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ASSOCIATED rnr.SS Is exclusively en titled te the me or republication e all ncu.' scotches credited te U ei net otherwise credited n this paper, and also the local news published therein. All rights e republication el special dispatches Herein are also reserved Phllidflj.hla. Silurdiy, Ilrfcml.tr 1?, 1921 THE MAGISTRATES MAGISTRATE PRICK, who wns de feated for ic-eleetien, has been ap pointed a teal cslutc assessor, and M.igis tratc Meclcar.. . who rctiies en .lununrv 1, Is te becenv Chief of tin1 Bureau of Welfare. Mngisliute Rebert Cm seu. whose term expires nt tlie eim of the enr, is still un un peovided for. The Oov.rner is reported ns ravine that he intend te appoint a Iirineerat te the plaee en the magistrate"' lieneh made in cant by the deatli of Magistrate Kison brown. But the Governer lias been known te chnnge hjs mind about appointments. He did It en the L'nited States srnatershijn. after he had nnneunce'd tliat he would ap point a really worthy suecesse" te Srunter Knox. He might take second thought In this Instance anil keep a geed magistrate en the bench, a magistrate who is no mere closely identified with eroeked partisan politics than Magistrate KKcnbreun was. THORNTON'S BALKINESS POSTMASTER THORNTON ma knew what lie is about when he announces tbnt he will net retire from etliee en .Tnn ftiary 1. Up lias been untitled te get out en thnt date and that Colonel Ki mp will suc ceed him I'm be insists that .i his term ders net expire until m xt September, he will fight for his job until bin resignation is asked for by the President. He has -ered eight years and three months, and his place is desired by the present Administration in Wellington. Whatever the cl 11 servit e reformers may fay, he has no exrluslve right te the office. even though its term is nominally four years. It is custeiuai- for all the heads of foreign emba-sies te resign when a new Administration comes into elHcc, no matter hew long or short they maj have s-erved. This is courteous te the new President. . Postmaster has no greater rights than an Ambacsader. If the President is willing thnt lie should continue in ellice tlwre can v be no objection, and no one should find fault if n new President wishes te appoint hisiejwai Postmaster in (lie principal cities. Mr. Thornten will lind few praetnul poli ticians read te sunpnthlze with hi'n. The Republican- will be lntl whui he is dis placed. And the HemeiintH will saj that if he were a Itppublb'nn and the I'lisident were a Demectnt the, would want the Ke publiean Postmaster eusfi'd as seen as pos Bible. This Is net the win Uie idealists would like te have it arranged, but few tilings in polities, or ccn in business, 'ire managed In accordance with ideal methods. This is became th'-re are f.-w ideal men. Mr. Thornten will haw te face the reali ties sooner or later. REGISTER THE LABORERS DIKEGTOH CAVKN is light when be sajs that n (eilege I'diiMitien is net ne'cs. sary te qualif a man te sweiji the stn- is. He is asking tliat the street-cleaning form be exempt from the iinl m rviee e.amin.i e.amin.i tlen.s. The Civil Service Commission should grant his ipquest If it wishes te pic-ene the form of supervision ever the ipialitna ipialitna tiens of members of the force it might fol fel low the custom of the Federal Gewi anient and prepare un eligible list of registered laborers made up of tbee new in the emplev of the citj and in the etnplej of the pri vate contractor"!, and add te it as rapidly as occasion requites. As te the superintendents and mechanics, it ought te be cany te come te an ngiee incnt with Director Caen, These men de jiet need te pass scholastic tests The i nj is Interested in getting men who are qualified te de the work and who will hnmtl. 10 10 10 opcrate with their superiors. Uc.vuml that nothing matters. If theracal Civil Sen ice Iteferm Asso ciation wishes te prove that it Is mere interested in the success of the plan te dean the streets by the city than in a rigid appli cation of the civil bcrvice reform theories it will withdraw its opposition te Director Cavcn's request. ABOLISHING SUBMARINES MR. BALFOUR'S suggestion for the uni versal diminution of submarines and fcubmarinc warfare is. of (eurse. another of the maneuvers intended te avert a real or imaginary nnti-HritMi menace en the French side of the Channel. But Mr Balfour might go much further with hix recommendations without offending the geed common sense of the world in gen eral, lie iniaht tuheeate the utt'r aboli tion of fighting airplanes and the limitation of big-gun calibers end the complete aban donment of chemical war in nil its forms, end de no mere than indicate the way back te n normalcy that is teally normal. The newer implements of war almost in variably reflect an unfair and inhuman spirit; of aggression. Thc are net funda mentally decent. Submniincs and airplanes and poison bus utilucd f.n purposes of or ganized war tend iucvitnbl- te gie the advantages te the ciuel ac i i'i unsciupu unsciupu letis rnther than te the brine or tin de-erv-Jng. If it i impossible te end war tin effort ought te be made te at 1 list ictere the rulen under which men who bine something te fight nbettt may de their fighting in the eji"' unen evc" u'ms "il11 ""'lr "l''r'' irlcs. THE WOMAN RADICAL INSURGENTS who broke uwu fiem the "United Mitie Werktrs oi'gaiilz..tieu m Kanwis nnd defied the officer- of the Fedetu Fedetu Hen of Iiaber nnd the Kansas Industrial Cefart avliJJ(ted t" minll army of women 'wh lmYv w crcntlng n nfuslen in one of tt w JifH'ei'tniit of the .M.ddie wentwn mine fields. These women arc the wlvc and daughters of miners, nnd the agitators in the background nre saying, "New let the militia turn their guns en women." Of course, the militia will net turn guns en these women. The strategy of Alex ander llewat's organizers is net admirable, te say the least. If Hewat, the prophet of the Insurgents, were te be allowed te go unpunished the courts of Kansas and the American Federation of Laber would be made te leek alike inept and ridiculous. And what enn you sny for agitators who remain safely in the rear while women go out te fight their battles for them? THE FAIR NEEDS THE MASTERLY HAND OF HERBERT HOOVER Opportunity of Securing His Services as Director General Is In the Highest Degree Stimulating and Pressing TTKRBKRT C. 1IOOVKR comes te Phlla-- dolphin today as the guest of Jehn Wanamaker nt a luncheon te discuss the World's Fair project. His Uslt Is ad mirably timed. Delay In filling the pest of Director Gen eral of the Imposition has, without doubt, been largely due te the difficulty of discover ing and engaging nn administrator of the most nutherltatlve, rcseuiccful, energetic and inspirational type, capable of eo-erdl-nnting potential forces of progress and ap plying them constructively te a work net only of national but of International mag nitude. It has been generally admitted regerded, indeed, ns unarguable that a Hoever would fill the requirements. But the tjpe Is rare, and there Is always the danger that ex emplars may prove spurious. Obviously, the most satisfying specimen Is the present Secretary of Commerce him self. In n Hoever there may be prospects of achievement. In the Hoever there nrc guar antees of performance that arc incontro vertible. The knock of oppertunitv is net Invariably distinct. The present occasion, however. Is one in which the resonance nnd clarity of the tapping arc unmistakable. Herbert C. Hoever should be offered the position of Director Gpnpral of thp Philadel phia fair of 10120 commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of American Inde pendence. That offer should be made today. The work is In every respect worthy of his characteristic abilities. If his accept ance can be secured and no effort of per suasion should be spared the undertaking will rest upon a basis of confidence and a structuie of substantial hopes which have hitherto been lacking. The purpose of the exposition is utterly mlsceni elved if it is viewed from the paro chial standpoint. The fair will be localized phjsically. as oil such enterprises must be. It v ill signalize an epochal event which happened In this community. But if It Is te be crowned with success lis Influence nnd appeal must be nation wide, with an emphatic draft also upon the Interest and ntlpiitlen of the entire world. With Mr. Heeter in the director generalship the comprehensive scope of the project would nt once become imprcssfvelj ild. The situation Iris its sugg(-tie historic parallel hi the choice of Senater Ilawley, of Connecticut, for the direction of the Cen tennial Exposition of 1S7IS. It is of record tiint the vigorous initiathe and organizing talents of this able administrator were hrlllinntlv instrumental in achieving a tri umph which, considering proportionate values, has net been surpassed in nny ether exposition tindi'i taking In the annals of the Natien. Tills precedent warrants recognition today when tie i'ermuln of the "right man for the place" takes piieritt ever "local pride," hewewr well intentioned. There will be pride te spare when the Fair translates a spiritual idea and a concept of history in i Ih'e t"rms of splendor nnd beauty. The less of Mr. Hemer te the Cabinet would be serious. But ewn mete grlcwus would be failure te embrace the alluring cl.nnie of pievldmg him with u role pre eininentlj suited te Ills acknowledged gifts. In a pecitliarlj happy ennjum tlen of clr cimstances Mr. Hoever's career would be givi n a logical and stimulating turn nnd the Fair v euld begin a new chapter bright with premise. THE GREAT INVERSION BANDS p'ulng "The World's Turned Upside Down" might have been appro priately stationed outside the Itritish Houses of Parliament jestcrda.i. Centuries of sterm.t his'en were dramatically in verted in the overwhelming votes in both the Commens nnd the Lords for the treaty ac ac ceiding te Ireland a national iut'gritv and a measure of idf.gmrmmunt iiii'ittninable in TOO j ears. There can be no question that the llritish public regards the new compact as the prac tical iemed for difficulties which in the past have appeared te defv solution and hate seemed te uiei k the art called states, liinuship. The vote of 401 te ,"S in the Commens nnd 100 te 17 in the Lords strik inglj I'lnnhasles the impotency of the bigots and die-hards. Pence with Ireland nnd honor te both nations is premised In the ngreement nnd the prespct is tee attractive te the people of England te he dnrheii'd In the most f'piitlc efforts of nnrrnw-visieneil politi cians. The parllamentniy veidict was in ewrv nspeit a popular one. Against such piessmc the old irrec.incilabilitj of the I louse of Lords lias crumbled. What Britain wants is unmistakable. It is the earnest hope of civlll'itien thnt the nsplratien.s of Irelnnd will coincide tomor row when the Dail Eireaun makes its fate ful deil-leii. MEET HERR STINNES! HUGO STINNES is packing up his lug gage for a dlscewry of America. very remarkable German is Hitye in many wns, a Washington D. Vnndcrltp magni fied a thnii'iind tinus; a mnrw! of wealth, iugpuuitt. agressien and determined pur pose who believes that a world-trust domi nated b the capitalists r.f German, Fiance, England. America and Itelgiuin Is necessary te continuing peace and the world's solva selva solva teon. Hen- Slinnes is cemins te the United Slates in sent eh of capital. The trust that he wents te form would be er-!fiuU"d te ex ploit nnd develop Russia. It would be u vi n geed tiust, tee. It would pn, in Itus sin for the prh lieges It sp(.kH. Huge has said ever and ever again that tli unincr- clal Intciest of the various nations must he rcnnMlcd and adjusted one te tlie oilier unless civilization is te s '" committing slew suicide In Mieces he wars. His trust j would be the Instrument of leconelllatien between great en pi i hum. aim tuiu i.iiiuiusi. The. scheme Is net quite se mad as it petted.., Miieh of the strife in Einepc and KGtfclif 1 1-' hidden stialns that have been EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER making the work of the Disarmament Cen ference difficult are due te the rivalries of the groups whfch Huge desires te bring into n happy family. The Invitation te the United States, which is about te be asked te the feast, ought te be scrutinized pretty carefully. Fer the wizard of Germany who I the perfect em bodiment of the German will which orig inally supported Kaiser Wilhclm will seek te divert many millions pf American money te Russia. Thus many men with money te invest will net be satisfied with the reason able rates rif interest obtainable by the con structive use of their wealth et home. They will naturally be interested In the prospect of larger dividends from the mere or less mysterious void thet ii Russle. There arc no geed reasons why foreign money should net be usefully employed in Russia. But there nre geed reasons why large Investments should be withheld until they can be guaranteed and protected by a better and mere dependable Government than that which th.e Russians new have. It would be unpleasant for Huge and his con ferees if, nt some future time, nnether Russian Government decided te repudiate national debts. It would be even mere un pleasant for the people who might be asked te make war en Russia for the collection of moneys lent out at, say, 10 per cent In terest. ALLUREMENTS OF CHANCE THERE is a bill before Congress pro hibiting the publication in newspapers of any news likely te leed te gambling. The president of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association has called upon nil members of the organization te urge the defeat of the bill ns an unwarranted at tempt te establish a censorship Over the press. The bill is directed against the publica tion of racing news ns though bets were never laid en nn thing but horse races. Few persons, nnd they must live In seclu sion, are unaware that bets are laid en n wide variety of contests nnd en a wide va riety of news in which there Is no allusion te a contest of any kind. Men who like te wager risk their money en the Government crop reports, betting that the coming report will indicate a larger or smaller crop than the year before. They bet en the amount of bank clearings. Thev bet en the number of automobiles te be registered In the State within the car. and they even take the license numbers in five figures ns poker hands and ns they walk along the street play n novel kind of poker with one nnether. Literally Interpreted, the bill would pro hibit the publication of crop reports and bank clearings, te say nothing of motorcar license numbers. In a presidential election, as the cam paign drnws te a close, the newspapers quote the odds given by the gamblers en the candidates. Heavy wagers nre laid, and this. tee. in spite of the laws against bet ting en elections. These lnws were pasted because some purists thought that men with large sums at stake en the result would tamper with the ballets In order te win. But the purists were ignorant of wlint gees en In tlie mind of the better. He is backing his judgment againt the antics of the god of chance and he will stniul by the conse quences. The "real sport" will net bet en a sure thing because that is taking an unfair advantage of the ether fellow. The bill would prevent the publication of news about the progress of a political cam paign. It would also prevent the publica tion of reports of baseball and football games, as men disposed te bet frequently risk their meiicj en these contests. And rnenc lias been wen and lest en tennis mntdies as well as en the speed of the tr.-ary between Philadelphia and Atlantic Ne one publicly defends gambling. If it could be discounted b law there would be unanimous agreement en the pns.snge of a statute. But no one has ct been able te draft a bill which would de what it sets out te de. The nearest that has been come te It is in the Inw against the transmission of lettcrv tickets through the mails. But these who have seriously wished te buy lottery tickets bine found was te de it, even though the headquarters of the lotteries hinc been moved outside of the United States, The men responsible for the bill before Congress mean well, but the have under taken te de a difficult thing that is, te abolish the allurements of chance. A FLEET WORTH SAVING CHAIRMAN LASKER'S latest appeal made before the Association of Com Cem mciee at Milwaukee for substantial aid for the American merchant marine is appropri ately timed with a new report of the Na Na teon's immense maritime resources. The Commissioner of Navigation an nounces in bis annual survey that American tonnage in merchant ships is new eleven times greater than in 1014. Contrary te a rether prevalent impression, growth did net cease last tear, when nearl.t two million tens was added' te the great fleet new consisting of HS.01U 'vessels of nil kinds with a total gross tonnage of mere than eighteen million. It would be little short of criminal te pro long the policy of drifting with regard te this enormous wealth, real and potential, In Fortunately, President Harding is aroused te the need of n scientific, constructive course of action, and it is said thnt he will seen recommend n pregrnm enabling the Natien te preserve Its regained eminence en sea trade. Something akin te subsidies inny be suggested. In an evrut some measure of support safeguarding private ownership Is likely te be proposed. There will be, of course, initial costs, but these, whatever form they mat- take, should be deemed incommensurate with imposing opportunities for commercial expansion. Obstruction te ambitious plans for making the most of the huge trade and passenger fleet under the flag suggests a conception of the United States as it existed before the war. The vastly changed situation demands new treatment even nt the cost of instituting n hitherto untried subsidy policy. The necessity of the Case of Expedience dally job and the dally wage is responsible for much false political economy. Allied coun tries would have no cllfliciiltt 'in putting German reparations en n natural bnsls If it were net for the complexities of the world's Industrial hj stein. They could take Ger man 's natural resources and conserve their own." But because it Is a labor condition and net merelv an economic theerv that faces the world, common sense Is perforce sacri ficed te expedience. Ben W. Heeper, vice chairman of the United States Railroad Laber heard, ad dressing the New Yerk Railroad Club, clc clc pleuil the possible evils of labor aggression, which nr many and serious, nnd declared that If labor confined its efforts te the pro curement of n just wage, desirable working conditions nnd the maintenance efan in cleaning!) K'x'd stnndaid of llting it would net enl) serve its own Internets, but It would save the Republic, new threatened by the unthinking. There is significance In the phrase "an Increasingly geed stnndaid of living. it is tne reci; en wnicii tne geed ship Amicable Industrial Relations tee often splits. It Ih the rock en which the enduring edifice Amicable. Induttrial Relations should have Its foundation. PHILADELPHIA,' SATURDAY, DECEMBER NEW STATE LIBRARIAN He la the Sen of the "Bishop of the Diocese of Despair" The Aute License Tag Puzzle Story of the- Christmas Seal By GEORGE NOX McOAIN ""piSHOr of the Diocese of Despair," is -D what the Rev. Dr. Kerr called him. And it wns peculiarly fitting. t If any man ever gave himself, body and soul, te the work of helping the unfertunntc and comforting the downtrodden, the Rev. Dr. H. R. Doncheo was that individual. I first knew him when he wns in chnrgc of the West End Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh forty years age. "Ith that peculiar Indifference te things sacred se distinctive of rolling-mill men of these years, they called it "The Sawmill Run Church." It was located in a glass nnd iron section en the south side of the river in the section known as the West End. There was n fashlennble church in New Yerk nbeut that time known ns "The Church of the Hely Locomotive." It had a gilded locomotive engine for the wind-guide en its lefty steeple vane. Rolling-mill men didn't bestow that so briquet, though. Dr. Donehoo wns particularly interested in the peer children of the city. The Chlna mrn of the town were his special preteges. As n member of the Benrd of the Western Penitentiary lie comforted the convicts. The Small Parks Playgrounds Association of Pittsburgh had him for its vice president. When he retired from ,thc ministry he was worn out by a life of self-sacrificing toil. THIS wns the sort of father the new State Librarian, Dr. Geerge P. Donehoo, had. I renewed with him some half-forgotten memories the ether day. Dr. Donehoo. the librarian, is a tall, spare gentlcmnn. with snowy, unruly hair nnd kindly eyes. He is n clergyman nnd n bibliophile of State-wide reputation. As nn nutlierlty en the aberlglnnl history of Pennsjlvnnln he has perhaps no equal. He knows nnd has followed and written nbeut all the famous old Indian trails of the pre-Penn days. An episode in bis life which recalled his father left an Impress en him thnt all the intervening years hate net fully eradicated, he told me. A condemned murderer in the Western Penitentiary had claimed the earnest minis trations of his father. A few weeks before the execution the elcler Dr. Donehoo was taken with his final illness. He asked his son te nsstime his duties nnd cares at the prison, which he did. Fer days bcfeie the execution the young clcigyman spent nearly nil ids time with the wretched man, who was about his own age. He remained with him through the last night and walked upon the scaffold by his bide. "It was jears before I fully recovered from the mental effects of tliat experience," said Dr. Doncheo. COMMISSIONER LEWIS S. SADLER snys that at least .$100,000 was un necessarily spent by Phlladelphlans nlenc last year with auto-license brokers of the jazz type. The "get-your-license-in- twelve -hours" breed. The Commissioner further informs me thnt the profits of Philadelphia automobile license brokers of this class will be pretty well wiped out tills year. Individual applicants for licenses will re ceive their plates within forty-eight hours after the application and the cash nre re ceived. "The automobile division is se ergnnized new," says the Commissioner, "that It will lie possible te have ever) clay's business cleaned up when the office doses at night. "There was a gtent deal of reckless criti cism of tills office Inst year," said Mr. Sadler. "One gentleman proclaimed tliat his license, hail been held up for two weeks. I persennlly investigated his case. "He had made the necessary affidavits be fore his netnr). The netnry then held his application till he had collected about 100 mere mid sent them in a bunch te this office. "The notary and net our automobile di vision was responsible for tlie clehi)." Up te the present etcr -."0,000 applica tions for nute licenses have been received nnd tilled. W'J'1'1 Stat 'ILLIA.M J. RONEY, manager of the ite Workmen's Insurance Bureau, has nil sorts of queer things brought te his official attention. As n rule, he says, the most persistent opponents of the introduction of "safety first" appliances nre the werkliignien, or these for whom the detlces hnte been pro vided. Industrial concerns introduce n safety dei ice and explain its operation te the workers. A description of its ndvantnge is listened te with incllffercuce. It gees in one ear nnd nut the ether. The nppliance is legarded as a fnd or new fangled, and in n few cla.is ft is cast aside. "Blindness, wholly or In part. Is nlmest ceitnln te fellow carelessness In cement mills where the product gets into the deli cate structure of the e.ie," said Mr. Heney. "The manufacturers supply their work men with protective goggles. "Many of the men threw their goggles nwav after the first day or two. "They prefer te run the risk of total dis ability rather thnn take the trouble te keep their glnsses in place. "One of our Inspectors visited a shirt fac tory iccently. A young mnn n few dn.ts prevleusl) had the extreme end of his right forefinger sliced off by a machine used for cutting out cellar bands which he was oper ating. " 'Hew did you mnnngc te de It with such a machine?' inquired the inspector. "'Easy enough,' wns the repl.i . 'I JuFt did tills,' and he used the second finger te illustrate. "When he withdrew the end of that finger hnd gene the way of the first." THE sale of Christmas seals Is new cenn-trv-wlde. The proceeds nre devoted te stamping out tuberculosis. It is net generally known that the Penn sylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis started this great natlennl philanthropic movement en its way. The Idea originated with n .teung lady in Wilmington, Dd., ever thirty .tears age. The National Anti-Tuberculosis Society is tlie child of the Pennsylvania organiza tion. The latter wns organized in 1 SOU. while the National Seclet) was net organized until 1004. The seals were first sold under lis auspices. While the twin cress, as the special in in slgne of the societies, has been copyrighted, there is. up te tlie present, no cepjright en the Christinas stump or seal Idea. THIS fact has led unscrupulous nnd hcnit less Individuals te take advantage of the seal Idea and turn it te pieflt. The most prominent Is that fathered by a concern in nn Eastern city which offers Christmas seals or stamps for sale te chll dren and .teung people. These nre sold nt a very low figure te them, and the children nre then instructed te sell them through their town or tillage nt a considerable profit which they are per mitted te keep. Religious organizations, independent, charitable, and eieu local nntl-tiiberviilnsls societies, have appropriated the Idea and used It te further their Interests. Charles .1. Hatfield, of this clt), is man aging director of the National Anti-Tuber-culesis Seeiet), Dr. Lawrence F. Flick, widely known specialist mid philanthropist, organized and Is one of the surviving erlginnl members of the Sttite society. Dr. .7. M. Anders Is president, Dr. Ward Biltifen secretary and Dr. J. W. Hardt trcnJrcr of the Pennsylvania State body at the J isent time 59 &a ,lSir- zrTL'i : . ,,,,ll-Jw,'," .i-j.,.:l.'ifcaiit-nT ""Sfu .attagjalaipj bssssssri vvr-:-TeT:.,;-r'.K::r.rri- ? iy? jsmswsssffly-wjr m iye&g 'ff s f ..s,1r;5:Kff w. a jj-amsffiai h r ii,, -.i jZlmji TTTlr---"n:"',lJi I,, -" " - . 5 -fwi NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talk: With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best DR. LOUIS GERSHENFELT On the Value of Microbes "pULGING eyes and creepy legs seem D te constitute the layman's idea of a germ," Dr. Leuis Gcrsbcnfelt. professor of bacteriology at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science und president of the Gershenfelt Laboratory, sajs in discussing the types of germs which arc really of value te mankind. "When the word bacteria is mentioned te the layman he immediately denks himself with Imaginary specters of epidemics and plagues. The fact, hewcier. remains that there arc ninny microbes which really pro duce no negative effect en man. "Seme, of course, really arc hostile, i-r. Gershenfelt explained, "and among these are these classified under I .lcrocecci. "Microcecci present te the mind of the latinnn certain t.tpes of germs. He confuses mieiebe with microceccus, instead of real izing thnt microcecci arc tlie classification et many forms of germs. Had Big Patt In Var "Hew many persons today realize the great part the micro-organism played in the manufacture of gl.icerine during the war.' "It is net generally known that through the various stages of biological methods plants wcic able te Increase their output. "Through spontaneous fermentation it is possible te make acetone, a powerful sol vent and Ingredient of gunpowder. Indigo from the plnnt does net present itself as indigo until the plant has undergone cer tain changes of bacterial actiilty. "The use of bacteria in the separation of fibers from the plants is greatly aided by the use of mtcro-ergnnlsins under the proper cir cumstances. They arc needed especially in the separation of hemp unci flax from the plant. , , "Animal hides, were they net tnnned, would be subject te decomposition but for the actlviti of microbes. "Through the aid pf. specific micro-organ-isms under Uhe proper tcinpeiature and moisture en deca.ted vegetnhle matter it is possible te reproduce nitrates and nitrites. "The fining of tobacco would be greatly handicapped were it net for the ability te use bacteria. "In luetic ceid we have the piesencc of the microbe again. Nearly all adds requir ing some form of fermentation need the micro-organism. In Bread and Ammonia, Toe "Ammonia, for example, was manufac tured with the aid of germ life until the present form was Introduced. "Bread, the staff of life, is dependent te n lnrgc degree en the presence of micro micre micro e.rganisms. By means of n yeast coke the baker introduces the germ. Alcohol and carbon-dioxide nre fe.mcd. The alcohol is thrown efT nnd the carbon-dioxide causes the bread te rise, "We could net have such valuable things What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1 N'nrae three hinds of palm trcea. 1'. 'What Is the c.ipltnl of Kerea7 3. "What wns formerly the corenntlon city of the French Kings? 4. Who is Jehn Merley? C. Hew manv Presidents of the United Stntes hate been elected from New Jersey? 0 What color Is mauve? 7 'Where de Corfletes live? 8 Hew Is the numerical size of the Elec teral (JelIcKe determined? 9 'What Is the sacred book of the Meham medans? 10 What Is the southernmost railroad In the weild? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1 Jlarlum Is a white metallic clement, the linsls of nlUnllne earth. The Kplrets nre the inhabitants of Kplrus. Northern Orcic. a A hind Is n female deer, especially a red deer, and after the third year. 4. The Bosten Tea Party took place en December tC, 1773. 5. Chaparral Is a thicket of dwarf ever green e.ilts: nny dense thicket of stiff or thorny shrubs. 0. Jehn Sherman, William It. Day and Jehn Huy ttere Sfcreturles of auto under MeKlnlcy, 7. A dhele is a wild deg of India. 8. A bascule brldge Is u drawbridge, raised nnd lowered with countereolvn 0, Spokane, acceidin te the natives of thai Kiijr, in jiiuiiuunvuu ene-can, Wll X0, .. in iiifiii, .ii, inn lur. nvii.iii. ewii ii wiuie Alie Adventurea el iinift 17, 1021- i iiiinfiT "AW, QUIT YER NONSENSIN'! j--1- "fc anmsWFttsu. lSCJi3icSliS1lriilUil-'a,,' M-jnrf.- ' -"... ,...--'- WinMSWaal u;sKjk .. Svs'iff- ir K IH'-WIjClJt "Minml ,, ns acetic acid, oxalic acid, citric acid and even sauerkraut if there was no germ life. "One of the feitunnte things Is that there arc mere useful and harmless germs in the world thnn disease-producing ones. "The useful germ hns n greater magni tude, forms mere elnborate compounds nnd is by far the most interesting of all the t)pes of micro-organisms. "Of the harmful germs known genernlly under the head of microcecci no microbe Is capable of producing the disease under all conditions In nil animals. Then It should be remembered thnt there me a number of general factors that predispose persons te disease with which tlie microceccus has uetliing nt all te de age, hunger, lliiist, fatigue, exposure, extremes of tcnipcrnttiie and heredity." I The Hands of the Cleck I THEY stand ns sundered as the poles ; They clasp, as brother unto brother; (Jne points te beaten, guide te souls; Unto the deepest depths the ether. As opposite ns black and white, And yet within a mere half hour They cling se close, te disunite An instant weie be) end our power. Sedately one pursues his round Day after day, what e'er the weather, Ythllc onward doth the ether bound. 1 et in the end they come together. Sometimes ns swift as shaft of light; Sometimes like lead, se hem i footed As golden ns a sunbeam's flight ; As black as thunder e'er was booted. Uncomely as the deuce of spades, let en them all our glances linger. Prosaic, jet poetic blades Hniccut In with, "Time's medng finger." Fer knife and fork, the one best bet T inS11U.r t0 ''"X0"'- hlicN that tun clay, unlike the sun, the never set. Yet father sets them eiery Siindav. All must possess them, lnnugie self I nentcrprising p,lht ai scorning, ' Ihey newr leaw ihe mantel sl.f let help us catch the train each morning -Maurice Merris, j the N. Y. Ileiald. Hew It Happened from Urn Wmlimtcr Mm. in the beginning (in tiwl liin i r..l !.... earth nn,l ..II .(7, .... ". V"" '" "dl ami " i.uils IliCIVIII, IN. Ill,, I, crea ed man and woman and left tl u lea e, en the corner. In due time thev nulUiUI mid spread into the depot, pest '' store, wiicie Ihcy s and eni m, i ,,, national problems. ' "'" ,S"lte uml ,Teday'8 Annlversarles 177S Sir Ilumphiei Dm. i,,,,..., IWjlieiiln. Dle.1 a M,,?r , ,f" '. teber 10. 1S70. "-! w,, WL tM)i Jehn ;, Wliitticr ii. . at East Hateih.ll. Mass. V)l J Tin i,liIsSieN,V" 'S''!'t"ber 7. 1,S!l". " 1S07 Jehn ; ilttier the poet, born unpten Stutes Senater fiem llli..iu dectcd United 1817 Mnrle Louise, second wic. nt v poleeu I, died In Vieiin, iur,. i. "" ber 1l, 171)1 . """ J'ein Decern- president. 1S(I7 French deputies fiv.( ,,, , n jfe-ii" ,,r ",lhv"-v ''"i.ie.ves - y.'r0 l""t0 Inspeetei O'Sul h-m p Dub n Cnstl.. u-s L.ii..... '. ,"" )m of i.. .1 " i.i.. .. .7 '.. -"-"'"im ill tlie street .m jinn ruiii. Today's Birthdays William J.en Mackcii.le King, who i, te be the new Premier of the Domini , , Canada, bem at Kitchener I "" '" ' .' set en .tears age, ",l1)' .ii l"7ru """ ir mail) .tcais direeler nf tip Puslmi.. lsf!l,,... ,"". ""CC ICir Tl. Ill Tl e I .I r -Ki.mnj et fai born ni.l, -rifcllv .M'lllS IlgO, Clinten Rogers Woediuff, n noted pioneer n geed government and ,!,.,,. ....i.n' ' .' fine movements, born in Philadelphia flftvl three years age. J Rear Admiral Richard ("Fighting Dick". Wnlswrlght, U. B. N. retlrid "ri, In "nsMjngten, D. C, seyenty-twe yen pa Ve and a member of CengicM , ,i V'1',"1;" V... Ben. at L'.iste " "M I.. M n 'S1m -7 ISsO-The Iteers c'siftbilsl.ef;;"' $3. African Ilenub c win. i,.i V i"1"'' "" dinger ns H nmnwn'eiii . .MM S fiA, 4.-.. SHORT CUTS The curiosity seems iusatluble. of Postmaster Thornten The ties that blind These your wife buys you nt Christmas. There nre few hunters ndwndays who nre anxious te pass the buck. Enlightened self-interest will sooner or later lead Ulster Inte the Irish Fice State. Postmaster Thornten may wonder why it HI Hays doesn't take that movie job nnd leave him nlenc. Huverferd has officially opened its .skating season, and the Velstead act hasn't been juried a particle. Fech tnlked te 17 and netcr made a break, list as well as u soldier. 000,000 Americans lie is n diploma- Irlencls of the treati In the Dail LlicMim have cvidentlj decided te' allow De inlet a te talk 1 Imsplf out. ihe Piiilemathean Smietv last night discussed "Tlie Pregips ,,f a i'leu." Evi dently going In for athletics; just one long jump niter nnether. V hut, we pause te inqiilie. is going te become of ointery if the Senate adepts the thicateued resolution of Senater Jenes re 'lulling speakers te stick te the point? Possibility of n fight I,, the Senate ever tlie four-Power pact is disquieting and depressing. Because the ticutv is desigi ed te picserie thp wavt. 0f tlu el.j(1 ,,0inCS should net be permitted te intcrfeie with It. Postal savings accounts have alarmingly deruMscjl. 'Uiey weie high when people weie being accused of extinvugnnce. Thev are low w hen people have hearkened te the call et thrift, is It net strange? Yes, It la net. Vi hen one considers that it was the fust warship sin. has built all by hei little lone some and thnt thp money for it was raised 1" popular subscription. em, begins te leallze why Japan ehiectcd se earnestly te thu scrapping of tlie Mill u. Thicnteued action en the ciir-pnrking eidlnaiicc causes ti.s te fear that tlie Ad ministration members of Council are hancll c.ipped bv a Inck of u ensC of humor. What the Combine Is nuclei steed te hnve rcuiaikcd Mas, "Ven Tngcii, .tou're it." Jehn Leve isn't officially a heie, for when he entered a binning building en Eighth street .testerday morning he didn't save an) bed). But that, we beg te remark, was net his fault, lie was tliete for that purpose, and wc take the uccn -ion te doff our hut te him. 1 lestidigitntcur France, ladles nnd gen tlemen, will new piececd te pull nn niiny out of the Washington Cenfeience hat just because she can't nffeicl te have a larger niiv) nnd the three big naval Peweis couldn't afford te let her haw It If she could afford it, if .ten get what we mean. I'rnnklln. Ky hits a dnllnr-e-day farm hand who is making lift; dollars a dnv in oil royalties but, lives n his dollar nnd deposits his lejalty checks in the bank, lie ls married and has two chllclicn. One inny guess nt whnt will happen when the second and third generation get held of that money. Tlieie is nn old saying In the little principality thnt "Wales was Wales before England wns born." It la nt least note nete note weithy If net particularly dgnifiennt thnt the two elsluneii prominent ill the iiinkinx of the Angle-Irish pence trentv, Lloyd Geerge nnd Arthur Griffith, raise no word of Independence for Wales. Ihe fuimer'w grievance Is thnt a buhel of wheat buys n less piopnrtlen of things he needs than it former! v did. This may !' cmisldeied n tcmperari embarrassment rather than a tiagedi ; for the evil Is one that occasionally nflllets even- branch of humnii endeavor, and Inter rights Itself. Government interference is meiu like!) U complicate than iclleve mutters. An Aletlc explorer Milled into Nnu; from the 1 leeii Nei th tills month aim wanted te enlist In the American Auuy te light lu Fiance. He didn't knew the war was ever. IIe had been thiee years en the way fiem Coronation Gulf. Once he and his companions. ,cl ie walk (went) seven clays te an Eskimo village, living route en roots. The news that man "hi hnve te iend te catch up t. ill be mere fftv-'l nntlng thnn nny novel. 'IlL'-. y iii-'Mi -Vyjju'-ir iiir1!1 v,MninrTilMni,EtlE.,HM.M,t.jniif i ", '' 4-W '' ';. -, - v -y-k fAiwwti-' Sfas-WsHI Q4 .... 1
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