unexplained reason it was impossible to
get the shipping diverted from New York
to Philadelphia.
If fortune had the fate of this city's
commerce in its hands it could not have
ordained better than to bring about the
nomination of Mr.. Moore for the mayor
alty. He is the one man in public life here
who has devoted himself to a study of the
possibilities of water-borne commerce
not only for Philadelphia, but for the
whole Atlantic seaboard. He is familiar
with every detail of the subject and he
has faith in the future of this citv.
" It looks as if he were the man the city
has been waiting for to take the lead ill
the work which every one agrees ought to
be done. The outsiders see the possibili
ties of expansion here, but Philadelphians
have seen them also for so many years
that they have grown tired of talking
about them, for the man or the men
icady to organize them and take the load
in bringing trade here and in inducing
our own business men to use our own
poithad not yet appealed above the hori
zon. All that is necessary now is to bring
the loose ends together and ennccnttate
on a definite piogram for doing those
things which every one agrees ought to be
done.
Mi. Moore has announced that he in
tends to consult with the leading men in
the community before formulating his
policies. He doubtless knows the right
men to see when he takes up the port
issue. He knows the big concerns which
tlo their shipping through New York. He
knows why freight from the West and
South that pioperly should be loaded on
ocean-going shins is carried ninety miles
further to the mouth of the Hudson in
stead of being landed on the Delaware
river piers. He knows the amount of the
freight that can be carried by water from
the Chesapeake bay a.nd points further
south through the Chesapeake and Dela
ware canal tn this city, and he under
stands the possibilities of the shoit water
route to New York as a supplement to'
the railioads in carrying the trade which
legitimately passes between the two
cities.
We aie teady forjoadeiship, fur some
one with initiative a"pd push to go ahead
with the work and to put an end to talk
and to change it into action.
Unless we act, and act soon, the trade
of the whole nation will suffer. The coun
try has grown so rapidly that unless its
Atlantic ports are developed in the near
future they will be inadequate to meet
the demands upon them.
Our expansion will not be at the ex-
mnse of New York,' for that port has
trendy reached thfcJigjU? of jits jmtiLje
here will give to it the relief Hint it
needs and it will facilitate the transaction
of all business.
. Hoslon must expand In llio same way
and so must ltallunoie, not at the ex
pense of New Yoik, but lo accommodati
on growing foieign ttade. Thctc is
business enough for us nil.
We need not think that Professor
I.uiggi is unduly optimistic when he says
that we shall ultimately accommodate
more shipping than New Yoik. We have
the advantages of a location superior to
that of New Yoik. People used to laugh
twenty-five years ago when the citizens
of Hrooklyn boasted that in time their
community would have a greater popu
lation than Manhattan island. Hut they
were right. They had greater tcriitory,
and business was continually crowding
people out of their homes on Manhattan
island. Today their boast is substantially
icalized, for moie voters for the election
next Tuesday regi.steied in litnoklyn than
in Manhattan.
If we follow the lead of the Mayor-to-be
for the next four ears. and co
operate with hint in what he is about to
undertake we can stmt ourselves on that
pcu'od of expansion to which there will
bo no limit even in the imagination.
Thero's none so blind as those who will
not see. Have Philadelphia business men
the vision ?
THE WORLD.'S CENTER
pONGRESS, for the time being, is little
more than an incident in the life of
Washington. Debates, cxpiessivc of pur
poses that have national or international
scope and suggestive of an authoritv that
frankly aims to rival or inspire estab
lished government, aie filling the air of
the capital. The oiators in the IIousp
and .Senate have competition at labor
headquarter, in Ibc Women's Trade
Union Congicss and in the gieat inter
national labor congicss that has just as
sembled undei the authority of the coun
cil of the league of nations. Washings
ton has become the center of the world.
If Mr. McKinley or Mr. Hanna were to
return they would not know the city.
They would not lccognize the teims in
which national affairs are being dis
cussed. They would have to feel that
they were in the presence of powerful
forces that have not yet been defined in
any acceptable political doctrine, though
they certainly are moving the world. The
radicals of a generation ago arc the con
servatives of today.
The vinous labor confeicnces and the
thunder of discussion inspiicd by strikes
and labor agitators have a common im
plication. They express the willingness
of society lo admit that political generali
zations alone cannot meet the needs of a
time in which human affairs aie subject
lo forces of which older statesmen never
dreamed. Vast and intricate organiza
tions of capital, the enormous expansion
of industrial activity, due to mechanical
processes; the trend of women and chil
dren into this industry and the instinc
tive drift of labor into powerful and am
bitious groups have brought new com
plications to trouble those who aim to
keep life free and justice assured for all
people at all times. Congressmen and
senators may profitably listen with re
spect and attention lo much that will be
said by their present rivals in what you
might call the pulpit of the world. For
fhe labor debates, in Washington these
days will lellcct a mood that is general
in every country and a desire, rommon
to all humanity, lo make its social insti
tutions belter fit the life of each indi
vidual in times that have changed so
rapidly as to leave many an old-fashioned
politician gasping at the rear of the
social procession.
It is significant that Washington
should be the scene of this newer mani
festation of advancing opinion. Rut it is
even more significant to observe the man
ner in which representatives of labor and
industry alike have approached the diffi
cult tasks appointed for them. Undoubt
edly there are selfishness and narrow
mindedness apparent occasionally on
both sides. Hut tlieic are always the de
termination on each side to "see what
the country thinks" and an unconscious
desiie on the pail of radicals and stand
palters alike to "put it up to the people."
These aie hcalthv signs. The juiy in
this instance is first the common society
of America and then the common society
of the world. I lie steel stiiko was lost
because its leadeis were dcclaied guilty
of something murlflike dishonesty. The
coal miners may yet study the steel
strike with profit. Hut larger than the
steel strike or the pioposcd coal strike is
the effort of the international labor con
ference to find a way by which strains
of this sort may be made unnecessary.
Congress, instead of refusing to allow
official Ameiican pai ticipation in that
conference, might well have appointed
committees of its mcmbeis to sit in.
They might not have learned anything.
But they might have unlearned milch.
Itrcaiiee it was Hie
Anil If fust state to ovrr-
vjlwiihe its allotment
of tbp Virtni.T l.oau, Connecticut lias'
been awarded the historic American flK
whifh fluvv over tlio Capitol nt Washington
during the war sessions. The Nutmeg State
evident has singer also.
Workmen' compen
A Henellrcnt Circle satiou is increasing,
pays the cliairrann of
the workmen's compensation bureau. It will
naturally increase as accidents grow rarer;
accidents will grow rnrrr ns safety nppli
ances multiply; and afety appliances will
multiply us compensation increases.
A local mngislratc in righteous anger
i ailed a man who bent his mother a skunk.
While the judge must be given credit for his
desire In lie as forcible as possible, it must
be adtnilled lie fell short of the mark, llns
the mlff lit ever been acrupeil of beating Ids
mot her V
Nancy Astor denies that she is a pussy
foot candidate fo'r the Itritisli House ot
Commons, nnd blames the stoiy on notne
'other Fort of envious rat." Nancy is
sweet when she puirs, hut when she gels
hit back up the fur is going to fly.
l.eou Trotsky has been officially warned
that he will be held personally responsible
for treatment accorded liritish prisoners.
That's the cnly Mud of warning that will
penetrate a'7ellow bide,.
The amendments of Mosw are written
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I ojrA'Siiiy
"American Speecli Week"
A I'EW days ago, Hie (Joniisinait received
- ii rimilur leffer hended, "American
Speecli Week," wherein i set forth that Hie
Nallonnl Council of Teachers of English
have ",ef aside" the coming week, Novem
ber L' lo js. ns n "first national observance,"
elToi-t or "drive" to nrnuw in every com
liiiiiiilj in Hip coutilr.v n sense of lis need for
belter speech. Among spmmiiI cotnuiendilblc
idiiecls Is "tlio developmenl of it nalionnl
spit it of pride in KnglMi ns the accepted
language of the counlrj ." "pi election ngnitisl
slovcnlj usage nnd foieign Idiom and the
discouragement of the eslnlilislinient and
onllnuanco In communal tise of foreign
languages in our coimtrj." The utilitarian
nigunienls ns to the ndvnnltices of the use
of good Ihig1Hi ns n mean of social and
business ndvanepineul appeal less lo Hie
Oovv iisninu, hill lie does not question the wis
dom or pinbable eflicacy of this, ns he is
nlvvitvs willing that ftien ' should be good nnd
paltiiilic nnd honest for poller's sake if we
cannot mnke them such for loftier lcnsous.,
DAD English Is more a question of manners
-' Hum one of morals. In speech as else
where, evil coinnitinlciitions roriupl ; but the
corruptions of (he tongue nie happily not
always the corruptions of the hrnit, although
it is idle to deny the exlrnordinarj power of
.language in presprvuig national ideals and
traditions, a power which is as potent for
good ns it is susceptible of h perversion into
the opposite direction. It is amazing to
think Hint the cultivation nnd perpetuntinn
of the speech of Goethe nnd Sdiiller in the
descendants of those who left Germany to
escape political slavery should have bt;cn
perverled into a successful means of trans
forming mnitj of these verv people into the
npptovers and nhettois of ptceisolr thai
which their forefrtlhcis haled and shunned.
And surprisjni! in only a lesser degree is it
to find, in oiitl.ving legions of out own slate,
coniniuntlies which still-speak with a foreign
iii'ccnt as Ihi'v preserve tunny of the foieign
customs, all hough some five or riv geneintinns
sepainte litem floni their forefalheis of Hie
Palatinate of other parts of the fnlherktml.
Of the palilotism of these, our able nnd in
telligent fellow clti.ens, the Gownsman
makes no question. He could not wih them
more American than they are at henrt, how
ever English may still sound alien on the
lips of some of them.
"pnr.ITICAEEY a common speech Is the
- cement Hint makes firm the ramparts of
a nation. A common tougtie, a common
nndei standing: diversity of speech, diversity
ol nim. mistrust and conflict. The anthro
pologists have long since exploded the notion
that you can determine the race of a man by
his speech. His speech may have been
fntc eel upon him. in which case he uses it ns
n n en pen ngaitist his oppressors. The Irish
aie eloquent in English against the English,
and. clutching the literature of their foe,
ninuv of them have no other language. The
people of England itself have spoken Celtic,
l.alin. Danish, Anglo-Saxon, Norman
I'rrnch. successively, to weld Ihem nil
through the ages iulo English, without, after
all. any cry mateiinl incial changes at any
one time in England. Take the difference
between Hint weltering mass of racial nnd
linguistic ronfusion, the Balkans, There
every man is the enemy of his fellow, and our
long line of frontier on the north, undefended
nnd in no need of defense, for our language,
our institutions, our ideals in life are one
with those of England's American half of
the continent. Unity in lnngunge makes for
strength, if that unity is voluntauy nnd the
growth of time and not the infliction of
tyrannical princes.
APIIIEADEIJ'IIIA employer of labor,
who is suffering nt this moment from
the current epidemic of sttikes, told the
(iownsm'nn the other day that few, if any,
of bis American born workmen had left him.
He said, "The foreign born men do not seem
to understand." T'liev do not understand
our langunge nor our ways, and they mis
tiiistwluit they do not understand. It is the
duty of the state to see to it that those wko
seek to live within its boundaries nnd work
theie shall acquaint themselves with its
language uiitl its laws. And this is not in
hospitality to foreign ideas, hut n simple
exercise of the law of selt-prcservatiou. It
it be true, ns has been alleged, that not a
little of our picsent labor aggression upon
mpital is organized in Russia, can we won
der when the men who are organizing it
know America only from the East Side of New
York or the purlieus of Chicago, wdiere many
a leader of the moment lived in the sweat
shops of trade, speaking no tongue but his
own, thinking no thoughts but such as nour
ished old grudges against an old tyranny,
absolutely alien to anything American?
THE Idea of a week devoted to the exploit- ,
ing of the English language which we
spenk. a consideration of its practical values,
the need for a careful conservation of its
purity and correctness, admiration for its
power and beauty all this is excellent. We
cannot correct the habits of the sloven, the
untutored, to willful by a "drive" ns we
enn laisc $1,000,000- for the Orches
tra or carry a loan over the top, hut we can
emphasize, to those who have been careless
nnd given the matter little thought the re
lations of our English tongue to patriotism,
its value, fluently employed, to tlio possessor
of so happy a facility, its helpfulness, cor-
lectly spoken, to him who would be thought
well of in the, ''world, its practical value in
dollars nnd cents to the man or woman who
wants to succeed nnd like things, lofty or
lowly. The Gowusm.in confesses that he
does not like the phrase, "American Speech
Week;" because ''American speech" sets
iiim thinking of Eskimos. 1'atagonians or
at tho least of Apache, or the Sioux; and
"speecli week" grntes on his ears like
"Burke's Works," which ued so to madden
poor Dc Quincey. Moreoror, tho Gownsman
most emphatically reprobates the idea that
there is such n thing ns a variety of English
called "American," and that it is in any wise
distinguishable from bad English but all
thnt is nnothcr matter. Tor the nonce, suc
cess to tho-betterment ot our English speech
in America and to the week devoted to It !
Hnrrisburg dredges coal from the Sus
quehanna river. It is about the size of buck
wheat and is burned under forced draft.
Which, eom to think ot it, is the way it
may have to be mined if the strike eventu
ates. Memorial, services were held yesterday
in the nnthratrlte regions for the late John
Mitchell, llituminous as well as anthra
cite miners might well do homage to a man
who was an "American firt."
Somebody said that It takes mighty
little liquor to wet a bone. Persons of an
inquiring mlud ami iirrasteut hnbit may
-.,i v,i ernerlment today.
inquiring miuu ..,.....,
make the experiment today.
United States District Attorney 1
wishes to, know why pork is high and
cheap. Probably becnusc not all the c
boirs are nuadrupeds.
Kane
hoes
heap
The grocers thus "Plain it ; There 1s
no shortage, but there will le jt thc fresh
guys don't Wit board's salt.
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THE SAUCEPAN
ON THE VERGE
"We're on the brink of a precipice!"
I hear the sages say;
And many a man with a golf-club tan
Is ruddy with dismay
As ho lounges off in his motorcar,
Revolving coming scenes
Of a world gone o'er to a labor war
And last month's magazines.
"II We on lltr brink of a precipice!"
I hear the flapper coo,
As she totters by on heels as high
As each profiteering shoe;
Afoot for the theatre agent's lair
Where they soak you "war tax plus"
For a matinee of a bedroom play
On a stage ridiculous.
"We're on the brink of a precipice!"
The baby almost bawls,
As his mother goes to the latest shows
In the "palace" movie halls.
He sobs in his hygienic crib
And smudges, his health-chart slate
Till the nurse defied takes the family
pride
In the germ-proof "super-eight."
"We're on the. brink of a precipice!"
The college youth is sure,
As he rolls his own with a craft that's
known
To guarantee 'em pure.
He's primed with the lilt of tho class
room phrase
From grave pontifical lips;
And still he cheers from the Ficshinan
tiers
When the visiting fullback trips.
S'TJWc? on the brink of a precipice!"
' The red forecaster shrieks.
"Tho destined fall will smash us all
In a couple of raging weeks."
But even thc prophet's pen is paid
As it never was beforo
And oft the "hist!" pf a Bolshevist
' Unlocks tho crank's cash drawer.
"We're on the brink of a precipice!"
Thc senators maintain.
As heads are cracked with the Taris pact
Rings out tho same refrain.
Well, well, perhaps and, doubtless, yes,
But be this understood,
There's piquant bliss cm a precipice
When the balancing is good!
H. T. CRAVEN.
The motto of The Saucepan is, "Take 'no
thought of the day after tomorrow."
One ride a thief never has to steal: A
trip In the Hlack Maria. ,
Truth and Diplomacy
A quartet relieved the tedium of n rail
road journey by reading character. The
contralto knew exactly what you were by
looking at your handwriting, ine soprano
could read you like h book by glancing nt
your hand." The bassq was a phreuologist,
and thc baritone gcyi your number by gazing
earnestly at the sole of your shoes. AH
professed to work on principles thoroughly
scientific by which, o course, they meant
they worked by a set of rules compiled by
some person or persons unknown; and nil
arrived at conclusions fairly in accord with
what they knew of each other before they
started in the seer business.
Now we aro not concerned with the truth
or error of the various systems exemplified.
The thing that struok us most forcibly was
tho Innate kindness of human nature.
TOI,n win ennnider howvclOStlT the Ylr-
lues are, allied to,the yfcesjr ytju ,-appreclata
thp eeurty
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these nnd other nice things may easily have
been true; hut think how easily they might
have been twisted into something unnice by
somebody sufficiently unkind or simply bru
tally frank! As, for instance, misciliness,
lumpishness and stubbornness.
. And, in our hcnii, we are glad that most
people are diplomats lather than truth
tellers. Wc have aidenl admiration for Iloheit
Hums, hut vve think he showed poor judg
ment when he said, "Oh, wad a power the
giftie gic us to sec oursel'n ns ithers see us."
Heaven knows we have no such desire.
It might cost us our couceil, man's most
cherished gift. Other gifts a kindly fortune
may bestow; Eovn nnd Labor, for instance,
but tlie.v bring penalties. Conceit is the only
gift that knows no comn-bnek. You have to
rob a man of his conceit before jou can hurt
him.
'
Song of the Riders
(From the original Aiabitw)
"IXrOUNT ! Mount ! Ye Prophet's followers,
'-- prepare thyselves to slay !
Arise! Arise! Yon infidels will cross the
sands nt dawn !
Fling burnoosc to the winds of Chance! A
pledge! On to the fray!
And let thc desert devils lead to death thc
pagans on !
A sign ! A sign ! The moon is white and
veiled! Yo laggards, rise!
The taste, of blood bo in our mouths be
yond our wildest dreams!
Come, whilo the Prophet watches and ap
proves beyond the skies!
Aei! Drink the wine of slaughter and
replenish thy haiccms!
t s
There is no god but God ! Come ! Itise, and
slay and slay nnd slay !
Where are , your gleaming lances'' Let
them know the tnste of gore!
To camel and to horse ! Arise, for shortly
brcuks the day!
And ere the sun has risen shall run red
thc desert's floor !
Mount! Mount! Ye of the Faithful; and
prepare yourselves to serve!
A plague be on these infidels! Men of thy
mothers' wombs,
Picpare to send the pagans to the Hhailan
they deserve!
Eet crows their putrid flesh absorb and
sand dunes be their tombs!
ItOHEHT EESiiin HEELER.
NOTR It Is one of the most hnrfowlnc feel
ingB in the wen Id to he u member of h caruvHn
Htuckod bv savage rlrlers ot the Arabian rteserti.
Ab they tllns themaflvcB cm, shouting from the
hacks of their dcsert-ponlen and still hardier
rdtnelB. the weird cliaiiftc'n like warson? which 1
have attempted to Interpret, th savage minor
.chords and still more savage wordi make the hair
almost stand on end.
The moon cllnts evilly on their African asscgal
llke Bpears or lances; the lone rill.es, ujmed from
the hip. bark -with bulldog- roarflt the burnooses
flutter in the wind, casting- shadows on tho cold
unnrib. Then. With the romlne nf dawn. Ilia nt.
tackers fade and disappear Into the mists of the
desert like wraiths of a long-past age, and the
caravan contlnuea Its way. leas, perhaps, one or
two ot its members, left burled beneath the shitt
ing dunes, ' u'
Sing Merrily, My Lads, Yo-Ho!
John Broolts, seaman, went to bed In the
Hotel Clernan, wearing his trousers and
shoes and smoking a pipe. The pipe set
fire to the bed nnd hurned (ho shoes nnd
trousers from Ills body. Ho refused lo go
to a hospital when awalcencd by a fire
man, saying h.Q had salvo In bis bag
News Item.
Consider the enso of Seaman Itrooks,
Whose story hns never been seen in books.
In a local hotel he went tn bed
With his .trousers, his boots nnd his pipe,
'tis said.
The bed took fire, and It hurned so fnU
Thnt his trousers nnd shoes were burned ut
Inst.
But he slept on till the firemen rnme
And woke him up to his lasting shame.
Thc hospital? Npver, sir! Np such thing!
Right cheerfully, merrily hear him sing!
And his theme wus trousers and bliocs nnd
"rag"
He carried them, all In' his ditty-bag,
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I AT TWILIGHT
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SWEET Eyes lost long ago,
My soul with craving aches tonight
If but one-olden moment I might know
Blest by your light!
To restless youth a calm
You brought. Ay, fragrant grew the
hours
'Neath your soft radiance. Yours was a
balm
Ottlswceting flowers.
O dear, Lost Eyes, when fust
We met wc trusted Time thought he
Our friendly debtor was, not foe accurst
So young were we :
The sensons hied away;
Careless we watched the blossoms die,
As if we thought inevitable Death
Would pass us by.
Though sometimes 'neath your gaze
A joy more keen sang in my heart
Its prescient song, I never dreamed our
ways
So soon must part
Oh, yes, I should have known
The woe to come. But why recall
Kate's whisper; or, in days forever flown,
His dim footfall?
A soul all gentleness
It could not pass as olheis do;
Even with the grief you caused you fain
would hies
Your loved one, too
bvvcet memories leave behind
As when a fragrant blossom goes;
And so, Sweetheart, you died as dies still
kind .
Thc summer rose.
Samuel Minium' Peek, in Bostou Tran
script. ,
What Do You Knotv?
QUIZ
1. To what nation does Tripoli belong?
2. At wdiat age are oysters considered beat
for eating?
3. Of what state was Jefferson Davis a
native?
1, What is the woolsack?
5. Distinguish between the Bed river and
the Red river of the North,
ft. What is the fourth book in the Bible?
7. Who was Alma Tadcma?
8. What famous editor once ran for Pres
ident?
i. How should the word vi.ier be pro
nounced? j
10. How can thc House of Commons over
ride the veto power of the Hou60 of
Lords?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The French slogan nt Verdun was "lis
up passeront pas" (They shall not
pass).
-. Alexander Hamilton was killed by Aaron
Burr in n duel ou July 12, 1801.
H. Indigo is a blue powder used In coloring
and obtained from thc indigo plant,
which is shrubby, attains a height of
six, feet, has pinnately compound
leaves nnd usually bears pink or pur
ple flowers. Artificial indigo is a
coal-tar product,
1. Nine Republicans voted against the
Johnson amendment to tho peace
lieaty.
fi. The Polish name of Chopin was Szopln.
0. A (etrarch In Roman times was a gov
ernor of a fourth part of a country or
province, a subordinate ruler.
7. Tho battle of Plassey, which virtually
secured the establishment of the
British power in India, was won by
Cllvo over the forces of the Bengal
army commanded by Hurajah Dowlah,
Plassey is on tho Hugli river, nbout
eighty -live miles north ot Calcutta.
8. Tho haw I? tho fruit of the hawthorn,
J). Helen Taft n the' acting president ot
llrvn Mavv'r College. sX ' - .
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