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JUNE 25 1924
HOUSTON TEXAS WEDNE8DAY. . .
Brutality in Prisons
At tt bottom of the mistreatment of prisoners by those In authority
orm them ta the failure of those authorities to recognise that prison-
ers have tights.
It la a common thing to hear of an officer shooting down an per-
haps killing a prisoner fleeing from arrest when such shooting and kill-
ing Is a clear violation of the law. The mistreatment of prisoners at
police ' station i is a matter of common report. Once arrested or con-
victed. In the rlew of far too many officers the Individual has no rights
that they are bound to respect
;. jTb "fiendish brutality'' reported practiced at some of the State
prison farms Is part and parcel of this qnlte general practice of Ignor-
ing the rights of prisoners. The Isolation of the prison farms gives a
haace for free play to guards and prison manager who do not know
how to carry authority.
'J Tha three cases of bnAal .whippings of prisoners alleged by George
W Dixon of Houston to have occurred at one of he State farms are
revolting enough to the average Individual trained to respect human
rights but to that class of the constabulary that thinks it is privileged
to exercise the power of life or death over persons entrusted tempo
rarily to their care it probably seems perfectly all right Anyway
; what can be expected on isolated prison farms when police stations In
tb heart of the cities are permitted to use "the third degree" on clti-
sens merely suspected of crime!
. ' i The question of discipline In a prison where there are many long-
term aad desperate character incarcerated Is admittedly a difficult one.
No one expects the penitentiary to be a garden party at which the host
strives to make each' guest feel the most at home. The authority of
those in charge necessarily must be kept supreme. It would not do to
'let convicts have the notion that they had the upper hand. Also it is
' necessary to have some means of compelling unwilling convicts to per-
form -their duties.
'But the fact must not be lost sight of that while a man loses his
civH liberty by being imprisoned In the penitentiary he has not thereby
lost his rights as a human being. The slashing of the backs of prison-
era Into ribbons resulting in the physical incapacitation of the men for
weeks is an outrageous violation of the inherent right of a human being
and t Is a relic of barbarism that ought not to be tolerated in a civii-
ia4 State. The constitution expressly prohibits the infliction of cruel
and unusual punishment and the lash as it is alleged to be used in the
Texas penitentiary is a violation of the letter and spirit of that provi-
sion In the basic law of the land."
ferhere are two things needed to abolish this Inhuman practice. One
is the employment of officers who have sense enough to recognise that
prisoners have rights and who are capable of carrying authority with-
out abusing it Another Is an aroused public sentiment that will abol-
Ish laws that permit the outrageous disregard of the rights of prison-
" era by brutal officials and a sentiment that will see that officers as
well asi other people obey the laws and stay within their authority.
McAdoo's EmbarraMment
' Hr. HcAdoo is complaining that the New York newspapers are not
- giving him a square deal. Evidently his complaint grows oat of the
' embarrassment the' papers are causing him by seeking to ascertain his
position on the Ku Klux Klan.
' T i has been the policy of Mr. McAdoo to sidestep this issue in his
- pra-coaventlon campaign though he hal been the favorite of the klan
III several States and a large part of his strength In the convention he
owes fo the klan. Whether or not he is for the klan the klan in the
democratic States has been for him.
- 7 '.But Mr. HcAdoo is too much of a seasoned politician to really as-
some that he could continue In hla non-committal attitude on a ques-
tion of this importance while the convention is In session and not be
challenged for an expression of his views. Ha can not be surprised
that the New Tort papers published in a strongly anti-klan section of
the country are not letting him continue his pussyfooting tactics with-
out calling for a showdown.
' 7 Ir. McAdoo understands the situation perfectly but he Is trying to
create sympathy for himself and postpone the statement of his attitude
oa the klan as long as possible by attacking the newspapers and shout-
tag that he is being discriminated against
" -.The problem of Mr. McAdoo has been how to let the impression pre-
vail' tn klan controlled States that he Was favorable to the klan and
- thus bag their delegates and then to minimize the fact that he is the
klan candidate when he arrives in the East where klan domination of
politics is not tolerated. That is what Mr. McAdoo is up against right
now and the papers in asking him for that long promised statement
of hla views on the klan are making It uncomfortable for him.
If anybody is unfair in this business it seems to The Post that it Is
Mr; McAdoo himself who refuses to tell the convention as he has re-
fused to tell tha people whose votes he seeks where he stands on what
Is admitted to be the outstanding issue.
SeenHeard
lABOnT HOUSTON
The University and Publicity
' One other thought with reference to Dr. Bolton's attitude toward
publicity as expressed in his reply to the newspaper men to "go to
h-11" and the Paris Morning News is responsible for it.
VjSAf the News reminds us the university has a large school of Jour-
nalism. Many of the bright ambitious students of the institutions are
taking the course in Journalism. And furthermore the university has
developed a splendid publicity bureau which not only keeps the affairs
of ' tha' university before the people but which has through tact and
good service won the friendship of the newspapers of the State and
influenced them to have a friendly feeling for the university Itself.
If Dr. Bolton has a habit as he says of telling newspaper men to'
seek the lower regions what would' be his attitude toward these two
departments in the university? And what would be. the reaction on the
'university should be maintain a hostile attitude toward those depart-
ments T It is a legitimate question the News asks and the answer has
a considerable bearing on the.tness of Dr. Bolton for the presidency
of the University of Texas.
-';WeH we see the United States supreme court has adjourned for
tha summer vacation and will meet again October 6 preparatory to ad-
journing for the Christmas holidays. Ohio State Journal. Why be in
R hurry when the gentlemen of the bench have all the rest of their lives
for doing what they are going to do?
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' . Jvery clHien who thinks he Is not paying enough taxes already
should vote for T. W. Davidson and the farm-labor bunch who want to
take the 35-cent limit for ad valorem taxes out of the constitution and
".ire the legislature a chance for a tax-levying spre.
. Tha University of Texas maintains a school of Journalism. In case
ts accepted the presidency of tha Institution would Dr. Bolton give the
asma advice concerning where to go to the budding young Journalists
that he says he gives to all aewspaper men?
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' Maybe that Chicago doctor who la warning the people they are eat-
:ag too much Is a sly propagandist tor the republican party trying to
sprees the folks with how prosperous1 they are nndeT a republican ad-
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tnistmtiott.
- AS an Illustration of cutting off ana's nose to sptta one's face the
"oa of tha Japanese whol are . committing salclde becaiss of Amer-
i oriental sxduslofl haa it ttk ts class ft) ttsaK .'3 f".-.- v '
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Cecil Slsaon chief aid to 4 Elscraaa man
ager of Sylvan Beach park was confronted
with a nice ethical problem the other day when
a large lady with several small children in bath
ing auita made her appearance at the entrance
to the park's bathing pier and informed tha at
tendant that ahe didn't have ana tickets and
what wu more wasnt intendaig to buy any
"I'm notta gonna pay for my kids to go in
wimtnin' she (aaevcrated with finality
Tbat'g government water oat there ; we're tax-
payer and we aot a risht to ase it."
Mr. Sisson was summoned. He heard the
lady's story. "I understand" he said sooth
ingly. "Will you step this way?"
Back scrota the park and rt the front fence
300 yards away he conducted the lady and her
party. '
"Now" he explained "that certainly la gov-
ernment water out there and you undoubt-
edly have a right to use it but the properly
between here and the water I privately owned.
If you can devise any way of getting from here
into the water without touching the intervening
land you will find the bathing as far south as
Cape Horn absolutely free."
Ray Scruggs candidate for county judge is
a purposeful sort of person whose dignity is
not ail assumed. Likewise it is very real and
overawes a lot of us low-brow folks. But it's
a long worm that has no turning and she
turned with a vengeance the other day when a
man from Ray's home town met him on the
street.
"Running for county judge huh?" asked the
visitor. "Well here's where I see a chance to
make some money quick. What'll you give mc
to go on home and not tell about the time you
and I used to go out stealing melons at night
sitting down in a fence corner breaking 'em
over our feet and eating only the hearts? Huh I
What'll you give me. Mister County Judge ?
"I I I there goes a man I want to see"
stammered Scruggs. "Tee hee heel" chuckled
the visitor.
"Dad" Goldstein known among traveling
salesmen as the greatest story teller recalled
this one Sunday :
Hiram walked four miles over the mountain
to call on the lady of his dreams. For a long
time they sat silent on a bench by the side of
her log cabin home but soon the moon as
moons do had its effect and Hiram sidled
closer to her and picked up her hand.
"Mary" he began "y'know 1 got a good
clearin' over thar and a team and wagon and
some hawgs and cows an' I calculate on build-
in' a house this fall an' "
Here he was interrupted by Mary's mother
who had awakened.
"Mary" she called in a loud voice "is that
young man thar yet?"
Back came the answer: "No maw but he's
gettin' thar."
Dr. William States Jacobs has a penchant
'for expressing himself in short pithy sentences.
Here s some of the things he admires:
The man who can smile at disappointments.
The town that can pull together in emergen-
cies. u
The boy who is not afraid of hard work.
The firm that takes a personal interest in its
employes.
The candidate who does not stoop to mud-
slinging. The girl who values herself too highly to
become common.
And the man who makes us laugh without
blushing.
You can not stop this V. A. Corrigan person.
Several weeks ago a newspaperman received
a bill from V. A. C. for 50 cents. The man's
balance was $17.50 and he carelessly made out
his check for $27. Later the scribe and Cor-
rigan met in the street.
"Here's your dad-blamed 50 cenfs" yelped
the newspaperman.
"Ah yes I" said Mr. Corrigan suavely "that
sum representing my profit on the transac-
tion that's the reason I was anxious to collect
it I"
Help 111
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A visit to Houston's Art museum is a revela-
tion to most citizens. Studying the canvases
on exhibit in the spacious galleries are to be
found nearly every type and nationality of art
lover. Recently according to Director Jarne
Chillman an Italian laborer appeared at the
museum with sketching board and crayons and
proceeded to make excellent copies of two mas-
terpieces. This man it was learned later
studied color and tone under one of Italy's
greatest masters.
An old man was singing for stray coins last
Saturday night on Main street in front of
"Bill" Shotwell's store when a lady who was
passing dropped something into his hand and
exclaimed :
"Perhaps that might help you."
"Thank you lady; thank you" said the old
man. Then looking in his hand he found a
cougH drop I
The new office boy in the editorial room is
having his trials and tribulations. One of his
duties is to answer the telephone and the other
day he shouted out I "Dees Lew Story work
here?" When he was informed that no such
person was known around The Post and told
to ask again be did so and his hearing was
much bette. Blushingly he informed a re-
porter: "Somebody wants to give a news story."
Diplomacy "Dad" called this one.
At tha grave of the departed an eld darky
pastor stood hat in hand. Looking into the
abyss he delivered himself of tha funeral ora-
tion. "Samuel Johnson" he said sorrowfully "you
is gone. An' wc hopes you is gone where we
'specta you ain't"
Some Postscript
America's banana imports are about $30000-
000 a year.
According to a Western scientist scarcity of
insects and not cold weather causes bird to go
South when frosts come.
Bureau of standards dye are tested without
actually dyeing cloth by measuring with a spec-
trophometer the light which passe through a
solution of the dye.
A farmer ef Laurel township. Hocking coun-
ty Ohio reports that he has a Leghorn hen
which has laid several eggs Mgh up in an elm
tree in a hawk's old nest.
Due to the efforts of the Egyptian Woman'
society child marriage in Egypt will be abol-
ished by a new law which fixes the minimum
marriage age for girls at 16 year.
The annual growth of wood in the United
State is sufficient for the production of s.soo-
000000 gallons ef grain or ethyl alcohol U ail
of the wood were used forlhat purpose.
A woman of Swansea Wales has been going
to sea a mate for nineteen years and assert
she is the only woman in the British empire to
held the Mercantile marine medal for war ser-
1 Good Work.? '
Pet Prlngle toiled for many years ; be made
silk purse of sow's ears; and seldosa took a
rest : hi purse were in great demand and. it
was aaid throughout the land these purses
were the best. And people sometimes said to
Pete "You hsve a plant that can't be beat
why not make other things? The wooden nut-
meg graft i fine and you could turn out hams
oT pine and pewter wedding rings. I don t
believe" old Pete replied "in spreading out a
graft so wide; no scheme like that endures;
make one commodity so fine there is no equal
in its line nd then the world is yours. My
purses made of porkers' cars are known in
seven hemispheres wherever men have kale!
they're found st home they're found abroad
wherever mankind ha a wad my purses are on
ale. When men buy purses they exclaim
Pete Pringle' have the highest fame they've
held their own for years; before his skill the
whole world bows; he only uses Tamworth
sows which have the choicest ears.' " He
does one thing and does it well and now we
see him calmly dwell in opulence and ease; h:
has his shack in Easy street and he has cus-
tard pies to eat and shrimp aad early peas And
many wight who tried to spread their graft
too wide are poorly fed on aoupbones slaw and
bran ; they've no umbrtllas when it pours they
have to sleep on cellar doors and dodge the
peeler man. Walt Mason.
(Copyright 1924 by George Matthew Adams.)
Rare Opportunity.
Old Cloth Man "Any old cloth to sell?"
Mr. Styleer "Is that your little son you
have with you?"
Old Cloth Man "Nope. He' me pupil. I'm
learnin' hint the perfession."
Do It.
ST EDO AS A. GUEST.
If they give a job to you.
Do it.
Stick right there and see it through.
Do it
If they thought you couldn't do
Such a job and quickly too.
They'd not give the work to you.
Do it
When on you a task is laid.
Do it.
Jump right in don't be afraid.
Do it.
Bosses never walk about
Giving work to men they doubt
So when they have picked you out.
Do it.
Stick right there and play the man.
Do it.
They who ordered think you can.
Do it.
Never doubt yourself but say:
"They have faith in me or they
Would not throw this chance my way
I'll do it-
Difficult or something new.
Do it.
It's a sign men trust in you.
Do it
If1 they thought that you'd be weak
Or possessed a coward's streak.
For another man they'd seek.
Do it.
(Copyright 1924 by Edgar A. Guest.)
His Profession.
Mr. Flimm "I thought that since automo
biles have come so popular there was no money
in running a blacksmith shop."
Blacksmith "By jinks there ain't. But I've
bin shoin' hosses nish on ter fifty years an'
I've got my old trotter left thar. I take her
shoes off one day and nail .'cm on the next."
The Empty Loft.
Buffalo Blink "Whoop I Er I say is Rip
Rilley up in his room?"
Tavern Clerk "Sorry sir there's nobody
home in the top story."
Buffalo Blink "Oh excuse me. I'll ask
somebody else."
TWENTY Ft VE1
YEARS AGO
HOUSTON POST FILES!
Troultfs bQ. mm to know.
Still M crotus eligint
Itutkt bright light sighing to
When a bird if jinging I
Whr- star shiAei stcodfast-tntt.
All for "you-all for you I '
SOU Iht cross and still tht cart
With flowtrs tht way adorning;
Roses at tht window thert
Bidding you food morning I
With m living sky of Hut
All for you for you t
Faith and Hop for all tht yedrt
Solact for tht sorrow.
Light thai twinkles through your ttori
iftssagt of Tomorrow.
Joy of tarlh ant htavtns mads new
All for you oil for you I '
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution
titution. )
. .aTsMaapBaiit-it-tpa Mi..'.'-'
ts It Ontlmlatla or Jea" Craxv
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(from tht Indianapolis Newt.) . .
The rehibiiiati nartT in to tab a ana-tease
en life fcelaig perhaps that 70a aever can tell times a big as ears to ceoqaef the island'
Miss Estelle Burgheim is home after an ab-
sence of several months spent in Boston Mass.
where she attended the Conservatory of Music.
Mr. Spencer Hutchins will give his theater
party tonight and after the. play the guests wilt
be entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Meldrum.
The summer theaters were not patronized
Vith very large audiences last night. Houston
is hardly yet sufficiently cosmopolitan to make
Sunday night theaters profitable.
Miss Mamie Briscoe of San Antonio came in
on the evening train Tuesday and left with her
uncle and aunt Captain and Mrs. M. C. Howe
for Cape May the following day.
Mrs. T. G. Beard and two little sons Stanley
and Norman will leave tonight for Kingston
Canada. They will be absent until September
when the two little gentlemen will return to en-
ter school.
Mr. W K. Morrow of Sugar Land has moved
to Houston and ha become a member of the
firm of T. H. Thompson ft Co. one of the
largest wholesale fruit and produce houses in
the South. The firm is now composed of"X. H
Thompson W. H. Kirkland and W. K. Morrow.
Mr. Morrow will be in charge of the sales de-
partment. The Master Builders' exchansje has perfected
an organization in this city by the election of
the following officers: H. Holtkamp presi-
dent ; D. Woodhead secretary and H. N. Jage-
mann aergeant-at-anns. The objects of this or-
ganization are to protect architects builders
and owners and adopt more equitable methods
of doing contract work. The officers are well
known and their election means that the ends
sought by this organization will be served.
Fashion Notes.
A shirt waist intended for tenni courts was
of tan pongee with many little rucks forming a
yoke. The front had a vest four inches wide
of the tucking set in the waist so ss to form a
trimming. The skirt was of tan pongee trim-
med with very narrow brown braid pot on in
big circle around the foot and extending high
up on the skirt in an apparently aimless way.
White flannel is worn more for outing and
less for business still one sees it s great deal. J
Such business men as Henry dews Addison
Cammack S. V. White and D. O. Mill dress
in white for business and so do such dudes as
Freddie Gebhard and Berry Wall. It is only
s matter of getting used to it for after a man
has begun to wear white he will wear nothing
else. He feel so dean in hia spic and span
suit. The pink flannel man is seen only at the'
beach ; so also the blue flannel specimen unless
it be for the tenni court er the croquet
ground and they abound there.
: State Happening. . J -
WaaahachieJ Sergeant Kepliager . has Jnst
returned from the Philippines. ':He is visiting
Dr. L. Keplinger. He says the. United States
ha not near approached a victory over the
Filipinos. ' He thinks it will take sa army five
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TllEDAnYESSrWl
RFrank Crane
Ideal
Every one has ah ideal; even those persons
of whom we say they have none they also have
thei ideal.
For an ideal is. simply that thing or sum of
things one believes to he most worth while.
And when I say "believe" I do not refer to
any creed of the mind nor anything you say.
for belief is really a matter of taste your true
creed is what you like always "it is with the
heart that man believeth."
Your ideal is your sun around which all your
thought and deeds and desires revolve a
planets.
Your ideal is your mother earth with a uni
versal power of gravitation pulling all that is
withm you down to itself.
If you think you have no ideal suppose an
angel or. a fairy were to appear before you
as in Grimm's tales and ask you what you most
wanted and pomise to grant you one wish ;
what would you say? Whatever it is it would
indicate your ideal.
What do you dream of in your walking reve
ries? What vision keeps recurring to you ren
dering you unhappy because you can not real
ize it ? That is your ideal.
What does happiness mean to you? In what
terms do you conceive of entire satisfaction?
That is your ideal.
And here to one who wants to make the
most of life and escape lapsing into bitterness.
here is where the critical mind comes in dis
missing unworthy ideals and encouraging sane
and sound ones.
The advantage of wisdom philosophy and re
ligion lies in their power to prune or encour
age destroy or stimulate the ideal.
Men grow toward their ideal as flower to
ward the sun by an unconscious instinct. They
are slowly surely moulded to fit the things they
want. This force is utterly irresistible.
If then we can not choose select and reject
our ideal we are hopeless we are inert clay in
the hands of the potter.
The beginning of life and power in a man is
when he first believes that he can control bis
likes can learn to want what he selects to want.
It is then only he ceases to be the plaything
of world-forces and begins to be godlike con
trolling the universe to his aims. He is then.
and then only) a real man.
Sometimes it takes a great crisis or a great
pain to reveal to a soul that the pearl of great
price it coveted is after all but paste. In peril.
in great loss or face to face with Death the
revealer men have suddenly had shown to them
that their ideal was clay.
Sometimes a great emotion brings home to
them the realities. The phenomenon called con
version is a change of ideals. Falling in love
is the inrush of a new ideal.
Sometimes only a long experience can un
clasp our foolish vfingers from some worthless
treasure and only the dust of bitterness re-
maias in the air when our idol crumbles.
Very rare is the man that in calm weather
lays his hand upon his soul's helm veers from
the sirens and shoals and steers to a noble
port. .
(Copyright 1924 by Frank Crane.)
Humanity Can Beat Figures
By John Carlyle.
A lesson we have learned since the war Is
that it is not safe to trust to forecasts.
Thfj-real cash value of an opinion as to what
is going to happen is only a reasonable per ceat
of its "sounding value.
Most of the bright economists of the land
told us many times that there could be no busi
ness prosperity in the United States until the
European markets were restored.
The European markets have not been re-
stored and there is prosperity in the United
States.
So-called business experts told us that we
could never again expect to see great auto-
mobile factories run on full time as they used
to do at least not until the economic life of
Europe was renewed.
But they have been running on full time.
Saturation is not in sight.
Don't put up or withdraw too much money
on forecasts by anybody.
Balzac said: "Anything can happen." It
does.
The weak spot In business forecasts I not
hard to find. The prophet do not take into
account the immeasurable value of human in-
genuity. Forecaster never gauge aright the capacity
for victory in the human spirit.
The enemies of Napoleon at Marengo and at
Austerlitz tried to forecast what the "little cor-
poral" would do. He can't do this and he can't
do that they said.. It is impossible.
Napoleon can not possibly arrive until the
middle of the afternoon.
Napoleon can not possibly move hi troop
until daylight. The mountain roads are im-
passable. And so on.
Thu the forecaster.
They are always forecasting on probabilities
or On fact. They must forecast on the in-
domitable quality of the human spirit.
Napoleon fool them. Napoleon arrives six
hours before they are prepared.
To Napoleon the mountain roads are not im-
passable or impossible.
Nothing is impossible to human ingenuity.
Factories-can't run say the wise ones. But
they do run.
He sas no chance say the wise ones.
But he does have a chance because he make
it for himself.
He takes the chance and wins.
There is no forecasting human ingenuity
(Copyright 19x4 by Associated Newspapers.)
The Country Is Anything But
(From the Detroit Fret Pttss.)
. The theory that bone dryness is bad is based
on pore speculation. Nobody baa ever demon-
strated yet. '
His Vocal Chords . Hit on All tlx.
Proas tht Cleveland Thnes-Commtrtial.)
- There . Is no doubt that a fc keynoter Pal
Harmon will be fe bowling success ; . - . ; r
.f'4Tlsaslii ad.' OaMlita M fswwoVf
Calvin Coolidge wat born on s faro In v Ply
mouth Vermont on the Fourth of July 7avl
Being bona on the Glorious Fourth was a won-
derful lesson to bin. Before he was a day aid
be decided to give up trying to soak himself
heard by any vocal effort. He bss carried out
this policy ever since. .
His reticence in babyhood wa very marked
He was strictly a yes and no infant and never
wasted his breath in garrulous attempts to maks
known his likes snd dislikes. Even when they
would tske bis bottle swsy he would not com-
mit himself oq the matter. When he wss about
eight months old the nurse seeking to amuse
him. dangled a teething ring above his head
asking "Does iddle umpty-dumpkins want urns
pretty iddle teething ring? Does um?" To
which the child setting his Hps replied :
"I have nothing to say at this time."
When Calvin was about a year and a half
old hi mother sought to interest him with
nursery songs and sang the one that rune
Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall
And down will come cradle baby and all.
"Oh shucks I" exclaimed Calvin to hi
motber'a surprise and embarrassment.
On another occasion the minister called and
rode the infant Coolidge on his knee chanting:
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I u f.-t r ...
sjiiac s gray nor ro namowr v v
v.To see an old lady upon a watts aorsa -
J dungs on her fingers " ' iJ r ." .'
- Bells on her toes " f .(.( j
Sba will bavt amsie wherever h gottv i rv
."Does idol Cauls want to. hearmors songs'
like tt f" asked the clergyman. " '
"I would rather not discuss it st this Htns" :;;
was the child's terse but frank reply. v
When he reached the eg of 6 years and
was sent to school the first day lbs teacher
ssked "What is your name?" ' '.-j tit
"Calvin" he replied. 'v. -f 1 V . .'
"What Is your last name little sasn?" saa'
asked. - - . r '-4V ;
"Coolidge" replied the boy. ' K f T
a a -j J 11-... rvtM. ' 1
live?" asked tthe teacher. J
"Cut the talk and let' at down to busioesa
replied the child. V"
Before people knew k the boy Jiad become
mayor' senator lieutenant governor- governor
vice president snd president. They art now ' ;
predicting a great future for him. r i JV ' :
Charles O. Dawes. ' rjX
Charles G. Dawes was born ht Mariettas-
Ohio in 1865. Attention was attracted to him p
as s child of ten tnonths when tha family -doc?;
tor responding to a hurry call examined him '
and pronounced wisely "Well have io sfva
him some epicacl" To whiA Master Dswe5-
replied "The hell you say I " After that there f
was no question but that he would go tat44.j
(Copyright 104. by Associated Newspapers.) i
i
6unshlne In London.
In London on a snnny day.
The footpads and the burglars say:
"We'll spend these 'ere delightful hours
A cqllin' of the lovely flowers.
An' baskln' In the warmth. Instead
Of crackln' parties on the 'ead.
For w'en the skies are smllln' bright
A-doIn' wrong don't Just seem right"
In London when tha ekrads roll by
Tha forgers snd defaulters cry:
"This pleasant weather makes us keen
To golf a bit at Golder's . Green
Or maybe pack our bags and go
To Wembly for to see the show.
It certainly would be a shyme
To spend a day like this In crime."
In London when the sun comes out
"Wot 'O" the glad pickpockets shout
"We'll let them Piccadilly genu
Keep all their shillings pounds and pence
An take a bus ride to the park
To listen to the lilting lark.
We'll keep the straight an' narrer way
And never pick a purse all day."
In London when the sunshine smiles.
Rogues lay aside their wicked wiles .
And every criminal displays ' ''
A strong distaste tor evil ways.
For criminals like other men.
Require a respite now and then;
And so they hall with kindly cheer
The one sunshiny day a year.
v.
11 M
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Economy. I-
It will cost a billion dollars to abolish the grade-crossings In America but It would
cost far more than that to abolish the kind of people who get hurt on them. t
Suggestion. " "
Why not radio the hammering of the pneumatic riveter so the rural residents earn '
know what life In the big city is like?
Foolish.
Eskimos have saved fifty million dollars which seems useless considering the fact
that they never have any rainy days where they live. -i
(Copyright 1924 by the Bell Syndicate inc.) N
BURGESS
IBEPTMESTOBIES
Bobby's Curiosity Is Satisfied.
Who takes advantage of tht weak
Is very aft to bt a sneak
Old Mother Nsture.
Bobby Coon paused at the entrance to the
hollow in the trunk of a certain big tree in the
Green Forest. There were babiea down in that
hollow. He knew it. -He had heard them cry-
ing. Now there was no sound. They were
keeping perfectly still. Probably they had
heard hi claw on the bark as he climbed up.
He wished he knew whose babies they were.
He hadn't the least idea. That they were very
young he knew by the weakness of those cries.
Tl.t f
I mm r m
80 Bobby waited and llstsnsd.
They would make aim a good dinner. At least
that is what he thought. Tender young babies
of any kind would make a good dinner.' Still
h hesitated to go down U after them. He felt
sure they were aloae. They wouldn't have cried
that way if they hadn't been. Bat there was
just a chance that they (sight sot be ales.
And there wa also the chance that their
mother mighty retnra and aict hin) ta there.
So Bobbywahed' and Jfttened" aad Sit the
time kept looking this wal and that way to
make sure that so sot sawlhim... Preatatly h
heard those whinmg ; cxmpfrminf Httl 'trie
again. After nateniag S stomesrt r two; he
ws sort that those feeble ata alone. '
: "IH take chance" atutfcred Bobby. "IH
take a chance. Probably 111 never get another '
chance like this one." ( '
He put hi head in at the entrance snd the V
started to climb down inside. He was almost- :
wholly inside when he heard the soand ef ";
claw on the trunk of the tree outside - '
You should have aeen Bobby Coon dash ant y
of there. He didn't waste a second. And you
should have seen the expression op Bobby V
Coon's face when he got hi head out and '
looked down. Coming up that tree fatter than r.
he had ever dreamed a Porcupine could dunk
wa Mr. Prickly Porky. One look at her wat
enough for Bobby. Those usually dull eyes' of '
hers seemed to be fairly biasing with' sngerV
She was grinding together those greet yellow (
teeth of hers. The thousand little spesrs In
her cost were standing right out. .She waa'2--thrashing
her tail from side to side. . ... ' - -
"Oh I've made a mistake I" squealed Bobby.
snd started up that tree faster than he had -climbed
in a long time. Yon see he eouldat -'
go down because Mrs. Porky was coining eV"
Up the tree snd out along a branch that '
touched a branch ef a neighboring tree Bobby "i
scrambled. Over into that next tree he dimSed -and
down that tree he' went. The instant he
was on the ground he took to hia heels. His i-S
curiosity was quite satisfied. He wa no longer t
interested in those babies tie fairly ahfwed
a he thought of what would have happened ta
him had Mrs. Porky reached the entrance ta
that hollow before he could get out. He fluke
forgot that he was hungry tor meal. ' - - t -
As for Mrs. Porky she was satisfied to chat .
icr arcaatui la reals as she watched Bobby Cooa
out of sight. Then she hurried into that hollow
in the tree. Those were her babies in there .
and no one but Bobby Coon knew they were
there. Not erca Prickly Porky himself new V
about them. . ... .
(Copyright 194. by T. W. Burgess.) .
The -Next Story!
Bablsa."
A Pair of Queen
r Ha OughTa RWs a Hobby Horsa'
(From tht Indianapolis Star J r; 5 '
It begins to seem sa tf the prince ef Wale
would do well to select his mounts st soae
pony track. . -' so---
.. OpW aaaeq foe Being Montlensd.' V
-f.XrVi Ma Pttrow Frt n$$ri '
If s a 49 day when somebody doe net Bring
out a acw dcnsecrslis candidate for the nre .
deacy .. -i v . 1
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