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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. JULY 17, 1920.
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The Bee's Platform
1. New Union Passenger Station.
2. Continued improvement of the Ne
braska Highways, including the pav
ment of Main Thoroughfare leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A thort, low-rate Waterway from the
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
FRONT PORCH OR CIRCLE?
Opinion is not wholly one-sided on Senator
Harding's decision to remain in the comparative
seclusioni of his home during the campaign, but
nobody, we take it, will find fault with his de
sire to avoid the heat, the fatigue, the excite
ments and the irregular living conditions under
which extended campaign travel place a presi
dential candidate.
People who have visited Senator Harding's
home, or have felt the comforting shade of the
great forest trees which surround it, and noted
the quiet seclusion of the neighborhood in which
he lives, can doubt for one moment that he can
do better thinking and better speaking there
than would be possible in a rush over the coun
try. Another thing worthy of consideration is.
the health of the candidate. His political ad
mirers would have th safeguarded at all
hazards, and one cannot maintain normal phy
sical conditions traveling all over the country
and addressing great crowds of people.
On the other hand, all who see the senator
these days cannot but wish every citizen could
meet him face to face before election day.
McKinley was a very agreeable man to face,
but Senator Harding's personality is far more
attractive than was that of the great protective
tariff leader, and would tell mightily among the
people. His voice is particularly pleasing, his
stature and physical pulchritude such as win
instant admiration, and his kindly and dignified
manner compel good will. He fully looks the
part of both a statesman and a president. No
portrait yet published reveals the finer qualities
of his Countenance," for he is a very handsome
man who would be conspicuous in a group of
the greatest contemporaneous political leaders
of the world. There tan be no doubt that the
senator's personality as a potent vote-getting
asset.
He is now doing his work in a residence
adjacent to his own a busy place downstairs,
what with a porch crowded by newspaper cor
respondents, and-rooms occupied by secretaries
but upstairs, where he meets his friends in a
cool front room,- one cannot but approve his
distaste for leaving it to undergo the discom
forts of the jazz type of campaigning the court-
try has had in recent years. Perhaps, after all
is said, Senator Harding is wiser than those who
would exhibit his admirable personal traits on
Pullman platforms. '
woman he really loves. The Iowa judge has
taken a step in the right direction, and for the
good of society all other judges similarly
situated should take similar action.
Uncovering the Primordial Texan.
Discoveries of the remains of prehistoric
man in Texas opens a new vista, although it
contains nothing that will startle those versed
in archaeology. Tumuli have yielded to the in
vestigators relics that prove the existence there
of man in a lower stage of development than
were the Indians encountered here by
Europeans who followed Columbus. Just how
long ago the mounds were built, or at what time
the huge fires roared in the kitchen middens, is
not yet exactly fixed, and its determination will
be the subject of much conjecture.
Proof of the earjy occupation of the Ameri
can continents by man is abundant. How far
back in the dim past he goes can not be said
with any accuracy. Some authorities hold that
there was a considerable population here in pre
glacial days; that these were driven south by
the ice cap, just as the Esquimaux retreated be
fore the advancing frozen flood, and followed
it again to the north as it receded. But the
"mound builders" and the Indians are late
comers in comparison to these.
The mystery that formerly , surrounded the
Mayan cult of Yucatan and the coast of the'
Carribean has been fairly well cleared up by
careful inquiry on part of persistent investi
gators, and the antiquity ascribed to its exist
ence has dwindled to only a few centuries.
Other mysteries have not so been solved.
Presence of man on the continent is accounted
for with comparative definiteness, but how long
he has been here is yef open to discussion. The
finds in Texas will carry the record back a little
further, and may aid in settling a few of the
mooted points. v
Whether these primordial inhabitants fished
from the water of the great inland sea devel
oped when the western half of the continent
was upheaved, and Nebraska was left the final
remnant of the ocean arm that set the northern
shore of the Gulf of Mexico well across the
Canadian line, may never be known. Yet it
would be comforting to think that in those days
when the coal beds of Kansas and Wyoming, the
oil fields of Oklahoma and Texas were being
developed, the waters that rolled 2,000 fathoms
deep over central Nebraska were bringing forth
food just as the fertile plains of the state do now?
Tr'iace" Around the Adriatic.
Proceedings reported from Trieste and
Spalato give American readers a notion of what
is contained in "peace" negotiations over there.
It is not necessary here to go into any lengthy
consideration of the grievances behind the
demonstrations, but the fact that Italians have
made war on the Jugoslavs at Trieste and the
Croats have retaliated against the Italians at
Spalato indicates.that the "fourteen points" have
been pretty well forgotten by these people. The
map as drawn by President Wilson did not suit
either side; "neutral zones" and "international
ports" mean little or nothing in the lives "of
tribesmen who are carrying on today religious
and racial feuds that go back beyond the Chris
tian era. Left to themselves they quarrel
spontaneously and enthusiastically, and keep
that region in a constant turmoil. Unreason
marks the course of both sides, but this does
not alter the main fact that the agreement pro
posed by our president has been knocked galley
west by those who should have benefited by it.
It is one of the little sideshows of Europe,
has been for many age, and probably will be
for a long time to come, unless some agency
intervenes to brings an end to the bickerings that
now disturb not only the participants but their
neighbors throughout the world.
Tenant's Stake in Omaha.
Whatever else the landlords may say about
the tenants' league, it is unwise to set up that
the man who lives in a rented home has no
stake in the city. No more unjust or undeserved
accusation could be made than this, quoted
from the published .statement of the supposed
spokesman for the Jandlords: "
The tenant is more or less transient. He
pays nothing toward the support of the school
system, has no investment in the city, and
no feeling of responsibility. ' '
A little reflection wiff show how unjustified
such an assertion is. The tenant really pays
the tax that is assessed against the property
he uses. The tax receipt may be made out to
the landlord, but the money comes from the -f
tenant. In this way the occupant of a rented
house or apartment does contribute steadily
to the support of the schools,
a The tenant's investment in the city may not
be exhibited in real estate holdings, but if he is
employed in any of the productive industries or
great , mercantile establishments, in office or
what not, he has invested the more valuable
possession of his personal skill and ability, an
asset quite as desirable and as capable of ex
pression in dollars and cents as title to a plot
of ground. .
"No feeling of responsibility?" What would
becowe of Omaha if all the people who live here
but do not own their homes were without sense
of responsibility? Fortunately, they do have
a sense of responsibility, to the city, to them
selves, and to the community at large.
The sooner the controversy between the
owners and the renters gets on a more reason
able basis than this sort of misconception of
fundamentals, the quicker will the contending
parties come to an understanding.
Another Sensible Act
An Iowa judge has refused to permit an
, Omaha girl to wed a young man just convicted
of stealing an automobile and under prison sen
tence. This judge also deserves commendation,
especially at a time when matrimony is con
tracted by couples one of whom is about to
enter on an expiatory term in a penitentiary.
Such a contract is a profanation of marriage.
It is not a test of love, but almost a denial
of the tender feeling. 1 An overwhelming im
pulse, born of pity and sorrow, may suggest
that fealty be pledged, in wedding solemnity,
but such a union does not beget or even promise
the sacred association on which marriage finally
depends for its success. A wife may patiently
await the return of a husband who has been
sent to prison, although few of them do;
whether a bride can so broojc the separation is
a greater question. In any event, love that will
endure the test can equally abide the waiting,
and will be the sweeter because it has been
patient. It is not wise, however, to anticipate its
culmination, by a marriage in which the prison
doors stand between the altar and the bridal
couch. No girl can afford to start-her wedded
life with a husband in jail, nor can a man sin
cerely consent to put such a handicap on the v
A Roar From the Bench.
When Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis has
occasion to utter words of stern rebuke from
the federal bench nobody has to interpret his
words. They speak for themselves.
A millionaire cattle king named Dorsey was
recently sentenced to eight years' imprisonment
after being found guilty of using the mails to
sell tubercular cattle over the west. The white
plague. is readily communicated to human beings
through diseased cattle, and this man's crime
was a dreadful thing to think about. Com
plaints of his criminal conduct came "from Mex
ico to Alaska," the court said.
But a man with a million has many avenues
through which to reach pardoning power, and
this convict was able to get to President Wil
son, who reduced his sentence to four years.
Commenting on the executive act Judge Landis
said: "When tna president of the United States
paused in the midst of great affairs to cut this
sentence in two, I wonder what frame of mind
he must have been in. I suppose Dorsey's par
don is about ready."
The swindled farmers, and meat eaters gen
erally must be in "a frame of mind" for a general
house-cleaning in official Washington. Verily it
is time for a change. v
United Brethren or Episcopal?
The papers have Governor Cox listed as a
member of the United Brethren church. He
may have been baptized in that faith, as stated,
but his sketch in "Who's Who" says he is an
Episcopalian.. The United Brethrenf maintain
the doctrine of the total depravity of human
nature one which a great majority of Ohio
politicians believe in as peculiarly applicable to
the electorate. If Brother Cox has weakened on
that doctrine he is likely to return to it next
November.
''Tom" Lipton continues to be a good sport.
He says he does not want victories won by
flukes. But he will hold onto the "first horse,"
just the same.
Candidate Cox is going to speak in every
state. He will learn a great deal that way, but
will never know the country as well as Mr.
Bryan. ..;
Just what the throat halliards are we can
not say, but they evidently have something to do
witha yacht race.
Now that the grocers have broken a record
with their picnic, anything may happen.
Los Angeles is still "shimmying," from lorce
of habit, probably.
Nebraska's grain fields beat any oil area as
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steady producers.
Primitive American Art
, From the Christian Science Monitor.
For many reasons the exhibition of the art
of the indigenous races of America, now held
at the Burlington Fine Arts club in London,
is very important. ' It is the first of its kind
ever held in England, the subject is one of
which very little -is known, and it is not a
little interesting in the light of the most ad
vanced sculpture today, which admittedly harks
back to primitive sources' of expression.
All the work here shown, and there is a
great quantity of it, is the outcome of inherent
genius of the country, with little curiosity, emo
tion, or intellect. The dominant note is sym
bolism, with now and again essays in realism.
These latter are those which interest us least,
for we in these days are tired of realism, which
has become so forgetful of the hard and fast
essentials which every form of art must contain.
Although the symbolism of these works, es
pecially the sculpture, is too remote for us
at all to understand, they possess a fine origin
ality of decorative motives which gives them a
worthy place of comparison with any art of
any time. Here and there, especially in the
pottery, we are a little reminded of -rtgan art,
and at once our minds become entangled in the
Eliot-Smith theories and those of Fenelosa,
as to the origin of art, and we are left be
wildered at the depths of learning the whole
problem involves. Compared with Egypt and
Assyria, very little archaeological research has
been carried out in America and vast yields no
doubt would be the reward, judging from the
significance of the little that has been done.
Guatemala is considered the earliest cultural
development yet discovered. The hieroglyphics
on the architectural remains here are not yet
deciphered, although this script still, existed in
Yucatan as late as the Spanish conquest, 1519
1533. The period covered by these monuments is
called Early Maya, and besides many exquisite
pieces of carving in basalt, ivory and stone, in
the exhibition are some photographs of build
ings and monoliths which show a crude sense
of sculptured ornament in architectural situ
and compare unfavorably with early Chinese
or Egyptian buildings which come to mind.
The date ascribed to the Early Maya period is
200 B. C.-300 A. D., and it appears to have
sprung into full bloom without any adolescence.
In the Middle Maya period, fourth century to
tenth culture shifted to Yucatan and then in
fluences from Mexico seem to creep in. The
late Maya period commences with the eleventh
century and in it began the degeneration of
Central American art. There are several fine
examples of pottery, nevertheless, of this period,
and an interesting whistle made of clay modeled
as two birds side by side; an ocarina, too, of
this period closes with the Spanish conquest and
a beautiful piece of Cholulan ware shows us the
pottery on whieh the famous Montezuma's
meals were served.
The history of South American art vis the
history of two opposing forms of culture, each
subject to geographical conditions. On the one
hand we have the valley of the Andes, fertile
and irrigated and rich in stone; on the other a
rainless coastal district without stone suitable
for building. To the early period of art in the
first named district, is given the nameProto
Chimu and to the second Prpto-Nasca. The
exhibits cover a very large geographical area
and wide span of time and one of the most
interesting . cases is that containing Peruvian
textiles, in which the many fish patterns and
quite subdued coloring are indeed beautiful. One
piece of bide stuff is remarkable in that it is of
double weft and warp which of course makes
the pattern counterchange on the reverse side,
and considering the very primitive loom used
it is a subject for wonder. But then what can
be more astonishing than the perfect roundness
of the plates and jars, for we must remember
no potter's wheel .was used in their making.
Indeed, the potter's wheel was probably un
known in America until introduced from Europe.
And again the bulk of the, carving was done
with stone tools; yet some of it is extremely
delicate.
Of the eighth to tenth century is an illuminated
manuscript with absolute precision in its
drawing of weird figures, and the color as
fresh as the day it was painted. It is executed
on smoothed deer skin. There are many very
beautiful gold ornaments, pins, ear pfugs, ear
picks, and rings,. the form of a bird being very
popular with these primitive jewelers. Copper,
too, was used and very largely for ornamental
purposes.
iL$t Humor Do It
i Heaven knows there is enough solemnity at
a national convention. Not everybody takes the
solemnity as solemnly as it is intended. But the
atmosphere is charged with portentous and
vehement utterances, the sky is darkened by
polysyllables and perorations, and the gayest
moments are devoted to singing "Marching
Through Georgia," with ingenious words
designed to convey the impression that certain
delegates are mad with excitement for So-and-So.
Therefore the innovation at the. San Fran
cisco convention whereby the names of Mr.
Ring Lardner and Mr. Irvin Cobb were pro
jected into the box score and credited with a
half vote or so for the nomination deserves ap
plause and fostering care. Why not let the hu
morists into the game from the start? Would
the ordinary keynoter dare to stand up and
keynote if lie knew that a parody thereof by
Mr. Lew Fields would immediately follow?
Could even Palmer delegates parade around a
hall if a parade for Mr. Heywood Broun, with
appropriate transparencies, would fall in behind?
The national convention1 has not been a thing
of glory this year. Humor strikes us as about
the best thing that could happen to it. And if
some day a republican convention should be
stampeded to Mr. George Ade what could be
fairer than that the democrats should put up
Mr. Dooley? And what a campaign then would
be! Electing a president under such conditions
would cease to be a thing of gloomy endurance
and would actually be a pleasure. New York
Tribune.
The "48ers" will not form a new party. Such
a reliefj
Give us facts in the "dope" scandal.
China's Kiao-Chou Balk
In reply to the solicitation by" Japan that it
should undertake negotiations for the retire
ment of Japan from Kiao Chou and arrange
ment of the incidentals, China has made reply
that while it appreciates the desire of Japan to
withdraw its troops as in preparation for full
settlement of the issue, it does not feel that the
retention of the Japanese forco as a railroad
guard is necessary as matters are; and, more
over, as China was not a party to the treaty
of Versailles, it is not prepared at present to
act in accord with the conditions for settlement
therein proposed. ,
Japan has made reply that it cannot under
stand the position of China, inasmuch as that
country had agreed at the time of Japan's re
lease of the territory from Germany's hold that
it, Japan, had thereby entered into all the pos
session that had been of right that of Germany.
Hence there could be no bar to direct negotia
tions between the two countries, especially in
the presence of the existence of a fundamental
agreement.
China has cited the present resentment of
the Chinese people over the entire Shantung as
sumptions by Japan as a cause for its delay in
meeting advances for agreement with Japan.
Unquestionably this domestic situation offers a
very strong motive for China to continue to
put off a frank meeting with Japan for the
elimination of the Shantung problem in the re
lations of the two nations. Baltimore American.
Honor to Whom It is Due.
The army mule has been cited officially for
helping to win the war. By the time wheelbar
rows, picks and shovels, barbed wire and a few
other invaluable odds and ends have been duly
praised, the encomiums will all have been passed
around. About everything animate which took
part in the conflict except the lowly "cootie" has
been recognized. Philadelphia Evening Bul
letin, '" '
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. EVANS
Questions concerning hygiene, oa Di
lation and prevention of disease, enb
mtttcd tu Dr. Evana bjr reader of The
Bee, will be snawereri personally, sub
ject to proper limitation, where a
stamped nddreaaed envelope I en
closed. Dr. hvana will not make
diagnosis or presexlhe for Individual
diseases. .Address lettero In care of
The Bee.
Copyright, 1920, by Dr. W. A.. Evana
CABOT'S NATURAL METHOD.
Dr. Richard Cabot of Boston has
written a textbook on diagnosis for
psysicians' use. It differs from most
books in the subject, as it starts with
the most prominent symptom and
travels from that backward toward
the disease which caused it. The
reason Dr. Cabot followed this meth
od was because it is natural.
The patient becomes disease-conscious
because of some symptom.
This symptom becomes o evident
to hint that he begins to wonder
what it is. Having become con
vinced that it means something, he
consults a physician.
In presentinK his case to the phy
sician he states the symptoms be
ginning with, and all the time
stressing, the one which has most
impressed him. The physician is
impressed by what is told him, has
certain conditions as possible causes
of the outstanding symptom in his
mini! and begins his examination on
he the basis of the causes suggested
by the outstanding symptom.
How logical, then, is the method
employed by Cabot in his book. The
method is just as natural for the,
steps before the patient sees the
physician as it is for the physician
after he sees the patient. The man
has an unusual sensation. If it is
striking or if it persists he wonders
what it means. The threshold of
inquiry or investigation is early in
the man given to introspection, late
in the fatalist, and in between with
other people.
There are cults which teach their
followers to accept a fatalistic atti
tude toward such symptoms, and to
trust the outcome to the divinity or
to psychic agencies.
There are cults which strive to
train their people to deaden the
threshold by autosuggestion. A cer
tain amount of this is a good anti
dote for the introspective and neu
rasthenics. The sensible position is the one
in which the threshold is governed
by knowledge and reason. It is this
sensible middle ground which will
come when the common run of peo
ple, the average man, the plain peo
ple, have become well informed as
to the body and its workings in
health and disease, and have gained
the same judgment in these matters
that they show in other relations in
life.
In the meanwhile the neurasthe
nics make some grievous errors, and
those with the benumbed, desensi
tized "spirit of inquiry make some
tragic mistakes, mistakes which cost
them their lives and which spread
cor.tagion to the normally minded
innocents.
The man having had his attention
arrested by some unnatural sensa;
tion must first decide whether it is
of any consequence or not. If he
decides that it is of some conse
qvence, he may next decide whether
it is of enough consequence for hiis
to have a physician investigate fur
ther. Those are decisions that he
must make for himself.
In making them ho proceeds from
the outstanding symptpm toward
his suspicion of a cause to his de
cision what it may mean and what
he shall do. Therefore, the matter
of Cabot's diagnosis is the natural
method with the ailing man as well
as with the physician. Some day
somebody will write a book for tha
patient in which the start will be
from the outstanding symptom, and
the purpose will be -to help the ail
ing person in the decisions he has
to make.
Too Few Street lienor Boxes.
Omaha, July 13. To the Editor
of The Bee: For the benefit of the
; stranger within the gates, would it
j not be advisable to publish the in
I formation the government maintains
a letter box in down town Omaha,
I where letters (not packages) can be
mailed.
I carried a letter for two days,
keeping my eyes peeled, before 1
located the box on the tofner of
Fifteenth and Farnam. v
An ex-democrat, who was stand
ing on the corner of Harney and
Fifteenth, reading The Bee, directed
me to the box. He said: "If t(je
country goes republican the new
postmaster general is going to put
mail boxes on all corners in tha
cities and provinces, too, just like
in England, and maybe they'll in
stall branch postotflces to be main
tained exclusive of drug stores, etc.,
just like in England."
Wonder if this fellow is telling the
truth or is he just boosting for the
republicans?
EDWARD MARSHALL,
Orpheuin Theater.
"Taste in Poetry."
Omaha, July U. To the Editor
of The Bee: From the viewpoint of
reverence for the Deity and the
things which are His, this would'be
poetry is an insult to the imagina
tion of a rational man. One need
not be a scholar to appreciate the
strength and beauty or art of prose
or poetry, but to even suggest that
God Almighty is to bo classed with
an irresponsible care-free child taxes
our credulity as to the soundness of
the creatures' mentality. The sneer
ing, driveling lines are the exhaust
of a self-centered egotist who
imagines that this filth is what is
desired, and impresses, by the would
be so-called free thinkers who are
struggling to think with a deficient
mentality or not at all. Mr. Editor,
decadent was extremely mild to
characterize this particular effort
mis-named poetry, but men who yet
believe in and reverence the God of
their fathers know wat you mean.
I for one appreciate your courage in
the frank criticism, which surely it
does not merit, of a so-called attempt
to glorify a rotten conception of God
and the reverence due Him.
JOHN ALAN.
Xoeds Constant Care.
E. O. P. writes: "My brother has
had water form in his left pleural
sack and has had an operation. Now
he is having another operation. As
far as I can learn his left lung is
pressed together and is not much
larger than your fist. I am advised
that tuberculosis may start and I
wish you to advise proper treatment
o restore his lung to normal "
REPLY. N
He should be under a physician's
lirect control until his wound stops
Iraining and his pleural cavity no
onger fills with fluid. 'During this
time he ?hould rest quietly in the
open air, avoiding fatigue. After his
disease has subsided he should live
out of doors, eating plenty of milk,
eggs and other good food. While
he should exercise in the .pen air
daily, he must not tire himself out.
Several minutes of deep breathing
morning and nlgt will help to ex
pand his lungs. His caved-ln lung is
liable to result in spinal curvature.
To prevent this, the great muscles of
the back antl neck should be de
veloped. Among exercises which de
velop these muscles are swimming,
rowing, climbing a rope or ladder,
and wotk on bars. You have been
correctly Informed. Tuberculosis
frequently follows pleurisy.
It Might Poison You.
Reader writes: "Should I use a
hair tonic composed of 1 dram of
sulphur, 1 dram of lead acetate, 4
ounces of bay rum and 1 ounce of
glycerine? I am rather afraid of
the lead. Will you kindly give me
your opinion?"
REPLY.
Do not use any preparation con
taining lead on your hair. While it
might dye your hair a 16-year-old
black and do you no harm, It might
produce lead poisoning.
Ask to hear
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tinguiah between a omger'! voice, or in
atrumentaiist'a performance, and tie New
Edison' RE-CREATION of such voice or
performance.
"We hereby invite responsible represents,
tives, of any reputable tslking-rnsdoine
manufacturer, to listen to such a corn pari
son, in the presence of nidges of their own
choosing, indicating to the judges when
they think they are listening to the artist
and when to the New Edison.
"The test will be made with an Official
Laboratory Model, taken from stock, such
aa can be bought in any Edison dealer's
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Breaking tho News.
The story is told that when Mur
ray Crane reached Coolidge on the
telephone to' tell him he had been
nominated for vice president ,the
laconic response was: "Well, I sup
pose that's another duty to take up."
Boston News Bureau.
A Matter of Viewpoint.
"The tragedy at Chicago" is what
the president calls the republican
convention. If it's a tragedy for Mr.
Wilson's party then it must have
been a complete success for the
party that put it on. St. Paul Pio
neer Press.
Road to Thrift.
It has just about got ho In this
country that a woman thinks she is
getting stingy when she decides not
to buy something she doesn't need.
Dallas News.
Anvil Chorus Starts.
Governor Coolidge is not only 100
per cent American, but it is prob
able that he hasn't split an Infinitive
since he was "a boy. Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Remember !
We always have com
plete stocks of the best
equipment for
Tennis
Rackets, Tennis Balls, Nets,
Racket Presses, Racket Covers,
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Artificial flower-making Is an art
in which the Japanese excel.
The average depth of the Antarctic
ocean Is less than 2,000 fathoms.
The ex-king of Havana is said to
own a tuble service of solid gold in
cluding 400 pieces.
The Rlnghals snake, a native of
South Africa, can throw a spray of
poison a distance of 15 feet.
Among the peasants of Serbia the
wt'ddlng procession to and from the
church Is conducted on horseback.
An 8-year-old Polish boy recently
played twenty simultaneous games
of chess in Paris and won them all.
Members of tbfi parliament of
Australia have recently raised their
own salaries from 3,'00tl to $5,000
a year.
Tho Infant sons of two well known
English luwn tennis players have
already been booked for a tennis
match in 1940.
At the age of R years Macaulay
wiote a treatise, designed to convert
the natives of Malabar to Christianity.
Direct taxation in England now ,
amount to over $75 per head of the
population, as compared to less than
$S in 1914.
In Cuba the marriage laws are
very rigid. Until recently persons
divorced for any cause could not be
remarried.
A scientist lias made the discov
ery' that both X-rays and radium
will change the color and add to the
lustre of precious stones.
While a woman performer was
crushed to death in a Swiss music
hall by a giant python, the audience
applauded, thinking it a part of her
"turn."
The Bank of England, the strong
est treasure-house in the world,
usually holds within it one hundred
million dollars' worth of gold and
notes.
The London fire department has
ricently experimented successfully
with a portable wireless telephone
outfit, the aerial of which is at
tached to a lamp-post.
In many parts of India elephants
have been appointed ofheial ex
ecutioners of justice. They will
break the limbs of a criminal, tram
ple him to death, or pierce him with
their tusks, according to their mas
ter's instructions.
The figure three is extraordinarily
prominent in the Bible. Noah had
three sons, and Job had three
friends. There were three pa
triarchs. Daniel's three companions
were thrown into the fiery furnace,
and he himself was three days in
the lion's den.
I'd rathi-r have (lis friendly few
Aiounil me anv day
Than crowds that abut truo comradea out
Anil put the aoul at hay.
Thre'a nothlnK like the friendly few
To help ua on our way.
I Itxo the fi'W who really laat
t'nr more, a.t I srow older;
There's nothing- In this "Hello, John"
With loud ulnpa on the shoulder.
I'd turn an-1 Klure at such-like fools
It only 1 wore bolder.
rhm frlnmlt tpw make' Ufa wni th while
Aa twlllslh venues apane;
You oan't expect a l'l return
From every lellow'a far.
And when the evening; ostites down,
How few are In tho race? ,
The friendly few! Keep them with yod
As years rush on. my lad!
Be thankful for one faithful rhum '
To make your old heart glad.
And. when 1 think of It, that's all
That any man has had , ...
Charles Hanson Towna. In Judge
Had No Limousine.
"Pa, how much money did Croe
sus have?"
"Oh, I don't know. About
enough to live in what is at present
mioclle-class style, I guess." Boston
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IA piano w never
better thanwfom
it Is new,"
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maker of a lead
ing artistic pianoj
in ras catalog.
The single excerpt
km to this rule is
the Mason Hamlin.
It alone improve?
with age, became
it has a5oundirifl
board constructed
on the age-resist
mq principle
the violin.
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