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THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1919.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1319.
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THE HOPE OF THE WORLD.
Whatever else we may say of the world war,
however great its evils, how terrible its results,
however questionable the future outlook, no one
can deny the great awakening which has follow
ed in tlie path of the awful carnage.
" Many who were at the front have come-outj)f
the war with a clearer conception of the duties
of peace.
A young man recently returned from the front,
when .sked if he would like to go back again,
said : "I would not take a million dollars for the
experience I have had, and I would not give a
dime to go through with it the second time."
This boy, when he entered the war was turned
down at first, but later he got by, in the second
draft, as he was merely in a run-down condition.
He returned to the United States the very pic
ture of health. He is going back again into of
fice work, and in all probability, within a year
he will have lost much, if not all that he has
gained, of physical benefit.
But he will not lose all the benefit gained, by
any means.
The war took many like this boy and made
men of them. They have come back to the
United States cleaner, finer, better men in every
way.
They have come back with new interests, many
of them, and with new understanding. Some of
these men were born in homes of wealth. They
had never done any manual labor, they had
never known what it was not to gratify every
whim. They had led careless, if not dissolute
lives. When they went into the army they
learned what obedience to authority meant, they
knew what it was to be tired, to be hungry, to
be heartsick.
Side by side with them were the boys who had
always known what it was to work. Boys who
had hardly ever known anything but work and
responsibility.
If the selective draft did nothing else, it cer
tainly tore down some barriers in the United
States that needed to be torn downV-They will
never t e erected again. The me nwho went to
the front, who fought together for freedom, will
always be brothers in arms. They cannot get
away from it. They do not want to get away
from it. It is these men who are going to save
the world for democracy. It is these men who
have fcund t hereal meaning of freedom. And
these men are the hope of the world.
The soldiers who went to the front are the men
who aro going to control politics in this country.
They have come back with that determination.
And thsy are going to make dreams come true.
They are going to make the Unite dStates a reaJ
republic.
BRIDGING THE ESCAMBIA.
The following editorial from the Milton Ga
zette gives a very clear idea as to the views of
the more progressive people of Santa Rosa
county in regard to the bridge across the Esam
bia :
"Mr. DeLoach suggests that bridging the
Escambia is infeasible, on account of wind
storms. However, in this connection we might
note that many larger streams than the Escam
bia have been succesfully bridged in this gulf
coast country, with bridges that are so con
structed as to be safe from storm and tides. Mr.
DeLoach further suggests the use of ferries for
transporting traffic across this barrier. How
ever, if we are correctly informed, the obstruct
ing of traffic by a ferry will practically debar
the county from securing government aid in con
structing roads over such routes, which, in this
case would mean a direct loss from that source
alone of $200,000 the government has promised
in case the proposed bond issue carries in special
district No. 3. Further the proposition suggest
ed by Mr. DeLoach contemplates the two coun
ties expending $75,000 for proper ferry boats,
which lacks but $12,500 for each county of equal
ing the amount contemplated for the construc
tion of the proposed bridge. This proposition
also fails to take into consideration the expense
of operating such ferries, which item would
amount to thousands of dollars annually, whether
paid by the counties in order to furnish a free
ferry or by the traveling public a sa toll. When
the matter is considered in all its phases, we be
lieve that Mr. DeLoach, as well as all other think
ing citizens will concede that the time has come
when Santa Rosa citizens7orthatvv portion of
them residing in the proposed special road and
bridge district should lay aside personal mat
ters and join Escambia county, the state of
Florida and the United States government in the
construction of our part of a great national high
way that will be of untold value to the people of
this special district, as well as of the county as
a whole. Especially is this true, when we will be
called upon to pay but twenty-five per cent of the
total cost of this bridge, and but fifty per cent
of the total cost of the roadway leading to it."
We haven't abolished war, but we have made
it impossible for a maniac wearing a crown to
start a war Jn order to demonstrate that he is an
important citizen.
A treaty made by a vote of the people might
not be as profitable as one made by statesmen,
but it would doubtless last longer.
It is true that while the will to fight exists the
means will always be forthcoming, but it works
boh ways.
A few more years of this and a silver dollar
won't be worth enough to pay for the wear and
tear on your pants' pocket.
Our iiea is that it will take a lot more than 40
years to get Germany ready for another war.
British are using alcohol in motor fuel; a tip
for America after July 1.
TO RISE ABOVE CONDITIONS.
A reading of the life of Theodore Thomas, the
musician, reveals a great and simple lesson for
any young man in any profession, trade or field
of endeavor.
Thomas came-to America as a mere boy, and
was forced not only to earn his own living, but1
to contribute to the family support. j
This he did by playing the violin at entertain
ments about New York.
Like a good many of us he did not like his job
and the prospect for anything better was very
dark.
His sensitive soul revolted against the class of
music he was forced to play.
But he schooled his will to rise above it; he
imagined himself practicing, and through all the
long, weary hours of those all-night affairs he
drew his tone pure and clear.
It is stated that here he acquired the sense of
rhythm that characterized the wrork of the great
orchestras which he afterward directed.
His next work was in a Bowery theatre, where
Shakespeare was produced and when the other
musicians went out during Tests to drink and
smoke and gossip Thomas stayed in the orchestra
pit to listen, to and study the lines.
Then he went down south on horseback, giv
ing concerts for the most part in hotel dining
rooms, but no matter how small the audience or
how low the admission fee he gave a good con
cert he gave his patrons more than their mon
ey's worth.;
In 1851 he was made second concertmaster of
the Italian Opera Company of New York. The
stars of this organization were Jennie Lind and
Henriette Sontag, perhaps two of the finest nat
ural singers that the world has ever produced.
Night after night young Thomas sat and lis
tened to those two women and trying at every
note to imitate their ure, flute-like tones on his
violin.
It was through this experience that Thomas in
after life recommended that all singers study
the violin and that all violinists study singing.
Thomas was finally made concertmaster of
this organization opportunity luck always
seems to come to a man who studies and works ;
for through the sudden illness of the director he
; finally succeeded to that position.
Theodore Thomas took many large musical or
ganizations across the continent numbers of
times and amid many discouragements and fi
nancial loss in his early days; but he did more
for the musical education of America than any
man that ever lived.
He realized all his life's ambition.
His was finally one of the three best orchestras
in the world and it was finally installed in a per
manent hall of its own.
His work and study ended only a few days be
fore his death.
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ODDS AND ENDS
BY JOHN C. TRICE.
Tallahassee. June 3. Mr. Miller, of
Duval, is a remarkable man. When
the shadows fall athwart the pathway
of the ambition of his life, on the
very threshhold of the attainment, no
man reads upon his face the emotions
that stir within him. Debonair, smil
ing and superbly affable he faces the
impending wreck of his hopes, never
withholding the glad hand of broth
erly greeting to even iheTwno would
take to the ermine of the glory of all
the years of his labor.
At last the Hon. J. Hampton Jones
has found an appropriation bill that
he ' could vote for. He tried to help
his colleague pass through the house
a pension relief bill for an old soldier
in his county. The effort was no
doubt a worthy one, and many of the
members would have liked to comply
with the wishes of the Nassau gentle
men, but there was more danger in
it than the passage of the two mill
tax.
There are many misgivings about
what the last week of the session will
bring forth. There are more than 500
bills on the calendar of the house and
of course each of these represent some
anxiety on the part of somebody.
Wise guys who are more often deal
ing in the future than the present
Land therefore more often mistaken
than correct, are already telling con
fidentially to every other prson they
meet what they know of the certalnly
of ,an extra session being called.
The antithesis Is the gentleman
from Sumter, Mr. Wicker. The emo
tions of his soul are as clearly mirror
ed upon his face as his shadow is
reflected by the brightest rays of the
sun. If his spirit is stirred to glad
ness it finds expression on his face
and the poetry and meoldy of his
words. On the other hand, his face
clouds and his words are like the
sting of an adder when he feels the
gaff of injustice thrust into him.
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Westville, Fla., June 3. Mr. Ar
mand J. Dellande, of New Orleans,
who recently 9 rived from France,
visited Mrs. May Miller, at the home
of her father, John Neel, for a few
days. Mr. Dellande spent fourteen
months in France doing his bit in the
great world war as chemist in base
hospital No. 24.
R. S. Adams and son, of Chipley,
spent the week-end in town as the
guests of Mr. Adams' mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Teel and little
son, Ralph, spent Sunday and Mon
day in Pensacola, on business and
pleasure.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Frink attended
church in Ponce de Leon Sunday
Quite a number of out of town peo
ple went down to Ponce de Leon on
the -evening train Thursday last, to
hear the Fort Barrancas band, bui
it failed to show up.
Miss Mattie Standley and niece,
Gwendolyn Brigman, of Pensacola,
are spending a few days in town with
relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. I M. Ware, Mr. and
Mrs. John Gwaltney, of St. Andrews.
Fla., spent a short while In our town
Wednesday, enroute home from Pen
sacola, where they had gone to sea
the German submarine.
P. G. Adams left Tuesday night for
Pensacola to accept a position.
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Mr. Phillips, of Columbia county, is
another character worthy of note. To
some extent he embodies the charac
teristic of both the gentlemen men
tioned above, but not in such a mark
ed degree. He is one of the hardest
fighters in the house, and never stop
until he is bound and gagged, figura
tively speaking, but the chief glory
of his life in fairness in combat. He
never hits below the belt and declares
he would rather lose a good fight
than win a meritorious cause by
abuse of official power.
Mr. Weaver, of Taylor county,
claims the honors for being the rep
resentative of the only county thus
far heard from that ha3 not asked
for a single local bll at this session
of the legislature. He Bays he not
only has not had one passed so far,
fcut will not ask for the passage of
one during the session.
There never as "as large a number
of disgusted lobbyists at Tallahassee
as were here Saturday. The number
here was not unusually large, but
more of them were disgusted. They
just could not get anything by on
account of the filibuster in the house.
There was no week-end leisure
among the lawmakers. They were on
the job at the usual hour in the morn
ing and remained as long as the most
industrious worker could Qesuu.
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