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IN MASSACHUSETTS
TT SHOULD but prise no one if
the
whole scheme of ladical propaganda in
the United States ciumples before to
day's news from Massachusetts. If
labor, organized and unoiganized, hud
, not responded instinctively with the lest
of the people to the profounder impulses
that make all Americans one in spirit i
Jovernor C'oohdgc could never h.tvo
swept the stale as tliuioughly :ts he did. I
The election will be histotio. It pro- j
rided the first opportunity that anj
great community has had to answer the
lising implication of a new class con
sciousness and to reveal the natuie of
present general reactions in America to
ward the bigots and economic quacks who
believe that they have found something
better than law and more desirable than
common justice.
The whole problem of political radical
Ism as it is has recently been presented
to the country was duplicated in minia
ture in Massachusetts.
The most spectacular soit of campaign
methods were adopted to make Govcinoi
Coolidge appear an enemy of labor.
There was a direct and vivid appeal to
class consciousness. This was because
Mr, Coolidge opposed the police strike in
Boston, crushed it and refused to admit
hat it could be condoned.
Yet even in Boston, where oiganizcd
labor is strong and where even race prej
udice was depended upon to count heavily
to the governor's disadvantage, the Dem
ocratic majority dwindled and Air. Cool
idge received a big vote.
v There are lessons in the Massachusetts
election not only for the propagandists.
of unrest and hatred, but for millions of
earnest people who have been making
wild assumptions, about "the spicad of
bolshcvism in Ameiici." After all, the
number of Americans who shout from
soap boves is very small and it is be
coming pretty clear that they know little
and understand less of what is actuallj
ot the heart of America.
The issue in Massachusetts was plain.
It was Americanism or something else.
It was submitted for the judgment of a
ypical American communitv which in
cudes all sorts of people who normally
a fleet all shades of fpnlinov At A xn l-in r,
Beyj what happened.
SERVANTS BY OTHER NAMES
rriHOSE women in Germantown who
- thought they were going to solve the
servant problem by a change in its
nomenclature apparently forgot that
some one once said that a rose by any
other name would smell as sweet.
The "house-assistant" plan has been
abandoned, because the young women
who expressed their willingness to do
housework for others when not called
servants did not seem to bo willing to do
the kind of work usually expected of
servants. Accoiding to the leports, they
-wished to choose what they would do,
and there were certain things they would
not do at all. And they did not like it
when they were not trented as one of the
Jamily and introduced to guests.
Some other way to get household
drudgery done will have to be found
than by changing the name by which the
work is known. The problem is still un
solved. The housewives will await the
next experiment not with hope, but with
a willingness to make it.
AMENDMENT OBSEQUIES
TTNLESS the furious amendmenteers
actually take pleasure in defeat, it
is difficult to understand their present
tactics. It is now the doubtful privi
lege of Mr. Lodge to score up a second
repudiation of his efforts to rewrite the
Shantung clauses in the peace treaty.
Such motions are doomed to failure.
They arc timewasters which augment the
public's irritation.
The -passage of the treaty, with sane
and enlightening reservations, is a vir
tual certainty. Popular sentiment would
"jjvt be best served by definite action
".WtMpn wouia again unite us with our
olef allies as we wei'e united on that
bvVemorul)le November day nearly one
j 6 " yvi ouuwo, toe scn-
torIal vaudeville can well be spared.
T SYNDICALISM LOCKED OUT
rpHE Barcelona lockout, which has been
- in progress several days, has a sig
nificant and definite bearing on the in
dutrlal situation throughout the world.
, Catalonia has long been the stronghold
' of syndicalism in its most autocratic
fjP"i or wie ueciarauon or a strike
I motive or a grievance was regarded
iiue unnecessary, vital industries
lied up merely to indicate the su-
le power of the syndicalist leaders.
played upon the sensibilizes of the
c with the assurance of virtuosi,
unparalleled situation was vividly
f ""?y Frank H. Vanderlfp in his
' ',t JjfeUve little work "What
Happened to Europe," published in this
newspaper. Mr. Vamlcrllp forecust no
remedy. Ho overlooked public opinion,
which hns a way of Inspiring direct
action whenever n crisis becomes alto
gether intolerable.
Uarcelona has been lone sufl'ciiiif,'.
Its large working population for the
city is by far the busiest in Spain has
won many deserved tights. IJcyond this
point an era of tyranny sot in. A lock
out on an unprecedented scale is the
huinssed public's answer.
In spite of mnnifold ptescnt inconve
niences and a virtual paralysis of the
city's life, the icsult tan huidly fail to
eert a healthy and a sobering Influence.
In the end syndicalism cannot safely
challenge democracy.
MOORE'S BIG FIGHT
IS ONLY HALF OVER
Public Support and Co-operation Among
His Supporters Necessary to Keep
Philadelphia Politics Clean
JO MAYOR in this tlty can go fui
' thcr forwaid or back than the
people are willing to go with him. The
lepudiutum of the Smith adiniinstiatiuii
yestorda showed how the rule woiks nt
one etiemc. The failiuc of lllanken
buig aftei a matchless fight foi lofty
puiposfs -bowed how it voiks at the
othci.
Hlaukenbuig was vuUiailj de-eiled b
a lazy-minded 'lettor.itp, which did not
again wake up to a sente of its icsponsi
billties until new abuses in the Mayor's
oflicp btcanio intolerable. So the elec
tion of Mr. Mooie and the establishment
of it safe mujonly representative of in
dependent sentiment in the new Council
does not end the matter.
I lir new Maj til's diflicuities will begin
when lit got s into tifliec. The Tout-
opposed to him in the tail stage's of Ins
light wcic iiiulLt
lit1 elements that
suupoitcd him weie seuttcted itntl tit
times almost antagonistic to one nnollici
Out of the situation that now eists in
the camp of the Majoi -elect new and
tliflicull eomplications may easily arise
unless the vanous giuup-i which united
to oveithtow the Vare organization are
willing to subordinate their own peculiar
interests to the interests of the city.
It is an axiom of politics that when
jou make one appointment jou make
twentj enemies. It will be diflicult foi
Mr. Moore to satisfy all the hopes that
exist simultaneously in the committee of
one hundred, the Tow-n Meeting paity
and the Republican Allianee. The wieck
of Blankenbuig's hopes begun with ap
pointments made in the inteiest of the
municipal seivice lather than to leward
.political service.
There aie politicians in plent who will
wait patiently to make their own u-.es
of any trouble or division or uniest in the
new Mayoi's oiganization. That is why
it will be neeessaiy for the people, to
maintain an active inteiest in Mi.
Moore's plans.
If the city relapses again into mdifler- I
ence and il the people who supporieo
Moore become unduly afllicted with the
itch for rewaids anil recognition, they
ncetl not complain when, at some later
day, thev fpcl invisible fingers m their
pockets and beeomo awato of sinister
foi ces once more fighting foi spoils at
City Hall. ,
To a considerable degice the futuio
tientl of municipal affairs will still de
pend upon men like Brother Ed and
Brother Bill, Uncle Dave Lane and
Cousin Dave Martin and their energetic
associates. The influence of these men
will be felt in the new Council.
The new Council is an expeument.
For the present Mr. Moore has a ma
joi ity. It is the stability of that ma
jority we need to be concerned about.
If tl;e lords and baions of polities
haven't seen the light there are sure to
be desperate scummages for advantage
and sudden lunge's for control when some
shift or change in issues causes divi
sions of sentiment. It is not too much
to expect that there will bo occasional
revivals of the tribal sentiment that still
holds powerful political factions together
and carefully plotted campaigns for new
conquests at the hall.
At such times it is not onlv the city
that will need to be concerned. The new
beginning now attempted in Philadelphia
has a meaning larger even than the mu
nicipality The bosses in American
cities, who have made no secret of dis
regard of honor and decency in election
processes, havo been doing immeasurable
damage to the whole country. They
would be amazed if they were told that
they aie in any way responsible for the
disloyalty and suspicion and unrest that
arc general among millions of ignorant
people. Yet political corruption as it has
been tolerated in Philadelphia and else
where is related fundamentally to an
archy and violence and systematic trea
son. It is in the large cities of the eountry
that the election laws have been most
flagrantly violated. The ballot the in
strument and symbol of free govern
ment has been debased in broad day
light. There are bosses without number
who sneer at the whole theory of free
elections. And to suppose that this has
had no effect upon the morale of America
and no evil reaction in the minds of vast
masses of men who are new to the coun
try is to prove that you are unaware of
the obvious.
Whoever wished to convince the ig
norant and uninformed that the Ameri
can system of government is hopelessly
faulty had only to point to the open cor
ruption of municipal elections. He could
show eminently respectables, news
papers and even groups of business men
accepting that sort of thing tranquilly
and without a word of decent anger or a
twitch of conscience. Politics was organ
ized as a profitable trade, in which to be
prosperous yu had to bo without too
many scruples.
That was the America to which the
newly enfranchised foreigners have been
introduced by ward heelers on the one
hand and by the apostles and propa
gandists of revolution on the other. Any
one who wants to know why so many
aggressive radicals arc convinced that
the American political system does not
work rnnnt disreerfrd the professional
EVJfiMKG PUBLIC .LEDGER
boss in his calculations. The boss is one
of the Inspirations of uniest in the
United States.
If Americans tlo not respect their hard
bought liberties and their political insti
tutions, how can foreigners, knowing
nothing of our national background, re
spect these things?
That question, as well as the questions
iclated to the practical and moral wel
faic of the city itself, ought to be upper
most in the minds of all Philadclphians
in the next four vcars, when we arc to
decide whether piofcssional corruption
ists aie to be eliminated forever from the
lffe of the community.
The man who has just been elected to
the Major's ofllce is determined to think
for the city. The bosses have been think
ing for themselves. Therefore the men
who aided Mr. Moore's fight, as wcll'as
business and piofessional men and their
various organizations, should pledge
themselves to forget their self-interest
for the moment in order that they may
eo-opcrate with the new administration
in the emeigencies that uio sure to arise.
Without the help of all the people,
Moore will be handicapped often enough.
He has one great advantage. He knows
the uses of the new weapon of propa
ganda. He has a journalist's facilitj for
plainly .stating a case. It is to be hoped
that he will apply it whenever the need
occuis. In that way he may do much to
defeat the powcis that defeated Blank
cnbitrg. In the near futuie theie will he a
gradual settling down in the economic
life of the countiy and a letuin to ration
alilv and ambition and orderly work. The
period of lecoiistiuclion which will then
begin will bring extraoidinnry opportuni
ties and responsibilities to this citj.
ast public winks will be undertaken.
The cit.v will have its one gieat chance
to make its port one of the g-ei test in
the ot lei. v
Sueh pi aspects havoili aloof sound.
et the.v -.tie related intimately to the
poniinou life of the community, to make
for inci eased happiness and contentment,
health ami prosperity.
Under such circumstanees the Major
ought to be a free man. He ought to
have all the help that an alert and dis
ci lminating public can give him.
He should not be left to fight the citv's
battles unaided,
Mi. Mooic's majority of approximately
183,000 is one of the biggest ever le
ceived bj anj candidate for Major in
this citj. It is not only a tribute to
the man. It is a sign of a good deal of
independent thinking and one of the good
omens in an election day that had many
in vanous paits of the countrj-.
The independent votcis didn't vote for
a clique. They voted to clean up the citj.
That job, it appears, will require a
little time. Those who took a hand in it
will havo to stay on the work. For the
time at least all factions ought to accept
the Mayor as their leader.
That will gieatly simplify a difficult
situation.
CAN JERSEY BE WET?
PROHIBITION was the issue between
-- Mr. Bugbee and Mr. Edwards in the
light for the governorship in New Jer
sej'. It was but thinly veiled in the
beginning. It bore no disguise at all
towaul the end of the campaign. Mr.
'Edwaids stumped the state promising
the people "a liberal" enforcement of
the dry laws. His opponent declared
flatly for state co-operation with the
federal authorities in the enforcement
of the prohibition amendment. Mr. Ed
wards won the election against a power
ful Republican organization that was
langcd behind Mr. Bugbee, though there
have been times when it seemctl clpar
that many powerful Republican gioups,
cspcciallj' in the southern counties, were
doing their utmost to elect the Demo
cratic nominee.
The election has almost the effect of
a state referendum on the question of
prohibition. It leaves Mr. Edwards m a'
stiangely ticklish position. If he keeps
his promises to the people he will have
to disregard the spirit, if not the letter,
of the constitution of the United States
after January 20.
t.i v r..hi. ,l'u( Ite'l Cross nnd
Ami No Double the fross on the ballot
Cross at That worked side bj side
Yesterday All the workers needed was n
lieart ami a dollar and n eivie conscienec
Women who were unable to ote yester
day mnj console themselves with the thought
that the were no worse off than the Presi
dent; and with the further thought thnt his
influence was far-spread despite his in
ability to exercise the franchise
N'ot even the strlkinc -i !ners will deny
that with a nearotj of toal prices of every
thing will go n nioiiiitiiiK, and with the
btrtko won there would immediately be ap
parent eausc foi another.
Saloons were closed jesterday There
was suspicion that the free end independent
oter might get googly-eyed on onc-hiflf of
1 per cent
One New York precinct turneJ out a
full vote. Every voter was presented with
three lounds of sugar. Case of sweetening
the political jaeKpot.
' The bakery manager killed by a burglar
while defenvling his emplo.ver's cash proved
his heroism just as surclj as any sol'licr
that ever faced the fo.
Those who desired to butcher I.ambcr
ton to make a bloomin' holiday evidently
eonsidered him a clioite "cut."
Now that w c have elected the right kind
of man as Major, it is up to all of us to give
him the right kind of backing.
New York citizens appear to agree that
the city's new woman police magistrate
wears Her Honor gracefully.
"Clemenceau resigns." But while the
Tiger bids farewell to political life, the
Tammany critter is still more or less active.
Some presidential hoomn die of dry rot
and some are talked to death.
The election caused almost as much
excitement a a lecture on archeology.
If the strike continue! the coal bin will
,l.e
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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY; NOVEMBER
MAYOR-ELECT MOORE'S
LETTER
Friendly Relations Between Governor
Sproul and the City's Next Chief
Executive Gossip About
Well-Known People
GOVnitNOIl SPUOUIj took n deep in
terest in the Philadelphia election. It
was not unreasonable that he tthotlltl. 'J he
(Jovernor Is more or less it 1'hiladelphian,
having been president of the IJtiion League
hrfoin his elevation tn the highest office In
the Btate, Philadelphia is tho largest city
lit the tonitnotiwealtli nnd the relations be
tween the ellj and state aro Important.
Tho state derives immense revenue from
the dtj and the cltj's representation ir
the state Legislature plajs, or should phi) ,
n big hand in the affairs ot the state. The
(lovemor has known the Majors ot Phila
delphia in recent jears and is familiar with
llielr KllPrfK.ciM find fnlhtrou. tn Irnnuu tlm
intoming Major. The.v have long been per-
innitl friends nnd there is soinethlug like in
men political advancement. To a certain
extent they have fought nloug to their pres
inl positions mi similar lines. Their po
litltal beliefs and policies hnve been much
the same It may be expected, therefore,
that qiiistions n diflercnee between eitj
nnd state, should thev arise, will bo tip
pro tched, after tho inauguration of the new
Major, in a frleudlj spirit. There are
iniinv things the tlty will have to ttsk of
the legislature and the (lovemor; in otliets
the state will have its tlainis upon the city
nnd the Major. Questions of home rule,
fiiiitnte and tnvatiou, us well us ot appor
tionment and appointment, arc likely to
eonie up during the next four years and
thej will doubtless be met in a fair und
frieinllj wav upon both shies. The nut
look, at least, is ehecrful. llig things
am to be done in the state and the eltj
niiiltlieie is everj reason to believe thej
will he undertaken, wherever the two con,
trolling fin tors me ennterned, in it spirit of
in operation .mil with tt -view ot athnne
in,; the ptibln interest.
pt)l H
mini
M I AWr.MA.U It. KCOVI who
m in lies at (lie head of the ntilitirv !ce.
turn oi tho John VVanamaker Commercial
Institute i about to assume the arduous
diitits of movor of Island Heights, New
Jersej. The .colonel has been dabbling in
the politus of this prettj little Ilnrnegut
l!u front borough foi some jetirs and has
hid Ins ve teeth tut lis a couueilniun. Mr.
A aniunnki i owns considerable property nt
this iiliKc. including- a camp ground and
buildings for the bots and gills of the
institute who go over nt vacation times from
the stores in Philadelphia and New York.
Win ii the colonel takes charge as in.iyot he
will hive the AVanamakcr interests uutlei
his jurisdiction, ns well its those of the
Methodist camp-meeting group headed bj
the Itiv Diaries M. Iinswcll. He suce-eeds
Milium T. Kotc, the Toms Itiver boat
Iniildii, who is now engaged in lijdroplane
construction at tho Philadelphia Navy ard.
TTmi,LIAM KOWEN, ot the Board of
'Education, is a 'Tishtovuier" of the
firt water He knows the people of Ken
Kington and they know him. Unlike Isaac
ll(t7cll or Ttobert Grier, Itowen stecis his
political bark in smooth waters and comes
out smiling. He is the type of man who
cart shake hands with both sides and get
avvnj with it. The people of Kensington
have a warm side for William Howen. He
has done many kind turns to those in bc
leavement. They say he is generous nnd
has it heart. The Kensington High School,
now one of tho most important of our edu
cational institutions, was the objective of
Brother Howen for many jears, but now
that it is an accomplished fact, he has
another a soldiers' monument for the boys
who entered the war from Kensington. Not
unreasonable to predict that that objective
will ulso be obtained.
A UGLINCi for a nautieal sehoolship
which now waits on the action of the
secretary of tho navy, President .1. S. W.
Holton, of the Maritime Exchange, who is
chairman of the school ship committee of
the commissioners of navigation, calls at
tention to the time when all Philadelphia
ships were commanded by Americans. He
pleads for the rehabilitation of the
American merchant marine through the
"fundamental education" of tho seaman,
which "must be under soil." Mr. Holton
expresses the opinion that "resourceful sea
men are never produeed on steamers" He
calls up the names of such shipmasters ns
Enoch Turlej, Ilichard M. Uunlevj and
Theodore Julius, Philndclphlans by birth,
as tjpes that might be reproduced under
sehoolship auspices. Secretary Daniels
now has before him the application of
Governor Sproul and the Philadelphia con
gressmen, but the right kind of a ship for
the blgport of Philadelphia has not yet
been found.
CURIOUS things happen in polities. Simon
Walter, member of Common Council from
tho Twentieth ward, was vigorously op
posed to the new city charter provisions for
a new Council of twentj -one. Hack in
February when the Legislature was dis
cussing the change, Simon made a speech
against tho innovation whieh was so effec
tive that permission was given to print it in
the Journal. The new law went through,
however, and November i tho new Council
of twenty-one was elected to make it op
perativc, and among tho twenty one was
Simon Walter.
SOMETHING attractive about Merion on
the Main Line. City Solicitor John P.
Connolly, who still leads the Eleventh ward,
went out there as a renter somo jears ago.
Now' Michael J. Itjan, former city solici
tor, and more recently public utilities com
missioner, who has been a commuter fur
ther out, comes along as a purchaser at
Merion at a good round price. Fufure city
solicitors may take notice.
MAIIC A. SCHOETTLE, of Wister street,
Germantown, member of the committee
of one hundred, belonged to that group of
citizens ho believed the policemen and
firemen should be takeu out of politics, but
who also thought it would be good policy
and exact justico to advance tho pay of
these blue-coated guardians of life and
property. Applying the well-known argu-
incnt that salaried men suffer most during
periods of high living costs, Mr. Schoettle
adds: "If a dollar is worth slxty-flve, cents
It means less milk for the little children
and poorer food for families ia general."
And tho policemen, of course, have wives
and children.
COLONEL LEW BEITLEI! tells an in
teresting story about Governor Daniel H.
Hastings and the man who challenged tho
Governor's memorj-. It runs along some
thing like this: "The visitor shook tho
Governor's hand and then with the air of
the man who owns a brick in the Canltol
snid: 'You don't remember me now The
Governor stroked his military beard, lookea
down upon his caller, adopted the usual
half-way method of approach and observed ;
1'our face is familiar, but I cannot place
jrou. 'Then my errand is fruitless,' ex.
claimed the expectant one. 'for that i what
Kcame for.' " J UAMPTjDV MOOUB
"YEA, BOY, THERE'S PAIR WEATHER
THE SA&CEPAN
.The Inquest
'"he psuchologi of Mr. Wilson" and
"What did Mr. Wilson meant" were the
subjects of repeated Questions during 'the
day's proceedings. From the report of the
German imcstigation now being conducted
in Ilcrlin.
Tho Scene
LOST arc the legions that bellowed and
blustered ; '
Sunken the submarines, staining the sea;
Eaten the wurst and the kraut and the
mustard ;
Vanished the vaunts of the vanquished
, Von Spec'
Tamed are the Titans of terror tremendous ;
Long since absorbed arc the scidcls of
beer ;
Statesmen have eeased to be slick or stu
pendous :
"Excellenz" Ehert evokes a chill cheer.
4
"Wcltmacht" is widened and wearily
waning;
Gone are the gambols of grandiose greed;
Crushed is the craft, eurrcnt cries arc com
plaining, Nincompoop nobles arc kneeling in need, j
Yet in the woo that has wrung the wrong-,
headed.
Left is n link w ith that mightier day ;
Subtle psychology still is embedded
Deep In the dregs of the darkest dismay.
Tle Query
"What was tho President's mental cn.ua
. tion?" "
"What was the complex ofMr. Gerard?"
Pundits divulge without fear or evasion;
Savants flinch not, though the riddle be
hard !
"What was Amcriea's aim when she thun
dered : "
'Cease in your slaughter or we'll inter
vene'? " s
What was the reason we blatantly blun
dered? Is it good science to say what you mean?
"Doctors, we hang on your wotds this No
vember, .
Certain jou'll show that our kulturs not
dead;
And that you'll never tell to remember
That Mr. Wilson incont just wluJt Tie
said!"
The Laws of Rhythm
'"Why do they play jazz music in restau
rants In the rush hours?" asked Pericarp.
"Go on," said Demosthenes McGinnis;
"I'll bite. Whj ?"
"To make a quick turnover of customers,"
wab the reply. "Swift music meansvswlft
movlng jaws, Bwift-moVing jaws mean quick,
disposal of viands, speedy eating moans a
rapid getaway." '
"When they play jazz I move without
movingjny jaws," confessed the Quiz. "Mo,
for the" open where I can hear tho sweeter
music of passing street cars, clanging bells
and honks of automobjle horns."
"Music hasn't a ballhooljish thing to do
with it," cannonaded the Emphatic Idealist.
"It Is the bllnkety rhythm that gets vou
l have a doddering case of blithering head
ache every time l eat a rnzziety mea; on a
dlnghorneil railroad dining car. I'm forever
trying to keep time with the vorpal wheels
that go galumphing on the Jabbcrwocky
ties."
" 'Tis a rule that works both ways," in
terpolated the Eoss, with malice. "I call
to mind the case of the farm boy who cmirnod
to tho tune of the 'Dead March in Saul,'
'Bread and cheese, tak' tliy case.' Tho
farmer tried the experiment of giving him
apple pie, whereupon the boy Increased (he
churn tempo with 'Apple pie accordlng-ly,'
And plum piiddlns brought the quick march,
IJlum pudding I'll gl'e thee a dnibbln' J' I
tvmild suecrest. irciitlctaen.rthat you get some-
()A(m.avroviailii?vhf!ii tyiddln fp(r, hineh.
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There's work to bo done this afternoon and
we ought to get through early "
Which, when you come to think ot it,
suggests Squeers, who made a scholar spell
window and then told him to go and clean it.
Darn work, nujhow!
Election dajs still como nnd go
And duty plies the goad;
And very well the voters know
It snowed.
Of bulletins brief, blunt and plain
No citizen compluined.
And, winding up contractors' reign,
It rainr-4.
The crowd enjoyed the joyous talc
The bulletins retailed.
While giving Mooro a joyous hail
It hailed.
Troubles of a Poet
Dear S. I have been reading your Col
umns with interest for some time now, and
they have inspired me to try to write some
verses (I will not call tliem poems), but I
hnve got into eonsidcrable difficulties over
them, nod I want to ask jou if you will
kindly help me u little.
Evcry now and then I have a thought
which seems to me worthy of being turned
into rhyme, nnd I enu generally get two
lines of it started, und then the trouble is to
get the other two.
Tor instance, the other day I saw an old
lady trjuig to ctoss the street at one of the
skipstops. You know the traflic does not
stop there, and she did not know what to do.
She waited n long while and I thought, How
pathetic that is! I might have told her
to go to the next corner and get ncross there,
but'preferred to try to write a poem about
the sad scene.
So I began :
"There was an old and withered dame,
Mie tried to cross the highway."
That started all right, but then my trou
bles began. I had to get n rhyme for
"dame,'-' and I could only think of "came,"
"gome," "same," "name," "fame,"
"blame" and one or two others that were
no good.
Will you please be kind enough to tell me
which of these jou think would be tho most
suitablo to use?
The last line, though, I fear will be still
harder. You sec, "highway" rhymes with
"byway," but there is no byway near the
place that would havo anything to do with
tho scene that is, I don't think so, though
if you bad been there you might have seen
some connection In which to bring in tho
"byway."
Don't you find it much harder to use a
word that ends like ''highway" than a sim
ple one like "dame."?
Some of my friends told me that I ought
to have a dictionary, nnd I bought one a
vest pocket one but in It I see that tho
words are arranged according to their first
letters and not by their ends, so that it is
very littlehelp to me. I might be able to
go through it nnd copy out nil the words
that -begin liko "dame," with "ba ,"
"ca ," "da," "fa," "ga ," ha ,"
and so on, but it would bo an endless job
to do the thing with "highway"; I would
have to read the whole book.
I don't want to bother you, but would
appreciate any help. Yours respectfully.
s . J. B. WIUPItASCAL.'
You've como to the rjgbt shop, son.
If you aro worried by a da.me
Who tries to cross a highway
And jour way doesn't bring you fame
I' faith, justtry It my way.
And my way would bo to make it read:
, a young and pretty lass
Who fried to cross tho street,
Which is ever eo much easier, don't you
think? i
The dingers of free, verpe are. being cs
empllfied by thOyKutente's efforts to solv?
the Plume problem,
AHEAD OF US!!"
I THE WINDS
"H, WHEN the wind comes stealing
y From far and far avvav.
You have the strangest feeling
There's something it could say.
It whispers, whispers, trjing
To tell tho thing it knows.
But somehow can't, and sighing,
Away, a'way it goes.
And sometimes it comes singing
A song of fairyland,
A secret message bringing
I almost understand.
I see the flowers rousing,
And nodding when they hear,
But soon again they're drowsing
I think that winds are queer.
I wonder if the wild winds
Aro those grown old and sad?
Oh, I love best tho child winds,
So little and so glad!
And aro the gusty high winds
The big boy winds at play?
They're not so nice as my winds
That laugh and run away!
When winter winds are howling,
And nil is gray and cold, fe
The poor old world seems scowling,
And sorry, too, and old.
But when n child wind's blowing,
Out ot a sky all blue,
To set the green things growing,
The world seems glad and new ! .
Edna Kingsley Waljncc in 'Trom Won-
dcrings and Other Things."
Whether Massachusetts .went Itcpubll
can or Democratic was of less Importance
than the record of Its standing in the matter
of supporting the law of the land.
What Do You Knbiv?
QUIZ
1. How many times did the Senate re
pudiate amendments to the Shantung
clauses of the peace treaty?
2. Who is the federal fuel administrator?
3. AVbo wrote "A Sentimental Journey"?
4. In what century did Marlborough, the
brilliant British general, live?
5. Where was ancient Babylon?
C. How many states have elected new gov
ernors? 7. "VYhat is a nodule?
8. What beverage was prohibited jn France
1 at the beginning of the war?
0. What is the meaning of the Latin phrase
"Sino qua non"?
10.. What Presidents of the United States '
were each elected twice? V
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
Columbus made four voyages to the new
world. y
Incunabula means early stages ot a
, thing, and specifically books printed
beforo the year 1500. Tho Latin
word means swaddling clothes.
Soft-coal mining became a recognized
industry In Pennsylvania In 1810.
Malachl is the last book of the Old Tes
tament. The Sepoy rebellion broke out in India
In 1857. '
Scrapple is particularly a Philadelphia
article of food. .
A fidus Achates is a devoted follower.
Achates was the faithful friend of
Aeneas In Virgil's "Aeneld."
8. Plurality is the excess of votes over
those cast for any other candidate for
tho same office, and r .,tlcularly Jver
those of the opponent receiving the
next highest number, .Majority, is the
excess of votes oyer tl)e total cast for
all opposing candidates. ,
0. The colorjs of tho flag of Sweden ar
yellow and blue. ,
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