The Charleston Daily Mail from Charleston, West Virginia • Page 6

PAGE SIX THE CHARLESTON DAILY MAID, SUNDAY MORXIXG, SEPTEMBER 15, 1935 The Charleston Daily Mail Walter E. Clark Ermlaiu Suadw SUBSCRIPTIONS: lUtw ot lubtcrlp- Uon other data to bo fauna on (im TELZFBOKIZS Dial Capitol 93-141 crlvau Dnncn connect- with 24 mm- vtdual autlona In th. buUdtnc. West Virginia: the Beautiful State SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1033 The Way of Dictatorship There is a potent lesson in dictatorships in the career ol Hucy Long.

In the state of Louisiana there was complete fascist government functioning under the guise of democracy and arrived at, gradually, through processes ostensibly democratic. The elections retained, the legislature anc judiciary were retained. The elections were a sham and the legislative and Judicial branches merely puppets subject to the dictation ol the administrative arm which, in this case, was Hucy Long. It was a condition arrived at in successive steps over a period of time in which the true democratic rights and functions of a democratic state were surrendered or destroyed, one by one, while the appearance of them was maintained. If a fascist government supplants the democracy of America we suppose it will come about in that way.

There would bo no armed revolution, or coup d'etat or march upon Washington to seize the capitol and set up a dictatorship. There would be no plebiscite on the question of one- man government vs. representative government. There, probably, would not even be a general consciousness of the transformation until it was too late. The form of a democracy would continue, but the reality of it would not.

Whether or not there is actual existence of that danger is a question of grave and deep concern to a great many people today. There can be no denying we have witnessed a part of the evolution. We have seen immense grants of power and money to a single individual who sought them (perhaps with justification) in the name of emergency. We have seen those powers perpetuated--indeed, in- creas-d--after the emergency had passed. We have seen them employed to satisfy the theories and even the whim of one man.

We have seen the independence of the legislative branch of the government destroyed, and the usefulness of the judicial branch threatened. Is it any wonder that men everywhere have a themselves how long that condition will continue, and to what lengths it may eventually go? This, we believe, is what those in both parties have in mind when they refer--as increasingly do--to the constitution. They do not propose, as some have claimed, tr- cancel out the benefits of the New Deal by invoking it (although none can deny them that right). They propose rather to maintain the form of democratic government which the constitution guarantees. It is a form of government which not biased exponents of the New Deal would dare, or care, to challenge; we hardly expect them to do so.

But in the unconscious drift toward a surrender of the rights and destruction of the functions of a democratic government while the form is maintained and the constitution ostensibly is in effect lies the greatest danger of dictatorship. It is a danger which can- rot be combatted so long as it is not recognized. Spoiling the Soup Whether we shall come to a condition where the government in so completely in charge of our lives as to regulate the making of soup for the evening meal is a matter upon which the negative might be upheld more easily than the affirmative. We arc a long way from the communal kitchen; it is interesting nevertheless to discover what might happen if we ever come to it. An incident in Russia, where community kitchens are reality, Indicates a difficulty in carrying out the idea.

Two women who, by reason of state arrangements, found it necessary to boil their -soup In adjoining kettles, had reached that stage of hatred whei pulling would have been in order, except that they kept it bobbed too short. They fumed and fussed and spat while the soup boiled and bubbled. One thought to get the best of her enemy by surreptitiously dropping a few cigarettes in the other's soup. In retaliation the recipient of the cigarette broth seasoned her enemy's soup with a handful of moth balls. At this Juncture the Rovcrn- in.

It seems that wrvth if thf lomha Hints micnt terminntcd In the ultimate expression of extreme or even fatal violence without severe official interruption. But when the community roup was ruined it was a cause for formal action. Food had been destroyed, the government obstructed and one of the seemingly endless scries of five- year plans damaged. The women were sent to jai! for a year paying a penalty for a crime whose seriousness is illustrated by comparison with a law of the United States: It was the same penalty that might be invoked against an American farmer for raising too many potatoes! Rugged Individualists Afoot A gentleman of the town who holds to the old-fashioned idea that man should travel as God intended, on foot, has complained to us about the difficulties of pedestrian locomotion on Charleston's sidewalks. He contends, to begin with, that the ordinary courtesies of the road should govern the sidewalk as well as the highway.

He points out that the fundamental law of the road is that all persons keep to the right, and that the second of automobile travel is not to hog the road. These laws, he observes, arc cither unknown to or ignored by the uscis of downtown sidewalks with the result that pedestrian congestion upon them is even worse (if that can be) than vehicular congestion in the streets. It leads him to the conclusion, gained by a comparison with other cities in which he has visited, that Charleston (this hurts) is the "worst hick town in the U. S. Our friend cites concrete (sic) examples in support of his bitter thesis.

He says that quite commonly men, women, boys or girls stroll unconcernedly down the left-hand side of a narrow sidewalk, blocking the way for persons traveling in an opposite direction on the right-hand side. He says it is a common occurrence for groups of shoppers to walk four abreast, successfully monopolizing all of the walkway and causing others to step into the gutter. It is further customary, he avers, for these squadrons to travel at a barely perceptible rate of speed, thus impeding the movement of those going the same way as well as those going in opposite direction. He says finally it is an ordinary business for groups of people to stop for converse in the middle of the sidewalk and, if numerically strong enough, to halt all progress for minutes at a time. All of these things, our friend views, if not with alarm, at least with a deep and unconcealed annoyance.

He thinks we should Do Something About It. Concerning our ability ko to do we arc nine parts skeptical and one part pessimistic. In the manner in which its motorists pilot their machines about the streets and its prdcs- trians wend their way over the sHcwalks, Charleston is pre-eminently a city of rugged individualists, revolmr in catch-as-catch- Cdn systems of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. They would defy, fear, even the best efforts of Professor Tugwell to regiment them--much less 'the feeble nt- omrjl nt nnfirrrnrj Torv III' ourself. Wonders of Diplomacy It is possible one might learn something new of international diplomacy every day of his life and barely skim the surface of all there is to know nnout it.

There is a fine lesson today. Speaking at a luncheon honor of a Japanese good-will mission to Australia, the president of the Victoria legislative council declared in a remarkable combination of guile and frankness: We wish woll whlln she confines her expansion a and northward but not southward For jcars we- have realized that one of thr most energetic and ambitious races is ovm flow Ing her borders. They should not cime In our direction. It should put an idea into the heads of the Russians and the inesjc, who happen to lie in the path of a Japanese expansion northward or westward. Why not, jnstcad of opposing Japanese imperialism, express, their symrjathy for the problem confronting this 'energetic and ambitious race" and politely suggest that the Japanese turn their attention soiitli- waid? Japanese comments in reply should he deeply interesting.

Miss Mary McElroy of Kansas City will study law. We suppose she was impressed with her initial victory at the bar, which was in obtaining commutation of the sentence of her convicted kidnaper. The "lost warning" has been sent to Italy by a combination of nearly nil Einope.in nations We lope it uas last but not least. Handyman A i Vint 11 Slaying--Headline. Must have iccn handy, all right Dcfcndants'Dcny Fraud Probably didn't it was loaded.

Jobless marchers in Minneapolis were dispersed by gas. The usual tot uir? In West Virginia Editors of the State on Matters of Importance Six Cents the Huntmgton Herald- Misuse of the state's postage meter in broadcasting announcement a Democratic meeting, exposed by The Herald-Dispatch, and the subse qucnt action of State Auditor Sims in refunding six cents nccompanlcc by facetious comment, has insplrct a variety of comment by West Virginia newspapers Noting the incident Editor Fischer of the Parkcri-burg Scntitie observes that "'Auditor Sims handled the situation tactfully" and concludes i trust that he took to task the careless state ee who did not hesitate to use state postage for i a purposes" As far as the public is, aware, the "caicless stale cmplojc" i any "taking to task' to i the auditor may have submitted him In any event, the auditor devoted his public utterances to his six-cent tc- fund, saying nothing of a i held cnvonc to accountability. As a gesture in closing the stamp incident. The Herald-Dispatch cs- tciday icceivcd formal notification by letter from the state- auditor's office that Mr. Sims had cut into li personal wealth to the extent of six cents to icimbur.sc the state treasiny (or two stamps i he said he found constituted the extent ot mis use.

Incidentally, the envelope in i the letter was unclosed is a standard postoldce envelop, not ic quiring the state meter postage, so Mr. Sims really has dug Into his pocket for nine cents in his dcspei- ation squaio accounts. The Sales Tax (From the Coal Valle-v Wo arc sorry to sec the leader ship In Labor taking a stand for the repeal of tile consumer tax-or lather against its, re-enactment. Fiankly such a position appeals to us as one lacking vcrv much in foresight. There are only i majoi sources of taxation 1.

2. Business, and 'J. The individual Tax on propel has bee-i limited by an uircndmcnt to the constitution. Business taxed as as it ought to be taxed--as, also, in our judgment, is the individual. Ihe tax on the individual is per- so.ial Income and coiwimci -sales To raise- the pcison.il income- tax ex emption as to exclude most la boring men'i not be- particularly objectionable as the lo of taxes would not cxcce-d $500000 to Sl.OOOOOO.

i might be ic- stoted in the main Increasing the latcs in the upper brackets But to abandon the consumer sale tax would mean the annual loss of $11500,000 to the state- The itate could not meet this loss i other taxes, nor (or could) the budget be cut to meet it. When we say that the budget would" not be cut to meet such a le- duction in taxca, mean that such not be. done, either Demonal.s, Hc'publicans or Socialists. Legislator wili not vote to abandon schools or institutions and not even labor representatives i take the poo iion that state ccs shall lor than a rci- sonablc- v. age'.

A Warning i i Wheeling The Dcmoeiacv John J. Coin- well never has been questioned He long has been high the councils of the Democratic ow us one of the most i i i Democratic newspapers in West Virginii--the I a hire ncv.ew. He long has been high in the councils ot the Democratic party. So John Cornwell as he did at the Ft. llcnrv club that the current danger of successful attack on the constitution of the United States is the- mo-st serious menace of the clav, lie cannot bo dismissed as a i a Hilt- finder eigcr lo up a campaign Issue- In adilrcs ing a group ot birmcsi men assembled for the Allegheny Regional A i Board cunfcie- cncc, Governor Col nw ell exprc-'sed deep concein foi Amencan principles as embodied in and safe-guarded bv the- constitution as Slrcssing the security i Americans feel in the present arrangement by i the- Supreme court the of legislation, he said Tiie prospect of a successful campaign t( amend out constitution as lo take i i i thi poop'u thcMj safeguards, to so it that any act or 1 lu i i congress nejl be ti ted as ti its a it is tod i no matter how confiscate)! of properly 01 rcstiietivc- eil human i i eniltl make it more- than probable- thai ce i until it l.epsi i into a panic- that make Ihat nf a I'MI look pale and in- i i i a That's aboul .1, plain a i i as could be founded.

And a against President Rimst-vcll and those who a exerted the most influence in his a i i a i 'Ilieii- LS no teeiet about Mr Itonscvi.lt fi clings toward the- constitution and the com I. made- that plain in his famous hoise and i iticism of the NHA eloeision Ttieie- i mi secret abeiut how i ad- mimstiation tmigiesMiion and tois ibout the same illbji et. Alidy some of them have inttoeliieed or advocated staliitoiy or constitutional amendments tu restnct the liowcr of the supreme i And It lias been broadly hinted by no less an authority than the President lum- scl', thai a campaign to amend the constitution along the lines suggested may be launched by this administration Twelfth Birthtljy I i Morg.intown Peistl With it September issue the West i i Heview published a i i by Phil Conlcj, complete 11! a of i i i i ami unintcr- inptcd i a i is a distinct i the only one erf its kind the United Stales, devoted and cxelu-lvely lo the In- tcrc'ts of the people of West Virginia Mr Conle had the vision to believe lime was. a field for such a magazine in tin a a(tci 12 vcars of inert a mjr i he is en- itlcd lo the s.iti i III it i faith las been more than i i Affairs of State AND THE STATE Or ArrAnts There is a move on foot lo a Chief Gibson rcinstalcd as the Charleston chief of police It woulc be done by having Mayor Dawson refuse to accept his resignation. I (the resignation) has not been formally accepted, and the suggestion has been made to the mnor that he reject it and put Gibson back at the head ot the dc-aprtment.

Gibson himself like the chance. To His friends con. tend a at no time Go in during his brief ten. Training enough "physically take care of the Job. They claim that he tried to, how, and the result was a strain which laid linn low.

The plan now be far "fled' to lake lest for couple ot weeks and return lo the force on September I as Its chief. His physician they h.ib approved this ant holds that piopc-r conditioning period would put him in Number One shape. The mavor has remained officially silent, but is suuposed to bo sounding out some of Ins friends and advisers on the possible reac- lion Alex Gates, who himself has been mentioned for chief, 1 promoting the plan to a Gibson icinslated. But Not for Us There is not much eicdence hcie in Ihe report that Charleston ho chosen as the site for the administra- i offices of the new coal control act. It is pointed out that they prob.

ablv i be located in Washington, and a if not, Pittsburgh would have the weight of the politicians who the plan behind its claim for them. Charles, ton coal men, for the most pait, opposed the Gtiffcy bill. Six That the use of state postigc lor i i a -Cent political purposes should be a I the a i office is one of the little iiomcs of holding public i Most of the political success of auditor Suns stems from the extravagance (allegedi in i of his predecessor, and opponent, Mr Lawson. The $40 wastebaske-l and elegant spitoon i wl.ich the i auditor e- suite (at a of the Suns mpili.li a i the a a doll-irs is the theme 'one; the election and its di.lci tone i i i in a i i of a i I Came the a and eh A Negro employee in the atidi' tors office out i a lettci.s a i i a Democratic political meeting at Huntington He used office 'ationerv and the letters i metcred in tnc state tmilirg office 1 Thev (ell mlo the mrio of the Huntmgton Herald Di (Ilep Expose- They photo- i a ind printed to show how the- a i office a a i the taxp.ncrs pennies The a i i a a i of the rents or the a used or misused) bv Mr Sims himself to the st ite II sent a pel on il fot that a and a llowc'iv k-ttci to his chief clerk deploring the incident and a i the i a of Republic i It got a lot publicity, but it is still i moot quo tior. Mi Sin profited, or lost the i i A.

You gt a kick out of a i Dr Capitol McClue, tin he ilth rommtssioni i Kamoier ln lt) out i two patients One i a and the other tables And to hear his comments on the- questions the department is called upon to a A sample C.n one get rabies from trinking milk from a rabid cow It a he-en a imple- qut stlon, except tint authorities in exact riisagieemcnt over the answ.iv, and to be he recommei.ried im- i a i Pit Hcicom de- lares his a i i i i i i alone that I'm beginning to get suspicion' He- II taper a hit he Pat a i i i the children's picnic he gave in Huntington We had 17 strcrt-t ar lends." he said What stale police captain didn't gel his new Inrs for two weeks because the supply grant, who was on vacation, had 'cm locked up in the safe" IP P.ICK and A i dep irtmei.t of education i i their a a i plans matte Thev 11 sail fnr Cub i New York on Hie I i i Duw in the b.iscmonl lor the More time in the 111 a a i i i the 71- of the- i i i i aboul which he Ind bet i i fm leeks and i i lo Iran i a i a history ilepartinent tn the I'enit nt, anil a ing of plasterers, i and no-v an- it i i Ing the a up Compile atf el a i i i i i i is being in- Inch also i tnkc a of the i i suite iipst.ius A port- th it i i was In the i i h.is he i le- lovotl A i i i to i 'iinningham it the ft el i Illc- dllpped. bet all tin re a it fan to the air in eiiculation Olio a i elevator is plat cd that not one pel son a hundred ibotit it, mile le-ss tides it, anil i n't much foi the operator to do but doze and meditate. Tlio other day 1. O'- tfe.ile. the PWA maii, was forced to ride- the hidden i bt ause the automatic cle-vatoi he a las out of order "I fi el like Ihe ope a i a i foi i i him I take this alor," be- 'aid 'Ihe liquor oinmision is nnsidermg establish- ig a sttire foi Negi oc.i only at Kun- McDowell i i i A delegation if i gentlemen a upon he beverage barons icec'iitly VMth rcquc.sl that the) do so OUT Several exiled Eitiope.in kings ire to ge-t back on i Jobs ml they i the i all clut- ei cd up i dictaU)i3 and professional Hotels.

Some Morals Hucy Long an Example of Fascist Method From the New York Times Of Huey Long personally It is no longer necessary to speak except i charity. His motives, his char- actci, a passed beyond human judgment. People will long talk of his picturesque career and extraordinary individual qualities He carried daring to the point of audacity. He did not hesitate to flaunt hi: great personal vainglory in public This he would probably have defended both as a form of self-confidence, and a means of impressing the public. He had a knack of al- vvajs getting into the picture, and often bursting out of Hi frame Theic would be no end If one were to try to enumerate all his traits, so distinct and so of color.

He succeeded establishing a legend about himself--a legend of invincibility--which It will be hard to dli- sipnlc. It Is to Senator Long nj a public man. rather than ns 8 dashins a i that the thoughts of Americans should chiefly turn as his tragic death cxtinguisheth envy. What he did and a he promised to do are of political instruction and aho of a i In his own state of Louisiana he shoucd how it possible to destroy self-government i maintaining Its ostensible and legal form. He made himself an unquestioned dictator, thrush a state legislature was still elected by a nominally free people, as was also a governor, who was, however, nothing but a dummy for Huey Long In reality, Senator Long! set up Fascist government In Louisiana It was disguised, but only tfiin- ly Thrre was no outward appearance ot a revolution, no march of Black Shirts upon H.iton but the effectual tesult was to lodge! all Ihe power of the state in the hands of one man.

If Fascism comes to the United States it i come in something like a a No one i set him- up as an a dictator, but if he can succeed In dictating cverj- thing, the name docs not matter Laws and constitutions guaranteeing liberlj and i i i a rights may rc-min on the stntutc books, but the life i i gone out of them Ins i i i may be- ele-s-ignated as before, but i a become only shells. We thus have an Indication ot the at i Amerl- i in i a must be eternal if it desires to i a the subtle Inroads of the Fascist spirit There is no need to be on the a for a i a leader to rise up and call upon his followers to march on Washington No such sinister figure is i to nppeir The danger is, as Senn'or demonstrated in uisi.mi, that freedom may bf done a a Ith in the name of cf- ficiencv and a strong paternal government Si Long career is abo a re- i i iratcriil for the agilitor and the demagogue is a a ample in this countrv He? found It and a upon it skillfully, first of all in i a be called the lower of soeietv ill Louisiana. Aft- crw ird. he- began to swell ith a i il ambition, and cast about for a i cr, he found It, or thought he did in his vague for- miila.s, never worked out, about the i i i of i For a time he seemed this a to be about to i i and a a great i of followers, or nt least endnr ers in the cities of this There is reason to be- i tint his hold upon them was i taxing before his ass isslnatlon Main observers that he hail issctl the peak of his national i nee Be that as it may, the moral of his remarkable a in politics remains the same It tint in the United Stiles we a to re-cdueite iclv geneiation in the a i of and in the principles of sound fin incc And must a leaders able to defend the faith that is in them hen such masses of people are all ton to run a a profe-cd mirnrle-worker, it is essential tint a a minds to confront the ignorant, to te the credulous the error of their a and to keep i and freili the true i a i tion of democracy in i this a cradled and brought to i DEMONSTRATION Pictures Tli.it Pay Stinrt in Collier's Man) people in wood i tell a the three top directors ire Italian. La Cava and Cnpr.i nut in Hollywood "The Little Wop," onc in wood hc.ns it th it that means Frank Caprn.

And nobody's offended, even Ihe i i a Cnpra Isn't Some twe ycirs ago Capia got us (irst job in i pictures. He was water hov, or something equ il- ly important on the old Christie lot Ills is not Ihe a the press, del i i i put out sloiles about. iiiiour doesn't mike Frank Capra: lie i glamom, and the shrewd business heads of i a studios play Inso-ln-thr-uositni poker to get him, i i a i their miles, i to Foi he not only makes i he makes pie-turps Hint n.il Not only is be rated Ihe i i of the moguls us at least half million dollars i to any studio a gets him, nt i spiinc; he was i i a i as the ace of all ducclnrs the Academy of Motion Picnics Arts and Sciences aw anted lim, fur It Happened One Night," he- golel stntuolte for the biggest i i i a achievement of the last a 1 I A I Wmona i i I Hoi aid i eif great men also remind 11 a planks are things a candi- lalc em before election and sits de)wn on aflcrwaids. Fiom the Lexington Herald It is contended that the ready inel a remver.salionalist nilit people think, but it do pi nt a it Is some ot them nakc us think. SAID VOU COOU? CATCH HIM IFI LEFT you -MOW PROVE Tales Told in Our Town The proprietor of a establishment remembers "way back when." He has pasted on the a a gold-tinted, ragged piece of imitation i bears an announcement of an appearance of noscoe a A i at the old Apnlln Theater, in Charleston.

On the corners of the bill In large letters appeals Apple- homemade kind --did 5oil make Did a to itand all day and utir it, being i careful not to let it burn nr scorch and then a to cat it sec it in standing and stirring, life tie rv d.i until could i sleep--or sec ourself a huge coppci kettle stirring, i i as if jcnded on it had much rather be out hunting quirrcls orl rabbits or going mil ling' The approach of the fall recalls those memories to the minds of many--those i i memories of the applc-buttei-stirring Many Charleston men, whose earliest recollections were those on a remember, at i time of the as stcrs. had to go to the woodpile and cut enough wood to last all day. Worse a that, had to land all dav bv a huge copper kcl tie, keep a small lire under it and stir It all rt.ij, fiom in the moming until tint night the kettle of cut-up apples had cooked i and apple butter was the result. Making of good home-made apple butter is an art that has been lost rxee pt to a few country folk who had rather make it al home than get it from Ihe store In If The (ire can be too hot or il scorches on the bottom and that's just too had because it means i timed of apple buttei and usu illy a You can hardly slop i i it because if do it is li iblc lo or burn, and loo bad It has to be done in a copper kettle because the apples take Ihe taste of any other metal A ooelen paddle, cut out i a plank ill the woodshed. Is absolutely the best i to stir it i in fact, it miikcs all the i ence in the between just fair apple butter and good apple butler.

Good home-miidc apple butter cannot be equaled for its taste, and aroma. Spread nvor a thick piece of bread and buttei, there is nothing better. Screams lint would do credit to the wildest Apache I i a of the old- timo Indian "fightm" a a been coming from one section of tnc i a of the Shcesley Shows lit the a i i i Ibis last week. Thai one section of Ihe fail ground i a i i the Loop- O-Plane' nde is located What this i ide doesn't take up in space, it certainly makes up in screams--more mining i il in a minute than any of the lest, possibly i one exception. In an hour.

This inacliinp is compospel of one a i a loiind i a i about thiec feet in diameter and extends into 11 c- air about Pi feel. Attached to cilhei side of this i a i long steel arms extend i to the 1 gioiind On the end of a arm is a boat-like comcyancc that holds font people The ride iself is apeinlcd by a small olec ti ic inotoi. When the operator stalls the ma- cliino. the long arms stall swinging a and foith, in opposite turns, to balance the mlo Higher and higher go the aims controlling the speed of the electric- motor, the npe-ialor le-ls them get all the way to tin- top so thai the occupants in Die a on the ai ms, al hanging heads Slowly, the arms i back i out going nil Ihe way over. The next time, i tot rifle 700111, the baskets go all the way over, like an airplane doing a loop.

This Is when the fun begins. All in nil, though, this ride is probably the most on the miriwav. Another one, though, that flings Mu around and i i i i i at i i speed and then bumps and jars through a covered tunnel, leaves jou weak and shaking at the knees It was trouble of going to the fairgrounds though just to listen to the i a barkers, which Is an absolute art. How those fellows can stand all day and most of the night, spieling Into a microphone, speaking ncqily continuously, saying a thousand words about some-thing that could be amply covered i a half dozen, and then sa.vmg them over again, is a to most people and worth time just to listen to them. "Here are folks, this mammoth, gigantic, unbelievable exhibit, all for the price of one dime, ten cents, a tenth part of a dollar, don't fail to sec It folks', and so on into the night.

If cats didn't a so many spare lives, a certain tiger-striped kitten owned by a Charleston woman would have become discouraged one day last week. The kitten was chased by dogs Iw Ice, barely csca Ing up a tree both times. After the excitement from this had subsided, the cat took a nap on the living- room couch, and the woman sat on him. After this was forgotten, the eat became entangled i something hot and badly burnt his paw. Proving, if that even a cat has his das everything goes wrong.

Not so long ago Dr. -had unexpectedly been Invited to attend dinner at the home of and Mrs. Mrs. told tier husband and three chuJ.en that she didn't a time to p.epMC a des sert for the meal, but had one slice of apple pic left from yesterday's dinner anei for them to be sure to say they didn't care for dessert, so she would have it to give to the doctor. When the first course of the meal had been served.

Mrs. asked Dr. if he would have a piece of pie. The guest, ippirently too from the rest ot the dinner, turned the pic down. Mrs.

after asking her three children, who likewise refused th' pic as instructed, asked the husband if he cared for a pie, "sura I never turn good old apple pie it's my a i dessert," said Mr. As the story goes. Dr. after seeing how delicious the pic appeared to be asked if he coultl change bis mind and have a slice of pie too. You can use our own Imagination for the final chapter.

Familiarity should breed knewl- least in the realm of the kitchen. A cook a certain cafe in town which is as the dog- wagon" to its patrons says he has been preparing foods for seven but continues to tell an ear of corn still has him guessing as to or not it was boiled be- he ate It. One- night late, he relates, his customcis were all out and he a lull before another rush, he became hungty. He looked about and theto, on the steam 'table, was a plate i two ears of i on it He puked one ear up, looked at it and could not decide or not it had been boiled. Thu longer he looked, the more a i he became It looked like it was ready to eat and still he was dubious.

Finally hunger overcame all other thoughts and he ate It. Not even the a he laughingly lolls, could tell him whether or not the- corn hnd he-en boiled. And he continues In over the matter and i elate the Incident to customers. Has the- good old fashioned mol- Insses gone out of or has it just been misplaced? Last week i a prominent ladv entered one of the large groceries and asked for a can ot block molasses the cleik looked puzzled and after showing the customer nil kinds of so ip, soap pow dcrs, codec and beans picked up a can of the molasse-s. "Oh 1 Is that what Jou wanted?" said the clcik.

i Nobility True worth is in being, not teeming: In doing each day that goes by Some little good--not In dreaming Of great things to do by and by. For whatever men say In their blindness And spite of the fancies ot youth, Theie's nothing so kingly as kindness And nothing so royal as truth. Wc get back our mete as we measure; Wc cannot do wrong and feel right. Nor can give pain and gain pleasure, For justice avenges each slight. The air for the wing of the sparrow.

The bush for the robin and wren. But always the path that Is narrow And straight lor the children of men. Through envy. I through malice, through hating. Against the world early and late.

No Jot of our courage abating. Our part Is to work and to wait. And slight Is the'sting ot his trouble Whoc winnings are less than hit worth; I For he who is honest Is noble. Whatever his fortunes or birth. --Alice Gary in the Washington Post.

Upland Acres Seas that were grassland, continents of corn, Islands of clover drenched with tides of dew. And coasts of warm grain made the world I knew. The drowsy, golden place where I was born. But now in the sparse uplands I call home Maple and beech let fall their colored leaves. Swallows forsake the windy, slanting eaves Of ancient barns and hurry south.

The loam And lushnc3 of the prairie are dream Almost forgotten. I am now a part Of twisted apple tree, sky, narrow stream, Rocky and swift. Such peace as fills my heart Is born In the blood, bred In the stubborn bones Of men who till old hillsides, harsh i stones. --Leona Ames Hill In the New York Sun. Clock in a Church Tower A little bronze gnome Without any ecs Has a As a man in size.

He has a round disk As big as Ihe moon. Suspended between The midnight and noon. The little bronre gnome Has not any cnrs; He beats on the disk And another hears. The little bronie gnome Knows nothing of love; He pounds out the hours In the spire above. The little bronze gnome Beats twelve strokes--then one-If Invc shall not last.

Shall pain, too, be done? '--Nancy Tel fair In the New York Youth LWSFAFLRI There It hung In the hall, one sleeve out-curved, The great rough coat I've seen him wear Ever so often: and now It I dared-Then I laid my check for a moment there Just i the big sleeve met the shoulder slope. In the very place that I've longed for so; And I gave It softly the least little kiss. dear, dear coat, he must never know! --Mary Eliza Starbuck in The Harpoon. WSPAPtRI.