Douglas Island news., 1916-10-27
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 fees with his poetry, he quit writing Iit and devoted all his time to G1ur
 orders for philosophy.
 Yet with an his wisdom Plato
 was poor man who went in his Ibarc feet until after Thanksgiving and who always put am l. O. u. in thc collection plate ot church. .t was josh around Athens that Plo- to's word was us good as his tab
 While history does not record it, | the Stroller has 10 straight that of- ten when Plato was conducting his school Of philosophy he would slip Into the anteroom where the children left their lunch baskets and sneak a Grccian doughuut and eat it; al- SO. that he would "syruptously" lick the molasscs off the childrcn's bread
 1 Unlike teachers of the present day, Plato was not paid for his services lin pounding sense into the young Greeks. He usually boarded around among the scholars and in crowded homes it was frequently his lot Co sleep in a room with from eight to ! twelve others where the air was noe thing Co brag about. Frequently am evening came when there was no i'm vitatlon on his desk Co spend the night at some Grecian home and on such occasions Plato would sleep on the school house floor with nothing Co eat until sometime during the next forenoon he would visit the an teroom as previously mentioned No tutor ever tutored on smaller sal ary or with a more msclnsh purpose than did Plato.
 Plato was renowned for his virtue altho some of thc mon at tho time snceringly said he was trying Co make reputation for himself for being unlike other mon-that they would not trust Plato around a fc- male seminary any more than they would trust thc average man. But looking back over a lapse of 2,342 years the Stroller is of thc opinion that Plato advocated virtue for the sake Of right Besides hc Is said Co have been a very homcly man with bad breath. Al any ratc. from an we can gather concerning Plato. he was a man who would ru- ther be right than be manager of mine or have money In tho uank One of his fuyorite notices was "Ec virtuous and you vil be happy. This motto is still quoted ir some rural places where pcopl" lov. to ransack the dead past. lt is ra 'l ever heard in Juneau
 When the Stroller started this a:- ticle it was his intention Co say moro about philosophy and less about Pla- Co. but having rcsurrcctod the latter Co use as an example. it would not be fair Co his memory Co rc-cousign him Co his scpulchrc without warm
 ing his readers Co not mix or cou- found Plato with Pluto who lived about the same time.
 Pluto was a son Of Saturn and brother of Jupiter and Neptune When Saturn died and his estate was divided, Jupiter wanted the earth and got it. Neptune, who was callow youth like some young men the Stroller meets every day, wanted the mcrmaid's home and the coltlsh conservatory. SO he took the deep blue sea. where he still holds forth, leading a gay life and attending mlldress evening parties with the mcrmaids in their coral caves
 Jupiter having taken the land and Neptune the sea, there was nothing left for Pluto but thc informal re- gions. This layout had not much to offer in the way of induccment but "Pmte." as the boys called him, wanted to be boss Of something and, as it was a case of Hobson's choice, he took it. and has since been god Of the internal regions, and it is said that he has moro company and sees more new faces than either of his brothers. Jupiter or Neptune.
 At various times and places with- in the dead and buried past the Stroller has conducted night schools (for men only) in which ancient history and the art of drawing with out tipping of hands were the priu- cipal studies. Later in tho fall and when the election is over and normal conditions are resumed, such a school may be opened here There is no denying the fact that, tn these days of money grabbing, tho average man