! FJrti ! "L-i m ff Euenirijg "public Ifej&ser VUBUU LKUUER COMPANY ri,'.ri5J?,USr ',. K: CUIITIS, Pkesipkm j'JulMi, B. Wllllama, John J. Spurffon, Directors. EfHTOniAl, llOAIUJi ' j Cintta It, K. Cnma., Chairman jjAyip e. bmilet Editor JOHN C. MARTIN . .general TlualncM Manager i Published dally nt PrnMo I.rnotn Ilulldtnir. 'J i-r.Jj''S,"l"1enco Square, Philadelphia. . "r Vouk 20u Metropolitan Toner V lEW'. ' Tni Ford nulltllrv! -, ','',l, ..lm Piillartnn Hull. Uric Chicauo. ,,.,., M03 Tribune Building 'jViltllKOTON TtUHFAl', iv. & ., or. I'cnnaylvanla Ave. ami 1 1 tit St. ViSJ&V lcI""C T.ic. Nun liulldliiir Losbo UcbMV London Time ,. sunscniPTTos terms . .TJ" kyiscwn Prm io Lrmm'li served to sub ennera in Philadelphia and eurroundlnjr towns ft the rata nf twelve (IS) cents per week, paynbla to the carrier. "S. T"" " Points outside of Philadelphia. In the United Rtntca, Cannda, or United Mtatra pos- "salons, PO'taeo free, fifty ' cents ier monlh. Blx (f) doltnrs pr yesr. payable In ndvnnce. To all foreign countries ono (?1) dollar per month. Noticfj Rubscrlbers wlthlni? address changed roust give old ns well ns new address. HELL. 3000 TALNUT KEYSTONE. JUIJJ 3000 V C Address all communications to Vientnp rublta ledger. Independence fiqimre, riiuaricipnta. Member of the Associated Press tub ASsocrATnn riwss u rxcin- lvcly entitled to the use for republication of all lines dispatch c.i credited to it or not otJicrtclso credited In this paper, and alio the local vctc.i published thcicln. All rights of republication of ipcctiil dh patches herein aic also reserved. Philadelphia, Silurdiy, No.rmbrr 1, 1919 MOORE AS A BRIDGE BUILDER "PROMOTERS of the Delaware river bridge must feel encouraged by Gov ernor Sproul's appointment of Congress man Moore to the commission to arrange the preliminary details for the construc tion of the bridge. Mr. Moore believes in the project. He will be Mayor after the first of the year, with power to push it through to frui tion Work should be well under way before he leaves office. The present Councils are expected to provide $250,000 as the share of the city in the cost of preliminary work. The state has already appropriated $750,000, provided the city sets apart a similar Bum. New Jersey has appropriated $500,000 for this year. When this city seta aside $250,000 a similar sum of state J money will be available, making a round $1,000,000 at the disposal of the commis sion. This is enough for a beginning. There is yet no agreement on the site for the terminals. This matter must be V carefully considered in order that the convenience ui me greatest amount oi traffic may be served and that the open spaces in the city may not he invaded. It is confidently expected that Mr. Moore will give careful attention to these mat ters in consultation with his colleagues. BIG FIGURES rpHAT figures speak louder than words -- is strikingly and interestingly cor roborated in the record-breaking volume of bank clearings reported by the Phila delphia Clearing House Association for October. The turnover of checks through the Clearing House last month reached the unprecedented total of $2,094,679,000 and made the total 'bank clearings for the ten months of the calendar year $17,974, '883,430. Such figures are almost inconceivable. They tell volumes of the growing su premacy of Philadelphia as a finnncial, commercial, industrial and shipping center. It is a record that our bankers and business men can be well proud of. It shows that the city is still on the map and getting a liberal share of the nation's vast prosperity. These are days of big figures big things and big efforts. It is in the air and is highly contagious. OUR MARINE SOCIAL SCALE TT IS not the size, but the distinction of -- the Danish liner Frederick VIII which stirs the hopes of port enthusiasts. Ships of far larger tonnage have steamed up and down our river, and of late thp ship ping board has been turning out several 12,000-ton freighters. But the visit of the Frederick VIII Imparts a stimulus of nautical aristoc acy. First-class liners are the peerage of the seas. They stamp any port at -which they call as adult and authorita tive. Years back one could embark from Philadelphia on the home-built American liners, of which the city was justly proud. N hips of a similar standing in their fy replaced the once-admired Pennsyl nia and her three sister vessels. New rk monopolized the passenger service d, the cargo boats trailed along, too. There is sea snobbery as well as the land variety. The Europa recently started the eleva tion of our marine social scale. The Frederick VIII fortifies the ascendancy. "What we need now are a few rakish pas senger ships flying the Stars and Stripes. Then we can afford to be humanly dis dainful of the mere exclusively freight ports, unvisited by "floating palaces.'' THE HIGHER CLEANING BIDS "WITHOUT going into the merits of the ' new street-cleaning and garbage collection bids, it must be admitted that the city cannot expect to have this work dope as cheaply as bofoio the war. The price of labor has gone up. Men will not work today for what they wore contented with five years ago. The in creased cost of keeping the city clean is a reflection of the increased cost of everything. But if the city is kept clean the people will not object to any reasonable ex penditure of money. The contracts will 'he awarded by the present administra tion, Their specifications will be cn fprced by the new administration. The t assumption is that they will really be enforced upon all contractors, whether they are political leaders or not. This ' prospect may have had some effect upon the amount of the bids. It may perhaps bo fortunate for the ' city that the bids for next year are higher than ever before, for after 1920 the work of cleaning the streets is to be ifont by the city itself, if the plans of the darter framcrs carry. By the end of iMq it, is hoped that prices will have misty down to a more reasonable figure. PA If this comes to pass, then (t wIlTbe easy j for the city to do the work in mzi ior less than it will cost next year and the contract system wilhbo condemned hy Its own showing. WHOLE PEOPLE IS ARRAYED AGAINST RADICALS IN LABOR Reckless and Incompetent Leadership of the Coal Men Rebuked and Checked by the Government's Vigor rpHE Government of the United States never started anything that it couldn't finish The soft-coal miners lost their strike when they maneuvered themselves into n position that threatened the pence of the country and compelled defensive measures by the federal authorities. Evil, wrong-headed and incompetent leadership brought upon the coul unions the deserved disaster of federal interfer- ( ence. I The operators are out of the discus- sion. They stood aside and let the head long and emotional labor men go straight into defeat with the bewildered miners at their heels Voluntarily the radicals adopted methods of terrorism and they have no conceivable right to the protec- i tion of institutions that they aimed to destroy. I Since they have assumed the attitude of enemy aliens, they will have to be treated as enemy aliens. If apostles of violence were to go i about Philadelphia putting out the lights, I blockading railway traffic, stopping street cars, interfering with the distribu tion of food and the rights of the people to work and live in peace they would properly be regarded as dangerous per sons amenable under the law. That is what the miners' leaders pro pose to do to the country. The importance of the injunction re quested by the government and granted at Indianapolis cannot be overestimated nor can the force and meaning of the precedent be lightly disregarded. " The injunction gives the sanction of civil law to plans formulated in Washington to apply the vast machinery of war legisla tion to avert a national disaster plotted by men whose loyalty is in doubt. It is a departure at once legrettable and in evitable. The right of men to organize or quit work is not questioned. A curb is put upon those who foment hatred nnd organize unrest There is reason to doubt that the coal strike is merely an agitation for better wages and better living conditions. It was ordered by a committee which speaks not only for American miners, but for miners in Europe and Canada, and in all aspects it is similar to other labor demonstrations recently organized upon international lines for the purpose of threatening or actually overturning es tablished governments. It is not even a-natioual organization that has planned to terrorize the United States. It is an international organiza tion, saturated with revolutionary politi cal doctrines and frankly disposed to consider itself more powerful than gov ernments. Only cowardice in Washington could have caused the government to stand aloof. If the strikers are denied the use of the mails and the wire facilities under federal control they will fill the air with plaints about the abrogation of civil rights. They will forget, of course, that they themselves planned to deny the rest of the country the use of these same facili ties and of others even more important The state of affairs that has caused Attorney General Palmer to ask for an extension of the Lever act for a period of six months after peace is signed cannot be regarded otherwise than as a disaster for organized labor. The attorney general's request means merely that the government, after trying every means in its power to arrive at a method foe the rational settlement of in dustrial disputes and the appeasement of labor, is finally compelled to rely upon laws passed to deal with the enemy in wartime to protect the people from or ganizations of its own citizens. The extension of the Lever act is justi fied. President Wilson and those asso ciated with him are trying merely to give the nation an opportunity to react from the abnormal conditions consequent upon the war in order that wage settlements may be arrived at normally and justly. They are not willing to sec a people whose affairs have been confused by their own sacrifice exploited by any ono re stricted class accidentally in a position of advantage. The coal strike is an excellent example of the method by which various groups on both sides in industry are aiming to benefit by the hardships of the multitude. If the program of the radical labor men were to be carried out, organized labor would deliberately subject the un organized labor of the world to harsher treatment than that of which the, unions have always complained. But there is always the question whether the men who formulated the miners' demands really desired peaceful settlements. The soft-coal unions 'asked impossible things. Their strike is strangely timed with other swooping labor demonstrations organized with a frankly revolutionary purpose in France, Italy and Spain. Labor has been going over bodily to the theory that you have a right to any thing that you can frighten or club out of society. Recent big strikes have been restricted to what the agitators refer as the "key industries" and they are in tended to weaken, disorganize or destroy the facilities upon which the peace and safety of modern communities are abso lutely dependent. When such demonstrations are not planned to weaken or change the estab lished order of government they are ar ranged with a view to forcing acceptance of political and economic doctrines that are distasteful to majorities everywhere. The British railway men struck to force the nationalization of major indus tries. They failed, though they, were a more powerful union than the. soft-coltl miners of the United States. The coal strike appears like an efTort to force gov ernment purchase and operation of the mines rather than n demonstration for better wages. In the end the unions will suffer:' They will loso prestige because they have lost battlqs. The "borers from within" who nre using them for n political purpose are bringing upon all labor organizations n suspicion and dislike that Is not de'served by the rank and file. It la- - doubtful whether ono miner in a thousand knows the plans and purposes 'of the men higher up. Mass sentiment in the United States always is ranged upon the side of the fed eral government. The action of the gov. om'.ii'ent authorities virtually outlaws the miners' leaders and deprives them of any chance of public support. As wo have said, the injunction does not interfere with the rights of an individual to quit work. But it docs explicitly forbid uso of the facilities of peace for the creation of something very much like war. This government has never fought in an unjust cause. This is a time to stand by the Presi dent, even though Congress, with the caution that always afflicts politicians in pre-election years, seems a bit uncertain and indecisive. Mr. Wilson lias mani fested a willingness to sacrifice his party for the good of the nation. He has given additional proof of fairness, sincerity nnd courage. The country will be behind him to the end. CAVIARE OR SARDINES? TJCTITH the acquisition of the George W. ' Elkins collection the projected new art gallery in Fairmount Park will have few rivals in this country. The Widener pictures are promised. The Wilstach paintings will be transferred from Me morial Hall to the new quarters as soon as the building is completed. Of the in trinsic value of all this selected art there can be no question Philadelphia as a civic entity will always be proud of it. The attitude of the individual citizen, however, opens an .altogether different field of speculation. Americans are ex ceedingly respectful of the fine arts. But there is a vast gulf between unintelligent awe and the reverence that is born of the intimate response which beauty evokes in the sensitive spectator. Art galleries some of them of ex traordinary worth are dotting the na tion. Those of New York, Boston, Balti more, Washington and Philadelphia in particular are representative of a wide range of periods and masters. Does the barometer of popular appreciation meas ure up to the standard of these estimable exhibits'? With due respect for artistic develop ment in a still young republic, one must conclude that it does not Students of painting and sculpture and their num bers are fast increasing do, of course, derive the keenest enjoyment and high inspiration from masterpieces on view Yet the public as a whole is shy. There is still to the average American some thing cryptic and alienating about a for mal gallery of paintings. Our favorite pictures move. Though regrettable, the situation is by no means irreparable. The blame, more over, cannot be flatly lodged in the public. The usual art gallery is anything but stimulating in atmosphere to the chance visitor. The place is somehow over weighted with a frigid solemnity. It is often extremely dusty and embarrassingly overcrowded with its offerings. Between the choice of a saunter through its halls and a seat for a musical comedy, the or dinary American and not always the despised low-brow will seldom hesitate. Philadelphia, delighted to be the pos sessor of so much admirable art, has a notable opportunity to make it really enter into the consciousness of the pub lic. The new gallery on th eminence at the Park entrance can be made to attract with specific and gracious charms. Cleanliness, comfortable seating ar rangements, lectures, halls where appre ciation may be fostered, pictorial displays arranged with a view to whetting the interest rather than in the indifferent manner which so quickly crushes it, can render the place a true Mecca one that is not a mere figure of speech. The forecast beauty of the structure will be an obvious factor of allurement. The addition of many more is possible. With the thanks which the city owes Mr. Elkins and the other benefactors, there is due a regard for its citizens. A genuine interest in pictures, one that is without affectations or "frills," is capable of di verting into the most ennobling channels the whole course of our civic develop ment. The donors have done their part. We must reciprocate. Mr. Mitten says Mr, Knocking TwiniiiK's questions nrp lacking in con structive thought. Mr. Twining snys there isn't a single constructivosuggestinn in any thing .Mr. Mitten hns put forward. Speak ing constructively, eneli accuses the other of using u hammer without nails. Humane Society representatives arc holding conference in Hnrristmrg. Won der if they'll be able, to find n comfortable home, for the goat that was wont to pluy in the windows of the corner saloons? The first leg of the walk to Camden has been made. One of the bridge upproaehes is in Council. The captain of the Frederick VIII hns crossed the Atlantic more than fiOO times. And we'll wager the sea told him a different story every trip. Philadelphia was seeond choice of the Frederick VIII, which docked here yester day, but it'll he a first hy and by. Camden's fight against the Public Utility CommKsInn does not countenance even n neutral zone. North Penn victims hope thut Justice's leaden heels will eventually be equipped with rubber. The weather joined the other Hal loween frealtHj The electrical bureau nucd hello at the Mncl.aughlin home There is apparently no diminution it the fuel of unrest supply. Orchestral note are contingent on those issued by the treasury. '-"-W1 ' ' i.i, ly i - CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S I LETTER erplexltiei of a Mayoralty Candidate When the Five o'clock Club Qave a Dinner to Albert of Delglu "NIj n man who hns gone through n mayoralty cnmpnlgn In a grcnt city ran understand how riroumspect he must be with rcgnrd to his public utterances to avoid mis representation by those who nre nfter his scalp It is because of the inclination of n candidate to be frank with the public that the serviceability nf a innnnger or directing committer becomes apparent. Ordinarily- the rnndidnte would like to tackle every crltl ciini that is honestly or dishonestly hurled against him, but here a manager steps in with the suggestion that the public Ik not nlwas beaded one wny, and that anything the candidate may say to provoke a quarrel may lead on to others. The "don't talk" advice which Quay gnve ltenver Is well re membered by the older generntion of poli ticians. The way 1'rnnypackcr was lam basted for trying to be frank ylth the public and take everybody Into his confidence. Is also easily recalled. Theodore Itoosevelt was one of the very few men who could do all the talking nnd get away with it. Perhaps he succeeded because early in the game he formed nn "Ananins Club" of his oWn nnd promptly put into it every critic whom he deemed unfair or making too much headwny. But nevertheless the candidate who listens to his campaign manager may be wise after all, particularly when the campaign is short and sharp and there is no time for recriminations or libel suits. It is amazing how quickly the lies told about n candidate, when everything in the campaign is critical, are forgotten after his election, and sometimes it is ques tionable whether during the campaign the He does ns much harm ns the blunder. For instance, in n recent speech the mayoralty candidate declared that his would be a "nonfnctional" administration. The types in the niorring solemnly declared the candidate had said that his would be n "new fnctinnal administration," and on another ocension when the candidate observed that work in the congested districts wns to be commended on nonscctnrian lines, the report in the morning promptly declared that he commended "every rabbi, priest and preacher Of the Protestant denomination." The ab surdity of it is patent to the priest, the preacher or the rabbi, but there arc those who will misunderstand, no matter what ex planations may be offered. Even the man uger who checks up the candidate cannot chcckUP "ur human frnilltics nor make to understand the little minds who know the things that arc not so. And it has been said by one of our local philosophers that there are some in our midst who express nmaze ment without provocation, nnd raise their voices in holy horror at terrible things which never happen. OLD SWEDES ClU'IlCIl continues to be "Tin attractive landmark in the lower sec tion of the city. The rector, the Itev. Percy It. Stookinnn, has been giving special atten tion to work among the seamen, there be ing only two or three institutions now left along the river front which attempt in nn organized way to give ".lark" a word of cheer and a helping hand. There is some tnlk of the establishment downtown of an institute which will include a building equip ped with rooms, baths and restaurant facili ties where sailors may find a clean and com fortable haven while in port. The idea is to provide for the mariner some such nccommo dntions ns are afforded traveling men in the buildings of the Y. M. C. A. THE recent visit to Philadelphia of King Albert of Itcjgium recnlls the dinner given in his honor by the Five o'clock Club at the old Ilellevuc Hotel when Charles F. War wick was Mojor. Mr. Bergner, who after ward sold his beautiful home at Amb'.er to Senntor Vnre, was Belgian consul nt the time nnd had genernl direction of details pertain ing to the visit of the then .prince. It hap pens also, thut mnny Phlladelphians arc still interested in the foreign friends made during the twelfth convention of the International Navigation Congress held here in 1912. The hcadtpiarters of that congress is in Brussels where the king has his palace, and during the war those hendquarters were in Germnn hnnds. Oeneral William II. Biiby, late chief of the United States army engineers, who was in Philadelphia recently, tells us that the Belgians got the Navigation Con gress funds away from Brussels, leaving the Germans nn empty safe. They arc now pre paring to bring the various elements together for the thirteenth convention, which it was arranged should be held in Stockholm, when the war intervened. Phlladelphians who met the French dele gation to the 1012 convention will be grieved to learn of the death of M. Georges de .Toly, one of the leading French delegates to Congress nnd close associate of M. Andre Chargueraud, the French road builder, who is now president of the French section of the International Congress. rplIE women who helped so generously with -- war work do not intend to be behind the men in preserving their memories of war and in sustaining their mutual interests. Here comes Post No. (50 of the American Legion, headed by Mnrgnret C. Thomas, of the Nnval Home, with a sort of "get together girls" at the First Regiment armory, November 5. We recall the splendid work done by the women in uniform, nnd cannot fail to appreciate thp camp fire feeling that swells up in their hearts. Leonore M. I.awson advises us that Post No. 00 is the only woman's post of the American Legion in the btate of Pennsyl vania. rpHE advocates of daylight saving are "not -- permitting the matter to drop because Congress wns overruled by the farmers. "A national daylight saving association has been formed in New York and is now taking the matter up with various state legislatures and municipal bodies. An ordinance introduced into Philadelphia Councils recently illus trates what is being done. There is n wide difference between the men on the farm and the men in the city about daylight saving. At first the western man was as enthusiastically in favor of daylight saving as the man in the fuctory and the workshop, but un agitation started sii months or more ago induced the farmer to chnnge his mind, largely on the ground, whether justified or not, that the cows and the chickens would not observe the hour's change in tho clock, thus compelling the farmer to adjust himself to a new order of wnking nnd sleeping hours. mVO interesting figures in the political L world who never fall to Keep posted on state conditions are Harry S. McDcvitt, the governor's secretary, and W. Harry Baker, the secretary of the Republican state com mittee. Both of these live wires are ns famil iar with men and things in llarrisburg as they ore in Philadelphia, and neither of them slights the rest of the state. McDevltt, who holds nn to his Philadelphia law office, keeps close tab on the Governor here and at the Capitol, and is an encyclopedia of official 'life, Harry Baker has his ear to the ground from one end of the ycor to the other, and not infrequently keeps the wires busy be tween Hurrisburg, Philadelphia and Wash ington. Baker, moreover, is the proud di rector of the only Institution of its kind in this section of the country, a Republican state headquarters actually owned by the state committee, J 'J M3Cg'Wffl' '"ggywCTfcl IPMM . . .. ... - . .- T - i r......... 1 . ,? l ix nm ' :-'-t-t" i ' I N' J . YT "" ' i rn m , You Ktsow t . J Mi ) TAN' VV"V" v If dagiySmHfe, v 111 A yrfitf, m ..? P. v nlW v 1 M:-' ''i, .$ THE SAUCEPAN ALONG THE DELAWARE Del Forcncdn Dampskib Sclskabt Polysyllabicnlly awful ; Why do you haunt nnd pursue me, Have I done something unlawful, That you should fulminate through me? Det Forentde Dampskib Selskabt Is it n curse or nn omen, Boding a hideous wonder Hitherto listed by no men Wilder than 'Jovian thunder? J)et Forenede Dampskib Selskab! Have I been Inx in my duty, Careless in mailing "those letters," Blind to some virtue or benuty, Ilucjc in the presence of betters? Del Vorencde Dampskib Selskab! Have I been kicking a cripple, Panning the league of the nations, Overdisposcd to"my tipple Barred by the new regulations? , Det Forencde Dampskib Selskab! Have I of "drives" been u scoffer, Even with missions of merit Quick with my "Nothing to offer !" Slinking awny like a ferret? Det Forencde Dampskib Selskab! What do I see coming toward me Causing my cheeks to grow paler, Striding as if he would bourd me? Can it b;? Yes, it's a sailor! "Det Forencde Dampskib Selskab!" Stricken, I knew he would say it, Making a shudder run o'er me. When, in a rush to allay it, . Swiftlj he seeks to restore me. , "Det Forcnede Dampskib Selskab!" Shouts he. "What phrase could be finer? I can revive your backbone, sir. I'm from the new Banish liner. Tliis is the comp'ny that owns 'cr "Det Forencde Dampskib Selskab! I can explain your excitement Nerves nil a-list and nthunrt, sir. This is the huppy indictment Something is doing In port, sir!" H. T. C. Enterprise There is a storekeeper on South street who apparently never overlooks the main chance. Two women were looking in at the win dow yesterday nnd he rushed out crying, "Come in, come in! We've got 'em. We've got 'em!" Moonlight I He threaded the shadows nnd byways And the glimmering wajs of the town, Iji.Ue an outworn waif of November In a wornout gown. II He sought for the fares nnd fancies That were known of his sylvun retreat; But faded were faces and fancies, They had passed like wind in wheat. Ill He came in the mystical midnight Where the waters of bojhood wer.- gray, And n weak wind crooned as he whispered : "All have passed away!" IV Softly he turned where Maytliuc Was glad in n laugh of gold ; There on maple branches he played in Was tho moonlight he knew of old ! J. A. P. Life's Little Humors "Is Doctor BInnk in?" asked the reporter over the telephone. "I dunno," replied n thick masculine voice; "I'll see." And then in a fjw mln- utes: "No, he ain't here. Was he coming to take a bath?" , The reporter had been connected with a bathhouse instead of a doctor's office. The destruction by Jlro of twenty-five baia aud scores of chickens at n penrby farm m&fi&tomA m, l mm m MJ t v , ;, swivairan!WMiAi.i rrmmMiJisfjm'at.w ".aso ,,? -J "I NW k.i . vwvu , .irfVllitfi-r-attMHU I ZEUYW ;V,.T -SKW LI V "'. S U -a. . . ,maoWWimiiiiJjLa-.:T cH My--5sSasaa5&MLii, . 4-v- v v l -wt - v0WPYi!Ai yaWif? I .UWC M - . ,sm .... vwsu,vty,ifefi7tia-:?Mvulii!1,.i i ,o . df,T - v v v.ix ''m'M :w . r ,wi . or lA AA vvuVL .X(la, Aid $ r vv 1V ' r tyM8& JP J is an Insidious attack on our favoiite break fast food. Motto of the bridge builder: Life is but a span, Speaking as one but imperfectly versed in legal nnd slnng terms, is or is not a mnn called to City Hall on a John Doe summons privileged to pass the buck? The Man and the Job I'm telt, .said Demosthenes McGinnis, that nt every crisis In the world's history there's a man to meet it. 'Tis true, but why is it true? 'Tis true in the wny that a beehive, need never lack a queen. The man and the queen bee nrp made by the stuff they feed on. Many n mnn who wns great in n crisis would have lived and died n nonentity but for the crisis thnt made him. Great men in cmbrjo are as plentiful as workers in n hive. Call it Divine Providence if jou will. Why not? Is it not ns reasonable for DUino Providence to provide lot, of material to choose from as to provide one mnn for one crisis? Topsy-Turvy Times rpHE times nre topsy-turvy. -1- Not a thing is ns it used to be, Kven the climnte's chnnged ; Chnnge is in the air; Ships arc, too, . , And under the water Instead of only on the sea as formerly they were. Kings lire off their thrones And cmperon sawing wood. The world's gone on a strike, No harmony anywhere: Musical comedy has no music And not enough comedy to keep you from noticing it. Modern poetry never rhymes ; It can have as few or as many feel as nre necessary To put it across. Stoves cook without fires, Most dinners nre cooked without .-.mU Would that-we could buy them without, CUSIl Drinks hne no kick, Phones phone without wires And the other day I saw nn orchestra Conducted By a leader without hair. A. HBBKCCA BAKKK. Those wim pray "Give us this day our daily bread" will look upon the goernmcnt plan to prevent the strike as a scriptural injunction. Setting Up Fords AN KXPKHT mechanic nt seven a day, " I rise at the dawn when the east is still gray, And prompt I begin when the last sirens blow Screwing on nuts in nn eight-hour row. Tho nut thnt I turn is one hundred nnd nine, As slowly before me, down the long Hup, The skeleton cars come on ambient platform, Like nnts on the bnck of n measuring fat worm. I have less than a minute to pick up the nut, To hold it secure, where the thread is first cut, To balance it qujckly, and clasp it on tight, Then around with the wrench, nud turn to tho right; And there comes another car, ready for me, And n third nnd n fourth, nnd on endlessly, Till the siren siirllls loud with its note tes- pertime, When I stop screwing nut ouo hundred and nine, I J- M. BKATTL "Huge. Stenmship Finds Bivcr dLiJ" exults our enthusinstic headline yestftJny. Ah, yes; but a little boat would find it deipcr. If only the sense of humor werojiider spread, pioclniius tho office cjiiic,! here wuuU lis a lot mora Filicides in tnu )L, i). to, iKSpttMlMBI TOTT. W . W VVfC W,G . THE NEWEST MUSIC TFMUSIC bo the food of love, play on,"' J- But not with pokers, cowbells and ma roons. Let hirrnge hardened warriors doto upon The devastating efforts of the coons. Let ethers jazz, if such be their delight; My soul the brown-skinned minstrels shall beguile t With strains that" breathe tho magic of the night In some Pacific isle. Yen. ns the soft Hawaiian melodv Floats dreamily ncross the polished floor, As in some .tropic Eden I shall sco The long, slow combers break upon the shore, r And mastered by such magic. I shall frame The vision of a dusky maid and fair -threading thp languorous dance with flow- ers of flame Twined in her unbobbed hair. Ami when the craze is over and the wave Jrks mo by breaking on the coral strnrid. (t other stunts my restless soul slinll crave TvmldfI,rnJV?i?Bl0 ,0 a naIkn band. Yjtli sto id Eskimos I yet may prnnce Or foot it with the Pntagoninn deft, Cv oven try a British "native dance" AMicn nothing else is left! . -Touchstone s in Continental Edition" of the London Mail. I Officers nf fh.o ,.oit...n ...,.,i ti i '"""" "pressmen lave vnriied the members to ignore effort I l.utsiders to get them to strike. Thev as. (lured the wage board in Washington that implo ime would be given to digest the data submitted, and they will keep their word they say. There speaks the good union ma, nnd t'hTwMV """" t0 "'e I,Sl,C What Do You Knoiv? QUIZ Which wns the first stntc to mine' soft ,'u" "',ro, "Scvcn I'amns of Architcc M.r,?r,o,teCordo; Where is the Firth of Forth? Who was Mommsen? What is tho present population of Ireland? What is the meaning and origin of the wort! persiflage? What is u perimeter? What is an earwig? Whoni did Abraham Lincoln marry? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz Casimir Lubomirski is the first Polish minister to the United States. The Ma? flower is thp presidential yacht. A pyx is the chinch vessel in which eoni secinted bread is kept. It is also the box at thp British Boyii Mint in which specimen gold and silver coins are de posited to be tested at tho annual "trial of the pjx" by the jury of the Goldsmiths' Company. , William Allen Butler, a New York lawyer nnd writer, crented the satirical character of Miss Flora MncFlimsey of Madison Square, "who had nothing to wear," Jackson Is the capital of Mississippi, Doctor Hornaday nnd other American ornithologists have suggested that tho island of Helgoland be used as a bird sanctuary, TIip next President of Franco will bo elected in January. He will bo elected by nn nbsoluto ma jority of votes cast by tho French Senate and Chamber of Deputies, united in u national assembly. I'ennsjlvnuin is the stute which produces, tho most soft conl. 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