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' OUT-HAMILTONING HAMILTON
a MllS control by the States of railroad
. Mtes within their boundaries vn swept
lae by the tleoiMen e( the Supreme Court
In the Wisconsin nnd New Yerk cases this
."Week.
The Wisconsin Rallrend CommlHslen
ought te enjoin the Chicago, liurllnnten
'ed Quincy Hnllrend Cempuny from put
ting Inte efTect within the Htnte thp In
creased passenger rate granted by the In
terstnte Commerce Corumtalen, and the
State of New Yerk ceuglit te restrain the
enforcement of the new rntc en the ground
that the rate llxcd by the Public 'Utility
Commiwlen was adequate t,e earn a rcaton rcaten rcaton
bie return en the money invested in the
railroads within the State.
The, Supreme Court, te which the cases
Jtrere taken en appeal, has dlxmtaficd both
f thexc nctienH and has laid down the rule
that the Federal Government In the exercise
pi Its power ever intcrytnte commerce has
the right te Interfere with railroad rote
within the States when thee rates niTect
the profitable conduct of the railroads in
interstate trade.
Under this decision the rates of every
Mllread which cresses a ytate boundary are
lander the absolute control of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The Court does net
ay ae In e many words, but In dNcuing
the relation between inten-tatc iwid Intra
state commerce It says, "Effective control
of the one must embrace some control ever
the ether, In view of the blending of both
is actual operation. " Hut It does tay that If
intrastate passenger rates work undue
prejudice against persons In interstate com cem
serce such as te justify u horizontal In
crease In them the Federal authority has
the power te make that incrcabc.
.This leaves the State public utility com cem com
alsslens. with se little autnerlty ever the
railroads they might ns well abandon all
attempt te make any regulations. They
last hereafter confine their attention te the
public utility corporations whose activities
r confined within the boundaries of the
State, such corporations as operate street
railroads and manufacture gas and elec
tricity. This concentration of power in the red-
.eral Government is greater than Alexander
A Hamilton dreamed was nesslble when he was
!rging a strong central government In op---eltlon
te the decentralizing theerlps of
JagTereen.
COAL
fTIHE communication Issued by Jehn L.
IX Lewis, president of the United Mine
.Workers, yesterday, was en Its face merely
gin announcement of the failure of plans for
toft-ceal conference between the men and
1 the operators. It wns, in fact, a final order
for strike preparations.
v. Simultaneously the representatives of tbe
anthracite industry announced in this city
their intention te meet with the miners'
representatives in an effort te avert the
Wvj walkout sc
ffi in vl
$Jlff Mtumlm
wtfvljtlta of u
raen by, the att
Ing . V JTbe creati
walkout scheduled ter April i. it cannot ue
Jaald, in view of the failure of the plans ter
bituminous conference, that the pesslbill
1 u country-wide strike arc lessened
attitude of the hard-coal producers.
rpntesr trniihli- Is in the bituminous
iflng VjdJCbe greatest trouble is
f l3;vr alaljtu nml flirt vift .fnnl
vrTM W aniJ ie soft-tenl men. who nr the
B$3r vtaat majority in the miners' federation, will
expect tne iiuru-ceiu uiuuiib iu uui mm
fhwa and in their interest.
A WOMAN-RULED WORLD
MCJHE has been courted In business," bays
Jj Prof. Halph L. Powers, of the Uni
versity of Southern California, talking omi
nously of woman with a capital W, "and
politicians feel that they must placate her
If they wish te avoid overthrew. She has
iron first place In the news of the world.
Her manifest destiny as ruler of the world
therefore merely a mutter of swift de de
(relepment." Prof. Powers moves en from this a8ser a8ser
tlen te prophesy that within fifty jeur,
'women will be the bosses of the earth.
Men, he believes, will stay nt home and
mind the children and cook nnd wash dishes
Slfe-Jv Well, well! Fifty years! That stems a
riiXfwAaiHt tlme te wait. Fer. when you rcid the
lV'Sew" 'rem Japan nnd from Itussla, from
fS'ii; JWaahlngten and Londen and Purls It be
liKrts'iLarlia te seem that women, though they
9v3ft Baigbt de no better tliiui men as rulers of
SiKXrAcraatlen, couldn't de much worse if the
iiratu.
tt!" W " ...U.ftii " ..... r i.w..; L'.r-
Hi ;ene Age. rner te tiiat, it you uencve nil
tikf XW read, women were supreme dictators in
eFtS some parts of tne enrtn, variety is tlic
i.-?nt of life. Change Is wholesome. Women
make after-dinner speeches. They
like bloody lighting. Let them tnkc
yjttWi, ' tPO Werm, 11 ihcj hik luuitiiiK iur iruuuic,
wL"V '" M0 whnt tlie" uan 'le Wit1' it'
.LS U 14 .t... ..,. l..l.l.. .. ....l.1-
SJ''v ,, HHKSiUtN rAKK.
titXR: MARION K. PARK, who has been
jil
JL.'unanlmnusly chosen te succeed Miss M,
,i L n-I.AM.... nAu , N .F .... W
lytAUUUIUD an rtvatuiMt, w. 'i.ijl WUW T
Me. Is n graduate of thut institution.
'' inevitable that a icraduate sbeiilil hr.
Uted, ns seen as tne college had lived
eneugn te permit ene te ucvciep presj
Ul qualities.
Park lias manifested administrative
XX tin a number of positions which she
Jield since she was graduated in 161)3.
vbas pursued pest-graduate studies in
a AAllan.e rinil In ,lia flnuilitnl Stnl..nl t
; l.Ulll.1.0 MM.. ... V... WM.un., Ml 1J11IUU1 III
as, and after serving ns nsseclute dean
tnena College in Hosteu for live years
.became the deau of Rudcliffe College
jail, iter lueL-uuu iu me prcsiuency of
Mavvr Is .'the natural step unwurd
I) the deansblp,
-Jajawr was only fourteen years old
tlias Themas a became president in
ilM ,hJtf .iaseg her alumnae it
A Ajurna i. who nuj
kfWMMXIf. Weaiaai
teaching any one of whom would be capable
of currying ttti the work of the college as Its
head. The college may be regarded new as
having reached its scholastic majority.
FLOURISHING TRADE SHIPS
MEAN A THRIVING NATION
The President's Subsidy Plan Is a Wel
come and Practical Recognition of
Vast New Maritime Opportunities
BY .ORACH of extraordinary circum
stances, the United StatcH Is possessed
of n merchant fleet commensurate, with the
dignity nnd the commercial distinction of
the Natien.
In this phenomenal growth little con
sistency of policy can bt traced. The enor
mous cxpanolen of shipbuilding was pri
marily a concomitant of the World War.
Costs were net counted. Carge curriers
were. The end of the conflict marked an
American maritime ascendancy unparalleled
even In the dajs preceding the Chil War.
In the first hnlf of the sixth decade of the
lnt century Confederate privateers ranging
from IJerlng Hen te the Magellan Straits
dealt crushing blows te Federal commerce
en the ecrnn. Legislation contributed vir
tually nothing toward repairing the wreck
age. Shipping laws were characterized by an
nbence of vision, ami by HM4 the United
Slnlcs, for all Its wealth, resource nnd its
alleged pIender of Initiative, occupied an
Inconspicuous position as n maritime nation.
The Great Lakes commerce, stimulated by
special fortunate conditions, swelled thu
total tonnage, but in foreign trade under the
ling Great Itritnln, France, Germany and
even little Norway had far outdistanced lis.
The tables nre ordered otherwise today.
Of the world's merchant shipping, the
Erltlsh still arc the leaders with n tetnl
gross tonnage of mere than '-'L'.flOO.OOO.
Hut Atherlca Is a swift second with mere
than 17,000,000 tens. There arc no cIemj
competitors, the nearest being France, with
about a,"00,000 tens.
It is this significant disparity of assets
and the vast new resources at our disposal
which hae Inspired Mr. Harding te sponer
n plan for restoring the sheen le a gem of
the ocean that lacked luster for a full half
century.
The proposals presented te Congress in a
presidential mesfiige jesterdny ure deilgned
te terminate n season of floundering extrav
agance nnd at the sutne time protect the
word may be faced without flinching the
maritime resources of the Natien, in which
every llbT of Us economic structure Is con
cerned. The President is unafraid of the word
mbsldj. long the bugaboo of b.ickwoedi
Congressmen, nnd K rqunll) Ixild In urging
the substitution of well-defined, concrete,
forwurd-leoMng policies for these which
ljavc been crippling and. In at lenst one
instance, quite htiiltlfjlng.
The Jenes Merchant .Marine Act of 1020
was the first congressional recognition of
the recovered maritime prestige of the
Natien, but Its system of discriminatory nnd
preferential duties regarding goods curried
In American ships conflicted with treaty en
gagements with mere than a sceru of no
tions. Mr. Wilsen declined te authorize such n
wholesale disregard of solemn International
covenants. Mr. Harding has gene u step
further. Ills plan Is comprehensive and
constructive, and In thee icspects It Is one
of the most noteworthy meics of the present
Administration
Encouragement of the American merchant
marine Is te be provided through the crea
tion of n loon fund, te be administered by
the Shipping Heard and te be derived from
a diversion of 10 per cent of the national
customs receipts.
It Is estimated that this would amount
te financial aid of ?H2.000,000 annually,
the money te be repaid eventually by ship
ping companies realizing mere than a 10
per cent profit en their investments. Fur
ther support is suggested in n scheme for
carrying nt least 50 per cent of immigrants.
te this country in American ship".
The details of the proposals, already em
bodied in bills introduced in both heusis of
Congress jesterdny, nre necessarily Intri
cate. It Is safe te assume that they repre
sent the patient end exhaustive studj of
experts.
Hut the general principles involved are
transcendent!)' clear. Shipping has long
been the Cinderella of the American eco
nomic household. The pending legislation
premises justice and well-warranted sup
port. It Is net In the slightest degree an
undue concession te special interests.
"Commerce en the seas," declare. Mr.
Harding, "Is quite as vital te the 'great
Interior as It is te our coast tcrriter.v .
East, Seuth or West. Shipping is no mure
n sectional Interest than is agriculture or
manufacturing. Ne one of them can be
prosperous alone." "Theie is net," lie
ndds, "a record in nil history of long leng
malntnlned eminence In expert trade except
as the exporting nations developed their
own carrying capaclt)."
There Is common ren-e nnd keen historical
consciousness in this verdict. The new bills
premise Intelligent, practical aid te im ob
vious fncter of national greatness. The)
open the vvay for n return te the system of
pilvatc ownership of vexels and for n
marked simplification of the new complex
mid burdensome responsibilities of the Ship
ping Ileaid.
It is Impossible te prephc) that com
plete success will attend wry phase of the
venture. But unquebtleiiubl') the experi
ment iu the most seriously fashioned and
the bcst-lntentluiii'd effort te sntVgumd
American maritime opportunities that bus
been offered In mere than a generation.
It Is deserving of publli' support and of
the expenditure of prompt pelltb ul en
ergies. SHORT SKIRTS AND TRADE
IT IS agreed by the delegates attending the
conference of textile manufacturers in
this city that if the women would lengthen
the skirts of their gowns by u few inches
there would be n demand for" at least ''." per
cent mere textiles than are at present manu
factured. Hut It Is doubtful whether the delegates
will adept any resolution urging thut the
skirts be lengthened. Whatever may be their
opinion as business men, there nre ether
considerations te be weighed before the short
skirts nre condemned considerations of
grnce and beauty, and the preset vatlen of
the attractions of the human scene.
Hut If the textile men should decide te
seek te luivu the skirts lengthened thev
would quit My discover thai the hosiery
manufncturer were Interested in the pres
ervation of the present styles. What thn
munufactuicrs of dress stuffs have lest the
manufacturers of hosiery have gained, he
that there bus been economic conipematien.
Hew extensive It has bem could be judged If
ene could gather any statistics about the
tale of woolen stockings tills w Inter,
Tliese comfortable garments, If stockings
can be called garments, liuve appeared en
the streets In pnlrs by the 10,000 since
the advent of cold wcathtjr encasing a
part of the female anatomy that it is dlffi
cult net te leek at. And silk stockings have
net disappeared. They have been worn
outdoors by the mero hardy and Indoors by
every young wemnn who had the price.
They have come te be regarded a; an India-
.Mswuie part 01 tne uioeern ceatume,
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wvwfvj- uuuiHcturerir
T could tell, a (ale that would make ihe textile
manufacturer nnitsc if they bad any in'
tcntlen of seeking te change the style of
women's dress. ,
The skirts trailing en the street will
come back all tee seen, because no style is
permanent. In the meantime the wlse
course for the manufacturers of dress goods
will be. te persuade the women te buy mere
gowns Instead of mnklng them longer. They
can tell the women that the falling prices
will make It possible te buy the material for
two short-skirted and low-necked gowns
for the price which they used te have te pay
for one of the fashion of 1010.
THE WIRELESS BEDLAM
HAND jt no longer te the Germans. Hntul
it te L. It. Kriiinm. of the East Pitts
burgh Wireless Hreadcastlng Stntlen and
the easy-going wizards for whom he spoke
before a radio conference called by Secre
tary Hoever, who is seeking means te keep
the air from being hopelessly jammed with
wireless music, wireless talk, wireless jnzr.
and the like.
Mr. Kruniin might have been a genie out
of a bottle, or a personage out of u fan
tastic talc.
"We don't give 'em cheap stuff from our
station," snld he, talking proudly of the
vast and increasing multitude of amateurs
who put their earn te rndle receivers each
evening In nil parts of the country. "Wc
went te Chicago nnd get grand opera. Wc
broadcast sermons, speeches, crop nnd
weather reports nnd the reports of the
stock markets, general news, violin soles and
that sort of thing. We nre impartial. In
sermeits we go down the list until wc have
covered nil denominations. There's noth
ing ehenp about us!"
Mr. Krumm told only part of the magic
tnle. He made no reference te experiments
which proved that a indy In New Yerk may
new sing Texas babies te sleep with pretty
lullabies. He didn't say that the competing
broadcasting stations, working nt nights
again-! the vast, unregulated tide of radio
impulses created by nmateurs and experi
menters, justify Hoever's nbsertien that the
nil- has become a bedlam.
Win !es Is unquestionably the dominant
wonder of the world. Wireless telephony
Is something mere than that. Any one In
a well-equipped station nevvndnjs may turn
n little knob nnd bear news going from
PnriR te Londen. Switch Inte n shorter
wave nnd you may listen te the Moscow
wireless issuing new definncc te the non
Soviet world. At the turn of a wrist' you
can cut out Moscow, Paris and Londen nnd
thu ships at sea, and a lady, trilling through
n few hundred miles of night, will slug for
jeu. Or nn erchestrn will piny In your car
or some unseen person will declaim the
latest gossip of Wall street for your edifi
cation. Hut the wireless waves are treading en
each ether's heels and getting in ench oth eth
er's way. The Government Is keenly Inter
ested In all this, since it happens that ether
waves respeet no national boundaries or
State lines. Moreover, there is a furious
conflict between powerful Interests te es
tablish a sort of monopoly of the air. It
was when the amateurs with big sending
machines began te work 7ealeusly nt night
that a sort of aerial riot began. Mr. Hoever
called the lcadjng radio men te Washington
te see whether It Is possible te outline a
tentative system for the regulation and con
trol of aerial communication. He has
started a work that will grew obviously
mere Important with each passing day. The
possibilities of wireless are virtually with
out limit. It is clear, therefore, that tne
Government cannot afford te let private in
terests take full possession of the nlr. In
Europe schemes of regulation ulrcady are
well advanced nnd there exlbt International
treaties te regulate the use of wireless.
That sort of regulation is just about te begin
In the United States.
The working of the.
Supervision present Immigration
by Indirection Law discloses many im
perfections nnd absurdi
ties', but nt least it keeps down the total of
undesirables admitted. Te avoid the hard
ships entailed en immigrants denied admis
sion wholly because thu quota of their
nationals has been filled. It lias been sug
geted that examinations be conducted at thu
pert of entry. Te this suggestion Italy
files unofficial objection. The Idea of nn
American official exercising such a light In
an Italian city Is repugnant te the Italian
Government. And, though thn objection
mny uppear far-fetched, It must be con
sidered. In the suggestion of President
Harding In Ills ship-subsidy plan that at
least r0 per cent of immigrants be carried
en American ships, there is virtue entirely
apart from Its effect en American shipping.
An American official en an American ship
can exercise supervision without ufi'rent.
Colonel MiCrea, ei the
Three Wise Men Pennsylvania, sa.vs the
railroads of the veuntr.v
are standing still. When a railroad stands
still It gees back: n paradox te which Tunc
'continues te give proof. Unless we have a
quick lesiimptien of railroad construction,
sajs Herbert Hoever, the ceuntr) will be
gasping from n strangulation caused by In
sufficient transportation. Add te these sea
soned opinions the declaration of Herbert
Quick in the Saturday Evening Pest that
without the railroads our Republic would net
new exist nml without them cannot new en
dure, and It will be seen that the problem
is net mcicly one of rates and wages.
State rights gut still
Scratching the another blew in the dr.
Surface dsleii of the Supreme
Court that rnilieud pas
senger nnd freight rates within n State me
subject in Fedtrnl legulatleu. One may or
may net approve of the trend of affairs,' hut
consideration of the mllrend problem nt
least must cenvinte one that Federal In
tervention has become inevitable. And just
ns inevitable is the Implication that Gov
ernnient intervention must net begin and
uid vvlth inhibitions,
Itebcrr Tiel'ar ,.iys
Words of Wisdom Amerku and Japan
were without question
drifting toward war and that the Washing
ton Conference averted the danger. As
Dellar Is 11 business mun with a tremendous
knowledge of world affairs. Ids' nssrrtleu
should be earnestly studied bv the small Im
vociferous group in Congress which Is ap
parently trying te nullify all that the Con
ference accomplished.
fine fi'itture of the pro pre
Works Heth V) posed ship subsidy de
serves commendation
that paragraph suggesting the establishment
In the merchant marine of n niivnl reserve
and making It nttructlve. Its virtue lies in
the fact that It works both vva)s, since it
may attract te the merchant murine many
jnung naval officers r'centl) discharged from
the service because of retrenchment plnus.
If the United States
Consider, Please, Tieasur; could speal;
These Twe Pleas (and why net, since
money talks 1,11110 might
expect it te remark : "There Is little (infer
ence in the sound of un appeal te help dis
abled soldiers und the demand for u bonus,
but a whole let of difference In the sense of
them. One Is n plea for old J the ether a
plea for raid."
New Yerk's Motion
Let Ul Re (Had Picture Censorship Cem-
mission wants (be State
te appoint a host of Inspectors te visit the
motlen-plclura houses dully and te prohibit
the exhibition of films containing' "unpa
triotic andsedltleus fllms." Which, of
course, will eventual! narrow down te any
thing of which the inspectors lBappreri
. ' r . 'Jit. h.
1 . n r
A5 ONE WOMAN SEE8 IT
"By Thslp Frulte Ya Shall Knew
Them," Said tha Master, and Never
a Werd About Denominations
By SARAH I). LOWKIti
APROPOS of being urged mere than once
te "come out en the question of 'fundn
mentnllsm versus liberalism' as It Is affect
ing the general church, from the standpoint
of a layw'eman," I saw. a heading net long
age In the paper:
Religious Census Hit nt 03,858,000
Church Rester .Grews
That might leek very Impressive te e
visiting Chinaman, especially If he was as
sured that nil of these were inotiethclsts,
I. e., worshipers of ene Ged, and apparently
with n few miner difference worshipers of
the same Ged,
Rut of the !t.",8."S,000 worshipers of Oed
a.ftOO.OOO arc net Christians, but .Tevvsj.nnd
of the 02,558,000 Christ Inns. 1.040,000 nre
Mormens: and of the 1)0,000,000 who arc
net Mormons, 71.71)5.000 are Protestants,
ns against 17,8S5,000 who nre Reman
Catholics.
Then for the Pretcstantn, 7,835,000 arc
Rnptlsts, who held that unless n convert Is
baptised in a prescribed wny, i. c., by im
mersion, he cannot be n cemmunicant: nnd
for the few hundred thousand Episcopalians,
unless a man has been ordained in a cer
tain wny he cannot exercise the functions
of n minister and se It gees. Net only de
the Pietestnnts send missionaries te convert
the Reman Catholics and the Reman Catho
lics te convert the Pietestnnts. and both te
convert the Jews nnd the Mormons, but
mere than ene body of the same name are
split up Inte differing parts, quite as much,
If net mero, at variance than though they
had different names,
PERHAPS the Chlnnmnn, having been
brought up te revore history .and te
worship n philosopher, would net be se
shocked ok many a teren of the U. S. A.
considering this lack of unity for the first
time.
Three times at least Jn history has the
world attempted religious unity, and it is
new making Its next attempt.
The first was the attempt te unify reli
gion In one great tower temple reaching te
the skies, the Tower of nnb-ll. or Babel.
What stepped that enterprise was net a
lack of material or of builders, but a lack
of comprehension en the part of the builders
of one nnether'n speech. Thev were all
aylng the snme thing in a different lan
guage. The second nttempt was te bring nil
Christendom under one theological rule in
the two secular divisions of the Reman Em
pire. What slopped that enterprise was the
failure of men te agree en tbe definitions of
thelr beliefs, se the eastern church broke
from the western church.
The third attempt was fe keep the west
ern Christians under ene political rule.
What stepped that combination wns the
sharp racial jealousies of one country against
another. England against a Latin pontiff,
German) against u Snnnlsh-Austrlnn re
ligious coercion, republican Calvlnlstle
France against monarchical Italian-led
France.
AND nowadays there has been a fourth
move in tbe direction of unity en the
trreund of slmnllficatien. the idea beln that
Christians have mero nelnts in Amnion than
reints of difference, since they use the same
Rihle. repent the same creed, pray with the
same prayers and worship the some Ged.
bnve the same relleleus anniversaries, wor
ship en the same dev nnd desire te pattern
themselves en the same great Leader. And
since there Is se much In common, why
urge the making of nil the material nart "in
common?" one church building Instead of
six. ene mission station instead of three, one
comfortably supported clergyman Instead of a
number of Imnocunleus ones, one great con
gregation instead of any number of Inade
quate ones. The n'en for unltv nre se
lnrgelv economic that this fourth attempt
rnMit' 1)0 called an attempt nt an economic
union. .
Yet it seems as though It tee were nbnut
te fall, perhats because we have net yet get
at the real mennlng of unity. We knew
that unity must net Involve coercion or
siihieetinn or constraint or even con cen con
fermitv of ideas. We knew because we have
tried all these vvavs and failed. Hut is It
net just barely possible that wc nre bavinir
unltv mere nnd mero without guessing it?
And the mere we differ In non-essentials
the better we msiv lie fulfilling the laws of
our separate functioning.
Could we sav of the human bndv that any
two parts functioned nllke? Would theie
net be "war among our members" If they
nil united te de the same thing in the snme
wnv nt tbe same time?
Thar great Reman Jew. Paul, gave a clue
200ft venrs age that Chilstendem might have
saved' time and energy perhaps by follow fellow follew
tne un. He exhorted his fellow citizens, the
Remans, te renew thelr innTs nnd te nreve
by observation what wns the geed nnd ne ne ne
oentable and perfect will of Ged en the
subject of unit). He entreats them iu set
ting about that great desideratum net te
think mere highly of themselves, severally or
in creups, than they ought te think, but te
think soberly, seriously, and te remember
thut ns thev were many members In one
body, each differed in his clfts or potentiali
ties. These who could preach were te preach;
these who could teach were te teach; these
who could urge and excite and Incite ex ex
bert were te exhort : these who were seers,
philosophers, prophets, should prephesv;
these who had much te give should give lib
erally, and lie-e who were set te rule should
rule' diligently, while these who were te
function ns ministers should show mercy
with cheerfulness.
IT STRIKES me that all these "differing
cifts" need very different surroundings
mid would conflict awfully jammed up in
the same building, or even In the same or
ganization. 1 de net find In thne early
records 01' the starting "lit of Christendom
any words about the followers of Jesus being
"0110 body" under nn.v earthly union. Ro Re
man, Greek or In Jerusalem It Is only "one
bedv Iu Christ."
And se the ether day when a ery nice
and ergumenlntivp iion-churcligeor tried te
drive me Inte a corner and make me say
that because church imlt In a material
sense wns a ful'urc, Christianity was a fall
ute. I had te laugh.
Thu mure different kinds of people who
can be get te worship Ged the better. And
if each worshiped Him In the wny each
knew was the highest, the nearer lie would
come te true homage.
The grwit point for us all Is te realize
Ged Is neither Protestant Episcopal nor
Presbyterian, nor Reman, nor Greek Catho
lic, lier Hnptlst. nor Methodist, great as
these (irennlaitleiiB are.
"In Htm we live ami move ami have our
being." In His "house nre many man
sions." It is qulte another conception of
unity from the nge-nU one of Rabel, nnd
Hely Reman Empires and state churches,
and even of en ecoueinlc merging of de
nominations. XT'
O TWO flowers arc alike, se why should
11 imv two
any two 1 iirisiinns 00 There
thousands of varieties of blossoms, but thev
are none the les "true llewcri." as the
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varieties of Christians? Jesus never said:
"IJy their denominations )e shall knew
them." anyway. He said : "Hy their fruits
je shall knew them."
Se when persons from time tev time have
asked me te comment In this column en the
progress or the lack of progress of thn T.nin
beth Council idea, or en the church unity
Idea, I have edged off from se debatable a
topic. Hew- de I knew whether mv concop cencop concep
lion of unity ngrccs with that of most of
the renders of this column, or that what I
would buck with my whole heart any one
else would think of eh desirable?
"Stamina," remarked III Jehnsen, -sar
denlcally, "Iu what the Foreign Relation
itlens 1
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By WILtilAM ATHERTON DU PUV
MRS. GRACE DUFFIE BOYLAN GEL
DERT, tbe author, tat en a suburban
train out of New Yerk all dressed up in tier
eldest clothes, since she had set her mind
upon tramping nbeut in the weeds out there
where she was going.
Opposite her, and the only ether pas
senger in the coach, Was a Drebdcn-dell
young lady enveloped in the habiliments of
the wealthy and exclusive, nil surrounded
by nn aura of forbidding aloofness, una
with her dainty nose quite burled In a
book.
Mrs. Geldcrt was nervous about her sta
tion for disembarking, since she had never
been out lieic befete. The porter and the
conductor must have been playing dominoes
in the baggage- c,ar. se completely bad they
faded from the scene.
The train whistled for n station, began
te slew down. Mrs. Gcldert thought it was
her btatlen, wanted confirmation and turned
In her emergency te her lone companion.
"lb this Wyandotte?" she asked.
The young woman did net leek up. The
brakes ground. The train was coming te
a step. She must knew If this was her sta
tion. She almebt bcrcamcd into bur com
panion's ear.
"Is this W)ttiidette?"
That young poison ceased reading i ic
book in which she was w. deeply abHeu-d.
rested It face down under her chin, looked
ut and" through this person te whom she bud
never been introduced, rcgisteitng scorn.
But as she hurried nvvay, the conscious
ness of Mrs. Gcldcit registered ene fact.
The back of the book in which this young
woman was se absorbed was familier. In
fiiet it was none ether than her own latest
volume, "The Kiss of Gler)."
Kcprcbcntottve Philip Campbell, of Kan
sas chairman of the Rules Committee in
tie Heuse, once, upon request, went up Inte
tie State of Maine te de u bit of spell
binding. He preceded, hew ever, b)
a local orator who was scheduled te spcul;
for fifteen minutes but who ran en for three
hours As Mr- Campbell finally arose le
m-ike'hls speech he heard in the diMame the
whistle of the train which was le bear him
aw a). He made his speech and caught It.
This Is what be said :
"When I have readied in home. 1 will
have traveled fiOOO miles te hour the ad
dress te which )ou have just listened. Te
complete this great jeurnc) . I must hurry
along. Goed-b)."
V friend of mine was browsing about
londen a .vear age and buddylng with un
Irish -American named Cellins. He was u
(.eusln of THE M'chael Cellln.s, who Is just
new tiding rather high en the wave of Em
erald Island polities Michael at that time,
however, was In hiding, nnd the British
were supposed te be anxiously searching
for iilm.
One night Cellins took this American
ureuml te u place In Londen where Irish
men met seciall), and there, in the buck
room, introduced blni te Michael Cellins,
n surprisingly youthful individual. It was
quite en experience te meet this men who
was se much in demand by the authorities.
A month later my friend wus aboard ship
coining back te the States. The face et u
fellow-passenger seemed familiar, and Im
asked where they had met before.
"Yeu had a confeience with Michael Col Cel
linn," said the stranger, naming the datu
nnd place. "I uan a British Secret Service
man and was pieseut nt thu conference."
Se they weren't looking for .Michael very
bald, after all.
Cuarlis Bennett Smith, of Buffalo, , no
serves Intermittently in Congress, used te
be a newspaper reporter. Like ether news
paper reporters, he was accustomed te
have mere or less difficulty with these in
dlviduuls whom he was assigned m inter
view, because people ure somewhat prone
te make statements which, when they
appear in Print, arc net entirely ha(s.
factory te them. Smith also became verv
adent in engaging his victim ami si.iti... . :r.
ren In audi a way au te get results Tex.
'&m was ,h-8 Um' for ltWf, when
.ill l 1.
"THANK YOU, SIR!!
&5
'm,er Lights en Lives and Whims
of Personages in the Public Eye
BUI Nye enrae te Buffalo and Smith was
sent out te get a column of funny stuff
from this well-known humorist. He realized
that Nye might net be able te turn en the
spigot of effervescence upon call, be he took
the precaution te make It easy for him. He
framed u hypothetical question which he
submitted te each member of the rcporterlal
staff of bis paper.
"If you were Bill Nye," this question
read, "and you were being interviewed, what
would .veu Niy in u hundred words?"
Ench member came back with the funniest
bit of copy of which he was capable. Smith
strung these pieces together, had them set
in tvpe and took them around te BUI Nye's
hotel. He wanted te assure himself, he
suid te that individual, that he had quoted
him correctly, und he submitted his slip.
N)e rend it through carefully, turned te
the reporter, shook hands warmly and said :
"Yeu are the first newspaper man I have
met in nil my career who quoted me with
out a single error."
And se the column was printed.
Miss Florence King, attorney at law
of Chicago, practices before the Supreme
Court of the United States. She Is the
only woman who ever wen u case before
that tribunal. Her specialty is patent law
ami once she took a two-year course In
machinery that she might better handle a
Cttte.
Associate Justice William R. Day, of the
Supreme Court of the United States, some
times introduces au amubing story, into the
solemn precincts of that weighty, delibcra
live bed). There was this one, for example,
of the law.ver who kept objecting te his wit
ness answering a certain question.
"Where were jeu between nine and nine
thirty en the morning of the 14th of Janu
ary?" asked the prosecuting attorney.
"I elijert,'' interjected the lawyer for
the defense.
"Let him ask me,
citedl) .
cried the witness e.-
The) wiati'lcd awhile ever the relevancy
of the quistien und the cihe droned en.
Picscntly the prosecution get buck te that
-uine quest ion and the defense objected.
"Let him ns fne! Let him usfc )nP!"
cried the witness wildly, pounding the bur
in trout of him.
Finnll) thu nine le uliie-tliirtv question
uppenn-d for the thiid time und was ob eb
jeited te. Whereupon Ihe witness VM ,t0
a fienzy iu ills iusisteuce that he be ul ul
lewed te nriswer, v
The ceuit stepped into the breach and
ruled thut the question was mnterlal.
"Wlieie weie .veu between nine and nine
thirty en the morning of January Mth," bald
the pioxs-uter.
"I don't remember," lisped the witness.
Mr. Juseidi llcrgesheliuer. of West dies
ter. Pa., who writes se many fiction bturies
ler the uiiigiiines, describes the manner of
training by which lie came te success In thet
field of endeavor. '
It stems that, as a lad. he wen few K-he.
lastic honors; in fact, he was quite tiiven te
the practice of flunking. Finally his fnm "
gave him up us hopeless, handed him the
poitlen id pun Imeny which was his ,lu,.
und said gued-b).
Yeung Jesepii found himself nebscsuni m
.$7000. He ,11,1 ,,, believe that tZl Z
Mich a place us onleo with wuter stre.-.l
rnn!e.,;U'm ,u Me- "ut tl.ore It was M,,K
Se he him I himself u gondola and a gU.
.....lu-, dress,,,,. 1.1,,. i,lttPr ,
tinct-ve llvci), in,, hta)ed right thei e ,
he had beuuh, 8700(1 worth,, bel.g , "
water-thaulTeu.ed about. Upen f, i!"
peilemc ami tiuliilng bu built himself n lit
crury uueer. " ,u
When the Aims Cenferency tirt , i.
the ha Is of the Daughters of he I eveh
tieu. down In Wubhlimen, ,,,, rml""..!
met which had nothing e de wi", 3
plenum;) was encountered. It WnH Li i
hatdthe proceedings could net beuJJ
The Government has a scientific siieeiallst
V ACrFe&i?0 " huW cn" wh nt "or
''.' .' L'iihardt, acoustician at the Biiii.Vi,.
e Standards. Hc came. .low , ,,d" M
that many heavy hanging- hud Loen m,t ,,".
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SHORT CUTS
Hanford MacNider cannot sneak unfilv;!
though hc seems te think be carries a big
ttllCK.
, ' What is confidently demanded by bona
advocates is mat tne uenus uill be pawed
en us dements.
"Cheap eggs for Lent" is the newi .'
from Chlcaee. New let un bear from tW
rabbit concerning candy eggs for Easter. 't
Mrs. Lascelles will seen have jte Ixj,
thinking of a perch .awing and a new rug
for the front parlor and a few things like
iuai.
Lcnine Is said te be suffering from
.iisumiuiu. uniy xair. ue naa given states
men ui mic weriu many neurs ei aieepltu-
ui:bti,
Lascelles is new due te discover that :
Isceunt must needs have great strength el
character te survive the handicap of bclag '
me nusuanu et a 1'rincees.
Little Miss Benus was anxious te own
us nnd tried In a diffident wny. Aloof
came MacNider and nut down beside her and
ingntcneu .viiss Uenus away. '
Happily, there la nothing brganlcaUj
rung wim our nnanciai system, uucuet uucuet
shep failures arc merely slight skin erup
tiens ie ue remevcu ey local application.
Mary or no Mary, salaries of stars will
be cut, snys Mr. Insull,. the new presldwt
or the Chicago Opera Company. Heir,
dear! Docs the man Intend te spell all
luiui.) wun a nnai
Mayer Moero has notified Seniter
Pepper that official weather reports Issued
In Flerida and elsewhere de net contain tbt
name et Philadelphia. There will be ev
less excuse for the Wenther Bureau when
the fair Is once under way.
Agreement In conference is erv lanelj
a matter of give and take. At Roulefnfj
iiitiyu tieorge was perhaps most blessWi i
since it is mete blessed te give than't
receive. At Genea, when hc sits devvri t
ins utile nnetvpe machine, hell preDaDij
nave quite a nice little take.
A woman Ima recovered f1ninit?es in IS
English court in a brench-of-premtsc sujtj
iiKainst nor divorced husbnntl. 'He vvoeeoi
wen nnd jilted her after the court had Mp"
orated thorn. Net until hc has miirrlt'il li
again and descried bcr vlll that case MtB
compicie.
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What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. "Wlint Im n r,el
S. AS he was in command of the Frendi
fleet defeated by Lord NcUen Ot tM
Battle of TrafalsTir?
3, Ahe said "Purltnnlsm is n cloak wera
hy some persona In this world who win
be warm enough without ene In tM
next .
' Ii'.'.1"1 Is eerniny?
u. V.'herft nml u-hn, lu TTz.ii.tn. r
C. What Is u foyer and hew eheuld tM
went de pronounced?
7. 1iat Is thn. Chief i-ltv nt Trnlnnrl?
8. What comedy bv Shakespeare takes pUvel
..'" U1" cll or Jlesslnav , .
0. AVlmt Is the name of the Americas j
irujmru ,
10, What in meunt by a "marlage de eon-
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Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. Jesef Strnnsltv Is the conductor of tM
I'lltlbaimiinlr Sioeletv nf Vu- Yera.
the eldest American , 8)iniilwny
ercntJHirn.
2, miKl) piles Tbe art of engraving in Je
., vilei' or of emliesslng. '
i Ihe expression "dirt farmer" Is used M
(lellOte ene wlln llu nmrllrnl HMfl'
ence with asrlculture, In distinct e
from ene who Is thceietluat In l"l
Knowledge, '
1. Dr. I.lVlntrittnn ll-nrrnnrt frtpmirlv f-xeCU-
tlvu of the Ainericuu 'lted Cress, I tM
r ...n.ew President of Cernell University. .?
6. "Jude the Obscure" In by Themas Harte
n , I"10. ,Icftn of living British novelist',,
0- Ohie la nicknamed "The liuckeye HUtV
7. A paralleloplpeden Is a solid Incleied W
8. "Circa." or Its abbreviation "c." bef
a date means about or approximate
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l. Ode; Originally a poem meant te
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