Kpp7"" pry ' iMt"V n .v.'c WW" f 10 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1910 '"1 a f.fji ! -urnr n-sjji ,- " 1 ' ' t r 3 m LP te. t .' : Hfuening "JJublic Hc&gejc PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY f .CTIIUS II. K. CUHTIS, rnrmricM ..Cnrlr It. I.uilincton, Vlro rrr Monti John C. Martin. 8ecritirv and Trmsureri rhlllp H Collln, John Jl. Wllllama, John J. Spurgeon, Directors. isditoiiiaij uoahd: Ctai'H It. K Ccktis. Chalrmon DAVID K. SMtLEV , Kdltor JOHN O. MAnTl.V.... General llutlness Manacer fci iii rubllnhtd dally nt rintio l.mmrn Kulldlne. independence Square, Philadelphia. AthNtiu Cm Prrin-Vnlon tlulMlnR fcew Vornc .. i'OO Metropolitan Tner Hctboit "fit Ford nutldlnr; St. Irfiru.. .. .inns rmlertnn UulMlnn Cliiciao 1.102 TrUun IlulMlne . NEWS nunKAUS: WiSIIISCTON IICIIfM'. N. h. 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Ml rlphts of leptihllcallon of ?;re!n' 7ls patches herein arc also reserved. rhiladelphia. Wdnedj, Noiembfr I!, I'll MORE SALARY FOR THE MAYOR pHAIRMAN GAFKNEY, of Councils' finance committee, offeis a thor oughly sensible suggestion when he says that the salary of the Mayor bhoukl be raised fiom 512,000 to 518,000 a year. It has been thirty-three years since the salary was fixed at its present figure, and the duties, responsibilities and de mands required of the incumbent have multiplied many fold. So have the talents and abilities necessary for a suc cessful administrator. What other corporation doing a busi ness as huge as Philadelphia's could get, 'or would even think of trying to get, a man for its chief executive at such a figure as $12,000 a year in these days of high costs? The sneering hint that Chairman Gaff rtcy is offering the suggestion as a Vare political bait need not cause anybody much hesitation. The next Mayor cut his political eyeteeth long years ago and is not to be caught with chaff. Besides, the extra $6000 will come fiom the pockets of the people, not a counciTmanic faction. Mr. Moore has asked for no rise, nor have any of his political associates asked for him. But if the city is going to keep out of the piker class it can well afford to put it through now before he takes office. IS ALL RIVER TRAVEL SAFE? fNE of the most appalling and signifi cant things about yesterday's tragedy on the Delaware river was the size of the hole which a comparatively small tug boat made in the side of another vessel used to carry thousands,, of people be tween this city and Gloucester every day. - i The ferryboat upon which four people ' were killed was old and it was made of wood. Like a lot of other vessels that still ply in the river, it had become rela tively unsubstantial through age. The long-drawn-out discussion about a bridge to Camden has not only wasted time and opportunity. It is safe to pre sume that it has caused the ferry com panies to think twice before they invest In new equipment. When the authorities get through with the investigation started to fix the re sponsibility for yesterday's collision they might go further and let us know whether there are other vessels in the river no better able to resist the effects of a comparatively light collision than the old boat that was damaged yesterday. BERGER'S FINISH "yiCTOR BERGER could not have done any actual harm in the House of Representatives. Yet he had no right to be there. v A few people who do not know Ber ger's record as a-turbulent Socialist and an obstructionist in the way of the gov ernment's war plans, guilty of offenses that warranted his conviction under the espionage act, have been disposed to be lieve that ho was shut out of Congress because of his political views. Berger's noisy speech Monday was an effective answer to any one who hap pened to be in doubt about his rights to a seat in the House. It was flamboyant, narrow and bigo.ted. There is one blath erer less in a Congress from which Ber ger is eliminated. That in itself is some thing. Bergcr was a nuisance in Milwaukee. He was elected to Congress by a follow ing made up largely of pacifists and Mil waukee Germans. Congress itself has no right to bar a man because of his politi cal views. It is with the electorate that the privilege of discrimination lies. But Congress has the right to bar a man who was convicted of systematically opposing the legitimate functions of a government which he was sworn to up hold when it is made clear, as it was in Berger's case by a jury's verdict, that hywas actually guilty. OUR HAUGHTIEST SERVANT QOONER or later the Department of Justice and the Department of State, independently or in unison, will have to explain the Mr. Nye, commonly known as Bill, who is supposed to guard dis tinguished guests of the nation on their trjps about the country. ; It is said that notables who travel .tender Mr. Nyes wing usually are treated as if they were under arrest for high crime. . The crowds that gather for a glimpse of them are never sure, from the look of things, whether Nye escorts rpyalty or whether royalty is a sort of humble and deferential escort for Nye. In Los Angeles, when this august functionary was permitting the king of the Belgians to look around a bit, there wa,s trouble with a laity who happened to be the wife of the mayor. She slapped Mr, Nyo'p face. In this city, when Mar- .Viol -TnflFiA nrrlvprl "R. T. Kfrtfnftrnirv wnn M- J"L...l 3m4.. MlnBl. Il.itt. AJ(, l,.n ...... f , JHW'f -l "" s. uvwuoc ui. a studied discourtesy and general bad manners on the part of the man who acts for the Department of State. Yesterday when tho Prince of Wales passed through tho West Philadelphia station the British consul appeared in a conventional frock coat with the conven tional cane to offer tho conventional card and the conventional word of defer ential greeting. Mr. Nye was said to be obviously an noyed by the appearance of Mr. Porter. He did not hide his annoyance. Neither did the British consul. And there you are. Mr. Nye's sort of temperament is one of the things that the government could get along without. POWER THAT STOPS STRIKES CAN REMOVE THEIR CAUSES The Next Step for Uncle Sam Is to Bring About Mediation In All Industrial Disputes "UfHEN John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, announced in Indianapolis that the mine leaders in conference in that city had decided to accept the decision of the court and ex plained that "We arc Americans and cannot fight our government" he attested to the fact which some people need con stantly to be reminded of that there is a power in this country greater than that exercised by nny labor union or any other internal group or organization, whatever it may represent. That power is the government of the United States. One of its courts had commanded that the strike order be rescinded. Back of that court was the will of moie than 100.000,000 people. The government is the will of the peo ple. That will is expressed and enforced through regulatly chosen officers whose duty is to make it effective. The government is not an abstract thing apart from the people. It is not a group of men who impose on the people their own will. It is the agent of the people with the power of attorney to act for the people in every emergency. In essence it is the people themselves in action. The coal strike was ordered by the mine leaders in disregard of the popular expressed by the President. He protested against it before it began. He urged settlement by arbitration between the employers and the employes, and he was merely expressing the sentiment of the nation on the issue. He had power given to him by Congress to enforce the will of the country. But the labor leaders thought for a moment that they could bluff their way through because the President would be afraid of the "labor vote." They guessed wrong. The-clection in Massachusetts assured the President that he was right and the mine leaders were mistaken in their interpretation of the popular will. And now the labor leaders have sur-. rendered "under protest" and are admit ting that they cannot fightthe govern ment. ' Ungrudgingly and without mental reservations the President must be com mended for his action in this matter. His course was without precedent, but he had the courage to do the right thing in a national emergency, when radical leaders were seeking to use a vast massi of honest workingmen to hold the coun-' try by the throat until the demands of the leaders were granted. He has prepared .the way for insisting that both employers and employes shall consent to settle their differences by mediation without first upsetting the business of the country. The interests of the country as a whole are paramount. They overtop the interests of the steel manufacturers or the coal operators as a class just as they overtop the interests of the labor-union workers as a class. And if the public interests are conserved the interests of employers and workers will not suffer. Emphasis just now needs to be laid on the fact that society at large is a third party in every industrial dispute, with a stake in it of far greater moment than any which employer or employed hazard by accepting a policy of conciliation and mediation. The coal strike is ended within ten days after it began because public senti ment would not support it. It was doomed to failure from the beginning because public sentiment opposed it. The, steel strike will collapse any day now for the same reason. And the talk of a strike of the railroad workers which has filled the newspapers from time to time in recent weeks will soon be heard no more. The determination manifest in Wash ington that there shall be no interruption in production and transportation during the period of readjustment after the war has put an end for the time being to the plots of the I. W. W. radicals and has guaranteed to the real Americans, whether in labor unions or out of them, the right to work and the right to make a peaceable adjustment of wage scales with their employers. Every genuine American labor-union man should be satisfied with the outcome of the controversy, just as he was glad of the rebuke administered to the dema gogues in Massachusetts who sought to get into office by pandering to class prejudice and stirring up racial animosi ties. And every other American must re gard the situation with a chastened spirit. If we had been doing our duty with the great mass of foreigners who have been attracted here by the prospect of work at good wages the radical labor leaders who have attempted to pervert the labor unions to their purposes by "boring from within" would not have found a pliable minority on which to work. The foreigner must be Americanized, whether he be a coal miner or a steel worker or what not. There are hundreds of thousands of them who cannot speak English. They cannot read the news papers. They aro dependent on others for their knowledge of what is going on and for the interpretation of the mean ing of events. For example, in YouTgstown the pas- tor of a Polish Catholic church has said that between 200 and 300 of tho steel workers who wqrc members of his con gregation were satisfied almost to a man with their wages and their' hours. They were saving money and educating their children. But they could not speak Eng lish. Their leaders told them that they must strike and offered specious reasons. They were not familiar enough with the facts to combat the arguments offered and when the strike was ordered they followed their leaders out of the mills. We cannot afford to have so large a mass of un-Anicricanized workers in the country. The first duty of the slate is to sec to it that these men gradually acquire the language of tho country. It will not do for the employer to be indif ferent while he hires foremen who speak the language of the foreigner and re moves from the man every inducement to rearn English. Tho need of Americanization attracted some attention at the beginning of the war, when there was considerable talk about hyphenated citizenship. That need has not passed with the ending of hostili ties. A new hyphenization has been threatening us, namely, that of labor-union-Amcricanism, with least emphasis placed on the last word in the trilogy. There is before Congiess a bill appro priating $10,000,000 to be appoitioncd among the states in proportion to tho number of foieignors to whom the Eng lish language is being taught. Its pas sage woujd help; but the states and the cities and the towns must co-operate or it will amount to nothing, and the fertile field hospitable to the seeds of the kind of radicalism that flourished in the Old World will .-proad itself out icady for the hand of the sower. The kind of radicalism that has lately been pleached will not triumph. But its propagandists can make a lot of trouble for the rest of us. We want to be spaied this trouble. We want to settle the in dustrial ills in an orderly, peaceful and American way. What that way is was indicated by the submission of the coal strikers to the mandate of the government and their already indicated willingness to adjust their grievances by a conference with their employers, which both sides shall enter in a conciliatory mood. tr WHAT IS A BLOUSE? QOME Darwin of the garment makers may "write a treatise on the evolution of tho blouse which will be more popular than the famous book on the origin of species by the British man of science He ought to get some inspiration for his monumental work from the celebra tion of "blouse week" now in progress in 50,000 retail stores throughout the United States. The dictionary does not give the searcher after knowledge much satisfac tion. The advertisements of blouse week produce the impression that a blousa is a shirtwaist to be worn by women. But the dictionary says that it is a loose, shirtlike' overgarment sometimes reach ing to the knees, as the smockfrock of fthe English workingman; or just below 'the waist, as the blouse of the French workingman and artist; or well below the knees, as the garment of the Rus sian peasant. Nothing of this kind is shown in the advertisements. But when the dictionary says that a blouse is also a loose waist usually belted, worn by women and children, one begins to get nearer to the thing worn today. The modern shirtwaiGt, adapted to all sorts of occasions and made of silk or cotton or wool, has a famous ancestry. Without a doubt it was worn in some form by the famous Helen, whose face "launch'd a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of Ilium.!' Judith, who taught tho Persian Holoferncs what a woman could do, was familiar with the garment. Nell Gwyn used the blouse to capture the fancy of Charles II. And the peek-a-boo waist of modern times has wrought more havoc among the men than all the fans of tho coquettes of Madrid and Seville and Barcelona. Yes, the man who would write a his tory of the evolution of the blouse would write a history of the progress of civili zation from the fig leaf to the fashion J plate. Anonjmmis letter writ- Or Distilled? ers are Renins the goat of Internal Revenue Collector T.ederer with complaints of illegal liquor selling. Hut the writers should realize 4hot it is hard to locate offenders, as still waters run deep. Official returns show Voted in Vain that Ohio voted against ratifying the federal prohibition ninendment. Which might have meant something worth while to the "wets" if "concurrent" only meant what some vof them thought it meant. Leaders of (Jic miners Angels Unawares strike have probably liullded much better than they knew in calling off the strike. They have won the respect of the great bulk of the people and they have really helped rather than hurt their fellows. The elertric thrill New No Iunrh to It Jersey drys nud Ohio almost drys have per mitted themselves from the word "concur rent" in the prohibition amendment is, we may venture to remark, a "con" current. Wc may look upon the conferences con cerning wages of railroad men with equa nimity. Members of the brotherhoods arc also Americans firbt. It was a double Armistice Day, On the anniversary of the close of the German war the coal war ended. If the prince had onlyvhad time to change his pajamas for breeches he might have Been something of a worth-while city. The William Pcnn statue is wearing a Red Cross button. Well, William has de served it. Gaffney wants it understood that he is willing to stand the gaff but will not bend the knee. The MacLaugblin campaign headquar ters is now headquarters for a rummage sale. More odds and ends. The ferryboat accident was still an other argument for the new bridge. , Old Man Public Opinion Is right oa the job these days. MAYOR-ELECT MOORE'S LETTER Lure of the Past Responded to by Historical Societies Knight Hears Result of Local Election While In Paris NO MATTKH how much wc may look for ward, there arc those iu our midst who constantly and ery properly respond to what might he termed "the lure of the past." Htntes and cities have their historical socie ties and comities fall Into line, nll'pcrsuadcd that their history Is worthy and that their traditions should be preserved. The Chester County lllstotical Society, organized iu 18!Kt. marches along with the procession, headed by George Morris Philips and In cluding among its directors and coun sellors (illbert Cope, Edward S. I'axson, Judge J. Frank E. Ilnuse, Mary Ingrnm Stllle and Mrs. William P. Shnrpless. The Chester count) histoiians arc getting ready to tnlk matters over early in December. TTARRY S. KNIGHT, lawyer, from Con- -- grrssman ,7ohn l.esher's town of Sun- liury, has been over to Paris, where he learned the result of the primary contest for Mayor of Philadelphia. Interesting", how the news of a grrat city gets around the world. Knight was one ot the close observers of the progress of the l.ougworth dye-stuffs bill in Washington, as was Dr. Charles G. Herty, foimer president of the American Chemical Society, who has also been nbroad recently looking up the dyestuffs question on the other side. ' rptlE architects are thinking of the "ity's future, especially ns it relates to the s)mmctr) and durability of our new struc tures. They include road improvements and ship canaK In their city planning. George W Chant e, who like the Second district congressman, (icoige S. Graham, has offices in New Ytuk and Philadelphia, sees a dis tinct advantage not only in the enlargement of port facilities, but in "furthering the proposed ship canals connecting Philadel phia wilh New Yoik and Baltimore." New York, Jersey City and Newark are also beginning to sec this canal across the state. fTUIOSK liaeharach brothers certainly cut - ice in Atlantic City. Harry Bacharach, the nin.ior. is contributing largely to the popularity of the famous seaside resort ns a innvention city, while Isaac Racharach, tht- congressman, is leaving no stone un turned to keep the whole ot south Jersey on the map at Washington. One of the aflaiis to which the Racharach brothers give studied attention is the occasional meeting of the Klks. There are a good many mem bers of this fraternity in the Senate and House of Representatives and when any thing in the Klks line isjiulled off at Atlantic City, the Washington herd is all attention. Isaac drives them in and Harry lets down the bars figuratively and fraternally, of course. "VWEN JONES, of the Twentieth waul, is n tipstaff in tho Orphans' Court. Owen is a No an admirer and lovnl supporter of Dm id II I.atie, the Republican leader and philos opher, but Owen has another distinction he is the originnl Hallelujah-man. No one Knows exactly where Owen acquired the habit: some suspect the Methodist Church, although Owen is said to have some ot the attributes of the Orthodox Quaker, but, at any rate, Owen's "Hallelujah" has been known in political conventions and at meet ings where politicians congregated for more than a quarter of a century ago. But Owens is such a good organization man as not to miss his cue. Whcnccr he yells "Hallelujah," though it sounds like n pistol shot when all is silent in the hall, it generally comes in at the light place. Owen Jones and Andrew Wells, eleventh division, Twentieth ward that's the home place of "Hallelujah," TnMANI'EL rt'RTII, side partner for many --' years of Jacob Singer, former register of wills, sticks devotedly to the infantry corps, State Fencibles, of which he is major com manding. Years ago, Major John W. Rynn was the head of the State Fencibles am', brought it up in tactics and military precision to n degree that attracted national attention. The battalion is a municipal corps, although it has seen service of a gen eral military nature since the day of its organization, more than 100 years ago. Among its living past commanders are William A. Witherup and Major Robert P. Schellinger. both of them popular com manders in .their da). The president of the Fencibles' organization is Captain John II. Jordan. The boys still meet at the armory, Brood and Race streets, where their colors and trophies are collected. st TITAJOR WILLIAM B. GRAY. at"Te time "l- connected with the Pennsylvania RaiK road contract work and recently in the serv ice of I'ncle Ssm, has completed a report on the navigability of the Susquehanna river. This has gone to Colonel J. .1. Loving, United States engineer in charge at Baltimore. The major believes the Susquehanna capable of great public Eervice, once it is properly im proved, and in this opinion he scemsvto be backed up by Secretary Woodward, of the Department of Internal Affairs, whose recent statement on Susquehanna river commerce and industry is worth perusal. CHARLES W. ALEXANDER, "Philadel phia's oldest reporter," is (.till interested in celebrations which bring due credit to the City of Brotherly Love. Years ago he helped with the work of conducting the Liberty Bell through the South to New Orleans, and finally as far west as San Francisco. He lias ideas, has "Philadelphia's oldest re porter," npart from the celebration ot.hls toric events. Mr. Alexander follows water way development and points to New Orleans ns a city that has profited by it. Ho thinks the next convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association should be held in that bustling city of the South. THE Homeopathic Medical Society of the county of Philadelphia, headed by Dr. George W. Mackenzie, keeps in touch with current affairs. Like the Medical Club of Philadelphia, of which Dr. G. Oram Ring is president, It holds reunions where the members who read about each other can get together to shake hands and talk things over. It is a curious fact that physicians HW) miles remote from Philadelphia who sometime become distinguished in special service, ns well as those who live in the city and figure hero in scientific research or special work, seldom meet each other except as they come together through their various society movements. The homeopaths, in order to get together next time, are arrang ing to celebrate the return from the military and .naval forces of those members of the profession who engaged in the war. J. HAMITQN MOQRE. Bacon from China is sold more cheaply In England than the American product, which indicates that the open door Is useful for egress as well as iugiess. v New York senators have expressed their appreciation uf tho seriousness of the high costvof IIvIds by raising t&clr own salwjeef ' 1 I s ' TT THE SAUCEPAN The Warm Day SUMMER'S airs and graces Light the darkening hill, And charm the dusky places Where autumn's somber laces , Hang heavily and still. Skyward flames and flashes Leap beyond the town Her palaces are ashes, The destined north wind crnshes Her frail green altars down! Another exile turning For one last look around, With gifts of tears that yearning Hearts leave at times o turning On all beloved ground ! Wistfully in valleys Desolate and gray, Where winter waits and dallies In all the streets and alleys, She trails the airs of May And stoops with April's graces .. - On every stoop and stair To sing of blessed places And kiss the children's faces And stir their shining hair! She leaves them with a wond'rous Secret nud they cry : "A lonely, lovely lady A sweet magician lady Has just passed by!" A Plaintive Pastoral Once, when I was a bad and peevish "kjd," My parents told me that it was a shameful thing To he a "calf." But since I've been misfortune's constant "coat," I think that it would be a happy, peaceful thing To be a cow. HORACE HOOK. , "Some Cowl" TjCar S Here's an. advertisement I no ticed in this morning's paper, given by a Long Island farmer: '"For Sale A cow that gives five quarts of milk a day, also two grindstones, one set of harness and a hay rake." Some cow, we'll say. Yours, A READER. Quandary Ever since I have .been conscjous of the awful reality of life I have been seeking a road n consistent road to success. One night I had a dream. It seemed that I was just starting out in life, nud my motto was, "Enjoy life while you are young." Which I did. And time sped, and presently I was an aged man, having known the pleasures of life, but I was now homeless, penniless, hopeless a failure! I had neglected my opportunities when I was young; too late now. Oh, if I only had my youth again ! And lo 1 it seemed that I was again young just starting out inllfc. And my motto was, "Work, study, employ your time wisely while you arc young." So I did. And time sped, and presently I was ah Bgcd man. Estates and millions were mine, also carriages and servants. I was a suc cess! But I was not happy. In my cngerncss to attain success I had pasted by the joys ot youth, had missed tho real pleasures of life; now it was too late. Oh, that I might be young just once more! But the alarm clock was ringing and I awoke, more puzzled than ever before. CLAYTON ALCOTT, Three of Gotham There are three classes of New Yorkers.- Th Is the New Yorker who live COMMON SENSEPREVAILS daylight hours in a skyscraper looking at Hartford and Newark. There is the New Yorker who never leaves terra firma and who only knows the sky scrapers through the Sunday magazine sec tion. There is, finally, the New Yorker whose whole life is spent in the subways and who never sees New York. BENJAMIN DE CASSERES. The world nowadays is less interested in the rest cure than in the unrest cure. Night Itrdrinks the blood of the sun as he, slaugh tered, sinks and the pale wandering ghosts that beat the gates of heaven are creeping forth. The darkness draws its thin net, blackening every bush and tree, and the western gold is dulled by the solemn curtain. A lifeless cloud like n dead angel lying in n shroud with lilies on her breast appears on the far horizon. The trees turn old and gray as the shadows drape them. "Hesper rises over tho orbs of the sun, which has fallen defeated into ominous dim space, leav ing only the blue crypt of night. It is the time of all times to write. I guess I had better smoke. LAFF LAUDER. A Brussels pork butcher has been sen tencpd to twenty years' imprisonment for having supplied goods to the value of $2,000,000 to the Germans during the period of occupation. It is n little object lesson on the difference between patriotism and prof iteering. The Way of a Maid With a Paper yrTHENEVER we see a young woman with n newspaper in n trolley car we begin to feel belf-conscious if wc discover, ns wc usually do, that it is the paper honored by our contributions. We saw such a young woman the other night. She got on at Fif teenth street nnd snt down opposito uscou sciously unconscious of our ill-concealed curiosity. , After s,a few moments devoted to com-'' posing herself nnd giviug tho other occu pants of the car the once over she got her handbag snuggled down safely in her lap and opened the paper. Without so much as a glance at tho first page she turned to tho last page. Her eyes immediately dropped to the southeast corner where a photograph of ono of the inpumerablo local beauties appears every day. Her expression said as plainly as if sho had put it in words, "I am better looking thnn that girl (and sho could have made out a pretty good case for herself), why don't they print my picture?" It was with great difficulty that we re sisted the impulse to suggest to her that she send her photograph to our office. It would ndorn nny man's roll top. The rest of the pictures onthc page did not occupy 4ier more than five seconds. Then she turned to the comics and lingered over Pctcy and Andy nnd Min and-sniffed at the Girl Across the Way. When she was through them tho page of school sports attracted her. She was busy reading this page when we left the car, so we are still in. doubt whether she ever reached tho Saucepan. We wanted her to reach it because if we do not please the young women we regard ourself as a failure. They ore tho novel readers and playgoers and constitute the public to which wo men of letters address ourselves. The Action of this young woman in begin ,nlng to read the paper at the end, as all well-brought-up young women begin 'to read novels, suggested to us that we ought to seo if we cannot induce tho managing editor to let us print the Saucepan in tho back of the paper bo that the young women will find it beforo their interest in good things has becomo jaded through the multiplicity of other good things that those who habit ually read tho paper backward always fln.i before, they bave -arrived at the only part of the, paper, thar matters to us. , V THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN (Selected definitions) TAEFINE me, some one, if you can, -L-' The elusive term of gentleman. Says Vcre de Vere, "A man is he Of pure blue-blooded ancestry." Says Newman Prig, "He's best defined , As one who has a cultured mind." Says Midas, "Culture? Blood? Pooh! Dash! The true criterion is cash." Says Priest, "He is in thought, deed, word, A Christ-like person Church preferred." Says Books, "Whoever in he lets, He never fails to pay his bets." " 'Tis clear enough he's one," says Shirk, "Who for his living doesn't work." "A pal," cries Bella Flapps, "who's prime At giving girls a top-hole time." Between these various views they voice, Colnc, pay your cash and take your choice. It. M. Freemnn, in the London Westmin ster Gazette. The blizzard has lost some of its terrors now that the coal strike has been called off. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What is the meaning of the expression , "To go to Canossa'1? 2. What congressman has been ousted from the House of Representatives because of his opposition to the war? 3. What is a mesquite? 4. What is tho "Ranz dps Vaches"? 5. What kind of bird is a merle? 0. What is n round in music? 7. What is the capital of the Dominion of New Zealand? 8. What is a gowan? Oi-The metal in an American silver dollar is now worth inoro than tho face value of the coin. How many years has it been since this condition prevailed be fore? 10. When did Thomas a'Kempis live and what famous book is he reputed to have written. . Answers to Yesterriav'n Onl 1. Jackson Day is celebrated on January 8 4s in nonor ot Andrew Jackson's great T victory over xue isriusn at New Or leans in 1815 nnd not in recognition of his birthday, which occurs in March, 2. Tho paleolithic man had., rough ,stouo implements. The Neolithic man had learned how to polish them and im prove them. -. 4. Tho Wasatch Mountains are in Utah. C. The oldest known book in the world consists of a set of moral maxims written by Ptah-Hotep, the Egyptian, about 3f00 B. O. The. papyrus was found In his tomb near Thebes, Egypt. 0. Yenustiano is President Carronza's first name. 7. There are about one and three-fifths kilometers in a mile. 8. Arlosto wrote "Orlando Furloso," 0. The wireless signal, SOS, was agreed upon after the sinking of the steamship Republic off Natuckei in 1000. O, Q D was the call at that time. It was a signal somewhat dlflW cult to catch. S, O S. which stands for no set of words, id much simpler, It represents a call for immediate ati tention in a crave emercener. 10. Hesiod'was a Greek poet and pblloso' fj pher who flourished about tk eJsditVv ,v m 9(1 V 12 mw Holi ,.W. , . 1 .("J-.H X
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