The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 20, 1926, Page 4

Apintrttne. avs PAGE FOUR THR CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. L, P. ARTMAN, President, IRA J. MOON, Business Manager. tered «» Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated Press er = Associated Tress is pete to Gh seceed to use »ieation of all news dispate' eredited to otherwise credited in this eee and also news published here, SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES a known on application. ee of thanks, résolutionr of respect and obituary G-tosher yhan those which the paper may give as ‘ fil_»e charged for at the rate of 5 2 9%} otner enter- ni Ee ee f igsues end BU " discussion (s Uf local or general inter- ‘iPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ‘2 5 ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Road to the Mainland, Comprehensive City Plan. Hotels and Apartments. 4 5. Bathing Pavilion. ne 4 © Phings that are easy to get into are often hard te out of. i ae yeport from the Congo has it that one of iets has 200 wives, but here in America the ifind one all they can handle. in & is : would be a perfectly easy matter for Uncle dispose of those forty barrels of fourteen- whiskey right here in Key West. ie ie & To have seen pills of ice raining from the bides here the other night one must have con- that there was a pretty cold place not far an : 4 yt ft Gaze suisse is said to have pacified the Amazon- ib but it hasn’t: accomplished anything making our flappers and shieks any more ly Gh dies a have the greatest highway in all. the world when the road to the main- finished. According to present plans one will be about thirteen miles long. sax cc rrmrgen epbotertent bonds to the amount. of i tive “hundred thousand dollars were ‘in ‘New York on Thursday of last bring still have confidenée in Flor- Lane i gazed at his wife in the back seat and said: “Aw, shut up! I know what I “am doing an’ doncher fergit it!” One minute after- wards St Peter handed-him a flute with six holes him to move over into the alto section. — EVEMENT t seems to be essential for the development $f the character of an individual ar a nation, that here shall constantly be some achievement. Ifa ry continues to rest on the things done in the past, nd seek no finer development, it must de- ~ The same is true of a man or woman. + As we look back on American history, it is per- fectly marvellous what has been accomplished in 160 years. Most of the country was then a prac- unbroken wilderness, tenanted only by wild beasts and red Indians. In these 150 years, the American people have turned that wilderness into ‘whighly developed civilization. Nothing like it has ever occurred in the history of mankind. But what are we in this age doing that is in any (way-comparable? Are we just going to lie down con- with what these people did in past generations? what will happen if we just accept: what is {handed to Gs;"and if there is but little of struggle and achievement in our own experience? Where are the wildernesses for us to conquer? There are wild portions of the earth siill un- ‘developed, but it is not necessary for people to start off to try to tame them. H There is plenty for all of us to do right around ‘home which will call for energy and self devotion. ‘It is not the hard physical labor of cutting down | forests and building roads and tilling virgin soil. it is the often thankless task of doing useful THEN AND NOW The recent celebration of the 150th anniver- sary of the birth of this nation, raises the question wheiher conditions now existing are such as to make more capable and resourceful people than those of that early date, We feel proud ‘of our modern civilization, yet it often seems as if it produced a certain wenfeeble- meat of character and capacity. When people have everything done for them, there may be no develop- ment of their own initiative. di Pioneers in a new country always have a ter- ribly hard time. And yet their experience makes them very resourceful.’ They learn to handle all kinds of tools, they become adept in agricultural and mechanical arts, and they can turn their hands to anything with a fair degree’ of success. Nowadays people can telephone the landlord if things about their house do not work right, or if hey own the place they usually telephone the car- penter or someone else if things get out of order. They therefore lose a good deal of practical ability. They are carried around everywhere in their auto- mobiles, and may lose physical stamina. They are provided with a surfeit of amusements, and they develop a lack of resources of their own. Yet people have infinitely more of advantages now than formerly, if they make use of them. Newspapers, magazines and books supply them with information on every hand. They get a long start in school, where they become familiar with events and developments all over the world. High school graduates are better informed to-day than the or-' dinary run of middle aged people were a century ago. ‘ Present conditions give a wide open opporiun- ity. But opportunity is like abundant food, if you have more than you know how to use, you may get indigestion. MACHINE POLITICS People of the reformer type look with suspicion on various methods of organization that they call machine politics. They fear the power of these highly perfected systems that carry on political act- ivities in many states. And yet, satisfactory political results are not obtained without some organization. If no one prepared any lists of candidates, and the voters just marched up to the polls and voted for anyone whose names eccurred to them, conditions would be much worse than now. Many freak candidates would be elected, and selfish interests would quiet- ly put over their Programs.» A.yast amount of organi we ecthine sweeping tides 0} direct them in some orderly and Fational way. The old time politicians remark that the re- formers would forbid them to spend, much of any money, and would not "permit them “to offer politi- eal office to those who perform political work, and they ask how people are to be induced to do all this organization work, if it all must-be done with- out hope of personal advantage? The answer to that would seemto be, that if the mass of the people object'to the use of money in elections, and if they don’t like spoils politics, they must take a greater interest in politics {hem- selves and not pass the buck over to the politicians for all these results. : If people would read all political discussion in the newspapers, if they would attend political ral- lies and lectures, so that such subjects could be discussed everywhere, these results could be secured without looking so much to the methods of machine politics. Political machines are the natural resuli of neglect of civic duty on the part of the people to be done AUTOMOBILE LICENSE PLATES Since the automobile license plaies for this state are to be manufactured at minimum in the state penitentiary, it seems that two plates for each car should be provided, one for the front and an- other for the rear, as is the custom in almost every other state in the union. ¥ This would save frequent embarrassment for Floridians touring the country, and especially so in states where two license number plates are re- quired. Ther are many obvious reasons why two plates are better than one on an automobile, and it is strange that Florida does not require all cars to be equipped that way, Now that the plates are to be made at least possible cost, it would seem a matter of wisdom to provide two plates instead of one. The department of commerce has recently pub- lished figures showing that the United States ranks seventh in infant mortality. In.this country 71 children out of each 1,000 born die within a year. The lowest rate is in New Zealand, where 40 infants succumb. Australia and the Netherlands follow | with 57, Norway has 55 and Switzerland 70. The highest rate is in Chile, where 306. babies out of every 1,000 succumb during infancy. While the | api pinién, af THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Dual Throne 1000000000000 000 OCCOOOOSOOOOOOOOOOOSOD GOCOSOO9000SS00000OS9OOSH800~ >9 00000 Stewarts WERTTND fad AULES P. STEWARY rvice Writer NGTON — Pennsylvania ind Tinpis are normally so strongly. Republican that a Democratic nomination to the United States Senate in either one of them generally is a mere gesture, Due, however, to the activities of Senator Jim Reed's: slush fund in- vestigating committee, the sentiment :mong Democrats in Congress is that George Brennan stands a rea- senably good chance of, election in Minoig this, ear and that William B. Wilsoh is ‘ot cast a possibility in Pennsylvania, Of course, so far as Illinois is con- erned, this is conditioned on the tes- imony the Reed committee suc- -veeds in digging up. That there was videsprend corruption in connection vith the Republican senatorial pri- nary in Pennsylvania has been shown, ulready, That the Hlinols Re- vublican /senatovial primary: was ist as bad, or worse, has only heen varged, not established, oe. Leo that the committee does. establish the substantia) truth ‘of the Mlinois charges wde by Senater Caraway, there are arious reasons why politicians think iore of a lift will be given to Bren- an, in'that state, than they believe as heen. given to Wilson in Penn- ylvania, For one thing, Mlinois is not so uck-ribbed a Republican state as *ennsylvania: While Republican most f the time, the Sucker State always: + a litte doubtful; the Keystone state almost never the least bit so. prohibition, from alt in- ‘ill be the main issue in and, according to the sharks’ calculations, it wilt be a good issue for Brennan and a bad une for Wilson. This is on the theory that both states are wet. Election may ‘prove one or both of them to be otherwise. Nevertheless, such is the “dope,” rere in Washington. NOTHING TOUCHED IT! “Nothing touched that aching spot until I took Foley Pills, a diuretic stimulant for the kidneys. fam so glad I can recommend them to others.” Eased of her pain, Mrs. Ellen Reighard of South Fork, Penna., writes this thankfuliy. Foley Pills have help- ed many people—a reliable valu- able medicine guaranteed to give satisfaction. Constantly in use over 25 years. Ask your druggist |for Foley Pills. Key West Drug iGo, julyl-im Miss Jane Riordan was dis- | charged as nurse in a Chicago hos- ja convalescent male patient. SPECIAL. To sleep well get return $313 sept/her by Pasquali Italy, when she refused to marry, him as promised. “DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. concn | Words often misused: Don’t say “he brought it to a final comple- tion.” “Final” is tautological.) “Completion” means final. Often mispronounced: Blessed. Pronounce the adjective bless-ed,! the participle blest. | Often misspelled: Metropolis. Synonyms: Fact, reality, truth,| actuality, certainty. Word study:/‘‘Use a. word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by master- ing one word each day. Today’s word; Homage; reverential re- gard or worship. “His manner expressed more than that general devotional homage which ° youth pays to aed its By A. C. GORDON Seececocccoosesseeeseeee 1. What country ranks first in silk manufacture? 2. What is the Englishman’s national game? 83. Which is the chief city of Alabama? 4. What Spaniard was conqueror of Mexico? 5. What name was given to the religious wars during the middle ages between the Christian nations of western Europe and the Mohammedans? the Answers To Yesterday’s Questions 1. Colorado Desert in south- eastern corner of California. 2. A luminous circle extending completely around the heavens, produced by myriads of stars. 3. Japan. 4. The hornet, 5. Robin Hood. SURELY. 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