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Philadelphia, Friday. Ausutl 19, 1921
A TRIBUTE TO WOOD
IP GENEUAL LEONAKD WUOD even
tually becomes the bond of the University
of Pennsylvania be will enjoy at tbe outset
Jhe sympathetic appreciation of bis employ
ers to nn extent not often matched in in
stitutions of higher learning.
The selection of college presidents is al
ways n difficult business, and there ure often
marked differences of opinion concerning
whatever choice is made. General Wood
need never fear that he was not wanted by
one of the leading universities of the land.
The action of the trustees in extending
his lenvo of absence until September 1,
1023, because of his prospective Governor
ship of tbe Philippines is unprecedented as
ft mark of confidence nnd respect. There
are other men with whom the college au
thorities might conceivably grow impatient.
JUDGE JOHNSON'S CASE
IT IS never a pleasant task to fight a man
because be Is old. That, however. Is
what the younger, forward -minded element
in Chester County Is being forced to do in
supporting Senator MrDutle us a candidate
against Judge Isaac Johnson.
Judge .Tohuson is a picturesque figure in
Chester County. He has and deserves a
great many friends. Hut, should he be
elected again, lie will be ninety years old
before his new term expires. He recently
celebrated his eightieth birthday. He has
the privilege now to retire with a pension
oMuOOO a year.
It is clmrged against Judge Johnson that
he has been conspicuously lenient to some
of his friends nnd alive to the interests of
the organization which the better-disposi-tioned
voters are determined to put out of
business. The Judge, returned friendship
for friendship. And It is not ofren that it
distinguished friend of professional bosses
Is treated as considerately ns Governor
Sproul's Chester Times treats Judge John
son In its appeal for hi, defeat.
"We," observes the Times, "have noth
ing but kindliness for Judge Johnson, but
we confess that we cannot understand his
attitude so often manifested toward those
who seek to bring about better things here,
his leniency toward habitual criminals who
happen to have influence in certain quarters,
and his willingness to allow the most de
basing conditions to exist when under
favored patronage."
IRISH PEACE NEARER
BENEATH the surface of debate nnd dis
cussion in the Dublin Parliament, as
well as in the studied quiet at London and
among Ulster leaders, there is a continuing
and growing promise of permanent peace
for Ireland.
Mr. de Valcra occupies for the moment
a position of extraordinary difficulty. I.Ike
any other man who tries to steer a nation
through a great crisis, he must contend with
powerful masses of opposed opinion. He
must manifest sympathy with all the groups
Into which his followers divide nnd vet let
none of them stampede him. He has to
reconcile many minds that are as stubborn
as his own. His addresses must be read
with this In mind.
The people of Southern Ireland have suf-
fered greatly and hoped passionately for
relf-govcrnment. Some are willing to'go to
the bitter end for sentiment's sake. Others
wisely perceive that the terms suggested by
Mr. Lloyd George easily may be the begin
ning rather than an end of the Irish dream
of a new and Independent national life.
Among nil classes and groups n return to
the miseries and nncertalnty of the last few
yenrs is unthinkable. And even In the
Dublin Parliament the desire for friendly,
If Imperfect, compromise is becoming ap
parent. OLD FOES WITH A NEW FACE
PRESIDENT HANDING'S suggestion
that the United Stutes in making peace
might "engage under the existing treat)"
has been vnriously interpreted by both the
supporters nnd opponents of the Versailles
poet. Even a hint of outward respect for
the treaty of 1011) Is found displeasing by
the lrreconcl'ables, whose distrust of what
wos done in Europe Is exceedingly lively
On the other linnd. friends of the' pact
through which all the allied belligerents of
the war, save the United States, China nnd
Russia, gained pence, have experienced some
difficulty In imagining the revision of n
trenty long since signed by nn nrruy of
treat nations and for nearly three years In
force.
Hut the course which the Administration
seems to be pursuing is one containing: sciln.
tlve possibilities to some extent overlooked
by tbe spokesmen in both camps. That h
separate treaty of peuce will be concluded
with Germany is now a real prospect He
ports from Herlin, where discussions nre
proceeding with n quietness in marked con
, trattt to the hurly-burly of the Paris con
ference. Indicate that it is the name rather
than the spirit of the treaty which will be
, distinct from that of the Versailles uaree-
EtIvj irment
fVp 'f-lt is rumored that the embryo of the new
jirtniy Begins mm tlie statement that
America shall enjoy nil the rights and ben
jflts that would otherwise have accrued to
her from the Versailles Trent.. When It
Is remembered that American opposition to
that document was not merely confined to
f--dtstruKt of the idealistic Lengtte of Nations,
hut .to the product of alleged European
, cynicism and intrigue as a whole, it may
fce wondered what the choir of oiiiiosition
4 w'" ,na'(e f nn arrangement which takes
Versailles as a oasis.
Under the general trenty the United
States wbh directly concerned In those pro
visions which ,referred specilicnlly to her.
It Is precisely these which, so fnr ns can be
'flscertalned, interest us chiefly In the new
21 ' V The League of Nations, it Is true. Is set
W 4tMt-from, the. subject. Hut eveu with this
s ' jawjfl'n H is smusinjr )o fancy the reactions
C M 'tHi to a resumnission oi cue Yen
re
EVE
sallies Treaty, with the international part
nership feature omitted.
The fact thnt the old fires seem almost
extinct may be attributed in part to the
skill of President Harding and Secretary
Hughes In giving new names to old and once
vexed topics. It is, moreover, not extrava
gant to credit these present directors of our
foreign policy with n subtle nnd constructive
sense of humor.
DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
TOO BIG FOR PARTISANSHIP
Its Success Depends on the Agreement
of the Peoples of the World and
Not on a Compromise Reached
by the Parties In Power
TP THE Disarmament Conference is to
accomplish nnvthlng it must be np
proached in an entirely different spirit from
thnt manifested by Senator Pat Harrison,
of Mississippi, and the New York M'orhl,
The lt'orW, in commenting on the sugges
tion that Senator Underwood Is to be ap
pointed to the commission nlong with Sena
tor Lodge nnd Secretary Hughes, declares
that Mr. Underwood should decline to serve.
"The function of the Democrats in this
matter," it says, "Is to keep themselves
free from Administration entanglements nnd
try to force action nt the conference."
Senator Harrison is taking thj same nar
row partisan view of the affair, and has
begun to tlo his best to throw monkey
wrenches into the machinery.
Now if there was ever any enterprise
projected In the United States which ought
to be kept free from political partisanship
it is this disarmament business, The sen
timent of the country is bnclc of the Presi
dent's program. There is neither Republi
canism nor Democracy, ns such, in it. In
stead, there is tho yearning of a tortured
nnd stricken world for relief from the threat
of war which lies In competitive armament
among the nations.
Democrats and Republicans In this coun
try are demanding it. In England It is
sked for by Liberals and Conservatives and
Laborltes. In France, in spite of the
menace of Germany, the plain people of all
parties nro eager that something should be
done which will remove the menace of wnr
from them nnd which will reduce the heavy
burden of taxation under which they are
struggling.
The assumption that nothing cau be ac
complished by this international conference
unless the minority party in the United
States keeps itself free to attack it from
the outside is preposterous nnd an insult to
the intelligence.
To assume that the President, if ho
should invite Senator Underwood to be one
of the American delegates to the conference,
would be trying to tie the Democratic Party
up to the conclusions reached is to mis
judge the purpose of the whole undertaking.
What it is hoped the President can suc
ceed in doing is to bring about ngreement
among the nations represented to limit their
armament at once and gradunlly to reduce
it ns conditions justify. The only way this
can be accomplished Is through the agree
ment of nil the parties in all the nations to
a common program. Such an agreement
ennnot be renched unless the representatives
of those parties hnve some voice, in the de
liberations, Consequently it Is expected that when
the delegates from the other nations arrive
it will appear thnt they are not merely the
spokesmen for the parties In power, but
thnt they nre representntives of nil shades
of political opinion in those nations. Other
wise what gunrnntee can there be thnt the
policy agreed upon will be permanent?
It is equally futile to criticize the nations
for continuing their piespnt naval programs
pending the decision of the conference. The
purpose of the conference is to decide how
far it is safe to disarm. No nation whose
leaders have any realizing sense of their
obligations will disarm while international
greed persists In the world nnd while other
nations arc equipped to seize whnt they
hunger for. It would be like disbanding
the police force in a city while the burglars
and murderers were still actively engaged
in their occupations.
Whnt is contemplated is n truce, which
might be called n truce of God, to continue
for n time in the hope that it may so
commend itself to the judgment of mankind
that It wilf be made permanent, nnd bring
ns oue step nearer to that divine far-off
eent toward which nil creation yearns.
There is splendid 'ioiillsm back of the
movement, an idealK fine to be sullied
by partisan politicm id-slinging. And
the determination of the President and Sec
retary Hughes to bring the Pacific problems
before the conference is proof thnt there is
sound, prnctical wisdom back of the'vlslon.
It is In the Pucific where the chief menace
to world peace lifts up its grisly bend. This
menncf must be laid before the nations can
safely agTee to lay down even part of their
arms. ,
for a generation or more the European
nstions told one another that they were
ready to consider disarmament programs
when the others would consent, but the
discussion always ended in the exchnnge of
diplomatic notes. Now they nre ready to
come together In Washington lo discuss the
mntter. This is because the politicians
know thnt their own political future depends
on finding some way out of the financial
tangles In which their Governments nro
floundering.
The world is crying out for n better wny.
If the Wnshlngton conference enn stake out
that way for only n short distance in the
future it will be worth while. It should
have the intelligent and sincere support of
every citizen of every nation involved.
We in the United States entered unitedly
into the wnr nnd forgot partisanship while
the lighting was going on. It ought to be
possible to enter whole-heartedly Into the
project for laying the foundations of en
during peace without nny group of men
trying to play petty politics.
PONTOON NONSENSE
ONLY tho bad fnirles seem to hnve been
present at the christening of America's
wooden fleet. Not only hnve the ships
proved useless anil costly, but their very
existence appears to have been (instead) Ing
to minds ordinarily adjudged siine.
Almost every disposition of the vessels
conceivable in the realms of fact or fancy
has been suggested, One of the latest is
thnt of Senator Frellnghtiysen, who pro
poses a pontoon bridge across thtf Hudson
that would be adnrfrably calculated to ob
NING PUBLIC LlSDGER-HTXELIPHlA,
struct nnd oppress commerce upon one of
the greatest waterways on the continent.
Mischievous ideas trnvel fast. The sequel
to the Prcllngliuyscn fantasy is the sugges
tion of n bridge of wooden ships across the
Dchiwnre, with one of the termini within
the limits of Philadelphia. The expense of
the "structure" Is vnriously fixed, with nil
csthnotcs subject to the price, as et un
known, for which the Government might
sell units of Its "frame" squadron.
It has been coyly forecast that the pon
toon bridge could bo In opcrntlon by next
summer. Considering the time usually con
sumed in this vicinity in forwarding nny
public project whatever, good or bad, the
picture may be called rosy.
Hy 11).0 n worth-whllo permanent span
adapted to the needs of the region will be In
existence. This is about the date when tho
pontoon dream, consisting now of nebulous
hopes, would be realized, with river trade
and commerce interrupted simultaneously
with the Inauguration of the authoritative
structure which is to safeguard both Inter
state traffic and the legitimate development
of river shipping.
There arc times when Chairman Ln9ker's
proposition to mnkc a monster pyre of nil
the timber fleet nssumes the nspects of bal
anced nnd seasoned conservatism.
THE BERGDOLL REPORT
7OU cannot play with pitch without being
defiled. That is about the only moral,
the only thing actually demonstrated, in tho
majority report of the House committee ap
pointed to investigate and explain the escape
of Grovcr Horgdoll.
If the House accepts the report without
question and without doubting the repented
hints of criminality nnd conspiracy aniotig
commissioned officers, it will hnve to ap
point another commission to look Into the
mornls of the nrmy commnnd. Every uni
formed man who had nnythlng to do with
Grovcr or his ense, from General Ansell
nnd Colonel Hunt down to the two enlisted
men from whom the slncker escnped In this
city, is passionately recommended for dis
honoring punishment of one sort or another.
The indictment extends even to tho un
named officers of the court-martial which
refused to convict Colonel Hunt, commandor
of tho prison camp at Governors Island, of
complicity in a plot to set tho slacker freo
for a price. But should tlds Teport, shock
ing as it Is In whnt it reveals and suggests,
be accepted In toto by the House?
It was written by Representative Ben
Johnson, of Kentucky, the man who drew
n gun and shouted n threat to murder a
witness nt one of the committee's sessions.
It wus written in n white passion. That Is
plain. It reads like a speech of denuncia
tion rnther than like a judicial document
formulated by judicial minds. It Is a wil
derness of rhetoric and in every way one of
the most unusual reports ever made by n
congressional committee.
No judgment of the part played by army
officers in the Bergdoll case can be just
unless it Is founded on a reading of the
minority as well as the majority report.
Two of the five members of the Bergdoll
committee hold that the officers 60 bitterly
Indicted by Mr. Johnson were guilty of
negligence, but otherwise without blame.
"No officer," snys the minority report, "re
ceived n bribe or wns upproached with n view
to bribery."
The majority Is less restrained nnd not
nenrly so enreful in its choice of words.
"General Ansell made the plot," says Mr.
Johnson ; "he must hnve made the plot. '
Too often throughout the long report hnrsh
accusation Is thus offered Instead of proof.
The case of Bergdoll wns revoltlpg enough
in Its obvious nspects. The Rlnckcr bus been
amusing his friends In Germany with ma
levolent and fantastic libels of the whole
American Army organization. Americans
themselves will hesitate before they consent
to npplaud a congressional report which,
depending too largely on suspicion 'nnd In
ference, is such ns to corroborate the In
sinuations of an ignorant, base and cowardly
renegade.
General Ansell, former Judge Advocate in
the nrmy, did resign his commission to de
fend men necused ns Bergdoll was. He wns
equipped with n great deal of technical
knowledge gained, ns the mnjorlty report
observes, nt the expense of the nrmy and the
country. He wns willing to use his special
knowledge to defend nn enemy of the coun
try. He ncted in a semi-private capacity
for what must hnve been a thumping fee.
Ansell's code of ethics obviously was full
of holes. But in snying, without being
able to prove, that he bribed n commanding
officer nt Governors Island and corrupted nn
army court-mnrtlal and then worked "sor
cery" In nn nrmy bureau nt Wnshlngton.
the report snys whnt ought not to be snld
unless it can be proved beyond question to
the satisfaction of those who have it in
their power to visit disgrace on traitors nnd
scoundrels in high places. The choree made
In Representative Johnson's report was not
proved to the satisfaction irf two of the five
members of his own committee.
Colonel Hunt obviously was negligent.
He permitted his prisoner to mtike n journey
in tho custody of his counsel, Mr. Gibboney.
Hunt saw n good mnnv blnckers. He wns
hardened to them. The wurght of Anwll's
word and Glbboney's word must have counted
heavily with him. Yet it Is obvious that
he could hnve entered Into no plot without
seeing disgrace nnd pcrhnj..i jnll for himself
in the immediate future. Perhaps Ansell
ought to be barred from riie FVderal courts.
Perhaps Hunt ought to be drummed opt of
the nrmy. But Mr. Johnson's recommen
dations would count for more with every
sensible American If thev were not shrieked
nnd screeched in n report thnt sounds as if
It were the result not of calm deliberation
but of emotlonnl frenzy.
THE UNBEAUTIFUL SCHUYLKILL
TEST borings for the new masonry dam
which, it Is bald, will replace the outmoded
wooden structure across the Schuylkill neur
Fnirmount, give promise of relief from con
ditions long nggrnvated by neglect.
Below the dam the Selruylkill hns long
been nn industrial nnd unbeautlfiil stream,
and although even there some of its most
depressing nspects might hnve responded to
treatment, the situation hns been Accepted
without much protest But the Park river
Is, theoretically, ns fair to the eye ns Tom
Moore proclaimed Its "flowering bonks,"
The facts remorselessly counter this
fiction Above the dam the wnters of the
Schuylkill have grown Increnslngly turbid.
Mud flats anil deposits hnve alarmingly In
creased, until now the recreation tiRes of the
river, especlnlly those Involving regnttas,
nre seriously menaced
The proposed new dam can be fitted with
turbines which will crenle needed new cur
rents und in addition can he devoted to
generating electrical power. There Is some
question nbout the wuter How necessnry to
mnke the hnrnesslng of the Schuylkill of
prnctical worth. But there Is no doubt of
the Indlspensnbllity of u new raodernsityle
dam.
The $750,000 required to give tho project
reality would be well spent
Tout dp
Suite
Wownset Pnrk, WIN
mlugton, Del., resi
dents protest ncn nst
being nwnkened by the toot of locomotive
whistles born of nothing hut desire on the
part of engineers nnd nremen to let their
sweethearts know they arc passing, They
wnut the sweet toots abolished toot sweet on
the right o' way, If you get whnt wq mean,
evidently believing that, one good blast de.
scryea another. ,,
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
That Old Age May Be at Once Useful
and Beautiful Abundantly Proved
by Two Instances Cited
By SARAH I). LOYVKIE
I WAS 'helping my grcot-nunt mnkc her
bed once nnd every time thnt I would
tighten tho undershoot so ns to get it smooth
she would give it n little twitch to wrinkle
It.
"Don't make it too smooth 1" she snld.
"I might get ns fussy ns the princess."
"What princess?" snld I stnrlng nt her.
"The princess who insisted thnt she could
not sleep Mr the lump in her mnttrcss, nnd
under the lower mattress, sure enough they
found n llttlo green pea !"
My grcnt-nunt was like that about every
comfort nnd self-indulgence.
Sho vns afraid thcV would get the better
of her, so she allowed herself almost no set
habits, except tho habit of being chnrmlngly
useful nnd delightfully amusing. As a con
sequence, although she had not a cent in the
world ot her own, there were fivo homes
full of loving relations thnt clamored for her
nnd where her room, her few belongings wcro
kept ready for her welcome presence. And
though sho pnssed nt will from one fnmily to
nnothcr, her coming wns always n joy nnd
her tlopnrturc n loss, from the servants up.
As one of the children expressed it: "She's
the most mlndlng-hcr-buslncss old lady that
ever lived !"
She said of herself by wny of explanation
of her cozincss that she had n "very good
forgetery." And ccrtnlnly thnt convenient
letting the disngreenblo slip nwny from one
Is a trnlt that makes for happiness.
SHE wns quite deaf aud very nearly blind
before she died, but somehow she mnn
aged to bear these handicaps to her com
plete independence ns though they were
mere temporary Inconveniences thnt did not
so much cut her off from the fullness of
living ns concentrntc her upon whnt wns
left. She wns only cross If nny one turn
percd with her Independence, nnd even then
she wnB only comically cross. It just hap
pened that she had my hand in hers when
sho was dying in her weakness she had
taken mo for my ount whom sho dearly
loved nnd who had been summoned to her
deathbed, but whose coming wns delayed.
Happily for my grcnt-nunt, sho was un
aware of tbs dclny and was satisfied that
her wish had been fulfilled.
"Take your things off and have your
brenkfnst and rest lor a little," said she.
"And then wo will have our talk. I want to
settle a few things before "
Sho never finished, unless thnt character
istic kind thinking of some one else nnd nt
the snmc time trust In others to fulfill her
few desires was In u sense the epitome of
her life.
THAT wns years ngo, nnd I never sup
posed there wns nny one else In the
world who csuld equal her for quiet, homely
humor und enjoyment nnd independence anil
acquiescence continually blossoming in old
nge until I met 'grandma."
Thnt is not her relationship to me indeed
she litis only one grandchild nnd one great
grandchild nnd I only met her Inst year.
But she hns given mo hope once more thnt
old nge enn really be the most beautiful of
nil the nges nnd nn old person in the houss
the most blessed of nil presences.
Becnuse of some disability she Is what
some persons might cull "a shut-in." But
from her dormer windows thnt overlook n
gnrden nnd n strfnm nnd a stretch of meadow
and n winding road, she overlooks tho wide
world with her wise nnd serene eyes. Her
room hns nil the ponce of n far-removed
place nnd nil the Interest of dnilv contacts
with n score of interests not her own.
From the gardener who clumps up the
stnlrs with his latest posies, to far off me,
thick in outside affairs, she grasps our points
of view and gives us the benefit of her mliid
nt leisure from herself.
TOWARD the nnrrowing and ever narrow
ing restrictions of her phi ideal lowers
she maintains n well-bred, gallant attitude
of reticent acceptance. She does not dwell
on how she Is, neither does she repel one's
question. It hns Its passing interest, but it
Is not whnt she is glnd to see you come into
her room to talk nbout.
She is ready for jour view of life ns
though when jou went out again to pursue
it she would go with you like n comrade.
Her own characteristics the things she in
sists on in herself nre greut personnl neat
ness, a fewness of possessions, something to
offer by wny of passing hospitality, some
thing to read, somethlug to mend, something
to keep In order, all the airs of heaven nnd
much flickering sunlight, the dnilv sight, if
only for n moment, of the ono person thnt is
necessary to her world nnd for the rest what
ever messenger from the beyond the day
sends her,
ONE tnkes it for granted that she is lonelv
sometimes for whnt has gone with the
yenrs, one knows thnt she suffers more thnn
discomfort from what the yenrs hnve brought
to her of bodily ills, but her rcudv laugh,
her comprehending observation, her serene
silences, her reluctance to say cood-bv and
her glad welcomes make the climb up her
winding stnirs u soit of breathless jov. One
is always impatient for the next time.
If old nge can be like thnt. whv need nny
of us be nfrnld of It or linger shamefacedly
on Its threshold?
Such lives hnve n great part to play In
other lives. We owe them whnt wo can
never pny in kind, never pay to them, it mui
be.
Any exnmple of that wo con follow, if we
will, in the nrt of living beautifully and
smply Is n kind of sacred fire which we
should let go out lit our peril.
THERE is a legend that during the per
secution of Diocletian there wns a fes
tival of slaughtering Christians In the Coli
seum. It was decreed for tho pleasure of
the crowd that certnin of the nobler captives
should tre nllowed to commit suicide before
their bodies were thrown to the lions.
A youth and his joung sister were chosen
ns the first victims. They were led out into
the nrcnu nnd he was given it tlngger. lie
hesitated In some sudden terror, and his sister
taking the dngger from his nervous hand
pressed It to her lienrt with sure strength
and gnve t back with n smile.
"It does not hurt, my brother.'" she
urged ns she Flipped diing to his breast.
Any one who bears pain nnd loss nnd
disappointment with head unbent nnd u
hwirt iiiiconqucred and with klndlv eies for
others joy hns n great part In the life of the
world.
Missouri Has Too Many Wolves
Krnm n," Odsia Democrat.
At thy last session of the Leglslntuie the
bounty for wolf scalps was increased to S'o
each for grown wolves und SKI each for puns
This is n very radical rise in the price of
wolf scalps, ns the bounty for mnnv vears
hns been but ?0, but wolves have become so
numerous thnt the difference In prico de
notes tho difference to the State between a
dend wolf and n live one. It is hoped the
now bounty will stimulate wolf hunting n
the Slate, so that the animals will be exter
minated. They do thousands of dollars
worth of damage in a year.
Working the Censor
From the London (pinion
A hchoolglrl was required to wiite "Oil
words about a motorcar. She submitted
the following: "My uncle bought n motor
car. He wns out riding In the roitutri
when it busted going up n hill. The otiic'
ISO words are whnt my uncle snld when
he wns wnlklng back to town, but i know
you wouldn't wont me to repent them."
Capriclousness Preserved, Anyway
From the Clay Center. Kan . Times.
Last summer, with sugar thirty, cents a
pound, jou could hardly keep the women
folks from putting up ciery kind of fruit
and vegetable, the commission men unlomlttj
on the grocers. This summer, wl(h sugar
nt eight cents a pound, It's too hot to thlul;
of .cunning anytmng.
PREPAY, ' AUGUST 19,
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
JOHN J. ELCOCK
On Protection of Citizens
THE Government is ever watchful of the
food its citizens eat. It protects them
in many other wnys, according to John J.
Elcock. former Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney.
Mr. Elcock had charge of the Pure Fond
enforcing act here, nnd in thnt capacity
represented the Government In several iip
portnnt enscs before he resigned Monday.
Mr. Elcock is the son of tho late Judge of
Common Plens Court Thomns It. Elcock.
"Tho people must be protected," he said.
"This Is the enrdlnnl purpose for the exist
ence of bur governmental forces. We, there
fore, must he on our gunrd nt nil times lest
on Inferior type of food renches the ultimate
consumer.
"It is the Government's duty to Inspect
the food dispensed, nnd if the foods nre not
In their pure state, to demnnd thnt their
contniner snys so thnt the user may not be
deceived. The penalty for this typo of vio
lation is severe nnd the cases nre few where
tho snme offender comes up twice for pun
ishment. "I had chnrge nlso of the I'uiled Suites
Shipping Board, tho Emergency Fleet Cor
porntion nnd the United States Housing Cor
poration cases, nnd in this enpneity I have
had opportunities to see just how minutely
the Government does protect Its citizens.
Prosecutor's Work Varied
"People would be surprised ot the amount
of litigation which flows through the Federnl
attorney's office. Tho nvernge citizen looks
upon the United States Dislilct Attorneys
office ns the prosecutor inulnly of criminal
offenses.
"Of course, the criminal side of tho oIDco
Is Important, but nt times tbe civil cases
take precedence. Cnses where thousands
upon thousands of dollars nre involved must
be handled.
"Take, for instnnce, the recent tnx cnses
as brought nbout by tnx legislation. Fabu
lous sums of money were Involved.
"Another branch of interesting work is
the admirnlty cases. This Involves techni
cal skill, ond the work must bo handled with
gloved bands nt all times. Suits for damages
to Government property must nlso be handled
with n tedious hnnd. The slightest brench
mnv mean hundreds of dollars to the Gov
ernment, nnd against this the District Attor
ney must nlwnys be on guard.
"The oriniinul side of the work Is one
thnt nppenls strongly to nny one interested
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 To whom Is the colnlnc of tho phrnso
"hyphenated American" attributed?
2 Where Is White Russia"
S. What 1b meunt by tensile strength''
4. What Is the literal meaning of thu word
potpourri"
B. Name three British genet als In the Amer
ican Revolutionary War"
C. Whnt month 3 named after it Roman
Emperor?
7. Who are the RaBrpies?
8. Whnt famous composition Rives a musi
cal Impreuslon of an extraotdlnnry
cave?
9. Name two vegetables unknown to the
civilized world before the dlscoveiy of
America.
10. What Is the correct pronunciation of tho
word plait
Answers to Yesterday'o Quiz
1. The existing wild, hoists of North nnd
South America, tho hroncas nnd mus
tnnge, nre believed to lie descendants of
tho nnlmnls brouRht over by the Hpan
turds. fio for ns is known, the Amer
ican horses, which oilntmilly Inhabited
the Brassv plains nnd high plateaus
of the Interior of the continent nt the
beginning of the Ago of Man, beenms
extinct There Is, of course, n possi
bility that tho extermination was not
cmnDleta find that some few survivors
of tho native ruces mixed with the In
troduced rnco when It ran wild Them
Is no recoid, however, of nnv Indians
balng acquainted with the horse before
It was- carried over from Europe
J Florida pnssed to the 1'nltrd Stntes In
l;t hy virtue of a treaty concluded
with Kpnlii In 1819.
3. Mrs. Molln Mallory, tho tennis plnver. Is
a native of NoTwny
4. Tho word nlcohol Is detlved from the
Arabic "al," the, and "koh'l." n powder
for staining the eyelids, the nnme of
which Is taken from tho verb "knhnln "
to Until On account of thn fineness
of the powder, the nnme nlcohol whs
subsequently applied to highly recti
ned spirits, a signification which, how
ever, Is unknown in Arabia.
5 KarageoTgevlch, the surname of the latn
King Peter of Hcrlila, means "Hon of
ninck George."
6. Artemis or Diana was the moon goddess
of clnsslrnl mythology.
7. Two recently unpointed members of tho
American delegation to th3 disarma
ment conference nre Charles F
Hughes and Henry Cabot Lodge,' "
8. The altitude record for a hydro-mono-
piano Is 19,1100 feet '""
9. William Congreve wa n brilliant English
".!. -.." ' H. '"" '"n,t noteu plays
aro "The Wnv of th World." "Lnv
for Love," "The Double Den'lr" .i
ufo'im nln BrMe'" Hls dRte8 a"
10. An auhade fa, a musical announcement qf
H
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WILL HE ACCEPT?
in the study of human nnture. The clover
organizer of schemes to defraud ; the forger
of Government obligations; tho purlolncr of
Government property; offenses ngninst the
Postal and Revenue Lnws and the like ex
cite tho interest of nny ordinary minded
person.
"The civil work, however, is just ns im
portant, though not so sensntionnl. It must
be done, nnd I am pleased thnt It fell to my
lot to help protect the Government nnd its
citizens from infractions of its civil code."
Today's Anniversaries
1811S The first power loom for weaving
check nnd plnid goods was potcntcd by the
Rev. E. Bent, of Connecticut.
1 83," Richard P. Bland, Missouri Con
gressman who achieved fame ns the father
of free coinage, born In Ohio County, Ken
tucky. Died at Lebanon, Mo., June 15,
1891).
1842 A British fleet blockaded Venezuela
to enforce the pn.wnent of British claims.
181(1 Commodore Stockton blockaded the
Mexican ports on the Pacific Const.
1870 The Germans began tho bombard
ment of Strasbourg.
1870 Fenian prisoners who had escaped
from Australia in the American ship Cn
talpa arrived nt New York.
1S!)(! J, B. Edgar was elected Speaker of
the Dominion House of Commons.
mill The Prince of Wales visited Prince
Edward Island.
1020 Court-martial nt Governors Island
sentenced Erwin It. Bergdoll, alleged draft
dodger, to four yenrs in prison.
Today's Birthdays
Lord d'Ahernon (formerly Sir Edgar Vin
cent), Uritish Ambassador to Germany, born
sixty-four car ngo.
Manuel L. Quoon, former Filipino dele
gate to Congress, born in tho Philippines
forty-six jours ago.
Elsie Ferguson, a popular nctress of the
American stage, born in New York City
thirty-eight years ngo.
Bernatd M. Baruch, former head of the
ar Industries Board, born nt Camden, S.
., fifty-one jents ngo.
Charles McCourt. well-known professional
billiard plnycr, boin at Allegheny, Pit., forty-four
years ngo.
The Cabinet Sphinxes
I'rom the Lou AnKtli-s Times.
.l1'm,' V,c, I'i'lcnt and the Seotelnrv of
the Ironsiiry nre the silent men of Wiisli
ngton. They move noiselessly but efficient
ly. if the euch hnd u bass drum thev
couldn t cntch up with Josephus Daniels in
n thousand years in n personal publicity
way. Hie Mte President continues to si'r
In nt ( nbinet sessions. He Is said to give
his opinions when they are asked for, hut
ho does not press litem. When the an
nouncement wns mndu thnt the Vice Presi
dent would intend Cabinet meetings til"
members of Ihe Semite thought thev would
get the first-hand "gossip" of thnt 'eminent
group. But when Calvin Coolidge comes
uwny he ictnins all the confidences under his
hat. He is nbout ns loquacious ns n bnr of
pig Iron, lie is ns gossipy us Mount Bnldy.
Help From the Neighbors
I'l'Jin 'he Jlmvnailllp, Kun , Heiiew.
Ihete in., lew things more tantalizing to
n man thun lo go home with something on
his mind lie wants lo scold about nnd find
compnny visiting (here and he obliged lo
net agreeable.
TO A HORSESHOE
SINCE days of tense ambition, overgone,
Befoie my living in tin past came on.
Thou by my desk hnst hung, with nil the
dust
And, 'bout thine edge,
(trust.
There were when on mv
stuck
the be.nded nails
window jamb 1
Thee. whMi distuibing might Imic killed
the luck
Thou heldst for me, nccotding to the old
tradition, thnt nn nuisc, 'twixt croonings,
And is tlieie, in the universal hlie
Of seething human beings, one alive
Who would not understand the sentiment
In inc. of which thou art thu complement.
'I hough sentiment of svmbol more absurd
I Ins nee,. i superstition's range occttried;
'Ihut there nre forces which mnv Intervene
Success or failure of a project 'tween
Forces mysterious, be ond control
Of the embodied, bo restricted, soul?
If such there be, I him ctiinpnKsiiumti.'
""tTcnle'01" '',',0"(,( WUN I'fl"'. sophls-
'Mid things 'which to the sense iin,l rc.
son bo
Let his Imagination ntiophj.
As dried the sources of nffectlon'H fount
And drooped Ihe wings on which the soul
should mount-
The Mings of faith and hope, on which the
Through eons long front height to height.
M
York
Khan I EVER 1 EMPIRE"
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SHORT CUTS
It's n sure thing Penrose wants.
Suzanne's fenr thnt she wns a now
sport proves she, isn't.
Litvinoff 's first name evidently lin'l
"Delays Are Dangerous."
Senntor Harrison sees little dlffcrenet
between n militarist nnd a packer.
Perhaps Penrose hnsn't heard of til
old saying, "He who hesitates is lost."
"Money tnlks in whispers in, the Ber.
doll affair," says Ben Johnson. Stage whis
pers. The sale of fresh cider is banned lo
New- Jersey. Tills will go hard with tht
cider.
Add Iinnncial Notes Publicity seemi
to have driven it number of llslu ba'nks out
of existence.
Mountin' troubles continue to go to
Mahomet Penrose.
When the home-brew organ works tht
vox huninna slop there Isn't n dry eye In
thu country.
M hen It comes to sitting tight you can't
bent the coal magnates not bv an authra
cite. Prices arc still up.
The Hockvillu Center Airedale thst
tackled a porcupine didn't krvk against th
pricks; he nosed into them.
Query from Meteorological Hardwire
Department Which'd y'rnther have, I
watering pot or, a frying pan?
There is fear In some quarters that
Henry Cabot Lodge does not sufficiently
appreciate tho force of the George Norrii
slogan.
Judging from the report of the Stat
Market Bureau, New Jersey farmers hsrt
lots of pep. It is the world's greatest pepper-producing
center.
Now York City could put a crimp in if
thrncite prices if it permitted (for one
winter only) the burning of bituminous coil
within the city limits.
A Port Chester chef bus been fined 110
for stealing a cnt. The chnnccs nre that the
fnct has absolutely no connection with the
closing of tiic rnhbit season.
There seems to be some difference of
opinion ns to whether the Disarmament Con'
ference should be n committee on ways and
means or merely n debating society.
Bonus nre coming back, say steward!
in convention In Pittsburgh. The news Is
none the less startling becnuse eier so inanj
of us didn't know they had been nnay.
The Boston boy who hit nn Inillajl
chief with n hot dog. smearing his face with
mustard, probably desired to study the dew
rntlve effects possible with red and yellow.
If the President must hnve a woman
to take part In the Disarmament Confer
ence, whnt's the matter with Cousin Alice
Robertson?
If a Congressman can win laughter and
npplause in t.h" House hi renting tne
Witches' Inonntntiou from Macbeth, soma
body ought to try 'em with Hamlet s eoltio
qtl). It should be a en earn.
It will be much easier for the member!
of the Disarmament Conference lo arrive ai
u wise decision than it Is for tlio""1 now w
authority to please everybody in the clioi"
of icprcsentatives to that conference.
Insinuation is nnde thnt Suanne wam't
n good sport in refusing to shnke lmi"
with Molln. Which is as it mov . a
girl Is allowed to hnve n little listeria wiw
her bronchitis, we guess. She just couldn .
help herself at the moment.
ON THE RIDGE
BELOW the ridge u raven lie"'
And we heard thn lost curlew
Mourning out of sight below
Mountain tops were touched with snow ,
Even tho long dividing phun
Showed no wealth of sheep or gram,
But fields of boulders Iny 'ike corn
Anil inven's croak was shepherds norn
To slow cloud shadow strnjed ncross
A pasture of thin heath and moss.
The North AVIml rose; I saw him r"
With lusty force ngnlnst jour dress,
Molding your body's Inward P10
A.,.1 s,nn,.,l ,.(T from mill' SCt laic,
So now no longer flesh and blood .
Ilii. i,Im,.,I l mnrliln thought yOU WUU'
O wingless Victory, loved of men.
Who could withstand your 'rJS t4
Upbert Graves, in the Notion ana
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