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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11
A CONCRETE EXAMPLE,

Burleson's publicity agent has is
sued a statement in which he claims
the postmaster general has shown
great efficiency in the management
of the telegraph and telephone com
panies. But. according 10 the Lit
erary Digest, the newspapers of the
country take violent exceptions to the
publicity agents claims.
A large percentage of every daily's
newspapers news comes to it over the
long distance phone. That has been
true for many years,
Here is but one typical example of
what occurs daily with the Journal,
and with every other newspaper in the
country: The Journals correspon-
dent at Roswell telephoned i'll story.
The charge was siXty-five cents, if
the correspondent personally paid the
bill, but it was $3.50 if paid by the
journal, as has been its custom, The
correspondents are now instructed to
have all phone messages charged to
them, and the journal RENTS to them.
That is of course. efficiency. because
it increases stamp sales. otherwise,
it would be idiocy.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11

The Santa Fe Central railway own
ers, having acquired the townsite of
Estancia and the blanket mortgage
that cloud titles, are doing the square
thing in offering to give releases to
lot purchasers who can establish
equities, destruction of the county rec
ords by fire having caused complica-
tons The railways attorney at Santa
Fe announces that deeds, tax receipts
or evidence of possession will be ac-
cepted in proof of ownership and no
charge will be made for releases or
quit claims.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11
THE OLD WEST DRIED UP.

When Nevada and Wyoming went
dry in November, the west went dry;
that is the Fairbanks-Hart west, the
frontier west that ends with the Sier-
ras and in which Reno is the last
stop. California, manicured and me-
.tropolitan, remained wet but that
is a different story. The old west
went dry.
And when the west went dry it
went out; not because the passing of
the saloon caused the end, but be .
cause it emphasized that west. The
saloon played such part in the old
frontier life that its passing was like
the death of the oldest inhabitant
whose obsequies closed forever the
door between the new and the old
west--the old west that was a gamble,
dare, a fortune over night, a mir
acle in the desert, restless, tran
sient, sensational west that made good
material for movies but a poor COM
monwealth.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11
THE PEACE TERMS.

The peace terms presented to Ger
many are drastic. and the Germans
are complaining bitterly. But, COM
pared with the Brest-Litoysk treaty
exacted from Russia and the pub
lshed statements of what would be
exacted from the allies when the Ger
man thought they were winning. the
terms are extremely moderate.
The Germans seemed to think, when
there maraud ended. they should be
received by the world with open arms,
just as though nothing had happened
between August /. 1914. and Novem-
Der IL. 1919.
There is something strange about
the German mind. It doesn't seem to
understand what the rest of the world
thinks of the crimes committed during
the war-crimes against the very fun
damentals of civilization. The inva-
sion of Belgium and the declaration
that the treaty guaranteeing the neu-
trality of Belgium. which Germany
had signed, was to the Germans "a
scrap of paper" a joke.
Against such power It is necessary
for the world to take measures of
safety. just as far as human foresight
can devise such measures. Also Bel
GUM and France must receive repara-
ton, just as far as 1t is possible for the
Germans to make good the destruc-
ton wrought by them.
decentralization for the lives lost,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11

The United States has paid its debt
in full, with interest, to France for the
aid given this country in the revolu-
tionary war. Under justifiable condi-
tions this nation would again, prob
ably, help to prevent the ruin of
France and Of England. But is it
necessary to enter into bond to do
so? If occasion comes the Americans
of that day and time can decide
whether circumstances call for repe-
tition of the sacrifice of American
lives and wealth. 1t would be an act
of fine sentiment and kindly assur-
ance to make France a promise now,
that she might ask to have fulfilled
some time when this country needs to
be free from entangling alliances.
Every one of us has right to pledge
his own life. his own treasures, for
friend but the senate may we'll pause
before binding unborn generations.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11

for the suffering of the inhabitants
Of the occupied areas. is impossible.
How can the Germans expect consid-
Grafton when they wantonly destroyed
every kind of shade and fruit tree in
the territories over which their armies
marched?
Solely for the purpose of Gripping
competition after the war, the Ger
mans Systematically destroyed every
mine and every factory. and deliber-
ately starved their war prisoners and
spread the germs of disease among
whole populations.
These things are not lies, invented
for the purpose of creating a fighting
spirit when the war was on. They
are now admitted facts. and for them
Germany must be punished-punished
until the Germans are sorry for their
sins.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11
CRITICISM FROM swINBURNE
New York Evening Post.

NEW loIk ENenlHS iOSt'
OF our American authors. Swim
burne had his peculiar views. The
great Walt" was a favorite of his as
early as 1866. when he pronounced
that his "dirge or nocturne over your
friend Lincoln is a superb piece of
music and color" But Whitman
failed to sustain Swinburne's admira-
ton; in 1883 he wrote that st is long
since l have read anything of his
which seemed to me worthy of the
nobler passages of his Drum Taps
and the earliest Leaves of Grass =
and that "the habit of vague and
flatulent verhiage seems to have
grown upon him" A single passage
in long letter of 1887 to F. c. Sted-
man gives Swinburnes views of our
other poets.
while l appreciate Ct hoDe) the
respective excellence of Mr.. Bryants
.Thanatopsis.' and of Mr.. Lowelfs
Commemoration ODE cannot say
that either of them leaves in my ear
the echo of single note of song, 1t
is excellent good speech. but If given
US as song its first and last duty is to
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11
IN HONOR OF MOTHER.

This is Mothers Day--a. day set
onart in honor of the mightiest and
the best influence in this old world
Women have supplied the spirltual
and moral elements that have pulled
mankind from the darkness OF saw
arerv toward the light-ever toward
the light.
The ambition of the mother is that
her children shall be better men ana
women, and shall live in a better ana
happier environment than did the
mother and the father. To achieve
this end she has spared no sacrltice'
she has worked and suffered, has en-
dured agony of soul and body has
endured it all with holy joy in order
that her children might be happy and
good. The mother has always wanted
her children good, both as children
and in their lives after childhood.
Edgar Allen Poe put 1t thus:
"In the heavens above,
The angels whispering to one an
other.
can ma, among lHell Jul INNS W. "a"
of love.
None so devotional as that of
mother
And Coleridge says:
"A mother is a mother still,
The hottest thing alive
In his poem. THE Mothers Secret,
Oliver Wendell Holmes says:
youth fades; love droops, the leaves
of friendship fall;
A mothers secret hope outlives them
ALL"
When we think of our mothers. 1t is
but natural that the most prosaic of
us should try to express our sentl-
ments in poetry, But in all poetry
nothing is more beautiful than the
"Stabat Mater" written in Latin by
some one whose name IS not known.
Here are the three first lines, as trans
lated into English by DR., Irons
AT the cross her station keeping
Stood the mornful mother weeping,
Where He hung, the dying Lord.
But for those of us who remember
childhood days wildly, because those
were the only days in which we had a
mother with us, Ann Taylors verse is
the best:
'Who ran to help me when ! fell.
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make 1t well?
My mother
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11

receive any SYMPATHY, nor any So
lace in his affliction.
But in the moment when he taketh
unto himself a Bachelor Apartment, !"
the sweet feminine thing is stricken at
sight of his loneliness, and yearneth
to make him comfortable"
And all his days are made bitter
with sofa cushions, and laundry bags,
and shaving pads. and embroidered
collar boxes, and collarettes, and foot
stools, and knick-knacks, and cozi-
ness, and teapots, and fern-dishes, un-
til his house resembleth robbers
den, filled with the spoils from the
harems of a sacked city.
He groaneth when he seeketh for a
corner in which to put his shoes: hc
curseth when he returneth after dark,
and falleth over tabourets and statu-
cites, and other evidences of the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11
MRS. BARR's FIRST PEOPLE.

Amelia e. Barr.
The men and women who I knew
first We're those of the Hebrew world.
Sitting before the nursery fire, while
the snow blew softly and ceaselessly
and the mountains round were white,
could see the caravans and camels of
the lsmaelitish merchants passing
through the hot sandy desert. ! could
see Ilagar weeping under the palm
and the waters of the Red sea stand
ing up like a wall Miriam clashing
the timbrels and Ruth singing under
the oak and Ruth cleaning in the
wheat fields of Bethlehem were as
real to me as were the women of my
own time. Before l was s years old
| had been with Christian to the ce-
lestial city and had watched, with
Crusoe. the mysterious footprint in the
sand and the advent of the savages.
Then came the wonders of afrites and
genii and all the marvels and mira
cles of the Arabian tales. These were
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11

sing The one is most august medi-
tation, the other Il noble expression
of deep and grave patriotic feeling on
a supreme national occasion; but the
thing more necessary, though it may
be less noble than these. is the pulse,
the fire, the passion of music--the
quality Of a singer. not of a solitary
philosopher or patriotic orator. Now,
when Whitman is not speaking bad
prose he sings. and when ne sings at
all he sings well. Mr.. Longfellow has
pretty little pipe of his own, but
surely it is very thin and roedy
Again, whatever may be Mr.. Elmer
sons merits. to talk of his poetry
seems to me like talking of the schol-
arship of child who has not learned
ita 1attarS
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11

the mind builders, and though schools
and teachers did much afterward, /
can never nor will forget the glorious
company of men and women from
the sacred world and that marvellous
company of caliphs and kings and
princesses from wonderful and fairy
land that expanded my whole nature
and fitted me for the future miracles
of nature and science and all the mar
velous people of the poets realm,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11

IfA'h NAAh - - -
| charge thee, BE
WARE of him! For
his ways are full OF
guile, and he hath
not a thrill left, For
10, the Bachelor
Apartment" is a
c urse sent upon
Woman.
Go to! Though a
man may dwell for
many years in the
back ballroom of a
boarding house, he
shall fear no evil.
Neither shall he
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11

Samuel Van SAINT. ex-governor of
Minnesota and former commandment
chief of the G. A. r., born at Rock
Island, ILL.,, rs years ago today.
Hon. Charles ]. Doherty. dominion
minister of justice, born in Montreal,
GA years ago today.
Brig. Gen. William C. Davis. L. S.
A., noted as an artillery expert, born
at McGraw. n. Y, SO years ago today
Prince Christian, heir apparent to
the Danish throne, born in Copen-
hagen, 90 years ago today.
DR.. Robert j, Alley. president Of the
University of Maine born at Coal City,
Ind, Sc years ago today.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11

Quite a number of deaths from
wood alcohol are reported from over
the country. Any person who drinks
that brand of distilled spirits shows
a passion for eternity or an ignorance
that amounts to about the same thing.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11

Will H. Hays says: America is
America for Americans first" OF
course, that is what America is for,
and what every other country is for
itself first
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11
HASTEN SLOWLY.

3OlIeau.
Hasten slowly, and without losing
heart put your work 20 times upon
the anvil.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11
T0DAY's EVENTS
Today's Anniversaries.

Annual international celebration of
Mothers Day"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11

Today's Anniversaries.
1S39-First great medical declaration
in favor of total abstinence
signed by thirty-nine members
of the London medical faculty
1S69---The mayor of Cork, for speech
eulogizing the Fenians, was
compelled to resign.
1S71-Final treaty of peace between
France and Germany signed.
1S75-Convention met at Lincoln to
frame a new constitution for
the state of Nebraska.
1S93-The Earl of Aberdeen was ap-
pointed governor general of
Canada.
1S95--Ira J. Chase, a preacher who
became governor of Indiana,
died. Born in Monroe county
n. Y, Dec. Z, 1884.
1915--British stopped German drive
east of Ypres, inflicting heavy
losses.
1916--Premier Asquith informed the
house of commons that the gov
ernment losses in the Irish re-
volt were 124 killed and 2g4
wounded.
191T-Elihu Root was named to head
the American mission to Russia.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11
T0das's Birthdays.

fires in several villages held by the
Germans.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11
Being the Confessions of the Seven
Hundredth Wife Concerning the
Curse of the Bachelor Apartment!

My Daughter. knowest thou man
who hath dwelt long in Bachelor
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-11
One Year Ago To-day in the war.

German raids east or Apres ana
near Melville were repulsed.
German submarines warned by
wireless not to return to Ostend or
Zeebrugge.
United States artillery fire caused
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01

luton that will be the interest and
marvel of those who in years hence
pore over the chronicle of past events
that they may understand the present.
The work of years is today being
torn asunder and woven into a new
fabric The world has outgrown its
former tendencies; as with all indi-
viduals, time has meant a changing,
throwing off of old restraints and an
acquisition of new. Most persons see
only the material phases of progress,
the improved mechanical knowledge
of man that enables him to gain new
mastery over air and land, and are
blind to the really vital issues of the
day. They give little time to a serious
of the importance of
events and to the fact that
live in an age that will be an epoch
as long as this earth shall move about
the sun.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01
WARTIME GARDEN TO STAY

The thrifty wartime garden has
come to stay Nothing short of war
would have thrust us easy-gOing Am
orleans into thrifty gardening. Now
that we have learned its advantages
we cannot easily give it up. We shall
not return contentedly to factory
canned produce or eat placidly of
wilted corn and shrivelled peas. The
whole ground space will not be de-
voted to lawn and the men, for recrea-
ton, to the use of the lawn mower.
The day of the small garden in Amer
lea has come.
Uncle Sam has made gardening both
fashionable and democratic. Now is
the time to plan your garden for this
year. Its advantages constitute one
of the many lessons learned from the
war.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01

ting down of lost motion by system
atizing tasks such as the opening of
mail. Others treat of recreation, flow
ers and music as leading to increased
production, of plans to reduce tardi-
ness and errors and of getting profit
from business library. A really eff
ficient filing system is explained A
chapter on Handling Office Callers"
shows that courtesy and cOrdidlity to
callers have been found to bring re-
suits.
The numerous illustrations aid in
ready grasp of the plans presented.
A detailed index makes the book avail
able for special reference on business
problems.
"a. W. Shaw Company. Chicago. New
York and London; cloth. profusely il
lustrated with photographs and draw
ings. 3S9 pages; 81 net; s425 post
paid)
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01
AN AGE OF TRANSITION

1t is a question whether people OF
the world today realize or appreciate
the age they are living in. Never
has history written such pages as
have gone down in indelible print the
last four years. And never before
have questions of such grave and
momentous importance confronted the
nations of the globe.
The earth is reshaping itself these
weeks. 1t is a period of transition:
a shifting of power and influence from
one source to another, a gradual eyo-
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01
A RARE BARGAIN IN WHEAT

Some persons in this fair land are
accommodating gray hairs because OF
the fear that Uncle Sam has made a
bad bargain in agreeing to pay 1920 a
bushel for all the wheat that can be
grown in this country this gear. They
complain that Uncle Sam stands to
lose a billion dollars in the process.
Will those persons who consider a
billion dollars high price to pay for
winning the war please raise their
right hands?
When the Government agreed to pay
a fixed price for the 1919 wheat crop,
we were all keenly alive to the truth
of the statement that the last bushel
of wheat" would win the war. The
Missourians, for one, would rather
come out of the war with a billion
bushels too much than with fifty bush
els too little.
Uncle Sam isn't going to lose a
Dillon dollars on his wheat dealings,
or anything like that amount. 'iut
if he did, it would be a bargain for
him, for in no other way would he
have been able to pile up the tremen-
dous wheat surplus that not only H.
sured victory, but is our best weapon
against BOlshevism.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01
THE NEW BOOKS


Efficiency in office organization and
conduct is the theme of this book.
Tested office systems that make for
better results from everyday routing
are presented. along with others orig
mated by W. H. Leffingwell, editor of
the book. The preface presents two
means of making the book OF practical
use to the business man in his own
problems. by studying specific prob
lens and by carefully reading the book
through twice. taking notes the sec
ond time
Some of the plans deal with the cut
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01
CASUALTY LIST
Wounded Severely.

Wounded Severely.
James Lee O'Neal, St Louis
Wounded, Degree Undetermined.
Elmer F. Bell. Warrensburg.
Richard II. Dodson, Newburg.
Charles E. Meyer, st. Louis.
Clarence Troutman, Asbury.
Charles Frank Brynda, St Louis.
Thomas ]. Johnston, Sling County.
Leslie Woodbridge, Sarcoxie.
Frederick Dole, st. Louis.
Wounded Slightly.
Lieut.. William T. Haller, st. Louis.
Corp. John W. Maize, Bethany.
Corp. George Phillip Adams, Kan
sas City
Corp Lawrence Lee Hellums, Elkton.
Corp. Gerald B. Dyer, ST. Louis.
William Kyne Jones, Kansas City.
Tot Schoonover, Bigelow
Ora CLANCY Triplett, Sarcoxie.
Ennis Legrand Truesdell, Kansas
City.
Charles A. Mainord, Lilbourn.
Erlie c. Weibell, st. Louis. .
Clifford Duncan, Greenfield.
Peter Gaffney, St. Louis.
John w. Blume, New Franklin.
Walter Easton, st. Louis.
Anthony Swinchoski, st. Joseph.
Ben King, Bethany.
Dial r. Dunham, Holden.
Robert r. Frick, Liberty
Warren H. Rucker, Kansas City.
Wounded, Degree Undetermined. pre-
ViOusly reported killed i'm actiOn.)
Frank Oswald, Cameron.
Killed in Action. previously reported
missing i'm acton.
Frank A. Wodicker, st. Louis.
Wounded Slightly. previously report
ed missing In actiOn.)
Corp. Raymond Runge, St Louis.
Jay G. HOllingswOrth, Dodson.
Johannes E. Matthias, Sedalia.
Degree Undetermined. Pre-
reported missing i'm action.
Corp. Irl McClellen, Chillicothe.
Walter S. Clark, Desloge.
Lill L. Phillips, Patterson.
VIM. C. White, West Fork.
Present for Duty. previously report
missing In actiOn.)
Thomas Manuel, Maiden.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01
THE OPEN COLUMN
We Are Democratic.

Editor the Missourian: In answer
to C's article entitled Democracy
Among University Women" in the
Evening Missourian, Tuesday, Janu-
airy rs, 1919, l wish to say that l be-
lieve university women are democratic.
Because girl does not speak to
every other girl in her class is no
uniform and individual representation
democratic. The class room is not
social center.
The aims of different organizations
are to bring about a democratic spir-
it among university women. The pur-
pose of the Women's Student Govern
ment Association is ito secure more
uniform and individual representation
in student activities; to promote larg-
er social interests among university
women; and to foster living school
spirit"
The Young Women's Christian As
sociatoin and the Women's Athletic As
sociaton are personifications of de-
mocracy. Have the lonesome girls
by c identified themselves
with any of these organizations?
Because a few girls do not speak to
their class mates is not sufficient evil
dence to prove that our large body of |
women is without patri- !
otism or should be called undemocrat-
Ic. Look for the good qualities of your
fellow students and don't be a knocker.
There is a democratic spirit among
our women. 1t is as contagious as
Spanish influenza, and almost every
girl at Missouri University has cought
t. r
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01

Some Germans are still publishing
books to show how Germany was
forced" into war with France. The
next reporter who interviews Wilhelm
Hohenzollern may prepare to be greet
ed with, THE war? What war;" Well,
wilhelm has just passed his sixtie,h
birthday, and we have to excuse old
people for being forgetful.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01
We Would Like 10 knnM.

Editor the Missourian: The student
body would like TO know whether or
not the University authorities are
planning to continue the tri-semester
school year or to go back to the old
pre-war system of having two semes-
ters.
1t is believed that the student body
should have something to say regard
ing the matter and. if so. they should
IN some manner express their ideas
and views. Does the student body
wish to continue the pre-war plan or
have the students been SO thoroughly
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01
Six Trips Across on TRANSPORTS

G. H .Vinyard arrived in Columbia
today. He has been in the Navy for
the last fourteen months and has made
six trips across the Atlantic Ocean
on L. S. transports. He received his
discharge about two weeks ago. He
will work at the University barber
shopp.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01

The peace table is finishing the
usual formalities of soup and a relish,
and is waiting now for the entree-
reparation, responsibility, for the war,
and disposal of German colonies.
The Evening Missourian., 1919-02-01

Idleness in Berlin is threatening to
join forces with hunger in aiding
Bolshevism. Men are being dis
charged from the army faster than
work can be found for them. If Ger
many can't find anything for them to
do. perhaps the Allies might put them
to work.