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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-14
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"a cinch to dodge q trolley"
Said EbenKer Prude,
But motorcycles. golly!
I simply can't elude."
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He who knows most grieves most Col
wasted ume.-Dante.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

the old age pension law and of the ma
tional insurance against maternity and
sickness, risks unemployment and death,
it becomes apparent that English LIBERAL
ism today is engaged in a definite pro-
gramme of social justice, the equalzing
of burdens, and the equalizing not only
of opportunity but of welfare. Politics
is now busy with the reconstruction of
the social state.
But the logic of what has been done
requires that more should be done. If
the people are to be insured against
sickness by state funds, clearly the state
must secure protection in the way of
proper housing and living conditions, tend
ing to the health of the poor. II mini
mum wage law prevails in the Industries
of cities, surely the minimum of physical
and industrial welfare must be guaranteed
and secured for the agricultural laborer.
But If the farmer can't afford to pay
a living wage to the laborer. then the
landlord must be getting too much rent.
or the farmers methods need revision.
So the government has to attend to the
instruction of the farmer indeed, but also
to the checking of the rental drainage
into the Golfers of the landlord. More
than that-since the ultimate welfare of
farmer and laborer depends on manhood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

and the lie told in the home: the lie told
told to escape an unpleasant issue: the
lie told for the purpose of ridiculing an
other, and the lie told with malice to the
wounding of another's sensibility or to
his social undoing; the lie-but they
stretch out to lengths too long to follow
in a short paper.
The man who knowingly sells you an
adulterated article when you think he is
handing you the pure commodity, and for
the unmixed article you pay him, is tell
ing you lie. He who places the big ap-
pies at the top of the barrel and lets you
buy it, you supposing that the top ones
represent the general run of the whole
barrel, has told you a lie. The newsboy
who knowingly sold you yesterdays
paper when you paid him for today's, lied
to you. And SO forth, to every phase of
life, mutatis mutandis."
The lie that depreciates another for the
advantage of him who tells the lie is de-
spieable. 1t may be told on the rostrum
or to the ear of a partisan Individual
No matter where told, it is too base to de-
serve the slightest consideration of mer-
cy but merits only the severest castiga-
tion that language can possibly construct
So with the man who would destroy a
womans confidence in his rival by lying
about that rival to her. Can there be
anything more dastardly? Yet [ have
heard of such things being done, and of
such lies being told There is an old
aphorsn that everybody has heard many
times to the effect that "All's fair in love
and war. This adage has guided many
wrongs that have wounded regulations,
broken many hearts and disappointed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
ENGLANDS SOCIAL EVOLUTIONARY George Ea

But Mr. Chamberlain's socially regen-
erative schemes went by the board In the
fierce storm of anti Gladstonian union
ism. and his new conservative allies did
not greatly encourage him in reviving
them.
But more and more the agricultural
outlook in England has been proving dis
astrous. There is nothing in the village
to- hold the village boy and girl and
there is no certainty that the farmer can
hold his farm against the rapaeity of his
landlord. The land is losing its people.
A law was made years ago, providing
for compensation to the dislodged tenant
to offset the improvements he had made
in the farm values, but it still left too
much power in the landlords hands,
against which the average tenant thinks
it hardly profitable to protest
And in the towns the same thing is
true There also the English law gives
injurious authority to the owner as
against a4tenant holding a lease.
N3w the existing English ministry has
done heroic things in this great Parlia-
ment. BY the time the last session ends
and the general election falls due. The
Irish home rule act will be law as also
the Welsh church disestablishment bill,
and law stopping plural voting. Mean
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

The people must take up their heritage
and rule themselves, and that they cam
not do while the nation is owned by pri-
vate individuals"
Referring to the method of restitution.
Mr. Money says; II do not mean that
because a wrong done a century ago
we have the right today to rob an in
diVidual owner, who perchance bought his
title and who himself robbed no man. |
do mean, however that the great historic
wrongs must be undone with fair play
to those persons who now stand between
the nation and its proper inheritance. Fair
play may be demanded, and should be
given. even If 1T were not demanded, but
the work must be DONE
These. be it observed, are not the raw
ings of a red flag anarchist, or of a
socialist street orator, but CT the most
eminent economist among the friends of
the greatest liberal government ever in
power in England. They convey senti-
ments not without value to those who
wonder whether the people or the trust
building capitalists own this continent.
and whether it is constructive statesman
ship to "bust' the trusts or to let the
people come to their inheritance. These
are pretty live questions for academies
to debate. But they have passed out of
the academic stage beyond the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

time the House of Lords can do nothing
to stop, though something to delay, pro-
gressive legislation, and the. programme
of the liberals will be an appeal to the
voters to sustain them in the task of
revolutionizing the whole system of Eng
lish land tenure. Mr.. Lloyd-George has
been the first to expound the proposals
In two great speeches. at Bedford and
Livindon; the other members of the cab
met have taken care to assure the peo-
pie that the plan is heartily supported
by them all; and the conservative party
stands without policy, other than blank
negation and antagonism. That, in brief
is the political situation in England mod
flied by the uncertainty of the labor
vote. whether for or against the liberals
A socialistic labor vote would certainly
imperil the Asquith forces at the forth
coming general election.
No student of the tenure of land in
England can miss the analogies it pro-
vides with certain problems in America
Whatever progress is achieved there will
have its effect here. And we in this
country will be exceedingly blind If we
do not watch with care the outworlSing
of what must in the end prove the ma
of land in the old country.
1t is all the more interesting to us in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

With fervent anguish and consuming
rage"
1t was insnuation that Iago first en-
ployed by Which to break Othellos heart,
insnuations that enclosed basest lies, as
he knew, and begun by the merest trifies;
but "Trif1es light as air are to the jeal-
Gus combinations strong proofs of
Holy writ"
One of the most immoral customs of
which certain people, who are otherwise
quite respectable, are guilty of. is that of
lying to little children to frighten them
into being good. The effects upon the
nervous systems of some dear little in
nocent children are most disastrous, and
in few years the memory of the early
threats. the lying threats, of the parents
is just as disastrous upon their morals.
If child has reason to believe that his
mother lied to him, even while he was a
mere tot, why should he believe the word
of anybody? And, If a child thinks that
his mother can lie, why should not he
do the same when it is convenient to do
so? Q, never for a moment let your child
have reason to believe that you could
possibly perpetrate a falsehood. OF all
the ideals of life that of the child s
mother is the highest. Nobody is quite
as beautiful, as pure and as good, in the
child's mind as his mother. She stands
next to God, indeed III the place of God
to the child. But let him have reason to
believe that his mother told a lie and at
once his idol lies shattered at his feet
Life has suffered distinct and bitter
loss. 1t can never be the same thing
again. The little fellow may refer to it
Indeed, he would hardly know how to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

you at breakfast I was going down town
to get the childrens school books? I
haven't touched an automobile today
You are positively silly Harry j. told
me he saw you riding with Smith"
'"Dont you know Mr.. j. well enough to
know that it was simply his nonsense?
I was on the street car, and Mr. Smith
got on, and, as the seats were all occu-
pied except the one next to me, he sat
there. and talked about the opening of
the schools. Mr.. J. passed on the side
walk, and we both spoke to him. Did
Mr.. j. say I was in an automobile?"
Now, that I think of it, he didn't say
what you were riding in" We'll in my
opinion you are something that has less
sense than goose, you're a gander," and
Mrs. B. swept into the house. leaving B.
to consider what fool he was.
In this instance the story with some
truth in it was simply ridiculous; but in
many cases the lie with truth in 1t has
done irreparable damage to hearts and
homes. Often the lying insinuation is
harder to confront and to demolsh than
the outright lie. For the insinuation
may not confine the thoughts within the
circle of words. 1t leaves the imaa ina
tion to conjure up its widest conceptions
of things possible, and to a jealous OF
suspicious mind the tortures suffered car
be only less than the torment of the
damned Charge to the account of sly
insinuation:
"Ten thousand fears invented wild,
Ten thousand frantic views
OF horrid rivals, hanging on the charms
For which he melts in fondness, eat
him up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

place together was. not related. The in
ference in the minds of those who heard
the remark was that the clergyman and
the physician were in the gambling saloon
for the same purpose that leads many
had occurred there, and they were both
summoned in their professional capaci-
ties.
Everybody knew that Mr. b. was an
unreasonably jealous husband, and the
same Everybody felt called on to an
noy him. Mr.. B. was detained at home
one day because of headache. Harry j.
hurriedly passed Mr.. BIS residence and,
seeing him on the front gallery, ex-
claimed Hello b. Saw your wife down
town riding with Smith. She was talk
ing to beat the band So long, Mr.. B.
moped and thought Here 1 am sick at
home, and she's out having a good time
What right has she to be happy when
am not? Riding with Smith, too. Dog-on
his automobile. l wish 1t would smash
up. Well, when she returns I'll give her
a piece of my mind, that's what TIL do.
She's got to learn that 1 am boss here"
About 2 clock Mrs. B. came home, and
was greeted thus: My dear Che always
called her my dear when he was an
gry), so you have had an automobile
ride "No / haven't / wish had.'
Don't try to deceive me, my dear; l
know all about it. Here I've been with
my head nearly bursting, my shirts need
ing attention, my socks not darned, and
you riding around town with men. l
know people wondered where your hus-
band was, If they ever think of such a
person. why, in the name of mercy,
what's the matter with you? Didn't 1 tell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

these states because so many of the
original English settlers here were com
PEELED to leave the old scenes by reason
of the inclosure acts which. one or two
centuries ago, took the common, or com
mercial, lands of the English rural folk.
fenced them, and recognized them as the
private property of aristocratic families
But the average student of English his
tory, or even the average English voter,
has the haziest possible conception of
what the inclosure acts were. Few have
learned what a gigantic conspiracy they
covered, under the forms of law and JUS
tice, or how serious a wrong they in
flicted- upon English rural life 1t has
been chiefly due to the activities of So
cialistic lecturers and "agitators" that
public attention has been drawn to the
fundamental law as travestied and ira
Vesed by those enaetments And in this
connection it is noteworthy that even
Green, in his History of the English
People, does not mention that most in
fluential factor in the economic life of
modern England
1t is not necessary to suppose that the
chancellor of eXchequer. or Mr. Asquith,
of Mr.. Winston Churchill has been led
by the socialist propaganda to espouse
the cause of the reform of landlords. If
one considers the profound meaning of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

LNoR good many months there has
been whole column in the Brit
\ ish Weekly at the disposal of VI.
Chiozza Money M. p, the famous econ
omist He has used it for frank and thor
ough-giving exposition of the priciples
that underlie civilized existence, especial
ly as they affect the progressive life
of the English democracy. Taken to-
gether with the acts and programme of
the present British ministry, these week
ly colmns by the great liberal economist
are charged with high educational pur-
pose and value. Recently he has been
discussing questions related to housing
and the control of the land the welfare
of urban and rural populations as af-
fected by land tenure, and incidentally
the changes that must come.
It has been recognized for many yeai.s
that the proper thing for English states
men to do is to give to the English
farmer and agricultural laborer at least
as good chance in life as has been Sc
cured for the Irish farmer. Everyone
knows that Ireland has become pros
porous nation since that change Long
ago, in his halcyon days, Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain proposed to secure for every
rural English cottage three acres and
la cow" basis of independent manhood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

frame the sentence that would accuse
his mother of a falsehood. But he will
grow up with sore in his heart. II will
be his first as well as his lasting, dis
appointment. In defence of the veraNty
of his mother. the little fellow would "
the same now; but he couldn't hit ash
strike most tellingly now-for a weaker
heart Is behind his thrusts, and disap-
pointment's tears dim his eyes. No
greater calamity befal child than
to be disappointed in his mother.
| think that many times parents err in
teaching their children the duty of un-
deviating veracity There are two things
generally urged against telling lie. The
child is told that God requires truthful
ness. and If he lies he will be found out
l have heard these reasons given. The
first will do very well, but the second
should be placed at the bottom of the
list of incidental reasons. 1t should never
be stressed into compelling Importance
Lord Bacon said of lying: 1.-The great
shame of 1t is that we are more afraid
of man than we are of the Almighty;
and when we emphasize the horror of the
child's being found out we encourage the
shame OF which Lord Bacon spoke.
Being found out or not Is not the thing
with which the child is to be concernedl
This lie loses none of it's shame by re-
naming hidden, nor does it become more
offensive by public disclosure. But after
teaching the child that AGod requires
truth In the inner parts" l think we
should let the little fellow understand
that 1t is unmanly and unworthy of his
nature, of his family name to do so cow
ardly a thing as to lie. He should be
above it. To lie would be to descend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

rather than upon material possessions,
the pathway of reform leads to securing
economic freedom to that much oppressed
and patient individual, the British work
ing agriculturist
Hence to the officers OF government in
England there is to be added a minister
of land, recognizing thus the uniqueness
of land among the sources of wealth. And
inasmuch as the coming months will
bring to us echoes of a gigantic debate
which will again shake the timbers of
Westminster, I cannot do better than
transcrbe a few sentences from the
latest contribution by Mr.. Chozza Money
to these preliminary discussions:A
THE operations of the new ministry of
land mean nothing less than the gradual
transfer of the control of British soil
from private hands to the nation. That
means that sovereignty will pass from
private to public hands. The owner of
the countryside is the lord and ruler of
the countryside. That rule has in some
instances been exercised with great wis
dom in other cases with benevolence IL
with little wisdom; in other cases, again.
with ignorance and tyranny. Where the
good" landlord exists he is not always
wise landlord, and in any case the
days are long past when free people
should tolerate even a benevolent despot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

leather chairs, whiting for walls, 12 decks
of cards, piano, cuspdors, three sets OF
checkers, three sets of dominoes, boxing
gloves, card tables, reading lamp, window
shades, three and a half dozen glasses,
"A chairs, oil stove, 10 yards cocoa mat
ting, water pitcher. five folding chairs,
$19I.S in ca sh, subscriptions to Boys Life,
Playground, Popular Magazine. Saturday
Evening Post, National Geographic Mag
azine and Outing Magazine The Ffrling
Athletic club turned over its entire equip
ment of nine chairs, two tables, 20 cups,
coffee boiler, an iron pail and its treas
ury of s42.
Meanwhile the entertainment commit
tee shouldered the burden of paying the
running expenses of the club room by
giving some form of public entertainment
every two weeks. Our expenses have run
from $40 to $40 a month, including rent
light, heat janitor and deterioration.
The house committee was the last to
get started but it has been no less effi-
cient 1t proposed just two rules, both of
which were adopted by unanimous vote
One rule is, no booze; the other, no gam
bling.
| do not know where all the boys come
from but today, a year from the time we
started this department we find tina;
there are las young men In it, governing
themselves paying their own expenses
anu lufllSHlDS SuppeTS, dances, eucnreS
and athletics to their fathers and mothers
and brothers and sisters. These young
men are between the ages of 16 and So
and all of them, mind you, are full-f1edged
members of the Neighborhood association
and have a vote on all questions of pub.
lie Improvement
One of the best results of the depart
ment has been the forming of band
which now has a membership of 81 Ten
weeks ago not one of these boys knew
a musical note
That's the story. Neighbor Aliens barn
today is the social center of our village
Ii is just big, red, old-fashioned bank
barn, with a field behind 1t and road
and a swamp in front. But it held it's
own through the winter against our five
saloons and wrested from them the recre-
alton of our village. One saloon-keeper
complains that his business has been cut
down 80 per cent
[ do not mean to leave the impression
that all has been smooth sailing from
the start. 1t has not. We have had diff
ficult times now and then, and for sew
eral weeks once we were in debt about
$50. We have made mistakes in methods
and in diplomacy.
The secret of our success, believe,
is the unselhsh purpose that we have
held before us--to do this thing not for
good. And let me say this for our neigh
| bors-not one of them has refused or
turned away when jon for the public
good was put up to him.
Exclusive Service Survey Press Bureau)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

YING is an rgly word. But the
thing fors which it stands is uglier.
r. We may soften the terms that de-
sribe lying and call it fabrication. or de-
.vlation from the truth; but, while the
designating language may be more grate-.
fu to polite people, the veritable lie re-
MAINS behind all words of pleasant sound,
as p lie We may dress it up in all man
ner of pretty terms, but the flowers of
verbal artifciality cannot make the thing
less than an odiously repulsive lie, whose
conception has soiled the honor of the
soul that conceived it, and whose utter
ance has befouled the lips from which it
fell o.
Lying is an Intentional violation of
truth perpetrated for the purpose of de-
ceiving. The offence may be committed
by purposed Withholding of the truth
when 1t is supposed that the whole truth
has been uttered, or 1t may be enacted
by exaggeration of the truth. or by the
distortion of facts so that the truth shall
appear to be lie.
A lie Is not dependent for its existence
upon language. either spoken or written.
One may lie by an act, by the motion
of his hands. by the glance of an eye
by the expression upon the face, or by
silence when he knows that silence will
deceive. or by a frown of disapproval
when the heart secretly commends. A
mans life may be an incarnate lie, al
though no words of his have assigned
him to the category of verbal liars.
Lies are of many kinds There is the
political lie. and the lie commercial. the
literary lie, and the lie peculiar to social
life; the lie that is told on the street,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

More ineongruous conditions can scarcely
be imagined.
In those primitive days before the use
Of steam, the barges had to be heavily
dragged against the upstream current by
the use of long poles planted into the
bank of the stream from the stern of the
vessel, while at the same time long poles
with iron beaks were used from the bow
py being fastened to trees or projecting
rocks. The proceeding was torturous
enough, but nothing dampened the ar
dency of these effervescent French, and
every incident was turned into a fresh
outburst of jollity, and seriousness was
tossed to the winds.
AT night they would build their camp
fires on the bank of the river ain the
edge Of the primitive forests, and after
the evening meal, the violin. guitar and
the accordion would be brought into
requisition to repel dull care and regale
themselves on the tedious passage. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

Penler was a distinguishes statesman:
Colonel Raoul was a distinguished cav
airy fighter. who had accompanied Ma
poleon in his exile to Elba, and after
ward led the advance guard on the return
of the Emperor to France after escaping
from his island Imprisonment. Madame
Rauol was a handsome Italian woman,
a native of Naples Cluis was one of the
aids of Marshal Lefebvre; Chaudoin was
French poet of note; Clausel was a
count; L 'Allemand was a lieutenant gem
erai of artillery under Napoleon; Lac
konel was a savant. who was at the head
of the department of education In the
empire during the regime of Napoleon,
together with others of equal note
All of these notables were once resi-
dents of Alabama, and encountered the
conditions of pioneer life on its western
plains of some of the ups and downs
of this strange colony something will BE-
said in the next article.