She hears of them, longs for them and imitates them in her feeble way. She cannot smother the longing, so she compromises. She. hears of the grand opera. Her heart hungers for the lights, the music, the glittering stage. She opens her worn purse, selects the only coin she dare devote to vain luxury and enters the nickel theater. This stands to her hun gry heart as a substitute for the grand opera. Youth whether it is clad in rags or riches, whether it is half starved or over-fed, whether it is crushed or pampered, cnes out for amusement. This cry must be answered even at a sacrifice. To com promise forever and ever is a sad and bitter sacrifice. The amusements of the money ed people are inspiring, elevating, and they leave their stamp. The amusements of the under-paid are crushing, deadening, and they also leave their stamp. The work by which we live marks us as its own. The ob server knows us for what we are. The entertainments in which we indulge influence our character, our habit of speech, our outlook on life, even our gait. Every woman is naturally a lover of art, and when T meet a girl who is truly satisfied with something less I know that our "system" has done its work with a mighty flourish. It has killed a part of her the better part and left her ghost to be sneered at by the maddening mob. , Qh, whispering world! Criti cise if you will, but where ther,e is youth there is going to be en tertainment and amusement. And those who cannot afford the high er planes will sink to any level in quest of joy. The land is rich with splendor and plenty. Why should Amer ica's daughters content them selves with shadows? The wise world goes on and on believing the amusements we ac cept are the amusements we de sire, and are the only ones we are fitted for. This is all a mistake. The " working girls has her dreams, her ideals, but the call of youth must be recognized, so she compro mises regardless of consequences. o o CABINET POSSIBILITY Obadiah Gardner of Maine, defeated for re-election to the United States Senate, is men tioned for secretary of agricul ture. He is a practical farmer and was for ten years head of the state grange. The oldest known English pic ture is one of Chaucer, painted in the year 1380.