New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1919, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 19i Britain Herald. RALD PUBLISHING COMPANY dally (8 e, 5 p. ma - y junday evcented) At P {8 Herald Building. 67 Church St fered at the Post Ofice at New Britaln [ &8 Second Class Mail Matter. cALLS TRELEPHONE fnoes Omc. torial Itooms o only profitable advertising medium in the ‘city. Circulation books and press room aiways open to aavertisers. & Heraid will be found nn sale at Hota- ling’s News Stand. 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk, At- lantic City. aad Hartford Depot. Member oX the Assoclated Presa. o Associated Press fs exclusively entitled to the nuse for republication of all news credited to it ir not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news Dublished herein MAYOR QUIGLEY'S MESSAGE. [An evening devoted to a study could be beneficially le annual pmmon no | of to the evening Whether e citizens will agree or disagree with s recommendations, ore than message presented Council last ayor George A by Quigley. they should | least give the subjects treated seri- | hs attention improvement and offer their theories i they have any. Mayor Quigley is nsive covers of recent a wide fleld. message is one the most e> offered in yea and e best he has written It points the way to a bet- r community and if half his endations New since assum- & office. recom- e Brit- n will advance appreciably. Most important of all is his discus- He in followed, on of assessment and taxation. reforms at Hs repeatedly e method hlues and now it appears that action suggested of arriving property | to supplant debate. Assessment is of tal interest to every man, whether e owns property and pays taxes di- bct or contributes toward the income k a landlord and pays indirect taxes. he subject has been a live is and it sue since it no is the up- meeting that lermost question of the ritain is growing and will continue It must have money to pay running This e recent city is Jkaggeration to say day. New b grow. . money Ihould be obtained on Al jlonate share. expenses. an cquitable asis. should pay their propor- Until a new system of ment is adopted this will be im- ssible. There vith jo transfer will be some disagreement his proposal of medical Inspection from ‘the Board of Education to the Board of Commis The Board personal Mayor Quigley on the direction in the schools ealth oners. f Education imacy with the schools and with the hildren. The the kchools are in their charge. Under heir guidance medical inspection has enjoys @ in-. boys and girls in brogressed satisfactorily and the gain bt of loubtful value. Another ealth deals with the laying of water of a sew- interrupting the program is paragraph concerning ains and the installation hge system in the northwest section of e city. In s families are ow dependent on wells for their wa- er supply, a situation that should not The wells be- many cas be allowed to continue. ome contaminated and arc a continu- The project outlay of Bl source of epidemics. ould require large oney but it men Property alue and a partial if this of a a would be a good invest- would increase in return would be gained. Even would not ur, oc- the the city would be does not health gafeguarded and ake steps protect well as minds of its men, women an hildren is jthat it y pushing ommunity the first importance. ghould not be longer avoided. “blind"" streets in city that to the bodies as so reactionary in its ideas to aside, not dese matter does e flourish. this the of | that shirks a responsibility It is a duty Extension of the fheart of the city should he prosecut- led. It will to some people but it will be of henefit to the ‘majority. The time for such work well chosen. woulid Mayor work hardships is The cost in future years be enormous. will find general | that an Quigley suppoit of a memorial auditorium his recommendation building containing be erected, but opinion will not be unified on his plan of pro- cedure. It would achievement if constructed through popular subscrip- tion hut such rangement is questionable. few he a glorious the building could be of an The bur- whose finan- of on all cit- | the propriety ar- den would rest cial strength on a B a matter common knowledge and not equally izens as would be the case if public money were used. Suitable measures the names of the New Rritain soldiers and the fight of De- monument cotld should be taken to perpetuate sailors who fought mocracy and no &0 endurin he so impressive and of such utilitarian value as a memorial build- ing. Aside Quigley ready spirit Americanism. hooves all citizens to be from material affairs, Mayor strikes a note that will find for a “It be- true, loval Americans and assist in putting down those among us who have little regard response when he calls of true made in order that the mighty re- public might have being,” he writes. That is gospel to which every person can subscribe. We can be anything else we want afterwards—but let us be Americans first. IN A TIGHT CORNER. Washington Wilson issue Pity the gentlemen at and have patience. President has placed before them an they cannot comfortably ignore, canse the campaign of 1920 confronts them. to be- They know not which way turn, whether for the repeal of the permit to vote war-time prohibition aect or the books. If will offend it to remain on they vote to repeal it they e or take offend the world. The York the situatien to all a not re- at It is the dry they vote peal it no action they will “wets.” cruel New Times summar in a dispaich from the national capital as follows: Congross, according to the view heard at the Capitol, does not feel disposed to tamper with prohibi- tion with the 1920 campaign looming up. Leaders of the two partics are afraid of antagonizing the prohibition clement among the voters if they repeal the law, while admitting that if they do not atfempt its repeal they will incur the displeasure of advo- cates of wine and beer. notice should the Particular be paid to the fact (hat Congressmen of something. They are afraid are not considering the case on its merits, simply counting the votes will win or lose during the next they preziden- tial campaign. SHH! ANOTHER MYSTERY. For a well-behaved, business-ever) minute city, Hartford can dig up more mysteries than any other place in the United States and It seldom for real or its territories. lacks sensations, imaginary, and a week seldom passes that it does not offer a spicy violation of the Marn act, a kidnapping, a gath- ering of bomb-throwing anarchists or something to the of its citizens out of the ordinary humdruim course of thought. Just at present stir minds it is experfencing a recrudescence of mystery stuff. This time, according to the morning paper, it is the in Black” whose identity and object in life would cause a visitation “Woman severe fever to the homes of Old King Brady, Dia- mond Dick, Nick Carter and other heroes who devoted their lives to run- of brain ning down crime and punishing evil- doers. For the past few days the res- idents of that section of the city near Westland and Barbour have been annoyed by the actions of a fe- male who to as the streets person has been referred Black™” and the With the sistance of an excited group of school children the police arrested ‘her. “She” proved to be a woman of sixty years whose mental soundness “Woman in “Woman of Mystery."” as- is questioned. Now coines the solution. It is start- ling. It is this: The wicked, conni ing selectmen of some desiring incubus of bundled town, themselves of the 1per, her into an automobile, sped like the wind to- Hartford, deposited her on one streets and back again. There doubt about it. The story Hartford be- cause the woman hinted that it This in admitted to rid an insane ward of the sped home is no is believed in is true. that she be Hart- ford probably proceeds on the theor: that her come from it wants to believe them but her words are not to he tak- if it does not want to be- spite of the fact is to insane. statements a sound mind when en seriously lieve them. It's all in a must have its thrills. like what lifetime. Hartford But the latest sounds Americans “bunk.” call VOTES FOR WOMEN. With an impressive list of cham- pions to speak for the measure, the suffrage amendment bill won a sweep- of was a sign the House result ing victory in Repre- The of Opponents of woman suf- as well the white flag now as at some future date. The women are eventually senfatives. the time frage may run up gsoing visibility is low will deny it. This suffrage It is merely a statement of Woman is not an argument for or against it. fact. may not obtain politi- on a par with vear, but the distant when she will cal recognition this year or far a man next time is not re- ceive it. The mote of 304 to SO shows there doubt the measure was of I3 men Clark, R. Mann, influence, never any of the the lower to pass when Longworth, Frank Mondell and all of whom have spoke for {t. Like- | wise it can be seen that the question did not come under a partisan head- ing. The Republicans mustered 200 for it and the Democrats 102. Against the bill were 19 Republicans and 71 Democrats. It is not belleved that success in house was certain such as Nicholas Champ James wide or veneration for our institutions or President Wilson's appeal for the pas- 'thou‘ht for the sacrifices that were lsage of the measure ‘changed the re- to have | the vote and only those whose mental | that | i week. { of happiness across | sult but it did no harm and may have convinced a number who werc strad- dling the fence. For the fifth time, suffrage come up in the Senate early 1t failed of passage there last but the pass on of will next PU‘"“?‘X‘_\' by a single vote women its will margin are confident it next appearance two vores. byt al FACTS AND FANCIES. | Germany’s howls, shrieks, wails, | | sobs and threats over the peace treaty only emphasize the magnitude of her defeat. Besides, there was no purpose at the conference to start any hysteria the Rhine.—New York Herald. President Carranza says right out in meeting that he has no use for the Monroe Doctrine. That man would i not hesitate to speak disrespectfully of the equator.—Rochester Post-19x- press. | | the war as- | they are pe culine usurps particularly | altimore While women during pired to men’s clothes fectly safe against ma tion of ther own styles, the hobble-wobble skirt. American, In discussing the proposal to retire | him, Sam Gompers intimates that it | was not he but his antagonists who felt the need of a let-up.—Washington | Star. | Culting Germany down to a navy of that size may lead to criticism. It does seem as though the confer- ence might have thrown in pair of oars.—Detroit News. a the Sick Man of Furope was a hot mustard plaster doctors clapped on his extremity. Manchester Maybe feels that the Allied “myrana Union. Where there is so much smoke, as in the charges agzainst Burleson, there should be some fire. But will he be fired ?>—Chicago Tribune. There may be innumerable aerial “husses” in vears to cgme, but there will be no more aerial Columbuses.— Providence Journal. THE REVEALING. Silence, and night, and the last faint bars Of the afterglow 'neath the deepening stars, And out of the heart light Came a question that challenged the depths of night The age-old cry still flung by man Against gates fast-locked since time began: ' of that fading | “0O what of that place Which Faith has visioned space Qur wish and hope give it form and plan: Thus has it been since primitive man. His tools, his heaven, his God were crude. Now all are with culture and art im- bued. Can Death, and no other, the mystery solve? silence reign revolve?” mystical, magical in infinite Will while the worlds Then came a =ound like a deep-toned bell. As a voice from out of the darkness fell— “The limitless years plan As wide as the infinite needs of man. If it wera not so, would a Christ have died? ISternity has to time replied. Reyond, as here, each soul may find That which he seeks with heart and mind."” hold scope and Silence From a cloud-bank dim The moon slipped over its silver rim. Of two heheld the glory wrought One upward glanced, without heed or thought other glimpsed air, The wings of shining ones, there. again. The in that purified hovering BERTHA C. THORNE, in *“The Nautilus. Americans Only. York Commercial). the Long (New Shoe factories in Islamd city section have replaced alien strik- ers discharged American soldiers and report that the experiment no experiment in the first place, for the ex-soldiers are doing their work fully as well as the foreigners who walked out. This is good news, for work has hbeen found for nearly a thousand American fighters, who de- serve the hest the nation can give. There is, however, one phase of the situation which is a bit disquieting. The manufacturers announce that hereafter none save American cifi- zens will be employed. In a sense, but only to a certain degree, this is good business. As a matter of po- litical policy we believe it to be poor in judgment. Aliens who do their work, who behave themselves, are equal under the Constitution, save in the power of voting and holding pub- lic office. Not that we hold a brief for the alien who uses this country as a temporary meal ticket Rut it is short-sighted policy which restricts the employment of proficient labor hecause of race, color or an thing legitimate. A far better way would be for manufacturers to hire aliens, when citizens are not obtain- able, and then make good Americans out of the alien hy teaching him the value of that privilege—by educating him to a realization that the United States is God's own country—that this is the Promised Land. Do that by was and new citizens will be gained. in- stead of'disgruntled rebellious aliens 9, e sy LIST OF NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE ANTHOLOGY of MAGAZINE VERSE FOIR 1918; and Yearbook of Amer- ican Poetry, edited by W. i) Braithwaite, “Annual anthology is cl by verses of lyrica] sort. The intro- duction is given 1o a discussion of theories of poetry expressed in articles by Rrian Maxwell Boden- neim and Ao iy A Booklist. acterized Hooker, Conraqd A DRAWING, APPLIED Brown. “Popular, practical and concise treatment, fully illustrated and cover- ing the subject well."—A. L. A. Book- list. by M. s s BUDGET MAKING | Y, by . A Fitzpatrick. Belives that it is a mistake to at- tempt to reduce increasing public ex- penditur and that the budget, which is not primarily a fnancial, but a social problem, should be of & size to fit the needs of society. In a mocracy, therefore, society should have the power o determine its budgef: that is, the legislative rather than the executive control of budget making is desirable, wifh a central- ized commitlee to consider society needs carefully, and trained publ servants to administer the funds.'- A. L. A. Booklist., EDUCATING RY by K. D. Cathe P FAMOUS PICTURES op ANTMALS, by Mrs. L. M, Bryant This author of many delightful picture studies has here made a gal- lery of animal pictures from the scarabs of ancient Egypt to the pres- ent, with an interesting running com- ment of myihology, anecdote and his- tory. . L. A. Booklist. . x YEARS: and Other Poems, by Johnson. The title poem is in commemora- tion of the emancipation of the ne- groes, A DEMOCRA- de- STORY-TELLING, REAL FIFTY J. W. e INDUSTRY AND HUMANITY, by 1. M. King. “From the government's with industry all autoeracy must be ecliminated and replaced by responsi- ble self-government: common interest of all classes everywhere must be recognized. The author, who has had wide experience and training declares: ‘Let Labor and Capital agre * * * that they will not sever reations un- til at least the points of difference have been inquired into: let them place their faith iIn an enlightened Public Opinion * * * {hev can create a wholly civilization'."— A L. Booklist. X e ox PAINTER'S CYCLOPE- Frederick Maire. O relations new MODERN DIA, by “Designed for a textbook or book | of reference schoools.” in practical trade + . MY REMINISCENCES, Pumpelly, “Detailed autobiography of a noted geologist and mining expert whose re- searches took him into all parts of the zlobe and brought him info contact with many kinds of people. His friends were largely among well known scholars and writers, his ad- ventures most unusual and interest- ing."—A. L. A. Booklist. by Raphael PRINTING, by F. § “Deals complete with branch of printing from raised aces * * * heginning with Henry. every surf- the | *characater’. lay of the cise and continuing through {he composition of different kinds of matter; Proving, correcting, locking up, imposing and printing e up to date."—Printing Art, . ;A POWER AND historical study, by Gerard Fiennes. “Depicls mainly the career and achievements of the British navy: be- cause the British navy is the greatest embodiment of sea power that has ever been attained and because it has accomplished more than any othey agency, to achieve the conquest of the 2 L. A. Booklist. ACHING OF ORAL ENGLISH, by I3. M. Bolenius. “Interestingly wriften, text for teachers, unique zives so many concrete examples from the author's personal experi- ences in developing an effective oral English program for the four high- school years.—A. L. A. Booklist. 5o o FREEDOM: a wide awake in that it Fiction. ARROW GOLD, rad. “This is a romance and the Spanish coast, laid middle seventies when Don Carlos de Bourbon made his attempt for the throne of Spain—perhaps the last in- stance of a pretender’s adventure for a crown.”—Publisher's Note. OF by Joseph Con- Marseilles in the a of HOUSE 'ROUND THE CORNER, Gordon Holmes. A thrilling mystery story. by JUDITH OF BLUR LAKE RANCH, by Jackson Gregory. “There are some good descriptions of western country, and the charac- ters are well drawn » . MA PETTINGILL, by H. T. Wilson. “Those who read 'Rugsles of Red Gap' will remember Ma Pettengill, the shrewd, sharp-tongued but Kindly pelticoat boss of Arrowhead Ranch. She is a personality as well as a From Chinamen to her talk runs—not talk vivid glimpses into the of people.’—PublisHer’s movie merely, many note. ars but sorts QUARTE, MAN FOUR-S M. laine. “The hero is a hoy from the Ken- tucky mountains who starts out at the age of fourteen years to avenge A wrong to a member of his family. The story is crammed full of excitement and adventure.”—Publisher's note. B by W. MILDRED CARVER, U. S. B. Bruere. “Mildred Carver, of an old New York tractor in Minnesota stein from the Rast side and Tllen Forsythe from Greenwich Village, and naturally things happen.’—Pub- lisher's note. the only daughter family, runs a with Mamie Fp- P MYSTERY OF THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR. by Lee Thayer. “A mystery story that challenges the most ingenious reader to solve the identity of the murderer in advance of the story."—Publisher's note. ‘s o WAIF-O'-THE-SEA, Ahoard the New Sharon, homeward bound after a two-year cruise in the South Pacific there is murder, mutiny, love-making and yarn-spinning in a manner to warm the heart of the lover of an old-fashioned sea story. A Booklist. Dy CD. Redford whaler Brady. Touring the State Park (New Haven Register) the the vacation comes—and the making plans for that vacation is here now. in spite of the vazaries of the weather—there is going to he some attention given to tours by automobile hy people who can't af- ford to travel long distances and who want to see somethinz of their own state. Perhaps some of these will make up their minds to make the tour of the state parks, 15 in number, comprising some 3,130 acres. The state register gives the list, hut does not include Wheaton Park. near Wal- lingford, the latest addition fo the system, to which the New Haven tourist would naturally go first of all. These parks are scattered about the state and make up a system which has been admired and envied, but thev are practically unknown to the majority. At all of the larzer pa the camper is welcome. and can come in. When time for summer time for | pitch his tent, huild his campfire. and stay as long as he wishes—as long. of course, as_he respects the rights of others and behaves himself. Here is a camping ground as good as those of Maine or New Hampshire, or any- where else the camper who thinks he has to have woonds, and scenery, discomforts, wants. Tt {s not strange that both the tour and the camping sites are receiving attention from young gentlemen and their fathers and mothers. too, as to their adapt- ability as summer vacation spots dur- ing July and August. Patents and Prosperity. (Newark News). News that will have its patent house put in or- der congress means a good deal more than a cleaning day for the Patent Office and a general refurbish- ing of practices that are dry with age and dusty with routine. For it points to a renewal and expansion of the national wealth. in which every least citizen will have a direct share. Sheer brute labor, in all the world’s history, has never been productive enough to turn out zoods in sufficient volume to provide more than a have living for the average man and woman. The world, in honest terms. was a poor world till invention put tools into men's hands, and the world's wealth has increased in pro- portion to the use and the improve- ment of tools. the Federal government by and { * Him. She Was “Vampin® this where you put death no- tices in the paper?” he asked as he shambled up to one of the desks. He was informed that it was and, drawing up a chair, he hegan to tell a most svmpathetic story of the sudden death of his friend Jim ‘as good a paperhanger as there was in the city of Springfield.” Jim had died of heart failure the night before at his boarding house, and so the stranger had come in to have a notice put in the paper so that Jim's friends would know and come to pay their last re- spects. As he rose to go. fob turned over. Graven upon the hack was Jim's name. and after a little questioning he admitted that he was Jim, whose meinory he was mourning. “You his ornate watch way,:” this am it is this he said. “There is ‘Jane' in town that is vampin' me. and 1 darn good and sick of it. (‘an't you put a notice in the paper that T am dead so that she will read it and lay off of me? Gosh! T ain't had no peace for most two months, she has been after me so. Can’t vou?" ‘You' couldn't. So Jim departed disconsolate, his clever scheme thwarted.—Springfield Republican. see. a His Dilemma. “You'll have to send for doctor,’ remarked the one just arrived, as he looked at tient. Am 1 so the sufferer. “1 don’t know how plied the man of medicine, “but I know you are the man who cross-e amined me when T appeared as an ex- pert witness. My conscience won't let me kill you. but I'm darned if T feel like curing you. Good da Dallas News. another who had the pa- ill all that?" as gasped ill you are, re- Lion and the Lamb. (Pittshurgh Chronicle-Telegraph.) The little town was all excitement. The circus had arrived. The chief attraction of the circus was the cage in which the lion lay down with the lamb. An old gentleman started asking the proprietor questfons. “Do those two ever quarrel?” asked. “Well,” admitted the proprietor, “they are not always peaceful. Some- times they have a bit of a scrap.” ©And then?" Oh, then,” said the proprietor, “we generally buy another lamb.” he { ing. { Cross, the Y. M. ¢ { returning from Anti-Cigarette Laws. Nebraska has repealed its puritanic and ineffective anti-cigarette law The few states which still have same kind of a law will take similar action, for them has the law heen Some years ago, prozress prohibition ultra-puritanic the doubt, one of enforced. by the malk- reformers sought to combine with the crusade against alcoholic drink one against tobacco generally and cigarettes in particular. They sought fo have laws enacted placing cigarettes as well as whiskey under ban: and in several states they succeeded—Nebra being the bell- wether of the lot. Even the few states in which thev succeeded did not treat the law seriously. Liquor prohibition is against a real and potent evil. Ad- Notacy of it supported by Tong and gruesome trail of crime, misery and human shipwreck. And for that reason its appeal has met with popu- lar favor, and, thercfore, with legal port In the case of cigarette prohibition, Practically all of the elements which Zive strength to the crusade against alcohol lacking. Especially now, in the light of proved.heneficence of the service cigarettes have performed during the war, in providing nerve- ease, solace and comfort 1o the brave and sorely tried soldiers of all of the armies—a service that has heen uni- versally recognized, approved and en- couraged by the various governments and by such organizations as the Red A, the ¥. W @ A, etc.—those essaving to prosecute or- ganized opposition to the cigarette have but little upon which to base appeal for public or legal sympathy. And with our millions of soldiers the shell-torn fields of France and from long, dreary, tire- some days of uncertainty in traininiz camps, ready. almost fo a to testify in hehalf of the cigarette, there is little likelihood that success will crown the efforts of those ex- tremists who would legislate it out of existence. But there is no in not encouraged liquor was directed is a a man, danger disas- trous backward swing of the pendu- Tum if these well-meaning reformers ;_!rlempl to press their convictions too A The narcotic forbidden by alcoholic of drugs evil prohibitory law; so has liquo; S0 has gambling. And public decency and public senti- ment approve. Tf these prohibitory broadened to include logical to conclude that cigars. pipes and tobacco in any form would come next; then coffee and tea! And then, Why not chewing gum, and, perhaps, dill pickles, which are disagreeable to some people? The result has been measures are cigarettes, it is would be, of course, complete revulsion of public senti- ment, followed by a backward swing of the pendulum that would undo the '7o0d that has been done by prohibi- tion, and that only a small proportion of the American people would like to see undone! So Nebraska hs The Great a s acted wisely! American Propaganda. (Uncle Dudley in the Boston Globe.) A section of the British press has been growing quite agitated over tho prevalence in England, Canada ana Australia of an American propaganda. An American propaganda? Of what sort? Why, no other than our old triend, the film. It appears that Charlie Chaplin's wiggle is as celo- brated in Spain as it is justly popular in Massachusetts. and that the Scoi- tish scenery which Mary Pickford adorned off Marblehead is quite as satisfactory to Aberdeen as if the Pride of the Clan had been filmed at Skerryvcore. Now if you navy or all you vour were merely a an Australian hushwhacker, would need do would be pay admission fee and extract the maximum of cackles and thrills com- patible with the welfare of your con- stitution: but if you were a statesman vou would have to consider the insidu- ous influence of this propaganda on the minds of the masses. American clothes, American American house interiors (well, that is, a scene-shifter's idea of them), American scenery, American ideas, American customs, American archi- tecture, American fashions, Ameri- can standards and a certain persistent and deadly assumption that one follew is about as good as the next—such are the subtle persua- sions of this subversive propaganda. What is this hullabalioo in the suburbs of Liverpool? The 10-vear- old commanders-to-be of the British merchant marine are crashing through the hox hedges of irate noighbors in pursuit of redskins What under the canopy posses long, lean Ethelbert to clout stumpy playmate, Cyril, over the pate with a cricket bat? Under cross- examination it would appear that the pair had drawn their inspiration from Budd Fisher and were Mutt- and-Jeffing it a few. Is there a sud- den epidemic of pie-throwing in Can- ada or New Zealand? Are victims laberiously excavating their features from the soft, expansive substances of catapultic pastry? It is recalled by the authorities that at the climax of a given American film the hero cxpresses strong emotion by this culinary gesture. Propaganda ? the =oft “Honest, T.ondon slang, Our defense impeachment that of judge, we never meant to.” The business was wished on us. [t just growed Ask any YD man what he thinks “sunny France” and wait for the against is of lazy scorn of his “Say, where do vou get that ‘sunny Franece' stuff?” The novelist, (George Meredith. who cer- tainly enjoyed weather more keenly than any Briton who cver lived, onciled himself early in his career celebrating the glories of rain mist is like the tle, during which local hoosters a sure you that the rain isn't really wet: but all the same the sun doesn‘t shine. So if Britain expects to re- cover for the loss of the movie busi- ness she must contrive somehaw to get the sun’s head into chancery. Then, scenery. The stage manager of the universe located its ‘‘property room" in lower California. Within a few hours' motor ride you have sea rec- to Scotch in Seat- rainy season beach and desert, tropics and big trees, city and country, mountain and ranch, foothills, streams, canyons, lakes, zones torrid and temperate, and Arctic snows on towering peaks; { and this not six months of the year, but from January to Juvember, and all under a sun which shines as if by railréad time schedule. To these | wonders of the visible world main | has added (to the population of Los | Angeles alone) 20,000 of himself ‘to enact hero, heroine, villain and maob, not to mention a perpetual world’s ] fair of period architecture, amidst Which vou step from Elizabethan vil- ilage to FEgyptian temple and on | through Wall street, New | Louisburg square, Boston; | village, a cathedral city tenement district. . . . There! counter-propagandist, that if you can. | But is this propaganda insidious as to our hend? Does the poor boy amongst us marry his employver's daughter with such monotonous regularity? 1 the beautiful mill girl fascinate the manufacturer's son with such une swerving precision? French, English and Ttalian villains having been de- | clared out of hounds for good paliti- cal reasons, and the German villain proving too nauseously sauer-krauty for discriminating stomachs, would a foreign tourist be safe in assuming that the customer in a Norfolk jackat, golf stockings and a velour hat (pro. vided he could descry such a bird anywhere on his horizon) unquestion- ably had designs on his ducats or his daughter? Na. Sadly let us confess: we cannot pretend that our millionaires grow on trees as plentifully as cherries, to be plucked by wistful country maidens of the type of the beautiful sisters Gish: nor that cavalcades gallop through our business streets in pursuit of horse thieves as commonly as fire en- gines: nor that tender adventure | awaits youth at every street car stop. The close-up is as fatal to the illu- sion of our national romance as day- light to the cosmetic cheek. We do not live up to our films. That fs the sad fact about our great American propaganda, and tourists are hereby warned All is not life that flickers. The World Remade. (New York Times Sunday Magazine) The terms of the treaty of peace made public on May 7 give an accuraté idea of the transformation which has been wrought in the governments of the world by four years of war. Among the belligerents and prineipal neutrals the most striking changes are the following: The governments in these six coun- tries have been overthrowr Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece. Sweeping governmental changes have also occurred in the following countries: Montenegro, embunz, Serbia. Five new nations have assumed defi nite shape: ('zechoslovakia, .Jugoslavia, Finland, Hedjaz. The vast German colonies passed under the mandate of the Iritish Empire, Australia, New Zea. land, the Union of South Africa and Japan Lands whose status, called into question during the war, is still 4 mat. ter for final adjustment are the fol- lowing Adriatic Seaboard menia, Asia Minor canese Islands, Puebla a slum a and beat of ours s neighbors appre- Yoes I | | | Portugal, China, Lux. Poland, havé Albania, Ar- Courland, Dode- Epirus, Esthonfa, Georgia, Ireland, Korea. Lettonia, Lithuania, Livonia, Loval Russia (8l beria, Archangel, Transcaucasia, area controlled by forces of Admiral Kol- chak and General Denikine, etc.), Palestine, Tyrol, Ukraine, Vorarlberg. (Territories the disposition of which is more or less determined, although it has not vet been finally settled, are omitted from the above list. Such territories include Macedonia, Do- brudja, Transylvania, etc Governments remain as they except for changes in the following countrie: United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Japan, Rumania, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Switzerland. Two heads of governments natural deaths during the war—Franz Josef. Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and King (arol of Rumania. Anothery President Paes of Portugal, was as= sassinated. As for Czar Russia, there is the strongest of evi~ dence that he has been executed hy the Rolsheviki. Of the six countries in which the movernment was overthrown, three have changed from a monarchial to a non-monarchial regime—Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia. Bul- garia and Greece have remained King- doms, and the Sultan of Turkey re- tains the same shadowy suzerainty which he held when war broke out. In the other five countries where the war brought sweeping changes of government, two-—Portugal and China -remain republics; {wo—Luxemburg and Serbia—remain monarchies. The fifth— Montenegro—disappears as an independent nation, and, according to present signs, will become a part of the new Jugoslavia. The great chang® that has come orer Serbia is that she will part of the new “King- dom of the Serbs, Croats and venes' (the official name of what better known as Jugoslavia), instead of forming. as heretofore, a small Balkan kingdom Of the five nations that have sprung into definite being as a resuht of the war, three are republics Czechoslovakia, Poland and Finland. 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