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THE DAILY UNION
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ratered at tbe poatoflce at Rock Island. XXL, as
r : - second class matter under the act
-", " of March 3.187.
THE J. Tf. POTTEB CO, TsMIshen,
tvck Islaad Beaker Assodatod Frew. Fan
Leased Win Report
rfor npubliratloa el sit m ditpatriwa cradM "H
, or sot oUusrwu eredllad to tbl papar aid aia Uaa
,t ami atwi publubts twrtia.
was conservative in that be seldom waa led
astray by uaprored fads or theories, bat-not
to inch an extent that he was unable to recog
size tnia merit in that which was new,'- Having
himself attained iuccets by the hard road his
sympathies always were with the common peo
ple, a fact which was shown in many ways
and was an element of strength to him in his
political campaigns.
Election to the office of mayor for four
times constitutes a tribute to Mr, McConochie
which really calls for no elaboration, ".
v , United Press Leased Wire Report. V
- l, Member Audit Bureau of circulations.
- Official Paper City of Rack Island.
Jfew Tork OIBa U. 0. WsUen. SSS fittb Anam.
. Cbleaco Office A. W, Allen, 183S People Q Bids.
SATl'KDAI, MAI S 1930.
Knm Tha Anas sf March Zi
"The Argaa kcnrelorth ill be omdoctcS M a
lafeprarirat Mwapaper, unbiwed by pitruaaa Uea.
at at free a4 tr&f to tUla Ita hoocat coavictlena la
ttw iBtrraat at IB comraua vallate."
: Mother's Day. x
J.From England, the' idea of setting apart a
certain, day (or an outward demonstration of
tb Inward love of children .to mothers, spread
u America. : It was flrst celebrated in Phila
delphia Ul J90S. , ;
.., Congress, in 1914, recognizing the merit and
fbeauty of the custom, passed a Joint resolution
.'"designating the second Sunday in May as
Mothers' day. and for other purposes."
Y7
if " tinder it the president is authorized, and
"requested, to issue a proclamation in remem
brance of the day. The United States flag is to
be displayed on all public buildings, and, as a
public expression ot the love of the people for
the mothers of the country, the people are
also requested to' display the . flag at their
homes. ,
I'erhaps the Jewish saying puts compactly
what a hundred words could no better do:
"God could not be everywhere and, there
fore, he made mothers." '
Not only does slie bear the child. Her
work is then but begun. It is hers to raise
and guide, truly to care for in sickness and in
health; to see it bud and blossom Into full
growth while she slowly but surely, pines
away, the withered parent stem. -Home is the
center of life. .Mother is the center of the
home. No wonder a day has been set apart
lor her alone.
The wonder is that nobody thought of it
sooner. But it is a pretty observance with
charming features that will make it endure,
. surely, through the centuries.
No Half Peace.
The United States cannot afford to affront
its own self-respect by making a half peace
with Germany. ' '
A . congressional resolution withdrawing
the declaration of war against Germany will
not change in any fundamental respect the
status of suspended hostilities under the terms
of the armistice. . .
The essential fact of a formal peace is that
it imposes terms on a fallen enemy. ' That is
why there can be no peace except by treaty.
A treaty is an engagement between two or
more nations. It necessitates an interchange
of negotiations.
Congress has no machinery for discussing
peace terms with the Germans. That is th
t exclusive function of the executive branch of
the American government. Therefore, there
is no way by which congress can make a joint
resolution serve as a treaty of peace.
. Congress, intimates that a peace resolution
is necessary to end the equivocal relations ex
isting between the United States and Germany.
A peace resolution cannot change Germai?
American relations in any basic respect. They
must remain equivocal as long as terms ot
peace have not been adopted by both sides i;
treaty form.
The real purpose of the peace resolution is
to humiliate the president of the United States
in the face of the enemy. The American peo
ple are the ones who will be humiliated if
the resolution is adopted. No country can in
sult its ruler and hold him up to enemy ridi
cule by formal legislative act without offend
ing its own dignity.
America can get along well enough, under i
the present terms of the armistice, or 'easily j
amended terms, until sucu time as a peace
treaty is finally adopted.
J!-4 I DV vlLUAM BRADY WD. j
MERC LICS HANS ANCIENT ENEMY, '
OUkLCAffC.
WHO DISINTERS THE UNLOVED CUSS.
i beware!
SOXG OF 80568.
t'nheeding past me moves the human throng,
Koshing, harrying Djr on resuess iev
Obsessed by Self. Jisoo, note doth pus to
Street
His feUow man; the race is to the strong
Whs win their sordid-(rains by right or wrong.
Trampling their weaker brothers to defeat . , .
But bark: ... irom out uie maewuva
echoes sweet
The soft, clear notes of Mother's cradle song;
The Song of songs! That dear voice "Hush,
be still
As an mouse the melody brings rest
To mr tired heart: its cadence brimrs a thrill
Of utter joy. Ah. dear old song, thrice blest...
Would that the night of time turn en dace until
Again I'd hear that ttong at Mothers breast.
AMONG those securing marriage licenses
yestiddy we lamp the names of Harry G. Rath
bun, Davenport; and Perpetua A. Major, Bock
Island. There ought to be a sort of musical
wheeze in that Frinstance, one might hazard
that Perpetua has taken a major step: that
life should be full of harmony; and oh, no
end cf 'em. But wait till they hit Hi C and try
to find A flat.
IX LEAP YEAR EVERY Cf RL IS THE ARCH
ITECT 01" HER MV COOU FORTUNE.
(From Ma's Society Page).
Miss Frances Hofner received the
trophy which signified a coming mar
riage, and Miss Mae Krone the penny
which signifies good fortune.
SUMMIT. AVE., 1316 Sleeping rooms, suit
able for two. modern house, walking distance;
! man and wife, ladies or gentlemen. Auto 87535.
Sioux City Journal.
After marriage some of 'era DO cease to
treat each other-as ladies and gentlemen.
Sounds sort of good to hear a steamboat
whistle again.
Baseball, an' circus, an' steamboat excur
sions 'n everything all in one day! O Skinnay!
Come on over!
It is hot necessary that one should return
from the dad in order to convince us tliat
ihere are no profiteers in heaven.
William McConochie.
Rock Island feels a distinct loss in the
death ot William McConochie, Civil war vet
eran, old settler, leading builder and for four
terms mayor. No one lias been more closely
identified with the city's progress during the
last half century than he.
Born of good Scotch fighting stock, he in
herited many of the, sterner Qualities which
made for his t&eccss. Along with industry,
ambition and painstaking thoroughness he
early learned to cultivate careful habits of
living which conserved his 'energies and en
abled him to round out a long career and de
liver'a full measure of service.
The spirit of the man was shown when as
a mere youth he overcame the handicaps of
age and parental objection to enter the army
and fighl for the union. Four years urider the
flag taught him courage, patriotism and the
value of discipline, which ever after were out
standing characteristics. He was a close stu
dent of human nature and was able to judge
men, which was of great assistance to him in
politics, in his official career, and as an em
ployer. His work both as a builder and in
the public service, always was well done. He
It was hardlj. necessary for milliners to
announce that prices of summer hats will not
be raised. Couldn't put them any higher with
out remodeling the roof.
Don't blame President Deschanel for re
fusing to permit his wife .to accept that $5,000
hat. He's got to pay for her millinery all the
rest of her life.
LOST!!!!
We used to own a litlle collie
But the other drty she lost us.
Whoever finds her can, by golly,
Have her for the tire (.he cost us!
Personal Health Service. V
There are departments of health
in nearly all of the states and ter
ritories and provinces of the Unit
ed States and Canada, and county
and city and village boards of
health and everything. Yet people
go right on getting sick, and what
is. worse, they come down with
easily preventable diseases right
along, and what is still worse, they
do not even know the diseases they
are contracting are preventable,
and what is worst of all they do not
know how to avoid having the dis
eases even when they get wind of
the fact that there is no need of
being sick. So much for the mod
esty of our public health authori
ties. This department of this newspa
per is dedicated to Personal Health
Service. It has no other function.
It costs readers nothing. Use it
Readers will, I am sure, over
look the egotism of the conductor of
this department, which prompts
him to drag himself into the col
umn nearly every day. All doctors
are vain. They can't help it. It
makes them more amusing. And,
have you not noticed that every
doctor thinks nearly every other
doctor's views and opinions are
ridiculous? They're a queer lot.
However, the conductor of this de
partment strives to print occasion
ally a fact of some value to the
health of readers. He certainly
pores over the literature many an
hour in quest of the elusive fact
so summingly concealed in a mass
of heterogenous verbiage. And when
ticed, are almost as scarce as reme
dies In this department. The aim,
you see, is not to suggest ills, but
to suggest good health. It takes a
wise man to know his own health.
Many a semi-invalid has discovered,
after years ot suffering, that, after
all, there was nothing the matter.
That is why symptoms get short
shift here, and normality is empha
sised. It is worth a great deal to
any one to know that he or she is
normal.
QUESTIONS AXD ANSWERS.
Uselessness of Eardrums.
Would you advise me to pay $20
for a pair of artificial eardrums
for chronic dearness? tMrs. K. R.
L.)
Answer No. So-called artificial
drums are impracticable and do
not improve hearing. A real aid
to hearing for the deaf is the
acoiistlcon, worn upon the ear.
This instrument is similar in prin
ciple to the telephone.
Earrings and Hoodoo ism.
Please give instructions, for
punching holes in the ears. Will
wearing gold earrings help the
eyes? (Ruth.)
Answer Don't
Twin Beds.
Is it an injury for a person 60
years old to sleep with a child of
10? The little boy is the picture of
health, but I have been told it is
wrong for us to sleep together as
I take the energy from him. (S.
C. M.)
Answer Each would have bet
ter rest in a seoarate bed. Two in
one bed. irrespective of ages or
he does succeed in dragging an) other conditions, disturb one an-
actual fact to the surface and dust- other's rest and divide any com
ing it off and serving it here, it j municable disease either may nap
makes him happy, for sooner or i pen to have. The taking away of
later some reader writes in to tell I the other's energy is mere super
just how much that fact has helped I stition, especially popular among
somebody. j southern negroes.
For instance, here is a fact to j Baby Born With Teeth,
ponder not a new fact, but one asi is it true that occasionally a
old as time: All disease is organic, baby is born with two teeth? Is
even though it is called "merely j any superstition attached to this
functional." The purpose of this fact? (Mrs. L. T.)
column is to aid readers in coping Answer Yes. Probably many
with organic disease in the pre- superstitions they are attached to
functional stage; to teach them how! nearly every natural occurence
to keep well. j which seems strange to the ignor-
Symptoms, you must have, no-i ant.
Someone rises to announce the discovery
that the English are stealing a march on us
in rounding up German trade. Of course they
are. Stealing marches is one of the best things
they do, though for that matter anyone could
do it now so far as the United States is con
cerned. We mustn't expect the rest of the
world to mark time simply because we're
doing it,
New York is going to try by means of law
to prevent people from lying to newspapers.
The purpose is praiseworthy, but it will be
found eventually that they have merely clut
tered up the statute book3 with more superflu
ous legislation. For one thing guilt hinges
upon ability to prove intent that the stories
be published, which may not always be easy to
do. Then the offense is only a misdemeanor,
involving merely a light fine. The law. will
not even help truthfulness by branding the
liars, for the hardened ones usually glory in
it and are willing to pay for extra publicity.
IN spite of their martial name and place u
residence Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arguebright of
Battle Creek, Mich., live together amicably.
YES. THAT'S THE "TRADE'S" FAVORITE
METHOD OF REDUCING THE H. C. L.
(From the Illinois Retail Merchants' Journal).
The summer make of imported Swiss
cheese is due early in May, with prices
somewhat higher than the domestic ar
ticle. There is a demand for imported
Swiss and even though the prices are
high it is anticipated that the trade will
pay whatever is asked.
EGGS S. C. Rock Island Red eggs for
hatching. Call B. 1484. Peoria Star.
Now wo know from whence comes our local
reds. They hatch 'em.
WE learn from the columns of our Ma So
leuni that Mrs. Marjorie Allen-Seiffert used to
write for the Spectra Hoax. You've heard of
the Spectra Hoax, of course. It was similar
to the Edgar Allen Poe Hoax to which James
Whitcomb Riley largely contributed.
"FIVE SECONDS A DAY WfTH OUR
PRESIDENTS."
XXI. CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
Good man, but Gee!
The prize he cops.
For whiskers he
Wore muttonchops!
"U. S. HEARS CARRANZA WEAKENING."
Davenport Times.
Must be the old boy wheezing through his
whiskers.
THE Bloomington Pantagraph speaks of a
"large lawyer's fee." Our recollection of large
lawyer s fees is pleasant. Jack Stafford fixed
up our exemption papers for nothing.
"Anarchists Daze Italy With Riots" "Reds'
Grip On Kiev Is Still Firm" "Fierce Battle in
Fiume" Mexican Rebels Attack Xuevo La
redo" "British Lords Favor Drastic Curb for
Erin."
What's In a Name?
BY MILDRED MARSHALL
(CopjTifbt. 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.)
ESTHER.
In England, Esther became
famous since it was borne by two
ladies beloved of Dean Swift;
Esther Johnson and Esther Van
homrigh, one of whom he called
by the Latin equivalent Stella,
and the other by the generic term
for our gorgeous butterflies, Van
essa, Estrella was the heroine of a
Spanish pastoral and Abbe Fior
ian borrowed it for his theatrical
shepherdess. Sir Philip Sidney
wrote a sonnet to Stella which
runs:
"O happy Thames that did my
Stella bear;
I saw myself with many a smiling
line
j Upon thy cheerful face, joy's livery
wear.
While those fair planets on they
streams did shine;
The boat for joy could not to dance
forbear;
While wanton winds, with beau
ties so divine
j Ravished, staid not till in her
guiucu nun
They did themselves, ch sweetest
prison! twine.
Five Minutes a Day.
With Our President
,BI JAXES MOi GA?
Lincoln's Valley Forge.
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T
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President Lincoln on battlefield of Anfletam.
1S61-
3tareh 4. Abraham Lincoln
inaugurated 16th presideut,
, accd 52.
March 15. advised by the
cabinet to surreudw Fort
Sumter.
J'urch 29, hp d?ennined to
' provision mid decern! it.
April 1, because of his sup-lui.-cd
militiiess, he was asked
by Seward to relinquish to
him his powers and ropon.
Mbilifies.
April 14, Fort Sumter sur
rendered. April 15. Lincoln called for
volunteers.
July 21, the union army ronl-
cd lit Bull Rnn.
ISIS July 1. ncl'lrlian retreated
from before rJclimond.
Aug. -, second defeat at Bull
Run.
Sept. NJ-17, victory at Antie
tam. Sept, 22, emancipation proc
lamation. Dec. i.'i. union defeat at Fred
ericksburg. 1S3 May 2-4, disaster at Chancel
lorsviile. Seven stars already were gone
from the blue field of the Sag at
Lincoln's inauguration, and still
Stella's talismanic stone is the others were fading away. How to
lapis lazuli, vhat mysterious blue
gem flecked with gold that dispels
melancholy and frees the blood of
fever, according to old superstition.
Friday is her lucky day and 7 her
lucky number.
Argus Information Bureau
(Any reader eaa m the answer to any Question bj writing The Arcus Informa
tion bureau. Frederic J. Hukin. Director, Wuluscton. D. C. 6io full name and
adoreaa and enclose two-cent stamp for return pottage Ri brief. AU inquiries
confidential, the replies be IP a: sent direct to each individual. o attention wii 'J
paid to anonrmoue letters.
Q What is meant by an "ency
clical letter?" R. C.
A. This is a term applied to a
VERILY,
maiden!
Peace, thou'rt
a bedraggled
R. E. M G.
THE PMLY
ESPECIALLY CIGARS.
By H. L. Langdale.
(Copyright, 1920, by Wheeler Syn
dicate, Inc.)
"Now Tom," admonished Madge,
italicizing each word with an em
phatic forefinger poke into her hus
band's overcoat, "Jremenibur, ,the
Bronsons are coming to dinner to-
night. Don't forget to bring home
some flowers and cigars espeo
; tally the cigars."
Sith a last pat and wifely kiss,
. she pushed him into the vestibule,
t losed the door on his "sure thing,
. lioaey, goodbye," and hurried back
, tu the kitchen to begin prepara
tions for the evening.
Tom and Madge Pritchard were
, neHv comers in the Lakewood col
ony, and this was to be their very
first attempt at regular entertain
ing. Mr. Bronson was some sort of
partner In a large firm of archi
tects, and a man that Tom as an
expert draughtsman , "ought to
, know," according to Madge. Mrs.
Bronson, portly, exquisitely
dressed, as regularly massaged as
.Madge wa3 shampooed, sifted and
organized whatever of society Lake-
wood boasted; If Tom was not to
fall short in Mr. Bronson 's eyes,
neither' did Madge intend to be
found wanting in the estimation of
his wife.
And to that end, she had planned
this dinner with care.
Slie hoped Tom would remember
the cigars. Time was, in his bach
; elor' days, and, ehe hoped, time
. would be in the future, when his
pockets contained plenty of nice,
brightly banded smokes as a mat
ter of course. .
' But this year, what with the high
cost of living and contributions to
a fund 'known intimately u the
, "Pritchard Super-Six Foundation,"
cigars had become things asso
i elated only with anniversaries, a
bunday afternoon walk, or the oc
casional cashing of commission
checks, s
Fromptly at 6:25 the Bronson
sedan drew up at the Pritchard
curb. Madge, pretty and slim, and
softly gowned in crepe de chine,
was waiting to greet her guests.
"My husband is late, as usual,"
she apologized gracefully. "Com
muting is so unreliable!"
But Tom came in Just then with
a tale of open bridges and delayed
traffic, and Madge slipped away.
1 Dinner was half over. So far.
everything had been perfect. Salad
course was next, then dessert, then
coffee and cigars in the living room
by the open fire. Horrors! Had
Tom remembered?
Catching his eye, she managed to
convey, by a lift of the eyebrows
and an inconspicuous two-fingered
gesture as of one who removes a
cigar from his mouth, the query.
They had been married long enough
for Tom to be fairly well trained
in this delicate domestic art of sig
nal and interpretation. Once, he
would have laid down his napkin,
half risen, and said, "Something the
matter, dear?" But tonight utter
blankness swept his countenance,
succeeded by an expression of in
finite dismay. Madge gave him, un
der the circumstances, the) sweetest
possible smile, and continued what
she was saying to Mrs. Bronson.
But beneath the rippling surface
talk, her thoughts flowed deeply.
Tom would keep. Bat what to do
about the cigars? ,
While shifting plates for the
salad, an idea occurred to her. Only
a block below was s small part
grocery, part stationery store, an
unbeautiiul spot oa
residential street, but quite fre
quently a godsend to an uneipect
erly visited housekeeper. She would
start the salad, then, under pre
text of delay in the kitchen, run
down to the store, get the best ti
the humidor in the living room,
the humidor in thel iving room,
and reappear from the kitchen as
if she had been there all the time.
The whole affair would take less
than five minutes, a time she might
conceivably be detained in prepa
ration tor the next course.
In the brightly lighted dining
room, about the table SDaxklinz
with shining silver and spotless
linen, Madge's guests, toying with
their cherry-topped salad, awaited
her return to their midst and
waited and waited
"Madge!" Tom raised his voice
slightly.
There was reply. '
Meanwhile, Madge had accom
plished her errand and was nearly
home. Suddenly, riccotfheting
across the street, skidded a loaded
automobile, bumping, with a grind
ing of brakes and startled cries
from the inmates, into another car
drawn up at the curb.
Instantly appeared people from
everywhere casual pedestrians,
occupants of both automobiles and,
unusually timely, Lakewood's one
constable. Caught in the medley.
it was several minutes before
rtiaoge coum make her eacase. and
then only after giving her name as
me one witness to the accident.
Wildly hoping her absence had
not been noticed, Madee arrived
breathlessly in front of her veranda
veranaa wnicn seemed filled
with people, although in reality
there were only thrse. The light,
streaming from the door behind,
Ambassador Jusserand and My
ron Herrick, former ambassador
t A tVania u V - ,
- , iv w Bpcmaers at a
reunion dinnr nt th. a
Ukewowl'rerealed Mr.and Mrr, 3 ta New york ton.
bareheaded, and Tom with a nap
kin dangling in his hand.
Madge, in an aznnv nf ih,m.
being caught in the act of return
ing from runnine awav fmm hrr
own dinner party, littln li.wi
v-hat a pretty picture she made as
she stood below, her cheeks becom
ingly flushed, her breath coming a
bit quickly between parted lips
kow explain herself? Plaaihi
stories sprang to her lips, explana
tions untrue, but surely permis
soble under the
Then, suddenly, with half a smile,
'Here they are. Tom " h m
.... va-s om Ilia
holding out a slim hand filled with
Cigars.
Some hours later. Tom fnrn.
and penitently committed to drown
ing himself if, by Jupiter, he ever
forgot anything again, explained
"e na gone to the kitchen in
search of her. Then had come a
crash and, well she kaew the rest
Coincident with this conversa
tion, Mr. Bronson was remarking to
his wife: "Pritchard seems an A-l
sort of chap line mind, although I
guess his wife wishes he'd improve
his memory!" Bronson laughed
"I think," returned his wife, com
placently, "that his little wife is
going to be an addition to our com
munity." Then added, epigram
matically, "she has that invaluable
social asset the sixth sense' which
saves a situation."
nvm mean," interrogated her
ausband. "she wasn't phased when
we caught her getting the cigars'"
"Exactly!" said his wife.
general or circular letter issued by
a council, bishop or pope, with the
idea of reaching a great number 01
people.
Q. Why is the record given for
home Yuns, hits, etc., always based
on major league baseoali .' k. ii.
A. Some of the miner leagues,
particularly the Paafic Coast
league, can play for a much longer
season. Naturally, it would not be
lair to compare their records with
leagues where the season must be
much shorter.
Q. What is a curule chair?
B. M. G.
A. This was a chair of state,
equivalent to a throne, in use
among the early Romans. The
chair was usually ornamented with
ivory or gold, had curved legs, but
no back, and could be folded as a
camp stool is folded. It was ued
by curule magistrates, dictators.
consuls, praetor, and curule aediles"
on formal occasions. The right to
sit in the presence of others was
one of the precious privileges of
certain officers.
Q. Who said "We love him for
the enemies he has made?"
R. A. D. '
A. General Bragg of Wisconsin
uated in 1891 with highest honors.
While In college he helped form a
chapter of the national Phi Kappa
Psi fraternity, of which President
Wilson is also a member. Mr. Pal
mer .married Roberta Bartlett Dix
on of Easton, Md.. Nov. 23, 1S3S.
Was admitted to the bar 1S93.
Member 61st-63rd congress, 1909
1915. Appointed judge United
States court of claims April, 1915.
resigned September, 1915; appoint
ed alien property custodian by
President Wilson,' Oct. .', 1917:
made attorney general March 5.
1919. He is a member of the So
ciety of Friends.
Q. Is there a visible sign of the
prime meridian in Greenwich, Eng
land? , T. A. S.
A. On the road to the observa
tory at Greenwich, the meridian has
been marked in the stone.
Q. What is meant by winter rules
and summer rules in golf?
W. H.
A. Under summer rules, a play
er must play his ball as it lies,
while under winter rules, he is
permitted to improve his lie or tee
up his ball everywhere except iu
hazards.
Q. What is calorene? M. S.
A. This is a new cutting eas
made from alcohol. It is quite like
said this of Grover Cleveland in a j acetl An .dn.dlysis of it shows
'l.J.T: rbon S6 per cent and hydrogen
14 per cent. It gives maximum
cratic convention of 18S4, and this
is said to have helped in his nomi
nation. Q. How should I make an oyster
rabbit? D. V. S.
A A small size can of oysters or
a similar quantity of fresh ones,
one ounce butter, one-halt pound
cheese, one saltspoon salt, cayenne,
two eggs.' Melt the butter, then
add the cheese cut into small
temperature of 6,200 degrees Fah
renheit while acetylene gives 6,300.
Q. Who is the richest Indian in
America? S. D.
A. Jackson Barnett, a Cherokee,
has this distinction.
Q. Is the word milch used in re
ferring to milk cows? B. L. S.
A.' The department of agriculture
keep more states from seceding and
how to win back, to the union those
in secession was the heart-racking
problem which he faced while
standing on the steps of the capitol
to register in haven, as he said,
his vow to preserve, protect and
defend the constitution.
When he sat down at his desk in
the White house the next morning
he found lying on it a report that
the loyal garrison of Fort Sumter
had food enough to last only a
few days more. General Scott as
sured the new president that it was
impracticable to attempt to pro
vision the fort and all except one
member of the cabinet agreed with
the veteran soldier.
When the commanding general
recommended that still another
fort be given up, there fame to
Lincoln a sleepless night, through
which he watched by his sacred
charge, the rended union, in its
mortal crisis as the shadow of dis
solution lay upon it. The morning
found him fixed in his determina
tion to save it. The forts should
be defended. v
He had kept his own counsel in
all the soul-torturing struggles of
that first decisive month of his
term. While the inner Lincoln
walked alone under his awful bur
den, the outer Lincoln shuffled
along good naturedly through the
daily routine. As cabinet and lead
ers, not one of whom had known
him a year, watched and meas
ured this quaint, simple-mannereii
man, smiling and joking as he met
the biggest and hungriest swarm
of offlce-seekers that ever assailed
a president, they were puzzled or
disheartened., After four weeks.
Sewaru, lue secretary oi state,
bluntly proposed that the . new
president should, leave statesman
ship to him and continue to amuse
himself only with banding out
jobs.
Without betraying the least re
sentment, but with a firm hand,
Lincoln put Seward in his place
so effectively that in a little while
the secretary was writing to his
wife? "The president is the best of
us all." At . the first test he had
established his moral supremacy
over the eminent statesman whom
he had defeated for the nomina
tion
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ing, beat the eggs lightly, add to j ing the use of the word milk in this
them the oyster liquor, then the ; connection. Milch is used in the
oysters, and add to cheese. When bible and in classical literature, but
hot serve on squares of toast A nulk is the simple work-a-day word
and will henceforth be used by the
department.
Q. Is there any law that pro
cides for a superintendent of a
poor farm opening all the mail of
those who live there? T. L. G. '
A. The postoffice department
says that the sealed mail of in
mates of the county home is as
book containing recipes for pre
paring 216 different dishes with
canned foods as a basis can be se
cured free by sending a 2-cent
stamp for return postage to our
Washington information bureau.
Q. What United States division
lost the most men in the "World
war? U. D.
A. The Second division of our
army had the most casualties. They
had 4,419 battle deaths and 20,657
men were wounded in action.
Q. Can. you tell me anything
about the life of A. Mitchell Pal
mer? R. O. F.
A. Alexander Mitchell Palmer
was born in Moosehead, Pa., May 4,
1S72. He attended Swarthmore he has to obtain Mm of , iw
college, from which he was grad- citizen for that purpose.
ter. The south had struck the 9rrt
blow, and the people of the north
rallied to the support of the nion.
.When congress met in extraor
dinary session on July 4. the pres
ident already had enrolled 300,009
volunteer troops. In a few days
he started the first army toward
Richmond, the confederate capital,
but only to see it hurled back in
wild disorder from the banks of
Bull Run. Slowly gathering a sec
ond army, he sent it forth under
McClellan, who was repulsed at
the very pales of Richmond aid
driven back in retreat down th
James. Then he launched a third
army southward under Pope, but
it was stopped again at Bull Run.
Emboldened by its success, the
southern army advanced nortii
ward, but McClellan stopped Lee
in Maryland. Five days after that
first victory for the union at Antie
tam. Lincoln met his cabinet with
a humorous story by Artemm
Ward, and then, suddenly turning
from the ridiculous to the sublime,
he gravely announced that lie had
promised God to free the slaves if
the arms of the union should win
the battle. Thereupon he drew
from a drawer the emancipation
proclamation, whoso existence had
been known to no man.
The darkest winter in American
history since Valley Forge was yet
to come. A fourth army that Lin
coln hurled at Richmond met with
disaster at Fredericksburg and
Chancellorsville. and the western
army ,undcr Grant seemed to be
floundering hopelessly iu the
swamps of the Mississippi.
"My God! My God!" Lincoln
crie 1 in broken tones, as he held in
his hands a direful message from
Chancellorsville. "What will tie
countrv sav? What will the coun
try say?" All that night he paced
the floor of his office. When the
clerks came in the morning they
found him eating his simple break
fast at his desk and beside him the
instructions to the army of the.
Potomac that he had thought out in
the long, silent watches he Baa
kept alone on the bridge.
Lincoln never became a great ad
ministrator. Except for a term as
village postmaster, he came to the
presidency wholly vithout execu
tive experience, never having lad
a clerk under him.
The greatness of this man h to
be found only in his simple hu
manity and in his leadership of
the people. In the firit dark year
of the conflict, this gift ot his had
made possible and probable the ul
timate victory by winning to th
union the states of Delaware, Mary
land. West Virginia. Kentucky,
-Missouri and the eastern Hectmnof,
Tennessee. Himself born amum
the people of that borderland, a
knew them, and, with his finger o
their pulse, he had slowly, patient
ly led them away from the south
and into the pa".h of loyalty to the
union.
The secret of his leadership ev
erywhere was the same his Kin
ship with the people, who never
failed him. When statesmen ne
awav from -him they talked '
forcing him to resign alter iu-n
cellorsville the people pressed tor-
ward with the shout. "We are com;
ing. Father Abraham. 300.000 more.
The faith, the spirit, the soul
Lincoln was the fortress of tw
union whose stout walls withstood
everv assault. Even when he con
fessed, in the general gloom or we
winter of 1S62-63, that be w
nearlv as inconsolable as he couia
be and live, he sat down and wok
m,t tv.io orrp nledee to himseJ.
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Copyright, 1920, by James Morgan: published by special arrangement
1 with the McClure. Newspaper Syndicate.
In the Day's News
James Duncan, who has been se
lected by - President Wilson for
one of the vacancies on the inter
state commerce commission, is one
of the most widely known labor
leaders in America. For nearly a
fully protected from unlawful open-' quarter of a century he was vice
ing as the mail of any other citizen, j president of the American Federa
tion of Labor and he has represent
The mere fact that these inmates,
mostly former tax payers, are so
unfortunate as to seek the shelter
ot the home gives the superintend
ent no license to interfere with
their letters for the purpose of pry-
ma mm tueir secrets runner than
ed that organization in many im
portant conferences, both at home
and abroad. A native of Scotland,
Mr. Duncan came to America in
early manhood and took up his
trade as a granite cutter. He join
ed the- Granite Cutters' Interna
tional association la 1SSL, and iu
iS94 became its international pres
dent. In 1900 he was the leader w
:he great strike in the granite coi
ling industry for the eight-how
workday. Mr. Duncan is a tsm
ber of the Americeri Academy e
Political and Social Science vl J
various other bodies aiming to pf wy
mote public welfare. In iai'
was a member of the- commissi0"
sent to Russia -by President '
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