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i HOUSTON TEXAS MONDAY.
.NOVEMBER 86 1923
f Europe Not An Issue in America
There la no denying th Intelligence and wisdom o( the men and
' women of the United State who so Inslatently urge a benevolent In-
tervention by the American government In European affair. Their
native are lofty and praiseworthy from whatever point considered
and. there la a condition In Europe that appeals strongly to one's altru-
ist le impulses as well as to the more sordid Impulse of self-interest
; Not since the signing of the Armistice has a year (one by when it
has not been necessary to collect large funds In this country to aid
the suffering people of Europe. The economic paralysis there Is more
acute at present than It haa been at any time since peace was restored.
And yet there seems to have been no progress whatever In reach
lnc agreements and adjustments which are as necessary to peace as
they are to the physical wellbelng of the people of the several nations.
The growing sentiment In the United States In behalf of some fax-
reaching effort to succor Europe might ultimately result In something
tangible except for the circumstance that European discord Increases
. more rapidly than does American sentiment In favor of benevolent In-
tervention. It has been assumed that our International relations would
be a mighty issue in next year's campaign as a result of the genuine
efforts made on this side to arouse the American people to the Im-
perative necessity of saving European civilisation. And yet as the
campaign period approaches It becomes more difficult to formulate
plans to execute such noble purposes.
There are but two courses by which the country might become an
active participant In European affairs. Force Is one and that the Na-
tion Is resolutely determined to avoid. Th remaining course Is to re-
construct Europe financially and Industrially out of our abundance of
gold and capital.
That course seems to be effectually barred by the ominous circum-
stance that Europe la on the brink of war. The Impossibility of utlllz-
- fag oar resources In behalf of peace under each conditions Is palpable.
How then. Is our campaign Issue relating to foreign relations to de-
velop? Assuming that the majority of the people ar already con-
verted to the Idea of benevolent intervention or participation In Euro-
pean affairs some practical foreign policy one including a concrete
plan of action will be necessary.
Is there any workable plan within reach. In view of present condi-
tions In Europe?
With Franc obstinately refusing reconsideration of reparations
aad persistently asserting her intention to occupy the Ruhr until the
last gold mark of reparations Is paid it is clear that there is at present
' no basis of agreement with France and without such agreement every
possible theory of European rehabilitation through American co-operation
falls to th ground.
Understanding agreement good faith and conciliation ar essential
precedents to the financial aid that Europe needs and an these are
lacking at least in the case of Franc.
Th anxiety to rescue Europe is so general and Is being so con-
stantly accentuated by both political and altruistic propaganda that It
behoove people of all parties to keep an eye upon Europe and not per-
mit the question to divert their minds from pressing Internal problems.
Until one party or the other proposes a workable plan of Intervention
that will not drag the Nation Into Europe's quarrels. It la the part of
wisdom not to become unduly excited over the matter.
In any event whatever the government may offer or do will be
tentative and conditioned absolutely upon a general understanding
between and agreement with all the European nations Germany Included.
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Early Morning Observations
..ff '.iy Miii m. paiuy. ' y
ms ji Roossvelt tad tht Navy
Rural Mothers' Clubs
Particularly gratifying In th reports of progress made at the an-
nual meeting of th Texas Congress of Mother' and Parent-Teacher'
asodatlons. In session at Tyler 1 that part referring to th Increase
tm th number of club In th rural districts.
Th addition of ISO new rural clubs with a membership of 2000 1
proof of the awakened Interest In community effort to promote the
welfare of rural schools. '
The rural districts are In need of the service of such club equally
with the city communities. Community work has been developed to
aa advanced stage In the towns and cities. In the country It has
: lagged. That is one reason why the country ha been deserted by
such a large number of desirable citizens. They have removed to the
cities where educational and social advantage appeared to be su
perior.
The rural teacher can not do a great deal to Improve the conditions
. surroundlni the school but with the assistance of th organised
mothers of the community the school can be made an educational and
social center which will magnify th service of the school In that
district.
8uch work aa this will be valuable In removing the discrimination
that axilla against the children of the rural schools and will be In
fluential In stabilizing the farm population and aiding agriculture.
The Mothers' clubs and Parent-Teachers' associations have proven
their efficacy In the cities. The schools would be greatly handicapped
without them now and the children deprived of much that benefit
them.
Both for the sake of the rural school children and for the advance-
ment of rural welfare this form of community service In the country
can not be encouraged too much.
There ought to be a club In connection with every rural school In
Texas.
Atlanta went ever her $(oeeoe Community
Chest drive by $19000. What did they use?
Common blasting powder TNT nitroglycerin
or dynamite?
Don't ye heer them r "When they call their
wettest 'Cobble gobble gobbls' "or do you
remember "The Mascot aa opera of forty
years back?
It seems that $30000 of Mr. Bok's $100000
peace prist is psyabl only after the successful
plan la accepted by the United States senate.
And that means that Mr. Bok has offered a
prise of $50000 not $100000.
Tba bey whose father lesves a big gob '
money for him te depend upon sad law about
will make the best showing in th world.
Customers Not Monopoly the Need
Lloyd George uttered a great truth when he declared that the real
reason for unemployment In England Is the Impoverishment of
Britain's customers by the war. "It is not protection against French
mills you need but against French militarists" he eays In his own
inimitable way.
The conservative party headed by Prime Minister Stanley Bald
win is proposing to sdopt a policy of protection for English manu
facturers and quite naturally they are telling the workingman It
1 srfU mean tile full dinner pail for him.
The example of the United States likewise. Is being cited and no
doubt British protectionist sentiment is encouraged somewhat by a
talr to retaliate on the United SUtea In Canada such a feeling
exist In marked degree.
' What Lloyd George says about slackness of trade being due to tm
povariahed customers is ss worthy of being heeded In America ai
tty England. The dominant party In America haa erected a tariff wall
. t) keep out producta of other countries and to give American In
tarsals right-of-way In American markets. But while It la doing that
ft Is curtailing the market for some of the American people's beat
- tatreign customers.
f Th unemployed In Britain and th grain farmers of America ar
M th same boat. Neither ean sell their wares abroad. For England
to adopt protection wouia oniy max a bad situation worse. And if
aft nations were to follow th selfish protective policy of the United
state what 1 to become of International commerce?
Th BntUD people neror going in tor protection should look well
tat th results of that policy here. They will find that other factors
!a this great resourceful country are responsible for the com para
tfvaly good tint prevailing on this side. They will find that what
' prosperity w have come not as a result of our tariff policy but in
eptta at tt
:j widow waa (trlppad to th waist and flogged In Georgia a few
day aga v Want ImQomvfw answer to rack a cowardly outrag?
What's wrong about this sentence: "He re-
tires from office with th distinction o( having
expended the public money economically and
wisely and lowered the tax burdens of the peo-
ple." Mark Sullivan says Johnson's candidacy with
Pinchot'i certain entry will mean s hard fight
for Coolldge. If he can silence that pair he
will become the Big Moist of the republican
Party-
Unleti Harris county issues 60000 poll tax
receipts both Delist snd Bexar counties ar
likely to pais her. And only citizens who vote
count
Parents are very selfish mean and cruel to
their children when they consult their own feel-
ings and withheld the needed paddling.
It teems that the president's answer is "yes.
yea" or 'nay nay" when he answers at alL
'Modesty is becoming exceedingly rare
among women." say a Tulsa minister. The
women may cease to be modest but there will
always be a modesty surplus so long as the
newspapers remain.
General Patrick tayt onr army planes would
be useless in the event of war. That's playing
true to onr form. We most never be prepared
because if we were there would be no occasion
for our usual war hysteria waste and corrup
tion.
Evangelist Bob Jones says if he had his way
he would pot all the bootleggers and all their
patrons la the penitentiary. In what peniten-
tiary f
So far the congress hss voted $1500000000
for the benefit of veterans of the world wsr.
That sum might hire accomplished wonders if
congress had provided a plan to bavt the money
spent on th veterans.
In Wisconsin the democratic party is taid to
be suffering from catalepsy- Our impression it
that it was cremated the moment it ceased to
breathe.
Wt do not advise lovers of lemonade to use
the Florida oranges on the Houston market for
that purpose. These oranges are to sour that
too much sugar would be required to sweeten the
lemonade. Florida must be grafting her orange
trees to vinegar barrels.
One week from today snd congress will be in
at aiios and w tuppoac the first complete job
it will report will be the taming of Magnus in
the senste.
American breeders (fee notice that they will
stk increased dutiet on imported canary hirdi.
Right now we are not yearning for higher
canary birds bat rather cheaper turkey a.
Sir Arthur Ketth the London anthropologist
declares that in soti women will be shaven-
headed snd men will wear curia We ar grad-
ually becoming reconciled te s cessation of our
earthly tenure. If the trigger men and motor
fiends will let us Hve out our expectancy wt
ask no more.
.About the only complimentary thing we re-
member ever to have seen shout former Crown
Prince Frederick Wilhelm wit the recent
French opinion that he might be dangerous.
It was rank flattery however. He hat never
amounted te enough to be dangerous.
They say Jimmy Cox is going t make an
earnest try for the nomination. We notify the
Ohio democracy rigit now that ke can expect
nothing from ear Bean Sabrettry. It is doted
down snd the doors srt sealed.
Too mock mooey causes s good many people
to become soft of muscle and a great many
more to become soft of head.
Cordef Hull ssys democrats win have to be
confident and enthutleatie if they sre to win.
Yea we must rally 'round the job boys rally
'round th job shouting the battle-cry of freedom.
If mea fail te de aa well as women it must
be remembered we have ne gentleman Dorothy
Dix te advise as.
This Is Thanksgiving week. Prepare for
feasting and rejoicing. Man ean not show hit
gratitude te the Giver of AD Good without
stuffing himself like a cannibal and risking
everything from angina pectoris to a general
paralysis of his haslets.
Some Poatacriptg
Dubuque was the first permanent settlement
in Iowa.
In Ireland there waa aa exaeutien by drewn-
iag in 1777.
Dromedaries can perform a journey of 600
miles in five days.
Six thousand persons fell in duels during ten
years of the reign of Henry IV.
The works that bear the name of Alexandre
Duaas number some 1500 volumes.
Memphis was suppssid to havt been one of
the largest cities of the ancient world.
The dum-dum bullet was named after the
placa near Calcutta where it wss first made.
There has bee sa amazing increase in the
ase of Cameras snd photographic materials in
China in the last decade.
Government engineer ar developing a new
low-coat cartridge as carrier (ar liquid oxygen
explosivea for ua in mining operstions-
Mrs. Annie Asher Smith of Fredericksburg
has the distinction of being the first woman to
hold office si county treasurer ia Virginia.
In Rumania 30000 animalt were recently at-
tacked and killed by the Commbaci fly which
heart resembisace to the mosquito gnat and
laette fly.
Or Look Down Qun Barrel.
(From tht Kontot City Atv.)
It is still possible to be injured without the
aid of a assess ear. Ye eta fall
vstar shaft ea the way t th eteti
f
avPn'
' . IF Rand Admiral .Imay
fgwM r Scitutik AmiriM.) v
Few .people realise th debt we wt Theo-
dore Reeeevtlt for the devtlopment ol our na-
tional defeases especially our first line of de-
frost the navy. Few realise the historical snd
technical knowledge 'he brought to bear upon
this subject The average man on the street
docs not knew or has forgotten that at the age
of he published one of the tnoet remarkable
historical narratives' ever written by an Amer-
ican "The Nsval War ef i$ia." It shows aa
understanding of ttte fundsmental requirement
of naval efficiency that few officers of his
time had achieves
The studies required to produce this book
enabled him at once to understand the meas-
ures necesssry to bring the navy up to s stst
of efficiency from the deplorable condition into
which it had fallen by the time he became as-
littant secretary of the navy department. He
knew so well the qualities of material and
training that make a ship a reliable battle unit
that when our deficiencies in these respect
were presented for hit consideration he ac-
cepted the criticisms in tht spirit in which
progress demanda that criticisms should slwsys
he accepted snd in which they are so seldom
accepted by the responsible euthoritiea. He in-
sisted upon s thorough investigation of the ac
tual facts the fixing of responsibility snd th
immediate initiation of the necessary measures
10 correct our mistakes.
Before his efforts were Interrupted by the
Spanish wsr he had appointed a board of of-
ficers to inquire into tht ctuses of our ineffi-
ciency in marksmanship and to recommend
methods of training to remedy this. After the
war he found himself opposed by officers who
pointed to our successes st Manila and San-
tiago nd who strenuously objected to any
public criticism of what they declared waa a
navy that left nothing to be desired in the way
of efficiency of either material or personnel.
Ht understood so well the conservative stti-
tude of military men that he insisted upon an
impartial presentation of the actual fscts and
a comparison of these with the target practice
records known to have been made in foreign
navies. Needless to say the record of about
one bit in 50 shots at the battle of Manila snd
cf one in about 30 st the battle of Santiago
showed him the seriousness of the situation ;
rnd these records costrstted with the aston-
ishing results of the new methods of training
in the British nary convinced hixn of the neces-
sity of taking the matter in hand himself.
Thia he did by ordering the new British
training methods put into operation snd order-
ing all gun gear snd gun sights changed to
make these methods possible with our guns.
Within s short time the improvement wss so
astonishing at to be difficult of belief. The
rapidity and accuracy of fire the ''hits per gun
per minute" were increased to such an extent
as to indicate thst in battle we' should be sblt
in one minute to land two tons of heavy pro-
j ctiles against aa enemy's hull st s distance
ct three miles whereas formerly we would not
have been able to hit an enemy more than twice
in an hour's firing. It was an increase in effi-
ciency of more than J.000 per cent.
At the same time he gave hia personal at-
tention to the question of ship design. He
grasped at once the significance of the new
target practice records the fundamental fact
that the b'g turret guns could make a high
per cent 0' hits at a range at which the few
hits that small guns could make would do little
damage. He at once advocated the all-big-gun
ship the modern dreadnought but he found
as usual that the new type was opposed by' the
navy department. This opposition he would
have speedily overruled had it not been for a
much more serious obstacle the force of public
opinion created by an article by Admiral Ma-
han advocating the small gun at the principal
battle ship weapon. This made it impossible for
congress te approve the dreadnought type.
Nothing deterred he insisted upon an analysis
of the subject for the purpose of showing that
Mahan's arguments were based upon wholly
mistaken information concerning the hitting
power of a battle ship's heavy gun at long
ranges. These conclusions he gave to the press
thus bringing about the surrender of the chair-
man of the senste nsval committee who came
out strongly for the new type which wss forth-
with ordered designed.
Unfortunately the first of these shipt were
badly designed and were at once criticised by
Commander Key. These criticisms were op-
posed with all of the power of the principal
dignitaries; but Roosevelt as usual instated
rpon a showdown of all the facts. He caused
the whole matter to be discussed by s body of
about 50 officers in s conference which he
opened in person at the naval war college at
Newport. The result was that the defects crit-
icised were corrected as far as possible in
ships partly built. But more important still
ceasuret were ordered that would make sure
the avoidance of such mistakes in future de-
signs ; and since that time the design of our
battle ships has been second to nont in the
world.
In tddition to correcting such vitally im-
portant defects ss those above indicated both
in design and in methods of training he fare
his attention to many of tht major details upon
which efficiency depended. To cite but a sin-
gle exsmple he used his influence to overcome
the opposition to correcting the incomprehen-
sible defect of open turrett wide open st thst
lime from the gun platforms down to the mag-
tines directly below. The danger of thia de-
sign baa been frequently pointed out but was
successfully denied until it was demonatrated
by the terrible turret accidents that resulted in
the delth of many of our officers and men.
The consternation cauaed by these horrors
was such thst the department actually advo-
cated the abandonment of all efforts to in-
crease the rapidity of fire of our heavy guns
and advised that the records of our competitive
target practices should be based upon the per-
centage of hits only. In this crisis Roosevelt
showed s comprehension of the wholly essen-
tial element of battle efficiency indicated by
his phrase "bits per gun per minute" the
standard of comparison then in use in our tar.
get practices. In a Hinging letter he gave or-
ders that we should continue to make every ef-
fort to increase the rate of hitting to put mare
hit! into sn enemy't hull than he could put into
curs ia s given interval of time.
But more important still thsu tht essential
changet in design and methods indlcsted wat
the change wrought by the great spirit behind
it all. He wss the despair of the reaotion-
ariet and the joy of the younger and forward
looking officers of the nary. Every ma on
every ship from tht captain down soon rial-
ued that there waa a master mind insisting
thst nothing but result! should count; that "tht
rnly shots that count are tht shots thst hit'
Since then wt have had a new navy.
He jarred tht old-time navy out ef its com-
placent conceit He well understood and tried
to make the navy realiie thst tht greatest den-
ser in s military organization is dry rot re-
sistance to progrtts snd the substitution of S
comfortable administrative routine for prepara-
tion for war.
It is fitting that the anniversary ef thia re-
markable man's birth should hsvt been select-
ed as our national navy day. Ht was the fath-
er of our modern navy. He lastllltd late K a
spirit that brought int play Mm tWrnuat
stcrUag tuatjtie al th fmmiLVa m
. Twenty-Five Years Pi&i
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Prnni Th Houaton Pott Pllat.
George C Pendleton ef Belton is In the city.
Middling spot cotton wss quoted at 5 i-t
eeota pr pound.
Editor W. A. Leonard of the Angletop Timet
ia ia Houston today.
Congressman A S. Burleson and Commis-
sioner Jeff Johnson of Austin paid The Pest
a pleasant call.
J. B. Palmar State secretsry of the Y. M.
C A- addressed a gathering el men at the as-
sociation building..
A mass meeting ef citiiens In the First Pres-
byterian eburch was called in the interest of
tht Y. M. C A. J V. Desly was nsraed ehair-
Hon. R. B. Hawley of Galveston who was
re-elected congressman from the Tenth dis-
trict waa In the city. He has recovered from
the fatigue ef the campaign.
The blacksmiths snd horseshoers of the city
listened to an address at the Lswlor hotel by
former Vic President W. J. Kelly of the Mas-
ter Horseshoer's association.
Stats HArraNiMOS.
Dallas "Farmer" Shaw announced he
would support J. D. Childs of San Antonio for
speaker of the next bouse.
Pslestiney Dr. W. S. Sutton of the Univer-
sity of Texas is here to deliver sn sddress to
the Esst Texss Teachers' association.
Fort Worth. Congressrasn DeGrsffenreid of
Longview is here. He says the srmy will prob-
ably be increased to 100000 men. In that case
he thinks Texss should have additional army
potts; and suggests Fort Worth at a desirable
point.
Greenville. The report of the spiritual ststt
of the church made to the North Texss Meth-
odist conference ssld that the growth of wom-
en's clubs wss cutting down church sttendance
and wss bringing about a formalism resulting
in s low spiritual stste.
Bastrop. Governor-elect Saytrs announces
that he will not attempt in any way to influ-
ence the organization of either the house or
the senate. To do so he believes would be s
palpable invasion of the legislative branch by
the executive and he lesves his friends free to
use their best judgment.
Dallas. The Commercial club of Dallas gave
a banquet at the Oriental tonight in honor oi
Governor-elect Joseph D. Savers. Speskers
were: Governor Sayers J. D. Childs of San
Antonio J. M. Moroney Judge George N.
Aldredge Barnctt Gibbs J. S. Armstrong Hen-
ry Exsll J. F. Elliott R. E. L Saner Captain
Sydney Smith W. IUingworth W. C. Connor.
Austin. Arrangements sre being made for
the Inaugural ball for Governor Sayers. Walter
Tips Is chairman of the executive committee;
P. J. Lawless transportation ; C F. Drake dec-
oration : D. F. Houston musk ; J. A. Hooper
press; j. L. Peeler finance; E. M. House re-
ception; C S- Morse invitation and David
Harrel. floor. Citizens of Austin will be
charged $5 per ticket. Out-of-town visitors
will be admitted free.
GsMCSAL.
Washington. The United States navy has
landed marines in China to guard American in-
terests during the period of unrest.
London. A letter from a Manila firm says
tht Philippines will resist annexation to the
United States and will put up a stiff fight to
prevent it"
Berlin Frank Knaak of New York was ar-
rested snd thrown into jsil on t charge of lese
majesty. He is alleged to have made an un-
complimentary remark about the emperor wMle
seated with bis wife in a restaurant. '
Physical Education
By Dr. Frank Crane.
Education it a large word. It ought to cover
the whole training of the child.
In our present school system our chief in-
heritance is the ides of merely training the mind
(it might be more accurate to say the memory)
for the most important part of the mind's func-
tioning the business of thinking judging snd
of exercising the creative imagination does not
yet receive sufficient emphatii.
There are other needs in education. A child
needs to be trained to exercise and strengthen
hit inhibitions which it the substtnee of what
we mean when we tpeak of morality.
He should be trained to work; that it he
should be able to do some skillful and useful
labor for which the world it willing to pay him
money. That it the one kind of effort that 11
worthy to be called labor.
But most of all he needs a trained body.
We cannot get away from the fact that we
are fundamentally animals that our general
efficiency as well as our happiness depends
largely upon the perfection of our bodies.
The so-called athletics in schools and col-
leges sre far from bring the kind of training
children need. What . they really need is to
know bow to eat and drink and exercise in
such a way st to make their bodies tound and
strong. This is as much a science aa arithmetic
it. It has its laws which the teacher ought
to know.
John R. Quinn. national commander of the
American Legion says that in spite of the 31
Slate laws which in greater or less degree stip-
ulate local provision for physical education yet
the facta are that today not more than is per
cent of the school children of the nstion are
receiving this fundamental training.
There Is sn emphatic necessity that the fed-
eral government act promptly and intelligently
0 co-operate with the Statet to promote physic-
al education.
In the recent war more than a million re-
cruits in the prime of life were found not
nuslified for full military service and many of
these men were obliged to spend weeks In
training camps in order to get the preliminary
physical training.
There should be some comprehensive national
scheme of physics! culture not only for the pur-'
pote of efficiency but of national defense.
The real walls thst protect s nation sre tht
fifth snd blood of its manhood.
Tbe American Legion is wisely urging con-
gress to determine the method of attacking this
problem. This organization suggetta the fol-
lowing stept to be tsken :
First : Every tchool room teacher should be
trained so thst she ean give proper physical
culture.
Second: A sufficient number of special
teachers in physical education should be sup-
plied to supervise this work.
Third: Adequate indoor and outdoor space
aad simple equipment should bt supplied.
Besides this the federal government should
sid tht States by making available tht best up-to-dste
information and advice upon the sub-
ject As Ruskin tells us "Tbt veins of weslth srt
not tht veins of gold snd silver in tht tsrth
hut the veins of rich red blood in the bodies of
youth."
(Copyright loij by Frank Crane.)
the word efficiency a new meaning. All under-
stood that he valued the navy only in propor-
tion te ita demonstrated ability to defeat an
enemy in battle. He gave h the fighting edge.
Though ht ia dead this remains ; for his spirit
still lives aad win always ht a chtrlshtd tra-
dition and an kraluablt Inspiration ia the day
ft . -ii .
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Just a Rhyme or Two
looted.
sxrinjinnj-inri' " "' "
tV lived next door to B. H. Barr aloce
Tt.. mauuI ha trm anil Mir affection OSUght
could mar a thing beyond all price ; and when
he planned to buy a car he asked for my ad
vice. "The ROorpack car is wnat yoe
! said and meant it all; "tt has the pep it
hsa th apeed ita upkeep eost is smsll; sine
you havt asked me for my jrtds the Roorback
has the cad." He bought a Roorback car that
day nor grumbled at the cost; and now h
stops me on my way to tell me I'm a frost; it
1. muI ht hlame old drsv. from burmp-
er to exhaust It is a pitfall and a snare it
cat no pep or xtest; tne way t wauows
k.r. inat makea hia anirit sick! some day he
ssys he will get square and pay mt for that
trick We have no pleasant visits now wueu
dusk is all around but gloom is throned upon
bis brow his laughs do not resound and often
he impounds my cow. and kicks my priceless
hound. H works around his busted but and
shakes his fist at me and often I can hear
him cuss in lingoes five or three and as he
toils amid the muss hit wrath is sad to see.
Oh never more shall I advise the man who'd
buy a-boat; let other self-complacent guys
themselves to thst devote let other neighbors
put him wise and sound the helpful note.
Walt Mason.
(Copyright ipsj. by George Mstthew Adsms.)
8oullss Vamp.
"Thst vamp of ours it soulless" declared Mr.
Pretzel of Pretzel's Perfection Pictures.
And there wss drsms in his voice.
"I though thst wss just press sgent stuff"
observed the magnate from the next lot. "What
life has she ruined now?"
"Nothinj like that. But the hearless wretch
has come at us for a thousand more per week."
. .
Ag and Youth.
BY BDOAS A. GUEST.
Youth and age in conflict are
And will be to the end of time.
Age has no with to journey far
Age hat no strength or will to climb
Age to the old will fondly cling
But youth demands the newer thing.
Asaitt the new old age is set
New tricks are hard for him to do ;
Yet gruff old sge should not forget
The time wss when his dresm was new.
When strength wat hit then wat he bold
And tcorned the preachings of tbe old.
What though you cannot run with youth
What though you cannot higher climb?
You need not blind your eyes to truth
Muscles of course must bow to Time
But still the mind can keep abreast
With what is new and what it best.
Youth does not scorn your lack of strength
It merely scorns your narrow view
Your vain attempt to bold st length
All that it undertakes to do.
The blustering waves young hearts will stem
If sge will but play fair with them.
(Copyright loaj. by Edgsr A. Guest.)
A Partnership Loss.
Mrs. Slimmer Your wife wsa telling me the
wss going on s reducing diet. Has it proved
successful ?
Mn. Ponderoae't Little Husband Quite!
We have lott thirty pounds.
Our Bridge.
Right in the heart of Houston
Not far from the hurry and din.
It a lovely tpot called Cleveland park
So quiet and peaceful within.
Where the mocking birds ting in the morning
From their neats in the liveoak treet
While the branches tway at the dawn of day.
Stirred by a cool south breeze.
And then in the hush of evening
At the end of the toilsome day.
Comes the voices of little children.
At they joyously thout st their play.
And there comes s crowd of young folks.
Picnic baskets st their fide.
For the happy bunch will spread their lunch
Nesr the bridge so strong snd wide.
And the moon rising over the city.
Sends s glimmer o'er the lske
And wstches them hurry snd scamper.
Gathering sticks their fire to make ;
Tis a picture worth remembering
One which we'll all hold dear
For in future years thru our smiles snd tear a
We wil think of our good timet here.
Houston Texss. Alta Bender.
A Vision and a Prediction
By Irvln S. Cobb.
Altogether I figure I must hsve hesrd s
dozen separate renditions of this ancient clas-
sic Nearly every State in the Southwest hat
Its own wsy of telling it differing more or lets
from sll the other ways. However the version
I like best it the Anions version.
As this one runs the thing befell in tbe old
territorial days when the country wat cruder
than it it now. It seems there was a Mex-
ican aheephearder who committed s cold-blooded
assassination. Even law-abiding sheepherd-
ers were none too popular back in those days
and this particular sheepherdeV immediately
became the object of an interne and general
aversion on the part of the citizenry. He wat
pursued captured lodged n jail and in due
time having been indicted was brought up for
trial before a certain judge.
The jury heard the evidence and the speeches
then retired snd within sn hour came in with
s verdict of murder in the first degree. But
short ss the time of their deliberations was
bis honor had not wasted it. During the re-
cess he had retired to hit private chambers
where he had consumed the better part of a
quart of prime Kentucky whisky. When he re-
turned to the bench to hear the jurors' findings
and past sentence he was in s wesving way.
He slumped down in his chsir snd when the
foremen hsd snnounced the result jutt arrived
st In tbe jury room he with difficulty focused
a wavering eye upon the convicted malefactor
and in a thick and hiccoughy tone gave the
order
"Jose Msnuel Miguel Xsvier Gonzales stand
up I"
Tht prisoner rose In his plsce.
"Jose Msnuel Miguel Xsvier Gonzales" ssid
hia honor "in but a few short months It will
be spring. Tbe snows of winter will flee swsy
the ice will vanish snd tht air will become soft
and balmy. In short Jos Msnuel Miguel
Xsvitr Goesales tht tnnusl miracle of tht
yesr's reswskening wilt comt to pats.
"Tht rivulet will run Its purling course to the
tea. The timid desert flowers will put forth
their tender shoots The glorious valleys of
this imperisl domain will blostom ss the rose.
From every tree top tome wildwoodt songster
will carol his msting tong. Butterflies will
sport In the sunshine and the busy bee will hum
happily st it pursues its seeustomed avocation.
Tbe gentle breezes will tease the tasaelt ef the
wild grasses. And sit nature Jose Manuel
Miguel Xsvier Gonzales will be glsd.
"But you you ytllow-bellled Mexican son
of a gunyou won't be here to Ke it because
you'ft going te get hung four week from this
coming Friday.
(Cewtight ipsa by th MeNaught Syn Int.)
. ( i. -0 . . . k - '
BEAUTY Of NATUM."
Who foe net IA Wy twi ' ' .'
Ms tmtU of flovtri tht tound tt pr.
Ta long '' tht hum f itti.
Murmuring in grttn nd frugr oo'
Tar wofc vf thUdrrnm tht Prmg
Along tht fitli path wonitrtng.
.;; : " 1 auuar. .
Burgess Btime Stories -..V" '.
Nanny and Danny Hear Familiar Vole.
BTTaoaTO w. auaoaaa.
Thtrt it no thrill tiht that you fttl '
Whtn in ttrmutt ItiuAi a ekanct I roasjt :
And htar s enct-famiiiar voieo '
Tht votct of out who tomtt from homo.
Penny Meadow Moust
When Danny and Manny Meadow Mouse ;
hsd started on their strange journey In th 4
grtat man-bird tht Green Meadow were brown. -Most
of the lesves bad fallen from th tree
In the Green Forest and the Old Orchard Hap- .
py Jack Squirrel Chatterer the Red Squirrel
snd Rusty the Fox Squirrel were busily engage4 '
In carrying acorns and hickory nuts and chest
nuts snd beechnut! to their storehouses. Jack
Frost cam every night Johnny Chuck bad '
gone to sleep for the winter. Jerry Muskret
and Paddy the Beaver had finished making
their houses ready for winter. Honker the '
Goose hsd come down from the Fsr North and
had already continued on hia way te hia winter
home in the Sunny South. '
Jenny Wren had been a long time gone. So
bad most of the feathered folk of the Old Or-
chard excepting those who had planned to -
spend the winter there. Old Mr. Toad had
buried himself in the ground and had already
been in his deep winter sleep for tome time.
Grsndfsther Frog had long since sought hit
winter bed in the mud st- the bottom of tbe
Smiling Pool. As for Dsnny and Nanny them-
Johnny Chuck had gone to sleep for th
winter.
selves they lad prepsred for the long weeks
of cold weather snow and Ice which the com-
ing of Jack Frott warned them were close at
hand.
It was the third day of their strange journey
that Danny noticed how much warmer it waa
than it had been. The great man-bird had come
to rest late in the afternoon and as was his
way the sviator had tint made sure that then
wss plenty of food in their cage and then hsd
gone away for the night. It wat only after the
noise the great man-bird made when flying had
stopped that Danny and Nanny could talk.
"Have you noticed my dear" taid Danny
"how much warmer it has grown? I do not be-
lieve Jack Frost has been here at all. That is
queer. Usually when Jack Frost comes be
comet to stay. He certainly bad come to stsy
on the Green Meadowt."
"I wish I knew where we are and where wt
are being carried to" said timid little Nanny.
"1 wonder when we will get back home again.
I am homesick. I am homesick Danny Mead-
ow Mouse."
"Forget it my dear" said Danny who
really was enjoying the adventure. "You'll
get over it. I don't see how you can ask for a
more comfortable home than you now have
right here in this man-bird."
Nanny had to admit that it was comfortable
enough but she reminded Dsnny that they
were prisoners snd thst no amount of comfort
would ever make up for loss of freedom.
It was very early the next morning while
they were eating their breakfast that Danny
and Nanny heard a voice that fairly stsrtled
them. They thought they must have been fool-
ed by their awn ears. They stopped eating and
listened again. In a moment they beard it
again. It wat a scolding voice
"If I didn't know that it couldn't be so I
would sy that Jenny Wren it right near us"
whincred Dsnny.
"But the can't be" whispered Danny. "She
s'arted for the Sunny South some time ago.
Rut that voice certainly does sound like hers.
It certainlv does. Do you suppose she hat
come back?"
"Tut tut tut tut tut" sounded thst voice.
It .certainly wat familiar very familiar indeed
(Copyright 19a by T. W. Burgess.)
The next story: "A Moat Surprising
Surprise."
The Privileges of a "Fan"
(From the New York Timn.)
A case lately tried in Vienna brings up soms
delicate points of the ethict of professional
sport. How far does the fan's right of crit-
icism extend? Where is the line between the
?thlete's legitimate sense of self-respect and
hit exaggerated artistic telf-esteem?
One Julius Gruenwald wat t stockholder in
the Vienna football club. In s fanning bet at--the
Hotel Union Josef Blum the captain of
the team doubtless too full of the native
fluids csrelettly stked Stockholder Gruenwald
whom he regarded as the real stars of the
tram. Mr. Gruenwald just as incsutionsly ad-
mitted that Captain Blum and a certain Hortjs
were the only onet who amounted to much.
Comparison! are odious. They were spe-
cially odious to one Aloit Tremmel a utility
r'ayer who rote up and called the critical
Gruenwald a "Lautbub"' and a "Sehuft" and
declared that he had been .intending for a long
time to give him what wat coming to him. In
order to make his meaning clear Mr. Trem-
mel gave Stockholder Gruenwald shove and
poked bim in the jaw.
Here the sorrows of Mr. Tremmel were
pored forth. Gruenwald he declared knew
nothing about football; he came to the garnet '
only to give the home tesm the rszs. Substi-
tutes immobilized on the bench were compelled
to sit still snd hear Mr. Gruenwald calling thtm
toobs dumbbells buthera and various other
things tht adjectlvt "red" being Often added
apparently as a reflection on their soclalltt
fsith.
Mr. Tremmel explained thst he himself be-
ing a disabled veteran waa very nervous and
sensitive snd doubtless it wss true that he had
poked Mr. Gruenwald on the jsw. But didn't
he have It coming to him ? The court thought
not and fined the bellicose veteran 400000
crowns or about $515- For tht moment the"'
gay Viennese Is apparently secure in hia priv-
ilege of bawling out the home team.
t
But H Can't Los Job Hunter.
(From tht Dttroit Frtt Prtutom-
A vie president who goes Into to Walt
House aa a big advantage because laean am
a ensapsig prstnlisa t eoasitkap
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