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SYSTEM IN IMPROVEMENT1

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There is an excellent prospect thatbefore the present session of

comes to a close the gentlemen on Capitol Hill ivill have providedfor at least a beginning on severalnew public buildings including a

headquarters a hall ofa nev Department of Justice

and perhaps an addition to the Dejpartment of Agriculture

gestion that in the addition of newbuildings to the public realty of theCapital a ivelldenned system of

and design should be followeda plan distinctly in keeping with thetentative requirements of the park

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lug project which contemplates theharmonious development of the lowercityUnless

this matter is kept in mindthe start incongruities arc al

most certain to creep into the arrangement and it is a deal easier totivoid mistakes than to correct themafter they are made

Everything that is to be added toWashington hereafter should be ascarefully considered as the individualnotes of a symphony in order tbat

developing city may be madewhat is hoped for the most magni-ficent Capital on the face of theearth

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HOW THE IRRIGATION BILL

WOULD BENEFIT STATE OF UTAHiy Representative GEORGE SUTHERLAND of Utah

IState of Utah is intensely

in the pending irrilegislation The State

was settled more than fifty years agoby Mormon people who found adesert barren and unproductive ex-

cept sparse growth along thestreams They became the pioneersof irrigation upon American soilThey diverted the plowedand planted the soil and literallymade the desert blossom as a rose

Without irrigation Utah todaystead of having thousands of well

f cultivated and productive farmswould be turned over to the ranging-of cattle and sheep and mining

of having a population of 300000 it probably would not exceed 50000 people

But the limit of the development ofirrigation by private enterprise hasbeen about reached The flood watersfrom the mountains in vast quantititjs still continue to to wasteduring the spring months when itcannot be utilized but the expenseof storing it of building immensereservoirs of connecting dams sothat it may be held back for the sea-son of need is so great that no pri

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Without the storing of these floodAvateirs jpr m increase of the availabje water supply in some way theremaining vast fiacts of arid landmust remain unredeemed Theselands to the Government ofthe UiuJM States The bill nowpending in the provides fortheir sale and the devotion of theproceeds thereof to their own

not take one dollar from the general treasury itputs no additional burden upon anytaxpayer

bill is framed as to insurethe settlement ot the reclaimed landsby actual homemakers The

and the land monopolist are ex-cluded from its benefits While itwill b of great benefit to my Stateit will afso be of benefit to the whole

ItTvill enable the men andr womeni struggling for a poor

in the overcrowded cities of theEast living in unhealtlrful tenementhouses and surrounded by evil influ-ences to nnSfreeihoniesin the WestIf the bill and there is nowevery that it TvMdouble the population of Utah in thenext ten years

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X PROF TheI Ascent of Man is this passage The

fact that any given animal is alive atall is alnir st a token of its perfect

ness Nothing living cnn be wholly aAnd again All existing lives must

with reference tt their environment bethe host possible Lves

Whet a light this throws upon the seem-ingly useless and degenerated types

who have come underour recogniion through the medium of history or

observation It has been aof wonderment to thinking men why de-

generates and other depraved types ofman are not dealt the destroying touch ofNature This wonderment Is dissolvedwhen it is clearly proved that Natureinviolate still in every instance does de-

stroy the organism that has failed Theselives that seem so depraved must containredeening qualities and perform redeem-ing acts which save them from Naturesultimrtum The nucleus of the doctrineof onvnipresent good Is la this fact

In every man breathes often crushedand nearly stan oui a spark of divine

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NA was born among the songs ofspring

TJntaught unschooled a wild melodiousthing

tWhich mocked the music Natures art con

trivedBecause it knew no higher way to sing

Until one day a Blaster chanced alongAnd pausing caught the cadence clear

and strongThich wove itself from bird and llower

themesAnd spilled upon the world again in

Song

Nay thou wer built fbr loftier thingsthan this

The Master cried and drew the Soul tohis

HenceforUi thou shalt Jdf love and mad-ness sing

And lo I taneTthee with a single kiss

Then drunk with joy the Soul pouredforth Its store

While scornful worlds which lent smallheed before r

Gave eager plaudits to the daring songWhich such supreme and reckless pas

sion hareBut when the Master wearied of his play

Spake to the Soul and said Hie theeawayTl rAnd sing again the which were

thine allBefore we met that unforgotten day

iwThe Soul made answer Jay thou lifted

meTo prouder themes than bird and brook

and beeTill Natures simple music In me died

And I can sing of naught but Love andThee

Then Master grant the shelter f thyheart-

I am not what I Wasf but TVauf thouAr KrSo if thou woxildsti elect tpstrikehnedumb 5

Return me to the flowerslTl Iand depart ioElla Bentley in the New OrleansTimesDemocrat

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Recruiting for the fegeThe Making ofThe very clever students invaria-

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the less dever even mul Earcecomedy and there and

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great essentials to theatricalare temperament scrse

quickness of perceptionthen unlimited patience and perse

verance To these should be Intelligence good presence good voice fairenunciation and education In at least the

branchesThe first two or three weeks the train-

ing is largely negative do not do thisdo not do that with the reason assignedThen having cleared the way the buildingup process begins All the work ispractical moving gradually throughdifferent stages the last and most d acult being atmosphere A student musthave tar more than ordinary talent totain this I believe most strongly In re-taining the individuality of a student Inteaching always appeal to miad andthe iut Higece rather than to Ute powerof iratatioR EndeAvor to make the

aiiarp CleaR cut awl crisp at theeiMpbartzfng most strongly the

valiM of pausiHgSUp training to coaSdeace-

reftBexaeat poise the power of maaof-izlng rapidly wiriie the voice is strength-ened iwmaerisDW eradicated and walk

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ttnd EBneraTb SarInglaunenseIy improvedI insist that every student shall gothrough all phases of dramatic work before deciding what his line shall be

at the start determine to betragedians the field of farce comedyand and vice versa

So much depends on earnestness and application that it Is Very difficult at the beginning of a course to say who will be firstat Ito end Two great drawbacks to suecess are undue vanity andstriving for immediate results and forrecognition from without rather than fordepth and study within

Facial expiJCBsipiris another importantpoint to do riot to overdo In

life wehj e o repreBs on the stageto express It is astonishing to me

student can command whobits takes a course of study I can safely say of a hundred of my pupilsnet one gaffers as much from nervousnessOH Sis Brat appearance on the stage

p rf a e It to sot altogether that theydo sot realize the responsibility butknowing 1ior sadly nervousness can mar afirst nights perforsasec I have given thematter aaach careful thought and make

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PROTECTING THE FLOWERS

llrF H Kaowltoa of the Katkrasl Museum to forming a society to pro-tect tte Bowers of Ameciea as the wild Irfrds and animals are already parmUy protected br law It ie ptain to anybody who Ms frequented the I IBty that unless something the kind there will be no wildOQ wet u left ip such regtona and nwujy oC the most beautiful species are in dan9X of being entirely rooted out

The protection of flowers Is at once aDd to most people leesJPWW ttJMui the protection ef game and oUter living tMsg HHBdreds ofpeople go Htt tor excunieBB into eovatry on holidays and ptura with theirLands sail baskets full of flowers pulled or dug up by the roots leaving manymore trampled and dead Tite is especially ca such Wessoras as thetrait arlMttts which is easily rooted and which in a very short timedisappears from a place which ki visited by reckless travelers

It SBW a pity to put any limit on the freedom of these excursionists topluck flowers for to children especially this is half the pleasure of a countryramble it is not necessary to pull the lowers vtp by the roots or to tramplehea down and ones pleasure doss diminIsh by becoming more intelligent

It wight as well be argued that canaot get tie proper amount of pleasureHut of a park stroll If he is forbidden to throw stones at the robins

There might be some sort of a regulation which would prevent the uprootjng of Sowers aad would not be very hard to enforce It might be decreed that-a permit must be issued for the digging up of i IaiSEs and this would do awaywith worst of the vandalism and the practice jaost destructive to the wild

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grandpa come quick Men Hans beenthr animate the strangle holt

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THE IMPERISHABLE SPARK OFGOOD IN EVERY HUMAN BEINO

Good exists man His living proves this But it waits andlongs for the Land of love the touch of a friend Unveil the good inyour brother and if needed by belief In Mm manifested to him cre-ate in him the capacity for good

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selfcontrol a pronsfrient part of my

I enforce discipline teaching not aloneacting and stage technicalities but therules of the theater and of the profession-In accepting a pupil I infinitely preferone who has had no stage training Thenthere Is nothing to undo Some are verytractable others extremely hard to teachThey may Ie anxious to learn but seemto be antagonistic and on the de-

fensive I have noticed this with some ofthe cleverer Another point has struckme in the ten years in which I have beenteaching At the end of the course thevery clcver students iayiariably givecredit to too teacher while the lessclever even whes successful do

Many ot my old pupils write to metelling me of their successes

and experiences and often come for advice about some new and difficult pertand some few are numbered among mywarxn t friends

Teaching acting as It should be taughtis easy but it is marvelOusly Inter-esting and Is almost a fascinationin seeing the natural qualifications growgrow until success is reached Mywork ends here and it is for the newlyhedged actor to put to good use his nat-ural ability and the trainIng he has had

A Song of Spring

Her SaiBty bands enclasping fragrantflower

Her joyous eyes alight with radiantsmiles

Maid SprlBg comes danolaff down thehappy hours

And leaves behind old Winters drearymiles

Her welcome Ah tis certain as themorn

The zephyrs shake her dress and kiss herhair

on she corasa yoong Aprils gettingworn

And needs encouragement a goodlysbare

The brook has seen her as she dances byAnd murmurs sweet thanksgiving at the

soundrobin trills his happy song on high

And Nature Las her own dear childrenfound

The violet heard a noise shed beenasleepBut poked her protty aeadway out to seeAnd as sho wlde yed took a fragrant

peepShe said This sunshines good enough

for me

And all the childrens hearts so happytoo

Reflect the sunshine and the flowerstrewnwayTheir little voices staging to the blueAs malden Spring goes forth to welcomeMay Ada M FItts

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fire Placed there when the Creatorbrought from great deep and count-less aeons of past that separate individual aa distinct something with capacity for good and the soul

Too frequent is this sight A bleareyed drunkard passing through the betterthoroughfar sin has ostracised himfrom sees a bed of beautiful geraniumsUnconsciously obeying the impetus of hisbetter self he His eyes soften thebrain working dimly through a cloudthinks on better things the bent backstraightens the slouching form re-gains Its former poise

He Is a mani again capable of mansnoblest emotions Who will say that aman capable a moments regen-eration through the medium of a flower isa tailor 2104 all that is needed to formnoble souls is environment

And to the of our vaunted civil-ization and humanity this environment islacking A miserable drunkard No gocdin him Push him down

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chains when Get away fram that gateyou drunken rascal Quick or Ill sail thepolice This from the gardener Th lady

approves phaatom of womanly gentle-

ness and humanity this commandThe slouching attitude Is resumed

more he Is the drunkard and outcastwithout friends and with the relentlesseye of the cold world fixed upon him Thebetter hopes are shattered the upliftingvisions faded aad off he slinks to deadeaawakened conscience with drink And thishe does not through desira forwrong butthrough the operation or the natural lawof avoidance of pain

Failure lies in net attempting Earnesteffort always succeeds although not im-

mediately The onen who fail are thosewho clearly see their duty and choose theother path and so refuse the salvation ofthe Struggle for the life of others

Good exists in every man His livingproves this But it waits and longs forthe hand of love the touch of a friendUnveil the good In your brother and Ifneeded bjr belief In him Manifested tohim create the capacity for good

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The plan of Cecil Rhodes to provide for the education of young Americansat an English university has awakened a great deal of protest from peoplewho appear to have very little sense with which to make their objectionsSomebody writes to a Chicago paper tithing Rhodes the pitiless devotee ofGreat Britain would stifle with his millions the Americanism and stalwartpatriotisnLOf the flower of our youth by indoctrinating the principles of socalled anointed klagcraft This Individual further explains that such a

will endanger the mental moral and spiritual wellbeing of the futurepillars ot our nation

The most obvious answer ta this sort of bombast is that If four years InEngland are going to destroy a hoys that rate It was a very muchmore shaky affair that it ought to be In the name of George Washingtonand sense is the spirit of the American people so flimsy and unten-able a thing that It cannot be trosted outside the borders of the United StatesIs it to be supposed that any boy of good intelligence willbe turned into an Englishman by getting lila education at Oxford

As a matter of fact the average youth is likely to come home after suchan absence with a love for his country considerably hardier and more

than it was before he went away for there is nothing like close quartersfor seeing the faults of a system and if the weslc points in monarchicalgovernment are not visible enough seen in these circumstances they aremuch loan obvious than the faults of republicanism as discerned by the peopleof other countries If we cannot stand the comparison any better than that weiciKht give our allegiance to England andbavedone with

Tt Is possible however that youths educated atan English uhivsrsity willcome to understand their fellowstudents not to misunderstandthem In after life They wfll probably discover the fallacy o sea antiBritish arguments used on this side the water arid refuse to abuse the mothercountry for things she does not do

It Is probable that this is precisely the end which Mr Rhodes had In viewand if it is ins Idea was wise for both countrIes is no advantage in en-

mity which is net based upon solid rcRson and certainly Americans who areeducated in England will be as likely to discover those reasons as their rela-tives who stay at home

Physicians Should Not Advertise

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ANold story is told pf a man who

claimed11 to have found thegreisJest ioctcr in the world andwhen pE seiT for proof said he

had it on th very highest authority thedoctors

There Is nothing easier than to praiseoneself have a most ardent friendIn the person ot he narrator and a prejudiced witness from the very start

And what is advertising of professionalwork but seltifraise You apprise inform make ffiown and publish to thepublic what Your own professionalskill It is a good maxim and one worthfollowing to Let another praise theeand not thine own mouth

It haseyer hOes held by the medicalprofession as wrong for any member of

draw attention to himself and make itappear that he Is superior to hs brethren-

In short that he knows It all And thusthe mere reporting of operations madeand boasting of exhibitions of special skillprovoke just criticism For many thereare who perform the same operations andwith the same ability who modestly refrain from allowing their deeds to beknown

And if even this covert advertising isregarded as improper what shall be saidof the who rushes into theadvertising eohunns of the newspapers toexploit his expertness in the writing ofprescriptions or the binding up ofwounds

It Is the very demonstration of ineffi

A Gentleman in Mexico

In a iMtjtfMife deal with a Mexican

some yfcix 0 sfcl the speculator inlands and raises he out thebest of me but I was too manyfor him He very bitter over thematter and fri ode came to me andwarned me to look out The man wastoo rp to nlay the assassin himselfbut it wrjmt long before I bad reasonto know that a hired bravo was on my

track Had Ia ked the law to protectme I should have been sneered aC andthough I knew tieffellow was waiting

to knife me I oouldat shoothim down uatil he had made Some move

Thinking ever I made up my mindto stick to the hotel at night and for

i two weeks I never moved out at tor darkThen the bravo asked for a private wordwith me and when I granted his requesthe said

Senor I wasTiTred to take your life1 know it I repliedBut you wont let me take ItNot It I wnjhelD itI was to get 50 for taking your life

but how you like to pay me fortaking the other gentlemans life I willdo It for the sanfo sum j-

Im ncI In the assassination busi-ness I replied

But I win make It 25 scnor-I dont to buyHas the senor no enemies hev wants

removed asked tbe fellow lookedme over

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ciency to bolster up ones work by maaasannouncements of superior skilL Thework itself tells the story

It you are a painter and can paint agood portrait paint it and the world

to see it and wish to possesssamples of your slim Would Meissonlerever have made a r putation by crying hiswares In the markrt place without a sam-ple canvas

And do we iu our profession need ablazon trumpet to prpclainrour wares I

We of all praetitioners areknown by our worsrT

And then Hits talk of fees and honorariaThe services of the professional man arenot paid for in dollars and cents Thelawyer who saves an estate and rescuesfrom poverty a family for several genera-tions the physician who saves your childfrom death can these services be set-tled for at so much per hour

The greatest advertisers of the day arethe professional healers and faith curistsand we for our criticisms of their meth-ods are said to be jealous JealousWhy we are the guardians of the publichealth It is our business to cherish Itto save it to guard it against charlatan-ism of all kinds And things have cometo such a pass that the mere fact of ad-vertising ones ware proves them to beof a deleterious Quality It is the qaackwho makes advertising necessary and ef-

fective Good wine needs no bush Theprofession always rewards honest meritand always has irom the time of Hip-pocrates to the present day

arose and looked uglier than over 1must say that I was in you Itook you for a gentleman but dees agentleman refuse to either assassinateanother or be assassinated himselfCaramba Xo

must hare been pretty thoreagfelydisgusted with said te speculator

for he at once hauled oflT my track andI saw him ne more Detroit Free Press

IN SOCIETY

Artistic AmenitiesSylvia says that her araMtten is to

paint the h a faceIsnt It rather suparSuoue fer her to

announce that Shes been doing it quitesuecessfaHy fer the five years

Barbaric StyleDid you notice how Mrs De Bullien

was dressed last night HenryDressed was she I should have said

she upholstered

The Great MajorityUncle Joslah What was that you was

areadln in the paper CelyWhat lather About the society of

people whose ancestors were crewned

the one What do they want tomake such a fuss about It for All o myancestors bed crowns leastways thewant none on em scalped

New York OptimismI dont see how you have room to

breathe in this flat said the countryvisitor

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BOUGHTFOR A GREAT

LUe CUTTER Buyer for th Library of Congress1J f1ijk t HfI

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stantly alt book sales and auc-

tions and examine all bock lists sent usIf we see anything we want we sand someone after it at oaee fel dealers keep usinformed of old and rare books thatinto their hands

A great deal of ju fi aat has to be ex-orcised to buy judiciously eeonoafcally

It is not exactly oC theLibrary of Congress to ittve a copy otievery known book W are not buyingduplicates of ia i intenseThe Teases is i as I

Library at xJtee Army Su 4ii n Ka zsthe nst complete collectics o medicalliterature world It has expended510 060 a year for thirty or forty yearsand it has over 95 per cent of all the me4ical books that havo ever been writtenSo srp buy only a few medical works inthis library Similarly there are someScientific branches upon vhich we are notcollecting literature

Manuscripts come to us differently Theowner of a Valuable manuscript notifiesus of it if he wishes to sell and stilts usto make an offer This is not alwayseasy to do If it is an autograph letterof General Washington if simpleenough we just look at tha length andfind on our records what prices have beenpaid for similar letters Sat when it Isa manuscript wholly unique It is some-times quite difficult to decide what J afair price It generally comes down tofinding what is the most the Library willgive and least the owner will take

As a general thing when anybody has arare book or manuscript to sell word Issent to us among the first We at waystake note of any proffer of this sort andlook into it The Library is notbuying any manuscripts now except oaAmerican history In this we find ourselves in competition with private col-lectors Mr J P Morgan Mr Ravemeyer and Mr Ayer of Chicago are allengaged in collecting manuscripts

We are gradually tending to the Englishway of doing things Our wealthy menare building great country houses such asBiltmore and the great mansions on theHudson which are Intended to be permanent to go to their sons after them andin them they are placing large private

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libraries and collections The collectionof manuscripts is especially fascinatingbecause the owner of a manuscript ispractically contain there is no duplicate-of it in existence He may buy a bookthinking it the only copy andthen another may come to Some-

where but with a manuscript that is lxaprObable

The Ellis collection in the L norLibrary New York bas taken rareand valuable manuscripts Tcatr collec-tion Is confined to the writings of men

signed the Declaration af Inde-pendence the signers collection theycall It f

One of the most valuable if nottbemost valuable of the books In the Bibraryis a copy of the earliest edition ofShakespeare in splendid cotidltioa datedIS23 Two of the front have beencut and pasted on new paper otherwisethe book Is perfect It was purchas d

auction in London In 18S9 for 50And there Is a book of which there Is

no other known copy In the worTd theLaws of the Upper Provinces ofCan

ada 1705 published in Ontario It 13markedly unique because Intory of printing no record is glvwi otanybook printed west of Quebec prior to lSSC

To Illustrate the difficulty we sometimeshave in getting what we want A greatpersonage once asked to see a book thatis very rare indeed We found that Senator X had taken our copy and bewas out of town We phoned the Bffitimore library to lend us their copy butthe rules of the library prohibitedofficers in charge from sending it outI phoned one o the trustees a p fsbtialfriend for his permission I knew Icould get it but he was out of town Wotried New York No book there atzliThen I tried local dealers to seer If theycould get It for me None had it ocourse but one knew customer whohad a copy and he borrowed It thegentleman in question I sent It to hissecretary telling him of this gentlemanscourtesy The next day I received noticeof a copy for sale In New Xjqflfccmysearch for the book had been advertisedand the day following two quotations 3meon copies one in New York andin Salt Lake City So difficult ajJtJiadbeen to get the book when it was wantedwithin two days I had choice oHthreacopies

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MORAL VALUE OF A BANK ACCQUllBy B J GREENHUT President of the SicgelCooper Company of New York

MAN without a bank account or theequivalent Is like a ship without-a rudder be Is at the mercy ofevery caprice of fortune and his

mind is in a constant state of unrest withregard to the future L

A man who desires nowadays to feelsecure like the house founded upon arock must be the rock himself He mustbe able to feel that whatever turn eventsmay take he is at least to some extentindependent if only bra short time

Prosperity eOgenTrers jS Iafgfrlcircie offriends adversity scatters the collection

True there are exceptional cases inwhich the friend in ne4d comes alongbut the majority of acquaintances cannotbe depended on to extend help of atangible order

The man without a bank account soonfinds that out when slight reverses comeupon him He has no nest egg and there-fore no selfconfidence-

A still higher incentive to accumulatea balance in the bank is that of beingable to assist ones fellows of being in aposition to do some good in the world asopportunity may offer

To feel that one can do something tohelp ones friends ones acquaintancesand even strangers is surely a pleasureworth purchasing Abank account givesall this

On the other hand the man who liveshis life with a viewTto the wholayslittle trifle the man who is careful andthrifty has no Inward misgivings whenclouds gather en the horizon

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duced to penury he at leastto look around if fickle fortune shouldplay fast and loose with him

To start a bank account is a simplematter provided the detennlnatfoaV afadthe ballast are present Every manshould save somethingout of dollar canalways keep even one cent out ot everydollar he earns is learning the lesson thatalone can lead to permanent success Thegreat men In historyhaVe been the thriftymen not those who alwaya had theirsalary mortgaged

Tobe economical does not meanto Jbeclosefisted It is a duty one owes tooneself

And what a moral effect this has upon-a man How it braces him up to Qnimethe struggle Arid the very selfconfidencethat has boost generated in niasense of independence provesweapon for the fight

Independence raises a man in n wnestimation and we are generally esteemedby our neighbors at our own

An old adage A boys friendis his mother

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A clever little story whlelt appeared In a current periodical dealt with amisunderstanding between two young people which was cleared up through themedium of a small street urchin who conveyed the explanations fromthe other He heard them as they were expressed in conventional languagebut gave them as translated into his own patois He cculd understand a gooddeal better English than be could talk

This little tale like most clever things rcts a substratum dftruth to understand more than one can express is a peeoliarlycharacteristic feature of American life and belongs te at least ofour population It Is puzzling to those who do not understand Xclass perhaps most people belong In its comprehensible fern It is theability io appreciate poetry in people who could not write two Hoes at verseto save their immortal souls 2s v

One may call this faculty alertness of comprehension combined withssslowness of expression or something less complex luit it is especiallybothersome to foreign oBservers They are often unable to dScWirhdw ferour cultivation pes or t see that many of the people who exproes

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in China where the impression ofthe academic soldier was expressed by oneof them by the cheerful contradiction interms that the Americans were goodfighters but not soldiers at all Stillbetter perhaps the cornmeal of aJapanese officer quoted by a British observer in the Contemporary Review

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The marks of little fingersthe splendid Walls

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