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Middletown transcript., 1918-01-19
George Bancroft.

George Bancroft was author Of a
voluminous and detailed history of the
United States. He was public man
as well as an author and occupied
many positions of honor and trust In
the public service Of his country. He
was collector of customs of the port
Of Boston from 1888 to 1S41, and Sec
rotary of the navy in the cabinet Of
President Polk. While holding that
important Office he established the
United States Naval Academy Mt An
napolis, Maryland, at which practically
all the naval officers of the United
States are trained. He served as
United States minister to Great Brit
ain, Prussia and other Germanic states.
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PAID BACK SCULPT0R'S KISS
How Madame Severine Restored te
August Rodin caress He Had
Purloined From Her.

The Partisan papers continue to
publish episodes in the life of the great
sculptor, Auguste Rodin. Two years
ago Rodin met Madame Severine, ia
nous as AN eloquent speaker, Of
whom in former times he had made
bust.
"Severine," he said, II have heard
you speak many times, and you have
always delighted me. You are the
angel Of eloquence. When I die l
wish you, in the name of women, to
pronounce some words at my tomb"
The other day, on the slope Of Val
Fleury, after a number had spoken
over the coffin that held the body of
1.-THE Thinker" Madame Severine full
filled the desire of the master.
When she had completed her ad-
dress she took rose kissed it and
laid it on the burial place.
She then went back into the crowd.
Some one asked what sentiment had
inspired this last act.
And then she related this to two or
three friends who were near her:
twenty-five years ago Rodin In
vited her to pose in his atelier. He
began the bust of Severine. She was
an artistic and restrained the ardor OF
his advances. At the first seance he
was respectful. At the second he was
less so. At the third he ceased to be
so. Severine left and never came back.
The bust remained unfinished.
In time he was pard0ned and after
twenty-five years, in placing on his
grave this rose that had blOssomed
on her lips, she came to return to the
sculptor the kiss that she had re-
ceived from him.
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to flee from Paris and died practically
penniless in a foreign city.
At the same time a similar project
was coming to its end in England. The
South Sea company, formed for the pur-
pose of trading in the South Seas, end
ed with a crash when most Of the d.
rectors sold out when the value Of their
shares had been stimulated to reach
1000.
These early attempts at large scale
business organization ushered in the
modern type IL corporation. A brief
sketch Of how our present complex
business organization evolved should
be interesting to the readers OF this
series. for the greater proportion OF
banking is inseparably linked with
business. Many Of the investment
bonds on the market today are obi
cations of corporations.
The corporation, in its essential prin-
ciples, has been traced back as far as
ancient Babylon. 1t grew out of the
activities of families in commercial
ventures. A family of fishermen would
be as one in the ownership Of boats,
equipment and in their operation.
Their trust in one another led natural
" to the recognition of each member
as an agent of the firm, whose acts
bound the others, and to the unlimited
liability of each for payment of obi
gations-features of the partnership.
The corporation came into existence
as an improvement over the partner
ship in handling large projects and In
limiting the liability Of members. It
is asserted by Blackstone that the cor
poration as we see it today descended
directly from the practice Of Roman
business men. The Roman corpora
tons were known as colleges" They
enabled aristocratic Romans to engage
in vulgar trade secretly.
In medieval times the corporation
form of organization was used chiefly
with municipalities and ecclesiastical
bodies, Guilds and municipalities were
often chartered by the crown because
they could exercise the power which
the king himself was unable to WELD.
The American trust" Is not strictly
American. The idea Of trusts origi-
mated in the middle ages through the
desire of the church to get around the
statutes of 'mortmain." These laws
were not favorable to those who had
| estates willed to them in perpetuity.
The scheme adopted was to have prop
erty decided to a third party, who would
administer it for the benefit Of the
church. This is similar to the modern
trust organization, where stock Of va.
rious corporations is held in trust by
a holding company. Probably the pop
ular idea that trusts are illegal origi'
mated in this first evasion Of the law
The trade union has apparently al
ways existed. The Romans had them
In medieval times they were called
guilds and crafts. Journeymen often
formed associations for protection. The
purpose they gave was religious wor
ship, but that was only cover fol
what we would now call trade unions
They conducted strikes and obtained
| increases In wages.
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The Italian Corn Crop.

According to the Statistical Agraria
for September, the yield of maize in
all Italy for 1917 is estimated at about
2,534,6O tons of 1900 pounds each,
as compared with 2,282,623 tons in
1916 and a seven-year average (1cOG
1870 of 2,914,459 tons, according to
Commerce Reports.
In Tuscany and Emilia the esti'
mated yield of "granturco Maggengo"
"a variety cultivated throughout Italy
and which forms IS per cent Of the
total crop, is 327,955 short tons, as
compared with 235,277 tons in 1910
and an eight-year average of 4O3,663
tons. Some 5000 more acres were cul'
tivated than in 1916.
Italian importations before the war
averaged 100000 tons per year, 50
that the shortage, as compared with
the normal consumption. Is about
$4,000 short tons.
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GREAT FOR ECZEMA
and OLD SORES
I Guarantee My Ointment, Says Peter.
son. Stops Itching Instantly.

eff YOU are responsible for the health Of
your family" says Peterson. Il want you
to get large 80 cent box OF Petersons
Ointment today.
Remember, I stand back Of every. box.
Every druggist guarantees to refund the
purchase price if Peterson's Ointment
doesn't do all / claim.
II guarantee it for eczema, old sores,
running sores, salt rheum, ulcers, sore
nipples, broken breasts, itching skin, PIN
ples. blackheads, skin diseases. blind,
bleeding and itching piles as well as toy O,
burns, scalds, cuts, bruises and sunburn.
II had 80 running sores on my leg TOR
IL years, was in three different hospitals:
Amputation was advised. Skin grating
was tried. I was cured by using pete ax:oh;
ean st.. Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
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hered to the old plan Of stagecoach.
This occurred during the beginning
Of what economists have called the
industrial revolution" At that time
there followed in rapid succession the
invention Of many machines, such as
the steam engine, cotton gin. spinning
Jenny, and the like. This revolution"
ushered in the highly developed and
organized world we live in today. It
enabled Stephenson to bring the first
locomotive to workable stage in 1880.
It also led to the construction Of the
first steamboat in 1907 by Fulton.
These two factors in modern trans
portation have done much for the
world. They have developed contin-
nents, brought the products Of distant
lands to your table, knit together ma
tons through exchange with one an
other, and equalized the distribution Of
food. This latter is perhaps one of the
most important boons it has conferred
upon mankind. The Fearful famines"
Of the past, where millions Of people
have persisted through failure Of crops
in one district, could have been relieved
If adequate transportation agencies
were in existence and ready to equa-
lie the extremes of plenty and want
maintaining throughout the world.
But the modern transportation sys-
tenn that has relieved famines in In
dia, China, Ireland, and more recently
Belgium, would not be possible II the
millions of dollars required for its
financing we're not available. And so
almost simultaneous with the indus
trial revolution people began to save
and invest money. Savings banks were
established and banks multiplied. It
is an astonishing fact that previous to
this period and since the time Of Rome
/ the accumulation Of capital by indi-
viduals was practically unknown.
Now capital is largely obtained by
Offering bonds for the investment Of
the funds of many people. Your city
erects schoolhouses and bridges; your
county builds roads; the country as a
whole carries on its share in the pres
ent war-all through bonds.
Just as the funds Of thousands Of
investors have made possible the re-
building Of American cities, so has
the same principle made possible the
progress and wonders Of the twentieth
century.
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GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
Are caused by disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head
ache, constipation, sour stomach,
nervous indigestion, fermentation Of
food, palpitation of the heart caused by
Rases in the stomach. August Flower
Is a gentle laxative. regulates digestion
both in stomach and intestines, cleans
and sweetens the stomach and alimen-
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries.
20 and 90 cent b0ttles.-Adv.
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Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There ts
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that, is by constitutional remedy:
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the system. Catarrhal Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition Of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian. Tube.
When this tube Is inf1amed you have q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness IL the
result Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to its nor:
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases Of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh. which is an inflamed
condition Of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS Tor any
case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cannQt
be cured by HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE.
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free.
p. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Not for Judson!

A fond relative on departure gave
Judson a nickel. His mother was try
ing to convince him that, especially
during these times, if he were wise
he would not want to 60 to the candy
store, but would save his nickel.
"Nope! I'm goin' down for gum!"
"But, Judson, don't you think 1t
would be much nicer for you to put
that nickel away and save it,"
Judson swelled up with indignation.
~Well, what do you think I am? A
papa?"
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Reflection on Her Biscuits.

They were newly-wed, and were
showing their friends over their little
home. Each room in turn was inspect
ed. Last on the list came the kitchen.
The little wife waxed eloquent.
"You see," she said, "that is where
I do all my cooking. And this is the
very basin in which mix my cakes"
"And this" cried the young man, In
dicating the oven with sweep of his
arm. lis the brick-kiln!"
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Needs a Chance.

MY little boy" writes Mrs. NJ. p.
H., "said the other day: Gee, wish
I had q little sister! l never heard
him express such a wish before, and I
asked him why he wanted little sis
ter. And he replied: oh, get tired
havin' nothin' but the cat to tease?"
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CHECK HEAVY WATER FLOW
Catch. Drain Should Be Constructed on
Side Of Hills to Carry Flow to
Ends Of Cut.

On the side Hills where the flow Of
water is heavy 1t should be kept from
reaching the road by constructing a
catch-flrain few feet back and above
the edge of the cut, This will carry tie
water along to the ends Of the cut and
thus keep it off the road. II the cut
is long one, the water in the catch
drain can be disposed Of at intervals
by dropping it through pipe or gut
ter into the culverts.
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An Easy Task for Him.

After purchasing palatial limou-
sine, Of course, Newlyrich was In
search of q chauffeur.
Among the first applicants was a
rather breezy-looking young man Of
wide experience. Newlyrich scruti-
nized him closely for a moment, then
said abruptly: "Ah, your face I'M
presses me that you are hard drink
or That could not tolerate; don't
want any hard drinkers driving me
about. running me over some preci-
pic,,. and doing other damage"
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1 can take q few every month or so,
for prevention is better than cure
w. G. MACMILLAN, 1923 N. 39th St.
Pleasant Pellets for stomach, liver
and bowels, are made up of the May
apple, aloe leaves and jalap. This
well-known pellet was made up nearly
fifty years ago, by DR.. Pierce, and can
be obtained from almost any apothe'
simply ask for DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets.-Adv.
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RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add l OF. Bay
Rum. a small box of Barbo Compound,
and Il OF. of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound. It will gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. 1t will not color the scalp, is not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub of. Adv.
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PULLING POWER OF HORSES
Experiments in California Give Inter.
esting Resuits-Concrete Offers
Least Resistance.

(By E. B. HOUSE. Colorado Agricultural
College. Fort Collins.)
A very interesting experiment has
recently been concluded in California
to determine just how much a horse
pulls when he draws ton.
A good draught team was used for
this purpose. The horses weighed LOGO
pounds each. They were hitched to
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Bessie Has an Idea.

Even OUR little tots weave war
words into their talk. Bessie's aunt
was a very obese lady, a fact which
put an idea into the child's busy brain.
She began by questioning her aunt
about heaven and what folks did when
they went there. Finally she said !:
"Well, auntie, I'll bet when you die
and get wings and fly all about folks
will think you're a Zeppelin.
Transcript.
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Comfort Baby'e Skin

When red, rough and itching with hot
baths Of Cuticura Soap and touches Of
Cuticura Ointment. This means sleep
for baby and rest for mother. For
free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept.
x, Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap Is, Ointment rs and 50.-Adv.
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Keen bitches Omen,

Keep bitches Open.
Broad and shallow bitches with fiat
slopes constructed with a uniform
grade are better than deep, narrow
bitches constructed with steep banks.
Give attention to keeping the bitches
open.
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Deserved It,

Deserved II.
Zones smashed, into the ditch with
that little secondhand car he's been
Dragging about"
SERVES him right. He's always try
ing to drive bargains. "-Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
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A Dairy Mistake.

Buying cows and selling them as fast
as they stop milking never built up
n high-class dairy business. The city
milk producer is not true dairymaE
he is more a Spectator In feeds and
cows.
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SIT Drao ut an Anule.

Set the drag ut an angle to throw in
wards towards the center until q
rounded crown one-half as many inches
high as the width of the roadway Ia
feet is built up.
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Well!
Heard in an English avenue street
car early Saturday morning:
Motorman (shiverins)-How Is 1t
back there, buddy addressing the
cOnductor)?
Conductor-'Steen below zero. You
ought to be comfortable alongside that
heater.
Motorman-Yes, it's so hot here I'm
sweating icicles.
Lone Passenger-What cheerful
liar.-Indianapolis News.
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Oonortunitv.

Manufacturer-Shall we raise the
price or shorten the weight?
His Partner-Why not do bOth?@
Life.
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Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take Groves

Tho Old Standard Groves TasteleA
chill Tonic is equally valuable a. Cen
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. It acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. 60 cents
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For Withdrawing splinters an Eng
lishman has invented tweezers so
formed that they press down the flesh
on each side Of the jaws.
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Harmonious.

"What q strong face that man had
who came in between the acts!'
Every, and how well it matched his
BREATH"
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Her Class.

"Poor Jones' wife is the gray
mare, isn't she?"
"No; she's an old nag"
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Pilee Cured IN 6 to II DSD
10 cure Itching Blind, Bleeding Or PgotIuding Piles
Gint application gives relief. 6oc.
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Fashioned SIenderly.

6dSUtOuS0 oJeuoSTIy.
"SeemS to be O craze for slender
ness."
"Pep, even the watches have got to
be thin"
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PHILADELPHIA NEWS
Philadelphia, Pa.-"About one yea

ago I had some
trouble with my
back in the region
Of kidneys. l sent
for a supply of the
A uric Tablets,
After taking them
I have never felt
the least pain In
my back, or any.
where. I keep q
hottie on hand 50
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Great Blood Purifier.

Charcoal is q great blood purifier
and tones up the entire system Of the
fowl.
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GRADUATED EyeliAs, Stiles, Indamed Eyes
relieved over night by Roman Eye Ba1sanA.
One trial proves its merit Adv.
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A CONTINGENCY.

A Contingency.
Hell can marry any woman I
please.
She-But can you please ahy?
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Administering the draft law cost tho
United States $S,66O $50.
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"You are wrong, mister" answered
the driver. II am not hard drinker.
It comes very easy to me-"
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Man claims to be woman's intellec-
tual superior. yet the records snow
few woman bigamists.
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Like Humans.

Like Humans.
He had ordered lobster. She felt
that she ought to be entertaining, so
she remarked:
isn't it queer that Holsters are al
ways green until they get into hot
water?"
Nothing queer about it," he came
back. IF they weren't green they
wouldn't get into hot water. boston
Transcript.
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Dr.. Peery's Dead Shot, 10 not . 80.
senge" or 'syrup" but . real old-faehioned
dose OF medicine which cleans out Worms
Or TapeWoTm with . single dose. A0v.
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DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver.
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
Tor q laxative, three for cathartic. Ad.
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A postal card to Garfield Tea Co., Brook
lyn, n. Y, asking for sample will repay
you, Adv.
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Occasionally a couple marry and live
happily ever after-they are divorced.
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True union rests on sigle devotion
to a single task.
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OF course there are some things that
you can't understand then there
are others. :
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Destructive Insect

The apple-tree borer IL . very de
strudtive insect.
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The difference between a man and
o boy is that each thinks that he 70
having all the fun in life.
Evening star., 1918-02-04
ARCHDEACON CODY WARNS.
Toronto Rector Asks u. S. to Be az
Brave as Canada.

BALTIMORE. February 4.-"America
and the allies must whip Germany or
we will see developed in Europe a great
non-repentant autodracy. which will
not only include Germany and Austria,
but Russia and Turkey as we'll Then
will come the next time which the
Germans SO boldly vaunt today"
This is the message Of warning to
the people Of the United States from
Archdeacon Cody. the distinguished
rector Of st. Paul's Church, Toronto,
Canada. in an address here yesterday
under the auspices Of the Maryland
League for National Defense. 1t was an
appeal for America to be as brave as
Canada; to give her men and her money
and her morale as generously as Can
ada has done. and as for the men, he
said. he hoped ito see a million and a
half over there in short while now"
''Then," he cried, get over! In Gods
name. get them over quickly! Build
the ships!'
Evening star., 1918-02-04
By the Associated press.

By the Associated Press.
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY. February s-The
Sassar Brigade of young Sardinians,
which distinguished itself by cutting its
way UP the Col di Rosso last Tuesday.
came out Of the trenches today.
1t was an event which stirred the
neighboring country, and the peasantry,
with children and babies came from fifty
miles around to see these young heroes.
The city was gay with flags. the walls
were covered with posters, Hail, Sassari
Heroes!' and children carried flowers to
strew along the route of their marcn.
The brigade marched twenty miles from
its trenches, and it was an inspiring sight
as the boyish-looking soldiers came down
the road. Their helmets and uniforms
were still splashed with the mud Of the
big fight. but they marched proudly and
appeared happy over the enthusiastic
tribute.
Brig. Gen. Ferrigo. commander of the
brigade. marched at the head with group
of wounded officers with heads bandaged
and arms in Sings Then came the ma
sturdy youths. One regiment was corr
manded by major who took the place
of the colonel who was killed in Tuesday 8
fight. A squadron of airplaneS hovered
overhead, scattering confetti on the
victors.
Gen. Pecori Giraldi, commander of the
first army. was at the head of the review
Evening star., 1918-02-04
CONGRESSMAN LA GUARDIA
THRILLS MILAN AUDIENCE
New York Representative Cheered
at Monst=r Mass Meeting on Ref
erences to U. S. Part in War.

MILAN, February 4-The Italian par
liamentary union yesterday captured
Capt Fiorello NJ La Guardia, representa-
tive to Congress from New York, who
was on his way to the American head
quarters in France, and had him speak at
u monster mass meeting here. His au-
ditors. numbering many thousands of
persons, included senators. deputies and
members of patriotic associations, who
vociferously declared themselves in IA
vor of a vigorous prosecution of the
war. Premier Orlando was to have
spoken, but was unable to do SO owing
to his attendance upon the war con-
ference In Paris.
Mr.. La Guardia electrified his audience
which burst into cheering when In his
opening remarks he declared that the
United States had entered the war to
finish 1T, not to prolong it." The speak
sons peace aims and outlined the pur-
poses of the United States in the war
and what the country has done since
the beginning of the conflict.
The representative discussed food and
fuel economy in the United States, and
the great crowd cheered his statement
that I'VE are not allotting; we are di-
viding."
Strong Appeal for War Loan.
He made a strong appeal for the fifth
Italian war loan and assailed financial
slackers" in terms not often heard in
Italy.
Toward the end of his speech he de-
clared that the daily greetings of Ital-
ians would henceforth be. not Good
morrow" but Have you purchased your
bonds?"
your premier has adopted the slogan:
Resist. Resist! Resistr" he continued.
That of your minister of the treasury
will be: Give! Give! Give! Then your
generalissimo. DiaZ, can cry: Forward!
Forward! Forward! and Foreign Min
lister sonninos cry will be Trent
Trieste, Istria!"
Mr.. La Guardia was given a great ova-
tion at the end of his speech.