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All rights of republication of special dls patches herein are also reserved. rhilldrlphia, Monday, January 12, 19:0 EDUCATING MR. VARE SNOW, said Mr. Vare, made the streets dirty. That is an alluring theory. It should interest the astronomers. If the heavens rain tin cans and offal and ancient vegetables and mud we are in a bad way. The fact is that the Vares in the days of their arrogance forgot some of the fundamental rules of decency. They per mitted dirt to imperil tho health and the lives of children in the very regions that once gave them their majorities. That is one of tho reasons why South Philadel phia turned upon them. A terror-stricken Mayor has made room for one who knows what he wants and how to get it. "No work, no pay" is the common rule in business. It is a rule in life. It is a fair rule and Mr. Moore will be heartily supported in his deter mination to apply it to the street-cleaning contractors. Senator Vare is another of the poli ticians who need to learn that the past is one thing and that the present is another. NEW HOPE FOR THE TUBES TT IS not only the Chamber of Commerce for which William S. Vare has spoken in introducing into the House a bill pro viding for the restoration of the pneumatic-tube mail service in Philadelphia. The proposal is of general civic concern here just as the abandonment of the tubes in 1918 was a subject of general civic dismay. . The Burleson substitutes for the tubes have not been popular. Reckless driving has characterized much of the motor mail service in this city. Prompt delivery has become, in many instances, a mere rem iniscence. Philadelphia needs the tubes. In Paris " they .make for expedition in the local postal service in a way which delightfully startles our natives abroad. But they are less indispensable in the French cap ital, with its wide avenues and boule vards, than in checkerboard Philadelphia with its narrow streets and increasingly congested traffic. The sooner the perverse act of suspend ing the tube deliveries is nullified the better for a postal system that has been ruthlessly shedding its medals through out the Wilson administration. PEACE ABROAD, WAR AT HOME TfUROPE, save for its volcanic Bolshev-i-J ist area, enters a season of peace with the interchange of treaty ratifications in Paris. The major nations of the continent can now turn their attention to reconstruction and to the enforcement of the terms of tho pact of Versailles, including the dis armament of Germany, the collection of the indemnities and the establishment by plebiscites and commissions of boundaries of new or made-over states. But war exists in the nation which did so much to end the actual strife on the battlefield. The Senate subscribes to war. So does the Democratic party. For this grotesque and sinister absurdity pol iticians, corroded by prejudices and gov erned by pique and hatred, are chiefly responsible. The public has been be trayed by the practices of perverse par tisan leaders in both of the great parties. The nation has been shamed and insulted before the world. Ignominy reaches a climax when, in the absence of any instructions from Washington, Hugh C. Wallace, the Amer ican ambassador in Paris, returns his invitation to the ratification ceremony and weare without a single official rep resentative at tho epochal proceedings at the Quai d'Orsay. IGNORANCE OR PATRIOTISM? WHEN the czars of Russia banished , " political offenders to Siberia they did not separate the accused men permanent ly from their families anil leave wretched women and childien friendless and desti tute to shift for themselves. That refine ment of cruelty has remained for the im migration official!., whose brass-band man ner of deport inn radicals presumed to be dangerous was expected to bring new glory to Attorney General Palmer.. Secretary Wilson has expressed keen regret at the news that tho wives and children of deported men are now helpless . in New York. This, he observes, is the result of a "lamentable oversight" by im migration officials. An oversight indeed! The newspapers told, even before the "Red ark" sailed, of women with children who wept dismally at the gates and were denied permission to see their husbands. Is ignoranco running wild in the United States under the name of patriotism ? So it would seem after a reading of Secre tary Wilson's statement of regret. And Sd it would seem from the action of n clique of machine politicians, who after n conference, denied seats iu the New York Assembly to five men elected by the Orderly processes of tho ballot. These iBfi were denied seats in the Assembly fflfr' ' : -.. CYRUS II. K. CU11TI8, rnrsiDiNT B5i"'tiM.,,.c',Wl" ir- LudlnBton. Vies President! John C. ,wAT??-Jartln' Serrelnry and Treasurer: Philip S. Collins, ft'gj-,''?' .John n. Williams. John J. apurgeon, Directors. ' EDtTOniAIi BOAnD! ' ', r Cmm II. K. Cniiis. Chairman 'm tney wore socialists, ret Social- ists have scats in virtually all tho parlia ments of the world. It is not surprising that a tempest of indignation is rising in New York, that men and women of all parties arc joining to fight this newer lawlessness and thnt former Justice Hughes has written to ac cuse tho New York Assembly itself of flouting the fundamental principles of American government. MITCHELL PALMER SWELLS WITH PRESIDENTIAL HOPES He Seems to Think He Can Win on His Record and Through a Republican Fight In Thl3 State MITCHELL PALMER, whose front name is Alexander, is in that stage of his career which corresponds to the period in tho life of the more famous Alexander of Macedon when he had not yet begun to weep because there were no more worlds to conquer. The Alexander of Pennsylvania i3 con fident that the future holds for him greater triumphs than any which he has yet enjoyed. He is nursing the hope of becoming the Democratic nominee for the presidency and of being elected with the help of the thirty-eight electoral votes of this state. Word comes from Wash ington that he made a favorable impres sion on the assembled Democratic leaders at the Jackson Day dinner, and it is hinted that he is the favorite of tho President. A wish is the father of many a delu sion, and the paternity of the report of the President's friendliness may, per chance, be traced to the ardent. desires of the candidate. The President himself has said nothing on the subject and is not likely to say anything for a long time to come. Meanwhile, Mr. Palmer will get such comfort as he may from the pleas ures of anticipation. The President certainly has been kind to Mr. Palmer. He appointed him to the bench of the Court of Claims, an honor which he declined. Then when the oppor tunity offered the President made him alien property custodian, a job which brought him into contact with the big business interests and exhibited to them his capabilities. When his work there was about finished, the President took Mr. Palmer into his cabinet as attorney general, in order that the nation might discover what he could do as a prosecut ing officer. Mr. Palmer is satisfied with what he has done and is willing to run on his record. And he is confident that the rum blings of dissatisfaction in the Republi can party here arc premonitory of a bit ter fight within the party ranks which will make it easy for a popular Demo crat to carry the state in November. Mr. Palmer is confident that he is a popular Democrat. He has certainly done something for his party here, for it was he and Vance McCormick who succeeded in breaking the hold of the Guffey-Bren-nan-Ryan-Donnelly bipartisan conspira tors on the party organization and in de stroying the partnership between the Republican and Democratic 'organiza tions, which made every campaign a friendly farce instead of a fight between two hostile forces for the control of tho state government. This is to his ever lasting credit. As attorney general he has used the courts in an attempt to settle the coal strike; he has made an agreement with the packers' trust which he is confident will accomplish as much as could have been accomplished if he had prosecuted the packers in court, and he has waged a campaign against the high cost of liv ing in the interest of the people of mod erate means. If he should be nominated it is easy to imagine the spellbinders going up and down the country next fall "proclaiming to all and sundry the splendid achieve ments of this tribune of the people. They would say nothing of the hostility of labor aroused because of resort to injunc tions in the coal strike. They would ig nore the other side of the packers' case and forget that the packers were charged with violation of the law of the land but were allowed to go scot free if they would only agree to reorganize their business and sell out possibly to themselves certain branches which the attorney gen eral did not think they should conduct in connection with the wholesale marketing of meat. Yet there arc people who would like to know why, if there were justifica tion for the suits against the packers in the first place, they should be dropped after an agreement which provides no penalties for any one. If Mr. Palmer should confess that the suits were part of a plan of political bluff, which is doubtless true, he would bring an indict ment against himself. And the spellbinders would weep copious tears for the poor and lowly as they described the solicitude ofj Mr. Palmer for them and his earnest en deavors to force the greedy producers to reduco the prices of the necessaries of life. And there would be people who would swallow the whole tarradiddle without batting an eye or turning a hair. But it is not by such stuff that presidencies are won. As to a break in the Republican party serious enough to enable a Democratic presidential candidato to got the electoral vote, no one familiar with tho politics of the state can possibly regard any such break as probable. Wo have some of the canniest politi cians in the whole country. They know when to .quarrel among themselves and when to arrange a truce, and they know that on the eve of an election, at which a President and a United States senator arc to bo chosen, is tho time for tho ad justment of differences .without an open break. There are valid grounds for dissatis faction with tho state committee and there are valid grounds for objecting to any program which would turn th? state body and breeches over to the control of the manufacturers or to any other group of special interests. The state is committed to a program of social justice. Tho general assembly has passed laws for the protection of women and children and it has a modern workmen's compensation law which se cures fair play to all who have been in jured in the course of their employment. The passage of such legislation became certain the moment the vote in the presi dential electiofof 1912 was cbunteu' and v . . M I EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER- it appeared that Roosevelt had received the support of 447,006 Pcnnsylvntiinns, a vote greater than was polled for tho great Progressive in any other state in tho Union. Wc are not going to turn back the wheels of progress whatever else may happen. Unlcsstho state leaders have lost their political cunning a way out will be found. They cannot afford to line themselves up, ' part backing the manufacturers and part backing an administration of the state committee against which serious com plaint is made. Senator Penrose is not going to risk his chances of re-election by assisting in any serious break in the parly this year. And the other leaders who realize tho importance of electing a Republican President are not likely to countenance any ructions which will give , any Democratic presidential candidate a fighting chance to get the thirty-eight electoral votes of "the commonwealth. Many things can happen before the Democrats hold their convention in San Francisco on Juno 2S. One of them will be the nomination of a Republican presi dential candidate in Chicago three weeks earlier. By that time even Mr. Palmer will have a clearer understanding of his strength and his weakness than he has now. ' MOTORS ON PARADE AN AUTOMOBILE, to any ono who -" knows how to make the best uses of it, is open country, blue sky, freedom, moonlight on vast landscapes and much of the other stuff of lyric poetry. It is a thing that has been crowding the family dog pretty hard in the mystic esteem of .millions of people. . Long ago it sup planted the family cat in the regard of children. All who do not own motorcars hope to own them in a happy future, and that is why tho annual gasoline salon, which is on this week in Philadelphia, al ways draws a crowd that on successive days is as fashionable as tho first-night crush at an "Academy Oil" and as var ious as an audience at Shibe. No one who is not hopelessly prejudiced or old-fashioned will deny' that devilwagons deserve all tho honors and all the success that have been theirs. Nowadays every automobile goes. And it goes in spite of the efforts of the multi tudes of amateur tinkers who meddle with its sensitive insides. Give it water, gasoline and oil and let it alone and you will be happy. The motorcar of today is, in its best forms, peculiarly American. At the be ginning it owed much to the French. In this country engineers were obsessed with the desire to build horseless car riages and they clung to the form of the old-fashioned buggies until foreign en gineers suddenly brought the whole machine nearer to the ground. American builders, besides contributing vastly to the refinement and efficiency of tho auto mobile, have carried it to a degree of development that has left the old world far behind. Here the motorcar is an everyday convenience for everybody. Abroad its use-is still restricted. Native ingenuity and quantity produc tion in America, as well as the enlight ened business policies expressed, in guar antees and "service," have put the auto mobile at the constant service of a ma jority of Americans and actually broad ened the life and understanding of the time. American cars are the most beau tiful in the world. Foreign makers know how to make fine and handsome machines by spending and asking a lot of money. Their inexpensive motorcars continue to be ugly and, to the American eye, old fashioned. Tho good roads and careful driving of Europe are responsible for the belief that the foreign cars are more dur able than those made in this country. The fact is that only tho best automobiles turned out in Europe would endure the hard driving and hard usage that even the littler and lighter machines of Amer icans withstand for season after season. If for the time the league of nations and the brawl between the Mayor and the Vares and the issues of politics are for gotten by multitudes in this city, it will he because a good automobile appeals definitely to native impulses in almost every American. It satisfies a general hunger for diversion and, as a fine bit of mechanism, it intrigues the interest of nine men out of every ten who are mechanics at heart. And any average automobile is more faithful and patient and has altogether a more cheerful dis position under stress tlian the majority of humans. Now that Doctor Fur A Clean Sweep bush has declared that we have the dirtiest streets in the world, we may confidently look forward tn having the cleanest streets in tho world: nor because we have 11 new broom, lint because the new broom lias knowledge and conscience back of it. It is distinctly heartening to observe that thi' action of the New Ywrk state Assembly in unsealing regularly elected members nim ply beraiiko they nro Socialists is meeting with general condemnation. This is not because the country (sympathizes with so cialism; il i because it believes iif democ racy. Secretary linker says a ycnr-and-n-hnlf imprisonment is all the punishment tliut may be inflicted on liergdoll. Our own I.eggl Adviser suggests- ibat if the year nnd a half could be served under Hard-boiled Smith, turned loose for the purpose, it might be that the eiid of justice would be served. Senator Vnre blames tho snow for the filth of South Philadelphia streets. The ac tions of the "beautiful" Ihen were geo graphically invidious. t There is something very hopeful in I lie way (ho new city administration is getting down to business. Moreover, most of its promises are beiug made after the election, which U a distinctly healthful sign. If earthquake couditions become serious iu Vera Cruz, Mexico will discover that I'ncle Sam can quickly forget his hates when ho desires to be generous uud helpful. q'lie controversy between MoCliiin and McCarthy simply accentuates tho fuel that there is no sweetness in the sugar situution. Of course I hero will be times when one will be undecided as to whether it Is an auU show or a fashion show. The sugar btir provided a bitter cu.i for Mr, aict'urtliy. TV Vnrcs seem to linvo' been cleaned up, whatever y be enW ttK '"' rA" -PmLADK&PHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, PYRAMIDS IN MEXICO Evidences of Ancient Civilizations Discovered In Rblno at Teotlhua- can Awako Recollections of Visit to Southern Land Ity OEOIM.K NOX McCAIN , nWKKY ONI-1 who has ever visited south-, -'-' cm Mexico, nud particularly those por tions of It known ns prehistoric Mexico, will be interested in tho very brief nnd unsatisfac tory announcement of the discovery of the ruins of another pyramid nt Teotihuaean. -This ' irt- the third pyramid thus far dis- rovercir on this site, where exploration and. restoration work has been carried on for a iiumbcr of years. These pyramids arc regarded as tho oldest, evidences of civilization In Mexico. They were erected, according to tradition1" and fragmentary nnd unsatisfactory scraps of history, by the Toltecs, that shadowy people who attained to the highest degree of progress among the prehistoric races of oTir sister re public, nnd then vanished like a mist of tho morning, (1C the two pyramids already discovered nt Teotihuaean, the largest is known us the pyramid of the sun nnd the smaller as' that of the moon. There are other pyramids scattered through Mexico from Cholllln," iu I he state of Puebla, to I'xninl, 'Pnlctiquo and Chichen-itza in northern Yucatan. The fact is that conjecture is the only basis for ascribing the erection of these pyra mids to the unknown Toltecs. They were in ruins when the Aztecs invaded the valley of Mexico. They were great, overgrown mounds of earth when Cortez nnd his band lied in defeat before the Aztecs after '"tho night of sorrow." TI AS has been surmised, the remuaut of the Toltec race, which tradition says was virtually wiped out of existence by a great famine followed b a pestilence, fled south west into Yucatan and wreetcd pyramids there, then thej improved very remarkably upon their first ef.'urts further north. The last time 1 isited the ruined city of T'xinal its celebrated pyramid had been partly cleared of underbrush nnd scrub growth and stood out against the tlat horizon in some thing like the appearance thnt it must havo presented when its builders completed their remarkable work. The pyramids of Yucatan are structurally different from those of Kgypt, notwithstanding that nrchcologitts of II speculative nature have endeavored to iden tify the builders of the pyramids of the west ern world with those of the Nile valley. The l'jgyplinn pyramids arc a solid mass of stone, while those thus far discovered in Mexico are of earth, four square, Ayth an outer casing of cut stone, or of lava and sun-baked brick. They usually, have a flat or truncated top, upon which tt sacrificial temple was erected. The Egyptian pyra mids, with one eseeption. are of stone, the, outer layers when completed presenting a smooth surface from apex to foundation. Tho pyramid at: Cholttla, tlfr largest one, for there are several, may have had a forma tion different from the others, but the sur face at' its summit is sufficiently large for n Roman Catholic chapel, whose cross domi nates the entire valley. I do not tecall a more beautiful scene than that of sunset over the valley seen from the truncated summit of the pyranid of the sun at Cholula. rplIE two most famous pyramids thus far J- discovered in Yucatan are at TJxmal and Chiehen-itza. The one at tho latter place is the larger and more perfect, for the Mexi can (lovcrnment. with assistance of various nreheologieal societies in tho United States, lias devoted more attention to these ruins than to the former. Some years before my visit to these ruined cities the discovery of a rude carving of a cross, rather diminutive in size, was made at I'xmal. which, taken with a similar dis covery at- I'alonoue, was for a time re garded as evidence that some knowledge of Christianity prevailed among these prehis toric peoples. Later this was disputed and' the cross was decided to have been the Maya symbol of fire. In one of the subterranean chambers in the ruined temple nt Mitla I found a symbol resembling a St. Andrew's Cross, and very similar to one of those I subsequently ob served among tho-enrvings on the facade of a building at I'xmal. The analogy between the crosses is not very clear, 1 think, when it is considered that in all the carvings and designs at Mitla there are only three sculptured designs that havo a curved line. Everything else in the way of carving is angular designs iu straight lines, but beautiful in their symmetrical ar rangement. The cross is, therefore, I fancy, merely a detail of design and not a religious symbol or indication that the religion of the Xazarene was known to these ancient races. TWO unusual incidents connected with my first visit to the ruined city of I'xmal impressed the trip rather Vividly upon my memory. To reach the ruins one journeys from the capital city of Meridn by rail to tho little village of Muna. From this point the re mainder of the journey must be mndo in n peculiarly constructed vehicle called a may apau. While tho site of the principal ruins has been cleared in a sort of a way, there are 110 paths connecting the various buildings, nud the visitor must force his way through chap arral and tall, reed-like grasses that tower n foot uboe his head. While resting during the heat of the day near the wall of the building known as the "House of the Nuns," 1 observed an opening iu the wall just above my head. Itcnching in with my hand, I felt something smooth, and withdrew a piece of polished bone, pointed at cue end, about live inches long. It wiis a most unusual place to find such n thing. I brought it home and submitted il to my friend, I Jr. William E. Hughes, who in turn, submitted it to one of the nrchcologists at the 1'niversity, who expressed the opinion that it had been used as 11 bone instrument for perforating leather. rplIE ruins of I'xmal lie at n distance of J- about a mile from the hacienda, or plantation, of that name. The sod of this region is of a porous stone formation, honeycombed and sjiougelike. There ure no streams or rivers in this part of the country. Ilnin-wntor intern through the decujed vegctiitiou on tho biirfuce. gnth eis iu caverns and cavities called cenoetes mid is used for nil domestic purposes. I hud been warned by tho ,lefe if Mima thnt tho wulf- nt I'xmul was very bad, dnn gernus, in ftn-t. to vi-itors, so we laid in a Mipply of ull the carbonated water that could be ohtaiucd iu the 111 tie village, In addition to a quantity of potable water iu large bot tlis. Iteturu'uiB to the hacienda with parched throat, tiie sight of the cool, sparkling water, drawn from u cenoete by a chain of earthen buckets operated by 11 blindfolded nx, was irresistible. In ileliunee of the warnings and entreaties of iu, traveling companion I drank three large glasses. !efore doing so, however, poured about. a Inhlcspoonful of brandy into each glass. If there were any microbes iu the water of I'xmul the linui'b or the alcohol must have , ffectuully put 1111 end to their existence, or lit least rendered them innocuous. I m-ier felt any evil cffecti. And yet It is said that no child born among the scores of families employed ou the hacienda ever survives to lis J lltlU yeur. toi''.'.. :-h C'teiiifes''; . . ):: - ! iMwi '"' "."h'.vC'ie'VAv-v-r THE CHAFFING DISH Inscription for a Sliver Teapot "pEIIOLD! 1 am the silver flower ' -- Destined to bloom at firelight hour Each teacup is a leaf from me Sweet with honey for you, the bee. ," TEA is not just a beverage : It is the pleasant heritage Of gentle folk for a kindly mood When chatter is both gay and good. SO FILL your cup, your share, partake, Made warm and strong for friendship's sake, Sugared with sympathy n bit, A slice of lemon in for wit. THIS is a rite from meals apart, Not for the stomach but the heart, Essence of sociability, Wine for the spirit this is tea, AVINIFRED WELLES. Adam was heartbroken when ho was de ported from the (Snrden of Eden. "How I hate to leave all these lovely flowers, violets and all that sort of thing," ho said. "Get your revenge," said the serpent. "Be a florist, nnd charge three dollars a bunch for thm." Perfume (The man speaks) DOWN the long street today 1 blindly went On some prosaic errand firmly bent, With thoughts us drnb nnd listless as the day Which closed me in with ever-thiekening gray. When suddenly there came from out the glooiri One breath of ecstasy thnt gold perfume You always used in those so happy days. Again I walked with you through woodland ways. Again I dined with you by candlelight. The room a warm oasis in tho night. 1, for one moment, felt the old-time, true Tie of companionship that once, we knew. I THOUGHT that I had buried your mem ory so deep Not even vour perfume could waken it from sleep. L I. W. Horace Hook, genial qtiipster of the (!as House, sends us n couple of apothegms or speculative theorems intended for our use as Desk Mottoes. We do not intend tn elevate Horace's musings to the dignity of desk mottoes. They seem to us too slim-ply and rebiiklugly di rected at our own personal weaknesses. We will call them swivel chair mottoes, and here they are: ' A philiisnphcr is sometimes a mnti.icho has not sufficient encrnu tn he it success. There i no time like the present creep! tomorrow. ' f " ' And Employe of Employers? rnvoillng of the monument iu loving iiremory or II , husband of Kuilte, fnthor of little. ilailBliter Helen, son of fntlier and mother, brother of sisters and brothers, to take place ut 11. Cemetery lit t p. im personal notice In New York Times, Dr. Hubert T. Morris, the famous New York surgeon, writes tinis as follows: I wus gl'id " seo jour paragraph about my dour friend Osier. Doctor Osier and Doctor fllusser, of Philadelphia, adopted BOMie of my theories nt tv time when Now Vol I; Buld "No" The reason for Doctor osier not being better known in tho Hold of Uteraturo 'Is because people say, "He's a doctor and not expected to write." WIil'ii sonifi ono llko Holmes or Wolr Mitchell finally captures tho public, ear with tho pen, folks, say "He's no doctor." Thus nro the round parts of large men put luo tho small squaro boles pn-paitd for tlieiu hy the unthinking pulilh . Our Celluloid Department Our keenest disappointment in seeing Jos eph Conrad's novel Victory," as flattened out for the screen, relnted to te moustuehu of the hern, Ilej'Ht. Mr. Conrad sUd so much about that moustache in Ms talc that ye 1920 BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE thought the movie producer would have been loyal enough to give it n chance. If we re member rightly, Mr. Conrad described it as quite an impressive group of foliage, and said that "Ileyst's smile lurked in it like a .shy bird iu the midst of a thicket." Unhappily, Jack Holt's little, carefully barbered scrap of stubble, scarcely more than a. doormat for his nostrils, did not seem nt all adequate to us. Reluctantly wc had to transfer our enthusiasm to the volcano, which the producer played up far more than Mr. Conrad did in the story. I Jack's Chaplinesquc hairloom wus too carefully combed for him to look like 11 beachcomber. Our Shipping Department Lark Mcrill writes us that last fall he signed aboard n fabricated cargo steamer us an ordinary seaman. He says, after de scribing some conflicts with the French police: Tho real adventure came on the way, home. Nautical men say that our fabri cated ships were built In ninety days to last ninety days, and although it was the maiden trip of tho Waxahachle, most of her allotted span had been spent tied up to a French pier. At any rate, her engines gavo up tho ghost just a thousand miles from nowheic in the middle of an cighty-flve-mllo gale. Tho lines Inclosed were written during tho eight days which we fljated around waiting for something to happen. I won't vouch for their poetical quality, bu they certainly came from the heart. Not to'keep you In suspense, 1 will add that we did get back. But it was only after having patched up tho turbines and limped a thousand miles toward New York, and then having the hollers explodo and leave lis iu an absolutely helpless condition that wo were finally picked up by a lucky cnanco and towed into Boston. Tho captain, being a frugal soul, had not provided his ship with a wireless operator. If you hear or any proposed legislation which will make it incumbent for every ship to bo equipped with such a dignitary, pleaso let mo know. I am heartily Iu favor. Lark has written a cheerful chantey about the voyage, which we shall have to postpone for lack of cat go room. Winter Morn Greeting THESE cold, dark dawns to friends who press Me with a cheery, "How arc you today?" lilcar-cyod, I answer, "I can't say. II is so early! confess I've-not regained full consciousness," HORACE HOOIC. A Literary Quiz 1. When Julin Kendrick Bangs, can jolt hear an Alfred NoyesV ". What hail Finley I'eter Dunne, nnd when has Walter I'richard EfttonV .'!. Why doesn't it give Will Levington Com fort to have Harold Roll Wright V I. What fortunate train of events did Jiiiucs Montgomery Flngg? fi. Tell how John Burroughs and why A. Itndelyffe Dugmoie. (!. Wns it protective coloring that turned Stewart Edwurd White, Alice Brown uud Hugh Blnck? 7. When William Dean Howells, docs it give Albert Rigelow I'aineV CUIMNNE ROCKWELL SWAIN. In Five Minutes? rbanip Clark has a personality that in sp'ies affection. Ills mind is mado up of odd fragments of disjointed knowledge, hi tho course of a llve-mlnuto speech he quoted, and quoted erbathii and correctly, Solomon, Whrlst, Virgil, Caesar nnd Hon. coo Conlillng's speech nominating ilalnc. New York livening 1'oat. The author of "The Young Vibiters" has got married. Her husband will havo to work 1 retty hard to be known ufc uuything else thin "the mail who married Daisy Asli t'oril." It is particularly hurd on him, because there will bo many critics Vvho will insist that hu is X M. Banie iu dif ,'ulse. JUyilATKH. ' ' -if ,s ' -4 M ; -!.. BETSEY TROTWOOD'S CAT f We looked at one anotluir . . . nni cent into the sitting room. What urn my amazement to find, of all people upon airth, .mi rr,jif Ihcrp. find Iff. Dicb.f M 11 iiim sitting on a quantity of luggage, with her two birds before her, and her cat on htr, knee, like a female Robinson Crusoe, drinkini) tea. "David Coppcrficld.") 7ES, I love cats, I don't deny, -L And Betsey Trotwood loved themj 1 1 Have always liked her, too So sharp of tongue and so austere, So rigid, grim, and yet so dear, So tender and so true. The victim of designing hate, , She did not weep or rail at Fate,, Rut played a plucky part, And though herself turned out of hom, She never left her cat to roam She had too good a heart ! That dear eccentric was too kind, She couldn't leave her cat behind, I'm very sure of thnt. And when she met Misfortune's frown And gravely hied .to London town, She took along the cat! To darling David, Mr. Dick, When they were in tho very thick Of trouble nnd despair, She was a tower of defense, For all their woes a recompense To that unlucky pair. To Agnes, the Micawbers, too. The I'eggottys, she was "true blue," We'll nil agree to that; Rut I have always loved her jc. The truth I might ns well confess Recause she loved her cat! Louella C. Poole, in the Boston Trans cript. What Do You Know? QUIZ Where is the next Democratic Nationl Convention to bo held? What is the difference between nmncsll and aphasia? What was the last town captured by thii English in the war? How many senutors are to be elected next November? Why is "Dim" Chaucer so called? What is the most important industrial j city in Italy? What is tho pronunciation of the Iwliaa name Algonquin? 1 In what piny by Shakespeare docs the j speech about the seven ages of man occur? , Who was the Roman goddess of war. What was Sarah Rernhardt's iiitirricd name? Answers to Saturday's Quiz Senntor Underwood is from Alabama. Richard III was kjng of England for two years, from MSI! to IIS." A funicular railway is one worked br a cable and 11 stationary engine. Fuuicular is derived from the I-nt'B word "funis," 11 cord. , A handel or hansel is a gift ill !" ' beginuing of "New Year, or on ruler ing new cireuinstunecH. U is a.a earnest money or 11 foretaste. William Jennings Bryan wW he suU In March of this year. Leviticus is the third book in the lSiW' The musical term "glissundu" ilcscriwi the playing of n nyiiil passage in piano music by sliding the finger over the keyH instead of Btriking each oa separately. In violin music it " rapid slur. . ,. u , A hunk of cotton ynru is S!0 ynrm " '"'B"' , ,1,. In' Tho character of Mr, ggon.m", yer, occurs in Dickens's novel, ur 8. 0. 10, Expectations," . ,u Two Held seucrols ou, the Spanish " in tho 'BpiTHlsu-Auierknu war w, r ijrjm u .. , y J- ,'KWui..i jVKifian. - W'.i .if . ;h O-Ibi. ;f, 'iJ
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