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I RED CROSS HOME SERVICE Case Fire?Two girls, twelve and ten. have not been able to go to school recently because they are in need of shoes. In this family are " a mother and father and five chil dren, and the man earns but a dol lar a day. Case Six?An old widow asks for shoes for her adopted daughter, twelve years old. wears size four. The son of the widow was sup-< * porting both his mother and the chTd. but he has been out of work for two months. Jiny ont who . desires to con * trbute in the above-cases can please leave the articles: at the court house for M.iss Wheeler, secretary, or ea.i her, phone'518 and she will caH for same. - ie. executive committee of the local Red Cross met Thursday af - ternoon. The committee ltstehed to the report of "the finances of the chapter. discussed ' conditions, ^j^-<?ecided that more funds were r.ix-vssary for' the carrying on of the work that it wars doing. It was decided that the same'must be raisr-: ed in the near future. Confederate Pensions to Soon Be: Paid. The money for the payment of ; the pensions of the Confederate I Veterans of Sumter county ' and j their Widows will be on hand in i Sumter by Monday, April -*4th, on | which /'date' there wilt be held a] meeting of the pension board fori the purpose of the classifying Of the j varion^t claims, which work has not j yet been done. ' judge T. E. Richardson nates j that there will be a great deal of; Clerical work to be done in con- j section with this feature and that '> in all. probability he will be busy! d?riiag1 all of next week with these j ."matters. Ke states that he wifij make the deliveries of the pensions j fcy the first of May or at an earlier i "dkte if found possible to do so. i Jtlany ol' Sumter JEnjoy Hagoed j Banquet. It is stated by those of Sumter ] present at the barbecue given in Hagood last evening, that the affair ? yras most enjoyable in spite of the; very chilly weather presenting it- j .?elf upon this date. Tire attend-' Aace was zood and a fine feeling j Of feflowiship was everywhere mani- j iestry. "prevailing in the welcome i feridshake of everyone. The pala- j table menu and abundant barbecue ? was indeed highly enjoyed by alii but more especially by the visitors^ from Sumter and other surround- j tag piaees.' whose appetites were; more .keenly sharpened by their j rides through the crisp night air. \ Among those of Somter present .were: Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Jen nings, Mr. and Mrs. A, X.. Jackson and family, Messrs. H. B. Scar borough, S. O'Quinn, J. D. Chand ler, B. L; Brtfnson. Joe Kavarta fceck. C. S. Hutchinson; Chief J. M. Rarwlck. and Mr. and Mrs. Joe ? Singleton. With rhV exception of! one hat being lost in the rush, it is stated that the Sumter party re^ turned to the city of their nativity without mishap. ?Blind Association - in Need of Funds - The Association'of the * Brrnd of South Caroi? na has been in opera- j tion now about two years, it is! * located at 1431 Calh oun street, j Columbia, and is for the employ- j ment and vocational training of the; "adult blind of the state. It has i i> ah.Vidy given employment to 28 j blind people from 14 counties of! South Carolina. Some of these! have returned to their homes ajid j are working there, helping them-' selves, and much better satisfied j that they can- now do something; * besides sit and hold their hands."' | This association is chartered un-; der the state' law*: its purpose is to i better tfte condition of the adult ] * blind, fitting them to become at; least partly seff-supporting, and1 relieve them of the burden of idle-; tress. To contntie the very enco?raging wort: of helping these unfortunate people it must have support of the j more fortunate citizens of the state. It must have financial aid right; f away. Small contributions from a number of persons will put the \ proposition over. Every donation received will be acknowledged. "We wonder if there are not numbers of persons who will give $r>, ?L cash, $1 per month till the rest is paid? This would give uJ a very clear idea of what is to conu in, and we can *hen go ahead, knowing that our monthly ex <? penses will be met," said a repre sentative of the association yester day. Write., all checks 'The Associa tion of the Blind" and mail to 1431 Calhoun street, Columbia. Concord Wins Game From Sumter Scrubs. A game of baseball was played at Concord on Saturday afternoon. ... April 15, between the school team of that place and ihe "second nin?-" oi the Sumter schools. This was Concord's first game of the season and th?-y should fe?-l encouraged *by their victory over Sumter's sec onds by tht- score of 7 to 11. The game was very much enjoyed by the fans of that section. m ? ? L Grass is money if turned into milk and cream and sold to the creamery. Thousands of dollars worth of grass is going to waste in "? Sumter county for lack of dairy :ouNxy news ! CAPTURE FOUR STILLS Good Work Done by Officers During Late Hours of Fridav c . . . 1 ??I 'j Four stills, ope a "huge Srt gallon ? capacity solid copper outfit, were i captured in the "Cedar Bay" dis trict in a raid by Deputy Sheriff 11. G. McKagen. Rural Officer Alex Xorris. of Stimrer. and Deputy Trial Justeie Henry Mims, of Piiu ] wood. The raid was instituted ] during the late hours of Friday af iiremoon and ' the swamps were j worked from a distance of about j 12 miles from Sumter almost to jPinewood, a distance of 2f> miles efrom this place: The last still j taken, a 2~> gallon/ copper still, j was captured at just about sundown I on the farm of a negro farmer jYiamed Don P?gh. The large still {"was captured in what is known as j-^Dog" Bay." This still was brought \ to Sumter by the officers and is on j exhibition in the office of the sher iff for a short time. The third still j was also of copper and of about a j 23 gallon output. The location of j the fourth still was fixed but it is {believed that one of'the captured j stills was 7>eing used- iriterehange jably at this and at the location i Where captured. One thousand 1 gallons of mash was found and de? ! stroyed by the officers. TRADE ROUTES OF THE SOUTH! 1 ' i m ? ? : ? p: j Before Middle West Will Sup-i [ port Ship Subsidy?Only on ; That Condition J ; , '."' I Washington. April; 2fl>? Support i of the Middle West for the admin-, iistration ship subsidy program is I dependent on a guarantee that j trade routes established by the j Shipping Board from various South Atlantic and Gulf ports will not be discontinued: two representatives of Commercial organisations in the I Mississippi commerce and House j merchant marine committees. After more than two weeks of testimony by Shipping Board offi i cia'ls, the committees began hear- ? j Ihg the views of other proponents lot the legislation with W. L. Ware.j j Chicago, representing the' Missis ? sippi Valley Association, the Chi i cago Association of Commerce and ! the Chicago World Trade Club, arid ! Malcomb Stweart. of Cincirinnati, chairman of the Middle West mer-! chant marine committee, as "wit-1 iiessos. \ Must Protect South. . Both emphasized that ifublic' j sentiment throughout the Central I j West was in the main favorable to j the bill provided the outlet for; their products to foreign markets j j through Southern ports was suf- i hcientiy fostered. They advocated, an amendment, endorsed, they said, | by numerous commercial bodies in .the Mississippi Valley which j would require the Shipping Board to continue operation of ships on all established routes for five years unless it could sell the vessels to j interests which would agree to op erate the lines. The committees were told that i manufaeturers and farmers in the j Central West had lost "millions" | by ' being: obliged to move their j goods to foreign markets through a few congested North Atlantic poris. "Wo have' continuaaly had to j fight the East and West railroads to get our freight moved another way," said Mr. Stewart, adding that the Shipping Board, in estab lishing lines from various Southern ports, had made possible an eco nomical and quick movement of produces that might be wiped out if no provision were made in the pending bill for continuance of such rou cCS. Hcrtiiity Dies Down. Cross-examined by various mem bers' of the committees, both wit nesses declared that hostility of the Middle West to ship subsidy proposals had largely died down. "We are convinced that a tem j porary subsidy is the only way I to establish an American mer chant marine." Mr. Stewart stated, wifb the added explanation that public opinion in the Middle West, however, would be Quick to shift ; back to eppositton if it appeared ! that the bill under consideration i wduld work against the interest of I the country as a whole. I Mr. Ware said the Middle West I had taken a "now or never" atti I tude on the subsidy question, he ! lieving that if a powerful Ameri ; can merchant marine was not es j tablished new. it never would be 1 possible to get one on a paying ? basis. Love may be blind, but very few people help the blind. Only thing most amateur garden ers raise is hopes.' Every two minutes a divorce suit is filed in this country. There by proving that one is born every minute. Luxuries an- still so high we have to go without necessitiek. ? Our ex-soldiers report a serious search y of ex-jobless. All the world reforms a reform er. There's lot:- of toll gates along t he road to aucc( <^. There isn't much difference be tween settling down and being in a j-ut. ? ? * A vegeterian diet is said to be good for the cornxdexion. Vanity fare. Entertains For Miss Osteen and Mrs. Skinner Miss Caroline Richardson cmer i tain od on Thursday afternoon in 'compliment to Miss Elizabeth ! Osteen, bride-olecl und Mrs. Jack Skinner. ;i recent bride. Tables for bridge were arranged in tin- living room and the highest score was made by Mrs. Raymond Fowler, who received a set of card table numbers ?s prize. The two honor guests wore each presented with a set of handmade tea napkins. A delicious sweet course was served. Those playing were: Misses Eliza beth Osteen. Vermelle Pitts. Hol ly Brown, Grace Reynolds, Mary Belle Burgess. Bessie Men res. Maryj Stuckey. Florine Rowland. Frances j Smith and t M a r t h a Williams: ; Mesdarnes: John Riley, Jack Skin- j ner. Kershaw Skinner, Gus San ders. Raymond Fowler and Hugh | Brown. j Mrs. Hearon Entertains for Miss ? 1 Osteen. ?Miss Elizabeth Osteen was the guest of honor on Thursday even ing at a very pretty party given inj her honor by Mrs. J. Z. Hearon at I the -hitter's home on X. Washing-] ton street. The guests of the i evening were very delightfully en-j tertained at bridge, i. id at the ter-j mination of the games, Miss Caro line Richardson was found to be; the possessor of the highest sc ore j of the ladies present. She was pre- j sentert the prize, a lovely ?'fluffy j powder puff." Mr. A. Hamp Boy- ! kin was the fortunate winner of j the men's prize, a giltedged deck of congress cards. Miss Elizabeth Osteen was presented by the hos- j tess, the honor guest prize which i was a handsome box of exquisite; powder. During the evening a de- ! lieious refreshment oou~s'c was! served. Those present and enjoy- j ing the hospitality of Mrs. Hearon ! were, Misses Elizabeth Osteen, Vermelle Pitts. Caroline Richard- j son and Mottle Bowman and Messrs A. H. Boykin, Ernest Dunn, Jami son Cain and R. H. Rembert. Party for Miss Osteen - Mrs* Kershaw Skinner and Mrs. j Jack Skinner were joint hostesses j at the home of the former, on Fri-j day afternoon in compliment to j Miss, Elizabeth Osteen. bride-to-be. | Brfdse was the jramc of the after-! noon and the highest score was i made by Mrs. Raymon Schwartz, who received as prize a dainty; novelty of wool flowers, the bride elect was presented with a lovely! addition to her trousseau. A sweet course was served and tiny crepe] paper umbrellas were the favors j of'the event. Those playing were: j Misses Elizabeth Osteen. Vermelle! Pitts. Carolina Rahardson, Holly1 Brown. Grace Reynolds. Emmie1 Osteen. Mol?e Frown. Mesdarnes j Gus Sanders, Raymond Schwartz. | Hugh Brown. Edwin Broadv.'ell, 1 Dsetly Boykin. and R. E. Blam.hard. J - j MisoeHaneoii* Shower For Miss! Osteen Mrs. Fred Xigels and Miss Em-j mie Osteen were the joint hos- ! tesses on Saturday afternoon of a ! miscellaneous shower given in i honor of Miss Elizabeth Osteen. bride-to-be. Heart dice was the game of the afternoon and the , highest score-was made by Miss. Osteen who received a box of Coty's ; powder as prize. The shower pres-'! ents were brought in by little Har- ] riet Xis:ols in her wheelbarrow and ' the many lovely gifts opened and j displayed. A delgihtful salad course was served during the af- j ternoon. Those. present were: ' Misses Elizabeth Osteen, Vermelle I Pitts. May Willis and Susie Osteen, j Ruth Harrington. Emily Platt, of Aiken, S. C, Xaney Booth, Ina i McXally. Martha Wil uns, Emma | Rose, of Greenville: Moneta Osteen ! of Xew York and Mesdarnes Wen dell Levi, Jack Skinner. Delly Boy kin and E. T. Broad well. Mi-s. Frank McBeod Entertains For Miss Osteen. Mrs. Frank McBeod entertained on Monday morning in honor of Miss Elizabeth Osteen. Three tables for bridge were arranged in the living room and the highest score was made by Miss May Flem ming. who was presented with a card table cover. Miss Osteen re ceived a set of lingerie ribbons as a souvenir of the occasion. A de licious salad course was served. Those playing were: Misses May Flemming, Elizabeth Osteen, Em ma Rose. Emily Platt. Marion Kirk. Moneta Osteen: Mesdarnes Delly Boykin. Jack Skinner. Ker shaw Skinner. Earle Rowland. A. V. SneH of .Jacksonville. Fla.; Ed Moore and Edwin Broad well. Death. HartSA'ille, April ? Mrs. Elizabeth' DeWitt Parrot t. aged sixty-seven years and widow of the late J. L. Parrott. died yesterday morning at L o'clock at a hospital in Florence following an illness of several weeks. The funeral was held this morning :it 11 o'clock at Bethel Methodist church in the country and was conducted by the pastor, the Itev. W. O. Henderson. Surviving are one sister. Mrs. A. M. Lee. of Sumter. and the fol lowing children: .Mrs. Ii. li. Par rott. Miss Daisy Parrott. near Hartsville: .Mrs. John T. Burketl of Sumter: H. M. Parrott, of Harts ville; <:. E. Parrott, <>i" Bethune; T. W. and <':srl Parrott, of Hartsville, and Ft. B. Parrott, of Appleton. Sh?- was ;i member of the Meth odist church"and was ;i devout Christian. Her father was killed in ih<- War Between tlx- Suites and was .? leader in OJd Bethel church. The family is prominently con nected. .Iiui^*' T. E. Richardson has been appointed as n committeeman to represent the Sumter ? "?11ji? of United Confederate Veterans and to meet with a committee from ih<- Sumter post of the American Legion relative to th<- arranging <?! :i suitable program for memorial day exeiciser; in Surnter. DEMOCRATIC CLUB MEETINGS Democratic Party of Sumter Reorganized and Delegates Named For County Convention The Democratic Clubs of the city of Sumter held meetings at their respective meeting places on Friday afternoon for the purpose of reorganizing the clubs und for the naming of the delegates to at tend the meeting of the county con vention and for* the transacting of such other business as was requir ed under the rules of the Demo cratic party. The meetings were routine in nature for the most part but one differentiating fea ture, however, was the taking of active part in some of the meet ings by a number of the women voters. Ward One. Ward 1 Democratie club con vened .-it fi:lf. Friday afternoon at the Court House. The. following officers were elected: H. L. Scar borough, president: R. S. Hood,"sec retary and R. D. Epps, member of the executive committee. The following were elected as delegates to the county conven tion: Messrs., H. L. Scarborough, R. D. Epps and Edgar Skinner. No ladies appeared at the meet ing. Ward Two. The Democratic club of Ward 2 met at (> o'clock Friday evening at the V. M. C. A. building. Solicitor Frank A. McLeod presided over the meeting. Following were the officers elect ed: Frank A. McLeod. president; S. K. Nash; vice-president: R. J. Bland, secretary and treasurer and Davis D. Moise. executive commit tee. The following delegates were named to .attend the county conven tion: F. A. McLeod. R. .]. Bland, Davis D. Moise. H. G. Osteen. Judge T. E. Richardson. Mrs. R. D. Graham, Mrs. Horace Harby, Miss Antonio Gibson, George D. Levy. John D. Lee. S. K. Nash, S. O'Quinn and B. C. Wallace. Each of these delegates was authorized to designate an alternate in the event that such delegate could not be present and to transmit the name of this alternate to the sec retary. The following resolution was pre sented by Senator D. D. Moise. and the same passed: Resolved: That a committee of three, to be named by the presi dent, recommend to the county convention, and request the county convention to recommend to the state cnovention the question of a division of Ward 2 of the city of Sumter into two clubs, the boun daries of the said two clubs to be such as may he decided upon by said committee, the necessity for division being the increased enroll ment in said Ward 2 club. Com mittee appointed by president were: H. G. Osteen. chairman; D. D. Moise and R. B. Befeer. The following resolution was presented by Mr. R. B. Belser and passed upon: Resolved: That this club urge the women of Sumter and of Sum ter county to enroll on the club roll and to register as we believe that the vote having been given to them, it is their privilege and duty t > prepare Themselves to exercise their rights and discharge their duty to the advancement of coun ty and state. The following were appointed as member of the enrollment com mittee: S. K. Nash, chairman; A. S. Harby and B. H. Hodges. INSERT WARD 3 INSERT WARD 4 Ward Three Club Meeting. In the absence of President C. M. Hurst who was out of the city, the meeting was presided over by Mr. J. A. Raffield. Officers ejected were: President C. M. Hurst. Vice President, J. A. Raffield. Secretary. P: J. Gallagher. Member of County Executive Committee. J. P. Booth. Delegates to County Convention, C. M. Hurst. H. P. Moses. J. p. Booth, J. A. Raffield. P. J. Gal lagher, Miss Armida Moses. Resolved that the president fill in any vacancies that may exist in delegation to convention at time of meeting. Resolved that the president ap point an enrolling committee when the books are opened. Ward 4 Club. Ward No. 4 Democratic club met at Sumter Chamber of Commerce at p. m.. yesetrday and the fol lowing officers were elected for the ensuing two years: President. W. Percy Smith. Vice President'. John B. Duffie. Secretary. E. l. Reardon. Member County Executive Com mittee; J. B. Du Mio. Delegates to County Convention. W. Percy Smith. J. B. Duffie, E. 1. Reardon, .1. \Y. McKievcr: Alter nates. A. Ii. Wild.T. E. L. Wither !spoon, T. V. Walsh. G. W. Hutchin son. Enrollment Committee, A. If. i Wilder. T. J".. Kennedy. J. B. Duf fie. The following were named n com I mit tee h? resolutions regarding the death of Mr. Thomas J. Kirvin, who was vice president of Ward I Democratic club and who died ?since the la<: organization meeting in I!*20. Messrs. .J. P.. Dtlffie, A. II. Wild; - rind Bartow Walsh. On morion of Messrs. A. II. Wilder and G. VV. Hutchinson it j was resolved that Ward No. 4. <"jty of Sumter Democratic 'iuh recog i nizes the importance of the \v<> men of Ward No. i qualifying i.themselves to vote in the general election by registering, and quali fying themselves t<> vote in the Democratic primary by enrolling their names <>n the Democratic club rolls. X'.; a woman attended Ward So. Demo? ratio club meeting yes terday . Privateer Club. Tie- meeting 61 the Privateer j club has been held and the follow in;: officers elected: S. A. Harvin, . president: .!. M. Jackson, vice pres ident; J. K. Kolb, secretary: W. O. Cain, executive committee. The delegates to the county convention ! are: S. A. Harvin, S. I>. rain. J. M. .Jackson and J. I'. ilinson. DEMOCRATIC CLUBS OF COUNTY HOLD MEETINGS The Democratic Clubs of Sum-j : ter county, in answer 10 call issued,! convened accordingly on Saturday. | j April 22. for the purpose of reor- \ ! ganizlng and for the naming of; j delegates for the county convert- , tion. Tin- following clubs have j been heard from, reporting the re-j suits of their meetings: Manchester: Following are the officers elect j ed: D. W. Allsbrook. Pres. M. A. Coulter, Vice-Pres. \ E. R. WUliams, Sec. and Treas. j P. M. Coulter, delegate county ! convention. j j Zoar. J. .). Brit ton, Pres. P. L. Jones, Vice-Pres. R. G. Jones, Sec. and Treas. R. M. Jones. Executive Committe i J. B. Britton, W. J. Lawrence, : ; Jr.. and J. S. Brogdon. delegates to j j county convention. ! 13. A. Davis and R. G. Jones, en I rollment committee. ; This club endorsed the candidacy ; for the legislature of its elnb mem- | : ber, Mr. J. B. Britten. ; Wedgofield. Dr. F. M. Dwight, Pres. W. il. Ramsey. Vice-pres. Eugene E. Aycock, Sec. and treas. H. M. McLaurin. Executive com- | mittee. j Dr. M. L. Parier and Eugene E. j ; Aycock. delegates to county con-; vent ion. , ! Alternates: H. M. McLaurin and ? j Wi H. Ramsey. Concord Clnb. The Concord Democratic club ; met Saturday, May 22 with eleven; ; members present. President G. W. | j Mahoney presiding. The following j officers were elected: i President. G. W. Mahoney. I Secretary,' Albert Brogdon. i Member executive committee, . j TV. L. Rrnnson; Delegates to Colin- I 1 ty (Convention. Walker Newman,, : Hazel Brunson. G. W. Mahoney;! alternates J. B. Brunson, Thomas.; ? W. S. Tisdale. Salem Clnb. Salem Democratic club met Sat j urday, April 22 and elected the fol- j i lowing officers: President, J. B. Warren, j Vice President. O. G. Player. 1 Secretary-Treasurer, R. P. Skin-; ! ner. j Member Executive Committee. L. I ! C. Tisdale; Delegate County Con-; fvention, J. H. Wilson. IMPROVEMENT OF CEMETERY Committee of Ladies Will So j licit Funds For Beautifying j Sumter's City of the Dead i Editor Daily Item. ' j Please bring before the public j again today the very important1 i work which some of our good la- \ j dies have undertaken, that of so- j ?liciting funds for the improvement I of our cemetery. The claying of the driveways is {completed and the entire cemetery] j has been nicely cleaned off and pre- j j scots a wonderfully improved ap- ! pea ranee. If you haven't seen it! go out and look it over. Please be as liberal as you can when one of the ladies calls on you. 'Remember they are doing a gratu-I ; ituous work, and one in which ev ; ery citizen of Sumter is interested. We have $6,000 in mind as the ; amount we should have to pay for 'the improvements already made ; and such as are contemplated. Wa | ter, fences, etc. May I urge you to : do your very best. Respectfully, BARTOW WALSH. President Cemetery Association. Declamation Contests or County High Schools. The annual declamation contests of the high school of the county ? wer.? held in the auditorium of the Girls' High school oh Friday, the .contest for the intermediate grades j of the rural schools being held at 4:.'Pi o'clock in the afternoon and ;the contests the high school grades held at 8:3fl o'clock in the ? evening. Both contests were well attended and much interest in them : manifested. Following are the win ' ners of the respective prizes: Intermediate Grades?Girls. First prize, Glenn Kolb. of the > Pinewood school. Second prize, Madeline Scott, of the Mayesville school. Boys. ( First. Harry Wilson. Mayesville. Second, Melvin Harvin, Pine wood. High School (.fades?Girls. First, Margaret Cooper, Mayes ' ville. Second, M.it tie Felder, Pinewood. Boys. First. Henry Thomas. Mayesville. Second, o. i). Harvin. Pinewood. Sometimes there f -'t any differ ence between a puli.. Mice and :i public nuisance. <? ^ ? "Faith will cure the younger generation." says u lecturer. Vcs, faith cure- hte laying on of hands. You may think your luck is bad but eonsid'? r the plight Of a blind ma a at a ba; hing beach. Bryan may he right about his ancestors, after all. The monkey runs on all four-: Mr. Bryan on all occ. sions. Royalty is up against ii iheso days. Over in Europe it likely is difficult '".?? not keep crowns on leei h. i lea It ii hint. Don't eat too much Swiss cheese. It may cause you to yodel in your sleep. THE REAL IRELAND By. S. S. McCIure We find in history? many records) of human delusions. To-day, prob-i ably the largest sing]?' delusion is the average than's opinion of Ire land, i propose in this place to give a few facts about Ireland. I shall not deal with the temporary conditions produced by the quasi civil war of tin- past two or three; years, but srtth flic permanent and fundamental conditions; 1 shall] describe the actual Ireland as I saw it in I919J j In that year 1 spent nearly six; months in Ireland studying the "Irish question." Most of the time] 1 spent with the Sinn Fein side ofj the question. i Here are a few facts as to the Ireland of IUI!? and many preceding! years. 1 - The Irish are a free' people. Ireland, as an integral j part of the United Kingdom, had her representatives in Parliament. I just as the State of New York has; its-representatives in Congre&S; In this representation Ireland was especially fortunate because it re-1 quired only ?;?? per cent as many i Irishmen to have a member of Par- ? Lament as it did the English. 2?The Irish are a prosperousi people. In the first week of July. ! 1919. I made a journey through the whole length and breadth of Ire-| land in company with an American! who. like myself, had spent his: youth on a farm; he in Iowa, and I in Indiana and Illinois. We. there- j fore, looked at Ireland with the; eyes of American farmers. We were simply astounded at the appearance! of unbounded agricultural wealth. \ We saw farm houses, averaging as i well as the homes of Indiana and Iowa, great herds of cattle of noble i breeds, people well dressed and ; looking happy and prosperous. We] had food better than we had in England or France. Ireland was? the only part of the world at war i that escaped the rationing of food.! There are few peoples in the! world, who. for, a generation at I least, have been as prosperous as j the frish. A larger percentage ofj the Irish people than of the Anieri- ; can people own their own homes. ; Jn studying a mass of statistics' in. many fields dealing with Irish ? economies, the only statistics in j which the figures grew smaller j were the statistics 01" the poor- , houses and of those in receipt of. out-door relief and in this matter j the Irish made a considerably bet tor showing than the State of t Xew York. j In an address to the Wexford Volunteers, October 14. 1014. Red-, mond. after referring to the j wrongs done to our fathers a hun dred or two hundred years ago." said: But do let us be a sensible and i truthful people. Do let us remem ber that we to-day of our genera-j tlon are a free people. We have : emancipated the farmer, we have <! housed the agricultural labourer, i we have won local government, we j have won religious liberty, we j have brought the Irish language; to the schools, we have given the f ownership of the land to the people] who till it. we have laid broad and j deep the 'foundation of national prosperity, we have won an Irish J Parliament with ah Executive re- \ sponsible to it. - i Soil and climate combine to make i Ireland one of the richest farming! countries in the world. In 11*12 ; Ireland sold as much food to Great j Britain as the United States. By the year 1913 only one country in1 the world sold more food to Great ! Britain than Ireland, and that ! country was the United States, and j Ireland furnished nine-tenths as; much as the United States. And i during the second year of the war,,' when there was a tremendous'in- ' crease in food shipments from the United States to Great Britain, Ire-, land sold to Great Britain half as much food as the United States. i _ i In 1913 Great Britain imported; food to the value of 219,000.000] ^pounds and iti 19JC to the value ofj 334.000.000 pounds, and in each j case Ireland furnished about one-j sixth of all food imports from all countries. With 10 per cent of the popula- , tion of the United Kingdom, Ire land produces 4fi per cent of the; cattle and 30 per cent of the pigs of the United Kingdom. Of beef cattle killed in Great Britain two out of every five are Irish. Great Britain buys more food than any other country in the world. The prices of farm pro duets are made by the P.ritish mar ket. Australia, tin- Argentine; Canada and the United States must ship their food products long distances to*reach this market. Ireland is so situated thai food can reach Eng land in a Oight; and shipments can be made iron- any rail-head in Ire land to any rail-head in Great Brit ain. The agricultural districts of few countries are so fortunately situated as to markets as those of 1 reland. There is only one country in the world that has a larger trade with Great Britain than Ireland, and that country is the United States. Taking into account the last normal year. 1!?!::. Ireland's trade with Croat Britain was nearly s<? per cent of the trade between the United States and Great Britain, and tiearlv double the trade be tween Germany and Great Britain. Hero are the figures for the trade between Great Britain and the na tions with which sin- has the largest trade: Prance . Ij3.00o.ft00 Germany -. 70,000,000 I,-, ];. M,j .135,000,000 United Stat< s -1 73^.OOO.?00 h will he seen that, with the ex ception of tie- United Stales. Eng land has no customer nearly as big as Ireland. The value of the Irish market ro England is greater than tile value of the combined markets oi France and Germany?and greater titan the value of any half dozen other markets. The incidence of taxation in Ire land is identical with the taxation in other parts of the I'nited King dom, with this reservation, rhati there are certain taxes in Great j Britain tlu;t are not levied in Ire-i land. The custom duties are the) same and the income tax is the ? same. An American living in New York State pays for (he same income &\ tax identical with the citizens of: any other state, and all other na- ; tional taxes are identical every where in th?- I'nited Stares. The, same is true of Ireland and every, other part of Ireland and every | other part of the I'nited Kingdom. I am speaking of the situation up to the establishment of the Free State. ! No tax is paid in Ireland which is not paid in Great Britain: but several taxes affecting the middle and upper classes are exacted in Great Britain and not in Ireland. These are the land tax. the inhab ited House duty, and the assessed taxes. It is. of course, a volun tary tax. but here again Ireland is favored, it is 7s. t:d. in England and only 2s. Cd. in Ireland Or. to put it another way. if 4."0)0.000 of the population of England having the same incomes as the inhabitants of Ireland were to transfer them selves to that country they would find their payments by way of tax ation distinctly reduced. It re quires much ingenuity to argue in the face of these figures that Ire-' land, as compared with England and Scotland, has been paying more than her fair share of Im perial Taxation. l^et us take a typical year, 101S 1913: Ireland's national tax was _.? 13.113.500 Scotland's national tax was .? 77.T04.o00 England's national tax was .?:)47,214.'.00 ? According to the census of 1911: The poulation of Scotland was .4.7?;a,*)04, The population of Ireland was _.4.390.210 It will bo seen that the per cap ita tax to the national government was about five times as large in Scotland as in Ireland, and nearly five times as large in England as in Ireland. If we separated the agricultural regions in the United States from the manufacturing districts. we weuPV arrive at similar results. As a part of the United Kingdom the Irish people paid up to their income, precisely the same rate that was paid in the rest of the nation and any agricultural county in Great Britain has the same ad vantage of small national taxes as Ireland.?From MeOTure's Maga zine for May. WOMAN'S ' FIRST DUTY Lady Astor Says Home Must Come Before Politics New York. April 21.?Lord and Lady Astor went to the theater to night for their first amusement since their arrival from England Wednesday. Tomorrow they de part for Baltimore where Lady As tor. first woman member of par liament, is to address the Pan American conference of women. This .was another busy day for the viscountess. Most of the time she remained in doors at the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, who was the artist's mod el for the famous "Gibson Girl." There she received reporters, photographers and social callers. She answered many letters and hen went for a walk. In her interview Lady Astor made clear her opinion that home should come first with a woman and then politics, which she believ ed all of her sex should enter, at least to the extent of voting intel ligently. She said she considered teaching children the most import ant thing in the world. Defending prohibition Lady Astor said. "Let the rich drink if they want to. it would hurt no one but themselves." She thought liquor dulled the brain, and for that rea son disliked it. > "If you think the people of America want drink back, put it to a vote." site said. "But you'll nev er get it." "Do you mean the liquor or the vote ?" ?*The vote." s..'- replied. She contended ihat England was fair toward America while many in this country attacked Britain bitter ly and unfairly. "Every time 1 see a Hearst paper, 1 lind a dig at England." she said. "Why, if any one in The house of commons makes a slur upon the United States, he j:< howled down, but in the senate when unfair state ments are Hung at England there seems to be no one to deny them." Lady Astor laughed when asked if it were true that spiritualism was "sweeping England" :<?s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has said. "I don't think spiritualism has got anything to do with religion." she said. "Let Sir Arthur talk spiritualism but leave religion alone. Spiritualism is not sweep ing England. They are too steady a people for that/' Lady Astor expressed opposition to tile bonus but favored all pos sible aid to the disabled and to all ex-soldiers in the maiiei- of find ing employment for them. "Men ought not to be paid for fighting for their country." she though;. -? ? ? In .Japan the sale of liquor to minors is forbidden. We're all treated as minors over here. Truth is The real food, but most of us starve in the midst of abundance, for want of appetite. New American song: "Bumper io bumper and hub to hut): the cars are SO thick that their fenders TRIPOLI Italy's "WhHe'MaA's Burden" .Waing &sa&r&S$ Italians; have an other uprising- on their hands in Tripoli a paragrapher might ask if [there .is anything significant iti Italy's title'to the country dating from the Treaty of Ouehy. The revolt is one of many since the treaty was signed in 1312. ac cording to a bulletin issued by the National Geographie Society, which ; continues in regard to this Xorth j African country: '?Physically. Tripoli?or' Libya, I as the Italians called it, reopply jing the old Greek name?is flooded ,with sunlight as are its neighbors: ! but to the'world at large it is a 'hazy country for all that. Its j boundaries Start bravely south ward from definite points on the I Mediterranean" coast, but as to just I what happens to them after they get well into' the Sahara neither statesmen nor map-makers seem ! to agree. They dip somewhere 'south of the Tropic of Cancer and ! meet somewhere north of Lake j Chad?500 o*r or 700 miles or 'so. Lack -of 'exploraiion of its j hinterland as compared with neighboring countries contributes to the haziness-in regard to Tripoli. And finally little is known of its population: it has been estimated at from l.OOo.dOO to 6,000.000. Opposite Sole of Italian Boot "Tripoli is just across the Medi terranean from the sole of the 'boot* of Italy, and economic' and strategic reasons are probably suf ficient explanation of Italian inter I est in the country. But in addi ctions the Italians were influenced by j a similar force to that which turns ? the faces of the Greeks toward [ Asia Minor-^a consciousness that i their ancient culture once embraced ! this country. After Carthage was j destroyed the area now constitu ! ling Libya became a Roman pro vince, and later was the birthplace of two Roman emperors, Septimius Severus and Alexander Severus, j "Old Roman writers described j the two parts of Libya, Tripoli and j Cyrenaica, as' extremely fertSe. Perhaps they exaggerated, and per j haps also the climate and physical i conditions have changed marked ly. At any. rate most of the coun try is now desert with its fertile r:rips and oases scattered in the wastes of sand and stones. There is much evidence that the region once knew better days climatical ly. Great avenues of stones set on end and numerous circles of monoliths and trilithons, like the famous Stotiehenge of England, testify to a neolithic culture of importance in this section of-Xorth Africa, "perhaps many thousands of years before Memphis and Babylon were thought of. Phoenicians There 3400 tears Ago "The Phoenicians began the recorded histpry of" the country^ *>y establishing cities there, perhaps as ?.-arly as l?O^L-B- C. The fact that these cities ^nd their surrounding country thr4*e? then, and that later ! Greek and R?naanNCulture flo?rish ! vd there, indicates'that the country j was more favored then than now. I "Sand dunes rhave encroached j through tht*r centuries on much ! land in the. fertile strip along the j Mediterranean coast. But the rela ; tiyely poor condition of Tripoli to j day is largely due to sociological land governmental factors. ' The ? commercial' Phoenicians and the ! colonirdng Creeks and Romans ; were able to make the most of the .country. Since the region was j overrun by xho Arabs in 644 A. D., land since it,passed under Turkish [control later., however, it has been* : marked to a considerable extent ? by economic-,and cultural stagna tion. While, .the other principal j countries of Africa bordering on , the Mediterranean have been un der European control for nearly ; half a eentury and have bec-n be coming mor- .prosperous under j stable forms, of government, Tripo li remained until 1911 the last stand of the Turk in Africa, if we except ! the nominal suzerainty of the Sul j tan in Egypt. j "In places along the 1000-mile \ coast of Tripoli the arid sands come I down to the water's edge, but bc i tween are fertile areas on which j palms, olives^ figs, oranges, and other fruits flourish. Farther in j land among the highlands occur I some rather large patches on which olives and fruits and grain are j grown. Then come the vast desert !.stretches in which are hidden away (.small, palm-covered cases. On considerable areas in Cyrenaica ' grain and grasses grow and stock j raising promises to become an im ! portant industry, i Difficult Terrain for Europeans "Tripoli has difficult 'terrain' for ! Europeans to fight over against j desert folk familiar with all its stones and sand hills. Everywhere. ! l(? serve as hiding places, are the innumerable 'wadis.' which West ; erners will understand better when i: is explained that they are the Arabic equivalent for the arroyws ' or dry gullies of bur West. The i vast desert hinterland is untouch ! ed by steel rails. So far the Ital ians have been able to construct [only about a hundred miles of railroad along the coast on each !side of the City of Tripoli and about another ". <?i> miles extend ing from the, pert inland. ? The City of Tripoli has been called the gateway to the Sahara.' Three historic desert caravan reutet have converged there for ages: the trail from Timbuktu, that from lake Chad-, and a southeastern rout'* from, the region of the Egyptian Soudan. These routes were of groat importance for the bringing from central Africa of ivory, ostrich feathers, gold dust, and perhaps most valuable of all in a primitive environment, 'black gold*?negro slaves. This traffic was ostensibly- abolished by Tur key only in recent years." Xow 5s the time to begin resting up for a vacation. Complaint of the modern child: "Ah. parents are such a care."