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Action of Northwestern In
Federal Court Interests 30
S. Dakota Counties
Sioux Falls. S. D.. T . (—Litiga
tion of interest to more than 30 coun
ties In South Dakota Is scheduled for
presentation In ffiteral court hers
Thursday In a si-lt brought by the
Chicago and Northwestern railway
company In protest against the 1927
assessment levied against its property
in this state. It is maintained that
the value of its property in the sev
eral counties was excessive.
The action Is a setiuel to similar
proceedings brought by the same rail
way company on the Issue of the 1921
assessment. According to the annual
report of the state tax department
the total asseessed valuation for the
railway in 1922 was 541,956,406. By
agreement approximately 70 per cent,
of the company's tax under this as
sessment has been paid, leaving the
balance to be paid In accordance with
the court ruling.
Byron S. Payne, former attorney
general, who will appear with Attor
ney General Buell F. JoneB In defense
of the county assessments, conducted
the case for the state In the 1921 tax
litigation.. lie said that the Chicago
and Northwestern presented two Is
sues in the former case, under the
claim first that their property was
over assessed, and second, that the
valuation was unjust in comparison
to that turned in for neighboring
farm land In the several counties. In
the present case, only the first issue
Ik being presented, he said.
In the former case at Sioux Falls,
Judge Elliott held iis favor of the
state assessments on both issues pre
sented. Final decision in a subse
quent appeal to the circuit court at
appeals was prevented when full
payment of the assessed tax was
made by the plaintiff company. ' Th#
company ,has provided against (Ills
circumstance in the present action.
Attorneys for the state believe that
the valuation as made Is backed by
the force of a valuation of ail railroad
* property that has bean completed by
the interstate commerce commission,
and which, it is said, places th*
amounts in South Dakota at approx
imately the same figures of th* as
sessments.
PARTY PLATFORMS
OFFICIALLY PRINTED.
Pierre, S. D., T" * <-The plat
forms of the different parties, ma
jority,and minority, have been print
ed by the secretary of state, and
show how the different parties and
branches and factions look upon af
fairs, state and national.
In comparison, the majority demo
cratic platform is longer than the
combined platform of all other
parties and factions except that of the
minority republican, which Is about
half as Jong as the democratic ma
“~“jority, each evidently building on
words as political "strong medicine.**
While neither the majority or mi
nority republican platforms In' any
way attempt to discuss the present
“Richards’’ primary law, the majority
and minority farm-labor platforms
are demanding the restoration of
the repealed portions of that act,
which would restore the presidential
debates, and th>» publicity pamphlet
as a portion of the law. The demo
cratic minority takes the same po
sition and the democratic majority,
while in no way discussing the lam
in itself, goes oh record against any
legislative repeal of initiated or re
ferred laws, which puts tt In effect,
in opposition to any change in the
present election law as one of thir
class.
All of them are for lax reduction,
state and federal, and all are for a
soldiers bonus or compensation, which
President Coolidge has announced
will be an impossibility so far as both
are concerned.
GRAVELING TWO ROADS
OUT OF PARKER. 8. D.
Parker, 8. iD., ' <Special.)
—Two of this diatrlct of Turner
county’s worst stretches of road are
being put into shape this week by
a road graveling bee. Farmers liv
ing on the roads being Improved and
several from ^distant parts of the
founty took part In ths work. The
improvement is on the road leading
to and past RosehlU cemetery on
the north and to the Catholic ceme
tery on the southwest of ths dtjr.
The townsmhlp did the necessary
grading and ths county furnished ths
equipment. The business men of
Parker helped with the graveling or
hired men to do their share.
Establishment of great wild-life re
fuge and flora reserve on the Missis
' PP1 „!'l?®r between Rock Island. 111.,
end Wabasha, Minn., is proposed In a
resolution filed by Medifi McCormick,
eenator from Illinois
Plans for a municipal flying field
have been practically completed at Fitts
J?u,r/h. Pa. It will be called Rodgers
field In honor of Galbraith P. Rodgers
a Pittsburgher who was the first avia
tor to fly across the country.
What is probably the oldest organisa
tion of women In the United States is
the New Hampshire Institution and
Home Missionary society. It has had
a continuous existence extending over
a period of nearly 120 years.
The Swiss National railroad has or
dered 87 electric locomotives costing
<20,000 francs each, or 100,000 franca less
than each unit in the last lot. The
reduction in price is due to mass pro
ducttnn and will make possible the
complete electrification of the system
The old steam locomotives will be sold
abroad. __
The French parliament discusses
seriously votaa for French women. In
France, the ehopkeeper’e wife is us
ually the business woman, and al
ways shs Is ths advisor and practical
ly the head of the family. Americans
that think iff have a monopoly of
"real family enjoy deep Ignor
ance. There are nowhere on earth
closer farVJy ties, or more admirable
family ** "ban in France.
TODAY
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
How many Intelligent, progreewm
radicals are there? That quest lor
Hiram Johnson and Mr. McAdoo ait
perhaps, aak'Ag. Mr. Ford’s announce
toent that he Is for Coolidge settlei
»ne big political question. The ro*4
Jb clear for a two man race.
—
| The English have haunted houses,
kut they don’t really believe In ghosts,
Ind as soon as Baldwin goes out, they
kill complete details for recognizing
!he Russian government. They don't
isk Russia "are you scheming to fly
rour red flag on Buckingham Pul
Ice?” They do ask, "have you any
fhirtg to sell that we should like to
juy ?” The British have statesmen,
iducated men, running their govern
nent. No wonder they are amused
>y us.
Mr. Borg, with $2,000,000 made in
(Vail street, says, "I have all the mon
»y I want. My employes may have
jiy Wall street business. 1 am going
>o run a newspaper. I'm not a news
paper man but I have ideas as to how
a newspaper should be run.” Poor
Mr. Borg will miss that Wall street
brokerage office, when he begins get
ting the bills for hie newspaper. If
It goes the wrong way, as it generally
Joes, with an amateur, he will find
$2,000,000 about as useful as two ham
sandwiches would be on a walking
tour around the world.
Venizelos favors a hereditary pres
idency for Greece, Instead of a mon
archy. What’s the difference, If
the president's son inherits the pres
idency? If our presidency were hered
itary, atir presidents would have more
power than any European king. They
have that power now, Mr. Wilson, for
Instance, used it. in the war. An
election every four years, and tha
desire for a second term, keep our
presidents careful.
Things are better than they were,
even for kings. In Cromwell's and
Danton’s day, their heads were cut
»ff. The Greek king goes away, with
l pension of $28,000 a year for Ufa,
Jl8,00(> cash being paid on his leaving.
The Greeks will have to pick and dry
many currants to pay for that.
French money was very weak yes
terday. The government went into
the market, to keep up the price. Con
ditions have changed In Europe, to
the disadvantage of those that plan
ned a continental dictatorship for
France. At least financiers think bo,
and they establish the value of ex
change.
The Pope is striving through nego
tiations with Franco and Germany
to establish peace and friendship In
the Ruhr. Much has been accom
plished in that direction by the Eng
lish elections.
Poincare knows that Lloyd George
And British labor—Lloyd George, es
pecially, will talk plainly when the
time comes. The protest of Italy
Against the occupation' of the Ruhr
And the establishment of any French
dominion on German soil as a viola
tion of the Versailles treaty will have
Its effect.
Middlemen of the uYmccessary or
unproductive kind get too big prof
its In this country. Vioitors to New
York pay $12.00 for theater tickets
sold by managers at $3.30, Including
tax. The cost of living is the great
national question. It depends entirely
on retail prices and with those prices
the people that own the nation, have
pothlng whatever to do. They may
gamble but they must pay. It la
nobody’s business to protect the con
sumer. Ask the coal men.
The British have set up a puppet
king in Mesopotamia,'with all the
royal fixing court, grooms in watt
ing, royal chamberlain and the British
a« usual are wise. Young children
need a nurse, backward peoples need
a king with Britain's hand above
him. This modern king of Mesopo
tamia would aeem a strange doll to
old Kings, like Hammurabi or Cyru%
who wrote in his epitaph, "I am Cy
rus, Q Man,” but Britain’s doll will
be useful. If England can restore
the fertility that once lined the Ti
gris and Euphrates, that will be even
more useful.
POET KNOWLEDGE.
I know the primrose huo of morning
fills
My spirit with repose that heals and
stills.
1 know the dying sun’s emblasoned
fold
Betrays tomorrow's birth In tints of
gold.
1 know the chickadees la early spring
Maks wayside firs with heavenly pre.
hides ring.
I know the twilight breath of meadow
bay
liprinkles with myrrh the drowsy snd
of day.
I know the gentle hush of falling snow
Pours through my heart a warm reli
gious glow.
I know, as I go out beneath tho star*
That God himself has taket^ down tho
bars,
To let me wander In the pastures
where
Tli*< one Impulsive utterance Is prayer.
-P* Wilbert Snow In The Forum.
Every cadet at WeBt Point Is to have
a Bible. At the request of the Rev.
■ Clayton E. Wheat, the chaplain, offi
cials of the American Bible society and
.he American Tract society will pres
ent them at Sunday service.
Nobody Happy.
' From the Aurora Advertiser.
Eggs are 50 cents a dozen, hot dog;
thought I would tell a farmer tho
good news. Farmer Bald he didn’t
have any eggs to sell. Tough luck.
Told a town man eggs was 50 cents.
Town man said, “Ain't it-.’ No
body happy. Thought Magnus John,
son would like to bear this. Wired
nSm, charges collect. He refused
•lamn. Must ba something the may
; wr with the government at Waif
hgon.
V
Some Diets for Diabetics.
Mrs. M. F. writes that she had
charge of her mother who had diabetes.
By following the plan described below
the mother was cured in five years:
Substitute Jireh or diabetic flour in
ail cooking where ordinary flour is used.
Saccharin for all sweetening. Famous
Austrian physician allowed some oat
meal.
Use home made cottage cheese with
one-third quantity of beaten sour cream,
eliminating the water from same.
Plenty of good sweet cream in butter
milk.
The use of butter fats extensively as
a substitute for the nourishment gen
erally derived from sugar and flour.
Itecipe for splendid oatmeal cakes:
One cupful oatmeal.
One cupful pecans, chopped.
Saccharin to sweeten dissolved in
tablespoonful of milk.
Two eggs beaten.
One and one-half teaspoonful baking
powder.
Knough milk to make stiff batter.
Drop in small spoonfuls on waxed
paper and bake till brown. Make bat
ter stiff enough-to keep from running
together. Will keep a long time.
Patient should have plenty of eggs,
milk and butter fat. -
Mrs. H. D. was not so successful, but
she writes:
"My son, 5 years old, had sugar dia
betes with 5 per cent sugar before we
were aware of it (it is one of the most
deceiving diseases). We took him to a
specialist, who put him on a strict diet.
In a week's time he was stronger and
began to play as he formerly had. He
lived mostly on green vegetables and
chicken or meats unfloured. His bread
I made of soy bean flour, and he could
_tat alt he wanted, as this contained no
“starch. I used this flour for his gravies
and to thicken different dishes.
"For breakfast he had unsweetened
oatmeal with plenty of cream, and cof
fee. At noon, his bread and butter,
one or two green vegetables, a meat,
coffee, dessert or jellp and whipped
cream or unsweetened fruits with
cream. At night he usually had a
poached egg, slaw, bread and butter.
"He had celery, nuts, cheese, ripe to
matoes (In season) to eat between
meals. His percentage of sugar was
reduced to none fo~ Bix months; then' it
gradually increased. By starving all
one day we could reduce it.”
Chicago May Walk in Air.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Double-deck sidewalks are proposed
in the Chicago city council as a meas
ure of relief for the pedestrian Jam in
the region of the loop. Vehicular traf
fic has been hoisted into the air and
put underground to ease surface trans
portation. It is now the pedestrian’s
turn to detour above or below to give
his fellows more elbow room.
The Chicago plan suggests useful pos
sibilities. It is proposed to connect the
upstairs sidewalks directly with the ele
vated railroad stations. The existence
of an elevated railway is not, however,
essential to the success of the plan.
An elevated sidewalk would naturally
connect with business structures by
way of their second story. It would
bring second story space Into a new de
mand for retail use. No small part of
the pedestrian congestion Is due to
people merely going from one store to
another In shopping or going from of
fice to restaurant for lunch. It is said
that In New York one may leave home
In the morning, shop all day and return
at night without ever seeeing daylight
or setting foot on the surface of walk or
street. Something of a similar possibil
ity might exist in a comprehensive sys
tem of elevated sidewalks.
Advice for T. B. Patients* .
Consumption is one of those diseases
with which many people must learn to
live or pay the penalty. The average
length of the Illness occasioned by It Is
said to be almost three years. I have
known of people who have lived with
consumption for more than 10 years. 1
have In mind very prominent railroad
man In the southwest who has been a
consumptive for 40 years. He, In spite
of his infirmity, is a very powerful and
important member of society in his
section, perhaps the most important In
a range comprising several states. The
secret is this: He has learned to live
with his disease.
I wish every consumptive could have
a copy of “Hints and Helps for Tubercu
losis Patients," by Dr. Charles L. Minor,
of Asheville. N. C. This book of rules of
less than 6,000 words has been published
five times by the Journal of Outdoor
Life. That Journal will reprint It and
•ell It for 10 cents. It can be procured
through local tuberculosis societies.
The first IS rules relate to rest. The
/Ules for outdoor living are five in num
ber, and go into minute details. The ad
vice is to stay out of doors at least eight
clothes without due consideration, re
membering that:
"Beneath this stone, a lump of clay,
to 10 hours a day. One rule Is never
to stay out of doors when you are chilly,
but this means that a person mis taka
pains to be warmly covered, not that
they are to stay Indoors In Inclement
weather. The only weather to keep out
of Is that of sleet storms. In hot weath
er a person should cover his head
against the sun.
The rules about eating are 12 in num
ber. There are six rules relating to
•Vtthlng. Chest protectors are advised
■febinst. The winter underclothing Is to
be worn until about June 1, and the
avmmcr weights until about November
16. "Never change the weight of your
Lies Uncle Peter Daniels,
Who early in the month of May
Took off his winter flannels.”
Five rules are given as to bathing.
One is: "If you suffer from chilliness
try salt and alcohol rubs. If you tend to
perspire too freely, vinegar and alcohol
rubs."
Other subjects covered are: The room,
bed, and sleep; amusements, care of the
voice, cough and expectoration, medi
cines, miscellaneous, and mental atti
tude.
American Leadership In Peace.
From the Chicago News.
Representative Mondell, republican
leader In the federal House of Repre
sentatives, put the case for American
Inltiattye In respect of armament limi
tation very convincingly In his state
ment to the naval committee. Mr.
MondeU’s argument Isthat an intema
tions' agreement to reduce military and
naval budgets is absolutely essential to
certain old-world countries If they are
to avoid bankruptcy and possibly worse
internal and external evils. It is evident
that none of them will act unless all
act In concert. It is equally evident
that the duty or privilege of leading in
this movement for genuine economy and
reconstruction devolves upon the United
States.
Lenin Against Unions.
From the Springfield Republican.
Lenin Is at last on common ground
with a large group of capitalists and
employers in this country In his sharp
criticism of labor unions. The extremes
oddly meet. The Russian labor union
ists, writes Lenin In his Petrograd or
gan, "are out for material benefit to
themselves at the expense of the genera]
welfare of the communist state.” Labor
unionism, he complains, threatens to
destroy the supremacy of bolshevism.
HUGE BOGUS
MONEY RING
IS DISCLOSED
Five Persons Arrested in
Million Dollar Counter
feit Discovery
Universal Service
Chicago, Dec. 28.—Five persons
Were arrested by secret service op
eratives today, charged with forging
$10 bills. Nine others are being
sought. Operations of the band ex
tend from New York to Denver, ac
cording to the government agents.
It is believed by government agents
that more than $500,000 and possibly
$1,000,000, of bad money has been
worked off by the band during the
past few weeks.
Of the five arrested one is a wom
an. The government officials refused
to disclose their names.
Nine hundred counterfeit bills were
found in a road house near Chicago.
The “plant” where the bills are print
ed is believed located in the east.
EX-CONVICT OFFERS
BLOOD TO HELP MAN
WHO CONVICTED HIM
Universal Service
Paris, Dec. 28.—A former convict,
prosecuted and sent to San Quentin
prison for two years by Thomas Lee
Woolwine, Californian, who has been
ill here, called on his fbrmer prose
cutor Friday, and offered his blood
In a transfusion operation to restore
Woolwlne's health.
"You sent me to prison," he told
Wooliwine, “but you helped my wife
get a Job and support herself while
I was doing time. Now I want to do
something to show my gratitude*"
Woolwine declined the man’s offer,
explaining that his health has so im
proved lately that transfusion is no
longer necessary. He declined to
give the former convict’s name.
U. S. Engineer* Urge
Improvements on Coast
Universal Service
Washington, Dec. 28.-—Expenditure
of $149,000 for dredging portions of
the San Diego harbor to a depth of
82 feet was urged upon congress by
the chief egineers of the army Fri
day.
Expenditure of $365,000 for the
Duwanlsh waterway in Seattle was
also asked.
Secretary of War Weeks made an
additional allotment of $300,000 for
•’improvement of the upper Mississippi
river, the original allotment of $1,*
050,000 being found nsufficie{nt.
Building Activities In
Iowa Show Great Gains
Chicago, Dec. 28.—The seasonal de
cline in building activities in the
states included In the seventh fede
ral reserve district came during Nov
ember this year when contract*
awarded amounted to $43,690,353, or
25 per cent, below October, the
monthly business condition report of
the federal reserve bank of Chicago
announced today.
The decrease In residential con
struction amounted to 18.9 per cent,
for the district, although In Iowa, It
Increased 41.2 per cent.
Decreases for November amounted
to 2 per cent, for Chicago and 5.1 per
cent, for Des Moines.
Venizelos to Start for
Greece Within 48 Hours
Paris, Dec. 28.—A delegation sent
from Greece to persuade Ex-Pre
mier Venizelos to return home and
help unravel Greece’s political tan
gle, arrived here today. It* mem
bers were happy to discover that
their mission had been accomplished
for them by telegraph while they
were on the way.
M. Venizelos’ departure 1* fixed
for sometime within the next 4$
hours. _
Radio Fans Hear Concert
Broadcast From England
Chicago, Dec. 28.(U. P.)—Radio
programs broadcast from Scotland
and England were heard at A. P.
Combs, Enid, Okla., and M. B. Norm
an, Eureka Center, Wls., according
to reports to Chicago radio oflce to
day.
Both men, using three-tube re
ceiving sets, are believed to have
established a long distance receiving
record.
Contrary to Rules.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Deacon Jones was snoozing in the
rear pew as the minister closed his
sermon with the words: "we will close
with a short prayer. Deacon Jones will
lead." Deacon Jones opened his eyes
and sat up with a Jerk. "Tatn't my
lead. I just dealt!*‘_
At the time of the recent eclipee of the
sun September 10, along the southern
coast of California, there were on the
state highway 140 miles of automobiles,
packed closely together. The occupants
were Journeying from Los Angeles to
San Diego and T!a Juana. Mexico, to
see the total eclipse. TnKTflc moved at
six miles an hour and 1,000 arrests were
made for cutting out of line and en
dangering others on the Torry Pines
grade, Just out of Pan Diego. Gaso
line stations were drained early In the
dav and fuel was sold for 40 cents a
gallon Instead of 15 cents.
Eskimos in th* Canadian northwest
have asked the Anglican church to
send missionaries to offset the de
moralising tnfluenci of vicious whites.
Anton Lang, of Passion Play Famey
Smiles at Recital of Religious Furies
From the Philadelphia Record.
Into a city and country torn by the bitter battles of evolution
ists and fundamentalists, where the hell-hounds of religious pre
judice and hate have been let loose, there came this week a re
markable old man who has tried through life to catch and give out
something of the spirit of Christ—Anton Lang, the Christ of the
Passion Play of Oberammergau. And when they told him of the
hates that have been evoked in the holy name of religion he smiled
and said:
“At Oberammergau we have all kinds. There is a Catholio
church, and a chapel that is used by the Protestants, Baptists,
Methodists, Episcopalians, all kinds. But that isn’t what counts.
It is how one lives that makes one good or bad; and Jesus, I be
lieve, will take us all to heaven according to our virtues. There
are no religious quarrels in Oberammergau.
He did not mean to scold, for he is seemingly a gentle soul, but
the rebuke to the little beasts in the Kilkenny catfight of clashing
creeds is no less real. And if he smiled, it must have been with
pity. Possibly he smiled because he could not see how evolution
ists and fundamentalists can denounce and damn, hate and des
pise one another in the name of Him who came to tell us to love on»
another. And barely possible, because in the story of the Klan hfr
biit saw anew the age-old mockery and sham of stealing the livery
of the court of heaven to serve the devil in.
Maybe he smiled in meditating on the fact that while God’»
purposes and God’s love are eternal, the petty bickerings of men
who come and go and are forgotten are of very little moment after
all.
And again, perhaps, when they told him, if they did, of the.
lashing of men and women because of creed, and of the gesticulat
ing evangels of scorn and hate in pulpits and on platforms—all ia
the name of religion—he may have thought of the admonition of
the Christ—“Love one another.” And that, too, would have mad»
him smile.
There are enough bigots of the fifty-seven varieties, lighting
the fires of hate by using torn Bible leaves as tapers, to amuse,
amaze, or shock the gentle figure from Oberammergau.
INCREASE IN EYE INJURIES.
New York.—The National Com
n ittee for the Prevention of Blind
ness reports a striking increase dur
ing November in the number of
serious eye injuries. A total of 424
such Injuries were reported in No
vember, against 318 in October.
Five women seriously injured tlielr
eyesight when they stuck hot curl
ing Irons in their eyes. In all 92
children were victims of eye ac
cidents, 47 resulting from games.
Glimpsing ■ Figure.
From the Los Angeles Times.
Twenty thousand Americans on
Armistice Day made a pilgrimage to
the home of Woodrow Wilson. They
were inspired by a sentiment almost
devotional in its character. Many of
them wept with emotion when they
were permitted to behold the wan
and wasted figure of their former
chieftain. On virtually the Bame day
thousands listened for tho message
over the radio from the same distin
guished patriot. The temper of his
utterance was courageous and inspir
ing, but the voice was a feeble and
faltering one.
It Is manifest that, while the mind
and heart of Woodrow Wilson are
clear, strong and wholesome, his
physical being does not respond to
tne exactions he would place upon it.
Those who gathered at his door agree
that the former President was serene
and cheerful in his communication,
yet his words came to them as a voice
from another world.
But, if the physical being of Wood
row Wilson has wasted in the judg
ment of human eyes, he continues to
vastly impress the American mind.
No other man in America carries the
influence in the same way as is
exercised by this pale figure at the
national capital. Even his political
enemies will agree that he is the
greatest private citizen in the world
today. As an intellectual idealist he
stands forth like a Himalayan peak
and, even where his judgments erred,
he still commands the almost reverent
respect of millions of American men
and Women.
U. S. MINISTER SAYS
PRESIDENT HARDING
WAS CHINA’S FRIEND
Peking.—Speaking at the unveil
ing of a memorial tablet to the late
President Harding, erected by
Chinese subscriptions, In the Central
Park here, Jacob G. Schurman,
United States minister to China, read
a portion of a personal letter which
President Harding wrote him April
1, 1822, regarding the Washington
Conference.
In his letter, the late President
said: ‘‘I really think we have done
things which will be an exceedingly
great help to China, and, as you
know, they have all been done with
utter unselfishness. We are all hop
ing that most benencial results will
fellow, In every way. If the Chinese
government wishes to strengthen
and fully asStert itself, the provisions
wrought In the conference must be
exceedingly encouraging."
Minister Schurman said that Presi
dent Harding wanted to see China
freed from foreign restrictions and
fendowed with full powers of sover
eignty at the earliest moment.
While some of the provisions of the
Washington conference did not ful
fill this, Mr. Harding believed that
the prospects were bright for an
early consummation of all provisions.
*
She Misunderstood.
Miss De Style—I read a lot In the
paper about separatlonlsts. Who are
they?
Miss Gunbusta—Residents of Reno, I
suppose.
The Price Booster.
A man who had lived several years
on a tropical South Sea Is land came
north one winter. He sought out a coal
dealer and asked him the price of a
ton of coal. The dealer told him.
"What’s the matter?” whispered the
former South Seas man. "Have they
passed a law against selling that, too?”
Meant It.
"I ’aven’t seen v*r 'usband about
lately. Mrs. ’Iggins, I ’ope ’e’g quite
well?”’
"Didn’t you ’ear—’e fell off a tram an'
got conclusion of the brain?”
"You mean ’concussion.’ Mrs. ‘Iggins ”
"I mean 'conclusion,' Mrs. 'lagging
's died.”
DAY PIECE.
The poplars run before me as a child*
And hide behind the bend,
I find in all this nun-like loveliness
Of trees a quaint sweet friend.
With green and purple thoughts Jf
walk the hills,
I linger near the sea;
Not for the deeper shadows to coma
on
With evening mystery;
Nor for the red canoe of sunset on
Its way to whiter streams;
Nor for the overtones that stars and
moon
Give me and take—night’s dreams.
It’s only for a something in my heart
That life has given me
And still withheld * • *; I have and
yet have not
A tree, a hill, a sea.
-—Benjamin Rosenbaum in Poetry*
BY HENRY VAN DYKE.
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THE USEFULNESS OF
COURAGE.
Deal courageously, and the Lord be*
With the good.—11 Chron., 1911.
Courage is a serviceable virtue.
There is hardly any place in which*
it is not useful.
There is no type-of character, no
sphere of action, in which there is not
room and need for it.
Genius is talent set on Are by cour
age.
Fidelity is simply daring to be truo
in small things as well as in great.
As many as are the conflicts and
perils and hardships of life, so many
are the uses and the forms of cour
age. |
It is necessary, Indeed, as the pro
tector and defender of all the other
virtues.
Courage is the standing army of the>
soul which keeps it from conquest*
pillage, and slavery.
Unless we are brave we can hardly
be truthful, or generous, or just, or
pure, or kind, or loyal.
“Few persons,” says a wise ob
server, “have the courage to fippear
as good as they really are.”
You must be brave in order to ful
fill your own possibilities of virtue.
Courage is essential to guard thw
best qualities of the soul, and clear
the way for their action, and make
them move with freedom and vigor.
“Courage, the highest gift, that
scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end;
Courage, an independent spark
from Heaven’s throne,
By which ths soul stands raised,
triumphed, high, alone;
The spring of all true acts is seated
hers.
As falsehoods draw their sordid,
birth from fear.”
If we desire to be good, we must
first of all desire to be brave, that
against all.opposition, scorn, and dan
ger we may move straight onward tc*
do the right
Lucky Girl.
From The Chicago News.
“Many people Imagine that good
looks are the principal asset of a film
actress,” said Ethel Clayton, the Eng
lish actress, recently. “That’s wherot
they’re wrong. Ugliness is sometime*
an equally valuable asset, provided It
Is coupled with a talent for facial ex
pression. Which reminds me of a story
A movie actress of this type with whom,
I am acquainted has a little sister, who
came with her to the studio the other
day. Between the acts she volunteered
the Information that ’Sis is a lucky
girl.’ ‘In what way?’ I smilingly asked
the little lady. ’She went to a party
last night,’ explained the child, ‘whero
they played a game In which the men,
either had to kiss a girl or pay a.
forfeit of a box of chocolates.’ ‘Well
how was she lucky?’ I asked. ’Sha
came home with thirteen boxes.’ ”
British Tennis Fans
Will “Seed the Draw’*
London.—The American system of
“sedlng the. draw" will probably bo
Introduced at the Lawn Tennl*
Championships at Wimbledon next
year.
This was decided by the rules Com
mittee to avoid “the possibility of
foreign and overseas players who
come from a long distance meeting
each other In the early rounds of tho
championships.’’
The new method Is expected to
provide exciting finals.
