Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1925, Page 39

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGION, D. ¢, FEBRUARY 1, 1925—PART 2. Prospect of a Dearer Loaf of Bread Promises But Little Benefit to Farmers buylng may deperd in large measure whether Howe About Love Affairs; Henpecking; Common Sense. Everyday Religion Not a Talk on Theology, But Upon Life and Right Living. BY RIGHT REV'. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., ticularly those countries which depend largely BY E. W. HOWE, BY SHELDON S. CLINE. Bishop of Washington. SACRED SYMBOLS. 7 Samuel, v.8: “What shall with the ark of the God of Israel?” DEALS to be effactive must come dominant our common life. that our ideals must in flesh and blood in order have any practical value however careles: may ideals that govern and affect habit of life. If this were not our present state of civilized society would speedily would revert to barbarism. Frequently our ideals are expressed That of the nation is a flag that embodies | We with our lives and we very properly pay to it respect civilized hrough some form or symbol and expresses the nation’s ideals defend such a symbol and devotfon. All nations, and uncivilized, have had some bol that embodied their hopes aspirations. sym- their household gods. it eay Darwin finds in the most parts of the world that even the un- tutored savage had that which ex- pressed his religious devotions. relation that these symbols horne to national and individual are conspicuously evident In the his- tory of races and peoples. In the ancient story of the children of Israel, the symbol of thelr national faith was a movable altar known as the ark, and in all their migrations and pilgrimages they carried It and guarded it with their lives. The incident of which the above text forms a part relates to the ex- neriences of an alien people in whose custody for the time the ark had found a resting place. To them its significance was unknown, and the circumstances attending its tempo- rary residence in the house of their pagan gods had proved disastrous and tragic. The resuit was that they Rathered together the heads of the nation and discussed the serious «question, “What shall ge do with the ark of the God of Israel?” Its very presence seemed to be a menace to their wellbeing and security. Their conclusions were that the sacred symbol sbould be returned to the peo- ple from whom it had been captured. On foreign soil, where its significance was unknown, the sacred altar meant little or nothing. It was as if the flag of another nation had been cap- we do be- and regnant in Some one says be clothed to All of us, or indifferently we live, hold to some principles or our s0 degenerate and we and The Alaskan Indian sets up his totem pole, just as the peopie of old had their lares and penates, remote The have life tured and had proved to be, not a symbol of victory, but of defeat. * X% Little by little through the cen- turles, jthe Christian faith, which be- gan in an obscure and remote part of the world, has steadily progressed, until today millions recognize in the | Christian church and its sacred offices that which symbolizes and expresses thelr deep religious convictions. The altar of God, however at times its meaning may be misunderstood and misapplied, occuples a central place fn the affections and devotions of millions of men and women the world over. Now and agaln it is conceiv- able that that which symbolizes or expresses our religious convictions may prove an embarrassment to us. Where we are unreceptive and un- responsive to its appeal, where we | lose our sense of deep devotion and recognition of its significance, the ark of our Christian faith, instead of proving a source of inspiration, may but serve to emphasize the wide difference between our faith and prac- tice. After all, it is only as we pay homage and unfailing devotion to that which symbolizes either our na- tional or our Christlan ideals that the symbol itself has for us any deep or far-reaching significance. Where the symbol falls is in an atmosphere that is alien and foreign to that which it represents. We of America boast with pride that ours Is & Christian country, that it was found- ed upon Christian ideals and that its very security is guaranteed by the recognition of those ideals. The Christian church itself has again and again been the ploneer and advance agent in pressing forward the fron- tiers of our continent. As a matter of fact, the conquest of the continent is intimately assocfated with the hero- ism and devotior of the Christian missionaries. There are those among us today who, like the people of old, are seek- ing, “what shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel”” To them it means little or nothing. It s the symbol of an effete religion. It rep- resents a system of life wholly at variance with every selfish hablt and principle. There is a new demand upon us for the recognition of sacred things and sacred institutions. Without this the dearest and sweetest things of life are imperilldd. The question again is heard in the land, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” (Copyright, 1 Latin America May Supply Hardwoods for U. S. in Future 3 ’ With wood being consumed in the| United States four times it is grown here all sides that hand when a this country's Imported, methods, to be as fast as the day is near at mtil are conservation now beginning applied. permit the growth new timber to keep pace with demand for the product Where will the United States turn which the or it present crop is exhausted? That the minds of foresters and of lumber- men and to which the; ng their s are now rious attemtion. It important problem the economic welfare of the Nation. There is scarcely an a business which is not nt. directly or indireetly, on lability and the price of lumber. The question enters every home in the land because wood is an essential raw materfal in the manu- facture of hundreds of articles of daily household use, from the chalrs &nd the table in the dining room to The handle of the knife with which the potatoes are peeled. Tropical America Hardwood Source. Latin America, it is believed, can be made to furnish the hardwood lumber supplies which the United States is going to need a few vear hence. On that account plans being made for a thorough scientific survey of the resources and commer- cial possibilities of the tro, American forests, from the Point of marketable timber. Preparations to carry on this im- portant work are being made by the recently organized Tropical Plant Re- search Foundation, formed several months ago under the auspices of the National Research Council “to promote rezearch for the advancement of knowledge of the plants and crops of the tropics; to conduct investigailons in plant pathology, entomology, plant breeding, botany and forestry, horticul- ture and agronomy, and to publish the results thereof.” The forestry divi is a because it ion of the Tropical Plant Research Foundation will be i arge of Maj. George P. Ahern, U. A., retired, former director of forestry in the Philippine Islands, By reason of his long experence in the Philippines, s well as his work In this country and his general knowledge of forestry prob- lems, it is believed he is eminently fit- ted for the task. Latin American Forestry Methods. Owing to the fact that wasteful lum- ber-cutting methods have been em- ployed in many of the Latln American countries and that “conservation of forest resources” is a phrase which is just beginning to be heard in many of these republics, one of the first and most important things to be done, it is pointed out, is to educate the people of the South and Central American coun- tries to the economic value of present- day forest practices. Students from these countries, it is asserted, will have %0 be trained and then go back to teach their people througn forest instruction fhe necessity for ‘aking proper care of #agir forests and tot slashing and burn- g them to pieces, Maj. Ahern in discussing this phase of the subjeat sald it would take from 10 to 20 cears to make the right educational approach. but that it was = method which had proved most successful in the Philippines and that it wag essential that the people be made to understand through native yeatructors the value o them of their 2orests 300 Tyee Species in Amazonia. A sort of “census of the tree re- mources” of Latin America will be taken. This will include not only a hotanical study of the number of tree specles found in a particular ter- ritory, but also the density with which various kinds of marketable treeg occur in each section and the availability of transportation facil- tiles It is known, for instance, that there are more than 2,500 species of trees in the Amazon valley and a large number exist in other parts of tropi- cal America, but it is believed that the greater part of the “stand” is made up of a very few Species, per- haps not more than 20, as was shown 1o be the case in many parts of the Philippines. n addition, an effort will be made, through the proposed study, to ascer- tain what kinds of wood,” found in the forests of tropical America but not now being used because of some unfounded prejudice against them or because some other variety has been advertised mere exiensively, may- be- % it is recognized on | of | s hardwood eupplies when the| is | e question which teday is agitating | turn- | successtully and ed. In economica'ly work- this connection Maj. Ahern today exporting woods which, at the time forestry was introduced into the islands, were “not considered fit use.” Along with the botanical stud: to be made into the hundreds of va- rieties of trees in tropical America, laboratory tests and experiments will be conducted to show the strength, durability and other qualities of the various woods. U. S. Must Import After 1945, Many small manufacturers in the United States dependent on hardwood of one kind or another have been compelled to go out of business be- cause of the growing scarcity of the supplies upon which they had de- pended. Already the world is being combed for certain varieties of hard- wood and only companies with strong financial backing or resources can af- ford to pay the price. The hardwood cut in the United States, it is esti- mated, will last from 25 to 35 year: longer, after which supplies will hav to be imported, at least until suffi- clent quantities can be grown here. As a result of the survey which is to be undertaken by the forestry di- vision of the Tropical Plant Research Foundation, it is believed that tropi- cal America will be in position to supply the demands of the United States by the time the necessity for hardwood importation into this coun- try arises. A thorough study must be made to show what woods can be exported profitably by the various Latin American countries. This is a long-time proposition and it is be- lieved it may require as much as 20 vears, by which time the United States, it Is asserted, will need all the hard- voods it can get for its manufactur- ing and other industries. As a first step in the survey the Latin American governments are being called on to furnish the foundation with informa- tion already available as to the char- acter and extent of their forest re- sources. . Value of World Flight And Things It Showed What This question has millions. Like many another thing, there is altogether more good in it than is apparent to the casual eye, according to “Automotive Industries.” The world cruise has been a test of the reliability and endurance of the modern airplane, concludes Prol. Alexander Klemin of the department of aeronautics, New York University. The world.flight showed that the fire hazard has already been largely eliminated. It has proved the relia- bility of the general fuselage design. It has indicated many possibilities for future development in the power plant. Except that for the long flights the fuel tunks were increased in capacity, the planes wera stock models. This fact increase confidence in the ability of the airplane to be- come a practical, everyday method of travel. One hears objections to the large outlay for spare parts and mo- tors. Distributed along the route were engines for six changes of mo- tors and spare parts for 15 Liberty motors: and for § planes, Along the water routes thers were 14 sets of pontoons, and on the land-flight routes there were 42 landing gears. Does this tend to show that the airplane dependent on repair and supply? Yes. The fact that these were need- ed only emphasizes that in the future, for long-distance flight, there must be complete ground organization, with fields, spares and mechanics, weather and radio service, naval and costal stations. It was proved, in the opinion of Prof. Klemin, that pon- toons for seaplanes should be of metal, to minimize tife soakage which, at Chittagong, India, prevented the planes from taking off. 1t is also evident that the doped linen or cotton covering for wings must vield to metal, probably dura- lumin.” The flvers took copious notes snd were not just flying for fun. There will be much invaluable data. Perhaps least valuable in its immediate implications, but most valuable in a deeper sense, is the effect of the world flight on the morale of the air service—the response to the spirit of enterprise and adventure that has bréught the white races to the world supremacy that is theirs. good was the world flight? been asked by In the days of Magellan there were doubtless people who said, “yes, but what good-is. it2” OUSEWIVES in Washington and In every other city of the country have a direct and possibly painful interest in the skyrocketing price of wheat on the Chicago and other grain exchanges, Higher prices for wheat will inevitably be re- flected in higher prices for flour and bread. It wouldn't be so bad if the price of bread advanced only in keeping with the increased cost of its wheat content, but it never works out that way. It is always In geometrical progression that commodities advance in price from the producer to the consumer. It wouldn’t be 8o bad, also, if the increased price of bread were to be reflected back in increased profits for the farmer who grew the wheat. But that will not happen, except in minor instances. It is estimated that not less than 80 per cent of last year's wheat crop had left the farms before wheat touched $2 a bushel. The estimated average price farmers got for their 1924 wheat is $1.35 a bushel. The difference between $1.35 and 32 plus a bushel goes largely to those horny-handed sons of toil who frequent the Chicago Grain Exchange. May Hurt Wheat Farmers, As a matter of fact, wheat growers are more likely to lose than they are to gain by present prices. It is to be noted that the spectacular price increases have been on fu- tures trading. Very little cash wheat is changing hands at $2 a bushel, or at any other price. Suspension of cash trading means sus- pension of wheat export. Unless the 1924 surplus wheat is sold for export and actually exported to meet forelgn consumption de- mands it will be carried over into this year's crop pool, and if there should be another bumper crop this year, or even a normal American crop, with a full crop in Canada, there will be a 1925 exportable surplus so large as inevitably to bring about a slump in prices. It is true that the International Institute ot Agriculture is apprehensive of a world shortage of wheat this year, but that does not necessarily mean that the world will pay fancy prices for the surplus grown by Amerl- can farmers. A lot of factors enter into the price the world will pay for Its wheat, not the least of them being the world's capacity to pay. In this country we insist upon our white bread in full quantity, whether wheat sells at $1 or 32 a bushel, and we can pay the price without any unendurable hardships. Not 8o in most other countries of the world, par- upon imported bread grains and, therefore, furnish the only available markets for export wheat. When wheat prices get too high these countries eat blacker bread and less of it. One of the things which started wheat on its present upward journey was the fact that Europe was beginning to feel a little more prosperous and demanded more white bread. But Europe isn’t going to buy American wheat for Its bread if it can get cheaper wheat from India or Australla or the Argentine. And if the wheat from these rival sources gets too high, Europe will cut down its consumption. Europe isn't buying American wheat right now, because it can get cheaper wheat else- where. The Argentine crop is estimated to be 50,000,000 bushls less than it was last year, but Argentine wheat has been selling in Eu- rope from G to 15 cents a bushel less than American wheat. And American wheat {8 sell- ing for less in Europe today than it is bring- ing on the Chicago exchange. One day last week the Antwerp quotation for American wheat would have enabled a Chicago trader caught short to meet his commitments by buying abroad and having it reshipped. The simple law of supply and demand is operating to hold down the price of American wheat shipped to Europe and warehoused there. Australia Has Bumper Crop. The §0,000,000-bushel shortage in the Ar- gentine crop might encourage belief that Ar- gentine wheat will soon cease to be a de- termining factor in the European price equa- tion, but this is offset by a bumper crop now harvesting in Australia. It is estimated Australia will have an exportable surplus of more than 100,000,000 bushels, and already an immense tonnage has been chartered in Lon- don which is going out to Australia in ballast to carry wheat to Europe. With estimated exportable surpluses of 120,000,000 bushels from the Argentine, 110,- 000,000 bushels from Australla and 40,000,000 bushels from India, Furope would lack only about 40,000,000 bushels of having enough wheat In sight to meet her requirements, and by practicing the most stringent sort of economy, might get along with ex- ceedingly light purchases of 1924 American wheat. It would look blue, indeed, in the way of prospects for the American surplus were it not for the fact that Russla, normally an exporter, has entered the market as a wheat buyer, the Soviet government having been forced to buy abroad to avert another famine. No one knows how largs the Russian require- mnets may be, but upon the exetent of Soviet what s left of our last vear's crop Is to be sold abroad or carried over into this year's crop pool. May Expand United States Acreage. It is too early yet to estimate the acreage American farmers will have in” wheat this year. There was no large expansion in the Winter wheat belt, but with the lure of $2 wheat dangling before their eyes, no one can foretell how large an acreage the Spring wheat growers will plant. It Is true the weather Intrefered with Fall plowing in the Spring wheat States, and had wheat remained down around & dollar a bushel thers likely would have been a reduction in Spring wheat acres. But $2 wheat is an entirely different story. Unless the wheat growers of Minne- sota and the Dakotas are well advised, they will bring in a huge marginal and low yleld acreage, and then, if a slump comes, thers will be & repetition of the disasters of recent vears. It 1s only being made & year ago that every effort was to put the Government into the business of malntaining the price of wheat through an export commission go be financed from the United States Treasury. The demand then was that wheat should be maintalned at an averge of pre-war prices, or somewhere around $1.30 a bushel. Proponents of the measurs professed privately to believe this would be a maximum as well s a minimum price, though they were not willing to have any maximum price provision written into the law. Were the machinery they sought in operation today, functioning to stabllize wheat at $1.30 a bushel, its popularity would be nothing to brag about. Need of Orderly Marketing. While the present situation may be served to still agitation for Government price fixing, It has not lessened the desirability ot orderly marketing of the wheat crop. In fact, a con- siderable part of the profits now being reaped by speculators would have gone to the grow- ers of the wheat had they been organized co- operatively to have marketed last year's crop. The world wheat situation, at last harvest time, gave every indication of warranting a higher price for wheat, but the averags farm- er, after the lean years, was too hard pressed to hold for a rise. Effectively organized and properly managed co-operation would have gotten the grower a better price for his wheat, and 1t Is probable the consumer would not now be threatened with higher bread prices, to the enrichment of the speculator. pointed out that the Philippines are | to | {nalf of Robert Harley, 8| The Story the Week Has Told BY HENRY W. BUNN. HE following is a brief sum- mary of the most important news of the world for the sev- en days ended January 31: The British Empire—Her- bert H. Asquith, most distinguished of living English Liberals—indeed one of the greatest Liberals, past or pres- ent—has accepted the earldom of Ox- ford. revived in his honor, but about which there is no question. The Vere family, according to MacAuley, “the longest' and most illustrious line of nobles that England has seen,” held the earldom of Oxford from 142 to 1703, when it became extinct with the twentieth earl. Of the many warriors of the Vere family perhaps the most famous was the seventh earl, who fought at Crecy and Poi- tiers. The seventeenth earl was one of the most brilliant of Elizabeth's courtlers and no mean poet. The earldom was revived in 1771 on be- the statesman and friend of Pope and Swift, and again became extinct in 1853 with the sixth earl of that line. 1t is a sufficient tribute to Mr. As- quith to say that he very definitely adds luster to so glorious a title Posterity will put a higher value on his talents and achievements than his cotemporaries have put. He is73 vears old. His heir is his grandson Julian, son of the much-lamented Raymcnd Asquith, killed in the war. The transiation of Mr. Asquith to the House of Lords should greatly re- lieve Mr. Baldwin, for he is terrible in debate, far superior to any Con- servative, not excepting Winston Churchill. . At any rate, Mr. Asquith is to be an earl. It is not absolutely certain that the earldom will be that of Oxford. The College of Heralds is, I understand, ex- amining the claims of certain persons who boast the blood of the Veres. 1 wrote at some length several weeks ago on the fifth of the demands of the Britieh on the Egyptian government which followed upon the murder of Sir Lee Stack of the Egyptian army and governor general of the Sudan; the de- mand, namely, that the Egyptian gov- ernment assent that irrigation in the Gezira (the triangle of land in the Su- dan of which the southern base rests on the Province of Sennar, the Blue Nile and the White Nile forming the other two sides) be not limited to 300,000 acres, as previously contemplated, but might indefinitely be extended at the option of the Sudan government. The British government has now informed the Egyptian government that it con- templates study of the Gezira irrigation problem by a commission of experts headed by a Dutch engineer, with a view to a solution that shall in nowise prej- udice Egyptian interests, the committee to render report by June 30 of this year. The ldea of such a commission, it should be remarked, long antedates the murder of Sir Lee Stack. Lord Reading, Viceroy of India, ap- pealing on behalf of the Leprosy Relief Association of India, declares that one in every 300 or 400 of the population of that country & a leper. Australia has an east-to-west trans- continental railway. Many years ago, long before the Australian_commonwealth had been formed (1800), northern territory be- ing then attached to the colony of South Australia, the government of South Australia began construction of South Australia, together with the Australian railway to cross northern territory and South Australia. In 1911 the commonwealth took over the northern territory from the State of South Australia together with the sections of railway constructed, a section from Port Darwin on the northern coast 150 miles south to Pine Creek in northern territory, and a section of about 650 miles north trom Adelaide on the southern coast to Oodnadatta near the northern bor- der of South Australla, the Common- wealth government engaging to com- plete the railway, about 1,000 miles between Pine Creek and Oodnadatta. For sundry reasons ful\llment of that promise has been susp“ded. but it is proposed that construc\on shall be resumed in the near futue. e France—By refusing (280 to 224) to authorize official publication of M. Marin's_speech regarding the French War debts the French Chamber dis- avowed formal approval of the views presented in that speech. Premier Herriot has announced that even though his government's pro- posal of suppression of the French embassy at the Vatican be enacted, a representative for the recovered provinces of Alsace and Lorraine will be maintained at the Vatican. The Napoleonic cordat with the Vatican, abrogated as regards the rest of France in 1805, still holds good as regards.Alsace.and Jorgaine, and the French government does not propose rusquely” to change that status. Here is refreshing common sense. Premier Herriot's speech of Janu- ary 28 to the French Chamber, in which he outlined his attitude on the more important problems con- fronting the French nation, particu- larly the problem of security in re- lation to Germany, was a very able effort, very courageous, too, for in the upshot it is likely to cost him the s=upport of the Radicals of his coalition, and the premiership. * ok Kk % Germany.—Recent developments in the Prussian Diet are interesting. At the elections for a new Diet not long ago, the Soclalists lost heavily while the Nationalists made a 40 per cent gain. Then the People's party with- drew its representation from the cab- inet, abandoning its association with the Centrists, Democrats and Soclal- ists for alliance with the National- ists. On January 23 the cabinet, headed by the Socialist, Von Braun, resigned. The coalition of Centrists, Democrats and Socialists represented by that cabinet commands 222 of the 430 votes of the Diet. Formation of a new cabinet domi- nated by the Right was expected, but the Diet invited Von Braun to sue- ceed himself, and he is doing so with a cabinet of the old complexion (Cen- trists, Democrats and Socialists), Von Braun’'s position is even more precarious than that of Herr Luther in the Reichstag, as he is in jeopardy of joint attack by the gentlemen of the Right and the Communists (in combination a majority), so precari- ous indeed that it seems likely that he will have to throw up the sponge again. The drift to the Right in the Diet is scarcely less important than the similar drift in the Reichstag, since 60 per cent of the population of Germany Is in Greater Prussia. B Russia.—Lunacharsky, Russian com- missar of education, told the Teach- ers’ Congress at Moscow the other day that less than 50 per cent of the children of school age in Soviet Rus- sia and the republics affiliated there to attend school; in some areas less than 20 per cent. He observed significantly that, though great numbers of school books of the right communist complexion were being printed, most of them were not used because of objection to them not only from peasants, but also from teachers. It is reported that the Russian gov- ernment has ordered 100 military air- planes from Fokker, to be built in Holland. In a previous summary T olted a report to the effect that the French government had turned over to the Russian _Soviet government the “White” Russian fleet, which, after Baron Wrangle's defeat in the Cri- mea, took refuge in the harbor of Front-Seat Spooning BY IDA HE Automobile Club of New York reports that 209 of the city’s deaths last year and 12,- 906 of its injuries were due to what is officlally called “Front-seat spooning.” The world loves a lover, but it also loves its life. Which is it to give away, love-making on the front seat or safety on the road? No one who drives, particularly In the country, will question the univer- sality of automobile love-making, though I take it many will be startled at these figures, and no doubt not a few will question them. Probably ex- act figures are impossible. These are arrived at, the safety director of the club tells me, by a process of elimi- nation, combined, 1 suppose, Wwith circumstantial evidence brought out fn_ the investigation. Experts con- sider them fairly accurate. One-Hand Driving. Every car driver knows that the most frequent of scenes which fly past him is that of a driver with his neck encircled by a pair of plump young arms or whose shoulder pil- lows a pretty bobbed head. He drives with one hand. He knows he Is on the road, but it is safe to wager that. his first attention Is not there. His car veers and wavers. He is in- different to curves and cut-ins. He is so supremely content that he feels himself superlor to accident until it comes—and it does come again and again. Sometimes Insignificant, some- times a horrible casudlty to him, to the little creature at his side as well as to the innocent world that had the bad luck to be near when the crash came. “Front-seat spooning” and its dan- gers have not come in with the auto- mobile. Those who deplore the exist- ence of the machine and talk patheti- cally of the good old days of the horse cannot plead it as evidence. As a matter of fact the horse and buggy passed it on to the modern contriv- ance. It is fairly safe to say that there never was a pair_of young lovers reared on an American farm or in an American small town in pre- auto days who did not experience one or more perilous moments in their courting when their unguided horse turned the buggy or cutter into ditch or over a bank, with more or less serious damage to all concerned. These episodes, funny and tragic, used to form a part of every community's local history. You told the adventure on yourself if the evidences were too strong to be concealed. You kept it dark if you were able to erase the scratches, for accidents to young lovers who went “buggy riding” were considered law- 2wl food fer jokes, ™ M. TARBELL. But it is another matter when 2 car is substituted for a horse and a wheel for a pair of reins. Both hands free on the wheel is the only rule of safety in automobile driving—even then one is unsafe enough. Now, this means a reform in front- seat spooning. It is all well enough to talk about reform in the ways of lovers, but talking never yet changed them, “A time and a place for all things, you say. True. But how convince them? Or, if they are convinced, how make them remember when they are side by side? Love laughs at etiquette and propriety as loudly as at lock- smiths. All the talking you can do will not prevent one accident due to their absorption in each other. They are freed from such restrictions Laugh at them, you say; ridicule them. What do they care? They are in love. That is beautiful to them, however it 1ooks to you. But there are lovers who do not make such silly spectacles of them- selves, you claim, endangering them- selves and you. All of which is true, but as a rule few of these lovers be- long to that world which causes the accidents. They belong to one where there are gardens and retreats and cozy nooks in which to meet and do their billing and cooing. Or if they take to the automoblle, a chauffeur drives them and a limousine shelters them. A Cause for Arrest. It is from a working world, off on a holiday—a reckless, untrained world making the most of its limited chance for courting, that most of the trou- bles come. 1 see nobody able to handle the matter but the policeman. “Front- seat spooning” ought to be a sufficient reagon for immediate arrest and fin- ing. No policeman who is half the man most of them are will willingly arrest a young pair because the girl's head is on the boy’s shoulder—nobody but a curmudgeon would do that. But this is a question between the right to make love and the right to pre- serve your life. I take it nobody but the curmudgeon disputes either. When the two conflict, as in the case of “front-seat spooning,” which is the sympathetic policeman to respect? For the sake of the lovers them- selves he should arrest them. The courts should fine them, and the po- liceman should have the assistance of the driving public. You cannot talk or laugh these young people into safe habits, but you can fine them until they will cry “Enough For their own safety it should be dons, « "3~ -4Qopyright, 1986.). Bizrerta, in Tunis. The report was in- correct. Poincare declined to turn the flast over to the bolshevist government, and the question of its disposition is now the subject of renewed conver- sation between Peris and Mosoow. Gen. Kuropatkin, Russian com- mander-in-chief in the Russo-Jap- anese war, is dead. Y * ok ok ¥ Japam—It fs reported that the chief provisions of the Russo- Japanese treaty signed the other day after negotiations which had been carried on intermittently over more than three years, are the following: 1—Japan gets a 45-year lease of 50 per cent of the ofl, timber and coal Droperties of northern Sakhalin. 2—Russia expresses regret for the Nikolalevsk affair. _3~Thu Portsmouth treaty is recog- nized. 4—Japan will withdraw her troops from Sakhalin by May 15 of this year. 5—The two countries agree to re- among HE best thing that can happen to a town is a mean lot of bankers: that is, bankers who will guard their depositors against the raids of the boom- ers. No fairly intelligent, honest, con- servative man should fail in the banking business. People deposit their money with him, and he has only to loan it to fairly honest men, and collect interest for himself. Every bank that falls means a head man who is dishonest, or too much given to listening to booming stories. * % ¥ % “The most fmportant of the tal- ents,” said Thackeray, “ls success.” The degree of a man's success is the final and only correct way to estimate him. What you say about yourself, what your friends say, doesn’t count; listen to what the in- different and unfriendly say after they have looked you over. 1f a man will stick to the simple common sense he learns from neces- sty every day of his life, he will get along; if he neglects it, ha will be singed and crippled. * ok ok % A love affalr is a subject for dis- cussion in a doctor book; it isn't a romance, as plays and magazine stories pretend. * % ¥ X That new order, the new day, vou have heard so much about—well, the world is still afraid of it. * ok ok Watch the man who thinks he is smarter than he really is—I have recelved some tolerably big compli- ments in my time, but they only cause me to more properly appraise myselt. * % ¥ % T have one grandchild, a pratty Eirl of 5, who attends kindergarten. Her parents and her grandparents on the other side, devote their lives to spolling her. In our town there is a Rotary Club and recently it gave a dinner dance, and my son danced with an elderly woman who was somewhat sour because she was a kindergarten teacher, instead of head of a university. My son knew she was his daughter's teacher. And as they whirled in the dance, he said, expscting a compliment: “How do you like my little daughter?” The teacher replied, “Do you really want me to tell what I think of her “Certalnly,” my son replied. still ex- pecting a compliment. “Well,” said the teacher, “she s the worst behaved child in town.” My zon tells the story; it must be true. 2o f A woman in Towa noted that her husband always locked the doors be- fore going to bed, and, as she op- posed evervthing he did she regu- larly went about and unlocked them, saying her husband's actlon was an insult to the neighbo: Finally the house was robbed, and this made the husband so mad he obtained a divorce. And both got along better without each other. A x Every man should be henpecked a little—and i * % ok % 1 belleve In charity only for those who can't help themselves. Charity for a man who is able to help him- self injures him and makes him more idle and impudent. God's first com- mand to man is to not only take care of himeelf, but to assist others in his fmmediate environment who Lave in- herited weakness. The meanest thing a healthy man does is to cry for help he should render himself. A realman should not be a tax baby, but a tax- “The Sage of Potato Hill.” additional hardship for the worth: poor. such a tax is shameful. For an able man to benefit by * k% % A Definition of Common Sense. There has lately been a good dea! of talk about common semse—mare than ever before, I think. And, of course, a lot of peopls takw notice of the talk and say it {s mean- ingless—that common sense is any thing any man believes it is. They are wrong. When it is raining 1t is commo senss to seek cover. Everybod knows it Is a bad idea to get we' when getting wet is unnecessary. It is common sense to watch a fire, a gun, a policeman. It 18 common sense to be careful at a railroad crossing. and everybod: knows a railroad train cannot get out of the way of a fool walking on the track. It is common sense to realize that 1f a man has gone into the woods and brought home & sack of walnuts hs, will make a fuss if you say the wal- nuts are as much yours as his, par- ticularly If he has taken no walnuts | from you. z It is, indeed, unnecessary to teil what common sense is, since every- body knows. Even the highbrow gentlemen cal their stuff higher thinking — naw thought. They know it is not com mon eense, which is what we all know for sure. 1f a woman bakes a pfe and puts it outside to cool, even the family dox has common sense enough to know that ple belongs to the family, and not to the dog. If he ventures to ward it, he will hurry away if the woman happens to open the door and catch him at it Common sense is sense. prefix only so common about it When there is a long and tiresoms discussion it usually means both sides are violating common sense. Ever hear any one say drunken ness is a good habit? I never did man who drinks to excess vio- , lates common sense, and everybody knows it » Same way with thievery, impolite- ness, unfairness, idleness, gluttony. All are violations of common sense, and there is not a man on the face of the earth who pretends otherwise. It is common sense to fix up your home and make it comfortable; to - be polite to women and children; to earn the respect of your neighbors: to help others a little, since others help you. When a scoundrel like Lenin, the Russian. says his new ways are com mon-sense ways, and that the world " has long been mistaken as to tha meaning of the term, he is a plain liar; he is a smart rogue advocating a new plan that will pay him and prova expensive and troublesome for his fol-:- lowers a Lenin's wav is an old foolish wav the people have tried and found i practice mischief cannot afford Why do women wear skirts and men pants? Because both customs are founded on common sense. % When T smoke too much, why do T grumble at myself? Because I know Iam violating common sense, the onl real reformer. Common s education. Svery really great book of sclenca is great because its author has com- mon sense. . Every great teacher, manufacturer statesman, doctor, lawyer, engineer. mechanic, farmer, who succeeds in a large way, does it because of o mon sense. Henry Ford's automobile” sells more than any other and makes. * We use the to announce that it is that every one knows to be the peopls se Is intelligence; it is ¥ payer. Ths meanest thing the Gov- ernment does Is to levy unnecessary taxes, for the reason that they mean frain from propaganda against each other. * ¥ ok x United States of Ameriea—Four more murders in Herrin, Williamson County, IL. On January 30 the postal pay and rate bill was passed by the Senate, 70 to 8. It calls for wage increases annually totaling $68,000,000 and pro- vides for postal revenue increases to meet the increase of expenditure, but the highest estimate of the total of those revenue increases is only $49,- 000,000, the lowest being $40,000,000. It now is before the House. January 30 a Federal jury in Chi- cago found Col. Charles R. Forbes, formerly director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, and John W. Thompson, a wealthy contractor of St. Louis, guilty of conspiracy to detraud the Government in the allo- cation of contracts for veterans’ hos- piials. The case will be appealed. M. Emile Daeschner, the new Am- bassador from France to the United States, was formally received by President Coolidge January 80. In his speech accompanying the presentation of his letters of cred- ence M. Daeschner said, among other things. “History has demonstrated France and America have in turn extended to each other, at critical moments in their existence, mutual and efficacious assistance, thus pay ing to each other their debt of grati- tude, just as they are firmly solici- tous whenever the case arises of pay- ing their material debts.’ In his speech of reply President Coolidge, glancing at the above quoted passage, said significantly enough: “I appreciate your reference to the uninterrupted friendship which has existed between our countries since the birth of the American nation. The kindly supp®t which was re- ceived in our struggle for independ- ence developed into a permanent friendship, and it was the privilege of millions of young Americans to fight side by side with the heroic sol- diers of France in defense of lib- erty. Thus was paid the debt of gratitude, and, as you so rightly ob- serve, both governments should ex- perience deep satisfaction in their solicitude that material debts should also be discharged. Friendship based upon clear understanding must and will endure always.” ERE Miscellaneous. ‘The reader will do well to keep an eye on developments in the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, where Premier Pachitchs’ very severe manner of dealing with the political opposition is of questionable wisdom. The Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church has been ex- pelled from Constantinople, a matter of some mportance. In the fighting In the vicinity of Shanghal Lu Yung Hsiang continues to win. Both sides knocked off for two days to celebrate the Chinese new year. Costa Rica has resigned from the League of Natlons, apparently be- cause of irritation caused by criticism of her fallure to pay her dues. More rather fantastic political com- plications in Chile. The International Opium Conference at Geneva is now getting on more smoothly, and substantial accomplish- ment is in progpect. An English professor has devised an instrument whereby he can regis- ter the heat received from a girl's cheek three quarters of a mile away and the heat from a candle four miles away. The former is the more inter- that Mediterranean more money for its manufacturer be- cause of the common sense back of it. (Copyright, 1 Problem May Reunite Three Allies- (Continued from First Page.) checked, the European danger has practicaily speaking disappeared with the return of order and a degree of propserity in all countries. But from Tcheran to Fez and from Adrianople to Delhi, there is another efferve- scence which is unmistakable and may give Moscow if not a new chance for victory, at least, a clear opportunity for revenge. At Tarning Point. While it is true that at the mo- ment France has a radical govern- ment and Britain and Italy markedly conservative, it remains true that no French ministry could survive any paltering with either the native or the Red dangers in Africa, while the completition of the ordering of French North Africa by a Riffian campaign can hardly be long avoided, even by Herriot. At the vear's end, then, we may well be at an important turning point in cotemporary European re- lations and common dangers in Afri- assoclations which the war created and the rivalries of the post-war time demolished, to the plain injury of all concerned. -The restoration of these associations, whatever their ultimate effect so far as Asia and Africa are concerned, might easily help to hast- en the further rapid amelioration of European political and international conditions, 1t was in agreements over Morocco and Egypt that France and Britain laid the foundations of their practical alliance which stood the test of two German challenges by peace and one by war, while the Tripalitan arrange- ment with Italy materially contrib- uted to lessen the strength of the bonds uniting Italy to her German and Austrian allies. 1t will be inter- ca may restore Anglo-French-Italian | esting to see if another African un- derstanding will have anything lika | as important consequences in the faca |of the doubt and danger now threat- ening all three, the danger which comes from Mecca and from Moscow Agreement Is Hinted. The voyage of Austen Chamberlain to Rome, his conferences with Herriot in Parls and with Mussolini in ths Eternal City have already given rise to many reports that all thres coun- tries are in agreement as to Mediter ranean and native policies, while it s just as certain that there must pres- ' ently be some common policy as to Soviet Russia, since the Reds have set out to exploit the native difficulties of all three countries. Ever since the World War France, - Britain and Italy, after having been closely united by the common danger of German victory have been dirven apart by conflicting interests in Asla. Africa and Europe, while the old German basis of unity has disap- peared. But new dangers, Russian and native, are obviously beginning to supply the foundations for new as- sociation. For several years Itallan policy has tended to exploit differ- ences between France and Britain and generally to oppose France. But a new entente between France, and Britain would leave Italy with little choice but to join the associa- tion and common Mediterranean dan-# gers would supply & new incentive. One consequence of the World War was the weakening of European rule outside of Europe, but only a rever- sal of this tendency can save these establishments and it would seem ths Egyptian affair has given the sig- nal for a combination of powers In a common policy For the immediats future it is hard to exaggerate the importance of such an assoclation. (Copyright, 1 Campaign Is On to Eliminate Insanitary For the protection of the patrons of soda fountains and fce cream parlors against possible disease con- tagion the health authorities of most of the States and several hundred municipalities are planning to carry into effect this year more stringent regulation of these dispensaries. According to the General Health Bu- reau, the methods for the safeguard- ing of public health take these forms: The passage of more drastic laws or ordinances so that the peril may be reduced to a minimum. More frequent and rigorous inspec- tion of drug stores and fountains to¥| compel obedience to the existing statutes. or local regulations. Wider instruction of the public on the danger that menaces them through the use of improperly washed glasses. The most recent figures of the United States Census Bureau show that the manufacture of soft drinks reached a total of $226,188.562 in a year, while that of ice cream and water ices amounted to $253,666,575. For this year the total will be more than half & billlon dollara and of \ Soda Fountains this output the greater part will be served over counters. On the statute books of 4§ of the States are laws against the common drinking cup that strive to guard the public in this consumption. The: laws are supplemented in many cit! by local ordinances that impose am added measure of safety. All of; these laws or municipal regulations are applicable to soda fountains and ice cream parlors, but because of the great number of these dispensaries it has been impossible to compel full obedience to the measures. Hunger in Russia. Soviet agents are purchasing grain in Riga and other Baltic centers and arranging for its speedy transport * to Russia. The scareity of foodstuffs., makes the Bolsheviks nervous about the possibility of riots in Moscow Leningrad and other large centers Hence the anxfety to secure new | supplies quickly, !