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NOT TO BE OUTDONE

.‘ wo youthful gentlemen called at
it” stage door and took out two of
t“ youngest and prettiest chorus
‘ The routine of putting a
“(I deal of greenbacks back into
n ‘ ulation was being duly 'gonc

ed one of the gentlemen, "we are
her and son?”
"That's quite all right." answered

Juror Andrew .,

Olympia. Maori. whose murder

It focused the attention of the
state, has. we believe, made a sad
blunder which may cstrangc public
sympathy. so strongly in her favor,
by tidying the one Juror who stood
firmly for a. verdict of guilt.

'Irvlng A. Andrew of Orange.
whether or not we agree‘wlth his
Judgment, after having heard all the
testimony in the case. is to be com-
mfinded for his fortitude.

nbur system of trial by jury is built
Mod the hope that the twelve Jury-
main will be free. fearless and hon-
a“;

.nsw cannot and should ’not be
based on hysteria. If it is. crime will
follow crime. ”

3T0 attempt to intimidate a juror
. -. affore. during or after a trial. is an

insult to law.

:Both the defendant and the re-

maining eleven Jurors in the case, we
fear. have been guilty of this breech
find the court, in a. public state-
ment. might consider it its duty to
amnonisli and censure them.
. it is wholly unlikely. judging from
public sentiment. that Olympia Ma-
eriI will again be tried. Irrespective
oftthls, Juryman Andrew had an ab.
solute right to his conviction. and
not; criticism should be directed at
hlln‘ for the conclusion he honestly
etched.

1 Superstitions

We are pleased to call ourselves
up. htcned, and this an Enlighten-
Ags. but few of us. no matter
rational, are not given up to
p stition.
We have our lucky coins. our un-
oIry‘Fridays and our wishbones.
W9 have our palm~readers and
rystabgazers. our birth omens and
way?!" omens.

_ ’nulder‘. still pick up a fallen horse-
‘ e. still have our. delusions con.
lug broken mirrors. black cats.

d. unlucky thirteens.
Few, of us take the pains to study
e origin of our cherished convic-
yns" indeed. we have a. natural re-
‘ nee to so doing. We like to
tinue to believe wha yve have
, accustomed to ace pt. as ‘true.
'd‘, the resentment aroused when
in is cast upon any of our as-
tlons leads us to seek every
er of excuse for clinging to

gouggested that one reason
.uperstltion has not yet died
nthong lettered and intelligent
is. because it is contagious.
you brought up in an atmos-
og’gof credulity rarely rise above

olonlai days in Salem even the
y professors and lawyers be.
’ u n Witchcraft. Cotton Mather
M‘active part in the witchcraft
tions. The great Blackstone.
who“ teachings England's law
in owu life based. openly de-
that witches existed and that
filtered iticy caused evil.
hepgreut men have been slaves
‘ rstition. Sir Walter Scott.
ghee. would notvlslt Melrose
at night because of super-
. dread of bogies and ghom.
“-l'eon had a horror of black
'ter the Great would not cross
because of a superstitious

ncethe beginning of time.
drik Van Loon. man has
rystai-gasers. and fortune-
and soothsayers and sectors:-
“to get information about
t theimmediate future.

rs doing it today. Look through
a, erasing pages of daily news-
in the larger cities. Spook
offer their services to. be.
parents sndtoruined busiuss
bgla. «with and without tur-
L Trendy to tell the smitten
. what sort of husband the

. to oung man will make.
‘3‘" we ‘are pleased to cell

htenedl V‘ ,

still cast a bit of salt over the .

 

 

Noawatk "
10 YEARS AGO ~
All Revealed By the Files of

The Evening] Sentinel:

 

 

 

The following items appeared in
the issue of The Evening Sentinel of
May 28. 1015: ' ,

“notch Point is scheduled to open
tomorrow. better than ever."

"Mr. and Mrs. Frank 1“. Field and
daughter Lillian of Lincoln avenue,
are visiting in Northport. L. l."

“Postmaster Andrew Leary of the
South Norwaik Post Office. stated
this morning for the benefit of those
men ‘in Norwalk who contemplated
responding to the Governmnt’s call
for farm hands in Oklahoma and
other Middle Western States. that
the‘ proper course to take is to get
into communication with C. L. Green.
Post Office building. Kansas City.
Mo.. before leaving for the farms.
Mr. Green is in charge of the distri-
bution of labor and will forward
complete information."

“Constable Henry Seizer of East
Norwalk is establishing a record in
serving write. The constable has
made service every day this week."

“The Kelsey A. C. held its regular.

monthly meeting at the rooms in
Wall street. last evening."
. “The Police Department at the
City Hall has adopted as its mascot
a. bobdalled cat. which yesterday
strolled into the building and curled
desk." '
up on the official chair bank“ the
“Memorial Day will be celebrated
in Norwalk as beats the occasion.
Monday. on which day the holiday

will be observed, will see the opening ‘

of the clubs situated along the water
front. A feature of- the day will be
the large parade of the G. A. It.
Complete arrangements have been
completed for this affair by the com-
mitteo'in charge. C. A. Hauschildt
will he the grand marshal of the pa-
rade."

"Deputy Sheriff Edward 13. Don-
iens, who has resigned his position
in the R. d: G. Corset factory. in or-
der that he might give his entire
time to his new office. was made
happy yesterday by being presented
with a handsome new gold badge of
office. The gift was from fellow
employes in the factory." '

“A permit was issued this morn-
ing by Building Inspector Clarence
I; Finch to E. K. White and Thom-
as Robins to erect a stage 31 by 60
feet. and 60 feet high on the rear of
the Palace Theater for the owner
of the building. Samuel noodner. It
will cost $9.000."

Poems That Live

THE Uh'WlSi'a‘ CHOICE
Two young men. when 1 was poor.
Cams and stood at my open door;
One said to me. "I have gold to
"ivasn
And one, '-‘I will love you while I
livel" . , t. ,
My sight was dazzled; woe’s thrdayl
And I sent the poor young man
away;
Sent him. away, I know not where.
And my heart went with him, on.
' aware. - '
He did not give me any slghs.
But he. left his picture in my eyes;
And in my eyes it has always been:
I have no heart to keep it in!
Besides the lane with hedges sweet.
Where we parted. never more to
meet.
He pulled a flower of love's own hue.
And where it had been came out
two!
And in the grass where he stood for
years, ‘
The dews of the morning looked like
"tears. '
Still smiles the house where I was
born
Among its fields of wheat and corn.
Wheat and .corn that strangers
bind)"-
I reap as I sowed. and I sowed to
the wind. V
As one who feels the truth break
’ through
His dream, and knows his dream
untrue. ’
I live where splendorsxshine
sigh.
For the peace that splendor cannot
buy; .
Sigh for the day I was rich thoug
poor. '
And saw the two young radii at my
door! -—Alice Cary.

rand

Terhecl Roast for Bryan.
(From the Greensboro. N. 0.. News.)

The university students and the
Brooklyn Congregationalists who
found it impossible to listen to Will.
lam J. Bryan's harangue on evolu-
tion do the cause of liberal theology
no good in hissing our most gsrru-
lous granny. ‘ V

Why could not these Brown Uni-
versity boys. trained in mental
straightness and taught to tolerance
if not to cathollcity. permit the pious
old humbug to say anything that lie
chose to say? Who cares for any.
thing that he thinks? He has spe-
cialized in economic nostrums and
political cathollcons.for forty years.
but if the country’s three times re-
pudiation of him doesn't place him
where he belongs. what could '(And
each time the electorate defeated
him it did so believing in the purity
of his personal life and in the hon-
esty of his ignorance. If the men
know what is the truth he doubtless
would tell it. But he does not knew
and never can. He is ignorant.
mouthy. meddlesome. bigoted, intol-
erect. and cannot learn.

Mr. Bryan began life with an alpa-
ca coat and an indestrletlble voice
and still has them. plus considerable
Florida real estate and rather sisa-
ble gate receipts. .

The college boys and the liberal
ministers who know the joy of sound
thinking ought to be more patient
with an old roan who has given more
than forty years to the futile effort
to settle every question in this count-
iry by an appeal from intelligence to
prejudice. A half century of repu-
diation by the character and the.en-
lightenrnent ,of the nation is quite
enough to make Mr. Bryan bitter.
but.“ should not‘have that effect
on the victims who must hear him

“ yeti few more years in his favo to
‘ ylo

groueh. grievance. I

l ; ‘ ‘ I. res evasive sunrises. . '
Expeditionand onthe Home'GroundsTool I

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Tonight's Events |

‘ Rialio—w-"Declasse."
BB‘Onb-‘Tho Great Divide."
l'alaco——‘°Pampered Yo th.”
Ophlr Chapter dance a Commu~
nlty hall. ,
- Entertainment Dc Molsy patrol.
May meeting of li‘alrfield County

 

try club. t

K. of C. Past Grand Knights' cele.
bration. ,
Annual rell call of l'towaytoh Bap-
tist" church. - , '
. COMING EVENTS '

May 28-29.——Norwsllt ist Baptist.
church of Divine Healing rummage
sale at} Commerce street. ‘

May 29. -— Republican Women's
“silver tea and rally" at home of
Mrs. Percy Barrett. Brooksidc;
May 29.—iio. Nor. Club “Spring
Festivtl and dance."

‘ May ton—Concert by Bridgeport
Swedish Baptist \orcllestra at. Swe-
dish Congregational church. Ill. Nor.
May 30.-Douglas Fowler W. R. C.
dinner.

May 30.——Wm. McKinley Auxil-
iary dinner for Spanish War Veter-
ans.

May lion—Memorial exercises at
Union Park.

chestra" at Norwalk M. 1}. church.
June 2.—-Lecture on "Applied
Psychology" at Community Hall by
Mrs. David Gould.

June 3.~"0rchard fete" at home
of Mrs. Hoelschcr. filer Hill.

June 3.——Ledy Jennings Lodge.
Shepherds of Bethlehem initiation.
June lie—Mario Chamlcu concert
at Shorehnven club.

June 7.——Lady Jennings Lodge.
Shepherds of Bethlehem Memorial
service. ‘

'June it. 10. 11,.12~"Parent visit-
ing days" in the Norwalk schools.

. June 14.-Degres Team. Pride of
Uncas Council sail and outing.

June 17.-St. Agnes Guild Straw-
berry festival at Christ church.
June 18.-—Last meeting of Bell-
once Social Club of Rowayton.

June 24. -—— Republican Women's

luncheon. ‘

 

 

 

 

Bronx Zoo Gets

(New York Herald Tribune)

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After a thrilling live-hour battle
in the snake house at the Bronx
Zoo the most dangerous batch of
venomotis reptiles ever landed in
this country was placed safely for

' exhibition yesterday morning.

By the collection obtained in
equatorial West Africa by J. L.
Buck of Camden. N. J.. are .18
member. said by Dr. Raymond Dit-
murs. curator of reptiles at the Zoo
to be the first brought to this coun-
try allvo. ‘He described them as the
most dangerous reptiles in exist-
ence. “ '

The mambas are about 10 feet
long and as thin as a whip. Death
from their-fangs is almost instan—
taneom. and there is no known se-
rum to counteract the venom. The
snake does not wait to be annoyed
before attacking» but. will’strike at
a humm on sight and will continue
to light. flashing its long thin body
with extreme r‘apidliy until it
pierces the defence of its victim and
sends its fangs home. ‘

Wth the msnibas. Mr. Buck
brought four giant black cobras. s
snake whith throws its venom 15
feet. A single drop of its poison in
the eye or on a cut or bruise means
death. He also brought three ga»
boon vipers, three feet long. and as
thick as a small stove pipe. and one
rhinoceros viper. named because of
two horns at the tip of its head. In
addition he had six giant pythons,
full grown, and 12 ball pythons.

When the snakes were uncrated
at the Zoo, Dr. Dltmars was in com-
mand. assisted by Emerson Brown.
superintendent ' of the Philhdelphia
Zoo: John Toomey. head keeper.
and Fred Taggart and John Quiglsy.‘
keepers. All were equipped with

 

long rubber coats. gloves and gag.
glee. Their only weapons were
brooms and long sticks with wire
snares. Opening the first box. they
found one unlisted guest. a venom-
ous homeless. about nine feet long
The snake was so named by the
Boers because it makes a. sound like
the beating of a huge drum when it
attacks.

The boomslang sprang from the
box and headed straight it Keeper
Tooniey. He fought it‘ on. with a
broom» and it jumped .at‘ Dr.
mars; In describing his battle with
the snake Dr. Ditmars said it was
like a terrifically fast. genre of ten.
nls. played with the knowledge that
a missed stroke might mean death.

The bpomslnng fought for sc’.‘erai
minutes from one attendant to the
other. All doors. windows and other
openings were sealed except the on-
irunco to the snake's cage, Dr. Dit-
msrs caught the snake at last with
a snare and hurled it into the edge.
All the time the snake was fighting
its curious “boom. boom}? sounded
from its'swollen throat. Dr. Dltmsrs
said the battle was one of the most
thrilling and unusual in his long
experience in handling reptiles.

For five hours the curator and
his attpndanis fought to house the
strange snakes. Every memos.
fought desperately. ,but experiences
with some of the others were amus-
ing, ‘ The hall pythons rolled out on
the floor when their case Was open.
rd. When frightened or disturbed
they at once .curl up.and form a
perfect sphere. They roll like u
billiard ball when touched. After
the dangerous work with the boom-
slang and the mambas the snake
reception committee enjoyed the
rolling snakes. .

 

CHAPTER 100.‘ . ‘

A grin spread over Michael's face
as he contemplated his wife.

“I've been wondering how long
it would be before you asked that.

"Well. there's no pledge of secre-
cy attached to what he told me. but
I won‘t reveal it. ' He already stands
convicted in your mind. and it
would be useless for me to try to
get you to change your. opinion. if
I thought that I could. i would tell
you." ~

"I appreciate your estimates: my
sense of fair play.” she retorted.

“It isn't that. It is natural for
you to have the woman's conven-
tional view of the matter—and the
sentimental. thoughtless public's."

"Very well. I'm glad to know that
you approve of his conduct." She
turned away. angry. 3 ' ‘

“I didn't say that I approve of
his conduct."

».“Well. , what do you wish to in-
for?" .

“Simply this: You've heard that
he wronged a girl. You're willing
to believe it. regardless of whether
there's any basis for the accusa-
tlom That's what I mean." ,

“Then why all these observations
about ‘women's conventional view'
and the 'sentlmentai.
public'?" >

"Oh. never mind! Let the matter
rest. Our gobbling about it won’t
help matters." ’

Lilah took ‘down an array of .

books and carried them to the di-
van. After “she had tried to gee in-
terested in one of them—4 covet-by
Booth Tarkington. she called Mich-
ael to her side. - ‘

"What are we going
Sally?"

to‘do about
than. of our 1: I

 

thoughtless ‘. ‘
, life is to -an enormous number of

 

able to quite' tlgureiyou out. This
illustrates your attitude. You know
it would be foolish for herto marry.
yet you don't want to prevent her
from doing it." ,

"Exactly. I believe in letting peo-
‘ple- do exactly as they like. so long
as they do not prevent other per-
sons from doing as they like."

_"I suppose you‘d stand idly by
and let a baby puts its hands in the
fire."

Michael shook his head despair-
ingly. “You don't understand. Be-
sides a baby doesn't put its hands in
the-rare twice. l’ni lust preaching
the old doctrine to the effect that
experience is the'best preacher."

"Well. l'm going to tell Sally
what I think this man is trying to
do. I’ll bet he has a‘ drove of child:
ran at home. She save she's about.
60. She'll probably. be very happy

‘ if she doesn't get tired of getting up

at 4 o'clock every’rnorning. milking
the cows. cooking three meals a day
for it drove of children and a 'herd
of brutish farm hands. hoeing the
garden. cleaning the house. piecing
and patching. scrapping andskimp-
lh‘r" .- g . .

“Where did you get that idea of
farm. life?" , _ ‘ . ‘ '

"No matter. That’s what/farm
women." » ' . -

:‘Well. let’s see if dinner isn't
most ready.” . .

They. were, at the table .when
Michael, was summoned to the tel-
ephone.

"I".
nouneed. .
"‘ What could the presidentwant?
Michael went to the phone sppres
henslvely. . w
‘ “Going to beibusy this evening?”

D

Mr. Manning." Sally sn-

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TEE WHOLE TRUTH
(Bridgeport Telegram)

The Rev. Charles A. Decker. ad.
dressing the Everyman's Bible class
of the First Baptist church last Sun-
day. suggested the beneficial effects
of a little more general regard for
the truth. lie said:

“if business men would stop lying.
clothes would wear longer and cost
less.

"if preachers would stop' lying.
men would hear the truth about the
Gospel and respect God more.

"If lawyers would stop lying. the
way of Justice would be simplified.

"if politicians would stop lying.
most of them would go to fall.

"If the average man would stop
lying. his wife would think he was
sick .imd ready to sprout wings.

“If ai would tell the truth this
would b a. much happier world. and
the kingdom of God would have a
chance to come upon the earth."

The search for absolute truth is
one of the most endless of hunts:

Lucky is the man who may be sure ,

of all be believes and accepts for the
truth.

. Even the most casual study of
history shows that men have clung
to certain beliefs with passionate de-
votion and vintansity and have noted
all their lives as though these be-
liefs Were true. when in the light of

'later knowledge. they were false all

the time. Yesterday's truth. may be-
come today's falsehood. If Dr. Deck.
or is speaking of those deliberate up.
truths born of intent to deceive. his
precepts are easy enough. to fol.
low. But if he classes as line all
those honest mistakes which are
generally cherished. who is safe?
And whoseverslon of truth.ls the
one that will ultimately prevail?
M
Mr. Breaker.
(Ansonla Sentinel)

Hon. Charles F. Brooker is a man
whbse character. whose achievement
whose service for his fellow men.
command recognition and get it. Of
this we have Just now emphatic il-
lustration. His fellow men in the
wide field cheerfully paid tribute to
his nsefullnoss and his merit. No
less do his neighbors at home grate—
fully add their cordial recognition.

Last week it was announced that
the national industrial conference
board of New York city had added
to its membership Charles F. Brook-
er. chairman of the American Brass
Company. and Owen D. Young.
chairman of the General Electric
Company. This is a notable juxta-
position, and the question whether it
honors most Mr. Young or Mr.
Brooker must remain unanswered.
But the president of the board took
occasion in connection with the an-
nouncement to say: “The partici-
pation of these prominent executives
in the work and deliberations of the
conference board promises a corres-
ponding wider usefulness of the
functions and services of the board
to industry and the public at
large."

, . Then the compliment of the trib-

ute fwll come from Ansonia on.
Wednesday. when the Ansonla Ro-
tary' Club will confer honorary
membership on Mr. Breaker. "pay-
ing Just tribute to a man who stands

foremost in the thoughts of the '

community." And that part. _we
take it. will mean most to him.

Senator Spencer Bore No Grudge
(Kansas City Star.) ‘

‘ In-hlsservlce a’s senator‘Mr. Spen-
car's unfailing courtesy and geniality
had won him a‘wido circle of‘friends.
'i'hese qualities were not assumed
They were? an expression of the os-
seutial kindness of the man. They
showed themselves constantly in his
work .in‘ the senate. No» matter how
better ,the personalities of the do.
bate. Senator dehddr'borfi‘ho mug.

is. Hewas able‘ to meet’hisbltterest

enemies with disarming ".cordiallty.
Sacha temperament is a great lift.

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‘ they safe? .

' Everyman’s‘
f Investinents

Foreign Bonds
By GEORGE T. HUGHES.
(Copyright. 1025.)

I am sometimes asked what I
think about foreign bonds.’ Are
Would you advise me
to buy them? New no one answer
can be given to all the. people who
ask these questions. Fpr some in-
vestors foreign securities are desir-

able; for others they are not.

As I have repeatedly. explained in
this series everything depends upon
the prospective investor's resources.
.No' one is justified in putttng all his
ride into foreign bonds or for that
alter into any one class of secur-
ity. If his capital ls'smull he must
be content with the comparatively
low returnrwhich high grade do-
mestic bonds afford. If his re-
sources are a littld larger he may
properly reach out‘ for larger re-
turns. Even then. however. foreign
bonds can not be considered as a
whole. They vary. in merit just as
do domestic bonds. Some are high
grade and conservative investments;
some are speculative in the extreme.
There are financially strong govern-
ments and there are financially
weak governments. ‘
The trouble is that the average
American investor divides all secure
itics into two classes. Americanand
others. The matter is not ‘so simple.
In a general way (the credit ' of a.
foreign borrower corresponds to the
return which its obligations give in
the open market. This is not an in-
fallible rule but you will not go-far
wrong if you follow it. For example.
the bonds of the Dominion of Can.
ads. of the United Kingdom. of
Switzerland and of Sweden sell on a
lower yield basis than those'of other
foreign governments , and these
countries rank among .the strongest
financially. After them come the
nations of northern Europe which
were neutral in the greatwnr and
one or two of the more prosperous
south American countries.

Is it not evident than that foreign
bonds of this class are on a. differ-
ent plane from those offered by the
newly , organized inid.,Eui'opean
countries as well as those who suf-
fered severely in the war? Re-
member I am not saying‘that these
other bands are not worthy of in-
vestment consideration. I' am only
pointing out that. there are degrees
of strength in foreign securities as
in all other kinds of investments.
In other words in this field as elseé
where you get what you pay .for.
If you insist upon a. high return on
your investment you must. take the
risk that goes with it and that is
true whether the investment is do-
mestic or foreign. ' . .

 

The Singing Saviour-s.
By CLEMENT. WOOD
In the June Scribner's.
“Dead men- tell no tales!"
’ chuckled, ‘ v »
As the singing saviours died.

A few serene. the many shackled.
Scourged. tortured. crucified.

they

Dead men tell ,no tales . . . Is
“ .- Shelley ~ -

Dust blown dumbly- over the
ground? ‘
Are Keats: and Burn
wholly?

Do Milton's stifl lips give no sound?

silenced

Is Shakespeare voicsiiss.
tongueless?

Isfthe dead Jesus wordless.
- , , less?

Listen. . . . They are all, that you
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League of Women Voters at Conn. ‘

Juno 2.—~“lliadamKitchenette Oro'

Dante :

And. in this black. protesting year. I ~
song- ‘

‘ ‘ Tummy, MAY 28, 19‘

EVERY -: -

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dollar you save is a stepping stone to

greater financial success.

imbeddcd and cannot be swept away by
p the winds of disaster.

' CENTRAL FAIRFIELD
~ TRUST ,co.

NORWALK. CONN.‘

It is firmly

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Dinner Stories

An Italian with a plane had been
playing before the house of a very
irucible old gentleman. who furious-
ly and with wild gesticulatlons or.’
dared him to “clear off.“ The organ
grinder. however. continued to grind
away. until finally the old gentleman
had him arrested for disturbance.

At the police court the magistrate
asked why the organ grinder did not
leave when requested to do so.

"No undrastan mooch Inglcse."
was the reply.

"But." said the magistrate. “you
must have understood what his
gentleman meant when he kept
stamping his feet and waving his
arms." ,

“No. not know." replied the Ital-
ian. “Thinks. he come. dance to my
music." .

The old gentleman was a trifle be.
wildered at the elaborate wedding.

"Are you the groom?" he asked,
approaching a melancholy looking
young man.

"No. sir." the young man replied.
“I was eliminated in the final pre—
liminarles."

Two Paradoxes
(Robert More: Lovett in The Dial)

Mr. Sinclair Lewis, like Mr. ll. 1.
Mencken. is u. paradox in the United
States of today. A leading trait of
the American people is a youthful
self-consciousness amounting to an
inferiority complex. which makes us
impatient of all criticism. Every-
thing which we have done is right
because we did it. All our wars were
just; all our statesmen are pure; all
our business is honest. Ours is the
land of liberty .of tolerance. of op.
portunlty. of righteousness. Our fav.
orite prophets are. the sayers of
smooth things in Zion. those “no
speak comfortably to Jerusalem of
her ideals ,and performances—Wil-
son. Harding, Coolidge.

And yet by some sort of saving
grace. in the midst of this complai
eency when Mr. Lewis and Mr.
Mencken. to tear the hoods and
sheets off our moral andclvlc Ku
Klux Klan. to show the cringlng
forms and the false. cowardly. cruel

Mencken and Mr. Lewis as critic

sidered
life.
truths about their country for which
less fortunate devils are bells
hounded out of pulplts and college
chairs. losing business and social
stand“?! . and occasionally suffering
physical punishment at the hands of
court or clan. and yet they flourish
like two green bay trees.

One explanation of this phenom-
enon is' to be found in the fact that
both Mr. Mencken and Mr. Lewis
write the American language. it is
a natural impulse when one hears
one‘s own tongue in the midst of
foreign speech-«and most of his
literature is foreign to the ordinary
sensual American—to turn and list-
en. even if the meaning is unpleas.
out. And a. second explanation lies in
the fact that both Mr. Mencken and
Mr. Lewis are good—natured and at.
fable. They find the spectacle one
tending to amusement rather than
indignation. Humor is the form in
which the American takes his cath-
artic-the Uigiow Papers. Josh Bil-
lings. Artumus Ward and Mark
Twain. for examples. Even so. there
is still an unexplainable residuum.

General Miles
(From Time.)

The first big day in the life of
General Miles Was in 1861. when.
aged 23. he left the counting house
of a Boston merchant and went to
fight. Other big days: ,

Age 25—Shot in the stomach at
the battle of Chancellorsvllle. a most
bloddy engagement, by a man who
years later was glad the bullet had
missed his heart.

Age ZBuCommlssloned major-
general of volunteers after havin
fought with the Army of the Poto-
mac in every battle except one. (The
Chaneellorsville bullet kept him
away from Gettysburg.)

Age 26-Saw Lee surrender to
Grant.

Age Bo-so—Bloody pursuit and ex~

termination of Indians.
. Axe Sit—Appointed commanding
general U. s. A. by President Cleve-
land. ' .

Age ss—Represented the United

.states at Queen Victoria‘s diamond

jubilee. . '

, Age SS—Pollshed off the Spanish-
American War and was made lieu-
tenant-general. the sixth in United
States history.

Speaking of the rights of citizen-

ship. a great many of us would rath-

er have a parking place than a
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