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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-10-30

Tor the night her husband noted bow
ne heard her sobbing softly.
lie was himself awakened shortly
after midnight by the barking of the
dog. The animal seemed to have
come up to the house and was paw
ing at the door. Mrs. Smith made no
complaint and Jared knew she was
thinking Of the lost son
You can fetch that dog into the
kitchen II you want to, Jared" she
said softly as her husband started out
10 feed the stock.
As Jared came out into the yard
the dog limped up to him. The far
mer petted the animal and motioned
It to follow him into the house. How
ever, the animal acted strangely 1t
did not seem to want to go with him.
circled about him and then turning its
face toward some thick underbrush
whined In a plaintive and It seemed a
boseeching way.
THE critter acts funny, | declare!"
Jared was saying as his wife came out
into the yard why, what does the
animal want anyhow"
The dog had caught loose fold Of
his coat in its teeth and was per-
sistently pulling at him,
This means something Samantha"
said her husband quite seriously, See,
he wants US to follow him"
ut does look that way" agreed Mrs.
Smith.
Out Of curiosity both OF them fol.
lowed the limping animal. The dog
penetrated the thick copse given over
to dense underground, Ten feet ad.
yanced among this Jared Smith halted
with a shock
why, Samantha" he exclaimed.
IT'S n mani"
Mrs Smith peered timorously over
her husbands shoulder
"Oh. Jared is It some one dead?"
she shuddered.
Il think not hope not, Samantha, "
replied Jared. lifting a onc.half eaten
little loaf from beside the PROSTATE
| tgure-"your bread"
Just there the dog crept up to the
stranger and nosed at his face buried
in the grass The recumbent man
moved and then with n groan turned
| his weary fever-stricken eyes upon
the intruders.
Mother" be uttered, and col
lapsed
"Oh, jared" fairly shrieked Mrs
Smith, ITS my boy"
Yes, thus the runaway had come
! home-in lieu OF silks of the far away
] Indies, rags. Instead Of the dazzling
CLEAN OF jewels. the hectic glitter OF
death in his eye!
Just in time they had found him
| When they had carried him-oh, sc
tcnderlyl to the house, and the doc
tor arrived, II was to tell them that
another hour In inattention might
have ended in his death.
Il stole up to the house weak, al
most fainting," David Smith told then
when he was convalescent "Ther
ragged and ashamed. | could not &c
in But there was mothers bread
! took It, not the dog. not this grand
splendid hero to whom | owe my life
in discovering me later that night"
And the night Of q grand family
jubilee, attended, too. by the faithful
sweetheart of old times, the faithful
animal was awarded a post OF honor
Copyright, 1918. by w. @. Chapman)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-10-30
Riuht In STYLE.

'Maulstick will have to quit drink
ing or get out of art
so l thought. But the Cubists
came along just in time to save him"
Evening star., 1913-10-12

administrative offices and provisions for
those working In them. in the navy yard
shops and docks. and in connection with
the port and the sea level section OF the
canal.
The site for the city was chosen by
the isthmian canal comm sslon On the
discussion OF the preliminary plan for
this city the committee of fine arts was
able to be OF the greatest use. Mr. Olsn-
sted is n past master in che art of city
planning, and his advice. not only in re-
gard TO the plan but also in recommend
ing the mode Of procedure for accom-
plshng the desired results. was the
most valuable service that the commits
sion rendered.
The main feature OF the city Is 10 be
the administrative building II viii be
placed on Lone Tee hill which Is about
100 feet high, with IFS court open to the
breeze. The main avenue Of
the town is to ho placed on the same
axis as this building. Steps WI lead
down from 1t 10 the avenue. which viii
be flanke5 by the public hlildines and
officers houses. connected b. continuous
arches thar viii serve as both porches
and covered sidewalks
The avenue VIII be not less than 40
feet wide. between buildings An open
parked vista in the center. Dordered with
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The Happy Man.

HTHEREs no accounting for tastes,
said Simeon Ford. the humorist--
there's no accounting for tastes in hap
piness or hotels or politics.
Two men sat in the lobby of nay hotel
tie other nisht arguing rocferously.
while a third man smoked long and
costly cigar and listened to the argu-
nent with calm. comfortable. serene
air.
The argument was about happiness
The men claimed for different reasons.
that it was impossible to be perfectly
bappy--or. as one Of them put it:
NO faIlible human being is capable
of so forgetting llfe's trials and tribpla-
tions, of so withdrawing, so to say from
his defective mortal entity as to become
completely possessed, even for raoment
with a sense of perfect happiness.
THE speaker turned to the man who
was smoking the long, expensive cigar
so comfortably.
= Don't you agree TO tbaf. SIR ne
..The other ficked off his ashes with a
chuckle.
gentlemen. ne said. 4 am perfectly
happy now.
WHAT cried the first speaker You
mean to say you are perfectly happy
enrapt in the present moment--obliyious
of all the troubles of the universe? Per-
fectly happy-come now9
Perfectly happy. said the stranger.
firmly Perfectly. absolutely happy.
He blew o half dozen rings up into
the air. and, as he WATCHED them dis
solve. he said:
:. Happy. perfectly happy You see.
gentlemen. have been on my honeymoon
for six days. Six days on my honey
s.hls Is the first time I've man
aged to get of to have a srnoke.'"
Evening star., 1913-10-12

not delay in establishing currency sys-
tenn that would put confidence into the
heart of every bank depositor and busi-
ness man.
Why, out in Kansas said the sena-
tor. things used to get so bad in panic
timss that people stood around on the
corners Just waiting to be scared into
grabbing their money out of the bank.
one day a man With a straw hat was
standing on the fat tin roof OF a little
country bank building, when a gust of
wind came along, blew Off his hat and
sent him scurrying across the roof in
pursuit
" There's run on the bankr called
out the village was. who stood across
the street
And before they could stop IT," added
Senator Shafroth. Ibis words had started
q real run that broke the bankgs
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my stale, salo ne. q man from out
side one day rode in and behind him
came lean and s;ld-eyed dog 1t was
the custom to pu. any newcomer in
town through pazing process. and
this was accordingly done with the
stranger.
After he had his dinner and was
smoking, big monntaineer whom he
knew slightly wandered out and kicked
at lean, sad-eyed dog lying almost
at the strangers feet.
!" Don't kick that dawg!' said the
stranger. protestingly
.. Who says l mustn't kick that dawg7'
demanded the mountaineer fierceiy. L
reckon I'm about good enough aroun'
here to kick anything / want TO kick.'
Then he kicked the dog again.
don't want to see you get into
trouble. said the stranger, quietly. so /
wish you'd stop kicking that dawg-'
FOR reply the mountaineer merely
kicked the dog again.
.@fhe stranger. instead OF accepting the
challenge. arose and walked toward the
hotel entrance.
"'Air you gwine to stan my kickin'
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UnteaChabIe Tammany.

UUoU can't teach Tammany Han
moral politics Tamm8Dy Hall il
blind 10 that sort OF thing You'd waste
your sermons and homiiies on such an
institution"
The occasion was a luncheon. the speak
er John Purroy Mitchell. fusion candidats
for mayor OF New York.
Yes he continued. "to teach TAIN
many morality would be like teaching the
little girl mineralogg
"a teacher. you know. spent long
time explaining 20 her class what % min
era was
a mineral said the teacher sum
ming uD-'a mineral is an inorganic homo
geneous substance of definite chemical
composition. found ira nature You havo
all seen minerals Now who will name
IN. s0meY
4" i will, teacher said little girl.
VERY weIl--go ahead. Three minerals
please
a 'Ginger-ale sa' SD rella and pear cider.'
said the little girl
Evening star., 1913-10-12

for u Is noted that several recent enact
mentS or Congress providing for the
erection Of monuments have required
that the nlans shall receive the approval
oi the commission. not merely its ad-
vice This marks an increasing rocok-
nitign OF the value OF It's services
The members serve " thont connenSa-
ton. there 5 a labor Of love IN the cause
OF beauty Only actual expenses are
paid while travelling to and from
Washington and while attending meet
ings; also. of course. the cost OF travel
in connection with the work of the
commission Is betrayed. There iD no
fixed time for meeting. but on tho
average, eight or nine meetings "a year.
lasting from one 10 three days each
have been held Ia the past
RecOmne nendItioDs OF tae commission
have resulted in the saving Of tlou-
sandH of dollars 10 the government
Prior to 1910. In considering plans
and models for any monument. or DUR
ing the erection Of the work many
hundreds of dollars had to be spent
in each case for expert advice. IL Is
probable that the saving in this item
alone has been greater than tho sum
total OF the appropriations made for
the commission during the time It has
been in existence.
Evening star., 1913-10-12

spring, and the islands guarding the en-
trance are interesting I'm the extreme.
The islands to the south will in reality
guard the entrance. as three OF them are
to he occupied by forts with heavy guns
The second one. Perico, is most unusual
and picturesque. Naturally a wooded
mound rising abruptly out o. the sea. its
top mas been 1attened for &, fortress: n
spiral roadway encircling the island leads
TO 1t from the causeway which connects
this island with its neighbor Naos and
thence to the mainland, Any monument
would appear to be forced unless il were
a lighthouse--and the plans for light
houses and beacons do not call for one at
this emfnence.
x K
The four islands of Flamenco Perico
Naos and Culebra are all to be conhected
with the mainland by causeways. One of
these dikes between East Balboa and
Naos is about three and a third miles i'm
length. As it may become the fayorite
drive Of the people Of Panama, IL has been
proposed to plant 1t with trees througho,It
its entire length. perhaps with the royal
or cocoanut palm.
The commission. however. thinks that
trees might obiiterate the attractive view
of the city of Panama and disturb ihe ef-
feet of the long. low. straight line which
the causeway now makes nd which Is
a striking note In the pic sure. they would
tend to make the shore line CONTIGUOUS
with the island and thus destroy the ef-
feet of its being island.
There is another idea which is a very
necessary one to consider. After the ca
nal is completed and the machinery moved
away to some other field of construction.
the great question of operation and ad-
minstration presents itself: for the work
Of the canal IL not finished when the wa
ter is turned in and the locks are ready
to handle t ships.
large force of men must live in the
zone to continue the work of maintenance
and operation. There will also be admin
istrative officers who will be forced to
dwell there with their families.
It is expected that the permanent popu-
lation of employees will be concentrated
Evening star., 1913-10-12

The family always tried thinss Hrst On
Sally, said Mr.. Prouty; if they dlan
hurt her. they were considered good
enough for the rest of the family
They used her as sort OF expert
ment station" he explained. II they
had edihles from the woods. ana Were
a little i'm doubt as to whether they were
toodstoals--'
A shout OF laughter went up from
nearby colleagues. and Mr.. Prouty mas
tily corrected himself:
istoodtoals.' he began The laugh
grew stronger.
"stoadtoois'' ne shouted. yed in the
face
At that point he gave up.
Senator Moses Clapp OF Minnesota takes
keen delight in watching moving picture
nIays.
Evening star., 1913-10-12
Right Back!

II epre G sentative
James r. Mann of
Illinois. the repub-
liean leader of the
House. is The tar
get for many shots
from the demo-
cratic. side. He
usually returns as
good measure as is
sent. X e c c n t ! y
Il G pr G S G n tative
Thomas OF Ken
lucky asked for
opp or t nifty to
make a speech.
Evening star., 1913-10-12

IN order 70 enlighten the darkened ln-
tol,eet OF the gentleman from Illinois,
ask that / may have thirty minutes in
which 10 address the House" said
Mr.. Thomas.
Mr. Speaker cried Mr.. Mann, jump
ing up II think the gentleman from Ken
lucky ought to have forty-five minutes.
or an hour. at least, If he is going to
try 70 give US any Information"
Evening star., 1913-10-12
~ 1UNDER TIE B& NVtiKTE DOGEvI Y

this dawg O. yourn without fftein'?' de-
manded the astounded inountaineer.
fhet amt my dawg you're kckin',
replied the stranger, with yawa. thet
dawg belongs to you're brother Hez
The mountaineer looked uncomfort-
able.
Whar Is your dawg?' he asked
Ihe stranger yawned again.
don't rightly know now he re-
Piled, but half a hour ago he was
killin that setter pup of yourri back OF
the purnp!"
Evening star., 1913-10-12
Science VS.. Brawn

Conversation in
the House lobby
the other day wan
dered off TO houn'
dawgs. and the
various members.
mostly soutterners,
were tellint: their
v q 10 8 expert
ences. + / II a | y,
Tom Hefiin. the
Adonis from Ala
baina, offered a
contribution.
Down in a
mountain town in
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The Mighty Acorn.

Senator John w.
Shafroth of Col
orado, who Is a
member OF the
Senate committee
that handles bank
ing and currency
legislation. has a
perfectly good ar
gument in favor of
immediate currency
reform. He was
telling some of his
colleagues recently
that he believed
Congress should
Evening star., 1913-10-12
Then Pop Got Mad!

V c e President
Marshall tells this
story about some
Indiana fri e n d S
who had a pre-
eociously ra V Q
and studious young
daughter of nine
or ten years.
The family was
assembled around
the evening lamp.
and father was
buried in a news
p a y e,r, W h e n
daughter hooked up
WAS irving to read
Evening star., 1913-10-12

in five centers. Some OF these are now
occupied By The construction force. They
are Christobal and Colon. chiefly for
those men concerned with the port. the
sea level section of the canal on the
Atlantic side and the Panama railroad I:
Mirailores and Pedro Miguel for those
working at the locks OF the same name.
At the Pacific end of The canal new
town is to be created. It will be called
Balboa. in honor of the discoverer Of the
Picific. anG will contain the general
Evening star., 1913-10-12
Bluff.

WILLIAM NJ WOOD. the head OF
w Americas great wooden Industry,
said at q dinner In Boston.
I'm socialism of the more rampant sort
there is a lot Of bluff. You viii reniem-
her the socallst-anarchist who shouted
from his red-draped platform:
We've got 100000 men all armed and
drilled and ready 90 sweep this corrupt
government into the sea-
= We'll. why don't you do IL, then?'
heckler asked.
THE sociaIist-anarchlst roared furionsly
in answer:
Why, the bloody police won't iae
'em.
Evening star., 1913-10-12

world, and no animals, and no trees or
flowers or grass. or anything like that?'
why, yes, Gertrude. that would be
funny said father. still absorbed In his
reading.
Daughter paused moment. and then
inquired biandly:
''ro whom would 1t be funny. father"
Evening star., 1913-10-12
Tongue Wouldn't Behave.

Re pre- s entatlve
s. +. Prouty of
Iowa is one of the
good story tellers
of the House of
Il Q pr e sentatives.
but he had an un-
fortunate expert
ence one day when
he attempted to IL
lustrate a point In
a tariff speech with
the story of Sim
pie Sally" a CHAR
acter in the neigh
borhood where ne
lived as a boy.
Evening star., 1913-10-12

With Success of It's
Utilltarian Aspect As
sured, Uncle Sam Is
Now Concerned About
Making the big Ditch
"A Success From the
Artistic Point of View
Criticisms and Sug-
gestions of the Commits
sion of Fine Arts Which
Undertook the Task
Special Beaut!tication
Not Desired, but a
Harmony Of All Struc-
lures With the Mas
sive Naturalness of the
Canal.
Evening star., 1913-10-12

Or nine years the
world has marked
the progress of
one of the most
gigantic engineer
ing feats ever un-
dertaken n its en-
tire history. Mil
lions of dollars
worth of maehiii-
cry has been used
to move an inesti-
mable number of
Evening star., 1913-10-12

Asked 10 state what no considers the
most artlstic feature of. the gigantic
" 9ra. Mr. French said: There is little
that is designcdly artistic and little that
is beautiful. in the ordinary acceptance
of the word. that Is the direct result OF
creating the canal. Il We exeent the lake,
which wsll ultimately take its place as a
picturesque body OF water, but without
any special features 10 differentiate 1t
from any other lake OF the sane size.
Evening star., 1913-10-12

mission that the entrance to the canal
from the Pacific side be marked in similar
manner to the Atlantic end. But condi-
tions near this terminus do not admit OF
such treatment because the shore at this
point is occupied with docks anC cold
storage buildings with which any ex-
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been changed; hills almost as high as the
Washington Monument have been cut in
half-so that the waters Of tho Atlantic
might merge with those of the Pacific.
and the narrow Isthmus of Panama be
changed from a formidable barrier into
distinctive aid to the commercial prog
ress of the nations.
But Uncle sam has not been content
with developing merely the utilitarian
character Of the canal He has desired
that II be not only practical at its com
pletion. but artistic as well To advise
him IN determining wherein plans may
be changed or suggested 20 further this
artistic aspect. be has called upon the
highest authority in the country. The
commission of fine arts. composed Of a
body OF men appointed by the govern
ment for the purpose Of advising on mat
ters involving questions OF artistic taste
ana judgment. has aided him
\ committee, of the commission. In
cluding Daniel French the chairman
and Frederick Law OIrnsted. the land
scape architect of the commission. visit
ed the canal Zone and recently rcported
20 Congress recommendations resultinsr
from their observations. The impress
IItnStFOHPn
others and influenced their report To the
greatest extent was that of the sirn
phcity and dt-ectness of the entire canal
as an imposing object with strictly utili-
tartan purposes.
They saw al once that any attempt al
special Identification would not only fan
20 accomplish the purpose but would
also detract from its chief charm. The
recommendation made are. therefore of
necessity. suggestions 20 hariuonize an
structures SO that they will aceentuate
this atmosphere Of massive natiralness
and TO place them so that they will err
hance the impressiveness Of the whole
rather than emphasize any intrinsic
beauty of their own Proposed struc-
lures and plans were weighed i'm the
balance accordingly and measured by
this standard
The plans Of which the committee took
cognizance concerned the form Of the
lighting system of the channels Of the
lakes and the canal proper: the control
building at Gatun the development OF
the causcw9ys connecting the mainland
with the islands at the Pacific entrance
which form part II the defensive scheme
OF the canal; the tentative plan for the
administrative city Of Balboa on the Pa
cihc shore. and the army post and ma
rine reservation 10 be situated Ia the
zone.
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that there is a classical precedent for
tablet although | am sure that none of
us knew it when we conceived the idea"
"a
An opportunity for artistic advice came
to the committee as 1t made its way
from the Atlantic entrance of the canal
to the Pacific studying the lighting sys-
tenn and considering the effectiveness of
the proposed position and form of the
lighthouses ana beacons.
On entering the canal at the Atlantic
end the lighthouses Situated on the
breakwAter 1T the entrance to I.imon bay
are tie first seen. They are the most
conspictoss struttures ne.rth of the canal.
and II is desirable that they be made
strilIingly impressive The commission
recommended Ia Col Goethals that the
designs for them be restudied because the
present plans do not accomplish this re-
suit
Journeyng through Iinon bay. the
Gatun locks at the Mindi hills are the
first large piece of engineering work to
be met Where the canal enters the land.
sharply accentuating the transition from
the huoyed channel in the open bay to
the canal proper. the commission feels
that some dignihed architectural feature
should be placed-to mark what is the
real entrance. The idea is strengthened
by the fact that the plans for lighting
eau for a pair OF lights. perhaps of the
same design as those already placed at
the Pacific entrance. The shores here are
very low and the commission does not
think that these lights would accomplish
the desired effect.
There are serious foundation difficulties
TO be encountered, In planning any struc-
ture along these shores. They are low
and of so loose formation that they are
worn back at the rate OF several feet
each year; so that Gnything built here is
In danger of finding itself surrounded wLxA
water within few years
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The constructions are not impressive
from their beauty, but from their mass.
unless we define beauty as Emerson did
as the action of function The locas
naturally claim precedence in this re-
gard
1t seemed at first desirable to the COM
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il :, glance at the organic act Of 1910.
which creptcd the comm ission will give
clear idea OF the extent of its pow ers. lt
provides that IL shall be the duty Of the
commission 10 advise upon the location OF
statues. fountains and monuments in tho
public streets and parks in the District
OF Columbia. and upon the selection OF
models for statues. fountains and mOnu-
ments erected under the authority Of tho
United States and upon the seiee or
the artists ltr the execution or the same.
Ii shall Toe the duty of the officers charg-
ed by law TO determine such questions in
each case and 20 call for such advice. The
commission shall also advise generally
upon questions of art when required 10 do
so by the President. or by any COMMITTEES
OF either house OF Congress.
BY establishing nation3f commission.
even though IL is not stipulated that it's
powers are mandatory the government
has taken Its flrst step Co formally
re''ognize that there is such a thing AS
the fine arts.
ITS functions are growing with time,
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Tom some blok she Wak Tying 10 fead
and understand.
Wouldn't it be funny. father" she
said. IF there were no people IN the
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idea together with these recommendations
for changes. which has met with appro-
baton on all sides II proposed com
memorative tablet in the form OF an inn
pressive inscription on great monu-
mental surface at some point OF extraor-
dinary prominence along the canal.
Careful examination of all points OF
such description led Ia the decision that
was the most advantageous place The
report suggests that the Inscription he
approximately leo feet in height and
somewhat more in width. and severely
simple. with lettering in Roman V-shaped
letters larSe enough TO be seen across
the canal.
such a memorial record OF the build!ng
OF the can0l upon the continental divide
VIII be unique in foym, although not
without precedent. for on the rocky
kagan 6ehio Of the Danube. which sep
arates the Balkans on tho south from
MAINS commemorative tablet. con-
spieuousiy visible. placed there long ago
by the Roman Emperor Traian.
In those old days. about leo years altar
Christ. when tSc Roman frontier extended
this Ear into the barbarian territory
river marvellous military road. the re-
mains OF which exist today. At its COM
pietion q long inscription was carved IN
the rocky cliff to commemorate the en-
terprise. TIE letters are 0hiiter9ted. but
traces OF the inscription arc still evident.
The analogy between the circumstances
or the Inscription or the Danube and the
proposed one at ,Cul bra IS all the more
interesting in vitw of the fact that the
commission was unaware OF its existence
when the proposal was made. Mr.
French said, 1t IS interesting 20 know