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I'hlliJrlphli, Momlir. Frbniarj :l. 1920
A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Tlilnm on ulilrli the people eet the
nnv nilinlnlotrntlon to concentrate It nt
lenllnnt The Drtnunrr ru-rr bridge
A drydock big inough to accommodate the
largtsl ship.
Development of the rapid transit system.
.1 con I'rnf ion hall.
A building for the Free Library
An Art Museum
Knlargtmsnt of the icater supplv
Homes to accommodate the population.
MRS. LINGELBACH'S SENSE
fRS. ANNA LANE LINGELBACH
L"A duly respects her qualifications for
membership in the Hoard of Education
..when she disclaims any desire to domi
"natc that organization. In other words,
it is her fitness for her new post which
really matters.
n Women who capitalize in politics and
government the mere fact that they arc
women misconceive the underlying prin
ciples of "equal rights." Fortunately,
tactics of this sort are bound to be les3
and less in evidence as feminine partici
pation in public activities increases.
The Democratic and Republican parties
will inevitably swallow up the bulk of
tho old suffrage party. Women in poli
tics will be judged on their merits and
accomplishments, and not with reference
to the fact that they are new invaders of
realms from which they were formerly
barred.
Mrs. Lingclbach appears to be well
equipped for taking up her d-Jtics in the
Board of Education. This is tne best and
most important aspect of her appoint
ment. HOW BRITAIN CAN OBLIGE US
rpHE political discussion which the men-
tion of Sir Auckland Geddes as British
ambassador to the United States has
btirred up in England is not of para
mount interest to this nation. The new
representative, as yet unnamed, of King
George in this country will be judged on
his merits or defects as they are revealed
in connection with affairs here.
There is, however, one preference
which Americans are entitled to enter
tain without affronting the diplomatic
niceties. It may be safely assumed that
'there is no call for a plenipotentiary of
the temporary variety.
From the outset Lord Grey was re
garded as a stop-gap ambassador. This
.view of Ins status did not have the fullest
happy results for either Britain oi
America. The favorable opinion ex
pressed in so many quarters concerning
urcj s amtuae on the peace treaty and ,
"his sane interpretation of Anglo-American
relations would almost nnnnoctinrt. I
ably have helped to better these relations
had the British statesman not paid us
such a fleeting visit.
His successor ought at least to be em
powered to finish in some degree work
begun The ablest legate limited in ad
vance in his term of office is seriously
handicapped. Intermittent ambassadors
give the impression of special mission
aries. Broader aspects of the great roles
in civilization which Britain and America
must play demand attention.
CHERRY TREES AND PLUM
TJI' AND down the land, in city and
hamlet, at Mr. Cattell would -ay, ut
wayside gathering.-, and in the halN of
state, big and little politicians with fiugs
m their hands are telling reverent au
diences about the virtue-, of George
Washington. A thousandorators are bc
,heoehing the nation to continue in the
great man'.- footstep-.
This is all very pleasant and very in
spiring. Vet one cannot but wonder why
the average politician consistently le
fuses to follow the course which he
recommends o enthusiastically to others.
Doesn't iir know that G. W never told
a lie?
If he docs know that G. W. never told a
lic.liow can lie be pardoned for substi
tuting the plum for the cherry tree as the
vividest symbol in national politics?
THE BLOCKADE OF SUFFRAGE
TOUBTS relative to the eligibility of
XJm women's votes at the next general
election rise naturally, easily and consol
ingly in the bosoms of party leaders in
this stute.
Can the amendment be ratified in time
to admit women to the polls next Novem
ber 7? Can the formalities of tax pay
ment and registration bo accomplished in
time, even if the Anthony amendment is
fully sustained within the next few
months ?
Stttto officials whose imagination h.-is
been stirred by tho precedent just defined
in Maryland are swift to submit these
queries and others to Attorney General
Solmffcr.
In Maryland it was held that a clause
in tho state's constitution which defines,
tlin friiiifhino lis n nrnllcco cvcln.k .. f
;q jnalc3 was inviolate Pennsylvania, too,
has a Homowhat similar provision in its
constitution and it is sure to figure largo
in future political discussions.
Of course, such imaginary obstacles
cannot delay general suffrage for long.
Tho now movement In opposition to
women voters must bo explained upon
other grounds. It is easily understood.
Leaders in both parties have been listen
ing to tho discussions at tho suffrage ral
lies and they are puzzled. They arc
unable to tell definitely what women
voters will do. Efforts to mobilize tho
feminine vote in mass as an auxiliary
forco behind one old party or the other
have failed. ,
Tho next campaign will be one of the;
most Important in the country's history.
It will bo fought out on delicately bal
anced issues. If the politicians do not
know in advance what the women will do
they prefer to sidetrack the now voters
altogether until the presidential election
is over. It is because women are a new
and independent force that they may ex
pect determined opposition to the last
from some old-line leaders.
WASHINGTON'S COACH
DISPLACED BY MOTORCARS
Bui Some Unthinking Statesmen Prefer
the Coach, Forgettlnrj That tho
First President Used the Best
Thing He Could Get
TN AN open shed at Mount Vernon there
stands exposed to the view of every
visitor to the famous shrine the coach in
which Washington Was wont to do his
traveling. It has large, clumsy wheels
resembling those on tho ash carts in use
in this city. It has no springs as springs
are knorwn today. Tho cushions on the
seat are thin, suggesting that a journey
in the vehicle would bo a hardship which
few persons accustomed to modern facili
ties would like to endure.
But this coach was the best that could
be made at the time. Washington was
one of tho richest men in the country, and
ho could and did command tho luxuries
and the necessities that were available in
the eighteenth century. He was not
handicapped,- because no one had any
thing better.
If Washington were alive today a
garage would take the place of the open
shed. There would be in it three or four
automobiles. One of them would bo a
large touring car with a limousine body,
upholstered with deep cushions which
would absorb the slight shock that was
not taken up by the cantilever springs.
It would be propelled by a many-cylin-dered
engine with double ignition. It
would be equipped with a self-starter,
electric lights inside and out, a speedom
eter, wheel chains for wet weather, a
luggage carrier and whatever other con
siliences commended themselves to him.
And Washington would look at the
world in the automobile age with the
same'adjustment to contemporary condi
tions with which he contemplated the
world of the age when a coach and four
was the highest form of comfort in
traveling.
Like every other man who has done
anything worth while, he faced the ex
isting conditions and used the tools at
hand to accomplish his tasks.
Washington had, a firm grasp on cer
tain fundamental principles which, so
far as the human mind can discover, are
eternal, -und he also had a clear concep
tion of what was necessary for the firm
establishment of the new nation which he
had assisted in setting up.
There are men nowadays so ill
equipped to do their own thinking that
they seek to find in the words of Wash
ington an infalliblCguide for the United.
States when it has grown into a nation
of 110,000,000 people inhabiting the
greater part of a continent. They rest
their argument on "authority" rather
than on reason.
There is no higher authority than that
of Washington when one is considering
the essentials of democratic government,
unless it be the authority of the common
consciousness of freemen everywhere, in
tolerant of tyranny and insistent on the
right of the majority to rule. But we
respect Washington's pronouncements on
these matters because he put into word3
those truths which commend themselves
to the judgment of mankind, and because
when the opportunity to profit by disre
garding his principles came to him he re
fused to embrace it. He preached and he
practiced democracy.,
A grievous error Lt'rnade when states
men fail to distinguish between the
fundamental principles which Washing
ton proclaimed and the expedient adjust
ments which he urged upon his country
men to meet the conditions in which they
lived.
Ever schoolboy knows that when
Washington was President there were no
railroads, no steamships and no telegraph
lines, "very schoolboy also knows that
the United States was then six weeks or
two months distant from Europe, and
that it would take from three to four
months to write to Paris and get a reply.
The European political problems were
chiefly dynastic. Popular rule as we know
it was unknown. The king and em
perors used their subjects a pawns in
the game they were pla.ving, with tho
enlargement of their empires as the
stakes. The United States was then a
new nation with little commerce or
wealth and torn by jealousies among the
different commonwealths. Its first duty
was at home. It was imperative that it
should establish itself, and in order to
do this it must have aj little as possible
to do with the affairs of the rest of the
world. The policy which Washington
laid down under these circumstances was
of tho highest political expediency.
Today we can communicate with
Europe in ten minutes and get a reply in
half an hour if tho wires are, cleared.
Steamships cross the ocean in five days.
We have great wealth and a multitudi
nous industry. Our foreign commerce ex
tends to every civilized country on the
globe and to some of the semicivilized
countries. We have possessions in the
middle of the Pacific ocean and we con
trol a largo group of islands that form
ono of the boundaries of the China sea.
The nation has not only been established,
but its citizens have vital interests in all
parts of tho world.
The t.pecific foreign polic winch
Washington outlined is outgrown as far
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coach In which ho rode. But tho pur
poses back of that policy remain unas
sailable. Those purposes related to tho
protection of the interests of tho nation.
Tho duty of tho present Is to consider
the samo end, not In tho light of Cio facts
of Washington's time, but In the light of'
existing conditions.
Whether we would or not, our interests
were involved in the recent European
war from the beginning. But it took us
mor.c .than two years to discover how
deeply wo wore involved. It was not
until Germany assumed to toll us how
mnny ships would be permitted .to snll
from our shores and to mark out tho
course which they must take that it
dawned on the great mass of the people
that our rights as a nation were chal
lenged and that if wc did not meet tho
challenge wo might as well admit that
we were a mere dependency of Germany
subject to whatever humiliation she
might choose to put upon us.
We wore in world nffairs then. We
arc in world affairs now. What goes on
in Europe vitally concerns us. ' The na
tions there are no longer engaged in mere
dynastic controversies. They are strug
gling with financial bankruptcy, social
upheaval and threatened anarchy.
Europe cannot break down without car
rying us at least part way down with her.
Washington would perceive this if ho
were alive today. Ho would understand
that the interests of the United States
are intimately interwoven with the in
terests of Europe along many lines and
he would do his utmost to protect the
whole fabric of civilization.
Wo shall not pretend to say that ho
would demand the ratification of the
League-of-Nations covenant by the Sen
ate because no one knows but that ho
might have been able to suggest n better
device for assisting tho world out of its
present predicament. But wc do know
that he would bring to bear on tho sub
ject all his ability to find a way to ac
complish that for which the League of
Nations is proposed, namely, tho protec
tion of the interests of the United States
through co-operation in the protection of
the peaceful interests of all other na
tions. COST OF OUR SHIP SEIZURES
TF THE amount of enemy tonnage
seized by each ono of tho allied and
associated powers during the war had
exactly equaled tho respective totals of
shipping losses by each of these nations
the work of the reparations commission
would have been much simplified.
Chance, extent of naval activities, length
of participation in the struggle and pro
portions of merchant marines were how
ever, factors which militated against
such a clean-cut sharing system.
Hence as a measure of fair play tho
total tonnage of German vessels captured
by all the allied powers was regarded as
a basis for the distribution of compensa
tion to the victorious belligerents in pro
portion to their ship losses. This is the
gist of the agreement between Lloyd
George and Mr. Wilson, which tho Presi
dent has just disclosed. It will not be
binding unless Congress sanctions it.
In comparison with several of tho
Allies, notably Great Britain, France and
Italy, tho depredations on the American
merchant fleet were small. It is esti
mated that of the total losses we suffered
only 2 per cent. But we seized in our
harbors more than 635,000 tons of Ger
man ships. Tho difference between our
proportional losses and our great gains
is said to amount to some $30,000,000. It
is proposed that we pay about this sum
into the pool for the credit of Germany
toward money due from her for reparation
to the Allies in respect to their war losses
of merchant ships.
The equity in this proposal is entirely
dependent on whether or not all the asso
ciated powers arc to be considered as a
single belligerent, partners in a single
treaty. If the United' States should re
ject the pact of Versailles and make an
independent peace with Germany entirely
new conditions will govern the case. The
possibilities of our retaining all the Ger
man ships seized in our waters and of
not paying a cent for the fleet or of
keeping them and making part payment
or returning them will then arise.
As it is now, our title to the vessels is
not questioned. The point at issue is how
much they are going to cost us. Our view
of that subject is contingent upon our
national attitude on the treaty. Upon
the assumption that the document would
be ratified, the Lloyd George-Wilson
agreement was not without its points of
logic.
Uncle Sara is a hospit-
Ila-ve a ablo host who is beniu-
Metaphor With Us ning to realize that lie
bus not been sufficient
ly discriminating in his lioicc of guests. He
is u manufacturer who has learned that
cheap labor is as costly us cheap machinery.
lie is a foundrymnn whosu melting pot is in
need of scraping.
As Admiral Sims might well have
pointed out, there is a freedom of nilence as
well ab of bpcech ; for the man who is not
gagged bus no need to "phew the rag."
If our kiddies must write prize essays',
why not let thcin tr, their hands nt the sub
ject, "Why uie there .'JO.OOU school children
in this city on lmlf time'.'''
Jt us hope that male gossips will bo
barred from the stuff of tho new Itritish
amhiihsador to Washington, whoever he
may be.
If it is true, as Muted, that there is no
illiteracy in Iceland, it mu.st be udmitted that
it is a land in which education cuts some ice.
Democracy is the flower of civilization,
hut there ure home pessimists who think it is
just u plant.
The Jungles are ready to demonstrate
that their name is something more thau tho
mete symbol of freedom.
Among the hymns omitted at the exer
cises at the University of Pennsylvania on
Saturday was "Dare to He a Daniels. "
The best that can be suid of the treaty
wrangle, which is just one year old, is that
it is a squalling kid.
There nro too many sideshows in tho
present locul "carnival of crime" to give tho
police any peace of mind.
Cheer up1 Cherry tree stories urc ripe
BERRY AND BRYAN
Collector of Customs Is Strong Frlond
of Man From Nebraska Storks
of Well-Known Men
rtOLLECTOR. of Customs William II.
V n'rfy wns being congratulated the other
day by friends on resuming nctivltlcs after
being confined at home by Illness. But ho
laughingly brushed aside tho sympathetic
rcmnrks and Insisted that his only troublo
was an "old-fashioned" but -persistent cold.
In spite of tho fact that ho has been under
the weather tho collector carries his years
easily, although he seems a more mellowed
and subdued Uerrv than tho man who
stirred up the politics of the state In such
a vigorous style only a few years ngo.
Ucrry has always had a great fondness
for William Jennings Bryan, and If tho
commoner Bhould finally toss his hat in the
ring it would seem strange if the man from
Chester did not line up with the man from
Nebraska. Tho Irony of politics was illus
trated In the appointment of Berry to the
collcctorshlp. He had the friendship of
Bryan, of course, but A. Mitchell Talmer
and Vance McCormlck were the dispensers
of pntronnge in Pennsylvania. Berry, who
would sooner light than cat, was eager to
make the run for Governor of Pennsylvania.
He had carried the commonwealth for stnte
treasurer and felt sure that he could win
tho governorship. But Palmer and his as
sociate had other 'fish to fry. Their pro
gram was McCormick for governor and
Palmer for United States senntor. The
question was how to get rid of Berry. Ho
was "shelved" by making him collector of
customs, and a mighty comfortable "shelf"
it has proved, with two terms in the most
important federal position in Pennsylvania.
rTHIEItE is no pretence about Berry. He
- hnd no knowledge of the intricacies of the
tariff and the complcv regulations of tho
customs service. He told a friend at the
time ho was appointed that tho only quali
fications he had for the post were integrity
nnd common sense. After he had taken the
oath of office ho proved that he was tho
possessor of the second-named trait by re
taining expert assistants as the heads of
the important departments of the custom
house. He devoted his own time to famili
arizing himself with the men under him and
with obtaining a general knowledge of the
business, which in this district covers all of
Pennsylvania east of the mountains and
most of New Jersey nnd Delaware.
One day an excited custom house broker
came to him to protest against one of the
rulings of the department and to ask him
to give an opinion upon n difficult point of
the revenue laws. He looked nt the man
quizzically, and snid in a drawling way :
"My friend, I'll have to pass that up to
a better authority. I cannot answer it.
But if you wnnt to hare a discussion upon
prohibition or the silver question I'll
guarantee to talk you to a standstill."
fTMin appointment of the collector of cus-
toms in Philadelphia is always looked
upon as the supreme test of political power
and leadership, in Pe'nn -ylvania. William
V. Harrity was the Democratic national
chairman when Cleveland was elected Presi
dent the second time, nnd it was understood
that Harrity would have the dispensing of
the patronage in this state. Accordingly,
ho recommended John It. Read for collector
of customs. Read was a distinguished
lawyer who had been United States at
torney and a close friend of Samuel J.
Tildeu. He was well fitted for the position,
but his nomination was held up for many
months. Some of Harrity's factional op
ponents, headed by Congressman William
McAlccr, had presented the name of a rival
candidate for the post. Harrity stood pat.
He had the President's promise that he
should name the new collector, and he pro
posed to rest on that. Finally the Presi
dent sent for Mr. narrity and explained
the situation.
"I think." he concluded, "it might be
a good thing to make a compromise in order
to satisfy these people. We arc going h
assume that Mr. Read is out of it, and
I've sent for you in order to have you
give me the name of your second choice for
the collcctorshlp."
There wns a pause, ami then the na
tional chairman said in u very positive
tone:
"My second choice for this place is John
R. Read. He is my tirst, second, third
and only choice. T hope, Mr. President,
he may be your choice, too."
He left the White House and took the
next train home. The following day Mr.
Cleveland sent to the Senate the name
of John R. Read to be collector of customs.
WHEN McKinlcy was President, Quay
and Penrose recommended O. Wesley
Thomas for the collcctorshlp. A dispatch
forecasting the selection aroused some of
the Independent Republicans of the Ktate.
A delegation was sent to Washington to
make a protest and to urge the appointment
of Mnjor Hancock for the place. One of
the members of the delegation was Rudolph
Blankenburg. They were "loaded for bear"
as the saying goes, but the manner in which
President McKinley handled this delicate
situation illustrate-, the cleverness with
which he ran his administration.
The spokesman of the,delegation made a
vehement attack upon the proposed np
pointee. He said that ho was a politician
and that what they wanted was the selec
tion of a business man who would have
tho confidence of the community.
"Cnn you say anything against tho
character of this gentleman?" asked the
President mildly.
"No," wh1- tin- frank acknowledgment,
'wo have nothing whatever to say against
his integrity. H is clean, but wo do not
think that he is the type of man for the
place. Wc should have a man who will
suit the business interests."
A ITER the -peichmaking had been con
cluded, and the members of the party
felt that they had riddled the pretensions
of Mr. Thomus the President in his most
persuasive rammer asked the visitors if they
would give him some information. They
were all attention They were most anxious
'to give the President of the United States
the benefit of their knowledge.
"You are all more familiar with condi
tions in your own city than I am," said
Major McKinley smilingly. "What sort
of a man is the President of the Union
League. I mean what is his reputation for
truthfulness and honor. Mind you, this Is
confidential. It will be between ourselves."
"Certainly." exclaime" the chairman of
the delegation. "I happen to know the
president of the League. In fact I'm n
member of that club. He is n big man in
every way ami I would accept his judgment
on public and private matters."
"Good," irndded tho President, "and
what do you think of the president of the
Maritime Exchange and the head of Drcxcl
& Co."
The vibitors gave both men the highest
praise, as they did a dozen other names
mentioned by the executive.
"But, Mr. President," finally asked the
spokesman, "what has that to do with the
matter we nre discussing?"
"Kverything," smiled the President, "be
eaun ah f tlieso gentlemen have indorsed
Mr. Thomus for the collcctorshii "
'I'liumiiH was appointed mid proved )(,
one of thi' best collectors of i'uMouin in ,t,
history of the port
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tATR. MARTENS, the
Martens Stumps Senators
Soviet Engineer Is Shrewd
Revolutions and Brains
Going Concerns Careless
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soviet ambassador.
is much too clever and
ready for his Senate in
quisitors. E x a m i nations run
something like this,
which is not literal but
typical: "Did the so
viet government confis
cate bank deposits?"
"Yes, it confiscated deposits in excess of
$10,000."
Little gleam of satisfaction in inquisitor's
eye, "And do you justify that?"
"Yes, in the circumstances. As, perhaps,
you justify your own government's recent
confiscation of the liquor in this country."
"Ah, but you don't prctond to think that
those two cases are at all parallel?"
"What I mean is that confiscation is not
a new and terrible method exclusively re
sorted to in Russia. Your own government
in your own revolution confiscated the prop
erty of the citizens who opposed it, the
Tories. And again, when the citizens of the
North opposed those of the South, the North
confiscated a vast property in the South, the
slaves."
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MR. MARTENS, a quiet little engineer,
has n mind that works all the time and
he knows his history.
The senntors, not having had to use their
minds in finding historical precedents for n
revolution, are devastated when Murtens
brings home the fa, that peoples in revolu
tion behave very much alike everywhere.
They kill their enemies.
They seize their enemies' property
They rediscover logic and, thrilled by its
guidance, want to go wherever it leads.
They hate compromise as a habit of slaves.
They forget fear and in general scandalize
the nonrcvolutionary part of mankind, which
likes to have fear trcufd with greut respect.
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AND one striking thing that revolutions
everywhere nnd always do is to bring the
very best brains available into their service.
You may not agree with the Lenlnes,
Trotzkys and Martenses, but you have to
admit their ability.
Look at our own revolution.
When did this country have its. best brains
in its sendee?
When it wns breaking away from Great
Britain and setting up the democracy that
was to bo the pattern for all other democ
racies. Washington, Frnnklin, Jefferson, Hamil
ton Mndisou wo have one hundred times as
many people In this country toduy, hut it
would be Impossible to point to one singlo
man in public llfo who is equal to the least
of these.
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WHY? Wc are a going concern today and
careless.
It is not of vital consequence now whether
we have Washingtons, .Tcffersons and Ham
iltons to serve us or not.
In a revolution it Is a question of life and
death whether wo use our best brains or not.
The scnBe that if we don't hang together
we'll hang separately sharpens everybody's
wits.
Tho Russian revolution has had the whole
world to fight.
However impossible is its "dictation of the
proletariat," it believes it and naturally does
not put forward fools nnd incompetents to
fight the whole world for it.
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SCIENCE, at least advanced science, has
just thrown over ether, that handy sub
btauce which used to pervade all space.
The Einstein theory, which only twelve
nicu in the world understand, knocks out
ether along with our ordinary conceptions
of space and time.
Thinking of bpuce tho way we used to, wo
bad to imagine it filled with tther.
Thinking of space the way the twelve
disciples of Einstein do and the way the
rest of us should if wc only could, we cun
no longer imagine It filled with ether.
flood old I'thrr. which used to conduct
the sun's ruH across 110,0(10.000 miles of
spun1, which iisimI to iiffoid 11 passage fur
radio ruys through solid substances, or put
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it tho other way, good
old ether, on which our
thoughts used to travel
to the remotest star and
penetrate the solldest
rock, is relegated to the
limbo.
Now when we send a
thought out in the di
rection of the sun tho
thought has a hard time of it. Unaided by
ether, it gets tangled up with the attrac
tions of gravitation, does not go straight,
behaves quite alcoholically in fact, and when
finally we see the sun there it is not!
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A LAS, poor Yorick ether !
It is agreeable to know that it has found
a testing place In tho pleasant land of ghosts.
The mun who knows most about the
"other shore" assures us that our bodies
there ore made of ether.
Wc smoke ether cigars while ether birds
sing to us ether songs sitting in ether trees.
It is nice to know that ether, after all the
good it has done in this world, ban
ished by Einstein, should hnve found its way
to heaven.
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A EUROPEAN Entente, with the United
I
States sitting in as a spectator, docs'
not make up a League of Nations.
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TpPCJ the young 'novelist, the young man
who has literature in him nnd who, by
the universally accepted rule nowadays, "the
seat of the trousers on the seat of a chair,"
may achieve literature. Hero is what a
British publisher says:
"The cost of producing books will compel
us now to confine our business to tried au
thors and to books on the subjects which tho
newspapers have made popular. Unknown
writers nnd adventurous manuscripts have
no chuncc today, At one time wc could afford
to speculotc in a new writer who appeared
to us to have quality, for then the sale of
800 copies of a live-shilling book, which was
possible, would show us a profit. Now wo
must havo some assurance that we can sell
L'000 of a six-shilling work or 1500 of a
volume nt 7s. Cd., and very few books go
thnt distuncc. The cost of paper, printing,
binding nnd distributing is nearly Jour times
what it was in 101-1."
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"ITTHAT is the answer?
' The answer is going to be everywhere
what it always is in France: books printed
on poor paper and badly printed. And"hy
not the sensible French sciiemo of unbound
books? The works of new uuthors and most
of the works of established authors last too
long.
They cumber our shelves. Thero is no
room for them in modern apartments.
The publishers are in It ague with the sec
tional bookcase men.
Speaking of prohibition to a dinner
nudienco In New York, Senator Wadsworth
said, "Tho last word bos not been said, and
until it is we must move in that spirit of
fair piny which results in public content
ment." Which is a statesmanlike declara
tionwhich means that it may mean any
thing or nothing.
Judging by the trend of modern fash
ions (the growing sliraness of material and
the growing fatness of price) tho price of
fig leaves is going to be prohibitive.
A professional politician Is the individ
ual who HldctraPCT the offico when it becks
the man. Ho is the bunco artist who puts
the con in constitution.
Fiunio is electrically charged and spurks
fly whenever it Is touched.
Socialists coutinue to get a lot of pub
licity, thunks to the New York Assembly.
It is not pessimism but common sense
that pans the panacea,
rrom now on tho bandwagon will grow
increasingly popular.
A food draft blows comfort to hupgry
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MY QVET
T SEEK for love not for myself,
J- 13 jt as a lovely thing to view ;
Not to possess, as one might pelf
With miser-passion working rue ,
My quest I go because 'tis fair
With vision magical to bless;
And as the sunlight everywhere
To every eye brings happiness.
I seck-for love I've gained such skill
I find it now in many a place
You'd iot surmise yes, comes its thrill
Not only from a woman's face;
But where the dewdrop loves the rose.
The 'moonlight loves the summer 1ea;
WhAM tn 1. 1U.U ...'t.l ,Ln. 1.1
T.II.IV, KM HIU livnu 1YIUU VI1UL U1UWS.
miic icatict wnispcrs from the tree.
Where brooklets steal on tender qucsU.
And -slip their mossy banks between
To-rock tho lilies on their, breasts,
In shy and secret nooks unseen.
And have .your glances ne'er beheld
Even tho darkness creep to fold
In dusky arms some statue spelled
By marble beauty pure and cold?
I seek for love, I seek for love
For are not love and beauty one-1
On earth below, in sky above,
The silver thread of love is Bpun ,
'Twlxt wind and flower, 'twixt man and
maid,
'Twlxt wave that leaps to wave in glee,
The beauty of love can never fade,
Nor ever lose Us glumourie.
SAMUEL MINTURN PKCK
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What was tho symbol of pcuce amom
the American Indians?
2. In what year did the Easter revolution
occur in Ireland?
3. How low did the thermometer falhvlien
Admiral Peary was at the North Pole?
4. Who would inherit tho' British crown in
case of the death of both George V and
tho present Prince of Wales?
5. What is a chantry?
0. What is the highest mountain in Africa'
7. Who was the first chief justice of tbe
United States?
8. What was the total number of men
called for service in tho Civil War bj
President Lincoln?
0. How many Inches make n meter?
10. Arc signatures in lead pencil good "i
law?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. Three revolutions in which the Marqui
do Lafayette played a prominent pari
were the American nwolutiuu. 1
French revolution 'of 1780 and "
revolution of July, in whldi, n SJU'
tho French overthrew; the llouroon
mounrchy of Churles X.
JL. According to tho old style 1';l,.,1'r' I"
voguo during part nf the cl""""
century, George Washington ws born
on February 11, 17.'!2.
3. "Prejudice is the child 'snw;"B.
Is from Hazlltt's essay, "On Preju
de."
1. The word "bcenario" is originally IU
linn. It should be pronounced
though It were spelled 'Wmj-nnh-vce-o."
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5. Tho national colors were adopted I"
pongrcss in 1777.
0. The Cardinals is the nicknamo r W
St. Louis baseball club in the National
League.
7. The word "foolscap" is a carnipio"
of tho Italian "foBllo-cnpa -W ?
sized paper. The punning bense of the
ord is very ancient since the ;a..f
murk of this sort of paper from t"
Uiirtec" 1. o'the seventeenth century
was "fool's bead with cap and belto.
R YnniH uro the cdlblo tubers of certain
8 UM. oi tropical climbing p ant b
of the species are used us food 1 w
potatoes. They contain f
""" become n..y:nb
II.
10.
Hornet' Wulpoio uesmt. - "-,
vsmltl. as "Tim Inspired Idiot.
&tinllvr Is the capital ,D95t' ;
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