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'; B paused, then chattered briskly t
'& I "Well, there's one good old boy s
with our class for a while, back i
vBt?shniau year; I !:et we won't see t
? in any good old army ! Old rough- 1
}^^Lln*kl that you put the knob on (
!y;Bose for. Tomuile Hopper says he >
^Bhlm last summer In Chicago soapyellln'
his head off cussin' every I i
^B-nment under the sun, but mostly t
Ht Band the allies', you bet, and going
V Bn the eartb b-v revolution and rep- i
%^kntives of unskilled lubor lnunl- 1
' > -1 y that can read or write t
> vote, except LlnskL Tom- f
plj&fBPper says he knows all about t
he never did a day's work In e
?too busy trying to get the i
Ingmen stirred up against the peoat
exploit 'eui! Tommle says he
| big crowd to hear him, though, i
|k>k up quite a'little money for s
se' or something. Well, let him b
! I guess we can attend to him u
we get baek from over yonder. ?
orge, old Itam, I'm gettln' kind t
>py in the gills !'* He udminis- c
a resounding slap to his cow- c
shoulder. "It certainly looks us u
big days were walking toward s
a
? * t
pas right. The porieutous days r
)ii apace, and each one brought s
and greuter portent. The fuces s
u lost a driven look besetting
n the days of badgered waiting, 1
stead of that heavy apprehen- 11
le, saw the look men's faces must u
yorn in 1770 and 1861, und the *
of the old days grew clearer i'
new. The President went to ^
igress. and the true indictment >
Je there reached scoffing J*ots- v
Ith an unspoken propheyysome- ?
shilling even to Potsdam, one c
i?und theu through un April | e
vent almost quletty the steady u
we were at wajVwith Germany. |
I (bugles souiKjfctf across the eonti- 1
Wruiiis an/Q fifes played up uud H
Ihe city/streets and in towu and
I squiyfes and through the coun- j
kr^alntly in ull ears there was jl
Ufitudinous noise like distant, 11
r cheering . . . and a sound s
at was whyt Dora Yocum Jieurd, k
|ght, as she sat lonely in her
The bugles and fifes and drums
k?n heard about the streets of
lllege town, that day, and she v
|t she must die of them, they R
?r so, and now to be haunted by 1
aginary cheering?
(started. Was it Imaginary?
went downstairs and stood upon (
ps of the dormitory in the open
[o; the cheering was reul and
[It came from the direction of
Iwav station, and the night air
land beat with it.
iv her stood the aged Janitor of
lldiug, listening. "What's the
[g for?" she asked, remember- 0
illy that tlie janitor was one of i s
qualntances who had not yet ! ?
1 "speaking" to her. "What's j,
iter?" I j
n good matter," the old man f
ed. "I guess there must be n j
wd of 'em down there. One of ?
tudents enlisted today, and I j
givlif him a send-off. Listen *>p
Hid!> #i,? />hoi>r Hp's the ?
??fHwent back to hor room, shiver- j
spent the next day in bed i
PcH1 ac'^'n? head. She rose In the s
Good Matter," the Old Man Anhowever?a
handbill had be^n
Sweatier her door at five o'clock, call- (
ByB'Mass Meeting" of the unlver|||&,B
eight, and she felt it her duty
Br/ Bhut when she pot to the great
found n sent in the dimmest
Bf.vl furthest from the rostrum.
president of the university ad- '
p Bi the tumultuous many hundreds
? iilin, for tumultuous they were j
flfi Be quieted them. He talked to i
?ft;\Boberly of patriotism, and called
B Biom for "deliberation and a lit- ;
?l&Bence" There was dancer of a
B^Bfie. lie snid. and he and tlie rest
faculty were in a measure re1
Vile to ttieir fathers and mothers
?Wi,n'
B. B' "Uist keep your heads." he'
5??V'B"God knows. I do not seek to
B^Byour duty In this gravest mo- !
your lives, nor assume to tell
B^~,Btat you must or must not do.
Fl|?irryi?g into service now, withBM
BmI thought or consideration,
21|?|gte- impair the extent of your I
VrvM: Befulness to the very cause
Plfjp.' , ^Kpxious to serve. Hundreds .
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)f you are taking technical course
vhlch should be completed?at lens
:o the end of the term In June, ir
.tructors from the United States arm,
ire already on the way here, and mill
ary training will be begun at one
'or all who are physically eligible urn
)t acceptable age. A special cours
vill be given In preparation for flylnjj
ind those who wish to become aviator
nay enroll themselves for the cours
it once.
"I speak to you In a crisis of th
mlversity's life, as well as tliat of ttv
lation, and the warning I utter ha
>een made necessary by what tool
dace yesterday and today. Yesterda;
norning, a student In the junior clas
'nllsted as a private In the Unitei
States regular army. Far be It fron
ne to deplore his course in so doing
ie spoke to me aboilt it, and In such i
vay that I felt 1 had no right to dls
uade him. I told him that It wouh
>e preferable for college men to wal
intll they could go as officers, und
iside from the fact of a greater pres
igev I urged that men of educatioi
ould perhaps be more useful in tha
a pa city. He replied that If he wen
iseful enough as a private a commis
ion might in time come his way, and
s 1 say, I did not feel at liberty to at
empt dissuasion. He left to, tofri i
eglment to which he bad- been as
Igned, and many of ye>u were at tin
tation .to bid him^farewell.
"But enthusiasm may be too con
agious; eveij.'a great and insplrlni
nouve maty work for harm, and tin
fivers^,}- must not become n desert
n t?ie twenty-four hours since tlia
I'tftig man went to Join the uriny las
light, one hundred and eleven of ou
oung men students have left ou
rails; eighty-four of them went off to
:ether at three o'clock to catch ai
ast-bound train at the junction un<
nlist for the navy at Newport. \V<
re. I say, In dnnger of a stampede."
He spoke on, but Dora was not lis
eniug; she hnd become obsessed b;
n idea which seemed to be carryin;
icr to the border of tragedy. Whei
lie crowd poured forth from the build
ng sh6 went with It mechanically
nd paused in the dark outside. Shi
poke to a girl whom she did no
now.
"I beg your pardon?"
"Yes?"
"I wanted to ask: Do you knov
rho was the student Doctor Crovi;
poke of? I mean the one that wai
lie first to enlist, and that they weri
heering last night when lie went awa]
o be u private in the United Statei
rmy. Did you happen to hear hi:
a me?"
"Yes, he was a junior."
"Who was It?"
"iium.sey Miiholland."
CHAPTER XV.
Fred Mitchell, crossing the campu:
ne morning, ten days later, saw Don
tanding near the entrance of her dor
iiitory, where he wouid pass her un
ess he altered his course; and as hi
Irew nearer her and the details of lie
ace grew Into distinctness, he was In
lignant with himself for feeling les:
nd less indignation toward her in pro
tortion to the closeness of Ids ap
ironcli. The n'tv that came over liiti
vas mingled wivh an unruly adtuira
Inn, causing him to wonder what un
mtrlotlc stuff she could be made ol
>he was marked, but not whipped; slv
till held herself straight under all th<
lammering and cutting which, to hi
;nowledge, she had been getting.
She stopped him, "for only a mo
nent," she said, uddlug with a wai
iroudness: "That Is, if you're not on
>f tliose who feel that I shouldn't b
spoken to'?"
"No," said Fred, stiffly. "I ma
sliare their point of view, perhaps, bu
[ don't feel called upon to obtrude I
>n you in that manner."
"I see," she said, nodding. "I'v
,van ted to speak with you about Ran
sey."
"All right."
She bit her lip, then asked, abrupi
y: "W'hut made him do It?"
"Enlist as a private with the regi
lars?"
"No. What made him enlist at all?
"Only because he's that sort," Fre
returned briskly. "He may be inej
[dicable to people who believe that hi
going out to tight for fiis country I
the same thing us going out to con
mit a niur?"
She lifted her hand. "Couldn
you?"
"I beg your pardon," Fred said f
once. "I'm sorry, but I don't know ju:
how to explain him to you."
"Why?"
He laugneu, apoiogeucauy. -\vei
you see. as I understand It. you don
think It's possible for u person to hav
something within him that makes hii
care so much about his country tht
he?"
"Wait!" she cried. "Don't you thin
I'm willing to suffer a little rath<
than to see my country in the wronj
Don't you think I'm doing It?"
ALWAYS "SKEL1
Egyptian Merrymakers Had Custo
Which Mu6t Have Been Something
of a Check on Revelry.
Accounts which have come dov
of Egyptian banquets indicate thi
among the wealthy people and tho
Egyptians who were "in society" tin
were very elaborate affairs with
great variety of rich and high-spic<
and high-priced food and many win
?wines rare and strong.
Iiut no matter how jovial and ha
py and hilarious the feast, a inumn
was there as a reminder of deal
At the conclusion of the most su
stantiul part of the banquet and win
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s "Well, I don't want to be rude; bu1
t of course, It seems to me that you'r
i- suffering because you think you kno>
y more about what's right and wron
I- than anybody else does."
e "Oh, no. But I?"
d "We wouldn't get anywhere, prot
e ably, by arguing it," Fred said. "Yoi
asked me."
s "I asked you to tell me why he er
e listed."
"The trouble Is, I don't think I cai
e tell that to anybody who needs nn he
e swer. He just went, of course. Ther
s isn't any question about It. I alway
k thought he'd be the tirst to go."
y "Oh, no!" she said,
s "Yes, I always thought so."
ii "I think you were mistaken." sn
a said, decidedly. "It was a special rea
; son?to make him act so cruelly."
i " 'Cruelly'!" Fred cried.
- "It was!"
1 "Cruel to whom?"
t "Oh. to his mother?to his fnmllj
i. To have him go off that way, wltlu*
- a word?"
1 "Oh. no; he'd been home," Fred cot
1 rected her. "He went home the Satur
s day before he eulisted, and settled 1
;[m JlSl
5 She Lifted a Wet Face. "No, No! H
u Went in Bitterness Because I Tol
Him To, in My Own Bitterness!"
* with them. They're aU broken up, o
5 course; but when they saw he'd mad
up his mind, they quit opposing him
and I think they're proud of him abou
it, maybe, in spite of feeling auxiou;
You see, his father was an artillery
man In the war with Spain, and hi
grandfather was a colonel at the em
of the Civil war. though he went Int
s it as a private. like Ramsey. He die*
I when Ramsey was about twelve; bu
Ramsey remembers him; he was talk
ing of him the night before he enlisted.
Dora made a gesture of despairinj
r protest. "You d??n't understand!"
"What is it I don't understand?"
5 "Ramsey 1 I know why he wentand
it's Just killing me!"
Fred looked at her gravely. "I don'
II .1 . - I- 1 I. tl I,
11UI1K yvu HVVU WWII} um'ui II, II
sai-1. "There's nothing about his gc
,* lug that you are responsible for."
' She repeated her despairing gesture
"You don't understand. But it's n
use. It doesn't help any to try to taJ:
of it, though I thought maybe it woult
somehow." She went a little neare
the dormitory ^ entrance, leaving hit
where he was, then turned. "I sup
pose you won't see him?"
"I don't know. Most probably no
v till we meet?if we should?in Franct
't I do ft know where he's stationed ; an
t I'm going with the aviation?if It'
ever ready! And he's with the regi
e lars; he'll probably be among the fir?
to go over."
"I see." She turned sharply awa;
railing back over her shoulder In
I. choked voice. "Thank you. Good-by!
But Fred's henrt tad melted; gazin
i- after her, he saw that her proud youn
head had lowered now, and that lie
'" shoulders were moving convulsively
d he ran after her and caught her as sh
c- began slowly to ascend the dorndtor
Is steps.
Is "See here," he cried. "Don't?"
1 - -r oV.. I T1
). Slie llllCM a wei uice. .><>, no: n
went in bitterness because I told hii
't to, in my own bitterness! I've kLlle
tiim! Long ajro, when he wasn't tnuc
it more tlian a child, I heard he'd sai
?t that some day he'd 'show' me, and no'
he's done it!"
Fred whistled low and long when sb
1, had disappeared. "Girls!" he mu
't mured to himself. "Some girls, an;
e how?they will be girls! You can
m tell 'em what's what, and you can
it change 'em, either!"
Then, as more urgent matters r.gai
k occupied his attention, he went on i
'f an ardent and lively gait to attend h
class in map-making.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
ETON" AT FEAS1
*
m the wine began to flow most free!
i an attendant, perhaps one of the wal
ers. would carry around a cofiin co
tabling the Image of a dead bof
,n carved in wood, and as the Greek hi
at torian. Herodotus tells us, "made i
se like as possible in color and worktna
?y ; ship, and in size generally about 01
a or two cubits in length." The bus
ed ness of the waiter was to show th
es to each member of the gay and Jo
ous company and say, "Look upon thl
p. then drink and enjoy yourself, f
iy when dead you will be like this."
h. Herodotus wrote about 2,500 yea
b- ago that "this practice they ham
; all their drinking parties."
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f PROGRESSOFRADIo'
1 THROUGH THE YEARS
? Wireless Research Began Lonj
Ago, But Development Has
* Been Swift Lately.
e Wireless research started man;
v years ago, as far back even as 1827
g Even the radio telephone Is not a re
cent perfection; rather it Is that Intro
duction to the layman of the hurnui
h voice and music hus suddenly populur
a Ized something that wireless men ha<
thought a pastime or amusement. Hen
i. is the chronological record of wire
less:
n 1827?It was found that the mag
i. netic discharge rrom a le.vaen ju:
? would magnetize a steel needle.
3 1831 ? Electro-magnetic lnductioi
was discovered between two entlrel;
separate circuits by Michael Faraday
1837?Cooke and Wheatstone o
e London, England, and Morse of th<
? United States take out first patent fo:
electric telegraph.
1838?K. A. Stelnhell of Munlcl
suggested that a system of wlreles:
telegraphy could be established afte:
ills discovery of the use of the eartl
t return.
1840?Joseph Henrv (U. S. A.) pro
.. dueed the first high-frequency elec
.. trie oscillations, and stated that thi
t condenser discharge is oscillatory.
1843 ? Wireless experiments weri
k made by S. F. B. Morse by electrb
i, conduction through water acrosi
Washington canal and across wld<
rivers.
1843?A wireless system for trans
atlantic communication was suggested
1845?Water was used as a conduct
Ing medium In wireless experiment
across a wide river.
1849?Intelligible signals were act
ually sent across a river 4,500 fee
wide in India, but the cost was foun<
prohibitive for commercial use.
18G7?The electric waves that ar<
now utilized in wireless telegraph;
and telephony were predicted in ai
iB jmh , - * v |Hk !
J
d Elizabeth A. Bergner, Radio Instructor
j/ and H
t
address before the Royal Society lr
London, England.
e 1880?The sending of an electric cur
rent through earth was systematical
ly studied by John Trowbridge o
Harvard. It was found that signal
Ing might be carried on over lurg<
1 distances between places not conneetet
= Dy wires.
h 1SS5?It was found that telephone
speech could be conveyed by lnductlor
' over a space of quarter mile. Tlili
0 experiment took place in England.
k 1889?Electric waves were sug
' gested as being particularly suitabh
r for the sending of signals througl
11 fogs.
lS92-r-An instrument for the detec
tion of electro-magnetic waves wai
* discovered which was given the naim
- of a "coherer."
^ 1894?A scientist of Berlin signale<
s through three miles of wuter.
]' 1895?High frequency waves exciti
,f curiosity of Senutore Marconi.
1890?First patent for practice
^ wireless transmitting system is tukei
? out in London by Marconi. Afterward
successful signaling was carried ou
K over distances us great as one an<
S , one-quarter miles. Sir William I'reeci
>r of the British postoflice system in
tercsted his cohorts in Marconi's wire
e less experiments.
v 1897?Marconi establishes communl
cation between points four miles dis
tant. Balloons were used to suspem
e antennae.
'J ! Marconi demonstrates his wireles:
,J system before tbe King or nuiy, com
1 municating with two Italian warship
nine miles distunt.
The first Marconi station is erectei
on the Isle of Wight and experiment
ie conducted over a distance of 14 miles
r" Near the end of the year the firs
I' floating wireless station was success
} fully operated.
1 1808?The first paid marconigran
was sent from the Isle of Wigh
n station.
1800?Reports made on lighthousi
is accident by radio. First French gun
boat is fitted with radio apparatus. Ii
Vienna communication between tw<
~ balloons is established. New Yorl
r Herald receives radio report of inter
national yacht races. The British wa
office introduces Marconi anparatu
~ 'nto the South African buttlefields.
y 1000?German vessel communicates i
itn
?
iy
jj Jg" HIS WIFE
Is S?m? tonlc'
ft I Mi M
distance or uO miles t>> nv.r.r scnn.s
1001?Uadlo communication started
with five Islands In the Hawaiian
group. The first British ship is fitted
with the wireless telegraph.
| 1002?Radiograph signals received
aboard vessels at sea at 1 ,f?00 statute
miles. Signals received from a dis
t&nce of 2,000 miles.
' 1003?King Edward receives a ra*
dlo message from President Roosevelt.
High-power stations were ordered by
the Italian government. First trans3
atlnntic radio message sent. Telegraphic
news service for ships at sea
is started. Marconi knighted in Russia.
1SXH?The first press message was
7 sent across the sea.
300fi?Patent suit started in New
- York between the Marconi and De For>
est company.
* Patent for horizontal directional
w aerial is taken out. This was a great
3 step forward In long-distance work.
e 1U00?International conference Is
- held in Berlin, at which most of the
countries of the world are represented.
1907?The use of stee'l disks for
r producing notes were succesaiunjr
tested.
i Radio stations in Ireland and Nova
7 Scotia were opened for limited public
service.
f 190S?Radio stations opened for uns
limited public sendee between Great
r Britain and Canada.
1909?Steamship in collision with ani
other, off the coast of Florida sucs
ceed^ln calling assistance by radio,
r 191C?Mnreoni receives messages
1 6,700 miles while on board ship going
to South America.
Spanish radio company formed,
v 1911?Cunadlan government leased
e radio stations for 20 years.
1912?Radio distress signals from
2 the Titanic bring assistance and save
2 lives of 700 passengers.
3 1913?Tests were made between the
2 Eiffel tower In France and the station
at Washington. During the trip
- into Central Asia an explorer received
L his longitude and time signals from a
- distant radio station.
s 1914?Marconi and radio officials
start test of wireless telephone bo
tween vessels of the Italian fleet. The
t test was continued between vessels on
1 the high seas and voices were heard
with clarity at a distance of 44 miles,
e One duy radio telephone communica7
tlon was kept up constantly for 12
i hours. Great Britain declared war
in Lane Technical High School, Chicago,
er Class.
1 upon Germany August 4 and all private
radio telegraphy and telephony
- suspended.
191"?Itndlo communication betweeii
f America and Japan is completed. The
- stations were located at San Francisco
i and Tokyo with a relay station at llon1
olulu.
The American Telephone and Tele:
graph company succeeded in radio teL
l ephoning from Arlington station at
i Washington to Hawaii, a distance of
nearly 5,000 miles.
Secretary Danie'a of the Unitfd
i States navy transmitted telephonic
1 messages from Washington to tie
Brooklyn navy yards.
1010?President Wilson and the ml5
kado of Japan exchange messages
2 over the new transpacific radio service,
which is formally opened.
1 1917?Senatore Marcojii visits the
United States and aids greatly in ree
cruiting for radio operators for Pie
United Stutes army.
1 1918?Wireless telephony progressed
i rapidly, being used to a great extent
[, in the equipment of airplanes,
t Several new long range stations
1 were erected in the United States, it
s being claimed for one built at Annapo
lis, Md., that it was capable of com
municatlon at 4,000 miles. The United
States government also opened a high.
power station at Bordeaux.
In September of this year radio sigj
nals sent from a point 12,000 miles
away were received in Sydne", Auss
tralln.
1919?With the exception of the
s three transatlantic fllghrs?that of the
U. S. NC-4, and the British llights of
j Alcock and Brown and the dirigible
a j It-34, In which radio communication
i ! niaved an important part in keeping
t fhe slilpg of the air on their courses?
i- no very great progress was made In
radio telegraphy, nlthough radio telea
phony was being pushed along quietly,
t Restrictions upon amateur receiving
and sgpdlng were lifted by the Amerie
can government.
i- 19120?This was the year of the radio
i telephone, more attention probably be0
in^ paid to this branch of radio than
< to Its older brother, telegraphy. Severnl
broadcasting stations were opened
r 1921?This year was another radio
s telephonic year. It wns marked by
the opening of numerous broadcastlnf
a I stations.
One Must Be Amused.
"How did you happen to lose your
cook?"
"I blame the motion-picture industry,"
said Mr. Gadspur.
"How so?"
"She didn't like the kind of films
shown in our neighborhood movie theater."?Birmingham
Age-Herald.
O
Always.
When you buy admiration you are
compelled to pay for It regularly If
you wish to keep it.
: TARIFF TO DELAY
CLOSE OF SESSION
/
CONGRESSMEN NOW REALIZING
THAT EARLY ADJOURNMENT
WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE.
SENATE AND HOUSE DISAGREE
Administration Is Relying on the
Former to Curb the "Dangerous
Economy" Legislation Affecting the
Country's Military and Sea Forces.
By EDWARD B. CLARK
Washington.?The seuute of the
United States is about to occupy itself
with tariff legislation. The bill affecting
the customs passed the house a
long time ago and hus been in the
keeping of the senate committee on
finunce. There Is wide disugieement
between the senate majority and the
bouse majority concerning the form
which part of the tariff legislation
should take on.
No one knows how long the tariff
fight will continue in the upper house,
for already the leaders are beginning
to hedge a little on their prophecy of
an early adjournment. It ulways hus
been this way. The records of the
fifteen yeurs Just passed show that
early adjournment prophecies are
dangerous to the reputations of the
congressional prophets. August 1 Is
j now the day set by some of the leaders
! us the earliest possible date for the
getting away. It may be that snow
| will fly once more before the legislators
find they can quit their law makj
lng jobs.
It is no secret that there Is disagreei
ment between the administration and
j the majority party in congress, es,
pecially in the house, concerning
some of the legislative doings of the
representatives. In the senate Re:
publican leaders are preparing to fight
the house legislation which provides
for an aWny and navy personnel which
the house would have reduced to little
; more than a corporal's guard for eacn
service.
Disagree as to Army and Navy.
"It Is said that the administration
is pinning its faith on the senate to
undo some of the so-called economic
doings of the house. Some men go so
far as to say that the administration
believes thut some of the legislation
I to which the representatives have
given their adherence actually threatI
ens the safety of the country. Of
: course, this feeling has to do with the
great cuts in the military and sea
i forces which have been voted by the
; house of representatives.
It can be taken for granted that
General Pershing and General Hafbord,
the chief and the assistant chief
of staff, in their recent addresses on
the subject of army legislation, were
buttressed in their belief that for
speaking their minds they would
i escape criticism and possible attempts
: to discipline them, because they feel
J that the administration thinks as they
I do on the subject of virtually legislat'
Ing the army out of existence,
i Apparently President Harding does
1 not believe that the country thoroughly
understands the nrniy and navy situation.
He does know, of course, as
| congress knows*, that the people are
willing that material reductions shall
; be made, but he feels apparently that
| they do not realize that, in the belief
1 of the administration and of other
officials of government, the reductions
proposed by the house may. endanger
i the institutions of the country.
Men who watch things political say
I that if there were no congressional
campaign coming on. such troubles as
there are between the administration
and the majority in congress would attract
less attentfrm. The Republicans
In the house naturally enough are
working for their re-election, and they
nre attempting to meet what they believe
to be the desires of the people,
even if these desires spring from a
misapprehension of the clrcumstnnces
attending the subject of national defense.
Attitude of the President.
The same men say that the President,
of course, desires that a Republican
congress shall be reelected,
but that he also desires that the people
should know the real facts in the
legislative case, and should be led into
' a willingness to vote for continued Republican
control of congress, not
through misapprehension, but through
a knowledge of what the adminlstra;
tion considers to be existing facts,
i Report has It that President Harding
will make no political speeches
I rhirinir the congressional campaign.
Friends of the administration say that
tills determination has been made because
the President does not wish to
carry before the country any different
which he may have with his
party in congress. In case of disaster
at the polls he might he accused of
having inadvertently helped the Democrats.
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The Democratic leaders are pleased
over the present situation. They say
the President does not care to stump
fhe country because he believes he
would be heckled on the results of the
international conference, and on the
differences between him and the Republicans
in congress on the subjects
of the bonus for former soldiers und
the great reductions proposed in the
personnel of the army and navy.
April for D. A. R. and Children.
April in Washington is the month
of the school children and of the
Daughters of the ' American Revolution.
Grammar and high school puORIGINAL
"RIVALS"
A rival was originally any person
who used the same stream. As experience
shows, there is no such fruitful
source of contention ffs a water-right.
Neighbors would be often at strife
with one another in regard of the
period during which they severally had
a right to the use of the stream; turning
it off into their own fields before
the time; leaving open the sluices beyond
the time; or in other ways interfering
with the rights of each other.
\
jpiis come from jfli over the Lnited
/ States at this season to see congress
at work and to look upon the monumental
reminders rf events in their
country's history.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution in this month hold their
annual convention. They gather In
their beautiful Colonial Memorial
building which recently was the scene
of the open sessions of the great international
conference for the limitation
of armament and the solution of
Far East problems. The building is
worthy of the organization which
erected it.
One needs neither prose nor poetic
license to speak of the delegates to
tne convention as "f air uuugniere,
for they are a body of comely women,
and the 'shadows of the forefathers
that are supposed to float about the
capital city of the land need not fear
that a flush will steal Into their cheeks
or a frown furrow their brows at the
sight of degeneracy In their descendant
daughters.
When spring comes the guides In
the capital whose duty It Is to pilot
visitors about earn their daily wage
with half the usual effort, for the
guided ones In large majority are
Daughters of the American Revolution.
The guides who are obliged to
make themselves t'red in explaining
things to the ordinary tourist, simply
walk ahead and point to picture or
bust, and the tongues of the Daughters
do the rest.
Know American History.
If there Is anything that these descendants
of Revolutionary sires do
not know gbout American history, or
If there Is any fact or figure in the
whole line of colonial ancestry that Is
not deeply Impressed upon th75Yt
minds, the guides of the capital have
yet to discover the weak point In the
armor of the Daughters' knowledge.
These "Revolutionary children"
gather from all the states In the
Union. It is not hard to separate Uito
localities of birth and upbringing those
who attend an afternoon service at St.
John's Episcopal church, an historic
J ?
cnuren wnicn araws many ui mo
Daughters to Its services, Irrespective
of their Individual religious affiliation.
St. John's church is called seralJocosely
the Church of State, because
so' many Presidents have worshiped
within its doors. There is no special
service at the church for the Daughters
of the American Revolution. They
drop in simply to take part in the
regular service and to see the historic
building from the pew view.
Perhaps the spirits of the ancestors
of these church-going Daughters still
dwell within them. There are some
from Massachusetts with the Ironside
blood in their veins, and there are
some from Tennessee and Kentucky
who, in the person of their ancestors,
went'over the mountains, and in whom
the old Covenanters live' again. Then
there are the Virginians, the New
Yorkers and the South Carolinians?
Daughters so to speak of the old
brick sanctuary at Jamestown, of towering
Trinity, or of gray St. Michael's.
Daughters of Varied Ancestry.
At the evening sen-ice at St. John's
it may be that some of the descendants
of the fighters of Cromwell's army or
of the Covenanters of Scotland look
upon the marble altar, the cross and
the candlestick with something of the '
feeling with which their forebears regarded
these churchly belongings. Certain
it is that their ancestors struck
hard-fisted blows at things savoring
of prelacy.
It may be that, true to family tradition
and to the division line of
things spiritual, tne uesceuuurua ui.
independent and Presbyterian sit during
the chanting of the creed, while
their sisters whose ancestors had
stood for church and king until they
were forced to cut the bond, and to
help kick the king out of partnership,
make amends for their companions'
ritual shortcomings and kneel and
pray in the good old high church way.
Yes. this is April in Washington
and the school children and the
Daughters either are here or are coming.
The.school children all want to
shake hands with the President of the
United States. On one day recently
there were 400 people, most of them
children, awaiting at the doorway of
the White House office building the
one o'clock opportunity to grasp the
hand of the Chief Executive. These
school children come from all over the
country. The school teachers, It Is
said, recognize that a trip to Washington
Is wholly Justifiable because of
Its educational value.
Famous Painting in Boston.
In the busiest part of Boylston
street, in a little room over some ^
stores, visitors to Boston are some
times taken to see a strange combination
of a sacred shrine and artistic
studio. The room, says the New York
Mail, is scarcely large enough for half
a dozen people to stand up In and a
large part of one wall Is taken up by
a picture which is known ns "The Lost
Raphael." It Is a "Madonna and
| Child''?a very beautuui picture ue|
yond question, and religiously believed
by Its discoverer and owner, as well ns
by u great many other people, to be
the authentic work of Raphael. The
owner Is named Duffy.
Mr. Duffy is a man of artistic cultivation,
who literally has devoted his
life to this picture since his discovery
of It. He sits by it an day long and Is
willing to discourse about it at great
length. In his little studio he has received
many distinguished visitors, all
of whom, he snys, believe in the authenticity
of the picture. On the book
where his visitors register their names
nre the signatures of the king of the
Belgians and the king of Slam. T?here
are a great many people who haw a
superstitious veneration for the picture.
So it was thut "rivals" came to be applied
to any who were in competition
with one another.
Honey and Wax in Church Ritual.
Honey and wax were early believed
to have medicinal and magical properties.
and were, of course, used for
sacrificial purposes. Their ritual value
is apparent aiso in me cnnstian can,
for honey was formerly given to babies
during baptism, and the., tapers in
churches today are supposed to be of
pure bees' wax.