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i ~ UCNIN A Smee toe = Eee ered here i WER h es Eas dss coe. SEND AN EGGSHELL? Me Y ADOPTING the Lodge reservation to Article X. of the proposed covenant of the League of Nations the Senate has _ done its best to distort and belittle the attitude of the United ‘States toward that which civilization promised iteclf as the chief gein of the war. No government, no statesman of any nation party to the pro- posed covenant is ignorant of the provisions of the Constitution of thé United States and of the powers of Congress under that Con- eaeition. No government, no statesman of any nation party to the pro- Sillascevenass has suggested setting aside the Constitution of the States. The Lodge reservation is, therefore, an uncalled for, deliberately Sithidding interpretation so framed as to placé the United States in the position of being dragged, suspicious and unwilling, into a part- ‘ nefphip to which it can only consent provided its obligations are t to a vague minimum! \ Was it for this the people of the United States entered the war to! help win « victory which should provide stronger’ safeguards one war? it for this those precious shiploads of the’ Nation’s youth d the sea to offer their lives on the battlefields of France? Lee it for this the country consecrated its will and power to what tol a high, consistent purpose? #80 strong, so eure of itself in war, is the United States in peace - to'land sloof—mistrustful, timid, fearing to take part in concerted - jixbPfiational | programme lest others take advantage of it? thought is sickening. war 0 tower of strength and steel to which exhausted peoplea something resembling as closely as may be « hungry and orn ooo .. THE NATURAL CONSEQUENCE. PYARTIME PROHIBITION becomes confusion worse and yf worse confounded. Whiskey is being sold in Kentucky and four per cent. p.in Rhode Island under rulings of Fedéral Judges in these two In the State of New York, in @ test case brought by the “snother Federal Judge hands down in the United States Court a decision upholding the Wartime Prohibition enforce- in different States are, therefore, under differing obli- as to the observance of a Federal law which so far two United Judges have declared to be, in their opinion, invalid. { d anything «!se be expected of a measure enacted by Con- for an alleged purpose on fhe face of it dishonest? _, With the firet anniversary of Armistice Day already past, how - Americans on or off the bench can see anything but lying in a piece of “war” legidation which pretends “to conserve »power of the Nation and to increase efficiency in the prm- adi ‘ea panes opt ? _:imtbere is nothing to prevent Congress conduoting itself, under like a liar and a hypocrite. But Judges are ever to uphold the resultant laws. Nor are citizens constrained while they obey. ———_42 ‘Wages Rise Faster Than Prices.—Headline. Anybody going up so fast he feels dizzy and wants to down? Sere + IN MADEIRA. AVE. a passing thought for remoter folks in their troubles. From the United States Consul at Funchal, Madeira, we learn the people of that balmy island are lamenting'a sad ‘Bhow to prospects for this year’s wine production, Up to August all was going well, and the Madeirans looked for y of 1,452,000 gallons of wine. But toward the end of August # island was almost smothered by what is locally called a ‘leste.’” - Phis" ms a wind from the cast, which, coming as it docs from , Desert, is extremely warm and is often accompanied by mil-particles of sand. During this period the minimum tempera- the shade was 70 degrees Fahrenheit and the maximum 101 ‘The temperature in the sun wes as high as 135 degrees. ‘The dried up rapidly, and although many of them were just about ito be picked at that time, present estimates place this year’s etion at only 7,000 pipes, representing a depreciation of near 40 per cent. on the previous estimate. There would probably be heavy odds in the betting whether this vintage of Madeira will ever be of immediate interest to ople of the United States. Neverthless some of the latter can a pensive pleasure in hearing about sun-warmed places where yet grow to be used as numberless generations of mankind a them, without. inevitable harm to health or morals and mredusing Prohibitionists, ste” or no “leste,” Madeira is one of the fairest spots in the isi 3 ctimate that is rarely less than fit for angels. A few) cet Bliesee ged ‘e wanton wearch could politics be found a perry nap would at (eiengs p of arms, munitions, ships, food and clothing for the Ari. | | AnD TREATY By Sophie ROF. CHARLES 8s. SARGENT of Harvard University has pro- mulgated a plan to preserve the history of trees and “bring into the parks of America =many more new trees and shrubs.” This is a move in the right direc- tion, But there is something to be done by the every- day family in this connection, ‘To instill in the hearts of children & reverence and a love for the tree, as will inculcate in his make-up a constructive attitude in the interest of the preservation of man's fore- most friend, I believe there should be laws re- straining people from cutting down trees unnecessarily and ruthlessly, They go on the theory that the ground being their very own, having paid for it in money, they are mas- ters of all they survey in that par- ticular spot. This is, of course, according to law, and they are wholly within their rights as the statutes stand at present. And no one may criticise them for cutting down any and all of the trees on thelr property, Yot there is something to be said about the people that must come after the land owner who despoils the trees. The trees that began to grow there and were cut down, grew not for one person or persons, I lieve it should be established that trees are intended as years go by for succeeding owners of the property as well as present ones, Of course I am speaking of trees that do not interfere with uilding and progress. I know a woman who goes to the country every year, but who always seeks & house out in the open. She ls opposed to trees right around her house. She has a feeling of depression and when surrounded by tre: the place she purchased hasn't a single tree around it, the oldest and best trees of that section been cut down in order to fy ber feeling in the matter, Now, while ali this is legal and the woman is satisfied, when you stop to think that there was no restriction Lwhatever pe ‘wpon her ruthlessly de- fatroying these monarchs of the for- and these friends of mankind, fe los least we can say \s it is @ pity, Remember the Jor of Others Our Friends the Trees Irene Loeb Copyright, 1919, by The Pres Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) When All Else Fails We Go to Nature and Seek Solace There remember that somebody else will come to occupy that plot, some one ‘ho will deplore the loss of the shade, me one who loves nature and its visible forms, I believe that trees are planted for posterity and not for the lifetime of any individual, And I am of the opinion that this thought might be made to reach the heart of every child, and, in fact, of every man and woman, that he may so act as to con- serve that interest that he owes to posterity, When all is said and done, there is no solace in the world like Mother Nature, When all else fails, we go to her, because we know she !s im- partial in her gifts. it is only man who makes her otherwise. For example, you have the case of the famous prisoner, who in the depth of his despair in his narrow cell, in his wild and sorrow- ful soliloquy, when everything and everybody had failed him, and there was nothing left, happened to glance out through the small bars of his window. He saw there the branches of a great tree. “Ah,” he eaid. “but there is something that is growing for me as well as for anybody.” He began to think of it. Slowly it dawned upon him that nature was sending forth that tree for no par- |deular person, but held out its wel- coming branches to any who might come that way. 1918, ty The Prem Mablishit (The Now York Evening World. — The Jarr Family By Roy L. | MA | and Izzy Slavinsky was Boy Scouts and helped in the Red Cross drive, and I didn’t!" “I don’t think those are nice boys WANT to be @ Boy Scout, maw," whimpered Master Willie Jarr. “Gussie Bepler for you to associate with” replied his mother; “not the Boy juts but the Bepler and Slavinsky boys. They are not refined.” “Aw, you don’t have to be refined to be a Boy Scout,” said Master Jarr. “Well, you should,” remarked Mrs. Jarr Grmly, ezcival Fetherbrain's mother says she will only have him enrolled in a Boy Scout company that is composed of boys belonging to the families of the highest social stand- ing. Percival is only your age, Willie, and yet he can speak French and play the plano.” ann, will not fail me. I can seek its and its shade when I go out hen It will comfort me. It is there for me as /well as for anybody.” Too readily are we prone to tear down that for which nature has worked years, The tree has done marvellous things for man, ‘The one thing man can do for the tree is to spare it, wherever it is ‘There is one friend,” he reflected,” Hermine Neustadtl Kissing the Part. ee OME to mother, dear, she'll Cc kiss 1t and make it better.” lan't this the regular thing when a child sustains an injury, real or imagined? And many a grown up child, married to another rfown up child, turns to him a wr{ face with a halt-pained, half-playful indica- tion of @ squeezed thumb or a stubbed toe! And he kisses it and makes it better, Little do they realize, these indulg- ing mothers and husbands, that in this mock ministration they are but imitating the practice of old time sorcerers who pretended Giseases by cking the affected pa In thelr superstitious, myth-te anted age they found the people easy prey to their impositions, but to-day even the baby is sceptical of the cura. pr parry of a kiss on @ bruised in old Ni with the What Is a Funeral? N all modern languages there aro certain -words whose meaning is indicated by their sound. This principle, which in rhetorical parlance we call anamatopea, is exemplified in words like buzz, hiss, slap, boom; also in the words funeral, funereal, whose | Sound so agrees with their sentiment that we naturally assume that their etymology 1s in accordance with the meaning they conyoy, But we find they have a curious deri- vation that takes a story to bring out its relation to their use to-day ‘The Romans, pagans that tl buried their dead at night—by light of the moon when they could. But as there was moonlight for only a short period in the year, they u torches, which were the lighting 8: tem of the day. soreh ts funis, ‘The Latin word for tr ae they hav “Aw, he cries if he gets his clothes | Ma: McCardell Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World.) Mr. Jarr Finds Two Good Things That Are as Cheap as They Used to Be | o dirty,” replied Master Jarr, “and he has curls.” “He is a little gentleman,” said Mrs, Jarr, “‘and you would do well if you pattérned after him.” “Can I get a Scout book, maw?” asked Master Jarr, who saw that the discussion between his parents was taking the conversation away from the main question, “Ask your father,” said Mrs. Jarr. Master Jarr produced a tattered, red-Covered book. ‘“‘This is Izzy Slav- insky’s,” he said, “and it tells you iow to give the Scout's salute and jow to be a Scout, I'm a tenderfoot, now.” A Tenderfoot’s Soul. “Well, you should be, the way you kick your feet through your shoes and the price shoes cost these days!” erted his moth “Would you rather learn to speak French and play the piano like little Percival Fetherbrain or be a Boy Scout?” asked Mr, Jarr. “Wd rather be a Boy Scout,” replied er Jarr eagerly. heard a lady read a paper dep- recating the Boy Scouts’ movement at the Isis Club at the Hotel St. Vitus, claiming it inculcated a fight- ing spirit in boys,” said Mrs. Jarr. “And I also wish to say that we may not always live in this neighborhood, thank goodness! and I think it wou! be much better if our children ma other associations than with the Bep- lers and Slavinskys! “Gussie Bepler all right,” re- marked Master Jarr. “He can play @ mouth organ with his nose, and lazy Slavinsky can talk gibberish so nobody can understand him unless you give him five cents to tell you what it means!” “There, you " erled Mr, Jarr. “The neighborh which you decry offers exceptional advantages in mesig and language! Can Master Perefval Fetherbrain play a mouth organ with his nose? Can he con- verse in gibberish?’ “Mrs, Fetherbrain pays five dollars a lesson to her son's piano teacher and five dollars lesson to pis French tutor, and that's more than we can afford for our children,” said M Jarr. ‘m glad of it,” replied Mr, Jarr. will do Willie more good to get democratic accomplishments as '8 now getting them from the chi n of the plain people. Besides, it's eaper, If he goes in the business I'm in, playing the piano and speak- ing French will get him nowhere.” “I want to be a Boy Scoutand I don’t want to play the plano and speak French,” replied Master Jarr. “Gimme a dollar, paw, to join the Boy Scouts, won't yout I'm old a dollar,” said Mr. the Boy Scouts and | enough now |"? “Well, here’ Jarr, “Joining jac + 2S eee eS cer ees ae By Marguerite Maxims of a ae VERY woman should remember that a man enjoys her “mystery” Modern Maid Marshan __Goprright. 1918 by The Preee Pubtidhing Co. (Ths New Suey ian Or, E muoh more than her history. There are always two clues to the beauty of the party; she doean’t laugh heartily because she is afraid of getting wrinkles, and she doesn't Bay anything witty enough to make anybody else laugh. A woman counts the words in her husband's night letter—and NEVER finds fifty. By their socks you shall know them—lavenfer socks, the sport; tan, the regular man; black, the serious eouk every other color, the’ impossi- bility. Perhaps not all of us “would fain di these days! Marriage s0 quickly reduces a bachelor’s dashing pace to that of old Dobbin. Ob, say, can you see by the dawn’s early light ANY modern woman who gets up in time “to have her washing on the line before breakfast?” ‘When you notice any one hustling on the streets of Washington, you know, he—or she—is from New York. The eight-hour day is an admirable institution, but let us hope it never will be made compulsory for lovemaking, loafing and the other serious ocoupations of life. ‘There are two kinds of women—the unselfish ones, and those who assure you their life is one long sacrifice for others. There isn’t much left for us to pass these dry daye—but why not pass the Treaty? dry death”—but we have no choice The Love Stories Of Great Novels Gaprteth, 10k; 10 Gio Pee Fyemitia On: Cie Wee Sek Beatne Cee By Albert Payson Terhune Goprright, 1919, by The Prose Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World.) No. 12—The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; by Vicente Blasco Ibanez ULIO DPSNOYDPRS came with his parents to France to enjoy the fortune his French father had piled up ia Argentina and the greater wealth his Spanish mother had inherited. Young Julio was strikingly handsome and magnetic. He was an athicte and a brawler. too, and had the idle and undisciplined spirit of a spoiled child. He had too much money and too little to do. While he called himself a painter, yet his profession wes @ mere ruse to hide his laziness and dissipation. Where- .fore he spent the bulk of hin time in drinking, gaming, making love and fighting duels. ig His thrifty father was disgusted with him. But his mother was vastly proud of her handsome and worth- less boy. Thanks to her indulgence, Julio alwaya had plenty of cash for the mode of gay life he had chosen. Then at one of the few decent houses he still cared to visit he chanced to meet Marguerite Laurier, the young and feather-brained wife of a aud die-aged automobile manufacturer, Marguerite and Julio fell in love with each other at once. She had never loved her middle-aged husband or any one else. The youth and good looks and magnetism of Jullo won her flighty heart. Julio too found Marguerite different from any of the hundred other women with whom he had firted. There Planned to Shoot Hig as & subtle charm about her that made him her adoring slave. Love’s Husband. Laurier, her husband, was not long in Aiscovering that his pretty wife was falling in love with Julio, Laurier was furious. He made a terrible scene and threatened to kill Julio and divorce Marguerite. Jullo was only too glad at the prospect of shooting Laurier in a duel and thus of clearing the way for his own marriage to Marguerite. And a glaring scandal threatened to drag both families into the limelight of pub- licity. Julio's father was so disgusted by the whole matter that he broke off all communication with his eon The boy's mother alone remained his ally. At this crisis Laurier was persuaded to take a less spectacular course than the one he had threatened. He consented to let his wife sue for divorce on any grounds she might choose to and to offer no obstacle to her later marria@e with the young Argentinian. Everything seemed smoothed now for the lovers. As soon as the @i- voree could be rushed through they would be able to marry, For @ short time they were deliriously happy—or thought they were. ‘Then came the war. All France rushed to arms. Not men alone offered their services to their country, but thousands of women volunteered ae nurses and in any other capacity the Government might suggest. In a day, the whole world had changed. Laurier was one of the first to volunteer seeking to forget his heartbreak in the thrill of battle. The war did not interest Julio. He was a South American, not « Frenchman. It was no quarrel of his, He ° ; could not be drafted, He could not be ex- War’s Grim Tragedy pected to fight for a forciin country, He Shattered Romance. was in love. That was all he cared about. But from the first he noted a change in Marguerite. She still seemed to love him. But another and far greater love was awakening in her heart—the love of her imperilled country. While France was in danger the girl had no thoughts to spare on selfish happi- ness. This attitude of mind angered Julid. Then it set him to thinking, ‘The climax came when Laurier returned from the front, wounded and blind. At this all that was best in Marguerite was brought to the surface. Her fluffbrained selfishness gave place to true womanhood. She said good- by to Jullo and went back to her stricken husband to nurse and comer the wounded hero, Julio's own better nature awoke under stress of his sorrow and of the warlike atmosphere about him. He enlisted in the French Army. After promotion for bravery he was killed in battle, A Football Tale in Rhyme By Bide Dudley Copyrizh'. 1919 by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) OUNG AKCHIBALD DELAN- | job,” the coach said with a frown. “If y CEY JONES wav quite a fancy oy Gat play fe wel now ape en you out of town. Jus dude. At college he would never! on through the line ahead; don't even play at footbali—it was rude. Now,’ stop for breath. Remember now—no Archie weighed two-eighty-four; he foollnug or we'll beat you half to was a strapping boy, but he was oh, gs err ae so gentle, and his mother's mae wie ee a HOR ne Bente Sa and joy, The football team was soon! didn't pi 4 surely cook, to have a stubborn game to play. The| goose, Th ook him, he, fiat : ext day dressed in his football truck. dopesters said ‘twas bound to lose; It) wien Archie saw the people there bis sure did look that way, “We need] gont began to buck a centre,” said the coach, “a great) “I will not play this awiul game,” big, heavy dub. But where on earth | i” sald in Ascenis wild, ust shen 1 | Six players threatened him ia mannor can one be found? Gol aro it] 2% pavers threa toned bint |S Biter There's the rub! {time and when the ball wos handed Just then a halfback, Pete McKay,|back. each player who Was near declared he had a scheme to « |enough smashed him an awtul crack. come the obstacle; it sounded like a| Poor Archie thought the other side dream, Gaid he: “Let's grab this|had landed on him so, To get his fellow, Jones, and make the big dub|temper up, you bet, bly Avchle wasn't play, ‘We'll scare him and we'll beat | slow. He jelled: “Oh, Ann you hor- him) up,” said smooth young Pete|rid ‘things! You're 1 apudent—so McKay. |there!” And then he snrted after Thar night they kidnapped Archie,|them and piayed the gamy for fair. dear, and put him in ao tent, They| He shoved them ‘round; he knocked swiped his clothes; they took his hat | t' he ripped thelr line with and money--every cent. They left/ease. He'd walk right through the him just some football togs. Four | other bunch just any time he'd please, huskies were his guard. His friends|The boys behind him with the bali were kept away from him for visi-| would shove on through the holes tors were barred, and, when the game was done, Sach day 4 take him to a field | they'd won by half a dozen goals, and teach Him’ centre stunts, ‘They I's y Jones no more down showed him how to pass the ball and there, It's Archie Jones, the King. block opponents’ punts, They didn't, Now Archie wouldn't quit the game work him herd enough to get his|—well, not for anything. Each time jag sore. On irs 4 it they | the team goes out to play that ote- i penadieed told t wasjtime sissy swell is in the ling all yelling: "@tve