'wr ' . &' ' ltf s t UW xa 5 Icuenmg public 'Mzv&zz PUnLIC LEDGER COMPANY ' i Charlm II 'l.udttiRtin. Vice President': John C ii? Unrtln. HnrMfirv nnd Trnnuriri Vhllln S Cn ins. Mohn ii. Williams, John J Spurir-on, nirectors. EDITORIAL UOAHD: Ttm's II. K. CtmTia. Chairman DAVm n. SttlLKY Editor OIIN C. MAIITIN . Oenernl Business Manager rubllnned l.ill at l'tiua l.tTot.ii l:illdlne. Independence Square, Phll-vlelphla. Atlantic Cur 'iTM-Lnfpii uul'alng Nuvr York SOU MetrcIltan Tmver n(.TiIT T01 ford Hulldlng sit, Lm is ions KnlWton HuiM'w: Chicago 1302 Tribune lSullJIng '' NEWS BUnCAVS: WjlSUIS'OTllN T'lltll . ... , N E. Cor rcnnsylvo v Ae. nnd 1 1th St. Nuft Y- i-k nmmt ... .. Tt.o sipi lluiMlnj Lomjon UctiRAt London Timet SUtlSCniPTION TEWIS The Eu.M a Ii mir Liuimi Is njnra to ml- crlbers In Philadelphia nnd surrounding towns lit the rate of twelve (121 cents pjr weeit. paablo to the carrier. , ..,,,, , Ty mall io points outs.le of Philadelphia. In tho Unlte.1 Stntcs. 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The mounted and traffic squads arc, in 'ail essentials, the woik of Mills, who has administered his divisions of the police organization with the integrity and effi ciency natural to a man who learned in the army to love order and good disci pline. ' THE PENITENTIARY REPORT NO ONE who knew anything of affairs at the Easte'n Penitentiary was surprised at the report presented to Gov ernor S'proul by an impartial committee appointed to look into Mr. Dunlao's charges. What is plain is that Mr. Mc Kenty has done better than most men could have done in the face of great handicaps. There are quarters at the prison for '800 men and women. The warden has more than 1600 prisoners within his walls. Governor Sproul, having exploded the ugly rumors started by the worst of the convicts themselves, will do a service to 'the city and to the cause of prison re form by using all his influence to hurry the removal of the penitentiary from a crowded residential section in Plrladel 'phia to the tract at Bellefonte, where in an isolated region the state owns land upon which it is proposed to establish a central penitentiary with room for all the long-termers now at Pittsburgh and in this city. Real estate in the region of Twenty first street and Fairmount avenue would benefit greatly, a way would bo made for needed improvements on the present penitentiary site and the trouble due to ""-idleness and overcrowding in the ancient prison buildings would be no more. THE MAYOR GOES VISITING SHOULD good citizenship begin, like charity, at home? Every one will say loudly that it should. Yet when Mr. Moore went Dutch uncling to address the members of the Pennsyl vania League of Women Citizens, who, as potential voters, are seeking the guid ance of experienced minds, he intimated jn an unhappy moment that women are apt to be deficient in the qualities neces sary to good citizenship. It is not sur prising that the Mayor found himself at once in the midst of one of the liveliest debates of his expeiience. "How about the marriage contract'."' cried a voice in the audience when the Mayor mourned the disposition of women to take fprmal contracts lightly. He was lucky because some one didn't ask him who washes children's faces and sends them to school and teaches them their prayers and their good manners and looks after all the indisnensable family ma chinery while the lord of the castle is off bomewhere playing kelle-" pool. Women actually do the work of admirable citi zens and -if good citizenship begins at home they"have had long practice at it. The d'tcussion started by tho Mayor ij one of the sort in which cautious men prefer to be auditors rather than partici pants. But it was illuminating. The profoundest matters of life are rarely re ferred to in routine political debates. . In the role of Dutch uncle Mayor Moore is 'nteresting. He was, in this in stance, an incitement to original thought, an inspiration to conversation and an aid tq knowledge And the best of it is that lie, as well as his audiences, may find that tho experiment had an educational value. HOW IT WORKS rpHE employes of tho government tele- phone and telegraph lines in Italy dt operated by the government are asking go for better pay, just as the railroad cm anopnloyes in Amcr-ca asked for an increase !fin wages and got it when the govern Ivjnent took over the transportation lines. In Italy, however, the minister of posts has refused the increase on tho ground that there is an annual deficit of $00,000,000 in his department. We fear that the Italian miii'ster does -li6t fully appreciate his duties. The jnfrpose of government ownership of telegraph and telerhone lines and of railroads is to give the people a cheap Service regardless of what it costs and to let the taxpayers make up tho dif ference. The plan has not worked out Jiero yet, for nothing has been done by Congress to provide for the losses that Jmyo accumulated during government op- ' oration of the railroads. 'Rates wcro increased, it is true, when Wages wcro increased, but the sums pro duced by tho extra lutes were absorbed by the extra pay and no provision was mads for the increased cost of all sup plies. The taxpayers, however, will ulti 'mately have to pay the deficit. In England telegraph messages are transmitted for a moderate aum, because popular sentiment will not tolerate a higher price. But these is an annual def icit paid by tho taxpayers. Although we have better telegraph and telephone service and cheaper ra'lroad service in tho United States under private management than government manage ment provides in any other country in the world, there are people here who per sistently advocate the adoption of the old world system. PRESIDENT WILSON JOINS TREATY OBSTRUCTIONISTS His "No-Coinprcmlse or Campaign Is- sui" Program Alienates Kln From a Justly Impatient Publls A PRESIDENT who has persistently proclaimed his faith in the people has gone on record in behalf of a program which seriously runs counter to public sentiment. Th's is the regrettable paradox re vealed by Wood row Wilson's letter to the Jackson Day conclave of Democrats. The demand. for tho iroinpt passage of the treaty with Germany, including the league of nations covenant, is emphatic and increasing. Mr. Bry-.n, who has been guilty of many illusions in times past, labors under no misconception on this subject. "We must face " he told the Democratic cohorts, "the situation as it is. We must secure such compromises as may be possible." Th's opposition to the President's stand is politically interestintr. A'rendy it has brought glee to the Rerublican camp. That the future will disclose a profound chasm in the Democracy is yet to be I'emonstrated. But whether the party which has held tlm execit've reins for nearly eight years is feeling the enervating effects of official stra'n, whether it is frcing disruption, whether it is weay and inevitably weak ened after its monumental war task, arc presumption1! subordinate to the issue of the hour. The nation, barring familiar phalanxes of sordid politicians, incurable standpatters and chronic obstructionists, is sincerely, nay passionately, anxious for the adoption of the treaty. Mr. Wi'on's attitude has made imme diate attainment of this goal exceedingly difficult. His champions, will aver that he has been drsneratcly provoked. The contention may be granted and yet the onus of error will not be taken from his shoulders. To contemplate as he does the submis sion of the treaty question to the fall elect'on as an alternative to the ratifica tion of the document virtually intact is to place personal provocation befoie the na tional welfare. To urge such a couvse is to subscrbe to the political morality or immorality of Henry Cabot Lodge. Two wrongs never yet made a right. In this instance they also constitute a grievous absurdity, for to find Mr. Lodge, who has done his utmost to damage the treaty, "ubl'clv exulting in the course of tho President who has striven so fer vently to befriend the pact, is to discover a most uiwho'come anomaly in pol'tics. Sensible Republicans, in impressive numbers were without svmpathy for the Lodge plan of inject'ng the international issue of the treatv into a national elec tion camra'gn. The Wilsonian tactics are quite as unjustifiable, quite as unre flective of the wishes of the electorate. The praeticil aspects of these pro posals are disheartening to consider. "Solemn referendum' is an imposing phrase, but it is not much more. The impossibility of analyzing the worth- or demerits of the treaty in the heat of elec tion time, when both parties overstate their cases, when they both speak in terms of rigorous partisanship, when they present long, complex platforms, not mere single issues, is obvious. The democracy of America with a small "d" has mastered many of the fun damentals of popular government but it has neither the superhuman poise nor the superhuman powers of logic to ap praise the treaty with dispassionate sin cerity at surh a season. It would, for instance, be the height of extravagance to link together as issues the pact and a moderate tariff. Broadly speaking, the two subjects are unrelated. There are treaty advocates with free-trade views, treaty advocates who are protectionists. What nonsense to compel a rigid line-up on themes so disparate! Furthermore, even in the unlikely event of the election of a Democratic President, the Senate, which will be in session next December, cannot be Demo crats. Of the thirty-two senators whose terms will expire in March, 1921, fourteen are Republicans. The wild assumption of a Democratic landslide would prevent exclusively Democratic action upon the treaty until full fourteen months from the present date, providing, of course, that an extra session were called. Fantasies of tlr's sort are assuredly unworthy of serious I'egard. Mr. Wilson seeks to justify himself by expressing faith in the people. There is both irony and pathos in his stand. Unquestionably it was the politicians and not the pubPc wh'ch precipitated the treaty fight. Mr. Wilson echoed popular sentiments in espousing a charter of in ternational amity, the official termina tion of the war with Germany and the return of all tho forces and activities of the land to a peace basis. Ho labored unceasingly, spent his strength and for some months he has been an invalid. In his time he has promoted partisan policies, but his espousal of the treaty causq was not originally of their color. So evidently was it otherwise that lead ing Republicans like Tart, Wickersham and Lowell were bulwarks of enthusiasm and energy for the pact. Now mark the change. The President has answered ignoble partisanship with a similar article. The people for whom he once spoke, not only in word but in acts, are repudiated by his present un comvomising language. Here, indeed, is irony as bitter as any that ever corroded the careers of statesmen. Democrats of the Underwood type and Republicans of the McCumber caliber are placed in an uncomfortable predicament by the President's unbending letter. The possibility of deriving solace from his views on inteiprotative resolutions is not cncoui aging. Mr. Wilson is logical when he declares that "we cannot rewrite the treaty." But he bars tho way to progress when he asserts that he will have no ob jection "if tho Senate wishes U say what tho undoubted meaning of the league is." Tho appearance of concession here ia specious. The "undoubted meaning" of nny document ns comprehensive as the EVENING WJBIIO LEDafiEr - treaty and covenant cannot be compactly and definitely stated by, tho wisest of men or set of men. This docs not mean that the treaty is unintelligible, but, like all pacts of its impressive nature, It is capable of being variously interpreted. The Supremo Coutt has been working on the "undoubted meaning" of the con stitution for more than a century. Its interpretations are various, not rigid. Surely the Senate should be permitted sufficient latitude to be relieved from the farcicnl obligation merely of restating the tieaty clauses. Rcservnt'ons could legitimately express, the sentiments of the upper house on subjects wh'ch were deliberately set forth broadly in the treaty and are susceptible of being approached from several differ ent angles. All but two of the Lodge reservations were, although offensively worded, lespcctful of the substance of the treaty and presumably they would have provoked no opposition from our late allies. Summing up the situation before the women's nonpartisan committee for the league of nations the other night, Senator McCumber, one of the treaty's waimcst friends, declared that "if the PrcdLlrnt would say tomorrow 'I havo exercised my constitutional prerogative and power in presenting to the Senate this treaty for its advice and consent; it is now up to tho Senate as a co-ordinate branch of the treaty-making power, free from executive dictation or pressure, to perform its constitutional prerogative and rower and to each sena'tor to exer cise his own individual judgment,' tho peace treaty and the league of nations would be ratified before another twenty four hours." These are tho sentiments of reason from which Mr. Wilson so lamentably held himself aloof. Clearly he is out of touch with the people. In this connec tion his long illness is to be remembered. But whatever the cause, his unwisdom is manifest, i There are other ways than his of putting the treaty through. The people may be trusted to find them. It is emphatically their turn now. SHOULD VOTERS READ? rpHE constitutional revision commission -- does not seem to regard ignorance as a disqualification for voting. It has re jected a proposal to put an educational qualification into the constitution. It was argued that college professors are sometimes more dangerous citizens than unlettered persons of foreign birth, becausH the professors preach pernicious doctrines subversive of the state. The ignorant aliens who have entered the country have not made nearly so much trouble as the educated propagan dists of revolution who have come here to advocate theories originating in the oppressive atmosphere of monarchical tyranny. But the notion that we can prevent rev olutionary doctrines from coming into the country by keening out the unlettered alien is prevalent. Both Presidents Taft and Wilson vetoed immigration bills Con taining educational qualifications, but Congress finally passed such a bill over Mr. Wilson's objections. And now Attorney General Palmer is exerting aimself to send out of the coun try not the ignorant alien, but the let tered revolutionists who were able to pass the educational test at the immi grant stations. A man's- education is not the measure of his desirablity as a citizen, however important it may be that the state should do all within its power to reduce the number of illiterates. Of course, all cit izens should be able to read, but it would be extremely difficult in any state which has no educational qualification to pass a law which disfranchised the unlettered. T h e arracacha' and It's a Pipe lafhepn are two new vegetables recently propagated in the Missouri Botanical Gar dens in St. Louis, according to Dr. Charles T. Moore, the director. Arra, now, docthor, is it foolin' ye are? Isn't it the clhudeen jc'c been sLmokin'? T h c state attorney And Still Privileged general has ruled that a license is required for the sale of near-beer. So the saloon keeper hasn't been knocked out after all. He is just u little groggy; one-half of one per cent groggv. as it were. Civilization isever kill The Age of Romance ing romance. When the Delaware Is bridged ice floes and fog w ill cease to provide thrills for pasenncrs. The Bcrgdoll bys an: victims of wealth. If they had not been millionaires they might not now hae to answer charges of draft dodging. More than one-fifth of the school teach ers of the country resigned last year to ac cept better-paying employment. Lack of a living wage sepms to be making a dangerouss assault ngainst what Secretary Lane calls the "bulwark against bolshevism." The conclusion is forced upon us that Mr. Wilson's letter seems to confirm the contention of Republican senators that they have been "rhanging" the treaty, while the general opinion lias been that they hae been simply "tinki'i-ing" with it. In vIp of what has happened in New York, the resolution passed by the American Bar Association deserves a little amplifica tion and explanation. As it stands, it might appear to the unthinking that the members had become infected with the prevailing lis teria. It is Eomctimcs very hard to believe that everything is foe the best iu this best of all possible worlds. Here's Bryan again loom ing up as a national figure; patriots growing unwise ; the unpatriotic feeling new hope ; and income-tax day drawing on apace. A local porter is charged with stealing nineteen gallons of grain alcohol. The Bibulous One sajs he doesn't know whether this is treason or justifiable grand larceny. AVe remain unmoved at the announce ment that Leo Ditrichstcin is to play Iago in "Othello." What will reully stir us'is the word that Louis Mann is to play Hamlet. Tho storv that Mury (iardeu is to suc ceed Clciifonti Campaiiini lis impresario of the Chicago Opera Company is proof that this popu.ur lad.v tins once again permitted her objection to publicity to be overcuins, Those who try to stifle thought, no mat ter bow erratic the thought may be, ure in the position of the man who sits oij a safety valve. It is always wisest to let people do JJicir thinking aloud. i i PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, CELEBRATING VICTORY Picturesque Designs of Postage Stamps Issued by Various Na tions In Honor of Peace TTjILEVKN governments Lave Issued postage --' stamps commemorative, of the world war or of peace, ami other stamps of this char acter arc in prospect. The United States. Argentine Republic, Itelgltim, .Tnmnien, Japan, Newfoundland, Now. Zealand, Slain, Switzerland, Turkey ntul Uruguay all have placed In circulation either victory or pence labels, and the Ba hama Islands, Barbados, Canada, France and posslblr St. Lucia euch has a series la contemplation. ' A MERICA'S contribution was the three " cent violet Victory stamp with its desien including tlic flags of the United States and powers associated in the war against Ger many a Rtnmp the appearance of which wai widely criticized and condemned by phPntclNts both in tlds country nud abroad. It U reported unofficially that as soon as Congress ratifies the Paris treaty there will be a peace series, with designs which relate to battles in which Yankee troops par ticipated on French soil. rpHE newest arrival into the world war cofnmemorotives is the peace nnd victory set of six denominations emanating from New Zealand. These were printed in Lon don nnd, curiously, were plnccd on sale there to collectors before stoeks'rcacheil New Zealand for dltrilmtinn to the public. Philatelists find New Zealand's offerings particularly intcrc-ting because of the man ner in which the New Zealand Government honored the war service of the Maori tribes men. When the Maori soldiers fought in Frnncc with the New Zealand expeditionary force they used, ns an emblem supposed to "ward off evil," a mask-like design known as the Tcko-Teko Face. On the highest value, one shilling, of New Zealand's peace ond victory sprics, there are shown two of thee Teko-TcVo faces one nt cither side of n portrait of King George. And on tho ono nnd one-half pence khnkl-colorcd stamp Is shown a picture of a Maori tribesman. Tho dates 1014 nnd 1010, nnd such in scriptions ns "Victory" and "Peace and Progress" arc shown on the various stamps of the New Zealand scries, nnd on three arc depicted the British lion, the animal on tho three-pence being seated before a back ground of the rays of the rising sun of peace. TpVEN more fascinating to collectors, how--'-' ever, is the peace scries which France is planning to issue. If the ideas bciug dis cussed are curried out, one of the designs will show the landing of American doiigh hovs nt the port of St. Nazaire. Another view will be the coining of British troops to Calais. Also will be pictured the battles of the Marnc nnd the Pomme; the engagements at Yser and Artois ; the reeonqucst by France of Alsace-Lorraine from Germany's domination ; the French campaign in the Balkans, nnd the signing of the peace treaty iu the Hall of Mirrors nt Versailles. Frauce's decision, if one is reached, to issue this peace series will be the successful' outcome of nu nppeal made by stamp-collecting societies in France to the French Chamber of Deputies. JAPAN'S peace scries is regarded by many philatelists as comprising tho most beauti ful stamps ever issued. One shows a dove of pence, with wings outspread, nlighting on whnt npparently in a branch of holly. There nre four values, one anil one-nalt nna turee sen for domestic use in Japan nnd four und ten sen for placing on letters mailed from Jnpnn to foreign countries. Uruguay's peace set comprises two, four, five, eight, twenty and twenty-three centc simo values, and it is reported several other denominations have since been ndded. The design on ench is the Statue of Liberty France's gift to America and which stands in New York harbor. Argentina's set is of three denominations two, five and twelve centnvos nnd the design shown is "The Christ of the Andes." The portrait of King Albert, with the ruler wearing a steel helmet, is the design on Belgium's series issued to commemorate Ihe restoration of the country from under the yoke of the Hun. NEWFOUNDLAND'S series made its, appearance not long after the "armistice was signed. The central design is the caribou, the emblem of Newfoundland's land and naval forces, and the. inscription "Trail of the Caribou" appears on each label. The names of battles in which New foundland's soldiers fought nppcnr on some of these adhesives such as Suvin bay. Guedecourt, Beaumont Ilamel, Monchy and Steenbeck. On others is the word "Ubique" meaning that Newfoundland's sailors fought in whatever part of the seas the British naval commanders directed. Siam's small series, with the word ic tov" in both English and Siamese letters, overprinted on current stamps, appeared about the time the armistice was signed. Turkey's pictorial peuce set appeared coin- .tirelv recentl.v. Designs tor tue com- Ine issues of the Bahamas, Barbados, Canada anil St announced. Lucia have not jet ueen modern Ruth is a great little The gleaner. D'Annunzlo perhaps has in his mind's eye another place of interment. Direct antithesis Plumb line and Plumb plan. The self-appointed 'ostler to the Demo cratic mule has 'em all scared. The ban on ripe olives has been lifted, but the cocktail cherry is still in disgrace. One thing the Jackson Day dinner did was to put an end to endless conjectures. The spellbinder revises the Hue to read, "Oh, tec can ou say," If the Reds have their way the railroad may prove the road to ruin. The wets still hope that before prohi bition gets down to a legal basis it will blow up. It Is authoritatively announced that Patrolman Politics has resigned from the force. One very excellent thing nbout the "woman vote" is that it is keeping the pro fessional politician guessing. There is a white light about the White House that continues to uttract an ever lucreasiug army of moths. As a safety measure it is urged that u-ocd alcohol be colored blue. But the man 1 whose thirst is sufficiently acuta 1h Invari ably color-blind. Illiie. ouothal Blouevrl t I " - , - - V'S ' i I A- Vi1 " , . . for THE CHAFFING DISH A Sonnet Upon Oysters (In honor of Green Holly creek, Vatuxcnt river, St. Mary's county, Maryland) TO TELL the truth, 1 realiy never knew What oysters were, until, one night this week, A barrel came up from Green Holly creek And Grif set up n supper for the crew. First, on the shell, most glorious to view : Their little sacks, distent and soft and sleek, Dribbled with acid lemon juice, and ckc Bill's home-made ketchup . . . And then came the stew! A STEW, I say, since rhyme must needs be sung. Though to be factual, the 'valves were panned And then, the colonel's gorgeous bowl of punch. O zesty juices, rich upon the tongue, And ginger cookies, baked by Jim's wife's hand . . . The night Grif set up oysters for the bunch ! Desk Mottoes Before follovUng the ideas of an en thusiast or any sort of 1st, ntjtlce If he has facial pallor. Many fanatics are pallid be cause of toio spasm of their capillaries. The capillaries of the brain are probably much like those of the face. DR. ROBERT T. MORRIS, In "A Pur- teon's Philosophy." Our Ladles' Department 'HEN girls their trousseaux gay prepare, ' In sachet stored away, Their smallest stitches, dearest care, They spend on negligee. 1'each-bloom silken kimono, Wrought tti.i pinky cherry -blow ; tfnnn's down boidcring crcpc-dc-chinc, J.ace-frillcd caps for heads that lean Hack on pillatrs Sleepy heads That do their breakfasting in beds! But later, with maternal toil And infants' colic sated, And when their brand of midnight oil Is largely camphorated, They lay away thin bridal silks For wear one can't call dapper Yet snugger much for crib-side watch, The warm gray blanket-wrapper 1 M. V. N. S. Nursery Rhymes on a Trolley Car SING a song of P. R. T., , Jostle, bump nud Jar Tvo hundred passengers Packed lu a car. WHEN the side-doors opened The fares began to shout, "Why the deuce d'yoti let 'em In Before wo can get out?" The Literary Arena Dear Socratei You may have noticed how one of the Market street celluloid bouses'has suiitched "Victory" away from old Joe Conrnd, They placard the attraction something like this: MAURICE TOURNEHR'S GREATEST TRIUMPH "VICTOR J"' A STORY OF STRONG IMSSIONR AND VIRILE LIFE IN THE SOUTH SEAS Some day a rnovic bill will advertise: GRIFFITH'S PARADISE LOST THE GRIPPING STORY OF A FALL FROM GRACE Or don't jou think so? BLACKIE. Overheard at the Kiwanls Club After a business men's luncheon at a hotel one alwajs bus plenty of lime to medi tate while standing in line to redeem one's hat and coat from bondage. Standing some where nt the back of the crowd wc overheard the following; "I always was strong for Hampy, ever since about fifteen years age, I lost about SlfiO in Ut fullure of th. Cits Truit. You AU20 "CR-RR-RR-ACK!" know Hampy was appointed receiver. Well, ho fixed things up so that I got every cent of it back. That's pretty good evidence of his business ability." "Yes," said the other. "When a thing touches your pocketbook it comes home to jou. That's the universal principle." "There's this fellow Hoover," continued the first. "He's taught people a lot about thrift. I'd like to see him get the nomina tion." A man in front turned round. "You said something," ho remarked. "There are mil lions of men just waiting for a chance to rote for that fellow." Sweet Arc the Uses of Advertising T ONELINESS, 1 sine. T ONELINESS. J-J Who abides when other friends have Bone, Following' the prisoner to his cell, And the President to his high olJlce; Who Uvea In crowded city streets And on the snow-covered mountains ; Camp-follower of tho hosts of Death, Boon companion of the night mist. Parent of jealousy and Insane desire, Lurking in the shadows of youth's ebbing day To rob tho Lover of his Beloved. rpO LONELINESS I weave a koiir. A ND the reason I slug Is not that I 'am lonely, But because 1 mentioned the subject before. And JIar'an (who reads the CHAFFING E1SH And thinks my stuff Is poetry) Invited me around on New Year's Eve. A ND I'm hoping "- She invites me around Again ! ' WILL LOU. Ann Dante 'says she heard a talented lady remark that it is the cranks of the present generation who turn the wheels of the next. It sounds too good to be new, ns one of our colleagues observes. QUIZGIRL SUSPECT IN JEWELRY STORE HOLDUP headlines our contemporary, the Evening Public Ledger. In reply to many inquiries, this Is not the Quizcditor, who Is of the other persuasion. Olive Trees OLIVE tree3 are ripe again All along the roads of Spain. Fast they flicker, silver white, Through the cooluess of the night. Every branch the moonlight chills As they walk across the hills. On their leaves the stars arc throvvu, Night is made for love alone. Buttertiies huve just ono day, So the silver olives say. BEATRICE WASHBURN. This Is in Very Bad Taste Dear Socrates: When I don't know what else to do, and being a stranger In the city with no friends at all, I spend the evening reading the telephone book, I wonder what would happen If Delmer J. Colflesh, tho undertaker, should call up James If. Chill man or Herbert D. Shivers, or, for that matter, Rigor's Secret Service. And I havo been wondering what Is the Hazel Safety Nut Company? BONHOMME RICILUtD. Tho Kamcncts-Podolsk-Proskurov-Staro-konstantluov is now lu the hands of the Poles, says a dispatch from Warsaw. That, wc believe, is the line where the trains are always late because It takes the conductors so long to pronounce the names of the stutious. If M. Maeterlinck is rcull.v worried about the American public not gcttiin: his mcsnix. the columns of the Dish arc always ut his disposal. Sir Sidney Colvin says that Browning could be obscure even In a telegram. But that Is rather a severe test. It Is often very hard fpr a thrifty man to express Just what U njM&i in Un word. SOCRATES, Li'-" tx 1ROM out of dust wo come at first: Then after dust we go ; And unto dust, and still, athlrst As far as we can know. Yet those who'd try to shape our dust, With long and dismal face, Say making mud of wine and dust Deserves a nameless place. . No dusty throat can thrill in song Let's play the mud's a cake For. when the Dustman sweeps us up, WThat difference can it make? Daniel W. Gray, In Contemporary Vers. In these dry times, agitation for a dry dock is peculiarly appropriate. New York assemblymen are unwittingly engaged in an attempt to popularize Berger. Not the least of Mr. Gerard's pleasinj attributes is his appreciation of Mr. Hoover. The public will bo rejoiced cto hear that it was not a poison "pen" after all. What the New York state Assembly needs is an anodyne. Even more dangerous than the Reds are those who become hysterical in their pres ence. Mr. Burleson will probably send a few words of commendation to the members of the New York state Assembly. The exclusion of the Socialists from the New York state Assembly is an indication that the crusade against tho Pinks, the Mauves and the Puces has begun. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What state does Senator Underwood represent? 2. "When and for how many years "J Richard III king of England? 3. What is a funicular railway and why is it so-called? 4. What is a bapdsel? 5. How old is William Jennings Bryan? 0. What is tho third book in the Bible? 7. What is the meaning of thi musical term "glissando"? v s. How many yards of cotton yarn make a hank? In what novel by Dickens does the i). character of Mr. Jaggers, the lawyer, occur? 10, Name two Spanish field generals in th Spanish-American war. Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Walker D. Hincs is director general of railroads in 'the United States. 2. Gambogo is a yellow pigment made oi gum resin. ' Tho name is derived from the country to which the trees are untlve, Cambodia, Farther India. 3. Tho ruler of Afganlstao is called the . Ameer. 4. The Holy Roman Empire was ended by Napoleon Bonaparte, In 1S06. fi. Pierre is the capital of South Dakota. 0. The first ten amendments to the fedefal constitution were declared in effect on December 15, 1701, two years anil nine months after tho original articles the constitution became operative. 7. The Duke of Kent, fourth son of Georse III, was tho futhcr of Qua ictoria. 8. The grcut reform bill wus passed i" England In 1832. I). Charles Reado wrote the novel, Never Too Late to Mend,". 10. The candidates who opposed Lincota t the presidency Jn 1800 were John v Breckearldge, John Bell sttd Btet A. DoujJm, DUST , , . . I .v Ar M re Ft Pi n i- Jg jLX. ,' . n ',' afeU .Wi3.. txJi&il&toibJL. JV-.3, .; .W A- 111 ,iA ?, i- f"?rtlll(UrT'T' ,. - v -. "" l!Lm VM
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