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THE DEBT TO CAMPANINI
SOME Philadelphians will remember
Cleofonto Campanini as tho manager
of tho opera company -which used to di
vide its time between this city and Chi
cago. Tho memory is pleasurable; but it
is imperfectly reflective of tho highest
significance of the man.
Mr. Campanini, in addition to being a
conductor of conspicuous abilities, was a
tireless foe of cobwebs and dust in
music. As such he naturally appealed to
Oscar Hammcrstein in the momentous
days of the opera revolt. Modern musi
cal Europe had donned a lustrous new
artistic mantle. America knew of it
chiefly by hearsay.
With the resourceful Oscar's unique
talents to baclc him, Mr. Campanini re
vealed the glow and dramatic sincerity
of "Louise," the splendor of "Samson et
Dalila," the wistful subtlety of "Pelleas,"
the irony and passion of "Thais," the
surge and thunder of "Salome." It was
his genius which quickened these scores
with life, incorporated them into our1
musical standards, revivified grand opera,
glorified its potent development into
music drama.
Philadelphia and New York alike owe
to the energy and artistic vigor and in
itiative of the late conductor an incal
culable debt. His influence is stamped
for good in the record of operatic prog
ress. It is hardly imaginable that the
picturesque Hammerstein could have jus
tified his proud boasts of accomplish
ments without the aid of the discern
ment, the zeal and constructive force of
Cleofonte Campanini, producer of more
new works than any one in our operatic
history.
The two men, although their associa
tion lasted but three years, formed a re
markable pair indispensable to an ex
traordinary and wholesome revolution in
American taste.
It is significant that Mr. Campanini,
Dr. Horatio Parker and Signor Illica, the
latter the co-librettist with the late
Giacosa of "La Boheme," "Tosca" and
"Madama Butterfly," died within a few
days of each other. The trio are typical
of a notable era in music, one of the
epochs of artistic refreshment that come
all too rarely.
FRIENDLESS MOTORS
TRAFFIC will move more easily and
more quickly in tho central section of
the city if tho rigid parking restrictions
urged by the P. R. T. are applied to
motors. But what of all the people who
find motorcars a necessary convenience
second only to the trolleys? A man who
drives to his work or his business can
not put his automobile in his pocket. He
cannot take it indoors with him.
There is a suggestion of clumsiness
and inefficiency in the rule that would
put all motorcars under a "keep-moving"
rule between Girard avenue, South street
and the two rivers.
The Bureau of Highways, the police
and the P. R. T. should recognize the
legitimate rights of motorcars and find a
way in which parking space may be
provided at convenient places under
police protection, if it is necessary, and
even if other traffic has to be diverted.
There is space on the Parkway. Somo
(A the cross streets cnild be used down
town. Trolleys have rights, but that
doesn't mean that automobiles have none.
MORE ATROCITY
T ONG labor and loving care were de--'
voted to the expansive umlerstruc
fcure of General Weds campaign for the
Republican nomination for the presidency.
Tho structure of hope built from that
foundation presented ornate and expen
sive facades. It looked charming in
some lights. Pious hands were still busy
at it yesterday, the bright towers were
going farther toward the sky when the
shattering reverberations of the an
nouncement of General Pershing's candi
dacy made the earth tremble.
, The sense of horror and outrage that
Biust havo sWept architects, landscape
gardeners, decorators and devotees in the
t service of General Wood may be imag
' lned by some. Wo prefer not to dwell
upon it. We prefer to turn our gaze
away from the ruin of another great
work of art.
One thing, however, is all too plain.
In France Black Jack appears to have
been converted wholly to the doctrines
of f rightfulness. '
lTptjatriotism
SENSIBLE people will applaud Doctor
Garber for his refusal to see anything
Admirable in the plan of the public school
Hthoritles in New York to exact "pledges
of loyalty" from all graduates.
' Pledges of that sort mean nothing.
'Tha nuggestion is in bad taste. Patriot
ftni that begins and ends with words Is
poor thing and we have enough of it
Jraidy without encouraging it in the
jnfrtie Mhools.
, Sb:iw WWra who ore taught by
their parents to disregard tho nation's
claim to their affection and loyalty would
think nothing of uttering n pompous Ho
if diplomas dopended on it. And until
America undergoes a great change for
tho worse it will continuo to hnvo tho
lovo und loyalty of nino hundred and
ninety-nine out of every thousand school
children whose instinctive sense of patri
otism could not bo helpod or hindered by
phrases, niado to trap such other children
as are unfortunate enough to havo er
ratic parents
GIVE US A CONSTITUTION,
NOT A BODY OF BYLAWS
The Revision Commission Has an Oppor
tunity to Do a Great Public Service
If It Will Embrace It
rpiIE constitutional conversazione- at
Harrisburg is busying itself with
such matters as seem important to tho
twenty-fivo ladies and gentlemen partici
pating in it.
A committee bus deliberated upon tho
wisdom of inserting in the fundamental
law a provision that all bills must bo
punctuated before they are passed. Tho
case has been argued with tho calmness
which flhould prevail in polite society.
The arguments for and against the propo
sition have been sorio isly weighed and
tho conclusion hns been reached to let
well enough nlone. James Gay Gordon
carried the day when he said that if
punctuation were made constitutionally
obligatory it might be possible "to hang
a man on a parenthesis.
When Gifford Pinchot, tho greutest con
stitutional expert among foresters, sug
gested that something be done to make
it impossible for the General Assembly
to kill a bill by sending it to what is in
elegantly called a "pickling committee,"
he was grieved to discover that there
really tas a limit to tho consideration
of trivialities beyond which his fellow
revisers would not pass.
Other evidence that the limit exists is
supplied by tho refusal of the ladies and
gentlemen to set themselves up as ex
perts in English composition. The sug
gestion that tho literary stylo of the
constitution be improved was rejected
unanimously. We do not assume that
this was because the revisers do not
appreciate literary excellence. It must'
have been due to their belief that such
popularity as tho constitution is to have
with the reading public must rest upon
the substance of its thought rather than
upon the beauty of the form of words in
which that thought is dressed.
It is reassuring to discover that tho
guests at the Governor's kaffee-klatscn
are not planning to add to the- numhbr
of petty provisions in the constitution.
This is true in spite of their lack of
authority to do nnvthing that is final.
Even the Governor himself admits that
their function is to engage in amiable
conversation and to report to tho Gen
eral Assembly a summary of what was
said about the table. The guests are
fulfilling the first part of their func
tions admirably.
Nothing that they can or will do will
havo binding force on any one. Tho
General Assembly will receive the re
port and place it on file. Whether it
does anything else will depend entirely
on the discretion of the men voters or
bosses who give orders to the legis
lators. But the members of the commission
could do something, if they chose, that
would command the attention of every
thinking man and woman, not only in
Pennsylvania, but in every other state.
The constitution at present is a body
of bylaws, binding the Legislature and
the courts, preventing freedom of action
and fastening upon the processes of gov
ernment the hobbles placed there by dis
trust in the honesty and efficiency of
the men elected to office.
At least two-thirds of Article III,
dealing with the powers and duties of
the General Assembly, is made up of
matter that has no proper place in a
constitution. The rules of procedure in
hnndling bills are laid down. It is pro
vided that every bill must be referred to
a committee and must be printed; that
every bill must be read at least three
times on different days in e.tch house
before the final vote; that no bill may be
amended by reference to it3 title only,
but that such part of the law as is
amended must be re-enacted and pub
lished at length, and that the presiding
officer of each house shall, in the presence
of the house, sign all bilh and resolu
tions passed.
These are admirable provisions, but
they properly belong in the statutes and
not in the constitution. There is nothing
like them in the federal constitution,
yet these processes are substantially the
same as those by which laws are passed
in Washington. The federal constitution
confers .ertain powers on Congress and
then trusts it to exercise those powers
honestly and in the public interest.
The men who framed that document
had faith in democracy. It distributed
the governmental functions among the
legislative, executive and judicial depart
ments and it empowered the legislative
body to make such detailed regulations
for the exercise of these functions as it
saw fit.
The constitution of this state contains
not only a body of bylaws for the
General Assembly, but it also contains
a brief code of procedure for the courts,
even to the extent of providing specific
ally for the chief clerks. The petty
magistrates in this city are constitu
tional officers and, although thoir func
tions can bo better performed in other
courts, it is impossible for the Legisla
ture to abolish them without an amend
ment to the constitution.
Now, if the commissioners would set
about the' task of drafting a state con
stitution with the federal constitution as
a model, discarding the form of the pres
ent document and turning their backs
upon its multiplicity of contradictory
and confusing provisions, they could do
something which would justify their
activities.
Such a constitution would provide for
the fewest possible state officers, whilo
giving power to the Legislature to create
such new officers and departments aB
circumstances should from time to time
make advisable.
It would establish tho principal courts
and provide- for their jndge3, whilo It
would permit tho Legislature to create
petty courts or to abolish them at its
discretion.
It would grant to tho Legislature
powor to legislate frcoly within certain
well-deflncd limita and it woald forbid
it to legislate on certain matters tho con
trol of which tho peoplo wished to keep
directly in their own'hands.
And it would assure to the cities of tho
stalo tho kind of homo rulo enjoyed in
Michigan and Ohio, whore, under clearly
expressed regulations, each city may
draft its own charter and may amend it
whenevor amendment is desired by n
majority of tho voters.
Such n constitution, increasing tho
powers of tho Legislature, would inevita
bly raise tho standard of that body. It
would attract to it men who now refuse
to spend their time in a body that is
hamstrung and hobbled by a multitudo
of constitutional provisions conceived in
distrust and born in contempt of tho
capability of a people to rule them
selves by their elected representatives.
And it would at once raise Pennsylvania
to the front rank of progressive states,
free to lcgislato in accordance with the
spirit of the times.
The whole tendency of constitutional
revision for n generation has been in tho
opposite direction. It reached its depth
of degradation in Oklahoma, where tho
worst hodge-podge of silliness ever con
cocted is now serving as a horrible ex
ample to the rest of the nation.
But the ladies and gentlemen at tho
Harrisburg conversazione do not thus
far seem disposed to do anything but
admire the Oklahoma example.
MR. PALMER'S JOLLY FIX
TF A. MITCHELL PALMER is not tho
unhappiest nttorney general in his
tory he ought to be. Once it appeared
that Burleson was to be the oflicial mar
tyr of the Democratic administration,
the bearer of all blame, the stoic taker
of punishment. Lansing is yearning
toward that role, but his progress is
relatively slow. McA,doo has drifted
close to the stake on several occasions.
But he gets away.
Mr. Palmer is not so astute. He is
going indeed, he has gone straight to
the altars of sacrifice. He is in a posi
tion now where blamo for all the woes
against which people cry out and all the
consequences of the recent brilliant
series of cabinet mistakes will almost
surely fall terribly upon his defenseless
head.
It is pretty generally admitted that
the coal strike injunction was a shy and
timid idea in the cabinet until the attor
ney general tool: it out walking and
made it his very own. And it is even
more definitely and more generally ad
mitted that as a means for a strike set
tlement, as a means to eliminate unrest,
to pacify unions, to make friends for Mr.
Palmer or his party it was a failure,
utter and complete.
Now the attorney general is to be
aummoned before a Sct.ate committee of
inquiry, which is supposed to be inter
ested in tho detaib of the coal contro
versy. Senate committees of inquiry
have become something of a bore. Too
often they do not inquire for facts or
for truth. They inquire for political is
sues. The senators are now upon a warm
trail. They will have little troublo in
grilling unhappy confessions from Mr.
Palmer if they press him hard enough.
Already some of the sterner critics of
the administration are calling shrilly
for Mr. Palmer's resignation. They point
out, shrewdly enough, that failures and
mistakes, of method and policy as great
as those that may be traced to the attor
ney general's office would compel the
retirement of any h'gh official in any
other parliamentary government. This
is sad business for a man who was think
ing only a little while ago of tho
presidency.
WHAT POLICEMEN THINK ABOUT
TT IS fair to suppose that a little
needed wisdom would have trickled
into City Hall if councilmen, the director
of public safety, the Mavor himself and
all others who have felt that a police
man ought to be a hnrmy and efficient
citizen at a wage of three-fifty a day,
had to stand on the windy corners yes
terday and, with the temperature at
zero, direct traffic, look after tho safety
of children and absent-minded shoppers
and wonder, meanwhile, how he was
to frame up a happy Christmas for the
folks at home.
. Tar be it from any
Klghts and VrUIIcges wise man, any cau-
, tious mat., to deny a
woman's right to nerve on a jury. But one
hesitates to think of what misht have hap
pened if women shoppers had been picked up
in tho streets of Doylestown, as the men
were, and made to serve in a murder ease.
Whirh onuses us to suracst that the law be
amended to give women the right to serve
with the privilege of refusal.
There are rumors abroad that Lane and
Lansirig nre to leave the cabine'.. But what
the country needs to make Itu Christmas a
happy one is the positive information that
Burleson hns handed in his resignation and
that it has been accepted.
TJnless Poet Laureate Bridges takes over
Helgoland, Britishers will probably think
D'Annunzio's example in Flume has gone
for naught.
In the matter of the return of the rail
roads there appear to be very many trains
of thought, but none of them running on
schedule.
"lie tvho steals my pu.se steals trash,
but he who robs me of my good spirits makes
me poor indeed," Bryn Mawr reading of
Shakespeare's famous lines.
Recent police activities to the contrary
notwithstanding, it is not seriously contended
that a fence is necessary to keep one in the
political fold;
Just as soon as the President and Sen
ator Lodge quit making faces we may ex
pect something worth while.
Attorney General Palmer will perhaps
win higher marks as an optimist than as an
economist.
WsH Is now pronounced with
the
accent on tni "was '
WHY OUR SKIES ARE CLEAR
W. B. Altern Ooy Electricity Turn
the Trick Attorney Kauffman
Has Office In Two Heml-
ophere Qromley Whar- '
ton, Cook
ny OKOUOI5 NOX McOAIN
TXfE NOW know why Philadelphia skies
' are so clear ; why its atmosphere io
free from the smoke nulsanco of other
cities. William U. Ahem tells tho story.
Tho former magistrate wus not bo many
years ago a shlnlnj; light In municipal
politico. Ho was addressed nB "Judge" and
had n big political club nnmed after him.
That was In the old days.
For more than fifteen years ho litis been
interested in the development of the city's
electrical facilities. Ho is a district man
ager now and knows all about conduits,
amperage, kilowatts and all the complex
technicalities of the trade. But as to tho
clear skies I
It's electricity that is responsible. Not
in tho air, but on tho wires and in the
workshops, mills mid factories. It is re
placing steam. It takes bluck smoking
chimneys to generate white steam, and
steam, according to Mr. Ahem, is going
out of date.
He tells me that no industrial esUbliHU
mojit of any nccount is built now without
equipment for electrical installation. Hun
dreds of concerns nre using It now where
dozens used it before.
And tho number is increasing. Prac
tically all light manufacturing plants uso
electricity; especially is it true of "loft"
industries where light machinery is
employed.
And we are only upon the threshold of
the electrical age, nccordlug to the Judge.
TR. FREDERIC RASMUSSFN, sccre--L
fury of agriculture, is the finest example
of the opportunities this rnuntry offers to
the born -abroad citizen that I recall.
Twenty years ugo Doctor Rasmussen
arrived in this country with nothing much
but the groundwork of a dairying exper
ience gained on his father's big farm in
Hals, Denmark.
He had to master a fluency in the Eng
lish language mid gain a knowledge of
American ways. He had a clever skill,
however, that got him n job as bridge car
pentcr for a western railroad. Thnt was a
start.
After a year he went back to his first
love the farm. For two years he worked
at dairying, meantime going to winter
school in Iowa. It must have been a rough
experience, but it was the making ol the
future secretary.
It isn't necessary to go into the details
of his educntionnl career, for after graduat
ing from Iowa State College he became an
instructor at Purdue University, then an
assistant professor nt Iowa State,' and
reached a full prpfensorshlp when he went
to New Hampshire State College.
It was while he was professor of dairy
husbandry at Pennsylvania State College
that he got into war work. The armistice
came just when he had his passports rendy
and was about to sail for France. The
Red Cross had appointed him to establish
dnlries at the base hospitals for the Amer
ican expeditionary forces.
After that came his appointment as sec
retary of agriculture by Governor Sproul.
A N AMERICAN attprney at law with of-
fices in Tokohnmn, Kobe nnd Toklo,
Japan, and New York, anikwho divides his
time between the four cities, has what may
properly be described 03 an "extended prac
tice." James Lee KaufFmnn sailed from thfso
shorts the other day for his office in Tokio.
He is the Jieiul of n law firm there, one
member of which is a distinguished Japanese
lawyer, fhe other two being Englishmen.
Mr. Kauffman io the only American
lawyer practicing in Japan.
He is, for this reason, the representative
of all the leading American corporate
interests in Japan, and so closely arc these
American and Japanese interests united thnt
Mr. Kauffman, on his return lu a few
months, will establish nu office in New
York with his Japanese partner in charge
of It.
The Yokohama and Kobe offices are in
care of his partners, and each month Mr.
Kauffman spends part of his time in these
cities.
James Lee Kauffman is a Philadelphia.
He went to Japan some years ngo as
assistant professor in tho lav department of
the T'mversity 'jf Toklo.
He is only thirty-four years of age.
NO ONE who knows Bromley Wharton,
secretary of the State Board of Charities,
former secretary to Governor Pennypiker,
member of the City Troop, etc., would ever
think of him ns a cook. Sforeover, he was
a cook for a Governor and high state
officials once upon n time.
It was this way ;
Dnrinir the session of 1005 a choice col.
lection of legislative souls, among whom were
Senators James P. McNIchol, John M.
Scott, William H. Knvscr, Speaker Harrv
Walton, Israel W. Durham and others, took
over the Boas mansion on North Front
street, Harrisburg, as an abode.
Thev invited Governor Ponuvpncker and
his private secretary. Bromley Wharton, to
dinner one night. At the last minute they
discovered that the cook hod been sampling
the wine Instead of her sauces nnd gravies.
The canvas-back duck3 were a crisp and
the other edibles were fit only for the
garbage can. Fortunately the oysters, the
soup and the salad were intact. Then the
Governor came, ,
Bromley, who accompanied the Gov
ernor, was hurriedly let into the agonizing
secret. The next instant the Governor's
carriage was whirling down to the Hnr
risburg Club, where every available roast
fowl wan commandeered. Then on to Jim
Iluss s Senate restaurant, wnere tnc icebox
gave up more, in addition to a couplo dozen
of croquettes.
'Then the cqulpnga dashed back to the
Boas mansion, and Bromley dashed from it
into the kitchen with his provender; a
cook's apron around his waist; croquettes
on the fire; roast chicken chucked into the
oven; swift and fancy carving; and lo in
fifteen minutes the day was. saved, though
the soup was then on tho table.
Mr. Wharton came in with the roast and
seated himself modestly at the board while
the blessings of his hosts, whom he had
saved, mingled silently with the Bparkles of
his champagne.
You see he had learned to cook as Trooper
Wharton in 1808.
As au addition to the hlgkcost of living,
the luxur7 tax is comparatively insignifieunt
compared to the strike tax ; for we can avoid
the first by avoiding luxuries, but the other,
of Indeterminate amount, is added to every,
thing we buy.
The Reds who plan to parade in New
York on Christmas morning with manacles
on tbelr wrists will arouse sympathy In the
breasts of the populace less frequently than
too wish that tho basdcuKu were KCoulne,
. i -j.--. '".IflrO'.-,. l-S'l-r-;
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THE CHAFFING DISH
When tho Road Winds
"H THE joy of the winding road, '
-' With the sunrise in your face,
When the path's a-glltter with jewel' d snow,
And fairy, frosted lace!
OH THE joy of tho winding road,
In the noontime's ardent heat,
When the gold of Indian summer daya
Weaves fancies, summer-sweet 1
OH THE joy of the winding road 1
In the sunset's after-glow,
Where the cloudlets now like snow-whito
lambs
Acros3 the crimson go !
OH THE joy of the winding road,
With the starlight In your face,
When the old Moon-man plays peek-a-boo
With the baby stars a-race.
OH THE joy of the winding road
That will lead at last to them
The Mother-Maid, and Her Babe new-born,
The Road to Bethlehem 1
SISTER, MARY DONATUS.
Those booming General Pershing for Pres
ident seem to be superstitious. They begin
by knocking Wood.
Brief Tractate on Education
Considering the well-known Verslty twins,
Ad and Unl, it is our opinion that Uni offers
a good education, but Ad Insists on one s
getting it.
Soundo Like the Senate
After altercations are completed, will re
open for business.
Sign seen in West Philadelphia.
Who's Who In Japan
We are going to try to buy n copy of
that "Who's Who in Japan," as we don't
want to have to go out to the IJ. of P.
Library every time we need a quaint para
graph. In the meantime, here are some
more excerpts :
kawai, KOZAnunoi poet of new styia.
editor of the Joshl Bundan, a literary
magazine for women readers. Born May
'874. Studied In the TVaseda University.
He iiad a .special taste for poetry when
he waa young, and came to Toltyo In 1904.
WAKAM.WSB. TOKUHEIi proprietor
of tho Futaml-Kwan Hotel. Born 1844.
Married Fusa, daughter of Ills fathcr-ln-law.
He has endeavored for the prosperity
of Futaml and the people of the town
built a Hotel at the next of the Futaml
Kwan Hotel to express their thankfulness
to him In 1866. So he Is managing two
hotels.
8HIOKNO, KIYOTAKEi Baron, aviator.
Born Oct. 1882. Studied of' aeroplane in
France, 1911-12;. invented and manu
factured a new styled avlntor; besides, he
Is known as a skillful musician. Address:
French Aim In European battlefield.,
Europe.
1'UK-NAOA, HUNNOSKKKi Proprietor
of Keloelsha, a Chrlctlan bookstore. Born
24 Dec. 1861. When ho was 10 years old
his family began to decline, do that he
himself had to worl: hard and went to
Kobe to reco.ver his lost fortune. He came
up to Tokyo to fulfill hla ambition and
started a bookstore. He Is now putting
his soul and heart Into th$ publication
business.
A year ago, in a hopeful and public
spirited way,' we busied ourself to devise a
number of epitaphs for the kaiser, Mr.
Hohcnzollern has not yet done what was ex
pected of him, but still our mind reverts to
him now and then and we are keen to give
him a fitting send-off when the time comes.
One epitaph we rather relished was : ,
Here lies one whose namo was writ'ln
slaughter.
Andithat suggests another paraphrase;
He Is a portion of the liatefulness
Which once he made more hateful,
DoInQ In tho World of Art
Pear Socrates: I notice that one of your
wmc . Wako Client Mr. T. N, T, gpled my
I ad a4vrUlia Sty, OU Painting at 'Yat.n
TEMPORARILY SOLID, ANYHOW
Cafe for Sale and ho think It will i;reat
behind a Movey Screen. As I feel that he
Is a Real lied Blooded American and Seams
to bo no Interested Maybe he Is harmless
explosive and If ho Is game. I am 100 per
Cents American so let us talk Business let
him Sell that Picture for a Reasonable Price
and ho can receive 30 per Cento for his energy
I need the money for Christmas and to help
Buy New uniforms for my Team.
GKORGU M. VICTOR!
Manager Tho Pennsylvania Giants
Harold Lloyd Should Ee the Sinister Son
Dear Socrates: I hasten to submit a molo
proposition to the Dish. Having seen "Male
and Female," I feel sure that Sir James and
Lady Daisy are planning a transference to
the sorosn of "The Young Visiters" nnd as
movlc-fan BUpremo you should help them out
on the cast. Of course you will want Doro
thy Glsh as lithel Montlcue Bernard m'sht
be awarded to Lou Tellegen or Eugene
O'Brien. "Mr. Snlteena nau Uaik bhon ntua
mustache which was very black and twisty.
Ho was middle-sized " Boyond a perad
venturo, Charllo Chaplin, only he'll have to
forego his derby for a silk hat. I am un
decided as to Queen Victoria's slnlBter son,
also tho noble lord who Introduces Saltcena
Into high llfo. Won't you suggest?
M. V. N. S.
A U. of P. mau has written to its suggest
ing that the staff of the Punch Bowl be
given the task of running the Dish for ono
day. If that means a day oft for us, why
not?
Chaffing Dish All-Stars
We have been looking over our files for the
last year, and it occurs to us that it is about
time to print the annual line-up (of the
Chaffing Dish all-contribs eleven. This is
the way It looks to us :
Left end RICHARD DESMOND.
Left tackle ALEC STEVENSON.
Left guard BOY HELTON.
Center ROBERT L. BELLEM.
Right guard BEATRICE WASHBURN.
Right tackle BESSIE GRAHAM'B
FRIEND.
Right end PHOEBE HOFFMAN.
Quarterback HARRY LEVENKRONE.
Left halfback. WILL LOU.
Right halfbock SUB ROSA.
Fullback WILLIAM McFEU (Capt.).
Our substitutes would be t-hoseu from the
following squad. Several of these are can
didates for tho first eleven, but have not been
present nt practice quite often enough :
Corinne Rockwell Swain, J. M. Bcatty,
Steve Mender, Francis Carlin, MacKnlght
Black, Phoebe Foster, Samuel Mlnturi Peck,
Harrison Hires, John Crowe Ransom, War
wick James Price, Helen U. Atkinson, Floyd
Meredith, Dorothy P. W (-gins. M. V. N. S.,
C. H. A. F., Horace HooU, Winifred Welles
and Tony.
Commento on the Team
With a team like this a great variety of
ground-gaining plays can bo pulled off with
assured success. Note particularly the pow
erful left side of tho line, where our stub
born realists and satirists play. On the at
tack, this trio Is nc plus ultra. Our idea of
a good mass play, when near the goal line
(that is to say, neay the bottom of the
column) is to give the ball to William McFco
and have him hit the line between left guard
and left tackle. The right side we save for
more romnntlc forays, lyrical end runs and
the enlotlonal forward pass. When there is
any serious sentimental work to be done we
can count on Phoebe Hoffman for admirable
Intel ference, and Sub Rosa has been known
'to carry the ballad for consistent gains into
the hearts of the enemy. If anything should
happen to Captain McFee, MacKnlght Black
could run the team with excellent pep.
M. V. N. 8. Is another recent addition to
the squad who will bear watching, and her
Ingenious method of running back puus and
dodging in a broken field shows her to be
a player of great promise. Mr. Bellem is,
on the whole, our steadiest all-around per
former. We can hardly imagine the Dish
in tho status quo ante Bellem,
SOCRATES.
Aftfcr oil, the denatured mince, p(e will
probably'be ao digestible a lta livelier pre-'
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THE DOUBLE CROWN
MAN must rouse, with no deferring,
Swiftly ride, with constant spurring,
Loudly knock tho door of Fate
Would his hones gain full fruition;
For the guerdons of ambition,
Lordly wea'.th nnd proud position,
Only with the foremost mate.
World applause beyond all measure,
Fevered cup that will not sate,
He must win It ere he's weary,
Ere old age hies bleak and dreary ; (
If not, life's end well may fear he,
Even tfithln a palace gate.
But dreams he of what Is higher
That grows lovelier with desire,
'Twill not wither If he wult?
For, defying hosts Infernal,
Crown of .both worlds, grand, eterna.,
Love, alone, sublime, supernal -
Only Lovo comes ne'er too late.
Samuel Minturn Peck, in the Boston
Transcript.
One thing in Hoover's favor as a presi
dential possibility is that he has talKed no
politics.
What Do You Knoiv?
QUIZ
What year, above all others, was
awaited in tno dread belief that It
would mark the end of the world?
What is the largest city lu Peru?
Whom did Andrew Jackson -lrtually
name as his successor lu tnc presi
dency in much the sime wnv ns
Rooseyeit named William II Tnt't?
Whut novel by Rudyard Kipling hns
two different endings?
Who was Daniel O'Conucll?
Who wns king of the fairies in medieval
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7. What Is n hcredltiraent?
8.' What is the opposite of ortbo.oxy?
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What Presidents of the United States
were Inaugurated lu PallHdelphln?
Anejwers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Benito Juarez was a Mexican liberal
politician of pure Indian blood. He
was n prominent opponent of the Em
peror Mnxlralllnn nnd rightly claimed
that he had been regularly elected
president of Mexico. After the full
of the Austrian intruder, Juarez re
entered Mexico City and was re-elected
president In 1S07 and in 1871. He
, died the folloiving'jear. '
'2., In a duodecimo book, each leaf is one
twelfth the size of the printing sheet,
3. Knox was 'the mlddlo name of James IC,
Polk.
4. Dr. Samuel Johnson, as reported by
Boswell, said "Wine makes a man
better pleased with himself. I do Uofc
say that It makes him more pleasing
to others."
5. The Age of Pericles very uenrly cor
responds with the jlte of Parities, the
celebiated Greek statesman and orator,
a prpminent factor In the greatness of
Athens In the days when her statecraft
and art reached the pinnacle of their
merit Pericles died -CO B. C.
0. The breadfruit grows on a rather slender
tree, thirty to forty feet high, It U of
the order of Moraceae and a native ot
the Pacific islands and the Indian
archipelago. '
7. Nevada has the smallest population of
any American state.
8. The word levee is 'derived from the
French word "lever," to rise.
0. The complete title of Charles Dickens"
"A Christmas Carol" is "A Christ,
mas Carol in Prose, Being a Gboit
Story pf Christmas."
10. The second city in Cuba, accorcHtMr' to ..'
the ewmwref 1010, la Cuiaajuej'. ' '
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