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ytMtrmvr ,NOyEMBEE,1914 The Commoner i3 Miff f'Tfc" .. ' ' " " RESUMPTION New York World. ONE BliESSING THAT THE WAR HAS BROUGHT As one result of the war the pro ' duction of hooks and eyes has sud denly been stopped, or largely cur tailed, and it is reported that the en tire supply of these small but ex tremely significant commodities has been "bought up." Thus there is an immediate famine in that line, with the accompanying certainty of pro hibitive prices. In some ways the outlook thus produced may seem somewhat ap palling. Upon hooks and eyes, in present conditions, hangs the whole stability of feminine fashion, and the decorum of civilization is largely de pendent upon them. .And yet this -news, of the sudden corner in the hook and eye market will undoubted ly be received by thousands of men with subdued chuckles of mirth and gratification. Among the masuline portion of so ciety this is far from being a matter to inspire gloom. The process of "hooking up" i e., effecting an ac curate conjunction between sixty-four TvWmita hnnirf? nnrl thoir correspond ing eyes has driven many thou sands of respectable and harassed cit izens in the past few years to the verge of nervous r lustration. The amount of profanity it has inspired in men of hitherto unblemished char acter and habit is nothing short of deplorable. Honest and peaceable men have been rendered desperate and very likely the undermining influences of hooks and eyes have been one of the chief contributory causes for the in crease of divorce and the disruption of happy homes. Here seems an apt illustration of the saying that good may come out of evil. The shortage of hooks and eyes may very well bring about at leasta partial return of domestic tranquility. Providence Journal. IDEAIiISM OP THE JEWS The Jewish Immigrants cherish a pure, close-knit family life, and the position of the woman In the home Is one of dignity. More than any other immigrants they are ready to assume the support of distant needy relatives. They care for their 'own poor, and tho spirit of co-operation among them lg very noticeable, Their temper in scnsitivo and humane; very rarely in a Jew ohargod with any form of bru tality. Thero is among them a fine elite whioh roapond to tho appeal ot the Ideal and if found in every kind of ameliorative Work. Prof, 0, A, Roes, In The Oontury. GETTING POSTED An Irishman walked Into & hotel and noticed trro men fighting ai the" far end of the rooms Leaning over' the bar he earnestly Inquired bt the bartenderi u1q thai a private fight or can any one get into If?" ' Excavating isa-giueer: V, fc m .m.i ih JkJ - -afa-L