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All right) of republication of tttdal dispatches herein ore nlitn rerviA Philadelphia. TuftJ.r, Mr Ji. ii THE RIGHT NOTE FROM ITALY REPORTS from Itnly agree thnt the work of reconstruction in that country is being conducted in n spirit utrikiugly free from the bitternesses and old animosities inherited elsewhere from the world strife. This commendable nttitude of mind was reflected yesterday In the words of Vittorlo Rolando Iticci, the new Ambiinsmlor, in hi address at Independence Hall. "Without enmity to our former encmiei. without un due pretense and selfishness, both America and Italy." he declared, "ore ejdeavoring fo overcome the industrial and tindncial crisia resulting from the war." This is the language of true, forwawl looking statesmanship manfully cognizant of the justice of the cause for which America and Italy were associated in defense of civil ization and nt the same time regardful of future obligations. Italo-Ainericnn friendship contains ele ments of durability that nre exceptional. Of all the major nation's of Western lCurope. Italy is the onlj one with which tho United States hag not. nt some time in Its historj, been at war. The stabilizing fact is nn ex cellent basis for executing such a program devoted to intelligent and humane progress a that for which Signor Iticci stands. NATURE ENRAGED HOWBVEIl thoroughlj investigation of the remains of the Curtis-Eagle am bulance airplane may be conducted, it will be impossible to dissociate the most tragic disaster in the history of American avia tion from the uncontrollable forces of nature Perhaps, as Captain I)e I.averguc, air at tache of the French Embassy, maintains, the Eagle was badlj balanced. Nevertheless, this defect, if it existed, did not prevent the machine from making n successful flight for nearly two hours until the time, in fact, that the plane encountered an extraordina rily severe electrical storm. There arc many sea captains who aver tho largest and most powerfully built vessel ever constructed is no match for the heart of a West India hurricane. Their con tention is acknowledgment that in her mont savage mood nature Is unchallengeable. Mnn ts clever and able and ingenious and the engines which he has created are capable of combating natural forces which in times paBt have imperiled the rnce. Hut there are limits to the endurance of human handi work on the land, on the sea. in the air. It in Jolly to Ignore this truth because it 1h trite or to lldain its significance by ex cessive eulogy of the fruits of modem progress. Some of the Army Air Service officials have declared that there is no record of an airplane ever having been hit by lightning. In some instance, it mny be noted, death has a waj of obliterating records. The fact lh that the capacity of air raa chines to withstand the might of oertaiu terrific celctlal phenomena is Inrgely un known. Recognition of this mystery need not im ply that man Is afraid of nature. He has revealed his courage on occasions innu merable since the unending struggle began. It is not to be imagined that aviation will cease because a thunderstorm is vaguelj held responsible for the los of one airplane and seven lives. Abilitj to repel natural onslaughts will, however, be enhanced by scientific study and chastened appreciation of their fury. JEFFERSON'S MONUMENT WITHOIT disparaging in the least tlM present eminence ami the brilliant scholastic record of the University of Vir ginia, it may be said that the current ob servance of Its eutenary i in a significant sense a tribute to one man, Tliomin Jeffer son. The tomb on Monticello hillnde bears this inscription after tho name: "Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the statute of Virginia for le'lginus liberty and father of the Univcrsitj of Virginia." The spirit of paternal pride expressed is unmistakable. It hap been justified bv history. Few stntcmen of the past are honored with i nobler or more enduring monument than V.-gmia i hlef Institution of higher learning lu its rcntim of quiet, tolld growth it has spiritually evoked the .leffer sonian mood and the JefTcrsonian principles as consWteutlj as its gracious architertuie has preserved the charm of the original buildings deigned 1 the founder The respect and admiration of siter uni versities throughout the land nre the portion of this new acndemn centenarian. WOMEN IN THE DAY'S NEWS "A ''v;( sirl's ideal future," suys " ('ongreowoinau Robertson, "is a uisband and babies and n home of her Which is justification for the "charm school" In Chicujo'i V. W C A., one clnss at which hns just completed a four months' course in "trousseau suggestions and home management." And when all the girls have been taught to keep house and retalu the love of their nnsbands. other schools inn be established to tpach husbands how to treat their wives, how, for Instnnce, lo show appreciation of dinners they have cooked ami carments they wear. Not. of course, that a man dnchn't like Ills meals; it Is simply that he doesn't al ways say ho. Not thnt he does not show appreciation of feminine wii On the con- trary A skirt made of silken leaves worn over pink tights causes Paris, to minder wlint will happen wheu the wind blows. As though Pnris didn't know '. Rubber necks will get ttliiks, But' what n man loves to look at Is not WO" what be would admire on his wife. 3" " BBRlltul u . i-lLJh W r v .JiHsrasr JESE , - ft rinnr& i-wtng" m!TM iMWt, dent' liiiblica'tjon at the Unlveralty of wt ci)nsltt have wJvch in mind. They have been attacking (he. costumes vot cccd:. One ar ticle begins: "The dress or rather' the lack of dress of tho girls of today " It is easy to gucsa what follows. And, after all, thlugs nrev probably not half so bad as they seem. They seldom nre, The world baa been going to the dogs for centuries and it is still n pretty good old world. The women have been leading men to perdition nil that time and heaven is still abend. ! INTERNATIONAL LOOT IS STILL WINKED AT Until It la Universally Condemned There Will Continue to Be Trouble Over the Distribution of Coal and Other Necessities pOLONEI, HOUSE'S explanation of the cause of much of the unrest in the world serves merely to call attention to the continuance of the struggle of the Have nots to take what they wish from the Haves. Mr. Wllwin's former confidential adviser snys that the sore spots today are where there is dispute over coal and oil. The settlement of the Silesia question is com plicated by the desire of the Oermans to control the Rilcslnn coal fields. The coal in the Haar valley, nciw mined under the direction of the French nnd diverted In large part to France, once belonged en llrel to tho Oermans. They will not be content till fiicy got it back again. They took Alsace and Lorraine In 1870 because they wished the coal and iron there. If there had been no mineral wealth Frunce might have kept these provinces forever so far as the Oermans would have cared. Xow Franco has got the provinces back again, as a result of the wnr, but she has not forgiven Germany for destroying the mines in northeastern France The hunger for coal is irritating thoe peoples who have not ns much of it as they wish. As oil is now coining into general use as a supplementary fuel, there Is rivalrv for the oil fields. This is why the Mesopotamian mandate to Oreat Hritain is causing dis satisfaction, and it 's why there Is trouble in Mexico, and it is why the nations out side of Russia are read to do anything which will tnke from the Bolshevists control of the Baku oil fields. If the world were wholly civilized its material supplies would be open to all men on equal terms, the provocation for wars would cease, and disarmament would become more than the longing of men who dream of the establishment of equity by mutual con sent. Hut from the time when the first hungry mnn smnshrd his neighbor on the head with a club and made his dinner on what the other had prepared, men have gone after what they have wanted, wherever it wus, and have taken it There have been times when they have misjndzed the ability of the other men to defend their possessions and have had their labor for their pains. Rut one defeat has not prevented them from making a second attempt There came n time when it was found to be expedient for men living together to rpcogulse the right of private property. Community life wns not possible otherwise One hunter said to another, "I will not stent your bow. or your club if you will not steal mine." Then they could leave their shelter with the oertnint of finding their weapons there when they returned. But nntlons do not yet recognize the property right of other nations What is now. and has long been, regarded as a crime in the individual is still regarded as a virtue in a nation. Many of the grent men of history have been the leaders of national marauding expeditions Into the territory of other nations. Alexander and Caesar and Napoleon were men who planned to rob the rest of the world of what they thought their own notions could make ue of The great British admirals of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were little better than pirates. They raided the commerce of the seas In- order to enrich their own country. In the tlmvH when coal wns not needed for manufacturing industries and for machine-driven vesels the imrRiiit of gold led to many wars of conquest The political leaders sometimes sought to justify their raiding expeditions, but the Justification was merely n pretext Oilbert Murray, in commenting on the Greek story of Oedipus, bos stated the case with his usual precision. "Unnatural nffcetion. child -murder, father murder, incest, a great deal of hereditary cursing, a double frnticlde. and a viola tion of the sanctity of dead bodies when one reads." bays Murray, "such a list of charges brought against any tribe or people, whether In ancient or in modern times, one can hardly help concluding that somebody wanted to annex their land." No nation hungry for the termor of another has ever lacked an excuse They have all found reasons for doing wlmt they wanted to do. and equally good reasons for refraining from doing what they did not wont to do. The reasons in each case have usually been framed without unv regard to the essential justice of the course pursued. We flatter ourselves thnt the United Rtntes Is an exception Hut when Napoleon stole Louisiana territory from Spain, and began to be fearful of his ability to keep it, he found n willing purchaser of his loot In the person of Thomas Jefferson, acting for this country. Anil .lellerson Had to abandon his own theory of his constitutional powers in order to make the purchase. Human nature remained the same even nfter men bad crossed the great ocean to this new con tinent It has been tuggested that there should be an international understanding for regu lutlng nci;esK to the fuel supph of the world Such an understanding cannot be reached until there is n disposition to re spect the property rights of notions that Is as compelling ns the disposition to re spect the property rights of individuals That will not come until it is agreed by the common opinion of mankind that looting by nations Is nn intolerable offense When thnt time comes the mnttT will adjust it self Until that time comes the IJnve-nots will tnke from the Haves whatever thev wish, provided they are strong enough to get ii) with if A FARMERS' TRUST THE evident purpose of the organisation of fnnners. which has mi announced the clmitering of a subsidiary corporation with $100,000,000 capital, is to control the marketing of grain anil other foods In order to secure a better price for the pro du ers If the members of the organization were manufacturers of hose, or automobiles, or clothing, or steel, or sugar thev would Is amenable to the laws nenlht conspiracies in restraint of trade But the unit trust laws explicitly exclude from their penalties all organizations of farmers and nil organi zations of workers It is nn odenfe for a group of manufacturing corporations to unite in order to Increase the profits of the members, hut the fnrmerR nnd the working men are allowed to enter into anv combina tion which please them. The nntj-trust laws were passed nt the demand, largely, of the farmers Thc ob jected to the manipulation of the prices of the things which they had to buy. Thev lirewntcd the rnllroads from combining. Tbi' made It n crime for the manufacturers of ngricii'lnral machinery to make agree, moots with one another. They are just wsBesm WoW dema'hdlnjt that' tfce mei cke WttitM T" m puj unoer tuc regulation oi mo govern ment so thnt the cattle growers may get, 'a bettor, price for their cattle. No one objects to a fair price for what the farmers raise. If' their, combination is conducted in such n why as tb equalize the distribution of food without raising' the price to tho consumer there will be little It any popular objection to It. It is ndmlttcd on all hands that there nre certain advantages to be derived from combination. Already the anti-trust laws directed ngnlnst manufacturing cor porations have been relaxed so na to per mit any group of manufacturers to combine for economies In the export trade. It is recognized that the United States cannot compete with foreign combinations Unless we meet them by their own methods, The final effect of the farmers' combination may be to bring about a demand for a modifica tion of the laws in such a way ns to per mit all producers to do whnt the farmers mny now do whether those producers are engaged in the export trade or not. On the other hand. It may be thnt the farmers will be so greedy that there will be on Irresistible demand thnt the anti-trust lnws forbid nil combinations, by whomever entered into, thnt result in agreements to fix prices nnd restrain trade. It all depends on the way the experiment works. AMERICAN LETTERS, 1920 TJRIK awards are Invariably provocn- tivc of criticism and dissent, and there will, of course, be voices raised to dispute the findings of Columbia University juries regarding the best native accomplishments, of 10120 in various fields, including those of art, music, journalism, economics nnd literature. The last-named is in particular n province concerning which most persons of nvcrage education entertain fairly definite opinions. Individualism runs high. The ordinary reader of n novel ts usually assured of his competence to pass upon its merits and the ordinary spectator of his fitness to npprnlsc a play. Of more than ncademic Interest, there fore, is the announcement that prize honors from Columbia hnve gone to Edward W, Bok for intimate, stimulating nnd breezy autobiography. "The Americanization of Edward Bok": to Edith Wharton for her novel, "The Age of Innocence" ; to Zona Gnle for her piny. "Miss Lulu Bett." nnd to Admiral Sims for his contribution to world wnr history, "The Victory at Sea." While it is inevitable that sins of omis sion will be promptly pointed out by numer ous self-constituted judges, even these, if they are at all reasonable, can scarcely deny the absolute merits of this list Mr. Bok's performance, although Imltn tivc of Henry Adams in the adoption of the Cnesarinn style of speaking in the third per son. Is not otherwise a competitor with the now famous "Education" and its rarefied Intellectuality. He has told a fascinating life story with much skill and easy charm. Admiral. Sims hns not ouly displayed ad mirable qualities as a chronicler, but he lias lucidly revealed a page of history in which most Americans thus far are not deeply versed. Omnivorous novel renders, nnd even tho less exhaustive absorbers of current fiction, may wonder at the neglect of that bulky and much-discussed volume. "Main Street." Were it necessary for the Columbia prize jury to justify itself, however, its, nnswers would probably be that while Sinclair Lewis' voluminous tale is photographic and in a sense elaborately true, it is n one-sided picture savoring of specinl insistence upon a special point. "The Age of Innocence ' is notably a balanced performance, vivid, clear and en tertaining, without the least surrender to fashionable gloom or tawdry sensational ism. Barring some nnnchronlsms that are surprising, one of the most eminent of American writers has faithfully and with fine spiritual sincerity depleted the native manners and customs of the seventies nnd the reactions of these conditions upon her well-drawn characters. If there is much less delicacy of art in Miss Gale's achievement, "Miss Lulu Bett." the little comedy adapted from the tale of the same title excels In emphasis of por traiture and in a truly remarkable grasp of American character values. Informed by a keen sense of humor nnd satire which Is no less trenchant in being kept within the bounds of moderation. Perhaps its most formidable rival upon the New York stngo this season was "The First Tear." Frank Craven's realistically farcical presentation of marital pioneers. It is encoui aging to observe that none of the four works selected for special laurels is so vainly pretentious that It lacks the vital spark of interest nnd thnt the tone of all, without the least trace of the saccharine, is wholesome and sane. The quartet is tiu questionnbl n credit to American letters. After having made laying t lie acknowledgment o f Ghosts the debt we owe to those who laid down their lives for us. said acknowledgment being nccompanied by a glimmer' of the fact that we owo something to the young men still olive who sacrificed their health for us, we may now proceed to forget them all for an other year Dempsey and Bergdoll will now resume position in the spotlight The Knox resolution shows evidences of hard knocks Our cemeteries provide a memory course In patriotism. Aren't we all slackers while disabled soldiers suffer from want or neglect? And now we're nil set for June brldeA, Juue bugs. June roses nnd June graduates. The poppy having had Its, day. New York has decided to devote the Fourth of July to hops. The War Department novelist can't complain of the nniount of publicity his book is getting. We uole from the latest plan of the Allies that Tom Tiddler lias put in u claim for purt of Upper Silent There is something fishy about the trial of German war criminals; something red herrlr.g-y. as It were The tragedy at Burlington causes one to wonder why It Is necessary for an excursion train to run seventy or eight miles an hour. If a Boston man as is alleged, ad vanced the Einstein theory fifteen cars ago, the town has suffered the unsuspected lnck of h competent press ngent. Bouck White's aversion to fighting Is now alleged to be confined to coses where men arc opponents that where a woman may be swatted, the case is entirely different. Memorial Dn speeches the country over eem to indicate that Colonel Harvey didn't know what he wo talking about when he mill w'e got into the war because we were afraid not to fight As the result of the coal strike. I.on doners are alleged to have made the ac quaintance of the sun Persistent ontimists ore now singing a revised version of nn old song : ... Cheer up. though the strike's made you groggy I Smoke up. though the devils to pay I Tomorrow the day may ho foggy. Although the sun's shining today! JLifcH?JBH '; A cHrtR oVAsf k V- Why Americana Are the Qrcatoai Waatera In tho World Enormous Sums Lost Dally lh Pood and To- bacco Changing Fashion's Deoreea By GEORGE NOX McOAIN AN ENGLISH millionaire manufacturer of mustard once remarked that he made his fortune out of 'the mustard that the people had not eaten. y A large "part of thla universal condiment of the home nnd the hotel, when permitted to stnnd nftcr preparation, dries up, turns black in the container nnd is thrown away. It was tho constant replenishing of the. mustard thus wanted thnt built the fortune of the Englishman. Many articles of dally use. particularly in food, nre today making money for their manufacturers for tho some reason. The American people are thcyinost prodi gal wasters In the world. Some food Is carelessly prepared nnd thrown nwar ns unfit for use. More of it in permitted to spoil or deteriorate. The' great bulk of the loss finds its way to the garbage can ns scraps and kitchen rem nants. Careful Investigation bv the Fjiod Ad ministration in Philadelphia during the wnr confirmed this fact. It wns pointed out nt the time as n crimi nal destruction of food supplies. The money valuu of nil the foods spoiled or thrown nwny in this country in one month would save the life of every starving soul in the famine districts in China nnd restore it to vigorous health. PENNSYLVANIA'S bill for wasted to bacco exceeds $50,000 a day. This Includes partly consumed cigars, cigarettes and smolcing tobneco. Few men, particularly business nnd pro fessional men, burn a cigar to tho end. This extravagance was utilized in unique fashion in this city some years ago. There were Bmall reclamation shops where half burned' cigars or "stumps and buttB11 col lected by old men nnd boys from the streets were bought nt so much per pound. , They were trimmed of their blnckc'ned edges, treated to various' baths nnd dope and the wrappers shredded nnd re-made Into a chenp grade of cigarettes. The "fill ers" were minced, or dried and crumbled, nnd converted into a doubtful kind of filler for pipes. The tobacco scavengers have about dis appeared from the streets. Now nnd then n dowu-ond-outer, or sonic hopclesB and hbmeless vagrant, muy be seen pouncing hawk-like on a half-consumed cigar lying neur the curb. IT IS estimated that the dally waste in half-burned cigarettes in this Stnte amounts to $10,000. This largely represents the cigarette thnt is lighted for a moment, the smoke inhaled a couple of times, after which it 1b shot into the street with u snap of tho finger. One-third of the 3,500,000 cigarettes dolly rctulled in prosperous times in Penn sylvanlmare thus wasted. The higher the ratio of non -employment the lower the rntlo of this improvident de struction of tobacco. The returned veteran from overicns is the most careful and conscientious cigarette smoker. He learned ccouomy of "fags" through his experience on the other side. The fellow with the snfTron-stalned fingers is the real economist though. He smokes 'era till there Is nothing left. Hence the stained fingers, the sign man ual of the goddess Nicotine. FiRM nnd gnrden products form the greatest item In our national bill of reckless improvidence. I know personally of hundreds of bushels of fruit that were permitted to rot on the ground lust summer nnd autumn for lack of adequate transportation facilities and in telligent distribution. It is not so much nn over-supply of any one crop as it is of careless nnd unstudied placing of the product to avoid glutting of markets nnd discouraging loss to the pro ducer. Surgery, chemical research, aviation and war armaments have made marvelous strides In the last decade in tills country. The science of domestic economy ns ap plied to the prevention of waste has about remained nt a standstill. HERE is another slant to this question of waste. At a meeting of economists recently one of the speakers claimed that the constantly changing fashions In the clothing of men and women entniled millions of useless ex penditure That every year measureless quantities of perfectly good clothes were cast aside be cause some quip of fnsbion ordained the use of a little more or a little less cloth or drapery, the change of a curve, the addition of n button, a flounce, or a bit of lace. That particular economist evidently had not analyzed his subject. WHAT might be termed waste as a result of the whims of the goddess of fashion is not waste in the sense emplojed of food products. Clothes cast aside on the caprice if -t!e arc not lost. They simply enter a new field of usefulness. They become u marketable commodity. They pass from hand to hand for a price. Somebody is benefited in every transaction. Somebody's vnnltv Is tickled In the pos session of good clothes but little the worse for wear, obtained nt n fraction of their original cost. In the lost analysis these victims of fash Ion's frown may do n world of good after runnlnc the gamut of the social scale. They may clothe the innocent victims of fire, flood, earthquake, famine or war in some distant land As an expression of a charity that might otherwise go unexpressed they may accom plish great good. I ONCE had n rare experience which car ried u never-to-be-forgotten lesson. I traveled for days in the company of one of the wealthiest men in this Stnte. It was during n political campaign In which we were members of a State-wide campaigning party As is usually the case, the members, being congenlnl souls, became chummy and Intimate A member of the coterie, now one of the most distinguished jurists in the Common wealth, nppeared one night In a brand-new fashionable suit of clothes. He was the sub ject of good-natured ralller He was assailed as a dude. By common consent he was requested to explain what he meant by thus distinguishing himself from the common herd of campaigners. Why try to put on 'Mugs" nmong friends? NEXT day in a country "carryall" en route to a district meeting the subject of clothing became uppermost. Questions of how long one should wear a suit of clothes, how best to take rare of them nnd how far a business man should go in yielding to prevailing fashion, were dis cussed. Turning to me the gentleman in question, who despite his wealth und position was alwnifi quietly attired ns to cut and color, inquired : "How long have you been wearing that suit?" As I recall, my answer wns. "About nine months." Then he shot nnother ques tion nt me "How long do you suppose I have been wearing this suit?" and he plucked at his trouser leg. "Oh, about two or three months. Then he laughed gleefully. "I've worn this suit now for four ears. Not every day. of course. I take good care of my clothes. 1 hae them carefully pressed nnd hung, for I find thnt my clnths last twice ns long if they nre kept lu shape " The gentleman s name id one of the most familiar to the people of Philadelphia. An Anglo-.Innanese nllinnce that would meet with general favor would be a simple ngreement to Join Uncle Sam In disarmament proceedings. ' H. v " f P -'V', , y"i . ii i f ill- tij'AR.rs -3 - .- 'J ' ' if' ajM JwT Tj 4 W aiICBlaBataBBFa tfa aa''hBBk' .A S1jBBywt C1sJjfsB1pf SaMM.a1SaWBBs '1 NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best JAMES J. SKELLY On Amateur. Theatricals A MATEUR thentrlcals ns a menus of cul ture, enjoyment and of widening one s acquaintance with worth-while people, arc under-appreciated, believes James J. bkcl ly. one of Philadelphia's leading directors and conches of benefit performances. Often they present the open sesame to a real career, ho believes, and nt least they serve to reudjust some people's opinions of their own tnle4s. , , , "Poise, ?sinc8H of diction, vocabulary, all come with tnking pnrt in such perform ances." declares Mr. Skelly. "Many n man and woman have I sent to the dictionary over a word which, while not out of the ordinary, wns simply one which he or she had never come across. "Something of the best In literature, in appreciation of music and of the graphic arts is often reflected in the lines of a play, and through this secondary contact both young nnd old arc frequently stimu lated to widen their horizons. "There is nothing like a play with a punch to foice us out of the rut; nnd if ns actors, ninateur or professional, we enter into the viewpoint of men or women of a different realm, we nre driven to u new per spective, compelled to loosen new joints in our mental processes. Careers Started Here "Associations formed in amateur thentrl cals here in Philadelphia have proved very valuable in later life to many oung men nnd women. They have met people of cali ber who have been able to help them so dolly and professionally. And careers have come to more than one. In connection with the Ocrinantown Amateur Theatrical So ciety I recall May Cody, who ns Maude Gilbert is making good on the stage; also Marv Kennevun, who, under the name of Mary Carr. is making a success on the sci cen. "Development Is Incidental, alwajs, to the appearunce of real talent lu nmnteur thentrlcals, providing interest is maintained in them from year to year Six jears ago Miss Madeleine Borthmoier had only to walk across the stage in a play being given by the Phllopatriau players In their forth coming production, the twenty-ninth annual affair, she has one of the principal parts. Thirteen years ago Florence Rlttenhouse became nnd still is a lending lady, and for five or six jenrs now has played leads In stock as the result of the logical develop ment of her unmistakable talent. She wns one of the most accurate, understanding readers I ever saw. "The history of amateur theatricals ns I have been IdentHJcd with them began thirty five years ago. The especial activities of vnrious Komnn Catholic societies then cen tered on church plnys of a limited scope. About that time the Enterprise, which be came the established jniing men's society of Germnntown, came Into existence. A little Inter they produced "The Chaperone. which called tor seven scenes In one act ; 'The Celebrated Case ' 'The Banker's Dnughter,' "Hazel Klrke,' 'Richelieu' and the like. Professional Actors Aid "Of course1, although we have made use of actors of real worth, such ns J. 11. Rob ert. Frank Bangs, Johu Jnck and Morris Hepner, In producing these plnjs, we have alwas had to adhere to lines less liberal thnn those of the public stage, to make Checking Up THE poet loved at divers times Sundr fair molds and told them. He bared his soul in deathless rhymes And to the world he sold them. lie wed a lass. A poem paid The fee of squire who joined them. The joys of marringe he arrayed In lilting songs and coined them. He had o lot of girls nnd boys. He loved them, taught them, thrnshed them. He chronicled their woes and jos In cheerful Iuh and cashed them. His virtues blue, his vices red To all he made confesstou. "While money talks," the poet said. "Win should I lack expression?" O. A. The day has not yet Sky-High arrived when air riding Romance has becomo common place, as the Indian llend disaster has demonstrated. It is not the danger of aviation that gives it thrills; danger nifd death are themselves ordinary enough; it is the thing unknown thnt will continue to nttrnct the adventurous; as, for Instance, the uirhnnk thnt one mny bump into without previously suspecting Its presence or the riocket of nothingness Into which one may drop. Tired souls will for some .irors to come prefer more prosaic, tide alt u. A""' trips for u uuartcr. wmswwwm iVV i JW v Vj-rf1 .1 A 8ure that no unwholesome taint might creep into the presentation. Our plays, before being produced, nre usually read by a nun. "But they hnve proved a powerful factor for maintaining interest nmong tbosc actu ally qualified for such work, and splendid aid has been rendered to vnrious charitable causes, such ns the House of the Good Shepherd, which will receive Hb twenty ninth benefit this year from the Phllopn trlan players. "Thus the good ends will have been served : n more or less liberal training of real talent, "giving it n chance to broaden nnil deepen, and a renewal of Interest, as well as a direct financial benefit to worthy causes." HUMANISMS By WILLIAM ATHERTON I)U PUY MISS ALICE M. ROBERTSON, Con grcsswoman from Oklahoma, is ingra tiating herself with her fellow members. There is -nothing flighty or frivolous about her. She is rturdy missionary stock; is plain, straightforward and given to com mon sense statement of the facts and a quizzical humor. "He serves his party best who serves his country best," is a germ of philosophy which she is fond of emphasizing. When party leaders came to her in Ok Inhomn and suggested that she run for Congress, she snys, she took tho matter un der advisement. Then she went nnd con sulted three men about it but nn women. If. she snys, nny good mnn had been ns insistent thnt she marry him ns these men were that she run for Congress, she would not have been there todny. "I owe my success to Napoleon." said Senator Bert M. Fernnld. of Maine. "Na poleon had his own method of getting results and those methods hnve resounded down through tho decades much to the benefit of succeeding generations. "Napoleon offered a cash reward to the man who would discover n substitute for cane for making sugar, a substitute that could be grown In France. The sugar beet was. the result. Napoleon offered n prize of $2-100 to nny man who would discover a way of preserving food for his soldiers and a man named Appert developed the prbcess of heating them nnd sealing them In cans. "I was n poor boy on n farm in Maine, but. back In lr.8(l. I borrowed $1000 from u mnlden aunt and began canning corn. The business prospered until now we put up half a million cans every fall. For twenty enrs I traveled during January and Feb ruary and sold corn. The corn of the Maine fnriner, thanks to Napoleon and my maiden aunt, is now eaten in evcrv State In the Union." The steps of the State Depnttinent on the White House side run up for a long (light, and while wo stood there nnd gossiped in the sun n man came hurrying out of the base ment entranco below nnd bustled nlong the roadv.-ay followed by the trucks that deliver supplies. It wns Secretary Hughes going over for n conference with the President. We noted his dark business suit, some what wrinkled from service; the soft lint incliped to slouch, the comfortable laced shoes. They looked like a business man's working clothes. Wo took In the stature of this man in middle life. Five feet ten we guessed him. A big man from the European standpoint. He wus also n solid mini about the shoulders, n muii of bulk. He swung nlong in the confidence of good health, the joy of physical well-being. There was a great forward sweep In the very wnv of him. "Looks to me like n real American " said my companion. ' Senator Halph Cameron sns that things are changing down in Arl.onn where he comes from. Despite the, dry and arid repii tation of that Stnte they nre actually herd ing cattle in motorbonts down there now. The Reclamation Servjce, you will re member, put the Roosevelt I)om across n canyon and created n lake fifty mlpK long It was right in the heart of the cattle coun try and the arms of It backed up into many cnn.vons. The ranch owners found it convenient to go from place to place in motor boals They would carry the salt for their cattle around and In this way distribute it. 'j'lin cattle came to know thnt they were to get salt when the inntorboot came, so now thev listen for It nnd when they hear its stut tering put-put-piit thi'M turn their (nils gracefully over their backs mid gallop down to the wnter's edge. D'AniiunzIo savs he has abandoned polities nnd will devote him- Spotlight Necessary . , , . , ' entirely to his art. Ah the spectacular Is vital to his existence we suspect that always will his art be true to pol. ft . . . . ' V. .1 IfC; Tr i -., A ' I What Do You Know? J QUIZ 1. Who was Theodore O'Hnra? 2. Whnt was tho moa? 3. What United States naval vessel db nppeared without leaving a trstal during- me worm war? 4. "What Is a mob cap and why Is It IJj caueri r 6. What was Pride's Purgo? 6. Who wero tho Moablles and where did tney uvev 7. Who wrote "Tho Now Pilgrim's Prog ress"? ,j 8. Which word Is In better standing, pre ventive or preveniaiivof 9. Who wns Nestor? , 10. What Is meant by God's acre? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Benjamin TUlmnn. long United Statu Senator from South Carolina, nt nicknamed "Pitchfork Ben." fci 2. A pilaster is n rectangular column, erpe? dally one engaged In a wall. f 3. Daniel Webster died in 185!. .J 1. Woodrow Wilson was Governor of New Jersey at tho time of his election to the presidency 5. John Sebastian Bach, a celebrated Ger mnn composer, wns one of the ploneeri ot modern music. His dates are 16J5. 1760. 6. Sydney Is tho largest city of Australia, with nn estimated population In Itll of 764.000. S 7. Princess Matolka, or Matoaka, was tlii title dv winch t'ocahontas, the Amen- can Indian bride of John Kolfe, wai known when she went to England In 1616. a 8. Henry Fielding, the elghtecnth-centory English novelist, wrote 'Tom Jones,, J. Nentune revolves In an orbit more distant from tho sun thnn any other plaart In tho aolar system. 3 10. Poison una was first used In the World Wll. K. IV.. P A OWI A .. u In IQIt ' ITIU ' .IIO UGIIIIUIIB 1.1 tfAUt . 1t As They Tell 'Em on the Pacific Coaiti From the Vancouer Province. , When It blows nt Victoria il really blows! We .ire solemnly assured that a eolfer it Colwood drove off in the teeth of the tl nnd the wind was so strong that it blew the ball back and it struck him on tbe nose. lie holed out in one. Uolffri it Mncnulay Point were unable to get beioni the second Ijole and fcome were unable to ttj ou at an. ? After You, Alphonse Prom the Wanhlnclon Star. It is upon decrease in the high cost d living thnt the possibility of palnlees wip reduction largely depends. Aud it is upos ilecreiiue nf nrrutucnon nrlce thnt the redUCi tion of H. 0. L. must be based. In the W irame of economics the imcstlou of who) move it is figures importantly. Ualnlnn ha Mniiafnn Prnhlem iipiiiu .ii . ,--.r.u . . . HVnm tht llnatnn nlnbp. Now thnt the exchange alue of 20.W irmctnti slnvtnt riihlau tu nne American del' Im. nn.l trn.Ii 1.IH1 ttltunlfl in lint forblddtt by the State Department, why not import enough Russian Soviet rubles to mske W nnil oriirlnnl nnner for n room? i A Pastime for Dr. Sawyer H I'rnm tho Ohio State Journal. We suppose Brigadier General C. E. S; er, of Marion, O.. will have a pretty tf time down there in Washington rfcall the old days at West Point with the ctli reenlur nrmv men WHO Have urBa-iuv- tliere. Wisdom Sum thti Atthtar.n (lloht. Every man makes n fool of himself oceljl sionnlly.vbut the wise ones are tlmsf "! don't make mistakes as otien as in .-, Man's Dark Days from thu Horn aril. Knn,. Cuuranl A siiincndn' Every man hns dnja when i Insist on getting twisted and his socks ij coming down A Metropolitan Requisite l'rnm the Seattle I'tisi-IntallllHi'ir buiidim Vmv Hint Seattle ins its own scandal It casts a glance of dnin nt New York. scorntui "' Kansas Home Drew i From the Atchlnon Olohe. It also comes to our ears that one l"V s blnstlnc out stumps with the corn " in mntln litis nnrlnp. faro" i he made this spring. A HYMN OF HATE HATE the sound of war, the clang forging ItH weapons. jj hate tho blnre of trumpets ralUM .v legions to slaughter: ,nr,rtM hate the about of triumph ringing or Vj bodies nt men; , bate the glory of -loniliTJ. W , others before them, renplW' , SOWlllg; kllnalK I lmte the slelit of the innltnrn, un- - the helpless; .....ninfei I bate the lo is desolation, the f'P'"' ----- : . - ar niiiuirrui "!?,uw:.: , ; isfif And , more uiau ...... ,.,. V more than nil. I hate ''"""" 7 'V pica who foster the '""''"rWorWI ilf, Seitz, In the New orU" - Do i lunuBWj IV J fit .. .I4fftJ';M. ... - i - -' srftft -.,'m , . , , tiniv:ojf' JwQgE 9miitA naaaaMaaaaW rVwHaalll.
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