X vijt(i(ir 'V i " ' rj- ,'& Kl -SJffll vM lr j- K5' ! Ifr & Of k I rt ft tt M ;ia ,. " u 1 ( v Cuening public Jlcuget 1 PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY f ,..i7I,,,un .".-, t.inE.H jHr"5: 8tr,,;f.t.arJ' ",! Treasurers NilISp S. Collliu, W'ffaP..11' .William. John J. Hnuryon.Plr:tqrii. EDtToniAti no.VHD: L.7.. ClR1 If. K. CimTH. Chairman .VflJ E. SMlLttV Editor U C, MAnTIH..,.Orn?ral IJu"alnei Jlanaeer jfttabUahnl -dally nt Vvtua t.ciUEn llulldlnc. ktJ.. Indjeenilenca Square, rhUudelrhla, AyiUNTio Citr Prrm-Vulon Bulldlnfi !SV"T xo"K .......20(1 MstropolltHti Tower " tt50IT ' T0l Korrt nulldlne vXT.'.JW" .....Ions I'ulWton Uulldlnc Ctllcico. ,,., iao2 Tribune Building "' .:.. . . NEWS BUREAUS! ., J?- K. Oor, Pennslvanla Avo. nnd 14th St. kbit Toiik Dcriuu Thy Sun Ilulldln IsOfiDOH Uuhbu London Ttmta HUDSCIUrTION TERMS TUB KVRMS'il l'ltntlil I.ftMirn ( narvml In M,K. erlbers In I'hiladelnhla and t-urroundlns towns Jt the rati of twelve (12) imts p?r week, finable to th rarrler. ,. Tly mall io polnti o)t!l of riillnitelnhU. In the United States. Canada, or United States vot r,HHlntis, rwntnite free, fifty ."n rnl3 per month Blx (fli dollars p?r year, payable In advance. To nil forslcn countries one (Ml dollar per Itjonlli. NoTicn- Subscribers wMilnff address chanced must gho old an well as new address, "ntu 3000 vtai-nut keystone, main jooo KJr1 A ddresi all communication to Rvenlnp Pubtio IcdOcr, ndcpiitdcnc" Stjiui". 1'ltllail' .'jinn. Member of the Associated Press run associated rm:ss is cxciu- tlveli .entitled to the use for icpublication of alt ucif.5 dispatches credited to it or not othorteiia credited in thii paper, and atso the tocai news pitbllxhcd therein. Alt rights of republication, of special dls yatches herein, aic also reserved. I'hlUJtlplila, TufKliv. Jsmnry 6. 1920 MAYOR MOORE MAYOK MOORE'S inaugural address consisted of a repetition and sum mary of the pledges tliut lie made during the olection campaign. The time has now come for him to ful fill his promises, lie must act instead of talk. The public took him at his woid and elected him. It now awaits tho result. The opportunity to make good confronts him. His skill as an executive officer is to be put to the test. His friends are confident that he will succeed. His enemies arc plotting to Biako him fail. If he fails, not only he but the city will suffer. If he succeeds, the city and he will" benefit. Best of luck to him. Xfy rU I lUIMrtLlsOlVI IIM UUUNUIL. fpHE men selected by the caucus of the majority members of Council for president, chief clerk and sergeant-at-arms were elected yesterday when the now Council met for organization. And the three men selected to serve as civil service commissioners were also elected. The attempt of the ten Varc council men to dictate the order of procedure was frivolous and foolish, conceived in factionalism and executed in the same spirit. Coup -il, under the charter, is empow ered "to provide for its own organiza- tion." The majority provided for it in the way that seemed to it best. To talk about steam-roller methods and to quib ble about parliamentary procedure under the circumstances is to waste breath. The significance of what happened lies in its revelation of the purpose of the minority to act as a unit in opposition to the men who arc pledged to the sup prt of the Mayor. It is fortunate that they have come into the open thus early and revealed their purposes. THE RECEDING OASIS TVHE second Supreme Court decision on prohibition is in line with the first. The court decided some weeks ago that it was within the war power of Congress to pass as a war measure an act forbid ding the manufacture and sale of intoxi cating liquor. - It has now decided that Congress has power to define what .an intoxicating liquor is. This means that the Volstead act forbidding the .a!c of beverages containing more than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol is valid. The latest decision was made by the narrow majority of one vote, a majority so small that it is not safe to conjecture what decisions will be made when the in terpretation of the legislation enforcing the prohibitory amendment to the consti tution is made. Justice McRcynolds, in a dissenting opinion, insisted that the prohibitory amendment was not yet in force umLthat ns the emergency which justified the pro hibitory legislation had passed, Congress had no power to interfere with the manu facture and sale of liquor. This opinion, however, avails nothing. Even if it had been held by a majority of tlie court, it would have permitted the sale of liquor for less than two weeks. The only hope of the ''wets'' lies in a future decision of the court that the provision in the amendment granting concurrent power to Congress and the Legislatures of the states to pass enforc ing legislation shall validate state laws permitting the sale of liquor with more than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol. EVERY INCH A SOLDIER MARSHAL JOFFRE continues to live "in character." One certain marl: of a great soldier is his generosity in meas uring the ability of his foe. The savior of France credits General von Kluck with "masterly tactics" in saving the German army after the defeat on the Manic. This strictly professional tribute is worth a whole parade of bombastic de fenses "a la Ludendorff" by the Teu tons themselves. It reveals the marshal ' unafraid of realities, which is one of the ery reasons why his strategy and determination barred the way to Paris. It is men of the type of Joffre who will be amo'ng our best sources of en lightenment upon the war why the orig inal German plans failed and why the atruggle afterward was so protracted. AN INTERPRETER OF SPAIN fTHE recent awakening of American in--i terest in modern Spanish literature canio too late to be enjoyed by Benito Perez Gnldos, who has just died in Hk.t.'MkiJrifl. If tho deserved Blasco Ibanez I-''V'wigUe, however, continues to foster our j .''mav fnr Ilinriun fiction, the elder novel- fat should win among us a richly war I iid. posthumous fame. ?" ' "fctjldos is well worth translating. If ' '-til wonnous series of "National Epi- mim,'f historical novels in prose which ,fcifeWne(l him tho title of tho "Siwnfch KB A M L . 1 .. - f 1 .. kt tltlIMllllItlM frt Wholesale consumption nbroad, thcro nro ttnial or scale perCarmiuiccs of his which will increase our respect for n great lit- I'lULuiu uiwnicn lar too nine is gener ally known. His earnest nnd honest iiiternrelation of 'Spanish character, its austerity, its charm, its nobility and its intolerance, icvcnlcd in the tale "Dona IVrfecta," was done into English n good ninny years ago. Popular acquaintance with this line story would be profitable today. Then there is the vivid drama, "Elcctra," a fearless work which stirred Spain pro foundly. Its rendition into our tongue a in order. In fact, a goodlv poitiou of the gifted Galdos could be effectively explored. He was one of tho brilliant spokesman of a nation which the outside world has long misunderstood and misjudged. HARDING'S FRANK ANSWER CURATOR HARDING'S explanation in response to a labor union inquiry of the reasons for his support of tho anti strike provisions of the Cummins rail road bill is admirable for its frankness. Thc labor unions aio oppos-od to the Cummins bill and they are pailicularly hostile to its anti-strike section. Senator Harding believes in the bill and in its labor provisions and he has the courage to say so vith a directness that cannot be mihundei stood. He says that if the government, representing all the people, cannot guarantee trans portation under any and all conditions, it fails utterly and that if the same govern ment cannot provide just consideration of the workmen operating the transpor tation lines, it fnils again. He points out that the government itself is the lawful agent of justice, and lie declares that if our present-day civilization can not find a plan to avoid industrial con flicts in a public service under strict governmental regulation without resort to wasteful warfare and suffering, then our civilization is less advanced than wo have supposed. Tho senator's reply makes labor's op position to the Cummins bill appear to be based either on distrust of the ability of the government to servo as an instru ment of justice or upon a desire to get such a hold upon the transportation in dustry as will compel it to submit to the dictation of the unions. The senator is diplomatic enough, how ever, to announce that if a better plan for securing justice is suggested by the labor unions he will be glad to support it. BUSINESS SPEAKS UP rpREATY obstructionists who may have - any notion of serving the business interests of the country will not be ex actly flattered by the plea for immediate, ratification drawn up by the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Thcv petition directly is addressed to our crWn senators, Penrose and Knox. The former has beenas a rule, cautiously reticent about the treaty. Mr. Knox, however, has suggested a variety of im possible exDedients for avoiding the in evitable. That none of these has been adopted and that his observations on the severity of the pact upon Germany have evoked little or no popular sympathy is cause for satisfaction. There can be no question, moreover, that in taking an explicit stand on the subject the Chamber of Commerce is rep resenting the common sense of tho com munity. That the membership of this group of petitioners is chiefly Republican is but another proof of the idiocy of injecting partisan principles into the treaty tie-up. The politicians of both parties can play various games with a certain amount of skill, but when it comes to unsettling industry and trade to satisfy personal spite or feed fat an cient grudges, the leaders m this s-ort of folly are inviting disaster. In sanelv and specifically urging a prompt, raising of .the present deadlock tho Chamber of Commerce is setting a whokvomc example. It should bo a stim ulus for other significant organizations in this city to speak out with equal frank ness. TRAINS FOR EDEN (( A LL aboard for Babylon!" may soon x- ring through the waiting room at Basra. Regular passenger train service is shortly to bo established between that port and Bagdad, locale of most of the Arabian nights. Tho scheduled time in transit is to be twenty-eight hours. The magic carpet could, of course, have made a quicker trip. But then the d jinn were always prejudiced, lavish with favorites and irritatingly indifferent to the gen eral public. The new railway line, which is under Biitish control, marks the completion of what was intended to have been the last link in the Borlin-to-Persia Gulf road via Bagdad. Not much has been heard lately concerning that longer section of it which is to connect Scutari, opposite Constantinople, with the city of the Caliphs. At the time when Germany lost the railway, however, the Taurus tunnels were virtually completed and it ir likely that at present only a few finish- j ing touches along the Syrian desert route are lacking. The Teuton imperial dream of connecting the Bosporus with the waters of the Persian gulf has almost been realized, though not under Teuton imperial pusnices. It quickens the imagination to picture the effects of the Tigris-Euphrates val ley line. Surely there is the most historic of all river basins, not even excepting the Ganges or the N'ile. Expresses will whiz through Eden, locomotives will shriek not far from the site of Babylon. The reclamation of a long neglected region, once one of the gardens of the globe, is inevitable. Whether our civili zation justifies either its critics or its eulogists, there is no doubt that it is at last marching through Mesopotamia. OPTIMISTIC SHIPPING BOARD THE United States shipping board's contemplated disposal of the former German liners is as optimistic as a politi cal platform. It is proposed to sell them to Americans who must retain the American registry and employ them on routes which the government considers suitable. No mention is made of the ban on grog, tho costliness of operation under our shipping laws nor of the very definite difficulties which have heretofore em barrassed the American merchant' ma rine. The plans on paper arc excellent. It is proposed that special attention be given to the South American nnd Asiatic pas senger trade; that Rfq and Buenos Aires, EH;fclG PUBLIC LEDaKK I Manila nnd Singapore be tapped. If the scheme is workable, Us consequence will be of the first magnitude. There is, of course-always the chance that pessimism about the merchant ma rine has been overdone. Wo havo the ships now nnd some of them, like the Leviathan and tho George Washington, aro among the finest passenger steamers afloat. American enterprise in shipping has been stimulated prodigiously. The ship ping board is now about to test this re awnkening to tho full. The opportunity for private ownership will show us pre cisely where wo stand as a maritime nation and just how valid is the preva lent criticism of our shipping laws. There will bo arguments for revising them if there is a prospect of our with dt awing our now far-flung flag from the seas. AFRAID TO LET GO PRESIDENT WILSON has signed the bill continuing government control of sugar sale and distribution for a year in the hope, doubtless, that when that time has passed sonic way will appear by which the government can get out of a difficult and embarrassing situation. The present situation is unsatisfac tory. Sugar is scarce and the price is increasing. Profiteers arc susnected of holding out their stock for still higher prices and the government seems power less to prevent it. It got into a pretty mix-up with its price-fixing for wheat and for coal and it is today in just as bad shape with sugar. ' Oenonil Crowilcr is luincliiiu,' Wood niiptiMMl to (Jpneral Wood's prrsldrntiiil rantlidiir., nllccm;; that his rloctiou would niouii the undoing of all tlio work tlie de partment did thirius the war. Whether this i.s r-otiMdcrod a Knock or a boost depends entirely on the point of view. U'odaj is Kpiphnny. Once on a time (he beau rake as ns much a part of it ns turkey on Tlianks;iini;. l?ut today the bean is a has-been as a rake nnd lives in our lansunRe merely ns nn adjunct of pork or that por tion of the human anatomy that keeps one's collar from slipping 'off. As ( iev (he succession of tlie liuiior tav by the income tax. remarked the Bibu lous One modestly, it seems to me Hint tlie Kovernment money formerly provided by the fool is now duffed up by tho wise riij . A j ear ago the world was shocked to read of tlie death of ,Colonel Roosevelt. It is interctiiiR to conjecture what. If lie were living, would have been his attitude on the many big questions that ate facing us. If the 2000 delegates to the convention in Columbus, O., realize that they are not only coal miners, but also consumers nnd Americans, they will have little difficulty iu reaching a just conclusion. The danger of the raid'upon the Iteds lies in the fact that it may be succeeded by a crusade against the I'itiks, the Mauvos and tho Puces. Turks and firecks are said to be. battling in Aviu Minor nnd grate losses indicted upon the Turks. "Crave losses" might also de scribe the Turks who got away. .n Indiana man claims to have dis nneroil that ja.. music encourages hens to lay eggs. They probably wish to throw them nt the performers. The Voting Lndy N'e.u Door I5ut One mijs she supposes the "seu'ring of old ties" refers to those that arc cut up for patchwork quilts. Is it possible that Secretary Daniels has lost the pilot who has hitherto steered him clear of the shoals of criticism? Wonder if the band of bandits that robbed fifty cottages nt Ocean City arc in corporated under the laws of Xew Jersey. The lives of many eminent statesmen arc spent in fi tile efforts to make patriotism and partisanship interchangeable terms. The fact that great quantities of anodyne are being sold ns rum cannot be considered as mentally soothing. Girls who contemplate availing them seUes of this j ear's privilege would best look before they leap. The latest fashion note seems to assure us that women's stockings in 1020 will be bare necessities. Though other wines may be taboo, no sea captain will get into trouble for making p0rt' ' Dien the parlor Bolshevists may be swept out when Dame Columbia starts "redding up." When the uatives are not indulging in icxolutious in Mexico the earth takes a turn. Now and then the census man's "?" was answered with an indignant "!" Kewer people arc falling off the water wagon this ear than formerly. The people of France are determined to provide the Tiger with a gilded cage. Kverv Liberty Bond and every savings account is a shield and a buckler against bolshevisin. It may, we think, be taken fur granted that the sugar club is not n stick o candy. Epiphany today. You may Twelfth Night or what you will." call it Young 1020 U :rt likely to buffer from euuui. There is plenty of work ahead. Let us hope that 1020 will have enough ugar to sweeten its existence. f THE FLOWER OF FLME FOAMLI'SS the gradual waters well Prom the sheer deep where darkness lies, Till to the shoulder rock they swell With a slow cumulancc of sighs. O waters, gather up your strength Prom the blind caves of your umest ; Loose jour load utterly at length Over the moonlight-marbled breast. Tlierp siccn. diffused, the long dim bou Nor let jour lovc-tookn be withdrawn Till round the world horizon flowers The harsh, inevitable dawn. Robert Nichols, la Poetry - P PBlLMELPHiA, 0JUJDA.Y, JAHTJAJtfctf ,0, MAYORS AND MARRIAGES The Office nnd the Ceremony Know Intimacy and Matter of Fees Is Sometimes a Problem Hy GKOKGK NOX IMcCAIN TX-GOVKUNOU STUAUT Is a brimming -J reservoir of rare experiences. The advent of a new administration for Philadelphia was the occasion for a reminiscent mood in which the reservoir of remembrance happily over flowed. The Mnyor of Philadelphia is called upon to perform the marriage ceremony nt infrc tpietil intervals. Where there arc differences of race or religion, or where the contracting parlies nre aliens nnd a civil innirlagc is re quired under the statutes of their native land, the Ma' or, or ofttlmcs n judge, is called upon to officiate. 11 is sin unwritten law recognized by the clergy, I bclieu1, that a marriage fee is a perquisite of Hie minister's wife. It was Major Stuart's custom to douate it lo sonic worthy city charity. Sometimes no fee una furthcoming. Nothing but a "Thank jou kindly, sir." On one occasion a masculine olcu over the plioue insisted on nn appointment be tween 1'J and 1 of a ccrtaiu day, when the Major could perforin u marriage ceremony. Tlie groom-to-be was so persistent that the dny and that particular hour were fixed us be desired. The couple, by their dress and appear ance, were in good circumstances. They were departing nfter the fateful 'words, without any suggestion of u fee and n rather iudlf ferent "Thank nu," when Secretary Uclt lci who ushered them out of the reception room, inquired curiouslj : "Why were jou so particular about being married between 12 and 1 o'clock?" With out so much ns a smile the groom replied: "Well, jou sec, it's lunch hour, uud I didn't want to lose (he time from w.ork." TXrAlOU STIAKT, like all of bis bucccs-'-' sors down to .1. Hampton Moore, was the target for officescpkcrs. The most per sistent was a widely known Irishman of his day, who bad risen from the humble walks to wealth nnd prominence, lie never asked anything for himself; always for some frieud or old associate who had been unsuccessful iu the struggle of life. Iu this respect he answered the descrip tion Francis Murphy, the apostle of tem perance, once used : "Sure he had a heart in him us big and us warm us a cooking stove." "Ycr Honor, ' said the Irishman in ques tion one day lo the Mayor: "Ye "must bo givin' u job t' mo ould friend, Jawa Mac Mahon. He's n fomc man. He's Past (!r-r-nud Supreme Worshipful Muster 'av tli' Companions 'uv Hi' Purple Shield 'av th' United Stutes 'av Ameriky." "Hut, my dear Mr. M , a man like that should hold high place. A directorate, for instance, nud I havo no such vacancies," replied his honor. "Oh, I duuno," was the enigmatical re sponse. "What kind of a position "did you have iu mind for the geutlemun?" asked the Mayor. "Well, I was thinkin' mebby ye' cud give 'ini somethin' lolke watchman on a bridge." The would-be officeholder was a hatter who had once worked at the same bench with his spousor. The latter had put him to the forefront as au official of an obscure secret order. Hence his high-sounding title nud his modest aspirations. TIID indignant public protest against the now defunct Councils' proposed grab of desks and the appropriation for a Valky riau wassail is the last of its kind, I pre sume, we shall see for jeurs. There have been some very crude, sordid nud disgrace ful revels at the taxpaj-crs' expense in the last three decades. In connection with the early projects for imploring the Delaware Iyeeall a story in which the state was asked to mnke an ap propriation. Of course, it demanded investi gation by the Legislature. In conjunction with n committee from Councils as I recall, they were to spend a day "inspecting" the Delaware and other things through glasses. A river steamer was chartered and elabo rate plans laid to vntcrtaiu the statesmen from Harrisburg, particularly in tho way of moist refreshments. Harry Huhn, who was then speaker's clerk, himself a Philadelphiau, was in structed by the legislative committee to sec that cverj thing was arranged in good taste nud abundance for the state capital solons. l'arly ou the morning of the excursion Mr. Huhn, whose discriminating love of the good things of life was universally known, went on board the boat at tlie foot of Arch street in full regalia of glossy curls, white vest and shiny pot hat, on a final tour of inspection. In reply to his deep-toned inquiry the steward of the boat replied that he had pro vided twenty cases of whisky, rye and Scotch ; fifty cases of champagne, five cases of gin, thirty cases of beer, one case of soft drinks and ten loaves of bread for sand wiches for the ICO expected guests. In a voice that betokened surprise and indignation Harry inquired: "What in thunder are j-ou doiug with so much bread?" Only "thunder"' wasn't the word he used. rpllE late Mayor AVarwick told me, after he retired from office, how he ouce re ceded what he described ns the surprise of his life. Not every one who seeks an inter view with the chief executive of Philadelphia is in search of preferment. In the wide circle of the Mayor's ac quaintance was a gentleman, a manufac turer, who resided within twenty-five miles of the city. He was educated, refined, very wealthy, companionable and a model man in the community. The Mnj-or had not met him for months when one morning, a few moments after en tering his office at City Hall, th name of the gentleman was announced, Warwick fancied that he had come to urge the claim for the appointment of some friend. When he entered Mr. Warwick noticed that it was with maiked hesitation and a subdued manner. "Charlie, I'm sorry to bother you, but the fact is I've a big favor to ask," announced the visitor in an abashed way. "What is it, old man?" asked the Mayor encouragingly. "I know you'll excuse me when I promise never to trouble you again on such a visit," bo went on, abjectly apologetic. "Go ahead, anything I can I'll do for, you," said Warwick. "Well. I'll tell you. for you'te the only man in the city I feel I can come to. I was out last night and got pretty badly shot up. When I wakened this morning in n down town hotel I didn't have a penny. My money, pocketbook and papers, watch anil even my scarfpin were gone. I came in to you as the only person whom I knew would keep my secret and would understand my predicament, I want you to lend me $3 so I can settle my hotel bill, buy a couple of bracers and pay my railroad fare out home." He further disclosed tho fact that a hotel clerk was even then in the Mayor's recep tion room waiting for the money. They wouldn't trust him, for he had resorted to an assumed name. Tho genthman could have had $100 for the asking, Hut he got tho $5 and refused offprs of more. I havo no doubt Charles V. Warwick carried he secret of his visitor's identity to the era H. He was that kind of a maa. : " ' "EVERYTHING'S l . ( . "' Q3W' 1 1. T3- . , jf - in- int-rtf t-TCnKKaiBTV?fivb:K'HrvaBCC!.vi?fTir'C7t)M,imrrni WAr -m M' THE CHAFFING DISH Our Musical Department IS OUU favorite movie organist taking a vacation? The other evening we stopped in nt our most cherished cathedral of cellu loid and found the screen announcing another artist al the organ. Imagining ourself to be a music critic, we might say that we found the substitute's execution admirable. Her cadcuas were magnificently reverberant. - Kvcry tiiue Miss Dorothy Daltou was registering that quaint sideways bulge of the optics that is so prominent in her repertoire, the organist was there, iu a manner of speaking, with the I throaty grumble of the big tubes, implyiiiK tense emotion and ecstasy, The ensemble, us musical critics say. was magnificent. Tlie deep groan o the timbnlcs (or is it timbrels, or tumbrils?) moved us strangely, and at the climactic arpeggio of the theme, when the second comic man jumped into tlie first comic man's trousers (the first man being already inside them you can hardly ex pect to grasp this unless you saw the picture; it has to be seen, as the real estate critics say, to be appreciated), the organist's lively largo on the organ was an excellent support to the spirits. The nndantc during the pic tures of salmon catching on the Yukon was finely spirituelle : one could almost hear the emotions of the unfortunate fish expressed in lovely falsetto. It was all extremely crescendo. When General Pershing was shown, isitiug the old home folks in La clede, Mo., the organ symphony plainly comprised three movements 1, pizzicato, when the general was meeting his old school teacher; 2, con brio, when the general was giving Warren a dressing down for taking away the center of the picture from the gov ernor of Missouri being a lens cootie, they call it in the studios; 3, maestoso, when the general was eating Miss Maj Pershing's filed dried-npple pie. But Suppose the Fox Should Complain? A writer in the London Daily Mail says it is not really obligatory to wear "pink" for fox hunting, "A man who turns out clean And neat," he says, "shows bis respect sufficiently for the bounds." There was only on6 loom left at a New York hotel, and a gentlemen and a lady ai rhed at the desk simultaneously applying for It. Neither would gle way, so they decided to get married and take (he loom jointly. News Item. Tell us where is fancy bred, In the heart or in the head? At the loom -clerk's desk instead. . W. Grabski, we learn, is the Polish min ister of finance, and we feel grateful to him for helping us along to the extent of tbiity words, several commas and a period. The general course of human affairs is to elect a man to a hard and complicated job and then invite him to so many luncheons and dinners that he never has any time left to work. ' Oust acioss the street from our keuuel there is a bank, and we feel sure it is a good bank, because there is a nice open fire in there. We often stop by the front window and look in at the depositors warming their shins and meditate on what would happen if wc strolled in there to do our work. There is a convenient little table iu front of the lilt, neatly laid out with an inkwell, pens and blotting paper. It lookVi to us like an ogfeeable pluce to write the Dish, ami every body is very quiet and absorbed, as people always are when brooding over their bunk accounts. The next time we are trying to devil a poem out of our system thut's where we're going to go. A City Notebook On a cold Sunday afternoon, when the ponds in the Park-ore eddying with skaters nud cheeks arc pink with fro3t, Horticultural Hall is a pleasing place to stop in for n little warming. That delicious, damp, earthy smell, familiar to all frequenters of green houses, is a pleasure in itself, After a llttlo rambling round among tho enormous palm trecs one of them, -which has b?eu there v a 102i) FINE! NO LET'S GET siuce the Centennial, we suppose, is tryiug hard to push itself through the glass roof it is easy to imagine oue's-self iu the heart of u tropical forest. In very cold wenthcr the condensation fiom the cold glass panes above drips down with a soft, occasional spatter, giving the exact effect of a woodland after it hciny rain. One walks about, hear ing now and then u distant chirp from some surprised spanow that has slipped in ou u warm day when the transoms were opcu, and is lurking in the upper branches not quite sure what has happened to the Philadelphia climate. We fear he will perish of pneu monia when he gels out again. The afternoon sunlight slants in through the glass roof, shining among the strange fans and glossy leaves of the palms and rubber trees. Admiring araucaria liidwillii nud uitKinla Jlludogascaricnsis and the rat tan palm (from which one would like to steal a walking stick) and listening to the tinkle of moisture down through the sun-gilded jungle of strange foliage aud netted ferns, it seems curiously as though some heavy thunderstorm had just passed over. One tries to imagine what a tropical gale must be like, with all those huge fronds thrashing nud flattening under tlie heavy crash of rain. Queer little marble statues appear here and there among the trees, and the familiar figures of Diana and her stag in pink Doulton pottery ut one end of the hall. The stag s prancing forelegs have been broken and care fully cemented on again. Up iu the gallery one looks down on all the steaming tangle of growth. It looks like a miniature Garden of Dden. Penumbcd skateis come in to thrnw their noses and lingers. And in the gallery, lurking behind the thick boskage of the giant rubber tree, hardy sailors have found Kdenlike privacy for a little multeied wooing. Nothing is lnoie perplexing iu this unques tionably interesting existence than the com petition of conflicting loyalties in a virtuous human bosom. Johu Patterson, the genial Judge, is both a stanch admirer of the lat? T. It. and the leading Dickens fan in these putts. Now what we want to know is, What are the tuibulent emotions that assail the well-paneled breast of the jurist when he leads the following in Theodoie ltooscvelt's "Letters to His Children" : Dickens was nn ilt-natuied. selfish oad and boor, who had no undeistandine of what the word gentleman meant, and no appreciation of hospitality or good tieut ment. Naturallj-, he would think there was no ucntleinan in Xew YotkJ be causo by no possibility could he have recog nized a gentleman it ho had mot one. Shadraeh, Meshach- and Abednego weie lusty smokeis, but they evidently did not use safety matches, for their gaimeuts were not even singed. Our Own Census Questions 1. Cuu jou remember the plot of a movie jou saw more than -three months ugoV 2. What do you say when you have waited fifteen minutes for u Pine street car and then the motorman runs by you without stopping? ".. Why do lloois that ate peifectly silent all day begin to squeak when the baby is usleep? . 1, Do jou ever use more than oue mulch to get your pipe lit? ,". When looking up something in tlie encyclopedia, do jou 'ever get down tlie wioiig-volumcV For instance, if jou want to look up Diana, let us say, do jou ulwiiys, after cateful consideration, pull o,At the volume Coleoptera-Desiderius? 0. Do you forget j'our liamlkeichtef ? 7. Do jou ever wonder whut it feels like (o be an undertaker? S, When jou huve settled j ourself com fortably for u little sewing, does the button basket tumble ult the arm of the chair? 0. Is there always a line waiting at the postoffice window when you go In a hurry for some stamps? If you can answer these in tlie ptoper way wc have no hesitation in enrolling jcyj in our own priyule census of A I human beings. SOCUATLU ' - .r1. ' iHnfiBL -iliii y " 4 SOMEWHEREH" A SONG PILLOW your head upon my shoulder so Look in my face, to yours I'm bemllui; low ; And love, love sweetest, for Loe's motueuts KO. Lean back your head until our lips shall meet In one long kiss, that shall the inbiiients Heel Stay in the hurry of their swift retreat Let your head rest so that jour scented Imir Strnj-s on my cheek, aud straying, treniblei there; Like some bright web aquiver in the air Lean back your head so that mine eves shall gaze Deep into yours: and love, for Love's own ways Alone are sweet in all our length of dajs Clasp j-our soft arms, and a walled kingdom make For us to dwell ; and of thy mercy's nake Love me, ah ! love, lest Time us overtake, Look, love, our breath in the still evening air Rises as one, and rising, mingles there. A sighing breath ascending as a piajcr A sighing breath, contentment scarce content : Ah, heart of mine! when Love's short hour is spent AVhat shall our life have for its ornament? A. K. Lloyd Maunsell, in the English Review. It ically appears as though the miracle had happened and people are going to get exactly what they voted for. What Do You Know? QUIZ At what' age did Dr. William Osier die? What is the correct pronunciation of his surname? Name n domestic fowl which is native to America, Who were the Tudor monarchs of In land? Who is the ruler of the Jugo-Slavi' What is the largest Gothic chuuli in the vworld? What celebrated satirist-pliilo-oplier was known as" "Jeau Paul"? What were the coi sails? i s. 0, 10. Who is the present speaker of House of Representatives '! How long do elephants live"' '" 11 Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1, The final paragraph of Article V of tl" ItMimin nf iitttiniiK eovenuut is lis f(' lows: "The first meeting of the As senibly and the first meeting of tlie Council shall be summoned by l" 'resident of tho United States ol America." 2. "Juck-o'. lantern" is unother mime Cur the will-o'-the-wisp or "ignis fatuii-. it. The word mikado menus "august door 1. A mews is a set of stabling around au open j'urd. . 5. The three divisions bf Dante's "Diving Comedy" arc "Hell," "Purgatorj uud "Heuven." 0. "In loco parentis" means in place ol parent. . , , 7.-Lob. or Lob-Lie-liyThe-Firc is a klni of rough brownie or house elf sup posed to huunt North Country honie steads in Kngland, where he does l work of tho form laborers If the cream bowl is set out for him. Milton cam ..r .. . n it. -.i sUinlre him the i.uuour-iiciHi ""7 (i sneare desciibes Puck as "the lob oi S. IMhonla' has signed on armistice Willi tlie Bolshevist uovcrnmeiii ui ' . I. J rt t ., ..-l.nfA l,oa Mnirenderefl N1 11 U, .VPIJUIIIUIIVA, ,S.O .v ....,--- Grunt on April 1), 1805, is tweutj ; fptir miles east of Lynchburg. ''',;' 10, KiiiK soionioti is ascxiueu iu - i, ' Mitiirv. 11. O. J i flt are wo uuwwvy juwuhoui V. .it s. , ,s rt Ml jX-yA'.'ii v ( ufiffi .'V 1 .nflwAiA Esai
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