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Woodrow Wilson
Ex- President Woodrow Wilson is
dying. as this is being written. The
gnu gleep may claim him before it
ll printed.
The w-ar -tirne President is dying
with calm and brave serenity. To
life close friend and physician. Rear
‘dmlrai Cary T Grayson. he said'
“1' in ready. lou' ve done all YOU
could for me. The old machine is
worn out; that's all. It's better that
I should go than remainfa. helpless
invalid." ‘
It was once said: "To “'oodrow
Wilson came the greatest opportun-
lty which has fallen to the lot of
my man since the time of Christ.‘
He embrated that opportunity
gloriously. but as now appears fi-il
just short of final achievement.
The full measure of his work_ we
will only begin to know after his
loath.
Timc alone can write his epitaph.
The pvpole of Norwalk will re-
tail only too Well his meteoric rise
from n. ('nllvgo professor and presi-
dent to the governor of a state and
finally to be tho Chief Executive of
the nation.
He refused to be bullied into war
by a llltglflni.’ press or partisan op-
poncnts. He picked the time for
this country's entrance into the
\l'orid “or with the some deft cor—
tainty and studied judgment which
characterized all his moves.
\Vheu llll‘ Course was set and his
signature affixed to the declaration
of. war. he pushed the struggle with
relentless (ncrgy and determination.
All agree in France, England and
Germany, that it was America's en-
try into film war, which turned the
Bcales lll favor of the Allies.
America “on the war. and Amer-
ica at that, flow ivtloctcd the person-
llily of Woodrow \l'ilson.
hie alouscd tho world to a pitch
of fervor, hour before known. at
least not in our day.
The \\ u- while we. were fighting it
was a War tor il'irttiloll. an idealistic
conflict to c-nd all War, a. :rusade
for democracy.
And then came the inevitable an-
tl-cliniux: Woodrow \Vilson in-
stead of directing the forces of the
yvorid which he had within his
grasp. like a driver grasping the
reins of a string of unbridled horse.
himself hi-t-umc an actor in the
arena. attempting personally in-
stead of tvy force of his intellect to
guide destiny—and failed.
he «cut to l'uris, and came back
a brok: n man, He cracked long be-
tore his strength collapsed.
In Europe they still believe he
was poisoned. 'l'hls is not so. It Was
a. conflict of forces, his strength
matched against lilo world's and his
withered in that ficrco blast.
He llvcd gloriously. did Woodrow
Wilson, his attempts were magniti-
ccnt. his successes daring. his fall-
ures noble.
America is proud of her great son
who is dying. lie will live among
that. small group of the world's im-
mortals.
'IIIL‘ “'EATHER.
Southern New England: Generally
fair Saturday and Sunday: some-
what colder Saturday night.
Eastern New York; Fair in south
and cloudy and colder in north por-
tion Saturday: Sunday cloudy;
warmer in north portion.
Conditions: The disturbance that
was central over the lower Ohio
Valley Thursday night continued to
move southeastwurd and its center
was of! the coast of the Carolinas
Friday night. Pressure was low
Friday night over the St. Lawrence
Valley, the Canadian maritime
provinces and the northwest.
The temperature continued con-
siderably above normal Friday in
practically all sections except in
northern New England. in portion of
the southeastern states and was
decidedly above normal throughout
the plain states and the northwest.
The indications are for generally
(air Weather Saturday and Sunday
in the Washington forecast district.
The ‘temperature will be lower Sat-
urday night in New England and
New York. but it will not change
materially elsewhere east of the
Mininippi Ittver during the next
two days.
Winds: North of Sandy Hook:
Moderate shifting becoming fresh
northwest and weather generally
fair Saturday.
Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moder-
ate to fresh shifting becoming north-
west and weather overcast Satur-
day: probably local rains ovcr south
portion.
TEMPERATURE.
Observation taken at 8 p. m. 75th
.‘ .. -ia.n It New Haven Weather
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nta . ..... . . 29.86 48 clear
i -tic City l... 29.84 40 clear
Block Island . . . 29.90 32 cloudy
........ 29.88 20 cloudy
. . . . 29.88 34 cloud}
29.92 48 cloudy
29.28 88 cloudy
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THE REFORMED ONES.
By Vi'alt Mason.
The men who quit their vices up-
on the New Yea 's Day! Their
saintless suffices t drive old friends
away. They see me when I'm
smoking my Flor de Hay chsroot.
and. divers goods invoking. they
criticize and hoot. "The man is but
a rabbit." they say. "he's lacking
frit, who sticks to such a habit.
which all the wise men quit. We.
'too. were once besotted with punk
tobacco fumes. death angels had us
spotted to fill untimely tombs. Our
lungs Were filled with clndcra, our
hearts with nicotine. our nerves
were knocked to hinders. our ton-
gues were mouldy green. And then
we rose sublimely and banned the
smoker's games. and now no graves
untimely are yawning for our
frames. We have an honest hunger
for wholesome spuds and greens.
we're feeling ten years younger, and
look like movie queens. Why be
forever stoking your face with burn-
ing weeds? Oh, cut out all this
smoking—aspire to higher deeds!"
A little while they bore me with ad-
monitions grand. they pass along be-
fore me. a white and spotless band
.And then I see them sneaking to
INoah's stogie store: they cease their
moral speaking. they lecture me no
more.
“II THE DAYS NEWS
LEON TROTZKY.
Leon Trotsky. right hand man of
Nicolai Lenin. dead "father" of the
Russian Soviet government, now
looms as a pathetic figure in that
country. 'l‘rotzky has ranked as one
of the Red regime there ever since
the overthrow of Czarism. As min-
istcr of war in Lenin's official family
he played an important part. in the
building up of the government—cs-
pcciaily the military end of it. Now.
as the death of Lenin calls for a
new "Man of the liour." Trotzky
lies ill—too ill to take over the reins
should they be tendered him.
'l‘rotzky. soil of a .lmvisli farmer
of the Ukraine, is H years A age.
At nine he went to Odessa and stud-
it‘d at St. Paul's high school. where.
says he: "I displayed great diligence
in my studies and always was first
in my class." He dm's not appear to
have sponsored Marxism for any
personal grimanl'e and “as. accord-
ing to himself. slow to embrace it at
oil. It is true that heginning with
Jan, 18. 1898, he served \nrious
terms of Imprisonment amounting in
all to ten years. "it was in prison
that .I finally became converted to
the theory of Marx."
lie was a Social Democrat. After
the Brussels Conference of 1003.
when the Socialist Convention split
to become known as Iiolshcvik and :
Menehevik parties. he joined the
Menshevlki. "As soon as .slcnshc-
\ism began to assume the character
of a. tactical movement . . . I
broke with tho, Menshmiki and re-
maiiicd outside both factions," be
related.
After Bloody Sunday, Jan. 9, 1905.
he sot-ms to have become an ardent
Bolshcvik and to have worked hard
for the revolution, At the outbreak
of the war he fled to Germany and
was imprisoned by the Kaiser for
writing a seditious pamphlctf He
subsequently escaped to France, was
expelled and fled to Spain, \vus again
cxpcllcd and in January, 1917. he
went to the 1'. S, and lived for sov-
vrul months in Manhattan. Litter in
the same year he returned to Russia
and took a, prominent part in the
llolshcvik revolution.
realism...
There's this to be said
or a “cold" in your head;
Just take it to church
It you want it to spread.
lie coaxcs colic who bonncrs
iaby.
Liver Medicine: That which
everybody takes and noiicdy needs.
When your Doc. goes over you
he saves you time and vroney. too.
When your vessels are brittle
And your pressure is high.
CO easv. Old Timer.
For danger is nigh.
Of all the ills of age or youth.
the worst I know is an abscessed
tooth.
Ailing pessimism see the dark
side of life; healthy optimism turns
it. around.
The Boy’s Infcreuce.
(London Answers.)
Father sat by the tire reading a
newspaper. By his side sat his
small son. reading. too.‘ Presently
the lad looked'up.
"hthcr." he saith.
"Well. what is it, my boy?"
“What does 'apprcnticing' mean?"
‘It. means the binding of one per-
son to another by agreement. and
that the person so bound has to
teach the other all he can of his
trade or profession. while the Other
has to watch and learn how things
are done and to make himself use-
ful in any way that he can.”
“Then." said Johnny wisely. "I
suppose you're apprenticed to me-
ther. aren't you, father?"
Denver . . . . . . . . 30.93 54 cloudy
Detroit . . . . . . . . 29.90 34 cloudy
Hatteras . . . . . . . 29.74 56 cloudy
Jacksonville . . . . 29.78 62 cloudy
Kansas City .. . . . 29.98 60 clear
Nantucket -. . . . . . 29.88 34 clou-ty
New Haven ,, . . . 29.89 30 clear
New Orleans . . . . 30.04 60‘ clear
New York ...... 29.90 38 3 -lear
Norfolk ........ 29.80 52 cloudy
Northfleld. \‘t. . . 29.88 20 cloudy
Pittsburgh ..... 29.88 42 clear
Portland, Me. . . . 29.86 30 clear
St. Louis ....... 80.08 40 cloudy
St. Paul . . . . . . . 29.88 88 cloudy
Washington ._. . ., 39.“' 50 clear,
CUT OUT THE CROOKED TEIB
THE CHIPS
LET
FALL WHERE THEY MAY
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'l'lll-I DIPLODIAT.
A lit‘tic-rlrv inn for embassies? \
My word \\‘h.: t tilll this be '3
( Illlltll. fl. fl'l‘tlgil iiipltm. :lt
Kup gin :[rnlllltl and this and that
And Scotch i'rumi o'er tho era '.‘
What matters that. this country's
dry?
The diplomatic rnrps.
should hove the right to keep this
stuff.
.\ H-lizlr full. if tli’it‘s enough
if not. it \xurvhousc more.
“'0'“ niw- this hudge to “hour We
llkt‘.
"l‘is far enough. we guess
And if our servants chance to sell
This stuff to thirsty Yankees. well.
"its no onv's loudness.
The arrogancu of these crude folk.
It is astounding quite.
They get up laws to rule their‘land
They do not S~~t‘lll to understand
That they have no such right.
\\'ll.\T'S “1:031; “11‘" THESE
SI'LN’l‘l’INt‘l‘IS ‘3
"Yes. there is a train coming. I
could beat it to the crossing with
my t'fll‘. lilll. I will not try."
"I do not l‘ill'“ for this office un-
less the demand for me is unani-
mous. '
“Mariam, I will gladly hold your
holly ll'llllf' yuo go into the millincry
dt-purtment to pick out it hat."
"if it wv'rc not for llit‘. the firm I
work for would an to smash in two
“I vim."
"I eat plain food and I llt'\‘(‘l' have,
the slightest desire for anything
fancy.”
"l have taken a cold plunge every
“turning during the past '1“ only
lull?! iill'l l um always glad to do it"
' “Any time you an- in need of mon-
.(1‘. Hill on ll‘n‘. My purse is always
.it your twinninlltl.”
"Although you are hard to look at.
l':."ll.lill. 1' will he ll. pleasure to me
in s..- )tlll mitt-iy ltl your home."
“l \‘.l :ilvin'i have a radio set in my
hm:~ ,. if >‘I‘.lii‘ one should give me one.
and install it for nothing."
“i have no ambition whatever to
he l’rt .«Ii-ivnt or the United States. I
am satisfied."
r "it. would please us greatly if you
would spend the summer at our lit-
lc place at Newport."
"I do wish you would ask your
daughter to recite something for us.
this cv- fling."
"i always let my children do as
they please. Self-expresdon is the
greatest iixpcrirnco’ln the world."
"Yes. 1 am a novelist. but I tell
you frankly. I have. never written
anything worth while.”
“if there is anything I love it is a
nu... long invigorating ride in the
Sul‘“’tl}‘."
e e e e
They call :1 man :1 hrcadwinner
when that is ill-nil! the least thing
he has to win. “‘hv not call him it
sable cont winner or an automobile
winner '.'
O O 0 O
'. sritrzrcu i so. A POINT.
l'l‘hc subway sohs for a flexible fare.
So this one. should hand it a tickle.
Talk to the mint and the folks over
there
May turn out a nice rubber nickel.
lliscu§§iug "American
Today." lir. James It. Angeli,
ident of Yale. stated recently that
Education
pres«
the three great educational quest-
ions to be solved are proper schools
for the rural district. nlcmenmry
education for the children of the
large cities and the need for the
proper kind of teachers.
"\Vo are in the midst of the most
unparalleled educational develop-
ment the world has ever seen." ‘illd
Dr. Angeli. "Education is one of
the foundation stones upon which
our nation rests. The war dcep-
cned our interest in education. that
is one of the few good things that
came from the conflict.
“One pf the most intete-ting
things. is the extraordinary devel-
The School Board Member
(Dual Service Bulletin)
A country school board nae melt
ing a school and the principal was
putting his pupils through their
paces .
"Who signed the Magna Charts.
Robert" he asked. turnmg to one
boy. /
“Please sir, it wasn't me." whis-
pered. the Youngster.
The teacher in disgust. told him
to take his seat. but one old tobac-
coochewing countryman on the
board was not satisfied. After a well
directed aim at the cuepidor. he
said: "can that boy back. I don't
l‘lke‘ his manner. I believe he did
0 t."
No Cain For Haste
(Phila. Bulletin) _
Mr. Dubbs—“I had a queer
dream last night. I dreamed an-
other man was running/away with
you."
Mrs. Dubbs—"And ther. what did
you do?"
Mr. Debbi—"I asked him why he
“n II
-.
nongkong. China. imports more
J than “00.90%,“ of toss a your.
opmcnt of the public high schools
'lhey have multiplied cmshluably
more than 700 per cent in the last
three decades. ’lhere are now
more than 2.000000 pupur in high
schools. as against '00. “00 thirty
\cars ago.
"Thole are from 600. 0'30 to too.—
000 students in the colleges. and
the number is rapidly increas. ng.
In a state like Iowa. the aim ber
of students is increasing in
caps
and bounds, while the population
such rate.
has not increased at any
'lhc increase may go on until eJery
boy and girl in that. state Mill re-
ceive the education that the insti-
tutions can give. That is a condi-
tion we hope will he arrived at
everywhere."
Brishtiening Up The Cab
(Railroad Magazine)
Erie locomotives carry decorations
or extra brass fixtures. according to
the tastes of their engineers. In
some cases the engineer's name is
ranted on the side of the cab. ' An-
other. engine 2983. has: attaches to
each side of its cab a si'k United
‘States flag with a picture of tin tats
President rdlng. That engine
pulled the funeral train from Maps-
field to Marlon over the Kent divi-
s on.
The I'm: Want More
( ashington Correspondenccl
Co rvative members of Cong: ese
are greatly alarmed over the had-
gen-McNary bill backed bv Secre-
tary Wallace. This provides for a
8200. 000. 000 revolving fund to be
used to purchasesfarm produch for
fixing policy. once adopte1.n:ust ex-
tend to all commodities as wctl as
to price of labor.
A Mystery.
Yaehuman are still racing for
cutie though what they do xith than
theninanlystery. ..
sale at probable loss abroad A price'
She wanted something for 'leddy.
.\lltl‘ site had gone through the
it y stock and worn the clerk to a
t‘iuzzlv. she admitted that Lht‘ was
stumped.
"You see." said she. "teddy is
three years old. and it i; difficult
for me to know just when he would
like. \Vlu-n he was a puppy I
could buy him balls and things like
that. but he does not seem to (die
tor them any more."
And then the worm turned
"Why don't you buy him a nice
silk highly. tied with a. blue rib-
bon?“ the clerk asked smoothly.
But the fond mother Jidn't get
it at all.
“Oh. he has all those
she replied.
things."
A stranger visiting a little Scotch
community for the first time. was
surprised to find two large Presby-
t<riim churches factngeach other
on the main street. He sought on-
lightenmeflt of a passing native.
"\Vhat was the reason for build-
lng two big churches of the same
religion in a place this size?" be
asked. "Surely one would accom-
modate the entire village."
"Yes, you're right." admitted the
native. “One would be plenty big
enough. but there's two diflcrent
classes of Presbyterian: in this
place and so they had to have two
churches."
"What's the difference in their
religious views?"
"\Vcll. so far as I can find out."
crawled the native, “one bunch be~
llevcs that. Adam got bad after he
am that there apple. while the
other hunch is convinced that he
was a domed rascal from the
start."
For-sees Oriental Lev lathans.
Ships of the Leviathan type no
longer are a remote possibility in
the Oriental service. according to T.
J. Kehoe, Eastern. rbpresentative of
the Admiral Oriental Line. who has
just returned from an extended visit
to the Pacific coast—due first in six
years. More persons are going to
the coast every year. lands are open-
ing up and the settlers are flocking
in at a tremendous rate, he said. He
found the outlook for Pacific coast
shipping extrcinci) bright. The
ships are sailing with lull cargoes
and heavy passenger l;sts.
Thirty years ago. he continued.
there were only three regular steam-
ship lines in the transpaciflc service.
These companies had vessels aggre-
gating about 40.000 tons. Even with
this small tonnage ship owners
found the trade unprofitable. At
prese t there are sixteen regular
companies operating 118 ships aggre-
gating 71.000 gross tons register.
‘ While in the West Mr. Kehoe visit.
ed Los Angeles. San Francisco. Port-
land. Seattle. San Pedro and \S’Vll-
mington. The harbors of the two
latter cities, he saw dotted with craft
laden with lumber from the Pacific
Northwest. in addition to a vastly
increased fleet of regular intenostal
and foreign vessels.
The prejudice among the Chinese
against Occidental steamship com-
panies has been overcome, he said,
and instead ’of the infinitesimal por-
tion of silk brought to the United
states in American ships a few years
ago. vessels flying the United States
flag are now transporting 81 per
cent. of the raw silk. At that. car-
goes eastbound are far too light,
even though the outbound freight
is steadily increasing.
An Energetic
(Phlla. Buletln.)
Dentist—“Here's something
strange. Yo’u say this tooth has nev-
er been worked on before. but I
find small flakes of gold on my in-
" Just Fol
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mPANlNTEESINK.
By Edgar A. Guest
I'm the sort of a fellow that's fond
of his home. '
I'd. rather be there than wander or
roam: d
I'd rather sit down with my pipe an
a book
i
In that old easy chair in my library T
nook.
With my children about me. the wife
smiling near.
The hum of the traffic too distant to
hear
Than trafvel afar at the end of the
day
For the joy of a concert, a lecture or
Play.
I'm a home-loving chap. there's no
doubt about that.
The thing I like most is to hang up
m hat
0n the: hook in the hall. when the
night time slips down.
And say: "Well. I'm done with the
bustle of town!
I'm here where it's restful. I'm here
where it's sweet!"
But. even the Joy of the home's not
complete—
Yes. even the home would be fairer.
I think.
Were it not for that pan which she
keeps in the sink.
I'm not proud, I'm not fussy, I'm
willing to bear
My portion of duty and labor and
care.
But I hate/with the hate of a veno-
mous man
The feel of the drip of that kitchen
pan! -
And I hate with the fury and malice
of hate
That trip with that pan to the old
alley gate!
I have courage enough. but from ,
one task I shrink.
"fin to empty the pan which
keeps in the sink.
the
A HYMX
0 fly, my Soul! “'hat hengs upon
Thy drooping wings,
And weighs them down
\Vith love of gaudy mortal
things?
The Sun. is now i' the cast: each
shade
As he doth rise
ls shorter made. ’
That earth may lessen to our
03123.
0 be not careless then and play
Until the Star of Peace
Hide all his beams in dark recess!
Poor pilgrims needs must lose
their way. >
When all the shadows do increase.
-—-James Qhirlgy.
Effect of Exchange
on Tire Export
The prices have been rcd' iced
generally throughout export mar
kets during 1923, the Michelin com.
pany usually initiating these reduc-
tions. says the Rubber Division of
the Commerce Department. in a re-
view of last year's trade. This is a
result of the declining exchange
value of the French franc. and of
the low rate of the Italian lire.
Michelin tires are manufactured in
and exported from France a nd liaiy
The declining value of the franc
which has not been account-amid by
commensui‘itely increased Iiving
costs in France. gives Fiench tire
manufacturers an advantage in la-
bor so great as to render price (om-
petition from American firms very
difficult. even though the priaes in
francs of imported raw cotton and
crude rubber have increastd proper.
tionately to the decline in frmo ex-
change. The French competition has
affected the trade of Brush manu-
facturers more severely than of Am-
erican firms.
In the annual meeting of the ln~
dia Rubber. Gutta.Percha and 'l'ele-
graph Works Co.. Ltd.. it was stated
that the firm might find It necessary
to confine tire manufacturing activi-
ties to their French plant. it the
present situation should remain un-
changed.
A‘
Economy is a savings bank
into which men drop pennies
and get dollars in return.—
H. W. Shaw.
The People’s Trust Company
stands ready at all times to
care for your pennies and
dollars, to pay you good in-
terest on the money, and
when you get ready to invest
your surplus, we will gladly
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