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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL
13, 1913.
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CIRCULATION BOOKS
OPEN TO ADVERTISERS
A political party that hopes for success
must not feed on the spples of discord.
From now until the municipal election the
political pot will boil and somebody's goose
will be cooked.
Lives there a man, with soul so dead, who
never to himself hath said: "I am resolved
to do or die and, sink or swim, I'll swat the
fly"?
The New Jersey law requiring the muz-
zling of hatpins has been the butt of para-
graphic humor, but it seems to have reached
the point.
A report comes from London that militant
suffragettes are holding up trains, but that
is icmething women have been doing for,
lo! these many years.
Next week the great Spring Carnival and
Battle of Flowers will attract thou-
sands of visitors to the city. Do not delay-
preparations for their ample entertainment.
San Antonio ought to be kept neat and
clean all the time, but in view of the com-
pany she will have in her midst next week
there ought to be some special efforts at
cleaning up now.
These aftermaths of winter, when it is not
cold enough for fire and too cool to be com-
fortable without one in the morning and
evening hours and warm enough for fans at
noon time have their disagreeable features.
A LAY SERMON.
It is said that Notker, 3 monk of St. Gall,
who lived in the year 911, was one day
witching some workmen engaged in building
> bridge at Martinsbrucke, a work so peri-
lous that the slightest misstep would hurl
one to death, and he was led thereby into a
train of thought which resulted in his com-
posing a Latin antiphon which afterward
constituted the groundwork for Luther's an-
tiphon. "De Morte," and which is the base
of that clause in the burial service con-
tained in the Book of Common Prayer: "In
the midst of life we are in death."
Certainly nothing could be more true.
There is not a moment in the life of any
human creature when there is an assurance
of another minute of life. On the contrary—
Heath rides on every passing breeze,
He lurkH in every flower.
By sitting in the cooling breezes which
fan a fevered brow, delightful to experience,
a cold is taken which affects the lungs and
death follows. By handling a beautiful rose
the finger may be pricked and blood poison
resulting, the span of life is suddenly cut
short, perhaps in childhood or in what we
call middle age. But it is not so much the
literal meaning of the quotation from which
the lesson of life and death i* to be learned
as the figurative.
When we are basking in the pleasant
breezes of health and happiness and pros-
perity, when walking amid bowers of roses,
when our pathway is lined with roses, then,
is it all times, death is so near us it can
come without a moment's warning. It has
come just as suddenly and as unexpectedly
to thousands of others in times past, and it
can come to us just as swiftly and as noise-
lessly. It has come as quickly to some we
have known within the last week. Persons
»e hive known in vigorous health and ap-
parently with prospects of long lives, have
•uddenly been struck by the icy hand and in
■n instint these lives were snuffed out. In
Sin Antonio, within a few days, men have
died without warning. A sudden attack of
hurt trouble, in issassinition, a suicide
without premeditation, ill these hive shocked
the people of San Antonio, and similar events
hive been taking place in all parts of the
world.
The lesson in be learned from this, then, is
that we should so live that when the sum-
mons comes, whenever it may be. whether
in the next minute, the next hour, the next
year, or not for many yeafc-n miy fifid us
rciifc. Just about 100 )ea( the (ificers
V 7 1
Did ye nob hear it? No; 'twas hut t
Or n ,»ar rattling o'er ihe stony street
Ou with 1 be dance; let Joy he unconfined.
And the revelry was continued until an
enemy had stolen upon the army and it wis
too late to drive him off. The ittack was
made suddenly and when (he first sounds of
warning came they were disregarded. Tbe
officers were too greatly engrossed in pleas-
ure to heed the warnings. It was but the
wind, they said, and this delusion resulted
in their utter rout. It is just so with
many of us now. We engage in pleas-
ure or in business, and in the midst of this
the enemy comes upon us without notice,
and when the first warnings come we pass
over them lightly, refusing to realize their
import. Like the wind, as these officers
said, these warnings are regarded, and sud-
denly we find the great enemy, Death, has
stolen upon us and, finding us unprepsred,
he sweeps us before him in consternation.
It is better, then, to never become so greatly
absorbed in other things that we forget to
be constantly ready for the enemy when he
comes. If we are always ready, we need
have no fear of death—
Cowardi die many time# before tbelr deaths;
The valiant never taste of dentil but once.
It is the soldier who is unprepared that
is cowardly; the one who is constantly ready
to meet the enemy does not fear him. Let
the enemy come in the open daylight or when
the curtains of night have been pinned back
by the stars, the valiant soldier is ever on
the alert, ever ready for the meeting, con-
sequently there is no fear. It is for every-
one to choose whether he shall be ready or
meet the enemy unprepared. Each one has
the opportunity to prepare, and each one
can choose between everlasting life and
everlasting death, because we cannot but be-
lieve that somewnere bevond this fleeting,
fitful existence there is a place where we
shall spend an eternity, and it is not con-
ceivable that those who are ever living in
the right way will be doomed to the fate
which we believe awaits the wicked. We do
not know what is beyond the grave; we csn-
not tell what the state will be after we have
thrown off this mortality, but we hope and
believe there is a brighter existence for all
who do faithfully and loyally the will of God
as it has been revealed to us, and we be-
lieve we have the two roads before us with
power to travel which we will, to endless
happiness, if we are ready when the change
comes, or to a life of misery if we are found
not watchieg.
Thus nra I doubly aimed; my death and life.
M.v bane and antidote are both before iue;
Thin tn a moment bring, me to an end,
But this Informs me I shall never die
The soul, secured In her existence, smile*
At the drawn dagger and defies Its point.
The Ntars shall fade away, the nun himself
(trow dim with age, and nature sink in years.
Rtit thou shall flourish tn Immortal youth,
Unhurt amidst tbe war of elements,
The wrecks of matter and the crush of worlds.
Everyone, then, should so live that when
the summons comes to pass from this vale,
whether that summons comes quickly or
whether it comes without warning, he can
exclaim with his last fleeting breath:
Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above,
Unmeasured by Ihe flight of years,
And all thit life Is fove
cient methods and help ;n applying them is
found in the requests submitted to the
Bureau of Municipal Research from civic
clubs, business men's organizations, city
officials and private citizens in ill pirts of
the country and isking for expert services
and information of expert ways. This ap-
plies to city planning, city building and city
beautifying, as well as to municipal admin-
istration
In some of the European cities the city
government is as much a matter of strict
business principles is the management of a
private corporation. Instead of selecting a
citizen because of his popularity with the
voters a competent manager is employed at
the head of the corporation in the same
manner that a private corporation would
employ a man, solely for his fitness and
without regard to his citizenship or his place
of residence, so that an expert who had
made good in one municipality might be
called, by superior inducement, to another
and larger field of activity and paid accord-
ing to the value of his service.
We may never get to that, but it is at
least supposable that a city government con-
ducted on strictly business principles, v
entire freedom from michine or spoils poli-
tics and selfish individual interests would
be more like a model than anything we can
now boast in the way of municipil idminis-
trition.
ITU TEXAS EDITOR| [SONGS WE USED TO SING
CONGRESS OF SCHOOL HYGIENE.
MODEL AMERICAN CITY.
The fourth International Congress on
School Hygiene is to be held in the city of
Buffalo in August under the patronage of
the President of the United States. The pur-
pose is to bring together men and women
interested in the health and efficiency of
school children and to directly benefit each
individual community.
It is announced that a comprehensive pro-
gram of papers and discussions covering the
entire field of school hygiene is now being
arranged for the congress. There will be sci-
entific exhibits, representing the best that Is
being done in school hygiene, as well as
commercial exhibits of oractical and educa-
tional value to school people. Nor will the
entertainment of the delegates in any way
be a minor feature. Plans are being made
for,a series of social events, including recep-
tions, a pageant in the park and excursion
trips to the great industrial plants of Buf-
falo, as well as to the wonders of Niagara
Falls and the rapids. Buffalo itself has
just taken up a collection of $40,000 for the
purpose of covering the expense of the con-
gress, delegates to which are expected to
be present from colleges and universities of
this and other countries and from various
other educational, scientific, medical and
hygienic institutions and organizations.
Dr. Thomas Storey, professor of hygiene
of the college of the city of New York, secre-
tary general of the congress, says It is de-
sired to have all persons interested in school
hygiene and members of the organization
present that they miy become actively en-
gaged in promoting the welfare of the child,
the school and the community.
The movement to make the Nitionil Cap-
ital a model city has elicited some valuable
suggestions from others than municipal ex-
perts and city beautifiers, from ordinary citi-
7ens who, while making no pretensions fo
being experts, have ideas of their own as to
practical schemes of betterments and beau-
tification.
Everyone realizes that among the first
essentials of a modern city are good st-eets
and good sidewalks—kept clean and free of
obstructions—plenty of light and shade, well
kept parks and plazas and proper attention
to private premises to the end that they may
be at least sanitary.
But the idea that now appears to be tak-
ing hold of progressive American municipali-
ties is to adopt a system of city planning ac-
cording to a scientific and esthetic system
and to make conditions conform to a defi-
nite idea of reform both in regard to physi-
cal appearance and administrative methods
and to this end to employ the talent and
energies of municipal experts who have
made a study of b;st achievements of
municipalities abr as well as of those at
home.
It is proposed that the President and Con-
gress shall undertake to make the govern-
ment of Washington serve as • model for
every Americin city in icope of activity, or-
ganization and method of operation, that the
vast technical resources of the Federal Gov-
ernment shall be employed in the develop-
ment of ideal administmive practices in the
'city where its power is supreme and that
Washington city shall thereafter be a beacon
light and a criterion for all other American
municipalities that may be imbitious for the
highest attainments in municipal govern-
ment. To begin with, it is propoied to mike
a survey, an intimate, detailed compiritive
study of the whole municipil orginizition
and administfition and to employ the best
known methods to discharge the diverse and
numerous functions of municipal govern>
tnent.
In a plan submitted to the President by
the director of the Bureau of Municipal Re-
search it is estimated that there is wilted
in the opentlon of Americin cities from IS
to 25 per cent of the ivitlible funds beciuie
of inefficiency in public idministrition ind
because only In very limited degree are the
practices of private business applicable to
municipal or other government activities.
He idds. however, that one indication of the
spreading demind for information of «ffi-
Little Houses.
Great apartments, fine and stalelr line the
boulevards of town.
Sprucely modern, hullt but latelv. perfect from
the turret down:
They're of marble, pure and anowv the* are
things of boastful pride.
I.lke a Jewel casket, showy, for the gems that are
inside.
Ah. but greater pride arouses where. In some
still, modest street.
Rows and rows of little houses make Ihe name
of home more sweet.
Mansions? Yes. were those a plenty, with an
auto at each door;
with their servants, eight or twenty with great
rooms at least a score.
Ab, but these are chtll so often for their women
and their men;
Bnt the heart must warm and soften If we luat
look bnek a*nin
To the rows of little houses, tiny houses trig
and neat,
"•tending back from roar and hustle on some
little qulel street
Rows and rows of little houses, and I herein a
Hty s pride:
On the porch a baby drowses, and (here's Jot
of lore Inside. 1 '
Rows and rows of little houses Jus, M ,|lnplP
as toe nest
That the springtime birds have bul.'ded for their
loving and tbplr rest.
Mansions? _ Aye. tl^y're rery splendid, but
there s something mighty sweet
"'street" "" ,om* "'tie quiet
-Mlrltm Telchner In Milwaukee Sentinel
—^
From Files of The Express
Thlity-flv* Year. Age Tod»y—
New York, Anrll 12.-A telegram receive* „t
the sheriff, office this afternoon stated lilt
William M. Tweed died In hi, r„om »M ,,dlow
Street Jail at noon today
♦ ♦ ♦
A dispatch from El PaH„ iini1pr of ,hf
Ttb Inst states that the grand Jlln ha« ad
lourued at ^ sleta It found I III true hills for
murder, fifty four for accessory to murder sis »
for robbery and forty-eight for thcf! v,7„rrlVu
hare been made, as the criminals are across the
river.
♦ ♦ ♦
wififlf's ^Ms10" "" 10 AU,tl° now
♦ ♦ ♦
The Rangers will hare to range through Norlh
reins since train robbing is getting to lie a
popular pastime
Fifteen Years Ago Teday—ik*«
General I*e told the Senate committee yester
day thai In his opinion Spanish official* were
cognizant of tbe plans to blow up (he Maine
♦ ♦ ♦
The Madrid correspondent of the Pulir Mail
*aye the President s message has '-rested a verv
bitter impression in Madrid.
♦ ♦ ♦
In the IfouM yesterday Genersl Orosvenor who
Is rerognlaed aa the President * spokesman de-
clared that the Preald*nt meant to recognise the
Independence of the Coban government
♦ ♦ ♦
County Attorney Martin of Atascosa, a Crane
man. aays the eounry will certain I* In^truet for
flayers
♦ ♦ ♦
Edward Pitta, one of the prtmipala In the duel
at Fannin a few days ago. died yeaterday oven
to#
♦ ♦ ♦
Senator Pressler of Comsnrhe savs he will ht
n candidate for re-election and ihat If mirrctMifui
he will attempt to broaden the teitboofc Isw.
Strike* Father Might.
one thousand ladles' tailors in Boston have
tone on strike This Is one strike which will
cause father no worry whattver.-Uraud liapids
ttm
The (ronsales Iuquirer reconciles Itself to what
it assumes is a certainty of equal auffrage after
reading an account or the went convention in
Snn Antonio. The editor of the Inquirer is a
philosopher, whether he U a suffragette or not.
The Corpus Chrlstl Caller has secured the
leased wire service of the Associated Press, which
Is another feather iu the cap of that enterprising
and progressive contemporary. Come up lo the
Press Association meeting, Caller, and mingle
with the bunch.
The Laredo Times congratulatea San Antonio
because the men voters have elected three women
for positious ou the City School Board. San
Antonio has always been ready to accord women
oil the privileges due them, and It is expected
the fair ones will make good iu this as they
do In all other positions they assume-
"Did you take care of your good old horhe
during the sleety days, or did you let the poor
fellow stand and shiver through the cold nights,
unable to ask for comfort or warmth?" asks the
Palestine Itecord of Irs readers. ' The rlghteoufc
man regardetb the life of his beast." aays the
(Jood Book. Alas! there are many who are not
righteous.
The Westhoff Advertiser remarks that "It Is
amusing to see how thoHe t. c. m. a. editorials,
when run in the proper column, will put one
over on the exchange uien on the big dailies."
The exchange men are not deceived by them,
but sometimes they find nothing else ou Ihe
editorial page of uu exchange to notice, so they
take these and give the papers credit for them.
The Galveston News considers that it was very
consistent that Texas men should have dominated
that Chicago convention to promote farm wel-
fare. "considering the agricultural importance
of Texur." Further proof is found in the fnct
that Texas farmers are the first to contract with
Chicago consumers to deliver vegetables lo lliem
direct. Besides, doesn't Texas lead In agricul-
tural products.. Great Is Texas.
The Tyler Courier-Ueporter says ihe pistol
toters are dolug more than any other class to
keep emlgranta from coming to Texas. Cer-
tainly the pistol toters are doing the State no
good, hut in view of the position of the con-
temporary. K would be interesting to know just
how much more Texas would have increased in
population if no pistol toting had been practiced.
Texas has doue mighty well in spilt* of the
practice.
The esteemed Waco Mornlug News expresses
the opinion that "members of Congress are
better Informed as to the strength of the equal
suffrage movement than are Texas Legislators.
Perhaps. Anyhow, if the predictions made at
the recent State convention of equal suffragists
in Texas are fulfilled, Texas legislators will
know a good deal more about the strength of
the movement than they knew at the recent ses-
sion.
"So legislation within the history of Texas
will prove as beneficial to West Texas as the
mining bill which has been signed by the Gov-
ernor," remarks the Alpine Avalanche. This is
a measure which should have.been enacted Ions
ago. West Texas has been greatly neglected
by legislators, and now that this law. tardy as
It li. is at last a reality, it is hoped It will add
ureatly to the prosperity of an already prosper-
ous section of the State.
The Brownsville Herald pays this editorial
tribute to the late Mayor A. H. Jones:
The news of the sudden death of Mayor Jones
of San Antonio comes as a distinct shock to the
people of Texas, in the short time he had held
the reins of the city government he had made for
himself an enviable reputation. At this distance
it in not easy to decide the rights and wrongs
of tbe municipal struggles in which lie bore a
part, but it is quite easy to see that he was a
man of unusual ability.
Kvmlnn Hoiii of the TyroleNr Pfaitnti.
(By Pel Ida Dorothea Hemaua.i
Come to the suuset tree!
The day Is paet ami gone;
The woodman s ax lies free.
And Ihe reaper's work Is done.
The twilight star t«> heaven.
And the summer dew to flowers,
And D'St to us Is given
By the cool soft evening hours.
Sweet Is the hour of rest!
Pleasant the wind's low aigb.
And the Kleamlug of the west.
And the turf whereon we He.
When ihe burden and the heat
Of labor's tasks are o'el\
And kindly voices greet
The tired one at his door.
Come to the sunset tree!
The day past and gone;
The woodman s ax lies free.
And the reaper's work is done.
Yes, tuneful is the sound
That dwells In whispering boughs;
Welcome the freshness round,
And the gale that fans our brows.
But rest more sweet and still
Than ever nightfall gave.
Our longing hearts shall fill
In the world beyond the grave.
There shall no tempests blow,
No scorching noontide heat:
There shall be no more snow,
No weary, wandering feet.
And we lift our trusting eyes
From the hills our fathers trod,
To the quiet of tbe skies,
To tbe Sabbath of our God.
Come to the sunset tree!
The dav is past and gone;
The wood man's ax lies free.
And the reaper's work is done!
"I lillcn U Thy Throne,''
(By Thomas Moore.}
Fallen is thy throne. 0 Israel!
Silence Is o'er thv plains: i
Thy dwellings all He desolate.
Thy children weep In chains.
Where are (lie dews that fed I bee
On Mtham's barren shore?
That fire from heaven which led thee
Now llghis thy path no more.
Lord! Thou didst love Jerusalem-
One she was all thine own:
Her love thy fairest heritage
ller power thy glory's throne;
Till evil came and blighted
Thy long ioved olive-tree;
And Salem's shrines were lighted
For ether gods than thee:
Then sunk the star of Solyma -
Then passed her glory's day.
Mke ueaih thai in the wilderness
The wild wind whirls away.
Silent and waste her bowers,
Where once the mighty trod,,
And sunk those guilty towers,
While Baal reigned as God!
"Go." said the Lord, "Ye conquerors
S(eep In her blood your swords
And ra/e to earth her battlements
For tliey are not the Lord's!
Till /ion's mournful daughter
O'er kindred bones shall tread.
And Hinnom's vale of slaughter
Shall hide but half her head."
"M.v (.random'* Advice."
My grandma lives on yonder little green,
Fine old lady as ever was seen;
Slip often cautioned me with care.
Of all false young men to beware
Tim e-l tim-e-,um turn tlm e-um pa la,
Of all false young men to beware.
These false young men they flatter and deceive,
So, my love, you must not believe;
They'll flatter, they'll coax, till you are In
their snare,
And away goes poor old grandma's care.
Tiui-e-l tim e-uni turn tlm e um pa ta.
And away goes poor old grandma's care.
The first came a-courtlng was little Johnny
Green.
Fine young man as ever was seen;
Hut the word# of my grandma ran In my head.
And 1 could not hear one word lie said.
And 1 could not hear one
um pa la,
word he s
said.
The Free Sugar Fallacy
The main argument used by President Wilson
and the Democratic leaders in favor of free sugar
is the claim that it will cheapen the cost of a
very Important nrtlcle of daily consumption,
thereby reducing the cost of living for the
masses. They brush aside the fact that placing
sugar on the free list will deprive the Govern-
ment of 'ibout $65,000,000 of annual revenue by j
promising to make good that loss by the pro
posed Income tax The destruction of the do-
mestic sugar Industry and the misery that its
elimination will bring upon hundreds of thou-
sands of people Iu Louisiana. Texas and nearly
n dosen Western States does not appear to have
figured In their calculations at all. although the
Democrat! platform expressly declares that the
revision of the tariff should be so brought about
as not to seriously cripple any legitimate Ameri-
can Industry.
The claim that placing sugar on the free list
will cheapen the cost of that Important article
of general consumption Is so transparently wrong
thai It is surprising that Mr. Wilson and his ad-
visers have been so easily deceived. Past ex-
perience warrants the belief that the moment
that this country removes the tariff duty on
sugar the foreign producing countries will place
an export tax on their shipments. There Is no
more available subject of taxation In the great
sugar-growing countries than sugar itself, mid
an export tax could be euslly and equitably cofc
leeted. The experience with coffee, which now
enters free of nil duty, should be sufficient warn-
ing to the free sugar advocates The consumer
In the United States now pays more for the cor-
fee he uses than he paid when the delicious bean
paid a duty on entering the country. Free cof-
fee. therefore, Increased the cost of the article
to consumers, and the experience with free sugar
will he identical should Congress ever be foolish
enough to nass a free sugar act.
The sacrifice of ITtf.OOO.OOO of annual revenue,
which Is collected at the minimum of cost for col
lection and Is so equitably distributed upon nil
classes that the burden of the tax Is not felt,
would be an economic mistake, which the Demo-
cratic party would have cause to regret before
a ningle year has passed. The revenue from an
Income tax would be uncertain In amount, ex
tremely difficult and expensive to collect and
would be n burden on o comparatively small
element in the community that would be con-
stantly endeavoring to evade It. There Is no
other itlugle commodity that yields «o large a
revenue as sugar, hence It is au ideal subject for
tariff taxation for revenue only.
The plea that free sugar Is desired by the peo-
ple ns a means of punishing the sugar trust la
suMiinely ridiculous. The refiners would profit
largely nv being able to Import the raw sugar
they handle free of duty, ns they being (he only
Importers would be able to exact a much larger
margin of profit on the refined article than they
now do. Moreover, the destruction of the beet
atigar Industry by free sugar would eliminate
the present competition of the (JOO.imn tons of beet
product, which goe* on the market In a refined
state, with the product of the trust refineries —
New Orleans Picayune.
Hard to Understand.
And It's hard to understand, too, why Wash
ington should become so excited when the Preri
dent goes to church, which U n thing tlint lie
has been doing all his ttte.—Indlanapolla News.
1 1 1 "■ ■ —
I'uzilc Possibly Solved.
Possibly Colonel Rooserelt Is a cublstlr fu-
turist. Koine of Ills Ideas of a square deal hate
puisled many Philistines. Louisville Courier
Journal.
The next came a-courtlng was young Kills Iirove
'Twos then we met with n Joyous love;
With a loyous love 1 couldn't lie afraid.
You'd better get married than die an old maid.
Tim e t tim e um turn tlm e-um pa la,
You'd better get married than die au old maid.
Thinks 1 to myself, there's some mistake:
What a fuss these old folks muke!
If the boys and the girls had all been so afraid,
Then grandma herself would have died an old
maid.
Tlm-e-l tlm-e um turn tlm-e-um pa ta,
Then grandma herself would have died an old
maid.
"The Homespun Dresn."
lA Dixie girl's war Nong, bv Carrie Belle Sinclair)
Oh, yes. I am a Southern girl,
And glory In Ihe name;
I boast of It wllh greater pride
Than glittering wealth or fame;
1 envy not the Northern girl
Her robes of beauty rare,
Though diamonds deck her snowy neck
And pearls bestud her hair
Chorus I
Hurrah, hurrah!
For the Sunny South, so dear;
Three cheers for the homespun dress
The Southern ladles wear!
Now Northern goods nre out of dale;
And, since old Abe's blockade
We Southern girls cau be content
With goods that's Southern made.
We send our sweethearts to the war.
Rut, girls, ne'er yon mind
Your soldier-lore will not forget
The girl he left behiud
The Southern land's a glorious land.
Auil has i glorious cause;
Then cheer, three cheers for Southern rights
And for the Southern bo),!
We scorn to wear n bit of silk,
A bit of Northern lace.
But make her homespun dresses up.
And wear them with a grace.
And now, young man, a word to you,
If you would win the fair,
Go to the field, where honor calls
And win your ludy there.
Remember thill onr brightest smiles
Are for the true and brave.
And that our tears nre nil for ,ln.se
Who fill the soldier's grave.
"The l-lotrrrs That Hlooin In Hie Spring."
iSulllvnn's "Mikado.")
The flowers Ihat bloom In the spring, tra il,
Breathe promise of merry sunshine.
As we merrily dance and we sing, Ira la,
We weh'ome hope I bat tbev tiring, trs la.
Of a summer of roses niid wtUe,
Of a summer of roses and wine.
And that's what we mean when we snv that a
thing
Is welcome ns flowers that bloom In the spring
Tra-la. la. I>. In, tra la. In, la. la.
The flowers that bloom In the spring.
Tra-la, la. la, Is, trn-la, In, Iu, In. la, train, la.
la. la, Iu
The flowers ihat bloom In the spring, tra Iu,
Hare nothing to do with the ease.
I're got to tuke under my wing, tra-la,
A most unattractive old thing, trn-la,
With a caricature of a face.
With a caricature of a face,
And that's what I mean when I say or | slug
"Oh. bother the flowers that bloom tn the spring."
Tra-la. In. la. la. tra la, la, la. la.
The flowers that bloom In the spring
EDITORIAL ETCHINGS
; I
( oast Antialien Law.
After six years of peace from the yellow peril,
il looms again iu a manner that creates a degree
of disgust !n the minds of Americans.
riio Japanese are now protesting against the
pending act in the California Legislature adverse
to u lien land holding. This would seem to be a
subject wholly within the sovereignty of an
American State, and any intrusion by Japan or
any other country into such a question, because
of superacute sensibilities, borders upon lmper-
tinence.—Baltimore Ameiiein.
The Dependent Militants.
Kven the most rampageous of the militant sitf
frugettea confess that mere men nre. after all.
essential to the progress of their campaign; not
merely as the devoted objects of their assaulting
and potentially lethal attentions, but also as their
aiders and abettors. A few days ago they were
employing masculine "bouncers" to protect th»iu
In their vocal agitation of tlm atmosphere. Now
tbev nre said to be engaging mule "Hooligans"
to do all sorts of deeds of destructive violence.
u'im ?ul'I)UBe these men get caught, what then?
ill they be permitted to gel out of Jail on
hunger strikes'.' will the embattled suffragettes
"l.1 m01 reprisals and see lo it that someone
suffers." vmi as these helpful men are suffer-
ing.' Surely, the vine should thus protect the
oak to which It clings. New York Tribune.
Odds and Chances,
in Congress," aays Mr. Roosevelt to the hand-
ful of Progressives In the House, "you will find
the odds against you very great, but among tbe
people at large I firmly believe thot the chances
are steadily in your favor."
As nearly all of these bolters were elected as
straight Republicans, the chances in their case
are that they will have a few bad hulf hours
when they get Into the company of the people
at large once more.
The odds ngalust the ex-President's followers
in ( digress nre by no means so great as those
[hat appeared against the candidates of his party
in ( nicugo and St. Louis last week. Better than
any letter from Oyster Bay as a guide, the polls
In those cities have shown that the chances are
pretty slim New York World.
An End of Chaos.
The haphazard registration of births and deaths
In this State has come in for a great deal of
criticism of late Inaccurate vital statistics, it
was shown, are the greatest drawbacks to effl-
cient fighting of epidemics in tbe slums of large
cities. They shorten the span of life by fifteen
years, it is even asserted In certain quarters,
the failure to record births and deaths propenv
Is likewise a source of much litigation and other
contests. A bill lo end this chaos in our vital
* at stlcs is now before the Legislature in Spring
Meld It was introduced by Senator Wlllett H
ornwell of the Thirty-flrst District. The bill
ntroduced is the one prepared In the children s »
bureau ol the Departmeut of Commerce and
l.abor. Presumably the measure Is as efficient
nnd complete ns I lint Government body knew
bow to make It. || Is, therefore, not a bill to
be pigeon-holed or burled In committee rooms.
Legislators may not reullise Its Importance The.
can be thoroughly Informed by experts if a heav-
ing be given. Chicago Tribune.
The Wilson Cocktail.
"Let me have * Wilson cocktail," said Ihe man
with his font on the rail. And then ihe bar
lender sel out a glass of wtlter and a napkin.
Indianapolis Star.
——
More Important Question.
The popular election of Senators la now pr»c.
ttealiy In sight, but how sbom the election of
popular Mnilcnf' Washington l'oat -v
Improved Weather Prophet.
We suggest that President Wilson's raior strop
be presented to the Weather Bureau Its Instru
ments are still rather Imperfect, st l.ouls uloi*<-
Democrst. m
(.rent (rUCMing.
A man who undertakes tn tell enactly what
lie Is going to do anil how he Is going to do It
has In lie a wonderfully good guesser. -Washing-
ton Stat
' A Real Ambition.
Wt wouldn't care who mads the laws or wrote
the sougs of the people If we conia but fig tbs
price* of toodatuli*.—t>na<wt JjfHP ,
Why (iirl Babies Are Adopted.
II soenis that, contrary to the prevailing no*
Hon. girl babies are more popular with adop-
tive parents than boys. At least I lie exporleuo,
or Mis, Way, assistant superintendent of III,
Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society, bat
led her to iench such a conclusion; she explain,
I,'/,,,.1'"""nenon by saying tluii boy liable,
» , l"Ok cunning and nngello" and In general
ate less attractive tliun the girls. Looks doubt.
le«K have something to do with the preferenc,
" —Vfcow for girl babies, hut one
suspeits Hi? real reason lies deeper. Adoptlv,
w'iI'iv i '<"! SUPI,,V. a favorable environment to
hi. .n ll,f,.v™nl C<> buck and eradicate-her-
™UJ fl'c environment of the home lells more
the shaping of a girl's character for llie sim-
ple ronsoii that she spends more time in It Hug
the boy and Is naturally more tractable Cnn-
MHilieaUy. fi, the sees.-iw between environment
and heredity, tlie foster parents Instinctively feel
that environment has a better chance In the rail
or tile girl, and ibey have less terror of the un-
known heredity. Chicago Record-HernId.
International Disarmament.
The Frankfurter Zeltung recently suggeste*
that the present is a favorable time for calling
a conference of tile nations to devise some plan
for reslriciiiiit the military expansion that la
going on. It said:
"No country participating In Ibis rivalry can
propose ihe conference. The I'nited Slates alons
Is in a position lo perforin iliis service for the
Other nullons and to secure for liself their grnli
lude. President Wilson's Inaugural speech war-
rants the hope ttint he will take the Initiative and
In doing so he would be supported bv Ihe best
citizens of bis country."
If President Wilson had any such Idea In mind
when he wrote his inaugural address. Ihe fad
has not been apparent on Mils side of the At-
lantic. should lie cull a conference for ihe pur-
pose. Il goes without saving thai be would have
the support of (he people of this country. Hut
how about tlie support of the governments of
other nation*?
And why Is 1( (hat "no country particlpatlnr
in (his rivalry can propose the conference"?
The nation, groaning beneath Ihe load of snip
porting huge armies and costly nuvlc* are In-
teres!.>i| in tbe Idea far inure than we arc
If there Is an.\ possibility that n conference
called by our President will lie the flrsi siep
III iv tin I may even pave I tin way for a scheme
of disarmament, lei htm. In- all means, call It
The applause and the gratitude of all nations
for nil time would be his, llut It seems tike
going rather far afield to suggest that Ihe
Culled States Is the country to take the Inltla
tire.—Schenectady (iazette.
Treasure Inland.
Another search for plrnle gold has ended in
failure, according to dispatches. A lluy Island
lying southwest of Panama some hundrede "f
miles out III Hie Pacific was Ihe goal of tbe ex-
pedition. The alluring name of Cocoi belonged
to the Island, and the treasure yarn was of the
best, llut no( n single piece of eight was dlseor-
erable. There have been other expeditions In
this particular sent of pirate gold. That Is the
discouraging feature of every pretty tale of
burled treasure Yon can always lie aure that
scores of searchers have already dug up about
every square foot of suspected' territory. Bnt
your real treasure hunter Is ihe most hopeful
creature going. The fascination of the sport
stills every sense of caution The financial
backers of the present Coins Island search, for
example, were hard-headed Kngllshmen Two
women with n turn for theosophy were the mov-
ing spirits lint good British gold out of busi-
ness pockets was Invested In Ihe ship that sailed ,
out by Ihe Strait of Magellan and spent two
months lying off the Island, while a landing
lurty dug nnd dng and dug Aa wan observed
before, the tale of tbe treasure was ail that
could be desired A Spaniard named Hondo wua
supposed to have made off with the tre«aur«
frmn Vera Crus, not b, sea, but by park mulee.
nil the ivay to the Pacific Thence he sailed to
Cock. Island, al which point enter the ctve. lb*
burring, the liearlngs. lnndmarks and other
equipment without which no burled treasure ran
lie «!ilil to be respectable far be It from lis,
however, to lie captious toward treasure hunters
We like them one niiil nil, and only wish we
hnil time to ship wllh them. And there are
tots of ways of staying nearer home and toeing
money faster.—New York Tribune.
A
Court* and Women.
tlur conrla are becoming domesticated. Family
troubles In the pail were not often aired outelda
the home. An elderly uncle or annt waa called
In and they settled the dtfferencea between Mary
iUi'l John tni-tfully and with dignity. Wher»
(here were no relatives there were alwaya faith
ful neighbors who aeted as peacemakers.
A boy caught stealing aiiplea a generation ago
was not isken before a Judge, but to his father*
house, snd there the item parent administered
punishment with the bed nlat.
It Is noi so today. The courts of onr Mg eltlso
are dully brought In touch with Intimate famllf
affairs Women snd children are coming to tie
a considerable fraction of our court public. The
changing population of the conrt requires t
chanie In the court mechanism a change tbe,
would suit ihe nemls of Ihe women and children
who «eek redress there The suggestion for
woipen Judge, or saalsmnta to Jadgne In thne*
c.nrta where voung girls and ehlldren art
brought rv luslvely does no, seen rery rovelm
tlonarr In rlew of thta approach "
k> the tourte.—Chicago
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