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Itbruar, 19, 19:9 A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR PHILADELPHIA Piling on which the people expeit tile lien mltninlMrntion to oonrrntrute It at tention : Thr Drlauair i fi bridgr A drydocl; big enough to accO'iunodate the largest ships Development of the rapid transit system. A convention hall. A building for the Free Library An Art Museum. Enlargement of the water supply Ilpmes to accommodate' the popultowit. THE FIVE-DOLLAR WAGE Injustice to tho men has continued too long. Responsibility lies with those hisher "P. fTTHIS statement was printed in this - column on June 20.-191S, in support of an appeal for a standard 5-a-day wage for policemen. Since that time a great many good men have been forced out of the service and those who remained have had to suffer hardship. The interesting thing now. however, is the light that has broken upon Charlie Hall. It took Mr. Hall and his friends almost two years to perceive tho riglit ncss and decency of the suggestion. One of these days the $Ci wage for policemen will be a reality. Then there will be nothing in the attitude of Mr. Hall and his friends to indicate that they tut-tutted and pooh-poohed and refused even to recognize the need for wage re forms in the police service until public opinion and a change in administration forced them to a change of fiont. WHITE HOUSE CENSORSHIP XT AS the public any interest in the mo- mentous questions of peace now be ing juggled perilously between Mr. Wil son and the premiers of England, France and Italy or is the fate of the League of nations a matter of private concern to a handful of high officials ? It is clear that Mr. Wilson addressed a harsh note to the allied leaders to force a new Fiume compromise. It is equally clear that European statesmen have been following a course not quite in accord with American pur poses and aims as they were expressed at Pans. The resulting compilation and the mysterj in which it has been wrapped at tho White House have actually tended to endanger the treaty in the Senate. They have increased Senate antagonism toward the League of Nations. yet the world at large is not permitted to know what is going on. The succession c .' lumors and denials SAm U XIM.:- TT - """'"" . nuuac is a cause lor j new doubts and perplexities. An official denial was issued ot the report that the President had threatened to withdraw the treaty from the Senate. A denial of this denial followed. So far no ono knows the truth of the matter. The White House is one place where the country should expect frank ness and truth. The press has had to bear thr blame for misleading reports accepted in confidence from the Presi dent's representatives. Open covenants openiy arrived at? The sub-Presidents, whoever they may be, seem never to havo heard of such things. SMITH AS PROVOST EMERITUS "NJO ONE need be surprised if the trus 1 tees of the University of Pennsylva nia respect the sentiment of the alumni expressed at the Wilmington meeting. and make Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith provost emeritus with a salary when his resig nation takes effect in June. Such a disposition of the matter will commend itself to the judgment of tho community at large. Doctor Smith has devoted his life to the institution and has risen to its head. Fairness and justice both require that his services shall bo recognized in such a way that the re maining years of his l;fo' may be spent n dignified and comfortable ease, with 110 greater demand on his time and at tention than it will be convenient for him to meet. DELAY THAT IS NOT DANGEROUS SENATOR PENROSE'S telephoned message to Washington that "there will be no changes in the tariff and reve nue laws at this session'"is a lepetition of what he has said before. It is his belief, shared by many of his colleagues, that changes m the revenue and tariff laws should be postponed until a careful study can be made of the effects of the war upon the economic condition of the country. No one knows at tho present time what tariff changes arc ad visable because no ono knows the adjust ments neccssaiy to meet post-war condi tions. Tho balance of foreign trade in our favor in 1919 amounted to about 51,000, 000,000, and the countries which bought oar ffoods aro finding it difficult to pay for then Economic rehabilitation 0f Europe must begin before wo can havo the data necessary to guide us in framing new tariff laws. It is not understood that Senator Pen rose objects to proper tariff on dyestuffs to encourage the development of a now industry here, and it Is hoped that he is not opposed to the removal of the most glaring defects in the internal tax laws. But so far ns a general revision is con cerned, men familiar with the situation agree with him that it would be best to postpone it until we know a little more. NONPARTISAN MR. HOOVER SERVES TIPS TO BOTH SIDES His Concentration of Interest on Vital Issues Points the Way to the Res toration of Health In Our Political System TJERBERT C. HOOVER pricks the -- bubble of paitisanship with the skill and authority of an honest man. That view of his acts and utterances is at least exceedingly easy to entertain. Neither Democrats nor Republicans havo yet officially formulated any definite pro- i grams for the tuture. issues arjouna, ' formidably, perilously. They arc side stepped. Tho impression that whatever piinciples aie supported by one party will be promptly "viewed with alaim" by its opponent is prevalent and intrenched in precedent. Many Americans, even those of the most optimistic bent, are beset with doubts. If sincere consideration of the great problems which oppress us is to be confined to a man who has repudiated all political fealt'es. how is sane progress to b? stimulated? M' Hoover has force, clear vision and expert knowledge, but he cannot overthrow the party system. That is fundamental in our governmental wachineiy. The unpledged veconstructionist who spoke at length before t"he American In stitute of Mining and Metallurgical Engi neers in New York the other night has reiterated his faith in the republic and the practical efficacy of our institutions. And yet Mr. Hoover has of late been prompting numbers of his fellow citizens to wish that the words Democrat and Re publican had never been coined. In this case either he must be charged with contiadicting himself or else the public has impetuously misinterpreted him. If the latter assumption is tenable. Hoover is not engaged in heaving rocks, but in arranging them with a much needed semblance of order. The result ing edifice is of inspiring architecture. If parties are not bubbles, but, as wo used to think, inevitable forces, the fair castle of substantial hopes is simply awaiting an occupant. It is as inconceiv able that one, if not ideal, at least serv iceable, will fail to aimear as it is th I Mi-. Hoover is our only citizen who can think clearly. With the most genuine ic-pect for the mentality of the former food commis sioner, it cannot be reasonably main tained that he is entitled to that unique distinction. Furthermore. Mr. Hoover himself has never presumed so vain gloriously. He has, none the less, pon dered deeply and scientifically the per- plexities of the aftermath of a world war. Ills training and specinc lniorma tion lift him bevond the fog of genciali zations. His present independence of any political machine relieves him of ' the pressure of dealing with opportunist and strategic half-truths. But he is not blasting the foundations of the republic with his frankness. His performance is, indeed, a magnificently constructive preliminary to a political campaign which thus far has been focus ing attention more on men than on issues. Mr. Hoover may assist in bringing us around to a sensible procedure. Con tempt of parties will not carry us far. What is needed is some lucid expression of their meanings to save us from the plight of struggling in the daik. Tlin Vmv A'nl'lr nHrllf.Si 15 nnnlnnf in ...--.- .. - .- jt.....v campaign keys. Those which will not ac- tually unlock baffling doors will open at least antechambers into which we must enter before probing the hearts of the mysteries. "No scheme of political appointment has ever yet been devised," declares Mr. Hoover, "that will replace competition in its selection of ability and character." In this compact phrase is crystallized an estimate a sincerely unfavorable one of government ownership and also of the anti-socialistic inherent structure of the United States. "Already we can show," he pertinently adds, "that no government under pres sure of ever-present political or sectional interest can properly conduct the risks of extension and improvement or can be free from local pressure to conduct un warranted sen-ice in industrial enter prises." It is no wonder that the speaker's eyes twinkled when he proclaimed his aver sion "to say anything about political matters." If Mr. Hoover is disinclined to play politics himself, he is under no illusions concerning certain indefensible features of the political game. "Sectional interests" is a suggestive phrase after seven years of the political domination emanating below the Mason and Dixon line. The "Solid South" has capitalized its imperviousness to healthy disparities of political opinion with tra ditional illiberality. This familiar situa tion has made for narrow vision in the Democratic ranks at the very moment when the party was prone to surrender some of its archaic principles in order to accommodate itself to an unprecedented international drama. Mr. Wilson has been one of the vic tims of this inconsistency. When he has levolted, as in the case of the military training bill, his party reverted to the old sectionalist attitude. In appoint ments, in legislation, in a score of ways, the South restored to power under a Democratic administration has not been fair to the nation. Hoover is courageously candid in alirn- ' ing sectionalism among the drawbacks of govcrpment control oi quasi-public utilities. His railway program, m its emphasis on the need of a "greatly increased transport equipment," strikes at tho core the problem of inflated prices and also beds a clarifying light on the coal strike, EVENING PUBLIC which ho says had "n minor root in our inadequate transportation facilities and their responsibility for intermittent operation of the mines." Equally perspicacious und more ex plicit aro tho suggestions for taking the government out of tho shipping business and at the same time preserving and fostering tho magical revival of the mer chant marine due to tho war. The pros-, sure on the government now attempting to manage 1900 ships "to tako refugo in rigid regulations and fixed rates" is naturally detrimental to underbidding by much smaller private concerns. Hoover reasons and it is hard to dis pute his logic that the maintenance of the high rates will increase the number of government-owned idle ships, while the private fleet grows. Tho vicious cir cle may bo visualized in the forecast that "if we reduce rates wo shall be un derbid until the governmental margin of larger operation causes us to lose money." Tho means of stabilizing tho marvel ously stimulated industry of American shipbuilding is outlined in an appeal to our shipyards to employ their excess re sources in filling foreign orders for ves sels and for the government during this transition period to sell .sets of threo or four of the standardized fabricated cargo steamships and to devote the proceeds to the construction of single ships of a bet ter and faster type. The mere summary of Mr. Hoover's reconstruction plan, fails to do justice to either its intensely practical values or to the hopeful spirit of self-analytical Americanism v hich pervades it. His warningn against socialistic radicalism arc informed by a sound s-ense of eco nomics and a fervent respect for our pe culiarly national social philosophy, which is as inimical to extravagant repressive measures as it is to hysterical panaceas for conditions which occasion no alarm among clear-headed persons. Mr. Hoover significantly points to the only contingency which could ever pos sibly subvert the social structure of a land safeguarded by the anti-radical solvent of an overwhelmingly large farmer population. This extremity is de fined as "a reflex of continued attempt to control tliN country by the 'interests' and other forms of our domestic reaction aries." Neither toiyism, radicalism, windy op timism nor fettering despair colors Hoover's survey of our affairs. Common sense is its heaitening quality. Political parties, unless they are plan ning to summon a squad of undertakers, can hardly lefrain from accepting some of his well-defined tips. Whether he is of presidential timber or not, he has designed a platform which should bring new life to any party which is bold enough and clever enough to speak up. WE NAME A CANDIDATE rpo FORGIVE is human. After yester-i- day afternoon, therefore, we are moved to nominate the weatherman for the presidency of the United States. The honor is one wisely reserved for men whose blunder and mistakes are all be hind them, and for that reason alone the weatherman should appeal powerfully to voters of discernment. Will the weather gentleman accept the nomination? We have a eonuction that he would flee from it. What bitter things the opposition press would say about the ruthlcssness of his I egotism and the obstinacy of his tern- j per! What grinding denunciation would ' be uttered upon every hand because of ' the harshness of his general disposition lately revealed! It would be said of him with justice that he got the nation into difficulties from which it was hard to escape, that he refused to listen to ap peals or advice. He went his own way and let the storms rage. Because of him transportation was paralyzed, traffic was impeded everywhere and there was a shortage of coal and a shortage of food. Even now we can hear Henry Wise Wood iuuiig ins voice 10 inaict tne weather- man as tho inspirer of bolshcvim and all I form? of social unrest. J Even the friends of our candidate would turn sadly away from him. They would talk about his growing irritability and mourn his habit of vacillation. They would say that the wretched confusion and uncertainty of his later policies is in tragic contrast with an earlier idealism dais'of'renrM ?' green da s of remembered Junes. Yes. The weatherman doubtless would refuse to run. He already knows some thing of forces that prevail in the uni verse and defy human will and human efforts to tame and order them. And he may have a sneaking suspicion that fcuch forces rage in the world of international politics just as they rage about the heads of the multitude to- make life hard in the streets, on the railroad.-, and wherever work is to be done. The solitude of the Weather Bureau is to be preferred to the solitude of the White House. The world in general knows too little of the ele ments that rule in both places. But a weatherman knows what to expect and a President, in these days, doesn't. Even if the Kelly pjlJ, For tJoosc or Gander which makes it a penal offense fo. any (.m. plojcr engaged in interstate commtrre to refuse to bargain collectively with labor, had common sense to back it, there would still be some loom for criticism. Collec tive bargaining is desirable, but it Is not desirable to clutter up the statute books with unnecessary laws. If such a law were enacted 'It ought to be backed up with en forceable declaration that decisions arrived at should be binding on both parties; and that the abrogation of any agreement should be sufficient cause for n civil action for damages to lie against (ither a business corporation or a labor organization, and for u criminal actiou against each nnd every individual responsible, with u term of im prisonment as a penalty. If a law is to be made, let it have plenty of teeth. In the matter of preparedness for war, the army hill is only a shade more effectivo than Bryan's million men springing up over night. Headquarters for the next world war, if there is one. will be at the gas house. Lit erally. No reference here made to legislative halls Nowhere capital of Dreamland, is the place where wages go up and prices come down at one UDd the samo time. Most of the price commissions aHl hded In that direction in their hunt forrofiteers 'LEDaEEr-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, EEBRUAUYlJ0 HONEST FARMER CREASY Death of Legislator Recalls Many In teresting Stories of a Picturesque Figure In Stato Politics By GKORGE NOX McOAIN WILLIAM T. CREASE'S death lins caused more widespread rrsret, I venture to say, over Pennsylvania than the death of any public man Id, recent years. Outside the fcrcat cities he vns known per sonally to more people than any member of tho Legislature perhaps in half a cotitury. He was twice a nominee for ftnte offices and for two years was the state chairman of the Democratic party. For six years lie was master of the Stale ("JranRC. In nddltion He was identified in nil official ay with two national farm organizations. It was because of his official position and his connectiou with agricultural bodies that he came to have a statewide personal oc qualutaucc. WILLIAM TRENTON CREASY uas of Colonial ancestry. His forebears fought in the Revolution. Ho lived and died in the township in which he wns born. In his younger days he was rather gaunt and inclined to be raw-honed, with dark blue eyes, prominent uo'c and heavy brown drooning mustache. He first came to HiirrMiurg in 3S0" as tile representative from Columbia county. He brought with him certain narrow preju dices, among them n dislike for and distrust of newspaper correspondents. They were in dividuals to be shunned and never to be trusted with political secrets. The Democratic party as always right and the Republican party always wrong. At his first session he voted oftencr against measures proposed by the Republican side, notwithstanding they we-e nonpattiiin meas mes. than he did for them. He was a member of the House continu ously for fifteen years, but in that timo his views both as to newspapermen and Repub lican members of the House underwent n complete transformation. He camcto regard the correspondents as his best friends and Republicans, in their private capacity, as good fellows and men like unto himself. T7IROM an unpolished hut forceful advocate - of legislative measures he developed in the course of years into a clever if not accom plished debater. Ho ns diiect in Ins utter ances and ro-enforecd his statements with concrete facts and figures. His 'voice wns strident, with somewhat of a nasal twang. His hold upon the farmers of the state was phenomenal. They regarded him ib the embodiment of honesty. And he was. He was honest clear through from btart to llnish of his political career. TN 190G. when William T. Creasy was the -- p nominee for auditor general on the Dem ocratic. Lincoln. Prohibition and Union Labor tickets, and the late Jeremiah II. lilack was candidate for Lieutenant fiov ornor on the same coalition ticket. I traveled with them over a good part ot the state on their campaigning tour. He was a 'rugged, outspoken, lovable, whole-souled man. He could not dissemble. TIU public views weie his private views. He was anything but a political opportunist. The great corporations of the state, which he fought consistently, knew this, and I think lespectcd him for it. He could neither he cajoled, compelled nor purchased. Creasy was one of the. most uncompromis ing Democrats I have ever known. And yet he was as bitter in his opposition to the traders nnd tricksters on the Democratic side in the House as he was to corporation repre sentatives on the Republican side. ' ITflTII thejc.teeption of ex-Governor Kdwin S. Stuart and Lewis Emery, Jr., all of J the leading candidates, successful and unsuc- Ieessful, in that campaign of 1006 have passed away. Robert S. Murphy and Jeremiah S. ' Rlack, rival candidates for Lieutenant Gov ernor, aro both dead. I do not recall that two finer more genial men ever contested for Iiijh office thnn "Rob" Murphy, of Cambria, and "Jerry" Rlack. of York. Roth were young, able and popular. Murphy, the son of the world-famous tem perance apostle, Fram-is Murphy, had in herited the splendid physique and winning personality of his father. Jeremiah S. Rlack, son of Chauncey For- ward Rlack, ex-Lieutenant Governor and one of the most perfect gentlemen I have ever known, personified the dignity, learning and suavity of three generations of Pennsylvania -e ,1.. L . C l ., T , statesmen. Robert IC. Young, of Tioga, who defeated "Farmer" Creasy for auditor general that year, passed uwuy a fen- years since, and now the gentleman from Columbia follows him into the unknown. Henry Houck, who was chosen secretary of internal affairs in lflOC, has been dead for a number of years. OF THE Philadelphia congressmen elected in 1000. Henrv Tt. Ringham, John E. I C and w 'W: Fouod Im trnvd nn to the undiscovered rnnntrv. iMrin,Mr J. Hampton Moore the last survivor of a notable sextet Many of these men died before their time. Robert S. Murphy, brilliant and con vivial, was the firt to go..- Jeremiah S. Rlack, who for years had his residence in the beautiful ancestral home at Willow Bridges, the scene, at, I well recall, of Rome of the most brilliant gatherings of pub lic men that York county has ever known, died largely as the result of worry due to financial reverse Henry Hourk bad reaped many honors ns one of the most popular public speakers In the state, whose uumlotal reminiscences were only surpassed by thoe of the eloquent und witty Lreneral 'Uioinas J. Stewart, possibly the most accomplished orator Pennsylvania has known in half a century, Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart, still bear ing high the honors of a distinguished and well-spent life, presides over the destinies of the Union League as its president. Lewis Emery. Jr., now past eighty jears of age and manj times a millionaire. Stuart's old rival for the chief magistracy, has flung dull fare und business responsibilities to the winds and is spending the remaining years of bis life alternating between the tropical beauties of the island of Jamaica and the wind-swept plateaus of Peru. LOOKING back aeioss the comparatively brief space of fourteen years, and the wide swatli cut by the sickle of timo and death as illustrated in the incidents just re cited, with the death of William T. Creusv ns a focal point, I recall an uttrrance o John W. Morrison, now and for past years deputy state banking commissioner. It was during a gubernatorial campaign. Wo were riding together in an open carriage through South Bethlehem during a-campaign parade. Tho building lines of tho streets were gay with flags and bunting. The side walks were packed with cheering thousands. Bands were blaring every 500 feet. It was, to Morrison, an oft-repeated pic ture of partisan enthusiasm and gay political tumult. Turning to me after a period of bileuce during which he had been viewing the demonstration with thoughtful eyes, he said : "I wonder, nftcr all, If this sort of thiug in worm tvunej ii ii cuuuiB lor anytuiog In !.- final rlnit .,,?' : final wind-uo?' "1 "HOW FROM DAY TO DAY WHY should the women, led by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catl. resolve so hard that in politics, when they have the vote, they will not be the "ladies' auxiliary to a male organization"? They have the num Woman in Politics Business Clears Arena Political Field Barren Paradise for Mediocrities Women May Change Things Intelligence Unoccupied bers, for there arc prob ably more women than men in the United States, or tljero soon will be, present civili sation tending to more females than males. They have the brains. They have the time. , Or put it another wuy : They have if better order of brains disposable for politics than the men have. q q j vmiY "fight your way up, Mis. Catt? ' ' The thing is easier. You know tho saying that the business world is crying out for ?l)0,000 a year men? It cries so loudly that few of them go into politics. Result, politics ts crying out loudly for tho $u0,000 a year order of brains. , As now constituted, politics is the para disc for mediocrities. One recalls with difficulty the name of .1 slnffle national party chairman since Mark j Ilanna except, of course, the present chair man, who receives a good deal ot puDiiciry. Yet running a national election, neiping j.,. ,.,.. aIiaaoo n ProQirlpnt. is one of the i b- t .bs ;n thls democracy of ours, au.l mivt important to the parties, too. as the miirhtv important I .,.'- - ... fooling away of an election by the blunders of incompetent chairmen lias proved. Yet look at the long list of recent national ehairmeu, unknown lawyers, private secre taries, small business men, seeking the chair manship for the advertising it will give them and in the hope of a subsequent addition to their earning powers. Not one ."0,000 a car man among them, not to speak of $100,000 a jear men or $300,000 a year men. THE business of government is in the hands of second-raters, whether it is in the parties or in the public offices. At tho top is a cabinet of nobodies and a Congress with onl a dozen men of reason able capacity in all its more than -"00 mem bers. A big business man said to the President before ho became ill, "You haven't men who inspire confidence in your federal trade com mission." The, President icplied: "There are two vacancies in that commission. Find me two men of the proper size and character aud I will appoint them." The big business man couldn't. Men's interests lie elsewhere than in party politics or public service. y j j w, 1TH women it will be a question of in terest. Will they really want generally to suceeod in politics? If some few only wish to do so. they will be members of the "ladies' auxiliary." The men will take them in, flatter them, give them jobs to do just outside the inner circle, pruiso them, make speeches about their indispensable services. Rut politics will remain a man's world. J J IF ENOUGH women want to go into poli tics they could make politics their own. They can bring to politics a better order of brains than tho men do. Women with time und money for politics are abler than the nfen with time nnd money for polities. The world has not yet learned to make ns much use of woman's intelligence. Th-Te is more woman's intelligence not fully occupied than man's intelligence. I J J AND when it come.s to the social side of political organizing, women havo much more natural talent than men. District political clubs are dead things in meu's hauds. Members won't attend csecpt nt election times. Women might make them all tho jear uround affairs, the center of the social life of the districts Rut as man's intcresla He in money making rather than in tho business of government, woman's Interests, even now when sho has tfie vote, may continue to lie n home h ABOUT .A CHANGE OF making nnd the other pursuits that now eu gioss her. If her interests were likely to run to politics, why has bhc so long neg lected to seek the vote? And if the sex in gen eral does not develop interest the women who were active ate likely to be only the women's auxiliary that Mrs. Catt so much dreads. If women have the interest in politics they have everything else necessary to give new life to the rather dull business of self-government superior intelligence, time, money, energy, a gift of intrigue nnd the art of so cializing organization. I q J LIKE everything in life, it is all a question of interest. , Perhaps more women are interested in having their plain gold wedding rings mod ernized than in whether their sex in politics is and alwajs shall be merely the ladies' auxiliary. vTho simple gold band on the third finger of the left hand which our mother wore is no longer the fashion. A wedding ring now should be encrusted with platinum. So far as a ring may do it, the married woman of j ears' standing may be made to feel as if she were on her honeymoon again nnd painfully conscious of the circlet on her left hand. "Rriefly." says the jeweler's advertise ment, "we expertly cover (lie plain gold wedding ring with a sheet of platinum. Our engraver then chases an appropriate design upon that platinum, which will place your plain gold wedding ring in the same class with your modern platinum jewelry." Tills renewal of youth may be got for $0o. Jurgcn when the gods gave him his youth back in a book wns followed by an uncomfort able shadow. The woman with her youth back in tho shape of a platinum-overlaid wedding ring may be followed by a shadow, pe-haps by more than one, several "of each," as Daisy Ashford would say. It has been pointed out time ami again that hard work is the onlj cure for the eco nomic neurasthenia from which Europe is suffering. It may he that a functioning League of Nations will be the factory whistle thaj will summon the world to its job. They object to different amendments but both Maryland nnd New Jersey arc stall ing nt the inevitable. It is now a toss-up whether the peace treaty will be talked to death in the Senate or choked to death in committee. No, Sopbronia,. spring fever disease; it is a luxury. Is. not a Mr. Hoover can use a rail fence point a moral, but he doesn't straddle it. to Mr. McAdoo is a Barkis with icserva- tions EMBARKING FOR JERSEY, mllE captain cocks his eagle eje, The deck hands lock the gate; Commuters pinch in every inch--' Their buppcrs.will not wait, The ancient paddle-wheels go flop "Too-too" the whistles blare. Rcgins the rid across the tide Of icj Delaware. The Vo.ago The ice cakes crunch about the bun They grind beneath the deck; In trembling fright each Jcrscyite Gets blue about the neck. Tho Voyagn Knds "We're safe" the skipper bellows forth. And ho cuts another nick '"' As he bus done each well-steercd riln Upon his walking stick. And then he hobbles To the other i 'lot house For the return Voyage A la Amy Lowell. ROBIN GOOCtBLLOW. DIET?" TIME'S GARLAND rplME brings a garland For every soul when born ; Sometimes 'tis bright with flowqis. Sometimes 'tis thick with thorn , And every man must bear it Fair be it, or forlorn. It lengthens with his living, It lasts as long as he. Sometimes it brings him sorrow, Sometimes it gives him glee; And what 'twill be tomorrow His eye cannot foresee. It may be torn and dusty, It may be spread with dew , It may be twined of roses. It may be all of rue; But be it sweet or bitter, None may his wreath eschew. However frail and fragile i The woven thing appears, Though he be strong and agile 'Twill hold him all bis years . Or mock ho it with laughter, Or wet he it with tears. Sometimes 'twill glisten, wanb When dawning on his view , Ofttlmes ho greets it sighing 'Tis faded while 'tis new. With wnning gleams of withered dresnn That never could come true. Alas, its fairest blossoms Ah, could he but retain ' But he must lose tho loveliest The like to ne'er regain And vanished beauty haunts linn And memory brings him pain. Samuel Minturn Peck, in the Boston Transcript. What Do You Knotv? QUIZ 1. Name n play by Shakespeare in whick the scenes are laid in the now much discussed region of Dalmatia along lie Adriatic? 2, What is n dahubceyaji? .'. What kind of weather docs a rapid n" in the barometer indicate? 1. What country is called tbc Band Oriental ? 5. What noted Paris editor was shot by Madame Caillaux? C. Who was tbo gooddess of fruit trees It Roman mythology? T. When did Germany declare her inten tion to wage unrestricted submarine warfare? S. In what time was the Atlantic crossfJ by the nviators Alcock and Bronc last June? 9. How many times did Roosevelt run for the presidency? 10. What is the original meaning of H word pandemonium? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz , mi., c i :.. !- tlw. Creek version ,)l I, J.HC oviiiuubiui. . -- .. ,1. 11.. -ll.l MVilnmonl including 'lr IMC UIU ". '. , .,!, Apocrypha, said to nave ncpn .- about 1'70 R. C. by seventy uan-n ThTnrst name ot Cardinal H.chelicu was Armnnd. Eurydice in classical mythology was wife of Orpheus. Claudius Ptolemy, a f aPh V ' nndria, who lived in the second 3. 1, globe and wontru " - longitude and lutitudc. 5. The financial panic in G rover C W land's beeond administration cecum 0. cieZ'is a vegetable alkaloid fou Jn tea .nd coft. Ptanu. t -cmn Nnvnna was "". wn I 4...M"- ;.- pirn w-88 boti; can operatic soprano. ru. can !;- -- icfi'i in Austen, Nevada, in ISO-. nmX0 W" ' , ....W IBM .i ii m m ii ii iauj"' ichabod ' (" The Hebrew woru inglorious. t ifer The Yazoo is an wnpo tin W of thn blnto ot MIm wIPP'- "vSi tat. tbo Mississippi river above burg. . .. - Vrancf' m. nena Vivianl, ex -premier . h, w . k. . nuiv -- aepompaaledMarshBl JoffretmTi 1 vlalt to the VPii "'""" ' -ft M . m-.J siLifctar- WiM
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