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Net total .657.841
Daily Average, October, 1916—17,998
Sunday Average, October 1916. .20,831
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Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn,
¥he foregoing statement of The Adver
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• her, 1918, la true and correct and compiled
after returns and spoiled copies have been de
due tod.
THE ADVERTISER (XX
J. L. BOESHANS,
Circulation Manager,
Sworn to and subscribed before me. tala
Sixth day of November, 1918. _
(8EAI-) . R. C. PHELPS.
Notary Public. Montgomery County. Alabama
THE NEXT N0MINEE8.
There Is only one man In the South who is
today seriously thought of as the next Demo*
cratlo nominee for President. He is an Ala
bamian. It is worthy of note, but not of
serious moment, that some of those who have
always fought him savagely in Alabama are
today gravely admonishing the South not to
ba too hasty in urging upon the country con
sideration of a Southern man for the nomina
tion next time. It is set down that since
ths West has voted Democratic once, the
West should be asked to furnish the candi
date next time.
Of course it is too early to make assertions
concerning a situation that must develop be
tween now and the next campaign. But
speculations may be ventured.
In the first place if the West can be ln
duoed to join the South in electing an East
ern man to the Presidency, as it has lust
done, what logio la there in assuming that
ths West would balk at a Democrat from
'the 6outh if that Democrat was otherwise
satisfactory to the West?
Again, if the Republican party is as bank
rupt politically as we believe it to be, It is
face to face with the Question of reformation
and reorganisation. Conceding nothing to
ths Progressive West either In 1916 or 1912,
the party was terribly beaten. It now must
concede something to the West or find it
self permanently estranged from the West.
It would be logical for the Republicans to
. pick a Westerner the next time, although of I
course that faot does not prove that the Re
publicans will do Just that. -
Suppose the Republicans picked a Western
er. Would it not be good strategy,. to say
, the least, for the Democracy to pick a South
~ earner zor mi nominauon: inn wuum avert
; the ory of sectionalism, which has lust been
- repudiated by the people of the country, and
leave the two candidates free to compete on
t even terms for the Eastern vote.
For The Advertiser's part, it does not be*
lleve that the East has been permanently
alienated from the Democratic party any
more than It believes the West has been won
as a permanent, constant ally. The West—
and we have been made to love her the more
for Joining the South In this crusade for
righteousness—Is impulsive, even erratic, and
no one knows three months In advance of an
•lection what the West Is going to do on
any given proposition. There are Eastern
States that have several times been won by
the Democracy. Some Western States went
Democratic this year. In the case of Wilson,
for the first tlmo, and yet the Western States
voted for Republicans for all other offices.
The Eastern Btatea some of them, have sev
eral times gone Democratic In State elections.
The Democratic party Is full of prunes If
, It convinces Itself that this year's result was
the last word In National alignments.
A Southern Democrat pitted against a
j Western Republican would give the Repub
lican candidate no little trouble In the East
ern States—be would Indeed, stand a batter
>. show of carrying jhe East*
An American periodical Is going to publish
A Belgian Number. Belgium, you may recall,
v la the country that was not invaded.
They say we haven't eeen any food prices
yeti Walt till next spring. Next spring Is
a good time to etart reducing food prices
by planting a big food crop.
K Who was It that said Montgomery was
Chinking about making a packing plant? We
can remember faces but not names.
Mars haS'PUt Santa Claus on a war basis
_ • A paragrapher says Mr. Hughes Is wsiMng
%’ till this thing Is proved beyond a “reneoii
abls doubt.’’
The millennium may not have arrived,” ad
(nr Its the Republican Manchester Union. Still
the Democratic majority Is nearly a half ml'
lion.
Several .Chicago club women have set out
to show people how Jo live on SO cents a day.
Whenever a Chicago club woman lives on to
cents a day, regardless of the price of
victuals, ws'll taks ths Stump for her and as)t
that she bo slsctod to something,
• V
CHAMBERLAIN STARTS THE
TROUBLE.
' Senator Chamberlain of Oregon announcea
that when Congress convenes he will Intro
duce a bill providing for the submission of
a Constitutional amendment to give the coun
try direct election of Presidents and Vice
Presidents.
If Senator Chamberlain will give this sub
ject the same study and research which he
gave military subjects when preparedness
was an issue before Congress, we'belleve he
wiU find himself less determined to push
the matter.
Senator Chamberlain was born and reared
In Mississippi, and moved to Oregon. Both
Oregon and Mississippi are small States in
poli^t of population.
Oregon has five electoral votes and cast a I
.popular vote in 1912 Of 137,040. Visslssippt
has ten elerto/hl votes, but cast a popular
vote of only $4,319 In 1912. Mississippi's
strength in the electoral college Is 100 per
cent greater than Oregon’s, while Missis
sippi's popular vote in 1913 was practically
100 per cent less than Oregon’s. Of course
if Mississippi had to do it. it could poll prob
ably 100,000 votes for President, but its aver
age popular vote is far below that figure. In
order to hold its own with his Adopted State,
Senator Chamberlain's native State would be
compelled in self-defense to .resort to uni
versal, practically unrestricted suffrage, as Is
done- in Oregon, or else be swamped by the
far-off Northwestern State.
It would be selfish and short-sighted of
the Oregon Senator to create a system, which
would Inevitably put one section of the coun
try at a serious disadvantage with other
sections of the country.
But thnt is not all. His schemu would also
put Oregon at a disadvantage with States
*llke New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Oregon has two electors from the State at
large, one for each United States Senator,
Pennsylvania has two, no more. Oregon's
two are a stand-off for Pennsylvania's two.
The rest—one for each Congressman—are
fixed on a population basis and are, there
fore, uniformly equitable, and electors are
chosen by direct vote of the people. The
two “stand-off" votes would be lost beyond
redemption, and the larger States^ would
profit by the loss, as they could well afford
to lose their two electors from the State at
large. There would be no arbitrary fixation
of political power for the States once the
direct election scheme is established.
This whole scheme is sinister. It will rob
States of their last remaining power and
practically destroy the last bit of their once
stalwart prestige. It will make It possible
for a few congested States to govern the vast
stretches of America and silence the voice of
men In the far places. It Is unrepresentative
and fraught with peculiar menace to the
Democratic party. It would strengthen the
Republican party and weaken the Democracy
in its very citadel.
And yet we find Southern Democrats warm
ing up to the schema!
SERIOUS TIMES FOR AMERICANS.
There are three ugly angles to our foreign
relations, but there Is little new In either
angle. These three angles are, Mexico, Ger
many and Great Britain.
The Associated Press story out of Wash
ington, Monday, which was published In The
Advertiser, was not mere reportorial gossip.
If It had come out of a capital in Europe
it would be called an “inspired" article. The
story is significant because it was an ac
curate statement of the situation which now
perplexes our government. The Associated
Press does not speculate and go off at tang
ents. Its Washington service Is especially
reliable, for its representatives there are
close to the highest authorities who have
confidence in the discretion and conservatism
of the association. President Wilson is never
called upon to correct a statement made by
the Associated Press correspondents at Wash
ington. It is doubtful if any other corre
spondent at Washington is closer to the
President than the White House representa
tive of the Associated Press.
The situation is described by this news
service as “portentioua”. and so complicated
that for the next few weeks the President
will give practically his whole time to the
foreign questions. This brief summary of
the situation Is made:
The President must decide • how the
United Staten shall meet the German sub
marine question on the one hand, the
entente allied trade restrictions on the
other, whether the retaliatory legislation
shall be enforced, whether the traditional
theory of isolation shall be abandoned
for concei ted neutral action and whether
the country shall have an aggressive or a
passive policy toward the peace confer
ence after the war. and the permanent
I league to enforce peace which the Presl
l dent has accepted In theory. And. during
the rest of the war, shall America's atti
tude be governed by a decided benevo
lence in the Interpretation of the Interna
tional law according to Its own best In
terests, or shall It be strictly legalistic,
regardless of whom It affects?
It is also made very clear that the Presl
: dent Is losing pgtlence with Mexico. The
i Mexican commissioners at Atlantic City are
| unable to come to an agreement with the
| American commissioners because of the pig.
| headedness of Carranza's man Friday. t,uis
Cabrera, who wants a Mexican commander
to lead American soldiers In any further
enterprise that may be undertaken In Mexico'
If Carranza had the strength to clean u|jt
; Mexico, would he not have don it before now?
I He Is making no progress in annihilating
bandits. If the Mexican commissioners come
to agreement with the Ameribans, what force
would be behind the agreement? Carranza
is not master of the situation In Mexico.
These things, we suspect, are now in the
mind of the President, and they are Wearing
away his patience.
The submarine controversy has grown more
and more ugly in recent months, while Great
Britain's conduct is peculiarly offensive and
annoying. It Is probable that if there were
peace in Europe, our government would make
shorter work of Mexico: but there is no peace
in Europe and no prospects of an early peace.
Neither is there any more prospect of an early
settlement of our .Mexican troubles than
t)»#*re whs a year ago.
These are .serious times for American.
Wonder if Mr. Hughes' Is at hot for suf
frage now as he was In June?
The American Union against Militarism ia
atlU sending out literature to American news
papers, instead of Oriental and European
newspapers. The Union probably doesn't
know as yet that we have been earing that
America was as much worth defending against
foreign aggression as any country.
Mr. Bryan is trying to induce Chicago to
go dry. It would take 10,000 duplicates of
the original Bryan to, persuade Chicago to
take the pledge.
lPltr. Wilson had Villa, Carransa, Wilhelm
and Earl Grey corralled on the Fiji Islands
he could hire the Colonel to guard them and
order a covey of doves set loose.
Give the Democratic party a lift. It has
stood the gaff longer than any othe^American
political party. From Jefferson to Wilson it
has held together. The opposition has been
of many names and many colors, but the
Democratic party has •held its own. But
right now it is dead broke financially, though
rtcn m many virtues and attributed.
What our Republican friends are now sav
ing about C. E. H. in private conversation
makes us feel that our pre-election judgment
of him has bfeen vindicated. ^
Philander C. Knox' of Pennsylvania slips
quietly back into the Senate, where once he
was a familiar and eloquent figure among
the defenders of the "tariff of ajorninations."
Letters to traitor 1
SAYS WILSON WAS KLECTED BY ‘‘COW
ARDLY MEN AND HYSTERICAL
WOMEN."
Editor The Advertiser:.
In reply to the Optirrilet of Perry county.
Mrs. Florentine wishes to make her political
position more definite. She could not bo
milled under the guidance of The Montgom
ery Advertiser, which organ has always
found a warm place in her home, and for
which she has nothing but praise until the
last great contest, that of electing our Presi
dent. Mrs. Florentine was for Charles Evans
Hughes and her convictions wUl endure for
gver. Why dodge a question as did the
Optimist in not wishing to admit that the
European war did bring about the election
of Mr. Wilson? The writer did not try to
disabuse the mind of Mrs. Florentine In rer
gard to this great question. The same per
son, be It He, She or It, only asks her to take
her medicine, or accept defeat as it were, un
complaining. This is Indeed great consola
tion. This election was not a triumph for
America as the Optimist deems It. No, no!
It is Just a little over half the great com
monwealth who will" enjoy this great vic
tory, as my friend from Perry terms It, and
does the sentiment of one woman cast a
shadow over this great triumph? Yea! Is
this not a free country, a blessed one, where
thought is ‘unhampered.
The writer has studied this great question
for herself, and therefore is entitled to her
convictions, which stand as unshakeable as
the pillows of- Hercules. To make a short
story long, will the Optimist from Perry show
Mrs. ''Florentine how Mr. Wilson has kept
us out of war, and If there was cause for an
embrolltnent and why, and why does he, she
or It think Mr. Hughes’ policies were for war
when all his speeches were to the contrary?
Did the Optimist have loved ones among the
dead carried away from Vera Cruz; or did
he, she or It have a loved one perish on the
Lusitania? The writer Is quite sure the an
swer is no. If he had; his blood is not red,
or he would have been ready to shoulder
arms at the first call of hts country, there
by to uphold its honor. I am for peace, for
my heart has not been made sad save for
those who have suffered. Will this same In
telligent person tell Mrs. Florentine why
these silvery tongued orators tell us since
the last guns of the election have been fired
there is nor hab been a chance for a conflict
with Europe. If there was ever a cause,
why is there none now? Mrs. Florentine
favored Mr. Hughes because she thought his
election would create a better feeling from
foreign nations ,and that Germany and Mex
ico would not spit In our faces again and
again as they have done in the pi^st.
Mrs. Florentine Is not a good loser, but why
term her a pessimist for' the simple reason
that she does not agree with the Optimist
on a political matted? Perhaps had ' Mr.
Hughes been elected Mrs. Florentine would
have been the Optimist, and the he, she or
It from Perry the pessimist. The Optimist
no doubt is clamoring for pie, or he or she
would divulge the name. It is a true say
ing the hit dog hollers. Geneva is a part of
the garden spot of the South, but the roses
have been plighted under the Wilson adminis
tration. Four years hence and the Optimist
will be asking Mrs. Florentine to Join hands
with him. her or it in "cussing” the West,
rather than now to helping celebrate the
great victory. Mr. Hughes lstfar more hon
ored by the vote he received than was Wil
son by the class of vote that elected him. A
vote of cowardly men and hysterical women
who were frightened away from their par
tisan love. 1 am not a pessimist, dear optim
ist, but abundantly blessed with happiness
and a true conviction of what Is right and
best for our country, "America, sweet land
of liberty."
MRS. CELESTI.V FLORENTINE.
Geneva County.
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SI NDAY
m'ESTIOX.
Editor The Advertiser:
I’ermit me if you will to make a few re
marks regarding ’ the closing of any or all
of the amusement houses and other places of
business on Sunday.
I am a traveling salesman, making my
headquarters in Montgomery. Spending at
least three Sunday's out of four in town,
the other at some wayside inn throughout
the State, I have had occasion at times to
find myself in one of those so-called closed
towns on what I have heard called the long
est day In the week for a hustling business
man.
My program for the day will not take up
very much space. Breakfast at S a. m., a
I wall: about town, a rather small one, by the
way. There being no churcli of my denomi
nation. I attended one of another, services at
10:30 a. m. Returned to my hotel, read a
morning paper printed in a distant city the
previous Thursday. Nothing else to do till
lunch.
You'who have never experienced the situa
tion may ask: Why did you not visit a book
store and purchase some good reading mat
ter? For the simple reason that the said
book store was closed* aq was tin- drug stores,
for anything but medicines, etc
Why. a fellow could not even get a shoe
shine much less a magazine. As for the pic
ture shows, the only interesting thing about
them was the bills and other advertising
matter announcing the coming attractions_
TOMORROW.
But what am I to do today? Yes, there is
a Bihle class, where 1 am placed among a
crowd of disinterested strangers, who, from
the moment 1 coine in, sit or stand and Btaro
| at one till one can stand it nr, longer. Back
, III the hole! in sit and liMen to tiie Hughes
| men telling «hat might have bom, etc.
1 agree at all times with the encouraging
of the Uo-To-Church-Movement. Bub in thif,
day and especially In this land of free speech
and liberty, why should, the masses he put
Poor Old Father Time:—He's Being Killed!
The National Gua?d
(The following lines were written by Ser
geant Camp, of the Montana infantry, who Is
doing duty with his regiment on the Mex
ican border, and are sent to The Advertiser
by one of the best known officers of a Mont
gomery company actively at work at Nogale*
Arts. It Is not a great poem, but It Is a fine
example of the physical endurance of at least
one well trained soldier—and will be of In
terest to the parents of soldiers):
Wonderful men of the National Guard,
You who are going back.
Back to the States you came from,
With never a chance to hack
A notch on your Hfles or pistols
Because of a Mexican shot,
Or a memory of quick forced marches
Through the land God made and forgot,
'List to the words I have written,
Impress them all on your mind,
So when you are back in your home States,
Your thoughts of the border'll be kind.
For months you’ve been on the border,
'Midst the dust and the wind and the heat.
And you've drilled on the dusty P'rade
ground.
With an ache in your back and your feet,
You’ve messed In the bloomin’ mess hall.
When the mess was as bitter as gall.
And you've messes in the red hot doble,
When there wasn’t a building at all.
You've dug mesquite and cacti and thorns.
And ditches and holes in the ground,
'Till the sound of the pick and the shovel
to the inconvenience of trying to occupy him
self as he sees fit? The closing of places of
good, clean amusements is not, and never
will cause him to think more of his spiritual
welfare. *
Why do so many people attend the meet
ings of Billy Sunday and a great many other
interesting evangelistic lecturers? Simply,
because he and they afford, ofttlmes a more
interesting and amusing entertainment than
Is generally possible to be had, except on
circus day.
Through the gigantic publicity given the
Rev. Billy A. Sunday at Kansas City last
Spring, he was enabled to draw, through the
most disagreeable, sleety and rainy nights
of last spring close to 40,000 people.
Did they come to hear a preacher preach
religion and soul saving? Y’es, and no. They
came to Jtear and see just how he did it, and
see hlraln his grand and eloquent gestures
and to satisfy their idle curiosity.
Mr. Montgomery Citizen, before causing
your town to become a dead one, consider
all angles—boost, boost, and when you get
tired boosting, boost some more.
A TRAVELING MAN.
P. S.—There are to my knowledge about
500 traveling men who spend something be
sides Sunday in Montgomery. Will they
continue to do so?
ART AND THE PEOPLE
(BY OTTO H. KAHN.)
The day of the Industrial pioneer Is over*
(though vast commercial development, vast
Indeed beyond all Imagination, still lies be
fore us) and with it has gone—If It ever
existed—the day of the almighty dollar.
The day of the pioneer of culture and
Idealism has come, and the power of tho Idea
is. and has always been,,even in America’s
most materialistic days, far mightier than
that of the dollar.
After more than a century's stupendous
effort and unparalleled—almost tuo rapid
economic advance, we have reached a stage
where we can afford, and ought, to occupy
ourselves increasingly with questions af
fecting the mental, moral and psychical well
being and progress of the race.
Wealth Is only in part a matter of dollars
and cents. The visitor who pays twenty-five
cents for a seat at a popular concert. If he
brings with him love and enthusiasm for art,
will be far richer that evening than the man
or woman from Fifth Avenue if he or she
sits yawning in a box at the Metropolitan
Opera House.
A great stirring and moving is going on
In the land. The old order changeth. giving
place to new. Call it the "new freedom" or
"my policies,” or what you will, the people
at large arc astir groping, seeking for a con
dition of tilings which sliull be better and
happier, which shall give them a greater
share, not only of the comforts and material
rewards, but of the Joys and the recreations,
the beauties and the inspirations of life.
Jt la a movement which l* full of promise,
Was a wierd and a Hellish sound.
You've baked in the blistering sunshine,
When doing your duty as guard.
While your thoughts were back in your
home town.
With the girl who had sent you a card.
You’ve cussed the colonel and majors.
The captains and lieutenants, too.
And the things you have said of the President
Were rabid and caustic and true.
You've taken the typhoid injections,
Had the vaccine scratched on your arm,
While you thought of the towns and the
cities.
The woods and the ocean and farm, i
You’ve longed for the smell of the big woods.
As you ,drilled in a dusty, file
When the hot wind blew from the desert
And wiped from your face a smile.
You've policed the kitchen and stables.
Have worked with an axe on the wood
That was used in the stove In the kitchen
for cooking the government food.
Tou’ve dined on the luscious corned Willie,
With hard tack and beans a la mode.
And, packed in a stifling Pullman,
Two thousand miles you have rode.
You've hunted the bugs of the desert
Like pirates who sought for a prize,
And for weeks you fought a real battle
With thousands and millions of flies.
Oh, the things that you did were distasteful,
But regardless of all that you spurned.
Every man who has been to the border.
and a menace only if ignored, repressed, or
falsely and selfishly led. Most of It will
find expression in politics, in economic and
social elglslatioji; some of it will find ex
pression in politics, in economic and social
legislation; some of it will find expression In
art. 'it
It Is very far from being appreciated as
yet by our wealthy men that art can bd as#
educational as universities, that It has elej
ments which, to a great part of our popula
tion, can make it as nourishing as soup kitch
ens,'as healing as hospitals, as stimulating
as any medicinal tonic.
Those of us who have been favored by for
tune. who sit In our offices or well appointed
homes more or less satisfied with the gen
eral scheme of things and with our place
in it, must and must Increasingly do -all we
can to prove th£t we are conscious of the
obligations which are Imposed upon us by
due recognition of the advantages we enjoy.
, For educational and scientific purposes a
vast deal has been done. The generosity dis
played by many of our wealthy men In this
respect is the envy and admiration of the
world.
Butf'to the immensely large and Immense
ly Important field of art relatively little at
tention has been given thus1* far. Yet the
opportunity is boundless and the need very
great for men who will put some of their
wealth, of their time and ability In the serv
ice of this cause; who. conscious of the Im
portance and the far-reaching Influence of
art, will helji along in movements having for
their purpose the advancement of art and of
art standards and the procuring of more and
better opportunities in the field of art, both
to the public and to American artists.
Maecenases are needed for the dramatic
stage, the operatic stage, the concert stage;
for conservatories and art academies; for the
encouragement and support of American
writers, painters, sculptors, decorators, etc..
in fact, for all those things which In Europe
have been done and being done by princes,
governments and communities.
Here is a vast opportunity for cultural and
helpful work. To strive toward fostering the
art life of thAcountry; toward counteracting
harsh materialism, toward relieving the mo
notony and strain of the people's every-day
life by helping to awaken In them or to fos
ter the love and the understanding of that
which is beautiful and inspiring, and aversion
and contempt for that which is vulgar, cheap
and degrading, is, I think? a humanitarian
effort eminently worth making, and offering,
moreover, every prospect of not being at
tempted in vain. ' a
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DOES FIRE PREVENTION PREVENT?
National Board of Fire Underwriters.
The recent widespread celebration of Fire
Prevention Day (October 9th) throughout
the' United States, gives point to the guery
ns to whether fire prevention is really niak
; iiik good in actual results.
Here is a part of the answer:
New York City, in 1915, had 1.U10 fewer
fires than in 1914, and Its aggregate losses'
showed a decrease of |f,4S0,793 from these
A wonderful leaeon has learned.
Tou have learned to be prompt and efficient,
You have learned to do aa you’re told.
You've learned tp obey every order.
And the power of American gold. ,
* * * *
Now, Vnen of the National Guard,
You who are going back
To the towna and cities you came from
With rlflea and full marching pack.
Remember you're only a unit.
Just one of the soldier clan,
No longer a boy or a weakling.
But a first class soldier and man.
Remember these things I have written,
That have caused you oodles of pain.
But forget them all when ydiir Uneld
Sammy Long Legs needs you again. '
So here's to you, men of the National Guard,
Whom I same to the border* with,
You’ve established a place on the border
That's real and not merely a myth.
You've grumbled and growled In the service.
You've hollered with voices quite loud.
But each.of your Stat;e that sent you
Will feel of you all very proud.
Not only your States, but your country,
And Europe and all the world /
Will remember you men of' the National
Guard
Who onto the border were furled.
So., here’s wishing you luck on the journey
That’s taking you home once again.
You're a Hell raising bunch of g od fellows.
And every d—mn one of "you're men.
of 1914, Its per capita loss was |1.08, or
8.32 less than was known before; its lose
per fire was $140.58 less than the lowest
previous record. There, results are general* ,
ly attributed to t*aw York's fire prevention
Work.
Chicago has a Bureau of Fire Prevention
and' Publlo Safety with extensive activities.
Translated into figures it appears that Chi
cago, In 1915, enjoyed a decrease of 1,238
in the number of fires and of $906,805 In
total fire losses as compared with 1914.
Boston's Metropolitan District (Including
the City of Boston and 25 nelghborli j towns)
has made a remarkable showing, since ap
pointing its Flee Prevention Commissioner in
1914. Comparative figures for the single '
month of June, are as follows: In 1914, 1,
337 alarms; In, 1915, 935 alarms; in 1916. 605
alarms—or a decrease in two years of 64
per cent. ,
Cincinnati is interested in fire prevention.
Its 1914 figures of 2,188 fires and $699,47$ in
losses were reduced to 1,708 fires and $865,
570 in losses for 1915—a reduction of 20 per
cent in the former item and nearly 50 per
cent in the latter. 4
Milwaukee new carries on fire prevention
work under the direction of its fire depart
ment. In 1915, the city had only 1,679 fires
as against 2,361 in 1914—a decrease of 29
per cent. Its total fire losses for 1915 were
$487,009 as against $777,946 in 1915, and
$963,477 in 1913. Milwaukee is convinced
that firs prevention pays.
The above, however, are a few Of the bright
spots and represent but the merest beginning.
It must never be overlooked that fire pre
vention is still confronted by an enormous
task. Momentary enthusiasm because of re
ductions effected in a few oities Is some
what dampened by the reflection that 1915
saw the 'enormous total of $39,591,227 in the
elngld item of dwelling house fires in the
United States. Of this amount, $6,322,813, or
$17,323 per day, is directly traceable to de
fective chimneys and flues—a cause which
could have been ascertained and corrected.
Fire Prevention does prevent, but it never
will be really successful until the public
takes a hand. •
HOW PRESIDENTS GOT *<ON.«
Birmingham Ledger.
The Chicago Herald digs out a human in
terest item from the list of presidents, which
partly explains why Wilson beat Hughes.
The cause was not the front name, but at
the other end.' '
It points out that the greatest presidents
had names ending with "on.” Washington,
Jefferson, Madison. Jackson, Harrison, Lin
coln (pronounced "on"), Johnson, B. Har
rison, Woodrow Wilson.
That may explain the Wilson luck, in
i stead of tho superstition that no man named
Charles can bo dected President. i
"Now. Tommy, I'm going out, and I want
you to atop and mind the house—Just as
father would if he were here."
Tommy—Oh, mother! Does that mean I’ve
got to kiss fcurse?—London Opinion.