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1HE MORNING BEE MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The flee is a member. Is eaelusively entitled to the use for republication of ell news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also tba local naws published herein. All rights of republleation of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES » Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department AT lantte or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After XO P. M.i innA Editorial Department. AT lantte 1021 or AT. 1042. OFFICES Main Office— 17th and Farnam Council Bluffs—15 Scott St. S. Side. N. W. Cor. 24th and N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribuna Bldg. Kansaa City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syndi. Trust Bldg, a * Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Francisco—Hollrook Uldg.% Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg FIRST DOWN FOR COOLIDGE. Whatever advantage may be found in the South Dakota preferential choice for presidential nomina tion goes to Calvin Coolidge on the republican side and to William Gibbs McAdoo on the democratic. The rather impressive vote of nearly 2 to 1 for Cool idge over Johnson leaves no misunderstanding as to the temper of the South Dakota republicans. Mc Adoo had more than 7 to 1 over Ford for the demo cratic nomination, and La Follette got the farmer labor endorsement by about the same ratio over Ford. As the verdict of an exclusively agricultural elec torate, the outcome has some significance. First, it exhibits the weakness of the Ford boom, which does not reflect on the man himself, because he has at no time encouraged the attempt to secure for him the nomination on any ticket. Another significance is that the farmers of South Dakota have not been swept very far from their anchorage by the calls of the specialists for political panaceas. Conceding the strength of the farmer-labor party in the state, there yet remains a most respectable nucleus of voters who are still republicans and democrats, and whose voices will be heard when the time for final decision comes. Hiram Johnson has lost the first fall, but that does not eliminate him as a contender. The situa tion is somewhat complicated by the endorsement of Governor McMasters as a candidate for United States senator, over Thomas Sterling, the incumbent, Mcr Masters being the Johnson leader and Sterling out spoken for Coolidge. President Coolidge will now be required to sig nify his acceptance of the South Dakota endorse ment, and thereby formally become a candidate. This ir. the one effect of the convention that is noteworthy. It gives the president an opportunity, if he de sires, to put himself fairly before the people. Mr. Coolidge has declined so far to become an active seeker for the nomination, preferring to carry on as the nation’s chief executive, and allow the voters to make their choice without solicitation on his part. He can, without diminishing this attitude, accept the South Dakota proffer, which is tendered without strings. No man could be indifferent to such a call. The game is now on, and Coolidge has first down to his credit. As the plays are made the public in terest will grow keener and keener, while the com petition for the great prize progresses. One out standing fact in connection with the South Dakota convention is that it was not attended by the pro ceedings that scandalized the preliminaries four years ago. Americans are going about their greatest business with the majesty and dignity that should characterize them as sovereigns. MRS. CATT AND FULL EQUALITY. Women of the country, and of the west especially, will take note that Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt is not enthusiastic in her support of the “full rights” , amendment that is so warmly championed by the R^up headed by Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont. Mrs. Catt undoubtedly notes the reasons that have made the plan of the Belmont group distaste ful to so many real workers in the cause of woman suffrage. To secure full legal equality with man, woman must give up a great many advantages she now possesses, and for very little of real worth. It is the old story of grasping at the Bubstance. Before the franchise was given to women, a long line of court decisions had been secured, which invested the women of the United States with certain privileges and rights, of beneficence and vital importance. These have reference to conditions of social and political life, and rest on the differences in regard to sex. Most of them are founded on the fact of woman’s peculiar qualification, that of motherhood, for which there is no legal substitute. Competent authority supports the opinion that if the Belmont plan prevails, and woman be given full political equality with man, it will have the effect of destroying all the protection she now enjoys under the law. She will not be given any advantage, so far as partaking of the responsibility of government is concerned, for she already has the vote, is eligible to hold office, and may do the ordinary things that a citizen is privileged to do. She can hold or transfer property, can sue or be sued, carry on her own busi ness, and generally enjoys the full liberties and powers she shares with the men. In addition to this, she enjoys the protection afforded her by sustained court decisions, and these she can not afford to fore feit for the uncertain advantages of full political equality, which does not mean exactly what it sounds like. WOODROUGH ADDS TO LAW’S DIGNITY. Slowly but definitely the courts are working out the details of the enforcement of the prohibition laws, to the end that all will finally come to be a coherent part of the great fabric of the law. One of the lat est is the ruling of Judge Woodrough as to the status of enforcement officers, so-called, and their capacity for serving warrants. The court holds that these men are not civil officers, and therefore not com petent to serve warrants for search and seizure. On the surface this would seem .to put a severe handicap on the men employed under the enforce ment bureau. Really, it should result in the closer articulation of the Treasury dcpartmertt and the De partment of Justice. If the prohibition officer as at present constituted is not a civil officer, the remedy would seem to be to join the Department of Justice with that of the treasury, and thereby clothe the officers with the necessary authority. Pending this act, which must come from congress, it would seem possible to adopt the easy expedient of'having some one of the squad designated as a deputy United States marshal for the purpose of serving warrants. However, the decision is one that stands on its merits, just as did the former decision of the court that search and seizure must be preceded by the swearing out of a warrant to justify such action. These rulings give a newer dignity to the Volstead act, for its enforcement is thereby made a part of the regulur procedure of the courts, and not the re markable and oftentimes outrageous Invasion of private horde* by liquor sleuths In quest of evidence that the law was being violated. HOWELL’S START IN CONGRESS. Senator Howell has gone to work at Washington as a modest, sincere man who takes his position seriously, and by doing so has given deep offense to some of the democrats of Nebraska, who did not vote for him. What he has done should have the ap proval of the people of the state, however. When he was seeking support during the last campaign, Mr. Howell at no time posed as other than a repub lican ; he retains his place as national committeeman for Nebraska, and quite naturally he acts as a repub lican in Washington. * He did pledge himself to the repeal of the Esch Cummins law, and it will be time enough to chide him for betrayal of that pledge when he has disre garded it. Asking for a place on the District of Columbia committee, where he can use the great ex perience he has gained in the management of munici pal utilities does not imply that he contemplates the betrayal of Nebraska at any point. His honorable service in the navy through two wars qualifies him to deal with naval problems, and he may so exert himself and still have some time to give to the busi ness of looking out for the farmers of his home state. In the one interview he has given out since reach ing Washington, he has declared his intention of keeping close track of transportation matters, and promised to attend the meetings of the interstate commerce committee. That he will do this is cer tain; last summer he made a very careful study with regard to the Alaskan railroad, and its relation to the general problem of railroad ownership, and on this point has expressed himself very definitely. Those who know Senator Howell know he will follow out his views. The real cause for democratic disappointment is that the new senator from Nebraska did not go to Washington like a roaring lion, raging and ramping, this way and that. He might have done this and so have gained a great deal of notoriety and approba tion from those who seek to thwart and nullify any thing the republicans undertake to accomplish. It / would be highly pleasing to the democrats who so vigorously opposed the election of Senator Howell, if he were now to play into their hands and help them in the campaign that is coming on. Senator Howell's career will be closely watched in Nebraska, and he will finally be judged by what he does, not by what the opposition newspapers say he ought to do. FREE SPEECH AND INDEPENDENT COURTS. Comptroller Craig of New York City draws a re mission of sentence and a rebuke from the president, both of which appear to be merited. It is beyond question that Craig's criticism of the court went be yond just bounds, and it is apparent that Judge Mayer in some decree exceeded reasonable limits> in affixing the penalty. While Craig might have been, and undoubtedly was. actuated by sincere de sire to preserve and safeguard the rights of the pub lic, the language of his letter was so intemperate that it could not be entirely overlooked by the court. On the other hand, however, the sentence passed by the judge surpassed in its severity the quality of the offense. The outcome does not entirely answer the main problem presented, that of how far free speech may proceed when courts are in question. It is quite possible that Comptroller Craig might have said all he did say, and just as effectively, had he couched his criticism of the court in more carefully chosen phrases. Very often a rebuke or adverse comment may be so worded as to leave no mistake as to its meaning and yet no real point on which to fasten actionable offense. A common tendency is to the utterance of opin ions that are not always well considered, and fre quently in language that exceeds what would be proper under the circumstances. Mere vigor of ex pression is often mistaken for soundness of view. Freedom of speech is one of our most precious pos sessions, and we should be careful to so use it that at no time will its exetcise amount to an abuse. Temperance in speech is a jewel beyond price, and yet within the easy reach of all. When a judge ex ceeds the requirements of justice, or conducts his court in an arbitrary and despotic manner, there is a remedy to be applied, but merely calling the judge hard names does not correct the evil. Coolidge and Capper is alliterative, has a lilting sound and falls trippingly from the tongue. The only difficulty is that campaign song writers will be bothered to find suitable rhymes for either name. But that might prove to be a blessing, judging by former campaign songs and singers. A new safety device is being presented the public by railroads running out of Chicago, which is said to be 100 per cent efficient. If it really works. Of course Omaha came across for the Community Chest. When did Omaha ever fail when confronted with a real task? There are multiplying signs that divers and sundry presidential booms have exhausted themselves in the preface. Albert M. Fall might have been happier if he had read what Hamlet said to his mother, and then acted accordingly. Joe Hummel is going to have a new zoo built at Kiverview park. To stable Dan Butler's goat? It really should require something more than a Muscle Shoals dance to win a presidency. Any man who tries to imitate Semaphore Dudley surely is in need of examination. That Teapot affair seems to have provided grounds for an investigation. Homespun Verse —By Omaha** Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie. GETTING UP THE WOOD. The Poets are singing of autumn— The colorful plcttirea that charm. Anil drenming the reasona that wrought 'em Till wonder release* alarm; Don't mailer a little what brought 'em— I'm getting up wood on the farm! The Poeta are constantly drawing Their pictures with sensuous word*. Pretending to fashion the cawing And crying of sensible birds; I'm prudently, ardently sawing The wood that I* really preferred The Poeta, find hies* 'em! are singing As doleful aa mourners e'er rouM; Thn line* of the Poets ar* ringing With soulful expressions and good - Out Oh, the delight to be bringing i In winter's allotment of wood “The People's Voice” Editorial* from reader* of The Morning Bee. Reader* of The Morning Bee are in vitro to use thi* column freely for exoreiiion on matters of public interest. Reconciles Evolution. Omaha.—To the Editor of fhe Oma ha Bee: In Friday's People's Voice column I read a reply to my letter. Kev. Mr. Robins probably believes me to be a Bible critic. However. I am not. I believe every word of the Bible, but I Interpret it in a broad sense. Rev. Mr. Robins suggested that I give the Bible a word study. Well, I am giving it here in writing. In verse one it says, "In the be ginning Ood created heaven and earth.” Earth was created by the throwing off of bits of the eun, which was in the nebular state., Verse two says that the eartli was without form, which is in accord ance with the nebular hypothesis, which suys that the earth was in a gaseous state. Verses throe and four deal with light and darkness. As soon as the earth was thrown off from the sun It began to revolve (a) around its axis, which gives us day and night, and (b) around the sun, 03 one focus of the ellipse which the earth makes, which gives us our seasons. Verse six says "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." The nebular hypothesis says the same thing as the Bible, that the earth aolidfled on the outside, the molten and gaseous minerals becom ing rocks and earth, and the steam becoming water. Following this the Bible says that the plants were brought forth and then the animals. Verse 10 says, "And Ood said, ‘Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open Armament of heaven'.” This is in accordance with the doctrine of evolution, namely: (1) That all animals have evolved from aquatic one-celied animals, namely, the amoeba, paramoccean and volvox, which are the most prominent forms. The next highest group of anlmalH Is the sponge, which Is made up of liv ing ceils which function as a single animal. Following verse 10 the other verses mention the creation of whales, which are mammals. Then, In verse 26, it says that nan was made, being the highest of animal forms, therefore having dominion over all other ani mats. This ia alao according to evolu tion. I believe by now that I have shown that the Bible, in lta own words, proves the truth of the doctrine of evolution. CRESTON MULLINS. Is the Farmer a Laborer? Omaha.—To the Editor of The ! Omaha Bee: If the farmer can right fully be classed with others who labor then why should he not be guaranteed a certain stipulated wage or profit for that labor? The labor unions not only Insist upon a stipulated wage, but upon re stricted hours which are considered a day's labor. It is Impossible for the farmer to confine himself to an eight-hour day, but If the principle carried out and adhered to by union labor Is right, then the farmer should receive not only a wage or a profit from his day's work, but extra wage for over time. which runs from 12 to 15 hours a day. The ordinary laborer who gets a stipulated wage and a short day has no capital Invested, while In addition to labor performed the farmer has capital Invested In farm and farm equipment. The farmer should then rightfully receive a wage as well as a fair Interest on- his Investment. Just at this time at the convening of congress we are getting an over flow of propaganda from the railroad Interests, so let us compare the In vestment of the railroad with that of the farmers. Government statistics show that the farmers of the United States hnve an Investment of approximately $80,000, 000,000, while the railroads have an investment of approximately $12,000, 000,000, yet under the laws as they now exist the railroads get a govern ment guarantee of a better Interest rate thf#i our government receives on the best securities. The writer knows of only one time when the farmer received a guarantee on any product of the farm, and that was when wheat was selling In Min neapolis. Minn., at $3 a bushel, and the government revised the price downward to $2.25 n bushel. Chicago market, perhaps a fair price and no doubt taking a great profit out of the speculators' hands, nevertheless re ducing the farmers’ profits also. Boms will claim that this was a war measure. Perhaps It was. but will anyone arise and mention any other Instance where restrictions were put Into effect as war measures. Just as a comparison: Wheat Is a staple Daily Prayer I will. Iherefere, that men prey every where—! Tim. 1:1. Our Father, we ara Thy children hv faith In tha Redeemer. We are Th.v children when we are obedient and Thou art pleased; we ars Thy children when we are wayward and In grief Thou dost chasten us. We know that our sins are wholly displeasing to Thee, and they are painful to us. For Jesus' sake, forgive our sins. Accept our deepest gratitude for Thy tender mercies In all our past, for the promise of Thy grace In nil our needs, for the assurance of Thy pres ence always. Bless us In the duties to which we have been called. Deliver ua from the fear of msn. Keep us from mess tiring our duties by the conduct of others, and help us to be great In Thy sight. Bet its remember that there are but 1! hours In the day. and the night cometh. Help ua to see that the great questions are issues of eternity, and may we be kept In the love of God. Oulde, O Great Jehovah, In the af fairs of state: bless all movements and men that promote our Redeemer's Kingdom; and give Thy holy benadlc tlon upon the homes wherein our loved one* dwell. In Jesus' name. Amen REV. T M. PAWSON, Waco. Tr«. ■■ 1 11 -- ■ LISTENING IN On the Nebraska Press The compiler of this department timidly offers his services as arbltra tor between the Madison Star Mail and the Norfolk Press. Peace must be maintained In the profession at nil hazards. • • • After carefully surveying the field and scanning both parties. Cass Barnes of the Madison Star-Herald re ports that neither party has an up standing leader for the next campaign, and decided lhat "Nebraska is No Man's land next year." • * • Noting that Wayne B. Wheeler de scribes America as “drink free," Gus Bueehler of the Grand Island inde pendent opines that Mr. Wheeler has't tried to buy ally of the stuff in adjacent territory recently. • • * The Neligh Leader suggests that the present wheat surplus he sold to Ger many on credit. It doesn’t need a cable dispatch to inform us that Ger many would he perfectly agreeable. * * • Mentor Brown of the Kearney Huh asserts that there is no need of a third party In this country, and opines that the radicals are whipped before they begin. The Sidney Enterprise, after wait ing for quite a spell, declares Wood row Wilson's Armistice day speech Is “the vindictive ravings of a disap pointed derelict Incapable of action." « • • "It’s a fine way to get it tramped on," remarks the Aurora Republican, making note of the fact that Hiram Johnson has thrown his hat into the ring. e • • John Sweet of the Nebraska City Press has discovered why men talk about short skirts, liobbed hair, mar riage and liquor. He says it is be cause brevity is the soul of wit. • • • "Whither are vre drifting?" plain tively queries the Blair Enterprise, noting that Nebraska's corn crop will not pay for the depreciation, upkeep, gas and oil of the more than 300,000 automobiles in the state. Drifting? Whither are we steering? • • • Lew- Shelley of the Falrbury News Is not a bit backward about making public his belief that any good repub lican can beat Bryan for re-election as governor, or for senator. Lew says the Bryan strength has been over rated. • • • Noting that Chicago produce deal ers are trying to force the price of eggs up to $1 a dozen, Harry Wiener of the Scottsbluff Star-Herald say# that some middlemen believe in play ing both ends from the middle. crop of the northern states, while cot ton of the southern states. Was there any restriction placed on the price of cotton? Nix. Getting back to the farmer ques tion. When the war rather unexpect edly came to an end. and after the farmer had been urged on all aides and prodded up by our government to produce to the limit of his ability regardless of coat, and had produced the most costly crop ever produced in the history of our country, how was he recompensed for this effort and extreme cost? Our government, seeing the predlca* ment the farmer was In. formed what was known as the War Finance cor poration. a means which enabled the government to loan to the farmer through the banks approximately 12,000,000,000, hut Just as some bene ficial effects of this assistance were being brought about the federal re serve hoard In 1920 demanded the payment of these loans at once. This forced the farmer to sell not only at a loss, but a great sacrifice. At the same time the federal reserve board Increased the interest to the farmers to 7 per rent while lowering the Interest rate to the New York banka to 4>i per cent, thus enabling Wall street to secure cheap capital to take advantage of the forced ruin ation of the farmer, and this after he had loyally supported his government. Now we hear the railroad interests warn against any reduction in the guarantee given them by our govern ment, eliiln:4ng that it will not only be a detriment to the farmer but to all other lines of business. It would seem by their propaganda that all business and financial re sources originate with the railroad In terests, and that through the manipu lating of railroad interests the busi ness of the government was kept mov ing along to prosperity. We would like to ask: Where doe* wealth actually originate? Is wealth originated by the im mense freight traffic of the railroad*, or doea the farmer by producing crops and raising, and marketing livestock have any part in creating the neav dol lar that keeps the wheels of govern ment lubricated an that business is afforded even for the railroads,-If you please. Who comes first in this creation of wealth? The writer well remembers that when Nebraska, with other states, passed laws lowering the passenger rates on railroads to a 2-rent fare that the railroads cried aloud for some power to prevent such rohliery and Insisted that every railroad In the land would go into bankruptcy Im mediately. but what were the actual facta? History in this matter demon strated conclusively that the railroads soon began to make more profits than ever before in their former existence. Yea. for heaven's sake, help the poor railroads and let the former go to thunder: then follow up and see where business goes to. GBOHGK W. HAWKINS. 2*20 Ames Avenue, Omaha. Neb. Was All llt l p ■'All the Qua! d'Orsav was lit up" Thursday night, according to a Paris dispatch Maybe prohibition might he helpful In bringing French diplomats to a more reasonable course.—Louis ville Courier-Journal. Too Gay for a Widow. Saleswoman—Madam, I know your tuisiiaml would go wild over this hat. Customer—Yes, and drop dead over the hill, and then I couldn't wear It. —•oaten Transcript. If You Are Seeking HEALTH Investigate Chiropractic .No matter what your disease may he, you tan Investigate with snfety, as no qualified practitioner will ac cept a onse he cannot help. 1712 Dodge, Gardner Bldg. AT lantic 1293 OneKIfect of Law Enforcement. From the Cbi*-aao Daily News. Intemperance of the kind that wrecks families and Bends dependents to the charitable Institutions for sup port dropiied to a low mark In Chi cago in the year following the clos ing of the saloons by the national and state prohibition laws. But, as the activities of home brewers and other brewers, whisky smugglers and boot leggers made It more and more easy to procure Illicit liquor in cheating "soft drink parlors," crooked drug stores and other protected and unpro tected places. Intemperance Increased to such an extent as to occasion relief expenditures by the charity organiza tions at about one-half the rate that was necessary before prohibition. That was the situation up to a few weeks ago when Mayor Dever issued and began the vigorous prosecution of hiH order for the enforcement of the prohibition laws. Since that time, ac cording to the report of Joel T. Hunter, genera! superintendent of the United Charities of Chicago, there has been a notable falling off in the num ber of cases of desertion of families by husbands and fathers, dus to In temperance. Here Is important evidence of the value of Mayor Dever* law enforce ment policy. Fewer men are spend ing their money for booze and letting Iheir families suffer. Those persons who have sought to minimize the value of the earnest mayor's effort* to fulfllll the requirements of his oath of office are invited to consider the testimony of Superintendent Hunter. Not every place where Illicit liquor was sold in Chicago has been closed.' unfortunately, but the number has been vastly reduced and It has been demonstrated beyond question that the law can be enforced when the po lice are made to understand that It must be. Policemen who a few weeks ago were furnishing protection—for a price—to keepers of booze parlors are not sure now that they can guarantee protection and are not so ready to take a chance. In Justice to Our Dog. Kroin the Kanui City Time*. One hates to take the Joy out of life . for the British museum, but when It I boasts that, through the bequest of the late Nathaniel Rothschild, It has the largest and most complete collection of fleas In the world, we must ask In the interests of both truth and science that the record be corrected by strik ing out the words "largest and most complete." We do not object to the statement standing that the British museum has a collection of fleas. Nor do we seek to belittle the serv ice to science rendered by the late Mr. Rothschild. He was an enthusiast on fleas, and we always hail the en thusiasts. They* give us glimpses— lovely if transient— by which we see that if the world was different from what it is. It wouldn't be what It is, but different. Dwelling on this en thuslasm of »t* benefactor, the Brit ish museum rightly say* that no gov ernment in the world would be will lng to spend the money he spent to make this collection. Of course not Even the United State* government, which I* the richest In the world— or so the fable runs; actually, of course, the United States government hasn't a dollar of Ita own, but only th* doi lar* of the people of the United State* —ha* not proponed to lay the taxea necessary to assembling In Washing ton specimens of all the fleas In the world. Of course, if a large flea In dustry should develop in this country to produce them for the domestic and foreign markets, and If by reason of overproduction the price should de cline to the point where the Industry would no longer be profitable, we should expect to see a flea bloc form ed In congress and a proposal made that the government buy up all the fleas and withdraw them from corns merce until prices should rebound. At present, however. It is unfortu nately true that the world must look to Its enthusiasts who possess private wealth for public services like these; men who have the urge to collect things, either in bottles like the Rothschild collection or on ships like the Oscar II, where Mr. Ford asaembl ed a notable collection some time ago. The committee of 4ft, while a little embarrassed for funds. Is even now enthusiastically collecting in Chicago all those hopeful American* who be lieve that what the country needs is another political party. Mr. Bok Is collecting essays on peace. Mr. Me Adoo and several other enthusiasts are collecting delegates to the demo cratic national convention. Obviously, government cannbt range over the en tire collection field; It must specialize on collecting taxes. But what we started to say was that the British museum Is mistaken in supposing it has the largest ar.d most complete collection of fleas in the world. That distinction belongs to our dog, who Is just as much an enthusiast as the late Mr. Rothschild was and has greater facilities for collecting than were possessed by that philan thropist. We are a little surprised that the statement should be made that the Rothschild agent* searched all over the world in making their collection, because, so far as we are aware, they did not search our dog. If they had they would not hive gone any farther. Youth In PoHHc*. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Youth will be served, and very well Indeed, If even half of the youngsters who are candidates for the house of commons manage to win in next week's election. For one of the most striking thing* about the present cam paign is the large number of extreme ly young men w ho are seeking places. \ And not only that, but two of the women who are asking voter* to send them to commons are not old enoijgh yet themselves to enjoy the privilege of the ballot! Probably the oddest contest In j which youth figures ts that In one i of the divisions of Kent, where the young Esmond Harmsworth, w bo Is 25. Is calling upon the graybeards and| grandfathers of the Isle of Thanet toj return him to parliament over the op-, position of the liberal candidate, a certain Reginald Rait. a boy of II Maj. Lloyd George, the former premier's son, is another of the youth ful candidates, but he is considerably the senior of some of them—being IS. Lord Balnlel, for Instance, who runs as a conservative In Wigan, ts only 23 And then there Is the 25 year old Abe Martin Ole home towns are great t* go back to—if we’ve been successful. Personal vanity has kept more folks spruced up an’ out o’ jail than all th’ laws ever written. (Copyright. )»S3.) son of Sir Alfred Mond, who seeks election as a liberal In Swansea. As for the women, it is a curious thing that though they are ineligible to< vote In a general election, there is no bar to them casting their ballot* in parlia ment—unless It be a decision against them in their own electoral districts. This entry of the very young Into the field of politics, and the apparent success they are enjoying, has brought forth a variety of comment In the British Journals. To some it is a hopeful sign that a generation which has been roundly criticised for its gayety and frivolity and an attitude of indifference toward serious matters Is beginning to settle doWn. To othejs^ it is a protest against the domlnatior— of the "elder statesmen” who are blamed for the muddle of the peace. More probably it is simply one more Indirect result of the war, since most of these young candidates were called from their school days to take part in it and a majority of them, having served as officers, have acquired ex ptrience ordinarily far beyond men of their years. 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