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The pitiful case of ill" little chIcl whoso body was left to the crows within a few miles of liis liumo at llammunton, N. J., while crowds of aearchinj: sleuths tiptoed in Canada and in Chicago suggests again that capable detectives exist, for the most part, in dime novels. It proves, too, that all people still find it difficult to understand the significance and tragedy of commonplace things. To the police at Hammonton it seemed likely that the missing child would be found in Chicago or in Canada rather than in the neighborhood of his own home, at no greater distance than his own lonely little feet could carry him. They did what detectives almost always do.' Thoy talked of mysteries They dealt with fantastic abstractions and forgot that all little children like to wandw aimles.sly and are easily fright ened. They gave llteir attention to every thing but obvious circumstances. Most policemen do. And that is why more criminals are not caught. WANTED: TEACHERS VTEW JEKSKY is the latest place from ' which comulaiiit of a scarcity of teachers comes. Calvin X. Kendall, the commissioner of education, announces that nice than 1000 schools in the state will be without teachers next fall unless something is done to attract men and women to the work. About 2000 new teachers are needed every year to fill the vacancies caused by death, marriage, retirement on account of age and en trance into oilier occupations of mem bers of the teaching force. Three years ago there were "200 students enrolled in the normal schools. This year therci are only 1400. The number graduating in Junr will be too small to fill the vacancies. The scarcity of teachers in other states makes it impossible to draw on the graduates of the normal schools theie. Commissioner Kendal! says that this condition is "directly traceable to the fact that the increase in teachers' sal aries has not kept pace with the increased cost of li ing." The men m charge of the schools in this state have reached the same con clusion. Arrangements have been made for giving more pay to the teachers, but the proposed increases are not large enough to satisfy those already engaged In teaching and the pay offered is not large enough to attract to the local nor mal school students enough to supply, when they are graduated, trained teach ers fur the annually recurring vacancies. What are we going to do about it? MUSIC AND MEAT "DOTH music and meat, said a New York music teacher to a gathering of local music teachers the other night, are en Joyed primarily through the medium of the stomach. He remarked that the effect on a man of Beethoven's "Moon light Sonata" and a sirloin steak was the same. One, wo suppose, enters the stomach through the mouth and the effect of the other reaches the same organ bv way of the car. However this may be, there are men who enjoy a juicy broiled sirloin steak much more than any sonata ever writ ten by Beethoven or any one else. Yet, after all, it is well known that many emotions affect the stomach. One of the first symptoms of love in a youth is Toss of appetite. Ho feeds on something less substantial than meat and potatoes, and in his mood much more satisfying! A symphony unheard of less sensitive persons is playing in his ears and reacts upon his digestive organs. Shakespeare knew this, for did he not say, "If music bo the food of love, play on"? And we nil know that food serves its purpose best only when administered through the stomach. There may be an inclination to laugh at the. New York music teacher, but a careful study of the authorities, medical, poetical and psychological, will doubtless prove that there is more in his philoso phy than is dreamed of by the average man in the street. HUMAN NATURE IN TOLEDO 'A STUNNING example of the manner "- in which human hope is always de ferred by human perversity is to be found in Toledo, 0., whore the people arc suing loudly in the courts for the re-establishment of a street-car service which, a week ago, they voted out of existence. The trolley corporation raised its rate of fare to eight cents. It was furiously' assailed. It was told to take its cars and get put of town. Refejeudum went overwhelmingly against the company! The people said proudly that they would depend upon jitneys. rthejequipment was removed from tho city in accordance with th,c popular man date. Street-car service stopped complete ly. Then tho jitney men met, formed nn organization and issued a public procla mation. They hud been charging iKe rents for a ride. They ralt-cd the rate to a quatter! All women, said Kipling, have the same disposition. So.'il seems, have all men. ATI that any grumbling proletarian needs to act the hardened capitalist is an opportunity. Last week tho jitney men of Toledo were humble persons, friends of the poor, enemies of a cor poration. Overnight they became as I greedy and unscrupulous as any white vested, turtle-fed mandarin of an unre- generate trust. So, unfortunately, rolls i the woi Id! ; GERMANY'S DAY OF RECKONING 1 IS AT LAST INESCAPABLE Her Actual downfall Will Date From Next Monday, When the Terms of the Versailles Treaty Come Into Force for Her i T"MIKKE are reasons," declares Major I - General Sir Frederick T!. Maurice, "which make it. ipiite impossible that Germany today should take any aggres sive military action." "The reconstruction of the German mercantile fleet." moans Ilerr von Schinkel, chairman of the board of di rectors of the llanihurg-Amel'icaii Line, "is made an actual impossibility." There are reasons for that, also. They refer back to n document signed at Ver sailles on June 2S. 1010. and subsequently raffled by Germany and a sufficient num ber of the allied nations to make it effective for them and their former foe. For the moment, America, is a spec tator in the situation. Considering our recent mood, the role is something of a novelty for us. The Senate has been squabbling about the future. The theme is of the free-fantasia variety. It may be developed by harbingers of gloom or prophets of cheer. Neither type of forecasters can clinch its arguments. Time is a conservative chap. He refuses, even in defiance of the shrieks of politicians, to change his pace. And so the effect of a league of nations is a mystery like tomorrow. Meanwhile, however,' time is setting the stage for an event of transcendent magnitude. The curtain will rise one week from today. The .supreme council in Paris has agreed upon December 1 as the date U the formal ratificaym of the Gor man peace treaty. That day will be the reckoning point with respect to Ger many's fulfillment of her obligations. It clarifies tho meaning of the armistice of November II. 1918. ' It proclaims the immensity of civilization'.-, victory. It emphasizes the force of jtit retribution. Since Carthage no such chapter of na tional humiliation is comparable with that which will be begun next Monday. The public, it is said, has not under stood the treaty of Versaillc-'. This attitude was natural. The document is voluminous. During the long period of negotiations, most of its provisions, save those relative to boundaries, the fleet surrender and the work of allied com missions, were inoperative. .As the world seen" became confused during the season of anticlimax which followed the actual lighting, it became increasingly difficult to connect tho force of the treaty with the force of Koch's aimies which made it possible. Talcs of belligerent revivals in Germany abounded. The chances of her "coming back" were often tremulously discussed. A prominent American historian, per haps the leader in his province, recently declared that, after a scrupulous third reading of the peace treaty, he was unable to discover the faintest possibility that Germany could bo a menace to civilization for generations to come. As she starts now to act under the stringent orders of her conquerurs, the accuracy of this deduction will begin to sink into the public consciousness. Deeds aiv so much easier to believe than words. On the principle tjiat, ton for ton, all merchant ships of the Allies must be replaced, Germany is denied the posses sion of a single vpss.p1 of more than 1000 tons. Uer shipyards will bo busy, but not in the interest of the Teutonic flag upon Hie high seas. German-built ships of approximately a total of 200,000 tons annually are to be delivered to the Allies. At the expiration of two months from next Monday the German navy must be reduced to thirty-six vessels of specified sizes. Warship construction, except for replacement purposes, is not permitted. No submarines for any purpose what soever are allowed. No military or naval air forces will be sanctioned. During the six months following December 1 nq airplane manufacture of any sort may be conducted. Within three months from this same momentous date the effectives in the German army must be reduced to 200,000 men." I3y March 31. 1020, that number must bo cut in half. Two months from December 1 are granted for the disarming of all the German forts in the Rhine area, and within a further period of four months they must be dismantled. Within fifteen days from next Monday all German trooos arc to bo withdrawn from portions of East Prussia, part of which becomes Polish, while a part is to be subjected . to the decision of a plebiscite. The boundary of the Sarre basin ces sion under the league of nations is to be traced by December 15. On the same date the commission to fix the boundaries of Schleswig-Holstein is to be organized. By December 10 this territory must be evacuated by all German troops. Tho Alsace-Lorraine restoration was incor porated in the armistice terms, and is hence unaffected by the dato on which Germany's downfall, culminates. Despite what ill-informed critics, many of whom have never read the document, have said, it docs not waste words. Clause after clause, phrase after phrase pile up the specific penalties. What the reparationommission will impose is not known, but it is categori cally set fortjn that an indemnity of aSA'EylKG PUBLIC LEDGER 20,000,000,000 gold marks may he de manded for the period extending until May 1, 1021. After that date the com mission shall draw up a pay schedule to run for thirty years. On the ratification date next week Get many immediately loses title to all her colonics. Coal deliveries to Krancc and Belgium niust begin on December 1. The special provisions indicate the j scrupulous activities of the treaty mak I era. Three months after next Monday Germany must turn over to Belgium 10,000 goats. The Berlin government has three additional months to restore to the king of the Hcjaz the original Koian. once the lirized possession nf Hip 1 Caliph Othmnn. the third master of the , Mohammedan world after the Prophet. This precious manuscript, is said to ' have b"on presented to William Hohen- j zollein in the spectacular days when I he posed as the protector of Islam. The f Tuikish authorities gcnorouslv "lifted" I something which wasn't theirs 'from Medina, thereby making a pronounced hit with the lecipient. Just why the skull of the sutym of Mkwawa is so significant a trophy is not generally known. Neither is tho pronunciation of Mkwawa or its geog raphy. But its restoration is demanded and George V is to bo given possession of the grisly object, originally taken from his dominions in East Africa. Most of the war flags captured from Franco in 1S70-71 cannot go back, for Germany broke faith in characteristic stylo and burned them shortly after the armistice. If any are left, however, they must be delivered in six months from Monday. The Paris Invalides is their fitting homo. Outraged Louvain is not forgotten. Incunabula, rare historical and artistic articles corresponding in number and value to those destroyed when the won drous library of the Belgian city was wantonly burned, must be furnished to its university within three months from December 1. Ghent will be enabled to complete its ravished triptych by the accession of those leaves by the Van Eyck brothers which are now in the Berlin museum. That, institution and the old Pinakothek in Munich are to surrender those parts of the Dien'ck Bouts triptych which belong in the Church of St. Peter in Louvain. Justice may seem to disclose almost a humorous side in some of these de mands, but essentially that serves to accentuate the sweep of her sternness. In all history there is no day of reck oning like December 1. 1919. Notwith standing blunders that have been made and the heat of costly speculation, a prodigious amount of the things which civilization fought for is definitely sched uled for accomplishment. That Germany's downfall was deserved, no sane person will question. That it is a tremendous fact of the present must be hearteningly acknowledged, even while uncertainty about a world- constitution still to come prevails. Much that was detestable has been destroyed. v December 1 should be an inspiring date to build up a new structure freed from the old menace and reason ably secure from any new peril resem bling it. If music is pii.jicd Add ul Ihrotmh tin. btomiKli. 'us alleged by u New York iniiMriiin. mid color lias medicinal value, us ileclnrrd by scientists, will the warblitij; nf n coloratura soprano singiug "The Lust Hose of Summer" chip a case of colic? lienikin claims tn have .Minstrel Notes broken through tjie Itcil linns between Oral mid Tambov which c take to he Imlf wuy between the interlocutor nnd opp. prompt. Horses arc Increasing in number despite the competition of automobiles, according to figures issued by the Department of Agri culture. It will also be remembered that bicjcles increased in number, at the time motorcjcles were iutrodticed. "England te deeply ((inched by Hie warmth of tho reception the fnited Slates litis accorded the I'riuce nf AVnles," snjs I'nrl Curzon. Dou't mention it, old top Wo like the kid. The one big thing about Hoover to date is that he has been able to stand without wobbling on the pedestal on which tho peo ple have placed him. ".Meet Mr. Twenty Per Cent." suid Johu Q. Compromise to the miners, "lie may not be the main guy, but be knows the ropes and has some pull." , There was no lamentation or gnashing of teeth in Berlin when it was learned that the t'nited States Senate hat 'adjourned without ratifjing the peace treaty. Senators now have the time for a little reconstructive thinking, nut! the result should be immediately apparent when Con gress rrconcncs. If the crusade against profiteers con tinues it may become as hard for the land lord to raise the rent as it is for the. tenant. Constant alteudauce at Senate delibera tions proves Mrs. Lougwortli's endurance, but not her sense of humor. "La Nave" is uot the last opera for which D'Annunzio wrote the blunk ersc. "Kititne" and "Znra" are later. " Not even a municipal charter, it would seem, can be flawless. Why then expect perfeeliou in a peace treaty? We have confidence enough in Mr. Moote to believe that when he bays he is pro J'hilutlelpbia it is no con. D'Annunzio lias no more regard for the peace treaty thun bus a United States senator. Who sups with the food profiteer needs a long financial spoon. Washington cynicism bears a strong resemblance, to biliousness. We grie.vc to note that Kilauea Is strumming her ukulele. Tarlpr Jtcds" Is a polite nutae for lounge tarantulas, - PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, KOVEMBEIt CITY HALL ENCYCLOPEDIA j Deputy Prothonotary James W. Fletcher United His Knowledge to a Rare Kindliness and Love of His Fellow Men Ity (JKOIKJi; NOX'MtCAI.V TAMKS W. I'LKTCIIKlt, deputy prothon- otury, solved the great problem a few days ago. He hud held the position for thirteen years, though his experience in the office covered half a century. He wrs a rare nuin: a fine sample of 'the few who go through life helping their fel low men in a (pilot and unostentatious way. Particularly was he a friend to mhhii? Ihw. .M'is. the fellows wlio were struggling up ward to n hoped'-for distinction. Mr. Fletcher wns a man of boxnilless .sjinpalliy : never cITiisjve, ahwt,v.s courlcuiis, mid ecr ready to aid a perplexed youug barrister over a ioiirIi place. He was, beyond doubt, from a professional standpoint the best informed official in City Vt""' .'" vns " ,hi"K ''u,'.vclopedla oil the subject of legal documents ant! forms. There was committed to him the elaborate detail of subpoenas, contracts, judgments. utiIIcIm. and reports of every kind to lie made a matter of record. Statistics of the ottice show that under his direction there were over it'll, 000 papers filed in one year, involving transactions to the enormous sum oT $50,000,000. jVTU. FLKTCHF.lt was indispensable in the prothonolary's office. In the more than fifty years of his faithful service, judges, prothonotaries and members of the bar came and went, but Fletcher remained. And it was because he was efficient fur beyond the ordinary, painstaking and cour teous. lie knew at least 00 per cent of the mem hers of the I'liihulelphia bar, for at sotre. period in his official career they bad found it necessary to seek his aid.or ask bis advice. Above all he was conscientious In the discharge of bis exacting duties. As years went by. and courts multiplied, ami the volume of documents issued and received mcreased by leaps and bounds, the demand, upon his plfysicul strength increased propor tionately, Twice prior to bis last fatal illness bad m- uiukkji uown under the strain; each time, however, he conquered -the weakness and returned to his task. In the course of half h century lie saw briefless Joung lawyers rise to positions of dignity at the bar and then advance to the bench, still holding his friendship ns a thing to he cherished. From those who knew him best comes (lie unanimous testimony that the distinctive '"' ''icb drew men to him, narliciilarlv .younger members of Hie burl, was his tin'- -v !' .. mm llll!ll(',VM, 1 1( Wls never too busy 0 do a favor: never too weary to go u step further in the dNrhargc of his duties to accommodate those Inning business with the office. His epitaph should be. "Faithful unto Hie end. POI.ONKI, IIFNUT W. COULTF.I! is y preparing a history of tin 110th In- fun try of the famous Iron Division It was the old Tentb I'cilnsjlvania. known in the Spanish-Amciican war as the "Fighting I'cndi." Although a native and resident of Crceus ourg. Colonel Coulter is occasionally seen' on the streets of this city, tie comes ot it noted family In western Pennsylvania I have always felt a personal interest in the famous old Tenth. I knew many of Us officers a ipiarter of a cenlurv ago Captain Alex, l.ear. Major XefT. Li'eiitcnanl Colonel liaruett and Colonel Hawkins who perhaps was its best beloved commander be cause lie had led his men through thcYicc swamps itutl jungles of the Philippines. It was my fortune to see the regiment, the farthest east commniul. entrain for the Philippines. 1 was in San Francisco when the transport came slowly through the liolden (late bringing them home agniii. Its flag was at half-mast and the body of Colonel Hawkins lay iu a Hag-draped coffin ou this forward deck. I messed with its officers at their Iieadtiuarters on the Presidio and iu the celebrated old "Flytrap" restaurant, ou MarkeJ street. San Francisco. It was u matter of surprise lo me to tcarii within the past week that the hisUry of this famous command goes back to the It'evo lution. It had its origin iu two Continental army companies, one at Orceiisburg, the other at Wnynosburg. It fought through (he Mexican and Civil war.-, served on the Mexican border, nnd as part of the "Iron" Division made history ou tlin fields of France. QK.VATOIt IIOircsTKXUOSK during the vJ recent mayoralty campaign, when he espoused the cause of good government and the regeneration of the Itopublicnn orguni zillion, was freiiueutly referred to as an eleventh -hour reformer. Whatever criticism may lie made of the seuutor's career in the last thirty years, it is an indisputable fact that ho'startcd' in political life as n reformer; so much so that he was threatened by the organization with ostracism and political annihilation. It was back in 1SS5 when lin was serv ing his first term as ft member of tho House at Harrlsburg, At that Fcssion among other bills or doubtful value to this city was one for the appoint meat of four magistrates at a Hilary .of ?,".000 each. It was regarded us a job'-' mnking, salary-grabbing measure, and was bitterly fought on the floor of the, House. Leading the opposition was Penrose, with Itobinson, Thomas, MacAvoy and McXutt backing him. So acrimonious grew tho debate, as 1 re call, that personalities were indulged in openly. Boies Penrose and Wesley Thomas, afterward collector of the port, led the fight against the bill. Privately members of the Philadelphia delegation notified Penrose that unless lie turned ubout face, or at least abandoned his opposition, they would knife his bill to regu late the sheriff's fee. Hut ho persisted in his fight. The measure was finally defeated and it was in this contest that tho future United States senator won his first spurs ns a reformer. Ff EW persons recall that it was at this same session that Senator ift,,.! ("Bertie' ) Adams, Jr.. of Philadelphia, al though a bachelor to the day of bis unfor tunate death, introduced a bill for the establishment of the whipping post in Penn sylvania for wife beaters. The proposition creutcd n sensation. Newspapers over the stale advocated, op posed or ridiculed the measure, but he per sisted in keeping it on the calendar Hvory day brought letters to his desk from judges, lawyers, stifferins wives, and even prospective brides advocating the passage of the bill. The principal objection to it was that a state the size and importance of IVnnNyl vania should not disgrace itself by enacting u law that would degrade Its manhood. Heavier sentences to imprisonment, fines that carried with them imprisonment until paid, and nil sorts of freak penalties were suggested for brutal husbands, but the whipping post never. One woman, who wrote thut she was a shop girl. ' "fl passage of tbo mcamre. because, an phe. put it "If it become a law tben working girls will get good husbands " THE CHAFFING DISH Profiteering Again Sign seen on Houth Ilrond street: Fori U1CXT: 8 room liouso, 2 baths and ) bedrooms with !1 widows tn each. A Regrettable Scene When Skipper bad (pileUly gulped down what had been given him, be took it piece of cake, when Mrs. Salmer, looking upon him will u degree of allowance, thought. "Poor 'Ignorant' fellow doesn't know which end of tlin uienl to begin at." The. Adam's apple on Skipper's neck bad not played up and down more than twice, when ho be 1 zed a second piece of tbo rich composition, and then a third ; and the. lady in charge, becoming alarmed lest none, should be left for the rest, laid :v drum stick on a biscuit, and said "Hero, Jlr. Potter, havo this nice chicken and bibcuit." "Oh, no," said he, "cal that ycrsolf I Uis punkiti bread's good enough fur me." Those who had previously concealed their . hilarity at Skipper's mistakes were now unable to conceal their glee, and all burst into such explosions of laughter that great mouthfuls of niiisticated bread and butter flew against tho surrounding rocks like, showers of shot from a fowling piece. Jlr. CllppL-rsteol Fettled with his looly wife Iu tho city of Ilaleigh, whero ho had formerly resided, and tfio murmurs heard In that family were like tho oleo of a sun lit tide embracing tho tinted sheila of the shoro tu lovo. The 13als.nu llroves of Grandfather .Mountain. Our guod friend Fred l'ckcrsbiirg, engi neer at Independence Hall, dropped in to tell us of the latest triumph of bis protege Mar tha Washington, tin; State House cut. Lust 'spring Fred scut some copies of our high spirited contemporurytlie Fveximi Pcui.ic Iii3uat:it, over to Sergeant Robert Dotts, n Philadelphia!! with the army of occupation. One of these issues contained a pleasing pho tograph of Martha and her two young daugh ters, Victory and Liberty. Sergeant Dolts bus written iu reply that the boys of the Ninth Infantry. Second Division, took such u fancy to this picture that Ihey posted it up iu the barracks nt Dierdorf, Cermuiiy. There, for ull we know, it may bo still. Martha's life bus been one long succession, of plaudits, even down to ' the time when n mouse was found in one of the cans ot rec tified beans issued by the government. Mr. Wilson bus been blamed for almost everything but the weather. Well, just wait until the first blizzard urrives. We gather one thought frooi ruminating upon tlTe prince's visit to this country. The Woolwortli lluilding has definitely takeu the place of Niagara Falls as America's great est curiosity. The Urchin lias returned to town and it is uo longer necessary for us to use the alarm clock in order to catch thut morning ear on Spruce street. ' Antiques I am quite sure, said I). Mctiiniiis, that I never saw I'iuo street till three years ago, but I never sec that portion in tho unmcdlatc neighborhood of thu Pennsylvania Hospital without my subconscious self Insisting that I have known it all my life. If I were an architect or a poet perhaps I could tell you why. for I am convinced that there is soma great and pregnant truth concealed iu the simple rhythmical lines of tho old buildings; something that the spirit within mo lias heard and seen in years past and almost, but not quite, forgotten. c Perhaps that is why the "antiques" in the shops higher up the street strlko me as being "homey" rather than odd, 7 have walked (I feel convinced) under those glass idoo tladdles on the big chandeliers, and gazed through them ut the candlelight Iu tho days of "prunes und prisms"; been njoro or less famlllur with the pictures on the wbIIn and the big brass candlesticks nnd tho willow pattern'plqte dinner sets and tho booc-' handled steel knives that were cleaned on a knife board with bathbrl,ck, andllid brass 24, 1919 "WELL, SIR?" and steel fenders and the bellows uutl the shovel, tongs and poker. ' The fact that the shovel, tongs and poker seem fumiliur seems to fix my last time ou earth iu a coal-biirning age. Iu recent years I have grown to love log tires ami when, in one of tho old shops, 1 saw a log-turner take the place of a poker iu the brass trio I was at once interested and pleased. Hut it was the unexpected and the strange that pleased me; it was not Hie awakening of any old memories. Nonsense? Oh, I suppose sol TSuFwhut makes me $it up nud take notice. is that the nonsense'seems so very, vcrv real to me! G. A. My Mother's Arms (From the Chinese) Xote: There was a poor, starved, half naked coollo who died In Pekln in l'JO'.'. In which year my travels carried tub to China. Seeped to the bono in tho class distinctions and casto-loeIs of a country ehilizcd ages before Columbus dreamed of his Mijage of discovery, this coolie, con cealed behind an inipasslvo countenance and a hcust-llko demeanor, possessed a miuislvo Intellect. His Jhoughts and nn.. bltionH, queer though it may sound, ran to literary lines, and when he died in my arms (ho had been knifed in a long war and left lo panp hla last In a dirty little by-street, whero I found him) bo confided to mo his rather pitiful aspirations. r' In Ids hist momenta on earth ho seemed to recognize in mo a kindred spirit, for lie intrusted to my care me, a "white devil!" a parchment upon which were brushed a few beautiful lines. I cannot translate thosn verses aa they should bo translated ; but In fulfillment of a promise I mado to llio coollo as ho Joined his ancestors, I will at least inako an effort in that direction. Tho motif and meter I use are, of course, ' essentially and wholly Anglican. It. !,. B. My Mother's Arms My Mother's arms! They stretch t'o me Across that vast Ftcruity . Thut separates Fartb 'from the skv. How oft I've wished (hat I could ilv To Paradise, her face to see ! s ' Ah, Cod, bow huppy would I hit If I could speak one more "guru. by "1 If T but bud the wings to fly ' To Mother's arms! Iicgouc, vain hope! It cannot be! Uctwccu ps twain a misty sea ' Prevents. Hut when at last I die Pleaso God, once more my bead shall lie In yiother's arms. IIOIIBKT LKSLIH HRLLFM. ' Social Chat Old John, .llio well-known Ardmorc pra nut vendor, traveled to Stvartbmoro on Sat urday to see the football teams engage in what the sporting writers term n clash, Harrison Hires made some nice root-bcer last week. Harrison seems to have discon tinued writing poetry, at leust as far as Hie Dish is concerned. On the day sterling exchange touched its lowest level we received a check from Kng Iand for thirteen shillings and one pennr. Life is just like that, is our remark. The lunch counters. In spite of our criti cism, still serve coffee too hot. The best laugh wc have registered In a long lime was sculptorcd upon our features by Wilklo Hard, joyous veteran 'of tlin London music balls. ThoVerct of Wllkie's fiuu is thut lie doesn't work 'too bard to put it across. He just lets his face droop ami the bouse docs the rest. , t . Tiny Maxwell buying- gone up to tbo Lehigh-Lafayette game, spectators at the Haverford'Swarthmore battbi bad au un impeded view of. tho field, .WUitATJiJS. J TIItOM Tyneside and Mcrse.iside, bound for -- distant Spain The little shabby browu ships beat out against the rain Through the thick nud dusky fog that veils the Irish sea To the trough of swinging swells, where eastern winds blow free. Slipping past the forelands, where the while sand drifts like snow, Down tho bronzc-grccn combers the Spanish liners go To Cartagena, Valencia, and ports of old Castile. Gliding by the Moorish coast, Hie little brown ships steal. Past green treed shores, where red cliffs jut against a topaz ofcy. Where gray gulls dart across the cliffs as the liners scurry by. Blunt, squut and brown with long gray decks and funnel lines of black. They glow in red as the sunset's light streaks the steamer track. Gordon Malhcrbc Ililhnan in the Hoston Lveiung Transcript. I here seems to be difference of opinion in high places ns to whether Congress can make peace. There is striking unanimity in the conclusion that it cannot keep it J he peace treaty must of ncccssitv be n good thing, since nobou is willing to a'dmit responsibility for its having been kicked around. Alack nnd wcll-a-rlay! We wou't see another eclipse of the sui for another twelve years. "J'is weary, weary waiting I But eomo of us will survive it. What Do You Know? QUIZ What state does Senator Lodge rcpre sent? When did tho old lhngdom of Poland go out of existence? What was the Gadsden purchase V After whom was it named? When does the trcnty of peace go into force for Germany? Who were the brothers Hubert-und Jan van Dyck? In what zone is New Zeuland? AVhot is the smallest planet? Who wrote the music of "The Lost Chord"? How long is the term of n representa tive in Co.ngre.ss? Answers to Saturday's Quiz "A policeman's life is not u happy one" is a quotutiou from tbo libretto bU. " "The Pirates of Pcnzuuce," by W. S. Gilbert. ' ' Calligraphy is beautiful handwriting or merely handwriting. Cardiff is the largest city of Wales. Dcstimiova is the Czccho-Slovak form of the name of Dcstiuii, the opera singer, Orlando, former premier of Ituly, has just been elected to the ltaliuu Chum "ber of Deputies. The Friendly or Tonga Islands are in Hie south Pacific occuu, boutbeast of tho Fijis, betweeu latitude 18 and 'i south. The battlo of Gettysburg occurred on - July 1, 1! am! ;t, 1S03, about oue year , and nine mouths before the cud of the Civil War. 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