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tice done. It will be the duty of the allies to see that such is secur adu;d to pass upon the genuineness of the procesdhigs: In bther words Ger- “You never noticed,” said the man's wife a trifie reproachfully, “that I Had my Hair done up the mew way things you think I should or shouldn't say about your hair dress? Any’how( 1f 1 said I didn’t like it you'd be ail THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26th SEAT SALE TUESDAY h Bulletin and Qoufied 124 YEARS OLD upset. You'd say I didn’t know __l!‘ single thing about style or youw'd havé your feelings hurt and cry.” . “Then you don’t like it this way,” “Oh!” exclaimed the man with|ghe asserted. “I don't see why you|! marked vivacity, “so you have! I|gian’t a@mit it in the first place in-] was just wondering what made you|stead of encouraging me to make! look so different.” myself look like n fright. That's just “You, were not,” contradicted his |what I mean, Bothwell—you don't! wife. ‘You haven't really looked at|take enough interest to prevent me | me sifice you came héme, Bothwell. | from doing a thing like that. You just realized I was here, like '-he' “I never said I didfi’t like it, sideboard of the hall tug. at a!rypted hef husband. 1 tragedy matrimony is! But do you|ijt looks very—" i like it? Doesn't it maké my nose| <«Bothwell!” she shrieked at . him,| look too prominent?” “if you sdy it looks very preity again : “Not at all,” replied the husband |} shall @ie on the spot. Why, you | promptly. “It looks very pretty.” just as much as admitted you didn't: “Now, don’t start l"'efidmg your pa-!think it was becom g, I should | per again, Béthwell” she ~ordered, | think you Wwould want me to follow . “until we get this settled. It's Very |the fashions instead of being a per= | important how a woman does Rer|féct back ntmiber and looking as HARY'S will B6 on trial at the gime fimé {hat the culprits. 1t will mean a test of German sincerity un- der present conditions. With Germany making the claim that even greater concessions from the treaty terms must be made in or- der to make it possible for Geérmany every one is_doing it. No, you never noticed at all, so you needn't preten you did. Do you like it?” Sstumristien priss 120 & webk: Ske 3 memth: .0 ‘—. Emtesed 2t the Pestoffice «t Norwith, rvwili s» <claw matier. Buxiness Y . Bulletin 3on Office 38-2. | extent the extension of further len- _Wiimsntie Office 3 Chuten SL Telephose iency on the part of the allies. ° THE PROVIDENGE FIRE. After something happens investiga- tionls aré always stafted. Thnt doesn't mean that they always amount t0 somethihg, or ate always - FREDERICK In Her Latest Dramatic Triumph “THE LOVES OF LETTY” Adapted From the Famous Stage Suceess by Sir Afthur tailures, but it seems to be a time|hair and I want joir judgment. You|though I had come over in the ark. I| Wing Pineers When thére i§ 4 feoling that some-|alWay3 say thifigs look very pretty.|expect if 1 plastered a bow on my | [ = st S PARE L R — = thing should be done-to prevent such| YOU said that wretched brown vel- hair and wore beau. catchers youd| Charhe Cha lin Norwich, Friday, Feb. 20, 1920, PP TARY ho a&ain vet dress of mine that I shed quartsithink it looked lovely.” p i =~ The iaka ‘i‘s"‘;fl r".""‘"’*“ Eaoam 1t of tears over looked very pretty and| “You don’t need a beau catchef,” fN— N you always say instantly I buy a néw hat that it is—very pretty! That sounds Well, but it @oesn't mean any- ever good may come from such an in-|thing. Doesn’t it make you wonder vestigation can have no influence on ;l‘%:'refiflx!fifl:n; i“ot“- \;D‘fi;fls lwafl? s i P & i $:{ [ hair to e anticipation 6f what has happened, it| g oo Yo S3d her husband. would be of greater = service, even though the preventién 6f the situa- tion would. check all knowledge of it. This 16 well iliustrated by the re- cent hotél fire in Providence, where| thrée lives Were iost, Where the ele~-| tric lights were shut off at midnight and where gome rooms were without| he sogthed her. “I Det if you started ; the style of ’em, though. every other | woman would follow. Really, Doris, the mére I look at the way you have ¥your hair dofé up the more impress- | ed I am. It seems to suit the style of your héad or something. I am sure foltg will like it. I certainly would stick to it if I were you.” goes, bt the great ¢ TWO YZARS IN NEW YORK—FIVE MONTHS IN BOSTON 't conceived soon enough. What- THE GREATEST MUSICAL PLAY EVER §TAGED With ité stoFy of absarbing interest, invelving wholessme Comedy, heart: gripping Pathos, sweet Sentiment and ifispifing Rofmante of Golden Youth ard semsrie Old Aue. Then, 10, you'll want fo hear, or, if heard, hear agaih, the entrancing Music 86 censistentiy inter:woven ints the play’s fabric; to see the fascinatingly quaint dances, heaf the wehderful Songs which bring laughter and tears. All interpreted by a notable Metropoli- tan Cast, ahd youthful, beautiful girls who really sing and dance. In short, MAYTIME affords yeu a play delightfully and refreshingly different. AUGUMENTED ORGHESTRA, With Gompany’s Musiclans. The Floorwalker T PATHE NEWS CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING FEB. 14th, 1820 10,675 “You don’t at all,” she contradict-| “Now, do you really. Bothwell, or ed, “because a mere man knows noth- | are you just saying that to make me ing aboit doifig up hair. But it's all|feel ‘good?" his wife asked him. -“T'd tucked under and that's what gives:so much rather vou'd be perfectly my head this founding outline, fike a | honest. Why, this very minute I ex- boy’s. Do you think it makes me look | pect you are thinking how you dislike younger?” » { this way and are afraid to tell me; “I hadiyt nbticed that you needed| “I d@o not” he insisted. s WHAT DID THE NOTE SAY? In order to know what has been : said by President Wilson in hi§ note to the allied government concerning the Adriatic situation, we are obliged ! to depend upon information réeceiveéd| et —— ONLY TWO DAYS MORE TO SEE to do is gét baek to that old S You'd tell me anything just so I night.” would let you alone. I d6n't Wwohder: “Bothwell Jones!" said his wife in there ate s6 many marital differences | awful tones, rising and standing b with husbands never taking a parti- | fore him, “now I know E cle of thought on subjects important | faith to put 4n what you say. to their wives.” “Jumping fish hooks, Doris” cried S Pris S B R TR e N S TR O S 7 3 g ey fthe protection of fire escapes, andto logk younger,” he tola her prompt- | like it!” Pk CHAS. K. CHAMPLIN . According to the statement from ?:’;?di:nu!;nifigrfi:r’;n fl'\:s tomller::: B’ is!"{our sl R ‘;;‘;Itv E?"?‘Q.’S‘lf;: reaching one ~ STOCK COWANY High Class Vaudeville and Motisn across the water President VIO iion otner thinigs who was respon-| I do wish you'd take a little inter- | hand toward the newsnapor on ‘ne Bl The Best Popular Priced Attrac- \ Pittures—Big Shows—The Leading Fhs threatened to withdraw the |, % "ihe deplorable situation, | ést” déclared hig wife. All you want|floor. “It—it's so d stinctive, too—T W@l tions Ever Seen In Norwichs United States from the participation ; : Such of c6ursé i§ nééded, including paper. | noticed it the minute I an explanation regarding the lack of lights ahd particularly those inténded ‘to guide patrons to an exit. But how jmuch better it would have been to have looked into the existing condi- ong before the fire took place and| saw you to- ‘SPECIAL MATINEE TODAY (FOR WOMEN ONLY) “HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER” Robert Edison’s Greatest Hit § LADIES! Be Sure You ! in the settlement of European prob- lems if the plan “of the entente for afljusting the Adriatic problem was carried out. When that report be- came noised about it was countered by a denial from the white house, supposedly by one in autherity even THURS; FRis SAT—4 SHOWS SATURDAY, 1:30, 3:00, 6:30, STRAUSS TWINS Two Girls In a Classy Musical Novelty: MARSHALL AND GOVERT I've worn my hair like this every” night ' for a solid week and you've ) never Tonight—Big Special Shew i : though it did,not come from the|ins'sted bpoh fhe enfofetdient of het husnand; Mo vou mean to gay | known e i “ACSTITGH IN TIMEY Two Men in an Excelisht Gomedy Offering ough ot com n (L 4 trated| You are ing that nonsense be-| “Oh, heck” groaned her husband. s Fulton Theatie = F — . White House authority was quof 3 B % ) e et ———— . closure in fact calls 1o the author- < T e g . - s RISl & JCOTTeCt SR ate ities to determine whether there i . : gl bl ol HARRY CAREY, in “MARKED MEN"—A Peter B. Kyne's Stery—Ths It was not long, however, before | 1o t0 SSLCTTInG Whethor, there 18 *1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR S hela i e aded R e L bl R hree Godfathers—Was R.Fd by Millions in the El(urda& Evening Post: “r:" dhm‘}l was CO";]];LO;M"A’C:Y:';];L':(‘I‘nv in conneetion with hostelries and | Bulletin's Calendaf Recalls Old Days.|to pass 0" hings can come . ch g ? The Delightful Comedy Relief Throughout, Particularly When the Three the ead and ano sta N A public buildings where proper protec- tion is supposed to be given to hu- i man life. If such exists. now is the Mr. Editor! I received from Byron 2 ry to Nurse a New Born Baby. Better Than the Story. Don't H. Evans, your fine 1930 calendar with mueh pleasure, as I lived near the In the final analysis it is no puz- zle at all. We are only asking imper- fect men to produce perfect results. Outlaws iss | MONDAY, TUEBDAY, WEDNESDAY—EARLE WILLIAMS, in ;'"l Veéry sued in which the president was said} to have let the entente nations know he would take the treaty from thel = 44 wed it out 4nd have it - | 0ld George D. Fuller Store, built three | For the evil of the old fashioned con- y arg Latest Vitagraph—Seven Part Special. Don't Fail to See This Big Favorite senate if the Adriatie plan was Puti ;% ciiag of waia!ing for it to be|Vears before I was born. The Nor.|vention scandal—which was not & IN THE DAY’S NEW3 in “The Fortune Hunter™—Taken From Winchell Smith’s Celebrated Stage through without his sanction. Thi8| gomonctrated by resulis at another] Wich Town post office. was in very common bird, at that—a reign of Jubaland. Play of the Same Nlrna-‘—-Aht Three Star Acts—Girls Have a_ Right was more in accord Wit the Bufo-{ . ) pes :ézgyo:eerz’;meachllfld_r{hegocrfl_;l ;tlzrre until xl?iiie;a!e Incompetence has been ac-| uyipaiang is not a musical comedy .Pr:opoe This Year For It Is Leap Year=Earle Williams Will Show Yeu pean version, and it is still insisted Is it an advantageous trade? ow. across the water that in a postseript to the note there is the statement that the president would seriously consider the withdrawal of this coun- try from the treaty of Versailles and; the treaty between this country and France. With such confusion as to what 1'g or what was threatened, it 4 appear to be an excellent thing! have it cleared up in order that there might be a proper understand- ers. Inasmuch as the other. countr have received the note and have drafted their réply it would appear that no harm could Pe done in z the note publis and to ar up the contradictos ‘ statements that have been cpming!| from the white house it would seem to be the very thing to do. SPEED THE RAIL BILL. The prediction is made that the de- bate on the treaty will soon be drop- ped and it will be displaced to give the railroad bill the right of way. There will be nothing surprising about such action if it comes. In fact REASON FOR CRITICISM. Thére aré those who afe displeased at the sympathy that is being ex- pressed for Mr. Lansinfg and express surprise that the president was able to get along with hith for so long. The fact of the matter is that there is nd question but what the president hdq a right to 48k for Mr. Tansing’s resignation any time he pleaséd, but the éfiticism that Rds developed over that affair is the ground upén which he did it. It wasn't because of incompetency or lack of harmony but because he had called meetings of the cabinet mem- bers. Secretary lane and ex-Secretary Redfield maintain that Mr. Lansing did perfectly right, did nething un- constitutional and simply acted for the gobd of the coutntry whosé inter- ests but for such action seemed to be in a fair way to Bé neglected. Regarding the unconstitutiona! usurpation charge Seerstary Redfield | seems to hit the nail on the head when he says, “The cabinet is not a My brother, the late Willlam Hen- ty Smith, fat of Mrs. Clarence Ca- pron and C. H Smith 6f Norwich, occupied the upper part of the Perritt building as a cigar and tobacco man- ufactory, ér the tenement was occu- pied by Gilbert Tufts. When Mr. Smith went to California, in Septem- bef, 1849, he sold his st to Mr. Filler, the latter remarking that he would reserve some of the cigars un- til he would return, as he was to be absent two years. He remained away, however, seventeen years. True to his promise, Mr. Fuller a surprise when he the hidden -cigars, be miraculously fine, as all con- ceded that tested them. They had improved with age. I am much atach- ed to the Bulletin having Had twe hrothers-in-law in the office, the late Willlam L. Setehel, under John W. Steadman, and A'len L. Moore, later Rost respectfuly, MRS. R. A. MORARTY. Worcester, Mass., Feb. 15, 1920. rought forward | which proved to | Too Little Sane Direction in Electing Public Officials, Municipal and State. Mr. Editor: Too many of our Amer- | ican municipalities are in the political | doldrums. The occasiens upon Wwhich | D ve Mr. Smith! Is it worth what we haye to pay— not in cash alone, but in brdinary re- spect for the lawmaking arm? This demand for direct legislation to unde the imperfections of representative government has all arisen since the di- reet primary got in its perfect work of produc: the perfect legislature. EUG BERTRAM WILLARD. Chelsea, Mass, What Is the Bible? Mr. Editor: I wish to thank you for nting Citizen’s letter in last Thurs- ay’s Bulletin on “Admitting = the Bible” in the school. Where I went to school we did not have a Bibls, neither were we allowed to have ohe in the house. This is sad enough, but is true, and that was in Austria, 30 years afo. I always like to say a few good words aboui the Good Book. There is a striking parallel today with many of the profess:A religious people. They know not the Scriptures, neither the power of God, Mark 12:24. Not that they do not have Biblef not that they cannot read the Bible; not that they are not acquainted with the Bible; but so much of the,teach- ing of the Scriptures is believed ac- cording to the explanations and tra- ditions of men. Human ideas are name for Dixie, but a portion of Brit- ish East Africa which may be joined ! ito Italian Somaliland as the outceme of amicable negotiatiohs bétween | i Great Britain and Italy, news dis-| | patches state,” says the National; | Geugraphic Society in a bulietin is- | | stied today from its Washington head- | quarters. “Few other undeveloped regions on | vast continent hold such agricultural | opportunities for individuals or com- panies which can handle native laber, jas do the vast uncultivated plains on i | whieh rubber, cotton and tobacco can ibe grown. “Jubaland now is the northernmost | | part of British East Affiea lying west lof the Juba River. Few white men | have penetrated the fastnesses of this, ! country which touches Abyssinia on | {the north, Uganda on the, west and ! {Italian Somaliland on the east. Its! isouthern portion fringes the equator. | | With the exception of the Juba there; are no navigable streams of hote lead- ing inland. “The Juba River, about the length lof our own Colorado River, can be! {used for commercial navigation about | 1400 miles from its mouth. In its Val- ley, where irrigatien is practiced on NOTICE! . - SECOND LECTURE Auspices Men's Brotherhood, United Cong. Church Lieut.-Col. G. Edward Buxton TREASURER, PROVIDENCE JOURNAL THE NEW AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN LEGION Friday, February 20th, at 8 P. M. CHURCH STREET body which is known tbo the Consti-; tution. Its meetings are not held un- | «a naturally fertile soil, already there it is the very step that ought to be the average Amerigan muunieipality | rected as standards for the interpre- 3 & LER ¢ - = | tation of God’s word, an Ziare continuous fields of maize, millet, | roonio afraid, but the older bréthar en 1n spite of tho demand 1Or| gor Brovisibuh BF 18W: T in 1ot Hnlab & oo T s aels ‘”{hw as they are led, "% ™M 01| pliniin, semsem, tobacco ahd cotion. | Serd o rtcher explanation. - “He g;‘;‘:‘:hbggk e a‘g‘:&:z@“’:fi;‘; Eetting the treaiy out of the way. executive body. The cabinet as almit to be first-grade ability, are so; L this continues we can not expect|Near the lower portion of the riVer|gpesn't know what to do, M¥s. —" | it ig the same old lake It is to be remembered that legisla-| it goeg not do things. It has no|rare as to be megligible Why mot 8004 results to follow, unless the peo. | Gensely populated areas altérnate With | he said, Yol see were téed fo Hght 2 thn dealing with the return of thei 0o B0 s s B e siuce st 1s s aod sints meac, | Ple of the present time will soslen | foPests, : : MuAls At oir houer Failroads from federal control to the|uy 3 O PULCBe CC OeRT MR I eryhody knows it Is true. Teil | to their opportuni ponsi- | “Within Jubaland's _tertitory, only i M === p¥ners must be enacted before thel e Tt takes st 2 to| the truth, and shame the family.” | Dilities, ples of (& little less in.area than Italy, per-| o = raia, there is| ' OTHER GRA #ifst of March, at which time the| ScCTotary. 8 or I8 supposed 0] Phe systsm &= costing the aberage| CREISt personal- | haps 250,000 members of the Somali| Near Valdosla, in Georgla, there Is, Y’'S ptesident has ordered the roads re.| b, & body of counselors. But while| s mcfels® inicipaiity & lof of mon. | 1%, 7ead (he word of God. and knaw and Galla tribes live. The Gallas are |2 lake three rilles long and three- SWEET POWDERS BREicai b rematn Sran Bat % the ('Ahu:et in itseif is informal, non-ity It is costing a great deal mflre:\jharant teaches, and then with the of a high physical guality. They ari‘,‘(}mge depth of 12 fost ‘of . wWatsr. FOR CH“-DR!N few days for such discussion of the| constitutional &nd nonstatutoty, thel than there is need of ita costine. It | COUrage Of thoir convictions, follow |dark brown in color, are generally tal | cFage dept s B e b i S aiarte , & e shm as ought to take place| '°D Who cdtpose it have. in addi-|is so all along the line. Fverywhere | v\h.nh_ er Jesus Christ leads in the and well-formed, and their deep-sunk, ; year® n‘\dplhen comes back agaif. st e, BB Botore diit it _e?"lh i|tion 8 their advisory dulés therein|city, County and state taxes are piled'::“ff] ‘lr‘-as of Mis blessed word. It |lively eyes give tl faces a keen, i a.csprears into natural subter- | (R ani Juld be siven o clear track, It fs| CEFteifl obligations placeg upon them|up beyond need by collective incom- | MiZht be well at this juncture to pause |intelligent look. They are war-like| ;b 4I5PDeas into natural sublec: | GCOTC . “pestror Worms, ALl it should be given a clear track. It is| oo e dnd dnis 1ot of eanee theo ot abd ‘Inquive, “What is’the Bibiare | 5 roam with their herds of | in_ D Jepier > Colds in 23honrs. Atalldroggiste, yon. i by law as the head of great exeeutive|P of cases the We ik nomads and roarn the ds tweeks in the process and leaving a . Dwwnssssst S 2 boRES e that much time has been used! : has become so stasgering that it can| Ve cll know there are. scores, | camels, ponies, cows and fat-tailed £ g wbaiitoe. poThE "o Yo g % 2 et | departments. These dutles do ot $ . yes, hundreds, of ¢ . "¢ | beautiful sandy Dbasin. After a MOTHER GRAY Roy, M. Y, Ii reaching the recommendations | (ERRTRTR L ¢ BT 0 % and cam. | RrdI¥ be paid. ~ The fault lies at the | ¥es hundre S of SurTent opinions as | sheep over the grassy uplands of their - Presented in the re Bousss | e e B n door of the general public. and the| B What the Bible Is, and how It |country. Within recent years the st e jia since Ihen I Srsink upom &\ " Tormer Secretary Kedefid can See| heoad Aemocreey o oo ittie sans | SCarcely amy 1w agfes. Tt s heid | SOMALl WHO live fartnar o tne north, i celay has not been as great! #4 that in connection with the treaty, fegarding which there is no time| imit in which there is no time limit| in which it must be ratified. There-| fore the delaying of treaty debate for 2 week or ten days would causs no serious resuits. It is almost a year since the dis- tussion of the treaty was gtarted. It should have been ratifieq with reser- vations long ago and would have been but for the manner in which all the @ircumstances surrounding it have been handied, but when the time tomes that it is blocking the way for Matters which are ready to be acted gpon and which must be adopted be- fore a certain time, there's nothing to do but sidetrack the slow freight and let the limited go by. The lopg de- Iayed treaty action cannot suffer by such a step at this stage of the pro- eeedings. The railroad bill in all probability will not require much time but the failure to pass such leg- islation this month would create end- less confusion. LIGHTENING GERMANY'S LOAD. Germany has done everything pos- sible to lighten the burden that has been placed upon it as the resuit of Tosing the war. It escaped the rav- ages felt by other nations because it signed the armistice before the ar- mies of the allies reached German; soil. At the time when it was nee- essary to gign the treaty, every effort was made to reduce the penalty. It has been kept up ever since and is still being urged at The present time with some degree of success. The latest evidence of tha that Germany is getting is furnished by the modified demanay of tiuc ..o regarding the ’‘surrender of those Germans heid responsible for violat- ing the rules of war and causing such frightful conditions in invaded ter- ritory. After representations ‘on the part of the German government that the surrender of the men designated could not be carried out without wrecking the government and bring- ing about an undesirable s'tuation, it has been agreed to permit Ger- many to undertake the prosecution of the accused. It can be appreciated, even as Germany has maintained, that there would be bound to be constant trou- ble involved in any such delivery as asked for, but it is to be demonstrat- ed by Germany whether it can fn- dertake the prosecution of those - rothing in Mr. Lansing’s act but what was sympathetic and helpful. It is a sensible view and it is be- cause of the weak ground taken for firing the secretary of state that the president has received such criticism. EDITORIAL NOTES. No one will mourn if by chance the backbone suffered a fracture. any Just as the treaty situation seems most promising someons hollers “Right about face!” Mezicans must be getting short of funds again when another American is held for ransom. [ From Mr. Hoevet's latest address it would look as if he had been doing some of the foundation work on a Dlatform. Of courge if you eannot delay that vacation trip to Cuba, it is well to make out the income tax return be- fore leaving. i Probably e Buropean nations will appoint President Wilson reféree to settle the many disputes and prob- lems across the water. e i, The odor from a private still might be disguised by putting the not yet forgotten cleves, mints or garlic in with the mash. The man on the corner. says: Those who have it are the last t realize that there i8 no magnetism about an exaggerated ego. l l It wasn’t ;nany years ago that with iresent conditions the stréets would ihe filled with gleighs. They attract about as much these days. attention as oxen Those Bostonians who are asking for the seating of Berger in congress are probably those who advised the policemen of that city in their fa- mous strike. e b iy With Denmark sending foodstufts to this country, we ought t6 be in a position to send our surplus and high priced storage goods over to the starving Europeans. Thete are those who seem to think New England would be overstocked if it had a couple of wheelbarrows of coal over and above what has been thrown in the firebox. i i of winter has! 0| that sort of thing would work very famong themselves while ouraged { rection. Nobody steers. Every one| with a bee in his bonnet is free to of- fer himself as a candidate for public joffice. Unfortunately nobody with any considerable amount of brains | usually bothers about “running for of- | fice”—and men who are In no particu- | |iar quaiified for any such responsibil- ities but who want to enjoy the novelty ‘of holding office” and getting paid for so doing, make a whiflwind campaign ameng voters who are unable to muster up en- ! enthusaism for any of the lot. The theory of the direct primary isj , perfectly splendid, of course, like most { other theories. It works badly only because the material with which one has to work falls pathetically short of being the ideal material we thought it was going to be. The men who got up this system saw the gross im- perfections of the old cancus and the o6ld conventions, with their éyniecal immorality. Out of that old system we naturally g6t a few unscrumpious individdals who “bought up” the dele- gates—but we genérally got some pretty able men at the same time. To- day, what is the situation? Certainly | not s6 much ability! But the uplift- er failed to foresee that, and possibly @oes not see it even today. All he éver could see was that in a nomin- ating convéntion thefe was a_“chance for sofmebody to buy votes.” His sim- ple remedy was to abolish the con- vention and have the voters choose di- rectly. The defeet in pretty near all the theories devised by political uplift is that such always presuppose an ideal électorate that is non-existent. 1¢ j everybody were a college president in retirement, these direct primaries, initiatives and referendum and all well. As is the ease, not a single one of them works éfficiently. act is they work as a whole mtch worse than the imperfect machinery they stipplanted. Things have reached the point where the ablest men absoluteély will not offer themselves as candidates, save in the most exceptiohal of cir- ! cumstances—which is amether thing the uplifter never dreamed would come to pass. The average munici- pality offers the voter a discouraging ¢hoice of evils, rather than a choice among excellencies. Bverybody has Seen instances in which, with an ad- mittedly able man seeking election, the unterrified electorate deliberately chose an obviously incompetent ‘man and laughed loudly at the work of.its own hands! Naturally, then, there is n&lburnhggr fz.hed on the p%”n‘g her citizens é process of -imhe molation. 'They have no interest whatever in offering themselves as cdndidates. The field is left free to the self-seekers who madly rcramble for the places and who fight it out by some educators and heologians that it is a good book, but not much better than other books. It is said by others that the Bible is inspired, but So are the works of many men. It is claimed by still others tha there are many errors in the Bible, as there are in other books. It is also claimed that the Bible must be judg- ed by the science of the day, as mod- ern science is the test of all truth. As a result it is maintained that the Bible is not wholly in agreement with Sclence, as it does not stand the tes of izith on many scientific phenome- na. So, after all, we return to the query, ‘What is the “Bible?” Have W: tlns; definite knowledze? Can we be posi- tive what it is? Have we absdlute certainty? Yes, there is certainty, Dbositive proof, absolute authority, as to what the Bible is. and the answer comes directly and distinetly Mt 18 the word of the lHving God; Thess, 2:13. And the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is 2 discerner of the thoughts and in- tents of the heart, Heb. 4:12. It is not the purpose of ‘the writer to enter into any discussion to prove that the Scripture is the insptred word of God: neither does he wish to prove its inspiration from any logical or scientific standpoint. This the Lora is able to do Himself, by His own | Dblessed spirit; for. it is written that the word which proceeds from the mouth of God shall not return unto Him veid, it shall accomplish all that He wishes. 1sa. 55:10, 11. The one great desire of the writer is to call the attention of the reader to the value and inspirations which are so much neglected, and which are considered of so little value. The word of the Lord is sweet, Jer, 15:16, It is a pity that the ministers of the professed churches of Christ do not Senerally take up the challenge of Spiritism teday and show the peo- ple that all the table tipping, slate writing, ouija board thessages, trance mediumship, and so-eafled materiali- zation are merely the workings of sa- tan. Rev. 16:14. Isa. 8:19. e best way to sxpose the wicked workings of the arch-enemy of man- kind is to show what the Bible says of these things. Thousands, who will bs lost eternal- ly, by following these wicked delu- sions, niight be saved if warhed before it 1s too lafe. It 18 not 1o be wondered that Spir- itism is increasing when no cone tradiction iy offered. Isa, 5 Willimantie, F\ F V. 15, 1920, The wise artist paints a woman's, portrait not as she looks but as she im- agines she looks. ttamo\mt of freedom as compared with | have gradually pushed into the Galia} country and are sending its people | southward and westward. The Gallas iare hospitable, brave in battle and keen in trading. “Their women enjoy an exceptional | that given the women of most African | tribes. They may even reject an un- | | desirable suitor. Both men and women | usually wear a mantle of coarse cot- | | ton, and make up for the lack in the | inumber of their garments by adern- | ng themselves with ornaments of| brass and iron. The men wear nel-k-, laces of the brither metal. leaving the | | tashion of armlets and anklets of more | inconspicuous substances to women. I “This land of promise is not an un- | pleasant_place to live. The lowlands iarq hot, but a short distance back from | the shores of the Indian Ocean, the |land begins to rise gradually until it {reaches an elevation of between 4,500 tand 6,000 feet, when it siretches out| |into a rolling plateau, with valuable! | forest areas. In this section the cli- | mate is temperate, with heavy rainsl | during our spring and fall months. The | i crops are approximately the same as | those we find in our own countty. “Kismayu is the capital of Jubaland, It is a town of about 3,000 inhabitants a few miles from the mouth of the Juba and carries on & brisk trade with the interior.” - Stories’ That Recall Others. ' B ——_—— All Right. The fourth grade {eacher was teaching the children the meaning of several new words, among them be- | ing_“naturalist.” She had spoken of { John Burroughs and several 6f our | best known nature lovers and then decided to test the children to see { whether they thoroughly understood the word. = She tufned to little Jo- seph. “Use the word ‘naturalist’ in a sentence,” she told him. For a minute the little fellow was perplexed and then came a bright thought which brought relief to his face. He said: “That was the natur- alist picture we have of my grandfath- er’” In the Dark. A mother was giving a4 party for her little daughter and had among the guests the two sons of the family min= ister. They enjoyed the party and made many quaint remarks. But at the supper table they did the best. Suddenly the fuse burned out and the dining room wisg in darkness. 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