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to Brasil, the country that is famous # nuts. - : *S0 this is Paris, eh! g me of ‘New Yawk.' " These $he opening lines that : Marion del spiels off in the new- play 4 YA Thousand Leagues from dway. Marion is called the ‘#econd ' Sarah Bernhardt of the d, and. she can ghed tears without Inute's notice. Some say she car- ohions with her. In fact, Marion ‘Well, it re- . has won a world-wide reputation for K emdtional actress, having ap- ired before the crowned heads of rope, the bald heads of America, and the pooeh-heads of Plainville. . Qur most modest member, ‘“Uncle : is now official lamp- ville: | The " children Aye bequeathed on him Decauss he is . feed to &ll, and | ot all, néver touches the kiddles even he’does catch them shinning Johnson, Nellje Rogers and Stanley ate ruaning & Ary in Berlin, ' They 5 from high' top chairs to knives. Esther has charge of ‘bird’ department; Nellie, the 01" suppiies, and Catherine, the The trio works with wonder- pesw. Miss Johnson makes' life song for the other two. phine Tutles 1s & teacher of in : Middletown, -Cons, - Bhe @ifferent, leaders in history ‘When ullus 2 i 3 ing ~Was - that Poth Nave plenty of Gaul Agall). 2 ryn Sheehan 1is. another gual. She is now. tics 'and elocution in o little n. volunteered &o n“h:' o Ve B 9 ! Like are practically 24 would a qt- n 3 is | take her Tom to war. Why dow't you think! will save the situation. atter second ‘thought - Tom “to e, “told 4s what. romantie, dpesn't ;& huntrees. “In fact, : ¢Qu*u ’fi“',' 7 Hagist. and agrees Be plays Aggum goes % ‘time) 76 the c 2 ta the bDank—to the bank-—to k,” _This march is by Ruben- “‘Helenia Doerr and Helena Walther ate b raising gardens on Shuttle o Ave. ' The two Helenas have 468 together, and everything they he government to sup- Stella Munson and “Kitty”” Whalen (whaie’em) have opened up a com- maeroial school in Kensington. Some of thelr pupils are old emough to 'bo anoestors. Stella is strong for -Mupsen system of it ‘1e the best. “Kitty" ] typewriting jand advocates e touch system. “O‘u ufiivon;l:- declared, e e L] m%fih:‘ dia not ke bad made & mistake until to the end the line, and v /#o way back to cor- 2 has a big future e 4o, Lilitan’ Rosenberg; 18 if sgleslady in Besse-Leland’s. not selling hosiery up- 'fi‘\h downstairs fixing her One 4nd “toseing the four.” thing she has acquired while work- ing there, is a thorough acquaintance with some of the nicest chaps in Yown. We have to hand it to Mr. . He knows & “drawing éard™ he sees one. #@oo-¢060 Eyes.” This odd nick- to . Mildsed She too, believe mié, boys! featured with the l@flv‘- may ' be applied ‘the popular movie star. She never the | sell:] ] Only one. are known as printers’ devils, afsgr- &1 8cout president. She has put identity may be disclosed. Mildred never takes part in the pie-throwing scenes. She. lets her . understudy, | Grace Hatten, do that. You know | Grace is some dodger. Her tralning came with riding bicycles' to schaol. Lila Elason is as game as & Tro- Jan. Lila is now ‘‘star’’ .reporter with tho New Britain Herald, and draws a salary that would make .ours look l abbreviated compared with hers. Her | latest “scoop” was the uncovering of V& d of gamblers who were play- ing “penny ante.” “Come Out of the Kitchen Mary Ann, You Belong in the Wash-Room. I should think that Mabel Bollerer | t would get sick of saying that every | morning and afternoon. Ong ' day Mabel got exasperated beca a girl made crullers for doughnuts,. so she ridiculed the poor girl by holding up the ‘cruller and. saying, ‘Ldoks like a cruller, don't it (doughnut)?" Be- fore Mabel ventures to any. of her students’ . mixtures, e lets Mr. Moody -experiment first. . ' usually seems to know i , but she will never refuse a tip." i Now this is very true of Olge Po) pel. the popular waitress at Hudso: Lunch on Main street. Some of the “emts™ that Olga gerves every noon- time- are: 1. Hamburg steak and potatoes, in .other words, ‘“Clean up the kitchen ]'ana decorate.” 2 3 2. Soup sandwiches, 3. ' Dimpled prunes and a mug of mirk and a couple of sinkers. _ This is a three-course dinner, and ,together with Olga’s smiles fills you up. On Saturdays and Sundays an orchestra is, hired by Mr. Hudson. Music with the 'meals, .you know, Oné day an old gentieman called | Olga to one side and said, “Waitress, will. you kindly ask the prchestra to play slower music?” “Why, sir?" Olga asked. . . “Beécause,” ‘the old man said, “I can’t chew my food properly in two- step time.” 5 His reguest was granted., e kind? . Mary Hayes is cashier and private secretary at Keeney's theater. But this does not complete all of her du- ties. 'When there happens to s “Wreck on the Shore Line,” T act does not appear, then May is ‘the emetrgency used in this nd in a few moments appeatrs trans- ied. Lo! Behold! A second- ed Sarah < Bernhardt appears. [ One of ‘the poems she recites from memory on the stage is the ‘‘Charge of the Light Brigade” by Tennyson, Into the valley of death rode the six hundred. They rode 'til they got tired, [ Altho’ they knew that someone had blundered, i T2 they comp“‘wfua. they knew Wasn't they'd get fi :The applause is so great that May finds it hard to confinue. s & ‘em up!” No; friends, this is not meant to be & bowling aliey ex- pression. Tt i{s only. Maurice Lock- wood, instructor of printing, times his pupils on “composition” work in setting up type. Maurica's .cholas b when Maurice becomes alightly zgi- tated he never includes the ~word | “printers’ " in it. After 4:30 Mau- rice teaches the youngsters how to ip)a.y the flute. Oh yes! He has a large understanding! He wears size twelve. g S Mildred Hellberg is the present | probatioa officer of the.lécal police court, and the sumber of non-support tungflh decreasing astonishingly fast! ¢ this credit goes to Mildred ‘ ! to her father, Offcer Gus- [ tave Hellbérg. You've heard the old ‘!rmb,, ““The pen s mightier than the sword,” Well, here it's the same/| i Or 4o to jall and get tred board.” Somie team, {an’t it? Oh yes, they ll:‘v.- some gystem. It works like this: > “Mildred discourses, Z 2 Father enforcen” “Hello, Central! Give ms 6 noth- ing 5.” This is only one of the nu- merous ways the.fellows try to enter into conversation with Agnes Dar- row, our petite, dainty operator. But they never succeed, friends, because Agnes is too wise. Oneé smart Aleck called a fictitious number onc nd as is customary, Agnes answered with the usual. “Hello.” “Now. listen, young woman,” smart Aleck said, “you don’'t know mse, 80 why do you say 'Hello * “Say, smart one,” Agnes poured forth, i*ie your nose bothering you? If sq, scratch it, or I'll have my big 1 igreatly help the tountry in this great hour of need. Now, Miss Paro, will you kindly forward this message while I dictate: > His Excellency, Bernadotte Loomis, ‘Washingten, D. C. Y ‘Honorable Sir: As chafrman of the board of con-| scriptive’ censors, 1 dutifully send yotu the report of the Class of 1917, which { has been prepared for the nation through the untiring efforts of “this board and through the great personal assistance I have received from my secretary, Miss Minnie Paro. The young men of the Class of 1917 stand ready at a minute’s notice to join the ranks of the navy and army. The young ladies of this élass also stand firm for their country, and will, if you say the word, join the vast army of Red Cross nurses of our va- liant nation. 2 ‘With such material as the 1917 you may rest assured that Old .Glory will pever cease from waving on b and that the Stars and Stripes everiastingly and unfalteringly reign supreme. After a course at Boston University specializing in girls' secretary work, Leonora Fox is the National Girl i ot | 5o ready for your sumsiess. her | 1 DAVID MANFRID MAGNUSON. Class History. but still robs (Robb's) her one joy. #Hospital for the grouch. A smile is & syre cure.” Anna McCarthy, the ori; itor of such a resort, is herself a iclent dose of smiles, ripples, hearty laughe, and dimples for the grouchiest grouch in the universe. In league with her is Edward Bassett, who/flirnishes amusement for the in- mates by his clever imitation of him- self dn his High School days. Among the'inmates is. Ralph Williams. The cure' is slowly sinking’im, as so far the smile hasn’t cracked. i Mortris Shurberg is emphatically. as- serting that he is in ths mining business, and that he is getting rich on the margin. We wish him success in ‘his calcimining, for that is all it is. “New York's Greatest 'Crime" is a book written by Helen Wolski: It ex- PO s the evils of the slum c.ndi- tions ‘in New York. All, who wish to remedy this evil should first read Ielen’s book; it's only 898 "Dages Horenstein, the oculist. Yes, Gif- ford Horenstein has a litile office on 8outh Main street where he gets all the schodbl children defectiva in eye- sight, to fix up. VYet Gifford finds quite a' little spare time to plow through his “acular” volumes, due to the sad fact that children are not us- ing their eyes so extensively in study- ing. “Parallelograms having equal bases, and equal altitudes are equiva- lent. . Therefore Robert. Yuon is equivalent to Professor Fay.”. Yes, Bobby is teaching ‘“geom’ in High school and living up to his ideal in base, altitude and even in mustache. Holmquist Bachelors’ Hall, dogs allowed. Florence Holmquist is jiist as patticular as ever about who enters into her realm. In company with her is the inseperable quartet, { Kathleen Grace, Jennie Swanson, Ethelyn Waddell and Gladys Marvin. Kathleen Grace with the big blue cyes reforms people, soul and body, with just one look. That is during her working hours; but Kay matches the liveliness of the others when at leisure. A v Jennie Swanson, the famous artist, draws, paints and draws. The draw- ing papers make good kindling for the furmace fire. ‘But Jennis is always generous; if the other girls desire anything special, she: draws it for them and in between she draws. her breuth. Te-dum, te-dum. No, it's not a hurdy gurdy, but it's Ethelyn Waddell playing the pianola. . Ethelyn really Composses, too, also. for the furnace. Last but 'not I of the quartet omes Gladys Marvin whao furnishes mirth’ and laughter. for = the crowd. Glad /Always did do it. What? Why, she *‘expériments ‘With every girl’d beau and has quite & string of old flames, bright and dull. But a group of wémen banded. to- gether thus lacks one thing. A man! - That ‘man, though little, is, Louis Rapp who fires his socialistic opin- {ons into the fufnace as fast as he does Eth's music: and Jen's pictures. “Shinto is the original religion of Japan, long before<~". He's forgot- ten his notes. Ralph Nourse is a professor of dead religions in the .Harttord School of Pedagogy. His fame iz as extensive as his absent- mindedness. Robert Swift is his re- minder; for he is well versed in dead religions. When Ralph loses himself, Robert finds him and the dead re- /| ligton. Shanahan's literary tent on the campus. Mary Shanahan has kept an indexed digest of all.literature, es- pecially that of Pancoast. the value in these digests for the udent; so she pitched her tent on t High school campus. Listen to the strain of the organ 4o the Grace church in New York. Looking into the church, . we . find Raoul Benoit, better known as Raiph, who plays impromptu selections at Jtitnes. ' Thé choir boys, thoush well trained, are often kept at a lively skip to keep up with Ralph. Letters! All from poor little col- lege boys! | Edith Pouszszner had good practice in High school and now she's every college fellow's confident. Edith comforts, pets, loves, and ear- nestly lectures them. The colleges are putting out a set of fine young men. ' “Page! Page.” brings Stanley Plo- charczyk into the senate chamber Stanley himself is a walking ency- and every day he acquires a ‘page of knowledge. It's a good thing t0 be a page in the ‘senate We feave that to Edward Mag, who is presi- {dent of the senate. Hddie had a ‘choicé of vice-presidency In this coun- try or ambassador in’' Greenlund. Bddie prefers to argue in the warm- er climate. “Animal crackers and peanuts for 5c a bag.” Behind a cleyer stand in the lower corridor of heart and soul in the scout movement, | the High school, WVivian O'Connor No | : » EDWARD ARNODD MAG. . Class Oration. \ sells animal crackers snd peanuts to the hungry students. They are much better to digest than Cicero or solid geometry. ] % ‘Won by His Majesty of England, Ethel Prior and Charles Miller have Joined hands; no, not in matrimony, but in music. Ethel plays anything from a rattle to a hard composition by“Schubert. And Charles—well, he simply keeps the court wavering to and fro as his ‘bow glides up and down on the high aerial notes. Hold your breath; . They're playing ‘“High 8School Ddys.” It has become a favor- ite in England. Edward Christ and Donald Bristoll have opened up a Camp Site Bureau -on West Main street. They give rea- sonable . .information . concerning camps, locations, ' outfits, ,probable weather, | digestibility of food, depth of waves, and,—well, everything. Ed- ward goes around and experiments in various camps while Donald sits in the office and files the statistics as fast a5 Edward has time to wire them. “Aster ' plants, 50c a dosen,” is a sign seen’ on Wells - Willlams' grass lawn. He ‘is a florist and landscape gardener. During the crucial period of lack of vegetables, he planted an artistic garden of lettuce with a parsiey edge all around. Beauty is a virtue.” KElla Skritul- | sky ‘knows the. virtue of beauty, so she is endeavoring to share her methods with the world, but only with secrecy. Her methods @o rot go keyond her office except ‘the trans- formation of some dilapitated person who had explicit faith in Ela's vir- tual beauty. Henry Wheeler and Louis Reynal are clever draughtsmen, and to them great praise is due for the excellent | planning of our prominent buildings. { In reality Henry Wheeler does all the | work, while Louis creates a draught by opening and shutting the windows. Carl Bergendahl is a private in Company E. Z. Leave it to Carl to get a pretty easy position.~It's a bad habit to get into, but they ssy that what you do in High school, you'll do all your life. . .Emma Schaefer, honorary vice-pres- dent of the Boys' Conference board; s often reminded of the time when |'a boys’ conference came to town, It reawakens memories. Why doesn’t she “Chuck” 4t? : “Rachlin and Zeitlin, lawyer andl peacemaker.” Jacob Zeitlin 'is the ‘lawyer of criminal cases, and ' there' no chance for the plaintift when | Jacob takes a case George Rachlin | is- the peacemaker. One day a little Freshie came in all excited and/ angry. “Tell me that President Johnson wasn't impeached.” “Sorry, little boy, but your school -teacher was right. Johnson was impeached but he was acquitted.” Good work George, you remembered your U. 8. history. “LeWitt's Theatre.” Alfred LeWitt is’ mansger, ticket seller, ticket takey, usher, orchestra and-—no, he isnh’t th performer ‘also. David: Magnuson, our celebrated Shakespeare, is the director of the performance. One of Dave's favorite performances is the ball-room spene in Silas Marner. The tragic importance of Bjlas’ entrence is feit by all fi‘pedl.lly by Dave, who { paces to ai fro behind the scenes, wringing hi ands. Bing Bang! Zipp! ‘NO, nothing’s ‘broken. This is simply what we found Raymond Baker doing. Yes, he still entertains people with his finger tips on the piano. “Lost, the statue of Liberty.” Curi- osity leads us to the missing statue, when behold! Margaret Russell is gerenely taking the place of Liberty. It's too good to be true, and pcople ! loathe the idea of the migsing statue's ever turning up again. and what she stands for. Minnie. Gritsmacher and’ Gertrude | Bruemmer are residing. in Palm | Beach. The latter is there to gain weight and the former to reduce. Dr. Holmquist, graduate of Newington | College of Bacteriology, sent them there. Yes, they live together in order to watch how one and the other lose 'and gain respectively. Gertrude takes care of the ‘“gain” column of the day book and Minnie, the “loss” ‘column. Let us pity the accountant who has to go over that account at the end of the season. The books! will never balance. As a banker, James Tierney is a ‘wonderfuyl success and has opened up a new bank in Plainville under the name of Plainville’s First and Last National Bank. James is president, cashjer, teller and receiving clerk. The rest of the work is done by his junior partner, Dudley Kiely, who sweeps up in the morning. prepares the meal in the back room, ‘and then mops the floor in the evening: ‘James does not need a watchman for the bank because he carries all the money in a handkerchief . pinned to ‘now that he has what hé wants, he's books, etc., and in the evening she is —Photos by Murray AIBERT CANTERWITCH. ABE ' pocket with a safety pin. He evident- 1y believes in ‘*‘Safety First.' Bernard (Pigeon) Conley and James (Jimmer) Crowe are coaching the New- Britain High school in: football and baseball respectively Coach Conley is busy promising sweaters to the members of the team and says that they will be given sweaters as good .as the ones his team got when he was captain. Coach CrowesMis busy patching up the baseball pamnts for the coming baseball season. . It's pretty solemn. work for they're all “holey.” Bill Cullen has a government posi- tion now. was appointed truant officer ‘of ti New Britain high school and while he is not out look- ing ‘fqr truants, you can ‘easily find him partaking of a few ‘“nufty” sun- daes and “ash’ Wednesdays in Clark & Brainerd’ i “Love Me, and the World Is Mine.” It's funny that, Lottie Trader clv‘yli selects this song when she has com- ! pany evenings. Bear in mind, friends, that three is a crowd. “*Prain for Elmwood, Newington, and Ha-a-a-r-t-f-o-r-d. .Leave ol articles in the car’” You can hear this familiar voice at the local depot and you will easily recognize it as be- longing to our old friend, “Omscar Carlson.” Osoar always felt an in- clination to be a train announcer and ' i favorite phrase is “Oh Oscar, what are you trying to do;, kid me?” Arthur Peterson has followed his) calling and is perfectly satisfied. Now he can' play pool all day long without paying a single penny. - In fact Arthur is practising up for the New England billiard championship and fully satisfied. The best part of his Job is that he doesn't begin work un- til. noontime. 2 Irene Loomis has struck it -rich! No, nét in wealth,—in companionship. Irene is selling periodicils and news- papers for the N. Y, N. H. & K. R. R. Co,, in a booth in the local depot and is kept busy, by Oscar's queries. Her {if he wins, he promises to “blow” so naturally, we would want him to win. t used to be Murphy's pool room ow Peterson's. Here comes the bride! Why, it's Helen Katgn. -See her blush! . And the brid om—why, it's qur friend the salesman. And the minister. By fingo, it's Cyril Sullivan. How he has changed! ' Freckles have gonie and & béard has taken their place. Now don’t be alarmed, frien that the bridegroom hasn’t the You see, he sells them. T “Kiesewetter,” thé name sounds familiar, doesn’t it? . “Well, the real truth ate that yesterday. “Kiese- ‘wetter cheese has just taken the place of Limburger and is finding favor not only with' the Germans but with others as well. In short, it is 'a uni- versal cheese.. Miss Bertha Kiesowet- ter is responsible for'this remarkable new. cheese, and her delicatessen store on Arch St. does a thriving business. Miss Viola Nelson and Irene Sulli- van have .joined forces and have opened up an artist’s studio on '~ Main street. Among their models is Ger- trudé Luddy, whose portrait very re- cently appeared on the cover of a cold cream ‘“ad” whose eye ‘catcher is “You will soon learn to love me. About fitty High school students have: applied for the job as janitor. “Rip Van Winkle” never had any- thing on Howard Loomis. “Why?" you ask. Well, you see, Howard is testing beds for the National Spring Bed company. Matilda Zimmerman is- helping her father sell Chandler cars and is also demonstrating. ' Matjlda guarantees to show good-looking chapples how to drive in one day. No wander the t‘ ,aloof from “Matty.” Strikes me as! though they are afraid she'll steer them around. Dorothy Zimmerman is with the Eilongated Show of 1917, whick is ap- pearing at the Winter Garden. Dot and Mrs. Vernon Castle look so much alike they are hard to distinguish from one another. Her face is her fortune. Just like John Bunny in everything except stature. “Advice to the Lovelorn.” Yes, she is régular Beatricé Fairfax style now. ‘We all wonder where Abbie Dawson has picked up s6' much knowledge on this worthy subject. Her latest advice to love stricken’ girls is “Never tell your secrets before horses, for they carry tales (tails.) Lulu Zwiebelhofer is private secre- tary to Skipper in, manager of the Globe Clothing House. . How Skip manages to get away with the job is beyond us. -Lulu also sérves as & dancing teacher; for a few hours a day are spent rehearsing new steps in the private office. Of course you all know Ruby John- son, the human talking machine, but do you all know what she is doing? Well, during the day Ruby is a book is his|agent - and gets subscriptions for stationed on the corner of East Main and Main streéts and exercises her lungs in behalf of the glorious cause of “woman’s suffrage.” Sha is as- sisted by demure Ruth Johnson, who fills' up the glass of water and tenders it to Ruby when she gets dry. Omn Saturdey nights Ruby has her hard- est work to convince the populace that women should have the right tb vote. One week” ago Baturday when Ruby had just finished saying, “Who'll join our gloroius cause,”” a man shouted: . “I would, but T belong to A. 8. P. C. A. (American Society for Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals.) *“Hello, boys, I'm back again for another term ‘Who's ' speaking? ‘Well, you ought to’know, Harold Bas- sette of course. At last Harold is tak- ing a P. G. at the local High school after about six years - of futile at- tempts. But we, have to admire Him for his stick-to-it-iveness, anyway. If Harold were not a P. G.,. he would be captain of the tennis team. As it is he is ineligible. We wonder what he vilues most—the ocaptaincy or the P. G. . (prolonged graduate.) ., Mary Light and Pauline Segal have opened up a matrimonial agency in the City hall. | When a customer looking for a pros- pective wife, and if Mary is at ‘the desk, she rings a bell and Pauline ap- pears, but if Pauline is at the desk, she rings and Mary appears. Cun you suess who the lucky one will be? Just imagine Royal Stone on stilts! ‘What a long and vague idea! = Royal is the agent for the Ascension Yeast Cake Co., and & Freshie once asked ate the yeast cakes raw. Royal advertises his yeast. by ascend- ing stilts and parading around like a side-show. My! What a B-I-G AD! “Ladles and gentlémhen, it gives me the greatest pleasure to introduce for your approval this evening, some of the Ilatest ‘somg hits written for me expressly by Adams Express Co., and I can assuré you of their lateness.” éy Dixon's way of in Kesney's all this week. Leslie Morans is now : agent for the Ingersol Watch Co. ‘When they move’ it nations, they go Jan They have kept that: main street 6f somé' hole on a holidey - with swaggering ‘bu teeth and ready for And what 18 the: Civiljzation ‘has notiyet g necessary machinery: for. de the quarrels of nations ing them into terms of; present war Ims done: has certainly convinced include a stipulation of such machinery. &Auom must begin to dividual progress. N individuals’ composing learn to be controll authority which they created, and for which: sponsible. There can be The to any country,”any more.{ individusl, in submitting laid down for its wisdom and by must perate, for | uniyersal peace and Ia: dowrifall of war. ment portrays the’ m States once claiming to° be ~voluntarfly sul interests and submitted 20 be done again. ' And pow fore. Goes the opportunity ple the correct time; if they eay they do not know, he promptly produces an Ingersol watch, puts it in their pocket and -says, “You should have one of these."” Sometimes he is mistaken for more this . hour. of oconflict: what hopes do we cherish for the fu- ture peace? At a time when our r nation is in the throes of the wonst | when our people are tense with the horrors of struggle, when our fellow- citizsens are dying on the battiefields | of France, it seems peculiar even to talk of peace. Butsome day the war will end, and an attempt must be made to save mankind from a repetis tion of the events which have plunged the world into such a state of bar. baric' madness. - International rela~ tions must ‘be rearranged so that the without ::nmmn;“::omd thou mur- merce, the sacrifice of .millions lives—all have created a desire ?Z prevent this catastrophe from hap- pening again. War is not otly . It A urn, in to the wild nature of our ..nm cestors. The only sine and reason- ablé way to suppress. it, is to employ the same methods that have . besn used to do away with fre la:kuu—-w institute the reign ‘of Law and wir- cannot exist togsther. Law implies the determination of dis- putes by comnstituted authority ao~ cording to well-established principles of justice; war implies the settlement ot differences between nations by battle, without regard to whether the decision of arms works justice ‘or injustice. The - .difference: betwaen them, therefors, is fundamental anll irreconcilable. ' War abrogates law; the reign of Iaw .will be the end of One thousand years ago - private war was just as much = within the rights of largé bands of freemef :as public war was within the rights of ‘states. A free man’s house was not | only his castle; it was his fort and his arsenal. He Iloaded it -with weapons and war munitious, and if he | was rich enough, he supplfed it with fighting men. Whenever he went abroad he rode jangling with armor. He was obliged to defend his cause with his own right hand, and to ac- cept & decision of a trial by battl This state of affairs was necessary. because the civilization of that time did pot provide courts or police ades quate to deal ‘with the quarrels of individuals and to translate them Into. terms of law. 3 But the development of civilisation, has changed those p conditionis. ‘The person’who triessid enforce his:own idea of justite : i now an offander. We no longer-] our houses with weapons and armed men. In fdct, Mmost of us go cradle to grive Without ever any weapons at sil. -In nations private war bidden and justice reigné snpreme. But aniong nations, thers {8 & very different story. The progres which the individual has made within the separate state has not beem dupli- cated in the history of the states themselves. As a state, thé collec- tive citisenship of each nation is still following international ideas of the tenth and eleventh centuries. The in- dividual has learned to live without brivate war, but the stats has not. States still Al their nationsl houses with weapons and munitions of war. therguments of.the con ‘wil mend = something nature+of & compromise. The-league does not propose the.decislon of the court or: n of the couneil That may come ' {if near future but it is no part: omm enforced. plan. At the ‘present time ica would. be unwilling to. Self to accept & decision tration in, let us’ say, & over the Monroe Doctrine.. regard armed intervention rageous. But in theé intecests. versal peace, we Ougl making a public sition in these mutters (Contiausd Wi‘

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