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CH.r!rs - Artrs, Mrs Charles M.
drove car. a., ,lrs, Chester u. Fuinrer.
Mr.. g. H. Hartman, MIS- WI'.rl
Randolph Hearst, Mrs. Waller Moore,
Mrs l'"ren"e Pol!r'rrlu, N"s. vile
K. Reynolds. Mrs. John y. Ryan 4.d
Mime AIDA Tanini-Tasi.aN.a.
The first regular meeting of M,uutt-
Tan chapter, i, A. Il, vas held last
Thursday al the residence Of the Recent,
MIS- William Arrowsm!tn. COS West Sew
cnty-lirst street, the guest OF honor being
Mrs. William Cumming story, President
General OF the Daughters OF the .\mcri-
cuI Revolution. The session opened with
business. which was followed by a pro-
rramne, the pr!u pal speaker being
Ms. Hauirt Bishop Waters, ~ !
10 clock tea was served.
\ spl,nd 1t convention was the thirty
c,-h'h. held last Friday AZ Hotel .>stor
les the Ncw York City Federation Of
Wumcu'S clubs II was called To order
'y the president, Mrs. Eugene j, Grant.
ia" Rev. dc sofa Neudes OF the West
End SYNAGOGUE giving the Invocation.
Nt'or the singing f "Nncrica,' a few
words Of greeting hy Ia" president and
the trrISuIrl's statement was made, Mrs.
Gilmore Mcintosh proceeded with the
programme. As Is the custom, new clubs
were introduced. as follows: The cli-
oniun Graduates club Of New York. Ber-
bolry Institute Alumnm Association. tho
Daugn,cis Of TIM Military Ordcr OF The
iuNaI L,-.on I'na.o 'lun, Nrw YORK
NuWsr's LD'gu" Tor Animals. Queens
l."rtEu Auxiliary for ne rrcvcntio| and
Rrl'ef of TUpcr,u'p-is, Nnn"u's society
r. b." ,'llcl,uip il",pitnl Si~t,rhoud of
Nm, spanish uui l'ur,ugu, ,r ~Syrlgu2u,
.u the Ni'y of NcW York, IN" Mothers
club ~ public school 5G Of Richmond
nm, tn" I,iNcrSido Castle club. the Ray
"f Suu.hiu" D'lh, National opera club
~ An.IIIrt. Nhllunnl SnriclN of NrM
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artists, Mrs. William u pcmarest, iirst
v!ce-president. will he in the chair.


At the Plaza OF saturday u bridge and
tea will be given for the hcucHt OF tn.
ladies auxiliary OF the -, Lawrence Hos
pltai. Mrs. II. NJ, Mc'afrcy Is chairman
of the committee IN charge.
The November meeting OF the New
York Browning Society viii he held
Wednesday at the Waldorf Astoria. husi-
ness to begin promptly at = o'clock. Thc
programme will be in charge of Mrs. \.
NJ. Ferguson. who will present the sub
1ect PHILOSOPHY OF Sacrifice VITA "lia-,
laust!on's Adventure" as poem for study.
a part of which will be read by Mss
Helen Harrington. Mrs. Agnes McC"c,-
land Daulton's subject viii Ice "Bllaus-
ton The Rev, Philip stanford MoXon.
u. D., OF Springfield, VI -. Nl u.4.,
the address OF the afterJ ur. Ms -. .
Moxom Gray to illustrate on the piano
ali references to music IN tu. poem
At the close of the Programme there
viii he an informal reception to tn.
founder and honorary president, Miss
Jrlia Pauline l.eavens, who mas jt., pee
turned from a three years lecture tour
through the South and West,
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England Women CNcw York City Col
uj -. National Society of New England
Women headquarters, New York city,.
Photereuuc clun oil Brooklyn, Guild OF
tn" BAY Ridge Home. These brought the
number IL the convention up 10 cas-, with
a representation at the convention Of
ISL delegates and lso ~alternates.
As chairman Of the local biennial
board. Mrs. William Grant Brown told
OF the progress of the work being done
by that body, also pleading for coopera-
,iun to insure the desired success.
The speakers were Mrs. Everett Mem
zies Raynor, state Regent Il. \. II. the
Rev. Charles T. Baylis, i. j., Henry +.
Jenkins. Supervisor OF Evening Schools
pr. James Parton Haney and Albert
shaw, Fh. D., editor American Reriew
OF RcrioUS.
The day closed with the presentation
oc the current topics. Suffrage II Anti
Suffrage" Mrs. William q. Wilcox and
Mrs. John jerome Rooney being the
speakers, respectively.
Beethoven Society, Mrs, James Daniel
Mortimer, president. will have its first
musicale ON Saturday at the Waldorf
Astoria. The dates for the other after
noon Affairs are December II, January s,
February IL and March II. There are
also To be W evening concerts on Janu-
AIRY { and April q, and a spring festival
on April 20, Mrs, Louis italston will
nave tna'gc of the latter.
The Society OF New Work State Women,
oi which Mrs, Gerard Rancker ~ the
president. VIII hold rs second meet!ns
81 tho season NJ the Hotel Aston to-
morrow afternoon,
The subject Of the day Will he state
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Mrs. liaslehurst VIII tell about the
cathedrals. buildings and Industries Of
Liege, NamuT, DinaNt, Louvtin, Brus-
sels, Mallnes, Antwerp, Gheht, Buges,
Ypres. Courtra! and Journal. The iec-
lures VIII be illustrated with st~creoptIcnu
views showing tnesr interesting places in
the prosperous days rs well as IN the
ruins OF to-day, The second lecture
will be on ancient Rome. its legends,
to-day, her life, buildings and art and
the last Oh Italian art Il artists.
Under the patronage Of Mrs. Sidney
C. Borg. Mrs, Felix NJ, Warburg, Mrs.
Daniel Guggenheim, Mrs. A.. Bernhard,
Mrs. Edward j. King, Mrs. Adolph
Lewlsohn, Mrs. Isaac y. Seligrfan, Mrs
Oscar :, Strans. Mrs. Henry Sldcn1erg
and Mrs. Melville Scholic "A fashion fett
and ball viii be given al tho E''mOt
or Wednesday evening for the benefit
OF AuXlliaries Nos. ~ and II OF the
Stony Void Sandtorium.
Cups viii be awarded t. the exhibits
voted the most attractive and the gown
will be auctioned before the ball, Amonp
those ON the arrangement committee are
Mrs, j. W, Sidcnborg, Mrs, benjamin
Stern. Mrs. Laurent Oppenheim. Mrs
Irwin Cntermyer, Mrs, Hiram &. Bloom
ingdalc, Mrs. Maurice Straus. Mrs
Walter j. Solomon. Mrs. Allen Lehman
and the Misses Nordl.nger, Hnch'
stadter and Simon. Miss Flor.uc,
Hochstadter !s chairman Of the enter,
tainmcnt committee ana tickets may b,
obtuined from Mrs. Benjamin Stern, II.
Fifth avenue,
A harvest card party and tri vi
he given by the International Pure Nil
.,. lN..Al l "a" ~. a. 4 I -- H.
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Al the festival and dance to be given
at DelmOnico's on November IA and IS
for the benefit of the Widowed Mothers
Fund Association. Borough President
Marks will make the opening address.
There will be many novel features, m
cluding1 an entertainment by little chill
dren, who will he gowncd in the most
up to date grownup froCks.
Many attractive articles will be on
sale. including costumes by well known
dressmakers. Mrs. William Einsts.n.
president of the association, and Mrs.
Louis Stern will have charge of the melt
ing pot: Mrs. Laurent Oppenheim will
be in charge Of the flowers and will be
assisted by a bevy Of pretty girls; Mrs.
Harry Kraft will have charge of the on
tertainment and will be assisted by the
Misses Mildred and Florence Stern and
Mrs. Dave Joseph, At the other tables
will he Mrs, Adolph Hermann. Mrs
q. NJ M~inzesheimer. Mrs. leon
kamadky, Mrs, Samuel Elkeles and Mrs.
Le~lerer.
The -patronesses Include Mrs. William
Einstein. Mrs. Marcus NJ. Marks, Mrs
Julia Sellg,nan, Mrs. Louis Stern, Mrs
Adolph Lewisohn, Mrs. Henry Fucker,
man. Mrs. Frederick Nathan, Mrs
Harry Kraft. Mrs. Randolph Guggen
helmer, Mrs. Charles j. Oppenheim, Mrs
Henry Bodenhcimer, Mrs. Samue
f1oersheimer, Mrs. Percival MeukeIi
Mrs Henry Ollesheimer, Mrs. JOSEPH
Mittelman. Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim
M. laurent O%ppenheim and Mrs. Sal
Ing Baruch.
A series of four Tuesday morning Ice
lures will be given by Mrs. j. w. Haslc
hurst tdis winter at the Plaza. The,
Will be- on November IL, % and so an,
December and will be most Interesting
ss tho subjects will be on Euyopea,
art centres. The first lecture Win b,
On Belgian cities in history and art all,
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The chairmen OF tac committees are
Mrs. William II. Corbin, luncheon, Mrs.
Junius y. Love, reception: Mrs. Frank
l.. Chapman. mus: Mrs. Ji"Urge \.
Brand. ways and meas; M-s James T..
Kelly. admissioGs. Mr.. Richard H.
Stern, UNIVERSAL topics: Mrs. Oliver
Cromwell Field, literature; Mrs. Samu,a
May Seymour. entertainments; Mrs.
Edith +. Ranger. drama. Mrs. Neptune
II. STyth. Introduce on; Mrs. Louis II.
Stern. arr, and M.ss Laurada l.. Chip
;nan, press. Mss Carrie VI. Fleming is
the auditor and Mrs. George W Bcckcl
the presidents aid.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27
REAL MEANING OF FlNEsSE
Possibly Here Are Ideas Which May
Not Have Been Brought to Your
Mind Before.

F1nesse Is one Of those wonderful
French words which seems to mean
80 much and yet, when one hunts
them right down to their fundamen-
tai essence, turn out to mean really
nothing SO very much at all.
The word fnesse as originally in.
troduced into this country meant the
naneuver In whist, by which you take
trick from your opponents with a
card lower than your highest card
inferior, also, to one possessed by
your opponents.
Speaking generally without chasing
the word too near its lair. fnesse
means the art Of doing things niftily
Il fnd it necessary to refer constant.
ly to American slang in order to get
the best definition for subtle French
expressions.
Now there 10. sisters and brethren,
an old saying which saith that 1t isn't
90 much what you do as how you do
it. The thing has tang Of the South
about it. and I suspect that it really
isn't much elder than the Louisiana
purchase; but, be that as it may. to
lift an expression from the newspa-
per editorial writer's, finesse has to
do with how you do things.-George
vaux Bacon in the Green Book Maya
zine
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27
MOTHER HAD FOREsEEN IT
Sammy Was There With tire Ex-
pceted "ereak," Just as Hal
Been Looked For,

Upstairs in the nursery Sammy
was receiving final instructions from
his earnest young mother cs - his
behavior at the dinner party that eve
ming.
Sammy was not going . be E-,=er :
during the whole of the feast. His
activities were confined to the after
coffee-and-fruit part OF it. Nev.rthc-
less. his mother knew from past OK
perience that this would give hcr
young hopeful ample time in which
to disgrace the family.
Remember, DEAR" she said, DIR.
Pung Sang Haug is Chinese ronGle-
man and your fathers friend. He
may be dressed in 4 way tha! you
will think funny, but. Sammy. You Will
be good little boy. and not stare at
him or say anything, went you?"
Sammy vowed that he would be a
model Of virtue and politeness.
When the time arrived. he was ush-
cred into the dinine-room. and beneld
the worthy Chinaman in all the mag
nificence Of silks and pigtail Fer a
long time he confined, By a mighty
effort. his attention to an apple, but
at last he just had to speak.
Mother" he said. in penetrating
whisper, IF the gentleman wasn't
friend of daddy's wouldn't he be
funny?"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27

everybody has tomatoes. Well,
l might order a few asparagus
and strawberry plants. They
don't come in seed, anyway. 1t
won't hurt to make a little list
and have it ready. Asparagus
and strawberries will be fine,
something wortl, while. Fresh
strawberries every morning be-
fore breakfast, I suppose. You
say they bear all summer: ]
think | shall have a big bed Of
them. And while I am looking
after them, I can just as we'll
take cale of a few flowers. I'll
just order some o'clocks and
phlox and sweet peas and mas.
turtiums and poppies and SO on,
and so on, and 50 on.-Ildianap-
oils News.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27
INHABITANTS OF THE MIND
Always in the Child, or Youth. or
Man, Accompanied by the One He
Knows Above All Others,

Real men and women are not the
Ionly people. Our minds are inhabited
'as truly as any other country. Every
child has his invisible playmate, to
whom he talks more freely than to his
parents, and with whom he goes upon
strange adventures-a tiny Columbus
with whom he embarks upon the wa
tiers Of the bathtub to discover a new
land. or rowing De Soto. with whom
he ships through the garden gate, un.
attended and unafraid. always before
he is three years old, bent upon an
excursion into the wilderness which
lies across the brook in the field or in
the woods. II you are the father or
mother Of this child you never can
understand that-how the timid baby
who was never before out Of your
sight could have gone so far alone.
Why, when you found him, stained
with his travels. very tired. almost
noddfng, he was still confident. preoc-
cupied, and bent upon a farther pill
grimage into the unknown. 1t is be-
cause he was not alone. He was ac-
by another whom he knows
better than he will ever know father
or mother-one Of those companions
Of his own fancy, about whom he new.
er tells you or anyone else.
These people grow up like other
people. The little child has his IA
miliar. and the young man has his
ideal" always wonan-not the
one he marries. nor even the one he
might have married, but one whom he
never saw In the flesh; q veiled and in
presence who never fcrsakes
him. And when he grows old, and
the wife he did marry grows old. she
remains young, fairer than the lilies,
'weeter than honey dew upon the
caves Of June.-Corra Harris. in Har- |
)er's Magazine.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27

Of Missouri that its peculiar and
uncontrovertibie policy and mis-
siou was the exercise of econo-
my in managing the states af-
fairs when he had continually be-
fore his eyes the official and un.
liable falsity of his party 5
representation. He is apparent
ly a clear-thinking, think
ing tax-paying citizen of Nilsson.
ri first and then state treasurer.
and least of all Democratic poll
tician of that character which
demands the subservience of in
diviual and personal instincts
of manhood to party interest.
His colleagues in the state capit-
oil who are so much exercised
over his report may still regard
Mr.. Deal as a Demosrat, but as
a Democrat in the wrong place
as state treasurer.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27

the high cos, OF living is Sc
rious problem in every American
home. The Republican party in
its platform attemps TO escape
from responsibility for present
conditions by denyil = they are
due to a protective tariff. We
take issue with them on this
subject and charge that excess
i've prices result in a large meas
ure from the high tariff laws en-
acted and maintained by the
Repu ublican party.-Democratic
platform, 1912.
The above utterance is explicit
in it's Indictment, but subsequent
prosecution of the charge has
failed to produce any evidence
to make it stick or even distant
ly connect the Republican rartv
with the alleged offense. The
Republican high tariff law was
wiped off the statutes by the
Democrats IS cue ky as they
could bring it about and for
more than year we have beer
living under the presumed brre
fcence Of 4 Democratic tariff 70,
revenue only. ard still tie higi
cost of living sits, IN uninvited
guest, at TIE al4Ie Of every FAM
lily in the country. Either the
charge tl.at the krpu olicar par
tvs protective roiicy WAS re-
sron>ille foi. the high cost o;
living was &c: ,iHc III the De-!
cratic party has proven itse + il
caI able Of It,rrGyinE the t:':,'
ter. The latter party has n-r,.-
ing mere s;.y un ic ~ 5,cct an'
to coi. ~i:,er tx. ipciden'
Closed. Bus arc tIlt -eop'e con.
tent With 1liS (i~.', sal Of tie
case: Hardly; troy ave going to
give the Republican iarty rel
hparing in 1916. They will net
Only produce tie i.;g,s cost OF
living as witEes> &1ainst tie
Democrats, E"t hard tines ais,
md with thus evjdeHte tie ycr-
diet is q f,,,prul.c ,.r,t.J>itD. |
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27
For Smaller Legislatures.

The Governor of Iowa has
proposed in his message to tue
Legislature that steps be taken
to reduce the number of n.em.
bers of both houses by anout
half. There are a: - 1t e
senators and 40 a. el \, -
in the Iowa Parlian tt;
Clarke thinks 25 sel.;.-. l., Ii
so assem- bIymen woulo - al l.;
right. He insists tt :t il w,ust.
be possible TO give better r''
~ideration to real me1:, -
l>'atlcn: and though f.
'casoaS he does Not say -. j, 's
apparent chat in body of si.cl
limited numbers a liigkcr e,at.
OF ,a,eHt would be ast:;1, &c
All the arguments in favor q
smaller State legislatures apply
with equal force in favor of 1e-
ducing the nun hers of the Ma
t!Onai Legislature. st least in the
House Of Representatives 1t Is
,nt possible to reduce 70 men,
'ersllip Of the Senate without a
constitutional amendment; but
the number Of representatives
,re dependent on the ratio OF
representation fixed by act OF
Congress-.
The effort to keep the House
thoroughly representative has
gone so far that it has become
unrepresentative, for it is COM
.,elled, owing to its numbers, to
hamper itself with rules that
make the trasactiOn Of business
d t1icult Washington Times.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27
wise 1ensra..xa.

Many are the errors which have
been committed in the worlu. and
20 it seems.
The present generation sees clear
ly; it wonders at the errors: it laughs
at the lack Of understanding of its
ancestors, not perceiving that those
chronicles were writ with heavenly
fire, that every letter in them cries
aloud, that a penetrating finger is
pointed thence at it-at the present
generation: but the present genera
ton laughs and begins proudly, self
confidently. series Of fresh aber-
rations. at which its descendants will
hereafter laugh in their turn.-Gogol
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27
Resolutions Of Respect.

Whereas. it has pleased the
Supreme Architect of the Uni
verse to call from labor to rest,
our dearly beloved Brother,
Thomas II. Henderson, who died
January 1th, 1915, therefore,
Resolved: That in the death of
Brother Henderson, his family
have los' devoted husband and
t''hr': s,:ti. Lodge N, 6322,
{ " :, faithful and use.
:: ., the community
d.. /" :. ma honortd citizen.
r. soIv.':: That we will ever
bear III gralrf II remembrance the
Il al and fidelity with wl,lc|,
! :"'t'r Henderson discharged
:; - Masonic duties. and will
tr: -" isni'ate his devotion ~ the
grand principals OF oar frat@r-
'litE.
E.>olv':'': That we t":,;irr our
htart-'elt S.-nr:ati'y to he h'frav-
Ell wi,Iuw and children, :;,,! rre-
.',.nt,-l,d them TO the care of
bat ti"l when Brother llem!er-
son served, and in WHOM. he
trusted.
he -"lvt'i: That copy vf these
.tesplrtion- E.a spread upon our
records, and an engros-cd copy
sent to the family of oar deceased
|Srniller.
5. I. GoFF, G. {. WOODS,
r. {. BRIAN,
Enmmltite.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27
State Treasurer Deai's R. 1T.

Of all lie state officials; {: :!
fersoE City thee i none let r
; sitLatca and gu lifted 10 max,
correct report on the states le
ceipts and expenditures than
the state treasurer, for to lin
all the revenues are paid and he
alone disburses them, on author.
lied vouchers. He reaches his
conclusion as to the ircone ARD
outgo by the simple rules of ad-
ditiOn and subtraction. and his
books will balance when this
easy sum in arith,natic has been
accomplished. He gives a re-
ceipt for every cent TUNED over
to him and holds Il receipt. d
voucher fer every cent paid out
by him, aid the account OF each
department is kept separately.
Only by oversight can an error
be made in his accounts, which
must be traced and located %
keep the books in balance.
In his annual report just sub
mitted to the Governor, State
Treasurer Deal takes occasion I,
co trast The expenditures of II G
state for the biennial period of
1913 II with those of the bien-
NAL period of 1912, in which
he shows that during the first
two years of the Major admin
istration 1913 14) the cost of the
state government exceeded that
of the last two years of the Had.
ley administration Q911-12) by
50. 100, ,734-near'y two million
dollars annually. BY this show
ing of administrative extrava-
gance during the last two years,
State Treasurer Deal has Great
ed a storm of resentment and
denial in the various state de-
partments at Jefferson City out.
side of his own and some of the
high officials there are charging
him with f;.lsehoOd and misrep.
resentatior. Mr.. Deal, however,
stands by his figures and says
he courts an investigation OF
their correctness.
Now, what could have been
Mr., Deals motive in pointing out
a contrast so unfavorable to the
present Democratic administra-
ti0ns He is himself Democrat
and was elected state treasurer
on the Democratic ticket in 1912,
50 it is hardly probable that he
did it merely to compliment OF
benefit the Republicans. We
helieve his motive is that of an
honest man inspired by 4 su.
preme disgust of the represen-
tAtions of the Democratic PARTY
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27
A Trouble-Making Book.

Sc, here you are again. you
di>turber OF dreams and domest-
ic peace, you builder of false
hopes and blower of soap bub-
b!es, you delightful, tickle cenfid-
ant, yen sced d catalogue. Yes,
here You are. with your same
~ay roses and overftd tomatoes,
your rogres' gallery of peas and
beans and corn md the morning
g!ories and colunbin It is
Ike your assurance to come
back with the same old stories of
IF your magic seeds-little you
lnew OF last years failures.
You are content and proud be-
cause you are full of pretty pic
lures and elaborate promises. If
a picture of the 10 lima beans
md the scanty mess of peas
which l really raised could be
inserted in your pages, it might
take you down peg or two. If
all the flowers that did not grow
could be made into a book, it
would be big enough to make
you look very small in compari.
son. Yes, believed every word
you said the first year. The
second year l made allowances.
This is the third year, and | have
no confidence in you. That does
not bother you, however, You
disiay your charms undisturbed
ard know that you are irresist-
able. OF course, | will have a
look at you, just to see how very
shameless you are, but you need
not think that | am going to Or
der anything. ! am going to
fish or play golf this summer
and not worry about Your sickly
beans or your thrifty, tough l>'.
tuce, oh, it's aspars-ns xo, . ~
shoWlu1 me this year: Ihave
never tried asparagus. Those
are rather good looking straw
berries, too, You say they arr
prolific bearers and easily GROVE
and very sweet: That sounds
| good to me. There isn't muct
use raising peas and beans and
lettuce, anyway-they are q
| ways cbeap at the market. AND
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27

There ought to be a law against
it; yes, there surely ought, and
here's where We take our stand,
our irrevocable, immovable at
titude for legislation against
pernicous practice that has al
ready fastened itself on both
ends and if not checked, will
soon seise upon the middle, too,
and, mxyhap, the top and bottom
also. We allude to the practice
bakers have of sticking labels
ON their bread loaves. Why
should we be called upon to care
fully examine the staff of life,
like a simiau maternal parent
going over her offspring for Ger:
tain parasitic and noisome ac-
auisitions, for the removal of .
variety ofpestiferous posters an:
nouncingand attesting the parti-
oular merits of the loaf, before we
oan feel certain that we will not
find ourselves contemplatively
masticating q section of parti-
colored paper, from which We
absorb no nourishment whatev-
Or, physically or mentally. Why
should there be labels on bread
at oil! The test of bread 10 in
Ne eating, not on the label; and
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-27

What bunk people will throw
to delude the public to their way
of thinking! but they sometimes
get away with it. Here is State
Insurance Commissioner Revelle
claiming that to establish the Of
fee of State Fire Marshal would
result in a decline of fire losses
in the state by one half and save
property owners S5,0OO,0OO a
year, and now Governor Major
is asking the Legislature for a
Are marshal, together with a lot
deputy fire marshals, ashpit in
spectors, clerks and whatever
retiaue gce with a new state de
partment job. And fires would
occur just the same ard always
will, until we have learned how to
build inflammable houses. A
ilre marshal might make recon-
meadations whereby the risk of
dre might be reduced, but in
about 80 instances in the 100 the
property owner would ignore
them, preferring to take the
hazard of loss to the expense of
following the recommendations
of the fire marshal.