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TOE HOUSTON POST: SATURDAY MORhJINO JULYjl A 923 i
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. rlOUSTON TEXAS. SATURDAY. A ...... ..JULY 14 1923
- Disadvantages of Homestead Law
The convention of secrsUry-treaaurers of farm loan association!
want on record as favoring a rape! at the Texas homestead law;
also a remoTal of loaa-allglbiltty restrictions npon land-owning farm
era Who rent on a "one-third and oaef ourtb." crop basis.
V- ;The fteed -of a materially modified bomestead law bas been recog-
nJaed'for many years bat tba objectionable phases of the law are
Axed to the constitution and The Post sees no likelihood of immediate
repeal ; The only way the eltiien nay use the part of his capital In-
vested la a homestead Is to sell it outright Heretofore those who
advocated repeal hare been regarded as enemies of the bome-ownere
and the poUtldana hae not found" it dtfflcnlt to brine tba wrath of
the voters down npon their heads.
Both the bomestead law and the Ferguson enactment regulating
crop rentals ara restrictions npon the right of private contract and act
tor the greater part to the disadvantage of those whom they were
designed to benefit The miserable conditions among which many
tanners lire are due entirely to the circumstance that they- can not
wee their homesteads aa a basis of credit to enable them to lmprore
their farms.
Tarns in States where no such homestead restrictions exist ara as
rule better equipped in the way of buildings and Improvements and
-" than better standard of liTlng and agriculture are maintained. Many
' farmer .has sold kip homestead at a sacrifice under pressure be-
cause he could not one it as a basis of credit whereas It he eooM
T fore porrowed longtime money on It he might hate been enabled to
tmproTe and equip hia farm and render It more productive and habit-
':' As for the trend and dishonesty which hare been encouraged by
- the homestead restriction in both urban and aural sections they hare
Injured the reputation of the State ta some respects aa well as the
credit of citisena who are" honest.
Texas haa managed through the organisation of farm loan asso-
ciations to obtain considerable benefit from the Federal land bank
' ; system bnt not tithe of what might be enjoyed were lndlridual farm-
. era permitted to nee their now exempted property which In most
f cases constitutes the bulk of their holdings as a basis of credit
. - It would not be difficult. If publio sentiment were favorable to give
.' - all needed protection to home-owners i gainst ordinary perils to home-
...V. ownership and at the same time enable them to obtain long-term
money to promote their welfare and prosperity bnt so many people
hare come to regard the bomestead law as something sacred that it is
; doubtful if their consent could be obtained for inch modifications ss
f anight enable them to hare better homes and enjoy greater prosperity.
I If the truth were known not a little of the tenancy which has be-
come a blight upon Texas agriculture Is doe to tie unreasonable home
. stead restrictions which render It impossible for farmers to borrow
' money npon their property and tenancy is the curse which threatens
agriculture toon than any other.
Every paternalistic Idea that has been Introduced In our govern-
meat baa mealed Its Inherent era. Paternalism is not consistent
v with our ideals of freedom. Its Increasing pressure is an embargo
upon industry business aad Individual comfort and initiative. Neither
I; the State nor the nation can realise its highest aspirations until the
k government ceases to Interfere with the dtlsen In his effort to work
s out his salrstion and promote hia own happiness.
. ' The people may be a long time in ascertaining the truth of this.
. but thwysrUl know It soma day alaa they sorely will behold the rubs
1 'of the great fabric of freo gorerameat erected by the fathers.
The Elks For America
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. Some of our people laying claim to superior political wisdom and
extraordinary breadth of mind are frequently heard sneering at efforts
being made to Americanise the foreigner. When the menace of the
" bolshertki agitator is mentioned they ridicule the fear aa the product
.J of Imagination Apparently they would let the country take mo ac-
tlon to develop nationality or to protect Itself if they had their way.
It is gratifying to find such an organisation aa the Elks taking a
determined stand in faror of Amerlcanlsatlon. No one ever accused
jthe Elks of not being broad-minded. No other organisation numbers
: tn Its membership better or more typical Americans. The Klks lodge
J In every community Is composed of representative citlxens and the
. Organization itself is as free from prejudice aa it is possible for any
-i organisation to be in fact aa well aa in theory. And this is what the
Bka of America any with regard to making America American:
There is no problem at this moment to which Elkdom can address
' itself with more serious consideration with graver concern than this
question of Americanization. The time is here to arouse the Ameri-
can people to the need of aa organized and well directed campaign
of Americanism against the organised forces that are constantly plot-
.. ting to undermine the foundation of our government and against the
" organized forces that defy constituted authority.'
This is just what might bare been expected from the Elks. Thu
.anarchist the alien agitator the bolshevik propagandist either of the
? soap box or parlor variety can not deceive this solid American ot'
. ganlzation. The pledge of protection incorporated In the name of the
order. Includes tbe nation as well as the individual.
; The support of the Elks In the fight for Americanism is ta be we!-
I corned. The country's defense is in the hands of such practical aad
aggressive men ss they.'
The Public Also Concerned
"A man who commits murder ought to be made an example of by
hanging at high noon on a main street." 8. 8. Cos is quoted as saving
vat the Texas sheriffs convention in Galveston while expressing his
; disapproval of the change in the method of execution to electrocution.
I Evidently the speaker misconceives the purpose of punishment
i The condemned offender Is not the only one it might be said not the
principal one concerned. It makes little difference to him whether
? he be hanged In public or private. But It makes a great deal of dlffer-
tence to the public.
7 It Is not on record that public executions deterred crime. The
.Jtomana lined their roadways with crosses upon which they nailed
41tAAa mumImm anil 1. . .. ...
iv"'"i bum mucii nog wcurrea me aispieasure 01 the ro
lint powers and the chief characteristic of the Romans of that day Was
t their brutality. Cromwell rode into London between rows of scaffold
from which hung the bodies of men who had been made an example of
I In public No one will contend that England with her private execu-
rJbei today la more lawless than in other times when men ware hanged
for minor Crimea while the callous crowds looked on.
Sir. Cox is hopelessly out of date with hia recommendation. The
.' cenaency has been to get away from tbe brutalizing effects of legal
executions. One big argument for substituting tbe electric chair for
I the noose and centralizing the executions in the penitentiary Is that
the people of the counties ere relieved of knowing all the harrowing
'detslls of legal hangings. Texas win never to back to the day when
ta execution wea the occasion of a holiday for the morbid and curious.
; . The president reminds those who dont like our form of govern.
' ;ment that aUp saillnga an regular and frequent. Paradoxical aa It may
eeem no one makes a Mgw noDer tor the protection of the eonstttu-
tloa than does sxitm wn-Amerlean .agitator who is threatened with de-
:nertatloa.'; : '
Eugene Debs ''says; 'nimur thiagi vera said about Oeorge Wash-
I -oa la ITTf than ara beint: said about me now.- Perhaps. But
' ) rt tri cow wfsat wm thej bt laying about bona it aarthingl
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By Oeerfe M Jlalley. i 4
Yew anew the Teas ' Watson melon but do
yew aaew the Wewdec a aew jBdonle dvtlop-
aem? 4 Through the line geacresay el eat
irked IX JX. FUIer ef UrbaaaJ and the eowal
fin integrity and trostwonhintak of the Ameri
ca KaBway Kapress we got oke. In dimca
kioaa flavor ana beaaty h acercs toe per eewt
aad fa character k is net eotnmeroaL Only
democrats saints and philosophers pre worthy
of' each fruit.
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Just fifty-two jreers ego today Fraace paid
Ccraaaay 10000000 francsof the sosoeeeo-
fraae aadnaaity old Biaawrdt exacted Ger-
many is aet Baking such good progress in the
Tbe thrifty elways till have to keep op the
trofligete aad carry on the great affairs ef
civOiaatioe. Aad the politicians will begin to
cassp ea taetr trail jest as soon aa they show
the eijras ef having the money.
. In the. Caecho-Slovalda parliament they are
Sroseemg to fill the gaps in population made bi
war by cesapellittg every man to hav Two
whrea but the married women are bitterly Op-
posing iL Anyway that plan would keep the
fighting spirit of the Czechs high. .
It is the bead that wields the shovel and the
hoc aad aet the bead that pulls the trigger.
that helps civilization en its way.
Education is a grand and glorious thing.
Chicago high school girl wrote that "Otrija was
a brilliant novelist who wrote Under Two
Flags. .
The Toledo Blade is going to pot on a "Bath
lag Girl Rrrue. And yet our righteous con.
temporary would think a girl scandalized if she
smoked s cigarette or sipped a cocktail
Soaw i$so men and womee received degrees
from the University of Wisconsin this year.
With that many minds being properly trained
year by year we believe Wisconsin must event
nally come beck to democracy.
Our divided estranged and contentious Chris-
tian nations were in no position to deal sandy
with the pediculous Turk at Lausanne so that
obstreperous rascal walked off with the goods.
The agreement renders it certaia that sooa there
will be another war in the Balkans.
When nothing else but money will do a fel-
low h looks to see which way the plow is and
teen travels to tbe opposite direction.
The National ftepublicaa of Washington de
clares that North Carolina is burdened with
high taxes and bad government. We give the
gentle reader One guess to ssy what the North
Carolina people are going to call 'that sheet but
it most be understood that Tar Heels do not use
the word 'damn."
The old Marlboroagh hotel on Broadway and
Thirty-sixth is to give way to a twenty-fivt-
story industrial building. There will be thou-
sands to remember the Marlborough afid we
suppose they suffered as much per day while
stopping there aa we did.
Ope' writer says Paris is drinking less a
statement that does not coincide with the re
port that there are more Americans there1 than
ever.
A Michigan nun whose credit. at tbe filling
station was exhausted went to his grocery " aed
bought sis dosea eggs. . These be. Sold to an
other tracery ier fash aaeVbought gasoline with
the money. This shows that there are more
ways of killing s tomcacthan gorging him to
death on canary birds.
Sometimes we become so excited over the
procress of the Houston ball team toward the
pennant that if a live coal were put to the sole of
vtu (ouij 10m u migm waae us np ai f a. m.
No substitute for wstermelons exists savs
the Post-Dispatch. Of course not although
Florida frequently foots the May appetite of
New York by acwdinl a few carloads of sauash
and charging $4 each'' for them.
A professor of Northwestern university slys
man came either from monkey or mud and he
can see so advantage in mud over monkey.
Mao flings both mud and monkey wrenches in
politics and religion.
As we understand it the wheat growers of
the Middle West are not preparing to hold any
celebrations this summer over oroneritv anil
the great achievements of the Harding adminis
tration.
Thev tell us that some af fh- mU
papers of the Middle West have suspended pub-
lication temporarily because of the heat. Our
'steamed contemporaries. -
Now the Courier-Journal announces in sn
editorial that one W. D. Nicol is not a colonel
Isn't he a Kentnckian?
From what some of our discontented nrlrh.
bors ssy they are willing any time to exchange
the "three-mile limit" for a "three-gallon
limit
When we hear this confounded modern meis
thst sails under the name of ballad it makes
us long for tbe good old days when the Wizard
Oil wagons aad their singers used to tour the
country. Do you remember them?
Those traction experts are certainly smart
ones. Apparently in order to elude capture by
the mayor they came to Houston.
Some Postscripts
Owls can not move their eyes.
There ara iama ninipL In .'
trunk "
A WaTs adamillit mat Thasw am at at sXt
r ww; svw
tunucasft. V
Sc VCUtVaanVei ftgln iflr' atf mil
be preventable.
Firemen fiahtinv nil W (mMitl
resort to asbestos clothing.
Sixty-three million dollars is spent monthly
la the United States for amusements.
- T auv 111 Vl iuu um
tional forests during the season of loss.
Maris Loaiae wife of Napoleon never saw
the emperor again after his exile to Elba.
Margaret Goldman four feet four inches fall
is one of the best deep sea divers in America.
C C Dill from Washington thirty-eight
years old is the youngest man in the senate. .
Halibut is found k all the northers seas and
the fish is the most rained food fish in the
world.
Failure of the f reach prune crop m ioss
atistafe -00 - ... a a m w a .
i wni . vcmaaa . or American
: Os.Ysa Mean Aoaln or tllf )
Irisi rebde' are said to be teadw to fight
nun Who ever doubted stP . r
W& Jhii liberty EcH V
Carl Hollldiy Inths OuUook. V
. Every American knows that the Liberty Bell
ia 'Independence hall Philadelphia pealed forth
the epoch-nuking sews that th Declaration of
ladepeadcace had been signed. Bet hew many
Americans know when the belt first rang and
when the greet crack down its aide forever
stopped its-ringing? ;: r: ; ' .
It teems that th man who undertook the job
of .swinging the historic bell into the little
tower above the lam out State house wee Ed
mnnd Wooley and it appears also that he took
hi pay far produce instead of cash. And like
tbe shrewd Yankee that he probably was: he
demanded hia price ia advance. ;
It was ea Apru tf 4753 that tbe bin was
made out headed: The Province .. . . To
Edmund Wooley Dr. . For snndrys adr
vanced for raising th belt frame and putting
up the bell" Whether Wooley was "hard up"
or simply didn't care ta trust the province 'of
Pennsylvania we shall never know; but the
fact remains that the colony paid him in eat
ables more than two months before the bell
was placed in tbe steeple.
A curious array.of foods and 'prices that
ancient bill presented for hanging the moat fa
nous bell in all history A list of prices in
deed that may surprise readers in tips day of
the widely advertised high coat of living. Re
membering that k shilling was approximately
a cents we may 'do our own calculating as
we read mat Wooley received according to one
item: ..
A Peck ef potatoes se ad; 14 lbs. beef at
s 8d ; 4 gammons '6 lbs. at 6. 18s. ft 6 5.
And another item consists of
A cheese. 13 tba at ed 6s 6d; beef jo libs
st d 10s; a peck potatoes as M to te t.
Edmund Wooley and his workmen must have
been s thirsty set for the next hem reads :
too Limes 14a; 3 gallons rum of John Jones
14s a e. i -
While the last it-V 1
A barrel of beer of Anthony Morns
foils. '
There were various ether articles advanced
to the contractor for the Job of putting up the
new bell ; s shillings worth of mustard pepper
salt and butter; 9 shillings' worth of bread of
"Lacey ye Baker? g shillings worth of wood;
and earthen ware and candles to the extent of
13 shillmga fosarpenca. The entire bill amount'
ed to '5 13s rod or Siy.ia not s very high
price for preparing the way for the first Fourth
of July.
If yo arc ef s mathematical torn of mind.
you may work out all the comparisons you wuh
between old-time prices and their present
descendants. ' Suffice for us now to notice that
a peck of potatoes st "ss od" or 66 cents
would be considered in this day a pretty sure
Sign of profiteering while cheese at is cents
pel pound or beef at cents per pound might
cause the modern housewife to faint from joy.
And think of getting three gallons of real rum
in these days for $1.1 a per gallon and a whole
barrel (not a keg) of beer for $4.11 !
It was wise foresight on Edmund Wooley's
part that prompted him to obtain his pay in ad
vance ; otherwise he would have waited many a
weary week not only for his just dues but
for the completion of tbe job itself. For when
the bell was origmslly cast its tone was found
to be so harsh that not only the officers of
the province" but the very manufacturers
themselves were dissatisfied.
Psss'4 Stow "the persons who originally
undertook to recast the bell and who had made
the mold tn a masterly ' manneraand run the
metal well went to work in a scientific spirit.
When we broke up the xfcetal" says the an
cient report "oar judges agreed it was too high
aad brittle and cast several little bells out of
it to try the sound sod strength. We fixed
upon a mixture of an ounce and one-half of
copper to one pound of the old belt"
But even this combination did not remedy
the defects and it was not until the amount
of copper was reduced that the cars of the
makers were appeased ; and the new bell was
finally east late in June 1753. It was hung in
tbe Staff house steeple during the lest week ef
that month probably June 28. '
Such an event called for attention even from
other "provinces." The Maryland Gazette of
Thursday. July j 1753 announced : ;Last week
was raised and fixed in the Sute house steeple
the new great bell. Cast there (Philadelphia)
by Pas and Stow weighing io8 pounds with
the motto: 'Proclaim liberty throughout all the
land trato all the inhabitants thereof.' Lev.
"xxv r." '
There seems to be a general opinion that the
bell pealed forth th news of tbe birth of a
new nation on July 4 1776; but here again
tradition has been careless with th truth. It
Was on Monday July 8 that the ben sang its
song of "liberty throughout all the land unto
all the inhabitants thereof." Our colonial an-
cestors were not given to the modern weakness
f rushing blindly and precipitately intotoub-
lkity. I
But on fiftyfline succeeding Fourth the bell
did indeed speak its memory of th signing of
the nation's Declaration and then the catas-
trophe. Tolling over the death of the first
and greatest chief justice John Marshall en
July 6 1835 h suddenly cracked and silence
was henceforth its portion of life.
Msny an enemy had old John Marshall made
through hi highly original interpretation of
he constitution from the supreme court bench
and some of these enemies were mean enough
now to declare that it was no marvel that the
Liberty bell cracked over the death of the.man
who had cracked American liberty.
But Marshall s friend might have retorted
truthfully that this same John Marshall did
more than any other American to make the
constitution the very bulwark of national sta-
bility and that the old bell mizht well have
burst of sorrow st his passing.
Be an that ss It may the bell thai Edmund
Wooley raised on high "or sundrys ad-
vanced such as peck of potatoes s cheese.
and three gallons of rum bas meant more to
our nation and to mankind ia general tba a the
nooiest cnunes that ever clanged forth from tbe
lowers of the world's-most magnificent Cathe
drals. -
One Consideration.
(From tk Ohuf St alt Journal.)
The neighbor lirls. with their
intuition and all tell u that these rule for
happy marriage sow being promulgated at such
length by our great thinker ar perfectly all
right but the thing of primary and fundamental
importance after all i to land the young man.
Vocational Training '
Wrom th Lftj Prtu.) .
Dumb Dennis ssvs If he kl . h. t.
neves' he'd send him to Yale tit Im maV
locks as be judge by the advertisement that
th best on the market ar made there
It ie
little
A Difficult Problem. ' V
(rem tk AmtrUtu AeV Gruiinf)
lav ucrniaa mar is luta anm mt
hard to teU whether they ire worth a
more or a uiue less than .nothing. ' '
' Afasl WTrseV 1
1 U-row f JVMJMr.)-. ;.;v
V - w. . . . . L- 1 . -
i -' m-vywi. slan III H TTUBIS B.UCfi.
but there are few of Vm thst Cod ess trait.- -
Ttvesty-Fiye Years
prom ins noustea poaiucat t
V 1
I
Middling spot cotton was OOoted t 1 j-4
cents per pound .0 - '
i Four-basket crates ef peaches sr quoted at
30 and ;s eentfc;';;t.V;;;iy
. Senator George p. Neat Of Navaeota recent-
ly renemmated la a guest attbeLawlor. I
James M Curtln left for his bom in 'New
York after a visit to hit brother H M. Cartin.
The Post it in receipt of i letter from! i hdy
signing herself "A Christian Mother" auggesbc
iog thst th legislature prohibit 'the sale of
morphine and other habit-forming drugs i :
- Captain F.AV Jleichardt: chairman of th
First congressional "district has issued a call
for a convention at Turner ball August i 'to
nominate a democratic candidate for cbngresai
Lieutenant Colonel G. W. Hardy was m
tared into servic and took command at Camp
Tom Ball He delivered an addrea to the sol
diets of the Fourth Text regiment Strict dis
cipline will be enforced h said. 1
Houston lodge. No. 434. 1. 0. B. B. installed
the following officer 1 Charlea D. Wolf presi-
dent; Jule Hirsch vice president; S. Simon
secretary; Ike Harrison treasurer; Samuel
Hirsch; warden; L. M Young guardiaa; Joe
M. Gerson monitor; Sam Cohen Man Fiaxman
and Alec Sehwartx trustee.
" SrAHTsm-AMDucAiT: Was. -
Santiago The Cuban general Garde my
there are 30000 death annually la the Spanish
army in Cuba from wound sod fever
Santiago. A recapitulation of American
losses at Santiago from alt cause put the total
at S300. Malarial and yellow fever were the
worst enemies. '
Off Santiago. Admiral Sampson today tent
the battleship Texas to mkd fast to the shore
the Spanish cruiser 'Cristobal Colon Cervera's
sunken flagship. An effort will b made later te
salvage the ship.
Washington Subscriptions te the war loan
of 100000000 have been "closed. The total
subscription offered were $100000000 ix
times the amount asked for. .This is said te be
the most successful government loan ever float-
ed in the United States.
tvasnington. Santiago surrendered st 3 p.
m. President McKinley wsa alone in th White
House. With Mrs. McKinley when handed th
dispatch from General Shatter. He quickly read
it aloud to Mrs. McKinley snd then sent for
Secretary Alger and Adjutant General Corbin.
The Spanish commander Toral stipulated that
hi troop se returned to Spain. There sre be-
tween is.ooo and 13000 troops in the city.
. Stats Hjirrturaos.
College Station. An interesting program is
being carsied out at the Texas- Farmers' con
gress in session here.
Dallasv-It ia reported that Web Flanagan
may be a candidate against E. H. R. Green for
rtpublicanjitate chairman.
Texas towns have completed the railing of
fund for the band instrument for the First
Texss regiment rationed st Miami and the in
struments have reached the boys in camp
GSMSAL.
Pari. France. The city celebrated the anni
versary of the fall of the Bastile.
Washington.-President McKinley named Ed
ward R. Meek to be iuds of the Northern dis
trict of Texas.
aan rrancisco. aunr r.mmi nru ami
body of troops are-ready to sail for the Philip-
pines. 'They will stop at Honolulu and prob-
aory participate ur the ceremony of annexation.
The Business of Being Funny
: a Or. Frank Crane.
In no country la the world atad in no period
of history is so much space time snd energy
shown is the business of beinar funnv. aa mav
be seen in this country and in this day. News-
paper teem with comio picture column of
jokes and page of humor. Whole Sunday
supplements are full of all maimer of gew
gaws jimcracks cartoon quip absurdities.
and monstrosities wherewith to provoke
laughter.
And when you see a group of Americans
reading this matter on a suburban train they
took as solemn as owls.
What is the matter with us? Are we an
exhausted crowd of nervous wrecks weak and
sad from the lassitude following business de
bauch people who must be galvanized into
mirth by ultra-clownishnes ?
We like a fool and love a mountebank once
in a while ; but to live forever amonc face-mak
ing heel-cracking hee-hawing humans whose
wnoie aim tn life seems to be to produce a
spasm of ' cachinalion thia is too much.
1 0 go to a vsddevflic every day. to read a
fuiny paper every day is as bad a to go- to
church or to a funeral every day. Come to
think of it the professional funny man and the
undertaker have much the same facial expression.
W hardly realise the funriimmtil !. r
fun which i that it is founded on seriousness.
Without serious bottom no funny structure
can stand.
A professional medium is most successful in
convulsing hi audience when he keeps a sober
and even a gloomy face. A grim remark from
sour-laced Scotchman strike ut as witty.
when Jhc saipe thing said by a laughing clown
will not seen funny at all.
Fun is the foam and sparkle and shin of
life but It must be upon the surface f
. .
oeeps. tne wave ot tbe ocean sre more
beautiful th the ripples of a shsllow pond.
When we make a business of fun we are in
great danger.. Dr. Holmes points out the em-
barrassing fact that when we once stand on our
Bead betore an audience that audience will
never be satisfied unless we stand on our head
all the time.
Fua i like salt and pepoer to life. A fleet
of it gives relish but too much of it spoils th
meat.
(Copyright 1913 by Frank Crane.)
Wherell You Park?
. (From th Toltdo Bladt.)
Chicago has act aside eert of a noMir naek
for the parkins of nrivate atitomahiln Tti
chy of Brockton Mass. has .created k special
prwngire in its business section.
These ar steps in the direction nf nlvln'
on of the 'most eernlexin of mnniriml nnh.
Jem. Th motor traffic has become ao arrest
thst th authorities of every dt 1m th.
have to wink to a certain extent at th viola
tion ot specs law. Unless these regulation
were ditobeytd in som of the busy "streets
blockade WOtlM b llmnt nntji...a ''Tk
question of parking is nesrly as difficult a 'one
as handling the moving traffic Parked cars
in the streets take -np room the traffic ought
to nave isrs seewng for parking places ear
wedging themselves into narrow aarlcinv mnm'rmm
carl painfully maneuvering to get out of tight
hole all alow up traffic . " .
Chicago and Brockton although leading ta
the solution of the parking enigma have set
gone very far. To th eye there Is jut
much traffic trouble In these communities a
ever.- The eye is not at feuh.: There la.liW
a much trouble. Car multiply faster than th
car ef them fat the streets can be Worked out
'i'-T - ..f wi.kw A via BSS WW
posed that loathe most pongeited parts of the
metropolis 'no cars shall be permitted to stand.
o.pnviie ears eoau p allowed to enter s"4
j. Crr Old.ABe. t
" I've noticed that the aickly mes who of their
ailment screech live very longfour score end
ten the tpark they often reach. I used to say
of Gaffer Jones : who lived next door but one
"The sexton aeon will plant hia; bones hi
court is nesrly run. k He harhor (very known
disease has shriveled up and frail and he has
spavin on hi knee and piUa do not avail.
He' cornered ; alb th ; standard ilia' from
Bright' disrate .to anunps nd he's o pal
around th gill he tod must bump th bumps."
And that was forty year ago and many stal-
wart men red-olooded gents I need to . know
are deeping in the glen. And 1 have aeea th
young depart the gifted and the brave; oh Oft
I've seen the. black plumed cart bear comradea
te the grave. And nearly all the friend are
gone who walked the hills 'with met but Gaf
fer Jooev he still hangs on a ruin sad to see.
He trill complain of scanty breath" his lungs
fce say; are' sore but I don't bank upon his
death he'll live forever mb're.. The young may
perish in their bloom the strong' may find their
biers but Gaffer Jones will dodge . the tomb
for twice a hundred year. The wailing in-
valids endure and won't pay nature' 'debt;
and suck. -is life there' nothing sare on which
a man amy bet Watt Mason. . '
(Copyright inaj by' George Matthew Adama
Matohlno the HalrArran.ament
Little Jimmy (seeing hia father with two
front teeth missing)-. How funny you look
pap with your teeth parted in the middle." '
I Believe.
Sr SDOAB A. 0UIST.
T believe in friendship and I believe In trees
And t believe ia hollyhock a-waying in th
- breeze
AndNI believe in robin and rose white and red.
And. rippling brook aad river nd blue tide
overhead.
And I believe; in laughter and I believe in love.
And I believe th daffodil believe in God
above.
I m no unbeliever. I know that men are true
I know there' a joy In summer time when skiet
shove are blue
I know there is no earjhly power can shape a
budding rose
Or bring a daisy into bloom ; with all that wis-
dom knows
It couM not fashion if it would the humblest
- blade of grass
Or stretch a living carpet where the weary
traveler past
I believe in friendship for I have found It good
Atod I believe in kindly words fdr I bare un-
derstood ;
My faith is founded on the years and all that
I have seen.
Something of God I've looked upon no matter
where I've been
Within a swsmp but yesterday a lily smiled
at me
And only God could set it there to bloom for
me to see.
(Copyright 193 by Edgar A. Guest) -
Case Continued. '
Judge "I wonder what detains that witness.
He hsd the nerve to come into this court in
bis shirt Meeves. I ordered him to go home
and get hi coat."
Bailiff "I guess 1 he' on hi wy your
honor. You see his home is in Blizxardberg
N. D. So you can't expect him back until next
spring."
Th Mistake.
"Patience I" a lowly insect often said.
While (till 'twas in the caterpillar state; I
"Patience I when I'm a butterfly instead
My foes I'll laugh at be thef smalt or great.
At length the longed-for transformation came ;
Aloft it rose in beautiful attire ;
No rival more attractiveness could claim.
And free to fly what could it not desire ?
But lo where once a simple leaf would hide
The dull-hucd worm from those that sought
its life
The brilliant butterfly could not abide
A moment safe alarms were ever rife.
Go where it would its form could still be seen
By bird' keen eye or hunter' searching
Se ;
And so 'twas killed ere passed three hapless
days.
Ah each distinction doth it price demand
"We pay in full for all the god impart ; "
Few few who move in earthly station grand
Would long be envied could we read the '
heart Philip Burroughs Strong.
Alaa and Alaok.
Mr. Grill "It is clearly noticeable thst the
members living at this club are not satisfied
with their breskfsst." .
Mr. Fisel "'e suggest thst the president
act as chef for a week to get it started right."
' Mr. Grill "Very well: and at the end of his
week a successor for the following week might
be chosen from among the survivors."
Short Time Is Left.
Short tjme is left in this dry dull and woebe-
gotten clay
1 which we vegetate
To think on death; I sometime hesitate
And ponder on th day '
. That I was born and mad articulate.
Whence do I come; in what vat wlft and
ev cry-moving way?
What scheme elaborate
Can came so simple and again so intricate
A halting on the way
Er from this corpse my soul I extricate ?
-The Chapbook.
A Genius.
A eruty banker who had risen to affluenc
from an humble start on a farm 'had half
promised a boyhood friend to give the latter'
son place in hi office. The old farmer
cam in to talk the matter over and wa rather
timorous about the boy' qualif icstions ex-
plaining that be was just a country lad who
knew how to plow take car of pigs snd milk
He wound up by.statm: "Th bov knaws
enough to keep hi' mouth shut. . That's about
ail 1 can -say. - t
The listener for the firM tlm Hi.rt.J i.J
tereit Z"r "
'That' enough." declared the kislisi.
Thst' educatioa enough for ny mtt."
th mxicab. specially privileged shell be kept
moving. The proposal haa not been taken ee.
riouly. It was at once pointed out.thst e traf-
fic problem so cured would he only a ten.fr
of troublefrom on section of. a efty to an-
other. Other propoisls -tre automobile
way and double-decked Mreets . Iri this latter
arrangement pedestrians would have to keep to
the upper deck th tret level would be evaO-'
able for car from welt to wU. . - M
Th nature of the suggestions give a meat-
ut to the perplexity of the problem;; lt is not
scores of communities. - . - ti . ;? f"111' " 11
-. '-'? r K:- lat'g tea WsVd Haa
' piirs HatTMors Experience.
- -- iFro tk Td'io 'Shi.) T
"Itr! Bryh isys manage to keep ahead ef
'I'Ti T0f -". - - : .. .- .
Tk t UUt temtlking. p it UT.i s
. That ttUl tuithm Ut bom fni end e.
fk yramuig : temoV 'hot e'er th 1
if v
r
Frm tomfou aowf owim fth
wav'; ; rr5l .r. V 1
Set. half thtk mtit unto nrth !..
In fr tkral tfhtptm might Asomr ra m
Pair ' err 001 .ray'. . swrtaf . Hvr
Ai day uneomtit'i iocrti I ."-
HtthfJ ii ttronl U ttrongtr if knar
Sontihing of self htjoni mO kmm ffup
An ieaer ulK hhbtd nnUftti foldj i y
Of hf. which men can touch not net by
fSM grai ie what h givtt th world to
It rer still in that which a tsjiUo;'..
f Mary Aauey iownaeaa Mi
f Burgess Bedtime StoricTr
v ' - - '.'n
Danny Meadow Mouae Explains Thlrr-i
ar tnoifxToir w 8oas;'i
; Som thittgt yea hove m right to om' ''
You'll met Mir tru jchr'r you 'gnlt l-
r . -rDanny Metdow Mou'
" V. . . v .. . is i-i! jf4 a..
Peter Rabbit's urpri s the appe'araOeef '
Dsnny Meadow tlput waa to grel tbat ta . '
few moments he touldnt find bit tongue VTJ
when he did find it. question. ftirH UtMil V
over ech. other. " r
"What are yon doing over her- Danny
Meadow Mouse? Where hav yoa beeaatt .
this time? Where1 Nanny? Don't "you know t
that everybody supposes that something dretd-
ful happened to you? Why haven't your let
your friend know where you are?. 'Are you
living around here? Where is your Jmtpu" A
Daony Meadow Mouse chuckled 'a fussy. :
squeaky little chuckle. "Dont get o exdted .-'
Peter. Don't get excited" said he. TtV
isn't anybody' business but Nanny's and lne '
where we are or what we do." "i-'S'J
t "But you might think of your friends i-bi-tie"
protested Peter. "I've worried myseifrst- v-
most sick over you tad run my leg Hearty- Iff -trying
to find you. I didn"t expect to evereh '
you again. ?Jow tell m all. about if.VJ
"There isn't much to tell" (aid J&aany '
"Nanny and I decided that out on. the Groan'
Meadow where we used .to Hve waa no lwger
a safe place to bring up a family."' Too many -.-' J
hungry people knew( where we Jived. It'"A "
getting so thst a fellow needed eyes Ujby. .
idll a wen aa in nis nwi u am waniea te JOXW i
a whole akin. So Nanny aad'LueadeduSn
would move and we would go to-eome-'puts '''-
I j. 7v:'t: - "'
I ii in Ss . -.tnsl "
"Don't get to excltd Prter dont so
get ao xclted" aald he.
Ma
. r .
we aao never oeen to oeir-Tc ana so wnero ns (.
one would think of looking for o. - H weVh
long journey and a dangerous one . PhewJft
mskes me shiver when J think of. itA ' .'Z'
. Peter couldn't help smiling. Yfu tec.fp kja '
it wss no journey st all. But'wten he looked
at Danny's short leg he understood thait
really must have seemed a very long Journey" to -
Danny and Nanny and he stopped smiling. Ys ;
your honie right close?" he asked. ' . U -:
It isn t very fsr away" replied Danny j4 i
"Where is it?" Peter asked promptly. --Si ; ..i
"That's telling" replied Danny. j.)mi
"But you might tell sn old friend like me""'- .
said Peter. v "
And then you might tell it to ome oth4r . i
eld friend and thst one might tell it to tome j
vther old friend and to on retorted Dlfiny. . !
"What you don't know you cant tall. ' F told f
you I came over here for the sake of safety. -1
If you can find that home all right' - Bar Don't
expect me to tell you where it is for I'm not
going to. How is Mrs. Peter and bow U. the it s-
dear Old Briar Patch?" i ! 4
"Just as usual" replied Peter rather thrtlg. -for
he was a little put out because Danny -'
wouldn't tell where his home was. "Do yiu ' .
lina it reaiiy sater over nerer - ; I
Dsnnv nodded hia funnv lirtlA hait 'wfoAV j - -f
ously. -l certainly ao said he. Yeu -
hardly any one know yet that we are living v
here. You wont tell any one will yen Pe
ter?" he added anxiously. - t '--
"Not if you'll tell me where your home Ji
replied Peter with a twinkl of mischief UJb.sL
eyes. 1 itirVF
"I can't Peter." replied Dsnny. rjott '
can't and you have no business to tik m;."
(Copyright 191J by T. W. Burgee.) -na-
y- I
The Next 8tory: "PeUr Has to & i
Up." ' lj 1
1 1
The Stranger in the Houiuv
By Irvin 8. Cobb.
This little incident dates back a good many
years when certain well known publisher f
New York was somewhat younger than hlt- '
st present. His only daughter now a ehA
ing young matron with a baby of her owuJid ;
just passed-her fourth birthday. Let tw' call '"
her Clara which is not her real p'tane.)
Since before bis marriage the gentlemt'8'lh
question had worn a beard The" little girl.V of '
course had never seen her father except witb
mustche snd whiskered chpps
One Ssturdav night moved by a whim 'he ''
he went home and to bed' iNext morning ear-
ly little Clsra came from th hurtery to jljs
her parents. The mother .wa awtke: 'Sutr
daddy (till snooaed. - -rf'e'iJ
other when her ghxe fell upon the amoTh f 1
iv' vn yuivw in me aujavene ncu : ner 1
eeys widened in astonishment. "
Leaving her mother's side th litU thing
ttp-toea across tne room sad subjected th 1
countenance of the sjeepef te s puaaleeptari
Then h crept back again to wher the wii
saai'-. 1 - ' . '. '
"Mother dear" h tatd m as' SweeVwbU
par" who 1 th Strang gentlmnanre- .
(Copyright. ;sj iy .Melught Syadicattthac
1;-f --a;- ijrf KwilW.i
' 111. ui.i. iu .1
! .5 ni minur wannering (
(From th Ohio Sttl JommM ' "
Th group pictures of the tttfldttV Sekpboni
operator in New England Mu(ai ta kxi
signtiof tn gray ecoponwrsspect ef thNjues
tiont. at iu ia the mare of legs seated aw
1
1 F 1
Let'A W.WsVs4sard That Namat.1 '
Whenever A. Mitchell .Ptmrvplvi' 1
has to look st the date lfn
vi r-M living ia' i;p. ' '
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