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All rights of republication of special dfjpnfcJiej herein nrfi nlnn rrved. rhitidtlpbli, Thurldit. Jane 16. PCI CENTRAL MARKET NEEDS THE seriousness of the food -dlstribut ion situation In Philadelphia is emphasized by the magnitude of a suggested reform. Tho municipality has been considering the rection or acquisition of two or three products piers, but at rt meeting of farmers, produce dealers, city officials and cousumers, called by Director Sproulc the other dny. this remedy was branded as an impractical makeshift. Edward T. Butterworth urged the con struction of a great central market, with a eold-storage plant and facilities for COO freight ear. He fixed the probable cost of the undertaking at ?."0,000,000 or ftJO.OOO.OOO. The proposal is certainly far from modest, and yet it Is well to keep in mind that a metropolis the size of Philadelphia is justi fied in large-scale planning. Petty improve ments when summed up are often more costly than enterprises conceived on gen erous lines. Clumsy and archaic processes of distribu ' tion within the city itself have long militated against the reduction of food price. The Belt Lino is theoretically beneficial, but antiquated methods and a wilderness of technical underbrush have produced a num ber of costly nbsurdities. It was brought out nt the meeting that produce cars are sometimes shipped from Delaware avenue to Thirtieth and Market streets, the present central distributing poiut. bu irny nt It'i. miiigtnn. The proposed central market, covering eight or ten city blocks extending back from the river front, would be part of a great modern terminal scheme suitable to the rapidly growing needs of the community ' IJven though the execution of this compre hensive idea is delayed for some years, it will do no harm to be boldlv appreciative of its merits. Meanwhile, any increase in the adapta bility of the Belt Line to present -da v condi tions will bespeak the sort of initiative with out which the rentral market program be comes a mere figment of the imagination A DOCUMENT WORTH READING SUPERINTENDENT IUIDO.ME'S ado cacy of the celebration of Constitution Day next September 17 in the schools might be profitably expanded. kJInrrin? the Treaty of Versailles anil the covenant of the League of Nations, there is probably no document in existence concern ing which more talk is spilled on less ac quaintance limn the Federal instrument of the American Government. Some jears ago these, conditions did no prevail. Hut the verbatim tudv of the Constitution fell under the ban of modern educutors who dc ricd "parrot learning" It was enough, they maintained, to Know where fucts could be found. Anvthing more was medieval pedantry. The theorv is fascinating. Unfortunately. there its charm ends. Vast numbers of Americans of approved and advertised per centage ore densely ignorant of the consti tutional provisions, a fact which mav in part account for their obliquity V)ith regard to that discussed unity of world responsi bilities which is in a sense a sequel to an idea first developed on this continent Exponents of the last word in iadicalim form another group of stranscrs to the fun damental charter of our liberties. When perused, thii l,'10- ear-old pact i- an effec tive and singulnrlv lucid answer to the ultra-modernist. Dr. Broome entertain" the right thought in commending the Constitution to the stIioo! children. FOR RATES APPLY THE popularity of Sing Sing l'risjn wli be considerably enhnnced v the most recent storv turned out In the pi ess agent of that well-known resort. It seems that one of the prisoners while fishing through the bars of the prison Innded n carp so large that a guard had to open the gate so that it could be landed. We under stand (though the fact is not mentioned in the dispatch) thnt the other prisoners have since been calling the lucky fisherman Dempsey. Far be it from us to boost anv resort unduly or to seem to give preference to one place over another. We merely point out o local thieves, grafters, confidence men and thugs that they might well consider the advisability of changing their residence to New York. Wc have nothing in the State in the way of n penal institution that can begin to compare as n lure for Izaak W'al- Ions with the big summer colony on the banks of the nudson. HE'LL TELL THE WORLD I A BOSTON dispatch sa)s that a woman in Milton, .Mass., is convinced that she has icccived a. spirit message from Prof. Williurn .fames. He told her truthfully that he was not her husband, but that he, who thought he, knew a lot while he was on earth, had learned a little which he now wlwbed to im part to the world through her. Ho has not yet sent any message of ini Xiortauoe, but the ladv is hopeful. The presumption Is that he is trying Ji'adly to get her number and the henvenlj exchange is telling him that the Hue is busy. No more dismal conception of a future tlnlo ever has occupied the ininil of man. KEEPING FAITH WITH THE WEAK THE promise of moving dm in Sunto Do mingo, outlined iu a proclamation issued ill the capital of the West Indian republic lij' Iho military governor. Hear Admiral Jtoblsoti, Is explicit and iiiNpirliig Amerl rnu evacuation within eight months is liledgfd, Tho terms are orderh elections, observance of the Dominican Constitution, ratification of the occupying (iHveriinient'jj r.cts and loan validations. There i every reason to believe that these cf tulltlpna will ho met nni that an admirable .ir.r)!f r Jn the. development of tie democratic Idea iu the western world will be brought to nn nuspit'loii8 close. With n perversity that is perhaps char acteristic of the human raceimcricans arc prone to celebrate achievements of question able value in preference to those which, it less spectncular, are fundamentally sound. There Is n fine ethical principle animating our wardship of Santo Domingo. The little republic, long so turbulent, has been re stored to order and given a new start. There have been and perhaps still are governments capable of capitalizing unsettled conditions iu weak neighboring nntlons as n pretext for establishing permanent control. The reversal of this procedure bv the t'nited States Is stimulating. THE SANCTITY OF JOBS THREATENED BY HARDING The President Can't Carry His Plans of Reorganization Against the Objec tions of Spoilsmen Unless the Voters Back Him Up THE country will soon know whether President Harding is stronger than the Members) of the permanent force in the executive departments. On Monday he made public his request to Wnlter V. Brown, chairman of the Con gressional Joint Committee of Reorganiza tion, that n bill be drafted rearranging the tiovcriitnent bureaus to secure greater etli riencj. At the same time he gave out the invitation of Mr. Brown to him and to the members of the Cabinet to furnish the com mittee detailed suggestions for such re arrangement of bureaus as seemed best to them. Then something must have happened, for on the next day the I'resident announced through the newspaper correspondents that any bureau head or any member of a com mission who sought to block the reorganiza tion would be summarily dismissed. Every self- respecting man would have made the same announcement under similar circumstances. Mr. Harding is the head of the Government. The responsibility for the conduct of executive business rests upon him. Tens of thousands of his subordinates, ap pointed directly by him or by proxy through the members of the Cabinet, bold office on good behavior. An attempt to obstruct the purposes of the President is sufficient cause for summary dismissal of tho guilty office holder. There caif be no two opinions about this. Yet it is intimated from Washington that certain men. fearful that their jobs will be abolished by the reorganization of the ex ecutive departments, have begun to organize n protest from their friends in their home States, anil these friends are flooding the mail of Congressmen with letters demand ing that nothing be done to disturb the job or the officeholder. At best it will he difficult for the Presi dent to onrr out his plan, because the machinery of (ioernment has been running in deep ruts for jears, and the men con nected with it object to any change. Many of them hold office by grace of the political leadern in their home districts. The first instinct of the man whose job is threatened is to appeal for protection to his political lender, nnd the first instinct of the political leader is to gie that piotection. If he cannot take care of the men for whom he has got jobs his own political power is menaced. Nothing short of heroic measures can break down the opposition to change. How ever much any Congressman may commend the proposeil reform u a general proposition, every Congressman is Iil;cl to object to any reform which will legislate out of otlice any of his proteges. If two or three obstiuc tionists could be dismissed nt once, the ta.sk of the President would he easier. Mr. Harding has taken especial paips to make it clear that he welcomes criticism of the reorganization plans, but the criui'Mii must he made in good faith. No oflii in! who can gie sound reasons against abolishing anj bureau or against its consolidation witu other bureaus need fear the wrath of the President. The experts in the various de partments ought l be nble to assist in tin work if they can ignoie their own private interests and give their whole attention to devising plans which will sine waste and expedite public business il is a mistake to suppose that the president has gagged any official who in seeking to co-operate with him. It is notorious that there is not nn ex ecutive department whicji does not in some respects duplicate the work of some other department. Congress has created bureaus and commissions and has assigned them to one department or another without any clear understanding of the relation of the depart ment to the work to be done. It is years since there has been nnv serious attempt at reorganization. When the Department of Commerce and Labor was created, certain bureaus from other departments were transferred to it, and when this ih-pai trreut was divided there was another readjustment. lint these (hanges were only superficial The Nmy Department is performing functions that properly belong to the De partment of Commeice. 'Hie War Depart ment Is i luttered up with mnlteis that mote properh could 1. attended to bv the Depart -imnt of the Interior, anil the Trensiirv De partment hns ninii fun-tions which have no relation whati ieer to the collection of levenue and the financial polic of the (io ernmeni. I'uiietions that properly belong to the Department of Labor are pcrfoininl 1 other dcpnitiucnt- nnd by independent com missions which have no connection with aio department. And so it goes through the whole list. If the ii-tr-jdiiction of methods of business eflicieiic in'o the conduct of public business is to be obstructed by men afraid that flie will lose their jobs, the tnxpnjers would lik" to know who (hi- obstrtn tors ure ami what Congiessmen are backing them. Then the. can be dealt with according to their deserts There is nothing that would please (he great mass of -he voter? better than such n readjustment of the duties of the different departments and such a consolidation of bureaus engaged in the same kind of work ns would reduce bv thousands the number of men on the payrolls in Wash.ngfon. But this teform cannot be brought .ihout unless the I'nsideiit is willing to buck the polltu.ll bosses who lie ,n patronage and appeal to i he voters directly over their heads This seems to be his purpose. TAKING A JOKE TOO SERIOUSLY J 1' IS witli great regret th.it w .. discover that Hoy A. Hnjnis, the i,, w Prohibi tion Commissioner, has not nnd and in wardly digested Loid HhaftcshiiiVs fuinims "Essay on tin- Freedom of Wit ,uid Humor.'" If he had done this he w mid hme learned that a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious. Mr. Iluvncs is grievously offended by th" flippant and humorous comments made about ihe Volstead Law, and tie thinKs tney in dicate lack of proper appreciation of the serious Intent of thnt statute. He misapprehends the whole situation There is no one who does not appreciate the seriousness of the situation producer bv the Volstead act. It is an attempt to regulate th liobitH of iho people by law, alwajs n difficult end disconcerting thing. He may him- Jhoter that those not af fected by the law lire refraining- from Joking about it The otlhers feel the matter so seriously that the lonly way they can pre Acrve their poke frl.bjr concealing under an nntlc disposition the depth of their grief. It would be cruel, indeed, to deprive them of this slight relief. It ccrtnluly cannot bo that Mr. Haynes has so little confidence in the force of flic sentiment back of this reform statute that he fears it can be undermined nnd brought to naught by that raillery of which Lord Shaftesbury wrote. AMERICANS ABROAD AGAIN THE vacation rush'to Europe this year is assuming proportions that will bear ire spectable comparison with pre-war condi tions. Two great liners left New York j estcrday carrying n total of -MOO passengers. Many of these voyagers are tourists less curious, perhaps, to interpret European con ditions than to taste ouce more, or for the first time, the delights of Old World ex istence when smoothed down nnd eased by the password of it New World pocketbook. To n certain extent, disappointments nre bound to ensue. England, in the. last throes of the coal strike, is not precisely merry. France Is sensitive and uneasy concerning the dubious fruits of. victory. Italv Is un settled by the conflicting activities of Fnscistl anil radicals. Transportation conditions nre difficult. Governmental regulations are onerous. Coinage systems ore chaotic. It is possible, of course, for the very wealthy to ignore most of these circum stances. De luxe trains are again in service, de 1 ixe hotels are as comfortable ns those of New York, with their appeal Increased by characteristic and individualistic European trimmings. 1 1 is less opulent travelers who will con tend with discomforts and be inclined to reminisce, either openlv or secretly, upon the charms of God'r Country. With a little philosophy they could bring home pictures far from dismal, for it is a fact that reconstruction is proceeding in Europe, that the shock of war is receding and that much misery hns been alleviated. But vacation voyagern oro notoriously impatient nnd exceedingly apt to construe annoyances as tragedies. Linguistic limita tions are often the food of bigotry, nnd no one is so intolerant of "foreigners" as he who is mystified nnd vexed by their "un intelligible" speech. Under such conditions the suspicions of the average stranger arc easily aroused. It is not cynical to suggest that tho gayety of considerable numbers of departing tourists this summer will reach Its maximum at the sailtng hour In port. The conception does not npply to the minority whose mental lug gage in furnished with understanding and sympathy. Those are the commodities which Europe needs more than the cold of the "most -favored nation." Citizens who dis pense them abroad will find themselves nnd their spiritunl faculties repaid with in terest Because of labor Not I'limlxcd Evil trouble behind the scenes there will be fewer musical comedies next season, we are told, and more plays that require little scenery. It H thus conceivable that con tinued labor trouble might bring us back to the physical baieness of (he Elizabethan stage. This would bring about the startling necessity of having the lines worth while. t - ) v oi-s.ee r Wilbur Evidence of Weakness (ileim Volivn bus de creed that the women of 'Awn, 111., who wear dresses which expose more than their necks "lo the Juncture of the collarbone" will be put to work r.-leaniui; the streets The man is bluffing, of coure. The very fact that he ninde the threat Is proof that he is not strong enough to buck the prevailing fashion. It Is not wickedness Instruct lug the noi miscliicvousuess I-'oo'.lsh that priiiinits auto mobile parties to de spoil the inishes mill mes of flowers. 1( is a love of the ln-iutiful joined to ignorance, carelessness and m cpiisiiiveness. AH that is needed Is to ";ivo them some Instruction backed bv the paddle of an n uslonnl tine. We mav lie Ynpp ,vei. vou 1 ndenialil.v !ioat Men that of Bodine's. Would Mr Hn.vni" bltion of jokes also- enforce the prohi- Deniosthenes MHiimiis -n.- the lesson the world most needs to lenin i retlcenie. Philadelphia's suburbs appear to have joined Coney Island's bovcott on hot dogs. Whether Major Moore has four aces or a bobl.ill flush, lie has an extra ard he is not using. f Perhaps the farmers' with a "k." it would be easier to laugh at bloc heads if they spelled It The question now confronting Senators Lodge and Knox is; "Sitnijht Porter or half-and-half':" Admirnl Sims appeals io be dev eloping a largo following of those who lovo him for his indiscretions. Arden. Del., single tax colony, has taken in the welcome sign. The v isitoi may now uudersturl) Touchstone New York has been mistaking Venus for the loinet. Old Father Knickerbocker must be understudying Adonis Philadelphia may be somnolent, re marked our own sporting jape-iSt, but New York has proved it is comet oe. Though it be but in friendly rivalry, House nnrl Senate are liable to pull the tail feathers out of the dove of peart'. It looks us thoujh the sob sisters were trjing to rob Curpontier of his popularity by bleating about bis "beauty." Almost we are ready to announce that not n great deal of wuter will flow under tho bridge before the bridge is completed. Bully ! Volstead has little show now that the etymologists have got after him. But per haps be can 'manufacture" n good excuse. It was understood, of course, (hat when President Harding said that government was a simple thing lie did not meuii pure and simple. The Spanish ambassadorship puts Knox one lap ahead in the political julep. Penrose has the mint, but Knox has the kick per centage. This is the kind of weather that con winces the nvernge man that the fellow who writes articles on how to keep tool doesn't know what he is talking about. "Slips pre over again'' may apply to slips in governmental machinery that permit the passage of lows that ore not representa tive. Which, not to nut too line a point on it, may refer to t'tan's antl-cigqrcttc law. Brigadier General Cole, speaking in Boston, branded ns untrue the declaration of Ambassador Harvey that America entered the war because she wne afraid not to fight. Isu't there somebody bomevvhoro who will now proceed to discipline General Cole? When the head of the A. E. F. gets his D. M. S. at JfVM. C. would It bn proper, asks the Ynuurt. t ady Next Door But fine, to speak of him i. a man of letters? Hardly, my dear, as O. M. S.. we are informed by Pericarp, stands for Darned Mosterful Soldier. LETTERS ON COAL A Few Gems Culled From a Largo Correspondence on the Subject of Anthracite What tho Pub lic Thinks of It By GEORGE NOX McCAIN I HAVE made it n rule never to publish In this column nny letters dealing with subjects or personalities mentioned or dis cussed therein. Whllo most of the communications re ceived nre of Interest, yet if one correspond ent is favorod In this respect all others should bo entitled to the some courtesy. As n result, not one but several columns n week might be utilized in this fashion. Besides, the columns of the Evemno Pum.ia IjEDoek's Tublic Forum, ably and care fully conducted, Is the recognized publication department for nil communications. Today, however, the rule will be disre garded. My news articles that have appeared from time to time on the anthracite question have brought n great number of letters from readers. They have been commendatory, cncournglng, critical and some frankly de nunciatory. Most of the latter have neglected to carry tbe nuthor's signature. I shall reproduce excerpts from a few of these that bear most directly on this sub ject of immedinte interest. In every Instance tho writers requested that their names be withheld. Many were personal and therefore not Intended for pub lication. Thcso arc withheld. A COMMUNICATION from a former dealer is interesting because of his per sonal experience nnd his knowledge of trade conditions. He says: "I have stated time after lime that the coal combine unjustly surcharged .$o per ton because of a secret compact of tho coal op erntora, railroads and retail dealers. "I ottered the Judiciary Special Committee of the State Senate to appear before it and prove by facts and figures my statement. One prominent coal operator and several coal dealers said to me: 'Why. hell, X , you got yours ; have a heart. Stop your shout ing and let us alone!' ''The late George F. Bacr. of the Phila delphia and Heading Railway, said during the 1002 coal strike that God had put in the hands of a few men the coal of tho land, and ns one of Ills agents he was going to do as he savy At. "But Teddy Roosevelt, with his big stick, settled that agent." ANOTHER correspondent sends the fol lowing : "I have read tho two articles in tho Eve ning Public L-Ennnr. presenting the op erators' side of the coal question with a great deal of interest. I believe that tho state ments you made were absolutely correct, and they were presented in a very able way. "I believe thnt the retail situation should be analyzed nnd published, and ns I am one of the largest dealers In the city. I mn send ing you my figures, hoping that they may bo of some value to you." (Tbe figures anil data furnished were sub sequently published.) The Tovcrsc side comes In n two-page letter dealing with the local or retailer's side, as follows: "In our nrtlcles you neglected to ask the retailers why they charge fifty cents n ton for currying in if it is only twenty feet from the ccllnt- window. I had fifteen tons put in my cellar and paid $7.30 for carrying it a distant c of twenty fcer. "The man who carried It told mo thnt he did uot get any part of the fifty cents; the boss got it nil. "You did not nsk the smaller dealers why they joined, the association and who induced I hem to do so; and if nny threats or Intimi dations were used by the officers of tho retail coal dealers' combine to compel them to join, else the conl companies would make it hard for them to cet onl shipped! "The Retail Dealers' Association of Chi cago was recently indicted as nn illegnl com bination in restraint of trade, and several of them arc at the present time under $l."i00 bail." rriHIS same correspondent add: J' have read our articles relative to the anthracite conl situation, and it looks as if there was a prospect of something being done in reference to tills gouge. "I have scut copies of jour former articles to Attorney General Dnuglieriv at Washing ton, with the request that he lend them over rnrefullj. so he is now familiar with the situation.'' ONE of the piomiuent operators, nud one of the few who does not hesitate to ex press his lonccrn over the situation Into which the anthracite trade is drifting with reference to its relations to the Federal Gov ernment. wr)te : "There were a couple of places in your artlcbi of yesterday where there were typo graphical errors. One of them is where you mention a freight late of $4.01 instead of $.G1." The nnswer Is that the freight rate of $1,04 wos correct. It had reference (o the cost of shipping a carload of coal from the Cnrbondnle region to the city of Reading. The freight rate was so unreasonable and excessive that the consignee refused to ac cept tho coal. As a result, the consignor, the operating company, was compelled to pny the freight and in addition a big bill for demur tage on the car. At the lime tens of thousands of idle cars were lining the tracks and sidings of the railroad company. HERE is n correspondent who views ihe conl issue from a different slant. It affects the State as well as the Individual's rights : "It is notorious that, without exception, the cool lands of Pennsylvania, and particu larly in what arc known ns the anthracite counties, nro under-valued for assessment purposes by hundreds of millions of dollars. "If tho coal barons of Pennsylvania paid nnywhero near the taxes they should pay on their coal holdings, tho State would not be compelled to float $."0,000,000 loans to build good roads and there would be millions left over to care for State and charitable Insti tutions ns no othei Commonwealth in the Union would be able to do." THE question of stsam sizes nnd their price Irritates another writer: "Your articles on tho coal question nre all right and you hove gone straight to tho point, except as to steam cool. The opera tors fooled you onthnt when they talked of steam coal at $2.75 and $3 nnd thereabouts. The prices charged were. $10 and $1 and more, and there was not too much of it nt thnt." A second writer on this same question of steam sizes, who lives iu Norrlbtown, sug gests: "I was reading your articles on the coal question, and would like to know where steam coal con be purchased for $3 per ton. I don't think the operators gave you the right facts there, as steum coal was $0 to $12 per ton here. The great question today is regarding coal prices." THE following is from a citizen who mani festly is hot under the collar: "You ought to apologize for publishing that stuff the anthracite coal operators gave you. It Is the people and not tho coal barons who ought to hove their side of the coul grab brought forward. The operntors have got all the best of it and the public that is, my neighbor and myself gets nil tho worst of it. "Before tho war wo could buy coal for $7 and $8 per ton. Now look where it Is! Coal operators can give nil kinds of figures to order, nnd they seem to have done it in this case. And they can sell us slate and dirt as pea coal and try to make us believe It is the real stuff." The article In question wos published in the interest of fair play and to disprove the charge of the operators that they could not get their side of the controversy before tho public. Tho Bvkm.vo Pi'iu.io Ledger printed their statement of the situation in tho shnpe of Interviews nnd explanations from their own lips. v ft - Sw ovTOLifs wMi''i:?s. KM.iiiiui3r!Tr5"j; zsatmmSem2k.-ippri 9NnF v Iti -p5?sHiK? NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Knoiv Best HORACE B. HARE On Military Training Camps IT IS to the younger brother, who long ingly nnd wistfully watched Bob and Bill start for the trnlning camp during the wnr, that the movement to have Amerlcnu citizens spend n month this summer at a training camp is especially directed, according to Horace B. Hare, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Military Training Cninps Association for Pennsylvania. With the comparatively small appropria tion granted by Congress, present results of tlit movement must be limited, in the opinion of Mr. Hare, but it is the aim nnd object of the body to convince tho Govern ment that there is rt widespread and uni cr.sal desire m the part of American men to devote part of their summers to this particular end. "The camps, scattered throughout the country, with which we will start the move ment this year," says Mr. Hnrc. "will be based in many respects on the Plnttsburg. N. Y.. camps of II) 1.1 and 1010, except that actual military training will occupy n smaller proportion of the time. Noted .Men Were Privates "In tho former cninps such men ns the late Mayor Mitchcl, of New York, and George Wharton Pepper, of this city, worked as privates along with everybody else, and took orders, if it so happened, from mere boys. Yet they anil nlmost every one who attended those camps yes, nnd paid their lailroad fare going nnd coming nway. to sny nothing of their entire equipment and their food during the entire period of the enmp besides were unanimous in praise for the goorl they got out of their month of training nnd real exercise. "In the present case the different camps run from August 1 to August !!0, Men be tween the ages of sixteen and thirty-live nre eligible. We baldly expect the men who served in the roceut war, especially those who went overseas, to choose this way of spending n part of their summer. Some un doubtedly will, but others will sfiv, nnrl quite naturally. To Train Younger Men "It is the younger brothers of thec men whom wc expect to come to our camps, the men who were just too young to go during the Grent War, but who longed for the experience of learning how to be soldiers. llut, of course, there will be others como to these summer enmps, older men who want to regain some of tho physical fitness of their college nnd younger days, red-blooded men who resent fifty-two weeks of desk and work-table, men whom illness has pulled down tind who desiro their former good health. "Some things which made tho life of the wartime soldier n nightmare tho mun who attends the summer camps will miss. One example kitchen police, that well-known torture familiarly referred to as K. P. Also, he will hove only tho mornings devoted to military training, which will Include target practice, military and nthletic training, per. fconal hygiene and Mildred subjects. "And then there will bo huch things as MODESTY EXPOSED Miss Eva Curio says It was not the travel nor the peopla she met that inndo her mother ill, but tho persistence with which sbo was asked how slio liked Ainortca. OUR weaknesses are here exhumed ; They're of, the lady (-ays, the oddest; Our vanities nre all assumed ; At heart we're really truly modest. We're doubting Thomases at best; We do trot know in court or college Our worth. We've put it to tho test ; The corn we fccllugly acknowledge. We need Indorsement of the great, Look uii with hope at stars above us; And plead with fame's approved to stale Thut they, the great ones, truly love us. Oh. fellow countrymen, go slow, And, please, consider how vuu're acting, With proper cure perhaps wc 11 grow An egotism less exacting. 'Twcre better far we should repeal The law that wins us condemnation. We've got to know we're good and feel No need of strong corroboration. G. A. COMES HIGH, BUT movlng-picturo shows, athletic games and clenn amusements. Thnt doesn't mean thnt the month will have nny of the attributes of a loafing period. The boys will bo treated well as well as thoso who went to the I'lotlsburg cninps and (hey will hnve (o work. Our camps will have failed in their purpose if nt the end of August those who entered do not return to civil life expressing perfect satisfaction at the month (hey have spent in this manner. Moro Funds Needed "The appropriation of Congress this year was far too small, we believe, to accomplish our purposes. For example, the quota for Pennsylvania would provide for only about S00. In time there will probably be many, many times thnt. Tills year the men will be divided nccording to districts and not ac cording to priority iu the sending in of appli cations, as we would liko to do. Next year, however, those who sent in applications early this year will come first on the preference list. 'Tares, food and nil equipment will be provided. It is desired that the men pay their fares to (he camp, where they will be reimbursed at the rate of live cents n mile." HUMANISMS By WILLIAM ATIIERTON DU PUY ' JOSEPH P. TUMULTY was in the New 0 Jersey Stale Legislature from Hudson County and n man of some political In tluenee before he became secretary to Wood row Wilson. It was natural, therefore, thnt he should go to Boss Davis, of tbe organization, nnd ask that influence be used toward getting n pardon for a certain constituent of his who was suffering durance vile for homicide. Just then the local juries were being made up. Boss Davis wrote the name of Tumulty's man on a slip. Unfortunately he got it mixed up with other slips of men who wonted to be called for jury service. The result was that the man in jail, in stead of getting u pardon, got a call for jurv service to which he wos unable to respond. The scientist in the Senate. Dr. Edwin 1 reemont Liuld. of North Dakota, has a tragedy In his past. For ten years be labored nn nn agricul tural chemistry. He had devoted his life to this s-cknee at the State Agricultural College On ChrismtOH Eve, 1000, the final copy of the manuscript wns on ills desk, oil ready for the printer. He wos a happy man ns be bustled down town to make some final Christmas pur chases. That night, the chemistry building wns binned and with it Dr. Ludd's- manuscript. He has never found time to rewrite it. Today's Anniversaries 1 SOn-Cincinnati's first banking institu tion wns opened., 18.1 John Bnllantyne, the confidential printer Sir Walter SentVs novel" led a Edinburgh Horn nt Kelso in 1774. lMl.--( ordinal 1-erretti was raised to the l'nVl.fh'; S'U!h0 ! f Polio P us IX? lSr.i-7Ltelko Gerster. a singer who was regarded as a rival of Pntti, bom InNinv gnry Died at Bologna, i,Iy, AUgU 20, 1020 1871 -Brit Ish Parliament passed an act ii tlinn.n il. - 111X11 Ptr Yr.1 ii "i ,l"'l)n'en," a secret sod- -, in 11)1X1, 1870- Ruthei ford It Tln,-n inated for Piesident by" the Repub , N( I i tlonal Convention at Cincinnati. Ityi- Princeton University conferred the 1800-1 ov" ' Th ""''"'"I'fcnt Hove and? imiti llev. 'I nomas ,,t-ir, .,,. .,.,. wrntc.1 Roman Catholic Bishop of SmTU-1li20--Tic council ,lf u, 1-r f Nations: opened its first public meeting St. Jninrs Paluce in London. K Today's Birthdays Kins Gustay V the pr,.M.llt niPr .., Sweden, born Iu the riiwilpulni . a S,!,,,01 holm, blxty-tlneo years ago ' Hlo,K' Hon. Arthur Melgh,,,,, ,,rf,mlP1. 0, Dominion of Canada, born at St. M, ,-v 'i Out., forty -seven venrs n.-r, ,"" "' Dr. Joseph Swain, the retiring nresl.leni f Swrtlin,..n. College, bo,-,, t P ',. lUton Ind., sixty-four yenrs ago. "union, Rt Rev. Cornelius Von' de Veh Cnii.u 1 ,u T 1. t, , .. "" .-,-, m l'iUvJ'HW--t What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Namo four countries In which the exist- enco or oil lias raised international problems. 2. What is the classic legend of Europa and the bull? 3. Where Is the city of Oppcln? t. Who was Rlmsky-Korsakoff? r. What Is n enomon? 0. Who succeeded James Monroe as Presi dent of the United States'.' 7. What bird attacks nnd Jestroys sheep? 8. What Is a peccadillo? 9. What is n tombola? 10. What is u hookah? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz I. Magellan's circumnavigation of the glob wns accomplished piecemeal. Havlwr failed from Portugal, Magellan renchfd the Spice Islands in the Kast Indies in 1512 and then started on Ills return lourney back to Kurope. In 1510 I left Seville, sailed ncross the Atlantic, discovered and passed through th strait which bears I1I3 name, crosned 1 lie Pacific nnd was killed In con diet with the natives in one of tin Philippine Islands. As tho loneltude "f this Island, Mactan, was beyond tl.nf ,1,1, Inl. l.n l.-.l -l...l I-, .!'- ,iwv , ,.1, 11 111 hum 1 c.ttjiieu III HIS Slllee IslfLTlfls. the elrenmnnvliratlnn was complete. Juan Febastian del Cano' iook command of Magellan h lloet and, finished tho western voyage, arriving. In Europe on December 21, ir.21. 2 Magellan was a natlvo of Portugal, the, original form of his namo being Kemao de Mngalhaes. ' 3 Samuel Pepy-s derives his fame prlncl-' pally from the composition of his rllaryj of the times of Charles II. between tho years 1U60 and lfifiD. The work, written In cipher, was translated by the. ttev. J. Smith nnd first published Inji 1825 by Loul Hrnybiooke, who 11 dlscovcied It in the Pepyslan Library of Cambridge University. I. The Federal instrument under which the American States wero united prelou to Iho ratification of the Constitution was the Articles of Confcderation,; adopted by Congress In 1777 S The Brahmaputra River sends part of IU. water.s into tho Gnnges and forms vvltht the tlanges it vast deltn, the waters of which flow into tho Hay of Bengal, an, arm of tho Indian Ocean. 6. Mercury is tho smallest planet of tho folai system. 7. At tho time of his death In lfllC, William Shakespearo was fifty-two years old. S "Roast beef nu .lus" means "roast beef' with Julco or gravy." 9. Railway trains enmo into use In Great Britain und the United States In th, third decade of tho nineteenth century. 10. Garret V. Hobart wua Vice President, during McKlnley's first term During tbe uncompleted second term Theodori , Roosevelt was Vico I'resident. Bluffers I'roni tho Cincinnati Enquirer. There nre times when wc arc led to susv, pect crises nre the biggest bluffers In tt world. We see one coming nnd everybody gets scared stiff, but when we pass it .' Iind it was about ns tame as n baby Inmb. The New Diplomacy from Lira, Our new diplomacy consists of ubsenntioa without representation. THE FLOWER f TTORIZON to horizon, bends outspread ,. Xi Tho tenting firmament of day and uiguti I Wherein nre winds at play; and planets slicd ;l 'iiiu inc. in cu, stars men- biiuiiik id,"" n The lingo world's sun flames on the snow capped hills; , . Cindrous his bent burns in the saudy pla' t With myriad spume bows roaring ocean swill-, Tho cold profuse ubundunco of his ralu. ( And Man, n transient object in this vast, ' Sighs o'er a Universe transcendtn thought, Adlicted by vague boilings of the past, ' Driv'n toward n future, unforeseen, ui'i" intlfh f " Si , !' Yet, see him, stooping low o'er naked "f,fl "1" Thnt mocks Its blossom In his anxious eir.? Mnt-K- li.tu- I, a cTi-o.v.irj ftu IP lils heait uiu- ........ ..u,, ., t.u,t, ,.., .. ..,- And wheels his wondrous features to tb sky ; Ac if tniw,(!i,.,.i 1. -.. imI1 n --nn He sought Companion In Earth's dwelWl place. '""" A"MAwJv4r'F-1'''" -. ( , rBl -i'!fffiy'''"'jTilr,'fcta''' LI- TJmT iTTTlTiTrl i Wili-WTillTri'i-r i . Mi :iWmMmfs vrRK t j r. j- MPW; Jl'"LsHr:J2rf.('"-' '"gsfltB--. M' -Walter J la Si7fjM .1 f . .-ij . f J v' iVt A 1fS A'
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