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I'M BELATED LIGHT SAVING THE request of the railroads for time to adjust and publish new timetables in accordance with daylight saving Is justified by special circumstances. , It ahnuld be emphasized, however, that June or even May Is not the right month for scttlns the clock attend. The change should he made hereafter cither in late March or early April : in fact, ns soon as possible after the vernal equinox, and the fjtem should be maintained until equality of nstt-oiiomlc.il days and nights ensues toward the end of September The late start in prospect this year is infinitely better than none nt all. but it iiould not be accepted as a precedent. ( The Federal Light-Saving Law capital ized to the best advantage the long days of most of spring ami all of .summer. The rescinded act is well worthy of imitation in the voluntary plan fnvorcd by Council. If nest year's clock-changing date is definitely and fittingly filed, the railroads will have sufficient opportunity to issue their timetables on the day set for turning the hands of local chronometers one hour for ward. "WHY MR. HUGHES DECLINES REGARDING the Sllcsian problem as a matter of purely European concern, Secretary Hughes informs the Poles who had solicited American interference that such action would be contrary to our tradi Monal national policy. His attitude, ap pealing to many Americans, is also one which Governments of the Old World arc ejther loath or chronically unable to com prehend. " Tlicro is another reason for our aloofness from the Silesian dispute upon which Mr. Hughes said nothing. The disposition of the t rouble-making territory is intrusted by the 'Versailles Treaty to an Interallied Com irlssion, from which we are excluded because of the very simple fact that we are not a pa.ty to that compact. Even if thi Gov ernment desired to share in determining the fat of Hilcsia. it could not officially do so. Present-day ' Poland is n young nation. Youth will excuse many things, but this apology must be widely extended to embrace palliation for continuous and fantastic mis readings of the peace treaty by the Warsaw Government. A WOMAN'S NAME 'A GltOl'P of women in New York seem XX to be still violently exercised over the assumption of her husband's name by a married woman. It is insisted that a woman js entitled to her own name and should not he eomprllcd to surrender it to any man. Tho women, however, have been surprised when they have been told that there is noth ing in the law of New York which compels a married woman to take her husband's namr, and that it is only custom that makes Keziah Terwilllger call herself Mrs. Ham mersmith when she mnrriea Jeremiah Ham mersmith. They have not yet got so far as to discuss the name by which the children shall be known. Shall the boy be called Jeremiah Terwllliger and the girl Keziah Hammer smith, or what is to be done about it? When you come to think it over, the matter of names is not quite so simple as it seem FRANCE AND MILITARISM A LTHOrOH statisticians are admittedly . clever chaps, it has been wisely ob served that their juggling with figures is occasionally productive of curious perver sions of the truth. At the present moment, when French imperialism Is the favorite bogy of the alarmists, the adaptability of the obliging statistical experts to the alleged needs of tho situation Is manifest. Imposing columns of figures of Rritihh origin have been sent out from "Washington showing that European iirmies of ,'1,000,000 men are controlled by the Paris Government. Until related with fact", this disclosure Ja shocking. It appears, however, that the tram total Is reached by including the mili tary establishments of Tielgium. Czecho slovakia, Poland. Rumania and Jugo slavia, with which France is said to bare concluded agreements. Upon n similar basis of reasoning it can speedily be proved that the armies of the United States far exceed the limits set dnwu by Congress. The majority of South and Central American republics hastened to eo operate with their Northern neighbor in the world conflict, and it is not inconceivable that in another great crisis like sympathies 'would be displayed. Ordinarily, however, the most flamboyant boasters among us refrain from bolstering up our military strength with the Brazilian, Peruvian or Uruguayan armies. French imperialism Is undoubtedly an un pleasant reaction of the war. Hut it cannot be downed bv misrepresenting its potency. In most mundane affairs, Including the statistical, nothing to surpass the efficacy of fair play has yet been discovered. A KING FOR IRELAND? 'HEN Kings were Kings Ireland had VV some of the best of them fine. hiir. un standing men, who could fight a battle to a finish, write a ballad and hlng it, drink a flock of retainers under the table and be lieve in fairies, all in one and the same day. These early Kings left, In tho sagas of iKeir times, a record of achievements almost namiatched for glory and violence. Fiercely they fought, fiercely they believed and fiercely they loved and hated. They went singing to their warn knowing that they had 't k q win or die. They were great mta in ' their way and the like of them has not been known in Centuries. For that reason Lord Hugh Cecil, amiable and well-intrnUoiicd ns he seems to be, must havo shocked nil Ireland with the suggestion that it begin life anew under a King of the modern type. Modern Kings are often well enough in K"1 w But "they Uva indoor Urea. Minister's- apeak for them. They go care- fully gunrded and exist apart from mo people. In the, line of Irish Kings of old the best of modern sovereigns would stem somehow pair and inadequate. He might believe in fairies, and if he did he would not be a great warrior. Wero he a, great warrior he cer tainly would be a poor hand at ballads. It he could sing he would not have the con ft dence of the solemn-minded neighboring Governments. Kings have changed with the times, of course. They are home-keeping folk. No where does tho habit of fond remembrance persist an it persists in Ireland North and Ireland South. Lord Cecil will have to try his hand again. THE UNREWARDED LABOR OF FRANKLIN K. LANE Another Man Who, Being Rich !r Sym pathy and Understanding, Had to Die Relatively Poor AN AUDENT and generous and singu larly gifted spirit passed out of the public life of the country with the sudden death of Franklin K. Lane. No man iden tified with the administrative affairs of the Government in the present generation re flected more clearly than he the quality of wise and devoted citizenship, ne worked hard and Huccessfully in the service of the country nnd died poor. Lane was a progressive in politics with out the habit of unquestioning allegiance that so often binds good minds to bad causes and destroys the critical faculty in othcrwiso rational men. He was recognized, liked and trusted by Roosevelt, who appointed him to a place in the Interstate Commerce Commis sion an agency of Government which he believed in nnd fought for at a time when almost oil other lawyers regarded it with resentment nnd suspicion. If it wero possible to define the philosophy that animated him in his public servlve it might be said to be a belief iu the need of better political expression for the everyday concerns of, the crowd. It was Lane who first proposed to Mr. Wilson the scheme for an industrial con ference organized to formulate in public n humanized philosophy of industrial rela tionships. He merely carried forward and expanded the principle successfully demon strated in the beneficial operation of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The work done by the industrial commis sions under Hoover's direction has been almost forgotten. At least it has been gen erally Ignored. But it will be appreciated in the future, because men of all sorts in tho ranks of capital and labor nnd in the opposed social and industrial groups will surely return, after their exhausting and futile conflicts, to find guidance and some thing like general peace through the codes of nction formulated at the suggestion of an unassuming Cabinet member. Lane did more than any other man quietly to untangle the unhappy complica tions that grew out of our informal invasion of Mexico after the Wilson-Huorta deadlock. He presided nt a conference of American nnd Mexican commissioners and proved equal to the task of placating a passionately angry group of envoys who were convinced that the United States had at last lunged southward after their oil and their silver. Personally, the former Secretary of the Interior was one of the least ostentatious of men. He died believing in the actual practice between man and man, in politics nnd in business, of the rule of equity. Too few agreed with him. Too few would agree with him now. But sooner or later it will be apparent to everybody that wisdom in Its ultimate form must find expression in the tolerance, the unselfishness nnd the charity that were his characteristics. The United Statra is, of course, not with out many men of a similar type. But the distressing thing to observe is the difficulty that they meet with in getting audiences to say nothing of disciples and followers. In the organizations of industry, in the labor unions, among financiers, in conspicuous nnd isolated social groups, tbey are a Bmall but persistent and growing minority. Until they attain far more influence than they have now we shall not have social or indus trial pence or anything like n right national spirit. Too many of these pioneers will die poor, or, at least, poorer by far than those who oppose them. But they will continue to rise and to object nt labor meetings, among cap tains of industry, in bankers' meetings or wherever they happen to be associated. Tbey will be eternally nt war with any one who believes that it is right for him or his particular group to endeavor to monopolize the social and economic advantages of the times. They are the universally minded men who will save the day for our present civili zation if anything can save it. For they know that nny institution, any code, any political or economic creed, any Bocial stand ard that is established without care for the common moralities reflected iu a decent re gard for the other fellow and the under dog must nollnpse after tiiumphs accidental and short. The relative poverty in which Franklin K. Lane died will seem tragic to many people. But he could have been rich had he so desired. He may have preferred relative poverty. Occasionally you will find in public life a man who regards wcnlth as a too costly luxury. Lincoln, be it recalled, left an estate of only $15,000. But he left something far greater than riches for the inheritance of his familv and his fellow countrymen BIGNESS IS NOT GREATNESS PHILADELPHIANS Interested in main taining the medical prestige of this city need not be disturbed because of the arrange ments in New York for uniting the Pres byterian Hospital with the medical depart ment of Columbia University This concentration of effort will not of itself add to the facilities for medical educa tion or for hospital treatment in New York. It is merely a readjustment of organization and administration. The failure of the proposed merger of the Jefferson College here with the University of Pennsylvania did not decrease in any particular the ability of the institutions of this city to care for the sick or to train physicians and surgeons. There are certain advantages to be gained by combination of effort, but they are chiefly administrative The greatness of a medical school and a hospital does not depend on its size, but rather on the ability of the special ists attached to its staff. The attention of the managers of uurh an institution properly conducted is concentrated on the kind of service which It offers and not on it size. If the service is the best of its kind, the size will take care of itself Every physician is familiar with what has happened in Rochester, Minn . nhere two young surgeons began to work in a local hospital a few years ago. Their patients came at first from the surrounding rural population, and they were so successful that their fame began to spread abroad. It be came ncressary to enlarge the hospital and the money needed waa found about ns fast as it could be used. Philadelphia has won its high place as a center of medical education because of the ability of the medical men who lire and practice here. They have mastered their profession. None better can be found any where in this country or abroad. So Jong as we have thee men stirred by l for service nothing that can be done In any other city will fake away the prestige of Philadelphia. GOOD.BY ASHCART POLITICS NO ONE but the contractors will regret the decision of Mayor --Moore to abandon altogether the letting of contracts for clean ing the streets. 8In;e January 1 the city has been clean ing the streets in two of the thirteen dis tricts, Tt bought the equipment nnd It hired the men, and it has been doing the work so satisfactorily that the wisdom of the charter frnmcrs is vindicated. Jt has been said that it will cost the city ?200,000 less than the amount of the lowest contractor's bid to do the work In the two dlstrlctn. This will go n long way toward paying for the equipment used. Fortunately, the chnrtcr provisions arc unchanged nnd the Mayor has all tho power which was originally conferred on him. He is empowered to have streets cleaned by the city itself and he'mny use his discretion about asking for bids to guide him In esti mating the cost of the work. The attempt to compel him by legislative enactment to ask for bids every year, nnd thus to keep the question of contract work open, failed when its purpose was disclosed. But if guardians of the public welfare had not been nlert the proposed amendment to the Charter would have been sneaked through the Legislature. The contractor influences were back of it, but when those influences discovered that there were stronger forces opposed to it they abandoned the bill. The contracts in the eleven districts; con tain a provision that they mav be voided on October 1 nt the discretion of the city. It has not been definitely nnnouncrd whether the city is to exercise this discretion on October 1 or not. but there is a general expectation that it will do so. It will then nave the unexpended balance of the appro priation to carry it through until .Innuary 1. It will be foolish nnd futile for any one to start a backfire against the plan bv objecting to the entrance of the city into this form of public work. The Issue' in Philadelphia is not what has been loosely called public ownership. It has been the issue of the domination of the city by politicians who secured contracts from it nnil who used their political power to increase their con tract profits. Any expedient which would break the hold of the contractors would havo been justifiable. The men who drafted the amended Charter provided for the simplest way out of the dilemma. They argued that the wnv to get rid of the contractors was to get rid of the contracts. The experiment hns not been in progress long enough or on broad enough scale to justify any conclusions about its effect upon the contractors. But it has demonstrated that the city can do the work better nnd more cheaply than it was don under the old system. SENTIMENT AS AN ARMY ASSET EVEN under the League of Nations or any other scheme for promoting harmony on this stressful planet, it is unlikely t lint the age-old conflict between pdnntry and sentiment will cense. A typical instance of this eternal snuggle is uow furnished by the War Department, wnicfa has ruled that no rejimeiit in 1 lit American Army will be permitted to claim ns part of its record any of its achievements anlcddting May. ISlTi. It i asserted in r (Tidal circles that the militni-.t reorganiza tion which occurred nt about that time beclouded the historic identity of regiments font have long been proud of their nehlev ments In the Revolution, the War of IS12 or other wars in the early life of the Re public. Among these infantry organizations are the Fourth, tracing its history back to 1792 and especially famous for its participation in Tippecanoe in 1811 under William Henry Harrison, and the Seventh, which fought with notable gallantry in the Battle of New Orleans four years later. The reasonable argument is advanced that it would be quite as unwarranted to wipe out the traditional significance of these nnmes ns it would be to deprive a battle ship of its consecutive historic associations every time it underwent a change of officers and crew. The War Department mav be inclined to view such protests as trifling, nnd yet experience has shown that sentiment is nn absolutely invaluable asset to any military establishment nnd is n potent support of the desired esprit de corps. The French Army, from Napoleon to the present day. is proof of this point The situation, which is disturbing some of the oldest and most storied of American regiments, is one to which Secretary Weeks might profitably accord a measure of sympa thetic consideration. WHAT ARE LUXURIES? OBJECTION has been raised by the Fur Manufacturers' Protective Association of this city to the 10 per cent luxury tax on furs. The association insists that it is unjust, ns furs are worn eight to ten months of the enr and have come to be regarded as necessities. Few women will disagree, and men who have to be out in stormy winter weather will insist emphatically that n fur coat is ns great a necessity ns a straw hat in the Bummer. The history of civilization is the history of the transformation of things which only the very rich could own into the things which everybody uses ns a matter of common convenience. And there is always a twi light zone in which the luxury of one gen eration is merging into the absolute necessity of the next. If there had been such a tiling as n luxury tax in prehistoric times, the first man who tamed a horse to carry him would have had to pav a big sum into the public treasury. But the horse today is a necessary implement of trade for the farmer. He mav in time be wholly displaced by a tractor and return to his original luxurious estate, to be owned only by the very rich nnd kept as a pet or companion by those who enn get no comfort or companionship from a gas-driven inn hine The telephone has long been regarded ns a necessity; nnd the phonograph. b what ever trade name it is known, is fast emerg ing from the luxury class. It is found in the homes of the poor as well as the rich, and the working man feels that he is de prived of something to which he is legiti mately entitled if he cannot sit down after dinner for entertnlnnient by it. So it goes. Thirty young men members of the Evanston Congrega tional Church. sav-H n Cllance I a Fine Thing dispatch from Chicago have pledged them selves" never to spenk to or walk with any girl wearing short skirt. Fearing, doubt -es. that their eyes would trip their tongues. Still, there is a remote possibility that the hhort -skirted ones are not pining for the conversation or the company of the circum spect thirty. Now comes the joyous 11 La Sing season when the ad vertising man discov ers ill his price lilt and fill his sidelines wan : and sentiment grows rampant as the lassie fome In flocks to buy their saucy gingham hats to near with summer frocks. Do yon suppose it Is fear of living for-e-et that -tit'i" n 'ii-in ninety. two years old I n attunfi tuicide"' ,,j . ....t..,; ! HUMAMoMo By WIMjTAM ATIIEB.TON VV MJV LEE TRINKI.E, who Is running for Gov ernor In Virginia, said that Harry St. George Tucker, schoolmate nnd lifelong friend of Woodrow Wilson, who Is running against him, is too old for tho job. Where1; upon Tucker issued n chnllcngo to Trlnkle, who carries much weight, to run hlra n foot race for the nomination. If it should be shown that Tucker has made nn error In judgment here his friends nre likely to point to that other occasion some yenrs back when he came to n quick conclusion which -was far from the facts. Vhcn the' Jnmestown exposition was be ing staged Mr. Tucker went all over the country speaking before Legislatures and asking support. Up in Vermont, ns he rose to speak, he saw n painting of Sheridan s ride hanging on the wall and paid a glow ing tribute to the reunited nation. On the platform with him sat nn oldish man with nn empty sleeve nnd ho surmised that this member hnd been sacrificed to the flag, nnd mayhap It lay burled in the historic Shenandoah Valley. As he hurried away to catch his train a villager pursued him, ran along beside the step nftcr he had swung on. "I Just wnntcr to put jou right nbout one thing," shouted this man. "That fel low with the empty sleeve was never a soldier. Ills arm was bitten off by a vicious horse he was curryln'." Senator William Paul Dillingham, of Vermont. Is n tall, stately, handsome, courteous gentleman of seventy-seven years. He was telling me the other day of the time of his birth nH nn illustration of the changes that had come about iu the life of one man." His father was a member of Con gress when he wns born in Wntcrbury, Vt., in 1843, and was in Washington while his mother was nt home. It was five days after his birth before bis fathdr knew of it, despite the fact that every means available hnd been used to expedite the message. Telegraph lines wero then in the experi mental stage. There were short spans here aud there, but they did not reach far. There was nlso a railroad from Washington to Baltimore nnd similar fragments nt other points, but as material elements in the transportation tcheme they were still un important. So the best that could be done in getting word to the elder Dillingham that he was the father of n son was by letter, and the letter traveled much of the way by stage couch and by boat, and was five days in making the journey. Secretary Denby. of the Navy Depart ment, snys that he was a naval militiaman back iu 1807 when Theodore Roosevelt, the elder, wns assistant secretary of the navy. He states that It was known in naval militin circles that Mr. RooBcvelt went, to President McKlnlcy and urged that the naval militia be sent to sea. "But." said President McKlnlcy, "they have never been to sen. Tt will be n dis tressing experience for them. They will nil be seasick." "That's just what we wnnt," said Mr. Roosevelt. "Let them get seasick. Then we can sec what Is in them." n Charles Curtis lived with the Kaw In diana ns one of them until he was a boy of eight. Then he became n jockey nnd rode rnccs for seven years. He came back to Topekn and there found n group of old friends nnd relatives from the reservation. A homesickness for the Indian life seized him aud he threw his lot in with them and started back to the reservation. At the first wnterhole out a member of tho party got sick nnd they wero delayed for several dnyn. During one of those davs young Curtis had u long tall; with Julie Poppln, his grandmother, the daughter of old Chief White Plume, and a French trader. Julie Poppin dwelt upon her fondness nnd the fondness of members of the tribe for this, its sou. who wns more paleface than Indian She sold tlint a welcome from the hcurt of the tribe awaited him. But she pointed out to the youngster that there wos o tuining point in his enrcer. If he went back to the reservation he would become nn Indian ward of the government, would drop iuto the life of the Indian, would sleep in the sun the rest of hiR doys. On the other hand he might return to his people, who were paleface. There he would grow up with them ns one of them. The white mnn's opportunity would be his. So the youngRter took the back trail to civilizntiou. His Indian grandmother, wise in her day. had pointed the wnv. Other wise would the I 'nited States Senate, in 1021. have had some other man ns its whip. Although Ewlng I.iipoitc, Assistant Sec retary of the Treasury, wns born in France his father was an American citizen of French extraction. His mother was of American birth, being tbo daughter of "Sil ver Dick" Bland, of Missouri, rival of Wil Ham Jennings Bryan for presidential nomi nation back in the middle nineties. A friend of Will Hays, postmaster gen eral, enme to him much disturbed, aud pro tested with him, saying that he was now ii mighty government official nnd that lie should give over his informal ways. Ho snid that, as n matter of fact, his correct name was not "Will" Jlays, but "William II. Hays," nnd that it would be more dig nified to so sign it. This unassuming gentleman accepted the suggestion with nn open mind ns is his way. deliberated it. Ho reached for n pad and n lead pencil nnd wrote out the nnme in full ns suggested, "Willinm H. Ilnys," studied it criticnlly. Then he slowly tore the slip of paper into fragments. let them slip from his fingers into tho waste basket, looked over at his friend with that crinkly smile of his and shook his head. Senator Francis E. Warren, of Wyoming, is one of the few men in Congress, the only one as far as I know, who has been awarded the much coveted Congressional Medal of Honor, given only to tliose who show ex ceptional gallantry outside the line of duty. ne was n scventeeti-yenr-old New Eng land boy when he entered the Civil War. His regiment participated In the battle of Port Huron nftcr forced marches. Volun teers were called for to rush forward and fill In the outer trenches of the eneniv that the artillery might get across two' men from each company. Wnrren responded. It was a dash across on open field and then through fallen trees with their tops toward tho attacking force, nil the time un der the grueling tiro of the Confederates. Three-fourths of the men in that attack were either killed or wounded. Young Warren rcioived a shell wound on the head, which knocked him Insensible. A neat scar in his forehead bears evidence of his close ness to death on that distant daj. e That Puritanic gentleman. Dr. Wilbur V. Crnfts, who believes in rigid Sunday observ ance, motion-picture censorship, scum re donees nnd croquet, pleads not gulltv to the charge of stirring up the "blue law" ngita tion of the last season. It is strange, he told me, how a frenzy of Interest in n subject that will run through n whole nation may be kindled from the tiniest spark. Some organization down in Tennesseo more than n year ago framed a Sunday ob servance bill and sent it to Senator Me Kellar. He introduced it mechanically and It went into the record He did not spenk in its behalf nobody did. There wcie no hearings on It. Nobody said n thing about it. Dr. Crafts organization look no action with relation to It. Six monthH later somebody found this blue law bill in the Record, started n tils, cussion of It which got Into the newspapers, which alarmed certain interested parties, and n great cnmpalgn wns started to fight it. AH the lancing has been ngalnst n shadow, says Dr. Crafts, for there ihas'been no agencj campaigning for Sunday laws. ' JUST . .,.,. MmMmmmMsmm i ' ' TWJHvV. ' vr t' yvifJ ffd:.Pftf iWwlsss53siaf, " ' lv"i J ' ti NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Know Best THE REV. HARRY W. ETTLESON On Immigration CfTMMIGKATION and consequent natu- J. rnllzation are good things for the coun try, but there must be more inspiration offered the newcomer if this country is to get the best results from it," is the opinion of the Rev. Harry W. Ettleson. rabbi in charge of the School of Education of the Rodeph Shalom Synagogue. "Naturalization." said Dr. Ettleson. "is n mnttcr of vital importnucc, more so to America, than to most other countries. "First of nil. this country Is one of diverse origin with a composite population. "Second, the democracy of its Institutions and its very life depend upon the actual character of the men and women in it. "Yet, strange to say, Amcricn has a less well-considered, or clearly defined or con structive, policy in this lcgord thnn many other countries. Every well-informed, in telligent citizen during the war sensed this matter, but there was no surety in its treat ment. "When it beenme necessary to have n selective service law during the war, how many were there who had been living hero n long time who had not even taken out their first papers, und how many who had been here who hnd nllowed the time for the taking of their second papers to lapse? Not nn Alarmist "Personally. I am not an alarmist, and have never felt lliat the situation is a lot rlbly crltlcul one and that we are fuce to face with a rcnl menace on that account. "There Is no question, however, of the fact that we haven't been able to capitalize some assets that could have led to citizen ship. We have treated the matter in a more or less happy-go-lucky or go-ns-you-please fashion. "I don't think it Is either desirable or necessary to urge that every newcomer iuto the country should bo pushed to become a citizen. Some thnt conic to our shores are frankly not suited to American citizenship. In fact, I don't know that all of tliein have even the potentialities of citizenship. "While it inny be necessary mid desirable to make those who come here us a whole become citizens, America must not be con sidered ns a boarding place, mi which the alien is to sponge, take all the advantages and glvo nothing in return. "Some, it is true, just stay here n while nud then go nwny again, nnd it is probably best that a certain class do this. They arc probably more useful to the country doing certain work that is required of them, and for a time they would bo nn asset, but not u permanent one. "We ourselves are to blame if more of the foreign -born group haven't come to respect our citizenship. They linvii learned thnt politicians play n part in effecting naturalization for some, and thnt being used for corrupt purposes, the pinpositlou fell in their esteem. Scmo Countries, Strict "Another unfavorable point is the fuel that this country does not buck its citizens up very well In the matter of expatriation. Some countries are very strict on that point, und n naturalized citizen finding his allegiance demanded by Ills former country when under Its jurisdiction finds little relief in nn appeal to this country. U. happily this point is not n matter of In ternational law. i "But even when the mnlter of naturali zation is satisfactorily cared for in its legul phase, a great deal is lost in the way of inspiration and the vision of the future that might bu offered the impressionable new -comer by the perfunctory ceremonial bj which he is often inducted into citizen ship. Minor officials, who have un par ticular Interest in the matter, arc often Intrusted with this important duty und often no effort is mude to make it nn nit of consecration and one that will impress the new citizen with (lie grent privilege and responsibility thnt has been bestowed upon him. . , "Fortunately the fine work of the ntiouh civic societies here makes up in a mcastiir for the lack of governmental agencies. "if you could just put yourself in the nllen's place when he comes to our shores vou would get a better picture of what 1 mean Remember he is lonely nnd without friends, without knowledge of the country or its people. He has hear.d n lot ulmitt it nnd is callable at this impressionable stage of showing intense loyalty to the 'country, if he Is only given tho proper vision at the start. This cannot be dono in n cold, routine sort of Way, but must be a warm-blooded, Inspiring ceremonial. Remember tho Eu ropean Is moro or less used to that Bort of thing and It has n peculiar appeal to him that is not to be overestimated. "America has murh to offer the alien. She offers freedom of religion, of politics, A LITTLE, FAMILY MATTER ,.,,,- of education, nnd to many she gives not only prosperity, but honor nnd distinction. This wns the inspiring lesson that: a 'number of new citizens learned recently nt nn im picssive ceremony in the Mnyor's office, when some of the foremost people of tin city not only welcomed them fittingly, but took them by the hntids and mode them feel thnt they were one of them. Edward Bok especially impressed them with his first hand experiences of the possibilities that the country offers the desirable alien. "As an actual part of the ceremonial itself should be a bense of law and order, obedience to constituted law and of group psychology. "We should change the naturalization laws of our couutry. not so that they will bring additional laxity, but that the re quirements may bo made higher. We should stir up and awaken the minds of our new citizens to preparation for citizenship. Schools nnd other agencies should give them n sense of the dignity nnd importance of Americanism nnd fill them with a wholesome desire to become citizens. "Americnnizntion should not be regnided in the spirit of a fid or n revival, but should be trented consistently and compre hensively. The ceremony of becoming n citizen ns a critical moment in the life of the nlien should be invested with us much dignity and iiiiprcssiveness as possible." Members of the Fur What's In a Name? Manufacturei s' Pro tective Association, meeting in this city, hnvc petitioned Con gressmen nnd Senators of Pennsylvania to use their inlluenco to bring about the repeal of lite 10 per cent tax on furs. Thev allege the skins arc not u luxury but a necessity. Their point may be well taken. A luxury Is a necessity that has had a college educa tion. A necessity Is a luxury to which we have grown accustomed. The Bureau of Agri Dlstillccl Hope culture has discovered In Manila nn excel lent substitute for wheat; but the fact leaves the Bibulous One cold. What he wants to read is that tho Bureau of Irriga tion linn discovered o good substitute for corn and rye. Southern made corn See? whisky can be had for S7 n quart in the capital, says a dispatch from Washington. Thnt does not necessarily uicun tliut there is a closed season on blind pigs and blind tigers. It may simply mean thnt blind hunters are necessarily poor shots. I wish, remarked Mr. Fixll, thai .steps could be taken to instruct dogs iu tone valuer. If the nnimuls could be taught to use their voices intelligently it would lie better for themselves ns well us for the Im munity they profess to love nnd serve. Canine Carusos would preserve their voices from strain. But did you ever know a dog thnt barked nt night to quit because of hoarseness? France wunls.to ent her pretzel and have it. A fable RED as a pigeon's blood, the sun dropped down . Between a mountain and a lute-bneked cloud, And horsemen slurs plunged through the Ulitrht'lllllj; irovtn Of dusk with jingling spurs, crying nloud: Storm! Storm! 'lhc hill gods chisel flint tonight!'' I hen dark swept nil the Iioimwuui on before if they were but ghosts of candle light Or shadows pusslue on n Nleennr'u a ' As And through the world grew strange i'm- nglnings, Built on the (error of the hill gods' Usl lowers i on the stuff of towers, kieK uoi; MngH ' Would crash through purple flume jn(o the dust. """ But one white bird there was would tint woo fear, " For he wns young nnd wiser than the sages l"B Who held Marchtlde the snfest of the ve-ir A rmviri who inrkn,l ,l, i..i . "' nges. ." '" ",,; "lauic of tin And when the. while bird How above the The storm clouds raced away like wide eyed sheep, """ And nil the i horecincii stars rode out nsnl,, JIMUM """.'" "' sous yawned and '..; to sleep, Thomas nornsby Pcrrlll, in the Denver . .?.. kil'.lJi. tt .. ?1 What Do You Knotv? s QUIZ 1. Who waa Franlclln K. Lane? 2. What is a blue pigeon? 3. Which State has produced the most Vie Presidents? i. For what pioneering work on economies wns Adam Smith, the Scotch philoso pher, celebrated? 5. What Is the literal meaning of tho busi ness abbreviation f. o. b.7 6. Whero arc tho Carpathian Mountains 7. Who was Dagon? 8. What Is a Koodoo? 9 Who was the Inst King of Poland? 10. What State has tho Spanish motto "Ore y plata"? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Tho aurora austrnlls Is tho luminous elec trical phenomenon of the Southern Hemisphere corresponding" to the au rora borenlls, or northern lights, of the Northern Hemisphere. 2. George Bernard Shiiw, the Irish play wright, wrote the pacifist comedy "Arms and the Mnn." 3. Alexander II. Stephens was Vice Presi dent of the Southern Confederacy. 4. The national colors of Germany nro blaok, red nnd gold. Tho commercial flag 1 black, wliito and red, with the notional colors In tha inner upper corner. 6 Queen Cleopatra of ligypt belonged to the Qreck family of the I'tolemlen. 6. Mingo is a mining town In West Virginia wiucn naa nccn tno scono of riotB ana disorders. 7 A macaque Is a short-tailed mdnkey found in the Orient. 8. Congruous means conformable, accordant 9. Benjamin Disraeli, the Urltlsh statesman, was nicknamed "Dizzy." 10. Tho original namo of tho city of Lo Angeles wns Pueblo de Nuestrn Senora la Itclna do los Angeles, which means Town of Our Lady, the Queen of thi Angels. President Millcrand Drop in Beef Prices has ruled that hence forth auto drivers on roads in France shall have privileges at least equal to livestock. Heretofore drivers had to pay sums equal to twice the value of stock killed entirely apart from where the blame should be placed. Henceforth owners of cat tle will have to exercise reasonable care. Things hnvc thus come to such a pass that It will be cheaper for a farmer to send a steer to the slaughter house when he wanti It killed. W h c n Humphrey The Jeer Tlutt Cuts Donnhue was paroled from the Eastern Penitentiary his comrades jeered, declarluj Unit he would be back ogolii in a few days. So when arrested for highway robbery he pleaded with the Court to send hlra to the County Prison instead of returning hlro to the pen. He feared the banter of his fel lows. Which seems to show that the fesr that innkes honest men of us is not the fear of ridicule, which more often makes for convention than for honesty. A Brooklyn roan, when told by Magistrate that he She May Have Excellent Reason must either return te his wlfu and treat her with respect or go to jail, said he preferred jail, as sho talked and talked and talked and he longed for solitude. Which, when you come to think of it, is a mighty menu trick to ploy on nny woman, Prof. E. B. Frost. Celestial Craps of the Yerkcs Ob r scrvntory, says the sun spots held responsible for reccut terres trial electrical disturbances cover nn area of 00,000 miles. There nre two now vislblo. We admit their vastuess, but Isn't Old Bel mukitig nn awful lot of fuss about throwing n deuce? A Woodbury, N J.. Not Prescription physician has fifteen , Snakes snnkes which faith fully work for bim by eating ihe grubs that would otherwise cat his tomato and cucumber plants. As he doesn't know where they came from, they were evidently not bom in a bottle. When Prof. Einstein Nerve 100 wns nsked a question from Edison's QUJ' tionuniic ho said he couldn't answer off hnnil nnd referred the questioner to a teit book. Wonder why some of Edison's victims didn't do that? It might have made a hit with the old man. Prohibition wilt nerer Footwear for tho bo successful until Straight und Narrow the bootlegger is suc ceeded by pumps. A it icvised edition of Bunion's "Pilgrims Progress" might phrase It: What boots it Hint a man Is well-heeled if ho lets a double distilled corn worry him? Wonder why somebody doesn't buy JJ (lag of respectable size for the Met all School? The llttlo bit of a thing on U lingo flagpole looks like a pontage stamp on u pick handle. "I t $ V l. M -! IJf ,." J -mrj-n.s.vA.i'd, .jfiiT " . ft'iAtjjtSjjSayy i
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