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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAB, I 11 1 lli ill nil --r vTHF. INniANAPftlTS STAR JUST FOLKS. BY EDGAR QUEST. lasting roRiilts. Exhortation and emotional excitement do not affect certain temperaments; they can only enter into religions life with deliberation nnd calm thought.

It does not follow, however, that nil must nee the light In that way. Whatever the explanation of the effect of evntiftellHtic effort, even the emotional impulses nronsed can not ho condemned, It is something even to pnln moment of spiritual light and life. It mny pans quickly, but also It may come njiflln, If from Gipsy Smith they only receive temporary inspiration, it is worth while. The paths are many that lend to 5od nnd nil arc safe rondn. rlcd through as planned had Hie railroad train done the part designed for It.

As la often tho cane with crime, however, the Imaginations which planned It were not strong enough to picture further possibilities the chances of discovery and the fate following discovery, The deed, in short, indicates low grade of intelligence ns well as nf morality. The psychology of the peculiar hide-ousness of rural crimes has been explained on the ground that In the loneliness of farm life there is greater opportunity for brooding ovi- abnormal thoughts that may suggest themselves to the errnnt mind, and with them, because ot unfamlllarity with legal methods and police Investigation, less consciousness of the danger Involved. However this mny he, some of tho most hriitnl and appalling crimes tho world knows nre committed outside of the centers of pop- Bilabllahed th Indianapolis Journal. Tie Indlannpolli Sunday Sentinel ab-1 forbad, 1806. JOHN 0.

SHAFFER, Editor. I THE lNDTANAPOt.TR STAIU I THE CHICAGO EVENING PORT. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, THE LOUISVILM3 HERALD, THE DENVER EVENING TIMES. THE MUNCIE STAR, i THE TERRE HAUTE STAR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

BY MAIL IN FIRST AND SECOND ZONES. and Sunday, one month 11.18' Dally and Sunday, three months J. SO 'Dally ami Sunday. nx mnnthn It. BO Dally and Sunday, twelve months.

13.60 Dlly, ono 78 Dully, thron month 2.00 Dally, alx months Dally, twelve DELIVERED DY CARRIER. Daily, per week 18 Dally and Sunday, per week 85 Moll aiibacrlptlonft not accepted In towns where wo have rarrler delivery. For rates nutaldn the first and second tone, wrlto (or rsto card. TELEPHONES: Rett Main 4000 Automatic 8458-11 Whnt Wo Arc Coining To. Back of all this Irish and Ormnn activity in nur potltlcnl life looms the sinister portent of mischievous reaction in favor of Urctit Britain at a time when our commercial policies should he formed on lines of absolutely ruld-' blooded national self-interest.

Both the British and tho French diplomats are straining every nerve to advance their own particular gnme in the desperate struggle for profitable industry and trade; but hero we are, asked to do-termlffo our policies on finance, manufactures and overseas trade on senti mental grounds, either at the behest of Irish and Herman aspirations or else, nn the other hand, to show ntir friendship for France anil Knclnnd, They understand this business very well abroad. There is the most per- feet amity betw I-'ranre and Britain as regards making (Jermntiy pay all It can towards the cost of tho 1 war nnd preventing it from raising an-1 A Hoosier Listening Post. HAT Is your favorite spring poem of the earliest spring, that Is not tho May poems or the April ones, but tho ones on the turn of tho vear. whan the days begin to. lengthen and "every minute gained Is Joy." None la more expresslvo of tho very flrat days than Kmlly Dickinson's lines: The neighbor a do rtot yet mapecti Tn wooda exchange a Brallo Orchard and buttercup and bird, la such little while.

And yet how itlll thn landscape it and How nonchalant the wood. As if the resurrection Waa aot so very odd. 4-4- Tills smite of "tho gigantic, big' brown earth" is plainly to be seen these March mornings. The browns arid grays are sun the prevailing tones of tho land scape; there ur little more green In the pastures than thorn has been through tho mild winter, hut th, "mlto" hnw through, nevertheless. The animals no lunger nuunio groups about the sheds, bUt nro maltlnir itllrnlnnn nVAf hnm lots and pastures; the farmer Is either aurveymg nis ileitis or beginning joisurciy plowing; the children are scampering about without wraps, their gov little Jnckcts and sweaters giving a note of color to the sober landscape.

In short, everything is waking up. stretching itaelf and coming out of winter iuuricra, "Thanne Ion gen folk to gon on pit grlmages," wrote Chaucer of the call of tho first spring days, and In the coun try particularly men and women shut In by bad roads nnd winter weather hall tho Cnrlv unrlniF wnt-lr with rialltrht raking the leaves off the yard, giving uuiuours a general "retiaing-up. maklnc I-nan mitrinnra with thn Mr lenn kettle hung gypsy fashion over tho fire and, last of all. bouscclcanlng. Already, In country and town, the car window reveals the preliminaries under way uriKfit quins nna coverlets swinging On thn llnrtM In thn nrln.

wlnHo window curtains down; soon tho windows will ho shining, tho rooms filled with tho pleasant scent of soap nnd water, nnd shortly all traces of the wln- iorR smoKo removed, the whole house ircsn anu smiling vto greet tho spring. 4-4-4- Kover sympathize with a woman over her housecloaning labors, It Is sympathy misspent. There Is something In the feminine nature that craves this orgy of orderly disorder, this tearing up and setting to rights again, nnd oven tho sternest feminist hm her weak moments of Interest in fresh wall paper nnd new designs In curtain material. The fiat dweller Is not immune. Kven tn tho most cramnnil nunrtrtre u-lth nn Itor assistance provided free, there Is aiways opportunity tearing up.

a washing, polishing, a rearranging with her own hands. Weary as her body may become, the woman's soul Is fed by this Immolation of herself upon tho household altar. After each spring cleaning, lo! she rises like a phoenix from hor ashen. If even in our ashes llvo their wonted fires it In a wonder that In these days of humble thomei no noet nas sung or the housewife, who, though earth in her enrlhv hrrl. Una fott the call of the spring hous'ecleanlng sea- 4-4-4- Perhnps, an afterthought, It Is the virtuous feeling Induced by the work that Is half Its Joy.

this weariness, not Induced by Idle gadding lo and fro, but by looking well to the ways of her household. Kven the most modern Woman must have lier mntnnnti nf on. joying the thought that she deserves tne praiso neaped upon the woman whoso piice Is far above rubles, who wuritein wunngiy witn nor hands, and niiuau wonts praise per tn tne gates. Treatment for Poisonous History, Plttflhurch ninnnfeh. other menace to the pence of or the city and his activity in prornot-but when It comes to the protection Ing its interests.

It was considered by nf Its own particular national interests, jimmy who knew them both that Hubert MKMMEHS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, The Associated Press In exclusively entitled tfi the use for publication of all news dlspMches creillteil to It or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news nuMlshei herein. All tight of rrpulillcntlon of special dls patches herein fire ulso reserved. Xot failure, but tote uim it crime. -Lowell. After worrying with income, tax most us win Insist on Germany's paying to tho limit.

The tariff program should nlso hnve a number devoted to the ravings of free trade dervishes. Germany will be In better position to say It can not pay after It has made a serious attempt at doing so. Illinois tenants who stormed the TjOR-'lalature Insist there will be some House Androw and Imogen. HO was that guy?" asked Andrew ns Imogene waved good- by to some ono who had brought her home In his auto mobile. "That's only Roland," ahe said, kiss-Inp Andrew.

"Who was It brought you In from tho Country Club day before yesterday?" asked Andrew. "Roland." said Imogene. "Why?" "Who was it you said taught you that new dance recently?" asked Andrew. "Roland did," replied Imogene, puzzled. "Why nre you asking mo all these questions?" "Where docs Roland tend bar7" continued Andrew.

"Stop that nonsense and tell what this Is all about!" demanded Imogene. "Has Roland any other name?" went on Andrew. "Who Is he? Why don't I know -him? Is be a nlitht wntchman thnt he Is never around where other men are?" "What nonsense!" said Imogeno. "Ho Is Elsie Smith's brother nnd he's In real estate or bonding- or something llko that, but I don't believe be works much; he Is always round with the girls." "Do you want me to buy you a poodle?" asked Andrew. "I do not!" snld Imogene.

"You know since rHnln. Hrenner. tbn dachshund, choked to death on a peach hkuu i nave never wnnieu another nop. Now Andrew, I hnve'had enough of this mysterious sort of talk." "All right," said Andrew positively, "rve hnd enough of Roland, I've had Roland for llinrlt. Ttnlnrwt fnr dinner nnri jioianu lor supper, nnti ino next thing Vnil Irnnw will Kn tUn mli It-, out of Hpiand.

I don't caro L.hc J. round with the plrls all the i acnouwv onjoct to his being vm r0 ih mIm" nl1 th0 umc' and POOCIIO laUgnetl jmO- You're Jealous Shame on you, Just to punish you for max you nave to talK to him when ho comes here tonight. I am golnn to make you be as nice as pie to him, Site launlied ncnln. "If that guy comes here tonight thoy had bettor put a chicken wlro screen In front of tho houses across tho street," said Andrew viciously. "I nm going to kick htm off the front steps and pieces of him arc liable to break some of their windows.

Yon 'rinrn hrlnt- thnt- rub Intn this house and he will wake up nurse holding his hand." "Oh, I guess not," said Imogeno. "Ho is coming nnd I will bet you six pairs of silk Btocklngs against six pair of silk socks that you smile all over him." "You're on said Androw. "All I ask is for you to let me answer the door when ho comes." "Very well," said Imogene, "but I feel it my duty to tell you that today sold those two lots you bought out In Cedarhurst flvn years ago. He's coming tonight with the papers for you to sign." "What did you get for them?" asked Andrew eagerly. "Plve hundred nplecc," smiled Imogeno.

"You know you snld you would be glad to get your money back on them, nnd you only paid $.100 for the two. I was out with him this afternoon and between ub wo sold them to an old lady." "You and Roland win," snld Andrew, grabbing her and kissing her. "You can have enough nllk'stocklngs to outfit a centipede, and If you say tho word I will kiss Roland'whcn he comes!" ROR FULKERSON. Uncle Wait, The Poet Philosopher. March.

In March tho weather runs amuck and springs contortions, great nnd small tho poorest month I ever struck, and I've been up against them all. It Is a month of sudden whims; ono day the grass starts from the soil, and then a blizzard comes and trims tho whiskers from a stono gargoyle. What he should wear no man can know, for ho may shiver or perspire there's sura to be three feet jf snow If he puts on his spring attire. If he puts op his heavy furs, convinced they are the safest bet, a summer zephyr round him whirs, nnd he's reduced to grease and sweat. Aiarcn seems to Keep its all fn view, as we go doddering; along, and then, no matter what we do.

she shows us what we did was I've seen all kinds of months eo by. I've seen their characters unfold; and some were wet and some were dry, and some were hot, and others cold. And they wore what we would expect; they were consistent In their ways, and so their conduct was correct, nnd drew from me a song of praise. But March is summer, win-tor, fall, and springtime, hadly mixed and blent; her lightning changes bore us all, and fill our h-arts with discontent. WALT MASON.

Wants a Stato of Lincoln. Spokane Spokesmnn Review. At Chowelnh. In Stevens county, tho Chamber of Commerce voted 76 to 22, In favor of the creation of a new stato of Lincoln from eastern Washington nnd northern Idaho. Northern Idaho is sub-statlally unanimous for the plan, nnd strong supporting sentiment Is found In eastern Washington.

The Idea simply will not down. There Is a reason for Its persistence a deep-sented conviction that southern Idaho and western Washington, by renson for their greater population and predominant political power, too ortcn auuse mat power. Northern Idaho and eastern Washington, by reason of their remoteness from tho centers of political activity, are deprived ot adenuato representation, some times of all representation. The Friendly Path. -vacnncles If the members do not vote i ten-sis in any particular common under-right, jtakine are identical.

i It is perfectly clear that France and We gather from the dlspatehes a man named Franklin n. Roosevelt planning such ar- for something or other last No- I of the indemnities and tho each power is alert and insistent upon caring for its own people. They are like merchants in a city friendly enoueh. In common efforts to advance the welfare of their town, but shrewdly watching each other in the field of competitive endeavor. Because they seek to care wisely and resolutely for their own business is nn reason why they should not work together amicably for success in all matters' where their in- taruts on derman exports as will oper their ndvnntage, apparently ot expense of the American producer.

But at a time when our national con- cerns should have the benefit of clear thinking and shrewd foresight, wo are practically unable to work nt the prob- Intelligently and effectively, because public Is naturally up in arms against the feverish undertakings to help Ireland or (iermnny. It is more praiseworthy in us to be consumed with I passionate loyalty toward our allies to yield to blandishments from our ''iiomics and their 1,111 'l conies to the same thing in the practical end, if we 'occupy our-! selves in these controversies, to find nt bom" delivered over tu, nfusion to Kuropean powers, nmr" vt and less excited. Lloyd (Jeorge is earnestly desirous of establishing profitable trade relations with Itussia. giving out as his excuse vember. I at TVith a million rubtps In Russia, worth i about Germany should not be so pessimistic over tittle matter of marks.

Tho city administration must nlso Jiave paved a pood section of nur future with Its Inexhaustible supply or good intentions. Perhaps the fact that the cash re- celpts are less. -indicates that people are becoming more expert at makintr out their Income tax returns. Horatio Bottomley i llkrly to do tn Col. Harvey, in bis weekly, whnt the' colonel has been doing every Saturday to a lot of people In this country.

Every Hoosier will be fully convinced of Secretary Mellon' nines if be a- cldes to locate one of the government I hospltnte at Fort Benjamin Harrison. The German statesmen seem to have plenty of plans In their portfolios about postponing payments, but hardly any at all looking to real money In band right away quick. It would be interesting to a lot of those who have just settled with T'ncle Sam to know how much Income tax Herr HohenzoIlTn Is called upon to pay this season. Even if the ino.noo.OOo proposed the lem the lnl Buslneis and tho Boy. He never had tho time to spend In play, Or give much thought to him who bore hjs name; Ho hoped his son would learn tho proper way, And never crubo him sorrow here or shame; llo hadn't tlmo to talk with him at night, He thought tho boy was getting on all right Ho had a business which required his enre, To lose Ids money would not do at all.

Mistakes would happen If ho were not there. So quickly does the market rise and fall; Though others could bo trusted with his hoy, Others his business surely would destroy. Dollars nre things man can count and feel, The lmnk accepts them, nnd the merchants, too; Building are solid thing's of brick and tol, And good to own and very fine to view; Men know the worth of labor when lts done Dut who can count the value in a son? The business prospered, but tho boy was lost Others hnd fulled to nil the father's place. Tho man Li rich, but oh. the sorry cost! The son has come to ruin nnd disgrace.

Oh Tool, who guards his business day nnd night. Vet blindly hopes bis boy will bo all right. (Copyright. by Kdgar A. Guest.) If HughesHadBeen Elected I have often wondered whnt would be tho condition of the United States and the world nt this time if Hughes hnd been elected instead of Wilson.

No doubt but that the war would have gone on and that our coutry would have entered tho same. Uut what of peace and treaties after the war? This Is the crux of tho whole business. It was loudly sounded that we were fighting the Hun to make the world safe for democ- racy and for tbo purpose of prevention future wars. This was the almost united opinion of all America as well ns the civilized world. It was the same opinion after tho armistice until the treaty nnd league covenant were brought back to America.

If a "referendum," aside' from politics, had been taken ot that time our people would have Indorsed tho treaty and covennnt almost unanimously. Rut the question became a political football. Wilson made a blunder In refusing to yield to the demands for reservations. The Republican party was equally guilty In being dominated by tbo "Irro-concllnbles." It was debated In tho nnd on the hustings of the campaign. No light was shed on the question, but the minds of the people became poisoned and confused.

I really believe thnt If Hughes had been President and the Identical treaty and covenant had been presented to this Senate that ratification would have ensued promptly and very dlffernt conditions would prevail In the world today, politics i responsible for. this dehacle. By blocking the treatv covenant the Republican Senate put their party In a position of "watchful waltlnp" for neaee. the same as was charged to Wilson on war. We heard about lack of "preparedness" for war.

What preparations are we mnklnp for pence? The world Is ns chaotic ns un ii in uie tfiurnnn from a business point of view and day ny any losing the friendship and con- luiencu oi ine worm. or men nre stPI In arms, armaments nre being Increased the United States going ahead at full speed and production Is remricieo wnue nair tne worm is starving. This is deplorable condition nnd most humlliatlntr to the pride and. srlory of this proud land thnt boasts of i Its humnnltv nnd uh.ifilflf?hnfss. The I quitting of the came half done by our country has Riven niu nnd comfort to Germany.

Bluff after bluff has thn Hun worked on the nllle.s believing she bad the more, I support of America. It now looks like that Germany, thonch beaten In arms, has won tbo war. She has bluffed the allies out of the executions of those resnonslhle for the war. she sank the ships which the allies took rontrnry to the treaty, she has not met the demiltids for thr size of tbo I Manning army, she refused to keep her promise to punish tho Kaiser and others responcinie ror the war. she has not 1 returned the stolen cattle nor furnished the allotted amount of coal and she1 Is now bluffing the allies out of the indemnity fixed for her to nnv.

Whn then has won the war? Germany's towns and cities remain Intact, her factories and Industrie nre ready to operate, while those of Franco nnd Belgium are. or were directly after tho war," heaps of ruins. Not much nssurnnco comes from President Hnrdlnc's inaujnirnl address. His platitudes about foreign "Involvements" and "super-governments" get nowhere. What the allies need and America wants Is action, not words.

If the Lencuc of Nations Is a "super-government" it seems strnnfre that more than forty nations have entered It. They all nre just as jealous of their nationality as we are, hut have no fears of the lencue. President Hrtrdlng's policy of taking up ench question of world af-f 1 rs when we reach It nd odd I ng each ruse on it merits Is the old "nor-matcy" policy that permitted Germany to prepare for th'e war she brought on tho world. Better far to use some checks, prevention and restrictions of armaments and then wo may never have to meet the case nf trouble which President Harding refers to. The President's reference to our moral Influence nnd our nccustomcd old ways of peace will have but little Influence In this world of nns-sion.

prejudice and selfishness, Kven before the wnr. Theodore Roosevelt, In his speech nt The Hauc, said what wns needed was a lenpue of notions with power to enroiTe its desires. Ho hnd no fear of the bogey of a "super-gov ernment, nor the calamity or nnvinir to send a few boys across the water to do pollen duty a duty many would like to do. The friends of the dend statesman may well consider his remarks. But since Hughes wns not President instend of Wilson what will Hughes do ns secretary of state? He should remmber that Harding's election wns made doubly sure by the assurance given the American people that the lengue, association or some other international bodv would bo better served by the elcetlon of Harding than of Cox this assurance was given by Hughes, Root.

Hoover, Tnft. Butler and other "moater minds" of the country. Shall we continue this policy of nloofness when tho world bo mueh needs us and we so much need the world. We can not live to ourselves alone. Thnt time Is gone novpr to return.

Such a nollcv may delight Hiram Johnson and Bill Hearst Imil It is not accoriiuiK to ina desires of the big heart of America. WILL II. CRAIG. I love tke little thoughts inzx come. And spend moment in my mind Like motes ttat fill ruy of sun.

Too fVirylike, to cttch or bind. THE CHEERFUL CHERUE" From the Watch Towers I reference to the Congress that I entrd hv limitation nn Marnh 4. "Congress may have dallied With Its iob ttood dftnl and finally quit with part ot It undone, but probably It was Influenced considerably by tho knowledgo that another Congress was coming along to. repair Its omissions. Individuals act the same way when they tee a chance to 1st somebody else do their work.

in a conversation with trimnAn ring ing tho campaign Mr. Hardin t. marked that ho didn't consider himself n.mlrB;uVt tna.t.h1 hPed he "ad one b0 of BervIco the 2nllon llme Ho believed he had ffet men of differing views to work together." rtJj wny 0 Miking- the Kansas n.bout rhjht In corn-graph" foregoing para- 50Untry needs that sort of tal-Just now. It is facing complox un' No leftderahlp has developed fi unity or reeling. Congress Is chaotic.

Its divergencies reflect tho divergencies of tho people, if tho new President can harmonise dlf-reronces and produce a program on V. ffl'fnilnded men can unite, he e. mnde nne beginning on a successful administration." -T- Sulclde statistics reveal the tart that there has been a slight reduction In the number of suicides In the country at large during tho past two years. Gratifying as this Is, we nre confronted by the strange clrcumstanco that In tho climatically favored centers on the Pacific coast Los Angeles, Ran Diego Sacramnto there are thlrtv suicides annually for overv inn.ooo of tho population, while at Tall River. there are fewer than seven, nnd at cicranion.

fewer thnn six. Mav this strange condition be due to the fact that while on tho Pacific const manv Of tho HtvrtUnrn tlffl In MtAnatt and luxury, at Fall River and Bcranton n-npio Rpneraiiy aro busuy engaged tn Industrial pursuits earning their dallv nfAtld In thn flWfttlt nf thnlf hrnmBl Who can furnish a satisfying explana- 4- i- i With a view to eliminating certain fallacious notions from the minds of misguided wage, workers, tho Kansas City Star presents this: "The impression seems to prevail among somo wage earners that tho way to keep wages up, la to limit tho amount of work each mnn doos so an to create a larger demand 'or men and thitB mako more Jobs. It Is one of those plausible Illusions that get the world Into trouble. Nothing Is more fundamental In economics than the fact that In tho long run wages denend on the amount a man enn produce not money wages, hut purchasing power of the compensation for work. Kven America, rleh ns It Is, dnim't produce enough.

Betterment will enme through better education of children. Improved health conditions, creater industry and efficiency, nnd Jtener Intellleence In devising nw processes to Increnso production. The If-wmed nroduct.lnn of the age of machinery has etevated the general standard of llvlne. Further ra'slng of the standard will depend chtnfly on further Increases In production." Get this fixed in your mind. Tt' will help matters along In endeavoring to aolvn some of th nrobtems now on-gaging popular attention.

j- According to an authenticated statement by tho newly chosen attorney general, Harry M. Daugherty, a complete understanding had been reached by Republican loaders nbundantly able to deliver the goods thnt Theodore Roosevelt was to be the Republican nominee for the presidency In 1020. Had he lived two weeks longer, ho would havo been formally advised of the arrangement. Mr. Daugherty wns a party thereto.

"Hn wns pronounced "standpatter" In 1012 nnd sustained very closo relations fully apBUrcd thnt no one would pitted ngalnnt Roosevelt Jn the nominating convention. This crumb of comfort to farmers, la offered by the Columbia City Post! 'So long, as an old hen will bring $1.40 at a public sale, there Is one Industry which will afford the farmer' a fair vctiun for his efforts." "WondeT-why It Is that this Industry Isn't operated with greater eniirgy than now Is evident? in tno larger towns mo chicken supply meets the demand by mtln more than half. Surely there must be money in the poultry business when people living in town are oougcu 10 pay 40 cents a pound for roosters or chickens. So long as Chicago carpenters flatly refuse to consent to work for less than 51.25 an hour, thereby preventing resumption of building operations, the unemployment situation In the Windy City can't bo very perplexing to tho labor lords who nro responsible for tho building dcndlock. A dollnr an hour would seem to be protty good pay for an average carpenter more than Is likely to bo paid a year from now If bullheaded-ncss keeps up much longer.

-r -i- A reader of Tho Star sends me this suggestive item from Lawrenceburg, 1 "Your article on the liquor traffic Is splendid. Our county here was largely inieresieu in hub wnu wau, thrne larlro distiller OS located and operated here, and all'sorts of hor-rlbte predictions were made as to the Slump mai WOUIU ouwur. runuciD be unable to procuro anything worth while for their corn, rye, barley, property values would bo sacrificed; men would be thrown out of work, etc. Now these same distilleries are manufacturing other lines, nnd products, cereals, feeds and commercial alcohol, and are paying their laborora and office forcos better wages and salaries than ever before, with an occasional bonus besides." So fnr I haven't heard of a single town In Indiana that was hit very badly by the extinguishment of tho liquor JOHN B. STOLU.

Little Benny's Notebook. Mary Watklns was setting on her frunt steps looking extor grate, and mo and Puds slmklns was sotting thoro tawklng to her, and sho sed, boys, I Jest thawt of a perfockly lovely game for you 2 to see wlch ono can tell mo the biggest compliment. Wlch wo started to do, Puds saying, you look so wonderflll today Its a wonder you dont carry a big mlrrcr orround wltir you to got tbo benoflt of It yourself. thats a perfeekly bowtlflll ono, now Its sour tern, Benny, cd Mary Watklns, and I sed, You look so wonderful today' It impossible to realize It. Thats perfeekly lovoly, now Its your tern ngen, Puda.

sed Mary Watklns, and Puds 'Bed! You look ns cute as herd Betting on a cloud way'up in tho air 0 how. perfeekly sweet, your tern ogen, Bonny, sed Mary Watklns, and I thawt awllo without thinking of eny-thlng better than PudBos berd, and then I sed, You look bb clcen as Sid Hunts fox terrier Teddyj Jeat after Sid gave '''well of all the perfeekly terrible things to say, Benny Potts, Im aor-prlxed at you to Insult a lady llko that, acd Mary Watklna. Wat, how? I sod, wlz I gess you never saw Teddy rite, after he had a bath, he looks grate. 1 dont cafe how he looks, its a Insult and I dont wunt to look like' a dog any tlmo, sed Mary Watklna, and 1 Bed, Well gosh, you thawt It was all rite to look like a berd, and a dog Is more Intelligent than a berd eny day. 1 dldent say I wunted to look Intelligent, nnd Im going rlto strate In the house If you dont Ipologiu, sad Mary Watklns: Wich I did.

Proving a compliment Is wasted unless Its apprlclated. fcESl PAPS, New York Day by Day. NEW YORK, March 17. NOUGHTS while strolling" around New York; Funnily dressed with rundown heels. It 1b a Gotham characteristic.

And when they grow atout they wear big pearl car-drops. A refuge home for fallen girls. A clammy, clinging bleakness about it. A benovnlent squire type ruddy cheeked and rotund. But you never know in this town.

He may bo a gam-ling house capper. Detectives watching a newspaper-from-nll-cltlcs stand. Many fleeing criminals are caught there, seeking; news of their homo town. The amell of the subway. A distinct odor.

Nobody seems to be Interested In base ball this year. Hope Hampton of tho mms. Anu wnat a nugo uiamonu ring. So this Is Broadway! What to do-What to do? Nothing left but, ferry rides and hurry-up photo ahops for Pleasure seekers. Still at my age 1 should worry.

Clare Brlggs suggests that I take to croquet. Shops devoted to high art. Three In a row. Spring Is near. The orange drink places are being brightened up.

Short box overcoats with pearl buttons. There's NIekv Arnstoln. He ro- sembtes a Spanish grandee. The craze lor ennuy seems to nave oiea oui. ur.

nerhans. too many oncned up llttlo stores along Brondway, Anyway most of them have closed up. ah tne mooters advertising sacrca Sunday nlcht concerts, And they give almost the same show. I wonder how it would do to have a "sacred Sunday naitoon ascension too many taws. And not enough enforcement.

.1 wish I were a lawmaker. Id unmuzzle all the docs and make the couvert chartro a nennl offense. I Statue nenmerrt nre beelnnlmr to nn- I rwvnr Cnnlrnl "to rt iAiitlV rMl.Tio vhin 2 nTmnT" intB. nhere of wealth. And vet Incklnir tho dlpnlty of Park nvenue.

There's some thing stmntro about tne dlgnljy of a street. Similar to that surrounding a plug hat. Ho Is a writer who has entertained people in almost every land a scholar nnd a Kentteman. Ho cornea to New York only now nnd to see his publishers and mngazlnc editors. He never leaves his hotel room.

A strange affliction attacking the pigments of skin destroyed his eyelids before it could bo chocked and ho Is forced to wear heavy, close-fitting black Klafees. In another country he lives alone with a few servants on a large estate. And yet he writes of joyous things and not once has note of bitterness crept Into his works. At night he sits at his hotel window and looks out over the dickering and flnshlnB Incandescent brilliancy nnd drenms. Then he returns to his home nnd writes.

Some wag suggests that Caruso's real retapse will come when he gets his bill for medical services. Ho had seven of the highest-priced doctors tn New York. Many of them have a fixed charge of J10D for single visit nnd thev remained nt Caruso's bedside and on call at all hours of tho day and night. There has ben no denial of the published story that Caruso accepted Christian Science treatment after, all hope had been nhondoned. He did not embrace the faith hut members of household are said tn have a deep interest in Christian Science nnd sought nbsent treatment from two practitioners nt the time when even Caruso's secretary admitted to reporters that hone wns abandoned.

Doctors say thnt Caruso's will to live snved him and so far there has been no controversy ns tho Chrls-tinn Scientists have remained discreetly silent. O. O. McINTYRE. Betelguese and Humans.

Prof. Mlcbelson of the University of Chicago has Jogged our Intellectuals at a great rate. By his new method of measuring tho stars, tho professor has sized up the star Betelguese of the constellation Orion, and found it to bo equal In mag nitude to 27,000,000 suns llko ours! The diameter of Botelgueso Is 000,000 miles, and Is equivalent In magnitude to 30,000,000,000 globes like our earth And Betelguese Is only one of tho millions of stars that throng away through the Infinite space, many of the other orbs being, for anything we know to the contrary, as large as the monster Just measured by our Chicago professor. Great heavens! "Where are we?" And who are we? And what are we? Prof. Mlcholson is just one oi ine 1 nnn non.nno human blneds on this lit tle grit ball of an earth, nnd yet he is nble to tell ua the wonderful story of Betelguese, a story mat maBtsva "a with tho Immensity of Us figures.

mitfifilvitM tnirnther qh best We can, wo will endeavor to do a llttlo th nking on tno suojeci. inniinn- with thn Amnoba. tho ad vance scout in the procession of life, we have a microscujnu hijuvh ui idioplasm with no conscious environment whatever. From tho Amoeba, we tIbo through M. InforlnK PTnd( of life Until WO reach, say, the dog, the elephant and the ape; wncre rum pears, Tho Amoeoa naa no runsu, uu world, because It has no consciousness, but the higher animals under man bo-cause of their lively consciousness have a range oi conHioerHuic world that reaches well out beyond their bOThM0 higher animals think, and, to .1 nnrl HDCGUlate.

MoVlnK about In' their habitats, they remember the 'various pnin mwrvut, im mental horizons stretch away for mllea around them. Coming to man, wo find a being whose environment Is commensurate with infinity, whose horizons stretch away without bound or limit. rm. inn ft InnllfTletrnt for tho ranee of his thoturht; given the earth, be demands the solar system: given tho solar system and cries out for tbo sidereal heavens and all tho worlds of nfinlto space. Tied down to earth by tho law of gravity, by the strength of his mind ho defies the laws that rule his material body, and goes soaring away among the infinities and cternltlea! Betelguese Is so far away that Us light, coming at the speed of miles a second, requires 150 years to reach our eyes! Some distance wnv; nm niu InoulHltlve blned dubbed "Head of the Primates," would not leave the remote star alone.

J-ie musi invane ub iinvauy. put his tone measure upon It, drop it In his scales and find out how big It and wnat it weignni thn wnv. It tnkoa RctelirueHQ lftO years to reach the chief tenant of this pianei, dui iw cup reach the remote giant of the skies in a fraction of a second. Wonderful. Isn't It? When first read Trof.

Michel-son's story nbout tho big thing In tho frtnat Mint Inn Orion I felt orotty minute so small, In fnct. that I was abso lutely non est nui wucn kui thinking the thine over I hccan to renllzc that the really big thing Is not Betelguese DUt man man noi ua physical fact, but ns a mental and spiritual power. Untfiirupne. Inconceivably bid as it Is, can not think, can not iret out of Itself Into the rest of the universe, and Is not of so much Importance ns tho little box terrapin: for tho terrapin has an apology for a mind, and has Its little environment, of which It is con scious, anil in wnicn uvea, anu nwvea. and has Its being.

In the final estimate It Is not in tho mitrMv mn.ws of matter, but in mind nnd soul In tho thought of the one and tho drenms or tne otner mai-greamesa Is found. it Is not matter, hut that Is the great, th substantial, the abiding fact. in thft nil lint or mino man Burvovu the "Mlehty Maze." and while, as a result of the survey, he feels his phys teal littleness and weakness, in tho strength of his thought and in the power of his dream, he knowB that he will live on, unhurt and undiminished "mldbt the wreck of matter and the crash or worms." REV. T. B.

OREGOHY. How About Hays? i Cincinnati Enquirer. With Weeks, Mellon and Fall In It tho new Cabinet can have a little "Karnes Is Namea" club of Ha own, Thanks to the-effortB of the Daugherty reels that he is driven to it by the trade I ing man, Undoubtedly much of the iin-uninus; but France is eager for over- provemcnt made in wage and working throw of the soviet regime nnd its re- conditions has been due to the organized placement by a government that will efforts of tho workers. There has been reeosnize and repay the Russian debt and will continue to be need for mll-to ranee. Hoth I'rance nnd firent itancy, but then? is no room for a dicta-Britain are anxious to protect their torship ur outocracy.

illation, where evildoers nf all kinds are aiippowd to coiipresate. It Is certain at least that tlie pence Hint seems to relirn over fair country scenes often belles the facts. The CJunucss farm was to passing observers a safe and peaceful spot. The region up around Bourbon suggests pence and contentment, but Is, It appears, a place "where every prospect pleases and only mnn is vile," Hobort Mnrtlndnln. The sudden and unexpected death of Robert Martindale is the first break in the family of six sons and two daughters, who survived their father, the Mate Judge K.

li, Martindale. for many years one of the leading citizens of Indianapolis nnd noted especially for his far-seeing recognition of the possibilities Inherited many of his father's strong traits of character nnd much of his ability, resemblance thnt was also marked in his physical makeup. Robert Martindale lived In Indianapolis nearly all his life nnd was well-known to nil older citizens through early family affiliations nnd to larger circle more recently In his own business nnd social life. Ills name wnB associated with thnt of his father in opening for building purposes the tract of land between Twenty-second street and Fall creek, reaching from Meridian several squares to the east, an enterprise that at the time was considered of doubtful outcome, the Tots were so far north and the land so badly In need 'of drnlnage! In more recent years his activities have Inln in another direction, but his judgment was often sought on real estate matters. 1 Mr.

Martindale filled the part oft a good citizen as the duties of citizenship presented themselves. Ills ngrernble social qualities made him many friends, who will he shocked and grieved at his untimely passing. Autocracy In Industry. The inevitable postwar readjustment of Industry has been made the theme for loud protestations on the part of some union leaders that employers nre trylug to destroy organized labor, mil i uai, oi course, Is not true. What Is aimed at is to take uway from those union spokesmen the power to destroy nonunion labor and even the industries of the country, Ine unions have accomplished many things for the cause of the work- All should recognize that conditions during tho wnr wore abnormal that the prices paid for products of the field and of the factory were beyond the range of practicability in ordinary times.

The munitions worker, who was employed on emergency orders that had to be turned out nt top speed and regardless of cost, set the standurds in ull lines of production. Ho has been demobilized and we are trying to get back to a stable basis. The pica of the railway organizations, for exumple, was jtliut hremen had to have more money or they would go to the munitions factories and the road would be without engitie- men. 'there was logic in the contention, but that argument is no longer effective. Tho same is truo in practically all In dustries.

The movement to get buck to normal is not aimed to destroy labor, as some leaders try to make their followers Hut there is a very well-defined sentiment against permitting a few, who arc interested mainly in their own positions and power as tabor leaders, to control industry. Thnt ds specially apparent in connection with the railway situation. The attitude of the heads of the railway organizations is that the ruil- wuys are operated for the purpose of producing wages, not to produce trans portation and public service. The cost of freight nnd passenger service menus nothing to them except as a source of funds needed to meet pay rolls. The railways were constructed pri marily as Investments, and in many cases the promoters undoubtedly made outrageous prolits.

The roads now represent billions of dollars of invested money. The investors are entitled to consideration as well as is the public that is dependent upon railway service. If the railways are to function properly and nre to produce income for the owners they must he permitted to make living. At present operating cost is (more than income, in many cases. Hates have been raised to a point that is I stilling traffic, and largely because of Insistence on tho continuance of wartime pay schedules under present conditions.

The public which became aroused few years ago against the trusts and combinations that were trying to dom-innto industry, views with similar concern tho apparent desire of few labor leaders to dictate in the same field. The sentiment that backed Roosevelt In his fight against predatory wealth was not actuated by a desire to turn Industry over to the mercies of few equally un scrupulous nnd Irresponsible labor lead ers. The efforts of the railway owners, the packers or the heads of any other Industry to get back to a sane postwar footing will not be viewed by the people as warfare on labor. On the other hand, those, workers who refuse to recognize changed conditions nnd will not help to adjust themselves to the change uremuk ing warfare on industry. OI theso col)tlji Cjlobe, a school reader belittling America's part In the war, and' accusing us of remaining out of It to make money, has been withdrawn.

This publication, sanc tioned by the Ontario board of education, It Is hoped through an oversight, was the product of one Col. Wllllnm Wood, bore the title of "Flag and I'leet, and wns Issued under tho auspices of the Navy League of Cannda. with a preface written by Admiral BonttV Of the British nnVV. whn nmh. ably hod no Idea It contained tho slurs nm.

-me naval colonel who com-POFed the effort assorted among other things that the American ncoDle mnrle a net profit of out of tho war, lorgetung nitogctltcr, as tho Olohp reminded him, that our war debt Is SM, 000,000, 000, or double his alleged profit chnrge, and twelve times thnt of the Canadian debt. The Incident Is not without Its compensations In view of tho nrompt withdrawal of the objeetlonnblo Rcreed on Its eyposure by a Canadian Journal to tho Canadian people. Similar frlendlv fairness In rebuking attempts of propagandists to poison history and the mlnns of tho peoplo would be welcome In all lands. The National Tree. Cincinnati Enquirer.

The American Forestry Association Is Interested In tho selection, through a plebiscite of a national tree. Everybody has been asked to vote a choice In the matter schools, organizations of all kinds, civic bodies and Individuals. Many peoplo already have but the polls still nre open. The press Is variously expressing Its choice. Strong candidates are the oak, walnut, elm, mnrpte.

whlto pine, cedar, sycamore, Douglas fir. One authority loyally nominates the hickory. The hickory' possnHses the qualifications of a major candidate. It Is not found outside North It-trrows very generally throughout tho country: It Is stalwart, sturdy and tough OE IiDor; millions oi American jouin art Indebted to It for painful but holpful Impressions ineffaccably implanted or appliedin their dear, distant, early school days. Yes.

the hickory Is a formidable can didate. It Is the best friend of the man with the noe. us suaac i Kunuruun mm grateful through the sultry summer days. An Important Series On Indianapolis Life Beginning with its issue of next Suncluy, March The Star will print a scries of articles on various us-pects of. the city's financial, industrial, commercial aud social life, By E.

V. PARRISH These articles will deal' with the bunking power, the manufacturing activities, the transportation facilities, the civic advantage!) aud the social excellencies of Indiun-apoliB, from an experienced and expert source of observation and study, The scries as a whole will serve as an admirable compendium of tho city's resources and superior facilities as a place la which to live and do business, AH who are interested In Indianapolis or are desirous of its advancement should plan to read and preservo the entire scries, own industries German competition. It does not abate the intensity cts a particle for them to he solidly united on a program of making Germany pay. There is no I good reason why we should not be guided by the same sort of friendship for our late allies, coupled with wise solieitudo for the welfare of our pro ducers and manufacturers. Iustend of this carefully considered policy, we arc apparently being driven into a more or less hysterical frame of mind, in which we snau ucroicuny accept every snrcwu proposal of Europe for its relief at our expense, merely hecause these misguided ugl tut ions of alien causes drive us to a self-sacrificing spirit toward the allied powers.

If we excitedly deliver our trade and industry over to England and France, it will be the fault of the heated controversies engendered by our Irish enthusiasts uud (termini sym pathizers playing Into the hands of elements in our population that caro more tor r.ugianu or ranee man tuey do for American interests. The Ilourhon Horror, the theories of the local authorities concerning the Kosciusko county tragedy an? correct, it is one. of the particularly horrible crimes that hnvn caused students of criminal annals to assert that rural districts rather than cities may be looked to for proofs of the existence of uncommon human depravity. The belief of the oilicers is that, the Decker broth possibly assisted by their mother, devised a scheme whereby they might profit by the heavy insurance on the life of one of the young men an insurance far too heavy to be carried ordinarily by a farm laborer. llecause of the close physical resem blance between this brother nnd young Lovctt, it wus planned to kill him nnd by making it appear that ho hud met with railroad accident to profit by tho results.

Expecting him to be mangled beyond recognition, the mother and cliler brother would claim the body and, later, the Insurance. An additional explanation, besides the resemblance, of their choice of young Lovett as the victim, is the report of previous ill-feeling between the two families anil a record of threats made by the Deckers. As the authorities see it, the plana went uwry because the body of Lovett was tossed aside aud not mutilated, so thnt his identity was discovered. Assuming the theories to be correct, the affair takes on the character of a movie tulo of the Improbable sort, allowing condition of such depravity and such nn absence of moral sense that ft seems like a plot manufactured by a writer in search of gruesome situations without regard to tho likelihood of their ever happening. And yet the plot supposed to huvo hern conceived by the Deckers might, after oil, huvo been car- unuui'j ini'inpfMWK uuruor on illegality, they would certainly be welcome to a iiarrassed treasury.

i "If the Department of Commerce has jurisdiction over arctic regions where, polar bears abound and tho Interior Department has the parks where the grizzlies live, and land under the Department of Agriculture supports brown Vars, the horrible situation might be iupnorted as easily as the whole scheme could be torn apart for the sake of any or fancied benefit to the bears, it to bo hoped In fact, it Is known tbat tho need of reorganization nt Washington rests upon grounds more Wlatlvo than this. Evangelistic Inllucncc. What is it in the pleas uud the preuch-in of ou evangelist that causes inuuy people not only to listen but to show ilealrc to enter the religious life, when they have beeu hearing these same pleas and. the same arguments all their lives from other men, without effect' They do uot, for example, hear any new truth from the lips of Ulpsy Smith. Ho tells1 them tho old, old story of the way to he tmved.

They knew It already they knew In advance what he would say. When they hud heard it before it had not Btirred them. As spoken by him, their emotions ure aroused they are suddenly actuated by a new purpose, ami though they hnd not intended to do ho, declare their intention to enter upon the straight and narrow way that lends to righteousness. Hut why do tiny take this' course now when they had not heeded earlier calls to do so? Some will say with vagueness that I the Spirit influences them some that the personality of the evangelist makes his presentation of the truth more effective others that religious teacher with special gifts is needed to centralize and bring to culmination or blossoming tbo religious impulses nnd scattering beliefs that exist in most humun minds. Curiosity in such mutters will nrise, and though It Is likely that no man can give the positive niibwor to the.

question, inquiring, ones will continue to wonder why spiritual awakening comes often in iust this way, when the efforts of men cqSially devout and earnest ltuvc not uvalled. 'It Ih not every ono who believes in this form of rellgiouH effort. There are those who maintain that religion comes by process of slow growth, beginning when pnsslblo in youthful trulniug, and that the manifestations nt revival meet ings nro those of emotionalism, often BimWficial and not lasting. They talk -tho psychology of erowdn uud of the mental effect on Individuate of tho ex' amnio of those around them. Their 'opinions are entitled to respect, and it 1 may he truo as they say that the revival 1 Experience Is not always productive of Why worry about tho styles? It Is all very well for one to try to look respectable and to appear In such dress Uiat others will not laugh at him or her.

Whatever Dame Fashion decrees might as well bo accepted, without general complaining, excepting only that there be no -terrible extremes. Of course, moat persons are opposed to dresses that aro too short or too low. But con-stunt arguing against them and complaining ubout them only serves to call attention to their extent or lack of it. Those who are Inclined to adopt extreme styles In order to claim unusual attention, ahvays may bo expected to go to greater extremes when the world widely discusses the Impropriety of wearing certain new costumes from gay Paree. Those who are immodest naturally prefer Immodest things, and nro happiest when thoy can shock some one.

The more complaints, the greater number of persons they think they can shock. Obviously, therefore, if one Is grieved by tho extreme styles, It is far better to set a good example by remaining within tho bounds of modesty la dress nnd manners, than by constantly parading tho conditions they deplore to public view through talking a great deal. Gilbert K. Chesterton, famous English essayist, eplgrammlst, and discerning commentator, recently declared, or at least was credited with declaring, that: "The trouble with us nowadays Is, that we havo fallen Into the bad habit of being' fickle about fundamentals and monarchically ruled by superficialities. Bring up your child or not; live with -your wire or not; respect your God or not, but If it's the fashion to wear a purple-top hat and polkadotted pcagrcen trousers, wear them, by nil means.

That's the way society Is constituted now." With the approach of every season as far back ns our memory runs, there havo been severe criticisms of styles. We always hear that thoy arc worse than they ever have been in the past. We aro told that the country is going to the bowwows nnd that it's a shame to allow such fashions to be paraded before tho youth of the land. 1 These present criticisms are merely repetitions of tho post. They'll surely be heard again.

Good examples will offset the bad Influences of extreme styles as always. Better to amlle than to growl. WALTER ROBINSON..