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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. . ,'
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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,
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