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WHERE IDEAS OF GREATNESS DIFFER The London "Spectator"' of the present week ivs in effect that the war in Europe has deprived resident Wilson of a rightful claim to greatness scause it has shown him to be "too fearful of i •eaking neutrality." The "Spectator" professes be reliably informed that that is the general )ink>n of the American people regarding iheir resident. Tfie "Spectator" says further: President Wilson will go down in history as a man to liom fate has been especially hard. But for the war the »rld would probably have regarded hint as one of nerica's greatest *»< l most high minded statesmen. As is the verdict will be like that of Tacitus ou the Soman nperor. Every oue would have deemed President Wilson pable of nobly tilling his high office if he had been itried in the fire of a great crisis. Political luck never ruck a man harder tiiau it has struck him. The "Spectator's" idea of greatness must be that : too many of the men in places of much authority id power in Europe,—men who might, had they :en a little greater, have prevented the cataclysm iat now is bringing death and ruin to their people id their people's homes and institutions. If President Wilson succeeds until the end of the aropean war in doing what he has been doing lUS far in keeping the United States out of the nflict and thus conserving this nation as a source food and other necessities for the sustenance of e people of the war-weakened countries of the arid, then perhaps, when history is written, it ill show President Wilson to be a far greater man an if he so far lacked forbearance at this time permit America.—even though sorely tried, — break neutrality. Perhaps the London paper's attitude is prompted some measure by a more or less pardonable preju ce in favor of the Britaius which leads it to desire see United States involved in the war on the side the Allies. SPOKEN ENGLISH GETS ATTENTION Teachers in high schools and grade schools are ginning to realize, it seems, that pupils cannot be pected to learn how to use properly the English iguage merely by writing compositions of certain lgths on assigned subjects at stated intervals. Practice in composition writing, when it becomes udgery to students, does not have the beneficial suits intended. It may become hateful to boys d girls whose supplies of ideas arc not at any ae especially abundant, because it rccpiires care lly written work on topics which are not familiar them and in which they have no interest. A plan which seems to be working well in a nmu r of schools, and which ought also to be applicable tside of academic walls is that of training ears hear as well as eyes to see even the slightest ammatical errors. A Good English Club at the iWitt Clinton High School, New York City, has late been active in eliminating faults from the flinary conversation of students. The members Ve been intent upon detecting all flaws in the eech of their companions. Although inter fence would ordinarily be very annoying, jt has d its advantages among these particular students. Oral and written composition are so closely re fed that thorough training of pupils in the former ping recitations in the schools, easily leads to ility in the latter. One teacher who made her pils follow the principles of good writing in iir class room speech taught them so well in that ,y how to give proper expression to their thoughts M. she did not need to assign to them any great lount of written composition work. Cornell University recently established a depart- J HARRISBURQ STAR-INDEPENDENT. SATURDAY gVENINQ, MARCH 27, 1915. ment of expression in which the exercises are in oral composition and supplement the regular in struction in written English. Lack of tbfe power of self-expression is evident among students in uni versities as well as among those in secondary schools. If needed improvements would be made in the grade schools and the high schools, however, in the training of pupils in oral and written compo sition, the universities would not have to spend precious time teaching the pupils who come to them froiA these schools how to use correctly the English language. HEROISM IN AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVICE Certain persons in Europe have since the outbreak of the war been fighting fearlessly and facing death unflinchingly, not for the cause of anj- country nor for the realization of personal ambitions. As Amer icans they have no interest in the outcome of the military operations. As members of the medical profession fulfilling the purposes of the Red Cross they are combatting disease and death and running chances of themselves falling victims to both. At the headquarters of the Red Croßs in this coun try reports have been received of the heroism of American Red Cross doctors and nurses who arc at present fighting tJie plague in stricken Servia. A group of Americans is now on the way, according to one account, to rescue countrymen who have been facing death for some time in Qevgelia, and several of the group have made final adjustments of their personal affairs in expectation of certain death. In Gevgelia. nine of twelve American Red Cross nurses and three out of five surgeons, it is reported, have been attacked by typhus. It is these toward whom the rescue party is headed. Official communications say that typhus and ty phoid are spreading rapidly in Servia and that in the last two months deaths have resulted from the! • former alone to the number of 50,000. In the plague-stricken districts American surgeons are or-; ganizing the fight against the disease, and it is be- j cause of their unselfish services, supplemented by | the ministrations of the nurses, that the large lium-1 ber of victims is not considerably larger. The lives of afflicted Servians cannot be saved! without cost. Americans are sacrificing their own] lives in the performance of their self-imposed tasks. They are ib'ing as individuals in their endeavors to save whole communities from a frightful malady. With the approach of warm weather Europe may well fear an unprecedented plague. Red Cross work-! ers will not be able to stop severe epidemics, nor j even noticeably to check them perhaps. Yet they will relieve suffering here and prevent it there as the Old World horrors increase. Humanity now has and will have much for which to thank them. And to think that anybody would go to reform Attornev i General for information about poker! It soon will be the wide open season for killing in Europe, and it will be a race between disease and gun powder in piling up the corpses. In answer to your question, Geraldyne. we beg to inform you that what the fashion papers say about this season's skirts being "fuller" refers onlv to the material. —i , Hereafter paper money issued by the I'nited States will be signed by Mr. Teetoee, the new Indian Registrar of the Treasury. Often have heard of money talking but never before of its laughing. The Attorney General refuses to settle disputes autong poker players. Here's a chance for the politicians to make new jobs for their constituents by introducing a bill cre ating a Poker Commission. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN Hi IS WELL TEAINEb "Are you going to your wife's party?" asked the old friend. "No," replied Mr. Cumrox. "The last time we had a party I attended and couldn't find anybody to talk to." "Then you are not a success in society?" "No. The most I can do is to stay in hiding and uu in jure the prospects of mother and the girls."—Washington Star. OLD MAN'S FANCY In the spring the old man's fancy lightly turns to tile fond hope of getting rid of his rheumatism.—Lafayette Courier. NO SPECIAL EIGHTS "Why don't you organize with us Turks and Bulgarians and Serbs to demand your rights in the I'nited States?" "I haven't any special rights in the United States,"fj responded the other quietly. "I was born here."—.Pitts burgh Post. SQUARING UP "That glass of soda I got here yesterday wasn't sweet enough?" "Well, we aim to make goods right. Have a lump of sugar on the house."—Judge. THE BUGG HOUSE SOLD National Hotel Reporter reports the sale of the Bugg House, Hamlin Lake, Mich., to W. F. Schmidt, of Chicago. Some men will buy' anything.—New York Evening Tele gram. NOT AS HE SEES IT "You must not be so quarrelsome, Willie," said William'* father, impressively. "Remember that 'the meek shall in- j herit the earth.' " "Maybe they will hereafter," responded the young mili tant, "but around at my school they are used to wipe up the earth."—Richmond Times-Dispatch. FOOLISH OFFICE BOY Owens —"My tailor will be here in half an hour." Elevator Boy—"Yes, sir; shall I ask him to wait?" Owens—"Certainly not, you idiot! What do you sup pose I'm going out for?"— Boston Transcript. LEADERSHIP DEFINED A leader of men is one who sees which way the crowd is going in time to get in ahead of it. —Atchison Globe. WOMAN'S POPULARITY If a woman is popular among most of her acquaintances, most of her acquaintances are men.—Atchison Globe. NATURALLY CONFUSED Mrs. Newlyrich—"l didn't know Titian was a painter." Miss Caustique—"Vhat did you think he was?" Mrs. Newlyrich—"l thought it was a hair dye."—San Francisco Star. HIRE RICH BLOOD PREVENTS DISEASE Bad blood is responsible for mora ailments than anything else. It causes catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism, weak, tirod, languid feelings and worse troubles. Hood's Saraaparilla has been won derfully successful in purifying and enriching the blood, removing scrofula and other humors, and building up the whole system. Take it—give it to all the family so as to avoid illness. Get it to-day. Adv. \ [Tongue-End Top ics | State and National Flowers "E. L. S." writes, asking: 'Please tell use what are the col ors an dflowers of the different states. Is there a national color and flowerf" The official flowers of tho states of the union are as follows: A lain ma, goMeai rod; Arizona, Oeotillo; Arkansas, apple blossom; California, golden poppy; Colorado, Columbine; Connecticut, mountain laurel: Delaware, peach blossom; Flori da, orange blossom; Georgia, t'hero ke» rose; Idaho, Syringia; Illinois, the native violet; Indiana, carnation; lo wa, wild rose; Kansas, sunflower; Ken tucky, golden rod; Louisiana, magno lia; Maine, pine cone and tassel; Marylnnd, black eyed Susan; Michi gan, apple blossom; Minnesota, mocca sin; Mississippi, mjgnolia; Montana, bitter root; Nebraska, golden rod; New .Jersey, golden rod and violet; New Mexico, cactus; New York, rose; North Dakota, wild rose; Ohio, scar l-'t carnation; Oklahoma, mistletoe; Oregon, Oregon gripe; lihode Island, violet; South Dakota, anemone patens; Tennessee, golden rod; Texas, blue bon net; Utah, Sego lillv; Vermont, red clover; Washington, rhododendron; West Virginia, rhododendron; Wiscon sin, violet; Wyoming, blue fringed gentian; Hawaii, lehua. The present Legislature passed a bill proposing mountain laurel as the Pennsylvania state flower but Governor Brumbaugh lant Thursday vetoed the bill, saying he did so chiefly because some authorities regarded laurel leaves j as poisonous. Few of the states have distinctive colors, but most of them have Hags, coats of arms or other emblems. Tiie national colors are, red, white and blue. Golden rod is the national i flower. *•* | A Most Complete Inventory | I uder the law, colloctiou of collat { eral inheritance tax is bases ou the es j tate of the deceased and the executor j is required to flic an inventory of all ; the personal property in the Auditor i General's Department. Some of these j inventories are otld, but one received ! yesterday from Biair county was a de ) cided curiosity. The executor not only i gave the effects of deceased, but set them out in an itemized statement, ta king great care not to omit a single item, in many instances particularizing regarding them. Among the items are "1 stalline' —meaning a stallion— named '• Elect roline," and a bay horse, " Romeo;" a small mare. "Lucy;" two black mares, named "Neta" and "Nettie;" a sorrel mare, named "Auto Harp," and a bav mare, named "Lot tie." Two gate posts are inventoried and a "black cow with horns." The j executor does not neglect to place in the list grindstones, potatoes, corn and oth er vegetables. There are a "red spot ted heifer" and "fat hogs," sheep and chickens. "One Jersey cow and calf" arc itemized and canned goods, medicines,'cash in drawer'and every thing of a personal character. The de-, partment say» it is the most complete ! inventory of personal effects it has ever | recorded for collateral inheritance tax ; purposes. ♦ . * More Ring-neckea Pheasants Here A consignment of 500 ring necked pheasants for the State Game Commis sion arrived in Philadelphia yesterday, the second in the last few weeks, making 1.000 iu all. These birds will ! be distributed throughout the State by direction of Dr. Joseph Kalbfus. secre tary of the Commission, but it is not expected that they will live long. Many attempts have been made to acclima tize ring-necked pheasants in Pennsyl vania, but all have failed. The birds have only lived on the coast side of Oregon, and soon die in colder lati tudes. They cost $2.37 each, but the demand from the sportsmek of the State that a iot be brought here was yielded to by the State Commission. They are a beautiful bird, almost as large as a chicken, and the cock pheas ant has a long tail, wears sharp spur* and is a great lighter, having been known to engage a game rooster in combat and kill the rooster. They do not fly. They feed on the ground and are hunted with dogs trained for the purpose. • . • Cigar Dealers' "Mistake" The maximum tine of $250 and costs has been imposed on a firm of Man chester, England, cigar dealers, for ex hibiting in their window an East In dian knife with a card stating: "Genuine War Trophy. Poisoned throwing knife, kukri, now being used by the Ghurkas with great success against the Germans." The court ruled.that "this is a pub lic. representation that one of His Ma jesty 's regiments is using poisoned weapons. It is a most serious charge. Not a single regiment would dream of doing such a thing." The cigar dealers said that they had made the "mistake" in good faith, having been informed by the seller of the trophy that the Indians used poi soned weapons. COMMITTEE PUNS BIG LOCAL Jim MEETING Arrangements Completed For Confer ence Here April U—Delegations to Attend From Ail Parts of State— Plans Officially Announced. The Local Option Committee of Penmtylvauia has issued the following statement: "The Local Option Committee of Pennsylvania has been organized iu sixty-seven counties of this State, in cluding Philadelphia and Allegheny, for the purpose, of supporting Gov ernor Martin G. Brumbaugh in his ef fort to secure the enactment of a coun ty local option law by this legisla ture. This committee is composed of one thousand business and profussion al men from all parts of Pennsylva nia, who are interested in the passage of this important piece of 'legislation. 1 ' Arrangements were completed to day for the proposed conferences on local option in the Chestnut street au ditorium, II arris burg, TuAday, April 6. The first meeting will take place at ten o'clock in the morning, aud tho second at eight o'clock in tho even ing. Details of the conferences will be announced later, when the program will be made public. "Delegations ' >■: - "* ''' „ It OXiAEA JOEL daring woman of cleverness and inge nuity, becoming the leader of a band of crooks who prey upon society at will and manage to avoid the clutches of the police by remaining always "within the law," although they em ploy the artificialities and technicali ties of the law to safeguard their ille gitimate pursuits. She also avenges hersel upon the man who unjustly sent her to prison, almost breaking his heart, through his son and heir. Even tually she falls in love with the young man, and is restored to her r'ightul position in society. Critic* in New York and Chicago, in both of which cities this play is the current theatri cal triumph, unanimously declared "Within the Law" the most thrilling drama given to the American stage iu the past decade. —Adv.* LAWYERS' PAPEK BOOKS Printed at this office in best style, at lowest prices and on short notice.