Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1922, Page 6

THE _EVENING THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON,D. C. MONDAY. ...Mareh 13, 1922 THEODORE W. NOYES.......Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company B Office, 1th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 150 Nassau Bt. Chieage Officc: Tower Bullding. Eurepean Office : 16 Regent St., London, England. * _The Evening Star, with the Snndar morning edition, ix delivered by carriers within the cl At 6O cents onth: daily only. 45 eent month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. ders ma seat by mall, or telephone v 8000. Cotlection 13 b e the 8000, Cotiection 1a" made’ by carrlers at the Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ° Dally and Sunday. $%.40; 1 mo., 70c ,>Daily only.. yr.. $6. mo., 50 ./ Sunday only. <71 yr., $240; Tmo., 20c All Other States, Dally and Sunday..1 yr., $10. Daily only.. 1yr., Runday oniy I & mo., 85¢ mo., 80c mn.. 38c = The Small Loan Bills. . Two bills for the regulation of the small loan business are pending in Congress. One of these is known as the Commissioners’ bill, it having been PProved by the District Commission- ers on consultation with the citizens' committee on remedial loan law, and with the legal and police officials of the District. The citizens' committee on remedial loan law, organized in 1909, is representative of. ‘Wasbington, s..and many of'its members are vetcrans ,of the anti-loan shark contest of sev- *erll years ago. That contest resulted “*fn a law which has been sustained by several decisions in the Court of Ap- Peals and two in the Supreme Court of the United States. Because of the « manner in which that law was amend- sed it has not been wholly satisfactory “to the anti-loan sharkers, and it has . brought about conditions in the busi- ““"ness 5t making small loans which it is wished to correct. The Commissioners’ bill makes the correction desired, while *. -the other Dbill, generally called the “‘pawnbrokers’ bill,” goes far afield. «:»The Commissioners’ bill presents the views of many experts in loan legisla- tion, who have long been identified ‘with efforts to protect small borrowers from many forms of extortion and in- Jjustice, who are sympathetic toward tiiose borrowers and want to encour- age the legitimate business of meeting " ‘their needs. The Commissioners’ bil! has also received the approval of the Board of Trade and the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. The praponents of the Commission- ers’ bill maintain that any law which +does not provide for those who need te borrow small sums on notes as well s on pledges is inadequate; that the - limitation of the rate allowed, to 1 per cent a month, is the only reason why loans of both kinds are not being made under the existing law of February 4, 1913, and that an fncrease in the rate to 2 per cent a month, as originally asked for by the- citizens' committee and by the District Commissioners in their bill, will be sufficient to establish the business in both small loans and * ‘pawnbrokers’ loans and to meet suc- cessfully all demands of this char- acter. . The prqponents of the Commission- | ers' bill oppose the socalled pawn- .brokers’ bill because they maintain that it will afford no relief to the class of persons, “probably larger in Wash- -ington than in other cities,” who need small loans but have no pledges to put up. They maintain that the so- called pawnbrokers’ bill repeals the existing law and, as it would be & new law and makes no provision for loans except on pledges, it would permit the return of the illegal money lenders whom the Commissioners have driven <.out. Their argument is that it would - be a mistake to pass such a new law " -to take the place of the one which has .ibeen so effective in stopping all il- legal business, and which can be made fully efféctive for legitimate loans by . _Testoring the rate to 2 per cent & month in the present law. - Is It Spring? Some signs of spring! Jonquils, violets and arbutus are for sale on the _streets, and in the windows of the flower shops are blooming branches of fruit trees, pussy willows, hyacinths “dnd lilacs. There is a revel of color in ‘the gown and bonhet shops, and straw ““kats, dyed all colors of the spectrum, are fruited with cherries and grapes, though the grape is not a spring but __an autumn fruit. However, grapes tha: cpBrow on ‘women's hats are often un- 5 ke any grapes that grow on vines. “MBpring parasols to keep the sun from adding color to cheeks alrendy highly colored, and spring frocks, bright and «ainty, are turning out on parade. ‘O‘rhc crack of the bat and bell and the s\-ghicut of players are heard on back * Jots end’ the “commons.” Some ad- —Venturous trees are coming into bud, there is a smile of green on the lawns ““%nd in the hedges, forsythia is making ready to hang out its little golden Tells, song sparrows and cardinals are ==3inging, and men's overcoats seem heavier and warmer than they did & —menth ago. If spring is truly here ‘Washington stretches out & glad hand ————————e _ Tt is gently intimated by Germany that she would rather not psy any in- demnity at all than have it cause hard feelings among the allies. e 9 ‘The fact that the sun never sets on Epglish soll implies the susgestion 1hat there is trouble brewing nightand May for Lioyd George. -Secretary Mellon’s Warning. == In his latest communication to Con- gress on the subject of a soldier bonus wthe Secretary of the Treasury avolds ““rguments In opposition to the prin- ““'ciple of & bonus and confines himself tc.an ‘analysis of the plan which has “7een agreed upom by the republican > members of the Houss ways and means committee, aNowing the pos- sibilities of harm in attempting to do by indirection that which should be ~-done directly, if at all, His letter to Chairman Fordney is.g masterpiece of clear thinking, and ‘it herdly can ;}:fall to make for clearer thinking on ..+ -Mr. Mellon is chiefly concerned over " _-the frovisien for bank loans on ad- Justed seryice certificates, fearing that “the résultant “freesing” of credit re- Bources would ‘work sevious harm to American business and make for in- based upon service certificates shall not be rediscountable with the federal reserve banks, foreseeing that the lend- ing banks merely would hold in their vauylts the service certificates and re- discount to a corresponding extent on cther ‘collateral. The proposed plan. the Sucretary believes, would not avoid any of the objections which have been advanced against & straight gov- ernment loan for bonus purposes, and contains possibilities of harm which would not adhere to a straight-out loan. " Neither the Secretary of the Treas- ury nor the President has abandoned conviction that If adjusted compensa- tion is to be voted former service men it should be accompanied by the levy- ing of taxes—preferably a sales tax— to provide the money for, its discharge. but if Congress is determined that the principal feature of the adjusted com- pensation shall be pald-up insurance, with provision for borrowings on the icertmulu Mr. Mellon believes the government should handle it in a busi- resslike way with straight policy loans from the Treasury, with amortisation ‘and the setting aside of such reserveu as should attend the conduct of & ‘sound Iife insurance business. It ought to be clear hy this time to proponents of the bonus that there does not exist & way by which money can be placed in the pockeis of the former service men without money having to come out of the pockets of all the people. the former service men included. And that fact having been clearly established, if it atill is deter- mined that the bonus shall be pro- vided, there ought to be abandonment of all pretense that no one will have jto pay it. Human ingenuity has not yet devised a way of repealing the old rule that a straight line is the short- | est distance between two points. The Four-Power Treaty. Although the vote may be close, two- thirds of -the senators present being necessary to ratification, the support- ers of the four-power treaty in the Senate are counting upon favorable laction on the final roll call. Their con- fidence is based upon practical con- siderations attaching to the case. In the first place, there is the unques- tioned preponderance of public senti- ment in this country in favor of rati- fication. The existence of this weight of popular approval of the work of the ‘Washington conference has been made manifest to senators in every way pos- sible short of actual expression at the polls. Rejection of the four-power pact, it is recognized by all, would imperil the entire structure in behalf of world peace and domestic economy erected by that epochal meeting of representa- tives of nine great powers of the world. Rejection would weaken the agree- ment for limitation of naval arma- ments and to stop the ruinous and in- defensible rivalry in naval construc- tion among the leading naval powers. It would also vitlate the agreement reached in behalf of the reconstruction of China and preservation of that na- tion from the rapacity of any stronger power. More important than all, perhaps, to the United States is the considera- ‘tion that failure to ratify the four- powet pact would leave the Anglo- Japanese alliance alive, with possibil- ity of its renewal for a term of years. It nothing more than this were in- volved it would be worth while to ratify in order to be rid of what is recognized to be a standing menate to peace and to the actual safety of the United States. - In- succession, objections urged against the four-power pact have been dissipated by officials of the govern- ment, President Harding has shown that the treaty has no relation to the separate nine-power agreement as to China's integrity, and that it super- sedes the Lansing-Ishii “understand- ing.”” Secretary of State Hughes, in his letter to Ssnator Underwood, the minority leader in the Senate, has ut- terly refuted the suggestions that the feur-power pact was negotiated in cir- cumstances which placed the United States at a disadvantage. The country wants this treaty and all the others ratified, to consummate the work of the Washington confer- ence. The country will defer to the ‘judgment of the Senate as to reserva- tions it may’ deem n . but is not likely to uphold & decision to re- Ject the treaty. e e e European governments will soothe many an enxfous debtor if they can establish the idea that only those in immediate need of money ought to ex- pect to assert rights as creditors. f The United States Senate already ‘finds the elections near enough to war- rant an interest in domestic as well as in international effairs. ! Only = jingoistic sentiment would regard a treaty as faulty merely be- cause other governments are sufficient- Iy approving of it to be willing to sign it. = ————— It i3 not always clear whether the Genoa conference is suggested for tha purpose of discussing economics or playing polltics. Gen. Wood and Aguinalde. Gen. Wood as the guest of Agul- raldo tells & story of interest in con- nection with our Philippine experience. ‘When Aguinaldo took the field—or rather the brush—against American rule we were newcomers in the islands and under charges. The Filipinos had been told that the new control would be as unsatisfactory as the old: that Americs, in & way, would spell Spain; that the only hope for them was.in a renewal of armed resistance; that America would be fighting at a long distance from base, and would soon. tire of hostilities if vigorously con- ducted. In the revolt thus encouraged. Aguinaldo bore & conspicuous part— 8o conspicuous it ws found pecessary to make special arrangements for bringing him into camp. These were intrusted to Gen., then Col., Funston, a resourceful Kansan, who, by a trick esteemed fair in war, captured the rebel chief and put an end to his anti- American activity. o - Aguinaldo retired to his farm, kept his pledges, and prospered. The Amer- q.mma,_mmtnn-am hnlmnlldlnthldndq.,mb s A l | l 1 prices and instability. He takes but {lished their authority, made it friendly little stock in the proposal that loans !dnd beneficent for the natives, nd a score of years later are able to show & record in administering the affairs of e distant possession. unparalieied among the nations in the history of that sort of rule. And so at this day we pee the former rebel chief, convinced of American sin- cerlty, capacity and friendship, play- ing host to the leading American ofi- clal in the archipelago. ~ —_————— Some of the criticlsm of the four- power pact is so far-fetched, so wide of the mark, so unconvincing, one is led to suspect that its object is in & measure personal; that its authors are lunging recklessly, as men influenced By personal feslings are apt to do.|h ‘Who may be the target? Not Secretary Hughes. He is not in dffice by election, and so will not be a perspnal factor in this year's cam- palgn. Under the ordinary calculations of our politics, he has at least three years more of pléce, and during that time will not be within redch of popu- lar judgment. Not Elihu Root. He is not in office, and not seeking office. He has gar. nered his sheaves and, with an arm- ful, retired to ease and security. Not Oscar W. Underwood. He has Jjust entered upon & new term in the Senate, and s0 will not be in his own fortunes on the firing line this year. His enemies will have to wait two years for a chance at him. Henry Cabot Lodge is the man. He is in this year's race to succeed him- self, and the oppositien, always hard pressed when he takes the field, is gathering material in every direction for use against him. But this material, to be éffectivé, will have to be sorted with all care. An official who has. so often” appealed successfully to his constituents can- not be injured, even in these unusual times, by trumpery stuff and labored misrepresentations of public issues. —_——————— The statement is attributed to Dr. Martha Tracy, dean of the Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia, that as & beauty promoter physical exer- cise “has the lip stiok and rouge pot backed off the boarda” The touch of horse race phraseology suggests a tendency in the mind of the doctor to use popular English instead of so much Greek ani Latin in the medical profession. ———ctm e Sclentists who announce that they have succeeded in transmuting tung- sten into helium have opened up vast realms of research. The event is hope- ful. If the old problem of transmuta- tion of metals has at last been solved scme of the later questions'which have been baflling society. will. no doubt be answered. ———————— The ordinary debtor who is trying to arrange for some kind of a settlement which does not involve the use of cash is not permitted to employ so sooth- ingly mellifiuous a term as “economic rehabilitation.” ——e——————— The springtime frogs have been pip- ing in the woods. It must.be regret- fully conceded that as a weather prophet the frog is even less religble than the ground hog. —_—— Selection of the 17th of March for a rail commission’s parley will not dis- tract attention from the superior claim of that date to recognition as St. Pat- rick’s day. ————————— Democratic senators are now taking the benefit of some interesting obgerva- tions in treaty opposition that they were enabled to make in connection with the Versailles document. e The President of the United States is in courtesy bound to do so much handshaking that it is ng suxprise if @ touch of muscular fatigue occasion- ally interferes with his golf game. Ambassador Harvey will never suc- ceed in setting the fashion of non- creasable trousers in Congress. = ———— | SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Foolish Tree. The Foolish Tres wa view once more, . in budding glee beside the door. It chanced to hear'a small bird sing, * and, poor old dear, believed in . spring! It said, “I vow the winter's done. With blossoming bough I'll greet the sun!” The blizzard blew with bitter cold, the buds to strew across the mold. A tree more wise no doubt would say, “We've missed the prize. Let's fade away.” s This one will wait, with sturdy pluck, & later date for better luck. 80, what we call “the Foolish Tree" is “ 'wise, withal, you must agree. Though winter stern, our hopes may kill, it bids us turn to heping still. Statesmanship. : “Some of our greatest statesmen have been defeated for office.’” “I have observed this” rejoined|SHS Senator Sorghum. “The fact that a man is a student of laws and eco- nomics 6oes not necessarily imply that he knows how to be timely and tactful In jollying & crowd.” Jud Tunkins eays he believes the world is getting better, and any im. pression to the contrary is due to the fact that SBatan is doing more advertis- ing than he used to. Several, in Fact! The merry shad will soon draw near And say, while smiling in his glee, “I hope you won't forget, old dear, ‘You have a bone to pick with m Family Economy. “So you are going to have your boy study law?"" : “Yes,” answered Farmer Corntossel. “Joeh is always gettin’ into some kind o' trouble and instéd of hiring lawyers for him I might as well teach him to pertect his ownself.” “De truth,” said Uncle Eben, “is a)i dat counts in de long run, ‘Tellin’ a man de world is flat instid o’ yound simply reminds him of de fack dat it ein't.” Necessity of More Policemen - In Washington an Urgent One owes to the citizens of the District is proper protection. [in a muniecipality brotection means police protection. The adequucy of the police force in Washington de- pends in very large part upon Con- gress, which holds the purse strings jand which fixes the number of police- men the District may have. In the District appropriation bill for the next fiscal year, now in con- HE first duty the Government of the District of Columbla |X: 8! | total of 92 privates, class 1. The bill provides b60 privates, class 3, and 337 prit s, class 2, and the police officers. Under existing law there are 804 privates, men available for patrol duty. And thie is the number the House proposes for the next flscal year. The Senate, on the other hand, proposés the number shall be 879, The District Commissl y urged an incre: force, Thev have backed The bureau of the budget for the additional 75 clasn 1, hut the House struck of the bill LI The District is a law abiding com- munity. But there is tno much erfme. There too many hold<ups, murders, ete., which might be prevented with more adequate protection. There are too many fatalitles due to reck- leas driving’ of automobiles. which might well be prevented if there were more men avallable for the traffic squad. Too much economy in con- nection with the police department is really no edonomy af all. Two developments of recent vears have added to the duties of the police in the District. One is the develon- ment of the automobile, making the need of proper traffic nolicing more and more apparent. There are up- ward of 50000 motor vehii licensed by the District of Columbia. ‘here are thousands of other motor vehicles usinz the streets of Washington daily bearing the licenges of tho states, The other, development is the “Mootlegger,” ‘the traficker In liewer banned by the prohibition act. The local police are called upon to aid the federal agents in stamping out this trafic. And gun fights with the bootlezgers have occurred recently, even in crowded strects here. L e Recently when the Senate appro- priations committee was conducting hearings on the District appropria- tion bill the question was raised as to whether the National Capital given protection equal ‘to that iIn other cities of the United States com- parable in size to Washington. The Commissioners immediately got in touch by wire with other municipal- ities to =ascertain the number of patrolmen per capita and the area patrolled by a single policeman. The replies give an interesting view of the situation. In Detroit. Mich., where the popula- tion i 00, there i3 one patrolma; them ference, the number of privates, class: , has b Increased by 75 men through nate mction, making a| to ‘every 490 persons: in Louhvvll;z. y. with a population of 235,000, there is one patrolman tc every 600 persons; in Philadelphia, with & population of 1,823,000, there is oné patrolman to every 433 persol Boston, with a population of there is one patrolman to every persons; in Baltimore, with a popul tion of 733.000, thers is one patrolm to every 779 persons: in Washi D. C., with a population of 48 .u.i‘ there is one patrolman to every & persons. EEE | But it is in th which each patrolman, on the average, must cover that Washington shows to = decided disadvantsge when cempsred to other citles. There is .56 square mils In 3Vashington to each patrol- man. In other cities this average area, per patrolman, s as follows: Louleville, Ky., .33 square mile; Boston, 6.50 linear miles; Baitimore, .30 equire mile; St. Louls, .16 square mile; Milwaukee, .44 equare mile; Ruffalo. .16 '%“" mile. In the ald days of WAg.la!un it used to be known as ‘city of msgnificent distances,” because of the fact that it was laid out a grand scale and was not buflt . -'l‘odnr the same designation applles to it when it comes to police patrolling. Of course, all the patrolmen in ‘Washington not on duty st the & matter of fact, there On & given day, not & force of 804 men maximum. the; re nine vacancies. leaving 795 men {lable for patrol jduty. Out of the 795 men on that iday 29 were on sick leave, 110 wére jon detail duty, 7 were assigned to ipost dutv, making the total number for patrol duty 488. These men were divided up inta four rel llef reported fgr duty the morning afd came off at 4 o’clock in the afternoon; the second came on at 4 in the afternoon and went off duty at midnight: the third came on }duty at midnight and remained on duty until 8 o'clock in the morning. The third rellef, called the “shifting section,” came on duty at 6 or 7 o'clock in the evening and remained on duty until 2 or 83 o'clock in the morning. in order to give the great- est number of patrolmen on the street at the time when the officials { belleve there may be the greate jneed of them. By this means it was possible to put 244 patrolmen on the streets between § p.m. and 2 a.m. That long ago, witl was the greatest number of pstrolmen it has been possible to have on duty at one time, and the pol square miles to cover. * % % % | In addition to the regular-police force, there are fifty-five crossing policemen, stationed, though of course not all at one time, at street car intersections. ‘They are pald for by the street car companies, though ap- pointed by the District Comml sioners. There are also the federal park policemen, some sixty in num- ber, who police the parks. These park policemen’ have very large areas to cover also. In view of the facts veloped at officials hopeful that the appro- | priation bill will carry the increase in the police force recommended. EDITORIAL DIGEST Sails Are Set on Discussion of American Ship Subsidy. President Harding's proposal of a subvention, or subsidy, for the United States merchait marine has evoked lengthy discussiop from America’s newspaper editors. The plan is re- celved with every shade of approval aud disapproval, ranking from the statement of - the Cleveland Plain Dealer (independent demogcratic), that “next to the ealling of the Washing- ton conference, it is the biggest thing the President ever did,” to the con- tention of the. Fort Wayne Journal- Gasette (democratic) thi ‘the ghip subsidy plan is as rotten as ever.” The turmoil of affirmation and refu- tation set up by this editorial dis- cussion centers around several broad questions. ' Chief interest appears to lle In answering the q ion—As- suming a subsidy of $15,000,000 to mooo,«oo yea is necessary, to save erica’s m nt marine, is it a £00od business proposition of benefit to the whole country? Arguing that it is a good plan, the Buffalo Express (independent repub- lican) maintal “Is not a subsidy the only alter: ve? Britain found it successful, Japan is using it ef- fectively, and Germany, before the was finding it a means of chal- ng Brital supremacy in the ng_trade. THe alamazoo Gasette (repub- lican) states that “the President's program contemplates a direct con- tribution of $30,000,000 a year, less than the loss mow being sustained every two months under government operations.” The Elmira Star-Gasette (independ- ent) points to a general benefit of a subsidy by srguing that “if $32,000, 000 so spent means a profit of several times that sum merican business men—which, of course, means more workK for American workmen—then it appears as though it were worth 2 trial, at least. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (independent republican) defends the plan, pointing out thats“when a ship is able to earn 10 per cent the di- rect subsidy ceases, and th ter earnings above 10 per cent must be hared with the government until such time as the subsidy payments shall have been returned to the Treasury fund. - The old objection to the ship subsidy, that it would be gobbled by prosperous lines and would not g0 Wwh it w need s met by this provision.” ‘The Pittsbu: Dispatch {independ- ent) says, 'he government was forced into shipbuilding ® ¢ * and the investment cannot be abandoned or disposed of otherwise without vastly greater loss than the subsidy plan seems to involve.” ‘Arguing against the plan, the Chi- o Journal (democratic) holds that “in fifteen years a subsidy of $30,- 000,000 per anfum would amount to $450,000,000. best estimates are that the fleet, sold at this time, will not bring $200,000,000. In other words, e o o the government is planning to give away its vessels and pay the shipping trust & bonus of $350,000,000 for taking them.” The Christian Science Monitor (in- dependent) likewisa points out ob. stacles in the erflarln t:‘t:: q‘ ‘:h-l m touohes narrowly o8- flz:'r?uof the debts due the United States by her former allies. There is every indication that the United States is goingito insist on the pay- ment of these debts; there is also every indiostion that the Fordney taclff bl is intended to make their payment in goods difficult, it not im- possible. There was a chance that, so far as Great Britain fs concerned, & very large share of this payment might come in the form of carrying American goods” in British bottoms Enoouragement of a United States m ant marine naturally discour- ages this method of meeting the debts.” The question of the bearing the plan has upon the presumption that Con- plans-adoption of a high pro- e tarift is avoided by newspa- rs_favoring the subsidy, but the ouk City Dafly Tribune il:fl“”“' ent), the Brooklyn Dally o (in- dependent demecratio) are in sgree ment with .gra-n; set forth by the Bnnm ‘e n (independent democratic) that “s vast shippin g niess the ships tonnage cannot exist w A s e States builds a high tariff wall. Our cxports will necessarily dwindle if our imparts do, for it is only by im- ports that the exports can be paid for. It Congress is going in for high protective tariffs it must give up the dream of & great merchant marine.” On the question of aid to the.Navy there is a variety of viewpoint. The Nashville Tennessean _(independent democratic) says, “The President pro- poses to bujld up a naval reserve to take the place of the force he is pledged ¢o cut:down under the Inter- national lfn'nnt-. He makes 2 farce of his arguments in behalf of economy and makes 'a pretehse” of while the St Paul News (independent) says, “Great Britain and Japan are not going to scrap their merchant shipping. To the contrary, having, byinternational agreement, limited the size of thelr navies, they will devote more atten- tion, time and money than ever befors to the development of their commer- clal fleets.” S Scientific Taxation, 275 B. C. Ptolemy Philadelphus, who died 346 ears before Christ, was no prehibi- tionist, no reformer. He aocepted things as he found them. He had mar- ried his niece, and then divorced her to wed his his own full sister. Such was.the Egyptian custom. He held high revels in his brilliant court at Alexandria, compared_justly with the Versailles of Louls XIV. But between times he studied scientific taxation, and Dr. Clarence 8. Fisher makes a distinct contribution to our information on this subject by discovering in Thebes dccuments in the language of - the common people explainin, emy was able as a Macedonian mog' arch over the land of the Pharoal to collect vast sums from t for Hellenic lands without overburdening the taxpayers. He may, indeed, have been eyen more efficient than Lord Cromer was in the same country more than 3,000 years later. . Conceivably the statesmen who as- sisted Ptolemy Philadeiphus were men educated to statesmanship. It is our misfortune that such education is un- known to our times. But willingness to adopt or imitate pretty nearly every historic method of mulcting. the common people is not unusual among the amateurs who make laws for this republic. And if Ptolemy knew how to do the mulcting without interfer- ing with prosperity, his records have contemporaneous value second only to the Septuagint version of the Testament in Greek, with which the neme of Ptolemy is perhaps ;roe h- slly associated.—Braoklyn Daily o (independent democratic), Even after the lesson of the ex- piring winter Russia still seems un- certain whether l sow grain e dragons’ tecth.—~New York Tri- une. A neighbor of ours couldn’t find the meat saw the other night, so he used a collar that had just ceme g;‘lnn from the laundry~—New York H L] H : i ' Boon we shall forget tri sisgismen o Sttt i et 0 16 Mmore Greenville News, ;i Our {des of & millennfum {s a time ‘when somebody 1 pmguo some~ thing that Senator Borah will ape prove—New York Tribune, i Every day it is estimated 2,500 in Chicago. have their hair bobbed. Never put off until tomorrow what you.can cut off today.—Kalamazoo nin OF & man "oy put nim tn s Mgk 0} m in 8 position and let {l‘:n work it out himself—~Tampa. Dally Times, plnd.lm u":?tl:: oz'l(m: ':I;:m ki or. -—ll-vgllo MM-:“?_r I The modern child learns other things to smoke at its m:fl::. knee.—St. Psul Ploneer-Press, - The erstwhile kaiser is to publish a book, and those who believe that he needs further punishune: may cherish .the hope that he has .to read all the proofa—New York Tribune. 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