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i:OUSTCN FEINTING COUPAHY
C WATSON. Preeldent-Plibllehsr
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.AUOUST 8. 1t22
ty C3or;t M. C y. I
Shall a seat in the United State senste rea-
illustrioue twelve year by Sua E!1
Mexey four years by Joha H. Keagaa eaa year
by Hotaca Chilton seven years by Roger 0-
Mills and twenty-four years by Charles A. Cot
hereon bt occupied by maa like Janes E.
Fei-gusoaf
All things considered we are inclined to
. There Is No Klan Issue
Ut. Vlaytleld conduct ad bis campaign for the senate upon'two main I '"ink tfce government gets quite large per-
inea tie the amendment or repeal of the Each-Cummlas act which of we captured honor if K b tn
. i .v. .. ....! . tv. ntat tJallwav rVimmls-1 v " "
sjihww mkij iUlJWll W UIO V7lmVTDS Vt UV avww -
: by Halting Its authority to the matter of Intrastate freight tates
coBtVthe continued enforcement of the Volstead law and the present-
' n of the Eatfrteenth amendment In Its full strength
; Hi did mot recognise the presence of a Klan Issue because certainly
La a federal eenaa them is no such Issue.
' A toepwaalooal committee had made an exhaustive official mvnotlra-
t'jn of the Ku Klnx Klan a committee whose members were wholly
a -amtt the ergm&lntioB ad decided there was ao Federal question to
t Jved which was the poaitloa assumed by Mr. Mayfleld.
It is said women ire running for office
ia Kan We doa't blame them. Women
who doa't play bridge aad are without heme and"
children enst do something.
The A unit ma is new k full swing. What
are yog going to build this month anyway?
' Just forty -nine years ago today the Germeaa
I departed from all of "ranee save Verdun
I which they evacuated lster. They hare re-
Now Mr. Ferguson declares he is making his second campaign upon visited a great deal of France since but for
the Kit Klux Klan Issue which is not and can not be a Federal Issue! reason sstisfsctory to them omitted Verdun
to- be considered by the senate a seat in which Mr. Ferguson seeks. I from their Itinerary.
Therefore tht KU KJUX Klan issue raisea oy nr. rerguoon u huh- Aunt Alice Robertson UT.ahe I. mine- to
t "ous and merely a screen tor Mr. Ferguson's real issue which is the win j..ie this yesr. Be careful not
nullification of the Eighteenth amendment by. permitting the sale of to be under the slide. Auntie for thst'i what's
vine and beer. rf emn- ' ' ' W -'V!
0e uniiea oisies urewers eiewwiiou tunuuewm p..MU -lL. j;.- i. M.
naUonwldo campaign at this time tor the overthrow of the Volstead YMf Mi we Judge th the lifht.fillierd
law: In other words for the ntdllflcntkm of the Eighteenth amendment there continue t0 .ee to It that
ty onfTeslonsJ enactment.. In Tana Mr. Ferguson is the leader Of I privately owned watchea disappear frequent-1 to aadentaad whst they are doing. A
tie fight. It he should he chosen t the senate nobody could Warns iy too.
tun lor towhb iur u. u We suppose that some of the gentlemen who !
the people talr notice. liar they will We for Jim Ferauson like bit-
j Therefore. prohlbrUonlats pppoaed to the auUiftoaUoa ot the Sigh; tor dotes aad are simply in the habit of
Cjr Dr. Fez.. t
Article VM.
Se far we hare considered the first six points
in our definitioa of Democracy:
Democrat is (i) a Force () of Ct nwa U)
and of Feeling (4) operating within the Peo-
ple ()) enabling the Majority of them (6) to
Get what they Want (7) ay ura-
tioa (I) aad to make these gtins secure by
Laws o) for it it only by making its own
Mistakes that a nation caa (to) achieve its
destiny which is to Grow. 1
The seventh point concerns urganustion.
It it that the people Get what the want ay
means of Organisation . .. y
Thst is the only wsy they eaa get K.
A mob does hot get what ft wants. - It gets
whst it does not want It is-sorry for k the
neat day. ' '
Fust on does not get na whst we want ex
cept as it induces us to ergsauntion. .. . .
Artussest and reasoning sag logic eaa aot
get the people what they want except as these
things also produce organised effort.
Superficial thinking sometimes assumes mat
Democracy ia mob Goverusaeat that it is in-
coherent and easily subject to stamped aad
panic . 1 - 'v.-
Quite the contrary is toe cast.' Democracy
will aot work at all unless it is highly organ
ised. In fact it Is much snore organised than
any autocracy. The absolute menarck governs
his subjects best when they are ignorant and
docile when they can be herded like sheep.
But you can not herd the people in a Democ
racy. Each is a thinking twit. v
A flock of sheep will march along very nicely
guarded by a shepherd dog. They do not have
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teenth amendment should realise that a rote tor Ferguson would be taking their quinine dry unpilled and un cap-
vote for wine and beer but would not be a vote against the Ku Klnxsuled. i
uncase we . - A pet possum in Birmingham bit a child while
By the anme sign a rote for MarfleM would be a vote tor the en- ... ulMm Th . mrmMa m eJ
torcement ot the Bltlitsjentk amendment and would not be a vote for itv w. mim 1. fB j It mi
the Ku Klux Klan because there is no iuch issue in congress and will L j at and then hand it over to 'RMtut with
BOt be ' " V " ' Is peck of sweet potatoes.
ina iHHUfjai in ma BBiiMioiiai uuiuaiKB nia; . . ...
. First and foremost sbap Texas be represented In the senate by a who m or
man whose official record and Ideals of public service are consistent whof i j. Binety or 0ver J00
with the high character great mtnllect aad wfty prtriotam ot the line pooaa. But the peach element seems to be ra
pt statesman who have been senators from Texas from the days of How I bellious sgainst the latest ukase of fashion.
-u ... - .;' A CslifomU woman sues for a divorce be-
neniee oy one anren mm us sur-Up OT . iv.. w C1UM h(r httUld objecte) t0 hef w o M
JJlgn CTlBiee nno misoemeanorsr . i... I much water for a hath. Well if he's a Satur-
' Seoond. nbaU the voice of vrohlbltlon Texas be cast ra the TTtiKeilH.- enttrritiw sma an Km mm Kmvrtms" aha mis ark f t-A
dates senate) for wine and beer or for the maintenance in ail 11a pnt-i shuck mm. - -
I ... m i.-a. 1 esM ths dome of St Paul's ia London
-am wau ue oiw 0l .xa. rss . uwuv . ws ua b kt4 dome to fc
m.m awa-a. tw . n.tt. A t. .1 . larmtwa- ika TtImVuTii vat an lenan SiMff 1
uie WKSfOr os snwvwwi u hit mnwrnv vf um vuu.mu.. .rtry eonuBon sort of affliction in taVcoua-
whlcn subordinate! StaU control to Inderal control eren In the matter I try t00 ' . v
ct Intrastate ratesf
I ; These are the real Issues aad the voter who permits the tictitioui
IClan Issue to obscure bis judgment Is to be aympathbsed with.
Fof United States Senator Earle B. Mayfleld.
A New Service for Women
Dallas Times-Herald's headline : "Harris
Democrats Want United States Judges Named
By People." The Karris .county democrats
want ao such thing nor scarcely anything else
that Saturday's convention declared for.
must have some idea as to
whither they are going and why. And they get
alone well only m proportion as they organise
themselves and each learns to keep step and
find hit proper pises.
For this ressoa a Democracy moves more
slowly than monarchy. . It does not get quick
action. - .i':.: v ;
As absolute monarchy ia perhaps the most ef
ficient Government in the world if Govern
ment is all we are after. But In Democracy it
w Not Government that we are after. Govern
ment is. a secondary consideration. It is a
means to an end. The end is the' prosperity
end srelfare of the people and not the elfi
erncy of the State nor the glory ot the dy
nasty
Under the militaristic rule of the Hohentol-
lems and of the Romanovs the eftlsen existed
for the State. Under Democracy the State is
merely a tool of the dux en.
Because Democracy gets its win br mesas of
organisation tt gets it very slowly but when
it is accomplished it is always right and does
not hsve to be reversed.
It took a good msny years for instance for
the American people to auk up their mind
what it wanted to do with Slavery with Wom-
en's Rights and with Prohibition. Esch of
these questions wss debated long and seriously.
Finally each one of them was put through thst
slow and tedious process by which the people
can amend their Constitution. Each was voted
on by the National Legislature and that vote
.injected to the ratification of the State Legis
latures. The new proposals were fought at
every step of the way. Yet finally when they
were secured we knew the will of the people
bad been registered and we were pretty well
Ilmmie Cox'a 'visit to the none was note-
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VTo Mrs. Kdltn Wlixnnns or. uaiiaa county goes ue nonor oi .Deing worthy and we suppose be will tell us ail about 1 " 7 wiucu iuay mj woum
v ... .U... v ..' v t .. ' Oh. it In ia navtim Nm U ha Miini ' . I "m " o-a lomorrowj .- t.
lljBlj W .tll.U W V IWWW MM " l..H tW w. . WM "t-i- - - --
nominated br the democrats of Dallas in last Saturday's primary and
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msTAM vhlnsvei Kerwrti Sea WaMai Vrlr: A
I arrint unforeseen oconurtwncea she will be a member ot the next bouse f tftt thtt h hufbtIld lore4 htr moher
s Tht career of Mrs. Wlimaas la the legislature wlu be watched wiu beat ana h father aii that ha had ta k-ave
sen Interest throughout the 8tate. aot only because ot the tact that I his wife because of her affection for son-in-law.
e will be the lone woman member ot the body but for the purpose of I What are the mother-in-law jokers going to do
i luainc somewhat the character ot service women caa render la legis-lwith a case like this?
Mri Wfimans lnher ounpalgn athHsed the Idea ot wotnaind tilid
It was for what she could do to improve' the l6ndltion' of
women and children that she desired especially to serve jn the house
tse told the woteri.
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a in reDrejniaue 01 inoee stouw u eioBiuu. 1 1. ' ... 1 . .
While the Idea of n legislator representing particularly any group Maybe the reason time flies so swiftly in
M rather inconsistent with our theory of representative government In """ c?t oy ouiwing permits in-
la country ths probability Is that more good than harm will come "r"u 01
om (he woman legislator's efforts to promote the welfare of those ot I There Is to be a national restaurateurs' coa-
ar sex through the agency ot the StaU legislator at the present stars I ventlon m Washington In October' and it la
(Copyright 193s by Frank Crane.)
Twenty-five Yeats Ago
From The Houston post Filee.
Carl Chimene. has returned from an Eastern
. ' . S m . . t m.
You can never telL ParieHtv ma atltafe n I - V' ana wile nave gone to as.
j iicui v r iniirx. ainn npv. nea inma in nmws nrnsi
New the Crama K.s a Crt .U Joner.
The American drama ia to be cenu."cd Uk
milk basebsli end the mevks. ll'k from con-
tented cows baseball from contented baaebaS
SBagnatea movies from contented movie stars
and sow drama from contented authors actors
sad predwoers
Baseball baa Its Judge Landis the movies
have their Will Hays sad now the drama has
its Augustus Thomas. -
Following the appointment of Laadie as Com
missioner of Baseball and Kays as Filmmaster
General ot the Movies Mr. Thomas has been
appointed Imperial Kleagle of the Show Busi
ness Chief Exalted Ruler of Plays Players and
Producer Grand Referee of Theatrical Clashes
aad Skirmishes and Supreme Seidlita Powder
All Cases of stage Disorders!
Row for grand commissioner of circuses
medicine shews caraivala food eahibka flying
horses country fairs agricultural shows trot
ting meets jockey crab awarings flower show
chess tournaments pinochle sessions aad week
end house parties I '
The slogan of the era teems to be "Perfect
Control or Bust I.
Risque plsys hsve been going from bad to
terrible. While the movie censors have been
compelling the movie producers to refrain from
showing heroine with their shoes ' off the
theatrical producers' hsve been comm ahead
with Udles'-Dy-in-th-Turkih-Bath farce En-
tire-Cast-in-One-Bed comedies and revues that
justified raids net by the police but by the
militia. . '. v ". - " '
Something had to be done before the censors
stepped In and did It Finally the heads of the
show' business-Ju America got their heads to
gether (this alone constituting a scene that for
bareness baa seldom been equalled in the his
tory of the American stage) aad agreed upon
Gus Thomas as a Landia of the theater. This
was the first time the show producers ever had
agreed upon anything v .
Mr. Thomas hss accepted. He will be the
Cssr of No Regrets in a manner of speaking.
Bedroom settings immediately dropped lower
than German marks in the open market. Pa-
jama and pink night gowns have become 4 drug
the market. Two-passenger h tracers are
without bidders. ' . .
John Cumberland aad Haxel Dawn now face
the prospect of going through sn entire produc
tion fully dressed Avery Hopwood sad the
Collison boy may have to take the million or
two they have made on bedroom plays give a
tsrcweii en anting of "How do you like your
farces? .Raw I Raw I Raw I" retire to their
country estates and cess firing.
Unlike the case of Judge Landis. Commis
sioner Thomas can not suspend obviously any
actors for barnstorming tours. Suspensions and
fines for other offenses however are poaaible.
rancy ton tor uttancei
New York November so. Augustus Thomas.
Commissioner of the Theatrical World today
announces ue supenion of Marilyns Miller
for three months for talking back to her boss.
Flo Ziegfeld It wss announced has been fined
$i7i for sending a telegram In which he admit
ted he loved hi wife and looked with horror
upon the idea of separation. This is sgainst
all precedent. "Such things have got to stop"
said the commissioner . k. V ' ;
It wss unofficially announced that the com
missioner had not decided yet what to do about
reggy joyce.. ' 7 -i -f
Rumor has it that the commissioner will bar
DeWolf Hopper from piayina until MaV so for
exceeding ai bride quota.' y - ;i -. . r- ;
"0 Literature what crimes are committed In Icisco to spend hit vacation.
Still
f attain..
Sht will no doubt bring to the legislature a wide knowledge ot the
r robttms that women taxe1 at they step out into a more active life. Bhs
v ill bring to the legislators direct the woman's viewpoint. With thou-
ads ot women no longer enjoying the protection of the home and ds-
ideal upon their own resources one who can really speak' for them
1 the Uwmnklng body will be capable ot valuable service aot only to
m but to the whole state.
IJkiwIae the new conditions surrounding children are worthy of ti-
ki consideration and perhaps no one can better represent the Inttr-
t ot children tnu a woman who baa familiarised herself with the re-
aaid that following the movies stage and base
ball it may create an "Emperor of Eats." Yea 1
and we bet he would lubricate the cash registers
more than reform the menus. .
The republican senat 'approves a duty
blanket of 40 cents a pound and 40 per cent
ad valorem.' That will be hard for the shivering
folks this winter but they will be able to warm
up a bit In rushing to tht polls to 'swst that
sort of thing i.'v.
It Is dear enough that Houston's forte is out
Son ot children to the new era. She will be able to teach the male l1" towns not outplaying them at base-1 Und.
:nbrs of the legislature much about these matters and gain their
-operation In correcting evils which It la the duty ot the State to
.ortst :
Deputy Sheriff J. E. Dawson of Trinity is in
the city on business of his office. .
C E. Dwyer and family have as their guest.
Hiss la mi Lie Fhelps of Celpmbua "
W. H. Kimbrough newly- elected superinten
dent of the city schools arrived from Austin
Alderman T. W. Cronaa has gone aa a dele-
gats to attend ths Grand Lodge Knlghts of
Honor at San Antonio. . t .
John Waddy Tate hat entered on his new
positioa with the Maple Leaf railroad with
headquarters at Dallas.
W. B. Slossoa hss gent to Kansas to make
arrangementa for the removal of a colony of
Mennonltes to wis State. .
P. H. Coomb formerly of Houston hss been
promoted to the position Of commercial agent
for the Cotton Belt at Atlanta Ga.
E K. Baker manager of the Southwestern
Telegraph and Telephone- company ia in the
city having returned from a tour of New Eng-
IbeU.
Lloyd George says Europe is drifting rapidly I
into wsr. N. B. No loans to Europe) terms
for all purchases CASH.
Editorial : "Jt when the powers fancy they
I have got Abdul Himid to the point of affixing
his sign manual he begins to buck like a Texas
broncho. It still looks as if there were nothing
Ion that side that could ride him."
Deliberate Action the Best ; M "if-.; v. J .v stniiAios.
-n. TO.v t- . - k . v-.w r..l ..... . . k. ...j.. .... u v. Tort wortn-Kx-Minister A. w. Terrell ar-
U CUt V 11VIU1 IWVWIU yty n aWt VWIUViUUnUb VUIH W FT lVMvv 1 poUUd MtSelWel W pvsrataff UIV tin WnCS DC I anay-ul aM ataja Mtttm A Antbttfl 1
Mluui m.A rAnaMSAm mTaaM k A Monmnnnn J.lae 9 eVVmi aVextf. I it etAawl mtmm aaAk . kan anameam nW kaa -. I
UIUH MiV bV UVtllUV) 4W4A W UVU VWtUaVeni WW qVUtm fjuVMt Vfa tMlV vi jwsu ! asnsarw m.a ean enwi weuiig ww a-m u n a fsn.. rtt.. - 11.
ernor in calling troops to the ttrlke acmes to Xhi delay of the former jtsln of having money enough to get them j fcomt M rjaiiM w ceat hi vote for the smend-
1 resident In asking tor a declaration of war against GerDMnrm Pcw'f want to gum hi food although gum- meat validating the bonds held by the school
-1 "tor tlwy both were assured ot a second term.
I shoeing is not regarded as difficult by Tom. I fund.
Tha eAmnarluin a Tint nnlv far-fetchad. but it la a ratlaAtlnn nnnnl . I Huntsville Hon. Thorn BD is able to be
... . ' - " . - ' "7 7 . " wncmnan taquirer lays we govemmesn .. n ... nrmt ttm. M. . .
Ue ntoUven of both these democraUc leaders whom Texan hate de- with it. Soo.oo. a month from it. oil I.m U Waa bavmr be 3nlr.hi"
I'.hted to honor successively with their confidence. It It a charge that I makes Joha D. look like 30 cents. Yon know I B04M ith a spell of fever.
iotkput personal political amblUon above the dutlea ot their office
rid tht Record will not be able to Induce many Texana to believe tht
'-am In ttk raa nf akltha mn - ' . - ;
tht record ot events leading up to our entrance Into the war with Sir-
inj Is too fresh la the minds ot .Texas people to need reoouatlnf
tic It to say that the president naked tor a declaration of war only
If bt had exhausted every peaceful resource for maintaining the-l suits.
or ana use me 01 u nauou. -a o coargo mat ne oeiayea ue aeciara-
a of war untO he was re-elected purposely la as unjust as it la untrue.
the government gets 6 per cent of John D.'s
net income too dont your . ; " : ' . . r
A
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From the way the strikers are contending for
"aeoiorlty" it must bt almost as Important for
them as "majority is for a democrat who
craves to serve the public ia emoluments pur-
Some Poitscripti
...sn outrages multiplied after the election in such numbers that ths
:dtnt had to abandon peaceful negotiations and resort to arms.
t fact'thavt tht election came daring the negotiations furnished ao
Wsihington Senators Quay and Moraan are
gomg to Hawaii to look mto saaexation.
Wsshlnaton. SecreUrv of Aariculture Wil-
soa is planning a tour of the South to promote
tanning interests.
"The Greatest" a Popular Game
(Front tk Ferl Way Jounul-Cunii.)
Wt are new being treated t the opinion of
Ta nrataet H irraea unakaaw an Enailsh In-1 various peoide U to who are the twelve great-
ventor ha mounted the flaw in an automobile ett American women ana tut world" six great-
4-lt 11-1. I.- K.Lt.u L...LJ let. I aaawl u TVa a.lsi. m. aW aLa.
nd to cltarg. the pmldt with In-ncerlty In pformlhg hi duties. lT Mri
oonrow wusoapux tnewar on na long aa poaaioie t ptroi of a vendinfe machine invented b a r. W Un. Whartn. . inAA.j 1. r
0 tne xact tnat tne primary eieouon in xexaa camt at tne ume winsin wi 1 the list not til. Ir la Impossible to reach
a Governor Neff had under Invewtigauon the matter of .the ne for 7d$j be a hung jury.
ps ju uiw suui aossw ana ww use guTunioT am not reacn n necisioa Owners of an Iron mine In France are taa I o now n. u. sveua sens us wno are tne
'I . tha alapflnn dnna nnt Iwatlr an nna In aaanmlnw ehal ha I in out its entire eutout of l.ioo.oos ton. Of I si1 ."f0"1 in wovM Bistory and ke tn-
" . . .7 - I . t k. nM l lbm.fij mM rare. 1 dudes Carist. Arittotle and Abraham Lincoln.
w i t wtltis to bt influenced by the election.
- Cavemor Ntft poatponed calling troops to tha strike aonea as long
. It is true as the Record says he followed the precedent ot "Wood-
Wilson but It wan only the precedent ot moving deliberately in a
matter asd In neither case was personal Interest paramount
God fort II that Texas or the batted States be led by men who let
t :r own ptlcsl Interest guide them In meeting State or national
ridaea.
Overalls that cover only the lower .half of a
'wearer's leg being suspended from his belt
have beea ia vented by a resident of Brook
lyn n. y - . -
With eeeaomv of both fuel aad labor ia view
several Swedish railways are experimenting
withv Diesel motor engine in else of steam
locomotives.
There are hundreds of million who will Ques
tion even the inclusion of Christ The Chinese
would say. Confucius. The Mohammedans
would aubatttwe tae leader of their religion.
The Germane would strike out Lincoln and
add Frederick the Great or Bismarck; the
French. Naaoleoa er Louis XI i the Eacllsa
would find several to whom they would give
the preference ever Lincoln. - .
An se tne guessing eomett tetsrlnue end
-jsndc-n. I
- -- t ' i I "' enew saaswi miawwanwa iwism CVIXgHSXlw1 !
Aa ir eoitafMor. boiat & moIIm notor I notkiiisv U Atibd. nothinm at mlL Tti m!
to prt them hT fceea eemhietj on on interesting tkifif tbout It u that the turnta
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erepcit CM the long skirt will necessitate the use of $50000000
weVh more ct riton goods in a year would ba more alarming to the
TOT if t:-
ttlhU -
. lat-'t i'
I obnervedany difference In the prtct of the long tad I
i ihtr want to buy them.; The price ot the skirt wasnor
e akirt Itself was shortened by half. Now who Sat 1 nuts la order to restrict the product of a type
bees for convenience ia handling about build
ing operations. ( ' .
Take More'n a Tariff To Do It
(f rrm fk fvw Yorh TrOnuu.)
Perhaps eongreaa raised the tariff on pew-
give us an insight into the mental proceaseo
ana annua ot ue gueeeers ana even tnat
is aot important only interesting.
I ingrcdicats
Needa to la Put Out of Ita M leery.
(From M Detroit Pre Fvnar.) :
A well kaowa consoser seys that 1st is stQl
In its infancy. If h is right ioiaaUcid is not
always a crime r . x '
I've grown so e 1 t: t a'i tlings paU; e-
tcnes haa no v 9 st s.L There are ae n.-
tcriee for aie. t e end of everything I see. I
pick ay a detect tele that snakea a you""
reader palej ia CUpter One there is a .
thst gives the cops a beast? tiis. And yeur'r
readers full of awe ga w. a tbe minion of th
law; with them ar baffled and perplexed with
them are buffaloed and vexed. But t who've
read of talcs a ton can tee the end whea Fvt
begun . I spot the villain every time and know
just bow he pulled the crime. I know just
what ths dicks will do now tney win ioiiow up
th dew. And when I see s speaker rise the
glow ef ardor in his eye to ctocute for half a
day I know just what he'e bound to say and
know that it win make me sore for I have
beard it all before. And when a doctor views
my tongue and puts. his ear against my mag.
and shakes his head aa though assured that I
nvrmora be cured I know it 1 tbe same
old thing docs sprung when Pharaoh was a
Una- I've lived to' tone IV grown so wise
this world can give me ne surprise. Aad still
I read the yarns of sleutns no im to am ex-
pounding truth and call the sawbones when
i. . . .a a n !.
m tick and any ta xanere guuen on-
Watt Maaeov
(Copyrigbt 19 by George Matthew Adams.)
Incriminating.
T a nickel short in mv sccounts. . '
Th aoeaker was a newsboy and he was sd-
dressing bis pal who ignored him and contiaoed
eating nuts. ; i.
So th speaker spoke agaia..
"Well." said his pal at last "what's that got
to do with mer ;
Well..' said the first. Tat a aickel short in
my accounta and you're eating nuts."
Her Day Work
av sneak a. ovist .
Small tasks of ceaseless steading through the
day. .;.!.:.
The window-curtains washed and hung one
From a Seat In the Gallery
;'.fsVFertXoy.:1:;'':: '
WMhlngton Jury. to-Tbia city mark vc
is the capitanpf a treat nation. It ia somettiina
ot atuy too. It bas tunttini tat ann aold
water open pool rooms the finest home-made
corn whisky that ever laid a face on the bar
room floor polite colored servant
I know this is bsrd to believe. But T came
here from New York where I was thoroughly
broken in to tipping. Nothing lest than a
quarter wet accepted by the newly arrived im-
migrant from distsnt and undesirable parts ef
Europe. Any on who save a fresh-laid aeareher
for civil and religious liberty 'a mere dime dis
covered wnere .America stand in the eye of
the world pronto. V But in Washington I pro-
duce le-ccnt pieces.
You don't hsvs to give me this boss." the
party of the second part often says. Im work
ing hart anybow. I'd do this for you just Ue
time ' - - v-.-. . .
Which Is submitted u on ef th 'chief
msrvels of our so-called civilisation. Anvho.
the megaphone wagon are constantly passing
up tad down th streets filled with tourists who
are gild to pay a dollar for the privilege of
taking their weight off their 'feet. They come
from all ctrer the world and one bopea that they
will have 'the information! they have gathered
acid tested before they pass it on. This is
slow wsy of getting to the point. but what
mean to say is that there a re ether tonriau in
town in a lower range of visibility.
-you wouldn't believe it" aaid Police In
specter Hesdley who hss fathered and mothered
and alternately spanked and petted thjs town
for a generation "but people come to town
every day who never saw a street car or
automobile
"That right t" I ssid. "I wouldn't believe It
cap." :- . : " c: : V .-
But they do" persisted the mtneetor. "Tkav
come from up in the hill of Maryland and
Virginia where they still weave their own cloth
and make their own shoes. They travel afoot
or tmule up there and have their ewa feuds and
their own ideas. They are just as foreim to
us tt Meakaaa A fin strong intelligent peo
ple out sour in oy niga mountains. Their
thoroughfares ar ahonlder-wide trail through
long loreua n.v..."- :.;.
Some com to Washington on business. Oth
ers sre the true tourists. They hsve heard
about this town or their daddies have. Vfavhe
after the revolutions! war or the Mexican war
or the civil war. Even after that arar in Which
we load democracy ao aaie. So thay cons
down nor in see bow we ar festering along.
a
. Th Voice of a Prophet . '
' ' .'BylrvineVCobb.
A company ef a division of colored troops
In heavy marching order awaltinc th
word to start for th front. It was to be their
first actual contact with the enemy. One
th private bad somewhere picked up a copy
of the Pari edhioa ot the New York Herald.
"Does dst dar paper say en yt nine about as
boysf mquirvn a sergeant. -
"It she' do" snswered the private improvis
ing. -It tea per det sooa cut lid troops
gom ever ne top touigat suppeted by gsseoe
Freochssen" .' ;. ".v -
From down the liaa cam a third voice' eay-
"Well I knows what tomorro's edition
dst peper't gwint say. It's gwtac say ta
black letters 'Fifty taauatnd
tromred to death by Sooo nigger.'
(Copyright ipse by MeNaught Syndicate Inc.)
' He Needs ta Eeoape-Notloe.
(From ikt Ltninill CswirrVounsoL)
-W""m Hoheniollern is not' likely to es-
cape from Kollaad with anything hks th dash
with whica a escaped from Ucrmany.
. a i .
e l ts
Cnr ri.21 Crjr9.ntt) tntl' :r I
- ar taoaaron w. otass. -
Tit tnu a'. W it m it mett
Tlut twr it twncemt ty ar.
t f ! - . Sooty th Ciimney
Fctcr Raihit en the bank ef the XV '
wet s excited that he couMat keep a ..
had eeea Sooty the Chimney Swilt i -an
accident out ever tht very mi s :
Big Kiver and faQ into tht water. At
didat knew what had become of Soc .-.
looked for him ta ties from the water 1
but Sooty didn't .
"Oh dear!" cried Peter. "Can it 1 1
Sooty has been drewnedf "
Then ssntething moving far out on t.e
caught his attention. At first all he er
wee a little black spot that seemed to be t
inaj. Presently bt mad out that it ws
ing nearer. It was moving ta the nt' '
It seemed to be flopping along em t! 1 1
ef tht water. It would disappear b
little wave and then he would tee it
the top ef the neat little wave. At I
mad out what tt waa.":
It' Sooty r cried Peter. '"And hs I
ing to reach shore.- Oh Vm se klad So-7
drowsed. I bop nothing wUl happen 1 1 .
before be gets here." 1 i- '
It waa Just then that Peter's loan ears c
the sound Of footstep beery footstM 1
him H turned to look hastily. ' Ite.vt 1
Farmer Brown's Boy coming overto tt e :
Fiver. Peter ducked dowa and then ere.t
hind a Bttle bush from which he could
Sooty and at the tame time keep an eye
Farmer Brown's Boy ; ' ! - s : . '
Farmer Brown's Boy came straight down
th edge of tht Big River and there at
looking out across the water. Almost at e
Uncounted thing recovered from the floor
The wreckage left by children at their play
How many footstep mark a mother's wsy.
Hers is a path forever trampled e er r 1 -A
bed to make a neddler it tht door.
Small wonder that her hair grow quickly gray
And yet how fair tht dream tht t working
.fori.. r-j
The man shall rest when he comet home to-
night . ; . ' . : . -; '
Shall toss once more hit hat npoa a chair:
The children in wild rapture of delight
Shall fling their shoes snd stockings here
v and there 1
And.be tired bands shall pick them up again
And never bint that love hat caused her pain
(Copyright ipsa by Edgsr A. Guest.) '
' Llkefather.
Bobby's mother waa anxious to know whether
he bsd obeyed her injunction snd behaved him-
self at th party. He was sure that he had.
When Mrs. Smith asked me if I wanted more
cake I said 'No thank you." Hi mother waa
relieved but wanted to know more. "Did she
ask you again f". "Yes and I still told her No
thank you.': But after a while she asked me
soother time." "And what did yon aaswer thst
time?" Bobby looked confident "I ssid whst
pa always says Take the darned stuff twty I
The' Passing of the Country Store. .
rTk'aaATn ix'catAaxorrs oasaavaa. .
Ay th nation' forum i tottering
Th mudailla yield to decay
An ancient landmark is passing
Worthy aad hallowed is its dsy. .
Split bottom chairs and old pin boa
Arranged for orderly debate
The best seata for the early one
. The poorest for ths late. I
There in the ojd cross-roads store .
The common council sat :
Debating the plans of a nation ' 1
With thrust snd friendly chst
They ssy this tempt of learning
Of wit and law and lore
Tbe birthplace oTfreedom and justice
Must yield to the! new chain store: .
We're sure modernity demands it
.And that business enslaves us all
But it's sad to lose the cross-roads store :
Rsther the Statue of .Liberty would fatt.
What can the chain store give yon
Of history! sentiment and lore f
The Stare and Stripes forever is '
The gift of the country store.
W linger in the thoughts ef it all ; '
And in passing shed a tear
Tis sad to give the landmaik up
TO view ita funeral bier I
We feel in the deptha ef our very soul--"-
Tnst nt an tne agencies Known '
The cross-roads store is uppermost . "'
In plaudits from the Throne '
Tbe conclaves held by the old men there
Sent echoes serosa the land:
And 'the good' Lord beard and kept them in
ine aouow ot His band.
wanwauaaa -'.
T" Artogtther Different v
" At a council school' in En r! and a new euntl
presented hi&self to the teacher. He answered
the questions ss to his name and age satisfac
torily. : V- . ... -
Then the child wss asked i "Well where were
you borer" . .
I wasn't bora af all." he said. "I sot
stepmother." y .. ! ;' ;: ;j. j - ' . .
big
r The Popular Songs
( (From t Omaha WtrU-Htnli.)
When the General Federation of Women'
Clubs fa convention at Chautauqua N.' Y
decided upon a campaign for the improvement
of popular music they started something worth-
white. Our prayers and cheer will be with
them until' glorious success shall have crowned
tneir ettort. - 1 -j. r
Th oooular onaa lit ounk. Thev ant
disgrace to the republic They make a mock
ery or our preua claim taat we ar a crvutsed
snd enlightened people. It is hard to tell
wbetaer their grammer their rhyme or theii
meter is tne most impossible. But it i y
to tell that much more atrocious is their lack
of true sentiment of noetic fcelini. of tvrie
form aad that more atrocious still is. the sug-
gestiveness the vulgarity too often the down
right smut snd obscenity that teem to be
their bsll mark. And heaven save tht mark
they help to "educate1 our boys snd girls I
Perhaps not msny realise how much they
-ueip.- roey inter tne pianos In me Hemes.
They kre screeched from the pbonographa.
The young folks go about tinging them hum
ming them innocent innocent at first of
tneir meaning. But th meaning sinks In snd
niBva root.
1 acre are a great many baa utings our yewng
folks have to contend with la the day of
th automobile - the bootlegger th divorce
court tbe yellow newspaper th -yellow "mag-
asias" the neglected and neglectful home the
unprecedented freedom and lack ef restraint
and guidance that stalk tht footstees.ef youth.
Of them all nose ie a more ieaidiou danger
than th "popular" song set to "popular"
music. When we think of tht real aad death
less songs ot th snette mat ia th nearest
thing we know to absolute truth and beantv.
and then of what eur children are given at
substitutes there arise emotions toe explosive
for weide.-..-1. "'.-.
Our bate are off to- th clubwomen. May
they chase the modern popular sang to its foul
isir sad were ciuo it to dcatai
Z 1 i f C t
Farmer Brown's Boy oame straight a
to tne edge ef the Big River -and
there he stood looking out aoroft
v .- the wat K -
he 'caught tight of a little black object f
teemed to be flopping tlong on top of ti
water. "That' a queer-looking thing." thotr
Farmer Brown't Boy as he watched It dl '
neam. "I wonder what it caa be. It caa't t
fish snd I dont know of any. animal tb.
swims like that" ; ' . V K-- T- :: v. -.-'
In a few minutes Sooty was near enoth f -
Farmer Brown't Boy to see clearly.' "As I
live I"; exclaimed Farmer Brown's joy! "it ti
Sooty ths Chimney Swift I He has fallen into
the- water and cant get back into tht air. If
he keeps on hell ashore right hers . It
will bt a wonder If a big fun. doetnt pnap ! 1
bp before he gets here.V'a .. 'i
So Farmer Brown's Boy watched Sootr anx
iously and Peter Rabbit watched Sooty anx-
oupiy ana atiu more anxiously sooty watched "
tha shore He aaw 'Farmer Brown's Boy and i
tor a moment aespstr. took possession bf himf
Yon see he never hid been afraid of Farmer '
Brown " Boy becaut. he never had had to f
near enough to Farmer Brown'e Boy to be
afraid. But now he was helpless.1 and when
he reached shore there would be no way t
escape from Farmer Brows'. Boy.. . ... .
But tt waa only for a. moment that-'
hesitated. Fesr of Farmer Brown's Boy v. ;
overcome by the greater fear ef what t ' t
happen to him on the water. So he kept rib t
on going flop flops flop flop and with every
flop he drew nearer ta tht there and to Farmer
Brown't-Boy. v
With a last flop ho reached the shore - K
was too tired to lift a wing when. Farnif f
Brown's Boy stooped and gently nicked hi -i
up. H was too tired even to be afraid. Who
ever might happen to hun now couldnt now -
sibly be worse then whst might have happened
to him had he not reached the abort r . .
. (Copyright ipsa by T. W Borgtss.)
The Next Story :' "Curiosity fakes'AwEv
Peter's Appetite.'- . v:.;".- "-
Self-Supporting BrirJet
(From tit Nw Fsvk Worli.) ' (
Feminine' narttclnatloa hs nolitia ttlmm
be full of a number of things not drea J t;
in masculine philosophy. Thus in the !f
legiaiatiea promised by Dr.Anaa W.Hochfei
who is seeking the democratic nomtnation i
senator from tbe Fourth District in Broo' - .
are bills requiring a maa who cootemr.-.
marriage to eetsblish ' hi economic' tndt-r- -dene
aad mental oaeadtv and ramMn. 1 .
brid to prove her' ability to erpporf her I -
ran enuoran ta we .event 01 tne natta of t
hnaband. ' -:'; - '.-
Merely male legialatort no doubt would f
the economic line at the bride. Widows 1- -succeeded
in supporting their fatherless c.
dren aad the proportion of wives eapaUe
oouw so us mcrwaseo orrcsponrungiy v
the faercss in th number ef lf-i-rof .
women.. But to nominste' this eondidon j
the bond to' add to th marriage vows a
pledge Of economic- independsno would 1
going far In so-called welfare legislatioa. i
wpuia naraiy promote early nsatnmony o-
large. families Hop and a job. In hand hav3
been the sole foundation of many of tbe h-
piest marriages. Why not adopt -the forr 1
system of dowries end marriage settlcmt.
id he done with h? . -- . .-...
Certainty brides lust rekiaad frmn n r f
obedience in. th. marriagt service will ri
with concern any suSwettion of legislation im-
posing eomnulsory financial twitriction 1
tnetr thgibility for marriage. -
.. . . .The Lie Detector ' .
: - (From tht Baltimtri Sum) -.
Thott who have -reason ta dread the oner '
of a machine which determmea when s
ia untruthful may be reassured by the d
ef. a Washington- court- to th effect tl -t t
apnygmomanobeter' is mere Junk. !
tea k is. One scarcely dart hop f t .
mechanical mean one caa put successful 1
out of bwsiacea. But there I something 1
nating about th idea that a machine a
records every variation of tbe blood pr-
of a conversational artist could therer
used to show when he embarked upon his
imaginative flighta. Is it not probab t t
when a man telle a thumpm; lie in ot t
extricate himself from a difficult s
bis' blood - preaaur rise timultsneon- f
may be however that hit heart would t-e
ilarly affected if he were earnestly t. ' - 1
truth and the recording machine wot ;. 1
But thtt la a pro
on and while &
fare prove nselet.
nevcHoJoaists to
tackling it they might also invent a 1;
to determine- why a certain type of .
mind is always so cockmre ha advwice
the value of 'new scientific devices.
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