Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1925, Page 20

PAGE EIGHT By J. E. HANWAY AND E. E. HANWAY Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 1916 y Tribune building, opposite postoffice. ued every evening and The Sunday Morning er, Wyoming. Publication offices: Tribune Advertising F . King & Prudden, 1 New Yorl: City; Globe E Monigomery St., San F y file-in the New York, ( ‘o, Boston and San Fran and visitors are welcome. UBSCRIPTION RATES Carrier and Outside State Chicago, I Suite 404 8 Tribun B and sun y Trib one month in rT YOUR arr TRIBUNE {t call 15 0} r complain cisco offices 256 Fifth ron Bidg., ne 16 ts Education in Wyoming The legislature returned from its visit to the University at r y. What impression was made on the mem- tion of the university plant is unknown, the statesmen were astounded by the latest addi tion to the group of buildings, the half million dollar gymnas- ium, which still requires from $100,000 to $150,000 to complete. Yale, Ha ard, Princeton nor any of the other of the larger s of the country have any such gymnasium. The com parison of Wyoming university with these other universities, on any point except gymnasium, is out of the question. They all number students by the thousands, whereas Wyoming has a bare eight hundred. The concensus of opinion ms to be that the Wyoming university authorities had their sights ele- vated to the perpendicular, They have built a gymnasium one lrundred years in advance of the needs of the institution, and it represents an expenditure upon which it is impossible to conceive a return in any manner whatever. The building will last for some years, but the upkeep will exceed the original cost and many generations will pass, before the necessity of such a building will be apparent. It seems like rotten business judgment and woeful lack of economy in an institution that now gets seventeen and one-half cents out of every tax dollar paid by the hard-pressed Wyoming taxpayers, and still de- mands a great share of the tax money. The university lobby will pay a return call upon the legislature when the appro- priation measures are under consideration. Their needs at that time will be for a million dollars, but being strong for econ- omy and retrenchment, they will compromise on a half mit- lion dollars. The total disburséments by the university to the close of the fiscal year (June 30 last) were $1,079,431 81. It has been frequently stated that the whole student body-could be sent to any university in the land, all expenses paid, with two vacations home each school year, and the state would have a neat sum remaining to its credit. There is no disposition on the part of the legislature or people to cripple the university or retard its growth, but there is no denying the opinion that prevails everywhere, that tho university authorities should come down to earth and conduct a school that fits the conditions and circumstances of the times and one justified by a state of 230,000 population. The fact is that not only the university but all schools in Wyoming, have gone away beyond justification in matters of expenditure of money. If Wyoming schools are ever ruined, it will be on ac- count of oil royalty. And when oil royalty decreases, which is inevitable, in that day Wyoming schools will not know how to act in their poverty, and if present standards are to be main- tained, taxpayers will haye to prepare to carry the load. And when that sad day comes there will be a whole lot less football and basketball, and costly gymnasiuins, and side lines, and con siderably more effort to secure a working knowledge of the famous three Hs. All of which may be for the real benefit of school children, then struggling for an education, instead of simply hunting what is called a “good time.” Fewer and Better Ones Statesmen and jurists have repeatedly dwelt upon the plague of too many Jaws in the United States. We sometimes seem in danger of being smothered in our own legislation. On the other hund. it sometim seems as if congress were af- flicted with a kind of pa s that prevented it from enact- ing any laws at all. Consider the situation in Washington. After the conference between the president and senate leaders it was unofficially indicated that almost all the important bills pending in congress would have to jettisoned if the ship were to be brought into harbor on March 4, with the appro- priations for carrying on the government safely on board. There was no hope of action on any of the treaties at this ses sion, the bill for reorganizing the departments of the govern ment in the interest of economy and efficiency can hardly hope to get through, the Muscle Shoals bill, the Macadden Banking bill, the Federal Building bill—all seem to have fallen by the wa Does t ly: side s mean that cor st the power to f the stor ess the ress, particularly the senate, has ks at the remainder , the senute passed no in the space of about two hours. Of course, th vere mi measures. They were bridge bidJs, bills for juim inst the government, private pension bills. And they vent through by consent. The calendar was called and on it there was « fair apportionment to each senator of a. bill or bills in which he was partici ly interested. So, without de- bate, they were “kissed through.” But just the same they add to the bulk of legislation. They also illustrate one of the vices of lawmaking ag it is at present p’ ced. Large measures, proposals of country-wide interest, have to fight for their lives, and often do it in vain. Meanwhile private legislation is speeded on its way. Doubtless a need of our time is fewer laws. But « still greater need is laws better drawn and more conscientiously enacted. A e slackening of the volume of legislation will be of ne great avail Unless at the same time legislation is made more intelligent and discriminating. House and Home It is curious to note how the word years given place to “home meaning of its o There is f the idea of a he *, but home is a he would say on a return voy “house” has of recent which formerly had a distinct no gr i i . Nobody from a far land that he was houseward bound any sooner than he would say that he or his wife were keeping home; and assuredly a home breaker is a wholly different kind of animal from a housebreaker. But while twenty years ago a person or firm advertising a house for sale would invariably offer it as a house, in these more expressive times nine out of ten such advertisments com- wend to public attention “a beautiful home.” Signs are placed on new houses never occupied as human habitations, “These Homes For Sale,” although it is manifest from their appear- ance that they are not homes, never have been homes and will not be homes until they have been occupied as such .Yet, even when habitations are occupied and have been so for years a person that has given the subject much though will receive an odd impression of incongruity, when passing a row of houses to be told that “These old homes will be torn down soon and a new building will be erected on their site.’ * It is one of the defects of some Latin languages that they have no common word that distinctly signifies, home, The Che Casper Sunday Cribune rg Che Casper Daily Crihune Spanish and Italian “casa” is used either for house or home, but with us the two terms are not identical. Little or no en- dearment is attached- by us to apy. word used as a substitute for home. M But if we were logically to follow the newer, usage of the word “home” which has taken on a far more material meaning expression would be‘altered to.“shouting it-from the home- tops.” People would have honie-wa:mings, they would speak of homewives who also would be homekeepers. ¥ Perhaps the fact that “house” has gone to the discard and “home” is used instead is partly the result of our collequiai use of endearments in a most indiscriminate way. There are those who do not resent beiug called “dearie” or “buddy” by saleswomen or dentists or others, though the occasion may be the first one on which this apparently affectionate person ever met them. So that just as those terms are more intriguing than “sir, or “madame”. so is “home,” with all the winsome and wonderful yisions it calls up, more appealing than “house!” whichis a mere structure of brick or wood and not a place of peace, rest and love. “Stimulating Refreshments” * Lord Birkenhead in a caustic comparison with the British press recently criticised American journalism severely. Among the items he calls scandalous are the report that his daughter, Lady Eleanor, smoked a cigarette on a college campus and the other that he, Lord Birkenhead, was said to have indulged in stimulating refreshments offered to him by a deacon of a non- conformist church. It was a faux pas which borders on an un- pardonable sin, The reporter who committed the crime should blush in shame at his exaggeration. But the tenor of the Earl's remarks, nevertheless, brings to mind the lines of the sacrilegious bard who wrote: Fast swells the head that wears a wig And turns a scavvy to a prig. Pity the Commoner who as Peer Frowns at a pint of foaming beer. The reporter may not have had in mind that a deacon would offer the Lord Chancellor a pint of beer, but the words “stimulating refreshments” bore all the earmarks of so un- thinkable an insinuation. The secretary for Indian goes on to say: “Tis is the first occasion on which I have h#d an opportunity to deal with this matter, I’d like to make it clear that my daughter did smoke a cigarette, but I wasn’t offered any stimulatmg refreshment by the deacon.” We are under the impression that Lord Birken- head wrote a book, “America Revisited,’ published in 1924, which should have given him ample space to complain about the slight offered him by the press. Moreover we would say that such justification would have relieved the book of its tedious boredom. . What we do regret is the turn of Lord Birkenhead’s mind regarding the American press, which he used for all it was worth in 1918. If it was good enough for him then when it gave him all the advertisement for himself and the British cause, it should be good enough now, for American journalism has changed but little since then. “What seemed to irritate His Lordship most,” quotes the cables from London, “was that the ‘scandalous sentences’ which the American reporters wrote about him were-cabled all over the English-speaking world.” Mr. Frederick 8. Smith, now raised to the Earldom of Birkenhead, was the head of a press bureau and took command of the Londdon Times at the begin- ning of the World War. He should know from his own experi- ence that reporters all over the world love sensation and that tne English press is not altogether free from the taint. As a matter of record there are more libel suits on file proportion- ately in-the English courts than‘in those of the United States. The “half-penny hair-raisers” of the British Isles have a fondness for screaming headlines, Even if the indulgence in stimulating refreshments were grossly magnified it would merely be another instance of American hospitality. To Be Cherished The movies and radio have been veritable boons to thous- ands upon thousands. They are not likely to lessen the number of theater goers and concert lovers, as some pessimists pre- dct. But there is one harmful thing that they may do to the children of unwise parents. They have in many families brought to an end the good old-fashioned habit of reading aloud. It is not so small a matter as it seems, for the love of good literature and the formation of a sturdy character have been fostered in every generation by fathers.and mothers who have read good books to their children. And if the books are really good, they benefit appreciative boys and girls even if the youngsters do not know what all the words and sentences mean. Many men who have achieved fame have thought that their lives might have been wasted if it had not been for the family readings that were characteristic in households of New England descendants. Children can have all three—the movies, the radio and reading aloud. But if one has to go because the others are too engrossing, then it is usually the reading aloud that is discarded. It would be-het- ter for the child’s future to keep that. It will be a misfor- tune if the generations to come are to lose so valuable and yital a force in the moulding of character. Diplomatic Dress Considerable comment has been aroused over the addition of two more plain evening suits to the two which already held a place at diplomatic functions in. Paris. The American envoy las always worn the formal evening attire at such functions. Switzerland is the other republic which was represented by a diplomat minus gold braid and tinsel trapping. The two new wearers of the democratic dress are the representatives of Germany and of Russia, There was a time when'an American at a European court felt us conspicuous as he looked. All about him there were glittering costumes In gold and silver, uniforms that tickled the fancy and delighted the heart of lovers of the bizarre. Is it not a fact that as men become more civilized they have less love for the bright fixtures of rank and position? The action of Germany, once the worst offender in this matter of parading her gold-encrusted representatives before the eyes of the world, and of Russia, who was little, if any, bet- ter, should act &s a sort of antidote to the American minds which have maintained that in Europe American diplomats ought to dress like European diplomats. They~could not, of course, do that and still remain true representatives of demo- cratic America. ¥ Immigration Hurdles Some of the countries of Europe made bitter complaint against the new immigration law as enforced by our govern- ment. They say that their quotas for admission are filled in the first month or two of the year and thet thousands of their nationals who are eager to estublish homes in America are held buck on the doubtful chance of squeezing in another year. This is true and sometimes unfortunate. We cannot be expected to take down all the dikes and permit an undisturbed flood of humanity of all kinds from ali lands, Although central Europe grieves bitterly over our policy of exclusion, there are still lots of countries whose quotas are not nearly filled. There is still officiak room for lots of immigrants from Afghanistan, Arabia, Liberia, Nepal, New Guinea, Ethiopia, Siam, and dozens of other lands. We do not want them, but under the law they would be admitted. The beauty of the law is that. we may at least offer inducement to some of those we really want and are in position to exclude a few of those we can most readily dispense with. Can't Kill "Em The newly elected chairman of the Democratic congression- al committee declares with considerable emphasis that his party is not dead, it may look and smell that way, but he in- sists that it is still alive and will come back. In his judgment, the Democracy thrives on defeat, just as it does on calamity when in normal health. Its motions aro all attuned to disaster. A Democrat will serve as » door mat for a full season and then arise full of vigor for another whirl. CROSS-WORD PUZZLE sure. OTHE INTERNATIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you fee] reasonably These wil) give you « clue to other words crossin; and they {n turn to stil] othera A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either z them, horizontally or vertically or both, HORIZONTAL 1—And 80 forth 4—Pursuing 7—Frozen water 10—Seek blindly 12—Giants ° VERTICAL 1—Urge on 2—Division of military body S—Abbr. for name of business firm 4—Transfera ‘ 6—Th who deal In slaves 6—Bad mannered children (© la Gellett Burgess) 19—Musical instrument 7—Natives of the Emerald Isle 21—Hall (abbr.) 22—Taps &—Stop 24—Arches across 8—Place on a permanent footing 25—Ocean (abbr.) 26—Direct 17—A Mexican taborer 28—To hold up the head Jauntlly | 13--Small Insect (pl.) 16—Box 30—Menta! vision 17—A very hard wood 83—Snare 20—Part of a stalrway 86—Merit 23—Mild In tone or character 387—Coo! (sup. deg.) 24—Applies thought 38—An ancient olty In Phenilola, 27—Fiat dwellers 88—To change direction 28—Covera with bricks 40—Kind of rock 29--Used for heating 43—Famou: ake of violin (abbr.) title bd 47—Consumed $ 48—Detests $4--Specles of deer 81—Island 35—A liquor 52—Title of respect 41—Young girt 63—A fermented beverage (pl.) 42- Period 84—In the Year of Our Lerd (abbr.) ure 66—A continent (abbr.) 68—Rope with running noose 60—A species of antelope 62—High peak 63—Cuddles ~ 64—An organ of the body PUZZLE SOLUTION r Solution of Friday's Puzzle. oO CElTABBAIS!i [OE OINTE} [E[N|O[S MEO} Title Abstracts Editor Tribune.—A subject of in- terest to every property owner in the state should be given attention by our present legislature. I refer to the fact that the state-of Wy- oming has no law regulating the charges for abstracts of titles. The result is that every individual ab- stracter is a law unto himself in re- spect to the charges he may make. With the great majority of home- stead settlers as well as town real, dents; a real estate loan ts a neces: sity, an abstract being demanded by all loan compdnies. Now, the property owner finds himself at the mercy of the abstracter. Where there is only one abstract office in the county, there is no competition a Be. R. WILLIAMS STORE! GROCERIES 129 W. Second PURE LARD, PER LB. Pot Roast, tump Roast, Veal Roast, per lb. Picnic Hams, per Ib. 2 CENTER SLICES HAM FOR No.2 . Ib, 10e sanded sas Sugar-Cured Bacon, extra good, per Ib..---1---__-- Per Nh.iaoseens a2 cota es 15e Veal Chops or Steak, WE DELIVER 44 -Pertalning to tides 45 -Exclamation of sorrow 46—Devil 48--Suspends 49--Lowest female voice 60- -Composition 84 Southern State (abbr.) 87—A be 69--A lfangu: of Europe (abbr.) 61—Musical note and where there are more than one usually there is combination. Recently, a homestead settler, just after proving up, made application for a loan on his land, and the ab- stract cost him $80. I am _ told that charges of $25, $35 and $50 for similar services are not uncommon. In other states, where such charges are regulated by law, a similar sér- vice would*cost $2.50 to $3.60. In other states, where the ab- stracter's fees are regulated by law, a chart, giving the legal fee, is posted in the office. No doubt we have good men in this business who charge a reason- able fee only, but the public is en- titled to legal protection from a’ class of sharks whose greed cer- tainly needs regulating. Frank Kelley, Keeline, Wyoming, January 28, 1925. aek a EMERGENCY HEADLIGHT WON OWNER PATRONAGE | Whon a ground or short-circuit occurs in the headlight wiring, the proper procedure, of course, is to inspect the wirlng and remove the cause. However, the wiring on some cars is practically inaccessible, be- ing conceaeled in channels formed integral with the fenders or frame of the car, and cannnot be inspected unless it is entirely withdraw. this consumes considerable time, the motorist often cannot afford to walt In a recent case of this kind, the mechanic mad# an emergency re patr for a driver who had beer stopped by the police for driving with one light. After inspecting the MEATS Phones 10—11 vTITittitoiit SPECIAL FOR MONDAY §j a SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1925 bulb and its socket to make sure that the trouble lay in the wiring he cut a length of insulated wire. attached at bayonet plug to each end connected the headlamp with ‘ed in his dreams at night by the ghosts of the dogs he has killed. He says the dreams always end with what sounds like the tremendous wailing of hundreds of his canine WITH FAIRNESS , TOALL— - yictims. deayoring to correct the delusion. pat > taht ts SINGS AS HE IS SHOT. MADRID, Jan. 27,—Faéing a fir ing line to be executed for insulting a superior officer, Private Jose Grandez sang popular songs for sev- eral minutes before the order to “fire” was given. His executioners so admired his bravery that several efused to shoot the dash lamp sacket. In this man- ner, the entire procedure occupied but a few minutes and so pleased the motorist that he later returned for a permanent repair, deciding to keep the emergency cord in the car for future use.—American® Automo- Dile Digest. TENS SS CSTE th SEES DOG GHOSTS. . LONDON, Jan, humane officer, di First Aid for Bruises A mother’s kiss will help dry away those scalding tears. But, a medicine cabinet, containing “first aids,” helps to prevent bad results from bruises and cuts. . Our White Sales uae cabinets, with clear, beveled edge mirrors;, keep medicines safe from children, yet easily found at need. 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