TUB NOKKOlMv AVKHKLY NKWS. ! Ot'RNAh , FRIDAY , MAY 32 , 1911.
The Norfolk Weekly News-Journi
The Nowa , Kmabllshod 1881.
Tliu Journal , 1-Mnbllshcd 187
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Entered at tlio postofllco at Norfol
Nob. , UH second ehiBB iniitlcr.
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No. 22. Business OIllco mill Job Uoou :
No. II 22.
Unngor anil ItB clgarot promise
go down to lilntory with Chicago ai
Mrs. O'Lonry'B cow.
The principal business of the que <
of the May nowadays IB to got tl
dual out of the parlor rug.
If ton per rout of the gardens th
are planted every spring niaterlallzi
what a beautiful world this would I
Now York Is said to bo facing
water famine , but they'll never lent
the difference on the Great Whl
Way.
Now the students are rioting
Mexico. The liberal culture of o
colleges la acquiring an Internatlon
Influence.
Socialist Merger has moved to nbi
Ish the senate. IIo should not gl
up hopes of getting Into It so early
the game.
lly the time the democratic hou
reaches Schedule K , the- wool nv
will wish they could put an O tihci
of the K.
Alfred Austin is writing a coron
tlon ode , which relieves us of the fc
that he will offer us any spring poet
before 1912.
J. P. Morgan paid $25,000 for
Latin letter Martin Luther wrote , ai
wo have doubts If Mr. Morgan ct
read It at that.
Former Senator Bevcrldgo is nc
mentioned for ambassador to Gc
many. It Is about time we had
book about Germany.
The per capita circulation of mom
is $31.55 , and If the socialists won
quit talking about a divy and go
work , It might bo $34.tiG.
Possibly on days when there are i
ball games and some time during tl
summer , the senate will begin to d
bate the reciprocity treaty.
If the democrats had any Idea th
some of their measures could becon
law , they might stop to read the
over before voting for them.
Twenty-one nations give Carnegie
gold medal for promoting peace ,
they don't look out ho will try to wo
off a library on some of them.
The huumiie minded person nc
goes out. to plant a tree in order th
future generations of caterpillars sli !
not suffer the pangs of hunger.
Hobble skirts can not bo worn
the coronation festivities , and mai
of our feminine tourists will bo wls
Ing they had remained at home.
A Jap ball team from Waseeda ui
verslly is beating our western collei
teams. This a portentous sign
the decline of American education.
The fashion plates continue to me
el women after a peg-top , but tl
great majority of sensible womanhoi
never gets far from the bell outline.
Our people are traveling thousam
of miles to see the coronation , whl
sensible Londoners are preparing
take to cover until the racket Is eve
Andrew Carnegie told the peai
conference that Britain Is his motht
land and America his wlfeland. I
seems to have married his own slstc
Labor troubles used to prevail Mi
day , but the workingman reallz
pretty well now that when he strlk
he usually hits his wife and chiltln
llrst.
Keelprocity is said to bo sure
lifty-livo votes in the senate , but nln
ty-two senators have speeches whli
must llrst bo Interred in the Congrc
slonal Record.
Seventeen Baltimore students ha' '
offered to bo subjects to test a cane
cure , while most of us cross the stre
to avoid a friend who has recent
bad the measles.
Solomon's crown is said to h.r
been found by archaeologists. PC
Imps King George could buy it chei
at second hand , instead of having
invest in a new one.
In the early days of temperance i
form , wo used to hear about "T (
Nights in a Bar-room. " Our glld <
youth of today are more inclined
ten bar-rooms in a night.
This Is a time of great danger
health , when the housecleaners Incl
the germs to go rampaging all ovi
the house , when before they wore res
ing quietly us harmless as kittens.
The birth rate in the American sc
tion of New York is one-eighth <
that in'tho ' foreign section on the ca
nlde. Money doesn't HCOIII to have n
affinity for the high birth rate In No
York.
The principal test for candidates 1
the election of 1012 Is going to 1
tholr ability to cram good leglslatlr
down the throats of the bosses HO fi
that It will stilish out of their boi
heels.
April showers were scarce this yei
over the bulk of the country , and tl
people who have run off with the
neighbors' umbrellas have doll von
themselves to the enemy of souls I
nought.
Postmaster General Hitchcock wan
to try one cent postage In the Dlstrl
of Columbia. Better make It easl
for the people to write to ofllceholde
Instead of for the ofllce holders
write to the people.
President Taft told tlw peace co
ferenco that wo want no mure alii
territory. If other people want us
give thorn good government , tin
must pay the market price for the
costly goods we have been glvli
away free.
Simon Guggenheim of Colorado
on the senate committees on publ
lands and conservation. Mr. Guggc
helm has long ago been regarded
one of the most successful consen
tors of the age. Ho conserves It
the family safety deposit box.
The harvest of insurrection whl
Mexico Is reaping has grown from :
most universal ignorance- and lack
character. It is not possible to bul
a real republic on such a foundatlc
It would require a prophet Indeed
predict with any degree of accura
what will happen In the very no
future In that unfortunate counti
The outlook Is discouraging , yet wl
the right kind of people Mexico cou
bo one of the most prosperous cou
tries on earth.
Wo usually think of a bank as
place wboro money is deposited ai
loaned , but a bank Is about to bo <
tabllshed in London which is not
have a money capital. The coi
modlty It Is to handle Is far moro vi
nablo than gold or silver , for tli
unique bank will deal in radium ,
the bank's vaults thcro will bo dope
Ited $250,000 worth of radium , whl
will bo loaned to physicians of ac
nowlcdged standing and others , wl
will deposit Its value in money , pa
Ing a certain sum for the loan. It
less than eight years since radlu
was discovered , and while its vali
is not yet fully known , It Is alreai
of untold nso to physicians. A floi
tailing business is anticipated by tl
bank.
MEXICO.
The action of Madero's insurrect
In continuing the war without the ca
sent of their commander , even itt
every rebel demand upon the gover
ment had been met by President Diti
shows the class of men who ha'
spread revolution throughout Mexic
It demonstrates their Inability to ns
themselves and shov g the absurdity
their demanding self government.
Mexico Is today what Diaz has mm
it. Many of the rebels are soldiers
fortune , seeking merely adventui
Among this class are many irrespo
siblo Americans.
When Diaz announced that ho wou
resign , there seemed hope for imm
dlato peace. But while Madero , tl
rebel commander , was sending tel
grams to the president to tell him he
he had saved Mexico , Madero's ov
"loyal" followers were overthrow ! ]
the command of their leader and flgl
ing for the sake of satisfying the
lust for human blood.
Diaz has said ho would lay dev
tno reigns of government when pea
is established. lie Is almost too o
for the burdens of the governmei
being over SO. But for such men :
the insurrectos to succeed in gettii
hold of the government of Mexic
would mean nothing short of a catr
trophe.
THE OHIO GRAFT CHARGES.
The every day citizen , who pays li
debts and would rather sleep nigh
than sponge a dollar out of others th
does not belong to him , reads with
sickening disgust the story of allegi
graft In the Ohio legislature.
Taken in connection with the Lo
mer election , the Adams county , (
scandals , the Plttsburg graft cast
etc. , one soon acquires the cynic
feeling that American politics Is
putrid garbage heap.
Meanwhile , the average buslne
firm soon ilnds out that It must gl'
dollar for dollar , or there will be
gravestone over Its remains In a c
paclous industrial cemetery.
The grafters , when you look
them , seem Just about like averai
people. You find their names on tl
philanthropic subscription papei
their bankers certify to tholr flnancl
orthodoxy , they often sit In high prlci
pews at church.
Why is It that the American peep
beat the world on making steel at
cotton and bridges and locomotive
but are turning out such a Job lot a
tide in the way of government ?
A big problem for a little artlcl
Hero are three reasons.
1 Too much politics In local go
eminent. We used to feel that unlei
a man agreed with us about the ta
iff , ho was not capable of bulldli
streets and Bowers. But the vote
are fast getting by that period of the
political Infancy.
2 The practice of secret plcdgli
of convention delegates. The vet
walks up to the caucus ballot b <
with a chesty feeling of patriotic cl
zcnshlp , and votes for some dolega
who purposes and IB pledged to act <
rectly contrary to the desire of tl
men who voted for him. The vote
are tired of having it possible for (
lice seekera to get Into power , mere
by "seeing" BOIHO boss.
8 The sluggish , sleepy , phlcgmat
Indifference of many supposedly goi
citizens. They will remain away fro
the caucus to save a dollar's worth
time , while the rats of munlciii
knavery are wasting $10 in taxes , i
rect and Indirect.
CARDINAL GIBBONS.
Nation-wide observances began t
Iiast week , celebrating the ordlnatli
of Cardinal Gibbons to the prlesthoc
and the twenty-fifth anniversary
his elevation to the cardlnalato.
Cardinal Gibbons IB said to be t
only archbishop In the world who h
no carriage of his own. Although
will be 77 years old July 23 , you ci
see him almost any afternoon , w :
tor or summer , tramping along Bal
more's streets. In the Muttering jn
of Charles street , a thoroughfare
fashionable shoppers and paradl
dandies , you will note a spare a
erect old gentleman , with a straig
rimmed silk hat , distinct In style frc
the modes of the moment , and with
touch of scarlet under the brim. It
James , Cardinal Gibbons , on no le
urely stroll , but swinging along at
steady pace over Baltimore's hills ,
a rate that makes many a vlslti
churchman puff. He is not usual
satisfied until he has reeled off fete
to five miles , whether storm or si
shine is to be faced.
If you are a newspaper man set
ing an interview , a churchman wi
ambitions , or a curiosity seeker , y
will Mnd him at his desk before t
most of his townspeople are out
bed. Unless you look as if you ci
ried a bomb , you will reach him wh
your turn comes. IIo will listen
you as if your time were as importa
as his. And he has almost ns ma
calls in a day as the president of t
United States.
Baltimore is a great center for <
icures. While feasts of terrapin a :
wild duck and soft crabs irradiate t
memories of many high livers , a :
stimulate their palate for gastronon
triumphs to come , Cardinal Glbbo
lives on simple roasts and buttermi :
Cardinal Gibbons is a writer of o
of the world's "best sellers , " as 1
book of popular theology has reach
a circulation of 2,000,000. He Is not
for his American spirit , and his wi
and tactful leadership. But the sp {
taclo of a man elevated to a sumn
of earthly dignity , who lives as' sii
ply as the ordinary citizen , gives 1
personality a unique charm.
WHISKERS VS. BALD HEADS.
The above portentous theme was t
bated at the National Press club , wl
Nick Longworth and Bob Taylor f
the bald heads , and Tom Carter ai
Uncle Joe Cannon for the whlskerlU
Congressman Nick said whiske
are a lodgment for germs and oth
herbivorae , Uncle Joe quoted Shake
peare that "ho that hath no beard
less than a man. "
While wearing a beard Is usual
considered merely a matter of fashle
yet certain underlying temperamen
lead men to adopt or reject it.
Whiskers are appropriate to a ph
osophic temperament. The man wl
a long flowing beard gives an impn
slon of calm retreat from strife ai
turmoil. The beard must bo appi
priate to such a temperament since
Is a great deal more common In tl
country than In the city , rural si
roundlngs being more conducive to i
flectlve philosophy.
Pure logic undoubtedly advls
whiskers. There is essentially i
more reason for shaving the part :
ular hairs that ornament the chin tin
for shaving those that surmount tl
eye or that cover the scalp.
It takes a great deal of time
shave oneself , or if one is too ind
lent to propel the razor himself , 1
must pay a heavy tax to the barbc
In the latter case , the hours spent
the barber's shop must In a ye
amount to nearly a week of workii
time.
On the other hand , the smooth fa
gives an impression of greater alei
ness. Alexander the Great instituti
shaving , so that his antagonists mlg
not bo able to grasp his soldiers 1
the hair. As the hairless man lee !
younger he feels younger , and ve
likely more than gains the fifteen ml
utes a day which the habit of shavli
costs him.
While the whiskorlto can point
an Illimitable number of illustrious e
amples , few young men of today a
wearing whiskers. It Is an age f
speed , and a bewhiskered man ru
ning for the train gives an improsslc
of a nature at war with itself and I
surroundings.
MAY-DAY AND J.ABOR.
On May 2 , 11)11 ) , a leading .metr
polltan newspaper printed dispatchi
from only three American cities , gl
Ing reports of labor troubles , whl <
traditionally aio apt to center aboi
May day.
These three were the strike of Pen
sylvanla R. it. shopmen , the Los Ang
lew carpenters , and a small atrlko <
450 Philadelphia plumbers.
On May 2 , 1)02 ! ) , the same nowspapt
printed news from twenty-two dlffc
out strike situations In the Unite
States. Some of those , as for Instam
the Lowell , Mass.Ntt'xtllo strike , at
the shutting down ofIS mines In Cti
cage & Alton R , R. territory , were fi
reaching.
What has caused In nlno years th
sharp dccllno. In the tendency to at
tlo labor disputes by war ?
Principally a perception of the dc
tructlvo power of the weapons In tl
hands of both the contending force
It has been as some day It will bo
the International Meld , when arm
nients bccomo too destructive , tl :
common sense of mankind will r
bol at the wholesale loss.
The organization of strike brcakli
Into a recognized business has placi
powerful arms In the hands ot cnpltt
Ono Now York concern has had 31
000 men on Its list , who cither fro
the pinch of want , or dare devil a
venture , or because they were of tl
hobo type , were willing to bo cnlli
"rat soiilcd scabs" for the sake
$2.50 to $ I.50 ! per day.
As the strike breaking concern g
$5 per day for each man In the Nc
York traction strike , this ono job gir
returns while It lasted equal to tl
salary of the president of the Unlti
States.
On the other hand , the labor arn
has boon drilled and systematized wl
organization by companies for relit
watch of dlsalfectcd workmen , ai
persuasion of strike breakers. Sj
toins of reprisal have in some cas
proved of deadly effect , as whei
worklngmen slip Into their pocke
portions of machines which tie up
whole factory. The peaceful scttl
ment of the anthracite coal strike 1
an arbitration commission was a ma
nlflccnt object lesson.
As Wayne MacVeagh said at tl
time , a strike Is a "foretaste of hell
When merchants will only give orde
when they can get a privilege
cancellation In case of strike , wh <
children have to bo sent premature
Into factories away from homo
build a reserve against a day of wn
ono sees how deadly the effects
strikes are , and the working peep
realize it better than anyone else.
AROUND TOWN.
Those new putting plots on the gc
links aren't as green as they look.
The senate is progressing. It wor
begin work until 2 p. m. There seen
to be foundation for the hope th. .
by and by it won't meet at all.
When ten or a dozen tramps g
camped outside the city limits , nimo
get around within an hour or so tin
there are at least seventy-five despc
adoes preparing for a concentrated n
tack upon the city.
Note to Intending Suicides :
would bo a great accommodation i
The News if you would give this pap <
an advance tip when you get ready i
carry out your plan. Wo spent $2 i
telephone calls the other afternoc
trying to verify a rumor that a form <
Norfolk man had shot himself , ar
never got any verification at tha
We'd bo willing to pay a small coi
mission to those planning to shot
themselves , for advance informatlo
All such information , of course , won !
bo regarded as strictly confidential.
Wo knew all along that Mexico
warring factions would come to tern
of peace , before that cold had su
sided. The rebels and federals ha\
met in peace conference , and tern
named , but personally we're still uslr.
up eight white flags a day without tl :
slightest sign that the germs are wl
ling to quit fighting.
The Mayor Please Take Note.
If wo were to become a grandfathe
we'd set up the cigars to the Aroun
Town department.
The o. f. plagiarist is not yet obll
orated. Like the lly , though oftc
swatted , he succeeds in coming bacl
For example , the Around Town cc
nmn on April 2o said : "What's b
come of the old fashioned girl wl :
stuck gum under the dining room t
hie during meal time ? " And on Fi
day , May 5 , the Chicago Tribune
Line-O'-Type man , B. L. T. , prlntc
this in his column : "What , by tl :
way , has become of the o. f. girl wli
used to stick her gum under the dl :
Ing room table ? " Apparently tl :
Tribune is In need of help.
Thanks , Old Scout Congratulation
Norfolk , Neb. , May 7. Around Tow
Editor : Please accept this box of e
gars , on the strength of my becomiii
a grandfather. Yours truly , J. F.
A Norfolk horse committed sulchl
the other day. Now how did tin
horse know anything about the li
creased cosr of living ? Just hors
sense , probably.
See if Thls'll Work.
To the grass seed : Wo dare yo
to come out !
"Mexico In pieces" sounds more t
the point than "peace In Mexico. "
Now that the war Is over , we're
ing some ripping battles.
Are all French aviators name
Reno ?
Time to mow the lawn.
We've been advised to keep th
trees well watered , but can't compl ;
Confound it , wo haven't nny we
water.
ATCHISON QLODE SIGHTS.
A dog very often disgraces dogs.
If a man really has money , ho d
tiles it.
If you must tell a He , say buslnci
Is good when It Isn't.
It is our observation that most
the garden hose leaks.
If a woman can afford it , she
languid ; If not , she Is lazy.
The town cow would have mo ;
friends if she wasn't so blamed Ind
pendent.
After a drouth there Is a ccrta
satisfaction In being caught out
the rain.
What has become of the old-fas
loned man who called a dance
"shin-dig ? "
No one , who does not play tl
game , and very few who do , can spc
"schanfskopf. "
Most dogs would refrain fro
chasing cats If the cats wore not :
willing to run.
Wo are In favor of the short hi
lot if it will lesult In getting the i
turns any earlier.
Not shooting at tradition any , the
are a number of- , horses that kli
worse than mules.
Time Is not so blamed prccto' '
that you are warranted to save it 1
growing whiskers.
You don't know much about po
tics unless you know enough not
take It too seriously.
If you are energetic enough
make money by trickery you can mal
more by honest eftort.
If a man gambles and loses , 1
doesn't fool anyone when ho says 1
only plays for pastime.
There Is too much borrowing in tl
average family , not to mention tl
average neighborhood.
How would you like to live In
country so slow people have time
travel on a canal boat.
Wo also admit feome difficulty
understanding the man who pays re
money for water cress.
Don't expect your neighbors to aha :
any pride you may feel in the accoi
plishmeiits of a parrot.
A "don't worry" maxim : Rhubar
which nobody worries about , Invai
ably makes a good crop.
Many men who can tie handson
bows In their neckties have never a
complished anything else.
If , as the women aver , men are i
account , why do women insist c
wearing mannish clothes ?
When a girl picks a raveling off
young man's coat it Is about the san
thing as proposing to him.
A woman , being patient , may Hstc
to reason If yon don't also Insist tin
she be reasonable about It.
Some of the snobs seem to get
good deal of fun out of it , so , pe
haps , others shouldn't complain.
You can't always tell which side <
a fight will get the worst of it until
peacemaker dips in ; then he's It.
While It Is well to observe the spee
limits , if you must hurry some , rus
your work instead of your eating.
A sportsman is a man who goes t
the most trouble to catch fish , an
gets the fewest fish for his efforts.
Everyone hears about It when tli
bock beer season begins. Does an ;
one happen to know when It ends ?
Girls are very seldom satisfied wit
the names their parents gave then
but boys don't fuss about such trifle
If it is worth $2 to bo cured it
worth many times that amount to kee
well. Look after your habits and die
While a shoemaker is apt to tnl
politics a good deal , it Is safe to a
sumo that he knows more about ha
soles.
While plenty of children shoul
treat their parents better , that ian
ono of the rules that won't work hot
ways.
While men are somewhat cowardl ;
It Is not recalled that fear of a ral
road wreck ever kept any of them f
home.
While an incubator chicken crow
as much as the hen-hntched varlet ;
it probably isn't boasting of Its ai
cestry.
It Is said of an Atchlson man thr. .
ho is "Influenced" by his wife ; ho I
not "Influenced" by her ; he gives ute
to her.
Governors seem to have too muc
pardoning power , and the plain peopl
who pass sentence on the average clt
zen , too little.
An agent may have some right
when It comes to fooling the peopl *
but ho hasn't any right to abuse ther
when ho can't.
While it may he true that no one 1
entirely free from superstition , ther
arc those who don't let it cost thei
any money.
Every town has a few people wh
stfein to consider going to funerals
popular , pastime ; one might almos
Bay they consider such llttlo Journeys
the national game.
A man Isn't as henpecked as POBB !
bio until his wlfo begins to pick out
his clothes.
You haven't hud Insomnia In Its
worst form until you attempt to sleep
with a llea.
There IB so much disloyalty that a
man can attract favorable attention
these days by simply sticking up foi
his own town.
Although Americana claim to bo a
very busjl people , a lodge usunlb
manages to send delegates to the
state conventions ,
"There Isn't anything to him , " said
ono man concerning another this
morning. There Isn't anything to the
majority of us.
Speaking of Jumping from the skll
let Into the stove , thcro Is the gout
who takes to chewing tobacco as an
antidote for smoking.
You needn't conquer anything moro
ferocious than a meal ticket to bo a
conquering heio in the eyes of the
woman who loves you.
WIH- the exception of those wlit
think they may some day have a
chance to entertain one , pietty ncarl )
everyone hates a duke.
While the coroner's jury may servo
a useful purpose , It probably woult
take a bettor detective than the cor
oner's Jury to locate It.
When a small town , with neither
factories nor Jobbing houses , builds t
$100,000 clubhouse , the town Is grow
, ' \K \ at the wrong end.
Sometimes a married woman wll
say , In the meanest way , In speaking
of a woman who has never married :
"Sho is just as well off. "
A man who keeps n phonograph era
a piano should consider the musicians
union and the neighbors , and Insist 01
very llttlo overtime playing.
Anyone can get a job searching for
hidden treasure , but like writing exclusively
clusively for posterity , there is considerable
siderablo difficulty In collecting the
salary.
If all epitaphs stuck close to the
truth , you would occasionally encounter
tor something like this In tombstone
literature : "Its quiet out bore , but he
enjoys It ; he was talked to death. "
HUNTER MAY FILL BILL
Pirates' New F'rst ' Baseman Playing a
Brilliant Game.
Much Interest is being taken In the
work of Fred Hunter. Pittsburgh new
first baseman. According to Manager
Fred Clarke. Ills new guardian of bag
No. 1 Is the goods and will improve
as the season advances. For seven
years llrst base has been the ono big
weak spot on the Pirates , and every
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FRED IIONTEU , IMltATES' NEW FIUflT BABE-
MAN.
year there has been a fresh cxpcrl
ment. and every year before the echoes
of "Aha at last ! " have died away the
agents of the club are digging through
the bushes for new material. But this
buusun It appears different
Ono year It wait Clancy ; another year
ft was Swac-tna , then Abstain , who
was followed by Flynn. This season
the Pirates' hope Is Fred Hunter , and
the word "hope" Is used advisedly , for
the average tenancy of the Initial
sack berth In recent years has been
less than a single season. From the
players' point of view the pillow has
bet n a graveyard of : baseball ambi
tions. Clancy. Swucinn and Absteln
have gone back. Of the four who have
cavorted around the cushion In as
many years Jack Flynn'alone remains
In the elite circle , fighting for prestige
and place.
Hunter has been holding the bag In
line style since the season opened. IIu
IK a splendid thrower , handles the pegs
well and covers a great deal of ground
Ills batting could bo improved upon ,
but he gives promise. Hunter started
out on his baseball career as n pitcher
for the C'hlllleothe ( O. ) team. He twirl
ed a good ball. Ho then took up piny-
Ing the Initial suck and made good
from the start. Last year he was with
the Kansas City tun in , and Ire was
generally regarded ns the brst Hist
Imseman In tbe American association ,
SATURDAY NIGHT
iERNONS
YOUR. LITTLE CLAY GOD.
Text , "Thou ( Omit nut innlco unto thee
Any Kruvon ImnKu or uiiy llkcnoea of uny-
thlni-lix. xx , 4-C.
It happened In Philadelphia. Yes ,
In the very city of homes , churches *
ami orthodoxy. Searching for a plan
ter of parlH figure , 1 Ktumblcd into un
Idol factory. They were rushing to
finish a largo order of Buddhlut idols
for Korea. 1 rubbed my eyes. Dream
ing ? No. 1 could see the statue of
William Penn on top of city hall from
where 1 stood. I know wo luvd been
sending rum and cigarettes to our be
nighted Asiatic brothers but IdolHt
Wonder what they will tell "tho child-
llko people" about those idols ! That
they are the gods the great American
people worship ? I'd hate to bo a mis
sionary standing about when thorn )
boxes are opened. Wouldn't like to
have to explain to the puzzled people
just how a Christian nation happened
( o bo sending Idols to perpetuate su
perstition and degradation among
these Hlmple folks of the Land of the
Morning Calm. I picked up a small
image , a hideous llttlo clay thing with
pot belly and slant eycR , and smiled lu
a superior Anglo-Saxon sort of a way.
"They That Make Thorn"
And yet somehow I could not help
thinking as I stood among the sky
scrapers at Broad and Chestnut Htrcels
a few minutes later not only of the
idols and Idol worshipers , but the Idol
makers. How about their conscience
and principle , men who In the light
of the twentieth century , in the third
largest city of Christian America , are
making Images for heathen to worship ?
A Scripture verse kept boring in on
me , "They that make them are llko
unto them. " As I stood on the corner
gazing about me , visitor from Mnr.'J '
like , I mused : "Worshiping God un
der the symbol of a llttlo clay imago
or putting dependence In some other
human made thing , living as if there
were no God. Whore's the difference ? "
"But those Idol worshipers are cred
ulous and superstitious , aren't they ? "
I know it , but listen. At a dinner par
ty last week In cultured Boston the
hostess said , "I've no superstition at
all in regard to thirteen , but It's best
not to risk anything. " A waitress
made the fourteenth guest. The whole
navy seemed to rebel n few months
ago when It was proposed to commis
sion a battleship on Friday. No girl
would marry on that day , of cour.se.
They feel relieved when the day Is
fair "auspicious , " they call it Heav
ens ! The very word and superstition
our barbaric ancestors had ccntutlcs
ago when they feared stars and
eclipses. Spilling salt , breaking mir
rors , black cats , now moons , will surely
work us ill , while horseshoes , rabbits'
feet , lucky stones and charms will pro
tect us. Shades of Salem wltchcraftl
Meanwhile police departments conduct
raids regularly to keep down the num
ber of palmists , clairvoyants and their
ilk. What is the sin ? Attributing ef
fects to things belonging to our own
lowest creations and emotions Instead
of to him "from whom comcth every
good and perfect gift. "
A Shelf of Idols.
Then our American people have Idols
things that take the place of God.
Truly ! For instance : In the market
places on Wall , Chestnut and State
streets there is a big , arrogant , swollen
Image called Success. American school *
boys are taught to bow knee to this
god every day. Not much said about
the means. Sometimes least said the
better. Moloch stands for cruelty ;
sweatshop , mine and child labor fac
tory Is his temple. Ho hides behind
a screen of corporation or trust , and
his priest calls , "Am I my brother's
keeper ? "
Mammon's enshrined behind bars of
gold. Ills thirst's insatiable. Ills dev
otees rob man and God. Baal , god of
lust , blinks bnlofully under red lights ,
his virgins fallen women ; white slaves
In wide eyed terror from their brothel
conches cry plteously before his lecher
ous priests. Meanwhile the mills of
the divorce god grind on. Deep an
swering to deep. The seats at the fane
of Eros crowded with boys and girls
In dark motion picture show , the most
flagrant liberties pass unnoticed by
uniformed usher these souls represent
nickels , forsooth !
Your Little Clay God.
Far from nil that , are you ? None of
those hideously sinful Idols for you ?
jood. But remember the llttlo images
[ tachel hid under her skirts , protect-
ng them by a woman's sure defense ?
N'ot even Isaac suspected her. Any
images hidden under your gown of
nonsusplclon ? I know n man who's
iddlng acre to acre , children robbed of
Mlueation. wife's health thrlco broken ,
) iico mentally , under the strain but ,
10 matter , the little clay god Is fatten-
ng. There's a homo In an eastern city
ivhere a wife dresses her image self.
'lats , gowns and furs are lavished on
t. She attends a court circle where
> ther.s bow before a proud , flabby god
ailed Society. Her husband ? Prison
leers opened for him once , but If !
ricnds covered the embezzlement. An1
our little clay god ? A child , gluttony
Irtnk , pleasure , business , a vllo imago
ou have locked up in the secret chani-
) er of your soul ? Are these real pow-
irs In your life or only poor little clay
mages of your otfn making ? My mind
ier. lsts In going back to the llttlo clay
ted with its pot belly and slant eyes in
he idol factory. A id the simple mind-
( d Koreans what better * rr TO thun
hey ?
Print a want ad telling what it li
md what you'll sell it for and "turn
t Into money. "
want ndn urn