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MA1N0I KTAddrett all communtratleiulo Kiening Vublie .ZMdger, Independence Square. lVillnrfrll'lidl I Member of the Acieelated Preu 'the associated rnnss u exciunvtjv ntlta te the use for republication 0 all neua iltpatches credited te it or net ethtrave creditnt tMs pater, and alie tlie local neu.3 publUKed thtrtin. All rights of republication of special dispatehti neren ere ele rpjcned Phll.dflphla, ThanJiT. I'fbruirr 2, IK2 MORE FLU? SPANISH Iniluenra a mjelrriuus plncuc wbleh erislniitcd en bnttlclii'liN aiul In the iliterdcr crc.itt'il by lons-centlnurd wars, nnd swept Kurepe ropeatcdly befertf it iip '. jcarcd at last under a les nfnl name than ihe one it; born in the past firt on en , tcrcd the United States by w.i e the , Southern Atlnntie peits and appeared a j ' little later in New Yerk. It sas i-prendim: J te the whole country een while the pert t physicians and public health efhel.its in I " almost every important city were tellinc the , f people that there was nethinp; te worry J J about. , ,, The flu has appeared apuin in New t Terls, where it Is reaching the propnttiens of nn epidemic. IVe dai age the health f emciam of the pert eC New Yerk and the efSclalti of the Depaitmcnt of Health were telling New Yorkers that the new visita tion of the flu wouldn't de mmli damage. There is no reason te feel that Philadelphia way profit bj any t-peeial Immunity. It Is the dut of the Department of Health and the Department of Welfare t 1 be frank and far-sighted rather than use lessly optimistic. It is possible bj is tematic care te avoid inlluen?a. Ke.ry one 1 should seek the ndlee et a doeter at the slightest syn of fevtr or the first sjmptems of "a cold." Keep jour windows open, get j "" plenty et pieep and paj. for the time being at least, the strictest nttentirni te rules of health and sanitation, whirh jour family doctor will outline for jeu in the space of a few rnlntitet. I Theic is no danger of another general -- epidemic of inliuenn. since the disease jrrews milder with every appearance after thr first outbreak. It is fur less undent, wherever it is encountered new, than It was in the siese of 1018. Hut at best it isn't a pleasant thing te have aieuud. - HUMPTY DUMPTY IN OFFICE , TN THAT classical work en philosophy and X sociology. "Alice's Adventures In Von Ven , derland," Humptj Dumpty announces that terds mean whatever he wishes them te mean. It Juts remained for V. L. Haekcn- i turg, of the New Yerk Legislature, te at tempt te apply the method of Ilumpty Dumpty in framing laws.. Mr. llackenburg has introduced n bill defining "Iijpecrisy" and providing that it be punished as a misdemeanor. New, a 'hypocrite, nccerding te the dictionary, is "one who for purposes of winning appreba- Z tlen or favor feigns te be ether and better than he Is." and hypocrisy is such feigning. The New 'Yerk law maker, however, in his ' proposed amendment te the Penal Cede, dc- ' lines hjpeerlsy in this way: "Any person who for pa, hire, revvntd, or In antldpa- tlen of pay, reward, gift or ether valuable thing shall publicly advocate, ndvertisc or I huppe-rt any legislative meiisitie calculated te infringe upon and restrain the free ex- ercifcc of personal liberty shall be guilty of v hypocrisy." The dictionary definition describes a per- eon who pretendh te be better than he K J5 The proposed legal definition describes a person who for hire tries te make a person ' better than lie wants te be. There is a -Y distinction with a vital difference here, nut when Ilumpty Dumpty asserts himself dic tionaries cease let be of any use. GLORY AND JUNK r rT HAS been errcyiceuIy asserted that nothing Is quite se dead a jestcrday s Jiewspapcr. Hut even admitting Hint tlie liveliest dispatches have the life of a May lly, it must be conceded that if they expire ns news they iaa in some Instances survive as history. Ne, the maximum of mori meri bundtty is net in the out-dated journalistic product. 11 is in the once-proud vessels of n. growing navy. Ter the first time In its hister,v (lie Gov ernment is celling battleships, in the part Ihcy have beeu scrapped bv the owner or i; buttered te iregnients uy tlie latest guns. Nine American warships rated obsolete have just been disposed of te the highest bidder, & and nil but one have lallen Inte tin" hands 1 of a Philadelphia firm, which will break iL Jta Buperaunuatcd fleet into salable pieces. Among the rejected cruft are the battle- ' uMnu Wispensln. Missouri nnd .Maine, in tbelr dny alleged s.vmbels of American naval , majesty. The eight shlts brought a total ff of $2'iJ5,000 scat eel the price of a single Wall modern cargo earlier. Popular subscriptions went Inte the Vmaklng of the Maine, built te replace the hecend-class battleship blown up in Havana harbor In 18!S. That successor, s0 patil- etlcally fashioned, was rated umnatchuble. The cruiser Columbia, ale in the let, new nt IiCUgue Island, wns for some jcars the uptcd iiueen of the American Tleet. She is' about ns useful today as one ,of Geerge Stephenson's or Oliver leans' locomotives. , Warships nre born high and die low. Kew if nny ether ephemera touch se closely the extremes of the ermicllese nnd the futile. SIGNSTOF PROMISE If if rTlHE vote by which the Senutc passed the Kf( - 'XJ Foreign Lean I'undlng lllll was really ffr'i if vote of confidence in President Harding. JThe plan proposed in 1110 urn was sub- Untlally the plnn of the executive depart- " iBtnt of the Government. It provides for ,, the appointment of n commission of live, including the Secretary of the Treasury, te the debtor nations for ex- nglng their acknowledgment of Indebted- Inte inieresi-ui-uniiu uonue 01 meir :tlre Governments pajeble In twenty- years. A08 inieresi is 10 ou nei less 4Vi ner cent, arieui propeslliona te limit the dlscre- , ef the commission in nujubiuig me pay ,ts of interest and it) ether ways were down, They were inaue iy senators M ib Iftfer 01 maaing a peremptory tMlftMf'jth payment of what Is owed 1 Tl 1 i slusiiant and Becretarr Mellen rtNMiMl 1 COUld 'BOt- M ' "r-t feTJ$:iruW produce, M.'1' necessary friction in handling ether ques tions. , Only lliree Republican Senators declined te fellow the lead of the Administration en this matter. Tlicy were lterali, Lit Pol Pel lcttc and Nerrls, who have been kicking ever tiiu truces en various matters for a long time. They ,wcre among the bitter enders xen the Versailles Treaty and they have been consistently parochially minded en every big question of foreign relations. The etc en the Funding lllll indicates mere clearly than an j tiling else that has happened this winter n disposition in the Senate te fellow the lead of the White Heusp In dealing with the complicated Issues arising out of the attempts te bring about nn intelligent co-operation of the United States with ether nations in solving the International problems new Vexing the wetld. HOW MANY SERVICE MEN WANT THE MUCH-TALKED-OF BONUS? Senater Pepper's Attitude Suggests That a Legien Referendum Might Help te Guide Congress S';; 'lJNVTOR PLTPLMt mn expect n variety L'tiiresnup tractions te his frank statement In opposition te tiie soldier bonus pregtain that Is new faking form in Congress. He is the first conservative Republican of prominence in the Sennte te speak without restraint and In terms of definite antagonism of a scheme which most people in Washington dlscus in whispers if they discuss it at oil. In the Senate and in the Heuse the Senater's anti-bonus pronouncement caused something of a "sensation Neither the Senate nor the Ileuc believes that the bonus plan new under consideration would be n geed thing for feimcr tervlec men or for tlie count r j Yet the Heuse has eted for the scheme, and it Is 'orieuslj te be doubted whether Senators who swing the balance of power would have the courage te express their true opinions with their votes. Meanwhile, no one In Congress knows a safe way through which the Immense sums necessary te a general bonus, may be obtained. In peme quarters of political Washington there is boric that the money may be had threush returns fiem war leans made te the tallied Governments by the United State-. Ilut Kurei' plainl.v isn't able te meet Its most pressing financial ob ligations without extrneidinarj stress nnd an entirely new program eT elf-ilenlnl. We might Issue ultlmntums te the Old World for the sake of pajing bonuses nnd thus lisk new wars ),, order te make some gifts of money te the men who fought In the war recently ended. Would that help an -body? It Is argued, tee. that funds for tlie sol dier bonus might be obtained b new methods of direct or Indirect taxation, lint the necessary billions would inevitably be added te the burdens c!f industry, nnd tlie money would come Inevitably out of hc pockets of people who already arc strug gling with the problems of ndvanced living costs. Mere immediately interesting than eco nomic speculation is the hypnotic state in duced In Congress nnd In Washington generally by the propaganda ergnnfred te "hammer the bonus pla through. " Is Congress being fooled again? Is it seeing visions? Is there in or out of the American Legien uny real and widespread desire for a money reward for services done in L'urepe? It Is haul te ay what, t lefcrendum nmnng former service men would disclose. Certainly It is difficult te find a former soldier in geed health who will admit a wish te embarrass and stampede the Gov ernment with 11 demand for a gift of a few hundred dollar'. There is In the T.egien a perfectly rea sonable and admirable determination te sec justice ami n little mere done for sick, and wounded seldiets. Iltit there is geed ground for a belief thnt the cry for the bonus is net raised by the men themselves, but bv certain groups wllhln the Legien who ileatly deslie te find n common cause with which te held the former service men tlghtl.v together as a manageable and highly influential oiganizntien. An lnqnir.v into the bonus question. If it were intelligently clirected in Congress, might well begin with a survey nnd analysis of the forces that are being united te formu late the Legien's pre-ent policies. Prem many gtetips within the general organisatien there has been cnmphlnt against cliques who wcie supposed te be in control of the Legien nnd intent en using it for puiposes net in neeeul with the views and temper of the men themselves There was nt one time nn tibvletis cfTeit somewhere higher up te make a sort of national meiuls police of trm(r soldier groups and te use the name of i'e Legien te intimidate labor. It f.iibel l"'iase membeis ,f the Legien ipscnted it New it appears that nn effort is afoot te organize eterans of the Wei Id Wnr as 1 political bloc. And there are times when ir seems that tlie bonus agitation tcpicscnts nothing but an effort of shiewd ergamers te keep themselves in power nnd gnln con trol of Legien aflnlrs GREYHOUNDS UNDER THE FLAG T Hi: Shipping Heniil - 'Jl .turn-ten pa 1 11. ger liners, many Willi II VVI tl' Mill. ie, have a 1 istnr Htrueted en the Delmv shieuelcil in misgivings Original! v de- rlglied a transput ts for use in tlie World War, the vessels eventually undeinent nu merous ehunses of charjitet, and tl ha of emple.ving t licit In 1111 rxpnmleii nur lean merchant marine" was ii-guril .1 m s nni quarters as n tutli-r disnes-ing nfter nfter theught. Hut the .ptie ' have been p n futed Splendid liner, built by tln 'leveinme nt and equipped with every device nf l.vurv, comfort and snfetv, are new pljlng the seven seas. Tlie ting has been restereel I,, passenger service which taps European ports en the r.nst, Ilueues Aiies In the Seuth ninl Calcutta, Yol.ehamn. Shanghai, Manila and the chief entrepets of the Oilent. The latest triumphs of tliese handsome ships ere of a kind net generally predicted Net planned ns ocean greyhounds, they have) nevertheless seercel conspicuous sue-e-esscs ns speed ships. Shipping Ilenrd Illicit) new held the rcieid, eleven clajs, te Ule ele .laneiie. Still mete extraordinary, considering Un competitive standards, Is the nihlcveinciit of the steamship Pine Tite State en the Yokohama-Seattle run. Arriving nt Wil llamheud, near Victeria, Itrltish Columbia, this week, tills vessel had the distinction of setting a new American uiatk for a trans Pacific crossing. The record, eight clays, nineteen hours and thirty minutes from Asm te America, is surpassed only by the pet ferinnnee of the Canadluu liner impress of Russia in 101-1. Her tine was en hour and one minute less. Americans are cntltl Americana are entitled te pride in the accomplishments of n'Tlcct born ninld vicis situdes nnd new justifying the most fervent hopes of well-wishers of a rcnlly revived merchant marine. REAL DISARMAMENT rnilKRH is cold comfort 'for qulbblers and hair-splitters in the Five-Power Naval Treaty which Secretary Hughes submitted at the plenary session of the Washington Conference yesterdny. StHstlc ndernment is net discernible in this momentous instru ment. ' ' Tlie document Is an explicit record in the plainest language of nn epochal transac tion. Gcnernl principles contributed pow erfully te Its making, but no Ink Is w acted In grandiloquent rcpct!tlon.ef t'1" perfectly obvious causes behind the agreement. The treuty Is a compact et disarmament, with every term scrupulously specified. In business-like nnd detailed decisiveness It is unique in the history of diplomacy. The possibilities of honest doubts about In terpretation linve been offset by n glossary of definitions. There is, of course, 110 in fallible antidote against wanton wrangling, but tlie melius of vain speculation and tils tiacting h.vpethesis has unquestionably been shortened bv the covenant. The principal terms of the contract were gctietnlly known before tlie formal revela tion of Mr. Hughes, The settlement of the fortifications problem in-Pacific islands re moved the last bartler in the sessions te thr proclamation et a fiftccn-ycar naval holiday. As was expected, the total displacement tonnage of capital ships permitted te the I nited States nnd Great Britain is fixed at .VJ.'i.One. The total for Prance nnd Italy Is 17.1,000 tens, unci for Jnpan 1115,000 tens. 'e capital ships shall exceed .'1,000 tens, nor be equipped with guns in excess of slxte-en-Inch caliber. Pqually definite nre the previsions re specting aircraft cntrlers, with the excep tion that the present tonnage may be re garded ns experimental nnd may be replaced without regard te Its age. The scrapping program is outlined In n way permitting no misconception. There nre no loopholes In these regulations, which even specify thnt net mete than one old vessel at n time slutll be used by any Gov ernment In tnrget practice. Save by nn outright breach of faith there can be no wriggling out of a thoroughly tangible and realistic schedule of disarma ment. The dates for disposing of ships under the ban are set forth with the in flexibility of a time-table. These features of the treaty with which the public lias net been previous! ac quainted enhance Its vitality and point the waj te a peipetuatien of the disarmament policy In international relations. It is highly significant that the agreement, which will automatically remain in force until December "!, lfKIti, will net cease te be operative even en thnt cl'ite unless, (we jcars pievietisly, at least one of Hip five Powers has given n notice of termination. In case no notice is tiled In the twe-.vear period, the pact shall continue in force until the expiration of two jcars from the day en which it later teiiulnafien notice wns reglsteresl. One jenr after a termination notice nil the contracting Powers shall meet in cenferini-c. I5v this mtchinery naval disarmament niny be continued indefinitely, and there need never be an interval for lape of a limitations piegrani. "Wit li 11 view te envisaging nil centin- gencies. Articles XXI nnd XXII of the treaty establish tides te he observed in case any of tlie pjincipnls Is Involved in war. Piovisien is mndc for suspension of obliga tions during the period ef hostilities In ease a special cenfeience of the signatory na tions produces no ngreenient. The clumsy trick of constructing war vessels estein !! for foreign navies, with a view te convenient up by the. builder nation, is frankly fnibidden. The safeguards for nctunl disarmament cover what assmedly seems te be t he whole field of possibilities. The I'he-I'evver Treaty is consistently practical in its ma chinery and jet enriched with the highest spiritual values. It prescribes disurin'timent net in pious generalities, but in inundntery tcinis. The nlisctvntlnn has frequentlj lie en made that "the wa te disarm is te disarm." The text of the contract cienrl shows hew evtch mee in an unprecedented te enn is te be executed. j CHINA'S OPPORTUNITY illi; Shantung contreveisy has ar been the open si -sien of the Washington Con Cen frenee, Seiretatj Hughes fixed another of these niemeiable dates which lie has been eeiitiibutlng te hi'terj, "-" It is needless te n-i uli the shadow thrown upon the Veiailles Tieatj bj its failure te win just iic fur China The 1I1 legates of that eeiinirj were in nowise b.icUwatel In proclaiming thnt they hail been cheated and their refusal te sign the compact eif 101!) wus a natural consequence of their indigna tion. The accommodation in the arms meeting, nn agreement in which Chin 1 gains far mete than wns ever iiutii-ip ited by her most anient fiiends, suggests a new 1 linpter of ptegre-ss and self-development for a gieat Asiatic nation Within thirty ela.vs Jap-anise- troops will begin the evacuation of Tsing-Tae. Chinese- sevetelgntj is assured, the Ttiklei Government retaining only cer tain ptn-IIcges in the niaiingi-ine-nt of the main railway line. The establishment of a firm, cohesive Government in China Is new the indispensa ble piertqiilsite te , complete nstrtlen of national integiity. Mr. lialfeui- vesteiday disclosed tlie intentions of Great liiitalu te withdiavv from the leased pert of Wei-Hal-' Wei. The Pre ncli Commission bad pre viously intimated thnt the e lanns of thp re public upon Kwaug Chiiu Wan nia.v be re re lietiiiPcd China has- without ileubt been notoriously abused. The escape fiem oppression and maltreatment is new sislitc-el It Is the Chi nese themselves upon whom the late- of their own fine old civilisatien and Its adjustment te the mosaic of civilisatien new rests In their new emancipation tliev acquire new responsibilities. A stable, unllicil Gov ernment is the primary need of mastering ihem "Theie Is nothing nnv Geed Man .liidge can ele," sajs Wrong Path Samuel Gnmpers, "te make tin- liijuih tinn ns used In Industrial disputes 11 lawful prnc- eKs." And this in the face of a decision against einple.vers and in favor of emplejes In the suit and silk iiiiiuiifiieturlng Industry. X 1 '..Litiitt.ii nppimnrlnn of kit Lint iifitlmt the pricks; Capital, labor anil the general mlllle. tllieei piireii's 10 si.v iniiiisiriiii .ettin nte en tifu v nrrlvliig nt a weik nc agreement by devious wnjs (emple)c rc-pie-sentntleu, collective bargaining. Industrial courts and the rest), und their pregiuss cannot be stepped, by renctleries in either eaniD.- " .cS ' & cami '- . .1 OUR APPETITE FOR BOOKS Every Volume In the Free Library Read Four Times en an Average. Earth Slips That Reck the World By GKORGK NOX McCAIN JOHN ASHHURST; City, Librarian, tells me that every jear 35,000 books In the library nre balcel up and bold for old paper. That means that 100 books a day, ap proximately, for every day in the jear are destroyed. It seems an enormous waste, yet nothing can be done te ptevent it. The books cast Inte the discard have been completely worn out. They ate soiled, tern, broken nnd their cornets broken off by the enr-matk fiends who take that method of mnrklmr the nlncc t In n book Instead of using n slip of paper or u regular uoek innricer. llcfeie these volumes nre destroyed they have been lcbeund two or three times. The tern pages have been mended with transparent paper. The greasy edges have been trimmed tepcntedly. Finally, repeated bindings and trimming of edges have gene se far, nnd the book has become se filthy and such a menace te health thnt It Is destroyed. Fhllndclphlans apparently have veracious literary appetites. THi: 000,000 volumes which comprise the Philadelphia Library are read -1,000,000 times every jenr. If there were but one book In the library, en this same basis and the thing were pos sible, that one book would be rend -4J0O,-000,000,000 times. Can there be any doubt as te the veracity of Phlladelphians and their literary ca pacity? Ner does this include the reference books, of which there arc thousands. Tills portion of books of the Philadelphia Library .must be read or consulted without being taken from the building. In ndelltieu, there nie hundreds of books that visitors arc permitted te examine only under certain conditions. There ate maps, phttcs, engravings and ether rare licltcs. Till: Free Library this year will receive frmn the city something ever $400,000. , Only 10 per cent of this, or bay $10,000, is spent for books. This seems odd. but It la it fact. Moreover, It is n fact that cannot be remedied, unless the city wants te curtail its set vice te the book-leading ptibllp. , If such a thing were trleel, Jehn Ashhurst nnel his assistants would be snowed under wllh Indignant pretests. Of the eltj's appropriation te the Free Library. SIIOO.OOO gees for salaries. Notwithstanding this seeming dispropor tion, the library assistants of Philadelphia lite- among tlip poorest paid in the country. r here are -100 of them, nearly all women. . 'he- must be women above the nvcrage in intelligence. I'ntraiiieel assistants would be worse thnn useless mound one of our great modern 11 buirles, and se these women must undergo a jstc,,, of tn,iMg, either in college or by probation In u llbrnrv. Then they go f0 work in Philadelphia, en the nvcrage;. at less salary than n btcnog btcneg luphcr receives. VTHXT te the item of salaries, which aver Ax age .?7j10 per annum for each empleye, conies the matter of tent for branch libra ries. This amounts te $112,000 u enr. Last jenr It cost $10,000 te bind the nooks damaged and worn. Tills jear only $11',(J00 has been appro priated. The electilc light for the twentv-eight branches nnd nil the various departments is only $2,100. It Is the public that elnmnges the books, and it is the public that must feet the bills. " 011 should sis- the condition of some of the books when they nre returned te us," snnl Llbinrlnu Ashhutst, "The go t the bindery, where thev arc eleaned and rebound, for if we did net de this thev would have te be elestttived before the period of their usefulness had been cniled. ' Tlie gieatest lack of the Philadelphia Tree Library today is hooks for children. Pe i-haps some day some Philadelphia mil mil lennlre, who was depilvcd of books te read in the jeiithful elnjs of his pevertv. will provide u trust fund that can be us-d cx-e-luslvelv te provide books for the children of the citv. Let us hope se, nt least. SEISMOLOGISTS are the elli7cns at the colleges and' universities of tlie world who set traps for laithiiuakes. lliev tup the official recorders of Mether Karth'.s attempts te de Old the sninini. ISiethers of the geologist, they nnd their iiistiiiiiients, known ns seismographs, keep tabs en every similiter, tremor, quake or convulsion of the w hilling earth within the range of the instrument's power. Within the last si-cnt-twe hours every seismograph en the Western Hemisphere i,as recorded one of tlie most violent convulsions of the earth ever known. According te the best indications, there wns, out in the Pacific Ocean weM f erP. geu and possibly hundreds of tulles below the bottom of the seu. a gigantic "earth slip." These things are going en nil the time somewhere, but thev de net ulvvnjs manifest themselves ns this latest one has ilene. These Inteiler convulsions nre net nenrlv se unusual as similar phenomena en the surface of tlie cat th. Till: people of Ireland living In the vulii ilv of the I'lesk Valley have gene cause te lemtmher this time twenty-six jenrs age It , witnessed tlie great land slide In Cuiintv Kerrv. A mass of beg n mile and a half wide, rearing like the ocean, swept through the V lllll' It tinallv dumped itself Inte one et the lakes of Killaine. It desirejed houses and farms, luidges and reads. California, which seems te be the original home of the American e-iilhquakc, had a similar experience nbeut this time twenty two je-iirs age. (itn- of the giant spurs of Sun .Jacinto Pink fell Inte n valley beneath. It carried millions of tens of earth and rock with It. It was a remaiknhle occurrence, for where tin1 valley once stretched the entire area be came an abvss. The weight of the falling mountain seemed te have eiuslicii the vnllev for hundreds of feet below Its former level. TTiNCI'ANn is grailunllj sinking. xi Then- bns been no sudden crumbling or great sups 01 carta, sldence. It Is a slew sub- The Goodwin sands, five miles off the coast of Kent, were at one time n portion of the mainland, the property of Earl Goodwin. Tliev have sunk beneath the sea. Shlpilen, Pceles nnd Wimpwell. villages en the const of Neifnlk. have been swallowed by the encroaching ocean, " niinwleb. en the coast of Suffolk, s grad ually sinking. Kveiv new nnd then the inhabitants move a distance inland, rebuild their houses nnd then wnit for the next notice te quit from the sea. Geologists say the earth s tiust Is sinking in tlie region of New Yeik City. It Is 11 verv slew subsidence. The discovery was made jenrs nge, but the advent of prohibition has kept the In habitants se busy of late that they have lest sight of this great geological fact. Samuel Compels is opposed te roinpul reinpul roinpul serv iineniple.vinent inniiaiice. Without prejudice te the li-nieilliitc case at Issue, hut benilng In mind many Instances of Mr. Compers' opposition, we begin te fear that Samuel is growing set: 111 111s ways, tie uees net seem te realize thnt ns the game of )lfc I progresses the rules change the rules change. . ,' j rr TTir A rrr ?l JfQ riUlVlliSlulVltJ ' By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUV AMASTKR of ceremony, mnklng nn in in in trodueterv speech, can be helpful. This is n seemingly unrensennblc declara tion and there Is much evidence te the ceutrnrj-. but Fvcrett Sanders, of In diana, who has been a Chautauqua speaker and who Is new a member of Congress, as serts that it is n fact. Mr. Sanders snjs that a man who intro duced him wns unt-e helpful te hire. no relates nn actual experience. He wns campaigning out in Indiana ami there was a non-partisan barbecue nnel ins thai, Ralph W. Mess, long in Congress, wns set down te address the assembled tlnengs, beginning at 1 o'clock. Mr. Sanders, who had then never been te Congress, was te talk from 'J te ".. , . But Mr. Mess did net show up nt the appointed time. Se the master et l ": monies; mude a speech in which he said that the Congressman wus net there us had been expected. . "Mr. Sanders was te have spoken nt . o'clock," he said, "but since Mr. Mess is net here Mr. Sanders will tuke his place. Which Mr. Sunders did following the election. , Mr. 'Icihu Marshall, of West Virginia, possessed of n nntne associated with tlie legal life of the Natien since! Its beginning, is new uit Assistant Attbrney General, help ing Mr. Daugherty act ns Unde hnm a lawjer. , , . It has been eighteen yenrs since he grad uated from Yale, but he is smallish of stature, jeunglsh of appearance and plajful et disposition. Net long age he was dining with a party of friends nt one of the big hotels ever in New Yeik when he wns called out for a moment. As he passed bare-headed through the lebbv u lady accosted him, gave him her tnid, mid asked htm te page a gentleman whose name she gave. She had taken him for the bellhej. Mr. Marshall bowed nnd ace-eptcd the mission. He get a pinto from tlie desk, went about the lobby calling loudly the name of the) mnn wanted. He entered the dining room where his pnrty wns seated, strode among the tables paging Instil. Final! he found his party, conducted him carefully te tlie lad who had commissioned him, took his tip. bowed deferentially ami passed out of her life. ..,,,,, , . But snmewhcie nbeut this fair land there is a woman who, though she knew it net, bus bail the distinction of getting her paging ilene by an Assistant Attorney General. The late Senater Knox get mere fun out of 11 single small Incident thnt happened when he wns Attorney General under Roose velt, his frlenels say, than uny ether one oc-cuuenc-e of his life. His son wus going abroad and Mr. Knox eked him Je Investigate a certain situation, get the facts, make sure of them, then cable him the single wejid "es" or "no." Yeung Knox did ns lie wus told, but it was two months befeac he icpertcd. His message read : "Yes." ' In the meantime the undeistandlng he had hud with his n slipped the mind of the Attorney General and he failed te grasp the significance of the mesiage. Se he cabled back: "Yes, what?" Presently the nnsvvcr came. Yes, father." XV Cameren Feibcs, feimer Coverner General of the Philippines, nnd grandson of Ralph Walde i.incrsun, i,s 1 uuiel-rieniltd, tun -listed gent given te banking and cngl ncerlng when net serving the public. He likes le talk of the Philippines and what we have dene out there, the nucleus of Anierlcnn thought In the Orient, and all that sort of thing. People nre always kicking nbeut, what we hnve spent en the Philippines, he siijs, which isn't much, since they pay for their own administration. If they had cost us hundreds of millions of dollars, he sujs, it would have been u ell spent in the training is nv ua for the Great War. DM tmt kTr ' ""ueru' i"-"l t t.PwsblBifii Weed, Usrberd, Friei all the '.. f.V.fi, . J . "NO BOOTLEGGIN; NOW!" Inner Lights en Lives and Whims of Personages i the Public Eye men who drew big jobs have Philippine ex perience, trv their wings in campaigns en the ether side of the world, learn all manner of operations from the transport of troops tp the preparation of grub? The experience that the United States gained in these far away islanels was worth, when the emer gency cume, ten times mere than it cost. "That same intolerance which is just new being vented upon the jeuth of to day, particularly in huish criticism of its jeung women, recurs peiennially," sas Ilcpresentntive Burten Frwln Sweet, et Iowa, "In one form or nnether. There K for instance, the nnlngenlsni that the elder generation In my State is likclv te feel toward the lad who has been te c-e'illege nnd who has come back home all primed with such things as theories 011 scientific farming. I remember the ense of one hid who had linlsiied at Ames nnd the next elnv showed up hack home in the office of his father, dad .. V.l?.Pl trell!-,,r,. sweater, pancake cup. Jhat I can't undcrstnnd.' raged tlie ni' . i"i,l' . f-heuhl dress like tin idiot and act like u feel.' "At nbeut this time the eloer swung open and In walked nn old friend of the family. n,ini 1 "' ,e "",, beanlnB 'irmly upon the lad, 'you're a sight for soie ejes. Jehn, you turn back the calendar for me twenty five Jcars Yeu leek nnd net, Jehn, just cd!egcr' 1, Camt! ,lome fr' julnie " lt h. ,.. of three J aces Fast," s nreb-ihu- tl,i fn,a,s.tl,lK',r tUtlU "-Ature vi, .. r. 1.1 ....... $171,000 for tlie pictn.p , t of tV ' erable ejrauia, Wa, Down Fast." "he ' irei 'ion, Kelt te dress it 11,, for hi,,',. ',,, ' merely te d ih around u n 1 .',.. , u.! n,n" ' Vr."11"' '.r Instance, paid own Instinctive) way. "' "ls Kellj was lunching the ether elnv when n producer ciiine ever and asked what fee he would chutge te work ever a seem irfn ." was about te produce. scenario lie "Oh, ten theusniifl." sui.t i.-i. 1 m'7'i "'I' I!re,ll"-,r had gene iIkmiy Kell decided he hud named tee low u flc11J.fi' he ought te have fifteen theZ,,". 'fc ? ' '" r Imi it nnd get it. He asked Yet this man Ivellr I. n ji looking , 0,1th. with no la ,r dethrn, i What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ J. What two famous menarcliH - themselves? e.uiiarcnB crowned i. What Kuleral general cantnrn.i t. Davis In IS113? "iPturcci JelTcrum 2. What Is a widgeon? 4. What was the .Muuhalsen? S::StT'Bl,tT,,0,,B,B"- 7 Wwerld? "'e UlBWt tcrfa i" the 8 W America" fUrth lllree8t '" in North ' I,I.0W,m"nv 'cfis has an Iguana" 10. What Is meant by Lincoln green? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz ' filimtTerii: U fabU,0U3 """' with a 3. Tin. thiui biuaiicst hi'X li t e uK1'?: Connecticut, with 1805 V,u ?0 n,llts '" I. Slnwipeie Is fltuntu en 1 n il , ,.1 ' thee end of tl... Mala" alnsui , ,l!1, southwest piojectlen of A"i lu "lu r.. 'ilm nlne musiH were Clie riu Ihiteipe, Pelvmnla. Tim la Ve SS' cue, Kiate. 'JVrpHlchore ,ml ijm,1,?"" 0. William Wyeheily'wnH n ed i n! 'sh eliuiiintlst of the Hesterutle , Pcrieel Among, his liest-knewn oeinc,li,,H i r .' The Country Wife)" anil 'The. pi i Dealer." IIIh dales nia JIHO-itib1 Ial" 7. 1 "The ery that was (Hoece Vnel the Rniudeur that was Hetuu" N a ),! Helen." B!"' AMnn ,,0t,S I'" "Te 8. rirenzn In Iho Italian nnlne for the eltv of Florence, In Tuscany, Italy y . The accent In the word deficit should full en the nr syllable. " It, As unguent lq any soft substcnes UMd M etment or for lubrication SHORT CUTS All the world desires is that the sub marine controversy be sunk without trace. The trouble with the bucket-shop Is that lucre is se trequently u hole In the bucket. There is admittedly plenty of punch In the lust act of the Washington Conference. Weman bandit In New ,'erk rifles vic tim s stocking. Te the feminist nothing ii snereei. Fvcn a geed thing like the renlnr scheme may be made .1 bad thing by tee IllUC'U 70111. The fact that Mether Earth has shifted ner exes has no significance for the agri cultural bloc. In the matter of the Shantung settle ment the Pekinese pup is iinble te find him self gagged with Canten Uunncl. Jehn D. Rockefeller has. given another S15.000.000 for education. Step en the gns, gentlemen, and reimburse him. ,Tn77, gees back te Iho Afilcan jungle, says a ew ions prcaciicr. What he prob ably means is that It ought te go back. One ether thing the Scsqul-CcntcnnUl win ue is 10 eiravv attention te rniiauef phla s Importance ns n convention city. Slnce a campaign of civil dlsebcdlcnct is new under way. tiicie is evidentlv no Jtiilin relish ler the Fuglishmnn's least beef. Speed having exhausted itself at the Reddy trial, Delay will assume ehargt penning 'U decision of the Court of Appeal!. Mayer Lew Shank, of Indlnnnnelli. walked at the head of 10,000 persons te the Indiana Capitel. Letting 'cm knevr Shank h Majer. Richmond, Mass., woman is lunninr ngnitist her husband for town cletk. Kind of n fntully wrap. Or, perhaps, merely lainuy agreement. Seisinegraphlc reports indlcntc thnt Mether Fnrth has been shimmying, but the scientific police linvii net jet been able W locate tlie tiuncc linn. When three or four men nre heard talk ing leiidlj und feverish! it is no sign tint they nre discussing politics. One of tucm may be thinking of buying a cnr. The effort of Sennlnr irirnm .TnlmMfl te collect 11 fee of $.2.1,000 from the City of .New lerk suggests an Interesting question! Doesn't he wish lie miiy get lt? New Yerker, sixty-seven years old. plunges into ley Hudsen nnd bnves nine- j ear-old be. May heaven keep him from riieumniisiu, ter lie s n una old scout. With Senater Vnre rennlnir IineKvrsrd nnd ferwntel ever the State, the free and independent voter hasn't an idea as te hew he ls going te cast his free and independent vote. Dr. R. Tnlt McKcnzle snvs eenmetl tlen between college foetbnll teams Is te keen unit it may tiring about the uame's cellansi. Then- Is se much truth in his declaration I that there ls little likelihood that these con c-erued will pay any attention te it. The first meeting of the International Point of Justice "t The Hague, lest sight of en a busy glebe like a seed in a battle' Held, Is full of Importance) for the world. limy inniK tlie beginning of a cede of inter national laws that will eventually be blad ing en nn tin) nations et the earth. Te n Chicago waitress who refused all tips from pntiens has just been presented a cluck for SIO.OOO and 11 deed for n thou; siind acies of Nevada' best glazing l"mJ from 1111 old mncher. us an appreciation ' tier Independence. Jt Is net seriously ex pected that her cxneileiice will deter ether) in the .same line of business from accepting anything ud ever) thing that comes Jus way, 1 t. r L ! A -feV, rJrtf K
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