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Refusing Stolen Property
Sovletism in Russia is given another setback by the decision of the
non-Russian commission at The Hague pledging the participating pow-
ers to use their influence in preventing their nationals from accepting
concessions from the holshevists involving property formerly owned by
foreigners.
Since it came Into power the soviet government has flourished
trough the use of property confiscated loth from their own wealthy
classes and from foreigners. While the masses have starved the soviet
masters have rolled in stolen wealth the former ow ners of which they
put to death or drove into exile.
These ill-gotten gains have not sufficed however to satisfy the bob
taevist leaders and they have repeatedly attempted to trade conces-
sions for loans from foreigners. They were very ready to trade Rus-
sian resources to foreigners for money with which to perpetuate them-
selves in power. Naturally they were more than eager to trade prop-
erty that had belonged to foreigners for foreign loans. Mortgaging
someone else's property represented clear profit to them.
The action of the commission at The Hague definitely repudiates
that program and blocks an avenue to new loans on which the bolshe-
Tist government has been counting h.eavilyThe government must have
money to retain control of the situation. The Russian monetary situa-
tion has reached the rolnt where it is hopeless. Outside aid is impera-
tive If the present regime is to survive long. Hence the strenuous de-
mand for loans by the soviet delegates to the Genoa and Hague confer-
ences and the offers of concessions that have been made from time to
time.
Moreover the decision reaffirms the belief of the participating pow-
ers in the principle of private property as opposed to the anarchistic
policy of soviet Russia of wholesale confiscation and puts Russia on
notice that tbey will not permit their nationals to be a party to the rob-
bery that has been perpetrated.
In short what the powers have done is to refuse to indorse the re-
ceiving of stolen property by their citizens. It is a splendid moral vic-
tory and indicates that the allied representatives at The Hague are
dealing courageously with the Russian problem.
Two Kinds of Officers
If the truth were known probably it would be found that the latest
battle in the coal strike area was' a direct outcome of the massacre at
Herrin. 111.
' The miners In West Virginia who marched to Cliftonvllle and at-
tempted to drive the non-union workers from the mines there doubtless
felt that if the union forces at Herrin could kill a score of unorganized
workers and "get away with it" they would be safe in arming them
wives and using force to close the mines in their neighborhood.
The miserable failure of the Herrin authorities to act against the
mob murderers was in all probability one of the strongest contributing
factors in sending these West Virginia men on their death march. Their
outbreak is a clear result of what it means not to enforce the law. Let
the criminally inclined come to believe for a minute that they are im-
mune from the law and they begin a reign of terror.
The only reason that the affair at Cliftonville was a battle instead
of a massacre was that representatives of the law in the West Virginia
field went out to meet the invading forces. A number of men were
lulled but the dead were found on both sides. Had not the brave sheriff
and his deputies interposed themselves between the advancing miners
and the men at work there is little doubt that a second Herrin massacre
would have been enacted.
In comparison with the officials of the Herrin district those at Clif-
- tonville are heroes of the noblest type. They went out and met the in-
vader and they are entitled to as much honor as the men who fall in
repelling the foreign Invader. Their example stands out in splendid con-
trast to that of Herrin officials who at the time and since have given
every evidence of being in sympathy with the mob.
There was surely nothing in this last battle to stimulate the lawless
element elsewhere to run amuck. The sheriff lost his life but in his
Heath he hurled defiance at the forces of anarchy and proved to them
that they could not rise superior to the law in his district.
When the officers of the law everywhere convince the lawless that
they can not "get away with it" there will be few disturbances and the
rights and' persons of all w ill be more secure.
A Vicious Influence Over Children
Every reader of the account of the burning at the stake of a small
boy by his play fellows who were too young to realize the danger in
their play stands aghast at the horror of the incident.
The tragedy but reflects the psychology of a large part of the nation
today. The spirit of the mob is far-flung. It appears Infectious mani-
festing itself in many forms. There is a craving for a victim. Respect
for the rights of the individual have been lost sight of by far too Biany
people who are misconceiving their duties and responsibilities as citi-
zens. Surely it is time for the people to stop and take account of the drift
of things when the children in their play imitate the mob. Children
ape their elders They are influenced by what they hear and see.
Much of their play is mere imitation of what their elders are doing.
. If the children of today are rlaying mob not realizing the heinous-
ness of mob violence what will the harvest be when they grow up?
' It has been said that playing soldier by children has been a vital
factor In developing the martial spirit among the peoples of the world.
If In this era of public callousness toward mob violence children train
themselves in mob action through innocent play will not constituted
authority be even weaker than now when the new generation comes
ia( a control ?
. The burning of this child was of course an extreme case but noth-
ing more than might be expected with the newspapers telling almost
every day of burnings hangings and beatings of victims by mobs. Every
man who has taken part in the burning at the stake of another human
being during these last two or three bloody years of lawlessness is re-
sponsible in a measure for this latest horror unintentioned as it was.
The blood of this Innocent child is on the head of every mob mem-
ber in the country. He may escape apprehension by the authorities of
"hlsState but be shall not escape responsibility at the bar of his own
. conscience nor In the eternal courts of Justice.
Morning Observations j j From a Sent in the Gallery j The Chce Over
'.. Ambassador Geddes tells the British that they do not understand
the Americans as they should and declares there would be a better
feeling if the two peoples knew each other better. The ambassador
practices what he preaches. He has traveled about America and sought
to become tho pughly acquainted with the people. Recently he toured
the West and remarked that no man knew America until he had seen
that great section. Ambassador Geddes is the sort of man who may
be depended upon to get the British and American cousins acquainted.
Both countries are fortunate that he Is the British representative at
the American capital.
With valuable timber burning In the Northwest and European gov-
ernments denuding the forests o.' Europe to get material for printing
.- paper money the problem of a pap r supply for the next generation is
becoming really serious.
Texas railroad earnings for the first four months of the current
year were $1000000 In excess of the earnings for the same period last
4 year. Another evidence of the. revival of prosperity in the Southwest.
Charles Bryan brotinr i wuiiam .1. v.cn the democratic nomina-
tion for governor in Nebraska. No ir Charles can keep William J.
'.. out of the State until after the election he may w in the governorship.
After all. maybe it is unreasonable to prose-
cute the war grafters. We'are compelled to ad-
mit tlicy were quite considerate all things con-!:lin-il.
An inventory shows that they re-fraim-d
from stealing the capitol. the monument
.Tkl several of the horseback hero statues and
perhaps we ought to be grateful for their amn-
mg moderation.
We suppose the low-cut waists worn by the
Hon. Mrs. Ben C Hooper democratic candidate
tor the senate in Wisconsin are for the con-
sideration of the gentlemen voters and the
high neck waists for the lady voters.
It is not the duty of the government to make
men work when they don't want to work. but
it is the duty of the government to make men
behave whether they want to or not.
Joe Taylor seems to think the situation would
be U peless if all men were in congress and all
worn- n in the movies but he is naturally a
gloomy sort of man. If such a thing should
ever happen wenould fervently thank God for
'he imtlrs and smile at a frowning world
"Honestly" says the Memphis Commercial
Appeal "we believe there are 'more fools run-
ning for office in Tennessee this year than in
any other period in our history." Why not?
Why should Tennessee desire to be exceptional
among the States in a year like this?
We are not yet in possession of official In-
formation but we feel confident that in the
campaign preceding the second primary the
heathen and the- Mohammedans also will have
their ticket and thus add a few complications to
the situation.
Just 4J7 years ago today Richard III estab-
lished posts on the high-roads of England for
the speedy conveyance of news. That we sup-
pose is another reason why he was so anxious
for a horse a horse etc.
If Mr. Edion wants to invent a satisfactory
money system let htm evolve a plan that will
enable each citizen to issue legal tender without
limit so that taxes and work may be utterly
abolished as curses not to be endured.
Our ticket in Nebraska we suppose will ap-
pear this way: For governor: The Brother of
William J. Bryan. Stated otherwise it might
be a trifle obscure if not absolutely opaque.
Now if it were only to name the twelve great-
est St. l.oms men. we could proceed: Horr.sby
Sisler Ken Williams these three and it
wouldn't make much difference about the rest.
Yes. we regard croquet as a goer! reducing
exercise for girls. The more girls play croquet
the more their mothers can work off weight in
the kitchen.
Arthur Brisbane says: ''Of all. the passions
that inhabit disturb and twist the human mind
the worst is jealousy." We almost agree with
him. At times it seems to us that the meanest
and most prevalent passion is that which drives
one in constant endeavors to get other people's
property without their consent.
In the one week remaining of July the bunga-
low brigade can- fatten the building permit aver-
age of the eld town by half a million if they
want to.
The new Houston directory gives the old
town a population of 200.120! but in order to
svoid friction and wrangling among the other
towns in the State we are willing to knock off
the 120 or we offer a straight discount of 10
per cent for cah.
From street rumors we gather that the Lit-
erary Digest's referendum is a trifle too solemn
for the immediate demand for humidity.
The seaplane of Vincent Astor caught fire at
Newport and it was front-page stuff in New
York not because of the fire or the plane but
because Vincent's father left him a big gob of
money.
For addition to the public school curriculum:
A peripd in every grade on the necessity of
obeying the law and standing by the law.
Members of parliament in Australia gf-t $5000
a - enr. but they are too crude to understand
such compensation in kind as seeds documents
stationery franking privilege etc. We don't
suppose they get even 100 horse books a year.
. There is one thing about striking perhaps you
haven't noticed. If you quit your job on the
farmer you are not going to continue to answet
his dinner horn.
If Texas can get a couple of two-inch rains
their cash value would probably be $100000000.
We mention it just to show how money comes
in big wads to States that love the Lord.
The Jeffersonian Philosopher now admits
that Caesar was a democrat but that the Ro-
mans did have our kind of democracy. Maybe
that is why Caesar and the democratic party he
led have managed to be remembered 2122 years.
The kind of democrats we have oh what is a
democrat anyway and who if any?
' The department of agriculture now says hot
biscuits are not harmful. The department is a
long time finding out something we have known
for more than half a century in spite of the
asinine opinions f a bunch of alleged dietetists.
Just as a matter of probability we hazard the
statement that there will not be another rail-
way system of as much as 1000 miles built and
equipped in this Auntry during the next twenty-
five years. After that possibly the capitalists
will go plumb crazy and plunge.
Some Postscripts
Brai.il has been estimated to have about it
000000 sheep and goats.
An inventor has combined a home savings
bank with a watch to form a desk clock.
More than 500 locomotives in a group of
uerman mines are operated oy compressed air
A process has been patented for the eco
nomical recovery of copper from oxidized ores.
There has been a steady increase in the pro
duction of coal in Venezuela for several years.
Gearing attached to a new bit brace enables
it to be used at various angles or with a ratchet
drive.
In a new pocket knife have been installed an
adjustable wrench a screw driver and a wire
cutter.
An Iowa man has invented a portable loading
shovel that can be mounted upon and operated
oy a tractor.
Burma has extensive deposits of a kind ot
sand which the natives use for soap even with-
out refining.
Guess There's No Doubt About It.
1 (Frnm the Toledo Blade.)
"Bobbed hair will produce bald-h'aded wom-
en." Bald beaded men'' too.
WASHINGTON D. C July ia When you
want to find out anything about the government
at Washington and the government is one
thing and the administration is another you go
to the bureau of efficiency and ask for Mr.
Herbert Brown.
"What did. it cost to eradicate ink stains in
the Fourth federal district?" you ask. And Mr.
Bri.wn tells you. . '
Thai is. he can tell you if he will. The bu
reau of efficiency is the most nearly soulless of
all the government bureaus. Or heartless if
you like that better. Mr. Brown is efficiently
soulless himself. Not that he is personally soul-
less of course. His soul is as large and white
as any soul in the government. But it doesn't
function .in matters of business.
"What part of our annual tax bill is leing
eaten up by the cost of past present and fu-
lure wars? he was once asked.
'Eighty-six cents out of each dollar" he
said. The war department rose in cascading
flames. The navy department gave a clcvei
imitation of a pinwheel. The statisticians of
the two departments picked and picked and
picked at Mr. Brown's figures and eventually
brought out a set of. figures of their own which
were utterly confusing. One read them and only
reached the conclusion that the fighting branch
of the government had had its tail caught in the
door. But one did not discover that Mr. Brown's
figures had been successfully impeached.
That s Brown. That's the bureau of effi
ciency. His duty and its duty is not to pre
pare material for campaign purposes or for the
build more boats drive but to tell the hard cold.
hideous truth. When President Harding wanted
to put the departments of the government on a
business basis a desire which seems to have
been heavily overlaid by Mr. Mondell of Wy-
oming and to have in consequence died in its
bed he rang the bell for Herbert Brown.
'Here's Walter Brown" he said. "He's try
ing to fix up this business reorganization
scheme. Tell him what you know."
Herbert Brown told Walter Brown and not
one of the opponents of the reorganization
scheme has ventured to challenge so much as
a punctuation mark. Wtien Dawes was plan
ning a budget the assistance from the bureau
of efficiency was invaluable. It is a depot and
a dynamo of facts. The bureau deals in facts
only. They are on tap for who needs them.
The bureau does not worry about what happens
later provided that the facts are not warped
in transmission.
It is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. Our
world may be going to the bowwows without
engaging the emotions of the bureau. But if
you want to know the precise rate of speed
with which it is going ask the bureau. Her-
bert Brown knows.
Use the Cure of Abuse
By Dr. Frank Crane
The best cure for the abuse of anything is
the intelligent use of it.
This applies to the movies.
It does not take a nickel's worth of gray
matter to find all kinds of fault with the pic-
tures shown in the playhouse. But finding
fault helps nobody except that it gives an out
let to the critical disposition of the faultfinder.
Mrs. Bella M. Baltor. who is connected with
a business school and is a worker in a Sunday
school in New York city was confronted with
the problem involved in the children's patron-
age of movies. She had a constructive idea.
She went to the moving picture house nearest
her and suggested that they give a performance
for children on Saturday morning the program
to consist of carefully selected entertaining
features suitable for young people. The moving
picture people heartily gave their co-operation
to the proposal.
The experiment has worked out well. Parents
are glad to have jome innocent place of amuse
ment where their children can go Saturday
mornings. .. Their little ones are not kept up
late at evening shows.
The National Board of Review of Motion
Pictures commends the idea. It calls atten-
tion to the fact that the neighborhood motion
picture theaters are rather well developed in
many cities in the country such as Albany.
Cleveland. Providence Atlanta Salt Lake City
Omaha and others.
The managers of the finest theaters in these
communities at least once a week through com-
munity committees take charge of putting on
special young people's entertainments of suit-
able films.
The corresponding secretary of the national
board said : "A year ago many people thought
that the way to get satisfactory pictures for
young people was through censorship. Far-
seeing people knew this idea to be fallacious.
From the mass of pictures reviewed by the na
tional hoard selections have been made suitable
for children. These lists are available to all
communities and other interested organizations
through the country."
This is a better program than censorship he-
cause it is constructive. It is much harder to
find out what to do than to find fault with
what has been done. Yet the true way to im-
provement is through doing and not through
repression.
(Copyright ton fly Frank Crane.)
The Country Boy's Better Chance
(From the Xew York World.)
Judge Gary visiting Wheaton III. his old
home town said that while he could give no
general rule for-success he would "advise every
young man to get his start in the country. It
will make him healthy physically intellectually
and morally." he said "and it gives him a bet-
ter chance."
That is. If you would shine on Broadway
begin on Main street. This is a main traveled
road to prosperity and many city c"lebrities
if not the greater number of them have fol-
lowed it. But is not the better chance to be
found less in the moral or intellectual con-
ditions of the small town than in its oppor-
tunities for all-round development?
The boy in a large city sees only a part of
its life. The scale is too large for his com-
plete comprehension and he is only too likely
to become adapted at an early period to a
Rrooye from which it is difficult to escape. The
boy in the small town on the other hand takes
a greater part in community activities. He
knows of everything that goes on. has a hanrl
in much of it. gets a wider outlook and a better
sense ot proportion. He acquires a more di-
versified experience which benefits him when
he comes to the city bv enabling him to recog-
nize in the broader field of city life the condi-
tions with which he became familiar in the
town.
Is not this the aecrct of the country boy's
bettrr chance? It is not so much a matter of
health and morals as of adaptability by closer
lumdci wun lire.
Bill Knows Everything.
(From Ihe Washington Star.)
After Colonel Bryan has disposed of the Dar.
winian theory he may consent to set at rest
any doubts that remain as to the Einstein
theory.
Nobody Slights Them.
(From the Philadelphia Record.)
"German Profiteers Rob United States Tour-
ists " savft a headline. Rut u-hv ni.u ni tk.
Germans? Other Europeans are doing the same
ining.
He' Means Greatest After Him.
(From the Nashville Tennesseean.)
Mr. II. G. Wells should be given credit for
remarkable restraint. He picked the six great-
est men in history and failed to include H.
j. Wells.
Settling Strikes by Invitation.
(."I therefore invite you to return to your
mine properties and resume operations.
President Harding t ultimatum to the mine op
erators.)
INVITATION.
Dear Coal Miners and Operators:
The president of the United States requests
the pleasure of your presence in the coal mirtea
of the country next Tuesday morning at sun
rise ro meet Mr. and Mrs. Anthracite anu tneir
daughter Bituminous.
Tea will be served duririg the noon hour and
coal will be mined in three shifts of eight hours
each from dawn to dawn.
Cards will be plaved in Pocket No. 11 and the
favors will be picks shovels and coal-laiupi.
lee cream and cake in Colliery Jio. j from a to
K. S. V. P.
REPLY.
Dear President :
We 'deeply regret that we will be unable to
accept your kind invitation to attend the In-
formal reception dansant and coal mining
party on Tuesday. We have previous appoint-
ments to participate in several pitched battles
on that daV.
Convey toNMr. and Mrs. Anthracite and Miss
Bituminous our very sweetest regards and wish
them a merry Christmas.
Very sincerely
Miners and Operators.
P. S. You must run over and see us some
lime.
TO THE . . SHOrMEJM.
My Dear Shopmen :
You are cordially invited to be present at the
Roundhouse tomorrow afternoon " at t !jo.
Cheese and crackers will be passed.by Mr. Ben
W. Hooper of the railroad labor board. Lem
onade will be served on flat cars on Track No.
There will be music by Mr. B. W. Jewell.
the talented president of the Shopmen's Union
tcllowing which the party will be thrown open
to loud and vociferous argument.
Bridge will be played on the suspension bridge
over the main line following ( which all pres-
ent will form for the grand march back to the
railroad shops where work will be resumed at
ihe old scale pending the Arbitration Ball and
Cotillion to be held this fall.
Dress for men will consist of boiled shirjs
tuxedo coats overalls cowhide shoes. Presi-
dent sifspenders woolen socks and caps. The
carrying of tools will be optional.
Kindly reply at once in order that the presi
dent and railroad labor board may know how
many places to reserve. -
REPLY
Dear Warren:
Replying to your generous invitation of re
cent date we regret to state that we are obliged
to decline owing to another engagement for the
day specified. All our members have signed
up to attend a masquerade and chowder party
on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe where
a good time is to be had by all.
At some later date we hope to he able to see
you. Give our very kindest regards to Laddie
Boy and Dr. Sawyer. Very truly.
Railroad Shopmen.
.The White Man Who Stayed
By Irvin S. Cobb.
In a small town in the southern part of Ken
tucky no negroes are allowed. The place is
exclusively white and the whites intend that
it shall be kept so. : No colored man is permit-
ted to tarry there. There are numerous places
like this in the South.
Some years ago the L. & N. railroad decided
to extend a branch line to this all-white com-
munity. Construction work was to be started
at the edge of the town. An Eastern contract
ing firm got the job. An agent for the con-
tractors a New England man was sent to Ken-
tucky to round up laborers for the job. The
nearest sizable town was Bowling Green. The
Easterner put an ad in the Bowling Green
paper for a crew of laborers. A large number
of negroes answered the advertisement in per-
son. The wages he offered were entirely sat-
isfactory but when he told them where they
were to start operations a spokesman for the
gang informed him that no colored persons
were permitted to linger in that immediate vicinity.
The -Northerner swelled with anger.
"Is that so!" he shouted. "Well let me tell
you something: While you are working for
me you're going to work right where I put you
and nobody is going to interfere with you. No
matter what happens you can count on me
I'll stay with you !"
Reassured by this pledge the force signed
an.
After he had returned to Rowling Green or.
the afternoon of the following day and had
caught up with his breathing one of his late
employes was overheard telling an interested
audience of members of his own race what had
happened.
"Yas we got there early this mawnin' and
we commenced unloadin' our shovels and picks
and wheel harrers and sich-like which we'd
brung 'long with us in a couple of waggins.
Befo we got through doin' this a white man
come moseyin' up to us an' he says jest as mild-
bke: 'Who's in charge of dis yere party?' We
p'inted out de boss to him an' he walked up
to de boss an' us boys drawed clos't to hear
whut wuz said. 'Mister' said the town man to
de boss 'don't you know we don't 'low no
niggers to live or wuk in dis town ?' Well suzz
you jest ought a-seen dat boss of ours. He
turned on dat man like a lion an' he sez to
him : 'These men is wukkin' fur me an' they
is goin' to wuk here.' 'Oh is dat so?' sez de
town feller and he walks away jest e quiet ez
kin be. An' den our boss he turns to us an1
he sez : 'Remember men w hut I tole you vis-
tiddy I'se wid you an' I'm gwine stay wid you.'
in a 111 w lie we sees a bunch of men comin'
an ineys an got rmes. An tnen we sees
some half-grown boys an' they'a all got pis
tols. An den bless Gawd here comes some
women too an they s earryin' shotguns. De
whole bunch forms a line facin' us an' this
here same w ite man w'ich had done de talkin
befo' he walks up an' he sez to us: 'Boys you
knowed good an' well w'en you come down
yere dat us w ite folks didn t 'low no niggers
to wuk in dis town an' yit you come. Now
you hit de pike back fur Bowlin' Green an' you
hit it mighty prompt.' Wit dat he th'owed his
Rim up in de air and fired a shot over our
liaids an' we sho' did hit dat pike."
The speaker paused then as though his
story were finished.
"But look a-here Bud." said one of his lis-
teners "Whut about dat Yankee w'ite man what
said he wuz gwine stay wid you?"
"He kep his word. He stayed wid us all dt
way back to Bowlin' Green."
(Copyright ma by McNaught Syndicate Inc.)
The Bobbed Hair
(From the New York World.)
Like what some word painter has called a
bolt from the blue k comes to us reading the
ndvertisementi of "Nero" that Poppoea re-
fused to bob her hair. Before long we expect
to hear that somebody has exhumed a copy of
the Rome Tribune with the expose of the tra-
dition started by the old Roman contractors.
These) contractors you recall gave out the story
that the city had been built in 2a hours 54
minutes ji seconds. But the Rome Tribune
showed them up. The headline was "Rome
Iot Built in 1 Uaj-. '
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Just a Rhycs cr Two
j By Walt Mason and Edgar Guest j
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MEDITATION.
The Gentle Sex.
If you want a tale that's gory let a woman
write the same; to compound a thrilling story
I'd aunoint some geotle dame. Man at times
seems rather sparing daubing rn the scarlet
tones but a woman greatly daring fills her
narrative with bones. When her inspiration's
wrapped her she has blood and bones to spare
with a corpse in every chapter and an inquest
here and there. Woman writes detective stories
by the bushel in these times and wc can't deny
the glories of her plots and sleuths and crimes.
And the reader murmurs sadly "What a dragon
she must be she who writes so blithely gladly
of red carnage in a seal" Then some day Ihe
reatler sees her and he cries aloud "Gad-
zooksl" And a most astonished gee'zer is that
reader of tier books. For she's quiet and retir
ing she is of a queenly grace ; and if bloodshed
she's desiring there's no fsymptom in her face.
Nearly all this season's thrillers are by female
authors writ ; through their pages wild-eyed
killers like the movie phantoms flit. And the
gentle authors render all their fury in their
hooks; in their private lives they're tender
drinking tea in quiet nooks. Walt Mason.
(Cppyright 1922 by George Matthew Adams.)
Unnecessary.
Mother What are you playing -Betty?
Betty That I am to be married.
Mother But where is the bridegroom?
Betty 'Nowhere I You see it's going to be
a very quiet wedding.
No Further Proof Needed.
Clerk Can you prove that this woman is
your wife.
- Man with lowered voice) I'd bless you for-
ever if you could prove that she isn't.
No No Sonny! Not Today.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.
What's a doting dad to do -'With
a little chap like you.
Teasing begging all the time
Hand extended for a dime
For an ice cream cone dr sweet
Mother says you mustn't eat
Wanting this and wanting that
If my purse were twice as fat
Really it could not supply
All the things you'd have me buy.
Trouble is. when you commence
Love shuts out my common sense
And so far as 'you're concerned
My old head's completely turned ;
All that I can seem to see
Is a boy that used to be
Who was wanting things like you
Wanting wanting all day through
And It hurt his dad to say:
"No no sonny I Not today."
Know it isn't wise or good
Shouldn't do it if I could;
Little boys have greedy eyes
He regrets it soon who buys
All the sticky stuff and sweet
That his youngster wants to eat;
Yet forever comes the sad
Picture of another dad
.Who was forced so oft to say :
"No no sonny! Not today."
' What's a doting dad to do
With a little boy like you
Just the picture of a lr.d
That his kindly father had?
Do you think he can forget
All the times those eyes were wet
And how bitterly he sighed
As some fond wish he denied?
It's no easy thing to say :
"No no sonny I Not today !"
Young Lady (to literary critic) My brother
is coming up to see -ou tomorrow night and
read a drama he has just written. '
Critic I thank you fcr the warning.
Country Moments.
roi.GER M'KINSEY TM BALTIMORE SVX. "
When the chickens begin their eleven o'clock
crowing ;
When the mower starts at the second hay mow-
ing ;
When the apples fall and the cider mill sings.
And the cows come down for a drink at the
springs.
When the weeds ar" tall in the barnyard space
And the tansy is rank and the mint's fine grace
Mixed with the peppergras'. fennel and rue.
Makes a garden of dreams in the world for you.
When the katydids start in the hollow of night
And the bull-bats call.; and the moon's weird
light
Sifts down through the trees that stand so sol-
emn - -
At the edge of the woods in a soldier-column.
When the guineas fly home at eventide
And screech like mad till they're settled and
pied ;
When the summing birds come or their morn-
ing meal
To the trumpet flowers that roofward steal.
When the cows come feeding home again
Through the meadowed sides of the oaklined
lane ; '
When the doves flock under the eaves and over
When the bees thank God for the honeyed
clover. .
t Meditation is the son persftcuv (..
1 '7J..'- . i.w.-Owen I
lioa as i rtt uir C '
Felthanl.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Houston Post Files.
Mrs. J. V. Keefer is entertaining the Misses
Hyatt of Huntsve. .
Mrs. Morris Greenberg and son have gone to
Cincinnati to visit relatives.
Hon. J. C. Reubell of Whitewright is in the
city stopping at the Lawlnr.
Mrs. George Lovett Taft and children of San
Antonio are guests of Mrs. Grant.
Mrs. J. Rives Waties left this evening for an
extended trip through Virginia and the Caro-
lines. Guy Inman has returned from San Francisco
where he attended the Christian Endeavor con-
vention. Editorial : Tom Watson is going to form a
new party so he will have something from which
to bolt next year.
Misses Marie and Clire Diez furnished mu-
sic for the nission work on Market square and
at Crittenton mission this afternoon and night.
Mr. Edgar Allen Watkins was elected presi-
dent of the Harris County Rar association ; W.
S. Hunt vice president and W. D. Sherwood
Judge Tod has appointed the following com-
missioners to select the jury for the next term
of district court: J. H. Dunn Frank Colby and
John Lyons.
The death of Quartermaster Sergeant How-
ard of the Emmett Rifles occurred at San An-
tonio while the company was attending the
military drill.
Deputy Sheriff Anderson County Clerk Du-
pree Criminal District Clerk Ellis and Judge
W. N. Shaw took in the Southern Pacific em-
ployes picnic at Morgans Toint today.
Earnest Sayres Joseph Jantzen Clarence
George and March Qnlmore left for Galveston
on their wheels in an effort to lower the rec-
ord for the ride from four hours and n min-
utes to four hours
Burgess Bedtime Stories r
The Gladdest of Glad Surprises.
Y THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Wh'en all ends veil soon forget
The doubt and worries ice hav r.
Peter Rabbit'
P-er Rabbit was being carried in a basket
he knew not where. It seemed to mm tn
lonrnrv never would end. Had he known just.
where he was being taken it would not have
been so long. But he didn't know and he
imagined all sorts of things.
At last the basket was rut down on the
ground and Farmer Brown's Boy lifted the cov-
..... . T- jMw'fr
er. At first Peter just croucnea. 11c "....
d.-ire look out. He was afraid of what he might
see. He suspected that he would find himself
in .to entirely strange place far from the places
he knew so well bo he simply arcaaeu w
out. and for a few minutes didn't move.
Then very slowly he lifted hisVhead to peek
over the edge of the basket. Peter blinked. He
Mink..! anl blinked for he couldn't belicvea.
. . - r:u. ffnnt nt him was '
J . . .... .....
a Briar-patch. Yes sir ngnt in irom 01 mm .
wii i Rriar-nateh. What is more it looked
very very much like his own home the dear
Old Briar-patch. Do you wonacr mat 1 cic.
blinked?
But all the blinking in the world couldn t
make that Brinr-patch look any different. Peter
straichtened tin and stared at it as it he had
never seen it before. Yes it was the dear Old
Yes sir right in front of him was a
Briar-patch
Briar-patch ! There couldn't be the least doubt .
about it. Farmer Brown's Boy had brought him
home. With a bound Peter was out of that bas-
ket. With another bound he was at the en-
trance of his own private little paths l'er just
a second he stopped to glance back. There
stood Farmer Brown's Boy laughing. Peter
kicked up his heels and disappeared in the Old
Briar-patch. It was the gladdest surprise he
bad ever known.
"Go to it you rascal !" cried Farmer Brown's
Boy. "You are home now and I hope you have
learned a lesson ; I hope you will stay here
now!"
But Peter didn't hear what Farmer Brown's
Boy said. He wouldn't have understood had
he hesrd but he was far too happy to hear
anything. As fast as his legs could take him
lie scampered along his private little oaths. He
was looking for Mrs. Trier. Presently he found
her on the far side of the Old Briar-patch. She
heard him coming and turned in sudden frtght
to see who could be behind her. When she saw
Peter she wasn't sure that it was he. You see
he had been gone so long that she had made
up her mind he was never coming back. Of
course she had known that he was a prisoner
up in Farmer Brown's henyard. All the little
people of the Green Forest and the Green
Meadows had known it.
"Fuzzy my dear I've come home!" cried
Petec
Then little Mr Pt Ln.w tliif .I-. n..tl
be no doubt. It rt-ally'was Peter and her heart
fairly leaped for joy. She rushed to meet him.
and for a few minutes there was no harpicr
spot in all the Great World. Not one word about
Us carelessness did little Mrs. Peter say. Of
course she knew that all this worry and troubljJ'
had come from Peter's heedlessness and th!p
no one was to blame but himself. But she
didn't even Iiint at it. When they had rubbed
noses to their hearts' content they sat down
side by side and Peter told her all about his
adventures
"Never never wilt I go near that garden
again.'" declared Peter
"And if you are really wise you will never
never .-gain leave the dear Old Briar-patch"
u l;cr...1 Kill.. M. T1-.
. .. ..-j.v . I i.n.v mis. 1 nir.
"I guess ynu arc right my dear" replied
l'etcr softly ( but in his heart he knew that
never in the world would he be contented to al-
ways stay in the dear Old Briar-patch. 1
(Copyright 1022 by T. W. Bursess.)
The next story;
Goes Fishing."
Farmer Brown's Boy
"Doomed to Spinsterhood"
(From the Louisville rest.)
The Berlin correspondent informs us that
"25.000000 women in Europe are doomed to
lifelong spinsterhood." Writ Hi..
. . ' piv many
of the 25000000 who will affirm that they do
not consider spinsterhood a "doom." - Many
women do not get married because they do not
want to. and- not because they never have a
T nnlrinn at t Vi fl . ..1 . '
man we find that he estimates the male popula-
miuns aione considered at
224.225.000. and the female population at
250.000.000. Before the world war there were
l.o.iS women in T.mn.
- . . v 11 riciy 1000 men : w
now the ratio . ... .... .1 ' .
n.n. '" .OO-0r
Btit when w. anil... .. :
1" " "c "K"'es ine plight
of these women "doomed to spinsterhood" is
mrriel Tk".. .u'A"7. ' " want ' fT
............ un srp not y .
t.ngland and Franc nnH r..r.. .1. .. ' "
w-omon are numerous hut about as many mala
-. . nu iH-Hig Dorn and the ra
tio "win right itself in time.'
secretary and treasurer when the body met for
permanent organizaiion in the office of Messrs
Allen and Watkins today.
Mrs W. B Chew and two sons sailed for
New i ork today.
Mr. and Mrs. J R. Dorrance have returned '
from a trip abroad.
State lUrriNtNos.
TuTr -! 'xP0!ion f gasoline ..
in the M.rrrr office set fire to the building. nd
it was completely burnt down this afternoon.
GrNsL.
Washington D. C.-The extraordinary ses-
sion of the Fif.y-fifth congress called h!v?Z.
mem .tcMniey for. he purpose of passng the
tariff bill came to a close this evening r0
ercssman Ba I nf TV... v... 1 . T von
- - wen placed on tha
Uvers and harbors committee Sayer. rems-n'
weih a "C "01r " 0n Coinage.''
Washington D C.-The tariff bill w tJ
ed by the president and became a law
4 107 p. in. . ut
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