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nii mtooKiAW daily yohk, siwday. fkbiujakv A lie tint, i 1 1 ii .1 pit that I'-i IT ALL DLl'KNDS- pieces ttlili the idea of deodorizing 1 belli. Now Mr. Di'iidy wants the slime pritilcge. He objects lo Ihe sort of iliscrlniiiial Ion being exer mission thai it ceililie these pay.

lolls II liett 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I inn Sllll "ill II' I'l'nlighl at iinic, III many mallei's our modern civil-iznlinii, especially urban eit iliznlinn. has lo give much leeway In health di part incuts, but the plea nf "enier-gi'Mcy" may be overworked. It was Wit tlQMTlMSAJOBISWOi('' AND OTHER jfs PLAY CURRENT COMMENT By II. V. KALTENBORN' hull nf 1'ii-ia dis.ina 1 ing ai tile long ili-llllec In llsi- le 11 11 ici-lll lit Teliel II II Il Is vi ij in six ll ll.TilMI IIIIO ics.

nearly a third of nil Soul 1 1 been sold and changed iurehjtsers 11 re outsiders. These sellers are I lie canny ones. "Hnrah. the Idol of Moscow," is a 1 onleiopoia 11 's cabled news Item. Say "Ikon." if please.

And el In Washington the Idaho man i lather known as 11 11 leonoelasi. We thought Germans had nil the burdens they could well carry, bur liiey are now clamoring for a pro-lective tariff. An established tolerance for hurden-liearliij; is apparent. AN EXTRAORDINARY PROCEDURE. Senator Borah does well lo ask Secretary Hughes for an explanation of the alleged "muzzling'' of Count Michael Karolyi during his visit to thin country.

Since I lie. question vm raised tin- uuoiticlal and roundabout 'Intciucnls from the State Depart, incut, and the While House bate been more damaging ban To say thai Count Karolyi consented tn his muzzling is l.ol a siitticient Justification for this eMraordinary procedure, and the public has a right lo know why gag should not be removed. Coitul Karolyi is a distinguished Hungarian, whose liberalism brought him Into (ironilnence before the war. He was a thorn In the flesh of the old Hapsburg regime and opposed I he policy of the Central Empires during the war. He helped to bring about the collapse of the Dual Monarchy and lo end the war.

When this collapse took place he became the lirst President, of the Hungarian Republic. While he js a liberal. Count Karolyi is not a Red. He was over, thrown by the Reds. But with the ousting of the Reds ami the selling up of the Horthy dictatorship the former President became a dangerous rival of the Hungarian reactionaries.

Admiral Horthy, who has been tint absolute dictator of Hungary ever since, has done his utmost to discredit Count Karolyi. When the Count fled lo Italy Horthy caused him to be driven out by representing liliu to lie a radical Red. For the past two years Count Karolyi lias found asylum in England. It is said that when the Countess recently came to the United States her husband was refused permission to accompany her. When she became ill here he again sought permission to come.

It was then that, he is supposed to have agreed to refrain from speaking or writing 011 political matters while here. Perhaps nothing would have be-come known regarding this unusual pledge if Horthy partisans- in this country had not attacked Count Karolyi through the press. When he failed to answer these attacks it was learned that he was muzzled. Furthermore, when his attorneys went to Washington and tried to get the State Department to release him from his pledge of sileiice this permission was refused. We are not concerned in the poll-I'cs of Hungary.

Although the Hoi-thy regime is about as tyrannical as any thai has existed in Europe since the war. il not our business to oppose il. But it becomes a matter of public concern when the Stak-Department undertakes to silence a distinguished visitor for no apparent reason except that the government in power in a foreign country wants him silenced. Such action Is contrary lo Ihe oluV est tradition of the United States, Is It necessary on Washington's Birthday's to rcmifld so scholarly man as Charles Evans Hughes that tlie United Slates was once regarded a the hope of the oppressed of the etiilh, and thai the most famous po-lilical exiles have always been grant, ed asylum on these shores? Has he forgotten Count Karolyi's country man. Kossitlh.

who received a we. come here? Mr. Hughes is shortly lo leave office after rendering distinguished "rtice as Secretary of Slate, il would be unfortunate If he should re. lire before be gives a satisfactory explanation of the case of Counl Karolyi and makes all possible amends, the least of which should be the unmuzzling of a man who has a light lo breathe a little free American air unfettered by a political gag. A MERIT S.YSTEM DECISION.

Though the taxpayers have no pres-1 til remedy. 110 way of getting back 1 be cash, it must be rather unpleasant for United States Senator Copeland to learn of a decision of the Appellate Division of the First District holding thai under bis administration of the Health Department of Now York Cily a year as illegally paid out to 1(1!) persons, put In as salary drawers in defiance of the Civil Sen-, ice Law. An Injunction was denied lo Mrs. Ellen Shaw Barlow, vice pres. incut of a civic organization, who brought Ihe proceedings, only on tin ground that all the services of these people had been terminated, and the issue tt as "academic." mid Mr.

Justice Merrell. who wrote Ihe opinion, In which the four other Justices con. ciirred. declared that au i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 ii nli I be Issuable ill case there slnmM I any lineal of future similar nr. inn by the Board of Health.

I The Civil Service Reform 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 irKoy mil il sfntpinniit tlcn siin January 1 inoro than 2iKl similar appointment have actually been made by the present Health Depart, nent, and promises to serve noticr (ii the Municipal Civil Suffice Com. cised by Ihe District Attorney anil bus a right to oppose It. A 111 it' ll more serious objection Mr. Bunion's latest nltiluiie is lib I fa dure to discriminate bet ween piny that, can be rewritten overnight to keep the box 0IH1T open and plats I Inn cannot. Judging nun the heal of Mr.

Banton' remark, he reached the conclusion thai Eugene O'Neill's drama. "Desire I'nder the Eliits," Is lit Ihe same class as siieli theatrical claptrap as 'A Good Bad Woman" and "Ladies of Hie Etc-iilng." He could hardly have made a bigger mistake. 1 Eugene O'Neill is iicrhaps (be ablest playwright the American theater has so far produced. His plays are not written for the box office. Most of I hem, Including "Desire Under the Elms," arc In a tragic vein.

His work Is ns far removed from the exploitation of sensational ism for money a that of any living dramatist. If Mr. Banton Is unable lo realize this and to make a proper distinction when be come to consider the play, some one has told lit in are "liunioral" he Is sure lo make a butch of the Job of "cleaning up Broadway." tn any event, Mr. O'Neill -iiid the pro. (lucers of 'Desire Under Ihe Elms" should resist any and every "effort lo drive tlie play from the stage.

In such a fight Ibey should secure the siipiorf of every Intelligent student of the theater and the drama a well a those who cherish the traditions nf freedom for art. THE BUS REPORT. In recommending routes for bus lines Chairman Delaney of the Board of TraiisMirtatlon would appear to have abandoned several of Mayor Hylaii's transit fetishes. For instance. It is not certain Hint 11 fare would do for all lines.

This Is remarkable when one considers Hie unswerving stand of Mr. Hylaii for the 5-cent. fare on all rapid transit regardless of local circuui-sluin-e. And again, it I hinted rather broadly that, private operation may be necessar.v. Coming from a source as close to the Mayor as Is Mr.

Delnney and at. a time when City Hall is hoi'iig to embark 011 a cri-saije for municipal operation of subways, the recommendation is amazing. Of course, Mr. Delaney suggests that private operation should be resorted trf only iu the event that, the courts refusHto allow the city to operate the bus lines. In view of the fact, however, that Mr.

Hylan bus refused to allow new subways to be built unless they are to be operated hy the cily, no matter hotv great the emergency, one would think that in the interest, of his people be would prefer to refuse bus franchises, too. rather than let them fall Into corporation hands. There are other things about the report to be considered. In the outlying districts there can be no question of the propriety of usiug busses. But the cily proposes to go into competition In several traflie arteries with trolley lines already at work.

II might be said that the trolley sweepers will be useful and save the bus operators money by keeping open the routes in snowstorms. Elsewhere lilies are paralleled. This looks very bke nit attempt to destroy the business of existing carriers. So far as street congestion is concerned Mr. Delaney is only proposing to In crease it.

But what is the use of considering the report from a logical point of view? The sacrosanct. 5-eeiit fare is nnt necessarily applied to the Mayor's own projects. Street-congestion and unfair competition mean nothing nt till to him so long ns he. Is permitted to indulge in ids own fantastic whims as "a practical railroad man." Pri vate operation of public utilities Is only evil when he cannot house the operator himself. The -insincerity of his traction mand is revealed In clearer light.

Of course it is unthink able that Mr. Delaney is reiortlug contrary lo Mr. Hylan's policy. COMPETITIVE BIDS UPHELD. The ruling of the Appellate Division against William Wirt Mills.

Commissioner of Plant mid Structures, in the matter of noii.competl. live bids for repair work on niuuiei. pal ferries is something which is re-assuring to Ihe taxpayer. Mr. Mills claimed the Board of Estimate bad authorized hiin to proceed with repair work on the President Roosevelt without advertising- for bids.

James Shewnn Sons, asked for an injunction, restraining the ambitious Commissioner from proceed, ing wilh such a merry course. Jus. tice Dowllng. in making the ruling, reminded the defendant that "to per. ni It the conferring of such unrestrained power to award contracts by private favor and without regard to public competition would be to invite return of (he unfair and ills-astrous results to the city which Section 419 was meant to prevent." Mr.

Mills could not have been told in plainer langungo that the law will not permit him to revive practices so evil that even the practitioners had defense for them In the old days (if "boodle rings," etc. The principle of competitive bidding en Jobs above Is sound. It protects the taxpayer. Above all else. II is Ihe law, something to which Ihe Hun ni of Estimate mid the Com-mlslniicr of Plant and Structures are still amenable.

Although Ibis con-smut bulling of municipal heads against the legal stone wall does liai'in only to the butter, a citizen should be pardoned If he wonders at times what Corporation Counsel I Nlcholsou is doing In the execution I I I II I I'i- i U.il! 1 'I 1 1 Ij VS )i 1 .1 I I I'KKS-t KWS lit A 1 .1 1 i'il I'kkh i rn-tlil-il 111 tiIP iJsi. i' i UN nwi itmi.tfi li. 1 1 1. 1 in mil I In 'ii iijiii.t Mini Ulan Ih 1m 11 1 noun in' jmii iii.inii 111 igiil fi'lU lulled lie itn a.i iiinii iif 1 -iiulll linn 0 t.iet.nil il 1-1 nl me ic rf' veii I .1 1 1 1 14 1 n' Ion l.iifr 1- 1 lie fi 1 1 ,1 I'ai'-r II HI ln' I'lllli'il SlMlfl IIIUH Aflvirr mni; tlriiluin I Apiieieu' H-'beit I-' t'i -ilitehi. "avmtinij 1 i II 11 l.ii'lt, Vli(i A ntli'ii lli'ilei, Si'rulaiy.

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SCHSIKII'TlliX RAT KM Three I'unlR llail.v. h'tve L'eillH Bv Mnil i'ih-ioa l.l iihiihIi! Brooklyn.) I Union. 1111 1 1 it I ami Suinlai tHilv 011 1 1 MilKtay i5ei niuu imMi TltuiU'Uv n'hn N.ivai. Setunta'- Mill Tuew, 111 I Yi II 1 tf. iO I 1)0 4 1 till I K) I I ml I III 1.

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Iinlfl, Whili' House eeniiiiiny brings link lli common drinking k'H'" and I hi li-ihcs ill" cr cuii. For tin ra'i Mini frills nf iii'iifoMinmil hjgioiiis's. President Conlldge ha precious little Icllee. "Il is I rue." says a French inipre-sirln. tlml Mine.

Wulska was nul fervently received liy 11 Nice li -dice." Please capitalize properly, otherwise a fnluc liniircssiim i Gem run ami ilee'viuj; Demncrat" lime iviici mil tin- ilcrtfit In tin' raiiipiiisu fiiml. aiiiniiuliiii; In They arc not rnln. ami I be i 1 1 k. 1 1 1 it 1 1 i I traililinii nn'iins imlliiii lit all In tiicni. A ili'lccalimi nr Western caillc.

rulsrrs illiln't lliluk iinicli (if the luills en Sheet. Hotvefpr, Eastern tnethods of watering Ftm were approved. Tlie Oiricleninlltii are al-tvay. ready tn learn. A Newark man wild regularly drinks twelve ciiis (if coffee a day lias lie impertinence to write lo Sec-cretary Hoover and claim a If the fpirit of Roosevelt and self-restrainl is Mill abroad in tlie land be will be duly rebuked.

The informal proposition to make ('baric Evans Hushes the Will Hays or Judge Landis or czar of religious education in the United States is timely. The world doesn't know yet whether Hushes is a Modernist or a Fundamentalist, and thai. Is a vital matter. After standing 01 year, and being mill used as a residence, the Van I'clt house Eighteenth avenue and Eighty. first street i valued in con-'rlemnalion proceedings at has no part in the advance of ('indcninalionisls' higher malho-maiics.

Unit's iiiiinigraliiiii (pinfa Is exhausted. Mussolini, we conjecture, is not greatly depressed. The South American coitlitrics are more inter, otcd in developing resourres than In developing and perpetuating labor trusts. They are glad lo get work-m who will work. Electric lights in the London Zoo in fug Men son please all creatures e.

eit the snakes. Perhaps if the Gar. ('en of Eden had beeu electrically lighted 110 hit ruder would have tempted Mother Eve. It the then-1'isiiiii and the sclent isi sellle that licttvcn themselves. Permit us In congratulate Mrs.

rioreiice P. K11I111. widow of Julius Kahn. on her election in the Knurl ti California District to nil her late hits, hand's place as Representative in I'migies. He was an energetic patriot she must live up to a high slanil.ird In make gonil.

Phihiilelihians are told hy a Wharton School iiivcsiigaior thai factories allowing leii-ininutc rest periods have increased their efficiency by 10 per. ceiil. The temptation pi apply the 1 "If of three In lind nut what lOil-initiute rest periods would do must be sternly resisted by the logician. The New York Cily College now I'casts of ,111 enrolliiieiii of Hi.tinO. New York lnivei-sity.

we lieliev-, claims HS.iKni, Coluinliia about Gotham must have close to IJIMIIlO eolfege students altogether In In tniilsl. allowing for the other institutions, and no traces of lndlge. lion have yet materialized. Keiniiiisls have something lo took forward to in the "Eden" discovered Andre AtlnolT nf the Carnegie Museum force in Western Thibet, where each woman bus lite husbands, mid the -men lend I lie looms, for the cnly industry of rug weaving. Ma-cidine fidelity and iletofion held secure by the four of losing a Job can I crimps be found nowhere else on tarih.

mid divorces iiu1 itniliiukiilili If ii costs for llfli eu minute i conversation, ordinal conversation, between Pnlm Beach and New York, what should be the extra charge tt hen the wires are overheated? There's slill a score lo settle be ttveeu Mayor llylan and lite Tote. phone Company, Craig or no Craig. HI'XIHI ill Mi. K.H in eru oi'ked In 1 rase ill bar. In Ihe eye of the but and ill the view ol the courts, the nieril svslein 111II-1 appointments in lids a in ether city departments, mill evasion should be made Impossible.

We believe it can be made Impossible with this decision as a precedent. THE SALARY-CRAB BILL. Hustled through the United Stales in leu Jammed through the House of Representatives after some perfunctory deh.ite and without a roll call, the Salary-Grab Bill goes to the President, for approval or disapproval. Under lis terms Senators and Representative will dra tv from the Treasury apiece Instead of per annum. Also the Speaker of the House, the Vice President, and each member of Ihe Cabinet will draw $1." m) Instead of ijillMsMl.

'Most cnmmenlatnrs have agreed In stamping these taller pro. visions as mere, camouflage, the sitfnv.coating of, a bitter pill. The majority of Americana would lmt object to Ihe MC.IHW extra allowed to these highly responsible olllcers. The majority of Americans, as the House was warned by Mr. Crisp of Georgia, will resent Ihe taking of U40.0IH) of taxpayers' money for extra pay to men who ran for office and were iiiixioits to get ottice at the existing salary.

And, barring the two-thirds holdover Senators, this is true of ail the proposed beneficiaries of the grab. Republicans, Democrats and in-ill penile Ills. Conceivably, in November of IbJIi. the future salaries having been fixed 1 i IiI.iiihi, Pel Icr and more valuable men may seek to be Senators and Representatives. We do not know.

There are oilier Clemen's besides salary that enter into hiiiua'u ambitious, especially the ambit ions of men who are worth while. Bill Ihe men eleeled lasl November will be neither belter nor more valuable because they are cmiblciK lo draw more money. Hence Representative Black's prolKised amendment to start the increase with 10:17 was wholly logical, granted thai salaries are good public policy. However. In considering the measure as sent to him President.

Cool-idge will be bound to give some weight, to the way the House passed the bill, the cowardice shown in defying the demand for a roll call. Any member who regarded the bill as praiseworthy and waa giving it his honest support, even though on mistakcu judgment, should have been anxious to take a record position, anxious for a roll call. Such anxiety was conspicuous by its absence. It took 6S votes under the iuIcs to force a roll call, and Mr. Hlnnton could only muster CI mem-bers manly enough to take responsibility for what they were doing.

RIP VAN WINKLE IN STAINED CLASS. Executed in London, the Joseph Jefferson stained glass window that was unveiled in Ihe Church of the Transfiguration in Manhattan is doubtless a work of art worthy of al- lenlion. Just what the reaction of Bishop Manning will be we cannot tell. After the conflict with the Rev. Dr.

William Norman' Guthrie over secular art demonstrations, in a consecrated building, all things are possible. Jefferson is portrayed as Rip Van Wipkle, with his arm on the shoulder of George Holland, the actor, and the story of the naming of the place of worship "The Little Church Around the Corner" is brought out. When Holland died" several Episcopal churches refused to nccoinmndntc funeral services for him. Jefferson found the Transllgurntloii more liberal. From there Holland was buried.

"God bless the Little Church Around Ihe Corner." Jefferson's sentiment, appears under the Christ outside the Twenty-ninth street, lychgate. Actors and actresses have done much for the church and are slill doing much. In the stained glass window around the central figures there are flip Van Winkle scenes, the big drinking tank-ftrd, Ihe scolding wife, the dog Schneider and the spectral crew of the Hendrik Hudson. Secular? Of course, but with a strong appeal to human beings whose souls need to he saved. Hip Van Winkle did not bti-long to a Prohibition age.

Neither did Joe Jefferson. On the whole, most Americans, even most good churchmen, will believe that the elder Dr. Houghton bullded better than he knew when he extended the courtesies of his church to the Thespians who were mourning for George Holland. Perhaps there never was a lime when a good-faith entente between Church and Stage would have meant more than It would mean today. TIME TO MAKE DISTINCTIONS.

The Eagle has commended the altitude of DistrlctAttorney Biintou toward objectionable plays oer which so much pother is being made. He had disclaimed any desire to net as a censor anil when complaint was made to him in the case of "A Good Bad Woman" took the matter up with the producer and the latter Agreed lo withdraw the play. That was a seiisliile procedure. It seems, however, that Mr. Hnnluii is no! so much opposed to acting as a censor ns was nt first supposed.

After Inducing Mr. Brady to consent lo withdraw "A Good Bad Woman" Mr. Banton granted Mr, Belaseo tin pfhilcge of rewriting two of his United States consisted of three zoncH-the German sphere of influence, the negro sphere of influence and the red, Indian sphere of Intl. once, or so the distinguished Owen Wisfer told the world. Such obse.

sions ure not easily eliminated or eradicated. The Methueu Woolen Mill may make on inauguration suit for President Coolidge as per sample, but gifts are not In Ills line. He sends a check for the bill and express charges. Self, respecting Americans sympathize ffclly with his wholesome sentiment 'Twas a low-baronictor area we suppose that led E. B.

Dunn, "Farmer Dunn," to forsake the climate of the Broad Street Hospital. The friction with the hospital directors wiis only by-product, of weather conditions. The old forecaster now prefers pence rRl sunshine. Some of our past hanking troubles In Brooklyn are recalled by the of Premier King at Ottawa that depositors in the insolvent Home Bank of Canada, losers of have a moral claim on the State frr reimbursement. Whether this claim will be honored Is still tjXmalter of doubt.

Our New York precedent is not hopeful for the Canadians, It is Interesting to learn that Djld-(iah. a Red Sea port, the last stronghold of the King of the Hedjns. is being bombarded by the Wnlmblst Djlddnh is about forty miles from Mecca and Is where all sea-traveling pilgrims land, either for Mecca or Medina. The Wahabls. the Puritans of Moslemdom, have all the zeal and all the luck of American Prohibivl tionisls.

I The Cym nic luhio Stnle Journal. I Constant contact with our reformers makes a man skeptical and from all we can learn about, old Diogenes we often wonjjer if his continual talk bout searching for an honest man wasn't prompted to a considerable extent by a desire to detract attention from the ring he must have left around his tub every time he got oul of It. The Three R's I Birmingham New. I The American youth's three Us are aw: Ileadln', "ritln and radio. Rights of a Baby.

ENACTMENT 1 (f Ids office. Ordinarily a Counsel works to keep his clients out of difficulties. MY. Nicholson seems to rejoice In getting them Into court. 1 WOMEN VOTERS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

The House of Commons on Fridy rejected by a vote of 22t) to 133 the ptoposal of the Labor party to give the ballot to women who have attained the age of 21. Under the present Bi ltish system the ballot is de-nled to women until they have reached the age of 3d. a marked dls-crimination against the sex. Thl, however. not a defeat 'for Ihe principle of absolute equality.

Sir William Joynson-Hlcks. the Home Secretary, explained that any alteration in the franchise law at this time would necessitate a general elect Ion. something the Government desire to avoid. Ho promised that, if the Government remains in power in 11)27 a bill for equal suffrage would be then introduced. If women were placed on an equal-ity with men at this time they would outnumber the male voters in the British electorate as a whole.

They may outnumber the men when equal franchise privileges are conceded. That such privileges must be con ceded ultimately all parties now rec-ognlze. There la no reason for glv. ing the franchise to men of 21 and withholding it from women of 21. If.

political Intelligence sufficient to vote be presumed in one case it must l.e presumed in the other. It is un fortunate that political exigencies prevent the passage, of such legislation at this time, hut the delay will not be for long. Those lucky persons who saw the "Earl of Oxford and Asqulth" In his scarlet and ermine robe will never forget the spectacle. A British slate, man is like an American forest, gayest in color when the chill of autumn begins. Tammany manages to raise for Ihe half-slurring Irish $2,300, which forwarded without apology.

In Crok (r's time ten times that amount would have seemed small. The Wigwam receives precious little big gnine these day. The New Hampshire Legislature kills a bill to legalize Sunday sportf. But the annual hay-fever refugees nre not tvorrled. Their golf never has been Interfered with and never will be.

No black magic is at work the White Mountains. Massachusetts leads the world in ome tilings. She Is first to have the music of State prison convicts In a concert broadcast to a waiting world. So much self-expression was never before allowed to the beneficiaries of modern penology. Chief Creeping Bear tiinl sixteen other Indians bate just sailed for Germany (u be circus performers.

They will also take part in shows in Allies' territory. Everywhere, we suppose, they will be regarded a representative Americans of our old est, families. Before the war the Ger mans had an Impression conveyed to litem In the public schools that the a tvho rouse cannot always appease a civil convulsion, have disseminated, from an' Ignorance or perverion of facts, suspicions, jealousies and ac cusations of the whole Government. TEMPERATK In expression, broad In symnathy. seeking to understand even that which he could not accept, Washington deplored from the first the bitterness and rancor of party strife.

US! did not believe that the kind of political lighting now current In Xew York City over the Mayoralty was neccs-saiy or profitable. He says In the Immortal Farewell Address which Is his political testament to his people: "The spirit of party serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public' administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded Jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part apainst another: foments riot and Insurrection. It opens the door to foreign Influence end corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the Government Itself through the channels of parry passion. "in governments purely elective, it Is a spirit not to be encouraged.

From natural tendency It Is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose; and I here being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, bv force of public opinion, to mitigate i assuage It." IX WORLD affairs today there ars 1 two 1 great, depositaries of power- Geneva and Washington, Roth a re strong because they nre detached and impartial. America and ihe League h.tve neither allies nor enemies. Their strength lies in their aloofness. Washington, 130 years ago, anticipated that America would some day stand as an nrblt- at the crossways of I ho world and, hence, deplored nil plans 10 tie this country by definite alliance to some sin- gle land in Kurope. But he never urged selfish Isolation.

He only opposed special alliances with some specific part of Kurope. "Why," he asked, "by Interweaving our destiny. with that nf uny part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity In the tolls European ambition, rivalshlp, iuUr-est, humor, or caprice He would have urged membership In the League of Nations as the surest way. of maintaining that impartial benevolence towards all nations which ho urged ns the guiding star of America's foreign policy: "Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations are recommended by policy, humanity, and Interest Noth-, ing Is more essential than that permanent, Inveterate antipathies against particular nations and pas. slonato attachments for others should be excluded, and tint In plnco of them lust, and amicable feelings townrd'nll should be cultivated.

The nation which indulges toward another nn habitual hatred or an habitual fondness Is In some degree a slave. It Is a slave to Its or Its affection, either of which Is sufficient lo lead It (tsiray from its duly and Its Interest. "Observe good faith and Justic toward nil nations, peaes and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct. And can It be that good policy does not equally enjoin It? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, nnd at nit distant period ft great, nation to give to mankind the magnanimous and loo novel example of people slwsys guided by sn etslted Justice and benevolence," 1 ANY of us talk about George Washington, but how many of us read him? Less felicitous In language than Lincoln, he yet wrote beautiful English.

There is in his thoughts and words a fine old-fashioned a degree of sincerity and feeling that weights his meaning. Let us seek his counsel on some of the problems of our time, remembering that while conditions change the frailties of humankind and eternal principles endure. In his first annual address to his Kellow-Cittzens of the Senate and the House of Representalives In 1790 George Washington stressed thc-value and Importance of education In a republic. He says: "Nothing can belter deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge Is In every country the surest basis of public happiness.

In one In which the measures of government receive their Impression, so Immediately from the sense of the community as in ours It Is proportionately essential. To the security of a tree constitution It contributes tn various ways by convincing those who are entrusted with the public administration that every valuable end of government is best answered by the enlightened confidence of the people, and by teaching the people themselves to know and to value their own rights: to discern and provide ngalnst in vasions of them: to distinguish be tween oppression and the nccnasary exerciso of lawful authority; between burthens proceeding from a disregard of their convenience and those resulting from the Inevitable exigencies of society; to discriminate the spirit of liberty from that of licentiousnesscherishing the first, avoiding tho Inst and uniting a speedy hut temperate vigilance against encroachments, with an inviolable respect to the laws." HAT emphasis upon respect for the laws ocous again and again In Washington's writings and speeches. He, too, confronted "Whisky nebelllon," different in kind but as hostilo to law as the one now in progress. He culled out tho mllltla to enforce the laws and compelled obedience. In his Sixth Annual Message be comments on the event for the benefit of the country: "It has demonstrated that our prosperity rests on solid foundations, by furnishing nil additional proof that my fellow citizens under-stand the true principles of government rfhd liberty; that they feel their inseparable union: that notwithstanding all the devices which have been used to sway them from their Interest and duty they are now as ready lo maintain the authority of the laws agRinst.

licentious Invasions ns they ttc to defend their rights against usurpation. "To every description of citizens Indeed let praise be given. Hut let llem persevere In their affectionate vigilance over that precious depositing of American happiness, the Constitution of Ihe L'nlled Ktutes. Let them cherlfh It, too. for the Hike of those who.

from everv ellme, are dnlly seeking dwelling lit our land, "And when, In Ihe calm moments of reflection, they shall have retraced the origin und progress or the Insurrection, let thoni detarmlne whether It has not been fomented by combinations of men who, careless of the consequences and disregard ing the unerring truth that those T'Every child," sMys Mrs. Anna Garlin Stitncor, Columbia "ha four In-allenahle rlshta to wanted, to csrail tor, to ba educated, and to bo happy." Natt a. "The baby, new lo earth and sky," Envisaged once by Tennyson, Will grow to bate his school, anon, And face It with an angry eye. And If to childish happiness inalienable Is his right, One other right tt sceins lo blight, As nil logicians must confess. He can't have education's boon Cnless coercion makes him And man.

who's Just a grown-up lad, Discovers like conditions soon. The human race for bliss may thirst, Nor listen, meek, to lessons wise; But this one truth It can't dlsgufte "What's best, for man must tasto'the worst." J. A..