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HOUSTON TEXAS SATURDAY.
.FEBRUARY Il..120
?y-' Lynch Davidson's Platform
. The office of suae senator Is on of great Importance. The people m
choosing a senator ought to keep that tact In mind. It Is an office that
Involves no necunlary reward to the 'man who serves the compensation
. ti&nir nominal.
The office does confer great honor however provided the senafbr Is
4' citizen of recognized capacity for the public service oI Kpoa character
and V comprehensive view and understanding of legislative problems; and
'provided again that he does not represent in his person his affiliations
' orfcis outlook upon life and service the dangerous class spirit so prevalent
.. la these times.
- k Tbat Lynch Davidson measures up to the 'best standards of capability
tjatrfotism and citizenship Is revealed clearly enough in the platform upon
which his candidacy for the senate is based
f Economy in the public service; the conduct of the State's business upon
sound business principles; the development and Improvement of the public
School system and adequate pay for teachers; aid for tenant farmers to
tbtaln farms to relieve the State of the curse of tenancy; legislation to
encourage people to obtain homes; laws mitigating the tax burdens of the
people as far as possible; laws curbing the tendency to create useless offlcea
' 'ajkfl- commissions; the repeal of needless and enactment of fewer laws;
constructive not destructive legislation; a road policy that will give aa
; rapidly possible a system of good roads; and against socialistic com-
V monistic bolshevistic doctrines and other forms of radicalism inimical to
society and to the welfare of the State. These constitute his platform.
f.2. These are doctrines which concern all the people not a class. They
constitute a sane constructive program of endeavor in which the public
.' not an organized minority of the public or other special Interest is con-
f esamed."
"(ilt Is the platform of a man who will represent all and who will take
y no commands from secretly organised groups; a man who can speak for
the nnniclpaJlt)y and all who dwell therein for the county and its entire
. citisenry; a man beholden to no class and who appeals to no class.
A district can congratulate Itself upon the opportunity to have such a
: spokesman as Lynch Davidson In the Texas senate.
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-The Canadian Paper Shortage
Canadians who are' Irately protesting against the elimination of their
& sadly newspapers and the general curtailment of newspapers and period-
; kale in Canada because of the shortage of paper there should realize that
It Is the unjust attitude of their government toward American paper manu-
j lecturers that is responsible in a large measure for the shortage of paper In
r both the United States and Canada.
fjn"; With American mills short of wood for raw material and with an un-
Vpreoedented demand for paper to fill prices have risen to new high records
'"la. the United States. The(Canadlan mills are taking advantage of this
stf nation to reap huge profits by shipping the bulk of their supply Into the
Halted States thus creating a shortage In Canada. The mills In Canada
'l make -paper at less cost than do the American mills and they find It highly
i profitable to sen their product on this side the line.
Vv A long step in' the solution of the paper shortage problem in both coun-
tries" would be for the Canadian government to vacate the order In 'coun-
CM. wlucav pruniuiis Americans ijtjui reuniting uuv -vauaua uie wwu ui
bought years ago for the manufacture of paper. If American mills could
t'.'get their hands on this supply of raw material they could Increase their
j production of paper sufficiently to relieve the shortage In the United States
and the same time make available for Canadian use large supplies of
' Canadian paper now coming across the line.
- t The Canadian ban on wood exports is clearly In the Interest of Cana-
dlan paper mills. It Is a rank discrimination against American mills and
. ' works an Injustice upon the publishers and the public of both Canada and
' the tTnlted States.
' ' The United States probably will soon send a commission to intercede
i '-with -the Canadian government for the lifting of the ban on wood exports.
I Canadian publishers and the Canadian public who are deprived of SundaJ
: papers because of the hogglshness of Canadian mills should have repre-
" BentativBS to co-operate with the American " commission when it begins
negotiations with the Canadian. government
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Eary looming Observation
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;'".V. V;r";t7'0eTge M. nlliy.vV
Those who - believe in "eotnaeoei eweecsalp". as
against the right of individual eseeloa are badly
mistakes if they think that the mduetripea pmt
dee and thrifty men ef this ceeattr are getsc snpf
port aa indolent inefficient bunch Of spendtsnns.
They may as well drop their comamnian and go to
work
A Kansas City thief horned fuoo worth ef oil
stocks he had stolen says the Star. If the vht ef
the stock was indicated by tbt printed figures Oar
sot ion k that the thief added to the world's weaita
when he burned the shares. Anyway bo took from
ontebody with nothing eves that which be had.
New England cotton mills are reporting 40 per
cent dividends The Baldwin locomotive works re-
ports ii.t per cent dividends on common stock after
paying preferred dividends and taxes. Tb concerns
that are reporting profits of this character may tains
they are smart. They are craiy.
Herodotus tells that King Amasis of Egypt B
500 had the drones of Egypt put to death. But we
want it distinctly understood that If they start taac
sort of thing in this country we shad demand as
long as our voice last that ether be administered
in all such executions.
We don't cuss in this column bat if we were in
the hsbit of alluding to people as damfools we would
head the list erith'fhose people who go to Havana and
pay $j8 a day at the hotels for the privilege of re
maining in that town and paying 30 cents a drink
for rectified whisky.
Houston is to have a sew filling station on Main
street costing altogether $65000 bat anybody who
circulates a rumor that the town is considering razing
the coun house ot the Carter building and replacing
it'with a filling station is a pale blue liar.
They are reminding us 4hat we must waltz up to
the captain with income tax on March 15. That wilt
be the ides of March the day that the mighty Caesar
frlL And it will seem almost that bad for us un
less they administer anesthetics.
Former Secretary Lane gets $50000 a year from
the Sinclair company. As between a cabinet job at
$11000 a year and the cussing that goes with h and
an oil job at $50000 we would take the lubrication
illumination and the gas.
The -Kansas City Star tella of a machine in ks
town that turns out 14000 pies a day. Next to
political machine that will turn out that many offices
the K. C pie machine is the greatest joyproducer we
have heard of recently. '
Over in Alabama they have pinched a man with
six living wives who was trying to marry a seventh
It most be getting so in Alabama that one woman
can't support a husband in the style to which he has
been accustomed.
A Harvard Scientist says there is a scientific prin
ciple back of the circumstance that a dropped slice
of buttered bread will fall butter side downward.
Whether scientific or not it is the principle of total
depravity.
A utilitarian is a sort of human being of such
groveling tastes that he believes a man who produces
eight tons of cabbage is worth more to society than
the man who sends out 40 cars of propaganda stuff.
Self-Determination a Success
A Strike and Its Lesson
I 'The post's contention has been and is that the strike is a worthless
J and outworn weapon as' a means of redressing grievances or enforcing
J Justice.
Invoked in behalf of justice it breeds Injustice and often brutality.
-i It punishes first and foremost and ' almost altogether those who are
; innocent of offense' against those who complain.
It is a process of self-inflicted Injury for the strikers and their de
pendents.
'-sit Is economic loss that can not be repaired.
. ' It Is arrogance without intelligence anarchy without excuse destruction
. without recompensatlon.
i- Tabs the strike of the Galveston longshoremen for Instance. It in-
' lured hundreds of business men who had not offended the strikers.
' v It inflicted a loss of not less than $150000 in wages upon the laborers
themselves consuming their savings in the sum of the cost of maintaining
;l themselves and families. It Inflicted hardship upon the tradesmen who in
: many instances were deprived for the time of the use of money they were
entitled to. I
j And then the men called off the strike and went back to . work without
" achieving one-thing more than could have been achieved through the agen-
cies already existing for the adjustment of disputes.
The -strike was a total failure and a total loss of the time of nearly
jOOO men . for a period of 17 days.
"Not. one thing was accomplished except loss and injury the chief suf-
. ferers being the strikers themselves and those who have not given them
. any' offense.
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7 While-less dramatic than the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France and
exciting less popular interest than the restoration of independence to sev-
eral Central European nations upon the breakup of the empires the re-
iirat of the province of Schleswig td Denmark as result of the recent
- -biscite is no less a vindication of the president's principle of self -de-t
rmtoatlon for peoples.
Schleswig was stolen by Prussia from Denmark in 1864. The motive
wan. the same that prompted Prussia to acquire every other province it
(ould Simply self-aggrandizement With characteristic Prussian methods
ive jatteWfJt was made to Germanize the Danish people but the failure in
Jaorthern zone which has just voted is emphasized by the fact that
'ae present generation voted at the ratio of three to one to return to
Banish sovereignty .
- : The inability of the Germans to assimilate other peoples is shown In
fiislTOt which rights an old wrong.
- Perhaps the application of this principle of self-determination of peo-
;les can not be made in some other States in Europe owing to the mixture
of the population inhabiting them but It is the only principle upon which'
Darope is going to secure lasting peace. The right pf peoples to determine
ruder what flag they shall live and the guarantee of the rights of minor!-
e n countries where it is not practicable for the varied groups of races
r nationals to choose their allegiance will do more than anything else
compose the quarrels of Europe and do away with war. '
The return of the northern zone of Schleswig to Denmark by the vote
I the people Is one Indication of the new day In Europe. '
-Isf''-'' - t "'. ''';'.
Secretary of Labor Wilson by agreeing to continue the suspension Qf
tie: ban 'on the immigration of Mexican laborers into the United States
I wen the lasting gratitude of all the lovers of the delicious Texas onion.
ie4 onion growers of Southwest Texas are reported to be delighted with
' e ruling which assures them sufficient help to get out the big onion crop
w coming on. Shipments will be starting- soon and some 2000 cars sire
;ected to be distributed among the markets of the country. Give Texas
1 labor and It wa produce n large part ot what the country eats.' ;
Ohio reports hundreds of churches pa stories. That's.
another thing. It is about time that the village and
rural districts of the United States were learning that
pastors and their families can't exist without food.
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Marse Henry Watterson celebrated his eightieth
anniversary this week. "Many a loving thought blos
soms whenever an occasion arises to bring Marse
Henry to the nation's attention God Mess. him.
With women going into business and girls learning
how to 8eXj-Iar:iTtk ad make ising-glass isn't it
advisable to tefch lhf boys how to cook so that they
will know how to conduct homes hereafter
e
'Nfles Ohio can't pay its municipal expenses be-
cause of the loss of the liquor tax. Well the drink
ers who paid the. taxes must have better taxpaying
ability than ever. Go after the revenue.
The allies intimate that they will be glad for the
president to solve the Adriatic puzzle. Up to this
time we have had some sympathy for the allies.
Now they arc brutally unkind. '
But in November this country is going to elect a
president whose business it will be to see that no
group of men will dare to spit in Uncle Sam's face.
If it has any sense it will.
Several cases of variola arrived 00 the French liner
Patria the other day and the people at the dock scat-
tered. If it had been several cases of vermouth it
would have been different.
. ..111 -'
We are for the Father and Son Wek-4 week de
voted to a revival of intimacy between fathers and
sons. But well bet it is going to cost many an "old
man" a chunk of money.
The a ere land Plain Dealer' thinks with liquor al
lowed for cooking that it will(be possible to keep a
cook. Well at that you will hare to have mince pie
on the menu eyery day. -
"Why do they call members of cabinets ministers?"
asks the inquisitive subscriber of Wharton. We don't
know unless it is that they are expected to take
ordera.
When you see a fellow wearing pants without a
hip pocket you may know that you are in no danger
of getting abot and he is Jn no danger of getting half-shot.
It wouldn't do for the world to come to an end
in a tune of such unsettled opinion as now. Nobody
would be satisfied with heaven.
Say men with hearts that bleed for the people fall
in line. The tobacco Dukes have organized a concern
to take over 1600 retail stores.
excellent
Former Secretary lansing is giving an
imitation of being cool though fired.
Some Postscripts
An Oregon inventor has eouiDoed a lunch nail with
an electric torch to enable a night worker to see what
he is eating.
The Swedish a-overnment is workinar on a nlan tar
establishing direct wireless communication with the
unuea states. 1
A deposit of marl haa been discovered (it- VtnlanH
that is estimated to contain 125000 tons that can be
need as fertilizer.
A concrete baree built in tais tor tin m tfi Wl.
land canal is still in service while Baltimore is using
one built two years later.
The Samoan Islands have a breed of nb thm h1U
of which seldom weigh more than 300 pounds and the
cows seldom more than 160. ' . . P -;
To make imitation leather eloaelv nimMa th
genuine its surface is formed with dies made from
impressions of actual hides . -
It has been estimated by an exoert thai Vinniah in."
dustries can obtain 3000x100 effective horsepower
from the rivers of that country. '
A tool for quickly striDDina- buttons ami their -
eners from shoes without injuring the leather has
been invented by a Michigan .man. 0'kr. ..-$;.
A new window' frame is exteskted within th watt
of a building aoove toe opening to permit both sash
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i Jav and aieoml V'i
In bsppinens I used te to. afoot both near sad far
I never knew the depth of woe ttntil I bought a car.
Ok many versta and narssaags bsbiad me then I
put commuaing with the cheerful gaags wbe also
went afoot. I'd walk s rood perchance s peretti M
SMt ome jocund Jay and we would lean against
the church' and gossip half the day. I took la all
the fragrant mora when J went ea my feet j- I'd
pause te viw a field ef eora. and then a stack el
wheat ' And here and there I'd roe a tree taat
luscious apples bore or chase some busy honey- bee
that led sm 1s Us store. But aow I ride in pomp
and state on tires with aoaskld tread ; my eyes are
glaring fixed and straight upon the road ahead
And if anosi I glance aside upon the Ian scape rich
the blamed eld car is sure to slide and land me U
a ditch. I 'drive my boat alone the pike and to the
wheel I chug sad never see the things I like or
hear the birdlets sieg.a I do not see the cloud wreaths
reel across the blinking start I'm hanging to 4ha
steering wheel and dodging other ears. I ougnt to K Mr- sm g of Waco At hed 0f tBt reat
mr cuww n ana j.n w """s'"s i mercantile establishment was in thety tooay
ana yet iwouia oreaa my toousa scan 11 a were
. Jsfi PQHTIA' PLEA. ' :.-..
The quality ef mercy is not strale'd I ( ' ' v
It drappetk as the gentle rals from heaven t
Upon the place beneath ;.lt is twice bleas'df
It bleeeeth him that gives and him that takes J
Tie mightieet ia the mightiest j it becomes
The throned monarch better than hie erowat
His scepter shows the force ef temporal power
The attribute te awe and majesty i .
Wherein doth sit the dreed' and fear of kings t
But mercy is above the sceptered awayt"' -It
Is enthroned ia the hearts of kings t '7
It is aa attribute ef Ged himself:
And earthly power doth then show likeat Ged a
When mercy scaaoas Justice. -rSkaMtrttar.
Twenty-five Years Ago
Prom The Houston Post PliW ' (
rssauAar si 189$ ts soustok.
Dr. Robert Smallwood has returned from s visit
to KerrviUe. .
doomed te walk. Walt Mason.
(Copyright by Geors Matthew Adaaa.)
SMITH WAS INTERESTED.
Jenkins was sitting down to breakfast one morning
when he was astounded to see in the paper an an
nouncement of his own death. He rang up friend
Smith at once. Halloa Smith!" be said. "Have
you seen the announcement of my death in the
paper?
Mr. fieorm Brown accomnanied bv bis mother.
Mr. A R. Rrawn. and hia voune son. George Jr.
has returned home from a visit to relatives in Indiana.
Mrs.' T. M. C Breaker arrived in the city tonight
after a lengthy visit in Missouri and Illinois. She
is new with her daughter Mrs Fred M. Court ayoa
Brazos street.
II.... n A 1.1 IT:V Pliant Cnniivn
and McAughan "left tonight for Austin 'to protest
Little Stories; for Bedtime
-Yes.- replied Smith. "Where are you asking the
from?"
ORIGINALITY IN BERLIN.
A sensational -story reaches us to the effect that a
new journalistic enterprise in Berlin is being devoted
to the "reliable reporting of news.1 We .have al
ways maintained that to be successful in business
you must strike out on original lines.
WAGES.
SV XDGAX A- GUEST.
The man .stands at his task by day
And this is what he draws for pay
The prattle of his babes at night.
Their shouts of innocent delight
Their fond caresses and the bliss
Of every little hug snd kiss.
Above the clang of heavy things
He hears the song the kettle sings.;
Beyond the smoke and grime and oil
That mark his daily round of toil
He sees his little home aglow
With every joy that man may know.
Think you his wages can be told
In coins of silver and of gold?
Think you he stands the heat and smoke
Of molten steel and smouldering coke
For merely minted money which
Alone can never make him rich?
Ah not The man is workisg there
For treasures far beyond compare I
And though his pay in dollars comes
His soul translates it into drums
And dresses and a thousand joys
Which he can give his girls and boys.
If he has vision he can see
The happy years which are to be
Can see beyond his hours of care
The glories which his own shall share ;
And in their love and laughter gay
The true man earns and counts his pay.
(Copyright 1920 by Edgar A Guest.)
A SASSY SCULPTOR.
Mrs. Millyuns That little sculptor just insulted
me. And I won t stand for it.
Artist What did she say?
Mrs. Millyuns I asked her to make a model of
my head and she said she worked in clay not wood.
MIXING THE METAPHORS.
"Heavens what a man!"
"What's the .trouble my dear?"
"J?t quarrekd again this morning. I said rVouj
poor fish you asm around after me for three years!
before iwoasent to marry you dropping on your
knees and proposing to me over and over again in
the most absurd fashion."
And what did he say to that?"
"He said 'My love don't mix metaphors. A fish
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e postponed musicale of tne ugnt uuaro ciuo
ialued very agreeably tonight minus two -num
have been introduced in the house of representatives.
The
materi
hers which seemed to be still "snowed under." Mrs.
Fitnrerald. Misa Flore and Miss Johnston were
heartily encored as were Mr. Coulson and Mr. Kirk-
land each being in good voice. Mr. Schuh's piano
solo was a wonderful exhibition of digital activity
and skill. After the concert 'he floors were cleared
and about to couples followed the windings of the
maze until midnight while other sat and looked on
perhaps longing for the days. that are no more when
they too danced.
Turner hall nresnted a nictureaaue aorne this
I evening the occasion being; tne annual masquerade
I hall of the Houston Turnverein. The hall was beauti
fully and tastefully decorated for the occasion and
Herb ft Lewis' orchestra furnished the music while
the dancers fairly glided through the mazes of the
dance as if chasing the melody which seemed to float
through the hall. There were notably graceful dancers
and as the maskers concealed their identities there
was considerable speculation as to who this or that
was. Probably the prettiest dancer was a dainty miss
who wore a cap and a white domino. Her movements
seemed the poetry of motion and as rhythmic as the
I melodies of the music At 11 :jo the dancers un-
nasked and the denouement came. This was the
signal for general salutations and recognition. At
1 2 o'clock an elecant suptxr was served after which
I he dancing was resumed. This affair fully sustained
the well known reputation of the Turners.
8tate Happenings.
Lockhart. Madam Rumor predicts the early ring
ing of the marriage bells in Lockhart and Madam
Grundy is wondering who it may be but the parties
I concerned are mum.
Huntsville. Mr. G. A Mistrot of Houston was
I here today.
Mr. W. W. Adickes is at home again from a busi
ness trip to Central Texas.
Corpus Christi. Mrs. 1. T. Mullane and children of
Houston have been visiting friends in the city for the
past week.
Mr. Royall Givens and his agent Mr. Musnaway
left today for Houston on a business trip.
Austin. Colonel Tames A. Baker of Houston of
the firm of Baker Botts Baker & Lovett is in the
city.
ludse E. P. Hill of Houston arrived this morning
and visited the State capitol paying his respects to
Governor Culberson and other friends.
T. D. Cobbs and Perry Lewis of San Antonio are
registered at the Driskiil. 1
V Thornton W. Svrfae
Blacky Crow awoke early In the taorntng an
be was very very cross. He bed had a dreattf"
sight fo Hoety the Owl had given him so peace
at all. He looked very mack as he felt had every
one on ' tba. Green Meadows knew that Blacky the
Crow was out of sorts. .'.$ . ' .. .
Breakfast was bard to' find that morning and this
made Blacky croaser ft ill. His temper was so short
that none ef the Utile people en the Green Meadows
dared speak to him. t Finally he met Johnny Chuck
coming vp the Lone Little Path. ' - . . '
"G6od morning" said .'Johnny Chuck. ;.' v
Blacky Just croaked grumpily -. - ' "..'
' ."I've just come from .Farmer Brown's .aornfleld
and his corn la coming up beautifully1! said Johnny
Chuck.'''.'". ' '"v " -' .
Blacky the Crow began to smile. That's the 'beet
news I've heard for a long time" said Blacky. Tkea
he shook out his cost spresd his wings sad sailed
swiftly over toward the cbrnfield. Just before he
reached it he met Jimmy Skunk.- Jimmy was poking
along slowly looking for beetles fpr' his breakfast. .
"Hello Blacky" said Jimmy Skunk "Where are
you going F! . . v V '".; '
"It's none of your business" replied Blacky for be
was stni out of sorts.
"That's all right"
replied Jimmy Skunk.
"I Just wanted to re- 1
mark that there is
danger over la the
cornfield." - '.
"Pooh I" exclaimed
Blacky. "I guess I
dont need any warn-
ing from you Jimmy '
Skunk. I am smart
enough te take care
of myself. When -1 .
need your advice ' I
will ask yon for It" '
Jimmy S k u Jl k
chuckled to himself'
Blacky the Crow Had Been for Jimmy seldom :'
Caught In a Snare. loses his temper.
Then he stopped looking for beetles and ambled over
to a secret hiding place behind the fence where he .
could see all that happened in the cbrnfield. . '
Now Blacky the Crow pretended not to care for ;
Jimmy Skunk's advice but Blacky is very crafty "'
very very crafty indeed. First he flew very high
where he could look all over the cornfield. Every-1. '
thing looked aafe. Then he came down and sat for
a long time on a fence post watching to see if any-
thing would happen. The longer he watched the v
emptier his stomach seemed. He could see the
tender young corn just coming up through the brown
earth. -r'v.
"Jimmy Skunk doesn't know what he's talking
about" said Blacky to himself and then be spread .
his black wings and sailed over the greenest spot
in the field. My how good that corn did taste I
In five minutes Blacky had forgotten about danger
and was just pulling corn and stuffing himself as ;:
fast as ever he could.
Suddenly he felt something clutching at his feet.
He tried to take a step and couldn't. .What could
the matter be? He tugged and fluttered and pulled
but it was no use. Blacky the Crow had been caught
in a snare. And over in the fence corner Jimmy
Skunk was rolling over and over and holding on to
his sides as he watched Blacky the Crow for Jimmy
was tickled almost to pieces to think that the . wise
bird of the Green Meadows had been so easily iobled .
(Copyright ipzo by T. W. Burgess.)
Next story : Jimmy Skunk Proves a Good Fellow.
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What's What In Little Old New York
By Herbert Corey.
NEW YORK February 18. If you're a nice
stupid hot-tempered murderer you haven't the chance
of a small pink rabbit in The Church of All Weasels.
could not possibly perform the feats you attribute I The bulls as we lovingly refer to the blue and silver
guardians of ..the public safety will get you sure.
And swinging to the other side of the murder pen-
dulum if you eonvntt a sex murder you have a very
fair chance to get away. But if you are a shrewd
cold-blooded careful killer you may perhaps live
and die in the odor of scanctity and no one will ever
suspect that on a given day you bumped off a friend.
"We never get a line on the identity of the mur-
derers in about 30 cases in 100" said an eminent
police official. .
I quoted that dear old Hne to the effect that "mur-
der will out" and tried to recall a few stanzas of
Eugene Aram and in other ways put up a literary
barrier against the invasion of cold facts. ' During
the last few years it has become fashionable in some
circles to believe that by refusing to print an un-
pleasant truth the teeth of. the truth are thereby
drawn.
"Bosh" said the eminent police official. "Our
records are all cluttered up with murders that haven't
outed any. And there are very few Eugene Arams in
current circulation. We know plenty of men who
I are murderers. That is we are absolutely sure they
are murderers but we can not prove it. They are
not getting haggard with remorse so far as I can
to me.' "
THROUGH LOVING EYES.
' 11 THE BENTZTOWH BARD.
Ifs different through loving eyes;
The way the world looks how it lies
Upward against a fairy light
Slanting adown a glorious night.
Ever more beautiful to theview"
So fresh with verdure and with dew
Of sparkling charm and magic rays
Not muddled darkened with the grays
And sombre shades of wear and tear
As when you look through eyes of care.
Or eyes of strife or eyes of hate.
Through loving eyas the old brown gate
Ia decked with roses up the. land
Comes trippling a fairy band
The music of a morning lay
Comes warbling with the visioned May
A shepherd is fluting on the hill
His flock at rest the daffodil
Decks the deep meadow to the brim
And mistily there the seraphim
Sway in the sunlight like the bees
. Under the ripening mulberry 'trees.
Through dyes of love so .fair so clear
So straight and clean glow all things' here
No twisting turning ugliness
No tangle difficulty stress
. But out of the niark a living ray.
Out of the danger a dancing May
Bloomed with the lilac and the gleam
Of roses in ss April dream.
SHE CAN'T THROW STRAIGHT-
Miss Blusox I suppose your wife has some definite
aim in life.
Mr. Rattlesmith Yep me. I'm it. But thanks
be she doesn't often hit what she-aims at.
ROBBED.
The Patient Ten dollars for extracting that tooth ?
Lucky I didn't take gas.
The Dentist Why?
The Patient Ususe 1 have anotner Sio bill in my
vest that you might have found.
National Health Good
. (Ohio Stole Journal.)
Forecasting the future has ever been hazardous.
There sre times when the unexpected happens. It
appears to have happened during 1019 on the ques
tion of miblic health according to the first bulle
tina from the life insurance companies. Following
the close of the war when the public had been given
.
This only applies to the murder output in the Big
City of course. Communities like Cincinnati and
Minneapolis and Boston and so-on no doubt manage
to catch and convict every murderer. Here the police
are confronted by unusual conditions in the multitude
of foreigners and the extraordinary number of Euro
pean 'criminals who never got outside of New York.
Clues are sometimes entirely lacking.
f like to read detective stories." said he. "but it
is not very often that we run down a clue. Most of
our successes are the result of hard work."
The same is true of every other police department.
he said. He instanced the Kelly case in Brooklyn
in which Katherine Dunn a servant girl was found
dying on the floor of her kitchen. Her mistress'
dresser had been jobbed of jewels. Not a sign of a
clue waa visible. .
We convicted Kelly" said the notice official "by
investigating every person who had bad access to the
house for months past. From the fact that the mur-
derer knew just where to go for the jewels we real
ized that he had good information."
If he had torn up the bed rooms to make it appear
that the ransacking had been done by a 'stranger
Murderer Kelly would not .now be telling with zest
the stories of other murders he committed while
waiting for the beginning of that alow march into
the death chamber. - ' '
Kelly thought himself quite secure .when he bought
a 15-cent pair ot wnite gloves to guard against tne
finger print betrayal and when he killed:. Katherine
Dunn to silence the only witness of his theft. -
l . "fit
Not all the fat-headedness is confined to the crim
inal class. Leo Julofsky! has just pleaded guilty to
chance to relax from the high nerve tension of
ftti form ZLlo Jtr tM theft of 4Iooo in Liberty Bond. He had been
unr uvea. IBs intiuenza was to return more aeaa- 1 ""H1"1" uj ' i urara.
1. than nveri and claim far -more victims. Other
aihnenta arising or supposed to arise from great
nerve strain. would oeveiop to plague tne public. And
these propbeaes ot disaster caused ' s vast amount
f individual annoyance and misery.
But these things did not raateiMiize. me statistical
"We found that the 20-year-old Julofsky was seal
out to deliver $600000 worth of Liberty Bonds"
said the police official. "There are a thousand stores
ia New York where Liberty Bonda can be cashed
over the counter. Yet Julofsky was seat out with the
buUetin - of the Metropolitan Life Company shows the I bundle of easily negotiable securities. ' A 'guard waa
below the average of the preceding years. That com- ofslcy waa quite a stranger to bis employers. Once
pany has 13000000 policies ..outstanding and finds before he had been ' suspected of stealing Liberty
there hss been a low prevalence of tuberculosis. Bonds." . ' . "; .'.' 44-'y
typhoid fever measles ' whooping cough heart and . The knijfelike intelligence of eur financial district'
kidney ailments and even of accidents. These ad- is shown by its methods. Julofsky put his hand into
vanee figures do not prove the case for the entire the middle of a bundle and abstracted $141000 while
country but. they afford an interesting light on what his 18-year-old "guard" was momentarily out of sight
we may expect.' i .u Then the robbed package waa receipted for "as is"
wy 1 ...M. wain.. v rt mm .wguiu ' iau
4 hours in which to get away.' . v - '
Patience sot him. .The detectives worked out back
ward his every move for days prior to the theft In
-1 ; k Almost insx way .now. .v
1 '.t-''v'.. rnm t wwvv axsur.
After we get fareless street cars maybe we can I all 16 persons were indicted and most of the stolen
r.
bonds were recovered. The job. was a fine example
of the faithful laborious intelligent effort that gets -results
for the average police department. It is true
that 20year-old boys who buy the loudest silk shirts -and
the yellowest diamonds rarely play mandoline
in the lobbies of expensive hotels. .Julofsky gave this
and other evidence of a virulent state of fat-headed- (' ?
ness while visiting Los Angeles Cat. His room wae -.
searched by the hotel detective who thought he might . "
be implicated in various petty thefts. But nothing
was found. His arrest came in the end because the .
New York coppers had painstakingly tracked him : -
down. .
. rf
For all that for all the apparent evidence that a V
real intelligence devoted .to crime might make the "!
business pay tjie police official's conviction i that '
it could not be done. :
"Suppose" I said to him "that a young man
well educated of a good mentality and fine physique '
were to go into crime as a business. What would be
his expectation of freedom to warp an insurance term ' - .
to fit the case?"
The police Official very carefully explained to me
that there are no statistics covering cases of that ;
sort. But no such man could last he said. "
"We'd break him sooner or later" said he. "If '
he worked alone his methods would ultimately betray
him. If he preyed on his friends the process of elimi-
nation would get him. If he worked with any one
else hia fall would only be a matter of time. A crook
is like an automobilist. Half his tumbles are the
other fellow's fault."
He told of the "dinner burglar" as an exampte ofY- i
the danger the expert runs. The "dinner burglar" '
only robbed the nouses of "nice people" and then
nnlw 4.nflr V ttnnr hnitr mihn 1 . n.kl n. v 1
continued conversation becomes most engrossing in - ill
the dining room. He operated in what real estate V
men would call a "restricted neighborhood" and lived j
in it himself to make the getaway easy. The coppers v ' -.
had not the slightest idea who he might be. ' ' I
"But we knew how he worked and where" said. I
the official. "So we set a watch on some houses we
thought must tempt him. It was a wearisome task '
but we got him." . i "
"The "dinner burglar's" levee at which $tooooo
worth of loot found in bis room was placed on ex- '-
hibition was attended by some of our very "nicest" " .
people. The dinner burglar spoke disparagingly of '
their intelligence. . ' .
"If they had used common sense I could not have . J
operated at all" said he. - . . I
Some time ago Big Bill Mason was released from - f
Sing .Sing; a broken-down old man. In his day he ' -waa
the topnotcher of all burglars. He had speed in-' ; ;.
tuition daring intelligence combined with an extraot- '
dinary physical equipment. '
"How long would he last today" I asked Police :
Commissioner Enright "if he were at . the top of his '
powers .but used the methods fashionable in his day?" .
"Not long" said the commissioner. "He might '
do s few jobs. Not many." . . . . t
In Big -Bill Mason's day the burglar and safe- 4
cracker made up to look like an honest plumber. He
Wore a cap and carried his tools in a bag. Now- . -adava
a really successful boxman sends hia advanca .
agent before him. The head of a prosperous window- -''.
cleaning business is under indictment ift the part ha :
may have played in a big job. i f v. ; . .'
"Sometimes . the agent gets into a house or busi-:
ness establishment to sell goods" said Enright "or '
sometimes he works there for days or weeks. By -
and by he knows all there is to be known.. ' Then the v 1
principals drive to the door in 'a high-powered auto- -'
mobtie do their work leave like gentlemen and stay - t
under cover in a good hotel until the dust settles." ' ' '
Fences' were once unpleasant old persons who spoke '
with a whine and were invariably dirty. They usually ' .
conducted Junk shops in most inconvenient parts of '
town. Now they may be brokers jewellers merchants
in various lines. They take an undue share of the
spoil the thieves say but they get better prices than '
the oldtime fence did. - .
T "Our modem criminals are far ahead of their
fathers" said the commissioner "It is really a pleas-
ore to work against them. Fortunately -our modern '
policemen ere likewise better than their fathers were.': -It
is like the battle between the big gun snd the de-
fensive armor. Now. and then the croak. finds a new
schema but W always counter in the and." - ' -
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