Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09

made what he conceded to be point he
| would seek to illustrate 1t and cltnch 1t
by an appropriate facial ex expression. He
also used gestures freely, especially that
of prodding at his listeners face with his
| forefnger. as though he would calk home
his arguments after the manner of a
ships carpenter.
Satire" he continued. candidly, is the
makeshift of the man who has been sue
cesSful in one direction but who has not
| broadened himself by complete course
OF general study. Now carefully the con-
ditions in your own country weigh. The
two old parties formerly represented fixed
principles opposed to each other dia-
metrically. Now, today, the principles
are like unto the counters in a store.
While the real wares of the parties are
cunningly designed doctrines, thrown on
the counters like holiday novelties, and
made simply votes to catch-and they are
much alike-and they are all diluted imi-
tations of socialism Take, too, the vote.
In eighteen seventy-two the population of
| the United States was thirty-nine mil
lion. three hundred seventy-four thou
sand. the republican vote was three mil
lion. five hundred
What does all This amount to. any
way?' broke In Bennington, bruskly.
he was too much an American to resist
| the fascination of argument. Govern
ments are NO longer political, they are
| commercial. Political orations. like grad
| uation essays, are beautiful: but they are
| not business. You seem to possess some
| knowledge without having the Judgment
to use IT. We find it advisable to retain
the form Of political government in order
| to give the masses sort of show-they
nke show, you knOw-and we make
them believe that the vote is a wonder
Iul th1ng. 1t attracts their attention and
tckles their conceit; but You must not
think that we should be fools enough to
hand over the really important affairs of
| tins country to a lot Of incompetents,
oil fa1 Nv III,
unregulated ignorance. Not on your life!
! What we need is good. practical reliable,
| business government: and
| What we need even moro than this is
some decent servants in this household"
| exclaimed Dick, who had hastily entered
In time to hear his uncle's closing re-
! mark. 1T took me half an hour to get
enough warm water to shave with, and
the way Mulligan has been abused while
| was away is nothing short of a crime -
| Yes" replied Bennington, who noted
| that his nephew was not in evening dress,
| and you come back more idiotic than
| ever, and the very first day you give them
| enough fairy tales to scramble what lit
tie brains they already had. Confound
you, have spent considerable time MAX
ing these servants over to suit myself,
| and [ wish that you-'
"Oh, that's all right said Dick, reas-
suringly. I've fixed all that. I've had
a little talk with them and they see now
| that it is wrong to apply great sociology
fcal truths in a narrow, domestic man.
| ner-1 had to shake Higgins a little. He's
as literal as a time table. The cook had
decided to dispense with dinner and give
a plain, wholesome supper but / have
arranged all that. Dinner will probably
| be little late, but that will give us
chance to rub UP our acquaintance lit
/ tie, uncle mine
boy. He kept his eyes on him as he
spoke, and when he had finished, said
Yes, Dick. do want to have talk with
| you. l wonder If
''Surest thing in the world" replied
Dick, catching his uncle's meaning
Boys, you trot along up to the billiard
! hail-or you can stay here and We shall"
/ Certainly" answered Lorrain. I'VE
can perfectly understand your desire to
be alone; au revoir."
AS soon as the guests had left the room
Harrington put his hand on Dicks Shout
der and said, in friendly. quizzical tone
| Dick, you always We're odd little
| chap. You always did object to law; but
after all, you generally managed to come
around and do the right thing in your
own fashion. How long is it going to
| take for this nonsense to wear Off"
This is not nonsense, uncle answered
| Dick. soberly, land it never will wear off
| l am enlisted in the cause of suffering
| humanity
Now cut that out with me! I have
| bad my fill of the gorgeous vistas of the
radiant future, and all that rot. They are
your guests, Dick, but if they should at
tempt to escape, I should not use force
! to deta1n them. Dick, the Harrington
| plant Is In hard way Are you going to
pitch in and help: or are you going to let
1t go?"
| 'I don't Ike TO seem ungrateful." an
! swered Dick slowly and seriously. ''but
I / feel that l must do my best to save the
common people"
| We'll. save them-saye all you want OF
them,' snapped the old man. 'Do you
| think that / want to do away with them2
| Do you think that I do not know that
! they are Just as necessary as any other
raw material? That is the trouble with
YOU open-mouthed reformerS: you haven't
/ business sense enough to see that it is
| economical to keep the workman at his
| best-and a successful manufacturer
| never overlooks economy" Richard
paused and looked sharply at his nephew
| for a moment before continuing, sarcas-
! tically, when workman is SO feeble
from lack Of nouishment. Dick. that he
| can barely totter around, he don't turn
out enough stuff, and that's the chief end
| OF industry. To be perfectly frank with
| you, not one of our worknen has starved
| to death for great number of years"
''Still. q man has other needs be-
| gan Dick. but his uncle stopped him with
| a gesture of disgust.
| oh Dick kindly spare mel he said.
II know all that. And 1 have other needs
1 and even you nave Otner needS. out IL
| tell you once and for all. that the needs
of my business-the old Bennington steel
| plant-come before everything else in the
world with me. and I'm willing to fight
/ for it."
| what is wrong with IT. asked Dick,
| with increasing gravity.
| Burton growled the old man Bur
i ton is wrong with 1t. Twice I've had him
whipped. clear beaten, down and out, and
| both times some fool relation died and
left him enough to come back al me. He
| is all business, Dick, I'll say that for
| him. When he wants good man he is
willing to pay for him-advertiser, sales
man. judge or legisator--if he wants him
he pays the price, and it's tough compe-
titfon Talk about war being hell! Why,
it's game of ball beside business! You
fix for a battle; when that is fought you
know where you are. but in business you
never know where you are. Day and
night night and day. you have to watch
IT. watch it. watch 1t: and Dick. I'm get
/ ting Old
Dick remained silent while his eyes
followed the line of molding which ran
| below the ceiling. II was apparent that
he WAS IllnkIn. uaeplN and that hiS