The sun., 1919-04-12
EPH SMALL THE CIVIC.
He Finds the Man Too Fond Of Hu.
manity . Poor Provider.

mainly . Poor Provider.
To THE EprroY OF THE suN-sH. IT
see," remarked Eph Small. ''that Jo-
sephus says that that thar covenant
which President Wilson brought over
with him on his last fiyin' visit TO the
United States In almost rs simple as one
Of the parallels an almost as illumi-
natin' an upliftin'."
II think read something Of the
kind" said.
wall. what dye think about itr'
insisted Eph.
I'm OF the opinion" answered.
that there would be less merrimsnt in
London and Paris II certain public ON
cials in the United States attended
strictly to their Official duties"
Eph laughed
Eye git rilcd up at the wrong tiuas.-
he said. "Josephus was In dssd earnest
an sized up the sitooation aocordin' to
his lights. which amt overstrong in
kilowatt power when II comes to states
manship. That thar League constitu-
ton scanned Jest a. simple a. a parable
to Josephus belSus . parable IL somethin'
re usually give q moral or releegious
meanin' to. Common people couldn't SEQ
nuthin' particularly moral or releegioua
to II. but what kin ye expect of common
peoplef They want lookin' fer no
parallels ner fables ner nurs'ry rhymes
ner Mother Goose melodies, But when
20 been connected with an uplift Ad-
ministration as long as Josephus has ys
git to be kinda loco; " see things
difr'rent from common grownupa.
Whenever anybody asks ye, DO ye
believe in fairiesr 20 Jump right UP
an shout, Yes. yes; thank the Lord. ]
do Ye git to seein' parallels in
ev'rything."
"Eph." said. you're . stubborn and
nearsighted materialist. You entirely
overlook tho spiritual side Of mans ma
ture. There Is nothing finer than dis
interested service. You seem to forget
why the United States went to war"
who? Afe7" cried Eph. Indignantly
Fl amt forgot. but q lot Of white ivered
nootrals hev. We kept out Of tho wal
while treaties was broken. a free people
crushed. women an children murdered
an men slaughtered by means an
methods that would "a made a wild
savage sick to his stummick. an we
would "a continued to "a kept out OF
1t II them Hunds had had tho sense OF
a boil weevil an hadn't kept on sinkin
our ships.
"Prhaps its a mean an selfish thing
fer man to fight fer his native land
P'rhaps. It would "a bonn a NOR
inspirin sight II tho French hadn't
been a-thinkin' Of France when they
drove back the Hun at the Marine an
stopped him at Verdun. An ye may
hev got It into yer nut that the Ameri'
can doughboy want thihkin' OF the
good old u. s. A. when he lit into
Heinie like q wildcat in a chicken coop
Wall, II he want, then ! don't know
nuthin' about human natur'. Then
boys was the true representatives Of
this ere country. IT'S pity we aim
got a representative at the Peact
Conference"
whats the matter with our delega,
ton at PARISH" inquired.
THAT delegation" said Eph. ''re
minds me of Teller read about a goot
many years ago. His name was Philiy
Nolan. the man without a country; thai
delegation Is like him; It's without
country"
IT don't quite understand" I said.
WALL" continued Eph. lest pictur' t.
yerself a meetln' of that thar Peace
Conference. Ev'ry delegation takes III
place as the chairman raps fer order
Then comes the roll call.
'Englandr
Here
"'Francer
Here
"'ItalyT
Here
Belgium
Here
"An' so on, callin' the nations in at
tendance, until tho United States 4
| reached.
THE United States Of American
"silence.
".The United States Of American
More silence.
| whats the NATTER asks the chair
/ man. lookin' over at tho delesatioi
| sittin' under the Stars and Stripes
| Don't ye represent tho United StatesT
"'No. no. pipes up the leadin' dele
gate. we don't represent tho Unite'
States. This hero delegation represent
humanity
AIR ye sure ye got proper creden
tials7' asks the chairman.
"'ouite sure replies the delegate
our credentials are all about US: the!
are tho consensus of atmospheric voices
Then UP speaks q delegate in tn
middle OF tho room Mr.. Chairman,
he says, I don't Jest understand; II
like to know what part OF humanity tina
thar delegation represents
| IAN OF IT, replies the leadin' dele
gate, placin' his hand on his heart m
bowin' profound-like.
mot on yer. bloomin' nerve" shout
a British delegate; I want We TO under
stand that that part OF humanity know
as the British Empire Is Represented b.
its own delegation an nobody else
a-goin' to speak fer It as much as
farthin's with
| Same here!' shouts a French dele
gate.
".An' here. too says the spokesman
fer Italy.
IAN here. an here, an here, come
from all parts of the hall.
ut seems to me- says the chairman
after he restores order. that con
| .ia,robla nart re humanity rpnudiate