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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1920
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PHOENIX. ARIZONA
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"1 FRIDAY, MAY 14. 1920
; Whatever makes men good Chris
tians makes them good citizens.
: N Daniel Webster.
; Amounting Almost to Elimination
Ever since the names of statesmen were men
tioned as candidates before the republican national
convention next month Governor Lowden of Illinois
and Senator Harding were given favorable consid
eration as candidates' who would especially appeal to
the solid conservative element of the party. Each
-nm r3 frnm n l.irpo find nnniilnns jstate. and One of
them, Mr. Harding from a state "which though Is
more frequently than not, heavily republican, is so
tbifUng that it has come to be regarded as pivotal.
It was assumed that each of these candidates
would gain the s(jlid, enthusiastic endorsement of not
only his own state but of adjacent staies, so that
each would go into. the convention with an impressive
nucleus to which would easily be attracted support
frjrn other parts of the country.
The primaries in Illinois and Ohio have been
safily disappointing to the friends of' both these can
difites. Neither has succeeded in gaining the un
qualified endorsement of the republican voters of his
owji state. Inroads have been made upon the states
of jjboth by General Wood and in one of these states.
Senator Johnson developed, in adverse circumstances,
fi!iextraordinary an9 unexpected strength.
vote in Indiana which from its geographical position
might have been regarded as a battleground, with
Governor Lowden and Senator Harding, the chief
contestants shows that both were rather unimportant -factors.
General Wood received two votes for each
one -cast for Governor Lowden and four for each vote
received by Senator Harding. Senator Johnson who
ran C000 votes behind General Wood received 20,000
prr4 votes than were cast for both Governor Lewden
and Senator Harding.
j In no other part of the country have thes.s two
candidates evoked any enthusiasm whatever. That
is hot because they are not weil ami widely known.
Both have long been in the public eye and have had
a prominent part in 'the affairs of the nation. It
was upon their records that they were brought out
as candidates for the presidential nomination.
; It con hardly be regarded otherwise than th.it the
primaries signify that these records have been dis
approved.. If not affirmatively disapprdveel, they
have failed cf securing approval though it was
strongly and specifically requested.
The result of the Indiana primary though per
haps no more significant than that of primary tests
in other . rarts of the ' country, is more striking
since in that state both Senator Harding and Gov-
' ernor Lowden-had instituted vigorous campaigns
Their claims Were thoroughly presented to the voters.
Yet. one of them ran a bad third and the other a .
worse fourth.
: Indiana is a state on which, in a presidential
campaign, neither party can safely rely as the. rec
ords of a generation prove. It may well be doubted
whether either of these candidates, if nominated
could carry that state and republican managers might
well fear that neither of them could carry it. The
;-ame reasons why neither of these candidates could
not, would apply to other states where they have
made a disappointing showing.
It may Lo that the conservative or the so-called
conservative element of the party would prefer either '
Governor Lowden or Senator Harding. But the
meaning of the word conservative changes from time
to time. The conservative as We knew him twenty
or ten years ago or even five years ago, "how known
as k reactionary, has dwindled to such an extent and
has been so displaced by latter-day conservatives
that he caA not be relied upon with safety as a. factor
in politics.
Sugar In Queensland
A special dispatch to the Retail Public Ledger f
Philadelphia states that Attorney General Palmer
after, predicting periodically a lowering of prices has
abandoned his supposed attack upon the high cost of
living and that the fair price committees all over the
country are to be demobilized. While the public be
lieves that an energetic anil intelligent administration
Itssr profiteers, the announcement will be received
with relief that the attorney general has decided to
abandon a campaign which has had no other effect
than that of betraying to irofiteers the "futility of it,
thus encouraging therruto greater lengths in defiance
3f an impotent government.
-'Things jire done differently abroad. ' Edward G.
Theodore, the premier of Queensland was in New
York the other day and there he made the announce
ment that sugar was selling at nine cents a pound
'n Queensland. In this country we are paying from
twenty to twenty-five cents a pound with a prospect
".hat; it' will go higher as it undoubtedly will do
tvhein the canning season 'gets into full swing.
It was not the refiners and dealers of Queensland
.thai; held the price of sugar, to nine cents n pound.
It was an energetic government bent upon the pro
tection of its people, one of the essential functions
of government.
A government failing in that may be regarded
by its people as having failed in an important es
sential Why sugar is nine cents a pound in Queensland
and .the same thing is true of all Australia and New
Zealand is thus explained:
Queensland has most of the cane sugar mills
which supply Australia. Their annual output is
"'-00.00'J tons. There are 42 cane mills, of which four
'.-.re jiale property. There is a system of labor courts
t determine a fair living wage for the employes, both
on" plantation and mill. The workers, the farmers
r.H-1 the government are represented on thepe boards.
Then there? is a fair- price court for each mill,
"his im-iuKs vi preservatives of the cane growers, the
ecu- millers and the government, with tethr ical ox
,,. . i.-, as advisers, it determines a fair price for the
:;i;e to ho sent to each mill.
Ail the raw sugar produced by the mills become
the property of the state, under the law passed by the
government. The price paid by the government is the
cost of the cane, plus the cost of normal operation,
with allowance for interest on 'the investment. The
higher the efficiency of the mill, the better price it
"gets. This puts a premium on efficient operation.
Thc state owned mills pay a better price to the farm
ers than the privately owned mills, because they do
not have to pay a profit on their investment. The
result is sugar at nine cents a pound.
We are doing it differently. We have allowed the
refiners to make as great profit as they desire as
much as they have the "nerve' to demand. We have
camouflaged the situation through fair price com
mittees by limiting the profits of wholesalers and re
tailers. We have refused not only to control the re
finers but our government has refused to buy cheap
sugar, that is the Cuban crop at 6Vi cents a pound,
for the people. It has greased the way of the re
finers for an advance upon the popular pocket-book.
The result is sugar at from "0 to 5 cents a pound
with "a probability that'it will go much higher.
Our profiteers will hardly contend that our
sugar is sweeter than that of Queensland.
f
One
There is hardly any evil out of which good may
not be figured. One would not though, seem to-find
any compensating benefit in the late railroad strike
which proved so costly to the country. Yet the
strike gave the motor truck an opportunity again to
prove its value during that period of t -ansportation
uncertainty. But the trucks had previously proved
it in wartime by hauling vast quantities of essential
materials to the "seaboard. But for the motor driven
vehicles many people in the cities would have gone
hungry W-ithin the last month while the yardmen were
on strike. '
Experience Is a good teacher. The American
people realize that motor transportation is a necessi
ty. Kut will they benefit from the lesson they have
learned? Will the nation generally concern itself in
extending and improving highways so that motor
transportation will have a chance to grow in propor
tion to the increasing requirements for its service?
This It is true, is an expensive time to carry on
road building and to enlarge construction programs.
Probably only a small volume of work will be started
this j'ear in comparison with needs. Nevertheless
every state will spend considerable money' on high
ways. All that is used should be economically ex
panded. Cheap roads are dear in the end when costs are
held down to lengthen mileage. Too many highway s
have been poorly constructed. Too few have been
built with the idea of wide public service in mind.
Short stretches of good roads are impractical when
they connect up with bad roads. By scattering exten
sions and improvements "the real mark is often
missed.
Patch work road building has waited millions of
dollars. There is 'need of foresight and co-operation
between the counties of a state and between the
states of the union. Without co-operation even fio
great a tbing as road building may be carried on at,
great expense, at cross purposes.
We suppose that if we succeed in establishing
communication with Mars somebody will want to
bring it untler the Jurisdiction of the League of Na
tions and divide it uo into mandataries.
The prevalence of silk shirts does not signify
that the wearer is rich; usually he is not. But it is
established that the manufacturer of silk shirts Is
rich or in a way to be rich.
The scope of the land department investigation is
enlarging so rapidly that when it is concluded the
sum of information regarding all sublunary affairs
will be greatly increased.
It the democratic party goes to its death
weighted down by the Versailles treaty it cannot
complain that it was not warned of the fatal char
acter of the load.
The annual hegira season is approaching Phoe
nix. All right, we can now afford to indulge in what
'we once regarded as a necessary expense but which
has since become a habit or a fad.
The growth of
1S9. It has been
considerable part
We do not know Vrhat the census figures will
show for Phoenix but we will not be satisfied wklj
them whatever they may be. , .
k If the scope of
should be further
inquiry and all of
Government economy might save the country hut
the shock of the innovation would kill the people.
Ouija boards work best when the operator lias
sensitive hands and a solid Ivory head.
Lesson of the Strike
Bisbee in ten years we see is only
suggested that Bisbee deported a
of its gain in population.
the land department investigation
enlarged everybody will be tinder
us will be inquirers.
AN OLD STORY
By Guy C. Terhune
An Arab sat within his tent;
The night was cold without;
Between the flaps a camel poked
His black and ugly snout.
"Goo Master," quoth the clever beast,
"May I but warm my nose?
The frost is in the air tonight.
And cold the north-wind blows."
"Poor beast," the master made reply,
"There's warmth enough for two;
So stand and bask beneath the rays
Until you're heated through."
You know the olden story
And how it came about:
The camel crawled within
And kicked the man-without.
"This paper shortage smites us sore,"
The Big Editions wail.
This worthless stuff we must, cvt out
And all our dope curtail."
Then cheerfully -;hc .kittle Ones
Responded with these words:
"We'll limit everything wj can.
We'll cut it into thirds'
The moral here is plain to sec:
I need not loudly shout
That Big Editions soon will freeze
The Smaller Fellows out.
So wail your sorrows long and loud
Until the people know
""st what would death impart to you
bring the nation woe.
Price: Tut! Tut!
EDITORIAL
C. G. H Editor
CAN YOU HEAR US, BEN?
Dr. Ben Reitman, erstwhile partner
of Emma Goldman who is now taken
up her residence in Russia. Ben is an
interesting old bird. Ami interesting
people have been ever held a fascina
tion for us whether they be high or
low. saints' or crooks, conformists or
anarchists. -
Once we hunted out Dr. Ben's domi
cile and pulled the doorbell.
"Hello," he yelled through the speak
ing tube.
"Hello," we answered, "will you talk
to me for a few minutes?''
"I'll talk to anybody with a clean
shirt," was his cordial assurance.
"Come on up."
We got a good story out of him on
the subject of birth control. But it
was something of a shock to step into
the home of an anarchist and see narry
a bomb or an infernal machine. Only
his aged mother was with him.
As set forth above, he Is interesting.
Here's a yarn about him, clipped from
the Chicago Tribune:
The plaster frog perched high on
the molding would have liked to croak.
It gave the stained glass window a
pain.
Poetry in the Relic House! Verse
. flowing where good beer foamed since
Lincoln park was a grass plot!
For Tir. Ben Reitman lately the big
gest pickle in the Dillplckle club-: led
his flock to the Relic House, at 2437
North Clark street, and established the
"House of Blazes" last night, where
thy versed and rhymed, foamed and
fumed, and orated at great length.
"If your wife runs off with your
neighbor, come and tell us your sensa
tions," he invited the audience that
filled the ancient tavern.
The principal speaker of the evening,
he announced, had torn his xants and
could not attend. So Bert Weber, a
self-confessed poet, rattled off the fol
lowing anent prohibition:
The day is dark and cold and drear
Tis dry and the windpipes howl for
beer.
The grapevine clings to the moulding
wall.
Gone is the kitk sans alcohol.
The day is dark and cold and drear.
Thursday night, it was announced,
will always be poetry night, when all
may come and read their renditions.
We are glad to see the doctor take a
part in the Camel's Back's nation-wide
" campaign to make Thursday a mid
week holiday. Ben's House of Blazes
will be open every Thursday night. We
are taking steps to have specimens of
House of Blazes poetry submitted to
this fearful weekly for publication.
The doctor must understand, of course,
that we cannot pay much for contribu
tions accepted. Perhaps not more than
an unused pretzel for each one. And
on nights when the stuff, in Ben's
opinion, is punk we will permit him to
contribute about .100 words on "Mirth
Control." or "How To Read a News
paper." Or what have you, Ben?
o
At the statehouse boarding table:
riease pass the lie.
Ye ed. trusts he can squeeze in time
enough to go over and get the tie he
gyped out of John.
The Relentless Wife
By Frederick J. Haskin
NEW YORK, May 6. This is pop
ularly supposed' to be a man's world,
but there is one place where it certainly
belongs to women, and that is the do
mestic relations court, sometimes called
the "divorce court of the poor" again,
"the court trf family row s," of New
York. Here it is the man who pays,
while the woman stalks grimly off with
the domestic laurels.
iYesumably a man may lodge a com
plaint in this court if his wife deserts
him, but few mere do. Thus it is pri
marily a women's and children's court,
patronized almost wholly by disgrun
tled wives who are anxious to "get
even" vith erring or weary husbands.
Occasionally a mother appears to exact
support from an irresponsible son, but
mothers-in-law are much more in evi
dence, r
As the reporter appoached the old,
elingy, red-brick court house the other
morning, a crowd of interested pedes
trians was gathered about a very angry
young man and a very angry old lady,
who were shouting intimate reproaches
at one another, just as if they had the
whole street to themselves. The young
man wore an old brown suit, a speckled
cap, and no collar; the old lady, was
also poorly clad in a shiny black 'cape
and a rakish sailor hat.
"You've got plenty of money," she
told the young man and he amused
crowd at the same time. "And my
daughter's goin' to get some of it. The
judge'll may you pay it."
"Nobody'll ever make me pay It," re
plied the young man furiously. '"I'll see
them in heaven first!" (
The Proud Male Cringes
But, alas for the bravado of the male,
a few minutes later this same young
man was standing meekly before the
judge's desk in the courtroom, noddin?
an abashed assent to all the serious
charges against him and weakly agree
ing to contribute eight dollars a week
to the support of his wife. The wife
is earning $16 a week !ind living with
her parents, so that this will make her
total weekly income $24, while her hus
band will have only $17 left out of his
weekly salary.
The courtroom itself proved interest
ing because of its utte lack of formal
ity and legal pretentions. It is more
like a private office than a court, and
the judge, long since having discarded
his Judicial robe, sits democratically at
a long table where also sit the tlefen
dant. the lawyers, the court stenog
rapher, and the probation officers. To
the immediate right of this table is the
witness chair. One case is admitted
to the courtroom at a time to receive a
confidential hearing.
"So much nicer than it used to be,"
whispered a plump, srray-haired pro
bation officer to us. as we sank into a
straight-backed, shiny office chair near
the. official table, hnvimj gained our
admittance by -the divine ris;ht of our
reporter's card. ''Iff; just like a family
caucus now. You know, it used to be
that the women had to stand in line and
take their turn with all sorts, of crim
inals, and the whole neighborhood used
to come and absorb all the gossip. The
poor things v.-tre afraid to say anything
for fear every house on their block
would have the story by the time they
Sot home.
"Now the cases pass through our
probation department before they ar'
even brousrht into the courtroom. Wc
Investigate conditions, find out whether
V-kIv With ;t llninL- vv I?. ( 'over 1 hp ! sprt.
Ariz., May 14, '20
TOWN .PUMP n
Warm weather has come out at the
capitol a little early this year.
Good morning! Have you a little
land lease in your home?,
Gov. T. E. Campbell ree'd. an anony
mous letter recently.
Sam Barows, prominent young .cat
tleman, is a welcomed visitor in this
city. "I think I shall make Phoenix
my headquarters for the time being."
he said to our reporter. "In fact," he
added, "I have given instructions to
have my typewriter sent up here too."
This village is growing wilder every
minute.
-A. F. Parker, prominent land attny.
life ins. agent, and financier, left on
the eveng. train recently for EI Paso.
Although he still maintains interest in
this village and its people, it is not
known Just when he w!:i -ome back.
His leaving town was d eply regret fed
by many of the town who are look in
forward eagerly to his return.
-
Jesse Boyce, Wiley Jones, and II. S.
Ross collaborated on a bit of literary
work recently, the publication of which
marks- a new epoch in state-wide read
ing circles. 11
State Treas. Ross was an Interested
caller at Mrs. Parker's home last Fri.
ev'n'g. Most of the time was spent in
chatting and motoring.
Jedges Struekmeywr and Bullard
spent two or three eves, together out
at the statehouse this wk., a pleasant
time being had by both.
Many visitors are expected in town
from all parts of the state within the
next few days. Among them bein? E
B. Perrin, a land owner of "Frisco, and
Bob Morrison of Brescott.
Jedge Bolton, of Courtland, spent a
pleasant ev'n'g at the Capitol Play
house last nite.
Miss Vague Whispering and Miss
Rumor, who have been cutting cute
capers in this village these past
months, staged a coming out prty on
West Washington street the other
night.
'..
Zeke Leathers, the villaare sage, says
it's a long board that has not knots
and that goes for the land board.
"And spose," he. adds, "that they
find the hull land department is
crooked, from the guv'ner down, what
then? Whafre they going to. do about
it? Hey?"
.
what
WeTl bite
about it?
WILL
they do
Br'er Evants may not mind being
Guy-ed but he probably resents getting
his ache offn Acuff. ,
or not the wife is telling the truth, and
often we axe able to effect a reconcilia
tion between the couple sbefore the case
comes up bfore the judge. Most of the
casese which do reach him are pretty
hopeless, I guess. Here is tfne of the
worst ones we've had now:
4 A Hard Case
A nice-looking woman, neatly dressed
entered the room, leading a little boy
and a girl. She was followed by a tall,
slouchy man wearing a rumpled suit.
The woman ignored his presence en
tirely, but the little girl stared at him
curiously for a moment and then made
a friendly move toward his chair. The
man started to draw the chUd to him.
then evidently thought better of it, and
stared straight ahead.
The woman took the witness chair.
She told the judge fhat she had been
working in a ds'eing and cleaning es
tablishment to support herself and two
children. She made $30 a week. Two
weeks ago she had been told by an eye
specialist that she would shortly be
blind if she remained In the dyeing and
cleaning business. Her husband had
left her and had contributed nothing to
the support ' of his family since the
summer before. He "was now living
with another woman as his wife, the
two of them being employed by a hos
pital in Brooklyn, she said.
Upon questioning the man, he freely
admitted that such was the case, and
complained bitterly that he had just
been discharged from the hospital be
cause his wife ''had made such a howl
about it." He had been willing to re
turn to his family on Christmas day,
he stated magnanimously, but his wife
had no home for him to return" to.
An Advanced Husband.
"My word!" exclaimed the probation
officer, "this man expects his wife to
provide the home."
Apparently there are some things
that can still astonish a probation of
ficer in the domestic relations court.
The man was placed under bond for
two years to contribute so much per
week to the support of his family.
The next case was an excited old
lady, with a deeply furrowed face and
stringy gray hair, who was applying
for support from her son. The. son, a
dismal-looking creature who showed
his thirty-five years' bitter struggle
with poverty, took his place before the
judge.
"What does your son do?" Inquired
the judge of the old lady.
"Anything he can, I suppose," she
said nervously.
"Who pays the rent?"
"Nobody."
"How much money have yon?"
"I ain't got no money at all."
"WTell, don't you know what your son
does for a iivjng? No, ir.-wet me.
r!on't speak to him."
"He used to be a driver, and he
worked on the snow for a while, but 1
don't know what he does now "
After many questions, the judre fin
ally discovered ihat the man was a
driver whe earned eighteen dollars .
week when he worked, but that h had
been out of work for a month or more.
This called forth a 'engthy judicial
rebuke.
"Th're is plenty of work fo- every
body," declared the jude. "Yo.i n re
just lazy. Now I will give you until
next Saturday t.o get a job you
get into touch r-ith our probation de
partment and they will get you some
thing to do. Your mother is ?!it
extravagant women, and you phon'.l
not Put her to the shame of borrow;
If you are not- at work and contrib-
THE BOX SCORE
We trust the drifting investigation
going on out at the capitol will come
in sight of land pretty soon.
The idea we attempt to convey above
is that th" investigation appeals to
have broken its M"uer-ingt.
.
Which reminds u.s of the little ditty:
Captain, eaptain, the ship is sinking!
Let 'or sijiri she don't belong to me
Chorus:
And we'll all' walk to shore in the
morning.-
After ail, everything is comparative.
They way the lie was passed to a wit
ness at the land board meeting the
other night was really tame. We know
a poor unfortunate" who appeared at
a hearing before the tribunal not. many
months ago ' and was handed the lie
with profane trimmings by one mem
ber, and threatened with bodily harm
by another member of that august
commission. Sometime
You Know How It Is
I "whispered" a whisper into the air
It fell on an ear, I know not where.
Put .-somehow,. SOMEHOW I have a
hunch
I'll: find it bothering that capitol bunch.
1 launched a rumor on the air
It's rooming around, oh here and
'-' there. -
But years from now I" bet my home.
It'll be rooming under the state hous
dome. ,
New Motto: The lease said about it,
the better. v
THE WEEK'S BEST SELLERS
My Five Years In (g!!?? by Billy
MoutT.
A House Divided, by the State Land
Department.
Ask Mr. Ross, by Jesse Boyce and
Gen. Jones.
May I Explain? (Sequel to Why
Drag Me Into It?) by Mr. Ross.
Vague Yhisperings and Uncrystal
ized Rumors, by J edge Bullard.
Just One More Question, by Struck.
Why Drag Me Into It? By Mrs.
Parker.
There's A Land That Is Fairer Than
This (Song) by one Parker also author
of Good Bye Boys, I'm Through, Where
Do We Go From Here? and I Hear You
Calling Me. Etc., etc.
i el Cij 5 b 5 k W 1 A w 74 r . . r i d r ia , c w
The testimony brought out at the
land board hearings is not unlike that
read by the White Rabbit at Alice's
trial, in part, as follows:
They told me you haLbeert to her
And mentioned me to him
She gave me a grod character
But said I could not swim.
He sent them word I had not gone
(We know it to be, true)
If she should push the matter on
What would become of you?
' You can take it from us, the capitol
is some ierry little dump.
o "
. At least one member of the land de
partment suspects somebody of trying
to do their campaign swatting early.
The land board doesn't appear to be
unanimous on the policy of "open
cover-ups openly arrived at."
ut'ng to her support by'next Saturday,
I wiii send you to the workhouse for
six months.
A Man Who Won Out
Next came an Italian .woman, with a
sullen face and a fretting baby, ac
companied by a weak-looking man with
a broad, Slavic face. They were intro
duced by a social worker from one of
the city charity bureaus who explained
that the case was getting quite beyond
their abilities and that they would ap
preciate some advice from the judge.
The voman had two children by a for
mer marriage, and the mnn had two
children by a former marriage, in ad
dition to two children by the present
marriage. The man. was an easy-going,
rather dull creature, very fond of hi
home and children, and exceedinly do
cile in the matter of handing over his
wages. The woman, on the other hand,
was ohviously bad-tempered, and com
pletely under the domination of her 16-year-old
son, who, it appeared, was tho
cause of all their domestic tribulation.
Among other thines, the son was fond
of flourishing a knife when irritated."
according: to the social worker, th-H
the husband had recently felt that the
wise thing for him to do was to leave
home.
This was the only case during the en
tire morning where the woman was
rebuked by the judge.! She was told to
take her husband back and be plad that
she had a man who Would hand over to
her his emtire week's wages. "Now."
said the judge, "we'll put the boy on
probation in the children's court."
In prosecuting the man. the court has
in mind, of course, the welfare of the
children, since society expects the msn
to be the breadwinner. And if he
doesn't live tip to this expectation, he
miy be sent to Jail. Unfortunately,
(his is what happens in too large a
percentage of .cases, and society is re
quired not only to support the children
bi t to support their father tvhile he 's
serving his prison sentence. Thus, the
only person really benefitted is the
avenging wife.
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QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Q. What religion does Senator Hi
ram Johnson profess? R. G.
, A. In reply to this question. Senator
.lo'.mson's c-ffiee states that neither th'
senator nor Mrs. Johnson attend any
church regularly, but 'you may say
that the senator is a thirty-third de
gree Mason."
Q. What is the river that Roose
velt discovered? F. T.
A. The River of Doubt which The
odore Roosevelt explored and place;
tn the m;ip is now known as Bit) Teo
eoro. It. is in the western part of the
stt,te of Mat to Gross in Brazil, flows
r.orth 930 mik-s and empties int the
Madeiro river.
O. How many pcop'e are killed in
industry? J. T. R.
A. According to a report of the Na
tional Safety Coun.il. during the 11
rionths we wer at war r.,".ti0u persons
were killed in this country in indus
trial accident.--.
Q. In "President cf the -UniteJ
States" should "President" be capital
ized? M. R. C.
A. This word should be capitalized.
Sixty-seventh Th
THE Ul&T WQRQ-,
The cherished Gazette editorializes
as follows: There a time when
friends meeting by chance would say,
"Did you read today's editorial'.'" on
this or thit subject, and the strong
brobabilify was that the article men
tioned would form a topic of interest
ing discussion. This is not true today
and the editors might as well ad
mit it.
Gosh, Billy, do you think the Gazctta
had us in mind?
Cheer up, neighbor. We count that
day lost when we don't read a Gazette
editorial and enjoy a good laugh.
STUCK, EH, STUKEYf
(From The Journal-M'ner)
Supervisor Stukey returned a few
days ago from a tour of inspection in
company with County engineer John
son. They made a trip in fine kilter
except that on the mountain above
Crown King a bolt broke on the auto
mobile and they had to hoof it into
that town, arriving there" at 11 o'clock
in the night.
WE'LL SAY IT IS!
(From A RECEK V Advertisement)
The Chicago Daily News recently
printed an article and an editorial
about the wonderful Thompson system
of restaurants. They found the pricw
of an average meal in Thompson's to
be just 23 cents. Isn't that worth an
editorial these days?
And lest, you think" Thompson's Is
the only honest eat house in Chicago,
Weegham's chain of restaurants an
nounce the following reduction ir
prices:
Soup, formerly 10 cents, now 5 cents
Spanish beef stew, formerly 20 cents
now 15 cents.
Corned beef hash, formerly 13 cents
now 10 cents.
Baked beans, formerly 1 cents, no
10 cents.
Frankfurters and potato ilad. form
erly 2." cents, now 20 cents.
Corned beef and potato salad, form
erly 25 cents, now 20 cent.
Two eggs and toast, formerly -T
cents, now 20'ccnts.
Not that we wih to cret anybody
tantalized, but listen to thi: "Thomp
son's coffe, famed for its flavor, with
plenty of cream, is still 5 cent-;."
The congregation will now rise
help themselves to the su?;tr.
d
When Fannie Hurst was interviewed
recently on her secret marriage now
five years old. she is reported to have
said, "It w-ts a trial marriage. But
now-, after an acid test which has
lasted five years the rivst la still on
the bntterlv wines of fjr' adventure
and the dew is on the rose." In mix
ing that metaphor, she probably fig
ured that the adding of the arid would
precipitate a resi-dew on the rose.
If there is a chemist in the audience,
will he give the chemical equation
showing the reaction set up when tbi
acid test Is applied to a mixture of
butterfly wings and roses?
1 -
also any synonymous title referring to
the President of the United States, as
Chief Magistrate. Commander in CfcftT.
Executive, or His Excellenej-; "presi
dential" should not be capitalized.
Q. What is the "Morris Dance"?
R. I. N.
A. This is an old English dance of
Moorish origin. When danced in May
day celebrations it was an elaborate
costume dance. There are several va
riations of this dance, the two most
popular being the sword dance and tho
ribbon dance.
..Q. Who was the first man who of
fered prayer before Congress? E. M.
A. This was Jacob Douche, a cler
gyman and writer, who on September
7. 1774, made the operiing prayer be
fore the Continental Congress then as
sembled in Carpenters" hall, Philadel
phia, lie acted as chaplain to con
gress for three months after the Decla
ration of Independence.
Q. How can phonograph records be
cleaned? F. K. L.
A. You should wipe off the records
with a cloth dipped in alcohol, then
brush them with a soft brush to take
the dust out of the reams, and wipe
off again with a cloth dipped in alco
hol. Q. Has the postmaster general al
ways been a member of a president's
cabinet? R. L. B.
A. - While each presidential admin
istration has had a postmaster general,
such officers were not members of the
cabinet before 1S29.
,Q. What is the flag of the Zionists'
organization? B. K.
A. This flag consists of a white
ground having two light blue stripes,
one near the top, one near the bottom
of the flag. In the center of the white
field are six pointed stars.
Q. What is the Pentateuch? R. S.
A. This is the designation of the
five books in the Hebrew Bible
ascribed by tradition to Moses. The
English titles of these boks are Gen
esis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and
Deuteronomy.
Q. How did the Volta bureau get its
name? A. M. C.
A. Volta was a' famous French elec
trician. The Volta prize, created by
Napoleon, was conferred by Franca
upon Dr. Alexander Graham Bell for
the invention of the telephone. Dr.
P.ell took this money, 50,000 francs,
added to it a larger sum received from
Mher electrical experiments, and
founded the Volta bureau, "for the in
crease ana aitfuslon ot Knowieuge re
lating to the deaf." This bureau prints
:nnl d 1st rihn id mr.wv viar hundred!
of leaflets containing helpful informa
tion for the hard of hearing, or for tht
parent of deaf children.
Q. In speaking of several person,
is it wrona to say ' those kind of peo
ij!c"? L. F. G.
A. "Kind' is a collective noun and
takes a singular modifier. "Those
kind' should be "that kind"; "these
sort" fhould be "th!s sort."
(ny reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Repub
lican Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin. director. Washington. D. C.
This offer are-d'es strictly to informa
tion. The bureau can not srive advice
on legal, me Peal and financial mat
ters. It doe5 not attempt to settle do
mestic troubles, nor to undertake ex
haustive research ot any subject.
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