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The ' Elections and Next Year 8 Campaign
- Tbe resulta of Tuesday's "1 ectamjg are Intmresting. - but are not. In-
dicative with respect to tbe great poBtJcel bettls of matt year. . f
The democrats were successful la Maryland aad Bntuchy bat Mary-
land and Kentucky are democratic Stales ud It would have been an
ominous alga. Indeed If the deniocrata had lot carried them this yew.
la New rork there wu a spirited contest tor eonttol ol the auem-
Wy. irhlch tha repobllcaaa managed to retaia by aa taoMaad Bajortty.
Taa tact ihat tie aa-Stata poaalatloa of New Tofk. baa a larger aropor
Uonat repreeentatlon than the dty flukea tt naually ba probable that
-th daaxaxraU caa wla a majorhr of the aaaembly except iraaa they
ara farored by a tandilhle t
tffliaK the congressional aeaaelea the oemocrata oarrlad. their
' dlatrtct.-but one of the republican districts elected a aoclalUt.
.Ta elections In OWo Illinois Pennsylvania and la ' various cities
'VW determined by local Usues and possessed little If any party
u signtflcaace.
' Tbe electloa passed therefore with no aansaal political erent.
leartng both parties a situation for 1S24 nmcomplicated by newer
-"aroblBia or by npsets In any debatable territory.
- '.The first session of the Sixty-eighth congress soon to begin re
mains the curtain which inreste the battle of 1124 with nacertatnty.
.11 will ssts a nominal republican aujority la either branch bnt there
: is y at no assurance that the majority will be united for the policies' of
the new republican president whatever hey Buy be. There is the
' coaseTratisai of the Eastern republicans aad the radicalism of the
; 'Westers republicans to reconcile before anything like republican
responsibility-can be established. There are indications of more or
- less strife between these factions. Likewise there Is no assurance
that the resident can please both sides.
:;Tbe democrats too hare their disagreements according as the?
represent constituencies that are conservative or radical wet Or dry.
baaas or aattbonaa. '
. 6o the sKuatioa as the election has left It and aa the coming see-
' alba of congress promises to develop. Is not exceptionally promising
" for either party and will not be unless some semblance of party unity
' cam be attained'in one party or the other.
.3btk parties la eongress as well aa In most of the. States are
hampered by distractions growing out of the ctrcumstaa5e that there
ts iai at present any clear-cut issue upon which either caa master Its
soM-atrength .at the polls. There are many pretty good republicans
' atm .claiming to be democrats end name eqaaOy good democrats who
' maintain In a Bonlnal way their eld repubUcan affiliations.
Whether coagress win shape issues so aa to eacourage a realign
. meat of forces remains to be seen.
V Issues Involving the gowrnmenfs International relations the gov-
erameBs potlcles la respect of laTatfcia aad financial administration.
Ike bonus proposal and appropriations win be prominent matters be
fore eongress and some heated debates are promised but such divisions
t as aaay come are not apt to Involve party Uses. Nevertheless out
of eongress must come the Issues which are to form the basis of next
yarn contest.
As to what will become paramount no indication appears so far.
fa both parties' and in all the States there are blocs groups cliques
; sad .clasa movements such as the country has never known in Its
' previous history. Whether the old parties or either of them caa with
stand the contusion and intolerance not to mention the misunder
standing sad bitterness of sack a sttsation. the prsdent political
- prophet will leave 1114 to determine.
Hcywood Broua defends the nudity ef
Shubert .'shew becaaa ef itt beauty i Well
aayway it cant lower New York' metal ttaod-
! tda ' arach sad evidently stianuatea besineai.
BesidaSf'as a reaction from wartime spiritual
esahattoe '; which seems ' to" excuse eu .eut
modem salacity and vulgarity w tubpoajlkere
is nothing for suntanical Main street to tay
about $.' i":'"-h! -:
-Martial law k is anaooncec. cost the State
j if; Gfclahoma tiooo. And Jack Wahoa the
governoraaip. It was' expensive both wara
VTrteity coHefe in North CaraKna wffl ask
Henry Tord to deliver the next eomraeocetxent
address. We advbo Henry to avoid sack S topic
as "The BankneM of Historical Boncoinbe."
These Tar Heels kola strong for history. '
... aaawaw-awa aMaaa t-v - i. r- r.
Sadie will not hit the high spots' until k Is
SNstaO broadcastwiiand little Unening. There
are a. hoadred who .want to tay for every sot
who wants to hear.
If you are enthusiastic for the Community
Chest and want to see Houston to over the top
jost decide upon a generous contributioa and
then add so per cent to it. If yea win do this
the first campaign will not fall more than tioo-
ooe short of the quota. -
As a general proposition when the schoolboy
reaches the grade fa which Latin and altebrt
are taught he hat forgotten the name ef the
eld gray mole and is already in the city Units.
Wen may ridicule the' habit ef devoting hoars
of speculation and diacnaaioa to the weather
but a chair near an eld stove a ben ef sawdust
in which to spit and the weather to talk about
heat grubbing the stamps in the new ground.
Katharine M..Cook
MMMW'H K'
The sew type of consolidated school new de
veloping is increasing numbers in every State
is establiaW-eew and improve "andardt'of
edticahooal facilitiet for the farm-child. ' ;
Xhe farner taiokuts? is more and store W
cowsotnoce with the 1 deauindt ef the timet ;
mora aad avr4 iarmers are asking that
best we know in tdocatioeal practice be x-
Jepded to'eir children whether tt be in ea
ocbed couraes . enlargeotaiidingt more aos
better equipment' better trained teachara at
what not As proof of taite haw demands wfc-
bess ui . assgnirkent baikUaga which are
apringlng Up oft the open county in every State.
the Increasing sumbcr of couatka completely
or almost cocnnletely ecntralixed thatkv ln
which aU children attend modem consoudajed
acaoob aad are withm transporting distance ei
a staodtrd high schooLN ';. ; . .-V"' '?:
There is at present a noticeable tendency to
ward increasing th size I wl coiisolklated school
oaits ettsouaned or to be eeiaantacq.eo as re
include tsore taxable prooerty and a . larget
mittbef.of eA&drea. .Extension of the goal
toads atoventent h fadlitating ithU tendency
bot fandamentaUy it U the swult: bf toe .de-
mand for better educational advantages sad the
corresponding need for increased fineneiai
aourcet B order to obtara them. New aoaroes
of income and reorganisation of adioUnsfratm
practice are eaaentisl before these demands caa
be satisfied on s large scale in many sf Out
States m
" However the problems of support and 01
safe trknsportatioa' (which have always loomed
targe on the rural school h orison") have been
eatiafacterily solved by s large number Of
echools the sMmber fortunately is nxreasmg.
We know now that H it possible to extend afle.
Qttate educftional facilities to rural cenununi-ries-
that-the country Child's environment need
aot. necessarily deprive him of aa educatibn
that. ssUiflea saodern ideals.
Frote The Houston noet Wins.
Frmk and Intelligent Discussion Necessary
!. K seems to The Post that much greater progress would be made la
determining the part of the Catted 8 tales in European rehabilitation
tt frank and mte&lgant discussion could be substituted at all times for
eajsnjraated sentimentality.
'.i f There In need of dhKussioa based upon plain facta and actual sttua
k In his speech si Nevada ram in the Champagne Sunday. Aav
Herrkk declared that the entry of the United States In. the
.waf"was prompted by Idealism and sentiment for Franoe.'' This dee-
- kratloB has been repeated so often in the United States and in Europe
fbnt eosse people actually believe it.
- - The record hi entirely against this view. The United States entered
' thv war because Germany notified this government that her ruthless
' sahsaertno warfare would be resumed aad that her former agreement
to modify It would be teminated.
vThe war aad been in progress nearly three years wtthout stirring
' the Nation's idealism greatly. It had been in progress over two years
when the rampalgn slogan "He kept us out of war" re-elected Preei-
asmt Wllaon by n narrow margin. We had passed through the "Losi-
borror aad other manifestations of German aggression without
The submarine agreement between the United States and
vQermaay followed an ultimatum and when that agreement fell there
a . was aa other course to pursue but to figbt.
i y -It would be best therefore to bsse the future of our relations with
Vorope upon the fact that the United Stales entered the war in self
V defense and because Germany disregarded our government's rights as
a neutral. The record admits of no other view.
likewise la considering the participation of this government In
. European rehabilitation which must be based upon the self-interest of
f the Nation it will be more effective to enlighten the people with respect
to that self-interest which. In the finality is one of business. In s
'.gawjswal sense the people of the United States burdened with taxes as
'tkey are. are not disposed st this time to dabble in ICuropeaa affairs.
to enter alliances or to pursue any course whatsoever that might drag
Ussta Into the maelstrom of another European war.
' ' -' Oar statesmen sad economists understand that the economic well
being at the Nstion depends largely upon the economic restoration of
the 408000 001 white people of Europe and through the restoration of
pesoe' and. Industry there the rehabilitation of European monetary sys-
tssns apoa a stable basis. The masses of the American people as yet
have etot comprehended the necessity of this. When they do they will
act neon It
N -But. the idealism that preaches the doctrine of America's setting
herself' ss the conservator of civilization in the midst of the' seething
hatredd of Europe will make oo headway la the United 8tatoa
necessary for the United States to enter the war because It
waa daaaarous to keep oat la face of the challenge that Germany flung
to as; )t wfll be necessary for the United States to aid prudently and
helpfully in Europe's economic restoration because the industrial com-
;mseJal and financial paralysis there menaces our prosperity. We had
S vttally practical reason for entering the war; there Is a vitally prao-
Ucal reason for as to eacourage every influence that makes for peace
and economic progress.
I tt wtU be time enough to invest our National policies with a glamor
nf ssnllsisnlilll) sftif the Nation shall have come to understand its
oriel Interest la the present situation aad the course that will safe
guard and promote tt.
The German mark is now quoted at seoae
eoowe to the dollar but this does not include
the fleet of ten-tea tracks it. requires to haul
that much.
New some foolish person asks us bow we
would like to have a euarter section of water
melon. There's time for aU things. No
craves watermelon when the cemncOmg fra
grance ef country sausage tickles his nostrils
Modesty rarely ever rattles the coin hi its
tiu. if any.
Unless wisdom goes with power power soon
goes to smash.
'What is sa eisteddfod" ssks the inquisi
tive eobaeriber of Whartoav It is aa annual
assembly ef bards in Wales smf elsewhere if
any considerable number ef Welsh people re
side then. Now you answer our question
What it a democrat and why and where?"
Considering (he fact that there Is consider
able cotton in the hands of the producers we
are amaxed at the way the price ia jumping
upward. Can't h wait until it passes out of
the producers; hands so that the speculators
sad spinners caa get the creamf
A London professor says there never was any
Adam and Eve. There must have been or hu
manity wwuldnl act the way it does.
We gather from our exchanges from all parts
of the country that the hell that ia ia us has
appropriated Halloween for its own and that
the Unocent traditions of an ancient day hare
been submerged by vulgarity ruffianism and
savagery.
Scurry county announces that ft has s water
melon crop that win ripen for Thanksgiving
Day. We suppose Scurry will put out its coun
try sausage on the Fourth ef next July.
"Has Texas a candidate for president?" it
an inquiry which comes to us from New York.
We don't know and k will take blasting pow-
der or something to loosen Pat's tongue oa the
subject
Charlotte claims to have twice as many tele
phones as Winstos-Salem North Carolina's
most populous city. Maybe those Winston-
Salemitea are to busy they haven't much time
to talk.
We are unable to aid the Houston poet who
wants to know if the name of Mayor Brongh
ef Toledo rhymes with "tough" "toe" "too"
"trough." or "Wow I"
If Starfcey Watson haa aaved all the com
pensstiow he has receled at grand juror in
Harris county since emankipatkm he must be
a mighty rich man by now. And he haa made
an acceptable grand juror at that.
T. N. Jooes says there it but one system of
public schools in Texas and they must be con
trolled by the people of the State. That is
about right; the people and not the textbook
publish Ins: bosses outside should control the
school system.
Heavy taxation hat proven one thing if
movable wealth caa evade through privilege
it will in many eases run like a rabbit.
v
The pnjtnt man Is one who will pay up
shop early lay enough aside for his pall tax
and set himself to put in one for the democratic
ticket
I'
cottom crop is estimated at UOtOM bales this year.
-ef 100) bales t the crop baa already bees received at Hous-
a aad the peak at tiU sMiln season baa not peased. Houston Is
logical point for the concentration and exportation of the cotton
law nun swam ww.
isat Folncarw afraid' for the former erowa prince ef Oer-
tt r koasb far Crtstinaa and spend the holidays with his wife
. rsls poeslble that Frederick William ewiM make thlnga
And just to think Harry Sinclair's great
horse "Zev" was named for our old friend
Bill Zevely formerly of Missouri aad we did
not know of It la time to pull for him I
A number of able writers are telling ut the
big things that Texas should do next year but
it looks to nt as if any constructive program
proposed Is Kkely to be lost sight of when the
patriots get to raising hell - with each other
about the office.
Some Poetacriptg
Nearly half the world'a total supply of silk
today comes from Japan.
New Jersey leads the middle Atlantic States
in tbe value of its fisheries.
According to tome suthorities tbe -surface Of
the aaraaa body It about 'Sixteen square feet
The liner Majestic ia snout iroo timet the
size of the Santa Maria flagship of Columbus
The buffalo herds oa the United States game
pre series have been increased this season by
tae birta of til calves. -
Artificial silk ia to be made in Tennessee
from wood grown in Maine on s site occupied
ey s powder siaat earing tae world war..
The crude mineral oil production of Japan
for teaa'waa iMoa$ hatvelt (of forty-two
gallons each) which sotal iodkatea a decrease
ef fa oer cent for the year at eoanpentd with
tae if st total ot tytfii$ barreta.
' i -
;v .. .('rem ikt Mimafolii KtmmA '1
Msybe the gosemment had better go slow
on those coal tavestirationa. ' Every tirns there
1 No sooner had the centralisation idea- taken
root than' psugiesaic rural communities saw
ir- it s possibility ef furnishing to their chil
dren tbe loosr-dcf erred opportunities ot high
school education at home oa the farm. Indeed
few if tay factors have been as powerful in
extending the movement for establishing con-
soHdsted schools at the desire on the -part ef
farm communities to avail themselves of the
to9ibility of giving their children an education
of secondary grade without tending them away
from home. It was natural and in harmony
with the spirit of the timet that this keenly felt
need should be the first to be satisfied. Now
that the adolescent group is cared for it ii
Miaatty natural and in harmony with the spirit
of the present trend of educational thought that
the demand should shift to another group whose
interest have ia the past received too little at-
tention namely the young children of pre
school aad early school age.
The kindergarten primary unit idea is spread
ing rapidly throughout the countri not only in
Urge cities bar in small towns land villages.
Certain centralized rural schools have estab
lished kindergartens but aa yet the new move
ment has not become widely practiced m open
country consolidated schools. There sre many
reasons for this ; first the idea haa not taken
hold of the country people. At we have seen
the movement for extending modem school
practices to . rural children ia relatively new
we art only just outgrowing in many rural
communities the idea that poor schools are in
evitably the lot of rural children. The whole
matter of promoting and providing better school
conditions in rural commtmttiet is a tremendous
problem the ramifications of which need not
be enumerated. It is enough to say that cem-
Wunities are overcoming them slowly and grad-
oa$y. . Consolidation itself ia a comparatively
' movement m the majority of States. The
present serious financial crisis came just at a
time when the situation seemed in a fair way
to improve with greater rapidity than before.
and for tbe present at least it offers a very
aitiicmt eostacie.
Betides the problem of financial support.
that of safe and rapid transportation ia of spe-
cial importance in dealing with young children.
There is alao the added problem or obtaining
adequately prepared teacher. At present
fewer than s per cent of rural teachers have
adequate training for their work. The rural
kindergartener when the comet must be no fol
lower of the letter but rather of the spirit of the
law; to such the country opens a world un
dreamed of by the city teacher a world where
every child may see at first hand the miracles
of growth in their own natural setting; where
opportunities for service in new and untried
fields art revealed with amaring frequency ; and
where the uses of initiative and ability and
the possibilities of experimentation are
finite ia variety and extraordinary ia appeal.
To open such a field to aa antra mad grasp
would hamper rather than further the desiced
end.
However none of these difficulties it m sur
mountable. This is proved by the fact that the
new demand of farm people for education has
zlreadjr found expression in several thousand
highly efficient adequately manned 'and -ad
mistered consolidated schools in the open
errantry and villages some in every'. Slate.
Country people are thinking and ' taOdag ut
terms of a "standard consolidated school"
meaning one which offers no lest than twelve
yean of stsadardited work elementary and
secondary with modern buildings and equip-
ment and with teaching and .supervision of
r-rof etsioaal grade ' Such schools are consid-
ered the birthright of city- children'; ahouid
country people be satisfied with lets f Various
conditions sexwdeutaj and otherwise have com-
bined to popularize the idea o greater liberty
ia the education of children. .
i4 Just RbyssT- cr Tw J
A Parlor Matck was the sttraetion st tbe
opera aotsseMV- '.. r. H I'tA
Colonel William'' Cameron' lumber Hag' of
Waco is at the Uwlor. V: y.A
rreatdeat L.'i. Fetter of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college it tesjitered at the CapiteL
A. QXutt editor of the Rock Island Jour-
aalis a goes Of hitbrother E. p.Kust: ('
' VThe Lords' Cycle club has decided to take aa
active inteertt in the Fruits Flowers sad Vege
table festival hers W.pBoaa.A-..Wji.
' Members of the local chapter of Daughters
ef the. Confederacy have received word that S
large number of delegates will be m attendance
st th annual meeting of the Texas division
Jl DCvjn Houston November si. ; ' ;;
: 'Press governor to constable the democratic
ticket wen hi" a landslide la Harris county.
The wttUMra were: Joseph-D. Savers for gov.
ernor : .Thosiss H. Ball for congress i J. V. Lea
( "district attorney; John T. Browne and Nor
man G. KJrtreQ Tor reprateatatives In the Stav
legialature; S. H.' Vtsmer for 'county judge;
J.. B. Williams. for district clerk; Ed Duproa
for Otusty clerk: Archie Anderson for sheriff
Afcert McKlaney for assesao ; ' Maisch .for
iustice of the peace. ' ''
Stats; HarrMiiroa. .- '.;
Fort Worthl-Stata Chairman C X Bell at
It p.' m. issoed a statement declaring the de
mocracy had won a sweeping victory in Texas.
About 40000 votes appeared to have been cast
aa the majority for Sayera democratic can-
didate for governor It estimated at aoo.ooo.
Albert' S. Burleaon defeated Colonel "Wash"
Jones in the Ninth and Congressman Slayden
was In easy wanner over Judge Noonaa m
Southwest Texas. A legislature has been elect-
ed that will tend Governor Charles A. Culberson
to the senate and populism it buried forever in
Texas. Among the congressmen elected are:
R..L. Henry Seventh district; Sam B ronton
CtOpeT Eighth district; K E. Burke. Sixth dis
trict; Thomas H. Ball First district; John H.
Stephens Thirteenth district; James L. Slay-
ien. Twelfth district. J.' N. Browning of
Amarillo was elected lieutenant governor. Con
gressman Joe Bailey in the Fifth district leads
tile tKket.
) Gixiau.
Columbus. Th e democratic chairman
cedes that the republicans have' carried Ohio by
s plurality of 40000.
Irkutsk Sibera. The first train across Si
beria hat reached this place and was welcomed
with- a religious ceremony.
Canton. President William McKinley ac
companied by Mrs. McKinley came home today
to vote. He left in a short time on hit return
t Washington.
New York. Early returns inticate that Theo-
dore Roosevelt has been elected governor of
New York and all his ticket carried into of-
fice with htm. There was a big increase in the
democratic vote.
The Bootlegger Alarm
(from th Ckarlottt Obitrvtr.)
Going to New York" is not just was it used
to be. for some of the folks. Between you and
I and the gate post it hat been the custom of
tome of the boys to take a little run up to the
metropolis once in a while where they could
get a drink or two on the sly. But conditions
have changed. Liquor haa gone out of fashion
there and the' available substitute it wine or
beer. New York fat shying from the brand oi
the ardent now available: the "stocks" which
were laid in previous to the coming into effect
of Vokt sadism are about exhausted and the
bootlegger it now the onlyV source of supply.
Bootleg Wnttty has been getting in its work in
recent days at a rats that -has thrown alarm
into the midst of the consumers and New York
ia cutting out the bootlegger in avoidance of
the undertaker. The word ia being passed that
last year ss many aa ooo deaths occurred in
this country as a result of booties liquor. The
condition became to alarming that the chemists
were moved to lavestigato the condition of the
supply and they found that eight out of every
ten quarts analysed contained poison.
-Recently' the prohibition people have become
quite active m demanding enforcement aad the
taw baa bee laid down to President Cootidge
unnecessarily so perhapa. It ia evident that the
government is being forced into a more active
campaign in enforcement ef the prohibition law
but in the meantime the bootlegger and his
wares are -speeding up the country toward a
state of perfect prohibition. When New York
shuts the door against "the critter." the a
try may know that conditions in wet circlet
sre bad.
. Americana Gooa Spenders
. (From IA tViakiM fsfls Rtcord-Ntvt.)
Americans are good spenders. Menev mem
by American tourists abroad in tozz amounted
to three hundred and fifty-six million dollars
according to ettimatet just made public by the
United States department of commerce. This
survey shows that tourists' expenditures hsve
increased since 10 19 end that the orobahlr
average jtacn .year about one hundred and
seventy million dollars during the period from
I BOO to T0I4-
lt; st said that Americana scent traveline
abroad this year more than four hundred mil
lion dollars. Travel it a great educator and
rivfltzer. It transforme narrow-eyed shriveled
localisms into wide-eyed men of vision and In
formation God pity the ignorant or those who
never get out of the rots where they were
placed at the hour of birth. '
The mind -ef the public is better attuned to
tbe educational needs of small children than
ever before. Certainly the. belief in the just
ness of extending full equivalency of educa
tional opportunity to all children it growing
in popularity. - The efficacy of this progressive
work with young children hat been -proved in
other school orgsnitttiont. 17 its introduction
into the consolidated rural school .promotes the
school's efficiency and it essential to the full
development of rural children 'the' money wiji
be found and obstacles M nt pathway will bt
removed. .
' Protect LpcomotJvea
(From Ik Foti Wtfth Rte'i.) .
Robbers held up a Southern Pacific train
murdered the engineer fireman mail clerk.
giving them no chance for their lives blew
cpen a safe -and escaped. -
Wouldn't it be possible and wouldn't k pay
to protect engitlecrt and firemen with s 'bullet
proof vestibule between tender and Womstive
hel let -proofing high enough to protect .tender
mtkA ak ItMllet-ftrAAF .lit L. ttM '4l-:m4
- - - (i..)mvi.i.
vcntilatira ' from i above - would -protect' from
shots m-front' Soch protection for tlsngertak
snnronly woxdd net be vaty expentiraaad the
goscrnmeut might snare tae. cost to protect fa
mails ;-'. S;-. " ' - V" '
i Outsit :tbe New York Centra!-stsrJscV'ia
Chicago you taay tee a row of high-powered
trucks etch carrying away aa-iroa swfe 'nearly
half ash aa a freight ; ear sad loaded directly
from the trsi wo .toMb truck to foil maQ
robbera :"EvidntIr highway jobbery' mutt bt
dealt with SS one of tb Important modern in
if y.1Tfia Ortef Talker 'W&W:
One trick M.HImn HnhheFa hss aften made
me frown; he talks about hit troubles at though
they weighed hf down. Yet b has.everyj
h1..ln - '..'. mWfidA- kuu SA -see. Saa St
should) 'be confessing his 'gratitude and
Hit health it ouite retolendeut. hit vitaJt wors
ing fine and he ij independent with rublet
put m brine; His'erita snd bamt are swelling
with harvests from bit) soil and yet he's always
telline about hit com or boiL He noes w
state ami atorv. hia ear It sainted blue : hit
credit! hunkydory. no bailuts art la -
hach dav the choicest victuals reward Urn for
hit toil ; yet While he ait and whittles he talks
about hit boa He talks shout hit .spavin from
mornjng until eight; yet su the things worm
bavin' are Urishtd oa this wight Hit 'wife
has jewels' jingling upon her ample breast hit
daughters fair are mingling ia every sow at test.
He asways has been guarded from trouble and
defeat; and nothing hat retarded his march to
Eaev street. He ahouid be blithe and cheerful.
bat when you seek his booth hell hand youv out
an searful about an aching tooth.. No anthem
is he bumming no madrigal -of glee and when
see. him coming I clunk the nearest tret
Walt Mason.
(Copyright 19s J by George Matthew Adams.)
Disappointment. . .
- ar sncAa a. oussjr.
Prom north or south or east or west
Whatever wind that blows it best.
Who mils the sea of life must brave
The tempest and the angry .wave.
Man may not bid the wind to stay
Nor hold the bitter cold away
God hat not given man the power
To rule the weather for an hour.
Man doet not with to weep and yet
Oft' shall hit eyet with tears be wet.
He does not choose to suffer pain - -
To face the days of driving rain
Or bow to disappointment's blow;
Yet at the long years coma and go
'Full many a broken dream and plan
Shall test his courage aa a man.
Man can not matter wind or wave
But need not to himself be slave.
Him he can master him compel
To bear with disappointment well;
To brave the bitter cold and rain
Which mar hit day and not complain.
This ia God's hope and dream for him:
He shall grow bigger than bit whim.
Lord when fair skies I'd choose and find
The day ia dreary and unkind.
When disappointment keen I meet
: And gray doods hide the sun I'd greet.
Let me not fling my faith away
But let me calmly face the day.
Grant me the strength to rise each morn
And bravely bear what must be borne.
(Copyright iojj by Edgar A Guest)
Tough Luck.
Willie (to kid in the house) Hey Eddie
come out an pay with me. I've got me wagon.
Eddie I can't Me father's gone to play
golf and he t wearing my knickers.
Gipsy Song.
Oh I am a gipsy I
Under the" spreading sky
I knre the earth
That gave me birth
And shall love it until I die.
. I wander afar at will
And each day brings the thrill
Aid the dear content
That tp me it lent
By forest and plain and hilL
Oh. what care I for a home?
My joy it it to roam.
The bank of a stream
It a bed and a dream
Beneath the calm and blue dome.
My life it as free as the air
And I have never a care.
The birds are my friends
And summer ne'er ends
For I follow it Either and there.
Then it's oh for the life so free.
And it's oh forever to be
Like the bird on tbe wing
With a heart to ting.
And the sky-tent over me I
Martha Newman Lamaoa in Recreation.
ho Did.
Hewitt -That old maid landed a husband st
last; she married an aviator.
Jewett She found like others that there it
room at the top.
-ENCHANT ZHJ. .
Lnrt tf th irresrn end tvtrgrttn
Fmrwt of clovtr end hnty$ck
1 '.hf Blu of tktmimrU fa at surly
V FUt w M iun ta ipttndor m -
CUt th eaotf end mg of ikt U
Lop of th mmvt on th M of your I
;fsll of tho 7 and loof f ls trot
. ' V flath of tihtrl Your tino nmsisf e
Ftkttr of thaioat ' m ' thov famp-l
v' Was. ;- .-
yj( 0 tho flhw pf for iw
. J: Roy Zeitt ta.Qutdoor Ameru.
Btirgess Bedtiine Stories-
Danny rindiitg'..'TWt:'fV
. $ sr TnoaaToa'a' svsoass
Th Groat World hat too m) 'Hty
To-tov th ttlfiih sad th gn4. "
.''V . :?: .0f ..MoriwrIgture.
Danny -hfesdow Mouse' was hiring' awonder
lul time. He had climbed mt the ajrplan-
which all the little people called' a man-bii
end .which had been left on the Green Mea
owt near Danny'a home tt had taken him n
time at all to decide that there was no' dange
there. Having mads' up bit mind to .this 1C
ran all over that machine. That it; be ran t
over the parti he could get to. He poked
Inquisitive little nose ; Into every . nook- sr.
corner. ' -. --'.Vs.:-
So it ws that presently Danny found 1
great treat. The man who had been flying th.
machine had left part of hit lunch there. Oann.
found it. There were a couple of sandwiches
Danny's note told him at once that they wer
good to eat. He began to nibble one . My. hov
good it tasted I He hadni tasted .anything 1
good for a longtime. ' -y : I
Danny forgot where he was.' He thought e
nothing but filling hit stomach with this splen
did food. He was greedy ret tir uannj
Meadow Mouse wu greedy. Hd didot even
think of Nanny Mesdow .Mouse. ;j; v 1
At last he could eat no more and tUU were
wat plenty left Then Danny thought of Han- i
ny. He knew he wouldn't be able to indues
her to come over there. ' . J . I
I'll lust take her a niece of this toad food..
said he to himself. "I won't tell her where 1
got it. Ill my I found it but won't say where
I found it" ...-'..
So Danny took a piece of bread crust in'hls
mouth and climbed out of the man-bird. Back
home to the old scarecrow he hurriedV v He"
wondered if Nanny had misted him. He
u
ssHjgax I
a fas
. blames Full of Meaning
(From Ik Saidt Pot.lmUitntr) ".
The nearer you come to primitive oeoole. the
more meaningful are names. The more com-
plicated our civilization becomes the more sb-
turd sre. names. Prise tighten are also dote
to the toil snd their names are refreshing.
roe iwsiauee aeessw gelly. Battling Nelson
Spider' Welsh Soldier Bartfleld Sailor Max-
ttedt J5ulu Kid Jamaica Kid Joplin Ghost
Kentucky Rosebud Gunboat Smith Low Down
Allen. One-Punch Hogan' Cyclone Thompson
Peanuts SchieberL Porky Fnn.
In a former day out west when a stranger
walked into camp he was not asked hit name.
They warned him. He1 wat SKm Jim sir Two.
Gun Bill or eddy Smith or Bottle-Nosed Ike.
way tBewu parents be allowed to name
children when they haven't the slightest idea
wnaj taey wiu ioo like or become 1
a A Retreat for Drunkardf
V- (Prom th Buffolo Nowt.) I. "'1
jOarths eastern coast of England h a tiny
island called Otea. H it shout a mfle snd s
half long and1hreruarteri of.a.mile wide.
It it S dllfbtM littlt retreat -covered with
tneadow land and charming old elm tress' ad
ideal: place 'for bathing sad ses fishing. '.
'-.Thla'islaad aat a history" that dates from
the tim of Edward the Confessor end from
that time it bss always had a ridng" and s
tnua'aopulation.-' v. v:.; - .v
; . The- present kittg is; son. of r brewer
wow inMcg u wniinuc n inn ouswess. in
doing this' ha tacrifleed more than h million
doflart It it said and bat-eenverecd the island
Into a -retrest for drunkards..-His efforts have
On the Wedding Trip.
"Now we're approaching that long tunnel.
you re not afraid my love?"
"Not at all if you 11 only take the cigar out
of your mouth dear.
Between Girls.
Louise Do you know at the kail the other
night Mr. Lovingham .called me a dream?
Edna Oh I Now I understand better what
he meant when he told me he suffered to much
from nightmares.
Now Whaddya Icitow About That
Customer (excitedly) Great guns my wife
has polished the furniture with the hair re
storer I bought of you.'
Barber And flew you would like another
bottle!
Customer--No no I I mutt ask you to come
over and shave the dining room table.
Back home to the old scarecrow he i
hurried.
climbed up to" their home. Nanny wasnt there.
Danny chuckled. Then he left the piece- e(
crust just outside the doorway and curled up
Inside for a nap. He wat tired. . " ' i
He was awakened by the return of Nanny'
Meadow Mouse. He heard her stop jutt'root-;
side the doorway. He knew what the wak do-
ing. ' He knew that the was smelling pf Aa'
piece of crust. He chuckled down inside' .H'
knew that crust would smell just as good to her
aa it had smelted to him and that she wouM
nibble it He knew that once she had nibbled it
she wouldn't be able to resist finishing hV I
- Dapny waited and pretended to be sxleet.'
After what teemed a long time Nanny Meadow;
Mouse oame in. "Where did yeu get that splen-j
(lid food?" the demanded for she knew very
well that Danny wasnt asleep. i i f
I found it said Danny. "NI
"I suppose you did" rkstorted Naaay.
'Where did you find it? "I't ?
"Oh I just found it replied Danny and
that is all he would say. . " ir
Nanny teased and teased but Danny wouldn't
tell her where he had found that crust ' ;
'Well." said the at last "I'm tisd' vov
found it I hope you can find Some. more.
Rut whatever you do keep sway from that
man-birdr n
Danny chuckled but h took cars ttatNan-
ny shouldn't hear him chuckle. Then he curled
up again for hit interrupted nap. ' . T
Tho Next Story: "Danny le Cauaht la a !
Bad Fix." . --.. V
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:vith'
tfir
uprsb1 success" for th sola
The Account of the Survivor
By Irvln 8. Cobb.
A. Southern negro saved up and bought him
self a motorcycle.; Having' mastered tbe thing
he went 'forth one. evening for s speed fest
Choosing s back road where ordinarily there
wat but little traffic he proceeded to hit it up.
Along toward midnight an ambulance brought
him. back to town. rHe' was unconscious and
very extensively smashed. After He had been
bandaged and splinted and generally bound up
be' slowly recovered bis senses Tht officiat
ing surgeon asked him how it happened.
"Well tub doctor stated the victim "netr
es I kin remember 'twua lak dltn 1 wus bottin'
namsj lone nice an comfortable com' "bout sixtv mlla
JeaTVr bour ur mebbe sixty-five when I tees two
lights headin' right 'towards me clos't -to da
ground an' "boot eight feet apart So I set to
myse'f dat k most be a coupler other motor-
dcrs 'Cont ng together. De roads wus
kinder narrow an atiywayI (wut movie' too
fast to tek'thtacet 'on tarnin roun' an mebbe
gom 4nto- de .ditch eo I figger dat de safest
plan an' de easiest plan would be. fur me jest
natchelly to whit right bet ween 'ent sa' go on
my way rejoicin'. . ';' ; ' f.-. .
Here the battered survivor with a seen siah
Loaned us narrative; ..v-vfr r.M-r.
Isolated Suneriluitv
j i i
By Dr. frank Crane. " J
I am new in receipt of a letter whichi-ex
plains all tbe things that I have long Wondered
tbout ' . . !
The letter ia anonymoua. It could not wall
be otherwise. No man would dare sigh his
name to such a fulminating compendium of
information. .... V
It it strange how you wonder and 'wonder
tbout the mysteries of life the complexities of
mathematics and the idiosyncrasies of insanity
end go on wondering and wondering; and then
somebody comet slong and tnakts the ' whole
thing clesr. ' ?. .
That it tht cast with this letter. . I give k
accurately as it wat written t know that the
leader will be aa astounded at I am "at the uttet
simplicity and clarity of the writar't views. ; I
understand tome of oar Entrllsh eritjee have
been complaining of the ceeamonpltceaott of
my pmtrtades. Here at least H something that
surely will excite their admiration. - The lettet
follows! . M:jMV.?l
My Dear Doctor : Zev'a a-reat strabrht Vic-
tory for America shows how the mais ttreng'h
of our country litt.ia her isolated superfluity.
What about the predicted Napoleonthlp of
Count Tolstoi's greet prediction with Papyrus
the League ef Nations aewspaptr thamp beaten
nve stngtas. -can tt. be said that tor v. S.
marines have got the salt monopoly' when It
comee to' considering politieal conditions ia tht
U. S. In a vitlon while Mr. Wilton wat presi-
dent down m Washington I once saw a tym-
bolitation ef the Drevailfaie nolitieal Issue' con
cerning the democratic and republican parties'
n that I saw s tbotoughbred pair sf hoeset ot
tupeotssset st s race it I
led me to take op the
Knclna at wnica x was teen in
almost total ignorance. - - .'' v "' ' '
But I found it to We largely of the swadern
science of government well worth a marines at-
tennon.-'
Our pollticlant and "statesmen being" V-"t
they are can you tell If tht development ef t -world
war at h paralleled these events in the
United States Marine aorpt in -1911 that cen-
tered On AurustKth of that Pear ia a t's.-e
Well proceed prompted the aurgeoa: "wail !"be Unked States Navy yard at Norfolk. Vt
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