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The Commoner
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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:
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