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    THE BEflt OMAHA', MOryDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1920.
The Omaha Bee
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Arerace circulation fnr tho month TObeorlbed tid rmn to T
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Subeeribera leaving: the city ahonld hay Tha Be mailed
to them. Addresa changed aa often a required,
You should know that .'
The Omaha 'smelting plant turns
out more pig lead than any other
in the United States.
ome "kick" in old Winter yet V v
"Jimmy" Reed may now visualize what
mffeht happen to him.
Ohio co-ftls- are meeting old K. c. of 1. by
making" their ywn dresses. Yet the dressmak-'
crS must live. ...
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Cash and carry is coming into vogue m
Chicago,' where the villagers willvfind that H
permiti of many little savings. . ,
Omaha real estate is moving at a rate that
indicates the judgment of investors,- regardless
of how the census count turn out
Nebraska women are having agrand old
lime at Chicago, and they deserve it, for theft
triumph did not come to them easily,
1 L
r Highjackers cleaned outJLionel Barrymore's
cellar on the eve of a party., Lionet now knpws
liow Uncle Sidney felt once in Omaha.
With the Nebraska prairies afire between
Hitchcoqk and Edwards, it is high time for Mr.
Iryan to get his water cart into action.
What would have happened, had the people
responded to the president's demand , in 1918,
and have given him a puppet congress, too? ,
Mr. High says the state will remain dry, de
spite the doctor's prescription. He- ought to
welcome the condition, for it gives him an
excuse for activity.
A Philadelphia soldier is having a hatdtime
to jcnvinO the government he was not killed
in France. It would not be 10 hard with an
William IJoward Taft also thinks . Lansing
was warranted in calling conferences , of the
cabinet which thought is in line with opinion
so far as made oublic. '
Increasing the state senate to fifty members
' is tha constitutional convention's answer to the
.demand for a short ballot--This is reverse
' English with a vengeance.
-Nebraska clay products ara to "boom' this
year, according to manufacturers. Omaha to
doing its sharedo make this possible by rising
millions, of brick for buildings.
A good way to spend a cold evening in Feb
. ruarvla to clan vour Harden fof Aoril. It will
not be a great while. t uritil the impulse (o dig in
the ground will be irresistible.'
M.it T" 1 1. J - ' 1 ' . t. -
ranrrn uaicrira pmncrais nrr wunnir in ihkc
either Wilson or Bryan. As they will probably
not carry the state anyhow, their, preference
4 makes little if any difference.
lie 1CUdl Wilful Ul nKLUUiLmt M,Kt.a 11
gardens as of paramount importance, but vb1ess
Mr. , Meredith's enthusiasm, the country knew
this long betore he went to Washington.
, "Tom" Flynn now reads his title clear to
l.u r . i it,. .t.i. :k Ti.
reappointment will probably compensate him
fr thu Irttiof wtt tif had in th rat nlare.
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A crooHiyn psycniatnst advises against
relvine on the ouiia board for medical advice.
"He mfght extend this warning.but the devotees
will still fin ciiirli'il hv the mvsitir hit of nlank.
' The ex-crown prince insists he is sincere in
hii .offer to give himself up as scapegoat for
He need
Mh indicted German leaders. He need not
console himself with the thought that they will
ct off that Mi!v.
A short horn bull has been sold in Scotland
fof $25,000, to be taken to Argentina, thus veri
fying the judgment of United States breeders,
who tigan years ago to improve the quality of
the herds , of this ccmntry.
Senate Has Come Half 'Way
The White House statement that the presi
dent is willing to come half.. way on a treaty
compromise and expects the senate to meet
him, is not a candid exposition of the situation.'
The reservations which were voted down at the
mis, and represented a nore1ian half way,
point to which the treaty opposition already
had come. 1
. -The distance yet to be bridged between the
presiaeni ana uic senate i iur iuc iicsiucui
What has been yielded has been yielded mainly
by those senators who originally demanded
rtv atrnnir rrarvationl To ffet democratic
support and enable ratification to be accom
plished thef accepted much milder reservations
than they helieved should be adopted. That
was their bid for agreement and in making it
they went as far as thejr could go without sacri
ficing America's sovereignty. They are willing
and have been willing to ratify qn that basis
f rnmnrnmie. . - v '
Efforts to show that the president has been L
willing to compromise, but has 'not been met
in the lame spirit of concession will not avail.
The record is too plain to be misread. The
'treaty opposition has offered Its compromise,
it is the White House, that has been pulling
wajr.-Cany City 5Uf
NEBRASKA'S FULL SHARE.
The list of Nebraska boys who made the
supreme sacrifice for the nation is long, and
longer yet is that of thostwho suffered wounds
or disease in course of-their service. ' Memorials
are raised to these, and pensions provided by
ht general government Grateful hearts yield
to the memory of the dead and the honor of
the living that tribute they deserve, and the
good people of the state look with solemn pride
on their contribution to the -cause of human
freedom and progress. . .... i .
But, is this Nebraska's full share? Is there
not something more that may be done for these
men? Forty-seven thousand strong and lusty
yotfng men went ottt from this state at the call
of their country. Many of these did it at con
siderable cost to their material prospects. They
put aside all their interests in civil life, busi
ness prospects, professional ambitions, do
mestic comforts, and everything that holds a
man"to his career, in order that' they might
serve as soldiers. Those who returned went
quietly to work in honest determination to re
gain lost ground and re-establish themselves in
the peace time program.
toesnot the state of Nebraska owe these
men something more than may be expressed in
"three cheers"? Other states have so resolved,
and are making to their returned service men
a tangible proof of the sentiment of the citizens
on the subject Why would it liotie fit and
proper for the great and wealthyv state of Ne
braska to do likewise? It would cost less than
1 cent on the dollar of the value of a single
year's crops to give each man a bonus of $100;
it would cost little more tc follow Minnesota's
exmpleand allow each soldier half the gov
ernment's pay to enlisted men for the time they
wpr tn thn ltrvire-
Joe Sok'onic, Cripple .
Hamilton Raymond in the New York World.
A brown, furry mass of arms and legs paws
across the snow. There are grunts, squeals,
groans some brutally masculine, some harshly
feminine. A rough ball shoots from the midst
of this chaos. There is a scramble for it.
Women seem to be pitted against men. , Their
shouts are as enthusiastic, 4heir blows- very
nearly as powerful. This seems to be a curious
kind of football, without pity and without rules 1
A shriek of pain and the crowd shudders
away from a still little figure alone on the ice.
Superstition holds them. .The boy has been
touched by tha evil spirits. He is taboo ! "They
dare not approach. ' Some dark power of evil
that has blasted him mav touch them, too.
Reality says that this 12-year-old boy has
broken his back, but what do these cringing,
superstitious Eskimos know of broken backs?
Above the Arctic circle there is only white
ness, silence and the impenetrable surfaces of
t. j . i . : n 1 . i:.i
8Ky, sea, ice gnu yiiuw, mat simc viui u
soul man may have, and leave him to occupy
his days with the struggle against the weather,
nd his eights with madness, bestiality or
stupor.' . .
This was he first curtain in the life drama
of Joe Sokonic, a little cripple who is a striking
example of the power of education to stimulate
character, leadership, and even the more snotie
dualities-rtf statesmanship. I
It was after that, pitiful accident in th ice
game some years ago that J. tl. Maguire,
a government teacher in Alaska, found young
Sokonic smothered under hot'skins in a dirty
igloo, -tie was paralyzed, from the waist down
No attempt at medical assistance had been made
but only the old chants and rites to drive away
the all surrounding evil spirits. v, . x-
Maguire nursed the boy and taught him,
Gradually his physical condition improved. He
showed greaft-r interest to learn, and proved
a rapidly progressing pupil. He would never
be able to walk, though, nor could he lie down
fiat on his back.
They devised a sled for him. i Tied to this.
f Ex-service men are not asking.of expecting he could propel himself, and when ' he needed
. e ' . I Ktpptv ilrrn hia hpaH forward iri hia Ian litep a
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this. This is one of the very strongest argu
ments in favor of it. They served as patriots,
and not for pay. A gracious act on part of tJle
aitizenvwould be to compensate them in a small
way for the earnings they sacrificed while they
were doing their duty.
Law on Lansing's Side. .
In hfs Jetter dismissing the secretiry of
state from the cabinet the president put much
stress on the presumption of Mr, lapsing id
calling the cabinet together for conferences.
As frequently has happened, Mr. Wilson is
wrong on this point The constitution of the
United States provides that in event of the "in
ability" of the president to perform the func
tions of his office, the duty shall devolve on
the vice-president Congress has passed a law
to extend the succession,, making the secretary
of state next in line after the vice-president
Mf. Wilson wS' suffering from cerebral
thrombosis, which in plain English means a
blood clot on his brain. It wis sufficiently
serious to deprive him of the use of his left
limbs. Only the Uoctors knew the truth. It
was necessary that the business of the country
be kept moving. Important matters of home
policy, Such as the coal strike, demanded action.
What would the heads of departments of a, big
business concern do when the executive was in
capacitated by Illness? Naturally, they would
confer together, and the "senior among them
would take the lead In the effort to keep the
business going smoothly. This is just what Mr.
Lansing did.
ranklin K. Lane, who is just leaving the
Interior department, frankly defends the action
of his associates in the cabinet, and assumes a
full share of the responsibility for the confer
ence. Thoughtful persons will agree that the
law and any other, consideration that could
properly govern In the circumstances is on Mr.
Lansing's side, and this makes the president's
petulance all the more astounding:
Women and Political Parties.
Advice, given by Carrie Chapman Catt to the
women voters to get into one of the political
parties is good. Many women have not given
thought to the (Science of politics, looking on
parties only as convenient agencies for the dis
tribution of offices, and hearing too frequently
tales of discredit and Joose criticism ooncerning
those who hold office. Politics means govern
ment in this country. Fundamental principles
underly the parties, clearly marked and easily
recogfiized, with sharp divergence. Specifically,
these aim at securing the good -of all, and to
dispute the patriotic impulse of either is neither
wise nor fair. Political parties must assume
esponsibility ' for men, and are not infallible,
but on one or another set of definite and en
during -principles finally must rest the tony-ol
and management of public affairs.'' Party mem
bership, therefore, is an outward sign of good
citizenship. Jt indicates acceptance of the basic
deas, just as church" membership is a sign of
belief in Well established articles of faith, but
does not intend to exclude from salvation those
who hold to different tenets, so long as all aim
at the same ultimate goal. It is meet that the"
women should select the pafty. whose founda
tion best meets their views and identify them
selves with it To the studious and thoughtful
the republicanparjy- extends- an invitation, ask
ing careful scrutiny of Its record as well as its
principles, confident that examination of these
wilt be followed by" endorsement. . "
tjred animal. s But handicapped by such tre
mendous physical disability, and with the iff-
horance of his race to combat, he showed will
and determination worthy of a Napoleon.
Toe and Magume were in Kivolina. Alaska.
A the boy came to know more and more about
the English language and white men s methods,
he could reason more surely; and he soon real
ized that the traders were cheating his people,
He. therefore, started to act as a medium be
tween them. He astounded the white men with
his shrewdness. He speedily made better bar
gains for the' natives of Kivolina.
Sanitation in the igloos was ' unspeakably
bad. Joe learned that safety ahd heafth lay
only in better living arrangements. He went
among the huts on his sled, urging the people
to build homes fliat would give them air as well
as heat. Gradually the entire aspect of the lit
tle town changed. They became proud of their
new houses, proud of the cleanliness of their
streets. "Joe had a sort 'of commission ap-
po nted from among the natives, whose duty
it was to see "that the streets wer6 kept free
from refuse, and that' the houses were properly
arranged.
He became the acknowledged head of the
village. The helpless cripple had become the
powerful lea'de'r.
But he was not content to lead the inactive
life of an invalid. He taught himself to hunt.
Last year when the seals came racing dpwn the
Soast he made his natives fasten hinrto a great
oomiak or skin coat. Surrounded by some of
his men, he wfnt out to the hunt; and, shooting
42 seals, brought them in himself. Mighty
hunter, also, this once helpless Eskimo cripple.
Red Gold
. In a perfectly convincing, businesslike way
Mr. Martens, self-styled Russian soviet "am
bassador to the United States, told the senate
foreign relations committee that the reds had
the best intentions toward this country, and his
main mission was 'to spend about $500,000,000
of the Soviet's money with American business
men. The argument sounded convincing. A
considerable number of manufacturers and 'ex
porters -met in Washington and urged that our
government lift the embargo against the Soviets.
They believed Martens' story.
Now comes another story of the attitude of
the Soviets. Edwin D. Schoonmaker, an investi
gator for the United States government, after
visiting Siberia, issues a warning to our busi
ness people not to aid the bolshevists. His
statement is clear arid strong. It ought to be
given serious consideration.
He declares that the reds are "attempting to
open trade relations with America simply as a
cloak to carry on their plans for a world revo
lution." Furthermore, he says that "American
business men who .listen for one moment to J
.: ...-! ,1,. A 1
itiaituiis Elicit suiifg (in; .uui uiig me naucis
of financing their own overthrow." Cleveland
Plain Dealer. , -
Controversy Over the Gas Plant.
According to announcement from the city
hall, the present week is to be marked by con-
iderabte debate as to the advisability of accept
ing the award of the board that xed the price
on the gas plant. The Bee already has given
expression to the opinion that the .figure seems
fair. It is more than was offered, and less than
1 "Bij cflrtfiur "Brooks "Baker f,,
HARtEY CONANT.
Our daily flock of visitors is busy and im
mense, for folks must come to Omaha regard
less -of expense. They long to see a city so
progressively inclined, so keenly stimulating to.
the human so-called mind. They seek to show
their samples here in goods of class and
strength, to gather gilt-edged .orders both of
magnitude and length.
They obviously also cannot roost upon the
street. Their cultured' tastes reqmre a polished
place to sleep and eat, which Iiarley Conant
furnishes witi atmosphere , and clas's, impres-"i
sively distinguished from the plain and common
mass, a place where healthy drummers with a
healthy appetite can take it with the confidence
that everything is right. .-
He's learned by long experience (and native
intellect) toknow and to anticipate what cus
tomers expect. He's run a series of hotels in
playing out the game, to one of which he sim
ply tacked the hind part of his name, while still
pursuing faithfully that euphonymic stunt, he
named his latest hotel bythe part that comes
in frqnt. ' ' , , "
He's head of the society of those who run
hotels for all the guests; of Omaha, both com
moners and swells; those just and genial gen
tfemen on whom so much depends, who see
that those who take the trains have left the
town as friends, nor carry fqrth a burden of
rebellion, grouch and hate because rfretr cream
hh aclfed- it ta Ire than the city rottld .art tin
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an adequate plant for at present prices, and-l was curled or their laundry work was late.
more than the company would realize on the Next subject: Robert S. Trimble,
salvage of the existing plant Moreover, it is - m M- m - , l iu r.
part' ofthe process of carrying out a bargain I 1 - f J I j "r
entered into at behest of the neoole. Incident-' -.we laatT w . V i
ti J 'rL.f.:. t.. .j -r . The Dav We Celebrate.
company,- born 1871.
Henry Watterson, famous Louisville editor
and journalist, born in Washington, D. C, 80
years ago.
should Insinuate that those who differ with
tlem are opposed to municipal ownership. No
men in Qmaha are more thoroughly committed
to the principle than Messrs. Ure and Zimman,
whose records on this line are well known.
Falconer, Tbwle and Ringer have not so long
been identified with the policy, but they were
pledged to the purpose when elected. This
cugnr. ro pc in. m cse w.i vz con- yMr8 AgQ m 0mah
Thomas M. Schumacher, president of the
El Paso & Southern Railway system, born at
Williamsport, Pa., 58 yeajrs ago., ,
George Harvey, noted editor and publicist,
born at Peacham, Vt., 56 years ago. '
sidered on its merits, and decided on a concep
tion of what is better for Omaha, and not with
view to. expediency or factional advantage.
ThM is all the reasonable Citizen can expect.
San Francisco has had its taste of the wave
of daring hold-upi, the trail thus reaching from
coast to coast. If thr authortjes wilt-Just get
as busy as the bandits, a new tune, may yet be
lung. .. ' ' :
Bishop Newman lectured at Boyd s opera
house on "The Seven Bibles of the World."
The house was filled anil more thaji 2,000
turned away. i , -
GoL.John F. White of the firm of White &
Feathers left for an extended business trip -in
the east. - . v )
Sarasate and D'Albert, the renowned, musi
cians who were to appear at the Boyd, arrived
in the city and were registered at the Millad
visitor .
C Rickner of Lincoln was an Omaha
Benson On the lagne.
A?inaa- 14To the Editor
Of the Bee: The publication of Lord
Cfreys letter Justifying, from the
European standpoint, the Loilire
resfcrvatiqns to tha covenant of the
league of nations, is the most signify
cant occurrence sinoe- tho discus
sion of the covenant began. It Is
not only known that this letter was
the authorized pronouncement of
the British government, but that
i ranee and Italy wer -nnnit,f
and lont their approval. It thus
amounts to a frank statement that
even from a European standmiint
there is no reason nnil nffn v,aa
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been any- why a covenant written
lOi Europe, by Europe, and for Eu
rope, SJiouia be accented without
reset vati&tisxbv tha TTnitPrt
The British and French
almost a unit on this point as sam
ites, ine London Review says:
"We have stated Plonrlv fna
ten that la our ooinlon the xtuHoa
States would be perfectly Justified
in refusing to accept the vast and in
definite liability of the league of
nauons. Even in these days of
steam and electricity, the 3.000
miles which separate America from
Europe count for something. There
is no reason because the Americans
intervened at the 11th hour to enm
plete the defeat of Germany why
mey snouia oe mixed up in all the
squabbles and Intrigues of JSuropean
The Paris FrancaiseN Says: "The
thing Is simple. America simprjr
refuses to be drawn into European,
Asiatic and African feuds that are
not her affairs."
The inexplicable thing about it
all is that anyone in America could
have ever entertained any different
idea. When analyzed, the plainest
thing about this covenant is that
England, Franco, Italy and Japan
were all there" and got theirs when
it was written, and that the United
States was not there in the same
sense that these nations were. TruS;
we had five Commissioners but four
of them could be likened to a pa
renthesis, which .grammarians ty
should be spoken tn a low tone of
voice and could be left out alto
gether without Spoiling the sense.
Tho president iterated and reit
erated that he "represented men
everywhere." That was too much
territory for one man to cover, and
as a result 'the covenant was so
drafted that should we enter the
league under It, it would not only
commit ns to "vast and indefinite
liabilities" the extent of which no
man can foresee, but it could, un
der the compelling force of the
combined armies and navies of the
world, control our destinies through
all the years to come.
The president argues that these
things are not likely to happen and:
thafrwe can afford to take a chance.
In his letter to Senator Hitchcock
he says he has "never seen the
slightest reason to doubt the gooi!
faith of our associates or that they
would seek to commit us to lines of
action which under the constitution
only the congress of i tha' United
States can, in the last analysis, decide."
This Is a strange new doctrine,
that a nation can transfer its sov
ereignty and still retain It "The
power that construes determines
the power that rules." Suppose they
should "seek to Commit us." The
league government at Geneva and
not the.. United States government
at Washington will decide -hat
powers the covenant confers upon
it and what obligations the cove
nant Imposes upon us, and, even
though we were willing to trust th,e
matter or our. sovereignty to the
grace of the diplomats of the east
ern hemisphere tqday, we must re
member we are trustees for poster
ity and that the league goes on for
ever.
Should we enter the league under
the covenant with the American
reservations, we would then be play
lng a. part more unselfish, generous
and magnanimous than any other
nation ever played In the whole his
tory of the world.
Since England. France and, Italy
nave iaiten tne pains to ten us in
the plainest kind of language that
the Americanized covenant is sat
isfactory to them, it seems inex
plicable that any American would
insist upon an un-Americanized
one. It has become so apparent that
with these reservations America
would be In so much better posi
tion to serve civilization in case of
cataclysm, there can be little
doubt that on second sober thought
these nations are sorry they put
It over on us when the covenant was
drafted arid now really desire the
covenant with the American res
ervations, for,. What else could Lord
Grey mean when arguing for the
reservations, he says:
"There will again be some great
catastrophe fit war in which it
(America) will find itself com
pelled to lnterevene for the same
reason and no less, or even great
er cost than in 1917."
In the meantime thn'freatv rpqts.
wilh the president's persortayy con
auciea pari ai united states sena
tors at sea, meekly waiting for him
to deign to tell at what port he is
going to land them.
E.A. BENSON.
Proposes Neighborhood ratrol.
Kof The Bee: Iri view of all these bold
robberies going on in Omaha at
present a scheme has come into rhy
mind which to me seems plausible.
How does it strike you?
Say neighbors in a block take an
inteqr-st In each other if police
protection Is not, afforded by the
city (that is sufficient and trained),
why oari't neighbors keep their eyes
open. If they see unusual things,
such as trucks and machines cart
ing off quantities of 'things next
door, or two or thre doors removed,
or across the street, make it their
business to look into it. If you see
lights and commotion at ,inusual
hours, phone or keep an eye on the
place Mistakes naturally will be
made, but what of it; better 10 mis
takes than one big haul by a set
of vandals and thieves who are in
festing the place. Make it a, sort
of a block vigilance committee for
your own protection. 'et every
body be armedy If I phoned next
door and astoedif they needed help
and no one responded I'd, surmise
their wires were cut and pnone po- j
lice fot them. This is Just a bare
outline, but it seems to me it can
be developed and made into quite
a fine little protective organisation.
Think it 6ver, public, and give Us
(some of your views on tie subject
v . A, W.
Manhandling tho Pefcnse.
Mapleton. -Ja., Feb. 12. To the
Editor of The Bee: Senatorial vision
overrun the president's military
program and kept anjrther yokeof
bondage' off the people's necks.
Governor ' Allen of Kansas, Judge
Landis, -and some other autocratic
gentlemen are likewise getting i
bad on the plea of exigency. Alas!
Such infraction of civil rights and
the muzzling, of wholesome criticism
will be shown up on the American
stage not to the liking of tyrannical
advocates. 'Force Is only a blessing
when backed by lnrimte love and
Justice. Otherwise it acts' as a
boomerang, injures both ways.-"
How much wjser for ofifioiaUlorri
to hearken to the voice of labor ajid
co-operate in the common welfare.
Instead as per. the Christian oracle
they ara turning Judgment into
Wild Life
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Ox rore si.
and Field
Neighbor Gray SquirreL
BT ADELIA BELLE BEARD. '
You must not think that Neighbor
Gray Squirrel is less nueresiing
than his cousins of the woods, the
Red and Fox Squirrels, just because
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stories, relate incidents, or discuss
current news in an interesting way,
he Jives next door and you may we have other acquaintances who
see him any day and every day. . tell the most thrilling adventures in
To be sure, like the birds, he will a very commonplace manner. On
make hisN home in almost any vil- of the reasons for this variation lies
lage, town, or parte where there in the choice of words which the
are laree trees and where he is pro- speakers use. Perhaos the most 1m-
tected, and sometimes he becomes portant of all words are verbs; be-
tame enough to eat trom your nana; cause they give to our language
butlhat does not mean tbjt his na- much of its force and beauty.
ture has changed. At heart he is A simple way to begin training
still as wild as any wiitiemesj am-1 yoursen to speak and write etfec
mal and he lives according to the tively is to improve vour choice o!
laws of the wild. I verbs by occasional experiments like
liy making his home most con- the loiiowing: lake a simple, plainly
venienflv in our midst Neighbor stated fact, such as. "A tramD walked
Gray Squirrel is giving us a great along the railroad track." "Walked"
chance to study the life and habits is a very general term that we apply
of one of nature's wild children, a tothe movement made by people
chance we should .not miss. ahd animals and it gives no hint of
Forget, then, that you are sitting the characteristic, slouching gait of
on your own doorstep, or looking i tne tramp, iry to use a verb that
from your own window, and watch I will fit this-particular case. Slouched,
your little gray neighbor as you I loitered, skulked, plotfaedi Come into
would a creature -in tne woods., I your mind as you think of the tramp
See how he flattens himself out and I and the use of one of these differ-
spreads wide his short legs as hejentiates the movement of a tramp
climbs up , ana aown tne trunk or i irom that of any other person and
the tree where he has built his nest. I makes the statement much snore
iMolice htiw a'ert he is, how quick I vivid.
to take fright at any moving object, A verb mav thus give an idea, not
and how he disappears on the op-(only of the manner in which an act
posne siae or tne tree wnere, is pertormed, but of tne state Of
though you run to look lor him lm-1 mind of the person who performed
mediately, he is not. J the act. For example the statement
On the ground see how he moves "The bov went home from school"
in leaps, how he searches for acorns, I can be made' much more descriptive
nuts, or roots and then with tail df his manner of going by changing'
cuiien up comionaDiy on nis back, the colorless verb went to a word
he sets on his haunches and eats such as tripped, hastened, moped,
wild i. nc lias iuuiiUg uaing ins iorc I CIC. 1
f . 1 '1 t I a. a a -
ieet jine nancis. - , i After vou have experimented a
In the spring the gray Squirrels little you will find it helpful to see
are very active aim, now ana tnen,
yjme
you can set he runnig over the
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high braches of big trees, jumping
trom one tree to tne next and catch
ing a swaying branch with the sure-
hcss of an acrobat leaping from one
swinging trapeze to another. Later hpw the best authors have succeeded
you may see whole families of young in doing just what you are attempt
squirrels at play scampering ovei ing. For example the ordinary writer
the lawn like kittens. Usually the I might say, Rip Van Winkle walked
nest is in a hole in the tree, but is I uo the mountain side." but Washine-
sometimes built in a crotch of the j ton Irving said, "Rip labored up the
branches. ' .1 mountain side," which gives readers
TTomorroy Miss Bailev will tell a much clearer picture of Rio on his
girls how to make favors for a pa-1 journey. Robert Louis Stevenson
triotic party.) gives us a very good idea of Long
Z rr; rrviT T. John s state of mind when he says:
oT" from the room and
mnr. rcnoon trr, inn,'..tk. ploughed down across the sand."
pleasantness. Happv the Judges to- (Tomorrow: "Making a Fireless
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