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The Wheeling
Intelligencer
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Saturday, April 28, 1917.
EXTRA SESSION CALLED
Governor Cornwell has issued the
anticipated call for an extraordinary
session of the legislature, convening
it on May 14. The subjects to be treat
ed are nine in number, only five of
which are connected directly with
Slate affairs. The remaining four con
cern matters growing out of the state
of war. The principal State measures
are action on the Virginia debt suit
and the consideration of the proposi
tion of a constitutional amendment
providing for a State budget.
?So far as the interminable debr ques
tion goes, auy forced payment at this
tine would be an unbearable burden
^rhen we consider 'the extra expendi
tures contemplated by the State for
its share in the defense program of
the nation. Under such circum
stances it would be- well if some ar
rangement could be made for ileclkr
ipg a moratorium which would sus-!
' pfend further proceedings in the mat
ter until after the war. The State!
budget proposition, which failed to:
pass the last legislature, was recom
mended by Governor Hatfield and|
?warmly approved by Mr. Cornwell, be- j
fore he took his seat as Governor. It j
is something the State needs to pro
vide a check on the extravagant and
reckless expenditure of money by the
legislature.* It is simply a business
proposition seeking to make for effi
ciency anil economy in the administra
tion of th? State's finances.- and should
bjy all means be affirmed by the legis
lators at the coming extra, session.
?OLD SOLITUDES WON T DO
* It was quiit* easy for President W il
son. after the Semite had eliminated
tfce draslc restrictions on the liberties
of the press' from the espionage bill,
to declare that he was not in favor
of forbidding jitst eniii-isxii of the acts
of government officials, rite espion
*^ge bill was framed in secrecy. It
was an administration measure. The
president knew of its provisions. IT
he was so determinedly' opposed to
muzzling the press, why iliilu C he de
clare 'his position while that provi
sion was being bitterly debated in the
Senate, a*nd not wait until the Senate
struck our the objectionable feature
o? the spy bill?
^President Wilson should get away
from the idea he has of making tais
war alone ? in the old solitude he was
accustomed to run the affairs of the
country before the war. He has asked
eytra powers from Congress, and got
mostly what he has asked, but he
balks in giving Congress any voice in
the conduct of the war. Money na-v
been freely granted. Authority will
be granted with equal freedom if tan
President will only abandon his secrc
tiVe policy and yield to Congress the
recognition of its cognate powers in
the framing of policies of action and
expenditure such as war. requites..
Congress would even be willing to go
home if the President would assent
to- a program which would assure to
Congress a measure of co-operative
action during the period of its recess.
Such a proposal has been made in
tiie resolution fathered by Senator
Weeks and Representative Madden
calling for the creation ot a joint com
mittee on the conduct of the war. I tits
committee is not proposed as a means
to hamper the administration in i s
action nor as a partisan means of de
priving the Democrats of their rights
majority party, it is proposed as
-n? meana-af co-ordinating th>- legisla
tive and executive branches <>f the
government in the greatest undertak
ing which the United States has ever
_Cfitofronted. The committee would ho
controlled, numerically, by the Demo
crats ? the resolution provides for tha-.
B<it it would be non-part isan .in tiie
"highest sense, if it is properly made
up; and it would do more to secure
tfee elimination of parly lines in the
consideration of war legislation than
ajjy other device that can he imag
ined. Yet Mr. Wilson baiks at it.
Why? .
FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
In his memorable address to Con
gress l'resid<<nt Wilson accented the
importance the coal miner is to play
in war. He said: "To the miner let
me say he stands where the farmer
does; the work of the world 'waits on
"hjrn If he slackens or fails, armies
and statesmen are helpless. He also
is-enlisted in the great service army."
?This direct appeal to the miners ???
the country to be on their job in thin
crisis- The Intelligencer believes will
not go unheeded, for so far as we ha?-*
b?cn able to observe they are an In
telligent and patriotic ciass of citi
zens. Coal production Is very proper
I
! ly considered ii\ the tirst line of de- j
fi-nse. If coal mines uro put oili of;
commission, it is quite as lmportau:
as puttiug a regiment or even a brl-l
igade of soldiers out of service. Coal
j mines must be kept running at all |
I hazards, because so much depends j
! on it.'
[? this matter the coal operator lias 1
jar. interest anil a duly just as plain!
j as that of the miner, and that Is in 1
! insuring the safety of the miners as j
jwell as protecting their properties |
[from destruction, it would be a com-j
' paratively e^sy matter for the spies!
ur agents of our enemies to place aj
i few pounds of dynamite in a position j
| that would put a mine out of comnus- }
, sion. As there are about C.000 mines j
; in the United States it will he practi- j
tcaliy impossible for the government to j
j police them day and night, and this
! moves the Black Diamond to suggest j
! that this police duty will have to fall
i upon the coal companies themselves. !
lit is a duly which should he willingly j
jand cheerfully assumed by the opera- j
'rors. first, because they are as much j
! interested in preserving . those mines'
from destruction as the government. j
I Therefore it is urged that ihe coal op- j
' erators. first, be careful about whom:
.they employ, and, second, to provide aj
j regular police force to see that, coal l
| mines are properly protected. This isj
i something that is of as much impor
tance as universal military training or
' service.
| When in doubt. or at a loss for nr*ni-'
tnenc, blame It on AVall Street.
" THE EPIC OF WOOL "
In a remarkable article entitled "T!ir |
Epic of Wool." appearing in the April j
number of The Nation's Business, the
official organ of the United State3 j
Chamber of Commerce. Anselm Cho-,
ni"l traces briefly the rise and fall ofj
the wool industry, closing with these
words:
"Kn^IatiU. knowing well the value of)
h>T sheep, has even in the stress o t* j
this unpreo?*<ln t?vl conflict maintained.!
I if not increased- her best breeding licrtN. '
If we show equal discernment and wis
! dom. the t.'ntteU States will witness u
[dramatic revival of the industry which
will eclipse any period of prosperity
j which it has enjoyed in the past ? * 1
! We cotiid produce the 300.o00.00r) pounds
I of wool a >vsr that we import, and
lousht to produce it. or m?>st of in]
I >>rder to maintain the f?:i>'notnic ind??
' p<-ndence which is essential t<? the main- '
; t> riancc of political independence."
It is nor difficult to place the respon- j
sibility for the decline of (he sheep in- !
Idustry in this country, which dated j
?from the hour the Democratic party.
,'ihrew ih^? doors wide open to the in-;
jvasion of the home wool market by!
foreign producers. Some of the apolo- !
i'gists for the free wool policy of ib-3 (
I Democrats blame the decimation ofj
1 1 he sheep folds on the dogs. It is true!
'dogs do kill sheep, but free trade has j
been the ravenous wolf. In 1910 we I
? imported r?:'5.000.000 pounds of wool
! against 105.000, 0<X? in In 190.1. >
'the- high production record, we raised!
' ?J4.l>00.000 sheep. I.ast year we had j
ilo.000.00ft sheep less than that figure, j
in no other commodity should we b-? j
Jso independent of other countries as j
| in wool. The gradual imposition of a;
tax which might ultimately be well-;
|nierht prohibitive of importation would
'be a justifiable measure if it would
j enable us to raise sufficient wool for
our own. needs, and once that status
was reached it should he retained. This
world war should he taken advantage
| of by our wool growers lo increase
I their flocks. Every small farmer should
1 have at least a few sheep. And when
'the war is over the industry should
be perpetuated through the medium j
of a high protective tariff.
j The idf-a some people have of "doing
j their bit" is a very little bit.
| FOR RAILROAD EFFICIENCY
It is. highly important that the rail- 1
roads of the country shouhl be put in
the highest state of efficiency for the.
transaction of such business . which
'contributes to thp constructive forces j
of the nation. Such a course has been!
(Outlined in the news dispatches and I
the railroads have indicated their will- 1
insness to heartily co-operate with the1
' s?overanient. Coal and iron ore are lo
have the right of way. After tha%|
; will come the requirements for the
Have No Fear
%
That the regular use
will necessitate con
tinuance of
DR. TUTFS
LIVER PILLS
because their action
improves the diges
tion and eliminates
the bile which in
turn acts as a prop
er laxative to the
Bowels, correcting
Constipation.
Learn for yourself.
Buy a box today .
F champagne cost no mo' than spring
_ water, ''Adam's ale" would still be
considerably in demand. It ain't, its
price that makes Velvet popular, but
the fact you can't get better
tobacco at any price.
HERE'S what your
''Velvet" dime
buys: the best Burley
tobacco Kentucky can
grow ? the world's best
pipe tobacco.
This tobacco fully matured
by two years natural age
ing ? the slow way but
the sure way.
f\ You will never find a better
y J) pipe tobacco than Velvet.
prompt movement of troops and muni
tions. To attain transportation effi
ciency required tlie traveling public
will be called on to dispense with !
some of the conveniences they now 1
on joy through the withdrawal of a
number of passenger trains. Railroad
labor and operation will have to b.v
mobilized in the freight service at. i.ho
expense of t he passenger service. Tito!
European countries at war have beenj
compelled to resort to such measures. j
and we might as well prepare to sus
tain any inconvenience the changes j
contemplated here may impose. *
In England there has been an in- J
crease of 50 per cent In passenger'
fares. This large advance has been I
made not to increase revenue, but to,
reduce the amount of passenger tra7elj
in order to facilitate the movement o[j
freight. With this increase the third- j
class rate becomes 3 cents per pas- 1
senger per mile and tlie first-class 6 VI i
cents per mile.
It is hardly possible that such meth- 1
ods will have to be resorted to iu the I
I'nited States. The Railway Ex ecu- 1
live Committee, acting under the an- 1
jhority of the British Government, has I
found it necessary to take some of its J
most vigorous measures as recently
as since January 1, 1917. It has taken
off many passenger trains, closed many
stations and abandoned the operation;
of some branch lines to expedite the I
movement of freight and military traf-j
fie. to save coal ami to relieve em
ployes for more important service. The.
amount of permissible baggage has I
been curtailed, restaurant and sleeping!
cars have been reduced in number orj
taken our of service and several bun- 1
dred daily passenger trains were with- {
drawn from service on January 1. The!
average speed of passenger trains has !
been reduced by the elimination of a]
number of fast express trains. We may '
have to come to all these things before!
the war is over.
In the death of Rabbi J. Leonard
Levy Pittsburgh loses one of her tnos;
eminent citizens, the country a most
thoroughgoing American and the Jew
ish race its most brilliant prophet.
Mexico has warned the Germans
against concentration near the Rio
Grande border, which shows that Cai'
ranza is in full possession of his
senses.
The anti-suffragist organisation h.is
decided to continue its activities in
spite of war. Better fret busy in the
Red Cross.
The Pouth's answer to Champ Clark's
argument against conscription is that
Lee's army at Gettysburg was con
scripted.
Talking in percentages, the( Republi
can party has a higher scoro in sup
porting the President than tlie Demo
cratic. }'?
Tou may be a good patriot without
being a Christian, but you cannot be a
good ChrLstlan without being a patriot.
The knitting Nannies in r*ongr<-ss
are still blaming the newspapers fur
pushing the country into the war.
Klihu Root was mustered in by the
selective draft, and he Isn't feeling
disgraced about It.
Some of the members of Congress
are mistaking their obstinacy for con- 1
victions.
Many men take themselves too s-ri- ?
ously and their obligations .too ilip-j
pantly.
The populace never rises as one man. :
except to cheer an abstract- proposi- ?
tlon.
The church needs you a1-- well as j
your country. Attend serviees toiuur- 1
row. |
-- _ . . j
Vivlani is also no mean sling'-r of;
florid phrases.
"WHEN DAYS or CHOICE ABE O'ER I
A maiden once. ?? f eertain age.
To cateli a husband did engage,
1 tilt having passed I h,..- prime of ? Sit"- *
Tn striving to become a wife
Without success, she thought it tine
To mend the follies of her prim--.
f'eparting from her usual course i
Of paints anil sueh like tor resource,
? With ail her might this ancient maid
Beneath an oak tree knelt and prayed; :
I'neonsclous that a grave old owl
Was perched above ? tie- mousing fowl! I
"Oh. give." a husband give!'' she i-: i< d, |
"While yet 1 may become a bride.
Soon will my day of grace r. |
And then, like many maids ln-i'nr?-,
I'll die without an early love.
And none to meet me there above! t
"Oh. 'tis n fate too hard l.-.n-;
Then answer- this, my hi.iiibh- -prayer.!
And oh. n husband give ni'-."
J ? if* r then The r.-.v! i !-? >tti m.i 1 1 1- ? tr--e. 1
In i]eer> bass tone*. .red "Who- -Who ? |
Who!"
"Who. Lord? And dost thou ask me j
who?
"Why. anyone, pond l.ord. will do."
? Anon.
Harry C. Hunter Shows open today,
Bridge Park; twice dally. apr25tf
EARNS ALL HE MAKES j
I (Continued from First Pag-o.)
(plainly visjblf to t li ?> naked eve Or i
!a?ym? another and a uiore'houielv ?
;? 'hey ubs. rvo the fresh laid egg :
sorn^ nH1 that..,he llen is ??*?? il led 10
home prior credit. >
Sunday Hard Working Artist. I
. -,?.w ISuln}la>'. undoubtedly i.s an j
j aitU. In his lmn he is. I thlofc, one
UfhMni triratfst artists that our native;
lf? un il'I V-yhorters. dating clear back.
ivp) V U l,,nd JV,v Marquette, has,
jPAei produced, but. unlike most art
j r' n,J' aiTompllsh his under
v.i" .I1 ,h'' seiiiolance of phvsi-1
I at ease. H<> pays in the coinage of I
!.v^r^ni ,alIl1 wru?p perspiration fori
i effort T . iiaves- To attain his
'iii-miL ,1,ust makp himself
dtunk on ihc strong liquors of his own
earnestm.ss and. when he is done with!
reeling 7 ' he ronu's away
rteitnij and spent.
v; L,"ti'n>!1lv 1 an afternoon scr
ii. il. ."ii? i" "c,af",n of my lafi'.st visit
, ' i n'i ,!,be",ac??. Twice 1 hud
* i nda y preach? vw and seen him
i'iiuu'.)1-!^ " a!1 the ef*"" 1 1 inns were as
ib otiKh they |l;ive been muds to order
fnc Vh'VaH- "r'"PKd- !l wa> ?f siH-ak- i
??lU'ir iilP.l ti ?.n preai trained j
imt [ ti . ? ... J r'lrMl" of ??'???h hymn I
o il ki. ,r;a!s''11 ,he hairs i
wlJ? . the hack of your neCk.
;l udiunce rilled everv Inch of'
?VI av pVS .seilllnK*sl',"'P. when Man- J
' "la.* I.odeheaver laid the fire
roiifrh "h*V kim,linK l?uch of his l.oss' I
rouMi-hvw n. sulphur-tipped oratory was I
thV le 111,3 "motiunallsni of I
t> ? i mass into flnme.
t oWiII,<,'il ,R?* hirn ln action
then-fore . ' would b<! smaller, and. I
H^rk-i, .! ;?,/ nn\ al hls ministerial 1
V?t" thr i ? ' t s i vv.%1 , ?' KU?ty afternoon
. k t ? 1 ! * when me si Hirers \v..p#?
... A , ^ tlif* bru-lc and s I ri ox of the vi?i ?
n?Mdv.,1n:iU,lM ,,u'',,v 11 "as "nd' rsJoo,! ,
"uVi ' n f.,1' ,h"n' wnuhl ,,f- no trail I
til: >? service; or at least, that
I'nrf li. iiV' st would make no special ef
'?rs' V. n h" v" rnUrx* t0 t,lp mourn
f.?- viiii . -^'Kht time was the time
J fl tine the mercy seats; this merev
with !l rou 11,10 daylight service
"C liuh.M.l.mS|LI',! "foments In ihewav
ona'ism to at
? ' 'Zi- ' 11,0
round i w,?,.Ta as :i of
fon" and fHi' '| .,ci!,a.Urr w-hlcl' losl its
,'ss?
Inio l.lu Vu'",on,,tfanfl IeI himself down
h . . ,l hai r . He Inokcd tired- t)n>
and h'i" ev,.jn?iVV?r? almost.
? u t \ ** ?i-nds dropped wenrilv ai
I ?ee n K wa i eh r ' 1 ' 0>j have rla'med1 "ha has
and Uvif h? V? / !? flections closely
?ti'ifo ti x. 'li^ippoi nted because to
lap'd wi" ha v? aver'
I urlnir .i n . H a head ? meas
! il'rv . amount taken in by the num
I l,0^o<l''|K,.Vlly." ullri^her^ "0t Hft !,is
ap iliisi ih "'ih change hepan to sound 1
{ ofe.s. e thl" l'otU,ms of the recepta- I
! Cr0wd Not ^itoeral One.
iS'\>
; K-ti s(v'- f?rvao^
mm,,h 'looke,MiJCa0.sennVfin '^ohnnk of
?u\\,i\s t'jii'rv the^r viiv. o ; ? Kinn j
i patent .?!asii?? ai-J ' i l , 1 '"'rscswith
I oflVriric )? \h', p'u. nv h,. ?1;"0'1 ",ls
(hint and then h<- l?-> n,.,i i,-, .i- ? . ,l,,ss,>d
I and cocked a ,jr n 1 I,,s ' h)l,r
| illrect ion ?r |,.! ^L^' /r }\raw* 1,1 ,h'; '
,l"? with I he air nf ? tl. 'i ,lhovn 1
heeti a man who had I
worth. I r.ini-'v t'hivi,;P!S i s. money's (
! t vpic;i | .i i...... . "'dividual was,
|pres,.;,t asseml.^ ,,or'*"laue ?f ?,e
i fri'seutl v. sit 1 1 ii i. , > , ...... .
I ' heard, almost - t ' Place. !
muttering ln.sk.lv, t KM a s'"1 , V"!' "
and upward, and' l.ehoh n H Sl'l,>wis" !
was .it terini,' :\ v... ",lv. Sunday
my douhis wh.'th,:.. Lpi";^1 ' 'in v,; !
would h.-,v,. he..,, willing
to admit of us liMiiflr . :,s
prav.-r. I'ertainlv i, !. ' authentic j
one. Met ween h is doi ii "V' r'-mil..r '
ovansr.-llst wass?yii,K; U,e j
" BnsebaU Rootar.
kJl lo K,.[ lo-.tay ? , )h Lnnl j
Gray and Champagne
Casko Cloth.
8-in. Cut Boots
The season's newest creations in
liiiiilfM-nlc price colored Footwear.
Ka.\v t'i clean with the fitting
qualities ? ? I* hijrh-jjrrade colored
leal her slides.
M. H. & M.
SATISFACTORY SHOES
1047 Main Street. Wheeling.
B 1? I IIWiW?!?IMWIKIMBillffiiBB?
A Great Spring Coat Stock!
Is Here for Saturday Selection
I'tility Coats, Sport Coats, Dress Coats ? the very Newest and
Smartest Models of the season.
Just two illustrations of Superior Value-Giving detailed here:
Dressy CHEVIOT COATS ? Full flare belted models with larfl*
collar and oox-plaited back ? GOLD, and APPLE d?-| A
GREEN at $1'*. I O
Utility TWEED COATS for Autoing or Street Wear in Rain or Shower;
full length Trench models in sightly gray and tan m p/v
mixtures; two lines at $25.00 and *J)_L I
Coals for 1 lie Miss, the Growing Girl, the Tots.
SPRING DAYS ARE VEILING DAYS
The Croat Variety is here, at all prices in Veilings and
Made-Up Veils.
Bordered and Dotted Black Silk Net Veilings, choice of many
patterns, with values up to 50? the yard,
today at &U\
STORE OPEN THIS EVENING
NEW EPAULETTE COLLARS
Very New and Dressy
Massive new shapes in many styles illustrating the last-moment
tendency in Newer Neckwear for women.
Many other favor-finding styles, in all the popular materials ill both
Heavy and Light weights, plain, lace-trimmed, embroidered, hem
stitched.
"MONK" and "TRENCH" Collars are also shown, as well as wide
selection in colorful Sport Types. t
For Usual or Unusual Neckwear, come first to the store which
carries the largest lines. Our prices are lower than identical styles
are sold for in larger cities.
NOTABLE STYLE SHOWING IN
Newest Silk Gloves
And not the least noteworthy factor of the
popularity of Snook Co. Gloves is the fact
that Early Purchasing lesulls in prices
much less than prevail generally.
KEYSEK and oilier equally eele
bra ted makes start here, at the pairtJ*/C>
Novelty Two-tone Stitch nig Isi ft fetrrtire of
the new lines.
PERFUMES, FACE POWDERS, CREAMS
If there is a well-known product which you
enjoy, come with the certainty of finding
Fresh Slocks in this Comprehensive
Toilet Goods Section.
Comfortable Underwear
Comfortably Priced.
Ladies' VESTS, large sizes, No. 9 and 10
sizes; line white cotton, sleeveless or
short sleeves, taped neck. THREE 1 Q
25c. Vests for 50c or singly It/C
Men's L'NION SI'ITS of fine white cotton,
long or short sleeves, ankle length; or
mixed gray cotton, short sleeve, ankle
length. Values you cannot dupli
cate at the suit UvL
NEW FLAG PINS, 4Sc, 15<\ 10c
arc the latest favorites for Summer Bedrooms. A special
purchase of slightly imperfect patterns (but you Avould
never detect it if we did not tell you) offered Saturday
buyers at startling prices:
6x9-foot $3.00 9xl2-foot $7.00
GEO. M. SNOOK CO.f
F. WEIMER'S SONS
TENTH AND MARKET
Fresh and Smoked
MEATS
POULTRY BUTTER EGGS
Daily Delivery Out the Pike
Nat. 429 Bell 166
help mo to do it! I've Rot to get Vm
M-day ? Oil. Lord, help me to ilo it'."?
ju?i like that over anil over and iivi-v
ana in. V<iii iliil ?ir?t have to l>e a be
liever in Sunday or the ^Sunday way lo
know the man meant what he was say
ing. Then? was nothing studied, noth
ing theatrical about it. II was as spon
taneous, as natural ami as sincere as
when a track tout hugs a post
in tile home st retell lie^c-ltK the little
horse ti|ioii wliifli lie has risked his last
dollar tn mine on and win. or when n
local muter, in the last half of the ninth
i ii ii I it |f. Willi the liases full and tin1 score
a tie, t w " men out and the home team
at hat. two strikes e, Tiled and three
halls, pleads with Providence to vouch
safe just one iliuk.v little hit.
Then Sunday li'ot up and went to the
pulpit and gripped his hands upon its
edges and rocked hack and forth on his
heels, as though i" supple his leg miis
? ?h's, and heK.'in Ins sermon. The ser
mon doesn't mallei u was just one of
those unorihothiN ically orthodox Sunday
sermons with i ? I a Pit of teaching in
it. hut with ;C .u t'?-:i I ileal "f hard-slug- '
KHiK preaching to it. It was laden with
guarantees of eternal salvation for those
who hearl. i si The Word, and with
threats of everlasting anthracite for
t'uose who diil not It was laced with
flashes ?>!' the rotiKh Sunday humor and
shot Willi dashes <i| Sunday courseness.
wllieh sounded ilollldy croirse dealing,
as il gem-tally did. with saci'eil subjects,
as lor instance, when he likened three I
of the apostles t ? ? "ducks In a puddle."
Ami. of course, it abounded in extrava
gant promises of what u religious
a wakening, a revival of the Sunday
??vi|ue variety would bring to pass in the
wicked and pleasure-loving ritv of New
Vork.
"You f'dks do your duty," lie shouted.
mi their faces, and when we n'"t through
with this tight, there won't be a saloon
left open in thts ? > b I town, nor a prosli
t-ile walkillu '.lie streets of the lied
l.iulit distri.'t. inn' a irumnau lurking in
a dark alley Ami tiial's lite truth. I'.ud.
I m telling you "
lie went on the haul assumption that
all men who drank ll?iuor came home to
their wives physically unwell as a re
sult ? "spewing " was the highly de
scriptive word f.-U'Oeii by It i tit to do- I
s.crilie the i iii iv r prevalent symptom of
the sufferer*; and on the .eijually bard
assumpto-n that all retail liquor deal- j
ers had bulPiieeks and weasel eves, i.ud
that all girls nlm wore |nw neck dresses
and went t ? ? dances courted a certain
downfall. And whether the subject lie
dealt with was ?ood or evil he had no
adjective for ii except ih* superlative
adjective. For further details read at
random the verbatim reports printed In
the New Vork pup?rs any day.
For the purposes of this dispatch, the
sermon was of no consequence. To mo,
the main ihliig wns tho fashion after
which thin man, by dint of *heer mus
cular forcc and sheer intent put fervor
I into that apathetic gathering. For, at
j the outset and for .same minutes there
I after, his auditors were cold ? cold and
unresponsive. They listened, politely
I enough. lull that was about all ? for
I awhile. Hill as 1 walched the faces In
' front of mi-, gradually I saw the oxpres
j slons on those faces .napping . I saw
, the drooji goinp out of tin? curved spines
? of t hose people and almost as plainly
| as though it had been a tangible thing
I I sensed the waves of sympathy flowing
in g rea t and greater and still preator
volume from iliem to nun ;ind back
again from him to them.
The Climax- ? Then Exhaustion,
lie worked harder and harder llis
| husky voice rose lo a hlare. lie ran
| from side to side of the plat fo.Mi, whirl
1 inn and twisting. with every thew of
'his athletic Itody in play, lie heat with
ihis two I'leiiched lists on the pulpit top
t mil il it shook and quivered. Tlis wilted-,
Idown collar choked him and. with a
| quick cral> and a sound of rending linen.
' he jerked it loose and flung it lioliind
' him.
1 lie reached his conclusion. This time
j he wound up uilh a little prayer, and
? then lie turned and he wont down the]
jstips. all wringing we; ati'l staggering
I from exhaustion as he came, to l?o halt- !
| ed at the foot nt the platform hy per- I
; Imps iwn score converts of the night
I l.e lo re who came presssnc forward to
[tell him I suppose how much they i
thanked him and how I horough was
I their repentance. He shook hands with ;
| each one of them, and, to each, he said |
The Satisfaction
I of comfortable reading can
be yours too, if you are !
| fitted correctly with a pair ;
of our comfortable read
ing glasses.
Let us tell you about it.
Harold O. Etz j
National Exohanif Bask Building
Saeoatf Floor, Mala ta< Twalfth ttrMti J
something. I suppose an evangelist can
1 not very well refuse to shake the hands
1 of men and women who want to tell- him
that, to him, they owe their hope of
Brace mid glory. 1 I wondered how many
I hundreds of thousands of such hands
.this man was called upon to shake every
| year and how many hundreds of thou
' sands of times per annum he had to
: hear the same tilings over and over
'again from these and from such as these
j.and in reply, had to answer back the
i same things.
J As ho went with dragging legs toward
| his rest rooms at the rear, his wife on
lone sido of him and a member of his
I personal staff on the' other, one of the
newspaper men alongside me ? the vet
eran chronicle of any number of Sun
i day meetings ? remarket, as he gathered ?
| up his notes and reached for his hat and
; ov ercoat:
"Well. Billy didn't go so very strong
[ this afternoun. did he? Saving up his
; lu st licks for the big doings to-night, I
i guess, eh ?"
I I don't know how much money Billy
I Sunday makes In the course of a year,
j but take It from me. whatever the sire
; of the pile may he. he earns it down to
i the last red penny.
j (Copyright. l'Jl", by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Rippling Rhymes
I I By WALT MASON. I
; (i, __ ? -
. RUSHING THE SEASON. V
When soft and balmy is the air, the
air, the wintry chill forgotten, man
dolts his heavy underwear, for flimsy
things of cotion. His wife and grand
ma both implore that he will not be
seokless: but he replies, "The winter's
o'er, and wearing wool is reckless." .
The weafhpr bureau seems to note
when man does things so silly, and
then sets out to get his goat, by send
ing weather chilly. The man who
would not heed his t'rau, or grandma'H
wild entreaties, finds chills and fever
in him now, from whiskers to his
feeties. And so he straightway goes
to bed, a victim of pneumonia; per- <
chance he dies, and o'er his head we
plant a large begonia. I stand beside
the boneyard fence and see where
scores are sleeping, who rushed the
season, without sense, and left their
uncles weeping. Until the breath of
summer stirs the maples and th* wil
lows, I always wear my heavy furs,
and pad myself with pillows. Until
in yonder picnic grove we see the
summer camper, I pack around a
heating stove, and open wide the'
damper.