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MONDAY MORNING. JANUARY 20, 1910. PART II.T How Does He do It DRAMA. FLASHES. GRIFFITH SCORES.

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PEN POINTS. BY THE Let us remember, men, that tha war is not over until it is through. Tho man with the eyebrow mus-, tache ought not to kick on wearing a "11 mask. 'FALL OF BABYLON GREATEST OF THEM ALL. A I'LAY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE AT MOROSCO THEATER.

There does not seem to be as much. Matt about the Berlin as was once in evidence. See nothing In the dispatches about the whereabouts of Bethmann Hollweg. Where is ha at? There will be no room for the red flag In this country If the Stars and Stripes are properly displayed. KVKKY MllliMNO IN Til YEAR.

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Km Frnnrlaro lIMm, tlarhot Street. The first thing a woman does on entering the room is to hoist tha windows? Ain't it the truth? There is a movement on foot in Washington to organise a Republican form of government there. Peace gardens for the coming growing season are pronosed. Some-, body is always taking the Joy out of life. The Wilson ndminisl ration la arranging to go rirht ahead and fill tip the census force of 1320 with deserving Democrats.

THE CONFERENCE. "In a puit of friendship and accommodation." The spirit of the Peace Conference at Paris, voiced by President Wilson ar.d echoed by Clemenceau and Poin-care. Tho Timea profoundly believes and says it with sincere and uplifting brightness of heart that the often-disappointed longings of the world for many centuries are to bo gratified; that permanent peace, guaranteed by a powerful league of nations, will issue from this Paris conference. Negotiations begun day before yesterday will end in settlements that will rejoice and make glad all liberty-loving peoples a few months hence. The plenipotentiaries are wholeheartedly for this programme; the world is for it; the human soul is for it.

Under these circumstances and with such an inspiration it cannot fail. The temper and tone marking the opening of the conference will rule its sessions. It is no ordinary congress or legislative body, with petty rivalries and sorry greeds influencing its debates and conclusions. The representatives of the nations have the common understanding, sympathy and purpose of men who have gone through the dark valleys of the shadows together and whose deepest and common aspiration is to prevent another cataclysm like unto that from which they and their own have agonized so bitterly. The Times ventures to sey that a fraternity with ties and bonds such as these never before characterized an international gathering.

The ambitions and desires and demands of Italy and England arid France and the other nations will be cast into the melting pot and one fair, just, right and solemn agreement will come out of it for the common good, the common glory and the common happiness. Every utterance of every member of this "parliament of man and federation of the world" is in harmony with this idea and bears out this conclusion. Whatever debates or disagreements may arise, The Times will always be sanguine as to the golden success of this parley, entered upon "in a spirit of friendship and accommodation," to once more use the golden words of President Wilson, who has himself done so much to elTectuate and give life to, another of his own phrases to "mobilize the friendships of the world," rather than their enmities and passions and avarices. LOS ANGELES (Loce Ahng-hayl-ab) Lnlered aeennd etae matter. leeemler a.

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Now comes the report that the poor old ex-Kaiser, with his weak body, atrophied mind and sick soul, la worrying himself to death. Because of conditions in Germany, for which he is so largely responsible? No! Because of the condition of the ex-Kaiser! We always had an Idea that tha man who could hang a picture to please his wife had In him the mailing of a successful diplomat. It Is proposed to give George Creel a loving cup. If we are allowed to name what shall be put in it put us' down for a healthy subscription. The war aftermath, speaking of the situation after the manner of the' photographer, is likely to develop a lot of exposures.

Lav on, Macduff. TURN ON THK LIGHT. The proposition to do business behind closed doors at the Paris Peace Ccnferenca will not be accepted. The people of the United States want to know what la gofus on. Neither will they stand for a censorship controlled by tbe Impossible George Creel.

Turn on the light. And there was the old-fashlonedr boy who used to get tickets to the "opry" house by assisling the owner to shift the piano from the stage to the orchestra pit. 1 Normal railroad service has been restored on all of the transcoiitinen-" tal lines. There wore soma good features of the management of the roads by their owners. THE MILK SITUATION.

The local milk question to exciting a lot of comment, the dairymen evidently Hot being satisfied with conditions. It Is hoped, however that the heat developed In the discussion will not spoil the milk to the extent that the cream cannot find Its way to the top. If England Is able to collect forty billion dollars from Germany, what do you suppose will be tho size of the bills in the envelope presented by France and Belgium? says that "Los Angeles deserves all the prosperity that the intelligent and energetic efforts of Its inhabitants have procured for it. not least ot which is the distinction ot being a hue, big city." He didn't hang out a Bign; "No children or dogs." We have said the measure suggested by the Hermosa Assemblyman invited both reproach and consideration. The reproach Is that there should be warrant for its consideration.

It almost ought to pass for the disciplining of those who have revised their King Nicholas of Montenegro denies that he has been deposed. Oh. well, let us give tbe old codger the benefit of the doubt. The hoard Is being greased for his benefit. By An tint Anderson.

of a fine import, of a nobly serious intention, are being written and produced in Now York, after all. Bo much dramatic froth ia being blown this way from that over-busy big mart on the liudnon, that there are times when we Out West almost give up hope of ever having solid stuff put on the boards for un. Then, presto, the wind veers, and "Yes or No," or perhaps something equally good, is ours. "Yes or No," shown at the Mo-roHco this week, is a play In three acts, its author is Arthur Goodrich. It has met with a deserved success on broad way, New York, and its acclaim from Broadway, Los Angeles, will be no leas in kind, though perforce smaller in volume.

For "Yes or No" is a play in a thousand, one which really deserves that over-worned epithet of approval, a human document. Its elements are simple, its moral is plain, its dramatic power is great. Moreover, in its presentation something very novel and interesting is offered us a stage divided in two, with the action taking place tirst(ou the one half, then on the other. The domestic trasedies of two families are shown us, in two far-separated strata of society. The situations are almost identical, for in each we have a discontented wife, the one because she is worked to death, the other because bhe is bored to extinction.

Both wives blame their husbands, both bewail the loss of love in married life and the consoler is at hand for each of them. The tragedy of the rich woman's life is closely joined to the near-tragedy that hovers over the factory hand's home, in an unexpected but eminently natural way. The issue is peace and final happiness, but at a tremendous cost as it often is in real life. "Yes or No" is a gripping and searching play, one that every man and woman, young or old, should see, for it presents an unpreached sermon on the difficult art of living. Its dramatic value, as I Intimated, is great The interest never flags for a moment, and the climax is a big one.

Much humor is mingled with the poignant pathos Inherent in the situations, for these ptures bear a constant relation to life a3 it really is. On the whole, the large cast Is fairly well placed, though some of the players evince a tendency to over-act, thus stepping out of the picture. Yet it must be remembered that "Yes or No" presents unusual difficulties for a stock company. Marion Vantino Is the rich wife. Florence Malone the poor one, Joseph Eggenton tho rich husband, Charles Meredith the factory h-tnd.

David Butler and Dora Mae Howe have character parts that are notably well done, though Miss Howe falls into lier old error of too great a verbal accent her "points" are so good that they will go over without that. Harlan Tucker won the glad hand for his return and for his acting. Three small children, Nancy Can-well, Doris Baker and Burwell Hamrick, are delightfuL "Bowls of Honor." Sessue Hayakawa can always be depended on to give us a photoplay that will Interest and hold us, though all his offerings are not of equal worth. One of the be6t, "Bonds of Honor," is now showing at Clune's Broadway. Its great merit is apparent in spite of the fact that it is far longer than Is needful.

The little domestic scenes that revolve around two Japanese children are charmingly pretty, yet they retard the forward movement of a play that la full of Important matter. The scenes in Russia, too, might be hurried a bit. The authorship of "Bonds of Honor" is not recorded on the screen, which is a pity, for the writer's name is well worthy of being flashed for us. The plot revolves around two sons, German machinations in Japan and Russia, and the efforts of the noble son to retrieve the errors of his prodigal brother. The absorbing plot leads up to a tragedy nothing less gruesome, indeed, than hari-kari, which the traitorous son must perform that the honor of his family may be kept intact Hayakawa plays, for the first time, I believe, a dual role, for he is both sons in the story.

The double exposures are very cleverly managed, and the famous Japanese screen actor differentiates the two characters with his usual subtlety and Intelligence. His wife, Tsuru Aokl, plays opposite him, delightfully. The support is excellent Wisdom Needed Now. The habit of boasting what we have done Is quite universal. There is room for boasting, for we have done much to accredit our country, but It Is best not to let It become excessive, lest It weaken the ardor for accomplishing still further, if not greater, deeds.

It is very easy to do the right and brave thing In time of war, when the question relates to the alternative of (life or death, but when that decision has been made for life, the 'ery lmpoi tant anestlon arises how to deal with that life. That Is the issue before us. Bible so that it reads: "Suffer little ones who come unto me." The trouble about trying William for his high crimes and misdemeanors will he found to Jin tn the fact CHILDREN Al 1JOGS. In the multitude ot bills already ot- 1 ferefl fur the consideration the Assembly at Sacramento there la one sponsored by the member from Hermosa Beach that stems to invite both reproach and consideration. In brief, it provides that no landlord In the magnificent domain of California shall withhold the lbasiirg or renting of any flat, tenement, room, apartment or other property because the prospective tenant has .1, i nlilt- V.

1 1 1 1 111 IniTiActhlA InnllU UIIU 1 T. ,1, 1C HllJIUaBlUin IU 1WI.BIO twelve men good and true who have not already made up their minds as to his guilt. LISTEN. YOUNG MAX. This is for you whose employer asks you to do something dishonorable "for the pood of the tlrm." DON'T DO IT! If you obey him you insult and betray yourself, and, although your employer may promise to raise your salary, he will no longer look upon you as a faithful employee, but as his accomplice In wrongdoing.

If you refuse to obey him you may lose your job, but you will compel his respect for you as his superior. As rirxm.su TJiiiKAT. It is reported that a Bolshevik leader has sent a hole to President Wilson declaring that the Bolshevik "government" of Russia is resdy to cease Its world propaganda Vr-fhe Allies will agree to enter into peace negotiations with it. In other words, the cutthroats and looters will ceaso to advocate murder and robbery in other nations, provided tbe Allies will absolve them from all their sins and permit them to continue to commit the same. AGREATEK HANGER? For forty years and more the liquor dealers have been mixed up in the politics of America.

The saloon owners and their accomplices have said, in effect, to the Republican, Democratic, Prohibition and all other parties, "Don't you dare Interfere with our business!" However, in spite of their threats and pleadings in the sacred names of liberty and law and "the right of the individual'' the liquor business was at lust recognized as a menace to the American government and the American people, through education, propaganda and the franchise, have decided to banish Col. Al dien. In other words, a man's offspring LOS AXCKLLS IS A l'IXE, BIG CITY. The annual effort of the San Francisco Chronicle to prove that Los Angeles Is really not the metropolis of the Pacific Coast in spite of statistics appeared in a recent number of that newspaper. V'ndia-maj'ed by its failure to convince in years past tbe Chronicle again uiidirtakos to reassure San Franciscans that their city is in the lead and that Los Angeles is a poor second.

The yue'stion of population appears to be a very sore spot wilh the Chronicle for the first complaint is that the Bureau of Statistics blundered. Also It Is charged that L03 Angeles has some very clever statisticians who, by methods displeasing to the Chronicle, succeed in convincing people that Los Angeles has a greater population than Sun Francisco. Then follows an involved series of fig- shall be no barrier against his obtaining a It used to be that the greatest part of the clergyman's salary was raised by the womfffi of the congregation holding what was known at that time as a series of "mite" societies. Now a cabaret show Is much preferred. rented home.

There are hotels where guests By Grace Klngaley. Again Pavld Wark Griffith has done it broken even his own record! "The Fall of Babylon," which was given Its premiere at the Klnema yestorday, I think la going to be acknowledged everywhere a the greatest picture which the world's greatest master of picture making has turned out. As is the summer California creek to Nianara, as Topango to the Grand Canyon, as the washing-powder prize chromo to an old master, as an alluring hussy of the chorus to Cleopatra, so are all the other screen stories of ancient times to "The Fall of Babylon." "The Fall of Babylon" Is an expansion of the niarvelotisly beautiful and thrilling Babylonian episode of "Intolerance," which created pui-h a profound sensation when "Intolerance" was shown. But lis story ia infinitely claritled and amplified, so that it appears indeed as an entirely new etory. The tale is of the far-pone day of Babylon.

539 B. but through the crude fury of barbaric warfare, the proRS voluptuousness of barbaric feast, the bewildering superstition and political intrigue, runs a brilliant thread of story, made up of the multi-colored strands of love and hate and passion which go to make up human nature, the lova stories of the little mountain pirl and the Hhapeode, of Belshazzar and the Princess Beautiful. So that, after all. it's not the crashing madness ot the battle scenes, the thrilling race of Cyrus's chariot hordes, you will remomber, but perchance the look on the face of the little mountain girl, as looking: up into the face of the faithful Rhapsode, after the stress of her passion and devotion to Bclshazzar, she leans her cheek in weary yielding against his; or perhaps the thwarted furv on the face of the priest of Bel, as he finds Belshazzar self-slain on his throne, or the look of transfiguring love in the eyes of the Princess beloved ns she swears to follow her lord to the death halls of Allot. Pecause somehow this wizard Griffith, by the sheer humanness and vitality of his art, has managed to make ancient Babylon a place of here and today.

They're all there, the human types the petty intriguing no. litical bosses of that day, tho priests, each of whom press-asents his particular god; the little mountain Kirl who "comes to town to buy herself a new dress, and becomes a part of great tragedy of life:" the absent-minded scholar who, having unearthed a "new ancient record." announces Incidentally that the hosts of Cyrus are approaching Babylon! Lt're b. clfiBsie epic set to martial music Is the attack of the rude fones of Cyrus on Babylon, which flrlv thunders at you from the screen. All like flashes of sudden lightning are the vivid glimpses of marching hordeft of soldiers, of the lovely praying Princess beloved, the mountain girl fisrhtinsr with bow and arrow, the horrible beheading before your eyes of the Bahvlonian, the eMir rr Cyrus thrust clean through with a sword. if it's any comfort to you, It's all authentic, not only from the historic, but frnm the archaeological point of view, according to no less an authority than the eminent Dr.

Ravce, of the British Museum. It's an all-star cast which plays it, with ConRtunce Talmadee as the Mountain Girl, of course, the star of stars a vivid, exquisitely lovely bit of wild wood femininity, in' whom glowg so fiercely the white flame of virginity, silhouetted against the background of court denadonco. And there are Tully Marshall, Alma Rubens. Bessie Love, Alfred Pago-, Seem Owen, Carl Stoekdale, George Peigrnann. Elmo Lincoln, Howard Pcott, Kate Bruce, Mildred Harris, Winifred Westnver, Irfyola O'Connor.

James Curley and many others. Preceding the picture is a staged prologue, which puts the spectator exactly in tune with the story, t'nrol Dempster, a very lovely and graceful young dancer whom we used to see with Ruth St. Donls, performs alluring Egyptian dances; and there is the spirit of a Babylonian priest, appearing in a marvelous-ly lighted bit of side Btsrge, voicing a richly satirical commentary on the times and characters of the photoplay, all done in chatty colloquial fashion he excuses himself because he says we eren't clever enough to understand his really worth-while tongue. Ray's Garden. "The She Devil," in which Theda Bara Is appearing at Ray's Garden this week, while it bespeaks the star ns having comedy gifts, is not a particularly good vehicle for her, being a sort cf jitney "Carmen." Besides, the deviltry should hsve been relieved with some sort of human appealingness in the character.

Fairly stealing the show is George McDaniel as the bnndit nicknamed "The TJeer." McDaniel has been eomlng' to the fore for sortie time, and in this picture proves Mmself a first-class screen actor. So tar as the storv goes, however, he's rather a trusting tiger, ss. after Btealing the impish Thoda and carrying her to his centle, he lets her go to bed with her boots on and the Jewels under her pillow. There are some beautiful shote of the supposedly remote Spanish village, and excellent subtit'e. For an ordinary star, "The She Devil" would have been a piquant and acceptable story but not for Theda Bars, Owen Moore Rack.

At last Owen Moore, Mary Pick-ford's husband, has been porsuwded to return to the screen. THe persuader vm Pamuel Gcldwyn, who has signed Moore up on nice new contract. Mr. Moore will piny a leading role in the next Rex Beach production. PECULIAR IDEALISM.

The Industrial Workers of the World movement Is like a religion in its idealism," said Attorney Nate Coghlan yesterday in the United States Federal Court For corroboration of this statement ask the farmers In Stanislaus. Fresno, Kern and other counties, who have siatched the night sky reddened with the fires of burning homes, barns and haystacks. Gov. Stephens has a practical knowledge of I.W.W. ldenllsra translated into action in the attemnted destruction ot his Sac-Hmonto hn-ne.

Americans generally believe that the ldTiI rises for the- dlsclole of this "idealism" is at th ftnd of a strong hempen rope. Sacramento VeIoh. may have their pet canines or felines with the porter, but if a man lined up In front of the clerk with a pair of kids of his own-est own be would be coldly directed to the foundlings' home. Likewise there are su cohol from the United States. Are the free perb apartment-houses where a tenant may They call it an armistice; but sttp-' pose that Germany, after the dls-bandment of her armies, the surrender of her navy and submarines, would conclude that she could not accept the terms laid down by tha Allies in the Peace Conference? What would she do about It? citizens of this greatest republic on earth now going to sit back in complacency and possibly be able to smuggle ia a canary, but.

if be should try to get by wllh little allow a far greater menace than the saloon Rollo and Lucy the liveried Cerberus at the door would brutally return him to the doubt uris calculated to show that the Angclenos arc wrong. Anyway, the Chronicle asks. ful hospitality of the street. "Peddlers and what difference does it make bow many Inhabitants a city has. There are other children not allowed." That is the harsh welcome offered by the aoor mat of many a proud place ot entertainment.

If any wife evil to take hold of this country? Is the hydra-headed serpent of anarchistic-socialism to get a foothold on our fair soil and undo all the good work that has been done In the abolishment of the saloon and kindred institutions? Is the Gompers-Mooney gang to be allowed to dictate to the people's representatives at Washington? The Times does not believe It. things that really count. This might be taken as a confession of The pro-Mooneyifes are again talk-lug In their sleep and demanding flmt the Federal government intervene to release the convicted bomb-thrower. The Federal government has about as much to do with this case and lis. disposition as It has over the realm of the Ahkoond ot Swat.

failure to prove that Los Angeles figures are in the block is thoughtless enough to sponsor a babe Into the world the caretaker or major-domo expects her to either drown LOOK OUT i on HIM. Every now and then there bobs uo a Wan or wom-tn who claims to have written a book on fundamental laws whith, if read and digested by the human race, would abolish all ignorance, poverty, crime and superstition, cause people to live twice as long as they now live, settle all governmental and economical problems forever, prevent the recurrence of war, relegate Christianity and all other religions to the crap heap of time and make a heaven of earth. When anyone tells you ho has written a book like that, no matter how brilliant he may seem, it is usually a good Idea to make a graceful get-away or to telephone to the police station. It will be recalled that tbe late Robert O. Ingersoll, one of the most intellectual men America has produced, declared that he could write better book than the L'ible but he didn't wrong, but tbe Chronicle makes, one more desperaie effort to make xml a case.

It is really a brilliant idea. Here It is with all the little one or move on. It is no use to quote Roosevelt or the Bible. "This Is a Its imrosine weight of amument: The long way from Nazareth" is the acid re sponse one may expect. An effort will be made to keep Senator-elect Newberry out of his population of San Francisco added to that of Oakland, Sacramento, Berkeley, Stock In a way the bill urged by the statesman seat to prevent a Republican mar ton and Kan Jose, la greater than that of Los Angeles.

It Is even greater than that from Hermosa Is a spite measure 4bat to. it is a bit of personal legislation. He was unwise enough to go to the capital accom of Log Angeles and San Diego put together. Jority in the Senate arter marcn 4. The prospect is good that if a Republican majority lu Michigan of over 7000 votes Is overridden there will be a fight on the Senate floor that will cause the plaster to crack.

panied by a wife and a brace of his lusty offspring. Instead of being able to give LAMAR'S COLLATERAL. In 1896, David Lamar (who has been called the "Wolf of Wall was in league with Sam Thomas, Russell Sage and Calvin Brice. They wanted to sell Kuhn, Loeb Co. the Oregon Short Line, which they then practically controlled.

It was Lamsr who went over to see Mr. Jacob tt. flchiff. and after laying the propositioa before him, said: "Well, Mr, Schiff, what do you think of It?" Thej great banker answered, "Suppose Kuhn, Loeb Co. should consider your proposition, what pruarantv have we got that you can fulfill your part?" Mr.

David Lsmar struck an Imposing attitude he put his hand over his heart and replied, "Mr, Schiff, I give you my wordOf honor." Mr. Schiff looked at him for a moment, nodded his head, and retorted, "Very attractive collateral indeed, but unfortunately, it hasn't any market quotation." The deal did not come off then. "Prominent Men I Have Known," by J. Arthur Joseph in the Magazine of Wall Street The enterprise of tunneling the English Channel, with the close of the war, is again being discussed seriously In England, and France. We should not be surprised if our Mr.

McAdoo, the builder of the Hudson River tunnel, were aRked to take the big Job In hand. It. Is about his size and he would make a success Of it.T RIPPLING RHYMES. WINTER DAYS. Iet Sun Franciscans read that and be comforted: The Chronicle G'vea the population of San Francisco as 550,333.

The 1918 population of Los Angeles by directory census wts 607,587. The Chronicle Is also worried about San Fernando Valley and other wonderfully productive areas of Los Angeles and accuses us of taking in too much territory. VJnhandkapped by troublesome facts, the Chronicle then proceeds to make a few cruel remarks about the Los Angeles harbor. Among other statements, it says: "Not many years after her well-advertised climate attracted numerous and rapidly-increasing population. Los Anceles attempted to repair the oversight of Nature In failing to plant at her front door a.

port, she emulated the example of Mohammed. As the ocean w'ould not come to her, she went to the ocean, accomplishing that fact not by building In that direction, but by constructing a boulevard along a narrow strip of land some twenty miles in length which she incorporated within her municipal boundaries. It cannot be said that the device has proved a spectacular success." If the sincerity of tho Chronicle Is not to be questioned, It must believe that high government officials have been kidding themselves and the people of Southern California; that the tremendous and rapidly increasing activities of this harbor are a mirage and not a reality. Congressmen who decided that expended by the government on this harbor is a good investment, J. H.

Rosslter, director of operations of the United States Shipping Board, and other men of national prominence who have commended the harbor and predicted HALL CAINK'S VII AV. In a recent article by Sir Hall Calne, that writer says the war of tbe last four years "has dealt such a blow to the human soul as it has never sustulued before. Love that is strong as death is the power which holds the human family together, and if It were lilted out of our hearts at any midnight, mankind would awake next morning in a hateful conglomeration cf unils. Yet war is always seeking to tear these mysterious bonds of blood, to sever tbe tendrils by which our human plant thrives." In part Mr. Calne 1 right, but may he Dot be partly mistaken 73 In the first place, the war has probably done more for the ouls of men than any other event in history, excluding the death and resurrection of Christ.

This is not aa argument for war, but it is an argument for every Just war that ever was fought or that ever may be fought. True men cannot compromise with principles. At heart, the world was good and the war against the evil that threatened humanity could have no other effect than to strengthen the souls of those who contended for liberty against tyranny. Mr. Caine's second proposition has never been and never will be faced, because God reigr.s and there Is no demon strong enough to "lift frcra the hearts of men tbe love that is strong as death." In fact.

It ia that very love that cauaea men to leave their firesides to protect their homes and to fight for what they believe to be right. That war ia always seeklng to tear the bonds of blood" there ia no ques- HIS OWN LIFE STORY. In one of the big base hospitals of the army not long apo a new librarian was set to work by the American Library Association. She was a very charming young woman and very anxious to please ell of her "customers," though some of them didn't even wish to look at a book. Tn her rounds she approached one of the patients and he declined to be interested in her all his time to tbe great business of tbe people he had to spend hours and hours of it in seeking a roof to shelter the heads ot his young.

Down here a roof may be unnecessary, but up Sacramento w'ay It la quite essential. But he could And none. The capital might be willing to accord a reasonable welcome to one of Its lawmakers, but none for his progeny. Hotel after hotel received his pleadings and protestations with scorn. They might advertise good accommodations for man or beast, but unfortunately a child was neither one.

Anyhow, they had no room for children. Exactly what happened in the flnuls is not related. Whether the "Assemblyman made way with his offspring or took them back to his regular home is not set forth, but when he did get time he made his way to the Assembly and dropped a measure In the legislative basket which would. If passed, make It a crime for any California landlord to discriminate against what should be the greatest industry of the State and Is, in fact, Its leading Infant Industry. Much has been said and written about the cold welcome which a selfish world accords its newest beginners, lu certain circles a baby la about as popular as locomotor ataxia or the installment man.

A mother with a crooning child Is not an object of admiration or envy, but ot sympathy. If she la endured It la with the understanding that it mustn't happen again. Almost Immediately a W'oman with a babe becomes aloof from her wonted associates. Poor Mabel cannot dance or play bridge all night or even go to the movies. She has to attend to the mutter of refreshment for Lttle Horace.

Therefore it ia that her erstwhile boon companions speak ot her much as they do of the dead. Thank heaven it is not so in the oren country. In the larger domain the babies are still as welcome as the first violet and a mother is one of Cod's own and indeed and truth fhe is, for the Almighty mnde The winter days are ith us now, the winds are wild and chill, and my. old Idiotic cow comes bawling up the bill. To seek the wooden water trough she wandered through th gale and had her antler frozen off, likewise her priceless tail.

The) view outdoors Is sad and bleak, the snow's heaped by the fence; the arctic winds cavort and shriek without a lick of sense. And yet 1 am not woebegone, as I sit by my fire and ply my pipe and demliohn. my corkscrew and my lyre. Though at my window tempests beat one thing I'm thankful for; I do not have to save the sleet to help to win the war. Triumphantly our banners It Is happy to reflect that the patriotism and sacrifices exhibited in war may be counted upon as forces in peace, and yet they must be watched and seen that they do not lose their high qualities whan brought to face the exigencies of everyday experiences.

Tbe war has developed a manhood and courage that are needed now as much as they were needed in wsr, and it Is honed thev will be manifest In the Industry, business and politics of the country, and that this but be' so Is the hone of the republic, Ohio State Journal. Skinner Skinned Him. "WTien ycu traded cars with Skinner did you get anything to boot?" "Yes; I've kicked myself ever since." Boston Transcript Why She Old Not Go. When a nice old lady of one of New York's old families, who often worships at the Church of the Ascension, was aked If she Intended to go to Dr. Percy Grant's Forum te night befo-e list to ba "Ireland discussed, she replied: "I never attend a place of amusement wave, the long ordeal is done; we are not asked to pinch and save that wares.

At the next cot she stopped and offered Its occupant a book. "What Is it about the patient asked. "Oh, this is Bahmhl," said the librarian. "It's about a girl who married a man without his bavins anything to say about It." "Hold on there," shoutfd the man whi had declined all booka. He raised himself un on hla elbow and reached out his hand.

"Give me that book. It's my autobiography" From a Bulletin of the American Library Association. REMEDY FOR INSOMNIA. The profesor of elocution was Instructing an antbiiloua young man In the art of public speaking. "When you have finished vonr lecture," he said, "bew gracefully and leave the platform on tiptoe." "Why on tiptoe?" queried the ambitious young man.

"b'o as not to wake the audience," replied the professor. Pittsburgh Chronlcla-Tele-srt ph. ron. and, to a certain extent, Mara suc we may can a Hun. Some griefs and worries, be it said, mv spirits have attacked; my car is frosen in the 6hed.

the radiator cracked; I have some fowls which should provide fresh benfrult by the keg, but 'they just let their duty slide they do not spring an egg. My stock ot coal is getting slim, and when for more I plead, the dealer savs, with visage grim, "Your standoff's gone that it will become a world port, might be ceeds iu tls devilish ambition yet, even In this has been at last defeated for. deeply pained to learn that their Judgment has been so Impugned, if they took the assertion seriously. Regardless of what the whereas he has separated a comparatively few famiiic-s tn rasny his greedl- ecss has aroused the ire of the world Chronicle would like to believe, tbe Los Angeles Harbor Is one of the great sure- to seed." let the winds of win I against him, and today the grest human cessful achievements ia tbe history of the family stands practically united in Its in tection to dethrone JJarg and. wresting ter blow! One thing I'm thankful for; I do not have to save the snow that vi may win the war.

WAXT UABOK. raciEc Coast. In Its concluding paragraph the Chron I on Sunday tlgt!" Xew York Har- a roof of blue sky for such as she and stud from biia big bloody sword, to use it only ded it with shimmering stars for lights, kle ahiwa some signs of repentance, for tt fcr the purpose of fTotectJa; humanity. -1.