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\ BOY BLUE _ l
| ay ELIZABETH GROVESTEIN J
When Jerry Stanton wus a very lit
tie fellow he liutl been culled "Little
ltoy Blue” by his fond parents. Now
the term as applied to him had a big
get und broader meaning, for the only
son of the proud Mr. Stuntou wits a
sailor hoy in biue.
Indeed, Jerry was a lad to be proud
of, one who would be able to do his
hit for Uncle Sam. But he hud oue
grievous fault which threatened to be
iiis downfall, Jerry was conceited,
very, very conceited. Why, it did not
stem to surprise him in the least when
he learned that the sweetest little girl
in the whole wide world had fulleu in
love with him. However, the entire
blame should not be placed on Jerry's
shoulders. He was doubtless the spoil
ed pet of an over-indulgent mother.
Now, to be sure, Louise Gray was
deeply in love with the handsome Stan
ton boy, but she knew he thought too
much of himself, und it troubled her.
Time and again she would pucker up
her pretty lips, frown and try to think
of some plan to make her lover see
himself as others saw him.
One warm und lovely summer eve
ning tin- sailor hud come bounding up
the steps of the Gray homestead. He
rang the hell, knocked at the door and
called “her” name. Useless! No
sound reached his ear arid all was
darkness within. Slowly he retraced
his steps and began to walk around
the house. As he reached the side
porch he heard voices, and yes, he
recognized his sweetheart's ringing
laughter. Witli angry steps and beut
ing heart he drew nearer. His at
tempt to play eavesdropper was re
warded when these words reached his
ears, "Tom, you’re just a dear and X
love you.” These few words, without
any doubt, gave Boy Blue the “blues.”
Jerry gave oue last hopeless glance
at the porch above him and then made
his way toward the pond. Xle thought
hr would Jump In, hut plans for re
venge caused him to turn around
sharply and start for home. Just then
his foot stumbled over something.
Jerry fell to the earth with a bang, a
pitiful little “mew” was heard, and
somewhere out of the darkness came
the cry, "Tom, where are you?”
Then the lovers came face to face
und both seemed bewildered. Jerry
rubbed his head and Louise picked up
tjio abused cat. At last Jerry wus
humbled. He blurted out something
about being a fool, und asked Louise
to please forgive him. By the mis
chievous tsvlnkle In her eyes and the
roguish smile on her lips, she told him
all was well again.
And now the deserted kitten de
manded attention. This time Jerry
took him, and us he did so he taunting
ly quoted, “Tom, you’re a dear und I
love you.”
(Copyright, 1919. by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
MAKES POINT ON EDUCATION
Writer Seems to Think That All Is
Not Right With Present Sys
tem Employed.
Here Is a healthy boy of twelve, j
What we most want of him is that he
Shall develop Idmself in character and
ability to the utmost extent of which :
he is capable. If lliere Is a precious
Utile spark of originality or germ of
leadership anywhere about him, we |
most want him to discover that and i
develop It, for there is never enough j
leadership and originality in the world.
We are always wanting inventors and j
leaders in industry, In politics, In scl- j
ence, in art.
So we take this hoy at half past
eight in the morning and Stick him In
a hard seat, right behind a hard desk,
and tell him he must not budge If he
values bis hide. He must not even
shuffle Ids feet or look about; he must
not whisper to the boy next him.
We give Idm certain carefully pre
scribed hunks, none of which Interest*
him very much, and tell him it make*
no difference If one of them happens
to interest him more than another; he
must give exactly the same attention
to ail of them for rigidly prescribed pe
riods.
He is "good” In proportion as he
takes the books, Just ns some well-reg
ulated machine takes whatever Is fed
Into it. He is "good” In proportion as
he submits to a cast-iron, mechanical
regimen, and represses all impulses
that are not in strict conformity with
unvarying rules—which, for a healthy
boy, means repressing practically all
natural Impulses The school Is a pon
derous, close-webbed machine for com
pelling absolute uniformity. In the
matter of rigidity the Prussian mili
tary regimen Is by comparison quite
lax and roomy.
Is that the best way to treat that
boy, when what we want of him most
of all Is that he shall develop initiative
and leadership?—Saturday Evening
Post.
Queer Fashions of Other Days.
Writing of tlie period preceding and
following the American Revolutionary
war, Watson, In his quaint Annals,
has much to say concerning the fash
ions and apparel of that time. He par
ticularly deplores the fact that the
fashions change so rapidly, and, as an
Instance of this, he writes: “In the
year 1817, I bought In the East Indies
a second-hand vest sold by Its owner
because It was out of fashion; I have
It yet, and It is nearly as good as new,
although It has been In and out of
fashion five times respectively since )
bought It.”
HOW SOLDIER BOYS
CAN SECURE BONUS
Information Supplied Monitor for
Benefit of AH Men Mho Have Been
Engaged in Military Service and
Entitled to Money.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 26.—Army
Zone Supply Officer, Army Building,
Omaha, Neb.—Following ' telegram
sent Feb. 25 by A. G. O. to all camps
and independent stations: Section
1506 revenue act approved February
24, 1919, provides
“That all persons serving in mili
tary or naval forces United State
during present war who have since
April 6, 1917, resigned or been dis
charged under honorable condition.
(or in case reservists been placed on
inactive duty) or who at any time
hereafter (but not later than termina
tion current enlistment or term sen - I
ice.) In iase enlisted personnel and
female nurses, or within one year aft
er termination present war in case of
ficers, may resign or be discharged
under honorable conditions (or in case
reservists be placed on inactive duty)
shall be paid in addition all other1
amounts due them in pursuance law,
sixty dollars each.
This amount shall not eb paid
1. To any person who though ap
pointed or inducted into military or
naval forces on or prior to November
11, 1918, had not reported for duty
to his station on or prior to sileh date:
or
2. To any person who has already
received one month’s paf under pro
visions of section 9, Act Maf 18, 1917;
or
3. To any person who is entitled to
retired pay; or
4. To heirs or legal representatives
any persons entitled anv payment un
der this section who has died or may
die before receiving such payment.
In case of any person who subse
quent to separation from service as
above specifier! has been appointed or
inducted into military or naval forces
and has been or is again separated
from service as aboce specified, only
one payment of sixty dollars shall be
made.
The above amount, in case separa
tion from service on or prior to pas
sage of this act, shall be paid soon as
practicable after passage of this act,
and in case separation from service
after passage of this act shall be
pail at time of such separation. The
amounts herein provided for shall be
paid out of appropriations for pay
for army and navy respectively by
such disbursing officers as may be
designated by secretary of war and
secretary of navy. Tie- secretary of
war and secretary of navy respective
ly shall make all regulations neces
sary for enforcement of the provis
ions of this section.”
I’aragraph 2. All persons separated
from active military service after re
ceipt of these instructions who are
entitled to the bonus of sixty dollars
provided for in act above quoted will
be credited with and paid such bonus
upon their final pay vouchers period.
In event that they have been separ
ated from active service prior to re
ceipt of these instructions, but have
not yet received final pay the dis
bursing officer making final settle
ment will include any pay bonus of
sixty dollars in making such settle
ment.
Disbursing officers asking payment
of sixty dolalrs bonus in connection
with final settlement will make in
dorsement in each case on discharge
certificate or discharge order, if no
certificate is issued, of each personal
showing specifically that such bonus
was paid.
Paragraph 3. All persons separated
from active military service from
April 6, 1917, to date, receipt these
instructions who are entitled to siyty
dollars bonus in reference and who
have received their final pay will for.
ward claim for such bonus direct to
zone finance officer, Lemon building,
Washington, I). C., who is hereby des
ignated to settle such claims. Such
applications must contain.
(a) The discharge certificate, or or
der for discharge or relief if no cer
tificate was issued, but both certifi
cate and order if both were issued,
the paper bearing indorsement of
final payment being required.
(b) Statement all military service
since April 6, 1917, showing place and
date reporting gfirist military station
and
(c) Address to which check is to be
sent.
When settlement is made all per
sonal papers will be returned to ap
plicant with check.
No further corespondence is neces
sary except to advise of change in ad
dress of applicant period.
No other disbursing officers are au
thorized to pay claims covered by this
paragraph.
LORD FINANCE.
FOR EQUAL RIGHTS LAW
Hartford, Conn., March 13.—A
large delegation of Colored people
visited the legislature this week in
an effort to have "Equal Right” leg
islation passed. George W. Crawford
and J. P? Peaker, of New Haven, were
spokesmen.
DANIEL O’CONNELL
AND SLAVERY
IN the decade 1830, When Negro
slavery existed in the British West
Indies, a little party of three men in
the British parliament began to agi
tate, in season and out of season, for
Negro emancipation.
Daniel O’Connell, with the few Irish
members who supported him, threw
his strength to this little party on ev
ery division. There was a West In
dian interest pledged to maintain Ne
gro slavery', and this interest counted
twenty-seven votes in parliament.
They came to O’Connell and offered
to throw their twenty-seven votes to !
him on every Irish question if he
would oppose Negro emancipation.
“It was,” said Wendell Phillips, "a
terrible temptation. How many so
called statesmen would have yielded!”,
O’Connell said: “Gentlemen, God j
knows I speak for the saddest nation j
the sun ever sees, but may my right I
hand forget its cunning and my |
tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,!
if to serve Ireland, even Ireland, I i
forget the Negro one single hour.”
Then- spdke the consistent lover of
liberty, the statesman who carried i
morals into politics, nelieving with j
Edmund Burke, that politics are mor- I
als in their wider development.
It belongs to the higher standard of
politics to refuse the bribes of cir- j
cumstances or compromise in pushing ;
a great principle. It is too costly a
price to pay if one conviction must
be debauched in order that another
conviction may prosper. That pro
foundest of English poets, Coleridge,
was moved to say in this connection:
“O for a great man—for one really
great man who could feel the power
and weight of a principle and un
flinchingly put it into action! See
how triumphant in debate O’Connell
is. Why! Because he asserts a broad
principle and acts up to it—rests all
his weight on it and has faith in it.”
—Truth, February, 1919.
RASTUS* PHILOSOPHY
De sunflower ain’t de daisy, and de
melon ain’t de rose;
Why is dey all so crazy to be sumfin
else dat grows?
Jess sticy to de place you’re planted;
and do de bes you knows;
Be de sunflower or de daisy, de melon
or de rose,
Don’t be what yo ain’t, jess yo be
what yo is,
If you’re jess a little tadpole, don't try
to be de frog;
If you are de tail, don’t try to wag de
dawg.
Pass de plate if yo can’t exhawt and
preach;
If you’re jess a little pebble, don't try
to be de beach;
When a man is what he isn’t, den he
isn’t what he is,
An’ as sure as I’m a talking, he’s
gwine to get his.
WANT CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Philadelphia, March 13.—A state
wide organization has been formed,
with headquarters in Philadelphia, to
demand of the present legislature a
civil rights bill. It will be patterned
after the New York bill. The effort
is being backed with large sums of
money for expenses. “The day of
reckoning and justice is at hand,” said
Dr. Barber, the president.
JACK JOHNSON BARRED
FROM BOXING IN MEXICO
Mexico City, March 11.—The an
nouncement that Jack Johnson was
scheduled for five bouts in Mexico
City was met today by an announce
ment that the government had re
quested the municipal authorities to
refuse licenses for boxing matches be
cause previous contests have been of
such unsatisfactory nature as to cause
disorder. It is expected that the mu
nicipality will accede to the request of
the federal authorities.
NEW TRIALS FOR NEGRO
SOLDIERS IN ATTACK CASE
Washington, D. C., March 11.—In
anouncing today that President Wil
son had set aside court martial sen
tences and ordered new trials in the
cases of nineteen Negro soldiers tried
at Camp Grant, 111., in connection
with an attack upon a woman, Secre- ^
tary Baker said the judge advocate '
general had found undue haste in
trying the men on the eve of their
division’s departure for France and
deprived the accused of the funda
mental rights.
Eight of the men were sentenced
to death, five sentenced to life im
prisonment, one found insane and five
acquitted.
The facts in these cases were not
touched upon by the reviewers.
IS SOI Til AWAKENING?
Atlanta, Ga., March 13.—That the
white south is awakening to the needs
and demands of the hour is attested
by the momentous conference of white
churches which has been 'in session
in this city. Dr. C. B. Wilmer, in
an address demanding justice for the
Negro declared that it should be
given without "camouflaging behind
a lot of glittering generalities.”
Among the things that these white
people will throw their influence be- ^
hind to encourage are: Justice in
courts, better living conditions, edu
cational opportunities extended and
courteous, clean traveling accommoda
tions.
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