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( erclusWtlv to titled to tho hi-' tor repiitriifatimi 0 ci.l news 4Upatchf credited to it or trot othrnete credited in this paper, ami also tho local utoj miMCiS-cd therein. All richtt 0 retmHIcartim e special Jitpatchej rrttn tr otjo reserved. rbllliltlphU. Tund.j, Fibrulrv IS. 1931 THE MAYOR CROSS-EXAMINES TWO of the most cmiiicnt of Cliincpc statOHtiu'ti, I.i Htinir (.'hiirtK nnd Wu Ting jfang, were rclebrnti'd for tlioSr '.i-ftl nml "-kill j in (inking oMrMlons. Tht Kimpllcit. of tin1 DTRteni srimnuliut itnrf'pil AniPrlrmw. wIkhi' attitude towaril s many Importiitir )ssui" is often one of nunable fatnlixm It wiih notice b)e howvver, that uell-infuriucd, striuuht " forward person" seldom resented FtrailH forward inquiry. Indeed, n keen delight was often experienced in parrying the inquNi- tlon with a conclusive nnd convincini answer. i"" An opportunity to obtain surh sntiofaction j is now supplied to George V. Ilolmci. preKl- dent of the board of county commliwloners. The Mayor, adopting the interestinR Oriental method, has stressed the interrogation point In a letter to Mr. Holmes on the subject of the new Municipal Court pioject. Mr. Moore seekt light regarding plan for the undertaking, lie wants to know whether the $1,000,000 desired will cover the cost of a completed structure ; vhtlier the money ia to be used for extension to exist ing buildings nnd if so what buildings; what sums have hitherto been appropriated for the physical development of the court; what is the extent of expenditure of these funds ond how much, if any, remains. Such queries are cettulnly fair. If the county commissioners have been shamming Ignorance In the matter, now is the time to ,epeak plainly. Up to now the commissioners have been unable to paint even n credible fancy picture ' st the work. Vision has been obstructed by prospective money bags If Mr. Ilolmei and his confrere. need control of these so acutely. the chance to say prrcii-ely what is to bi done with them is here. The Mayor and the public are in the a t of pausing for 0 replv. JHE VISION OF VENIZELOS TflB virile patriotism nnd broad xtutoman Bhlp of Kleutherios Venizelos have seldom .' been more strikingly displayed than his up peal for the preset vatmn of the Treaty of 8cres. That do'ument is b no mean" n inndel. But the task of devising it was one nf the - most formidable confronting the pern e makers. To reopen it with a view to dmutic levlsion would probably imp'-rll the prospects ftr the restordiion of order in the Near Kasr, dim though they mny npp-ar to be. "I am the first," declares the great Cretan, "to remind the Allies that when thev signed the Sevres treaty they were not making me n personal present of Smyrna And Thrace." In other words, it Is as a Greek, n cham pion of legitimate Hellenic aspirations and deserts, tbat M. Venizelos desires to be re garded. His opposition to Constantlne ond his party is us unchanged ns ever, as Is Jilf. consstnt determination to disiocia.e patriotism fiom partisan politics. The viewpoint ! one eminently worthv of rrconi'iicmlatnii to national leader. p.-iRt and present, of oli.ei lands M. Venizelos in defeat is an ndn.irable figure His nhi'ity to detach per-minl (iinsiilerations from those of ' national anJ uor'd Import inn hardly fail to act os 11 1'iHtr.iiuing intlucn. e on anv re patchl.'ig rrices '.u the Levant THE STEEL BAROMETER "QEOl'LK win. are until Ipating an earlj X 1 decline m it.' es l.ove leeu ignoring the industrial barometer. Price tendencies aie Indicated as ai curately by the tbii timtioni. 111 tlie price of steel as by ntif lilnv else. Seven or eight viars ago strmturnl teel K'M'iil' i S iold for ?J7 a ton. It is quoted now at from R'$(,'1'ti ? . t0 ?U0 n ton' with no h,;',"' "f fa,1,ns a'f'ijij , ,, s''J'lii the near future. So long as this figure M 'Xj ( i ' lr molntnincd. there will be no rapid rewvul iof building constriif tion on a large ..cale. Men dependent on the ordinary return on Invested capit'il annot afford to build with tiitel so high. Tlie wi'l untiii'ie to io't(H)ne enlargement of the.i p'ants or the construe -tion of building'- . be ren'eil until the pi lee of strufturnl s'"' f,i' s to a much lower figure. Tl.Jt must come. MR. HARDINC'S ADDRESS r1 18 11 perfietiy safe "jnjecture that Mr. Harding will emphasize in his Inaugura tion address the neei for p'lttiug aside par tisan nnimofiitio of the ufttr war period There have been few f iin Ameriron Presidents, who did n.it tul.i 11 -umUir note on their induction 'ijt.i i.tfiie lew if anv. incoming chief niagi-.tiuie. who were not deepened in broad .atr.oti-m and mornllv nriched b the initial sense of v.ist 1 expansi bilities. There Is sonn thing about this ehe, un paralleled in un. othir nation, which en nobles the incumbent If It pauses to think for 11 moment, the public is se'.dnni fea'ful that an imomlng President will Immediately jrove too partisan. The narrowness is in the pett politl' inn". the office-seeking hordi s, factions that mis conceive the roi mn suniticani - of u na tional triumph at the pills. Mini the un gracious soreheads uniible lu srai the meaning of defeat. The last name I iluss wl.1,1 not !arg.. has been persistently a't,i. u, anil limting errors by Mr Harding. This Is 11 deplorable business, consult ring the nieMtuble embar rassments of the future I'residi nt's position before March 4. Mr. Hunting will follow the c,urse if tra dition nnd common sense In thus sounding tbo tone of his ituiugurul remarks, if the carpers arc not Insensiblu to slmine they thould feel its twinges on that oecahloti. SHIPS AND MYSTERY w. HATS the matter with our men'hait marine' The econou 1st steps forwuni and cxplulns . but lie does not convince Once upon a time there was mystery nnd romance lu a ship- any kind of u sea going H'4t vessel, jacht, clipper, brig, bark, schooner, liner, tug or mud bcow romance in the look of her, whether seen in mldoccan, a speck on the horizon that grew larger nnd took on shape nnd llfo before your eyes, or lying up In a dock on Delaware avenue; mystery In the smell of her, qiinlnt, weird, spicy, aro matic, adventurous odoro that arose, and overcame the nmell of oakum and bilge; ad venture in the hold of Ker, n story in every cask, bale, bnrrel nnd crate. You wntehed her sail out of the harbor and waited long for neWs of her; wondered wnat storms awaited her; whnt strange happenings in foreign ports; nnd willy-nilly there was born in you a desire to be with her to "go strange countries for to see." Talcs of Melville ond Unim nnd Mnrryntt but served to sharpen your desire. What careil you that snllonncn got but .$'12 n month nnd sometimes only curses nnd blows instead? Were there not both money nnd adventure ready to fall into your hnndi if luck were with you? And Uncle Sam's ships were well und ably manned. Hut nowadays our ships nre too efficiently press-ngentcd. The novelist ban been succeeded by the wireless. Hallormen get JS." n month nnd nti eight-hour day Is possible. Pshaw! The thing W ns common place as 11 factory! "ltndlo messages re ceived today tell of the troubles of the Wan wnto, an American enrgo carrier, disabled nt sea because of poor fuel oil. She Is in tow of the Caspar, a Hog Island boat, and will be docked nt a Hcrmuda port tonight." Mvstery? Oonc, messieurs! There ain't no such anlmflc ! IMPROVED PROSPECTS FOR A REVISED CONSTITUTION Popular Interest In the Subject Has Qrown Because of Recent Events F1 IS beginning to dawn on the conscious ness of the people that the only certain way to get rid of the scandals arising out of the dual system of government here Is through an amendment of the state constitu tion which will merge the county and the city governments nnd empower certnln city of ficers to perform the constitutional functions of such county offices ns have to be pro served. The Municipal Court complications have arisen because the court is described in the law of 1013 ns n court for the county of Philadelphia nnd becauge the county com missioners were empowered to provldo quar ters for it. Plainly, that part of the law dealing with tho provision of quarters by the county commissioners was repealed by the charter of 1010. which puts the construc tion of nil buildings in charge of the De partment i,f Public Works. Good lawyers insist that this wus the intention of the charter. The courts, however, huvc not In terpretd the point. If the revised constitution should provide for the consolidation of the city and county tovernments it would wlpo out all conflict of nuthority over the Municipal Court. Hut it would do more, for it would at once extend to all the so-called county offices the civil service regulations which govern the city de partments. Then it would be impossible for the politicians whoc followers were removed from one of the existing city offices to find places for thein in the county offices with out the preliminaries of n civil-service ex amination. The anomalous conditions have existed for years. The politicians have been interested in preserving them because these conditions have ennblvd them to profit by the distribu tion of spoils without interference nnd be cause they could mandamus the city to pay their bills. There is no greater ncd for correcting the abuses now than there has been for a generation, nut ther.e is u grow ing realization of the existence of the abuses. It is almost impossible to hange a bad law fiom which some one profits. It must be impressed on the mind of the people that they sufTcr because of n bad law before thev will bestir themselves. And even then It Is usually necessary for some interest thnt seeks to nth once itself to take the lead in de manding the repeal of the bad law. The use of the iiatfouago of the Mu uicipal Court to strengthen men who ore fighting Mnyur Moore spurs the worthy In tent of that official to extend the control of the city government over what was created as a county court. If he can bring the couit within the jurisdiction of the city beyond all possible question he will accomplish n desirable reform, and he will also weaken the pov er of the enemies of good government nt the same time. There are hero in Philadelphia a large number of men backing the Mayor who nre also bucking the plan of the Governor for 11 cnnvi ntion to revise the constitution. For t'lnntely for the Ity. the changes which they seel. . an be defended on sound constltu t nnal theory. And fortunately for the pros pects of success of the plnn for a convention, fome of the men advocating it are moved bv n combination of high motives nnd po litical desires strong enough to force them to exert themsehes to the utmost to bring Imi convention about. No one need bo seriously disturbed by the ritl'-ism launched by E. Lowry Hnmex. of Pittsburgh, ngnlnst the plan for the dec uon of delegates to the convention, Mr. Humes is n Democrat and an able man When he objects to the election of four-fifths nf the delegutcs on party tickets and to the appointment of the remainder by the Gov ernor, he is speaking as a Democrat anxious thnt his pnity may have n fuller representa tion in the convention than the people of the state nre lilieh to give it. He knows, ns well ns hiiv one else, that to expect partv dnes to bt whollj Ignored in the selection of delegnt's i to pect the Impossible. It is not done Ami. us a mat'er of fact, it ought not to be dune The ron-titi't!nn ought to represent Hie views of n majniiM of the people of the state (orrectii) us much us possible by the vigorous criticism of the minoriM . If the majority is Hepubli nn. then Republican opinion should predominate in the convention. Y" t bemuse it is recognized that partv veidiits aie fu"ible and 11 convention filled ith men nominated on a party ticket mnv 1111 k Hiini of the nb men In the state whose udvi'e is i si: able the bill providing for cilling the convention authorizes the (lov-erno- to a; point one fifth of its members There i no reason for bc!lelng that the Governor would confine his appointments v holly to nien from the Itepublicnn partv. It Is morallv certain thnt he will appoint M'vera! prominent Democrats whose quallfi iiitions fit them for constructive co operation with the majority. The plan is devised to correct the possible ftults of the elective system by bringing Into the convi ntion men of the quality seldom selected ') the powers that control nomina tions nnd raiely e'ected to nnv office. It a good plan am1 U is to be hoped that the Legislature will allow it to stav in the bill. It is becoming increasingly llkelj that the people will have an opportunltj of deciding whether they wish the convention to be culled. A commission has already drafted a revision of the document. While the time devoted to the revision bv this commission might better have been spent by a conven tion with authority, yet it mny bo that nftcr nil It has not beun wasted. Its activities have directed attention to the subject for several months It has exhibited anomalies in the existing constitution und it has sug gested muny defllrnble changes When tho loiivention is finally culled there will be n better informed sentiment 011 n n ore of issues than there vuh two years ngo. Even if Its conclusions nre rejeced. a vast mass of In formation hss been fathered which mny be I EVENING ' PUBLIC LEDGER Ubcd to assist the convention In reaching lis own conclusions. If there is Any defect In the convention bill it lies In th number of delegates to bo chosen. A small convention is better than a big one, for it can sit ns n committee- of the whole nnd draft n document consistent with itself. The federal constitution was. framed by a fow men. When It wan finally approved by the convention there were only thirty-eight delegutcs present who signed it. Yet It seemB to have been a pretty good con stitution nftcr all. It has stood the test for a great many years and has commanded tho admiration of the world. Fifty men would probably draft a better constitution for this state than one hundred nnd fifty and one better Adapted to its needs. Hut it Is too much, to expect that so com pact n body will have charge of the work. MARTYRIZING JUDGE LANDIS SEXATOK DIAL nnd Representative Welty must be lacking in a sense of humor or they would not seriously press impeachment proceedings against Judge Ken esow Mountain Landls. The judge Is not to be taken too seriously. He is suffering from a condition of mind which has laid low many careers more worthy than his In this country. For lack of a better term it might be called "first-pt-RoItls." Since the days when he fined the Standard Oil $20,000,000 only to have his brand of law chucked out of the appellate courts, the Judge has courted tho first-page headlines. He cannot help it. It's the kind of thing that gets into the blood, warping the vic tim's capacity for self-criticism and de priving him of all senBc of personal propor tion. The newspapers are not to blame for It either because their business is to print tho news, and if there aro picturesque characters who persist in doing fool things, why, that is part of tho day's events and must be chronicled accordingly. Judge I.andls' latest outbreak is merely another manifestation of his appetite for publicity. As n judge of long service, he ought to know that he was giving utterance to a dangerous doctrine when he discharged a bank clerk who had embezzled more than $00,000, sympathizing with him because ho rtcelved only $00 a month In salary. Xo doubt, the Judge meant well, but the logic was amazingly infnntilo for a federal jurist. If the size of a salary is to be the criterion of honesty, heaven help society. Does not tue public mind recall coses of bank prece dents with princely emoluments who engaged in peculations on a vast scale? Are only tin- highly paid possessed of a conscience? Should not federal judges themselves who do not receive $-12,600 a year additional from "baseball magnates" hove reason to depart from the straight nnd narrow path, ac cording to the Judge I.andls dictum, if they must continue to scrape along on beggarly salaries of $7."i00 per annum? Hut, as we have said, the judge should not be too harshly judged. Impeachment is a punishment whose grnvlty and severity ought not to be weakened by resort to it in anything less than cases of venality or gross Incompetency. Old Kcncsaw Mountain is net that. Ho merely labors frequently and brings forth mischievous mice to scamper gleefully over the front pages. Tho public is not fooled. The public long ngo took his measure, nlthough certain thick-skulled sporting gentlemen do not know it. AROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH NOW that 11 resolution has been introduced into the House of Representatives au thorizing nn investigation of the investiga tion of the conduct of the war. the ground is cleared for nn Investigation of tho investi gators of the investigation. There is no reason, save that based on a nemilcgendary attribute sometimes known as common sense, why the pyramiding of probes should not continue indefinitely. Con gress, apart from its vital obligations, has very little to do. Dull days nt the Capitol arc sedulously to be nvolded. As It is humanly impo-.slble to convince everybody that every report in every detail is correct, why shouldn't investigation of in vestigations be conducted somewhat after the fashion of a perpetual relay race? Chairman Johnson, of the investigating committee, has suggested a tempting pro cedure in his appeal for inquiry into the Inquiry of all the official seekers after truth. It seems strange, however, that Congress with nil its palpable fear of idleness did not evolve this method of warding off ennui long ngo. Truth has many facets; error has many blinders. Disorder always obscuies the right and wrong of a strike, but only occasionally is It designed for that purpose. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1 v ame two Kuropfan capitals which aro located on Islands. 2 What Is n tiara? 1. How should the word be pronounced? 4. In whnt century Is King Arthur supiosed to have lived? j Who wan Diderot? 0 What is n palnnquln? J Whnt Is a mlhrnb? i. Who wns the god of thunder In classical mythology? P. Who was Vice President under Benjamin Harrison? . 0 Whnt la the custom of monandry? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz l Thomas A Kdlson was seventy-four years old on February 11 of this year 2. The word prwmler should be pronounced ' prc-o-mt-r," or "prem-yer " 3 nolnndl Itlccl Is the new Italian nmbna- nador to tho United States 4 The musical term cadenza d scribes a flourish of volco or instrument at the .nil of n movement or number 5 The Sublime Porto Is the Turkish Govern ment or court at Constantinople , A'nsco Da Oumn Is famed for his dlscov ery of tho eastern sen' rout- from Kurope to Indln by way of the Oapo of Good Hope In 1498. - Niagara Kalis Is 184 feet hluh 11 1 Its hlpheet pnrt. S Porphyry 1b hard rock nnclntly quarried In F.gypt, composed of crvstnla of whtte or red felspar In reel around mass In peology, porphyry ts un Btrntlfled or lirneous ro. k bnvlna; n, homogeneous baso In wblc'i crystals of one or more minerals tire disseminated. 'i Mikado literally means ntia-ust door. 10 noifo City is the capital of Idaho. BOYS BATHING THEY laugh ! They leap ! 1 he clear Cool lapping vtater parts: One after one, each starts From his place on the grass, ond sheer Leaps from the bunk, without fear. Their lithe aims slip like hlodes Their glowing bodies skim Up from the clear and dim Caverns of quivering shadis. And the sedges' secret beds. One stands aglow with the sun. Hi white shnpe gleamingly wet, Mk nlabnstcr set Agolnst dark grass, and one Splashes him, wild with fuu. And now like statues ginwing. Slim nnd lithe nnd free. They race exultingly, Their proud h'eads backward throwing Happy, untramineled, unknowing! The loud lark's sunny voice Shivers out of the sky ; The lush grass -meadows lie Lulled In his lovely noise.. O duy, thut urt passing by, Hold fust In memory Tho wonderful vivid poise Of naked bathing boys! F. H. Kendon in the London Mercury, PHILADELPHIA, fctTE&DAX ttEBBtf ABY ' 45, STAMPS ON SUNDAY Postmaster Thornton Will Introduce, an Innovation Speaker Spangler and tho Absentees Dr. Sny der's Mission to tho Colleges lly GKOBOE NOX McCAIN P" OSTMASTEIt JOHX A. THORNTON Is going to put into effect an Important and much-needed change in tho routine of the big office over which he presides. It all came about through a trifling in cident on n recent Sunday evening. A gentlemnu residing in one of the outer wards, who makes it a practice to clean up his personal correspondence Sunday after noon, found himself' short of a few postage stamps. With no thought of Sunday restrictions ns applied to the purchase of n few postogo stamps, ho came into town for dinner nnd rodo down to the postofilco to mail his letters. Hut tho long row of stamp windows was closed tight as wax. Affixed to one of the retail stamp windows wns a small placard, which read: STAMP WINDOW OPEN 10 A. M. TO 2 P. M. SUNDAYS AND HOLI DAYS. There it wns, a government regulation staring him in the fnce with the self-evident fact of tho impossibility of inuilug several important letters. TtTTHAT do you think of that?" he said VY to his companion, ns they paraded out the long corHdor toward Mnrket street. "Pretty good evidence thnt nil the com ments made about Philadelphia provincialism nre true," tvna the smiling responso of his companion. "Well, Til say so," wns tho disgruntled reply. Then he continued: "Think of it, a city of nearly two million inhabitants nnd you enn't buy a postngo stamp at the postoffice unless you hustle around at a time when you ought to be at church or else eating your Sunday dinner." "Oh, but you must not forget that we must have Sunday observance, nnd you nre lucky to havo four hours out of twenty-four In which you can purchnso a stamp on the first day of the week," answered the other. rrr'S this way," snld Postmaster Thorn- X ton with a good-natured laugh when the incident wos brought to his attention. "The retail stamp window wns open for the sale of stamps, but not for the delivery of mall matter, until a year or so ago. Then a commlttco of gentlemen interested In Sunday observance waited on me nnd demanded that I censo the sale of stamps. "I pointed out thnt it was n public con venience, necessary in a good many cases in a great city and particularly in case of strangers." The committee insisted Hnd finally I wns informed that unless I censed the retail sale of stamps on Sunday complaint would be mado against me at Washington. "It is a matter of no personal interest to me. It wns only a question of convenience to the public. I then suggested that the office be open for several hours every Sunday. "Several of the committee 'asked that wo discontinue the receipt and distribution of mail, which would mean the closing down of the office, the piling up of mail matter, the disorganization of the city's Monday business nnd the necessity of deploying a large extra force of men to make up for lost time. "1 think they saw the force of my argu ment." , THIS is what Postmaster Thornton pro poses to do hereafter, nnd his action will undoubtedly meet with approval from a good many people. While the retail window will be open dur ing the present limited hours for the solo of stamps and postal cauls, it will be closed during tho rest of the day. This will relieve the regular stnmp clerk from duty except during the four or five hours in question. A push-button bell will be installed nnd citizens desiring to purchnso stamps need only press the button to call an employe to the window, when stumps can be secured. The attendant at the stump window, out side tho regular hours, can be assigned from among the regular force, which will therefore obviate the necessity of keeping an extra clerk on duty. Objectors can find food for thought in the question ns to what difference there Is be tween buying postage stamps nt the post office or nt a drug Btore. where you arc ex pected to make a purchase of some other article as n repayment for tho proprietor's trouble in selling nonprofltnble stamps. MEMHEnS of the House of Representa tives nt Harrisburg ate due for a jolt one of these dayB. It has been tho custom since the beginning of the present session for gentlemen from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, butPhllndelphin and certain of the eastern counties particu larly, to hop a trnln Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning and go home, leaving, those who rcmnln to curry on the work of tlio House. It Is nn imposition on faithful representa tives Spenker Spongier tells me thnt he proposes to put an end to the practice. He is the business manager of the House nnd it is up to him, he declnres. to see that it is con ducted properly. It would not be a xery pleasant or profit able thing some Wednedny or Thursday morning to have the question of n quorum raised, followed by n "(nil of the House." Sergeants-nt-nrms visiting rnuneicipMa or Pittsburgh to capture and haul back to Har risburg runaway members nt their own ex peuse nould be the cnuso of a good deal of unnecessarity profanity. I have seen It done n number of times. Speaker Spongier Is in earnest. Resides, a number of couutry members have already begun to lodge complaints to him about the vork-dodgers. THE Rev. Dr. It. S. Snyder has just to turned from visiting fortv.flve colleges nnd universities in the interests of what might be termed the intensive reclamation service of the International Young Men's Christian Association. He wns accnmpnnled bv two other clergy men especially assigned to the work. Tl wns In reality an evangelical mission. The object was to reach the thousands of young men students and set before them ell rectlv and plainly, without nny popular rc vlvnllstie pageantry or chorus, the straight truths of Christian faith and the benefit of right living. Dr. Snyder s'oys that the mission was a' great success. Everywhere thej were greeted by large nudience-s of colleglnns to whom the novelty of direct appeal mnde 11 favor able impression. Ills Itincrnry covered the region east of the Mississippi river. The closing meetings of the tour will he nt Princeton University, where Dr. Snyder is scheduled to sjieok to the student body on three successive Sundays. Not the lenst Interesting phase 0f this work, which had its Inception In the wnr'e aftermath, Is that the clergvmen assigned to tho tusk, on Icnve from theit respective con gregatlons, lecelved for their services their expenses only nnd n small monthly allowance In lieu of salnrv. The service to the universities Js free. Normal Conditions Krom the Ksnana d's "tr It isn't much comfort to reflect that, ex cept for Its outward aspects, the Irish situa tion isn't really much worse than it has been for the lust 1100 years. Oh, Isn't There? From the HyracuM rost-Slunrtard. There Is one thing by which the egg man hss it on the butter producer. Thero is no substitute just as good as the egg. Boudoir Reds rrotu tn Wartilnnton Toat Another red menace: Fifteen-year-old girls with the rcuge habit, - Tsi-im Airs i-e.- TTitffmnn) trT -. - ' s , "J NO W MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Knoiv Best DAVID D. SIMPSON On Treatment of Service Men THE spirit of "buddies" which existed in our army abroad should be continued nt the present time in regard to the treatment of service men, according to David 1. Simp son, first vice rommandcr of the American Legion. Department of Pennsylvania, and commander of the Captain AN alter Si. Georty -Post of this city. While unstinted praise is due the legis lative committees, the wnr-risk insurance committees, legal nnd medical nm comnm. tees and state nnd national organizations, in the opinion of Mr. Simpson, their work in behalf of the returned soldiers is the ef fort of a few for many nnd should be ox tended to all citizens of the United States. "Had the American Legion 'fathers' at the first convention in St. Louis written 'buddyism' Into the preamblu of our con stitution few perhaps would have imbibed its fullest meaning,'1 Mr. Simpson said. "Some 'llne-n-second' render In the per son of nn ex -doughboy even might have hurled arcusations of the legion 0 partiality to some Oriental religion. "However, the dignified fraraers of the American Legion constitution expressed our ideal in a manner more civil they cemented into our preamble the eloquent words mutual helpfulness." It looks well in print. Hut these trying days when so many ex-service men arc out of employment, for some reason or other, it is not stirring legionaries to Its depths. "The piomising acorn planted two years ago in the broad field of legion ideals has reared its sturdy trunk to a generous height in the grove of American Legion accom plishments, 'tis true, but "Has the work of legislative committees, war-risk Insurance committees, legal nnd medlcul-ald committees In post, stute nnd national organizations been the effort of 'buddies' one for another? These exertions for constructive nnd beautiful things, 1 be lieve, have been merely ou the part of n few for tnc many. They have not been 'mutual' In tho true sense of the word. The effoits have not been on the part of all the 'bud ' dies' in the Interests of all the other 'bud dies.' " Must Continue Spirit "To realize our ideal of 'mutual helpful ness' it will be necessary to continue iu a practical manner tho spirit of 'buddyism' that was religiously adhered to In the service.!. Its principle Is the sumo In civil llfo as it was in the set vice. Only the application of the principle Is different. 'Doughboys' und 'gobs' in the service knew each other uh 'buddies,' 'shipmates' 'side kicks' or 'bunkleo,' "Each of these vernacular terms of fond ness implied a thing infiuitely finer nnd greater than n mere outsider would sus pect. Didn't a 'buddj ' always havu an extra cigarette? Wasn't his more fortunate can teen ever at the disnotial of a thlrstv com rade? A 'shipmate' never hesitated to staud watch or pull un oar for a fellow tiuder the weather. Who crawled into a shell hole when 'Heinle' was putting his 'G. I. enns' over to help a wounded comrade? A man overboard drew a dozen lithe forms leaping from the decks, didn't he? Did u 'bunklc' ever fail to shnie a blanket or an overcoat on sumo of those cold rainy nights in the Argonnc? "That was 'buddyism.' "Its application under given circuinstunee.s was spontaneous, unpremeditated. "To apply 'mutual helpfulness' now in civil life seems to rcquliu suggestions. In other words, wo former tervire men need 11 tolt. Just where 'hudd)lsiu' beclns mid enils does not matter. The field is vast ; the time always ; nnd the effort little enough. "A young fellow who served In tho 100th Infantry worked on the books of a large local merchandise house before he went to war. He served through every major opera tion in which the Twenty eighth Division participated and wns wounded on November 11, 1017, shortly before the hour of U a, m. He cume home. His old Job wus offereid hltn. He asked his firm for a chance 011 the outside. He knew among his firm's best customers u dozen or so ex-service men who did the buying for their respective houses. He struck out forthwith, aruud with cour age, price lists and confidence. Confident that the comradeship of service was still potent nnd yearning to function. Tho re sponse from the formor service men wns most generous, even to tho point of discriminating, That chap's pay has been Increased. Ho is appreciated and valued to the fullest ex tent by his employers. "Thnt was 'buddyism'- in reverse Eng lishbut mutual helpfulness, nevertheless, Some Timely Suggestions "The Philadelphia county cominjttce of tho American Legion, which has opened an employment bureau, will offer tho following e t' - 41 JTAA1 VJJU AIN Ulttriivn p uvfJL ,' . tvt timely suggestions to all members of local posts : "First. Every time you hear of n job open notify tho employment officer of your post. "Second. If you know of n comrade need ing a job. nsk your employer if he can use an ex-service man. "Third. Never buy u thing until you have ascertained where a legionary is selling the article you want. "Fourth. Propose in your post the pub lication of n directory or Toster showing the names nnd business of nil your members. This Should be nrrunged alphabetically by nnmes In one part and by classified busi nesses and nnmes lu the second part. "Fifth. Think of every legionnry or the buddy' you had In the service. Don't bo awed by his present position. He wants to help 3011 ns much as )ou desire to patronize him. "The spirit of comradeship the code of mutual helpfulness bred in the toll of drill field or on the decks of ships, fostered In the common determination to win a glorious vic tory, renred 1111 in the grim trials of battle fields and perilous wnters and cherished In memory now is too fine a blessing, too rich n possession, to lose through corruption of rust and disuse. (Jive it practical appli cation to the affairs of every duv !" Armchair Patriots From the llnntrm 'Iranacilp. According to tho arguments of some poo- Sle, the Entente should rather reimburse lennany for every cent which she spent during the war. Hut these persous, it may be ndded, fought the war for the most part in the United States. Wood Row In Form Trom tho Wjnne. Ark.. Vtogttnn. Coon hunting nnd cockilghting Is the order of the day nt Tilton. A. Carney's game, named Eugeno II., wns knocked out bv Sank tultz's old domlncckcr, numed Wood Row. Not Confined to Missouri Trom tho 1'irla M. Appeal. Wo know a man who can tell how many tons of salt could bo extracted from nil the oceans nnd how mnny millions of years It would take for a man to make n trip around tho ring of Saturn in a second -linnd Ford, hut to snve his life, he could not tell where the food und fuel for futnlly use next week are to come from. Might Try It In Factories From Hie Um Anuelm Tltnia. Carbon dioxide, which is tho exhalation of tho coke lilust furnace, is fine for fer tilizing the air. Within its environment seeds will sprout like iiiiiglc nnd plunts will grow 1 ke .Tuck s bennstulk. Hut who wnnts to fertilize the air, even If it will produce an onion ns big as a derby hut? LULLABY LAND THERE is a place where, like lazy chargers, Tho great wuves roll nnd beck the sand. here the long palm rows sway ond sigh And sing their liillnby to u sleepy land. Their is n plucc whero the moon on hlch Showers its silver ruvs to the earth below, Whero the frugrnnce of fruited trees Tempts the nostrils when soft winds blow. There Is n pluce, away from the thronty roar Away from the dirt and tho city's grinding There Is n p'lnce where palm trees sway and And sing their lullaby to n sleepy Jund Charles Hamfleld Hoyt, In the N. Y. Hun. AFTERMATH THE pupcr on which this slight modern sheaf Of viigriuit verse Is printed long ngo Hefore It went bock Into pulp would show Quaint fancies woven out of liower und leaf HnlluiU. compounded of the love and grief' And Joy of old lomnnco, nnd row on row Of lovely lyrics, with the charm and glow Of borne wild woodland bird's note, keen und brief. ' And so. perchance, those earlier songs mn) The shadow of their beauty to the nt And all unconsciously these light wends blend With something of the glamour of th. post. ' ' Whose spirit breuthes upon each later pJCL. Th foded fragrance of another age, Charlotte Uecker, in the N. Y, Herald. l- I'll 11 1 if a 1 V SHORT CUTS Poets may now sense the sweet bretth of Spring. Scalllona are in the market. A Mellon "plugged and charged with booze ought to make a strong appeal to the wets. Padcrcwski, tho statesman, is as wel come to the United Btatcs ns Paderetraxl, the pianist. 1 , If the island crcr possesses a national song, we presume it will be known as a Hymn of Haiti. 1 Saint Valentine having done hhj little bit, It is now up to Dan Cupid to complete arrangements for the Easter wedding. After a sufficient number of cures bare been discovered, somebody may stumble on, the dltcovery as to what cancer really Is. 1 r The Sowers bill, Jlko some of the prac tices that would have gained by its pa&nafe does not appear to thrive in the sunlight. Poincaro says Germany must pay or Franco will fight. He must believe France holds a good hand to be willing to go it alone. ,1 Congrcsswoman Alice Robertson mtj she intends to keep her eyes open und her mouth shut. A woman out of a thouxand and one the men might emulate with ad vantage to tho country. Statesmen the world over wonld not le seriously interested in the "love intrigue" of the heir to tho throne of Japan If they were not wondering what concealed hands were manipulating the royal puppets. Tho suggestion of the llnllroad Labor Hoard thnt tho controversy between exec utives and employes be brought before It la concrete form shows evident intention of establishing and cementing pleasant rela tions. The clashing of federal, state and city quarantine authorities In New York in deal ing with typhus fever suggests the des'ra blllty of an autocrat arising who will decide first and allow subordinates to look up legel justification later. That John Hull has learned some les 'sons with the years is evidenced by the fact thnt Jnn Smuts, the George Washington w the Union of South Africa, has proved W patriotism by staying with the mother coun try instead of breaking away. We gather from a copyrighted Interview of Helnrlrh Petermoyor with tho ex-kol thnt Wilhelm waved with his right U, nnd threw his clgarctto nway with his lejtl nnd we Infer that these apparently Inslg- nlllnniii nn.lr.Mu .n lli. o..ln .niltn nt ntlllll 1,1(1. (,V uviiuuo av luv dviv v........ r " "j cntlon, Identification of babies born in hospitals is nhstired by footprints taken Immediately after birth. As the poet Shortfcllow puts It. Lives of doctors still remind us We moy each king, thief or bard On arriving leave behind us Footprints on an index card. If the war proved anything to u Is tho way of preparedness It wus that un trained men could be licked Into shape ia short order for the rank nnd file, but wd wo should have on hnnd at all t mc i trained men to lend nnd "experts to PIaD" devise. This would seem to Indie-ate tn" what Is needed Is not a large army but mow West Polnfs. Tho Senate committee on Immigration has sponsored a bill that sounds like the pre liminary bout to prohibition. It propo J to admit aliens to this country in the jcariT ratio of r per cent of the total number" their respective nationals already here. io may or may not mean n further red'icw" to 2.75 per cent nnd then to one-half 01 1 per cent Inter. One never can toll. Not nil the troubles of the Halknns sUT within their own borders wherever ww burden, may happen to be today or tomor row. Some travel far afield as pronoi atnii of tho Senate's 5 per cent Immigration wu may discover. When ethnological, w graphical and political claisu(ncnt.on " constantly shifting, a poor Interpreter of t law Is, as it were, likely to become, w w speak, a mighty poor interpreter of the l Hlshop Nikolai, of thn Council olB' blan Child Wolfnre. says European "'"', .IH,.u .r roMiinnullile for tllO WOfl ! .' fPl.n.. ,ln..Al,.n, ,, MV-. Oh IntdlK'" ' ,., .. .; , ..- --,, y developed, lie Hays, an j,.,, is thinking only of material thing ." it f.o.n us (., contradict a bUhoj we il.nik we could make out oh i) cIiihs tlilnliliii: be It hut w Hunt vp coiliii mime ",... :"' ""'"". "!.." .'I" W" V?. hVui-iig to TUC) lid. . WMiipru . ,".. ..Ind diudnni'i 11 class m'" '";... of iiuiterliil thills '"'! the rcsilltam " aK , tion gum blrlh nnl only to war, ''' U host of tiwecpltig ee','l'!U1"ol'imlnSn.V hit the truth In spots-n phenomenon, cldentayy, not peculiar ,xo aw mmsm fs-i" . 'I- !,'. ,t ,.4Jtfc V4 j-ji