Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 24, 1920, Page 4

" | tnat confidence &onwich Bulletin and Qoufied 124 YEARS OLD Sesemistion sriw (78 & week: 50c & meats; sa.0p | tackle the job throush o pour, Emlered ot wand-cias mater. Toleppzae Cams. Offies 430 Bdilocial Rooms 8.3 Bullstin sob Offies 33-3. rea St Telephone 105 Sutiettn Business Batleun ®ittmantte O7ce be Posoffics 4t Norwies, fan. s ~#=~"horne cut in at least by the covering -of 5300 miles in the a me time that the sugges- | advanced that much of micht be patrolled by of by a costly army, airplane it is being s tions of the d future to & to get much Wit the treaty ally resting in th‘ekéa:e of ‘the p t attention as might be expected is being devot- ed to the actual -ending of war be- tween thig and Germany; Norwich, Wednesday, March 24, 1920. BER OF .THE ASSUCIATER PRESH, Asieciated Prtia 1 “@clustvely cotliled ‘republical of all uews Csepeted- - ol crodiied s CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING MARGH 20th, 1920 AGAINST ABANDONMENT. No one knows what the outcome is going to be of the steps that have been taken io endeavor to prevent the abandonment of the ¢Norwich and Westerly trolley road. It is to be hoped that it will.result in the reten- tion of the service of this tr&nsporta- tion line which is needed by every town where its rails are located. That there ig interest in preserving the benefits attached to the cross country line was clearly by the number in attendance. It dem- onstrates that the people represented by those in the gathering are " not ready to see the rails torn up, the wires torn down and the junkman al- lowed to-come in and carry off the equipment necessaky to provide the means of getting from Norwich to the many points along the line. The capable committee selected to make a thorobigh investigation of the road, its possibilities -and drawbacks, and devise a plan for retaining it have no easy task, but it has been made aware by ‘the public ‘gathering that there is @ demand for the pre- vention of the abandonment of the line, if that was not previously rec- >gnized. Just how much ground there is for doubting the figures of the present management will be shown by the sommittee’s report, but it is to be sin- serely hoped that ways and means will be found for keeping the line in speration and preventng a road that sost o much money and is so well built and so much n " ded from being nk| The equip- ment offered ought to be worth much more as it stands as a trolley road than as junk. thrown on the HANDLING TURKEY. Not having en part in the war against Turkey and not being a mem- ber of the league of nations, with the senate of this. country refusing torat- ify the treaty, it is a question just how the. allied.governments will view the expression forwarded by this gov- srnment regarding the policy which it thinks should be' followed in Turkey. There is one thing about it, how- ever, and that is that when it ex- presses the belief that the Turk should be drive:r opt.of Europe it takes a view that cannot fail to be quite generally ap ved, for Turkey has done nothipg warrant being tolerated and dané everything that justifies the plaeing of it where it cannot repeat such things again. Such a recommendation = does not place much credence on the much talked of holy war if the Turks are disturbed, and it doesn't consider that the proper result 1s going to be gain- ed by making more thrédts to the sul- tan. The holy war has been used to frighten off the employment of cor- rectional tactics against the Turks in the past. It was even brought forth during the ewrld war but it quickly dwindled. As to Armenia there is good and sufficient reason for standing by its people and seeing that they are given what belongs to them and provided with an outlet to the se#. It is like- wise true that thé Dardanelles should be internationalized go that those who want to use it can do so, and’ the provision that Russ'a, when it has a stable government, shall- have a chance to participate in its control is only proper. No couniry iz more con- cerned in that waterway. The pokition of .this: government has been a lopg time coming. It runs counter to plans which have been partially agreed upon and particular- ly so in reference to the driving of the Turks from Europe where the ef- fects of a po: le holy war do net striké home and it Is therefore pre- pared to give the Turl their just desserts. But it is s g what Eu- rope must do when we want Burope to keep out of affairs over here, NAVIGATING THE AIR. New accomplishments dre steadily being added to those of the flying ma- chine. It has been-pretty well dem- onstrated by the flights across the Atlantic and those for long ances in this country and_Europe that the alrplane was due for even greater development and a much wider use than it has gotten in the past. The possibilities have also been displayed by the altitude as well ag the cross country flights. It has been but a phort time since it was demonstrated than a heavier than air machine could be sustained in flight, and the accom- plishments in that time have been se great that it is difficult to imagine what the result is going to be if as great progress is made in the. next quarter of a century, ‘There is nothing that now stands in the way of ithe flying machine. Mountains are easily topped, large bodies of water are easily crossed and aviators are going from one end of a continent to another. As a con- tributioa to the accomplishments of the airplane the announcement of the completion - ‘- Cape to Cairo filght in Africa adds interest. Naturally previsions were made to see that the aviators were given such proteetion as was to be afforded, but it wag far different frem that to be expected -in crossing the United Statps. Yet there » those who were willing to take chances, those Who “had - confi- ¢ ‘in the power of their machines their own ability to navigate between stopping places,” and manifested | Was! ton, D. C., KM& “‘*‘m‘g your step—is to be the s! m& political parties in congress now to adjournment, which is tentatively fixed for early June, so all who de- sire may ‘attend the two great na- tional -conventions. Party contrel in the senate.is held by the W mar- gin of two republican votes. Next No- vember 32 senators are to be elect- ed in as many states for terms of six years each. That makes one-third of the senate come up for election, " be- sides any vacancies to be filled which may occur by death or n in the meantime. The swing of the pen- dulum need be but very slight to bring the senate back. into democratic con- trol. It is not likely the situation will remain exactly as now so one or the B other of the two parties will unques- efforts made_ to ratify the peace trea- ty under ‘conditiens that Would safe- guard _this dountry. It’is time:that d was put- to- the uncertainty ountry given a chance to move along -on a peace time basis. Indications at the present time point to-the belief that this will be accomplish&d - by, means of a, resolu- tion pagsed: By both houses which will follot “the Cofirse Suggested in the irl‘so\ufifln suggested in the reso- ‘lutionpresenited: by ‘Sepator Knox, Falthough - .the* "proposal-' of en- tering intg - ne'x&_mfens for - the establishment of a Woflld court to take the place. of the -league _of nations bids fair to: be, drapped. - There is 2 desire _“avoid. - this. international phase of|tive- t¢# and=to confine present e & feast, to/the bring- ing about of,peace and alling# for peace with Ger- lution cal many sufiicient’ suppert to pass it; president can be| over the veto of the- anticipated; That . the resolytion would pass in each house: seems nd ¢ question. | That ywould: e subject ‘to the action { of President”Wilson. Should he de-| i cline to sign it there would be re- quired .a two-thirds. vote . in each branch of the legislature ang even that will doubtless be assured before| the resolution is sent on its way. { The defiand for peace &6es not pre- vail solely among . the, republicans., Democrats are likewise clamoring for it and though there may be some who! wil] =¥ the last against any| course not authorized by the presi-Z dent it is ‘not likely that there would| be a refusal to put an end to war con- | ditions, especially with Germany rec-| ognizing any advantages which would come to us under the Versailles docu- ment, e i 1 | i i EFFECT ON RAILROAD RATES. There appears to be mo limit to -the demands: of the raflroad -employes. Not only have' they received reduced| hour's and -several-inereases in’ pay during the past few years but they are now having a hearipg on démands which if granted would mean a fur- ther increase of over -a billion dol- lars. Naturally. the rest of.the coun- try, for everyone is. bound to be in- volved in the payment of that bil- lion, is bound to be interested in the outcome, Whatever the’ result ‘of the confer- ence between® the railroad employes, the raiiroad managers and the direc- tor general, if there is an. increase in pay granted it must of necessity mean that suth an increase must come out of thé public thofugh higher rates which the transportation lines = ‘will have to charge. Under . the prevailing rates;, which prevailed during. the govern- ment control, amount received was not suficient to keep the govern- ment from dipping into the national treasury.; In .other weords the- rates/ were not ‘high’ enoush. The director general didn't” attempt to put the rates nn where they would produce enough to make ends meet but with the return of the roads to the owners it was the ‘natural course, The roads have asked rates which will permiit them to get the benefit and -~ ‘*~ mrovisions of the trans-| portation act. An increase is heeded before there is any effort made to get increased ,wages. To grant a wage| !increase now would simply increase the reasons’ for putting up the rates and call for an" additional raising. It would be an injustice to the roads to allow the increase sought and then take it away from them for higher wages. If a rate increase is que the roads te permit them to do business at a fdif = profit, another increase should “be, granted to them. if wages| are going to be beosted. Whatever it is however, the public must stand for it and as is too ‘often the case it has no representation in" the conference now being held. i those E~ITORIAL NOTES. This is the' time of year when an ashpile looks its worst. Even the home gardener begins to the “b'ack to the farm” call. Things are as upside down in Ger- many as if spring housecleaning had been started. Colby might as well be secretary of state as .anyone under present con- ditions. Someone must assist Tu- | multy. The mar on the corner says: It isn't a bit too early to be'bringing the city beautiful plans to the front again, Even in ‘New London it wasn%t to be expected that a still, little one though it was,” could ‘be kept quiet very long. \ A It is.to be hoped that the apology and ‘handshake by .Bolivia’ and Peru isn’'t preliminary to the opening of the first round. That was a beautiful display tiat welcomed winter back inte its haunts in the north after his'long &nd frigid stay hereabouts. PrARE R i Those backing the Hoover boom understood the importance of remov- ing the ‘fmpression “that *hé ‘heartily endorsed all the president’s ac With Grand Duchéss Olga found living in a freight car it isn’t to be supposeq that she is partial to one of those car-no-more summer cottages. Just when all nations have had one of the greatest lessons ‘o the Myean- _trouble as Having found out that the phesi- dent was able te have his picture taken, it didn't take the senate long to return “ths™ Versailles do it to tionably increase itg senate member- ship, which means added majority for the republicans or a return to demo- eratic control. Should there be a tie election—that is, should the 96 sena- tors be equally divided in party poli- tics, the deciding vote would fre- quently rest an the vice president. The new senate does not come into Pow- er until a new president takes office the fourth of March, so the political complexion of the vice president can- not be determined until after the No- vember election. There are fifteen re- publicans and eighteen democrats now occupying seats in the senate wha will come up for re-election ar election of sucessors in November. Already the wheels of the senate and house com- mittees having oversight of the com- ing campaign for their respective par- ties are turning friskey and both sides may look for old fashioned steam roller methods to keep the parties in line, if it becomes necessary. Side-steps that may impair party solidarity are frowned upon by con- gressional leaders of hoth parties. There will be three or four things, however, that it is hopeless to eount on as keeping within party lines. They are prohibition, the league of na- tions, the aftermath of woman suf- frage and labor vote, and military training. On those each man has his own decided opinion. It will be im- possible to get men to follow the plat- form which may be laid down in ad- vance by party leaders. Wet men will not stard the dust raised by the rig- id enforcement act; dry men won't wade through a policy of light wines and heer: the league will split party ranks wide open, and as to the woman vote, no one can forasee where it will land Hundreds of thousands of women will cast their ballots and it is not in the political forecast that they will abide by. party lines. Suffragists have already announced their intention to vote against can- dates who opposed tRem. Antis feel just as keen a resentment for candi- dates who drew them into the position of voters: and the Jabor question grows more formidable every day, All { of which has put congress on the alert not to stir up any more strife, and an early adjournment is looked to to keep further vexed questions out of the path. Then, too, the great ques, tion of universal military training will not be overlooked. when presidential candidates range themselves up before election. Ten of the eightean democrats whose terms expire come from the so-called solid south, and there is but little ex- pectation of cutting into those states. These elections are due in Kentucky, Louvisiana, Florida, Oklahoma, Vir- ia, Arkansas,; North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. The other eight come from debatable ground. Take Oregon for instance, Senator Chamberiain, democrat, has a very strong hold on his people, and more- over Chamberlain .very much liked and’respected by, the republicans in congress. It is doubtful if anything more than a half hearted effort will be made to defeat him—and still more doubtful if his defeat could be accom- nlished under any circumstances, al- though he is not high in presidential favor, on account of his independent views. The other debatable states now sending democrats whose terms ex- pire, are Nevada. California, Colorado, South Dakota, Maryland, Arizona and Idaho. On the whole the outlook for a republican gain in the senate is con- sidered very good. It is not regarded as possible they will lose out in the states of Vermont. Iewa, Kansas, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Connecticut, but New Hampshire and New York are ranked as close and even doubtful. by some of the official forecasters. The doubtful states, ac- cording to official slates, include Ohio, Indiana, Utah, Missouri, and Washington. But in these the repub- icans are hoping to hold their qwn and perhaps gain, having in mind re- cent republican successes in Kentucky which heartened them tremendously. The vexed question of anything like a reliable forecast is' greatly hampered by the uncertainty of the woman vote, which will be very large, if suffrage is ratified before the November election. Politicians out here are standing hats in hand, before ' prospective women ;oters and kow-tow low as they pass Y. In the house, Congressman Fess, chairman of the republican econgres- sional committee predicts a kig gain, that will run the majority froln 47 up to 90. On the other hand demoeratic house leaders predict the tide will turn in their direction before November and that they will regain control. In fact the tempting bait of again be- coming speaker was held out to Champ Clark as an inducement to re- main in the house rather than run for the senate. Republicans are out to gain everything in sight, however. In Massachusetts they are making g spe- cial drive at the Seventh d‘!tl’lct which Phelan, demoecrat, now rgpre- sents, ‘That is the home district of Senator Lodge and they are looking for his direct or indirect help to carry them along, counting on his rec- ord as senate leader to have: much weight. There was some talk that the 14th| Massachusetts district would be gotl over to the republican line but Rich- ard Olney, democrat, now representing it is both popular with his republi- can colleagues in the house and with his républican constituency #t home, 80 there is little to be but little if any special effort to get his seat. There was talk of a big eflort to capture the Hartford district, and retire Laner- gan. Republicans still think it quite possible but democrats here say oth- erwise. The few remaining democrats from New England are not likely to be disturbed, One thing is very evi- dent. The republicans are showing unusual activity regarding doubtful districts, and in states where the dem- ocratic vote last election was below its former strength. Before the end of the session they expect to put “I wish people grew feathers on their hands!” said the girl with the saucy nose who had escaped from the glove counter for a breathing spell. *Or fur. My goodness! “I go further,” chimeqd in the girl who was powdering her face and re- pairing general damages in the store restroom. “I wish human beings were born wearing a complets outfit of garments that would expand as the years were added, and were guaran- teed for a lifetime. Wait till®you are selling hosiery and they ask you whether Audt Lou out in Oklahoma would prefer the brown mixture wool or the lace work silk! And get mad if you n't tell 'em!” ‘%Val * exploded the girl with the saucy nose, “I'd like to meet the man who invented gloves. He didn't do as much as he thought. He wished an awful lot of trouble on the human race, particularly this year. If you see a woman bearing down on your counter who wears an orange turban over one eye and a ruching of 1830 about her neck, duck underneath and don’t come up for air. ‘Gloves,’ said she to me. ‘What kind, madame? asked I. ‘How do I know,’' she asked frostily, ’till I see them?" —_— come down in the world. Now, you look around and see what you can fing me." “By this time there was a champing mob surging around ‘back of her and the head of my aisle was glowering at me like poison. I brought out all the boxes of day gloves and feverishly began displaying them. She pounced on a lemon color\d pair. ‘Oh, Mary, she said to her hovi friend, ‘these are exac the color I wanted when I had that taffeta dress five years ago and couldn’t get them. They said they didn’t make them that shade and here they are. That's all yeu ean depend on what they tell you in the stores.’ . “‘Do you want to try them on? I asked hopefully. ‘No,' she said in a weary, patient tone, ‘why should I get lemon gloves néw when the dress has worn out three years back? I want something that will go with my other coat. It is a sort of taupe, but I don't know whether I want a brown or gray glove. Gray is muych worn,’” 1 offered. ‘Show me the brown,’ said she. “She rubbed the brown gloves hard. She #aid so often a leather roughed up and she wanted to be sure these didn't. The mob back of her was beginning to growl and old Fletcher in the aisle was almost having apoplexy. On the whole, maybe the gray would be better. She said one shade was far too light and the next I tried was much too dark. Then she paused long enough to tell me that her husband was most partic- ular about what she wore in gloves. ‘When she was a girl she had a v.r{ small hand, though I might not thin! it now, and he had insisted on her buying the best there were, “The aisle was completely blocked by this time and people came rushing up as they do when there is a demon- stration of biscuits and maple syrup, you know. Finally she got up, fasten- ed her neck fur and began gathering up her bag and parcels. ‘You haven't a thing I'd wear,’ she said in an in- jured tone. ‘My son . brought me a dozen pair of gloves this fall, anyway, when he came back from France; per- fectly beautiful gloves of the softest leather and in assorted shades, and I shan’t need any more for years, but T wanted to see whether the gloves sold | in this country were as good, and they taren't, and vou wouldn't believe the price he paid for them if I told you!" ~ “And off she sailed and all the wait- ing customers said they didn't have time for gloves today—and I came up here before Fletcher could tell me what he thought of me.” & “Hereafter, said the fascinated hosiery clérk, “all orange hats are the signal for me to faint away and put the counter out of commission. My Goodness!"—Chicago News. “‘But, I went on, ‘do you want shoulder length evening gloves or street gloves?” “She sighed and sat gown. It does seem to me,’ she said’ to the person with her, ‘that in this busy season they might get clerks who used their heads and had some intelligence. I want gloves to wear daytimes of course. I haven't gone out in the ev- ening since before the wir and I nev- er expect to again if the world goes on striking and upsetting things. How much’ are those? p “‘Those gauntlet gloves,’ said I in the soothing tone used to break bad news, are six fifty a pair’ ‘Outrage- ous!’ she Fqueaked. ‘Just ordinary heavy street gloves! It must be a mistake, Ask the head of the depart- ment’ .1 assured her the mark was correct. ‘I never heard anything like it) she said. ‘T've bought gloves all my life, here and out in Iowa, where Rigger's department store carries a good stock, because it is a very dressy town and people like the Hendersons and the Whites always give large parties every winter, and I want you to know that there aren’t any hand- somer clothes at the opera here than are worn there. So I guess I know about clothes. Haven't you anything cheaper? No, I don't want a fabric glove—I may not look fashionable, but it is poor taste on your part to call attention to it. Why, if any one back home met me with cloth gloves on they certainly would think I had worship by a fallen church along with Lent, Good Friday, Easter, colored eggs and other pagan relics. Back in the days of Jeremiah, the prophet of the Lord, who wrote in the year 600 B. C., some of God's people went into idolatry ang so offended God by their iniquitous practice of offering these boun or cakes to Astarte, the queen of heaven, that the Lord said to Jeremiah: ‘“Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up, cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me, for I will not hear thee. “Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in ;he streets of Jerusalem? Jer. 7:16 to through enough constructive measures to add the word efficiency to their slo- gan of economy—and moreover they claim they will be able to. “show the goods.” LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Hot Cross Buns. Mr. Editor: Perhaps some reader of this paper wiser than I am, can give me more light on the following facts. Up to this date no one has been able to contradict them. Perhaps I should not mention it as it might let the cat out of the bag. Well, here it is: The famous hot cross buns, which are made and eaten on Good Friday, are also relics of paganism, and can be distinctly traced to the banks of the Euphrates, and to Greece. At least 1500 years before <Christ “buns,” known by that identical name, were offered in the worship of “the queen of heaven,” otherwise known as the goddess Istar or Easter, as early as the days of Cecrops, the founder of Athens, that is 1500 years before the birth of Jesus. Bryant, in his Myth- ology, says: “One species of sacred bread which used to be offered to the gods was of great antiquity, and called boun."—Voi. 1, page 373. Dio- geneg Laertius mentions the offering of “boun” (or “buns”), being made by Empedoeles, and says: “He o fered one of the sacred cakes galled boun, which was made of fine flour and honey.'—Laertius p. 227, B. These practices also prevailed among the Egyptians in the worship of Isis, the mother goddess, or as they called her, the mother of the gods.” She was perhaps regarded more highly than any other of the gods of Egypt. The offering of these cakes, or boun (buns) was common among all the pagan nations of antiquity, and were alwaws conneeted with their gods, all of which, in some way, were con- nected with the worship of their chief divinity, the sun. So the offering of boun or buns is a relic of sun-wor- ship, and our modern “hot cross buns” are merely so much of sun- Can any person think for a moment that the heathen custom of eating hot cross buns on Good Friday is pleasing to God today, when it was decided- ly displeasing to Him in the days of Jeremiah? From first to last, the whole of Lent, Good Friday, and Eas- ter with its eggs and hot cress buns, is a survival of paganism and should be rejected by those who love the Lord. God is calling upon us to get ready for thé soon appearing of Christ, and in view of that fact he says through the prophet: “Thus saith the Leord, stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.”” Jer. 6:16. Perhaps the reader has often won- dereq why all this is celebrated, Hy- ginus, the Egyptian, the scholarly keeper of the Palatine at Rome, in the days of Augustus, a man skilled in all the wisdom and learning of his country, tells the following: “An egg of wondrous size is said to have fallen from heaven into’ the river Eu- phrates. The fisher rolled it to the bank where the doves having settled upon it and hatched it, eut came Ve- nus, who afterwards was called the Syrian goddess."—Hyginus ' Fabulae pD148,149. If the above celebrations are true, which I think it is, and is not found in the Bible, why do we celebrate it? FRANK J. WENISCH. ‘Willimantic, March 21. Jarly gathered at the dinner table of « ll‘fl"od'l At Tovered by Insurance l!l"l Transit) NORWICH-—FROVIDENC LONDON—PUTNAM FALL RIVER—NEW BEDFORD and Connecting Points EQUIPMENT—NINTEEN PIERCE-ARROW TRUC 8 E. P. WINWARD & SON Phone 1250 17 WILLIAM STEEET 135 WATER NEV/ BEDFORD NORWICH Phone 3337 492 SOUTH MAIN STREET 138-142 DUPFEE STRIST PROVIDENCE ‘ALL RIVER Phone Union 3842 Phone 3619 house of burgesses. He saw Washing- ton In his seat and he saw his own friend, Patrick Henry, a fiddling Vir- ginfan like himself, holding the floor amid cries of treason as he invited the king to profit by the example of esar, who had his Brutus, end Ch;.‘rll:l L nr'dh“ had his Cromwell. sword, the tongue and the pen of American keedom‘“m well met that memorable day. After the pen VIl—THE PEN OF THE REVOLU- TION. : ‘had waited 12 years for its turn to 11“—-Apvl‘|‘l‘ 13, born at Shadwell, ;,he‘::d {Q:‘.i”;h sat th "t‘he!eanne- at e o~ elp squ of Monticelle T ad e W and Mary's | as & silent member, as silent a8 the squire of Mt. Vernon. Opportunity and duty went straight to those twe Speechelss congressmen as the needit leaps to a loadstone. Although the great Franklin, the able, ambitious John Adams aiso were on the committee to draw up the Dec- laration of Independence, they left the task wholly to their youngest eol- league, the 33 year old, bookish, philo- sophic Virginian. When congress was editing the manuscript, Franklin lean- ed over Jefferson to comfort him with @ little story of a eignboard which was to read: “John Thompson, the hat- ter, makes and sells hats fer ready cash,” but which friendly neighbors, te shave the cost of painting, cut down simply to the name Thompson and the picture of a hat. By a miraculous escape, while a par- a graph denouncing slavery was stricken out of Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration, the assertion that "all men are created equal” was That. glittering generality surely would have been discarded if conserv- :g‘: mtanhfir? had foreseen what s ng torch it was to become, t- ing a Civil war that freed the’g::n and ever'leading men on along the endless road to justice and lfberty. olleg: 1765—Heard Patrick Henry. 1767—Admitted to the Bar. 1769-74—Member House of Bur- sses. 1770—Went to_live at Monticello. 1772—Married Martha er- '.l:ol.- ton. . 1774-6—Member of Congress. Thomas Jefferson, as much as Abra- ham Linceln, ‘Was nursed at the breast’ Of the unexhausted West. At the time of his birth beneath one of its foothills, the Blue Ridge of Vir- ginia was the American frontier. The farm on which he was born had been cleared in the wild forest by his pio- neer father whe nthe smoke of a neigh- bor’s chimney hardly could be seen from his cabin door. Like both of his predecessors and so many of his successors in the presi- dency, Jefferson was a widow's eon. Losing his father at 14, as the eldest son he jnherited the farm nad became the responsible head of the family of elght children. t was not a large estate, for the Jeffersons, like the Washingtons, be- longed more to the yeomanry than to the aristocracy who lorded it over tidewater Virginia. But Thomas Jef- ferson's mother was a Randolph and sprung from the class which found in her son the most unrelenting foe to its ancient privileges. When he rode east, with his darling fiddle under his arm, to be a student at Willlam and Marys college, the tall, slender, sandy-haired, snub-nosed, freckled-faced 17 vear old boy of the frontiersman never had seen a man- slon, a church or a village of 20 houses, and he looked with a stran- ger's eyes upon the baronial pride and display of the old families who form- ed the vice regal court at Williams- burg. His light heart and his yet lighter feet made him welcome at the balls in the Apollo room of the Raleigh tavern. His already curious mind won for the meer lad the remarkable for- tune of a place In a small group of learned and traveled men who regu- Tomorrow: Th-?m Progressive. Stories That Recall Others. Changed His Mind, He was well up in the sixties ané always got a lot of pl out of walking. He repeatedly nid, “You elt{vkpeoph don't get out enough and walk.” Coming downtown the other day he stopped in at his son]s store and sai¢ “I just walked down from the house That's not so bad for a young fellow like me! And by the way Alice gave me thiy list and asked me to step in and fl‘ the things at this store ‘Where is this place?” “It is just around the corner. store with the large display dows,” he was told. ‘““Where's the errand boy you have here?” was the prompt inquiry. “Tm too tired to walk around there” It Was No Place For It. It is not often that cases in the higher court room bring forth enough spectators to fill all the benches and make an attendant outside the door necessary. But it did this day. There were no seats to be had when an at- tractive slip of a girl approached the door tender. Being told there were nc geats she impuisively exclaimed, “Oh, can’t you squeeze me in there?” ‘“No," remarked the attendant gravely but hardly able to restrain his mirth, “net in there.” The win- Governor Fauquier to discuss the lit- erature and musie, the science and the philosophy of Europe. There over the roast and the pipes, the great world was aopened to the sllent, reflective youth. More than ‘William and Mary’s. the table of that unsuspecting royal governor was the training school of the immortal rebel who indicted a king. To support the large family of his mother on their too small farm, Jeffer- son turned to the law. In seven vears at the bar he doubled his estate and increased his slaves to four hundred. Buying the little mountain at whose feet he was born, he built upon its summit from plans of his own draw- ing. with bricks of his own making, and with wood of his own cutting, the noblest house in all Virginia. There at Monticello he made his heme ever after, and there at last he died in sight of his birthnlace, 530 feet below. To this eyrie one wild, stormy win- ter's night he took his bride, the 26 year old widow of Skelten, whe brought him 135 slaves and 40,000 acres, including the famous Natural bridge. Jefferson's law practice continued rapidly to grow until it amounted to $2,500 a year, when he abandoned it forever to prosecute George III in the great and general court of mankind. He had heard the first call of the Rev- olutian while a law student in Wil- liamsbur; Its clarion had been ring- ing in his ears ever since he stood, an eager looker-on, In the door of the New Zealand was the first country to perfect the government tourist bureau. 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