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THE PUBLIC LEDGER
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OXFORD B A NNER
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DAN A. COBLE
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CHOKING THE DOG.
"""bf course Mr. Wilson should hare
. begged the Senate to read the first
draft of the treaty with-especial care
In that case they would have re
fused to go near it.
EQUAL PAY.
The highwaywornen who held up a
man at the points of their hatpins I
and robbed him of $590 believe that
a woman should get the same pay as
a man when she does the same work.
FILLING IN THE TIME.
Paris pessimism is simply a re
minder that when one has leisure to
worry one simply has to worry, even
if one be forced to worry because
one has nothing to worry about.
WHAT'S BORAH FUSSING ABOUT?
T.he United States Senate may rat
ify, amend or reject a peace treaty.
But a peace treaty is not a peace
treaty until it is fully agreed upon
by the framers. Therefore there is
at present no peace treaty.
HOBBY HORSES.
The Mexican sneer that the Rio
Grande border is only guarded by A
merican hobby-hcrses is doubtless
due to the fact that Governor Hobby,
of Texas, has asked Mr. Baker to
mobilize the national guard cavalry
of that state.
EAR HAS NOT HEARD
'Mr. Borah got several financiers
subpenaed from New York to Wash
ington because he was "convinced"
that they are familiar with the con
tents of the treaty. Eye hath . not
seen, nor ear heard, the things that
Wilson hath prepared for the Senate.
THE DOOM MAKERS.
Vagrant rumors in Washington
indicate that Senator Reed and Sen
ator Borah actually propose to start
a new party, with a view to defeat
ing the league of nation if peace
becomes an issue in thte 1920 cam
paign. Mr. Reed and Mr. Borah build
only in.-words. Those who may be
lured to their band wagon will have
a short ride. And yet they are in a
way to a new record of achievement.
For once Mr. Reed and Mr. Bor
ah seem determined to start some
thing that they can finish.
The Shame of One and the Glory of
The Other.
The following romantic story ap
peared in the current issue of the
North Carolina Health Bulletin:
Bumtown.
Mr. Billy Jolly, of Bumtown, drop
ped an orange peel on the sidewalk.
His fellow-citizen, Mr. Bob Ernest,
T stepped on it, broke his leg, and was
laid up for three months with no ac
'cident insurance policy to help out.
Neither Billy nor Bob knew that it
was Billy's fault; in fact, Billy did
not remember he had dropped an
orange peel. He ' never thought a
bout such things. He was a good
hearted fellow at bottom, fond of
Bob, and both put the whole blame
on the orange peel. If Billy had
known the truth, it would have been
a' terrible lesson for him, and Bob
would have been obliged in his heart
of. hearts to blame Billy for doing
such a fool trick. Of course, no one
blames those who did not kick the'
orange peel off the sidewalk before
it got in its work. -
Mrs. Ownway, also of Bumtown,
let little Jack play on the sidewalk
'when his sister, Ethel, had the dip
theria; little Jenny jLovejoy, from
the other side of town, stopped to
speak to Jack, and now little Jenny
is dead. Mrs. Ownway had said she
really hadn't the heart to keep Jack
so closely confined when he was per-
' fectly well, and that this foolish
! quarantine was so perfectly unnec
J essary. . Of course, Mrs. Ownway
j really killed little Jenny; but she
t didn't know it, arid Mrs. Lovejoy
Hiidn't know 'it. Mrs. 'Ownway was
f terribly distressed, wrote Mrs. Love
' joy a sweet letter of condolence, and
sent a bunch Of lilies of the valley
for the little coffin. .The two moth
ers agreed that? these germ diseases
were awful - and that the blame' was
on the germ. Mrs. Love joy did not
blame anybody and " Mrs. : Ownway
felt no. personal' rsepdiisibility.
Bumtown was inhabitated by some
of the best peoplellii;;the. State, , kitia
ly, accommodaiingndr easy-going.
They had exVeifent 'sanitary regula
tions all printed" out in plain Eng
lish on paper, and most of them
could read. They -would not have
hurt a fly, and, in- fact; -they seldom
did. It was hebusiness of the town
government aW he health officers,
armed with thesV nice laws, to bring
health to Bumtown. The citizens
feit no responsibility individually or
collectively. But the city govern
ment was -composed of good, kindly,
I fairly intelligent, average citizens,
who were elected to give a nice, quiet
neighborly government to Bumtown
and who honestly tried to do so.
"Laws were not to be taken too seri
ously; to enf orce these sanitary
laws strictly might offend some of
our best citizens. We are getting on
very well." So said tney all.
As to the death rate, they were
sure there was some mistake about
it. They said they liked a quiet life'.
But, as they continued iovdie, it rath
er looked as though many' of them
preferred death 1 and an early one.
Still,, if one looked carefully, he
would have observed ' that the very
best citizenspit on the sidewalks,
of
BLISSFUL MOMENTS.
Hon. Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.,
Kentucky, in the House of Repre
sentatives, speaking of blissful mo
ments, said :
"If a man wants a good, comfort
able, soul-satisfying smoke ' he
should get a Kentucky or a Missouri
hillside tobacco and go out into the
country to a log farmhouse and sit
in the. front yard under an old oak
tree, in his shirt sleeves, with his
shirt unfastened in front and his sus
penders down, close by an old well
of cool water with a sweep and an
old, moss-covered bucket. There he
can get the right kind of smoke, such
as' the denizens of crowded, profiteer
ing cities never 'dreamed of in their
philosophy, ; while with vhalf-closed
eyes he watches, the curling, , frag?
rant smoke drift away and mingle
with the laasy, fleting clouds while he
dreams of home and heaven.". , . -
The nation-wide wire strike
its wires' crossed.
got
Winnipeg' is about ready, to move
up to the Seattle class.
Ji:
; Now tpat every member of the
United States Senate has his. own
copy of the: peace treaty, he knqws
just as much about it as he did be
fore.
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SUESORIIHk : TO PUBLIC LEDGER
CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER,
i (BY ELIZABETH De BOER.)
"Well, why won't you?" "
Jacq Blake kicked an innocent
suit case under his army cot and
glared at Billy Ridge, lieutenant,
millionaire, football player and so
ciety's target. The latter sighed and
threw a flashlight carelessly into his
bag. 1
"Now look here, Jack," he skid
seriously, "a furlough is a seldom? 407 pages
eveni. 11 1 accept your invitation
for a cruising party you know just
where -I'll land at the church a
round the corner. I haven't met the
girl I want to eat beans with every
day, and I don't want to."
iis tent mate grinned. "I didn't
notice you were afraid of the girls
in our college days."
'. "No," Billy laughed, "butV now
it's the Maine woods for me 'n the
dog." -
Jack prepared for the final blow.
"Jean will be awfully disappoint
ed. She has wanted to meet you ev
er since our freshman year.','
Billy groaned. Sisters had always
been his weak point, but he met this
one bravely.
"Sorry, old man, but I've made niy
plans."
Sinbad sniffed the stow and wag
ged his tail significantly. There was
ometning wrong with that stew
'and he knew it, but Billy , did not
heed his disapproving whine, so
with a wiggle of disgust he prowled
up to his master. Purple shadows
were deepening over the lake and a
silver "star had climbed the: sky and
was flickering above the mountains.
."No. doubt about it, Sin, we're
failures, and I'm so hungry." Doubt
less Sinbad felt the same way, be
cause he barked and suddenly dart
ed through the door. Bill, amazed,
"followed, the smoking dish of stew
in his hand.
.A girl was coming swiftly toward
him. . About her face red hair wav
ed, and deep, dark, questioning eyes
looked; up into his. She was speak
ing. ; '"' .
"I'm sorry to interrupt supper"
she looked with a ghost of a smile at
the. stew and Billy squirmed' uncomfortably-
"but I've just discovered
that I haven't enough gasoline to
get home on and must send word to
my friends." !
Billy the wonderful, the worldly
stuttered:
"Why -er your car?,- Gas?"
"Yes; awfully stupid of me," she
answered with a smothered laugh,
which made him redden. "I - was
wandering around avoiding the
crowd, and suddenly found myself
stalled luckily near you. I . saw
the smoke," she added, smiling.
sob. "I don't count on liking you."
' "Loving,' 'he corrected.
"And the beans?" she whispered.
"Yes," he kissed her, "and the
church around the corner."
Today the United States is the;
largest manufacturer of natural
dyes in the world, having been al
most negligible as a producer prior
to the war.
-The United States maintains
one of the largest printing plants in
the country. It issued 1192 reports
i during the last fiscal year at a cost
of $316,000. They contained 54,-
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Always Reliable."
that, food was"s6ld4unflei: most un
sanitary conditis tfeven cSfdy was
handled with djfcly hnds anifci'soda
fountains were vile)'' that the V sec
tions in which ; the servants ; : lived
who served the food were " refused
proper water and sewerage facilities,
that flies were bred in stables per
mitted to be run under conditions
contrary to law.
Goodtown.
The story of Goodtown is less ev
entful, because nothing happened.
Mr. Bob Jolly went there on a, visit,
to be sure, and dropped an orange
peel on the sidewalk, but Mr. Aris
tides Faithful came; along and kicked
it off. Nobody was hurt. Nobody
felt grateful for not being hurt.: Mr.
Faithful did not know whether he
liad saved any one or not", and, if
he thought he had, there was. the
whole town to choose from. ,
Mrs. Ownway, who had not devel-
corncob pipe and some natural-leaf fnro inttioria hnt whn'nroved to be
a carrier, also visited Goodtown as
soon as little Ethel was discharged.
Strange to say, a child in the house
;she visited soon had diptheria.. But!
' they at once administered the proper
treatment, gave every on.e ; in jthe
house the anitoxin, and observed, the
strictest quarantine in - spite of ' the
inconvenience. Therefore, ho one
else got it and the .invalid ."was soon
well. " 2 ' . ' 7" ' f
The city government ofGpodtown
had no easy time. They, had to 'fight
some of -the oldest citizens, but they
well knew that that was what they
were elected for, and that failure to
enforce the law ..strictly -on . every one
would surely prevent- their reelec
tion. The press : fearlessly ;.' told the
whole truth about health conditions
and violations otlawJ The pulpit
joined with the press- -in preaching
that any one was a fool who did'ntft
look out for, the health q others f r
his own sake, and $6 Chfistiaft' IIT big
did not. dVso for. the1 a,ke ohers.
- Congress first adopts An amend
ment to the constitution ' by'- a .two-
third
submitted
and When three-fourths of them
tave apiroyeol:cyTfed it4T ie:
comes 'art of the atisitittttion.1
Soon they were talking easily and
he had promised to paddle across
the lake and telephone hef friends.
"I'm a rather poor housekeeper,"
he said, noticing her glance about
the disorderly room. "but make
yourself at home and I'll be back in
half an hour."
Thirty minutes later Billy came
whistling up the path and stopped
with surprise in the cabin door.
There -was a neatly set table, a dish
of steaming beans, hot biscuits and
the girl with red hair. She laughed
at his surprise.
"I took a chance, hoping you
'wouldn't be angry because I; was
hungry and' the stew wasn't very in
viting." This was luck indeed! , So down
they sat and Sinbad, his dinner over,
contentedly stretched out before the
door.
The meal progressed and as Billy
reached for biscut No. 5 his smile
was full of admiration.
' "I never would have guessed you
were "such a good, cook. Most girls
aren't nowadays." - ' - -
"You are a woman hater, aren't
you?"
"Oh; no, not that," quickly, "mere
ly bored with society, more Deans,
please. Who wouldn't be after
this? : : ,
So the supper, like a beautiful
song, went on, and suddenly Billy
realized. the refrain which dominat
ed this song was, "I love her."
After supper, they sat on the cab
in steps waiting for her friends.
They talked about everything, but
mostly, of war and finally love.
Then Billy, impulsive and frank,
said "suddenly and passionately: "I
.dont know your name, 1 don't Know
who you are, 'but I do know I love
you." S He hurried on, "In the army
We learn to decide to act quickly and
;- well this may be love at first
sights bit it's love."
He was very near her now -breath-ingt
hard. Her lashes fluttered and
a bjgtear crept down her cheek.
; "Why are you crying?" he said
'gently. ' . '
1 "It'is all a , mistake." she sobbed.
n,I .never guessed or, wlien when
Jack came home 'n said "
; "What is your name?" Billy thun
dered. . '. .
' "Jean Blake," she gulped in a
scared little voice. ' l ' '
Then fehe told him everything. Her
disiiiay at his .refusal to accept, their
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June 30-19. '
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Allies Will Not Fix Amount of In
demnity, But Reparations Com
mission Will Do So Later.
Paris, June 14. According to in
dications the reply to the German
proposals will contain the following
main points:
. , 1st The allies, will refuse to fix
the amount of the indemnity, but
the reparations commission will d
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al-
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2nd; The question of upper Si
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3rd Germany will be admitted to
the league of nations after the pay
ment of her first installment,' and
the determination, of the total in
debtedness. - --
4th Th period of allied occupa
tion of the Rhine territory depends
upon the, fulfilfment of the preceding
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