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Thursday, December .sl, 1914.
DECEMBER
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MOON S PHASES—
Full Moon, 2nd; Last Quarter. 10th;
New Moon, ltith; First Quarter, 24th.
f WEATHER FORECASTS
Harrisburg and vicinity: Generally
fa : r to night and Friday, not much
change in temperature. Lowest tem
/3i perature to-night about 22 degrees.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Generally
, fair to-night and Friday, not much
i C , change in temperature. Light to mod
crate variable wind?.
YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 42; lowest. 32: S a. m.. 40; S p. m., 36.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Harrisburg will pause to-night and to-morrow to
have a good time celebrating the arrival of the
new year. There will be a mummer's parade to
morrow which is expected to be funnier and more
elaborate than anything of the kind ever before
attempted here, and the usual forms of merry,
making annually associated with the holiday.
Conditions among the poor this winter.—due in
greatest degree to the devastating effect both at
home and abroad of the great war in Europe,—
have resulted in an unusual drain 011 the resources
of charitably disposed persons in this city and have
had the effect of compelling a large percentage of
the population to face necessity in its sternest form.
Such a condition necessarily influences earnest men
and women to place more stress than usual 011 the
"serious things of life and it may be held by some
that holiday levity is out of place in this particular
New Year's season.
Harrisburg people, however, have the right for
the time to put aside the serious things and enter
with the usual spirit of levity into the celebration
of the New Year's arrival. A little fun on occasion
doesn't hurt anybody in any circumstances. On
tiie contrary it helps, and certainly Harrisburgers,
who have denied themselves so much this winter to
meet the extraordinary appeals to charity, deserve
to get all the fun they can out of the holiday and
to enjoy the happiest sort of a Happy New Year.
HOW BEST TO AID PUPILS
During the sessions of the State Educational As
sociation, which closed to-day in this city, many
good suggestions lor arranging public school
courses were advanced and convincing declarations
concerning advantages to pupils of certain
branches of study were made. The assumed as
well as the actual needs of the boys and girls were
carefully considered and speakers advocated only
what they deemed best for the children's interests.
Now that the debating is over the teachers pres
ent who have fresh in their minds, for example, the
various arguments in support of the teaching of
Greek and Latin as opposed to the different decla
rations favoring concentration on the so-called
more practical subjects, would do well in returning
to their schools after the holidays to start a discus
sion of the matter with their pupils. The boys and
girls in the Grammar grades, particularly, need to
know something about the advantages which differ
ent high school studies hold in store for them that
each one may choose the course, when the time for
selection comes, which will be best suited to his or
her inclinations and necessities.
While children are in the elementary schools
their studies are mapped out for them without
regard to their separate preferences, but when they
are about to enter high school they are given
options in arranging their studies. In this city, for
instance, students about to start high school work
can choose first between Technical and Central,
then between the various courses offered in any one
of the schools, and finally between subjects desig
nated in a particular course.
If a young person about to follow one of the
many possible courses in the local high schools is
to use good judgment in making selections, that
person must know the merits of the different
branches of study offered for choice. Vet there are
grammar school students soon to be called upon
to select their high school studies, who have not
HARRISBURft STAR-INDEPENDENT. THURSDAY FA-ENTNO. DECEMBER 31. 1914.
j the faiutest conceptions of the benefits proffered
by classical studies as compared with the advan
tages tendered by scientific branches.
There is not nearly so much need for teachers to
arrive at conclusions among themselves concerning
• ifferent advantages to be found in optional studies
as for them to present these advantages fairly and
squarely to their pupils, aidiug individuals in mak
ing selections best suited to their peculiar require
ments.
A KING S WISE PRECAUTION
The King of Denmark will not hold a New Year's
reception this year for the members of the diplo
i matic corps in the Danish capital, as has been the
custom. lie is much too wise a kins* to invite to
his palace for a good time the representatives of /ile
governments which are at war. It might not be
safe, and he does not want to do anything for which
he later might be sorry.
Having canceled the usual dinner, the king will
receive greetings from the different diplomats
through the Norwegian'miuister. aud will later en
tertain the envoys in separate groups. He will,
thus prevent the diplomats of England, France,
Belgium and Russia from coming in contact with
the representatives of Germany ami Austria-Hun
gary. not to speak of the envoys from Japan. Tur
key. s>ervia and Montenegro.
There is no telling what arguments might spring
up should all those dignitaries get together. If
natives of the belligerent nations in this country
exhibit differences of opinion when they surround
bulletin boards and sometimes try to adjust these
differences by resorting to force, what might not
happen at a gathering of official representatives of
the different countries, in the court of a European
kingdom ?
Precaution is the better part ot' a host's socia
bility, when the guests at an affair are apt to be at
odds. The King of Denmark possibly knows what
would be likely to happen at his New Year's recep
tion. were he to give one. and he has accordingly
called off the affair in the interests of his country's
neutrality. Yet it is also probable that he realizes
that even if he had sent out invitations to the
annual reception, the diplomats of opposing na
tionalities would not be likely to attend, and that
the better course would therefore be not to have a
celebration at all.
SOLVING THE TEACHER-MOTHER PROBLEM
In grappling with the problem of the teacher
mother, which so long has been unsolved in New
York City, a special committee of the Board of
Education in the metropolis has just made a recom
mendation. the adoption of which, with a possible
amendment or two. may not only do justice to the
teacher-mothers there but also point the way for
the employment of married women as teachers in
communities that do not now regard it as practical
to permit married women to teach. The commit
tee's report recommends:
The Board of Superintendent* shall have power to grant
leave of absence without pay of any kind to principals and
teachers for a period of not to exceed one year for pur
poses of study or restoration of health or for a period of
two years for bearing and rearing children.
The report further sets forth that every member
of the teaching or supervising staff shall apply for
leave of absence when motherhood is contemplated
and "failure to do so shall be deemed insubordina
tion."
There are many communities in which the idea
of married women teaching is strongly opposed, but
there are many persons who take the opposite view
and who are strongly in favor of letting down the
bars to this form of employment for women who
are now disqualified for the work of teaching simply
because they are married and bear children, —the
noblest function of womanhood.
The best amendment that we can suggest to the
| resolution as quoted above is that the word "with
j pay" be substituted for those "without pay" in
the opening sentence.
The water wagon will be crowded to-morrow.
Make your resolutions early and Ijeep them late!
| While they are hauling the ashes to the river bank they
i might, with profit to the public, spill some on the iov
streets. \
They are fighting with fists in Belgian trenches. There
is where Jack Johnson might have been useful had he lived
up to his press agent's story that he intended to enlist as
I a soldier of the Allies.
A Wilton, Conn., Selectman, named Hurlbut, who weighs
| 405 pounds, yesterday married a girl who weighs only 95.
We hope if there are to be any little H-.irlbuts a happy
medium will be struck.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
THE OLD STORY
Her Father—"Young man, I must ask your object in
! coming here so often."
Young Man—"l love your daughter, sir. She is adorable
; a queen."
Her Father—"Then, I take it, your object is to become
' her subject. Very well, she's yours."—Boston Transcript
SKYE TERRIERS
"Could you call Zeppelins dogs of war?"
Interrogated Mr. Blink.
"I think you could," I answered, "for
They're Skye terriers, I think."
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
ALREADY QUALIFIED
"It is a marvel to me how a citizen can so suddenly
transform himself into a soldier."
"Ob, we have a chance to study tactics all the time.
Every married man, for instance, has to be a master of
strategy."—Kansas City Journal.
THE DICKENS
"Mamma," said little Beatrice, pointing to a picture in
the book she was looking at, "isn't this a picture of Mr.
i Darnf"
"N'o, dear," replied her mother. "This is a picture of
Dickens."
"Oh, yes," said Beatrice. "I knew it was some kind of
1 a swear word."—Chicago News.
[Tongue-End Top ics |
Checking Up on Auto Flnw
Under rhe automobile law in Penn
! sylvania. when an autoist is notified to
i appear before a Justice of the Peace,
i alderman or other magistrate aud, on
appearing, is fined for a violation of
the statute, he has no means of know
mi whether or not the money thus col-
I levied ever reaches the State treasury,
as provided by law. It is a warranted
assumption that Justices of the Peace,
I aldermen and other magistrates in
i Pennsylvania are. almost without ex-
I ception, honest and able officials, but
| in cases where dishonesty does prevail
and where, on account of rush of busi
ness, lack of time, forgetfulness and
other reasons, returns are not made
there is each year a sum of no mean
proportion which is not turned in. To
prevent the possibility of such fines be-
I ing withheld from the State. K. A.
Jones, second Deputy State Highway
Commissioner in charge of the automo
bile division, has suggested a plan to
check up the fines imposed. The plan
outlined bv Mr. Jones is as follows:
. • •
Mr. E. A. Jones' Plan
"I would suggest that every autoist
fined taiie a receipt in duplicate for the
payment of the same and forward the
duplicate to the secretary of his auto
mobile club, or. if not a member of a
club, then to a person designated by the
State Highway Department, so that a
recotrd may be kept of all such fines
and the State Highway Department
will be in a position to check them
when the official reiport is made to the
department bv the officers who imposed
the fine. This will keep a check of the
honest returns on ail tines collected for
the violation of the law thereby giving
this department, as well as the parties
paying the tine, the satisfaction of
knowing that moneys paid by them had
gone to the place designated by the
law. I believe by the co-operation of
the secretaries of automobile clubs and
its members, a complete check-up sys
tem can be established and a correct
accounting for all tines thus be made
a matter of State record, thereby pre
venting any chance of dishonesty and
removing the possibility of uncalled
for, or unjust arrests."
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Collecting Taxes in Belgium
The German authorities in Belgium
have begun to collect the taxes in Bel
gium in accordance with the provision
of the Haigue convention respecting oc
cupied hottile territory. The collection
is made by the regular Belgian officials
who are under German supervision. Xo
exceptions are made in the case of Ger
man goods;# these pay the regular im
port duties like those from 'other coun
tries. When the collection of duties be
gan the authorities announced that
goo.ls already brought in would have to
pay duties in arrears.
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Encourages Belgian Agriculture
Major General Keim, recently ap
pointed German military governor of
the Belgian province of Limbourg, en
tered upon his new duties with a pro
clamation in which he declared that un
der his government agriculture and cat
tle raising would find high favor and
protection. He also guaranteed protec
tion of persons and property to all Bel
gians, and vigorously protested against
reports that young men who returne.l
would be pressed into military service.
In conclusion he warned the population
aigainst any acts of violence toward
German soldiers.
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Protection of the Dutch Flag
In order to mark their nationality,
most farm houses, residences, and even
barns on neutral territory, in Holland,
near the Belgian border, now fly the
Dutch flag. In many instances houses
are located on the boundary line, with
perhaps two or three rooms in Belgium,
and the rest in Hollnml. In such cases,
the Germans invariably place a guard
iuside the house in order to prevent the
operations of smugglers or deserters.
Mike O'Neill Balks WitU Utes
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 3i.—'Mike O'Neill,
manager of the Utiea New York .State
League team, announced last night that
he will not accept the reappointment as
manager of the I'tes for the coming
year. Mike had a three-year contract
wtth the l'tes, and it expired last Oc
tober. He has been tendered a con
tract for the coming year, but the fig
ures contained therein did not appeal to
O'Neill, and he returned the pajiers,
stating that he would like to purchase
his release, providing they did rot place
too high a figure on it, in order that 'he
might be in a position to aecept one
of several good offers that have been
tendered him.
Detainer For Alleged Cattle Thief
Lebanon, Dec. 31.—Alderman Sie
griirt has sent to Lancaster officers three
warrants as detainers against Adam
j?e>itiingcr. of this county, who is now
in the Lancaster jail, and is expected to
plead guilty on Saturday to charges of
larceny. The warrants cover the thefts
by Seitzinger and a companion, Morris
Zeiger, who is also in jail, with stealing
a cow from H. B. Gingrich, a heifer
from Addison Grubb, and a heifer from
John Moyer, all of whom reside near
Lann, this county.
In bad fortune hold out in good hold
in.—Genua® Provert).
THE WHOLE BODY
NEEDS PURE BLOOD
The bones, the muscles, and all the
organs of the body depend for their
strength and tone and healthy action on
pure blood.
Hood's Sarsaparilla makes pure
blood. It is positively unequaled in
the treatment of scrofula, catarrh, rheu
matism, dyspepsia, loss of appetite,
that tired feeling. There is no other
medicine like it. Be sure to get Hood's
and get it to-day. It is sold by all
druggists. Adv.
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Cestlseed Frost First Pass.
that the town of Stelnbach has been
entered and half of It captured. So
far as the French statement shows,
there have been no other changes of
note in the west, although several small
advances are said to have been made.
A report from Russian sources indi
cates that the defenders of the Oalician
fortress of Przemysl. which has been
under siege by the Russians for several
weeks, have been reduced to desperate
straits. It is said that an Austrian
aeroplane brought down while attempt
ing to enter Przemysl waa found to be
loaded with food. German reports
some time ago, however, said that Prze
mysl was stocked with provisions suffi
cient for one year.
From the fragmentary and conflict
ing official reports of the war to-day
two main tendencies are observed. In
the west, along the entire front from
Alsace to the North Sea the allies are
exerting steady pressure and according
to their claims, some of which have not
been disputed by Germany, they have
made a slow progress almost every
where. In the east the defeat of the
Austrians in Gallcla is not denied and
the German forces in Poland appear to
have found it extremely difficult to
continue their advance toward Warsaw.
Rerlin states that further progress is
being made, but Petrograd believes the
German offensive has broken down.
An official communication from Pet
rograd indicates that one of tlie most
sanguinary battles of the war, in pro
portion to the numbers involved, has
taken place In the trans-Caucasus. The
Russians Btates that a Turkish column
was dispersed by artillery and that the
Turks lost have of their number.
The Japanese foreign office says that
no nation has requested that a Japan
ese array be sent to Europe. It is under
stood in Tokio that France and Russia
favor the project, but that Great Rrit
ain hesitates on account of economic
and political difficulties.
The Servian Minister to France is
quoted in Paris as saying that Servia
is planning an invasion of Hungary,
SERVIAN CROWN PRINCESSES
VICTORY AS HE LAUDS MEN
Paris, Dei\ 31, 10.55 A. M.—An ad
dress delivered by Crown Prince Alex
ander, of Servia, eommander-iu-chief
of the Servian army, to his troops is
given in a dispatch from Nish to the
Havas Agency.
"Five months have passed since the
enemy atti-.ked our beloved country,"
said the Crown Prince. "Although we
had been tried by two glorious but dif
ficult wars, we awaited the attack man
fully and heroically. After having
defeated the enemy once at Tser and
Jadar we have, bv bloody and glorious
combats, delivered a blow harder than
any they have inflicted on us to the
present. Thousands of prisoners, hun
dreds of cannon and immense amounts
of booty which we have captured bear
witness to the enemy's defeat and our
glory.
".Soldiers, I am proud to announce
that 110 one of the enemy is now on
Servian territory. We have expelled
him and put him to (light. In this
-olcmn moment, when upon our proud
Bclgrit ie the flag of victorious Servia
Hies, I desire before all to give recog
nition to your valor/'
The Prince then eulogized his men,
comparing them with the ancient he
roes who brought glory to Servian
arms.
"The e\l of this gigantic combat
now is in sight, although not yet
achieved." he continued. "Then will
come a pence worthily crowned with
victories for our grand Servia. Our
country will be greater, more powerful
and happier than ever. For that, my
heroes. Servia will be grateful to you."
NO JAPANESE ARMY TO BE
SENT TO EUROPE AS YET
Tokio, Doc. 31, 3.43 P. M.—ln its
denial of reports that Japanese troops
ha l been landed at Vladivostok, or any
other place, en route to Europe, the for
eiiun office included this statement:
"Japan has not been approached by
Greet Britain or any other country to
send an army to EuTope.'' j
It is learned from other sources here
that France and probably Kussia are
favorable to the project 'of seuding
Japanese troops to Europe but that
England hesitates to ask for Japan's
hrlp. The financial phase of the mat
ter, it is stated, could be arranged but
the economic and political questions in
volved are difficult.
Meantime frequent meetings are
called in Tokio by partisans of the pro
ject to awaken public enthusiasm in
this direction and there is an active
discussion in the newspapers support
ing the plan to dispatch volunteers. It
is stated that the assistance of Count
Okuma'. the premier has been solicited
■by supporters of the project.
BLUEJACKETS AS HEROES
IN TAKING OF ST. GEORCES
Paris, Dec. 31, 6.20 A. M.—» How the
heroic self-sacrifice of six French blue
jackets made possible the capture of St.
Georges, a town less than two miles
from Nieuport, is described by the
"Matin's" war correspondent in Flan
ders. He says
"The attackers had driven the Ger
mans from the advance trenches, but,
taking refuge in the houses in the vil
lage, the Germans soon placed their
assailants in a difficult position. The
situation of a force of Belgians iso
lated on a strip of land surrounded by
a flood became critical and the artil
lery alone was able to affect anything
against the enemy. The British bat
teries at Ramscappele tried, but their
shells burst over the French.
''Six bluejackets then hoisted a 3-
inch gun on a large punt and poled
along the canal behind the village, run
ning the gauntlet of the German rifles.
As one was hit another took the pole
and continued until he in turn fell
stricken. The sixth man was mortally
wounded as, with a last push, he sent
the ipunt to the bank where the French
advance guard was waiting.
"Meanwhile the French column tri
umphantly took possession of the heap
of ruins which was formerly St. Beorges
and before night the engineers had es
tablished a bridge'head, enabling the
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allies' artillery to debouch ou the right
bank of the Yser.'
ftOSTRIftN WARSHIP TARGET
FOR A FRENCHSUBWARINE
London, Dec. 31, 3.32 A. M.—A dis
patch to the "Daily Mail" from
Venice contains a report that a French
submarine boat has torpedoed the
Austrian dreadnought Viribus Uuiti at
Pola. It is said the hull of the dread
nought was pierced but that the battle
ship succeeded in reaching' dock.
The Viribus Uniti is of 20,000 tons
displacement and has a
of 1,000 men. She is one of the four
ships constituting the largest type of
the Austrian navy. A London news
paper dispatch from Venice in Septem
ber, one side of the Viribus Uniti
had been badly damaged in a fig'ht in the
Adriatic, but that she escaped her pur
suers.
Say Russians Exaggerate Claims
Vienna, Via Amsterdam to London.
Dec. 31, 3.49 A. M.—lt is officially an
nounced that a dispatch front the front
I declares the Russian estimates of the i
! number of captured Austrian officers to
be greatly exaggerated, while admit
ting that the number of officers and
men taken by the Russian cannot be 1
exactly stated.
BODY CLAIMED BY SISTER
Woman Found Dead Yesterday Was;
Relative of Lancaster Woman
The body of Mrs. Katie Keis, t'he ;
woman, who was found dead in her
rooms in the Aaronson apartments on
North Fourth street, yesterday after
noon, has 'been claimed by her sister, |
Mrs. George W. Bear, of Lancaster.
Mrs. Hear is coming on to get the
body but as yet no arrangements have
been made for tJhe funeral.
Miss Mary Seigrest
Miss Marv Seigrest died yesterday at
t'iie residence of her sister, Mrs. S. Beck
with. IS3I Rudy street. Funeral serv
ices will be held Friday evening at 7.30
and the body will be taken Saturday to j
Lebanon for interment. Miss Seigrest
died from a complication of diseases.
Mrs. Lydia M. Poindexter
Word was received yesterday by M.
V. Poindexter, 308 Xorth Second street,
a foreman at the Elliott-Fisher Type- ;
writer Con., 'any, of the death of* his
mother. Mrs. Lydia i.\f. Poindexter, of
Reading. 'Mrs. Poindexter died sudden
ly of heart trouble.
Lawrence Pease
W. W. Pease, 30 Xorth Second !
street, left Harrisburg yesterday after- 1
noon to attend tne funeral service*-otf '
his father, Lawrence Pease, 79 years |
old, of Eighty-Four, Pa., who died Tues- I
day. The funeral will be held on Satur 5
day.
Victoria Color Feature
Without doubt, the most wonderful
motion picture ever shown in Harris- j
burj* playhouses is "More Than
Queen," a royal romance full of dig
nity and beauty, with remarkable night
views of a burning palace in four reels. !
colored in natural tints by hand, which 1
is to-day's hcadliner at the Victoria |
theatre, 223 Market street. The 'Pathe ,
color feature story is undeniably senti- j
mental and the plot is laid in an extra- I
ordinary background of Parisian parks
and palaces and throne rooms and gar- i
den scenes, which make the offering un
usually acceptable and bound to attract
large crowds. The burning of the pal
ace at night is also a most sensational i
scene and is one of the astonisning
views shown in the four parts of the 1
play.
Another exceptional showing at the
Victoria to-day is "Wild West Love,"
a Kevstone comedy in one reel.
Adv.* |
In Jail on Serious Charges
Lebanon, Dec. 81.- —Elias Shearer, aj
married man with four children, of Pal-:
myra, and Florence White, who recent-i
ly resided i<n Palmyra, were arrested I
last evening at the Jackson house, My-|
er.ftown, on serious charges. The couple)
are now in the county jaul here.
Genuine French Briar, .lust the pipe for a good smoke. Beut by mail
postage prepaid for 30c each.
Address MUTT AND JEFF PIPE CO.,
Care Star-Independent, Harrisburg, Fa.
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TRY TO OUST TOLEDO MAYOR
Charges Filed With Governor That
Ho Permitted Gambling
Columbus, 0., Dec. 31. —Removal of
Karl Keller, as Mayor of Toledo, was
asked yesterday by City Solicitor
Thurston and Ceorge Kapp, who tile I
yesterday with Governor Cox charges
upon which the request tor the May
or's removal is based.
Kapp was deposed Tuesday front tiie
office of Safety Director of Toledo by
Mayor Keller, following an investiga
tion of the affairs of that city by llio
State Civil Service Commission. That
the Mayor has permitted gambling t >
flourish was one of the charges made.
Governor Cox took the matter un.ler
advisement.
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What we say it is, it is
POT YOUR CHRISTMAS
MONEY IN A DIAMOND
You can not make a wiser
selection, for till the lime
you are having the pleas
ure of wearing your Dia
mond it will be increasing
in value.
Season by season for the
last 2(1 years Diamond
prices have advanced. The
South African mines are
now shut down. No Dia
monds are being cut in
Europe or New York.
And when the war is over
this loss will be recovered
by still higher prices.
Diamond prices at Dinn
er's range from SO.OO to
$300.00, each stone being
guaranteed as lo quality,
color and weight.
DIENER
408 Market St.
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P. O. S. of A. Booster Campaign
Lebanon, Doe. 31. —A membership
campaign will be inaugurated at a
meeting this evening of the representa
tives of every camp of the P. O. S. of A.
in the Sons of America hall. The cam
paign will embrace the entire county
and it is hoped that the membership oi'
all of the camps will be boosted.
New Year Horse Sale
D. B. Kieffer & Co., of Middletown,
will celebrate the first day of the year
with a big sale of acclimated and west
ern horses and colts. In the big lot to
be sold are two car 'loads of western
horses shipped direct by William M.
Grove, the firm's western buyer. j
Seventy-five head of acclimated
horses, including draft horses, farm
chunks, fancy drivers, saddle horses and
others suitable for different purposes,
making in all one of the finest lot of
live stock the firm has ever put up,
■will make this sale an important one.
In addition to the largo lot of fine
horses a lot of mules ranging from 2
to 12 vears old will be offered for sale.
adv.*
Lebanon H. S. Honors Light
Lebanon, Pa., Dec. 31.—Hobart
Light, who is acclaimed the best all
around athlete developed at Lebanon
High school, was yesterday elected cap
tain of title basketball team. Captain
Light is a member of the soinor class
anil can play baseball, basketball and
football equally well. He is the pivot
man in the red and blue line Up.
Contentment is found in not want
ing what you can't get.