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5,1) dollars psr year, M)ab1e In advance.
te an feretjm countries one (tl) foliar a month.
rieTict Subscriber wlsblce address chanted
Bust che old as well an new addrets.
gUjgOgJjrALSUT KEYSTONE. tIAI'WM
CT-Addt -f e oil cemmmfittfwttie te t;-enlrg Pubiie
Indptr, Ind'tendtnct Swarr, Phllatt'lpMa
I Member of the Associated Presi
TUB AS&OVUTKD PRESS 1- exclusive en
tmud te She use for rej:itl(otiert of all ntu-s
mtpatches credited le it or net etheru'Me rredlled
CMs paptr, and ahe thr local uetcs piibMehH
MerclH.
.All right' cf rtpubUcatlen of tptctal diltatchu
Jttrrtn art alto rctrvtd.
PaUadftpala, Vnlnride;, Marrh 6. 1972
GOOD-BY, BEIDLEMAN!
( i'A ii"UviGII AV. Harrj- I?al;pr wys that
jCTl. thcre Is ue truth in tlie ri-pert that
' '' Lleuliiant Governer Itridlcmnn hna dropped
out of the race for thfi guvcrnershlp. Sena Sena
eor Varu lnslita thul Ik'ldlenian has no
t chance,
i The l.Icutciinnt Govorner uiav net hare
' dropped out. 'I'liat Invoked volition en his
part. The truth apparently U that he has
j been dropped out bv these whose support
Is nepfssnry te his success.
Thu rsult Is the same cither way. If
flnds Ilcldlcnian thiw year.
There are two ceu&ca fop It. according
v Ce ScnHter Vnre. One is the acceptance of
U cheIc for $5000 In addition te his wilary.
1' and the ether Is the opposition of the women
feters.
f, But It la net likely that much would huve
been heard of the opposition of the women
'' If it had net been for the disclosures in this
i newspaper by Colonel McCain of the Ken
'J1 eredty of Charlew A. Snyder wlusn Auditor
i General te hln friend lieldleman. This (11b
i cloiure ended both Snyder nnd Beldleman.
THEY DON'T FRIGHTEN PEPPER
THE way Senater Pepper tallts te the men
who nre threatening te work for his de
feat because they de net like ills opposition
te the bonus iu refreshing.
The Senater refuses te be frightened or
ttampeded by reorganization of the Soldiers' ,
Civic League in this State for the purpose'
of working iignlnt him. If the people of
-, th'e State de net v. Mi him te remain in
Waohlngten he will Ktay nt home, but fe
long as he in there he intends te nerve hib
country te the best of his ability. He in
sists tliat he is cerving it new by ebjcctinp
te the bonus, and in "doing in a small wny
wfcnt the reldicrs during the war did in a
great way."
That is the kind of talk that will justify
the confidence of the State in Senater Pep
per, and is likely in the outcome te prove
that the euiidt political wisdom lle in the
aaes't courageous loyalty te the public geed.
HARDING IS RIGHT
PRKSIDKNT HARDING is acting In the
bonus business with a full realization
of his responsibilities te all the people. He
has told Mr. Fordney, of the Ways and
Means Committee, that the latest plan te
issue insurance certificates in payment of
the bonus is the worst that heti been pro
posed. That is what fTcry one else with any
knowledge of governmental finunc has said.
That it should have bcn seriously proposed
by a congressional committee is dishearten
ing. It would net have bi-en proposed, how
ever, if Congress were net approaching an
election. The politicians are ufraid of the
aeldtar vef as though there were such a
political solid.
The service men came from all parties.
They arc Republicans and Democrats nnd
Seciat'xts and Labcrrites and Nen-i'artisan
Leaguers. The Democrats arc net going te
Tete for Republicans because the Republi
cans have favored the bonus. And the Re
publicans are net i;elr.g te vote against the
candidate's of their own party because these
candidates have rettd cr talked ngelnst n
bonus at ..e present time. They are in
vtelllgciit enough te knew that the conditions
which make It difficult for the Republican
OengresK te find n way te ra.se money would
make it just as difficult for a Democratic
Congress te de it
Indeed, the Democrats arc tee shicwd
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te go into tht campaign with u pledge te
tax the country still mere heavily in order
te raise bonus money. Their campaign will
be waged en the issue that the Republicans
have net reduced the war tasps enough.
There are just about as many income tax
payers ua there are prospective bonus re
cipients, and they de net want their ether
taxes increased.
If Congress cuu get ever Its political panic
.and take a calm view- of the situation it
u "will begin te nssume the "ame responsibility
Set the protection of the interests of the
'n. -whole people that the Pi-eIdetn La Iieul
tiered.
HOW DRY WE AREN'T!
w -m. VTEW JKRS,' n"s nfhieved another State
"? JtN Prohibition Enforcement Act or,
rather, n geed start toward one, since Gov
erner Edwards may or may net sign the bill '
, a . .l I.. 1. 'P....-.. r - -i.. I - .
MTft. aupiiuiuM! r Hi- urn '"s law. in
txtPSil. Maryland tlie i.egisiuturc has been man.-
:4a,T factlnv imexr.ecteil NVniliathr tm tlie v.i.
aead principle.
Mr. Davis, Prohibition Director m this
a iicaie, Duuuies wun eninusiann wc shall
j. seen be dry, says he. Meanwhile, however,
It, red liquor seems te be available wherever
ypu inquire for it in the marts of trade, and
'y synthetic sin and moonshine are drugs upon
IV' the market in mere senses than one,
i. It Ijj no wonder that the Llcensb Court
JC AfiA this city is crowded with applicants,
ftw&il Qerteinly the saloon business seems te be
WuA' acquiring Kemi-uung m iik out power anu
rlvF' Jluvement, Toward applicants for liquor
KyCtr 'licensci the courts display a merc-thaii-mM'f
beautiful impartiality.
Ki'w i-A suggestion that each seeker after a
kJtllri I'Lt llMnH.A Km .... ...1 .,. i
, amiuei tw' W iuk ejiuur until unu rr-
Ji.akilred te say whether he ever violated the
(,fefelatead law -we voted down almost unanl-
lusty d.t tun .iuiis". iei u in pure or the
;jr;el tlie License I eurt te determine the
less of individuals and te refuse licenses
ch as ere pet proved te be law-abiding
Icens.
Bkually restrained and charitable are some
' th minds that function ever the head
Prohibition ( onuulsslener Ilaynrs nt
assnlnrten. The ceuntrv Iiiik hean flnmlivl
,.tt' alcohol which Is uxed In the mnnufsc-
v,:eiaaiar nue wiusKV. lienetureu ter lnriim.
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"&s'tfihlt'purpOses, alcohol is worth about 81.50
, -mXmTMniW' ,n ltM nanirni stale it win new
k.'-.
between 115 and S20 a gallon in the
jMaa warlrst . Hiift albin a aleahal
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Vieai ei gm pr wan
been "ending out vnt quantities of natural
alcohol, n by-product of it plant. Lecal
enforcement officials in various partn of the
country aiiaert that IhN alcohol has been
going ntralftht into illicit rIii mid wlilbky.
I'ommlNJ'leiifr Ilajnes ordered the usual
"ban" en the supply. The next day orders
came. from htxhrr up and the ban was lifted.
WHO'LL CATCH THE CROOKS
THAT CATCH THE UNOERS?
The Authorities Have Been Tolerating
a Gambling System That Makes
Race Tracka Seem Tame
YOUNG Mr. Unger, who gambled away
about $'-00,000 of the Kvnnt, Institute's
money in futile ukmihUs en the clock mar
ket under the guidance of Dler & Ce. be
fore (lint linn blew up, was net the first of
his kind, lie will net be the last. He wus
what the sharks of the game call a green
fish
He had access te large sums of ready
money and no apparent knowledge of the
lxrils that lie In wait for amateurs 'who
stray among Wftllingfertlit in quest of easy
money. Se he was a find for the touts.
"Dier & Ce. assigned their best salesman
te attend te him,1' says one of the rervrts.
Yet the firm or its salesmen fheuld have
known that Unger wasn't using his own
money.
t'neer worked in a bank. He had a job
te held down nnd no leisure in which te leek
personally after his deals. Yet the looting
of the Evans Institute's strongbox was con
tinued te the end, even though Dler & Ce.
were under a cloud for weeks before their
failure was announced.
Hew much of the blame is Unger's and
hew much of it belongs te the courts, the
District Attorney's office nnd the organiza
tions of legitimate brokers who continue te
leek rather helplessly nt a system of gam
bling that muies the old-fashioned race
track appear in retrospect like the mildest
of tca-and-bridge scrimmages?
The creeks in the teek markclR anil the
irrepressible bucket-shoppers seem somehow
cleverer than the reputable brokers nnd far
mere resourceful than the District Attor
ney's detecUves. At the legal obsequies
of defunct hteck -jobbing organizations the
promoters are the most nonchalant. They
wear the best clothes and the easiest smile.
A brush with the Court, an action in bank
ruptcy, the appointment of receivers, a
comforting cigarette and your Wnlllngferd
walks out te leek for new opportunities,
leaving ruin and genuine misery in lib
wake.
Tt is idle te suppose that the bucket-shops
are being brought te an end. They aren't.
And when the present storm blows ever
they will be prosperous once mere and, at
intervals, one of their victims will blew out
his brains or go te jail or run away. Mean- !
while, the courts continue te appoint re
ceivers and reBt content at that.
It is supposed that only floaters and the
small investors about whose troubles no
one seems te worry arc victimised in Ille
gitimate or crooked stock deals. The fact
is that all low-salaried men in positions of
trust nre potential victims of th,e nmastincly
energetic bucket-shop or promotion .tout
who, lying like a Turk, drunk with "selling
dope." charged like a drug addict v 1th the
machine-made efficiency spirit, gee about
premising credulous folk ccrtalu nsr re
turns en invested money for a share of the
spoils that he takes back te his boss.
Meral responsibility for the looting of the
Evans Institute's strongbox lies net en
linger alone, but en the people who co
operated vvith him informally and helped
him te fling S2O0.U0O te the uiid-. Why
the legal responsibility -heuld net be .simi
larly distributed it is hard for any scniiblc
man te understand.
Net long age a cemmittfe ut tin Phila
delphia Stock Exchange and representatives
of the District Attorney's office including
Majer Wynne, chief of the county detectives
had a conference te consider a method for
a cleaning up in the fringes of the securities
brokerage business. Nothing came of it.
There ere brokers and bankers who feel
that, being henet themselves and the heads
of indispensable institutions, they should
net be expected te bother about what gees
en in the slums of the pecuiativc system or
worry about the feels who get their pockets
picked in the shadow of tl.e stock exchange,
liut brokers w-he de the legitimate business
of the exchanges ought te be as quick te
expose and eliminate the quacks as doctors
1 aie te expose snides of their profeion.
I T t 1 ...I..-. f
Leng-continued tolerance or open -air
swindling carried en under the pretense of
stock transactions will bring the whole in
vestment market undu- a cloud and, for all
j en knew, under home sort of lievernment
control thnt may le at en'-c uncomfortable
and inconvenient. V few bucket -shoppers
and some of the promoters of phantom cor
porations ought te go te jail. The courts
ought te see te this. The District Attor
ney's effiie ought te de meic than talk.
Fer two or tluee jears the country has
been in nn artificially stimulated gambling
nightmare And the present consequences
of thnt craze are net only disgraceful but !
dangerous te business und le all sound
financial interests.
JUST COMMON SENSE
THE abandonment by the Civil Seriicc.
Commission of Its demand that certain
cit.i emplejes whose salaries lc licfn in
creased Hheuld take an examination te test
their fitnecs is sensible,
The Inw which requires re-exiiminatlnn
of officeholders after their salaries Hrc raited
above a certain figure could net ha" been
intended te apply te such cees as tliee in
question. It was doubtless intended te
apply te an elevation in rank wiili.n higher
salary, which would amount te appointment
te n new position.
But when an increase In pay is voted ss
a recognition of the efficiency of the office
holder or in order te adjust his pay te the
higher custs of living, it would l.e carrying
the civil service regulations te tins extreme
of felly te Insist that they be required te
pass nw tests te disclose fitness for duties
performed satisfactorily for a leiiu time.
THE PEPPER POT WOMAN
IT WILL surprise some Philadelphia le
learn that "the pepper pet woman" is
dead. Memories of the flaeiful institution
of which she .was an Isolated eunlvul arc
fading rapidly.
In most of the lesidenlial sections of this
community it has been years since tjMi cry
of "peppery pet, tmeklns het," rung out
upon the uppetizing atmosphere. Children
cried for it. Sanitary and hygienic au
thorities had net yet bejun te frown.
Tureens went eagerly extended by de
lighted consumers nn spotless white marble
ioeritepi. Inte the waiting vmels poured
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ifpnijrvmm,mm9u 'iMiWii ;," ""ia;i'iu
XwKMflB .! ,weaw iaejre,3,iHaio. iaejre,3,iHaie.
nnd "honeycombed" j auct, dumplings in
numerable and each hand-made; herbs
marjoram, thyme, parsley, bay; ve.il stock,
lubricated by the thick; grayish-brownish
liquid. In the modern fashion parlance, the
huu was beige. But net nil the ingredients
could be Identified. Hubtletles of genius
pervaded the savory compound,
Pepper pet has net yet passed from the
local resteurnnt bills, but there lt charms
are thinned and formalized. Street-vended
pepper pet was Individualistic. It smacked
of nrlistry.
In West Philadelphia th'c Istc Mrs. Char
lotto Harris, for forty-live jcars purveyor of
that enigmatic seiip which gave gastronomic
distinction te the town, represented a van
ishing epoch,
The "sand man" has gene, the "'red
Y'ash" merchant, the "licahs your crabs"
vender, the sonorous seller of "honey in the
comb." We nre better ordered new. Pic
turesqucness Is called inefficiency.
Hut are we happier than when we pnr pnr pnr
toek of feed calculated te meke an analytic
chemist blush and pronounced it geed?
THE GREAT PARK OUTRAGE
THK secretary of the I'alnneunt Park
Protective Association, nlse obviously its
founder nnd treasurer, rises as one man
te pretest against the suggested use of any
portion of the "people's property" for the
fair of 11120. ,
Frem his broadcasting station, ilch Is
presumably stocked with stamped envelopes
addressed te imperiled fellow citizens, this
official, whose name Is Kvans, is a vibrant
unit of indignation. "Help us," pleads one
of his pamphlets, throbbing with exclama
tion points, "te save Fairmount Park from
destruction!"
"Citizens," tries the Protective Associa
tion and what, after nil, is spelling In such
a crisis "exercise your BeVcrnlty!" His His
terjpal dates, even the birthday of a nation,
are evidently of scant consequence te this
high-strung organization, which ln.sista that
staging the exposition in the Park would
mean "fencing the people out of it for the
next seven jcars ut least!"
But if Mr. Kvans is se cjcilcd that he
imagines the Declaration of Independence
te have been signed In I77D. he is perhaps
net entirely blameworthy. Councilmen
Gaffney and Ven Tngcn have been unham
pered by facts in describing the horrors of a
park-environed fair. According te their
implications, the Centcnnl.il of 1876 was
never held, or if it did exist its ravages were
irrepnrable. It one is Inclined te doubt this
let hi in inspect the West Park today and
note the awful devastation.
It is of record that the first turnpike in
the I'nitcd Stales, between Philadelphia and
Lancaster, was viewed ns an appalling
menace te the welfare of the infant He
public. Less distant is the day when the
late Mayer Rcyburn trembled left a threat
ened increase of tiuffic en Ilread street
should militate against u monopoly of that
thoroughfare for parades. The distressing
thought that the planting of decorative shade
tres along Spring Garden street "would
spoil the beautiful flag pavement" at one
time agitated the minds of a class of Phlla
ddphlnns who would make spirited members
of the Fairmount Protective Association
Heedless of all warnings of this type,
which are by no means uncommon in this
sensitive community, u writer in a recent
issue of the Keystone Motorist recalls the
instructive tale of the first great world's
fair held in Hyde Park, Londen, in 1851.
The stately Times envisaged the utter de
struction of the people's playground. The
Heuse of Commens pulsated with wee.
Somehow or ether Hyde Park managed te
survive the blew which fell and England in
sulne respects stands where she did.
Undeniably, however, the implied deduc
tion is daring. In Philadelphia there is
something almost ruthless in viewing u pub
lic project straightforwardly and with regard
te established actualities. The Fairmount
Park Protective Association would probably
have litrle hesitancy In branding as traitors
the Uolaters of a cherished tradition.
WHERE WORDS ARE WEAK
Till', termination of the Lansing-Ibhii
agreement is implicit in the Four-Power
Pacific Treaty. That covenant establishes
a new order in the Far East, and the fact
is made plain in categorical language. The
utmost icseurces of speech and writing are,
however, calculated te infuriate certain
types of United States Senators. Lucidity
in their ejes becomes a sinister cloak. Their
appetite for mystery is Insatiable.
With the best of intentions, it is doubtful
if Mr. Herding can elucidate the. Pacific
arbitration nnd stability pact te a degree
beyond Hint presented in the actual test.
He and Senater Ledge may restate the case.
They may show that the Angle -Japanese
Treaty is abrogated by the new pact, that
the new contract is net n treaty of alliance
but of co-eperntlou te preserve penre, and
that it contain an arbitration program of
the utmost consequence te the welfare of
civilization. Hut the clauses fashioned in
the Washington Conference exhibit all this.
Mr. Berah will be unsatisfied, of course.
The indications that sufficient votes can be
mnrshaleil against him and his kind te put
through one of the met-t important achieve
ments of the Arms Conference suggest tlmt
his delight In anguish will net be mitigated.
Mere ordinary citizens ere te be pardoned
if they are a bit dazed at tills menint by
the spectacle in Wobhingten. In the be
ginning, political professional skepticn feared
Jest the Conference accomplish nothing.
New these same groups bewail the quantity
of solid achievement.
Secret treaties have been maligned. Jn
view of conditions in Washington, it may
be wondered whether or net this censure
was eutlrcly just.
The Nebraska Supteme
Narrowed Down Court has sustained tin:
constitutionality of a
low prohibiting the teaching of any foreign
language In the public schools. A dissenting
opinion deplores interference with the right
of American parents te have their children
taught any language they please. Which
would appear te be beside the point. Amer
ican parents still have that right. In Ne
braska as ebewliere, with tlie added right
of having them taught the twe-btep and the
saxophone. The only point at Issue was the
light of the people te say, however fool
ishly, through their Legislature, what shall
or shall net be tiititcht iu ihe schools sup
ported by the public at lnrge.
Governer Sproul docs
One Can't Aluas net think Hcrbeit
Sometimes Tell Hoever will become di
rector general of the
Sesqul-Ccntenn.al because "he bes enough
money new and a better job In Washing
ton." Ah, but. Governer, a man occasion,
nlly tackles a Jeb simply because he thinka
it. ought te be ('one. Ami if Hoever wasn't
built Just that way the world wouldn't
knew of him. He had a pretty geed Jeb iu
Londen and plenty of money when iu
tackled r.n apparently thankless war task.
Helium extracted from
natural gas costs $55 a
thousand feet, Extrac
tion Improves the nat
Going l"n?
Ne, Net Yet
ural as, but the navy Is net allowed te
sell the by-products. Lack of funds as a
cenequence delays tlie production of tlm
neii-inHainmuble Mlrr for lighter-than-alr
inarhiiifM. It would appear, thcfc. that
even when we get a new dirigible it la liable
te be tied le the ground with red tape.
The court, of ceursfl. takes cognizance
. i,n fact flint while it may be hard te
.have te pay a liquor license of, 3000 in order
te sell soft drinks, it lis Pfwx uu wncn
aUa. J.iatia are hard, .a i . . y . .i
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Seme Brief Consideration of Sites for
the Seaqul-Centennlal Feeling
That Younger Bleed 8heuld Be
Absorbed In the Organ
izing Beard
By SARAH D. LOWRIE
SPENT a long while looking ever the
plans in the gallery of the Emergency Ala
I
nt Eighteenth and locust Mrccta this after
noon which nre these se far proposed for
the various sites for the So&iul-Centcnnlal.
Ne doubt even these of Krn Dedge,
the engineer who is responsible for the Uoosc Ueosc Uoesc
elt boulevard plans, are confessedly tenta
tive. The ae-called Cret plan for the Fair
mount site and the Heg Islnnd plan by
Phillp'S. Tyne ere mete handsome aVelchcs
of what might be, given the money. All are
pinna thnt might go down en nny Btreteh of
land given the money nnd time.
Meanwhile the acreage and the appreachei
te the sites proposed nre an follews:
The Heg Island site, just below- League
Island Nuvy Yard, can provide DOOO perfect
level acres, n great river frontage and an
approach from the center of the city down
Bread street.
The Roosevelt boulevard site, above Cott
man street, can provide 1000 acres or ever,
part park and part privately owned ground,
with the Pcnnypnck Cicck as Its water fea
ture and with partly weeded, partly open
flat aiirfneeR. lis nmirniieli fiem the rente!'
of the city la out North Bread Street te the
ueuievaru.
The Fairmount Park and WIssahiclten
site provides something under BOO acres, a
river nnd a varied purferc of weeds and
parks, rocky hills and meadow lands, and an
npprondiVfreiu the center of the city by the
Parkway.
The requirements for meters would be ever
150 acres, counting 160 meters te nn acre,
which would allow about WOO meters and
about 75,000 persons per day coming te the
site by meter vehicle.
I
N ISO., when herse vehicles were in use,
the Ghlcntre ncrenire was GSO. In 1015,
when meters were In full use, the San Fran Fran
ciseo acreage was 6e5 acres. Under the.Cret
plan for the Parkway nnd Fairmount Park
the available acreage Is a little under 400
acres.
Fer these who have te "hoof it" the less
iicrcage Uie better, se that the full effect of
beauty is obtained. I confess that Heg la
land's "000 wilt me te think of. especially
as it hns te be purchased and landscape
gardened and the approaches beautified be
fore a building is put en it. Even the 1000
available acres of the Roosevelt plan sound
like n gigantic rpnec for human feet te
trudge about In te find tlie sections of the
great fair. It would be better te park the
meters outside the "70 ncrcs of Fairmount
Park and walk te the buildings from the edge
of the Park. Yeu would net have te go se
far in nny case as in the ether huge areas.
Besides till that, we have the landscape
gardening all done in Fairmount Perk, the
liver all ready except for the sewerage in
the water and the railroads nnd trolley
lines and approaches nil made. It would bs
a great relief te have everything thnt one
ought te visit only n romfertnble walk apart.
Then, tee. Fairmount Park is really tlie
renter of the town for Gcrmnntewn. Chest
nut Hill and the Main and Schuylkill Hue
settlements, net te speak of West nnd most
of North and Seuth Philadelphia.
THE landscape gardeners and architects
can surely glte the sense of vistas and
the sense of becoming -distances in 'WO ncres.
without cutting down n tree or destroying
nny permanent beauty of the most beautiful
park in the country indeed in the world.
And ns one woman put It:
"Of ceuisp great pressure will be brought
hv the owners of waste land round Heg Is
landfatal nnme nnd the owners of laud
near the Pennypack out beyond the Roose
velt boulevard, te make their vast acreage
seem worth the city's investing in. But
why buy waste land for n perk when wc
have n perfect pnrk already?"
A man in talking it ever last evening
front a realty point of view said :
"If land has te be taught for tee meter
storage places, it w'euld pay the city te In
vest in the land built en with old and ue
lapidated houses along tl.e river from Sprini;
Garden street down te Arch, and sell it
aftervvnrd for new houses of a better type.
It could be made n verv nleasanl pail of the
I city by clearing out tlie old factories and tlie
I poorly equipped facterv tenements. These
are net only my Ideas," he added, "they are
what comes, waiting pest me trem nil anu
sundry ns I go about my business and
pleasure."
I GATHER, tee, that there is a feeling
abroad that younger bleed ought te be
absorbed Inte the organizing beard. It Is
net n place nor will be in the next five years
for the venerable or the Honorary citizens
who hnvn had their greatest day. Seme one
under sixty should be nt the head of it.
some one who hns had an nrtistlc as well
ns a business experience, and who by the
nnture' of his big life hns been given te
licspitnlity ! some one who knows Europe
from mere than n tourist's standpoint and
who knows this eeuntry from mere than ,t
t.ierc financier's standpoint.
WHAT AILED HIM
I heard of a newspaperman w-liOjgat per
mission te go into the trrnches during a lull
in the firing In the war. Miss Sarah D.
Lnwrie remarked casually te the Overset
Man. His guide led him in silence until
they came te a ditch, and then he whispered
"This Is flic third trench, sir." And the
leperter. much Imnrcssed, whispered back,
"The third trench'." After considerable
walking nnd creeping tliej came te another
ditch and the guide whispered, even lower,
"The second trench," and the reporter, a
little unnerved by (he great caution,
whispered bach, "The second trench!" Their
further pregrcs was very slew nnd through
seemingly deserted ground until they came te
nnnther ditch, into which they scrambled.
"This is the first!" whispered the guide
directly into his companion's ear. The
reporter leaned ecr and cautlensly whispered
back. "Hew far is the bechp trench?"
"Half a mile." whispered the guide
"Why de wc !,ae te whisper?" hissed
the reporter
"We don't htne tu. said thu guide; "I
have larjngltls."
SUNSET
ACROSS the western sky the geld-edged
clouds
Stand, like linire mountains that their out
lines shift,
While in the east a twilight arflh appears
And tips with vilmsen bridal veils that drift
Acress tlie eate moon's face.
The sun's last fiery lance new pierces
thieitgh
The clouds, and like a mist the twilight
creeps,
Flooding the vallrpf,. c'imbing te tin hills
Night spieads the couch wlieic weary
Nature sleeps: .
The sun lias left no trace.
New, while flic bright moon rides
mid
stnrrv isles.
And sheds its borrowed light upon the earth.
We I. non ''" sun lias never really set.
But for iIun's death the rtight would have
no birth
Se lulu llicvuwi of apace.
And when our souls have crossed the mystic
When; lle beyond the Blessed Isles of Light.
Though wu nve gene, perhaps our lives muj
eheil . .i ,
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By WILLIAM ATIIKRTON I)U l'L'Y
LADY ANNE, she is called a woman
out of the Near East with a beautiful
face, deep-impressed with tragedy mere ex
plicitly Lady Anne Azgapltlan, of Armcnin.
I sat near her in an American drawing
room and heard her explaining le her neigh
bor. '
"My husband fought in Russia against
the Bolshevik! and we were overcome.
htartcd. thirty of us, en feet into the desert
and grew te be 201)0. nearly all wei.ii'n and
children. I with my baby born en u battle
field. We went en endlessly into a lain
that wns desolation. Finally there loomed
up ahead of us Mount Ararat en which the
Ark of Neah landed after the flood. And
at the feet of the mountain there was n
temporary city, all orderliness nnd cleanli
ness and bustle and numberless happy chil
dren playing in the sun. And we asked the
first man we met what it all meant and he
fcnid , ,,
"By the grace of Ced, the Americans.
Yeu snoop around among learned people
and you just can hardly kwp mi.i picking
up something here and there that Ulndu
wakts you up no .cutter hew J..U ou are.
Te illustrate:
GerniB nre net bugs. ,ns iel'..s beem te
think they are, Dr. Wlghtman WelU Garner
told me, and he is .smart enough te have
made original research cm the effect of light
en the growth of plants.
Germs are plantF, he says. They nie no
mere bugs than trees urn ccw. A germ 13
te a bug what a rosebush Is te a (leg. l'hc
belong te the vegetable world and net te the
animal world.
And he kept saying the same thin,: ever
nnd ever in different words until he thought
I understood.
Personally I think scientists arc ju-t won
derful. ,
Various men have odd little habits that arc
amusing in the watching. There Is Rcpre
aeninilve M. P. Khikalil. of Nebraska, for
instance. He lives in a hotel down here iu
Washington. Whenever lie leaves that liet"l
te go ever ie the Capitel or go down town,
or go nnvwherc. he alwn.s steps at the
last chair near the deer, sits him down and
tightens his shoestrings. He hasn't missed
ence-slnce he came te Congress.
Once in a year or. two there meets in New
Yerk for a banquet un organization known
as "the Fossils," made up of "amateur
journalists of the past," men, who, as boys
back In the seventies and eighties, played
with printers' ink.
Themas A. Edisen 1 one of them, ns is
Governer William C. Spnuil, of Pennsyl
vania, and Josephus Daniels, who used te lie
Hecrrtnry of the Navy. James M, Heck,
Solicitor General of the United States; Or-
vllle Wright, Sennter Geeige H. Meacs and
Cyrus H. K. Curtis are "Fossils."
All of which may indicate that putting
one's thoughts In print while he i.s jet
young is a thing that may breed that
straight-thinking that leads along the ie.nl
te accomplishment.
The father of Terrence V. Powderly,
white-haired dean of Immigration problems
nt the Laber Department, came from Ireland
nnd settled in tlm anthracite fields of Penn
sylvania. He was the man of them all
in this world who first leaded a railroad car
with coal. This first car of coal which
Powderly leaded was transported back In
1829 end held n ten nnd a half of fuel.
P. W. Wilsen, of England, long a mem
ber of Parliament, throws some Interest -inr.
sldelliihtH uneii Mr. J Jewl Cenvixv
who Is by way of being the most outstand
ing figure in the world today.
He nays that Lloyd Gcorge'u human re
sponsiveness Is his strongest characteristic.
There was the tlme when he called en the
new King, for example, te condone with
him en the passing of the old King. His
Majest,? sold afterward that Lloyd Geerge
wns the only Individual who treated him us
a man as well as a sovereign.
There was the time ahe when the Pie.
niter's daughter died of appendicitis. ,lll(i
Mr. P. W. Wilsen lest a son of the' sumo
complaint. Lloyd Geerge sent for the mem
ber of Parliament end when the latter -arrived
he found the former, thU man who
directs the couice of world affairs, In tears
"Tell mc what it amount, te," n,yH
Lloyd Geerge te some subordinate whenever
u fiinnninp huh; iiajjrr requires Ills atten-
iiuii, c iviunv!; iv nag ae.
as much as you ltke," he
ufrl.D, critic, "but'dgn't
A JAX, JUNIOR
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'j"ier Light3 en Lives ami Whims
of Personages in the Public Eye
forget te cenm around te my house for
breakfnst.''
The Premier is a Bnptist. but is a bit
confused us te his classification among the
varieties of Baptists.
"There nre two serls of Baptists," he
said one day. "I belong te one of these
branches xi'f the church and therefore hate
the elhrf nien ardently. But for the life
of me I can't remember le which I be
long." It's strange hew tlrey keep ou cribbing
Mark Twain's stuff.
A distinguished gentlcmm went In te see
President Harding the ether day and after
ward lie said that, following the introduc
tions, he had said te the Executive;
"I feel verj much crnhnrresscd, Mr. Pres
ident. Hew- de j ou feel?"
Which wn- just what Mark Twain actu
ally said en such an occasion two or thrce
decades ae.
Then ou the same day I heard a United
State-, Senater make a speck and he pulled
this one :
"An ancestor sit mine." lie said, "once
went te a hanging nnd theic suffered in
juries from which he died."
That was number two from the author of
Tem Sawjcr in the same day.
Fred C. Kelly, the author, had a second
hand auiniuebilc for sale. He took great
care in preparing nn advertisement which
he inserted in the paper. Next morning lie
read that ad right there in print.
"That must be u remarkable car," he
said, "I guess I will keep it."
Madame Sari Hard, of Swrtlen. once nn
actress, new a journalist, who has been iu
Washington for the Arms Conference, says
that Amuiicim women arc possessors of two
wonderful mental qualities net often found
among member., of their sex. Tiicv are In -
tcrctcii and they ure interesting.
Then spenks up Srinlvrisa Sastri. tepie
sentiiiive of India, wearing a might v lur
baii, mid sa,s that the worst tiling about us
is i hat we don't knew hew te have a geed
lime. Wc pay fancy prices for theatre
liclccis, for Instance, but eecup them
bristling wiili belligerence. We ate there,
net le enjoy the performance, but te quarrel
with all that tinnsplies. Our ery menial
attitude nibs us of the pleasure that might
ntiieiwlse be ours.
What De eh Knew?
QUIZ
1. What nrcliiicctur.il stjlc iaK fur us die.
t'liKiiKhlnB ; feature lelumns with cap;.
la Is curved In rcrells " '
- In wlmt large country of Africa docs
s'i i ry new ealst?
" "'!",' ',", ''!? 'J'.'.,st densclv populated
1-l.ind In Hie West linll.fi"
1. Miiii city a the Amirican luadeuurtcra
. of IIih ipuiie of erlclict? ''""luuitcra
wn.it position In I'r.sldent ITanllnn'B
. vtiffrie&ifl hy was?
7' Wt,:l!r!SnV,0n'nl" ',IV,NloMer "lp
S Flew IhrIi 3 the Hed; of filhr.ilter-
J. Ahat Is Hie, full mum, of Velstead after
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Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1 Abyssinia Is the only absolutely liirl
pendent nation In Africa J "ldc"
" u si iiuiiiiiiik in tlm r,iii,i
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It Is Fordney's stunt te nrticulate the
bones In beifus,
In n bucket-shop account there is siai!)
margin for reform. ,
Antlgen-ISH! Antigen-lfih!
blue blazes., tlsh-tush-TlSII !
Nelsi,
"Deaf Mutes Cause Hearing Postpoas Pestpoas Postpeas
racnt." Headline. Indefinitely.
Among signs of spring we no longer In
clude these relating te beck beer.
Brazil's centennial fnir sets us an ex
ample in the matter of crucklng nuts.
As Gifferd Pinchot appears te B't. the
pride of the forest will go before a Fall.
A close-up of the Antlgenish ghert
would make a fascinating movie feature.
As bonus advocates see Ir, the only free
seeds distributed this year will be te selditri.
Lloyd Geerge is enough of a rcuetienart
te find the younger generation somewhat of a
trial.
"What forestry appears te fear in the
Interior Department is its dlgcstlve appi
rut us.
I'lic fight for the Hospital for the la
sane In Limerick bceini te have borne ap
propriateness. . The pci-sistcn'cc with which bandits rob
cigar stoics seems te show- a determination
te smoke them out.
Lloyd Geerge's success 1h due le lilt
ability te get in u punch while liih opponents
aic purring for wind.
The mistake of the Ciuijjressienil
Reierd printer who turned "C-7" Inte
"sen-terpeiit" was elemental.
We nie net unsung these inclined t
'ever Cliaiiiiiiin Ferducy with obloquy. lit
Kuliy doesn'kuew any better.
Lloyd Geerge is said te be tired of office.
Ne doubt. It is u delusion from which every
man butlers some time or ether.
Dentists are taking sl-ps te lake canilr
Hern tin; kids. What ure they trying te de?
drhc themselves out of business?
.etiing may be, as commission's en
gineer declines, a ky te the c-ilj ; but tee
much uiic cannot be taken in getting the
right pitih.
Members of the Way.s-that-aie-dark
and Mean-'s-they-maku-'c'in Committee "
pe-ir te hau; taken pest-grmlunlu ceufsM
m tax dodging.
The melancholy thought obtrudes that
iti all hut one June itrnnnce virtue is K"i"
In be its euu reward ut the Acudcwy i
Music en Thursday.
The persistence with which Sent.'
Berah asks fm- infi)riiiulleii might lead I"'
unthinking te believe that he jeally want
te knew, mi knew,
"Heme lias no terror for any of us,
s;i)s Senater Pepper. But divers bonus;
biiiierei Jens'icssmen testily cry, "Spcr.it (
for yourself, Geerge!"
Hard work and eheerfuliicsi are the w
c-rets of longevity, says West Chester
woman, 107 jeurs old. Frem which It would
appear that care killed inore than the cat.
A pat royal Hush proved fatal te "
New-nil: N. J man In n midnight peM?
game. If that la what De Vulera has wen
waiting for, the story 'should be an W
struclien te him.
The Committee en Ways and Mean M
tu tier postpone action en the bonus unm
the demotic papjrl ure deciphered. IJ
Egyptian rulVis uie suit! te bate discevert"
Hues that de net oppress And any!'0
this is ns geed nn excuse for delay as a"'
ether. v
European scientists plan te put ha1' f.
dozen hey nnd girl l.ablen' en a treplcul IJ' "
and 'ft them shift for ilti'inselves. J
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